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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-17
Local Observations.

River above low water Of 1854, SO.
Change in "a hours. fall tenths.
Mean temperature, So.
Lowest temperature. 4S.
Highest temperature, 20.
lowest temperature Friday night.
rs.
FRED z. GosBwIsCH.
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-17

DaIIy special.
Many Can Bluff. But Few Can
Make Good.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-17
THE WEATHER

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
WASHINGTON, May 16.-Weather
forecast:
Illinois: Fair Sunday; Monday
cloudy.
Iowa: Fair in east. cloudy in west
portion Sunday. Monday unsettled,
probably showers.
Missouri Fair in east, unsettled
west portion Sunday. Monday cloudy.
showers in south and west portions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-17

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
RAILROADS. CREDIT
MUCH IMPAIRED
Securities on Which Roads Are
Now in Default Aggre-
gate S551.0C0,000.

The credit Of the railroads OF the
United States is impaired to a greater
extent to-day than at any time since
the panic of 1898. when a mojorty OF
the important systems of the country
were forced into receivership. Ac-
cording to figures published yester-
dav by The Wall Street Journal" Sc
curities on which railroads are now
in default in this country aggregate
SOL 100000, more than half the
amount OF securities sold during the
course of a year.
Since it defaultcd July / on its re-
funding mortgage bonds the st. Louis
d San Francisco leads the list with
the largest amount Of bonds and notes
not receiving their regular interest.
The total Of the defaul.ed securities
Of the Frisco is $l95,O45,5OO, and if
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois issues
are included the aggregate for the
system reaches 1920, 100000.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railroad comes next, with S71,363,5OO
collateral trust per cent bonds in
default. Then follows the Pere Mar
ouette already defaulted on S65,000,-
600 securities, and expected to default
on about $ll.OOo,OOO more under or
ders of the court Fourth in the list
+, the Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal
Railway. now under investigation by
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
This road has never paid any interest
on it's second mortgage per cent
bonds. although the rate became a
fixed obligation in 1910.
The Wabash Railroad stanus uith,
with a default on S47.00O,O0O OF Sc
curities. There are ten other rail-
roads which are not paying interest
on bonds of smaller amounts. making
total of fifteen which are now IN de-
fault on their securities.
On August /, when Toledo. 81. LOUIS
& Western intends to default on ITS
collateral trust series 4 and bonds,
secured by Chicago & Alton stock,
another Sl1.50OOOO will be added TO
this total. And on September l
S5O.OO0OO0 more securities may come
into the defaultcd class by failure OF
Western Pacific 10 meet it's first mort
gage interest. Il all depending on
Denver & Rio Grande's decision
whether il viii continue to advance
funds for that purpose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
GOLD EXPORTS RESUMED STOCKS IN OTHER CITE
National City Bank Takes 81,
100000 for Paris.

As a result Of the recent rise I'm
foreign exchange rates gold exports 10
Europe were resumed yesterday IN an
enhancement AT the local Sub-TrcasJry
of S2.500.O0O bars by the National
CITY Bank for shipment by to-daY'5
steamer TO Paris. This marks the be
ginning Of the third gold movement
that has taken place in New lorN
since the beginning Of the year, and
makes total engaged since that Pc
Rod Of $500 600.
on the first movement. which began
OF January II and concluded on March
>. total Of S16.0O0,000 was consigned
20 Paris. May 4 saw the beginning
Of the second movement, during which
SGI.300.0OO was Withdrawn, the final
shipment taking place on jane -.
With the exception OF $l3OO.O0O seat
70 London and 81 100000 TO Berlin. all
the gold engaged for export this year
has been for Paris.
Forcig exchange experts predicted
Yesterday that the present gold move
men. abroad would last about three
weeks. when they said exchange would
again b. made plentiful by the en-
trance Of grain and cotton bills INFO
the market.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
WHY ROCK ISLAND
PLAN FAILED
Underwriters We're Afraid Of
Possible Discount Charges
Against Earnings.

N further explanation OF the state
mont i'm Yesterdays Tribune that the
Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific Rail
,yav faces the possibility of being
forced to charge Off against income
S1O. OOO 600 discounts from the safe Of
securities i'm the past, which had a.
ready been charged against proht s@
loss surplus, bankers who were 10.
terested in drawing up the tenta'.w
reorganization plan provlding ior 'N
raising OF 100000, 600 IN new mon?
and the elimination Of the two mold
ing companies said that the olscouna
in question would still have TO Be
charged against income If they we''
carried in suspense account ms
would be done, they asserted, ~
charging off $4,000 year for twenty
years.
With the enforcement Of regua'
lions made three years ago by the H.
torstatc Commerce Commission ina.
all railroads. beginning July !. should
charge against earnings q pcrcen'ags
Of the value Of their equlpmen, an
nually for depreciation and the pos
sible additional reduction Of hall
million dollars a year. the underW'N'
ers of the S30,O00OOO issue Of pre-
ferred stock proposed in the reor.
ganization plan felt that they could
not pay per cent dividend, as iney
had intended. Because of the con-
MISSIONS recent ruling the new mar
acement of the Rock Island, N whea
the Phelps-Dodge interests are DOM,
nant. decided that per cent shoala
be charged for depreciation on al
cquipment. estimated TO be worth s1V,
coo 900. In addition. X was olso decided
to charge of close 20 Sl.50UOW ior
obsolete equipment destroyed, making
n total loss Of S3.000.000 iu net NJ
come.
The directors also decided 70 ehS:se
Off from the Rock Islands Sll0OO,@'
profit and loss surplus S15OOOOU rep
resented by bonds OF the Chiess%
Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, !es'
an offsotting item Of Sl.30O,OOO. Nhel
these revised figures were presehls'
to the bankers interested IN the re-
organization they declined 20 proee'a
with the underwriting.
J. J. Quinlan, president o. the ho'a
Island Company, said yesterday tnN
he had received no definite lntort,s'
ton as 20 when Joseph W. OLA
special counsel to the interstate Oom'
merce Commission. would arrive VIZ
his agents 10 20 over the compah!
book, i'm connection with the proposes
investigation Of it's affairs, but
believed they will begin their won
here i'm about 2 wcck. EXaminsNOl
of the Rock Islands books has oeeI
under way in Chicago for sever"
,roate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
Franklin Trust Opens Office,

superintendent Eugene Lamb Rich
ards of the State Banking Depart
ment granted an application made
by the Franklin Trust Company, Of
Brooklyn. for permission 70 open a
branch Office at a and 46 Wall 81. In
granting the ap. cation Superntend-
emit Richards held that public come
nience and advantage would be pro-
NOTED by the opening of the branch
office, the trust company having the
~. ount of actual paid in capital re
nuired by the banking law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
CONSOLS LOWER;
RENTES DECLINE
Fears of Ulster Crisis DepresS
British Capital - Austria
Weakens Continent.

London. July %. A mild depression
to-day was again apparent on inc
Stock Exchange in all sections III the
forenoon. British securities, espe-
cially consols. were lower on fears
that the Home Rule conference would
prove futile. and this, with unsa'is-
factory dividends. depressed nome
rails. Later the Continent abandoned
Yesterdays cheerfulness and resuned
selling Peruvian, Brazilian and no
Tintos stocks. The whole market
closed heavy at practically the loves.
The American department was de-
pressed i'm the early session and
sargcd further IN the absence OF SID
port. The closing tone was easy.
The Bank Of England bought ss,Juo
in gold over the counter. while Sl3o,-
600 has been carmarkcd for India.
Money was i'm increased demand and
discount rates were irmer because
Of the political situation. Money
loaned at IL to per cent. Discount
rates for short bills were 24s to 2'a
per cent; for three months, rs 20
> ll-l6.
Consols closed 7-l6 lower at - rs
for money and 1914 for account.
Gold premium at Madrid was 3.75,
unchanged from yesterday, at Lisbon,
-, against II.
Paris. July %. Prices were weak
OF. the Bourse to-day. The private
rate Of discount was pa per cen.
Three per cent rentes closed 40
centmes lower at 81 francs.
Exchange on London, p francs ~
centmes; up y centime.
Berlin. July %. The tone of the
Boersc to-day was generally weaN,
with the decline i'm prices continued.
The private rate of discount was Us
per cent.
Exchange on London, 90 marks 81
pfcnnigs up y pfcnnig.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
Idle Car Surplus Larger.

The fortnightly bulletin Of me
American Railway Association. issl,s;
yesterday. showed that on July I.
there wa a net surplus OF idle trelsa.
cars on the lines Of the United sta"s
and Canada amounting TO -2o'5il, %
increase of 6.999 cars compared VIZ,
the number idle on July l. RaiiEos.
men said that while a decrease IN 'as
idle car surplus might have been 70,
pected in the first half Of July an 10
crease was not altogether withS-.
precedent. The change in the surpis'
during those two weeks over a sei's.
OF years has been usually small ei''"
way
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
BOND SALES on THE STOCK EACHAN"H
THURSDAY, JULY %, 1914.

Trading in bonds on the Stock Exchange THURSDAY
sax 400 against Sl59OOO week ago ana
ooO wear ago For the year uslD sales aggregated
in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
yBg CORN EXCHANGE BANK

w YDfk. July y ItIf-
Al regular meeting - the BDafd %
f,.r.ferr ~ trIr bank ff.d JYly it'h. q
assr4fly dlyl1enG Df fDIf PR fEtT
ffsy uss deelaTfd Daya5ie august lhi
negf ~ efDckhDlfefs II ffcDfd 90 the cipae
Of gyfi1ess July IiFt 1919 -
FEEDEEIcK 4. MARTIN, csshier4 p
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
PROPOSALS.
10 nm HOLDERS al Al
: Per Cent sinking lund Gold Bonus
kInl liIIl DINIlII.lNG GU liz

d,S Si"g fhdasand pi Hr s'' par value q 2:
Seven Per Cent sinking Fund cold 10" SiA
Republic Diaillins 60. dur Mlt'h rs-
viii bc received az the office uf kcpuo.N ,erN
tluur co.. ~ Exchange Place. New .,,,,i
tltN. ON or before the nrst LAY of N.ssr,s
llli. aud those or,rcd az thc lowest ls,usa
not rN,crdlug. however par WIN Ga the
interest. viii Dee accepted and paio lN -
urst day of Svptcmhrr i0lA. ... -,
REP RtIC plSriLl. NJ AAA.nt
Hy y. u u. HIGGINS fIes'"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
THURSDAY. JULY %. 1914.

of against iSliOO WEDNESDAY %
ago ago 1914 to date 4'o
in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
TOBACCO STOCKS.

sroaporz interchangeable. fHcEi tered
.Coupons iKcgiatcred and coupon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
INACTIVE STOCKS.

The following table gives the closing
bid and asked p,ices for stocks which
are listed but which were rot dealt IN
ON the Stock Exchange Thursday:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24

PITTSBUR GH STOCKS.
MONTREAL STOCKS.

s. ma IN Nat Gas ts..l0l', iolt iolH ION
500 g II 4 T. Tel o.. 99is ee's 99'a @'s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-24
NEW YORK CITY BONDS.

Furnished by W y Co.er & 20. -
cedar St.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-06-29
COCKTAILS PROPOSED
To SUPERVISE ROADS
Canal Builder Suggested as
Chairman Of Federal Board.

Washington, June 29.-When George
w. Goethals, governor of canal zone
gives over that job, as he probably
will within a year, there is a strong
possibility that under authorization of
congress he will be made the chair
man and engineer member of a fed
eral good roads board, charged with
the duty of perfecting certain high.
ways of the country under combined
federal and state control.
The senate committee on postoffices
and postroads is discussing the good
roads problem. The suggestion OF
Colonel Goethals as chairman of a
board to undertake the work when
congress finally sanctions it came
from Senator John w. Weeks of Mas
sachusetts and it met with instant
approval.
1t is believed generally in Washing.
ton that before long congress will leg.
islate in behalf of good roads and will
appropriate large sum of money for
the work There has been a grow
ing demand for the improvement OF
highways under federal supervision
ever since the automobile came into
existence.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-06-29
FIvE-SIxTHS JURY LAW VALID
Minnesota Statute Upheld by State
Supreme Court.

st. Paul, June 27.-The state su-
preme court has upheld the law en-
acted by the 1913 legislature provid-
ing that ten of the twelve members
of jury in civil case can return a
verdict after twelve hours delibera-
tion.
Ten members of the jury in the dis
trict court of Hennepin county, which
heard the appeal of William F. Hurl-
but from the order of the probate
court In the matter of the estate of
his father, r. p Hurlbut, returned a
verdict against him after being out
more than eighteen hours
Afterwards one of the jurors made
an affidavit that most of the time was
spent in eating and sleeping, and the
men did not deliberate twelve hours.
Commissioner Taylor, who wrote
the opinion, says that the length OF
time devoted to meals and sleep while
the jurors are deliberating upon their
verdict cannot be shown for the par
pose of proving that they did not de-
liberate the prescribed time.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-06-29
NO OTHER COURSE LEFT OPEN
English Women Forced 10 Use Mill
tant Methods.

New York, June 29.-The Duchess
of Marlborough, formerly Consuelo
Vanderbilt, who has just arrived from
London, has kind words for the Eng
lish militants. Although she is not
an active militant herself she had
some good things to say about the
"Furies.'
She indirectly criticised. the Pank-
hursts, however, by saying there
would be change shortly In the suf-
frage administration in England and
that the new regime would accom-
plish better results.
Il believe in militant tactics for
England" she said. Il do not think
that brick thrown through a plate
glass window will gain votes for
women, but it most certainly will
bring about a condition that will re-
suit in universal suffrage.
II take a number of American
newspapers and it is with regret that
| have read sharp criticisms of the
methods of the English suffragists.
1t seems to be overlooked by Amer
ican editors that English women kept
to peaceful methods for fifty years
without accomplishing anything.
There was nothing left for them ex-
cept militancy."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-06-29
TO CARE FOR SALEM'S
HOMELESS THOUSANDS


Salem, Mass, June 2g.-Relief
work in connection with Salem's S12..
100000 fire is proceeding syste.
matically. Several mushroom cities.
white with militia tents, have sprung
mp to care for nearly the whole of the
$4,000 homeless.
Red Cross hospitals, Salvation Army
relief stations, bread lines and dis
tribution centers for clothing, money
and other supplies dot the city at all
central points.
The citizens relief committee dur
ing its first day received S32.97O In
cash and many other gifts. State and
nation have aided with unstinted
generosity. Among the first TO con
tribute was San Francisco. The Bos-
ton relief committee during its first
day was flooded with subscriptions
running over $150,o00, besides tons
of bread and food and carloads of
supplies.
The biggest ray of light in the pres
ent disaster is that the Naumkeag
mills, which employ 1000 persons and
which are said TO have suffered So
100000 loss. are to rebuild Immediate
ly.
The total property loss is set at
Sl2,000,0 900 in the Standard, weekly
Insurance magazine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-06-29
SAYS SUFFRAGE is CERTAIN
Speaker Clark Tells Women to Get IL
Through States.

Washington, June 29.-Speaker
Clark told a delegation of women
from the National American Womans s
Suffrage association that woman suf-
frage is as inevitable as the rising of
tomorrow's sun"
For one thousand years." said the
speaker, men have been trying to
run the world, and some think they
have made a bad mess of it. | hope
that when the women run 1t, you'll
improve on it.
Il think woman suffrage is inevita-
BILE. The only question you folks
have to consider is how to most ex-
peditiously get what you are after
You can get it quicker by the states
than by congress"
The speaker was addressing a
group of women from thirty eight
states who had presented 300 petit
tions for woman suffrage in the form
of resolutions adopted by suffrage or
ganizations and mass meetings at the
time of the nationwide demonstration
on May 2.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-06-29
FIGHT OPENS IN SENATE
Senator Borah Attacks Trade Com
mission Bill.

Washington, June 29.-Republican
attack on the federal trade commits
sion bill was opened in the senate by
Senator Borah, who told his col
leagues that passage of the measure
would lead, not to certainty among
business men as to what they might
lawfully do. but to another period of
uncertainty such as followed the en-
actment of the Sherman antitrust
act
Senator Borah criticised particular
ly the provision in the bill which says
that unfair competition" is unlaw-
full He declared that leading lawyers
in the senate were unable to agree
on what that term means and insisted
1t was unjust to ask the business of
the country to determine a matter
where the national legislators had
failed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-06-29
CAUSE SURPRISE
AT WASHINGTON
Alleged Remarks of Our Min
lister to Greece.
INQUIRY IS UNDER WAY

George Fred Williams Reported to
Have Condemned in Emphatic
Terms the Present Government of
Albania, Recently Set Up by the
Powers.
Washington, June 29.--Administra-
tion officials, particularly those in the
state department, are interested,
mildly amazed and in some doubt
over the reports from abroad that
George Fred Williams of Boston, min
lister to Greece, officially condemned,
In emphatic terms, the present gov
ernment in Albania.
No such report has reached the de-
partment.
lnasmuch as some time ago the de-
partment investigated a published re-
port that Mr.. Williams had offered his
services on behalf of the United States
as mediator in the Albanian crisis.
and found 1t was Regulated. they are
inclined to await the result of an in
quiry on the latest story.
The report attributed to Mr.. Will
Jams denounces as "a horrible crime"
what the powers are doing I'm Albania.
Ii does not even spare the Prince of
Wied, saying of him:
Il found a prince, calling himself
king, with no powers, no territory and
no subjects except his wife and chill
dren."
Elsewhere in the report Mr.. Will
Jams says: II uncovered at Durazzo
an epochal scandal or anarchy, incom-
petence, hypocrisy and murder. My
first effort was to find the Albanian
government. | found none, except
siA wan SHIPS, anu Cney were SHenU.
II took opinions on the London
agreement. Every one agreed from
its plain reading that it created no
government except one of armed force
from abroad, for which all the au-
thorities were clamoring."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-06-29
LEAD IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL
Children of Foreign Born Parents Do
ing Best Work.

Chicago. June 29.-Children of for.
eign born parents here excel Ameri-
can children in school work because
American children are permitted too
many outside pleasures, it was stated
by Mr.. Ella Flagg Young, superin-
tendent of Chicago schools. The con-
dition was revealed by a survey just
completed of Chicago public schools.
American children are devoted to
too many outside attractions, which
their parents seem unable to curtail, ;"
said Mr.. Young. These monopolize
their strength and attention and as
result there is large proportion of
overgrown boys and girls in the
eighth grades In the American dis
tricts."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-06-29
OPEN PROBE OF NEWS LEAK
Senate May Authorize Putting Mem.
bers and Writers on Grill.

Washington, June 29.-How such
complete reports of the proceedings
of the senate foreign relations com
mittee, supposed to be secret, on the
pending Nicaraguan and Colombian
treaties got into the newspapers is
about to be investigated
At a meeting Chairman Stone was
authorized to ask the senate to au-
thorize examination of senators and
newspaper correspondents to find
where the information for the pub
lie came from.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-06-29
COLONEL TOLD TO
TAKE LONG REST
Ordered to Give Up Activi-
ties for Four Months.
MAY NOT HEED WARNING

Former President Roosevelt Informed
That He Is Suffering From En-.
Iareed Spleen and Loss of Vitality,
but Says He Cannot Abandon His
Campaign Work.
oyster Bay, n. Y, June 29.-Four
months of absolute rest has been pre-
scribed for Colonel Roosevelt by his
physicians, who informed him that
he is suffering from an enlargement
of the spleen and a loss of vitality
as a result of the malarial fever he
contracted in the South American
jungles.
But in four months the campaign
will be over" the colonel said. Con-
sequently, he added, he considered it
an impossibiity for him to follow his
physicians advice
Colonel Roosevelt has abandoned
his campaign trip across the conti-
nent, which had been arranged tenta-
lively for September He also tele-
graphed to Pittsburg that he would
make only one speech there on Tues
day night. Two had been arranged.
The change in the ex-Esesident's
plans came after an examination
made by DR.. Alexander Lambert of
New York. Dr. Lambert came to
oyster Bay and spent more than an
hour inspecting his ipatient. Then
he told him that he must rest four
months. He urged ,he colonel to give
up his trip to Pittsburg, to make no
speeches during the campaign and as
far as possible to give up everything
that would tax his strength.
He explained, the colonel said, that
1t would require a long period to
shake off the effects of the malaria
and that If this were not accomplish
ed the disease might become so Sc
curely fastened upon him that he
would never recover his full strength.
II might even impair his mental vigor.
the physician said.
Colonel Roosevelt declined to heed
the warning He said il would be an
impossibility for him to give up his
campaign work.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-06-29
THIRD OFFICER is BLAMED
Rnegeu ne Iook Wheel From Helms.
man at Time of Wreck.

Quebec, June 29-The Empress of
Ireland wreck commission is consid-
ering claim by Butler Aspinwall,
K. c., that Third officer SAKE of the
Starstadt was the culprit of the dis
aster, because he had taken the col
lier's wheel from the helmsman and
put it hard aport.
This, the attorney claimed, was
done without the authority of the Off
Ger in charge, and was directly re-
sponsible for the loss of the LOLA
lives on May 20.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-06-29
STRIKE. VOTE KNOWN S0Ok
Result of BaIIoting to Be Announced
by July IA.

Cleveland, June 29.--Warren s.
Stone. grand chief of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, said that
the result of the strike vote taken by
55 900 engineers and firemen on nine
weight railroads west of Chicago
will be known some time between
July 10 to IA. There is no indication
as to the result