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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
Southern Statesman Wants Provision
for the Development Of Water
Power Wherever There
ls Dam.
ON NAvIGABLE STREAMS
Birmingham Franchise In the Senate
Was Cut From Ninety-Nlne
Years Down to Twenty
five.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-H Repre-.
sentative Taylor of Alabama has his
way every dam hereafter constructed
by the army engineers as part of an
improvement project on navigable
stream will make provision for the de-
velopment of possible water power,
except in cases where the dams are
SO low as to be incapable of deyelop-
ing water power.
This determination on the part oi
the Alabaman is the outgrowth of the
bitter fight among house democrats
over the senate bill for the improve
ment of the Black Warrior river.
which granted a water power fran
chise to the Birming am Water, Light
and Power Company. AS it originally
passed the senate the franchise ex-
tended ninety-nine years and provid-
ed for coalition between the Bir
mingham concern and the govern
ment. Even Alabama representatives
were opposed to this arrangement
The house committee on rivers and
harbors cut down the time to fifty
years. The bill also was amended sc
as to remove the Objectionable "coali
| tion" feature. On the floor of the
house many other amendments were
added, and the life of the proposed
/ franchise was cut down to twenty-five
years.
| When the bill was returned to tht
senate that body again used the
knife, eliminating every provision re
lating to the immediate development
of water power, but directing the en-
gineers to construct a 65-foot dan
with view to the future development
| of power.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
RAISE RATES
ON INTERURBANs
Costs Two Gents Per Mile Now in
Indiana, the Same as on
Steam Roads.

TBRRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. "a
The Terre Haute, Indianapolis and
Eastern Traction Company gives no.
tice of an advance in passenger rates,
by which the charge will be the same
as on steam roads, 2 cents mile.
This means an increase of 20
cents between indianapolis and Terre
Haute, Indianapolis and Richmond,
and a corresponding increase on short
er lines.
The Indiana Union Traction Com
pany had made like advance, and
now the rates on all Indiana lines are
higher than ever before. The com
panies will not charge extra for lin
tied cars.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
WANT PENNY
POSTAGE RATE
Stamp Collectors Society Adopts Res
olutions For Lower
Fee.

CHICAGO, Aug. PA resolution
asking congress to establish general
1cent postage rate for first-class mail
matter was adopted by the American
Philatelic Society at its session in the
Hotel La Sale yesterday
A committee to pass on the merits
of the different entries to the stamp
exhibit has begun its work.
The chief object of interest to the
stamp men are George Worthington' s
two Mauritius stamps of the issue of
1S47. These re valued at $4,000.
Major General G. A.. Coolidge, U. S.
A., retired, is attending the conven-
ton He led the allied armies into
Pekin in the Boxer uprising in 1900.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
Hitched to Apple Tree.

CASTLETON, N. Y, Aug. 24.-On
the last lap of his aeroplane fight
from st. Louis to New York, Harry
N. Atwood last night had his biplane
hitched to an apple tree on top of
hill in Castleton, overlooking the
Hudson river and Albany, eight miles
to the north. Today Atwood expects.
in what he calls two bird hops to
complete his journey to New York,
landing at Sheepshead Bay, with a
possible preliminary circle over Gov
ernor's Island.
On landing the Boston aviator will
have accomplished the longest fight
through the air ever made by man In
a heavier than air machine. He will
hold the worlds record for cross
country fight, and he believes that
he has set an example in the develop
ment of aeroplanes that will result
in more long distance trips and
gradual elimination of circus contests
at aviation events.
Atwood hopes to sail over the 49,
miles between here and New York be
fore midafternoon 1t is not probable
he will make it without stop on the
way, because he carries only twelv'
gallons of gasoline and uses one gal
lon to every ten miles. He hopes t.
make his first hop" the longest, ST
that he will be able more accuratel
to estimate the actual time of his al
pearance over New York.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
In the Shade of an Old
Apple Tree

the river. His appearance over Rhine
Cliff, opposite Kingston, will mark his
breaking the worlds record for CROSS
country flying. for at that point he
will have exceeded by thirteen miles
the present record of 1164 miles.
At New York he will have flown
1861 miles, or 101 miles above the
present record.
Atwood's fight of sixty-six miles
the only days run which he started
and ended before noon From Fort
Plain, where he assembled in fog at
1928 a. M, he swept through the
Mohawk valley, turned the corner"
for the south at Albany and landed
here at 9:12 a. m. He stopped fifteen
minutes enroute for gasoline, making
his actual flying time, / hour and 80
minutes.
Money Bonuses DIsregarded.
Over villages and cities, disregard-
ing all offers of money bonuses to land
in places where great crowds awaited
him, Atwood sailed through the valley
of fog and against wind. Whistles
and ringing Of bells had no induce
ment for him, for generally he de-
toured around cities.
! Approaching Albany, he turned to
the south and evaded the crowds.
Wnen he was swinging out over the
Hudson river. however, thousands
saw him and then began great rush
In the direction in which he was going.
4 Atwood, after stunning hospitality
all day, landed on the property of an
irate farmer, who protested against
/ the presence of the aviator and the
consequent thrush Of people. The
more the farmer protested the great
er became the crowd and soon near
by apple orchard was half denuded OF
fruit.
Recora Now Broken.
I COLD SPRINGS, N. Y, Aug. a.
with worlds record broken and a
wonderful demonstration of over wa
! ter work, Atwood dropped down in a
field Just outside this village at 9:4:
this morning to overhaul his biplane
and prepare for the last fight intt
stgNew. York. He flew from Castletol
Ito West Point in 1:15. averaging bet
ter than As miles an hour. He plan
ned to land at West Point on the pa
rade grounds where officers awaite'
; him, but was not able to do SO ant
had to cross the river.
\ He plans to resume his flight thi
afternoon to the final landing, but 81
miles away.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
Weather Conditions.

The northwestern field of high pres
sure has spread eastward along the
northern boundary, and extends from
Oregon to New England, while the
southwestern depression remains sta
tionary in Arizona.
Conditions have been attended by
generally cloudy weather over the
northern half of the country, and there
have been showers on the Gulf Coast,
and in portions of Kansas, Missouri,
the Upper Mississippi Valley, and
the Western Lake Region.
Conditions indicate unsettled
weather, with showers tonight or
Friday, for this section.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
In Ten Days 1881 Miles.

When he landed in Castleton At
wood in ten days had flown 1131
miles from st. Louis without any mis-
hap more serious than losing his way
in run from Lyons, N. Y, to Auburn.
His biplane has endured the test we'll
1t was only because of slight
wearing of the bearings of his engine
that Atwood decided not to continue
his fight last night. His mechanics
prepared to work on the biplane all
night, attaching aluminium pontoons
for possible landings in the river.
Leaving here, probably early, At.
wood will take straight course down
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
HOTEL GUESTS
FLED UNCLOTHED
House on Island Burns to the Ground
But Guests Get Away
Alive.

CLAYTON, N Y, Aug. 24.-The
fashionable hotel Frontenac, on Sound
Island, one of the finest resorts on
the river. is today mass of smoking
ruins. The loss is half million.
Many thrilling escapes marked the
fire, which started at midnight. The
guests had to flee in their night
clothes The guests were taken In
lanches to other hotels on other Is
lands.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
ls Not Decided.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. Aug. 24.-That
he has not yet decided whether he
will be candidate for governor, was
Tie statement made today by Form sr
Governor Richard Yates on his return
from a lecture tour of Ohio, Illinois
and Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
LIKE OUTBREAKS
IN RUSSIA
Riots in Wales and Attacks on Jewish
Merchants Are Creating
Demands.

LONDON, Aug. 24.-Declaring that
the anti-semitic riots in Wales are
comparable to the massacres in Rus
sia, the Jewish newspapers today Wig
orously demand that the government
suppress the rioting and give the peo-
pie protection in the villages where
the miners have declared their inten-
tions of driving the Jews out.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
$4,000 Reward.

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Aug. pa
Fred Warren and Eugene v. Debs of
the socialist newspaper Appeal to
Reason today offered a reward of S5,-
900 for information as to the where
abouts of George Shoas, writer for
that paper who disappeared ten days
ago. Ten detectives who have been
working on the case for week, have
found no clues.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
BEATTIE'S TRIAL
ON ANNIVERSARY
First Witness Goes on the Stand To-
day in Sensational Wife Muir
der Case.

CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE,
Va. Aug. 24.-On the anniversary OF
his wedding today, Henry Clay Beat
ties trial for wife murder opened
with large crowd attending.
The murdered girls uncle was the
first witness and told of her dead
body being brought back from the au-
tomobile trip.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
Anarv at JUDGE.

SEATTLE, Wash. Aug. 24-Peti-
tions asking President Taft to re-
move Judge Charles Hamford are be-
ing signed by thousands as the result
of the fight of the people against the
Renton, Southern and Seattle interur-
ban railway
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
Give Iahorers Killed.

WHITEsBoRO. KY, Aug 24--Five
,ahorers were killed and others injurs
ID hv the explosion Of powder at the
construction camp of the Sandy ana
Southern railroad today,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
Father, Mother and One Boy Found
Dead In Burning House by Fire
men Fighting the
Flames.
OTHER SON ARRESTED
Police Believe He Burned Balance Of
Family to Death for the
Purpose Of
Robbery.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. 24.-The
bodies Of Samuel Lee, his wife and
son, aged 16 were found in their burn
ing house by city firemen today and
the police have arrested their other
son William, charging him with muir
der for the purposes Of robbery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
postponed untll Tomorrow.

NYAC, Aug. 24.-Aviator AtWooo'
after remaining at Cold Springs
short time. flew down the river but
was forced to land here because OF
motor trouble. He came here and TOOK
a room at hotel The repair OF his
motor will delay his flight to New
York ultil tomorrow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
Local Observations.

Rainfall for past "a hours, 9 hun
dredths.
Mean temperature, August 90, 63.
Highest temperature, 50,
Lowest temperature, 81.
Lowest temperature last night, 81.
FRED q. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity: Unsettled
weather with showers tonight or Fri
day.
For Illinois, Iowa and Missouri: IN
settled weather with showers tonight
or Friday
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
PrcsIdent Reviews G. A. R. and Tnen
Makes Address at the Camp
Fire in the Ev-
ening.
PARADE WAS INSPIRING
Old campaIsners Of Grant and sher-
man Follow the Fife and Drum
In Shady Two Mile
March.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Aug, 24.--Not
In several years have the Grand
Army veterans turned out in as large
numbers as for yesterdays parade.
The main parade began to move as
soon as the presidential parade reach
ed the revolving stand In Washington
square and President Taft had taken
his seat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
Medicine Worse Than Disease.

Higher aims for the betterment OF
society. these new evils growing out
OF the concentration of wealth and
these combinations which properly
controlled are great good in the re-
duction Of the cost Of production,
the president said, have invited from
the active minded of today sugges'
tiors of remedies that are SO extreme
that the medicine to many OF us
seems worse than the disease.
Those of us who are charged with
the responsibility and sobered Win
the difficulties, find ourselves in the
middle of the road, resisting the ten
dency to socialism on the one mana
and the inertia of reactionary content
ment with present evils and ambition
for greater concentration OF imam
cial power on the other; but we are
gradually solving the problem. me
present day does not bring difncul.
ties so great as you had to meet anu
overcome in 81. 1t may be a longer
fight, because 1t will not involve vio
lence, or the shedding of blood, but II
must and will be solved peacefuiiy
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
Daily River Bulletin
River Forecast

The river will fall slowly for sever
al days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, The
Boys are Marching

and by the earnest efforts OF the lev
el-headed, the practical and the cour-
ageous among US, and by reducing
the influence Of the demagogue and
the theoretical extremists on the one
hand and the reactionary influence
OF combinations Of wealth and poll
tics and progress on the other, it's
solution will be consistent with the
preservation Of our ancient instit,4
tions Of personal liberty and private
property under the constitution.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
Taft,s Address.

On the eve of his forty-day swing
around the circle, during which re
publican leaders expect him to define
the issues for the campaign OF 1917,
President Taft last night announced
himself unalterably opposed to the
"nostrums" of reform which he de-
clared "demagogues" and Theoretical
extremeists,' have advanced for the
solution OF the problem of concen-
trated wealth in this country.
The president spoke to the veterans
Of the G. A. R. In the struggle whlch
they went through fifty years ago ana
the one which he said now confront
ed the nation, he found striking an
alogy, although the struggle OF TO-DAY
he declared, will be bloodless IN the
end, the president said, the peace-lov-
ing, straight-thinking people OF the
country will be victorious, but the
fight itself may be the longer be.
cause it will be fought out to the enc
without bloodshed and the roar OF pat
tlefield.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
ProbIems win Work out.


property under the constitution.
Problems viii Work Out.
The message that you bear with
your experience and your success to
those OF us struggling now with the
problem is, that however dark at
times the situation seems, SO long as
we retain in this country, a God
fearing. sober, intelligent people, we
can count in the long run upon their
working out safely and sanely the
problems set before them, no matter
how many mistakes in the form OF
"nostrums' they may have been led
to make by the speciousness of half
baked theorists on progress; no mat
ter how far they may have been de
feated in their purpose by the TEN
porary success of undue and corrupt
influence of concentrated wealth."
From the moment he reached
Rochester at 8 o'clock in the morn
ing, until at night, when he left fol
Beverly, the president was surround
ed by veterans. He stood on a re
viewing stand for more than two
hours in the morning while thousands
of old soldiers, most of them in blue
many of them just tottering alont
with the aid of friends, filed sIowl!
by. Major General Frederick D. Grant
Mayor Egerton and Commander-in
Chief Gilman, of the G. A. R.. stoot
| with the president.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
Miles Of Shaded Streets.

Through two miles of shaded
streets the old campaigners of Grant
and Sherman moved in martial array
to the blaze of bands and the pipe
and the roll of fife and drum. The pro-
cession started shortly after 10
o'clock and was more than four hours
in passing the reviewing stand in
Clinton avenue. Occupying seats with
the president in the reviewing stano
were Governor Dix, of New York,
Mayor Egerton, of Rochester, and a
number Of other notables. AS each di,
vision of the column of blue-clad vet
Grams approached the stand the col
ors were dipped and each department
commander joined Commander-in.
Chief Gilman in the stand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
Drifted Away From Subject.

Peace was really the subject of the
presidents speech to the veterans
but he said he could not miss an op-
portunity to draw an analogy between
the contests of the past and those of
the present and the near future. He
also discussed briefly the general ar
bitration treaties with Great Britain
and France which the senate foreign
relations committee sought to amend
and which parts that committee lab
elled breeders of war.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
President entertained.

After reviewing the parade, Presf
dent Taft was driven to the resi-.
dence OF former Senator and State
Treasurer Thomas B. Dunn. The
early plans for his entertainment in
cluded an automobile ride about the
city at p. m. He later went to ths
East avenue residence of Henry A..
Strong, where he was entertained at
dinner with Senator Dunn and a few
other guests. He left Mr.. Strongs
residence at $50 o'clock for conven-
tion hall to attend the camp fire and
address the veterans. At the conclu.
sion of the services at Convention
hall the president went direct to MS
car at the New York Central station.
He left Rochester at S:55 p. m.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-11
TOM 1. JOHNSON

Tom L. Johnson is dead. but he will
be remembered as a champion Of the
people, an earnest advocate of equal
rights. Tom johnson could have
amassed great wealth had he thought
only Of self, but he preferred to make
a stand for good government, and the
uplift Of his fellow men through the
medium Of reforms. He was princi-
pally known for his persistent advo-
cacy Of three-cent street railway fares
in Cleveland and Detroit, policy
which finally plunged him into hnan-
cial reverses. He was honest, always
on the side of the people, fighter for
what he believed was right Above all
things he will be remembered for his
sterling manhood. The poem on "A
Man is Passing which we present
on this page today, aptly analyses his
character. II is well deserved trib-
ute. Tom L. Johnson was truly,
man.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-11
THIS is MY 18th BIRTHDAY"

DR.. William Wallace Campbell, d.
rector Of the famous Lick Observatory
at Mt. Hamilton. Cal, was born in
Hancock county, Ohio, April IL. 1862
After graduating from the University
of Michigan in 1856 he became profess
SCR Of mathematics in the University
.cf Colorado. Two years later he re-
turned 20 the University OF Michigan
as an instructor in astronomy. In
1891 he became an astronomer at Lick
Observatory, and has been its direct
or since 1901. DR.. Campbell was in
charge OF the Lick University eclipse
expeditions 10 India in 1895. To Georgia
in 1900. and 10 Spain in 1905. He is
a member Of a number Of the foremost
scientific societies of America and Eu-
rope and his work in astronomical re-
search has been further recognized by
the award Of prizes and medals from
the Paris Academy Of Sciences. the
Royal Astronomical Society Of Eng
land and the National Academy of Sci
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-11

Governor Osborn is keeping a rca-
sonably close watch on legislative do
ings these days, lie believes the
House and Senate are doing their best
az present 10 push through needed
legislation and hopes TO see the pro-
gram cleared up before adjournment
arrives. bat those who know the gov
ernor viii expect him to hold thelegis-
lature strictly to account for what is
done and what is left undone. In
every way possible he IS aiding thel leg
islature 10 get results and conferences
with members are becoming more fire.
quent every day in an effort to get an
which will aid both the
lawmakers and the executive in work.
ing together FOR the best interests OF
the state.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-11
GREAT BRITAIN PRosPERs.

Great Britain is in a more flourish
ing condition financially than ever be-
fore in her history. When David
Lloyd-George became Chancellor of the
Exchequer he faced an annual deficit
of some sixty or eighty million dollars.
His budget has proven an unqualified
success as a revenue producer, and the
year which ended March Slst the rev.
enue represented a surplus of twenty
eight million dollars over the years
expenditures and this in spite Of an
increase in military expenditures and
Of great sums devoted TO old age pen
sions. The shipbuilding industry new
er was so fiourishing, Ireland is be-
coming contented and prosperous. and
If the English people are not hopeful
and optimistic their depression cannot
be laid to any lack Of national pros
perity
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-11
CRITICAL TIME IN MEXICO.

Theoretically there is more danger in
the Mexican situation today than there
was a month ago. Affairs have reach
ed a point where there must be, and
speedily too, either peace under reform
policies or else a general uprising COM
pared with which the past Instruction
VIII be tame and almost inconsequen-
tiaL It is a case of reform. immediate
and comprehensive. or widespread and
determined revolution.
The steps which President Diaz has
taken in the last few weeks have en-
couraged the insurrectos to expect lib
eral concessions, strongly assured, and
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-11
THIS DATE IN HISTORY"

l7l5-Treaty OF Utrecht. which end
ed the wars Of Queen Anne. secured
the Protestant succession In England
and the enlargement OF the British cole
onies in America.
l16S-one quarter Of the city Of
Montreal destroyed by fire
Stanislas Auguste Poniatows-
Xxi, last king OF Poland died in St Pet
ersburg. Born in Lithuania in 1852.
lSls-Four British bargcs taken in
Hampton Roads by the frigate Constel-
lation.
lS2s-South Carolina legislature do
mated $4,000 TO the heirs Of Thomas
jefferson in appreciation of his great
service TO the country.
lS4S-Completion of the Illinois and
Michigan canal.
1S62-The Confederate ironclad Mer-
rimac made her second appearance in
Hampton Roads. destroying three
small vessels.
lS65-Forts Hugar and Tracy cap
tured by the Federal navy, opening the
way to Mobile.
1S77-Many lives lost In the burning
Of the Southern Hotel in ST Louis.
1SS4-Charles Reade. FAMOUS novel
list. died near London. Born in OK
fordshire, England, June s, 1914.
l90S-America's Cup defender Reli-
ance launched at Bristol, r. l.
19O7-Dedication of the Carnegie In
stitute in Pittsburg.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-11

The members Of the Marquette pris-
on investigating committee who signed
the minority report are not satisfied
with asking for the removal Of War
den Russell They also want the en-
tire pardon board removed. why not
turn out all the guards, too, and let
the convicts run the prison TO suit
themselves? Apparently that's what
the minority committee members
seem TO want.