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The Washington times., 1915-05-05
WOMEN KEEP VIGIL
TO SEE PRESIDENT
Sutfragists Call at White oHuse,
But Fail to Obtain an Audi
enCe.

Undaunted by the fact that the Presi-
dent was not at his offices today. Mrs.
Harry Lowenburg and Mrs. Lawrence
Lewis. jr.. leading suffrasists of Phila-
delphia, are camping here today In the
hope of seeing the President and ex-
tending to him request to receive a
delegation Of 500 Philadelphia suffra-
gists on the occasion Of his visit to
Philadelphia next Monday.
The President Is going to Philadelphia
for the purpose Of addressing several
thousand aliens. who on that day VIII
take out the,r citizenship papers. The
women will endeavor to demand OF hlm
equal representation for native-born
American women and the daughters OF
foreign born citizens. .
MIS- Lewis and Mrs. LoWenb'lrg CALI
ed at the White House today. but were
told that the President could not see
them then. They were instructed to
leave memorandum requesting an in
terview later in the day. 1t Is not
known whether the reuest will be
granted.
1t was pointed out to the women that
the President has consistently turned
down all requests to receive or address
other organizations on the occasion OF
his visits to Philadelphia. but they in
sisted that they should be given the
right to personal appeal to him. After
leaving the executive offices they called
at the White House in the hope of en-
listing the support OF Miss Margaret
Wilson. but were informed that she was
out Of town
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
1T RUINS HAIR TO )
WASH 1T WITH SOAP

Soap should be used very sparing-
ly, If at all, If you want to keep your
hair looking its best. Most soaps and
prepared shampoos contain too much
alkali This dries the scalp, makes
the hair brittle, and ruins 1t.
The best thing for steady use Is
just ordinary mulsified cocoanut oil
(Which is pure and greaseless), Is
cheaper and better than soap or any
thing else you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will
cleanse the hair and scalp thorough
ly. Simply moisten the hair with
water and rub it in. 1t makes an
abundance of rich, creamy lather,
which rinses out easily. removing
every particle of dust. dirt, dandruff
and excessive oil The hair dries
quickly and evenly, and il leaves the
scalp soft. and the hair fine and
silky. bright, lustrous. fluffy and easy
to manage.
You can get muIsifed cocoanut oil
at any pharmacy, and a few ounces
will supply every member of the fam
lily for months.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
USE P0SLAM TO
IMPROVE A BAD
COMPLEXION

Poslam works quickly. An overnight
application will clear red nose or an
infamed complexion. Pimples. discol-
oratons and blemishes are soon eradi-
Gated.
Serious and stubborn skin diseases,
such as Eczema, Acne, letter, Itch,
Scabies. ETC., are quickly healed by
Poslam, its effect peing Immediately
soothing. allaying all irritation and
stopping all itching. Improvement is
seen daily.
Poslam Is absolutely harmless and
may be used safely under all condi-
tions.
All druggists sell Poslam. For free
sample write to Emergency Laborator-
les. 80 West 25th ST.. New York.
Poslam Soap, medicated with Poslam,
for toilet and bath. @5 cents and 10 cents.
-Advt.
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
OFFICIAL
ADMITS SPY SYSTEM
Vice President Attebury De.
cIares Railroad Is Prepared
for Any Emergency.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

their participation in such organiza-
"The management has felt that 1t
should resist all activities Of en-
ployes' organizations which might
cipline," Mr.. Attebury said. "This has
made necessary a policy of opposition
to such labor organizations as might
interrupt continuity of operation, be-
cause Of disputes with which neither
this company nor Its employees had
any direct relation.
"The company is opposed, therefore.
to employees affliating themselves
with an organization which might
call a sympathetic strike. If there
the management believes that it
should be the result Of choice Of its
own employees. The company believes
that all its operation should consti-
tute an open shop"
That the commission Is considering
the question of recommending to Con-
gress the enactment Of a Federal en-
ployers' liability law was indicated in
questions asked witnesses by Commits
sioner Weinstock.
Mr.. Perham in reply to a question
whether his organization would favor
such a law said that he believed the
State laws now In operation should be
studied further and stand a test In
the courts, and that the Federal law
made.
Establishment Of Board Of media.
ton and conciliation in every judicial
district to settle labor troubles was
urged by Mr. Perham. Mediation, he
believed. Is the best plan yet evolved tc
settle labor disputes. Where arbitra.
ton leads to Ill feeling, mediation com.
poses differences. Mr.. Perhsm favor
ed the extension OF the Newlands ac'
so as to take in all railroad employees.
Right To Strike.
He would have a similar act to take
| Jurisdiction over street railway systems
| and public utilities. The witness up
posed compulsory arbitration, and up.
held the right of men to strike. He
quoted President Lincoln. who thanked
God a workman can strike when he
thinks 1t necessary" He believed
however. that the probability OF a zen.
eral strike Is remote, as all orgnizatio.
zatnons had had their fingers burned
| by unslsympathtic strikes
Other officials of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will be called at the
session Of the commission this after
noon. inquire further into charges thai
the company has had arms AMI ammuni
ton stored for use in stdiket eventuali
ties.
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
Peace Society to Attack
Preparedness Agitation

general attack on what is termed
"the widespread agitation for pre-
parcdness sweeping over the United
states" will be made by the American
Peace Society at its annual meeting
at the Raleigh on Friday.
1T Is to be regretted that some of
our magazines deem It advisable or
even proper to publish fantastic
dreams for the thoughtless. describ-
ing imaginary and impossible attacks
on New York city. and our supposed
inability to defend ourselves against
them" said Jackson II. Ralston, men,
Der of the executive committee of the
society, today.
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
PatrOlman Wood Is
Ordered ReinStated

Edwin S. Wood. who was dismissed
from the Metropolitan police force on
March s. was ordered reinstated by
Justice Gould in the District Supreme
Court this afternoon.
Wood instituted mandamus proceed
ings. through Attorney George c. Cert
man. alleging that the police trial board
before which he was tried was i'm
properly constituted. In that Captain
Peck, a member Of the board. was not
selected by the Commissioners acting in
unison.
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
Confer on Plans for
Police Taking Census

Plans FOR taking a police census Of
the District were discussed at a con-
ference today between the captains,
Major Pullman. and DR.. w. c. Wood
ward, health officer. The interest Of
the Health department lies in the
relation between the population and
mortality and birth statistics.
The work will begin about May Is.
A police census of the District is
taken every two years.
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
q. A. r. Fund Committee
Gratifed by Returns

The checks and cash payments made
on pledges to the fund being raised to
defray expenses of the Grand Army
encampment here in September. today
total approximately 5000 Col. Robert
N Harper, chairman of the finance
committee. on balancing his books to-
day, found this sum in hand, and ex-
pressed qualification at the prompt
manner in which the contributors to
the fund are making payment
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
Pullman to Speak.

Major Raymond w. Pullman, chief Of
police. is to speak at the banquet to be
given at Rauscher's May IL in conjunc-
ton with the convention of the Con-
gressional Union for Woman Suffra ge
it was announced today at headquarters
of the union.
The Washington times., 1915-05-05
Tumulty 36 Today.

Secretary to the President Joseph P.
Tumulty was the recipient today of
many congratulations on the celebration
Of his thirty-sixth birthday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-13
SILVER CONVENTION
TO BE CALLED
international Conference TO Fix Stand
ard Between Gold and the
Other Metal.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
DENVER. Colo, Jan. 13.-The Colo
RADIO Metal Mining association. today
has before 1t resolution calling for
a national silver convention to be
held here, later to be followed by an
international conference TO fix a
standard between gold and silver and
unlimited coinage of the latter.
The resolution was introduced By t.
r. Henahen. state commissioners OF
mines. 1t declares that as the Europ
can war has forced governments to
issue large amounts of paper money
the supply of gold is not sufficient to
guarantee the issue and demands
must be made for larger supply OF
coin.
"An international agreement OF
commercial nations to fix q standard
price for silver. is possible. practical
and necessary at this time the reso
Tuition stated The resolution Their
recommended a national silver con
vention such az was held in st. Louis
lin 1889 with delegates to be appointed
1 By the governors OF the yariou:
.states and national representative:
named by the president The plan i
70 have the president appoint dele
gatez and invite other nations to thu
international conference to follow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-13
HALF OF THEM
DIE ON DUTY
Locomotive Firemen on Western
Roads Almost Equal the
Record Of Soldiers.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Jan. 13.-"They died In
performance Of their duty" is the
epitaph which could be placed over
the graves of one-haif Of the locomo-
tive fremen on western railways, &C
cording to A. w. Hawley, grand sec
Rotary and treasurer of the Brother
hood OF Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen. Hawley was testifying at
the western wage arbitration hearing
in session today.
THE actual percentage Of fremen
who die in service" testified Hawley,
sis AZ per cent. Ffty-seven per cent
of the benefits paid by the brother
hood since 1904 were Tor blindnes'
and amputation. In 1913 there werd
thirty amputations, Of which twenty.
four were due to railroad smashups.
In the same year there we're twenty
cases of blindness. Ten were the
result OF smashups. There we're $3.50
killed and disabled during 1913.
During the cross examination OF
Expert Accountant w. Jet Lauck by
Grand Chief Engineer Stone on the
matter OF productive efficiency and In
creased wages, the witness declared
After all has been said and done
these western railroads have accum'
ulated a credit of from $500 100000
to 81 600. 600 900 which has been made
possible by productive efficiency Of
the men. not taking into account wat
cred stock, bonuses to shareholders,
/! or other high finance"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-13

unit modern terminal to complexion
in the near future There should he
no difficulty in securing government
assistance to the extent, of dredging
an approach from the main chaAnel
10 such terminal.
!. AS to the dredging you propose
along tie front shove Bank street,
where a sloping levee Is planned,
DO not see thar this office can assist
In same at the present time, before
the necessity for such work is appar-
emit. You win note on our map OF july,
1914. that there is now four foot
depth practically all along this section
OF the harhoT line which should al
low safe landing. along such harpor
line for existing steamboats, suck as
Will use the sloping levee. II Is not
probable that any dredging inside
the harbor line will meet with approy-
al. so that the levee must be filed up
out to this line.
5. Rock excavated from the main
channel Will probably all be needed
in constructing wing dams. In case
there is any rock dredged for the har-
Dor approach to your proposed term
inal, 1t is probable that some or all OF
1t can be utilized for filling behind
the harbor line. It is hoped that
your plans will call for concrete
wall founded on rock all along the
front; anything else will prove
great mistake.
6. will be glad if you will keep
me Informed Of progress made or any
new developments in your harbor I'M
provement. In which am greatly in
terested. II can be Of any assist
proposed, please let me know.
Very truly yours,
@. NJ. HOFFMAN,
Major. Corps OF Engineers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-13
plans win be cneerfully furnished on
demand.
Very respectfully.
S. W. MooRHEAD.
Mayor

Rock Island Ill, Jan. 2, 1915.
Hon. S. ". Moorhead,
Mayor, City of Keokuk, Iowa.
Dear Sir:
/. / have your letter of December
%, regarding the river conditions
along the Keokuk front, and desire TO
say that this office will cooperate
with the city to the fullest possible
extent in making Improvement there
of.
2. There is apparently misunder-
standing in relation to the Claimed
storage OF water in Lake Cooper. To
date, during the navigation season.
there has been none such as would
materially affect river stages. except
in a few instances soon after the first
starting of the power plant before
the proper rules for manipulation
had been worked out and when
small number Of experimental waves
were sent down the river to determine
the effect on gauges below. Generally
speaking, as shown by the records III
this office, the gauges have been
maintained at almost exactly the ele
walton which would have existed had
there been no dam across the river;
and the indications are that they VII
be so maintained for a considerable
period Of years.
8. But. even so, the Keokuk land
ing should be improved so that mod
ern boats and barges can effectively
load and unload at all stages; and II
is hoped that the city viii push the
work Of construction of at least one
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-13
!, s. WILL HELP CITY
IMPROVE RIVER From

assurance that conditions will be nor
NAL at any given time. The cnaT.e'
/ granted by the government 10 ths
1 Keokuk and Hamilton Water PoWe'
company and later assigned TO the
Mississippi River Power company
which erected the dam across the -hie
,issippi river at this point permits
-he company operating the dam anu
power plant TO store water at inter
walls as needed for the efhclent opera
ton of the plant. The company mas
exercised this privilege at various
times in the past and is likely to DO
go still more frequently in future as
the demand for power increases Al
such times the level OF water below
the dam will be still lower, particular
" In it's immediate vicinity, and boats
will be unable TO effect landing OF
if already at the wharf will be strand
ed as the water recedes. ] have re
specially to request, therefore, ehas
you give serious consideration 70 the
matter of deepening the channel out
side the harbor line from the keo
kuk and Hamilton bridge to a point
opposite Bank street extended dis
lance Of approximately 1,400 feet
This Improvement is urgently needed
II Keokuk is to enjoy, in common
with other Mississippi river cities
the benefits of water transportation
This city has a carefully considered
and systematic plan Of river frone IN
provement which has already been en-
tered upon In modest way. THIS
plan contemplates q park along the
river front from the Keokuk and Ham
ilton bridge to the north line OF
Main street; sloping levee for pres
emit day steamboats, from Main street
to Bank. and modern terminals TpN
Bank to Timea as the initial unit Al
the present time the city is hllins
with earth to the proper level the
space between the bridge and the
north line of Main street as means
OF afording work to the unemployed
When this is completed attention vii
be given the sloping levee- In order
to prevent the earth fill from being
washed away by the river 1t will bs
necessary to protect it with riprap
ping In case deepening the channe
meets your approval, as it is earnestly
hoped il will, would 1t not be possi0it
to secure the rock taken from the rtE
er for this purpose2 We could ais
use to advantage the rock TO be takeI
from the river between the old ant
new channels extending from th'
government lock and dry dock to th'
Keokuk and Hamilton bridge, immed
lately above the draw pier OF tina
structure Large rock IS especiaii-
needed to toe in the earth fill
These matters ara suggested to yo'
in the hope that you viii see your va.
clear to grant our request An.
further information as TO the city