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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
HIGHWAYMAN rs
HELD IN JAIL
Killed one Man Who Resisted, in the
Most Brutal Way, With
Bullet

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REDCLIFF, Colo, Dec 16.-A high
wayman who held up the Rio Grande
station at Pando, Colorado, early Sun
day and shot William Maxfield to
death, was held today in Jail here
awaiting further identification.
In his pocket was found card
made out to James Burns, by the
Western Federation of Miners at yir
ginia City, Nevada, showing Burns
had been transferred to Kenneth, Ne
vada. The prisoner declined to state
whether his name is Burns and he re
fuses to discuss the robbery.
The highwayman held up four men
in the little railroad station and when
Maxfeld protested, knocked him down
Then while, Maxfeld lay PROSTATE
the robber put his revolver against
the mans throat and fred, causing In
slant death.
The watches OF the four men he
robbed were found In his clothing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
WAR AGAINST WAR
STRIKE rs WEAK
Labor Leaders arc Disappointed BE.
cause 30 Few Men Laid Down
Their TooIs.

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PARIS, Dec. 18.-Though the 'fwar
against war. strike called for today
by the French general federation OF
labor was a failure SO far as gen.
eral labor demonstration which re.
suited IN few men being out, the
Paris strikers made up in enthusiasm
what they lacked in numbers. They
attacked a tramway, and broke out
all of the windows of several cars
with rocks and clubs. One tramway
conductor was severely injured.
Few laborers quit work, and the
declarations order generally was ig-
nored Railway trains ran as usual,
the telegraph was not interfered with
and the wheels OF no power plants or
industries stopped.
The failure of the war protest was
great disappointment to labor lead
ers, as enthusiastic mass meetings
held yes. erday throughout the coun-
try promised obedience to the order.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
Coed Basketball Barred.

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ITHACA, N. Y, Dec. 16. The young
women students at Cornell win not
be allowed to play basketball games
henceforth with teams from other col
leges because of the high physical
and nervous tension resulting. The
athlet; council took this step upon
the recommendation of DIR. Esther
Parker, the womens' physician who
told the council that intercollegiate
games were injurious to the players.
However, the players will be permitted
to continue games in their own gym
nasium between class, college and
fraternity teams. This action came as
a disappointment to the goods, who had
looked forward to competing with sew
eral other coed teams from other col.
leges this year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
NO DIVORCE
FOR MRS. OFT
Judge Refuses to Grant Her Plea to
be Separated From Artist
Husband.

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ST. LOUIS, Dec. 16.--Judge Hitch
cock today refused to add the finish
Ing touch to the wreck of the 5000
year old love affair of jane Schaufert
OFT and Ralph Chesley OFT, when he
denied the petition of Mrs. OFT to d.
vorce her artist-husband.
OFT Detitioned the court to dismiss
his wife's suit, declaring he still low
ed her and wanted her to return to
him and help him rear their two chill
dren. Judge Hitchcock intimated to
Mrs. Otis attorneys before making a
final ruling that she had not made
out case of habitual intoxication,
as charged in her petition.
In magazine article at the time
OF their marriage, Mrs. OFT stated
that she first me her husband in
Egypt when she was a Pharaoh S
daughter and he was a poor artisan.
She testified in the divorce hearing,
however, that OFT was intoxicated the
day after their marriage, tina. the ar
tisan endeavored to disrobe in the
parlor of her fathers houss-her
present father, not the Pharoah-and
a policeman had to persuade him not
to sleep on the porch.
One witness testified thai Mrs. OFT
was magnet" for men and that
when she appeared on the porch of
the hotel where she was staying at
Beaver, Ark, the men just couldn't
keep away.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
/. N. HOS|ER
NEW SUPERVISOR
Appointment Announced Late This
Afternoon by County Clerk,
Auditor and Re-
corder,
is A COMPETENT MAN
New Member Has Served Before and
Is Well Known Over
the Entire
County


At three o'clock this afternoon the
appointment of |. N. Hosier OF Fort
Madison, to fill the vacancy on the
board of supervisors caused by the
death Of e. D. Smith was announced.
The appointment was made by Coun-
ty Clerk Bruce Lake, County Auditor
Adrian Meyer and County Recorder
Fred c. Chambers.
Mr.. Hosier Is NOW prominent
farmer and citizen OF Lee county and
has served previously as supervisor
He is a. republican and was the OPP
ponent of Mr.. Smith at the election
which put Mr.. Smith into office. He
was importuned by his friends to
make the race at the recent election
but was in poor health. He has
since improved in health and 1t Is
understood that he will accept the
place.
| The selection OF Mr.. Hosier will
meet with general approval. In speak
ling OF Mr.. Hosier, G. A. Brinkman, OF
this city, says: II served on the
board with Mr.. Hosier and know him
to be competent and conscientious
worker. / believe his appointment is
for the best interest of all the people
of Lee county"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
CHRISTMAS TIDE
is UNPROMIsING
To the East St. Louis FIremen Who
Are Forced to Resign Get
no Pay.

The f1remen of Keokuk are congrat-
ulating themselves on their better
luck and sympathizing with the fire
men of East st. Louis, of our neigh
boring state of Illinois. who are not
approaching Cnristmastide with any
feeling Of good cheer or Jubilation.
One of the local firemen handed The
Gate City this clipping which partially
shows the conditions there:
East st. Louis city employe are
quitting their positions because the
city is virtually broke and has been
unable to pay their salaries. Several
members of the fire department have
resigned
I'm resigning one of the men said to
Chief Tobin:
~ would like to stay with you,
chief, but have family and we have
to live
another man declared he was pur-
chasing a home on the installment
plan and that his creditors would
wait no longer. The department is
greatly depleted, as there is no pay in
sight
Keokuk is in better condition as
to the Christmas payroll but Main
street is not yet cleaned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
JAY COURTHOUSE
BATTLE BEGINS
One Hundred Shots Exchanged In
the First Attack But Nobody |
Was Hit.

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FORT SMITH, Ark. Dec. 16.--The
forces at Jay, Oklahoma, were rest
ing on their arms early today, &C.
cording to meagre reports from the
scene of the county seat war in
Delaware county, and Sheriff Thorn.
ason was still hoping that Governor
Cruce would order out the militia and
avert what he said would be a ter
rible battle.
Reports by couriers state that one
attack has been made by Thomson
against three residents OF Jay now
barricaded in the court house heavily
armed and guarding the records.
About 100 shots were exchanged. The
sheriff's force did not approach near.
er than a quarter of a mile, howev-
er and no one was injured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
1o,5So KILLED
IN ONE YEAR
169,5as Injured on the Railroads Of
the Country in Twelve
Months.

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WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.--An in
crease of 1S9 killed and 1879 injur-
ed In railway accidents, is shown In
the annual report of the interstate
commerce commission made public
today; the total number of casualties
for the year on steam roads to be $780,
1913, Of which 10,5S0 were killed and
1888 injured. OF the killed 3,635
We're railway employees, 31S passen-
gers, and 6,632 persons tresspassing
and not trespassing on railway prop
erty. OF the injured 142,442 were rail-
way employees, 1886 passengers and
1910 persons other than employees
and passengers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
FUNERAL SUNDAY
OF CHARLES COINS
Held at the African Methodist Church
Large Attendance and Pro-
fusion Of Flowers.

The funeral of Charles Coins, the
celored resident of Keokuk who died
at Mt. Pleasant and whose remains
were brought to him home in Keokuk
at 1923 Franklin street, for burial,
occurred at Q o'clock yesterday after
noon at the African Methodist Epis-
copal church, conducted by Rev.
simms. There was very large at
tendance and profusion of floral
offerings.
The pail bearers were George Buck
ner, William Bland, Fielding Johnson.
John Baker, Charles Bryant, James
Brooks, William Whitaker and S.
Daley.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16

perus. This was given by the
grammar school four years ago. The
second cantata given in the high
school was Ruth, the one being Civ
en- this year by the grammar school.
Y The soloists at that time were Miss
Lorene Townsend, Miss Louise Gull
kin, Miss Mabel Helwig and Mr.. Paui
Mechanism, all of whom have shown
marked musical ability and Lave done
a great deal of frst-class musical
work since that time.
Nothing could show more effective
ly the Improvement in school music
in keokuk, than the successful prep
aration of such a list of first-class
musical works as will be presented
by the public school pupils this year.
In addition to the works mentioned
the high school orchestra and glee
clubs will take part in various school
programs during the year.
The membership Of the three clubs
is as follows:
Girls Glee Club.
First Soprano-Martha Tracy, Mil
dred Powers, Bessie Wright, Fay
Brumbach, Alice Hinkley, Miller.
Second Sopraro-Edith Wahrer,
Helen Hubert, Helen Keidaisch, Jose
phine Kohlmyer, Edith DeYong, Hell
en- Woolley, Margaret Loewenstein,
Nellie Kammerer, Carline Bode, Jen-
ME Brown.
First Alto-Nina Hodge, Elizabeth
Wilson, Vivian Demple, Alice LIN
quist, Josephine Whitmarsh, lnez
Goodwin.
Second Alto-Frances McGaw,
Verna Schouten, June Stafford, Beat
rice Williamson, Helen Palmer Gray,
Pearl McClintock, Dorothy Renaud,
Beulah We'll.
Boys GIee Club.
First Tenor Chute, Moore, Hink.
ley, Kirchner.
Second Tenor Honce, Devero,
Pechstein, Huiskamp, McGrath
SWarLZ.
First Bass-Pel Jenkins, Dimond
Rollosson.
Second Bass-l-eineman, Meister
Mckenzie, Newcomb, Elder.
The Orchestra.
First violin--Marie Mosely, Helen
Palmer Gray, John Hulson, Benjamin
Pelz.
Second Violin Vivian Demple, Ed;
ma Bennett, Maud Lilley, Clarence All.
ing.
First clarinet-Fred Kirchner.
Cornet-Ray Moore.
Piano-Delbert Chute.
Drums Madison Sterne.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
Some System to This.

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CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-A group of
young men here have shown that they
can take themselves as seriously and
extensively as young women. In re-
taliation to the resolutions drawn up
by the women's club pledging mem
bers not to marry men with less than
$4,000, the young mems $4,000 club
has been organized with the sole pro-
vision that none of its members shall
marry girl whose father cannot
stake" the couple to $1,000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
Hobbs for Coach.

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AMHERST, Mass, Dec. 16.-It was
announced today that the Amherst
football association has re-engaged
Henry H. Hobbs, the former Yale star
and American tackle, as their coach
for the 1913 eleven. Sixteen men of
last seasons squad have been grant
ed the letter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
Twenty-Five Killed.

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ROME. Dec, 16. Fifteen men and
women injured in the Catania ran
way accident died today in hospitals
making the list of dead total %. Ten
persons were killed and 105 seriously
injured when an express train and a
freight came together in a head-on
collision between Catania and Mes
sina yesterday afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
Butter Drops Again.

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ELGIN, Ill, Dec 16.-Butter took
drop of one cent pound on the
Elgin butter board today, being quoted
at "a cents. The quotation was made
as usual, in spite OF the governments
suit to dissolve the board filed Sat
urday at Chicago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
9 . 3 . . . . . . . . q . . 9
FUNERAL RECORD
q o . 80 . o o . . . q = . .
Mrs. Bouianqer.

-- WI 81 DUuTdit9cT.
The funeral of Mrs. Henrietta Eliz
abeth Boulanger, wife of J. N. Boul-
anger who died at the family home
eight miles out on the S.. Francisville
road, was held at the residence at
1870 o'clock yesterday afternoon, con-
Quoted by Rev. r. w. Lilley Of the
First Christian church The remains
were nrorgrt a. once to the city
where further services were held a,
the grave In Oakland cemetery at
which Rev. j. F. Sanders of the First
Baptist church officiated.
The pallbearers were A. NJ. O'Brien
]. B. Williams, A. Nelson, James Ham
ilton, A. Seabold and Kerf Woster.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16

been given a good sweating by the
police, yesterday admitted that he
had been swindled out of $4,000 while
in st. Louis and had invented the
story about the Burlington hold-up.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16

Suffered day and night the torment
Of itching piles. Nothing helped me
until used Doan's Ointment. 1t cured
me permanently. Hon John R. Gar
rett. Mayor, Girard, Ala.-Advertise-
ment
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
THE MAY QUEEN
IN JANUARY.
High School Glee Club and Orchestra.
viii Give Beautiful Work
Publicly Next
Month.
A VERY ACTIVE YEAR.
All Music Departments Are Very Ac-
tive This Year and Many
Programs Will be
Given.
"A VERY ACTIVE YEAR

According to reports. this is an I'M
usual. active year in the music de-
partment Of our public schools. There
are three strong organizations active
ly rehearsing for public performance
in the high school, And the grammar
school is also preparing a cantata to
give in public sometime In January.
The work, which has been planned
by the supervisor of music, P. G..
HAYDEN, for public presentation dur
ing the year is as follows:
The combined Glee Club and the or
chestra will give the May Queen by
Sterndale Bennett, probably in Janu-
airy. This is beautiful work. The
high school orchestra will play the
Accomplishments throughout and the
solo parts will be taken by Martha
Tracy, Mildred Powers, Delbert Chute
and Ben Pelz.
The high school chorus of about ITO
voices is rehearsing the Crusaders by
Neils Gade, one of the best works of
the talented composer. The high
school orchestra will also furnish the
accomplishments to this beautiful tone
poem. No date has been set for the
presentation of this work. The solo
parts will probably be taken by sing
ers outside of the high school.
This concert by the high school
will probably be given early in the
spring, as there is strong possible
ity that the senior class assisted by
the glee club and orchestra will give
an opera in costume as the annual
high school concert. Final arrange
ments have not yet been made for
this but 1t seems likely that the opera
of Martha by Flotow will be present
ed by the ambitious young singers of
the senior class and the glee clubs
assisted by the orchestra.
The cantata OF Ruth.
The grammar school chorus is re.
hearsing the cantata of Ruth by AL.
fred R. Gaul, which will be given as
concert about the time the second
Sth grade graduates into the high
school
The preparation of these four stand,
ard works is school work in the sense
that it is all part of the regular
school music course, and TIE pupils
receive credit for the time devoted to
the rehearsal of these works.
The solo parts in Ruth Icing re-
..hearsed by the grammar school will
be taken by Jeanette Shoel, Dorothy
Renaud and Edith DeYoung. The
baritone part by George Hoffman
This work was put in rehearsal
somewhat recently, and was read
through by the grammar school with.
out an assisting riano.
AS matter of fact the pupils In the
grammar school today are better
trained in reading music than the
pupils in the high school were a
few years ago.
The first cantata given in the high
school was The Wreck of the He's.
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Abraham Broker.

The funeral of Abraham Broker, the
aged man who died at the county
home and known to many people in
Keokuk, was held at o'clock Sunday
afternoon, Rev. ]. o. Ledbetter, of the
First Methodist Protestant church, Of
ficiating.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-18

a number of national committeeman were summoned. Before the arrived 1t was discovered that Colonel Lyon had turned over the Texas credentials to the Taft delegates and that there were but two Taft delegates from the Fourth district of California. who had not received their credentials. The conference heaved a sigh of relief and broke up.
 The Taft forces watched every move by the Roosevelt leaders and about Taft headquarters every man was ready for instant service.
 Root Will Be Elected.
 That Senator Root will be elected temporary chairman of the national convention immediately after conven- ing tomorrow was asserted tonight after a meeting of representatives of practically all the state delegations. The meeting was held at the rooms of William Barnes. Jr., of the New York delegation. It was attended by the chairman of each of the states having a Taft delegation and by a representative of the factions favora- ble to MT. Taft in states where the president is in the minority.
 Representative Olmstead, the par liamentary adviser of the national committee, was called into consulta- ton. He told the conference that no proceedings would be legally permit ted to interfere with the election of a temporary chairman on the first order of business after the prayer and the reading of the call.
 ~~ Root Will Have 92 Majority.
 After the meeting adjourned Mir Barnes gave it's decisions to the press He was emphatic In the statement re- garding the present outlook for MT. Roots election.
 He will have 92 majority over all" and added
 These are rock bottom figures. They have been prepared after a thorough canvass of the delegates. We under stand that an attempt will be made to break up the calling of the roll. The chairman of the national committee is simply a clerk with power to call the roll on temporary chairman. No other business will be transacted until the organization is completed. This is in the line of well known parliament ary practice and any attempt to devil ate from it will be for the purpose of creating disorder to deceive the pub ho, The battle for the preservation of the real principles of the republican party-those which have given it's splendid history and opportunity for proRress-is won"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-18
Woman Aviator
 Struck a Tree
MRS. JULIA CLARK OF DENVER
 HAS FATAL FALL.
A NOVICE IN AVIATION
First Became Interested in It Lsst August and Had Made But Few FIights Alone-Third Licensed.

Springfield, IL, June 17.-Mrs. Julia Clark of Denver, an aviator, was killed during a practice flight at the state fair grounds this evening. The tip of a wing of a biplane in which she was flying struck the limb of a tree in the center of the race track enclosure and the machine was dashed to the ground, turning turtle. Mrs Clark's skull was crushed.
 Lived But Few Moments.
 She was rushed to a hospital in an automobile and died few minutes af- terward. She was unconscious from the time the accident occurred until her death. Only a few spectators saw the tragedy, as she was making prac- tice flight preparatory to the exhfbi tion to be given here next Friday and Saturday. The body will be sent to Denver.
 Followed Aviation Less Than a Year.
 Mrs. Julia Clark became interested in aviation during the international aviation meet In Chicago in August, 1911. She became acquainted with the flyers and last fall went to Sal Diego, Cal. olearn to operate a biplane
 Third Woman to Obtain License.
 In this she was successful and was the third American woman to obtain an international aviation pilot license. With several other aviators she was under contract to fill a. series of en- agreements in the central west this summer. Though holding license, she had not flown alone more than 8 few months.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-18
A Significant Resolution Adopted at Caucus of the COOnePS Delegates at Chicago
 Early This Morning
WON'T REGARD ACTION OF CONVENTION BINDING

Anything Less Than $40 of the Uncontested Delegates Not to be Regarded Binding Majority-RooseveIt Hints at Possibility of Bolt in Speech-Several of Rooseves Delegates to Support Root For Chairman Despite the ColoneFs Plea-Both Sides Formulate Plans For Open ing of Convention Today-More Allegations of Attempt ed Bribery by CoIored DeIegates-Whes and Blacks of Georgia Delegation Have Mixup.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-18
Taft Stands by
 General Wood
VEToEs AMENDED ARMY A9PRo-
 TAXATION BILL.
SENDS SHARP MESSAGE
Rebukes House for Attaching Special x Legislation to an Appropriation Bill
 Chairman Hay Feels Assreved.

Washington, June 17.-President Taft today vetoed the army appropriation bill carrying a provision to legislate Major General Wood out of his office as chief of staff. The president re- turned the bill to the house with a sharp message on the propriety of att taching special legislation to an ap- propriation bill.
 Hay Criticses President.
 Chairman Hay of the house military affairs committee who had been one of the leading sponsors for the special features of the bill, retorted with a public statement in which he charged the president with ting the facts in connection with the bill in his veto message and alleged that the presi- dent had vetoed the army bill to pave the way for a veto of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, which carries a provision to abol- ish the commerce court. President Taft has told friends he will veto that bill also.
 No Appropriation for Army.
 Now that the army bill rests in committee, the army's appropriation for the coming year will be unprovided LOT unul IL IS repasSeu without Lne features to which President Taft ob- Jected or until a resolution extending the appropriation of the present year to the next is put through.
 Veto Intended to Save Wood.
 While President Taft did not men ton Major General Wood by name. he made it plain that one of his principal reasons for the veto was the provision to legislate that officer from his posi- tion. The president pointed out that the limitations imposed upon the ln- cumbent of that office by the terms of the bill would have disqualified many of the army's most brilliant officers. The president also objected to the pro- visions which would have removed off, fcers of the Philippine constabulary, the Panama canal work and the bu-
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-18
DELEGATE GETS HOT.
Raises a Chair to Fight ofP Enraaed
 Negro Delegates.

Chicago, June 17.-Fwenty-s of Geergia's 2S delegates to the national convention, including the negroes, went en record for Taft at the caucus of the delegation today. Clark Grier and J, H. Boone, beth white delegates, served notice that they intended ta disregard their instructions and Vete fer Reose- veit,
 Several Af the Hegre delegates be- came se diserderly while Mr. Beeae. Whe is postmaster at llaZlehuFst, Ga, was explaining why he would gete for Roosevelt, that bosAe Iest his teIaber and called the disturbers "a bunch of internal seeuRdrsls." The negroes ad vaHeed en Boone, whereupen he picked up chair and lifted it menacingly into the air. Peaeemakers separated the cembataBts and Boone retired from the meeting, Later he returHea te the hali and apeiegized to the chairman, Col, Walter IehnseB-
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-18
br. Cook Returns.

New Yerk, June l7-Amshz the passengers who arrived tonight on board the steamer Prinz friederich Wilhelm, from Bremen, was Dr. bred- ericlS A. Cock the Arctic explorer He had been featuring in England and Germany, trying. as he said to convert the average man" to the belief that he had discovered the North Pole,