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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-01
Weaving in Shadow.

In one of the famous lace shops OF
Brussels there are certain retired
rooms devoted to the weaving of the
finest and most delicate lace patterns.
These rooms are entirely darkened.
save from the light from one small
window falling directly upon the pat
tern. There is only one lace-maker In
the room, and abe sits where the mar
row stream of light falls upon the
thread she is weaving. Thus you
are told by your guide, do we secure
our choicest products. Lace Is always
more deIicstely and beautifully woven
when the worker Ia In the dark and
only her pattern Is In the light.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-01
The Dancer.

1T may seem trifiing matter"
says writer in the Observer. but
think that the man who wears his
gloves seems to be smarter than the
man who carries his gloves In his
hands Surely 1t is no trifiing mat
ter. One might meet the Observer
writer any day, and then II one were
carrying ones gloves instead of wear
Ing them. what an outsider one would
feel.--The Bystander.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-01
A Few Special Bargains
And everything on 1t.

5 room house, north eide 80. $1,000
room house. north side $50. $500
room house, north side 80. $3.50
room house, north side. mod
ern and al atreet improve
nnents ................ 1900
6 room house, south side -. 1880
room house. south side -. $1,000
Choice building sites fst ward, close
in.
Choice lot on Exchange street $4,000
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION see
sTRicHLER REAL ESTATE CO.,
AT ONCE.
Office rooms 4oo1a Main St. Upstairs.
Office phone 217.
Residence phone ss2-Red.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-01
English Stump speech.

A correspondent, "Old Briney,"
sends US the following specimen OF
frenzied stump oratory: "Feller
blokes! Thanks ter tn guv'ment, yer
got yer dminishin' wage, and yer lit
tie loaf, an all that Voucher got
ter do now is ter go fer devil-ootion
and local anatomy. an go 1t bllnd."
loud cheers London Globe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-01

Hives. eczema. Itch or salt rheum
sets you crazy. Can't bear the touch
OF your clothing. Doan's Ointment
cures the most obstinate cases. W.
suffer. All druggists sell it.-Adyer.
tisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-01
'DUNCAN-SCH / FJJRN co.
COMPLETE HOUSE FURNIsHERs
Get Your Porch Ready

Eudor Porch Shades will
make your porch a delightful
II cool, airy living room in
which to spend the hot sum
ner days.
They keep out the sun. let in
the air, seclude you from pass
ersby, but permit you to see
out.
They are made Of light,
strong wooden strips. lock-
stitched together with the
strongest seine Irvine. They
may be raised or lowered at
viii.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-01
The Sleeping Porch Habit

lis growing with the use
of Vudor shades. Everybodv
realizes the comfort and
healthfulness Of sleeping out
of doors These shades viii
turn your porch into a Sc
cluded bedroom.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-01
Vudor Reinforced Hammocks
Extra Strong Where the Strain Comes

Ordinary harnocs give out first in the middle of the he'd
q the hammock and in the supporting at the ends
With the Vudor is derenextra reinforcing is added to
Just these points.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16

The year Just passed was a record
year for newspaper advertising. The
change in national advertising from
magazines to newspapers which set In
during the troublesome days of 1907,
continued without abatement, while
local advertisers In every part OF the
country have kept on extending their
adver ag, as in the preceding years
they found that the more advertising
they were doing the greater the In
crease in their business and turn
over in the capital employed in their
lines became. 1t canno. be said that
the further increase In newspaper adj
vertising which the last year has
brought was due to appearance OF
new advertisers, for that year was NOT
very favorable to new enterprises. 1t
was year OF financial unset.lement,
disturbing fights on the big trusts, po-
litical uncertainties and great troubles
In Europe, which had more or less
influence on the trend of business in
our country. Yet these drawbacks
failed to assert themselves in the
field of advertising activities. News
paper advertising continued to grow
in the face Of temporary uncertain
ties. which made themselves especial
" felt up to the time when the coun-
try became convinced that 1t would
have mammoth crops OF record-break-
ing character.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16
TWO CARLOADS
OF RIFLES FOUND
Mexican Rebels Expected Large Ship.
ment Of Guns and Am
munition.

United Press Leased Wire Service. /
NEW ORLEANS, La. Jan. 1.-two
carloads of rifles and cartridges
which are believed to have been stor-
ed here until they could be sent to
Mexico for the use of rebels were
discovered in a warehouse by Special
Government Agent ]. w. Barberick.
The government authorities admitted
that they had evidence connecting
Ernesto Madero, Mexican minister OF
finance, and brother of President Ma
dero, with the rifles. It is under
stood they were to be shipped from
here on steamers owned by Minister
Madero.
Barberick said that he first learned
that a consignment Of rifles was in
this city when cars containing them
were started for FL Paso last Friday,
and then recalled after a code mes
sage was received here from Vera
Cruz. ordering the shipment sent by
the Madero boats.
| The Mexican consul here and Ed.
/ ward Hall, a local man are both un-
| der surveillance and the authorities
are awaiting word from Washington
before charging anyone with a viola
/ ton Of the neutrality laws
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16
INFLUENCE OF woMENs CLUBS

That the result of women's clubs in
the United States has been to In
crease the realization of social respon-
sibflity by American women is ind.-
Gated by recent utterance of Mrs,
William Grant Brown, president of the
City Federation of Woman's Clubs OF
greater New York In this federation
there are one hundred and sixty
clubs, with eighty thousand members.
New York is mo mean city" Mrs.
Brown remarks that the change in the
club-woman's point OF view in New
York city during the past ten years
is little short of amazing. She says:
Il remember we'll that when, ten
years ago. ] first became identified
with the local club work, there was
one woman frequently heard on the
/! floor and the platform whose radical
4 ism absolutely abashed me- She got
up and called spades spades in broad
daylight and she told US women that
we would be obliged to take an ac-
4 tive interest in politics, working in
terest; she urged upon us the consid-
Grafton OF our own responsibility In
the social evil, and she talked eugen.
les and physiology. She was ahead
of her time, and she had to pay the
penalty the women turned their
backs and Stuck their fingers in their
| ears. BY and by she became tired Of
the ostracism and withdrew from clui
work. But though she left us, wha
she said stayed, and had been added
, to. Today our whole body polite il
/ leavened with her sort of conviction
I and we are doing the things that sh
S saw ahead of us, waiting to be done.
K There has been similar develop
s ment--a parallel broadening of VIC
t mans outlook On life--all over tn
United States. as well as in the cit
b of New York, and woman's clubs hav
had something 10 do with 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16
Public Utilities Bill.

The doctrine Of laissez faire can
have application only in the long run
at the expense of the public welfare.
The state has the power to control
all public service corporations, but, 1t
seems to me, that its intervention
should only be to supervise and regu-
late in the interest OF the common
good. The local municipality should
govern aad control so far as It can.
But there come times when 1t is not
equal to the situation. 1t Is weaker
than the corporation. The smaller
cities especially often cannot cope
with the syndicate. 1t has not and
cannot obtain the experts and legal
ability and has no organized power.
The state should add her strength to
the weakness of the weak and bring
about equality. No conditions should
ever be allowed to exist that place an
individual or group of men at a dis
! advantage in dealing with combi.
nation of men and money and espec
tally with corporate organization
authorized by the state 10 TeHueT a
public service. believe 1t is the
duty of the state % do that which +,
is impracticable for the local authori.
ties to do and to bring to their aid
deficient help in the matter of valua.
tion of plants. reviewing OF rates
examination of books. cost of main
tenance and such like to the end that
/ the public have good service at fair
rates in the matter of public neces-
sites. water, light, heat and transpor.
tation. The state ought to exist for
! the good Of its citizenship. I think
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16

Away go the corns, bunions, calluses
and chilblains, the pains, aches, sore
ness and all foot troubles. Follow the
millions Of happy Tiz feet and you
will then realize that TIZ works on
a new principle, draws out all the
poisons that cause foot troubles, and
TIZ is the only remedy that does the
work Don't forget this fact, and
don't under any circumstances accept
a substitute Be good to your feet
and demand TIz. All drug stores, de-
partment or general stores have ii at
25 cents a box, and for those who
don't know what real foot comfort is
write to Walter Luther Dodge & Co,
1928 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago, Ill.
| for a free trail package today.--Ady.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16
CHANCE FOR kEoKuK.

This seems very good chance for
keokuk to strive for good road
stretch which is to be aided by the
agricultural department of the ma
tional government That department
has asked Governor Clarke of Iowa
to designate a fifty-mile stretch of
road in this state for experimental
road purposes. Keokuk could put up
some very strong arguments why
this purposed stretch should come
Keokukward. Those who witnessed
the exodus to this city during the
time OF passable roaas last summer
and fall and just as long as the roads
would permit their coming, will feel
that in no locality in the state are
there more and stronger reasons than
a selected line coming in this direc-
ticn The reason cited above is one
OF many that could be placed before
the governor. He has been to Keo-
kuk recently and probably has al
ready formed favorable impression
as to the Importance of good roads in
| this vicinity. The travel by automo-
bile and every conceivable kind OF
vehicle is likely to become larger
next summer and fall and early win.
ter when the big dam shall have been
finished and is sending its power out
| to the length of its various cable tow
ers.
/ Secretaries of commercial organiza-
tons in Iowa have received COM
munication from the director of ROADS
Iat Washington, D. c., referring to the
project. The letter in part states:
Il now have to advise that it has
been decided, SO far as possible, to
allot this appropriation equally
among the states. and the governor
of Iowa has been requested to desig.
mate section of road about fifty
mile slong over the entire length OF
which mail is carried by rural car.
riers, and. further to make such ar
rangements as will permit the state
or its subdivisions, to set apart 500.
+, 600 for use in the improvement OF
this road When ST table guarantee
is had that the state fund in avail
able, $4,000 of the federal appropria
ton will be allotted tc Iowa, and the
total sum of 100000 will then be spent
under the direction OF the secretar,
OF agriculture in the improvement OIL
: the route selected
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16

Among the many shades OF touch
luck that handed to Marshall Black of
san Jose, Cal, is about the toughest.
AS State Senator Black his was the
deciding vote for the recall law. Then
came the insolvency of concern
managed by Black ana the loss OF
100000 to it's shareholders. Victims
of the looting grabbed the recall hook
and gave it to Black, cutting short his
career with his own tool. 1t is about
all the satisfaction the victims got
but every little counts when the reach
is short.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16
kcokuk, Iowa /.
HOW DAD MADE GOOD.

HOW DAD MADE GOOD.
Dad buckled on pair of skates, got
up and tried to stand
He'd told us kids that he could skate,
and skate to beat the band.
The little girls wot couldn't skate
much waited in the sun;
The big kids with the shinney clubs
all stopped to see the fun;
Old Dan, the copper, on his beat,
along the park lagoon,
Just kind OF hung around the shore
and hummed little tune;
The bunch down at the skating house
was sitting in the snow,
And waiting with the other kids to
see the funny show.
When dad looked round and saw that
gang of laughing girls and boys
"A rough house bunch from near the
tracks was making all the
noise
He buttoned up his overcoat end kind
OF hitched his legs,
And acted like he was afraid the Ice
was maybe eggs,
He took stroke-a dandy one-and
then. oh, gee, flop!
He tried to grab our teacher next,
but teacher didn't stop.l
Course all the kids began to laugh !;
the cop he snorted twice;
For dad fell with an awful crash an
broke lot of ice!
Well, dad. guess he maybe felt he
had a chilly seat,
'Cuz pretty soon he got his breath
and then he got his feet.
Then. chased by all the yelling kids
and lots of other folks,
He bent his back and waved his arms
and took dozen strokes:
At first he waddled like a duck and
couldn't get his stride,
His legs were shaking something
fierce-us kids we nearly died
But soon he got his balance and
went skimming like a lark,
And after that dad didn't stop till i
was nearly dark
Chicago Examiner.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16

st. Louis medics are having fine
warm vocal time discussing the pro-
fessional morality of splitting the fee
In surgical cases. According to the
high-up doctors. splitting the fee
means unnecessary operations, mutila
ton of men and women, months OF
human agony, and In some cases
death Far be 1t from this scribe te
!nsinuate that the doctors do not know
Their business.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16

II your children are subject 10 at
tacks of Group, watch for the first
symptom, hoarseness. Give Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy as soon as the
child becomes hoarse and the attack
may be warded off. For sale by Will
kinson & Co. Pharmacy, and j. F.
Kicdaisch e. Son--Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16

may be enjoyed by those who as
sumo no risks. Justice dictates, the
commonest feelings OF humanity de-
mand and the sentiment OF our uni
versal brotherhood cries out, Bear
We one anot..er's burdens. And so
they ought to be laid upon US all as
part OF the cost Of production. The.
MANNED man and his family now
bears it. Often he is poor. He cans
not fight his damage suit on It's long,
long way through the courts. All he
can do is to stake large share OF a
possible recovery for a lawyer and
start on the journey. Whatever the
result, it is a great waste both to the
plaintiff and defendant, this game OF
chance, and to the people in the main
tenance Of courts. And It Is all with
reference to matter about which
there ought to be no litigation at all.
+ It ds simply a business matter that
ought to be promptly and as fairly
adjusted as the nature of the matter
would permit. And that is the result
proposed by workman's compensa-
ton act. 1t must be said that many
great manufacturing industries and
some public service corporations, rec
ognizing these facts, have evolved
plans for avoiding them which often
seem Just alike to employer and en-
ploye. While it is true, think, that
1T is almost, If not quite, the settleo
conviction Of the business world and
of political economists that there
should be an adjustment of Industrial
accident cases through such an act as
proposed. yet it is on all hands adj
mitted to be problem most difficult
indeed of solution difficult to reach
a result just and fair to all concern
ed. 1t should not be approached in
any spirit of vindictiveness. Prejudice
should be dismissed. There should
be no striving after advantage on
either side. The only question is,
what is fair, just and right with ref
erence to this great problem. Our
manufacturing industries are growing
wonderfully and it must be remember
ed that they must compete with CON
ditlons in other states. If We could
have conditions that would invite
manufacturing capital 1t would be OF
great advantage. But material devel-
opment must not be at the expense
of human rights and justice. Iowa,
in line with the most enlightened
thought, should make the best solu-
! ton possible at this time Of this ques-
! tion.
The growth of collectivism natural
" suggests also
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16

Mrs William A. Hall OF New York
and her twenty-three year old son,
Melvin A. Hall, are on their way
across the American continent In the
last lap of 10000 mile motor trip
that has taken them through most OF
the countries of the world. They have
visited places no civilized person had
ever entered.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16

A luxuriant crop of burnside whis-
kers adorn5 the pictured face of
George F. Baker, one of Gotham's big
money men, whore bank divided 252
per cent in dividends In four years.
The old banking tradition that copious
whiskers fatten the dividend springs
to the front as Tive one
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16
workman,s Compensation Act.


The commission authorized by the
last general assembly. after thor
ough investigation and study of the
subject, has reported bill for CON
sideration at this session. So far as
] have been able to discover wher-
ever the subject has had thorough
and dispassionate study the same
conclusion has been reached by both
employer and employee, and that is
that the industrial world today pre-
sents such entirely different condi-
tions from that Of, say, seventy-fiye
years ago, that the principles OF law
then and since for the most part ap-
piled in Iowa with reference to indus
trial accidents are entirely made
quate, inapplicable. unjust and waste
full to both parties. In order that we
may enjoy the conveniences, com.
forts, even luxuries, brought to hu
/ man conditions by the wonderfully
rapid development of modern indus
trialism there IS the annual inevitable
/ sacrifice Of human life and the great
army of the manned. And his sac
rifice falls upon those least able Il
bear it from pecuniary standpoint
The lives of these people are alons
dangerous, hazardous lines and the,
are taking the risks for us all, bear
| ing the burdens that common goos
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16
The Joy Of Ges-
ting Hams Tlz
A Ten Minute TiZ Foot Bath and
Your Feet Are Like New.

Send for Free Trial Package Today.
These are not supposed to be your
feet. You may be mere man. But
your feet or any ones else feet in a
TIZ foot bath are care-free feet.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16

Miss Alice Clute, said to be the only
woman boilermaker in the world, who
superintends her own works, was in
jured the other day by the falling of
some part OF the building while she
was on a tour of inspection. She
lives and has her boiler shop at
Youngstown. Ohio.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16

When the doctor and the patient dis.
agree, what then? William Rockefel-
ler's physician approves Silent treat
ment," while William persists in
absent treatment" Despite team
work the Pujo fever is rising.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16

Governor Tener Of Pennsylvania, in
his annual message, recommended to
the legislature the revocation of the
charter of the town OF Coatesvllle, be-
cause the people of the village failed
to punish any OF those guilty OF burn
ing negro at the stake eighteen
months ago
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16

Mrs. Alice e. Waxham has estab
lished in New York a taxicab service
for women only, employing only won
en- drivers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-16

this legislature can render grea,
public service by passing a WELDON
sidered public utilities bill, and that
1t ought to do it.
Evening star., 1913-02-09
SITTING PICNICS

THERE are several hundred English girls
in Cairo and lower Egypt, engaged by
the Egyptian government as teachers in the
system of native education that has been
developed within the last five years. These
women live together in colonies, ,~and outside
of working hours they find great deal to
interest them in the strange country.
One of their chief recreations is the "sift-
ing" picnic. 1t is like any other picnic, ex-
cept that it is held in the desert near the
scene of some scientific excavation, with
which the vicinity of Cairo itself abounds.
Also, in addition to her lunch, each girl car
ries sieve. The ancient Egyptians were
nowhere so luxurious as in their decorations
of the trappings of their dead. The vicinity
of scientific explorations and excavations
is as fertile of scarabs and other roughly cut
ancient ornaments as is an Indian battlefield
of arrowheads in this country. 1t isn't un-
usual for picmcking teacher to sift pint
or two of rude ornaments out of the sand, on
these Sitting" picnics. And, while most of
the finds are of little intrinsic value, occa-
sionally some rare trife of ancient art is un-
earthed from the desert sand
Evening star., 1913-02-09

Is an Improvement
Over Lath and Plaster

ONT THINK of Compo-Board as
a substitute for lath and plaster.
It's an improvement better in
every way-stronger. more durable;
warmer in winter, cooler in summer;
resists fire much longer; smoother;
lends itself more readily to any de-
sired scheme of decoration, whether
with paint. kalsomine or wall paper.
1t is cheaper in the long much
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-06-26
IN OvERCOAT AT 1O4
 DEGREES WINS $50

CHICAGO, lii, June 23-Geoffrey Billings, Arizona ranchman, stood on the sunny Side of State street this aft ernoon with the thermometer at 104, clad in an overcoat and acclaimed the words of the Pitt poem:
 A strong nor'wester's blowing, Bill;
 Hark, don't you hear it roar now
 Lord help 'em; how pities them
 Unhappy folks on shore now!
 A traffic policeman drawn by the crowd, began to lead the recitationist toward police call box.
 Hold on there MT. Officer!" cried a voice from the crowd"He aint looney; he's winin' bet. I'll take care of him"
 Billings admitted he was taking a $50 dare made by his pal from Arizona.
 i've notion to run you in for blocking traffic" said the officer who then joined in the general laugh as Billings challenger paid over the $50.