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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
Larry Il. Myers, Candidate for Gov
ernor Of Arkansas and Prominent
in South, IL Visiting His
Mother Here.
MEETS HIS OLD FRIENDS
Sees Some Changes In keokuk Since
He Left Several Years Ago
Main Street Looks Natural
to Him.

Harry H. Myers, former Keokuk
INV and a candidate for governor of
Arkansas, and prominent in political
circles in the south, is in Keokuk
visiting his mother, and meeting his
old friends and acquaintance. Mr..
Viewers was born and reared here, and
L enjoying his visit in the city and
IN recalling his old acquaintances.
Mr.. Meyers was telegraph opera
for at one time, and he discovered
that he had not forgotten the code
when he came into The Gate City
of1ce today and talked over the wire
few minutes.
He has been candidate for governor
of Arkansas three times. He is quite
prominent in political circles in the
south and is a we'll known figure all
through the state of Arkansas.
Mr.. Meyers said that Keokuk look
ed the same to him, generally. al
though he noticed numerous changes
for the better since he had been here.
Main street, he thought. looked about
the same as it did when he left 1t
wears ago. There We're changes in the
town which were very noticeable to
one who has been away, he said.
He is visiting at the Laws home. BIT
Fulton street.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
WANTS LAND OWNERS
TO APPROVE PLANS
Engineer Perkins Wants People in
Green Bay District to Thorough
ly Understand Project.

AS reported in The Gate City yes.
terday, the Perkins drainage report
was delayed. One reason is the en-
gineer wishes all land owners TO
know the extent of proposed work. as
the following from the Gem City indi-
Gates:
At the meeting, the majority Of the
land owners of the Green Bay dis
trict were present and the project OF
creating the levee district was fully
discussed. Every feature of the move
ment was gone into at the gatherins.
Those present plainly showed their
favor of the movement, but as they
are for the most part busily engaged
at this time in gathering in their
crops, they rendered request to MI.
Perkins that he delay definite action
in the matter until such time, that
they could be at better liberty to
study the advantages of the move
ment.
1t is not believed that there will
be any opposition to the movement
OF creating the district, bat Mr.. Perk-
ms states that he would rather give
the land owners all the time that
they might desire, to study the advant-
ages which will be created in the
building Of the drainage district. He
states that he feels confident the
more the land owners go into the
movement the more they will learn
it's possibilities and they will ultimate
ly join him in the work of building
the project.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
ADJUSTMENTS.
AZ The Grand.


Packed houses greeted the 1rst
days showing of the special Para
mount program at the Grand yester-
day. If there was one in the Dig
audience that was not pleased, their
expression failed to show 1t. "Ihe
Arab" a FIVE reel Lasky production,
taken in the heart of the great
American desert, was pleasing
Paramount feature. Edgar SelWyn'
the author and original star IN the
stage production, takes the leading
part In the photoplay and is support
ed by an all star cast. Though ms
name does not appear on any cast OF
characters, the world famous humor-
list and war correspondent, Irving
Cobb, plays a small part In THE
Arab" "The Truckee Pictures" win
ter sports in the far north, was
pleasing feature of the program.
Those who failed to see this special
program yesterday will have an op-
portunity to see it again tonight.
Tomorrow and Thursday the Illus.
trious Broadway star Wallace Ed
dinger, will be seen in a Paramount
production of the famous Broadway
comedy 1.-THE Gentleman of Leisure"
This is undoubtedly one of the most
humorous stories ever obtained for
photo dramatization and the results
are said to establish a new precedent
in comedy photodrama work.-Ad'
yertiSemeut
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
COMING TO VISIT
AND HEAR SAD NEWS
Party Of #. Madison Girls Were to be
Guests Of Miss Montague and
Had Started to Meet Her.

Fl. Madison Democrat: A party OF
young ladies' left Fort Madison on the
noon train Saturday for KeokuK,
where they were to be guests Of Miss
katherine Rovilla Montague over Sun.
day. Arriving at the Montague home
they learned that Miss Katherine,
with others, was at the Switzerland
bathing beach, about mile upstream
from the new Moose beach. Setting
out for the beach, they had gone but
mart way when they heard the news
that their intended hostess had been
the victim of a sad drowning acci-
dent. one which has cast shadow
OF sorrow over the entire city of keo-
kuk in removing a charming girl Of
nineteen whose graces had won her
universal esteem. In the party from
Fort Madison were Miss Myrtle Nellie;
J Mrs. Gertrude Hitler of Sedalia, Mo j.,
who is sister of Mrs. William Wag-
ner of this city. and Miss Ruth An
derson of Centerville.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
BURNING GASOLINE
THREATENS BOWEN
Blaze Extinauished by Good Work
Before Spreading From Shed
to Bowen Grocery Company.

BOWEN, ILL.,, Aug. 3.-Fire threat
ened serious damage to the business
section of this city Saturday evening,
but fortunately the blaze was exiting
uished before much harm was done
It started in gasoline tank In the
rear of the Bowen Grocery company's
store.
The tank was located in shed and
this structure was completely de.
stroyed and the window frames and
door castings in the rear of the grocery
store were also damaged, the total
loss amounting to about $3.50.
There is no, cause definitely known
for the origin OF the blaze.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
End Of Love TRACE y.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-Conscious. dy-
ing from self inflicted bullet wound,
George H. Jones, wealthy haywood
garage owner and principal. in love
tragedy, today refused to discuss his
crime Of last night when he killed his
wife and sister-in-law, Miss katherine
Cosgrove, a brother-in-law, John Cos
grove, fired on other members of his
wife's family and then attempted sui
eide.
Miss Margaret Bitner, 20, the "other
woman" who drove the machine in
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
ONE MAN DEAD
IN RAIL WRECK
Night Express PloWcd Into Landslide
and One on Board Lost
His Life.

United Press Leased Wire Service :.
s KITTANNING, Pa, Aug. 3.-One
man was killed and another seriously
injured early today when the Buffalo
night express of the Pennsylvania
railroad plowed into landslide a.
Churchill, near here.
The victims:
JESS WILLIAMS, So, engineer,
Pittsburgh. scalded to death.
NJ R. Hilbrich %, fireman, Pitts
burgh, probably fatally burned.
The cars left the track, but remain
ed upright and none of the passengers
were badly hurt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
SEVERAL WET
IOWA SUMMERS
Statistics Gathered at Des Moines
Show This 10 Not the Worst
Season In this State.

DFS MONIES, Aug. Sheer up!
This isn't such bad summer after
all. II you think it has ,rained more
this summer than ever before, you
are mistaken again.
But you are right to believe we
have never had so much rain and so
many rainy days all in the same sum-
mer before.
Now, il you'll pay attention and
learn all about this "off summer
The weather bureau says 2214
inches of rain have fallen since the
first of April.
This is S.55 inches above normal
for the season. 1t has rained more
than a third too much.
It has rained on sevepty-two days
since April 1 to July %, Wednesday.
Which means that rain has fallen on
seven out Of every twelve days this
summer-more than half the time.
Back in 1881, 1854 inches Of rain
fell in four months of April, May,
June and July. 1t must rain more
than six inches more in the next
three days to equal this record.
Do you think July has been extra
wet!" Listen: We have had S.97
inches SO far this month. ;E3ut in
June. 1881, 1897 inches OF rain fell.
In 1892 more rain fell than has
fallen this summer The records show
241s for the first four months of
that summer. 1t also rained seven.
ty days in 1903, 1896 inches.
In 1902. it rained seventy-seven
days out of the first four months OF
spring and summer.
But this summer has broken one
record. 1t has never rained so much
and on so many days in the same
summer as this year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING OF
CREDITORS


In the District Court Of the United
States for the Southern District of
Iowa: ..-
In the matter of William D. Adams.
banlkrupt.-In bankruptcy No. 1868.
To the creditors of William D.
Adams of FIT. Madison in the County
of Lee and District aforesaid, a bank
rupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the
27th day Of July A. D. 1915, the said
William D. Adams was duly adjudi-
Gated bankrupt: and 1t appearing from
the schedules filed that his estate is
without assets. that the first meeting OF
his creditors will be held at the office
of the referee in Keokuk on the thir-
teenth day Of August A. D., 1915, at
ten o'clock in the forenoon, at which
time the said creditors may attend,
prove their claims. appoint trustee.
examine the bankrupt, and transact
such other business as may properly
come before said meeting.
w. ]. ROBERTS,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
August 3, 1915.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
NOTICE OF INTENTION.

Notice of intention to construct an
8 inch sanitary sewer through pioch
l19, Reeves, Perry and Williams addi-
ton, to run from the present sewer
in block 10, thence westerly through
block 10, to the east side of Seven
teenth street.
Notice Is hereby given that at
meeting of the city council of the city
of Keokuh. held on the End day 81
August, 1915, there was introduced
the resolution hereinafter set forth,
and that by resolution of the city coun-
Gil duly passed on the said date, the
said resolution hereinafter set forth
will be considered by the city council
for passage, at a meeting to be held
In the council chamber In said city at
9 o'clock a. M, on the 23rd day OF
August, 1915, at which time the own
ers of property subject to assessment
for the cost of the Improvement COZ
templated by the said resolution, may
appear before the said council and
make objection to the contemplated
Improvement and the passage Of ths
said proposed resolution, If any they
have, said resolution being as follows:
Resolution No. 1852.
Be 1t resolved by the city council
OF the city of Keokuk, that it is deem
ed advisable and necessary to make
improvements by constructing an
inch sanitary sewer in accordance
with specifications to be prepared by
the city engineer, and approved by the
city council, through block 10, Reeves,
Perry and Williams addition, to run
from the present sewer in block lo.
r. P. & w. addition. thence westerly
through block 10, to the east side OF
Seventeenth street. The expense of
making said improvement to be assess.
ed against all privately owned lots and
parcels Of land AUDITING thereon anu
adjacent thereto, to the extent that the
same is assessable by law, said as
sessments to be made in accordance
with the law governing the same.
Be it further resolved that the city
council will meet at 8 o'clock a. m, Oh
the 23rd day of August, 1915, In the
council chamber in the city Of keo-
lkuk, for the purpose of considerin%
objections to the passage Of the SAID
proposed resolution, and to the Goa
istruction of the said Improvement, at
which hearing the above resolution
may be amen ed and passed, or pass
| ed as proposed.
| Be it further resolved, That the
city clerk be and he is hereby INSTRUCT.
ed to cause notice OF the tendency OF
the above resolution and the time nj
which the said proposed resolution
will be considered by this council, and
| obiections to the passage thereof
heard, to be published as provided ny
! law in The Gate City, newspaper OF
general circulation, published in the
city OF Keokuk.
! Adopted August 2, 1915, by the fol-
flowing vote:
| Moorhead-Aye.
Collins-Ayc.
| Schmidt-Aye.
| Ayes-3; noes, 0.
| Approved and signed:
8. w. MOORHEAD,
Mayor Of the City Of Keosuk
| Attest:
10. w. SANDBERG,
City Clerk.
In witness whereof, have hereunto
set my hand.
q. w. SANDBERG,
City Clerk Of the City Of Keokuk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
Nav Buy Steamship Line.

limited Press Leased Wire Serv1ce.l
NEW YORK, Aug. S.-The Interna-
tional Mercantile Marine company is
seriously considering the purchase OF
the Pacific Mail Steamship company's
ships, according to reports current In
Wall street today
The Pacific Mails fleet will go out
of business when the LaFollette act
becomes operative, and it is known
that conferences have been held be-
tween officials of the two companies
for some time.
The organization plan of the Inter
national Mercantile Marine will pro-
vide about s2.5OO.OOO in new cash and
with s1o.5oo.OoO from the sale Of
treasury bonds, the international will
be in a position to acquire additional
ships.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
TRAGEDY Pursues Volunteer.

TITnited Press Leased Wire Serv. e J
LONDON, July 21.-(By mail.)-
Following is the persistent and tragic
war record of Victor Hunt of London:
Joined the Seventh Bedford regi-
ment in September: forty-siX days
later was discharged as medically I'M
fit.
Joined the Fourth West Surrey regi-
ment: twenty-three days later was
discharged as medically unfit.
Joined the East Surrey regiment;
was operated on for appendicitis IN
Dover military hospital.
Sent to the front in May; was
wounded in battle and died Of wounds
two days before his eighteenth birth
day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
To some Trench Sure.

LONDON. sJuly 20.-(By ma1l.J-
The american language" is recog-
nized in the trenches along with the
English. French, Latin, Greek, Hindu
and Russian, says a.British correspon-
dent writing from northern France.
Describing visitsto the front, the
correspondent said:
"The entrance to the communication
trench had a notice board advising
travellers irSsseven languages. 1nciud-
ing American. In case of misunder-
tongue ran Gus: & &p$
"'To SONG trench sure"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
Go via the
Burlington

and you're right from
the start. Excursion
tickets are now on sale.
Investigate! G.. F. Con-
radt, city ticket agent,
5th and johnson SITS.
Phone 976.
Get Your Burlington Route
Poster Stamps Today
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03

which Jones rode when escaping the
revolver shots Of pursuing neighbors
Immediately after the triple killing,
was today being held as witness.
Il thought there was nothing wrong
in keeping company with him." she
said. 1--WE were to be married after
he was divorced"
Mrs. Jones resented the friendship
of her husband and Miss Bitner and
brought suit for divorce. The killing
was the result.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
Ready for CHAMPIONSHIPS.
limited Press Leased Wire Servi

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3.-Work-
ing out in the Panama-Pacific exposi-
ton stadium today, great galaxy of
athletes were fast rounding into good
form for the junior and national A.
A. u. championships to be held here
Friday and Saturday, respectively.
Whether records will be shattered de-
ponds largely on the weather The
stadium is near the bay and frequent
ly is swept by high winds. The pos
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
Must Work on Track.


Unless the water begins to recede at
once. it will be impossible to fix the
track with any degree of permanency
and passenge bound to Quincy from
the immediate north will have to find
other means Of reaching the city. 1t is
possible, in case the high water con-
tinues, that the Carthage branch serv-
ice will continue between Burlington
and the farthest south station possible
possibly Ursa.
Information from the Burlington
road last night was to the effect that
it was not known just how bad Off
conditions were, and that for that
reason guess at the prospects could
not be given with any certainty. UP
to midnight, no other tie-up Of incom
ing or outgoing trains had been re-
ported, but considerable caution Is
being exercised by trainmen all along
the lines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03

sibility of meeting between Norman
Tabor and Abel Kiviat in the mile
run is arousing the greatest interest.
However, in practice, Tabor has been
favoring the half mile route.
The eight members of Cincinnati's
municipal gym team have made a
good impression in workouts here.
The New York A. C.'s team OF six
arrived today with Barney Wefers in
charge.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
SelIs-Floto Circus.

Fashions!
And that word is not confined to
dress or to hats or walking sticks or
ribbons or frills. 1t even includes
circuses and the clowns therein.
Beg pardon? Yes, clowns is cor
rect. For there are fashions in clowns
just as there are fashions in neckties
or in the waistline, or anything else.
And the fashions in clowns have
changed good deal in the last If
teen or twenty years.
Incidentally, speaking of clowns,
brings forth the fact that the Sells
Floto Circus and Buffalo Bills Orig
inal Wild West is to visit this city
Friday, August 6, and when it comes,
the genus clown will be present In
forty species. AS to their fashions
Time was when the clown merely
had to be funny. His work was that
of the impromptu He followed the
principal riding act around the ring
and made faces, or tumbled on his
left eye as his fancy .bade-and the
audience liked it.
But that time is gone now. For
now the clown must be a sort Of
theatrical magnate on a small scale.
He must have his set acts, which he
and his assistants perform for the
promotion Of mirth beneath the
spreading white tops" Every ges-
ture must be made at just the right
moment-everythin must move with
the precision of theatrical perform
aQce upon a stage when one cue line
brings forth another and the constant
dovetailing of the speeches and the
business builds the play.
| And SO 1t is that in the Sells-Floto
Circus and Buffalo Bill's- Wild West
there are props" and effects by the
wagonload, and all for the use OF the
forty clowns employed by the circus.
For the business of Glowing has
ed.-Advertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
Prices Are Lowered.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-With the an
that the Newark FEEDER
ais positively would finish out the
schedule in the Jersey metropolis, P.
T. Powers and Harry F. Sinclair,
the owners, also made it known that
hereafter the highest priced seat in
the park will be fifty cents. Bleacher
seats will go for fifteen cents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
ITO Mile. Per Hour.

lOHIIeu PreSS Leased Wire SerVlCe.I
s CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-Testing out his
new French Delage car, Barney OLD
neld, one Of the starters in the Old
Observation-Disclosures champion
snip 100 mile race on Saturday, today
spun around the two mile haywood
oval at the rate of 11O.15 miles au
hour, indicating that the coming four
cornered contest will set some new
records.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
Quite LoaicaI.

Mitchell Republican: Down in Iowa
there is one automobile to every six
teen Inhabitants. Well, that should
not be surprising. For isn't Iowa a
farming state?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
Two Women in Campaign

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
ATCHISON, Kans., Aug. 3.-Kansas
will have two women in the race for
L. S. senatorship in 1918. Mrs. E. X.
Brunes, superintendent of the State
Orphans Home here. announced that
she becomes a candidate to oppose
Mrs. Lillian Kitchener. already in the
field.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
How the Trouble Starts.

Constipation is the cause of many
ailments and disorders that make life
mfserable. Take Chamberlain's Tab
lets. keep your bowels regular and
you will avoid these diseases. For sale
by all dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
PROFESSIONAL CARDS

PHYSICIAN.
DR.. w. p. SHERLOCK.
Physician and Surgeon.
Office, Masonic Temple. Residence
Alpha apartments.
Office Hours-10 to IL a. M. 2 to
3 D. M; evenings, Z to 8; Sundays,
II to 1 p. IN. United States civil ser.
vice examiner
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
AJono Carthaoe branch,


The Quincy Wing reviews the con-
ditions in the Carthage branch dis
trict as follows:
High water which has been threat
ening for some time along the Missis-
sippi and its tributaries in this vicin-
ity, has at last reached a stage Of
real peril, strip of two thousand
feet of track on the Carthage branch
having been washed out near Ursa
last night, necessitating holding UP
train No. 106 all hight at that place.
AS reports obtained late last night
indicated no recession at this point,
it is not known how serious the tie
up will prove. The Carthage branch
train which is supposed to reach here
LAT $40 p. M, was ordered held up all
night, but indications are that cond.-
tons at that point, as result of Rock
Creek being out of it's banks. will b,
worse rather than improved, and that
the through service from Burlington
to Quincy on the Illinois side may
have to be abandoned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-03
Des Mcines River Reaches Pinnacle
Of Career for August or Sep
TENDER According to Marks -
Of Forty Years.
STAGE TODAY WAS 1875
Mississippi at This Point is Fast
Approaching Flood Stage
Rise is Fore
cast.

The Des Moines river has reached
the highest stage that has been re-
corded for August or September in
forty years. The stage this morning
at o'clock was 1875. Records of the
stage of the Des Moines have been
kept by the Ileokuk Canning company,
Which has the records of the Des
Moines for the last forty years. w. j.
Fulton. secretary of the company, said
this morning that the stage was the
highest for August or September.
The water went over the Parsons
levee just as it was feared that it
would. The river is considerable Of
a sight now, in its flooded condition.
for usually at this season of the year
1t resembles an intermittent creek
more than anything else.
The Mississippi river at Keokuk is
within three tenths of foot Of food
stage. The weather bureau records
this morning showed that the river
stage was 1871 feet. Flood stage is
IA feet. The river at Warsaw is II
feet, one foot below food stage. The
indications are for steadily rising wat
Ter.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-17

Sheriff Simmons went to HALEY,
Tuesday, to attend the Jess Hembree
trial.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-17
HIGH GRADE SPUDS
BRING FANCY PRICES
Graded to 16-Ounce Minimum and
Bring $500 Per Carload

Hyrum Nelson, of Shelley, is load
ing two cars with Melted Gem pota-
toes, to be sold through the South
ern Idaho Producers association.
The spuds, which are some of the
finest to be shipped from Pocatello
for many moons, are graded to a 16-
ounce minimum with an average
weight of two pounds. The spuds are
bringing him So per hundredweight,
less 10 cents for selling costs.
ut surely pays to raise good spuds
as well as good stock" remarked Mr..
Nelson last night. "These spuds will
bring $500 per car, and there remain
the culls,s many of which are over
the ordinary quality, to bring the av-
erage per acre to high mark. -
Pocatello Chronicle. ~
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-17

Mrs. F. F. Brown and son were
down from Arco the first of the week.