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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15
MRS. BUFFUM
REPUDIATEs CONFESSION
Says Now That She Was Forced by
Third Degree to Tell
Story.

United Press Leased Wire Service
LITTLE VALLEY, N. Y. Dec. 10
Mrs. Cynthia Buffum from her cell in
the Cattaragus county jail has repudi-
ated the sensational confession that
she poisoned her husband. Willis
Buffum because of her love for Ernst
Frahm a young farmer.
Mrs Buffum said the confession
was obtained from her by third degree
methods employed by detectives under
District Attorney Cole who professed
to be her friends and then forsook her.
She claims that her mental system
was in a turmoil when she told the
detective In Queenstown, Ont, that
she had poisoned her husband Her
statement to the district attorney she
also claims was wrung from her. She
answered questions according to her
story in a sort of daze, giving me-
chanical replies to the queries of au-
thorities as they took her over the
griddle of cross examination, The Inn
prisoned woman was deeply solicitous
about the condition of her little daugh-
ter Laura believed TO be dying from
the effects Of poison and who is to be
removed to Buffalo hospital for
treatment
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15
STEAD'S GHOST
FLOATING AROUND
Appeared In Half Form and Had
Something to Say to All
at the seance.

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LONDON, Dec. 15.-"Three week
ago today w. T. Stead was material.
lied in the presence of seventeen per.
sons in the home of Cecil Husk, a
seventy year old blind trance medium,
whom have known for years. Mr..
Stead appeared in half form, that is
from the waist up and floated about
the room, having something to say to
every one present"
This was the remarkable statement
here today Of Major Sir Alfred Turn
er, recently before the public through
a notable series Of ghost stories. Cen
eral Turner says Husk is able to I'M
failingly materialize spiritual forms
and to work against antagonism even
in the most inimical circumstances.
General Turner declared that Card n.
al Newman and many other noted
persons were materialized before him
through the instrumentality of the
blind medium.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15
spangIer. HuIskamp and HaIbeck
Have Thrilling Experience When
Boat Drifts Near
epllIway.
TWO WEAR LIFE BELTS
spangler, Who Can't swim, Lost His,
But Is Washed up
on . Big
Rock.

Ira q. spangler, Charles A. Il lbeck
and J. Will Huiskamp had miracu.
lous escape from death yesterday
when Huiskamp's boat drifted with a
dead engine into the water flowing
over the spillway in the cross wall
wetween the lock and power house
The boat was below the wall and
was carried Into the water rushing
over the thirty foot spillway. Huis,
kamp and Halbeck both wore life pre-
servers, and swan out near the lock
but Spangler, who cannot, swim q
stroke, lost his life preserver but was
miraculously carried onto a rock
which kept his head out Of water un.
til he was rescued.
The accident yesterday occurred al
the same spot where the Chandler
brothers lost their lives last spring.
A queer thing happened to G. A.
Halbeck, who was in the stern of the
boat and evidently was whisked
along the bottom of the river as the
force of the fall smashed the boat un.
der the water. Everything in his
pockets was cleaned out as Sticky as
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15
Consumption ] axes
$50 People Daily

in the United States and the deadly
germs claim more victims in cities
than in rural districts, due no doubt
to the increased number of indoor
workers in confning quarters and
their lack of sunshine.
Tubercular germs always attack when
the system is weakened from colds or
sickness, overwork, overstfain, conhning
duties or any drain which has reduced the
resstive forces of the body. But nature
always provides a corrector and the best
physicians emphasize that during chang
ing climate our blood should be kept rich
and pure and active by taking Scott s
Emulsion after meals; the cod liver oil in
SCOTS Emulsion warns the body by en-
riching the blood-it peculiarly strength
ems the lungs and upbuilds the resistive
forces of the body to avoid colds and
prevent consumption.
If you work indoors, tire easily, feel
langllid or nervous, SCOTS Emulsion is
the most strengthening food-n1edicine
known; it builds energy and strength
and is totally free from alcohol or any
Supplying drug-every druggist has it.
1906 scott & Bovine. bloomfield NJ.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15

II a dip" had had his fingers in them
when Halbeck swan down and climb
ca out on the lock wall he found that
MS pockets were emptied. The force
with which an object is shot along the
hoor OF the river after 1t has been
struck by the waterfall from the
spillway is thought to. be the reason
for this stripping of his pockets.
according to the story told by Mr..
Halbeck. the boat was anchored below
Inc cross wall which joins the lock
and power house. The engine was
dead, and an anchor was put out, A
little later the anchor was pulled up
and Mr.. Halbeck said that he noticed
the boat drifting. and that it was
drifting toward the wall. There is a
top current which carries the water
back toward the spillway, and the
boat was being carried back on this
current. - gas3s ~, At
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15
CHANUKKAH-THE
FEAST OF DEDICATION
Begins Tuesday Evening. December
%, and Lasts for Eight
Days.

One of thu most interesting half
holidays in the Jewish calendar be-
gins this year on Tuesday evening,
December 23rd, and lasts for eight
days. It Is known as Chanukkah, the
feast of dedication, and though not
observed by special services In the
synagogue. it is eagerly looked forward
to by the children Of the Jewish
household, for 1t has in large meas
ure come to be children's fe tival
Tho historical background of the
celebration Is found in the fact that
in the year 165 B. c., Judas Macca.
beus. one of the martial heroes in
Jewish history. re-dedicated to the
services of the one God, the temple
at Jerusalem after its pollution by
Antiochus Epiphanes, who had set mp
in place OF Gods altar, a shrine IT,
his heather god Just three years
after this pollution, on the twenty
fifth day Of the month of Kisley, the
temple was reclaimed and re-dedi-
Gated to the service Of God.
AROUND the festival cluster many
beautiful legends which have hslped
to shape the character of the cele-
bration. One such legend is to the
, effect that when this temple was re-
dedicated only single cruise of oil
was found unpolluted, but through
the miraculous intervention of God,
this oil proved to be sufficient for
eight successive nights, and until
other oil fitted for the service might
be prepared For this reason. to this
day, Jews light candles In their homes
in celebration Of Chanukkah for eight
successive nights, one on the first
night, two on the second, and SO on
The Feast of Chanukkah is time
for rejoicing not only on the part
of the children, but as we'll on the
part of the poor, who are always lib
orally remembered.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15
HAVE RETURNED
FROM FAR EAST
Four RattIeships Reach United States
After Cruise Of the. Med
Iterranean Sea.

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NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-With 5000
officers and men eager for Christmas
shore leave and 100000 of pay due,
four super dreadnaughts, the flagships
Wyoming, the Arkansas, the Utah and
Florida, dropped anchor here today,
ending the Mediterranean cruise. The
tjeet Is In command of Rear Admiral
Chas. j. Badger, who will go into re-
tirement some time this week, with
appropriate. ceremonies. He will be
succeeded by Rear Admiral Frank e.
Beattie, now second In command to
Rear Admiral Fletcher, in Mexican
waters.
The Delaware. parted company with
the fleet, yesterday, conveying the dis
abled Vermont to Norfolk. The 9TH
ers of the feet, the Ohio, Connecticut
and Minnesota, are on their way to
Mexican waterss
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15
RENAUD'S Jewelry Store

feet In ordinary stages OF water,
four feet higher than maintained by
the present dam.
The proposition calls for lease
OF nearly all the water power Gre
ated by the dam to the Iowa Railway
and Light company at a yearly rent
al of ten per cent OF the cost Of the
dam. The contract runs for twenty
five years AS partial considera.
ton the company also makes radical
deductions in the rates for street
lighting and for lighting public places
and buildings
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15
A WHOLE FAMILY MEAL
FOR So

A &c package of Faust Spaghetti
Will make a whole meal for a family
of FIVE. And it viii be a real meal
nutritious. tasty and satisfying.
A SO package of Faust Spaghetti
contains as much nutrition as lbs.
of beef. 1t is a glutinous food-glut-
en- is the food content that makes
bone, muscle and flesh.
You have no idea how many DIFF
ferent ways Faust Spaghetti can be
served to make fine, tempting meals
write for free recipe book. Sold in
SC and 1oc packages serve It often.
MAuLL BROS.
ST. Louis, Mo.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15

in the Andy tunnel Of the Apex mine,
he must soon starye to death. Snenf
Andrew Smith today announced the
bulkheading of that section has been
completed and that 1t would be tmpoa-
sible for the outlaw to escape II he is
in the Andy tunnel. except by break
ing down the bulkhead, Guards will
be stationed with orders to Kill him
should he appear. Search OF other
sections of the mine continued TODAY
but without much hope of success.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15
Life Belts Secured.

/
Mr. Halbeck fearing that the boat
was going into this fall Of water, mado
his way to the stern and secured life
preservers which he threw to Huis-
kamp and spangler, and taking off his
overcoat, put on his own. He was in
the stern of the boat when the water
hit 1t, and that is all that he remenl-
hers.
When Halbeck next remembered
things he was striking out for the lock
wall and reached that place and was
pulled up. nuiskamp followed him
and was pulled out. Spangler was in
the worst predicament Of the crowd.
He cannot swim, and in the accident
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15
Terrible Picture Of Suffering

Clinton. Ky~-Mrs. III. G. McEiroy,
In letter from Clinton. writes:
For six years. was sufferer from
female troubles. could not eat, and
could not stand on my feet, without
suffering great rain. Three OF the
best doctors in the state said was
in critical condition. and going down
hill. I lost hope. After using Cardui
a week. began to improve. Now
feel better than In six years. Fifty
years OF success, in actual practice.
is positive proof that Cardui can al
ways be relied o., for relieving To-
male weakness and disease. Why not
test 1t for yourself Sold by all drug
gists. Advertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15
Cedar Rapids Dam.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Dec. 10. The
voters Of Cedar Rapids are today cast
ing their ballots for and against q
bond issue of $4,000 to pay for the
construction of a steel and concrete
dam across the Cedar river at the site
of the present dam.
The dam will bs equipped with
locks for transferring boats from a
lower to high lever or vice versa
and will bring the total head to ten
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15

water and shot 1t along the bed of
the river. Halbeck being in the stern
Of the craft when 1t struck the water.
fall, probably was shot along the bed
CT the river like skyrocket and then
came up as soon as smooth water
was reached.
The motor boat which capsized
and went to the bottom of the river
was located this morning and taken
out of the river. 1t was not damaged
to any great extent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15

to repeal them at IT'S meeting tonight.
First thing we know, some man
with grudge against his neighbor
will have warrant issued for him be-
cause he empties his ashes on Sun
day. said Smith today, illustrating the
scope Of the laws.
The laws were first directed at
BARRIERS, who wanted to close on Sun.
days, anyway, but later was extended
to clothiers, butchers and grocers,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15
Tired of Blue Laws.

AURORA. H., Dec. 15.--After
three weeks trial, Aurora has had
enough of its blue laws, and Alderman
Michael Smith announced this morn
ing that he would ask the city counc
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15
Present for President.

MOUNT CARMEL, Ill, Dec. 15.-
Among the Christmas presents Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson will receive this
year will be a unique quilt, mailed
today by Mrs Griffin D. Froman OF
this city, widow of civil war veteran.
The quilt contains the names Of the
president, the vice president and all
the cabinet members, worked up in
1892 squares. The background is
white and the names are worked al
ternately in red and white. Mrs.
Froman has put years labor into
the quilt, doing all the work by hand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15
Borne on Upper Current.

This upper current was the one
into which the boat drifted, and was
borne into the teeth Of the waterfall
over the spillway. It evidently drift
ed stern first, and the waterfall struck
the craft and pounded 1t into the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15

his life preserver slipped OF. He was
carried down In the water to where
the excavations have been made, and
the current threw him on to big
rock on which he was able to stick
and keep his head out of water until
rescued by Messrs. Conklin and Howe
who were in a skiff nearby.
Mr.. Huiskamp's story is that he
went to change anchors in his boat
and that he pulled UP one without let.
ting down another, and that in this
short space OF time the current start
ed to carry the boat back to the fall
which was coming over the spillway.
He said Spangler was busy at his en-
CINE, trying to start 1t.
Nothing to Anchor 10.
The spot at which the Huiskamp
boat was laying is one where the bed
Of the river was we'll smoothed off,
and there is hardly any spot for an
anchor to catch. 1t is said that unless
SAASAS ohOoAo DS a quay Al66OI 4uCdu
rock for it to catch on to, there would
be nothing to hold an anchor. This
and the proximity of the dangerous
waterfall coming over q spill-way as
high as the dam, makes the particular
spot very dangerous one for boat
which is dead.
With engines running or with pair
of oars boat can easily be kept
away from the spillway water, but
dead boats can do nothing but drift
with the current.
The water which comes over the
spillway comes down with terrific
force. The spillway was built to let
the drift out Of the forebay, and the
height is almost as much as that OF
the dam. The water comes down over
the spillway and shoots along the bot.
tom Of the river, where 1t is smooth
for considerable distance, and then
the current to complete the cycle
sends the water back toward the
spillway again,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15

Read The Daily Gate city. 1eu
per week.
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STARVING Lopez Out

| UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. 15.-If
Rafael Lopez SLAYER Of six men, is
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-15
\ Safe Place to Trade
Open Every Evening Until Christmas

OF course if you get it from
RElNAUD'S it will be SOLID
GOLD Renaud does not sell
plated ones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-22

have originally been selected under civli
service rules
II would like to see the postoffice de-
masters of the first. second and third
classes, as well as the fourth class, put
in office only after they stand rigid
civil service examination" he said.
'Postmasters' places are now consid-
cred political patronage, and long estab-
ished customs cannot be ignored. said
Mr. Burleson, "but l shall urge upon
members of Congress that they nominate
the most capable men In the comm,lni-
ties affected who can be induced to take
the positions postmasters. They should
be men of character and good moral
standing in their communities. Once ap-
pointed they will be expected to give the
requisite number of hours to discharging
the duties of their positions"
The attitude OF the Postmaster General
Is clearly against the habit in some places
particularly In the south, where certain
individuals secure the postoffice appofnt-
ment and then farm OUT the work. TO
others and never do any of it themselves
The postmaster will have to be on the job
and give the business of the office his
personal attention. 20
1t Is also believed that the policy of the
Postmaster General In demanding rigid
civil service rules and exaininatio Will
have tendency to weed out many OF the
negro messengers, carriers and employees
in other branches, without aiming this
rule especially at Them. There will be
no wall of protest against this II 1t
should obtain, from the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-22
W|LLPUT
. EFFICIENCY AHEAD
OF MERE ECONOMY
Thinks Postoffice System
Should Be as Perfect as
1t Can Be Made
POST WILL
GET MUCH ATTENTION
Wants Merit System to Prevail in APP
pOintment of Fourth Class Post
masters Who Shall Attend
to Duties Personally
Bx G. e. STEWART

Washington. March 21-tSpecial. )-un-
der Postmaster General Hitchcock the
postoffice department was run entirely
with the end in view to make 1t self sup
porting. Not that it was not the purpose
of the department TO give good service to
the public, but that the principal aim was
TO relieve the treasury as much as pos
sible by making the department pay its
own way. Hence every proposition to-
ward extending the service or increasing
its efficiency was closely scrutinized from
the standpoint of the possible returns.
rather than from the standpoint of service
to the public.
Under Postmaster General Burleson the
postoffice department will be operated en-
tirely with the end in view of giving eff
fioient service. The economy end will not
be neglected, but 1t will be secondary to
ar efficient and first class postal service
to all the people. This is merely the way
two different executives view their duties.
Postma ster General Hitchcock was of the
opinion that to make the department pay
its own way would make it independent,
and would enable it to increase the eff
ficiency of its service from Its own earn
ings. Postmaster General Burleson be-
lieves that efficiency comes first, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-22
ONE CENT A WORD

RATEs--0ne c,nt . word dayJ NO ad.
taken for less than 25c for first inseR-
ti0n. Cash must accompany order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-22
LEGAL NOTICES
Notice

Notice
The regular annual meeting OF the
stockholders of the Interstate Casualty
company will be held at the home OF
flee, First National hank building, on
Tuesday, April s, 1918, at 10 o'clock a.
NJ. for the purpose Of receiving re-
ports of officers, electing directors for
the ensuing year and the transactior
Of such other business as may prop
erly come before the meeting. fnciud-
ing the adoption Of new and snortei
set of bylaws
II. M. ARCHIBALD. JR.,
s-7-4t-fr Secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-22

TEN EXPERIENCED SPECIALITY
statesmen FOR THE STANDARD
SALES co. SEE MR.. WOODRUFF',
MORRIS HOTEL, ROOM 429. HOURS.
TO i, TO 4. I TO 9. 3-21-3t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-22

ONE CENT A WORD

RATES-One cent a word \ day. NO nd.
taken for less than 75c for first inser-
tIOn. Cash muat mpany order
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-22
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

WANTED-Saiesmen to sell aluminium
churns to farmers s25 weekly and ex-
penses guaranteed to hustlers; some
of our men clearing over s1O0 per week;
exclusive county rights given to live
statesmen; churns guaranteed to give
satisfaction or money refunded; write
today; be first in your county Address
Box 1868, Pittsburg, Pa. S-16-1t
WANTED-15 good live statesmen, on COM
mission or good salary Apply 22i
Brown-Marx Bldg. 3-20-4t
TO take care of the increasing demancs
of our business we will train three or
four young men in the science of sales
manship, under expert trainer from
New York: applicant must be aggres-
sive, clean cut and ambitious: excellent
field for promotion to high salared Pc
sitions. Room 305 Ala. State Land Bldg.
3-20- 3t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-22

WE will pay you sl20 to distribute, reg-
ious literature i'm your community: so
days work; experience not required; |;
man or woman; opportunity for promo
ton; spare time may be used. Interna-
tional Bible Press, 1914 Arch street,
Philadelphia. 2-22-2t-sat-wed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-22

that efficiency will create additional rev.
enues and make the department self sup
porting and independent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-22

MANTED-Wh married man. farmer.
salary paid; stationary fireman; block
setter; drivers and white laborers; white
woman n take charge of three children in
country; woman stenographer willing to
leave the city. Room 626 Chamber Com
nerce Bldg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-22
RUBBER STAMPS AND SEALS

BROWN Stamp Works. 265 JEFFERSON
County Bank Bldg. Phone $50. Work
1nished In few hours. 2-1-ts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-22

AT the Birmin CHAM hotel, steam heat
ed, screened, electric lighted and all
service of a first class hotel; SIS per
month and up. 1O-25-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-22
FOR RENT-ROOMS

THE AVALON-All outside rooms, fur
mace heat; modern conveniences.
moderate price; bath free. 2100 5th
avenue 5-25-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-22

LADI -Sandersons Cotton Root Pills
3 Safe and sure cure for Delayed Periods
Price ST. Money returned if il fails.
Address Or. T. Pierce, San F'rarcisco
Cal 3-22-2t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-22
PERSONAL

6EXOTD~A marvellous cure for Weakness
in men. Restores lost powers. Price
g. Money returned if it fails. Address
DR.. T. Pierce, San Francisco, Cal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-22
Observation-Disclosures
WANTED-HELP

MEN. women get government parcel post
jobs; $40 week. write for list of positions
open. Franklin Institute. Dept. 2-B.
Rochester n Y.
2-14-f4t-fri -sa sumo we
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-22
Built Up Parcel Post
Fourth Class Postmasters

Regarding his attitude toward the 4O.e00
fourth class posunasters placed under the
civil service by President Tafts order.
the Postmaster General Indicated that he
thought the mert system ought to obtain
in filling these koffices but he thought
there was a nice question involved as to
whether the in4umbents ought not to
The Holbrook news., 1913-02-21
Hindu Legend of the First Woman.


 This is an old Hindu legend of the creation of woman:
 ''Twashtri, at the beginning of time, created the universe and man, but when he came to create wom- an he found that he had exhausted his materials and no solid elements remained.
 ''Twashtri unused awhile. Then an idea came to him and in order to make the first woman he took moonlight and the undulations of the serpent, the slenderness of the reeds and their soft movement in the wind, the tears of raincloud, the velvet of flower petals, the grace of a roe, the tremor of grass es, the vanity of the peacock, the softness of the down on doves breast, the hardness of diamonds and the sweetness of honey, the cruelty of the tiger and the warmth of fire, the cold of snow, the chat ter of jay and the coo of dove, and out of these things Twashtri created woman"
The Holbrook news., 1913-02-21
Perfumes. g.

In the collection of perfumes two processes are employed. In one, the grease process, boxes with glass bottoms are prepared, the bottom being covered with pure grease or suet, and the flowers. gathered fresh every day during the season, are laid on trays in the box, the grease being left to ab- sorb the fragrance. In the oil proc ess the place of grease is taken by cotton batting saturated with oil, the process being substantially the same. In both cases the vehicle becomes impregnated with the es- sential oil and odor of flowers.