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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
PLANS CHALK TALK
IN SERMON TONIGHT
Rev. r. 3. McAiilster VIII Preach
Along Unique Lines, He
Has Announced.

This evening Rev. F. McAllister or
the First Baptist church will get out
his crayons and spend the evening
giving an Illustrated address or chalk
talk, as they have been more popular
ly called. Scenes and objects will be
taken from all walks Of life, animate
and inaminate. serious and humorous,
to bear out the lesson to its fullest
extent Rev. McAlltster believes that
the picture has come to have a great
part Of our educational and recrea-
tfonal life. and it Is equally effective
in developing the spiritual life. This
fact was first brought to him when
he sat under DR.. r. F. Y. Pierce. then
pastor of the down town church In
Scranton. Pa. but now pastor IN one
of the larger churches IN New YORK.
for this method of teaching and
preaching was used largely by Pierce
and was exceedingly popular. Only
short time ago 1t was stated that Dr..
Pierce had and does go down on wall
street every week to give short crayon
lectures to the men during the noc1
rest hour. Seeing the power Of the
concrete Illustration to the mind, Rev.
NcAllister states he began to use
them and although he has never
drawn in his Keokuk pulpit before
these talks we're very enthusiastically
received in his Rochester church
The subject of this particular al
dress will be. Getting 1t Finished
While You Wait"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
like 1.-THE Drum Major" and Down in
Somerset" Songs, brim full of pat
riotism, but lacking in humor, make
the Tommy a trif1e bored.
HENRY COUNTY'S
POULTRY SHOW
Annual Exhibition Of Birds Will Be
Held at Mt. Pleasant
January 24-29.

MT. PLEASANT, Ia, Nov. 1s.-The
annual poultry show of the Henry
County Poultry association is an
nounced for January 24-29 inclusive,
and to be held at Mt. Pleasant. An
attempt is being made to get all the
breeders of poultry into the associa,
ton. All breeders are urged to join
the association, the annual dues being
the nominal sum of s1.O0. The asso-
citation now consists Of forty-five mem
bers and the aim Of the officers is to
make it an even hundred. Last year
there were about 500 birds in the ex-
hibit and this year it Is hoped to make
the number one thousand.
The following are the officers of
the association:
President-R. P. Westfass.
Secretary-W. s. Moore.
Treasurer-Fred Gheen.
Vice presidents-Jas. T. Gillis, D.
W. Rich and R. P. Hobbs.
Directors-Ledru Willis. F.. c. Tov-
rea. Mrs. F. St;ce, Ralph Westfall,
Allen Wittenmyer, Mt. Union; B. F.
Benson, Winfield: Orlando Jacobs,
New London; Harris NJ. Logan,
Salem: A. ]. Schultz, Hillsboro: Jacob
Gerig. Wayland.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
PROMISE NEVER TO
HOOK CARS AGAIN
Seven Penitent Boys Make Solemn
Vow in Superior Court on
Friday Afternoon.

Seven penitent boys stood up in the
superior court Friday afternoon and
promised never to do 1t again.
They represented the initial haul of
street car hookers that was made
through the efforts of the Keokuk
Electric company and the Keokuk po-
lice department George West, Harry
West. Leroy Chaknine, George Chalk
nine, Happy Cruze, Ralph Sargent
and Carl Bossler promised faithfully
that If they were released. they would
never hook car again as long as
they lived.
Manager ]. P. Ingle Of the Keokuk
Electric company. who was present,
did not care to push the prosecution.
but wanted it firmly impressed on the
boys that there should be no recur-
rance of the matter.
Two Of the nine were found not
guilty Informations were dismissed
AGAINST Delbert Lally and Frank
Thoney.
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 its issue Friday:
Judgment was rendered in the jus
tice court Of John Crawford last Wed
|nesday afternoon against the Edgar 8
Peterson Shoe Co., in favor Of the
Hamilton Hardware Co., $45.07, Know
les & Honce, $35.75, and costs. Attor
,neys Wood and Orr appearing for the
local creditors and both judgments
we're given by default. The action
brought by the First National bank in
the county court will not be taken uI
until December.
A Chicago paper of November 10
contained notice Of the filing 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.
AS We go 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 a man in
personal charge of all the shoe com
pany property here. s-
The officers OF the Business club are
Directing to so 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 tC
the Springfield district, in which Han
cock county is located.
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
It 10 Better to Pace a. Frenehman
Than 40 an American In
Italy These
Days. .
UNITED Press Correspondence.1

limited Press Correspondence
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ITAL
IAN ARMY. UDINE, Sept. 26.-(By
mail. 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?"
asked an officer at headquarters, in.
dicating two detected creatures who
had been brought to the staff officers
to be Intercepted.
mo! MOI" exclaimed the officer
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-
cIared war on Germany and Germany
hasn't declared war on us. 1t Is just
the Austrians We are fighting"
In Italy I noticed German box cal
on a sidetrack. In France or Eng
land or Russia such thing would
have meant bonfire, but not in italy
That's a German car" I said to
the dining car conductor.
There are lots Of them In italy,
he said.
do they 90 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
here. in Italy, you must be carefu
what you say about Germans.
On the other hand, the French are
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 Ital.
ians like and whom they dislike you
discover shortly that they like the
English better than they do the
French.
If you can help 1t. don't let them
know you are American. The Italians
who went into the war last May when
they thought the Austrians we're 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 anti-German. 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
BADGER Man Has Made Discovery Of
Liquid Which VIII Not Stain
and Which Makes Things
inflammahIe.
IS DIFFERED BIG MONEY
Which Of His Many Offers
VIII be Best to
.. Take Up.

WEBSTER CITY. Iowa, Nov. 13s-
Fame has reached out to Badger.
little town just south OF Humboldt
and Arthur Aren't, 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 tho United
States. Ills discovery is 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 at
Ellsworth, southeast Of this city.
Rlnaiing Brothers Interested.
The real worth Of Mr. Arent's dis
said that there is not I'm all the coun-
try today an absolute hreprooing OF
any kind. Hundreds of tests have
been made with the Aren't discovery
and not one has failed. A common
soft cedar shingie, treated with his
liquid, will Withstand plumbers blow
torch fifty minutes before the torch
will bore a hole in 1t, but even then
the shingle will not burn. A blow
torch will bore through steel quicker
than through wood which has been
treated. Even sheet of paper or q
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 thir-
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.
prooffng of all their canvas. But Mr..
Aren't is hiding his own time in the
ultimate sale of his product
ofPer Of 100000 Not Tempting.
The value Of Mr. Arent's product I'D
applied to cloth lies in its use in OPP
era house scenery, show tents, etc.
And as applied to wood, II rs impos-
sible to get at the scope Of its value.
AS to paper. II aIl paper money, for
instance, were treated with Il by the
government an easy test of counter
feiting would be to apply 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 a standing
offer of 100000 for q non-infiammable
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
Robbed the Blind.

CHICAGO, Nov. 13.-Chicago 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 we're
within few feet Of the woman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
Advice for tho sunrasIsts.

Cedar Rapides Republican: When
the women themselves have been con-
verified to suffrage. we believe 1t will
have no difficulty in carrying the
male voters even in the eastern
states. It is 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
Mill Remain SinaIe.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. BE. H. r.
Green, of Terrell, Texas, At, and mot
as handsome as he used to be-" will
be a confirmed bachelor if he can get
by leap year, 1916, without taking
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
Acquitted Of One Charge

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
LAREDO. Texas, Nov. 13.-Gen.
Geronimo villareal, former Huertista
commandant at Neuvo Laredo. was
acquitted late this afternoon on a
charge of smuggling $4,000 worth of
diamonds into this country. His trials
on a charge of conf1scation of the
diamonds and on a 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
sueaklna Of Preparedness.

Fairfield edger: The Des Moines
newspapers 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
lDes Moincs any day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14

AMSrrrppes s Leased Wire Service I
BY hipb h. .'.. Nov. 13.-Enraeed
n mar, nae.er and potato prices. WON.
he nrnSr e.ers at Dusseldorf attacked
German so,,s to Information from
not sources tonight and a fierce
prc. css. 1t was dispersed by a
lses msas 20 and several arrests
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-14
r1 found Guilty of Mar.l.ueh..r.

sJn "o press Leased Wire Service. !
Bailan Iowa. Nov. 13.-Mrs. l..
her bnss charged with the murder OF
last I m retired merchant here
nlansia uae, was today convicted of
out s sana by Jury which was
wonan eiai hours The white haired
Diet W. sat immovably when the yer.
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Persistent.

Harrington Herald: Talking about
longevity, have you observed the 1915
ny.
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Read The Gate CITY Want column.
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READ The Daily Gate City.
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subscribers Of The Daily Gate
civ are served the full Leased
Wire Service of the United
Press Associations.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-07-15

fuse to be humiliatei. saw Bill eying
the thing you have on now when he
was here a month ago. l was 30
ashamed"
A flood of tears forced young Mrs.
Maitland into silence.
"Going to rest moment?" Maitland
asked. "Then, may as we'll tell you
that the gray garments up in my closet
belong to-Cousin Bill"
Young Mrs. Maitland's tears were
checked in something less than jiffy.
"Why, Jim Maitland, what ever do
you mean?"
"I may talk? Thanks! Well, Jim's
been batty over my gray suits for some
time. Thinks l have great eye for
shade. So when he was here month
ago he ordered a suit, to be delivered
here. Do you grasp the situation? My
suit won't be finished until Saturday"
ooh, Jim!" gurgled young Mrs.
Maitland. "And it's"
"Blue. A peach Of a navy!"
"You dear! hut why didn't you say
so long ago? You were perfectly hor.
rid, worrying me and letting me abuse
you sol"
Maitland slanted a look at her. "For
the love of Mike!"
With a gesture wonderfully expires.
sive he went back to his last edt-
ton.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-07-15
ACT QUICKLY
Delay Has Been Dangerous in Many
Cases.

Do the right thing at the right
time.
Act quickly in time of danger.
In time of kidney danger Doan's
Kidney Pills are most effective.
Plenty of evidence of their worth.
Frank Hail. Orchard ST.. Fenton
Mich, says: II had a great deal of
trouble with my back and kidneys.
The passages of the kidney secretions
were irregular, but most of the trouble
was with my back. When l stopped
over to lace my shoes, 1 couldn't
straighten again as my back was so
lame and sore. Doan's Kidney Pills
relieved me of the pains in my back
and the other symptoms of the trou-
bic left"
Price Soc, at all Dealers. Don't simply ask
, for kidney remedy-get Doan's kidney Pills
the same that Mr. Hall had, Foster Mil
burn Co., Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-07-15
BLIND STATESMAN
IS SELF-MADE
HAS EARNED OWN LIVING SINCE
AGE OF NINE.
Ran Away with Circus and Was Cast
Adrlft In Chicago-BootblacE
and Newsboy.

Washington, D. Cone Of the new
members of the House Of Representa-
tives is the first blind man who has
ever obtained a seat there, Thomas ID.
Schall, of Excelsior, Mimi, who was
elected last November. Congressman
Schall, who Is only 81 years old, is
self.made man, having earned his own
living since the age of 8, when he ran
away with a circus. He Is considered
one of the finest orators in Minnesota.
The upper house of Congress has a
blind member, the famous Senator
Gore of Oklahoma. Both Of these men
owe much of their success to their
wives.
Congressman Schalls father was a
captain in the Union army In the Civil
War. He died very soon after the
boys birth, leaving the mother too
Door to properly care for the child.
She entrusted him to a family that
promised him a good home and an du-
cation, but instead they gave him beat
ings and abuse, and that is how he
happened to run away with circus.
Chicago, where he managed to earn
his living by selling papers and shining
shoes. When he had spare moment
he used to read and study, for even
then he aspired to be public speaker
and wanted to get an education. After
while he got chance to work for his
board in a small Minnesota town and
20 to high school, and there he made
such good use of his time that he grad
uated with honors that entitled him to
two years free tuition in small col
lege,
At college he used to do all sorts of
odd jobs to help him pay his way, but
he found time to go in for athletics
and became such an expert baseball
playe. that he used to be hired to play
in the summer and thereby earned
enough to pay most of his expenses
for the remainder of his course. From
the college he went to the University
of Minnesota to specialize In public
speaking. and in three successive years
represented Minnesota in an oratorical
contest of eight states. The frst time
Schall appeared ON the platform In a
$4 suit and won third place. The Sec
ond year he wore 81 suit; that time
he moved up to second rank. All the
other speakers wore "evening SUITS
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-07-15
MONOTONOUS
A Familiar Story of Domestic
Misunders'andings
and Joys

Your new luit came this afternoon"
announced young Mrs. Maitland, land
| took itout of the box and hung 1t on
a form in your closet.
II don't like it, she continued. '1t's
bag.
$50 do L." agreed the young person
horrid!"
Maitland, deep II the European stu.
alton, was oblivious.
81 say" repeated Mrs. Maitland, her
voice suddenly thrifty, IL don't like
it!" She waited a minute. Then, in
a beautifully high key, Jim Maitland,
will-you--listen?
I'm listening" Maitland murmured
vaguely. You were saying"
"You don't know one blessed thing l
was saying" Indignantly exclaimed
young Mrs. Maitland. ITS dreadful
the way you pore over the paper the
whole livelong evening! don't count
for anything any more, guess! Your
new suit proves that. You are perfect
ly horrid to act in direct opposition to
my wishes and select another old
gray! YOU"
WHAT that?" Maitland's glance
came from tie last edition.
"You perfectly well know--'what's
that!' flared Mrs. Maitland. Didn't l
beg you not to get another gray
serge?" she demanded. Have you
had anything but gray, spring, sum
mer, fall and winter, for the last five
years? No one believes you ever have
new suit. Jim Maitland!
Now, don't try to smooth 1t over!
she hurried on. II simply won't lis
ten. All your talking won't alter the
fact that that horrid old thing is hang
Ing in your closet. And your Cousin
Bill and his wife are coming next
week. Don't you suppose know
what they think of me? Well, know
exactly!
Jim Maitland, do you mind keeping
still until l finish? They think I'm a
selfish old cat, that's what they do,
splurging out in something new every
time they're here! Oh, / can hear
Mrs. Bill talking to your mother after
she goes home! And can hear them
both pitying you because you have to
deny yourself so outrageously In
order that my extravagant desires may
be gratified! How should they know,
how should any one know, that you
buy three and four suits year, when
| every last one of them is an abomin
able gray?
"Oh, for PHYS sake keep quiet, Jim
Maitland!
Goodness knows, I've tried to de
serve the good opinion of your family
And it's simply heartbreaking to know
that because of your stubborn infatu
alton for a certain color I'm consid
cred"
For the love of Mike!" Maitland
burst forth, "will you let fellow"
mo, won't" stormed young Mrs
Maitland. "And you're a wretch
that's what you are! I'd set my hear
on your having lovely blue suit fol
the Bills visit! Now"
"See here"
Young Mrs. Maitland waved wildl!
for silence.
"And you needn't propose the thea
ter or one blessed thing while they're
here: for ! won't 20, SO there! / re
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-07-15

which Schall couldn't afford, and both
he and his friends were convinced that
he was handicapped thereby. There
fore, the third year he wore dress
suit loaned him by a university pro-
fessor, and that time he had no diff
Guilty in, winning the championship. 1t
was the first time for Minnesota man
to get it.
His real victory that night, though.
according to Schall, was in winning
the admiration of coed student OF
Minnesota university. The next day
they were brought together for intro.
ductions and congratulations and I'M
mediately started up friendship that
quickly developed to love and mar
riage. Margaret Euntley's parents
were wealthy.
Five years after Schall had began
practicing law and when his prospects
for success were very bright, he lost
his sight when the nerves of his eyes
were paralyzed by shock from an
electric cigar lighter After visiting
the bes' specialists and being told
there was no hope whatever for him,
Schall went home in despair. But
young Mrs. Schall told her husband
she would henceforth be his "eyes"
and they two together would succeed
in the law business. She got job
teaching school, and paid off the debts
that had been incurred in seeking re-
lief from her husbands misfortune.
Then she went into his office, read his
books to him, helped draw up his
briefs and did other tasks usually per-
formed by an apprentice. At nights
she attended law classes at the uni
versity. In two years she was able to
the point of taking it to the courtroom
and Shalls business not only had been
completely regained but was far ahead
of what he had hoped it would be pre-
vious to losing his sight.
When the Progressive party was OF
ganized Schall was one of the first tC
affiliate. He was a valuable man in
political campaign because of his
speaking ability. When in the spring
of '94 he decided to run for Congress
the first political honors he ever hao
aspired to, he had no difficulty in get
ting the nomination.
The coming of his blindness was not
accompanied by any Disagreement. HIS
! eyes are just as clear and blue as they
ever were, and to the stranger do moi
reveal the secret behind them. Through
small in stature and youthful in figure
he has a sincerity of countenance ano
dignity of bearing that commands re
spect. In Washington Schall hopes tt
be known as lighting Congressman
rather than merely blind Congress
man." Both he and his friends are
confident that he is going to make
name for himself there.
"a Congressman who cannot speal
is like knife without blade, or {
hammer without a head; he might b'
able to put in few thumb tacks, bu
there are spikes to be driven" Tha
is the way Schall expresses it.