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has lost the glories which We're its in
The days Of tho Hanscatic League, but
Ghcnt, 10y means of constant port i'm
piuNcmeu;s, has kept abreast with the
Il, mands of modern commerce, especially
for raw mat, rial for textiles,
Antwerp. as one If the great world
ports. has had the soliCitous attention
Of the belgian Government, and not
outstanding the natural difficulties Of
the SChcldt the port provides facilities
| for commerce equal To- that of Its con-
tincntal rivals. Its tonnage runs even
| W!jh tina; of Hamburg. Extensive port
| improvements were undertaken "A year
ago.
An illustration Of the progressive Bel
cian spirit in everything that relates to
| the commerce and Industries Of the
| country il the plan to CONVEX, Brussels,
| which is ninety miles from the sea. into
| a martini" port at "A cost of SlI,oUO,oOO
! This is 10y charging and deepening the
"a Wlllehroccke Canal so as To make
| it a sea canal. Other canals uniting the
| navigable waterways Of the SChcldt and
! he Mouse basins have been improved,
and the old canal from BrusS Is To Char
| leroi has been enlarged.
| The social fabric of the astonishing
| E',gians under which they have de-
| vclopcd into an industrial and CONNER
! Ga, nation is complex one. yet it re-
n,Cts the character Of people differ
! 'ng i'm many respects among themselves
who can work together for common
ends.
For an artisan population. in which
skilled labor IL extensive, wages are low
lower than i'm most Of the European
countries. \ year ago the wages Of
mechanics, machinists ana tool work
ers who worked ten hours a day siN
days in the week was 1915 a week
In the mines the wages We're also low
and the hours long, ana a very strong
political agitation was necessary before
"A reduction to nine hours "A day could
he secured for the miners. The glass
workers and other classes Of artisans
have their labor unions.
The Socialists are strong. and tn,
Government has tn recognize theh
st"nding as a distinct political group
Many years ago cooperative societies
were started for the avowcd purpose
securing cheaper bread for the work
ing people. While in the bcginninl
these cooperative societies We're dis
tnctly SOCialiStic. others have been
formed of "A non-political character.
In the agricultural districts the farm
crs formed cooperative societies for the
sale Of their dairy and other products
and for the purchase of agriculture
implements. The employees of the rail
ways and other departments Of thu
Government administration formed co
operative societies Of their own. The
) clerical party which Is the most pro
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/ tai of the country an international
| headquarters. The International Gus
! toms Society, under which the tariifs
of the different countries are published,
has its headquarters at BRUSSELS. An
| international bureau of commercial in
formation is in its inception. The Brus-
| sells sugar convention was the medium
10y which the sugar producing countries
| arranged to do away with bOunties.
| There is a central bureau of interna-
| tional associations. Students of Euro
bean politics will recall the calm and
authoritative discussion of this tangled
subject by a leading newspaper "
| brussels.
| Belgiums position in international
| high finance Is that of a word power.
This has been the natural outcome OF
| its favorable position as an industrial
and trading nation with accumulated
capital. In seeking to promote the sale
of Belgian products In foreign c"un-
tries Belgian capital also went abroad
to finance various Governments and to
develop private enterprise.
| The Belgian artisan and the Belgian
peasant are thrifty and saving, not
withstandng their small income. Brus-
| sells and Antwerp banking institutions
| have huge aCCumulationS. W men the
native Industries were financed there
was still surplus which had to be en-
ployed. and profitable employment could
only be found In other countries.
Some of this capital went to Ger
many, though little is ever heard OF
Belgian loans in Germany. Some went
To Turkey in the form of loans To the
Government in conjunction with other
financial groups. Part of the loans IN
Turkey were also made to prvat" enter
priscs. for which concessions were given
by the Ottoman Government that made
them at least partially Government
enterprises.
Bclrlan capital also went tn South
Africa for investment in some enter
pr.ses over which conservative English
investors halted. 1t went into BraziIlan
railways In the Argentine Republic IT
has gone into numerous forms M enter
prise. including banks. In some other
parts of South America it is in street
railway enterprises and in loans.
Ten years ago. when an American
syndicate secured railway concessions
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Unusual Lunch ri.

1T + YOU want to ach.ot.
either do somcthing d..
do someth ng old In ...
was the advice given 10y a Die.
u young man who sough. hi, ..
regard To winning a fortune.
This maxim seems to hay, .
lowed by a number Of pcoI..
from the original little shops ..
and there throughout III.
Whether the owners ar" %. f.
may Ice doubted. hui that jh,t .
ccSSful is indicated by d. g..
patronage enjoyed By them.
In Columbus. Ohio. a couple E
operate a milk store on one ut '.
cipal business streets. tnl.ko '
stations of the large CITIES, wi.
for babies is sold. this store j. ..
solely i'm the interest of adu'..
thrungcd summer and winter
In the window * a PAPER mH
stein COW knee deep in gra~- .
by chic little miikmald. II.
particularly effective at night.
overhead lights are shaded by oN
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To inqtsrc whether It Is the mark
an ally or of an enemy tl' uI
open to him. He VIII tx ..i
opportunity offers. and after f 10
ended, being human. ho w. .
likely to restore what has ,um. ..
In the nature of intcrnat.uul ..
he cannot do 1t.
While the industrial, vast, ..1
for Belgium will he cnurmpu.
the loss of life will he wors, ...
no reason To suppose that TIA, ...
Of the people will lee ch5n-, ..
result of the war. They S..
together more closely in ady..
their genius will seek its matt.
This genius is essentially f.,
and world trade.
Seven and half million 10. o.
could he assembled in a curu,.
and who have shown aStuuiSh..
NJ industrial and g 'mm"rc.H ...
ton, are a force to be taken ...
count by whatever nation, M
winning throw of the war 81.
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ing ferns. Within everythins i. spok
and span. the tiled floor shinIna "'ih
Dutch neatness.
All sorts Of milk drinks are I'D
creamed buttermilh. fcrmilac. mu'
shake and various rich milk and egg
beverages. \ lunch special that is much
in demand N hot weather Is a glass ~
ice cold, creamy. foamy milk and plate
Of old fashioned gingerbread Tn la'-
ter is no bakers cake. but the p'n1.n'
sweet. substantial. filling kind a- ih
propr.etnrs bake It themselves after a
time honnred family recipe. In N.ni"
hot milk. matted milk and egg u"a mk'
the place of the iced drinks pupy..r 'N
summer At n table on one side f The
room milk chocolates are sold. +"
purity and healthruln"ss The line ms
little shop is unsurpassed.
Down in the financial district of "
York, far from the classic shades . l'
/ Hub, there j. shop at which bean may
| be- procured in All their forms h me-
some New Englandcrs and other IT'D.
tavern sign is, appropriately, huge
| bean pot, which, i,luminrd within. serves
rs "A lantern AT night, In the " I'N
are pots of beans white. Nrll"" r'i
/ ana sputted. As in the cas-" of Oh. W'.'
store nothing Is her" sold that d.. n'
| have some direct bearing ON i'l-
table, but then. as the confirm ' =,
tunian said. when one has l.. Oh
beans, what does one want Of obi. "-
else"
or course Boston baked beans ''r
feature If the place" hut here can
obtained ID an soup, kidney bean ans
IN New York style fish balls a'| '",
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ny CHARLES VI. pErrER.

~ EI.GIUMS place on the remade
x map of Eurup" which may re-
l. suit from war j. yet uncertain.
BclgidnS, however. VIII not
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-09
.DYNAMTTERS
MUST SERVE
Supreme Court Exhausts Last
1urce Of Two Doz-
en- Convicted
Men.
SEN1AL OF THE WRIT
Several Of the Men Are Already Be
hind Prison Walls, Un-
| able to Secure
sENIAL OF THE WRIT

II United Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, March 9.-Presi-
dent Frank M. Ryan and twenty-three
members of the Bridge ana Structural
Steel Workers Union, convicted in
the celebrated dynamite conspiracy
cases, must serve their Jail sentences,
the supreme court decided today. The
court refused to review their convic-
ton in the lower federal courts at
Indianapolis and Chicago. Denial of
writ of review, exhausted the last
resource of the defendants
Confessions of Ortie McManigal and
JAS B. Mcnamara, former secretary
| of the union, formed the basis of the
lconvictions of the defendants who ap-
pealed to the supreme court They
were tried and convicted at Indian,
apolis OF conspiracy to transport dyn-
amite in interstate commerce. Their
conviction was recently affirmed by
the appellate federal court at Chi
lcago.
Dynamiting OF the Los Angeles
Times started the prosecution and
disclosure of alleged wholesale dyna
! mite plots and outrages
! Several Of the twenty-four defend
ants are now serving jail sentences
unable to secure bail Originally ther.
were thirty-two defendants. Thoss
whose sase we're under adyisemen
were Frank Ryan, John Fl. Barr.
i Eugene A. Clancy, Michael J Young
Frank G. Webb, Philip A. Cooley, Jo'
1T, Butler, j. e, Munsey, Peter J
& Smith, Chas H. Beum, Henry w
Ieightner, Edward Smythe, Geo. An
derson, Ernest u. Bassey, W. Ber
Grown, Paul J. Morrin, William q
Reddin, Michael j. Cunnane, Michae
lJ Hannah, Murray l.. Pennell, Franl
) ]. Higgins. Frank E. Painter, William
Shupe and Fred Mooney.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-09
AUTO BANDITS
ARE CAPTURED
Gang Nabbed at Davenport May be
Wanted in Many
places


MOLINE, H., March 9-Four auto
bandits, believed to be wanted in sew
eral parts Of the country, wers nab
bed in Davenport last night, twenty
minutes after daring hold-up of an
out-of-the-way grocery store and clean.
ing the till of s35.
The party comprises three men ana
woman answering to the names OF
Jim McKeeby, alias James Seals, Chi
cago (chauffeur)
Charles DeWett. alias Charles Cliff
ford, Chicago.
Joe Vton, st. Louis.
Carrie Hart, alias Rose Williams,
Chicago.
The quartet are alleged to have
stolen the machine in Chicago March
and have been holding up country
\ stores and slipping out safely, all
along the way from Chicago to Day.
| enport.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-09
Charqed with Crime.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.I
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, March g.
Charged with having started the Red
Jacket fire in which seventyfour
wives and children of copper strikers,
lost their lives, Milwaukee man was
arrested today and hustled off to Cal
umet, Mich. Lew Ritchie, Burns de-
tective, made the arrest but refused
to divulge the name Of his prisoner.
The man is thought to be Slay who
worked in the copper mines. Muni-
cipal and fedsral authorities were not
notified.
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SETTING MOB OF STRIKERS
MAKES CITY OF ROME TREMBLE

day to put Rome under martial law
should the general strike of working
men make it necessary. More than
100, 900 men quit work today and mcst
OF them attended mass meeting in
Plaza dsl Popolo where bitter
speeches we're made in denunciation
of the government. Tile conduct of
the strikers, however. was orderly
and the police had no cause to inter
fere. The strikers alleged that they
quit work as a protest against GER
tain changes in the conduct of the
HOSPITALS, but it is believed that the
NOV sment is really a test of the
strength of the labor organization.
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THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and Vicinity: General
ly fair tonight and Tuesday. warmer
Tuesday Moderate variable winds.
For Illinois: Increasing cloudiness
tonight and Tuesday, probably be.
coming unsettled in nortl. portion
tuesday slowly rising temperature.
For Iowa: Cloudy and probably un.
settled tonight and Tuesday Warmer
tonight Moderate variable winds.
For Missouri; Generally fair to-
night and Tuesday. Warmer tonight
and east portion Tuesday. Moderate
winds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-09
COMPROMISE
WITH The IRISH
|smeD ma eng emoH U! s!s!I0
Today Before House Of
Parliament in
London.
LOCAL OPTION CLAUSE
Greatest Crowd That Ever Packed
the Building, Was Present
to Hear the
Debate.
LOCAL OPTION CLAUSE

/ United Press Leased wire SerVlce.l
LONDON, March 9-Facing, per-
haps. the largest crowd that ever
packed the floor and galleries of the
house Of commons, Prime Minister
Asquith late this afternoon precipita-
ted the Irish crisis by moving the
twice enacted home rule bill for sec
ond reading and debate
The premier followed his motion py
outlining formally the govsrnments
proposed compromise with the pro-
testants Of Ulster, whereby Irish coun.
ties would be given local option" in
the matter Of self government.
Asquith said that the cabinet pro-
posed to allow counties in Ireland to
refrain from participating In home
rule by popular vote. Individual coun-
ties, said the prime minister, might
reject home rule for thems elves and
remain under the jurisdiction OF the
parliament at Westminster by ma
jority OF their celebrates. Such cleo,
tions must be held after the final
enactment of home rule and before
the establishment OF a Dublin parlia
ment, as provided by the BILL
1t was known for week that the
cabinet had agreed on some such
compromise with Ulster and 1t was
/ t,Asquith's announcement that b
! would formally state the fropositicl
/ in this afternoons debate tha
! brought out the great tfrong.
ssAny county Of Ulster or any othei
4 Irish province, can by such an or
i rangement refuse to accept home rule
] for period Of six years, Premier As
| quith said
At the end of that period. it will bt
necessary to hold another eiection OF
1 the proposition, to ascertain whether
or not the people Of the counties hat
! changed, their minds in regard to par
ticipation in Irish IS slf-goyernment.
Anxious to hear a discussion on tht
momentous home rule question from
the lips of the prime minister, rec
ord breaking crowd hocked TO th
house of commons, starting early il
the afternoon. For many years ther
had been no such hurrying of mem
Ibers of the commons to secure seat
! for debate. The crucial point il
1 Ireland's long fight for self govern
nent was at hand and peers and pee
esses rubbed elbows with loyal Irish
men in the rush to places in the ga
leries. When Asquith called up tn
home rule bill for second reading an
debate, John Redmond, leading Iris
nationalist, Arthur Bonar Law, leade
of the opposition, and host of orr
. tors on both sides of the questio
were ready to pour out floods of elt
tquencs in support OF their respectiv
, contentious.
! The debate on home rule was 9,
pected to run far into the night an
be continued over tomorrow perhaI
: even longer The compromises offere
r to Ulster by the government will y
introduced as an amendment to tn
: original BILL The proposal Of Asquitl
was considered to have drawn til
3 teeth OF opposition in Ulster wher
Sir Edward Carson has led a NOV
ment for home rule by force OF arm
and provisional government
a necessary
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-09
Missouri Athletic Club and Boatmen's Bank
structure Is Scene Of Terrific Blaze This
Morning.
EVEN KNOWN DEAD, THIRTY ARE MISSING
rwo Explosions After Fire Was Discovered
Turned Seven Story Building Into Roaring
Furnace.

Theo. Levy, ga, salesman, taken by
firemen from sixth floor window
ledge; both legs and left foot bruised;
taken to Hotel Jefferson.
u. M. Stott, 46 years old, 4505
Washington boulevard; left hip frac-
|tured; internal injuries; city hospital.
Benz. F.. williams, 40, Brown Shoe
company, 220l South Broadway. Louis
vile, KY, internal injuries, city hos
lpital.
L. u. Leonard, Al, lawyer, Rialto
building, several ribs fractured, both
feet fractured, internal injuries, city
hospital
B. C. Holmes, AZ, Mcconnell, Miss,
internal injuries, city hospital.
Lee Wolf, "a, Caruthersville, Mo-,
back probably broken, city hospital.
/ A. D. Harmed, So, Oalwood avenue,
Chicago, right arm. right ankle and
left leg fractured, city hospital.
William Koerner, &c, houseman,
lboth feet fractured, city hospital.
1 Edward T. Kaub, Sc, salesman, S12
tEigin avenue:s Oh litmgos abraisons and
slcuts on hands and knees.
David Blum, 43, purchasing agent
4 for Grand Leader department store,
fright leg fractured; st. Regis hotel.
4 Lee Walsh. city hospital.
Chas. Schimel, city hospital.
Robt. Magill, burned about the legs.
| Mrs. Magill, feet burned and cut.
i John Dwyer, fireman, buried by
| falling wall
i Following two distinct explosions
in the building, flames burst forth
simultaneously in several floors, gain
ling headway in the large dining room
on the third floor which was deserted
at that time, the last joyful diner Out
of the crowd of several hundred who
had dined there during the night
y having departed an hour before the
fire broke out.
Scores Of terrified men rushed t.
the windows shrieking and loudly
. calling for help but they were forced
back into the smoke befogged, flame
blistered corridors, groping blindly fol
. air and life.
j, With escape cut off on Fourth stree
fire escapes, many jumped to the roo
OF the st. Louis Seed Co, on the west
sustaining injuries. Scores of other
hastily constructed a life line of be,
clothing and twenty escaped in tina
manner.
] A general alarm brought larg
b portion Of the fire fighting apparatu
J which concentrated its efforts on tn
a rear of the club building while tel
g rified men begged for assistance a
b the front Terrified at the approac
It Iof flames. C. r. Kessler and Jane
v Riley took chance and jumped fror
il the fourth floor. Both died bt
IS for they could be rushed to a hospita
4. AS the guests hurried down tn
fire escape or jumped to the roof
ia they were taken to nearby hotels !
i their night clothing. The rapid sprea
: of the flames cut off escape by tn
Fourth street fire escapes and of tn
- dozen unaccounted for early toda.
y many are believed to have perished.
Scores owe their lives to the heroi
lp work Of Telephone Operator N. Row
who stuck to his boara, arousin
guests until his circuit failed. Flame
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-09
SEVEN DIED IN HOSPITAL
FROM FAULTY GERMAN TOXIN

lated in the Los Angd des county hos
pital. The toxin was delivered to the
hospital in sealed tubes, having come
direct from DIR. Paul Er,ich, oriaipator
OF the treatment at Frankfort, Ger
many. Eight PERSONS Who were suf-
fering from specific blood diseases,
were inoculated Saturday afternoon.
Four died before Saturday midnight.
three died Sunday ana the eighth can
not survive today.
The hospital officials believe the
toxine experienced some basic change
after 1t was sealed in Frankfort.
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limited Press Leased Wire Service.
81. LOUIS, Mo, March g..
6even persons ale known to
have been killed, thirty are
missing and a score or more
we're injured as a result OF the
ire which early today de-
Btroyed the fve-story Missouri
Athletic Club building in which
Tile Boatmen's bank also was
housed. The property loss was
estimated at $350,000. The fire
(which started at 1:50 a. m. is
said to have been followed by
two explosions which convert
ed the building into roaring
Furnace within a few minutes.
Means and cries Of scores Of
|the guests and employees who,
Nere trap ed in the huil iingy,y
(which greeted the ears Of fire
men and others arriving early
at the scene, died away IN a
few moments leaving the inn
preston with those who heard
them that the lives Of many
had suddenly been ended in the
smoke and flames which swept
through the building.
Pitiful scenes were enacted
around the fire lines as the
search for the bodies progress
ed Wives and children, broth
ers and sisters and aged par
ents tearfully pleaded with the
police and f1emen for some
word of their loved ones. AS
the bodies were recovered, the
anxious watchers charged the
police line in an attempt to sec
the body, hoping against hope
that it would not be one of theil
own. At the morgue, similar
scenes We're enacted.
United Press Leased Wire Service.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 9.-Wit
three unknown dead, forty-five unac
counted for and scores injured in
fire which destroyed the fashionabl
seven story Missouri Athletic clu
and Boatmens bank building a
Fourth and Washington streets, earl
today, fremen expect to find severa
more bodies as soon as the ruin
cooled sufficiently to permit search
The dead:
JOHN M. RICKEY, 40, 234O Lasall
street, st. Paul, general auditor of tn
Ford Motor Car company, burned I
death in his room.
G. F. KESSLHR, SO, manager of til
Ludlow-Saylor Wire company, kille
in Jump to the pavement.
JAMES RILEY, 55, killed in a jun
to the pavement.
The known injured are:
~ - & .
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One Hundred Thousand Men
Are Idle and Martial Law
May Follow.

limited Press Leased Wire seryice.p
ROME, March s. With the entire
capital garrison and police force, l5,-
Voo men, under arms, and several
regiments brought in from othsr PROV
mces, the government was ready to.
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subscribers OF The Daily Gate City
are served the full Leased Wire Ser
vice Of the United Press Associations
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Patients in Hospital Treated
With New Remedy Did
Not Live Long.

4 United Press Leased Wire Service ]
LOS ANGELES, Calf. March g.
Seven persons are dead and another
is dying today from the effects OF neo-
salvarsan with which all were inocu-
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