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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-19
Formally Opened This Afternoon.

Formally Opened This Afternoon.
The delegates were served a special
luncheon at Hotel Burlington at loo
o'clock, which was attended by many
Burlington D. A. RS also. The con
ference proper was formally opened
at 200 o'clock this afternoon with
the state regent presiding.
The invocation was pronounced by
the chaplain of Stars and Stripes chap
ter. after which Miss Maud Meyer
sang America.
Mrs Cate Gilbert Wells. regent of
the entertaining chapter, gave the adj
dress of welcome with the spirit AMI
enthusiasm which characterizes her.
Mrs. Golfers Response.
Mrs. Collier gave the response as
follows:
Madame Regent, members Of the
Stars and Stripes chapter D. A. H.,
and daughters of the conference:
1t is not an easy task to respond to
the gracious welcome We have just
received from your charming regent,
Mrs. Wells, but being qualified TO
know, as neighbors should. just what
Burlington hospitality means, ! am
sure we will all have much to remem-
Der when the sixteenth conference -
history.
I fancy some Of you who we're at
the Cedar Rapids conference last year
are mentally paraphTasing Whittier
and saying-"Of all sad words Of ton
que or pen, the saddest are these -
She's at it again TITS true, but
is also a pleasure. For two success
sive years Burlington invited the con-
ference to meet with them and re-
peated invitation always slgmhes
that it is sincere. The daughters have
already by their cordially made US
welcome, and Mrs. Wells address has
put into words the hospitality which
is everywhere evident.
Burlington has many things to offer
to this conference besides her hos
The city is one OF the most
historic in Iowa and since the days
when it was known as Flint Hills
1t has been making history. The stars
and Stripes chapter has done much to
preserve that history by marking var
ious locations and thereby setting an
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was held at 10 o'clock this morning,
when the executive committee, consist
ing OF the state officers, met to con-
slider some of the details of the con.
ference program. At II o'clock the
board of management met. The re-
gents Of the Iowa chapters constitute
the board Of management.
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Flowers From keokuk Chapter.

| Flowers From keokuk Chapter.
| At the close Of Mrs. Golfers adj
dress she was presented with a great
bouquet Of white chrysanthemums
from the Keokuk chapter, which has
taken much pride in the honors which
have come to her.
! The regent then introduced the state
officers to the conference and also
the vice president general, Miss Har-
riet Lake, of Independence, and Mrs.
Dryaton w. Bushnell, honorary vice
president general
Mrs H. Clay Jordon of Burlington.
gave the report of the credential CON-
! mittee and Mrs. Winona e. Reeves
gave the rules which shall govern the
conference.
The reports of state officers wer"
then taken up and all officers except
the state regent presented reports
Mrs. Collier as state vice regent, re-
ported as follows:
To the officers and members Of the
Iowa D. A. R.: Your vice regent for
the year closing begs leave to submit
the following report
Have endeavored to discharge the
few duties of the Office promptly an
they came to me and acknowledge with
gratitude Invitations from the chap
ters at Dubuque, State Center, Iowa
City. and Onawa, to be present VITA
them on special occasions. but absence
from the state and other reasons pro-
vented my having the pleasure of &C
cepting.
The year books from many quarters
have been a source Of profit and pleas
ure May take this opportunity to
thank one and all for them.
attended the ceremonies attend
ant upon the unwilling Of Maine
memorial tablet at Fort Madison and
wish to congratulate jean Espy chap
ter upon possessing such an interest
ing historical tablet.
It has been a pleasure to serve the
Iowa society in the small way I have
been able to do as vice regent.
thank you-the friendships formed and
the many pleasant experiences will be
a treasured memory.
Respectfully submitted,
SUSIE SMYTHE COLLIER.
Social Function Tonight.
The remainder of the afternoon was
taken up with reports Of standing com
mittees.
The formal social function of the
conference will be given this evening
in a reception at Hickory Hill, the
hours being S to 10 O'clock.
Those from the Keokuk chapter who
went to the conference today arc
Mrs. Collier. Mrs. E. B.. Newcomb.
Mrs. w. G. Blood. Mrs. J. o. Boyd,
Mrs. Harrie r. Collins and Mrs. Win
cna e Rec
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example which all Iowa D. A. R. chap
tiers would do well to emulate.
On behalf Of the conference we
thank the regent and the members OF
the entertaining chapter and the citi
zens of Burlington who have so gra.
ciously welcomed us and whose hos
pitality we most gratefully accept.
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Social Function Tonight.

ed The Daily Gate City. 10
sa. per week.
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SUGAR CREEK.
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Rev. L. H. West Of Canton, Mo,
filed his regular appointment at this
place Sunday.
Miss Arrilda Sweet who is attend
ing school at Mt. Pleasant spent Sat
urday and Sunday with home folks.
The young men Of this place have
greatly improved the looks Of the
church with new cement v.Ik
Mrs. John Constantine and Miss
Ruth Taylor. made a business trip to
Keokuk Monday.
Mrs. VIM. White was shopping in
Keokuk Monday.
Twelve Horses Burned
[ United Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, Oct. 19.-Twelve horses
were burned to death, eighty were res
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new RI!
Relating to Passengers on the
Street Cars Will Be Strictly
Enforced by Company.

1t is the rule of the Monongahela
VALLEY Traction Company for its pas.
ssn5ers to ride inside the car. The
'front.' Plato is for the motorman.
The conductor can only be on the
front platform when he has an order
to give to the mo torman and can only
stay on the front platform long
enough to tell the order. The rear
platform must be clear of passengers
SO that the cond can be able to
all Of his duties without In
reference. BY the rules Of the COM
pany, whenever a passenger remains
on the rear platform the conductor.
must ask him to step inside. IF the
passenger does not go in when there
is room for him on the inside then IT
is the rule or the ompany to put the
passenger off the cars. These are.
rules that VII be enforced. 1t Is
done for the safety or the passengers.
re front platform must be clear so
that the motorman can see all that Is
going on III front OF his car and the
rear platform must be clear 80 that
the conductor can soc that mo person
lis hurt when passengers are boarding
the cars or when a passenger is dis
charged. .sss
Ifyou have been in the habit
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JACKSONVILLE.

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Some towns can be killed by fire;
others simply have their growth slim
lilated by it.. Jacksonville, Ia, which
is town Of the latter sort, had "a fire
In 1901 which destroyed nearly 5000
buildings covering $50 acres and APP
,parently wiped out the town. Today,
most OF those buildings have been re-
placed by modern fre-proof struct-
ilres, its population has nearly doub-
led, and its business and commerce
multiplied in every direction.
The visitor to Jacksonville is first
struck by the busting manner OF its
citizens, so different from the dolce
far nierlte" air he expected to find in
a southern metropolis. On every side
are big Industrial plants Jackson
vile did a lun1be business amounting
to over s2,000,000 last year Most Of
its timber Is yellow pine, and saw
mills and other factories turn good
portion OF it into building material
right in the city. Turpentine, rosin
and oils make over a million dollars
change hands every year, while fruit
and fresh vegetables are shipped to
the northern markets In such quanti-
ties each week that even the progress
stvc board OF trade hesitates about
giving out the Value or the Shipments.
Jacksonville claims. with California
to have the largest ostrich farm on
this continent. 1t is the only one in
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Latest News jfroni the Fields OF
Science. Education and In.
vention. !
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CHICKEN POLISH GEMS.

a chicken raiser Of Arizona recent
" made unique discovery which is
going to add materially to his revenue
in the future. His farm is near an
old mica mine, and the soil labounds
with semi-precious stones OF several
kinds. such as the Navajo Indians
use In making their jewelry. He had
sold atconsiderab bic quantity Of thes..
stones for small price to a local
jeweler
$. While dressing quantity OF fowls
for market one morning he acciden-
tallyzcut into the gullet. and was
surprised to note the highly polished
conditions of the small stones and
gravel contained in it. He decided
that his chickens should thereafter
polish his gems for him.
He placed a tray of glittering red
stones, known as false rubfes, in the
pen with a dozen fowls. They swal-
lowed them eagerly He tagged each
of them and kept them in confinement
for several weeks He then killed
them for market, taking pains to
open the gullet of each. He recov-
cred several dozen stones, all beautl-
fully polished. SO that he was able to
Sell them for three times as high a
price as in their unpublished .condi-
ton He had made a neat sum FOR
anu his fowls We're none the
worse for the experiment 0
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The Rate Decision.

Reasonable profits" are guaranteed
HE Norfolk and Western railroad IN
this state in the matter Of carrying
passengers, by the recent decision o.
the United States supreme court, ana
the state can no longer compel thai
railroad to charge no more than Two
cents mile.
The decision applies only to the
Norfolk and western road, and if
other railroad companies desire to
Increase their rates in this state, they
Will have to go to the same court for
a decision as to whether they can
charge more than two cents.
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the bane Of Banefield Fishbane.s
ne was that he had an incurab1e
tendency to oversleep.
Each morning when he punched
the time clock at the rhubarb works
where he was assistant peeler. he
registered anywhere from an hour to
three hours too late. and was locked
accordingly, SO that frequently he
was locked more than his salary ana
on saturday he generally owed the
nr1n nifty or seventy-five cents.
Ordinary alarm clock were use
less. s
he tried placing the alarm clock
under his pilliw, then he tied it over
MS ear. but all to no avail.
He purchased an alarm that went
on Ike a fire gong every half-minute
Tor two hou1s until it was stopped.
but still all to no purpose.
Finally, in desperation. he invent
ed time saw that would saw down
some of the plaster of the ceiling so
that it fall on his feet at s O'Clock in
the morning, but still to no purpose.
III
have it," he cried II wont go
to bed!''
So he stayed up all night and in.
the morning with a triumphant smile
he amazed the works by reporting
fifteen minutes early.
at last he had mastered the diff.
Gully, and from that time on he was
late no more.
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1.amhastine Progressires.

The Democratic party and press no
longer feel sweet toward the SUIT
Yivors or the recent Progressive party
wreck. The change Of attitude is as
striking as that of the federal admin
istration toward the Mexican factions
warships being substituted by the lat
ter for that I'VE don't care what hap
pens in Mexico They no longer
fondle and pet the Progressives but
are la1Mbasting them. They are call
ing them ugly names and Questioning
their motives. They show their love
was only hypocritical and bestowed
only for the purpose of using them
for the benefit or the Democratic
party. AS a sample OF that changed
feeling toward the Progressfyes on
the part OF the Democratic press, the
following is taken from the Wheeling
Register:
Another important feature OF the
Republican program is oyertures to
the Bull Mooscrs, with a view to max
ing their return to tho old party as
little shane-faced as possible. 1t is
significant that many Progressives
attended the recent dinner given in
honor of Senator Root, and that the
New York statesman argued eloquent
4 ~ that the Progressiyes should all
come back. An eastern paper In COM
menting on this dinner remarked that
stheaProgressivcs want Offices, and the
Republicans want votes, and that two
{ OF the strongest political appetites
known to man are waiting TO be app
peased by union of the two.
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COMING EVENTS
IN CI.ARKSBURG

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THURSDAY. Friday and Saturday,
ily,'' presented by the Palace Players.
Palace ztheater.
Thursday Friday and Saturday.
March IL. 2 and 13- Oscar ard
Adolph Musical Comedy Company,
afternoons and evenings Odeon the
nter.
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday
March 10. 16 and IL - The Co
Ahead Girls" musical comedy COM
pans. aftcfno ons and evenings. Odeon
theater.
Monday and Tuesday, March Is AMI
.lt.sD oily iDimples," local talen pro-
duction, benefit Associated Charities,
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evenings, Robinson Grand theater.
Tuesday. March 16-Republican
ward conventions.
Saturday, aFIrch Mass conven-
ton at court house to organize agri-
cultural bureau
"Wednesday, March 4 Afternoon.
pictures and musical, st. Mary's au-
iditorfum.
Thursday. March Is. Republican
city convention, court house.
THURSDAY. March IS. Recital ny
MI. and Mrs. Sol Marcosson and Dr.
Ion Jackson. evening. Masonic audf-
forum, auspices Marcato Music Club.
Friday ana Saturday. March 10 and
;2O.-.The Round Up" Fri6ay evening
and Saturday afternoon and evening,
Robinson Grand tneatez,
Friday, March t1if9 frst Style Day.
y Tuesday. March 23--Musical re-
5cital, benefit NNoman's Christian
Temperance Enion. by pupils of Miss
Coda Smith, First Methodist Episco-
pal church.
Friday, March .eRecital b.
Evan Williams, tenor, auspices Mar
cato Club. evening, Johnson Grand
atheatef. ast1.
saturday. March q Within the
Law - Robinson Grand theater-
Il Thursday, March 25.Entertain-
ment given by facult; OF music and
expression OF Broaddus Institute.
evening, First Baptist church.
Tuesday, April 6.-State convention
knights Of the Maccabees.,
F. Tuesday April 6----s.Tt he Prince OF
Pilsen, evening, Robinson, Grand
theater
TUESDAY, April City election.
SATURDAY.. April Mcintyre and
Heath in THE Ham Tree" Robinson
Grand theater.
Saturday, April 24-'tH High Jinks.''
evening, Robinson Grand theater.
Week beginning Monday. May 81
Running races. fair grounds track.
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday
June is, i6 and Annual conven-
ton. West Virginia State ipharlnaceu
teal Association.
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the East. at least. and the winter tour
tst IS pEetty apt to have his picture
taken beside long necked bird. The
TICK ostrich is always ready to per-
form and the ostrich farm and 200 are
az the end of one OF the most delight
adul trolley trips in the country.
The great citrus fruit market. frag-
rant with the aroma OF Indian river
oranges, attracts every visitor, and
rev are able to resist the Temptation
70 send Florida oranges home to their
TRENDS, Notwithstanding the fact that
the ! price asked is several times thclr
reak market value.
Jacksonville loves the tourist. and
despite the thriving industries which
55iAlsnt render her independent Of his
u cess, she lays herself out to cap
I w a. niln, or at least his pocketboOk
Eacn year greater number OF north
.il people elect to spend the winter
there, because q mild. si,mnerv eli
mate IS combined With a Greater Num-
Der OF northern customs. than OBTAIN
IN ~ olner Florida towns. For the tour
ISIS =, dement,, a neverfailing ice sup
Ply Is assured by five ice Companies.
Nnlcn manufacture tons or GOODNESS
every hour in the day.
. II look progressive Yankee tn
discover that the picturesque Florida
moss made an excellent substitute for
.na1r IN mattress making; SO several
large mattress factories have lately
!oeen added to Jacksonyiue.s indus
trial plants. Is IN -
The city is full Of beauty. Cen
erous parks with large palm trees
ana flowers that bloom throughout
me year, stately churches, large mod
ern office buildings. splendid depart
ment stores and luxurious hotels give
the city an air OF sunptuors and sub
stantial dignity. - -.
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Household EfficIency.

The woman who can save money
Wins masculine respect and feminine
envy. Mrs. Carey.
The same methods which are used
in modern factory to eliminate false
motions and waste OF energy, can and
should be applied to the kitchen and
the housewife" said Miss Martha Van
Rensselaer, professor Of home econ
omfcs at Cornell University, in a re-
cent talk on Household Efdctency.
She said that IL the majority OF the
homes were presided over by wives
who We're simply pleasure-loving par
asttes, wasting the earnings OF their
husbands, the consequence would be
that their sons, the future lawmakers,
would not be frugal in their. expen-
diture OF public money.
Household efficiency" said Profess
sor Van Rensselaer,, docs not mean
that a woman must skimp in the
Kitchen She should go manage that
by applying little reasoning power.
eliminating waste here and a useless
motion there. she can obtain the best
results with the least possible outlav
of time, money and energy"
Woman's work ought to be. esti-
mated In money the same as q man s.
Women are earners and In reality
have saved more money per capita
than men, because 1t is in the home
where there are the greatest possi-
bilities Of saving. ts
Where yearly incomes average from
$1,000 to $1,8O0, eighty per cent of
that income usually Is spent for. food,
clothing and shelter. Since the wom-
an is the one who does the spending,
she should be able to spend wisely
and obtain the greatest possible value
for the least possible outlay.
Housewife. are you conducting your
household along lines OF true economy?
Or are you making your family GO
without certain nutritious foods be-
cause the prices are high. while at
the same time throwing away more
than enough good food to Offset
the amount you think you are saving?
A recent number Of the Ladies
Home Journal contained good ar
ticle by Mrs. Christine Frederick on
how to arrange family expense bud
get under the seven headings of:
shelter, food, clothing, operating ex-
penses, savings, Injuries and sad-
yancement.
There is no universal answer to the
question OF how the income should be
distributed in these various divisions
because the apportionment depends
upon the size OF the income and the
number in the family; the taste and
education; the locality; the occupa-
ton or social standing Howeyer, it
is suggested that in incomes Of 81 200
or 81 600 year or Whereabouts the
proportion should be: Shelter, twenty
three per cent; food, thirty per cent
clothing, fourteen per cent; operating,
thirteen per cent; savings, ten per
cent; luxuries. four per cent; adj.
vancement, six per cent.
Many persons spend nearer ten per
cent than four per cent for Injuries
and more important things suffer, in
GLIDING the savings account.
The advantages Of keeping house
hold accounts include:
The ability TO see at a glance all
items OF expense.
Makes possible comparison Of
items to see where greater economy
can be practised.
Any one item can be compared
with the whole budget. thus showing
its relative importance and giving
further help towards wise spending
and saving.
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APPEAL
Petition in the We'll Case is to
Be Filed by Pros ecuting
Attorney Townsend.
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CHARLESTON. March 4 ia PEE
tition FOR an appeal Will be filed this
afternoon IN the supreme court by
Prosecutor Townsend from the de-
.cision OF Judge Littlepage In the "a.
Leo Well case rendered yesterday.
1.-THE appeal is granted the court will
be asked to advance the, case 50 It
may be heard without delay The
next date on which the. supreme
court can hand down decision is
March 16.
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An international Police Force.

An international Police Force.
"a New York philosopher named
Elijah Sells has finally devised a
scheme for the prevention Of war. It
is SO simple that one wonders that
has never been thought of before.
The Elijah Sells proposition SIS SIM
! ply the abolition of all Individual
armies and the establishment OF a
great International police force OF
1926, 800 men. Each nation would con-
tribute soldiers in proportion to its
population. The force would be gov
gerued by a cpmmittee Of seventy-fve,.
ssappointed in &C ordance- ma tional
size. China would have four members.
Russia and the United States would
have three each. Germany. France
Great Britain and few other powers
would have two apiece. This govern
ingaboard would seeito it that soldiers
SOf alien nationality We're stationed IN
each country II
The Cleveland Plain Dealer ven
lures the opinion that the thing IS so
simple that there is no doubt that it
would work3!f 1t ever could he tried
But, the Cleveland newspaper says 1T
could not possibly be tried. Scarcely
Great Britain, FOR example. would
never sanction a scheme OF managing
an international police system by
I which China would have voice Of
four anembers on the managing COM
mittee and the United States three
While it would have only9wo. Some
body Will have to evolve better
scheme OF representation that thai.
and In his lies all the d!ficu,ty
& ut is further pointed out that il tho
nations could agree to such an ar.
sTanpement they could with equal
facility agree tosa complete abolition
.of f1nies and armaments. hut that
Is hardly tenablc as none would CON
sent to any arrangement BY which
there would be no reasonable guar
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SUSPE|NDE1
Are Proposed Increase Rates
on3Livestock and Packing
House Shipments.
.,.Y.AsseelA1En ,.rss,

WASHINGTON, March l1.Pro-
posed increased rates on livestock
and packing house products IN; car
loads from Chicago TO the mississippi
river crossings and other points in
Buffalo, Erie and Pittsburg. were
suspended today by the interstate
commerce comm ssfon pending In
yestigation OF their reasonableness.
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ASKS BIDS ron BONDS.

GRAFTON, Mar Grafton IN.
dependent district board of education
has asked bids on S 10, 90 o. In i've.
per cent hool bonds Tor IA prize e.
The decision of 8the SUI renle collrtsofs
appeals ongthis bond issue which was
held last July, removed a technicaIs
objection and pronounced them:
glItedge- anau
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Reark was made the next day after
the Democratic city convention that
the voting is all over as there are
more still democrats than still 4
Democrat. z. The public is left to in
Ter the. Significance OF the. remark,
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Santee against Internal onai anarchy.
In order to have international peace
there must be some responsible au-
thority TO enforce it, else antagonistic
nations would fight even though they
had no. armies and -nayies.
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THURSDAY. MARCH II, 1915
An Evening Echo.

The brave man is not he who feels
no fear, !,
For that were stupid and irrational;
But he, whose noble soul It's Tear
subdues, Is
And brayely dares the danger nature
shrinks from.