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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-22

is far from being the element of
weakness that was feared. At this
time there is little Gear of any further
serious foreign liquidation. In addi-
ton to the belief that liquidation is
nearly ended and that better times
are ahead, the conviction is also grow
ing that the war will not be as long
as at one time feared Prophecies are
hazardous, and yet indications of ex-
haustion are too evident to be sup
pressed or disbelieved. When the end
of the war is in sight, a sharp upward
must be expected. Mean
while, however, stock market opera
lions should be conducted with per-
sistent conservatism Sharp f1uctua-
lions are inevitable owing to the
chances of war: the uncertainties Of
which are proverbial-
There is one fundamental factor
upon which to build confidence: that
Is there will be good demand for our
food products for months to come,
war or no war. We have plenty to
spare for export from the crops of
1914: and all indications point to a
large acreage in 1915. Europe it is
certain will raise small crops next
year. even If the war terminates earl
Ter than expected. For many reasons
European soil cannot be adequately
titled this year and it will be years be-
fore the devastated districts can full
ly recuperate. We may be sure there
fore Of profitable prices for our sur
plus food products for some time to
come. Additional reasons for conf
dence are the early adjournment Of
congress and the, failure of the ship
purchase bill.
HENRY CLEWS.
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NAUVOO WILL GET
REBEKAH ASSEMBLY
District Gathering is Going to
Old Mormon City in
April.

z The next Rebekah. assembly of this
district will be held in Nauvoo on
April 80 and 80, says the Independent.
These were the dates selected yester-
day at a meeting of the president of
the assembly, Mrs. F. A. Walther, of
this city: Vice President Mrs. Albert
Ehlebe of Warsaw, and Secretary Mrs.
A. L. Bennington of Dallas City. The
meeting was held at the home of Mrs.
" alt'er Mrs. Lizzie WaSgoner of
Hamilton, Mrs. G. E. Hertzler of War
saw, and Mrs. Bennington and Mr.. and
Mrs. c. A. Knappenberger Of Dallas
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City also were here. Mrs. Walther n
tertained the visitors at dinner last
evening. They also attended the Re-
bekah meeting last night and were
the guests of honor at a social which
followed. A committee of seven
young ladies served fine refreshments.
The decorations were in red, white
and blue. The district assembly IS
usually attended by 200 or 500 dele
gates. The local lodge will be expect
ed to arrange program of entertain
ment
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-22
states Fire Marshal Ole o. Roe, Cites
Conviction Secured and
Investigation Of Last
April.
TEN PROLIFIC CAUSES
After Enumeratins These, He Gives
Some Good Advice for Lessen
Ing Losses by
Them.

In the annual report Of the fire mar
shall, Ole o. Roe, to Governor Clarke.
mention is made of the prosecution
of James Grigsby of Keokuk who was
indicted for arson, and who was SEN
fenced year ago to the Anamosa re-
formatory. Grigsby was accused of
setting FIRE to dwelling house owned
by Mrs. Nancy keppel. Mention also
is mad, of the investigation maoe
here last April in connection with the
fire which destroyed the Loewensteln
barn and burned two horses.
A summary of causes Of fires has
been compiled by the fire marshal,
and he lists the ten highest classes
as the following, together with
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-22
Bad Fire Last Night.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Ser

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill, Feb. o.
four others were damaged here last
night by a fire that for time threat
ened to destroy the entire business
section. Loss 100000. The Lucky
Block and the Ziegenheim Brothers
Furniture company's store were de-
stroyed. The glare in the sky was
visible for ten miles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-22

structed lightning rods upon farm
barns and other buildings that stand
alone and thus are exposed to cleo.
trical storms, becomes general, there
will be a material reduction in losses
from this source.
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$3.50 s4,742,s1s
About IneendIary Fires.

The sfTas reported as OF inceuuiary
sor probably incendiary origin during
the year 1914 number 120 or 2.S per-
cent of the total number Of fires re-
Jorted, while the loss from said cause
during the year aggregates $147 SAB
or 2.5 percent OF the total fire loss o.
the state.
During the year 1913 the number OF
incendiary or probably incendiary
fires amounted to SO per cent of the
total number of fires while the loss
J from said cause amounted to 2.3 per-
cent Of the then total loss.
While the number of fires reported
las Of unknown origin Is still very
FJarge- entirely too large-there is en-
couragement In the fact that the
amount of loss or damage resulting
from fires SO reported amounted to
s2,307,471 during 1914 while during
1913 they aggregated $2,SSO,sS2.
There has been discouraging IN
crease. both in the number OF fires
and in the loss resulting thenefrom
where defective fues" Is given as
the cause. In 1913 the loss from this
cause was $2s6,491 while during 1914
it was $37o,649.
SdrcIeSSnS0S HSTS
Practically every dollars worth of
loss from this cause is loss due
purely to carelessness and will not be
materially remedied or reduced until
municipalities, or possibly the state,
provide by ordinance or by law for
the construction and inspection OF
chimneys and fiues.
The losses occasioned from "sparks
from fiue" are also quite numerous
and larger by $4,000 than during the
year 1913. These fires, commonly
known as roof fires" can be very
materially decreased. and undoubted:
ly will be in time, by the discontinue
ance Of the shingle roof. 1t least In
the business portions of cities and
towns and substituting therefor
roof of fire-resisting construction; also
by paying more attention to the
cleanliness Of chimneys and furnaces
and to the kind of fuel and the man
ner Of; feeding same to the heating
plant.
Children and Matches.
children and matches is another
prolific source of fire. and the most
deplorable phase of these fires is that
they frequently result in loss of life
to the child Greater care upon the
part of parents and more earnest at
tention to the lessons outlined in the
bulletin for instruction in the cause
an6, dangers of fires upon the part of
teachers will alone lessen the fires
from this cause.
While more lightning fire were re-
ported than during 1918 the total loss
from this cause is only about $1,000
more than during the preceding year.
am more than ever convinced that
If the installation Of properly con-
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Profttess.

Atchison Globe: Next to an argu-
ment. an investigation is the most
futile thing.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-27
urges PUBLIC WORK
Be STARTED At ONCE
Builders and Manufacturers Exchange
Appeals to District Com
mi5sioners.

The District Commissioners yesterday
received from the Washington Builders
and Manufacturers Exchange a letter
urging that the issuance OF plans and
specifications for the constructions Of
public buildings already appropriated for
be expedited to alleviate the present I'M
employment situation.
The Letter was sent by a special COM
mttce OF the exchange composed or
Thomas II. Melton. chairman; 7. r. Pull
man, and Joseph Richardson.
our reason for calling your attention
10 this matter" reads the letter, lis that
many of the best mechanics in the rari-
Gus construction lines are out of employ
ment now and have been so the best part
of the winter. and consequently are bad
" in need of work. Also that most OF
the contractors of Washington are doing
very little now, and it Is a well-known
fact that under such conditions figures
for construction work are based on
smaller profits and lower prices for ma
terial. 1t Is our opinion that figures on
such work will be at least 10 per cent less
at this time than can be obtained four
months hence, which means relative
saving to the people of the District.
This suggestion is in keeping with what
Is being done in various States and cities.
Recently the governor OF Ohio urged the
departments of Columbus and the cities,
counties and individuals of his State TO
do such work with the least possible dc
lay. for the purpose of supplying work for
the unemployed and of saving money
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CONGREGATIONAL.

TIL. missionary Neighborhood meeting OF
the Congrega tional churches of this sec
ton Will be held in the Associate 'ongre-
gational Church, Baltimore. on Tuesday.
March 80, at 1879 a. m. Mrs. Willard
Buell. will preside at the morning SEES
sion. which will include a quiet hour pc
Rod and an address by Miss Julia Blake.
of Aintab. Turkey. Miss Flora Johnson
will be the presiding officer in the aft
ernoon when there will he workers
conference led by Miss Alice Clark and
a pageant THE Spirit of Motherhood"
This conference includes members of the
Ladies Missionary Societies of tn" bis
trict, Maryland. and Virginia.
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Ever Hear of Such Things?

New York. March 2S.-After being
knocked down by Harry Stein autonO-
bile, Mrs. Alfred J. Emo. prominent
suffra Sette. picked herself up and said.
Il hope I haven't hurt Your car" She
was bruised slightly.
Scranton. March 26-Fifty-two years
after he had spoken to Miss Anna Skiles,
Il little girl, after the battle of Chancel-
louisville in 1sS3. Emmett Bishop, 50, =
civil war veteran. heard her name spoken
in a store here. He recognized Miss
Skiles, and learned that she never had
been married. Now they are wed.
New York, March 26.-Christopher Jung.
81. and Peter Burman. "a, died at the
same hour as their wives did ten years
ago. Jung and Burman will have a
double funeral, as their spouses had a
decade ago.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-27
UNITARIAN.

All Souls Unitarian Church, Fourteenth
and L streets. announces that during the
week beginning on Palm Sunday there
will be daily vesper services in the
church. These services will begin at 4:i'
o'clock, and. with the exception OF the
service on Sunday afternoon. will last
half an hour. At each service there VIII
be a brief meditation by the minister
DIR. Ulysses G. B. Pierce. and music oy
the quartet choir. under the direction OF
Airs. H. Clay Browning. The general
snbiect for the week will be 'The
Grounds OF the Immortal Hope" The
daily topics will be az follows: Sunday
The Power of an Endless Life Mon
day. Immortality as an Instinct: Tues
day. Immortality as Matter OF JUS
tice;" Wednesday, Immortality and the
Conservation of Energy" Thursday.
Immortality and Evolution" and Fri
day. a service of conservation. The pub
lie Is cordially invited TO these services.
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METHODIST:

Visiting ministers in attendance up
on the conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, will tomor-
row occupy the pulpYs of Methodist
churches in Washington, Baltimore,
Alexandria and other cities. AT
Mount Vernon Place Church. where
the convention sessions are being held.
Bishop Gambler will preach in the
morning and DIR. Gross Alexander, of
Nashville, book editor and editor of
the Methodist Review. will preach in
the evening. DR.. Alexander will preach
in the morning in Foundry NJ: l..
Church.
Bishop 4. ". Wilson, of Baltimore.
will preach in the morning at the
Mount Pleasant NJ. +. Church South.
DIR. r. :. Parker. of Nashville, gem
eral secretary of the Epworth League,
will preach in the morning at Nc
Kendree NJ. +. Church,
The full number of visiting dele
gates expected is in attendance upon
the conference and at the evening serv-
ices the church has been unable to
accommodate the crowds of Washing
ton people who desired TO hear the
sermons and addresses.
The sacred cantata, "OIivet to Cal
vary. Will he sung on Good Friday
evening by the vested chorus choir of
Wesley NJ. L. Church. Miss Edith
Stowell will sing with the choir, sub
shutting for Mrs. Melville Lindsay.
who has been confined to her home
by Illness.
C;o-to-rhurch sunday will he oh
served at the Rhode Island Avenue
Methodist Protestant Church on Eas-
ter. with a special Sunday school rally
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To illustrate Christ's Life.

Mime. MOuntford. who was born and
raised in Jerusalem, Palestine. and In
terprets the modern customs OF the Holy
Land, will deliver next week in Wood
ward & Lothrop'S auditorium four lee
lures appropriate to Passion Week Tho
lectures are given under the auspices IT
the Woman's Interden"minati"nal Mis-
sonary Union of the District of Column
hia, at 1":i., a. IN. TIL" subjects ar" for
Tuesday. The NatIN ity: "Wednesday .
The childhood Of christi. Thursday
The Manhood of Christi" Friday. The
TrucifXion. Resurrection, and AsCen-
Son.'
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With the Washington Churches

service which DR.. Manning conducted
last Good Friday was helpful to so
many that it has been determined to
have a special preacher again this year.
The service will begin promptly at l.
o'clock. and there will be ample OPP
portunfties for entering and leaving
the church during the singing of the
hymns.
Rev Harvey Officer is widely known
throughout the United States. His
esnecial gift is mission preaching and
the conducting of Quiet Days, and serv-
ices of devotion.
There will also he a service on Good
Friday night at 80 with special
music.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-27
ITALIAN PASTOR WILL TALK.
DR.. COstabel to Discuss Turning
Point In Church's History.

The Turning Point in the History
of the Waldensiau Church" will he
Dr. V. Alberto Costabers subject in
his address at the regular midwinter
meeting of the Washington branch
of the American Waldensian Aid So
ciety. to be held Monday evening at
s o'clock in the parish hall of the
Church of the Epiphany.
DIR. Costabel is the delegate from
the Waldensian Church of Italy to
this country and is pastor of large
church at Milan, Italy. The Walden
sian Church is suffering both from the
effects of the war and from the earth
quakes and the Christian brotherhood
of America is invited to hear his mes
sage.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-27
Railway Order Issued.

sion yesterday directed the Illinois
Central Railroad Company and four
other railroads operating north of the
Ohio River to make the same proper
tional rate with the Chattanooga
Packet Company. operating on tho
Tennessee and Ohio rivers, as they do
with their Southern rail connections.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-27
THETA DELTA CHI CELEBRATES.
Sevcnty-hve Members Gather at
JniVersity Club.

Seventy-five members of the Theta
Delta Chi Fraternity gathered at the
University Club last night to cele-
brate the nineteenth anniversary of the
installation of the Chi DeuterOn
Charge of their organization.
The speakers were: T. A. Chamber
lain. president of the local charge;
John W. Thompson, president of the
Washington Graduate Association;
Delos II. Smith, vice president OF the
Washington Graduate Association: w.
NJ. Coleman. and l.. G. Hughes. Among
those present were: Edward Byrn.
Charles Wright. J. d. DOdson. Clyde
Garrett. r. l.. Newhouser. G. r. Nor
ment. Ross Thompson, c. 5. WInstead.
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BAPTIST.

Rev.\Dr. W. Y. Quisenberry, Of Missis-
sippi. who has recently returned from an
Inspection of Baptist foreign mission sta
tiOns. will preach at Fifth Baptist Church
tomorrow morning. The pastor, Rev.
John +. Briggs. will preach on THE Con-
version of An InCurahle" at night. This
is the fifth in his series of Sunday even
ing sermons ON Bible Conversions" In
the Baraca and Philathea Sunday school
classes attendance contest both have
passed the hundred mark and are expect
ing to surpass all previous records on
Sunday.
Pictures of the Passion Play will be
shown at the church by Mr.. Weber on
Wednesday night under the auspices or
the Bcrea Bible class
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ROMAN CATHOLIC.

Holy Week in Holy Trinity Church in
GEORGETOWN viii to in keeping with the
custom that has followed for nearly one
hundred years. tn" service, especially
that of TIN. ''T,u.hrac. Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday evenings. being
under the control OF the faculty OF
.Georgctuwn College. The solemn chant
ing IF tn" Mathis and Lauds on these
evenings by the many jesuit priests of
the college has always been L marked
feature of the Lentcn Season at Holy
Trinity ami this year will he led by Presi-
dent A. J. Donlan.
Palm sunday at II o'clock the blessing
~ the palms and the procession around
the church by the clergy and acOlytes.
with music by the vested choir under
Prof Ernest Benin. Will usher in the
most impressive service of th- church.
The distribution of the palms follows
III" blessing. the faithful holding them
aiuft during the reading Of the Gospel.
The choir Will sing Charles Gouncd'
'Jcrusalcm." Master Joseph Sche"l" be
ing suloist William Curtin will sing the
Palms with a choir Of sixty male
voices.
At the vesper service at % o'clock. in
addition to the rendering of the figured
veSpcr service the choir VIII also sing
rantata by Babylon Wan" by GOu-
nod. with solos Ivy William Curtin. Philip
King. James +. Cook. and Joseph Scheele.
-" u,s'',H '' III, t"III VI CO.
NHAIn MARY W." ioit 10 ii''l l'II, .o'
. .,'' s,,,ti',- 80. ~, E,rf'o. p
II Brennan
ON Wednesdays evening at 80 o'clock
the lamentations Of the ''Tcnehrae" Will
h'. reCjtcd by the clergy. and AZ the Ma
rms are rather Ions there will ne no ser
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Nh. C-ose at o..Icc. With tho final Ten
,t,r,a., -, "a, ,,.,.I,,,.l, .rr. ,c-r,nn !, tho
a,-aniuv nil be pra.cl,aJ hy Re,, Thomas
po,.In ~ g E,rarcis X,vic- Churcb
~, york rho sdoration az the cross
,,'in crn., tb.. s,rvire
AZ Holy Rosary Church. Third and
streets northwest Rev c, De Carlo,
pas,nr. Low mass Will be held on Palm
SUNDAY at s and . a M, and high mass
at 10 a m The palms will he blessed
and distributed before the 10 o'clock
mass. The Halms'' will be sung by
Joscph Durkin.
Holy Thursday high mass will start
at S o'clock and the solos will be rem
d.rcd nv Miss NJ. Elizabeth Penny. On
Good Friday the mass of the Presanc-
tined Will be celebrated at a. m, fol-
lowed by alteration OF the cross. In
IN. evening at o'clock will take place
the wav of the cross and the passion
sermon will he delivered at 1880 by
Very Roy. Mons. AIoysius Cossio. d.
u. L, J. d., auditor to the apostolic
delecation.
Tomorrow. Palm Sunday. will be OBJ
served at St PatriCk's with masses at
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-27
Announce Holy Week Services.

Union services will be held by churches
OF the northwest during Holy Week as
follows: Monday. March %, at Vermont
Avenue Christian Church, preacher. Rev.
J. ]. Dimon. rector of ST. andrews Pro-
testant Episcopal Church; Tuesday. at
Northmnster Presbyterian Church.
preacher. Rev. Henry Anstadt, pastor OF
Luther Place Memorial Church; Wednes-
day, at Luther Place Memorial Church.
preacher. Rev. c. Everest Granger, pas
tor of Gunton-Temple Memorial Presby-
terrain Church; Friday, at Gunton-Temple
Memorial Church. preacher. Rev. ]. ].
Muir, pastor of Temple Baptist Church.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-27
FISCAL DATA Is DISCUSSED.
Senator Work. and BrovnlOw Hold
Conference.

Senator Works and Commissioner
Brownlow yesterday held a conference
regarding the information which the
commissioners will furnish the Congress
siunal committee which will investigate
fiscal relations between the District and
nited States governments.
Senator Works is a member of the Con-
gressional investigating committee. and
he outlined to Commissioner Brownlow
what facts and statistics will be desired
by the investigators. MIR. BrOwnlow SAYS
most Of the Information desired from the
Commissioners will be compiled from sta
tistical records in the Municipal Build
ing.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-27

be held each evening next week. except
Saturday. On Thursday evening the quar-
tet and chorus choirs, assisted by an or
chestra, will present the cantata, ''The
Seven Last Words Of Christ" dubois,
under direction of Anton Kaspar. On
Friday evening the Sacrament of the
Lords Supper will be administered.
Palm Sunday will he appropriately eel
ebrated at the Metropolitan Methodist
Church tomorrow morning at II o'clock.
DIR. Montgomery speaking on THE First
Palm Sunday" In the evening at s
O'Clock, DR.. Montgomery will give the
fourth sermon lecture in thef series of
five Socialistic sermon-lectures. The spe-
cial subject for Sunday evening will be
The Key to the Colder Age
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EPISCOPAL.

A uuiet day for members and asso-
ciatcs Of the Girls Friendly Society
and other women Of the Diocese or
Washington will he held on Monday in
Holy Week, March 29, in St Paui
Church. Twenty-third street and wash
ington Circle The conductor viii be
Rev. McVeiEh Harrison. O. II. G There
will he A celebration of the Holy Com
munion at 100 a. IN: morning prayer
will be said at 10 4. m. and addresses
will be delivered at 1879, $50 ana
:: o'clock The day will end with
evening prayer at o'clock.
The Cathedral choir will repeat Sir
John Stainer's cantata. The Crucl-
rlxion,' tomorrow afternoon al Q Cloch
in the Bethlehem Chapel.
At the Church of the Epiphany. on
{; street the rector, Rev. Dr. X ii. NC
kim will preach tomorro" morning
at II o'clock and in the afternoon at =
o'clock there will he service with
an address on The Children no
.,nnas" Al : D. m. Maunder's sacred
.antata. ".Olivet TO Calvary will be
rendered.
During the week Dr. M"kim will
sneak each day except saturday his
subjects are. Monday. noon, The Bar
rem Fig Tree. Tuesday, : i. M
''Gethsemaue: Wednesday, hoo"' lie ne
Trial of christ =" Thursday, noon, the
,r,i+Ie on the cross" :, p. m. death and
the Prince of Life" Friday, i to d"
;. m The Seven Words from the
Cross"
The assistant rector. Rev. +. F. Hail
Will prearh on Monday at " y. m, Tues
tav at noon, Wednesday at " p m
Thursday AT 90 =. m. and rloaE Al
1o.a0 a M ON Saturday at q D. m.
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Authorization Editor Here.

"Vivisection" will be the subject of an
address by Mrs. Diana Belais, president
of the New York Administration Society
and editor of the anti-vivisection maya
zine The Open Door," before the Wash
ington Secular League at Pythian Tenn
pie on Sunday. The meeting will begin
at p. M, and will he open to the pub
lie. Following the address the subject
will be discussed by members of the
league and the audience.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-27

James Strayer, Waiter lee, John
Swartzell. Henry SwartZeI, Norman
Foster. Henry Myers. VI s Farmer,
Edward King. W. T.. Lamb, A. -.
Hendley, Walter Guy, Frank Curtis,
Alvin Miller. Z. c. Guy, and Louis +
Bond.
The active members or the fratern-
ity of George Washington University
were present in 4 body.