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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
Italy is Friendly to kaiser's People
Although at War With Her
Ally, Austria
Hungary. ..
A PECULIAR SITUATION
II is Better to Pass "a a Frenehman
Than as an American In
Italy These
Days.
lUnited Press Correspondence

lUnited Press Correspondence
HEADQUARTERS OF THE 1TAL-
IAN ARMY. UDINE. Sept. 26.-(By
mail. Germany the hated enemy Of
France, is not an enemy of italy.
Italy is at war with Austria, but not
with Germany.
Are those German prisoners" I
asked an officer at~seadquarters, in
dicating two detected creatures who
had been brought to the STAFF officers
to be interrogated.
mo! MOI" exclaimed the oficer.
1--WE never have any German prison
ers. They're AustriAns." Then he
explained further.
mo one says anything unfriendly
about Germans here. We haven't de-
clared war on Germany and Germany
hasn't declared war on us. 1t is just
the Austrians we are fighting"
In Italy noticed a German box car
on sidetrack In France or Eng
land or Russia such thing would
have meant a bonfire, but not in italy.
That's a German car" l said to
the dining car conductor.
There are lots OF them In Italy, "
he said.
do they go into Switzerland"
asked
"Yes, yes. Just like Italian cars"
Therefore they can go into Germany,
too.
You have become accustomed In
England and France to fiery, anti.
German emotions, to cries OF Huns :
"Barbarians" and BABY killers" But
| wsat .-ycu say sS5ut. <sesmany
he xfH %b-y Tronrh q e
not popular in Italy. Your baggage
when you pass from France to italy
is as carefully inspected as If you
were going into an enemy country. II
French and English are your only
languages speak English, for though
it's very hard to find out whom ltal-
ians like and whom they dislike you
discover shortly that they like the
English better than they do the
French.
If you can help It. don't let them
know you are American. The Italians
who went into the war last May when
they thought the Austrfans were thor
oughly whipped are alarmed by the
success of the Austrians in Russia and
it seems to them that the United
States ought to come in and help the
allies, especially italy.
President Wilson is cartooned for
not helping the allies. These cartoons
don't blame Wilson for not attacking
Germany; but for not calling Austria
to account for alleged outrages in Ser
via and elsewhere.
Any Italian in the United States
who is antiGerman, who criticizes
Germany for the Lusitania incident
or who thinks the United States ought
to step in and help to whip Germany
is out Of touch with the feeling in his
home land.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
HAMILTON WANTS
TO GET BUILDING
Press in it's Issue Friday Tells Of
Action Being Taken in
Peterson Matter.

The Hamilton Press publishes the
following in it's issue Friday:
Judgment was rendered in the JUS
tice court Of John Crawford last We'd
nesday afternoon against. the Edgar s.
Peterson Shoe Co., in favor Of the
Hamilton Hardware Co, $45.07, Know
les e Honce, S35.75, and costs. Attor-
neys Wood and Orr appearing for the
local creditors and both Judgments
were given by default. The action
brought by the First National bank in
the county court will not be taken up
until December.
A Chicago paper Of November 10
contained notice Of the fling Of bank
ruptcy in Chicago by Edgar S. Peter.
son, the day previous. 1t is not yet
known what effect this action will
have on the affairs Of Edgar s. Peter
son Shoe Co.. but local business men
are determined to protect their right
and get possession Of the factory
building at the earliest possible date
so that it may be used for another in
dustry. .s....
AS We 60 to press we are informed
that the Central Trust Co., of Chicago
was appointed receiver for the Edgar
S. Peterson Shoe Co, which has gone
into bankruptcy, notice Of which is
given in another column of this issue
Attorneys representing the bank
ruptcy court and. the receiver were in
this city Thursday and left man In
personal charge of all the shoe com
pany property here.
The officers Of the Business club are
objecting to 50 much expense being
incurred, by reason OF the proceeding
In the Chicago district, and will likely
file the necessary objections in an
attempt to remove the proceeding to
the Springfield district, in which Han
cock county is located {
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
Badger Man Has Made Discovery Of
Liquid Which VIII Not Stain
and Which Makes Things
lnfiammable.
IS OFFERED BIG MONEY
He Is Now Figuring at Nights on
Which of His Many Offers
VIII be Best to
Take Up.

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa, Nov. ID
Fame has reached out to Badger, 4
little town just south Of Humboldt
and Arthur Aren't, a quiet, retiring
druggist, is being besieged by big paint
manufacturers, film makers and hosts
of other large eastern interests who
want to buy little formula Mr..
Aren't recently discovered which bids
fair to make him one of the most
talked about men in the United
States. His discovery is a liquid
which does not even discolor the very
finest Of cloth fabrics yet makes them
absolutely non-infammable. But large
sums Of money have not yet tempted
the Badger druggist. Mr.. Aren't for
merly ran the Peterson drug store a.
Ellsworth, southeast of this city.
Ringing Brothers Interested.
The real worth of Mr. Arent's dis
Icovery may be realized when it Is
said that there is not in all the coun-
try today an absolute flreprooting OF
ANY kind. Hundreds of tests have
been made with the Aren't discovery
and not one has failed. A common
soft cedar single, treated with his
liquid, will Withstand plumbers blow
torch fifty minutes before the torch
will bore a hole in it, but even then
the single will not burn. a blow
torch will bore through steel quicker
than through wood which has been
treated. Even q sheet of paper or
piece of cheese cloth, treated by Mr..
Aren't, will not burn when held over
an alcohol flame. Canvas which has
been treated and then soaked for thfT.
ty hours in water and dried out cannot
be made to take fire. When the Ring
ling shows were here early in the
fall they offered $4,000 for the fire.
proofing OF all their canvas. But Mr..
Aren't is hiding his own time in the
ultimate sale Of his product.
Offer Of 500, 900 Not Tempting.
The value of hir. Arent's product as
applied to cloth lies in its use in OPP
era house scenery, show tents. etc.
And as applied to wood. 1t Is fmpos-
sible to get at the scope Of It's value.
AS to paper. If all paper money, for
instance, we're treated with 1t by the
government, an easy test Of counter
feiting would be to apply a match to
"a suspected bill. But one Of the great
est values of the Arent-Keltz discovery
lies In its use in motion picture films.
The Edison company has standing
offer of 100000 for non-in1ammable
film. But until he has thoroughly
looked over the field, Mr.. Aren't re-
fuses to be in the least tempted by
these offers He believes he has
made one of the real inventions OF
the age and In this belief he IS sus
tanned by the verdict of the represent
atives of big concerns who have visit
ed him and seen his demonstrations.
Mr.. Aren't is still young man. be-
Ing in the early thirties. He Is quiet
and unassuming and talks little about
his discovery though he is compelled
to give a good deal Of time to DEM
onstrations for the many experts who
call on him in an attempt to buy his
formula.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
Advice for the suffras!sts.

Cedar Rapides Republican: When
the women themselves have been con-
yerted to suffrage. we believe 1t Will
have no din entity in carrying the
male voters even in the eastern
states II ia the women who stand in
the way. and who will continue to
stand In the way. They are standing
in the way even in Iowa. Our advice
to the suffrage leaders is FIRST OF all
To convert their own sex. The men
will follow the women. they always
do.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
VIII Remain SINGLE.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. BE. II. r.
Green, of Terrell, Texas. AZ, and mot
as handsome as he used to be-" will
be a confirmed bachelor If he can get
by leap year, 1916, without taking
matrimony he told reporters here to-
day, when he stopped off for fifteen
minutes between trains for New York.
He is the son OF Hettie Green, the
worlds richest woman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
Robbed the Blind.

CHICAGO. Nov. 13.-Chtcago de-
veloped the meanest and one of the
boldest thieves in the world today
when a man knocked down and rob-
bed Mrs. Frank Kenney, Of the tag
day" bank in which she was collect
ing money for the blind of the city
The robbery occurred in front of the
Sherman House, while hundreds were
within few feet of the woman. ID,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
Acquitted Of One CHARGE.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. |
= LAREDO. Texas, Nov. 13.-Gen.
Geronimo Villareal, former Huertista
commandant at Neuvo Laredo, was
acauitted late this afternoon on a
charge OF smuggling $4,000 worth OF
diamonds into this country. His trials
on a charge Of conhscation Of the
diamonds and on Q charge Of bring
ing an alien woman into this country
for immoral purposes, are pending.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
sreakina of Preparedness.

Fairfield I edger: The Des Moines
which are constantly harp
ing ON unpreparedness are not calling
for the dismissal OF the Des Moines
police force. They seem to want to
be prepared for what may come to
Des Moines any day
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
Women Start e,o.

AMsrFp1eess leased Wire Service I
tbirb t.uAM, Nov. 13.-Enraged
4 nartat.er and potato prices, WON
y orodnee at Dusseldorf attacked
q, aecora, merchants in crowds FRI
Imam eo og to information from
NJ follon us,ces tonight and a fierce
eiee ebss It was dispersed by a
~ MAJ and several arrests
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
~. found Guilty Of MansIauoh.er.

sInNptr,r ess Leased Wire Service I
I,i,ay Iowa, Nov. 13.-Mrs. L.
M hn,s tharged with the murder of
hu I ,,"o' retired merchant here
h,pslans. was today convicted of
al ssras n,er by Jury which was
|Nnan s. hours. The white haired
|tct Was "a. lmmovably when the YER
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
Persistent.

Harrington Herald: Talking ABOUT
ongevity, have you observed the 1910
I0
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14

like "The Drum Major and "Down in
Somerset" Songs, brim full of pat
riotism. but lacking in humor, make
the Tommy trifle bored.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14

-assA TIE Gate mey wsnt column,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14

Read The Daily Gate City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
RATTLE RACES
NEAR BA1HERS
!, paw No Attention TO Boom Of
Guns off Shore While
they Play in the
surf.
ZINES ARE DESTROYED
&C.. - Motors, High in the Darkness,
Reveal the Fact That Yep
pelln Is lowering
Overhead.
,Ini,od press Correspondent. j

rUnited Press Correspondent
h SOMEWHERE ON THE BRITISH
|soTITHEAST COAST, Oct. 9.-(By
MI ,-"B.r-roo-m-m! A distant roar
mat echoes fainter and fainter.
\ sBoo.m!" A sharp, distinct. explo-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14

subscribers Of The Daily Gate
r;tv are served the full Leased
Wire Service of the United
Press Associations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04
ODn Hard Work ana A0y
fordshire, built a. tho close Of the

fordshire, built at tho close OF the
eighteenth century.
Mr.. Morgan has four children, Junius
Spencer, named after his grandfather;
Jane Norton, Frances Tracy and Hen
ry Sturgis. The frst-named was mar
ried two weeks ago TO Miss Louise
Converse. a Boston girl, the daughter
OF Frederick s. Converse, the com
poser The ceremony was at st. PauPs
Episcopal Church, in Dedham. Mr..
Morgan was at the wedding, gnd for
half an hour before the ceremony d.
rected the movements OF the automo-
biles at the church.
Mr.. Morgan is well known as a
churchman. He is vestryman OF 81.
Georges Church in Stuyvesant Square.
Although he is member Of many
organizations, his club life has never
been especially emphasized, for he Is
regarded as more Of a family man
He is a member Of the Metropolitan,
Union, University, Piping Rock, BROOK
Century, Nassau County, Church, Col
onv. Racquet and Tennis. Automobllf
Of America, Seawanhaka-CorlnF mar
Yacht and the New York Yacht clubs
OF these he frequented the yacht CLUBS
most. and his favorite sport, like his
fathers was, Is yachting. he IS
skilful mariner, and sailed his thirty
footer, the Ibis, for many years. he
also maintains expensive kennels ano
his wife has one Of the finest In the
world
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04

tremendous quantity, to avoid an up
ward movement of the price OF ex-
change. 1t involved large handling Of
foreign exchange, skilful entering Of
the market and very likely discounting
in London Of finance bills against which
exchange could be drawn.
When the elder Morgan and his
group bought S62, 900 of government
bonds, for which payment was made In
gold and which involved the furnishing
Of foreign exchange for half a year.
thus erecting a barricade which would
prevent the expectation Of the metal,
the son was with the London house,
doing his proportionate share in the
huge transaction. And when it was con-
summated there came 10 American
bankers confidential assurances from
their representatives in London, who
knew the inside of the deal, that young
Morgan had already made good. He had
gained the admiration OF the men in
authority over him, and this word came
to his father In the states.
Made Good Again.
]. P. Morgan also took part In an
other unusual exploit of foreign ex-
change, in which he obtained more than
S25.000,000 in gold TO pay the English
stockholders in various steamship COM
panies. Here, too, the utmost caution
was necessary, and the younger Nor
gan, by his scrupulous, careful dealing,
showed that he was ready TO be asso-
ciated with his father, who had pre-
ceded him forty years in his London
experience.
His father learning that the son was
to be trusted with large operations,
sent him to Russia in 1905 to negoti-
ate the bond loan which the Morgan
house planned that year.
At the coronation OF King Edward
he was chosen first secretary Of the
special American Embassy. At the
time there was much comment on the
ease with which Mr.. Morgan carried
out his duties and it was remarked
that he was man who did not strive
to put his own personality forward.
Looks Like His Father.
But these experiences in England
were only preparations for the role he
was to play when he returned home.
In 1907 in the currency panic which
marked that year he had a part in
the massing Of able capitalists around
his father.
During the 1907 money tangle many
persons seeing Mr. Morgan mistook
him for his father. In recent years
he has grown more and more to resem-
Bile him, but his hair is black. He is
broad shouldered and deep-chested. and
has the massive head. small eyes and
prominent nose of his parent. He
wears his mustache the same way, too.
The son became a field marshal in
the battle between the Hartman
Standard Oil group and the Hill-Mor-
gan faction when they struggled for
the control of the Northern Pacific,
and il was not until the panic had
been quoted that Wall Street realized
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04

blamed tho president for the eondi-
ton Of the company.
81 am overwhelmed with horror" the
banker remarked when he had learned
Of the sinking of the Lusitania as he
was on board the American liner 81
I,ouis "The details are appalling
What can ! say?"
Mr.. Morgan, in addition TO his ca
pacity as a financier Of tho first rank
In this country, has also attracted
much ATTENTION as n collector OF porce-
lains and rare works Of art In this
he has inherited his fathers trait, be-
sides the large collection that became
his through the Morgan will.
, The manuscript of Emile Zola's rover
"Nana." after a wide search-the only
story by the French author not IA the
possession Of the French government
il was learned two years ago, was IN
the Morgan collection:
There WAS much discussion about
this time about the will OF Martina
washington, and reports came In rapid
succession concerning Mr.. MorKans
connection with the document. Ho was
asked TO return IL that IL might De
placed in the records Of Fairfax Coun,
ty. Va. but refused to grant this, ana
il was said the state would ask the
LEGISLATURE 20 bring action against the
banker in the United States Supreme,
Court He announced later he would
give up the will.
Sells Out Treasures.
The first rumors that Mr.. Morgan
would dispose of the collection his
fatber had beoueathed to him were de-
nied nv the banker in January, 1914,
when he stated emphatically that moth
ut 23i Madison Avenue, nine months
400 threatened many of these works OF
art, but it was extinguished before
they were reached. -.
Mr.. Morgan gave an ultimatum five
months ago regarding his art treasures,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04
WAR LOAN, DESPITE
ATTACK ON MORGAN
Britain Must Have the Money
and America Alone Can Sup.
ply II, Banker Says.

What effect the attempt on the IN.
Of J. P. Morgan will have on the M.
gotiations between American and Brit.
ish bankers for q s300,00O,0O0 war loan
to Great Britain it was too early u
predict, bankers said yesterday. liz
prevailing opinion was. however, TIA,
the discussions will continue. in view o.
the fact that a way must be fours
sooner or later 10 aid in the paymss,
Of shipments abroad IL we wish them "A
continue at the present rate.
1t may be that the shooting Of M
Morgan will delay the present nego.
tiations. According 20 bankers ident!.
fed with the Morgan group, much viii
depend upon what Henry P. Dawson,
now in London, has accomplished. Il
was stated definitely yesterday for The
first tina that the main object Of NJ.
Davison's trip abroad was to carry on
in person the negotiations for the pro-
jected British loan.
From trustworthy sources Il va,
learned that efforts will be made to
make a public offering Of the loan,
which will be in the form Of British
Treasury bonds. To insure the success
of the Offering, however, il 10 believed
the banks will virtually underwrite tia
issue by agreeing to take the unsub-
scribed portion. Commenting upon the
need of measures TO check the unprs-
cedented weakness in foreign exchange,
an international authority said:
1.-THE rate for sterling exchange 70
declining, and IL will decline further
until a time arrives when England mus.
make sono arrangements 70 pay her
unfavorable balance to the United
States. Our exports have been incress-
ing from north to month, and will in
crease 50 long as the war continues
Europe has got 10 have our supplies,
and she has got TO pay FOR them
American manufacturers and bankers
are not concerned as to how they are
paid for.
at is up to the English bankers d
say when they want credit here. They
can get as much as they want when
they see fit to ask for It"
D. A. Thomas, the Welsh coal mag.
nate, now on his way 20 this country
to assist the British government and
J. P. Morgan & Co. in the purchase Of
war supplies, will also advise concern
ing the projected war loan, 1t was said
yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04

his interrogators, his appearance con-
tented the listeners.
But if, as Mr.. Morgan confessed, he
was not well acquainted with the labor
problem, the banking game holds no
mysteries for him. For just as all his
tendencies in his hours of relaxation
are devoted to his art and his yachting
so is all his working time given over to
his business As soon as he left college
he entered the world of finance, and he
is still a banker.
John Pierpont Morgan, known through
most of his career with jr. attached
70 his name, was born in New York in
1867, two years after his father had
taken Frances Louise Tracy for his sec
ond wife He is an only son and the
second Of four children, Louisa Pier
pont, now Mrs. Herbert Livingston Sat
terlee, being a year older, and Juliet
Pierpont, now Mrs. William Pierson
Hamilton, and Anne Tracy Morgan,
younger. His father always bore in
mind the career he had chosen for the
boy, and his preparation for the bank
ing business was done in the chaI4c-
teristic way of the elder Morgan.
The son received his preparatory edu-
cation at st. Paul's School, Concord,
n. H., where he gained reputation as
a student and an athlete. Then he went
to Harvard, from which he was gradu-
ated in 1889, While at the university
he displayed a love of outdoor sports,
and although he did not compete for
the Crimson teams he followed them
closely. Here, Just as at st. Paul's, ne
became known as youth who was thor
ough in everything. He made many
friends, and he held them, avoiding
rather than deliberately opposing men
whom he did not like. Young Morgan
was just a healthy, good-natured man.
Never did he tend toward the wild oats
period which children Of the rich are
accustomed 20 have.
Began at the Bottom.
Immediately after his graduation he
was sent 20 London 10 take part in the
affairs Of Morgan, Grenfell & Co. lie
began at the bottom. learned the bank
ing game thoroughly and slowly and
unostentatiously worked himself up. A
year after he left Harvard he married
Jane Norton Grew, Boston girl.
Young Morgan, in LONDON and on the
Continent, passed through many of the
apprentice days that he might obtain at
first hand a complete knowledge Of Eu-
ropean banking methods and foreign
exchange. And he worked as the sons
Of wealthy parents seldom do.
That his schooling was thorough can
be seen from the first test 20 which he
was put, which even now is regarded as
one of the worlds great exploits in the
transportation of gold from one nation
10 another
His father, when the United States
agreed TO pay TO France S40,000,000 in
gold for the Panama Canal rights, was
intrusted with the task of accommodating
the metal without disturbing the
worlds exchange balance. This was
delicate undertaking, for the gold had
TO be gathered carefully. despite It's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-04
OFFICIALS WORRIED
OVER SPRING-RICE
Embassy Attaches Fear Ambas'
sador May Have Suffered from
Shock of Attack on Morgan.
From Tho Tribune Bureau.l


Washington, July S.-The British
embassy up to a late hour tonight had
rocs;ved no news from Ambassador
spring-Rice since the shooting Of j. ?
Morgan. The personnel of the embassy
were grayely concerned, fearing the
Ambassador may have suffered from
the shock Of being present az 'ne
Il was stated at the Embassy that
Sir Cecil wired last night from New
York that he would remain away over
the weekend. This was the last mes
sage received.
At the time Of the Ambassador, de-
narture for Beverly, Mass, he had no
Intention, it was said, Of seeing Mr..
last nights telegram. officials OF the
rneet the anancier in New York and
was invited to spend the holiday at
Mr.. Morgan's Long Island home.