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The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-15

other hand, there is much levi
dence to the effect that his long
head. saw a great opportunity to
profit by the bombing Of the G..
o. P. ship through internal strife.
Burnquist cannot even hope for
support in the primaries from
complacent democrats. The fact
that Judge Comstock and Fred
Wheaton are engaged in a gen.
uine contest for control Of the
democratic party in Minnesota
means that every democrat will
vote for one or the other. On the
other hand, there are republicans
who will vote for one democratic
candidate or the other, owing to
disgust and Encouragement be-
cause Of the bitter fight to a fin
! ish that is being waged between
Burnquist republicans and Lind
bergh republicans.
The next governor Of Mime
Es0ta--miH not be J.-.A.4..A. Burn
Equist. N may Be Eindbufgh. The
loutlook is not unfavorable for the
honor going to a democrat.
Thanks to the Father and Son
movement in the marble lined
courthouse, several county off,
cials will have no opposition,
neither in the primaries next Mon
day nor at the polls in November.
That fortunate company embraces
treasurer Vivian, register Of deeds
Calligan, county attorney Greene,
judge Of probate Gilpin and
school superintendent Young.
Since there are but two can
didates for county auditor, their
names will not go on the primary
ticket. Walter Bergen, an active,
able, virile candidate will wrestle
with Odin Halden, the aged, dis
credited monarch Of the court
house, on whom the people have
imposed irrevocable sentence of
exile. ~.
When it comes to legislative
candidates, the situation in the
Fifty-seventh is not wholly fav-
orable to the best interests Of the
common people. There are dan
gerous shoals ahead and the only
policy is to steer carefully and
hope for the best.
In the Fifty-eighth and Fifty
ninth districts, there is surfeit
Of candidates for the lower house.
There are some excellent men
in both lists but the more de-
sirable ones easily can be pock-
eted, side-tracked and eliminated
by the less desirable.
Duluthians, Of course, have a
direct interest in the Second COM
,, missioner's district. The candi-
dates are T. H. Little, G. F. Naugh-
ton, James Curran,. Bert Kribs-
back and A. G.. Osman. Which
| two will get on the permanent
ticket is a matter Of guess but,
Of course, "Ham" Little and his
friends not. only expect him to
be one of the two but. high man
|of thestwo. Candidates propose,
however, and voters dispose.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-15
MEAT INSPECTION COSTS.

In the fiscal year 1917 the cost
of the federal meat inspection
was about 51S cents for each OF
the 63,OOO,OOO animals slaught-
cred This covered the entire
service from the first inspection
of the live animals to the, final
examination of the meats in the
finished products when ready for
delivery to dealers or consumers.
-Ex. "a
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-15
DEMOCRATS OF MINNESOTA
EMPLOY CLEVER STRATEGY
BURNQUIST LIKELY TO LOSE, EVEN IF HE
WINS IN PRIMARIES NEXT MONDAY.

Doubt and Bitterness Characterize GubernatOrial
situation-Barring Lindbergh From st. Louis
County Looks Like Tactical ErrOr-Halden
Must Squarely Face Bergen, Virile and Eff
cient OppOnent-Father and Son Movement
Helps Several Courthouse Candidates
lative Lists Not Entirely Satisfactory.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-15
GREEDY GAMBLER GOULD
SLYLY SHARES SUCKERS
SHIPS PURSER KELLY PROFITABLY PLAYS
GREAT AMERICAN GAME OF POKER.

Tigers Den Maintained on Main Deck-Laborers,
Deck Hands, Fishermen and Cabin Passengers
Furnish Sucker Supply-Big "Sweeteners''
Bluff Out Timid Players-Purser So Muddled
By Poker That Wrong Mail Bag Is Thrown Off
at Tobin's HarbOr-Timid VOyagers Fear
Disaster.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-15
KONG oDIN's UNDERsTUDY,

County Superintendent Young,
the patriot and loyalist, gets away
for the election without opposi-
ton. He is training himself to
take Odin Halden's position as
political boss when Odin cashes in
at the first Of the year, and he is
some apt student.-The Mesaba
Ore.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-15
UNPROFITABLE HOGS.

A subscriber to a California pa
per asked the editor: "Do hogs
pay?'' "Not always" was the
reply. 'FWe have had several on
our list who took the paper for
years and when asked to pay for
it, said they wouldn't pay for it
because they had not ordered it. ="
-EX.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-15

AAhASA ASo, oFSI CiiS NuiuO Oh' VI
Arthur-Isle Royale Route, tell in
teresting tales about a tigers der
on the old boat, where deck
hands, ships officers and pass.
enger's indulge in the great ma.
tional game Of poker.
A Rip-saw inspector finds that
these tales are soundly based on
fact. Not only does the good S.
America shelter a floating gamb.
ling den, just like the grey.
hounds that ply the Atlantic, but
on at least one voyage a week
the game has the personal atten,
tion of Isaac Gould, a profession.
al card sharp who fled to kindly
old Duluth after the crash came
l. in Superior.
Ikey is a direct descendent OF
old Father Abraham and the lit.
tie Isaac who came so near being
grilIed on a fiery altar. He moi
only knows all the tricks of the
ancient Hebrews but has a big
bag Of modern Yankee tricks, as
we'll.
Ikey hardly is a safe man for
a greenhorn to meet with a pock-
etful of long green in his pos
session.
Some also believe that Ikey is
a Stacker.
This poker game on the SIS.
America often begins as soon as
the boat passes the pierheads at
the ship canal entrance. 1t con-
tinues more or less steadily
through Minnesota waters, into
Canadian waters and then into
Michigan waters while the boat
coasts Isle Royale. A stretch of
government water is covered be-
fore the sporty old boat touches
Grand Portage On the return and
coasts back to Duluth.
The tigers den is situated on
the main deck, between the after
part of the windlass and the fore
part of the companion way to the
saloon deck, entirely out of sight
Of Capt. Smith, up on the bridge
deck.
) The deck hands sit in the game
and serve as boosters until some
'live ones" appear. After that,
either purser Kelly or key Gould
do their best to sit in and do a
bit of neat trimming. Such deck
hands as do win, conserve their
winnings until they reach the home
port, after which they hasten to
Superior to indulge in bibulous
joys.
In a game on a recent voyage,
one lucky deck hand won $19. On
the same voyage, purser Kelly is
credited with relieving a cabin
passenger Of $3.50. A laborer from
Ft. William dropped $15, all he
had, and another laborer from
the 500 dropped 81. On later
voyage, George, Booths fish in
spector and 'weighmaster, drop
ped $15. Fishermen who board
the boat at one station for, trans
portaion to another are consid-
cred easymarks by key and Jim.
The ships cook has a keen de-
sire to pull the tigers whiskers.
On a recent voyage all the seats
were filled but purser Kelly per-
mitted the ships "doctor" to
come In on side pot.
"Wild poker,' with jackpots
a speciality, is the favorite game.
This poker den on the SIS.
America is not really new insti-
tuition. It ran last year and in
previous years, SO the sports say.
There's not much doing just
yet" declared one Of the boost
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-15

b, To an unexcited bystander, it
looks as if the organization re-
publicans in Minnesota are try
ing to commit political suicide.
To an impartial bystander it also
looks as if the democrats of Min
,nesota are very successfully play
ing both ends against the middle.
Gov. Burnquist certainly has
.alienated the farmers, organized
labor, many small business men
and a considerable percentage of
his regular party support. He
now has himself in a position
where he must meet a charge of
using the cloak of loyalty largely
for political purposes. He must
face the charge that his chief
sponsors are the corporations,
machine politicians and the pie
ceanter contingent.
The Rip-saw can see no war
rant for the charge that the .'lem-
oeratie party rying 10 turn
itself over to the Burnquist re-
publicans. There is ample rea-
son to feel and believe that the
democrats have out-generalled
the Burnquist bunch; that the
democratic strategy and tactics
have been on a par with that OF
the French leaders in the terri
BILE world-war.
Sixty thousand farmer men,
bers of the nonpartisan. league
stand firmly against Burnqulst.
With them must stand a large
army of farmers who are not act
ually contributing members Of the
league. Organized labor may not
vote solidly for Lindbergh. Even
if it divides evenly between Lind
bergh and the democratic candi-
dates, which is not unreasonable
to expect, that labor army, alone,
may give Burnquist his Waterloo.
Another thing that seriously
hurts Burnquist are the bitter,
mud-slinging, hysterical actions
of the big daily papers OF Min
nesota. One thing that greatly
helps Lindbergh is the policy Of
petty officials, melted and en-
couraged by politicians, of break
ing up his meetings or prevent
ing him from holding meetings.
The foreign-born voters keep 81
lent but in many cases, plan to
show their resentment through
the Australian ballot. Voters who
boast of long line Of American
ancestry, declare that the atti-
tude of Linbergh's opponents is
unwise, unfair and un-American.
Right here in Duluth, a consid-
cradle number of Longtime Ameri-
cans will express their disap-
proval and, in the interests OF
what they consider fair play, act
ually vote for Lindbergh, al
though they had. no intention of
so doing before he was barred
from Duluth and st. Louis coun-
ty.
Now for proof Of the pudding,
so to speak.
If Lindbergh is nominated as
the republican candidate for gov
ernor, all the Burnquist republi-
cans will vote for the democra-
tic candidate, write in the name
of some personal choice or not
vote at all for governor.
If Burnquist squeezes through
and gets the nomination, all the
votes, work, influence and cam
.paign funds of the non-partisan
league will go to the democratic
candidate, especially If Judge
Comstock wins, the democratic
nomination.
The Rip-saw can find no proof,
whatever, that Fred Wheaton is
\ out to help Burnquist. On the
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-15

' There is a marked absence of
Haldenism in the primary cam
paign, possibly because Odin has
a few troubles Of his own.-The
Mesaba Ore.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-15
THE MOUNTAIN VISITS MAH0MET


Head of Lakes and Northern Minnesota Get Equitable Measure
of Benefit
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-08
RESIGNED CITY Fireman Said He'd
Walk First Before He start
ed With Wave Swept
Launch-
so HE TOOK A TRAIN
Fishinu Party Loses One Member
When Craft Gets to Alexandra
Others Brave the
Breakers

Charlie Loefer who resigned today
as a member of the city fire depart
ment, would never make sailor.
In the first place he's too large fol
a gun turret on battleship and IN
the second place he doesn't like Wild
dashing waves
He proved his distaste for the life
OF an "old salt" Sunday when he got
ont of a launch returning from Fox
river fishing trip and rode the steam
cars from Alexandra to keokuk.
Loeffler stood the trip well until ne
reached a point near Alexandra, then
a big wave, aye, much bigger than any
Of its mates had been, swept the gun
vale Of the boat and gave the Dig, ex-
fireman bath.
-r1l walk before I fight sea lions
any longer" said he as the boat nosed
in against the Missouri shore.
The fishing trip, made in the launch
OF V. B. Holiday, was rough-weath-
er voyage. A stiff wind blew from the
north all day and breakers combed
the deck of the gallant craft every
foot of the way on the return
Harry Teeters, assistant fire CHIEF,
William Anderson, brother OF Chief
John Anderson, James G. Mawer and
one or two others took the voyage 10
the fishing grounds.
They sailed into port at n1sncah'
none the worse for their trip and the
good ship Mary Ann safe IN every
lib.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-08
Late Market Quotations

s12.75@13.50; wethers, $5.oe@fau.
lambs, $14.50@1S-50: ewes, $4,000
1890.
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO, July s.-Butter-crean.
cry extras, 4211c; creamery STAN.
ards, 421sc dairy extras, 40@42c:
dairy firsts, 37h@39Ae-
Eggs = Ordinary ftsts, 34@ssc;
firsts, 36@s7c.
Cheese-Twins, 221k@22Ac; Young
Americas, 24@243hc.
Potatoes 80 cars. VII.
ginias, Dbl. $500; Wisconsin and
Minnesotas. per cwt-, s1-90@2.1o;
new springs, $a.25@3.O0.
Live poultry-Fowls, 2S1sc; ducks,
22c; geese, 14@15c; spring chickens.
$50 3Sc; turkeys, Csc
New York P.odure.
NEW york, July s.-Four, qute,
firm
Pork, quiet. Mess. $475o@4s.oo.
lard, firm Middle west spot, $3.50
@2s.OO.
Sugar, quiet Centrifugal tes.
$6o.o5.
Refined, quiet Cut loaf. $500;
crushed, $s.75; powdered. s7.65; gran
ulated, $50.
Coffee Rio No. ON spot, $40
Tallow. steady. City. 1916; special
1T1ac.
Hay, quiet No 1, $1s5@14o; No
3, 90c@S1.05; clover, 75c@$1.25.
Dressed poultry, quiet Turkeys
fancy. 37@fOc; chickens, broilers,
43@54c; fowls. 2503S1kr: ducks, $50
35c.
Live poultry, steady. Geese, TIC;
ducks, 25@35c; fowls, 34c; turkeys,
Csc; ROSTERS, CSC: chickens. broilers.
40@45c.
Cheese, firm State milk common
to special, 2Oh @z411kc; sktms com
mon TO specials, 5@18kns
Butter. steady; receipts, 1889
Creamery extras, 44@44Ac; dairy
tubs. 36@44c; imitation creamery
ffrsts, 36@361ac.
Eggs, firm; receipts, 14,1a. Nearby
white fancy, 52@54c; nearby mixed
fancy, 36@4sc; fresh, s3@fsc.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-08
NO RECESS FOR
CONGRESS
Continued from. page l.,

ton goes over until tomorrow. Sena-
tor Smith, of South Carolina, chair
man of the interstate commerce COM
mittee, may forestall Smith of Geor-
gia, however. by having his commit.
tee report the resolution today with
out recommendation Smith, in sum-
moning his committee to meet at 2
p. m today, told members he sees
no reason for holding hearings, and
fayors an immediate report
Smith found some support and much
opposition to his plan for an hnmedi-
ate report Many committee members
will demand exhaustive hearings.
Strikes in the southeast today had
not alarmed officials here. Both at
the labor department and white
house confident belief was that Presi-
dent S. j. Konenkamp, of the teleg-
raphers' union, would be able to keep
his men in line until the government
acted
The situation was being watched
closely, however, and If a dangerous
condition arises the president will
seize the lines.
Senator Pomerene, of the senate
interstate commerce committee, to-
day assured President Wilson that
the senate vote of 81 to 26 In favor
Of a summer adjournment Saturday
was in no sense slap at the admin
istration.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-08
WESTERN LEAGUE
GIVES UP GHOST
Paid Attendance OF From II People
to Not Over $50 Causes
Too Great Money
Loss.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
DES MONIES, Ia. July s.-After
Laundering about for two months,
with starvation attendance, the West
ern league finally gave up the ghost,
formally ending its season yesterday.
Mayor Tom Fairweather, owner OF
the local franchise, returned from
the Omaha meeting at which the
league disbanded, today, and said the
leagues losses would cost each club
between $1,000 and $1,000. In only
two cities on the circuit was the at
tendance anything like a paying
proposition. Wichita was getting
good crowd with the team in front
and Oklahoma City was drawing be-
cause the league was a new insutu-
ton in the Sooner country.
Fairweather tried to have Presi-
dent Dickerson call off the schedule
several weeks ago, but six of the
magnates decided to continue through
until September. The attendance
during the last fortnight has been
so small in most cities that the
sponge was tossed in yesterday.
The Des Motnes club was a heavy
loser, the biggest crowd never going
over ESQ paid admissions, while on
several days the paid attendance
was At.
Dickerson is at his home in Grand
Rapids, Mich, today, planning rest
before he starts overseas to act as
athletic director of an American unit
The final standing of the league
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-08
Man Accused of Second Degree Muir
der Petitions District Court for
Release Until
Retrial.
NOW IN COUNTY JAIL
Serves Sixteen Months In Ft. Madison
PenitentiaD-case Up Again
In September
Term

Forrest Dfllman. convicted sixteen
months ago by the district court OF
murder in the second degree has ap-
piled for release from the county jail
on bail
Dillman was brought from the state
penitentiary at Fl Madison last Fri
day and placed in Jail, here. His at
torney, John E. Craig, made formal
application for his release until his
trial, September IS. on charge OF
numbering Ed. Scarlet. December %,
1915
The supreme court Of Iowa recent
iy reversed the decision Of the lower
court which annuIled the finding OF
the district court and remanded the
case for trial.
UIlman was conuned In tne state
penitendary at FIT Madison sixteen
months and two days. During his i'm
prisonment there he worked as shoe
cutter. Before his conviction by the
district court he was employed at the
Huiskanp Shoe factory.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-08
ADJUSTMENTS.
Hippodrome Tonight

A delightful romance occurring at
fhe seashore in Florida is depicted In
AJourney's End" the new World Pic
tire which with Ethel Clayton as the
star tonight Is at the Hippodrome thea
ire. Supporting Miss Clayton IN this
productiun is a notable cast, tnclud-
ing John Bowers and Murtel Ostricne.
MANY of the scenes were taken in
Florida amid surroundings of extra
ordinary beauty. Also Mr.. and Mrs.
Sydney Drew comedy.
Tomorrow and Wednesday Ray
mond Mckee in 1.-THE Unbe1iever,"
win be shown. This picture was tax
en- under the auspices OF the United
States Marine corps at Pondco, va,
which is the cantonment Of the ma
rine corps.
The story is based on the war nov
eiette "The Three Things" by Mary
RAYMOND Shipman Andrews Featur-
ing Raymond Mckee. the book has
had a very wide sale, and the title,
1.-THE Unbefiever." signifies a boy who
has all the money he wants, but does
not believe in the same things that
his mother does, namely, the masses
and God, and love your enemies.
But in the cruel melting-pot or the
great worlds war, when Lefty, the
chauffer, gives his life for him, his
first belief comes, namely, the masses,
and on the battle field amid the crfes
of the dying and wounded. he sees a
vision of Christ administering to the
dead and dying. and his second be
lief, namely, God. comes to him
His third belief comes to him while
living between two wounded Germans.
one a boy Of sixteen, the other man
of sixty-ffve He realizes that they
are not the cause Of the terrible war.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-08
UNITED PRESS
WAR SUMMARY
Continued from page IL

ences are plainly seen to be insidious-
ly trying to undermine the revolution,
there is no reason why nihilism should
not resume it's former policy of meet
ing blood with blood.
The Germans are placed in a very
difficult position by the assassination
Of their ambassador If they take no
measure of reprisal their prestige will
fall If, on the other hand, they insist
in assuming control Of the police de-
partments Of Moscow and Petrograd,
they will inevitably invite still more
ferocious bomb attacks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-08
Omaha Live Stock.

"On Sunday afternoon strike meet
ings were called by the Commercial
TelegrapheTs' union in all the prtn-
cipal cities. In many cities there
were so few present that the meet
ings were abandoned. Out OF our
$4,000 operating employees exactly
fifty-six attended and joined the
union for the purpose of strike'
Carlton declared the fifty-six re-
ferred to represented the total at
tendance of Western Union employees
at strike meetings IN all cities.
Read Gate City Want ads,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-08
Chicago Live Stock.

graph company failed to play square
and isued lockout orders.
A strike Of telegraphers throughout
the southeast because of the wholesale
discharge of men by the Western I'm
ion yesterday is predicted by Presi-
dent A F. Joyner, of the local union.
By noon he said there were no more
than six or seven men left In the Of
flee here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-08
Half Million Men.

WASHINGTON, July SIN a
month or less General Pershing will
have more than half million men
under his direct command on the
west front ready for the fighting line,
according to information received by
members of the senate military affairs
committee today. The PSI, 600 Amer
leans now in the fighting line, accord
ing 70 General March chief Of staff,
do not include Americans brigaded
with the British and French. In addi-
ton to these, all the troops sent over
during June are still in training
There are nearly 100000 of these, who
by the first of August will be ready
for battle duty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-08

eral office clerks, who were former
telegraphers, the wires in the Atlanta
office today are practically IN
manned
No Union Men to Strike.
NEW YORK. July S.-Newcomb
Carlton, president of the Western
Union Telegraph company, declared
in a statement here today that the
strike of commercial telegraphers
failed to start as scheduled solely
because it was found there were no
union telegraphers to strike.
The cold facts are these" he said:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-08
italian Aviator Killed

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, July 7-F7ight Ser
geant Giane Gilanfelic, one of Italy's
most famous aviators, instructor Of
Resnati D'Annunzio and other well
known airmen of Italy, is dead here
today, the result of a nose dive he at
tempted while flying a fast scout ma
chine slightly more than 300 feet
above the ground trick he often
had warned his pupils against
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-08
Weather Forecast


Weather Forecast
For Keokuk and vicinity: Fair to-
night and Tuesday; slightly warmer
Tuesday.
For Iowa: Fair tonight and Tues
day; slightly warmer tonight in east
and south portions and in extreme
east portion Tuesday.
For Missouri: Fair tonight and
Tuesday; somewhat warmer
For Illinois: Fair tonight and
Tuesday; cooler in extreme south
portion tonight; somewhat warmer
Tuesday.
Local Observations.
July Bar Temp. Wind W'th'r
Z, 8 a. m. :. 2999 63 NE Cloudy
s, 8 a. N. :. 3014 60 NE Clear
Precipitation in last twenty-four
hours, 2-100 of an inch.
Mean temperature yesterday, 65;
highest, 20; lowest, &c; lowest last
night, 5S.
FRED 2. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-08

Sewing on buttons for the whole
American Army m France whenever
necessary-that's only one of the
tasks of the 200 American women in
the Y. NJ. C A. post exchanges of
France.
Some jobi Being mother.
though, Is always a job, and the
X M c. a women went over to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-08
War Movie Hero Wounded.

WASHINGTON, d. C., June 8-The
follow in the war movie THE Unbe-
lever" who chung TO his Bible, while
he was blazing away at the Germans,
has been reported severely wounded
in the casualty lists from the war de-
n.rtnnent His name is Sergt. Moss
CisI marine, of Perry, Mo. Gill posed
for the film last fall at Quantico, Va