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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15
Lola Norris Follows Marsha Warning.
ton on Witness Stand In tho
Disss White Slavery
Case.
Strong case Against the Defendant Is
Made Stronger by tho
Story Of tho Second
Girl.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15.--Lola
Norris resumed the stand for cross
examination when today's session of
the Diggs white slavery trial began in
the federal court.
Calm and collected and apparently
determined to shun no exposure of
her own actions to help the govern
ment she made an ideal witness for
the prosecution. Miss Marsha War
rington's testimony was regarded as
very strong against the defendant, but
Miss Norris was stronger. She told
her story In a straightforward man
ner, with the simple naivete of child.
On the stand the defendant under the
direct examination of Special Prose-
cutor Roche, the girl sat with wide
/ open eyes, gazing fearlessly at the
/ court and gave the fullest details Of
4 her trip to Reno as the companion of
/ F. Drew Caminetti. She declared that
before she and her companion, Diggs
and Caminetti left Sacramento she
1 pleaded with the two men not to be
/ forced to go. They continued to
! threaten her and when she told Diggs
1T will kill my mother" he replied:
"oh, she'll get over 1t. Only bullets
kill people"
Il Diggs told her. she said, that shs
4 and Miss Warrington would he ruinet
!. lin reputation Ii they remained ii
Sacramento and that they flnali.
agreed to e1ope There was h,1st
In the court room when Roche asked
4 her about the details OF her life Will
4 Caminetti In which she asserted thai
before she met him she was pure ant
]. that it was only the last day Of theil
a stay in the Nevada city that she yield
ed to him.
/ Roche declared to the newspape
: men today that Miss Norris has prov
ed her case beyond doubt ant
that there can be no question tina
she was coerced When Miss War
! rington was on the stand Diggs ant
! Caminetti tried not to appear to b.
but during the testimony of Miss MOI
ris they visibly quailed. Attorne
Devlin for the defense began hi
cross examination of Miss Norris
few moments before adjournment las
, evening and continued this morning
j The girl got no such severe eros
/ examination as Miss Warrington
! however. 1t was evident from tn
i questions Devlin had prepared, t
5 handle her gently. Judge Van Flee
: announced today there will be no SCI
I sion of the trial tomorrow. The coui
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity: Generally
fair and continued warm tonight and
Saturday. Moderate to brisk souther-
ly winds.
For Illinois: Generally fair except
probably local thunder showers north
position tonight or Saturday. Con
tinued warm. Southerly winds.
For Iowa: Generally fair weather
except probably local thunder show
ers tonight or Saturday. Continued
warm. Moderate to brisk southerly
winds
For Missouri Generally fair and
continued warm tonight and satur
day. Moderate to brisk southerly
winds
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15
Weather Conditions.

The pressure remains low between
the Mississippi river and the noun
tains, with high pressure in the east
ern districts and the weather contin.
ues warm from the central valleys to
the Rockies, with scattered showers
or local thunderstorms in the north
ern portions of this area, the showers
being generally light.
Conditions indicate generally fair
continued warm weather for this sec
ton tonight and Saturday.
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Rain Is cheered.

TOPEKA, Kans, Aug. 15.--Topeka
enjoyed the coolest weather within
the last "a hours since July %. al
though the mercury reached the 81
mark A rainfall of 50-1o0 of an
inch. the first in twenty-five days
caused the people to drop their work
and run to the street, where they
stood In the rain and cheered.
Out in the state the mercury con-
tinned high but the Topeka forecaster
says the drought is virtually broken.
Local showers were reported In sew
eral localities.
The municipal water plant at Medi-
cine Lodge reports It cannot furnish
y sufficient supply for that city
The sun shining through lamp
chimney In the window Of the resi-
dence OF DR.. Theodore Kroesch. at
Fnterprise, caused an $500 fire. Near
Oak Hill two wheat stacks were
burned, the suns rays reflected from
piece of glass starting the blaze. A
car of slack coal at Abilene was set
afire by the heat Of the sun.
All drought records for the state
were broken in the last seventy-seven
days Since June ! the rainfall has
been 4.95 inches. The normal rain
fall is 11.9 inches.
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, = - & : - : : =
iowa suffers.

United Press Leased Wire servicel
DES MONIES, Aug. 15.-History
will register 1914 and 1915 as the
Years Of the beef famine in Iowa, :
according to Prof. w j. Kennedy,
director OF the extension department
Of the Iowa State college at Ames.
The hot. dry weather injured pastures
and the drought damaged the corn
crop to such an extent that develop
ment of cattle raising has been stop.
ped and farmers have dumped tn ar
cattle upon the market.
Prof Kennedy says beef will he
higher next year than ever and nc
relief is promised for two years He
thinks the Iowa corn crop usually
fed to cattle and hogswill be cut
1e0,000,000 bushels by the drought
The endemic of hog cholera will also
put up the price Of pork
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15
Wisconsin Prosperity.


: MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug. 15.-With
the best corn crop in the history of
Wisconsin now safe from any cli-
matte danger, with silos and mows lit
orally bulging with fodder and with
one Of the heaviest hay and alfalfa
crops on record, harvested, the Wis.
consfn farmer, preparing tc convert
his feed into beef and pork has
adopted an I should worry" attitud )
ever reports of coming high prices in
the live stock market. He expects to
reach new prosperity level in con.
sequence, According to the data in
/ the hands OF Prof. R. A. Moora of the
University Of Wisconsin, colIags Of
i agriculture, Wisconsin farrners are
! Folding today the largest supply ol
] stock feed in the history OF ihs state
The grain crops are above norma
and the corn crop will be a recor!
1 breaker. Badger state beef pro .ucers
are preparing to stand pat. hook onto
the market and let the prices SO rs
4 high as they like.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15
Nebraska is Smoking.

LINCOLN, Neb.. Aug. 15.-Nebraska
Is enduring period of high tempera-
lures and hot winds. Lincoln and
Omaha lead other cities with maxi
mum temperatures of 1oe and 1o7.
Since Sunday the maximum has each
DAY been above 100 degrees while,
when the mercury sinks below the
century mark the humidity has been
hl9h, causing even more suffering.
Corn In many sections OF the state
mas been given up and the farmers
are preparign silos to care for the
fodder.
Not Worried Now.
VANDALIA, Ill, Aug. 15.-Jacoh
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15
ROT! HOTTER! HOTTEST!
| THE WEST IS SIZZLING

koontz, a farmer of this county, has
been hauling water a great distance
for several weeks to water stock.
While walking through his pasture he
discovered water coming out Of the
ground where before it has been as
dry as bone. He began digging and
found spring which now affords
abundant water for his stock.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15
Daily River Bulletin.
River Forecast.

River Forecast.
The river will remain nearly sta
tionary. with tendency to fall from
Davenport to Keokuk for several days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15
Local Observations.

Mean temperature 4th, 30.
Lowest temperature, n.
Highest temperature, 96.
Lowest temperature last night, "a
FRED 2. GoSEWIsCH,
Observer.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15
THE PAPER THAT BOOSTS KEo-
kuK ALL THE TIME.

SUBSCRIBERS OF Tho Daily Gate City
are Served the full Leased Wire serv-
Ice Of the United Press Association
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-07
IDEALS HAVE CHEAPENED.
And That's the Matter With Our
Literature.

William Dean Howells in the August Harpers.
The time was easily within the recoI-
lection of any man who has survived
MS generation, when the American
ideal was higher living instead OF
the higher cost of living which comes
OF greed for the cheapening OF the
creature comforts. the grossly appre-
cable advantages. material, mental
and moral. Yet our present recru-
descence is not wholly ungenerous II
our lower ideal is> that not a few
none shall be left behind or aside in
the race for them. But undeniably
We had once fineness of ideal
from which the present ideal has
our literature expressed longing for
the beauty which is truth; neither
Longfellow nor Lowell nor Whittier
could be content with the lovely line
alone; its curve must lead to
the straight and narrow path which
few find. but none need miss; it was
sometimes even forced to this office
The clear, cold voice of Emerson
called from the crystal air of Con-
cord in the duteous accents which
we seem to fail Of In the voices of
indianapolis and our other literary
centers. The greatest novel of that
day. the best seller of almost any day,
famed from a passionate ardor for hui
manity. The Incompatible romances OF
Hawthorne bore a message to the con-
science of every reader. If a vote upon
the question put by our contemporary
had been taken In that day. would
none of those authors have been
elected among the ten whom their
countrymen could least spare? Or
would not Claiming. Beecher. Parker.
Hale, have been remembered as our
benefactors along with the first cleo
tricians, reformers. philanthropists
and scientists of their different epochsf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-07

my name is Susan Perry I'd not have
such a thing as fence or blind in
the world il l had my way I'm going
to have a big trenchful of sweet peas
planted by my back door and / want
all you ladies who haven't any to
come and help yourselves. The same
way with my pansies. They're going
in over there. Miss Lamont says she's
crazy over pansies, but she's never had
any luck with them. Oh, yes, I've made
hole in the fence on her side. l had
to. She is quite as close to me as you
are-Ive always been used to neigh
borly runWays My sakes, / don't know
what I'd do living alone SO without my
neighbors. It's funny. too. how I al
ways have good neighbors. l know
there are people who complain Of there
neighborhoods, but I never was in one
where l had to. That's why l hated to
leave Aries and come here-I had such
good neighbors. But the doctor thought
"a find the air here better for my
asthma. And l do. / feel stronger al
ready. By the way. I'm going to give
tea Thursday afternoon and invite
you all in. everybody on this street.
don't want to wait for any formal get
ting acquainted. Miss Lamont says she
will come, and Mrs. Chester across the
street, and Mrs. Potter-we've spoken
across the back fence And the rest /
know will just as soon as 1 can get
word to them. You will, of course
4uuTSUdy from TO 0"Dedr IL In
mind. my dear Mrs. Curran"
Il WILL" mumbled Mrs Curran.
She went home dazed, her hands full
Of plants. 1t seemed that while she
was being subjugated the same treat
ment was also applied to Mrs Chester
and Mrs. Potter and Miss Lamont and
nobody knew who all. Why, this au-
dacious newcomer was resolved to be
on friendly terms with the whole
street!
'She takes it for granted we're all
her friends" she thought my land
and I haven't spoken to Mary Potte,
or Han Chester or Alice Lamont in
a year. And i don't know as they've
spoken to each other in longer thar
that. To think Of us all sitting round
and drinking tea together!
In the pleasant little parlors they
gathered about the dainty and hos.
pitable tea table and swallowed their
private resentments with their tea
And Mrs. Perry noticed nothing. She
was a tactful hostess. and a cheerful
chirp filed every ominous lull. She
wove web Of kindliness and gen
| tility about them ALL They felt them.
| selves being enmeshed, but even the
| boldest dare not betray her unwilling.
ness.
(THE END.)
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in that hoarse. songless state which ac-
companies melting. Tootsie looked SUI
ficiently detected already. but grimly is-
noring the fact, Mrs. Curran reached
forth q lean arm and detached his cage
from its accustomed hook. Still ignor-
in his futtering protest she carried the
cage to a front window and hung II
there. Then. with a good deal of noise.
she proceeded to slam the shutters tight
on the east side of the room.
Meanwhile the newcomer seemed to go
merrily on with her unpacking and set
Ting. She had engaged man and wom-
an TO aid her. and the three pairs of
hands made quick work of arrang' ng the
little house When Mrs. Curran went
out to pull a bunch of onions for her
solitary supper she had glimpse of
slim snowy haired. pink faced old lady
running in and out the back door and
chirpiug at a great rate-"for all the
world like Tootsie, she thought. Scarce
" had she re-entered the house before
there came a quick, light rappng at the
side door. When she opened il she was
confronted by her new neighbor and
charming smile.
Good afternoon cried her new neigh
bor "WilI you just lend me Your tack
hammer? I've got one somewhere but
j can't find il. though I've looked indoors
and out. And the girl is waiting to tack
down carpet
Mrs Curran glared. She took the tack
hammer from its shelf and held il out
coldly. She had not spoken. but the
little lazy seemed not 10 nOtice- she
twittered out a thank you and vanished
II could have said ! didn't have a tack
hammer" Mrs. Curran meditated, but
she didn't give me time TO think But
next time / shan't have what she comes
for"
Next morning as Mrs. Curran came
home from her customary marketing trip
she saw that Miss Lamont. who lived on
the east side of the newly occupied house.
had followed her example and shut her
blinds.
II knew she would" triumphed Mrs.
Curran.
She looked UP and down and across the
street Each and every house seemed
like her own openly to resent the invader
Though the whole street was on bad
terms, 1t had obviously Joined forces
against the new tenant.
Mrs. Curran entered in at her little
gate, snapped it tight upon her own
demesne and felt that she had shut her
self into privacy. Every house on the
street was encircled by a fence like hers.
Behind it the windows returned uucom-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-07

80 cents to 81 per pound to take outfits
to the scene of the strike.
1T should be taken into consideration
by those contemplating making this trip
that it is but natural that steamship
companies and merchants in the north
will report favorably in regard to this
new find in order to secure the travel
and business, as trade in this country
has been very quiet for a number OF
years.
Should the strike prove bona fide il
will be of great benefit to the holders of
copper claims on the head of White
river. as 1t will bring attention to this
branch of the mining industry. and
should 1t be the cause for the building
of an extension Of the Copper River and
Northwestern railway II will open up A
section of country enormously rich in
this mineral. Native copper was found
on the headwaters OF the White river
years ago, and a large number of claims
have been sufficiently represented to Sc
cure title, both in the Yukon territory
and Alaska. Should the rush continue. 1t
will be necessary to establish customs
office at the boundary, as good per-
centage of the supplies is purchased In
Dawson or in Vancouver"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-07
MOSQUITOES PLAGUE LONDON.
Universally Poisonous Insects Be
lieved to Be From Far East.
n Correspondence Of The Star.


LONDON, August g.. 1913
A plague of mosquitoes has been mani
Testing itself during the past few days
In various suburban districts of London,
especially in the neighborhood of the Es-
sex flats.
Wherever there is marsh land this pest
Is making itself particularly obnoxious,
and the results of a bite are very pain
full, the symptoms frequently taking the
form of an inf1amed swelling as big as an
egg.
This fact seems to indicate that the
mosquitoes are of the true eastern va
riety, the eggs Of which are no doubt
brought over in vessels coming from In
dian ports and Matched here.
This. at any rate. was the theory ad-
yanced by an Anglo-Indian. There
ia very little doubt" he said, that the
insects are Of the malaria swamp va
riety."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-07
THE DAILY STORY.
The NeighborIy Woman.
Copyright, 1913. by W. Werner)

Mrs. Curran. walking grtmly home
from an afternoon session Of the Ladies'
Aid Society, saw sight that amazed
her. Somebody was moving into the
house next door. A great van laden
with highly respectable looking furniture
was tilted up at the curb. and two men
were hurrying in and out Of the front
door. Mrs Curran adjusted her spec
tacles and peered openly. That particular
house had stood empty SO long that she
had given UP all thought Of Its ever be-
ing occupied again And now she was
to have a new neighbor thrust under her
very nose.
Now" she said, 'T shall have to shut
the windows on that side as well as
'tother Mrs. Fritz Is bad enough. but
no knowing what this new body will be.
Tootde. you'll have to come down and
go elsewhere"
Tootsie was the canary, and he was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-07
PARIS CALLED INFERNO.
Project Of Police Now Seeks to
Check Street Noises.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.
PARIS. September 6. 1918.
NJ. Hennion, the new project of police.
has taken the matter of Paris street
noises in hand. From October Is the
heavy motor drays loaded with stores.
pig iron and similar materials, that shake
the houses to their foundations, must be
provided with rubber tires to reduce the
vibration, and their speed must not ex-
coed seven and one-half miles an hour.
NJ. Quentin Blanchard and NJ. Emile
Massard. two municipal councillors. have
protested against the use of motor street
sweepers that wake the citizens at dav-
break.
"Juggernaut tramways and rattline
motor omnibuses, chauffeurs who make
an exaggerated din with screechinp
sirens. cabmen who are continually
cracking their whips and engine drivers
who make the night hideous with their
whisties-these murderers Of Sleep" saws
into an inferno"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-07

own: she had invested it with kind OF
sacred privacy. She was startled.
She was even more startled when she
opened the door and saw her new neigh
Dor. whose white hair fringed about her
amiable forehead in enchanting little
beau catchers." whose face was pink
as the dawn, and whose frock was girl
ishly blue.
lady, gayly i've brought back your
tack hammer. And a thousand thanks
for the use of it. I've found mine and
the last carpet is being tackled down with
it. I'm getting along splendidiy.
Mrs. Curran accepted the hammer.
I'm glad to hear it," she said. A
thought occurred to her. How did you
get over the fence?" she asked.
The little old lady laughed jovially.
.'Oh, 1 didn't climb the fence, dear
woman. l simply knocked off a few
palings and crawled through. I always
like runway between me and my neigh
bors. especially such a close neighbOr as
you are. But l must hurry back Come
over
She was gone. And Mrs. Curran was
left gasping. The idea-the very idea
that she had dared TO knock paling
off a perfectly good, sound boundary
fence. What manner of creature was
she to ignore the confines of individu-
ality?
That afternoon Mrs Curran was
treated to a strange sight. A man came
with hammer and proceeded to take
down the fence before her new neighbor'S
dwelling. When he got through the house
was sitting, as it We're. unprotected with
it's feet in the road. And as If this were
not sufficient outrage of all conventions
he stripped off the blinds letting the
free light of day and the curiosity of the
nearest occupants into the interior of
the house.
she might as well live in the street
and be done with it, thought Mrs. Cur
ran.
The next morning as she knelt wedding
her precious onion bed she heard q chirp
and fiutter, and there was the new neigh
Dor
DO you like fiowers?' she inquired
briskly.
Yes j like flowers Mrs Curran ad-
mitted. She did. indeed, like flowers. but
they did not seem TO like her. They
would not grow for her. Flowers, like
little children. know the touch of a low
ing understanding hand
I've just had load of plants come
from the greenhouse, and I'm going to
have bed made in the front yard-the
kind of bed, you know that blooms from
April to November. beginning with GRO
cuses and ending with cosmos But I've
got more than ! need, and I've come to
see IL you can't make use of some of
them. There's everything you can name,
for yourself"
Mrs. Curran drew her breath in sharp
ly. She wanted the plants, but she did
not like to be under obligation. 1t was
evident. however, that this woman had
money to fling away. There was some
thing nattering as well as provoking In
that fact.
why. ] could look at Them sup
pose said Mrs. Curran. ungraciously.
And then an astonishing thing hap
pened. She found herself whisked up to
the fence and right through it into the
next yard The new neighbor was chirp-
Ing SO fast that she had no time to
think.
How do you think my house looks
with the fence down and the blinds
on? like to see a house free and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-07
OVERCOME BY EMOTION.
Spectator Recognizes Long-Lost
Brother in Moving Picture Scene
ldence OF The Star.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star
LODON. August %, 1913.
A remarkable story Of a mans recoen,.
ton of his long-lost brother in a moving
picture comes from Whitestable.
During the exhibition OF the Quo .vadis..
film at the local picture palace a visitor
became greatly agitated and was so over
come by emotion that he tainted and had
to be carried out of the building.
When he recovered 1t was ascertainad
that In one of the actors in the scene
depicted the visitor had recognized a
brother who went to Italy twelve wears
ago and had not been heard OF since.
A reunion between the brothers is antic.
ipated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-07
A Glass of Water.
From the Providehce Journal.

From the PfOvluenCe JUurndI
II a reason is sought for the firm hold
which beer drinking has on people 1t may
be found in part In. the difficulty of get
ting water to drink. That also gives the
soda fountains business. The New York
Tribune has just published q letter from
a citizen of New Jersey who complained
that he could not get . drink Of water
in New York city. His complaint is just.
and II applies to every town and CITY,
The person who wishes a cooling draft
must pay money. cents at least. for II.
and he can rarely get water even them
Various attempts to meet the lack have
failed, and the discovery of the germ
theory has contrived to render the fall
ure apparently anal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-07

promisingly the stare of other windows.
the chimney pulled contempt at other
chimneys. Mrs Currans house was, in
deed her castle, and from it she defied
all the other women in all the other
houses which were likewise castles. She
unlocked the front door and entered.
Tootsie gave her a chirp of welcome, then
she became aware of another-a steady
rapping at the back door. If any one
got into Mrs. Curran's yard he had to
enter properly through the gate The
butcher. the baker and the candlestick
maker had been taught to use the side
door, The back door was Mrs. Curran's