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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27
keokuk, Iowa Sept. q, 1912

IOWA.
have roamed over wood lands and
prairies
have seen the fair plains OF the
west,
have stood where the great waves OF
ocean
Were dashing in sprays of seeming
unrest.
/ have found no land that is fairer
No land quite SO fertile as ours
Old Iowa the gem of creation,
The land of sunshine and of flow
ers
Graded between the two greatest
rivers
Where ships might in majesty
Her cornfields are the pride of the
farmer
Her wheat feds are mighty and
wide,
There is balm In the air of the morn
ing
And balm when the evening bells
chime.
There is balm for those that are weary
There is JOY and life in Iowa's
cline.
Oh say have you seen this fair valley
Where blossoms of clover is sweet
Where tall wayering grasses are grow
ing
And cooling waters for weary
feet
The old Des Moines flowing onward
Through this valley fair and wide
With its sheen of silyery waters
Flowing outward with the tide.
Then come to this valley of gladness
With it sunlight, It's rain and Its
dew
Where the winds breath ever of heal
ing
And hearts are tender and true
Then come to this valley Of sunshine
Then come to this valley of love
Where peace and prosperity abid
eth
All thanks to the Father above
oh, come, where the plover is dron
Ing
Among the ripe grain on the hill;
Oh. come where the whippoorwill's
yespers
Is giving this old world its thrills;
The lark in the meadow at morning
The bobolink high up in the tree
All singing for the very Joy of livins
In Iowa-the home of the free.
Miss Jennie Boyer, Pennington, Ia.
Sept %, 1912.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

union is promised unless the Anal
ganated Society of Railway Servants,
England's biggest railway union,
raises the wages of number of its
clerks. The pay is 1925 per week, or
s1.25 less than the minimum recog-
nized by the National Union OF
Clerks. The A. S. N. S. decided that
ii their employees didn't like the
money offered they could leave it,
and a strike is thought to be newt
able.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

little child can take it without fear d
bad after effects. Don't wait until
you have another attack of indiges]
ton, but get a package today. Try d
after eating, and just see for yourssa
how it helps your stomach. We an
so confident that Digestit is perfect
remedy for stomach up-sets that We
guarantee it to please you in every
way-get package and If you dom
like 1t we will give your money back
Wilkinson & Co., Druggists.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

The honor of being the youngest
theater manager in the country is
claimed by Shelley B. Jones, 10 years
old, OF Marquette, Mich His father
purchased the theater recently and
turned over to his son the full man
agement of 1t. Young Jones Is in the
eighth grade of the grammar school
and he intends to give matinee
every day at o'clock SO the schoo
children of the city can attend.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

One hundred years ago last satur-
day the Russians started the great
est fire of century, the burning OF
MOSCOW. Experts in conflagrations
assert the MOSCOW blaze outclassed
that kicked up by Mrs. o'Leary's COW
and carried much less insurance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

this claim was founded on fact- They
were insisting that their men would
stfld pat to the last ditch.
me program today was perfection
of a permanent organization, listening
to a speech by Senator F. Bracket anu
adoption of the platform.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

The designs have been completed
for the memorial bridge which the
city Of Augusta, Ga. is to erect in
honor of Major Archibald W. Butt,
who persisted in the Titanic disaster,
and work will begin in few weeks.
It viii be handsome reinforced con-
crete structure in three arches, span
ming the Augusta canal, which is $50
| feet wide.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

York, $500; Calvin Thompson, New
York, 500; Eugene A, Philbin, New
York, 500; Paul J. Sach, New York.
800; w. D. Hornblower New York.
$500; s. L. Beardsley, New York,
$500; s. A. Jarvis, New York, $4,000;
Charles R. Smith, Wisconsin, $4,000.
Chairman Morgenthau returned to
day from Philadelphia where he es-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

And here is the mayor of Kansas
City declaring to a gathering OF its
business men: 1T is time you got
some ginger into the business spirit
OF the town, as you had 1t fifteen
years ago" That puts a different
aspect on the reputation we thought
Kansas City bore for putting ginger
in its spirits.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

The international peace movement
never had anyone In the White
House to score for 1t as vigorously as
President Taft The reelection OF
the president would mean more for
world peace than anything its advo.
Gates have accomplished in fifty
years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

The hosts of home helpers-cooks
Mattresses, nurses, maids and many
others depend upon the wants to
provide for them steady and profit
able employment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

President Taft will root for Bos-
ton in the worlds series with the
Giants. A winner likes another win
ner.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

keokuk will grow good or grow bad.
It depends upon the foundation Civic
cleanliness never kept factory
away from any city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

Many household uses the wants
in buying, selling, exchanging, hiring
servants. renting rooms and securing
boarders.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

A Missourian named Fowler has
been arrested for stealing chickens.
Yet they say there is nothing In a
name.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

A live wire suggested that II Keo-
kuk would put on a home coming cele-
bration 1t would surely be great
success.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

Arizona and New Mexico, which
were admitted to statehood under
President Taft, are now on the polit-
ical map.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

tablished the Pennsylvania state (,
nance committee. He said that h,
had established a similar committe
in Boston and would do the same il
Baltimore and all other large cities
He said that the democrats require
s750,00o to complete the campag
and hoped to raise it all by popul,
subscription.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

Paris has taken hold of the hatpin
problem in earnest. Some other
cities seem afraid of getting stuck.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

Money is not all there is in life,
says George w Perkins. No, and
some folks knew it before he spoke.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27

He has stopped trying to explain
why he renounced his promise never
to accept another nomination.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-27
Strike ,AnaInat Union.

LONDON, Sept. 26.The novel sit
uatian of strike against trade
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-10
MRS. CLEVELAND
Made Honorary Member Of American
Forestry Association.

Washington, Jan. lO.-Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, whose husband. the late
President Cleveland. signed the orig
inal bill providing for the creation of
national forests. was elected a life
member of the American Forestry as
sociation at the thirtieth annual con-
vention of the organization held here
today. Governor Robert p. Bass of
New Hampshire was reelected presi-
dent of the body.
A resolution was adopted recon-
mending that the forest service be
taken entirely out of politics and plac-
ed upon purely scientific basis. An
other resolution urged congress to
continue its appropriations for the
purchase of timber land for the Ap-
palachian and White mountain forest
reserves.
Chief Forester Graves declared that
IN spite of the great advance of the
forestry movement. the chief work
of getting forestry into actual prac-
tice still lies before u.s.
AS to the relation of forests tn
floods, he said that forests cannot
under prolonged precipitation or other
exceptional conditions prevent large
floods but they tend to diminish both
the number and the violence of
foods"
Governor Bass in his annual address
spoke of the good results from the
CO. operation of states wit hthe nation
al forest service. and urged the prac.
tlce of forestry on private lands.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-10
HALF BILLION. N
SECURITIES N
GLOWING RUINS
Vast Treasure House in the
Vaults of Burned Equit-
able Building
ADDRESS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Of HARTMAN LINES LOST
May Be Necessary to Advertise For
the Names and Addressce of the
Holders of Stock in These Propcr.
ues-Carcfllly Guarded,

New York. Jan. 10.-Half billion
dollars or more in securities lie in the
glowing ruins of the Equitable build
ing. guarded by 140 policemen and
detectives. The bulk of the Gould.
Hartman. Ryan and Belmont estates
and the vast securities of the Equita BILE
Life Assurance society are locked in
the monster vaults. buried beneath
hundreds of tons Of debris. Laborers
who are fighting their way to the
vaults to ascertain their condition.
believe all the vaults are intact
The ruins still hold the body of Rat.
talon Chief William Walsh. Two
watchman employed by the trust COM
pany are missing and are believed to
have perished in the fire in which siy
people lost their lives yesterday.
The records OF the Hartman rail-
road lines showing the names and ad-
dresses of 10000 stockholders may be
lost. duplicate set of names with
out the addresses was kept by the
Mercantile Trust company 1t is not
known if these were destroyed. II
they are 1t will he necessary to ad.
Vertise for the names and addresses
of the stockholders.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-10
UNDERWOOD IS
NOT ENTHUSIASTIC
Does Not Believe the River
and Harbor Bill Will
Pass

Washington. Jan. 10.-Oscar Under
wood. floor leader of the house and
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee. is not at all sure that river
taken at this session. He predicates
his doubt on the fact that there is
now an estimated deficit in the treas
ury for this fiscal year of $1S,00O,O0O
and on the recent legislation affect
ing pensions. He frankly says that
If the herwood bill. as passed by the
house. is permitted to stand. it would
SO cripple the treasury that no new
projects or expenditures could he au-
thorized. leaving public buildings and
rivers and harbors to another session,
except for projects already under con.
tinuing contracts.
Il have been a friend of waterways
for wears" said Mr.. Underwood today,
and continue to take a most friendly
interest in the development of our riv-
ers and harbors. but the Democratic
party cannot leave the treasury de-
pleted. which 1t will be If all the ap-
preparations asked for are forthcom-
ing at the hands of congress.
The Sherwood bill. If 1t should be-
come law in its present form. would
add TO the pension budget about $780,
100000. which. with the amount now
annually appropriated. about $780,
rupting the government. 1t is obvious
therefore that if Legislation of this
character should be enacted it is who'll
~ out of the question to think of any
olher legislation except to make pro-
vision for such expenditures as arc
absolutely necessary for the conduct
of the government.
i doubt the propriety of submitting
70 the caucus the question whether
thare should be river and harbor
bill at this session of congress. NV
Judgment Is that the matter should
be left with the chairman and mem.
bers of the rivers and harbors COM
mittee. who will have first hand
knowledge OF conditions when they
nave their bill ready for introduction
and report.
"Of course it will be some time be-
lore their bill is ready. They will un-
doubtedly have hearings and go over
the situation carefully before bringing
IN bill, which must in the very ma
ture of things. be pared as closely as
possible. In fact think it would be
good business judgment to keep ap-
preparations for new projects entirely
1or the continuance of those projects
which have been already sanctioned
by law.
Speaking for myself 1 am in favor
Of a conservative river and harbor
bill If we have money in the treasury
to meet the demands upon us, but in
the event we find the treasury drifting
toward deficit then I will onnose
any Legislation that will hasten such a
catastrophe. What we need most at
this time is safeness and saneness in
matters of legislation as We do in
matters of business
Failure to pass a rivers and harbors
appropriation bill at the present ses-
sion would. in the opinion of those
who have given careful study to the
subject. put hack the cause Of water
way improvements at least five years.
It would virtually compel the national
rivers and harbors congress to begin
all over again the nationwide edu-
cationai cam. 'ign for a broad and
betterments which 1t has maintained
for ten years.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-10
THE INABILITY OF
THE DEMOCRATS
Party Has Shown Itself Un-
able to Formulate a
Tariff Law

Washington. Jan. 10-In an attack
upon the Democratic party for it's rec
ord in the extra session of congress
last summer, Representative Hill Of
Connecticut, Republican member Of
the ways and means committee, de-
clared in the house today that the ex-
ira session had demonstrated the in
ability Of the Democrats to do con.
structive legislative work.
Mr.. Hill especially attacked the
Democratic tariff record. He insisted
that the free wool advocates. though
greater in the majority when the tar
iff session began. had surrendered to
those who favored duty on wool, eb-
cause the wool duty force was strong
enough to combine with the Republi-
cans and secure majrity of the house.
"And so another great fundamental
principle Of Democracy went by the
board" said Mr.. Hill. why not adj
NIT in Straightforward way that
1t was bid for party support in the
west and sop thrown to Democracy
in the southwest"
Mr.. Hill said the extra session gave
the Democratic majority an oppor-
tunity to SHOW its hand" in tariff
legislation.
"But the hand held nothing of good
for the nation as a whole, or for the
people as Individuals" he added, land
the president said mo- in his vetoes
and the people said mo- at the polls
in November"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-10
THAW CASE AGAIN
New Counsel Will Try New Task to
Secure His Release.


New York. Jan. lO.-It was learned
on excellent authority last night that
an effort will be made within "A few
days to obtain the release of Harry
e. Thaw from Alatteawan. Accord
ing to information received Clarence
j: .Shearn. lately appointed counsel for
ihaw. will apply to supreme court
justice sitting at White Plains for Il
writ of habeas corpus anC then de-
mand a jury trial to determine Thaw's
mental status. 1t is known that Mr..
Shearn is hopeful of success.
Several facts point to the probable
release of Thaw. No objection can be
raised by District Attornev Whitman
unless deputized to act by the attor-
new general. because there is no in
dtctment pending against Thaw.
Some time ago II was reported and
not denied that Mrs. Mary c. Thaw.
mother OF the prisoner. has made ar
rangements with Evelyn Nesbit Thaw,
wife of her son. whereby she will
withdraw all objections to the prison
er's release. At the last trial Evelyn
Thaw declared her husband had
threatened to Kill. her once he was
released. and this had distinct bear
ing on the case. Should the younger
Mrs. Thaw refrain from testifying
against her husband his path toward
freedom would he materially smooth
ed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-10
NO Open CAUCUS
FOR DEMOCRATS
Members Of Party in the
House Will Continue Sc
cret Sessions

Washington. Jan. 1o.-Future eau.
cuses Of the Democrats Of the house
Of representatives will be conducted
under new rules. which, while they do
not answer the demand Of William
Jennings Bryan for an open caucus
satisfy the champions Of the open
caucus movement in the house. The
Democrats met IN secret session for
three hours yesterday. After protract-
ed debate. resolution proposed by
Representative A Mitchell Palmer OF
pennsylvania compromise on the
Bryan plan was adopted by q vote of
108 to -. The 81 who voted against
It favored opening the caucus to the
press.
The new rules provide that a rec
ord vote be taken on demand Of one
NTH Of those present. and that a
journal be kept for publication. De-
bates and other incidents to the meet
ings will not be made public.
Speaker Clark. owing to his illness.
Wa not present 1t the CAUCUS.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-10
CLARK SORE
Alaskan Governor Wants No Outside
Political Mcddline.

Alaskan Governor Wants No Outside
Political Modelling.
Seattle. Wash, Jan. 10.-Governor
Walter E. Clark of Alaska. en- route
to Washington, d. c.. today declared
that he was opposed to Outside inter-
ference In political questions upon
which Alaskans themselves are di-
vided."
Governor Clark's remarks was
prompted by reference to a letter he
wrote the Alaskan Square Deal league
Of Seattle several weeks ago, criticis-
ing that organization which had an.
nounced its intention Of working for
home rule in Alaska.
my opinion on such matters will
be made when my report is read next
week. The principal objections to
those opposed to a territorial legisla-
ture are based on financial reasons.
Congress is spending something like
$3,000.000 annually In Alaska. The
total taxation does not exceed $780,
900. People must not forget that self
government means self support"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-10
THE DEFENSE WON
ONE SMALL POINT
Court Ruled Out Arrnour's
Annotations and Letters
on Early Pool

Chicago. Jan. 1o.-United States
District Judge Carpenter struck from
the record In the trial Of the ten Chi
cago packers today certain papers
and letters bearing notations purport-
ing to be in the handwriting Of j.
Ogden Armour. one of the defendants.
The ruling was on motion Of the de-
tense who contended the presentation
Of the evidence to the jury without
definite connecting links would be
prejudicial to the defendants.
Other papers bearing similar nota-
tions purporting to be in the hand
writing Of the other defendants were
permitted by the court to remain In
record. but the court ruled out Jer-
ONE H. Pratt's testimony Identifying
the handwriting. The documents
stricken from the record bore figures
showing the margins and shipment
percentages for the alleged packers
pool. indicating an agreed percentage
on the total shipped for the preceding
week
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-10
HEATH IS OUT
FOR DELEGATES
Is Trying To Round Up the
West For Come Dark
Horse

New York, Jan. 10-A WASHINGTON
dispatch to the Sun says:
The very latest feature in the Re-
publican presidential nomination situa.
ton was the departure today of Per-
ry 8. Heath on tour of the Pacific
coast. the Rocky mountain region the
northwestern states and other states
west Of the Missouri river, with a view
to coralling uninstructed delegations
to the national convention in June
next.
Mr.. Heath said before leaving town
that his tour was not in the interest
of President Taft or Colonel Roosevelt
but that he represented Republicans
who were inclined to believe that
neither could or should be elected, and
that the nomination should go to a
candidate who could unite the dis
cordant elements In the party.
condition Of the Republican party in
most of the states which in a number
of campaigns had given their electoral
vote to the Republican presidential
ticket. He remarked that the Repub-
licans In most Of these states were torn
by factional disputes and that the Re-
publican organizations in them had
been almost shot to pieces within the
last several years.
AsAbs 4AC0SSA bCSOAulOO Tic
between Taft and anti-Taft men, the
disturbances between the Roosevelt
and the anti-Roosevelt men and the
friction created by LaFollette and his
followers and so on down the list.
Mr.. Heath added that his tour was
not In the interest Of any single Re-
publican presidential possibility, but
1t represented q hope that the dele
cations from the states he is to visit
will find It agreeable to leave them
selves open to discussion and council
when they arrive In the convention
city.
Mr.. Heath is best remembered as
one of the chief lieutenants of the
late Marcus A. Hanna. 1t was Mr..
Heath who in 1894 and 1896. under
the direction Of Mr.. Hanna, travelled
broadcast through the land solidifying
delegates to the national convention
of 1896 for Mckinley. In many of the
states there are still remnants Of the
old Hanna machine. which was disin-
tegrated during the first three years
Of Roosevelt's occupancy of the white
house.
Many Of the old Hanna warriors are
dead. yet not few remain. It Is the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-10
Republican Candidate Car
ried But Five of the Fif-
teen Countiec
WAS FORMERLY e B., x,-,crNTEO
BYE L. MADS6h es : es,.a .aEAD
Champ Clark Followers Look UpoA
the Result as Victory For Speaker
Who Made keynote Speech For the
Successful Candidate.

Hutchinson. Kas.. Jan. 10.-Returns
from yesterdays Seventh district con-
gressional election. which are prac-
tically complete today, show the elec-
tion Of George A. Neeley. Democrat,
to succeed the late Z. H. Madison, by
q majority of 1900. Frank L. Mar
tin. the Republican candidate. carried
only five out of fifteen counties, one
of them by majority of one.
Neeley is brother-in-law Of Gov
ernor w. r. Stubbs. The governor
campaigned the district for Martin.
The supporters of Champ Clark,
speaker of the national house, who
spoke at the convention which nomin-
ated Neeley. are jubilant. They pre-
dict the speaker will get the Kansas
delegation to the national Democratic
convention