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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-24
child's Lucky Star a. Work.

A five-year-old child. Simone Cati-
not, OF Havre. France. had wonder
full escape from death lately. when
she fell from a fourth floor window.
The child had been left alone In a
locked room. and as she could not
open the door, she broke a pane OF
glass with an umbrella and jumped
out of the window. She was taken to
a hospital. but after a careful exam
nation was pronounced uniniured.
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LOST-Ladies watch, on Main be-
tween Fourth and Seventh. Initials
M. s. Leave at this office. Reward.
- -
MISCELLANEOUS.

BUY IMPROVED FLORIDA FARMS
at first hand for less than coloni-
cation companies ask for raw land. 40
acres, $3.50, 100 acres $4,000, $50 acres
$500, each with house, barn and
other building. Land cleared and
fenced Near town school and
churches. Two crops year. handle
just few nearby farms. My office is
on my farm. Write me for further par
ticulars or to meet you at train. L. H.
Partridge, WATERFOWL, Fla.
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Hope of American culture.

Teach boy righteousness in school
Teach him honesty and morality.
Teach him to lead clean life. The
hope of the future of the country sits
in the benches of the schoolhoases of
America today.-Gibbons
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Business in Panic.

LIVERPOOL, Aug. 24.-With bust
ness bordering on panic over the
threats of renewal of a general
strike throughout England, a confer
ence was held today with the loru
mayor and the heads of the tramway
men. The company says that its 7so
employees threaten to walk out II the
aS0 strikers are taken back.
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The Final Reply.

PARIS, Aug. 24-The cabinet is to
send final reply to Germany on the
Moroccan situation tomorrow. A cri-
els is expected, as France refuses to
make any concessions.
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Confidence In Him.

AS stated by Mr.. Joy, Keokuk's
first industrial agent is a man who
frequently during his career has TAX
en- UP new things. His life-though
only forty-five years-is crowded with
successes in the industrial field and
members of the Industrial Association
feel confident he will make good here.
John Dewitt is graduate of Rut-
gers college, New Brunswick, which
is the ninth colonial college of the
United States. He was the son OF
John Dewitt, who was professor OF
Greek in the college and who worked
for number of years on transla-
ton of the Bible from Hebrew, being
a member of the Bible division COM
mittee. The younger Dewitt came to
Keokuk in May of 1887 and immediate
" entered the Offices of the K. and w
at the time j. F. Elder, now mayor
was chief clerk Of the passenger de
partment. Soon Mr.. Dewitt was made
secretary of the road and later sue
ceeded Mr.. Elder. After two years in
Keokuk he left railroad work, but
only for time. Answering a cal
from his alma mater he returned to
Rutgers and occupied the chair Of
mathematics for two years.
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keokuk Industrial Association Closed
Deal Today With Well Known
Railroad Man Who Once
Lived Here.
MAKES 2-YEAR CONTRACT
Mr.. Dewitt Did First Railroad Work
With Old X. and W.-Now is
General Baggage Agent
for the o."

After rising from clerk in the old
Offices of the Keokuk and Western
railroad in this city to general mail,
baggage and express agent Of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail-
road company, John Dewitt of Chi
cago is to come back to Keokuk to be
industrial agent for the Keokuk In
dustrial Association. A two-year con.
tract with Mr.. Dewitt was closed to-
day and he will assume his duties on
or about September 10.
Negotiations between Mr.. Dewitt
and the Keokuk Industrial Association
have been on for some time past. A
short time ago the railroad man
visited Keokuk and met number Of
the business men and today he cams
back to receive the appointment. In
speaking of the appointment, Presi-
dent c. r. Joy of the Industrial AS
ISOLATION today said: I'VE have
studied the proposition of an indus
trial agent very thoroughly for some
time past and feel confident that Mr..
Dewitt is the man who will fill the
position 1t is true that he has had
no experience in city building, but his
activities in the past have been al
most confined to working out new
problems and in this line he has been
| a great success. During his connec
| ton with the Burlington, Mr.. Dewitt
| has been asked to delve into untried
propositions and has been compelled
to work out his own ends. These are
the methods that must be pursued II
Keokuk."
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Beef viii Rise.

CHICAGO, Aug. PA shortage of
the supply of good beef cattle on the
market is said to be the cause of the
boosting of prices. An advance of one
to one and a half cents per pound is
expected in a few days.
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Market for Canadian Tomatoes.

Sample boxes of tomatoes. packed
in peat and sawdust. were recently
despatched from Toronto to Covent
garden. 1t is thought that a brisk
trade in this vegetable can be de-
veloped between England and On.
tario.
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paIly Grain Letter,


CHICAGO, Aug. 24.-Wheat con-
sidered sale on bulges, but there
should be bulges..
High class logic indicates that 20
per cent of May wheat cash holdings
likely to be delivered on September
contracts
South Water street scribes claim
fall feed in United States best ever
known. Biggest butter production as
sured.
Low temperature in Canada for
three days.
Extent Of this frost damage figured
as small but to some extent.
Presumably 60 per cent of Canadian
crop out of danger.
Usual frost fear time in Canada is
August 1st to 18th.
Time for rally in corn might come
today.
Price Current Says:
Reports concerning corn support
promise of fairly late planted, early
in poor condition, not more than halt
crop in some sections, good rains
needed.
Light frost caused some anxiety in
spring wheat region but injury nj
extensive, harvesting progressing
preparing ground for winter wheat go
ing on.
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unheard OF.

Jorkins-How did you ever come in
to possession of such cheap-iooking
umbrella as that? Dorkins-Why, |
got this umbrella in very peculiar
way-I bought it.-Tbe Pathfinder.
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FUNERAL NOTICE.

WEISS funeral of Frank j.
Weess will be held at 8 o'clock Fri
day afternoon from the residence, 222
Morgan street. Friends invited to the
services. Burial private.
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Biz Gold Rush.

JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 24.-Three
prospectors discovered twenty miles
of placer gold on Thompson's creek
and the greatest gold rush in the his
tory of Alaska is on today.
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Indictment of Mankind.

Few things are needed to make a
wise man happy; nothing can make
a fool content: that is why most men
are miserable-La Rouchefoucauld.
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peneen at EIoin.

ELGIN, Aug. 24.-Gov. Deneen ar
rived here today from Dixon. There
will be a roundup of the big politi-
clans here today.
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Broomhall Cables.


LIVERPOOL, Aug. 24.-Wheat-
the effect of the weak American
cables yesterday was offset here by
the scarcity and firmness Of both
Danubian and Russian offers and the
market was steady at the opening
and M higher.
Following the opening there was
further advance M@A with shorts
nervous. Large houses here were good.
buyers and all offers were readily alb
sorbed. There was pronounced steadi-
ness in Buenos Ayres where offers
are firmly held and private reports
from Russia are less favorable AS a
result of rain.
The weather in the United Kingdom
is rainy and this led to fears of dam
age to quality and also movement. Ar
gentine shipments are expected to be
liberal this week, but these were off
set by forecast of lighter Black Sea
shipments.
The wheat market was very firm,
and at 80 this afternoon prices were
ss@1s higher than yesterday.
Corn-The market was nominally
unchanged.
Daily Range Of Prices.
/ CHICAGO, H., Aug. "a
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No Plan Outlined.

Mr.. Dewitt sees the opportunity Of
q broader field of endeavor in coming
to Keokuk, but is not yet ready to
outline any plans which he may have
In mind concerning the work.
The new secretary is of pleasing
personality and is certain to be well
received in Keokuk. He Is married
and has three children and expects
to move his family to Keokuk in q
very short time. Mrs. Dewitt is a
daughter of T. S. Rowland, vice presi
dent and secretary-treasurer of the
Burlington, who. by the way, was &
class mate of Major M. Meigs at Har
ward. Mr. Dewitt is both a tennis
and golf player.
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Years in the West.

The next few years of Mr.. DeWitt's
life we're spent In the west, during
which time he was seeking an enter
prise which would bring big financial
returns. 1t may truthfully be said
that he roamed the west like for
tune hunter, taking up many untried
propositions, but eventually returning
to the railroad with which he attain
ed his greatest success. He spent
part of the time in Denver, Colo,
Boise, Idaho, and many other places
In the spring of 1896 Mr.. Dewitt
came east to ST. Louis where he en-.
tered the passenger department OF
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Shortly afterwards he was made trav
cling passenger agent and later al
st. Joseph, Missouri, he was made
division passenger agent. In the fail
of 1902 he was sent to Chicago as
general traffic agent of the passeng
er department.
It mas been in Chicago that Mr.
Dewitt has done his best railroad
work. A change of conditions which
followed Immediately gave him bet
ter position and three years later HI
was given the title which he nov
holds. Mr.. Dewitt has had charge 0
the milk and cream shipments, thu
United States mail and during tn
past few years the baggage business
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Quincy Must Move Fast.

AS this Improvement progresses it
reminds the cities near the great
source of power. and Quincy espec-
tally, that cheap power for operat-
ing industrial plants and operating
electric interurban lines will soon be
delivered to their doors. 1t is up to
Quincy to move fast with forward
campaign for factories and interuIban
lines. 1t requires any industrial plant
Of medium proportions year to a
year and half to move, build plant
such as its needs require and install
machinery in such a plant. ThTs it
is seen that there is no time 70 waste
if Quincy is to get in on the ground
floor in securing a slice of this 200,
900 horse power that will be available
for the use OF any city within two
hundred miles of the location Of the
| dam.
At the present time about LOO mel
are employed on the work-700 oil
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Chicago Live Stock.


600; left over $500; market opened
weak. Mixed, sIoO@7.So; good, s7.o5
@76o; rough, s6,s5@70O; light, s7.o5
OTIS.
Receipts 1900; market
weak
Receipts $4,000; market
steady to 10c lower.
a M Hog market slow at yester
days close. Bulk, $720@7.50: light,
s7.2o@I72; mixed, s7.05@772; heavy
$6.90@765; rough, S690@7.15; good,
choice, $7.15@7.G5.
Cattle market weak. Beeves, $50
OSLO; Texans $4.50@6.45; westerns
s6.25@6.95; stockers, $3.10@5.5O;
COWS, $2.25@6.40; calves, $6.00@S.75.
Sheep-market steady to shade low,
err; s2.25@3.75; western, s2.65@3.70,
lambs, native s4,0o@6.6o; western
$475@6.s5.
Hogs closed slow, early prices
Bulk, $72O@750; light, $7.20@770;
mixed, $7.05@7.70; heavy, $6.9o@765
rough, $6.9O@715.
Cattle-Market weak.
Sheep-Market weak.
Estimated tomorrow:
Hogs $4,000; sheep 1000; cattle 5,
600.
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the Iowa side and 400 on the Illinois
side
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LATE AFTERNOON
PRESS BULLETINS
rBy the United Press.l

DULUTH, Mimi, Aug. 24.-The as
ISOLATION of state and national food
and dairy products today went on
record backing DR.. Wiley, U, S. chem
list. Tonight telegram will be sent
President Taft, expressing complete
confidence in him.
CHICAGO, Aug. 24.-With thous-
ands of men ready to go on strike on
the Hartman lines, labor Leaders are
working to get the road to recognize
the system federation.
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Car Lots.
Wheat 209; corn, 267; oats 1SS.
Estimated cars tomorrow:
Wheat IA; corn ESQ; oats 20S.
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Local Grain Markets.
Local Live stock,

Local Live stock.
KEOKUK, Aug. 24.-The following
live stock market furnished today BY
Joseph Haubert:
Hogs-Good butchers, S5.75.
Sheep-Butchers, $3.50@4.00.
Lambs-$6 to $3.50.
Calves-$5.o0 to 5000.
New York Produce.
NEW YORK, Aug 24.-The pro-
duce markets are as follows:
Butter-Creamery, 27c.
Process Special, 23c.
Eggs Western firsts. 171a@1sc.
Iced poultry-13@15c.
Elgin creamery butter, 26c.
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WANTED-A good girl for general
homework. Inquire 627 Exchange
street.
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WANTED--A dining room girl at
Smiths Hotel, 1925 Main ST.
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. ant Column
WANTED.

WANTED-Girlsa and women to work
in our factories, Keokuk and Ham.
ilton, ILL.,, Irwin-Phillips Co.
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WANTED-A first-class cook: refer.
ences required. Apply Mrs. B. H.
Parsons, oil North Seventh street
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WANTED-Boy about sixteen, either
in school or out, to work about
store Collier Stationery Co.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11
PLANS FOR DEFENSE
Of UNITED STATES
STOLEN BY SPIES
General Staff of Army Secures
Startling Evidence of Activity
of Foreign Spies in Army
Steps Taken for Punishment

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-Startling evi-
dence Of the pernicious activity Of for
eign spies is In the possession Of the
army general staff. which accounts for
the serious consideration that is now
being given to the most triiing report
at attempts to discover the military
secrets Of the country. Some Of these
incidents are OF comparatively recent
date and 1t was upon the submission OF
such information to a secret session OF
the judicial committee Of the house that
legislation was secured at the last sIes-
sion of congress providing for the severe
punishment OF spies In time of peace.
An Englishman In Calcutta picked up i
in the streets small package Of blue I
prints showing every detail Of the de-
lenses Of Corregidor island. the main
stronghold OF the United States in the
Philippines. The prints were not copies
OF any drawings or charts prepared for
use OF the United States. but were evi-
IDENTIFY the result Of a careful and de-
liberaae investigation of the official and
confidential records of the United States
The existence Of the blueprints made IL I
evident that there were other copies In
existence. The Englishman sent the pa
pers to the war department here, but the
most careful investigation failed to dis
cover the means by which the infor1na
ton had been obtained.
WAITER WAS SPY.
A waiter In a Seattle hotel was found
to be foreign officer In disguise. pos
sessfng many drawings and notes he
had made OF the Pacific coast defenses.
All American ambassador notified the
state department that q certain captain
belonging to the army OF the country
where he was stationed had been de-
tailed to spend three years secrtly in
vestigating the American countries and
studying their military conditions.
Even the Panama canal has not es-
capped; one OF the engineers found q for
eign officer, an attache to one of the
American countries. secretly studying
the canal from q strategic standpoint
and he understood that there were six
or seven other officers OF the same ma
tionality in the United States gathering
military information.
A New York policeman arrested an
American for trivial ofnense and found
In his trunk military maps and informa-
ton which convinced the officials that
he was In the employ OF foreign gov
eminent. but the incident that convinced
the judiciary committee of the necessity
for the protective Law occurred less than
q year ago in the Philippines.
An enlisted man In the engineers was
offered $4,000 by two foreign officers for
the plans Of the defenses OF the Core
gidor island. Being the official photogra
pher. he had ample opportunity TO get all
the necessary pictures, having first in
formed his superior officer OF the at
tempt. trap was laid and the two
foreign spies were captured. But ha1oeas
corpus proceedings were obtained and
they were released. as there was then no
law in the Philippines or United States
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11
MOBS IN CONTROL
Of LONDON DOCKS;
FOOD SUPPLY SHORT
Police Unable to Cope With
Emergency When the Dock
Workers Strike = Railroad
Men Also Quit


LONDON. Aug. I0-London's dock
neighborhood was practically under mob
rule today. with the result that there
was such a dwindling OF food supplies
that the metropolis experienced some
thing akin to what might happen II q
hostile foreign force should succeed In
interrupting the empires trade routes
Unless progress Is made today In ne
gotiations for q settlement OF the strike
OF the dock workers. the calling out OF
troops seems Inevitable. as the police
are unable 70 deal with the emergency.
The only quarter where normal condi-
tons were experienced was Billingsgate-
There the striking fish porters obtained
all they wished and returned to work
today.
On the other hand. hundreds OF railroad
car men QUIT this morning and several
stations were practically In a state OF
Siege. strike pfckets preventing by force
all attempts 70 handle goods II was the
Intention OF the strikers 10 tie up all
street trafic unless their demands were
conceded within few hours. Should they
be successful. London would be perilously
near actual famine conditions The stream
OF motor traction today was hardly half
its usual proportions. So short was the
supply of petrol that hundreds OF motor
buses and taxicabs were unable to move
a wheel
HOSPITALS NOT AFFECTED.
The only trafac passing without fear of
Interference was that OF vans carrying
hospital stores
These we're labeled with big red cross
signs and their drivers carried q permit
from the strike committee explaining that
this system OF Identification was adopted
this morning. the hospitals felt short
age of ice and other supplies.
Thousands OF tons OF fruit, vegetables
and provisions are rotting on the wharfs
and in the railroad freight depots- Un-
less they can be moved soon they threat
en- TO endanger general health
The central meat and provisions mar
.kets are short OF supplies and prices have
advanced alarmingiy.
STRIKERS IN UGLY MOOD.
To-day the temper OF the strikers ap-
peared ugly. Violence increased Through
out the East Ends clashes were frequent
whenever attempts were made to move
a wagon The men would Intervene and
brushing aside the inadequate police
SQUADS, overturn the wagons and scatter
their loads n cutters. Police charges
were made every few minutes. bun they
had little effect
Those taking part In the conferences
OF the board OF trade. which Is seeking
q settlement. state that they are getting
nearer a solution each time they meet,
and are determined to sit throughout the
night II there seems TO be possibility
OF reaching a settlement
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11
FERTILIZER BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
AFTER AMENDMENT
Requires Analysis of lngre-
dientS Shown on Tags on All
Packages of Commercial
Fertilizer

The fertilizer bill that the house has
been considering since Friday was adopt
ed by substitute Wednesday morning
by vote of los to 10. The substitute
itself was adopted by vote of ia to q.
! The effect of this substitute is to
make the bill much less drastic than It
would have been had it passed the house
In its original form.
The measure as 1T stands provides
that all packages and bags of fertinber
shall have tags attached showing an
analysis of the fertilizer, and that a
purchaser of fertilizer lat is more
than 8 per cent below the required
standard may recover % per cent of the
price he paid
The substitute was offered by Mr..
Turnipseed of Clay. and was accepted
by Mr.. Cabaniss, one of the authors OF
the bill. The original bill was intro
duced by Messrs. Cabaniss, Joiner and
Johnson.
Consideration Of the fertilizer bill by
the house was resumed early Wednes-
day morning.
Debate on the bill was interrupted
by the introduction of a substitute bill
by Mr.. Turnipseed of Clay. Mr.. Caba-
Mss one Of the authors of the original
measure, accepted the substitute and
urged that all discussion that followed
be confined to II.
For we will stand or fall by this
substitute" he explained
ANALYSIS TO BE SHOWN.
The original bill provides that all
packages and bags of fertilizer shall be
stamped with an analysis of the 1ngre-
dents contained in the fertilizer.
The substitute provides that this anal
ysis, instead of being stamped on the
package and bags, shall be printed on
tags attached to each bag and pack
age.
The original bill provides that. If fer
tiIiver shall fall more than per cent
below the required standard, the man
ufacturer or vendor shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and that any note or obli-
cation that the purchaser gave in pay
ment for the fertilizer shall be declared
void, and The purchaser shall be en-
powered to collect from the vendor,
as damages, so per cent of the value OF
the fertilizer that was bought.
The substitute makes this part Of the
bill much less stringent BY provis-
ions of the substitute the vendor shall
be liable for 25 per cent of the value of
any fertilizer that is more than per
notes and other obligations given for
the fertilizer shall not be voie and neil
Their manufacturer nor vendor shall be
guilty OF misdemeanor.
Debate on the bill lasted for several
hours. Supporters of the bill were
Messrs. Turnipseed OF Clay; Ne.1aniss of
Oglethorpe, York of Cobb, Foster OF
Newton. White Of Screven, Peacock of
Toombs, and Johnson of Barlow. OPP
ponents of the bill were Kimhrough of
Harris, Wimberly Of Bibb, Jones Of Mer-
iwether, Upshaw of Douglas and Bran
mon of Coweta
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-11
TWO COUNTIES WILL N
BRIDGE FLINT RIVER

GREENvILLE. Ca. Aug. 10.-Notice
has been given that the contract to
build q public bridge across the Flint
river between the counties OF Meriwether
and Epson viii be let 10 the lowest bid
der on Saturday, August 10 at IL O'Clock
at the site Of the proposed bridge. sever
al hundred yards north OF the steel
bridge OF the Macon and Birmingham
railway across Flint river.
The plans and specifications OF the
bridge which are on file In the ONCE Of
the county commissioners OF Meriwether
at GreenvIlIe and Of Epson county at
Thomaston are such that the bridge will
be one OF the most substantial in the
state The bridge Is greatly needed and
viii facilitate trafic between Epson and
Merfwether counties