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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-12
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The republican county central com
mittee will meet in Kahoka next Sat
|urday, September a. The candi-
dates are also requested to be present
Lottie Rench, who left Kahoka sew
eral months ago for Oregon for the
benefit Of her health, died last Sunday
The body will not be brought back to
the old home for burial. Many Ka-
hoka friends sympathize with the
family In their bereavement.
Mrs. w. A. Rebo, of Canton, was
guest last week of Misses Alberta and
Myrtle Callison.
The Kahoka public schools opened
| Monday with Superintendent S. l..
Mapes and an able corps of teachers
at the helm.
Leon Crawford. who for the past
several months has been employed in
a store at LaPlata, has accepted po-
sition in the clothing department Of
the j. Trump & Son store. Leon is
very popular with the trade and will
be valuable addition to the firms
clerical force.
Miss Kate Darnes, assistant at the
Ipostoffice, has returned from a delight
full western trip.
i There seems to be popular de-
Inland over the state for the resigna-
ton of Judge Nortoni since he accept
led the nomination for governor on the
bull moose ticket. Judge Nortoni
halls from Macon county and four
years ago was elected to the Office OF
3 judge of the st. Louis court of APP
lpeals by the republicans on a republi-
can platform. Now that he has desert
ed the party nothing would be more
fitting than that he hand in his resig-
nation. II the party that elected him
lis not now good enough for him he
should refuse further to accept OF
their bounty.
:. The attempt to start fourth paper
in Kahosa Of the bull moose brand
seems to have died borning.
Mr.. Duffy, Of Memphis, has opened
up restaurant In the room on west
side OF square recently vacated by the
Owl.
George Foley, of near Warsaw, who
became involved In dispute with
VIM. Tucker, of the Tucker & Norris
livery barn, of Kahoka, during Thurs.
day Of the fair and pulled a gun and
threatened Tucker, was arraigned this
: week and fined 500 and costs, which
, amounted to s116.50, which he paid
and was given his liberty.
: The condition of Robert Woodruff,
Of Kahoka, who was operated on at
Keokuk couple of weeks ago, con.
tinues to improve, but 1t Will prob.
ably be couple Of weeks yet before
he Is permitted to leave the hospital
Alfred Martin has purchased the Or
: F. B. Hitler residence, three block
7 west of the court house.
Mrs. Anna Caroline Kirchner died
t at her home near Antioch, Monday
I aged 40 years. She was united II
t marriage December %, 1891, to Adam
Kirchner, Jr., and to this union clever
d children were born, ten of whom. Will
y the husband. survive. Funeral ser
s vices from Zion church near Winches
u tier, Wednesday, conducted by Rev
n w. Bechtold. Interment in the Nieu
e man cemetery
5. At the Missouri conference OF thu
o. NJ. r. church. south, Rev Thompson
g Penn was assigned to the Kahok
IS church. Rev. T. A. Allison to Ney
= Franklin and Rev H. G. Stewart t
ID Wayland.
nj Mrs. 3. s. Daugherty of Peoria, II
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-12

If the Old Man is lonely because
his wife fingers at the summer resort.
ii is not absolutely necessary for him
to give his stenographer personally
conducted excursion. Better have the
deacons up to the house to talk over
the plans for prayer meeting!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-12

The proverb that the shoemaker's
wife is the worst shod woman in
town is recalled by the report from
New York that Archibald C. Haynes,
one of the best known life insurance
men in the countyr, had died unin.
sured. Accompanying this announce.
ment regarding Haynes is the state.
ment that in his will he left only a
s5oo estate, which goes to his widow
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Mrs. Elizabeth Davidson has the dis.
tinction of being the only woman
bank president in the state of Maine
and the fourth in this country. The
bank was founded nineteen years ago
and for thirteen years continued un
der the same management and in the
same small rented room. The first
president dying, the directors elected
Mrs. Davidson to take his place
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Pathos too deep for description
drips from the statement made In
court by Chicago mans wife. I'D
Just as soon be single as to be mar
ried to travelling salesman" TheNe
sad words came out with a flood OF
tears and sobs when the court said 1t
could not compel the salesman to stay
at home occasionally. Evidently the
Chicago salesman is ''horrid brute
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-12

Miss Mabel Gillespie, the secretary
of the Women's Trade Union league
of Boston, has been appointed by Gov
ernor Foss to a place on the Minimum
Wage commission. Miss Gillespie is
the second woman on this board, as
overnor Foss several weeks ago ap
pointed Mrs. Glendower Evans.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-12

The striking feature of the returns
from the Maine election is the mani
fest reluctance % the voters to desert
the republican cause when vital re
publican principals are at stake, says
the Des Moines Capital.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-12

The disturbance you hear in the
back yard is not "Gyp the Blood"
and other gunner committing muir
der, but merely a discussion whether
the kidlets Showed" at croquet.
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La II Cnntarini1s2

Boston Traveler-Herald: "Perfidious
and dishonorable" for Pennsylvania
progressiyes to delay withdrawing
from the republican ticket, says Mr..
Hilles. That sounds bit bull moosi-
cal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-12

In Christian county, Missouri, Mrs.
Della Keitner is running for office OF
county recorder Mrs. Keitner is the
1S-year-old widow of the late recorder.
and was appointed by Governor Had
ley to fill out her husbands unexpired
term. She is now making a campaign
to be elected to succeed herself for
full term
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-12

1t makes an awful stir when the
natives of Zululand have boiled mis-
sionary for dinner, but little is said
when the bleachers have roast UNI
pire.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-12

The boys and girls have got
through vacation. but as their time
has been filled by important engage
ments, Dad and Ma have had to run
their own errands
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-12

States are 0 of style in the mod
ern school, paper pads being furnished.
Paper should not be too thick and
firm, as it does not work up well in
to spit balls.
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retained his self respect and the re-
spect OF self respecting men. That IS
worth more than office. But the peo'
Pile are ones who will lose IL Judge
Kenyon Is defeated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-12

The experiment of running lit
erary and philosophical review in this
country without we'll edited baseball
column has been thoroughly tried out
and found hopeless.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-12

The politicians love the farmer so
much, that they are willing during the
fall campaign to take trip through
the rural districts in parlor car.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-12

Some candidates are recklessly stay
Ing at homo and doing the public
business, instead of demonstrating
their ability as mixers at cattle
show
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-12
THAT IOWA BULL MOOSE TICKET

Rockwell City Advocate: The most
serious effect the action will bring
about will be the loss of thousands of
votes by Roosevelt which will now
go to Wilson, being men who were
friendly to Roosevelt on account of
the fraud in the Chicago convention,
and who will never vote for the nom
inee Of that convention.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-12
Senator Kenyon's Stand.

Webster City Freeman-Tribune:
Judge Kenyon may have made some
enemies by taking a courageous stand
ca the presidential situation, but he
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-12

gerous places in life. and finally into
the heavenly FatherR house. -Ex-
change.
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and his fellows on the third party
ticket if they wish to see the progress
sive movement advanced. for to d.
vide the vote in Iowa means reaction
and not progress.
Webster City Freeman-T Tribune:
Geo. w. Clarke was nominated FOR
governor of Iowa at a statewide pri-
mary. He is just as good a progress
sive as Judge Stevens, and as the
Freeman-Tribune believes in the pri-
mary method of nomination 1t will
support Mr. Clarke and hopes every
other progressive who is opposed to
nominations by boss-ridden conven-
lions will do likewise.
Perry Chief: The people of Iowa
! spoke clearly in the party primaries
/ in June The candidates then named
i had their title back of the people
The nominees of the bull moose con.
vention are hand picked, boss ruled
and have no claims upon the vote oil
Iowa.
Marshalltown Times Republican:
The point is here: 1t i'll becomes the
man who got the governorshir
through such methods to complain
now of irregularities in the Chicago
4 convention, when in Chicago every
proposition was openly stated and de
bated and decided in all publicity.
Muscatine Journal: 1t is doubtful
in our minds whether movement
born under such auspices will fine
favor in the eyes of Iowa progress
siyes.
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inee Of that convention.
Atlantic Telegraph: The dem
ocrats of Iowa are entitled to congrat-
ulations because of the manner in
which men who claip to be republic
cans but are opposing the regular re-
publican candidate for president, have
cleared the way for their success in
November.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The Non
lpareil believes the wiser course would
have been not to place state ticket
! in the field and it cannot advise sup
4 port of such ticket.
Boone News-Republican: Boone
county voted solidly against the prop
osition and its convention has already
1 spoken against county ticket Not
withstanding this, Boone county re-
ceived the highest honor of the con-
vention in the nomination OF Judge
i Stevens for the office of governor.
Knoxville Journal: The new ticket
) has increased the political confusion
greatly and will serve no purpose
: save to increase the chances of the
+ democratic party in Iowa.
d Davenport Times: The voters o
d Iowa will have to ignore the thirt
h party state ticket If they do not wisl
e to see the state turned over to tn,
d democrats. They win have to ignor
IS the third party ticket If they do no
It wish TO see democratic Unite
States senator from Iowa. They wi
e. have to refuse support to steven
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-31
Princeton Coaches Haze
Not Yet Eradicated All
Defects of Tiqer HeUen

Joy occasioned by the advent OF Tom
Shevlin. the old Yale star. who has
como all the way from Minnesota 10
help whip tho Blue football team into
shape. was turned to gloom to-day when
the college learned of the sudden but
not wholly unexpected death Sidney
York. the giant guard. last night. II
was but = few days aao that York, ono
Of tho mainstAys of the team. was
forced to retire from practice. York en-
toyed great popularity ~asnonS his team
mates and his loss 10 keeniy felt.
II Is not known yet whether 6hevtin.
who has. unoficialiy Of course. taken
charge Of the squad. has brought any
special plays from the Minnesota coach,
Harry Williams. a. was the case las,
year. However. the students have no,
forgotten how no pulled the ohestnuts
out of the fire last year and his coming
has restored confidence in the success
Of tho team. During ehs MAST hard
scrtmmage Shevlin took charge Of thu
ends. Gailuer and Broweisler. the reGu.
lars, being injured tho famous eno-Gpen,
lis time with tho substitutes, SAie. o..
born. Carter and Avery.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-31
|R|SH-AMER|CAN A. c.
WILL MOVE AND SUE
LANDLORD FOR $5O,Ol

After . tenancy of three yean1 n
Trish-American Athletic Ciub VIA &c
morrow move from IT'S clubhouse
East Fifty-ninth street to quarters
the Emmet Arcade fifty-ninth strci
and Madison avenue. The Board 10
Directors has also determined to brhi
suit for $4,000 damages against IN
owncrs OF tho old clubhouse. comtsnAin
that he has cost che club much mO0eS
Inconvenience and annoyance. Dsnnt
o. L. Cohalan, a director Of the old
and brother of Supreme Court JuaSy
Cohaian. wfll be counsel for the club.
The club leased the house three yeas
ago for nve years at an annual rsnts
Of 5000. In the lease II was stated ths
the house was to be used as an athiett
club and that all sorts Of entertainment
including boxing bouts, would b he'll
there. When the I. A. A. G. took eve
the house It's stoop was on city pror
erty. Last year the city ordered Tn
stoop removed. The club removed 4 9
great cost and In its stead erected
smaller one. ,.
When the club applied for a rensws
Of Its boxing license last month the an
plication was turned over to the Fir
Department Inspectors examined IN
property and reported that the buildin
was an unsafe place to hold public On
tertainments and the license was "a
fused.
They claimed that the stoop was to
small that The front doors were no
large enough and that there were nc
SUFFICIENT exits and FIRE escapes. Thsa
findings were reported to the owners bu
they refused to make the alterations
Without the license the club could NJ
hold any boxing bouts or any oths
public entertainment in its gymnasium
with the result It was thereby dsprivt
NJ reyenue
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-31
COP Almost" Nabbed
Belmont as BOOkie.

These be nervous days around New
York racetracks. No less a person
than August Belmont came near
landing in the Lookup" during the
second day Of racing at Belmont
Terminal. A Nassau County :n.nlon
Of the law saw the inancier chatting
with some newspaper men. some OF
whom were taking notes. Tho con-
stable hung around and waited to
nab the stranger just as soon rs he
accepted a bet. He waited until
some one tipped him of that VI was
august Belmont ard not a book
maker whom he was trailing. Then
he suddenly remembered ne was
needed back at poltce headquarters.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-31
Hoboken Heavyweight Accepts
Big Offer for Appearance
in Australia.
By JOHN POLLOCK.

A FTER trying for some time to sign
~ I'D Joe Jeanette. the oolored
. q heavyweight. for a series Of fights
In Austrsaia, w. c. J. Kelly. the Amed-
can representative of Hugh Mcintosh.
tho fght promoter Of that country. has
finally handed Jeanette. Dan McKetriclt,
srai,agsr OF Jeanette. to-day signed a
contract calling for Jeanette to engage
In dvs battles In Australia. for whdch
he 10 to receive . guarantee OF So, 900
and i've round trip tickets for himself.
his manager and IDS sparrdng partners
Jeanette win SAIL for the Anttpodes
about Nov. y. His f,rst fight will be
with Sam Langford and his second with
Sam Mcvey.
Al. hqE MeCsrpey. manager a Luther McCsaty.
st'Asn.ns th.. Mc6sSy : % receive : sasr.n,st
X.snOg; CAL Ds. IL Hcc.n.y ~ stats.
Y. yinns and which s. viii b sIpscted e
"o...Rssnd" Davis. the buffalo he.ywssht
Al chs nsht. he hss fought ~ that ca.y since
ss sn ss Of . s oas S Ai Il: s r:
.sainst Nm stewart, the rugged Brooklyn fghtet
.n 8 H the d sSssT Stewart a. s s. VI % b W
plenty H offcv for fights.
TOMMY Murphy, the Harlsm lis.N weight vii
fcre In two tsttles in the short space % clever
dsys next month. His first go will be with Fire.
81 the National <. g. 81 THlisdelphia Nov. 10
! Ais seSond sGsp viii Dc winA Leo Kelly, thu
| thu 81. Iuds Mol A. q. on Nov. 81.
Dddis MsGoorty can b kept busy fighting 70
Tie merit AZ weeks II he cores to sccepS In
eonsso@ 2ffer which have been made 70 hin
IN cong. kem syr.ss<. "RuffsIo Phl.deiphis
Roston. tttsar,uh, New Orisans and Winnipeg
oshh.h. MI. and erpscts 70 fight a slIroun.
botrt IN philly' before he tackles Mike Gibbons
| On Dec. ,. Eddie has lust presented mis- mothe
with . handsome with Q handsome home
| A battle between white hopes" will b. Tough
| at the Chieopee A. e. Of Chicopee. Mass, to
morrow night The big fellows who will figure II
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-31
RACING SELECTIONS.
LATONIA.

First Race-Guide Post, WORLDS
Wonder. Roy B.
Second Race-PNnce Hermis. Toy
Tecumseh.
Third Race-sureget, Milton b.
TNlhes Nightmare.
Fourth Race-,Presumption. Grover
Hughes, Jim Basey.
Fifth Race-Merry Lad. Ella Bry-
son. Impression.
Sixth Race-John Louis. Beautiful,
Dick Baker.
LAUREL.
First Race-wanda Pttzer, Garden
of Allah. Roseitaise.
Second Race - Mailman, Fond
Heart, DR.. r. L. Swarenger.
Third Race-Back Bay. Ivabel.
Hoffman.
Fourth Race The Manager.
Lahore. Superstition.
Fifth Race-Bla,ckford, o Dm.
Henry Hutchinson.
Sixth Race-Clifr Edge. Col. Ash
meade, FL Ono.
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visit the United 0tAt00 ana tame part IN
the tournament for the worlds cham
pionship. He became . professional
whom he hrst went to Berlin and
through billiards earned enough money
to pay his college expenses.
YAMApA's MASeE eHoTe WELL
NIGH PERFECT.
No player In the world has . bettcr
masse shot than Yamada. He makes
those dinieult twists with either banda
thing that very few players have ever
work IL done with what u known In
billiards As the dead ball" He can
deaden his cue ball 80 that II win not
roll over six inches while the object
ball 10 being driven twice around the
table. In match play this u . very ef-
fective stroke. 1t V ussd BY Hoppe.
Sutton and Slosson. but none Of them
has II under control any better than
the httle Jap. His draw shot - perfect.
Yamada uses . nineteen ounce cue.
made In japan. and with a. light stick
a. that has tremendous driving power.
In practice yesterday Yamada made
several runs Of sixty or more. Ono time
he ran up to 100 and stopped 20 a. to try
out some new shots. The crowd that
gathered to watch him practising aione
frequently broke into applause. He Will
not have q regular opponent until this
afternoon, when he thinks he win be
more steady on his feet
Young Yamada IL trinity built little
fellow. but like all Japs 10 small In sta.
ture. He weighs 10 pounds and 10 i've
feet two and one-half inches In height
George Slosson Ia delighted With thu
showing Of the Jap even though they are
to he opponents In the tournament.
II have seen many OF those sent her,
from abroad said Mr.. Slosson. ''bu
I think Yamada is the greatest Of then
all. He stands an excellent chance o.
winning the championship"
With the exception OF Willie Hoppe
Yamada will he the youngest man VIII
; ever entered . championship tosirna
ment
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Orange and Black Players Still
Below Standard in
Tackling.

Princeton. N. J., OCT. 81.
IMPROVEMENT u slow in the Prince
ton eleven. although some gain over
. last week Is noticeable. But some Of
the defects which appeared In the Dart
mouth game and which the coaches have
been working day and night to remove
are still there. Yesterdays practice
showed again the fact that the varsity
men are not up to par on tackling. Drill
on tho dummy did not cure this weak
ness. for the scrub backs were not
downed. when cieAn tackling would have
cut short their advance.
The question OF the ends 20 put into
the Harvard game 10 sun unsettled. All
Ave OF the first string ends have been
given . chance on tho variety. although
Dunlap and Wight were played most OF
the time. Wight was Transferred from
the scrubs to the varsity. Tho coaches
realize tho danger Of continual shifting
on tho eve Of the contest. but they can
not seem to and the best combination.
Field goal kicking will very likely play
a big part In Saturdays game. Yot, &C.
ocrding to Hell Devil' Skiliman. field
goals will not md their way into the
Tiger score Skillman IL q favor1te with
the Tiger captaina He predicted In q
letter to John DEWITT the exact scors
OF 1903 with Yale, which resulted II
Yale's defeat, Ia besides several base
ball scores. He now prophecies thai
Princeton will defeat Harvard ia
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This wonderful little Jap 10 entered IN
the tournament for the 1o3 baik line
billiard championship Of the world that
begins November II. Even with un-
steady legs and . dlxxy head from the
long see trip ne astourded the Old.timers
BY his wonderful technique. and u 10
freely predicted that Hoppe 10 about to
meet 4 fosman worthy of his steel.
Yamada 10 . modest little follow and
has little to say about his rapid rise to
fame. He couldn't say much II he
wanted to 40 his knowledge Of English
10 very limited. lie speaks German very
we'll. but that didn't help any to far A.
the writer was concerned. He also tried
italian on his American admirers but
again we were baked. Finally We Got
hold OF q Jap for an Interpreter and
found out something about this young
man who has electrified the billiard
world
LEARNED GAME ON EMAIL IA.
Ole AND FOUR LARGE BALLS.
Yamada's father. Il seems, runs a big
hotel ana restaurant In TOXIC. One OF
the side attractions Is q billiard parlor.
lr Japan the game II played on small
tables with four large balls It was on
that kind OF table that Hamada. nvs
years ago. got his stroke. With that
kind of a layout he could have run
points the rest Of his life without
missing. 80. hearing about the three
hall game. he found a harder table and
began to master that. lie has friend
Matsu Okla, who was professor in thu
Japanese University. This great scholar
was also q bug on billiards and took I
fancy to Yamada. lie persuaded hin
to 20 with him to Berlin so that m
could DO educated In letters and at tn
same time pick up a few things II
billiards for the entertainment OF tn
Jap professor.
In six months all Berlin was talkinI
about the coming billiard star and h
Defeated everybody In Germany. New
OF his achievement finally reached New
! York, and Yamada was persuaded 4
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Jeanette Will Pull D0lUn
&25, 900 for FiUe Battles

II are Andy Morris Of Boston and Arthur Pelky,
the Main fighter who hes fousht some good
fights At tho local cluh. Thsg WIN clash fog ten
rounds and the winner will Be put agains 1andy
Ferguson Of Boston two wssks later.
Harry Stons Of this 1ty and Young Dyloa. tho
hard hitting LIGHTWEIGHT Of Psovidencs. n. 4. hav
dsned aFtides Of Agreement calling for them to
inert Ia Q fifteen round bout at the next show Of
the Portuguese A, c. Of New Bedford, Mass.
on the night Of Nov. Z. ThV will meet at iSt
pounds hnsstde.
"Ons Round" Hogan made such . GOD In
prsesion IN his SIX rounds 60 with Young JACK
o'Bnsn OF Philadcdphia last Monday that Match:
maker Harry Edwards Of the Olyupis A. e. Of
Philadelphis he's matched him 70 tsche Teddy
Maoney. the lightweight Of "Phly." In Q six
round 90 At that club on Nov. IL.
Knockout Brown. the local lightweight. Is an
other fighter who will be kept busy fighting next
month. On Nov. Brown will engage In q
twelve round bout with Phil Brock. tho sturd,
Cleveland lightweight, at the Victor A. G. o.
Cleveland while a week later he will % against
Sammy Trott Of Columbus. Ohio. In . ten round
bout in that city for which he will recsive
guarantee Of 81 $50 With . privilege OF accepting
30 PIT cent. Of the receipts.
Louis Do Ponthisu. the champion light!eent
Of France, who has improved considerably In M
fighting aimee he returned IN this county. mai
been matched to meet Johnny riffith OF Akron
o. in Q ten round bout at youngstown. o.. NOV
IL Griffin Ia said to bs one Of the best light
weights now fighting In the West.