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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-26
ADJUSTMENTS.
"a Royal slave"

r;ve thousand spangles on one
,own makes sight seldom seen, yet
mis- Is the number OH one of the
Gowns which Miss Irene Solomon
wears in the beautiful romantic pro-
auction of "a Royal Slave which
comes to the Grand opera house Sat
urday matinee and evening, Jan. ~.
The play treats with day when
magnificence was visible on every
hand and of people who denied
their women folks nothing. Passion
ate emotional to an extreme, high
tempered. the Castillians of Mexico
lived picturesque as well as wore pic
turesoue clothes. Matinee starts at
p. m.
"Baby Nine"
The success of two continents,
"Baby Nine" Margaret Mayo's merry
play, which comes to the Grand opera
house, Wednesday, Jan. 81, under the
direction of William A. Brady, Ltd,
ran for one solid year at Days thea
ire. New York, where it played to
the largest gross receipts ever known
in the history of the American thea
ire. Not content with that. Baby
Mine is now breaking all records at
the Criterion theatre, London, where
the comedy has already reached its
second year. 1t will shortly be pro.
duced in Paris, Berlin, Vienna, St
Petersburg, Australia, South America
and Japan. 1t is as certain as mum
dane affairs can be that Baby Nine
is the biggest comedy success ever
known. 1t is clear, clean, healthy fun
from beginning to end, and it is not
only brightly written, but brilliantly
acted Baby Mine" is said to keep
the audience in commissions of mirth,
and to be the most wildly laughable
| comedy that ever set a house in an
uproar.
Seat sale opens Monday at IL
O'Clock.
Madame x.
Henry w. Savage's remarkably sue
cessful production of Madame x"
| Bisson's celebrated Partisan drama Of
mother love is the most powerful play
Of recent years and its emotiona
scenes differ radically from those
usually associated with French sue
cesses.
Its story has to do with a woman
who deserts her husband and chile
and leads q wild, adventuresome life
pair of hlackmailers discover, some
twenty years afterward, that she i
the wife of celebrated French juris
and lay plans to blackmail him, be
lieTeins that he would rather pay fol
their silence than have his name as
ISOLATED with hers. When the mys
ferrous Madame X, finds this on
she kills one OF the blackmailers ant
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-26
Sues Trree Bishops.

ELkHART, Ind, Jan. 26.-George
Fl. Lambert has filed suit for 100000
against three bishops of the Mennon-
it church for libel as the result of a
trial which resulted in his being ex-
PEELED from the church.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-26

After a heavy meal, take couple
Of Doan's Regulets, and give your
stomach. liver and bowels the help
they will need. Regulets bring easy,
regular passages Of the bowels.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-26
Those who cannot pay will be given
tickets free by the teachers.
People Being Robbed.

URBANA, ILL.,, Jan. 26.-"The peo-
pie are being robbed by telephone and
telegraph rates. said Dean Kinley of
Illinois university, discussing the
Hitchcock government ownership
plan.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-26

Persons troubled with partial par
alysis are often very much benefited
by massaging the affected parts thor
oughly when applying Chamberlain S
Liniment. This liniment also relieves
rheumatic pains. For sale by Wilkin-
son & Co., Pharmacy, and j. F. Kied.
aisch & Son
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Five Days of Hiecouahs.

earning, N Y, Jan. 20. Miss
Florence Paynton, 20, of Paint Flats,
has been suffering with hiccoughs for
five days Efforts of physicians /
give her relief have failed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-26

Only One "6RoMo ouiNlNEv
That is LAXATIVE PROMO GUM
me. Look for the signature of E. w.
GROVE. Used the world over to Cure
Cold in One Day Csc.
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BOARD DECEIVED
BY WATER BILLS |
This Was Charge Made at School
Board Meeting by Attorney w.
J. Roberts, in Water Rate
Matter.
BooKKEEPER sTUMBLEs
Made Out Bill Showing the Amount
Charged to Each School instead
Of Carrying
Total.

How change of bookkeeping in the
company disclosed to the auditing
committee of the school board pref
ty deception, which for several years
caused the board to have no knowl-
edge of a change in water rates for
the schools, was told at the annual
meeting of the board last evening by
w. j. Roberts, the attorney appear
ing in the case brought in the name
of the State Of Iowa, Lee county and
the County Attorney against the Wa
ter Works company to have it ousted
because of an alleged illegal fran
chise.
That Attorney Roberts did not act
with full support of the school board
in bringing the action was disclosed
at the meeting. Nearly every member
present favored paying the water bills
which have been held up since May,
amounting to $685. so, but after some
discussion it was decided to wait until
Mr.. Roberts has had another personal
interview with Mr.. Allen of the Water
Works company. who is here from
Pittsburg regarding the matter.
Auditing Committee Discovers 1t.
1t seems that under the old fran
pchise the schools had received the
benefit of the minimum water rate,
but when the new franchise became
effective this was changed. Instead
of the seven schools being classified
as one common user, they We're billed
separately, and did not get the low
rate which would have been given on
the larger volume of water in the
event the water used by the seven
schools was taken together.
The bills were received at the
school board just the same, however
until long in the late spring when 6
new bookkeeper passed in bill made
out differently. The bill set out plain
ly that each school was paying {
specific amount for the water, for thu
| amount for each school was carried
out on the bill just the same as thu
/ amount OF water used. This prompt
ed w. J. Roberts to an investigation
! The board is paying approximate,
4 $40 month more than it would pa.
| under the minimum rate.
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Pawned His Teeth.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. ga well dress,
ed man here pawned his teeth in order
to eat. Then it was pointed out to
him that he couldn't eat without the
teeth, but he kept his money.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-26
Mumps Sent in Letter.

WORCESTER, Mass. Jan. 25.-An
epidemic of mumps is raging through
Clark University, conveyed there, it
is said in a letter written by girl
to one of the students.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-26

Feel langu'd, weak, rundown?
Headache? Stomach Just a
PLAIN case of lazy liver. Burdock
Blood Bitters tones liver and stomach,
promotes digestion. purifies the blood
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Arm Graftino,

PARIS, Jan. pa one-armed man,
on whom surgeons planned to graft
the arm of a dead man, refused to ac-
cept the limb of a murderer declaring
he never could tell what the arm
might do when it got into action
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The Smith Jury

NEW YORK, Jan 26. Nine Smiths
were drawn on one jury by NJ. FL.
Brown. court clerk. All qualified and
We're accepted
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Peculiar VIII.

YoNKERs, n. Y. Jan. 26.-Charles
H. Israels. wealthy resident of
Yonkers, left will which contained
the minutest details as to his funeral.
Not a single point was overlooked in
the queer document.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-26
Real Art comes Hint

NEW YORK, Jan. Pa superb
work of art, Lake Nemi.' painted by
Corot, was sold here for $4,000, the
highest price ever paid for Corot in
America.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-26

Only the Belief Of snobs.
The idea that trade is vulgar is one
of the silliest ideas that ever came
into the brain of man.
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UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW ROCHELLE, n. Y, Jan. 26.-
Toots, big tomcat, beat a red fox to
finish. 1t kept the fox at bay until
reynard was killed with an axe han
die.
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chinks in Wreckaae.

TYLER, Texas, Jan. Wreckers
gathering up the debris of smashed
freight car found six Chinese stow
Always.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-26

Egley; Fred Pfifeling of Warsaw, an
Emil Gabel. ssa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-26
Killed Herself.

OMAHA, Jan. 26.-Mrs. s. Zschau
who began six months ago to diet to
recover her health, died today of starv-
alton according to physicians.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-26

is brought to trial. Being without
counsel, the court assigns young
lawyer to her defence. This lawyer
lis the son she deserted long before,
and his father, interested in seeing
how he will conduct his first Grim
inal case, comes and sits at the side
Of the presiding judge. Madame X''
does not at first recognize her son but
during the course of the trial she sud
denly becomes aware of his identity
Madame X will be seen at the
Grand opera house Tuesday evening
Jan. 80. Seat sale opens tomorrow at
1000 o'clock.
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School Lunch Counters,

+ SPOKANE. Wash. Jan. 26.- The
charity board has established lunch
counters in the schools for children,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-26
Nova

Nowadays.
It's wise play that knows its own
author.-Harper's Bazaar.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-26
Seven DAVIS.

Seven Days.
Ten persons imprisoned in a house
for a week by a quarantine guard SO
numerous and vigilant that it is peril
Gus for the captives to attempt SO lit
tie in the way of liberty as to peep
out of window, is the basis of the
comedy, Seven Days." the play by
Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery
Hopwood that is creating laughter
along it's merry way. The quarantine
stops a dinner party arranged by
friends of the host to cheer him up
on the anniversary of his divorce. His
wife obtained the divorce so he's UNI
happy over it. Just before the din
ner is to be served the Japanese valet
Is taken away in an ambulance. WISH
| tors and host know nj. .Ing of his dis
appearance, or that of the other SER
wants who have fled in terror, until a
! policeman who had fallen asleep in
/ the basement while visiting the cook,
i discovers that all have been shut up
! by the quarantine. SO ~
OCfCA lays Will uS oScH dt Cuc
Grand opera house Thursday, FEB. L.
1 Seat sale Tuesday morning at ten
o'clock.
"At sunrise"
/ The attraction at the Grand opera
house Monday. January 30, will be the
military comedy drama AT Sunrise
The lines are said to be original
bright, clean and sparkling, with a
asdash and finish from the.start that
i provokes uprorious laughter and
4 hearty applause. The plot is inter
4 woven with beautiful love story and
is full of many serious and comedy
situations. With complete scenic
| and electrical equipment that can be
i used on any stage, large or small, the
management assures the patrons OF
/ the Grand the same elaborate investi
/ ture presented III the larger cities.
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Makes Work for Man,

WI0NSS IVVIFN tS 1V1uFFys
In France the persons who are en-
ployed in the cultivation of the vine
number 100000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-06
Financial Expert
 Vree!and DeCrIeS
 Monetary System
Special from United Press1


 Washington, Feb. 6-Denouncing the present monetary system of the coun- try. Representative 'Vreeland, (Rep., N. Y.), financial expert of the House. today, delivered a speech recommend scheme proposed by the National Mon etary Commission.
 ''All businesses rest upon the bank ing system.'' he said. and when 1t comes down, they come down with it.
 These money penics are entirely unnecessary. It is almost crime to permit them to continue to sweep over the country with all the losses and ering they bring in their wake
 ''Our competitors, the great nations across the sea, have not had a money panic in 50 to 100 years. They have crop failures and business depreSsions, wars and rurnOrS of wars, much more often than we do, but these conditions no longer result in money panics and runs on banks"
 Vreeland recommended as remedies for the existing conditions:
 ''First-A currency based upon gold and commercial paper endorsed by needs of business. Its increase and decrease should be automatic. Fol lowing the example of the other great ne.t;OnS of the world this note issue should come from a central organlza- tion, under regulation of law.
 "Second-A mobilization. of a part of our cash reserves-four or five mil ion doIlars-in the hands of some central organization where it can be used in Stantly and in overwhelming amounts wherever needed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-06
CONNECTICUT MEN
 AGAINST THIRD TERM

Washington, Feb. 6.-Most of the Connecticut delegation seems to be against the third Presid ential term proposition. When the Slayden reso- lution declaring the judgment of the House to be against a third term was being considered today. Represen+ +ative Higgins voted to consider the matter, but said he op- posed the resolution. Other Connec- tfcut men opposed the third term, but believed there was no special reason for passing .upon it today. Repre- sentatives Hill and Reilly were absent, MT Hill having gone to New York for the day. MT. Higgins introduced resolution to amend the constitution by limiting Presidential office to one term of six years. ''I am against even a second term if the first is length ened,' said MT. Higgins, and doubly against a third term
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-06
Why the w,na Watts.

Tn his book on -''1'he E'iC.turcsuue St. La wrPnce' Clifton Johnson tells of the curious superstition of Montreal which explains why the wind Is al- ways blowing at the point where St. Sulpice and Notre Dame streets meet, close by the towering cath heA1raI
 It seems that one day. while the church was in process of building. The Wind and the Devil were Jwalking down Notre Dame street. and the Devil after regarding with a frown of disapprOvaI the graceful outlines of the new .editice rising before him ex- claimed:
 What is this? I never saw it be- fore
 Very likely not" responded the Wind. and ! dare you to go tn there |"
 You dare me to do that. do you ?'' cried the Devil. with Sneer Wei. I will go in if you will promise to wait here until come out
 ''Agreed.'A said the Wind.
 So hiS satanic majesty went in. But he has not come out yet. and the Wind is still waiting for him at the corner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-06
Receiver For
 Conn. Computing
 Machine Company
Especial from United Press.


 New Haven, Feb. 6.-The Connecti- cut Computing Machine Company has been placed in the hands of the Union & New Haven Trust Company, tenn porary receiver, and steps will be talk en at once to wind up the concern s affairs and dissolve the corporation.
 Following a vote of the directors to discontinue and dissolve, 8, petition was handed to the superior court by Henry c. White, of White & Dag gett.
 The petitioners are Max Adler, Rog- CT s. Tyler, and Ro lin $. Woodruff, of New Haven; Charles Glover of New Britain and Charles M. Jarvis, of Berlin.
 It is estimated that from $500, 900 to $6OO,OO0 has been put into the concern since it's inception. The company was incorporated in 1905, capital s1,2OO, coo. The officers are Rollin s. Woodruff, president; Charles M. Jarvis, Berlin, vice president; Edward S. Swift, sec retary; Roger P. Tyler, treasurer; and J. Blake Kel ogg, general manager.
 For time it seemed as if the cor poration would develop into one of New Ravens greatest business con- cernS. Machines were made in large quantities and sold rapidly. They were not successful. Experiments were pushed freely and more machines put out but there has not been enongh money to push the business to sue cessfu1 issue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-06
Commissioners To Handle Claim
 In GiIrOy Estate
Judge Hallen to Name Men to Pass on Claim of Moth
 CT of Deceased

After a brief hearing on the appIi- cation Of Administrator Frank J. Hughes, Judge E. F. Hallen of the Probate court today announced that he would appoint commissioners to pass on the caims against the estate of the late Mollie Dunn GiIroy.
 The hearing was held in the probate cour this forenoon. Attorney Robert E1. DeForest appeared in the absence of his associate, Attorney J. B. Klein, the latter being counsel for Nathan Herz, who is trustee for LOT etta GiIroy, daughter of the deceased. Attorney John J. Phelan appeared in the interests of Mrs. Margaret Dunn, the aged mother of the deceased, whose claim against the estate was the accession Of litigation.
 Mrs. Dunn's counsel ayers that his client entrusted to her daughter cer- tain sums of money from time to time, which aggregate upwards of $2, ,O00, for which no accounting had been made to the mother.
 Judge Ha len js considering the names of several for the co-rIrIssion- CTS, but he is seeking to appoint com mfssioners acceptable to all. He said he would not name the commissioners today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-06
O'DONNELL'S APPLICATION
 HEARD BY COMMISSIONERS
One Resident Declares
 There Are Six Saloons Now in South Main Street

There was a hearing before the county commissioners this morning on the remonstrance against Maurice O'Donnell, who desired to move a liquor license from 296 Water street to 273 Main street. c. c. Lassen, resident of Cottage place, was the only remonstrant who appeared. He said there are six saloons in South Main street in the vicinity of the rail road Viaduct and he did not think another was desirable.
 Those who appeared in favor of the applicant were O'Donnell himself, Ed ward Finlan, who is local agent for the India Wharf Brewing Co.,, and Michael Shanley, who owns the build ing in which O'Donnelf proposes to locate. A man named Brown, who said he was a railroad employe, also appeared in favor.
 The commissioners reserved de- cision.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-06
STEINERT WILL SHOWS
 ESTATE OF SS50, 900

New Haven, Feb 6-An estate val ued at about SS50,O0O is disposed of 10 chi dTen and grandchildren by the vii of Morris Steinert, filed here for pro- bate yesterday It includes no public bequests, nor does it make any pro vision for the collection of mus cal in- struments placed at Yale by MT. Steinert. It provides that S110000 n cash is to be divided between the children and grandchildren of MT Steirert, and that the remainder is t1 be put in trust, the children, with the exception of the two sons. to receive the income from that amount, the money upon the death of the last child to go to the grandchildren. The two sons excepted are Rudo rh and Alexander. each of whom under the will is given $1,00O There will be no contest, it is said.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-06
National COIorS
 Green Or Yellow
Applicants for Citizenship Give Startling Answers One. Says There Are Six States in Union.

The national cOlors of our fair land are yellow and green, according to answers given by applicants for citi- zenship papers before Judge Case in the superior court this morning. Pas quale Mosora of this city was asked what colors are in the United States flag and he managed to name red and white. Attorney Church of the legal staff of the Department of Com merce and Labor asked what the oth- CT color is and Pasquale answered, yellow" Another applicant, whose birthplace was Hungary, said the na- tional color is green.
 The spectators laughed when a pros pective citizen said there are six states in the union. Antonio Polaselli declared that George Washington is president Attorney Church acknowl- edged the laugh was on him when he asked the name of the present chief executive. Taft" was the reply.
 And who was president before Taft?''
 Roosevelt" was the answer
 And who's going to be our next president?"
 q don't believe you know yourself was the startling reply.
 About 90 applicants were admitted this morning and three cases were continued.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-06
STATE OF CONNECTICUT. DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT. s.. PROBATE COURT
February 3. A D. 19-

r SDIudI A. D.- 1S1Z.
 Estate of Grace Lowe or Hayens, late of Bridgeport in said District, deceased.
 Upon application praying that an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of said deceased be admitted to probate, as per said application on file more fully appears. it is4
 ORDERED, That the said applica- tion be heard and determined at the Probate Office In Bridgeport in said District, on the 9th day of February, A. D., 1912, at 11:3o o'clock in the forenoonS and that notice therof be given to all persons known to be in terested in said estate to appear, if they see cause, at said time and place, and be heard thereon, by publishinS once in some newspaper having d circu' ation in said District, and by mailing in letter addressed to Susan OakeS. Bridgeport, Connecticut ;t copy of this order, all at least days before said day of hearing, and that return of notice given be made to this court.
 Attest,
 EDWARD F. FALLEN. aS Judge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-06
The Rride,s Troubles.

It was the servants day ont, and the young bride WAS doing her best to hurry along the dinner she was trying to cook. The husband. tired of wait ing. hustled into the kitchen and said impatiently:
 You know. we'll be late for the the ater if you don't hurry dinner"
 We'll sighed the bride. "I can't tell what's the matter. but these cof- fee grains simply won't boil soft. and as for the eggs. they've been boiling at least two hours. and they're still as hard as ever"
 ~But the dinner was concluded at last. and then the young husband de clared he couldn't find his silk hat.
 Oh" exclaimed his wife. you said it needed ironing, you know, so l sent it this morning to the laundry with the waSh''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-06
Settling the Barber.

Hairs bit thin on the top sir" remarked the barber. Wont you try a bottle of OUT hair FestOrer!"
 The victim sqnirmed. ''You made the same observation fast week" he said. and 1 expressed my desire to see you try the stuff on the dOormat."
 Sorry; didn't know you had been here before. sir" replied the barber as he went on shaving Il didn't recOg niZe your face"
 No" was the growing reply; my face has healed since then."-LOndon News
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-06
ARRESTS MADE
 THIS AFTERNOON IN
 DYNAMITE CASES
Especial from United Press.


 Indianapolis, Feb. 6-With the knowledge that more than score and a half of indictments had been prepared and would be voted on by the Federal Grand Jury, today, inter est in the dynamite case was greatly increased, today. These indictments were expected to be handed to Fed eral Judge Anderson soon after the grand jury met at o'clock, this af- ternoon. and would immediately be placed under seal of the court Their contents will not be revealed until of the country. A fixed time for seiz- ing the accused has been arranged and Federal marshals in 20 cities will act at the same moment.
 It was considered certain, today, that, among those indicted are num- Der of members of the executive board of the Interna tional Association of Bridge S, Structural, Iron Workers certain business agents of that orga- niza ton and a number of others i'm pIicated by Ortie McManigal in his confession.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-06
When Cr,oxss was a Crime.

Under statute of Edward IN Eng lands great national pastime. cricket was declared crime. owing to the game having become so popular that it interfersd with archery. the theT sport of kings. The law was rigorous ly enforced. and eI cry person convict ed of playing the game WAS fined E1i and sent to prison besides. If waS uu until the formation of the famOu Hamhlpd0n Cricket club in 1G49 tha the statute was repeaIed.-Dundee Ad VerCiSer