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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-06

afforded excuse for firing republican
postmasters and replacing them with
democrats. An inspector, acting I'M
der these instructions, can catch al.
most any postmaster. No republican
is safe.
One of these inspectors was sent
to Maquoketa. The commission of
the. postmaster there would not ex-
pire until January IS. 1915--eighteen
months hence. The salary of the Of
fee is $4,000, nice plum.
The charge is made by responsible
men OF Maquoketa that the inspector,
from the time he entered the post
office, Indicated that he was there for
the express purpose OF finding out
something upon which he could base
recommendation for removal
THE inspectors conduct Indicated
such high degree of prejudice and
bias that he and Captain Phillips had
words over his manner" 1t is stated
In one of the reports made to Wash.
ington.
The only offense of Captain Phil
lips. according to his friends, is that
he is a republican. He entered the
union army as private soldier, came
out captain, voted for Abraham
Lincoln and has been a straight re.
publican ever since, SO his old friends
declare.
II the postmaster general, who is
from Texas and never has had any
use for a republican. desires to re-
move Captain Phillips upon the
ground of his political faith, why,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-06

After having been successfully con-
nected with the business life of Keo.
kuk for nearly a quarter Of century,
Miss Emma A, Burk, sister of George
r. Burk Of this city, died last night
at her home, No. I'LL Johnson street
about 9:45 o'clock. Organic heart
trouble was the cause OF Miss Burk's
death, her illness, which was serious
for more than two months, having
been endured for ten weeks past.
She was born in St. Louis. Mo-,
Feb. %, 1859, and at the time Of
death was 81 years OF age. Since the
death Of her father. some years ago
Miss Burk had directed the large
business interests of J. Burk & Co.
near Tenth and Main streets.
She was secretary and treasurer Of
the concern for some time and was
widely known in the city. The de
ceased was member OF the FRS
Baptist church.
The surviving relatives are sister
Sarah: two brothers, George r., .
this city and Charles ]. Burk OF Chi
cago, and two nephews. Joseph ant
Charles Burk of Keoknk.
Funeral arrangements will be made
later by the family.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-06
BULGARIANS AND
GREEKS FIGHTING
One Hundred and Eighty Thousand
Men are Trying to Kill
Each Other.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
LONDON. July 5.-The Bulgarian
legation here officially stated tonight
that the Bulgarian army has defeated
the Servian division near Krivolak,
capturing 1000 prisoners and SO guns.
The Bulgarians were close upon the
out-posts OF Koprulu today according
to advices from Sofia and they expect
to capture the place tomorrow. The
Bulgarian war Office claims that the
Bulgarians had the best OF sanguin'
airy battle that ragged all day and
last accounts was still in progress
over fifty mile front north of Sa-
lonika. Eighty thousand Greeks are
engaged against 100000 Bulgarians.
Dispatches from Belgrade tonight
on the other hand said the Seryians
were ahead in the days lighting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-06
$3.50 RECIPE FREE
FOR WEAK MEN
Send Name and Address Today-You
Can Have It Free and be Strong
and Vigorous.

| have In my possession prescrip.
ton for ,rvous debility, lack OF yigor.
weakened manhood, failing memory
and lame back brought on By ex.
cesses, unnatural drains, or the follies
of youth, that has cured SO many
porn and nervous men right in their
own HON es-without any additional
help or medicine-that I think every
man who wishes to regain his manly
power and virility quickly and quiet.
is, should have copy. So | have
determined to send copy OF the pre-
scription free of charge, in a plain
ordinary sealed envelope to any man
who will write me for It,
This prescription comes from a phv-
s.cian who has made special study
of men and am convinced 1t Is the
surest-acting combination for the cure
OF deficient manhood and vigor fail
ure ever put together.
/ think / owe It to my fellow man
TO send them a copy in confidence so
that any man anywhere who is weak
end discouraged with repeated fall
| nres may stop drlggine himself with
| harmful patent medicines, secure what
| / believe is the understanding restor.
ative, upbuilding, SPOT-TOUCHING
remedy ever devised, and 80 cure
himself at home quietly and quickly.
Just drop me line like this: DIR. A.
| e. Robinson, 4081 Luck Building, De
troit, Mich, and I will send you a
copy of this splendid recipe in a plain
| ordinary envelope free OF charge A
great many doctors would charge
$500 to $3.50 fir merely writing out,
entirely free.--Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-06
RAYMOND ls Crazy.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. July 81
Raymond Short, IS, OF this city is
held by the police tonight pending an
investigation of his sanity, following
what is believed to have been an at
tempted assault by the prisoner to-
day. Shortly before daylight, Mauri-
eta McShee was awakened when a
man climbed through window in the
room occupied by Miss McShee and
her sisters Lucille, 16, and jeanette,
10. The intruder covered the girls
with a revolver and when Miss Nc.
Shee attempted to escape dubbed the
weapon and struck the girl several
times. Miss McShee is in the hos
pital in critical condition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-06

onel Roosevelt will leave for Arizona
early next week with his sons Archie
and Quinten for a two months vaca,
ton. The exact date of his departure
has not been settled but the party
will probably leave before Wednes-
day, 1t was stated tonight.
The colonel does not plan to do
much hunting on the trip but will
spend the time roughing 1t with his
sons through the wilds of Arizona
and the grand canyon. Soon after
his return from this trip Roosevelt
will start for Argentine where he will
deliver series of lectures.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-06
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
ASKED TO RESIGN
Only offense He Has Committed is
That He Votes the Repub-
Iican Ticket.
Especial to The Gate City.l


WASHINGTON, D. c., July 5.-The
resignation of Captain A. M. Phillips.
the old soldier postmaster of Maquo-
keta, the county seat of Jackson
county Iowa, has been demanded by
the democratic administration. and
the home friends of Captain Phillips
have appealed to Senator Cummins
and Senator Kenyon to see that JUS
tice shall be done in this case.
The postoffice department recently
instructed its inspectors to be par
ticular in making their reports to
specify whether the postmasters were
giving all their time to looking after
the business OF the office.
The inspectors reports have been
such with regard to the time the
postmasters spend at their desk in
the postoffice. that the department is
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-06
Fierce Electrical storm.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, July 5.-One of the
most severe electrical storms exper-
fenced In this section in years swept
New York today. One man was kill
ed and two rendered unconscious in
Brooklyn when lightning struck a
tree under which they sought refuge
from the rain and score of persons
were injured. Numerous fires were
reported and more than a dozen
buildings were struck An inch OIL
rain accompanied by a driving hail al
times fell within twenty minutes
Lightning danced about the towers OF
the Woolworth and Singer buildings
and other skyscrapers, but no dam
age is reported.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-06
WincheII,s New Job.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, July 5.-The appoint
ment OF 3. T. Winchell, formerly
president of the st. Louis and San
Francisco railway and late receiver
of that system as director of traffic
for the Union Pacific, announced to-
day, was made necessary by. the res
ignation of l.. j. Spence, former direc-
tor of the Union Pacific-Southern Pa.
cific who assumed a position with
the Southern Pacific only when the
federal courts ordered a dissolution
of the latter roads. Spencer's resig-
nation left the vacancy in the Union
Pacific which Winchell will assume
on July Is, with headquarters in Chi
cago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-06
The Goodyear Wins.

ny SoSdyCdi vviHos
KANSAS CITY, Mo. July 5.-Dis.
patches received tonight by officials in
charge OF the elimination balloon race
which started here yesterday showed
the balloon Goodyear has won. 1t
covered approximately 645 miles land
ing in the vicinity Of West Branch,
Mich. only twenty miles farther than
the balloons Kansas City Post and
Kansas City II. The former came down
at Lockwood, Mich, about 625 miles
from here and the latter near Good
rich, Mich, about the same distance
The st. Louis balloon Million Popula-
ton covered 600 miles landing at Man
chester, Mich. According to the rules
of the race the three leading balloons
will represent the Unittd States In the
national balloon race in Franco later
| this year.
The Kansas City II was the first
bag down, landing at 2 p. m. and two
hours later Pilot Epson of the Good
year wired the Kansas City Aero
club. At 10 o'clock tonight word came
from Pilot Berry of the Million Pop
ulation that he had been forced down
and finally the Kansas City Post re-
ported. The last named balloon had
a thrilling experience, Pilot Honey
well reporting that he was forced to
earth by terrific hurricane. Meth
er pilot nor aide was injured. The
place where the balloon landed is on
the shore of Lake Huron and Honey
well did not pull the rip cord until
his balloon was lowering on the very
edge of the lake.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-06
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List of letters remaining in the
Seokuk postoftice, uncalled for, fol
week ending July 5, 1913:
Miss Leta Andrews.
Mrs. Gene Carrier.
Miss Alice Hams.
Annie Hunnie.
Annie D. Cierg.
Mrs. Jepper Johnes.
Mrs. A. F. Johnson.
Mrs. G. Kennison.
Miss Merle Lewis.
Miss H. z. McAuliffe.
Mrs. Rosa Mortis.
Miss Mary Moore
Miss Birdie Galway Katchas.
Miss Ada stobbart.
Viola Smith.
Mrs. Eliza Thornton.
Mrs. Annie Wright.
Gentlemen.
William j. Bane.
Mr. Chas. Crawford.
Mr.. H. A. Crowell.
Mr.. Jim Conway.
Mr.. Monroe Dunn.
Mr.. Park w. Farrar.
Mr.. ]. ]. Flynn.
Earl E. Graham.
Mr.. Ray Gates.
Mr.. Thomas x. Gibson.
10 Testers.
Julaz Jones.
Mr.. Vance w Meechem.
Clark Miener.
President Midwest Hotel Co.
Nike Pedin.
Mr.. H. l.. Recess.
Mr.. H. e. Rees.
VIII w Rehermann.
Mr.. Lewis Stewart
Mr.. Lyman Stewart.
Chas. B. Snyder.
Mr.. Will Weaver.
Persons calling for letters in abov
list will please say they are advel
tised.
S. w. MooREHEAD.
Postmaster
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-06

with H. w. Owens, director, took sec
ond place and the $1,000 prize. Cleve-
land. with J. P. Jones. leader, took
third place and the $500 award. The
combined choirs OF the Eisteddfod,
under direction Of DR.. Daniel Prothe-,
of Chicago, assisted by Miss Elizabeth
Tudor, soprano. S. &. Vans Williams,
tenor, and Gwilym Miles, baritone, as
soloists, gave the cantata, King
Olaf
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-06

then, his friends say, the old captain
will submit without murmur; but
If, at the end of thirty-one years in
the postal service, the last few as
postmaster, he is to be ousted for
political reasons, he proposes to fight
and he wishes the two United States
senators to help him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-06
DYING FOR ICE
DURING THE STRIKE
fConftnnod from po0a ~
Continued from page IL

formal statement to the people.
asking them to be as sparing
as possible in the use OF ice over Sun
day. At the same time he declined
to involve the city in movement to
have ice shipped in from other points
until he had further investigated the
capacity and operation of local plants.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-06
RooseveIt's Vacation.

United Press Leased Wire Service. !
OYSTER BAY, n. Y, July 5.-Col-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-06
SAILING TOWARD
CANADIAN WILDS
CONTINUED from page L.

quately equipped with maps and COM
passes to guard against possible land
ings in the untraversed forests in
Canada and the upper lake regions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-09
PROBABLY FEARED JOB
Federal Judge Rejects Report Criti-
cising Wilson.

San Francisco, July because it
of President Wilson and Attorney
General McReynolds in connection
with the resignation of United States
District Attorney John l.. McNab, the
report of the federal grand jury be-
fore which was presented the evidence
in the Diggs and Caminetti white
slave cases. the postponement of
which led to McNab's resignation, was
rejected by Judge William c. Van
Fleet in the United States district
would not permit the report as it
stood to become part of the court
record
We have examined the letters,
kilograms and other correspondence
papers relative to the postponement
of these cases. ran the report. I'VE
feel We would be lacking in our duty
if we did not record our judgment
and opinion thereon.
Il cannot permit this report to go
on" announced Judge VanFleet, after
the reading had reached this point.
You had no question before you as
to the rights or wrong of the con-
troversy which resulted in the resig-
nation of McNab. 1t is therefore i'm
proper for you to make comments
which could be construed as reflect
ing upon either the president or the
attorney general
The court then ordered that an
other report be submitted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-09
BOIL WEEVIL FIGHT.
Federal Government Outlines Cam
paign for Farmers.

Washington, July 9.-In a desperate
effort to stop the onward march of the
cotton boil weevil, Senator Smith. OF
South Carolina, has devised a plan
whereby the federal government will
outline to the farmers of the south
certain territory which must not De
planted in the coming year and the
federal treasury will see to it that tho
farmers sustain no pccuniary losses by
reason Of the order. Senator Smith 8
plan is said to have received the en-
dorsement of Senator Kern, majority
leader.
The boil weevil has cost the farmers
of the south hundreds of thousands
of dollars. Its migration is slow. the
pests spreading from cotton field TO
cotton field and virtually touching no
other vegetation. BY the interposition
of a territory barren of cotton Sena-
tor Smith believes that advance could
be checked.
The weevil, is said to have already
swept over Texas, Okla homa. Arka nsas
and Louisiana and now is threatening
to invade the cotton states of Alabama,
Florida. the two CarollnaS and Vir-
ginia. The neutral strip, scientifically
laid out in the path of progress Of
the pests, would effectually protect
these states in Senator Smiths opinion.
Congress probably will be asked to take
action this session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-09
FLACSHIPS READY
Niagara Historically Correct and Pre-
pared for Cruise.

Erie. July 9.-Oficers in charge of the
reconstructed Niagara. Commodore
Perry's flagship, tied to the dock here
for the week given over to the OBJ
servance of the centennial anniversary
of the battle of Put-in-Bay, today pre-
pared to stretch sails and add the fin
ishing touches that will make the old
brig seaworthy for the voyage around
the Great Lakes which is to begin next
Saturday night when the fleet sails for
Cleveland.
The rigging has been reproduced so
that historically it is correct. The
sails are of flax and the rope hemp.
both of which are said to have disap-
peared from the great lakes shipping
more than half a century ago.
Not a particle of metal except the
is above the decks and the
bowsprit is dashed in position instead
of being bolted down.
The project to man the Niagara with
old fresh water seaman was abandon
ed today and it was decided by the Of
ficers in charge to place three petty
officers on board and give them a crew
of ten men from the naval militia.
During all the waking hours of the
celebration the gang plank has been
burdened with a constant stream of
curious sightseers. Today carpenters
began the construction of broader land
ing stages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-09
BIG CABLE IS CUT.
Sympathizers With Telephone Girls
Strike Blamed.

st. Louis, July "a telephone cable
belonging to the Southwestern Tele-
graph & Telephone company (BelD
and connecting ST. Louis and East St.
Louis, was cut today.
The cutting of the cable put OUT of
commission "a of the 80 trunk lines of
the company between St Louis and
East st. Louis. The interference with
this service cut off from Bell COM
munlcatlon with st. Louis the tri-cities
on the Illinois side-Venice, Madison
and Granite City. The three inch
The cable was sawed in two at a point
where 1t entered a conduit on the east
side, after leaving the Eads bridge,
sissippi river. A short time before the
cable was cut the Bell exchange in
Granite City, Madison and Venice were
reopend, after having been closed for
several days result of interfer-
ence, supposedly on the part of some
ympathlZerS with the striking girl
operators and the striking linemen.
seven men were arrested here this
morning for investigation in connec-
ton with the cutting of the cable. Re-
pair men were put to work at once on
the broken lines, but service cannot be
normal between the two sides of the
river until late today.
The seven men arrested were MEM
bers of the Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, and had been assigned to
picket duty at the downtown telephone
exchange in St Louis. They denied
any connection with the wire cutting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-09

ing to a statement by sunny Flora,
the local observer. That mark was
reached both at Clay Center and Hugo
ton in July, 1911. This also is the
highest temperature ever officially re-
corded east of the Rocky mountains.
Miss Eva Corning addressed the w
c. T. U. Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. B. c. Taliaferro in High
land Park, Miss Corning told of her eX-
periences as a policewoman, and gave
several illustrations of cases which she
has worked on. The address was well
received, and the women present gave
her a standing vote of thanks.
w. H. Kemper is planning to again
maintain an auto line from the cor
ner of Jackson and Sixth streets to
Gage park next Sunday afternoon. Only
five motor cars were working last Sun
day. Two or three additional ma
chimes will be added on Sunday. The
R. K. Hinkson truck will carry pas
sergers from the end of the asylum
line to the park, maintaining a Is
minute schedule.
Those interested in the proposed So
cial survey of Topeka are making an
effort this week to increase the fund
which is now about S1,100 to $1,S00.
The city comm issioners will be urged
to subscribe $500. The survey will in
clude a careful auditing of the city's
books. The work that will be done if
the plan is put into action will cost
1900, although at first the figure was
placed at $4,000. Experts will be en-
ployed to do the work.
The preliminary hearing of the two
Williams boys took place this morn
ing before Judge Carver in the court
of Topeka 1t was practically re-
hash of the coroner's inquest which
was set for last week. No new evil
dence was introduced. Both boys
were bound over to the September
term of the district court Both plead
not guilty. Mark Williams is charged
with murder; his bond, which had not
been signed this morning, is $1,000.
Dave Williams, who struck Bud Muir,
is charged with assault to kill, his
bond being placed at $500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-09
SHE WANTS HER DOG.
Woman Held in Jail Pines for Her
Companion.

One of the most interesting cases
that has come before the Topeka
policewomen during their term of office,
is that of Mrs. Mary Bunch who is
over seventy years old. She was ar
rested last Saturday night on Kansas
avenue where she was wandering
about aimiessly. Before this she had
been living with a family at 511 East
Third street in a back room opening
onto the alley. She made no resistance
to the arrest and was taken to a room
in the city jail.
Miss Eva Corning. one of the police
women, went to investigate the case
and found that the woman had been
living with little brown dog amid the
utmost dirt. She has two grown
daughters. one in Chicago and the
other in California. They have sent
her money occasionally and say that
they have offered to keep her but she
refused preferring her dog to anyone
else. Her neighbors said that she ate
and slept with the dog and never let
it get out of her sight. On the night
of her arrest she left the house at
nearly midnight to go down town,
where she was found by the police Of
ficers.
The old lady is now in the county
Jail, pining for her dog She stayed
at the city Jail for several days but
was transferred to let the county ex-
anime her for her sanity and for
further investigation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-09
new STYLE POLITICS.
Making Public the Private Corre-
spondence of Eex-State Officers.

Discussing the action of the Democratic
state administration in digging up private
and personal correspondence in the bank
commissioners office to be used in a fight
on J. N Dolley, former state bank COM
missioner, the following dispatch under a
Topeka date line was printed in the Ar
kansas City News:
"A new style of Kansas politics was
opened this week with the publication of
sent out by the banking department. 1t
may be that in former years there have
been confidential letters given out for
publication by Kansas officials for politi-
cal purposes but nothing like this has hap
pened in the memory of those who have
been gathering news or working politics
about the state house. And some of these
men have been In Kansas politics for
good many years
governor and the official Democratic press
agent, committed the offense this time. In
his weekly letter to the Democratic news
papers Seaton quotes from the conf
Dental letters sent out by ]. n. Dolley,
formerly state bank commissioner re-
garding the affairs of the independent
then under investigation and to those who
inquired about it the bank commissioner
sent confidential letters SAYING the com
pany was under investigation but moth
ing had been developed which would war
rant a public notice not to invest in this
stock but until the investigation was end
asked that it was not the best sort of In
vestment to buy independent Harvester
stock.
Governor Hodges and all state officials
must necessarily have more or less con-
fidential correspondence about state af-
fairs. 1t is proper that they should. Also
these letters are public property but until
Seaton became press agent for the Demo-
Gratis none of them had ever been made
public. But printing these letters served
a political purpose, the showing that the
bank commissioner had advised not to buy
this stock but did not make his advice
public, the conclusion being drawn that
this information was given to a favored
few but withheld from the general in
vestors who might be interested in the
Every state official has a private let
ter file in which he keeps these con-
fidential letters received and which he
usually leaves for his successor SO that
the new man can tell what has been writ
ten about any subject. Later the files are
sent to the Historical society but the con-
letters are kept in an entirely
different place from the ordinary official
correspondence and are never given out.
But Seaton needed something with
which he could belittle Republican Of
fetal and not finding anything in the gen
eraI files picked out the confidential cor
and used it