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A DARING 0 M REFORMER.

TN San Franchises Chinatown Mss
Donaldina Cameron Is houorct
with W unusual names. Among
the Chinese hiEhhlnders she is known
as the Female White Devil" among
the girls OF her rescue mission she
is called the Little Mother" Mss
Cameron has been doing rescue work
among the Chinese of Califoru,n ior
nearly twenty years, and durins tina,
time has rescued 1900 girls r'uErg
in age from little tots given avn, r.
sold as slaves by their parrots nr
natural guardians to grown e.r,- no
had fallen into the clutches uf b she
binders.
She has gon at midniGht INTO 80
farthes, corners Of the rookcrios ? $
were the Chinatown OF old san Fran
cisco. She has chopped down 3oN'-,
crawled or her hands and knees 1.n r.
secret passages. and in scvor,' "-
stances rescued at the point 49, '."
pistol NE miserable slave ry. 40
had appealed 10 her,
In her rescue work Miss Cawor 4
does not 60 after the girls VIII. ra
content TO I've such lives hI' %
those who appeal 10 her or wf.
learns wish Ia get away from t. -"
has taken more than WI rrr' ae '."N
were passing along the street .'l
forced the Chinese "owncr" 'u s.. .,
court. on several occasions e.. :
been followed and threatened o.. ~.
Of Chinese ana their friends
OF Scotch %parcntage, Miss C'.1'r p
was born In New Zealand ST. ..''
to America as n NOnng cir, a'. 'E
twenty years has been employed
the Board Of Foreign Missions 81 d
Presbyterian church for reset. 50 II.
among tho Chinese Of san F,i.. .
She Is paid only $50 "A month aui .'-
sists that she Thinks it quite rr..u-
Once she gets a girl sh" 'N'
try TO Am%crICanizc her or k..'.
away from reputable people
own nationality. ON tho CoN'r''.
girls study Chinese hooks a'n.
English and 0I" encouraged
To- thc.r own religion,
since Mss Cameron has
that al Chinese girls Wish 'o
! ed she does her best for il.'.
matchmaker. She secs thar r..
reputable men who are able
ing 10 giv them good h,Y.
proper treatment, Nor dn,-
tercst cease with their ulrr
short vacations arc u-..H
visiting girls who have h..r
care and who have m''"'.
cutertaiucd as an hrnu..
husbands age said 90
5000. IT,. -.
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Now, at the same time. the civilian
ordnance staff at Bethlehem began the
study Of the same question and the
result was a two handed wheel that
could be worked with great smooth
ness and which overcame the jerky
motions at the dead points where only
one crank was employed, as in the
case of the wheel devised by the men
in the Navy Department. Did the
bureau OF ordnance welcome the i'm
provement? Well. I CUES not.
After some months Of intermittent
presentation Of the advantages OF the
Bethlehem invention the chief Of the
bureau irritably announced n day:
I don't wan to hear anything more
about that double hand wheel. / don't
believe in IT, Now the company had
equipped a gun at the bethlehem prov
ing ground with the apparatus: had
superimposed upon the weapon a small
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the governmental household IL the
people really intend L see to it that
the nation he properly prepared for
defence.
You will probably recall that about
twelve years & a revolution was
wrought in naval target practice by
adopting a system of continuous aim
ing-the muzzie OF the gun being
pointed as far as possible always on
the target no matter how the ship
rolled. The ordnance experts OF the
Navy Department set about planning
mechanisms that could he turned by
hand so that the rifle could be elevated
or swung horizontally with some
celebrity. These mechanisms were for
rapid fire guns.
The naval men were quite i'm
pressed with their wi invention and
were pretty we'll satisfied hat they
had solved the problem effectually.
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the army and the navy have not well
coined him mean. particularly.
those men in the Ordnance Corps OF
the army and those who happened to
be responsible from time to time for
the administration of the Bureau Of
Ordnance of the Navy Department.
Indeed the Secretary OF the Navy has
more than once made little OF the
outsiders efforts.
Some years ago a civilian expert
approached the Secretary OF the Navy
for the purpose Of interesting him in
certain work being done by his firm.
The head OF the Department was him
self a mar Of business in private life.
To add persua sion TO the reasons why
the navy should recognize the i'm
provements offered. the expert stated
that his firm spent annually anywhere
from $50, 900 to $780, 900 in develop
ment work with no likely patron other
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rifle that could be fired by the work.
ing of the big guns trigger. and. to
simulate the difficulties OF hitting a
mark from a rolling ship. a rocking
target vas developed to try the skill of
the gun pointer. Naval men from the
ships of our fleet visited Bethlehem
and so did foreign attaches. Al! Of
these men were much impressed, and
particularly so was the late Rear Ad-
miral Robley d. Evans, then COM
handing our Atlantic squadron.
Rear Admiral Evans said: If You
will send this gun to one of my ships
I'll be glad to try it out thoroughly
at sea. Suppose you send it to the
Illinois. which ia now at the New York
Navy Yard Arrangements were made
10 do this and the freight billing was
actually completed, but the gun had
yet 10 be sh~ipped-the head Of the
ordnance department al Bethlehem
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loss they will in the end he benefit
ing Us defensiveiy. II is but reason
he that the outside concerns should
draw upon N only existing schools Of
such experts and in this situation the
country is brought face 20 face with
one of its unfortunate weaknesses.
The Chief of Ordnance Of the army
has the rank OF and draws the pay Of
a Brigadier- General so long az he
holds that position. The highest the
rest Of his brother officers can reach
is the grade NJ Colonel. unless. one at a
time. some Of them can Ill the office
OF chief OF the Corps. This condition
makes FOR taEnation of promotion
with tn, opportunities that
come To the fighting officers OF the
line. and one might well nigh he war
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BENEFIT TO- NATION IN LOSS OF ordnance EXPERTS
ExNaval Officer Thinks Drain to Munitions Plants Caused by War Will
Wake the Government Up to Importance of Fostering
Private Gun and Ammunition Factories

r 6 the army in a fair way to lose
the foremost OF its ordnance en-
i perts? This question has arisen
in the public mind because the
Secretary of War. Mr.. Garrison, re-
Gently asked the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of
the United States to decide whether
or not an officer In that branch Of the
national defence has an inalienable
right to resign ostensibly for the pur-
pose OF entering into the employ Of
some private concern engaged In the
manufacture of munitions Of one sort
or another.
II so happens that since last Decem-
Der three officers NJ the ordnanc,
corps OF the army have resigned and
W others of the same Technical, body
have rendered their designations. This
apparently has perturbed Mr.. Garri-
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Frank E. Sibley Of Bos.
ton Is an Authority
on Firearms and Has
a Wonderful Collec.
ton
wv HILE the military experts
w Of Europe and the inventors

,
w Of Europe and the inventors
Of America are busy devils
Ing means OF killing, a Boston man is
engaged in the peaceful pursuit OF
collecting old weapons for a pastime.
He is Frank E. sibley. a wealthy
teaming contractor Of Boston and
Somervillc. He has a collection num-
bering between 400 and 500. the types
dating back to the time OF the cross
bow and dow through the days OF the
flintlock cannon to the modern auto
matte rapid fire gun.
His collection includes every sort OF
firearm that has been devised. Some
Of them are the only specimens in eX-
istence. They also include pistols
with ~bayonets attached, combination
knife pistols, dagger pistols. brass
knuckle pistols and many other queer
pieces. One of The unique specimens
is a four shot pistol firing through
one barrel, but with four different
hammers, one dropping at each pull of
the trigger. Mr.. sibley has an old
Patterson Colt that Is worth $500,
and all told his collection In valued at
$50, 900.
The collecting Of old pistols and re-
volvers is his sole hobby and ne has
a large room at his home in Somer-
vile at the top where the walls are
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son, ana the last two or these resig-
nations have been held up by the War
Department because h Secretary
feels hat the service may possibly
suffer by so many Of these men going
out into private life after their special
training has fitted them prominently
to deal with problems concerning the
development and the manufacture OF
powder, guns and ammunition. The
authorities incline to the view that
these experts hav been trained at the
Governments expense and that they
should not be allowed to resign from
the service II the War Department
desires to hold them.
This agitation is nothing new. The
same discussion has occurred on a
number Of occasions in the past and
a considerable publicity was given to
the resignation Of the first Of our
naval constructors who resigned dur
ing the earlier years of the upbuilding
Of the new navy. These men were
among the star graduates of the Naval
Academy. and in order to fit them for
their professional work they received
postgraduate courses at the Govern
ment's expense. being sent either to
England or to France for that purpose.
The Navy Department regretted to
see these men leave the service. but
1t recognized that there was nothing
In their pledges to serve the Govern
nent that bound them beyond a limited
period.
The case of the ordnance corps OF
the army is somewhat different. These
men are not assigned to that branch
Of the service upon graduation from
West Point. As a rule they are re-
cruited from the artillery and by spe-
c1al study on their part and the
passing of an examination OF a par
ticular scope they may win transfers
to the ordnance corps. After that. in
stead Of having to do with the work.
ing Of guns as a defensive prepara-
ton. their function is to design and
manufacture guns and projectiles as
well as to know how to make and ac-
tually to turf out a portion Of the
powder used by the army. As time
goes on these men Of the ordnance
corps become generally more and more
in the way of technicists and students
and less and less military leaders.
The ordnance corps is relatively a
very small body, n because of this
n seems To ne Ali tho mora i'm nortant
rberefore tho yaI,,e ~ tho ipdiyidv.,
,s someu,bat exalted Tho Ioss ~, a,o
~ Thorn in a few, mortbs 10 cause tor
concern as tho Sacpa,ary 81 We
,.i.us a. In tho on,rior o,hars
hou,ey,er tho nuhIio should a.. o,aa
to 500 these mon ro.,er hooaus. a.
thew he of n high order ~ nro.
r-ess,oraI ability ,hey u,ilI do ,ho onrr
tr, more pood an Tho n,idanad eo,ds
for their taIen,s
"1ho coyarrmo 10, ..
"a tho ,rado +" ,ac,aros - go
r,ost ordinance oy,ar,. a,.,
ofqcer oSo,,o nc -, houou. ,.,,
mr. navy and ,ru, cur f,c,or;os
would he orr m,in re,ia moo In time M
war hi, that vvou,d coon nrov. 10 n,
n fatal error The wnrs, NJ II is ou,
naval and military men have larrel,
entertained this same belief. and mi,
delusion has in its turn had its origin
in the attitude assumed by the burea,
Of ordnance OF the Navy Department
as well as that of the ordnance corp:
OF the army. II we could turn ever,
one of the shops in the Washington
Navy Yard to the making of cartridg,
cases for rapid fire guns and thu
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and foreign encouragement probably
more than domestic recognition has
made this establishment what It Is to-
day. Yet this concern has not the
capacity t o fll within itself all Of Its
present contracts.
Happily, the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany for years has maintained a stan
Of ordnance experts and has carried
on experimental work Of an expensive
nature. Science IL never satisfied.
The ordnance OF to-day may he abso-
lutely obsolete a short span hence, and
n private plant cannot AFFORD TO pay
for Improvement unless It is helped by
the flag under which 4 labors. But
in this country the civilian ordnance
expert has had a hard road TO travel
because his professional brothers In
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than the Government. These figures
the representative probably repeated
TO a wearlsome degree. Cor presently
the Secretary said testify. How much
did you say our people spend? Good
heavens. man. the automobile concern
In which I am interested spends $780,
900 every year in experimenting. Why.
$4,000 is only a drop in the bucket
But that public official entirely lost
sight of the fact that hie people had
the whole country ~ draw upon Cor
purchasers!
That attitude was not one of turn
!aE 20 tie trade but instead turning
n yalnst the trade. Let me- give YOU
another instance Of the business battle
that had TO be waged by the Be,hlc-
hem Steel Company before 1t got the
conservative authorities OF the Navy
Department to view a proposition
favornbly. We might Just as we'll
have the story in full, because the
public must look into every corner of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-14
FIRE ON SHIP
STARTED BY SPY
BLAKE on the SAINT Anna, Started In
Baggage and OFFICIALS Think
Il was from Bomb.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK. Sept. 14.-The theory
that the SAINT Anna, carrying nearly
1900 Italian reservists, was set on
fire by spy. was strengthened today
by officials. The fire, it was learned,
started in tho baggage of third class
passengers just before midnight Sun
day night, spread quickly and ragged
violently for seven hours before It
was got under control. Shipping
agents here said private detectives
made careful search of the vessel the
night before she sailed, but It was
possible an incendiary bomb, timed
to burst into flame when the liner
reached mid-ocean, was concealed In
a trunk. The SAINT Anna conveyed by
the italian liner Ancona Is approach.
ing the Azores. Fabre line officials
expect complete report from Cap.
tain Pavey on her arrival there.
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THE WEATHER

For Keokuk and vicinity: Generally
fair tonight and Wednesday, preceded
by thundershowers this afternoon or
tonight. Cooler tonight.
For Iowa: Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday, preceded by thunder
showers east portion this afternoon or
tonight Cooler tonight. Warmer
west portion Wednesday.
For Missouri: Thundershowers this
afternoon Or tonight. Cooler tonight
Wednesday fair with cooler east 'por-
ton
Weather Conditions.
There has been rain from the upper
Missouri valley to Lake Superior,
which was heavy at ST. Paul and
Marquette, as yesterdays depression
from the southwest moved to northern
Minnesota, where it Is central this
morning.
. Very warm weather continued on
the front Of the advancing depression
in the central valleys, southern and
eastern states, while cooler weather
has overspread the plains states, with
light to killing frost in the northern
portions.
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What the War Moves Mean
By J. w. T. Mason, Former European Man
ager of the United Press.

Hitherto Great Britain has also
paid for the war with loans. The
British nation has criticized the gov
ernment's financial policy, and with
foresight very unusual in any coun-
try, has demanded that the govern
ment impose new and heavy taxes in
order that posterity shall not be
crushingly burdened with war debts.
1t is rumored the government in
tends to take the nation at it's word
to the extent of raising 100000, 900 by
new war taxes. Many sources of rev.
enue must be tapped to add SO large
q sum to the normal expense of the
government. The most fruitful Of all
is customs duties.
It Is probable that under the press
ing necessity of raising money by all
possible devices, the free traders
will have to give way. Whether the
united kingdom then will become
full Pledged protectionist country, will
depend on how the new duties are dis
tributed.
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[By Charles P. Stewart, United Press

[By Charles P. Stewart, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.-The
Washington administration insists on
German disavowal of the act of the
commander OF the submarine which
sank the Arabic.
This was declared fatty in state
ment issued from the white house to-
day. The president, it was said, was
not considering the question OF arbi-
trating the lives of Americans. This
threw new light for the reason for de-
lay in negotiations. The administra-
ton merely awaited a reply to the re-
quirement it had made.
It was generally understood arbitra-
ton was refused as to the justifiabil.
ity Of the German u boat command.
er's mistake in assuming that the
Arabic was about to stack him. Ger.
many apparently took the attitude
that she would owe no indemnity II
an arbitral court should decide IN
the commanders favor.
The Washington administration as
its statement was generally inter
preted, took the contrary view.
It was recognized that the issue is
a critical one.
The outlook, however, was more
hopeful than on Monday. Secretary
Lansing announced he hopes to
leave the latter part Of the week on
his vacation. 1t was taken for grant
ed no immediate crisis was expected.
At the German embassy 1t was said
Ambassador Bernstorff would remain
in Washington about twenty-four
hours more on his present visit. No
fresh appointment had been made for
kim at the state department. Secre-
tary lansing denied Bernstorff had
sought meeting with the president.
In its negotiations with Germany
the administration had settled down
again today to waiting game.
Secretary Lansing had put up to
Ambassador Bernstorff once more,
the Washington governments views
concerning submarine W; rfare. The
ambassador, in turn, had forwarded
them to Berlin. Little more could be
done until the foreign office there
was heard from.
The principal difficulty was over the
German warning that U boats COM
manders would be upheld by their ad-
miralty, SO long as British merchant
captains were under orders to ram
undersea craft "on sight, in resort
ing to the use of torpedoes at the
first suspicion that their submarines
were about to be attacked.
This meant, it was. pointed out, that
mistakes like the one which re-
suited in the Arabic's destruction,
were sure to continue, with their in.
cidental danger to Americans.
The result was declared bound to
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RUSSIA

rUnited Press Leased Wire Service
PETRO0RAD, Sept. f4.-Evacuation
OF viina Will follow the cutting Of the
viIna-Petrograd railroads, II was semi
|of'iclally admitted today.
The Germans have reached the rail-
|Way midway between wilma and
Dvlnsk, severlng the rail- communion.
ton between the Russian forces con-
centrated about these two centers.
One German army 10 pressing east.
ward north Of Wilma and another 10
moving eastward from the region Of
Ornay. Retirement from this danger
ous salient probably will be necessary
within ten days.
The battle southeast OF Riga Is daily
growing more furious. General 6esei-
or has been reinforced by Won linden
burg and 10 making every effort 20
shatter the Russian front on the pWina
from Dvlnsk TO within thirty miles OF
Riga. Tho Germans are renewing
their attempt to cross the DWtna ne 1r
Linden under curtain Of terrific artli-
lery fire. The Teuton army moving on
Divnsk from the southwest has ad-
vanced five miles along the viikonir
road. This was officlaIly admitted to-
day but Il was stated that the as
saults upon DIvnsk from the west have
been fruitless.
Violent engagements are proceeding
on every sector from the region east
Of Grodno to the oalician frontier, but
without Important results. In the
TarnopoI district, tho ears troops
continue to drive back, the Germans
taking prisoners and machine guns. In
the extreme southeast, the Austrians
have suffered heavily In attempts to
stem the Russian advance by counter
attacks.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-14
The War in Mexico
latest Developments Among Our Revolutions
airy Neighbors Of the South.

tied Press Leased Wire Service. J
AsHiNGTON. Sept. 1.-THE third
klcan peace conference of Pan
erican diplomats viii be held next
uroay at New York, Il was an
need today. Illness OF Brazilian
bassador Da CANA caused the post
cement.
n announcement OF Carranzista
ognition probably will be delayed
u foreigners can get out OF villa
Nory In northern Mexico. It was
2ught, however.
eneral Funston reported q clash on
no Grande between Mexicans and
ated States troops in which one OF
Funded.
Ihursday's Celebration.
laredo, Texas. Sept. 14.-Uncle
h IS making preparations to keep
! Mexicans celebration OF their
|o9rth OF July" on Thursday, con-
Lea TO their own country. Border
Erois are being quietly strength
|ed and 1t is believed that no Mexi.
Us VIII be allowed to enter this
unity On that day under any cir
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UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1
NEW YORK, Sept. 14.-Great
Britain may become protectionist
country as the result Of measures to
be- taken by the session Of parliament
that opens today, for the purpose OF
paying for the war. The British gov
eminent intends to establish a prece-
dent among the belligerent nations by
making a serious effort to meet war
expenses by taxation instead Of loans
and it is probable that new customs
duties will be assessed, which later
will become a permanent part Of the
British financial system.
To the present, the warning coun-
tries have been fearful of imposing
taxes to pay the cost Of the conflict,
1t las been believed a revolt would
follow any effort to add taxes to the
other sacrifices which the war de-
mands. The German minister of f.
nance recently announced, as appar-
entity the fixed policy OF Germany,
that the war would be continued on
borrowed money.
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cohan's New play.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE fame OF
Billy Sunday has at last percolated
into the atmosphere OF Tonga ere
square. George M. Conan. last night
did him honor in his own peculiar
way. He made Sunday the hero OF
his new farce, "Hit-the-trail Holiday.
Billy Holiday, however, was an ex-
pert bartender who fell In with the
ladies OF Johnsburg's prohibition so
ciety, turned the town dry and made
millions manufacturing NEARLY beer
Then he married the ministers daugh
ter.