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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
ONLY NINE
SHIPS FOR SALE
Director Of Hamburg-American Line
Appears Before Senate Lobby
Committee.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s.-Just nine
out of the forty Hamburg-American
ships interned in American waters,
are for sale, Director w. G. Sickel OF
the company told the senate ship
lobby committee this afternoon.
These, he said, represent total
gross tonnage Of only 30,125, as COM
pared with total of 1896 interneo'
| in American waters altogether, or
nine percent. while the money value
of the nine is only three percent of
the total Of the interned ships.
! "These are small, antiquated, ex-
clusively freight boats" said Sickel.
"They would be for sale anyhow. We
are always buying and selling ships
| with view to keeping our line re-
| juvenated
when the war first started we
vera willing-that is, the directors in
America were willing-to sell twenty
of the forty interned boats, but that
was because we did not understand
conditions in Europe. Since then we
/ have been ordered to withdraw all bur
these nine for SALE"
| At no time, he continued, when
pressed by Burton, did the company
offer any Of the boats ito anyone
though it received hundreds of in
lquiries.
Sickle testified he had talked to
McAdoo previously about the use OF
a number Of big passenger steamers
of his company for bringing Amerl-
cans home from Europe just after
| the outbreak Of the war. This was
abandoned, however, he said, because
of the government decision to per
NIT the Americans to get home on
the regular lines as best they could.
f! Whether government ship pur-
chase bill will pass seemed today to
| depend on whether Or not the pres-
dent calls an extra session OF con-
gress. Leaders privately agreed that
there was no chance of passing the
measure before March 4 unless con-
DECISIONS are made to which the presi-
dent resolutely opposed.
Republicans took the view that the
executive had reconcfled himself to
the bills defeat in the senate and
was now merely giving demonstra-
ton to the country that the republi-
cans fllibuster was what killed It.
otherwise, they said he would have
! had it amended in the house, before
bringing it to the senate, in such
shape that It would pass the latter If
vote could be reached.
It satisfies. however, neither the
seven democrat dissenters nor the
democrats republican allies, Senators
1 LaFollette, Norris and Kenyon. The
seven democrats do not like the pos
sibility of the navy department con.
tinuing to operate merchant ships at
tb,, expiration of the period provided
by the Gore bill. On the other hand
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
Impeachment Hearing,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s.-The house
committee engaged in the impeach.
ment investigation of U. s. District
Judge Aston G. Dayton returned here
today from Wheeling. Next Monday
the investigation will be resumed in
Washington. It will then be deter
mined whether former President
Roosevelt who appointed Judge Day
ton will be subpoenaed It is under
stood the colonel has been asked to
testify and whether he could give IN
formation which he does not regard
as confidential relative to endorse
ments Of Judge Dayton and concerning
charges that Dayton connived to have
former Judge John ]. Jackson retired
SO that he Dayton) could be appoint
ed.
Judge Dayton will take the witness
stand himself here next Tuesday.
West Virginia, New York and Wash
ineton bankers and railway men will
also testify. Department of justice
otticials will also be called and the III
auiry closed next week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18

plies and ammunition are following
the posse men. Each member of the
posse Is provided with rifle and re-
volver and cartridges. Seventy miles
of the distance to the stronghold
where the old Indian Old Polk ana
his son Tse-Ne-Gat are entrenched,
remained to be covered when the
party set out early today. One mile
from McElmo canon the country is
without roads or trails. The ride or
the posse will be across a desert, on
through country of jagged rock and
deep arroyas to the point wla-re the
Indians have taken refuge in a nat
Ural fort,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
AMERICAN FLAG IN WAR AREA

which declares the waters surround
ing the British Isles to be in the war
area. In that memorandum neutral
nations, according to cabled reports,
are warned against intrusting crews,
passengers and wares to British ships
and, In the language of the proclama-
ton, their attention is also called to
the fact that it is advisable for their
ships to avoid entering this area, for
even though the German naval forces
have instructions to avoid violence TO
neutral ships insofar as they are
recognizable In view of the misuse OF
neutral flags ordered by the British
government and the contingencies OF
naval warfare, their becoming victims
Of torpedoes directed against enemy
ships cannot always be avoided
This is taken to mean that ordinary
warnings may not be given and that
merchantmen may be fired upon or
sunk by submarines without opportun-
ity to prove their nationality by their
papers in the usual way. Such pro-
ceeding against the merchant ships OF
an enemy, to say nothing of neutral
ships, would be an unthinkable piece
OF barbarism involving the destruction
OF the lives of noncombatantsa and nes!.
trails, and the use of the American flag
by British vessels would increase the
liability of American ships to such at
tacks.
This aspect of the matter Is too
grave for hasty judgment. The author
tiles at Washington no doubt will
speak when the Intentions Of Germany
and Great Britain with regard to the
new war area are made clear throug h
authoritative channels.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
Put on a Great Show.

II United Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-Cabaret enter
tanners moved out to the street cor
ners, brass band performed behind
one news stand, live bear escorted
about by news boy in a knicker-
booker suit. and other stunts were
staged in this city today by over 100
old time newsboys who are selling pa
.pers in an endeavor to raise $4,000
for charity.
Stimulated by an offer of a silver
loving cup for the one ''doing the big
gest business" and allowed special
privileges to stage attractions about
their stands. the "newsies" kept pat
rons of the loop district in a continual
uproar.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
THE BATTLE FRONT.

PETROGRAD, Russia, Feb 49,
via London. The number of head and
arm wounds Of the men at the front
is enormous, for men in trenches ex-
pose only their heads and arms.
Many hundreds are hit in the head
and death does not result from the
wound. Occasionally one may see
the slightly wounded walk back with
heads bound up or arms in sings.
Motor trucks loaded with wounded
tear along the roads leading back
from the extreme front. Perhaps for
" per cent Of the wounded are back
on the firing line after three months
care and rest in ospital It all
depends on mans health and blood.
IL the blood is pure and good, the
soldier gets the first aid, proper treat
ment and his wounds heal by first in
tention.
GOOD blood is everything to every
man. 1t means fresh strong nerves,
GOOD digestion, good circulation. These
VINO have used DR.. Pierce's Golden
Mealcal Discovery marvel at the way
checks blood diseases. See man
,ooay with skin all broken out; see
nm few weeks later after using
tne Discovery his skin is all
cleared up, eyes bright. and he is
contented with himself.
The foundation of good health is
good blood! Are you pale? Are you
weak? Are you no longer ambitious
or energetic? Have you pimples or
poils! 10 y2u suffer from headaches,
low spirits Then you are anaemic-
your blood is. thin, hacking in healthy,
strengthening corpuscles. Then
your blood is impure-and your liver
=, Is not up to its task of clearing the
oiood fr2m the poisons accumulated.
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry is temperance remedy that will
,,estore to you rich. health-giving
p |i remedy proved by experience
I'm tablet or liquid form). It is a
siycerine extract Of roots from our
lurests, known to science as those
shlcn Will best give the stomach, liv-
81 and bowels needed help.-Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18

they want provision which will END
government ownership in the shipping
business two years after the war ends.
The republicans allied with the oemo-
Gratis object to the possibility of the
government ownership plan being ter
minated. Incidentally they object
mildly to the idea Of corporation at
all, wanting direct government con
troll.
The bills opponents are hoping that
after a spectacular attempt to push
it through, the president will with.
draw 1t and permit the passage of the
appropriation measures. Friends are
hoping he will accept a compromise
on one side or the other which will
permit it's passage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
Who VIII Paw for II.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s.-The Euro
pean laboring man will pay the cost
of the war, If he returns alive from
the trenches, Representative Hull of
Texas declared today
Undoubtedly the European laborer
will be the man upon whom the heav-
lest tax will fall" said Hull. prop
erty values will be greatly reduced,
but the idle wealth will find some way
Of escaping its share of the war bur
dens.
There will be big shortage OF
labor for the great deal Of reconstruc-
ton work that must follow the war.
Wages of the laboring man will be
high. That fact will appeal to the
men who levy the taxes. They know
that the laboring mans earnings can
be easily reached for taxation"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
The Shoo Litter.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.--Ignorant that
Judge Mcdonald intended parolins
her, Mrs. Frances Chandler, widow
thirty years old, today shot herself
rather than enter jail. She had en-
tered a plea CT guilty to charge OF
shoplifting, preferred against her by
Marshall Field and Company store
detectives. Taken into the prison
ers' room, Mrs. Chandler jerked re
volver from her muff and sent one
bullet into her right breast She is
at the county hospital and authorities
say she will probably die
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
Rattle with Indians.

CORTEZ, Colo. Feb. 1S.-Flounder-
inc through mud over trails heavy
from recent SHOWS and rains, a por-
tion of the posse moving forward to
engaee the Piute Indians entrenched
near BIuff City, pressed on towards
crayton today. A courier arriving
ha-e ranorted that the posses reached
McF,lmo canon last night after hard
days ride, -,
10 mo. bv u. S marshal of Titan
and his men so that the invadins
aarmy" on leaving that point will
number more than forty men
Two wagons loaded with food, sup
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18

st. Louis Republic: The use of an
American flag by British vessel, as
in the case OF the Lusitania. is nat
lurally irritating to Americans. Thsy
feel that their national emblem Is rob-
bed of meaning when other nations
appropriate it, and that feeling is full
~ warranted. However, Lewis Cass.
when secretary of state more than
fifty years ago, laid down the rule
that the immunity of vessel unon
the seas depends upon her national
character, to be ascertained by her
papers and, If need be, by other cir
|cumstances, but not by the flag under
which she sails. Authorities agree
thai such is the law, and that being
SO the liability of American vessels
to interference is not changed by the
misuse of the flag. Neither as mat
ter of law alone, are they in greater
danger of attack, for, as matter of
law, it is the duty of any vessel OF
war to signal any merchantmen which
it desires to search. II the merchant
man yields, then the vessel is subject
to search and to capture or to destruc.
ton If it proves to be the ship of an
enemy of the vessel OF war. On the
other hand, If the merchantmen at.
tempts to run away or to fight, after
the signal is given then 1t may be at.
tackled and stopped by force and the
merchantman's flag whatever 1t may
be, Is no protection. American ships
may, therefore, avoid all danger to
themselves from law-abiding nations
simply by stopping when they are told
to stop by vessels Of war.
Such alarm as Is felt arises from
the recent proclamation by Germany
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
GET RID OF HUMORs
AND AVOID SICKNESS

Humors in the blood cause inter
nal arrangements that affect the
whole system, as we'll as pimples,
bolts and other eruptions, and are
responsible for the readiness with
Which many people contract disease.
For forty years Hood s Sarsapa-
1llla has been more successful than
any other medicine in expelling
lumors and removing their inward
and outward effects. Get Hoods.
10 other medicine acts like it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
GIVEN SENTENCE ON
CHARGE OF LARCENY
Earl Lambet Sentenced to Thirty
Days imprisonment In the
County Jail for Larceny.

Earl Lambert was this morning
sentenced to serve thirty days i'm.
prisonment in the county jail when hs
pleaded guilty to a charge Of larceny
in the superior court. The informa-
ton against Lambert was filed some
time ago following testimony brought
out in the examination of James Cow.
ley who was charged with the same
crime Lambert stole some brass Mt
tings from the S. C. and S. Carter
company, valued at 500.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
Kaiser Returned.

United Press leased Wire Service. |
AMSTERDAM. Feb. 1S.~The kaise.
returned yesterday from the eastern
battle front and will proceed at once
to Wilhelmshaven where he will con-
fer with the admiralty officials. ac-
cording to advices reaching here to-
day from Berlin.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
ROYAL. ACANITM

keoSuk council No. $50 meets first
and third Friday each month, Hawkes.
hall. Eighth and Main. Visiting breth-
ren fraterna'y invited to attend Z.
NJ. Kingman, regent; J. 1. Annabl
secretary
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18

for balcony and gallery and zoe for
any seat on the main floor. 1t is the
policy Of the management OF the
Grand at all times, to offer these ex-
ceptional features at the very lowest
possible prices and give all an oppor-
tunity of seeing the very best in pho
to-play production. You should take
advantage of this opportunity and see
|"Neptune's Daughter 1t will please
Ou-Advertisement,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18

$4,000 mark was expected for tomor.
row. the close was active and strong
to cents higher than the opening.
Total cattle receipts were 1000 less
than the early estimate and the
close was strong. with $40 as the top
The sheep receipts were 1000 un.
der the estimate and the close was
strong, with S7.25 the top for sheep
and $50 for lambs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
ADJUSTMENTS.
keIrernan Pictures Toniah

Annette Kenerman in "Neptune's
Daughter" will be presented at the
Grand opera house tonight at 7:15
and o'clock. Although this picture
was shown to record breaking bust
ness in the best theatres in the cities
at soc to s100 prices, it Is offered
the patrons of the Grand at the ex-
tremely low prices Of 10 and zoe. 1oc
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18

KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF SECUR-
ITY. KEOkUK COUNCIL NO. 1899
meets the first and third Monday of
each month at Hawkes. hall at 500
o'clock. J. R. Hambleton. president:
Ernest Best, financier; Mrs. Ralph
Muse, secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18

FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES.
Keokuk Aeire, No. CS3. meets first
and third Wednesday Of each month
at Eagles hal, 523 Main street Visit.
ing brothers cordially invited. Rail- III
Foulds, w. President; G. A. Noakes.
secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
LOYAL ODER OF MOOSE.

keokuk lodge No 704, meets every
Tuesday night at SEQ y. M, in Moose
hall, corner of Sixth and Main. Visit
ing brothers cordially invited. John
G. Stadler, dictator; Ed S. Lotion.
secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
An Honest Confession.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: Tie
London Daily Express doubtless
voices the feelings Of many English
men when it calls the Lusitania In
,ident humiliating.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
x or p

Morning Star lodge No. 3, meets
at Fifth and Blondeau. X of p build.
ing. Tuesday at $50. r. S. Ulricll,
chancellor commander: J. A. Burgess.
X. of r. and S. Visiting knights fra
ternally invited
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
PLUMBERS TRIAL ri
| COMING TO CLOSE
government i. Bringing ITS Side Of
i. Case to CLOSE and Defense
n is Expected to Rest
This Week.
LETTERS TO BE READ
,u,,,rrer VIII be Filed by Defense
as Soon as Government Fin
Ishes Case, Attorney
Intimates.

.,.,.od press Leased Wire Service
DIES MONIES, Iowa, Feb.
,s-The government rested
IN lis case against the thirty
tx master plumbers today,
claiming that it had proved
zach guilty Of violation OF the
Sherman antitrust law. Fed.
eral Judge Pollock over-ruled
The motion of Chief Attorney
Boyle for the defense, that he
strike out evidence involving
local pools and labor troubles
The defense says it has sum
moned $50 witnesses and may
ask for 400 more if Judge Pol
lock is willing and that each Of
the thirty-six indicted plumb
ers may be placed on the stand
DEs MONIES, Iowa, Feb. 1S.-The
government will rest its case IN the
trial of the thirty-six plumbers this
noorning attorneys for the prosecu
tion said at the close of the court SEES
sion Yesterday. With the reading o.
a number of letters which Will be IN
reduced as evidence, the defense VIII
begin producing its evidence.
It is expected the reading OF the
letters will require an hour. Attorney
u. @. BOYLE, for the defense, said that
he would be able to present his case
in the three remaining days OF this
week.
Mr.. BOYLE said that in all probable
ity. a demurrer will be filed today as
soan as the prosecution has rested its
case.
Thirty-fve ( Witnesses were exam
ined yesterday. All were. called BY
the government. They included sup
ply house men. jobbers, manufactur
ers, and former members OF the asso
ciat.cn of master plumbers.
Daniel J. Daily Of Lansing, Mich.
salesman for the Ferguson Supply
company Of Grand Rapids, said that
some Of the association men asked
him at one time If he wasn't lost
when they learned he had sold to non
members and that theN Informed hin
that they could no Longer do business
with his house. Daily declared thai
he lost the business of the association
men as a result.
TIC. Ferguson, head of the Fer
guson Supply house at Grand Rapids
said that he cannot cell association
men at present. Whens a sked why b.
District Attorney Claude r. Porter
the witness replied that it was be
cause he SIS not in accord
Bert Hedrick, an independent
plumber Of Kansas City, Mo-, and {
former member of the association
was a strong witness for the prosecu
ticn. He said that he had quit The
association because he could not "ge
along" with it.
Tell the jury why you drew out
Insisted Attorney Porter.
Well replied the witness, .
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
CHICAGO Live Stock.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, Feb. Sin spite of the
fact that hog receipts today ran s.
900 over the early estimate and the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
T. p TEAM DEFEATS
HAMILTON STARS
Champions Of Commercial League De
feat Hamilton Quintet, SO to
SO Last Night.

Irwin Phillips Co. basket ball team,
champions of the Commercial league,
defeated the Hamilton All Star City
team last night by score OF 36 to
SO. The score at the end of the first
half was 16 to 10 in favor Of the p.
team.
The lineup was as follows:
Hamilton heokuk
Right Field
Helser HANCOCK
Left Field
Kane ................. Hopp
Center
Blake starr
Right Guard ~
Anderson ..-............ HlnSstrOm
Left Guard
Field goals-Hosford 5; Heiser g.:
Kane, 4. Allen IL; Hancock 4; Hopp.
2.
Free throws-Kane 1, Allen 2.
Referee-Renshaw.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
PYTHIAN SISTERS

keokuk Temple No 256 Pythian
Sisters meet every second and fourth
Friday of the month at 8 O'Clock at
Il. p. hall. Mrs. Ida Mass, NJ. E. c.:
Miss Anna King, NJ. of r. and c..
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
B. p. o. ELKS,

!. Keokuk lodge NO. log. meets first
and third Thursday nights at Elks'
hall, Sixth and Blondeau streets.
Club rooms open daily. Visiting breth.
!ren cordially invited. Dr. J. B. How'd,
K. R.. Leroy J. Wolf, secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
FRATERNAL CARDS

Eagle lodge No. IL, holds its resu.
lar meeting the first Tuesday evening
of each month.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18

Puckechetuck Encampment No. I,
meets first and third Thursday even
ings Of each month. John Eisenhuth,
financial SCRIBE
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18
MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA,
GIBRONS HALL

keokuk Camp No. 622. meets every
Wednesday evening at 1880 p. m. Our
latch string is out to neighbors. John
c. Wustrow, V. c.; J. A. Pollard,
clerk
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18

Hardin lodge, No. 20, holds its regu,
lar monthly meeting the second Mon.
day evening of each month.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-18

Free throws-Kane 1, Allen 2.
Referee-Rensh
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-08-04
BANDIT
SECURED
$23,5OO
Lone Robber Made Big Haul
in Cedar Rapids, Ia,
Bank.
TIED AND GAGGED TELLER
Rabber Entered Bank and
overcame Teller After
Struggle.
TIED And GAGGED TELLER

Cedar Rapids, Aug. "A lone ban
dit held up and robbed the Cedar
Rapids National bank and is said to
have made his escape with $23,500. Lee
Perrin, teller in the bank, was discov-
cred bound and gagged an hour later.
Perrin was taken to hospital He
is temporarily insane from the shock
according to the physicians. No trace
of the robber has been discovered. The
robbery was committed shortly after
o'clock.
Perrin was in the bank preparing
currency shipments for banks of the
neighboring towns when the robper
entered by a side door and covered
Perrin with revolver. A scuffle en-
sued in which the bandis was victor
ious.
The bank is one of the largest in
Cedar Rapids, having a capitalization
of half d million, a surplus CT $200, 900
and g. deposit of $6,000,000.
Ralph Van Vechten, vice president
of the Continental and Commercial
National bank Of Chicago, is president
of the bank.
1t was announced this afternoon that
the amount obtained by the robber
was $21, 800.