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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
ELKS REUNION
ON The BEACH
Annual Convention OF 3. p. o. E.
Opens This Evening at Atlantic
City With Great Crowd
Of peiegateA
ORDER rs PROSPEROUS
Nearly Hall Million Dollars Spent In
Charity Work and Membership
Reaches Total Of
35e,677.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. July 10
Purple and white bunting envelops
this resort, and elks' heads and clocks
with their hands pointing to the mys-
tic hour of IL are In almost every
niche in honor Of the visiting mem
bers Of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, who have been coming
into town by hundreds from every
section OF the country.
The convention will open tonight,
when Governor Woodrow Wilson bids
the delegates welcome with a speech.
The annual reports of Grand Elk
alted Ruler August Hermann OF Gin
cinnati and Grand Secretary Robin.
son were made public today and show
that forty new lodges have been In
stituted. The net Increases In mem
bership for the year was 2S,3S9. bring
ing the total to 35s,s77. The order
distributed nearly $500,0Oo In charity
last year and the total assets Of al
| the Elks' lodges are more than SIT,
| 100000.
Booms for office in the grand lodge
are well under way. The Louisiana
Elks are backing Col. John P. Sullivan
former district attorney for New Or
leans, for grand exalted ruler
| Charles A. Rasbury Of Dallas, Texas
is the favorite son of the Lone Sta
state. New York has candidate Il
Arthur c. Moreland He is doin
some effective electioneering.
The election is set for Tuesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
KIDNAPPING"
WAS PREVENTED
Detectives Tried to Spirit Two Pris-
oners Away But Baker Was
Too Foxy.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 10.-ln'
yestigation of police methods here
are now believed certain by reason OF
the virtual kidnapping Of two ltaliars
by detectives, to avoid the service On
papers in habeas corpus procedure.
An attempt to spirit away Louis Ravoi
and Emil IIoleni. alleged confidence
men. was thwarted when attorneys
headed off the detectives. The gov
ernor of Ohio had issued acquisitions
for the men After the county pros
ecutor and the accused mems attorney
left detectives spirited the prisoners
from the police station and started
for Toledo. Summons were at once
issued for Superintendent of Police
Hvland and other police officials TO
anpear in the superior court. Hyland
was involved in the Mcnamara case,
Sprinting down alleys with all
speed possible, County Prosecutor Ba'
ker prevented another kidnapping
here when detectives from Toledo
sought to spirit two Italians away 10
avoid the service of papers in habeas
corpus procedure
The attempted coup Of the detec
tiyes was identical with the McNam
ara's. The governor of Ohio had is
sued reouisition papers for the men
They were honored and the italians
merely arraigned before Judge Col
Inns. An attorney representing the
two men happened to get wind OF th'
affair, however. and by sprint VIII
4 Baker headed off the detectives. wh'
we're ready to dash away In hlgl
powered automobile. Judge Collin
was angered when he saw the turi
the case had taken AS In the Nc
Namara case. he said his only dut'
was to pass on the identity of tn
men. Baker denied that Collins ha
Z jurisdiction.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
HIGHER HONOR
THAN ANANIAS
Col. Thompson Belongs to the Indist
ment Club and Is Really chesty
Over 1t.

LONDON, July 10.-'Its higher
honor to belong to the indictment
hlub' than to belong to the 'Ananias
club declared Col Robert M, Thomp-
son, millionaire of New York, today
while discussing recent antitrust in
dictments. !.
Col Thompson himself Is member
in good standing in the indictment
club" the federal grand jury in New
York having found true bill against
him in connection with the bull cotton
pool.
"The attitude of the United States
government toward the business man
is shameful" declared Col. Thompson
.It is worse than in Russia
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
PASSENGERS HAD
THRILLING TIME
Captain Of Sinking Ship Armed With
Gun, Acted In Brutal
Manner.

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, July 10
A horrifying story Of the peril of the
passengers on the steamer Santa Rosa
was told here by John Barclay of San
Francisco, who with his wife, was en-
route to San Diego, when the vessel
went on the rocks.
Mrs. Barclay lies in local hospital
probably fatally Ill from exposure. Bar
clay said:
Captain Faria was the most brutal
man that I have met Armed with
a revolver he stood on the bridge and
threatened men and women when they
approached to be sent ashore.
"'Stand back he yelled, I'll shoot
the first of you that attempts to come
/ on this bridge"
at was only when the snip began
4 to break up and the men passengers
went to Faria In body and threaten
ed violence. that he consented to take
passengers ashore
w n. Esser, electrical engineer OF
the United States submarine one OF
the vessels which went to the Santa
Rosa's assistance, corroborated Bar
claws story. The bodies of Secont
officer Hewson and three seamen who
perished, have not been recovered
The Santa Rosa is total loss. AT
ter gigantic wave cracked he1
I sides she began slipping off the rocks
into deeper water and few minutes
after the last passenger mad been sen
ashore over the breeches buoy
the vessel broke in two, tn
bow hawser parted and she sank
with nothing, save their clothes, tn
, majority of passengers and crew wer
mt aboard special trains for sa
francisco and Los Angeles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
TWO DROWNED
At BURLINGTON
College Student Sinks In the River
While Swimming and Would be
Rescuer Also Goes
Down.
BOTH WERE VISITORS
Ray Moore OF Avery, Iowa, and Mac
TompkIns of Wheeling, Mo-,
Are the Two
vlctlma

BURLINGTON, July 10-Roy Moore
twenty years old, business college
student, whose home is in Avery, la ,
was drowned in the river Sunday af-
ternoon while swimming. Mac Tomp-
kins of Wheeling, Mo-, lost his life in
attempting to rescue the drowning
boy.
Tompkins was standing on a rat
watching the swimmers, when he saw
Moore sink. A small boy swimming
with Moore, attempted to save him
but was pulled under and narrowly
escaped. Tompkins jumped in anf
swan for Moore, but went down be
fore he reached him. The bodies hav'
not been recovered.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
ARRESTED AS
WIFE IS DYING
Frank J. DistIn Charged With Taking
$4,000 From Company Which
Trusted Him for
Many Years.
DOCTORS ARE ON DUTY
Arrest Was Delayed on Account OF
WIfe's Condition But Is Finally
Made While She Is
Sick.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 1p.-when
Frank J. Distin was arraigned today,
charged with embezzling $4,000 from
the Brown.Ketchem Iron works here,
doctors at his home watched anxious
ly over his wife.
He was arrested last night. The ar
rest was to be made Friday but at
that time Mrs. Distin was thought to
be dying of heart disease.
The arrest was finally made and
the woman is slowly sinking.
Distin has been auditor or the com
pany for twenty years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
votInr on strike.

HUNTINGTON. w. Va, July TO-
Following the refusal of the Ches'
neake and Ohio railroad to grant q
wage increase of five cents per hour
10 all men employed in the mechanical
department of the various shops,
strike vote is now being taken ano
indications are that the men will vote
overwhelmingly to go out on strike
Ten thousand men will be affected
1000 of these being employed at TN
local shops. The result of the vote
will he announced at Richmond, va
this week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
Was a True Fan.

UNIONTOWN, Pa, July 1o.-"Blind
Billy one Of the greatest supporters
of baseball, both financially and as a
rooter, in western Pennsylvania, is
dying at his home here. His real
name is William H. Mccormick. 1t
was his money which brought "Tom-
my" Corcoran, Of the New York
Giants, and Billy Lauder to Union
town four years ago when the old
Tri-state team was weak. Years ago
he supported personally an amateur
team here which was the talk Of the
country. Unable to see for many years
the old man had every bit of baseball
gossip obtainable read to him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
Weather Conditions,

The depression in North Dakota re-
mains nearly stationary, although fill
ing up, and large field of high pres
sure overlies the southeastern states.
The temperature is high east OF the
Mississippi valley, and slightly cool
er weather prevails from the Rock
les to the upper Mississippi valley.
The rainfall has been confined to
scattered local thunderstorms In the
lower Missouri and upper Mississippi
valleys.
Moderately cool weather attends an
area of high pressure in the northwest.
Conditions indicate unsettled wealth
er, and probably local thunderstorms
tonight or Tuesday for this section.
and warmer Tuesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
Omaha as Headqcarters.

WASHINGTON, July 10.-The fact
that Omaha, Nebr., Is the principal
railway junction in the middle west
and is also the residence of more rail-
way clerks than any other city west
of the Alleghenys, were the reasons
given by Postmaster General Hitch
cock for the selection of the city as
the headquarters OF the new division
railway mail service. The division in
cludes Nebraska, Colorado and Wyom-
ing and embraces about $4,000 miles
of railway service.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
THE WEATHER.
(Until 7 D. m. Tuesday,

(Until p. m. Tuesday,
For Keokuk and vicinity: Unset
tied weather with probably local
thunderstorms tonight or Tuesday.
Warmer Tuesday
For Illinois. Unsettled weather
with probably local thunderstorms to-
night or Tuesday. Somewhat higher
temperature.
For Iowa: Warmer unsettled
weather with probably local thunder
storms east portion tonight Tuesday
generally fair with warmer east por-
ton.
For Missouri: Unsettled weather
with probably local thunderstorms
east portion tonight or Tuesday.
Slightly warmer tonight and east
portion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
|RALLOON RACE
STARTS TO-DAY
s.y.n Big Gas Bags win Leave Kan
=, City This Evening IN Ellmina-
tlen Contest for October
Tournament
START AT FOUR O'CLOCK
rwo Leaders Ia tho Contest VIII be
representatives Of United States
In Flight Of oeto-
Der 8.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 10.-With
tbe aviation field in perfect condition,
the gas mains working, the ballast
laid and the grand stands completed,
and all seven balloons which will fly
h the national balloon race, which
starts from Kansas City today, ready
n be inflated, the entrants assert
thew could fly on an hours notice. so
there is little for them to do but rest
and gossip. !.
Indications are that weather condi
tions will be perfect. The aeronautF
have wished for cool day, with q
brisk wind. A good rain fell this after
noon. lowering the temperature sever
!; degrees, and cooling breeze cac't
in the wake of the rainfall.
Hundreds Of followers of aeria
sports are quartered in the hotels
The largest out-of-town delegation
came from st. Louis. Two hundred
members of the Million Population
Club. which will have balloon il
the race, came in on special train
Fifty boosters are here from Topeka
. The entries follow:
Kansas City Aero Club, The Kan
eas City, H. E. Honeywell, pilot; Johl
Watts, aid.
Million Population Club, st. Louis
The Million Club: John w. Berry, pi
Of Paul McColloch, aid.
Western Aero Association. Topeka
Kansas, Topeka, No. 2; Frank N
Jacobs, pilot; Ralph Emerson, aid.
New York Aero Glib, The New Yor
Clifford Harmon, pilot; Augustus Pos
aid.
Cleveland Aero Club, The Buckeye
J. H. Wade, pilot; A. H. Morgan. all
st. Louis Aero Club, st. Louis NJ
1. Lieut. Frank p Lahm, pilot; Lieu
John Hart, aid.
St. Louis Aero Club, Miss Sophia
W, F. Assman, pilot: Joseph o'Reill
nd.
The first balloon is scheduled
start at o'clock in, the afternoo
The remaining six will be released
intervals of FIVE minutes. The tv
leaders in this contest will be give
ices as representatives of the I'm
ed States in the international ae
race for the James Gordon Benne
cup. 1t will start from Kansas CT
October 5.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
EAGLE CAUGHT :
OUT IN S.,JRM
Was Blown From lts Home In the
Mountains over the City and
Fell In Yard, Exhausted
and Soaked.
MAD AS A WET HEN
Bird Was Captured After Putting up
Hard Flight and VIII Spend
Balance Of Life In
Park Cage.

ST. LOUIS, July 10.-An eaglet,
painting from exhaustion, with feath-
ers rain-soaked, fell apparently from
clear sky at 4:5o o'clock yesterday
afternoon at the feet of Mrs. Pearl
Pelusi, Is years old, while she was
nursing her 4-months-old baby, Gittano
on the rear porch of her fathers
home, 1908 Semple avenue. With her
sat her mother, Mrs. P. A. Rigali, and
Mrs. F. F. Dolan
Mrs. Pelusi was greatly frightened
as the eagle descended, and with al
scream of fright clasped her baby to
her bosom and ran into the house.
Her 17-year-old brother, Joseph L..
Rigali, who was descending the steps
from the porch into the back yard,
recognized the bird as rare speci-
men and ran to catch it.. He made
the capture, with the assistance of his
| father, Amedeo Rigali, after chase
of several minutes over the grass plot
and through the potato and cabbage
patch which occupies the lot in the
rear of the Rigali home. They cornered
the bird in bush near the fence.
Although it lay on the ground help
less for moment, it revived suffic-
iently to give its captor stubborn
fight before 1t was overpowered.
Young Rigali placed it in large
4 cage.
4 The bird is said to be fine speci-
men Of the bald eag-c, With white
head, neck, breast and tail feathers
and brown back and wings slightly
streaked with gray. When standing
erect in his cage he measured feet
in height and AZ inches from tip to
tip of his outstretched wings.
The capture of the eaglet aroused
much interest in the neighborhood OF
the Rigali home, and many crowded
about to inspect the bird and discuss
, the probable whereabout of his dis
tant aerie and how and why he came
! to alight in st. Louis.
When the bird fell, few minutes
before 5 o'clock, a heavy rain clout
was passing over the west end, whicl
/ few minutes later gave the down
q town district summer s.lower. Thi
i cloud came up suddenly from tn
, southwest Hunters say the bird wa
, an inhabitant OF the Ozarks in soutr
). western Missouri and that he wa
II swept by strone upper current Q
e air from that region and fell from e
s hausion.
!. Joseph Rigali says he will not III
S dertake to keep it as a pet. The bir
]. is too savage and unruly, he said, a
v he showed the scars on his hand
$ and face. received in his struggle
d capture it.
q Rigali said he would take the eagl
q to Forest Park today and present
O to Dwight F. Davis, park commission
d er. to be added to the collection
e. birds now in the "bird cage"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
AFTER TWO
MORE PITCHERS
Chance to Grab Two Fingers Who
Were With Aberdeen In South
Dakota League.

The Keokuk club may sign two
more pitchers within the next few
days Communications are now on be-
tween the local club and Thicl.nan
and Jobst, who were with Aberdeen.
The club was in the South Dakoia
League, which has disbanded for the
season.
The report today is that outaelder
Blake may again join the Museatiae
club. Alperman. the left fielder, is not
in condition to play, and Blake may
occupy his berth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
Cannon Won Match.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 10.--Jack
Cannon, Kansas City, won the 1911
singles championship at the Central
States Tennis tournament, defeating
Roland Hoerr, ST. Louis, who had de-
feated Champion Drummond Jones,
st. Louis In the semi-fnals. Hoerr-
Cannon scores: o6; 2-6; 0-S; 6-3
and 60. Drunpmond and Charles S.
Peters, Chicago, defeated Oliver and
Gamble for the doubles championship,
scores: 5.5: 7-5; 6-5.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
STEAMERS CRASH
ON THE LAKE
One Of Them Reported Sunk and Pas.
sensers and Grow Thought
to Have Conc to
Bottom.
LOST
TWENTY SEVEN
Accident Happened at Night and Re-
turning Boat Ploushed Through
Wreokaee on tho
Surface.

sAULT STE. MARIE, July fo.-The
members of the crew of the steamer
Mateo, today report that the steamer
John Mitchell, bound up the lake was
sunk during the night when she col
lided with the steamer VIM. H. Mack.
1t Is believed that seven passengers
and the crew of twenty perished.
The Mateo passed through wrecksge
OF the John Mitchell. The Mitchell
was captained by John Massey, and
loaded with coal bound for Superior
Wis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
early 10 Bed.

NEWPORT, R. l., July 1o.-Ennuied
by the excitement of monkey dinners,
bathing suit parties and similar modes
of diversion, exclusive society here
has adopted new fad. From tonight
on no dinner party or social function
is to last later than II o'clock through.
out the rest of July. And the early
to bed stunt will be supplemented by
the proverbial early to rise, with a
walk-not a ride-to the beach and
plunge before breakfast.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
pain Was General.

LINCOLN, Neb., July 1O.-A gener-
al rain, reaching from the Black Hills
region to Lincoln, has saved the corn
crop and is estimated to be worth
$500, 100000 to the farmers Of the
state. Corn was in bad shape and
could not have stood more than three
or four days of torrid weather. Pas
turage is almost gone. and potatoes
and small grain were suffering great.
ly. Grand Island, and Alliance report
good soaking rains, while through the
Lincoln section fairly good rains are
reported.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
Sane Fourth Pictures.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 10.-Ar-
rangements were today completed for
the showing all over the United
states of moving pictures Of Cleve-
lands sane Fourth celebration Of the
past week The pictures will also be
shown at the convention to be held
here in October. at which will be or
ganized National independence
Day Association that will have for Its
object the securing of a sane celebra
tion for the entire country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
The Commission Plan.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 1o.-A cam
naign to educate Ohio cities up to the
commission form of government and
then to secure the enactment OF such
a law making the choice Of this form
~ government optional with the cities.
has been launched by the Chamber OF
commerce. 1t is planned to have the
law passed at the next session Oh 'he
legislature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
some Close Shooting.

WASHINGTON, July 1o.-A new
record in target practice for the coast
art;llery corps was announced at the
war department The 111th company
~ fort Dade, Florida, scored 100 per
cent of hits, out of six Shots Win
eight inch disappearing guns, on
floating target towed at speed OF
FIVE and half miles an hour tnree
and one-half miles distant.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
na e+,nd,no Allowed.

NEW YORK, July 10.--No person
nav be permitted to stand in the
aisle or other open space OF any
theatre in the city of New York, ac'
cordine to the ruling handed down
by the appellant division OF the su
nreme court in fining the Dewey
theatre $50 for allowing ISLANDERS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
Accident on Interurban

= 'sNSE0SFfE VFFNUE VI
sTAUNTON, Ill, July 10-Fifty pas
fengers narrowly escaped death when
the north bound Illinois traction train
carrying sleeper, struck board
and jumped the track. Two passen-
Gers were slightly injured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
Colorado Get. Rain.

DENVER, Colo, July 1o.-Reports
received from all sections Of the state
Indicate that there will be good crops
this year, Heavy rains have filed the
Irrigation bitches and there Is an
abundance of water.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
rIInht Is Postponed

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 10
In a patched up aeroplane Harry At
wood and Charles K. Hamilton start
ed at O'Clock this morning to fly to
washington, but their machine being
out of order, they were forced to
land near Baltimore and give up the
flight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
Taf4 oeta SACK.

WASHINGTON, July 1o.--President
Taft and his senatorial party arrived
at the naval yards early today after
. two days cruise on the Mayfiower.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
focal ohservatIons.

81 pm. !. 30 05 70 s Hy Rain
10 Z am. 80 o8 76 sw Clear
Rainfall for past "a hours / inch,
81 hundredths.
Mean temperature, July 9, So.
Highest temperature, 95.
Lowest temperature. 10.
Lowest temperature last night. 50.
FRED z. GOSEW1sCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-10
Daily River bulletin.
River Forecast.

River Forecast
The river will fall slowly during the
next 48 hours.
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-05-19
WOMAN'S BODY
IS CUT TO PIECES
HORRIBLE TALE OF 6HOULS'
WORK COMES FROM THE Rou-
MANIA WlLDS.

BERLIN, May 15.-Another case Of
superstition among Roumanian peas
ants is reported from the village OF
Pennsylvania.
Johanna Herejan, an old woman
who was generally regarded in the
place as a witch, died and was bur
led there last week. The other day
the grave was found open and the
body shockingly mutilated, having
been cut into a great number of piec-
es which had been thrown back into
the grave.
The perpetrators OF the ghoulish
outrage are not known, but the au-
thorities believe that the deed was
done by some of the villagers to pre-
vent the witch from doing mischief
after death.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-05-19
CHINESE PRINCE
GOT TOO HAPPY
0AN-CHI OF THAT lLk NO LONG.
Err STANDS ABOVE THE
LAW.

SHANGHAI, May 15.-According to
q custom in China the members of
the Imperial family are above the
law. Prince San-Chi has been doing
tust as he likes recently, fortified with
his immunity. 1t is said that there
ts not hygenic law that this inter-
osting person has not broken. In fact
his great recreation seems to have
been to defy the police. At length to
the endurance of the police there
came limit, and on representations
being made to the minister of the in
terror, that official brought the mat
ter under notice of the regent, who
has not only abolished the "conven-
tion," but the princes recreations
also, and given instructions that in
future he must act as an ordinary cit
1Zen, or stand the consequences.