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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07
A CANTON MAN
TAKES OWN LIFE
Thomas Durkee, Of Canton, Mo-, End
ed Life at Home by
Hanging.

Especial to The Gate Cfty.1
CANTON, Mo-, May THE funeral
services over the remains of the late
Thomas L. Durkee were held this at
ternoon, and were in charge of the
Masonic order, of which he was a
member.
Mr. Durkee had spent fifty years
of his life in Canton. and 1t is
thought that his advanced years
served to weaken his mental faculties.
Late Saturday afternoon his wife, on
entering their barn, found his life
less remains hanging to a rafter, sus-
pended by rope.
Mr.. Durkee was one OF the Oldest
merchants of Canton. For fifty years
he was member of the firm of Dur
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07

Brooklyn Eagle: Mr.. WI told an
audience which he was addressing in
Newark once about the manner In
which his marriage had been ar
ranged.
81 never talked to my wife until
met her to marry her. he said
When I>was engaged was obstin'
ate. Before the marriage was ar
ranged I asked that be allowed to
see her. They refused. but when
persisted and asked to be allowed to
see her on the sly. they fixed 1t SO
that / could go to a house and see
my bride pass by. After sitting in 9
window for several hours saw three
women pass. / was satisfied. But
did not know which was to be my
wife"
Mr.. WI has always been Interested
In the American way OF counting.
+ Once while he was enjoying an In
terview by newspaper man he turn.
ed to one of the correspondents and
asked:
How much do you earn year7'
oh said the other, It earn twice
as much as am paid"
"Yes?" said WI. "Do you ind 1t
difficult to save anything on your $780,
GEO a year,"
WI had bland way Of stating
facts that he knew to be facts. At
dinner in Washington he once sat
next very well known bishop.
"Will you let me see your ring7"
said he. The bishop of course did
and then the ambassador remarked:
THAT is the best imitation emer-
aid ever saw
'Imitatien?" said the bishop. why,
that is impossible That was used
as an Episcopal ring in England 200
years before 1t was given me-
AS it turned cut the expert eve OF
WI had not led him astray, for gem
expert found that the emerald was
composed of two stones, and not a
single one.
There are plenty of interesting
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07
Resolution No Sc.
May 2. 1912. 9 a. m.

May 2. 1912, 8 a. m.
BE 1T RESOLVED, BY the City
Council of the City of Keokuk, Iowa:
That 1t is necessary and advisable
to make the following Improvements,
to-wit:
Construct an eight-inch tile sanitary
sewer IN the alleys through blocks
145, and III to connection with the
main sewer in the alley through block
ia; also through block Ia to 8 con-
nection with the main sewer in the al
ley through block 11S; and through
blocks 80 and 1913 to connection with
the main sewer near the, intersection
Of Fifth and Bank streets. all in the
city OF Keokuk, Iowa,
And that the cost OF the same be
assessed and levied as special tax
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07
OBITUARY OF THE
LATE MRS. TULLEY
Funeral Was Held on Sunday Morning
at Sharon Church With Burial
In that Cemetery.

Linnie Mae Brownlee Tulley was
the third daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. H. Brownlee She was born at
their old home farm in Cedar town
ship Sept 18th, 1880 The days Of her
childhood and youth were spent at
the old home. She was always an ac-
tive worker in the interests of the
Sunday school and became a member
of the Sharon church, February Is,
1895.
She was united in marriage to Mr..
James Tulley, October 3, 1907 and dur
ing the brief years Of welded life re-
Yealed to all Who knew her that true
womanly affection that forms the
great part in making the peaceful and
happy home Though failira in health
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07

bacco pipes and battleships of ce-
ment. We have observed fascinating
demonstrations Of forming statuary,
ornamental ware, furniture and even
dishes OF cement Edison has predict
ed that the time will come soon when
cement will be used In the making of
every conceivable thing used in the
home, even TO tables and chairs 1t
Is no wonder, then, that the public has
begun to open its eyes and take new
interest in this matter. The cement
show is of great educational value as
prophecy of what Is to come with
scientific advances In the art OF ce-
ment fabrication.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07

recognized more than ever before.
This progress in interest, equipment,
adaptation and appreciation is very
gratifying, but it serves chiefly to
call attention to the vast amount yet
to be done before we shall have be
gun to attain anything like the ideal
of education necessary in our civic, In
dustrial, and social democracy. The
Individual and social welfare alike
demand the highest and best possible
education for every individual, and a
constant readjustment Of ideals and
methods to the ever-changing re-
quirements Of our developing institu-
tons. y
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07
AN INDIAN CHIEFS PHILOSOPHY

A newspaper correspondent recent
| ly visited old Wa-be-na-gwe-wes, OF
John Smith, as he Is called by his
white neighbors in Cass county, Min
nesota For one hundred years he
has been chief of the once powerful
Chippewas. Now, aged by the SHOWS
of 1923 winters, wrinkled and withered
almost beyond belief, but still strong
and vigorous, he awaits the summons
of the Great Spirit in his little hut
On the shores of Mud Lake. The old
man is the last of the great Indian
chiefs who We're power to be reck-
oned with in the days when the ma
ton was young and when men took
their lives In their hands to plunge
into the woods of the new world and
carve out the nucleus of the future
cities. He was always the friend of
the whites and on one occasion saved
many of them from massacre by the
Sioux.
The correspondent tells US that In
the wrinkled face, married with the
storms of his many years, can be seen
the stamp of the simple philosophy
of the Indian-the philosophy that
makes life a matter Of fighting to the
last. of facing the ills Of life without
complaint and meeting death with
composure. What has given you the
greatest pleasures' was asked him, to
which he replied, speaking slowly:
Il have fought In battle; the white
man has been my friend; / have loved
woman; the Great Spirit has talked
to me BIZ the camp fire and In the
sound Of falling water-and have
understood"
Could philosophy be more simple
or sublime7
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07

The campaign for banking reform
that is being carried on by the Nation
al League for the promotion of a
sound banking system is intended to
affect only commercial banking. It's
single aim is to provide modern, ade-
quate banking facilities for CONNER
cial, industrial and agricultural bust
ness. It takes no account of the bust
ness of investment banking, which is
properly concerned only with placing
the surplus and savings Of the com
munity on basis to produce interest
Commercial banking is not concerned
with supplying capital TO enterprises
but with furnishing credit facilities
fer the exchange OF commodities II
moves the crops of the farmer but
does not supply him with capital tC
buy or stock his farm; it supplies man
ufacturers with money to pay EN-
ployes, but not with that to erect new
buildings or buy new machinery
There is much confusion of the invest
ment and commercial functions O.
banking.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07
IOWA DEMOCRATIC SITUATION

Ninety-four Iowa counties have held
conventions and selected delegates to
the Democratic state convention
which meets at Burlington May is.
THURSDAY of next week. The counties
yet to hold conventions are Adair,
Floyd, Scott, Jasper and Chickasaw.
with a total of sixty-eight votes. The
situation, present and prospective, is
thus outlined in the news columns OF
the Des Moines Register and Leader
and is presumably correct:
Counting instructed delegates, dele
gates held by the unit rule and en-
/ dorsement and delegates in counties
| where the division has been declared
accurate By both Clark and Wilson
men. Clark has AT delegates and
Governor Wilson 3os delegates. OF
i the entire number of delegates elect.
ed. 440 are not bound by Instructions
Clark's AT contains 161 delegates that
are not instructed.
There will be 1892 delegates in the
convention It will require 531 votes
I to instruct Clark has more than 300
i Instructed delegates, but Will moi
have enough instructed delegates in
the convention to control To instruct
for Clark. almost 200 uninstructed dele
gates must be added TO the list OF
sure voters. The Wilson leaders have
given up any hope of instructing the
Iowa delegation for their candidate
They hope to see instructions for
1 Clark voted down.
/ The temporary organization will be
in the hands of the Clark men.
Politicians think there is no ques
ton but that the Clark forces Will
control majority of the eleven dis
trict caucuses and thus dominate the
I convention committees.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07

The splendid work of Chamberlain
Stomach and Liver Tablets is daily
coming to light. No such grand RENE
dy for liver and bowel troubles was
ever known before. Thousands bless
them for curing constipation, sick
headache. biliousness, jaundice and In
digestion.
Sold by Wilkinson & Co. Pharmacy.
and j. F. Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07
Some Oddities Of Mr.. WI.

anecdotes that Washington people re-
cali concerning Mr.. WI. One OF
them was of the way in which he
was going to fight of age He said
frankly that he expected to live 200
years, and told how he expected to
leo it He was going to give up all
| f%sh food and stick to vegetarian
diet The result was marvellous. he
told newspaper men. who We're as
ready as ever to get something un-
usual from him.
| Mr. WI was also credited In news
paper stories with having been con-
lyerted by representatives from the
INV. C. T. q. and to have climbed
aboard the water wagon. Just how
long he rode and when he stepped on
lis not told. Mrs. John B. Henderson,
the Washington woman who was re-
sponsible for Wu's conversion, would
never admit that he had fallen from
the wagon. He had merely got down
to pick up the whip, she said.
When the Chinese minister was in
terviewed here In New York several
years ago, or rather himself inter-
viewed the reporter who came to see
him, Mr. WI took occasion to inquire
as to the prevalence OF vegetarianism
among metropolitan newspaper men.
The reporter in question was not a
vegetarian, nor was his city editor
who sent him. The reporter also
thought that there were few reporters
in New York who could stand the
vegetarian racket.
A Vegetarian Champion.
"Give them all my compliments,
said Mr.. WI. Tell them all that they
should become vegetarians. believe
that it will do them good And tell
your city editor, with my compliments,
that l think your paper would be a
better paper If he should become
vegetarian himself | read your pa
per every day and like 1t, but would
enjoy it more if only knew that it's
makers took care Of themselves by
adopting vegetarianism.'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07

The La Crosse Leader-PTess points
ont that harmony nov prevails in Re
publican politics. Taft and La Fol
lette are in complete accord in their
opinion of Roosevelt. Roosevelt and
La Toilette agree thoroughly IN sizing
UP Taft. and Taft's opinion Of La
Toilette is identical with that Of HIS
friend Roosevelt concerning the Wis
consin senator. There seems to be
harmony all around.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07

upon the real property abutting upon
the alleys. or adjacent to the streets
in which said improvements are made
in proportion to the special benefits
conferred upon said property by said
improvements, and not In excess there.
OF
And that this resolution will be con.
sidered for passage at meeting Of
the City Council to be held on the
twenty-seventh day Of May, 1912, at
which time objections may be made
to the passage Of this resolution and
to the making OF said contemplated
improvements.
Roll call:
Elder-Yes
Gray-Yea.
Hickey-Yea ]. F. ELDER,
Attest: Mayor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

like the man who goes
Not songless TO the common tasks
of life.
But twines a flower around his tools
Of trade;
Who boasts not what ne does nor
what he knows:
Who brings no sword but love to con
ouer strife.
And, king of self, of nothing is afraid
Frederick Cakes Sylvester
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07

kee & Hawkins, Canton dry goods
merchants of this place, and con-
tinued member of the firm until
three years ago, when he retired
He was member Of the Christian
church, and the Masonic and knights
Templar orders.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07

"A Chicago boy fell from a fourth
story window and landed on cement
sidewalk without being injured. Chi
cage boys must indeed be tough.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07

Suggested by W. j. Barnes: Be sure
you are right-then ask your wife.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-07
No Objections.

"a no O0JSSktoHS.
Yes. sir; l can marry you and
tho girl, all right, but ! am not reg.
ular pastor. I'm travelling preach
er." Suits mo all the better; I'm
travelling man. @e
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-09-07
President Delivers Address at
at Old Fort GriswoId to Dele
gates of Atlantic Deep Wat
efways Convention,
PANAMA CANAL MUST
BE HANDLED FAIRLY
Chief Executive Deprecates
Criticism LeveIed at Him Be-
cause He Did Not RashIy De-
eide Against United States,

IBy Morning Journal Special L~nsed Wire.
New London. Conn, Sept. g.
From within the grass grown ram
parts Of old Fort Griswold on Cot
ton Heights, President Taft, this ar
ternoon, told the delegates to the At
lantic deep waterways convention that
no individual should allow his own
selfish interests. or his personal am
bition to lead him to climb into power
over some one else.
I'VE should not forget our true
relation to our fellowmen" he said
NOR the obligations we owe to those
who. as individuals, make the body
polite"
The president had been telling the
story of the defense of Fort Girls
age of those farmers who had de-
Tended the walls against the British
under Benedict Arnold.
Turning from the lessons of his
tory, the president took up the mat
ter of deeper waterways, a movement
which he favored. OF the Panama
canal, he said he saw nothing which
suggests delay in sending American
battleships through it a year hence.
The president said.
Il signed the Panama canal bill, as
you know. If you We're to read some
of the structures on that act OF mine.
you would think the executive and
congress went around looking for a
chance to violate a treaty, and then
violate a treaty Just for the fun of it..
on the matter whether there has
been any violation OF treaty rights,
think il fair to examine the question
up one side and down the other and
hear arguments on each side before
calling names or before siding against
ones own country"
The president arrived here at noon
He came ashore with Mrs. TAFT and
several members Of his party who
had come over from New YORK ON
the Mayflower.
The president, with his ankle
bound up, used cane in walking
from the boat landing to the auto.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-09-07
GOVERNMENT LEARNS
OF LUMBER TRUST

.. Portland. ore. Sept 6.-Charles f..
Dant. wholesale lumber dealer of
Portland. was the only witness ex-
amined when the federal investiga-
ton into an alleged combination of
retail lumber dealers. begun recently
in Seattle, was resumed i'm this city
today.
The substance of Dants testimony
was that lumber dealers all sought to
confine the marketing Of their pro-
duct to the regular channels--from
the manufacturer and wholesaler
through the retailer Is the consumer.
He denied that amy understanding eX-
listed as TO the firm or firms from
which retailers should buy. MIR. Dant
admitted that his company suspended
relations three years ago with the
Farmers Cash Union. Of Trcmcnton.
Utah. after the spokane Lumber Deal
ers' association had protested that
the union was cooperative and there
fore could be classed only as a con
sumer.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-09-07
-FOUR KILLED BY
RUNAWAY TROLLEY

Glenwood Springs, Colo. Sept. e.
Four were killed and two injured to-
day in the runaway of a trolley car
on the line operated by the Colorado
Yule Marble Company at Marble
Colo, between its mills and the quarry
The same car recently ran away and
caused the death of Colonel Meek,
president of the Colorado Yule Mar
Bile Company close to the scene of
the accident today.
The dead are;
GEORGE HEAEY, motorman.
r. p. LITTLE, motorman.
Unidentified Mexican.
Unidentified 5-year-old girl.
The fatal ear started to run away
when half way down a steep hill. The
crew lost control and the ear struck
a wall at the foot of the incline, hurl-
ing its occupants against the rocks
with deadly force. only for the wall,
the car would have jumped into the
river.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-09-07
MICHIGAN SHOWS BIG
TAFT SENTIMENT

Chicago. Sept. 6.-Charles 3. War
ren. republican national committee
man from Michigan. today joined Da-
Vid Mulvane Of Kansas, director OF
the republican campaign of the west
AT the Chicago headquarters. Mr..
Warren said that 10000 republicans
had enrolled in Michigan as against
5000 progressives.
We have in Michigan" said MT.
Warren. "a law which allowed any
one who had enrolled as republican,
or democrat, to re-enroll as pro-
sressiVe, as the progressive party is a
new one, while those who had not
enrolled at all. were given an oppor-
tunity to vote by subscribing az u
progressive. Despite this wide open
door. the progressives succeeded IN
enrolling only l2 per cent of the
total vote of the state.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-09-07
OCEAN PARK l00TER
CAUGHT BY POLICE

Los Angeles, Sept. .-Quartermas-
ter Sergeant Carl Westcott, of Com
pany +, Seventh Regiment, Califor-
MIA national guard, was arrested to-
day charged with looting while on
duty Tuesday night during the fire
that swept ocean Park. The police
claim to have found a large quantity
of silver ware and cutlery in his
quarters.
Since the fire. accusations have
been made that a number of business
houses were looted by the citizen sol
diery. and Chief Of Police Randall. oi
ocean Park. asserted tonigh, that
more arrests would he made.
Westcott's commanding officer ex-
pressed the belief that the sergeant
had hcen made temporarily insane by
the heat and was not responsible.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-09-07
.DEBS DE N 0 UNCES
RO0SE WELT AS
LABOR ENEMY
Socialist First LambaSts Taft
and Wilson and Then Com
pares ProgresSiveS to Saliva
ton Army of Politics.


Los Angeles, sept 6 6.-Eugene V.
Debs, socialist candidate for presidenr
invaded today what is regarded as
the progressive party's stronghold on
the Pacific coast and in an Adlrcs
toniehf renewed his attack upon COT
oncl Roosevelt for alleged unfriendli-
ness to labor while governor of New
York and during his administration
as president. He declared PooseNelt
'instinctively was the oppresss'' IF la e.
Dor while in executive position.
After denouncing President Tast
and Governor Wilson and their To-
spective supporters. Mr.. Dehs said
ironically:
and now comes the progressive
party-the salvation army coming lust
in the nick Of time when We were
about TO go to the bow vows. AS II
by magic It arose. At its head stands
the self appointed defender of the
working class"
The speaker said that Roosevelt,
when governor or New York. sent
militia to shoot down working men.
THAT chapter of his record" said
Mr.. Debs. lis as black as a raven 3
Wing And now he wants the yote of
the workers he betrayed tc return
hum TO office"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-09-07
RESULTS
FROM FLIP OF COIN

san Francisco. Sept. 6.--"I'd like
TO marry that girl" said John u.
Murphy, a fruit grower. as he stood
talking last night with the bartender
OF a cafe ON the Iarhary coast, DO
you know herr
The girl was EVA kclliher. 70
years old. a cafe singer. Murphy
had never set eyes on her before,
why, sure said the bartender,
"Al right" said Murphy, wen
toss a coin to see Heads. l do. tails.
| don'tN
The coin came heads. ana this
morning they were married IN Judge
Shortall's police court.
Robert Andrews the bartender,
was best man. After the ceremony
he grew speculative How could he
lose ?' he asked. Il flipped the coin.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-09-07

Tho progressive party Of Bernalillo
county held its second county conven-
ton Yesterday ana named twenty-four
delegates 60 the state convention
which viii lie held here September
10th. This convention VIII be called
to order at the Elks' theater 1T z
o'clock. The county gathering of the
party named central committee and
transacted Il considerable amount of
other necessary business. Announce
monts were made Of the impending
7 TstaIe convention and or the visit OF
Colonel Roosevelt to this city and all
lprosressives were urged TO attend
both gatherings. Committees were APP
pointed to arrange for a big progress
sive rally on the night Of the con-
vention, and TO SEQ what arrange
mcnts might he made with the author
tiles OF the various local Industries
regarding closing up their plants on
the afternoon of September 18th. in
order that the men might see and hear
Colonel Roosevelt.
The convention was attended by
about i05 delegates, including half
dozen proxies. and there was but one
precinct, No. IA, unrepresented. There
was just enough discussion to evil
dence the fact that nothing in the
nature Of q slate had been prepared.
The meeting was called to order by
sheriff Jesus Romero. In his capacity
Of chairman Of the county orsaniId
tion. The call was read in English
and Spanish by =. Ruppe and Romulu
Ribera and Major Ruppe immediate
ly afterward moved the appointment
of committees of five each on creden
tials, permanent organization and
resolution, Modesto c. ortiz suggested
that a temporary organization be eff
fected before this be done, and Mr..
Romero was made temporary chair
man BY unanimous vote Mr. ORTIZ
was made temporary secretary and
Mr.. Eihera Interpreter. Mr. Rupees
motion was then considered 10y the
and carried
The chair appointed the following
committees
ON resolutions Frank Ack'rnpis
4. Mattcucci. NJ S. Otero 1usto Il.
Armiio and NJ. l.. Fox.
on credentials. Atanusio NuntoAa
J. f. sniVeley, Rev } II. Head. j. Ed.
lIaincs ana Justiuiano Gutierrez.
TN permanent tiktHfN ti'ti -
Ruppe, NJ. II, Springer Bernard Fal-
kenrch. Polearpio Armijo and Q. A.
Matson
While these committees We're per
forming their official duties, Modesto
{. ORTIZ addressed the sathering. Mr.
ortiz declared thai the campaign now
opening woue bl au aggressive cam
iaign for many reasons. hut chiefly
iceause II was headed by nj aggres-
sivc man. Theodore Roosevelt The
mention OF the Rough Riders name
.vok,d applause, which was repeated
II frequent intervals throughout the
for ho was mentioned by
lcarly everyone.
MIR. ortiz declared the party was
altr gaining strength, both because
Il Rooscvclts influence and because
4 the principles it advocated and said
D believed IL would be successful
ext NnVemhor. Then, he thought,
here would he no republican party.
ut only progressives. lie declared
hat the only opposition the Rough
.iler would have was To come from
he trusts and that came because they
,arcd him.