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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
France and Germany Now Suffering
From the Severe Hot Weather
We Recently Ex-
perienoed.
PARIS IS swELTERING
Worst Drought In Twenty-Five Years
Is Being Entertained Now by
the Painting French
men.

PARIS, July 24.-Paris is swelter-
ing in the worst heat wave expert
enced in twenty-five years, which is
made more severe by the phenomenal
drought, not drop of rain having
fallen for month The thermometer
has risen steadily for the last eight
days from Sc to 81. the latter figure
being attained yesterday.
All indications point to continu-
ance of the heat for several days at
least, and to add to the suffering of
the people there has been a partial
breakdown in the water system. Two
big leakes in the main water pipes
discovered yesterday necessitated the
cutting off the supply.
Many deaths have occurred, the
daily average being six until yesterday
when eleven were reported. At Font
ainebleau the drought was responsible
for the spread of fire which broke
out in the most picturesque part OF
the forest, fifteen acres of which were
destroyed.
The garrison troops were called out
They got the fire under control, wher
more serious outbreak occurred
around Salamandre Rocks. The fire
burned over about $500 acres ant
kept the troops busy all night.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
ROTTEN FOOD
AND SHORT WEIGHT
Too Much of This Is Going on and
Federation Will Take
Hand.

NEW YORK, July 24.-The Ma
tional Civic Federation has entered
the pure food fight. President Seth
Low announced the appointment OF
new department in the federation,
with a membership of 100, which
will work for uniform legislation IN
congress and among the states to re-
inforce the present pure food laws,
In his official statement President
Low says:
Recent exposures in Philadelphia
New York and Chicago indicate the
magnitude and far-reaching character
of the violation of federal drug
laws. Everywhere the poor are being
defrauded by adulterated and impure
food and cheated as to measurements
and weights. The situation calls for
drastic treatment because of corrupt
alliances between officials and manu-
facturers and sellers of rotten food
stuffs'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
HcUNDED TOO
MUCH BY sLEUTHs
ortie McManlgal's Wife Is IN er't'ca'
Condition In the
Hospital.

Los ANGELES, Cal, July 24.-Ihe
condition Of Mrs. Ortie McManigal'
wife of the self-confessed dynamlter,
who was taken to the Pacific hospital
suffering from nervous breakdown
and partial paralysis Of the limbs Is
reported as unchanged. Physicians al
the hospital say. the woman's condl-
ton is pitiable and that she may neV-
er regain the use of her lower limos.
Fearful Of the effect the news
might have on him, Jailer Gallagher
declared tonight that ortie McMani-
gal would not be told of his wlle ;
serious condition. McManigal himself
according to the jailer, is also on the
verge OF a nervous breakdown anu
news Of Mrs. McManfgal's collapse y
is said, might make 1T imposslpie loi
the states chief witness 10 "i'h'
stand the ordeal Of the coming u'ai'
..TJncle George" Behm of Portage
Wis. who raised McManigal rom
boyhood said that Mrs. McManisai >
trouble is due to the persistent houno'
ing 81 detectiyes. who he says, nave
made life miserable for her night anu
day. Behm feels bitterly TOWARD the
sleuths of the William J. Burns asen
cy and attributes both Mrs. McMai., !,
gals and her husbands physlcai an
ments to their activity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
TEN SOCIALISTS
IN NEXT CONGRESS
Victor Berger Predicts That Nine
Others viii Join Him at
Next Election.

CHICAGO, July 24.-Before moving
ii to summer quarters to Claypooi'
Ind the socialist national committee
issued a report showing its growth OF
the membership since the last presi-
dental election.
During the election of 1908 1t cast
q vote of 423,o00, and in the general
elections of last fall it cast SooooV
more votes than in the previous pai-
lot. The dues paying membership IA
1905 was $4,000 in 1910 about so,ooo
and now it is 100000. If.the ratio con-
tinues, the party leaders expect 10
have 10000 in 1912. The mem
bership has always been about one
tanth of the total vote. and by TINS
calculation the leaders expect to pol
more than 100000 votes In 1912.
Congressman Victor Berger s quot
cd as saying that at least ten sociai
let congressman will be sent to the
national house.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
ABSOLUTE LIFE
TO BE TAUGHT
Evangelist Of see Cult Is Bounced Out
Of Cleveland and Goes Earth
er East.

CLEVELAND, O., July pa Broth
er Soul" w. Edward Riker, who came
to this city from San Francisco and
announced his intention of perpetual
ting the teachings Of absolute life as
originated by Evelyn Arthur See, re-
Gently convicted at Chicago, decided
that Niagara Falls would be more
receptive to his teachings than Cleve-
land, and departed for that place. He
was accompanied by his wife, who al
SO teaches absolute life.
Although Riker declared the teach
ings of absolute life would give be-
lever power to make the walls of a
iail crumble before him. Mayor Baeher
convinced him that the walls of the
Cleveland jail were of unusual stabili
ty.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
PRESIDENT TAFT
NAMED AGAIN
Unsigned Letter is Produced to Show
That He Was Not Opposed to
Senator Lorlmer.

WASHINGTON, July 24.--President
Taft today figured again in the testi-
mony before the senate Lorimer COM
mittee as a supporter of Lorimer in
the senatorial election in Illinois in
1909
Edward Hines. alleged Senator ma
kerr on the witness stand produced
an unsigned letter from Congressman
Boutell purporting to indicate that
the president was not opposed to Lor-
liner The unsigned letter was sup
posed to be in Boutell's handwriting.
"Did you have talk with Congress-
man Boutell about the senatorship
two or three weeks before the cleo
tion?" asked Judge Hancey, Lori
mer's attorney, Of Hines.
Yes, and we agreed to urge Lori
mer to be candidate. He volunteer
ed to see the president"
Hines then testified that Boutell
saw the president and produced an
unsigned letter which he said was In
Boutells handwriting. 1t had been
enclosed with signed letter from
Boutell to hines, which was received
after Lorimers election. This hn
signed letter read:
~ would like to have the senator
go to the president and bring bacl
! the goods
"Boutel said that the president hac
1 declared Lorimer to be acceptable t.
4 him in order to have republican
senator from Illinois"
In answer to questions by Judg
Hancey, Hines testified that he wa
in New York on February II and II
1911, and saw Judge Gary Of the stee
trust on business matter. Hine
said he explained to Gary that he wa
in Washington because the newsps
pers had linked his name to the Lor
mer case and asserted that Gary G
clared that he, himself had favore
Hopkins
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
Graham Girl Adds to Her Notoriety
by Fading Away Into Thin
Air During Tho
Evening.
THEATRE ADVERTISING
Police Look Upon Il as a Scheme for
Publicity and Do Not Appear
Worried About

NEW YORK, July 24.-Just before
it was time for the curtain to go up
for those two girls" at theatre Sum
day, an attache OF the house stepped
out before the curtain, and with
serious face made this announcement:
THE manag cement regrets to have
to announce that Miss Lillian Graham.
who appears with Miss Ethel Conrad
in the next act, mysteriously disap-
peared from her home before mid
night last night and has not been
seen since. A general alarm has been
sent out by the police, and 1t Is SIN
cerely hoped she will be found. AS
soon as she appears she will reap
pear"
After which the curtain rose and dis
closed Miss Conrad, the second OF the
pair who attained notoriety by shoot
1 ing w. r. D. Stokes early last month.
Miss Conrad did her turn unaided as
best she could, and then retired to
her dressing room to mingle her tears
with Mrs John Singleton, sister OF
Miss Graham, in the presence OF sew
eral reporters. The management OF
the house disclaimed any knowledge
of press agent work.
Mrs. Singleton said she had only
consented to allow the fact concerning
/ Lillian Graham's disappearance to go
to the papers because she thought
publicity might aid in solving the mys-
terry OF her disappearance and her pres
: ent whereabouts. Her story was to
: the effect that after the performance
on Saturday night Miss Conrad, Miss
Graham and herself had returned by
taxi to their apartments. They had
planned to have a little luncheon, but
: found that they had no sugar, so LII
: liam volunteered to go for 1t; also
some headache powders for Mrs.
Singleton That was few minutes
after ten o'clock When she did not
return at eleven o'clock Mrs. Single
. ton and Miss Conrad went to near
by delicatessen store and drug store
in search Of her. She had not been
seen at either place.
After midnight they reported her
disappearance to the West One Hun
dredth Street station, and later in the
!, morning, upon the advice of Clark L.
Jordon, attorney for the girls, Mrs.
Singleton and Miss Conrad reported
the disappearance to Lieut.. Fogarty at
police headquarters Mrs. Singleton
: told the lieutenant she was positive
:. her sister had been kidnapped.
), Inspector Hughes at headquarters
: received a call from Mr. Jordan later
= in the afternoon Afterward the in
: spector said he was not in favor OF
y headquarters being turned into
"A publicity bureau
- Lillians bondsman is Raffaele Mar
10 razzi The bond Is $4,000
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
Proposition at Camp Meeting to Ar
range for the Meeting of Young
Ladies' and Gentle
mon.
A STORM OF PROTEST
Some Of the staid Old Sisters Threw
up Their Hands in Horror
When Proposition Was
Suggested.

DESPLAINEs, H. July 24-The
great Methodist camp meeting in
progress here is divided over the de-
mand Of Miss Charlotte McKeon,
secretary Of the Epworth League Of
Chicago, that she be furnished with
$1,000 with which to establish So
cial bureau as 3 matrimonial depart
ment of the league. Despite the dis
sention, 1t is believed the "matrimon-
ial bureau will be established There
was storm of protest from staid old
sisters when Miss McKeon made her
demand. There are thousands of
young men and women in Chicago"
she said, "who would get married If
they could meet each other. Girls are
working away the best years of their
lives because conditions in great cities
prevent them from marrying. 1t is the
duty Of the church to affect the NOR
al and spiritual we'll being of the
young people.
more or less ridicule will be di-
rected at this matrimonial bureau,
but the church can make It success. ;
For an hour Miss McKeon, who was
seconded by Miss Lillian bangle, Miss
Marian Prestage and Rev. T. K. Gale
were assailed on all sides by the
standpatters of the church. 1t was
finally decided that the presiding ell
ders OF the church would confer with
the young women and make flna
4 ruling.
I'VE are prepared" said Miss Nc
Keon, Immediately to start the bu
reau We would investigate the char
acter of any man or woman who seeks
4 to join We would not openly list tht
names of young men and women wh'
want to get married. We would ar
range social gatherings and entertain
ments and have social headquarters
when young man is introduces
to young woman at one of thes
entertainments, the chaperone simpl
will say, one of our members, MI
JONES' and they will both know wha
they Joined for
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
Labor Leaders, Case.

WASHINGTON, July 24-Counsel
for Samuel Gompers, Frank Morrison
and John Mitchell, the labor leaders
who for second time face charge
of contempt of court in the Bucks
Stove and Range Co. case, will, t
was announced, request JUS
tice Wright to force the
prosecuting committee to supplement
the formal charges of contempt by a
specific bill of particulars. The de-
partment of justice, will not mix in
the contempt case and District At
torney Wilson was ordered to ask
Justice Wright to excuse him from
service as special prosecutor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
nlna Is GrlevIna.

CHICAGO, July 24.--Letters receiv-
ed from travellers in Switzerland de-
clare that Miss Olga Mem, Chicago
girl for love of whom Baron Oskar
Rothschild, of Vienna. commltted
suicide, is living in seclusion in Du-
cerne with her mother and will not
return to America. She is said to be
erieying deeply over the fate of her
sweetheart. From a light hearted, hap
DIV girl, she has been transformed in
to disconsolate woman. For hours
she sits alone, gazing at picture OF
the baron.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
Left Note stating They Were Destl-
tute, But Had Several Hundred
DolIars on Deposit In
the Bank.
IN WEDDING CLOTHES
Put on Their Bridal Garments and
Then Drank Poison and Died
While clasped In Each
Others Arms.

MTDDLETOWN, N. Y, July "a
Clasped in each others arms and |
dressed in their wedding clothes, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward d. G. Grams, we'll |
known residents, were found dead in |
their bed In their home Sunday after
noon. They had been dead since We'd
nesday.
On a chair beside the bed were
two glasses which apparently had
contained carbolic acid. On the same
chair hung Mr. Grams coat. The in
dications we're that the poison had
been prepared in another room, car
ried into the bedroom and drunk, af-
ter which the couple got into bed
and awaited death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grams resided in the
finest part of the city, They had been
prominent in social life for many
years, Mr.. Grams having been editor
of the Middletown Daily Press He al
| &c was active in republican political
circleg
When two letters enclosed in one
envelope were found it was learned
that the couple had died as a result
of a suicide pact which had been in
their minds since March 16 last, for
one of the letters bore that date. The
letters We're addressed to Executor,
DR.. E. NJ. Schultz" The letter dated
March 16. read:
Dear Friend When our Wills were
drawn some time ago we expected to
leave you nice sum, but we have
lived too long. Christian friends have
been so scarce that everything is
about gone. No work after paying
taxes for wears Then when we need
money our friends Gas We tbought)
desert us.
"One dear friend, only one in this
christian city, has tried to help us
What are their lives? Very few are
true If only dared tell what know!
My dear husband is all that have left
and he, too. is tired of life. This Is
clear case Of suicide for want Of
work to make a living and should bt
made public.
"EDWARD---JENNIE GRAMS"
The second letter, evidently writer
by Mr.. Grams just before death, di
reoted that no funeral services b'
held and that the undertaken be re
1uested not to disturb their bodies
It was also requested that the hus
hand be buried beside a little daugf
ter who died nineteen years ago, an
that the wife be buried beside so
who died at the same time. Now
am in my right mind, but we hav
nothing to live on and we are proud
was the conclusion of the letter.
A purse containing several dollar
and a bank book showing the COUP
had several hundred dollars on az
pcsit. were found In a dresser NJ
and Mrs Grams were each about
years old.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
HoWLED OFF
OF THE FLOOR
Premier AsquIth Is Hooted ont'' ne
Has to slInk OF In
Corner.

LONDON, July 24,-For the first
t,rra IN the recent history of England
the premier of the nation was ho"ieo
down today when he attempted 10
make an explanation OF the govern
ment's course on the floor OF the
house of commons, For over half an
hour Premier Asquith attempted 70
eYnlain the governments attitude on
tha nending bill regarding the veto
mower of the house of lords his eV,
erv o. utterance was drowned by yelis Oh
tha conservatives. calling MN
traitor to England"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
Legal Fight In Court VIII Likely Re.
suit From the Election Of Sat
urday on Prohibl-
tIon.
Complete Returns VIII be In by
Wednesday and Then There VIII
be Some Real Ex-
element.

AUSTIN, Tex. July IA legal
fight in court to determine the re-
suit Of the state wide prohibition
election Saturday appears assured to-
day by gain in anti votes in late re-
turns. Judges compiling the returns
reported early today majority for
the "wets" by less than 5000 al.
though the 'drys" claim victory by
five times that number. The complete
returns will not be known before to-
morrow or Wednesday.
Late returns on the constitutional
amendment have the result in doubt.
Both sides are claiming victory, the
vets by 5000 and the drys by 25,000.
An official count will probably be re-
quired to determine the result.
The big prohibition lead has been
cut down by the vote in supposedly
dry territory, and now the vets are
in the lead by several thousand.
Last night unofficial returns had
been received at headquarters OF
the statewide prohibition organiza-
1 ton from 465,000 out of probably 49O,
900 votes polled, and these give pro
hibition majority of 1859 votes. 1t is
claimed by Chairman T. H, Ball o.
the prohibition faction that the votes
still to be heard from will be about
evenly divided between the antis ane
prohibitionists. But he thinks th'
] ma iority may be run up as high as ",
00o.
4 The figures received by the prohl
4 hilton managers do not tally witt
1 those that have come into the ant
state wide prohibition headquarters
/ Approximately 100000 votes are ae
counted for at the latter places, an
these show a majority OF about 5,oo
against the amendment. While tn
situation locks almost hopeless to tn
wet leaders. they claim it will tax
the official count to determine tn
result
The amendment becomes operativ
t of it's own accord January u, 1917,
/, Texas has gone dry. it is said upheaN
ais will occur in Texas politics. Prt
bitionists are already beginning I
figure on a new governor to succee
10. B. Colquitt and new Unite
states senator to take the place
i ". Bailey. The election has place
an entirely new political element
" the saddle in Texas.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
|FOOL!o1 CU0P[t C[OSE RESULT STATES SOAKED
tNlJ lHtlR LIVES OF TEXAS VOTE ON SUNDA
Dh
Hao Of " dsee Mrl
Of cood Ito the
the eBank
! IN WEDDING CLOTHES
| While LIN III hou.rn
Rain Drenched the West Yesterday
and Did Several Million Dollars
Worth Of Good to the
Farms.
IS VETS WON'T GIVE UP CORN FIELDS TIcKLED
Sunday Storm Could Not Have Pleas
ed Farmers Any Better Had
II Been Shower OF
Money.

ST. LOUIS, July 24.-Missouri was
drenched Sunday by the very sort of
rain that lately had been prayed for
by corn raisers and sympathetic dwell
lers in the cities.
Not only Missouri, but Illinois, Kan
sas, Iowa. Wisconsin and Minnesota
were treated benefciently by the
downpour, and other states this side
the Rockies, but not so contiguous,
also benefited by the moisture.
The rain, which drenched fourteen,
states, was worth millions of dollars
to the farmer and the country Had
it been a rain of real money the farm
er could not have been more pleased
More than a dozen states in the north
and middle west-all of the corn belt
had rain, and all needed it to save
the corn.
Now, according to agriculturists, the
corn will develop with one final spurt.
| The result will be an era of propsper-
/ ity fully as concrete as anything to
come from the reciprocity treaty.
Beginning just west of the Rocky
Mountains, in Idaho and Northern
Montana, the rainstorm swept across
the country, touching some states
! lightly and others, where 1t was need
4 ed most, were treated to steady
downpour that made the countryside
hilarious
Indiana, Michigan and Ohio are due
to get their rain toda" 1t might he
well to say that it rained in Florida
North Carolina and Alabama, bu
that was another storm entirely. This
was strictly Missouri corn rain.
For two weeks the weather bureal
has been besieged by corn raisers de
string to know when they might eN
pect rain. Each day they grew
, more insistent. Saturday was the frs
, time the observer was able to Civ
them much encouragement.
Except for little thunderstorms IL
widely scattered districts, this wa
+ the first rain since July 10, and tha
one amounted to little. 1t had bee
two weeks since the corn was treate
, to real rain.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
ELEVEN LEGS OF
STEEL OCTOPUS
Printer Comes Forward With Copy OF
Agreement Which He Set
up In 1900,

up IN 19oU,
WASHINGTON, July 24.-Evidence
that eleven OF the largest steel manu-
featuring companies in the country
entered into pooling agreement In
1900. through which the members
were permitted to manufacture and
sell only certain percent of the total
production of all the companies, was
introduced before the Stanley steel in
vestigating committee today in the
shape Of tte supposed agreement
r B. Kaufman, printer, OF Coates
Vile, Pa, presented the alleged agree
ment which he printed.
The committee believes the pooling
agreement Is still In force. The llll-
nois steel Co., the Carnegie Co., the
Otis steel Co. and others were In the
agreement.
The purpose of the association as
stated by the agreement was for mu-
tual interests and to enable them to
nay liberal wages to their workmen.
The agreement sets forth the exact
share of each of the signers In the
steel plate business. The Carngie
| Co. was accorded the biggest busi-
ness 1925 per cent of the total output
of the combine. II company, ac-
cording to the agreement. sold more
than its share according to the com
pact. the offender was compelled to
nav 35-1oo Of cent per pound to the
association for such action. The
stanley committee will attempt tc
proye that this agreement is still in
force.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
Alnh Coal Prices.

CALGARY, Alberta, July a4.--The
dominion government will be asked
by the city and board of trade of Cal
gary to suspend the duties on coal en-
tering Calgary from the United States
for a period of six months. The situa-
ton throughout the country is daily
becoming more serious and that there
will be much suffering and new high
records for the price of coal this win
ter is daily more apparent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
Simon is Not SO Sick.

PORT AU PRINCE, July 24.-Presi-
dent Antoine Simon had so recov-
cred from his illness today that he
left the palace to direct personally
the defense of the capitol. The ad-
vance guard of the insurgent forces
is now about twelve miles off. No for
ward movement was made today.
The yacht American has been turn
ed over to the Haytian government
according to reports here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
Heat Wave Hits Germany.

BERLIN, July 24.-Germany is suf-
fering from the most oppressive heat
wave since 1904. Some of the reg
istering instruments recorded 1o4 de-
grees. Multitudes have gone to the
suburban lakes, but have experienced
little relief.
The temperatures along the sea-
coast are equally high. Many heat
prostrations are reported from Stet-
tin. Hamburg, Cologne and elsewhere.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
AROUND THE WORLD
IN EIGHTY DAYS
jules verne's Record May Be Cut
Down Almost One-haIf by
Frenchman.

MOSCOW, July 24.-Andre lager
schmidt, the French newspaper man
who is trying to break all records for
encircling the globe, reached Omsk,
Siberia, Saturday. Yagerschmidt ex-
poets to make the trip around the
world in AZ days.
Nellie Bly's record of 70 days,
hours, IL minutes and IA seconds,
made in 1889 stood until 1908 when
Henry Fredericks, writer. went
around the world in fifty-four days,
seven hours and 20 minutes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-24
Seven More Skeletons.

HAVANA, July 24-The remains
of seven more members of the crew
of the Maine were recovered Saturday.
bringing the total found so far UP to
eleven. AS fast as the skeletons
were discovered they were taken
aboard a collier and placed in indiyi-
dual cofflns.