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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23
sErIE.uP WEEK.

In several of the smaller Iowa
towns a "settle-up week" has proven
a gratifying success. There is consid-
cradle preliminary work, In order
that everybody may become familiar
with the plan The object is to get
all sorts OF big and little. new and
old accounts of the books OF the
merchants After the necessary ed
ucational campaign the settle-up
week" is formally opened As rule
the first day or two are rather dis
appointing, but by the close OF the
week. II is generally shown that the
plan has been successful beyond the
fondest hopes of the originators-
There is always percentage that
can not be reached by this or by any
other means. But even some accounts
are settled, that had been practically
despaired of. Some do not pay be-
cause they cannot, and others because
they will not. But after all, the vast
ma iority of the people who have got
ten into debt have been careless and
the fact that they are behind Is simp-
IL a matter of negligence on their
part, says the Burfin gton Hawk-Eye.
Many there are who always desire
to be in every popular movement
And so they come to the front cheer
fully and do not fail to make the fact
known when the "settle-up week
comes around. They are fond Of ad-
vertis;ng themselves.
A psychologist would probably have
other reasons for the success Of the
I. gettle-up week" Whether the plan
would work out l. satisfactory man
ner in larger towns and cities, that -
something that has not been proven
to the present time. Perhaps to a
certain extent, 1t could be done every
where.
And having once gotten down to a
cash basis, how much better for deal
er and customer, If the rule were
made to stay there. After all, there
is nc need of the abuse of the credit
business that is mated almost every.
where. After all, it means many loss
.es, and. Of course, the people who do
pay promptly, also have to pay for
those who never pay. If that IS not
the case, then tie merchant goes TO
the wall and his assets consist large
lily in vast collection of uncollectable
bills.
| II the "sett1e-up week. will lead to
the cash basis, 1t will be an excellent
innovation. And If it does not, it will
still be a good thing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23

The oldest lawsuit on the Chicago
dockets, having whiskers twenty-nine
years long, was argued again last
week The case involves the validity
of five-year contract with a GENE
terv beautifier. who now sleeps in the
cemetery he helped to beautity. All
tbe witnesses are resting under the
willows, and the judge who first tried
the case has been retired by the vot-
ers. But there is enough cash tied
up in the case to keep the legai pun
motor II action.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23

City was q Charleston caller Friday.
Frank Curtis OF Montrose was q
Charleston caller Friday.
Joe Wahrer and Adam Hopp were
Donnellson callers Thursday.
VIM. Knobs Of Montrose was a
Charleston caller Friday.
VIM. Swinderman and family OF
West Point passed through town Sun
day.
Sunday morning looked like winter,
the ground being covered with snow.
Mrs. Elizabeth Noonan and daugh-
ter Emma were Keokuk callers Sat
urday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23

A Gate City representative was IN
a Keokuk business house early yes
terday morning and found one of the
proprietors engaged in measuring
and planning for the window display
for next Saturday. Interest in these
displays have reached a high point
and It is gratifying that the mer-
chants are taking such an active and
earnest part. The display contests
are having a good effect and the keo-
kuk business houses are showing a
fine improvement since the movement
was launched by the Retailers league.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23
VIII plead insanity.

United Press Leased Wire Service
DANvILLE, H., March 23.-Return-
ing here on q Chicago train this morn.
ing, bearing traces of flames which
charred the body OF his wife, found
In the basement Of their homo at
Champaign, sunday morning, Harry
Glasscock was arrested here early to-
day and returned to Champaign by
the rolice. His hands, wrists and
arms wore SCARED and charred He
was picked up by the waiting officers
- ~ aliehted from the train
Thcueh subiected to xruellin~ ex-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23

The river Is the product Of its trib-
utaries, and the latter, in turn, Of the
creeks. brooks and springs. The city
is largely the product of the sur
rounding country. How important,
then to keep pure the sources.
saws the Burlington Hawk-Eye. The
country public school, the country
church. the country agricultural and
social clubs, the country neighbor-
hood. these are all sources or a
mighty stream of influence for the
public veal and the future of the re-
public.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23
CHARLESTON.
>>>>>>~>~~~>~

Miss Ruth Hopp and Mrs. Dorothy
Kite and daughter Margaret are visit
ing In FIT Madison
r. B. Lamb a1d family spent Sum
day at the Eli Scott home.
Miss Emma Barnes and brother
Harry were Donnellson callers We'd
rcsday-
John Lowenberg Of New Boston
passed through town Wednesday.
Peter Trump and son Earl ~ere
Donnellson callers Thursday.
MT. kim collector for The Cat;
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23
Found Dead In Closet.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service !
NEW YORK, March 23.-The body
Of Tonic Pruchiparich of the Bronx,
was found damned into closet with
the throat cut, head nearly severed
and both eyes gouged out early today.
A caller made the discovery. The
man had been dead nearly forty-eight
hours. His wife, with whom he had
quarreled, Is missing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23

Victor Murdoch, retired congress
man from Kansas, who is back at his
desk on the Wichita Eagle, Is cred
tied with a purpose of telling the
truth in the society columns His
courage is admirable. So is that OF
the man who jumps off tall building.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23

The Dupont powder company Is
evidently one OF the concerns tnaI
appreciates the old adage that II :
an I'll wind that blows nobody good
Evidently the European war has made
their business very profitable. as the
company has recently announced
twenty per cent boost in wages WHICH
affects about Is 600 men
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23

From the speed at which earth
quake waves travel through the earth
an English scientist has constructed
a theory that the world has dense
central core, which may be measured
in time
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23

A New York judge reafirms a pre-
vious ruling to the effect that the
husband is the boss OF his own house
hold. But the judge leaves the hus-
band to do his own enforcing, which
leaves the ruling where the Judge
blows his smoke.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23

A British financier says the war
will soon end from exhaustion and a
German authority says the kaiser will
dictate peace in London two years
hence It's a long, long way to
peace.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23
Claimed Self Defense.

Anderson at first fed, but realizing
the futility of an attempt to escape,
he changed his mind. He telephoned
to the sheriff from the station and
said he would wait there to be az
rested. There the sheriff found him
and then took him to the jail. Ander-
son had little to say further than that
he had acted in self defense, charging
that the marshal threatened to shoot
him.
Public sentiment was strong against
the murderer and murmurs Of lynch
ing were made. but the evening pass
ed quietly. The coroner's jury re:i-
dered verdict that Jacoby met his
death at the hands OF Anderson.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23
CARTHAGE, Scene
Of MURDER TRIAL
Clifford Anderson Who is Charged
With Killing City Marsha. Is
On Trial
There.
LEGAL ARRAY IS LARGE
Same Judge Who Heard Pfansehmids
Trial is on Bench and
o'Harra Assists
State.
LEGAL ARRAY rs LARGE

CARTHAGE, ILL.,. March 23.-Judge
Harry Waggoner of Macomb is again
presiding over an important murder
trial. The judge who conducted the
second trial of Ray Pfanschmidt
which resulted In the first acquittal,
yesterday morning called the case OF
the people versus Clifford Anderson,
charged with the murder of James
Jacoby, on the night of February IL.
1914. For the second time within
just few months the same judge has
before him young defendant chars-
Ct with the worst crime with which
any man can be charged, that OF STAY
ing fellowman-
IL was 1920 before work actually
began in the Anderson murder case
here, but from that time on matters
proceeded with dispatch. The young
defendant was in court with his coun-
sci, Attorneys Anderson and Schofield.
and at the states table assisting the
states attorney. Clyde Johnson. were
O'Harra, O'Harra and Wood. The
game attorney who helped prosecute
Ray Pfanschmidt viii assist the
state in this important case.
At II o'clock court adjourned until
1880. and during this time seven
jurors had been examined by the state
and three of these had been accepted
for examination by the defense.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23

Remember when cleanup week ar
rives every one is expected to take
some part and make the event big
success. Cleanliness removes the
danger of disease. 1t has other vir-
tues.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23
Cold Hucfa Fruit.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servtce.l
DALLAS, Texas, March 23.-un.
seasonable cold weather has injured
fruit crops in many sections OF the
state and practically ruined 1t in 9TH
ers, according to numerous reports
reaching here today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23
animation, Glasscock refused to mas

animation, Glasscock refused TO u'''
a statement of any kind. In NJ
Insanity, 1t Is understood, WI i,
the defense plea when Glassco. INA
arraigned for the murder OF MS W., Il,
It is already being set forth , .Isn, il
mother was at one time pa'. hat /,
the Kankakee state hospitah ' 10th
brother died there and anothe, .sn,t,
err has been a patient in the ho'f
for several years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23

The war reports are to the effect
that Italy will soon be In the fight
There must be something attractive
in the European conflict.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23

The United Press Associations
serves from 600 to ESQ papers, A. p.
from 500 to $50. Hearst $50 to 200.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23
A Told At the Time.

Anderson had been drinking and
was quarrelsome, according to the
story told at the time. After an al
tercation with Ray Mosley, barber,
on the public square, he threatened
to get his gun and shoot Mosley. Ia
CODY was informed Of Anderson's a.
tentions and arrested him in Hardy's
restaurant Anderson objected and
fought all the way. When the pair
reached the alley leading to the jail
on the south side OF the square, An
derson refused to go another step.
Jacoby pulled his gun. Anderson
reached in his pocket and pulled re-
volver which he raised without warn
ing and fred.
The bullet, discharged at close
range, hit Jacoby fairly in the face,
shattering the left cheek bone and
ranging upward into the brain. ia
coby's gun was not discharged. ia
CODY fell with groan and lay welter-
ing in the blood which poured from
the wound. Death was seemingly in
stantaneous.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23
Murder Of J.eeby.

The case against Clifford Anderson.
although the crime was committed
more than one year ago. is attracting
great deal OF interest because it Is
the first murder case that Carthage
has had in many years. James ia
CODY, night city marshal of Carthage,
was shot and instantly killed at 7:1o
o'clock Wednesday evening, February
IL, 1914 He was shot by Clifford An
derson, a young man twenty-five years
of age, whom he was attempting to
place in Jail for disorderly conduct.
Anderson claimed that he shot In self
defense and voluntarily surrendered
to the sheriff.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23
rnaaie Sport.

Tragic Sport. ,,u, q
Washington Star: Ship sinha
now classed as the most eAp p'.door
and least amusing form u
sport. =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-23

THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
Moderation is commonly Arm, and
firmness is commonly successful
Johnson.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-12-16
Mt ogcn Catcl er

L. order to catch Nitrogen
from the air i: is necessary to
use IA rye amount Rock Phos-
pirate IT, make tlore than II tons
of Glow, per acre. On lam that
will grow 50 bushels of corr per
acre it will snow II tons of clov
er even il the land is a lilllt. acid
but it wi get the Nitrogen FL m
the soil and viii not take Nitro
gen from the air until the Glove /
requires more Mir ge to meet
the requirements Of the Phos.
phate you have applied to the
land
1t takes nearly as much Phos
phorus to grow tons of clover
per acre AS it does to grow 100
bushels of corn per acre.
II takes 2 bs Nitrogen to pro
luce bushel wheat and about
~ lbs Nitrogen to produce a
bushel of corn. Hence the I'M
portance OF catching Nitrogen
Nitrogen is the element most
extensively used by plants III
their growth but should rarely
ever b" purchased. There are
about $40, 900, 600 worth Of Nitro
gen aboveseach acre Of land IN
Wythe Go, therefore it is more
profitable To catch il than to
burn it. Ground Limestone at
the rate Of about 2 toms per acre
is sometimes very necessary Iii
connection with Book Phosphate.
to make clover grow to heavy
crops per acre. Each ION of
clover hay contains about 40flbs.
Nitrogen.
Phosphorus.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-12-16

countries have contributed to
the lowering OF the price IF
the price OF American IA n
products, even though >ucti
restrictions have not seemed
TO hav- the same effect OF cer-
tain classes Of manu'acfured
products. l am Of the opinion
that our Government should
adopt vigorour measures to
open up the pathway Of the
seas for the legitimate trade Of
rhe United States.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-12-16
THE LAUNDRY ONTH Il
HILL
Does good work at moderate
prices, Satisfaction suaran-
teed.
For particulars see
Will ) Buck,
Rural Retreat, Va.

can sell you a corn shelter
for 81, 90, + @. 'rarter.
AT this season YOU want els
tern pumps-I have them. Can
furnish any part E. G. Tartar
FOR RENT = House and lot.
For further information wrire
III, +. Har krader.
Max M eadows, Va.
Singer Sewing Machine Oil
The good kind. or. bottle for
10 cts
l.. w. Baumgardner
You may need a steel range or
heating stove--I have a full line
Of both. e. g. Tarter.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-12-16
Henry Ford Sends Peace
Appeals 30 The Groves

Appeals 10 The Groves
| An appeal to the ruless OF
i Europe was sent out by wire-
less TODAY, addressed lndivid-
ually 10 each reigning monarch
reading
Sir: We come in this time
OF trouble not to add TO your
Burdens but to help hit them,
not to consider which nations
are most to blame for the dis
aster that has befallen Europe.
but to end the strife; not TO in
trude ourselves upon your ma.
tional life and national ideas,
! but rather with an earnest de-
sire to understand them and
a heartfelt wish to aid in real
lizing them.
The love OF country for which
every day tens OF thousands OF
lives are sacrificed is the same
ln every land. Your nation
like the people of all the other
belligerent countries is hght-
! ing tor IT'S national existence
/ and its best national traditions.
! and so there can be no irrecon-
! cilable differences. Such com.
mon ideals surely must afford
a basis upon which to estab-
lish magnanimous and hon
orable peace.
| The time has come to stop
/, the bloodshed, to save the peo-
pie from further slaughter and
!; the civilization of the world
from anarchy and ruin. Eias
not war been tried enough in
sixteen moths ofhghtlng? Is
it not proven that war cannot
solve the problem, but that it
leads only to loss and misery?
Must lives be crushed and
wives and mothers bereaved
before we recognize that Eu-
rope is bleeding to death and
that the greivous wound must
be staunched?
We neutrals are about to
Join in conference which shall
without delay frame and SUBJ
| nit simultaneously to you and
all the other heligerent nations
proposals as a basis OF discuss
sion leading to the final settle
ment. Therefore we do ear
nestly entreat you and the ru-
lers OF all the other warning
nations to declare an imme-
diate truce. Let the armies
stand still where they are.
Then let negotiations proceed
SO that the soldiers may be de-
livered from another bitter
winter 10 the trenches and sent
back to their labors and their
fresides. AS there is no 9TH
er way to end the war except
by meditation and discussion
why waste one more precious
human life? For the Sex OF
humanity.
Henry Ford
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Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-12-16
Wanted

Correspondents at Atkins,
Black Lick, Ceres. Marion and
WYiheville. Let us hear from
one good correspondent AT each
place. Will give you narticu-
lars.
TINES PRINTING COMPANY.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-12-16
BY I'll. e. Stuart, Governor
OF Virginia, LII Baltl~
more sun.

DCIlty WHICH SCCtllo " Id
come to the whole country
We see that the output of coal
and coke is larger than for sew.
eral years past. iron furnaces,
long cold, are again in full
blast; all branches OF manutac-
turing are getting into tull
swing; labor is employed and
is in increasing demand at re-
munerative wages; money is
easy for the more favored class
OF borrowers at reasonable
rates, especially in the cities;
good crops Of grain, hay to
bacco and peanuts have been
already gathered We see
that the aggregate cash value
OF the agricultural products OF
the United States tor the pres
ent year reaches the phenomi-
nal figure Of $4,000 900.
We know that the prosper,
ity at the country is based on
and largely grows out OF these
agricultural products; that they
constitute and. in large
sense. measure our national
income; that they establish
and MAINTAIN the huge trade
balance in our favor. These
conditions give prosperity and
stability to what is known as
''big business. and afford the
means directly and indirectly
of building up huge fortunes
TO the credit, however, of men
who have had the least to do
with producing these condi-
lions. 1t must be admitted
that the men who have grown
there great crops. and thus
created these values AID OPP
portunities, are the smallest
participants in the rewards
that flow from them.
s Withthe unprecedented for
eign demand for agricultural
products OF all kinds. includ-
ing live stock, we find pracsic-
ally all of them below-the av-
erage price OF the three pre-
ceeding years and most OF
them below the fair cost of
production. The cotton crop
OF 1914 went out Of the hands
OF the planters at figure be-
low cost Of production and on
ly the fact Of a very short crop
prevented the planter from
meeting the same fate in 1915
Nearly all Of the grains are
lower than they were before
the European war began; only
a few grades of tobacco are
selling at rennmerative prices
on the warehouse -four, though
there seems a CLEAN Of hope
for better prices. Peanuts,
one Of the important money
crops Of Virginia. are in the
same category, minus t b e
CLEAN of hope.
The average price Of live
cattle is much lower than that
OF 1914 and substantially be
low the average of the last
three years The average
price "f hogs is lower than it
has been Tor several years.
The average horse is lower
than Tor 10 years past. These
conditions as to live stock ex-
ist in spite Of an urgent for
efgn demand at war prices,
which is being met BY unparal-
leled shipments to European
markets, markets which have
been more or less closed
against us for several years; in
spite, also, of big advances in
the price Of hides, amounting
In cases Of large animals to IS
or 70 per head; in spite, also,
of sharp advances in every by
product from the slaughter
house.
We are told that the prevail
ing depression in the prices OF
agricultural products is due to
oversupply. Let us enquire
into this in the single case OF
live cattle emitting enquiry as
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-12-16

Babies don't MUD cold or take cold If
kept we'll with Dr.. Fahrney's f+e'binR
s, rup Get it, anywhere Sample free.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1915-12-16

! W .'t'ci A'Os'N'St OF ANo'N tOAs
| years are necessary to increase
! the supply after the task is
undertaken. How. then, can
the shortage Of 1912 become
a surplus In 1915 when no
concerted effort to increase
has been made? How can tie
shortage of 1914, or the early
| part OF 1914. before the Euro
pean war began, be converted
Into surplus in 1915 in the
face OF the practical cessation
OF lmpol tatlons from Argen
tina to our own country, COM
ing simultaneously with an
enormous demand Tor our
meats from foreign countries
During the same months of
Ior5 in which American live
cattle have been, steadily de-
cllnlng until they have gone
below the cost Of production,
| Anger tina 1--we cattle have adj
vanced from s. TO 81 a hun
dred, about So per cent. and
are now bringing more pound
lin Argentina than better cattle
are bringing on the Chicago
market
Under the present trade
conditions, while SO much of
our beef product is finding a
European outlet, IT must be
true that oversupply in the
United States would be reftc-
ted in the price of the Argen-
tina product. Can it be that
competition between English
and American buyers on the
Argentina markets has brought
about this advance in Argen~
tina cattle? II so, does not
the Inference necessarily arise.
that the depression in cattle
on the markets Of the United
States is due to the absence OF
competition between buyers on
our open markets.
1t is a fact that cannot be
denied that the number of cat
tie in the United States de-
creased by 7,5ooo,ooo mead,
while the population increased
by 1900 900. The producer
is told that all OF the forego-
ing facts are overcome by the
fact that the foreign outlet is
limited because OF the shortage
of ocean transportation. The
answer TO this is that several
times as mnch beef has actual !.
Ily left the United States Tor
European ports as left in the
same period OF 1914, or tor
the same period in any other
rece 1T year.
The producer is also told
that the ocean freight rate is
excessive; that it costs as much
to transport live bullock or
Ia cavalry horse from this coun-
try to the European customer
as the American producer gets
Tor the animal. If this be true,
it seems that all classes have
combine d to conduct our for
eign business on a scale Of
reckless extravaganza, know
ing that all excessive charges
on the traffic and much more,
can be saddled on the produc-
er by deductlng these charges
from the price of the product
on an artihcally controlled
home market.
From these, or other sour
ces beyond my knowledge, the
producer Of the necessafles OF
life which constitute the basis
of our national wealth are. as
a class. buying at war prices,
while selling below establish
ed peace prices. In this re-
sPect they seem to occupy
unique position in the econo-
mic world. 1t is OF no value
to the man OF the soil to feel
that he has created S., 5000, 900
OF national wealth., while the
products which this amount
represents are leaving his
| hands at prices deDressed nv