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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-05-08
WHEAT HIT
BY RAINS
Wet Weather and Low
Cables Bring Drop
in Prices

CHICAGO. MAY WEAK cables
ana continued rams over the NheS,
belt caused lower wheat prices ssa.u
today Al Tie opening prices were
/. - and Csc lower than az yesier.
days close Later the market De
came 5umpv With prices slightly
h.Scer than the openius.
Corn was affected ~ the 0hsa'
weakness Al De start prices were
down Is and lac below Yesterday 5
close Later there we're fractional
advances ABOVE The opening
There was very h,lc action .a
cats. Prices ~ The opening we're uP
is. down IS and up lsc. Latter
PRICES steadied az figures sLsl,.y
above TIE opening
Very n';Ie demand cause! lower
provisions prices.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-05-08

-Four hundred years ago the aver.
age length Of human life was be-
tween eighteen and twenty years
One hundred years ago the average
human life was less than thirty.
The average human life today
reaches forty years
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-05-08

FEKIN. Nav The Chinese gov.
eminent has sent a new reply 10
japan which is expected 70 avert
@ serious crisis. wale the text is
pc vet Unknown officials say that IN
feet K IS an acceptance. under pro
test. q the chief japanese demands.
2, .s reported in diplomatic circles
tera that President Yuan ShI Kai
his advisers. after an all nigh.
conference decided tha, Il would be
suicidal 10 attempt TO oppose the
japanese demands by force OF arms.
az course. q IS not yet known
whether the concessions noN o5er.
20 WIKI suffice for Japan There has
Keen a. evident disposition on the
TART q The japanese 10 insist on tho
very letter 81 their demands and
there Is the possibility rha, they vill
y-1rtt C..-1 -Asft-t--e- situation IL very
much brighter today than e was yes
teriay.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-05-08

King Alphonso. Of Spain. IL a gen
eral IN the British army.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-05-08
n. Y. Cotton Exchange
MONEY wAItKFT.

NEW YORK. May 7'.Money on
call per cent Time money ~
camille paper 81 per ceut Bar
silver. London, 1871 pence.
Detroit on-Raw linseed oil eFc.
boiled liuseed. zoe per Eal IN barrel
lots Kerosene. tank wagon ur iron
barrels. Diamond headlight. SIC. per-
lection. Sc palacine, 7.6c, crown gas
oline, i0hc per gallon.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-05-08

EAEur ' Seas crystal Jomtnoes. 2
o. 500. tn. t.'h. s. 40. eagle tab
irts .. rut Lar s. SO. cubes, s6SS.
NNNN powdered. S6S5 standard
r,u,fFrct $50. krAUulated extra
coarse s. &c. srauulated nne, IN
b4Ik. s. 80 erauulated g5-lb cottons,
tfts crystal domino gran. e-lh and
S-lr ctrtrsS. IN cases. s. io, crystal
domino -krAn.. NJ eases. S. S0, d!a-
rtard A s. SO. goufcctioners a. ss25
y 8 ST. ". 3. ss:5 No. 8. 8 90,
~ ~ s " u. s. IS No - SIS
" rs S5SE. ~ t. s5SS No. IS
$50 non -tNiuE mixture. s.. beet
srRughted = 80 per 100 lbs house
hold vnvd IS ~ 20 ease. Sl.95. 10
Is - case. $50 ger case.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-05-08

A Bath Me- man recently re-
ceiyed notice from the United
States paten, ONCE that patent
for which he flcd an application
seven years ago had been granted.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-05-08
Detroit Stock Elk.

These quotations subject 10 COM
mission chargcs
Active SGocka
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-05-08
M rrER ANn EGGS.

Huttcr "I'rtAMoFy extra, -ss. Nrsts.
90 - dairy. Gle packing stock
rs e, per lh
FEEs-Fyesn -sceints cases incIud.
"a "rsts ltk ger dog. Receipts.
= 500 rESaa
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-05-08

Printing. tho piatn nest kind-tbst
n rfkht-Tinles Job Depts-MsIn t52o.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-05-08
Detroit

Detr.st Ti.sss Job rristi.s Dept
Mafn $50.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-14
CITY NEWS.

| See articles made in America"
by men at the mems bazaar, Trinity
church, tomorrow evening.
-Keokuk camp M. w. A. No. 622
will hold it's regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hall. All members are re-
quested to be present.
Frank Watts, charged with dis
turbing the peace last night at II Main
street, was fined $40 in the superior
| court this morning by Judge Nc
| Namara.
"A building permit was this morn
ing issued to Walter v. D. Mas for
the construction of a two story stucco
residence at First and Concert street,
to cost $4,000.
! Three hundred guests were serv-
ed at dinner at the Hotel Iowa last
evening. This is about the largest
number that has been served at one
time at this hotel.
The motorcycle policeman may
| not be added to the police force after
all. Chief Kenney said this morning
it is proving difficult proposition to
get man to take the job.
The exhibition of orchard spray
ing at Argyle attracted a number Of
people from here to the Newton farm.
The women of the Argyle church are
serving luncheon there today.
Let Pruden put your cemnet walk
Or foundation in, dig your cellar or
do your sodding. Phone Black 1859.
Residence 1908 Des Moines street.
Arthur Murray of Carthage, was
, sentenced to ten days in the city jail
on charge of having been found
drunk. in the superior court this morn
| ing. His sentence was suspended on
condition that he leave the city.
| The statement made in the Mont
rose correspondence yesterday that
Mrs. Guy Feree was able to be re-
moved to her home, was an error. It
will be several weeks before she will
be able to leave the hospital.
George B. Stewart Of Fort Madi-
son, who was United States district
attorney until he resigned about three
years ago, drew the first indictment
by a grand jury under the Mann act.
Mr.. Stewart spent considerable care
on the indictment to get it within the
wording Of the statute. He was I'M
able to recall which case 1t was but
thought that it was one tried In DAY.
export or Des Moines.
Special efforts are being made to
have every electric light on Main
street going full blast during the
evenings of next week when the cleo
trio light. street railway, and electri.
cal contractors association hold their
conventions here. Those men are
most critical in the examination OF
the lighting facilities Of city and
are sure to go away with a good i'm
preston of Keokuk If they find no
dead lamps in the electric signs and
on store fronts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-14
PREPARE PROGRAM
FOR MASONS' MEET
Get Acquainted Day will be Observed
Friday, April %, and Program
Will be interesting.

The program committee which has
in charge the entertainment for the
"get acquainted" meeting Of the Ma
sons Friday evening, April %, has ar.
ranged for musical program for that
evening
Following are the numbers as plan.
ned by the committee:
Vocal solo-Mrs o. W. Sandberg
Piano solo-Mrs. Wilbur C. Hughes.
Piano duet-Mrs. Veda Korschgan
and Miss Lochman.
Music-Ladies' quartette composed
of Mrs. o. w. Sandberg, Mrs. w. c.
Hughes. Mrs. Lloyd and Miss Hanson.
Music-Mens' quartette. =.
Piano solo-Mrs. Vernan r. Mckay.
Observation-Disclosures
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-14
Ignore Three Cases.

Three cases were ignored. The
case against Lola Richmond, who
was charged with violation of the
Mann Act was one of these. Rich
mond and his wife were arrested here
by Deputy Marshal Crowley and the
sheriff
Others cases ignored were those OF
the United States VS.. William Hargee,
accused Of bootlegging, and the Unit
ed States VS.. John Tigue and William
Collier. Tigue was arrested here,
charged with having broken into a
car containing a barrel CT rabbits. He
was selling the rabbits, and when
questioned by the police. said they
had been given to him to sell by q
man named Golfer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-14
DIVERS TO LOOK
FOR SUBMARINE
Four Of Them viii Co Down and LOOK
FOR Bodies Of Men in the
Lost "a.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
HONOLULU, April 14:-1n last
desperate effort to locate the Inflated
submarine F-4, submerged with her
twentv-one crew since March %, four
expert divers frim the Brooklyn navy
ward we're to go down Off the entrance
to the local harbor today. 1t Is Ger.
tain that a new deep sea diving rec
ord will be established, the apparatus
brought here by the cruiser MARYLAND
enabling the men to work at depth
Of 400 feet.
Among the new apparatus with
which officials hope to recover the
dead bodies from the subterranean
tomb is a metal diving suit with fiex-
ible arms and legs and new method
OF supplying compressed air. If the
F-4 can be raised. and this Is q dis
puted question. the Maryland will bear
the bodies of the victims back to San
Francisco whence they will be snip
ned to their homes for burial.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-14
The "Weaker" Sex.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
BOULDER, Colo, April 14.-Schol-
astic honors to the girls. again. The
smartest students at the University
of Colorado, according to official
marks. are the women students, with
an average of S1.02. The general av-
erage Of the men was 77.15. Members
of fraternities, however, averaged low
er than athletes and non-fraternity
men,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-14
MEMS BAZAAR

You are invited to attend the bazaar
and general good time to be held by
the Trinity Young Mems club in the
basement Of Trinity church, Tenth and
Main, Thursday evening, April 18th.
Admission free. Come and see your
picture On the canvas, and take a
ride in one Of the sightseeing auto
biles which will leave the church at
regular intervals for tours of the city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-14
Maine vs.. Brown,

PROVIDENCE, April 1.-THE Uni
versity of Maine baseball team today
opens its 1915 season here with a
gam, with Brown university.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-14
} WANT ALL FLAGS
AT HALF STAFF

. The people of Keokuk are
3 urged not to forget to place
: flags at half staff tomorrow. To 4
4 morrow will be the anniversary OF 4
. the death OF Abraham Lincoln,
= ana the request mas been made 4
. that there shall be display OF :
. national colors made throughout :
. the city, but that the flags De =
Q placed at half staff.
. Flags on private residences 4
. may be draped with crepe, If it
. Is impossible to put these at half
. staff
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-14
Federal Body Reported This Morning
on Cases Which They Consid-
cred and Were Then
Discharged.
LOCAL MEN ARE HELD
Bennington and Larson Charged With
Breaking Into Interstate Car
Fisher Held for Misuse
Of Malls.

-Four persons were indicted by the
federal grand jury which made it's re-
port this morning at II o'clock, and
was discharged for the term by Judge
M. j. Wade. The court thanked the
grand jurors for their attendance and
for the prompt and efficient way in
which they handled the business be-
fore them. a
The grand jurors made their ar-
pearance in court at II O'Clock, and
the report was made by Captain II.
M. Pickell of Des Moines, who is the
foreman. There was one indictment
returned, which is suppressed owing
to the fact that the person is not in
custody.
An Indictment was returned agains,
Claude Fisher, who is charged with
using the mails to defraud. Fisher is
accused of having sent letter to the
daughter Of a postmaster in town
near Abba. In it, Fisher is said to
have asked for $25, and threatened to
make public certain things il the
money was not Forthcoming. He was
arrested when he called for the let
ter at Burlington. The grand jury
returned a true bill after hearing the
testimony Of the witnesses.
Ed D. Madison was indicted on
the charge of impersonating an off,
Ger. The offense was alleged to have
been committed on March 8, 1915.
Patrick, Bennington and Arthur
Larson were Jointly indicted on the
charge of breaking and entering an
interstate freight car. The car was
at Keokuk on the Rock Island tracks
and the alleged crime was committed
last November. The men are said to
have stolen beans and were caught
by the local police, trying to sell the
beans in the city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-17
A Garbage Can to Embellish Grants
Tomb?

While every interested unofficial
agency in New York has been strug-
Cling to preserve Riverside Park and
develop its natural beauties for the
benefit Of the population, it IL dis
covered that the city government has
been expanding its energy on a scheme
to transform this rare municipal pos
session into a garbage dump and ash
pile. That this plan could be seriously
considered would be incredible were
1t not for the fact that to-day the
disposal plant is actually under
construction, and work on II has
been halted temporarily only by an
injunction issued on the prayer Of
citizens whose homes are menaced
md whose property is endangered by
this amazing enterprise.
Riverside Park is beyond price. II
Is capable of improvement from the
Drive to the river front into the most
beautiful park in tho city. The de
sire Of all intelligent men has been
to have the railroad tracks which
bound II on the west depressed or
rooted in a way that would permit
appropriate landscape treatment Of
the whole flank of the hill. and 1t has
never been suspected that the city
government would care or dare to
thwart the ultimate achievement Of
this design. But now 1t Is revealed
that the city itself purposes 10 use
the park Us an approach 10 a little
Barren Island. and to confer on t.
the cha racteristic establishment OF n
fat renderer.
The West End Association has nm
, ~dertaken the protection of the rest
~ us against this indecent sacrifice
Of a fine possibility to the immediate
convenience Of administration. II has
appealed to the courts for the preser-
nohlest monuments to New iork's
civic pride. II deserves the support
Of every citizen in It's legal assault on
an adventure not less impudent than
il Is i%mprudent, and In the improh-
able event Of n~on-success in it's suit,
Ii may. we are sure, count on unani-
nous popular approval of an agitation
for the removal Of the soldiers me-.
mortal and the tomb Of GRANT to sites
not Immediately adjacent to the nee
essary hut not attractive haunts OF
the rag picker and the Junk dealer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-17
HOTELS OF OLD NEW YORK.
A Page From a Mid Century Guide
hook.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
Phelps New York City Guide and
Conductor to Envlrons for Thirty Miles
Around (New York: T. G. Tanning.
1882 this list OF Hotels in New York
is given, their number being ffty-three
American. Broadway at Barclay street
Aston. broadway at Barclay street: Allan
tic. 5 Broadway; Barclay Street. los Bar
clay street, BiSby's. Broadway at Park
place. Bond street House. 6s5 Broadway;
Bul's Head. Third avenue at Twenty
fourth street: Butts. S Murray street;
Carlton. $50 Broadway; Chamberiin. Rob
inson street at West street: Clarendon.
Fourth avenue at Eighteenth street. Gin
ton. 3 Beekfnan street. Coilamore. Broad
way at Spring street: College, rs Murray
street: Dclavau. Fourth avenue at Four
teenth street. Delmonico's. 20 Broadway
Dunlap's. 1875 Fulton street: Earle's. IL
Park Row. Eastern Pearl street House.
Pearl street at Ferry street: Florence. 400
Broadway: French and Spanish. 81 Broad
way: French's. Chatham street. corner
Frankfor, street: Fulton. IA Fulton
street: Girard House. Chambers, corner
OF Hudson: 0unter's, 1877 Fulton street,
halister's. Battery place. corner OF Wash
ing,on street. Hotel de Paris. 334 Broad
way: Howard i76 Broadway; IRVING
House, Broadway at Chambers street,
Jersey. ~ Cortlandt street; Judson's. 81
Broadway. JOveJoy's, Park Row at Beck
man street: Mansion House. 81 Chambers
street. Merchants, 80 Cortland street.
Metropolitan. broadway. corner OF Prince
street, National. 8 Cortiandt street. New
Haven House. il+ Broadway; New YORK
7c3 Broadway. Northern, ~ Cortiandt
street. North Rlver. Yves, street at Bar
clay Pacific. 1862 Greenwich street; Pear!
Street. 81 Pearl street. Philadelphia.
West street st Nicholas Roadway al
Drooms street: ~Tammany. Nassau and
Frankfort streets. Tayior's. rs Cortland
street. fremont Temperance House. llO
Roadway. Union Place. Broadway at Fly
tcenth street United states. Fulton and
Water streets. Washington. 1 BROADWAY
waveriey. Broadway al Fourth street
western. II Cortandt street Wisht's, III
Broadway.
Do any OF these survive in tho New
York OF 1915? II. J. n.
New YORK, February l6.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-17
Sarah the Divine.

Nothing could he more character
istic Of SARAH BrRNHARDT than the
telegram. suggesting a lecture tour,
which on the eve ~ n serious opern-
ton she sent 10 an agent, since with
one leg II Is no longer conceivable that
she should appear rs an actress. Her
uncouquerahle energy, genius for work
and professional zeal have been for
years her most salient traits. To
them she owes the notoriety which
supplHnted the artistic fame Of her
~eHrlier days.
For II II only ms n historical figure
that SARAH RrRNHARDT has been ~
any moment FOR the past core OF
years: especially her assumption Of
male roles In the plays she acted
has been little short Of g%rotcsQuc.
whether in Hamlet" LES Buttons"
or "AiglOn." Only such a legendary
being IA she would have been ro.
ceivcd respectfully by the public. The
years have not made these charac.
FORMATIONS any more truthful 10
nature.
II the artistic significance OF the
French actress disappeared so long
Hgo, her rcrsonnl Importance has ncvc,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-17
Minimum Wages on the Farm.

The latest report Of the Factory
Investigating Commission records the
alleged fact that thousands Of women
and minors employed In industry re-
ceive wages inadequate for them to
live in health and decent comfort
and the Legislature is now asked to
correct his evil" by a board which
shall suggest minimum wage scales.
and publish the names Of employers
who fail to comply with its recon-.
mendations."
Obviously, this Is only the first step
toward the granting Of a wider au.
thority; If the minimum wage board
is created II will soon be authorized
TO enforce penalties against employ.
ers who neglect its rulings, and to
punish those who refuse to conform
to its orders.
What wages are paid to the wives
and daughters Of farmers, who assist
in the tasks Of husbands and fathers?
They work at least as hard as their
sisters employed in other Industries"
II Is true that they live at home; but
so. also. do great numbers Of those
in whose behalf State Intervention is
now urged. II II be said OF the
farmers family that each member
contributes to a common fund for the
support and welfare of all. the same
may be said with equal truth Of thou
sands Of families Of wage earners
whose members pool their earnings
and thus support their homes. Surely,
the working women and minor chill
dren of the shops and factories are
not entitled to better treatment than
those of the farms.
II minimum wage legislation Is
needed for the workers In Industry"
why is It not as much needed for the
family workers in the rural and acri
cultural districts?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-17

Is The Vicar Of Wakefield" or ivan.
ity Fair the Purer English?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sfr: Three
acquaintances who ave reached the
mellow state OF maturity and yet are
dubious OF their own capacity TO read
and write have requested that I ask
YOU to settle n heated triangle OF
debate.
Jones OF Suffolk bet a Virginia cured
Western raised Iorker that Rr'er
T~hackeray's Vanity Fair is written
IN purer English han Br'er Cold
smiths vicar OF Wakefield"
Brown OF Norfolk bet a Nansemond
River shad and a Dismal swamp deer
that Br'er Goldsmith put II all over
Br'er Thackeray when il came 70 the
pure English stun.
Smith OF C~huckttuck bet a side Of
bacon. a Shenandoah VALLEY goat and
a half acre oyster bed IN the Sm!thneld
fats that getting down TO pure English
as 1t is writ; Br'er ~Tharkcray In his
VANITY Fair holds AL records against
the field OF ancient and modern writer's.
Jones and Brown, M need that
bacon. goat and oyster bed, told Smith
that they we're on
Is II generally conceded by literary
luminaries that ~Thackeray has written
the purest English, briefly or In sus-
ta.ned effort that his Vanity Fair" II
the purest English in the language?
SrvESrY-SECoSp STREET.
NV YORK. February ls.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-17
diminished. Her devotion to the high

diminished. Her devotion to the high
est standards Of literary production
In her own country proved Of great
advantage to the French stage. No
institution, not v a subsidized the
atre. 50 encouraged the young play
wrights of France. Then she brought
to Paris, In the face Of some patriotic
opposition. the best product of the
DERMANN and Of the theatre Of Italy.
II was she who introduced SEM BE-
NELL TO her countrypeople.
Then her restless enterprise. which
hesltated at no journey. was fright
ened by M professional task. however
onerous. even when her own health
was such as to make any effort doubly
severe. and her sensitiveness to all
that was new in the theatre: these
were the astonishing traits which
kept her shooting through her own
sphere with the brilliance and swift
ness Of n rocket.
In the case Of any other woman IT
might be possible TO predict that the
end Of this career, which has been a
part Of the history Of two centuries.
had come. But the divine SARAH
has always possessed some Of the
qualities Of the goddess whose quail
ties were imputed to her years ago.
SO 1t Is difficult to make prophecies
in her case. The whole world. ever In
the time OF war, Is Interested in this
remarkable woman, who for nearly
half a century has represented to Il
the art In which she attained such
emlnence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-17
Where the Armor.A ammunition Ring
Has Failed.

Disclosing to his colleagues in the
House the ring Of ammunition manu-
facturers' which fattens On the mill
tary necessities Of the world, Repre-
resentative CLYDE II. TAvESNER OF
Illinois incidentally divUged one in
stance in which this vicious combi-
nation failed OF its purpose:
They start the bali rolling by making
nations distrustful OF one another. and
then in inducing them to Overprepare
for war"
1t will be a source of extreme graft
flcation to the people Of the United
States to realize that the war ring"
has met with no success here. In spite
OF its Vaccinations. nobody will main.
tain for a moment that it has been
able to get the United States TO over
prepare for a