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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22
keokuk, Iowa May q, 1918
TO WHOM DOES THE RIVER BE-
ONG7

TO WHOM DOES THE RIVER BE-
LONG?
The river belongs to the nation;
The leyee, they say, to the state;
The Government runs navigation,
The Commonwealth, though, pays
the freight.
Now, here's the problem that's
Please. which is the right or the
wrong?
When water runs over the levee.
To whom does the river belong?
It's the Governments river in summer,
When the stage of the water is low ;;
But in spring, when 1t gets on a hum
mer
And starts Ger the levee to flow,
When the river gets suddenly dippy,
The State must dig down in its till
And push back the old Mississippi
s Away from the farm and the mill
! know very little of having,
I've made little study of courts,
I've done little geeing and having
Through verdicts, opinions. reports;
Why need there be anything more
said
When the river starts levees to
climb
Ii the Government owns the aforesaid
It must own it all of the time.
# the bull you are leading should
below
And jump over somebody's fence,
There isn't much doubt you're the
fellow
Expected to hear the expense.
If it follows a Sunday school teacher
And chases a maid up tree,
You're owner the same of the crea-
ture.
Undoubtedly all will agree.
If It's your Mississippi in dry time,
It's yours, Uncle Sam. when its
wet;
II it's ycur Mississippi in hytime,
In floodtime its your river yet.
There's no other way you can make it,
~. A nd SC, when give the alarm,
Come and get your darn river and
take it
Away from the timber and farm!
The American Lumberman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

night A woman is as old as she looks
before breakfast.
The neighbors are always willing to
laugh at mans Joke. The acid test
of mans joke is whether his family
laughs at it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

A striking clock can be made to
sound the hours on an electric bell in
distant room by fastening wires and
battery to the striking hammer. ana
clock going, the connection being
Iaade when the hammer hits the gong.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

Two Berlin publishers have devised
a scheme for combined telephone
news and musical service TO be sup
piled to telephone subscribers for a
monthly payment of 1928.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

Unable to secure land for new Gem
eteries, Vancouver, Wash, is obliged
TO double UP in the old one, late ar
rivals getting top seats.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

The latest development of Chi
cages Inventive skill centers in the
@coroner's cocktail a liquid confec,
ton warranted to do the business
without the victim knowing what hit
him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

Philadelphia marketed s9,5oo00o
worth of her 4 per cent municipal
bonds at home, without the assistance
of the bond middleman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

All the handcars of large south,
ern railroad are being equipped with
gasoline motors
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

Salem. Mass, will give a pageant
this summer in celebration of the his
tory of the town since 1920.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

There were nineteen commercial
fuel briquetting plants in operation in
the United States last year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

The telephone wires of the United
States are long enough to make fifty
lines to the moon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

A product of Noraw is wood -four,
which is made from sawdust and
comes from clean spruc or pine logs
which are first freed from any par
ticles of bark,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

A cloud of gnats visited Washington
last week and brought young and old
up to the scratch.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

One hundred and sixty undesirable
balloons were refused license In Bal
timore.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

Wuchang, China, may soon estab
lish a municipal electric light plant
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

Boston has an army of 1875 on the
city pay roll.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22
THE JOURNAL AND THE TARIFF.

l.
The Sioux City Journal very ably
seconds Congressman SCOTS speech
on the tariff, says the Castana Times.
The Journal is very anxious that the
high wages and general prosperity of
the American laborer be maintained.
The Journal can be serious at times,
and is very able all the time, but
When 1t essays the tariff question it
comes dangerously near being comic.
To tell people that the tariff is a
protection to American labor is comic,
because the Journal knows better
than the wage Garner himself. The
tariff mulcts the consumer, the labor
Ier and the producer, in SO far as the
farmer Is producer, and helps no.
body but the manufactures or the
traders that handle the products. The
tariff is the greatest millionaire max
ing power on earth and i, is also the
largest pauper making industry known
or men, except the manufacture OF
whisky, in which the government
holds sort OF working partnership.
~ W navy SiSdt' respect LOT the ODin-
ions OF the Journal; it is usually
safe counselor and worthy of thought
fui consideration, but when it takes
up the tariff question it seems to fer
get everything except that the Re
publican party waxed fat and kicked
under the rule of high protection. But
the Journal seems to forget that even
the Republican party went to pieces
on this question and is largely dis
credited today because of its failure
to give the country relief from d
burden that was growing greater in
stead of easier, and bringing the peo-
pie into serfdom to protected inter.
ests. Neither the workingman, the
farmer nor the professional man is
protected by protection: but as pro
lection protects. it doesn't require
microscope to. locate the beneficiary
under the BLANKET and he is far from
being worlingman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

The record of the Republican party
and the tariff does not support the
position taken by the Castana Times.
The tariff legislation now in progress
has hesitated business and thousands
of democrats are petitioning congress
to refrain from free trade legislation.
Tile Democratic party Itself is not
agreed that free trade is wholesome
American legislation
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

A glass bottle blowing machine in
vented in Germany has speed of q.
900 bottles an hour, equal to the work
Of 2o0 expert glassblowers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

Away from the timber and farm!
The American Lumberman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-22

If It's your Mississippi in dry time,
It's yours, Uncle Sam. when it's
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
PISTOL DUEL WITH POLICE
Aged Man First Tries to Kill His
Niece's Husband.

Harrisburg, Pa, May 19.-William
Hastings, seventy-five years old, a
brother of the late Governor Daniel
P. Hastings, made a murderous attack
on Ross A. Hickok, husband OF the
former governors daughter, at Mr..
Hickok's residence In this city. Seven
shots were shot at Hickok by Hast
ings from an automatic pistol during
a hand to hand struggle in the hallway
OF Hickok's residence. Only one bull
let took effect, penetrating the right
side of the abdomen. The wound is
not believed to be serious.
Hastings was arrested after a des-
perate struggle with the police, dur
ing which score of shots were ex.
changed and girl bystander was
shot in the leg. Hastings himself re-
ceiyed bullet wound in his right arm.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
STRIKING BARRIERS
FIGHT THE POLICE
Number Of Arrests Made In New
York City.

New York, May 1.-THE BARRIERS
strike continued into it's fifth day,
with the men who are out busy try
ing to bring the shaving and hair
cutting industry to a standstill
Posing as ordinary patrons the strik-
ers individually invaded the hotel
shops and, while submitting to a 20.
cent shave, they quietly sought to
spread their cause"
Fifteen arrests were made as a re-
suit of various disorders charged
against the strikers and their sympa-
thizers. which included a pitched bat.
tie with the police in front of the Hoff.
man House, where a large plate glass
window was broken.
Loss Genaro, young barber, ar
rested as a leader was sentenced in
the night court to six months in the
workhouse and another striker to
ninety days.
Magistrate Cornell, in sentencing
Genaro, scored the Industrial Workers
of the World, which, he said, should
be driven out of every decent CITY,"
1t is claimed by the strikers that
$4,000 BARRIERS have Joined their ranks.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
WAR SCARE AUTHORS
SCORED BY DANIELS
Secretary Of the Navy Condemns
Jingolsm.

Washington, May 19.-"War scares
reports that this government is fac
ing crisis because of the California.
Japanese situation and is hastily pre-.
pairing for an international struggle
the repeated statements that the
truth OF the affair has been withheld
and the public deceived by the admin.
istration are justified only as far as
the public will permit itself to be
misled by the image making power
of a certain unscrupulous portion OF
the press"
His patience, exhausted by denial
of half a dozen different lingo sto-
ries, Secretary of the Navy Daniels
gave vent to his feelings in the above
declaration. He bitterly decried Ger.
tain newspapers, which he said had
been endeavoring to manufacture a
war ever since the anti-alien land own
ing measure was introduced in the
California legislature.
"If there had ever been even the
slightest justification for the publica.
tion of these war scares," Daniels con.
tinued, II would be the first to want
the people to know the truth. How.
ever, there is not and protest against
the highly colored misinformation
with which the public is now being
fed by some publications"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20

English Footlight Favorite Seeking
Separation.

London, May 19--Gabrielle Ray
known as one of the most beautiful
actresses who ever adorned a London
stage, and whose charms have capt.
waited men in every walk of life, has
begun proceedings preliminary to Sc
curing a divorce.
Her marriage a year ago to Eric
Loder scion of wealthy family and
grandson of Sir Edmond Loder, at
tanned much publicity.
Gabrielle, on the day set for the
wedding, hesitated about taking the
step and failed to show up at the
church. The next day, however, the
ceremony was performed. but no rea:
son for the delay was vouchsafed ex-
cept that the comedienne dancer was
ILL.,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
WILL NOT BE MARRIED AGAIN
Mrs. Ava Willing Astor Turns Down
Austrian Count.

London, May lit is reported that
young Count George Festetics, a
chamberlain of the Austro-Hungarian
embassy in London, has proposed to
Mrs. Alva Willing Astor and has been
rejected.
Mrs. Astor declared that she had
no intention of marrying again. She
is telling everybody of her acquaint-
ance what a good time she had in
America. She says she intends to re-
turn in July for long stay, probably
through the fall and winter. While
in New York she will be with her
son, William Vincent Astor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
AGED MARE KNOWS
DENVER MAIL ROUTE
Needs No One to Guide Her
on Trip About city.

Denver.-There is probably no person
In Denver who is able to start at the
Union depot, traverse every street be-
tween there and Broadway, with Four
teenth street as the western limit and
Nineteenth street as the eastern, and
stop without mistake or change of
mind at every mail box in that area,
but horse, aged fifteen, yclept Bess,
knows the hundreds of mail boxes and
knows them so well that she can find
them on the darkest of, nights, with
blizzard, a rainstorm or ninety mile
wind occupying all available space
Bess is the property of Frank Mon
roe, mail collector She has grown
aged In the service of Uncle Sans mail
department In the twelve years of her
service as assistant mail collector for
the aforementioned route she has
missed only seven days. none Of these
in the last year.
1t is the boast of her master that
substitute mail collector can be placed
on the route for the first time and re-
turn with the mail without the aid OF
any guide other than the sagacious
Bess. As her master climbs into the
wagon after gathering the mail from
one box Bess heads directly for the
next one, be 1t around the corner,
across the street or down the block,
and she never misses box. Moreover,
until the mail Is In, the rear Of the
wagon and she hears her masters
voice, she will not leave the spot.
Bess, says her master, intends to re-
main a government employee for many
years yet Except for the fact that she
spends most of the day sleeping In her
stall until time to go on duty at 4
o'clock in the afternoon, she exhibits
no signs of advanced age.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
GOVERNOR cox HESITATES
Does Not Want to Send Troops to
Cincinnati.

Columbus, o., May 19.-Although
assured by Mayor Hunt of Cincinnati
over the long distance telephone that
the street car mems strike in Cincin-
natl was serious and later notified OF
Hunts demand upon Adjutant General
Wood for state troops, Governor Cox
hesitated about ordering troops to the
scene.
1t is said the governor will investi-
gate further into the strike.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
Rooster Sits In For Hen.

Columbus, Ind. - Fred Ortel, care
taker at the City hospital, has a hen
which seemed to want to sit, but she
persisted In leaving her nest. Becom-
ing disgusted with her unmotherly
conduct, the rooster took the nest and
proceeded to sit on 1t. Noting the
ROSTERS steady habits, Ortel placed a
setting of eggs under 1t few days
ago, and so far 1t has proved faithful
to its trust, leaving the nest only for
food and drink.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
REPAYS FRIEND He ROBBED.
But Not Until Twenty-six Years Have
Passed BY.

Louisville.-The stricken conscience
of an aged man in Germany was re-
sponsible for the return OK German
bank notes amounting to nearly $1,000
American money to Nicholas wermeis-
ter Of this city. who was robbed of
that amount at his old home In Metz.
Germany, twenty-six years ago.
The letter inclosing the notes was
dated March 10, 1913, the anniversary
Of the theft and was unsigned. AL
though the writer referred to himself
as trusted friend who betrayed the
confidence of your household" Mr..
Wermeister declared he was unable to
identify him.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
Mayor Hunt Asks Governor
to Call Out Militia.
SERIOUS RIOTING OCCURS
Strikers and Sympathizers Resent
Attempt to Resume Street Car
Service and Nonunion Men Are At
tackled in Various Parts of City.

Cincinnati, May 19-Mayor Hunt
has sent telegram to Adjutant Gen.
eral Wood at Columbus demanding
that state troops be sent to Cincin-
natl at once because of the street car
strike rioting
Governor Cox earlier in the day
had refused to send troops.
Rioting broke out again in the
heart of the business district at three
different points.
An Elborn avenue car was stoned
by a crowd at Fifth and John streets,
and seven strikebreakers running the
car fed. taking refuge in a grocery
store.
Strike sympathizers attacked a car
in the West End, lifted 1t from the
rails and placed it crossways on the
track.
A strikebreaking motorman named
Bell was seriously injured when a car
was attacked near the Mohawk
bridge. Mounted policemen used their
clubs freely upon the crowd.
The other strikebreakers were al
lowed to return to the barn with the
car upon their promise to the mob
not to take out any more cars.
Strikebreakers were also driven
from a car in Madisonville, a suburb.
The mayor and city officials held
conference and considered the advis-
ability of filing suit for receiyership
for the company. This could be done
on the ground that the city is being
deprived of revenue, as 1t receives
a percentage of the company's gross
receipts.
Three of the strikebreakers injured
in the riot at Fifth and John streets
were taken to a hospital. One-Na-
than Kurtz-was seriously hurt, hav-
ing been struck on the head by a
brick
While the rioting was in progress
in the downtown section crowd Of
boys attacked two strikebreakers in
the residence section. They stoned
the men. who were forced to take
refuge In a drug store. Both were
badly cut about the face.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
THINK FLAG is DESECRATED
Massachusetts D. A. r. Objects to
Letter Cancellation.

Boston, May 19.-The Massachu-
setts Daughters OF the American
Revolution, in state conference here,
have voted to send a formal protest
to Postmaster General Burleson
against the use of the familiar navy
flag in the cancellation of stamps on
mail matter. They declare that, by
its use, the federal government itself
is desecrating it's national colors.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
Old Cruiser to BE Sold.

Washington, May 19.-The old
cruiser Newark will shortly be offered
for sale by the navy department. 1t
was built In Philadelphia in 1888. at
q cost Of $1.2S4.00O, and until recently
was on du' as station ship ct Guam
tanamo. Cuba.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
BRYAN MOST CONCILIATORY
Secretary Of State Frames Reply to
Protest of Japan.

Washington, May 19-Secretary of
State Bryan's reply 10 Japan's diplo-
matte protest against the California
anti-alien land owning bill is tenta-
lively completed. 1t may be transmit
ted through Ambassador Chinda at
once. depending on President Wilson's
study of it's text. 1t was said On high
authority that the note adopts the
most conc tnry language in discuss
ing the Issue b2 en- the two nations.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
Prussian Princess Weds.

Potsdam, Germany, May 19.-The
marriage of Prince Henry XXXIII. of
Reuss and Princess Victoria Marga-
rete OF Prussia was celebrated at the
new palace here. The ceremonial
was the same as is to be employed
In Berlin on May "a at the nuptials
OF her friend and comrade, Princess
Victoria Luise, the only daughter OF
Emperor William.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20

Foley Kidney Pills repay your con-
hdence in their healing and curative
qualities. Any kidney or bladder dis
ease not beyond the reach of medicine
will yield to their use Mrs. Codelia
Copeland, Adeola. Mo-. says: "I had
kidney and bladder trouble for over a
yeaI and 5 bottles of Foley Kidney
Pills cured me-" 1t is the same story
from every one who used them. All
say. "they cured me-. For sale by
all druggists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
MITCHELL ACCEPTS BERTH
Will Become New York Commission
of Labor.

Albany, N. Y, May 19.-John Mitch.
ell, former president of the United
Mine Workers of America, has decided
to accept so called recess appoint
ment as state labor commissioner.
Mr.. Mitchell was twice nominated
for this Office by Governor Sulzer, but
was rejected by the senate.
The governor holds that he has the
power to name Mr.. Mitchell for Il
term to expire twenty days after the
convening of the legislature next jan
uary.
With view to reorganizing the la
Dor departm mt Mr.. Mitchell conferred
with The governor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
FREIGHT RATES SUSPENDED
Advance on Oranges From California
Points Held Up.

Washington. May 19.-Proposed ad-
vances by the Southern Pacific rail-
road on oranges in carload lots from
80 cents to 81 ton from California
points were suspended until Sept is
by the interstate commerce commits
sion. The present rate will be used
In combination rates to make
through rates to interstate points.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
JOB FOR NEWSPAPER MAN.

Columbus, o., May 19.-The
Ohio Penitentiary News, pub
lished by the convicts, is adj
; vertising for a newspaper
man to run the sheet. "The
work is very confining," says
the advertisement.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
Navy Ex-SoiicItor Dead.

Washington, May 19.-Henry M.
Butler, formerly solicitor of the navy,
died here after an illness of more
than two months. His body will be
sent to his home in Columbus, o., for
burial.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20

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better-look better. HOLSTERS Rocky
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tonic for the whole family. 35 cents.
Ask your druggist
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
Released on $4,000 Bond.

Chicago, May 19.-Mrs. Augusta
Dietz, held by coroner's jury for
the murder of her husband, George
Deitz, a W, mans tailor, was admitted
to bail In the sum of $4,000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
OFFERS TO "SUB" FOR RUFF
California officeholder Would Go BE
hind the Bars,

San Francisco, May 19.-Offering to
serve three months In San Quentin as
a substitute for Abraham Ruef.
Charles Montgomery. president OF the
California prison commission, has
made an unusual appeal to Governor
johnson to grant Ruef his freedom
for that length OF time.
Montgomery bases his proposition
on the ground that Ruers aged father
is on his death bed and that unless
Ruef is permitted to leave PRISON he
may not see his father alive.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
Father and Son AsphyxIated.

Washington, May 17.-Only three
days in this country, Miguel Martinez.
q wealthy Syrian. and his son Manuel
succumbed to escaping gas In their
room In 4 local hotel.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
POSSE AFTER MO0NSHINERS
Operators of Last Illicit Still In Mic
souri, in Flight.

souri, in Flight.
Springfield, Mo-, May ia band
OF armed "moonshiners," owners of a
wandering" Illicit still In the Ozark
mountains of Ripley county, Missouri,
are in fight before a posse of federal
officers, who left Springfield to raid
the still.
The "moonshiners" are operators
of what is believed to be the last
Illicit still in Missouri.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-14
PETITIONS FILED.

Petition for distribution of funds
in the matter of Frank Florenza was
filed in the district court Tuesday.
FlorenZa was killed three years
ago while working in the Adams
mine near Eveleth and the Oliver
Iron Mining company paid over the
sum on account of wrongful
death. The man was injured on
July %, 1909, and died shortly af-
terwards as a result of his injuries.
A petition was filed in the district
court here Monday afternoon pray
ing for the distribution of funds in
the matter of Joseph P. Cuddihey.
The late Mr.. Cuddihey was a
cranesman on steam shovel for the
Butler Brothers stripping concern
and was working for the company
at the Silver mine in Virginia at the
time of his death. While craning on
the goth day of February two years
ago a cave-in occurred and he was
hit on the head by a piece of frozen
earth or ore and killed instantly.
The company paid $500 on ac'
count of wrongful death.