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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-05
&, aulates loan sharks.

Seventeen bills were introduced.
The most important, perhaps, was one
designed to regulate the business of
loan sharks, introduced by Kane OF
Dubuque. II provides for state con-
troll and regulation of all loan bust
ness outside the regular channels anu
in which more than the legal rate Of
8 per cent Is required.
It requires that the business be
licensed and the names OF the persons
or corporation conducting the bust
ness be recorded with the auditor OF
state. It provides for bond Of ST.
900 and the keeping of record OF all
business transactions in the English
language where it may be inspected
at any time by the auditor or his as
sistants.
The auditor Is given control of the
business. Any complaints filed In
the auditors office OF the manner In
which any firm transacts Its business
shall be followed by hearing with
In eight days. If the auditor believes
the law has been violated he may re-
woke the license Of the firm to do
business A maximum of 2 per cent
per month is fixed for chattel loans,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-07-24
CRASSHOPPER
WAR STARTS
County Commissioners WAl
Furnish Poison And Bran
Beginning Monday

The County Commissioners
have sworn vengeance on all the
grasshoppers in Meade county
after Monday July 2s.
For several days past each
member of the board has been
making a personal investigation
of conditions in his own dis
trlct and on Monday of this
week held a meeting and decided
to ask the whole county to as.
sist in the determination of the
pests.
The following proportionate
mixture will be used and is con-
sidered by the state entomolo-
gists to be sufficient to clean the
grasshoppers off five acres of
ground:
bran twenty pounds
Parls green, one pound
Syrup, two quarts
water 3H gallons
Juice of three oranges or lemons
The county will pay for the
bran and the paris green. The
distributing points will be
Meade, Fowler, and Plains and
those who desire the polsen may
go to either place they desire.
The County commissioners
will be located as follows:
John Cordes at Meade
A. B. Roberts, Fowler
t. 3. Noyinger, Plains -
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-07-24

from his 1912 mailing list. Now
If 1t was an expression of the
patrons that was wanted, l con-
tend that EACH patron should
have had ONE ballot. The fact
that Mr.. Neeley sent 3S2 letters,
each containing three ballots,
does not prove that every patron
received a ballot, and since
have positive knowledge of a
number of patrons [heads of fam
ilies) who did not receive ballots
say the whole thing was a farce.
Mr.. Neeley probably has as
much proof that the referendum
vote was fair as he had grounds
tor holding up my appointment
(which on his own statement,
was absolutely NONE.
40 not think that this last
move in any way clears Mr..
Neeley in this matter. His own
statements prove that he went
back on what he said he would
do, and without ever having ex.
planned why, therefore the head
ing of this article is appropriate,
ne double.crossed.
The foregoing is only an out
line and more information will
be given later.
The above article contains
facts which l will willingly SUBJ
stantiate. 1t is not printed to
create sympathy-.-I am not So
Letting sympathy---I meyer ask
ed but justice, fair play, and a
square deEb these say Mr..
Neeley failed to give me.
Respectfully,
AGNES WEHRLE,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-07-24

The Meade Motor Co. is now
owned and managed by Sour
beer brothers. w. H. Sour
beer as mechanic and C. K.
Sourbeer as Office manager.
The new firm expects to make
some Improvements, in the way
additional machinery and tools.
With the machinery already
installed, and the additions they
will make, they will have one of
the best equipped garages in the
western half os the state. The
News wishes the boys success.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-07-24
WALL STREET
is BUFFALOED
Views OF A Prominent Re-
publican With Reference
To Democracy

By Edward Beating, representations
from Colorado
Observation-Disclosures met
its Gettysburg on July 7 1913
just four days after the fftieth
anniversary of the turning point
in the conflict between the states.
On that date forty-nine Demo
cratic senators agreed to pass
the Underwood tariff bill with
out material amendment of the
important schedules. Of course
the fusillading will continue for
weeks in the senate. The rep
resentatives of special interests
will make few more desperate
stands in the hope of saving
something from the wreck, but
to all intents and purposes their
backbone was broken on July 7,
and recovery is impossible. Lee
fought on after Gettysburg, but
he knew Appemattox was in
evitable.
I suppose the inside story of
the tariff will meyer be written.
The victors are supposed to be
generous and the vanquished
are not seeking publicity. AS l
have often pointed out in these
letters, the sugar and the wool
en- Uschedules constituted the
"Bloody Angle" of the battle.
TO carry that position, we had
to,muster forty-eight Democrat
ic votes in the senate. Two So
called Democrats-the Louisiana
senators-deserted to the enemy
before gun was fired. That
left us with forty-nine-just one
more that enough. For weeks
and months the sugar and WOOL
en- interests-backed up by a
board of other tariff interests
moved Heayen and earth in an
attempt to drive two or three
Democratic senator's into the
protec tioncamp.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-07-24
The Men They Wanted

Shafroth, of Colorado; Walsh
of Montana: Newlands, of New
ada; and Thompson, of Kansas
were the men they hoped to get
The testimony before the lobby
investigating committee shows
in a measure the character and
intensity of the pressure to
which these men were subject
ed. The benefciaries of the
tariff never made more syste.
matte fight. They probably
never spent more money or ex-
erted stronger or more varied
influences in struggle. Yet
they lost! Lost for the first
time in the history of tariff legis-
lation in this country.
1t is the most notable defeat
sustained by the forces of spec
ial privilege in the last half CEN
tury. The result is due to two
inf1uences-an awakened public
sentiment, and the remarkably
able leadership with which the
Democratic party is blessed to-
day.
With Wilson, Bryan, Clark,
Underwood. Kern, Simmons,
and Owen working in complete
harmony with an eye single to
the public welfare, it is DIFF
ficult for the opposition to Of
fer effective resistance.
A Republicans View
One of the leading Republi-
cans in the house described the
situation very accurately while
chatting with me in the cloak
room the other day.
God seems to be on the side
of the Democracy this time, and
for the life of me l can't see
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-07-24

much hopes for the Grand Old
Party. You have disappointed
us in a most exasperating way.
First we thought your leaders
would be at each others throats
before Wilson had been in the
White house sixty days. Instead
they seem to be conducting a
continuous love feast. Billy
Bryan permits Wilson to lead
the orchestra while he smilingly
scrapes away on second-fddle.
Clark and Underwood, who by
all the rules of the game, should
be waiting around the corner
with baseball bat ready to
swat the commoner. seem to be
lying awake nights tryingko fig
ure out new scheme to show
their love for him. Bryan comes
right back at them and insists
on placing laurel wreaths on
their brows.
II cannot believe this harmony
will last, but if it does we are
lost. And then, look at the
cropsl Think of old mother ma
ture giving us good crops-the
best we ever had-when the
Democrats we're in control of
the government! How can we
start panic when the farmer
is prosperous, and how can we
ever convince him again that his
happiness is based on the tariff
when all his money is pouring
in on him while the Democrats
are tearing the sacred old things
to pieces?
Talking of panics-did you no.
tice how Wilson and McAdoo
made Wall street stop all It's
calamity bowling a few weeks
ago? Just threatened to dump
$500,0O0, 900 of government notes
into the channels of trade to re-
lieve a tight market. Have
you heard a peep out Of Wall
street slnce2 No, and you won't.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-07-24

| sS NAAA PSOS AON SoAN
so.
(For the benifit of DR.. Simpson
l want to say to my readers, that
never for an instant entertain
ed the idea that he had anything
to do with this matter.)
DR.. Simpson Immediately
wrote to Mr.. Neeley regarding
the matter and the following is
Neeley's reply:
Washington d. C.. May 10, 1913
Mr.. w. w. Simpson, !.
Meade, Kansas
My dear Mr.. Simpson:
Yours of the 9th inst. just re-
ceived, and in reply have no letter from
you that makes any charge such as you have
indicated has been rumored. ! have long
since learned that the least attention we pay
TO rumors the better off we are, and am
trying to live up to it, but candor compels
me to state that it is pretty hard job, some
times. 1t seems that things have become
pretty badly tangled down there, but l hope
they will finally adjust themselves so tha,
everybody will get friendly with everybody
else again.
Thanking you for your communication ]
am,
Faithfully yours,
Geo. A. Neeley.
From the above it will be seen
that Mr.. Neeley admitted that
there were no charges---he clears
both men implicated, and puts
himself on record as having held
up my appointment upon the
pretense of charges, and over
his own signature admits that
he doesn't know who made them.
Realizing that things were
badly tangled, Mr.. Neeley must
have referred the matter to
Sam Sraybili. What reason he
may have had for doing this !
do not know, but | do know that
Mr.. Neeley is the man who was
elected Congressman, and not
Sam Graybill. At any rate Mr..
Neeley wrote:
Washington d. {.
May end, 1913
Miss Agnes Wehrle,
Meade, Kansas
My dear Miss Wehrle:
AT the suggestion of the Chair.
man of the Democratic Congressional Com
mttee, | am disposed to submit the Meade
controversy to the Democratic patrons of the
Meade post office, at primary to be held
thereon, etc. (Signed) Geo. A. Neeley.
l objected to a primary, on
the grounds that since there
was nothing to the charge story
(hls own statements proving the
fact) that my appointmentshould
be confirmed. Still Mr.. Neeley
did not act. To one he wrote,
That he would let the matter
rest for the present to another,
That he would do nothing until
Septe ber or October to anoth-
er He would make an inyes-
tlgation upon his own RESPONSE
bility, but contrary to all the
above statements on July 8 ball
OTIS were received from Mr..
Neeley, asking for referendum
vote to decide the matter. The
result of this "farce" will per-
haps be seen in the Globe, the |
republican paper, which l have
reason to believe is in sympathy
with Tammany.
Mr.. Neeley seems to think
this referendum vote was fair. |
Now, let's see if it was. The |
ballots came to the Meade post
Office. Miss Johnston was in
the Office, so was the postmaster
and they were both against me.
The other candidate had the adj
vantage of knowing who got the
ballots and when, and the post
Office lobby, l am told, made,
and in many instancesswas used
as voting and an electioneering
place. Other unfair advantages
were taden. Mr.. Neeley sent
to some patrons of the Office
three ballots and others none,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-07-24
The Farmer Deceived

To my mind the high protect
i've swindle could not have per-
sisted in this country had the
farmer understood the question.
Republicans have told him he
was one of the benefciaries of
the tariff, and to make the de-
ceptlon complete they have tariff
on his wool and wheat and other
products. But the price of most
of the things produced by the
farmer is fixed in Liverpool
in the works. market. That is
because we have been producing
more agricultural products than
we could consume and our sur
plus has been exported. Every
farmer should know that the
price of his wheat and his corn
is determined by the condition
of the Liverpool market and that
the price he gets for his wool is
fixed by the woolen com bine and
is sometimes lower than the
Liverpool market.
When the farmer learns these
facts he will, of course, refuse
to continue to support system
which increase the price of the
things he buys and does not in
crease the price of the things he
sells.
Then the high protective tariff
fake will have reached its APP
pomattox.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-07-24
Wall Street Buffaloed

And they will accept Wilson's
currency bill, too. This is the
first time in good many years
that we have had man in the
White house who didn't give a
tinker's dam for the emperors
OF finance. Wall street is Just
beginning to get that fact
through its noodle. 1t will gur-
gle and gasp its Indignation for
awhile but it will eventually
come to it's milk. This talk
about the big national banks
surrendering their charters
rather than submit to federal
control, is poppycock. Wilson
and Bryan will have their way
with the currency bill, just as
they have had with the tariff
bill.
I wish Icould use the name of
my Republican friend, for that
would make this letter a first
page story In every paper in the
country, but these cloak room
chats are confidential and l re-
fuse to EN- barrass the gentle
man.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-07-24
Xxx

In view of the fact that l have
had no desire to mould public
opinion, or TO prejudice the
minds of the people regarding
the Meade Post-Office question,
have refrained from making
public any of the facts in the
case until this time. Now, for
the reason that many do not un-
derstand the true state of af-
fairs, l give the following facts:
AS everyone knows, candi-
dates were in the field almost
as soon as the election was over.
-Four candidates remained IN
the fight until the end. They
were: J. S. Price, w. w. Simp-
son, Thos Johnston, and myself.
Thos Johnston was backed by
the bipartisan ring, known in
Meade as "Tammany," the same
ring that supported J. l. Stamp
er, the present Republican post
master, three years ago.
AS time went on the fight mar
moved down until opinion was
divided as to whether the choice
would be Thos Johnston or l.
l made my fight on my merits,
on the strength of having the
democratic paper, and of having
supported the entire ticket from
the President down.
When the proper time came l
sent my endorsements to Mr..
Neeley and soon after received
the following;
Washington, d. c.
March, 81, 1913
Miss Agnes Wehrle,
Meade, Kansas.
My Dear Miss Wehrle:
After due consideration of all the
different phases in the matter, have decid-
ed to recommend your appointment as post
mistress at Meade, subject to the confirm
alton of the Senate, etc.
Faithfully yours,
Geo. A. Neeley.
Similar letters were received
by other citizens of Meade and
the announcement of the rec
ommendation having been made
appeared in the Kansas dailies.
Naturally there was conster-
nation in the ranks of Tammany
and the things they said about
Mr.. Neeley would not look we'll
in print.
1t seemed that Sam Graybill
Democratic Congressional Com
mitteeman, of Hutchinson, was
to make trip to Washington
about this time, upon what err
rand / cannot say, but it was
rumored in Meade, that
Tammany would hear something
as soon as Sam Graybill reached
Washington so his visit there,
in part at least, must have been
in Tammany's interests, at any
rate, l received the following
Washington D. c. April 9th, 1913.
Miss Agnes Wehrle, Meade. Kansas
Charges preferred you have en-
ployed Mr.. Sullivan to procure appointment
as postrhistress for compensation and that he
solicited support for Finley for Congress
mpel me hold up your appointment
Geo. A, Neeley
On April 9TH / sent Mr.. Neel-
ey the following message:
Wire me charges and by whom preferred
BY night letter at my expense. Investigation
being made.
Nothing more was heard from
Mr.. Neeley by me until the fol-
owing letter was received:
Washington, d. C.
April, 10th, 1913
Miss Agnes Wehrle,
Meade, Kansas
My Dear Miss Wehrle:
Yours of the 9th
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-07-24

By Edward Heating, cOngressman-at-Large
from Colorado
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-25
MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER
FOR RRInE-EI ECT

One of the prettiest afternoon par
ties of the early summer was that OF
Wednesday. at which Mrs. F. Rust
Smith was hostess, entertaining in hon
or of Miss Lucille Yniestra, the young
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur P.
Yniestra, whose wedding to Mr.. Ernest
McVoy will be a pretty and interesting
event OF the second week in June
About forty friends had been invit-
ed to meet the young brides elect. the
courtesy taking the form of a miscel-
1aneous shower.
The rooms of the attractive home
were lovely in potted plants and cut
flowers. Quantities Of Shasta daisies
were used in the hall and In the living
room ferns and nasturtiums. potted
plants and variegated sweet peas used
In profusion in the diningroom-
AS each guest arrived she was pre-
scented with pencil, paper and en-
velope, and requested to write the
her wedding day. After this quantity
pretty idea had been carried out, an
ice course was served, and then sud
denly silence fell on the hubbub of
merry voices as into the room, pretty
and winsome, came little Claire Wild
don. daintily gowned in white with
pink ribbons, behind her a gaily be-
decked express wagon freighted with
gifts for the bride-elect.
The pretty conveyance was com
pl0LS1y CON0I0o with Dig CudSla Qdlsl6S
and held a basket also daisy trimmed
and tied with yellow tulle. Straight to
the BRIDE elect the little maiden of
seventeen months made her way, and
with a deep courtesy, and cunning
greeting, made known to the pretty
honor guest that the gifts in the bas-
ket were from her friends to her.
Lovely gifts they were, half hour
was spent in admiring the many
pretty things that friends had fash
toned.
Mrs. Smith received her guests I'm
a pretty gown of lavender and white
Miss Yniestra wore an afternoon
frock OF white lace Mrs. o. H. Smith,
aunt of the bride-elect, stylish gown
of lavender with white trimmings, and
Mrs. Arthur Yniestra, mother OF the
honor guest. was In blue and white
silk.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-25
SOCIETY
SURPRISE PARTY FOR
MISSES EVERETT.

Misses May and Eta Everett were
the honor guests at a very pleasant
surprise party given at the home of
Mrs j. A .Daw. on Thursday evening.
Besides the honor guests there were
present Misses Cecilia and Velma Will
iiams, Bernice Prather, Matte Belle
Williams, Janet Williams, Allie Davis.
Addie Mae Carlson. Nora Bowling, Nena
Merlin, Sybil Grubbs, Emily Hoffman,
Escambia Jones, Jennie Byrnes, and
Messrs. Frank Lewis, Earl Lewis,
Richard Merritt, Leslie Merritt. Ike
Bobe, Russell Bobe, Ross Johnson,
Matt Sullivan, Ellie Creighton, Tom NC
Hugh, Ernest Wilburn. Joe Febro. Tom
Butler, Henry Davis, Dayton Neal,
John Worland, Ralph Maxwell, and
Bryan Cobb.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-25
McVoY-Y NfESTRA
WEDDING PLANS.

The wedding Of Miss Lucille Yniestra
TO Mr.. Ernest McVoy will be an event
of June 18th in which there In wide
interest The wedding plans have
been completed. the wedding to be
celebrated In the forenoon at st MI
chaeIs Catholic church
Mrs. Rust Smith viii be Miss Ynfes-
tra's maid-of-ho and the brides
maids viii be- Miss Avis Smith, q
cousin Of the bride, and Miss Deitledn,
OF New Orleans
cousin Of the groom, viii be best man,
and Mr.. Arthur Yniestra, brother Of
the bride. and Mr.. Tom White win be
groomsmen- The ushers will be Mr..
tEmanual Qufna and Mr.. Mallory Riera-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-25
LITTLE BOY IMPROVING
sAFTER OPERATION.

The friends OF little Alfred John
son. Of 1908 N. Davis street who has
been seriously Ill for the past two
weeks, will be glad to learn that he
was successfully operated on at the
Pensacola sanitarium Wednesday. and
now he Ii doing well and hopes are
entertained of his full recovery.
Master Alfred is q child of more
than ordinary qualities OF mind and
Christian chara cter. and is loved by
all who are fortunate enough to know
him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-25
ETo CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY
knE PRESIDE OF COME RACN

The anniversary OF the birth OF JEFF
sferson Davis, president OF the Confed-
teracy, will be appropriately celebrated
ION June 8rd, the Pensacola Chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy
entertaining with q reception for the
veterans as q feature OF the day.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-25

neatest styles White and pretty
colored patterns. Russian, sailor
and other styles. Elegantly
made up and finished. CSC
Choice for .....-.-------..''
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-17
Continued on page 4
ADMITS EFFORTS TO BRIBEl
cuiprIt Denies, Nevertheless, That !
He Had Any Intention Of
Committing Crime.

Los Angeles. Cal, June 16. Chas.
Ercanbrach. 63 years old. indicted by
the federal grand jury on q charge
of having offered to bribe Unito.i
States senator to obtain the once Of
postmaster at Santa Barbara, faced
arraignment today with compoSure.
He placed reliance In the promise Of
his wife, Lucinda, and daughter BeS..
sic, to bring the whole OF Santa Bar.
bara down to tell the jury" that he
meant no wrong when he wrote Sem
ators John D. Works. promising him
1000 for the postmastership.
Ercanbrach In an ingeniouslys word
ed confession, admits having offered
Senator Works his cash savings, dis
avowing any intention to commit Is
crime. Lots Of times we carpenters
pay the boss carpenter two bits or
four bits day to get Job and Moth
Ing is thought Of II" the statement
adds.
The sentence from Ercanbrach,s
letter to the senator: Now. Mr.,
Works, II this does not conform with
your ideas, just burn this" is inge-
niously explained BY the writer.
II figured might get turned down
and / didn't want none OF the home
people to know about me trying to.
get the place.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-17
Continued on page 4
READY TO. CAUCUS ON BILL
Underwood Tariff Measure Has
Run the Gauntlet Of Senate
r. Committee.

Washington. D. c., June 1e.-After
six wee.,s Of work on the Underwood
tariff bill democratic leaders of the
senate have. nearly completed their
task and will, have the revised meas
ure ready for the party caucus some
day this week. Majority members of
the finance committee met today to
begin consideration Of the sub-com-
mites report Of the agricultural
schedule Little time would be taken,
It was said. because the entire demo
cratic membership already has confer
red on the changes on cattle and, agri-
cultural materials which are to go on
the free list with countervailing
duty provision.
Schedules remain to be approved are
the sundries, silk and free list and
the committee also has yet to act
on the income tax and administrative
sections. There are few undecided
points in connection with the metal.
cotton and wool schedules to be taken
up and the committee also has to de-
termine on a date when the provi-
sions OF the wool and sugar schedules
ara to b made effective.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-17
FERRY AT
THE PANAMA CANAL

Washington, D. c., June 16.-Parad.
oxical as 1t may seem the first task
for the army engineers, after they have
succeeded in severing the continents
of North and South America by the
canal, will be to reestablish the con.
nection. 1t is necessary that commun.
ication by rail be maintained until i'm.
paired between the north and south
banks Of the canal, especially If the
railway systems of South and North
America are to be linked 30 as to at.
ford unbroken connection between the
United States and Buenos Ayres.
Bridges high enough above the canal
to permit of the passage of ocean go.
ing vessels are out the question while
a plan to dig under the canal has been
abandoned because of the cost. Fin.
ally the decision has inclined to sys.
tenn of steamer car floats constituting a
gigantic ferry which probably will be
located at Camp Elliott.