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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10
EEATs OF THE
 HUMAN FISH RECALL
 x GRAHAM'S EXPLOITS

Recent dare devil feats attempted by sturdy swimmers recall the exploits of the most. celebrated of the human fishs'. Carlisle D. Graham. Of all the Graram easily occupies first place. He was 8 cooper. by trade when he. first broke into the 1imelight back in 1886 It will be twenty eight years tomorrow since a great crowd gathered on the banks of the Niagara, attracted by the announcement that Groham expected to go through the Whirlpool Rapids.
 Among his friends Graham was known as an expert in the sport of swimming, and one who was perfect ly at home in the water, but his haz- ardous exploit of July: II, 1886, was his first public appearance. Everbody pres ent expected to see a tragedy but Gra- ham went through the Whirlpool right side up with oars. z
 A few years later he repeated this feat, and shortly afterward made the decent of Horseshoe Fall ins a barrel ming against difficulties such as he had seldom achieved before, when he swan Whirlpool Rapids. On the same day a woman, Maude W7liars, aEtemp-. ted to go througr the upper rapids in the same barrel as had been used by Graham. and was suffocated. In Sep tember, 1902 sGrahaan again swan the rapids, and this was his last public ap- pearance. The man who had deffed the most treach erons of elements, and at tained international fame as the strongest swimmer and most fearless daredevil of the century, after .escap- ing death in many forms, contracted a cold while sitting in a draught at home and died of pneumonia
 Many acQuatic stars have been at tracted by the. lure of Niagara Falls, and not few have been claimed as victims by the treacherous waterway One Of the most famous of these was Capt. Matthew Webb. the great Eng fish swimmer. In 1875 Webb attained international fame by swimming the English Channel from Dover, EngIano to Calais, France, traversing tharty-fivs miles of turbulent dSdangerous wat CTS in twenty-one hours and forty-ffve minutes. A few years later he swarn forty miles on the River Thames in three minutes less than ten hours. In 1879 Webb swam seventy-four miles in Ss etghty-four hours swimming fourteen hours day. Webb came to America in 1888, and in July ofsthat year he lost his life in Niagara rap ids.s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10
BIG WHEAT CROP WILL
 NOT REDUCE PRICES

Washington. July 9.-Despite a oO0,O0O bushels, the largest on record, no hope is held out by the department of agriculture for greatly reduced prices. Such "a large crop would au- gur very low prices were it not that the world crops of wheat and compet- ing grains do not promise more than the average of recent years. Besides more than the usual diversion of wheat from it's. use as food for men to the use of feed for livestock may be expected because of the present rela- lively short supply of corns in sections where there is a promise of abundant wheat.
 With corn selling in Kansas for about cents more per 'bushe1 than wheat it is not surprising, officials says, that much wheat should be con- stunned as feed by animals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER


 Washington, July 19.-Whi1e the the country an object lesson of the tragedy which may follow sconcentra- ton in land ownership-and that is the real cause of Mexican revolutions F-econonists are drawing attention to the fact that we American have a hands that in actual acreage ranks up very well with the problem within the borders of our southern neighbor.
 While land concentration has gone on to alarming extent in the United States, the matter is not, of course, the large land holdings are so great In comparison with the total acreage that millions have been thrown into begkardom and peonage. But never theless, we have individual holdings as great as those of the great land owners of Mexico.
 It is comm only reported that Will liam Randolph Hearst has a 1000. 900 acre ranch in Mexico, but that is a small holding compared with some. in this country. Fa-ke1 for instance, the Miller and Lux estate in California 14,500,000 acres, a veritajble empire in itself, occupying one-seventh of the to- of the two or three largest states in the Union.
 To get some idea of. the size of this area, consider that it is over IA times as large as the land holdings of the Southern Pacific Railroa.d, which owns 975, ,127 acres. Yet this holding is lar gerSthan some entire states of the east.
 But there are other immense land holdings in the United States Three men in Florida own 4s2oO, 900 acres. This is larger than the land holdings of the Madero family in Mexico, and the Maderos were one of the richest families there. Half of the total acre age of the state of F1orida Is owned by 1s2 men, whose land holdings aggre- gate 1e.99e,o00 acres
 Those who have been compiling sta- tistics along this line declare that in a certain seven states of the Union 1.s02 men own s9,652,0oO acres of carried throu ghout the United States, would seriously threaten the contin- uance of peace.
 The Southern Pacific Railroads land holdings come to a total of 13,879s932 acres. The Weyerhauser lumber in terests are said to own over 1,50O, 900 acres of land. There are single owners of Texas lands who hold as high as 100000 acres.
 No bureau of departments in Wash tngton has ever made a study of this Concentration of land ownership in the United States Many members of Congress think there ought toS1be a. commission to investigate large land holdings in every state in the Union, and it would not be surprising if such a commission were created in the near future.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10

ing accuracy and durability are lost. They stand worn and dyed by the smoke of the burning turf, monu- nents to the workmanship of other days. M
 Weaving is the industry of,. the north of Ireland just as lace making is the monopoly of the south. It is predicted by those who have made a5 study of the subject that the weaving industry will spread all over Ireland. The old order. however. is passing as in Belfast, which, many years ago, was the place of production for a large amount of homespun. but the. factories have replaced the peasants cottages.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10
TREI-AND.s LOOMS HUMDd1NG.
1he Demand for Homespuns Started by Queen Victoria Is
 Increasing.

The demand for homespun cloth is increasing, and to-day the mills and looms of Donegal and Conemara, Ire land, are humming in the effort to equatze supply and demand This ss a condition of late years only, and it was queen Victoria who, by inter esting royalty. created the present de- rnand for the fabric. Fourteen years ago the looms in Ireland were silent The revival came in 1899, when Queen Victoria gave an order for a Considerable quantity of Irish home spun wooIens- This was the begin ming of present day conditions. The order created so much interest that Dther orders began to come in, and within a. few months the looms were going again
 To-day the demand for homespun comes from every country in Europe and the United States. In our own country this demand has greatly in creased because of the present vogue Tor BaIrnacaan coats. At present cf homegpun. of every. grade, turned but
 The Irish peasants have clothed Themselves with cloth Of their own nznufacture for centuries Not so many years ago the spinning wheel was always included in the wedding presents from the parents to the bride This method of n1anufac- turing is passing though to-day in Donegal in the homes of many of the peasants the wEirr of the spinning wheel can still be heard. When the royal order came ancient spinning wheels were hunted up, renovated, and hands that had almost forgotten the duties required of them were put 10 work again
 A cottage that houses a loom can be recognized at once, because of it's length, says a writer in The Manu- facturing CIothier. A loom fills the entire length of the house, which is b. eone-story structure Additional
 pace for the spinning wheels necessi- ztes an increased frontage. which Hives the cottage a low, squatty ap- es7earance- Though crude in work 1zzanship the machines used for mak- ing hornespun are serviceabIe and ac- curate- Many of them have passed down from father to son for genera. riors. and the secrets of their a4naz-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10

sad, Why dont you lEy Cd1zparR Soap and Okn4n1eutR' That sanne day wrote for sample and then my haasbaRd bought some more CudcUEa So0p and Ofrt-s rnent. put the Cut1cura oRzaznsl1t- on her face, left 1t for a haEH hozr and then washed 1t with Cutacaua Soap Tfsae night she rested fine and the next day was looking much beSter. kept it up and within three or four weeks they completely healed her.
 Every time combed my hair it would come out in handfuls- rubbed the Clatac.zra Ointment into the scalp night and rnorna1a, for three weeks and used the Cuttcura SoaD in shannpooing. Now can comb my hair all the time and will not have sfnsle hair on the conb.'' (sfgned) Mrs Emma Arthur Collins, Jan. 25, 1914.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10
Greeks Thank Nation
 For Sale of Warships

Washington, July 10.-President Wilson yesterday received g. telegram from the Pan-Hellenic Union in Amer ica- thanking hi1nsfor the sale of the battleships Idaho and Mississippi to Greece.
 I've consider the transaction a great act of humanity in preventing the out break of a. new war in the near east, :" wrote the president of the union.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10
Ours Best Government
 Ever Conceived by Man
By Secretary of State WILLIAM ].
 BRYAN

.NOVERNMENT is not perfect, A \ and I do not expect it ever
 will be, but IT IS AS GOOD AS THE PEOPLE DESERVE, re- fecting, as it does, their virtues and their vices.
 FAITH IS MORE IMPoRTANr THAN WORKS. UNTIL ONE BE- LIEvEs HE DOES NOT ACT, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS FAITH so. WILL BE HIS DEEDS. IFsYoU ARE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH ANY THING IN THIS COUNTRY YOU MUST HAVE FAITH IN OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT, AND THERE IS EVERY REASON WHY you SHOULD HAVE FAITH IN IT TT IS THE BEST FORM OF GOVERN MENT EVER CONCEIVED BY THE MIND OF MAN, AND TT IS SPREAD ING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10
EASES TORMENT OF
 ASTHMA AND HAY FEVER

For the discomfort and misery of asthma and hay fever use Fo1ey's Honey and Tar Compound. It.puts a healing, soothing coating over the swollen. tickling membranes. and eases the thick and choking sensation. Helps you to breath easily and natur- ally. Insthe yellow package Him dIe's Drug Stores.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10
THERE IS HEALING TN
 FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS

You need mighty good medicine if once your kidneys are exhausted by neglect and overwork, and you have got it in Foley Kidney Pills. Their action is prompt, healing and tonic. Sound health and sound kidneys fol- low their use Try them HindIe's Drug StoresAAdV.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10
SAM WANTS MORE
 MALE STENOG OGRAPHERS

Uncle Sam is such a. fascinating old fellow that he has no trouble in sea curing stenographers of the gentler sex but he is a little shy@in men who know shorthand. Hence the follow ing from his home town
 The United States Civil Service Commission announces that, while 1t has difficulty in Securing sufficient female stenoeraphers and typewriters to meet the needs of the departments at Washington, the supply of male eli gibles has not been equal to the de- rnand. Young men who are at least IS years of age and who are willing to accept the usual entrance salariess which are $s40s and $500 a year, have excellent opportunities for appoint rnent. While the entrance salaries are low, advancement is reasonably rapid to those merfting it. The exam nations, which any competent steno-- grapher should be able. to pass, are held each month in the year, except December; atTthe principal cities of the United States.
 Full infornaation in regard to the examination may be secured by ad- dressing the United States Civil Ser vice Comnaission, Washington. D. C.; or the district secretary. Post Office, Boston.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10

While summer goods have had a big sale at Radford B. Smiths, the stocks are practically unbroken as they have been renewed as fast as sold. From now on they will be cleaned up at the Wednesday and Sat urday's sales and with the daily cou- pons. Go to the Saturdays Sale this week It will pay2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10
CTTRoLAx
CITR O AK GIVE TT TO THE CHILDREN

Finest physic in the world for chill dren. They love to take it-it tastes like lem6nade.~s It is midland suits their sensitive organs. It is thorough and keeps their systems cleansed, sweet and wholesome. It does the same for grown-ups. An ideal laxa- tive Htndle's Drug Storea.-Adv. <
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10

The skin would break and itch and she would cry with it, 1t. was so painful She suffered hlSe that for about two months and 1t would fAch so chat she would scratch and rezb is on.
 ~I tried d1fnere1t things unta one day my husband
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10

Thomas P. BeaI. president of the Second National bank, and Charles A Morse of the Simplex Wire & Cable O., are to be choseN directors of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10
Samples Free by Mail

Although CuticEa Soap (25c.) and Cuti- cura Ointment (5oc.) are sold by drussdsas and dealers throughout the world, a sample Of each with 32-p. Skin Book VIII be sent free upon request. Address pose-eawxR: 'sCuticura, DeFHs 1T, Boston.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10

Burglars broke into the railroad station at Carlstadt, N J., and es- caped with a 2o0-pound Aa6a.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10
CHILD SUFFERED WITH SKIN TROUBLE.
Looked Awful. Rough and Red. Skin Would Break andItch Very Painful. Cuticura Soap and Ointment Completely Healed.

a1 Unit St.. Providence. R. I.-"My chSld's face looked awful, It was all sczrvy, rough and red and you could peel 1t o6
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-10

ITALIAN BAND CONCERT gi The Italian Premier band will play a. concert at Lafayette Park, Tuesday evening, July 14 atfs. o'clock.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-28
Bridge for New Orleans,

It seems that the project of bridge
over the Mississippi near New Or.
leans, first proposed in 1888, is to be
put through. The original design was
for crossing about four or five miles
above New Orleans, where no change
of bed or banks has occurred in the
recorded history of the river. The span
of the cantilever bridge was to be L.
070 feet between centers OF main
piers. the suspended span being
40 feet long and the anchor arms
each eco feet s inches in length. The
foundations were to extend to Ito feet
below water and were to rest on a
bed Of firm sand. The piers were to
be sunk by dredging through open
wells or cylinders. The present plan
calls for a double bridge, one deck for
highway and electric railway travel,
and the other FOR railway service
Scientific American.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-28
Heavy German Losses.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Seryice.l
LONDON, Sept. 2S.-Em phasizing
the heavy losses to German COM
merce resulting from the war as con-
trasted with the comparatively minor
losses to England. the official war
bureau this afternoon issued lengthy
statement dealing with the subject. 1t
covers the ground up to September %.
For Great Britain up to that time
there had been sunk on the high seas
by German warships and converted
cruisers IL; there had been sunk by
mines In the North sea, Is British
and neutral merchantmen and %
fishing boats. There were detained In
German ports "a, the total tonnage
being $4,000.
On the German side there were re-
tanned in British ports at the outbreak
OF the war IL; captured since then
IS; of the German vessels capable of
being armed as AUXILIARY cruisers
there are in United States ports 10
and Of those captured by the allies
that could have been used for the
same purpose there are 1913. The
total German tonnage lost to Ger
many Is 1,140,0O0.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-28
Tragedy In Hospital.

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.l
OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 2s.-Bruno C..
Hansen. 81, formerly OF Chicago, was
shot this morning in the once of the
Presbyterian hospital here. Mrs.
Emma Hicken, with whom he had
been talking but few moments was
shot through the head and Is dying.
Mrs. Hicken came to the hospital in
taxi to see Hansen. Hansen was
talking to his father when notified Of
Mrs. Hicken's arrival The cause OF
the shooting is not known. Coroner
Crosby said Mrs. Hicken shot Hansen,
and then shot herself Hospital wit
nesses say that the revolver was In
Mrs. Hicken's hand when they found
her on the floor. Mrs. Hicken Is mar
ried and has one son. Hansen's wife
is said to live In Minneapolis. She is
a sister Of Grace Cameron, the actress.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-28
i. URGENT Need.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2S.-Presi-
dent Wilson told callers today that
the urgent necessity for the ship pur-
chase bill had increased because pri-
vate capital has fatty refused to en-
ter certain lines of shipping which
the bill was designed to meet.
The president limited strongly that
some of the growing opposition which
he had noted, arises from people who
would be affected from an investment
point Of view. He declared he win
insist on passage unless he gets
more valid reasons for dropping the
bill than are now urged on him. Two
conferences to arrive at decision
of the postponement of action Of the
proposed bill, were on Wilson's list
today. The first was with Represen-
tative Underwood and Representative
Alexander in favor of the measure
and the second with Representatives
Sherley and Page, opponents Of the
plan After their conference with
the president, Representatives Under
wood and Alexander declared the
president wishes to get further in
formation before making his program
definite. Just how far he will go to
force the bill, is undecided.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-28
TWO SUITS BROUGHT
IN JUSTICE COURT
r. e. cushman and cushman Station
cry Co, File Actions Against
j. N. Collier.

4 r. e. Cushman has brought suit
against j. N. Collier ii the court OF
Justice James Burrows. He claims
that there is two dollars due on an
account which was assigned to de-
PENDANT and which remains unpaid.
q A second suit against J. N. Collier
is brought by the Cushman Stationery
Co. asking for . WRIT Of replevin for
some insurance policies which 1t Is
claimed are the property Of plaintiff
and that the defendant refuses to
give them up. The case was set for
October 3 at 10 o'clock.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-28
DON'T WANT SUITS
TAKEN TO FEDERAL.
Motion 10 Filed Protesting Against
Change Asked for by Defend
ant In Two suits.

Motions have been fled in the
cases Of Rose Wilson, administrative
OF the estate OF Mary Wright and
Mamie Wilson, against the Missis-
sippi River Power Co., to dismiss the
petition OF the defendants for remov-
al of the causes to the federal court.
1t is claimed that the action is for
less than $4,000, and that the act Of
congress under which the dam was
built provides for the compensation
o. persons injured. 1t is claimed that
the persons were drowned through
negligence of the power company.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-28
CITY NEWS.

Born to DR.. and Mrs. Blinn Dor
sey, September rs, q daughter, Helen
See Mrs. White char tomatoes In
aluminium pan. at Duncan-Scheirs.
demonstration tomorrow.
"A marriage license was issued to
John Owens, %, and Miss Katie
Hawkins, 10. of Montgomery City,
Mo. They were married by the Rev.
y. H. Helm.
The lpallbearers at the funeral OF
Edward Bowden which is reported IN
another column, were as follows;
Charles Bonham, Patrick Stanford,
William AHetzinger, John Ferris. 6. r.
Smith and Frank Nelson.
u. w. Harmon and Mary L. Har-
mon have decided to Myrtle A, Har-
mon Taylor, lot II in block "A In
Mason's lower addition.
The big plate glass window of
the Walberg' Furniture company''s
store was smashed last night. 1t is
said that two men were scuffling and
fell against the window, breaking it.
The two culprits are said to have fed
before they could be found out.
superintendent q. G. Lynn has
given the city teachers permission to
leave the inspirational institute on
Thursday afternoon and listen to Mrs.
Grace Wilbur Trout's lecture in con.
nection with the first district fedora
ton OF women's clubs.
The fire department was put at
work today by Chief Anderson filling
the city cisterns in various parts of
the down town section Of the city.
About two days will be required to do
the work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-28
PERSONALS.

Mr.. and Mrs Ed Wright. accompan-
led by Mrs. Cruse and Miss Louise
Wright, went to Kirksville Saturday
in Mr.. wright's car. They will re-
turn tonight.
Mrs. w. T. Jones and Miss Emily
D. Jones, who have been visiting at
the home OF Major and Mrs. D. B.
Hamill, have returned TO New Orleans.
They expect, however, to visit short
time In Evansville. Ind, on their way.
VIM. Mckenzie leaves tomorrow
for Kansas City, Mo-, from where he
will travel through Missouri for the
Royal Insurance Co. His many
friends wish him success In his new
field.
Miss Minnie Olive Hill is visiting
her mother. Mrs. George Hill. for a
few days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-28
GREAT eArTLE COMMENCED.

GREAT BATTLE COMMENCED.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
PETRoGRAD, Sept. 28.-it 10 Of
ficiajly announced that great battle
has apparently commenced between
the Germans and the Russians along
the line Of railway just inside the
east Prusslan frontier. The battle
lire extends from far to the north Of
Eydkuhnen through Goldapp to Lyck.
The Germans are declared to be
strongly entrenehed and to have been
heavily reinforced. Because Of the
nature Of the territory In which the
fohtina is in progress, Il 10 likely
that Il will be several days before a
definite result can be obtained. The
Russian army now engaged, is being
heavily reinforced from the main re-
serve army with headquarters at
Warsaw. The weather is very bad,
alternate sleet and rain falling, maxi
inq speedy movement Of troops almost
impossible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-28
MISS DOROTHY DENMIRE
DIED LAST NIGHT
Youngest Daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
I. z. Denmire. . Very Bright &
and Estimable Girl.

Dorothy Jsne Denmire, youngest
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. e, Den
mire, who reside short distance
above Sandusky, died at a local hos
pital. at about o'clock last evening.
She was born Sunday, August 25,
1901. and lived a sweet and gentle
life. She was an exceedingly bright
girl and of very lovable disposition
and favorite in the community in
which she resided. She united with
the Christian church at Sandusky In
1913 and took deep interest in the
affairs Of that religious organization.
She will be sadly missed in the
church and, social affairs OF the vicin.
ity, in which she was always interest.
ed and took an active part.
She Is survived by her mother and
father; two sisters. Mrs. T. Lee Davis
and Miss Leta e. Denmire; two broth
ers, Burt e. and Lawrence Denmire,
Jr.;; also by grandmother, Mrs. M.
j. Burt, of Tacoma, Wash, and an
aunt, Miss A. E. Denmire, Of Mont
rose.
The funeral will be held at San
dusky Tuesday, to be conducted by E.
H. Willie of Greensburg, Mo-, and the
pallbearers will be composed Of six
young friends who united with the
church at the same time that she be-
came member. They are Ralph
Shade, Hubert Boyce, Wilfred Crss-
well. Reuben Davis, Oscar Marshall
and Martin Johnson.