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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
IT PAYS TO
PAY LODGE DUES
Mason Sent In His Money and Finds
Out That Fortune Is
Awaiting Him.

DETROIT, Mich, July 19.-Real es-
tate in Detroit comprises part OF a
fortune which came to William Rum
mel Ward, Youngstown, Ohio, in y
manner as strange as any recorded In
fiction.
Ward had become a wanderer after
his three children and his wife had
died in 1907 in Greencastle, Pa. He
finally had located in Youngstown,
where he made living doing odd
jobs. No one in Greencastle knew
where he had gone.
Mrs. John Burke, Greencastle q
paralytic, who had lived next door tc
Ward for years and to whom he hac
devoted himself in efforts to make hel
lot more bearable, died May 81. She
left a fortune said to be valued a
more than s1,ooo,Oo0 to Ward in re
turn for his kindness to her. Part o
the fortune is in Detroit real estate
All efforts to locate Ward were futile
until he sent his Masonic lodge due
to the secretary of the Greencastl
lodge. The probate Judge then notlfle'
| Ward.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
EUROPE ATTRACTS
MORE AMERICANS
Number OF Families Abroad Increases
FIFTY Per cent-Gain In coun-
try Homes.

NEW YORK, July 1s.-Europe and
other lands beyond the sea nave
drawn so per cent more American fam
illes abroad this season than they did
last year, according to statistics gath
cred from the Summer Social Regis
ter for 1911, which has just been pub
lished.
1t is found that 1856 families nave
gone abroad, as compared with the sos
of the season of 1911. 1t is believed
the coronation ceremonies had much
TO do with this large increase.
Twenty per cent more inland coun-
try residences than last year indicate
growing interest In the outdoor ath'
,etic life by American society The
number of residences situated inland
10 now 1887. while the number of sea
shore residences is 1854. which Is prac
t,cllv the same as the 2s2s OF last
year. >.
The summer register, as usual, IL
limited to the country or foreign ad
dresses of we'll known families which
have communicated the information.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
WICKERSHAM IS
GOING FISHING
Alaskan Affairs Are Not Worrying
Him and He Tries to
Forget.

DULUTH, Mimi. July 19--Attorrney
General George w. Wickersham. who
spokethis afternoon before the Min
nesota state bar association on What
Further Regulation of Interstate Com
merce is Necessary or Desirable ar
rived early today with fishing pole
which he hopes to use befoTo .-e .eaves
the northwest.
mo. have not anything to say
in regard to the Alaskan affairs mat
ter.p he said. Il have not been in
Washington for some days. | have
been trying to get things of that sort
out of my mind for the time being.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
NEW COMET rs
NOT BRILLIANT
May Not Be Bright Enough to Be
Seen With the Stark Naked
Eve,

CHICAGO, July 19.-Nightly obser-
walton of the Kiess comet are being
taken at the Yerkes Observatory by
Prof. Edwin B. Frost and Prof Sher-
burne w. Burnham. The comet was
picked up at Williams Bay, July 8,
the day following the receipt of a dis
patch from Lick Observatory announc
ing its discovery
II doubt whether 1t will bbe visible
to the naked eye," said Prof. Frost
We will not be able to tell for several
DAYS. 1t is not a particularly bril-
liant comet. 1t rises in the east be
tween / and 1880 a. M
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
YELLOWSTONE HAS
NEW GEYSER
Water and Stones Thrown High Ir
Air BY Eruption at Hot
Sprjnqs.

WASHINGTON, July 19.-Unac-
counted for eruptions OF great quanti
ties Of water, steam and small rocks
to a height of several hundred feet
from the Hot Springs of the Norris
Basin in Yellowstone National Park
have been occurring during the sum-
mer
Those familiar with the park are un-
able to explain the phenomenon. They
say the geysers have shown no diminu-
ton in activity; the eruptions can not
be due to diversion Of steam and
hot water from the regular outlets.
They may indicate, however, increas
ing activity in the subterranean forces
to which the geysers are due, and II
such is the case it is possible anoth
er geyser may develop in the park.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
Four Of Them Locked UP on Charge
Of Having Killed cIaud A.
woifldAl OF Clifton,
Colorado.
ARE NOT ALARMED
Suspects Do Not Take the Matter
Seriously and One Of Them
Laughs at Prison
Prospect.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. July
19.-Direct charges of murder were
filed today against Lee Baker, Virgil
Wilson, Gladys Thompson and Lillian
Osborn. all children. ranging in age
from Ia to l9 years old, as a result
of the coroner's inquest, which held
them for the death of Claude A. Won-
kill of Clifton. None Of the children
take the matter seriously and they
laugh and joke about their arrest
Young Baker declared today in a
laughing tone that they could do no
more than send him to the pen for
life."
The children are held In jail with
out bail. Baker insists that the 9th
er children under arrest are not tell
ing the truth and that "it was goot
thing they were kept in separate
cells for they would only make UP a
pack of lies anyway"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
Weather cndltIons.

Part of the western area of low
pressure has passed through the Up
per Mississippi Valley, attended by
showers from the Plateau Region to
the Western Lakes, the temperature
rising slightly on It's front, and a
depression has been left in the South.
ern Mountain Region.
With exception Of showers on the
Gulf Coast, the weather is generally
fair in the Southern States, and the
pressure is high in the Southeastern
States
The pressure is high in the North
ern Plateau Region, with somewhat
qooler weather.
Conditions indicate fair weather
for this section tonight and Thurs
day and cooler tonight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
Man Who Soaked Himself In the
Bath Tub and Gained Height In
Order to Get City
Job.
IN WATER ALL NIGHT
Fireman Had to Take an All Night
Soak Every Time he Was
About to Be Meas
ured.

ST. LOUIS, July 1s-Want to get
tall? Soak yourself.
That's the way Edward George Ber-
nard got in the fire department, but
he lost his job because he wouldn't
stay soaked.
Bernard was a member Of Engine
Company No. Is. at Broadway and
Valentine streets, for six months.
Recently 1t was discovered that he
was below the required stature for
firemen-5 feet I inches.
He insists that by virtue Of being
thoroughly soaked he was the regula-
tion height when he was admitted to
the department last June, but that he
has slumped since then.
Lieut. Frank Henderson, aid to
Chief Swingle.-, heard that there was
gossip in the department that Ber-
man..
| He called on Bernard and asked
him about 1t.
| "It's true. I'm not quite tall
enough" said Bernard. Henderson
wanted Bernard to go to the city hal
1 at once and be measured.
mot now" replied Bernard. III
| be there tomorrow morning."
He did not keep the engagement
and few days later he was summon
ed before Chief Swingley. He ad
4 mitted that he was under the re
quired height, but said:
4 II was tall enough when | Joined
the department. In order to add t
my height lay all night In a bathtu'
Of water. 1t stretched me fine. II
the morning | hurried down here AM
was measured"
Chief Swingley told Bernard to g
home and lie In the bathtub som
more and see If he could again reacl
the required stature.
Bernard promised to return the TO
, lowing morning, but when he did nc
he vas dropped from the rolls. Rot
: ert jerks, former secretary to Chic
Swingley, says that Bernard measul
( ed 3 feet when he was admitted t
! the department
a Bernard has family and lives
y 1922 Walnut street.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
WHITE SKIN
ON A NEGRO
Successful Grating Operation to Man
Who Was Burned In Rail-
road Wreck.

HOLDREDGE, Neb.. July 19.-Fifty
square inches OF white skin has been
grated on the face and hands of S,
l.. D. Thomas, coal black negro, In
a local hospital The operation was
successful and the negros face is
about half white.
Thomas was burned in Burlington
railroad wreck six weeks ago.
The white skin was taken from the
body Of Oscar Bragg. who was paid
by the Burlington Route for his
cuticle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
NEVER FOUND
OUT JUST HOW
Man Who Spent 55 Years Trying to
Solve Perpetual Motion,
Has Died.

BALTIMORE, Md, July 19.--An-
drew Gernand, SO years old, is dead
here. after spending 55 years OF ms
life in a vain effort to solve the prob
lem of perpetual motion.
Gernand was an inventive genius
and would have made fortunes on
nractical inventions If he had been
able to dismiss the perpetual motion
nroblem from his mind AS wedding
nresent to one of his sons. Henry
Garnand, OF Avalon, ILL.,. he gave the
vo,,ng man suggestion for a labor
saving corn reaper, which made
q oo(l 900 or more in profits.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
Detective no kldnaper.

TOLEDO, Ohio, July 19.-Declaring
swindlers from indianapolis, Judge
that Detective Emmett TerrilI was not
guilty of kidnapping Louise Raveli-
Rochelle and Emil Lolenni, alleged
Johnson today awarded the custody
of the prisoners to Sheriff Newton OF
Toledo. The decision followed a two
days hearing on a petition for writ
of habeas corpus involving the pos
session Of the two men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
RARE OLD COIN
ON STREET CAR
Halt Dollar Of 1888 is Worth $40 and
Was Handed to the
Conductor.


NEW YORK, July 19.-Penains
further examination Of a oo-cent
piece which he collected for a rare
yesterday, Conductor Cavanaugh OF
the Hoboken street car service is un-
certain concerning the wisdom OF sell
ing the coin for So. He showed It to
Conductor John Blanc in the Ferry
street car barns and Blanc maoe lhe
offer OF SO, which was accepted. i'iahe
prides himself on his knoWieas9 u
rare coins, and after making the p''l'
chase told Cavanaugh that the piece
was worth nearly $40. It was 2 nan
dollar bearing date of 1888. Cata'ogues
show that there are two Issues q
half dollars of that year, one of wnlci'
is worth $40 II In perfect condltloh'
the other its face value.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
NEW STAMPS
TO BE ISSUED
Set Of Eleven Will Soon be Issued
With Figures Of the Values
on Them.

WASHINGTON. July 19.-"Utility
art and harmony according to Third
Assistant Postmaster General Britt,
will be combined in a new issue OF
postage stamps about to be authoriz'
ed. The head of President Washing
ton will appear on the first six of the
series, while the last five will bea1
the likeness of Penjamin Fganklin.
All Of the new stamps denomina
tions will be in arabic, and this, as
we'll as the use of a separate color OF
shade for each denomination. is ex
pected to prevent the confusion o.
which two conventions OF postal clerk:
have complained.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
Wrecked Battleship Maine 10 Far
Enough Uncovered Now to Per
nit an Examination
for Bodies.
AN OUTSIDE EXPLOSION
Entire Ship 10 Mass Of Twisted Steel
and the Location Of the lni.
tlal Explosion Can be
Ascertalned.

HAVANA, July 19.-With the berth
deck Of the demolished battleship
Maine partly uncoveres, workmen to-
day started systematic search for
the skeletons of the remaining mem
bers of the dead crew whose bodies
have been in the ship since the ex-
plosion. The scene, now that the
water has been dropped to an 1S-foot
level, is appalling The entire ship
is mass of twisted steel.
Officials at work on the wreck nov
believe that 1t will be an easy matter
to prove that the initial explosion from
outside the vessel, caused the wreck
The deck plating and planktng forward
is bent upward. indicating that the
first explosion was from the outside
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
Serious Riotlng Breaks Out Among
the Welshmen Who Chase off
the Police With
Stones.
STAB OFFICERS HORSES
Troops Finally Dlsperss the Mobs and
Take Possession of the Wa
ter Front at
Cardiff.

CARDIFF, Wales, July 19.-Sertous
rioting broke out among the striking
dockmen again today, the situation
quickly becoming SO serious that
troops were called out after the strilS-
ers had repulsed the mounted police.
The police made several charges
but were met with showers of stones
and other missiles. Several horses
were stabbed. Many strikers and po-
licemen were injured.
Shortly after noon the troops di-
persed the mobs and took possession
of the water front.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
BALLOON|STS HAD
EXCITING TINE
Ran Into Pockets Which Caused
Them to Drop From $500 Feet
Almost to tho
Ground
LANDED IN SAFETY
Drag Rope Tralled Across Railroad
Track Just Before the Train
came Whlxxlng
Along.

DECATUR, Ill. July 1s.-Capt- John
Berry and Roy Donaldson are the for
tunate survivors Of a perlious night
balloon voyage begun after p. m.
Monday evening at Springfield and
ending at point near La Place. ILL.,.
in Moultrie County.
The trip was made in the balloon
Million Population Club of st. Louis.
Shifting air currents, pockets and
other terrors OF atmospheric sea were
responsible for the terrifying night
ride in which the aeronauts at times
dropped from an altitude Of 1900 feet
until they were within 15O feet of the
gas supply delayed the ascension
which was partly for the purpose OF
making some sort of a record, and al
so to assist Donaldson In meeting the
conditions Of pilots license
! The balloon circled south and east
crossing lower Macon County, ant
when daylight broke the aeronauts
we're in the vicinity of Kirksville, Ill.
| where landing was made to find ou
where they were After second as
icension the basket dragged SO Low
that 1t bumped along over corn fields
and at one time the drag rope sagget
across railroad track just in from
of a train The aeronauts feared
would become entangled In the wheel
4 of the engine.
A large crowd from a nearby thresf
ing crew assisted Berry and Donald
son in reaching the ground. The
were brought to Decatur in an auto
mobile.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
No Drinks on Sunday.

DES MONIES, Iowa. July 19.-The
state of Iowa can prevent the de-
livery Of liquor shipments on Sundays,
according to an opinion announced by
Attorney General Cosson. He says,
however, that the delivery of inter
state shipments Of liquor cannot be
prevented on week days. The opin-
ion is the result of case brought
from Omogine, Iowa, in which it was
charged that an express company had
been making Sunday deliveries.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
RYAN DENIES ]
WRITING ! !
=
Says He Did not Act az ~ for
oussenhelm Syndicate or
Have Anything to do
With Letter.
GOING TO WASHINGTON
VIII Testify Before House Committee
and Confess to Nothing Excepting
That He is Him
self.

NEW YORK, July 1s.-Richard 8.
Ryan, author of the alleged Dick to
Dick" letter left today to testify be-
fore the house committee on expendi-
lures in the department of the interior
at Washington which is investigating
the Controller Bay, Alaska, situation.
He denied the assertion that he,
acting as an agent for the Morgan
Guggenheim syndicate, used the name
Of Charles P. Taft, brother Of the
president, in writing to former Sec
retary Ballinger to expedite the ceed
ing of Controller Bay to the syndi
cate. He denies emphatically that he
wrote the letter
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
PHONEY MONEY
UNDER THE HAY
Several Bogus Quarters and Half Dol
lars Are Found on an Island
of the River.

MOLINE, Ill, July 19.-Fifty dollars
In counterfeit coins, mostly quarters
and half dollars, was found under hay
on Sylvan island near here, by two
men who happened to kick the loose
hay as they were passing near an old
barn. No trace Of dies was found.
Secret service men at Chicago have
been notified. The bogus money has
been turned over to Chief Bisant ot
this city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity-Fair to-
night and Thursday. Cooler tonight.
For Illinois Showers this after
noon and tonight; cooler tonight
Thursday fair.
For Iowa-Fair tonight with cooler
southeast portion. Thursday, fair
For Missouri-Showers this after
noon or tonight; cooler north portion
Thursday fair.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
TURTLE CARRIED
MONEY IN SHELL
Penny Of 1910 Was Found on il and
People are Guessing at

BOSTON, July 19.-The largest tLr-
tie seen on the Chelsea beach thin sea-
son was captured by Romano cfaen-
cite, an East Boston shoemaker. When
he seized it by the tail and turnea 1T
over, large copper penny dropped
out of its she'll The coin was minted
in ITO and marked with the name of
George the Third of England. Chelsea
residents are divided as to whether
the turtle is actually 141 years old, or
has been delving into Capt. Kidd's rri-
vate chests below the waters of Mas.
sachusetts Bay.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
HAD CIDER AT
CHURCH SOCIAL
One Youth Expected to Die as Result
of Fight Which Followed the
Refreshments


of Fight Which Followed the
Refreshments.
SCOTTSBURG, Ind, July 19.-Hard
cider. sharp knives and hot temper
proved the undoing of church festi-
val here, and as a result of too much
Of the first mentioned, Grover Card
ner, 90 years old, is expected to die;
Walter Cravens has cut on the hand,
and several others are bruised and
battered.
An ice cream supper was being CIV
en- at the Green Briar church and
everything went according to program
until the introduction of hard cider.
About IL o'clock Gardner and a
young man named Jones started to
quarrel and about dozen others
rushed in. A riot followed.
Gardner received about dozen
slashes with knives but he refuses te
tell who cut him. After Gardner fell
the crowd scattered
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
HAVEMYER WAS
THE REAL CZAR
Dominated the Sugar Trust Whose
Board Of Directors Did as

NEW YORK, July 10 Further tes-
timony that the late H, o. Havemyer
absolutely dominated the sugar trust
and that the directors did whatever
he wanted them to do was given to
day at the congressional sugar hear
ing here by Washington B. Thomas
chairman of the board of directors OF
the American Sugar Co.
Thomas denied that the sugar
trust was monopoly. 'Its policy,
he said, was to live and let live"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
shah Returns unexpectedly.

TEHERAN, July 1s.-The unex-
pected return to the country of Ma
hamedl Ali, the deposed shah of Per
sia, causes the present government to
be full of fear.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
Administration Wool Revision Bill
Was Introduced In the Senate
Today by tho Senator
From Utah.
LoR1MER sLUsH FUND
Amendment to Sherman Antitrust
Law Has Been Brought to
Attention Of tho House Of
Representatives.

WASHINGTON. July 19-what was
called the administration wool revis-
ion bill was introduced in the senate
today by Senator Smoot. 1t provides
rates higher than those in the Under
wood and La Toilette bills.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19
ooaI Ohseryafions

Rainfall for past "a hours "a.
Mean temperature 70.
Highest temperature, SO.
Lowest temperature 60.
Lowest temperature last night, 81.
FRED q. GoSBWIsCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-19

More contradiction OF the story OF
VIM. Burgess of Duluth, Mimi, that
G. F. Wiehe. secretary OF the Edward
Hines Lumber Co., told him on
train In Minnesota that he Wiehe, had
contributed $4,000 to the Lorimer
slush fund, were given ~ witnesses
be2ore the senate Committee today.
B. A. Johnson of the American Lum-
herman, testified that no conversation
such as described by Burgess oc-
ourred.
| An amendment to the Sherman anti
! trust law designed to facilitate pun
ishment OF officials of corporations
violating the law was introduced in
the house today by Representative
Small. 1t makes conviction on the
corporation presumptiv- evidence OF
the guilt of the controlling officials.
! Imprisonment Is made mandatory as
a punishment
/ On account of the prolonged ses-
sion of congress, President Taft to-
day cancelled all arrangements for
i his trip to Houghton, Mich, on Aug
ust is. He was to have taken two
days ynching trip on the Great Lakes.
The situation in Hayti %as report
ed much worse today by Commander
Taylor of the United States gunboat
Petrol He cabled that the revolutions
lists were advancing toward Cape Hay
tien and were in control of almost
, the entire province.
; President Taft today took under
consideration an invitation of the Y.
NJ. G. A., of Port Huron, Mich, to be
I, their guest during his September trip.
The Marquette club of Chicago to-
!, day put in bid for the presidents
presence at dinner either on Octo-
ber 9 or on Lincolns' birthday next
February. President Taft expects to
accept the invitation.
With Senator Penrose back on the
Job today the senate entered on the
home stretch of its consideration OF
the Canadian reciprocity pact, only
: three more days remaining before the
final vote will be taken.
Senator Works spoke in favor OF
the agreement II shall vote for 1T,
he said, because it will bring us near
: er trade relations with our neighhors
and benefit the people by giving them
more food prices"
To aid in preventing the spread Of
p cholera in New York Surgeon Gener
y al Weymann this afternoon ordered
% past Assistant Surgeon Stimson to &c
e to New York quarantine stations anc
a assist In the examination OF immi
" grants.
To prevent cholera gaining foot
le hold in the United States through
~ some other port than New York WI
'e have made inquiries about the arrtva
n of all vessels from Italy said Wey
mann. Ships from Italy arrive a
IL Boston August and arrive at Phlls
at delphia, July 90"