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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-24
VETERAN RIVER
PILOT Is DEAD
Jack Riehtmann Of Steamer Quincy,
Has Made His Last Port
was Popular Captain.

Davenport Democrat: Captain Wal
ter A. Blair received a telegram from
Jim Richtmann of Burlington, Wis,
this morning, stating that his brother
Jack Richtmann, had just died.
II regarded Jack as the best pilot
left on the river said Captain Blair
in commenting on. the news. His
death is great loss to all of us. He
had been suffering from stomach
trouble and had to leave the Quincy
on the trip before its last, this past
season, and go home to Burlington.
He was an artist in his work, was q
man of good habits and pleasant dis
position, popular on all the boats.
Last spring for time he helped out
the Interstate Material company here
on the steamer Alice, and he has been
here before. In 1918 he and his broth
er Jim were both with me on the
Morning Star. He owned little farm
at Burlington and had a wife and
six children il a happy home. They'll
be sorry all along the river to learn
of his death"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-24
SPOTTER LIABLE
ATTORNEY CONTENDS
Liquor Ferret Can be Prosecuted, Des
Mofnss Lawyer Claims, In the
Test. Case.

| DIES MONIES. Iowa. Dec. 24.-If a
person, who acts as an agent for an
other person and purchases liquor for
him. can be prosecuted under the
lbootlegging laws of the state, then the
| police officers who have been acting
i as special liquor ferrets, and who
have gone out and bought liquor as
evidence for the police department
are liable under the law, according to
Attorney Earl De Ford.
This is the contention raised yes
| terday by Attorney De Ford when AL
| Graves. the subject Of the police
! test case to interpret the bootieggins
law, was hailed before Judge Utter
back in the district court on injunc-
| ton proceedings begun by John B.
/, Hammond.
Hammond was represented in court
| by Attorneys McClelland and Powers.
Graves was defended by Attorneys
! McHenry and De Ford. At the close of
the testimony Judge Utterback took
the case under Amusement and will
render decision today.
| Attorney De Ford went further by
declaring II an agent can be prose-
cuted then special police officehs act
ing as agents and buying whiskey for
evidence can be prosecuted.
Two questions are now before the
court to decide.
The first is: Did Graves buy liquor
for the men as charged?
The second is: II Graves did buy the
Honor for Root and Murphy as COM
planned Of, does his act constitute a
violation Of the law relative to boot
Logging?
The above two questions will be
decided by Judge Utterback.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-24

Both Jack and Jim Richtmann are
we'll known in Keolxuk and along the
river, having run in and out of this
port for years on the Diamond 10
and Streckfus boats. Their father,
Jacob Richtmann, formerly owned the
steamer Uncle Sam, which was then
known as the steamer Jacob RIGHT
mann. When Tommy Adams bought
the boat, the name was changed 10
Uncle Sam. The Richtmanns for a
long time lived at Nauvoo, where
they had q store which had a bad
fire few years ago, after a powder
explosion that practically wrecked
the place
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-24
ILLINOIS CORN
YIELD ESTIMATE
Total Of 32C,111O11 Bushels, Average
From SO to 40 Bushels to
the Acre.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. Dec. 24.-The
total yield Of corn this year in 1lli-
inois, according to the crop report Is
sued today by the state board of agri-
culture was 320.111,011 bushels. on a
total acreage of s,961,S42 acres The
average price on the date Of report,
which covers the period UP to Decem-
Der 1 was "a cents, making the total
value of the Illinois corn crop s173,-
I026,637
7 Corn was damaged by cold season
and wind storms and the grain was
not in good condition, the quality
averaging only about 70 per cent of
normal, the report adds. The yield OF
corn in north Illinois was SO bushels,
in central Illinois 40 bushels, and in
southern Illinois IS bushels.
The area seeded to winter wheat for
the 1915 crop is 1,s12,432 acres, or s
per cent less than the 1915 crop. The
condition of the crop On December /
was 80 per cent of normal. The Hes
sian fly has done much damage in
some sections.
The area seeded to rye this fall is
i165,775 acres, and the condition was
,e5 per cent of normal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-24
Bernhardt's Greeting,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ANDERNOS LES BAINS, Dec. "a
Nine. Sarah Bernhard, noted actress,
personally assured the United Press
that she is now recovering from her
illness and asked that her Christmas
greetings be conveyed to her friends
in America.
Il suffered from pleurisy," Nine.
Bernhard said in message from her
villa, "and DR.. Pozzi is unwilling that
j shall go to America in my present
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-24
Bandits Driven on.

united Press Leased Wire Service. ]
e, l.ALESTER, Okla. Dec. 24.-Re.
s We're received here today that
nuts attempted to rob the post
ce and bank at Calvin, thirty
,los west Of here late yesterday. A
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-24
Outgoing Packages Are Said to be
More Than Amount Which
Was Dispatched Last
| Season.
EXTRA HELP Is WORKING
Santa Claus Wagon" Has Been
Pressed Into Service and Car
riers' Room 10 Used for
Packages.

The outgoing Christmas mail is
heavier this year than it was last,
1t is believed from rough estimates
and general observation by postonce
officials. There will be no way Of de-
termining the amount of incoming
mail for the present. It is fully as
heavy as last season, however. the
officials feel.
There are more packages being
sent out from the Keokuk office than
there were last year, giving evidence
Of prosperity here The clerks at the
weighing and stamp windows have
been kept unusually busy by the
flood of packages, and the clerks in
the Office who are despatching mail
feel that the volume of mail going
out is considerably larger.
Two extra carriers and an extra
clerk have been put on to help in
handling the added amount of mai.
The department is using wagon for
the delivery of the heavy and bulky
packages. Two men go on this wagon
with the driver. The lighter pack
ages are being taken care of by the
regular carriers, and all of the car
riers are helping to get out as much
of the mail as is possible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-24

health. But tell him the trip Is
only postponed a short while. l ex-
pect to go to London within q week.
Send my whole heart to the dear
American public, but not the German
portion. Vive La France"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-24
Using Room for Parcels.

Using Room for Parcels.
The postof1ce department on the
main floor is busy place Just now.
1t was decided that in order to have
sufficient space to work in, pouches
must be taken to the basement and
opened there, and the carriers loung-
ing room has been converted into a
parcel room. This is helping in great
measure to relieve the congestion on
the main floor, and gives plenty of
space to work in.
The mail clerks and carriers are
doing everything possible to take
care of the big Christmas rush, and
it is expected that most of the pack
ages will reach their destinations in
plenty Of time. Late trains, while not
affecting the carriers to any extent.
delay the clerks work Considerably.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-24

Read The Gate City Want Column
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-24

Only One "eROMO QUiNINE"
To get the genuine, call for full
name LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE.
Look for signature of r.. w. GROVE.
Cures a Cold in One Day. Csc.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-27
va news OF T7H
kuSzRAMRoAPS/
MARCH TRAFFIC IS
AWAY BELOW PAR
Better Than One Year Ago;
Thanks to Blizzard; Figures
For Three Weeks

The only consolation expected by
officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad
in summing up the March freight
movement will be in the improvement
over March. 1914. This is made pos
sible because one year ago the Penn
sylvania main lines were tied up be-
cause of blizzard. There was no busi-
ness for seventeen days.
The present month has four Sun
days. Slow freight movement closes
down every Sunday. This allows but
twenty-seven working days. Up to last
Monday the total movement was
452, ,879 cars. This is 61, ,4S3 cars less
than during February.
Records taken at eight terminal
points show in the first week an in
crease of 1,41S cars. or IL per cent;
in the second week. decrease 5,262
cars, or 1913 per cent, while in the
third week a decrease of 4.933 cars, or
1853 per cent.
The daily average movement past
Lewistown Junction in the same period
was 1883 cars, as compared with 5,S49
cars in 1914, with 6,341 cars in 1913
and with 6.4SS cars in 1912. The total
movement past Lewistown Junction on
March 20 was 6.124 cars. while on
Sunday, March 21, it was but 1870
cars. Bituminous coal east bound de-
creased 1922 cars, or 29.2 per cent,
while coke decreased SIS cars or S0.4
per cent.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-27
AT THE PALACE, MONDAY, THE
PHOTOPLAY WITHOUT A NAME

Recently Stuart Patton. of the Imp
studios. finished a crime drama of pow
erful plot for which he had difficulty
in securing an appropriate name The
actors and actresses in the Imp studio
all were given an opportunity to try
but. none of their suggested titles met
with approval.
Finally the Imp director took his
troubles to President Laemmle He
suggested few titles for the play, but
none of them qualified" even in Mr.
Laemmle's own estimation. At the
regular Tuesday night showing of films
The Photoplay Without a Name was
exhibited and suggestions for a title
were invited from all present. A dozen
or so were offered, but none of them
hit the mark.
Finally, in desperation. Mr.. Laemmle
said:
"Tn give $50 to any one who will
suggest title for this film"
There are no strings attached to Mr..
Laemmle's offer. Each answer should
be accompanied by fifty-word expla-
nation outlining why the title is
chosen.
This film, 1.-THE Photoplay Without a
Name" will be shown at the Palace
on Monday. Even though you do not
care to suggest name. ii will prove
interesting to have an opinion on it,
Advertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-27
Standing of the CreDs
HARRISBURG SIDE

Philadelphia Division - 112 crew tc
go first after $50 p. m: 102, 131, 110
130. ia.
Engineer for ia.
Firemen for 112. 122.
Conductors for 102, 10, ia
Flagman for ia.
Brakemen for 1922.
Engineers up: Gable, Foster, First
Sober. Hindman, Crisswell. Davis. Ten
nant, Bissinger, SeitZ, KautZ, Manley
Goodwin, Grass, Long. Statler. Gibbons
Speas, Brunner, Snow, Smeltzer, Lay
man.
Firemen up: Everhart. Pennwell
berg, Myers, Copeland, Forney, Null
holm. Shaffer. Balsbaugh, Grove. Shive
Libhart. Watson, Kigleman, Manning
Weaver.
Flagman up: Mellinger. Harris
Brakemen up: Busser, Coleman. Hiv-
ner, Felker. Dearolf, Wiland, Baltozer
Mumma, Arment. Albright, Dengler,
Middle DivisiOn-239 crew to go first
after 1850 p. m: 233, 20, 115, "A, rs,
81, Is.
Engineers for 115. "a.
Firemen for 20. Is.
Conductor for %.
Flagman for 115
Brakemen for "a, u.
Simonton. Smith, Moore, Knisley, Gar
man, Bennett.
Firemen up: Cox, Pottiger. Fritz.
Gross, Arnold. Zeiders, Sheesley, Ross
Liebau, Karstetter. Seagrist. Kuntz.
Conductors up: Fralick, Byrnes,
Flagman up: Dill. Jacobs. Frank
Brakemen up: Wenerick, Werner.
Troy, Rissinger, Roller, Henderson
Reese, McHenry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-27
Seen and Overheard
Among Local Garages

George r. Bentley, at the Riverside
| Garage. local Paige dealer reports
all cars sold that were displayed at
the show. A Paige 6-46 was deliv-
cred to Henry Nj. Stein, and a 4-36
to ". L. Stoey. Another carload is
expected the coming week. Included
in this shipment is a 6-46 to be de-
livered to c.. A. Goodhart, of Ship
pensburg.
The Cadiflacs are now coming in
carload lots at frequent intervals.
Four additional carloads were shipped
this week from Detroit for the Girls
pen Motor Car Company, of this city.
A new eight-cylinder roadster to J..
Clyde Myton was among the 'deliv-
cries made last week by the local
Cadillac agency.
Three Chalmers. seven Saxons and
several of the Dodge Brothers cars
show the tendency of the motor car
business at the keystone Motor Car
Company this week
A REQ truck for the Tressler Or
phans' Home Band at Loysville was
received to-day by the Harrisburg
Automobile Company. This car is
specially constructed to convey the
band to the various cities of the State
this summer on concert tour.
The Bentz-Landis Company re-
port the sale OF eleven cars within
fourteen days. This includes Jeffery
Pullman and the Vim trucks. The
eleventh was sold this morning by
c. II. Conrad to DR.. G. w. Hartman
this morning.
Seven Maxwells in seven days was
the record of e. w. Shank at the au-
tomobile show. One every day is a
pretty good average. This was in
addition to his wholesale business as
distributor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-27
BIDS FOR F|REHOUSE
OVER APPROPRIATION
Lowest Estimate Is $662.19 More
Than Amount Fixed For
Royal Building

Bids for the construction of the
proposed new firehouse for the Royal
Fire Company, the Thirteenth wards
crack fire fighting organization, were
opened at noon by Commissioner Nj.
Harvey Taylor, superintendent of
parks and public property, but no
award is possible under the figures
submitted because the lowest bid,
So, S,162.19, is just $662.19 more than
the $4,000 appropriated for the build
ing.
Under the circumstances, Commits
sioner Taylor said he is not prepared
to go before Council, Tuesday with any
recommendations until c.. Howard
Lloyd the architect, and himself have
had chance to go over the bids again
and determine whether or not some OF
the features of construction may be
cut out in order to pare the amount
to the appropriation.
If this cannot be done Commissioner
Taylor will likely have to re-advertise
for bids.
The $S,162.19 represented the ag-
gregate low bids on construction of
the house, heating. plumbing and cleo
trical work. If the per cent fee for
the architects services are included
the sum will total $S,537.19.
Eleven Sets of Bids
Eleven sets of house specifications
alone were taken out and six bids for
this part of the work were received
The average bid was S7,206. There
were six hids on heating, five on
plumbing and two for electrical work
only one, the Dauphin Electric com
pany's proposal could be considered,
however, because 1t sent along a GER
tilted check. The other, e. Blumen-
sune's bid is half a dollar less but it's
proposal could not be considered be-
cause no certified check or bond ac-
companied it.
The low bidder on construction was
G. e. Shelter, who offered to do the
work for s6,997.9s; NJ. II. Baker was
low on heating at $4S5; e. Mather Co.,
VS. low on plumbing at $494.21, and
the Dauphin Electric company's bid
for the electrical work was $1S5.
The other bids follow
The Bids
Construction-W. II. Wagner ST.
309.39; f. n. Lebo, $7,3O2.62; Stapf
and Benfer,$7, ,127.03; NJ. l.. Grossman,
S7,297; and John Myers, $7.SS6.
Heating-F. w. Reuwer, $3.50; John
G. Schwan, $3.50; Harrisburg Light &
Power Company, $685.; e. Mather
Co, S599.S4; Lindemuth Engineer
ing company, $563.90.
Plumbing-M. II. Baker, $505; I. r.
Lime, 1921; e. ]. Fogarty, $557; and
Fisher Bros. $544.69.
Observation-Disclosures Electric COM
pany, $1S5. e. Blumenstine, $1S4.50
not considered because unaccompanied
by certified check.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-27
MISS CLARK TO LEAVE?
Report Current That General Secre.
tary VIII Leave Harrisburg

In connection with the announce
ment to-day of the departure of Miss
Hazel |. Clark, general secretary of
the Associated Charities, to attend the
forty-second national conference on
charities and corrections at Baltimore
next month 1t was said that the gen.
eral secretary will not return to Har-
risburg. Officers of the Charities how
ever. vigorously denied any knowledge
of such step on Miss Clark's part.
They declared they knew of no inten-
ton on her part to resign.
Besides Miss Clark. Harrisburg's S
Charities will be represented by Miss
Florence Staples. the county investi-
gator for the Poor Directors, Poor
Director c. l.. Boyer and Mrs. Elsie
v. Middleton, general secretary of the
Children's Aid Society. The confer
ence will be held from May IL to 10.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-27
COURAGE is COMMON IN THIS
WAR

London, March 27.-Every English
man knows how to die bravely The
irish. Scotch and English soldiers face
/ the bayonets, the machine guns as
though out on dress parade. 1t is the
men who slcken and die in the trench
es, or at home after an arduous cam
palgn that our sympathy goes out to
most. There are thousands of such
men behind the battle lines who went
TO the front without the strong consti-
tuition and good pure blood to with
stand the deprivations, the hardships
OF the campaign in Belgium and
france. It's a warning that we should
pay strict attention to our stomach,
liver and blood. If one is all out of
sorts he should take an invigorating
tonic and Alternative such as Dr.
Plerces Golden Medical Discovery
which cures diseases of the stomach
and organs of digestion and nutrition
III eliminates from the blood disease
breeding poisons. 1t makes the blood
rich and pure, and furnishes founda-
ton for sound. physical health. Fifty
years ago, DR.. Pierce. of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buff
falo, \. Y. found that certain barks
and roots manufactured by using gly-
cerine without the use of alcohol or
oplates, made into a concentrated eX-
tract, which he called Or. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, made a
stimulating tonic for the stomach
helped the digestion and assimilation
of the food and eradicated poisons
from the blood. This is natures cure
for indigestion, and by correcting the
stomach, and thereby feeding the
blood on pure materials, the red
blood corpuscles are increased and
the body established in a healthy state.
No one suffers from catarh who has
plenty of red blood corpuscles and a
good digestion. Catarrh in all it's
Iorms is stagnation of the blood In
troduce pure red blood into the svstem
by taking the Medical Discovery and
health is assured.-Advertise
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-27

Mr.. McClain said that the Roney bill
never would have passed the Legisla-
ture in 1913 but for its carrying a
provision that called for the anthra-
cite counties receiving fifty per cent.
of the tax raised.
The Dason bill wound mean much
to the State and to the municipalities
that would share in the money raised.
1t is estimated that tax such as pro-
posed would net appropriately $4,SSS,-
1902 annually, based on the tonnage
figures of 1914. Last year, 81, 1913
tons of hard coal were mined and pre-
pared for market. The average price
per ton, according to mining men, in
1914 was $2.14, that is, this would be
the average price of the coal when it
came from the breaker, ready for
shipment and market. If the Gov
ernor wins his fight to save two-thirds
of the tax to the State, the Com
monwealth's strong box would be en-
riched $3.25S,7S7.21. Just $1.629,-
$3.50 would be returned to the cities,
boroughs and townships where an
thracite is mined.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-27
Balance of Motor and
Its Relation to Vibration

I'VE find that to the majority of
prospective purchasers, the balance of
an automobile motor is a rather vague
=. Holm. of Roberts and Holm. distribu-
tors of the Haynes, Americas First
Car. "a baalnced motor by the simplest
definition is one that runs perfectly
smooth without vibration at any speed.
Technically. the perfect balance of "a
motor Is obtained when the resultant
centrifugal forces are equal and oppo-
site, and hence equal to zero in any
plane.
perhaps the best way to illustrate
weight to string and swing it
around the index finger. AS the weight
swings around in the path of a circle.
weight, and since the weight is con-
stantly changing its position, the pull
on the finger changes and the finger
small circle.
"The heavier the weight and the
faster 1t revolves, the more difficult it
second weight is tied to a string and
fastened to the same finger so as to eX-
tend out in the opposite direction from
swung around the finger, it will be
found that there will be very little OF.
no pull on the finger IL the weights
are equal
The same conditions apply exactly
to the automobile motor If the
weights of the arms of the crank shaft
ana the Dig ends or the connecting
rods are such as they swing around
the, crank shaft bearings that they
produce equal and opposite pulls as in
the case, of the two weights about the
finger, there will be no vibration.
IF these weights are not equal, there
Will be pull on the crank shaft bear
ings, and the crank case holding these
bearings will tend to follow the pull
of the unbalanced weights in the path
of a circle. This pull is what causes
vibration. If it is zero. there is no
vibration.
This pull can be made zero in ef-
feet by the proper balancing of the
crank shaft the fiywheel,. and of the
connecting rods before assembly"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-27
ANTHRACITE TAX
BILL REDRAF TED
Administration and Coal Region
Men Are Discussing the Amount
of Tax Returns

a substitute law for the Roney an
thracite tax. the conStitutionality OF
which Is now before the court, is to
be introduced in the Legislature, Mon
day night, by Representative Hugh A.
Dawson, of Lackawanna. Taken as a
whole. the measure will have the back
Ing of the administration and of the
people living in the anthracite region.
There is a division of sentiment, how
ever, between the governor and the
representatives of the hard coal coun-
ties as to the amount of the tax that
should be returned to the localities
where anthracite is mined.
Under tn new bill every ton of an
thracite, mined or washed, would be
subject to q tax of two and one-half
per cent of the value of the coal when
prepared for market Governor Brum-
baugh favors the State receiving two
thirds of the revenue thus raised, all
of 1t to go to the State Highway De-
partment and is not averse to the cit
ties, boroughs and township where an
thracite is found receiving the remain
ing one-third. The people of Scran-
ton and OF the rest of the hard coal
belt ask a distribution fthe tonnage
tax on "ffty-iifty" basis with the
State.
The administration, at first favored
the State receiving the entire tax, but
q protest went up in the hard coal re-
gion and the Governor and Attorney
General Brown met a delegation of
Scranton people headed by City Solicit
tor D. ]. Davis, Mark Edgar, secretary
of the board of trade there, and r. a.
Zimmerman, Scranton lawyer, and a
member of the legislative committee
of the trade board, and agreed to
favor a measure that would call for a
return of a portion of the tax to the
anthracite counties.
A big factor in bringing about this
change in sentiment was Lieutenant
Governor Frank B. McClain's out
spoken attitude in favor of the claim
of the hard coal localities for recogni-
tion in the distribution of the tax.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-27
Historic Forster House
Purchased by Jennings

Announcement was made to-day
that William w. Jennings president
of the Commonwealth Trust Company,
had purchased the historic Forster
property. No. South Front street
No price was mentioned. Mr.. Jen-
nings would not say what he intended
to do with the property.
The building is now occupied by the
Home and War Relief committee, who
have a lease on 1t until their work is
completed. 1t is one of the Oldest
residences in harrisburg, and was
originally owned by the late General
John Forster. Mr.. Jennings purchased
the property from Mrs. Herbert Lin
coin Clark.