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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-13

ged waist and the torn remnants OF q
ragged skirt. Her body and face bore
marks and scars, where she had been
beaten day after day with a raw-hide
whip. Her only food was scraps from
scanty table. 1t was found she had
been adopted by woman whose
name was Connolly. Mrs. Wheeler
was determined that this woman
should be punished, the extreme pen
atty which could be given was then
one year in prison for such an offense.
Mrs. Wheeler had the story published
everywhere and the city, the state
and the nation woke to the needs OF
little children. The cities and states
fastened to enact laws for the pro-
lection of children. The society for
the, prevention of cruelty to children
was organized, children's courts estab-
lished and all because one woman per.
sisted In doing what she knew to be
right.
A short time ago the child welfare
congress was held in Washington, D.
C., with representatives present from
holloAs. Hc were
addressed by the state department of
the United States and several depart.
ments of the United States govern.
ment were represented. The cry OF
that little tenament house girl has
been heard long way and her suffer
ing were not in vain.
The largest organization Of women
in the world is the international
Council Of Women. It's membership
comprises six and a half million OF
women from twenty-one countries
Lady Aberdeen is the president. The
United States council Of women, this
country's branch Of the great organ
ization has for it's president Mrs
Kate Waller Bennett of Alexandria
Va. The last meeting was held this
year in Rome, Italy. DIR. Anna How.
ard Shaw was one of the principal
speakers. Two OF the great tenants
arbitration and equal suffrage. Two
Iowa women have been prominent in
this great council, the late Maria
Purdy Peck, and Carrie Chapman Gait
II all the working children In the
United States were to walk single file
twelve feet apart, the line would
reach from San Francisco to Boston
and thence to New Orleans. Now you
see why the United States govern.
ment has established national child
labor committee. The agitation which
brought about child labor laws began
in the women's clubs Of this country
about fifteen years ago. The state
and general decorations have had
standing committees for some ten OF
twelve years, which worked through
the state legislatures. The national
committee is recent appointment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-13
Excitement at LaHarps.
Especial to The Gate CITY

LAHARPE. H., Sept. Frank
will have a trial Monday on the
charge Of an attempted assault on the
three year old daughter Of Ed McIn-
tyre. The father OF the girl attempt
ed to shoot Gardner and when the
revolver failed to explode beat him
over the head with it. Gardner win
have his trial Monday. He is about
% or % years old. Both men are
farmers
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17
MRS. B. LEE GETS DIVORCE
!. c. General Solicitor Fails to Appear
in courtroom-charge In.
compatibility.

Chicago.-Mrs. Blewett Lee was
granted a divorce from her husband
general solicitor for the Illinois Cen.
trail railroad. Mrs. Lee was Mise
Francis Glessner, daughter of John J.
Glessner, capitalist. The divorce was
granted by Circuit Judge McGoorty on
the ground of incompatibility of tenn
permanent and disposition. Mr.. Lee.
who is the son of Gen. Stephen D. Lee
of the Confederate army, did not ap-
pear in court.
The Lees ere married Feb. 8, 1897.
In September, 1907, according to Mrs.
Lees testimony, she went to spend
her vacation at her fathers country
place in New Hampshire, and when
she returned, September 20, she found
that Mr.. Lee had left her to live in an
apartment on the South Side.
Mrs. Lee resided at 100 Prairie I'VE
nue.. She testified that she was finan-
cially able to care for herself. Her di.
vorced husband volunteered to pay
enough alimony for the care Of the
children. but no definite amount was
specified.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17
.ENGNEMEN VOTE
TO CALL A STRIKE
90 WESTERN LINES INVOLVED IN
WAGE cohTRovERsY-MusT
AccEDE TO AVOID STRIKE.
TO REFUSE ARBITRATION
Rail Officials Say Demands VIII In
crease Operating Expenses by
s33,0o0,ooo Per Year-Ern
pioyes Say It's Fair.

Observation-Disclosures between thf
managers committee and engineers
and firemen Of the IS railroads west
Of Chicago will not be reopened, except
at the request of the roads, represen
tatives Of the men announced.
Backed by a nearly unanimous vote
for a strike, the men now hold that
only by the railroads yielding can a
strike that might become the most ex.
tenstve and disastrous in American
~railroading be averted.
The result of the referendum vote
will be presented to the general man
ayers committee in writing.
The engineers saidt they had ex-
hausted every effort to avert a strike,
and that effective mean to force the
railroads to action would follow unless
a favorable reply was received O
The railroads, through their general
managers committee, contend that to
grant the employees demands would
mean an Increase of $33, 900, 900 an
nually In wages. The engineers and
firenaen say that their requests are
fair and equitable.
1t Is expected that further confer
ences will be held. Should negotia-
fail and the employees stand by
their announcement, the resulting
would directly affect $4,000 en-
gineers and firemen and indirectly a
much larger number of workers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17
JUSTICE H. N. LURTON DEAD
End Comes Suddenly from Heart Fail.
ure at Atlantic City-Was 70
Years of Age.

Atlantic City. N. Associate Jus.
te Horace Harmon Lurton of the
United States supreme court died sud
denly at a hotel here from heart fail
ure. su~perinduced by cardiac asthma.
He was 70 years old.
The justice, who came here July /.
was in his usual health before retir-
ing, and had taken his customary even.
ing outing on the boardwalk. Shortly
after midnight he complained of feel.
ing Ill, and although his physician, DR..
Ruffin, who arrived from Washington,
was summoned Immediately, Justice
Lurton died at 5 o'clock in the morn
ing.
His wife and son, Horace II. Lur.
ton, Jr., of Nashville, Tenn, were at
the bedside. Mrs. Horace Van De-
venter, a daughter, and her husband
arrived from Knoxville, Tenn, and 9th
er members Of the family are ex.
pected.
The body will be taken to Clarks-
vile, Tenn, for interment.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17
NEW HAVEN CONTROL SCORED
Commission Says Stockholders Lost
Over $6o,ooo,ooo - "criminaI
N%eulidence.n

Washington. -- The story Of the
reckless and profligate" financial op.
erations Of the New Haven railroad,
one of the most remarkable chapters
In the history of American railroad
and American finance, was revealed
In part by the interstate commerce
commission in a report of the senate
OF Its investigation of that road.
1t told of millions used like stage
money, of corporations as pawns in a
monster game with all New England's
transportation as a prize, which led
the New Haven in the ten years Just
passed from the height of prosperity
to the point where a dividend has been
passed, where a dissolution suit is
threatening and where criminal in.
dictments of many of the directors
who figured in deals are at least a
possibility.
Hampered by unwilling witnesses,
by burned books and by all the means
which lawyers invented to cover the
trail, the commission estimated that.
in the progress toward monopolization
OF New England transportation the
New Haven stockholders have lost be.
tween $1,000, 900 and $50, 0O0, 900, but
little OF which they may recover.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17
HOT FIGHT STAGED ON JONES
Presidents Selection for Federal Re-
serve Board Opposed--Lead.
ers Are Confident.

Washington.-The senate in execu,
tive session fought for five hours over
the issue of making public testimony
Of Thomas D. Jones of Chicago, nomi.
nee for member Of the federal reserve
board before the banking and currency
committee, which last week voted not
to recommend his confirmation.
Nothing was accomplished in the
long debate, at times heated, and fur
ther consideration was deferred until
majority and minority reports of the
banking committee are submitted.
Opponents of Mr.. Jones' confirma-
ton, who base their fight on the fact
that he is a director of the Interna-
tional Harvester company, under in
dictment by the government, sought
to have the record of the committee
hearing In the case made a matter of
public record. Senator Stone imme-
diately insisted on an executive SEES
sion and the doors were closed.
Then Senator Hitchcock, acting
chairman of the banking and currency
committee, made the suggestion in the
form of a motion, urging necessity for
publicity In view Of the controversy
that has arisen, with several demo-
cratic senators openly fighting Presi-
lent Wilson's candidate for the post.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17
A a THE TIP.

II looks AS IL the practise Of giving
or receiving tips, at least 80 far az
Canada Ia concerned. were about done
for. A bill making II All offsnse pun,
iBfnbie by a 800 fine either to give or
take n tip In making smooth progress
through the parliament at Ottawa, aud
The chances Of IT'S becoming q law are
said 10 be excellent. Ridicule was it's
lot at first. but popular demand and
taFi!a tnentary enthusiasm soon put It
In the clasH Of serious legislation. II
Is a sign Of the times, says Manchester
Union The public, IN other countries,
Aa well rs Ia Canada, has long been
weary Of the custom Of being mulcted
Tor services quite at often imaginary
Rs real, for which, IN either event, IL
was the bustneRs of the public service
concerns, and not Of the patron to pay,
Tourists and commercial travelling
men. especially, will hail with rejoic.
ing u countrywide law. In Canada
which places all patrons on terms of
equality from the standpoint OF bell,
hops, walters, bootbiaCka, pOrterg and
ether employees Of hotels and public
service institutions generally. Hither,
to the non,tipper has been at mn undo.
nihbla disadvantage In many places
OF that kind Not only that, but in
more than a few cases where tips have
been given the incidence or super.
ciiiousness Of the tippee, at receiving
A smaller Rratuity than may have been
expected. has gone far to promote the
growing disgust at the whole tipping
practise.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17
TRADE BILL IS ATTACKED
"unfair OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Has Friends.

MISUNDERSTANDING the admin
istration interstate trade commission
bill IN the floor of the senate, Senator
Reed of Missouri, democratic member
OF the judiciary committee, urged that
the interstate commerce and judiciary
committees should get together to
work out the trust legislation Jointly,
with a view of consolidating all pend
Ing measures on the subject.
Senator Reeds attack, directed par
ticularly at the section relating to
unfair competition" was followed by
assaults from other members Of the
judiciary committee, and later 1t de-
veloped' that an unsuccessful effort
had already been made by the inter-
state commerce committee to have the
judiciary committee cooperate with
it. Senators Reed and Hoke Smith of
Georgia were reported to have looked
with favor on the suggestion, but 9TH
er members Of the judiciary commit
tee declined to yield sole jurisdiction
over the Clayton antitrust bill.
Senator Reed declared that the "un-
fair competition" section of the trade
commission bill would dispel public
sentiment in favor of trust legislation
without giving the people a single rem
edy not already accorded them by the
courts,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17
THAw GETS A BIG INCOME
Awarded Income From Estate Of Pa.
ther After Legal BattIe-Trust
Company Beaten.

Pittsburgh.--After a six months le-
gal battle, Harry X. Thaw, in a court
decision, was awarded the income
from his fathers estate, denied him
by the trustees since he was adiudged
insane for Staying Stanford White.
BY the decision Thaw gets s160,77s
Judge James w. Over held that Thaw
Is entitled to the money, despite the
fact that alienists declare ThaW Is
suffering from an exaggerated sense
Of self which would make 1t unwiss
to commit any large sums Of money
into his personal charge.
The fight for the income began last
January, when Thaw filed a petition
asking for $4,000 to defray legal e.
penses. The Fidelity Title & Trust
company of Pittsburgh, trustees, took
exception. The court allowed the pe
tition. The trust company thea was
permitted to send aliSnists to examine
Thaw, claiming he was insane. Thax
refused to submit to an examination,
1t is said. The trust company then
asked that Thaw be compelled to SUP
init. The demurrer to this motion,
filed by Thaw's attorneys, was sus
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17
EXPECTS GERMANY TO WAR
Grown Prince Reveals Idea Of Franco.
Russian Acknowledgements War
to Come.

Berlin.-There is no doubt that ING
crown prince expects that he VIII
eventually have to fight to defend tns
fatherland. This is shown again Ws
telegram which he sent to Lient.-Coi
Frobinus, praising a book which lns
letter has just written, entitled "Ine
German Empires Hour Of Fate
1t is declared that Frances thirst l1
revenge and Russia's hate Of Austria
has driven both nations to strain es'
ery<nerve to prepare for war. "Inis
preparation will be completed IN tne
early part OF 1915"
"Then," says Frobinus, "the greal'
est army the world has ever sect can
be expected to invade Germany, anu
the hour of fate for Germany and d.
allies will have struck"
The crown prince in his TELEGRAM
stated.
7 have read your excellent BOOB ana
wish for 1t the widest, disseminalioD
among the German people"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17

The New York department Of health
has Issued n bulletin saying that while
radium may benefit superficial cases it
will not cur general cancer. The re.
port also says that cancer is definitely
increasing, and that despite the most
careful investigation both here and
abroad physicians are still entirely In
the dark regarding the real nature of
the disease. The object Of the bulle-
tin Is to dissuade the public from
throwing away money to c~harlatans
who promise what cannot be per
formed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17
TIE trlnsRAn1 FARMER

The national census bureau recently
published data purporting to show
that the frequency With which Amer.
lean farmers, mainly tenants, move
from place 10 place, very likely forms
one Of the chief causes for the decline
OF rural prosperity or a hindrance TO
greater prosperity" Its conclusions
were based on the result of Inquiries
sent 10 G.@iG,502 farmers, ~ per cent,
or 5'749,7aS, Of whom replied, discloG-
Ing that about 81 per cent had occu.
pied their farms less than FIVE years
1t require no stretch Of Imagination TO
suppose that itinerancy means insta,
btIity, and that this impairs rural pros,
Derity, says Omaha Bee, "A rolling
one gathers no moss" maj be quite
true in this relation, AS the bureau
experts have pointed out, 1t ordinarily
taxes three or four years to become &C,
quainted with the various conditions
on the farm, Euch as soil and climate.
II the farmer moves Just after getting
this acquaintance and has to 70 over
Inc whole process again in Il new loca.
ton, the result cannot be conducive
to larger prosperity
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17

Steam Ia rapidly giving place to cleo
tricity as u source of power in the Uni.
ted States, Although 1t had "A start OF
centuries, already one-fourth the in
dustrial power In use comes from the
dynamo, and 1t is predicted that in a
few years four-iifths Of the work of
the nation will derive energy from this
source. 1t is estimated that there is
10000, 900 horse power at work daily
In the United States. Of this 1000.
600 Ia animal, 5000, 900 steam and
about 37.50o, 900 electric. The balance
is divided between gas and water.
Twothirds of the steam power is en-
ployed in operating locomotives, and
1t Is here that electricity Is destined tc
make its most sweeping conquest.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17

Lord Sandwich, who claims to DOS.
sess the power OF healing the sick by
suggestion, Is fourth In descent from
the peer whose name ia crystallized In
half Il dozen languages through his
having ordered a waiter to place some
meat between two slices of bread and
bring 1t to him as he sat at cards.
The inventor OF the sandwich was
nicknamed Jenny Twitcher, owing
to his awkward. stumbling gait. One
OF his friends objected to going out
with Lord Sandwich because he al.
ways walks down both sides of the
street at once"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17

The justices OF the United States
Supreme court are very able and cir
%cumspect, and removed from the dust.
heat and turmoil Of this workaday
world; nevertheless. they allow them
selves relaxation, says Worlds Work
For example, during the last worlds
series Of baseball games between tho
New York Giants and the Philadelphia
Athletics the court was sitting and
one OF the Justices arranged to have
brought to him on the bench the scores
of the games. inning by inning. His
forethought was much appreciated by
his colleagues, and AZ the bulletins
disoreetly were slipped before him.
while the court heard arguments, they
were passed from hand to hand along
the bench.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17

Chinese and japanese are believed
to be excessively polite. How this
courtesy is extended 10 the business OF
editing Ia seen IN the policy of the
TsihPao, a Chinese journal Of note.
According 10 the Manchester Guardian,
this Is the way in which the editor of
the TBin'Pao declines q contribution:
Most venerable brother OF the sun
and moon, your slave bows at your
feet. ! kiss the earth before you. /
iihIlore your permission to speak and
to leave, Your most yenerated manu-.
script passed before our eyes, and
they were raVished by It. with fear and
trembling | return it, If ! ventured to
publish 1t the president would order
me to take this jewel ae "A model and
never depart from 1t or have the au-
daeity to publish anything inferior to
IT, But my long experience Of letters
mas taught me that such pearls can be
produced once, and once only, In ten
thousand years. So l must return II.
| intreat you to forgive me. am at
your feet, the slave Of your slaves"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17

The New York Press says that dyed
shoes are dangerous~~that people who
have brown shoes turned into black
shoes may be obliged to spend more
money for doctors bills than would
buy them a dozen pairs Of shoes. This
10 because the coloring material said
to bs usually employed for changing
tan shoes to black shoes by a single
application Ia aniline black, which Ia
absorbed by the pores Of the feet,
cauatng blood poisoning. 1t might be
well for official vigilance to take cog.
nizanee OF this matter. II aniline
black la as dangerous al tho Press
says 1t ia when used In this way,
health departments should get busy
and protect the people.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17

Fashion note: Ladies at eastern re-
sorts are wearing dogs in pairs this
season. This is a touching display of
kind heartedness, because as a general
thing the woman who spends her time
at an Eastern summer resort does not
seem very entertaining, and with onlv
n dog to each lady the dog must get
horribly lonesome.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17
WILL BUILD BRIDGE
ACROSS The OR1
MOBILE = OHIO HAS ZIG NC.
WITH WHICH 70 sun
STRUCTURE At CAIRO.
Marks SPLIT WITH the M
Two Railroads. Disagree on con.t,,..
sIon Of Contract Covering u. I,
!. 9. Bridge Arcoss Ohio 81
the N. 4 Q. a. r.

Cairo, Il.-The announcements ].
Vce-President r. v. Taylor of &.
Mobile & Ohio, that his COMPANY n
set aside $5.o00,0OO to build 4 MA.
across the Ohio river at Cairo, ma.
q split between the Mobile C Ohio ~
the Illinois Central, whose bridge Il.
M. & O. used to cross the river he,s
Under the existing contract the N
0. pays the Illinois Central a cent .
hundred for all freight crossing tha
bridge. The NJ. & 0. has always X.
terpreted this contract to mean rava.
nue. producing freight and not to il.
Guide company freight, which thu,
termed supplies. The Illinois Central
learned Of the practice, 1t Is saia
through a discharged clerk Of the n
& 0. and presented the claim for s5oa.
900 back pay. The Mobile & Ohio u
to pay the claim, and resorted II
the arbitration agreement in the cop.
tract. The matter was submitted Ii
consisting of President II
johnson Of the Norfolk & Western.
F. A. Delano Of the Wahash
and. Comptroller F. Nay Of the Rock
Island, who heard testimony and ii.
for the M. & o., holding, hov.
aver, that the wording of the contract
was not clear and that the Illinois ca,
raj could collect bridge tolls on No
bile & Ohio freight after notifying
hem OF its intention to do SO. The II
inois Central Immediately advised the
& Ohio to this effect. For the
,ast seven years 1t Is said that the
money paid the Illinois Central by the
Mobile & Ohio for the use Of tie
would pay s per CEN interest
n their whole investment. The Mo.
lie & Ohio recently made ~soundings
t the river here to determine IL a
uitable crossing could be found,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17

According TO the New Velasquez
dictionary" "gringo," pronounced
"greengo.' is a %colloquial Spanish ad.
jectiVe for "uninteliigible %gibberish,'
applied to language, Az n noun. stig-
natizod as vulgar "gringo" Is "a
nickname given to one who speaks "A
foreign language. in South America
applied especially to the English and
Germans. According to the New
International Noah, 'gringo' means
among Spanish Americans q foreign.
er. especially an Englishman or Amer
lean; chiefly contemptuous." A Cen.
fury guesser deduces the word as
probably a popular variation of 'Grie-
go, a Greek"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17

France proposes to compel Ameri.
cans living In that country on money
Invested In tho United States to pay
a heavy income tax. II haa already
been decided that RngIand's income
tax law applies to such investments.
In view Of the fact that Americans,
living abroad are notoriously lavish
%spenders, 1t would appear to be a
s~hort-sighted fiscal policy to risk driv-
Ing them away. However, 1t Ia q sit.
uation which will cause no worry on
this side of the Atlantic.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-17

Dr. G. Hudson akuen In a lecture
at the Polytechnic hospital, phiIadel
phia, said that hynotism Is a danger.
Gus method Of treating stammering. In
spite of statements made by practition.
ers who claim to cure stammering by
hyphotism, DR.. Hudson.M akuen be-
lieves 1t to be distinctly undesirable
because 1t weakens the will power of a
patient, A lack Of will power Is one OF
the principal causes Of a defect in
speech, and anything that tends to
lessen decisiveness Of character will
Increase Instead of relieving such an
affection, In six cases tested DR.. Hud-
son Makuen found that the patients
spoke correctly when under the In.
fuence OF hypnotism. but stammered
as badly as eve when restored to n
normal condition, Modern scientific
methods of treating stammering are
proving highly effective without the
use OF hypnotlsm, lie said. Medical
science, not h~ypnotism. and a rigid
process Of brain development and self.
control are the great friends Of people
who stammer."