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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-21
REV. CARL WEINBERG
APPOINTED BY BISHOP
Local Priest Is Made Member of the
St. Ambrose College Faculty
by Bishop Davis.

Rev Carl Weinberg wno recently
celebrated his first holy mass in this
city, has just been appointed a men,
Der Of the ST. Ambrose college faculty.
Rev. Waller Cullinan of Abba, who
was ordained with Rev. Weinberg, was
appointed assistant to Rev. James
Comerford, at Lyons, Iowa.
The Catholic Messenger, Of June IS,
contains an article about appoint
ments recently made by Bishop Davis,
Including that of Father Weinberg.
The article mentions the occasion
when all the Catholic churches of this
CITY combined when Father Weinberg
read his first mass.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-21

HG d6SIc5 dLc VI luCSO uCHSAIS III
the four years, minus and plus few
small items is $12,157.4s.
1t is proper in this connection for
US to state, that included in this
amount OF s12,15748. is the sum of
three thousand dollars transferred
, from the general fund" In 1912. IN
der section 904 of the Code, this man
ner of transfer is made illegal, there
fore cannot be resorted to by the
present administration to dispose of
even lawful deficits.
The foregoing figures bring US face
to face with an unpleasant financial
condition which cannot be allowed to
continue. Yet we must solve the
problem If possible, without increas-
ing our present burdensome tax levy
Of forty-one mills, before we can ser
iously think of granting the prayer of
your petitioners.
On the basis Of valuations for the
year ending December 81, 1914, tax
levy OF six mills for the fire depart
ment would produce about $4,000.
For the year ending April 1, 1915, the
levy has been fixed at five mills, and
we shall await with considerable in
terest the extent of its benefits for
this fund, before recommending furtn-
er outlay however meritorious. The
result OF levy Of six mills for the
fire department would be, either to de.
plete the general, the grading, Inn
provement, sewer, light, park or water
funds below a workable level, or an
increase of taxes on every home in
the city of Keokuk. The almost uni
versal protest against high taxes, to
which we were forced to listen dur
ing the time the council was in ses-
sion as an equalization board, coming
as it did from class of wage earners
whose incomes are fixed with no hope
OF increasing them, makes it impos-
sible for us at this time to favor your
petitioners.
In closing permit me to say that in
my efforts to discover a cause. as
well as a solution for the present con-
dition OF the fire fund, have care
fully scrutinized the aggregate OF
each expenditure for the past four
years, and am pleased to report that
there Is no evidence OF excessive or
improper expenditure during that
time.
Respectfully submitted.
J. A. NJ. COLLINS,
Superintendent Of Finance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-21
OUT DOORS MEETING
AT KILBOURNE PARK
viii be H.!d at 8 O'Clock This After
noon, Addressed by Rev.
Dr.. z. 3. Newcomb.

The outdoor meeting under the aus
pices of the Young Mems Christian
association, will be held at Kilbourne
park at o'clock this afternoon. Rev.
DR.. Ezra B. Nswcomb Of the First West
minister Presbyterian church will de-
liver the address and the usual good
singing will be given, led by the
chorus of many voices and numbers
will be rendered by the Y NJ. c. A.
quartet. Chairs for large attend
ance will be provided.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-21
Should Back President.

CHICAGO, June 20.-Speaking a.
the annual picnic of the Hawkeve
T'ellowslir club here this afterno IN,
scr. atcr Kenyon, of Iowa, declared:
willie very many cannot accept the
presidents views on the Mexican
situation. We should all be glad that
he and congress are trying to bring
about peace and not war. Whether or
not our views coincide with those of
President Wilson, he is our COM
m ander-in-chief and 1t is up to us as
a nation to give him our best sup
port"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-21

Read The Daily Gate city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-21

information on this point we submit
the following condensed statement
which we trus. will be Of equal value
to our fellow citizens and satisfac-
tory answer as to why we cannot
recommend that their request be
granted. This statement is for the
years ending March 81, 1914, and gives
the levy in mills. the income there.
from, expenditure and deficit for each
year:
Levy. Income
1911, Four mills .......... $1O,Os7. 6S
1912, Four mills ............ 1926 go
1913, Four and four-tenths ;. 12,639.04
1914, Four and four-tenths J. 100000
Disburse.
ments. Deficit.
1911 ............ y$12,130.9s s1.S2s.56
1912 l5,Os712g a. $50 50
1913 ............. 15,260.46 1921. AZ
1914 ......... 13,G.l53 2,594.13
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-21
WOMEN CAN
HARDLY BELIEVE
How Mrs. Hurley Was Re-
stored to Health by Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Eldon, Mo. eel was troubled with
disbursement, inflammation and female

weakness. FOR TWO
Y ears / could not
stand on my fe ct
long at a time and I
could not walk two
blocks without en-
during cutting and
drawing pains down
my right side which
incre a Sc d every
month. Ihave been
at that time purple
in the face and would
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-21

ty doesn't take it, she told one of
the probation officers. This morning
she made the proposition to Judge
Porterf1eld He made the babe ward
of the court and without a word,
kiss or tear, she handed over the
child to the court.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-21
No New Trial.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
TOPEKA, Kansas, Ire >0.-Jnfge
A. w. Dana, of the Shawnee distri y
court today overruled a motion for a
new trial in the suit for $3.50 dam
ages against Governor Hodges by
Mrs Luella West.
Evening star., 1914-10-10
q The Searchli8ht :
Radium as a Fertilizer
@HIaWnlgwu.,

Experiments made near London with
radium as stimulant for plant growth
are said to have been attended with
some astonishing results. So positive,
according to the reports of the inves-
tigators, were the effects of the radium
upon plant growth as to indicate that
the application of the mineral in in
tensive farming may ultimately be-
come one of its most important uses.
In the process of extracting radium
from the different radium-bearing ores
there is usually small amount of the
element left in the residue. This left
over ore is thoroughly mixed with
the earth. giving about one-seven-hun-
dredth part of a grain of radium to
ton of soil. Although not much, this
infinitesimal part of the metal is said
to be tremendously effective.
Soils treated this way in the London
experiments grew wheat and barley
with great rapidity. and the leaves be-
came much darker. Radishes and car
rots grown in the same soil developed
from six to ten times their usual
weight All other plants tried showed
the salutary effects of radium invigora-
ton Lastly. the treatment is not ex-
pensive, as when the radium is once
Incorporated in the soil it's effect will
RENAME practically constant for CEN
turtles.
Evening star., 1914-10-10
PLANNING
NECESSITATES TESTS
Value of New Devices Must Be De
termined by the
Builder.

The aim Of most designers, builders
and managers or agents of modern
apartment houses is to furnish to the
residents of the structures every pos
sible convenience and comfort. To do
so they spend much time and money In
determining the meritorious character
or worthlessness of articles or build
ing accessories designed for the pur-
pose of increasing the delights OF
apartment house life. says the New
York Tribune.
This is one of the principal reasons
why the up-to-date apartment house is
so near perfection. In fact, it seems
that the modern structure is so supe-
ior in every respect to the old-style
building that it is difficult to picture
the erection of houses of much more
excellence.
In the modern apartment house are
almost innumerable ingenious contri-
vances which wonderfully Tighten
housekeeping duties or increase In
other ways the pleasures of apartment
occupants. Within recent years, COM
paratively speaking, vacuum cleaners.
either stationary or portable: artificial
refrigeration, noiseproof walls and
floors and lighting and plumbing ac-
cessories of superior workmanship are
some of the features which have en-
tered into the construction or equip
ment of modern apartment structures
and are lacking in the old-style houses.
Evening star., 1914-10-10
WATR0US ADDRESSES
INDIANA REALTY MEN
Washingtonian Speaks on City Plan.
ming at Indianapolis
Convention.

Richard B. Watrous, secretary of the
American Civic Association, returned
last night from Indianapolis, where he
attended the first convention of the In
diana State Association of Real Estate
Men. whom he addressed on the sub
ject of The Relation of Real Estate
Men to City Planning"
The meeting was called by the Real
Estate Exchange of Indianapolis,
which was organized something more
than year ago. and is now composed
of prominent real estate dealers of that
city. More than 200 men engaged in the
business from all parts of the state
were present and participated in the
program. which contained topics of di-
rect information to them in the prob
lens that arise in the transfer OF real
estate.
While in Indianapolis Mr.. watrous
met Thomas Shallcross of Philadelphia,
president of the National Association
'of Real Estate Exchanges, who has
been invited to attend the convention
in Washington of the American Civic
Association, and Wednesday, Decem-
Der 2. tender a greeting from his
association. Mr.. Shallcross gave as
surance that he would make every ef-
fort to be present. John L. Weaver
OF this city is vice president Of the
National Association of Real Estate
Exchanges, and has written to Mr..
Shallcross expressing the hope that he
come here in December.
Evening star., 1914-10-10
FIRM REPORTS SALES.
Recent Transactions Are Announced
by N. L. Sansbury Company.

The N. L. Sansbury Company reports
the following sales during the past week
For Lewis E. Breuninger. in the Rock
Creek Vista operation. premises 1888 Ho-
bart street northwest. to Horace Dulin !:
1868 Hobart street northwest, to Mrs
Sallie Davis: 1855 Hobart street north
west, to H. L. Amiss; 1926 Hobart street
northwest, to W. E. Trien. The sales
involve total of $30,50o. To date forty
six sales have been made in the Rock
Creek Vista operation.
In Saul's Addition the sale Of 1918 De-
catur street northwest. to Albert F.
Adams. for $3.50, is reported. and the
sale of lot on Emerson street between
18th and 14th, to Horace c. Smithy, also
is reported. Mr.. Smithy plans to erect
a two-story dwelling on the lot, the pur-
chase price Of which was 81, 100.
The firm also reports the sale Of 1918
11th street northwest. to Florence NJ
Parsley, for Horace G. Smithy. The con-
sideration was $4,000.
Evening star., 1914-10-10
Entitled to Sympathy.

Human beings, though depraved. are
entitled, in a measure. to our sympathy
and consideration. UnQuestionably
many owners of property would collect
their own rents. were it not for the
dread of contact with this class of ten
ants, it being that character Of income
property that must necessarily attract
this class of tenants.
THE attitude of the agent toward
the tenant is somewhat different from
that of the owner He may consider
only the cold fact that his function is
to collect the rent. The desire to do
his duty toward and conserve the inter-
their business should, however, domi-
nate his actions, although he may often
ignore the prompting of his sympa-
thetic nature.
in Is to decide between the obvious duty
to enforce the demand for prompt pay
ment and the chance to incur some loss
and retain the tenant, expecting to re-
cover the loss at some future time.
"It is an easy matter for the agent
to cause the property to be vacated
rather than have the trouble of fire.
quent, annoying and futile visits to the
tenant, but are vacant houses desir-
able? That means not only loss of
income, but a loss from the depreda
tion of vandals during the time it is
vacant.
There may be many meritorious
pleas for delinquency. The honest head
of a large family may become bedrid-
den, or he may lose his position or
there may be sickness in his family
which may have diverted some of his
rent money.
Hence, it would appear that the
proper conduct of a rental department
means more than the mere giving OF
a receipt for money paid. To secure
maximum returns to the owners OF
property requires tact and judgment
and their persistent application"
Evening star., 1914-10-10
SUBURBAN HOMES SOLD.
Cleveland Park and Chevy Chase
Residences Change Hands.

Boss & Phelps. Inc. today announced
the following sales:
For Bates Warren. detached resi-
dence $3.50 Highland avenue. Cleve-
land Park. The purchaser. H. l.. Rag
land. is having extensive improve
ments made and will occupy the house
as his residence.
70 Paul Sleman. detached residence
2945 Macomb street. Cleveland Park.
Mr.. Sleman is having extensive i'm
provements made to the property and
will occupy 1t as his home The sale
was made in connection with Allan r.
Walker
For DR.; w. M. Phelps, United States
Navy: the residence ss01 Joceiyn
street, Chevy Chase. This nronertw
was built by DR.. Phelps for hous
and will be occupied by the purcbasar
Charles C. Stauffer. T.
For Harry Wardman, new residerc.
452l 18th street northwest. The prone
erty was purchased by DR.. r. M Ran
Evening star., 1914-10-10
TELLS OF ECONOMY
OF BRICK CONSTRUCTION
Writer Asserts Owner Saves on Cost
Of Repairs and In
Surance.

Frame construction costs most in
the long rum" says George H. Clip
pert. in the Detroit Free Press. I'm
| surance. paint and repairs make frame
buildings expensive to maintain. If
you saw a frame building being con-
structed in the downtown or business dis
trict you would quite naturaly think
| some one was of in his culations-
| that our building ordinances were too
lax-that such a construction was en-
tirely out of place. and that some ones
education had been neglected. You
might think worse things if you hap
pened to own the adjoining building.
"If you see frame house being built
! in the residence district, you, perhaps,
give it no thought. That Is where some
ones education has been neglected,
too. and this time it is yours.
1T is generally believed that a frame
house can be built at less cost than a
| tion. and it is true. If you consider only
the initial cost. But the man who
builds in the downtown district con-
siders more than the initial cost. He
when the building is first completed,
but after the building has stood for
fifteen, twenty or forty years. He con-
siders what the repairs will be and
teriorate, regardless of repairs.
Now. these things are just what the
house builder should consider, and If
you are going to build a house listen
to a few facts and consult an architect,
contractor and an insurance agent
and learn that a brick house costs
from to 10 per cent more to construct
than a frame house. that from three
to five years after a frame house has
| been completed repairs are necessary.
and are heavier each succeeding wear.
| while a brick house has practically no
| repairs for fifty years. except that part
of the house which Is of wood, that
| the rate of insurance Is 80 per cent
| lower on brick house than a frame
| house."
Evening star., 1914-10-10
Real Estate Men.

The story of the real estate men
old in verse by H. C. Chase. a memb
If the Racine real estate board. 1t W;
published in the convention issue of Il
Dispatch, and runs as fo
ows:
The pOet's pen has. now and then,
In glowing words Of praise,
Extoll.d all kinds OF heroes
OF these and other days
But he who deals in real estate,
As far as I've observed.
Outside of MIR. Dooley,''
Never got what he deserved.
So it's up to me to try to
That this deserving clap
Shall have his name enrolled in fame
Upon the Poets map.
Where can you find err bring to mind
4 man who ILLS tie needs
OF suffering humanity
With more better deeds:
The man the while. WHO wears smile,
But never scOwl or frswn,
Who always stands with ready hands
To boost or paint the town.
This cheerful man does all he can
In life's continued fight,
As shown by his activity
At dinner here tonight.
And the deals that he puts over
Require as good II nerve
As ever blessed the hero
OF a spitball or u curve.
He's on the run. from sun to sun,
In auto on bike,
Was never known to grunt or grcar
Or join hunger strike.
80 here's to his Prosperity,
His Health and his Success,
And may his noble shadow
Never grow an atom less.
Evening star., 1914-10-10

The body of Charles c. Homer. presi-
dent of the Second National Bank OF
Baltimore. who died in Bremen Septem-
Der IA, will be brought to Baltimore
lbout October % or the following day
1t will be brought on the steamer Rot
terdam. which leaves Rotterdam Octo-
Der IA for New York.
Evening star., 1914-10-10
FALL RESORTS

ATLANTIC CITY. \. ,.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
Americas Famous AlI-year Resor+,
ao.e. accommooa,lons s that cannot be excelled.
Berkshire linn sts Ocean a,,so:; e; Ws!s.. =
and service. Fall rates. SO to sI7 weekly, Ee-
vatof. private baths etc. J. L. DICKINSON
Evening star., 1914-10-10

SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE: PRIVATE LES
sons. See Mr. LINDHEIMER. Strauss & Co,
6Ei Pa. ave. NV. 13s
Evening star., 1914-10-10
Glasses of Tenants.

Tenants away from the business
centers may be classed in two divi-
sions: First, those who prefer to rent
rather than buy. Not wishing to con-
fine themselves to any particular sec
tion of the city, they change their resi-
dence to other localities when desired.
Second, those who rent from necessity.
In this division there are two classes
one, the wage Garner who lives upon
the place in life from which we may
expect no small degree of domestic
happiness; lives plainly and comforta-
bly,. They usually pay their rent
promptly; have honesty of purpose. yet
sometimes are unfortunate.
with this class the collector should
deal kindly and considerably at all
times. Moreover, this class is dimin-
ishing because the more thrifty take
advantage of the many opportunities to
buy small homes on the easy payment
plan-small initial cash payment, bal
ance in monthly installments about
like rent.
'"The other classes are those who are
Indifferent to the causes of their un-
fortunate condition. Dishonest with
themselves and with those with whom
they deal, they find misfortune apienty
Some austerity must be exercised by
the agent toward this class or they will
cause him much trouble. Their pow
erty Of resources is, in most instances
brought on by their own indiscretions
But with this class of tenants we do
not use the forcible detainer' until all
other means of coercion are exhausted
Evening star., 1914-10-10
Depreciation Charges.

ID. Shuckmann. in discussion before
the American Society of MechanicaI
ENGINEERS. gave the following classif,-
cation Of annual depreciation charges
as adopted by the plants with which
he is connected.
Evening star., 1914-10-10
SAYS DISCRIMINATION
IS BIG RENTAL FACTOR
Writer Declares Collectors Must Use
Judgment and Recognize Sat-
isfactory Excuses.

Losses sustained from having vacant
property are greater than the losses sus-
tained from having delinquent tenants.
according to the statement made by
Spurgeon Walling in an article in the
current issue of the National Real Es-
tate Journal. Rent collectors must have
ample powers of discrimination and
must be able to decide when there is
really a good excuse for delinquency
in rentals.
Use Of the 'forcible detainer" to too
great an extent by an agent often re-
suits in loss to the owners, in the opin-
ion of Mr.. Walling. He declares that
it is better at times to stand some loss
and retain the tenant with the expecta-
tion of recovering the loss at some fu-
ture time.
or may not collect his rentals through
an agent. says Mr.. Walling The re-
lationships existing between owners
of property and agents in their vary
but the relationship between agent and
tenant Is seldom If ever discussed, yet
1t has to deal with a large proportion
of the city's population Of whom and
whose condition the owner Of property
having an agent knows little or moth
ing.
Diligence Is Needed.
The tendency is growing to shift
this responsibility to reliable firms
whose business it is to collect rents,
and care should be taken to place your
rent collecting in the hands of firms
who can give 1t at least some measure
of personal attention, because a poor
collector with bunch of receipts, back
ed by hasty and free use of the
forcible retainer means empty houses.
This is why owners complain that their
property is not paying a savings bank
income, and 1t would not be thus If
greater diligence were used to make
the collection.
II am convinced that the loss from
having vacant property is greater than
the loss sustained from the delinquency
of tenants. 1t is that feature connected
with realty that requires resourceful-
ness on the part of the collector. He
must have ample powers of discrimina-
tion-be a judge Of human nature-for
in the collection Of rents you deal for
the most part with that elecent of hu-
manity that presents the tragic side
of life.
"Ultra-conventional methods in vogue
by collectors of installment houses or
insurance. who carry their own penalty
for delinquency, will not do in the col
lection of rents.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-08-20

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