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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
Walk-out Narrowly Averted over Ac-
ton Of BARRIERS at Meeting
Held Friday
Night.
ARE WORKING TODAY
Straight Salary of SIP Per Week,
With an Additional sixty-Flve
So Per Cent Above s1s
Demanded.

keokuk patrons of the various ton
serial parlors may yet have to learn
how to handle razor. This morning
when the employees OF the various
shops reported for work they inform.
ed their bosses that they would no
longer work under the old scale Of
wages. They then confronted the
bosses with their proposition and in
formed them that, with few minor
changes, they would stand pat CD
their demand They consented. how
ever to resume their work and ia
stay at work until the bosses could
get together and decide upon the de
mands of the BARRIERS, and this will
probably be done this evening at .
meeting when majority, if not all, OF
] the union bosses will be present.
! Heretofore the BARRIERS have been
| working under an agreement that
provided for guaranteed salary of
s12 a week, with sixty per cent above
$40 taken in by the individual barber.
with IL o'clock closing hour Satur-
4 day nights. The proposition put to
the bosses this morning provided for
la guaranteed salary of s12, with sixty
! five percent additional above SIS TAX
4 en- in by the individual barber, with
10 o'clock closing hour on s. turday
nights Later the BARRIERS consented
to the original hour of II o'clock, but
stood pat on the remainder of their
decision.
The BARRIERS are understood to have
had meeting Friday evening, wher
they agreed on the proposition put Il
the bosses this morning. At the meet
!. ing held Friday evening it is furthel
understood that the BARRIERS decided
not to inform the bosses and owner:
until Monday morning. Tie actor
! this morning left the bosses and tn
owners in a serious predicament, an
! for that reason the BARRIERS decided t
: work until the bosses could get t.
gether and either accede to or refus
: the demands of the BARRIERS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
Twcnty-eInht Fatal Accidents.

Twenty-eIcht Fatal Accidents.
There were twenty-eight fatal acct
dents reported to the commission. In
all $500 nonfatal accidents were re
ported.
1t is estimated that rs per cent OF
these are preveEtable. Fifty per cent
are due to carelessness OF the work
men themselves. The commissioner
will recommend that he be provided
with funds SO that he can educate the
workmen
The factory inspector made 1880
inspections in 2.91s factories. He
made total of 2.041 recommends
tons. Twenty-Five prosecutions were
made. A majority OF these We're for
violating the child labor law. Some
were for having no fire escapes and
part were for maintaining an employ
ment agency.
Following is list Of part of the rec
concentrations made:
Headguards and dust blowers for
emery wheels. 90; safeguards for ele-
vators, 90; repair floors II; guard
flywheels, SO; guard belts and pull
leys, rs; remove projecting set screws
256; guard machinery, As; equip ma
chimes with suction pipes, So; notices
to erect fire escapes, 442;; red lights
and exit signs, 10; doors to swing
out and additional signs, 242; stair
ways and hand rails, 53; Mushrooms.
s; water closets for males, IL water
closets for females. 80; clean and re-
pair water closets, 6s; remove chill
dren less than is years old, 10; SCI
cure record of children's ages, III;
post list of children less than IA
years old %; miscellaneous, So.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
Itching Humors
is NOW A WAY TO Es.
CAPE THESE SKIN TORRENTS.
Try this Remedy at Our Risk.


People sometimes say, Well, that
new remedy of yours, Saxo Salve,
may cure recent cases OF eczema, but
doubt if it will help ME for ! have
had eczema long time
The fact is. Saxo Salve was de-
vised as much for chronic skin trou'
bles as for acute cases, and 1t is
equally effective, though usually the
chronic cases are more stubborn.
Numbers of cases right around
here could be cited, showing thai
Saxo Salve is exactly the remarkable
soothing and curative remedy fol
skin diseases that We claim.
The itching is stopped in few mo
ments after the first application, ant
Improvement is seen in few days.
All humors and disorders OF thu
skin, whether scaly, crusted or in thu
very first stages, usually yield t
saxo salve promptly. If it does not
in your case your money will be re
! turned. MeGrath Bros. Drug 60
Keokuk, Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
Bad Compilations Are
NouD Easily Discarded
fFrom the Beauty seeker.)

Every woman has it in her own
hands to possess a beautiful and
youthful complexion. No matter how
soiled, faded or coarse the cuticle, or
binary mercolized wax will actually
remove it. and nature will substitute
a skin as soft, clear and lovely as
child's. The action of the wax is not
drastic, but gentle and agreeable.
Minute particles of scarf skin come
off day by day, yet no evidence OF
the treatment is discernible, other
than the gradual complexional inn
provement One ounce of mercolized
wax. procurable at any drugstore.
suffces for most cases. 1t is put on
at bedtime like cold cream and taken
off in the morning with warm water.
1t is a certain method of discarding
tan, freckles, sun spots, liver spots.
moth patches, blackheads and pimples.
Wrinkles can be treated with bene-
fit by bathing the face in lotion pre-
pared by dissolying j ounce powdered
saxolite in IL pint witch hazel. In
stantaneous results are. secured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
A SPLENDID FOOD roo SELDOM
SERVED

IN the average American household
Macaroni is far too seldom serve6
II is such a splendid food and on
that is SO well liked that it should be
served at one meal every day. Let
IT take the place of potatoes Maca-
roni has as great food value as
potatoes and is ever so much more
easily digested
Faust Mscaroni is made from richly
glutenous American-grown Durum
wheat. 1t is every bit as finely fiav-
ored and tenderly succuent as the
imported varieties and you can be
positive II is clean and pure-made
by Americans in spotless, sunshiny
kitchens.
Your grocer can supply you VIII
Faust Macaroni-in sealed packages
SC and 1oc Write for free Book OF
Recipes.
MAuLL BROS.
ST. Louis, Mo.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
WAGE INCREASE
IN FACTORIES
State Labor Commissioners Report
on Conditions in Iowa Show
Workers Are Getting
More.
NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS
There Were Twenty-Eight Fatalities
In the State, Many Of Which
Could Have Been
Prevented.

Wage earners in slightly more than
so per cent Of Iowa factories and
workshops earned 1922, s632S, or
more than million dollars more In
the year ending July than they did
in the previous year, according to a
report just completed by the state
labor commission. The report was
sent to the state printer by Edward
w. Van Duyn, state labor commission
er. yesterday.
Commercial organizations that are
boosting Iowa claim that there are
near 5000 factories in the state, but
the labor commissioner sent blanks to
5000 Of these. OF this number 1918
made reports as requested. The fac
tory inspectors visited 2,91s institu
lions. They were unable to make all
of the inspections needed.
1t is probably that on account OF
this Mr.. Van Duyn will recommend
that his force be increased. AT pres
ent Iowa pays but "a cents per capita
for protecting its factory workmen
while 1t pays something like so cents
per capita for protection Of it's miners
There are but two other states thai
appropriate such small amount fol-
use in this matter. Some states SCI
aside as high as 80 cents per capita
/ Wages on Increase.
/ 49,. +ab1o, p,y,ila5 n lie Loo rY,
ed that the average wage of adul
males is 1915 year, adult females
1920, and children, s161.
The preceding biennial report show
4 that men earned s27,SeO,99o. agains
i s2S, 1902, 5000 this year; women, SO
S53,416.74 as against s3,sS5, yS40s
children less than 16 years old, s2o5
i O30.31 as against s184,5lS.S2; totals
q s31. 919 446.72 as against s32,972, 1863 q
} The following table shows the con
parative number of persons working
Year Men. Women. Childrel
i 1910 ...... 5000 1879 Loo
, 1912 ...... 1920 12,o57 LA
: The newsboys were included in til
children thus increasing the numb'
employed and not increasing tt
/ wage.
The average increase In the was
3 of men was So per cent, and the nur
e Der affected by the increase was 49,
. in 1911.
!, The average working day was 3
y hours.
!, The average number of days wor
ed during the year was S07.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
an MINDED pianist.

cAPEToWN, Aug. 5.-W William Ken
d.u q 93.year-old South African musi-
ci.n now holds the worlds marathon
,,,,no-nlaying record, having played
the instrument at Potchefstroom
moving picture theatre for q hours
without stopping. A crowded house
witnessed the performance which ne
ooncluded with God Save the King,
The best previous record is said TO
have been that of young Kentucklan
---ss hours and SO minutes,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05

Were all medicines as meritorious
as Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy the world would
be much better off and the percentage
of suffering greatly decreased writes
Lindsay Scott, of Temple, Ind. For
sale by Wilkinson & Co. Pharmacy.
iand ]. F. Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
Strike Problem.

BRISBANE, Australia, Aug. BIN
the hope of mastering the strike prob
lem, a sweeping measure has been IN
troduced by the government of
Queensland. Among other things 1t
that labor organizations must
take a secret ballot of their entire
membership on any strike proposition,
and must give two weeks notice TO
employers before quitting work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
-.,,s Arc Crossing on the Power
company Tracks on the Largest
constructlon Works on
Earth.
NO RAILROAD ON DAM
A Work Progressing Rapidly and
Completion Ahead Of Time Set,
Is Assured by Present Status
Of structures.

Heayy trains are running over a.
new railroad track spanning the Mis-
.issfppi river here which was opened
uithout announcement or ceremony,
and only few observant visitors to
no mammoth water-power construc-
tion works have noticed the innova-
ton.
The colossal dam has progressed
across the river from the Illinois
h,nrfs for almost mile and will join
s,ha mammoth concrete power house
n about six weeks. The cofferdam
ahead Of the big concrete dam joined
Inc thirty-five acre cofferdam on the
iowa side recently. and later rail-
road track was built on it joining the
dozen miles of tracks in network in
tho big Iowa cofferdam to the tracks
| If the Illinois division of the works
where it met the Iowa division.
Miles Of Railroad Tracks.
The connecting track is used to
transport materials from the Iowa
side to complete the cofferdam ahead
Of the big concrete dam, and trains
are using it regularly. The tracks OF
the Iowa division get an outlet via the
tracks of the Saint Louis line of the
Burlington route, while the tracks OF
the Illinois division run through Ham.
ilton, Illinois, to junction with the
Wabash railroad there. The Illinois
tracks are used for transporting sand
from the mouth of the Des Moines riv.
er. cement from the mills at Hannibal
and other construction material, and
to move forward the immense steel
forms in which the great dam is cast
In concrete. The. Iowa tracks have
similar uses.
Work rs progressing very rapidly
In the construction works covering
miles of area in the Mississippi river
here. The steel Of the lower lock
gates Is going into place, the turbine
settings are going up every day, ane
the massiye walls OF the lock in the
Panama class are nearing completion
The greatest water-power develop
ment the world has ever seen will BIZ
completed in advance of the origina
time set which was July !, next.
The railroad tracks are all of stand
ard gauge and rail. but the plans 0
the company do not include perma
nent railroad across the river over tn
dam. suggestion which is excitin
much public interest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
Cause Enough.

VIENNA, Aug. "a man who shot
himself at Doeberlitz, left the photo
graph OF three pretty girls in a letter,
saving that his inability to decide
which he loved best was the cause OF
his suicide.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05

request came yesterday w. T. Kaoiwi,
whose home formerly was in the
Hawaiian Islands, Is the leper. DR..
Sumner sent word this morning that
he would grant permission for the
leper to be taken through the state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
Grasshopper Invasion.

SOFIA, Aug. 5.-Three infantry
regiments have been called out to
combat an invasion of grasshoppers
which is devastating immense tracts
of farming land along the Danube.
With the assistance of the peasantry
the soldiers are building huge bonfires,
and thus they have succeeded in clear
inc several districts from the pest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
First Christian Church.

Union services were held at the
First Christian church Sunday even
ing which were conducted by Rev.
Jacob Nuesch of St Pauls German
Evangelical church There was a
large attendance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
SUNDAY SPECIALS
AT THE CHURCHES
Some Deviation From the Usual Ser
vices Were Noticeable at Sew
eral Places of Worship.

rev j. C. Hughes of the Second
Presbyterian church. preached yester-
day morning at the First Westminster
Presbyterian church in the absence of
Rev. DR.. Ezra B. Newcomb, who is
away from the city on two weeks
vacation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
Second Presbyterian Church.

One Of the interesting features at
the evening services of the Second
Presbyterian church was the singing
of the number, Follow Me-" by a
quartette composed of Mrs. Burgess,
Mrs. Morris and Messrs Morris and
Teller.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
Was Her Sixth Birthday.

The little girl, who was celebrating
her sixth birthday anniversary, spent
the greater part of the afternoon with
her brothers and sisters riding with
her father on wagon in which he
was hauling clay to the rear OF his
place for grading purposes. He drove
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
Irony of Fate.

The irony of fate was disclosed Ia
the story Of the man who In an effort
to escape trolley car and an auto
mobile was run over by hearse.--
New York World
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05

Woman loves clear, rosy complex.
ion. Burdock Blood Bitters pur!fies the
blood, clears the skin. restores rudy,
sound health.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
Licensed to Wed.

BENJAMIN Mills, age 36, and Fannie
Russ, age 80, both of Keokuk.
Arthur Conner, age 10, and Hazel
McClary, age 10, both Of Keokuk.
Bert Thomas, Hannibal, age 80,
and Belle Armentrout, age AZ, Keokuk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05
Make Your Meat
Shredded Wheat

The superintendent, managers,
clerks and other salaried employees
earned: Men, 1910 earning ss,9se,s57.-
80. as against s7,793,5S9.99 the prevt-
Gus year; women, 1921. earning $685.
07s.2O as agains. s73s,464.93; making
total OF ss.792,4s5.5s as against ST.
527,054.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-05

First Methodist Protestant Church.
Yesterday at the First Methodist
Protestant the communion was ad-
ministered and there was a large at
tendance of the membership and
visitors.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1912-04-20
CARDINALS
Express Grief to President
Taft For TitaoiC's
Victims.

From all parts of the world ex-
pressions OF grief for the Titantic
victims have reached President
Taft, among them the following
from Cardinals Gibbons, Farley and
O'Connell:
ITO the President Of the United
States: The Archbishops of the
country. in joint session with the
Trustees OF the Catholic University
OF America, beg TO offer to the
President of the United States their
expression OF their profound grief at
the awful loss Of human lives attend
ant upon the sinking OF the steam
ship Titantic; and at the same time
to assure the relatives OF the victims
Of this horrible disaster of our ieeL-
est sympathy and coincidence. They
wish also 10 attest thereby TO the
hope that the lawmakers OF the
country will see IN this sad ac-.den'
the obvious necessity of legal pro-
Visions for greater security OF ocean
travel"
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1912-04-20
LARGER
Marks Meet
ings of Division Z,
A. o. n.

Increased attendance marks each
successive meeting of Division l, A.
o. H., and the presence of many who
have been very Irregular lends en-
thusiasm to the proceedings and
stamps with approval the admins
tration of President Martin Cusick.
Tuesday night two more members
were elected, and the next in order
will be an initiation before the warm
weather comes. Much regret was
expressed when announcement was
made of the illness of Treasurer
Thomas Lawler and Joseph Harding.
Invitations We're accepted to the
open meeting and reception of the
Ladies' Auxiliary and the operate
performances of Trinity Council at
the Masonic Theater next week. In
the absence OF Vice President Fine
gan his place was taken by Thomas
keenan,, who reported the proceed
ings OF the Federation. Following
the regular order of business two
boxes OF Tarpey's Havanas were dis
tributed and interesting topics were
discussed by Michael Collins, James
Barry, Thomas Tarpey, President
Cusick. Thomas keenan, and others.
The next meeting will be of much
more than ordinary interest, as re-
ports in which every member is con-
cerned will be submitted.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1912-04-20
HOLY CROSS
Parish Mourns Death OF
Beloved and Zeaioos
Pastor.

There was summoned to judgment
from sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hos
pital on Wednesday evening the Rev.
John Sheridan, rector for six years
of Holy Cross church on West
Broadway, and for the preceding
eighteen years pastor of St.
Michaers church on Brook street
Donegal, ireland, in 1S47, came TO
New York when sixteen years of age,
and when a young man took up the
study for the priesthood, completing
his ten years course at Noun. 81.
Mary's College at Emmittsburg. be-
ing ordained here thirty-flve years
ago by the late Bishop McCloskey,
since which time he has labored de-
votedly as spiritual guide and
father to the people of his every
charge. He was the third priest in
the Sheridan family to die within the
last twenty years. The last of two
other brothers, who were ordained
and stationed in Ireland, died about
twelve years ago near the old Sheri-
dan homestead in Ireland. The dead
priest Is SuENlNtu ny d DiOlhCif All
thony ]. Sheridan, local freight
agent of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad Company, and one sister,
Sister Mary Thomas, Of the order of
Sisters of Mercy, of Louisville; one
nephew, John Edward Sheridan, and
a niece, Miss Mary Catherine Sheri-
dan. The funeral took place from
Holy Cross church yesterday morn
ing, Bishop O'Donaghue presiding
over the solemn obsequies. 1t was
affecting to observe the signs of pro-
found grief shown by many of the
older people and those not of the
faith. Never was a priest more
universally esteemed, and the ex-
pressions heard at the funeral attest
ed the great loss sustained by the
people of Holy Cross parish and the
West End
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1912-04-20
UNWILLING.
Three Days Celebration In
Honor OF University
Founder.

The Kentucky Irish American has
received an invitation from the
President and faculties OF George
town College. Washington, ID. c., to
be present at the unveiling of the
statue OF its founder. the Most Rev
John Carroll, ID. d.. 70 be presented
by the Society of the Alumni on Sat
urday morning, May 4. The celebra-
ton win begin on Friday evening,
May 3, and conclude with the rccep-
ton by the faculties in the Healy
building. Sunday afternoon. unveil-
ing OF the monument will take place
Saturday at II o'clock, when the
presentation will be made by Chief
Justice White. The speakers viii be
President Taft, Cardinal Gibbons,
Speaker Champ Clark and the Am
bassador OF Austria Hungary. In
the evening the annual alumni din
ner will take place, the religious
ceremonies ending at the high mass
In Dahlgren chapel Sunday morning,
al which Rev. Terence J. Shealy,
:. j., will preach the sermon. These
ceremonies win doubtless bring a
notable gathering 70 the national
capital.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1912-04-20
ENJOYED.
Friends of Ladies' AuXlI-
iary Throng Fails City
Hall.

Seldom has the large Falls City
Hall been thronged as It was
Wednesday night, when the hum
dreds of men and women present
thoroughly enjoyed the excellent
programme arranged by Misses Mary
Butler. Margaret Hourigan and Ger
trude Riley for the opening meeting
and reception of the Ladies' Aux
iliary. A. o. H. Miss Mary Corcoran
presided and expressed her delight
at seeing present so many friends
Of the Ancient Order, to whom she
extended most hearty welcome. The
first number on the programme was
Come Back to Erin" rendered by
slie cIsoi. and sanxilisry members,
Miss Mary Corcoran sang a ballad
and little James and Marie Dough-
erty rendered a violin and piano
solo. The address of the evening
was delivered by Attorney J.. J..
Mackey, who spoke for the auxiliary.
He reviewed the history and work
of the Ancient Order and urged all
TO become members. as the auxiliary
has been of untold benefit to the
members. Then followed in quick
hutttSSiOH fOCdl anu AlSti uihVildA
solos and short addresses by Mrs.
Patrick buddy, Miss Virgie Dona-
hue, Miss Gertrude Riley, President
Martin J. Cusick, Hugh Hourigan,
Thomas keenan,, Estelle Dougherty,
William NJ. Higgins, John Horan,
Miss Fannie Kennedy and B. P. ].
Kavanagh. Martin Sheehan and Ser
geant John Maloney gave exhibitions
of Irish step and Jig dancing, and
after an abundance of refreshments
had been served the floor was
cleared for those who wanted to
dance. All express hope that the
ladies win soon hold another open
meeting. All were invited to at
tend the euchre party to be given
In the same hall on "Wednesday even
ing. Nav I
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1912-04-20

be produced there Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings of next
week, there is much interest in
Trinity Councils second attempt in
the dramatic field and in their rendl-
tion OF this popular little comic
opera, which Is from the pen OF
A. Baldwin Sloane, the author OF
"Hanky-Panky." The cast and
chorus have been working hard and
faithfully under the direction of
Prof. Leo A. Schmitt, the musical
director. and p. Wellington Hager,
the stage director, and those who
have witnessed the rehearsals claim
that the performance will compare
favoTably with that of a professional
cast and chorus. The feature OF the
performance will be the catchy music
and augmented orchestra, whose
rendition OF the tuneful airs In
Sergeant Kitty" will be sure 10
please, and In addition the commit
tee have spared no expense IN
costuming the principals and chorus,
and have arranged for complete
scenic effects. The cast OF characters
is as follows:
Sergeant Kitty, Mrs. Frances
Schranz Schmitt.
Luclen valliere. Joseph A. Hehe-
mann.
Louise DE Merrilac. Miss Ollie
Frank.
Ninon. Miss Mary b. Hinkie.
Jacques Joquinerre, Albert M
Hermann.
Henry De MerriIac. Joseph Wettle
General Du Bois. John Hodapp.
Nine. Angelique, Miss Mary
Zoerner.
Babette, Miss Lee Hernden.
Suzette, Miss Catherine Gnau.
Sergeant Lefevre, Coleman A
Ridge.
Pierre Picorin, John NJ 1iennessy
Jean cornichon, II. Irving Lurd'
ing.
celestin Brldeaux. p Wellington
Hager
Notary LIE Van. Albert DAILY.
First Gendarme. Louis Schranz.
Second Oendarme, James Perry.
Reserved seats are now on sale Al
the shubert Masonic Theater boa
office.