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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25
MADERO'S FOES IN
CONGRESS UNITE TO
FORCE HIM TO QUIT

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 25.-The anti
Madero faction in congress, at a caucus
lasting through the night voted early
To-Day to oppose the presidents appeal
for $1O,0O0,000 to crush the various rev.
buttons in Mexico. They declare they
VIII De able TO muster enough votes to
defeat the government.
If they do so, Madero will be help
less and probably will have to resign,
as former Appropriation of $40, OO0, 900
is exhausted.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25
SPECIAL TERM OF COURT
70 TRY ACCUSED SLAYER

BUCHANAN. GA, Sept. 25.-Judge
Price Edwards has called an adjourned
term of HARRISON superior court to
meet in Buchanan next Monday to dis
pose of criminal business. It is eX-
pectcd that the case of the state against
Allie Blakemore, charged with the death
of Tom Polk Jackson in this county
several years ago, will be tried. Blake
more was recently captured in Ala
bama
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25
SALOONS VIOLATE LAW IN
MACON, SAYS ALDERMAN

MACON. GA, Sept. 25.-That Macon
is wide open town" was given official
expression in city council last night
when Alderman A. L. Dasher declared
that it was fact at which council
should not wink or dodge that in all Of
the so saloons of the city the prohibi-
ton law is openly and continuously VIC
lated every day of the week He urged
council to take some action that would
stop the sale Of liquor in the saloons.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25
POLICEMAN SHOOTS GEORGIAN

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Sept 25.-Jo-
seph Murphey, son of b. A. Murphev,
a prominent planter living north of
Bremen, Ga, was shot and dangerously
wounded by a policeman here If is
said the wounds are serious. The
shooting is said to have been an acct
dent
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25
MRS: CHAMP CLARK TO
BE JUDGE AT HAM SHOW

COLUMBIA, MO, Sept. u ~,
Champ Clark, wife of the speaker ~. tH LIS
house, will judge Missouri hams ara NE
con at the First Missouri Ham ana ra'
con show, to be held here in Lam
country hams NY on
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25

iHOsTd pN\ IN It's session mere today.
A paper Of absorbing interest deal
ing with infant mortality. was read by
Edward Bunnel Phelps. editor Of The
American Underwater New York city
The subject Of medical inspection for
public school children was taken up in
most able form by Dr.. Helen McMur-
chy, Of Toronto, Canada. and Dr. VIII
lard : Small principal Of the Eastern
High school, Washington. d c.
Editor Phelps made the interesting
statement that 55,OOO,00O babies are
born into the world every year. But.
on the other hand $1,000, 900 of them
die before they reach the age of one
year
This means that about 10000 babies
die every day in the year, or on every
other tick Of the clock an infant life
goes ont To this terrible harvest OIL
infant lives the United States contrib
utes 1000 Il day
There are the best Of reasons for be-
lieving," said Mr. Phelps. that at least
30 per cent of the worlds infant NOR
tality is readily preventable and the
civilized countries are Just beginning to
awake 20 that fact
Crusade Making Rapid Progress.
The present broad crusade for the
reduction of infant mortality" added
Mr. Phelps, dates back scarcely Ave
years, and can now be regarded as lit
tie more than promise Of the whole
sale movement which is to come Three
international congresses for the discus
sion OF the subject have already been
held I'm Europe a permanent interna-
uonal association with similar purposes
has been organized, and all hold out
great promise in France. Belgium Ger
many, Holland. Great Britain, the
United States and other countries. The
movement has made exceptional prog
ress IN Germany
Mothers should suckle their children
as God intended" declared Dr. William
H. Davis, vital statlstIcian Of the health
department of Boston, I'm the course of
an address
"Of babies reaching the age of twoI
weeks, said the doctor. zone in five
dies before a year old II bottle fed
while if breast fed only one I'm 30 fails
70 reach the one year mark This means
that the death Of these infants would
b" 90 per cent less than they are today
II all babies were breast fed
Or Davis said the women OF Norway
and Sweden suckIc their babies whom
ever possible, and for that reason thoeo
two countries have the lowest rato al
infant mortality Of anv cn,ntr,ao T., a..
world
The hookvorm was the ob,o, toni,
discussed late Yesterday ,rbo ra,.a,.a
that this pest has made I'm pm, o.,
and the effective ,arnr,t.,, ~ ,..',,,,
states has made aeairst &,
ecrjbed nv Dr pai,a,,K ,-,c-.,
aeer of tbo n,odi,a, ,,.,,, .'''''
states ARM. a., So. I.'a,. , ,,.'
in an intor.s,i,,, a,,.,,.,a,, '>''''
Ne
Du , ",p'"s ''ooNw0'm Out
the hookvorm for centuries but since
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28
FLIES AND DISEASE.

The demand of the Keokuk Indus
trial Association that garbage cans be
screened against flies is fully war
ranted by the menace of these insects
to the public health as disease car
rIers. 1t is estimated that Of the 3d.
600 deaths of children in the United
States alone each year from summer
diseases one-half are the result Of the
housefy, and that the same little imp
lis responsible for two-thirds OF the
dysentery and cholera morbus and
ore-fourth of typhoid cases are from
the same source. Hence the import
|apce of screening dwellings and gar
bage cans. cleaning out stables and
back yards and alleys and putting all
premises in the most sanitary condi-
ton possible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28
The Age Of Chiyalry IS Not Dead
t~uncle Eben- in pomona (caiif. ! Review.)


civilization might measured by the Joy Or sorrow
a s
knowledge Of disaster after the from the @ o
men With no great cause With
sa q
safety death s or M mss a, e
before leading his army to battle
might soldiers 70 suffer or
stood his post Of
able to stand s he kept Of The
for their glorious victory over the French -
Confederate general Gettysburg
against the artillery that moved down the flower spa'h s %
with had himself dashed TO the mast
yet visible to his to tight the battle the
These their
Of the followed them the one sha Of glory
To face death was part Of
present in their the
sustaining foundation on which
would glory ama
But before the
n @ n d men who possessed wealth Of gold and wealth
that them the full pleasures this e men
security the Joys and with more
George
of the the syan backnss q
night with mountains and Zee about them reuey standing
children maidervants lowered into
with
the e. NO a1n the Soa @ win NO
absolutely died
in thrilled with that glory
o put in words
life to those
who could no. battle noble victory noby won But their sacrifice
died More humanzing
the deeds OF And
wonderful thing die nob give ones life for
other sublime These men these civilians who death almost
blood pung
ivethes cannot
enoblng shall
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28

Mgr. Bolo, French priest and
lecturer, commenting on marriage,
says that the wife should, If possible,
be beautiful, but above all things she
should be a good fousekeeper. Too
many French mothers are like Dioge-
mes, he said. going about with lanterns
looking for a man. He advised girls
to be careful In choosing husband,
as 1t Is In little things that mans
real character is seen. AS for the
misunderstanding devices In the way
of dress and powder and paint, he
says quantity: Game flies before the
dress of the hunter, and the rat smells
the trap under too tasty morsel OF
lard"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28
IN MEMORY OF MAJOR BUTT.

President Taft made a flve-minutes
speech over the long distance tele-
phone from Boston Thursday night to
the members OF the Associated Press
and the. American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association at dinner in the
Waldorf in New York. Every word
the President said was heard
as distinctly as if he had
been phoning from around the
corner. His remarks were humorous
in character and were frequently in
Iterrupted by laughter and cheers
Succeeding this gayety there was &
note of profound quiet and respect a!
Bruce Haldeman OF the Louisyill,
CourierJournal, after tribute t,
Maj. Archibald Butt, guest at tn,
last banquet, proposed this toast:
ITO the heroic dead of the Titanic
who so nobly maintained and adde
lu3ter to the best traditions connec,
ed with the Anglo-Saxon and Scotch
Irish blood
Geven hundred men stood silentI
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28
The burlington Gazette, Democratic,

The Burlington Gazette, Democratic,
foresees that Congressman Kennedy
VIII be renominated at the primary in
June. In an article on political condi.
tons in the First district it says:
This year the Republican nominee
will be either the present incumbent
&c, A. Kennedy, or State Senator Yea!
Iof Washington county, whose candi
dacy is being advanced by the insur
gent wing of the party. Mr.. Kennedy
will probably be the nominee. Had
the insurgents been hopeful of success
Colonel Brookhart's self-denial woulc
have gone where the woodbine twin
eth. c. A Carpenters health would
have improved. the hat of Mr. Caller
of Mt. Pleasant would have been II
the ring and Mr.. Neal would not have
been heard Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28
for a moment with lifted glasses,
then drank to the toast.
MAYOR ELpER,s CANDIDACY.

Mn Oh G116h ~ 0HtN1tSrhS
The Burlington Gazette the other
day printed dispatch from Keokuk
which read as follows:
KEoKUK, Iowa, April 2o.-"I am
going to run for congress-thats set
tied said Mayor Elder yesterday
morning. II am in the race and |
will not let any grass grow up under
my feet"
THE idea of running for congress
never occurred to me until the news
of the action taken by the keosauqua
convention reached the city said he.
After thinking it over for short
time have decided to enter the race.
II looks to me like the greatest OPP
portunity that could present itself. A
telephone message last night appraised
me of the endorsement given me by
came as a shock. had never thought
sounded good
The Keosauqua Republican ie dis
posed to make liberal applications of
salt to this story before swallowing II
whole. Promising that Mayor Elder
resides in and Is mayor of Keokuk
| and that the Gazette is Democratic
paper and Is Democratic authority
| for what Mr.. Elder said as to his hav-
ing no idea of running for congress
until he heard that the Van Buren,
county Democratic convention had en-
dorsed him. whereupon he was shock
4 Cd fhn ~
Well, 1T seems to have come as g
shock, or something akin TO 1t, to &
1 part at least Of the members OF the
! convention, when the resolution writ
ten by g. F. Smith, was read to the
4 convention endorsing Mr. Elders
candidacy. The writer of this was II
attendance at the convention am
knows this to be fact Even tn,
chairman OF the convention Attorne,
r. r. McBeth. was astonished an,
held the resolution from vote unit
explanation was made and delegate
enlightened as to what 1t mean,
! Chairman McBeth said he understood
, that Van Buren, county had a candi
date in the person of Mr. Whitaker o
Harrisburg township, and 1t SCENE
to him not the right thing to endors
J a candidate from another county owe
: a home candidate, and he did not wan
, to put the motion until an explanation
was had. Mr.. Whitaker then ros
and stated it was perhaps best TO
: him to wait until later time to be
e candidate, intimating that Mr.. KeI
1 nedy would be hard to beat. and tina
d he had talked with Mr.. Smith, who o
d fered the resolution. The chairma
a then submitted the resolution and
carried by a feeble voice of ayes
:" 10 no exaggeration to say, that perhar
= not one-fifth of the members of til
convention had heard of Elder
a candidacy and did not know who Eide
8 was. Anyway, someone had prevaile
e on Mr.. Whitaker to drop his aspir
o tons and he dropped. Now let us 8;
!. farther as to the surprise and II
shock Mr.. Elder received:
@One thing is certain, and that
9, that Mr.. Smith, who wrote the Ed
% resolution of endorsement, knew VIII
e he was doing. Another thing seen
u certain, which Is. that Mr.. Robert
editor OF the Fort Madison Democrs
" was in Keosauqua that day for Il
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28

Des Moines papers announce the
death of Uncle Billy Moore at his
Tome in that city. Mr.. Moore was a
well-known pioneer Iowa newspaper
man and had an extensive acquaint.
ance throughout the state. In early
life he conducted a number of papers
In southeastern Iowa with noteworthy
success. The last paper he founded
was the Birmingham Enterprise. tc
which he often referred with pride In
his later years IS his youngest off
spring. Mr.. Moore was an ardent Re
publican, gallant soldier during thu
civil war and good man in ever,
relation In life. He will be seriously
missed by his many friends every
where.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28
THOUGHT FOR The DAY.

Preachers and women like to bangle
the souls they've saved as an Indian
bangles scalps. Truth is, no one ever
saved anyone else's soul It's a Job
every man is expected to attend to for
himself. It's lot easier and more
exciting to fish for the mote in your
brothers eye than to get a derrick
and crowbar and few utensils like
that and go earnestly to work to dis
lodge the beam In your own.-Mrs
Wilson Woodrow in sally Salt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28

the field open In future years to one
or more KeOkuls Democrats known to
harbor congressional aspirations with
whom Mr.. Roberts has been closely
identified in the past. Just supposin'
that Mr.. Roberts kept his own counsel
for the most part, confiding his
scheme in confidence to one or two
only in Keokuk, just to assure himself
that Mayor Elder knew little enough
of political conditions in the district
to fall for the arrangement, and to
one or two In KeosauQua to whom
was entrusted the task of engineering
the endorsement through the Van
Ruren county Democratic convention.
This theory Of how Mr.. Elders candi-
dacy was brought about let u call
lit theory, since we are just supposin
fits in with all the facts that have been
published about the matter. Mr..
Roberts was In Keokuk prior to the
meeting of the Van Buren, county con-
vention, but there is nothing to show
nor any reason to believe that he was
| in consultation with Mayor Elder. He
was also present at that convention.
and on the authority of the Republican
was in consultation with Editor Smith
| of the Democrat, who introduced the
resolution of endorsement. According
Ito this theoryAlet us call it theory
Mayor Elder told the truth when ne
lgress never occurred to him until the
news OF the action taken by the Keo-
lsauqua convention reached him. I'm
4 der this Interpretation he is relieved Of
4 the imputation OF falsehood. at the ex-
lpense of having failed to recognize Mr..
Roberts "Hne italian hand in the pro-
lceedings That hand figures frequent
lly, though never conspicuously, In the
political history OF Lee county and the
i First district However. Mr. Elders
Oversight is pardonable in view Of his
Inewness to politics. As far as the
future is concerned he needs to be
warned as to Just one thing: Mr..
Roberts has an exceedingly good mem
Tory. It goes back even as far as the
campaign of 1896 when Mr.. Elder
bolted the Democratic ticket and
helped defeat Bryan.
Just supposin' that Mr.. Roberts was
Intent on selecting a candidate he
4 thought could be elected. or wanted
elected, isn't 1t likely he would have
. taken that prospective candidate into
his confidence? There Is no evidence
going to show that he did SO, and it Ia
Ia fair guess that II he We're appealed
! to by Mayor Elder to confirm the lat,
tiers statement that the action of the
Van Buren, county convention was a
surprise to him Mr.. Roberts would
give the mayor clear bill Of health
as to his veracity in the matter under
discussion.
The question is, Did Mayor Elder tel
falsehood when he said tho action Of
THE Van Buren, county convention was
a surprise to him, or is he the victim
Of lack OF knowledge OF the FRS
district situation and of misplaced con
fidence? Snpposin' the facts to be a.
! here stated there Is ample warrant fol
= the latter view.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28


tation with Mr.. Smith, attended the
convention. and knew the resolution
was Forthcoming, and. more than this,
the editor OF the Keoltuk Constitution
Democrat knew of Mr.. Elders propos-
ed candidacy, and that it was to be
given out as though originating In
the Van Buren, county convention, for,
a few moments after the convention
Keosauqua asking what action the
endorsement
And yet, Mr.. Elder Is quoted by
his party paper as declaring 1T came
as a shock. he never thought OF such
thing. Is it probable that Mr. Rob
erts, leading Democrat OF Lee coun-
| ty, who came quietly to keosauqua,
convention day, and quietly departed.
and the editor of the Constitution
Democrat. of Mr. Elders home city,
would take the interest they did in the
convention's proceedings, and Mr..
Elder know nothing of 1t? Let us
pray
| We give the Republicans view Of
the matter for what 1t may be worth.
1t may be true or 1t may not be. The
Gate City makes no claim to the pos
session Of inside information on the
matter But it is at least entitled to
/ a guess as to how Mr.. Elders candi-
dacy came about. Guesses are free In
the preliminary stages Of political
campaigns, SO this one involves no
cost to anyone OF course 1t Is only
a supposition, bear in mind, but
/ Just supposin that the Dem
ccratic party in the First
district was ND against a con-
dition, not a theory, in the matter OF
i securing a candidate to make the race
i against Representative Kennedy this
4 year. Supposin' that meetings OF the
! leaders had been held and no one had
| been found willing to offer himself az
a victim OF sure defeat at the polls In
! November No one with the excep
, tion of gentleman residing In Mr.
"Nels' Roberts town to whom the
!. ing by default. OF course Mr.. Roberts
was for his fellow townsman, enthus
!. iastically so.-proyided he couldn'i
, , help himself! Surposin' further thai
.. Mr.. Roberts was candidate for dis
r trict delegate and that 1t wouldn't BIZ
I good politics to ask that both the dele
a gate and candidate for congress b.
e. taken from the same town. AS thu
matter stood at this juncture 1t look
ed as If the nomination for congress
:. was about to be thrown away, not onl.
!. without benefit to the party near o
n remote, but also to Mr.. Roberts dis
It tinct disadvantage personally as ;
Il candidate for delegate. Supposin' tina
8 in casting his eagle eye over the dis
e trict Mr.. Roberts critical gaze reste'
J. upon Mayor Elder. The latter ha'
a just been reelected mayor OF Keokul
4. against great odds. He was new II
q the political game. infected in all prof
e ability with the ofiice-holding microbt
and in every way promising subjec
10 for Mr.. Roberts designs There wa
y the further advantage to be gained 3
- efectually disposing Of the prcsun
q ably ambitious mayor In year tina
4 offered no hope Of Democratic success
lei in the First district, and thus leavin
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28

The fact should not be overlooked
that Senator Jonathan Bourne was de-
feated for denomination and election
in Oregon last week. He has been all
along leader in the chorus Let the
people rule" and is in no position to
complain now that the people have
taken him at his word. AS president
OF the Republican Progressive
League. Senator Bourne achieved
some notoriety, but 1t was exceedingly
short lived.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28

At the beginning OF the presidential
campaign In this state the Taft Re
.rublicans thought they would do well
II they carried three districts. with a
total of SIX delegates. Instead they
carried six districts and controlled
the state convention, which gave them
sixteen delegates as against ten for
Cummins. The season may be tri-
file late, but this Is nevertheless a very
beautiful spring In Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28

The waterloo Reporter confesses to
Ee liking for George w. Clarke of Dali
las county. Among other things it
says of him:
"He stands without hitching and
you can always find him. His up and
down convention attitude made his
sc vernorship stock rise above par
value. Governor Clark is a great
man and will be the first lieutenant
governor In Iowa to rise to the ex-
allied position of the highest office of
the state
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28

F. G. MCMILLAN Of the Rock island
railroad at Des Moines. who has just
returned from visit in Ohio, predicts
that Taft will have the delegates at
large and all the district delegates
from that state excepting In three dis
tricts. He says there Is nothing in the
talk that Ohio will go solidly or even
largely for Roosevelt. Tho latter will
carry only three districts and get six
delegates out OF Ohio.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28
MAJOR ARCHIE BUTT.

MtsJOn Ah~tIE DUH.
It's mighty good to think OF him up
on the steamers deck
Face front to death with head erect
and pistol drawn to check
The rush of terror maddened men
that women might be saved.
It's good to think OF Major Butt, and
knowing what he brayed
1t ought to make you love the Stars
and Stripes little more
Than you have ever loved the red and
white and blue before.
Your eyes are dim with tears today,
you knew and loved him SO,
And yet above the pail Of gloom, and
shining through the woe
His figure stands In brightness, still,
II you but look, you'll see
Him measuring full length up to the
man you knew he'd be;
No trace of weakness In his soul. no
coward spirit there.
But ready to lay down his life, a ut
tie babe to spare.
It's good to think of Major Butt, with
pride your cheeks should flame,
Faster your pulses ought to throb at
mention of his name;
The spirit Of your nation was the
spirit he displayed.
As face to face with death he stood.
unmoyed and unafraid;
And though you sadly mourn for him,
your hearts must still rejoice
That forced to chose twixt life and
death. his was no towards choice.
It's mighty good to think OF him. he
died as we'll became
The spirit of America, and worthy Of
the name;
And though you mourn him, as I
friend, his death should make yor
feel
The flag of freedom is the Dag o
manhood that is real;
And though your breasts with grie,
are torn, and though your heart,
are sore.
It ought to make you love the Star,
and Stripes little more.
Detroit Free Press
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28

8. w. Neal Of. Washington county
has filed nomination papers as candi-
date for congress In the First district
at the coming Republican primary. In
opposition to Congressman Kennedy.
The only Democratic candidate is
Mayor Elder of this city. Frank Kub-
isch of Burlington has fled as the So
cialist candidate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28

Iowa is going to say something TO-
morrow, and that something is likely
to be put in plain language. -Des
Moines Tribune. Cummins paper,
April %.
Iowa said 1t, all right. Also put IT
In plain language that it is for Prest-
dent Taft.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-28

A caustic writer in the Peoria Her.
ald-Transcript advances the hypothe.
sis that certain number of Bruce
Ismays are needed in this world for
contrast. Maybe so. Happily the
number is few.