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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-25
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The big booster banquet given by
the Commercial Club of Kahoka at the
K. of P.-Odd Fellow hall last Friday
evening was a grand success and one
of the most pleasant occasions we have
ever had the pleasure of attending
The meeting was advertised to begin
at o'clock and long before the hour
set representative men from city ant
country begun gathering in front q
the building. At a. few minutes of
seven big drum was procured and all
Joined In march around the square
bringing up again in front of the nall
when the doors were thrown open and
the boosters" marched UP the stairs
and took their places at the tables
which were tastefully arranged by the
ladies Of the Christian church who
| were in charge of the dinner. They
served the following menu: Roast tur-
| key and chicken with dressing, swees
| potatoes. escalloped oysters, pickles
cranberry sauce, celery bread and but
| ter, ice cream and cake, coffee, cigars
The dinner program was opened with
| invocation by Rev. T. Penn.
With each booster, "lit up" toasts
were In order. Jos. w. Meyer, presi
dent of the Commercial Club, intro
duced Hon. s. s. Ball as POSTMASTER
who stated briefly the object of the
meeting and welcomed the guests of
| the evening. The program as prepared
/ for the occasion contained the nameA
of some distinguished speakers. DIR. e,
Brainerd, mayor of Memphis, was
the first on the program, for an ad
dress on Municipal Government He
was unable to be- present and Edito!
/ Bumbarger was called on. The editor
was unprepared, but gave brief talk.
| Hon. T. l.. Montgomery, of Kahoka,
4 was the next speaker of the evening
and the subject assigned him was
This Occasion" Mr. Montgomery, al
ways ready talker, outdid himself on
this occasion. He reviewed the his.
| tory of the city past and present, point
! ed out our needs, our mistakes Of the
past, and In the end predicted a
brighter future. He called spade a
spade, and in this connection, we want
/ to say that all the speakers did. They
ridiculed our lack of light. bum
crossings" and other evidences of pro
gressiveness. Mr.. Montgomery re-
marks were among the best of the ev-
ening.
DR.. A. e. Platter, Of Memphis, Mo-,
was then introduced. He spoke on
Good Roads in Scotland County"
Clark county Is away behind Scotland
in good roads. Dr.. Platter is the
prime mover for good roads in his
county and he told his hearers just
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-25
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1419 East Madison street. writes, For
several years, suffered, off and on.
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The pains | experienced, shall never
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Are you one of these sufferers? Car
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-25

equally to the point. Mr.. Roy COM
plimented the commercial club very
highly on the work already done and
said that all interested i'll the up
building OF the city end country
should become members of this body
not passive members, but aggressive
members. The meeting was largely
attended. hugely enjoyed, and it is To-
be hoped will in a large measure at.
tain the object for which 1t was in.
tended. namely, the establishment OF
a closer relation between city and
country, and the engendering of huge
chunks of "boosterism" into our peo.i
pie.
st. Louis papers of last Friday con
tanned the information that the mans
of Sterling S, Ball, editor of the Ka.
hoka Gazette-Herald, had been sent to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-25

how the work WAS accomplished and
the many hardships encountered In the
work. He told how meetings were
held by farmers on each road leading
into Memphis. with those interested
from Memphis in attendance to give
counsel and financial aid. He told
how fine road was built from Mem
phis clear down to the county line near
Wyaconda and how trade from that
vicinity was going to Memphis, aud he
dared the merchants of Kahoka to try
and take it away. He told us good
many things we already knew and
gave us a remedy for them. DR.. Plat
ter said the only way to accomplish
anything in the way of good roads was
to organize for the work. He said the
people of Scotland county would not
allow, If they could possibi. help it.
the building by the county court of a
narrow culyert or bridge across a
stream; the culyert or bridge must be
the width of the road. No narrow
culverts went in Scotland county. DR.
Platter hit the nail on the head in ev.
cry remark he made, and in doing &C
gave one of the best talks OF the
evening.
Judge N. M. Pettingill, of Mem
phis, was called on and gave 8
very sensible talk. The Judge spoke
of the recent button factory acquired
by Memphis and Of its great benefit
to the town. He said that 1t was the
little things that counted and 1t was
these little things that towns the size
of Memphis and Kahoka should look
after. He showed how impossible II
was to land a big factory, but by a
little effort on the part OF com
munity many small factories could be
procured. And he is right about 1t. M
M. l.. Penn, Of Kahoka, travelling man
for ST. Louis firm, was called on. He
told what other towns the size of kn
hoka in his territory were doing In
| the way of improvements; but worst
Of all he told of the many uncompli
mentary remarks the knights of the
Grip" were making of US because Of
street lights. A. G. Trump, OF Kahoka
was called on. He talked milk and tolt
of the recent lease of plant in Wis
consin which would soon be turning
out condensed milk bearing the Ka
hoka label. He wished to particularly
emphasize the fact that because of this
purchase. the Kahoka plant was to con
tinue in operation. This plant consti
tutes Kahoka's only factory in the en-
ployment Of labor and furnishes mar
ket for all the milk the farmers OF this
vicinity can sell. The Wisconsin PLAN
was purchased for the sole reason thai
the Kahoka plant did not furnish
enough output to supply he demand
Mr.. Trump said the company had beer
behind In their orders for more thar
a year.
G. l.. Young was called on and gave
brief talk. He said he was moi
used to talking to such small gather
ings. He has been establishing few
fine picket factories in this part Of the
state, and doubtless has met some
large audiences. He usually makes his
talks in churches and maybe felt q
little embarrassed. The concluding
address of the evening was by Hon
Sidney j. Roy OF Hannibal. secretar,
of the Rivers and Harbors commission
: M Rny Is 2 fa-,,n- -.sido.t - ~ -
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-12
MUST KEEP MONROE
DOCTRINE SAYS TAFT
Mexican Question is Delicate
One as Intervention Would
Mean Tedious War Against
GueriIIaS.

NEW YORK, Dec. 12-"We are in
ternational trustees OF the prosperity
we have and the power we enjoy and
we are in duty bound 10 authorize
them when it is both convenient and
proper to help our neighbour" declar-
ed former Pres. VIM. Howard Taft
Thursday in a lecture before the New
York Peace Society on the Monroe
Doctrine, which ne heid should be con-
tinued in full force despite the hos
tility TO il expressed in some quarters.
we cannot be too careful TO avoid
forcing out own ideas of government
on peoples, who though favOring pop
ular government have such different
ideas as TO what constitutes it,, con-
tinued Mr.. Taft. He alluded TO criti-
cism Of the application OF the doc
tTines as leading, it was asserted, to
''intermeddling by our government in
the politics OF the smaller countries
like san Domingo and the Central
American republics, and that we are
exercising a professionals of a direct
character over some of them.
What we are doing with respect
10 them, he continued, lis in the in
terest of civilization and we ought to
do il to aid our neighboring govern
ments whether the Monroe Doctrine
prevails or not.
When we come to Mexico, where
anarchy seems now to reign, the ques-
tion is a most delicate one. Interven-
ton by force means the expenditure
of enormous treasure on our part, the
loss OF most valuable lives and the
dragging out o. "a most tedious war
against guerillas I'm a tractless country.
All that those of us who are not in
the government can do is TO support
the hands Of the president and the
secretary of state and 10 present to
the European powers and the world a
solid front"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-12
MATROh NEEDED FOR
ALL SOCIETY DANCES
indianapolis Ordinance Direct
ed at Dance Halls, So Word
ed That 1t Strikes at "Four
Hundred" Affairs.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. l2.-Society
folk OF Indianapolis are up in arms
over the passage by the city council
OF an ordinance which requires the
presence OF a dance matron, appoint
ed by the superintendent OF police. at
every dance given In the city after
Dec. is. The act has been signed by
the mayor.
When the ordinance was passed
by the council two weeks ago IL at
tracted no notice as IL was supposed
TO apply only 20 public dances but
closer inspection proves that every
dance that S given in Indianapolis
comes under the act. When this was
discovered, a committee of prominent
society leaders sent a statement 10
Mayor Wallace protesting against the
law and declaring II was not consti-
tutional. The mayor already had
signed the ordinance.
The new law provides that no
dance in Indianapolis shall be started
until the matron has arrived and
been paid her fee of So. The act
also gives the matron wide powers.
The law reads: The matron is
clothed with authority 10 cause any
person who offends against the decent
proprieties Of a social gathering, in
the matter OF dress. actions or Ian
guage shall be elected from the room
and building"
The society leaders who protested
TO Mayor Wallace declared the law
was an infringement upon the rights
OF citizens and in their statement
said. Decent prop~ieties OF a social
gathering are nos fixed by the law
and il is unlawfG for the council @
vest such matters for decision in the
hands OF a matron"
II was said Thursday night that a
test suit would be filed Immediately.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-12
QUICKLY STOPS
WORST BACKACHE
Makes Kidney, Bladder Dis
orders and Rheumatic
Pains Vanish.

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the uric acid and poisOns from the
blood. and leaves the kidneys ana
urinary organs, clean, strong, active
and healthy.
II matters not how long you have
suffered: how old you are. or what
you have tried. 1t is practically i'm
possible to take CrOxone without re-
suits. for il starts 10 work the minute
you take it.
II you suffer with pains in the back
or sides: if you are nervous, tired and
run down; bothered with urinary dis
orders. or have any signs Of kidney,
bladder troubles or rheumatism, don't
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Secure an original package of Crox-
one today, and prove for yourself
right now. as thousands of others
have done, just how quickly it will
end your misery.
Croxone is inexpensive. and every
druggist is authorized to return the
purchase price if it fails in a single
case.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-12
WHEN GLORY CEASED!
The Fort Horror.

the huge building waited upward
by dynamite. AS the dust settled.
little black figures swarmed into the
breach the besiegers had blown in the
lines-little black figures like ants.
They are menH' / screamed, and
things turned dark before my eyes.
In this scrambling as OF ants, men
were dying amid the mangled bodies
OF those who had been blown up
dying by bayonet sword, automatic
pistol and hand bombs.
The defenders pitiful remnant
retreated toward the town. I thought
the fort was taken. Then something
like the ripping OF canvas rose mys-
teriously to my ears. The mingled
mass in the crater grew quiet. A
CHASTITY gray haze rose over the jag
ged hole. A marvelling horror seized
me. / had seen the fearful act by
which Schwartz's battery had wiped
out friend and foe in a whitening sleet
of shrapnel and brutally turned back
the victory of the besiegers.
Why question the slaughter of
their own brethren-in-arms? What
were they there for?
However the question be answered,
this sinister dimming Of the outlines
of men and bodies of troops, this sud
den cessation OF movement in the
hellish pit below me as If 1t had been
breathed on by blast Of cyanogen-
this was one OF the things that set in
motion the worldwide moral phe-
nomenon which followed the battle.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-12

1t was so concrete-like the insult
offered Wat Tyler's daughter by the
tax gatherer-that it caught the i'm
agination Of an already nauseated
world.
To me it was but a passing thrill
Of horror. At that moment some
thing bigger came out of the western
in cooperation with the blowing up OF
the fort.
The teamwork was not perfect, for
the supporting play was a little tardy
like a delayed steal in baseball.
But il came splendid and terrific.
Hawkins showed it to me as he
steered our biplane in great circles
over the inferno below us
He was pale, and his lips moved
silently as he tossed his head over
toward the west / iooked-and saw
deploying the beginning OF the first
great aeroplane movement in war;
1t looked like a great fight of cranes
or geese; but / saw at once that II
was an unprecedented movement of
eroplanes-thousand and thousands
of them-either going away, or stand
ing head on toward us.
1.-The Flying Column of Relief?" I
screamed To Hawkins.
NO" he shouted. They're Bier
iots!"
AS soon as he mentioned il. l saw
that they were monoplanes--and We
knew that the Flying Column of Re-
lief used Wright's. These aviators
belonged TO the Army of Invasion.
Why were they making this sudden
great demonstration in the air?
looked at Hawkins inquiringly.
They're trying TO beat the Flying
Column into the town." he shouted.
Now We'll see whether or not air
man can land in the face OF a foe!"
(To be continued tomorrow
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-12


the final dash. In between somewhere
is the Flying Column of Relief COM
ing on rs miles a day, and pretty
strong. 1t expects to plane in enough
men to enable the forts to hang on
seventy-five thousand will be plenty"
Yes" said /, that's what the man.
aging editor ordered me to cover"
/ was there none too soon. The
defenders were on their last legs, and
the commander of the Flying Column
must know it, We could feel il in the
explosions that shook the earth even
at our camp, as the besiegers pushed
their Notwithstanding attack with
dynamite, nitro and cannon.
IL was a perpetual earthquake. The
night sky glowed with CONGREGATIONS
in half a dozen quarters.
Sweeping the clouds like huge wav-
ing swords. in all directions on land
and sea went the enormous spreading
rays of innumerable searchlights
which made my tent so light that
used no other illumination in writing
my copy for the paper. I saw now
why the Flying Column of Relief
could not come in by night.
Against Travis objections. Hawkins
and i went up. l wished to see the
field before the big doings came on
and l wanted to show Travis that he
couldn't command me-yet awhile at
least. Nobody could tell the news
paper people from scouts. and we eX-
pected 10 be shot at; but there was
really little danger owing TO the
height we maintained. The two
camps looked like a map-and one
could see that the fighters had come
to horribly close quarters.
l shivered as the lines below vibrat-
ed with gunfire. the thunders OF which
were borne family upward TO our
ears.
Slowly. as il seemed. a great hole
opened below where a fort had been
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-12
GROUP AND COUGH REMEDY.

Group Is q terrlbIe disease, II at
tacks children so suddenly they are
very apt TO choke unless given the
proper remedy at once. There is
nothing better in the world that DR..
Kings New Discovery. Lewis Cham
berlain, OF Manchester Ohio. writes
about his children: Sometimes in
severe attacks we were afraid they
would die, but since we proved what
a certain remedy DR.. Kings New Dis
covery is. we have no fear. We rely
on il for Group, coughs and colds"
So can YOU. soc and S1.0O. A bottle
should be in every home. AT all
druggists
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-12

Every woman knows the price of En-
broidery Patterns. They are 10 cents
each the world over sometimes more
never less. The Imperial Pattern Outfit
contains 100 different patterns, each worth
a dime Booklet of Instructions and All
Metal Hoop 60 with it.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-12

Every design is selected from the very latest
styles of New York, London and Paris, and
the Booklet of Instructions teaches 81 diff
ferent stitches for embroidering waists, lin
gerie, baby clothes, neckwear, table lnen
towels, rnonograns, cushion tops and every
thing in dress and home decoration.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-12
By HFRBFRT OUICK.

Author OF ION Board the Good ship
Earth" Virginia OF the Air
Lanes" etc.
Copyright. 1913. by the Newspaper En-
terprise Association In the United
states and Great BritaiH.)
CHAPTER II.
Travis went with me when started
with Hawkins for our first flight over
the scene OF war. He was trying to
make up for his taciturnity OF the
evening before. and explained to me
the lay OF the land. He made a plan
OF ii on the ground.
Here's the town." said he. From
here TO the harbor the houses are
standing. But from here to the neck
is cleared ground for the aeroplanes
TO land on"
nodded. The besieged had burned
of the city like prairie. levelled and
smOOthed IT, and made ready for the
landing Of such of the Flying Column
OF Relief as might still be in flight
after passing the lines of the Army of
Invasion.
II wonder what became Of the wo-
men and children" ] said. Travis
shook his head and did not look at
me.
Back here" said he, drawing lines,
lis the Army of Invasion. five hun
dred thousand strong at the begin
ming of the siege. Probably more have
come in than have been killed. Away
off here is the Army of Relief. nobody
will tell how strong. not yet ready for
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-12

sons Eczema Ointment. Geo. W.
Fitch of Mendoza. Ill. says; II pur-
chased a box of DR.. HotSon's Eczema
Ointment. Have had Eczema ever
since the civil war, have been treated
by many doctors, none have given the
benefit that one bcN of DIR. Hobson's
Eczema Ointment has" Every suffer
er should try it, We're so positive il
will help you we guarantee IL or
money refunded. Price, soc.
Pfeiffer Chemical Co, Philadelphia &
-. Louis.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-12
DIR. HOBSON'S OINTMENT HEALS
ITCHY ECZEMA

The constantly itching, burning SEN
satiOn and other disagreeable forms OF
eczema, letter salt rheum end skin
eruptions promptly cured BY Dr. Hob
The Chitina leader., 1913-03-18
A SOCIALIST MEDICATION

The Socialist party has by referendum of its voters
eved itself of one burden. William d. Haywood of the
members of the National Executive Committee of the
Socialist organization has been bold and defiant of
the direct action of the Industrial Workers of the World
and hardly concealed contemner of the principle of pacific
political action which the avowed program of the Socialist
party. He and his spporters have claimed that while Hay
woods support of destructive and criminal methods
posed the Socialist leaders, the rank and file of that element
supported him.
This issue forced to test by Haywood himself in
speech after the acqua of Etor and Giovanne radical
that there explaining it away The leaders of the
pacific Socialists moved to have him removed from the
ecuve committee and the popular two ordered
his removal.
By this result, whatever force given to Haywood's
teachings OF industrial anarchy by his official representation of
Socialism eliminated The Socialists their part have
indicated themselves from the charge of supporting methods
which not only stand for the destruction injury of property,
but peculiarly cowardly sort of destruction.
Upon recent visit to Seattle Mr. Haywood continued to
give to his extreme views and succeeded in
couragng the l. W. WIS to many of annoyance and
But fortunately at that time the honest
were voting reputation of Haywoodism.
The Chitina leader., 1913-03-18
A PROMISING DEVELOPMENT

Never before have many preparations
been made for the development of properties the in
terror districts tributary to the Kuskuna and Nizina
number of companies will work properties elaborate
scale than heretofore 1t is expected that by Fall seeral adj
dtional companies will be shipping out to Corova to
be carried by steamer the smelter Puget Sound 1t is
likely that every available miner will be put to work the
coming which will add to the prosperity of Cordova
Chitna Blackburn and the smaller camps Capitalists the
Eastern states becoming encouraged to make invest
mens in Alaska and with just and liberal policy to be pur
sued by the Democratic there to
look forward with much hope to the early development Of the
richest and what will undoubtedly develop into the greatest
copper country in the world And with the opening of the
Boring river coal fields it expected that large smelter will
Immediately be erected at Cordova be followed by others
later as the increased shipment of ores demand
The Chitina leader., 1913-03-18
INTO THE FAR NORTH

Teegraphic advices indicate that this morning the ship
Kauk sailed from San Francisco for Victoria And about
May first it will be manned by Vhamar Steanson dscoverer
TO the sbond Eskimo who has this and other marvellous
achievements his credit result of several years spent
the far north
His coming journey north from the Pacific coast will be
trip to the unexpored portion of the Arctic Circle north of
Banks Land which keep him away from civilization for
a period of three years
AS exchange apy says that the human interest of his
quest furnished by the report that several islands in that
vicinity strange races of natives exist
Whether they part of the bond Eskimo tribe
totally different is mystery. possible of
that they exist only in the imagination of the natives
The contributions that Stefanson will make to the book of
knowledge concerning the mysterious Arctic will be interesting
and important
Recent research expeditions along the northenmos coasts
OF Europe and America have proved ngulary fruitful not
alone to the scientist but to the business WELL
has been ascertaned that vast deposits of coal exist
sections where coal would be the last thing would expect
to find.
While there is good at this time to attempt
potaton Of these fields the future be forced seriously
consider the proposition of working them the stu
ated more conveniently to civilization exhausted.
For the present. however, the chief Importance of such
work because of its geographical and chronological aspects
because of this fact that the discovery of the bond
Eskimo aroused such widespread interest in the world of
science.