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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
GREAT GATHERING
OF OUR NAVY
=
Three Fleets Of American y !. : alps to
be Mobolized at New S :, San
Francisco
Man'r
ON OCTOBER ID OR Is
One Hundred and Twenty Big Ships
to be Reviewed at One Point
by President
Taft.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, Aug. PLANS for
the mobilization Of three fleets OF
American warships at New York, San
Francisco and Manila. to comprise a
new series of battle maneuvers on a
greater scale than ever before at
tempted by the United States, were
announced by the navy department to-
day. The New York mobilization an
nounced for October IA or is will
bring together the greatest number
of war vessels in the history of the
country-12o dreadnonghts, cruisers,
gunboats. torpedo boats, destroyers
and submarines. President Taft and
Secretary of the Navy Meyer will re.
view the fleet, under command of Ad
miral Hugo Osterhaus.
At San Francisco forty vessels will
gather under command OF Admira
Sutherland Twenty will be ordered
to form the fleet at Manila, under Ad
miral Nicholson The dates for these
! two reviews have not yet been def
nitely fixed but will probably be IL
October.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
Progressive Victory.

Topeka, Kansas, Aug. THE
presidential electors pledged to Col
onel Roosevelt were nominated by the
republicans in the primaries yester-
day by majorities Of $4,000 over the
Taft electors, according to the latest
returns today The progressive re-
publican state ticket was also cap
tured by majorlties of from 10000 to
10000. Arthur Capper, the progressive
candidate for governor, was nominat-
ed over Frank Ryan by 10000.
The race between Governor Stubbs
and Senator Curtis for nomination to
the United States senate, is still in
doubt, though Stubs is leading and
his strong counties are yet to be
heard from.
All of the present congressman
we're renominated though the fight
was close in the first district between
d. r. Anthony and w. /. Stewart y
p Campbell was also renominated by
close margin.
Samuel Griffin was the only progres
sive candidate defeated on the state
ticket, Attorney General Dawson be
ing renominated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
DEFEATED CANDIDATES
DID NOT ATTEND
Clark and Underwood Find Excuses to
Stay Away From Will
sons Party.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, Aug. Pressure
of work today forced Speaker Clark
and Majority Leader Underwood to
give up going to Sea Girt to partici-
pate in the notification to Governor
Wilson
Il regret that the public business
forces me to remain here said Speak
er Clark. 81 could not see my way
clear to leave the house today"
Underwood, who is striving to
reconcile the differences among demo
Gratis arising from the battleship con-
troversy, declared he regretted that
work prevented his attendance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
RED ARMY MARCHES
TOWARD NEW YORK
War Game Being Played to Show How
Easy City Could be
Captured.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
NEW HAVEN, Aug, IA mimic
war to show how easy 1T would be for
an invading army to capture New
York Is about to begin in this state
and be waged with due fierceness un-
til the end of next week. Already the
red army of invasion has landed at
New Bedford, Mass, advanced on Bos-
ton and defeated the blue army,
which is in retreat to Albany by way
of Worcester and Springfield, Mass. A
red army has occupied Providence, Il.
l. and is moving unopposed westward,
leaving small garrisons in the princi-
nal cities on the way. The main red
army ia pushing on to New Haven,
driving the defending troops before It.
The maneuvers will be divided into
two periods, the first to be known as
the INSTRUCTION" and the second as
the final In which the two armies
will meet for the actual battles. Over
10000 troops will take part, $500 OF
them regulars.
The blue army of the defense viii
be commanded by General Edwarf
McClarnand, of the Pacific coast diyi
sion and the invading army of reds
will be under Frederick A. 9mith, o
the central army division, Brigadiel
General Tasker H. Bliss, commando
of the department of the east, will b'
official umpire, assisted by staff 0
one hundred officers.
1t is expected that by Saturda.
night the lines of the two armies vii
be established. The lines will b
about rs miles long and an earl
theoretical engagement is expected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
Criminal Es Insane.

EUnited Press Leased Wire Service.l ]
BANGOR Me, Aug. 7.--Attorneys
appointed by the state to defend Her
man Gray, SO year old farm hand
who confessed to the murder OF IA
year old Naomi Mitchell, today de-
clared he was hopelessly insane.
Gray's confession Of how he followed
the child from the village grocery
where she had purchased provisions
for the following day, and how he tore
her clothes from her, slashed her
body with knife and cut her throat
was given out today by state detee-
tives who captured him after week $
man.hunt with bloodhounds In north
ern Maine woods.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
Weather Conditions.

The depression in the northern
plateau region has remained nearly
stationary, the pressure being low
from thence to western Texas, while
the pressure continues high in the
Atlantic states.
Showers have been general from
the Missouri to the Mississippi valley,
and the western lake region, with a
slight rise Of temperature.
The northwestern area OF high pres
sure is moving eastward along the
northern boundary, and generally fair
cool weather prevails in the north
west.
Conditions indicate showers tonight
or Thursday for this section, with
slight change in temperature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
Archbishop Glennon Says That Is the
Hope Of the Church and Be-
llcvcs II VIII
Succeed.
NO MORE sUFFRAGETTEs
If America Ever Becomes Catholic,
the Woman VIII Become Queen,
Not the Sport of Divorce
Courts.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Aug.
There was considerable discussion
today among the Knights of Columbus
over the sermon Of Archbishop Glen
non OF st. Louis In which he declared
that the church hoped to make Amer
lea Catholic and described conditions
as he believed they would be II the
church succeeded.
1--WE do seek to make these United
States Catholic" said Archbishop
Glennon, land the sword is our wea-
pom, but it is the sword Of the spirit.
Not by force of arms, but by force Of
example and righteous living do we
hope to accomplish this.
"If America should ever become
Catholic, its becoming SO shall not
be by the sword of the Knights OF
Columbus, not the wiles Of so-called
Jesuits, nor the methods Of schemine
politics or politicians. We have not
| In the past nor in the future do we In
tend following the methods that have
been popularized and dedicated by
some departed brethren, as for in
stance, the kidnapping of the children
| of the poor, the mission agent taking
advantage of the others poverty o
the feeding Of Catholic children alter
nately with sandwiches and anti-Catf
olic literature"
! II America ever becomes Cathoii
Archbishop Glennon predicted tha
the divorce court would no longe
exist. He added: 1T Is doubtful !
those days whether we will have
suffragette movement. 1t will not b
necessary. The women of any ag
are what the men make them. Wher
Catholicity is supreme the woman
queen-not the sport of divorc
courts.,'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
AN ARMY OF REPORTERS
HUNTING FOR THE STORK

the Astor mansion where Col John
Jacob Astor's posthumous $3,0O0,0OO
baby daily is expected.
The old order of things has been re-
yersed. The death watcn," bane of
citv editors has been supplanted by
the obirth watch" The Astor mansion
has been surrounded since 1t became
known that the important heir was
axpected very soon and bulletins in
aIl the newspapers chronicle the
arr,vals and departures of family
nhysician. specialists, nurses and rel
atives and the daily automobile ar
,nes os Mrs Madeline Force Astor, the
girl-w,dow Of the Titanic
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
DEAD CHINAMAN WORTH
MORE THAN AMERICAN

payment of damages, chinaman Is
worth five times as much as an
American and German more than
twice as much as a Chinaman.
In settling with the foreigners
whose government pressed their
claims. Mexico paid $4,000 for each
chinaman killed and $4,000 for each
German. For Americans $4,000 was
paid for each one killed and $500 for
those wounded Minister Lorente an
nounced the damages that will be
paid, stating that where citizens fall
ed to appear before the consul to
claim damages within the proper time
nothing was allowed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07

rYrnited Press Leased Wire Service.1
COLISEUM, CHICAGO, Aug. 7.-l
pecause the resolutions committee
failed to cut It's platform down to
small enough compass to suit its pres
dental candidate. Colonel Roosevelt,
the national progressive convention
vas forced to recess Its afternoon
session until late in the day.
The platform, In nearly every In
stance, followed the lines suggested
~ Roosevelt In his speech OF yester-
day. 1t was agreed by most Of the
delegates that the ticket should be
Colonel Roosevelt for president and
Governor Hiram Johnson of Cali
fornia for vice president. The only
business transacted in the early ses-
sion today was the perfecting Of the
permanent organization with all of
the temporary officials continued, in
cluding Senator Beveridge as per-
manent chairman, and the approval
Of report by State Chairman Hotch-
Kiss, Of New York, OF tie progress OF
the work in the empire state.
rUnited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, Aug. Negroes and
liquor.
These were the only harmony dis
turbers today when the national pso-
gressive convention met for its final
session. Roosevelt and Johnson" was
the slate of nominees scheduled Tor
adoption with a harmonious whoop.
Only the fight In the resolutions com
nittee on the negro and liquor qnes'
tons threatened to cause trouble upon
the floor OF the convention.
Haggard and worn from an all might
session, the resolutions committee was
In session until they recessed FOL
breakfast this morning.
Eleven clock was the hour set fol
convening the final meeting, but thu
resolutions dispute threatened Ions
afternoon battle.
Governor Hiram w. Johnson O
California, entered the convention to
day as on odds-on favorite for vic'
president. Judge Ben B. Lindsey 0
Denver was the only other prominen
candidate. Southern delegations, how
ever. declared loyalty to Col Johl
NJ. Parker OF New Orleans. Tennessee
also urges the name af General j. +
Mcdowell, ex-confederate leader. Go,
ernor Johnson's election, howevel
seemed certain. General Luke Wrigh
Of Tennessee, was eliminated fror
consideration.
Another important question put bt
lore the delegates today by the rule
committee was that of christening tn
new party. The committee unanlmou.
Y recommended Progressive" drol
ping the word national" from tn
title. Colonel E. G. Darlington
Maryland led the fight for the singl
nomenclature. because Of a Marylan
law limiting party names on ballots I
nne word.
The program for the last days wor
was extensive. Conclusion early tn
afternoon was planned however, ba
ring long fight over the negro an
liquor questions. In order, today
program was:
Election of permanent officers
ADOPTION Of rules; adoption of pla
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
Mexican Price List of Human
Lives Shows Germans to
Be Most Expensive.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
MEXICO CITY, Aug, IA study in
the value of human life is presented
today in the payment OF damages by
the Mexican government for foreign
ers killed and wounded owing TO fleht-
ing in the republic
According to Medeo's scale Tor the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity: Showers
tonight or Thursday.
For Illinois and Missouri: Showers
tonight or Thursday.
For Iowa: Showers tonight or
Thursday east portion. Fair west
portion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
Astor Mansion Surrounded by
Newspaper Men, Awaiting
Birth Of Baby.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
NEW YORK, Aug. T.-An army OF
reporters hunting the stork is some
ming New York never saw before ana
eiith avenues interest is about equal
divided between the doings OF the
buSDaDer contingent and events IN
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
In Oklahoma.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla Aug. 7.---
Senator Robert l.. Owen has been re-
nominated over former Governor G.
N. Haskell by 10000, according to the
latest returns from yesterdays primar-
les The present congressman have
apparently been renominated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
Plans for the Day.

Plans for the Day
City Comptroller William A. Prem
dergast of New York, chosen to nomi-
nate Roosevelt, will be followed by
many state leaders seconding the
nomination. Jane Addams OF Chicago
celebrated sociological worker, promis-
ed new era In political history. She
will be the first woman to second a
presidential nomination, as the repre-
sentative of Illinois. Henry ]. Allen,
the Kansas editor. also will make one
of the principal seconding speeches.
To conclude nominations without
single roll call was a unique harmoni-
Gus possibility when the delegates
met today. Roosevelt's nomination
by acclamation would be followed, it
was thought, by viva voce vote
unanimously choosing Governor John
son as his running mate, The name
of Judge Lindsey will be presented
| for Colorado by Edward P. Costigan,
Pearl Wright of Louisiana, Is Colonel
Parker's champion.
To make Temporary Chairman Bev-
leridge the permanent presiding officer
4 was another part of today's harmony
program.
Important reforms in party rules,
presented by the rules committee, IN
cluded. In addition to recommending
I -
plan to apportion delegates according
i to voting strength. One delegate for
every 10000 votes cast was the basis
of representation recommended, pro-
/ yided that every congressional district
have at least one delegate, even II It
has less than the required 10000 votes
1.-THE rules committee also recommend
Z ed that Alaska, Hawaii and the Dis
trict of Columbia be entitled to one
delegate each, with the privilege o.
voting, and have one national commit
!, teeman each, the latter without
vote. To deny convention representa-
u tion to the Philippines and Porto Rice
was also recommended. That newly
elected national committeeman, ant
not the hold-over members, have
: charge of conventions was anothe'
recommendation.
A platform Of 1900 words-th'
shortest on record-was the endeavo
Z of the resolutions committee. Prun
, ling a tentative draft of 1000 words t
1900 or almost 1900 words was it
!, problem.
Jane Adams provoked the all nigh
fight among the platform trainers owe
1.-The negro question. She stoutly insis
8 ed upon a plank defining the progres
$ sive's attitude toward the negro, dt
: claring for white leadership In tn
south, but promising the negroes polit
cal equality and a fraternal welcom
to the ranks of the new party. Co
/; onel Roosevelt's close friends on tn
+ committee, led by Clifford Pincho
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
Local Observations.

Rainfall for the past 70 hours 10
hundredths.
Mean temperature, Aug 6, "a.
Highest temperature, S4.
Lowest temperature, So.
Lowest temperature last night, GA.
FRED z. GosEWIscH.
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
Daily River Bulletin.
River Forecast.

The river will continue to rise slow
" from Davenport to Keokuk until
Friday morning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
Women Take Part for First Time in History
With Jane Addams Making Speech
Seconding the Nomination.
PLATFORM HAD TO Be CHOPPED Up
Was too Long to Suit Colonel Who Had the
Builders Cut it Down and Delay
the Convention.

form; nominations OF president and
vice president; notification of nomi-
nees and the speech of acceptance by
Colonel Roosevelt.
Appearance of Colonel Roosevelt to
accept the presidential nomination
was planned for the grand finale Of
the launching Of the new party. He
plans to leave here tonight for Oyster
Bay.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
In Missouri.

ST, LOUIS, Aug. 7.-W. s. Cowherd,
of Kansas City. has been nominated
for governor by the democrats and
John c. Mckinley by the republicans,
according to today's returns from yes
terday's primaries in Missouri.
Speaker Champ Clark was renomi-
mated for congress without opposition.
Congressman Bartholdt was also re-
nominated. Thereon E. Catlin, whose
seat was declared vacant by house
committee because of excessive use or
money In the last campaign, has been
renominated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
Returns Indicate That Eight Preslden-
tla Electors Pledged TO Roosevelt
Were All Nominated
Safely.
CAPpER FOR GOVERNOR
Newspaper Publisher Is Named by Re-
publicans With George H Hodges
in the Lead for the
Democrats.

Oultou fT9SB Leased WlTo SeFVlCe.J
TOPEKA, Kas.. Aug. Incomplete
returns early today indicate that the
republican progressives swept Kansas
in the primaries yesterday. The eight
presidential electors pledged to Col
onel Roosevelt were nominated by
safe majorities. The nomination of
Arthur Capper, publisher OF the To
peka Capital, and progressive oandi-
date for governor. Is conceded.
Incomplete returns indicate that
Congressman H. P. Campbell, a sup
porter of President Taft, has been de-
feated for denomination by H. NJ
Gray. progressive.
The race between Congressman D..
r. Anthony and w. l. Stewart, pro-
gressive, is still in doubt.
George II. Hodges is leading for
the democratic gubernatorial nomina-
tion
The result in the race for the Unit
ted States senatorship between Gov
ernor Stubbs and Senator curtis was
| still in doubt early today. 1t appears
that Governor Stubs has received Q
popular majority, but whether he car
ried a majority of the congressiona
districts Is yet in doubt The fal
western districts have yet to be heart
from.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07

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CONTINUED on page 81
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
THE WEATHER

Showers Tonight or Tomor-
row. Local temp p. m. ~;
Z a. m. 64.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-23
MATHEMATICAL SIGNS.

Process BY Which These Familiar
Characters Were Evolved.
The sign of addition is derived from
the initial letter of the word plus"
In Elaking the capital letter it was
made more and more carelessly until
the top part of the "p' was placed
near the center hence the plus sign
was finally reao he'd
The sign of subtraction was derived
from the word minus" The word
was first contracted into mus. with a
horizontal line above to indicate the
contraction. which was printers
freak that may be found in almost any
book bearing a date earlier than the
beginning of the eighteenth century.
After the lapse of a long period of time
the letters were omitted altogether,
leaving only the short line so well
known to all
The multiplication sign was obtained
by changing the plus sign into char
acter resembling the letter x. This
was done simply because multiplied
ton is but Il shorter form of addition
Division was formerly indicated by
placing the dividend above horizontal
line and the divisor below. In order to
save space in printing the dividend
was placed to the left and the divisor
to the right. with a simple dot in place
of each
The radical sign was derived from
the initial letter Of the word "radix."
The sign of equality is said to have
first been used in the year 1857 by a
sharp mathematician. who adopted it
as substitute for the words equal
TO"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-23
TIE POLE STAR.
Some OF the Wonders of This Great
Beacon OF the North.

Some OF the Wonders of This Great
Beacon OF the North.
Nest people if they know nothing
else nf astronomy. at any rate know
the pole star, the one star which seems
to keep its piace in the heavens with
out movement of any kind There are
a great many. however. who do not
know what wonderful thing it is. In
the first place. it can be seen when
looked at through a good telescope tc
be two stars and not one There is one
fairly bright one. of what is known as
the second magnitude, and another Of
the ninth magnitude close to it
But that is not all. The brighter of
the two is really three stars revolving
round one another, or rather round
their common center of gravity, like
three children playing ring ring o
roses" This secret is revealed to us
by what is perhaps the most astonish-
ing of all scientific instruments, the
spectroscope. 1t not only tells us what
the stars are made of, but whether
they are moving toward US or away
from us.
When you stand facing the star you
are always facing north. The reason
that it does not appear to move as the
others do is because it is nearly in line
with the axis of the earth. Its distance
from US is enormous. This can be
judged from the fact that although the
earth in its journey round the sun is
today about 190O00000 miles from
where 1t was six months ago, that
makes no appreciable difference to its
distance from the pole star. 1t must
therefore be many times 100000
miles away.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-23
HIDDEN HoARDS.
Fortunes Buried or Tucked Away In
WastefuI Neglect.

Fortunes Buried or Tucked Away In
WastefuI Neglect.
None can estimate the wealth hid
den in the days of the war between
the states Down mountain slopes,
across the great plantations and along
the streets of cities of the south are
trails OF lest fortunes. On the Missis-
sippi river the shanty boaters tell tales
of kettles OF gold coin and money that
were buried in the brakes or revealed
in tile caving bank of the Mississippi
by cascade of coin rushing down the
crumbling slope into the flood Now
and then some sharp darby appears
with handful of old gold.
A mathematician might estimate the
quantity of nugget gold hidden by the
placer miners. the loggers, thinkers,
tramps soldiers-all the kinds of for
tunes that are tucked away in useless
and wasteful neglect in all parts of
the country+-in stockings, mattresses,
old clothes, garrets, cellars, hollow
trees. novels, mansions, caches of des
peradoes and hidings of foreigners. If
only one in 10000 hides 500 that is
never found. and in every village and
town the proportion Is larger. among
farmers and back country people much
larger. the loss will amount to $780,
600. The chances are that there is o
hundred million dollars of hidden for
tunes in this country now-gold. sill
yer. precious stones and paper wealth
Many farm. many city property,
goes into neglect and decay because
the heirs never knew of it.-Raymond
S. Spears in lIarper's Weekly.