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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-15
e,a,pIe Idea Which Will Make the
Balloon AZ Responsive to Pilot
as the Horse Is to the
ReIns.
USE AIR AS BALLAST
possible Now to Remain AfIoat for
Weeks at Time and Crossing
the Atlantic VIII be
Easy Problem.

rIrnited Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-A dirigible
airsbip that will not only automatical-
" ascend and descend at will, but
which will sustain perfect equilib-i
rum in the air as steamer on the
surface of the ocean. has been invent
ed by Melvin Vaniman, according to
an announcement made today in the
Scientific American.
The inventor, who recently built the
giant dlrigible, Akron but tailed in
an attempt to cross the Atlantic, said
his previous failure resulted because
he had not solved the problem of
equilibrium.
Vaniman, who is backed by F. A.
Zibriling, of Akron, is preparing to
build an air craft which he thinks will
reyoutionize aeronautics. The en-
yeIope Of his balloon will be made Of
cotton and rubber preparation, re-
inforced by the finest piano wire
wound in such way that it will have
the maximum tensil strength This,
he says will resist the increased pres
sure in the gas bag due to rise in
temperature from the suns rays.
Inside the envelope will be collap-
sib,e air ballast tank. II the operator
wishes to ascend, he allows the air
tc escape To descend, he merely
puu1ps IN more s'air ballast" With
tlis Kind OF craft, Vaninan says II
would be possible to remain in the air
for weeks. He believes 1t would be
adapted for the economical transpor
tation of passengers, troops or explo
sizes.
Thomas A. Edison, when interviewed
today in his laboratory in East Orange
regarding the invention, said:
Strictly speaking, | do not believe
4 in dirigi3les, although know nothinf
about them except what have read
But yaniman has applied principle
which is SO obvious that it does no
need to be demonstrated. wonde
that it has not been thought of before
II is the simple idea that usual,
proves success"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-15
FIVE WILL HANG 4
TN THE MORNING I

q CHICAGO, Feb. 15.--Four men .
q and a boy of eighteen, will to- .
. morrow in the county Jail here, .
. pay the extreme penalty of the .
= law. Until noon today two of the =
. youngest members were still .
. hopeful that they would escape .
. death, but the refusal Of the .
q state board of pardons to heed =
. the pleas of reformers and law Q
. yers blotted out the last chance .
. of official interference with the 9
. program laid out by Sheriff Iim- .
q mer for the execution that will q
o make numerical record for the 4
. state.
. Sheriff thinner. announced
q that the two white men who 4
. showed the greatest bravery 4
y would be hanged first, then the
= other two white men will be led
. to the gallows and Jennings, the 4
. negro, will mount the gallows last 4
= and alone, the white murderers 4
. having objected to swinging with
& him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-15
Was Pinned Under Wreckage
and Had No Chance of
Being Saved SO Was
Put to Sleep.

Tunited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
PORTLAND, Maine, Feb. 15t-.
Pinned under tons of wreckage and
with his legs and one of his arms
slowly cooking while the fire was
creeping closer and closer to his
body, Harry Corliss, trainman on
the Grand Trunk railway was chloro-
formed into blissful Inconsistencies
Iby country doctor at Yarmouth to
day. Fifteen minutes later his body
was a charred mass. Corliss and two
other trainmen met their deaths in
headon freight wreck on the main
line of the Grand Trunk. The trains,
lrunning at more than thirty miles an
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-15
BALL ROOM GOWNS SHAME
ANY FOUNDRY COSTUMES

cause of the gases that filled the room.
Because of this, the women mad their
arms bare to the shoulders, and in or
der to get every bit of refreshing air
to their bodies, their scanty garments
we're thrown back at the throat SO
that their persons were exposed to
the gaze of the men workers, especial
ly when they stopped to lift the chains
or to empty or fill the wagons.
81 have also seen women compelled
to lift and handle cores and moulds
which are SO heavy that they would
fax the strength Of the average man.
There are seven hundred women en-
Moved in the Massachusetts, foundries
at tasks that utterly ruin their
strength"
John E. Augur. representing vari-
ous organizations which are arrayed
behind the measure, told the commit
tee similar story.
| Rey o. Fl. Clifford, who appeared in
hahalf of the foundrymen, contradict
od the other witnesses and said he
had carefully investigated the allega
t,on that women were overworked
and appeared improperly clad in the
state foundries. This was absolutely
untrue, he said.
aAs to these working women BEING
IN, nroperIy clad,' he concluded, y
n,nst saw that glimpse into the bal
4 room of the social elite would show
women more improperly clad thar
would be found in any foundry II
Massachusetts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-15
cnu Eour Dead.

ALTOONA, Pa, Feb. 15.-That only
four persons have been killed and %
injured in the wreck OF the Penna.,
limited at Warrior Ridge today was
the positive assertion of Penna, off
cials at o'clock this p. m. They
were in direct communication with
1.-THE scene OF the wreck. Two, of the
dead were women, they said, while
third was one Of the negro porters o
the train.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-15
NEGRO uynched.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. IA mol
early today at Raleigh, near here cap
tured an unidentified negro accused
of having attacked a sixteen year ole
sirl yesterday and lynched him. The
negro was dragged to bridge on the
outskirts of town and hanged. The
negro's body was riddled with pui
let's.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-15
shnt Wife and Self.

UNITED Press Leased Wlr- seryice.1
CHICAGO, Feb 15-John Tam
deke, 80, detective for the Pan
handle railroad, shot and instantly
killed his wife and committed suicide
at his home early today. He died as
he wss being conveyed to hospital
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-15
Heavy Loss Of life Reported From
Rail Wreck Today on Top of the
Mountains OF Penn
sylvanIa.
FIFTEEN PEOPLE DEAD
Limited Running Over an Hour Be-
hind Time Leaves Tracks and
Passengers Are Taken Out
Bruised and Dead.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
ALTOONA, Pa, Feb. ia death
list estimated at from five to fifteen,
the exact number being difficult toI
determine because of the interrupt
ton Of telegraphic communication, is
reported as the result Of the Pennsyl-
vania east bound, twenty-four hour
train between Chicago and New York,
going into the ditch at Warrior
Ridge, flag station thirty miles
from this city. There was 104 pas
sengers on the train and it is feared
that few of them escaped without at
least some injuries as ten of the
eleven cars composing the train
rolled down the embankment.
The first report received here said
that there were four dead and twenty
five seriously hurt. Shortly afterward
lit was said the death list would be
larger, as five persons were reported
to have been taken out dead from the
first car.
The difficulty in ascertaining the
details was due to the demolishing OF
the telegraph INES tnat parallei lne
tracks. Wrecking crews from this
city were hurried to the scene and
doctors from all of the surrounding
towns notified. The dead and injured
! will be brought here.
Il The train was running more THAI
AN hour behind time and in the effor
e to make up some of the time, two
! the heaviest PASSENGER Locomotives
on the division were hauling it. A
the time of the wreck it was running
at more than sixty miles an hour. Th'
cause of the wreck had not been def
, Iinitely learned, but reports from th'
scene stated that broken truck Oh
, either the rear locomotive or the frs
, car of the train derailed it and th'
rest of the train followed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-15
Have You ANY Shares7

rUnited Press Leased Wire Service ]
NEW YORK, Feb 15.-The Stand
ard Oil company of New Jersey. (the
parent company today declared a
dividend Of five dollars a share pay
able March Is, to stockholders OF REQ
ord February 10.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-15
Enur Mere Killed.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 15.-Four
persons were killed and TWENTY-FIVE
injured in the Pennsylvania railroad
wreck near Altoona, Pa according TO
wire received here this afternoon,
The overturned cars have not yet
been cleared of the passengers, many
Of them being imprisoned in perllous
positions
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-15
: . . . = . . $50
Caneva to Return.

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
ROME, Feb. 15.-It was learned to-
dav that General Caneva will return
to Tripoli and assume charge of the
campaign against the Turks. He was
recently recalled here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-15
sIlliken's Mamma" Is Married.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
z KANSAS CITY, Feb 15.--Miss
Florence Pretz, artist, creator OF
"Billiken, the God of things as they
ought to be-" is today the bride OF
Robert A Smalley, an automobile
dealer of Lincoln. Nebr. Miss Pretz
and Smalley were married last night
at the home OF the BRIDES parents
Miss Pretz realized but very little
from her popular creation of Bill
KEN The rights were sold to Chica
go company for comparatively small
sum, but the promoters of the novel
ty are said to have made fortune.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-15
Weather Conditions.

The depression from Montana has
moved to the upper lake region, caus.
ing somewhat warmer weather from
the Rockies eastward, and the south,
eastern depression in Florida has
deepened, attended by rain in the
southeastern states.
A field of high pressure on the
California coast is causing somewhat
cooler weather in the southwest, and
there has been light frost at Gal
weston and New Orleans.
Conditions indicate generally faii
weather, with moderate temperature
for this section tonight and Friday
Local observations
Feb. IA. p. m, 81 degrees, cloudy
Feb. 10, a. M, 2S degrees, cloudy
Mean temperature for Feb. IA, 80
highest temperature 35. lowest "a
lowest last night 2S.
FRED q, GOsEWIsCH,
Observer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-15
THE WEATHER.
Weather Forecast.

For Keokuk and vicinity-Generally
fair tonight and Friday. Moderate
temperature.
Iowa, Illinois and Missouri -Gener-
ally fair tonight and Friday Moderate
temperature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-15

Always Somewhere Near.
Misery never had to look far for the
company that 1t loves.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-15

Continued on page 81
La Junta tribune., 1912-07-06
Death ef James Fen.en.

James Fcnton. who was we'll
known engineer In the employ OF
IN" santa Fe out OF this city eish,
years ago. died at his hom. In Liule
Roek. Ark. on June a,th. aged forty.
i've y"ars. Deceased Was a na,iy.
OF Lafayette. Wis. and previous To
MS death had been running an en.
sine ON the Iron Mountain out Of
Little Rock. Ark.
William fcn,on. of this city. wen,
10 Li''i" Rock and took charge of
IN. remains. and accompanied III.
body to Divide. Colo. ~her. final in.
'efment took place last Saturday.
La Junta tribune., 1912-07-06
NOTEBOOK CENTER.

W. A. Courtney Is tn. poss.,.or
of fine new motor cycle.
Miss Laura Darlington 4. attend.
Ing the teachers normal At Gree.
Icy.
Water plenty. Reservoirs mr.. mi,
ef"ps are good. and everybody o.,..
bratrt.
Mis-. Jessie st.ac.y vbo h..
been visiting Mrs. ". Il. stanton
and family. LETT Friday Tor her HON.
In Kansas City. Mo.
Miss Bessie Rich. after 4. ,~o
~"nths' p'sasant visit With friend.
aa1 relatives. Ieft rharsdsy sor h.
none In Cambridge. Neb.
r. x. stanton. II hattie cr..h
A'ch.. visited BE brother. W. r.
and family. on he way hom. ,,,,,,
. s'te = wssAisstss asl gaeAo. y,..
a.ae y Dsassr. asA Aia co~h I
-. UeAseoa. u pusA)a
La Junta tribune., 1912-07-06
Music Clsss oisbanded.

Frank l.. Thomas has disbanded his
interesting music class until the first
OF September and leaves tonight for
Denver where he will become on. of
a summer class OF fourteen that will
receive special attention for two
months from J. c. wilcox.sn eminen,
voice specialist.
Mr.. Thomas expects to do som.
heipfni. splendid work this summer
ana To return TO his class r.juyena,.d
phy'ioa'iy AZ well as musicaily, and
'i''ed 10 overlooking with upto-dat.
and helpful Ideas along lines musical.
La Junta tribune., 1912-07-06

to the job Of rexeneratinx the demo-
cratic party. He has q very stubborn
I'd mule Ia work on and II In doubt.
l.: wheth-" he viii prov. .iuI ic
lie occasion.
La Junta tribune., 1912-07-06

~"& 'V~ hsSph0 WIN my slx.
In Colorado there are fifteen Junior
lnotypes In operation-two Of them
In La Junta. T~enty-four years ago
this summer Mr.. wildey and the edi.
tor OF the great family Journal were
Just common. ordinary type stickerx
ON the Los Angeles Times.
Governor Hadley, of Missouri. floor
leader for Roosevelt, at IN. late. Ia.
m.n'.d republican national conyen-
ton. announced yesterday. according
To the Kansas city Star. that he
will stick to the republican party
In his state. but viii support men
for the electoral colleg. pledged to
,ot. for Roosevelt, This is IN.
turning point Now watch the sen,i.
meni for Roosevelt grow.
Henry Watterson. dean OF tn.
democratic editorial fraternity. de.
clsres that In a eontes, headed by
Taft. Roosevelt and tn. devil his pa.
per, tn. courier-Journai. being unabl.
TO TAX. To III. woods. perforce must
b. Obliged To supper, his satanic ma.
jesiy. In this instance Mr.. Waiter.
son IL no, In class by himself
Ther. are others OF tn. democratic
standpa, breed who relish tn. dose
abou, as much as he does.
Rev and Mrs. Otis G. Dai. and
son irwin. left Wednesday morning
for Topeka. Kan. where they viii
spend week or more with Mr.
Dsl-s people. They will then 60
on to D.s Moin.s and viii remain
there until IN. fret Of August. the
guests Of Mrs Dal.'s mother aud
brother. The remainder Of their va.
cation will b. spent In Minneapolis
MINI. and In western Wisconsin
Mr. Dale expects TO b. home In Tim.
20 r.sum. his duties ON August 18Th.
Roosevelt Was the prctomin = ting
factor both st the chicaEo and Hal.
timorc conventions. Al Chicago
II Was anything TO beat Roos-.
veit." and NJ Baltimore II was fear
of Roos~v~li and the third party
that forced the nomInatlon of Wilson.
Rsactionsries controlled the eonv.n.
tion ~ Baltimore. Jest ~ they ava
u Chicago. The leaders ~ bsltiI
more knew that the nomination os =
reerttssasy candidate m~sat = hol,
by Bvyaa. anl ~ iavitstioa to hin
70 ies1 psogrsssivs 1~mocrsts iaio
. third party. The time vas ripe.
nsa were ready. and the oDDortunity
~ . sew sltaaosNt vss pspseat. hat
1os the ftsst sime 10 ~ history The
dsaocs1t1e pasty ~ ~ staAt tAias
- asn1naklag Wi1ssA. We vssy nssA
.tNet ubs'Ass ~ IN psess eQ~si
La Junta tribune., 1912-07-06

baltimore convention. but he has not
as yet issued any bulletins a. To
whether he was sustained and sooth.
ID BY the same kind of dope during
his recent trials and presidential trib.
ulsfions.
The La 1unta SsI r. apprentices
Won the baseball championship OF
the Santa Fe system from the Santa
F- apprentices OF Fort Madison.
iowa. defeating uat team In very
Interesting and exciting game by a
srore OF ; to T. Neither team scor.
"a until the NTH inning. ghen La
Jun,a made on. and Fort Madison
fso. II vas then nip and tuck un-
tll tn. las, inning when La Junia
sot two men over tn. home plat.
and won the game.
The republican county central com
mit,ee met at the offic. OF the ooun.
ty chairman. DR.. A. l. Stubbs. last
saturday afternoon and held very
ih. purpos. OF fixing tn. date for
the county assembly 10 elect nine
i-.n delegates To the state as.
sambiy." which Is to be pulled off In
Denver. July 5is, The county assem-
bly will be- held In Fowler. Saturday.
July s.th. and IN. primaries In the
yarious precincts OF oiero county
vill take place on Thursday. July
s5,h. The official call will be found
In another column of this Issue.
The gr.a, family Journal In In re-
ceipt OF the most complete. final
and authorativ. work ON the poia.
10 ever issued. The authors. Eugene
"A. Grubb and ". $. cuilford. have
made n complete study Of tn. sub
J.ct both here aud abroad. and their
book contains every obtainable use
IA, fact about the crop. There are
s.s pages and over ioo illustrations
rhs boot 10 endorsed BY the United
stst~s department of agriculture.
whose officials say that the work
ought 10 b. In the hands Of every
farmer In the country. w. Will b.
clad 70 k,an the book tn any one
vino 10 intsrested IN potato cultur~.
-
Charles W. wiidey. of D~pyce. one
Of tAs experts Of the CAleS brasch
Of The MesssntAa,er l.t0),( Con.
pesy. wss . Ia jsn's ~ lnst
SATURDAY snA sunday. ~ - hk
way y Valley ralis. kan.. - iassali
. ~ ms1sl No. 10. vhlrh II INV
supphnttng tAs jusior Iisotyps IN
mose soustsy osflcss Thsee ass over
3.eoo 1ug1ss hastypss ls opssattes n
~ Uno1o1 otsess. ~ S'aas - Iesa
lsalouo ~ astystUe. - ksssas
La Junta tribune., 1912-07-06
-1N AN
ABOUT
TOWN

th" purpose Of building roads and
bridges aud public buildings There
h the bill nov being initiated by
the state highway commission and
providing Tor the distribution Of
the Internal Improvement fund by tha
body This latter ought to pass. II
you have not signed the bill do "a
at once A copy Of the bin win be-
found at Fishers bookstore.
4 don't see how b, is." Jenkins
b Kan. cycling the tramp aud his per.
forming dor With frank envy Here
IL this mongr"l Of yours doing all
these tricks. and there IL my dog.
with pedigree yard long. that
can't b" taught a single thing
I've hammered at 81 iii In tired.
and be can't even be- trusted TO
roll over shen he's told to"
Wen. air. Naint No much the dog .'
the tramp replied. connientlally.
You have TO know moren he does
or you can't learn him anything
=
Secretary of State Poar,c announc.
ID last Saturday. that the publi,a
tioa 81 constitutional amendments
bnd Initiated and referred laws would
only be- made In five issues Of one
paper Ia each county Ne states thai
he viii not publish 'hes. measure,
thirty times Ia those counties where
there arr daily papers. This means
saving OF perhaps tiio.ooo on ai
yeftis.ng bills sion. II also mean.
that the democratic daili.s that had
expected from ~: 900 Ia $50. 900 each
viii have TO be- content with abou,
one.fifth that amount.
.
4 Pueblo newspaper chronicles tn.
fact that N" new power house foi
the ArkAnsss Valley Railway. Ligh,
and Power Company 1T La Junts
has been completed. and ,s nov read,
s'o furnish = 5000 volt power 10 tina,
city" Have you noticed our nv
power house: liza = monster In sire
being 1890 feet square. and fifteen
feet high. An expenditure of nbou,
eioo was involved In Ia consfruction
Once ws had . prosp'~t of . power
La Junta tribune., 1912-07-06

house that would cost H.0.0V" Thc
brick for this proposed building was
oriercf and later cancelled. aud In
now stacked up at our local brick.
yard Awaiting a purchaser How did
eve lose IT. Qulen sab.r
La Junta tribune., 1912-07-06


per Company, of Denver Naa % dis.
tinguished visitor ln La juuta Wed.
n"saay and between funny stories dld
his best 30 land big order He
will not b. Nith us aiain Tor several
weeks. a. be- expects 10 leave short
b for the Pacific Coast 10 take ln
all the sights ~ that section from
Alpha 10 Omega Including Barbary
Coast and Telegraph mn Billy ,iS.
tied the camps Of FLYNN aud John.
son while la Las Vegas. and after
What he saw ,r0,urrd the opinion
that Flynn had a possible chano.
II. met Mrs. Jack johnson while at
the black champion quarters. and
says that she Ia beauty both ~
face and figure. besides being pure
white.
George II Nichols. after resting
up for few weeks A. BIZ home on
the corner where The $500 crossing IL
i''ah''s hhh lAhiANh AN NANHN hl MS
tim. trying 10 max. the green grass
grow all around. len Thursday morn.
INK for Matwrll y VI wh"r" he Vas
summoned 10 figure on biz Job for
the Maxwell Irrigated Land Com
psny. Yesterday this company vas
10 le, the contract for some work
an IN" Eagl" Tail Ditch. which sas
10 inolud. 200. 600 cubic yards of .sca.
walton and 1900 cubic fee: OF concrete
construction. and Mr. Nichols expect.
10 land the Job lie l. also going to
figur. on IA. work Of rebuilding III.
dam of the Springer Ditch Company.
which WAS washed GU, during flood
last week. II he lands both of th.s.
$oAs he will have enough work 10
keep him busy. along with hi, cn,ir"
ostilt. Tor several months.
Two constitutional amendments re-
lating 10 good roads are Ia b. voted
on this faii One of N" amendments
prov tdcs for = bond issw ~ 10000. /.
80 for road purposes by the state.
one million 10 b. issu~d each year.
The second amendment. known ~
~ roanty enabling set. allows coun.
tire NJ the state to issu~ hpnds f0r
La Junta tribune., 1912-07-06

Wall street is said 10 b. behind
TAFT Wall street, through Perkins.
Is said 10 be behind Roosevelt, wall
street through Murphy aud Ryan. is
said 10 be- behind Clark. Harmon. In.
der~ood. etc. Wall street Is said
10 have been behind Wilson. causing
m" Harvey wilson wattcrson split
Great street this Wall street 4
appears TO b" behind 50 many people
b must be- a circle
La Junta tribune., 1912-07-06

Their. Is still hope for chamn.
Clark. th. 'pa,on, medioin. states.
man providing he has becom. af
f'ieted with the down a..d out feeling
sine. tho Baltimor. conv.u,ion
onc" upon a time h. Was tempted b,
patent medicine agent into giving
testimonial for Electric Bitter,
.aa IN" aforesaid testimonial was
o'ai"n"d forth To IN. world in n
recent Issue Of C)llier'.. In IL n.
stated that at tho end Of con.
sr"ss"nai campaign he Was "abou,
utterly collapsed and that ,hr..
Bottles Of Electric Btterr had mad.
n'm al right" lie must hsv. had
ne same kind Of feeling after M.
La Junta tribune., 1912-07-06

Even the democrats rknonledge
that Roosevelt Is going 10 be the
predomlnatiug figure In the presi-
Dental campaign that is soon 10 be
inaugurst"d. The democratic nation.
al committee has slrea ~ announced
that the plan and scop. Of the presl-
Dental campaign in IN. interest Of
Willrun mot Woodruff Wilson vii
IN measure depend upon whst
Roosevelt decides 10 do.
La Junta tribune., 1912-07-06

baltimore convention. but he has not
as yet issued any bulletins a. to
whether he was sustained and sooth.
ID BY the same kind of dope during
his recent trials and presidential ,rib-
ulsfionx.
La Junta tribune., 1912-07-06

Jim Dye received telegram last
"Wednesday night from George CrceI.
the high brow editor Of the Denver
News, - the effect ihai De had a
ringsido sat tor him at the La
Vegas pusilisilc flasco and notifying
him 10 meet the Denver special on It's
arrival In Ia lunta. prepared 10 a..
company him on the Journey fight.
wards. Jim bad made other ar
rangcmenis and could not ieay. for
Las Vegas until the ucxt day. but
probably Appropriated the sss ring
side ticket at the very first oppor
tuniV 1t appear tlat iim and
George are great cronies in political
circles In Denver. ss we'll as pri1.
nght ehums In Las Vegas.