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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10
RELATIVE ILLITERAcY

Considered without qualifying cir.
cumstances, the latest official reports
indicate that only three persons out
of ten thousand in Germany are I'm.
able to read or write, while the pro-
portion of illiteracy in Great Britain
is $50 per 10000 as against ITO per
10000 in the United States. These
figures are based on comparison OF
illiteracy among some of the leading
nations which has just been made
and issued for free distribution by the
United States bureau of education.
The bureau has used the preliminary
figures of the 1910 census for this
country, and the latest official reports
available for the others.
Although America seems to make a
bad third in the comparison, the bu-
reau of education's publication calls
attention to circumstances which tend
to put much better face upon the
matter. Thus. the American figures
include the entire population more
than ten years of age, while the Ger
man figures cover only the army re-
cruits, and the British statistics are
based on data drawn wholly from Of
fetal marriage registers. Hence the
German and British statistics deal
only with adults, and generally speak
ing, with physically and mentally nor
NAL adults, while the United States
census includes without discrimination
al +o,,
1t.
Again it is pointed out. the showing
of the United States is brought down
by reason of the fact that the country
has q large population of foreign-born
whites as we'll as of colored persons,
among whom the percentage of Hitter
acy is 1913 per cent and 305 per
cent, respectively. The illiteracy
among the native whites of this coun-
try is only three per cent.
Density of population has an import
ant bearing on the problems incident
to bringing the children together for
of education, and therefore
is an important consideration when
discussing illiteracy statistics
In this competition the docu-
ment issued by the bureau of edu-
cation shows that the number of in
habitants per square mile in the Ger
man empire is more than so. in Great
Britain practically 463, and in this
country Just a shade over 50. France.
with population of 1S9. ) persons to
the square mile, has ia per cent of
illiterates in its Population over ten
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10
Iowa Supreme Court Decisions.

Especial to The Gate City.1
DES MONIES, Iowa, June TO-
hampton. appellant vs.. Dobson, Treas.
urer Polk District, affirmed.
Gjerset, ct al VS.. Drexal, ct al, ap.
pellants, Winnishiek district, affirmed.
Armstrong VS.. James & Co., Ell al,
appellants, Poweshiek district, af-
firmed.
knauss, appellant & Gruenwald,
Scott district, reversed.
Perry, appellant VS.. City of Abba,
Monroe district, affirmed.
Nellie A. Coffin, appellant VS.. l.. S.
Coffin Webster district, affirmed.
Hart vs.. Delphey, ct al, appellants,
Allamakee district, first case reserv-
ed. Second case affirmed.
Caldwell vs.. Iowa State Travelling
Mems Association, appellant, Jasper
district, affirmed.
Snyder, Appellant vs. Carson, ct al,
Blackhawk district reversed.
Argus vs. Ware & Leland, appel
lants, superior court Shenandoah dis
trict, affirmed.
Lenoch, appellant VS.. Yoss & wal.
lace. Iowa district. reversed.
Gerlach VS.. Grain Shippers Mutual
Fire Association, appellant, Taylor dis.
Etrict, affirmed.
Cedar Rapids National Bank, appel
liant vs.. Carlson, ct al, Linn district.
affirmed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10
July 6 Finishes Lorlmer

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, June Several
conferences of senators, consulta-
tons with Lorimer, special meeting
Of the Lorimer investigation commit
tee and action by the senate resulted
in fixing a time for final vote on the
resolution to unseat the Illinois SEN
atcr.
The vote was set for July 6 Should
congress adjourn before that date an
agreement will be submitted to the
senate for vote at least day be-
fore the time of adjournment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

The Iowa city Republican is i'm
pressed with the lot of mistakes the
colonel has made in his estimates of
public men. some of which it thus
enumerates:
Taft was the best fitted for the
presidency of any man In America-
now a weak and wobbly corporate
tool Elihu Root was the greatest
man OF the age, on either side of the
Atlantic-now a servant of the in
terests. William Ward was one of the
worst bosses In the history of New
York state-now devoted defender
OF the liberties of the people,"
Naturally the Republican wonders
II 1t Is possible, Just barely possible
that the colonel is mistaken about
himself.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

A Washington dispatch represents
Col. w. P. Hepburn as believing that
the standpat issue in Iowa is dead He
is Furthermore represented as having
gone over to the support of Senator
Summins. With the possible excep-
ton of Major John F. Lacey he IS
about the last man in Iowa who
would have been suspected of CON
templating such flop But the
times politically are sadly ont of joint
and no one need be surprised at any
thing. There's no telling what day
may bring forth
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

by some as to where we shall get the
wild roses. Where do we get the
shamrocks? There is not much ques-
ton to their source. We simply ask
for them and get them. The florists
should supply the wild rose. All
should wear them next Wednesday,.
The Whole idea is a part and a
mighty big part of the movement to
get Iowans to stop turning their backs
on Iowa, but to face in to Iowa, the
most blessed spot on EARTH
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

All the Iowa "standpatters," SO call.
ed. do not reside on the reservation. /"
The Vinton Eagle makes this quite
clear in the following paragraph:
The Keokuk Gate City quoted lib
orally from the Marshalltown Times
Republican on Clarke during the cam
paign just PASSED, but you could not
get the first quoted paper to quote
the latter on any candidate For a
genuine standpatter' commend us to
the Marshalltown paper"
Another editorial paragraph in the
Eagle is to the following effect.
The Marshalltown Times-Republi-
can tried its best to keep standpatters
from voting for George W. Clarke,
for governor, but it couldn't stop
them. When the Iowa City Republi-
can, Manchester Press. Keokrk Gate
City, Burlington Hawk-Eye and other
standpat papers get under way for a
candidate you couldn't throw a mon
key-wrench into the machinery and
atop it..
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

In Sweden there are about fifty wo-
men serving ON town councils in the
various municipalities. The town
council of Stockholm boasts seven wo-
men members, some of whom have
served In that capacity for many
years, and have been reelected time
and again. The prime minister of
Sweden is using his influence to Sc
cure the extension of suffrage to wo-
men on the same terms as men dur
ing the present session of parliament.
The king has publicly declared in ia,
vor of the bill
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10
Died In style.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. !
NEW YORK, June 10.--Carefully
packing her trunks and costly furni-
ture, donning a handsome gown with
stocking and slippers to match, and
putting on three diamond rings, one
an engagement ring, Miss Anna Pugh.
Y, locked herself In her room and
was found dead from gas. A
rubber tube from gas cock to her
mouth and note asking that her sis
ter, Mrs. Richard Thomas, Of Bay
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

Next Friday is Flag day. Every
flag in Keokuk should be thrown to
the breeze on that day. and the OPP
portunity should be improved to incul-
cate principles of patriotism into the
rising generation. Three DAYS later
Monday, June 1.-THE flags should
wave again in commemoration of the
anniversary of the battle of Bunker
Hill. 1t was never more important
than now that Americans should hon
or sold Glory"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10
THE sTuMBLER.

THE sTuMBLER.
If you've faltered by the way,
Stumbled much or gone astray.
Just begin afresh today,
Buckle to it.
For the errors you have made
And the faults that you've displayed,
Needn't leave you sore disnayed,
We all do it.
There is none so wise or great
But has faltered in his gait,
Left the pathway that is straight,
And been humbled,
And in every great mans wake
There Is many a mistake,
That his courage tried to shake,
When he stumbled.
Do not cease to seek the right,
Just because you've lost one fight
Do not cease to seek the right,
Battle on with all your might,
Fame will crown you;
Yesterday is passed and gone,
It's mistakes don't dwell upon,
If you'll only struggle on
They can't down you.
If you Numbered yesterday.
Do not cling to your dismay,
Rise to seek better way
When you've tumbled.
Keep up your courage, struggle on.
Here's thought to dwell upon,
You are not the only one
Who has stumbled.
Detroit Free Press.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

A Des Moines minister has noticed
that practically all applications for
help by those in any way in distress
are made to police headquarters in
stead of the churches. He thinks that
this means that the church is neglect
ing its duty, that it does not stand for
Good Samaritan work or the needy
would apply to it for aid.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

In an address at Cedar Rapids be-
fore the Iowa state Bankers Associa-
ton, William j. Burns declared that
ninety-nine out of every one hundred
private detectives were black-mailers.
That is 900 out of thousand. If Mr..
Burns had put the number at 999 he
would probably still have been with
in bounds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

The Burlington Hawk-Eye's theory
that LATE Young's change OF mind
slipped into the Capital without the
editors sanction is presented by the
Marshalltown Times-Republican as "a
pathological study"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

A letter of one hundred pages from
a wife to her husband appears in a
Chicago divorce case. The presump-
ton is that when he had read 1t he
knew exactly where he was "at."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

The Carroll Herald says that there
isn't Cummins man on the Iowa dele
cation to the Chicago convention who
would dare vote for Taft. That
the Herald continues, ought to settle
the proposition of the Taft delegates
going to Cumnlins at any time. Pretty
as the proposition may seem at times,
it is wholly impractical
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

LATE may be getting along in years,
but the Marshalltown Times-Republi
can observes that he can still Skin
the cat like twelve-year-old.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10
Certificate Re-extending
Charter

Treasury Department,
Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency,
Washington, D. c., May %, 1912.
Whereas, by satisfactory evil,
dence presented to the undersign-
ed, it has been made to appear that
The Keokuk National Bank" To-
Gated in the City of Keckuk. in
the county OF Lee. and State of
Iowa, has complied with all the pro-
visions Of the Act of Congress TO
enable National Banking Associa
tons to extend their corporate ex-
istence, and for other purposes,
approved July II, 1882, as amended
by the act, approved April IL, 1902;
Now, therefore, /, Lawrence o.
Murray, Comptroller of the Cur.
rency do hereby certify that sThe
Keokuk National Bank located in
the City of Keokuk, in the County
of Lee, and State of Iowa, is author.
ICED to have succession for the
period specified in its amended
articles Of association: namely, I'm.
til close Of business on May 25,
1882.
In testimony whereof witness
my hand and seal of Office, this
25th day Of May, 1912.
(Signed)
LAWRENCE o. MURRAY,
Comptroller of the Currency.
Extension No. I'LL
Charter No. 1892.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

We are indebted to country news
paper for the following information:
zone man was lying on the gravel
with his head severed from his body.
He was dead" What singular cir
cumstance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

/ ~ SiiinhileSO anu Stusr Me6tlnSS, pre-
liminary to the assembling confer.
Eences and other activities of the Re
publican national convention will get
into full swing during the next few
days. Before the end of the week the
great army CT convention delegates
and visitors will begin their march on
Chicago. Until the battle for the
presidential nomination is ended the
western metropolis will continue the
center towards which the eyes of the
nation will be directed. With the end
iof the Republican contest, however
pubic attention will make quick
shift to Baltimore where there will be
similar gathering Of the clans to
name the head of the Democratic ma.
tional ticket.
The week will mark the beginning
of the college commencement season.
At several CT the well known institu-
tons of learning special celebrations
are to be held in connection with the
usual commencement exercises. Ham
ilton college will celebrate It's cen
tennial and hopes to have President
Taft among the visitors. Pratt insti-
tute, Brooklyn, will celebrate its
twenty-ffth anniversary At the Uni
versity of Chicago the week will be
made notable by the dedication of the
William Rainey Harper memorial
library.
The eighth triennial congress of the
Chambers of Commerce of the Brit
ish Empire is to assemble in London
during the week. Among the topics
for discussion will be commercial re.
lations between the mother country
and the colonies, the Panama canal,
emigration, remedies for labor dis
putes. and reciprocity between Can
ada and the West Indies.
The athletes who will represent the
United States in the Olympic games
at Stockholm win sail from New YORK
on the steamship Finland on Friday.
The Canadian Olympic team is sched-
uled to sail the following day from
Montreal.
One of the important weddings of
the week will be that of Miss Mar
jorie Ide, daughter of Henry c. Ide,
United States minister to Madrid, and
sister of Mrs, W. Bourke Cochran to
Shane Leslie, which will take place
Tuesday at the summer residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Bourke Cochran at
Port Washington, H. l.
The annual celebration of Flag. day
throughout the United States, the
meeting of the National Conference
of Charities and Corrections in Cleve
land, the annual rose festival in Port
land, Ore, the celebration abroad of
the second centenary cf the birth OF
Jean Jacques Rousseau, the conven.
ticn of the National Electric Lignt
association in Seattle, and the prog
ress Of the revolutionary movements
in Mexico and Cuba are also expected
to contribute to the news of the week.
The Davenport lines says the PEG
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10
A Liztown Humorlst.

Settin' round the stove, last night,
Down at Wesss store, was me
And Mart Strimples, Tunk and White,
And Doc Bills and two or three
Fellers of the Mudsock tribe
No use tryin' to describe
And says, Doc, he says, says he:
"Talkin' bout good things to eat,
Ripe mushmillion's hard to beat"
l chawed on. And Mart he lowed
Wortermillion beat the mush,
Red he says, and juicy. Hush!
I'll just leave it to the crowd!
Then Mudsock chap, says he
"Punkin's good enough for me-
Punkin pies, l mean" he says,
Them beats millions! What say,
Wess?"
chawed on. And Wess says, We'll,
You jes' fetch that wife Of mine
All yer wotermillion rine
And she'll bile it down a spell
In with sorghum, suppose,
Anu WHAT else Lofd only KNOWS.
But I'm here to tell all hands
Them deserves meets my demands. !"
| chawed on fer quite spell
| chawed on; and White he says,
Well, I'll jes' stand in with Wess
I'm no hog!" And Tunk says, Il
Guess I'll pasture out on pie.
With the Mudsock boys." says he
Now. what's yourn?" he says to me.
Then speaks up. slow and dry,
"Jes, terbacker!' says L.
And you'd ort O. heerd EN- yell.
Riley.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

Abe Martin has noticed that no.
body can be as congenial as the man
who lives with his wifes folks
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10
Der Kaiser und Tet.
Hess 80 al x-o@or1o-d

Der Kaiser of dis vaterland
IND Roosevelt all dings do command
We two und Colt, you understand
Meinself-und Tet.
1t used to be yust Colt und me
But Tet he come to make it dree
Und Colt don't count much latterly
Yust me-und Tet.
Yust me and Tet NIT power divine
To keep de rest Of dem in line
In bease und var to give der sign
Und sometimes Colt.
Meinself und Tet der same as peas
Der same NIT Colt, if you will please
Der same in war, der same in bease-
Meinself- Nit Tet.
Der Eastern hemisphere for me,
For Tet der Won across der sea
For Colt der sky, We will agree
Meinself- und Tet.
a health to me-a health to Tet
Und Won for Colt alreatty yet,
Won Holy Trinity, you bet
We two, und Colt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

Wheat has been defined as dry in
dehiscent unilocular caryopsis.' No
wonder the price of flour has gone up.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10
onne, N. j., be notified, indicated that
Miss Pugh's death was premeditated.

sprained an-s.e may as rule %
cured in from three to four days py
applying Chamberlain's Liniment ana
observing the directions with each oof
tie. Fore sale by Wilkinson & co.
pharmacy and j. f. Kiedaisch
Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
"A good man does good merely by
living. Bulwer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

The Davenport lines says the PEG
pie of Iowa have saved Colonel Yoang
q tremendous amount of work and
worry which is always involved in
holding public office.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

The Burlington Hawk-Eye observes
that the Lorimer ghost has returned
TO the first page.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette suggests
that company organized to insure.
the lives of aviators would not last
very long.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10

One does not necessarily have to
so to the vicinity of the Alps in order
to learn what an avalanche is like"
says the Des Moines Capital.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-10
NOTES AND COMMENT

Now let's talk batting averages for
while" suggests the Perry Chief.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
TORREON STILL
HOLDING OUT
Reports From Federaland Rebel
Sources Conflict.
VILLA NOT YET IN CITY.
Mexico City Puts constitutionalist
Losses At 2,o00-City Bound
To Fall, Say Rebel
Advices.

FL Paso, Texas.-Conficting reports
have the situation at Gomez Palacio
and Torreon n for conjecture.
General villa telegraphed to Manuel
Chao at Juarez that he had been in
possession of Gomez Palacio since
Thursday morning and predicted that
the rebels would have Torreon not
later than Saturday. On the other
hand, Miguel Diebold, Of Huerta's
consular service, exhibited kilograms
declaring that the rebels had been re-
pulsed at all points.
Diebold alleged that when at first
the rebels thought they had Gomez
Palacio they were the victims of a
trap, as a result of which they lost
heavily in dead and wounded, not to
mention the loss of 900 prisoners.
The Federal retreat, he said, was a
feint to draw the rebels over 127 dyna-
mite mines which, he said, were ex-
ploded under the invaders with the re-
suit mentioned.
General Villas telegram, as given
out by General Chao, asserted that the
rebels were still maintaining a base at
FL VERBAL, five miles from Gomez
Palacio, while the railroad line be-
tween the two places was being re-
paired. He added that the Federals
had attempted to eyacuate Torreon
through the hills to the south, but
were driven back into the city.
villa is said by Chao to have as
serted that for the "a hours preceding
his taking of Gomez Palacio the battle
was confined mostly to artillery prac-
tice.
Observers Of the situation here say
they have been so often misled in the
last 10 days by so-called official re-
ports by both sides that neither off,
cial utterance was impressive. More
importance, 1t was said, was attached
to the renewed embargo which had
prevented newspaper correspondents
at the front from sending impartial
stories of events under their observa-
ton.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-04-02
IS NOT YET OUT
Of THE WOODS
British Premier StilIHas Serious
Obstacles Ahead.
ARMY SITUATION IS CL0UDED
Though II is Stated That Both
Of Them Have Yielded To
Persuasion.

London.-The air is full OF ex-
travagant rumors, among the most
credible being the report that Colonel
Seeley is, after all, to quit the War
Office by an exchange of portfolios
with Lewis Harcourt, secretary for
the colonies.
The only new facts in the situation
were to be found in the resignation Of
Field Marshal Sir John French, chief
of the Imperial General staff, and Sir
John Spencer Ewart, a%djutant gen
eral, from the Army Council. The
rumor persists that other members Of
the Army Council have resigned, but
this cannot be confirmed.
Negotiations and conferences be-
tween Buckingham Palace, the War
Office and Downing street were car
ried on throughout the day, and it was
known that the strongest efforts were
being made to induce Field Marshal
French and Gen. Ewart to reconsider
their action. The Prime Minister call
ed a hurried meeting of the cabinet at
his residence after it was decided to
postpone the statement to Parliament.
Later it was announced, with a show
of authority, that both French and
Ewart had at last consented to with
draw their designations.
In Ireland no change has occurred.
Belfast remains quiet and, although it
is asserted that the officers at the
Curragh camp are determined to re.
sign because Of the reputation Of
Colonel Seely's guarantee by the gov
eminent, on actual designations so far
as is known have occurred.
According to the best information,
the conference at the Wan Office of all
the principal commanding generals Of
the army was called to enable Gen.
erals French and Ewart to explain that
their resignation was a personal mat.
ter. arising solely from the fact that
they signed the Cough memorandum,
which the government had since repu.
dated, and they urged that al the
other officers should remain at their
pos IS.