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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29
&. G. Hall General Manager d
The River Smelling and Re
filming Company Makes
Announcement
WILL START NEXT WEEK
Switch Track VIII Be Run and
Temporary Offices Estab-
hshed On Site Dirt to
Move at Once

stcne and Webster Engineering
corporation has contract 70 build the
River Smelling ard Refining conn
psnyts plant at keokuk.
IL is expected that dirt viii fly next
week on site selected for plant.
First building will be 400 feet
square, will be completed within four
months.
Three plans being considered to get
water to site.
Switch track will be built first.
Outlook bright for employment Of
40 to 200 faborers within short space
Of time.
r. c. Hall, general manager, Is max
ing additional ore contracts.
r. G. Hall, general manager OF the
River Smelling and Refining COM
pany, the subsidiary OF the National
Lead company. which will locate in
Keokuk was here today. Mr.. Hall
viii leave tonight for Colorado to
look after some additional ore con-
tracts, but gives assurance that he
will return to keokuk next Monday.
He expects to have dirt flying on the
site for tire new plant next week. The
first thing to do is to build the switch
track and the offices OF the engineers
on the site Of the plant The plant
for the railrood switch are in the
hands OF the industrial department Of
the Burlington road now, and are ex-
pected to be approved and back here
by Monday, so that work may be COM
menced at once.
3Ir. Hall is immensely pleased with
everything that the Keokuk people
have done for the plant SO far He
was in consultation with the officials
of the Mississippi River Power com.
pany and with officials of the Indus
trial association this morning. He
impressed them all as being the right
man for the right place.
Stone and Webster Get Contract.
Probably the most significant an.
nouncement Mr.. Hall could make was
the one that the Stone & Webster En-
gineefing corporation will build the
plant. The Stone & Webster Engi-
neering corporation, the same com.
pany which built the dam, will build
the big smelling and refining plant
l:ere. This Is significant in the fact
:I:at the corporation handles only
really big affairs. The contract with
the Stone & Webster corporation for
the construction of the plant has been
c!osed, Mr. Hall told the local men
He has just returned from Boston
where he let the contract for the
building.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29
At the Orpheum.

At the Orpheum, something you
must not miss. Frank Lloyd, NJ. K.
Wilson and Helen Lester IN the great
Iaemnle drama, Tricky" a power
full story OF q weak son who sue
cumbs 10 the YVES of siren. Reject
ed by his father, she will not let him
go, even though his father Is brought
to the brink of death. However, she
is foiled through tn, loyalty of the
family physician, and Edgar at last
wakes up to his folly and the love OF
his beautiful foster sister, Doris. Also
the big animated Weekly No. 169 and
one reel of real comedy. Coming to-
morrow, triumph of realism, The
Torrent" with Marie Walcamp and
Wellington Platter. One of the most
thrilling picture stories ever shown
In the great scene of the bursting
dam, 100000 gallons OF water are
released in one huge devastating
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29

However much we may differ as
TO the exact character OF the causes.
this much Is certain: That in this
country prosperity has invariably &C
companied protection, while business
and industrial depression have Just as
invariably gone hand in hand with
free trade" This statement made on
the floor Of the senate in September,
1913. by Senator Sutherland of Utah,
proves that statesman true prophet.
The sooner we stop theorizing and
get back TO the sound basis OF protec-
ton and prosperity the better 1t will
be for American people and American
interests.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29

be seen at the Grand in her first flm
appearance in Her Triumph" pro-
duced In Paris by the Famous Players
Co. You may know it is good pro-
duction or it would not be playing a
two days. engagement
The Eternal City" played Astor
theater. New York. twelve weeks;
Chestnut theatre, Philadelphia, ten
weeks; Studebaker theatre, Chicago,
six weeks Coming to the Grand soon
Advertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29
Cannot divorce wife.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, June 90.
Joseph H. German is still married
man today. He sued for divorce, al
legfng that his wife refused to give
him back sufficient money for his az.
penses. when he turned over his WEEP.
ly pay check to her and further alleg-
ed that she accepted attentions from
another boarder.
Get a club for the other boarder
and keep enough money yourself for
your expenses" was the rejoinder OF
Judge Hale in refusing divorce.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29

man Cruze, .drs. l. w. shafer. Mabel
Cruze.
Piano duet: Parade Review"
mglemann-ye1 Chronicle. Irene
Bailey.
Reading: "our Mission" Vera
Mott and Thelma Shafer.
Violin and piano: sHumoreske, ;"
Dvorak-Maymie Brunette, Guerdon
lGrey.
| Reading: "a Smack in School,
Audrey Pence.
Glass Poem-Composed and read BY
Anna Kerr.
Spring Song" Mendelssohn-Mss
Burnette, Mr.. Grey.
| The soprano and alto duet which
was sung by little Miss Pence aud
John Cruze, Jr., received the heartiest
applause and they gracefully re-
sponded with an encore.
All Of the numbers were we'll given
and heartily received.
Miss Mabel Cruze acted as accom-
anist for the vocal numbers.
After the program. refreshments
were served on the lawn.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29

The superiority OF French hid
gloves over all others Is due above
all to the perfection Of the skins, the
kids being reared In villages by peas
ants who own only a few goats. and,
therefore, take great care OF them
Another reason is that in France one
workman takes the prepared skin and
manipulates 1t himself right UP to the
finished glove.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29
Daily stock Letter.

copyright 1915 BY New York Even
ing Postl
NEW YORK, June pa period OF
indefinite strength, then of uncertain.
ty and lastly OF unmistakable weak
ness made up the day on the stock
exchange. Without any explanation
in circumstances outside the ex.
change to account for prices going
downward in any degree. other than
the apparent ill-success of the ST.;
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29

It II noted with exclamation points
down east that Archie Roosevelt pass
ed his twenty-five birthday without
encountering speeding-up fine. Elus-
J I've celebrity is family trait.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29
THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY.

Z. I find the greatest thing In this
world Is not so much where We stand
AZ IN what direction we are moving.
.,-Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29

Sandstone can absorb q gallon or
more OF water 70 the cubic foot OF
rock
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29

The effort 10 secure financial ali
for the benefit Of the hexicans is no
80 far SUCCESS. What is the answer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29

Half part per million OF iron in
water is detachable by taste and four
or FIVE parts make water unpalatabie
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29

! Speaking ct g Difficult: surgical oper
alton, there is the lansing Of the VII
son administration
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29

Some OF the St Louis 1itney opera
tors are pulling down Decent fares
and az much more as they can get.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29

Both Villa and Carranza are max
ing noise Ike a man who has had
a-plenty. They ought to be accommo-
dated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29

Nsw YORK finds that 50 percent o.
Etreet accidents are due to indirfdua
rzreleEsness.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29

Kew York's telephone directory car
sfes 245.G0 names, by far the highest
number of any city IN the world.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29
WHO'S a GUTTER.

WHO'S a GUTTER.
When pillows round the bost do
who was IT went and dro2ped The
carr
You know.
When IL was hard 70 keep ahoat
Who was II tried 20 rock the beat.
You've guessed f.
Who was it, when the gale did
screen,
Rose up and tried 10 make . speech:
Ain't.it awtul7
And who deserted In great gise
VIXEN Woodrow needed loyaity7
The papers are fun Of Il
Who al charrsu1uas noT viii spread
TIE story at so much per head.
Bat .you won't have 70 90.
Houston Post
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29
aIa Year for the Girls.

Sheldon Sun: Girls, next years
figures are divisible by four What
will il mean to you?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29
Completing incorporation.

The River Smelling and Refining
company Is being Incorporated under
the New York laws. 1t is expected
that the Incorporation will be com
pleted this week. Upon the compile
ton OF the Incorporation, the land
which has been secured by the Indus
trial association will be turned over 20
the company. The National Lead
company is New York corporation.
and this subsidiary will be incorpor-
ated under the same laws.
Some ore contracts, already have
been made, SUFFICIENT to keep the plant
busy as soon as It is started. Mr..
Halls errand to Colorado tonight will
be to make additional contracts for
ore. He has been very busy with the
preliminary contracts at Boston, and
seeing the machinery being started.
He is expecting to pay frequent visits
to the plant IN which the machinery
for the smelter is being made:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29
'ST0NE AND WEBSTER SECURE
CONTRACT To BUILD PLANT

The first building VIII BE four hun
5red feet square, and VII De one
story high II VIII he OF the most
modern construction The sides VIII
have plenty OF openings as all OF the
modern huiidingc are SO constructed
The material viii be concrete, oftck
and steel. A storage building q thou
sand feet long viii be built, also. THIS
wsll be located alongside OF storage
track and viii be used for the housing
OF the ore which viii be brought In
here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29
Dirt to Move Next Week.

It is expected that dirt will be fly
ing next week on the tract Of land
purchased for the River Smelling and
Refining company. The outlook is
bright at the present time for the
employment of $50 to 200 1aborers
within very short time. The fore
man. for the Jobs will OF course be
brought here by the engineering COM
pany. Local labor will be utilized here,
however.
Mr.. Hall hopes to have the plant IN
operation within the coming three
months. The building of the machines
has been commenced, and II the build
ing OF the plant here goes forward as
rapidly as expected, 1t will be in oper-
alton within the limit set by Mr.. Hall.
Skilled laborers will of course be
in demond when the plant is in
operation, as men who are versed in
the handling OF ore will be needed to
take care Of the plant then.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-29
three Way. to Get Water.

The question Of water for the fac
tory is being considered from three
different angles. One Of the plans sug-
gested Is for an aTtesian well to be
dug on the factory site. Another
plan is to extend the city water mains
ont Main street and past the Rein
track and down the lane to the smell
ter site. The third plan is for the
construction Of a pumping station on
Lake Cooper with private pipe line
direct to the factory site.
Hr Hall does not expect to mani
taiasany Offices down town. He will
construct temporary Offices and a
tool shed at once on the site OF the
new smeIter building. The system
employed will be much the same as
that employed in the construction OF
the dam. A general Office will be
maintained on the grounds. When the
factory building is constructed, OF
course the Office will be maintained in
this.
The Washington times., 1915-12-15
To Give Turkey Dinner
For Benefit of Hospital

A turkey dinner ~ to be served by
the ladies Of the board OF Managers ot
the Washington Eye. Ear, and Threat
Hospital, for the benefit of the charity
ward of that institution, tomorrow
evening at 4 Iowa circle. The women
were busy today making preparations
for the dinner. Turkeys were being
selected and prepared for the oven TO
morrow, and cranberries, celery and
ether vegetables that a turkey dinner
calls for are belEE provided. 1t is cx-
pected that several hundred guests will
be served.
The women in charge of the dinner
are Mrs. E. w. HanveY, Mrs. l.. Per-
kins, Mrs. II. c. Swan, Mrs: Il. +.
Braselton, Mrs. J. Bushey, Mrs. ..
Coumbe, Mrs. James A. Finch, Mrs. c.
L. Thwing, Mrs Joseph Michaelscn,
Mrs. NJ. l.. Bundy, Mrs. James Dyer,
Mrs. George DeNell. Mrs. g. j Pole,
Mrs. 3. s. Poole, Mrs. Leo Odekoven,
Mrs. A. j. Rapp, Mra. c. ". Simpson.
Miss Sarah stephens, Miss Katherine
Vcrran. Mrs. George ThorDe. Mrs. c,
B. Wait. Mrs. p. NJ. Walker, Mrs r. 6.
Wolfe, Mrs. w. G. Young, and Mrs.
Oscar wilkinson, president.
Dinner will be served from to 7'3i
p. m.
The Washington times., 1915-12-15
nRLpINo rnR POOR 10 BORROW

Facts presented to President Will
son by two prominent citizens re-
garding the effects of the 'loan
shark" legislation upon the poor of
the District are not overdrawn.
Whether the remedy they recon-
mend, increasing the legal rate for
small loans from per cent to 2
per cent, would modify the situation,
only experiment would show. Many
persons believe it would not
No form of charity or social serv-
ice is quite SO beneficial to any city
as proper provision, either through
cooperation of its municipal govern
ment or through some private
agency of repute, for lending money
TO the poor in times of temporary
stress. Such loans not only repre-
sent a profit for the agency en-
gagged in the business of lending,
but they pay big dividends to a
community, by reducing the list Of
dependents.
Charity organizations recognize
that the worst form of charity is
that which pauperizes families by
giving aid outright. Once this is
done the stigma is never removed.
Either the family feels it even after
it regains footing of independence,
or it falls into the habit of asking
aid, as the easiest way out of tenn
porary difficulties.
The matter of such loan agency
is one upon which all the relief Civ
ing societies of the city might well
unite. In the meantime any legis-
lation which will relieve the present
situation would be most welcome.
The Washington times., 1915-12-15

that may be earned by a carrying
vessel, assures huge profits until
peace shall come-and no man knows
when that day will be. We are
building ships in that way of rush
and boom because the ships have to
be obtained, and under the circum.
stances there is no other way to OBJ
tain them.
But when the war is over we and
all the rest of the world must get
down again to shipping hard-pan.
American enterprise won't count for
much when a man who wants to
build or buy or operate a ship can
do it at a much lower cost anywhere
else and under any other flag than
here. American enterprise won't
count for much when all the mer-
chant fleets Of all the maritime ma
tions of the world are again COM
peting for the carriage Of the Amer
ican foreign trade on freight-rate
basis which American ships, because
Of our costs of construction, costs of
maintenance, costs of labor, and
costs of everything else, cannot
touch without financial loss and
bankruptcy.
The Washington times., 1915-12-15
Ton Gold Pile
At SubtreaSury
Worth $l02,0O 900 and Is Larger
Than Three Cords o.
Wood.

NEW YORK Dec. 15.-For the irst
time in the history OF the Subtreasury
or the assay office in New York city
a solid pile of gold bars six feet high
by six feet wide and eleven feet long.
larger in size than three cords Of wood
valued approximately at S102. 200, ,oOO-is
stored away in one Of the vaults of the
former building.
The bars and British sovereigns melt
ed down are 1855 fine, which is 16.G
finer than the gold used in the United
States nints. Ir the big cube of bull
lion there are 16,345 bars. averaging
about thirty pounds to the bar. United
States Assay Office experts say gold
weighs about two tons TO a million
dollars, so the hoard approXimates 25C
tons in weight.
On each of the bars there is the vegu.
lar stamp of the New York Assay OF.
fee. the melting number and the regis
ter number. in addition to the stencil
mark showing just how pure tue geld
is.
No miser's store OF gold grew with
the rapidity of the accumulation nov
scaled up n the subtreasury vault. fol-
the first of 1t was deposited there the
latter part of October.
The Washington times., 1915-12-15

not have been taken but for the sit
uation in Europe, which. engrossed
in its own troubles, has been unable
to devote its wonted attention to
China. There have been ample
warnings to the world that Yuan
was scheming for the throne; he or
ganized "public sentiment" in
favor of restoring the monarchical
form of government, and incidental
ly in favor Of forcing it upon him
self. The outside world was unable
to understand the steps in the de-
veloping conspiracy, because Yuan
tricked it, as well as his own people.
Many people, in as well as out Of
China, believed the usurper was be-
ing made a tool by Japan, in order
to get Japanese influence, through
him, into control of the ancient en-
pire. It is now pretty apparent that
this was an erroneous assumption;
the present cabinet of Japan, at any
rate, is all but unanimous in opposi-
tion to his pretensions, and Jap
anese interposition is very possible
development of the near future.
How completely the Old World,
and the oldest world, is demoralized
by the storm in Europe is suggested
by these conditions in the Far East.
Japan could, in ordinary circum-
stances, il given free hand by the
western powers, take care Of China.
But Japan is the ally of Britain,
which may need her aid in India, or
even in the Nearer East. Japanese
Intervention in China might be re-
garded as even less desirable than
for the Yuan regime to be permit
ted for a time to go on its way.
There is no possibility of crystal
lizing the international opinion of
those powers which have regarded
themselves as the custodians of
civilizations interest. China will
doubtless fall into civil war, the re-
publican movement may be expected
to reassert itself, and one of the
most horrible and unmanageable
features of a world in war may be
expected to display itself in China.
The Washington times., 1915-12-15
YUAN SHI KAI AS EMPEROR

Assumption of the imperial crown
and dignity of China by Yuan Shi
Kai marks that extraordinary China
man as one of the most interesting
figures of modern times. When Ma
poleOn had risen to imperial emil
nence in France and the time came
for his coronation, he declined to
have any other mans hand place the
crown on his head; instead, he him
self raised it from the altar before
which he knelt, and set the SYM
bolic gew gaw on his own head.
Yuan has; at least in effect, done
the same thing for himself; and he
now assumes imperial authority
over a vastly greater population
than even Napoleon ever pretended
to rule.
Yuan has had thus far a career
whose parallel is hard to find in all
the records Of tyrants, usurpers, and
conquerors. He has risen by dint of
a marvellous genius for political in
trigue of the strictly Oriental type.
He wormed himself into the conf
dence of the Manchus and then be-
trayed them; he placed himself at
the head of northern China, and
then forced the republican revolu-
tionists, who were of the south, to
make him President of the new re-
public by threatening to drench the
country in the blood of long civil
war unless he were given his head
He promptly betrayed the republic
murdered as many of it's leaders as
seemed necessary in order to estab.
lish his own reign of terror, and
finally has made himself EN-
peror.'
This latest step, Of course. could
The Washington times., 1915-12-15
Finds More Chances
For Film in arizona
Than in All Europe
Franklin P. Knott Gives Judgment After Motoring
10000 Miles in Old WOrd-Lauds Autochrome
Work-Has Collection of Marvellous Pho
tographs

One of Mr.. Knotts most remarkable
achievements is contained In views OF
the Hopi snake dances. He succeeded In
getting natives TO stage the, only special
ceremony Of that kind. for photographic
purposes. they ever gave, for tbs dance,
with them. Is q sacred ceremonial, to
be observed only at the appointed sea-
son.
Humane interest touches abound in
his photographs and the stories cen-
tering about them. For example. there
is a curious and beautiful picture of a
HoDi girl with her hair twisted In the
shane Of SQUASH blossom on each side
Of her head.
That means that the Hopl girl Is
ready for marriage" he explained.
'Hopi GIRLS select their husbands and
pav for them In measures Of meal
! When n girl sees the man Of her choice
she grinds bowl of meal and sends II
to the parents of the Young man. II the
gift is not returned II is considered
consent to the engagement.
As Wedding Day Draws Near.
"As the wedding dav draws near one
coil of her hair is woven into another
In the meantime the man must retire
to a ldva (or temple) and weave her
wedding gown. After the wedding the
wife grinds another boiler of meal tC
pay for the wedding gown. then all be-
longs to the wife but the saddle and
bride. and should the husband prove
unfatihful. on his return home he will
| find the saddle and bride outside of the
house and, I'm the language Of my nara
| tor. he has to beat it.
Mr.. Knott's pictures include views o.
| the Panama Pacific Exposition, witt
unusual cloud effects; scenes along th'
Pueblo as we'll as Hopi Indians; the
Grand Canon, Algeria. and Tunisia. Tht
\ collection includes pictures shown be
fore the Royal Photographic Society
and the Royal Automobile Club of Grea
| Britain.
My principal reason for showing tnt
| views" he said, lis to give those whC
cannot travel an opportunity OF seefnI
| the beauties of their own country.
| know of no other way in which thest
| beauties may so accurately and so i'm
pressively be brought to them. 10
they Will not neglect the wonders o.
their own land. Perhaps that will b'
one beneft OF the war. II Fasteners IL
| this country may be induced to see tht
natural beauties their own Western
! States hold"
Protest Is Made.
lieves. may become a valuable adjunc
to the painter, because It records 4
scene at a given time which may b,
referred to later. whereas. in painting
light effects change while the painter !!
/ comparisons OF lighting and color effect,
interesting. For example, he said. 4
/ took an exposure three times as Ions
at the same altitude to get picture OF
the Dolomites (where Titan painted)
as in the Rocky mountains.
The Washington times., 1915-12-15
Speaking of Spelling

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
1t was a source of considerable pleas
ure to me to see in the Mail Bag a let
ter calling attention TO the miserable
spelling of some of the Washington
sign writer's May I point out few
examples which I have noted?
A shoe shine parlor attracts notice
to the fact that 1t provides 'seperate'
chairs for ladies; a tailor advises the
public that he "aulters" garments;
hungry Washingtonians could appease
their hunger at a ''lanch" counter (this
sign has recently been changed. An
other caterer invites his fellow-citiZens
to partake OF "frieb" potatoes and
''poark" chops. "Amoung" has q
prominent place in one window. end
'negettve" (now correctly shown as
''negative'D appeared In another. while
q shoe store advertised 'orthopetic'
footwear.
But what should we expect from sign
writer's when errors in spelling are
thick in the columns OF the daily press
and one can find such words as arm
aments" and "plebiscite" appearing a.
''armamants'' and ''plebiBite" on the
notice board of such a seat OF learning
as the Carnegie Library? And the Ma
tionaI Geographic Magazine perpe'
trates. on page 3SS OF it's October issue
such an egregIous blunder as shoe
ing an oxen." W. r, BRYANT.
Washington, Dec. IL.