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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-10
The polo Match.

NEW YORK, June 1o.-One inter
national conflict right after another is
shaking New York and with the ten
mis- preliminaries in the Davis cup
series disposed of, society today turn
ed it's attention to the Meadow Brook
Club, where American and English
polo teams will meet to contest for
the cup offered by the American big
four. The opening match in the series
does not start until 4::30 o'clock this
afternoon but long before that hour
crowds were trooping towards Mead
ow Brook. All fashionable hotels are
filled with out of town guests and at
the luncheon hour today the hotels
and the clubs were almost as gay as
at the heighth of the season. Inter
est in the matches has been brought
to fever heat by the developments in
the American camp during the last
week and as a result the team that
defended the cup successfully two
years ago was entirely cut up and the
new four headed by Foxall Keene was
placed in the field. Then Keene suf-
fered fractured collar bone and the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-10
BoatIoad Of Engineers.

NEW YORK, June 10-When the
Hamburg-American line steamer Vic
toria Luise sailed from here today
practically the entire passenger lis,
was composed of members Of the
American Society Of Mechanical En-
gineers. The engineers left today to
Invade" every industrial center of
the German empire after they have
attended the ffty-fourth annual meet
ing of the Verein Deutscher Ingenie-
ure in Leipzig which onens June %.
and at which the king of Saxony Will
preside for the few moments he vel
comes the American delegates. There
were 200 engineers who sailed today.
With them were one hundred or more
relatives and friends who will accom-
pany them on their tour of the big
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-10
PROHIBITION SPEAKER IL
IN LEE COUNTY
Is Spending This Week In County
Under Direction Of Prohibition
State Committee.

Mfr. Jas. H. Woortendyke OF Califor-
MIA, who is said to be one Of the alb
lest dry speakers in the country will
put all sof sthisrweek intorLee county.
His meetings here will be part of
months engagement he is filling III
Iowa speaking twice daily under the
auspices of the prohibition state com
mittee. His meeting appointments
are as follows: Monday, June 8,
Montrose, $50 p. M. NJ. E. church;
Franklin, June 9, 500 p. M, city hall;
Tuesday, June 10, Mt. Sterling, 500
p. nj, in n. E. church; Pennington,
500 p. M, in NJ. E. church; Wednes-
day, June II, Donnellson, 300 p. M,
Dickey's hall; evening, FIT. Madison,
Christian church; Thursday, June II.
Keokuk, 400 p. M, First Christian
church; Summitville, 8 p. M. Chris
tian church; Friday evening, June Is,
Denmark, Congregational church.
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ton, assistant superintendent OF
schools, official representative of the
city OF Chicago.
Roberts. Francis R., The American
Audit Co, accountants.
Roberts, Nicholas, S. w. Straus &
Co., bonds.
saterlee. Neil, press representative.
Scott, F. H.. Carson. Pierre. Scott 4
Co.
Smith, Blaine s., Universal Portland
Cement Co., cement.
Spaulding, c. A., D. B. Fisk & Co.,
millinery.
Stevens, e. j., Hotel Lasalle.
Thompson, w. M. International
Motor Co., motor trucks.
Trefz, e. F., representingathe Cham
Der of Commerce OF the United States
of America
Walker, w. H., physician.
zaneis, Geo. F., Moore, Case, Lyman
& Hubbard, insurance
jameson, H. L., The Chicago Assoc
citation of Commerce, stenographer.
In addition to the above, several
delegates have promised to join at
various points enroute. Among these
are: Kay Wood and B. H. Heide.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-10
ADJUSTMENTS.
Quit Your Showing.

Quit your SHOWING. Don't crowd.
There will be plenty of room on board
the steamer G. W. Hill on Thursday,
June 10, when the Unitarian ladies
give their big excursion over Lake
Cooper from Keokuk to Burlington.
The boat leaves here at $50 and
goes through that lock which is big
ger than any at Panama. The boat
will leave Warsaw at 1880 and tickets
will be only so cents for the round
trip, children at 3 gents Rights OF
admission are reserved but the right
to have a good time is extended to
everybody who can get away and take
in the big outing.-Adv.
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industrial establishments throughout
Germany.
Iowa Masons In Session.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, June 1o.-A
three day session of the SEVENTEEN an
nual communication of the grand lodge
of Iowa, A. F. and A. M. opened here
today with nearly two thousand dele
gates and visitors from all parts of
Iowa in attendance This afternoon
Joseph F. Newton, grand chaplain, de-
livered an address in the auditorium
on the subject THE Ministry Of Ma
sorry" Tonight the general commit
tee assisted by the ladies of, the East.
ern Star will tender a public reception
10 the officers of the grand lodge in
the parlors and ball room of the Ma
sonic temple.
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He Trapped Her.

BERLIN, June 10. Suspecting his
wife of infidelity Darmstadt grocer
feigned death so successfully that he
was able to obtain evidence to secure
n divorce. He took his doctor into
his confidence, and SO deliberately we're
the arrangements carried out that a
priest was sent for to administer the
last rites.
In his will" the grocer left his
body to the doctor for the benefit OF
science, and as soon rs the latter had
departed to make arrangements for
the removal Of the corpse the wild
ow' telephoned for her lover. an
army lieutenant, and in the room ad-
joining the death chamber she ex,
pressed her JOY over the death of her
husband.
The corpse heard everything, ana
a few days later got the doctor to IN
form his wife that he wasn't really
dead, but had just fallen into trance.
Divorce proceedings followed.
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CHICAGO PARTY
COMING TODAY.
Trade Extension Committee Of the
Association Of Commerce
In Special
Train.
DINNER RENDERED THEM
Party viii be Shown Over the Dam
This Afternoon Upon Their
Arrival From
Quincy.

The trade extension committee of
the Chicago Association Of Commerce
will arrive here at five o'clock this
evening from Quincy on special
train. Immediately upon their ar
rival they will be shown over the
dam and at seven o'clock will be
guests at dinner at the Elks club of
local business men. Following the
dinner steriopticon pictures. showing
the construction of the dam and row.
er house, will furnish the evenings
entertainment. The party will re-
main over night here.
Among the visitors are some of the
most prominent business men of Chi
cago. Those with the party as receiv
ed here are as follows:
Edward E. Gore, chairman.
John p Mann, vice chairman.
Arnold, J. j., First National bank.
Beirs, Edward A., Alfred Decker &
Cohn, clothing.
Brown, Herbert, Western Union
Telegraph Co.
Burke, E. A., Hubbard, Spencer,
Bartlett & Co.. hardware.
| Clair, ]. c., industrial commissioner
Illinois Central railroad.
| Decker, Alfred, Alfred Decker 4
Cohn.
Degon, c. F.. Carson, Prize. Scott &
Co.. dry goods.
DuBrock. Hugo, Hugo DuBrock &
Co.. ladies' garments.
Citing, Howard, Adams & Citing;
president Chicago Association of Com
merce.
Farwell, Albert D., John v. Farwel
& Co.. dry goods.
Ferguson, E. c., Ferguson & Good
now, attorneys.
Francis, A. G., Chicago Telephon'
Co.
Gore, Edward E.. chairman delesa
ton; Barrow, Wade, Guthrie & Co
accountants.
Hartmann, Hugo, The Hartmann
Trunk Co.. trunks and travelling bags
Honnold, F. c.. Chicago & Big Mud
dy Coal & Coke Co.
| ( Houser, E. w, Barnes-Crosby Co.
designing and engraving.
Keyes, R. W., Franklin Macveagt
& Co., wholesale grocers.
Mann, John P. vice chairman
Mann, Morris & Reilly, dry goods
specialties.
Manning. E. R., Innovation and In
genuities, Inc, trunks and leather
goods.
McDonough, W. j., Dry Goods Re
porter Co., Trade Journal.
Miller, H. F., The Chicago Associa
ton of Commerce; business manager
Moderwell, c. NJ, United Coal Min
ing Co.
Morrison, James W., Morrison
Plummer & Co., drugs.
Norman, Dan, Continental & Com
mercial National bank
Radford, John W., Chicago Boare
'of Trade
shoop, John D.. Board of Educa
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While Playing Indian.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. |
CHICAGO. June 1o.-Twelve year
old Earl Faith, who shot and killed
his sister Thelma, aged Z, while
playing Indian" was sent home by
the police, vowing that ne would
never touch another rifle. Thelma
stuck two feathers in her hair. arm,
ed herself with a wooden pistol and
emitted warhoops from the top stairs
at the Faith home. Earl seized rifle
that had been used to kill cats and
fired at her. She fell down the stairs
and in twenty minutes was dead.
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Low
Excursion Rates
To All
Eastern Resorts

If you've been planning an
eastern trip, by all means go
now-take advantage of the
low, summer excursion rates
offered by t he Burlington
Route. Special low fare tickets
are now on sale to New York,
Boston, Niagara Falls, Allan
tic City, Catskill Mountains,
Montreal, Quebec and many
other eastern points.
Start your vacation right
take the Burlington. Courte-
Gus, attentive employees, delici-
GUS meals, safety block signals,
ION Time" arrival, congenial
environment-these are a few
advantages of Burlington
Service. -
Let us explain the low fares,
excellent accommodations, and
help you plan your trip.
Send postal for free literature
tell me of points in which you are in
terested-Ill send you descriptive
literature and complete information
as to cost, etc. Write or call or phone
but get the low excursion fares via
the Burlington before you decide.
Summer excursion tickets on sale
daily until September 80 c. F. Con-
radt, city Ticket Agent, Burlington
Route Fifth and johnson SITS. phones
SOC and 1872.
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and Minnesota ever the working ont
Of the new road law Standards OF
road building as to width, grade. drain.
age, etc, are being outlined. The use
OF gravel as top dressing will likely
be urged. Arrangements are being
made for uniform maps and blanks 10
be used by the engineers IN the plans
for fifteen thousand miles Of county
highways When the county enei.
neers return to their homes they viii
be ready to put into effect the pro.
visions of the new law at once.
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eee9e ee~ae1o@Ae
FUNERAL RECORD
9 . o 90 o o o o o o o > o o o
Mrs. Richards.

ne remains OF Mrs. Sarah j. Rick
a,us were removed from the Morgan
s'reet home to the residence of Thorn
az H. Pond, BIS Grand avenue, whence
ney We're taken at o'clock this
a.'ernoon to the Congregational
.nurch where services were held. Rev.
~ George H. Williams conducting
the services.
- me following acted as pallbearers,
uiallde Townsend, B. F.. Grow, G, F.
mcfarland, Clyde Joy, Newland Mon
'ague and Ira w. Wills.
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New County Engineers.

AMEs, June 10. Nearly fifty newly
APPOINTED county engineers whose po-
sitions were created by the road law
passed by the last general assembly
are here today comforting with the
state highway commission and high
way experts from Illinois, Wisconsin
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ZEPPELIN SAILS
IN HIS NEW SHIP
rNoted Balloon to Vienna But Does
Not 90 With II on Continued
Journey.

United Press Leased Wire Service. j
VIENNA. June TO- Sailing with
uuc zeppelin who piloted her here.
me German dirigible Saxony left today
lor Munich. The aged inventor of the
ar craft was received by Emperor
francis Joseph who expressed great
enthusiasm and admiration for aero
iautics. The Saxony on the first vol
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-10

untary foreign flight of a German. bal
loon arrived here yesterday from
Paden and Count Zeppelin and his
crew were showered with honors and
attentions.
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old team was placed back in the
saddle.
England is represented by the best
poloists the British empire can pro-
duce. All of the players who will
make the first try for the cup today
are army officers, skilled riders and
mounted upon the best ponies avail
able
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Wireless From the sky.

MUNICH, June 10.-The dirigible
Saxony coming from Vienna was sight
ed here. at noon. The commander
wirelessed that he would make land
ing owing to shortage Of gasoline. q
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Our stock affords wonderful selection prices reasonable
Leron quality known all this section of the country that
gift bearing douby priced and accepted without ques
ton of quality style.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24

young toughs who had turned highway
men and were robbinG a peddler.
He ran in at once with his nightstick.
whereupon the toughs showed fight, and
one OF them struck at him with a blud-
geon. breaking his left hand. The o.
-ficer. however, made such good use CT
his nightstick that he knocked down two
Of his assailsnts, whereupon the third
IAN away, and he brought both of lis
prisoners to the station house. Then he
went round TO the hospital, had his
broken hand set in plaster. and actually
reported for duty at the next tour, with
out losing one hour.' He was a quiet fel-
low. with a record free from complaints,
and we made him roundsman.
The mounted squad have, OF course,
many opportunities to distinguish them
selves in stopping runaways. In May,
1885, a mounted policeman named Heyer
succeeded in stopping runaway at
Kingsbridge under rather noteworthy
circumstances. Two men were driving
in a buggy, when the horse stumbled. and
in recovering himself broke the head
stall, so that the bride fell of. The
horse was a spirited trotter, and at once
ran away at full speed
Heyer saw the occurrence, and followed
at a run. When he got alongside the
runaway he seized him by the forelock,
guided him deXterously over the bridge,
preventing him from running into the
numerous wagons that were on the road,
and finally forced him up a hill and into
a wagon-shed. Three months later this
same officer saved a man from drowning.
The members of the bicycle squad,
which was established shortly after We
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24

reasonable intelligence will agree that We
were quite right in promoting men in
cases like these, and quite right in ex-
Guiding politics from promotions. Yet IL
was because of our consistently acting in
honesty and on that peculiar form Of
Easeness which masquerades as ''praCti-
caI' politics, and steadily refusing to pay
heed to anv consideration except the good
of the service and the city. and the merits
of the men themselves, that we drew
down upon our heads the bitter and
malignant animosity OF the bread-and-
butter spOils politicians. They secured
the repeal of the civil service law by the
State Legislature.
They attempted and almost succeeded
in the effort 10 legislate us out Of office.
They Joined with the baser portion of
the sensational press in every species Of
foul, indecent falsehOod and slandSr as
to what we were doing. They attempted
to seduce or frighten us by every species
of intrigue and cajolery, of promise of
political reward and threat of political
punishment.
They failed in their purpose. I believe
in political organizations, and I believe
in practical politics. II a man is not
practical. he is of no use anywhere.
But when politicians treat practical
politics as foul politics, and when they
turn what ought to be d necessary and
useful political organization into ma
chine run by professional spOilsmen of
low morality in their own interest. then
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ROOSEVELT TELLS OF MAKING POLICE GOOD

cfficer kept his prisoner and carried hin.
to the station house. The tough who had
done the shooting ran out and was seized
by another officer. The tough fired at
him, the bullet passing through the cf-
ficer's overcoat, but the assailant was
promptly knocked down, disarmed. and
brought to the station house. In tits
case neither policeman used his revolver,
and each brought in his man, althouGh
the latter was armed and resisted arrest,
one of the officers taking in his prisoner
after having been himself severely
wounded.
A lamentable feature of the case was
that this same officer was a man who.
though capable of great gallantry, was
also given to Sinking his work, and we
were finally obliged to dismiss him from
the force. after passing over two or three
g!aring misdeeds in view Of his record
for courage.
We promoted another man on account
of finding out accidentally that he had
performed a notable feat, which he had
forborne even to mention, so that his
name never came on the roll Of honor.
Late at night, while patrolling lonely
part Of his post he came upon three
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24
JOHN DIS RIVAL HERE.
Ossio, "Nitrafe King" Built Like
Harburger, Arrives.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
Senior Don Ezequiel Ossio. the Chilian
nitrate king" called the wealthiest man
in South America, arrived in New York
from Europe yesterday on the Irnpera-
tor, accompanied by Sonora Ossio and a
host OF servants, who sped about the
pier at Hoboken, rounding up numerous
trunks. The wealthy manufacturer said
he had been abroad on a vacation.
When Senor Ossio arrived in New York
from Chilli in June on his way to Europe
he was asked the extent of his wealth
II cannot tell" he feplied. Perhaps It
is four or five hundred millions, or maybe
a billion dollars. l have so much money
have never been able to count IT."
Senior Ossio added at the time that he
did not believe John D. Rockefeller would
dispute his claim to being the richest
man in the world.
The South American Croesus was
dressed in a gray summer suit yesterday
and wore a wide Panama hat. In build
he would resemble New York's own Sher-
i'll Hamburger were he forty pounds or so
lighter. -... ..-.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24

ing that time had saved some twenty-five
Twice Congress had passed laws espe-
cially to empower the then Secretary of
the Treasury, John Sherman, to give him
medal for distinguished gallantry in
saving life. The Life-saving Society had
also given him its medal, and SO had the
police department.
There was not a complaint in all his
record against him for any infraction of
duty, and he was sober and trustworthy.
He was entitled to his promotion; and
he got it. there and then. It may be
worth mentioning that he kept on saving
life after he was given his sergeantcy. On
October y, 1896. he again rescued a man
from drowning. 1t was at night, nobody
else was in the neighbOrhOod. and the
dock from which he jumped was in abso-
lutte darkness. and he was ten minutes in
the water, which was very cold. He was
fiftyEfive years old when be saved this
man. It was the twenty-ninth person
whose life he had saved during his twen-
ty-three years service in the department
The Line of Duty.
The other man was a patrolman whom
We promoted to roundsman for activity
in catching a burglar under rather
peculiar circumstances. I happened to
note his getting a burglar one week. APP
parently he had fallen into the habit, for
he got another the next week.
In the latter case the burglar esca ped
from the house soon after midnight, and
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24
OPERATION" AS HOAX.
Passengers on Liner the Bremen
stopped Dance for Joke.

Passengers on Liner the Bremen
stopped Dance for Joke.
London Gable to the New York American.
Passengers on the liner Bremen, which
brought eighty American doctors, were
badly hoaxed by a mock operation. A
masquerade ball was interrupted by Dr..
Rochard Klovacs, of the New York Poly
clinic Hospital, who ordered the music
stopped, announcing that DR.. Fitzgibbon
had been taken seriously ill
Awestruck passengers found Fitzgibbon
in the dining saloon, white and groaning.
Physicians quickly decided that. although
there was no hope, an operation should
be tried. Fifteen doctors surrounded the
patient. DR.. Seaman, of Philadelphia, and
DR.. AIbee, OF Vermont University, in sur
geon's garments. made preparations, and
the crowd. breathless, watched DR.. Sea-
man make the incision.
Then they saw the surgeons hand
emerge, holding an enormous ham, fol-
lowed by apples, grapes, loaf Of bread.
and pineapple. The climax came when
the patient sat up and called for a glass
of beer.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24
Methods Of Culture to Be Adopted for Development Of Our
Most Important Fishery-Only One Chance in
Million of Living to Grow Up.

in the neighborhood Of the beds Is so
crowded with baby oysters, newly
Matched, that one small fsh going along
with his mouth open might easily swal-
low in a few gulps number equal to a
:-ear's catch in the Chesapeake. Expert
uents have shown that 1t is entirely
practicable to artifcialIy fertiliZe and
hatch oyster eggs. The young mollusks
produced in this way should be reared to
thumbnail size in shallow Enclosures 20
witch the tides were admitted. and
might be supplied in practically unlim-
IL / nuI. De-s to growers, who would thus
be relieved of the necessity Of raising
seed" oysters.
Chances of Living Few.
Under natural conditions an oyster hasA
only about one chance. in 100000 Of liv-
ing to grow up. Unless, while floating
about in the water, the egg happens to
encounter some of the "milt' similarly
set afioat by the male biyalve, II will
not hatch. II Matched, and the baby
mollusk Is not eaten by some fish or
other enemy, it has still a rather poor
prospect of finding solid body. such
as a rock or shell, to establish itself
upon-lacking which, it will perish. Per-
haps, however, it Is just, as well that
the chances in its favor are not greater
for 1t has been calculated that the
descendants of one female in five gene
rations. II all the eggs Matched. and the
young grew to maturity, would compose
a bulk more than eight times as big
as the earth!
Oysters, carried across the continent,
have been planted in many places along
the Pacific Coast of the United States
from Puget Sound southwark. They
thrive and grow under such circum-
stances, but they do not breed. the
reason being that the water is too cold
for them. It is requisite that the water
shall rise to at least 20 degrees for a
few weeks in summer. in order that our
oysters shall reproduce their species.
Because Of this temperature limit, they
are not found on the Atlantic side north
of the mouth of the st. Lawrence
River. Large quantities OF small ones
are sent annually to san Francesca IJr
planting in the bay, where they grow
and fatten, to be afterward dredGed up
and sold In the markets; but, save in
rare Instances, they have not been
known to spawn RENE BACHE-
The Washington herald., 1913-08-24

ran away toward Park Avenue, with the
policeman in hot chase. The New York
Central Railroad runs under Park Ave-
nue., and there is a succession Of openings
in the top Of the tunnel Finding that the
policeman was gaining on him, the burg
lar took a desperate chance and leaped
down one of these openings, at the risk
of breaking his neck. Now the burglar
was running for his liberty, and 1t was
the part OF wisdom for him to impertl life
or limb; but the policeman was merely
doing his duty, and nobody could have
blamed him for not taking the jump.
However, he jumped; and in this par
ticular case tbe hand of the Lord was
heavy upon the unrighteous. The burglar
had the breath knocked out of him, and
the "cop'' didn't. When his victim could
walk, the officer trotted him around tG the
station house: and week after l had the
officer up and promoted him, for he was
sober, trustworthy, and strictly attentive
to duty.
Now think that any decent man Of