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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-18
High School Lad Out In Columbus
City, Ind, Writes keokuk EIec-
tric Company interest
Ing Missive.
FIRST YEAR IN HIGH
Seeker After information Concerning
Water Power Development
Gets Shower of
Pamphlets.

Following is letter, verbatim, re-
ceiVed by the Keokuk Electric COM
pany from high school lad out in
Columbis City, Ind. Although the
grammar and spelling are faulty, the
reason for it's being sent shows that
the young man is DESTROYS of acquir-
ing new information on matter that
is undoubtedly Of deep interest to him.
Many in the city will recognize in
the laboriously constructed nnfssive,
and in the writing, too. If 1t could be
seen, the visions of their own kin
dred endeavors in the first year of
high school.
Needless to say. young Swigart was
literally supplied with information
concerning the damn including an
orange colored pamphlet by DR.. G.
Walter Barr. He will undoubtedly be
able to supply his class with all infor-
nation necessary on the subject of
water power:
$40 N. Walnut st.,
Columbia City, Indiana.
Nov. II, 1915.
The Keokuk Light & Power Co.,
Keokuk Iowa.
Dear Sirs ,>
am a member OF the Physical
Geography class of the Columbia
City High School and as we are
studying about the utilization Of
the rivers in the form Of water
power, we would like to know
whether or not you have any
pamphlets or anything describing
and telling about that great damn
which belongs to you. If you have
anything at all pertaining to this
big damn I would be very glad il
you would send them to my above
address.
had the honor of seeing this
damn early last spring and
thought it was the greatest piece
Of work OF any kind that I ever
saw
Begging your pardon for the
trouble this may cause your l re-
main, Yours truly,
RAYMOND SWIGART.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-18
BALKANS.
CONTINUED from page ~

more they are prepared to give for
active aid and how they will retaIiate
If Greece joins hands with the Ger.
manic powers.
Cochin, the French cabinet member
without portfolio, conferred Wed
resday with Premier SkouIoudis and
ex-pren1ier Venizelos. His audience
Of the king was arranged for today,
After finishing his talk with his ma
Iesty, II was said he probably will go
to SaIonika to look at the war situa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-18

spite the fact that there were numer.
GUS buyers In from both the south and
east. There was absolutely no sun
port for foreign traders. as the Bal
gians have stopped buying for whIla
and none OF the other agents were ON
hand. The Italians are expected to he
gin their buying. but for some reason
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-18
GERMANY
Continued from page ~

covered the French had undermined
1t and were about to blow them In the
air. ..
The English were reported foiIed In
an attempt at a surprise attack on
German positions on the Messines-
ArmentIeres road.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-18

Heavy draft, extra .slS5629s
HeaVy drafs. cholce-sood -. 148@1S8i
eastern chunKs, OK. quail. -. 140@1S5
eastern cnunKs, plain 800. 75@115I
Southern horses, ex. quail. -. 7O6135
southern horses, plain ..... 400 65
Choice drivers, with speed. 15O@225
Saddlers 100000
rugs ............. SO Isl
Mules-Only the best types are in
demand, and an extra good cotton mule
makes better sale than any other
kind. but there is also a pretty fair
market for the right kind of big mules
and miners. But on thin kinds and
all animals of less apparent quality
the market is lower and much trouble
is found in disposing Of such types.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-18
Iowa Supreme Court Decisions.

Especial to The Gate City.1
DIES MONIES, Nov 1S.-Miner vs..
Fraternal Bankers and Reserve 60
ciety, appellants, Linn county; re-
Iversed.
Chamberlain vs.. City of Des Moines,
appellant, Polk county; affirmed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-18
Death Wins.

Louisville Courier Journal: When a
boy playing tag runs in front of an
automobile death gets last tag
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-18
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity: Parti'l
cloudy and colder tonight, with progl
ably rain or snow. Friday 1aiF div
colder. .,,ao-1
For Iowa: Partly cloudy. ana colues|
tonight with probably rain or sno~|
east portion. Friday fair and colasi
For Missouri: Partly cloudy a ar|
colder tonight, with probably ram . v1
IRENE east portion. Friday ialr "''
colder east portion. r,,h|
For Illinois: Unsettled weather w .on
rain tonight and probably nor'h po'
ton Friday. Colder.
Weather Conditions. ,,,,
The principal disturbance, "n md
caused rains in the gulf states s amy
the lower Mississippi valley Is 90"
trail in Arkansas this morning any !
second depression is in the Daku -
has been attended by rain, OF SN'
in the Missouri valley. thar
Generally cloudy. warmer oed nd
prevails in the central valleys anu ~,
lake region. and fair, colder n neIsl
on the eastern slope OF the Ho'N
with q "norther" in Texas
kI
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-18

New York Money Market.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1S.-Money on
call, IL percent.
Six months, IN @3 percent.
Mercantile paper, percent.
Bar silver London, "a 13-16d.
Bar silver New York. 51asc.
Demand sterling, $46S%.
Omaha Butter.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 1S.-Butter, 20
cents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-18

Horse and Mules Market.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 17-Horses-
Trade was inclined to be quiet, de-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-18

CHICAGO, Nov. 1S-Hog receipts
$4,000; market 10G15c higher. Mixed
and butchers, s5.9o@s.s5; good heavy,
s6.2O96.65; rough heavy. S6.05@S.25:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03
SEEK U. s. EMBARGO
AGAINST BRITISH
Manufacturers Idle From
Lack Of German Dyes to
Protest to Bryan.
ASK BLOCKADE REPRISAL

pUtIAps,rItr,, April a committee
representing tho National Association
Of Hosiery and Underwear Manufac-
tur.rs will go to Washington next Tues
day 10 tel, state Department officials OF
their needs. The meW'will lie Charles Il.
Leippe president Of the Reading knit
ting Mills at Reading. Pa, and presi-
dent Of thc association: cN-Reprcsenta-
tive II. A. Metz OF New York. who is
"A manufacturer, and n. r. Waters.
president of the Germantown Dye Works
and the Master Dyers Association.
They will tell the officials in Wash
ington that disastrous results will he
felt by American textile manufacturers
and business men of allied Industries II
the conditions due ia the British block
ade are not corrected. II they fail they
say the textile industry In the whole
country will go TO smash--at least
temporarily.
Mr. Waters estimates that In Philadel-
phia alone 100, 600 men would he thrown
out of work in the textile industry, and
he said there was no estimating how
many thousands this would affect IN
businesses more or less connected with
the textile trade. The action To send
the committee to washington was taken
TO day at "A meeting of the association
officials In the Manufacturers Club after
speeches were made by representative
men of the textile trades, principally
dyers.
In the speeches the men blamed not
so much the United States state De-
pa rtment AS they did the British Gov
ernment They said that as the state
Department had tried everything that
was far TO bring Great Britain to an
understanding but had failed u was
now time for this country to stretch
the rules of International law bit.
In effect they advised an embargo on
All things to Great Britain. saying that
,he English Government needed us n
lot more than We need them anS that
IL an embargo was established II would
not be long until the Administration
At Washington could get anything L
wanted
Germany. the speakers said. does not
want our money. but she wants our
go, DIS If the oceans were once opened
up so that this country could get the
necessary goods from Germany for
which manufacturers are now crying
II Is doubtful. they added, whether or
not Germany would sell them for money.
They would demand In return goods
they need cotton and fn0dstuffs for non
crmbatants,
I'VE are not going to have any wax
with Great Britain" said Mr.. Metz
but we have certain rights IN this coun-
try. and it is up to the state Depart
ment to get them, We have right
to sag TO Great Britain that simply
because she has the admitted right ,
use her great sea power to hut der
many She has no right TO use II to nurt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03
CULTURAL EMPIRE THE DREAM


Prof. Hugo Muensterberg OF Harvard.
discussing the possible terms for peace
in his new book, THE Peace and Amer
ica," published by II. Appleton & Co,
says the nationalists VINO wish to see
the old lines of language more firmly
respected In Europe forget how much
larger the German Empire was In its
medieval boundaries"
Germany" he says, would arise
larger than any German dreams to-day
If il were really to receive back all the
old German soil with truly German ra-
ciaI population. The Germans would
probably not object if the peaceful ma
,ioualistic settlement were to end with
their giving up French Lorraine and a
Polish strip OF Posen In exchange for
the large Baltic provinces OF Russia
and four5sevenths OF Belgium.
THE true nationalstic hope OF Ger
many is quite different, II Germany Is
victorious it does not dream Of restor-
ing the great German Empire of the
Middle Ages II does not want TO govern
provinces, but to inspire them, Those
lost old German lands have themselves
become weak and half hearted. since
they iac,: cultural strength of their
own. The German Empire might not
grow by square foot. and yet Ger
many. together with German Austria,
with German Switzerland. with Flemish
Belgium. with Holland, with the Bal
tic provinces of Russia. with Denmark,
Norway, sweden and Finland, would
form a cultural world empire which
would balance the Romantic group of
F.ance, Italy. Spain and the Anglo
Saxon group and the Russian Asieuc
group"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03
VICOMTE DE KERVEN,
WAR AVIATOR, HERE
Frcnchman Makes Trip to Re-
cupcratc From Fall: Tar
get for Rifles.
ADMIRAL on WAY TO FAIR

Vicomte Georg de Manduit de Kerven,
who has distinguished himself in the
aviation service OF France, arrived yes
t"rday Ivy the French liner Chicago to
recover from tho effects Of fall from
his plan" and perhaps. To negotiate ter
the purchase of air machines for his
Government
The Vicom,e is snrhl OF stature. but
Is big OF chest and strong looking. His
war work was TO take machines from
the Government factory at Buc 10 Dion.
where they were turned over TO the air
scouts of the army. In one descent in
bad weather he was hurled from his
machine and three of his ribs were
broken.
He was twice fred on by French ter-
ritorials who did not recognize his aero
plane as French. lie descended 10 80
cape death from the bullets and was
captured" The soldiers let him go
when he proved his identity. Seven
bullets went through various parts II
his machine.
The Nirumte says the aNiators ~
the Allies are cleverer and more daring
than the German hirmen.
Rear Admiral Henri Buchard OF the
French navy, recently retired, Is here
to look at the country and go TO the
Panama Pacific Exposition. Admiral
Ruchard was naval attache al BeIin
for tive years and made a special study
of German naval preparedness. He
said
THE claim of the Germans that they
hav. submarines which make eighteen
knots is ridiculous The swiftest they
hav. can cover about thirteen knots on
the surface and about nine below. They
are enabled To 90 long distances frcrl
their basc because they are towed sur
repttiously under sea by steam and
motor triwlcrs,
The submarine bases are at Antwerp,
Bruges and at AN island of the Nor
wegian coast The GerWan navy has
about forty-five submarines at present.
having lost several recently, The French
have ninety and the English 100 under
sea boats. but you do not hear of them
because there are no German ships To
attack"
Miss st. Claire Livingstone and Miss
Ingeborg Stcen Hansen, graduate nurses
Of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
returned from Servia, where they have
been for several months on battlefield
service" each with medal presented
by King Peter and Red Cross medal
presented by col, Souvotitch. They will
start back for Seryia In about two
weeks. taking with them medical sup
plies and a lot of serum for the preren-
ton OF cholera,
They said cholera would surely break
out with the cOmins Of hot weather and
they wish II he prepared Tor II. Typhus
was prevalent when the young women
left SerNia and iifty-six Red Cross doc
IA, al tad . 4
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03
CENTRAL PARK SHEEP
WILL HAVE NEW HOME
Father knickcrbOckcr Needs
Pasture for Horses of His
Mounted Police.

Contra, Parks famous f'ock of sheen
is To he removed with the passing ~ tho
old arsenal building, IL present tentative
plans are adhered to, and other old land
marks are lilSsl, to follow under III.
rev Wd"r OF thing
The sheep have been maintained in n"
park for many years and have been =
source of pleasure 20 those visitors VINO
Ike biz Of pastoral scenery IN tho mid-'
OF a crowded city. They Craze upon the
big green west of Ll, Nall aud are She
tered At night and In winter In the
shorpfold. q rambling brick structure oH
the west side of the park opposite sixty.
sixth street.
The sheep are To hc oustci 10 make
room for tho horses Of the new squad OF
mounted policemen that is to he put IN
the park as soon A. quarters can he pro
vided for the horses \ part Of he
sheepfold is now used - a sub-po,ca
station and there is a stable for ;ibou
ten horses
Il IL proposed to send the sheep -
Van cortlaudt Park, whore a herd a.
axis deer and herd Of huftaloes were
maintained several years ago The deer
were eventually turned over I, the Rrons
Zoo and the buftalocs were taken 20
Central Park. as they 'ntertcrcd with
golf players in Van Cortland, Park.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03
LION CLAWS SNYDER
IN FIGHT FOR HOME
Bismarck Objects TO Leaving
Zoo for Brooklyn. but
Is Persuaded.

Bismarck young lion in the Central
Park mcnaGeric, almost tore off Head
Keeper Billy Snyder's trousers yesterday
when tho keeper went into tho Hon :
cage to take the animal out for transfer
TO the mcnagcrla IN Prospect Park.
Brooklyn
Snyder carried a canvas bag to throw
over the animals head but Bismarck
was not disposed 10 have his head GOV
cred. He jumped about the Gag" and
duckod at each throw Of the bag lie
rosrcd, too, in indignant protest and his
mother, Helen. a few cages away, roared
IN sympathy with her troubled son.
When the keeper advanced closer 70
make "A throw Bismarck jumped to es-
cape and bumped against snyder. Tho
lions claws struck the keeper on the
right leg, tearing the overalls and trou-
scrs and scraping on some of the skin.
At the next throw the keeper got tho
tag over Rismarck's head and the lion
was soon on his way 10 Brooklyn.
Hiemarck WAS traded for two bear
cubs. an ELK and 500 pounds Of shecps'
fleece. The Brooklyn menagcrie has re-
Gently grown TO large proportions
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03
PLEA FOR REFUGEE BELGIANs.
Lawyer Tells Of Work by American
women In France.

Benjamin II, Conner. an American
lawyer who for the last ten years has
lived In Paris. here for a short stay. sad
yesterday that there are two hundred
thousand Belgian refugees now in
France. They have no means of COM
nunicatIng with relatives and friends IN
their own country.
Il know Of one case he said. "wherc
efforts to send letters from Paris 10 {,
point occupied by the Germans within 4,
hundred miles Of Paris failed entirely
and ihes. efforts were kept up for
months In other words, the resources %
the Eelgians in France amount TO what
they were able TO bring away in their
pockets
"a large number of them are invalids,
women and children. with nothing be-
tween them and death by starvation hut
the help of the French people. who are
doing all they can.
I'm November. moved by the urgency
of the need, some American women in
Paris who had been maintaining a home
for wounded soldiers turned their at
tention to the relief of the Belgians and
established the Foyer Franco Beige
This American committee is preside
over by Mrs Edith Wharton. the author.
and includes among the members the
Comtesse de Bertier. Mrs. Edward Tuck,
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss and Mrs.
Walter Gay.
The committee began It's work in De-
cember and since then has raised funds
to reach and help more than two thou
sand refugees at a cost of about IS each
"A month. The need is increasingly great
and the committee earnestly solicts
monthly subscriptions, however small"
The New York committee. organized
by Mrs. Richard Derby. formerly Mss
Ethel Roosevelt, includes Mrs. Cadwala-
der Jones' Mrs. willard Straight, j. l..
Derby, II. W. Munroe, Philip J. Roose-
welt and Mrs. George Whitney.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03
The Tabernacle N

niSh the fullest measure OF excitement 20
the revival the Untarians have provided
II with their vows to combat sunday II
he attacks their church The latest
plan, which is backed by the entire Uni
tartan church of New Jersey. is to get
ex-rresident William Howard Taft and
Charles W. Eliot. president emeritus Of
Harvard. To- speak In Paterson during
the sunday soul saving campaign.
President Elio, defended tnitarisnism
IN Philadelphia after sundays attacks
on the church there. and the chances Of
persuading him and rrot Taft to defend
their creed In Paterson are said to he
good. hut whether they come or not the
fnitarldns expect to turn Sundays at
tacks to such good adv vantage AZ TO have
"a church here before the evangelist
leaves.
Tho final touches are being given to
the big tabernacle that will hold 10 600
persons. and by Tomorrow. when sun
day arrives. II will he ready for him.
It is expected that 10000 people will try
to get in when sunday first looks IL over
and formally opens II. and the police
are making ready FOR a busy time
The tabernacle and the grounds
around 1t are taking on an aspect that
t. half WAY between that OF national
political convention and a three ring
circus, Inside there il y space for nifty
new Spap.r reporters. who will spread
the tidings of the conversion of Pater-
son over the East. and twenty telegraph
operators In the building will speed the
news along.
outside on the lots near BY small
frame structures have sprung up like
mushrooms. Here will be popcorn and
candy. lemonade and peanuts, ice cream
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03
new RECORD HERE
IN WHEAT EXPORTS
February Leads All Months in
War Rush Of Grain to
Europe.
BIG ITALIAN PURCHASES

February was record breaking
month In wheat exports from the port
of New York. THIS was largely the
result, OF the big purchases by Italy
\ detailed ststement made public yes
tcrdsy At the Custom House by J. H.
Liant, chief statisticisn. showed that the
wheat exported was valued at slo.o5e.-
es2. against s7.236.3s0 in January and
ss.s6o,S25 in December. 1914.
Exports Of s43:?.o0s OF wheat nour
were also record. Exports Of sl,57o.-
7:s OF cartridges were the largest since
tho war began. Metal working ma
chinery vas sent out from New York
in the largest volume for any month
since the war started. and there were
heavy shipments 10 the Allies of cot
ton clothing materials and leather. \
table of exports Of war materials
follows
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03
EDITOR MAINTAINS
He QUOTED WILSON
Gabriel Applaud Of Paris
"Tcmps" Replies to Prcsi::
dents Reputation.
SAYS "TRUTH Is TRUTH"

Gabriel Applaud. one OF the editors
Of lie Temps of Paris. replied in this
city yesterday to President Wilson $
reputation Of an interview which NJ.
Applaud asserts he had with the Presi-
dent at the White House last Wednes-
day and which was cabed to lie Temps.
The Paris editor not only insists that
he reported the Presidents views and
comments accurately but that the Presi-
dent was perfectly aware that NJ. Al
phaud was interviewing him for publica-
ton and told the French Ambassador
that he was perfectly willing to rely
upon W Alphaud's Judgment AS regards
what should he printed.
The statement issued yesterday 10y the
representative Of IT, Temps makes the
issue of veracity between himself and
President Wilson downright aud irrcon-
cilahlc apparently. Among the points
of the Interview as published by Lc
Terms were that tho United States is
cprsrientiousll observing IN" rules OF
neutrality: that belhgereuts viii prob
ably he glad when the war ends that
the United states IL strictly neutral :
that France must not believe that the
Presidents sympathi"s are against
France because his sentiments already
expressed in a letter to President poin-
u
can army will not be increased for fear
OF false interpretations. and that tho
Mexican situation Is beginning to look
better.
President Wilson declares that h"
gave no interview to NJ. Applaud, who
came to the White House merely TO pay
his respects. anI that II was distinctly
understood IN advance that there was TO
be no interview. AZ regards the letter
from President Wilson To President
Poincare. referred to I'm the interview.
President Wilson states that several
months ago he sent such Il letter as 4
member of the American Institute ot
Arts and Letters in reply to one from
President Poncarc of the French Acdd-
envy.
Answering this reputation. VI Al
phaul gives out the following statement:
II regret exceedingly having caused
any annoyance To President Wilson. for
whom I have the greatest respect, both
officially and personally. But the truth
is the truth. Mr.. Wilson was aware OF
my intention to send to lie Temps the
statements which he So graciouslv made
10 me. Moreover. ! offered to submit 20
him an outline OF my despatch before
sending it to my paper. but he very
courteously assured me. in the presen'c
of Mr. Jusserand. the French Ambas-
sador. that he was willing to rely en-
tirely upon MY judgment In the matter.
II am addressing myself TO brother
Journalists. who know as wen as | do
the professional point Of honor involved
and who know further that we do not
invent anything. least Of all Presidential
statements. The existence Of the letter
of Mr.. Wilson to President Poincarc WIS
unknown to me previous to my reception
at the White House.
II can only formally maintain both
the text Of my interview and the bona
fidc authorization which ! had to publish
the statements Of the President"