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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-22
ISSUE OF VERACITY
HAS BEEN RAISED
Penrose Says Roosevelt Accepted
Standard OH Money and Was
Thankful.

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-That the
issue Of veracity raised between SEN
ator Penrose of Pennsylvania and
former National Republican Chairman
George B. Cortelyou over the reputed
contributions made to the republican
campaign fund In 1904 by the Stand
ard Oil company will be threshed out
by the senate committee, which Is now
investigating campaign finances, was
the belief at the capitol today.
In his reply to the implications rails
ed by publication of the alleged let
tiers to him from John D. Archbold, of
the Standard Oil company, Senator
Penrose asserted to the senate that
the oil trust had contributed s125,000
to the republican war chest in 1904;
that Roosevelt, the nominee, and
Cortelyou. the chairman, had been adj
vised of this gift, which was received
urer, and that both Cortelyou and
Roosevelt appreciated this contribu-
ton and sent word to Archbold that
they would appreciate still more"
the receipt of $3.50, 900 additional from
Archbold and his Standard Oil asso-
ciates.
When Cortelyou appeared before the
Clapp committee, which is probing
contributions in the 1904 and 1908
campaigns, he swore that no contri-
buttons had been made by any trusts"
and that he had never heard of Arch
bold or any of his associates adding
to the republican funds.
Senator Clapp was not certain to-
day whether his committee could I'M
mediately test out the veracity Issue
thus raised because of the end of the
session rush OF business. The fact
that both the regulars who support
THE Penrose version, and the progress
sives, who desire that Roosevelt be
cleared Of the charge of accepting
tainted money" for his campaign. in
sist on the investigation, was believs
ed by leaders to make certain COM
plete ventilation of the whole affair
bv the Clapp committee, if not this
i session Immediately at the opening OF
/ the December term of congress.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-22
PAYS 100000
FOR POWER CABLE
Union Electric Company Of st. Louis
Closes Rush order for tts
Miles OF Current
Carrier.
FOR USE IN ST. LOUIS
Three Conduit Trenches to Connect
| Transformer Station With Plant
Power From the keokuk
Dam.
FOR USE IN ST. LOUIS

The following from the ST. Louis
Globe-D Democrat of this morning will
be OF local interest.
A contract for 113 miles, or 596. $40
feet, OF electric cable. to carry the
Keokuk, Ia, water power current from
the transformer station Of the Missis-
sippi River Power Distributing Com
pany at Page boulevard and the city
limits to the plant OF the Union Elec-
trio Light and Power Company at
Ashley street, has been let by the
Union company at cost of s1,000000.
The contract had to be divided
among several contractors because
the facilities of any one are made
quate to produce the cable In the ten
months available. The General Elec-
/ trio Company and the Standard I'm
derground Company have the bulk OF
| the contract. The price is about $1.50
a foot.
! Trenches to carry the cables are
now being dug in many sections OF
the city, notably on Page boulevard
and Kings Highway to the city Inn
It's. Three lines will be run, both to
provide for emergencies and for sub
sequent demands, which are consid
cred certain to follow the cheap cur
rent One line will run on Page bou
Z levard, one on Delmar boulevard anc
the third farther south. All will con
meet in the downtown section witt
the conduits which the Union com
pany already has in the streets.
1--WE have not yet determined
through which of the conduits WI
shall pull the new CABLE said A.
Einstein president Of the Union com
, pany, yesterday.
The trenches, which are placed 81
. feet underground, are about a foe
wide and will contain twelve ducts
made of creosoted wood fiber an
laid four abreast In three tiers. Tn
entire construction is then surround
!. ed with concrete, so as to provide
!. monolith. Manholes will be tnstalle
, in each block for use in Installing, tes
> ing and repairing the cables.
; The cable is pipe of lead alloye
: with per cent of tin, completed
! filled with insulating material, ]
!. which three conductors of copper ar
a imbedded symmetrically Each col
ductor is onehalf inch In diamete
q and made up of nineteen Intervene
copper strands one-eighth inch !
diameter. The division of the condu'
), tor into strands does not increase IT
o capacity for carrying current. br
J adds to its flexibility, which is 1mpo
y tant in stringing the cable throug
the narrow conduit. The cable Is ne
. installed until the conduit Is entirel
a completed, and is then drawn throug
by powerful machinery as 1t is fed
through the manholes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-22

PERSPI-NO keeps the arm-pits Just as
fresh and dry as any other part OF the
body. You can wear any weight oil
clothing, be in hot stuffy rooms, In
warm theatre or dance-hal1 and never
over-perspire in tho arm-pits. The colors
in colored gown Will never run. The
cloth will never fade, get stiff from per-
SEPARATION and then rot and tear and ruin
your gown at the arm-pits. Nevermorel
No moro rolling up of dress shields like
ropes under the arms. PERSP1-No is
delightful powder, absolutely safe Tor
everybody. and never harms any fabric.
It's wonder. Try 1t once, and be con-
WINGED. You apply 1t with pad. which
is packed with every oox.
Satisfaction or money back.
PERSPI-NO is for sale ct your drug
eist's at 25c a box, or sent direct, on receipt
OF price, by the Perspo Co., Nl5 Lincoln
Ave, Chicago. For sale and recommended
In Keokuk by Wilkinson &c Co.. MeGrath
Bros Drug Co.. City Drug Store.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-22
Mllitia win Guard Course.

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CHICAGO. August 22.-Promoters
of the annual Elgin road race say that
two hundred and fifty militia men
r.iil euard the course. duriro the run
ming Of the automobile classic.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-22
condults to Cost $500. coo.

The laying OF the conduits will cost
the Union Company about 100000, so
the cost Of getting ready to supply
the water-power current will be
500 900 to the Union Company. The
cost of the dam, power house locks,
sea walls and ice tenders at Keoluk
is about s25,0O0,ooo The cost Of the
transmission line between Keokuk and
ST Louis. which is handled by sep
arate affiliated company, will be about
SIS 100000 The Union Company and
the United Railways Company have
contracted for about 10000 horse-pow-
er OF the 100000 to be generated at
the dam.
The connection between the trans.
former station, at which the water
mower current will be served to st.
Louis, and the power plant OF the
Union Electric Company is to provide
for emergencies and breakdbwns In
The service. The steam plant Of the
company will become a standby
rlant when the current reaches st
I 6uls. Any customer served directly
from the transformer station In the
county will, should the water power
current be interrupted, be served
from the Ashley street plant, and
the current then will flow TO the
transformer station instead of from
it.
The North American Company Of
which James Campbell is president
took the lead in financing the Keokuh
project, ard Campbell has stated tbs
water-nower current would be ready
for delivery June 2 1918. Einstelr
says the date will be about montf
earlier than this.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-22
MRS. SCOTT'S
SUFFERING over
Doctors Advised An Opera.
lion. How She Escaped
Told By Herself.
Buckner, Mo. =" For more than year
! suffered agonies from female troubles

and the doctors at
last decided there
was no help for me
unless / went to the
hospital for an oper-
alton. I was awfully
against that opera
ton, and as q last
resort wrote to you
for special advice
and / told you just
what I suffered with
haor;pr dou,S, po;oS
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-22
TWO ConsuIs Named.

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-The pres
ident today nominated:
To be consuls:
AT Zanzibar, Perry c. Hays, of
Montana; Stavanger. Norway. Walter
A. Leonard, of Illinois.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-22
Rurns las stcmachaci1e.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
DENVER, Colo. Aug. PA slight
illness of William ]. Burns, the detee-
tive, caused the publication here today
of rumors that he had been poisoned.
Before he left town last night Burns
said physician whom he had called
pronounced his illness plain stom-
.achache"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-22
ACCIDENTAL DROWNING
VERDICT OF JURY

Testimony Of Witnesses at Last
Nights Inquest Over Fletcher
Remains.
Accidental drowning in the Taber
boom at the company's plant south of
the city was the verdict of the jury
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-22

backache, shooting pains in my left
side, and at times / could not touch
my foot to the floor without screaming.
] was short of breath, had smothered
spells, felt dull and draggy all the time.
! could not do any work, and oh how I
dreaded to have an operation.
- received a letter full of kind adj
vice, which I followed, and if / had only
written her q year ago would have been
saved SO much suffering, for today / am
well woman. / am now keeping house
again and do every bit of my own work.
Every one in this part of the country
knows it was Lydia E. Pinkham' S Vege-
table Compound that has restored me to
health, and everywhere l go recom-
mend it to suffering women. = Mrs.
LIZZIE SCOTT, Buckner, Mo.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia Z. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confl-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held in strict confidence,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-22
Hereafter, Madame, You Are Going to
Feel More Comfy" Under the Arms.

Girls, get CSC box of PERSPI-No right
away at the drug store, and get one OF
the surprises of your life. 1t means the
age of dress shields is gone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01
A SPLIT INAUGURATION.

The proposal. which is said TO have
the favor Of Governor Wilson, for the
pOstpOnement Of the inaugural address
and public celebration TO the end OF
April is ingenious and interesting.
But it does not seem practicable.
The President must take the oath OF
Office on March and enter upon his
duties. Unquestonably he can take
the oath privately and refrain from
making any inaugural address or at
tending any public ceremonies. If he
wants to he can join in popular fes-
tival some two months later and speak
to his countrymen on his policies.
Legally the scheme is perfectly regu-
lar. If the Inauguration is merely a
public spectacle for which better
weather is needed than we are likely
to have on March 4, the suggested ar
rangement would be satisfactory.
But the inauguration Is more than
spectacle. 1t is inseparably connected
with the beginning Of an administra-
ton. On March Mr.. Wilson Will
take the oath and appoint his Cabinet.
In the next six weeks he will have
been obliged to name many other I'M
portant officials and to work out his
policy TO considerable degree by his
acts. He will have the Senate to deal
with from the first and the extra SEES
sion of Congress from April To- accord
ing to the present programme. HIS
activities as President will necessarily
be such long before the end of April as
TO take the edge off any inaugural
ceremony" then. The inaugural
would be like Hamlet" with Hamlet
left out. Moreover one of the interest
ing features of the ceremony has been
the cooperation of the retiring ana
incoming Presidents. 1t would hardly
be expected that the ex-President
should hang around Washington TOT
two months or come back as visitor
to grace his successors festivities.
He now stays in the White House till
he publicly proceeds to the Capitol with
the new President, and then makes a
dignified exit. He has thus natural
place in the ceremony. He would De
superfuous and embarrassed figure
ar a warmed over inaugural.
There are many reasons TO be urged
in favor of a change in the beginning
Of the Presidential term. but it is nara
to see how. while its official beginning
remains fixed the ceremonial features
of the inauguration can be postponed
without destroying their impressive
ness and significance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01
RUSSIAN RELATIONS.

The Presidents determination not to
undertake the readjustment of rela-
tions with Russia is not unexpected
and is cOmmendable. Nearly year
has passed since the notice of abrO-
cation was given, and at its end the
treaty which regulates most of our
relations with that country will be-
come null. 1t is understood that thus
far Russia has shown no inclination TO
negotiate new treaty on lines accept
able To this country, and, of course,
there is not sufficient time left to do SO
now before the year expires. Neither
could a satisfactory mOduS CiUendi be
established as stopgap until treaty
could be negotiated, since it would
have either TO adopt the American
view OF the contention, to which Rus
STA would not agree, or to restore the
old Russian practice, to which this
qualification, because it was to abolish
that practice that the treaty was de-
nounced. 1t seems certain, therefore,
that beginning with January l next
the treaty relations which have existed
between these two countries for
eighty years will come to IN end, with
nothing to take their place.
This state Of affairs may be regret
table, and may cause some embarrass-
ment and even hardship. but at that no
wonder is TO be expressed and GER
tainly no blame is to be thrown upon
the administration. 1t was repeatedly
and earnestly pointed out last year,
before notice Of abrogation was given,
that precisely this might and probably
would be the result, and the advocates
of abrogation were entreated to con-
slider well whether continuance Of
the old treaty might not be better than
no treaty at all. Their answer was I'M
hesitating and emphatic, that it would
be far better to have no treaty at all
than to continue under the Russian
Interpretation Of the old one When it
was made quite evident that that was
the conviction Of the people, and par
ticularly those most interested, and
that there was no hope Of prevailing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01
HUNGRY.

Senator Swanson, of Virginia. thinks
he detects a falling off in the South's
patriotic desire to serve the country
in the incoming Democratic admins
tratiOn. He sees no such demand for
offices as greeted Grover Cleveland
twenty years ago. But Governor Will
son need not on that account congratu-
late himself on his relief from the
spoilsmen. Congressman Ollie James is
already on deck with demand for the
revocation Of President Taft's order
placing fourth class postmasters in the
classified service. And the mail of
Democratic Congressman is so loaded
with demands for office. according to
the latest reports, that Mr.. Swanson's
optimism seems to have been pre-
mature.
OF course, Mr.. James has n preteXt
for his design TO secure spOils. 1t Is
the old midnight order complaint
which has been trumped up against
nearly every extension OF the merit
system since the work Of civil service
reform began. Mr.. Taft didn't extend
the classification soon enough. Mr..
James is sure some of the fourth class
postmasters were active i'm promoting
the Presidents denomination, and that
classification was delayed until this
had been accomplished and there was
no use for them as political agents. lie
ignores the fact that Mr.. Taft freed
them from obligation to help him in
the election. Nor does he report any
cases of official improperly in the pre-
convention contest. If any such oc-
Cured the remedy is obviously the re-
moval Of the offenders. rather than
the undoing Of Il general reform.
This was in no sense midnight
order" Fourth class postmasters were
experimentally classified several years
ago. The extension was ordered as
soon as the President was convinced
that conditions in the less thichy popu-
lated states made il practicable. IL
was in line with Mr.. Taft's uniform
course as a sincere civil service re-
former. If unworthy individuals have
been covered in let them be disciplined
and their successors secured through
competition. There IS no reason but
the desire for spells for making such
cases the pretext for throwing the
fourth class postofIices once more into
tho hands of rho DOliticiauS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01

upon Russia to accept the American
view. abrogation was notified.
If. therefore, anybody suffers addl-
tional hardships for lack of treaty
he will have the advocates OF aDrOga-
ton to thank or to blame. Just now
much will be suffered and what prac-
teal difference the lack of treaty
will make remain to be seen. 1t seems
probable. from the manifestations VI
Russian irritation and resentment
toward this country which have been
made. that the lot Of American travel
lers in Russia will become less agree
able than it has been. That Russia
will proceed to extreme measures
against Americans IS, however, scarce
" probably, for reasons Of prudence.
In a war Of reprisals she would proDa-
bly, suffer more than America. Ana
perhaps Mr.. Wilson, when he becomes
President, may be able TO negotiate
new treaty in which Russia will cheer
fully concede the contentious OF the
United States. If so, he will achieve
q fine diplomatic victory for this coun-
try and also render a great service to
Great Britain. Germany and other
countries. which have the same griev-
ance against Russia. but which have
not ventured TO assert themselves as
vigorously as have the Americans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01
CUTTING EFFICIENCY.


In urging Mayor Gaynor TO restore
10 the budget for 1913 some OF the
items which Tammany cut out in the
name Of economy the other day, when
If took control of the Board Of Alder
men. the City Club makes "A plea for
efficiency IN government Il shows in
detail how the economy obtained
through some Of these cuts would
handicap city departments and actu-
ally cost the city far more than the
amount Of money thus Saved One
item alone-the $4,000 desired by the
Board of Estimate for salary stand
ardiZatiOn eXperts-wOuld enable the
board TO do work which would save
the city thousands Of dollars each year.
Employees In different departments UNI
der the present system receive yaiying
salaries for doing similar or exactly
the same work. Manifestly either
some employees are being cheated in
salary or the city is compelled TO pay
others too much either way the stu
alton should be changed. But it can
not be changed arbitrarily; the Board
OF Estimate must have adequate infor-
nation TO work on. which it cannot get
without an appropriation for this work.
The woful situation I'm which the
Municipal Civil Service Commission is
placed has been shown in the recent
police investigation. 1t is short of en-
ployes and behind with its work. II
needs more men and adequate funds. 1t
is Of the utmost importance 10 the city
that this bureau. the gateway TO pub
lie service, should be maintained at the
highest degree of efficiency. Otherwise
the public employees cannot be selected
with proper care. The commissions
eligible lists must fail to represent the
highest standards. and eventually the
city departments become filled with I'M
fit appointees. Yet Tammany cuts
from the budget S22,500 for this com
mission. By reducing the apprOpria-
ton for the Board Of Education 500
100 Tammany has made it necessary TO
curtall, II not drop entirely, manual
training instruction In the elementary
grades, including courses in cooking,
sewing, printing. mechanical drawing
and shop work, which are not frills but
a practical help to the pupils who have
to leave school and 90 to work without
entering the high schools. The cuts
in the Health Departments appropria-
ton would leave the force inadequate
for medical examination Of public
school children; would neccssitate cur
tailment Of laboratory diagnosis work ;
would cripple the department in its
work of inspecting bakeries and manu-
factories Of foodstuffs, and would re-
duce in number, if not wipe out, a corps
of supervising nurses.
These items and others were cut out
of the budget, not after discussion and
consideration. but as result Of a po-
litical raid by one clique Of aldermen
on another clique. 1t is to prevent
crippling Of the city government as q
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01
THE TROUBLED GAMERS.

Pity the poor Gamers of New YORK
State. Before the State Factory In
vestigating Commission has finished
hauling them over the Goals for hiring
children TO work at midnight and be-
fore cock-crow, the wholesale grocerS
of Oklahoma have declared a boycott
against them on the ground that their
products are unsanitary and unhealth-
full
The Gamers doubtless will sigh and
remark that troubles never come singly
in this vale Of tears. 1t is just pos
sibe. though, that there is some con-
nection. not too occult. between these
troubles of the Gamers. Oklahoma Is
n state inbued with foolish modern
notions of protecting women and chill
dren workers and maintaining sanitary
factories. 1t would be just like the
people in state like that TO conceive
a violent prejudice against the products
of overdriven child labor. Quite likely
the grocers Of a state where they have
such ideas might feel that canned stuffs
prepared by children Of tender years
before daylight would be no better than
they really ought to be. Perhaps they
suspect that manufacturers so careless
of their employees would be equally
careless Of their products.
But, after all, the Gamers shouldn't
worry They have assured the legiS-
Jatiye committee that 'you cannot legis-
late humanity into heaven They
should also assure the Oklahoma gro
GERS that they cannot boycott sense
Unto employers and sanitation into
factories"