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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01
CONVENTION WORK
BEGUN TODAY
Circular Letters Outlining st,s Cam
paIen Of Convention Committee
Sent Out to Business
Men.
WORKED SUCCESSFULLY
Conceded to be Most Equitable Plan
Of Preparing for Entertain
ment Of conven-
tions.

Keokuk. the convention city OF
Iowa. That is the goal toward which
the convention committee .. the In
.dustrial Association, with Frank Lee
Bron at its head, launched cam
paign this morning by the dispatch
through the mail Of three hundred
circular letters, addressed to Keokuk
business houses and professional
men, in which plans are outlined TO
bring national and state gatherings of
Importance to this city.
Realizing that conventions, and the
bringing to the city of thousands Of
delegates every year, will result not
only in decided Increase in aggre-
gate business but also in widespread
advertising for Keoklill. the associa-
tion has decided to make this one of
its chief lines Of work in the future.
Estimates. based on what experience
the city has had in entertaining con-
ventions. and data gathered from
other fields, show that the maximum
cost of properly entertaining a con-
vention crowd Is about twenty-five
cents person for each day here. The
general average indicates that an in
dividual attending convention would
spend from $3.50 to S. day. This
cost is based on the preliminary ex-
pense of securing the convention,
su3plying hall for meeting purposes,
distribution of Keokul1 booklets, and
general entertainment, such as auto
mobile rides. river excursions or ban
quets
Under the plan as outlined by the
committee, the wholesalers. retailers
and professional men who have pos
e sihility of personal gain or a public
spirited desire to see Keokuk pros
per. have been classified, upon
which basis each is assessed SO much
a on every one hundred dollars spent
by the association In connection with
conventions he'd In Keokuk No con
vetion will be solicited In which the
cost will be over $1,000, without first
getting the approval of all signers to
the agreement.
The classification naturally varies
In this regard the assessment was
reached according to the estimated
business of the hotel, grocery or
cigar stand, as the case happens to
be. Assessments run all the way
from twenty cents to ten dollars.
Chairman LeBron and his commit
tee have given this matter careful
consideration. They have worked up.
on the principle that Keokuk. in or
der to keep pace with Iowa cities,
needs conventions, and that in secur-
Ing them. a propoTtionate assessment
should be made as determined by the
general benefit to be derived
Des Moines has gone to the front
as convention city. and Burlington
Is taking strides in that direction. In
the Mississippi river dam Keokuk
has the Opportunity to offer the best
tourist attraction in the Mississippi
valley, something that should appeal
to convention people and the Indus
trial Association realizes that it must
work fast and hard.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01
Fat Case to Jury.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
DENVER, Colo. July 1.-The fate
Of Marjorie Hamilton Cunningham
and her husband, accused of using
the mails to defraud in selling an
anti-obesity cure, will probably be
known before night The case went
to the jury last night, after a day of
arguments. Assistant District Attor.
ney Disman, in summing up his case
called Cunningham a bird of prey,
a man who debauched his wife and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01
A Wise Law.

PORTSMOUTH. Ohio, July BE
ginning today it's crime to heckle a
bridegroom or a bride In Portsmouth.
No matter if the bridegroom or the
bride don't prosecute. If anyone is
seen by a policeman playfully hitting
either bride or bridegroom n the eye
with an old shoe; If anyone is seen
hurting rice at the couple; or if any
one in the crowd that sees the couple
off at the station INDUCES in more
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE

Keokuk Lodge, No. 7O4, meets ev.
cry Tuesday night at 8 p. m. In Moose
hall. corner OF Sixth and Main. Visit
ing brothers cordially invited. L. l..
Lapbersheimer, dictator. Ed S. Lotion
secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01
NAME
HAS BEEN CHANGED.
VIII Now be Known az the "keokuk
aid Hamilton Water Power ceIe-
bration," by Vote Of
Committee.
SOLICITORS ARE NAMED
Canvass VIII Not start Until Tuesday
After .he Meeting Has Been
Held by the
Solicitors.

The name OF the water power cele-
bration was officially changed at a
meeting Of the executive committee
held later yesterday afternoon. 1t
will now be known as the "Keokuk
and Hamilton Water Power Celebra-
ton" The change was made because
Of the desire of Hamilton to partici.
! ate in the celebration and promise
to arrange for festivities at that
time, and because the dam joins the
two communities.
1t was also decided to delay the
beginning of the soliciting because
of the fact that the Fourth of July
comes this week. 1t has been arrang-
ed that the committees will meet at
the Industrial Association next Mon
day night and make plans for begin
ming the canvass of the city the next
day.
The committee decided to adopt
the certificate plan of raising money.
Business houses may purchase GER
tificates in denominations of 500,
$50 or $25 and individuals may pur-
chase them in denominations of 81,
S. and $40. They will be handsomely
gotten up SO that they may be framed
to show that the owner has helped
in making the most OF the best oppor-
tunjty for large celebration Keokuk
has ever had.
Members Of Committee.
Chairman of the Gsneral Finance
Committee John Nagel and Secretary
j. Albert Kiedaisch, announce the
following members of the soliciting
committee:
Banks and Jobbers.
John Dunlap, chairman; L. A. Ham
i'll, Stephen Irwin, Chas. Bode.
Main Street, South Side East of Fifth
Frank LeBron, chairman; Jas Nc.
earthly, John i. Hawkes., John L.
Ward, R. H. King.
Main Street, South Side Between
Fifth and Eighth.
Ed. S. Lotion, chairman; e. T.
iBartruff, NJ. r. Baker, L. e. Scott,
Frank Wilmef-ng.
Main Street, South Side Above Eighth
H. R. Culkin, chairman; T. N. Con-
nor, Jacob Schouten, Glen w. Ewers,
E. P. McManus.
Main STREET, North Side East Of
1S Eighth.
Chas. Abel, chairman: j. ]. Ayres,
NJ. E. Justice, J. W. Winger.
Main Street, North Side West Of
Eighth.
DR.. F. G. Smith. chairman: John J.
Crimmins, Jay Bullock, Paul Pech-
stein.
West keokuk.
Hazen I. Sawyer, Chandler Carter
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01
wooDMEN OF THE WoRLn

Gate City Camp No. 81, Woodmen
OF the World, meets first and third
Thursdays Of each month at Hawkes.
hall. corner Eighth and Main. Visit
ing sovereigns cordially invited. All.
bert Kiefer. consul commander; A. j.
Anderson, clerk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01
Two Million Dollars.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 1.-Two mil
lion dollars to be spent by the federal
government in general improvement
of the Missouri river, became available
today. Lowlands are to be protected
and navigation made safer. The work
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01
ROYAL ARcANnM

Keokuk Council No. $50 meets third
Friday each month. Hawkes. hall,
Eighth and Main. Visiting brethren
fraternally invited to attend. j. M.
Fulton. regent; J. l. Annstle. score
tary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01
|. B. f. ".

Local No. 42o |. B. E. w. meet first
Tuesday and third Wednesday at 500
o'clock at Trades and Labor Assem-
bly, hall. Tenth and johnson streets.
Visiting brothers cordially invited e.
II. Shilling, T. S.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01
jCinton's Storage
AJinton's Transfer

commercialized her. who caused her
to lie, who made public property of
his wife and then hid behind her
petticoats."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01

KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF SECUR-
ITY KEoKUK COUNCIL. NO. 1o4s
meets the first and third Monday Of
each month at A. o. U. W. hail, at s
o'clock. DR.. G. A. Jenkins. president:
Ernest Best, nnancier; Mayme s.
Schenk, secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01
A. o. q. w.
K. OF p

Morning Star lodge No. s, meets at
Fifth and Blondeau, X. Of p. building.
Tuesday at 1880, John p. Hornish,
chancellor commander; J. A. Burgess,
K. of r. and s. Visiting knights fra.
ternally invited.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01
B. P. o. Elks

Keokuk lodge No. 100. meets frst
and third Thursday nights ut Elks'
hall, Sixth and Blondeau streets. Club
rooms open daily Visiting brethren
cordially invited w. B. Woolley. q. r..
Leroy j. Wolf, secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01

FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES.
Keokuk Aerie, No. $50. meets first
and third Wednesday OF each month
at Fag,rs hall, 523 Main street. Visit.
Ing brothers cordially invited. James
Tickle. w. President; @. A. Noakes.
secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01
comes under the supervision of the
army engineers.
ADJUSTMENTS.
Grand Bin at HIppodrome.

~ 0rdHQ PHI dt af1tPpOQTCme.
Without exception the vaudeville
entertainment which opened at the
Hippodrome theater on Monday night
is the best that has been presented
! In the city in months The bill is one
of special features, entirely and is
worthy of the leading circuits.
There are four acts but the one
which pleases most as comedy usual
| ly does in Keokuk, is that in which
the Orpheus Comedy Four, perform.
This quartet of men sings and the
actors have two changes of costumes
which are screams" to say the least.
/ Gedmin, the shadowgraphist is
more clever than any who have pre-
coded him on the stage here. His
shadows of the first cigar" are
great and the result produced by the
use of the filthy weed is natural and
life-like upon the darkened canvas.
The Engfords, contortionists and
! hand balancers. work easily and
| without strain, leaving a certain feel
/ ing Of comfort with the audience,
that the dash and nerve edge per-
/ formances Of some others who have
! been seen, do not. The woman IN
/ the act is midget contortionist,
scarcely four feet in height but the
/ strength OF her small body is display
i ed to advantage when Mr.. Engford
balances upon block, upeld by her
| during the entertainment. While the
turn" is not long, it is of sufficient
length to give audiences an idea of
what real contortion of the waist
muscles in the body is
Ada Carlton is real prima donna.
Her best work is in the parody on
Silver Threads Among the Gold"
This old and sweet melody is sung
by Miss Carlton with mixture Of
modern day rag time songs which IS
a laugh producing way of ranging
from one kind of vocalism to another.
The whole bill is one which the
management does not have to exert
itself to push as the acts are all first
class and of such calibre that pleas
ant taste is left in the mouth of those
who see the vaudeville specialties-
Adv.
Maccabee Ladies' Excursion.
i Should the summer season pass
without the Maccabees giving an ex-
,cursion or outing OF some kind for
\ their friends, the social life OF the
I city would feel as if the chain Of
levents was incomplete. But the pat
,rons of Maccabee functions will not
have to go without river excursion
or outing as the steamer G. w. Hill
has been chartered by the society and
lis scheduled to leave here at
next Saturday afternoon. July 5, for
Fort Madison. Ali Indications point
4 to fine trip and the ladies of the
lodge will put forth every effort to
lentertain their guests in a pleasing
manner.
Both going and coming, the boat
1 will stop at the old Mormon town,
Nauvoo. which today is hustling and
bustling with activity and bids fair
Ito rival Keol1uk's population In the
next decade or so.
i At Fort Madison. the Hill will be
held until the arrival or the $50
train and all who cannot go with the
party from Keokuk in the afternoon
will be enabled by this arrangement
Ito board the boat at Fort Madison
Adults tickets are selling at fifty
4 cents and childrer's fare Is a quarter
q of a dollar. ADV.
4 READ The Gate City for late
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01
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troubles again / wi,
ham 5 Vegetable
ED. FERRoN, 816
Falls, Wisconsin.

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Ed. FERRoN, 816 High ST., Chippewa
Falls, Wisconsin.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01
THIS WOMAN
HAD MUCH PAIN
when STANDING
Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound made
Her 4 Well Woman.
Chippewa Falls, Wis.-"I have all
ways had great confidence in Lydia E.

Pinkham's Vegeta-
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found it very good
for organic troubles
and recommend it
highly. / had dis
placement, back :
ach 9 an d pains
when standing on
my feet for any
length Of time, when
4 began to take the
medicine, but / am
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FRATERNAL CARDS
MASONIC.

= Meet in X. OF P. building. cor
~ ner OF Fifth and Blondeau.
v\ Eagle Lodge No. IL holds its
regular meeting the first Monday
evening OF each month.
Hardin Lodge No. 20, holds Its regu.
lar monthly meeting the second Mon
day evening Of each month.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01

READ The Gate City for late
sporting news.
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-09
CAPITALISTS AND MELONS.


Ordinarily whea man eoo, into debt he
lit, me ,haicr about II
lie either voluntarily open, an account or
giscs his note. aud II he l. at all careful. he
an\inu,lA MAKE, an estimate al HI, resources
IN, mean, To pay-and deo,des whether OF
not II =, VIE l. so on.
Bu, IN the capitalization oi the trusts the
peep, ar nj consulted
Some bunch oi gded grafters meet IN a
mahogany trimmed office somewhere and,
without an, notice Ia anybody. proceed to cap
talilc corporation al whatever sum they
plea.e ard l>suc t. themselves vast bundles OF
stocks and bonds tor the working class To pay
y httle while age. June TO- 1912. to be ac-
enraie the Stanley Committee OF the lower
hnu,c oi Congress brought to light the amaz
ing information that J. Z. Morgan and his as
sociates IN organizing the United States Steel
Corporation cut a little melon issued to
Themselves in that one transaction $3.50 ,Oo0, TOO
Sin hundred and thirty-six million dollars.
Think OF IT, Why. il reduced to cash it would
load railroad train with dollars!
How did they get it, Did they labor for
IL Not tina, you could notice. have cal
culated that brigade of Morgans. 5000 men,
each getting 81 so per day and saving every
cent OF it. working every day since the old
Liberty Bell rang out in Independence Hall
1875 year, ago. would be shy s2.,000,o00
Ne. Morgan and his friends did not work
ior their money. They simply got together in
a gentlemanly little confab and issued TO them
,elve, certain paper obligations-mere water
of course-but water that must be paid for IN
the sweat OF the tollcrs-a drop of sweat for
drop oil water!
Did II ever occur Ia you what would happen
II Il bunch OF workingmen would go into
room and issue to themselves millions OF dol
lar, worth Il stock II discovered they would
mo ST likely be sent 10 the Detention ospita by
the government machinery OF the capitilist
system This particular kind of melon cutting
inversion is the exclusive prerogative OF the
capitalist
Do you blame HIM for exercising it 50 long
a. he IS permitted to do SOP
And don't you think II would be good
idea ior the people to own the industries them
selves. collectively. - a. TO abolish the melon
cutting by the u,eles. capitalists. and secure
To the useful mental and manual workers the
/ full benefit 81 the industries ,-Ex.
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-09
SURPLUS VALUE.

Long before the coming OF the modern So
eialist Movement 1t was understood by the
economists that all wealth i produced By Ia
Dor. How then, It vas questioned can profits
be accounted for II labor produces all wealth
why do not the laborefs receive their full pro
duct The answer to this question was not
known until IT came from Karl Marx. Wages.
said Marx are not the full product Of labor
Nor are wages any definite part OF the pro
duct Wages are simply the selling price OF
the worker in the market This selling price.
on the average. IS just enough to keep the
worker IN good condition TO do his work and
produce some one to take his place. For in
stance. II the worker tolls ten hours and pro-
duoes $1,000 worth of wealth. he does not
receive $1,000. nor $500. II So 90 will support
him he receives 500. and no more. These
SO 90 his wages and the remaining 800
are the profits OF the capitalist II the hours
OF the worker be increased. and better ma
chimes introduced the workers product is in
creased. let US say TO $500. Do the workers
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-09
WHAT SCIENTIFIC LABOR WILL DO

From a psltry IS cents worth of iron ore
may be developed $3.50 worth OF bar iron, DO
worth OF horse shoes. $50 worth Of able
knives 50. 500 worth OF fine needles, $500. 600
worth OF watch springs. 100000 worth OF hair
,prings. or si2 ;oo.o 900 worth Of pallet arbors
used IN watches.
II the natural resources OF the country and
the machinery OF production and transporta-
ton were collectively owned by the people. for
the people. and all production was for use and
none for profit. would not the class war end
and peace and plenty reign forever'
The trouble is the workers have been doing
the work but let the other fellow collect the
bill
II the fools would quit working for the ras-
Gals the raseals would soon have to go to work
for themselves. Do you see the poin,l Just
put that in your pipe and smoke it.
When the wealth creators accumulate enough
gray matter in their think-tanks to quit voting
with their industrial shareholders they will
then have sense enough to work out their
own political and industrial salvation.-U. S.
Figures and Facts.
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-09

wages go up No Instead OF rising they fall.
They are now but $50.
The theory Il surplus value is the beginning
oi all Socialist knowledge. II shows the cap
i,alist in his true hight. that oil an idler and
parasite 1t proves to the workers that cap
i,als,s should no longer be permitted to take
any of their product Without this knowledge
the worker will never fight along correct lines.
With this knowledge he will never stop fight
ing until Socialism. which will give to the
working class the whole of its product. shall
be fully realized -lndustriai Socialism.
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-09
FRATERNALISM VS.. PATERNALISM.

FRATERNALISM VS.. PATERNALISM
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the w.rt,,,, .l..t .-r,.
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w,,hon, so,,nnre,,,u on,, i've. 49, -.
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make ex,ens,ye ne =, .,.,,,t r.. nj
every ,e, q, ,;,,e., va. -. s,:.;.
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t.. ten e,,.e,,,i,e -. 49,, ,.,a,a J..
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who can have continuous enolovme,, T.,
twenty ar. L-,,,,d the ,... -, -. ,,,,.k
smaller We,
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.hould establish such e,ns,o, .vs,.n. N. COS,
T.. the sapit,ll.t, anil the hene,, - ~. ,v,,L.
e.. wauld he ,n.,gn,t;,,n, ~ con,o.,;so, ,,,;,h
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-09

Read The Liberator. II il . working class
newspaper.
Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-09

II you can place ny Il 81 -. v1ss :
are vorking yoe shesiA vsiss = - - Z
send them 10 20. Z 20 ere 60 se]kssk
viii place yos On OF bssah upsa - - ;
wire or write yos vAea - esa - -.
The Washington times., 1913-06-14
HOLDS
UNCLAIMED s74O
Sum Left Long Time, But Neyet-
Has Been Called for.
Makes Lots Of Bookkeeping.

Uncle Sam has $40. or its equiva-
lent In gold and silver. that the old
gentleman knows not what to do
with.
OF this sum ss1o13 is in the San
Francisco mint and represents bullion
LETT by followers of the Forty Miners.
who never came back to claim IT, The
balance Ii In the assay Office at New
York. In the form of 1s0.90 fine ounces
Of silver bullion left for exchange for
ane bars. and never called for.
Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo
asked Comptroller Downey today IL
this bullion or its equivalent might
not be covered into the Treasury, 70
save the ,endless bookkeeping of
carrying 1t year after year. Comp
troller Downey decided that unless
the Secretary takes the bull by the
horns and takes arbitrary action ON
his own initiative 1t cannot be done,
N their In no authority in law.
In San Francisco H. ]. Peters de-
posted $127.87 In gold bullion in 1854
Joseph Baker has to his credit 2f
deposited In 1858, and ]. H. Southern
has $ls196. None Of this has ever
been called for. The silver bullion
in the New York assay Office was left
In 1888 by Thomas p. Davis and never
called for At the time II was valued
At dollar an ounce. Now IL 10 worth
only 80 cents an ounce