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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-08
TEMPERATURE REPORT

Highest temperature yesterday, Sc;
a year ago, AZ; lowest last night, 81:
year ago, 21.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-08
Belated Honors For TOnopah Sponsor
@
John F. Anderson Real Father of Camp
TARDy RECOGNITION TO Be GIVEN
MAN WHO REALLY MADE PURCHASE
OF TONOPAH MINING co. GROUND

Chronology Of Tonopah
May 19OO--Ore found by Jim But
ler..
August 19O0-Locations recorded.
December 19OO-Crowds begin to
arrive.
January 19O1-Population so.
June 19O1-Arrival of John F. An
derson.
July 1901-First payment of $4,000
on the present Tonopah Mining COM
pany.
August 19O1-Anderson returns to
Philadelphia.
Production of southern Nevada to
date as the result of Anderson's re-
port on Tonopah, $150,000,000.
Dividends derived from the invest
ment of $336,OOO in ten years, $10,-
100000.
John F. Anderson is the man who
bought the mine from me, who con-
summated the purchase and whose
o. K, after having made personal
examination of the ground, resulted
in Tonopah going to Philadelphia. -
Statement of Jim Butler, the man
who found the values which estab-
lished Tonopah.
This (referring to the group OF
claims embraced in the present To
nopah Mining company's holdings)
is probably the richest mine in the
state of Nevada, if not the richest
mine In the world Extract from
the report Of John F. Anderson which
resulted In the opening of the Miz
sGpah mine.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-08

Continued on page 81
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22

in the pioneer days of that state
when its boundless prairies were in
need of trees. AT meeting of the
Nebraska state board OF agriculture
held in Lincoln January 4, 1872, j.
Sterling Morton, then a member Of
the board and later secretary of the
United States department of agricu-
ture, Introduced the resolution setting
apart April 10 Of that year as tree day
in the state.
Over million trees were planted
in Nebraska on the first Ar'bor day.
Three years later the governor OF
that state, by proclamation. set apart
the third wednesday Of April as Ar
Dor day and recommended that the
people observe 1T by planting trees.
Annually thereafter succeeding cover.
nors did the same, until at the ses-
sion OF the state legislature in 1885 Ian
act was passed designating April 81,
Mr.. Morton's birthday, as the day for
Arbor day.
Thirty years ago the Legislature en-
acted a law which set aside the day
for the planting of trees on each
school house site where trees were
mot growing Laters the lover of birds
had the name of the day changed to
Arbor and Bird day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22
COMEDIANS JOKE
ON THE AUDIENCE
When It Was Time to Appear on the
Stage He Took His Own
Life.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, April 22.-Coroner HofY-
man will hold an inquest late today
into the sudden death of Cliff Cord
on, comedian who was known the
country over as "the German senator, :
and was part owner of several bur
lesque companies operated under the
name of Gordon and North
North followed Nine. Sarah Bern
hardt on the bill at vaudeville
house yesterday afternoon. For many
years he had seen Chicago audiences
shake with laughter at his jokes. This
time the audience was unmoved.
Its no USE he said to Lyman
Glover, manager of the theater, you
can't make EN- laugh just after Bern
hardt's made 'em cry
The comedian failed to respond to
the bell at the night performance.
Theater attaches telephoned to his
hotel A bell boy broke in the door
and found him dead on the bed. A
physician found he had taken about
sixty grains of a cure for colds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22
Musical Trust.

MILAN, Italy. April 22.-With the
ming OF suit today against Italy's
famous musical trust the Ricordi
music house of this city, Italy is to
nave Its first experience at trust
busting" The suit has been brought
os Giuseppe and Guotano Donzetti,
helrs of the famous opera composer,
and they ask a refund of all revenues
on 80 of Donizettis operas for a
period of % years, dating from 1885.
should they win, it is estimated that
me music trust will pay more than
100000.
For at least two generations the
mouse has been able to crush all op-
position in Italy. 1t is practically i'm.
possible for an opera to be published
ana produced in Italy that is not hnnl-
leo through the Ricordi house. 1t Is
almost equally impossible for sing
er to sing the most ordinary songs in
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22
DON'T BLAME YOUR
OVER WORKED STOMACH

When your stomach will not digest
food, the worst thing you can do is to
take lot of digestive medicines. True,
they give temporary relief, but your
stomach is the sufferer. Loss of APP
petite, Indigestion. dyspepsia and head
aches can only be permanently re-
lieyed by removing the cause. In
many cases, various remedies taken
to relieve these conditions result IN
running the stomach and preventing it
from digesting food In natural way.
If you want your stomach to do its
own work properly, without resorting
to artificial digestives or predigested
foods, use Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge.
Take small doses regularly. prefer.
ably before meals In little time
your stomach will again do its own
work and you will eat heartily, keep
well and enjoy living. Jayne's Tonic
Vermifuge is not a digester in itself
but it tones up the stomach and in
,testines, giving you all the nutriment
and strength from the food you eat
Many forms of supposed indigestion
are the result OF intestinal parasites,
for which Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge Is
unsurpassed. Insist on Jayne's; &C
cept no other. Millions have praised
1t for more than eighty years. Sold
by druggists everywhere. DR.. d.
Jayne & Son, Philadelphia, Pa--Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22

doctors and none of them could do more
than relieve me for time.
Il saw your advertisement in pa
per and decided to try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. / took
seven boxes of it and used two bottles
of the Sanative Wash, and | am COM
pletely cured of my trouble. When I
began taking the Compound / only
weighed ninety-six pounds and now /
weigh one hundred and twenty-six
pounds. If anyone wishes to address
me in person | will cheerfully answer
all letters, as cannot speak too highly
of the Pinkham remedies. Miss JEs-
SIZE MARSH, Adrian, Texas.
Hundreds of such letters expressing
gratitude for the good Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has accom-
plished are constantly being received,
proving the reliability of this grand old
remedy.
III You want special advice write to
Lydia q. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfl-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by a
woman and held in strict confidence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22

man and hoy in the city of Keoku
turn out on equal grounds.
That's the Davenport spirit. Why il
Davenport or Waterloo had this big
dam and this big amount of money
being paid out at their door, l think
twenty-five or thirty-flve factories
they would have corralled before this,
Lets pull together. Lets tell the
stranger about our lovely avenue and
drive and Rand park, and the beauti-
full river view, our broad Main street,
our big wholesale houses and the ele-
CANT goods they turn out. Let Tom
Gray tell them about the fine fire and
police departments. Let Mayor Elder
tell them about the finances and our
low rate of taxation. Let Tim Hickey
tell them about our clean Main
street. Let Billy kilroy tell them
about running for mayor in the spring.
Let Lee Hamill tell them about our
five new school houses and Major
Collins tell them about justice and
economy, Ed McManus about the lila
trous men we have given to the ma
ton; Lou Sterne about our pennant
winning ball team. Oh boost! Even if
little of 1t is hot air-boost for Keo-
kuk with her new factories, her new
hotel, her new white way. Get the
spirit. With her lovely homes, her
lovely churches and ministers, her
fine lodge halls, her lovely drives. Let
us all pull together, get that noised
abroad instead of hard luck stories
and like Davenport and towns that
haven't got the dam and lake, but the
spirit, we are bound to come 1t will
take> time 1t will take money. 1t will
take systematic management. 1t will
take harmony of action. Lets all get
into the booster wagon together. Do
right Be liberal, he bonest and Keo-
kuk's future is assured.
Let the travelling man, the water
power man and the laboring man go
abroad with good word for Keokuk.
Boost and fill him full of good honest
advice and good treatment white he
is here in our midst and he will. TEN
him what good town Keokuk is to
live in and back 1t up with honest
treatment and honest deeds or in 9TH
err words, with the goods. Let's go in
for another three years | am ready to
sign up now
w. X. HODGE.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22
ALMOST SEVENTEEN
MILLION DOLLARS
Claims Filed as Result Of Sinking OF
Titanic Reach Enormous
Totals.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, April 22.-Sia hun
dred and fifty-one claims, aggregatlng
s16,640,7S173 have been filed against
the Oceanic Steam Navigation Com
pany, as a result of the sinking of the
White Star liner Titanic
The report lists the claims in four
classes; for loss OF life, loss of prop
erty; loss Of life and personal prop
erty and personal injury and loss OF
property.
Aside from the claims for life, the
largest Of which is that OF Mrs. Hen.
ry B. Harris, who seeks $1,000 900,
there are four ciaims for injuries of
$4,000 each. Other claims for per
sonal injuries run from $4,000 to
100000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22
Swiss Balloon to Attempt
to Cross the Atlantic Ocean

$500 cubic metres and lifting pow
er of more than 5000 kilos. The bas-
ket, of consistent, non-leakaible ma
terial, will float, as tests have previ
ously demonstrated, for a consider
able length Of time, thus allowing Its
occupants, in case Of disaster, an OPP
portunity of being picked up If they
should fall in the line of passing
steamers.
1t is Mr.. Brucker's intention, after
ascending from Las Palmas to trust
the Suchard to the current OF the
trade winds in hopes oe reaching
Cuba or some point on the South
American coast, a distance of some
$4,000 miles. Mr.. Brucker believes his
gas supply will last fully ten days;
forty-eight hours more than the trip
is calculated to consume.
The great danger of over gas ex-
pansion from the heat of the sun has
been partially eradicated by the use
of patent spring safety valve de-
vice first adopted by the Suchard !,
anu us ~ rs MI. RuSheI llfleutloH w
sail as close as is practical to the
water, little danger is looked for
from that source.
Some little difficulty has arisen
through the refusal OF the military
authorities to allow the balloon to
make its ascension within the mill
tary zone. This, however, has neces-
STATED only temporary delay, and
the ascension will take place in the
immediate future. It's fate, success or
failure, will be decided within the
next few weeks.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22
ARE YOU A WOMAN

Baltimore. Md.-Mrs. w. H. Ison, at
1419 East Madison street, writes, For
several years, l suffered, off and on,
from female troubles, until finally
was taken down and could do nothing.
The pains I experienced, shall never
forget. lost weight till l was only
skin and bones. believe l would
have been in my grave. If had no.
tried Cardui. l shall praise it as
long as l live" Many women, like
Mrs. Tson, are weak and discouraged,
on account of some painful ailment.
Are you one of these sufferers? Car
dui will help you. Try it today. Any
druggist-Ady.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22

Once more mans latent spirit Of in
quisitiyeness, adventure and patriot.
ism is about to exert itself in the
form of another trans-oceanic balloon
attempt. This time it Is the Swiss
who will strive to pin success below
the long, patient list of failures al
ready recorded. The aim of the ex-
petition is to Grass the Atlantic, leav-
ing from the Canary Islands and
landing in Cuba or the eastern coast
of South America. 1t will be a happy
stroke of incongruity if this little In
land nation succeeds in achieving
what her maritime sisters have strug-
gled in vain to accomplish.
Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands,
is the scene of active and sanguine
preparation for the ascension of this
new aerial contestant 1t is from
here that the Suchard II will rise anc
bury its huge head in the clouds-to
he buffeted and swept onto its desti-
nation in the swirl of trade winds.
Joseph Brucker, the leader of the
expedition, is a resourceful and ex-
perienced aeronaut, and 1t is owing
to the enthusiastic support of Mr..
Carl -Suchard, the famous manu-
facturer Of Swiss chocolate, that he
has been able to put his natural incli-
nation into tangible results. Mr.. Russ
Suchard is not only giving his undi.
vided aid to this present trans-Atlan-
tic flight, but it was also through his
hacking that the previous unsuccess-
full attempt of the Suchard I was
made possible.
The Suchard II has a capacity OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22

To the Editor of The Gate City:
With our big dam just about cons
pleted and Keokuk advertised as on
the map from one end of the United
States to the other we need the boost
er spirit. We need unanimous spirit
and pull for Keokuk Now would
suggest a town hail or meeting place
say the city superior court rooms or
court house, and when factory prop
osition comes along, and a proposi-
ton for the betterment of Keokuk, let
the whole town turn out, not Mr.. De-
Witt and one or two others, but every
tax payer, every preacher, every pro-
fessionai man, every laboring man,
every business man. every woman,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22
NEXT FRIDAY TO BE
ARBOR DAY IN IOWA
Governor Clarke Urges Planting Of
Trees in School Yards Through
out the State.

Governor George w. Clarke has Of
ficially designated Friday, April 25, as
Arbor and Bird day in Iowa His
proclamation carries with 1t an ex-
pressed wish that all of the school
children of the state in accordance
with the established custom plant
trees in the school yards.
Arbor day originated in Nebraska
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22
Improper Postal Card.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
PEORIA, H., April 21.-Henry M.
MeCaskrin of Rock Island, was
placed on trial in the United States
court on the charge of sending i'm
proper matter through the mails. A
motion to quash the indictment was
overruled.
Judge Sanborn is presiding In the
case because counsel for the defense
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22

public without paying royalty to the
house. The Metropolitan at New York,
and Covent Garden at London have
been Obliged at times to accept what
ever terms the firm might dictate for
the production Of the new Italian
operas.
The Donizetti heirs, in their suit
today, make a test case on la Favor
tia" Should they win their suit the
decision will apply as we'll to thirty
two operas including such we'll known
ones as "The Daughter of the Regi-
ment," "Lucretia Borgia" and others.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22

anu nope CnaC IL VIII
be of interest to suf-
fering women. For
four years l suffered
untold agonies at
re gufar intervals.
Su c h pain s a n d
cramps, severe chills
andsicknessa at stom-
ach, then finally hem
orrhages un til l
would be n e arly
blind. / had five
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22
Topeka SEEKING
ELECTRIC POWER
nlsh Electric Power for
Industrial Con-
Germs.
WILL CONSULT COOPER
commercial Club Secretary Is Coming
to keokuk to Ask Pos
slbilitIes Of
Surveys.

Topeka Journal: The damming OF
The Kaw river in the vicinity of Tope-
Ia and the completion of the south
side dixie are two projects that will
receive the immediate attention of
the commercial club.
Hugh Cooper, who is the engineer
In charge of the work of constructing
the great dam across the Mississippi
river at Keokuk, Iowa, will be con-
suited by ]. Will Kelley, secretary OF
the club, within a week or ten days
relative to the cost of making a thor
ough survey to ascertain whether or
not dam across the Kaw to furnish
mower for Industrial concerns would
be paying venture. Secretary Kelley
will go to Keokuk in connection with
the factory aid plan OF the CONNER
cial club, but will kill two birds with
one stone, so to speak.
H. Won Schon, the famous engineer
of Detroit, Michigan, it will be re-
membered, after a hasty survey Of
conditions in the spring of 1911, re-
ported at meeting of the CONNER
cial club members that dam across
the Kaw would be practical propo-
sition.
Secretary Kelly said today: There
has been talk of citizens recently rel
alive to the construction of dam
across the Kaw. Owing to the state
ment which H. Won Schon made in
the spring of 1911 when he was here
that 1t would be necessary to have an
auxiliary steam plant for use at times
when the river is low, and the fact
that of the long dry spells of 1911
and 1912, the plan has seemed i'm
practicable
However, good many oldtime
residents believe that the mainten-
ance of a dam would be feasible. For
this reason we have decided to CON
suit an expert engineer within a few
days to ascertain what it will cost to
have a survey made. When I go to
keokuk, Iowa, within a short time |
expect to talk with Hugh Cooper, one
OF the greatest, If not the greatest.
hydro-engineers In the country. /
VIII find out what 1t will cost to
have him come here"
Congress has granted permission to
construct dam across the Kansas
river at or near Topeka.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22
Poindexter,s Birthday.

WASHINGTON, April % Senator
Miles Poindexter, of Washington. to-
day celebrated his forty-ffth birthday.
He is Tennesseean by birth, and
has the distinction of being the only
senator designated on the records as
progressive
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22
Railroad Waaes.

NEW YORK, April %. Representa-.
tives of fifty-two eastern railroads and
heads of the Order of Railroad Con-
ductors and the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen met here today to settle
the wage demands presented by the
employees organizations in January
when they asked standard rates for
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22

complained that Judge Humphrey
was preiudiced against their client.
Judge Humphrey is presiding in all
other cases.
McCaskrin is accused of mailing a
card to the Rev. F. E. Shut of Gene
SEQ, among others, assailing the char
acter Of that clergyman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22
Thaw,s Sister Married.

PLUMB ORCHARD, CUMBERLAND
ISLAND, Ga, April 22 Mrs. Cop.ey
Thaw, sister of Harry Thaw, and for
merly Countess of Yarmouth, today
was quietly married at the home OF
her sister, Mrs. George Carnegie, to
Gordon Whitney, of Boston.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22

my little son had very severe
cold. was recommended to try
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and be-
fore a small bottle was finished he
was as well as ever" writes Mrs. FL.
Silks, 20 Bowling street, Sydney,
Australia. This remedy is for sale by
Wilkinson & Co. Pharmacy and j. F..
Kiedaisch & Son.-Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22

rub the affected parts freely with
Chamberlain's Liniment and 1t will
soon disappear. Sold by Wilkinson &
Co. Pharmacy and ]. F. Kiedaisch &
Son.--Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
PHYSICIANS.
DR.. W. p. sHERLocF

LII. w. r. STCnLSSNs
PHYSICAL AND SURGEON
Office 10 North Fifth street. in the
Howell building.
Office hours-10 to IL a. m; to
p. M; evenings. to s: Sundays. II
to p. m.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22
DIR. w. FRANK BROWN
318 N. Fifth ST.

Hours 10 to IL a, M, 2: 80 to 4, 7:4s
to 8 p. m.
Gynecology and Genitourinary Dis
eases.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22
DR.. BRUCE L. GILFlLLAN
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON

ONCE 621M Main street, over
Winger Bros. store. Bell paone 100.
Black.
Residence BIT North Fourth street.
Bell phone 12S0-Red.
Hours: l0-12 q. m. "a p. m. 7-s
p. m. Sunday by appointment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22
Girl. SUFFERED
TERRIBLY
AT Regular Intervals Says
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound COM
pletely cured her.

Adrian, Texas. -" take pleasure in
adding my testimonial to the great list
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22

nen performing the same service on
roads of similar grades, and Is per
cent wage increase
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22

Don't be surprised II you have an
attack of rheumatism this spring. Just
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-22
PUBLIC OPINION
Boost, Boost, Boost.

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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1913-01-31

DR.. j. O. Rush, arrived home Tues
day evening from Little Rock, where
he had been to confer with a number
Of his good road friends The doctor
delivered one of the finest good roads
speeches at the meeting of the Ark
ansas Drainage and Good Roads AsSo-
cation, held recently at the capital,
that was ever heard in the state, upon
which that gentleman has been re-
ceiylng many deserved compliments.
The Times was anxious to get this
speech in time to have in set up in
type in Little Rock and reprinted in
this issue of the paper, but found it
impossible to do so DR.. Rush has
made study Of this good roads ques-
ton and his speech last week in Lit
tie Rock at once places him in the
front ranks of the leading authorities
on this subject in Arkansas. We Join
his many friends in congrat uations.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1913-01-31
INDIGESTION FIVE YEARS
Relieved by Vinol.

Strength and even life itself de
ponds upon the nourishment and
nroper assimilation of food, and unless
digestion is good, the whole body suf-
ferS.
Mrs. L. D. Cook, Tineland, N. j..
saws: 81 was sick five years with in
digestion. My stomach seemed to
have a heavy load in it, and at other
times it seemed to be tied in Knots.
Nobody knows how suffered.
81 tried a great many doctors and
q great many kinds Of medicine, but
nothing did any good until took
vinol. 1t has helped me wonderfully.
I am improving fast, feel better and
am getting my flesh back again. Vinol
has done me a world of good"
We know the great power of vinol,
our delicious cod liver and iron
tonic without oil. in curing chronic
stomach trouble and building up
all weakened, rundown persons, and
that is why we guarantee to return
your money IL 1t does not help you.
Hatcher & Caldwell, Druggists,
Forrest CITY
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1913-01-31
j. II. SANDERS.

In witnessing the wonderful feat.
ure film. THE Garden OF A llah," that
will be run tomorrow Sat urdayl as
special matinee and night attraction,
at the Imperial theater, in connection
with remarkable lecture upon the
lives and quaint customs of the peo-
pie Of the far East by a celebrated
globe. trotter, one is transported from
the turmoil of modern life TO the mys-
terry and yastness Of the desert and
among strange and weird PEOPLE
called The Children of A llah. " The
fact that The Leibler Co., one of
Americas foremost producers. who
staged The Garden OF Allah" for
successful run Of over eight months at
the Century theatre in New York, ap-
prove and endorse these marvellous
motion pictures. puts a stamp of au-
proyal on this film production which
guarantees its high quality and places
it among the foremost motion o let.
ures Of the age. The matinee opens
promptly at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
while the night show will open at the
usual hour. Prices l0and 25c.