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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-08-27
Roy y. Oatn1an

Tormentor and Flying Fox blood.
Bulls ready for service. Chance to
get foundation herd of the best.
Address J. WI. B BUCHANAN.
52-4p Snithviile, D.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-16
ELECTION DAY
IN INDIANAPOLIS
Confessed conspIrator Tells How
Votes Were Bought and Re
suits Were Fixed Up.

/, United Press Leased Wire Seryicol
., INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Sept. TO-
James ("Bud') Gibson, witness 90.
: day in the election corruption conspir.
acy trial Of Mayor Joseph E. Bell, tes-
! titled that Mayor Bell at p. M, the
night of the primary, asked him at the
polls to take Care of Ralph McCarty,
candidate.
Ralph was OF the slate through an
oversight, and want you to take
care OF him." said Mayor Bell Glib.
i son testified.
| Gibson said he went In where the
| tally sheets were being prepared and
saw to it that McCarty got the long
end Of the vote
Gibson was indicted with 127 others
! including Bell, Thomas Taggart, Per
rott and many other politicians. He
pleaded guilty to the conspiracy
Gibson testified that on election day,
Herman Adams. city inspector OF
weights and measures, gave him $50
with the statement:
Pm going to hold you responsible
for the vote. I'm not going to mix in
1t. You must make a showing"
Gibson said he paid from 81 to 81
for votes on election day.
Gibson had previously testified that
on the morning of the primaries, Ad-
ans handed him bunch of printed
slips which Gibson said were the
states.
Il paid from 25 cents to so cents for
votes that day." Gibson said. In the
Terre Haute conspiracy trial the price
for votes was established at from 81
to 50.
Gibson testified that about fifty or
sixty Of the democratic votes were
counted and that they were then
burned The tally sheets were later
prepared. he said.
The witness said that for time on
registration day the police at the
polls were equipped with the regulation
small clubs. Chief S. V. Perrott. a
defendant, came to the polls and after
he left, the police displayed long red
clubs, Gibson said
Gibson testified that on election day,
Mayor Bell gave him s11 in one dollar
bills and that he put it In his pocket,
with the other money used to buy
votes He said Michael Ryan, one
Of the chief attorneys for the defense
was with Mayor Bell at the time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-16
BANKERS TO HAVE
ELABORATE LUNCHEON
ST. Louis Party TO BE Served In Pri-
vate Dining Room at Hotel
Iowa on Saturday.

When the members OF the st. Louis
party OF the American Investment
Bankers association, who are coming
to Keokuk on Saturday on special
train, take luncheon at noon at the
Hotel Iowa, they will be served with
what is probably the most elaborate
menu that will have ever been pre-
pared in this city. There will be
thirty members in the party. includ-
ing several Keokuk people.
The dinner will be served in a pri-
vate dining room OF the hotel In room
202 at 1878 o'clock The menu. which
was prepared under the supervision
OF w. v. Holmes, manager of the
Hotel Iowa, will be as follows:
Caviar Sur Canape Celery
Cream OF Tomato CEantilly
Olives Waters
Chased Calves Sweetbreads Montglaise
Mashed Potatoes Green Peas
Rolls
Broiled Chicken Crapandine, on Toast
Chased Sweet Potatoes
New Butter Beans
Sparkade Rolls
Tomato en- Surprise Waters
Neapolitan Ice Cream Fancy Cakes
Roquefort Cheese Toasted Crackers
Demi Tasse Coffee
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-16
CITY NEWS.
1.r, ,lI,s Steel cut cofYee.

-Hamill's Steel Cut coffee.
-Ferndell maple syrup. 1mmegarts
A warranty deed has been filed by
which Julia Foley O'Connor deeds to
lanes w. Hickey, lot In block H..
| -Hamill's Steel Cut coffee.
Regular meeting OF keokuR
lodge, No. LOG, B. P. o. E.. tonight at
s o'clock. Elks' hall. Sixth and Blon
deau streets. Visitors invited. lnitia.
ton
-Hamill's Steel Cut coffee.
"A meeting OF the finance commit
fee of the Y NJ. c. A. will be held IN
the association building this evening
Tomorrow evening the social com
mittee meets to plan for the coming
years work.
-Hsmill's Steel Cut coffee.
Ferndell pancake -four. Imme-
CARTS.
Owing to the nearness Of the
foot and mouth disease. and to the
states request that no picn1cs pc neIu
within twenty-five miles OF the infect
ed district, the farmers picnic pan
ned by the. Hancock County Soil I'm.
provement association has been caiied
OF.
-HamilTs Steel Cut coffee.
Regular meeting OF PukechetucS
encampment No. Z. I. 0. 0. F., at
odd Fellows hall at 8 o'clock tonfght.
Visiting brethren fraternally invite1
Ito attend.
in the absence Of Rev. H. B. Nc
Elree Rev. w. G. Robertson OF Craw-
louisville, Iowa, will preach In the
United PRESBYTERIAN church next Sab
bath. Rev. Robertson supplied the
pulpit very acceptably several times
two years ago before the coming OF
Rev. McElree and no doubt the mem
beers will be glad to hear him again.
-HamilYs steel Cut coffee.
|. The Illinois state law provides
that automobiles on the highway.
which means streets, between the
hour of sunset and one hour before
sunrise. shall show two white head
lights visible at least 200 feet in front,
and red tail light. There is no dis
tinction between = an automobile In
motion or at the curb. The penalties
provided are not less than $40 or
more than 800 The costs, being state
cases, are $3.50.
-Hamilps Steel Cut coffee.
burlington Gazette. The steamer
City of Parkersburg, owned by the
Rice & Dore water circus, has final'v
broken loose from the grip OF the sand
bar at Port Louisa according to word
brought to this city by the govern
ment steamer David linton. which
sighted the craft Yesterday. The Ave
large barges are still aground and 200
feet below the steamer. The circus
has been stalled at Port Louisa since
early Saturday morning. The Upton
offered aid to the show people in ex-
Treating the helpless barges from
their positions in the Mississippi slime
and sand. hut the water circus com
! pany refused this proffer according to
officers Of the Tipton. as it was feared
the barges would sink unless they
We're unloaded before efforts were
made to free them.
-Hamilrs Steel Cut coffee.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-16
IOWA PICNIC IS
HELD At DENVER
Thousand people From This State
Met There Last Saturday and
Held Reunion and Renewed
Acquaintances.
TO BE ANNUAL AFFAIR
Two Representatives Were Present
From keokuk. c. ). Smith and
Martin Stafford Who Are
Visiting There.
ITO BE ANNUAL AFFAIR

An Iowa picnic was held at Denver,
Colo. in Washington park, Saturday,
September II. Martin Stafford and g.
". Smith were the only Keokuk peo'
pie who were In attendance at the
picnic. There were about thousand
from Iowa at the outing. however.
Among these people were several VINO
knew former Keokuk people.
NJ. S. Crawford. formerly OF FAIR
field, Iowa, and first lieutenant In
the Third Iowa cavalry, and J. 4. T.
McCallum, also an old soldier, were
two OF the Iowans who remembers
Keokuk people. They recalled the
late Erie ]. Leech, General Noble,
General Belknap, General Lowe, and
asked about C. A Wright, Jack Hardin
and Aus Hollowell and many others;
Mr.. McCallum was insthe hospital al
Keokuk for long time and renlem-
bered Rev. Thatcher of the CongreSa'
|tional church. He inquired about the
Seymour family, and the Rev. Miss
Mary G. Collins, whom he had visited
during the time she was In active
church work, on the Indiana reserva'
|tion.
This Iowa picnic will be made al
annual affair. 1t is proposed, after the
success Of last Saturday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-16
GRAND MASTER rs
GUEST OF HONOR
Hermann Ledge Entertained Mac
Randall Last Night and
Many Attended.

Mac J. Randall, grand master OF the
Iowa grand lodge of Odd Fellows, was
the guest at the meeting of Hermann
lodge last night This was an opel
meeting and many Of the Odd Fellows
awaited themselves of the opportunity
to meet Mr.. Randall.
Mrs. George g. Merriam who IS
prominent in the Rebekah order. was
one OF the party which attended the
big meeting at Pennington Tuesday,
and which came to Keokuk YESTERDAY
with the grand master and Mrs. Stew
enson. Mrs. Merriam took lunch with
tha party at the Hotel Iowa and I.
was in her car that the trip about TIL.
city was made.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-16
PROOF OF WILL.
state of Iowa, Lee County-ss.
In District Court.

state of Iowa, Lee County-ss.
In District Court
To all whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given, that on the
sth day of September A. D. 1915, a
paper was opened AND read by the
Clerk Of the District Court Of Lee
Copnty, Iowa. purporting to b. The
last will and testament of Cyrus A.
Dolbear, late OF Lee County, in the
State Of Iowa, deceased; and that
proof of the genuineness OF said in
strument will be heard in the District
Court OF said County at KeoKuk. on
the 5th day of October A. D. 1915. at
the hour of 2 o'clock p. m. OF said day,
being the 14th day Of the September
term. 1915, OF said court. when all
persons interested in said will are re-
auired to be present and make their
objections to the same. IL any they
have.
In witness whereof hereunto set
my hand this sth day OF September
1918.
o. R. JOHNSTON,
Clerk of the District Court
| By Albert vollers. deputy
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-16
AUTOS COLLIDE ON
CARTHAGE HIGHWAY
DR. II. J. Elsea Has Badly Smashed
Car az Result Of Collision with
BOY from Country.

CARTHAGE, H., Sept. 16.--Dr. H
j. Elsea, osteopath, and a young nah
named Simmons, a farmers son OF
the rural district, met rather unex-
pectedly and disastrously at the cor
ner OF Randolph and Main streets
Monday night about o'clock The
meeting was an auto collision of con
siderable consequence.
The Elsea car suffered two demol
ished rear wheels. caved-in body. bent
tenders and other damage, making il
necessary to send the car to the fac
tory for repairs. The Buick was con
siderably damaged also. No one was
injured. but that was luck. The Elsea
car skidded seventy feet. but stuck to
the pavement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-16
Exprss Train Robbed

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. To-
Officials Of the American Express com
pany here had not ascertained early
today Just how big haul was made
by the lone bandit who stuck up Elk
press Messenger Williams on Lake
Erie and Western train No. 25 at Ar
cadia, near Noblesville last night.
They said they had fairly good dc
scription Of the man and hoped to
catch him.
Unofficial reports of the amount
taken. said 1t probably would exceed
$500.
Local police were on the lookout to-
day for the man and the territory
about Noblesville was being carefully
inspected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-16
FUNERAL NOTICE.

LEFFINGWEL--Th funeral for
the late Mrs. Bertha Leffingwell will
be held from the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. Ralph Schouten, 1922
Orleans avenue, Friday afternoon at
9 o'clock. Friends invited. Burial pri-
vate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-16
school House Burned.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
WATERLOO, Iowa. Sept. 16.-Fire
completely destroyed the Hawthorne
school, the Oldest school building in
Waterloo. Fireman Poymer was
slightly injured whom he and four 9TH
er f1remen were trapped on the second
floor OF the building and the walls fell.
The other f1remen escaped injury. The
loss Is estimated at $4,000, with 317.-
600 insurance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-16
PERSONALS.

Louis e. Klein was in Quincy yester-
day on business.
G. Scott Davies left this morning for
Des Moines to enter the law depart
ment OF Drake university.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-26

mended by your banker and you viii
beat ninety-nine times out of every
hundred Investment" schemes that
are offered you Men who have any
thing that is really earning big1sdivi-
dends are not selling it at bargain
prices. They are not offerinsit to
you at all. What they are offering to
you is something that they do not
want themselves, something they
want to unload. Nine-tenths OF the
people who go into such schemes buy
things that are being "unloaded" by
someone and by the modern processes
of promotion the unloading is often
done at enormous profit to the pro-
moters.
The ordinary small investor has
neither time nor expert knowledge to
properly Investigate securities offered
him. He must trust someone. ANY
good banker will tell you the truth
about investments, because he mas
reputation to sustain in the commun-
i:y. And he is in a better position to
know. investments than you are for
that is his lifelong business. 81
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-26
: .e4t.s !. = q 44r - 80
Z RIA v e LIE TIE
Nv NIksah.
81 NIksah
J. + r !. j. -. , 444
MEISRAN.

Mekran is the name given to that
stretch of waste which extends from
the mouth of the sacred Indus, to
the bosom of which the Hindoo wo-
man is prone to intrust her child, to
the Persian Gulf.
Parched by tropic sun. scorned by
Lany breeze that might bring it mo1s-
Eture, tortured by sand storms that are
!an- enveloping and next to suffocat-
ing, Mekran is given the palm as the
least attractive land Inhabited by
man.
For there are people who live
abandoned, isolated
tribes with various race charac-
teristics, seemingly outcasts of past
so distant that all trace of their ORR
gin Is lost Some of them are Mon
long past waves OF that race that have
swept over Asia. More are of Arab
characteristics but so long detached
as to have lost the language of their
[forefatherJ Some are Ethiopian,
probab the descendants of slaves
who sought to escape from their mas
tiers in the long ago. All are the
driftwood of history stranded here
when the world was young.
Yet Mekran was not always a land
desolate and forsaken, Stunned by the
outside world. Lost upon its plains
are to be found the remnants of
storage dams that were built in a
time SO ancient that history has no
record of people that might have
CONSTRUCTED them. Yet SO correct was
the engineer which, in these distant
days. brought irrigation to a lost
people that a Reconstruction OF these
Iancient plants is being considered for
the relief OF this sorrowful land of
today. Upon the hillsides beneath
these reservoirs may Still be seen the
terraces that were built by a lost
people and upon which: thef evidently
grew crops as they are today cult
centuries these terraces have known
no blade Of grass.
Upon these. plains are the stark
remains of cities OF yorelying like
the skeletons of prospectors bleached
by the sun of time. Thrifty. happy
l
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-26
CROP MAPS.
!. A44&%4a 500 = s4s

An agricultural atlas of the Omitted
States is now being prepared at the
Office of the bureau of plant i indus
try With the cooperation Of other
branches of the iof agri-
culture. 1t is designed as a. school
atlas of America agriculture and is
likely to be used extensively in all
of the state colleges. 1t is expected
to be ready thfslyear.
It viii include over 100 MAPS and
diagrams with a brief but com plehen-
Isive text which will present condi-
tons relative to climate, crops. their
tdfstribut ton seed time and harvest
Z live stock. distribution, soils. irr<ga-
ton, size and tenure OF farms and
many other subjects necessary to a
comptehension o. the agricultural re-
sources of the nation.
This small school atlas is tile fore
runner of much larger ansd more
detailed one which viii be pa b1ished
later. This is likely to be put out
first in separate monographs or PAM
tphlets covering the different subjects.
EThese will afterwards he combined
into complete atlas which VIII pc
Ian accurate encycIoped a. of all the
AGRICULTURAL conditions ana resources
Eof the nation.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-26
Beware the Promoters!

1--WE are going to have great pros
perity insthe United States, the great
es ever known. I predict that, when
prosperity comes, all the promoters
and wind1ers who have been less in
evidence for the last several years.
will again be in the field. more ac-
tive than ever. II past experience is
= guide, they will take millions out
OF the savings Of the people, who are
now working hard to get the money"
kiseph Chapman, Minneapolis
i3ank4r.
0he Of the country's leading bank
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-26

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-Ehere are
lon Manhattan Use forty friendly sons
of Nippon dwel1ers, If you Will, from
the Land of the setting sun, who are
rabid golf bugs All of these Japanese
business men have been bitten by that
istrange insect which ends Otherwise
perfectly reasonable men to chasing
Quinine pills around COW pasture.
| They journey to the North jersey
Country Club at Arco1a and play the
fearsome foursome. After one OF the
games the other day, L. Awioki, an
Importer. was dining with friends on
the yeranda. AT another table he
saw couple eating some hsh He
was unable when the waiter, came to
think of the word fish althpAgh ne
speaks excellent English.
He thought awhile and tinaA9 said !:
.tWaiter bring ME some of that food
with the spangles." The description
was 80 good that the walter got IT
without cracking smile.
when Frank 1. Cobb. the brilliant
editorial chief of the WorAd. was
working In small city In Michigan
there used to be man emp49eyed ~
the business Office who was known
for taking the most nsequential
small talk. He was what BSoadway
would call q boob.
one day he came up to Mr. Cobb's
desk rubbing his hands excited ly and
apparently Just about to reveal a
2 .%Tsli. he said. 81 suppose you
have observed that the Majestic
Cafeteria has closed
As a matter OF fact Cobb did not
know there was such q plaAe. but
supposed from the way it WAS told
that there had been :murde T. cut
finr sSrape or big hghtin the place.
re ..Ho.' he replied, II dtdnE near
about III. What happened z"
Gwen, - was The bana1 reply they
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-26

are going to put in a new ventilating
system"
The. horrors Of militarism at the
Plattsburg business mems training
camp have begun The public shud-
ders at the first atrocity and waits
with bated breath for further par
ticulars. 1t seems that the officers
in their gold u braid and without
warning cruelty took a silver coffee
percolator afay from recruit.
The new postoffice building nov
opened as apart of the Grand Central
Terminal group is a mechanical de-
vice. The handling of mails is ex-
pedited seventy-fve per cent by 'tr-
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lers issues. this timely warning against
the danger Of trying to get rtcn 100

fers issues. this timely warning against
! the danger Of trying to get r1ch 100
fast:
This country is filed with fake
schemes that get the people's money.
The amount invested in them by
Woodworking people and inevitably
lost every year would run into mil
lions.
, aRecently / saw this matter
summed up impressively In the life
stories of three men, all living in the
same town, each about As years OF
age, each beginning with nothing.
One was fortunate enough to make a
big killing In a mining stock when he
was a young man. Ever since then
he has been putting his money into
similar ventures, hoping to hit 1t
again. All he has is the house he
lives in, which is heavily, mortgaged.
/, The second Is bachelor. Free from
, family responsibilities he has lived
without the necessity for provision
against the future constantly staring
his fourth autom bile, but aside from
his salary, his automobile. MEMBER
ship in some clubs and some reputa-
tion as a well-dressed man he has
nothing In the world.
The third man married, had
family and was up against it hard,
Provision against the future was a
live consideration with him. He had
to think about his wife and children
and what would happen to them wnep
he could no. longer work. He saved
all he could. persistently, put 1t into
six per cent investment, never bought
anything that he was not sure would
bring him his m oney back and at
lie L., mi
ifor and Besides he
has. m ouey SAFELY INVESTED sufficient
to insure him for a Tong time against
iadYarsity and loss of earning power
bringin gzi In an income tnatd If no
large enough to tire upon, is never
theless an item Of importance and
one that is getting bigger every year"
AGeary county. Kansas, farmer re-
Gently motored into town with $500
in a grain sack. It took Dank ON
Gals more than an hour to count the
money which was largely IN one-dol-
lar bills
as result of saving account adver.
Using compaign conducted by a local
ibank. The farmer had done no bust
ness with banks In years. OF course
this man all that time had run the
risk of losing his money by ire OF
theft. but that was not his only dan
ger.
If you have some money lying idle
it often becomes known, ana you are
deluged with multitude of oppor-
tunities to invest" it in speculative
stocks or securities. which 1T IL
,, claimed will yield anywhere from
eight to fifty per cent or more pei
annum.
AS a prospective investor with 9
limited sum available, you are apt tc
feel that there is no safe investment
for you and therefore fail to take ad-
vantage OF the ever-present opportun-
! ity to increase your income. and al
1.-THE same time to have your capital
available in the time Of necessity. You
I will find that everywhere the road II
made easy for you to invest your
money. with accom- odating guides
and many sign posts. but the way t.
get 1t back is often a devious one
with no one in slight to help you.
Keep your money In the bank o!
/. in conservative investment recon-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-26

i Imports entered at thirteen princi-
IN customs districts of the United
States for the week ending august 9
~ Is were valued att $34 294 OOO;S
~ collected thereon, S3,432 .0O0sa
I'll average ad valorem duty OF ten
6er cent, compared with an annual
Average ad valorem OF It's per cent
for 1913, under Republican law.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-26

populations once went in and out OF
houses that have withered liles leaves
In the dame which left but an ash
to Indicate the veins throught, hich
once flowed the sap of v1gor In q
stream of life. Mekran is vast
stretch Of the earth's surface into
which has been written the hge-long
tragedy of thirst unquenched.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-26
FOR MANY THINGS.

Premiumts are given for cattle,
horses, pou TRY, grain, dairy products,
cookery, fl overs, art work. sewing,
vehicles, b, Susehold articles. nechani-
cal impIemt snts,vegetab1es, fruits anG
many 9th r things at the Centrar
west VirH nfa Fair to be held Au-
gust 81, september 4, 2 and at
LClarksburg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-26

george ". Perkins has Written a
lqetter to the New York Evening Post
dsnouncing what he calls "the Wilson
Z, Bat Mr. Perkins. by his plan
81 naaintain the Progressive party
orgaiizat:on, is the most potent SUP
s5ort e the Wilson tariff" has WI tich,
however, IS not saying much.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-26

A nice bit Of sentiment was re
vealed.on the Bowery the other day.
Harry Thompson, who was the
original mayor OF the Bowery, was was
q life long friend of Tony Pastor,
the theatrical man. They went
through many trying periods to-
gether.
The other day a reporter on an
ether ASST gnment happened to see
Thompson On board train for Gem
etery near the city carrying big
bunch Of roses He Followed and
saw him place the flowers on Pas
tors grave.
Then he sat down by the mound
and remained silently for an hour
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-26

See the Egyptian and South Amen
can dancing girls at the Genital Wess
Virgins Fair at C1arkspurg,s August
81, September 4, Q and s.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-26

me net balance IN the general
4dmd OF the national treasury drop
ned to $5S,431, 490 during the week
ending Saturday, August IA, com
S6aTed with over $3.50. 100000 two
years ago. The deficit from r. July q
% August IA was $24.711.866-