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MONDAY, JULY 24, 191? r* I. Vft**VT\J' M§ A 7 $ is*-. 1/2 profit* Final iWA dvance August Clearance Sale DRESSES $2.00 Porch Dresses now 75c $1.50 House Dresses now 75c $5, $8, $10 Lata Model colored Wash Dresses &>%. New Fall Tafetta Dresses all the rage in New MEXICAN MESS TO ELECT HUGHES Republicans are Banking on Thla to Help Them Defeat Wilson This Fall. NEW YORK, July 24.—Chairman Wilcox of tlie republicar national committee Is preparing to center his guns on the Mexican situation. It was announced today that' at his invita tion Senator Fall of New Mexico will call at headquarters tomorrow and tell the result of his fecent investiga tion along the Mexican boHer. Sena tor Fall has made a thorough inves tigation of alleged neglect,of militia men and failure of railways to fur nish supplies and has inquired into Red Cross activities. Chairman Wilcox spent Sunday with the candidate and completed nr rangements for his western trip. Tbo announcement of the itinerary is held up, pending completion of arrange ments with railway officials. Minne apolis is the only new city to be defi nitely announced as added to the itin erary. On jthe night of August 9 Hughes will deliver speeches in both St Paul and Minneapolis. The num ber of set speeches has been in creased from twelve to fifteen. Hughes is now at work on his west ern speeches at Bridgehsmpton and will not come to New York on Wed nesday as he had pteaaeo, tat will NOW CHOICE $3.98 Classy new Voile, Net and] Organdies, Dresses worth!) $8.50 to $25 nojw your choice. l\ It $5.00 $7.50 $10 Children's dresses now choice 50c Except new fall models L0WITZ 1 lot dollar waists now choice 50c 1 lot new $1.50 V'»r-Sii'-'-: waists, now choice 90c *,,V# *. MsaessSii^wesfA .Ai' All fine nign grade waists also at big cash discounts. Another Surprise OO ^Your choice of all $10, to $15 Palm Beach suits and coats, also new Fall I model cloth skirts. Greatest Tub Skirt Department in Keokuk Your choice $f.OO to $3.90 for values of $1.SO to $6.00 York. Special at come to town for a few hours on Thursday. Next Monday he will be in New York to receive official noti fication of his nomination and will remain here the entire week. Among the callers at the G. O. I', headquar ters today was Judge Edward Kent of Arizona who said the "Mexican mess will elect Hughes." J. F. Kee ley, Indiana leader, Mrs. W. B. Funk of Chicago, a prominent suffragists leader,' and A. T. Hert, national com mitteeman from Kentucky also called at headquarters. Bodies Identified. LAKE FOREST, 111, Julv 24.—The bodies of the three victims of the bridlepath tragedy at the Onwentsia club here yesterday, were Uentified today as those of Lloyd A. Crandail. wife and ba#y of Flint, Mich. Iden tification was made by A. W. Cran dail, Chicago dry goods merchant, an uncle of the dead man. The finding of a comb belonging to the woman with the name "Mrs. Crandail" on it. clinched the identification in the minds of local police. Appointment Nullified. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 24—1116 appointment of Right Rev. John J. McCort auxiliary bishop of Phila delphia as bishop of Los Angeles, was officially nullified today through the interception of Archbishop Prender gast.. Bishop McCort expressed a de sire to remain in Philadelphia. & FOUND DRUM Hi PIPES III HIS CRIP Burt Ross, Colored, Lodged in the County Jail HererCharged With Violation of Harrl eon Law. TAKEN AT FT. MADISON Arrested for Minor Complaint and Opium Outfit Found Later— Hearing on Next Monday. Burt Ross, colored, was arrested in Fort Madison this morning, charged •with the violation of the Harrison law, and was brought to Keokuk this afternoon by Deputy United States Marshal D. C. Crowley and lodged in the county jail. FoH. Madison authorities state that they found in Ross' grip one and one-half pounds of opium, a set of opium pipes, and a complete opium smoking outfit. Ross denies that the articles are his and states that he knows nothing about them. He said that his home wag in Kansas City and that he had just been on a visit to his sister in Des Moines. The opium outfit was found by accident. It is said that Ross was in some minor scrape in Fort Madison and made a break and ran when about to be ar rested by the Fort Madison police on Saturday. After running several blocks on one of the principal streets, he dived through a window iilTo the Hotel Anthes and later was d&ptured there. When the police searcNed his ef fects later, it is stated that the opium and pipes were found. There is no federal court in session at Fort Madi son and Ross was brought here. His bail is 1500. The hearing will be at 10:00 a. m. on July 31. WOMAN, BORN IN SLAVERY, DIES Mra. Rhoda Bone, 80 Years Old, Who Passed Away Yesterday, Ran Away During the War. Mrs. Rhoda Bone, 80 years old, died Sunday morning at 9 o'clock, at the home of her daughter Mrs. Kate Evans, 802 South Sixteenth street. Death was due to Brtght's disease. Mrs. Bone was born in slavery in Knox county, Kentucky, December 15, 1836. Later she was removed to Mis souri, where she was married to Richard Bone at the age of 16. Dur ing the war, she and her husband ran away from the plantation where they were slaves, and came to Primrose. Mr. Bone died in 1894. She had lived in Keokuk since 1898. The surviving relatives are three sons, Arnold Bone of Argyle, William Bone of Omaha, Thomas Bone' of Keokuk, and a daughter Mrs. Kate Evans of Keokuk. Italians Were Repulsed. BERLIN (via Sayville wireless) July 24.—Austrian troops south of Tatarov, withdrew in the face of a strong advance of Russian troops, ac cording to official announcement in the Vienna commulque of yesterday, made public here today. "In the Russian war theatre," the Vienna communique, read, "south of Tatarov we were threatened by a strong Russian advance, we withdrew our troops, fighting on the Magura towards the Carpathian main ridge." Repulse of Italians in the Austro Italian war zone was announced. "After some days of quiet, there was fighting yesterday south of Val sugana and Paneveggio," it was stated^ "The Italians were repulsed." Watching Anarchists. CHICAGO, July 24.—Chief of Po lice Healey today ordered a strict survellance of all anarchists and per sons who have been seen in attend ance at anarchist meetings here late ly. Healey's action was taken as a result of the San Francisco bomb ex plosion. A special "anarchy squad" has ibeen detailed to keep tab on Chicago anarchists. Police believe they may be able to pick up some one here who may furnish information of the San Francisco explosion. A Tribute to Riley. WASHINGTON, July 24.—President Wilson today paid high tribute to the memory of James Whitcomb Riley, Hoosier poet. In a telegram to Henry Eitel of Indianapolis he wrote: "May I not express to you my sin cere sorrow at the death of James Whitcomb Riley. With his departure a notable figure passes out of the na tions' life a man who imparted joy ful pleasure and a thoughtful view of many things that other men would have missed. I am sirte I am speak ing the feeling of the whole country in expressing my own sense of loss." Militiamen Satisfied. WASHINGTON, July 24.—Thirty thousand militiamen on the border are living under excellent conditions and the men themselves denounce re ports to the contrary as falsehoods, General Bliss today reported to the war department after an inspection trip that extended to camps contain ing that many soldiers. Asleep on the Track. INWANAPOLIS, Ind, July 24.— Peacefully sleeping, their heads rest ing on the east rail of the Big Four tracks, Ralph Burns, 26, of 1112 North Sixth street, Kansas City, Kansas, and an unidentified negro, were run down by a switch engine early today. The negro's head wad severed, but his struggles knocked Burns from the track and the latter escaped injury. jitiCTfts tor Tb« Gate Cttf. '•''I55pr^~ .*? 1 I 7 THE DAILY GATE CITY Call Black 1416 *1Por Society Editor Open Windows. Out of the window a sea of^grjsen trees Lift their soft boughs like arms of a dancer They beckon and call zne, "Come out in the sun!" But I cannot answer. I am alone with Weakness and Pain, Sick abed and June is going, I cannot keep her, she hurries by With the silver-green garments blowing. Men and women pass in the street Glad of the shining sapphire weather, But we know more of it than they, Pain and I together. They are the runners in the sun, Breathless and blinded by the race, But we are watchers in the shade Who speak with Wonder face .to face. —Sara Teasdale. Birthday Party. Little Miss Dorothy Hedrick has returned home after spending two weeks at Hlllsboro, Iowa, visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stein. She will entertain a few little friends this afternoon in honor of her sixth birthday. Melon Breakfast. Ft. Madison Democrat: Miss Molly Cruikshank entertained at a water melon breakfast at eleven o'clock Sat urday morning. The guests were: Misses Francis Brockman, Louesaand Mary Harrison of Keokuk and Marie Anthes. Mrs. E. T. Brockman and Mr£. George P. Anthes assisted Mrs. Cruikshank. Visit In Illinois. Mr. and .Mrs. E. H. Rockefeller and children motored to Niota, 111., yester day to help celebrate the sixty-second birthday of (Mr. Rockefeller's father, William Rockefeller. They also vis ited Mir. and Mrs. Harry Frye and family, of Niota, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Simons, of Elvaston, en route home. Fortnightly Dinner Dance. The regular fortnightly dinner dance will be given on Thursday evening at the Lalteview club house across the river. Dinner will be served at 7 o'clock and dancing will continue until 11 o'clock. Agne's orchestra will play for the dancing. Going to New York. Keokuk friends of Miss Flora Dun lap, president of the Iowa Equal Suf frage association, will regret to learn that she will leave Iowa. She has re signed her position as head resident of the Roadside Settlement in Des Moines to become head resident at the United Brotherhood Guild House, Brooklyn, N. Y. The Des Moines Captal says: "Miss DUnlap's departure to take up her new work was arranged by her to follow the state convention of the Iowa Equal Suffrage association next fall. She will return to Des Moines August 10, after a three weeks' visit with her parents in Ohio, and will remain here until after the suffrage convention at Waterloo. "Members of the Roadside Settle ment board have expressed deep re gret that Miss Dunlap feels called upon to leave the local work. She goes after repeated refusals to accept positions in Minneapolis, Chicago, Boston and elsewhere. "Miss Dunlap came to Des Moines twelve years ago from Hull House. When she started in her work in Des Moines the Settlement occupied a small building on Mulberry street. The board declares that largely through her cwh efforts she has made the Des Moines work known in the east and west. It has now two large buildings and a cottage with all the departments of a large city settle ment." For three years Miss Dunlap has been president of the Iowa Equal Suf frage association. In addition she has been prominent in state social club work and interested in social service work throughout the state. She is chairman of a state committee for the federated clubs and is chairman of a committee in the National Federation of Women's clubs. CITY NEWS. —St Peter's moonlight tonight. —Masonic—Eagle, Tuesday, July 25, at 7:30 third degree. —On account of large crowd of campers, don't forget dancing at Bluff Park every Tuesday and Friday. —Tonight, St. Peter's moonlight. —Special, 1 bu. peaches and one doe. Balls qt. Jars for $2.25, del'd. Daniel & Wells, 16 Johnson St. Phone 855. —Rev. E. Leroy Steffey, pastor of the local Methodist Protestant church, and J. O. Boyd, were on the program of the district Sunday school conven tion which met in Fort Madison on Sunday afternoon and. evening. The sessions were held in the First "M. E. church at Fort Madison. In the af ternoon Rev. Steffey spoke on "The Purpose, Scope and Needs of the Township Association" and J- O. Boyd conducted the secondary division con ference. 0 PERSONALS. Miss Juanlta Bailey and Miss Mar guerite Jones have left for an extend ed visit with relatives in Peoria. Miss Marie Jones of Ames and Miss Flornce Bicksler, of Salem, are vis iting here. Attorney Frank Oertel returned Saturday from St. Louis, where he has been on business. O. F. Peterson has returned from a fire-weeks' stay at Ekcelsior Springs, Mo. —Advertise The Gate City and set results. -yTj^:~:^--.y'.ar.v.T.riFr-iKiy.,*CT**S-':T -T"-. M" AN UNLUCKY INITIAL FOR BOATS Long List of Aoddents That Have Happened to Mississippi River Steamers In the Past. RIVER SUPERSTITIONS Old Boat Captain Recounts Loss of Numerous Vessels Whose Titles Began With Unlucky Letter. That to a certain extent supersti tion has much to do with river life, there is no denial, says the Quincy Whig, and from the naming of boats to the selection of a' date for a new craft to be floated, river men who have followed the game for years generally steer dear of anything of which they are superstitious. Captain John N. Boflinger, former ly of St. Louis, who was a prominent boatman in the early days, prophesied something to a certain extent was true even in latter days, as late as the wreck of the great excursion steamer, the Majestic of the Wisherd line, which was wrecked near Alton two years ago. He contends that most boats that were given a name the first letter of which was "M," were doomed to a short career, and he says that they were either burned, sunk, destroyed as the result of an explosion, or were unprofitable to their owners. The Majestic, it will ibe remember ed, was one of the most complete in construction and the most beautiful in architecture of any in recent years to travel western waters, and it made excursions in this section of the river, but was in the service .but a few months when, it came in con tact with an intake pipe near Alton and went down. Captain Boflinger says that tlhe earlier boats experienced like fates, that is, those given a name the first letter of which was "M." He allows for a few exceptions, tout not many, and cites the Mediator, Monarch, Marie, Michigan, Mary, Missouri, Mis sissippi and others. When the Metamora was built by Captain John Pierce, Captain Bofin ger attempted to persuade the builder to give (her a different name, but the plea was regarded as notional, noth ing of consequence and was laughed at. Career Was Brief. However, the boat's career was brief, though the craft was a success She went down above S-hoctow Island while yet in her prime. Captain Charles Davis about the same time built a fine boat, 'but like his old friend Pierce, would not listen to the plea of the superstitious boatman. Davis named his craft the Midas, but after a brief career it, too, went down. Captain Joe Brown built the Mayflower and she was 'burned near Memphis. There are other boats that were given a name with the first let ter "M," and they suffered practical ly the same fate. Norman Cutter one time bought a hull that had been built at Hannibal and her cabin and machinery were put on at St. Louis, where the craft was given the finishing touches, complet ing one of the best boats on western waters In early days. Captain Bofinger was asked to take charge of the boat, which was named the Charles Belcher. This sounded good and Captain Bofinger was about to take charge of her when he learned that when the hull was built and christened it was named Magnolia, and that settled it with Bofinger, who refused to pilot the boat, which was burned at New Orleans on her sixth trip. Captain Frank Hicks in 1875, built a boat at Metropolis, 111., and they had decided on the name Mary Bell for the craft, and Captain Bofinger failed in his persuasive efforts to In duce the captain to change the name of his craft, tout again he was laughed at. The boat made a few trips to Vicksburg and while there burned with a full load on board. Another Majestic. The late -Majestic, which was wrecked two years ago, is not the only one by that name. Before the civil war a Majestic was on the wat er for about nine years, made money for her owner and was dismantled for her machinery. Regarding the letter M, the Fowler, tihe Mary Hunt and the iMusic, two of the latter nam ed boats made money for their own ers during about nine years of serv ice. The Mollie Molder, with a dou ble of the Schulenberg & Boeckler Lumber Co., ran successfully for many years, was finally dismantled and a new boat 'built on her hull. The Last Magnolia, owned by Cap tains Shute and Thomasson, was the largest cotton boat (before the war and was purposely destroyed during the 'war, but the Magnolia before her ran for dine years and was dismantled at New Albany for her machinery- Inquiry reveals that there are oth ,er exceptions to the fear of the let ter M, the Mary Houston having run nine or ten years, while the Marcella lived for about 14 years and the same is true of the Mollie uVIoose, a double M, by the way the Minnie, Major, WTiite, Maria Louisa and Mary Ida. These boats not only ran continu ously, tout changed hands but little, if any, during periods ranging from five to twelve years, tout the convinc ing argument is that boats given a name with the first letter were victims of jinx, to a great extent. FV»r instance, of the boats that have been destroyed, most of them wore boats, so to speak. The Mechanic, the Sella Zane, the Bulletin, No. 2, the Martha Washing ton, the slaking of the Monmouth as Want Column If you wish to rent or sell a house if you are seeking a position or want someone to work for you If you havo lost anything or found anything, your advertising message Inserted in The Dally Gate City will enter every reading home In Keokuk and twent) five mile radius. The cost is but a cent a word each insertion, no ad vertisement being taken for lesn than 15c. Cash must accompany order WANTED. WANTED—Barber at once, Grand hotel barter shop. Fort Madison, la. WANTED—At once, 10,000 dull safety razor bladeB to sharpen at Woodbury's, 1104* Main street. WANTED—Handy men and machinist for our tractor machine shop and erecting department Good men can earn high wages. Report at office, Hart-Paar company, Charles City, la. WANTED—Carpenters at the bridge. Apply at west toll house. Strobel Co. WANTED—Automobile mechanic in large service station. Must be skill ed in adjustments of carburetor, ig nition and starter trouble. Exper ience as a machinist not required. Addrfss Box 100. WANTED—We will haul your manure away free and keep your premises clean. Call rural phone 2323 F-13. WANTED—Experienced waitress at Syngel Cafe. WANTED—First class cook, also sec ond girl. Address Jl, this office. WANTED—Place for light housework for girl of 15. Will stay nights. Ad dress Anna Lavery, 1029 Blondeau. WANTED—Quarrymen and laborers. Burlington Quarry Co., Montrose, Iowa. Good boarding house at plant. WANTED—Bookkeeper. Must be good accountant. O. A. Talbott Co. FOR RENT. FOR RENT—5 room house, 1528 Ex change. Phone Black 518. FOR RENT—Modern residence, in cluding piano, furnished or unfur nished north side, suitable for one or two families also apartments for housekeeping. 727 North Ninth, or phone Black 1330. FOR RENT—Furnished light house keeping rooms, large and airy, mod ern, close in. 315 Blondeau. FOR RENT—'August 1, three or four rooms at 318 South First. J. C. Howe, 319 South Second. FOR RENT—Three 5-room houses one 12-room house rent reasonable. Apply to Craig & Sprowls, 19 North Fifth street. FOR SALE. FOR ,SALE—Three sllgtly used up right pianos. Steger, walnut case, $153 Hinze, oak, $173 Whitney, oak, $163 Hinze, walnut, $182. All guaran teed. Terms. Duncan-Schell Furn. Ca FOR SALE CHEAP— Household goods and horse must be sold this week. 814 Timea. FOR SALE—(Full blooded Scotch collie pups. T. J. Kilker, Cedar Glen, 111. LOST. LOST—Last week, brown leather catching mlt, between Messenger's Grove and Twelfth and Concert. Re turn to this office. Reward. the result of a collision with the Tremont. Notice that it was the Monmouth that yas worst hit. The Moselle had"'been on the water but a few weeks, possibly a month, when she went down, and she was a hand Bome boat. The McGregor Is another boat that burned when one of her boilers exploded. The Marquette and the Metropolis are other boats with the letter that went down and on the former there were 30 and the letter 44 persons who lost their lives. The 'Madonna, Monongahela and Marion were destroyed as the result of explosions and in each instance four persons were drowned seven went down with the Missouri, 31 with the Magnolia and 13 with the Maggie •Hays. NARROW TIRES RUIN ROADS Road Improvement Bodies Are Advo cating Use of Wider Tires—Some Press Comment. The road improvement folk are taking up the subject of wide tires. It is now found that the nartow tire Is as destructive of improved rural roads as it is of so-called macadam pavement In the city. As far as that goes, the narrow tire must be the cause of much trouble and cutting of the dirt road. The following is mak ing the rounds of the Iowa press: Iowa is unfortunate from the standpoint of good roads in that the use of the narrow tired wagon is al most universal. There Is no gerater destructive force in Iowa today than the narrow tired wagon. Oklahoma, after an extensive study of the question In her new road legis lation, forbids the sale of any draft wagon of two tons capacity, or great er, and having iron or steel tires with a tire width of less than three inches. The law applies to the deal er and the penalty is a fine of not les3 than $5.00 nor more than $25 for each vehicle sold in violation of the act. Iowa, instead of forbidding the sale of the narrow tired vehicle, offers a bonus for the farmer who voluntarily makes use of the wide tire. Long continued testB by the United States office of public roads has shown conclusively that for the average farm wagon used for gen- *y ^Kv^^rv'v.v vt f'.ncfe^-y. •-KW/C]t\fir: ?"-»i*r-'."' y* rwr-' 'n -y" "wrv Pffi i. .• PAGE THREE BUY The Original Producers eral purposes and over any type of road, the three-inch tire is the most economical width1. It has the addi tional advantage, with the average farm loads, that it is a road builder instead of a road destroyer. It would be hard to figure Just what part of the cost of road main tenance the Iowa narrow tire actually costs each year, but men who have made a study of the matter place It at many thousands of dollars. If the Iowa farmer will adopt the wide tire, says the state highway commission, he will perform a great service to the •community in helping obtain roads. *4 I WESTINGHOUSE FANS V'-! 1 I 8-inch Straight'. $10.50 12-inch Straight $16.50 12-inch Oscillating $19.75 16-inch Straight $18.75 16-inch Oscillating $22.25 We have a few 16-inch fans that are shop worn which we will sell at cost 800 Main St. Phone 750 (better Daily Stock Letter. NEW YORK, July 24.—The New York Evening Sun financial review to day said: Profit taking and distribu tive selling influence by the recent' professional recovery imparted a good deal of irregularity to the security list in today's early trading. The un certainty of the movement was the more disappointing to tho element committed to the constructive side of the account in view of the generally favorable character of the n^ws over the Sunday intermission and the wide spread belief in a highly satisfacuJi-y quarterly report by the United States Steel corporation tomorrow. Accord ing to the current rumor the leading steel producer will show the largest earnings in its history and although there is no certainty about the mat ter, the possibility of an extra divi dend by way of compensation for pay ments omitted last year is entertained in some well informed circles. Activity in U. S. Steel overshadow ed all else in the market at the out set and the influence of strength of the market leader practically every thing moved to a higher level. But before the expiration of the first half hour heavy professional selling checked the improvement. U. S. steel also broke sharply and extended its loss to seven points or so later on. After the first hour the market dis played little or no animation. Conditions little changed and tha market lost none of its professional character. Prices moved narrowly when all dealings were confined to relatively few issues. New York Stocks—Close. [Furnished by Long Commission Con 403 Main. Telephone No. 100J American Beet Sugar 89% American Can (common) 55% American Car & Foundry 58 hi American Locomotive 66 American Smelter (common)... 94^4' American Sugar Refining 109% American Tel. and Telg. Co 129% Anaconda 79% Atchison 104 Vi Baltimore & Ohio 86% Brooklyn Rapid Transit 84% Butte & Superior 88% Canadian Pacific 117% Chesapeake & Ohio 61 Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul 96 Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 20% Colorado Fuel & Iron 44% Crucible Steel 68% Erie, common 35% General Electric 170 Great Northern, pfd 118% Illinois Central 104 Inspiration Copper 48% Lehigh Valley 78% Miami 35 Missouri Pacific 7% New York Central 103 Northern Pacific 111% Pennsylvania 66% Ray Consolidated Copper 23 Reading HT% Republic Iron & Steel, com 45% Southern Pacific 97% Studebaker 126% Union Pacific 137 United States Steel, pfd 117% Cotton:— Oct 13.13 Dec. 13.80 •4