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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
NUTS AND BUGS ARE
BECOMING GREATLY EXCITED

suit. alleging cruelty and desertion,
the artists fair wife elaborated on the
theme of her reincarnation and her
husbands. They loved in the long
ago and lioated down the ancient riv-
er In each other'r arms on a volup-
tous barge, "lovelier than Cleopat,
ra's,' said Mrs. Ott.
What's a 'nut?" she was asked
today
"oh, he's one of my correspondents
who wants me to tell every detail OF
our reincarnation. how we felt In the
spirit world, and how things looked
in those days.
In her divorce petition Mrs. ott
said her $4,000 artist husband threw
percolator at her and was jealous
Of her good clothes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
ROUGH ON RATS COFFEE
MADE AUNTIE SICK

ST Denis. Since five years ago. she
has gone by the maiden name of her
mother.
The girl is brunette and decided
ly pretty
The police say that she calmly ad-
mitted that she put rough on rats"
in coffee which she served her uncle
and aunt one morning last week.
When her aunt complained of feeling
i'll and her uncle was forced to leave
his work and go home, she went for a
physician
The girls aunt and uncle engaged
counsel and when the case was
brought up in municipal juvenile
court today, asked that sanity COM
mission be appointed to examine her,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
VIII Be Named Alfred.

[United Press Leased Wire Service ]
LONDON. Sept. 2s-The new heir
to Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt's mil
lions there will be fifty of them af-
ter October 2, when Vanderbilt comes
into his full inheritance probably
will be named for his father, it was
said today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and Vicinity: Rain late
tonight and Tuesday Warmer to
night and cooler Tuesday.
For Illinois: Rain late tonight OF
on Tuesday. Warmer tonight west
and south portions.
For Iowa: Rain late tonight and
Tuesday. Warmer east portion to
night and cooler Tuesday.
For Missouri: Rain late tonight OF
on Tuesday. Warmer tonight and
cooler north portion Tuesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
Beef Goes Up.

limited Press Leased Wire Service, ]
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-Retail beet
prices again advanced cent pound
today. on so-called choice CUTS and
dealers predicted that there would be
a corresponding rise in all beef, pork
and mutton within "a hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
Busy Sending Letters to Mrs.
ott Inquiring About Her
Former Existence.

son,.ed ~ Press Leased Wire Service. ]
81, LOUIS, Sept. 2s.-Witi letters
pouring in from nuts and
ss, asking her to detail her
,s.nsa'ions IN the spirit world in
p ,ssp'' over 5000 years ago, Mrs.
n, saaph chesley OFT today again de-
j, .eu .hat she ever said she met along
,a .e Me the man she is now suing
- a'sorce. AT the time she filed the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
Central America.

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
WASHINGTON. Sept. 23.-So seri-
GUS were official reports of Central
American rebellions that state de-
partment heads went to Baltimore to-
day and boarded President Tatt's
special car to discuss the situation.
They were closeted with the presi-
dent for an hour, discussing Mexico,
Nicaragua and Cuban problems.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
TAFT SENTIMENT
STEADILY GROWING
Chairman Hilles Honestly Be
lieves That President
Will Win.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
DETROIT. Mich, Sept. %. Charles
D. Hilles, chairman of the republican
national committee, arrived in Detroit
today to get "a line" on the Michigan
political situation and insure the en-
dorsement of Taft at the state repnh-
lican convention, which meets here
tomorrow. Hilles addressed the chair
men of the county delegations to the
convention today and discussed cam
paign plans.
Although not making any elaborate
predictions, Chairman Hilles stated
that he honestly believed Taft would
win in November.
Sentiment is crystalizing steadily
in favor of Taft said Hi,les, that is
the situation all over the country, as
understand it. The Roosevelt sent
iment has not increased any, neither
has the Wilson sentiment, but the
sentiment in favor Of Taft is steadil,
growing"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
FUNERAL FLOWERS
ARE PROHIBITED
Catholic Clergyman Put Ban on Floral
Tributes at Church or Gene.
terry and Creates
Comment.
CUSTOM WAS ABUSED
Instead Of Expression Of Love and
Sympathy, It Has Become Mere
Badge Of Extrava-
gance.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. !
DANBURY, Conn, Sept. 23.-"Be-
cause l found SO many people who
could not afford to buy flowers did
SO. and not only denied themselves
the necessities of life but were also
going into debt" was the explanation
given by Rev. DR.. Walter j. Stanley,
pastor of st. Peters Roman Catholic
church today for placing ban on
flowers for funerals held in the
church and at the two Catholic GENE
teries. The ban first excluded flow
ers from the church and then was ex
tended to the cemeteries.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
Japanese TYphoon.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, Sept. pa typhoon
in Japan severed communication with
the island today The Commercial
Cable Co. announced that there is
and will be delay Secretary OF
State Knox only sailed from Yoko-
hama Sunday and his ship may be
within the storm area.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
Delegate Was pruqaed.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
BALTIMORE, Nd. Sept. 23.-An
inquest is being held today on Char
les H. Bates, of Urbana, Ohio, a del
egate to the International Cigarmak-
ers convention. who was found dead,
PROBABLY drugged early yesterday.
Bates friends say he had money.
none was found in his pockets.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
Sixteen Year Old Girl Admits
Putting Poison in the
Morning Cup.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
LOWELL, Mass, Sept. 23-Chatting
pleasantly with the man and woman
she admits having tried to poison and
apparently obliyious to her position.
Gladys Newell, Is, today faced a
charge of attempted murder of her
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs, Fred
Jordan. The girls real name is Gladys
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
Wallace Gets Appolntmsnt.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, Sept. announcement
was made today of the appointment
of Hugh c. Wallace of Washington
state, to be second vice chairman OF
the finance committee of the demo
cratic national committee Wallace
will probably have headquarters in
Chicago
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
Barred for Years.

SPRINGFIELD, H., Sept. %
Floral display at Catholic funerals
in the church or at the cemetery,
have been barred here for several
years Rev. James J. Howard of the
ST. Agnes church, said today. THE
order was issued because the use Of
flowers had developed into extrav-
agant display which many could not
Afford
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
Other Faults overshadow,

OMAHA, Nefb., Sept. 23."I would
begin reforms of funeral pomp other
wise than by curtailing floral dis
play" said Rev. ]. A. jenkins today,
when told of Father Shaniey's order
barring flowers from funerals "The
request of Henry Ward Beecher, that
the only wealth at his funeral be a
wealth of flowers, outlines proper
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
Samos island Battle.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
SMYRNA, Sept. 23- Fighting be-
gan today between Turkish troops
and the rebels on the Island OF
Samos The rebels want to join
Greece.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
lewis to Help Sheldon.

Lewis to Help Sheldon.
lunlted Press Leased Wire Service. ]
BLOOMINGTON. Ind, Sept. q;
Loh.e Lewis, star half back two
years ago, will act as first assistant
% Coach Sheldon OF the University OF
indiana, 1t was announced today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
Taft's Chances Looming.

NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-Advices to
republican national headquarters to-
day gave great encouragement to the
workers there. Joseph B. Healing, in
charge Of the Chicago bureau of or
ganization, telegraphed Chairman
Hilles that the beginning Of the sixth
week before election showed marked
progress throughout the middlewest.
From Michigan and Indiana, Kealing
said, he had information that the re-
publicans were being greatly strength
ened. Wisconsin. Illinois and Mime
sofa were other states where the Chi
cago organizer Thought President
Taft's chances were looming.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
Three Years Aao.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Sept 23-"An
order issued by Archbishop Messmer
three years ago in the diocese of Mil
waukee bars lavish display of flow
ers at funerals in Roman Catholic
churches and bars any floral display
on the coffin either in the church or
at the cemetery" said Rev. ]. f.
Ryan, head of st. Francis seminary
here, today, commenting on the or
der of Rev. Father Stanley, Of Dan
bury. THE order was issued because
flowers at funerals had reached the
stage of extravaganza, rather than
used for their true meaning" Rev
Ryan declared.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
.H!ECKLERS KEEP
COLONEL BUSY
Roosevelt Got Out Of Kansas Today
and Enters Missouri on His Way
Home From
Junket.
JUST ANOTHER EPIGRAM
Progressive Movement Couldn't Come
From Above Downward; 1t
Comes From Below
Upward.

Oulleu FTeSS Leased wire Service.
PITTSBURG, Kas., Sept 23.-Fresh
after a Sunday of absolute rest, Col
onel Roosevelt today swung north
ward along the Missouri Kansas line,
campaigning for progressivism with
renewed vim and enthusiasm. His
Itinerary covered half dozen Kan
sas towns, winding up with night
meeting at Joplin, Mo.
It was on the tariff that the col
onel dwelt most in his shorter
speeches, and he hammered away at
the democratic revision plan as being
of the utmost danger to the farmer.
Roosevelt had several experiences
with would-be heck!ers during vari-
Gus speeches. After one individual
had interrupted his talk to secure an
answer to query about George w
Perkins and seemed anxious to mo.
nopolize the conversation, a general
yell went UP of kick him out"
Don't" admonished the colonel
grinning. while light holds out to
burn the poorest sinner may return
AT another stop Roosevelt outlined
his unwritten platform as never
cheat and never lie down under
cheating. Don't do wrong but dom
submit to others doing wrong tt
you"
Another of his epigrams coined OF
/ the spur Of the moment to Kansai
audience, was "this progressive move
/ . lent couldn't come from above down
| ward; it comes from below upward.
Everybody in the Game.
PITTSBURG, Kas., Sept. 23.-"Wt
stand for the principle that American
ism is a question Of conviction. no
birthplace" Colonel Roosevelt declar
ed to big crowd here.
We have come to the place where
the government must be used as ar
agent to right certain wrongs Lei
the people rule is our doctrine.
Our opponents will say that il
/ their fourth Of July orations, bu
they forget it when congress and the
| legislatures are in SESSION
We intend that the people shall
not sit in the bleachers and merely
look on at the game-but shall be il
on it," continued the colonel, para
phrasing the statement made some
time ago by Representative Campbell
regular republican from the Pittsburs
district, In attacking the progressives
! 1T is not game by two professiona
teams. The people must be in OF
! it,
At this point, the conversation of {
group of spectators nettled the col
onel.
| "I wish you'd keep quiet" se shout
ed. ''Your conversation probably /.
more interesting than mine, but no
/ body has asked to hear it,"
The crowd yelled approval and thu
4 speaker went on uninterrupted
Roosevelt dwelt at length on the ne
cessity for judicial reform, to maxi
/ the courts closer to the people.
woman in the grand stand faintet
! during the course Of the colonelI
| talk, and the candidate stepped t,
the front of the platform, hande,
down q glass of water and assume,
| charge of the resuscitation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
Daily River Bulletin.
River Forecast.

The river will fall steadily from
Davenport to KeolSuk during the en-
tire week unless there are heavy
rains.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
Local Observations.

Mean temperature 22nd, 60.
Lowest temperature, 49,
Highest temperature, 73.
Lowest temperature last night, SO.
FRED q. GOSEWISCH,
Observer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
Beautiful Custom.

DETROIT, Mich, Sept 23.-"While
many people abuse the flower custom
at funerals by extravaganza said
Rev. T. w. Young, pastor of the North
Baptist church, 81 would not advo-
cate It's abolishment, but would ex-
hort people to be more moderate.
There is no more beautiful way Of
expressing ones grief or sympathy
than by giving flowers"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
Custom Is Abused.

NEW YORK. Sept. 23.-"The flow.
er custom at funerals has been
shamefully abused, degenerating from
its sphere as expression Of love, into
mere badge of extravaganza and
display said Rev. DR.. G. F. Reisner
Methodist, today commenting on
Father Shanley's order barring flow.
ers from the funerals among his par
ishioners. But / wouldn't do away
with it. Instead, would try to en-
courage it. When people learn the
true meaning of flowers, they will Of
themselves eliminate extravaganza"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
Opposes ProfusIon.

CHICAGO, Sept. 23.-"The church
has always opposed any profusion OF
flowers at funerals and in many In
stances flowers are barred from cas-
kets while in the church." said Faith
err F. NJ O'Brien sof Holy Name Ca
thedral, today, in commenting on
Father Shanley's declaration.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23
Flowers Instead Of Words.

ftSWStS tuStcou " WoiuSs
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 23..I sell
dom find case where people buy
flowers when they deprive them.
selves of necessities" declared Rev.
Albert Hurlstone, of the Robert Park
NJ. e. church, today, commenting on
the placing of ban on flowers at
funerals by some churches.
Il have very little sympathy with
that kind Of thing. think that
friendship and feeling can be express
ed with flowers where 1t could not
be expressed in Words
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-23

CONTINUED on page 3D.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-17
SAYS WOMAN KNOWS
WHY He SHOT HER
At HOBOKEN PARTY
George French, Arrested Here,
Will Say No More; Mean
while Mrs. Swartz May Die.

George French. a silent. husky m
dlvidual, was arrested to-day at his
home No. - Prospect place. Manhattan,
by Detective Barrone OF iiobpkon on o
description furnished by members OF a
party In IIoboken which rronch at
tended last night. French Is charged
with shooting Mrs. Mary Ssartz of No.
l29 Harrison street. Ilobokcn. lie ad-
mits the shooting. but will give no
reason why he went to Mrs Swartzs
apartments last evening while "A party
was in progress. French had not been
Invited. bu, when he rang the bel' ~
was admitted and stayed while.
drinking ana eating.
There were two women and three
men In the house besidcs Mrs. .iwart2
suddenly. for no apparent reason.
French pulled a revolver, and witnout
saying a word frcd a. the hostess,
wounding her IN the hip. An uproar
,nsued. during which the shooter
dashed for the door ana gained the
street MR.. SNdrt2 became uncon-
scIous. ana one Of thr women screamed
out OF tho window attracting passersby.
VINO I'M lrmfl inc l'plif'. l'lttbfH SUM
moncd from 81. Mary's Hospital said
the wounded woman was IN a serious
condition ana likely to die.
French. although he would assign
no reason for the shooting. says tho
woman knows why he shot her. and an
effort rs being made to revive Mrs
Swartz 80 she may tell the police.
The members of the party which end
ed 50 ABRUPTLY wore arrested and held
I'm 81 900 before Recorder McGovern to-
day az material witnesses. They could
not furnish bail. Their names as given
In court are otto kleyenstuber. twenty
I'VE years old. Of No. - East Thirty
second street, Manhattan; Miss Pauline
Jones. twenty-five years old, Of Bing-
hamton, =. Y; Henry Mclaughlin,
tscnty-eight years Old, Of No. $50 Sec
ond avenue, Manhattan, ana Miss May
smith Of No, 10 East Fifty-tfth street.
Manhattan.
Mrs SWartz Is separated from her
husband
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-17
RUNAWAY HURTS GIRL.
Horse Dashrs Into Playing ChiI.
dr~n, Draggiwg One 70 Fee.

Annie Bernstein. nine years old. .:
No. 40 Throop avenue, brooklyn, was
knocked down anl badly hurt by "A
runaway horse to-day while playing
with several little girls at the corner
Of Throop ana Flushing eyenues
The horse. attached to "A surrey
owned by Edward Berg OF No. GI
Broadway. brooklyn. had been tied to
4 hitching post on Flushing avenue
between Whipple street and Throop
avenue Frightened by a motorcycle
the horse snapped the hitching strap
and boltel The runaway swung round
into Throop avenue. lodged trolley
car and plunged into tAe group OF
children. All escaped save the Bcrn-
stein child. whose dress caught IN "A
wheel and who was dragged along for
twenty feet. she was badly cut and
bruised, and an ambulance surgeon
removed her to the Eastern District
Hospital The runaway stopped whea
surrey overturned.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-17
BIG HUSBANDS BEST;
BEWARE LITTLE ONES,
SAYS POLICE MATRON
She Declares Big Ones Best
and Little Ones With Thin
E Noses Worst of All.

CHICAGO, Aug. fI-Big men make
the best husbands and little men with
sharp. thin noses are especially to be
avoided according to Mrs. Anna Muir
phy, chief police matron. in her official
report to Chief of Police McWeeny.
Mrs. Marie Leavitt, Clerk OF the Court
Of Domestic Relations, also forwar ded
. report In which she jolted the little
men.
S''Big men, whether 1t is In business or
In ma,rlmcny, are easiest TO get along
with" wrote Matron Murphy. They
arc more likely to be easy going and
less irritable and more generous. The
W,le man is more likely to be nervous
and iidgcty.
"a man with sharp. thin nose Is
apt 10 be "A sCold. Where a man o;
small stature is endowed with nasal
organ of this sort wou have bad COM
,blriation. There you have a prize fault
finder lie will rail at everything from
the way the s;eaH is cooked to the way
his cocks are darned."
,r,1AIrs, Leavitt added this:
THE email men greatly ou,number
the big men IN the cases that come be-
fore this court Most of our cases are
for non-support and on this complaint
the little. unskilled man Is The worst
offender by far"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-17
natural attraction OF body and mind.
BROOKLYN GIRL.
HE THINKS THE GIRLS ARE A
LITTLE SELFISH.

Dear Madam: What do all these
poor. discouraged girls want, any
way? Why. this, and nothing else:
A number OF eligible young men. not
necessarily unattached-oh. dear no,
each enjoying good salary or its
equivalent, and each In turn to be
led up as a lamb to the slaughter
ana the discouraged girl to choose
which one shall have the privilege OF
paying her expenses and devotins all
his tiire not occupied In business to
the discouraged one for the rest of
his natura! life. This Is what they
get: A choice Of a few young hypo-
critics, who have found by experience
that the only way to meet a girl hon
orably-save the mark!-is at a
church prayer meeting or similar
function. At these places any young
man with smooth countenince can
gain admission. Introduction ad lii,
and everybody seems satisfied. IL
the discouraged girl il sufficiently
determined, She. by some intuitlVe
power. trImplrs ON any attachment
he may have. segregates him from her
fellows two or three times and forth
,yi,h .o. ,.,,,. .,,, u,a,,,, -, .,,',
Nv, .'''' '''o"'' "e '"oe'
"no'he' SIR "ho'h ne Knows m
stinctiyely ~ a more fitting mate for
him. can he transfer his attentions?
No more than a camel may pass
through the needles eye. What We
have We hold" IL discouraged ones
uo,to ,,J -h, ,,,,,io. ,i,, ~
49,. -, 49, ''.'..,,,'
49, P'"'' ''''''' u" H"o
Neep MN '''"'u'"S 10 'he ie'''f'
perhaps' ot'cn no more.
Whose fault Is 1t?
Why. the insane supor.,Itln, th,,
,uo roo,i. sn,i. o,,,, ,,,, -, a..
,t,, '.I' .,''., ~ - '"'
NM VI 'hu'a"' aSpu''''"h
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-17
SEEKS DAUGHTERS DIVORCE.
Banker u. y. Wilson's Wife Wants
Mrs, u. q. Oppenheim Jr, Free.

MIS-. Mary Alice WILSON wife or
Harley Peyton Wilson, a banker began
suit yesterday In the supreme court
on behalf of her eighteen year I'D
daughter. Alice Atherton Wilson OPP
penhrim. for divorc" from - Gerson
OPP nheim jg., law clerk.
The young oppenholms cloped on
Sept ~. 1910, and were married in
baltimore. A year later the de re-
turned 10 her parents Her husband
then sued his fdthor-lu-law for $780,
600 for alternating her AFFECTIONS.
The clopement led To- a disagreement
between ths Wilson's and "a separation
was arranged, by which Sir wilson
gave MS wife $3.50 month. Sh.
sued TO have this agreement set aside.
81 as To sue for "A l.yurCc, and asked
$4,000 n month alimony The Court
denj'd her applied
Nh. Oppeuheim ir and her mother
are IN SaUAsTancisco