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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-17
Why He Was so Late.

What made you SO later
Il met Smithson."
We'll, that is no reason why you
should be an hour late getting home
to supper"
Il know, but l asked him how he
was feeling and he insisted on telling
me about his stomach trouble?"
did you tell him to take Chamber.
lain's Tablets?"
Sure, that is what he needs" Sold
by Wilkinson & Co., Pharmacy and j.
F. Kiedaisch & Son.-Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-17
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CARTHAGE, ILL. :

The city election resulted as fol-
lows:
For mayor. Mack Sholl.
For city treasurer-Carl Cain.
For city clerk Barney Durham.
For city attorney. Paul Califf.
For aldermen-Henry Rams, Muir
ray Pennock, S. w. Hecox.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-17
"ox! oH!'
Try "eETs-IT' the Painless New.
Plan Corn Cure. Sec Your
"
corns Vanish In a Hurry.

"Whew! hurts way up to my heart.
I've tried almost everything for
corns!"
Corn sufferers, cornless Joy is at
hand "GETS-IT" is the only real en-
envy any corn ever had. Put GETS
1T" on in seconds, and away they
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-17

R. Jones, Equality, Ala; ]. s. Stewart,
Athens. Ga. and many others.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-17
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
PHYSICIANS.

PHYSICIANS.
DR.. w. P. SHERLOCK,
PHYSICAL AND SURGEON
Office IS North Fifth street. In the
Howell building.
Office hours-1o to IL a. m; Q to 6
p. M: evenings. to 8; Sundays. II
to p. m.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
GEN ERAL.

Former Senator Albert J. Beveridge
of Indiana. who arrived at Battle
Creek, Mich. predicted that he would
be the next President of the United
States.
There were three distinct and pos
sibly four tornadoes in Nebraska on
Easter Sunday according to Profes-
sors Condra and G. A. Loveland OF
the Nebraska State University, who
are in Omaha gathering scientific
data on the storm for the federal gov
ernment.
Governor Hall OF Louisiana honored
papers for the extradition to New
York of Antonio Muscia, human hair
exporter and his three sons, Phillip.
George and Arthur, the two former be-
ing charged with having defrauded
New York banks out of nearly ST.
000, 1000.
Senator La Toilette in a signed edi
torial in his magazine advises all Re-
publicans, Democrats and Bull Moose
to get together and support President
Wilson in the carrying out of all pro-
gressive measures, and let the politics
of the 1916 presidential campaign wait
until later.
The st. Louis Young Women's
Christian Association building was
not large enough to accommodate the
crowd that gathered to hear Miss
Jessie Wilson. daughter of the Pres
iden. Miss Wilson spoke twice, once
in the gymnasium, and again at an
overflow meeting in the assembly hall.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12

Society women OF Washington 70
the number of $50 welcomed the wives
of President Wilson. Vice President
Marshall and the members of the
Wilson Cabinet at formal break
fast.
Senior Laure Mueller, foreign al
fairs minister of Brazil, will visit the
United States this month or early IN
May in an effort to place the relations
of the two nations upon more friend
ly basis.
Fourteen Legislatures are now con.
sidering mothers pension bills. while
nine states have already enacted
laws bearing either directly or indi-
rectly upon the endowment of moth
erhood from the public treasury.
Sister Rosalie, Catholic nun, went
to the White House to ask President
Wilson to pardon her brother, Julian
Hawthorne, under federal prison sen
tence of a year for frauds in connec-
ton with the sale of mining stock
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
FOREIGN.

King Victor Emanuel received in au-
dience Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary,
with whom he conversed for half an
hour The king recalled that this was
the fourth anniversary of Peary's dis
covery.
An amazing suffragette plot to blow
up the stands at the Crystal Palace
football grounds, just before the great
est football match of the year, the En-
glish association cup final, April 10,
was disclosed at London.
Man exists after death in the form
of gas endowed with intelligence
This is alleged to be the discovery of
two Dutchmen described as scientific
spiritualists. They are Messrs. Malta
and Zaalberg Van Zelst of Paris.
The little kingdom of Montenegro
has thrown down the gauntlet to the
six great powers. She declines to
abandon her attempts to gain posses
sion of Scutari, and has officially an
nounced that there will be no depart
ure from an attitude which conforms
to the necessities of the state Of war
existing between the allies and Tur-
key"
With the submission to the Reich
stag of the German governments arm
ament and taxation measures, con-
test will begin which is almost certain
to last until the summer vacation and
possibly will not be ended by fall.
Plans of the admiralty for the es-
tablishment Of big aerial navy. as
published officially, provide for fleet
of airships and aeroplanes to cost $12,-
1000, which is to be spread over
five years. The fleet is to be entirely
apart from that connected with the
army, on which nearly $25,0O0,000 is
a.! to be spent.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
SPORT.

The Salt Lake team of the Union
Baseball Association defeated the
Chinese HI awaiian team at Salt Lake
by score of 13 to G.
Many old-time pugilists donned
fighting togs again in New York and
stepped into the ring in exhibition
bouts, to help raise money for the
flood sufferers.
Harlem Tommy Murphy arrived at
San Francisco for his twentyround re-
turn bout on April 19 against Ad VOL
CAST. former lightweight champion.
Their last fight was a draw.
Baseball is doing more than bullets
toward subjugating the warlike tribes
of the Philippines, according to FL
wood S. Brown, physical director of
the Young Mems Christian Association
at Manila. who arrived in San Fran
cisco from the Orient.
The county commissioners of Ian
caster county, by unanimous vote
adopted a resolution granting the Lin
coin. Neb., team of the Western
League permission to play baseball on
Sunday at any place in the county out
side the incorporated cities and vii
lases. The action was taken under
new law.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
WA SHlNGTON.
q new La

Congressman kindel of Colorado is
a member of the committee on ac-
counts
The Sixty-third Congress, the first
in many years with the followers o.
Thomas jefferson in a majority, began
business at noon.
Representative Victor Murdoch of
Kansas was unanimously elected by
the Progressive party caucus as its
candidate for speaker of the House.
Setting aside precedents of more
than century, President Wilson ap-
peared in the halls of Congress on
Tuesday and delivered his first legis-
lative message in person.
AS the result of a conference held
in the office of Vice President Mar.
shall at which a dozen Democratic
Senators We're present, it was decided
to return the charges reflecting upon
the moral character of certain West
ern Senator, to their author a.
Stricken by conscience, citizen
who presumably had violated. the in.
ternal revenue laws sent 1890 to the
treasury through Los Angeles,
Calf, clergyman, who said it had
been placed in his hands by visitor
from the East. The check was turned
in to the conscience fund
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12

Rome. April l0-All official reports
X. agree that his condition is not
grave and that there $ no immediate
danger Anxiety continues, however,
on account cf the wCakness of the
pontiff and the action OF his heart
which is in need OF constant stimula-
tlOn.
The attending physicians found that
the condition of the Pope had i'm
proved during Tuesday night and this
improvement was maintained through
out Wednesday. although his temper
ature showed slight increase.
Again last evening his temperature
rose slightly but the difference from
that OF the afternoon was hardly per
ceptible.
The patient is given eggs beaten up
in milk, but his inability to absorb
nourishment contributes to the de-
preston from which he suffers.
The relapse is following the same
course as the original attack OF infld-
enza. a sough being present with irri-
tation of the bronchial tubes, and DIFF
ficulty in respiration which has led to
the report in some cases that the Pooe
is afflicted with asthma. This, now
ever, is erroneous. The condition OF
albuminuria. which usually accom- pa
MES influenza, also is present, indi-
eating an inflammation of the kidneys
of greater or lesser degree, but it is
hoped that this is OF transitory char
acter.
The aspect of the immense square
in front OF ST Peters recalled the
scenes during the Illness OF Pope Leo
Kill, but instead OF burning July
sun as in 1903, there was a downpour
of rain. This did not prevent thous-
ands of pilgrims from gathering and
gazing with grave anxiety at the three
windows of the room on the third
floor of the apostolic palace where the
Pope lies, or from directing sympa-
thetie glances at the little house int he
square below where the sisters OF the
Pope occupy a modest apartment
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
w e STERN.

The annual conference of the
Church of the Latter Day Saints was
opened at Salt Lake by President Jo'
sept F. Smith.
The theft from his studio OF a
painting said to be an original Van
Dyke, valued at 100000, has been re
ported to the police by vladimir Sham
berk, a Chicago artist
Mrs. Lillian Elizabeth Bourne filed
quit for divorce at Portland, Ore +,
against former United States Senator
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., charging cruel
and inhuman treatment as her general
grounds.
S. E. Hall of Round Timber, Texas.
was killed, and Frank Jones was seri-
ously injured at the Minnie mine at
Bingham, Utah, when several sticks
of dynamite which was being thawed
out exploded. Hall was blown to
pieces.
Memorial services for the late j,
Pierpont Morgan We're held in St.
Georges Protestant Episcopal church,
of New York, of which he was yes
tryman for As years, and in which his
funeral is to take place probably on
April IA.
IF Mexico is ever to be delivered
from her deplorable situation, her
aid must come from the United
States" said Bishop Francis J. Nc
Connell OF Denver, speaking on Mex
-
parliament at Tacoma, Wash.
John Miller, an automobile drive,
was killed and Grace Young, Mrs. ].
A. McManaman. John Kahler and
Eugene Williams, were terribly
bruised when the automobile in which
they were riding collided with the
Thompson fountain in South Eleventh
street at Lincoln, Nebr
With what appears to be prehistoric
h!eroglyphics carved on its walls, p
mammoth cave, rivalling the famo Is
caves of Kentucky, was discovered
near Ogden, Utah, by Thomas Whita-
ker, a rancher Whitaker will head a
party of University OF Utah profes-
SOrS on a tour OF lnVeStl5atiOn.
The jurors in the Fort Worth, Tex,
police court returned a verdict OF
guilty against Z. Baker, aged twenty
two. charged with vagrancy: then re-
quested Judge Shropshire that they be
permitted to give their fees to the
prisoner, which was done. Baker S
fine and costs amounted to s12, and
he received IS from the jury. He
pleaded he was unable to obtain EN-
ployment
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
MoRGAN's BODY TO LIE IN STATE
In Red Room of Madison Avenue
Home Where r ina meier Met
Directors.

New York, April 10.-The body of
J. =. Morgan viii lie in state from the
time of its arrival on the liner France
on Friday until Monday morning in
the red room of his Madison avenue
home, where the finanCier met his di-
rectors and transacted the greater
part OF his business in recent years.
The room is 80 by 40 feet, and is
built of white stone with red Turkish
carpets and hangings. The casket
will be placed on funeral bier under
the portraits of the dead bankers
father, Junius Spencer Morgan, ana
that of his son, John Pierpont Nor
gan. who succeeds him.
Mr. Morgans favorite flowers, deep
red roses and American beauties. Will
be used exclusively to adorn the room.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
COLORADO STATE NEWS

Three Capitol hill homes were loot
ed of about $500 worth OF diamonds
and other Jewels early Sunday morn
ing while four other robberies were
committed and one man was held up
Fred Carson, teamster living at
Edgewater, was probably fatally In
jured when the seat OF his wagon col
Iapsed. causing him to fall SO that two
wheels of the vehicle passed over his
chest.
Olaf A. Ecklund, postmaster at Wild
Horse, who was brought back from
Wisconsin some time ago charged with
embezzlement and placed under bonds,
has again disappeared and officers OF
the government are unable to locate
him.
Professor c. II. Hinman, head OF the
extension department Of the State Ag-
ricultural College, has been given
five months leave OF absence and the
work of the department will be dis
continued except in SO far as 1t can be
handled from the presidents office.
The lack OF funds is the reason given
for cutting down this department.
Five thousand acres of new lands
under the Denver Reservoir lrriga-
ton Company have gone into cultiya-
ton this spring. Most of the land was
put to wheat. Altogether about $4,000
acres of new land adjacent to Denver
have been broken for crops this sea
~ 1o,, ;c NV
produce crop of the value of $780,
600.
A decision of importance to policy
holders was handed down by the Su-
preme Court when it held that though
an insurance policy specifies that
notice OF a written assignment must
be sent to the company, verbal as
signment without the company's
knowledge is legal if the assignee can
produce competent proof that such an
assignment was made.
Assessor Clair ]. Pitcher is waiting
the opinion of City Attorney Harry w
Bryant to see whethen he will assess
the Denver Gas & Electric Company
and the Denver City Tramway Com
pany sum in the aggregate of s110,-
OIL for back taxes said to have been
lodged by the two companies in 1911.
OF this amount he claims the gas
company owes s50,oo5 and the tram
way company S60,006.
The Globeville strikers have ap-
pealed to the Federated Churchmen of
Denver for assistance, declaring that
they are destitute. The churchmen's
organization has not yet decided
whether it will take part in.the diff
ficulty at Globeville.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
NEWROAD BOARD MEETS
TO APPORTION FUNDS AVAIL.
ABLE FOR ROAD WORK.
More Than s335,ooo Now Ready for
Use Of Commissioner Ehrnardt
and His Advisers.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver-Thomas Ehrhardt, state
highway commissioner, issued call
last week for meeting OF the ne"
advisory board, appointed by Cover
norAmmons to meet in Denver Mon
day to consider the apportimment oil
funds available for repair or ROADS
over the state
John NJ. Kuykendall OF Denver rep
resenting district No. /, was elected
chairman OF the advisory board OF the
state highway commission at the first
meeting of that body at the state
house.
j. T.. Maloney, who served with the
old highway commission, was elected
secretary to the highway commission
er at salary of s2,10O per annum.
The law requires that the secretary
shall be a civil engineer. Mr.. Maloney
fills this qualification.
There is S450,000 cash available at
this time in the amount transferred
from the internal revenue improve
ment to the fund for the new highway
said Commissioner Ehrhardt. Sey-
enty-five per cent OF this, according
to law. will be apportioned to the five
districts OF the state for road repairs.
The balance of twenty-five per cent
must remain in the fund"
Governor Ammons received many
kilograms and numerous telephone
and personal congratulations for bas-
ing his appointments to the advisory
board of highway commission on mer-
it and not political affiliations.
These are the selections: First dis
trict, Denver, John NJ. Kuykendall,
for the term ending April /, 1918;
second district, Leonard L. Curtis OF
Colorado Springs, for the term ending
April /, 1917. third district, Charles
r, McLain of Canon City, for the
term ending April /, 1916; fourth dis
trict, Charles f. Herr of Durango, for
the term ending April |, 1915; fifth
district, L. Boyd Walbridge of Meek
er, for the term ending April l, 1914.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

Using revolvers to drive away the
trainmen a mob of fifty toughs loot
ed the cars OF two Lehigh Valley rail
road freight trains which collided and
were wrecked near Lackawanna. The
loss from the wreck and stolen and
burned property was estimated at
$500 900. Four trainmen were injured
w. E. Leahan, formerly employed as
a private secretary by Mrs. E. NJ
Horne of Pittsburg, is in Jail at
Tones River, N. j.. charged with the
murder of Mrs. Charles l.. Turner of
Lakewood N. j.. who was the wife Of
an employe on the estate of George
j. Gould.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
THREE WOUNDED IN CHARGE.
Woman and Boy Fall as Troops Fight
Buffalo Strikers.

Buffalo. \. Y-"Fire," came the
command from an officer of the
guards called out in the carmen's S
strike. A dozen rifles replied. A boy
and a woman fell. The crowd which
had assumed large proportions broke
and began to chase the street car
that had just passed under the bridge.
The soldiers followed with fixed bay
onets and drove the throng to the
curhs. More than one felt the butt of
a rifle in the melee and one man re-
ceived a bayonet thrust in the hand.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
Something Seemed Lacking.

One OF the best known London
newspapers, in a review OF "Lincoln's
Own Stories," collected by Anthony
Gross. commented on the anecdote
which Lincoln was fond OF telling OF
a family Of such migratory habits
that they were able to get everything
into one wagon, and even the chick
ems were SO used to being moved that
whenever they saw the wagon sheets
brought out they laid themselves on
their backs and crossed their legs,
ready to be tied. The British review
er, with an insular sense Of humor,
remarked: "One feels a little as
though something must have been ac-
cidentally left out Of this and Of many
other stories in the book"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
suoerinte ndents' Dates Fixed.

Denver.-Mary C. C. Bradford, state
OF public instruction,
has fixed Monday and Tuesday. April
2l and 20, as dates for the annual
meeting of the state association Of
school superintendents. The sessions
will be held in the Senate chamber at
the state capitol.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
Minor Mention.
Dates for Comma Events,

.iaNS u lAeStthe
May.-state Council. J. o. u A ". at
&c COLORADO sgrings
Meeting at Colorado Springs.
June-German Turnfes, at Denver.
Convention at Greeley.
Aug--Thirty second Triennial Con-
eiavs of knights Tempiar. Denver
Colorado Springs
Aug 2s.-Knights of Pythias Grand
Lodge Meeting at Trinidad.
Oct 21-CoioraGo State Baptist Asso-
citation at Pueblo
Determined to stamp out stealing Of
automobiles in Pueblo. the police ar
rested five boys.
Denver has been officially Lamed as
the location of the 1918 convention OF
the Federation of American Motor
cyclists.
Capitalized at s20,0o0.do0 the Colo
rado Power Company filed articles OF
incorporation with the county clerk of
Denver.
has been told detectives by Denver
bank, which lost $1,000 through her
cleverness.
Harold F. Henwood, charged with
the killing of George E. Copeland
will stand trial for the offense May II
at Denver.
y. H. Taylor seventy, well known in
Denver and Adams county, who came
to Colorado in the 70's from Ohio. died
at Henderson of Bright's disease.
The Rockland hotel, the oldest and
largest hotel at Palmed Lake. was sold
10 l.. B. Hollaway of Denver by H. d.
Van Glider. The price was $4,000.
William Geary was discharged by
the board of public works of Denver
as deputy highway commissioner and
superintendent of the street cleaning
department..
As a result of the election in Holly
and other Arkansas valley towns, Hol-
!y is the only oasis between Pueblo
and Kansas City. Holly went wet by
vote of 204 to 40.
Three hundred and thirty-two people
died in Denver in March. In Febru
AIRY 2S7 died In March sixty-two died
of tubraculosis, while in February for
ty-six died from this disease.
r. ]. Spencer, declared to have
several dozen aliases, and to be for
fger OF international reputation, was
arrested at Louisville by operatives
of detective agencies.
Deputy Game Warden Gray is post
ing notices over the northern part of
the state offering a reward of s25 for
information leading to the arrest of
any one killing pheasants.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
81. Live Snakes in His Boots.

Ordway.-C. NJ Norich awoke with
snakes in his boots but they were not
the kind which assemble after com
munion with "hilarity aqua of a
strenuous night before. They were
real. live rattlers. six of them. and
the farmer was busy for about tfirty
minutes putting periods to their lives.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
Brawls May Cost Lives Of Two.

Pueblo,-Newton Buckovitch was
stabbed in the back at a christening
while Michael Selich, one OF the prin-
cipals in fight in an Abriendo board
ing house, was taken to hospital
with a fractured skull. 1t is thought
the TWO will die.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
Teacher Guaranteed With Fever.

Wellington.-Miss Swanson. one OF
the teachers in the Wellington public
schools in the intermediate grade. is
auarantined at her boarding house
with scarlet fever The school has
been ordered closed and fumigated as a
precautionary measure against the
spread of this disease.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
California Free to Pass Jap Law.

Washington.-Pre Wilson let
It be known that the federal govern
ment would not interfere with pend
ing legislation in California, by which
aliens who have not declared their in
tention of becoming naturalized as
American citizens are prohibited from
owning land or property.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12

istered pharmacists: Ernest H. Beh-
rsmeyer. Denver; Kern II. Copeland.
Grand Junction; Harry S. Fist, Pueb-
10; Arthur c. Hendrie, Boulder; Jo-
sept NJ Ryan, Denver; Wallace W.
Wilson, Denver. Fifteen passed as as
sistant pharmacists.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
Goln0 Hall Way.

Rutgers Jewett, the literary advis-
er. was urging a young novelist to
take Up his residence in New York.
Come to New York" he said, and
then, in every emergency, the pub
fishers and magazine editors can turn
to you.
Men continually tell me-" Mr. Jew
EFT continued. that things never come
their way. I feel like shouting in re-
ply:
but why not try putting yourself
in the right placer"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
Bride Would Share Husbands Cell.

La Junta-Torn from his bride Of
two hours f. NJ Gillaspie was arrest
ed in Wichita, Kans.. by Undersheriff
Steward and brought here to face a
charge of stealing horse and buggy.
The young wife insisted that she. also.
be taken into custody and to pacify
her the officer promised to accede to
her demands.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
A Winner, If


At an Easter breakfast John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., once said:
THE road to success is called Per
severance. Perseverance conquers ev-
erything. But"
Mr. Rockefeller. with q smile. took
up an Easter egg.
But" he added, 'let US remember
that hen on an egg OF porcelain per-
severes."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
SPRINGS Sends s1,21a to Ohio.

Colorado Springs.-The Chamber OF
Commerce wired s1,21S.09 tc Governor
Cox at Columbus, Ohio, for the bene-
fit of the flood sufferers. The money
represents subscriptions ranging from
81 to 800 made by citizens of Colora-
do Springs.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
AIonzo Thompson Dies After illness

Denver Thompson. aged
millionaire and spiritualist, died at his
home after a long Illness. The body
will be buried at Belleville, H.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12
Friendly Hint.

Friendly Hint.
I'm afraid to say exactly what l
think" said Governor Blowoff.
That's interesting" replied Senator
Sorghum. But man who adopts
that principle ought to be more care
full what he thinks"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-04-12

eorrecs constipation Munyon's Paw-Pav
Pills are = tonic 70 the stomach. liver and
nervea They invieorats instead ct weaken:
thew enrich the blood instead of impover-
ishins it; they enable tho stomach to get all
the nourishment from food that is put into
Z. Price as cent? All Druggists