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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-17
Former Well Known Resident Of
keokuk Passed Away Friday
Morning In Arizona
Town.
GRANDSON LIVES HERE
Death Caused by Old Age, the De.
cedent Being in Her Eighty
Second Year-Two Sons
Survive. ..-

Frank M. Anderson of I'll NORTH
Seventh street, received yesterday
the news of the death of his grand
mother, Mrs Sarah e. Anderson, a
former resident Of Keokuk, at Pres
colt, Arizona, at 9:25 o'clock on Fri
day morning
Mrs. Anderson was eighty-one
years of age and will be we'll remem
bered by the older residents Of Keo
kuk. She left here about ten years
ago, after a residence dating back be
fore the civil war. Death was caused
by old age. 1t is probable that the
body will not be brought to Keokuk
but will be buried in Prescott. where
son, F. M. Anderson, lives. Mrs. An
derson was the widow of Captain
Israel Anderson who served with dis
tinction through the Civil war, In
Company B, Third Iowa cavalry. Mr..
Anderson died in keokuk in the year
1902. He was one of the city's
earliest residents. He was born in
the year 1915 and came to Keokuk in
1898, when the town was little more
than an Indian. trading post.
Mrs. Anderson's maiden name was
Sarah Ellen Hamilton and she was
born in the year 1884. She came to
Keokuk at an early age and was
married here in 1851 to Captain An.
derson. This city had been her home
from that time until ten years ago.
Captain and Mrs. Anderson cele'
brated their golden wedding anniver
sary here in 1901 and the captain
lived but one year later, dying al
the ripe old age Of eighty-seven years.
Shortly after his death, Mrs. Ander-
son went to live with her son in Pres
colt. This son and another, C. II.
Anderson, Of Oskaloosa, survive, with
a grandson in this city. The decedent
was member Of the Presbyterian
church.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-17
r,,s+ Of scond Series o. Contests
Brought Out Several Good
points as Compared With
Last Spring.
SCORING MUCH HIGHER
,udoes Were Given Specific Inatruc
tlons on This-GeneraI Appear
ance Of Stores ls
Improved.

Cleaner stores and generally more
artistic arrangement of windows,
characterized the first of the second
series of window contests which was
held Yesterday by the merchants of
Keokuk. Sixty percent Of points pos
sible were on cleanliness and general
appearance of the store interior and
exterior. And the judges were watch
ing with leen eyes the appearances
both inside and outside. One OF the
Judges said that the number OF stores
which had taken as much pains with
the inside Of the stores as with the
outside was far above the total dur
Ing THU, as at the last contest.
The general verdict Of those who
saw 9he windows was that the dis.
playa showed more harmony and bet.
ter color values and more artistic ar
rangement than was shown in any
other contest. There were fewer fea.
ture windows. and those which were
what might be called feature displays
were closely connected with the bust
The judges for this contest were
DR.. J. e. Forney, John S. sprowls and
Paul Dysart. They were given instruc-
l0lS yesterday uOTHluS. anu luFN6u
In their score cards last night. Mark
ings for the contest will be made
Monday at the meeting Of the commit
tee. The markings. it is understood.
are higher than they were last. year,
and this is due to the fact that the
judges were impressed with the fact
that penalties must be given only
where reasons for penalties could be.
stated.
J. j. Chapman, chairman OF ire
window contest committee requested
his committee to bar Ayres and Chap.
man from participation in the sweep
stakes prize. The firm will be allow
ed individual contest prizes, however.
c. NJ. Owen who was out OF the city
Yesterday, and whose name was in
advertently left out Of the list OF en-
trants, entered window in the con-
test.
The contest committee will meet
Monday morning to 20 over the score
cards, and to award the prizes for the
first contest
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-17
Weekly Grain Review.

! United Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, Oct. 16.-At the start OF
this week there we're several indfca'
lions that pointed to lower wheat
prices. The two most mentioned bear
reasons, were the enormous American
crop and reports Of vastly increased
crops in Canada. Russia and the Bal
kans. Belief in these reasons for
lower prices prevailed occasionally, 1t
is true, during the week, but not for
for very long periods.
The bulls were greatly in the ma
jority. They believed higher prices
inevitable because they say. crops of
Canada, Russia and the Balkans and
especially that Of Russia and the Bal
kans, cannot be depended on to be
moved at the right time, II at all.
They argued that the American crop,
however huge, is not sufficient to fill
the weekly demand Of 10000 900
bushels from importing nations, until
other crops can get under way Prices
today closed higher by 81 and G@
than last saturdays close.
A good demand and the wheat
strength was responsible for the corn
advance this week. Prices today clos
ed up and 81 on last Saturdays
final prices.
Light oats receipts and fair demand
that were general throughout the
week was the chief reason why oats
were higher. Today's close was 81
and 2ss up on the close OF week ago.
Provisions passed a rather lethar-
gic week after the sharp advances Of
the preceding five days Of trading.
Very little advance was shown.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-17
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS
limited
Leaf

1900; wheat, 6S; corn, 60: oats, 1928.
Liverpool Close.
Wheat, unchanged; corn IL up.
CIearances.
Wheat and flour. 1854, 900; corn. e.
900; oats, $4,000.
Northwest Cars.
Winnipeg. LIT: Minneapolis. 400;
Duluth. 651.
St. LouIs Cash Grain.
st. Louis, Mo-. Oct. 6.-Wheat-No.
2 red, new, S1.29; No. 3. red. new,
$1.206$124.
Corn-No. 2, SEC: No. 3, 651Ac; No.
8, yellow, &c; No. 2, white, &C; No.
8. white, 651ac-
Oats-No. 2, SIC; No. 8. 341a @35kc;
No. 8, white, 3S03S1zc; No. 4. white,
36h @37c.
Kansas City Cash Grain.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. 10
wheat-No. 2 hard. new, s1.o90s1.1s;
No. 3 hard new, $1.07@Sl.14; No.
hard, new, s1.02@$1.07; No. red,
new, s119@s122; No. 3 red, new,
s1.19; No. 4 red, new. s1.o2@sfoS.
Corn-64@654c; No. 3, Gao; No. 2
yellow, 6596Gc: No. 3 yellow, GAO
C41ho; No. 2 white, 64@65c; No.
white, 63064c.
Oats-No. 2, $40 3sc; No. 8, 35@36c;
No white, 3e94Oc; No. 3 white, 3S
Q3Shc.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO, Oct 1G.-Hog receipts
5000; market firm. Bulk, sS.25m8.S5;
light, $S.O0QS.90; mixed. SS.1O@S.95;
heavy, $SOO@S.921h: rough, $1,000
sis; pigs, s5.25@7-75.
Cattle receipts 700 market weak.
Native beef steers, S6.O0@10.40; COWS
and heifers. $2.so@S.25; calves, s7,75
@11.50.
Sheep receipts 1000; market
steady. Wethers. s6.oO@7.OO; lambs,
s675@s.9O.
Chicago Seed Market.
CHICAGO, Oct. 16.-Rye-No. 2,
nominal, No. 3, S1.O0@101.
Barley-52060c
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. so.
Clover-s10o091 1900.
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO, Oct 6.-Butter-Mar-
ket unchanged.
Eggs-Receipts 2,796 cases: market
unchanged.
Potatoes-Market lower; receipts
90 cars. Michigan and Wisconsin
whites. 43@5oc: Minnesota whites, 4S
@52c; Minnesota Ohios, 4s652c.
Poultry-Market lower. Fowls, 121s
@13c; springs. 1870.
New York Produce.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-Butter-Mar-
ket steady: receipts 1906. Creamery
extras, 2SH 92Shc; frsts. 26@2Sc;
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-17
Looked Like a Squirrel

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
CLEAN. n. Y. Oct. 16.-George Vel.
don saw what he took to be a spur
rel while hunting this afternoon. Ike
took deliberate aim and fired. Then
he ran and dragged forth the body of
Lynn Soper. principal of the Single
House school. from the bushes. Soper
with his back and neck full of buck
shot. Is in a serious condition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-17
CITY NEWS.

Chiffon collar and cuff sets. Meg
che1sens'.
Jesse e. Harsch is vulcanizer at
the vulcanizing department OF the
Overland garage, 1919 Main.
The case OF Beach vs.. Beach.
where a mother-in-law is being sued
by her daughter-in-law is still in
progress at Fort Madison This is the
second trial of this case, which has
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-17
Is 1Q1 Years Old
ROME

ROME. N. Y, Oct 16.-Orvil s. Dor
man, 101 years old, registered here TO-
day.
"rve been waiting eighty years to
vote for woman suffrage" said the old
man.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-17

G. P. Ford left Saturday morning
for his home in Green City, Mo-. afte"
pleasant visit with Mr.. and Mrs. C..
R. Beck.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-17

seconds, 23M@25o. ~ . -,r
Eggs-Market frmer; receipts g..
1855. Fresh gathered extras, 34@35c:
extra frsts, 31@33c; firsts. 27@3Oc;
seconds, 221a @26c.
Live poultry-Market steady: west.
ern chickens, 15c; fowls, 1914 @141kc;
turkeys. 1Sc. IA
Dressed poultry-Market dulI and
weak. Western fresh chickens, bar.
rel. 15@23c; fresh fowls, iced. 16@
1870; turkeys, 1S@22Ac.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-17

Chicago Live Stock.
Hogs, $500, top, $500; cattle, 700.
top. 5000; sheep, 1000, top, $1,000
S.95.
East ST. Louis Live Stock.
Hogs 1900, top, $685. cattle, 500.
top. s1O.25; sheep, none, top, $1,000
900.
Chicago Estimate for Monday.
Hogs, $1,000; cattle, $4,000; sheep,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-17
Horse and Mule Market.

Horse and Mule Market.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 16-Horses-
Prices on what few were sold 10
southern and eastern buyers remained
firm and the market remains unchang-
ed. The French buyers were in again
and buying was vigorous for quite
while. The English and Italian in
spections also called for fair supplies,
and a large number Of horses found
sale through these inspections. But
the Belgians were not buying and a
number Of these types were left on
hand after the buying had subsidized.
Prices on all of these are about the
same as they have been for the past
week.
Heavy draft, choice to good 140@1s0
Eastern chunks, extra quail
ity .............. 14o61so
Eastern chunks, plain. -. 75311o
ity ...................... so@1s5
Southern horses. plain. $3.50. 400 60
Choice drivers, with speed. 15Om225
Saddlers 100000
Plugs SO 20
Mules-The trade was pretty good
for Friday Receipts were fairly
large and buying began early The
market for cotton mules has improved
in the past few weeks and strong
demand for these types is felt by
mule sellers. Some big mules and
miners also found fair sales and the
general trade was considered GOOD,
16 to 1917 hands. .......... $135 % 265
Is to 1914 hands. .........- 100@190
IA to 1415 hands. .........,. 63912o
10 to 1914 hands. ........-. 450 90
The Washington times., 1915-08-04

Great Britain declines to concede
the contentious in our complaint
against various protested incidents
of the allies blockade of Germany,
and we are bound to say that SO far
as the circumstances of those cases
are known to the public Great
Britain is right.
The allies established a blockade
of Germany. Almost Immediately
they made it more effective than the
United States Government was able
to make our blockade of the South
in many months, even in years. An
effective blockade is to be observed
by every nation regardless of what
it costs it in trade.
Great Britain has developed the
application of the traditional block
ade along the principles of inter-
national law to fit modern conditions
of warfare with it's new weapons
and operations; but she has not de-
veloped new methods in application
Of those principles to anything like
the extent we developed them when
we closed the South to sea inter-
The Washington times., 1915-08-04
j. s. TO TAP PURSES
OF WAR "WELCHERS'
Will Sue Citizens Brought Home
From Europe and Who Re-
fuse to Repay.

Uncle Sam has instituted proceed
inss to tap the purses Of the Euro
pean war "welchers." The "welch-
ere" are those American citizens who,
when caught in the European war
zone after hostilities opened. were
brought back to this country with
Government funds and then refused
to reimburse the Government.
Attorney General Gregory today in
structed district attorneys in various
cities to institute an investigation with
a view to beginning court proceed
ings against all those able to repay
the Governments loan.
Under the statute passed after the
outbreak Of war. the Government was
empowered to send money to Europe
on the gold ships to bring refugees
home with the understanding that the
tourists were to repay the Govern
ment. If able"
The present investigation will deter
mine the financial status of the war
refugees.
The District Attorneys have been in
structed TO begin suit to recover in
cases where they think they can win.
More than 100000 is still owed to the
Government by Americans brought
home with Government funds who have
repudiated their obligation.
The Washington times., 1915-08-04

dent. The temporary crisis in cot
ton last autumn did not and could
Not possibly affect the general re-
lations of our cotton supply to the
worlds cotton necessities; and in the
face of good deal of calamity pro-
testationr the planters used the
sense that dictated that they should
not become panic-stricken. If they
had "gone out Of cotton" they would
have lost the cotton-raising colored
labor that is the real basis on which
the crop rests; they would never
have got it back. They would have
had no money, seed, live stock, or
implements with which to produce
something else; and If they could
have got all these, and produced
the something else, they would have
discovered now that it was due to be
sold on market which has sagged
very decidedly, while the cotton
market has improved. Present prices
and demand for cotton give all en-
couragement to belief that the COM
ing crop will put the South back on
It's feet.
There has been considerable effort
at diversification Of crops in the
South, and that is unqualifiedly a
good thing. It should be continued,
no matter what may be the recovery
OF cotton. But the fact remains
that the prophets of ruin in cotton
have been renudiated hu the facts
The Washington times., 1915-08-04
1t Seems Sheer Folly To Try To
Kid a Barber With Cutting Re.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
I note that the BARRIERS Of Washing.
ton are anxiously awaiting the results
of conspiracy among their kinsnen in
one of our neighboring cities to increase
their rates to 40 cents for a haircut
and 26 cents for shave. and that this
Is due to their failure to receive suf-
ficient tips.
Now this is not an argument pro or
con the evil Of tipping. but a little word
9t OF suggestion to our tonsorial friends.
when II goes to barber shop. Is SER
vice. The BARRIERS should understand
that there is no inherent pleasure to
customer resulting from handing all his
his hair and face (too often the lat
teri.
Enter. a prospective customer into one
or Washington's belligerent barbershops.
After waiting thirtyfive minutes, the
recipient of inquiring stares from these
scissor swapping. hair-pulling and talka-
1--WE gentry, who mentally make a note
or each break in the crease Of his trous-
OF his front collar button. the man who
has thus bravely risked his beauty
mounts an uncomfortable chair. 1mme-
diately a brushing Of the barber. ex-
hair shampooed. sir?' hair singed.
sir? how about massage?"
Then one listens to a gratuitous lee
ture. divergent rather than entertain
ing. on the evil Of hair with split ends,
and hadn't you better let him sinke it.
II the last barber that cut my silver
locks singed them with equal dexter.ty.
should be constrained to put in a
claim to the United States for pensions
accrued since the Spanish war
Now. my barber friends, I have no.
ticed several hundred barber shops in
our city. and they all seem to be doing
well. just remember the service, ard
let the tips come automatically. don't
try to squeeze hair tonic from an onion
bald. Upon due provocation you know,
the public can not only shave itself. but
can turn poet.
P. B. MOREHOCsH.
WaShinRtOn. IulY al
The Washington times., 1915-08-04
WASHINGTON IN SUMMER

Washington today takes off its
nat to no summer resorts. If any
summer place could be more delight
ful than Washington today, with its
vistas of green trees, stirred by
cool breezes, and its many points of
interest, it has not set forth it's
claims.
There are amusements at sum-
mer resorts, and so there are for
the Washington stay-at-home. The
upper Potomac will bear hundreds
OF canoes and boats tonight: the
bathing beach affords rare sport for
hundreds every day; at the Capitol
this evening the United States Ma
rine Band will give a concert that.
If you went abroad and heard it.
would be talked about for years to
come.
OF course there have been a few
warm days. Some days Washington
gets warmer than Atlantic City and
other seashore resorts. But the
figures Of the Weather Bureau
show that the average summer
temperature of Washington is lower
than at many Of the places Wash
ingtonians 60 to get cool. The man
who stays here may encounter a few
uncomfortable days. He will find
those anywhere. But he will have
an opportunity in the evenings to
take car rides that will cool him
off, he will find roof garden spots
of beauty and comfort, and he will
not have to put up with the dis
comforts of summer hotel.
There is a growing suspicion that
Washington is not a bad place in
summer, and a growing number of
its residents are realizing that fact.
The Washington times., 1915-08-04
BatherS' Parade
Not on Uncle Sam
Postmaster at Rockaway Beach
Refuses to Permit Postage
Stamp Suits" in His Office.

NE" YORK, Aug 4.-The United
states Government has tkaen a hand
In the effort to discourage women
from parading the streets of Rock
away Beach in their bathing suits.
Postmaster William A. McVey posted
printed placards that women in bath
ing suits would not be admitted to
the postofrice.
The postmaster says there has been
q daily and nightly exhibit OF shapely
legs in stockings of the brightest
hues and in many instances without
stockings. on the boardwalk and in
the streets.
Mr.. McVey objects to the postonice
being used for the purposes Of such a
display. So he posted printed cards
reading:
"As it Is a misdemeanor to appear in
public In scant attire. no one in a
bathing suit will be permitted in the
postoffice hereafter"
The Washington times., 1915-08-04

course with the world. Not only did
we intercept ships bound directly for
the South and for territory adjacent
to the South; we intercepted ships
in the middle of the Atlantic ocean
on the ground that they were carry
ing cargoes to be delivered in West
Indian ports, for example, but to be
transshipped sfterward into other
vessels and carried to Southern ports
or to ports having access to South
ern territory.
In all international law and in all
the practice Of blockades there never
was another application Of funda-
mental principles so sensational and
80 radical as ours Of the doctrine Of
the continuous voyage, under which
we took such ships wherever we
found them on the high seas and
sailed them into our prize courts.
This doctrine our Government set
up for the powers Of the world and
affirmed It by the decisions Of our
Supreme Court. It was accepted by
the powers in the exact form in
which we made and maintained it.
1t was based on the elemental prin-
ciple that it could be of no earthly
use to shut every port Of an enemy
country if that country were to be
left free to take in and send out
goods through the ports of a neigh
boring country as convenient as her
own.
We were bound by international
law and equity not to interfere with
foreign cargoes actually destined for
ultimate use in the West Indies, say,
and the allies are bound not to inter-
fere with American cargoes actually
destined for ultimate use in Hol-
land, say. But we not only claimed
the right and exercised the right
to stop anything not SO genuinely
destined, but we ourselves deter.
mied whether cargo was destined
for neutral or for the enemy. And
the allies, while adapting their
blockade to the new conditions Of
warfare exactly as we adapted ours
to the new conditions of warfare
half a century ago, have been doing
no more and no less.
The Washington times., 1915-08-04
THE COTTON YIELD

A crop Of 11,97O,O0o bales of cot
ton is estimated for this year on the
basis of reported acreage and con-
dition July 25. Last year, with the
largest crop ever produced, the total
was calculated at 16,134,OOO bales.
There is thus drop of little over
20 per cent in the prospective yield,
and this on the showing of a loss
of 1877 per cent in acreage.
The plain sense, plus the every
day necessities of the Southern
planters, saved them from adopting
advice that was fairly Gatlinged at
them in the period Immediately fol-
lowing the beginning of the war.
They were told to do anything ex-
cept plant cotton for this year, and
their most persistent advisers along
this line were alleged experts in
business and agriculture. There
was a period when it was commonly
reported that "there wouldn't be
any cotton crop in 1916" and when
1t was seriously believed even by
good authorities that the acreage
would fall fully one-half.
1t is plain enough now, that if the
South had taken the advice with
which it was bombarded it would
have made q mistake. Cotton in the
last decade has been a very profit
able crop; it's lowest quotations for
each of the last thirteen years, in
New York, have averaged almost 10
cents, while for the preceding thir-
teen years the lowest annual quota
tions averaged about 7 cents. The
average of the highest annual prices
was, for the later period, 1873, and
for the earlier period, 81 cents. Dur
ing that time, too, there had been a
very great increase in the yield.
Cotton is staple of which the
United States comes near possessing
world monopoly; without our cot
ton there would be an astonishing
reversion, all over the planet, to the
styles that were affected in the Gar
den of Eden before the apple Incl
The Washington times., 1915-08-04
MANY EVENTS LISTED
FOR CAPITAL TODAY
Meetings and Entertainments to
Be Held in Every Section of
City by Various Societies.
Today.

Lawn fete, Randle lark. Anacostia- IN p.
m. under auspices of Catholics Of Ana
costa.
Field Day. Camp Good WILL inmates VI U.
s. soldiers Home.
grounds Bryan School. p. m.
Masonic-Iodges: Washington Centennial
No. "A; Osiris. No. &c; King Solomon No
81 . D. m. degree; Eas; Gate. No. 3%
knights OF Pythias-Mt. Vernon. No. s.:
Equal. No. II.
mony, No. g. business; Friendship No l.
business; Federal City, No. 20, degree
Encampments-Mt. Nebo. No. 26 degree
Tents OF the Maccabees Georgetown -ent
No. 6. Bank hall. Wisconsin avenue and NJ
street northwest; District Tent. No. s hall
Four-and hall and u streets southwest
Royal ArCanum-Municipal Council, Masonic
hall, Eighth and streets northwest; Fran
ces Scott Key Council. Bank hall. Wiscon-
sin avenue and NJ street northwest
Meeting, Association Of Oldest Inhabitants
Union Engine House. 7:30 p. m.
Lawn fete for benefit of Day Nursery and
Dispensary Association. on the grounds Of
Emmanuel Baptist Church. Sixteenth street
and Columbia road northwest, 7:30 D. M
Postponed last night on account Of rain
Meeting. civil war musicians who are to
march in G. A. r. parade in September, 4l6
Fourteenth street, f:30 p. m.