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The Washington herald., 1914-06-14
Elaborate Plans Arranged for
Celebration Of Signing Of
Treaty Of Ghent Retween
United States and Great
Britain English-speaking
Peoples Unite m Program
Of Worldwide Festivities.

Happy are the people that fnd wis
dom, and the nations that get under
standing of one another; for out of
understanding comes friendship. and
out of friendship comes peace.
BY RALPH W. BENTON.
The completion. OF a century Of
peace among the English-speaking
eoples of the world is TO be commem-
orated-next year BY the most exten-
sive and elaborate series of interna-
tional. national. and local festivities
ever undertaken by humanity.
The celebrations will commemorate
not only the centenary of the ratifica-
tion of the Treaty of Client between
the United States and Great Britain.
hut in addition will mark 100 years of
good will between this country and
France Germany Norway. Sweden.
Holland. and the other great nations
of the world with which the Ameri-
cans never have been engaged in war.
The festivities will be unique in the
history of the world. The annals of
the past abound with vivid accounts
of brilliant and spectacular celebra-
tions of the glories and victories OF
warfare. but never yet has there been
any magnificent and widespread recog-
milton of the triumphs OF peace.
The coming celebrations will emphasize
the victories of peace as evidenced
through the spiritual intellectual. indus
trial political, and economic triumphs Of
a century of development and progress
toward international righteousness and
justice. There will be no recognition of
the anniversaries of the battles which pre-
ceded the signing of the Treaty of Ghent
Memories of the entrance of the British
troops into the National Capital and the
subsequent burning of the government
buildings will not be revived-the cele-
brations will emphasize alone the spirit
OF good will embodied in the Treaty of
Ghent in which the peace commissioners
expressed themselves as being desirous
of terminating the war which has unhap-
PLY subsisted between the two countries,
and of restoring-upon principles of per-
feet reciprocity-peace. friendship and
good understanding between them"
Worldwide Celebration.
Although most OF the celebrations will
be in the United States. Great Britain,
Canada. New Foun6land. Australia, and
other British dependencies. it is expected
that all the leading nations of the world
will, in some appropriate manner. and
through their own initiative, take such
action as will indicate their interest IN,
and approval of. the event.
The celebrations will commence on
December "a of this year. the centenary
OF the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.
but the festivities proper will not begin
until April, 1915. Arrangements for the
American celebration ere being formu-
lated by a national committee, of which
former President Roosevelt is honorary
chairman. Andrew Carnegie is active
chairman. Within a short time a bill will
be introduced in Congress for the ap-
pointment of commission to assume
charge of the international arrangements.
Local committees have been appointed in
eighty-seven American cities for the
preparation OF plans for municipal cele-
brations.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-14
WILL ASK POPE HOW
To Dance FURLANA
Miss Bertha King Goes Abroad to
Study the Terpsichorian
WAS TEACHER IN WASHINGTON

The movement IL standardize modern
dancing has just engaged the services
OF Miss Bertha King to travel abroad
for the purpose of studying all the latest
steps Of the modern dances that are cre-
ated from time time. and never reach
this country until months after their in
auguration.
Miss King. who is a relative of Senator
Gallinger and a resident of New York
spent most OF her time last season Il,
Washington, where she taught MANY
prominent representatives of washinrton
society the modern dances Miss king
has devoted a lifetime TO the study and
perfection of dancing and Is one Of the
few authorities on modern dancing in the
United States. Miss King is on her way
now TO Rome to interview his holiness
the Pope. to whom she bears letters of
introduction so that she may learn direct
from him definite information regarding
the manner in which the Furiana dance
should be PERFORMED.
She Will communicate all this informa-
ton through the Movement TO Standard
ize Modern Dancing for the benefit Of tho
American people. After her conference
with the Pope she will make a thorough
study of dancing conditions in Italy and
then she will go TO Paris. Miss King has
letters OF introduction to every american
Ambassador and consul in Europe. This
cntree will be of help to Miss King in
learning the exact study of the dance
situation in every country of Europe.
Her itinerary calls for a visit to every
large city in Europe
The Paris information will be gotten
first hand by visiting the halls. cafes,
and dancing studios. and. il necessary
to receive instruction from the most
noted of the European professors Of
dancing. She will also visit Berlin and
London with the same object in view.
Miss Kings intention is purely of an
educational character, and she Is under
taking this work at her own expense
purely for the love she finds in the study
Of this art. All OF her articles win be
supplied to the public through the Move-
ment to Standardize Modern Dancing,
which is under the direct management
Of Uriel Davis. the famous authority ON
dancing
The Washington herald., 1914-06-14
A Maker of Young Americans
Was the Late Jacob 4. Riis

patrolmen were necessary to give them
out to the howling mobs Of children.
From the distribution of these boxes Of
flowers and their revelation of the hun
ger for beauty on mean streets, there
developed the settlement at IS Henry
street, which bears the name of Mr..
Riis. 1t stands within a stones throw
OF many door in which he sat friend
less and forlorn trying to hide from the
policeman who would not let him Sleep
and of the Bowery clearinghouse where
almost starved to death he lay sense
less on the stairs after his first days
work in the newspaper office.
"How the Other Half Lives"
The comfortably lodged who had not
red blood enough in their veins to feel
for those to whom everything was denied
and not enough to make out the facts
when they saw them about school houses
Fairgrounds. and better tenements al
ways aroused his special scorn.
How Mr.. Riis came to be a speaker
he never knew, and he greatly enjoyed
reading in a country newspaper that "a
voluble German. with a voice like a
squeaky cellar door" had been in town
At first the churches were-most unwill-
ing TO give a hearing to the wrongs of
Mulberry street. but at last he obtained
permission to show the pictures he had
taken ny fiashlight in the homes into
which he had gone as a police reporter
After one of his illustrated lectures the
editors of leading magazine asked him
for an article. How the Other Half
Lives was the result
with tongue or pen. his argument
shaped itself into the fundamental one
OF the rescue of the home and the
making of tenements which sheltered
2'ooo'ooo human souls as nearly fit as
might be. He summoned the American
people to look the matter squarely in
the face. James Russell Lowell wrote
TO him after reading How the Other
Half Lives" II felt as Dante must when
he looked over the edge of the abyss
at the bottom Of which Gergon lay in
ambush. / found 1t hard to get to
sleep the night after had been read
ing your book"
His ideas of good government began
and ended with the peoples life. After
thirty years of work he knew that the
conditions of New York's crowded ten
ement quarter still made for unright-
eousness and that the great mass of
respectable workingmen of the city
must dwell there with their families.
Yet the work." he said, was not
wasted, for at last we see the truth,
and seeing, 1t Is impossible that the
monstrous wrong should go unrighted.
we have only begun to find out what
government can do for mankind in the
day when We shall all think enough
about the common good, the res publica
10 forget about ourselves"
He was no saint" his reporter
friends will tell you, but a man with
mind and an honest will" He re-
fused Cabinet position at one time
because he could do better work else
where. Il value the good opinion of
my fellow-men," he says, in The Max
ing Of an American for with it comes
increased power to do things"
To most of us Jacob Riis was the
finest immigrant that We have ever
known.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-14
HOW THE BIBLE CIRCULATEs.
New Records Established Last Year
by the American Society.

The American Bible Society issued $751;
l76 volumes last year. according to re-
ports Just made public. an advance over
the previous year OF l.a0l. 500.
Only five years ago the annual issues
Of the society were little over 2,0oo.ooo
and the average for twenty-five years
preceding was 1.50oO 900 volumes.
The greatest advance was in portions
Of Scripture. these passing 1000, 900 con-
siderably. but there was an actual in
crease last year in issues OF both Bibles
and Testaments. Nearly half of these
are sent out from the Bible House. New
York. but the societys agents abroad
issued almost 100000 volumes The
whole number issued by the society in
ninety-eight years is 1os.5ls. .ssl volumes.
America and England. co-workers in
many good causes. support the two great
Bible societies of the world. The British
is just little older. but works loyalty
like an elder sister. and will rejoice with
and help the American when ii celebrates
in 1916. as II is now preparing to do. the
end Of Its first century of Bible printing.
Bible translation. and Bible distribution.
This American Bible Society, with head
The Washington herald., 1914-06-14

Of the territory occupied by the respective
armies at the end of the war and. also
the erection OF q neutral Indian territory
out Of a large section Of the Northwest
territory Of the United States. The
Americans demanded the REIMBURSEMENT
Of the claims OF free navigation of the
Mississippi. and the recognition Of the
fishery rights as fixed by the treaty Of
IT'S:
Public Ferccd Peace.
But the people of both countries were
weary OF war, and longed for the con-
clusion of peace Public sentiment in
both nations forced negotiations to q
hasty end. Secretary of State Mornoe.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-14

The treaty contained no reference to i'm
pressment~ or the right Of search. but
European tranquility at the time render
ed the settlement Of these questions un-
necessary. The treaty provided for the
exchange of prisoners and the return OF
property, guaranteed peace to the In
dams, and provided for settlement by
commissioners of the questions as tc
boundary and as to the islands in Passa-
maquoddy Bay. .1fF.s .tst
The gladstone news Of peace was car
ried to New York by the British sloop
of war Favorite on the night of Satur-
day, February Il. 1915. and while the
bells of the city peaied out. messengers
sped on horse. like Paul Revere Of old.
from house to house and from town to
The Washington herald., 1914-06-14
DIR. BEYER BACK IN BERLIN,
n C,bl. IN The w.sbinrton He,ld

Special Gable to The Washington Heald.
Berlin. June 13.-Dr. G. II. Boyer. medi-
cal director OF the United States navy,
who some weeks ago abruptly stopped his
medical researches here and went to
Washington on the chance Of entering
active service in case of war with Mex
ico has returned to Berlin to resume his
studies.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-14
By JANE f. ROBBINS.

Head Resident Jacob A. Riis Neighbor-
hood House.
Exclusive Service, The Survey Press
Bureau.
Il would not have missed being in II
all for anything" said Mr.. Riis. L have
been very happy. No one ever had SO
good a time.
Years ago at the College Settlement he
spoke of the meadows and fields near the
old town of Rihe with tears in his eyes
and explained afterward, that his auoi-
ence had suddenly disappeared from
view, and in its place he saw only the
north seacoast. 1t was this wonderfui
imaginative genius OF Mr.. Rhs, that
caused a roomful of students to lay down
their pencils and notebooks as they real
lied that they were listening not to
lecture but to a living, breathing prose-
poem.
over against the tenements that " e
fight i'm our cities" he said, ever rises
in my mind the fields. the woods. God s
open sky. as accusers and witness that
his temple is being so defiled, man so
dwarfed in body and soul
Days of Struggle.
In spite OF he tramping and starving
of the first three years in America. ne
knew that he was out to twist the wheel
of fortune his way If he could only get
his hands upon it.
The principal of a telegraph school to
which he went in New York City sent
him. Just as his hopes were almost gone,
10 the New York News Association.
where he began his life as a newspaper
man. For over twenty years he spent
most of his waking hours with murders,
fires. suicides, ard robberics.
We talk a great deal about city
toughs." he wrote in The Making of an
American I'm nine cases out Of ten
they are lads OF normal impulses whose
resources have all been smothered by the
sIum, of whom the street and its law
lessness and the tenement that is with
out a home have made ruffians. With
better opportunities they might have
been heroes"
The Power of Facts.
Once when there was some fear OF a
cholera epidemic, Mr.. Riis took his
camera, went up to the Croton water
shed, spent a week photographing the
sources Of pollution and forced the city
10 buy a strip of land along the streams
that discharge into the Croton River.
"It takes a lot of telling to make a
city know when 1t is doing wrong" said
he. TT is just a question of endurance.
The right has got to be moved along like
everything else in the world by men.
That is how we take title to the name" i"
For years Mr.. Riis worked at night.
"At a. m. he said.-''the veneering is
off and you see the true grain of a
thing He was delighted to find that
Roosevelt as police commissioner. was
willing to get UP when other people
slept and see what the town looked like
in the night The power of fact" he
called ''the mishtiest lever Of this or Of
sny day.
In the year 1sss he had-written a letter
TO the newspapers. asking that flowers
be sent to Mulberry street. and they
came in such abundance that i've stout
The Washington herald., 1914-06-14
S. W. STRAUS IN LONDON.

London. June l3.-S. W. Straus. the
banker of New York and Chicago. has
arrived here with Mrs. Straus to make
arrangements for the International Con-
gress on Thrift.
Mr.. straus is president Of ths Amsri.
can Society Tor Thyife
The Washington herald., 1914-06-14
DR.. EUCKEN TO LECTURE.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
Berlin. June. I3.-Dr. Walter Eucken, q
son of the celebrated Goettingen philoso-
rhcr, who lately received call from
Columbia University to deliver a series
OF lectures on political science there usxs
fall. announced this week hs would -
sspt
The Washington herald., 1914-06-14

women and girls Of the nation and rec
ommend how best to promote for them
higher standards Of moral and social
conditions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-07

shot and instantly killed by Postmast-
er w. F. Kelly in the lobby OF the bank
Of Crowder. The men had been en-
emies for years. Kelly was arrested.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-07
Ladies! Look YOUNG,
Darker Gray Hair
Use the Old-time Sage 1e, and Sui.
phur and Nobody will
Know

Gray hair. however handsome, de.
notes advancing age. We all know
the advantages O: youthful appear
ance. Your hair is your charm. 1t
makes or mars the face. When 1T
fades, turns gray and looks dry,
wispy and scraggly. just a few appli-
cations of Sage Tea and Sulphur en-
hances it's appearance hundred fold.
Don't stay gray! Look yong! Eth
er prepare the tonic at home or get
from any drug store 80 cent bottle
OF 'Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair
Remedy" Thousands of folks recon-
mend this ready-to-use pre- paration.
because it darkens the hair beauti-
fully and removes dandruff. stops
scalp itching and falling hair; be-
sides, no one can possibly tell, as It
darkens so naturally and evenly. You
moisten a sponge or soft brush with
1t, drawing this through the hair. TAX
ing one small strand at time. By
morning the gray hair disappears:
after another application or two, its
natural color is restored and 1t he
comes thick, glossy and lustrous. and
you appear younger.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-07
ARMY VETERAN
DIED THIS MORNING
Der Of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry,
Passed Away.

John c. Niblock, comparatively a
stranger in the city, died at the Union
hotel at 1925 O'Clock this morning
Of paralysis. after an illness Of about
two weeks. His home was at Oelwein.
Iowa. and he stopped Off here about
two weeks ago on return trip from
St Louis where he was visiting and
had b=en i'll all the time since his
arrival here.
civil war. in which memorable con-
fiict ne was a member of the Fifth
Iowa cavalry. He was a member OF
the Methodist church His wife di ed
four years ago last September. He
was a native of Pennsylvania, but
had been a resident OF Iowa for many
years ag is evidenc I'd by his early en-
listment in an Iowa regiment. TWO
OF his sons H. L. and o. H. Nfblock
of Kansas City, being apprised OF
their fathers condition, fastened to
the bedside and are now in the city
and ar, arranging for having the re-
mains borne to Oelwein, his old homs
for burial. and will likely accompany
the remains on an evening train.
The deceased is survived by the
following sons and daughters, the
two sons from Kansas City, m sntion
ed above, J. F. Niblock Of Omaha
Neb., w. E., OF Illinois; Mrs. ]. E
Robertson. Fredericksburg, Iowa, Mrs
]. R. Jameson, Joplin, Mo-, and Miss
Laura Ntblock, OF Oelwein.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-07
la Harpe Man Dead.

LA HARPE, Ill, April Robert
Corbitt died at his home in this city
Sunday evening at o'clock. He was
born in Sistersville, West Virginia,
and was sixty years and five months
old. He was a son of Samuel and
Mary Corbitt and was the sixth child
In family OF seven, FIVE girls and
two boys, all OF whom are living. The
Corbitt family came to Missouri when
he was about year old, but later
moved to Illinois He was married to
Clara Olive Glaze. December %, 1880.
snd one child, Merlin Corbitt, now Iiv-
Ing in Burnside, was born to this
union. His wife died in 1882. In
1885 he was married to Myrtle Glaze
and four Children, Samuel, Clara. Lou
den, Clyde and Irene. all OF whom are
living, were born to this union. There
are three grandchildren. Mr.. and
Mrs. Corbitt moved to La Harpe TWEEN.
ty-three years ago and have been resi-.
dents since He has been sick for
ten years and helpless for the past
year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-07
Pastors and Lay Delegates FROM keo-
kuk District Are Meeting in
u. p. Church This
Afternoon.
PROGRAM IS CHANGED
Rev. w. r. SawteiI to Preach Sermon
In Place Of Rev. A. L.
Graham his
Evening.

The presbytery Of the keokuk s.
trict convened at the Un.-ad Pres5y-
terrain church this afternoon at 2:30
clock when the devotional exercises
were begun by the Rev. D. L. Mcbride.
retiring moderator. The devotional
service lasted for twenty minutes and
then the routine business of the pres
bytery was taken up. This business
session consumed most Of the after
moons time, and late this afternoon
adjournment would be taken.
The evening program tonight of
necessity, will be changed. The Rev.
A. L. Graham who was to have spoken
on the subject, "The Shame OF a
Smooth Life" is unable to be present
He had to conduct funeral services in
his own town and was unable to come
to keokuk this afternoon.
His place on the program this even
ing will be occupied by the Rev. W. r.
Sawtell Of Washington. Iowa Rev. Mr..
Sawtell was to have spoken this at
te-noon but his sermon was saved for
this evening when it was found Rev.
Mr.. Graham could not be present.
The devotional exercises this even
ing will be led by the Rev. r. H.
Park, and following these, the Rev.
H. L. Henderson will make short
talk. Rev. Mr.. Henderson is the
moderator OF the convention.
The keokuk district is composed
OF fifteen churches. A pastor and
lay delegate from each comprise the
delegation which is to assemble here
for the two days session. However,
some of the churches in the district
are vacant. and it was expected this
afternoon that not more than twenty
delegates would be present at this
district meeting.
A number of the pastors who are
attending the meeting, arrived this
afternoon and some of the others Will
be in in time for the night session
and the morning meeting tomorrow.
The lresbytery will adjourn tomor-
row at noon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-07
KNOW IT WELL
Familiar Features Well Known TO Hum
dreds Of keokuk Citizens.

A familiar burden in many homes.
The burden Of bad back
A lame, a weak or an aching back
Often tells you Of kidney fills.
Doau's Kidney pills are for weak
kidneys.
Here is Keokuk testimony.
William Elite, AS Main ST.. Keokuk.
Iowa. says: There was an extreme
lameness across my loins and sharp
,v,inse. darted through my back when.
ever I stopped or attempted to stand
erect after sitting for while. Read
ing public statements, given by parties
who had been cured OF kidney COM
nlaint by Doan's Kidney Pills, 1 waA
led to get this remedy at Wilkinson &
Co.'S drug store. Cwas greatly relieved
and can therefore, strongly endorse
it,
when Your Back Is Lame-Remem-
Der the Name" Don't simply ask for a
kidney remedy-ask distinctly fol
Doan's Kidney Pills. the same that
Mr.. Elite had-the remedy backed by
home testimony soc all stores. Foster
Milburn Co.. Props. Buffalo. N. "
Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-07
Dallas Court Boundaries.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. /
WASHINGTON, April T. Dallas
citizens today were expected to pro-
test before house subcommittee
against bill to change the boun-
daries OF the federal judicial district.
This 1ill would throw Dallas into the
eastern district and cause the remov-
al OF Judge Meek from the city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-07

and clerks table. There was solid
mass OF humanity vending it's way in
the door. to the judges witsl the ball
lots. and then to the booths and bach
to the ballot box.
ANYONE who has seen the crowd
around a city precinct voting place
can have some idea Of the number OF
people who are in that polling place
today. And the women are by no
means in the minority. While there
is the usual large crowd OF male
voters, there are almost as many
women in each relay which storms
the judges desks and the ballot box.
Women are Instructed.
The women who go into the voting
place are by no means strangers to
the ways of exercising their rights OF
suffrage. Their sisters on the out
side of the polls have seen to 1t that
they know what to do when they get
into the polling place. There are
sample ballots sufficient to show the
novice how to go about this intricate
business VI iho' nAAs aAAot oh0
plenty OF women are around the polls
to see that their sisters are instructed.
Vote Ten q Minute.
1t is estimated by the clerks that
the voting is being done at the rate
of ten minute The steady stream
OF people in the polling place makes
this seem fair estimate. There Will
be an immense vote cast IL the num-
Der continues as 1t has started, and
there seems little sign of its show
ing any tagging.
At 2:45 this afternoon the total
vote was 976. The total number of
men who had voted then was 639 and
the women's vote was 337.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-07
Po.tmast.rs Named.

United Press Leased Wire Ser' i'. 9,
WASHINGTON, April 7.-The pr
dent today nominated the foiio"'I'
postmasters:
At Steger, ILL.,. J. P. Lawrence
At Jerseyville, H., Joel E. CORY
At Lewiston, Ill, John B. Hem,
At Zion City, ILL.,, Matthew y -,
At Brazil, Ind, Edward G. sefea
At Delphi. Ind, Sell S. Doty.
AtsLowell, Ind, Mortimer oasu
At Wenatchee, Wash, Ciift'h
Battles. .h
At Two Rivers. Wis. Noel Nas'i q
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-07
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1inton's Transfer

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