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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
ON A SPREE
WAS GLAD TO RETURN

of brand new picket fence. He tried to
squeeze between two cottages and
punched one off It's foundations A
back porch displeased him and be
threw it forty feet The owner called
the police
The officers came in patrol wagon
and Sergeant Clancy led the attack.
When Nero saw the officers, he
thought, because of their uniforms,
they were his keepers and trumpeting
joyfully he started toward them.
run" shouted officer Clancy, mis-
taking Nero's intentions.
Down the street at mad gallop
went the patrol wagon with Nero a
close second and gaining at every
/ Jump. When the wagon passed the
circus tent Nero's keepers sighted
their long lost charge. One Of the
women performers ran INFO the street
and shook her finger at the galloping
pachyderm, crying:
Naughty boy. come here this min
ute"
Nero followed the girl docileiy 'ntn
the tent while the "coppers" tried to
square themselves with the circus
officials for stealing" the elephant.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
SEVEN EXECUTIONS
IN CALIFORNIA
Not Enough Sentiment Against capI
tai Punishment Has Been Shown
by Public.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
SACRAMENTO, Cal, Aug. 20 Fall
ure Of a movement to abolish the
death penalty in California to arouse
the public will cost the lives Of seven
convicted murderers awaiting execu-
ton in states prisons, according to
announcement by Governor Johnson
today
From time to time Johnson has
been reprieving these men in the hope
that the public would show a desire
to abolish the death penalty by Initial
ing such a provision, The agitation
which has been going on for severa
weeks. has brought only a few thous
and signatures, however, and today
Johnson announced that the seven
convicted murderers must die. The
/ first executions will be on September
6 when Alexander Szafsear anf
i George Fugueroa will be hanged. The
other executions will follow one
week apart.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
Nothlno But Massacres.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. j
VIENNA, Aug. 20.-several thou
sand Turks who have massacred the
inhabitants of whole villages in North
ern Albania are themselves threaten
ed with determination today Support
ed by a strong force or Montenegrins
the Albanian rebels have them PEN
ned in the town Of Berana and are at
tacking them ON all sides, Reinforce
ments cannot reach them and they
must speedily surrender or be over
wheimed. Enraged by recent Turkish
brutalities, the rebels swear they vii
kill the last man.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
Nero Cot Lost and Gould Not
Locate the Circus Tent
and Home.

United Press Leased Wire service.l
CHICAGO, August 2o,-Lost in a
great city" or "the hunters hunted"
was the title of the near tragedy en-
acted on the south side here early to-
day
Nero, a six ton elephant belonging
to circus playing here, grew tired Of
being tied to a stake. so he pulled UP
the stake and wandered away. After
wandering for an nour, doing great
work for the cause of temperance
among the midnight sons who en-.
countered him on their way home
Nero lost his way. He wanted to get
back to his tent but couldn't seem tc
locate it, Nero grew alarmed. He
| dashed madiy to and fro He grew
peeved and kicked down half blocl
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
FISH BALL WHICH COST
100000 IN COLD CASH

apartment into bower and myriad
electric lights illuminated the place,
while throughout the ballroom, and
the grounds, electric fountains sent
three-colored streams high into the
air.
The servitors all were dressed in
correct Louis XVI livery with powder
ed wigs, and nothing was out OF har'
mony. The guest list though gave the
def to Mr. Nicolls and his new two
thirty eight" Of the elite, for there
we're exactly 400 hidden to the dance
Preceding the dances by the guests
there were dances by professionals
and it was then that thousands OF mul
ti.colored butterflies and many snow
white doves We're liberated and fut
tered in a cloud about me room
some of the doves escaped into the
grounds, as did a few butteriiies
MANY of the latter, though pea
aeainst the electric bulbs until they
fell exhausted to the floor and were
seized as souvenirs
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
CODE OF MORALS
WAS ADOPTED
Anything Artificial ls UnbecomIna De-
clare Members of the
w. C. T. U.

limited Press Leaseu Wire Service,l
MILWA UKEB, Wis, Aug. 2o.--A
code of morals with regard to femin-
inc attire was adopted today by the
local branch OF the Women's Christian
Temperance Union as the starter Of a
widespread move of reform in this
city. The following is contained in
the code"
Anything artificial is unbecoming
Tight, form-ftting gowns and peek
a-boo waists are tabooed.
Short skirts are hygenic, but II toe
Short become vulgar.
LaRe hats are unbecoming.
Paints, rouge and eyebrow blachlng
are intollerable
A small amount of face powder is
not Objectionable.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
.DEBS IS R|LED
OVER THAT BALL
Predicts That American Four Hundred
Is Going to Destruction by
Means Of Elaborate
Functions.
SOMETHING IS WRONG
Display Of Fabulous Luxury Next Door
to Where Many Poor People
Are Struggling for
Existence.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Aug 2O.-"An
exhibition Of heartless defiance OF the
misery of the Masses" is what Eu-
gene v. Debs socialist candidate for
president, termed the butterfly ball
given by Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish at New
port, in commenting on the affair to-
day. Debs said:
The social function of swell society
under our modern plutocracy bears a
striking historic analogy to the same
function Of the ruling patricians of
ancient Rome, and of the royalty of
France just preceding the bloody revo-
luton. Wealth concentrated in the
hands of the few as the fruit of the
exploitation Of the masses must In
evitably contain within itself the ele-
ments of its own destruction. The
vulgar, brutal, reckless extravagances
of the extremely rich are the symp-
toms OF social disease and decay.
The Seeley dinners and the mon
lkey parties foreshadoT to impending
doom of our modern aristocracy.
"The latest exhibition OF morbid
self-conceit and heartless defiance o.
the social misery of the masses was
4 given by Mrs Stuyvesant Fish in hel
i Newport farewell function. The de
scription of this riotious affair is vel
calculated to impress upon thoughtful
people the fact that there Is some
thing radically wrong In countr.
in which display Of such fahulou
luxury is made within a stones throy
!, iof where hundreds Of thousands &
. human beings, men. women and chi
dren are struggling for existence, an
the great mass of them are doomed t
go over the Niagara OF poverty, dow
!, into the abyss from which none ma
escape.
"The lesson Of the Mrs. Stuyvesar
Fish affair and similar social affair
will not be lost upon all the peopl'
: For my own part ! thank the plut'
, Ecracy for helping socialism to open tn
eyes of the people to the meaning (
. the present system, and arousin
them to the necessity of re-organizin
society upon basis of equal freedol
!. and justice to all"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20

INFORMATION
Three Insurgents Called and Had a
Social Chat With Former
Secretary to tho
President.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.--In the
minority caucus room Of the house
office building today, National Repub-
lican Chairman Charles D. Hilles con-
ferred with the republican members
OF the house. The meeting was for
the purpose OF giving ali those re-
publican congressman who cared to
do SO, an opportunity 70 give Hilles'
suggestions for carrying on the Taft
campaign.
There was notable absence Of
}progressives. Representative McKin-
ley, Tafts pre-convention manager.
vigorously denied that the purpose OF
Hilles' visit was to Smoke OUT the
progressiyes.
There Is nothing to the report that
Mr.. Hilles came here to force repub
licans to come out and declare them
selves with respect to presidential
candidates" Mckinley declared. "He
came here to get some campaign sug
gestions, and | think we will givs
|, him lot of valuable Information be
. fore he goes away
i FIilles announced this afternoon tina
{ George r. Sheldon would be treasure
, Of the national republican committe
; during the campaign, Sheldon acte
in a similar capacity in 1903.
!. Hilles had breakfast with the pre-
ident and went over campaign plan
$ with his chief.
Ell About thirty-five republican CO.
al gressmen saw Hilles in the course I
!. the afternoon.
4 Only three congressman who al
!. commonly classed as insurgents, cal
ed on Hilles. They were Represen
;. atives Reese of Kansas and Hauge
:. and Woods of Iowa. Woods can
early and hurried away. Reese shoe
! hands with Hilles and departe
: Haugen had short chat with IL
) chairman but said their talk was on
!. social and had no political signi
cance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
Four Hundred People Enjoy 1t
Together With White Doves
and Butterflies.

United Press Leased Wire service.]
NEWPORT. r. l.. Aug. 20--Debut-
sntes and danes alike today were ex-
hilolting gorgeous butterflies, some
aiiVe and some dead, as souvenirs
u Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish's s100,S00
LOUIS XVI ball, while the urchins OF
Nswport We're hunting for stray
wiiite doves that ESCAPED from the
mock liberated in the costly ballroom.
carpenters worked on the temporary
vance hall for one month and then
e'ec,ricians worked on 1t three weeks
soiowed by an army of decorators
"ao were busy for a week.
1rowing flowers transformed every
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
peba VIII stump.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 20
Opening with a speech at Fergus
Falls, MINI. Aug. 81, Eugene v.
Debs, socialist candidate for presi-
dent, will make campaign tour
which will cover the country from
coast to coast, it was announced to-
day. Debs will speak in Washington
and California and swing back
through Arizona, Texas and Okla
homa. He will then visit the central
western states and wind up the trip
at Bridgeport, Conn. Sept. 80, after
a speech in New York the day before.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
Protecting the Indians.

[JJnited Press Leased Wire Service !
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2o.--Charging
that members of the five civilized
tribes in Oklahoma would be swindled
out of their lands and property II the
Indian agencies in their section were
abolished and federal protection re-
moved, Senator Curtis of Kansas urg-
ed the senate to continue those safe
guards. The senate then sent the
Indian appropriation bill, containing a
provision abolishing the agencies,
back to conference.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
MARSHALL IS
NOTIFIED TODAY
Governor Of Indiana Has Been OFF,
ciaIly Told That He ls the
Democratic Candidate for
vlce President.
WILSON NOT PRESENT
Judge Parker Made tho Notification
Address, and Marshall Accepted
the High
Honor.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind Aug. 20
Governor Thomas r. Marshall was
this afternoon notified of his nomina-
tion as vice president on the demo-
cratic ticket. The Hoosier executive
replied in brief speech accepting
the nomination and pledging himself
to the Baltimore platform.
Owing to engagements made before
the date for the Marshall notification
was made public, Governor Woodrow
Wilson was unable to be present to-
day, but he sent his regrets to his
running mate. Chairman McCombs OF
the democratic campaign committee
was also unable to attend
Prominent democrats from every
part OF the country attended the cere
monies, which were held on plat
form erected In front of the indiana
democratic club oposite Universit,
Square.
Thomas Taggart, Indiana membe
!. of the democratic national commi,
tee, introduced Samuel M. Ralston 0
Lebanon, democratic candidate 70
governor of Indiana, who introduce
Judge Alton B. Parker. chairman Q
the notification committee, who mad
the notification speech. Governor Ma
!, shall then replied.
!, Following the notification ceremo1
} les the members of the notificatio
! committee, and distinguished CUES
i, we're taken for short automobi
i ride through the city, thence to Go
! ernor Marshall's home, whore r
y ception was held by the governor ar
d Mrs. Marshall. Previous to the Ger
9 monies there was parade.
r William G. McAdoo, acting chat
1 man of the democratic national cor
e mittee, arrived today from New Yor
e After attending the ceremonies,
will go to Chicago to open headqua
ters. With McAdoo was Joseph
Davies, secretary of the national col
/ mittee.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
TERRIBLE ERROR
MADE BY CUPID
TWO Lives Taken Because Of Love for
One Who Did Not Return
the Fond Affections
Placed.
A GIRL AM A MAJ
Girl Took Poi> First and Then Sol
dler Took Hls Life on Grave
Of the Ono He Had
Loved.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2o.--For the love
OF girl who had killed herself for
the love Of another man. William
Toenyes, drill master at Jefferson
Barracks here, ended his life beside
her grave today.
Pearl Leroy drank carbolic acid be
cause her love for Frank Kehoe was
not returned. Toenyes then told o.
his love for the girl in letter to Q
city detective. stating where his body
would be found.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
BRYAN PREDICTS
ILLINOIS VICTORY
Believes Split Of Republicans Is Wide
Enough to PlN Through
the Ticket.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
SPRINGFIELD, HI, Aug. 2o.-Wil-
liam j. Bryan, who stopped off here
between trains today, in his chautau-
qua tour, declared that the democrats
will have good chance at the polls
in Illinois in November.
"I am not familiar enough with the
situation in the state to make a pre-
diction he said, but should think
the split in the republican party Is
near enough the middle to give the
democrats a good chance. Wilson'S
vote will no doubt add greatly to the
strength of the state ticket"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
representative Austin Is Charged
wI.h Being Champion Of the Wa
ter Power Trust by
Rainey.
TENNESSEE PROJECTS
t,uarrel Of Two congressman Was the
cuInnInation Of Personal ARRAY
Held Recently In the
House.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20 Charged
with being champion of the water pow
or trust" Representative Richard w.
Austin, q republican from Knoxville,
Tenn, was today the subject of an at
tack by Representative Rainey (demo-
crat, Illinois) so violent that 1t star
lied the house. For an hour, with
scathing sarcasm and bitter irony
Rainey lashed Austin. He declared
the congressman had sold a Tennes-
see water power franchise to the trust
and reminded Austin OF the latter's
recent promise in the house to resign
II he was found connected in any
way with monopoly.
Austin was given an hour to reply
to Rainey. The duel between the
two congressman was the prelude In
the house today to real business. The
house met two hours earlier than
usual for the set-to.
Rainey opened his attack with a gen.
eral broadside against the trust" He
then declared that Austin was urg
ing the house to pass bill giving five
valuable power franchises In Tennes
see. to the Tennessee Hydro-Electrie
Company. Rainey charged that Aus
tins friends were the real beneficiar
les
No member Of this house. said tn
Illinoisan, is on closer terms Of bust
ness relationship with Representatives
Of the greatest water power trust thai
the gentleman from Tennessee. Th'
trail from his congressional office
here leads to the office Of Washing
ton water power lobbyist and promo'
er, to the office of Charles Fl. Treat
former United States treasurer, to TIL
Office OF Cromwell and Sullivan, dea'
ers in water power properties, to tn
Kuhn banking firm OF Pittsburgh, We
ter power bankers, and to ]. P. MOI
gan and Company, bankers of tn
General Electric Company. Mr.. Austi
conducted part Of his correspond
ence on stationery furnished him fre
by the house"
The quarrel today between the rel
resentatives was the elimination {
the personal affray held recently
the house, when Rainey blocked col
sideration of the Tennessee Hydr'
Elecric Company franchise bill, whic
Austin wished passed.
Quoting court records as his autho
ity, Rainey charged Austin with 8
curing large profits by selling his !
terest In the Knoxville Water Pow,
company for s15o.0oo to the trust
He said Austin was recorded as 6
incorporation of the Knoxville compar
In 1901, when Austin was Unite
States marshal.
Reading from the court transcrir
Rainey said Austin received 1920
IN stock and $4,000 in bonds for
Investment of s21.50. Later he sal
Austin shared In profits of s3S,0Oo
1T Is singular coincidence sa
Rainey. that after he became Int
ested as a member of congress In t
rivers of Tennessee that the effor
to turn over this valuable franchi
TO the water power trust at considt
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
Rahx ON pooraten

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.1
ST. PAUL. MINI, Aug. 20.-Wrap-
ped in a silk coat healthy two
months old baby boy was found today
on the doorstep of the home of Faith
er Quinn, pastor of ST. Patricks' Cath
olic church.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
Chinese pirates.

HONG KONG, Aug. 2o.-Chinese
pirates landed on British territory
near here today. shot a sergeant and
two soldiers in Hindoo regiment,
cracked a safe, stole $1,000 from It.
confiscated quantity Of arms and
ammunition and escaped.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
old Plckpocket.

GUnfted Press Leased Wire service.l
NEW YORK. Aug. 2o.--George Ara
now, manufacturer, pointed out a
prisoner in court here, as the same
man who robbed him fifteen years
ago and had tried to pick his pocket
yesterday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
A,aslean Home Government.

rJJnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2o.--An agree
ment on the Alaskan home govern
ment' bill was reached by senate and
house conferees. They will recon-
mend that house and senate be pro-
vided for the territory, The senate
receded from its demand that only
one body should compose the territor
ial machinery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
cemetery superIntend nts.

United Press Leased Wire Service
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug 2O.-Fol
lowing closely upon annual conven
tions in this city of physicians, insur
ance men, druggists and coroners, the
twenty-sixth annual convention of thu
American Association of cemeter.
Superintendent was formally begun
here today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and Vicinity: General
ly fair tonight and Wednesday. Slight
ly cooler tonight.
For Illinois: Fair north; showers
south portion this afternoon and to
night. Slightly cooler tonight Wed,
nesday fair
For Iowa: Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday, Slightly cooler to
night, east and south portion
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
Weather Conditions.

The movement of the depression,
which was central in Minnesota yes
terday, to the northeastern coast was
attended by showers in the upper
Mississippi and Ohio valleys, the lake
region and northeastern states the
rainfall being heavy at New York,
while the pressure remaining high IN
the southeastern states caused high
temperature in the central valleys.
A field of high pressure in the
northwest extends over the northern
mountain and plateau regions this
morning, where showers are followed
by generally fair, cooler weather and
these conditions indicate generally
fair, somewhat cooler weather fol
this section tonight and Wednesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-20
Butter 25 Cents.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
ELGIN, ILL.,, Aug 20.-The Elgin
Board OF Trade today fixed the price
Of butter at 25 cents per pound, the
same as last week.
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-06

Abstract Of Title Blanks for sale
at The Commonwealth office.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-06
With the view Of encouraging

, WIN Inc view OF encouraging
the Southeastern farmer TO put
the whole farm to work by intro
ducing beef cattle in the system
Of farming and to give practica laid
in the work, the Southern Rail
way Company has just issued an
attractive booklet giving valuable
instructions on the feeding and
management Of beef cattle The
booklet calls attention to the fact
that only about forty per cent. Of
arabic land of the Southeastern
states IS being used and declares
that by the introduction Of stock
raising the remaining sixty per
cent. could be made TO return
handsome profit and the land
greatly enriched. Prof. r. S. Cur
It's, Of the North Carolina Expert
ment Station. and Prof. Dan r.
Gray, Of the Alabama Expert
mcnt Station, both eminent auth
critics on animal industry, contri-
butte articles to the booklet which
set out in detail the methods to
be pursued in feeding and hand
ling cattle to secure the most pro-
fitable results. The Southern
Railway desires to give this book
let wide distribution throughout
the South, and copies will be glad
" mailed to those interested on
to f. L. Word, Live
Agent, Atlanta, Ga. !
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-06

How unfortunate for a man to
be imbued with a desire to do all
the talking, to the exclusion of
every one around him. He keeps
on telling over and over what he
knows, never listening to hear
others tell what they know, and
consequently never learning any
thing new, You have all me-
such men and women, and didn't
they CRATE on your nerves
though? If a man doesn't want
to do any talking himself, it
is very seldom he wants to listen
to one tongue for several hours
at a time, especially when he has
heard the tonguester tell the
same things a dozen times before.
Lexington Advertiser.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-06
The american farmer has near
v S40OOOOOO0OO investedin his


ly S40,OOO,OOO,OO0 invested in his
business. He produces $4,000
900 of new wealth every day. He
uses hundreds Of millions Of dol
lars Of bank credit every crop
season. But, by reason Of DIR an
tiquated banking system the farm
er bears the burden Of dear mon
ey. He pays more for credit than
the farmer of any other other
great commercial nation. The
lowest money rates in this coun-
try are paid by spectators in the
centers, the highest rates
are paid by the farmer. The high
er the rate for agricultural capital
the higher the cost of production,
the higher the prices Of agricul-
tural products and the higher the
cost Of living. The farmer and
the buyer of the farmers pro-
will both gain by a reform
Of our banking system.-Denyer
Republican.