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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-06
oearee Of Honor ELECTION.

The Degree Of Honor VIII hold
their annual meeting for the election
OF officers in Hawkes. hall On We'd
nesday evening at 7:45 o'clock.
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Fortnightly Whist Club.
The Fortnightly Whist club win be
entertained on Tuesday afternoon by
Mrs. John H. Cole.
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Will Entertain Wednesday.

The ladies Of St. Mary's Catholic
church will entertain at cards in
their hall on Wednesday Afternoon.
The following comprise the commit
tee: Mrs. Lillian Weber, Mrs. Nancy
Wilson, Mrs. VIM. Weber, Mrs. Mar
garet Weier, Mrs. Joseph Meyers,
Mrs. Nellie Wilson. Mrs. Joseph Wen
eel, Mrs. Theresa Winkler. Mrs. Adj
am Weirather, Mrs. John Waite, ST..
Mrs. John Waite Jr., Mrs. John Zim-
mer. Mrs. Elizabeth Veltner.
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Forefather,s Day Observance

The Keokuk Chapter, Daughters Of
the American Revolution will cele-
brate Forefathers' day at their meet
ing on Saturday afternoon at the
home Of Mrs. N. T. Wilcox, sly North
Fourth street DR.. Frank G. Boards
ley OF the First Congregational church
will give the address, having for his
subject 1.-THE Pilgrim Fathers The
meeting is called at o'clock.
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Announcement and Farewell Party.

Announcement and Farewell Party.
Miss Grace Stricken entertained a
company of ladies at butterfly lunch
! con on Saturday in honor Of Mrs.
Ralph Cushman who. Will leave Keo.
port. The luncheon was served at
half past one o'clock, with covers laid
for sixteen Butterflies OF crepe pa
per in many shades, beautifully tinted,
were scattered over the table. The
centerpiece twas Of white hyacinths.
on the leaves OF which dainty butter
flies were balanced. The place cards
the last course of the luncheon, under
meath the piece of cake served each
guest was afsmall butterfly card on
which the announcement was made
that on Newly ears day will occur the
marriage of Miss Grace Stricken to
Mr.. Robert Earle Dawson, recently of
Kansas City, but now resident of
charming one in every feature, and
the announcement of the approaching
wedding will be Of interest to many
Keokuk people as twas to the
luncheon guests OF yesterday.
Linen Shower Is Given.
Misses Verna and Beulah Larsen
entertained fifteen young women at
linen shower on Friday evening in
honor of Miss Hazel Johnson whose
marriage to Mr. Adrian Larsen will
occur on December 9. The house was
decorated in red and white, the din
ing room where refreshments were
served being particularly attractive in
its decoration, the fortune OF each
guest was told, the fortune Of Miss
Johnson being left until the last. She
was blind folded and told that she
must guess her own good fortune,
Then the packages containing the
gifts were brought to her and she
guessed the contents of the package.
Much amusement was created when
the packages were finally opened and
the guesses she had made on the con-
tents were read
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dinner held on Friday. Turkey and
all sorts Of good things were served
at the luncheon which was attended
by many business men.
To Hold Box Luncheon.

To Hold Box Luncheon.
The Ladies society Of the United
Presbyterian church will hold box
luncheon in the parlors OF the
church on Friday afternoon.
ThImbIe Club Wednesday.
Mrs. James Mccarthy will be
hostess to the Thimble club on We'd
nesday afternoon.
Lady Maccabees Meeting.
The Lady Maccabees will hold their
annual meeting for the election OF
officers in their hall on Tuesday
evening.
congreg ationaI Ladies' Society.
Mrs. w. H. Rollosson will entertain
the Ladies' society Of the First Con-
gregational church on Friday after
moo nat her home, 1877 Franklin St
Trinity Ladies Society.
|. The Ladies' Society Of the Trinity
M. e. church will meet in the parlors
of the church on Friday afternoon.
Fortnightly Whist Club.
The Fortnightly Whist club win be
entertained on Tuesday afternoon by
Mrs. John II. Cole.
Degree Of Honor Election.
The Degree of Honor VIII hold
their annual meeting for the election
OF officers in Hawkes. hall on We'd
nesday evening at 7:45 o'clock.
Woman's Alliance Monday.
The Woman's Alliance Of the First
Unitarian church will be entertained
on Monday afternoon by Mrs. G. W.
TELLER, 1112 High st.
o. n. Clubs Last Meeting.
The o. H club will hold its last
meeting untn after the holidays, on
Wednesday afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. Chas. Renard, 1923 Johnson ST.
A large attendance is hoped for.
Holidays End Meetings.
The Trump club has Suspended
meeting until after the holidays,
when Mrs. Carl Johannes will be
hostess early in January
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1ableaux Are Planned.

A series If Bethlehem tabieaux
viii be given during the Christmas
season By the young people of St
Johns church, under the direction OF
Rev. George Long Of Warsaw. The
tableaux represent the story Of
Christmas and we're originally pre-
pared for London church and have
been since given In many English
churches and a few times in America.
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" 1V'V 0VX CUUVHOOJbs
The Ladies society Of the United
Presbyterian church will hold box
luncheon in the parlors OF the
church on Friday afternoon.
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Trinity Ladies Society.

|. The Ladies Society of the Trinity
M. e. church will meet in the parlors
of the church on Friday afternoon.
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First Christian church bazaar.

First Chr stan Church Bazaar.
The Ladies society of the F1rss
Christian church held very attrac-
tive and we'll patronized bazaar in
the parlors Of the church on Satur-
day afternoon. One very interesting
feature was a booth containing JAP
anese articles which had been sent
by Miss Gretchen Garst, the mission
airy in Japan who is supported by
this Keokuk church. The display con-
tanned many beautiful articles which
were for sale. In charge OF Miss
Pearl Uhler. The following commit
tees served IN the various depart
ments
Reception: Mrs. w. NJ Baker, Mrs.
]. W. Talley, Mrs. e. L. Aldrich, Mrs.
Ed Pflug.
Market table: Miss steinburger.
Mrs. c. w. Staten, Mrs. ]. W. Smith,
Mrs. Eli Belts.
Fancy work: Mrs. Claude Owens.
Mrs. Bert Clark.
Apron table: Mrs. VIM. Dooley.
Mrs. l.. d. Davidson.
Candy. Mrs. Roscoe Lowe, Mrs.
Wilbur Hughes.
Supper committee: Mrs, F. r. Bull
man, Mrs. C. F. Skirvin, Mrs. A. j.
Wooley.
Dining room committee: Mrs ]. P.
Peterson. Mrs. Lawrence Bane and
Mrs. c. NJ. Crane
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Five Hundred Club to Meet.
Mrs Robert Craig, 1017 Palean
street, will entertain the Five Hun
dred club on Tuesday afternoon.
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Congregational Ladies' Society.
Mrs. w. H. Rollosson will entertain
the Ladies' society OF the First Con-
gregational church on Friday after
moo nat her home, 727 Franklin St
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Lady Maceabees Meeting.

The Lady Maccabees will hold theil
annual meeting for the election o.
officers in their hall on TUESDAY
evening.
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ThImbIe Club Wednesday.
Mrs. James Mccarthy will be
hostess to the Thimble club on We'd
nesday afternoon.
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No Society Friday.

There will be no meeting OF the
Ladies society of the First Baptist
church on Friday afternoon.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-22
Chase Jumps to Feds Before Ten
Days Notice Expires.

Hal Chase has opened the door for
more big league legal action by jump
ing to the Buffalo Feds before the ex-
piration of his ten-day notice to Pres
ident Comiskey to desert the White
SoX.
Chase played yesterday with the
Buffalo team against the Chifeds on
the North Side, only six days having
elapsed since he served notice on
President Comiskey.
Some unforeseen incident must
have caused the premature leap of
the star first baseman. Manager Cal
lahan did not know he would be with
out the services Of Chase until a few
us fissi sllss541 tf,SL.7iE lQIni 5A5ffC5
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OF ALL SORTS BOXING

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES y
RESULTS YESTERDAY
American League.
Chicago, 5; Boston, 8.
Detroit, 8; Washington, 7.
Cleveland, Z; New York, 3.
st. Louis, 5; Philadelphia, 0.
National League.
No games scheduled.
Federal League. =
Chicago, 2; Buffalo, 1.
st. Louis, 4; Baltimore, g..
Kansas City, 8; Pittsburgh, Z.
American Association.
Milwaukee, o; Louisville, 1 (13 in. }.
Kansas City, 7-6; indianapolis, 6-10
Minneapolis, 6-3; Cleveland, TO
(seeond game called in tenth).
st. Paul, SO; Columbus, IL.
Works Clerical Dept. baseball team
of Western Electric Co. defeated the
Clerical Production Dept. at field day
outing Saturday, 9 to 1. ~
MISCELLANEOUS SCORES
Romeos, 10; Tigers, 9.
Amer. Giants, 2; West Ends, 1.
Ideals, 8; Roseland, 1.
Mutuals, 8; Gunthers, 2.
Lawndale, 8; Chicago Heights, 4.
Army, 2; BARRIERS Colts, 0.
Loudins, ID; Wiederrechts, O.
White Giants, 7; Colored Giants, 2.
Pirates, 5; Harvey, 2.
Mathiesens, 6; Pennocks, 1.
Senecas, 9; Chicago Greys, 0.
Monroe, 10; Unity, g.
Nina, II; Olympia, Z.
Eugene Field, IL; Central, 8.
Van Burens, 10; Cornells, Z.
Englewood, Z; Imperial, 6.
Progressive, 8; Medora, 5.
Mandels, II; Rothschild, 8.
Cross of Malta, 5; Goethe, 4.
Henry Clay, IA; Defiance, 0.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-09-07
TnE ARIZONA PRIMARY.

WYE OF New Mexico viii watch
M with much interest the re-
suits and especially the op-
Grafton Of the Arizona state primary
tomorrow when ali nominations for
an state ana county officers, as well
~ for and the senate. will
be made by direct vote OF the nco-
pie. New Mexico needs a primary
law and needs u badly. The condl-
tons In Arizona as regards expense
of conducting a primary campaign,
those Items of travelling expense.
publicity, etc. In a s%parseiy settled
country, which have been brought
against a direct primary law In this
state. these conditions are practically
the same as those In New Mexico.
We have an opportunity To see u
neighbor. right next door. trying out
a plan Of political action which "a
very large number Of our own people
want to try Out at home.
The nomination Of Mara smith To
succeed himself In the United states
senate. which means election. Is
thought TO be- certain. His Repub-
lican opponent in the finni halloting
probabl: viii be J. l.. Hubbeli of ia
nado, a stronG man and a popular
one. but lacking the statewide popu-
larity which IN Mark Smiths great
strength, aside from his Democracy.
As chairman # the all important ir-
rigation committee OF the senate,
Senator Smith In a friend Of the
southwest ami Of New Mexico whose
influence we could IN afford TO lose
at this time when our own seats In
the senate are filled by men appar-
entity unable to do anything further
than make lingo speeches and block
the confirmation OF unimportani
~postofnce appointments because of
personal spite. New Mexico needs
Mark smith In the senate almost as
badly as Arizona does, which Is say
ing a great deal.
a bitter fight has been made upon
Governor Hunt within his own partS
ana TO "A large extent the primary
contest Is upon the issue II approval
or disapprovaI CT the governors
somewhat advanced policies aud the.
cries Of government.
Next to the election ~ senator
Smith. however. the chief interest OF
III Arizona primary 10 the people OF
this state lies In observation of the
direct primary. from top TO bottom
as II works out Ia actual practice.
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churches OF London. the bishops Of
London, Winchester aud Bangor. and
the archbishop OF Canterbury. which
court met at Back Friars.
II the trial there were long argu-
ments as 90 the communion bread.
The archbishop and the clergy proc
claimed that when H. was ~consecrated
1t was no longer bread, but the body
Of Christ. In argument to this. old
castle said hat the clergy could not
change It into the body OF Christ, but
that u was still bread. but holy bread,
- the change depended upon the
faith and belief OF the person tnat
partook Of a..
All through the trial many OF the
priests urged him 10 recant. but Old
castle closed his ears 20 their
| speeches. on the same day tina the
trial started the archbishop read the
sentence, part OF which II as follows;
And though We have round him
In the Catholic faith far wide. aad
50 stifnecked n at he would not on
Tess his error. nor purge himself, nor
yet repent thereof. we condemn the
said John Oldcastle, knight, and
Lord Gotham. for a most pernlclOus
and detestable hereto, convicted oi
the same, and utterly refusing to use
the church again. committing hlm
from henceforward a condemned her
etic, TO the secular Jurisdiction,
power and judgment, thereupOn 10
put him to DEATH
Upon hearing the death sentence
] oidcastle fell on his knees and prayed
/ Tor his enemies. With a cheerful
-countenance he then said; Though
YOU condemn my body. which Ia a
despicable thing. you cannot lnjur,
my soul" Then, hitting his hands n
turned to the people and said: Good
Christians. have a ARE of these men
they will otherwise beeuilt and lead
YOU blindfolded together into hell
for Christ say plainly 60 you: ~ tn,
pllnd leadeth the olind. they will botf
fall into the diich."' He was placed
In the tower. but one nlght made his
escape and was not heard Of for foul
years. All his time ne was hldinl
In Wales. but last. after a stou'
resistance, he was captured and agar
condemnation was read.
On December IL. i4i7. In 81. Giles
field, the prisoner was taken TO th'
EallOws In the presence OF a mrlfi
tude Of spectators. At this place ol
the same day he was hanged With
chain around his middle and thei
J burnt, gsliows and all.
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the result ~ an especially good
year. but ~ the result OF the hard.
courageous work Of the dry farm pio-
neers. Tho PiOneer-NeW says;
The faEmers of Quay county are
now busy taking care of the biggest
and best crop they have ever pro-
duced In The annals Of farming IN
the sunshine state. Many of them
have made enough OF their farms
his year Ia pay for them three times.
ana wherever possible they are add
inR 10 their present holdings Al
the present n would be absolutely
impossible 20 estimate the value Of
quay county's agricultural INTEREST,"
for the present year, but Il b. per
fectly snfe to say that they will *
ceed a million dollars, AT the least
The wheat farmers OF this county
have beaten the Kansas farmers on
the average production Of wheat per
acre. and they are getting the top
II the market for what they care to
sell. but most Of them are storing u
for better prices which are sure TO
come"
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A rIuENDLY wARNING.

r VERE Is o little friendly warning
RI TO the standpat Republicans
OF New Mexico. the leaders
Of the old gang: from an influential
newspaper, 0noe friendly 10 them and
In "a powerful position mons a large
portion Of the voter OF the eastern
part Of the state. IL " from the edi-
torial columns OF the Tucumcari
News and follows;
Some of the Republicans say they
never expect to even try TO elect but
one oIHclal. and that l. Williams. The
others were put on the ticket to trade
on 90 hat end. It's no = 10 Try
10 tell the old guard anything, but
this ono thing, while q has elected
many men. will continue 10 sink the
q. q. l.. deeper In the mlre II II is
not stopped. It's better 60 support
the ticket for the principle IL stands
for han 10 have the honor OF elect
Ing one man by using t%reacherou'
and unfair Tactics against the res
Of the candidates. All the Repubii'
cans are not dead, but 80 many O.
them are so disEusted they may nevel
return 20 the fold u the Democrat
even do a way right.
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MORE nErusrIcAN HARD LUCK

40 POSSIBLE chance evcr has
IN existed Tor the Republican
A party 20 defeat n. a. Fergus
candldnte but through his two years
candidate, but through his tWo years
81 vigorous personal publicity work
and his appeal 10 railroad men 10
sappurt hin because he nee was "a
railroad man and worked Tor a hV-
n y Hugh Williams had a chance to
win At least u was thought that
his Democratic opponent. Mr. hin,
had a hard fight to make and that
Williams would run ahead Of his
ticket.
But there IN no luck among Re-
publicans this year. The long run
Of luck which enabled the standpat
gang to pat ~ over the people Of
Now Mexico aRain and again has
come to its finish. The Progressiyes
have nominated John McTeer OF
Deming. whence Williams also halls,
" AhN ~ ~ wv H'ftAANh hRAAfHfH
sion. Meteor II a live. aggressive
young business man with a thorough
business equipment. He knows more
about the work which the state cor
poration commission Is supposed and
designed to do right now than Mr..
VILLAINS, In the claims 81 his most
enthusiastic frilnds. knows after two
years Of tenure OF one OF the com
missionerships. In the office MIR.
McTeer would not find u necessary
10 tie a brick 10 the whistle valve
and spend the rest Of his time ma
nipulating the bell cord. He would
know how To work. Moreover. he Ia
extremely popular In southern New
Mexico and the counties down there
which nigh, have gone for Williams,
solely on tho basis of old acquaint-
anco, will now 80 either for Adolph
y. nm or for McTeer. The last
chance Mr.. Williams had Of beine
elected has beer wiped out.
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Great Trials Of History

TRIAL on SIN JOHN oLDcAsrLE.

A MOTHER OF the great religious
"a trials Ia which the victim would
II rather die than recant from
what he believed wac the right, was
that of sir John Oldcastie. Lord Cob
ham. lie was tried Just at the begin.
ming OF the hfteenih century. Accused
Of De.ng a i.oilard. convicted and Sen
fenced 20 be- hanged Ia chains aud
then burned. This repeIIant sentence
was carried out
When quite young Oldcastie led
many expeditions against the welsh
and cor his yalOr received a large
tract 81 land in hereford, and was
kniehted He was sin later given
several ~ offices, an Of which he
aiied with the utmost satisfaction.
The land which he owned In Here
ford "a the centef Of a veritablc
hotbed " Lollards.f and IL was when
the CLERGY found that he sympathized
with this religious body that the
charges were brought against him.
He was accused Of having maln-
tanned suspected preachers In Lon
don, Rochester and Hereford. but
these charges were not brought
against him, Immediately. for the
clergy knew well OF his hish stand
ms with the king. with whom he had
associated since his boyhood. So In
"a body they trooped on to lay the
charges before the ruler.
Henry listened with patience TO the
entreaties and after hearing All, made
them promise TO dc nothing until he
had seen Oidcastle and seen what he
could do as to the changing OF his re-
ligious views. When Oidcaktle arrived
he listened to the kings %entreaties
with closed ears and vent on. with
the king Gliding him for his obsti-
macy. From the palace Oldcastic
went and shut himself up in C0wling
castle, where the archbishop sent a
number OF mmou which. upon
Oldcastle refusing to take them. wers
nailed on the door Of the castle. They
were twisc torn dowa from theif
place aud the fugitive did nothing Ia
obey the command which they con
tanned.
This naturally enraged the king,
who personally summoned Oidcastie
TO attend his PRIV chamber 10 APP
pear before the court. Before Henry.
Oldcastie declared that he would sub.
NIT neither Il the archbishop or "a
1 the pope himself. ON September 20,
lils, he was a%rraigned before a cour
consisting 90 ~ of the doctors and
religious heads Of the various
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KANSAS.

wv HEN any considerable acre
M age OF dry farm land IN
w New Mexico begins To pro-
duce n better average yield per acre
than is had In the Kansas whea sec
lions We can conclude fairly that dry
farming in New Mexico has come TO
stay. The House. Quay county, Pio-
neer-News In It's last issue says that
is what has happened in Inc Quay
county wheat heids this year. Con-
disions la The dry farming districts
% New Mexico have been exception
ally favorable this year. The rainfall
has been more abundant han for n
number ~ wears and everything has
worked with the farmer for success
But this years banner wheat crops
are not to be credited wholly 10
bountcous rain az opportune times in
the growing season. There IL this
other element which we believe To
De- qiute as natural a condition In
making for better dry farm crops
The cry farmers have learned how TO
dry farm.
There viii he years of minimum
minfail and years Of extr .me drouth
in the dry farming sections VI New
Mexico IN the future as g. the past.
But except In very unusual seasons
we will have no more Of the com-
plete crop failures which have oc-
rurred in the past. The men who
have stayed with their dry farms
through the years of ploneering
through utter dlHcouragement, com
plete crop failure and burning drouth
have gained something more than
ihs scars Of battle. They have
learned how 90 handle the soil; when
90 handle u and what 20 plant. Thes
are prepared 10 meet the worst con
ditlons and as a result can take besi
ADVANTAGE OF favorable conditions
The history Of western Kansas sim.
ply is being repeated In the s~o-calle'
dry farming sections Of this state
The average rainfall h. a little les
In New Mexico. the conditions prob
ably are o little more difheuit. Bu
the battle viii not be ~ long or a
desperate In this state as Il was u
Kansas. Men know more about IN
business o. farming than they az
when the l-loneera opened Kansa'
They are prepared with seeniih'
knowledge and adequate machiner'
10 lake advantage o. every aid ma
ture offers. We are near the end o
the experimental stage In this state
The dry farmer. the man who ha
stayed with the same. has arrived
For these reasons this very opiiminti
editorial from the Quay county news
paper referred 90 above L. inisrestin|
a. Indicating q condition not az a
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Fort sumner stock Notes.

Fort Sumner Stock Notes.
The Fort Sumner Leader has the
following:
Bates a Jones will ship two cars
OF beef cattle TO eastern markets to-
day.
Culp a Weinman win feed a big
bunch Of sheep ON their Valley farm
for the eastern market.
Harry Makcmson shipped two ears
OF beef cattle 90 the Kansas city
market this week.
j. J. Wleman has Bought a cur OF
hogs In the Kansas market which he
will fatten for market at his Valley
farm.
The Mckenzie Cattle company has
n big gang of men building fence
on their range. Some sixty miles
remain 10 be completed.
EarickaOn a. Co. have bought the
sandovai and also the Abreu lamb
herds and will feed them for market
here In the valley.
A. u. Davis, who has had a Dis
bunch OF sheep on the Yeso. has SOLD
out 20 Albuquerque parties, who viii
ship the sheep 20 Kansas.
w. n. Land, vice president ~ the
First National bank. returned Thurs
day from a weeks business trip 90
IN Pas0, where he bought a n
Of cattle for his ranch.