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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15
Guy il. Pratt Declares Company VIII
Take the Case to the Courts In
Letter to Industrial Assocla-
ton Head.
WANTS ENUMERATION
Says That Legal Battle Will Require
the Expenditure of Much Money
by Both Taxpayers and
Investors.

The Iowa Telephone Company.
through its general commercial super
intendent, Guy H. Pratt. has an
nounced It's Intention of fighting the
ordinance recently passed in the
I courts. In letter to C. R. Joy, presi-
dent of the Industrial Association, he
asks the association not to blame the
Icompany for conditions after the real
/ facts are brought out" Mr.. Pratt re-
fers to the ordinance as being sub
united by your socialistic element
without any investigation.
Whether the company will try to
stop the city from enforcing the ordi-
nance through an Injunction or wheth-
! er it will walt and resist any attempt
of the city to enforce the ordinance
] which prescribes a fine of 500 day
! fer failure to have franchise is not
/ known. The men who were RESPONSE
BILE for the petitions say they will de
] mand that the city enforce the misde-
meanor clause.
In his letter to Mr.. Joy, Mr.. Pratt
i says:
Mr.. C. R. Joy. President Keokuk In
tdustr!al Association, Keokuk, Iowa,
IDear Sir: am in receipt Of advice
from our superintendent to the effect
that the city commission OF Keokuk
are going to pass the ordinance sub
# mitted by your sociahstic element
without any investigation to determine
whether or not the rates are at all
reasonable, and whether or not the
city has any authority under any cir
cumstances to regulate rates.
/ feel, under the circumstances, 1t Is
my duty to advise you that such &C
ton on the part Of the city commits
sion can only result In litigation
which, on the side of the city must BIZ
paid for by the taxpayers. and, which
on our side, must be met by the tele
phone users. We sincerely regret tina
this condition of affairs should pre-
vail and desire to be exonerated from
any blame in the matter II precipitan
action is taken. We, of course, arr
compelled to protect the interests O
our investors, and cannot submit t.
the drastic action proposed.
also wish to call your attention t.
the fact that litigation of the nature
which must ensue is of very expen
sive kind, as it will necessarily in
ivolve expert consideration of prac
tically every question raised.
l wish you would present our atti
tude in this matter to your association
in order that we may not be blamed
for conditions after the real facts
are brought out, and especially mas
much as the city is forcing these facts
to be brought out by litigation rather
than in friendly way.
Yours very truly,
GUY H. PRATT,
General Commercial Superintendent
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15

Among the many conventions which
will be entertained by Keokuk this
year, is the Iowa Christian convention.
This will be one Of the largest conven-
lions OF the year, and members of the
local congregation OF the Christian
church are already making ample
preparations SO that the visiting del
egates may feel glad because they
came and regret the hour Of depar-
ture..
The convention will open with the
annual meeting of the Iowa Christian
Women's Board of Missions on Mon
day. September s. The state convea-
ton OF the Christian church then fol
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15
Wealthy cIubmen 90 to Trial.

Los ANGELES, Aug. 15.-Charged
with contributing to the delinquency
OF Evelyn Quick. II. whose pictures
have been seen on, every moving pic
ture circuit in the country. William
LaCasse and Richard Hollingsworth,
wealthy business men and prominent
society clubmen, went to trial today.
The men were recently arrested dur.
ing the wholesale roundup by state
and federal authorities who had been
investigating innumerable white slav.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15
Christian Church Convention
Big Meeting Will Be Held in Keokuk During
September.
September.

Lilley, the tall Tennesseean from
Keokuk. The latter rapidly won the
hearts of the delegates and BY an
overwhelming vote Keokuk was SO.
ilected for the place of the 1913 con.
vention.
One OF the oldest congregations OF
the Christian church In the state Of
Iowa is situated In Lee county up al
Lost Creek. This church, which was
built at an early date, still stands and
the congregation is still kept intact
although at present 1t has no regular
pastor. The local congregation Of the
Christian church was organized some
twenty-five years ago but the present
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15

prizes are unprecedented In value. The
National Rifle Associations twenty.
four matches opened the tournament
today. The national matches and the
six Pan-American Shooting Union con.
tests follow. Then come the big
eventsth international matches,
the most important OF which is the
Palma for the long range team cham.
pionship OF the world Prizes amount.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15

national agreement as to date that
will be observed throughout the world.
A special ornament appropriate to the
occasion was worn in all coat lapels
today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15

Keokuk about August %, the final day
Of the regatta Of the Mississippi VAL
ley Power Boat Association. 1t is
quite likely that the party will make
an effort to reach here during the
second day OF the races instead of
on the last day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15
Mothers, Day 10 Belgium.

BRUSSELS, Aug. 15.--Following
Americas example, Belgium today
celebrated Mothers Day. M Van
Kuyck. one OF the sheriffs OF Antwerp
is the father OF the scheme In BEL
GUM and the date Of August s was
SET in this kingdom pending an inter
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15
ing IN value to $4,000 will be award
ed. or these $1,000 is in cash prizes
Place for the Thermometer.

If you have only one thermometN'
sacrifice your curiosity as to the guy
side temperature and hang 1t IN YOU
living room. that you may presel,.
your health by keeping the room 'u''
warm enough"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15

cry cases reported following the IA
nous Diggs-Caminetti exposures
which all but disrupted President Will
sons cabinet because the prosecuting
attorney charged the federal authori
ties had influenced postponement OF
the cases. Caminetti is the son of the
federal commissioner general of i'm
migration.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15

A SPECIFIC for pain-Dr. Thomas
Electric Oil, strongest, cheapest lint
men ever devised A household rene
dy in America for 25 years.-Adyer-
t.sement
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15
FIRST CHRISTIAN cHu Rc4. kEokuk, IOWA.

lows on September 9Th to 18th inclu-
sive.
The Christian churches Of Iowa
have about $50 church buildings In
the state; and In addition to these a
number Of congregations meet in
rented halls or other buildings. The
total membership in the state is near
ly 10000. This congregation has had
an increase in church membership
OF from 1000 to 5000 per annum for
several years past. It's members are
found more numerously In the south
ern part OF the state. There are "a
church buildings in the southern tier
Of counties along the Missouri line.
Polk county has the largest number
of church buildings-23 In ALL
Sunday School Meeting.
In connection with the state con-
vention there is to be meeting OF
the Sunday school department which
is now in charge of Prof. Walter s.
Athearn of Drake university, with
Rev. Leon s. Dudley rs field visitor.
There are over 400 Sunday schools
under the supervision OF the Chris
tan church in Iowa with an enrolled
membership OF over $4,000.
Last year the convention met at
Oskaloosa and there was spirited
three cornered fight as to where the
convention would go in 1913. Des
Moines wanted the convention; Mas
on City also had boosters on the
field; and Keokuk was claiming the
right to entertain the convention.
Mason City was finally eliminated
and the contes. was then between
Des Moines and Keokuk DR.. C. s.
Medbury Of University Place church
at Des Moines championed the Capt.
tai City on the floor Of the conven-
ton. He was followed by Rev. R. w
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15

There has recently been add
ed to the equipment many new
devices for improving the char
acter and scope OF the work.
The studio is situated in the
heart of Keokuk, at Sixth and
Main streets, and being built
for the business, Mr.. Rehmeier Is
enabled to do professional work
under all conditions OF weather.
Everything is arranged with
artistic care and every branch
OF Photographic art fully pro-
vided for. The installation OF
new fixtures and instruments,
together with the recent remod-
cling of the rooms. is a further
attest Of his determination to
have studio which Is inviting,
comfortable and equipped as 1t
should be.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15
r. P. Re- meier
Artist
Photographer

Eighteen years studiously en-
ployed with unbroken records
made In prize-winning studios
in Missouri has most fittingly
schooled Mr.. +. H. Rehmeier to
pursue his profession in Keo-
kuk.
During the period OF two
years that he has been In this
city he has built up a gratifying
and ever-increasing business on
sheer merit, making specialties
of child life reproductions that
are posed most naturally and
faithfully.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-04
HIS BROTHER DROWNED.
George Gokey and Wife Called To Indian
Orchard, Mass, To-day.

Mr.. and Mrs. George Gokey of %
Pleasant street left this morning for In
dian Orchard, Mass, where they were
called by the death of the formers
brother, Wilfore Gokey. one time resi-
dent of Barre, who WAS only rs yeers
old. went to the pond in the afternoon.
The unfortunate lad ventured out abouS
20 feet from shore, according to de-
patches. and suddenly sank, coming TO
the surface only once. One of the boys
ran to the home of Michael 0'Dea near
by and hurried back with him. After
diving three times Mr.. O'Dea recovered
the body. A physician who was called
sent for a pulmotor, and though he
worked for more than an hour and a
half, the boy did not respond to the
treatment. Associate Medical Examin
er T. S. Bacon of Indian Orchard viewed
the body. the despatch adds.
The Barre relatives of the deceased
were notified of the affair by telegram
last night. W6lfore Gokey was the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Zephirin Gokey of IL
Oak street, Indian Orchard For a time
he lived in Barre and only last summer
he spent several weeks with his broth
er in this city. The latter stated before
leaving to-day that the funeral and in
terment would probably take place in
Indian Orchard.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-04
STEPPED OFF MOVING CAR.
Man Went After His Hat and Was Bad
ly Injured.

Burlington, Aug. A young man,
said to be a Syrian, was seriously i'm
jured on North avenue late yesterday
afternoon when in attempting to re-
cover his hat which had been blown off,
he jumped from rapidly moving troll
ley car.
The accident occurred about 4:45
o'clock. The car, in charge of Conductor
Plant and Motorman Coleman, was re-
turning from Ethan Allen Park and was
heavily loaded Just after making the
stop at the little station at Institute
road, and as the car was gaining speed
down the incline opposite the Arthur
property, the Syrian's hat flew off.
Instead of informing the conductor
that he wished to get off the ear, accord
ing to witnesses of the accident, the man
crowded past woman on the seat beside
him, gained the step, and with his face
toward the rear of the car, jumped to
the ground.
The instant he landed he was hurled
violently backward upon the hard road
way, where he lay without moving. The
car was stopped. and the victim was
carried to the roadside, where il was
seen that his face was fearfully bruised.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-04
NEW GOLF CHAMPION.
P. H. Jennings Won Vermont Title at
Rutland Saturday.

Rutland, Aug 4.-P. II. Jennings of
Bennington won the state golf champion
ship Saturday afternoon on the Rutland
County club links by defeating Eliot
Holt of Burlington, 10 and 8, in a 36-hole
match. Jennings made the Is holes in
the morning round in rs to Hollis 81.
Bogey for the Rutland course is SO. Jen-
nings' score in the nine holes played in
the afternoon was 80 and Hollis 40
The state golf association has voted
to hold the state tournament next year
on the links OF the Waubanakee golf club
in Burlington, and has elected officers
as follows; President, G. 4. Whitney of
Burlington; secretary and treasurer, F.
w Elliot of Burlington; executive com
mittee, G. e. Whitney, F. w. Elliott,
Eliot Holt, all of Burlington.
In the semi-finals L. Holt beat F.
Woodruff, 4 and 2.
r. ID. Woodfin of Rutland defeated G.
NJ Marion of Barre in the losing eights;
and j. f. Sheldon of Rutland won from
G. w. Platt, one up, in the second l6 of
the finals.
In the handicap in the afternoon G.
f. Morris of Rutland had the best gross
score with SO and Z. V. K Wilson of
Rutland had II, the best net in the han
dicap.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-04
DROWNING IN OTTER CREEK.
Theodore oney, Aged s, Slipped Into a
Deep Hole.

W-eybridge, Aug, theodore Arthur
Oney, the five year-old son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Oney, who live near the
government farm, was drowned Sunday
when he slipped from rocks near his
house and fell into Otter creek. His
brother, Claude, aged nine, with whom
he was playing, ran to tell their moth
er, the father being at church. She was
unable to see anything of the little boy
and a passing driver raced to Middle
bury village and summoned help.
The boy fell in the water at place
where it is 30 feet deep and the swift
current whirled him over 100 feet away
into a 80 foot hole. His body was re-
covered by John Forest with grapple
hooks. after searchers had worked for
three hours
The boy is survived by one sister and
four brothers besides his parents. The
funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon
at O'Clock at the house.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-04
MILLIONAIRE AUTOIST
KILLED BY TRAIN
S. osgood Pell Lost His Life and Also
His Chauffeur-Two Other Occupants
of Car Badly Injured.

Long Beach, N. Y, Aug. As. 0sgood
Pell, a millionaire real estate broker of
New York City, with his chauffeur,
whose name could not be learned, were
instantly killed at Long Beach crossing
last night, when their automobile was
struck by a train. William Laimbeer
and his wife of Hampstead, n. Y, who
were riding in the Pell machine, were
badly injured. Laimbeer, it was said,
will not recover.
In another car following the one that
was struck was Mrs. Pell and d party OF
friends. They saw the accident and Mrs.
Pell became hysterical and was brought
to Long eBach hotel where she was
treated by physicians.
The train struck the automobile with
terrific force, lifting the car into the
air and bearing it along in front of it
for 80 feet or more before the train could
be stopped. From the wrecked automo
bile the bodies of Pell and his chauffeur
were taken. NJ. Pell's body was terrib
ly crushed. Mr. Lailnbeer and Mrs.
Laimbeer, who before her first marriage
was Natalie Schenck, one of the most
popular girls in New York and Newport
society, were hurled many feet in the air
and landed headlong in tile roadway be-
side the crossing. The condition of both
Mr.. and Mrs. Laimbeer last night was so
grave that their children were brought
TO the Long Beach hotel where they are
being cared for.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-04
MRS. E. S. SHEPARD DEAD.
Passed Away Quite Suddenly After Brief
Sickness.

Mrs Mary A. Perry Shepard, wife of
Earl S. Shepard, died this afternoon at
1880 o'clock at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester E. Perry, So
Maple avenue, after short illness of
sugar diabetes. Mrs. Shepard returned
Saturday from Newfound lake, near
Bristol, n. H., where she had been in
camp for two weeks and was taken sud
denly i'll yesterday afternoon. She had
been i'll with the disease for about year
Mrs. Shepard was born in Redwood
Ohio, 26 years ago the 18th of last
month and had lived in Barre for some
years. She leaves her husband and one
young daughter; also her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. S. +. Perry, one sister, Mrs
Ned Guyer of Barre and one brother, Ed
ward Perry of Montpelier. She was
member of the Barre Baptist church.
1t is expected that the funeral will he
held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30
O'Clock.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-04
MONTPELIER YOUNG
MAN DROWN
Alfred C. ("Jack") Sumner y .Sw \
ming in Kennedy Millpond Y .er-
day Afternoon-Mother Faint
on Getting Message.

Alfred G. Sumner, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Sumner of Montpelier. was
drowned in the Kennedy millpond at
Windsor yesterday afternoon, the young
man having gone there to be employed
as a printer on the Windsor Journal be-
ginning this morning. He was for sew
eral years printers devil" in the office
of the Montpelier Journal and by apt
ness had worked along to be compost
tor and pressflan! He was also em-
ployed in st. Johnsbury and Meriden,
Conn, for short periods, after which he
work for the Montpelier Argus for a
time, later returning to the Morning
journal. A month ago he finished work
for the Montpelier paper and went to
Boston, later leaving that city for Wind
sor.
The young mans mother was at the
Central railroad station in Montpelier
when she received the message telling
of the drowning. She at once started
for the central telephone office, where
she tainted. She was carried to her
home on School street and was attended
by two physicians during the night.
Her husband was in Greenfield, Mass.
and her daughter, Helen, was in Barre
visiting sister. Mrs. Earl Parker All
Of them We're notified. A young brother
Of the victim, Lyman, was at home.
The message which told of the drown
ing stated that young Summer under
took to swim out to a party of young
men who were in boat and that either
he was taken with cramps or became ex
as he went down before those
in the poat could get to him, after they
realized that he was in trouble. The
body did not come to the surface again,
and efforts to drag the pond and later
to dynamite il proved of no avail last
night.
Alfred, better known as Jack" in the
printing offices, was 2l years of age,
having been born May TO- 1892, in Fitch
burg, Mass. He came to Montpelier with
his parents when he was child and
had lived there most of the time since
.hen.. When found, the body win be
brought to Montpelier for burial.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-04
HIS BODY BROKEN
AND PARTLY BURNED
German Aviator Struck Pylon in Trying
to Avoid Hitting Great Crowd of
Scampering Spectators.

Berlin, Germany, Aug. An aviation
pupil named Broks, died here to-day
from the effects of burns which were
sustained last evening when the fuel
tank of his aeroplane exploded after an
abrupt landing in which the machine
narrowly missed crowd of spectators
at the Johannisthal aerodrome.
Broks was practicing the figure eight
over the heads of an enormous Sunday
crowd when his motor stopped. He made
a desperate effort to clear the people
who were fleeing in all directions and
he was about to land in an open field
after passing beyond the spectators
when his aeroplane struck pylon mark
ing the limits of the serodrome.
The aeroplane was dashed to the
ground with Broks beneath the motor.
The liquid fuel then exploded and an
other aviator ran through the flames and
extricated Broks, but the man was SO
badly injured that he died to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-04
FOUR MEN INJURED.
When Motorcycle and Team Collided
Near Burlington.

Burlington, Aug. 4.--Four men whose
names were unknown to eye witnesses of
tho affair figured Saturday evening in a
collision between a motor cycle and a
carriage. The aecideft occurred on Shell
burne road north of Clymer street and
near the residences of William o. Trapp
and George McCuen, driver at fire station
six, about seven o'clock.
The motor cycle, supposed to be ma
chine from Montpelier and ridden by two
on the right hand side of the roadway,
near the trolley line, and the carriage,
which contained two men thought to be
residents of Hinesburg, was going north
on its side of the street. just as the
motor cycle was about to meet the car
riage, the horse became frightened and
jumped across the road directly into the
path of the machine, which struck the
horse and the carriage with great force,
the noise being heard by persons con-
siderable distance away.
All four men were hurled to the
ground the motor cycle was badly dam
aged and the carriage was wrecked, the
pieces being strewn about widely. The
horse, badly cut, broke loose and ran up
the road nearly mile. until, winded, it
was stopped by Max Sears, 6-years-old
son of Edward Sears. Later, the occu-
pants of the carriage came and took
possession of the horse.
One of the cyclists was thrown upon
the track, striking his head upon rail
and receiving bad cut. All the men,
according TO witnesses, were bruised and
shaken up, but no serious injuries were
sustained, so far as known. One of the
cyclists appeared lame after the crash.
The front wheels of the carriage were
smashed one shaft was broken, as was
the whiffletree also, and the dashboard
was demolished. According to witnesses
of the accident, the motor cycle was
moving at high speed when the accident
occurred; but it was generally agreed
that the direct cause Of the collision was
the frightened action OF the hotse.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-04
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Marriage This Morning at Brides Home
on Montpelier Road.

At the Richards farm, so-called, on the
Montpelier road, this morning at 10
o'clock. Miss Elizabeth Jane Richards
was united in marriage to Carl John Ry-
lander of Berlin. Rev. John Bjark, pastor
of the Swedish Baptist mission on Brook
street, performing the ceremony. The
couple were unattended. After the we'd
ding, Mr.. and Mrs. Rylander left on a
two weeks bridal tour to Boston and
other Massachusetts cities. Upon their
return they will make their home in
Montpelier, where Mr.. Rylander is en-
ployed as a stonecutter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-04
And Rescuing Party Suffer
ed Terrible Hardships
of Heat and Gas.
BODIES RECOVERED
NEAR GLASGOW TODAY
One Widow Lost Three of
Her Sons in the Mine
Disaster.

Glasgow, Scotland, Aug. 4.-Twenty-
two coal miners perished in a fire which
broke out yesterday in the Macis Valley
pit of the Cadder colliery near here.
Their bodies Were recovered to-day. Only
one man escaped alive out of the shift of
miners who were in the pit at the time
the fire broke out. One widow lost three
Of her sons in the disaster.
The rescuing party passed through a
severe ordeal owing to the intense heat
and the poisonous gases, and many of
the party We're brought to the surface in
an unconscious condition.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-04
BOY WAS KILLED
BY AUTOMOBILE
Willard Sulloway Visitingin St. Johnsbury
Was Hit While Crossing Street.
Body Taken To His Home at :.
Littleton, NJ. H.

st. Johnsbury. Aug. 4-Willard Sui
loway, aged Ia, Of Littleton, n. H.,
died here Sunday morning from injur-
les received when he was knocked down
by an automobile Saturday night. He
was the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Sulloway of Littleton, and was visiting
his grandmother in 81. Johnsbury. In
Portland street, about $3.50, he
was struck by an automobile driven by
William Blodgett, which caused an in
testnal rupture. His parents We're
from Littleton and his body
was taken there Yesterday noon.