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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-31
MODERN wooDMEN OF AMERICA
GIBBONS HALL

Keokuk Camp No. 622. meets every
Wednesday evening at 1880 p. m OUT
latch string 10 out to nsighbors. JohfS
G. Wustrow. v. c.: ]. a. Pollard
clerk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-31
INDEPENDENT o,

Puckechetuck Lodge No. 81, meets
every Friday evening at O'Clock
4. B. Hughes, N. G.; George ";
imnegart. permanent secretary.
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FRETERNAL CARDS
MASONIC.

Il Meet in X. of i. building, co.,
Ny ner OF Fifth and Blondsau
~ Eagle Lodge No. 10 holds Id
regular meeting the fra: Monday
evening Of each month.
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HARRY THAW IN
COURT TUEgDAY

Continued from rage l.,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20
BOARD OF ARBITRATION.
Hearing is Resumed and Testimony
is Being Taken.

The Board of Arbitration inyesti-
eating the street car controversy re-
Suned work al nine o'clock tuesday
morning after an over Sunday adj
jOurnment and took up the CXamina-
ton OF witnesses again where it was
left off Saturday. Several witnesses
We're called during the morning by
the attorneys for the employees aud
gave their testimony regarding vart'
GUS phases o. the disagreement be
tween the company and the union and
the resulting strike. A large mum
Der of witnesses remain yet to be eX,
amined and it is quito probable that
the investigation will last for sew
eral days.
S. A. Fox, secretary of the local
street car employees union, was the
first witness called this morning. Mr.,
Fox was a member of the committee
appointed from the union last Sep
TENDER to wait upon Mr.. Garner, local
manager of the company, in regard to
new contract between the men and
the company, and lie told on the stand
of the various conferences in regard
to new contract His story cover
ed the same ground and was in sub
stance the same as the agreed state
ment of facts prepared for the board
by the attorneys and published else
where in this issue of the Herald. Mr..
Fox also told of offers submitted to
Mr.. Garner by the men for arbitration
after they had been unable to agree
on a new contract. On cross exam
inatiOn, Mr.. Fox stated that the only
difference between the contracts sub
mitted by the men and by the com
pany before the strike went into eff
feet was the question of recognition
of the power house employees as men,
bers of the same union with the car
employees. The question of higher
wages, he stated. did not come up at
that time, but that such demand was
now made by the striking employees.
Considerable time was also spent in
cross examination over the instruc.
tions given to, and the moves made
by, the men stationed on picket duty
at the power house by the union.
The visits Of union men to the homes
of present employees of the company
was also gone into, but resulted in
little development of facts.
George Workman, one of the strik-
ing street car men, was aclled next
and gave his story of conferences
with Mr.. Garner in regard to a new
contract and he told similar story
TO that related by Mr. Fox.
Ed Edwards, one OF the union EN-.
ployes, also told in substance the
same story of the conferences over a
IL. aln q.
examined by the attorney for the
company in regard TO hts converse
lions with present employees OF the
company while be was ON picket
duty and also In regard 70 his visits
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20
HAVE A BUSY SESSION
Many Matters Receive Attention of
City Council.

Minor matters of varied and null
titudinous character occupied the at
tcntiOn of the city council convened
in regular session last evening. All
members of the council, city officers
and mayor were present for the meet.
ing.
Minutes of several past meetings
were read by the clerk and approved
as the first matter of business and
occupied considerable time. The list
Of claims came next and warrants
were ordered drawn.
The city engineers list of eXemp-
lions from the water t;tX levy for 1871
was read. This list consists Of prop
crty owners residing outside the fire
limits of the city who ae exempt
from the water tax. The engineers
report on paving repairs and the city
clerks monthly appropriation report
for the month of October were read
and ordered placed on record
A special motion was introduced to
allow bill due the o. r. & l.. Co
for wiring and fixtures for the band
stand in the city park in the sum of
$36S66.
The matter OF purchasing snow
plows to be used IN clearing snow
from the sidewalks during the winter
was brought up by the mayor and
resulted in considerable discussion.
Referred to the sidewalk committee
for report. -.
Sidewalk assessments and road tax
matters were called up and DISPOSE.
tons made. The fire chief asked for
additional fire hose and the matter
was referred to the ERE committee.
A special assessment for cutting
weeds was read and ordered on mo-
ton that the amounts be assessed
against the individuals in the sums
fixed by the report. .;..,. ..lH.
A new crossing was ordered in on
the east side of + street at the in.
tersection of Sixth, avenue. (
Two new street lights were order
ed installed at certain turns near the
John Anderson and Carl, Scheuermann
properties on G ayenne, East extern
sion. A light now in front of the Sam
Green grocery on Seventh avenue,
was ordered changed to the corner
of Seventh avenue and Ninth street.
Council adjourned at 10 o'clock.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20

such disability extends beyond per.
iOd of sixty days, at the expiration OF
such period, the employer shall make
d supplemental report on blanks to be
procured from the commissioner for
that purpose. The said reports shall
contain the name and nature of the
business of the employer, the location
of the establishment, the name, age,
sex. and occupation of the injured EN-,
ploye, and shall state the date and
hour of the accident, the nature and
cause of the injury, and such other in.
formation as may be required by the
commissioner. Any employer who
refuses or neglects to make the re-
port required by this section shall be
punished by a fine of not more than
fifty $4,000 dollars for each oflenSC
t3J G. A, Oh. 147, Sec. 81 "
Liability fixing compensation
That the law enacted by the thirty.
fifth general assembly known as sen.
ate file No. ,, relating to employers
liability for personal injury sustained
by employees i'll line of duty, and fix
ing compensation therefor, shall not
apply to an injury sustained by such
emplOye of such employer which Oc'
ours prior TO the time when such act
takes effect in all of its parts; but
the law and procedure in force at the
time such injury occurs, if before
such act takes effect in all of its
parts, shall be the same as though
such act had not been enacted whetn'
er such action is brought before OF
after such act takes effect in all of its
parts. 50 G. A; Oh. 14S."
A report TO the Bureau of Labor
Des MOines. Iowa, must also be made
under the following provision:
Record Of sccidents-report-fail'
ure-penalty. Manufacturers, manu-
featuring corporations, proprietors OF
corporations operating any mercan'
tile establishments, mills, workshops
mines other than those subject to in,
spection by the state mine inspector
or business houses, shall keep a care
full record Of any accidents occurring
to an employe while at work for the
employer, when such accident re,
suits in the death of the employe OF
in such bodily injury as will or proba'
bly, may prevent him from returning
to work within four days thereafter
The said record shall at times be OPP
en- to inspection, by an inspector OF
the bureau OF labor statistics. With
in forty-eight hours after the occur.
renee of an accident, the record OF
which is herein required to be kept. a
written report thereof shall be for.
warded to the commissioner of the
bureau OF labor statistics, and said
commissioner may require further
and additional report to be furnished
him should the first report be by him
deemed insufficient. No statement
contained in any such report shall be
admissible in any action arising out
of the accident therein reported. Any
employer who fails to keep the record
or to furnish the report as herein pro-
vlded shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor and upon conviction there.
OF shall be fined not less than i've dol.
lars $3.50 nor more than one hundred
dollars ($100) aud costs or prosecu.
tion. f35 @. A.. Oh. 1876. Sec ~"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20
CELEBRATE FARM LIFE.

So fundamental is the upbuilding Of
rural life, in the opinion of DR.. P. P.
Claxton, United States Commissioner
Of Education, that the observance in
the schools of one day each year as
Agricultural and Rural Life Day"
should become a national custom, in.
stead of being confined to few
states, as at present. I'VE can do
without some of our anniversaries, if
need be-" says DIR. ClaXton, TO have
time for this, the most fundamental
of all. The children in our schools
should be given an opportunity to
pause in their regular work and con-
slider the significance of agriculture
and rural life, the worth and WORTH
ness of tillage of the soil; and the
beauty and glory of simple and sane
life in the open country"
DIR. Claxton points out that in sew
eral state Agriculture and Rural
Life Day" has already been intro
duced into the schools, at the sugges-
ton of the Bureau of Education. In
other states exercises appropriate to
the purpose are held in connection
with Arbor Day, Thanksgiving Day,
or the Harvest Home celebration. In
order to aid in the proper observance
of the day, under whatever name it
may be celebrated, the Bureau of Ed
ucation has just issued a bulletin
containing material that can be used
by teachers and others in arranging
an interesting program.
How vegetables have been used as
medicines among different peoples;
bread-making through the ages; the
mysteries of mother earth; the orr
gin of food plants; cooperation
among farmers; wonders of single
acre-these and other topics treated
with special reference to clarifying
country life. Following each discus
sion there is list of suitable poems
and songs on farming and farm life.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20
REPORTS ON ACCIDENTS.

Under the laws of Iowa a report TO
the Industrial Commission at ,Des
Moines, Iowa, must be made of all &C.
cidents. The governing section of the
Code follows: - fnSYT
HHecord - reports - inspection -
penalty. Every employer shall here.
after keep a record of all injuries, ia.
tai or otherwise, sustained by. his EN-.
ployes in the course of their employ.
ment. Within forty-eight hours, not
counting Sundays and legal holidays.
after the employer has knowledge OF
the occurrence OF an accident result
ing in personal injury. report shall
be made in writing By the employer
20 the Industrial commissioner on
blanks TO be procured from the com
missioner for that purpose.
Upon the termination or the dIsa-
bility OF the injured employe, or II
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20
Extracts SuppIant Booze,

Waterloo, Nov. 1S.-Police officials
are confronted with a condition that
is apparently without solution. Dur
ing the last few weeks there have
been all unusually large number OF
arrests made for what was supposed
to be drunkenness. The cause of i'll
toXication has been found in most
cases to be from ginger extracts. The
police claim there are a large num-
Der of persons, who, when unable to
secure liquor, will purchase extracts
and drink heavily. In some instances
it has been found that the extracts
have been purchased in gallon lots.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20
Clare Business Man Assaulted.


Fort Dodge, Nov. 1S.-CharleS Don
ahoe, a prominent merchant of Clare.
lies in d precarious condition at the
hospital here as q result of injuries
inflicted upon him Sunday night.
Warrants charging assault with in
tent to commit murder have been
issued for John Cunningham, Walter
Cameron and Charles Burke, of Glare.
In addition to the criminal action,
Donahoe has filed suit against the
trio for $4,000 because of injuries
he alleges they inflicted. According
to story here, Donahoe was driving
his auto from Fort Dodge to Clare
Sunday night when he found an auto
disabled by the roadside. The three
men charged with assault and Will
lam Fox, driver, were by the ma
chine. Donahoe took Fox to Clare
and got rope and then returned to
the disabled machine. AS he was
fastening the rope to the axle of one
of the cars it is alleged Cunningham
kicked him. saying that he would get
back the $3S DOnahoe had fined him
for being drunk and disorderly when
the merchant was mayor of the town
1t Is alleged Cameron and Burke. also
assaulted Donahoe, whom Fox was
trying to protect. Donahoe is suffer
ing from broken ribs and his lungs
ARE affected.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20
Hold.Up Man At Work.

Dcs Moines, Nov. 1S.-Mrs. Robert
Ewing of the Brown Apartments, and
Mrs. Mary Wright, friend who has
been visiting here, were held up by
lone highwayman in front of the
Auditorium at o'clock this morning.
The man was frightened by the
screams of the two women, and ran
away, having secured nothing. Mrs.
Ewing was escorting Mrs. Wright to
an early train, when man jumped
at them from behind one of the big
pillars at the Auditorium. They were
so frightened they screamed and fell
to the ground, arousing such a com.
motion by their shrieks that the rob-
Der took to his heels. The man was
seen by pedestrians across the street
and was chased for several blocks.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20

to the home of present cmployc.
The whereabouts of the Witnesses Oh
the night of the riot was inquired in
to by their attorney and each man
put on the stand gave a satisfactory
account of himself on that night
Frank Davis, head fireman at the
power house before the strike. was
called and told of conferences regard
ing a new contract. He also stated
the substance of conversation with
Mr.. Garner after the strike was called
in which be accused Mr.. Garner of
ordering him to stay away from the
power house and the company prop
erty.
Mr.. OfyCrEOu and Mr.. Fox. officers
of the local union, were RECALLED to
the STAND by the attorney for the EN-.
plOyCs and gave testimony to the eff
feet that they did not know The con.
tents of the contract submitted by
Mr. Garner at the time it was sub
mitted to them, The relationship be
tween the local union and the nation.
al organization was gone into aud eX
planned.
Homer Hoyer, conductor on the
pickets stationed at the power plant
by the union, told of the instructions
given him by the officers of the union
when he went on duty as a picket,
and of his conversations with en-
ployes at the plant. He was closely
cross examined in an effort to prove
that he had trespassed on company
property when performing duty as a
picket and that he had been there to
attempt to induce the employees to
quit work and cripple the plant.
w. A. Wycoft was called and told
Of his experiences while on picket
duty at the power plant and his con-
versations with workmen.
Clarence Garrett was the last wit.
ness called during the morning and
stated the substance of the instruc-
tons given the pickets by the COM
mittee in charge were to stay off
company property, but to explain the
situation to the workmen employed
at the plant If the opportunity pre-
sented itself off company property.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20
Bio Money in Iowa eut,er,

The operators OF the Iowa cream
cries received all average of 1892
cents per pound during the year end
Ing Nov. l, 1918, according to the
annual report filed by w. b. Barney,
state food and dairy commissioner.
Iowa butter sold at an average of Is
cents per pound above the average
market price during the year, the re.
port says. The butter output was
sold for $2S ,249y The creameries
sold Se.2S5,62Si pdiihdss Of the batter
produced outside OF the state 'fHi rs
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20
"cRATEFUlNESs."


Horatio Higgins always had
A pessimistic mind.
A man of more ungratefulness
Was rather hard to find.
Says he, I've struggled, worked and
saved
Most ever since the war;
And blamed If | can see thing
That l am thankful for.
Horatio's optimistic wife
Was somewhat different:
But had a rather homely way
OF saying what she meant,
Says she, "Horatio Higgins.
While you fret and stew and fuss,
I'm glad that lots of folks know
Amt got as much as us.
Be glad you're not poor Ezra Jones,
Nor got a wife like his;
Be glad It's him instead of you,
That's got the rheumatic.
Ungratefulness, I'm thinking,
Never helped to make saint,
So let's be thankful Ezra Jones
Has got some things we haint."
"Horatio, be more grateful,
That you've got wife like me;
| tell you what, I'm thankful,
And I'm sure you oTt to be.
It's nothing less than sin, the way
You stand around and cuss,
And not give thanks that heaps OF
folks
Is lots worse off than us"
NAL Rose.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20
TOY PRODUCTION.

Nearly million dollars worth OF
toys were imported into the United
States during September of the cur
rent year. and for the full calendar
year 1913 the total value of toys i'm
ported will approximate 9 million dol.
lars. The domestic manufacture OF
toys is considerably greater than the
imports and will probably approx
mate IL million dollars for the cur
rent year, bringing the total years
toy supply up to about 20 million dol
lars. This valuation of 20 million
dollars worth of toys supplied for
consumption in the United States
during the calendar year 1913 Is
based. in the case of imports, upon
the stated wholesale value in the coun.
tries from which imported, and in the
case of the domestic product, upon
the stated value at the factory in
which manufactured, and therefore
does not represent the values at
which they will be sold.
The consumption of toys in the
United States has grown with remark.
able rapidity. lmportations in the
fiscal year 1898 were less than mil
the fiscal year 1913, practically mil
lion; and, for the calendar year seem
likely to approximate 8 million dol
lars. Domestic manufactures of the
group designated as toys and games"
have increased from million dollars
in 1899 to 5h million in 1904, and 81
million in 1909, and for 1913 the total
is estimated at something more than
II million dollars; and adding this to
the estimated 9 millions of imports
brings the total years toy supply up
to 20 million dollars, against about
10 million in 1905.
Dolls alone form nearly one-fourtb
of the total value of the toys import
ed. amounting in the single month OF
September to $685.. 4G6 out of a total
of $1,S17.5 53 worth of toys imported.
The total value of dolls imported in
| the fiscal year 1913 was IL million
dollars and the indications are that
the importations during the calendar
year 1913 will approximate 2 million
dollars.
Germany is by far the largest
source of supply for the toys import
ed into the United States and is, in
fact, the worlds largest manufacturer
of this class of merchandise. The
value of toys imported into the Unit
ed States from Germany in the fiscal
| year 1913 was nearly 7 million dollars
out of total of approximately mil
lion dollars worth imported from all
countries, or about seven-eighths Of
the total. OF dolls alone the import.
ations from Germany were 1851 1854
out of total of S1,563,1S4. The 9th,
er principal countries from which
toys are imported are England, $3.50.
846; Japan, s302,754; france, $685.,
092; Austria-Hungary, $1S5,303; and
Belgium, S61,252.
Exports of toys from the United
States amount to less than one mil
lion dollars per annum and have
somewhat declined in recent years.
Most Of those exported, however, go
to English-speaking countries, the
sS2S,51S worth exported during the
ficsal year 1913 going chiefly to Eng.
land, Canada, Australia, and New Zea.
land; the next largest expectations
went to Germany. Cuba, the Philip
pine Islands, France, and Japan.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20
A Strange Disease.

Council Blufls, Nov. 1S.-Six pupils
in two of the largest schools in the
city, Boomer and Washington ave-
nue., where 1000 children attend,
have been discovered to be suffering
from some rare form of skin disease.
They were all ordered home, their
books were destroyed and strong ef-
forts made to prevent a spread of the
disease. Physicians declared the dis.
ease to be highly infective.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20
A Girl Corn Husker.

Many phenomenal corn husking re-
cords are being made in Hamilton
county this fall, bututhe prize show
ing of them all afthus' far has been
made by young girl She is Miss
Lily Brock and her record is 1f5
bushels i'm day. Miss Brock Is the
daughter of NJ. ii. Brock and she lives
near Jewell. Her father, like many
farmers, has been short on huskers
this fall, and Miss Lily has been
helping out. She has been husking
above hundred bushels every day.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20
One Yet In Ruins,

Cedar Rapids, Nov. 1S.-Shortly
after three o'clock yesterday rescu.
ers working in the ruins of the Ly.
man building which collapsed Friday
afternoon, recovered the body of VIM.
Lowe of Waterloo. The body of H.
b. Westcott of Cedar Rapids is still
buried in the ruins. VIM. Peterson.
one of the rescuers, was hit on the
head today and rendered uncon.
scions.t He was taken 20 his home,
where II was found that he had sus-
talned a broken Jaw His condition
Is not serious. " tpGl t
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20
CHUHCH IS LOS|NG
SAYS G0V.CLARKE
MAN ASSAULTED AS HE GIVES
I AID TO WRECKED AUToiST,
THREE SCHOOL HOUSES BURNED
Extracts suppIant Booze at Waterloo
Strange Skin Disease Discover
ed in Council Bluffs Schools.
Tailor Sets Bed on Fire.

Davenport, Nov. 1S.--Gov. G. w.
Clarke in an address at the session of
the Church Efficiency Congress urged
the churches to cut loose from tradi-
tions and theology, if they hoped to
become influential in public life. He
said here is too much artifciality In
present day religion. The church is
losing by refusing to adapt itself to
new conditions"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20

The postmaster general is enroll
ed among the people who advocate
early Christmas shopping and the ear
ly shipping of Christmas packages.
He urges postmasters to call atten-
ton TO the Importance Of mailing
parcels early in order TO secure their
prompt dispatch, distribution and de-
livery. Attention is invited to the
fact that 1t is permissible to place on
parcels the words: mot to open until
Christmas.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20
Three School Houses Burned.

Centerville, Nov. 1S.-The burning
of a school house near the Diamond
mines between here and Plano make
the third school house burned within
the week in the western part of Appa-
moose county. The school authorl-
ties are alarmed, and fear that it is
part of a plan to burn all the school
houses in the mining districts, while
the miners are incensed because they
think it part OF plan to prevent
their children getting an education
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20

1t is to ferret out and prosecute the
man who threw the bricks and ap.
piled the torch. Attorney General
Cosson has the reputation of being
able to handle this branch of the du-
ties devolying on his office and he no
doubt will prove equal to the present
occasion
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20
ENLARGE Gate FACTORY.

The Iowa Gate company of Cedar
Rapids has completed plans for a
new factory building to cover 10000
square feet of ground. 1t Is to be
600x100 feet and will be the largest
structure in this part OF the country.
With this addition the company win
double It's output. II now sells TO
every state Ia the union and many
foreign countries
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-20
Sets His Ecd On Eirc.

Charles City, Nov. 1S.-A tailor
named Temple nearly burned to death
in the Y. NJ. c. A. when he went to
bed smoking. His cigarette fired the
mattress. When discovered the mat.
tress was in flames and Temple still
was sleeping. He was thrown into
tub of water.