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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-05-31

heartily received and well enter
tanned by the people of Pullman.
They turned down an urgent invita-
ton from the city of Seattle in order
10 accept the invitation to hold their
encampm ent here, and they did it
because they were assured that the
people of this city would consider
1t an honor and a privilege to enter
tain them and would spare no efforts
10 make the reunion the most enjoy
able in the history of the department
Relying on these plans they are com
ing in larger numbers than usual
from all parts of the state, ready to
DO their share toward making the
encampment record breaker.
1t is up to the people of Pullman
to make good. These old soldiers
must not be disappointed. Their an
ticipations must be more than met.
They must be made to feel that in
this community their services are an
preeiated and that they are welcome
guests whom the citizens delight to
honor. Every home should be open
ed to them, every store and house
should be decorated, every resident
should act as a committee of one
to see that each moment of their
visit is made enjoyable.
When the committee on accommo
dations comes to your house and asks
you to set aside one or more rooms
for the old soldiers don't put them
OFF with the excuse that you have Wis
itors coming and that your house
will be full. Remember that the vet.
Grams are the guests of honor, who
have the first call on your spitaIity
and remember that unless every citi
zen does his or her part Pullman will
not be able to handle this encamp
ment in satisfactory manner and tc
live up to her reputation of beinf
the most patriotic community in the
state of Washington.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-05-31
THE INSECT TAX

After much computing, the experts
OF the department of agriculture
at Washington have set the value of
the agricultural products DESTROYED
each year in the United States by
insect pests at eight hundred million
dollars. That vast sum may be call
ed the insect tax paid by the farmers.
1t is much larger than the tax paid
each year for the education of Amer
lean children, and much larger than
the amount at which the buildings
and endowments of the six hundred
colleges in this country are valued.
1t is twice as large as the amount
lost in the San Francisco fire. and
three or four times as large as the
combined bonded and floating debts
of all the states of the Union.
The collectors of this tax on the
farmer are the locust, the Hessian
fly, the green leaf-louse, and hun
dreds of other varieties of bugs,
beetles, grubs and caterpillars. The
farmer knows them and fears them.
AS we'll as he can, he fights them by
using poisons, which are often dan
gerous and always expensive. But to
prevent the insect tax-gatherers from
devouring all that grows in his field
garden and orchard, he has to trust
mainly to the weather, to parasites
to insect diseases and-to birds.
If the great usefulness of the in
sectivorous birds had been realized
sooner, the farmer would have avoid
ed paying some of this appalling tax
and would have been better off. Men
who have given long study TO the
subject assert that bird life is one OF
the indispensable balancing forces
of nature, and that the increasing ac-
tivity of insect pests has been the nat
ural result of the destruction of the
birds-a process that during the past
generation has gone on with little
check.
For this reason, Congress is strong.
ly urged to enact laws for the protec-
ton of all game and song birds. II
is argued that since these birds are
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-05-31
MUST MAKE GOOD

In response to the invitation ex-
tended by Pullman the department
eneampment of the G. A. r. will
meet in this city next week 1t is
expected that from 1000 to 1900
members of that and its auxiliary
organizations will be present. 1t is a
big undertaking for a town of this
size to provide accommodations for so
many visitors, but it can easily be ac-
complished if each citizen will do his
or her share.
The hardest problem will be to find
enough rooms. The finance COM
mittee will have no trouble in raising
FUNDS. The program committee will
have no trouble in providing plenty
of entertainment The commissary
committee has made satisfactory pro-
visions for feeding the visitors, but
where they are going to sleep is ser
ious question. One hundred tents
have been ordered, but these together
with the accommodations the hotels
can provide, will furnish sleeping
quarters for but small part of the
city's guests. The people of Pullm an
must open their homes and provide
rooms if the encampment is to be a
success. 1t is not matter of choice
but of necessity.
The opportunity of entertaining
the encampment is a privilege OF
which Pullman should feel proud
The Grand Army of the Republic i:
an organization, the like of which ha!
never existed before, and in all prob
ability will never exist again. 1t i,
an organization which will hold bu
a few more encampments. It's mem
bers are passing away at the rate O
SO a day. or nearly 5000 ever,
month. and within a very few years
all of them will have answered tn,
last roll call A reunion of the surviv
ing veterans of the civil war is al
inspiration to any community, for /
brings home, as nothing else can
the memory of what they did TO
their country, and makes the histor,
of that terrific struggle something
more than a dry record of dates anC
names and facts.
The veterans are coming here will
high anticipation of royal welcom,
and reunion which will be some
thing out of the ordinary, and the,
must not be disappointed. The.
have right to expect to b,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-05-31
Notice to Creditors
Estate of Hannah Bowlav

Estate of Hannah Bowlev !.
ceased.
Notice Is hereby given by the ~,
dersigned, administrator with n.
will annexed, of the estate of Ia,
nah Bowley, deceased, to the crasI
tors of and all persons having claim,
against the said deceased. to eybm
it them, together with the necessa,,
and proper vouchers, within one VOC,
from the date of the first publicatio,
of this notice, towit: one year from
Friday, the oath day of Nav. 1912
to said administrator at the law n.
flee of Sanger e Dow, in Pullman
Whitman county, Washington, 1t ba.
ing the place for the transaction 4,
all business relative to the abovs
mentioned estate. Fail not or be for.
ever barred.
D, Nc Rea
Administrator with the will Annexed
of the estate of Hannah Bowley
deceased.
May 24-June 81
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-05-31
SENATOR'S BY DIRECT VOTE

By the overwhelming majority of
l9S-the vote standing, yeas 237
to nays 39-the United States house
of representatives last week accent
ed the resolution, already adopted
by the other chamber, providing for
the submission of an amendment to
the constitution that will permit the
election of United States senator's by
direct vote of the people. In doing
this the house found it necessary to
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-05-31

/ recede from objections raised by an
important element on the majority
side, the representatives from some
of the southern states. Although a
measure for which the democratic
party has stood through several
years, an amendment to the resolu-
ton, offered by Senator Bristow of
Kansas, rendered it repugnant to
many southerners. This amendment
placed the election of senators un-
der the control of the senate as the
election of representatives is now un-
der the control of the house. In other
words, it made the senate exclusive
judge of the qualifications of those
applying for admission to it's coun-
ellis. Experience with legislation
of the force bill character has made
the South doubtful as to the wisdom
or safety of such a provision; it
might so it was held, be used at
some time to interfere with the
choice of senators from Southern
states.
1t became apparent, however,
that this objection, If insisted upon,
might be the means of defeating the
resolution, and William Jennings
Bryan and other leaders in the dem
ocratic party counseled recession in
the interest of a measure of so
much Importance politically to that
side To be consistent some of
the Southerners held out against
the amended resolution to the last.
On the other hand, while it was rec
ognized as a distinctly democratic
proposition in its original form, and
acceptable to Northern democrats
generally, even in it's amended form,
not single republican vote was
cast against it. Nothing could IL
lustrate more pointedly or prove
more eloquently the change that has
come over republican thought with
reference to the wild theories
enunciated by William Jennings
Bryan" in the recent national
campaigns
Congress has now gone the entire
length of its power in this matter.
The resolution will receive promptly
the signature of the president.
Three-fourths of the legislatures o.
the forty-eight states must give it
approval before the provision can
be legally incorporated in the Or
ganic law. Only a few legislative.
bodies are in session at present.
The Massachusetts Legislature had
an opportunity of being the first to
declare itself. A larger number of
legislatures will assemble next win
ter, but some will not be in session
for two years. 1t is among the prob
abilities, also, as in the case of the
income tax amendment, that the pres
ent amendment may be rejected here
and there in the first instance.
TO be taken up again and again, in
which case several years may elapse
before final decision can be re-
corded. All the indications, how
ever, point to early approval, except
by a small group of the Southern
states. The point of present i'm
pOrtance is that the isSIio is at loot
squarely before the country. The
people may, il they choose, elect
legislatures pledged to the ratifica-
ton of the direct vote amendment,
and very likely this, in most of the
states, is what will be done.-We-
natchee World
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-13
WARD RESIGNS
FROM BURLINGTON
Rose In Twenty Years From steno-
grapher to be General Mana
ger of Road.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 13.--Frank E.
Ward, general manager of the Bur
lington road, former general mana
ger of the Great Northern, today re-
signed from his position with the
Burlington on account of i'll health.
Ward, who is living at Lake Mime
tonka, today confirmed the report
James J. Hill discovered Ward
twenty years ago when the latter was
a stenographer in one of the Great
Northern freight offices. Hill pro-
NOTED successfully to be assistant to
the president and superintendent of
the Montana Central railroad before
he was 33 years of age. From the
Montana Central Ward came to ST.
Paul to be general manager of the
Great Northern which position he
held until five years ago, when he
went to the Burlington.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-13
HAD TO REFUSE
SHOT GUN GIFT
Colonel Roosevelt Offered a $3.50
Shooting Iron That Was a
Dandy.

[United Press Leased Wire Service
OYSTER BAY, Aug 1S.--Before
starting on a hill climbing expedition
with his son Archie today, Colonel
Roosevelt wistfully inspected costly
hand made shotgun, which gunmak'
err wanted to present to him. But
Roosevelt declined the gift, obviously
with regret. Roosevelt turned the
gun over in his hands broke it,
squinted longingly along its sights and
then said he could not take 1t.
Take 1t away he said, "and keep
it a year If then you still are of the
same mind, offer it again"
The gun was of Krupp steel, with
Circassian walnut stock, inlaid with
gold figures of Hiawatha and Mime
haha and was said to be worth $3.50.
The colonial characterized as IAN
old mans ramble" his walking trip
which he said was by way of being a
training expedition preparatory to his
invasion Of Rhode Island Friday
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-13
PRINTERS ARE
IN CONVENTION
Talked over the Chicago Newspaper
Strike at the Session In
Cleveland.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
CLEVELAND, o., Aug. 13.-The
Chicago newspaper strike figured
largely in today's sessions of the In
tarnational Typographical unions
convention. Chicago sterotypers, sus-
pended when they went out on strike
after such action had been forbidden
desire to get hearing on the conven-
ton floor. President Lynch refused
to allow l.. p Straube, president Of
the suspended union, to take the floor
and now the insurgents want the same
privilege denied j. l.. Freel. president
of the international Sterotypers and
Electrotypers union. Lynch said
Freel would be the only one permit
ted to explain the Chicago strike.
A telegram was received from the
San Francisco typographical union to-
day and referred to committee, asking
that strike be called on the Exam
iner of that city.
Experts addressed the convention
today on various phases Of the print
ing trades.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-13
SCANDAL OF
THE EVERGLADES
Congressional Report criticises De.
partment Officials For Their
Actions.


UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-Severe
structures upon Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wilson, Assistant Secretary
Hayes and a small army of minor Off
Gals are made in the report, compile
ted today of the house committee on
expenditures in the agricultural de-
partment, summing up their investiga-
Hon of the Everglades scandal" The
report will be submitted to the house
within a few days. Republicans of the
committee will probably dissent.
Wilson is scored for alleged sup
preston OF an official report upon
Feasibility of draining Florida ever
gades land That Florida land
sharks" were benefited, is charged.
The report criticises Assistant Secre-
tary Hayes for negotiating for an in,
terest in North Carolina lands. whose
orainage was contemplated by the
government. The department policy
sof receiving private subscriptions to
supplement federal appropriations for
iand reclamation projects is also Sc
Verely condemned
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-13
HERE TO ATTEND
CANAL MEETING
Major Keller, Of Rock Island, Here
Toforrow for Conference With
River Men.

Major Keller, OF Rock Island, of the
United States corps of engineers. will
be In keokuk tomorrow for confer
ence with river men relative to the
closing of the canal In order to permit
the Water Power people to construct
the lock, When the closing OF the
canal to shipping was proposed. GER
tain shipping interests got busy with
the government and strenuously OPP
posed the closing OF the canal at an
early date. 1t is believed now that
with the stress that will be brought
to bear at tomorroys's meeting, that
the shipping interests will accede to
the wishes of the Water Power people,
and that the canal will be closed at an
early date II is pointed out that by
closing the canal now, the work can
be completed so that 1t will not inter
fere with river traffic next season
while II the closing is DELAYED, ship.
ping will be held up next spring that
much longer.
Representatives of several shipping
concerns in st. Louis and other Mis-
sissippi river cities are expected tc
attend the meeting. along with rep
lresentatives of the Water Power PEG
i pie, boat men and representatives Of
the government.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-13
SILLY STATEMENT
BY LAFOLLETTE
Charged That Postofflce Inspectors
Had Been Tamperlng With
His Mall.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON Aug. 49, -Postoffice
department officials today vigorously
denied Senator LaFollette's charges
that as part of the espionage over
railway mail clerks letters which
clerks addressed to the senator had
been opened and examined LaFol
lette intimated that because OF the
confidential information concerning
the "harrassing" methods employed
against clerks to prevent their joining
the unions, which these letters con
tanned, number of clerks were dis
Iciplined."
First Assistant Postmaster General
Crandfield declared LaFollette's
charges absurd.
mo one in the department has the
slightest interest in the senator's
mail' he declared.
Chief Postal Inspector Sharp as
serted that all his agents knew better
than to violate the law in opening
mail
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-13
CITY NEWS.

Charles F. Buss OF 9os Fulton
street Is making some very notice
able improvements on his residence.
The weather has been rather Sc
we're on the Eagles camp across the
river. A week ago last Saturday the
Elks closed a camp there. where they
enjoyed good weather and splendid
time, The following Monday. on the
same spot the Eagles established their
camp and the weather has been
stormy practically ever since.
Trinity Bpworth league will meet
with Mrs. Peter Ayres, Twelfth and
Des Moines, this evening at S o'clock.
A business and social meeting will be
held.
Doing the shoe repairing that
pleases the people Who? Louie.
"A party of Wabash officials arriy-
ed in Keokuk this morning and are
In Keokuk this morning and are
spending the day looking after the
Wabash interests in and around Keo-
kuk.
An aged colored woman, OF La
Grange, Mo-, who was brought to
keokuk about ten days ago and placed
in a local hospital died there last
night Her name could not be ascer.
tanned, but she is survived by her hus,
band and several children. The re-
mains will be taken home this even,
Ing for burial.
The Keokuk Elks won the ball
game at Fort Madison Sunday against
the Santa Fe team by score of s te
5 In fourteen innings.
-Thos. Joyce, who has been quite
i'll for the past two weeks, is improv
ing and hopes to be able to be out oil
the house within the next few days.
"A message received today says
that the remains of the late Charles
Fl. Wright will arrive in Keokuk from
Portland, Ore, Friday morning.
Miss Russell of Hamilton wa.
brought to Keokuk today and Rlacet
In local hospital.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-13
PERSONALS.

Mr.. Chas. Bird and Miss Alice Seitz
have gone to Chicago to spend week
with Mr.. Birds daughter:
Mrs. Ellen Cullen of Warsaw is in
the city for a few days visit.
Mckee Anderson, assistant to w.
A. Bridgman at the Wabash city off,
ces, returned this morning from Glas-
gov Montana, where he filed on $40
acres of government land Mr.. An
derson is greatly pleased with the
Montana country and will go there
next spring to prove up on his proper
ty.
Mrs. NJ. O'Neill of Memphis, Tenn,
is the guest of her cousin, Mrs. NJ
Stahl, 7os Palean st.
Miss Katherine Feehan, of Ottum,
wa is visiting with Miss Alice Moore
$40 Des Moines street
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-13
WOOL BILL PASSED
OVER TAFT'S VETO
House Voted ia to 30 and Speaker
Rules That TWo-thlrds Was
Recorded.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON, Aug. BY rul-
ing of Speaker Clark. the house late
this afternoon passed the wool bill
over President Taft's Veto The vote
was ia to 80, nineteen insurgents
voting with the democrats.
On the first vote, as announced by
the speaker. the democratic-insurg-
ent alliance had apparently failed to
pass the bill by two votes. Ten
members who were paired with alb
sentees, voted present. Clark ruled
that 1t only took two-thirds of the
members voting yea or no and there
fore ruled that the two-thirds had
voted "yea" and the bill passed A
violent dispute followed. the republi-
cans viciousIv attacking Clark. Major
ity Leader Underwood made the point
of order which enabled the speaker to
declare the bill passed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-13
LOOKING FOR
A LOST WOMAN
Mrs. Charles G. Dean, OF Quinn, Mo-,
Disappeared Week ago and
Has Not Been Heard From.

M. F. Bennett. OF Quinn, Mo-, was in
Keokuk today looking for his foster
sister, Mrs. Charles G. Dean, OF Quinn,
who left her home week ago yester-
day for Lancaster, Mo-, from which
she disappeared the same evening and
up to the present time she has not
been heard from.
Mrs. Dean went to Lancaster and
drew some money from bank and
that evening boarded train, saying
she was going to Eureka, ILL.,, to visit
her two sons. She failed to arrive
there, and telegraphic communication
with her mother in Fort Madison in
dicated that she had not been there.
Mrs. Dean's foster brother stated
while In Keokuk that the action of the
woman was SO strangely different from
her usual demeanor that he was con-
WINGED that she suddenly became
mentally deranged.
The description of Mrs. Dean is as
follows:
Age, 46 years; heighth, five feet;
heavy build weight, 1925 pounds;
dark hair, slightly gray; brown eyes
When she left Lancaster she wore a
white waist and black serge skirt
and wore a cream colored hat trim
mer with black velvet, and also wore
la linen summer coat. When she dis
appeared, Mrs. Dean had black suit
case and travelling bag with her.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-13
NERVOUS OVER
DELAY OF TRIAL
Mrs. Bernstein Charged With Killing
Her Husband, Has Attack
of Nerves.

United Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, Aug. ia new venire
of fifty men was summoned by Judge
Lockwood Honore when court CON
vened for further consideration of the
Florence Bernstein murder case to-
day. Ten men were in the box. tenta-
lively accepted by both sides, and 1T
was believed that the jury would be
completed today. Mrs. Bernstein is
accused of shooting her husband while
he slept
Four of the ten talesmen implicated
by state and defense in the alleged
jury fixing" would, it was believed,
be further questioned by Judge Hon
ore before they were sworn. 1t was
not considered likely however, that
they would either be challenged or
thrown out of the panel by the court.
Several special bailiffs were assign
ed to the case today to keep in check
the crowds An hour before the court
opened every seat was filed and the
judge ordered chat no more be ad-
mitted. The audience was made up
mostly of women.
The defendant in court today show
ed plainly the effect of the nerve
raclsing scenes which had featured the
tpreliminaries since Friday She was
pale and appeared nervous.
"oh, if they would only start the
trial and have it over with" she said
to her attorney. Anything would be
better than this delay"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-13
RESENTED ACTION
OF GREEK POLICE
Chester r. Arnold, Driver Of Lclsy
Wagon, Gives His Version Of
Main Street Affair.

Chester r. Arnold, driver for one
of the Leisy wagons, gave his version
of his scrap with a Greek policeman
at Eleventh and Main street today,
and was corroborated by others who
saw the fracas. Arnold said he was
driving down Main street, between
Tenth and Eleventh, and was not
aware OF the presence OF the Greek
until he had climbed into the rear OF
the wagon. Arnold said the Greek did
not call to him, but before there was
any exchange of words, struck him
across the cheek with his club. Arnold
had badly swollen and discolored
cheek as evidence OF the Greeks pug
nacity. Then, he says, the Greek
raped him another across the back
and Arnold decided that it was time
to go to the mat with the fellow
which he proceeded to do.
Arnold was al loss this afternoon
to know just how 1t is possible for al
unsophisticated foreigner who Is no
citizen of this country, to be named
a policeman in Keokuk. The Greel
referred to has been stationed at thu
crossing where the men have been re
surfacing Main street, and he wa'
supposed to keep teams from passint
along where they would interfere
with the work, No Bohnnk Is goinl
to beat me UP as long as I can defenc
myself said Arnold, "and It's {
funny thing that a foreigner can b
given the power Of a policeman il
this city, when there are plenty o
citizens who would be glad to hav'
the position.