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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-21
HEARING ON GOTHAM BILL
Church People Call License
Measure Vicious LEGISLATION.
tBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.


Albany. June o0.-Attacking IL as vicious
special legislation. representatives Of the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church and
church organizations appeared before Gov
ernor Dix to-day 10 oppose favorable ex-
ecutive action on big Tim" Sullivans BIZ
to permit the Hotel Gotham to sell
liquor Similar legislation was vetoed by
Governors Odell, Higgins and Hughes
Silas p. Brownell represented the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian Church. the chapel of
which Is just opposite the Gotham. He
said II the bill became law II would in
terfere with tho church work and mean
serious Inconvenience to church members.
Others representing the church were Ed
win j. Gillies James Talcott. Henry r.
Barnes James Marshe,l stuart and Dr.
Silas +. Halock. Or. J. A. Patterson. OF
the Anti-Saloon League. asserted that the
bin was intended 20 convey special priyi-
eges to a hotel which was built under full
knowledge Of the fact that n was within
the prescribed distance Of a church
DR.. Walter Laidlaw. secretary of the
New York State Federation OF Churches.
declared that since the Rslues law went
into effect the churches OF New York City
had spent five times as much in extension
work as was spent on the Gotham
George =. AGnew, a former Senator. ssd
that IN 1894 when no was in the Assem-
bly,. he was asked TO warn the manage
ment q the Gotham. then in course of con-
structIcu. that the churches would oppose
any changes in the excise laws TO permit
It 20 get license. lie did So but heard
later that AN irresponsible party leader
had advised the management to build an
ostensble apartment house and later TO
change II TO a hotel.
Job f.. Hedges spoke for the bill. but
said he hoped the Governor wouldn't sign
it II it interfered with the church. lie per-
sonsly didn't think il would.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-21
DIX APPROVES VAN TUYL PLAr
Believes Union Bank Stockholders
Should Make Good It's Losses.

Albany. June 2.The plan OF the Super
ntendent OF Banks. Mr.. Van Tuyl, to as
sess the stockholders OF the Union Bank OF
Brooklyn TO make good the banks losses
meets with the approval OF Governor Din.
The Governor believes that IL stockholders
OF banking institutions were compellei 10
make good such losses there would be
fewer failures.
The Governor Is understood To n. opposed
To a legislative investigation of the affairs
OF the Union Bank at this time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-21
NOMINATED FOR ASSEMBLY
Seaker Named in lst Lawrence Dis
trict and Merritt in I'd.

OsdensbuTg " Y, June 20Tho Repub-
Iican convention OF the lst Assembly Dis
trict met here this afternoon. and unanl-
nously nominated +. l.. Sealter, of Macomb.
fer member Of the Assembly. to succeed
Fred J. Gray. Walter G.. Kellogg Of Og-
densburg. was appointed delegate 10 the
judiciary convention.
IL the convention Of the ID Assembly Dis
'ritt Edwin 4. Merritt minority leader 81
tie tss, mbly, # Potsdam, was Tenominat-
Ell without opposition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-21
BILLS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
Amendment of Insurance Law Provided
in Approval of Hoey Measure.

Albany. June Ex-Governor Dix to-day
signed the bill Of Assemblyman Hoey pro-
vidiug that the section Of the Insurance
law relating to reinsurance shall not be
construed as permitting the reinsurance Of
Il life insurance corporation having over
100000 II insurance outstanding and IN
force.
The Governor also signed the bills OF 4.
Parker, making number OF changes in
the banking law in regard to the remedy OF
safe deposit companies for non payment Of
rent for safes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-21
FEARS BLINDNESS, WOULD DIE
Musician Fires Shots While Daughter
Plays His Favorite Piece.
II T,Ieeraph 10 "A Trlhune.l

Tittsburs. June 20 -- Asking his blind
daughter to play selection from I'll Trov-
atCre" on the violin, Bernardo Canter.nO
fifty years old. an Italian musician. at
tempted to end his life to-day by firing
three shots into his head lie - dying
CanterinO. who has written many COM
positions. has feared that he was going
Blind like his twenty-year-old daughter
Mary. Several days ago he quarreled with
his wife and she left him. To-day he be-
came respondent, and after remarking that
he felt that he was rapidly losing his sight
lie asked his blind daughter To play his
favorite piece.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-21
SENATE CONFIRMS NOMINATIONS

Albany. June 9o.-Without opposition the
Senate to-day contrmed the nominations 81
James $ Fleming Of Troy as State Fores,
Fish and Game Commissioner. and David
Lazarus. ot New York. a. a port warden
for the port % Now York Mr.. Fleming ex
poets IN assume the duties Of his new ONE
tomorrow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-21
ISRAEL DURHAM LEFT $1,000 coo
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune ]

Philadelphia. June 2o.-ThrouSh the ming
to-day OF au accounting in the estate or
Israel W. Durham. it became known That
the man who ruled the destinies Of the Re
publican Organization in this city for sew
eral yenrs left 81. 026. Sj7 q II was generally
known that Mr.. Durham had amassed con-
siderable wealth, but not even MS intimate
friends had generally rated him a million
ARE Mr. Durham died in JUL. 1870.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-21
STOKES COMING TO PROSECUTE

Neither good angels professional
bondsmen. relatives nor any one else APP
keared to furnish bail bonds for Miss era
ham and Miss Conrad yesterday. SO they
were forced 10 spend another day and
right I'm prison. Their counsel still hopes
20 have them released An 4 day or two.
uossibly TO-DAY Terence }. McMaRus
counsel for " T.. y Stokes said his client
would be On hand To press his charge
against the prisoners at tine hearing to-
morrow
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09
QUICK MAIL SERVICE.
Patrons Buy Mail Carrier RunabOut
and Get Hurry Service.

The patrons of one of the south
ern Iowa rural routes recently took
up a subscription along their route
and collected enough money to pur-
chase a fine $500 runabout auto
which they presented to their rural
mail carrier. The object of the pat
rons was to get their mail earlier
in the day, and the deal works like
charm. All patrons on the route
receive their mail and the carrier is
back to town every morning by ten
o'clock.
1t will be seen that by this method
rural patrons in many cases can
receive their mail practically as soon
as can the patrons in town, as hard
ly a farmer has as far to go after
his mail as most of the town people,
who do not happen to have city de-
livery The rural carrier goes past
the door of the farm home in most
instances, while in town most of the
patrons have to go half mile or more
to the post office TO get their mail.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09
Boys and Vacation.

Vacation time either means that
a lot of small boys are going to find
more work to do around home than
they ever dreamed there was in the
world to do, or they are going to
have a great deal more of idle time
than is good for them to have. Most
people run to extremes in the man
agement of their children. Vacation
should be divided into proportionate
periods of work and play. 1t isn't
fair to expect your small son to work
hard like man all summer, and it
isn't good for him not to have to
work at all. We know of a half
dozen boys who were turned loose
Monday morning with the full privi-
lege of raising the devil for three
months. We also know of some
more who were put in hard manual
labor for ten hours per day. Meth
er extreme is beneficial or square,
Shenandoah World.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09
MAYOR Is ENJOINED.
Theatre Managers at OskaIOOsa Carry
Grievances to Court.

The controversy between the ad-
ministration of the city of Oskaloosa
and Newell brothers operators of the
Palace theatre, No. 116 First avenue
were taken into the district court on
Monday afternoon and a temporary
injunction was obtained by Newell
Bros, operatives, against S. V. Rey-
nolds, mayor and Art Walls, chief OF
police, in the city of Oskaloosa and
others.
Following repeated disobediences
of the request and orders of Mayor
Reynolds the theatre continued oper-
ating the music at the entrance of
the theatre to the annoyance and
discomfort of William II. Hawkins
who is lying in a critical condition at
his rooms nearby.
Service was secured upon Mayor
Reynolds and Chief of Police Walls
of the following restraining order,
enjoining them, from closing or in
terfering with the plaintiffs business
so long as the plaintiffs comply with
the ordinances of Oskaloosa and the
laws of Iowa and in no event will
the defendants close plaintiffs place
of business without a hearing. But
plaintiffs will so conduct their music
so as not to disturb sick person or
persons across the street from plain
tiff's place of business. Tx.
We note that DEBORAH is not the
only city where the wheeling picture
show monograph has become pub
lie nuisance.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09
HOLDUP NEAR MARSHALLTOWN.
Frank Frundl of Near LeGrand
Rides Down WOuld-be
RObber.

Marshalltown, Ia, Aug. Frank
Frundl, a farmer living near Lee
Grand, outwitted a holdup man last
week, escaped robbery and possibly
inflicted injuries to the bandit of a
serious nature. While riding home
on horseback from Gilman, Frundl
was stopped by highwayman and
ordered to hold up his hands. In
stead of complying with this demand
he hit the horse sharply and rode the
bandit down. The man jumped at
the rider from clump OF bushes
about half a mile from Frundl' S
home and grabbed the horses rein.
Frundl Immediately struck his horse
and the animal plunged and over
turned the robber. The horse then
ran over the man and it is not known
whether he was seriously hurt or
not. During the night tent occu-
pied by the Otis Switzer family in
their dooryard as sleeping quarters
during the summer, at LeGrand
someone entered and stole Mr.. Swift
zer's trousers, a silver watch and 81
in change.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09
Interest i'm Base Ball.

There is great deal more interest
in base ball than there is in politics.
There is keen competition in most of
the base ball leagues, and the inter-
est among the fans" keeps pace
with the competition. Mix with any
aggregation of wide awake citizens,
ministers, business men, professional
men, mechanics, etc., ETC., and one
of the topics discussed is the relative
standing of the teams in the big
leagues, and the feats of the star
players, and even the affairs of the
minor leagues are discussed. 1t is
easy to see that base ball is the great
American game. Americans are the
better for their interest in the sport
which daily draws such great crowds
and which daily occupies so much
space in the papers. Base ball is a
clean, healthy sport; just the kind
Of recreation and entertainment that
appeals to the average American.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09
Lads Pull off New Stunt.

Two small sons of Mr.. and Mrs.
II. B. Anderson of Silver City pull
ed off new stunt in the accident line
while visiting their grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Jackson, In the
country. The boys found shotgun
and rife in the house which they
appropriated. They placed the muz-
zles of each weapon against the 9TH
er and then each of the boys fired,
standing directly in line with the
guns. Luckily the rifle missed fire.
The elder boy was filled with shot
from the shotgun, one striking him
in the neck and nearly causing him
TO bleed to death. He will recover.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09
IOWA MAN FOR PRESIDENCY.
George Devany of Davenport Is Can.
didate For President of
L. S. i'm 1912.

Des Moines. Aug. George De-
vany of Davenport is candidate for
president of the United States in
1912. A copy Of his announcement
was received by Secretary OF State
Hayward today along with request
for information as to the political
complexion of Iowa. Devany says he
will run for president as the friend
of the farmer. He guarantees that
in case he is elected the farmer will
receive 20 per cent higher prices for
his produce than now, no matter
what market conditions may be.
Devany says he will get out stick
ers with his name printed thereon
which stickers he directs are to be
pasted over the name OF Governor
Harmon of Ohio, on the presidential
ballot. He comedies that Harmon will
be the democratic nominee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09
LeprOsy Near NOrthwoOd.

Dr.. H. Nj. Bracken of the state
board of health of Minnesota says
that there is absolutely no danger
of spread of leprosy on account of
the case now existing in Moscow
township, north of Northwood. Mrs.
Louis Hanson is the afflicted one and
is a sister of the man who recently
died where she has been living in
Moscow township. She is both a
pauper and a diseased person. The
county seems willing to erect a
house on the forty acres of land own
ed by her, but the township doesn't
want her in the limits. All effort
was made to have the children plac-
ed in the state public school at Owa-
tonna, but there was an uprising
there, and they were refused admit
lance.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09
1000 SILOS BUILT in IOWA.
Value of Structure Has Been Demon
strated in Nearly All
Communities.

1t is doubtful if another state in
the middle west will show such a
record of silo building at the end of
the present season as Iowa. 1t is
estimated by the agricultural engin-
eering department of the Iowa state
college at AmeS that not less than
5000 of these structures will have
been built and possibly nearly 1000.
Prof. j. b. Davidson, at the head of
the department, says that the college
has been flooded with inquiries about
silo building all summer and that he
and his associates have been kept
busy answering them. Il believe that
the number of new silos will average
not less than 80 per county," he
said, land it may be more
The demand for a newly issued
bulletin written by Prof. w. j. Ken
nedy on Filling the Silo," reflects
the situation. An edition of 5000
printed only two weeks ago is al
ready practically exhausted and a
new edition is to be hurried out.
For the most part the silos erect
ed this year are the wooden struc-
lures. Seven or eight of those have
been put up TO one of masonry. But
the masonry silo, built after designs
furnished free by the state college,
are rapidly increasing in number.
Their expense is but little more and
their durability appeals to farmers
who build to last. In 1910 probably
100 more of these masonry silos,
named The Iowa Silo" by the col
lege, were erected. This year the
number will reach 400 or more
The value of the silo has been
thoroughly demonstrated in nearly
every Iowa community. 1t is of
value every season, but this year it
is proving God-send to feeders
Well handled, a silo will pay for it.
self, almost, in its first year through
the increased value it gives to corn
for feeding. Long experiments show
that silage fed cattle may be fatten-
ed at two thirds the usual cost.
The college advises every farmer
to build silo, this year of all years.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09
BIG CIRCUS COMING SOON.
Adam FOrepaugh and Sells Bros.
Shows Announced for Early
Date.

Lovers of the circus will be de-
lighted to hear that on Thursday,
Aug. gath the great Adam Fore
paugh and Sells Brothers Shows are
to give two exhibitions in DEBORAH.
This show has made rapid strides
toward perfection since it was last
seen in this territory. 1t is now the
largest circus in America.
Added interest is given the event
by the news that this great amuse-
ment enterprise has just blossomed
out with an entirely new outfit from
beginning to end. The building of
1T cost the management over $1,000
600. Even the menagerie is new,
there being not one single animal
displayed in it that was ever put on
exhibition anywhere in America BY
the building of an entire new parade,
the management naturally discarded
all old ideas. The result is a three
mile procession of the wonders of
the world, resplendent with fresh
gold leaf, costly costumes of foreign
manufacture, vehicles of elaborate
European carving, silver-mounted
harness and expensive new trappings,
and peopled with every phase of the
genus homo.
new standard in menageries has
been established. This is a men
agerie in every sense of the word
1t possesses real genuine novelties in
the way of animals hitherto missing
from the American ZOOS. Ten acres
or snow-white canvas cover this
world of wonders. From the merest
property up to the great gilded par
ade tableaux, everything is bright,
new and costly.
And the company of performers is
also new. There is none among the
$50 artists who was ever seen with
circus in America before. This is
now the most costly of all shows. 1t
has a daily expenditure of $1,000,
without taking into account the vast
amounts of money constantly spent
by its foreign Offices and it's brigades
of animal hunters, constantly in
search of novelties.
The people of DEBORAH are FORUM
ate in having this opportunity of
attending this great circus which
stands foremost among the amuse-
ment enterprises of the world.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09
"But One Iowa"

Iowa has never failed. Let this
remark be numbered among the
days, and let it be numbered among
the years, according to the stately
language of the book of Job, says the
Waterloo Times-Tribune.
If ever there was a favored land,
il has been the land of Iowa. Be
tween two rivers and watered by the
showers of the middle west; with a
soil that averages six feet of the
fruitful black, throughout her entire
borders, there is but one Iowa.
Other lands have been compelled
TO call upon their neighbors for help
but Iowa has always had enough to
sustain life and to spare. Amid such
conditions there should be enough of
the latent forces of human nature to
render to such a land her due.
The year 1911 has been a hard
year." Yet Iowa has arisen to her
usual yield, DESPITE the doleful pro-
phecies of failure. Could any coun-
try do better?
There will be other lands, and
other years; but there cannot, in the
nature of things, be but one Iowa.
She is the harvest land of the middle
west and she never fails of her accus-
toned yield.
The recent rains prove that Iowa
is without the dry belt. She has al
ways had rain in its season, and al
ways will have.
So lets get ready for the season
of 1912-but a few months distant
and help make of this state the
garden of the world.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09
DRY FARMING IN IOWA.
EIdOra Man Saves Potato Crop by
lrrigating Field With River
Water.

Eldora, Aug. IA. w. Gray of
this city may wake up any morning
now to find his name linked with
fame. Because of the excessive dry
and hot weather Mr.. Gray discovered
several weeks ago that unless some
thing was done his field of potatoes
was destined to be failure or prac-
tically so. The idea struck Mr. Gray
that if he could devise a plan where
by the water might be elevated from
the Iowa river, running close to his
field of spuds, he might be able to
at least save part of the crop. Get
ting some plank and saving them
up into small lengths and fitting
these together practically water
tight he harnessed them to a sproc-
power dipped the wooden buckets
into the flowing stream and by a
continuous drive of the plank cups
or pockets over the sprocket, elevat-
ed the water into convenient troughs
which ran the moisture onto the
parched field. These operations have
been continued now for a period of
about two weeks and Mr.. Gray is
confident that his scheme born of
necessity is going to work wonders
by way of yield in this potato field.
Before coming to Iowa, Mr.. Gray was
a resident of California, and the
meager knowledge of irrigation or
dry farming he attained there stood
him in good stead when the time
came here in Iowa which necessitat-
ed some new plan of action. Hun
dreds of people have visited the
scene of the Iowa irrigation project
and are confident that Mr.. Gray has
hit upon a novel plan of securing
moisture when the weather man
vetoes the rainfall bill.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09
At CamD IdleWild.

The following people arrived in
Elkader Monday and are enjoying
camp life at Camp Idlewild above
this city. Mrs. Irving Allen and
daughter, Bessie, Mrs. Meiske and
son Lloyd, Postville; Mrs. Henry
Meyer, Mrs. w. X. Riggs, Castalia;
Ruth Smalley. Waterloo Cleora
Lemon, Cresco; Miss 10. Christen
and Miss Ida NJ. Oxley of Decorah.-
Elkader Democrat
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09
Saved Their Money.

Having saved $4,000 on; of wages
amounting to $1,000 a week, Mr..
and Mrs. Mike Busch of Elgin are
going back to Hungary to spend the
rest of their lives in affluence. Can't
they be induced to leave their recipe
before they get away.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09
Seemed to Give Him a New Stomach

II suffered intensely after eating
and no medicine or treatment l tried
seemed to do any good" writes H.
NJ. Youngpeters, Editor of The Sun,
Lake View, Ohio. The first few
doses of Chamberlain Stomach and
Liver Tablets gave me surprising re-
lief and the second bottle seemed to
give me new stomach and perfectly
good health" For sale by all med
icine dealers. Aug
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09
ClOuded the Sun.

For the course of an hour Thurs
day afternoon the sun was partially
clouded by an immense swarm of
grasshoppers which passed over DIN,
Iowa. The insects were flying high
in a southerly direction and did not
alight.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09

Cuts and bruises may be healed in
about one-third the time required by
the usual treatment by applying
Chamberlain Liniment. 1t is an
antiseptic and causes such injuries
to heal without maturation. This lin
iment also relieves soreness of the
muscles and rheumatic pains. For
sale by all medicine dealers. Aug
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09
OkObOji Hotel Burned.

Fire destroyed the Okoboji hotel
near Spirit Lake at o'clock Satur-
day morning, causing a loss or $751;
900. Two servant girls have not been
accounted for. The hotel was we'll
known to tourists in this section.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09

More people, men and women, are
suffering from kidney and bladder
trouble than ever before, and each
year more of them turn for quick re-
lief and permanent benefit to Foley's
Kidney Remedy, which has proven
itself to be one of the most effective
remedies for kidney and bladder all
ments, that medical science has de-
yised. r. A. Engbertson Aug
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09

Sunday service will not atone for
meanness.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-08-09

Count your joys and you will dis
count your sorrows.