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Evening journal., 1913-05-21
MAY. 81. 1913.
FRANCIs !. puPONr An MAYOR H0MELL.

TVRANCls J. DUPONT Bull Moose Progressive can
didate for Mayor. said gracously IN his speech
accepting the nomination that DR. Harrison w. Howell.
the present Republican incumbent OF that Office has
made good Mayor
In fact Mr.. DUPONT suggested that he might nor
have done any better himself had he acid the posi-
tion.
AS Mr.. DUPONT views it, It is our governmental sys-
tenn, and not Mayor Howell. that is responsible for
most Of the things political in our city that do not
meet with his approval
If Mayor Howell has been such good Mayor that
his conduct meets with the approval OF Mr. DUPONT.
we fail to see what excuse Mr.. DUPONT, a wholly un-
tried man, has for being in the field against him.
We feel sure that Mr.. dupont will admit that
system Of municipal government cannot be changed
as result OF city election. Such a result only
may be obtained through the general election which
members Of the Legislature chosen. It must be
plain to Mr. dupont therefore. that II Mayor Howell
is good man and good Mayor and if the system COM
planned Of cannot be changed until the next session Of
the legislature there is valid excuse for the Bull
Moose Progrcssiyes putting in the field candidate for
Mayor
There is not a Bull Moose Progressive in whining
ton who does not know that Mr. dupont will not be
elected
Mr. DUPONT himself does not expect to be elected.
As be views his candidacy it does stand for sue
cess but protest against a municipal system that
does not take into account the fact that the cond-
lions relative 10 which ne complains rcmediable
only by legislative action Dover and that the gem
srai public looks upon his candidacy merely as an
effort TO defeat Mayor Howell. who. he admits. has
made good executive
We doubt that Mr. DUPONT has considered fully what
the effect OF the defeat OF Mayor Howell would be-
Il would mean the political downfall Of a man who
not only has made good Mayor but who also stands
uueQuirocally. and openly for several progressive
principles that should appeal strongly TO Mr DUPONT
and an his personal and political friends
Il would mean the election OF a Democratic Mayor
from whom nothing Of progressive or remedial ma
might be expected
Il 7ould mean endorsement OF the Salisbury po-
iitical machine in this city supply municipal patron
for its support and give encouragement Senator
Salisbury assist his colleagues in the United States
Senate in fastening the people Of city and
State the evils which follow the enactment
o. TIE iniquitous Underwood tariff bill
Why Mr. dupont. who Processes to be a friend OF
the people wishes to assist those who nominated him
70 bring about such results IS beyond the understand
ing OF many persons who have intimate knowledge
OF his past activities initiative and referendum
advocate and Single Tax propagahdst.
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

pimplos from scratching and
fine combing. ! had to get
UP during the night and
comb my head and rub IT.
for I suffered everythir.
there was. Night after
night I got no sleep. I tried
a little baking soda. then
the last thing I tried as I
saw so much about this
Evening journal., 1913-05-21
CHOHAN AMONG MISSING.

Leaving his home. No. 1907 Forrest
street. on Easter Saturday, Michael
Chohan, a Bulgarian, has not return
ed and his friends are conducting
a search for him. The mans wife
lives in Bulgaria, and when he left.
he informed his landlord that he would
return in two weeks.
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

Another railroad trespasser has been added to the
list Of the dead in this section. The killing occurred
at Landh. A farmland who would have been alive
today il he had not attempted to use the P b. and w
Railroad tracks as thoroughfare, cut to pieces
by train The fate that befe him should serve as a.
warning to others, old and young who venture upon
railroad rghts-of-way in this neighborhood Parents
especially should charge their children not to ven
ure upon the tracks under any circumstance and use
the Landlith killing to give point their warning
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

Now York is the largest city in the United States
but Chicago surpasses IL in its appreciation Of the
parcel post system In April total of 595OOOOO par
GELS we're handled hfty-four per cent more than
we're handled in January Chicago took the lead with
es79692 parcels New York next with 6252-
6a2, while Boston ranked third Philadelphia fourth
Cleveland fifth and ST. Louis sixth Among the smaller
cities. Wilmington ranked fairly well as a parcel post
user.
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

The sooner Delaware fruit growers learn to grade
and pack their fruit properly the they will real
ize better prices for it to compensate them many times
for the additional taken in preparing for market
City folk are becoming more discriminating all the
time in the matter of grading and packing. The
presence of a few cus in package of good fruit
to beat down prices and to bring shipper into
discredit
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

Once more Oscar Hammersein is in the limelight
Notwithstanding contract he made in 1910 with the
Metropolitan Opera Company not to engage in grand
opera for ten years In New York. Philadelphia Bos.
ton and Chicago he has announced his purpose to re-
turn TO the operate field The opera company quite
naturally disturbed and threatens to resort to legal
proceedings to restrain him. Hammersteins reply to
that threat would indicate that courts such
proceedings. His contention is that the Metropolitan
Opera Company broke the Of 1910 before the
ink on it was dry and that il is in no sense binding
upon him. or his Arthur an interesting stua-
ton TO lovers Of grand opera Of whom We have many
IN our own city. Hammerstein has well-estabiished
reputation as a theatrical fighter and also as man
Who can command large amounts Of money when he
wants them to carry out his ambitious plans. Not
"ithsiandng he has passed through bankruptcy: has
oe'n engaged in almost endless litigation and has
started many big enterprises and subsequently lost
them the financial world always supplies rich men
who have enough confidence in him to put up the
money he needs. In certain sense he is a genius.
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

Slick swindlers are at work in Sussex county trying
to pass worthless checks on merchants Because the
same game was worked there year ago with exasper
atng success they have found few victims. With
that territory Improbable they may decide shift
their operations to Wilmington. Local tradesmen
should be on the lookout for them.
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

Representative Cordcll Hull, income tax expert for
the Ways and Means Committee of the House. esti-
mates that Delaware will contribute S1314O2 the to-
tai $700O000O to be collected from 424OOO individuals
by the Federal Government to make up the deficiency
in due reduced tariffs under the Underwood
bill How do the rich and the near-rich in our State
like that?
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

bile run to Dover Saturday should be to strengthen
the social and trade relations between Wilmington and
the rural sections Of New Castle Kent counties If
it effect such result it will time and money well
spent.
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

It is highly appropriate that with the Underwood
Tariff bill on its way through Congress, President
Wilson should urge legislation to guard against hnan-
cial panic. Why not also send in message urging
the of bills business depression and
hard times?
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

the Government may have to increase the strength
of the army and to protect the country against
the militant suffragsts. The civil authorities have
demonstrated repeatedly their inability to cope with
the trouble
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

New York physician says that on the average only
one man in five is fit to marry. II a layman were to
retort that on the average only doctor in five is
fit to practice that New York physician might regard
it extravagant statement
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

for the Democratic nomination for assessor and col
ector in the southern district and who was defeated
only by scant 5s votes, has keen appreciation
q what the poet meant when he wrote so near and
vnf farp
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

Dover Smyrna, and several other down-state towns
naNe joined with Wilmington in the Clean-Up Dav
movement That is encouraging? II augurs well for tho
future While cities and towns cannot hone TO he
spotless there is degree Of cleanliness that all of
them should possess We have in Delaware several
municipalities which have approximated that de-
gree by any manner OF means. Perhaps as the Clean
Up Day movement spreads, those communities will fall
IN line and thereby acquire that local civic pride
which makes for cleanliness, comfort and public
health
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

II is estimated that than 100000 aliens will
come to America during the present year. 1t is well
for them and the nation that the California spirit does
not pervade all the States.
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

The work of dredging Little River in Kent
county, has begun. We trust the improvement will
result in increase of trade that will benefit every
one in that section
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

William Jennings Bryan found the California I.egis
lature much more dHcult to handle on the Japanese
question than the Baltimore Convention was to handle
the Wilson question
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

Judging by surface indications, Or. Willard Springer
the Democratic candidate for Mayor. hasn't enough
personal magnetism to charge battery for the
ton OF a Office buzzer.
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

Locally, the Springer -McGovern Democratic ticket
may be responsible for the cold weather that has pre-
vailed since last week.
Evening journal., 1913-05-21
HAIR CAME OUT
BY HANDF FULS
Terrible itching, Night After Nigh.
Got no Sleep. Cuticura Soap and
Ointment Fixed Scalp All Right.

Forward & Selma Ave. Pittsburg. Pa
u started with itching Of the SCALP. 10 was
terrible. I almost had my head all in little
Evening journal., 1913-05-21

Boxer" Connolly seems to be the hy in the Demo
cratic ointment in the Twelfth ward
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BY LESLIE e. NIBLAck.
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Pumisaaa m lae Leader
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-08
WANT BATHING BEACH
AT FORT MADISON
With Absence of Treacherous Cur.
rent In Lake Cooper, Fine
Place Is to be Had.

With Lake Cooper giving Fort
Madison an almost unvarying water
level and the river deprived of it's
treacherous current. Fort Madison
wants public bathing beach. Few
cities along the river are more favor
ably located for such beach when
the absence of the Mississippi's
treacherous current is taken into con-
sideration.
The one question of primary I'm.
Dortance in the matter, of course, is
the matter of location for such a
beach. People OF the city have been
talking over the matter for some time
and opinions vary. With the present
stage of water, there is deep water
along the river front Immediately be-
fore the city and no beach could be
formed out into the river without a
great deal Of expensive filling.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-08
,. Y. B. Wood, Keokuk Boy, Re.
turns to the States Az
ter Western
Tour.
ON THE PACIFIC COAST
Member Of chautauqua and Lyceum
Bureau and Is Doing Good
Work This
Season.

A former Keokuk boy and we'll
known In the city, In which he Is al
most to "the manner born" after a
several months professional tour of
the Pacific coast, where he did some
commendable work, Is coming nearer
home. His work closing there, be
left that part OF the country about the
first OF July, coming leisurely east.
ward taking time to inspect Salt
Lake, Pixies Peak and other notable
places lying between here and the
coast, and will arrive promptly at his
eastern destination, where his APP
pointments thereabouts will keep him
busy during the chautauqua and lee
ture seasons.
He is due at Wichita, Kas., July 10
to attend an extensive banquet for
chautauqua entertainers OF which he
is "one OF the bunch An occasion
to do honor to the workers who have
been actively in the field.
He will manage and do his stunt
at several chautauquas in Kansas and
Oklahoma and when that is over will
go upon the lyceum platform with
his chalk talks which have won much
favor wherever he has appeared. He
is with the lyceum and chautauqua
departments of the Wichita Film and
Supply company, prominent and
progressive bureau of that locality and
from the press and people there it
seems that he is very popular en-.
tertainer.
His first work this season In the
vicinity of the Wichita headquarters
will be as chautauqua manager and
giving number on the programs at
Cunningham, Kas., and other points
in Kansas, thence to Duncan, Okla.
and other points in that state in the
chautauqua field. He will then take
up the lyceum work and lecture and
chalk talk in various towns Of the
country.
His many friends In Keokuk Will
be pleased to hear of his assured sue.
cess in his chosen field.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-08
siama Kappa Meeting.

DENVER, July S.-The part played
by sorority members in the advance
ment of the cause for woman suffrage
will be one of the principal topics dis
cussed during the sessions of the thir-
ty-ninth annual convention OF the
Sigma Kappa sorority which began
here today. The sessions will close
Friday One hundred and fifty dele
gates representing universities and
colleges from Maine to California are
in attendance. Faculty opposition to
sororities and fraternities and the
charge that sorority life is not con-
ducive to best scholarship will also be
taken up and answered. Sigma Kappa
was founded at Colby university in
1874 This is the first time that con-
vention has been held west of the
Mississippi. 1t was formally an
nounced today that the 1915 conven.
ton will be held In San Francisco. The
place of the 1914 convention will be
decided upon probably tomorrow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-08
Beats Exercising and
STARRING In Obesity
(From Society WORLDLY

Those who have been starving them.
selves or taking hours of violent exer-
else in vain endeavor to stay the rise
of that wall of adiposity that threatens
10 hem them In, will rejoice to hear of
the latest scientific method of taking
Off flesh Their rejoicing will be keen
not alone because OF the effectiveness
OF this new method, but because 1t in
wolves no inconvenience or self-oun-
1shment. On the other hand. the treat.
ment is quite an agreeable one-simp,
ly the eating of tasty CONNECTION.
known as the "boranium jujube."
The jujube is used as vehicle to
convey sort of seaweed extract
known to possess remarkable virtues
as an absorbent Of oily and other BODY
fluids. The idea originated in Ger.
many and bids fair to spread rapidly
here. In fact, local druggists repor,
they already have been having many
calls for these boranium juiubes. The
prescribed dosage is one after each
meal and one at bedtime.-Ady.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-08
persona AIS.

Mrs. c. F. Conradt and son, Law
renee, left this morning for a visit
with frients at Macon. Mo.
Efr. and Mrs. George Lee and
daughter, Beatrice, leave this evening
for Galya, H., after a visit In the city
with Mrs. Kate Garrison and family,
and Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Pollard and
family. The Lees will return to their
home in st. Louis some time during
September. At present mey will
camp between Galva and Kewanee,
where Mr.. Lee is employed as an en-
gineer.
Mrs. B. R. Lotion has returned from
Kahoka after weeks visit with her
daughter, Mrs. VIM. Crear and family.
Miss Nina Haney returned home
Saturday after visiting with Miss
Bertha Anderson, of Crotoh, Iowa.
Miss Rosemary Finigan of South
Seventh street is visiting In St. Louis.
Mo-. the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Pat.
rick McHale of West Belle Place.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-08
N. z. a. Convention.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
SALT LAKE, Utah, July s.-The
convention OF the National Education
Association got down to work in ear
nest with today's sessions. Matters
of vital interest to teachers were
discussed at the morning meeting OF
the organization. Wide spread inter,
est is manifested in a paper which
discussed the school house evening
center; what 1t is, what it costs and
what it pays"
There was only one general SEES
sion of the N. e. A. proper today but
numerous departmental meetings we're
held throughout the city. Consider
able rivalry has developed between
st. Paul, Atlantic City and AsbSry
park, all Of which are seeking the
1914 meeting. st. Paul and Atlantic
City are regarded as the most likeyl
points.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-08

|naghten carries into retirement with
him knowledge OF the identity Of per
haps the greatest criminal Of the age,
Jack the Ripper who terroriaed
Whitechapel in 1888 by the fendish
mutilation and murder Of seven wom-
en-. He was a maniac, Of course, but
not the man whom the world generally
suspected" said Sir Melville. He
committed suicide six months before \
entered the department, and 1t Is the
one grea. regret of my career that I
wasn't on the force when 1t all hap
pened. MY knowledge of his identity
and the circumstances OF his suicide
came to me subsequently. As no good
purpose could be subserved by public
ity. destroyed before left Scotland
Yard every scrap of paper bearing on
the case. No one else will ever know
who the criminal was-nor my rea-
sons for keeping silent"
Until now. the accepted belief In
England has been that Jack the Rip
per-" was criminal lunatic OF COM
mon origin who died some time after
wards in Broadmoor Asylum. The ma
tural conclusion, from Sir Melville
Macnaghten's reticence, is that the
real perpetrator of the Whitechapel
outrages was maniac OF superior po-
sition and possibly high family con-
nections
The retiring Scotland Yarder, gives
due credit to the element OF luck in
his own success as we'll as that OF
every man who has obtained distinc-
ton In the detecting profession.
THE two most valued officers Of
any detective department" he says.
"and without whose services we would
all be at sea are 'DetectiveInspector
Luck and Detective-Sergeont Chance
And when these two officers are both
on the Job there can be little doubt as
to the result
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-08
lieved today that Justice Cohalan will
be exonerated by the legislature
which is strongly made up OF Tam
many members.
ROBBED CONGO
OF IT'S TERRORS
Reform Association Has Dissolved,
Having Accomplished Its
Great Work.

LONDON, July 8.-With the disso-
luton of the Congo Reform Associa.
ton, which was formally notified to
the Belgian government today, the
closing chapter was written in one or
the most successful international cru
sades ever undertaken in England 1t
was admittedly due almost altogether
to the efforts of this organization OF
British publicists that the atrocities
of the Congo. which SO shocked the en-
tire world when they were first re-
vealed q dozen years ago during the
the reign OF the late King Leopold.
have now entirely disappeared. The re-
moval of the rubber tax, or blood tax"
toward which the association especial
ly directed its energies, now leaves
the native of the Congo free to gather
the natural products of his country
and dispose of them in legitimate
trade. without restriction.
The Congo has ceased to be drained
OF its life-blood in the interests OF Bel
gian capitalists, who were aided and
abetted by American f1nanciers" today
said b. D. Morel. secretary of the as
sociation, following the final meeting
of the organization, and as our OBJ
jects have been accomplished, there is
no further need Of our existence.
The concessionaire companies, OF
shameful memory, have all either been
annulled or their powers curtailed and
transformed, and thousands of natives
who had fled to recesses OF the forest
to escape their tormentors are now
back In their old settlements on the
river banks. The country is no long
er harried by swarms of irregular sol
diers, and the practice by the admins
tration Of arming one tribe against
another has been abolished. Our as
ISOLATION has seen all It's demands
save one realized. We failed to secure
special legislative enactment recog-
pizing native tenure of land, but the
Belgian government is acting upon
that policy without formally incorpor-
ating it into law.
Tt may take two or more genera.
tons to heal the wounds inflicted up
on the Congo, but we are satisfied that
return to the old system has now
been made utterly impossible. The
success of our agitation really marks
an epoch tn the history of the relations
OF European nations toward the col
ored races"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-08
SUDDEN ENDING or ROMANCE
Tack Set for Reformed Tramp Was
just Little More Than He
Could Stand.

"Oh, yes. we have romances in our
lives" said the tramp. but there Is
always something to spoil EN- i
had my last one last fall. was peg.
ging along Rhode Island highway,
thinking more Of good feed than ro-
nance. when couple Of wearies
ahead OF me turned into farm
house. / turned in as well when /
came along up, and I walked into the
kitchen just as they had locked a girl
up in closet and were about to go
through the house. They invited me
TO take hand in their game, but /
took two In my own. They made It
interesting for me for three or four
minutes. but the average weary is
no boxer. He depends upon wild
swings Instead of straight punches.
had EN- both down when the farmer
came up from the field, and the girl
was released and the fellows sent on
to jail
Wen, currant jam, big red apples
and mfnce pies were none too good
for me for the next week. The daugh-
ter was school ma am, about twenty
years OF age, and had won her ro-
mantle heart ere three days had
passed. think the old man would
have sanctioned the match, but he
didn't take me right On the fourth
day OF my stay he took me out and
showed me a ten-acre lot OF the ston.
lest ground I ever saw in my life,
and tntimated that might start In
blowing next morning. It was too
much. That night / left the house by
way OF window. and daylight found
me seven miles away / would have
helped gather apples or husked corn.
put when 1t came to blowing among
powders as big as barrels, romance
fed. and / followed close At her
heels"