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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-08
bound to bear lruit unto the third and
fourth generation.

Character Making Characters.
1t always seemed to me that her
chief end in life was her children.
Certainly she loved them with con-
tinuing strenuosity that makes me
think just now of lioness. She gave
them heredity traits, but she also
took care to add to them character
istics which she thought valuable.
And, unlike most mothers, she actu-
ally succeeded in accomplishing with
her children what she purposed to
make out OF them.
Her youngest son. Frank Graham
Moorhead, Is as much the result Of
his mother as the dam across the Mis-
sissippi river Is the result OF Hugh l..
Cooper, the engineer. Fighting his
way under difficulties which conquer
most youths. he has become one of
the best known, most useful and
most thoroughly solid writer's of the
middle west The ambition, ability to
work harder than anybody else,
shrewdness. in ge-uing along in the
competition of the world, and the
humanising traits which make him
good fellow loved by all who know
him-these dominant characteristics
of her youngest son were put into
him by Mrs. Moorhead out of the
large store of these same character
istics she possessed in herself. They
are the dominant traits of Mrs. Moor
head.
A Life That Achieved.
OF course she had others. One was
the certainty in her opinions which
belongs to the Covenanters, the whole
group of Reformers, and to the Bour-
Ibons. Now, Mrs. Moorhead was far
from being narrow in religion, imprac-
tically idealist in political economy, or
reactionary in type; but she had the
fixed opinions and viewpoints which
preclude argument before, or apolog-
les after, the fact. She has scolded
me as a friend for what was about
to do, and has refused to accept my
contrite apologies for what had
done. in my newspaper work, when
these things seemed to her to be
WI1JuS uSI tu0y were StcIudlly
wrong and that was ali there was to
it, for no wrong can be erased and
made right by any movements of the
lips.
Given woman Of that kind OF
frmness. tempered with boundless
} love for her family, full of desire to
: help her friends, with proper ideas OF
: her duty to mankind, an ambition for
her children which pointed to the
!, farthest fixed star, shrewdness
! which amounted to almost uncanny
3 canniness, and persistence which
caused her to walk straight along the
8 line she projected for herself, even
though that path led through the
: morass of wrecked nerves and over
the sharp stones of pains and aches
: in frail body-given woman like
, Mrs. Moorhead of that kind, and hel
!. death is the end of an earthly life
Q which achieved much.
4 There are few lives of women as
I important as that which ended wher
i Mrs. Moorhead died.
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Coughing at NIaht

Means loss OF sleep which is bad
for everyone. Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound stops the cough at
once, relieves the tickling and dry
ness in the throat and heals the in
famed membranes. Prevents cold
developing into bronchitis or pneu-
monia. Keep always in the house
Refuse substitutes. Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-08
Mrs. Mcorhead, an Important Woman
With Many Strong characteristics, She Achieved Much
Good in Her Life in the Home and the World
BY G. Walter Barr.

The death of Mrs. MOorhead brings
instantly to my recollection three pic
lures of her.
Once, when the Womans Club of
Keokuk was fourishing and active and
very serious. it got into parliament
airy tangle at regular meeting. Mrs.
Moorhead was the outgoing president
1T was the annual election time
and was still in the chair when the
sweet bells got out of tune. am not
sure that the. tangle ever was united,
but l do know that l missed my sup
per that evening, for the meeting last
ed until long after dark, and l staid
to see the end OF the trouble. 1t was
mot fun for Mrs Moorhead presiding,
by any manner of means. Anybody
was excusable for being mistaken
about the various parliamentary fine
points involved-but Mrs. Moorhead
was right from the beginning in her
decisions; and the chief thing was the
way she stood immovable on each and
every decision she made. Moreover,
she was polite and courteous and
Itactful; it was as fine an example of
a steel hand in a padded velvet glove
as one ever sees. Very seldom does
enc see a man presiding over a parli-
amentary or political whirlpool with
SO much strength and poise and right
eousness as was displayed by Mrs.
Moorhead that afternoon running into
the evening.
Making Life Lighter.
, 1t was quite another time and place,
:. and the Keokuk chapter of P. E. o.
was having what the Elks call so
cial session in their hall one evening
3 When went up to call out one of the
/ members, the guardians of the door
I were careless, and kept on until
, had walked into the hall without
meeting anybody. OF course | am not
v going to describe what saw there;
1 it was about the best display of real
i. fun one ever encountered everybody
t there was having and making fun as
e only collection of very bright
brainy and sensible women can be
! funny. Mrs. Moorhead was having 6
J. little more fun, and was making lit
) tie more fun than anybody else. She
represented the quintessence of rea
play, the kind Of play lot Of smar
children like when they are jolly
O That she made fun of me till flet
n only increases my appreciation of he
s humor and ability as a fun maker.
u This was Mrs. Moorhead from tn,
/ social angle, and when she had earn
]. ed the right to play as she chose sur
rounded by close friends.
The third picture is more mellow
more sacred one of Mrs. Moorhead Il
her home life. This is a compost
picture from several angles, and /
really involves all the rest Of thi
really remarkable woman.
With fine fiber of brain, extraordi
nary strength of will. purpose ant
character combined with all the soft
or virtues of love, humor, sympathy
cordially and womanliness, Mrs
Moorhead played her part in her hom
like Spartan mother, like Romal
matron and like the best type Q
American home maker-a combination
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Editor Davidson of Carthage and
Banker Ferris of the same thriving
illinois city, were in Keokuk today
to confer with citizens relative to the
proposed Niota-Q Quincy electric road.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-03

the Browns he has played all three out
field positions, and performed at every
one of the infieId stations. During the
training trip last season Manager Jack
O'Connor tried to convert him into a
catcher, so it can be seen that pitching
is the only position at which Griggs has
not taken a whirl. There. is no deny
ing the fact. that this constant shift
ing has greatly retarded his develop
ment.
'Perhaps the greatest drawback that
Griggs has encountered since Joining
the major league ranks has been his
failure to like conditions in st. Louis.
Griggs has been dissatisfied for over a
year. his heart has not been in his
work, and as a result he has done
neither his club nor himself justice
perhaps mo- one thing explain
Griggs' failure to shine any better than
the conversation that took place be-
tween Griggs and one of his Texas ad-
mirers last summer. 1t seems that
Griggs received only about $1,000 in his
first year as a big Lacquer, and last
year he didn't get much more. Conse-
quently his salary in the majors has
not been very much more than he re-
ceived in the Texas League.
After a game one day last summer
Griggs' admirer from Texas walked up
to the former Brownie and said:
Say Art, you are not playing any
better ball in the big league than you
did in the Minors
That's right said Griggs, you see
I'm only getting a minor league salary
in st. Louis, so I'm just playing minor
league ball
Although Griggs is one of the most
quiet chaps in the baseball business,
he's Just about the huskiest individual
that ever pulled on spiked shoe. Some
of the tales about his physical prowess
sound almost like fish stories, yet there
isn't a player in the American League
who would relish a clash with the stall
wart Texan.
''There is no doubt but what the
Cleveland club will satisfy Griggs as
to salary: that is, pay him q stipend
due a big Lacquer. Friends of Griggs
claim if the Nap owners do that they
will have one of the most reliable
players in the country in the former
RrOWnie'' -
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-03
RAILWAY NOTES.

1t is estimated that oil as locomotive
fuel is rapidly on the increase. Statis-
tics show that the consumption of fuel
oil on the roads in 1909 amounted TO
19, 939, ,394 barrels, an increase of about
Is per cent (3,050, ,324 barrels) over 1908.
Oil as fuel has several good points in
its favor ov'r coal; besides being
easier to use in the fire box it also does
away largely with the smoke nuisance,
danger from sparks, etc.
The Union Pacific has plans for a
new shop building, 80 by 100 feet, at
Council Bluffs, Ia This company is
bui1Cing a 30-stall round house at
Laramie, Wyo-
President Nudge, of the Rock Island
is quoted as saying: ''The Rock Island
lines will make no rail purchases this
year beyond the 10000 tons ordered last
week, owing to the liberal amount re-
manning from last years contracts We
shall purchase soon 26 new steel postal
cars, which. with those now under con-
struction, will enable US to equip all
steel trains with steel postal cars. Be
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-03
BIG sWEDE Has CLASS.
Westergaard Is in Best Condition O1
Career,

Career.
Lincoln, Neb. March 3.-Jess West
ergaard, Iowa's crack wrestler, has
returned to his Des Moines home from
an invasion of the north. In Duluth
he turned the trick of twice Hopping
Samson, a 275-pound foreigner, while
in Minneapolis the Iowa Swede
squelched the aspirations of Police
man Gordon, winning both matches
almost in jigtine Westergaard Is
rounding into the best physical con-
dition of his career, but is now engag-
ed in a special course of training for
rather strenuous ten days pro-
gram. Friday night in Sioux City,
he will take on George Turner, the
veteran mat athlete, in finish match.
Next Tuesday will find the Des Moines
Swede in Topeka, where he is to be
pitted against Hackenschmidt, the
Russian lion." On Thursday, March
9, Westergaard will come to Lincoln
to go against John Lemm in a finish
match. The husky Iowan will have
margin of about ten pounds in his
favor, but will need that advantage,
as Lemm is one of the topnotchers in
European circles and wrestler OF
international reputation. Oscar
Thorson, Westergaard' manager, is
more than anxious for his protege to
win from Lemm. The latter was the
victor in the international tourna-
ment in London last year and if the
Iowa Norsk can flop Lemm. Thorson
is planning take Westergaard to the
next London tournament, following
it with tour of Sweden and the other
Scandinavian countries to meet all
comers. Westergaard is comparative
ly new to the mat game, although he
is fifty per cent better wrestler than
two years ago. Thorson makes no
secret of aspiring to pilot Wester-
gard into the American champion
ship and figures that within the next
two years his ambition may be
achieved
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-03
RUsrENHAVEN SHOWS WELL.
Went Fast Route Abilene to Cheyenne
to n. Y. Giants.

Cheyenne, Wyo., March 3.-Let-
ters and newspapers received from
Dallas, Tex, speak in the highest
terms of the work done by Rusten-
haven, last years star twirler for the
Cheyenne Indians during his initial
game on the slab of the New York
Giants. Rusty, although one of Nc
Graw's youngest recruits, with not
even minor league experience, was
pitted against the Dallas team of the
Texas league, pitching three innings,
in which one hit was made.
McGraw is delighted with Rusty's 8
showing in practice, and his work in
this preliminary game, and, although
it was feared that his shortness of
stature and light weight would be a
great handicap, it is believed that II
Rusty continues as he has begun he
will not only make good with the
Giants from the start, but will soon
become one of McGraw's mainstays,
and, if he does, he will have estab-
lished a record.
In times past few young pitchers
have jumped from the unknown
ranks Of amateur or Independent
teams to major league company, and
made good from the start, but in all
such cases the pitcher had the advan-
tage of extreme height and weight.
Rustenhaven ia ) feet Z " inches in
height, and weighs 125 pounds, and is
21 years old. But what he lacks in
height, reach, weight and age, he
makes up in an assortment of speed,
change of pace. curves, perfect con-
troll of the splitter" and a general
knowledge of the game. For a south
paw he has exceptional control. In
deed it is this marvellous control of
both his curved balls, drops and spit
ters'' that make him valuable man
for McGraw, and it is believed that If
he is given proper announcement he
will, early in the league season, be-
come a regular performer on Nc
Graw'S staff
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-03

to be composed Of parts of Caddo and
Washita counties. has led to the reg
istering of a "kick'' by other towns
on the Rock Island in Caddo county,
which took form Monday in message
to the Chicago offices of the railroad
The message was signed by the An
adarko Commercial club, and address
ed to the legal department of the Rock
Island railroad at Chicago. 1t was
worded practically as follows:
1--WE are reliably informed that the
legal department of the Rock Island
in Oklahoma is taking an active in
terest in assisting the town of Carne-
gle, Okla, in a plan to divide Caddo
county and form the new county of
Seger.
1--WE are also informed that Mr..
Blake has today gone to Carnegie
to assist in the fight. The towns of
Apache, Anadarko, Binger, Lookeba.
Hydro, Bridgeport, Fort Cobb, and
others in Caddo county are against the
division.
1--WE feel that the Rock Island
should keep its hands off in this local
fight
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-03
MARRY GEORGE? WE'LL, MAYBE.
Hackenschmfdt's Fiancee on Way
Everybody Wants Smile.


New York, March 3.-Mrs. Mark
Russell of London was by all appear
ances the most important passenger
on the Oceanic yesterday. There was
line of eight or nine young English
men and Americans ready at her
stateroom door, waiting for the
chance to help her carry her hand
baggage ashore. The stewards were
not allowed to interfere at all. The
gentlemen-in -in-waiting. when she did
appear and distribute her luggage
among them, shou1dered one another
scandalously for the privilege of
walking beside her and looking with
almost pathetic hunger for a smile
at close range.
Mrs. Russell was met at the pier
by Harry Pollok, New York manager
for George Hackenschmidt, the wres-
tier, who said he had a message from
Hackenschmidt for her. There had
been talk on the ship that she was
the big wrestler's fiancee. Mrs. Rus
sell, whose husband was a British
army officer, denied this report Wig
orously.
'I am in no position to marry
George mean Mr.. Hackenschmidt,"
she said. II am just over here for
a few days visit and expect to go
back on the return trip of this same
ship
Mrs. Russell told Mr.. Pollok that
she was going to take 4 o'clock
f1ier for the west this afternoon. Hack
is near Chicago.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-03

yond this there will be no new orders
of cars or motive power
The state legislature of Indiana has a
bill before it, which proposes to compel
railroads to stop all passenger trains at
county seats having at least 1000 pop
ulation, to the extent at least of four
trains per day each way; where more
than that number are operated each
day, the excess number will not be re-
Quired to stop.
According to the New York Journal
Of Finance, there is romantic
Whether that paper has inside infor
nation or just a surmise, it is hard -
say.
The Rock Island is preparing to re-
open the gravel pits at Obar, presum
ably to secure ballast for the Tucum-
Carl Memphis line. It is also the inten-
tion to ballast the line from Tucumcari
to Santa Rosa this year.
The new railroad hotel and eating
house of the Rock Island at Liberal,
Kan, which is now being completed,
has been named ''The Cimarron," from
the river near that town.
The Southern Pacific has 1000 men
at work on its west coast extension
near Tepic, Mexico. The contractors
would double the working force if il
were possible to obtain the men.
The passing track of the Rock Island
at mile post 241.09, between Kechi AMI
Wichita, subdivision 16, Kansas iii
vision, will hereafter be known as
Cline.
The postoffice department has issued
an order that railway mail clerks on
the heavy lines shall be required to
work an average of only six hours
day, and clerks who have to do
terminal work at either end of their
runs will be allowed overtime. For
many weeks back clerks on many rail-
ways, both east and west have been
complaining of overwork. their hours
having been heightened as part OF
the general scheme of economy intro
duced by Postmaster General Hitch
cock. Many clerks on the heavy runs
are on duty ten hours or more every
day, for six days, and the average OF
six hours day, mentioned in the or
der, includes the days when clerks re-
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-03

main off the cars and spend two or
three hours daily in studying their
geography lessons, which study is a
part of their duties.
There are indications that so soon as
the weather will permit, the Rock
Island will begin active construction
work on the proposed extension of its
line southwark from Carlisle on the
lndianola-W Winterset branch to the coal
fields, adjacent to Dallas in southwest
ern Marion county, where the company
owns 5000 acres of coal lands 1t is
possible, If there is improvement in the
money market, that the company will
continue the construction of the new
line through Charlton to connection
with the Chicago-Kansas City line at
Allerton, but nothing definite has been
announced with regard to building
south of Dallas the present year.
8. A. Kendig, travelling passenger
agent of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa
Fe, has been promoted to the position
of colonization agent. H. Y. William
assistant ticket and passenger agent
succeeds him as travelling passenger
agent
The Pennsylvania railroad has order
ed nine more electric locomotives, ag
gregating 10000 horse power.
The sixty third meeting of the Amer
lean Society of Mechanical Engineers
May 80 to June g inclusive. The So
ciety has not met in this city since
1884. The American Society of Mechar-
ical Engineers is one of the foremost
organizations of technical and profes-
sional engineers in the world, with
membership of over 1000, in this cour-
try as well as abroad.
The Japanese railways at the close of
their last fiscal year had 5,029 miles Of
line, of which more than nine-tenths
belonged to the state. Their average
traffic was equivalent to 796 passenger
and 506 tons of freight carried each
way daily over the entire system. The
gross earnings were $500, and the net
81, $50 per mile.
Hutchinson is still dreaming of the
removal of the Santa F'e's general
managers office from Topeka to tina.
city.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-03
NO. stage is NOT THE CzAR.
Says He Isn't and That the w. I. c.
Is Quite Solid.

Lafayette, Ind, March 3.-Ad-
dressing 1000 Purdue students and
faculty members, Professor A1onzo A.
Stagg of the University of Chicago,
declared the western intercollegiate
conference to be proof against all at
tScks of it's enemies. He said:
Let me say to you there is not
possible chance for the conference to
fail. 1t is needed to maintain the
best interests of intercollegiate sports.
I can see no reason whatever why it
should fall apart. It is sometimes
said that the University of Chicago
and A. A. Stagg are dominating the
conference, and that this will kill the
organization. If it were true that
Chicago and Stagg had too much to
do with the nagement of the con-
ference and its policies, this would be
good reason why it should be dis
solved
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-03
RELAY RACE TONIGHT
Indoor Interclass Track Meet al
WaShburn.

Tonight is the night of the sorority
relay race in the Washburn gymna-
sium. A society feature in itself this
event has been doubly branded with
the society mark by the Sigma Delta
Psi, who, good sports that they are,
will give the teams a dinner at their
frat house. win. draw or lose.
The occasion for the sorority relay
is the interclass indoor track meet
which has been arranged by Director
w. L. Driver.
The events are: 25-yard dash, one
mile run, 10O-yard dash, sorority relay
race, 25-yard high hurdles, half-mile
run, 220-yard dash, 25-yard low hur-
dies. 440-yard dash. interclass relay
jump.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-03
SAY. MOORE, WANT HIM BACK?
Holland Asks the Waiver Price for
BOIeS.

st. Joseph, March 3.-Manager Hol-
land will sell Walter Boles, the hold
out catcher, to Topeka, or any other
club in the Western league, for $3.50,
the waiver price. He said that he Is
entirely out of patience with the form
er Topeka player, for whom he paid
81 $50 last season.
Boles has been holding out for over
month and his letters to Holland have
evidently not made favorable impress
sion. Holland carried Boles for a month
or more last summer on full pay when
the catcher had an injured ankle. AT
that time he was paying Boles a salary
among the highest on the club.
Boles claims that Holland promised
him more money this year and HOLLAND
says that he made no promise, as Re
figured he was paying Boles all the
club could afford. The fact that Ho,-
land isn't asking for waivers on Boles.
and is willing to dispose of him at the
waiver price to any Western league
club, when he stands the St. Joseph
81, ,250, shows how he feels concerning
the matter.
The Drummers' holdout club now
consists of but one man. Walter Boles
is holding the sack alone. Owner Jack
Holland yesterday received letters from
Harry McChesney and Dick Crutcher
and both expressed their willingness to
sign contracts. Both had sent their
contracts back to the Drummer boss
without signing them but Owner Hol-
land said yesterday that he would re-
turn them to the players.
Il having some deals hanging fire."
said Holland yesterday, ito dispose Of
some players. Oklahoma City will
probably get couple. They want
Goodrich. They may get couple of
pitchers, too"
All of the Drummers were last night
notified to report here between March
Is and 90 1t is likely that some will
be sold before then, as the roster no"
contains far too many names.
Boliver Kaufman, who became
benedict after the season closed last
wear. has written that he and his wife
will be here on March Is.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-03
FIRST AID 10 THE INJURED.
Pennsylvania Railroad Educating Its
EMPLOYEES.

Employees.
That any employee or passenger on
the Pennsylvania railroad may receive
immediate attention in case of sick
ness or accident, the company is ex-
tending it's methods of giving instruc-
ton on first aid to the injured. To
this end demonstrations are to be
given to employees, and circular has
been prepared for distribution to en-
ployees at the lectures delivered by
medical examiners of the company.
The printed instructions that will be
distributed to all employees are en-
titled "Hints on First Aid to the In
jured." keep coor' is the first ad-
monition. Employees are then ad-
vised to send for the nearest physi-
clans, after which the injured or i'll
person should be placed on a stand
ard stretcher, a number of which are
provided On cars, in stations, shops
and other places. "Keep the crowd
away is the next heading on the cir
cular, which also warns employees
against touching open wounds with
their hands
The first aid, packet is described
in the circular. 1t contains two
aseptic congresses in oil paper, one
cambria bandage, one triangular
bandage and two safety pins. The de-
tails of dressing wound are then
gone into. Following the general in
structions, the circular deals with ac-
cidents and ills which are most fire.
quent, giving specific and detailed in
StructionS for first aid.