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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23

f, British board of trade. We lowered
the boats. sailed around the harbOr and
/ then returned to the ship"
/ The witness said IL was customary
] aboard ship to have boat and fire
! drills evenry Sunday The SOuthamp-
I ton drill, Pitman said, eight men went
] in each boat
Then only 16 men participated in
( this drill2' suggested senator Smith.
was there any firedrin on the tt
/ tanic after she left Southampton"
No. sir, none"
Had Looked For Ice.
The witness said the Titanic had
been keeping special Lookout for ice
on the fatal sunday He said IL was
done because captain Smith had been
warned" ice was near.
The witness said he left the cabin
about 1850 Sunday night just after
the collision.
There was very little impact" he
said Il was half asleep and half
awake and I wondered sleepfly where
we were anchOring. I walked out on
deck after three or four minutes and
saw nothing.
Then 1 returned. lighted by pipe and
dressed leisurely for it was near time
for my watch. Just as I finished
dressing Mr.. BOXhall came m and
asked him what was the matter He
said; We have struck an iceburg'
Il went on deck again and met sixth
officer Moody I asked him il he had
seen the iceberg and he said No but
there was ice on his deck To salts
~ myself, I went forward and saw
ice
Then walked back and saw a
flock Of firemen coming up. I asked
what was the matter.
Saw Water In The Boat. \
They said: There's water In the
hatch I looked downward and saw
water flowing over the hatch. Then
I went I'D on deck and met a man in
dressing gown, who said Hurry
there's no time for fooling.' Then I
went to the boats"
Did you know who that man WASP"
Not then. 1 do now"
who was it2'
"NIr. Ismay. Later this man told me
TO get the women and children in the
boats. I lowered one Of them. Mr. Is
may came to the boat and helped me |
I put in quite a number OF them and !
a few men. Then I called for mora I
women but there were none to be 1
seen"
Cries Of Distress.
Pittman was asked if he heard any
cries of distress.
"Oh, yes
WHAT"
Crying. shouting. moaning"
In the Water.
Yes, from the water"
Did you hear any explosion
Yes. sir four They sounded like /
big guns in the distance"
What were these explosions
81 think Phey We're the bulkheads. /
sir"
When dih the bulkheads break"
THE explosions followed the dive of I
the ship almost Immediately"
Boat At High Speed
BY sea- ching questions senator /
Fletcher later brought out that the 4
fact that when the collision occurred |
the Titanic was going at the greatest J
speed att1 lined during the trip. even (
though tie ship was entering the /
Grand banks and had been advised Of /
the presen4e Of icebergs.
You say you were going at p II |
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23

said Pittman-
DO you know OF any reason why
the speed Of the Titanic was not re-
duced after the warning Of ice2'
mo. but it is not customary 10 re-
duce speed"
DO you know OF your own knowl-
edge of orders being given to draw the
fires from the boilers.
NO. sir"
Pittman said the ship reversed its
engines Immediately after striking the
berg and was brought to a standstilL
She remained practically stationary un-
til she went down.
At this point the witness was ex-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23
eased3 and lookout Fleet called to the

eused and lookout Fleet called to the
ship Near When Titanic sank.
With succOr only five miles away
the Titanic slid into it's waterv $780,
carrying with it more than 1900 Dsss's-,-
gers ana crew. while an unidentified
failed, or refused 10 see frantic sie-+
nails Of those on bOrd.
The. tragic disaster was brougbt h.
fore the senate Investigating COMMITTEE
Mleh o. boNnall. fourth officer ~ f6s
Titanic, told Of his unsuccessf-,7
temDts to attract the sraager's st+sr
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23

aid7" asked senator Smith in surprise.
Please sir, don't" pleaded Pitman.
Cant Bear to Recall H."
ct can't bear to recan it. I wish
We might not discuss the scene"
4 have no desire to lacerate your
feelings" said senator Smith, but we
must know whether you drifted there
without offering aid Answer that and
shall press you no more"
Il did sir" answered the witness
.sDid YOU ever hear anything Of a
boat known as the Hellig Olav?" sud
denly asked senator Smith
No 1 didn't There may be q boat
Of that name" said Pitman-
The OIav locked at New York April
IL and is reported to have encoun-
tered an iceberg near where the IL
tapic sank. It has been suggested that
the Olsv may have been the boat whose
lights fourth officer BoXhal saw and
which he Intellectually tried to signal
with distress rockets
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23
Had No GIassel

Frederick Fleet, who was the look
orf IN the crows nest OF the Titanic.
testified that on Sunday night some
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23
Possibilities of searchlIghts.

do you believe that if the Titanic
had had searchhghts that these might
have revealed the proximity OF the
icebergs2'
WAS there a fire in the coal hold
Of the Titanic after leaving South
amptOn?'
That's the firss I've heard Of it."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23

knots an hour at the time OF the &C
cideDt?' inquired senator Fletcher.
Yes. sir. We left Southampton IN
der about 20 - knots which was in
creased to p and later to p -" said
Pittman.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23

lContinued oa - q
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-23

81.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
MlSCELLANE
vIAvI-Non-surglcal home treatment
Grace M. Heller. lock box 2s6, FIT
Madison, Iowa.

in 1860, after very short residence
at st. Francisyille, Mo- He came
out from Virginia, Loudon county, in
that state, located only about one
hundred miles from Washington City
He is physician by profession,
though he has not practiced medicine
in his later years.
Notwithstanding his extreme age
he is still in the possession of all his
mental faculties and though slightly
bent from the weight of years, he was
five feet ten inches tall, as straight
as an Indian and of slender build, not
weighing over one hundred and thirty
pounds. He is a skillful physician of
the old school and was always re-
markedly successful when actively en-
gagged in the practice.
He is afflicted with no organic trou-
BILE, his present sickness being caus.
ed by cold and cough, from which
he Seems to be recovering,
4 DR. Bowman takes much interest in
the events of the day and yesterday
among other things discussed the
recent tragedy in the Allen feud in
Virginia. He still has much confidence
in the courage, executive ability and
honesty of the Virginia governor and
declared the opinion that the present
! Virginia governor would soon bag tn,
Aliens.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
BAD WEATHER
AFFECTING JUDGE
Three Men Appearing Before Judge
Mcnamara This Morning Are to
Be Guests Of County Sheriff.

That Joseph Fitzgerald was dab
bling in Hamilton politics was the firm
belief of Judge Mcnamara this morn
ing when Fitzgerald was brought into
Superior court to answer to the
charge of intoxication. This in the
judges estimation was a crime barely
short of murder for Mr. Fitzgerald
will spend the next thirty days at
the Crimmins House located in the
courthouse. Fitz says that he has
been working at the Ioundhouse in
Hamilton for the past month but has
been laying off for week and en-
phatically denies that he was the
campaign manager for Paddy Welsh
who was beaten in the election yester.
day. He declined to state his views
or make any predictions as to the
outcome Of the April election in the
Illinois town.
Frank MARI also was victim of
Judge McNamara's bad weather
crouch this morning and was given
thirty days for vagrancy, along with
John Nelum for intoxication.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
Not Sails, Oil or
Pills But CaScarets
No Odds How Sick Your Stomach
How Hard Your Head Aches or
How Bilious-Cascarets
Make You Feel Great.

You men and women who somehow
can't get feeling right-who have an
almost daily headache, coated tongue,
foul tast, and foul breath, dizziness.
can't sleep, are bilious, nervous and
upset, bothered with sick, gassy, dis
ordered stomach, or have backache
and feel all worn out.
Are you keeping clean inside with
Cascarets, or merely forcing a pas
sageway every few days with salts,
cathartic pills or castor oil? This is
important.
Cascarets work while you sleep:
cleanse and regulate the stomach, re-
move the sour, undigested and fer
menting food and foul gases: take the
excess bile from the liver and carry
out of the system all the decomposed
waste matter and poison in the intes-
tines and bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will straighten
you out by morning-a 10-cent box
from any drug store will keep your en-.
tire family feeling good for months
Don't forget the children They love
Cascarets because they taste good
do good-neyer grippe or sieken.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
FOUR BANDITS
HELD UP TRAIN
Continued from page L.,

barrel of a revolver. Two men stay
I'd in the engine while two others
went to the express car.
The safe in the express car was
a complete wreck. Fragments of it
were scattered all over the car and it
was evident 1t had been entirely clean
ed by the robbers. Express Messen-
ger Snoddy said the door to his car
was thrown open and he was covered
by one of the robbers Snoddy said
the robber kept him at the side OF
the track while another blew the safe.
THE man in the car grabbed the
sacks of money and after commanding
me to keep my mouth shut and not
turn around the men fed into the
woods" said Snoddy. He would not
state the amount of money carried in
the car Advices from Memphis today
say that bloodhounds have been sent
to the scene of the robbery and that
it is believed a posse has the bandit.
surrounded in the swamps.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20

public library. 1t will be presented to
the board of trustees at their next
regular meeting.
To the Librarian:
The meeting of the southeast dis
trict of the Iowa Library Association
will be held in the public library at
April Sth, 1912.
The purpose of the district meetings
is to provide informal conference OF
librarians and trustees for the dis
cussion of practical every day topics
relating to the progress and daily
needs of our Libraries.
1t is earnestly hoped that you will
notify all of your library trustees of
this meeting and ask the president of
your board to present the matter at
the next board meeting and urge that
at least one trustee attend.
Please examine the enclosed list of
topics, mark four that you think de-
sirable for discussion and add any
that should be included and return the
list signed with your name; from
those returned by the various librari-
ans, selections will be made for dis
cussion at the meeting.
Our plans will be aided if you will
advise me or the local librarian as to
how many We may expect from your
library. Hoping for your presence and
for your hearty cooperation in this
meeting. am
Very truly yours.
FLORENCE MEKEBBIN,
District chairman
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
ADJUSTMENTS.
The Great Battle at the Colonial To.
njuht

The Great Battle at the Colonial To-
night.
THE Battle Of Pottsburg Bridge, .
picture arrived at the Colonial thea
tire this morning and will be shown at
three shows tonight, commencing
promptly at Z, and g. This Is the
greatest and most sensational war
picture ever made-the great battle
was so realistically produced that
three people were killed in the bridge
scene. You will see the brave south
ern girl set fire to the bridge on
which the great battle is taking place.
There are no missionary smoke eff
fects in this conflagration, as the
bridge is actually destroyed. The
fleeing soldiers dive into the water
and the battle is resumed. Don't let
this weather keep you away from the
Colonial theatre tonight for you will
miss one of the most sensational
special attractions ever shown. Re-
member only three shows tonight SO
you better go early.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
IT IS EASY
Constipation, Sour Stomach,y
Pimples, Liver and Bowel
Troubles Banished.

It is easy to get rid Of Constipation.
Torpid Liver. Sour. Classy Stomach, SAL
lowness. Pimples, Sick Headache, and all
the Liver. Stomach and Bowel derange-
ments caused by accumulation of waste
matter and impurities. II you know what
to use. There is nothing made which
equals Wade's System Cleanser. for this
purpose.
Druggists who sell this product always
recommend 1t fully to their customers. The
25c package of Wade's System Cleanser
is suficient for one month. Get the rs
cent package today. and note how quickly
It clears the complexion, banishes Con-
stipation. sweetens the breath, and in
fact purifies and renovates the entire sys-
TEN. Wade's System Cleanser does the
work promptly and efficiently. Strictly
vegetable. and does not weaken or gripe.
Wade's System Cleanser is now sold by
The City Drug Store.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
Deafness Cured
When Caused by catarrh

If you have ringing noises in your
ears, catarrh germs are making their
way from the nose to the ears through
the tubes.
Many cases of deafness caused by
catarrh have been cured by breathing
HYOMEI. 1t reaches the inflamed
membrane, heals the soreness and
banishes catarrh, which Is the cause
of most deafness.
F. G. Vanaman, railroad conductor
of Binghamton, n. Y. writes that he
was cured of deafness after special
lists had failed.
HYOMEI pronounce it High-o-me9
is guaranteed to cure catarrh, coughs,
colds. asthma, Group, and sore throat,
or money back. Complete outfit with
inhaler s1.00. Extra bottles so cents.
Sold by Wilkinson & Co, the enter
prising pharmacists, and druggists
everywhere.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
PERSONALS.

Walter Goodnenough and E. C.
Stockdale of the Stone & Webster
Corporation, went to st. Louis
this afternoon to look after business
matters for their company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred q. Gosewisch
went to Burlington yesterday after,
noon to meet their daughter, Mrs
Max D. Baron of Los Angeles, Cal
who accompanied them home last
evening for a three weeks visit al
her old Keokuk home. Mrs. Baron
will be kindly remembered as Miss
Gertrude Gosewisch. She was mar
ried about year ago.
George W. Perry of Peoria is visit
ing in the city today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
CITY NEWS.

Choice clover hay for sale. o. A.
Talbot. Both phones $40.
Regular meeting of Keokuk Aerie,
No. 6S3. =. o. q. tonight at Eagles
Hall, 523 Main at s o'clock. Visit
ir g brothers always welcome. Chas.
\. Noakes. secretary.
The Keokuk Hydraulic Tire Set
ter Company of Keokuk, capital
stock $4,000 with c. A. Devero, ]. A.
Mock and M. l.. Mock incorporators
has filed articles of incorporation with
Secretary Of State W. c. Hayward.
Regular meeting of Loyal Order
of Moose, Keokuk lodge No 704, to
night at s o'clock in Hawkes. hall
Visiting brothers cardially invited. Ed.
G. Vaughn, dictator. Roy NJ. Martin
secretary.
You cannot afford to miss hear
ing DR.. Lincoln Mcconnell at the
Baptist church tonight when he
speaks on the Sinfulness of Sin. Why
is Sin Sinful. But Mcconnell is a
speaker who makes his audience
think and his words carry convic
ton with them. The services begin.
at 1880. Come and bring your
friends.
-Keokuk Camp NJ. w. A. No. 81;
will hold its regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hall. All members are
requested to be present.
Regular meeting OF Hermann
lodge, No. 116, I. o. o. f., tonight Il
1880 o'clock Visiting brethren cor
daily invited.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
Cotton Report.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. I
WASHINGTON. March 2O.-Cotton
report issued by census bureau today
shows 1911 crop to be 16,o5O,S1o
bales as compared with 11,965,962 for
1910. Included in the statistics for
1911 are: linters 546,769 bales: sea
island cotton 119,252 bales; round
1C0,439 bales. The average gross
weight of the bale is 5O4.s pounds for
1911 as compared with 5O1.7 for 1910.
Expressed in equivalent, 500 pound
bales, the 1911 crop is 16.2o5.O97 as
compared with 12,oo5,6SS for 1910.
Cotton estimated by ginners and de.
linters as remaining to be ginned
and included in the statistics for 1911
is 239,146 bales.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
ROOSEVELT WAS
BADLY BEATEN
CONTINUED from page /

The claim is now made by the Roose-
velt managers that it was not a re-
publican primary but one open to
all. In the ahsense of state law. it is
easy to forsee that soap box primary
rules would prevail and the contest
for the republican nomination for
president would degenerate into a
national scandal in which the republi-
can party itself would play minor
role.
The New York primary law is at
tackled by those recently converted
enthusiasts because the democrats
and socialists are not permitted to take
part in the primaries.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
A GRAND OLD MAN
FROM VIRGINIA
Or. n. e. Bowman of Pennington,
Recoverlns--Is Ninetythree and
a Half Years Old

Yesterday it was mentioned that w.
II. Bowman had been called to Far
mington on account of the dangerous
illness of his father Mr.. Bowman on
arrival at Pennington, found his
father in much improved condition
and returned home last evening.
DR.. n. e. Bowman, of Pennington,
the father, is q remarkable man and
may be Very APPLY called "a grand old
man. He is now ninety-three and a
half years old and has been resident
Of Iowa for fifty-two years, coming here
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
Ladies' Elect officers !.

The Ladies Aid Society of the Sec
|ond Presbyterian church held their
annual business meeting at the home
of Mrs. D. w. Bishop on Tuesday,
last, when the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year beginning
April list: President, Mrs. Geo. Bun
ner; vice president, Mrs. Musser;
second vice president, Mrs. Harry
Meyers; secretary and treasurer. Mrs.
McQuade.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20

cry and also his athletic skill by out,
running a runaway horse
A horse attached to Largomarcino-
Grupe fruit store wagon started up the
Johnson street hill from the levee at
the best speed it could command. Mr..
Woriey was near by and when the
crowd clamored for hero to step in
and stop the horse, the theatre mana
ger started after the fleeing steed
He chased it about half block, over
took the horse and brought it to a
standstill.
1t takes a rather swift runner to
outrun a horse On the level road, let
alone uphill.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
CANDIDATE FOR
CARNEGIE MEDAL
:. c. Morley, Manager of the Grand
Opera House is More Fleet Than
Fruit Horse.

Narrowly missing being given a
Carnegie hero medal last summer
when he went down to Alexandria
during the big fire there, L. C. Wor'
ley, manager Of the Grand opera house
is still determined to get into the hero
class and this noon showed his bray.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
License to Wed.

| Elmer Addison, age %, and Ruth
Caldwell, age 20, both of Boston, Mass.
Thomas McHone, Bowen, ILL.,. age
"a, and Amy Metzger, Augusta. ILL.,,
age Is.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
SISsS'|II(!:E|:IZi
-
Married Monday.

William H. Everman and Miss Mary
Woodwork, both of Keokuk, were
married Monday at 1928 William
street. Rev. r. C. Hughes of the
Second Presbyterian church, perform
ed the ceremony and number OF
relatives attended the wedding. I'm
mediately after the ceremony the
young couple left Keokuk on a honey
moon trip, but expect to return here
soon and make their home in Keokuk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
March

Is a month Of changes. You
doubtless thought after the
pleasantly warm day yester-
day that Mr.. Gosewisch made
a mistake in ordering out
the cold wave flag and that
you'd wake up this morning
and hear the birds singing in
the sunshine instead Of which
you awoke thinking winter
was starting all over again.
Don't these changes make
you think Of a Cravenette or
a Slip On? You'll need one
before spring has gone. Buy
it now and get the good Of it.
Cravenettes, SO to $3.50;
slip-ons S. to $40. March
down and get one.
WI : 81. J. s s Ed.
MZzzIZ!2z2z7zzzzzz2Zz;S
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
CONFERENCE OF
LIBRARY TRUSTEES
District Chairman Of Iowa Library
Association Issues Call for
Meeting at Washington.

The following letter has been re-
ceived by Miss Fulton at the Keokuk
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20

to move downward in depth and fell
about one foot, but this decline soon
ceased and another rise commenced,
1t seemed that the moving ice added
to the strength of the gorge dam that
had already piled up.
BY / o'clock this afternoon the riv-
er had again risen to a point lacking
four inches Of the depth it had reached
this morning before the moving of
the ice.
This afternoon at the bridge there
appeared to be no current of conse-
quence in the river at that point,
showing that the gorges below some,
where were still intact, and this
weather, and growing colder, with
prospects of still more coming, gave
little encouragement o. a break up,
except by the extreme bulk of the ice
bridges which might be oyerpowered
by their own ponderous weight, and
this is expected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
Fears for Alexandria.

Opinions of fear were expressed as
TO the safety of Alexandria from the
ice gorge from the Des Moines river
which might be so blocked up as to
cause the waters to flow madly in
behind that city and flood it and the
bottoms around it. These were mere
" fears founded on the memories of
former floods in that locality, which
have been provided against in a great
measure by the building Of levees for
protection from damaging results
from foods experienced there for
many years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
Make. M AN I abIets and
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send No Money. Just Your Name and
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of Make. Man Tablets Free

nature provides sunshine for you and
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W. you are rundown, can't sleep, your
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Two more of those beau.
tiful Boulevard lots. j. A. Roberts,
2S N. 5th
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20
ThjmbIe Party,

Miss Harriet Fulton, of 72s High,
was hostess this afternoon to a num-
Der OF her lady friends, with a thin
BILE party.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-20

The City Drug store.