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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-05
EXERCISES IN
HIGH SCHOOL
Class Day Program Is Given Before a
Large Crowd at the Assembly
Room At the High
School.
PRESIDENT S ADDRESS.
Big Auditorium ls Crowded BY People
Interested in the Doinss
Of the High School
4 Graduates.

i The big auditorium at the Keokuk
High school was crowded this morn
ing by parents, guardians and friends
of the class OF 1912 to hear the class
day program given by the members
of the class. Long before the time
set for beginning the program, the
halls and grounds about the building
we're thronged with the friends of the
graduates and members of the other
classes.
Superintendent Of Schools Aldrich's
office was busy place. Several OF
the teachers were busy tying the
green and white ribbons around dip
Tomas and getting everything in readi-
ness for the commencement exercises
the latter part of the week, while
Principal Reid was busying himself
upstairs making the audience that
was filing into the assembly room as
comfortable as possible.
Members of the class of 1912 were,
as befitted their new-found dignity,
holding themselves aloof from the
common people, especially the mem
bers of the lower classes and holding
earnest conversations or preparing
themselves for their appearance on
the platform later in the morning.
President Harold c. Pond was CIV
ing his final instructions to members
of the class preparatory to going upon
the platform to deliver his speech and
that he has been a most popular and
efficient president Of his class was
shown by the Difference that ], was
shown him by his helpers and the
speed with which his instructions
were carried out.
Class Presidents Address.
At ten o'clock the class filed into
the assembly room and took the
places that had been reserved for
them. First on the program was the
class song. composed by two mem
bers OF the class. Misses Margaret
Musser and Helen MILESTONE. Follow
ing them came the presidents adj
dress, Harold G. Pond, the class pres
ident, won his hearers with his earn
estness and forceful deliveryyand was
warmly applauded. Following is his
address: u
Parents, Friends and Teachers:
When ! asked Miss Pittman about
two weeks ago what I should tai.
about in a presidents address, she
said to talk about two minutes on
what our class has done and to- intro
duce our class day officers, and, if
possible. to say a few things to keep
my audience in good humor; so |
shall try to take up my two minutes
with few remarks about our class.
but 1t has seemed impossible to get
anything really humorous, but as l
see most of you are wearing smile,
I3hope that it will remain there
throughout our short program. But
first of all wish to welcome you one
and all to these, our class day exer-
cises. as this is our day, and today
We have charge of things. certainly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-05

junior-senior banquet, and then we as
class will probably break up, but
each with sadness in his heart and
an inextinguishable love for the old
school we all love.
The address Of the president was
followed by the class historian who
reviewed the four years work and
play of the class with remarkable
aptness, nothing being too little or of
slight Importance to escape mention in
his review. Hugh G. Robertson was
the historian.
Elizabeth Stoddard Stevens, in her
class poem, Vale, Alma Mater" won
the praises of the audience. The poem
in full follows:
Vale, Alma Mater.
Alma Mater, fostering mother,
From thy care we must depart,
Say farewell to the instructors,
Who have truly done their part.
Four long years they've toiled with us,
Giv'n us CT their wealthy store,
Helped us build firm foundation,
On which we are building more.
And it is their earnest pleading,
AS we take this fond farewell,
That We build enduring mansions,
Strong and firm in which to dwell.
All around are good Incentives;
All around are evil, too;
To succeed we must determine
Which are false and which are true.
We can never quite repay them
For their tender, fostering care;
They have been our guides to knowl-
edge,
Fed us from that fountain rare.
Though we never can repay t',em.
We can each one do his part,
Helping On some struggling brother
Who Is weak and faint of heart.
Win the victor's wreath OF bays
1t will be with grateful voices
That we give to them the praise.
Never can we be forgetful,
In our hearts they'll ever dwell
Though we're singing with our
voices
Alma Mater. fare thee well.
Following the class poem the
class Grafton by Clayton Reiner, who
took for his subject "a Rolling
Stone His efforts were rewarded
with rounds of applause at the finish
of his speech
The class will, read by James b
Hodge, and the class prophecy, by Ed
ma Irene Rollosson, brought forth a
great deal of merriment and APP.
plause. The program was finished
with the class song.
/ Following is the program as it was
given this morning:
r Professional ....
Class song ........... .-....
Composed by Margaret Mussel
and Helen MILESTONE.
3. Presidents address J. -.
....,............. Harold G.. POND
Glass history, Hugh j. Robertson
GLASS poem-Vale, Alma Ma
ter. Elizabeth Stoddard Stevens
6-Class Grafton A Rolling
Stone. ......... Clayton Reiner
Glass will JAMES b. Hodge
S-Class prophecy .............
........... Edna Irene Rollosso.l
9-Class song Observation-Disclosures.
10-Recessional ........
Tomorrow night the graduates will
give their commencement exercises
at the Grand theatre and on Friday
night will occur the junior-senior ban
quet which will conclude the week S
program.
Why Few Men Do.
The desire to make good is only oc.
casionally keen enough to make a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-05

Why Few Men Do.
The desire to make good is only oc.
casionally keen enough to make
man work overtime.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-13

10, shot and killed himself when
his schoolgirl sweetheart, Edna
Fulton, H., eloped with "city
chap"
Paris.-Bey of Tunis is here on
visit. Will attend great military
review at Longchamps.
Boston, Mass.-In first boxing
match ever held on ocean, John
Mclaughlin, Ireland, lost to Ed
Meffun, negro, Alabama, on foul.
Took place on White Star liner
Cymric.
London.-Mr. and Mrs. AL
fred G. Vanderbilt will return to
America August l to await stork.
Expected in September.
Stanforn, Conn.-Janes Ora
ham Phelps Stokes nominated for
mayor on Socialist ticket.
New York.-Herbert Hass, II,
4240 Kenmore ave., and Sidney
Chrisler, q, 20 N. Hamlin ave-,
Chicago, arrested at hotel.
Charged with grand larceny on
complaint of jewelry firm.
Washington Secretary Nagel
decided that naturalization of an
alien also confers citizenship upon
wife and all minor children.
Oyster Bay.-Roosevelt peeved
because one of his supporters,
Gen. Sickles, denounced Wilson
as rebel.
Teddy is thinking of what vii!
happen to him when he goes
through south looking for votes.
T-Is,a~NIsz IT, Tao1.L |
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-13

Prohibition ticket this fall. Same
ticket as 1908.
Oyster Bay.-Alex P. Moore,
Mr.. Lillian Russell. offered to bet
$500 that Taft would run behind
Socialist ticket.
Minneapolis, Minn.-City coun-
Gil voted not to accept Carnegie's
gift of $125,000 for public library.
Tainted money.
It's a case of, faint wanted.
Minneapolis, Minn.-Heaviest
electrical. storm in recent years
killed 3 persons, injured Is and
caused 100000 property damage
in this city and St. Paul. Maxi
mum velocity of wind "a miles an
hour.
New York.-Alvah ]. Gibbs,
retired millionaire stock broker,
suicide. Gas. Grief over suicide
of wife two weeks ago.
New Yrk.-Harry Mellick saw
new moon over left shoulder
Monday. Tuesday his house
burned. Wednesday he was near
ly drowned. Thursday his new
home burned.
Harry will probably keep his
eyes closed when August moon
comes out.
Paris.-One of Prince Troubet-
skoly's tame wolves bit his butler.
Prince faces $1,000 damage suit.
Berlin.-Crown Prince went
motoring incognito. But no more.
Every few miles he was arrested
n Il
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-17
NORTH DAKOTA
POSTAL Savings
The Hundred Postal SAVING
Banks Have $4,000
Deposited

WASHINGTON, April 17.-Accord-
ing to a statement of the postoffice
department today, on January 81 there
We're 100 postal savings repositories
in operation in North Dakota with de-
posits aggregating $4,000.
This amount was deposited by over
400 individuals or an average of $55
per depositor. Since the opening of
the repositories in the state there
have been 500 accounts and more
than 1900 deposits made.
There have been about so withdraw
ais or one to every two depositors.
North Dakota ranks forty-sixth in the
number of accounts remaining open
January 81, and forty-fifth in the total
amount remaining on deposit. The
average amount to the credit of each
depositor is slightly lower in the state
than for the United States in general.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-17
TERRIFIC STORM
At new ORLEANS
People Killed and Buildings
are Demolished Through
South Louisiana
WiDdstorm Was Accompanied
by Qoudburst and Crops
are Damaged
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, April 17-Several
persons were killed and large
amount of property damaged in sew
eral south Louisiana towns during the
night by electric, rain and wind storm
In the early crop district north of
New Orleans, the damage was the
heaviest, it is estimated.
The windstorm of the tornado
swept the town of Ponchatoula, north
Of New Orleans. A church, the public
hall, the mill and several residences,
are wrecked, and hailstones shattered
windows. Treet were prostrated and
many persons Were hurt by them as
they fell. The strawberry crop suf-
fered.
Several houses were blown down at
Goodbee. Charles Miles was killed
when his house tumbled about him.
In the country about Plaquemine,
west of New Orleans, the wind was
accompanied by cloudburst and
much damage was done.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-17
Mansion House Fund Opened
for Relief Of Families
Of the Grew
Pet Idea Of Lord PirriS in
STEAMSHIP p Construction
Blamed for Disaster
Ey Associated Press.

Ey Associated Press.
LONDON, April 17.-While travel.
ers generally understood the fact that
the great liners do not carry enough
boats to accommodate all passengers
and the crew, to the general pubic
the news that all on board the Titanic
did not have a chance OF saving their
lives, came as surprise, AID there
is likely to be considerable agitation
in and out of parliament On the sub
ject.
The lord mayor of London today
opened the Mansion house fund for
the relief of families of the crew Of
the Titanic, and of others left in
needy circumstances as q consequence
of the disaster.
A memorial for the victims will be
held in St. PauPs cathedral April 49,,
and much indignation was expressed
in connection with the publication OF
telegram that stated the Titanic was
in tow of the Virginia, just after the
news of the accident was received.
Col. Charles E. Yate, member or
parliament for Leichestershire, will
ask the president Of the. board OF
trade in the house of commons If his
attention has been drawn to the pub
lication of these kilograms and
whether their origin could be traced.
The electrical control of bulkheads
installed in the Titanic is coming in
for much criticism. 1t is stated here
they were the pet idea of Lord Pirris,
who insists on introducing them in
ships built at Belfast, despite the
condemnation of many we'll known
contractors who pin their faith to n.y.
draulic power far more reliable. These
contractors point out that even
small mishap was liable to render
their installation useless.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-17
Survivors Of the Titanic VIII
Give Chief Testimony Be-
fore Committees
Disaster Has Aroused Con.
gress for More Safety
for Ocean Travel
By Associated PreoBL

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE sur
vlvors Of the Titanic disaster will be
summoned to Washington to tell the
committees of congress the facts con-
cerning the inability of the steamship
officials to save the lives of all the
passengers on the giant liner.
Representative Alexander of Mis-
souri,, chairman Of the house commits
tee on merchant marine and fisheries,
announced today an investigation
in whcih the surviving passengers will
give the chief testimony.
A sweeping resolution for an in
quiry into the Titanic disaster was
presented in the senate today by Sen
ator Smith of Michigan, who asked
for immediate recognition.
The resolution would authorize and
direct the committee on commerce.
or sub committee thereof, to investi-
gate the causes leading to the wreck
of the White Star liner. with its at
tendant loss of life, and empowering
investigators to summon witnesses,
with the view to legislation as may
be necessary to prevent as far as
possible, any repetition Of such dis.
aster.
The senate resolution for the IT.
tanic investigation was favorably re-
ported by the senate committee on
commerce, and was Immediately
brought up in the senate
lAs supplement to the congression'
al investigation, the scope of which
has not yet been fully determined,
Secretary Nagel of the department Of
commerce and labor, will take up at
once with President Taft the entire
subject of safeguarding ocean travel
by more stringent American shipping
regulations. The disaster has aroused
congress, President Taft and his cab
met to urgent need for immediate
measures of safety for oceanic travel.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-17
VISITORS REMAIN
FOR flower Battle
Convention Delegates Remain
for Big Flower Festival
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April II
Nearly four hundred delegates from
various state councils of the Modern
Order of Practorians have been in San
Antonio attending a two day session
of the annual state convention which
always precedes the meeting of the
supreme council and is numerically
much greater. It's business deals
with the conduct of the organization
and recommendations are made by it
to the supreme council. Counting
delegates and nondelegates and men,
bers of their families here with them,
not LESS than one thousand visitors
were brought to San Antonio for the
convention and many of them re-
mained over for the Fiesta San Jac-
into and Battle of Flowers the fol-
lowing week.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-17
LAND VALUES
ARE INCREASING
Southern Property Values
Keep Constantly AdanCing
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. -.pril IL
According to the annual report of the
state comptroller of public affairs,
now in press, Bexar county property
had a valuation of $97,O88,591, an in
crease of $14,753,75 or 17.9 per cent
over the previous year. The county
tax is thirty-cents, as it was the pre-
ceding year. The average value of
land is $19.06 an acre, an increase
of 1884 an acre or PA per cent
over 1910. But the bulk of the gain
is shown by the increased valuation
of city property, which is $$Al,913,-
$50, gain Of 20.2 per cent. The
value of the country lands was fixed
at $56,66S,730. The remainder is rep
resented by personal property Of all
kinds in city and country
The total value Of real and personal
propety in Texas is $685. ,632, ,745, an
property in Texas is $2,515,632,74 an
cent over 1910.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-17
SNOW Storm
IN NEBRASKA
Rough Weather Causes Col.
Roosevelt to Change His
Plan for Speeches Today
VIII However Wind Up q Doz'
en- Speeches in That
State at Omaha
BY Associated Press,

BY Associated Press.
HASTINGS, Neb., April III twas
showing when Colonel Roosevelt be-
gan his Nebraska caRpaign today.
He reached Hastings early and at 8
o'clock made the first speech. Owing
to the biting cold the plan for out
door meeting was abandoned, and the
Colonel went to the opera house. He
re-stated his position in the campaign
which, he said, he was making to OBJ
tain general rule by the people and
asked for their support at the coming
primaries.
The Colonel left Hastings by a
special train to carry out the pro-
gram for the day, which calls for a
dozen speeches,th one being last set
for Omaha tonight.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-17
Prominent BANKER DEAD

ABERCROMB1E, N. D., April H.
A. X. Tveto died in a chair at his
home here shortly after noon. Cause
of death was heart exhaustion brought
on by stomach trouble with which he
had been suffering for some time.
He was president of the First Ma
tional bank of Abercrombie and was
interested in number Of other banks
in North Dakota. He was So years
of age and is survived by his wife and
seven daughters and d son.
He had been at the bank just be-
fore noon.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-17
sTRAINING FOR DETAILS

The Cunarder Carpathia, bear
ing 1858 survivors of the sunken
White Star liner Titanic, was less
than 600 miles from New York
harbor at noon today, and word
was eagerly awaited that would
shed further light on the catastro-
phe Of Sunday night which cost
1872 lives.
Sable island was in brief COM
munication with the rescue ship
for a time this morning, but no
additional names of the survivors
could be obtained.
The wireless stations along
Newfoundland coast are straining
to get in communication with the
vessel this afternoon, and the
scout cruiser Salem was some
where off Nantucket for the pur-
pose Of relaying ashore, through
sister cruiser Chester, some con-
nected account of the disaster.
In New York the White Star
line Offices received a brief WIRE
less dispatch saying the Carpa-
thia was 500 miles from the har-
bor entrance. This should bring
her into port either late Thursday,
or early Friday.
At Halifax the cable ship
Mackay Bennett has been fitted
out to 60 to the scene Of the dis
aster. Coffins. ice and embalming
materials are being loaded aboard
in the hope that many bodies may
be picked up near the scene Of the
wreck.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-17
Reports From Shl Containing
Survivors Add to the List
Of Those Lost
Number Of Passengers on
Board Was Even Greater
Than First Reported
Q Z f : ! + + + e 4 z 4 = = q 4
): DEATH LIST OF 1000 (:

:: NEW YORK, April 17-Cam- +
:. perdown wireless station at Hall. :
:: fax sent the Associated Press the :
= following dispatch: +
: I'VE are now in communlca- +
: ton with the carpathia and are {:
:. in a position to announce unof- =
: ficiaIIy that the Titanic struck +
: an enormous berg and sank Ov. :
:. er 1000 were lost. There are =
:. only seven hundred survivors, :
: mostly women, on the Carpathia. =
: Attention Of the Camperdown :
= station at once called the appar. +
: ent error in figures, which would +
:. give total lost and survived at :.
: 2,700, whereas the total Of pas =
: sengers and crew was given at :
= about 2,200. Reply to this in. :
: quiry, the following further ex. :
= pIanation was received a, Hall. :
:. fax: =
:: "Marconi station reports moth. :.
= ing authentic regarding the loss :.
= known from aboard the Carpatt. :
:. ia, but steamer Franconia, in re. :.
:: laying a message from carpathia :.
:. says the total number saved was :
:. only 710. The list is missing on. s:
: board the Cunarder, and only :
= rough estimate is given Of her :.
:: passenger list. =
:: Probably there were more :.
:: than 2,200 on the ship, as quite :
:: number boarded her at Cher ::
:: bourg." =
: :*** 49, -: : : **: 1: (:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-17
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. COMING
NOW FROM CARPATH|A
4 = = = :: : :: : : :. = :: : ::
WOMEN ON CARPATHlA

: NEW YORK, April 17-"All :
:: women saved, are on board the -
:. Carpathia." This wireless was :
: received from Mrs. Caroline :
: Bonnell, one of the Titanic's pas :
:: sengers now bound for New York :
: on the Carpathia. The message :
: came to H. w. Bonnell, of :
:. Youngstown, Ohio. her brother :
: now stopping at the Waldorf :
:: Astoria. ::
:. :: : : :: :. :: :. :. = :. : :: :. :! :
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-17
1ov Gives First Alarm.

"AbOut 400 n the a1teruOoL' sdAu
MI Regan, 1--WE pullel in at Joppa IA
take water, as we often do. We nal
cut off the engine and run up to :hc
water tank, and l had the OF! can IN
MY nand ready to step down, WIEN
young lad about Is years OF age
GREATNESS. terror-stricken, crying pit
eously-climbed upon the gangWay
and said: My mother has been mur:
dered." This boy is the only child OF
the Merrills.
IT could hardly believe what he
said. and I asked him If he were sure
It was true. He said Yes and then
pointed out the murderer, VINO was
lust then disappearing over the top
of the divide. riding rapidly to the
southward. He was then about a half
mile from the house, and was astrlde
a horse he had taken from the Mer'
rill ranch.
Body Found in Front Yard. .
"The home of the Merrills is small
log shack of three rooms, about zoO
feet from the water tank. l called
Fireman c. w. Carter and Brakeman
H. NJ, Houser, and we went with the
how to the house. Mrs. Merrill was
lying about four feet from the yard
gate, flat upon her back. Life was en-
firev extinct. An ugly wound in her
right breast told the story OF her aW-
fnl fate at the hands of a coWardly
murderer and l feel certain that II
the men who first apprehended Hoes.
ner. and who had gone out on the NUM-
direct from Rosebud, had lrst seen
tho body of that unfortunate woman
as we saw it, Rosebud county would
have been saved the expense OF mur-
der trial in this case. l.
'Subsequent examination seems TO
prove that the wound in the breast
was the point where the bullet that
caused death came out, and that she
was in reality shot from behind.
"Our first intention was to start
after the murderer at once and
asked the boy if they had any guns
or horses about the place. He said
thew had a rifle and shotgun. but
nothing in the shape of horseflesh ex-
cent a cot. Since the man we wanted
was fleeing on horseback, we knew
il was useless to attempt to follow
him on foot.
"That young lad, in spite of his ter
rible e4 4perience, showed great pluck
Ha told US he himself would have
gone in pursuit of his mothers SLAYER
if he had only been able to mount a
horse. And he himself also came very
near losing his life. If our train had
not pulled in just when it did, am
convinced that there would have been
a double murder-of mother and son
TO chronicle; and the boy himself
thinks the same thing.
Heard His Mother Scream.
tHe was on his way home from
school and was ---ithin about $50 yards
~ the house when he heard a shot
and also heard his mother scream.
He broke into a run for the house.
and then met Hoesner, who was e.
Gaming on the horse. The man reacned
for his six-shooter when he saw the
hov and the latter, realizing his dan
CONTINUED On page 81
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-17
ENGINEER TELLS0F MURDER
Of WOMAN near GLEND|VE
q = + !: I: : : : : I: : : /: = +
= ADvENTUREsoME GIRL HAS +:
:: Returned ::

: MINoT, April 17.-Miss Ruth :
= MaIstrom, a 17-year-oId girl who :
: mysts-iously disappeared on the :
:: night Of April s, returned to Nj
: not today from Devils Lake, :
: where she was located by Alex
:: Scarlet, president Of the Minot
:: humane society. Miss MaIstrom "
:: walked from Minot to Granville,
:: Is miles, in the middle Of the "
:: night and sa\d that she made the I
:: trip merely for an adventure. :
: :. : :. : : = : = : : : : !: :
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-17
IN MEMORY Of THE
GREAT SEA Fighter
Statue Of John Paul Jones
Unveiled IN Potomac
Park !
BY Associated Press.

BY ASSOc18teQ PreS8.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE un-
yelling of the statue of John PAU
Jones here today in Potomac park
brought to a close the movement be-
gun several years ago to provide some
memorial of the great naval hero.
1t was started with waive of public
interest by the discovery in France,
and the removal to America of the
remains of the sea fighter.