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The Greeley tribune., 1912-03-07
Workman Loses Fingers

Eaton. March 2-Jo Self, who
depends on the work OF his hands
TO make a living for himself, wife
and seven children, will be badly
haudicapped from now on tecause
or an accident by which lie lost
three of the fingers of his right
hand Thursday. Self was operat-
ing an alfalfa mill when in some
way his hand was caught in the ma
rhinery, crushed and three fingers
we're badly lacerated. County Phy-
sfrlan Peck rushed Self to the Gree
lev hospital where the injured
dIEits were amputated and the
wnunds dressed 1t is believed that
fhe thumb and the first finger OF
the hand may be saved.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-03-07
Train Breaks Down

Evans, March 2.-The south
bound passenger train broke down
between Evans and LaSalle yester-
day morning and an extra engine
was sent out from LaSalle yards
and pulled the train into Denver.
II is said that the engines are now
showing lack of good care as a re-
sult of the strike and that trains
are delayed and stopped frequently
for repairs.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-03-07
Celebrate Birthdays

Mrs. E. ]. Van Osdall entertained
with a dinner Friday which was
rfyen as a celebration of the birth
days Of her two daughters. Mrs.
Edna Craig and Mrs. Frank Ger
rItt who is visiting her. 1t was the
annlversary of Mrs. Craig's birth
and Monday will be Mrs. Gerritts
blrthday. A family dinner was
Given, which was also farewell as
Mrs. Gerritt left today for her home
in Iowa. Mrs. Van OsdalTs grand
daughter, Mrs. A. ]. Casebeer. OF
os Angeles. who has been visiting
here, left yesterday afternoon FOR a
trlp about the state.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-03-07
/ IS
ICED on
FREE LIST
REPORTS, HOUSE
h DEMOCRATS AP-
k,yplNG - MONTHS
hNAL ACTION

,snort on the tarih
No ways and means
y the house places
free list. This pre-
rt, submitted Friday naa
tilted by a democratic
live Underwood, who
urt at the direction OF
said that the eject
i, ratified by the house
ID, would be to reduce
ent revenues ABOUT
annually and to reduce
ugar to the consumer
ts a pound.
iuary report was ex-
days ago. 1t was
Iasbington that the re-
sce sugar on the free
\ doubted that the
Be removed altogether.
places the matter OF
barely before congress.
he passed on by the
Sole, after which 1t will
late, which body, In
er it to the proper
the senate makes any
is schedule, the entire
be referred back to a
Immittee of members
he and senate. In any
be months before the
he president, so that
bne at this session will
h on the industry In
this season.
gar company does not
kny immediate results
" the action at the an
held in Denver re-
hree factories in Weld
kllotted their usual al
tepairs, about $4,000
reage this year will he
rording TO preliminary
re are already some
1000 acres contracted
many as were grown
Ind it is expected that
ousands will be plant
beets from Montana
fned down by the fac
ecause they expect to
beets that they can
in this district.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-03-07
Has -Four Ounce Egg

Mrs. Ida Henderson. who lives l."
the Gipson district. has on exnloi-
ton an egg which weighs 1our
ounces and says this is not an uh-
usual production from her mock Oh
BLACK Minorcas. Mrs. Henderson
had one-half dozen which weighea
lS ounces. This will be considereo
exception when it is known that IL
dozen average eggs 1requeh'''
weigh no more than 16 ounces.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-03-07
Eaton Team After Laurcls

school basket ball team played in
Cheyenne last night and tonight
will meet Laramie in that city.
With but two games lost out of the
twelve played this season the Eaton
five have made splendid showing.
Last year the Eaton team was de-
clared the champion one of the state
and it looks as if it might carry Off
the laurels again this season.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-03-07
Mfsa Gale Entertains

Miss Jessie Gale entertained the
meu1bers Of the Good Times cluo
AZ her home Thursday evening. Inc
Stub members are pupils OF the htth
and sixth grades at the training
srhool Of the State Teachers col
Iere. Tho children spent merry
evening.
The Greeley tribune., 1912-03-07

New Citizen Arrives
Ault, March Born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ted Kelly. at 8 o'clock Friday
morning, son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-01
Opportunity VIII be Given for Others
to Join This Organization Before
Charter List is
Closed.
GET IN ON THE CLEANUP
Mrs. Il. T. Herrlck and Miss Elsie
Buck are the Membership Com
mittee and VIII Receive
Signatures.

The following Is a list Of the char
ter members of the civic club for wo>
men which was organized Saturday
afternoon. The charter list will be
held open until after the next meeN
ing at which time the club will re-
cieve its name, officers will be elected
and bylaws adopted. Mrs. H. T.
Herrick and Miss Elsie Buck form the
membership committee and will re-
cieve signatures:
Mrs. Augusta w. Huiskamp, Mrs. j.
F. Elder, Mrs. Beverly w. Dickin-
son, Mrs. j. N. d. Dickinson. Mrs.
Eugene Baker, Mrs. D. A. Collier,
Mrs. w. ]. Roberts, Mrs. Geo. D.
Rand, Mrs. Harry j. Reeves, Mrs.
G. w. Heller, Mrs. John Elgin, Mrs.
Viola NJ. Hubinger, Mrs. James b.
Diver, Mrs. Hazen l. Sawyer, Mrs.
Hugh l.. Cooper, Mrs. Asaph Buck,
Miss Elsie Buck, Mrs. d. B. Hills,
Mrs. Mary Miller, Mrs. William Bal
linger, Mrs. James Huiskamp, Miss
Minnie Olive Hill, Miss Florence Hill,
Mrs. James Cameron, ST., Mrs. w.
j. Vim, Mrs. John Rovane, Sr., Mrs.
John H. Craig, Miss Sadie Marion
Becker, Mrs. Joseph j. Ayres, Mrs.
H. T. Herrick, Mrs. n. H. Trimble,
Miss Helen Trimble, Miss Eleanore
Brown, Miss Eta Ayres, Mrs. B. c..
Taber, Miss Rachel Roberts, Mrs. H /.
o. Whitney. Mrs. John Dewitt, Mrs.
T. R. Board, Mrs. Ira w. Wills,
Mrs. j. G.. Haubert, Miss Martha
Hornish, Mrs. j. B. We'll, Mrs. g.
NJ. Rich, Miss Mary G. Jackson,
Miss Lucy Elder, Mrs. Collingwood
Tucker, Mrs. N. H. Pyle, Miss Ann
Davis. Mrs. Frank NJ. Fuller, Mrs.
Edgar R. Cpcrane, Mrs. John R
Irwin, Mrs. Chandler Carter Miss
Elizabeth Collier, Mrs. William Log
an, Mrs. Julia Alexander, Miss Mar
/ garet McGaughey, Mrs. j. y, Candy
Mrs. John Culberts9n, Miss Effit
Hutchinson, Mrs. John M. French
Miss NJ. inertia Mitchell, Miss sallie
Carver, Mrs. G.. C.. Brownell Mis-:
Marion Becker, Mrs. C. H. Fegers
Mrs. F. w. Agnew, Mrs. Geo. w
Ewers, Mrs. G. A. Mcnamara, Mrs
II. Montgomery, Mrs. Ida c. Cheno
! with, Miss Bertha Horne, Mrs. c.. R
Joy. Mrs. C. F. Mcfarland. Mrs
James Young, Mrs. J. w. Townsend
Mrs. l.. E. Scott, Mrs. F. L. Grn
fey, Mrs. G. S. Merriam. Mrs. Car
RE Hodge, Mrs. j. S. Burrows, Mrs
E. ID. Bishop, Mrs. A. S. Miller
Miss Alice Vermillion, Mrs. r. &
Dorsey, Miss Ida G.. Howell.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-01

on lot one (1) in block seven ca in
said Reid's Addition to the city OF
keokuk.
Section 2. That the city of Keokuk
hereby grants and conveys unto the
Mills Ellsworth Company "a corpora
ton duly organized and existing under
and by virtue of the laws of the state
of Ohio, and engaged in the manufac-
turing business in the state of Iowa),
it's grantees, successors and assigns,
dition to the city OF Keokuk which
abuts upon lot six go In block six
CO. and upon lot one % in block sew
en- ca In said Reds Addition to the
city of Keokuk
Section g. That the mayor Of the
city of Keokuk, j. f. Elder, be and he
lis hereby authorized on behalf of said
city of Keokuk to execute convey
ance to the Mills Ellsworth Company
that part Of &c" street in Reds. Adj
LOT the vacated portion of said street
described in Section One (1) hereof.
| Section 4. That this ordinance
shall be published in THE Daily Gate
City" daily newspaper Of general
circulation in the said city of Keo-
kuk and the same shall take effect
! from and after its publication and ten
| q0) days after its final passage.
Section 5. All ordinances and parts
of ordinances in conflict with the pro.
| visions hereof are hereby repealed.
/ Passed this 26th day of March, A.
D. 1912.
Roll call:
Yeas: Elder, Gray. Schmidt
j. F. ELDER,
Attest: Mayor.
! o. W. sANDBBRG, City Clerk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-01
SPECIAL ORDINANCE NO. ss2.

An ordinance vacating that part of
.C' street insReid's Addition to the
city of Keokuk which abuts upon lot
six (6) in block six Co and upon lot
one Cd in block seven CD in said
Reid's Addition to the city of Keokuk,
and granting the vacated portion of
said &c" street to the Mills Ellsworth
Company
WHEREAS the present factory
plant of the Mills Ellsworth Company
will be damaged or overflowed by the
new water level resulting from the
construction of the dam, lock and dry
dock across the Des Moines Rapids in
the Mississippi river, and
WHEREAS the Mills Ellsworth Com
pany is DESTROYS of relocating said
plant in the city Of Keokuk and en-
larging same, and
WHEREAS that part of &c" street
In Reds Addition to the city of keo.
kuk abutting upon lot six (6) in
block six (6) and upon lot one az in
block seven 90 in said Reds Addi-
ton to said city OF Keokuk Is insult
able, insufficient and unnecessary for
the purposes for which it was origin
ally acquired and the same is not
now used by the public in said city
and is impracticable for public use
and travel thereon, now therefore
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF kEO
KUK:
Section /. That the city OF Keokuk
hereby vacates that part and portion
of Co street in Reid's Addition to the
City of Keokuk, Iowa, which abuts up
on lot six (6) in block six (6) and up
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-01
cofferdam Built to Near Twenty
Feet by the Gauge and Clay Seal
Made Ia Perfect Condition
for Protection.
PREPARED IN JANUARY
Robust Rumors Floating Continually
Are Gross ExasseratIons and
Should be Given no
Attention.

The river kept a trifle above the
thirteen foot line on the government
gauge Saturday and Sunday, which is
two feet below the official flood stage
and six feet below the top of the big
cofferdam protecting the great power
house construction works Of the wa
ter power company.
The top Of the big cofferdam 10
about the 10 feet tenths line OF the
government gauge, and there is no
danger cf the cofferdam being flooded
until the stage of water reaches we'll
above 10 feet by the gauge at Keo-
kuk.
Il wish the fact could be posted up
all over the towns around here said
travelling man who heard it, for
| about every time get off train l
hear that the river has done some
thing to the water power here-some-
body must be trying hard to get into
| the Ananias club, and it is hard to
make people away from Keokuk un.
derstand that ordinary high water
won't flood the whole works and tear
out the dam and make the river take
short cut straight across to Indian
apolis and--but aw! what's the use.''
Finishing Polish Put on.
Enquiries from surrounding towns
do seem to indicate that there are
constant false reports abroad and
very persistent about conditions in
the river here. And sometimes the
reports are no farther away than the
cigar stores on Main street The flood
/ ing of the big cofferdam was compar-
ed by one man to a hanging nobody
really wants to see it, but everybody
talks about it.
men put the finishing polish !, :. the
cofferdam walls Heretofore the top
had been left rather lumpy and rough,
; considerably higher in some places
than in others. Now, the top is as
; smooth as if troweled, as level as a
taut line and as solid as packed clay
} can be made.
Prepared Far Ahead Of Time.
The jetties built out from the long
! wall are acting perfectly, and there
is not the least wash against it;
along the wall is either dead water
or easy eddies, and the clay seal has
not been hurt even little bit, by the
. river to date. This preparedness
dates back to last January when the
river was solid ice.
The original plans contemplated
two drownings of the works. but they
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-01

have been dry as powder to date and
if the cofferdam overflows this year,
some river records will be broken.
If the river makes some new rec
ords during the June rise which Is
due in April this year, and the Golfer
dam is flooded by 20-foot stage of
water, the result will be delay of a
week or SO while 1t is being pumped
out-nothing inside will be really
hurt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-01
FINDS
BOAT AT CANTON
Fishermen Discover Lost Motor Boat
That Had Been Given up as Lost
Early Sunday Morning.

The boat belonging to Fred Weis.
man which was carried down the riv-
er last week was recovered by fisher
men at Canton yesterday morning
Mr.. Weisman went to Canton and
brought it to Keokuk Sunday. 1t was
not damaged by the ice as had been
feared.
Jacob Hubinger, who lost his boat
at the same time, has not yet heard
anything from it and fears that it was
caught in the jam and lost.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-01
THE FUNERAL OF
GEOFFREY GETZ
Was Held at II O'clock this Forenoon
Services Conducted by Rev.
Jacob Nuesch


The funeral of Godfrey Getz, was
held at the undertaking rooms of e.
b. Hawkes. at il o'clock this fore
noon and was attended by number
of his friends. Rev. Jacob Nuesch,
pastor of st. Paul's German Evan
gelical church, conducted the service.
after which the burial occurred at
Oakland Cemetery.
The pallbearers were: Alex Getz,
Roy WEIGH, Eddie WEIGH, H. H. Pay
ton, Peter Mas and Harry Harrison
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets are safe. sure and reliable.
and have been praised by thousands
Iof women who have been restored to
health through their gentle aid and
curative properties. Sold by Wilkin.
son & Co., Pharmacy and j. F. Kied.
aisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-05
KNoTTY QUESTION
TO BE HANDLED
Nj. &. General Conference viii Get
Down to Hard Work on Mon.
day Morning.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
MINNEAPOLIS, May 4.-In full
running order. the twenty-sixth gen.
eral conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal church will resume its business
sessions here Monday. The confer.
ence has been in session for four days,
and already problems which will
make the conference the most import
ant in the history of the church have
been presented for settlement.
Among the questions which have
been presented to the SGT delegates
from all parts of the world are the
following:
To remove the church ban on dane
ing, and other amusements as con-
tanned In a paragraph of the discipline.
To adopt the diocesan system for
bishops.
To reduce the number of church
periodicals to four.
To establish an age limit for bishops
] To create colored bishop.
/ A report from the committee o
episcopacy concerning the number 0
bishops to be superannuated and tn
number to be elected is expected b,
the first part of next week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-05
KINGS Watch In Pawn.

A time-honored London tavern, the
Castle, at the corner Of Cowcross
street. facing Harrington street, en-
joys the unique distinction OF being
also fully-licensed pledge shop.
Over door in the bar, which gives
access to the landlords private room,
and thrown into bold relief by the
official document behind it, the his
toric three-sphered symbol is dis
cernible. Anyone may here negotiate
q loan upon his personal belongings
without being under the necessity OF
first calling for refreshment.
This strange combination OF busi-
ness dates from the reign OF George
w, who, after attending cock fight
at Hockley-in-the-Hole, applied to the
landlord OF the castle for temporary
accommodation on the security OF his
watch and chain.
BY royal warrant a few days later
he invested that obliging boniface
with the right of advancing money or
pledges and from that time down te
the present a pawnbroker's license
has been annually granted to the
Castle. This hosiery is mentioned
once or twice by Dickens.-Stray
Stories.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-05
ONE TRICK OF THE TRADE
Old Meat Dealers Method Of Getting
4 Reputation for Giving Very
Good Weight.

The very latest trick Of the trade
was taught to the young butcher oy
the marketman who gave him his nrst
employment. The old dealer pointed
to trays OF beef, lamb and pork TRIM
mings beneath the counter.
when customers ask to have an
the waste that has been cut from their
own meat wrapped up with their or
der be sure to put in few OF these
trimmings besides" he said. Most al
ways they want the scraps sent home
so they can weigh the whole business
and fiud out whether they are getting
full weight or not. Enough extra
pieces to tip the scales half an ounce
beyond the supposed weight won't
hurt anybody and will give us good
name"
Shortly after that the new clerk
heard one frugal housewife say to an
other: "Oh, Why don't you trade at
Blanks? He gives such good measure;
often almost an ounce more than you
pay for
The clerk smiled.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-05
consciousness. The other two were
dead when found.
PUBLIC IS NOT
VERY CAREFUL
ships Passengers Complained Be
cause Life Boats Occupied So
Much Room.

United Press Leased Wire Service !. ]
NEW YORK May 4-That the
sea-going public has little respect Tor
the precautions taken for its safety
was the declaration of Captain Ran
son of the White Star liner Baltic.
which came in today. He declared
that many of his passenger protesseo
because so much of the deck space
was occupied by life boats and RATS
hurriedly placed on board at Sof-h-
ampton following the news of the
Titanic disaster. SWITCHBOARD and
ocean golf were abandoned and their
devotees, the captain said, voiced their
indignation to him.
The Baltic carried "a large life
boats and some RATS and there was
room for 1910 in them while the ships
company numbered 1,S16.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-05
MInla Arrives Tomorrow.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, May 4.-The cable
ship Nina will reach Halifax Monday
afternoon with Is bodies of Titanic
victims recovered near the scene of
the wreck. This information was
received in a wireless from Captain
De Carferet, forwarded to the White
Star offices tonight. Fifteen prote-
tants. four Catholics and nine Jews.
all unidentified victims. were buried
at Halifax. today. according to mes.
sage sent to the White Star offices by
the Halifax agent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-05
The Guucenhelm VIII.

United Press Leased Wire Service. J
NEW YORK. May 4.-Seyeral hun
dred thousand dollars to relatives and
$4,000 to public and private chart
ties are among the requests in the
will of benjamin Guggenheim, Titan
&c victim which was filed for probate
today. The estimated value of the
fortune left by Guggenheim is ss2.-
100000. His brothers. Simon and
William and his widow are named as
executors and are also to serve as
trustees without bond. Onethird OF
the residary estate goes to the widow
and two-thirds to the children.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-05
Ridiculous.

Edgar A. Brown, the Denver mil.
lionaire who is writing book about
his two years voluntary experiment
as an "out-of-work." said the other
day: Zone trouble about poverty Is
that it makes you ridiculous. You
need shaving, your trousers are firing.
ed at the ends. your coat has hole
in the elbow. Yes, to be poor Is r.
diculous-as ridiculous as being mis-,
quoted In the press" Mr.. Brown
laughed gently. "A friend OF mine,
ne said. was misquoted In the press
last week. My friend. In sociolog'
<ical address. said: Whisky makes
men genial for a time But his "a
vorite paper reported this remark as:
Whisky makes me genial 70, time
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-05

ing to pull wires to prevent such ac-
ton. said tonigh:
AS to the proposed intervention,
VIII say if the United States inter
venes every Mexican, revolutionist
and federal. will turn against America
invaders and fight to the death Am
orleans are safe in the hands Of the
revoiutionists. who are having little
trouble in smuggling arms and ammu-
milton across the border. They also
have plenty OF money. are well fed.
buying cattle from big ranchers In
Chihuahua.
In recent conversation with Gen
eral Orozco, was told that he ex-
poets to rout Madero in the near fu-
ture. Most of the federal army are
unwilling soldiers who have been I'M
pressed into the service"
| Orders to the gunboat yorktown,
now off the Coast of Mexico, were
changed again tonight, and she viii
now follow her original instructions TO
coal in a Mexican port. Several days
/ ago the navy department sent two
vessels and a collier out to intercept
the Yorktown to prevent her entering
any Mexican ports for coaling- 1t was
the understanding then that the ad-
ministration feared the effect a man OF
war might have on the Mexican popu.
lace.
What caused the change of orders
tonight was not made known and Off
Gals refused to see anything signifi
cant in the move. 1t was the belief
however, that the government has de
termined that if England can send
battleships to take care OF Mexican
refugees. America can also. Alread,
peIspIo uesq seq dIQs lIodsueIl an
to the coast for this service.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-05
Strikers Got cIubbed.
TUnited Press Leased Wire Servi

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, May A strike OF
leather workers which until today had
been unnoticed. sprang suddenly into
the limelight late this afternoon. AS
number of non-union workmen filed
out of Stone Brothers Leather Works,
about 200 members of the union were
standing outside. Kisses and shouts
aroused the strike breakers, and a
clash resulted. Two wagonloads of
policemen we're hurried to the scene
of the trouble and after free use of
their clubs succeeded in scattering the
crowd and arresting ten of the offend.
ing strikers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-05
DepeW Is 70.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, May Am celebra-
ton of his seventy.eighth birthday,
former Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew
was honored tonight at the annual
Depew dinner of the Montauk club in
Brooklyn. For twenty-one years this
club has celebrated Depew's birthday
in like manner and tonight the aged
politician and financier was given a
special reception by the grown-up,
voting sons Of men who joined in the
first Of the birthday parties.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-05

misquotation Of my Toledo speech
AS to the Loritner case and his
misleading the people of Illinois.
AS TO the character of election OF
AS TO the character of election OF
delegates for me and for him.
His CHASING me as a reactionary.
because / associated with Cannon and
others in securing legislation to full
fill the republican platform and did
it at his instance.
Reciprocity, when he favored il
before its adoption.
Misrepresentation as to the rail
road bill. !"