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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-09

waukee banker is enough to disclose
it's Inequality. He said AS stock !,
holder pay taxes on my bank stock,
the bank again pays taxes on its In
come, and after the profits are divid-
ed pay another tax on part OF 1t as
my income Hence my bank stock Is
taxed three times. | figure I pay a
premium of sixty percent increase
in taxes for living in a progressive
state"
1t is urged by those not eager to
adopt the experimental tax commits
sion that the numerous basis for COM
lpuaticn urged in connection with the
proposed commission, be first tried in
connection with the present tax max
ling power, the executive council. II
all these things be good for the use
/ of commission, why not give the
council opportunity to prove its equiv
client worth with the same instru
ments. ask some of the members.
Then should they prove unworthy, it
Is argued an elective body would not
4 hesitate to acknowledge the truth to
the people, while an appointive. prac-
tically perpetual body might not be
inclined to such frankness.
4 So far as can be learned by members
of the Iowa legislature the naming OF
a permanent tax commission in var
ious states has not settled the ques-
ton of proper basis for computation.
4 Different commissions use different
methods and appear to be cropping
about for solution as blindly as has
been attributed to previous tax max
4 ing bodies.
Legislature Resumes Its 5essons.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, March e.
After a brief respite from the cares OF
legislators the members of the general
assembly returned to their desks, re
Ifreshed BY their vacation at home and
! many much more at rest relative to
important measures, having talked
! the situation over with constituencies
: It is expected now that renewed en-
, ergy will be shown in the work of the
ASSEMBLY and that the second half oil
4 the session will develop more actua
, accomplishments than the first. The
, first half, 1t must be remembered, has
! been utilized largely for preliminar,
: work. Most o. the big bills are nov
drafted and before the assembly. Thu
members are UP against the yotini
: proposition making of their rec
{ ord, as many call 1t.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
PHYSICIANS.

PHYSICIANS.
DR.. W.. p. SHERLOCK,
PHYSICAL AND SURGEON
Office IS North Fifth street. In thu
lowell building
Once hours-10 to IL a. M: to
p. M; evenings. to 8: Sundays, III
to p. m.
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Insurance Shake Up,

( PHILADELPHIA, March 81 Stating
that they were dissatisfied with his
management of the business, the d.
rectors Of the American Union Fire
Insurance company here deposed
James F. Stone. president. and sever
al other officers of the concern. Will
liam Fl. Blyup. prominent local banker
was elected to succeed Stone.
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Mr.. ROBERT Il. NORRIS,

A great many
people in this
country have
taken Peruna
for the grip.
r h e Y have
taken Peruna
in the irst
stages. when
the first symp-
toms appeared.
They find by
experience that
Peruna W i'll
a b OFT I h g
course of the
disease. People
who take Pc
runa recover
much quicker.
Com IA
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Transmission Line.

A transmission line is now In
course of construction from Keokuk
to st. Louis, distance of 1877 miles
The company has disposed Of $4,000
horse power per annum at st. Louis
and will generate sufficient power to
light the city of st. Louis, and furnish
electric power for its street and in
terurban railways.
1t will afford unriyaled manufactur
ing facilities for the Mississippi val
ley, and it is expected the power will
be transmitted throughout at least
the eastern portions of the state,
transmission line to Fort Madison ,anc
Burlington being now under con
struction. The successful operation
OF this great project should induce
! the location and maintenance of Argt
manufacturing interests in the Mis-
sissippi valley.
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COOPER WILL
TALK TO SOL0Ns
Chief Engineer Of Water Power Com.
pany VIII Address Members
Of the Iowa Legislature
Soon.
WESTERN PRODUCT
Monday Night Has Been Selected for
MIR. Cooper to Tell the Mem.
bers Of Both Houses
/ About Waterpower.

DIES MONIES, March s.-Hugh L.
Cooper, engineer in charge of the
keokuk dam construction and who
will address the Iowa Legislature
Monday night, already has addressed
the Missouri assembly and later will
talk before the illinois legislature
about the great enterprise at Keokuk.
Mr.. Cooper is peculiarly western
product He formerly lived at Roch-
ester, Mimi, and twenty-five or thirty
years ago was building bridges in
Iowa and Minnesota with Col. George
A. Eberhart, the late George E. King
and Nat M. Stark. Someone, In Civ
ing the definition of great engineer,
said: 1T is man who can not only
make plans and details, but get the
money to carry them out" Mr.. Coop
|er accomplished both of these essen
tials in the building of the Keokuk
dam.
A Great Project.
The building of the power dam at
Keokuk is one of the great engineer.
4 ing projects in the world. In the
course of construction the company Is
making record as to cheapness and
expedition. 1t Is expected the water
will be turned on and power general
| ed by about July Of this year. The
cost will be from $15,O00,000 to $50,
100000.
4 It is expected to generate 200,00I
horsepower. This one plant will pro
duce greater water power than the
combined water power Of any of the
states of the United States, excep
Maine, New York and California. The
generation of 100000 horsepower II
equivalent to the use of 100000 tom
Of soft coal, or means a conservation
of practically one-half of the coal out
put of Iowa.
In the building Of the dam, there j
being constructed lock to accommc
date navigation on the Mississippi riy
er, this lock being equal in size witt
the locks of the Panama canal, AM
will lift the boats some eight fee
higher than the Panama locks. In ad
dition to this, there is constructed
government dry dock, which is onl
one per cent smaller than the Unite
States Brooklyn navy yard, the lars
est the government owns. The cos
OF the construction of the lock 81
dry dock, which become the propert
of the United States government, wi
be more than $5,000,000.
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elliptic with scroll
o ends and steering pades large
s's ss s n ross s
Psss artillery type with demounable rims Extra large
RES, srs ! SIN inches 1es ,no,,.
60 nshe; special when
g i
e..
friction bearings driven shaft pulley dis
spark supplied b
e high a,sm
maintained by positive driven slow speed punger with
uTcHEstrs large springs
prevent harsh action and
Chrome
ground Clutch
nickel STEEL
! heattr treated bearings
dferena shafts carried
nickel steel roller bearings Denta nickel
Teeth uniform
in both pinion and bevel gears
internal expanding service external contract
ing Very effective and positive but
eliminating dragging and grabbing.
split and type fully ad
Unstable steering wheel with
inserte
wheel lndepend
brake and clutch: side lev
brake conveniently located
of body and entirely enclosed
quality
hair coil springs Handsome
walnut finish Running boards and
bright heavily nickel plated
Buick blue lenders
Buick tenders and chassis
bueblack: wheels, Buick s54z
electric side and tail
battery lights
mmed horn tire irons scuff plates
rail fibre tonneau mat, extra RIM
includng jack and tire repair kt Self
combination mohar and rubber dust
shield with
allowance will be made
PRICEFully equipped Flint Mich s2S5
Get acquainted 1880 1t is
ducation.
Tri-State Auto & Machine Co.
Dealer in Keokuk and vicinity. 9th and johnson SITS
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BRYAN TO ENTERTAIN


Washington. Dec. 31.-New Years
day in the capital will be observed
without many of the official functions
which generally mark 1t as a day of
brilliant social events. President Will
sons absence has eliminated the prin-
ctpal feature. the White House recep-
ton. which always is depended on to
bring out between 5000 and 10000 call
ers at the executive mansion, where, in
years gone by by, the cabinet, army
and navy officers, members Of tho
winter social colony and the rank and
file of citizens have presented an Inn
pressive picture, as they passed in.
shaking hands and exchanging New
Years greetings with the president.
Tomorrow's principal event Of official
color will be a breakfast to the diplo-
matte corps. in the Hall Of the Amer
fcas. at the Pan-American union build
ings. given by Secretary Bryan and
Mrs. Bryan. Most cabinet members
will be in the city dining with their
friends or families.
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DENIED HER SIGNATURE
Mrs. Gordon, i'm Allen Case, Disre-
cards q Will.

When the prosecuting attorney present.
ed Mrs. Jennie s. Gordon with sealed
will, purported to have been signed by
herself, she denied the document in the
open court today. Captain Clad Hamilton
placed the paper with what he quietly
calls his clients '-other forgeries." The
firm of Allen & Allen. suing Mrs. Gordon
for so. 500, base their claim upon a con-
tract wherein she promises to pay them
20 per cent of the sum collected from her
highlands estate. Mrs. Gordon's alleged
autograph is affixed to the contract: sic
denies all knowledge of 1t.
The will produced in court today Is
dated July q, 1902, signed by Jennie 8.
Gordon, and witnessed by s. A. Allen and
Otis 8. Allen. Mrs Gordon beQueaths all
her property to her son. Royal Cecil
Starr.
Captain Hamilton notified the court that
he intended investigating Mrs. Gordon's
past history thoroughly. A. e. Crane. for
the defense continually objected to his
questions.
Mrs. Gordon, who. not unnaturally.
seemed quite at home in the witness
chair, testified to the friendly relations
existing between the Aliens and Gordons:
to Mr.. Gordon's burning of the pre-
nuptial contract, which the Munns ac-
cused Mrs. Gordon of destroying; and re-
hashed the long line of other steps lead
ing to the famous Gordon-Mu contro-
versy, and final lawsuit in the filing Of
Judge Aliens claim.
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ON insane PLEA.
Charles Whine, Confessed Murderer,
May Be OF UnsOund Mind.

Quick work in the state case against
Charles Whine, charged with the muir
der of Mrs. Anna Aus in, former Coun-
try club cook. Whine was arraigned by
Judge Robert Carver this afternoon,
waived his preliminary, and was bound
bail.
WINES attorney, E. D. McKeever,
will make application to Judge A. w.
Dana to appoint commission to in
vesttgate the state of WINES mind.
This was done in the case Of Ira May
hall, adjudged insane by five men ap-
pointed by the court. 1t is probable
that Judge Dana will grant the request,
and name the commission. Winnie de-
Iibexately shot the woman, confessed
it, and is charged with murder in the
first degree.
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hua city. General Ortega's forces con-

hua city. General Ortega's forces con-
tinued to close in on the federals.
TOday's fighting was expected to
decide definitely whether the Huerta
government is to retain a foothold in
the north. Whatever the outcome, it
was certain that no surrender would
be considered, for General Villa, at
Chihuahua, had said that he would
execute all federal volunteers whether
they surrendered or not.
United States cavalry patrollinE the
border considered what they would
do, II the 1000 men commanded by
almost a dozen generals, should start
dlsorderly rush across the river.
patrol. had less than one thousand
men stationed at fordable points along
the river. The sudden visitation of a.
whole division of q foreign army on
Cnuited States soil in the capacity Of
refugees. would be an unprecedented
incident.
Lind Coming to See Wilson.
Pass Christian, Dec. 31.-President
Wilson received official advices today
that John Lind, his personal represen-
tative to Mexico, had left Vera Cruz,
on the scout cruiser Chester, and prob
There is a possibility, If the weather
is good, that the president will go
aboard the revenue cutter Winona, re-
Gently placed at his disposal here, and
meet Mr.. Lind. when the Chester ar
rives.
The president was not inclined to
discuss the coming conference with
Mr.. Lind, but authorized the state
ment that the visit was of no especial
significance and merely meant that
the presidents representative desired
to communicate more fully than he
could by cable. Mr.. Wilson gave the
impression that there was nothing
here to indicate a crisis in Mexican af-
fairs, or that a new diplomatic move
was contemplated.
The president recently has given
much thought to the Mexican prob
lem. In view of this fact there is rea
son for believing that a more definite
understanding of the course that the
president desires Mr.. Lind to pursue.
in the immediate future. will be
reached. The president today motored
to the Mississippi Country club and
played Is holes of golf as though he
had not care in the world. His
health apparently is improving daily.
Plot to Kill Huerta.
Mexico City. Dec. 31.-An alleged
plot, to assassinate President Huerta,
during the New Years reception, was
frustrated by the arrest today of two
Mexicans at Campo Florina, q suburb.
The secret police are said to have dis
covered that the plOtters had planned
to enter the home of General Huerta
at the same time as the officials and
others had arranged to come and offer
their New Years greetings.
Troop Train Blown Up.
Vera Cruz, Dec. 31.-A federal
troop train was blown up with dyna-
mite today. 10 miles southeast of
Mexico City on the main line of the
Inter-Oceanic railway connecting the
federal capital with the coast.
The telegraph lines also were torn
down, according to advices received at
the federal headquarters here. No
further details are available except
that the traffic has not yet been re-
sumed.
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PARCEL POST CUT.
Continued from Page one.)

Continued from Page One.)
for each additional pound. The big
reducing of the additional pounds will
tend to make packages much larger
than before and add to the work Of
the postoff1ce employee.
For the fourth zone the rate will be
cut from eight and six cents to seven
and four cents. In the fifth zone it
will be cut from nine and seven TO
eight and six. In the sixth zone the
rates will decrease from ten and nine
to nine and seven.
No Change in Length.
The combined length and width Of
q package must not exceed seventy
two inches. This rule will remain the
same and there will be no change in
the regulations referring to the char
acter of the matter acceptable for
mailing.
On March 16 the ruling that books
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can be sent b. parcels post rates be-
comes effective Before March 1s
they win 80 ~ tklregular book rate.
one cent for each ounce or traction.
1.fter March 8. by the new ruling.
they WIN 90 by parcels post At one
cent an ounce up to eight ounces. In
weighing more than eight ounces they
will go by the regular parcels post
rates.
Fresh meats. eggs. milk. butter and
other pertshable articles can be mailed
only In the first and second zones. prop
eriy wrapped. In the first and second
xcEes OF each city, this order has been
a blessing to those having friends or
relatives in the country. BY means Of
Uncle Sam. fresh vegetables and dairy
out delay and with little expense.
Charles E. Pyle is in charge of par
eel post in the Topeka posto1ice. Mr..
Pyle and his assistants are preparing
to take care of the fifty pound packages
after Thursday and believe that 1t will
not be difficult to handle them.
Farmers win Be Benefited.
Farmers will profit by the increase
of weight allowed, and country mer-
chants are worried because of It, BY
purchasing from the better facilities of
a city. the farmer can obtain all the
comforts of city life without leaving his
farm. The farmer will be able to ship
C66o IA eases COHtd1u1UR IWc1tC OOXCIt
the cases weighing about twenty-five
pounds. Large packages of other farm
products can be shipped to commission
dealers and 1t will greatly aid the
much agitated move to decrease the
high cost of living.
Express companies, who received a
bad blow when the law was passed by
the Sixty-second congress, have more
cause to worry now. The sanctioned
increase of Is per cent. in express rates
will help them materially, but Uncle
Sam and pOstoffice employees will han
die the bulk of the business. There was
a marked difference in the packages
handled by the postofice and express
companies in Topeka in the weeks
preceding Christmas. The postoffice
was always packed with parcel post
mailers; the express companies received
an increase for the rush. but not nearly
as large as the work under Postmaster
Rodgers.
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cHAUTAUQUA COLLEGE
Series of Winter Lectures at First
Methodist Church.

A "dhautauqua college will be held
at the First Methodist church this
winter. The first of three series of lee
lures will be held January Is to IS
and will be by DR.. John p. d. John.
ex-president of De PAW university,
on THE Religion Of the Future The
second series will be given from jan
uary q TO February 1 by Mrs. Marion
Wharton of Chicago and will be on
THE Great Laws Of Life The third
series will be held from February to
II. These lectures will be on Inter
probation of Literature and will be
presented by Wallace Bruce Amsbary
of Chicago. The general public will be
invited to attend the free lectures
DR.. F. L. Loveland. the official board
of the church and the young peoples
organizations are behind the lecture
series. The expenses will be paid
through the church, free will offerings
and personal contributions.
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SWITCH LOCK SAWED.
Deliberate Attempt to Wreck an M. q
9. Passenger Train.

Mobile. Dec. 31--What railroad Off
Gals declare was a deliberate attempt
to wreck Mobile & Ohio passenger
train No. 2. bound for st. Louis. at a
siding IL miles north of this city last
night. resulted in the ditching of the
engine, express and baggage car and
the death Of the fireman and serious in
jury Of three other persons. The en-
gineer threw ON the emergency brakes
as the train struck the switch and
saved the passengers from injury. Fire
man Hode was scalded to death be-
meath the engine. The more seriously
injured who were brought here were:
W. H RiEgan, engineer.
C.. p Humphreys. express messenger.
n. Christian. negro porter.
Railroad officials who Investigated
the wreck stated that the lock which
held the switch had been sawed
through and the switch opened.
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TYPHOID WIPED OUT.
Only Two, Cases In he Army Duin
the Past Year.

E Washington. Dec. 31.-The army
got through the year 1913 with only
two cases of typhoid fever in the en-
listed strength of more than $4,000 Of
ficers and men. One was that of q
man who had not been immunixed
with the typoid vaccine and was be-
lieved to have contracted the fever be-
fore he enlisted: the other case was
among the troops in China and
though the man was immunized in
1911, the history Of the case il in
doubt.
The navy, which adopted the vac
cine later than the army and did not
make it's use at once compulsory, had
among its $4,000 jackies only seven
authentic cases Of typhoid in the year
ended last June. Four of those were
treated at a remote tropical station,
where the vaccine had deteriQrated.
Such is the wonderful record OF the
prophylactic treatment which has
wiped out one scourge among the ma
tons defenders and which many med
ical officers believe has had some
thing to do with decreasing the rate Of
tuberculosis Under the direction Of
Surgeon General Blue Of the public
health service, many thousands of
sailors on merchant ships have been
treated with the serum at the govern
ment hospitals.
Before the resort to immunization,
typhoid cases in the army averaged
about three per thousand enlisted
strength. or in the neighborhOod OF
ESQ cases per annum. In 1910, be.
fore the beginning Of the treatment,
the rate was 2.32 per thousand. In
1911 1t dropped to 80: in 1912 to rs;
this year the rate is practically Moth
ing. Some scientists have thought
that the prophylaxis involved an in
-<~f~-
Army surgeons, who have been anal
wing their figures, feel that they have
established the fact to be exactly con-
trary.
Tuberculosis Figures.
Here are the latest figures showing
the number of cases of tuberculosis
among the soldiers:
In 1909 there were 40 per thou
sand; in 1910. the rate was 3.7s; in
1911 1T was 3.74, and last year $40.
It is admitted by the surgeons that
the reduction is due in some degree to
the more careful examination of re-
cruits, but the figures at least show
that the prophylaxis treatment has
not increased tuberculosis.
The difficulties in extending protec-
ton to sailors are said. by the naval
surgeons. to be much greater than in
the case Of soldiers, owing to the fact
that the former are landed in strange
ports, going to all sorts of places and
eating all kinds of food, and generally
are beyond the watchful eyes of their
superior officers. Typhoid cases in the
navy which in 1911 numbered 3.61
per thousand. dropped to 81 cases or
80 per thousand in the following year.
During the current year, up to Oct.
1, the percentage was only 80. Where
typhoid occurred among those treated
the cases were mild and the conva-
lescence rapid. The surgeons Of the
Atlantic feet now report that the pro-.
phylactic has practically eradicated
typhoid from the fleet. -
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Bry.us return to Washineton.

Washington. Dec. 31.-Secretary
Bryan and Mrs Bryan returned today
from Miami. Fla. where they spent
Christmas.
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Wishing You a
Very Happy New Year

The Management and the 200 Employees of
THE MILLS DRY GOODS CO. thank you for your
patronage during the past year, and shall strive
to merit your future trade, by making shopping
here convenient and satisfactory both as to SER
vice and honest values, as is possible To this end
we shall be very glad for your prompt advice on
any nattention unsatisfactory service given by
any one in our employ.
Sincerely,
The Mills Dry Goods c.
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Group and Cough Remedy.

Group is a terrible disease It attacks
children SO suddenly they are very apt a
choke unless given the proper remedy at
once There is nothing better in the world
Chamberlain, Of Manchester. Ohio, writes
about his children: sometimes in severe
but since We proved what q certain REM
edy DR.. Kings New Discovery IL, We have
no fear. We rely on it for Group. coughs
and colds" So can you. 60c. and 800.
A bottle should be in every home. At all
Druggists. H. e. Bucklin & Co. Phila.
St. Louis.-Adv
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We wish to thank our many friends
for their kind words of sympathy and
the beautiful flowers given US in our
sad bereavement In the loss OF our
wife and daughter.-Mr. Arthur w.
Sherer. Mrs. Flora A. Sherer, Mr.. and
Mrs James Duree. ME-. and Mrs. w.
r. Barber.-Adv.
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Constipation Poisons You.

If you are constipated. your entire sys-
tenn is poisoned by the waste matter kept
In the body-serious results often follow
Use DR.. Kings New Life Pills and you
will soon get rid of constipation, headache
ai-d other troubles. sc. at Druggists or
by mail. H. E. Bucklen & Co. Phila. &
st. Louis.-Adv.
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news OF DANCING.
Opening of Kellam Hall New Years
Afternoon and Evening.

Don't miss the grand opening of
Keliam hall, Topeka's beautiful new
Adv.