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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-31
| Asked an
Army Officer

s'Don't you find the restrictions and
confinement of army life irksomef'
1--WE are asked this question nearly
every day by civilians" he replied,
shut it would appear to me that the
restrictions and limitations of bust
ness career would be almost as bur-
densome, with this difference, that
the business man can do as he pleases
after office hours.
Conditions in the army, like
everything else, are changing" he
continued. Zone of the things that
has added more, perhaps, than any
other one thing to make us more
contented with our life is the Won
derful development of the player
piano.
"At present, several of my brother
officers, including myself. own KIM
ball Acmelodic Player Pianos. For
the benefit of those who are not as
fortunately situated, we have equipped
the Officers Club as well.
''If you viii drop around some
evening, you will hear some wonder
full music, for the boys all perform
on the Player and it is really a race
to see who viii get to the Player
Piano first.
Through the agency Of the Kim
ball Acmclodic Player, what little
troubles we imagined we had have
vanished long ago in our evenings of
music"
The Kimball Acrnelodic Player
Piano has the essentials necessary
to reproduce hand-played music.
This instrument plays the full
scale, ss notesplays Kimball or
any ss-note roll-full, round, rich,
mellow tone--selected materials, best
workmanship, roll-guiding device,
Acmelodic soloist, ten exclusive i'm
provements, music roll library priv
ileges.
We will take your "never-played"
piano in part payment.
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day night in the Association auditor
ium from the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, This announcement
should prove of interest to the men,
bers and friends of the association,
including the ladies. Music will be
furnished and light refreshments
served. This will be an open house
until midnight. The best service pos
sible is promised by the company.
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PERSONALS.

E. Corsepius of Fort Madison is a
Keokuk visitor.
r D. Hammond and C. A. Gregg of
hannibal are visiting in Keokuk.
edward F. Beck of Quincy is in the
city.
Hiding w. Bengtson OF Denmark,
republican candidate for treasurer Of
7 ee county, was In the city today in
the interest of his candidacy.
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Y. w. c. A. Reception.

On Saturday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. G. D. Streeter, 723 Grand
avenue the board of directors of the
Y. W. c. A. assisted by the member
ship committee will give reception
to the ninety-two new members re-
Gently received into the association,
The receiving hours are from to s,
and the reception promises to be a
very pleasant one.
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ALL RECORDS ARE BROKEN
BY THE GRAND JURY
Ing houses Of i'll fame.

ing houses of Ill fame.
Tom Darazro and Arturo Mancini
were charged with Illegally selling
liquor. They were arrested by the
police in raid two weeks ago and
have been out of Jail on bonds OF
5000.
The crush of business was brought
on by the investigation of the
charges of law violation in this city
and in partial report indictments
were returned against seven men
charged with keeping gambling
house who will come to trial at the
criminal session of the next term in
the district court. A few charges
we're not acted upon because OF lack
of convincing evidence.
The jurors and County ATTORNEY
Theodore Craig worked tirelessly and
have been commended for their inn
partial action. The foreman OF tbs
Jury was HI C. Knapp and the other
six men are as follows: j. G. REM.
Sr., Henry Weirather, John Thomas,
William Reed Ed, w. Sprouse and
George Haase.
=
District Court Busy
The work of the grand jury prom
ises to increase the already heavy
business Of the district court. Judge
Hamilton adjourned court yesterday
sine die for the first time in year.
The court has been operating accord
ing to the law for the past year one
/ term running into another and yester-
day was the first adjournment until
another term the judge has given In
that period. County Clerk G. B. Lake
has been taxed to the utmost keeping
up the work OF the court.
The indictments for law violations
in the city Of keokuk are the result
| of months of fighting upon the part OF
/ law abiding persons who desired a
moral cleanup. For years the gamb-
lers have been operating practically
unmolested and boot-legging and blind
/ tigers have been especially prolific
! since the adoption of the mulct law,
The illegal selling of liquor has prov
en- to be profitable business because
of the limitation of one saloon to a
thousand inhabitants and the high IL
cense they have to pay.
The gamblers have been bewildered
by the action of the grand jury. They
have been operating with impunity
for 80 long that they can not under
!. stand just why and what has happen.
ed. One gambler approached court
house official a short time ago. He
was disheartened and said: lis thai
, grand jury in session yet? Isn't TIL:
thing ever going to stop. Why wha
| are we going to do?"
well, if / were you" said the Off
cial, Il would round up my affairs and
prepare to spend from one to three
years behind the bars"
| The gambler abruptly closed the
conversation with an oath.
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catarrh is an excessive secretion.
accompanied with chronic inflamma-
ton from the mucous membrane.
Hoods Sarsaparilla acts on the mu-
cous membrane through the blood,
reduces inflammation, establishes
healthy action, and radically cures
all cases of catarrh. Advertisement.
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Y.W.C.A. NOTES
Election Returns.

meeting of the social committee
OF the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton was held last evening, and
number of interesting events were
considered. The committee decided
| to receive the election returns Tues
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Halloween Social.

The G. e. Society of Westminster
Presbyterian church will hold Hal
lowe'en social in the chapel Friday
evening.
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written form week ago urging them
to retain in office the men and party
that had been responsible for the
present prosperity"
The vice president was believed to
be slowly recovering until ten days
ago when he insisted on getting out
of bed and going to the polling place
to register. This caused relapse
and then kidney complications set in
which his system, already weakened
by the long illness, could not throw
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Auction Bridge Club.

Miss Harriet Wright entertained
the Auction Bridge club Tuesday even
ing in honor OF Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Sehofleld.
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sixty-five years of age, died at the
county home at 8 O'Clock last night.
He leaves no family and the body is
being held until the expected arrival
of cousin from Missouri who will
probably take charge of the remains
and arrange for the funeral and burial.
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Weddlnn at Parsonage.

weuurHg at al oo'''so'
Wednesday evening at half past
eight o'clock at the Presbyterian
manse occurred the marriage of Miss
Minnie Gernhardt and Mr.. William r.
Parnell, DR.. Ezra B. Newcomb Of
floating.
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For Little Girls.

Miss Margaret Hamill will entertain
a company of little girls tomorrow
afternoon from to 6.
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VIII 40 West.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chenoweth
will leave shortly for Los Angeles,
Cal, to spend the winter.
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meeting Friday morning at ten o'clock
at the home.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-31

PARTY holding white bull dog that
was lost Tuesday please return to
719 Main for reward.
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THE PARTY that picked UP leather
hand bag by mistake Friday after
noon at Baptist church please return
to Baptist church.
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DIED LAST NIGHT
AT THE COUNTY HOME
A Former Resident Of Alexandria
Aged About sIxtyfive Years
Body Awaiting Relatives.

Dick Dedman who formerly resided
at Alexandria and who is about
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Benevolent Union.

bCHVVUTCIII OHIVF'
The members of the Benevolent
Union will hold their regular monthly
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FOR SALE.


LOST-Diamond ring at Sullivan &
Auwerda's, Please return TO this
office Reward.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-11-29
HANDS BURNING, ITCHING

905 Lowell Place, Chicago, ILL.,
"The trouble began by my hands burn.
ing and itching and Il rubbed and
scratched them till one day l saw lit.
tie red sores coming out. My hands
were disfgured and swollen, and trou-
bled me SO that 1 could not sleep.
They were cracked and when the
small sores broke white matter
would come out. 1 could not do any
hard work; II I did the sores would
come out worse. For two years no.
body could cure my eczema, until one
day I thought would try the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. used warm wa
ter with the Cuticura Soap and after
that I put the Cuticura Ointment on
my hands twice a day for about five
or six months when / was cured.
(Signed) Sam Marcus. Nov. 2S, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston"
Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-11-29
Turkish Counting Of Time.

Through the center of the mosque
of st. Sophia runs the theoretical
meridian which gave the Turks true
local time-one hour and fifty-six min
utes fifty-two seconds fast on Green
wich-until. two years ago. the new
government fell in with the standard
system of time zones. and came INTO
the eastern European zone, exactly
two hours ahead OF Greenwich time.
For religious purposes. however. 12
O'Clock always happens at sunset. and
noon thus wanders with the seasons
all round the k.-Westminster
Gazette.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-11-29
Hercdity.

She-Sometimes you appear really
manly and sometimes you are effemi-
nate. How do you account for it?
He-I suppose 1t is hereditary. Half
Of my ancestors were men and the
other half woman,-Tit-Bits.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-11-29

upon the deck and cursed the
Deity. swearing that he would
round the cape IL 1t took him
till the day of judgment. There
upon came a fair wind. he
squared his yards and set off.
but although his ship plowed
through the seas he made no
headway. for the Deity had talk.
en- him at his word and doomed
him to sail the seas dor eyer
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-11-29

Limit.
Here's your portrait, sir"
That my portrait? Well, / may
have sat for it. but won't stand for
It."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-11-29
Removed,

Crawford-I hear he was operated
on. What did he have?
Crabshaw = Money. - New York
Times.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-11-29

Ten smiles for a nickel. Always buy Re,
Cross Bag Blue; have beautiful clear whit
clothes. Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-11-29

Mrs. winsiow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething. softens the gums, reduces inaamma.
ton, alays pain, wind collie, CSC bottle In
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-11-29

great gray sails out of the fog or
ships stealing across the moon glade" athwart the
glitter OF silver cast the waters by the mpe.
rial votaress when the rays pierce the sails so that
they become gauzy films?
II he knows these things. who shall blame him for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-23
ftovERNoR WILSON'S CREED

The ulspQstOn at first shown in quarters, to gard the speech acceptance of Governor Woodrow Will polished than virile has disappeared in the minds of candid men, the views of the distinguished candidate studied
 fomance of the task entrusted him in New Jersey his views upon national questions take quality of tany that attaches to those of other public e
 The frame of mind in which he will take up the task Of and it's responsibilities exhibited in his staternent
 Some people only smile when yeu speak of yourself servant of the people, it seems them like an aecta tion, or mere demagogsm They do not will not prehend the solemn thing that is in your thought.
 This the Jeffersonan view that the presidents of the United States not rulers, but servants And that their dutZ1s to be faithful stewards of the prop ery and interests which the Master has conded to their care
 Governor Wilson realizes that the country has upona time of great change perhaps of crisis He says
 It is new age. The tonic of such time is very ex- haratng It requires self restraint not to attempt too much and yet it would be cowardly to attempt too te
 The senough and not too little which he will seek to bring about president of the United States backed of Democratic Congress and Senate in which will be many Progressive Republicans will be the destruction of boss and monopoly rue and the establishment of which will free to ascertain the needs of the people and then tosupply the needs ascertaned.
 Governor Wilson's words and his actions keep pace with each other.
 What he did in New Jersey is an earnest of what he will accomplish as president
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-23
QUEER MANx CUSTOMS.
Why Natives Ate the Meat Before
 They Took the Broth.

Peculiar to itself is the code of laws of the Isle of Man. The laws of Eng land have never prevailed there, and some of the Manx enactments are very curious. One of the earliest enjoined 'all Scots to avoid the land with the
 next vessel that goeth into Scotland,
 upon pain of forfeiture of their goods
 and bodies to prison Another enact ed that ''Irishwomen lettering and not
 working be commanded forth of this
 isle with as much convenient speed as
 may be- Q561).
 The first of these laws was the re- suit of a series of raids on the Manx coast by Galloway rover named Mae
 Culloch. It is said that it was at this period that the Manx custom originat- ed of eating the meat before they
 supped the broth" lest they should be
 deprived of the more substantial part
 by the appearance at their doors of this Scetchman and his crew. About this time the parish clerks were or dered ito stand at the church doors at the time of the service and whip and beat all the dogs
 During the seventeenth century a law was made that "whcsoever shall be found or detected to pull horse tails shall be punished upon the wooden horse of the parish, thereon to con tinue two hours, and to be whipped naked from the waist upward.
 Every woman. widow Icr spinster in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-23
TURN ON THE LIGHT

Senator Penrose is doing somethins to offset some of the offense which his official life has constituted to the country. He suggests that present campaign funds should be investigat- ed, and asserts that the people have more interest in what is being spent upon elections now, and in where the money. comes from, than they have in money that was used eight, twelve, oi sixteen years ago.
 This opinion by the Standard Oil Senator will not be disputed by any body. Locking the stable door after the horse is stolen is a frequent and useless legislative error.
 Let the country have the facts about existing campaign funds. If Roose- welt has $s.oe0,OOO let it be known, and who is to give, or has, given it. Let us, know where Taft gets his cash Let it be known how the Democra tic party is being financed this year What is sauce for the goose ought to be for the gander. No reasonable objection can be made to the country knowing. before the votes are cast where the money comes from that keeps the candidates going.
 
 nation and in every state with respect to prediction and pre-prinary dis- closures of contributions and expense account.
 It does, however, take money to. run elections. This money has to come from somewhere. It may be found wise for the state, to pay necessary election expenses, limiting the uses for which private money may be spent to narrow boundaries.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-23
GEN. WILLIAM BOOTH.
(springaeld Union.l

Although a noble life consecrated to a great work ended with the passing away of Gen William Booth, founder and head of the Salvation Army, the work to which he had devoted nearly half century will live after him. Be- ginning in 1865 with the organization of ''The Christian Mission" which in 1878 became the Salvation Army, Gen. Booth soon became a notable figure in the religious life of England and afterward throughout the world. Ridi- eule, derision, persecution and abuse could not swerve him from the great work he had undertaken in behalf of the poor and outcast. but with daunt- less zeal he perseyered in his mission until finally he overcome all prejudice and found the place in the respect and esteem of the public to which he was entitled. Under his inspired lead- ership the Salvation Army has become a world wide institution, doing incal- culabie good in directions in which the ordinary church organizations could not, or at least did not reach. In this he was ably assisted by his remark able family. The work Gen. Booth carried forward with such wonderful success will continue. It his been established on a sound and practical basis, and there will be need for it for many years to come.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-23
BACK TO THE FARM.


 New York city has five times the population of the entire state of Con- necticut and the State of Connecticut has so few farmers and so many city dwellers that it cannot produce enough on its farms to feed the people of it's own state and must needs buy from other states. as far away as Califor- nia and Texas. These are conditions that few of the sufferers under high prices stop to consider and conditions which can best be renedied by the same city people. The day of farmer is here and the industrious thrifty far mer is making hay, faster than ever before. Are the people of the cities go- ing to step up and pay indefinitely until the day comes when the farms are titled by imported labor from the farming countries of Europe and the profits deposited by the same inani- grants and their masters in generous sums in banks paying interest to be sent home to support European fam flies? Or are some of the people of the cities going to swing back to the farms and seize the opportunity that awaits only, their claim and the indus try and perseverance that success in the simplest as well as the greatest endeaVors requires?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-23
TAFT WILL PROBE
 CUSTOMS METHOD
MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND COUNTRY WIDE
 INQUIRY WILL BE MADE.

Washington, Aug. 2S-President Taft appointed a committee of Government officials yesterday to investigate the Board of United States General Ap- praisers and ascertain if there has been neglect of duty, nnalfeasance in office, or ineficiency'' on the part of any of the boards members. The board has headquarters in New York.
 President Taft named as the investi- gation committee Chandler P. Ander- son, counselor for the State Depart ment; William Loeb, Jr., collector of customs at New York, and Winfred T. Den1son, assistant attorney general of the United States. MT. DeniSon pros- ecuted the sugar fraud cases.
 The Treasury Department announc- ed that the scope of the inquiry would be broad enough to include all the ac- tivities of the board, both at New York and at ports throughout the country where it's members hear customs ap- peals.
 The investigation will be part of the general plan of the Treasury Depart ment to rehabilitate the Customs Ser vice as whole, and, according to an complaints that the work of the board does not give satisfactory results as a portion of the governmental mech anism of collecting revenues from cus- toms.''
 The Board of United States General Appraisers is composed of H. M. Som erville, president; T. s. Sarretts, W. B. Howell, l. F. Fischer, B. S. Waite, E. G. Hay, c. P. McClelland, R. H. Chamberlain, and S. B. Cooper. Each receives a salary of $9.000.
 The committee will be instructed to recommend any desirable changes it may find in the personnel. as well as in the methods of the board.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-23

marked by the election of the same type of men who had served under the old system.
 Supposing commission government had been adopted in Detroit and the voters showed no keener interest in the election of commissioners than in their choice of aldermen under the old system, would corruption and graft disappear? Or would it simply mean that there would be fewer officials to bribe and perhaps a larger share of bribe money for each of the corrupt commissioners?
 As has been repeatedly pointed out it is not the system, but the men that are elected under it who make gov ernment good or bad This is as true Of commission government as of any other kind. In the end the responsi- bility rests upon the voters; it is within their power to elect good men under any system if they are honest and zealous in the discharge of the duties of citizenship, and it is easy for bad men to get into office under any sys- tern or form of government if the voters are neglectful Of their duty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-23
THE JURY

.
 Once in while a jury acquits a E. wo1nah who is charged with killing a {. man. frequently her husband. Under . these Circumstances it is not unusual for aDng distance critics to assert that ahe verdict would have been otherwise had she been tried by jury of women There is rarely any proof of the claim. Juries composed of men have some times acquitted other men who have virtually confessed a killing, as it is held the Chicago woman did.
 The jury was invented in an age when it was much needed to soften the sfemper of the law. It brought to the .scriltiny of the offenses of accue- cd persons the minds of his peers. They looked at his entire offense, and brought in their verdict according to the effect of the evidence upon their minds sand iconsciences.
 q Rasld hs latArsstinx to knew pa-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-23

der what circumstances the Chicag, homicide as committed, what provoca. tion the woman had, whether the tenol of her. life with the man was a series of unbearable injuries, whether tn, jury concluded that under all the con ditions there was a crime of murde, committed.
 The jury. probably did substantia Justice. It was on the ground, it heard the facts and had power to pass upor them finally and conclueively, a power wisely. given by the generations whc preceded us. In it's exercise this pow. eItmay sometimes be mistakenly us. ed, but in the whole the jury has been a bulwark of human liberty. val. uable asset to the race. Again and again society has been compelled tc hold reckoning with it's judges, bu, never with it's juries.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-23
FIRST THINGS

Buckingham Palace, the London res- idence of the British sovereign, derives it's name from the line of nobles once prominent in English affairs. The first Duke of Buckingham, created Duke by Charles I, with whom he was great favorite and who made him prim eminister, was assassinated 284 years ago today. He was unprinci- pied, incapable and insolent and his unpopularity led to his murder. His son, the second Duke, was a favorite of Charles II, and was also highly profligate. John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, built the old palace bear ing his name in 1703. In 1761 it was bought by George III, who presented it to Queen Charlotte, who made it her town residence. The house was pulled down in 1925 and the present palace erected on it's site After an expenditure of $5,O00,OOO it was com pleted and occupied by Queen Victoria in 1887. Many improvements have since been made in the royal prop erty.