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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-06
CITY NEWS.

See our line Of buggies and deliv-
cry wagons. Sherwood,
Use Daily Gate City Want Ad.
per week.
Keokuk people returning last ev-
ening from Carthage report a fine
rain in that part of Hancock county.
The funeral of the late Mrs. ]. H.
Farrell will be held tomorrow morning
at 9 o'clock from ST. Peters church.
The burial will not be private.
Keokuk, If the voters accept the
Stone &, Webster franchises, will be
one Of the best lighted cities in the
country. Fort Madison has just in
stalled a twenty-four hour service.
Regular meeting Morning Star
lodge No. 5, knights of Pythias to-
night at 500 o'clock at Castle hall,
Fifth and Blondeau. Visiting Knights
invited. C. c. Koepf, G. G.
Every citizen has desire to see
Keokuk grow. There may be differ
ences of opinion as to the best way
to make the growth but all are agreed
that the growth is necessary
Leroy Wolf is in receipt of a
number Of souvenir post cards show,
ing different views of the wreck on
the Burlington" road in which four.
teen lives were lost. The wreck took
place near Oxford, Nebr., and was
caused by failure of an operator to
deliver an order. William Wolf, broth
er of Leroy, had intended to tske the
wrecked train but by some fortunate
circumstances was detained and took
the following train.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry NJ. schevers
left this morning for New London. 20
attend the funeral of Chief schever's
nephew.
Alfred J. Littell of Hudson. III. is
here for visit with his daughters,
Mrs. w c. Thon and Mrs Henry Van
Hesley
D. l.. Hughes, manager Of the Dav-
export Grand opera house, is in the
city visiting with relatives and friends.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-06
NOTICE.

Dr. E. c. Brownlee, dentist, will not
close his office on Wednesday after
Moons during the summer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-06
REMEMBER GRocERs

Commence closing Wednesday after
moons from June I to August 80, in
elusive, at 10 o'clock noon.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-28
DON'T WANT REYES.
U. s. Win Abandon Attempt to ~x-
 tradite Him.

Houston,' Tex. Dec. 27.--Acting upon the advice of the attorney gen. eral, United States judge, Lock Me Daniel, United States District Attor- ney for the Southern District of Tex as, announces he will abandca his efforts to extradite General Bernar- do Reyes from Mexico, for trial in this country on two charges j aheg- ed violation 0. the neutrahty laws. Before taking any steps to have Gen. eral Reyes extradited, Judge McDan- iel wired the attorney general for authority to act and furnish him with full statement of the facts .n the case.
 The case pending in this country against General Reyes vii be allow ed to remain on the docket of the federal court and if he fails to put iSl his appearance to answer in the case that was formerly pending in Laredo by the opening day of the court next April. his appearance bond will be forfeited.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-28
HARRIS & BLANCk
 ARE ACQUITTED
OWNERS OF TRIANGLE WAIST FACTORY EXoNERATED OF
 BLAME FOR HOLOCAUST.
We're Charged With Manslaughter on Account of Alleged Looked
 Factory Door.

New York, Dec. 27-The state fail ed today n it's effort to fix the blame for the fire horror of March 25, 1911, in which mot guilty'' was returned fate today by the jury iii the case Of Isaac Harris and Max Blanck, pro- prietors of dhe company who were indicted in connection with the holo- cause.
 Unusual precautions were taken to prevent repetition at the county courthouse at the demonstrations. which have been made aga ast the defendants at the trial.
 Only a few persons were allowed in the court room and the corridors and entrances were guarded by ex tra policemen.
 The jury came in at 4:S6 ?. m. af- ter deliberating for an hour and 45 minutes. The pgonouncement of ac- quirsal was first taken quietly by the defendants but after an adjourn ment to an ante-room, they gave way to their emotion in tears. when em- braced by relatives and friends. As they passed out through lane of po- licemon to the street, a large crowd of men. women and children awaited them. One hysterical man tried to press through the throng crying:
 "Not guilty! Not guilty! Murderer! murderer! murdererlv
 He fell on the step of the court house in ccavulsions, gasping that he had lost sister in the fire. By the time the excitement was over the defendants had darted into a subway entrance escaping the hostile crowd.
 Harris and Blanck were not charg- ed in a wholesale manner with the deaths that occurred at lae fire, but specifically with manslaughter in the case of Margaret Schwartz, a young girl, who was found dead near a door on the ninth floor of the budding
 The main argument of both prose cution and defense was directed al his door, the state introducag over hundred witnesses in an attempt to provo that. it was locked, snd the defense refusing this contentica by mass of thetimony.
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DlssEcTlNe CHINA.
Mongolia Will be Separated Under the
 Russian Protectorate.

Picking, Dec. 2S. Mongolia, which almost equals China proper in size, will be proclaimed independent to- morrow, simultaneously with the cut ting off from China of the vast de. pondency of Turkestan. Boah will pass under Russian iniEus t~s and will practically become Russian pro- tectorates. Russia at any time will be able to annex them A grand Khsn will be named as monarch of Mongo- lia.
 The construction of the trans Mon sofia Railway for which Russia has ltng sought permission from China will TOW be matter of time, Europe Hereby coming nearer to Peking by three or four days.
 Russian influence will flank the JaIai ese srhere in Msnchmia per ilcrsly, and a Japanese alliance tor lee sake of preserving Japanese in- terests, may sooner or latar be ex- peoted Russian officers and officials fl not the Russian government. prop. CT have influenced this action in Mongolia.
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HONOR FOR TAFT.
Is Elected Honorary President o
 Navigation Congress.

Philadelphia, Dec. 27.-Local mem. bers of the organizng commission of the twelfth International Congress of Navigation, which will be pened in this city May 23, held a meeting to- day and elected fresident Taf; hon orary president of the commission. Gov. Turner Of Pennsylvania and Mayor Blankenburg Of Philadelphia, were made honorary vice presidents.
 Experts in inland ocean navigation from all parts of the world will at- tend the congress.
 President Taft is expected 10 open the congress and governors from many states are also expected to be pres- ent. The national government has appropriated $5O,0O0 to the state Of Pz.nsylvanla, $25,000 and the city of Philadelphia will appropriate s50,- coo to defray the expenses Of the big gathering.
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PATCHING PEACE
 FOR PEACE SPREAD
TAFT AND CARNEGIE WILL Re GUESTS OF HONOR AT BIC
 DINNER IN NEW YORK.
Mayer Gaynor Has Declined to Serve on the Reception Committee
 Of the Affair. .

New York, Dee Although President Taft is to be the guest of honor and Andrew Carnegie is down on the program us hcnorary presl- dcat. the pending arbitration treaties with Great Britain and rrance fo: which MT Taft has labored, and which Mir Carnegie has endorsed. are not to be brought officially before the citizens peace banquet 10 be held at the Waldorf-Astor.a Saturday night. At least this is the plfa of majority of the exeeutiye commit .ee voiced today by Willard J Boom- CT the executive secretary. rho committee had reached this decision said Boomer, after he had informed it's members of the receipt of lel. ter from Theodore Roosevelt declin. ing as an opponent Of certain phases of the treaties to attend the banquet Mr. Bllober then laid tlhe matter be. fore the committee and | was decid- ed, he said, the sense Of the body was that it was not the specific pur. pose of the dinner 10 endorse the agreements.
 With this revised unders.andinG Mir. Bloomer called on Col Roosevelt again today, and again the colonel declined flatly to attend But, as MT. Boomer said. this would not change the attitude of the promot CTS toward the scope of the gatherng, In other words, it was to promote world peace in general without ref erence to any treaty ill particular '
 Whether President Taft and Carne- gie understood this when they ac- cepted invitations to the banquet, Mir. Bloomer could not say. -sat issue, he explained has not been rais- ed at the time the invitations were sent out.
 Al MT. Carnegie's residence it was said he had accepted an invitation lo the affair with the idea that the arbi- traticn treaties were to be the par. amount topics and that he had heard nothing of the change of plans unta today. Notwithstanding this, 1t was said Mir. Carnegie had no comment to make.
 Mayor Gaynor declined today to serve Of the reception committee at the dinner.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-28

Garland County, Ark, at a polling place to be designated in each ward on Wednesday, January r, 1912, for the nomination of the following off COTS:
 One city clerk.
 One city attorney.
 One alderman from the First ward . One alderman from the Second ward.
 One alderman from the Third ward. One alderman from the Fourth ward.
 One alderman from the Fifth ward. One alderman from the Sixth ward. Also for the election of two city central committeeman from each oi the wards.
 By authority Of the City Democrat lc Central Committee of Hot Springs. Ark.
 JOHN ]. LEDGERw0OD, G. E HOGABOOM, Chairman.
 Secretary. 12-l9 If.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-28
HOT SPRINGS GIRL wEDs.
Miss Mamie O'Bryan Becomes Mrs Rollo c. Groesbeck of Portland

Rolo c. Groesbeck of Portland
 In the city of Little Rock, the mar riage of Miss Mamie l.. OBrgan and Mir Rolio c. Groesbeck of Portland, Orcgon was solemnized Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at the home of the brides brother and sister, MT and Mrs James Gilbert Leigh. Dr. w.. R. Richardson of the First Methodist church, officiated The bride wore white crepe de chene with ganniture of lacs and carried a shower bouquet of brides roses and valley lilies. She was attended by her sister as matron of honor. Miss Leigh was gowned in pink. chiffon and carrying white chrysanthemums.
 Mir Vernon Groesbeck of Jackson, Miss, attended his brother as best man The wedding march was exquis- itely rendered by Mrs. Lamartue Bas- com Leigh. who played during the ceremony the slumlsr song from Jocelyn. MT. and Mrs. Groesbeck left immediately for their nome in Port land, Oregon, spending one day cn- route with MT, Groesbecks parents, in Van Buren The guests were re- ceived by MT. and Mrs. Leigh, assist ed by Miss Florence Leigh, and MT and Mrs. F. D. Watkins and Miss Ma " Leigh. Que of town guests were. Mir. and Mrs Chas. OBryan, Hot Springs; Mir and Mrs. Vernon Gro vesbeck, Jackson, Miss; Mrs Edward L. Hutchinson, Lexington, Ky; Mr. Alfred O'Bryan, Shreveport, La. Other guests were a few of the intimate friends end relatives of the bride.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-28
VI FAvoRs REPuaLlc

San Francise, Cal Dee. 27. Tang shao Vi informed the Chinese six companies by cable today that he was heartily in favor of the republi- can form Of government for China. The message was in answer to ono sent by the Six Companies calling on the representative of Yuan shl Kai to suppor the republican movement and stating that shfs was the only form Of governmenD Dacceptable to the Chinese in Amerida.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-28
BREAK RUNNING RECORD.
Mark for Five Mile Sprint is smasn-
 ed at New York.

New York, Dec. 27 One record was broken in a series of well con tested events that wound up >ae two night amateur Athletic Union indoor champions nip meet i;; ;s At sa.!sea s:nar Garden tonight A few records were equalled among them those for the l50 yard run and the 600 yard rrn in the senior events.
 The record sent flying was in the five mile run. which was the star feature of the evening end aroused great enthuslasm W. Kramer of the Long Island Athletic Club set the mark at 25 minutes l2 4-5 seconds after a grand race in which for the first two miles first one end then another of the five leaders set the pace. At inc two mile mark. howev- CT. Kramer took the lead and there after nobody could reach him. He won by about 100 yards.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-28
TISSUE CULTURE.
Anatomsts Make Study Culture al
 Princeton.

Princeton, N. J., Dec. 27. A sym posum cn tissue culture was part oi today's proceedings of the American Association of Anatmisss. the Amer ican Society of Biologists, and the Americfn Sciety of Nautralists which are holding their annual meetings in Prime eton this week.
 A reception was rendered the yisi. tors at the University Club toniyhi and tonight a smoker was held ai the Princeton Inn
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-28
WARNING oRDE R.

In the Garland chaneery Court W. U. Turner. Plaintiff,
 Against P. T MeCabe and John Seaupper, de- fendant
 The defendants. P. T. McCabe and John schnipper. are warned to appear In this court within thirty days ant answer tue complaint of ne plafn- turf.
 Given under my hanI and seal of said court on this 9th day of Noyen ter, 1911.
 H.A wHiTrINGT X. Clerk. By s. J. ERICKSON, n. C. w. c. BOUIC. Attorney ad iIten.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-28
WRITE CHINESE HISTORY.

Mexico City. Dec 27.-Tam Pu Shun. q Chinese diplomat. who has recently retuIaed from Central Amer lea. has been commissioned by his government to write history Of the revolution in Chinese.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-28
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

Notice is hereby given ihat ll;e annual stockholders meeting f me Buckstaff Bath House Company ". be held iii the Bhckstasf Baths en Friday. January 22s, istts., istts at e'eleek D. m. for the elect II of board of eire tcrs to serve sar the ensuing year for the adoption Of by laws e,, for the transaet'en ef snch oh e. business as ma l:twllaly come before them c. r HOGAB00M
 12 s--lm. Secretary.
The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-28
THE HURLEY HOUSE

PAT HURLEY. Proprietor. Cne block from postoffice, city hal and Depot. steam heat. electric lights, and all modern convenien cies.
 305 Pleasant St. Hot Springs, Ark,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20

According to a plan recently conceived
at the United States Golf Association
headquarters, IL viii not be long before
the professional class will claim particu-
lar attention. In other words. official APP
proval on the part OF the parent organiza-
ton Will become OF vital Importance 70
the salaried brigade. for, as Robert G.
Watson. tn secretary. says the United
States Golf Association will be a clearing
house for the clubs TO keep absolutely IN
touch with the professional and green
keeper market"
The innovation. which may also be re-
garded in the nature OF a blacklist, viii
hardly be relished by that class Of ne'er-
do-wells that keeps floating from green
to green. rarely receiving a return en-
gagement after the first season. Had the
Eastern Professional Golfers Association
formed a bureau OF information. II might
by this time have effectually filed this
want, which in the opinion OF the ma
tional organization, exists. Following is
the communication sent ont BY the secre-
tary:
owing 20 the fact that the United
States Golf Association receives SO many
injuries from both their active and allied
clubs as TO securing the services or pro-
fessionals and greenkeepers, ana rom
professionals and greenkeepcrs FOR sOoG
situations. I have decided 10 put into
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
BAYoNNE ROWING ASSOCIATION.

The thirty-tourth annual regatta OF ths
Bayonne Rowing Association was held yes
terday afternoon on New York Bay with
the start and finish of The clubhouse a.
the foot Of East 32d street The course was
three-quarters OF a mile, with turn. From
the clubhouse and along the shore the sport
was witnessed by hundreds OF persons 4
four-oared gig race against a crew repre-
senting the Staten Island Boat club was
a feature ard was won BY the Bayonne
crew The course for the latter race was
one ana one-half miles straiZhtavay.
The summaries follow:
Junior singlss-won by H. Beaumont Tire.
5.0I.
Junior dcubles-won BY z 2. Eltridgs and
intermediate sngles-Won by p cleverley.
Time, 450 -,
intermediate douhlss-von by p Kern-r snt
F. Cleveriey. Time. All.
Senior silgles-Wcu By John Thompson Tine
4.42
senior doubles-won By Charles Jaeger ana Y.
Kahrs Time 4;l5.
orkIe. p. - COuuor, q. Doscher ana O Msrze1-
PIE coxswain. Time. At.
special four-oared gig against staten lsiann
Boat Club-won BY Bayonne Rowing Association
n. Cleveriev, r Mackenzie, J. Ihonpscns ~
Eetrs, and r. clark, coxswain). Time. io;h
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
To Keep Track of Golf "PrcS"
United States Golf Association Plans Clearing
House" AS Aid to Clubs.

operation the following plan 70 solve the
matter; namely. | am sending TO the sec
rotary or each active and allied CLUB De-
longing to the United States Golf Assoc
citation and as many other clubs as pos
shle pamphlets for them TO I'LL out care
fully and return 10 me TO place on NE
which will give every detail regarding
both their professionals and greenkeepers.
They will also receive other pamphlets 10
make a report in detail to the secretary
Of the United States Golf Association at
once in case a club dlsmisses or receives
tho resignation OF its professional OF
greenkeeper. giving the exact cause.
When all clubs have complied win NC
requests made by me. the United states
Golf Association will have an accurate
ile OF the whereabouts OF all the pro1es-
sional golfers and greenkeepers ~ tnls
enable them TO obtain the services or
other professionals or greenkeepers faI
more easily. should they have a vacancy
and vice versa for professionals and green
keepers looking for a position. IL IS also
my intention 20 send these pamphlets 70
the clubs abroad in order 10 get line. on
professionals or greenkeepers coming 70
the United States looking Tor a position
In other words. the United states COLI
Association VIII be a clearing house for
the clubs 20 keep absolutely In touch with
the professional ard Greenkeeper market
and render them a most valuable service,
provided the clubs fulfil their simple part
OF the matter The pamphlets viii %
sent yearly 10 each club. so that II each
continues 20 use the serices OF It's pres
ent professional or greenkeeper the report
VIII be up TO date.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
ON THE CRICKET CREASES
Kings County Gets a Big Lead in
Metropolitan League.
HOLD BROOKLYN TO DRAW
Runs Figures Beyond Second
Century in First Inning
Hoyle at Top Score.

Kings County practically clinched hold
on first place In the championship series
Of the Metropolitan League by playing a
drawn game yesterday with Brooklyn at
Prospect Park The wicket was bunny
and altogether in favor OF the batsmen,
and big scores were made by both teams.
Kings County was first at bat, and ran up
the figures in excess OF the second century
before 'ey were all disposed Of On ac-
count Of the poor condition OF the wicket
extras" figured largely in the total. no
less than forty-cne being given. Top score
was made by e. Hoyle. in a good innings
OF 40. F. Gautier. j. p Stuart and l. a.
Carey all got into the twenties, while
double figures were also contributed by G.
". Barnes. J. D. Maclennan, L. r. Will
Jams and J. e. Nahon. The Broohyns were
left with only thirty-three minutes Of play
ing time, and in that period ran up 70 for
the loss OF two wickets, J. L. Poyer being
not out for q. n. A. Meyer hitting hard
for q and r. Power following suit with not
ont II. ore Of his hits netting him seven
rurs The bowling figures: s. Rutterfeld,
FOR O; 4. < Durrant for % and G.
Hoyle, FOR e. The Kings County total
was 2l2.
The score follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
he laagne championshlp fixture IN

The league championship fixture IN the
second section between Brooklyn and
Kings COUNTY at Prospect Park. resulted
in draw. Time alone prevented the
Prooklyns adding another victory 70 their
fota1 as the last man on the Kings Coun-
10. side was ar the wickets when time was
called and they had a deficit Of So runs.
The feature Of the game was the hitting
Of q. Smith, who passed the half century
mark for Brooklyn and made no less than
eight boundary hits ". B. King was not
ont for "a. G.. L. White was run out after
contributing %. while T. Tunley and i.
1vues each negotiated double figures.
The total reached was $50, and the only
man 70 offer much resistance on the
Kings County side was D Mackenzie. who
scored % out Of a total made OF s. for
tho nine v-ickets that fell T. 4. Corbin
captured three wickets for - runs, T. Z.
Walter took three for % and NJ. r. De
Sousa got three for "a.
At West New Brighton the Prospect
Park team scored q victory over the vet
Gran e team by 81 runs. The totals were:
Frospect Park b. Veterans B, Is.
The Colonials scored an easy victory over
the Orients at Prospect Park, the margin
being 1O2 runs and two wickets. The
totals were: Orients, II; Colonials, 10 for
eight wickets.
Tho West Indian team defeated the
Spartan b team at Prospect Park by tnlr-
weight runs. The totals We're: Spartans'
O. West Indians, 100
Teams Of the West Indian Veterans
PLAYED at Prospect Park and Team B ran
ND 100. Team A had scored as runs for
seven wickets when stumps we're drawn
and the game ended as a draw.
Columbia Oval played r draw with
Yonkers St. George. The totals were:
Columbia oval. 81: Yonkers St. George. 80
for FIVE wickets.
Mt. Vernon could only run up twenty
eight runs against the New York Adult
School team and suffered defeat by thirty
one runs.
The Camerons defeated the Britannia
eleven by score of 81 10 q.
A victory by FIVE runs was scored by the
Majestic team at the expense OF Yonkers
2. the totals being rs 10 n.
New Rochelle. thanks 10 good bowling
and batting on the part Of Chadwick.
scored a victory over the Anglo America ans
by twenty-five runs the totals being %
The Wanderers defeated New York
County by lfty-one runs at Van Cortlandl
Park.
By the narrow margin Of one run, the
Danish West Indians lost 10 the Hawkes.
eleven at Van Cortlandt Park, the totals
being 81 10 So.
Yorkville scored So against 80 made by
81. Christopher, and won the game by 81
runs.
The Bermuda eleven scored a victory
over the Newark West Indians by 3 runs.
The Mauretania and the Baltic steamship
ejevens we're engaged at Van ortlandt
Park. time preventing the finish OF the
eane The Mauretania scored an even 100
runs before taking the field.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
KITTY HAWK II A FAST BOAT
Cuts Up AL Sorts of Capers in
Great Lakes Regatta.

A new champion among speed water
craft has been developed in Detroit. Kitty
Hawk II is the name OF the new space an
nih!lator, and she is owned By Lee Coun-
selman. vice-president and general man
ager of the Chalmers Motor Company.
The Kitty Hawk II was put in the water
only few days before the opening Of the
Great Lakes motor boat regatta. Yet in the
elimination trials she lowered the world )
record for 26-footers. covering I'VE miles in
minutes 80 seconds. a speed OF $40 miles
an hour. This time beats the record OF the
20-foot Sand Burr II. which averaged 1913
miles an hour at the recent Peoria regatta
while competing with the 26-foOters.
Following the setting OF this worlds rec
ord the Kitty Hawk II went out on the sec
Ond day of the Great Lakes regatta ard
averaged 1888 miles an hour FOR >. 10 miles
Kitty Hawks time. % minutes 4 seconds.
gave her the Motor Boat Club OF America
silver trophy for the fastest time In the
Great Lakes free-fOr-aN.