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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13
NEW NEWSPAPER LAW.

Suit to test the right Of the gov
eminent to enforce the federal law of
August "a, 1912, requiring newspapers
and periodicals to publish circulation
figures twice a year, and imposing
other publicity requirements. was fill
ed in the United States district court
in New York by the Journal OF Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin Co.
The petitioner claims that the law is
unconstitutional and asks for a tenn
porary Injunction restraining its en-
forcement until final adjudication
In its petition, the complainant an
nounces that it will not comply with
the law for the reasons given, and de-
clares that the defendants are about
to enforce the law by denying the
accomplishments the use of the mails.
With reference to that portion of the
law, which requires that all printed
matter for which there is any compen-
sation received shall be labeled "ad-
vertisement,' the petition says:
All such matters are matters OF
business arrangements, or favor, or
otherwise between your complainant
and its advertisers; and such provis-
| ion of the act is not necessary or
proper to assist the government, or
any department, or official thereof, to
carry out or perform any power or
duty entrusted or granted to the
| United States by the several states
under the constitution Or otherwise.
1t is charged also that the law, ii
enforced, would result in the confisca-
/ ton of the compliments property
without due process.
1T is not within the power of con
gress,' the complainant continues, ito
enact said acts, and it is an usurpa
ton by congress of powers expressly
Preserved to the several states, and is
Legislation affecting matters which the
several states of the United States
alone have the right to act
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13
SERVED WITH KENNEDY,

During four of my six years In
congress- said Hon. Duncan E. Nc
Kinley of California, Il served with
your Congressman Kennedy. | found
Mr.. Kennedy broad minded and
able statesman and valuable aid to
our California delegation in carrying
out certain legislation which we
sought. He has the breadth and
strength of true statesman, and is
always ready to promote the inter
ests of his own section but always
with a view to the welfare OF the
nation as whole.
Z You have in this district a man
who is running about telling the
people that if he is elected to this
office he will see that law prohibit
ing the while slave traffic will be
passed. Two years ago l and Con
gresham Kennedy helped pass the
splendid white slave law which is
now being enforced with such excel
lent results. Your congressman voted
for it and this man, running in oppo-
sition to Mr.. Kennedy, says he will
vote for such law. Will someone
kindly whisper in his ear and tell
him to look up the congressional rec
ord. This law is being enforced with
a strong corps of detectives and an
excellent bureau. Only last week a
man was sentenced to fifteen years
Imprisonment for violating this law. =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13
w. 3. c. ksndrick.

Fort Madison Gem City. The Gem
City desires to call the attention of its
subscribers to the candidacy OF w. r.
C. Kendrick of Keokuk for the Of
fee of county attorney on the Repub-
lican ticket. Mr.. Kendrici is the son
of Rev. A. V. Kendrick, formerly pas
tor of the First Methodist church in
this city from 1887 to 1891, and dur
ing whose pastorate the First Metho-
dist and Santa Fee Avenue churches
were built; consequently. Fort Madi-
son lawfully claims VIII as one OF
her former boys who will be we'll re-
memb by our older citizens. w
R. C. is now located at Keokuk, and
is one of the most prominent of the
Younger attorneys of the Lee county
bar ne has been practicing for the
past ten years, and during that per
iod has been connected with some OF
the most important cases tried in
has also been deeply interested in
civic and business matters pertain
| ing to the welfare of both Keokul
and Lee county, having been con
nected with the Keokuk Commercial
club for over six years as secretary
and for three years a member OF the
Executive committee of the Upper
Mississippi River Improvement AS
scciation He is also a member o
the Modern Woodmen, Royal Arcan
Ium, Elk and Masonic lodges Mr.
Kendrick is an active young mar
thirty-five years old, broad minded
with keen sense Of justice and vii
bring honor and ability to the attor
ney's office II elected
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13
THE KEoKUK MARKET
AND PRODUCE co,
M. c. Hever and chas. Nasel Open up
New Business at 1928 John
son Street.

The Keokuk Market and Produce
Co, are now open for business at
1928 Johnson Street. The organizers
of this new concern are Mr.. M. c..
Bever and Mr.. Chas. Nagel. Mr.. Bev
er has been connected with produce
concerns in Keokuk and other Iowa
points for the past twelve yeara Mr..
Nagel is also an experienced produce
man and grocery salesman. Its bust
ness will be to buy country produce
from farmers, hucksters and mer-
chants and supply the Keokuk trade
before shipping any east although ha
has some splendid New York and
Philadelphia connections and will
therefore be in q position to pay top
prices. This concern can also supply
the Keokuk trade with fine grade Of
creamery butter. Soliciting your bus /.
ness whether you are buyer or gel,
err
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13


One of the prominent and reliable
business men of Des Moines reports
to the Capital that upon recent visit
to Chicago he was told by two differ
ent men who were delegates to the
national bull moose convention that
they We're going to vote for President
Taft. The two men confessed their
revised opinion regarding the advis-
ability of a change of national admin
istration. at this time; that they re-
gard the election of Colonel Roosevelt
as impossible; that they have wear
led of his petulance and his violent
attacks upon those who disagree with
him, and that they are convinced that
President Taft Is at heart enough OF
a genuine progressive to make it
worth while to continue under his
| leadership. Similar reports are be.
ceived from all parts of the country
The nearer the election day and its
responsibilities approaches the more
are the voters disposed to hesitate in
demanding change. What is to be
gained by a change? This is an in.
terrogation point which will loom arg-
Ter and larger as election day draws
near.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13
THE CAUSE OF HARD rlMrs.

The hard times of twenty years ago
were caused by democratic tariff leg
islation The democrats in the pres
ent campaign are making the same
kind of a tariff campaign they made
in 1892 aud are promising to re-enact
the same tariff legislation that
brought disaster then, says the OF
tumwa Courier. During the last dem
ocratic administration the Wilson
tariff bill was enacted, breaking down
the barriers behind which American
industries had developed this country
| into a world power. The American
merchants then began to buy their
supplies in Europe, thus compelling
our own manufacturers to close down
! for lack of orders. Great commercial
firms in New York, Philadelphia, Chi
cago, St. Louis and other large cities
Immediately laid in enormous stocks
of foreign-made goods. In Chicago
all storage lofts and warehouses ana
] all available spaces were filled with
1 purchases made abroad. One hard
ware firm that had bought 10000
kegs of English nails was forced tc
hire empty barns on the west side OF
the city in which to store these for
eign-made nails because all other
space had been taken No wonder
that American factories were closed
i These purchases abroad had to be
paid for in gold and there was g
steady stream of gold out of this
country into the pockets of foreign
manufacturers. AS the gold supply
speedily diminished, the banks los
their reserves and money became
scarce. This added to the genera
distress which was already prevalen
on account of the enforced idlenes
of millions OF workmen. Banks wer,
forced to suspend and those which
kept their heads above water callet
in all their loans, thus compellin,
: owners of securities to sacrifice then
at any cost in order to raise money
II was a period of universal suffer
: ing, all due to the fact that through
!, the tarifffor revenue4only policy o
= the democrats every hing possibl
was bought abroad and gold had t
be shipped out of this country to pa
e for the purchases.
8 The election OF Wilson and cor
y gress favorable to his idees woul
! mean that history would repeat il
e self. The enactment of free trad
d laws would cause American imporl
e ers to rush to the other side to puI
/ chase goods made at low cost by tn
It pauper labor of Europe. The resul
n would be the same as 1t was twent
IS years ago. A large proportion of tn
gold now in the banks and in the In
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13

ted States treasury would find its
way to Europe or Asia, forcing the
government once more to sell bonds
in order to maintain the gold reserve
in the treasury. These bonds would
be bought. as they were In Cleve-
lands administration, by foreign
banking corporations, which had
grown rich on American money.
The reelection of President Taft
means continuance OF the settled
business conditions now prevailing.
The election of Wilson threatens bust
ness disaster.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13
GSzsl s IVA . ass!D
>SEdElRIk
Keokuk, Iowa Oct. 10, 1912
THE BALKANS.

THE BALKANS.
When Adam roamed in Eden In the
early days Of earth,
There was a daily item that aroused
his primal mirth;
He'd chuckle Ger the paper as he took
his evening smoke
Until Eve asked him blandly il he
wouldn't read the joke.
Then he would say: Its nothing
more than what's told every
day
The Balkans are all ready and may
fight now any day.
Methuselah knew the item; he would
grit his teeth in rage
And stab his shaking finger through
the bosom of the page;
His ancient head would tremble and
his ancient head would snap
The while he told the grandchiid who
was sitting on his lap
The century-old grandchild: "Oh
those Balkans are bore!
They've been a-talkin' warfare fol
nine hundred years and more
When all the stars are scattered
when the earth is cold and dark
When in the void about US there Is
neither CLINT nor spark.
From out the dismal nothing that
winds things in shroud
There'll come a warning murmur, q
dim, foreboding cloud
And Vulcan, Mars and Odin and Jup
tier and Thor
Will sigh about that rumor which por
tends a Balkan war.
w. D. Nesbit in Chicago Post.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13

70 the Editor of The Gate City:
! request or suggest that the lake
be called the Mississippi Lake or
Lake Mississippi as it has always
been Mississippi and the Father of
Waters for ages and why change it's
name now. And believe in holding
1t that way and then no one individu-
al can kick one way or the other. And
! think that most people will agree
with me. Or If it is proper put it the
Mississippi K. and H. lake. AS the
dam has been talked of and thought
OF for the past twenty years or more
but have just succeeded in finding
some one to be able 10 lay the plans
and build the dam, which can be call
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13

The shining example OF Uncle
Jimmy Reading of Lowry City, H.. Is
widely commended to people similarly
inclined When Uncle Jimmy decid-
ed to change his party affiliation, he
didn't straddle barb wire fence and
whistle for both sides. Instead, he
resigned his membership in politi-
cal club, shed his SLOUGH hat and cut
Off his whiskers. Jimmy takes his'n
straight and doesn't care who knows
1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13
"complIeations.n

Keokuk Labor Review: On Friday,
September 81 the municipal curtain
fell on the last act of one of the
best burlesques ever witnessed in
Keokuk. 1t might we'll be entitled
Complications owing to the mys-
teries surrounding the affair
The city council, by a unanimous
vote, discharged the chief OF police,
after failing to secure his resignation.
The Commissioner of Public Safety
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13
The sense OF Security.

II
Sioux City Journal: Wherein has
Taft failed as chief executive? 1t is
time to let up on generalization and
make the indictment specific. He
has not been spectacular president,
but he has been a safe man in try
ing time. He has been progressive
in his policies, and he has uniformly
sought betterments along practical
lines. He is not responsible for the
control of congress by an adverse
political sentiment. The president is
a republican, and he is pledged to the
maintenance of republican principles.
But he has shown no bitterness or
narrowness of partisanship. He has
not directed his administration to the
working out of revenges. He has
sought friendly relation with the dem
ocratic leaders, and has been criti-
cised for that. He did his utmost to
establish good relations with republi-
can insurgents, and his advances
We're boastfully charact erized as ef-
forts to divert them from their ideals.
The president is of judicial tempera-
ment, and therefore qualified to meas.
ure issues from their various angles.
Prudence has characterized his work.
1t has been free from the manifesto
tons Of hotheadedness He has been
derided as spineless, and yet he has
not failed on occasion to manifest a
high type of moral courage. Matters
of large importance have not been
determined from the standpoint of
personal interest. They have been
determined from the standpoint of the
public welfare.
The inventive genius of his politi-
iscal adversaries has found perplexity
sin pnavIiing a case against him. They
have been driven to the alternative
of making bogy men whom they have
assigned to his company. They have
not been able to cloud the president s
good name. With the singular polit-
lical combination against him, he
stands today in the midst of the battle
unsullied in his personal reputation.
I His mistakes, therefore, have been
minor and not major. 1t is beyond
denial that the test has been severe.
The Mexican situation has been
/ puzzling. He has dealt with 1t wise
4 ly. The troubles in the South Amer
fcan countries have placed the Unit
ed States under stress of responsible
fty We remain at peace with the
world. The Panama canal is ap
preaching completion, and no scandal
attaches to the great work. There are
dS.Date international questions, ag
i gravated by congress, associated with
! Its operation. The embarrassment,
would be greater than 1t Is if the ad
ministration was of frantic turn Of
mind. Our interests have been guard
ed, and no great concern of the Uni
Il ted States at home or anywhere In
the world has been neglected or bung
1ingly handled
II 1t is worth while to think of these
things as the end of the campaign Of
this year approaches. In that asso
citation 1t is well to put proper mea
sure upon the industrial situation, The
!, general prosperity, of this people i
is we'll to consider what is. What
ever may be said, despite all the com
plant made in the line of politics, ths
fact stands forth that the service o.
, the administration has been good
and that the sense of security unde
that service has remained mistaken
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13

Lincoln Journal: AS Mrs. Russell
Sage advances in years she finds the
wealth her husband left her an abso-
lutte burden. How can it be other
wise? She has about 5000 houses
upon which the rent must be collect
ed every month. And there are re
pairs to be looked after, taxes to pay,
renters to quarrel with, and occasion
ally one to eject for failure to pay
by reason of misfortune. 1t is desir
able to have competency for the
winter of life. but to have a lot more
than you know what to do with is al
most as bad as having to put up with
such modest accommodations as the
county is willing to furnish.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13

Prince Pignatelli, a Spanish noble
man OF shady repute and antecedents
is headed for New York and an Amer
lean heiress. Piggy was chased out
of Paris recently as low-down gam
bier with no other means of support
and is sorely in need Of a bunch OF
Uncle Sans unrivalled circulating
medium. The quest is for dough
primarily, the dear is incidental.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13
INDIANA CHILD CREED.

. The following was posted con- =
. spicuously in the Indiana health =
. exhibit in connection with the .
. international Congress on Hy .
. giene recently held in Washing =
. ton: =
= Every child has the lnalien- Z
. BILE right to be born free from .
= disease, free from deformity, and .
. with pure blood in its veins and =
. arteries. Every child has the In .
q alienabIe right to be loved; to =
= have Its Individuality respected; =
o to be trained wisely In mind, =
. body and soul; to be protected =
= from disease, from evil lnfiuen- =
q ces and evil persons; and to have =
. fair chance in life-In word, =
. to be brought up In the fear and .
. admonitlon Of the Lord. 4
a a a a Q q & Q q q q q
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13

j. w. Copeland, Of Dayton, Ohio,
purchased bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for his boy who had
a cold, and before the bottle was all
used the boys cold was gone. Is that
not better than to pay five dollar
doctors bill? For sale by all drug
sts.-Advertisement
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13

Force of habit or the regulations
accounts for the printed record OF
September's meteorological capers
sent out by the weather bureau. Pre-
serving the record is official duty
The rest of mankind are eager to for
get it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13

aWhat is beer?' Secretary Wilson
gives 1t up. Although the secretary
has had some sixty years of grown
up experience, he admits the ques-
ton is too much for him and cheer
fully turns 1t over to the old stagers
in congress for action and answer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13

Congressman G. A. Kennedy is con-
Quoting a clean and dignified cam
paign He always characterized his
campaigns with dignity both to him
self and the party that nominated him
and he has made many friends by his
courtesy treatment of all candidates
and his conscientious attention to
duty.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13

President Nicholas Murray Butler.
of Columbus university will soon
move into the new house which the
trustees have built for him and his
successors on Morningside Heights,
only a block from the campus.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13

A printing press III years old, I'm.
til recently used as a proof press by
A. H. Everett Of Kansas City, has
been given by Everett to the school
of journalism at the University OF
Missouri. 1t is Ramage press, iron
platen, and is four feet long and two
feet wide.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13

Cheer up. One political stumper
in a dry district of Ohio screams
"Put jigger of appreciation into
your American cocktail of anticipa-
ton Do you get it?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13

Judge Alton B. Parker, late of ESQ
pus, n. Y, has taken demtt from
the Ananias club. Associate members
have not made any arrangements for
farewell banquet
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13

ed after some one, or Mr. Cooper
which might be proper, but no hands
built the lakeonly the dam. So
Why change it's name from Mississi2-
pi. MRS. A. E. BENJAMIN.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13

The last of New York's free list in
food foundries has been wiped off
the slate. Bread and butter has been
elevated from the cipher to the 10
cent class. AS things are going now,
it is now unlikely New York win
quit giving itself away"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13

Sick headache is caused by dis
ordered stomach. Take Chamberlain's
Tablets and correct that and the
headaches will disappear. For sale by
all druggists. Advertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13

Did you note how deity the bull
moose put it over on the dead?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13
PUBLIC OPINION
Name of Lake.

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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-08
SMALL GAIN MADE BY
CONGREGATI0NALISTS
Annual Statistics of the Denomina ton
in Vermont Was Satisfying in
That They Did Not Show
a Loss

st. Johnsbury, April s.-The annual
statistics of the Congregational churches
OF Vermont, Just published, give some
interesting facts. A loss OF member
ship was feared, but gratifying gain
OF 80 is actually found, the present to-
tai being 22.647.
Sunday school membership is 1860,
against ls.44l last year. Young peo-
pies societies continue to show a loss
in membership, the total this year be-
ing 4,657. against 4,9l0 last year. This
is effected by gain in organizations
of men and boys, The - mems organ
izations have 1896 members and 33 or
CARNATIONS of boys have 700 members.
The total is 2,G75, the number last year
being 1883.
The benevolent gifts which can be
reckoned on the apportionment are $685.
3D. in place of S34.s70 last year Other
UNCONVENTIONAL benevolenee is S6,256, a
gain from last year, and gifts to nm
objects $4,000 consider
ably less than before.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-08
KILLED ONE ANOTHER.
PeasIey With Bullet In His Heart
Shot His Opponent Dead.

ShSh TITS SPPoHoHt 6Vods
In his book ''vIgllante Days and
Ways" Nathaniel PITT Langford, the
author, tells this story of typical
double tragedy of those times:
''One OF the most memorable fights
In Nevada took place between Martin
Barnhardt and Thomas Peasley. Peas
ley was a man of striking presence
and fine ability. He had been SER
geant-at-arms in the Nevada assembly.
In a quarrel with Rarnhardt at Car
SON City he had been wounded In the
arm Both Barnhardt and Peasley
claimed to be chief always a suffi-
cient cause of quarrel between men
Of their stamp. Meeting Peasley one
day after the fight, Barnhardt taunt-
lngly asked him il he was MS good
man then as he was at Carson
This replied Peasley. is neither
the time nor place to test that ques-
tion.'
soon afterward while Peasley was
seated in the office of the Ormsby
klOusc III CaAsuu tuEdbtu IN SOuf "a Su-
ton with some friends Barnhardt en-
tered and, approaching him, asked,
Are you heeledy
For heavens sake rejoined Peas
ley, are you always spelling for
ightT
"'Yes,' cried Barnhardt, and without
further notice fred his revolver. The
ball passed through Peasley's heart
Seeing that he had inflicted a fatal
wound, Barnhardt fed TO the wash
room, closing the Widowed door after
him. Peasiey rose and staggered to
the door. Thrusting his pistol through
the sash, he fred and killed Barnhardt
Instantly. Failing back In the arms
of his friends. they laid him upon
billiard table.
"Ts Barnhardt deadg he whispered
as life was ebbtng.
"'He is,' was the answer given by
half dozen sorrowing friends.
"Tt is well. Pull my boots off and |
send for my brother Andy and with |
these words on his lips he expired"