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The Washington times., 1915-12-01
Public Is Misjudged.

I'VE handicap ourselves with the a.
Sumption that the I.uhlic knows more
than It actually does about the service
we have for sale We tail to provide
facilities to find the numerous prod
ucts and operations that can be favor
ably affected by the introduction Of
gas The uses for heat that might be
found In many manufacturing concerns
far exceed the Ises for power. Oppor-
tunities for good patronage are delayed
today b. the need OF trained statesmen.
These delays may require years to re-
coup. Just from lack of solicitation and
demonstration or intelligent explana-
lion. oil or electrical equipment may be
installed. the new investment by the
The manufacturer gets rid of coal,
which Is the important thing to him.
We cannot expect the customers to walt
forever on rs. MOI to adopt all of our
set ideas as TO their progress.
Merchants long ago indicated that
they wanted Individuality In their light
irg. We were slow to show them the
easy way: We thought only OF selling
variety. They wanted show windows
lighted every night with !Isk till mid.
night scrviCe-this was very important
advertising service TO tn" store, b It VIC
and rot of selling advertising. II was
ro harder to devise a shut-oH for gas
than 1t was for the electrical
switch. Again. homes and restaurants
that required large and we'll made
equipment found tho cheapest "f its
kind at the local cas office
merchandising has been neglected or
conducted at n loss. The pub lie is ready
to pay n profit on appliances. irstalla :
tton work and for expert salesmen md
demonstrators. It pays for these Things
on nearly everything else n buys. and
nays cheerfrily; The public is not 50
stingv as We think II IS. It does not
begrudge instructive advortis'nc ar con-
venient and attractive showroC ns. 1t
knows that these things broaden tho
output. In time lessons tho price and
is consequently n saving to thern. 1t
likes to see good service, good goods,
buy them. and have them delivered in
style. 1t wants color and art on 5-cAnt
bile delivery to wagon.
The Washington times., 1915-12-01
WATERWAYS BODY
TOEXH|B|T MOVIES
Pictures Of the Mississippi viii
Be Shown at Rivers and Har.
bors Congress Here.

Motion pictures OF THE Father OF
Waters" on a rampage will be fea-
ture Of the National River and Harbor
Congress which opens in this city De-
cember 8.
This will be the first time these pic
lures, taken when the Mississippi river
rose sixty feet and burst through the
levees at Vicksburg. have been shown
here. The swell of the great stream,
the breaking of the levees and the
flooding OF plantations for a distance Of
twenty miles will be shown. as Will
the weaving of the mile-long mats OF
withes and branches to'repair the dam
age.
Pictures will also be used to show
the extent Of commerce on the Great
Lakes and congestion Of freight and
possible methods OF handling II Will be
discussed by the nations best authori-
ties upon the subject.
Secretary Redheld. OF the Department
Of Commerce. win speak at the con.
gress Col. G.. Med. Townsend. corps OF
Engineers, United States Army; Logan
Waller Page. chief of the United states
office Of public roads: Senator Ransdeii
of Louisiana. Senator Reed OF Missouri.
Senator Phclan OF California. Governor
Dunn. of Illinois. and others also VIII
deliver addresses.
The Washington times., 1915-12-01
MANY TROUBLES DUE
TO WEAK KIDNEYS

TT Is no use advertising a medicine
unless the medicine itself rs good enough
to back up the claims you make for II.
On the other hand 1t IL a pleasure for
druggists to sell q medicine when GUS
toners come in afterward and tell how
much good 1t has done them And that
is why druggists like to sell and recon-
mend Solvax. the great kidney remedy
Ever since we first introduced SolVax
drug clerks have been so busy selling II
that It is sometimes hard to keep a sur
ficient stock on hand. Moreover Solvax
Is always sold on a positive guarantee
~ relief TO the kidney sufferer or money
back This may seem rash. but users
have said so many good words In favor
OF Solvax that 1t Is not expected that
many packages will be returned"
This shows great faith In Solvax. 1t
really IL most unusual medicine be
cause II overcomes the worst cases or
kidney complaints by removing the
| cause II goes straight to the seat OF
the trouble. II soaks right In and cleans
out the kidneys and makes them pass
! of all the uric acid and poisonous waste
| matter that lodges in the joints and
muscles. causing rheumatic pains;
soothes and heals the bladder and
quickly ends all such troubles.
! Nothing IL more uncomfortable or
| hurts a persons perfect enjoyment of
| life more than troublesome kidneys and
their attending evils. Uso SolvaN and
! begin to get YOUR full measure OF bene-
ft out of life. Sold by O'Donnel's
Drug stores and other leading druggists
In this Vicinity.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1915-12-01
INTENSIVE EXHIBIT
OF GAS APPLIANCES
Sixty-four Manufacturers Have
Their Most Recent Products
on Display Here.

Sixty-four manufacturers OF gas sp-
p,iances, from q dim light to apparatus
Tor the heating Of an office building.
have co-operated with VIII B. Barnes.
OF New York. and w. Griffin Gribbel.
or Philadelphia. In the preparation OF
what Ia called an intensive exhibition
OF gas appliances at the Willard. and In
proving, so they state, the economy and
srs., sn. round efficiency OF Washington as a
The exhibition OF gas appliances is re-
earned by the gas men as one OF .he
nrss most v,sn ,remarksble and comprshsnsiiye ,i,.
credit for this showing TO Messrs.
Barnes and Gribbel.
The Idea on which the managers Of
tne exhibit worked was to secure from
each OF those securing space the most
important and newest piece OF appla nee
manufactured to the exclusion Of other
things: The result has been that each
Im,anuiacturer man is able to give an extern
tant product and there Is q variety In
the exhibition that was never before at
tained. Another result, which Messrs.
Barnes and Gribbel point to with some
operation OF the men entertaining the
convention here, the Washingt onia ms
Interested In making the city a big con-
yention city. the cost to each exhibitor
mas been made little in excess Of &40
while heretofore the lowest figure at
tained was about $50.
The siNty-four booths are located In
the large ball room on the tenth floor
Of the Willard and the corridor at the
street end of the hotel. Mr. Barnes
was In charge OF the Arrangement and
decoration. and Mr. Gribbel superin-
tended the installation and maintenance
OF the exit bits. The entire exhibition
space has been piped for gas. so that
practical demonstration OF the lighting
and smaller appliances can be given.
The Washington Gaslight Company sup
plies the gas for the demo tions.
Tho desire Of the managers OF the
exhibit to make II OF educational value
to the public IL seen at the entrance to
the big room. where there is displa yed
a large pipe with a dozen or more gas
burners. A meter IL at the side OF the
pipe. and card on the meter tells the
visitor that n penny dropped In the
meter will turn on the gas and show
exactly how much gas can no purchased
for ] cent. In another section the va
rious ways of illuminating with gas are
shown and demonstrated bv the newest
appliances as well as the most modern
forms OF regulating the flow of gas In
the house.
The Washington times., 1915-12-01
Jump from Bed
in Morning and
Drink Hot Water
Tells why everyone should
drink hot water each morn
Ing before breakfast.

Why Is man and woman. half the
time. feeling nervous. dcspondent. wor-
ried some days headachy, duh and un-
strung. some days really incapacitated
n We all would practice inside bath
ing, what a gratifying change would
take place. Instead OF thousan nds OF
hslf-sick. anaemic-looking souls with
see crowds OF happy, healthy. rosy
checked people everywhere. The reason
Ia that the human system does not rid
itself each day Of all the waste which
acknowledgements our present mode
OF living: For every ounce Of food and
drink taken into the system nearly an
ounce OF waste material must be car
ried out. else II ferments and forms
sorbed into the blood.
Just as necessary as II Is to clean the
ashes from the furnace each day. before
the fire will ourn bright and hot, so
we must each morning clear the inside
organs OF the PREVIOUS days accumu-
lation OF indigestibie waste and body
toxins. Men and women. whether sick
or we'll are advised to drink each
morning. before breakfast. a glass Of
limestone phosphate in II. as a harm
less means OF Hashing out OF the tom
ach, liver. kidneys. and bowels the
indigestible material. waste. sour bile
and toxins; thus cleansing. sweetenIng
and purifying ,he entire alimentary
canal before putting more food into the
stomach.
Millions Of people who had their turn
al constipation bilious attacks. acid
stomach, nervous days and helpless
nights have become real cranks about
tn" morning inside-bath. A quarter
pound OF limestone phosphate win not
cost c,sso much a, the drug stone, but Is
CLEANSING, sweetening and freshening
enect upon the system.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1915-12-01

the history OF welsbsch lighting and
explains the efficiency OF tho light with
q Welsbach mantle NJ compared with
q light from an ,pen gas burner Then
he turns on a big dome-lise inverted
light and gives a practical demonstra-
ton Of great illumination. When the
facts regarding this tiy candle power
affatr havs had time to sink IN, the au-
tcmAtic young man rolls his pa inted
eyes to the other side. and with a twist
Of his pnsteboard fingers turns on a
snsller light. which Is qualified for tn.
illumination Of a bedroom OF some such
tousehold purpose. All the while he
talks a blue streak about tn. advan-
tnges OF these methods Of lighting.
And all the while Mr. Little. h!s in
ventor. talks about something entirely
different 20 indi, idual mnmb"r- o: the
crowd which invariably gathsrs To see
the antics Of the automatic salesman.
Mr.. Little declares the sarne idea can be
applied to Rlmos. anything else II those
IN charge Of other things will use IL.
Mr.. Little. bv the way. IL the crigina-
tor Of a system for Illuminating tennis
courts witt: Welsbach lights In such a
w6y that they can be Ised ut night
lie equipped the Country Club at Glou-
cester with his appliances. ant t~nnis
rlnylng at night was possible through
the summer.
The Washington times., 1915-12-01
AUTOMATIC MAN IS
At GAS CONVENTION
Mechanical Salesman Tells All
About the Advantages Of the
WeIsbach Light.

While Gloucester. Mass. is the prin-
cipal port OF entry .or the herring and
the cod. Gloucester. n. j.. which the
other Gloucester has kept IN the bacE-
ground. Ia about 20 gain fame IN an
other direction, II J, 7. Little. attend
ing the convention " the National Com
mercial Gas Association. can bring 1t
about.
Gloucester. n. j.. Is rs full OF ideas
a. the Gloucester. Mass. herring 10 of
bones. according to Mr.. Little. and one
OF the ideas which has been developed
there Is an automatic salesman which
displays and talks about tho product
Of the Welsbach company at the gas
appliance exhibit AT the Willard with
out costing a cent OF salary
The automatic salesman Is about the
noisiest and most compelling individual
attending the convention. and consists
Of nothing but few mighty colored
iithosraphs md a bunch OF clock wori:s
hitched TO a phonoCreph on one side
and a couple OF gas lights on the other.
Mr.. Little. who H. g.s engineer nv
profession. and not an inventor. sl'nrly
presses a button and the automatic
salesman starts to automat. He tells
The Washington times., 1915-12-01
KEEP LOOKING YOUNG
It's Easy If You Know What
Liver Health will do for You.

The secret OF keeping young is to
feel young-to do this YOU must watch
your liver and bowels-theres no need
of having sallow Compiexion--dark
rings under your eyes--pimples--a bill
Gus look In your face--dull eyes with no
sparkle.
Your doctor will tell YOU 90 per cent
of all sickness comes from inactive
bowels and liver. A physician In New
Jersey has perfected compound to
avoid using dangerous -po oisonous calo-
mel to act on the liver and bowels,
which he gave to his patients for years.
lays Liver Health. substitute for
Calomel. gentle in Its action, yet always
effective: brings about that exuberance
of spirit. that natural huoyance which
should be enjoyed by everyone, by ton
Ing IN the liver and clearing the sys-
ten 81 impurities.
Rr sure to ask for Hays Liver Health.
in the brown package for SOC, at Peo-
plo's Drug Store. Prove to yourself
what It means to keep feeling fine all
the time.-Advt
The Washington times., 1915-12-01

How the great Cathedral OF IS. Peter
and Paul on Logan square In philadel-
phia Is artistically fitted up with sec
lighting fixtures Is told by James -.
Lee. ir.. assistant illuminating special
ist of the United Gas Improvement
Company. of the Quaker city. Mr..
Lee Is attending the convention OF the
Commercial Gas Association.
Church lighting has been conceded
even by persons in the gas business
to he in the province OF electricity.
The very nature OF the lighting re-
uuires the use of units which lend
themselves most readily to decorative
features and architectural adornment.
The usual practice of outlining arches
and studding friezes with electric
lamps was considered a necessary part
The Washington times., 1915-12-01
This Is Good Time.


"Sow is a good time Tor men with
technical training to become salesmen
also the time for statesmen to acquire
more technical knowledge. IT is me
time for every company to rcorganiz,
and train new business dcpa rtmen,s; !;
time for every company to put itself
In an attitude toward the public OF
desiring more business.
This year might be considered an
epoch in the gas industry. Companies
that have existed on sort OF reiaiI
trade must now make preparations FOR
wholesale business. The Industrial
world Is UNDERGOING its most radical
revolution. Hand tools are supplanted
ny power. coal by gas, electricity and
oil The gas men ar? doing the least
IN adjustment to the new conditions.
Rates are going lower. Few companies
VIII be able to sell gas at profit un-
less their output Is greatly Increased.
and that portion of the big outpT-
requires supervision of the instailatio
OF the proper appliances.
The making Of pianos. sewing na-
Chines and automobiles was in pioneer
days marvel but a simple process now
compared to selling them. Gas service
sell II than to make II, and the talent lies
OF service. This talent cannot be CON-
manded at two or three dollars per day
per man. and is not floating over the
country looking for work. u has to he
trained and trained by an experienced
Org6 MIA finn
The Washington times., 1915-12-01
GAS SALESMAN IS
ONE LARGE PROBLEM
In Speech Before Convention
George Williams Declares
eat Demand Grows.

Ga. xe Williams paper on selling
igAs ,rvice." read at yesterdays ses-
rD'. 70 the convention. contained many
f,r and helpful suggestions, and
'rr7 ell received by the delegates.
ar Williams said. in part:
r'r uses for heat are multiplying
...' ney will continue TO multiply, but
e more customers with gas ana
r..t customers with moro gas. more
..... .Ctter salesmen service is needed
There " no magical shortcut De-
tween an ordinary output OF gas and
a larger one. The sale of gas is not
exempt from the same expert sales
work which has been essential to every
other great manufacturing and mcr-
camille achievement.
"From the standpoint OF commercial
progress. 1t is unfortunate that gas
companies acquired great portion OF
. their business without solicitation for
there are many examples In other lines
Eanization was the sale method ny
which the products were successfully
put on the market. In creating n mar
ket for goods for which there was nc
demand they built scientific sales or
ganiZations.
Gas companies today are confront
ed with a selling problem, and It is
tremendously big.
Engineers have made 1t easy to sup
ply gas service. The town is rare that
can Justly claim to have poor gas. :"
The merchandising problems are very
much slower to solve.
Connecting the work OF the gas
maker with the growing wants OF the
user requires more attention than mas
been given to 1t. IT requires more en-
ginecrs and more real statesmen. Sales
men are scarce and they always vii
he. although almost any man who Will
apply his energies to II can become n
thoroughly capable salesman If direct
cd b. men who have had experience
in the business and possess consistent
conception of the possibilities in II.
The Washington times., 1915-12-01
Gas Convention Program
WEDNESDAY


Afternoon--Sight seeing trip
for ladies.
Evening-Theater party at
Belasco, followed by after
theater supper and dance in
red room, Willard.
THURSDAY.
Evening -" "Meeters" dinner,
Raleigh ball room. Whist
party for ladies in blue room
Of Willard.
FRIDAY.
All day-Golf match at Co.
lumbia Golf Club. Trip to
Mt. Vernon for those who do
not play golf. Special cars
leave Twelfth street station
at 9 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1915-12-01
5000 Boy Scouts Canvass
New York for Defense

NEW YORK. Dec. lone society
woman. aided by $500 Boy Scouts. cam
vassed New York today in a campaign
for preparedness.
They planned to collect thousands of
signatures to a petition asking sena-
tors and Congressman to support Presl-
dent Wilson's military program.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-31
Use Only Electricity.

Use Only Electricity.
TIE original installation of electri-
cal power win be for 5000 horsepower.
The contracts for this power have
been signed with the Mississippi Riy-
er Power company. The furnaces
tricity and this power will be used in
all OF the workings of the plant.
There will be no wells necessary for
the Keoknk Electro-Metals plant, Mr..
Weissenberger said last night. The
only water that will be required will
be for cooling the furnaces and that
water can be pumped from the river.
The plant will be located between the
road and the river, south OF the Taoer
mill. and the distance to the river will
be only small item.
The plant Will cost between SIS, 1000
and $4,000 to start with, according to
estimates which Mr.. Weissenberger
quoted last night.
Ship Machinery When Ready.
The work OF constructing the build
ings viii be superintended by repre-
sentatives Of the Quincy company. Mr..
weissenberger will be here at fire.
ouent intervals during the construc-
ton work, and is preparing to move
here and to locate In Keokuk- He
plans to have the various pieces OF
machinery made up and ready to ship
as the building grows and Is ready to
receive them.
An ordinance granting the right to
use q switch track by the Electro
Metals company has been put on Its
first reading in the council and Will
be passed by the council. This Will
- ho zxxy{frhfn0 IA RfHfta0
necessary. it is believed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-31

Washington has shifted its center
u social activities. The Vice Presi-
dent, around whom the social sate'-
lites revolve, has moved and society
+, in a futter. Vice Presidenaai
headquarters are now ut the New
Willard L.d
The Vice President Is at the heao
- VI. shinoton's Official social life.
Generations of custom have made his
place for him and he must take II
When the Vice President and MS
wife first entered Washington ne ne
they refrained from taking a pig
hnr.e Immedia tely Washington 30.
e eiety sighed. They went to hetel
and society found that it really had
more fun at Mrs, narahalrs ho.s'
receptions than it had IN TIE spssio si
drawing rooms of the Vice Pres'-
dents predecessors. 80.
Washington will enjoy itself ever
more this winter because toers y
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-31
SAVE YOUR SUIT
AND BE PREPARED
Clothing Is Getting Higher and May
Take a Great Leap When
War Ends.
[By Wilbur s. Forrest. United Press
Star CORRESPONDENT


STAFF Correspondent
LONDON, Sept. "a. (By mail.)-lf
you contemplated giving your last
seasons suit to the first passing tramp,
don't do it. Save II to tide you over
the clothing famine the entire world
Is facing.
This is the warning the weavers OF
the British Isles have just issued.
They represent the bulk Of the cloth
producing industry of the world.
Already many of the popular weaves
for mems suits have advanced 50 per
cent Within two months the advance
will be 70 per cent. Still later 1t will
lie absolutely impossible even at these
prices, to supply the demand
The clothing industry Of the world,
from the weaver to the tailor, has
been hard hit by the war, in man
liner without precedent. So far as
wool is concerned. there is more OF 1t
than ever before. but other elements
render this slight advantage Of no
avail.
One Of the most serious blows to
the Industry has been the shutting
g., of OF the streams of dye-stuffs. many
| of which came from Germany. This
not only has sent up the price of suit
ings. but has limited the variety.
A leading English manufacture.
who formerly was able to offer each
season not less than 900 varieties, to
day has only nine.
English weayers do not like to ad
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-31

NIT it, but previous to the war ue
many and Austria offered the iarses.
market for high class weaves. Wnsa
the war began one English weaver nau
outstanding accounts in the eneI.
territory OF S1.600,0O0. This nia.a,
is entirely closed to the Ensilsh "e''
err. .,., h,,
The enormous demand for KHAKI ms
placed the weaving Of ordinary Sun sur
iEss at an immense premium. rl u;s
the standpoint of dressing II "o a,.
he far more economical for the ave.
age men to enlist and avoid inc n
sity OF having to buy civlllah ~. II
Practically all the cloth faceo'i1 h,y.
belgium and northern France ua
heen destroyed. This is not se,
element at present. but the hnsn
weavers say 1t is going 10 DC o., mo
serious matter when the crucla
ment of the whole situation ~. rar
This moment will be when Tue rs;,,,ou
ends. some twenty to forty Ii,orn.
men who have been wearing unno n,.r
win suddenly be dumped into 'he
ket for civilian clothes III m. be
English wcayers say 1t Will h u, at
nossible to supply that demahu no,nt
once. that prices will reach q will
never before attained; that ~. hack
take a long time for things 10 Is las, but
IN normal basis; and tina. i % ro,n
~. ,aast if any one has nan ;dea
suit. il would be misn ,i,e. il
to store it away against una. tide
viii help the clothing pu II iii help
over the emergency ana 1t
the possessor, too.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-31

promise of a lively social season.
The President will resume the Whits
House receptions and around the
Vice President and his wife will be
succession of social festivities. This
is one Of the main reasons, it is un-
derstood, why the Vice President has
taken more elaborate quarters at the
Willard.
II is there the Gridiron Club
spreads its famous feasts. The Presi-
den. and members Of his cabinet
often dine there. There is no time
during the season at which this IA
nous hosiery does not house some
noted guests. Prince Henry, Of Prus-
ria. now fighting at the front, dis
tributed silver cigarette cases lavish
/ Nv among the hotel employees on his
only visit to this country.
Peacock Alley" famous the world
over, will. this season. witness Some
| brilliant functions brought about by
me Vice Presidents residence
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-31

Mr.. Foster says that this table does
not include state appropriations. He
says: Even with the state appropria-
lions added Iowa heads the list. bar
ring only New York and California
There are but comparatively few state
appropriations Of moment The aver
age is less than $1.500.000 year in
each state"
Other states have built hard sur
face roads with less tax money than
Iowa. Senator Foster says. He de
clares that the work in Iowa is to Or
ganize for a business-like handling Of
road funds, working on plan which
will bring about hard roads and per-
manent bridges.
The statement of Iowa's road ex-
penditures includes the fees received
from the automatic registration.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-31

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