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ter intake between Lake Michigan
and power house in the South Park
system. Fifty men were working in
it but most of them were near
enough to the shaft of the tunnel at
seventy-second street to escape with
slight injuries.
Two companies of firemen and a
squad of policemen dug their way
through the ruins, in the hope that the
men buried under the debris might be
alive. but they had evidently been kill
ed instantly.
All the injured will recover.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-15
FUN of Germs.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Tests by
the federal economy and efficiency
commission resulted in a report that
in enc bureau here the water coolers
ARE more filthy than the waste
cans archaeological examinations
of seventeen coolers revealed eight
infected with germs.
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PERSONALS.

B. H. Fallen of CORN, Mo. was in
the city today
S. w, Rea of Des Moines was a
KcoRuk visitor today.
w r. Dorsey of Quincy is a visitor
In the city.
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ance companies for the entire stock.
Local officials say the local arson
trust is connected with that uncover
ed in New York. Several arrests
have been made and others are ex-
pected.
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class entertained informally for Miss
Edith jackson, who is to be married
Thursday and will leave for Los An
geles, Calf. The reception room was
very prettily decorated with hearts,
being very appropriate for the occa-
sion.
Mesdames Kirkendall and Lowe
were on the receiving committee.
while the Misses Nettie Wheatly and
Mary Reimers presided at the punch
bowl. There were quite number
present, and at the close Miss Jackson
was presented with a sterling silver
chafng dish and serving spoon. Rev.
R. w Lilley making the presentation.
Current Events Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Matless will
entertain the Current Events club on
Thursday evening.
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Rebekah installation.

The ladies Of the Rebekah lodge
installed their new officers last night
and supper and social time follow
ed. The officers are: Noble grand,
Alma Herman; vice grand, Mrs. DR..
Harter, recording secretary Edna
Rabe; financial secretary, Nellie Har-
desty; treasurer. Mrs. VIM. School.
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a. r. e. Club.

The A. T. E. club was entertain
ed this afternoon by Mrs Louis
Sterne at her home, corner of Morgan
and Eleventh streets.
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YOUNG MAN nineteen, wishes posi-
ton as clerk. two years experience,
honest, reliable, references. Address
1919 Bank st.
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w ant Column
WANTED.

WANTED-By young couple about
February /. 8 or modern rooms,
unfurnishcd. Phone 1923.
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Women's missionary Meeting.

Mrs. John w. Collier, Mrs. w. w.
Holmes, Miss Lucretia Huiskamp,
Mrs. Leonard Matless and Mrs. James
Young will have charge of the Wo-
mans Missionary meeting of the First
Westminster church on Monday after
noon. The meeting will be held in
the chapel at 5 O'Clock.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-15

WANTED Room and board in priv
ate family; steam heat, by gentle
man. Address 20. E. this office.
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brought to the station ana shorty
after a local hack driver was brought
IN by an officer in connection with
the case. He was identified as the
man who had cashed the ticket at
the station last night and the money
and the other ticket were found on
his person when he was searchea
He said that he had received the
tickets from man, who said he found
them on the platform at the union
station.
Show. the man who was robbed
came to the police station this morn
Ing and was so glad to get his money
back that he consented to drop the
prosecution OF The case on account OF
the child and also to donate the other
ticket to Pryor. There was no evil
dence upon which to hold the hack
driver and he was released. Before
he left the station, however, he gave
the Doettger woman a dollar to help
her on her way. Aside from this dol
lar the woman only had seventeen
cents TO BUY food during the journey.
Other Woman Not Held. .
The Smith woman was not held at
the station, Chief Kenney being sure
that she was not mixed up In the
case She Is the woman who brought
suit against Carl Davis several
months ago on serious charge,
Davis later escaping from Jail by
means Of the skylight.
Chief Kenney stated this afternoon
that had 1t not been for the child the
woman would have been prosecuted
to the full extent of the law. The tot
was a golden-haired little creature
and Immediately made friends with
all the officers. Her mothers predic-
ament was unknown to her and would
probably not have been appreciated,
had she known it.
This afternoon the woman and
child were placed on board train at
the station and started on their way
to the southwest.
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WANTED Girl for general house
work at S26 Leighton street.
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Local Manufacturing Concern AZ
ranges for the Establishment
Of Big Plant at Dav-
export, Iowa.
g. M. RICH IS PRESIDENT
VIII be In Operation July /, 1918,
and Have Double the Capacity
OF the Local

The Purity Oats company will begin
the erection of six story modern
brick factory building, 10Ox30O di-
mansions, in Davenport. Iowa, next
week to be used in the manufacture of
Purity rolled oats. The company Is
incorporated under the laws Of Iowa
for 100000 and is an entirely separ-
ate organization from the plant here
in Keokuk.
G. M. Rich, president of the Purity
Oats company of this city, is president
of the new company and G. E. Russey,
of this city. is secretary. The new
factory in Davenport will be in oper-
alton by July /, 1913, and the capacity
will be double that of the local plant
The Real Reason.
Mr.. Rich explained during the In
terview with The Gate City reporter
that the growth of the Purity Oats
Co. had been SO rapid and the facil-
tiles for handling the business in the
present quarters So inadequate that it
was compulsory that another location
be secured for the establishment o.
another factory so as to meet the de-
mands of a growing business, and tax
ing into consideration a new location
it was sagacious business policy to
locate where rates were lower and
equitable so as to meet competition,
and where railroad facilities were
more advantageous, which was not
the case in Keokuk. The rate ques-
ton and the matter of railroad facil-
tiles are going to initiate against the
location Of new factories in Keokuk,
and while this is not a pleasant state
ment there are times when 1t Is op-
perfume to call spade by its right
title. Keokuk now has case pend
ing asking that a rate schedule be
enforced here that is now enjoyed by
other Iowa, Illinois and Missouri riv-
er points, with a reasonable hope OF
a victory The railroad difficulties
will be overcome when the Stone &
Webster people open UP the industrial
tract.
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WANTED good wash woman on
Mondays. Apply 504 Orleans ave.
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WANTED Girls for laundry work.
Apply at Keokuk Steam laundry,
321 Main street.
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FOR RENT-store room. 26 South
Twelfth. Phone is.
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-First floor store room,
No. 81 Main. John Tumelty.
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FOR SALE

FOR sALE--Good used car, cheap
Address IA. e. care Gate City.
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kcokuk Student Of Painting.
For Rride.to.be.

Ut bTIuS-tC-pc.
Tuesday evening, at the Christian
church, the members of the c. f. So
ciety, the choir and DR.. Stafford's
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-09-12
Gary's "CIean Face" Prize Winner BaCksIides

Since school let out Andy has gone
from bad to worse. With the depart.
ure of Miss Knaggs he erased the
word soap from his vocabulary and
he remembers water only in connec.
ton with thirst Today he is bare.
footed and bareheaded His black
hair hangs in unkempt locks over
face that would be tanned a nut
brown were it not for the action OF
Indiana real estate on his complexion
You are compelled to look a second
time to make sure that Andy is not
wearing stockings at least, and black
ones at that
And the necktie! Alas, all the
brightness went out of its life with
the departure of Miss Knaggs. 1t
first became spotted then striped,
then a plaid and finally the whole de.
sign was lost under a layer of dark
brown which now has turned black.
When asked what he was going to
do when his teacher got back, Andy
grinned through the CRIME and dis.
played nickel proudly stored away
in the only pocket without holes in
his clothes.
I'm savin' that til the day before
school starts" he said Then I'm
goin ter buy a cake o soap"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-09-12
PanhandIinq De Luxe Newest Blow to Tradition

n ITTSBURGH, PA.-"Panhandling
/ de Luxe" is the title of brochure
a certain ambitious young reporter IS
seriously considering publishing. Al
the same time, the student OF soci'
ology or the uplift-of-humanity enthu-
siast might have received a terrible
wallop to some of his cherished illus
ions had he been strolling downtown
last night. Here's the way it hap
pened:
The reporter felt a discreet touch
on the shoulder as he dashed madly
into a downtown hotel at the entrance
with the wicker door, under which
peoples feet can be seen.
Say, bo, me and me pard just got
in on a freight from Cleveland. We
amt had bite tu eat and we're wait
in till the railroad yards open up tu
get US a job"
What the-say. where'd you collect
that make-up?" demanded the aston
ished molder of public opinion.
You're no bum; you just stepped out
of that taxi and haven't wakened up
from the night before at the club
yet"
Now, say, bo," defended the youth.
"Yu see, we amt no dirty buns We
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-09-12
AnnIss With Concrete Cores.

Charles Bauermeister, who has a
farm in Fairfield, near here, says he
is done with up-to-date tree surgery.
Last fall one of his apple trees showed
signs of decay and, following direc-
tions in farm journal, he plugged the
affected parts with concrete. The tree
thrived this spring, and today Bauer
meister picked several of the apples.
He bit into one, and cracked off his
best gold-mounted tooth on a hard
substance.
Examination revealed that the apple
had contained a hard piece of con-
crete, which Bauermeister believes
was absorbed from the trunk. Bauer
meister says all the other apples ap-
pear to be similarly affected, and he
intends to feed them to his chickens
in the hope that the concrete they
contain will create hard-shell eggs for
the export trade.-Caldwell IN. -
Dispatch.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-09-12
CASH REGISTER WAS BROKEN
Conductor Refused to Run Car Far
ther Because He Couldn't
Ring UP Fares.

Wind, snow and falling temperature
were doing their worst to make the
lives of homegoing city folk miserable
when the conductor on an uptown car
Joined forces with nature and an
nounced that everybody would have
to take the car ahead or the car be
hind because the car wasn't going
any farther. Protests rather more
numerous and violent than common
greeted that announcement.
Cant be helped" said the con
ductor stolldly. This car is all out
OF fix 1t amt fit to travel"
So, according to their custom when
ordered to do thing. the crowd did
It; but one Of the number continued
to ponder on the disability of the
abandoned car. No fuse had blown
out and 1t had run with only the or.
dinary noise ana friction. Nnat then
allied IL? Presently he said to the
new conductor:
What was the matter with that
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-09-12
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7EEELC CITIES 55:: z=.9=== 49,
lsb lf5 Nv =
Hits Innocent "BySitteF"

Mrs. Waskum-You see. Albert
didn't know George and George didn't
know Albert. He hadn't seen US get
on together, and, not knowing Albert
was my husband, George struck back
at him.
@. Did he hit him?
A. No. Mr.. visky. having been hit
once. naturally got up. He stood up
IN time to get Georges blow there on
the other eye with the mourning band
around It.
Mr.. Jacosvisky-Indeed / did. l
couldn't get out nohow.
Court Attendants up and ST.
lence
Mrs. Washm-There was quite
fight. Reminded me Of a suffrage
election in Kansas. Women stood up
and screamed, and | tried to sepa-
rate George and Albert, 50 could
properly introduce them.
Mr.. Waskum-Judge, you can read
lily imagine my surprise when turned
and saw a street car conductor kiss
ing my wife. You see, George Alex
Jus, my wife's cousin from Kansas,
came to New York three or four
weeks ago. My wifes folks wrote
us he was coming. but he didn't show
up around our apartment He's a
proud sort Of boy, and rather than put
up on his relatives he took the only
Job he could find, that Of street car
conductor. l had never seen him un-
Ill / saw him kissing my wife. Natu-
rally / struck out at him, and Mr..
Abrahamvisky got in the way.
George Alexius-I always hated
persons who would sponge" on their
wealthy relatives, so when / came
here / didn't go out to see them.
Naturally when l saw my favorite
cousin | kissed her. l shouldn't have
done it, but ! was always impulsive
that way, so l leaned down and
smacked her, just to surprise her.
The Magistrate-Call the complain
ant.
Mr.. Jacosvisky-Tm the complain
ant Look at my eyes. had EN-
arrested while they was getting In
troduced. | was the innocent by
sitter. I get all the blows.
Mr.. Waskum-We apologized to
him after it was all over.
The Magistrate--Case dismissed;
next.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-09-12
CHAPTER Xxx.
The Last Reprleve.

nc Last nc PllNNNs
General Randolph was evidently In a
great hurry. Public affairs OF great
moment pressed upon him, and 1t was
an evidence Of the interest he took in
the case of Captain Thorne that he
gave him even a minute of his yalua-
BILE time He had come on horseback
and everybody could see that he was
anxious to get through with his up
pointed task and get away.
"Ah. sergeant" he said, answering
the latter's salute as he brought the
guard to attention, and then his eye
felt upon Captain Thorne. you have
the prisoner, have you"
Just taking him out, sir" answered
the sergeant, saluting again.
ITO prison"
No, sir"
"Where then"
ITO execute the sentence OF the
court. sir"
Obi" exclaimed the general, look
ing hard at the sergeant He has had
his trial, has he?"
But Arrelsford, who chafed at thus
being left out of the game, no"
stepped over and took up the burden
of the conversation before the ser
geant could reply.
I'VE have done everything accord
ing to regulation, sir" he said, salut'
ing in a rather cavalier manner. he
did not like General Randolph. II II
had not been for his interference, the
affair would have been settled long
ago. and he still cherished a grudge
against the latter for having arrested
man so important as the trusted
agent of the secret service. me
findings have gone to the secretary.
"Ah!" said General Randolph bland
ly. He did not like Mr.. Arrelsford any
better than Mr.. Arrelsford liked him
Yes. sir"
And he was found guilty, pre-
sume?"
Certainly, sir"
"And what are you going to do with
him?"
There is no time for a hanging
now, and the court has ordered him
shot"
"Oh, indeed. And what were the
charges?"
Conspiracy against our government
and the success of our arms, by send
ing a false and misleading dispatch
containing forged orders, was the par
ticular specification"
We'll" said General Randolph, 81
regret that the court has been misin-
formed"
What" cried Arrelsford, in great
surprise. "The testimony was very
plain"
Yes. indeed, sir" interposed the
sergeant.
Nevertheless" returned the gen.
eral, "the man is not guilty of that
charge. The dispatch was not sent"
CTo BE CONTTNUED1
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-09-12
BITING CRAB CAUSES WRECK
cyclist and Near Causes His
Death as Result.

Philadelphia.-Aft carrying a bas-
ket of live crabs from Wildwood on
the tandem seat Of his motorcycle,
Herold Wilson, twenty-three years old,
of TT Westmoreland street, was seri-
ously injured at Kensington and Le-
high avenues when one Of the crusta-
ceaus pinched him in the back and
caused him to lose control Of his ma
chine Wilson made a desperate eff
fort to sweep the crab from his back
and guide his motorcycle at the same
time, but finally landed with his ma
chine in the street In the morning
Wilson set out to Wildwood to visit
friends. After spending part of the
day with them he strapped a basket
of crabs on the rear seat of his motor
cycle and started for Philadelphia He
made the journey without a mishap
until he reached Kensington and Lee
high avenues. Here one of the crabs
managed to get loose and applied his
nippers to Wilson's back The motor.
cycle was wrecked and Wilson was re-
moved to the Episcopal hospital with
conclusion Of the brain and probable
internal injuries.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-09-12

OF the room, and stared toward the
door; they would bring him back that
way, and she could see him again.
"Wilfred, DEAR" asked Caroline,
what are they going to do?"
Shoot him"
"When?"
Now"
"Where?"
"Out in the street."
Carolnes low exclamation of pity
struck a responsive chord in Wilfred's
heart, He nodded gravely. and bit
his lips He did not feel particularly
happy over the situation, evidently,
but the conversation was interrupted
by the entrance of the men. They
came into the room in double line,
Thorne walking easily between them.
They entered the room by the door,
marched down 1t, came back, and
ranged themselves opposite the stacks
of arms.
Halt" cried the sergeant. Right
face! Take arms! Carry arms! Left
face! orward-march!
Edith had not taken her eyes of
Thorne since he entered the room
AS the men moved to carry out their
last order, the girl awoke to her sur
roundings.
Wait" she said. who is in com
mand?"
Il am, MISS" answered the ser
geant
I'D like to speak to the-the-pris-
oner," continued Edith.
I'm sorry, miss" answered the
sergeant respectfully, but abruptly;
but we haven't the time"
only a word, sergeant" pleaded
the girl, stepping close to him, and
laying her hand on his arm
The sergeant looked at her a mo-
ment. What he saw in her eyes
touched his very soul.
VERY well" he said. Right face!
Fall out the prisoner"
Thorne stepped out in front Of the
ranks.
Now, miss" said the sergeant, "be
quick about it."
MOI" said Wilfred sternly.
"Oh, Wilfred!" cried Caroline, laying
her hand on his arm. Let her speak
to him, let her say goodby."
There was an instant's pause. VIII
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-09-12
Dogs and Music.

Dogs as a rule like music. But II
must be remembered that their acute,
ly developed nervous system, which
renders them such faithful watchers
also makes keen and high pitched
sounds extremely painful to them.
Thus the high notes Of trumpet OF
even of a violin are torturing to a
dog. who will howl under the infiic.
tion. On the other hand, soft me.
dium tones undoubtedly give many
dogs pleasure. Cats, also, like many
other animals, are fond Of music. But
no animals appear to suffer SO much
from keen, harsh sounds as dogs. and
more in smooth, soft harmonies. A
soothing "diapason movement" is the
kind of music most agreeable to the
intelligent dog.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-09-12
IN THE HIMALAYAS
WiIds Where Peasant Eats at
Peril Of His Life.
Naked Peaks Of the Mountains Glitter
a Hundred Miles Away and In
Their Unfathomable Ravlne
Even Sun Has Little Effect.

London.-I have Just finished jour
ney which must ever be memorable
70 me- For OF many appealing parts
OF the world few held such lure for
me as the Himalayas, which lair In
their recesses OF snow and forest some
OF the fiercest OF earth's creatures,
Their naked peaks glitter a hundred
miles away, and their unfathomable ra'
vines and forests even the Indian sun
leaves damp and cold The trees are
sublime In their profusion and In
their beardings Of mOsses and creepei
drapery, and they throw out wildly
contorted arms across immense CULTS
in which the eagles swim. Amid II all
the narrow paths 90 twining, now
clinging 10 some precipitous ledge
now caving deeply into a hillside, then
coming out suddenly upon a corner
that dominates a depth of immense
profundity in which the very air seems
to assume a tint Of blue AT these
corners cold winds come rushing by,
edging along the cliffs, and salute one
with the tang of the faroff snow. Else
where the track winds into the re-en-
trant Of a ravine, the air is still the
sun is hot, and from the depths below
creeps up, as through the mouth Of
some alchemists funnel, the subtle
odor Of the pines. You may see hut
far down, with its row Of terraces OF
cultivated land cut cut of the steep
above IL, and a COW or buffalo grazing
there, while a semi-naked urchin lolls
beside IL.
The forest is full Of citizens, fur
tive, busy. and watchful. You know
not what strange. wild creature sinks
from your path as it hears your foot
fall, nor il there be not a panther
watching you with stealthy eyes from
the shadow Of an overhanging rock.
As | have been walking have twice
started khakur (barking DEER in the
thicket beside me, and seen them leap
forth and away like arrows. with a
noise Of crashing boughs. The mag
nificent hill pheasants, pecking on tho,
track among the droppings of the pack
ponies, slide like shadows into the un-
dergrowth as you draw near. To a
stranger this is all romance but TO
the poor peasant it is sadly workaday.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-09-12
Kissed Cousin; Husband
NEW YoRK.-Tiue-"when George
~ Kisses His Cousin"


~ Kisses His Cousin"
Place-West Side Police Court
Skitters in the Skt-George Alex
ius, conductor of an Eighth avenue
surface car. Mrs. Albert Waskum
cousin OF George. Mr.. Albert Was
KUN, indignant husband. Abraham
Jacosvisky, "the innocent bysitter."
Magistrate. court attendants, police
men, lawyers. rowdies and newspaper
men.
Mrs. Waskum-We got on the car
at Eighth avenue and Thirty-seyenth
street to go to our apartment in Cen
tral Park West.
Her Lawyer-Was the car crowd
ed?
A. Yes.
Q. When did you first realize that
the conductor was your cousin?
A. Not until he kissed me.
Q. When had you previously seen
him?
A. Three years before. at our home
in Kansas.
Q. When he kissed you what hap
pened?
A. Things happened so fast ! can
scarcely describe them. Mr.. Waskum,
sitting next to me, suddenly turned
and saw the conductor kissing me,
Q. What did he do?
A. He rose from his seat, drew back
his fist and struck.
Q. Did he hit your cousin?
A. No. George saw him draw back,
and when the blow came he lodged.
It got Mr.. Visky there on the eye with
the mourning band around it.
Mr.. Jacosvisky lin a whisper to
court attendanD-Don't let her call
nae Visky. Don't let addition of In
suit be added to injury.
Court Attendant-Silence and shut
up.
Her Lawyer-Proceed with your
story.