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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-09-03
B|G CELEBRATION
 ON LABOR DAY Festivities Were Held at Forest Park Under Aus pices of Trades and
 Labor Council
FEATURES WERE MANY
Fully Five Thousand People Enjoyed the All-Day Program
 The Speakers.

Labor Day was thoroughly and fit- tingly celebrated in Pine Bluff yes. terday under the auspices of the Con tral Trades and Labor Council. All honor was gwen the working man and he and his family and friends had and out and out good time. prac- ucally all the business houses were closed in the afternoon, some of them all day. Street cars were run to For est Park in trains and it is believed fully 7,oo0 people took part in the festivities at the pleasure resort.
 At the park d well ordered program was carried out It was started with speaking at the Auditorium at 1:3o Rev. R. G. Rowland, pastor of Carr Memorial church, delivered the invo- cation. The principal speakers were w. B. Hicks, president of the Central Trades and Labor Council; T. A. Will son, of the Typographical Union; C. A. Goshorn, of the Rarbcrs, Union; and J. A. Moore
 Viewed from all sides yesterdays celebration was perhaps the most successful that has ever been held in Pine Bluff The committee on ar engagements cannot be given too much credit for the preparations they. made for the entertainment of the crowds at the park Dinners were eaten pie nic fashion and were attended by all the merriment customary to such oc- casiOnS. The various concessions, figure-eight, merry -go-round, etc, etc., were run throughout the day and evening to the intense enjoyment of the children and groWn-ups as well Dancing and skating was enjoyed al the pavilion both afternoon ana evening. The Pine Bluff Band dis pensed music all day long. The flea ture of the afternoon was the base ball game and the athletic contests The winners in the athletic events follow:
 First Event-Old Fiddlers Contest G. w. Galloway, 1st; T. Belcherf, 2nd w. H. Meeks, 3rd; Jim Smith, 4th. i Second Event-Fat Mems Race-10( yards: o. B. Underwood. 1st; w. R Barricklow, End; B. C. Merriam, 3rd; w. L. Meek, 4th; w. H. Meek, 5th.
 Third Event-Potato Race: Miss Gertie Gallister, 1st; Miss Ester Merriam, 2nd Miss Ola May Hamil- ton, 3rd; Miss Pauline Samuels, 4th Miss Lora Wilcox, 5th.
 Fourth Event-Running Backwards 50 yards (boys under 14: Fred Oracle, 1st; Bennie Pritchard, End i; c. B. Rowland, 3rd; Joe Jaffee, 4th.
 Fifth Event-Egg Race: Miss Cor die Hess, 1st; Miss Ester Merriam, 2nd; Miss Ola May Hamilton; Mrs Read 4th; Miss Mabel Lambreth, 5th
 Sixth Event-Ball Throwing Con- test (for boys under 12 years): Macy Slaughter, 1st; Percy Young, End Fay Koon, 3rd.
 Seventh Event-Ball Throwing Contest (for girls under 12 years) Maggie Culpepper, 1st; Bernice Smith 2nd; Martha Culpepper. 3rd; Ida Mae Wilson, 4th.
 Eighth Event-Sack Race (free fol alD George Clements, 1st; Joe Jaf fee, End; Charles Pearce, 3rd; Ear Ritchie, 4th; Ralph Clark, 5th.
 Ninth Event@Cracker Eating Con tes t(boys under IA years): Reed Ga. ton, 1st; Charles Pearce, 2nd; w Robinson, 3rd.
 Tenth Event-Race for boys under 10 years; Ray Pearce, 1st; Gilber Bays, End; Carl Moore, 3rd; Noe Hart, 4th.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-09-03
Nominee Scores I,a1 Control of Labor ! in Labor Day
 l Speech.
kAps THE COLONEL
I. Third Party Platform and
  ] l,sails the Minimum Wage Idea.

ah N. r., Sept, 2.-Woodrow
 today analysed the third par
 frn in its relations to the la
 man. The occasion of his
 WAS a Labor Day celebration
 ,uspices of the United Trades
 ,bor Council of Buffalo.
 ], the first expression from the
 .,,tic candidate on the merits
 Progressive platform. The
 ,or said that while on the one
 rw to be found there warm
 Inv with practically every pro- social betterment,' that part |uprely "a proclamation of sym
 while the real program lay
 kre, where the tariff and the
 Ire spoken of.
 myernor assailed the minimum
 b]ea, declaring that employers
 take occasion to bring theil
 rale as nearly as they could Eto the level of the minimum ted by law
 fine idea of a federal combina-
 regulate monopoly, the gover- bok emphatical issue. He de- I that the plan suggested not |xpald legalize. monopoly but fgiye the chief employers of the 6 g tremendous authority be- |Aem.'
 ' the employers do will have kense of the federal government |ing the right to pay wages ap- : by the government, declared |nOr Wilson.
 |pOinted out that it always had |the policy of the masters of Iidated industries to undermine l1ed labor in a great many land that a plan of federal con- H advocated by the new party subordinates work n to monopolies,' and "looks sely like economic mastery over sry lives and fortunes of those 10 the daily work of the nation.' Iern0r Wilson said in part: telligent working men will ask len now seeking their votes what nay be expected to do for them not mean for them separately nat they may be expected to dc ne country which will entitle to the c0nfidtnce of those who m the daily labor which lies a; 'ses of all our life.
 z most of the answers they get urn upon the question of tariff from which our politics never able to get away. On the one lney will be told if the Demo- party gets into power they may 9 see industrials languish and go down and employment be- larder and harder to find. They
 that Democrats constitute 'lng like half of the nation, that
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-09-03

Continued on Page Four.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-09-03

Judge A. B. Grace, who is holding circuit court at Arkansas City, Desha county, will arrive fn the city Wed nesday mcrning td>attend the we'd ding of his daughf fer,N Miss Kettle Grace and Mr. Perrin.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
Modern Tonic, iona Vita, Will
Surely Build You up
Again.

Are you one of the rundown, half
sick, nervous people with which the
country is filed? Do you feel tired all
the time with very little vitality? Do
you sleep badly and feel as worn out
in the morning as when you went to
bed? Is your circulation poor and do
you catch cold easily? Have you
stomach trouble and an irregular ap-
petite? Are you nervous, moody. and
depressed?
These are sure symptoms of nerv-
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before offered to the public.
Here is what the Rev. Gustave Fred
erick, pastor of the Evangelistic
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
ALWAYS TIRED. WITH LITTLE VITALITY

church, Center street, Milwaukee,
Wis, has to say of tt:
Judging from my own experience
i do not hesitate to say that "Tona
Vita is an extremely valuable prep.
aration. / have not only used 1t my.
self, but other members of my family
have been taking it with highly salts.
factory results.
SO far as my own case Is concern.
ed have been In rundown condi-
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iona Vita acts quickly. You will
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you up.
Wilkinson & Co. have the agency
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
RICHESON'S SISTER
CALLED ON HIM
Spent an Hour In the ceH With
Preacher Who is TO Die for
His Crime,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service I
BOSTON, May s.-The first of the
Rev. c. v. T. Richesons blood rela.
tives to call on him since he brutaIly
murdered the girl sweetheart he be-
trayed, was his sister, Miss l.. v.
Richeson, who spent an hour with
him.
The meeting was under the watch of
one of the jail officials and no infor.
nation regarding 1t was made public.
The guard over Richeson has been
increased with the near approach OF
the date when he will be transferred
to the states prison. where he is to be
executed on the week of Nav
10, and the officials withhold
all information about the con.
demned man. It is known, how
ever, that he is living in the hope that
the governors council win finally com.
mute his sentence and that he will be
spared the ignomy of death in the cleo.
trio chair.
If the council refuses to interfere. as
is generally expected, jail officials
look fer Richeson's complete break
down
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
BABIES PLAYING
WITH REVOLVER
Seven Year Old Child Shot to Death
by Five Year Old Play
mate.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
GRAND JUNCTION. Colo, Ma. s.
a seven year old lad is dead today
and his five year old playmate is held
by the police on charge of murdei as
the result of a. childish tragedy enact
ed here yesterday.
Michael Maloney. aged four, was
the only eyewitness to the affair He
explained to the police that he and
his brother John. age seven, were
playing with Johnny Santos, age FIVE,
in the Santos home, when childish
dispute arose Johnny Santos went
to the dresser drawer where his faith
err kept a revolver and returned to
the playroom. Without word he
walked up to John Maloney, placed
the muzzle of the revolver against the
lads head and pulled the trigger AS
John Maloney fell over dead, young
Santos walked out of the house.
Santos father discovered the trag-
edy when he found the body of the
Maloney boy lying on the floor of the
Santos home. He notified the police.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
was climbing the washington monu-

was climbing the Washington monu-
ment.
The monument Is $50 feet high and
as smooth as glass, but thousands
took the rumor seriously and waited
for hours to see small black speck
on the east side of the monument
climb up or down 1t didn't move, for
the simple reason that it was wealth
er spot on one of the granite blocks.
Fourteenth. street was crowded from
the monument grounds up to F street,
with a mass of humanity all gazing
skyward and waiting Windows in Of
flee buildings that permitted a free
view Of the monument were lined with
watchers-many with glasses. The
fact that it was hazy day and that
the small speck was frequently OBJ
scured by clouds led many to believe
that it advanced up or down and pro-
longed the understanding process.
Washington newspapers rushed
photographers and reporters to the
monument and the report even started
staid senators and representatives
out in automobiles.
Several years ago Rodman Law, the
human fly" who jumped from the
statue of liberty in New York and has
done other scaling stunts, fairly
skipped up the face of the Raleigh
hotel and everybody today thought he
was crawling up the monument
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
TRIED TO KILL
HIS MOTHER
Boy Admits the Crime, Expecting to
Fall Heir to a Small
Fortune,

United Press Leased Wire Service. !
PATERSON, n j., Nav s.-Admit-
ting that for weeks he had planned to
murder his mother. Lester E. Snyder.
an eighteen year old hoy, was com
mftted TO wait the. outcome OF WOUNDS
he inflicted on his mother and his
aged grandmother as they lay in bed.
After shooting them, the boy tried to
beat them TO death with the butt end
of the revolver. Both will recover.
Young Snyder lived with his mother.
Mrs. Elizabeth Snyder, and the latter's
mother, Mrs. Margaret Devoe Both
women slept on the second floor and
the boy on the floor above Early Tues
day Mrs. Devoe was awakened by
footsteps outside her door. She
awakened her daughter. The door
was opened and a male figure began
firing. Four shots were fired. one
Mrs. Deyoe in the left breast.
Then the intruder began beating the
women about the head Their screams
alarmed the neighborhood. The WON
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
John F. eIlchrist, Of Chicago, Says
the ectrlfication OF Terminals
is Much the
Cheapest
SEE ELECTRIC PROGRESS
In ST. Louis Address the Chicago Elk
pert Foresees Great Departures
In Electrical
Science.

In view of the construction here of
the dam across the Mississippi river.
to generate electricity for consump-
ton in an area extending practically
two hundred miles each way from the
city of Keokuk, an address by John F.
Gilchrist, Chicago expert. yesterday
in st. Louis. is of interest TO Keokuk
citizens. In referring to the address.
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat says:
John F. Gilchrist of Chicago, presi-
dent of the National Electric Light
Association, in an address before the
ST Louis League of Electrical Inter
ests yesterday at the City Club said
that eventually the big power and in
dustrial plants of the country would
be consolidated into central power
stations and the cost of operating
street railways and electric light and
power plants would be made cheaper.
The railroads of the country will
soon realize it will pay them to cleo
trify their terminals said Gilchrist
t'It will be cheaper and also cleaner
Electric industry win accomplish
greater wonders in the future than it
has in the past.
eGilchrist said it was possible In the
future aeroplanes would be operated
by electric energy sent by wireless.
"Gilchrist explained the work OF the
association OF which he is president
and said various electric leagues and
organizations which are affiliated with
the national body tended to develop
and increase the value OF public ser
vice properties. The national associa-
ton has 1880 members
THE St. Louis League OF Electrical
Interests will send big delegation TO
the annual convention OF the national
body in Seattle. Wash, June 10 to Il.
sGilchrist spoke yesterday afternoon at
Washington University with ". A
Layman. Sam A. Hobson presided as
chairman. Walter Robbins acted as
slbchairman
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08

of Fifth and Bank streets. all in the
city OF Keokuk, Iowa,
And that the cost Of the same be
assessed and levied as a special tax
upon the real property abutting upon
the alleys. or adjacent to the streets
in which said improvements are made
in proportion to the special benefits
conferred upon said property by said
improvements, and not in excess there.
OF
And that this resolution will be con
sidered for passage at a meeting OF
the City Council to be held on the
twenty-seventh day of May, 1872 at
which time objections may be made
to the passage of this resolution and
to the making of said contemplated
improvements.
Roll call:
Elder-Yes
Gray-Yea.
Hickey-Yea. j. F. ELDER,
Attest: Mayor.
o. w. sANDBERG, City Clerk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
Want to
Feet Young?
IFS Olive Tablets
For You'll

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
BRYAN ON TRAIL
OF THE GOVERNOR
Twenty-sis Speeches Today In Ohio
All Being Aimed at
Harmon.

! UNITED Press Leased Wire Service s
HTLLSBoRo, Ohio. May S, Declar
ing that Governor Harmon is the first
choice of Wall street for the demo.
cratic presidential nomination ana
that his nomination at Baltimore
spells defeat for the party. wm. ],
Bryan started in to make twenty
six speeches against ohic's cover,
nor In his own state.
Bryan opened his tour In = irizriing
rain at Chiiiicothe, speaking to
ia crowd Of several thousand in
q park. Brysn's tour ended with
i his night meeting at Toledo,
Today he will visit northern Ohio
counties and spend the night at Lima
after speech there His whirl
through the state ends Thursday.
The democratic rioters of Ohio, :
said BRYAN. hare It within their
power 10 put an end 70 the Harmon
menace at the uprimaries Nay 81 and
10 make the Baltimore convention a
progressive love feast instead of a
death grapple with Wall street. II
Mr., Harmon is defeated infOhio it will
not only end his candidacy but will
make impossible the candidacy of any
other reactionary.
ohio occupies q strategic position.
Her democracy can, by joining with
the progressiyes. make certain the
adoption of progressive platform
and the nomination of a progressive
ticket
Bryan Landed Wilson as a thorough
going progressive.
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Found BODY in River

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service !
PEORIA, Ill, May S.-The mystery
surrounding the disappearance of Law
renee Batchelder of Galesburg, H..
was cleared when his body was found
IN the Illinois river at Chillicothe. His
family suspects that he was murdered
Batchelder was last seen April when
waiting for Santa Fe train at Chilli
Gothic He had considerable money on
his person but when found his pockets
contained only few cents. Batcheld.
er was thirty-five years old and un-
married.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08

ea we're rushs6 to ths aossissi snd the
police called
Desectfvss arrested Lester whom
shey found rambling ssons the house
He insisted Al 6rst that he had walked
IN his sleep an6 swoka 10 find him
self in his mothers bedroom with the
revolver IN his hand Cross-examined
in 1ar1 BY Recorder Carroll. ne broke
down and admitted he had tried muir
der. He said that he had planned the
crime for weeks because he believed if
his mother died he would receive a
beauest Of $4,000. He insisted that
he had no intention Of harming his
grandmother.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
Kansas Woman HELPLESS
Lawrence. Kas.-Mr. ]. F. Stor

Lawrence. Kas.-Mr. J. F. Stone, oil
this city, says. my wife suffered fol
ten years from womanly troubles, dur
Ing two years OF which she was total
ly helpless. She was examined by
many physicians, some OF whom gave
her UP to die. Finally she began to
take Cardui, and since then has great,
.ly improved in health. The tonic
Strengthening. and restorative effects
OF Cardui. the woman's tonic, on tb :
womanly constitution, are the m0s.
valuable qualities of this popular med.
icine. Cardui acts specifically on the
womanly constitution. Half cen
fury OF success proves that Cardui
will do all that is claimed for It, Try
1t for your trouble.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
Wash your clothes
with
GOLD DUST

Good soap washes clothes
well-if you use enough
elbow grease; but Gold Dust
washes them more thoroughly
and with little or no rubbing.
Gold Dust saves half your time,
and spares your poor back.
Another great advantage of Gold
DuSt-use any kind of water you
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Gold Dust is just q veeetable-oil
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to make it work moro thoroughly
and quickly than soap ever can.
Just try Gold Dust next wash
day, and see how much time you
save.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
..sRleHAaa. youNo xleoRs
Refuse AII substltutea


STATE OF MISSOURI, County o,
Clark.-ss.
!, Lewis Coleman, sworn on my
oath, say. am Al years OF age. Three
years ago became badly afflicted
with Kidney and Bladder troubles.
my back hurt me SO bad l couli not
sit up. could scarcely urinate and
then small quantities. with hard
efforts, although having to respond to
the call of nature every hour. After
trying other medicine, commenced
taking Brigham" Young vigors, and
the improvement In my health began
Immediately; and after l had taken
or Z boxes, was entirely well; and
fearing the return Of my affection,
took or 8 boxes more, and since
that time have had no indication
OF any trouble with my kidneys and
bladder whatever.
/ further swear am paid nothing
directly or indirectly for this affidavit.
and II some other poor sufferers are
cured by means of reading what cured
me feel that am we'll paid for the
testimonial. LEWIS COLEMAN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this oath day OF December, 1910.
(SeaD. N. T. CHERRY.
Circuit Clerk.
Never accent substitute.
For Sale by, I. G. Reeves, 1876 Main
ST.. and other Keokuk dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
Resolution No SO.
May 2, 1912, 9 a. m.

May 2, 1872. 3 a. m.
BE 1T RESOLVED, BY the City
Council of the City of Keokuk. Iowa:
That 1t is necessary and advisable
to make the following improvements,
to-wit:
Construct an eight-inch tile sanitary
sewer in the alleys through blocks
145, and III to connection with the
main sewer in the alley through block
ia; also through block 144 to con-
nection with the main sewer in the al
ley through block 11s; and through
blocks 80 and 1913 to connection with
the main sewer near the intersection
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08

The splendid work of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets is daily
coming to light. No such grand rene
dy for liver and bowel troubles was
ever known before. Thousands bless
them for curing constipation, sick
headache, biliousness, jaundice and in
digestion.
Sold by Wilkinson & Co. Pharmacy.
and j. F. Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
EVERYBODY WAS
CRAVING NECK
Some Joker Started Report That
steeplejack Was Climbing
Washington Monument.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. 1
WASHINGTON, May S.-About
5000 people, more or less, suffered
strained necks. stood out in drizzl-
ing rain for two hours and suffered
ruined dispositions as well as
clothes-all because SOME joker start
ed a wild report that steeplejack
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
Tohacco sion Rurned

WAUKEGAN, Ill, May s.--A hand
some new warning TO tobacco stink
pets" erected by Oyerseer yolvia of
Zion City, was a heap of ashes today.
Zion City smokers are believed to
have burned the large sign.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
seidei for President.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
MILWAUKEE. Wis, May s--The
Wisconsin delegation of eight to the
national socialist convention at In
dianapolis May II will vote solidly for
E2-Mayor Seidel of this city for the
presidential nomination, it was an
nounced today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
He Wants Something.

HARRISBURG. Pa. May s.-John j.
McDevitt, Wilkesbarre's millionaire
for day, says he will ask today's
democratic convention TO give him the
nomination for congressman at large
or delegate at large or both.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
Too Poor to Mary.

ST. LOUIS, May s.-Adolphus
Busch III. son of the multi-milIionaire
brewer, denies the rumor that he is
tc marry Ethel Kelly. the actress, sis
ter of Mrs. Frank Gould Young Busch
says he has not enough money to sup
port wife,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08
and escaped with iewelry valued at
$1,000.

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Chamberlain's Liniment drives away
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relief.
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and J. F. Kiedafsch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-08

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets will clear the sour stomach,
sweeten the breath and create a
healthy appetite. They promote the
flow of gastric juice, thereby induc-
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Sold by Wilkinson & Co. Pharmacy.
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