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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02

PROPOSAL FOR BIDS.
ONCE Of Supervising Architect,

Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. 10, 1912.
Sealed proposals will be received al
this office until 10 a. M, TUESDAY
Oct. 10, 1912, and then opened for.
the construction Except heating) Of
"a woman's building on the grounds
|of the Western Illinois State Normal
school. Macomb Illinois. in accord
ance with drawings and specifications
copies of which may be had at the
office of the supervising architect, at
his discretion. Duplicate copy of plans
and specifications are on file in the
office of the board of trustees, Ma
comb, Illinois.
All bids must be accompanied with
certified check for 5 per cent of the
amount Of bid. NJ
Address: w. Carbys Zimmerman
supervising architect, 1101 Steinway
Hall, Chicago, III. Advertisement
Read The Daily Gate City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02
lie No Problem.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. !
ENFIELD, Conn, Oct. Race sui.
eide is no problem, DR.. George r.
Finch, health officer here, declared
today, but 1t is rather problematical
how to have fewer oapies and take
better care of those few.
II race suicide is to be checked at
ALL he said. "it will not be by bring
Ing into the world lifted, poorly
clothed and worse-fathered babies but
by saving the children who die nm.
necessarily"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02

THE AUTUMN SONG.
Blow, light winds, Ger meadows
bare,
Blow Ger the OGDEN rods fallen
plume!
Blow where the weeds trail, lank and
spare,
Down near the mill streams drying
flume.
Blow your blasts in the bending trees
And scatter leaves on the pathway
wide;
Blow. and hum, with the droning
bees.
The song of the russell autumn
tide.
Sing, sweet bird, meath the arching
The brave, true blue of the summer
sky
Sing of the flowers that lately grew
In the golden sun when fond love
was nigh.
Sing of the lassies, with cheeks rose
red,
The lads who danced on the YER
dent green;
Sing of the fields with the harvest
spread,
The joyous song of the autumn
scene.
Tell, o winds, to the highest sleeps,
The deepest dell and the farthest
plain,
Russet and gold now their love tryst
keep
Summer and autumn betrothed
again
Sing, bird of the bygone bowers.
Chant your praises in anthems
strong;
sing-that the heart of the coming
hours
May throb with JOY of the autumn
song.
New York Times.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02

Miss Lucy Goode White has been
elected president OF the California
League for the Protection of Mother
hood, which was organized with 100
charter members. 1t is not planned
TO make this permanent organiza-
ton. but it IS to exist only long
enough to obtain the passage of a
state law pensioning widowed moth
1rs with dependent children.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02
Looking for FIend
UNITED Press Leased Wire Sc

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 2.-The no.
lice took an angry and vengefm ia,
terest IN the hunt today for the fiend
who assaulted and murdered 12-year.
old Mathilda Refs Yesterday in an al,
ley a few steps from her home. Frank
bousquett teamster arrested for
other such crimes but never convict.
Cd. is locked up on suspicion. The
police have two good clues and are
confident of capturing the murderer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02

DR. Maud b. schram will be a can
didate for representative In Denver
on one of the tickets. One of the
things that she will work for will be
pension for the mothers whose hus-
bands have deserted them, and a Nv
ing wage for women with short hours
of labor will also engage her atten-
ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02

COUNTY.
Judge District Court-W. 5. Hamil-
ton.
Albert R. Smith.
I .easurer Hiding Bengston
Clerk-C. B. Lake.
Sheriff-Julius Eichorn.
Recorder-Ed Vaughn.
Attorney-W. r. c. Kendrick.
Superintendent of Schools E. C.
Lynn.
Coroner Charles Sharper.
Supervisor year term commencing
January 1912-John DeRosaer.
Supervisor year term commensing
January 1914--Henry Oberman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02

A fairly credible report from Mauch
Chunk, Pa, announces the marriage
of simontchzoentsk Agonetiskives-
toskigo to Senentrevitias Everbode-
nitnowski. The license clerk didn't
let a syllable escape his clutch.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02

the city hall, Gerhardt appeared at
his office today minus the mustache
he has worn for thirty years.
am now willing to officiate at
the wedding of any one who NAV an.
ply said the mayor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02
Whlskers Were Handioan

limited Press Leased Wire Service. !
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. Be
cause two brides refused to kiss
Mayor Louis Gerhardt after he had
performed two wedding ceremonies at
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02

The passing of chin whiskers as a
symbol OF judicial repose insures a
welcome for the fashionable side
burns. The latter are the latest ex-
preston of judicial balance as defin-
ed by Blackstone
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02

The registrar OF a Chicago college,
taking a mental picture of the new
girl students, gave vent to his admir-
alton by tossing vocal bouquets at
the bunch of loneliness. AS most of
the charmers hailed from western
states it isn't any wonder the Chicago
man. viewing spectacle so rare to
him, exploded on the spot.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02

Feel langn'd. weak. run down
Ieadache? Stomach "or"?-Just !
PLAN case Of laz7 liver. Burdock
BLOOD Bitter tones liver and stomach
promotes Digestion. purifies the blood
Advertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02

Frederick Trevor Hill, writing in
the New York Times, wants the law
yers to reform themselves before
attempting to reform the judges. He
prophecies fearful things unless this
be done. Let EN- come. The profes-
sion is happiest when in trouble.
Trouble spells business.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02

Miss Ella soller. who has arrived
from Sweden to conduct a Philadel-
phia orchestra of thirty pieces, is
something of musical prodigy. Al
though only % years old, she plays
twenty-eight instruments.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02

]. L. sappington of Centralia, Mo.
will he protected from cold weather
by coonskin overcoat made from
hides of coons which he caught with
his famous dog, Buck. The coat was
made from the skins of thirty of the
132 coons which he and his canine
have captured in the last three years
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02

AS interpreted by a Denver court,
the law does not require man to kiss
his ex-wife on alimony pay days. TAX
ing written receipt is a bit safer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02

AS the Salvation army interprets 1t,
craftsmanship is the ability to hit
the head of drum with a silver dol
lar
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02

ergy is changed to lectricity to drive
our street cars, to light our homes
and to turn the wheels of industry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02
CONGRESSIONAL

First District Charles A. kennedy of
Montrose.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02

New YORK.
STATE.
Y. S. Senator-W. S. Kenyon of Fort
Dodge.
Presidential Eiector First District.
]. S. Mckinney Of Jefferson county.
GovernorGeor w. Clarke Of Abel.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. L. Harding
of Sioux City.
Secretary of state-w. S. Allen OF
Fairfield.
Auditor OF stateJohn L. sleakly OF
Ida Grove.
Attorney General George cosson Of
Audubon
Superintendent of Public instruction
Albert NJ. Deyoe of Garner.
Railroad Commissioners. s. Ket-
cham of Marshalltown.
Judges of Supreme Court. A. Gay
nor of lie Mars, Byron s. Preston
OF Oskaloosa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02
STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
.COUN1 Y.

First District Gilbert Lee of West
Point
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02
REPUBLICAN, CANDIDATES.
NATIONAL.

President William Howard Taft of
Ohio.
ce-President- James S. Sherman OF
New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-23
Protecting American Labor.

Whenever the steel trust has ask
ed for a high tariff tax IL has based
its plea on the benevolent excuse
that its first wish was TO protect
the American workingman." Always.
when the republicans fixed a high
tariff tax on steel their orators and
leaders shouted that II was done TO
protect the American working
man"
Louis d. Brandeis, citing figures
from the federal bureau Of statistics.
says: Under the guise OF protect
ing American workingmen J. p. Nor
gan and the owners of the steel trust
have subjected the laborer to grossly
excessive toll, and deprived him Of
his liberty. In England steel labor
ers work only SO hours a week, while
In this country they average 70 hours
a week. About a third work more
than ~ hours and a fourth work
hours a day and seven days a week,
with an occasional 24-hour day when
the shift is made. To work men this
way not only makes them old at 40,
but necessarily degenerates the race
mentally, morally and physically"
Every republican who will ask for
votes next summer will base his re.
quest on the plea that he wants tc
protect the American workingman. .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-23
Chicago Tribune.)

The convention of the Modern
Woodmen of America, which opens
in Chicago today, calls attention to
the movement toward placing frater-
nal insurance on a sounder actuarial
foundation. The fact that 16 states
already have passed a model act,
drafted by the national insurance
commissioners convention, has
brought home to the leaders Of fra
ternal insurance the imminent neces-
sity of bringing their rates up to the
standard that is not only safe but
is likely to be required by law.
Naturally the rank and file of fra
ternal society members do not like
the idea of higher rates, and there
is heavy pressure brought upon the
directing officers against it. These
men. having the welfare Of their So
cieties at heart, are compelled, there
fore, to resort to a vigorous campaign
OF education.
1t is to be hoped this will succeed
in checking loss of membership.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-23
The Human Lot.

The dreadful disaster on the Illi-
nois Central at Kinmundy, ILL.,, early
yesterday morning which took the
lives of four distinguished railroad
chiefs, and Of which catastrophe a
four-fold investigation is now in
progress. emphasizes again the sad
reality that accidents are unavoid-
able despite all that human ingenuity
and caution and ability can do to
avoid them.
Either through the strange and
DEGREES of fate or
through carelessness there comes a
time when the fatal slip occurs.
Then all that is left to do is to in
vestigate. fix the cause and blame
and adopt such course as may pre-
vent a recurrence. But that does
not bring back the lives that have
been sacrificed. Death has claimed
its toll. II has been a dearly bought
lesson, and it may serve to prevent a
similar tragedy.
When it is considered the speed
at which railroad trains sweep
through the country in this day and
age, the wonder is that there are
not more mishaps. The wonder is
indeed, that such a degree of per-
lection in rapid transportation could
have been attained by man based
upon mans brain and experience.
The success Of sending a train of
human freight at a rate of a mile a
minute over hundreds Of miles Of
territory does not depend upon one
man or one mans mind. There is a
directing head, but the human agen-
cies that enter into the accomplish
ment are manifold. The man at the
throttle, the conductor, the man at
the key, the man in the tower, and
and the flag on the rear end, each
must do his duty faithfully and per-
fectly II the trip is to be made with
out accident and on time.
And beyond all this is the physical
condition; Of rail and equipment
anu a III OANlNuuO vi OAACl NAAh So
of which man does not always have
knowledge and over which he has no
immediate control.
1t is human to err and so it will
be while the race endures. Some
body will fail, somebody will falter,
somebody neglect-and then the hor-
ror. the remorse and the rebuke
when it is too late.
The great heart of humankind
bleeds for those who mourn in the
hour of such a terrible visitation
The men who direct and operate the
great railway systems are not i'm
mune from the dangers that Turk in
the path of the lightning express.
The people are in a hurry fol
time is brief and life is short.
And the world moves on.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-23
STRENGTHENING THE POLICY

twenty-five of the fraternal societies
have called conferences like this of
the WOodmen to discuss the situation
and take measures to meet it.
There are estimated to be 5000, 900
members of fraternal insurance So
cieties in America Besides provid-
ing cheap insurance, they achieve a
great service socially throughout the
country. The lodge brings men to-
gether under excellent moral circum.
stances and supplies in many com
munities the chief and the best social
opportunities. Because of this. un,
questionably these societies accom-
plish the insurance of hundreds OF
thousands who would not make pro-
vision in the old line companies
Young men, especially, are disposed
to neglect this, but the social attrac.
tons of the societies bring them in
This is splendid work to do, and
it is, therefore. in the interest of the
whole nation that the fraternal asso.
Citations be strengthened and support
ed in every legitimate way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-23
Comment From Capital

them from their employment with low
wages and unbearable working condi-
tons, and by filing their places with
contract laborers from the south of
Europe Fifty-two different national
tiles are represented by the strikers
at Lawrence, and As languages are
spoken there.
Bayonets and decreased wages for
the men, women and children workers,
instead of the workers paradise pic
tured by Aldrich, Lodge and Smoot,
is the definition of schedule X that the
mill workers at Lawrence are learn.
ing by actual experience.
BRINGING IN CHEAP LABOR.
In view of the strike of textile work
ers at Lawrence, Mass, 1t is interest
ing to know how the wooden mill own
ers attract cheap labor to their mills.
Congressman A. P Gardner Of Massa-
chusetts while speaking one day in the
house on the subject of immigration,
contributed some valuable information
to the subject. Mr.. Gardner is stand
pat protectionist of the Aldrich school.
For example," said Mr. Gardner, sup
pose l am a Syrian conducting a Syr-
ian boarding house in the city of Low
ell, Mass. Perhaps some mill sends
down to me for hands. | furnish them
at a somewhat lower rate of wages
than is expected by ordinary citizen
help. | advance the money for Syrian
emigrants to come over | tell them
that if they do not pay me back the
money l advanced | will have them ar.
rested; that they must hand over the
full wages that they get in the mill.
They are held in terror of the police
Meanwhile take all their wages while
| feed them and keep them alive just
as l would feed and keep horse alive
| that l had imported for use in a liv.
cry stable"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-23

IS, wants to get married. l have no
objection at all to the young man, but
| am apprehensive about the marriage
because my daughter is a frivolous
girl and l have found it hard indeed
to get her to settle down to any kind
of routine work. Ought to dissuade
her from marrying? MOTHER.
Do not ask your daughter to give
up the young man, but try to per-
suade her to wait at least three years.
No girl ought to marry before she
knows how to keep house. She ought
to prove her worth just as the man
ought to prove his. There are so
many things a woman can Go which
most Of them do not do. Most women
don't realize what it is to be born a
woman and be able to help a man
work out his destiny-she wants him
to do all the work. She Is thinking
Of automobiles and theatre parties.
diamond necklaces and fine clothes,
when she ought to be helping her hus-
band get ahead in the world. Real
marriage means much love, much
sympathy, much consideration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-23
No Shaking the Box.

The Cincinnati Enquirer fears that
the old traditions are falling when
shaking the festive dice is put under
the ban In that celebrated city OF 10
vial companionship. Says the En-
quirer:
Not exactly like lightning out OF a
clear sky. but still with startling eff
feet. has come the announcement that
the festive reveler is no longer TO be
permitted to shake the box. Shades
OF Palmedas. and has II come to this
that in Cincinnati there shall be no
more rafting Of the dice; that in this
matter We are to resume the yoke
placed upon England and upon US as
It's colonies in the shape OF laws en-
forced under the first Georges prohib-
iting use OF the merry cubes except
upon the backgammon board?
The amazement OF the thing! No
longer to be permitted to rest the
foot on the railing of ones favorite
bar. or some other bar, and in COM
pany Of friends invoke the goddess OF
fortune In the matter OF the treat!
why It's a horse on all Of US, come
70 think OF It'll
mo longer may the barkeep pro-
duce from it's accustomed nook the
greasy, hand worn and time honored
+ cylinder OF sole leather with its
bones or ivories spotted from 1 to 6,
exactly as they were as Tar back at
least as the year b O 1914 In Greece.
No longer win thereoe cheerful refer
ence to horse and horse and the re.
newed activity Of the spinning blocks
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-23
CulIom VS.. MagiII.

The neck and neck race between
United States Senator Cullom and
State Senator Magill for the filing of
petitions for United States senator,
and in which Cullom claims to have
won by a nose, seems to be especially
interesting in Springfield, as that city
is Cullom's home and was formerly
Mr.. Magills home. The Register
says:
While there may be some who will
say Springfield should be especially
considerable OF Mr.. Cullom because this
is his home, 1t was also the home OF
Mr.. Magill, who did excellent work in
Springfield as an educator, and who
was born in this county.
Senator Magill first saw the light
of day and incidentally inhaled San
CANON county air as his first breath
in this county 43 years ago. He at.
tended the common schools in Sangar
mon county and Wesleyan university,
Bloomington, from which institution
he received the degree OF A. B. Dur
ing several years Of teaching he spe-
cialized in the study and teaching of
economics and political science. He
was assistant principal OF the Spring
field high school four years, and prin-
cipal of the Princeton Qll) high
school seven years. While at college
he won first prize in the Illinois inter
collegiate oratorical contest, and has
since distinguished himself as a po-
litical speaker and chautauqua lee
turer. He was elected to the state
senate in 1910. This was his first
political Office.
at is quite true that Senator Gull
lom has held office so long the mem
DRY OF man runneth not to the con-
trary. Sangamon county has more
than discharged its obligations TO
Cullom. It is our opinion that the
state OF Illinois has done likewise.
Just what Senator Cullom did during
the last Of his endless series of terms
of office to make him think he de-
serves reelection we cannot imagine,
unless It be his vote for the retention
Of Lorimer, following the first sena-
torfal investigation which revealed
wholesale corruption incident to the
Lorimer election. AS a reason for
the reelection this doesn't appear for
midable 70 the State Register. but OBJ
viously some OF his job holding fol
lowers take a different view Of it. 1t
should defeat him.
"As to the statesmanship Of Sena'
tor MagiIl. his friends and neighbors
Of Sangamon county have no word to
OFFER In criticism He Is a republican,
and he is an anti-Lorimer republican.
Sangamon county applauds him for IT,
"Cullom's successor should, how
ever, be q democrat"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-23
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER.

Especial Correspondence of The Argus)
Washington, Jan. 20.-Driven from
pillar to post for explanations to JUS
tify the Payne-Aldrich tariff tax, stand
pat protectionists long ago waived the
theory that the foreigner pays the tar
if, and now stand on the assurance to
the people that a prohibitive tariff is
for the protection of American" work
ingmen.
When schedule K, which places a
heavy tax on every article of wooden
clothing worn by every man, woman
and child in the nation, was up for
discussion, Aldrich, Lodge, Smoot and
other special privilege servers of the
house and senate declared their prin-
ciple motive in leyying a tax on these
articles was to protect the Amer.
lean" workingmen in the wooden in
dustry.
EFFECT OF SCHEDULE X.
Schedule K became law, the prices
of all kinds of clothing, made wholly
of wool or partly of wool, have advanc
ed, and the combinations of manufac
turers who contributed heavily to the
republican party to have schedule K
framed and passed, have made mil
lions. But how have the American
workingmen been "protected?"
The strike of $4,000 textile workers
at Lawrence. Mass, one of the many
similar illustrations which might be
given, throws some light on the sub
/ ject. 1t puts the lie TO the statement
/ that schedule K protects the "Ameri
can" workman, because the informa
| ton shows there are scarcely any
American" workers in the wooler
manufacturing industry to protect
The mill owners have protected" the
American" workingmen by driyin!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-23
est Louis Republic.)

It appears from Mr.. Carnegie's testi-
mony that he recommended Philander
c. Knox TO President Mckinley for the
position of attorney general. The ap-
pointment was made in 1901. and Mr..
Knox served In that capacity until the
end of Mr.. Roosevelt's first term.
Everybody knew that Mr.. Knox was
borrowed from the steel trusts legal
department for cabinet purposes at
Washington, but the fact that he was
selected at Mr.. Csrnegie's request and
that during all his service as attorney
for the steel trust he never once ad-
vised his clients on the subject of the
antitrust law, is news, indeed.
Mr.. Knox is now assisting a third
republican president as secretary of
state, in which place he has develop
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-23

Dear Mrs. Thompson-People say 1
have too much energy and should rest
more. If / rested during the day, I'm
afraid / would think / was getting
lazy. Please tell me what you think
about this. MRS. ].
Madam Cavalieri says that what
the American woman most needs is
rest. She also says: There is
scarcely a lazy woman in the country.
This fact, however, tends to make
women nervous and because Of this
nervousness they tend to grow old
early"
She says the cat Is a great physical
culture teacher and tells US to study
the rest habits of the house cat.
THE cat stretches at full length or
in a coy, loose ball, while she sleeps"
she says. Initiate the way she IN
curls all the hard, tight little knots
into which she has gathered her mus
cles and nerves while she was play
ing or housing or lodging her enc
mics. When she awakes, she stretches
and stretches and stretches. And
what a luxury that stretching is!
Raise your arms above your head.
Yawn and stretch and stretch and
stretch, and what delicious ease and
relaxation follow"
Dear Mrs. Thompson-My daughter,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-23
~ What Did He Do? ~

ed what is known as dollar diplomacy.
The republican party has been very
good to Mr.. Carnegie. 1t gave him a
tariff on iron and steel that enabled
him to retire with several hundreds of
millions and it placed his lawyer at the
head Of the department of justice.
where he was quite certain to keep
right on ignoring the antitrust law.
We wonder what Mr.. Carnegie did
for the republican party in the Doodle
campaigns Of 1896, 1900 and 1904.