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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-19
Points t. Record in Denying AlIesa-
tions Of w. c. T. U. That He
is Tool Of Liquor
Interests.
MISS HUMANS WORK
Believes the Local w. C. r. u. Presl.
dent lnstisated Attack Against
Him for Personal
Reasons.

While believing that the attack by
the local members OF the w. c. T. u.
against him at the state convention
at Des Moines on Friday will not hurt
his candidacy for the United States
attorneyship of the southern district
of Iowa, Jno. E. Craig strongly re-
SCENTS the charge against his character.
Mr. Craig returned yesterday from
Waterloo where he and Mayor ]. F.
Elder heard Secretary Bryan speak
and talked with him.
As stated in The Gate City Friday,
the attack of the w. c. T. U. was a
resolution by the state convention to
be sent to President Wilson, protest
Ing against his appointment as Unit
ed States attorney Mr.. Craig is a
candidate for this Office against Dan
Hamilton and Claude Porter, both
prominent Iowa democrats. Decision
by President Wilson as to the appoint
n1ent Is expected soon
Mr.. Craig's friends are indignant
over the charges and several letters
denouncfng the action of the w. C. T.
u. will be sent to him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-19

Waiter-"HoWs you appetite today,
Guest-"BuIIy good. Stuart's Dye
pepsia Tablets make me eat like
horse"
Appetite makes the glands OF the
mouth open and saliva flows very
freely hence the term Mouth Wat
err This is the first digestive juice,
1t has an important Office to perform
as all starchy foods are partially di-
gested by it because one of its ingre-
dents, ptyalin is almost an instant d.
gestive of starch. This process re-
duces the starch in foods to sugar.
The appetite causing free flow OF
saliva aids the stomach by its ability
to mix the food eaten with mouth
juices which enables it to more read
lily do it's work.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets go into
the mouth like food, are eaten, then
dissolved and fiuidized by the saliva.
This mass then goes into the stomach
and there quickly read1usts the stom-
ach juices SO that in short time food
is not offensive and mans appetite
comes speedily back to him and he is
hungry a healthy, normal way.
BY all means use Stuart's Dyspep
STA Tablets were the means of restor
a loss of hunger The quick return
of appetite to you will convince you
quickly that your stomach has been
out of order and that Stuart's Dyspep
STA Tablets were the mems OF restor
ing its normally healthy condition.
Every druggist carries Stuart's Dys
pepsia Tablets and no matter wher.
you may be you can always obtain {
box anywhere for so cents. -Adwer
tisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-19
Iowa In October.

Carroll Herald: There is compen-
sation in living. The extremes ex-
perienced in this Iowa climate are
richly compensated by the delightful
Indian summer we are about to en-
.er. The joys Of life are never more
inspiring or exalting than in October
in Iowa. Our Indian summer com
pensates for whole lot of disagree
able weather during other parts OF
the year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-19
App elite Ho! Ho!
lis a Great Joy
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are the
Best Appetite Makers Dyspeptics
and Stomach Sufferers Can Use.

Appetite is very largely series OF
signals from the stomach. When one
has a rousing appetite at the sight or
smell of food the stomach through it's
connection with the mind of man is
asked whether the food seen or smell
ed would be welcome.
The stomach if healthy says yes and
at once our mouths water and we are
hungry from desire--keenly, raven
ously hungry. If the stomach be sick
then we have no appetite and are ac-
tually nauseated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-19
Mr.. craia's Answer.

Answering the allegation that when
he was mayor Of Keokuk he allowed
saloons to open in violation of the
law, Mr.. Craig made fiat denial.
He also fatty denied the second allie.
cation, that he is now the legal adj.
User of saloonkeepers and violators
of the law.
His term of mayor of Keokuk ex-
PRED in 1893, year before the Iowa
mulct law went into effect. This he
pointed out refuted the charge made
at the convention that he allowed sa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-19
Claims Spite Work.

Mr.. Craig declared yesterday that
he believed the charge was the result
of spitework upon the part of Miss
Ida Hinman, president of the local ".
%. 7. u. II had some litigation for a
client against Miss Human some
years ago which case we won after a
long fight and have at the present
time a note which my client, bank
5er of Quincy, seeks to collect of Miss
Hinman. Since the ilrst litigation she
has been unfriendly to me-
Miss Human gave the report Of the
local unicn to the state convention at
Des Moines in which she is reported
to have claimed the w. c. T. U. here
had brought about the closing Of a
number of saloons and to have sue
cessfully prosecuted a number of sa-
loon operators.
The action of the temperance wom-
en- in petitioning President Wilson
against Mr.. Craig's appointment was
based upon the report of the temper
ance conditions in the southeast dis
trict of the state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-19
BAsco, ILL.
. . . = . > . . . . . = = .

DR.. Collins and son of Montrose
were in Basco Saturday, calling on his
many friends. He at one time prac-
ticed in Basco.
Neal steffen is home from Daven-
port for a two weeks vacation.
Mr.. Marley and daughter of Keo.
kuk visited over Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Steffen
Elmer Bryant and wife attended the
state fair the Sast Of the week.
Mrs. Doty returned Tuesday from
Bowling Green, where she has beer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-19

Waiter-"Hows you appetite today,
Guest-"BulIy good. Stuart's Dye
pepsia Tablets make me eat like a
horse"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-19
Text Of Petition.

The text OF the petition against Mr..
Craig which was adopted is as follows:
1.-THE Women's Christian Temper
ance Union of Iowa, representing 5000
women, assembled in our fortieth an
5nual convention, respectfully petition
President Wilson not to appoint John
r. Craig as United States attorney for
southern Iowa. When mayor of Keo
kuk he allowed the saloons to open
In violation of law and he is now the
legal adviser of saloonkeepers and
vfolators of the law We earnestly
hope that no man SO under the domin-
alton of the liquor interests and law
less elements will be appointed to any
Office in Iowa."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-19


looms to thrive in OPPOSITION to the
mulct law Mr.. Craig also pointed to
his record when prosecuting attorney
That he is now attorney for saloon
keepers and violators of the law Mr.
Craig declared such statement a
falsehood. Il have never been attor-
ney for but one saloonkeeper in Keo-
kuk," he said, "and was attorney for
him before he entered the business,
examining titles to several pieces Of
property for him. The only times |
have ever acted as attorney for viola
tors of the law has been on criminal
charges and then If they were guilty
IL have advised them to plead guilty.
/ | have acted as attorney a few times
mainly out of sympathy"
Mr.. Craig at the present time has
a case pending in court asking an in
junction because of liquor law viola
ltions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-19
FROM THE PHILOSOPHER
OF SEVEN PINES
Jasper Blines Deals With Number Of
Topics in His Usual Interesting
Way.

Prices of food commodities have
their foundations on the farms. Every
class of persons call for the good
things of the land: meat, vegetables
and fruits The farmer is surely en-
ioying a rosemary and pink day in
prices.
Great credit is due the automobile
companies and societies for the active
interest they are exercising in the
building of improved highways. With
in the recent few years the cause on
good roads have been advanced two to
three hundred percent, and chiefly by
the coming of the automobile industry.
This is also an age of concrete. Sand
you observe, is having its roseate, or
perhaps flag day. A grain of sand is a
small rock. but it is of immense inn
portance In the makeup of the uni
verse, sand is secretary of state
The so-called ducks, or mud hens"
which were reported to have appeared
above the dam In such large numbers,
are indeed an interesting member of
the waders. 1t is the coot, and is
largely bird that wades. The coot
resembles the Virginia and King rails.
1t is an innocent creature, and its
species should be protected. A true
sportsman is friend of the coot.
y,
Gold gold, bright and yellow, hard
and cold, all the way from southern
Africa, being one years yield of the
! famous Rand gold fields, which has
added one hundred and thirty-fiye mil
lion dollars to the wealth of England
and Europe. The logic of the subject
is that the world is steadily growing
immensely wealthy, and material con
ditions will continue to be promoted
/ Great developments are coming and
prices of the one hundred chief com
modities will hold to high levels. Don'
expect cheap prices on food articles
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-19
Friends Rally Around Him.

Mr. Craig has received many assur-
ances of support since the resolution
was adopted and it is his opinion
that the action will result in making
him stronger than before
Last year when I was candidate
for the position of judge of the SUI
preme court the Liberal Alliance, the
official organ of the liquor interest
fought me as being temperance
man; now l am accused of being a
friend Of the liquor interests" said
Mr.. Craig.
The library board of trustees, OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-19


flowing the nations at high tide rec.
ord.
The Hudson and the Studebaker au-
tomobile companies favored me lately
with copies of their catalogue. And
these publications are comprehensive,
well printed, artistic. and of literary
merit. Critical Analysis Of Motor
Cars" is book of fifty-five pages,
sent out by the Hudson company. How
ard l.. Coffin is the author, and the
work is thoroughly we'll stated in all
respects. In the authors preface to
the treatise, this sentence appears:
"The automobile has supplanted the
weather as the great national topic OF
general conversation"
Sound the fife and beat the drum,
Behold the conquering heroes come,
For REQ and the Cadillac
With others coming down the track
There's Studehaker of wide fame,
And everybody knows the name.
The Hudson sure is a fine thing
And sails along Just like a king
The Overland in style and grace
Is ranking high in this big race.
The Maxwell, like the ship of state,
is making time for all that's great
Two million auto cars are come,
SO sound the bugle, beat the drum.
And while they're sailing at high tide
Select your car and take a ride.
JASPER BLINES.
Seven Pines, Alexandria
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-18

Estelle gave the young man a burn
ing glance. Look at the picture and
you'll get the effect. Seems to us a
burning glance would be as disagree
able as burning feathers; but any
way. that's what she did.
Frederick = that was the young
mans name-was frozen to the spot.
Odd that a burning glance should
freeze him: but that's what It did.
and we have to stick to facts. It's
not quite so easy to stick to facts as
to stick to fypaper. but we must do 1t.
AS we said. Frederick was frozen
to the spot. and If he moved he would
have to take the spot with him. AS
the spot he was in was the Grand
Central subway station. this would be
some Job.
A melting glance from Estene en-
abled him to thaw out and as he
looked up she dropped her eyes. (see
illustration.)
Fortunately they were not broken
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-18

= Edward J. Clode.
a dread of failure. With something ot
panic in his blood. he snatched the
candle and ran hastily into the yard
he knelt and held the light low in
the excavation. Then he cried aloud
What Am so ready to lose faith
in mothery'
for the huge metallic mass-so big
that 1t would not enter the bore of the
largest cannon known 10 modern gun
nery-was split asunder In all dfrec-
tions. Its assures gaped widely as IL
10 mock at him. The rain and steam
mad done their work well 1t was
even possible that he would not need
the spade. but would he able to pick
/ out each separate chunk with his
hand
Instantly he put the thought into
execution. and succeeded in lifting
several pieces to the yard level. He
noted that they were gorged with the
ouH white pebbles. some being the
size or pigeons eggs He could nor
help comparing them In his minds eve
with the collection now lodged in
Isaacstein's safe. If those were worth
nfty thousand pounds, these must be
OL fabulous value.
Any other person in the wide world
might nave been excused If he pinched
himsetf, or winked furiousiy. or took
OUT the gold hlled tobacco pouch for
careful inspection, TO assure himself
that he was not dreaming. Not so
Philip. The only dominant feeling in
his brain was one of annoyance that
he should have doubted for one single
instant that means would be giver
him to secure absolute and undisputed
control OF his treasure.
But there remained the problem OF
weight. His original Idea was to
wrap the actual body of the meteor
in the stout stock he obtained from
O'Brien, and then inclose all his
valuables In tin trunk which he
would purchase next morning ANY
ordinary trunk would certainly be
spacious enough. but its phenomena
weight would unquestionably evoke
more comment than he desired and
IL would need two strong men to
lift 1t.
This portion OF his plan needed to
be entirely remode1ed, and he was
now more than ever thankful that the
so pounds. save one expended, re-
posed In his pocket With money
all things, or nearly all things, were
possible.
Owing to the cramped space in
which the meteor lay 1t was no small
task to bring ft to the surface in
sections. But he persevered. BY
strenuous endeavor he accumulated
an astonishing pile of iron ore
studded with diamonds. looking not
unlike almonds in a brown cake. and
the guttering candle held low down
failed to reveal anything else in the
hole. There was a good deal of
debris at the bottom, and the depth
was now more than four feet. To
reach to its full extent he was COM
PEELED to place his head and shoulders
into the excavation and feel blindly
with one hand. so he rightly con-
cluded that final examination might
be left until daylight.
BY this time he was hot and COW
cred with dirt. He stripped. washed
himself in front of the fire, and
changed into his new clothes.
He did not possess a looking glass,
but he felt sure that he presented q
remarkably different appearance when
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-18
The Girl Who Is Neglected
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX

out when you hear him ring the bell.
either.
| Be really not at home
Take up some of the friends you
have dropped on his account, go out
with them, see something of some
other men. and you'll forget all about
your friend. Sir Egotist.
| If you do forget about him, there's
one thing sure-hell begin to think
about you-just little.
When he finds that there are two
| sides to this story he's been trying to
tell you all summer. ten chances to
one he will try to write a brand new
| chapter-with quite a different end
| Ing.
What do you want with such a self
ish man anyhow?
| II he acts that way before mar
riage. when he isn't perfectly sure OF
| you. what on earth will he do when
he has you tied down at home, with
| out even a chance in the game?
| Go out and spend his whole Satur-
day afternoon anu CuHudy piasihe ,
baseball probably, or watching some-
body else play it. and leave you at
home to wonder what on earth ever
possessed you to marry him at all.
NOTHING MYSTERIOUS
There's nothing mysterious about
the gentleman; he's just selfish. that's
all, and-perhaps he isn't quite SO
desperately in love with you as you
| try to make yourself believe.
| If he was, you wouldn't have to
| quarrel with him for staying away
| from you.
Don't hang on to him so tight-let
go-let go-entirely-and see II ne
doesn't change his mind about want
| ing TO get away.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-18
,<r HEY'vE been getting after
the plays lately, haven't they"
said the Head Barber. throw

x.r HEY'vE been getting after
the plays lately. haven't they?"
said the Head Barber. throw
ing aside the morning paper.
Il should say they have" said the
Manicure Lady. "and as the old gent
was saying up home last night, 1t Is
about time that something should be
did. I ain't been to see none OF the
daring ones. but from what hear
some OF them is pretty risky.
wouldn't go to no show like that any
how, and besides. the speculators has
all the seats"
"The producers say they are giving
the people what they want" observed
the Head Barber.
"They are giving the people what
the people are being taught to want
by them producers" declared the
Manicure Lady. Gee, / don't know
what this town Is coming to. People
are saying that 1t is getting wicked,
but 1t amt that. If 1t was only a
little wicked with some brains thrown
in, it wouldn't be so bad. The town
amt getting wicked, George-it's
getting simple minded. The town Is
wiggling and swapping its fingers like
cabaret dancer. The town is of Its
trolley and off the rails besides.
The only plays that I ever liked,
George, or at least the plays liked
the best of all. was the pretty old
rural dramas. / know the wise fish
nowadays wouldn't turn out to see a
play like "Shore Acres and II good
old Denman Thompson was in his
prime now he would starve. / can see
them old plays now. when shut my
eyes. They was all about the same In
a way, but they was all fine. There
was always the old homestead. which
at least one of the family didn't want
sold. 1t had been the home OF their
dads and granddads. but some OF the
younger members of the family had
moved to the city and got proud, and
now the old homestead had to be sold
"One little daughter stuck by the
old home with her dad and mother.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-18
Q The Manicure Lady 8
BY WILLIAM F. KIRK

And in all OF the plays she had a
beau with an honest heart and warts
on his thumbs His father would own
the next farm, of course, and it had
always been the dream Of the old
folks that the two would marry and
then the two farms would become
one. Then along would come some
young city fellow usually surveyor.
He would be the villain, and don't
know why they always picked out
that profession for a villain. There
is a lot of surveyors that is perfect
gents. Anyhow, he would come there
with his city ways and his oily
tongue. and he would steal that little
girl away from her fair minded
Jasper beau. She would find out be-
fore 1t was too late that he was a
villain. and while she was finding
that out her jasper beau would be
finding out that there was oil on the
old homestead and that the villain
knew 1t all the time. The end of 1t
would be that the surveyor would
have to go back to his compass and
the gal would marry her Abner. and
the old homestead would be saved"
They always had a swell male
quartet of rubes in them shows. too"
said the Head Barber. II used to
like to hear them singing My Old
Kentucky Home and Way Down
Upon the Suwanee River guess
you are right when you say we are
getting foolish In the head. And
suppose there won't be no more Of
them good old plays. It's too bad
too Me and the Missus would go
oftener II we could see something like
that. but amt going to dig up four
bones to go and see problem play
that deals with the same problem
Adam and Eve knew about. And
wouldn't go across the street to see
musical comedy no more. so when
we don't go to vaudeville or the
movies we have some friends up to
the fiat or go calling on them. That
way we won't get poisoned nome"
You're right. George" said the
Manicure Lady. You have the right
anecdote.'
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-18
Estelle Was Nice Girl, But Just Look
What She Did

Estelle was nice girl and good
stenographer.
To prove she was a nice girl. we
tell you she never put empty peanut
sheAs In another girls typewriter.
aud to prove she was a good stenog-
rapher we tell you that she knew
exactly how many SIS and p's there
should be In Mississippi and how
many ms and ts there should be in
Cincinnati. So there.
Estelle was very tidy. Every morn
ing when she got up she swept the
room with q glance. This is much
easier than sweeping the room with a
broom. or even a vacuum cleaner.
Try II.
Also she was very cheerful. She
would run downstairs with a song on
her lips. or course. she removed tho
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-18

IT want to insert q big advertise
mont in your paper" said a business
like gentleman busting into q news
paper editorial sanctum- TIE about
a fine new brand of whisky"
Certainly. sir" cried the editor,
springing to his feet and rubbing his
hands. Excuse me q minute and
he went to the speaking tube and
said to the foreman composftor in a
whisper:
you need not set that editorial OF
mine on The Curse OF Drink this
week."
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-18

He began to work methodically. In
the first place, he lit fire, for the
evening was chilly. Then he shook
his mattress and swept the floor.
gathering into a heap all the tiny
particles with which 1t was Uttered.
These he collected in a piece of news
paper, and folded them into a parcel.
which again he inciosed in stouter
sheet Of brown paper. finally tying
the whole with a yard OF string he
carried in his pocket.
PROFITABLE SWEEPING
There were hundreds of tiny dia-
n1onds In that Insignificant package.
and not a few the size of small peas.
As a matter of fact. he discovered
subsequently that the net result OF
his sweeping brought him in more
than $1,000.
Having examined every nook and
crevice of the apartment by the aid
Of the candle, he satisfied himself tina t
naught remained which would indi-
cate to the most curious eye any
event out of the common having oc-
Cured in that humble dwelling.
II was typical OF Philips implicit
faith that he did not unlock the back
door until his interior task was
ended. He knew that his meteor was
untouched.
There was no wind without. The
candle, feeble as the rays were, lllu-
minated the small yard sufficiently to
reveal its debris OF white stones and
darker Jumps of metal. Beginning at
the doorway. he swept vigorously but
with the minutest care. until he had
formed four good sized piles on the
fagstones.
He could not afford to differentiate
between the debris Of the damaged
pavement and the fragments of the
meteor. II was easy TO distinguish
the larger pieces of broken glass from
the window inside the house-in the
yard he had neither the time nor the
light TO select the bits of shattered
stone. All must go together. to be
sorted with leisured care subsequently.
He scrutinized the external window
sills the door posts. the chinks OF the
small coalhouse door at the further
end of the yard, even the rough sur
faces of the walls, and removed every
speck of loose material. More news
paper was reQuisitioned. but, after
utilizing the twine on his parcel of
clothing, he ran short OF string.
He coolly went up the stairs. un-
fastened the rope with which he had
intended to hang himself and loos-
ened its stiff strands. Soon he had an
abundance of strong cord. and four
bulky packages were added to the
first small one.
They were heavy, too, weighing sew
eral pounds each. In placing them
side by side close to the wall beneath
the front window, he suddenly real
lied an unforeseen difficulty.
II these shreds OF matter-the mere
husk, as IT were, of the meteor-were
so ponderous, what would be the
weight of the meteor itself? How
could he hope to lift it from the hole
in which II lay--how convey IT from
Johnson's News to a new and safer
habitation? He might as well en-
deavor to move an unwilling ele-
phant.
The thought chilled him. For the
first time since his parting interview
with Mr. Abingdon. Philip experienced