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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
NOTICE OF SALE.

To Ollie Lambert and Rose Lam
bert, and whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the City
Lean Company will sell to the high
est and best bidder for cash at public
auction on Tuesday, March IS, 1913.
at the store of William Holland,
Number s2S lain street. In the city
of Keokuk, Lee county. Iowa, the fol-
lowing personal property, to-wit: One
oak extension table: three high back
dining room chairs; one Imperial
Oxford D. III. sewing machine No.
1862; one 9x12 brussels rug; one
oak dresser, ono oak bed and bedding;
one small square stand: one Substi-
tute oak heating stove, No. IS; one
oak arm rocker; one Dandy cook
stove; one kitchen cupboard; one
kitchen table The proceeds OF the
sale of said property will be applied
on the Indebtedness due the City
Loan Co, from the said Ollie Lam
bert and Rose Lambert.
CITY LOAN co.
March 6. 1913.
ADV.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that at a
special meeting of the stockholders
of the Keokuk Industrial Association
of Keokuk, Iowa, held pursuant to
notice duly given, on the twentieth
day of January, A. D. 1913, said meet
ing having been called for the pur-
pose, among other things, of consider
incorporation OF the said corporation
by striking out article vii, thereof,
and adopting a substitute in lieu
thereof; there being present at said
meeting, either in person or by prop
er proxy, a quorum of the stockholders
of said corporation, representing,
owning and holding a majority Of the
stock of the said Keokuk Industrial
Association, the following resolution
was unanimously adopted.
Resolved: That the articles OF in
corporation OF the Keokuk Industrial
Association be, and the same are
hereby. amended by striking article
vii out of said articles, and adopting
the following in lieu thereof, as art
icle vii:
Article VII. The affairs of this
corporation are to be conducted by a
board of directors of fifteen (15) mem
bers to be elected from the stockhold-
ers in the following manner:
The members of the board elected
In the year 1913 shall serve until the
annual meeting of the stockholders in
the year 1914. At the annual meeting
! In the year 1914, five members OF the
board OF directors shall be elected for
a term of three years each, five mem
bers of said board shall be elected for
/ a term of two years each, and five
members of said board shall be elect
ed for term of one year each. At
the annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers in the year 1915, and each year
thereafter. five members of the board
of directors shall be elected, each of
whom shall hold their Office for the
term of three years. Beginning with
the annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers in the year 1915 no person shall
be eligible for election as member
of the board of directors who has
served on such board for period OF
three consecutive years next proceed
ing such election. The board of d.
rectors is hereby empowered to fill
any vacancy that may occur in said
board during the year. the member
or members SO selected to hold office
until the next ensuing annual meet
ing of the stockholders"
Dated, Keokuk, Iowa, March 10.
1913.
corporate seal)
KEOKUK INDUSTRIAL
ASSOCIATION.
BY c. r. JOY,
Attest: AS President.
By J. ALBERT KIEDAIsCH.
! AS Secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
5000 SWITCHMEN
THREATEN STRIKE
Eighteen Demands TO be Presented 70
the Railroads BY the
Men

UNITED Press Leased Wire Seryice.1
CHICAGO March 19.-Railroad on
cials announced today before going
into q conference with representatives
OF 5000 switchmen from yards in the
vicinity OF Chicago, that under no
circumstances will they make any
concessions.
Vice President Whitney of tbs
Brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen.
who heads the committee represent
ing the switchmen, was equally de
termined Whitney had eighteen de
mands OF the switchmen to presen,
to the railroad managers committee
and he said that failure on the part
of the roads either to meet those de-
mands or consent to arbitration, will
result in an immediate strike.
The switchmen assert that il there
is walkout of the 5000 men who
voted almost unanimously in favor of
quitting unless their demands were
granted, freight through Chicago to
the east and northwest will be tied
up. Nineteen roads entering Chicago
are affected
A semi-monthly payday and pay
and half for overtime are the two
principal demands of the switchmen.
The others have to do with working
conditions in the yards.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
VIII be Seen This Season In the
thousand Mile Reliability Race
From Chicago and keokuk
IN Competitive Meet.
FLYING BOATS TO RACE
keokuk Regatta viii Attract Hydro.
planes and Some Exciting and
Wonderful Exhibitions Are
Assured.

The flying motor boat, the half-fsh,
haif-bird creature of mans ingenuity
which only a couple Of years ago was
an idea to be laughed at, Is today not
only reality, but there is every pros
Feet that the coming summer will see
fiock OF flying boats at all of the
principal races and regattas, including
the Keokuk, Peoria and Chicago fes-
rivals, and race fom Chicago to
Detroit, says ". v. Kidder in the
Open Exhaust monthly publica-
ton for motor boaters
OF special interest to the boatmen
and prospective airmen of the middle
west are the accomplishments of Tom
Benoist of st. Louis, president of the
Benoist Aircraft company and builder
of the hydro-aeroplane or flying mo-
tor boat in which Tony Janus recent
ly set new worlds record for long
distance travelling by travelling from
Omaha, Neb., to New Orleans, a dis
lance of 1878 miles in the total flying
ing time Of thirty-one hours and for.
ty-three minutes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
Recall Of officials.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
LINCOLN, Nebr.. March ia bill
for the recall of all elective officials,
including the Judiciary, passed The
Nebraska house by vote Of = to IA.
The measure got the bulk of its sup
port from democrats. although "a re
publicans voted affirmatiyely. The
bill requires a recall petition signed
by twenty-five percent of the votes
cast for the governor at the preceding
election in the district affected.
The senate in committee OF the
whole amended the insurance code
bill to forbid the sale Of a note given
in payment OF insurance until after
the lapse OF thirty days from the de
livery OF the policy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
RESCUED ON THE WAY TO THE GRAVE

had to be ripped open SO he could Get
his limbs In them, and his feet were
so bad he had to wear slippers, as it
was away out of the question 10 get
his shoes on. and his heart and breath
ing was just about as bad as could be
imagined, and he would have to sit up
all night in his chair as he could not
breathe at all Il he laid down. After
giving what he csiled a fair trial TO
his other doctors. he decided to try
DR.. s. M. Wells, and sent his brother
up to see the doctor, and after a long,
close questioning about his trouble he
told his brother that if he would fol-
low his instructions he would be able
to cure him, and he was told to go
ahead and prepare the treatment, and
took 1t home, and from the first dose
of medicine he has gained rapidly
hardly would say rapidly. but miracuE
ously might be better. Now he is out
and walks uptown and out to see the
neighbors, and eats three good meals
day and lays in his bed and sleeps
all night long and is getting well. and
work like this has convinced the most
severe critics that his work is all he
has claimed for it. This man has only
been under treatment for three weeks,
but is out of all danger. Not only
does he give these wonderful results
In dropsy, but in all Of his chronic
diseases that he accepts, such as
rheumatism, goitre, liver trouble,
heart. stomach, gallstones, appendi,
citis, bladder trouble and female DIS
ease and those peculiar to both rlah
I'D women, and after Others faA u
cures them This shows the true veEG
of the chronic disease specialist anu
the great treatment of this meoical
expert. He is pretty well croWdeu
with patients and many will have %
wait their time if they do not pace
themselves under his care pretls
soon. Hours 10 to u a. m. to i.0'
D. m. and 7 to s evenings.-Ady
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
Boy Ran Away.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
DENVER, Colo, March 19.-Ward
Mckinley, the IA year old Chicago
boy who told the police a story o1
having been kidnapped by blind ne
gro and brought to Denver, admitted
to the police that he ran away from
home. A telegram to the address civ
en- the police brought response to
day from his mother stating that he
had run away. She said she was toe
poor to buy ticket home for the lad
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
Reports From Muscatine Seem to be
for the Sole Purpose OF Great
ing Dissatisfaction in
the League.
WILL PLAY GAMES
President Justice Says That he is
Sure That no Preseason Games
VIII be Played by
C. A. Clubs.

An effort is evidently being made by
The sport writer OF the Muscatine
Journal to create dissatisfaction
among several cities of the Central
Association. because of the fact that
President Justice has requested that
all games between C. A. clubs, prior
to the opening OF the season be can
celied.
Nearly every day the Journal scrib-
bier talks OF the '.unwritten law OF
President Justice, regarding these
games and declares that the clubs
will do as they please about the mat.
ter.
President Justice told The Gate
City yesterday that he had never
heard a word of complaint from either
Cedar Rapids or Waterloo and be-
heyed that they would see his posi-
ton and govern themselves accord
ingly. Boyle and Egan have written
TO the prexy and declared their In
tention of cancelIing the inter-associa-
ton games, which they had scheduled
as per his request
Following is the latest whine Of the
Journal:
Belden Hill and Doc Andrews re-
fuse to put on their specs with re-
spect to seeing" the much mooted
"unwritten laws" of the Central AS
ISOLATION and that neither the man,
ager of the Cedar Rapids nor Waterloo
clubs has any respect for prexy's
archaic mandate is evidenced by g
chirp from Cedar Rapids to the effect
that notwithstanding the reason OF
the because, Cedar Rapids and Wat
erloo will play the exhibition CON
tests now on the preseason schedule
Manager Frank Boyle recently
called off all preseason inter-asso-
citation games but Cedar Rapids and
Waterloo refuse to follow the exam
pie. The following from the Cedar
Rapids Gazette:
Cedar Rapids ball fans want the
baseball world to know that the ex
hibition games between Cedar Rap
ids and Waterloo have not beer
cancelled, and that Cedar Rapids hal
no intention of calling off the games
unless the Central Association hold.
meeting and adopts written rule.
prohibiting inter-association exhibit
ton games.
The repetition OF this information
Is necessary In view of the fact tina
newspaper story was sent out from
Burlington yesterday stating tina
President Justice by his diplomac
has succeeded In having the manag
ers of the Central Association call Of
all ante-season games. The story evi
IDENTIFY was founded on the fact tina
Manager Boyle cancelled the exhib
ton games with Cedar Rapids an
Waterloo. The Cedar Rapids-Watel
loo games, however. have not bee
cancelled.
Cedar Rapids fans are amused b
leak IN the unwritten law talk. TIL
story from Burlington says that a
ante-season game between Galesbur
and Monmouth was permitted b
President Justice last year. The fan
reason that if such was the cas-
there never was an unwritten la
prohibiting exhibition games.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
Attel Meet. kirk.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. /
NEW YORK, March f9.-Abe Attell
former king OF the featherweights,
Will find out once and for all whether
he Is has been or not. Attell, with
the exuberance of youth and conf
dence OF veteran. has determined to
give Ollie Kirk of ST. Louis the battle
OF his career at the Forty-Fourth
Street Sporting Club. It was Kirk
who got Attell's number and forced
him TO quit in recent bout.
Today both fighters are reported to
be in good trim.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19

oHOfc, MICH. L nave
suffered with pains in
my back and under
my shoulder blade for
a number of years,
also with a poor appe.
tite and constipation.
1 tried all of the rem.
edies that | heard of,
and a number of doc
tors, but got no relief.
Finally a friend told
me to try Chamber
lain's Stomach an d
Liver Tablets. l got
a bottle of them and
they soon helped my
stomach; by their
gentle action my bow
els became more reg
ular. Today ! feel like
praising them to all
who suffer as | did, for
me and made my life
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
Gunboat After Battle

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. j
NEWCASTLE, Pa. March 10
When shown the newspaper dispatch
that Gunboat Smith had expressed a
desire TO get even with him for his
defeat, Tom Mcmahon, the Spring
Valley, H., heavyweight, said he
would like to meet Smith at any time.
Dan DALEY, white hope, meets Boer
Rodel of Africa, at Youngstown on
the oath
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
Sporting Views
By the Editor

Friends of Riechle. the fast outfielo
er OF the 1911 Indians. will be sur
prised to learn that he has been re
leased, Internationally by the Utica
club, where he has shown up well
during the past year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
Reds at BIRMINGHAM.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. March 49,
Joe Tinker moved his Reds here over
night and after days practice will
engage the Birmingham team in a
long series. G. Dahlgren, king of the
minors, heralded as new RUDE Wad-
dell, has Joined the Reds. but turns
out to be a level-headed chap who
went to the outlaws only because the
salary offered him last year was not
to his liking.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
1871 Championship.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 19.-Ora
G. Morningstar OF Pittsburgh. and
Willie Hoppe of New York contend
for the worlds billiard championship
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
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lpsaeYs - NEWS
TRAINING CAMP
NEWS.
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UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHARLOTTESVILLE Va March
1s.-Joe Boehling and TEX" Gallia,
two OF Fox" Griffith's rockies pitch
ers, are assured Of places with the
Nationals for a few weeks. They
shut dht the University Of Virginia, {
to 0 yesterday. Walter johnson was
hammered for 9 to defeat by the
scrubs. but only looked them over In
his first appearance this season.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19

and side purse Of $1,000 In the Old
City hall here tonight. The game
will be 1871 style at which Morning
star holds the title.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19

Itching piles provoke profanity, blu.
profanity won't cure them Doans
Ointment cures itching. bleeding or
protruding piles after years OF suffer
ing At any drug store.--Adyertise
ment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
Seriously Sick for Several Months
and Not Able Scarcely to
Move.
CRITICS CONVINCED
Had Been Given up by Several PLY
sicians-Some Said He Would
Not Live Three Days.

When a man is down with dropsy
till he is given up to die, and not ex-
pected to live, he is certainly on his
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19

way to the grave. Mr. Jim semones,
who lives on South Fifth street, Keo-
kuk. is the particular man we are
talking about, and he is well known in
this city and in the surrounding towns.
He has been ailing for several months
and was SO swollen up his trousers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
Wood Pi.ches Iodax.

HOT SPRINGS. Ark, March 49,
Smoky" Joe Wood faced the Pirates
when the Red Sox lined up against
Pittsburgh for second game of the
series today Hall was in reserve for
Boston while Cooper and Hendrix
were Clarke's selections.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
Bed sox Confident.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March 49,
Their defeat at the hands of the Yam
nigans yesterday didn't shake the
Red Sox confidence that they will
take today's game from the Pitts
burgh pirates, the second game in the
series. Manager Stahl is anxious to
even up the series and is expected to
put his strongest team on the field.
Gardner, Yerkes and Wagner, how
ever, are bothered with lame arms.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
Plan 1.oooMIIe Cruise.

An immensely interesting event
illustrating the rapid development of
the flying boat is one-thousand mile
reliability cruising race, proposed as
an introduction of the new craft
among the yachtmen and yacht clubs
of the great lakes.
What is more surprising is that al
ready five entries have been received
and nearly half dozen others have
Teen promised.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
Made My Life
Worth Living

81 feel it my duty to tell others what
Chamberlain Tablets have done for
me-" writes Mrs. l.. Dunlap, of Oak
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
Maps Begin Exhibitions.

PENSACOLA, Fla, March 19.-The
Maps first string Of men leave here
today for New Orleans to begin a
series OF exhibition games which viii
end when they reach Cleveland in
April, ready for the opening OF the
season. The Maps defeated the To-
iedo mudhens yesterday by a score OF
I to 6.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
Muddy in Bermuda.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 49,
The field was muddy today following
a rather heavy rainfall last night,
and the Highlanders were forced to
do light work and indoor practice
during the morning.
II conditions permitted, it was plan
ned to get the Chance crowd and the
Jersey Shelters together for game
today. Chase has almost recovered
from his sprained ankle and is ex.
pected to take part in the game.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
soehier Gets Job.

NEW ORLEANS. La, March 10
Pitcher Biehler was practically GER
tain Of permanent berth with the
Tigers today, due to his work in yes
terday's game with the Pelicans.
Boehler worked six innings. allowing
only two hits. He was replaced by
Clauss who went to pieces in the
ninth inning. The Pelicans took the
game In extra innings, to 3. Mean.
while In wierd contest at Baton
Rouge the second team defeated the
Louisiana university by score of II
to 0.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
May Fly at Keskuk.

Committees in charge OF the Missis-
sippi valley regatta and general cele-
bration at keokuk the first week in
August are seriously considering a
competitive race between flying mo-
tor boats of the Benoist, Curtiss and
Burgess types. It is stated that a gen.
eral fund OF $4,000 to be divided into
purses, with a moderate guarantee to
each competitor, to cover actual ex.
penses, would be sufficient to bring to
the regatta city at least one machine
of each make. and perhaps more
which would insure the first similar
competitive race ever held in the
country. and something which would
bring thousands of people.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
Lady HydropIane Operator.

Lacy 1yoroPidne Operator.
In the Aero and Hydro a Cali
fornia aeropiane and hydroplane jour
nal for March, the front page contains
an illustration of Florence Seidel, OF
Los Angeles, flying over Newport bay
in her Martin hydro. carrying pas
senger. Miss Seidel is the only wom-
an hydroplane operator on the coast
II not in the United States, and it is
likely that she will make application
for an engagement at the Keokuk
water power celebration and regatta
In which event it would be a big
drawing card for the entertainment
committees to secure her services.
The Martin hydro is manufactured by
Glenn H. Martin, who is an expert OPP
orator both of hydrcplanes and aero
planes and Is an old Iowa boy, having
been born at Macksburg. He made
the first trip from Newport Bay to
Catalina Islands and return and has
given exhibitions in LOS Angeles and
southern California in aeroplane and
hydroplane fights that have been re-
markable for their accuracy Miss
Seidel is pupil of MT. Martin and an
apt one at that.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-14
NEW HIGH RECORD
IN TOBACCO SALES
More Than 100000 Pounds Sold
During Day in Danville
Warehouses.
Especial TO Tho Times-DispatcI

Especial TO Tho Times Dispatch.
Danvillc. Va, october Following
on the heels Of one OF the biggest
weeks sales in the history OF Danville
as tobacco market. all Saturday
night and Sunday wagons loaded to
their capacity commenced to roll in,
and to-day Spring, Union and Craig
head Streets were blocked with We
l:icles. More than 1000. 600 pounds
were sold by the ten warehouses to-
day, and when night came the sales
were only half through. The merchants
are doing = land office business. while
the banks have additional help on to
handle the rush.
With the weather man predicting
fair weather Tor tomorrow every
thing IS in readiness for the opening
of the 1913 fair. Already the city Is
filled up with visitors. and indications
are that this Will he the most sue
ccssful year OF the fair association.
The streets AFRO in holiday attire as
tho result OF an appropriation by tho
City Countil.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-14
ESCAPED CONVICT
GIVES HIMSELF UP
Driven by Conscience, Voluntar-
lily Resumes Service OF Five
Year Sentence.
EFFORT TO SECURE PARDON
Wealthy Widow and Philadelphia
Lawyer Working III Ills
Behalf
Especial to The Tl,ncs-pispatch. !

Especial to The Times Dispatch
Raleigh. ~. G. October 13.-With an
infatuated widow and Philadelphia
lawyer working zealously for his par
don. William Graham. alias William
teaves. has just resumed voluntarily
tho service OF fve-ycars' sentence
in tho North Carolina Penitentiary
from Mccklcnburg County. where he
had been sentenced for larceny. He
escaped from tho prison three days
after no began service OF tho sentence.
Graham nado his way TO Philadelphia,
and has been living q very exemplary
!!fe. It is said. and recently made pro-
fession OF religion. The thought Of
being an escaped convict so wrought
upon his conscience that ne deter
mined TO reveal his Identity, come back
10 North Carolina and trust TO the
tender rnercies Of tho North Carolina
authorities to grant him a pardon.
He had fallen In love. too. with n
widow In Philadelphia. described as
handsome and wealthy" and she has
written Governor Craig touching let
ter pleading for pardon for her fiancee,
and declaring her readiness TO marry
him an soon as he is pardoned. and see
TO II that he continues to lead an eN-
cmplary life. Graham arrived here
Saturday night and gave himself UP TO
the prison authorities. and is now wear
ing the stripes and doing convict Work.
Tho Philadelphia lawyer hero work
Ing for his pardon Is Mr.. Redheefer.
and he talks enthusiastically OF the
high character that Graham estab-
lished for him self In Philadelphia and
the noble sacrifice that he has made
nince his conversion. in revealing MS
identity az q North Carolina escaped
convict and coming bnck 70 aerTe the
sentence for his conscience sake. Mt
Redhccfcr also hints AT a degree OF
unbalanced mentality AS having caused
his turn In the conduct OF Graham in
ccnfessing identity when there Was not