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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-23
GOVERNOR DENEEN
SPEAKS RIGHT OUT
Charges Third Party Men In His
State With Trying to Destroy
i the Republicans.

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PANA, III, Aug. %. 23.-Excoriating
Judge Dunno because of his alleged
misrepresentation Of the state gov
ernment, and denouncing the progress
sive party leaders in Illinois for their
alleged attempt in putting UP a
spite" ticket to destroy all responsi-
bility of party in this state, Governor
Deneen IN the first speech of the
campaign here today left no room for
doubt as to his stand on the issues OF
the day.
He declared that the bipartisan
combine which has been fighting him
for years, is aiding Judge Dunno In
his candidacy for governor on the
democratic ticket
He charged that the leaders of the
progressive party in the state forced
the third ticket on the voters in or
der TO destroy the republican party.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-23
Workman Caught by all Of Earth
While In caisson, Thirty-fivc
Feet Below the River
Surface.
CHI LoRoFoRM IS USED.
Rescuers Work Frantlcally to Save
Him While He Sleeps Peaceful
" While Under Drug
Influence.

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PEKIN, Ill, Aug. 2s.-Imprisoned
In the bottom of caisson thirty-five
feet below the surface OF the Illinois
river, ]. l.. Smith, laborer, was
sleeping under the influence Of chlor-
oform this morning while rescuers
were working frantically to save him.
1t Is feared that he cannot be taken
out alive.
Smith, whose home is in Pennsyl-
vania, was caught late yesterday aft
ernoon in an earthfall and 1t Is be-
lieved that his legs are held by rib
Of the caisson structure. The inn
prisoned man was working with three
other men in compressed air trap
at the bottom Of the caisson which is
being used In the construction Of the
Northwestern railroad bridge here.
Smith today begged rescuers to
shoot him and end his suffering. He
was caught at four o'clock yesterday
afternoon when a leak in the COM
pressed air trap allowed the caisson
to settle into the loose gravel. Smith
was alive at noon and it was hoped he
would be rescued before night.
Early today Smith was given chloro.
form to ease his pain by rescuers who
worked frantically in relays In an ef.
fort to save him. Owing to the high
air pressure they can remain In the
trap only a short time.
Shortly before noon Smith became
CONSCIOUS anu ate a sandwich and
smoked cigarette. He conversed
with the rescuers and appeared cheer
full but screamed with pain when they
attempted to lift him out.
Smith came here from Pennsylvania
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-23
Cedar Raplds Blaze.

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. 23.--
Fire starting in the cob room Of the
Jackson Grain Company plant, the
largest In the city, at o'clock had
done damage to the extent Of $4,000
and was spreading, endangeripy the
S500,000 warehouse Of the Warfield,
Pratt, Howell Company, wholesale
grocery. The tents and temporary
structures of the Worthen and Allen
Carnival Company, three blocks away,
We're set on fire by flying sparks and
will probably be entirely consumed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-23
Weather Conditions.

The depression, which was central
ir the Lake Superior region yesterday
has moved to the st. Lawrence valley
Its passage being attended by only
light showers in the eastern portion OF
the country, and little change in tenn
perature.
The southwestern depression re
mains stationary in Arizona. where
the temperature rose to JOG yesterday,
and there have been showers in Texas.
Conditions indicate fair weather
for this section tonight and Saturday,
becoming slightly warmer Saturday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-23
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity: Fair to-
night and Saturday
For Illinois Fair tonight and Sat
Iurday. Slightly warmer Saturday
north and central portion.
For Iowa. Fair tonight and Satur.
day. Warmer east portion Saturday
For Missouri: Fair tonight and Sat
urday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-23
Patent Medicines.

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WASHINGTON, August 23-Presl-
dent Taft this afternoon signed shir-
ley bill prohibiting false labelling of
patent medicines as to their Snrative
value.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-23
Jimmie Garfield.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 20. Jas.
r. Garfield today denied that the In
vestigation of the Standard Oil Co,
by the bureau of corporations was In
nuenced in any way by the refusal Of
Standard oil officials to make a second
contribution to the Roosevelt cam
paign fund in 1904.
Il know nothing whatever about the
contributions, Garfield said. II was
in charge of the Investigation that was
being made OF the Standard by the
bureau Of corporations, but the mat
ter of campaign contributions had
nothing to do with that. The investi-
cation had been begun and we simply
went ahead with it. do not know
the date of the alleged refusal of the
contribution about which Mr.. Arch
bold testified; cannot say whether
our investigation was begun before or
after do know, however, that the
Issue Is as clear as bell in this con.
tention. The Penrose-democratic com
bination is simply an attempt by the
roactionaries In both parties to befog
the third party atmosphere. There's
nothing to it whatever
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-23
Daily River bulletin.
River Forecast.

The river will reach stage of sew
en- feet, at Keokuk by Saturday morn
ing, and begin to fall slowly Sunday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-23
Conductor erapped With Him and
Bandit Was Shot In the Breast
by HIs Own Re
voIver.
HELD UP MAIL CAR
Calmly Made Three Messengers Tie
Each Other up and Then Went
Through Registered
Pouches

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TOPEKA, Kansas. Aug. 2S.-An un-
identified robber who rifled the regis.
tered mail sacks on the Union Pacific
passenger train No. 101, and Was later
shot by discharge from his own re-
volver. Is In a hospital here, probably
fatally wounded. Early today he had
not regained consciousness and his
name had not been learned
The robber boarded the train at
Kansas City. Entering the mail car,
he covered three mail clerks and
forced them to tie each other up. AZ
ter robbing the registered mall sacks
he entered Pullman and paid for a
berth. When no mail was thrown off
at Lawrence. Kansas, suspicions were
aroused and kilograms sent ahead OF
the train to Conductor M. e. Smith
led him to investigate the mysterious
Messenger. Smith was covered by
ths robber when he looked into his
his berth, but quickly grasping his
wrist, he turned the revolver to point
toward the robbers own body. Pas
sengers wers thrown into a panic,
but the danger was over when the
robber shot himself.
Clew to Identity.
TOPEKA, Kas., Aug. pa letter
found In his clothing today has given
the first clew to the identity OF the
daring robber who last night entered
ftfia mail car Of the Union Pacifie,s st
Louis-Colorado limited train between
Kansas City and Lawrence, compell
ed the mail clerks to bind one an
other, looted the registered pouches
went to bed on the train and later wae
shot, probably fatally, in his berth
with his own revolver in struggle
with the conductor
A letter found on the robber was
addressed to Mrs. Will Lonsberry,
Medford, Oregon
From the bandits pockets with the
letter were taken the money and jew
els that he had stolen from the regis.
tered pouches. The bullet from his
own revolver entered his body near
the heart and physicians have been
unable to locate 1t.
The mail car was entered here and
the clerks united They said the rob-
Der was the coolest man they ever
saw. He is about 27 years old. bald
and of neat appearance. The clerks
declared he worked with assurance, In
dicating he might have a score of as
sistants at his back, Joking with them
as they tied each other up.
The bandit revived today and told
the postoffice officials ne would never
reveal his identity or where he lived,
as he did not want his relatives to
know OF his crime He Is believed
to be of good family. The only in.
formation he has given is that he was
thrown out Of a Job az a clerk five
months ago. and not being able to
stand the work of laborer tried to
get money by robbing the train.
An examination has shown that the
robber is not seriously wounded. He
lays In bed moaning, my God, why
couldn't | kill myself?'
The registered mail he secured is
estimated as worth $500
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-23

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-23

PARKER NOT SURPRISED
Told the People Long Time Ago All
About the Standard Oil Back.
Ing Colonel Roose-
velt.

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CHICAGO, Aug. 23.-Declarinp that
the appointment of George B. Cortel-
you as head of the republican nation
al campaign in 1904 was Question.
able move," and that the Roosevelt
Penrose controversy is bubble that
indicates the need OF a thorough
dredging Thomas P. Gore, blind SEN
ator from Oklahoma. today said that
the disclosures In the Archbold. Pen
rose-Rooseyelt controversy will re-
suit In the election Of Woodrow VII.
son.
When Cortelyou was chosen to run
the campaign" said Gore, "he was
secretary of commerce and labor and
had more inside information regard
Ing the deeds and misdeeds OF corpor-
ations than any other man. He could
have. If he would, used this informa-
ton as an incentive to big campaign
contributions This charge was made
at the time Of his appointment. The
present investigation is tending to
confirm this charge rather than deny
1t and the disclosures being made be-
fore the senate committee now will re-
suit In the election of Woodrow Will
son by a coalition of democratic and
republican progressive yotes.o
! Nothing New.
| INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 23,-The
story OF the contribution of 100000
by John y. Anchhold of tho STANDARD
Oil company to the republican cam
paign fund in 1904 was told BIZ Judge
Alton b. Parker in speech In Balti-
more four years ago. This was the
declaration of the Judge today, en-
route back to New York, after having
attended the Marshall notification and
spending few days at French Lick.
Ind, with Thomas Taggart.
THE story that the Standard Oil
contributed in the 1904 campaign
through Archhold is not new said
Parker. Il repeated the story of the
100000 contribution to Treasurer
Bliss in political speech four years
ago in Baltimore.
Nor is Colonel Roosevelt's selfserv-
ing declaration to Cortelyou now. In
that same speech l said in effect that
Eit was reported that President Roose-
velt wrote to Chairman Cortelyou to
return the money to the Standard peo-
pie and cautioned my hearers to re-
member should such a letter be pro-
duced by or through him that the
money was not returned to tho star.
ard OIL people but was spent by the
committee, that Cortelyou was not
punished for keeping and spending It.
instead he was rewarded by being
made postmaster general and after
ward promoted to the secretary of the
treasury. These facts ought TO sat
|isfy any mind that the letter was not
written to be obeyed but written for
production for public consumption in
case the contribution be some time
exposed"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-23

subscrIbers Of The Daily cato City
are Served the full Leased Wire Ger.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-23
Local Observations.

Mean temperature, Aug. %, "a.
Highest temperature, 81.
Lowest temperature, G3.
Lowest temperature last night, 60.
FRED q. GOSEWISCfI,
Observer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-14
Take Little Diapepsin Now and
Your Stomach Will Feel Fine
Five Minutes Later.

II your meals don't fit comfortably
or you feel bloated after eating, and
you believe il is the food which nils
you; II what little you eat lies like a
lump of lead on your stomach; II
there ia difficulty in breathing after
eating, eructatlons of sour, undi-
gested food and acid, heartburn,
brash or a belching of gas, you can
make up your mind that you need
something to stop food fermentation
and cure Indigestion.
To make every bite of food you eat
aid in the nourishment and strength
OF your body, you must rid your
Stomach OF poisons, excessive acid
and stomach gas, which sours your
entire meal---interferes with diges-
ton and causes 10 many sufferers Of
Dyspepsfa%sick Headache, Bilious
ness, Constipation. Gripping, etc.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-14
Fairgrounds.

One of Cairo's most pressing needs
ID a public baseball ground for boys
Unlike many other cities. Cairo does
not possess an abundance of vacant
lots suitable for this sport, with the
result that the youngsters must pla.
in the streets or within the narrow
confines of back yards. In order tC
thoroughly enjoy the great Ameri.
can sport, a boy must have a lars
lot. with no windows within throw
ing distance,
Representatives of The Bulletin
toured the city yesterday in ques'
of lot large enough for The Buile
tins School League series. Several
lots were found, but all were under
water, most of them to the depth o.
several feet, The lot in the rear Of
the High School Is not in shape for
baseball. There still is severa'
inches OF water on the surface and II
may be week before the ground
will be in shape,
This property should be filled
either by the city or the school
board, SO that in future high water
periods the boys will not be without
Fairgrounds.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-14
GAS, DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION AND
ALL OTHER STOMACH MISERY GOES

Your case Is no different---you are a
stomach sufferer, though you may
call 1t by some other name; your
real and only trouble Is that which
you eat does not digest, but quickly
ferments and sours, producing al
most any unhealthy condition.
A case of Pape's Diapepsin will
cost fifty cents at any Pharmacy
here, and will convince any stomach
sufferer FIVE minutes after taking a
single dose that Fermentation and
Sour Stomach is causing the misery
of Indigestion.
No matter if you call your trouble
Catarrh of the Stomach, Nervous
ness or Gastritis, or by any other
name---always remember that a GER
tain cure is waiting at any drue
store the moment you decide to be-
gin its use.
Pape's Diapepsin will regulate
any out-of-order Stomach within
FIVE minutes and digest promptly
without any fuss or discomfort, all
Of any kind Of food you eat.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-14
NO WEEK END VISIT FOR HIM
How o. Henry automatically Evaded
Trip That Was Not to
~ His Liking.

/ Wherever one gees. one hears a new
story OF 0. Henry. Every one in maya.
zine circle knows him, and most had
had al personal experience of two.
Somehow, every story Eliminates the
man. I They are not merely humorous
tales, but through them one catches a
glimpse Of his characterlstics-his
broad humanity. or his generosity, or
his love OF the city. Robert L. Davis,
editor Of the Munsey magazines, re-
called the other day that one one oc-
casion he went a-visiting with 0. Hen
ry. down on Long Island.
ut was a very hot day" said Davis.
I'VE had climbed an everlasting hill.
Another greater hill stretched before
us. The sun was disk Of brass, and
dust and heat and clicking insects
rose from the ground. We sat on a
fence to rest.
els there anything else can show
your asked him.
Yes said Henry, wiping his fore
head Show me a return ticket to
New York"
On one occasion he had promised to
spend the week end with Gilman Hall
at his country place In Jersey. Mr..
Hall had invited him several times
When Henry finally accepted, Hall
gave him the most precise directions
Take the three o'clock train on Fri
day afternoon" said Mr. Hall. land ]
will meet you with the carryall at the
station"
At II o'clock on Friday morning Mr.
Hall was called to the telephone In his
country home. The boy at the rail-
road station droningiy informed him
that there was telegram for him.
signed 20. Henry"
Read it." commanded Mr. Hall, and
the boys sleepy voice buzzed over tbs
wire.
New York" be read, "Twenty-third
Street Substation, Western Union Tel
egraph Company, 1O:30 a. m. AID
dressed, Gilman Hall. Far Out, N. j.
Dear Hall: have missed the three
o'clock train. Signed, o. Henry
Neither Henry nor Hall ever re
ferred to the telegram or the evaded
visit In their subsequent talks.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-14
Belasco's Idea Of Venom,

An actor, at the Players club In
New York, praised David Belasco.
"You can't make a silk purse out
OF sow's ear" he said, but Mr..
Belasco, time and again, has made a
skillful and fiery artist out OF cold
and awkward amateur.
mfr. Belasco has a happy way, at
rehearsals, Of driving home his points.
Thus. one day, he wasn't satisfied with
the contempt that leading lady was
putting into certain speech.
More contempt he said. More
spite! More venomv
"Oh, / cant do any better than I
am said the lady.
Rubbish! or course you can
cried Mr., Belasco. Hiss the lines as
you'd hiss the word 'Musquash, II you
saw lady friend In great, long,
imitation sealskin coat New York
Sun.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-14
The Rule If the Sea

Whence came the rule of "womer
and children first?" Not from ma
ture, since the survival of the fittesi
is the declared law In the brute
world. At least the evolutionary
philosophers declare It, although
there are certain animals that de
fend the females and young of the
flock. There is no record of ship
wreck In ancient times In which the
men sacrificed Themselves for the
women and children. In China the
rule sFthe men first. on the theor,
that they are of more value to the
community.
1t is probable that the custom
that now prevails OF the strong sac.
rifieing themselves for the weak
dates from the age OF chivalry
Whether this Is or Is not the case, II
Is certainly a development of Chris.
tian civilization. II Is a product Of
the gospel Of self sacrifice, q spirit.
ual inheritance from him who said
Greater love hath no man than
this4-that man lay down his LII,
for his friend.
Never was the rule more beautl
fully exemplified than in the sinking
Of the Titanic. To the glory of tn,
American nation, most of the mel
who cheerfully gave their lives ii
obedience to this law of love wer
our own countrymen. With scarce
ly an exception, there was none 0
the dlsagreeable scrambling that ha
marked other wrecks. With sci
composure, even with Jest an
laughter. these gentlemen ur
afraid saw the ladies and the littl
ones safe In tho boats and calml
awaited their fate. -
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-14

Woodrow Wilson, democrat IS
me OF Americas most fortunately
unMeky men Four times during his
life he has had fine career blasted
and prematurely closed and has had
to step into something better.
When Wilson was a young mar,
he studied law, and opened an office
in Atlanta, where, had he remained,
he might have risen To eminence
and acquired a big business manu-
featuring loopholes for corporations.
But he knew so much about history
that he was compelled 10 give up the
law and go back to Princeton Uni
yersity where he remained for sew
eral years teaching and writing. H.
was beginning to get reputation as
n historian, TO say nothing of a check
every few months from some publish
| ing house, when another great mis-
fortune struck him down. He had
10 give up history and become col
lege president.
Undiscouraged by this, Wilson
pulled himself together and ran
Princeton College for almost twenty
years He was beginning to be req
erenced for his prospective gray
hairs by the college body, when in
1910 he received another jolt. He
was compelled 10 resign az president
of Princeton and become Governo.
of New Jersey: and once more with
his new work just begun has had &c
lay it down and go after the presi-
dency of the United States.
Woodrow Wilson was born in Vir-
ginia Sc years ago aud If he should
be elected, viii be the eighth native
born Virginian to load his furniture
on the Alexandria ferry and sir
Copyright, 1912, by {
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-14
Ono Leg on tho Ground Always.

In 1872 Gov. Leland Stanford of
California had an argument, which
ended in a bet, with friend, wheth-
or horse ever has four legs of the
ground at the same moment while
running.
Eudweard Maybridge, an English
man and a photographer, had become
Interested and put up twenty-four
cameras on the race track, 30 ar
ranged that the horse would have to
break the strings The individual
pictures were all of even sine. He
pasted these together. then used the
toy known as "zeotrope," and 1t was
found that all four feet never leave
the ground except in jumping.-By
the Narrator.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-14
PRAISE OF ATHLETICS.

While sometimes excessive,
sometimes unethical, sometimes
III directed, sometimes profess
sional, sometimes tending to Sc
rioua evil, yet athletics are good
for men and Tor women. for
young and for old Competitive
athletics In all forms and In all
places are good In spite Of some
bad elements and some bad con-
I coInitants, exactly MS summer Ii
| good In spite of Its electric
. storms and cyclones and winter
Is good In spite OF its excessive
freezIngs and thawings. Ath-
letics are therefore to be accept
ed as we accept the seasons,
seeking to overcome and remedy
harmful defects, Just as we seek
to provide against excessive heat
ind cold, against droughts and
storm and food in the physical
world. The physical exercise
which belongs to the play side
Of human nature is fundamen-
\ tai necessity In the production
Of the kind Of manhood which
! IL to dominate the earth.--Sam-
uel b. Mccormick, Chancellor
University OF Pittsburgh.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-14
Its Effect Upon Her.

80 Maud" exclaimed the young
man, his eye atiame and his voice vi
brating with excess Of emotion, ever
since | have known the meaning of.
the word love have applied II to you.
and you only. Your image Is enshrin-
ed in the Utmost recesses Of my hearth
With you by my side could be happy
on a desert island! Without you.
paradise itself would be bowling
wilderness! In every fiber of my be-
Ing, with every breath l draw, every
throb Of my heart, love-"
Take a rest. Lionel" interposed
the maid: you shoot off that bunk at
every girl you meet"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-14
Presidential Possibilities
WOODROW WILSON
By GEORGE FITCH
Author Of AT Good ola Siwash,"

across into the White House, He is
n studious man With large hand
carved face, George AIDE lips, and
scholastic reinforced eyes. He is a
acknowledgement of words, and
when he is discussing the theories
of government, has to be translated
to democratic precinct leaders by
some personal friend Of the diction-
airy,
Wilson lett the law because ne
knew so much of history; he lett
history because lie knew SO much
about teaching. he left college be
cause he knew 20 much politics. and
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-14
naaRsIIsta Of ,hs stone ACE.

Some large bas-reliets dating from
the Stone Age have just been daa-
covered at Lanosel. In tho French prov
sDcs Of Dordogne They are sculp'
tured on the rock OF shallow grot'
to, and solely represent animals. 1t Ia
thought that the primitive sculptors
probably refrained from Introducing
the human figure In art by q tabu
similar to the present Mohametan
tabu on such representation. The
animals shown In the relieis are rein
deer, oxen, bisons, and huge horse
Of prehistoric dimensions.