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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-08
rs ANNIVERSARY
FOR J. s. FERGUSON ,

Fffty-one years ago today John .
D s. Ferguson was wounded in Q
battle at Sabin Cross Roads in Q
louisiana He recalled today Q
the extent of his wounds. He Q
lost his right arm, received ten .
wounds in the body and was TAX Q
. en- prisoner and then was later Q
, brought to Keokuk where he was .
discharged. Q
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-08
PERSONALS.

Mrs. ID. b. Hamill is in St. Ioui. .or
a week or tea days visit with he,
daughter Mrs. Frank r. Fry.
Mrs. c. A. Wright has returned IRON,
a'visit in Kirksville, Mo. ''"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-08
THIRD ARBITRATOR ON
BOARD Is CHOSEN

Capt. a. r. Evans will Serve Along
with Jurists 70 Decide Merit
Of Claim.
The third member OF the board Of
arbitration which will consider the
claim Of W. B. and H. R. Collins
against the city Of Keokuk will be
Capt. A. H Evans Judge Henry Bank
and Judge W. S. Hamilton OF Fort
Madison are the other two members
Of the board of arbiters.
The claim of the attorneys Is for
services rendered during the Iowa
Telephone company litigation. The
bill for services was presented to the
city but turned down. The attorneys
have filed an action in the district
court for 81 ,505.
An attempt is being made now to
have the merits OF the claim passed
upon by board OF three arbiters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-08
PERSONALS.

Mrs. Chas Schofield who has been
visiting her mother Mrs. A. n. Wright
for the past several weeks. leaves to-
day for Chicago where she will join
Mr.. Schofield and later will make
their home in Alton. ILL.,, where he will
take charge of the advertising for the
Illinois Glass company.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-08
GARDEN PLANTED
IN YARD OF JAIL

= There's going TO be regular =
= garden in the county jail yard, =
. The garden plot has been select
. ed and the beds have been made =
. and the seeds all planted The =
. garden n In charge OF Henry :
. L,~venstein, the turnkey. Cap
. sheriff Scott's dog. Will be COM =
. mfsssoned 20 sec that no stray =
. chickens scratch up the growing =
. garden, f.eAns and peas, rad =
o asher and lettuce are rome OF =
. the good things that VIII be
. grown IN the garden,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20
THE THAW TANeLE
Battle to Prove That He Is Sane
Postponed One Week. a

Postponed One Week. a
New York, March 19.--Harry K.
Thaw's legal battle to prove that he il
sane and entitled to his freedom has
been postponed for one week, Instead
his attorneys planned today to bring
up before Supreme Court Justice Bi
jur the issue under which they con
tend that Thaws commitment to the
Matteawan Asylum was Illegal For
that purpose they had obtained a writ
of habeas corpus which temporarily
superseded a writ previously granted
to unable him to submit to a test oi
his mental condition. 1t was expect
ed that after an argument over the
question of jurisdiction the hearing
on the new writ would be referred 20
Justice Page, before whom Thaw was
tried and acquitted on a charge OF
conspiracy and who ruled that Thaw
must be sent back to Matteawan un.
less prevented by legal process.
The purpose of this new move was
to enable Thaw scounsel to take his
case before the Appellate Division on
an appeal from the decision of Jus.
tice Page II it proved adverse to
Thaw 1tN.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20
COMMERCIAL lfERTiLIzERs
Vii, Be Higher Priced This Year Be.
cause of War In Europe

Because OF the war In Europe and
because the worlds supply of potash
largely comes from Germany. com
mercial fertilizers win be higher in
price this year Potash costs in the
vicinity OF SIS a ton at the present
time and is hard to get at that price
This is almost a third more than the
prices that prevailed last year al
this time.
The manufacturers OF commercial
fertilizers are making their quota.
tions this year on a potash basis. II
the fertilizer contains the same
amount of potash as was used in the
formula year ago the price is ad,
vance from 81 to $3.50 a ton. If
the price remains the same as last
year the percentage of potash is de-
creased.
Nearly all land requires potash, es-
pecially land that has been titled for
many years, and farmers in this yici-
nifty who have used commercial fert.
lizers are naturally interested in the
situation,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20
PITTSF|ELO FIRE
CAUSES LOSS
OF $4,000
Most Of the Damage in Cohurn
Block on North St.
PROPERTY WAS WELL INSURED
Smoke So Dense that No Pcroonai
Effects Could Be Re-
moved.

Pittsfeld. March 2O.--FYre in the
Coburn building, three-story brick
store and apartment structure, at 431
439 North street, Owned by Fl. S
Blaisdell, last night caused, loss ol
about $4,000 to that building, The
Farrell building. a four-story struc
ture, Just North and whose walls
touch those of the Coburn building
was damaged TO the extent of about
$4,000 The old Farrell homestead a
two-story brick house just south OF
the Coburn building. was damaged
about $1,000. Insurance men last
night stated that nearly all of the
losses were well covered by insur.
ance. The total loss Of the fire was
about $4,000.
The fire was discovered about Z o.
clock and an alarm was sounded at
7.05 O'Clock box 80, just across the
street from the fire AS soon as the
department arrived Fire Chief w. G..
Shepard sounded second alarm al
7.10 o'clock. Thirteen streams. of
water were used and one steamer
was at work. The water pressure
was good. Ii was 1l30 before any Of
the fire apparatus was sent away
from the fire.
The fire started in the basement
of the Mills tea and butter store and
quickly spread to all cellars of the
block, as only wood partitions separat
ed the different store cellars. Two
hours after the fire was discovered
the flames burst through the roof and
efforts were then confined principally
toward preventing the fire from enter.
ing the windows OF the Farrell buld.
ing. 1t was a hard fire to fight ow.
ing to the dense smoke
The building was occupied ON the
ground floor by the Dawson hardware
company, W. ~ Jones, undertakers.
the Mills tea and butter store and
the Berkshire leather company. deal.
ers In wallpapers and leather goods
The two upstairs floors were given
over to l2 apartments. all occupied.
Practically nothing was saved from
either the stores or the apartments,
as the smoke quickly permeated
through the building and made 1t
necessary for all residents to get out
at once Members of the Dawson
hardware company entered the store
and saved their books.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20
INVESTIGATING CLAY rEeosIT
On Extent and Quality VIII Depend
6uiIdIne--PIans OF Clarendon Co.

6uiIdIng--PIans OF Clarendon Co.
A series of borings. more extensive
than any similar proceedings ever at
tempted at the clay works in North
Clarendon on the Cold river road, will
figure much In the final decision OF
the American Paper Clay company as
to definite. plans for rebuilding the
plant recently burned and 1t is expect
cd that the weather will permit the
boring process to go within a few
days now. If the tests shoY good re-
suits and deposit which will war
rant the outlay, it was stated yestcr-
day that the company would 20 ahead
with concrete structure for the
turning out of the clay used in max
ing paper, which has already become
well known throughout the country
In speaking OF the conditions at the
clay plant, one OF the officials said:
I'VE have come to the conclusion
that neither concerns has ever made
complete enough boring tests and this
is just what we intend to do before
our building plans are finally settled
on We started the boring two
weeks ago but cold weather put n
stop to this line OF operations and
we win be delayed short time be-
cause OF this.
I'm our bofings II we find deposit
rich enough In quality and quantity
we will WITHOUT doubt put up a con
crete mill ats once. while on the 9TH
er hand. II the borings turn out light
in quantity and of a lower grade we
VIII not put up such an expensive
building. -h
There is also. possibility of our
moving the mill site 10 more suit
able place OH the river, one nearer a
new source of supply and in this in
stance we will sink another shaft
The ground on which stood the old
mill, which was totally destroyed by
fire month ago, has been cleaned
up. The machinery was a total loss
while 1t is possible that the big boil
er may be repaired and saved.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20
FOR BREAKING. INTO CAMPS
VIII Pike and charses Mallory .
Woodford Arrested This Forcnoons

VIII Pike and Chares Mallory of
Woodford Arrested This Forcnoons.
Deputy Sheriff p. B. Gardner went
to Woodford this afternoon and arrest
ed, William Pike and Charles Mallory
on the charge of breaking into two
camps and garage in the town Of
Woodford.
The camps. which it is charged the
two men entered are Warwick S. Car
penter's camp at Beaver meadows
and Truman Mallory's camp at Little
Pond. The garage is the building
owned by the Carpenter family at
their summer residence in Woodford.
A search of the house occupied by
Pike and Mallory near Big pond in
Woodford is claimed TO have reveal.
ed some of the personal property
taken from the camps and the
garage.
The two men may be arrsigned IN
municipal court this afternoon. Mr.,
Carpenter, who is president of the
Bennington County Forest, Fish and
Game association. believes that tac
organization should take drastic steps
to protect the camps in this vicinity.
The buildings are being entered every
little while and considerable proper.
ty is being either stolen or damaged.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20
.GOODROADS DAY IN
. COUNTY WILL Be
CELEBRATED
Bennington Invites All the People
Of Country TOIvilIlge
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS OFFERED
Special Train from North Dorset
Ladies and Children are \
Especially Invited

Bennington invites all the people
of the county to come 10 Bennington
on Tuesday, March 80, and guaran,
tees them cordial welcome.
March 80 is Good Roads day and
State Highway Commissioner Bates
will meet the county road commission
ers and selectmen for session
morning and afternoon at the new
high school hail.
In order to accommodate those
from the north a special train will
run to Bennington leaving North
Dorset at $50 and stopping at every
station
The people of Bennington undof
the auspices of the board Of trade
and merchants invite all the people or
the county including men, women
and children to come to Bennington
that day and will greet them most
cordially.
The stores will offer special attrac-
tions of new spring goods at special
ly low prices The hotels. and res.
taurants will serve good dinner at
special rates, the moving picture the
atres will put OH special big shows
and run them all day If necessary
Everybody will seek to make the
visitors welcome and to show them
the attractions and advantages OF the
town. Ia n
The official invitation will appear
in The Banner next Thursday and q,
copy of this issue viii be sent Ito
evury home in Bennington. county az
far as it is possible to secure names
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20
TALKED ON VERMONT
interesting Lecture BY Prof. Varney
Before the Brotherhood.

An appreciative audience listened
to Prof. A. W. Varney at the Brother
hood meeting in the Methodist church
Friday night. Mr. Varney talked for
an hour on Vermont" and apparently
had only just began his subject when
he closed his lecture He dwelt large
ly upon the great mineral wealth OF
our state and spoke of its wonderful
natural resources. He paid tribute
to its beauty, its remarkable history.
its great men, and gave statistics
that surprise men who are not inform
ed on the subject
All Vermonters who were present
felt proud Of their native state and
many expressed desire TO hear Prof
Varney again in a continuation of the
same subject. After his talk he gave
stereopticon exhibition loaned by
the state for the occasion, and show.
ed about $50 views of Vermont
scenery.
Company b served ice cream and
cake and social time was enjoyed
until late hour Two persons were
admitted to membership.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20
SOLD MILITARY SECRETS
italian Traitors Get Long Term ir
Prison

Rome. March 19, (via Paris.) Prof,
Menozzi. who was convicted in Nov
.ember Of selling 10 French agent
secret plans for the mobilization of
the Italian army, has been sentenced
to a term of seven years and six
months in prison and a fine of 10000
francs $4,000. Cavalry Sergeant
Petriglia, who was found guilty OF
obtaining the information sold by
Menozzi, was sentenced to six years
and eight months and fine of 1000
francs (S1,4O0). Menozzi's completely
in the sale of military secrets was
discovered after he had been arrest
ed on a charge of smuggling sac
charine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20
FLAG BORN in auILFoRD
Fact Established by Recent Search
of Records.

II is probable that very few people
know that the Vermont state flag
originated in Guilford. In his histori
cal researches John Il. Gale has dis
covered that the records of the coun
ell show that on October II, 1903
Samuel Shepardson of Guilford, who
was for six years member of thai
body. on motion obtained leave &c
bring in a bill entitled "An Act es
tablishing the Flag of the Militia OF
this State The bill was enacted in
to law and the state flag established
in the form retained to the present
time.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20

peoples with counsels of meekness,
do Thou heal the discords that tear
the nations asunder; Thou Who
didst shed Thy Precious Blood tha.
they might live as brothers, bring
men together once more in loving
harmony. And as once before to the
cry of the Apostle Peter Save us.
Lord, we perish! Thou did3t answer
with words of mercy and didst still
the raging waves, so now deign to
hear our trustful prayer, and give
back to the world peace and tran
quillity. And do thou o most Holy
Virgin, as in other times of sore dis
tress, be now our help, our protec,
tion and our safeguard. Amen
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20
PRIMARY BILL WAS
RECONSTRUCTED
AND PASSED
Governor Gates Sent Special Mes.
sage Urging Its Passage
BILL !Kow GOES TO SENATE
As Passed the Bill Is Not IN as Good
Shape as When II Came From
the Committee.

Montpelier, March 19.-The lri-
mary bill, refused passage yesterday
by close vote, was reconsidered tills
afternoon and with a referendum at
tached, passed the House by 3 yea
and nay vote of LAG to 20. The pas
sage of the bill came after the Cover
nor had directed a message to the
House, expressing the desire that 1t
reconsider its vote. and that with d
referendum attached Ii might pass.
Governor Gates in his message, the
first since he has occupied the Office
of chief executive, said that he beliey-
ed the Legislature was in honor
bound to pass a direct primary law III
order to keep faith with the people.
Conditions have changed since the
people expressed themselves in re-
gard to the law, and 1t would seem TO
be a wise thing to pass the act with
referendum, concluded the message.
The motion to reconsider came
from Mr.. Melendy OF Londonderry,
who was one of the strongest oppon'
ents to the bill yesterday, and the mo-
ton was carried almost unanimously.
Mr.. Wilson Of Chelsea then Offered
the amendment in the form of the
referendum. which provides that the
measure shall be voted upon at the
next March election to see whether
the law becomes effective March 20,
1916. or If voted OH unfavorably
March 20, 1927. Mr.. Hapgood Of
Peru was the only member on the
floor to oppose the adoption of the
amendment. s.
The bill as passed contains all tho
mutilations put into the bill Thurs
day by the House so that 1t is but a
poor makeshift. si9sR3 o a4aI
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20
TURKS SUNK Three
bATTLESH|PS IN
DARDANELLES
Mines Send Irresistible, Queen
and Bouvet to the Bottom
CREW OF BouVET DROWNED
Nearly All the Men on the Two Brit
ish Vessels Rescued Under
Hot Fire. -.

London. March 20-More than so
men. on board the flagship mfiexible
were killed in Thursdays battle in
the Dardanelles. Among the dead are
several officers and there is fear that
Vice Admiral Garden who commanded
the feet was either killed or badly
wounded.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20

of March 15, gives the names OF eighty
three officers, including Hindus, who
We're killed or have died from wounds
and of 123 wounded or missing.
This brings the total casualties ant
ong officers since March 10, as official
ly reported, up to 1876 killed or dead
from wounds and SIG wounded or
missing
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20
TO ENVELOPE ELECTRICITY
Waterbury Men May Put IN Plants
on Wells River.

G. e Moody and George Almon of
Waterbury, who have recently sold
the large power plants on the Mad
river in Moretown, are reported TO
have secured options on several OF
the water powers along the Wells
river from Groton pond to Wells laiv.
er village and are trying to secure op-
tions on the remainder with view
of purchasing the same and install
ing power plants all along that stream
1t is said they are trying now to get
an option on the village electric light
plant in Wells River and If they are
successful some important industrial
schemes may follow
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20
NURSE WINS SUIT
Brought Suit Against q. Levin oi
Manchester for Wages.

Mrs. T.. A. Phillips, of Westminster
West, has won her suit against B. Le-
vim, of Manchester, for five weeks
and two days pay. Mrs. Phillips
testified that she received letter
December Is 1914, notifying her to
go to Manchester as nurse. She
went there and remained with friends
subject to call until January 10. After
one week she was discharged and
paid SIS, the agreed amount for one
weeks work 14t
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20

London, March 20.-The battle be-
tween the forts and land batteries OF
| the Dardaneles and the feet of the
| allies that is attempting a passage
resulted Thursday in the sinking of
the British battleships Irresistible
and Ocean and the French battleship
Bouvet while they were attacking the
interior forts at the narrows. The re
ports of the engagement show 1t to be
of an extraordinarily desperate and
dangerous nature. the battleships
pounding away with guns of great
| caliber and being themselves subject
| ed to the fire of the forts and con
! cealed batteries and to the dangers
from floating mines 1t was the lat
| ter that sank the three battleships,
whIlesother vessels were damaged by
gunfirc.
The crews of the two British shipb
were. virtually all saved, having been
transferred to other ships under hot
fire, but an internal explosion took
place on board the Bouyet after she
had fouled the mine and most OF her
crew was, lost. The Bouvet sank
within three minutes Of the time that
she hit the mine. .osa ca4t .t.
Tile waters in. which the ships were
lost had been swept of mines, but the
british admiralty asserts that the
Turks and the Germans set floating
containers of explosives adrift and
these we're carried down by the cur
rent to the. allied ships gathered in
side the entrance Of the straits.
All the ships sunk were old, the
Bouyet having been completed nearly
20 years ago. and the Ocean and Ir-
resstible in 1898. They were very
useful, however, for the work III
which they were engaged in the Dai'
danelles. The sunken British ships
are being replaced by the battleships
Queen and Implacable, vessels OF a
similar type. They are said to have
started some time ago for near East
tern waters in anticipation of just
such losses as have now occurred.
Two other ships engaged in the
| fighting. the British battle cruiser IN
flexible and the French battleslip
! Gaulois, were hit by shells and dam
aged The British casualties, accoro-
ing to the British official report.
were not heavy, considering the
scale of the operations" n
The damage done TO the Turkish.
forts by the heavy bombardment has
not yet been ascertained. 1t is stated
that the operations against them are
continuing. The forts attacked were
those on either side of kephez hay
and on Kephez point outside the mar
rows. and those on Kilid Bahr and
Chanak in the narrows.
The Kephez forts replied strongly
when the battleships advanced firing
| up the Dardanelles, and all the ships
were hit. 1t is asserted that these
forts finally were silenced and a bonn
bardment of those in the narrows was
under way when the three battleshlps
struck the mines The blowing up of
the ships did not cause cessation oil
the fighting, which continued until
darkness interviewed. 1t is under
stood that the engagement was re-
sumed yesterday.
Vice-Admiral Sackville Hamilton
Garden, who is i'll, has been succeed
ed in command at the Dardenelles
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20
FORMER RUTLAND PASTOR
Died in. Denver as Result of Wound
in Civil War.

Died in. Denver as Result of Wound
in Civil War.
Word has been received OF the
death in Denver, Colo, recently OF
the Rev j. X. Richardson, who was
pastor Of the Rutland Baptist church
about so years ago Death was caus.
ed from the effects of a bullet
wound received while in the army.
Mr.. Richardson had many friends
among the Grand Army men of Rut-
land. He was graduated from the
Newton Theological Seminary in 1872
and his first passionate was in Rut-
land. He had been in the West for a
number of years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20

Montpelier March 20.Aln the house
this morning the bin leving d special
tax upon the grand list of Benning-
ton county for the purpose of repair!
ing the county buildings at Benning-
ton and Manchester was passed.
Representative Holster of Benning-
ton explained that the special COM
mittee of Bennington county members
favored the measure as compromise
with but one exception. Representa-
tive Stone favored the passage of the
bill and moved the previous question.
Representative Hapgood of Peru rose
to question of privilege but was
declared out of order
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20
WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and Western
Vermont generally fair tonight and
Sunday
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20

Paris, March 20--Only 64 men OF
the $50 on board the Bouvet were saw
ed when the battleship was SUM;
Thursday. siH
The Germans have been making des
perate efforts to retake their lost pos
itions at Neuve Chapelle but without
success. Serious losses have been in
iicted on the invaders.
Berlin, March 20-The German war
office today officially admitted that
the Russians have occupied the Ger.
man town of Memsul on the East Pru
sian frontier.
London, March ia casualty list
of officers received from the British
Headquarters in the field, under date
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-20

duals--is Ito love the Lord God with
their whole heart and soul" and the
second, ito love their neighbors as
themselves"
Per order of the Rt. Rev. Bishop.
Joseph F. Gillis,
Chancellor.
N. b. The Rev. Clergy are direct
ed to read the foregoing letter, as al
so the enclosed decree from His
Eminence, the Cardinal Secretary Of
State, at the High Mass on Passion
Sunday, March 81, 1915; the direct
ions given by His Eminence for
Peace Sunday are to be observed.