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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
Grain ReyIeM.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, July 20.-Wheat was
sharply lower today. July was up at
the start, while September and De-
cember were down compared with
yesterdays close. Then the clearing
weather and improved crop conditions
generally got in the effect, causing re-
cessions from the opening OF SA, tx
and IL.
Corn and oats closely followed the
wheat trend which together with the
effect Of better weather on those
grains, caused declines.
Provisions, which started higher to
lower, fell off toward afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
River Bulletin.
Flood Stage. Stage. Changes.

me river will fall slowly from DAY.
export to keokuk during the next 40
hours.
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Read The Daily Gate CITY.
cents per week.
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Il. W. McGANN,
Temporarily in charge.
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Local Observafiope

July Rar.Ther Wind yva,+b,-
10 Z p. m. =. 80 .OS "a NV Cldy
20 Z a. N. 30.16 So NV Clear
Mean temperIture, July 10, 81.
Highest, rs.
Lowest, IS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20
Kansas CITY Live stock.

KANSAS CITY, July 2o.-Cattle re-
ceipts 1900: market steady. Steers,
s5.75@1O.10; cows and heifers, $3.50
09.S5; stockers and feeders, $1,000
$50; calves, $6.00@10.25.
Hog receipts 10000; market steady,
&c lower. Bulk, s7.35@7.cc; heavy,
sT.25@7.50: medium, s7.35@7.60;
light, s7.40@T.60.
Sheep receipts 5000; market
steady. Lambs, $7.25@7.75; ewes,
s5.5066.60; wethers, s4.50@7.5O.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-20

ST. LOUIS, July 19.--Market stron
and higher for old hay Receipts a
st. Louis, % cars; at East st. Louis
20 cars. Choice timothy, $4,000; No.
timothy, s22O0@24.50: No. 2 timothy
s1s.O0021.O0; No. 8 timothy, $4,000
100.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-24
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Mr.. and Mrs. R. Albert Newton
have bought the Pratt farm in Dunn
merston Centre, opposite Harry Mil
ler's, and will move there in January
to carry it on.
The Christian Endeavor society of
the First Congregational church will
meet Sunday evening at O'Clock.
There viii be a business meeting, at
which the nominating committee viii
make report.
The Melrose hospital has had a
Christmas gift from several business
men of the east village in the form Of
two turkeys and all the other edibles
necessary for preparing a Christmas
dinner. carnations and narcissuses and
table linen for the dining room. Ar
rangements for the gift were made
through a woman who had been pa
tient at the hospital and who wished
to show her appreciation Of the kind.
ness which she received while there.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-24
Business at Stores, Express
Office and POstOffice
Exceeds 1914
PACKAGES HANDLED
WITH PROMPTNESS
Big Rush at Parcel Post Window
Storm Saturday Made Monday Ex-
ceptionally Busy Day with Mer-
chants-Satisfac actory Season.

The peak of the load, the height of
the rush and crush of mail and express
both the postal and the express en-
ployes are inclined to believe, was
touched yesterday. At both the ex-
press office and the post office there is
unanimity of opinion that the volume of
business, including both outgoing and
| incoming matter, exceeds that of any
previous year and especially the record
Eof last year. The packages are being
handled with promptness, however.
| Agent E. NJ. Stone of the express
company said last evening that it re-
minded him Of the old fashioned
| Christmas time. Not in the four years
/ that he has been in Brattleboro has
| there been so much express matter
| handled at the Christmas season as he
and his men are now engaged in hand
ling. He said that he was referring
only to what is apparently Christmas
business, because for two months tho
volume of regular business has been
steadily on the increase.
At the postoffice last evening Post
master NJ. J. Moran said that the re
cord of Wednesday was $50 sacks of
mail handled both incoming and out
going. At the parcel post window it
I "
terday in the matter of sacks of out
going mail handled might fall little
!, short of that of Wednesday. the num-
ber of packages handled at the parcel
post window far exceeded the number
Wednesday.
Most of the packages yesterday were
smaller than many of those of the day
before and almost all of them were
; consigned to nearby zones. Only u
J small percentage of the patrons are
taking advantage of the insurance
privilege, in spite of its low cost. TIC
have 2 package weighed at the window
yesterday at almost any time of the
day necessitated a wait of from a min
ute TO 10 or Is and this was especially
true early in the morning and agai1
during the noon hour.
There seems to be every reason t.
call this satisfactory Christmas.
h The merchants generally say tn
n present season is much better from
= business standpoint than was th
/ Christmas season of 1914. While som
r of the stores where expensive article
J. are sold do not report any wild rus
II for the more expensive in their line
e it is generally conceded that the mum
Il Der of purchases exceeds the record o
e a year ago.
q The severe storm of Saturday dt
e layed many of the shoppers and mad
10 Monday the biggest day in point 0
le sales and rush of patrons of the weel
n While yesterday was 4 busy day j
h the stores there was no such rush a
p marked Monday and Tuesday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-24
NO UNIVERSAL
CHRISTMAS TRUCE
Russians Report Success Against the Austrians =
Bulgarians Preparing to Invade Greece Pre-
mer Asquith Places the Total British Casual
ties at 528,227

LONDON, Dec. "a. - Many isolated
engagements on the various fronts
have upset predictions of the universal
Christmas truce. Nothing of great i'm
portance, however, has developed.
From Galicia the Russians report sue
cess in an action against the Austrians,
where there has been an indication re-
Gently that the Austrians and Germans
are seeking to strengthen their lines.
The Russians are advancing steadily in
an effort to link their forces with those
of their British allies
The French claim to have increased
their gain on a front of one mile, but
admit their left has been compelled to
fall back. The Germans report they
have retaken the lost ridge and cap
tured q large number of prisoners.
Special dispatches to London papers
state that the Bulgarians are preparing
to invade Greek territory in an effort
to expel the allies from Saloniki.
The entente forces are engaged in
Strengthening their position and ex-
press confidence that there is no inn
mediate prospect of an offensive
against them. Parliament adjourned
without receiving the figures concern
ing the Earl of Derby's recruiting
plan, but on reassembling after the hol-
idays the members win have the fig
ures on whether eonscription is neces-
sary.
Italy is to open subscriptions next
month to war loan which will be is
sued at 81 1.2 lire, pay five per cent
interest and run for 25 years, it is
announced from Rome.
The Bulgarians and the remnant OF
the Serbian army are again in touch
in Albania
Violent artillery actions on the Gal
lipoli peninsula still held by the al
lied forces are told of by the Turkisl
war office. Part of the fleet apparentl,
is lying close in, the official statemen
reporting an allied cruiser hit by
shot from a Turkish battery.
Replying to question in the hous
of commons today, Premier Asquit
gave the total casualties to Dee Q, a
52s,227.
The premier s statement gave th
total killed as 1898, divided as fo
lows: Flanders and France, $3.50.
Dardanelles, 5000; other theatre
11,419; total wounded in all theatre
32S,75S; missing, 69,547.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-24
ALL WELCOME AT
CHRISTMAS TREE
Celebration Monday Evening at Open
to Everybody, but Children Will
Have Privileged Places.

The municipal Christmas committee
has worked hard and by this evening
every package and order for shoes or
clothing will have left the headquar-
ters of the committee in the empty
store in the Brooks House building
formerly occupied by James IL. Allen
as barbershop, and will have been
delivered to the recipient. Many boy
and girl and many a home will be the
brighter for the unselfish work of this
committee and the contributions of
many people that have made the work
possible.
The committee desires it understood
that everyone in Brattleboro is well
come at the building which has been
used as a tabernacle for the municipal
Christmas tree celebration Monday
evening at clock sharp. This cele-
bration is primarily for the little ones
and they will have the privilege of the
front seats. Their parents are welcome
and so is everyone else with the under
standing that the children are to have
the privileged places. The presents
will be for children only.
The committee states that every pos
sible care will be taken of the children
Men competent to handle crowds viii
| act as uSherS and VIII see that every
child is accorded a place and receives
present Of candy and bag of pop
corn. There will be no crush and nc
rushes and nothing will be left undont
to aid the children in having a GOOD
time, and in sending them away SAFE
and happy.
Music for the occasion viii be fur
nished free by Leitsinger's orchestra
A sleight-of hand performer will b,
there to aid in entertaining the chill
dren. Santa Claus himself viii distri
butte the bags of candy and squad O.
young men who have volunteered vii
give out the popcorn bags. There vii
be singing of Christmas carols unde
the leadership Of Miss Emma j. Gregi
and every person viii be given a car
with the words of the carol printed o.
it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-24
NORTHFIELD. MASS.
Beautiful Christmas Pageant.

The Christmas celebrations at both
the Congregational and Unitarian
churches were held Thursday evening
In the former church fully 100 chill
dren were served with supper, after
which Mr.. and Mrs. Santa Claus ap-
peared and distributed oranges to all
and made much merriment for the
children. Following this a beautiful
Christmas pageant was given IN the
main audience room, entitled Bethle-
hem. The back ground was a picture
Of Bethlehem as seen today. About so
young people and children We're in the
pageant and made real the scenes III
the story Of the city connected with
the life of Christ. Several songs ap-
! propriate to the story were rendered
| The scenes were the girls of Bethlehem
/ talking of the wonderful star, then the
! boys, all in costumes true to the time
! Then came the shepherds telling the
story of the birth of Christ, the inn
| keeper and the wise men. a beautiful
star appeared in the background an(
shed its light over all The church was
darkened during the pageant and diff
ferent colored lights were thrown OIL
the stage 1t was all very beautiful.
The wise men and shepherds thel
distributed gifts and boxes of cand.
to all. The pageant was in charge o
W. c. Roberts, superintendent of tn
Sunday school, and the teachers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-24
MARRIAGES.

In Wardsboro, Dec. 10, by Rev. Ash
field Ashford George Tudor and Mrs.
Aida Edwards, both of West Wards
boro.
In Brattleboro, Dec %, by Rev.
Thomas w. Owens, Nathaniel Manders
and Miss Wilhelmina Wright, both of
Brattleboro.
In Brattleboro, Dec "a, by Carl s
Hopkins, Esq, Carl V. Elliott, engineer
and Marion A. Summerlin, both Of
Springfield, Mass.
In Brattleboro, Dee. "a, by Carl S
Hopkins, Esq, Saveario Francis Caruso
barber, and Anna Marion Lynch, botf
of Springfield, Mass.
In Brattleboro, Dec. q, by Carl S
Hopkins, Esq, Roy Francis Knox
clerk, and Marietta A. MacSheffray
both of Worcester, Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-24
ESTEY BENEFIT
ASSOCIATION MEETS
Committee Remains Same as Past
Year-Six Death Benefits and IA
Accident Claims Paid.

The Estey Organ Company Benefit
association held its annual meeting in
shop 6, first floor, at / o'clock today,
Fl. F. c. Toedt presiding. The com
pany re appointed II. F. c. Toedt
chairman of the committee and the as
sociation reelected Carl Hollender and
f. c. Dunklee members, so that the
committee stands the same as the past
year. 1t was voted TO adopt the rec
ommendation of the committee that the
membership fee continue the coming
year at 81. The annual report was
adopted, which showed the following
statistics: Membership during the
year, 275; number of accidents car
ried forward from lastsyear, 3; number
of accidents reported during the year,
Il; number of accident claims paid, IA;
number of death benefits paid, g.
The death claims amounted to $3.50
and the accident claims to $177.5O.
The deaths were: March -, John K.
Strand; April Is, Sigyardt J. Syver-
son; April IS, Miss Alice NJ. Locke;
May 81. Charles A Waitman; May 20,
James H. Hyde; Nov. II, Miss Carrie
Nichols.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-24
ENGLAND HOLDS UP
RED CROSS SUPPLIES
The British Refuse Permits for Ship
ment of Any Hospital Goods to
the Enemy.

WASHINGTON, Dee. "a. - Great
Britain has suspended the issuance of
permits for shipment of hospital sup
plies of any description from the Unit
ed States to Germany, Austria Hun
gary and Turkey. This became known
last night and at the same time it was
learned that the state department at
the instance of the American Red
Cross had made representations to the
London foreign office seeking with
drawal or modification of the new or
der.
Large consignments of supplies col
lected at New York by the Red Cross
for shipment to the central powers are
being held in storage. This situation
viii be considered at the meeting of
the executive committee of the Red
Cross in New York as the entire pro-
gram Of the society for relief work in
Europe will be effected if Great Britain
refuses to change her attitude.
The United States has called the at
tention of the foreign office to an
agreement between the belligerents
soon after the beginning of the war
upon a comprehensive list of medical
stores which were to be allowed to pass
freely into all countries.
Officials here think permission for
the movement of articles named on
this list at least will be obtained.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-24

Henry Ford S departure from Eu-
rope apparently marks the termination
in its original form of the most novel
of the many movements undertaken to
bring about the ending of the war.
Mr.. Ford s announcement that the
Women s International Peace associa-
tion henceforth will conduct the ex
pedition would seem to indicate that
so far as he personally is concerned
he will relinquish the self-imposed task
which he expressed in the phrase "out
of the trenches by Christmas.
1t has not been made clear, how
ever. whether Mr.. Ford will continue
to give financial sopport to the enter
prise.
The Women 5 International Peace
association has been in existence Ioi
some time 1t held congress at The
Hague last spring and appointed dele
| cations TO visit the capitals of the
various European and American ma
| tions.
One of the most prominent was
! Madame Schwinner, the president of
the Hungarian Woman S Suffrage as
sociation and a member of the Ford
peace party. After the congress Mad
am Schwinner came to the United
q
She went to Detroit to see Mr.. Ford
and it was reported that it was she
that suggested to him the idea of the
peace expedition.
Before the peace ship reached the
other side there were reports of dis
sensions among the delegates. Whel
Mr.. Ford reached Christiania he KEEP
in the background, it being said tha
/ l. 10
night that the news that he had qui
the party reached this country.
} Although full details have not bee
received it would appear that he mad
his departure secretly and that mos
of the delegates at the time he lef
: for Stockholm were ignorant of tn
, fact that he was not to go with them
One despatch from Christiania sai'
$ that he had boarded a train for Ber
/ gen Yesterday, at about the time hi
: former associates We're leaving fo
: Stockholm 1t was said that Nj
j Ford s sudden departure was due t
: the fact that his physician had orde1
, ed him to rest.
u Stockholm, Sweden is experiencin
/ the severest cold of the last $50 year
: The temperature has fallen at SON
i points to 81 below zero.
The invitation to Norwegian frient
i of peace to join the party has met wit
q no response. The Christiania papers e
= press doubt that a representative No
= wegian would accept the invitatio
g Press and public are unanimous in gi
> ing praise to Mr. Ford for his good w
u and high idealism. The newspapers CO
o him "a most congenial gentleman,
- but regret that he has not consulted e
% perts on international law. The gener
! opinion voiced at Christiania is tn
nS the mission viii do little toward pl
noting peace negotiations.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-24
PERSONAL.

Frank C. Darling is i'll in his home
on Pleasant street.
Charles L. Stacy is seriously i'll with
grip and is being cared for by Mrs.
Alva Stacy.
Fred Dimes of Albany, y Y, will
come today TO spend the holiday AT
his home here.
Bernard Dunlevy is home from st.
Michael S college at Winooski for the
holiday vacation.
Leonard Wheeler of Wardsboro, who
had been visiting in town, returned
to his home today.
Ernest Rice came Tuesday to spend
the holidays with his family in their
home on Organ street.
Dennis Leahv and Enrol Richardson
of Pittsfeld, Mass. will visit at their
homes here tomorrow.
Miss Gertrude Croker of New York
will come tomorrow to spend the holi-
days with her mother, Mrs. Mary
Piper.
Mr. and Mrs Ernest Cochrane OF
Frost street have been spending the
week at the home of his father in Ath
oil, Mass
Master Joseph Danyew of Elliot
street held the lucky number on tn,
centerpieee embroidered by Mrs
George Bailey.
Mrs Carrie NJ. Farr went today I,
Colrain to spend the holidays with he
mother, Mrs. c. w. Snow, and sister
Mrs. Roy Adams.
Benjamin H. Hill, linotype operate
in Claremont, \. H., came yesterda.
to stay over the Christmas holiday
with his parents on Elliot street.
Mrs. Daisy Wells Walck. who ha
: been with theatrical company j
: Pennsylvania and Maryland, is spend
ing the the holidays at her home herr
Mrs. L. E. Faithful, who spent tn
. summer with her children at Mar
boro, is house mother of Grace Epii
copal choir school in connection wit
!. Rev. DR.. Charles Saterlee S ehurcl
:, Broadway and 10th street, New Yorl
7, Henry A. Carpenter of Newfane
in town today to stay over night
the home of his son, L. NJ. Carpent'
of Chestnut street. He viii 90 to Be
n lows Falls tomorrow to spend Chris
mas with his daughter, Mrs. D. a. r.
der Mrs. Carpenter is still with h,
daughter, Mrs. Angie Bradeen,
Somerville, Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-24
WHOLE STATE HAS GRIP.
Nearly $4,000 Gases in Philadelphia
and Death Rate High.

HARRISBURG, Dec. 24.-The death
rate from the epidemic of grip now
sweeping Pennsylvania has been so
high that Samuel G. Dixon, state health
commissioner, issued statement last
night calling attention to the serious
ness of the situation and cautioned the
public that if the disease is TO be avoid
ed, "sacrifces must be made - " Keep
out of crowded places, DR.. Dixon
says, "as one person having the griI
may give it to a carload of passen
gers"
! In Philadelphia the bureau of vita
/ statistics issued $50 burial permits dur
/ ing the first three days of this week
/ the majority of the deaths being dut
! directly or indirectly to grip. This i
more than double the ordinary deatl
rate. Nearly $4,000 persons in Phila
delphia alone are suffering with the dis
ease, which has been particularly fata
to the very old and the very young
Attendance at all the public schools
has been greatly reduced and in severa
sections of the state schools and col
leges have been forced to close Fac
tories, department stores and othe
business houses also have been affect
ed by the epidemic and in many in
stances the number of employees obhge
to remain at home has been so great a
to seriously curtail operations. HUI
dreds of fremen and policemen al
confined to their homes with the di
ease, while the Philadelphia rapid tra1
. sit company reports 400 of its employ
on the sick list.
Reports from Camden, n. J., la
night were that there are at least
600 eases in that city, with so dealt
during the past week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-24
QUINCY GIRL MISSING.
Hazel Day Worked One Day in Mont
pelier and Then Disappeared.

MONTPELIER, Dec. "a. : Hazel
Taylor, the missing Quincy, Mass, girl,
worked Friday at Heaton hospital in
this city and when she went away at
3 O'Clock in the afternoon, she said
she was going to the home of Mrs.
james B. Estee for some work clothes.
She did not return and it is believed
she went from here to Burlington.
She arrived in Montpelier Thursday
morning. After telling her story to the
matron at the rest room in the City
aall, Mrs. James B. Estee, prominent
in woman S club affairs became inter
ested in her, gave her supper that night
and breakfast next day at her home
and found her room and then tried
/ to find work for her. The girl sale
she had no parents and declared she
! had been out of work so long she de
cided to 90 into the country. She haC
a small amount of money when here
She said she came to Randolph to visi
a Mrs Brown, but found on her arriva
that Mrs. Brown had moved away.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-24
PLAYING SANTA CLAUS.
Chief Usher of White House Having
Lively Time at Washington.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. = l. H.
Hoover, the chief usher at the White
House, who is playing Santa Claus
there this year in the absence of Presi-
dent Wilson on his honeymoon trip,
was busy man today. Early today in
White House ear loaded with pres
ents Hoover left for the Virginia side
of the Potomac river to remember so
little friends of the President. They
live along the road to the club where
Mr. Wilson often plavs golf.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-24
BLAME is PLACED
UPON ENGINEER
Ran Past Signals and in Collision
Which Resulted Two Were Killed
and Many Injured.

SCRANTON, Pa, Dee 24.-The in
vestigation today of the collision late
last night of two sections of a Della
ware Lackawana & Western passenger
train bound from New York to Buffa-
10, which resulted in two deaths and
many injuries, placed the blame on the
engineer of the rear section who, ac-
cording to railroad officials, ran past
torpedoes and lighted fuses and also
passed automatic signals that were set
against him. Both of those killed were
negroes, one a porter and the other :
woman passenger.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-24
WORKING ON GREAT BRITAIN.
Trying to Change Decree Against Ship
ping Red Cross Supplies.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. = Negotia-
tions locking to withdrawal of Great
Britain s decree forbidding the ship
ping of hospital supplies from the
United States to the central powers are
in progress. The refusal of Great
Britain to accede to the proposition
would affect the program of the Red
Cross. Large quantities of hospital
supplies are now stored in New York
pending the settlement of the question
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-24
BARBER AND SARGENT
INLONG CONERENC E
Spend Day Preparing Data to Be Used
in Boundary Dispute Between Yer
mont and New Hampshire.

Attorney General Herbert G. Barber
and former Attorney General G. Sar-
gent of Ludlow were engaged all day
yesterday in going over and prepar-
ing some of the data that has ac-
cumulated pertaining to the suit be-
tween Vermont and New Hampshire
over the boundary line. Mr. Sargent
is special counsel engaged to assist in
the preparation and presentation of
| this case.