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The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-01-14
Dry Straits
 Looks Good

The matter. of the Dry Strait Channel is looking brighter as the time advances and that the project will be surveyed this summer is now assured. Mir. Matheson, who IS taking a Very decided interest and working for the channel, is in receipt of a letter from Delegate Wickersham, in which is inclosed a CODY of the River and Harbor Bill as reported by the House Committee on Rivers and Harbors which shows the manner in which the Dry Strait item is included in the bill. On page 38 of the Blli is very interesting paragraph which reads, ''The Secretary Of War is hereby authorized and di rec.ed to cause preliminary exam nations and surveys to be made at the following-named localities, and a sufficient sum to pay cost thereof may be allotted from the amount provided in this section:' after which follows a list of the places to be surveyed the coming year and on the list on page 5I, reads Dry Straits, Alaska.
 T .e government has showed an interest iu this matter and now 1t Is up to the people of Wrangell and the rest of Southeastern Alaska. 10 show them how bad this IS neede |, We have q very able co-worker in the person of Mir. Wickersham, so let US all get in and boost and help the Chamber of Commerce il their endeavOr to better the condi-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-01-14

l. H. Wheeler was in receipt of a wire this afternoon from Dr. Dawes at Ketchikan stating that he was on the Admiral Watson and would stop off at Petersburg and for the good ship Tonic to meet him there to bring him to Wrangell. That's all the news only that Ipoc. IS MARRIED so we will be laying for him when the Tonic gets back.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-01-14
Build Town At
 Grindall Bay

On board the Alameda last night were A. E. Hammond and Isaac J. Tomplinson and a party of surveyore on their way to Grin dall Bay, Kasaan Peninsula, where they plan to lay out a townsite.
 They have eighty acres. ..of ground patented at that place, to which they obtained title in Ioo4-Miner
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-01-14
tons in Alaska and to make a bet ter and greater Wrangell.
Oldest Citizen
 On Sick List

John Finlayson. has been on the sick list during the, past week. Much concern is felt for Mir. Fin- layson on account of his. advanced age, being without doubt the oldest man in Alaska having recently pas. sed the Io2 mark, and has always been a hale and hearty man. going about with the ability of man many years younger.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-01-14
City of Seattle
 Looses Propeller

While the steamship City oi Seattle was at Skagway Saturday her commander, Capt. Thomas Johnson. beached the yes sel for six hours, for the purpose of putting on a new propeller, the vessel hav- ing dropped a blade on her trir North.
 The repair took but a short time and the vessel was foated on the next tide.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-01-14

Mrs. Panl Stoltz, a passenger on the Jefferson on her last trip south, stopped of at this place when the boat was in port and when the boat left she was found to be insane and was taken in charge by the authorities. She will be given hearing ti1ls alter noon.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-01-14
Alaska Salmon Pack
 Four Million Cases

According to the last reports the salmon pack for the past season is the largest ever packed in Alaska being total of tour million cases. This is the largest on record and is considerable over the 1915 pack.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-01-14
Chas. E. Bunnell
 Fairbanks Judge

Washington, Jan. 6-The ap. pointment of Chas. E. Bunnell as U. s. District Judge for the Fair banks District in Alaska was con- hrned by the Senate last night.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-01-14
Says Seward
 Is The Place

SEATTLE, Jan. 6. - Mp jor l.. H. French, an Alaska mining man told friends here today that Seward had been definitely decided upon as the terminus of the Alaska gov erument railway.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-01-14

The trial of the case of the Canadian Pacific By. against the owners oJ the collier Storstad for the sinking of the Empress of Ire.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-01-14

Nearly all of the large pap r5 ot the cities have increased the cost of their papers from one t two cents. The reason for this Is the big increase in the cost of white paper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT
BY S. w. sTRAUs
Pye5idens american Society for Thrif

greater even than Rockefeller's, declared
to save money.
Marshall Field, the great merchant,
said, "H you want TO succeed, save.
This is true not SO much because of the
value Of the money which the young
man who saves accumulates, but because
of the inhnitely greater value of the
system and organization which the prac-
tice of saving Introduces into his life. -
Mr.. Field was an exemplar Of the habits
of thrift to the end of his life. One Of
his early habits was never to ride when
he could walk. If he was not in a hurry
he always walked and the habit persisted.
A wealthy New York man who owns
real estate worth $40, 900 declared that
this property represented what he had
saved by shaving himself and backing his
own boots.
The story is told Of one Octave Girardr
of Ware, Mass, who retired well-of at
the age of seventy, not long ago, after
working at manual labor most Of his life
time and never receiving more than 81
day.
He said he was able to put aside a
comfortable sum for his old age because
both he and his wife believed in economy
and practised it vigorously. "Steadfast-
ness of purpose and steady work is the
secret Of saving" said Mr.. Girard. eve
paid cash for everything we bought. We
lived on simple fare, and although we
had no Injuries, we had all that anyone
needs"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
Recker,a I ast Excusa.

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NEW YORK, July 2O.-Charles
Becker's last attempt to escape the
electric chair will be made this after.
noon. 1t will consist OF sending to
Governor Whitman a history of the
murder Of rambler Herman Rosen.
thai, together with a plea for com.
mutation Of his sentence to life i'm.
prisonment.
Becker's story fills sixty typewriter
pages: 1t is all completed and awaits
out the ok" of Bourke Cochran, his
chief legal adviser. Cochran expects
.. Z. read 1t this afternoon, after which
II VIII be sent at once to the governor
and given out to the press.
me former police lieutenant, 1t Is
understood, tells in detail what was
related by his confession yesterday:
now the late Tim Sullivan ordered
KIDNAPPING Of Rosenthal and how the
sunmen got excited and started shoot.
ing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
Miss Olive Hortense Williamson Was
Formerly Teacher In Tri-State
Business College
Here.
WAS KNOWN IN KEoKUK
Death Occurred at Sandusky at Noon
Today-Was Member Of the
Y. M. c. A. Of This
City.

/ Olive Hortense Williamson 81. of
Sandusky. until recently teacher in
the Tri.State business college here.
died at her fathers home in Sandusky
at IL o'clock, noon, today, after an
illness extending over a considerable
period of time.
Miss Williamson was we'll known
In this city. She taught for several
years in the business college here
and made great many friends dur
ing this time. She was born and
reared in Sandusky and had spent the
greater portion Of her life in this vi
cinity.
She was a member of the Y. w c.
A. in this city and also was men,
Der Of the Christian church. She took
an active interest in both these or
CARNATIONS from which she viii be
greatly missed.
The deceased was born in San
dusky, August 20, 1884. She was the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Will
hanson of Sandusky. Her father is
connected with the Standard Oil com
pany of Chicago. Besides her father
and mother she is survived by several
brothers and sisters. These are:
Mrs. L. v. Boyd of Montrose; H. B.
Williamson of Waterbury. S. D.; Ly.
man Williamson. Winnipeg, Canada,
and Margaret and Beatrice William.
son who live with their parents at
Sandusky.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
CITY NEWS.

First class millinery stock for
sale. Inquire H. F. Reichmann, Ii
North Fifth street.
Robert Utley waived preliminary
examination before Judge Mcnamara
in the superior court today on a
charge of malicious mischief filed
against him by A. L. Smith, and was
bound over to await the action of the
grand jury under bond of $780, He
was charged by Smith with having
maliciously cut down several grape
vines on a fence between the homes
of the two men.
When arranging for picnic, Joy
ride or business trip, call 302. Prompt
and reliable auto service guaranteed.
]. e. Bullard, 18, South Ninth st.
A marriage license was issued
last night to Philip Peterson, "a and
Albertina Seraphia Carson, %, Keo-
kuk.
Riley B. Shelton and wife have
conveyed to Bernard Van Pappelen-
dam, lot l and 2, block 81, Kilbourne's
addition. The consideration in the
deed was $1,150.
Miss Gladys Murphy Is critically
Ill at st. Joseph's hospital. Reports
this afternoon were that her condi-
ton showed no improvement. She
was operated on two days ago, for
appendicitis. -.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
-
For Society Editor
Call Black 665.
WHEN sHE COMES HOME.

WHEN SHE COMES HOME.
When she comes home again! a thous-
and ways
I fashion, to myself, the tenderness
OF my glad welcome! shall tremble :
yes, A5a,y
And touch her, as when first in thu
old days sens
touched her girlish hand, nor dared
upraise
Mine eyes, such was my faint hearts
sweet distress.
Then silence, and the perfume of h y
dress;
The room will sway little, and d
Clog eye s1ght-soul sight, even-for
a space; ~rGra
And tears-yes; and the ache here IN
the throat,
To know that Il so i'll deserve the pla re
Her arms make for me; and the sou
bling note
I stay with kisses. ere the fearful
face
Again is hidden in the old embrace.
James Whitcomb Riley.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
Unions May AmaIaamate.

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SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, July 20.-Plans
to amalgamate the Western Fedora
ton of Miners and the United Mine
V orkers of America will be consider
ed at Butte, Mont, July q, President
Frank harrington of the Illinois Min
ers. union, announced today.
harrington is chairman of the q. M.
w A. committee which will confer
with a committee from the western
federation. The conferees plan to go
to Goldfeld, New, after leaving Butte,
in order to sound the opinion of Ne.
vada miner chieftains on the proposed
amalgamation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
A Strike il a Strike,

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WASHINGTON, July 20.-"The
American Federation Of Labor does
not care whether German gold started
the Bridgeport strike Or not" said
Secretary Morrison today. II have
heard that said. l do not know def
nitely how true it Is. If it is true, we
can't blame Germany's representative,
whoever he may be. for doing it.
"Tne big point to the American
Federation of Labor is that agitation
has been started in the Bridgeport
and New Haven field for better work
ing conditions. The A. F. Of L. will
do all in it's power to make the Rem
ington Arms company's machinists'
strike the stepping stona to thor
ough organization Of that poorly or
ganized field.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
Strike at arldnIeport

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BRIDGEPORT, Conn., July 2O.-Six
hundred machinists and brick layers
employed in the Remington Arms
plant. struck here at noon today.
There was little disorder attendant on
the walkout.
Besides the machinists in the Rem.
1ngton plant, machinists in the Bridge.
port Engineering Co., Columbia Nut
and Bolt Co., Gaynor Manufacturing
60, and in the Billiard Machine Tool
CO., also were called out. The four
companies are working on Remington
contracts.
All the plants were running full
force this afternoon. They will be
paralyzed, however, union leaders say,
before the end of the week as they
must have machinists.
Picketing the Remington plant be
gan almost as soon as the strike was
called.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
WYACOTDA, MO.
> . . 9 . . . o 9 . . . 80

Mr.. Lewis Girth of Wapello, Iowa,
visited his mother and other relatives
over Sunday.
Mrs. Crandell and granddaughter.
Miss Helen, are visiting Mrs. Grand
ellis sister, Mrs. Ritter, of LaBelle.
f. B. Kurt of Burlington visited
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. l.. Kurtz.
last week.
Mr. and Mrs, Harold Lake of CHI.
cago visited his half brother, F. A.
Lonenberg and family, the week of tia
tourth.
Mrs. DR.. Crumly, who has been in
i'll health for several weeks, was
able to visit her daughter, Mrs Wade
Williams, Of CORN, last week.
Mrs. P. j. Starr of kahoka, visited
friends here last week.
Burl Williams. wife and daughters,
Misses Ruby and Madaline, of Keo-
kuA, visited Chas. Whitehead and
family, over the Fourth.
]. r. Sawyer has purchased the
c. l. DunblaZer restaurant. z+a~a
Miss Mary White has accepted a
position as stenographer in the Peo-
pies bank
Mrs. Laura Starr of Kahoka, was
taken suddenly Ill last Monday and Is
now confined to her room.
T. NJ Wood and wife of Chicago
visited last week with relatives and
friends. d 5-f-s-s..lss.
\. Branson made business trip to
, illiamstown last week.
Willard Shuler OF near Revere,
visited relatives the week of the
Fourth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
let+er la Hoax

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
CHICAGO, July 20.-"J. s. K" to-
day added his literary bit to the
Pearce search Of bomb plot letters.
The Daily News received the
epistle which declared that the writer,
IAN English miner" was responsible
for the sinking Of the Lusitania. The
writer declared that the torpedo which
struck the Lusitania would not have
sunk the great ship had 1t not been
for the resultant explosion Of huge
bomb which he had placed aboard
her. $3.50, !,
The writer declared he Is one Of
gang Of German plotters who are de-
termined to stop ammunition ship
mants from the United States to the
allies. He said the deaths Of women
and babies on the Lusitania however,
caused such remorse that he will
throw himself in Lake Michigan after
he sees his letter in print
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
PERSONALS.

Mr.. Henry Montgomery who has
been spending his vacation with his
family in this city, left yesterday for
New York City and will sail on the
steamship Alliance" for Panama, the
22rd
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Brennan and
daughter of Clarksburg, w. Va, will
leave for their home tomorrow, after
a visit with N-r. and Mrs. P. Brennan.
Mrs. Luderus Of ST. Louis is the
guest of Mrs. l.. M. Harding.
MT, and Mrs. George Smith and
daughter have returned to their home
in Burlington.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
Love Letters Read.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, July 20.-More letters Of
love. letters of friendship and letters
Of philosophy were read today before
Superior Court Judge Mcdonald when
the Thomas c. Birmingham will case
was resumed. $50
Mrs. Glendora 8. N. Birmingham,
the second wife Of the late millionaire
paper manufacturer, anplifed the old
letters when she took the stand as
the defenadnt in Mrs. Helen A. Lees
suit to get half of the estate on the
ground that the paper maker prince
adopted her.
Mrs. Lee contends Birmingham
agreed to adopt her after meeting
at Beloit, Wis. A decision is expected
by Thursday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
The Smoke Nuisance.

COLUMBUS, Ohio; July 2o.-Educa-
ton, persuasion and finally 'soempul-
sion are the methods being used by
the Columbus smoke inspection de-
partment to abate the smoke and SCOT
nuisance The department Is teach
ing factory managers who permit
their smoke stacks to fill the air with
tons of unconsumed fuel that they
are wasting money, that proper appli-
ances and firing will cut down their
fuel bill and keep the surrounding air
pure. and that obstinacy In compii-
ance with suggestions will be met
with compulsion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
active participant in this foolish cpl

active participant in this foolish cpl
sode Of today.
The incidents Of the past few days
have at least cooled the excitement in
that quarter. The entirely transparent
performances of the war order
stocks" were the work OF profession.
ais who have obvious purposes OF
their own, but who did their work to-
day pretty stupidity.
The motive for all this was presum.
ably to keep the ball spinning even il
nobody put his money on the table.
Apparently the theory prevailed that
If the market for these stocks should
be allowed either to decline to more
rational prices or to relapse into in
activity, some simple minded outside
Spectator, now lowering wistfully but
doubtfully in the neighborhood, might
button his pocket and, go home to
stay .~ -, -e elv>lE
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
VIII Send Blanket Protest,

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WASHINGTON, July 20.--At con-
ference this afternoon between Presi-
u.'nt Wilson and Senator Bankhead
.ne president gave further indications
VI intending to send blanket protest
70 Great Britain against its interfer-
snce with American commerce to neu-
.rai countries, in addition to the pro-
nssts fied In many individual cases.
1pankhead said he was convinced that
iesloent Wilson was doing every
s siihs possible to secure concessions
nom Treat Britain which would per.
eer commerce, particularly in
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
Suicide 40 Theory.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
LOS ANGELES, Calf, July 20
Suicide was theory the police in
cluded today In their search for a
solution Of L. A. Miller's mysterious
death on the steps of the altar OF a
local Catholic church. One Of several
bottles found near the body had con-
tanned bichloride of mercury. Miller
may have drunk the poison and
chosen the altar for his death bed.
The theory that it was a ritual muir
der" was entirely rejected by the po-
lice. It was suggested by the posi-
ton of Miller's nude body discovered
Saturday lying with arms outstretch.
ed in the shape OF a cross.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
Meeting Of Consumers wholesale
supply Company ls Held This
Morning and Plan
Agreed on.
WILL CARRY ONE STOCK
Auction Being Held to Dispose Of
other Stocks Cooperative
Expert Speaks and
Praises Store.

At a special meeting Of the stock.
holders of the Consumers Wholesale
supply company held this morning at
the Y. M. C. A. building, plan to
continue the store on basis which
will be both practical and satisfactory
was adopted. The stock which will
he carried will be entirely OF gro.
ceries. A meat market may later be
added. It was decided to get rid OF
the surplus stock of hardware, tools
and kitchen utensils, at auction, and
sale was held this afternoon.
Some additional capital from loans
on real estate and from the proceeds
Of this and subsequent auctions will
be nut into the business. A.. r. Grant
of St. Louis will be assistant manager
and will be in charge Of the store.
Samuel F. Lloyd OF st. Louis, bust
ness manager and advisor for num-
Der of cooperative stores was in Keo-
kuk today and addressed the stock.
holders Mr.. Lloyd had some practi.
cal advice to give, and the stockhold-
ers enjoyed his talk. He cleverly IL
lustrated his talk by stories which
we're to the point. The stockholders
decided to adopt many OF the sugges-
tons by Mr.. Lloyd in the new policy.
Mr.. Lloyd praised highly the loca-
ton Of the store. He considered it to
be ideal, and though that the rentals
in Keokuk were very reasonable. He
was especially enthusiastic over the
prospects of the local store, and ex-
pressed the belief that It is in the
best of shape now.
The auction started this afternoon
and will continue. It is expected the
proceeds will bring a sufficient sum.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
I. &C. Decisions,

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WASHINGTON, Juyl 20.-The In
terstate commerce commission today:
Announced 1877 railorad earned $70,-
375,592 net in May and $775,949,419 in
the eleven months ending with May.
Gave the railroads the option Of re-
quiring conductors to include in their
reports, passes issued to employees or
honored in suburban territories.
Upheld a twenty cents per ton
bituminous coal rate increase In the
Belleville district and elsewhere in
that section.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20

as we'll as in big things," said great
merchant prince who began life as an
errand boy and climbed to the presidency
of the same business.
"Be prepared the motto of the Boy
Scouts is a good motto for anybody who
would get ahead in the world. ...
Few men can achieve wealth on a
salary alone but the habit of thrift, il
persisted in, will make even the small
salaried man we'll off in the end.
Innumerable instances might be cited.
Nearly every great man ha, been an
economist. Every rich man has had to
be one in the beginning of his career
and habits acquired early in life usually
continue TO the end.
Frederick Weyerhauser, the lum Der
man, whose fortune was estimated as
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
$500 IN CASH
STOLEN BY ROBBER
Cashier Was Knocked Down on the
Street While Carrying Package
to the Bank.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, July 90
Slipping up behind Edward Losse,
cashier of the local branch of the
Cudahy Packing company. bold
hfghwayman slugged Losse, grabbed
package containing $1,000 in cur
rency and $1,000 in checks and disap-
peared. A small army of detectives
and policemen are scouting the heart
OF the wholesale district where the
robbery occurred, but have no clue,
as yet.
Losse was carrying the package of
money and checks to the Wisconsin
National bank and had proceeded but
few blocks from the Cudahy office,
when he was felled by blow deliv-
cred from the rear. He could give no
description of the assailant.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
Labor Famine.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO July 20.-Wracked less
than month ago by two of the great
est Industrial strikes in middle west
ern industrial history, Chicago today
faced the unique situation of ex-
periencing a labor famine" Call Of
the grain fields, great bridge building
and track laying projects throughout
the middle west, and the rush to re-
sumo building operations that were
halted so long here by the carpenters
strike were the causes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
Strike is DELAYED.
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn, July 90
The six hundred employees OF the
Remington Arms company called out
on strike at noon today. did not walk
out, it was learned late this after.
noon. Union officials charged tina:
the Remington officials refused to al,
low the employees to leave during the
lunch hour and that word to strike
did not reach them. They will be
notified at five o'clock this afternoon
of the strike order, union officials said
and are expected to join the four hun.
dred employees from other factories
that did strike today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
The Wedding Postponed.

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SAN FRANCISCO, July 20,-Arrest-
ed as he was preparing to return to
New York to marry the rich defend.
ant in divorce suit, John Henry
Payton, who says he is the son OF
the multimillionaire Steel Corporation
director, was held here today on the
charge of passing worthless checks.
Patton took a taxicab ride and paid
the fare with check that local banks
dishonored
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
Steamers Collide.

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BARRY, England, July 20.-One
man was drowned and the British
steamer Polish Prince from New York
sunk in collision with the steamer
Lowther Range yesterday. The Low
Their Range landed the survivors of
the Polish Prince here today.