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Thrills for Heroine
In Humdrum Tale

Notwithstanding that the heroine is
thrice rescued from peril of death in the
first three chapters, Spray on the Win
dows" George II. Doran &c Co, New
York;, must he described as n story Of
humdrum English life. The author, j. r..
Buckrose. while not duplicating the
gaiety that appeared In her previous
work, has written entertainingly and has
provided some excellent character draw
ing.
one rather wishes that the SENT
haunted house had been made use of in
u more conscientious manner and that
the old lady who could not come to any
decision without astrological aid had been
n bit more prominent Still Anne, the
heroine, who finds mntrlmony has its
"fors and agninsts." herself is sufficiently
remarkable to make the book unusual.
Any young woman who would deliber-
ately throw over a man of wealth and
station for a poverty stricken creature
with a prison record is bound to appear
remarkable in this age and generation,
even in humdrum England
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AMONG THE BOOKS
Bennett on q Bat

This is the year when the English
noveiists are taking day Oft H. G. Wells
called "Bealby" "a Holiday'-which it
very decidedly was; and now we have
Arnold Bennett cavortlng round The
City OF Pleasure (GeorEe II. 'Doran, New
York;. Don't blame II on the war "Beal-
by sssailed the periodical public through
Golfers about three weeks before the
opening of the European free-for-all and
''The City of Pleasure" has been dug
IN out OF the trunk that Mr.. Bennett
owned in the days when he owned very
little else.
IN other words. this gay little volume
OF thrills and laughter Ia one OF the pots
set boiling by the creator of Clayhanger
when he vowed he would prefer fame
90 grubblng along, even II fame meant
amusing the mere general II succeeds
In It's task, because II has plot and hu-
NOR. It does little bit more, because
II has also character and q judgment on
things in general.
Once In a while II has a little iuds.
ment on itself. Half the charm Of this
Wild tale OF the inventor creator and
head bandmaster Of tondon's more ele-
CANT Coney leland and how he escaped
murder az the hands of his partners aged
mother, Is the quality Of rallery that per-
vades II all List for example. to the cpl
logue on the cat that drank the poisoned
milk
He was dead
Less than three minutes previously
he had been cat FUN Of power. Of ro-
nance. and OF the JOY OF lfo, with
comfortable Views on most things,
or course this is really all there Is to
tell about "The CITY Of Pleasure" Any
body who explained any more about the
plot would be bidding for the laurels of
the small-mindcd old cntomolocist who
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and men of the line. The author, who is
major in the Medical Corps OF the
United States Army, in an admirable ex-
position of the causes. prevention and
treatment of disease such as prevails
among men under arms, strikes at the
very core of the army's most devastating
foe. when it is recalled that in the Span
ish- h-American War 2604 of tho 29lO deaths
suffered by the American army were
caused by disease. IT is manifest that such
a thorough, clear and pithy book az
Major Ashburn's may he a great factor
in bringing about some correction. It
would be difficult, If not impossible to
name an intimate phase of the soldIer's
life which is not dealt with in this work.
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Literary Cousins to
Abe and MaWruss

The potash and Perlmuttcr" formu-
larry OF the Joys, tribulations and
wranges of n partnership is employed
by Montague Glass in several of tho
stories which go to make UP "The Com
petitive Nephew" doubleday, Page &
CO., Garden City, L. ~, For this reason
and its corollary that stories of a type
are bound to pail II consecutively read.
readers will justly take umbrase at the
palpahle attempt to make this volume
appear to constitute n full-length novel
The titles of the various stories, both in
the contents table and at their beginning,
are called Chapters" though they are
absolutely unrelated. The words land
other stories" do not appear on title
page or elsewhere. Many Of Mr. Glass
admirers would like to see his undeniable
talents exercised in genuine novel;
but this is not that novel, for It is
not a novel, but collection of short
stories.
Mighty clever short stories. most Of
'em. Though the names are not Mawruss
and Abe, the people beneath them are
blood relations always, repliCas some
times nominbus mutatis. The now IA
mllar personal traits and economic prlu-
ciplcs OF the cloaks and suits trade form
the basis and furnish the atmosphere for
most of them, but in one. Rudolph
Where Have You Been?" Mr. Glass
prospects along new lead. where the
ore seems to assay prontably. 1t would
be agreeable to have some more Of these
studies of his race under theatrical con-
ditions. In this one story he seems to
have as firm grip on the palaver and
ways Of 42d street and Broadway as
he assuredly has on those of Grand,
Canal and RivingtOn streets. not to
mention Upper Sd avenue in the "Bronx."
Almost invariably Mr. Glass writes
tolerantly and understandingly Of the
foibles. vanites. business practices and
shrewdness Of his people and with due
appreciation of the genuinely sterling
qualities of the Jewish race. Tho in
Narably" was absolute In Potash and
Perlmutter" In "The Competitive
Nephew' series of tales certain unlovely
traits are needlessly, though only cas-
ually. uncovered, and one story, "Caveat
Emptor' is study in sharp practices
that, though diabolical In it's ingenuity,
Is distinctly dtsagreeable in final i'm
preston.
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Book Gnssin

John Trevena is the literary enigma of
ENGLAND. He is not known in the literary
circles of his own land; the clubs of
London have never seen him, His per-
sonality is profound secret, and the
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name OF Trevena Is said 10 be assumed
not merely for professional purposes but
also TO conceal him from world that
once knew him as writer under an
other name. sleeping Water" (fNen-
nerly) Is his latest book. and, like all OF
his others, a tale Of Dartmoor'
The man who is THE Librarian on
the Boston Evening Transcript gives
among other "Donts," Don't think II
marks you Ms superior to call for books
by BerssOn, or Eucken, or Rabindranath
Tagore, II you really do not care for their
writings It merely marks you as a
goat"
The Kansas city Star reviews II. G,
Wells recent novel, "Bealby" In rhyme
partly as follows:
When II. @. Wells at once departs
From economies. marriage marts.
Fantastic tales Of foreign parts
Takes leave OF realistic arts
And writes sheer frivol---
IT'S Intereatlns to see he's done
Boy Eternal.
The chap is a rebelious son
OF servants, and the plots begun
At shonts he bumps bumps peer: no fun
His luck's Internal.
For. faith, It would be hard to nnd
being bluffer
Than this Lord Chancellor a kind
OF dEnhed unbending mind
CHegellan duffer)
Whose pride leaves him quite unreAlsned
From pranks TO suffer.
which BeaIby secs. yHis names pronounced
With al acCented)
And go to keep from being trouneed
lie flees. and thinks himself denounced,
Though they've relented.
GIis loriship on the butler pounced,
Ana his race dentetd)
wells's taken tricks quito obsolete
And used them In 'Behby"
And made a tale you cannot beat
tMacmillan's publish It complete)
should Wells write such another treat
Among his readers, at his fcet
We hope we shall bel
Norman Duncan, author of Going
Down from Jerusalem" is at present in
New York busy reading proofs of his new
book OF travels which will appear in the
autumn. Mr.. Duncan divides his time
when he Is not off on an extended trip
between Canada and the United states.
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Gloomy Outlook
for Native American

\ gloomy picture of the future Of the
native American ia painted by Honore
Willsie in her latest novel, Still jim"
FrcderiCk A. Stokes Company, New
YorlO. Mrs. Willsic evidently believes
that the influx of foreigners Is operating
to remove from those who trace their
ancestry back to colonial times all the OPP
rortunities their sires enjoyed. or course,
ono has read all this before I'm tho pages
of the Congressional Record. and If still
Jim relied for its interest upon tho
authors outEIvincs on this pet hobby, it
would be pretty dreary affair.
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Froni Klnn Alhert,s Rook

Long tve Rtno Aiberti spottess
hero! Martyr to hts pHohted faith
He ioent forth, toiiotoed by all his little
people-the httie people thot are so
oreat to meet the innumerdble hosts
OF the BdrbdiiGns.
Refusing all gifts, rejecting all prom
ises, dauntiess IN the face Of threats,
for days and nights he held the GER
man Jreebooters IN check Never toH
France forget her debt OF 0ratitudel
But the hour Of triumph approaches
and VICTORY, ,Oho holds tho scales OF
Justice IN her glorious hands, tcin 1tve
KING Albert aud his valiant people a
large share OF German territory.
thus, Germans uader the rule of Bel
alum tciH at last learn something Of
honor and humGntty.--sarah Bern
hardt
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The New Books

A list Of books received for rerietU.
More extensive comment tDiit be tnddo on
those trhosc importance iUdrrnnts further
attention
PLAYS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN. Edited by
Anna NJ, lMGtkenhaus. \, comprehensive sol,
classics, 2s2 pages. $l.25. The Century
Company. New York
Still JIM. By fionore wllsle A love s,ory
with 2 United st States Recl99msstion Service
Stokes Company New York
THE LESTER BY Leslie Moore. story OF
cock FEATHER" 34l rlses. Sl,35. G. p Put
riiB nfm ii6&9ssls SI&9sls NSF N0SF FITS MISTY STAR "A,
Francis Little. \ novel of the Orient by the
author Of The Lady Of the Decoration" 2TC
rSRiY ENGLISH HERO TALES by Jean.
netto Marks, Retold stories for children. 20
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Keeping the Door
Against the Spectre

The Keeper of the Door &C. 2. Put
nam's Sons, New York;, a new book by
Ethel NJ Dell, discusses once more that
often discussed question whether the ply
sician has the right 10 unlock the door to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-01
NEWSPAPER PUBLICITY.

Efficacy of newspaper advertising
was commended by E. Leroy Pelle-
tier, advertising counselor for an
automobile company, in an address at
a luncheon of the Chicago Newspaper
Representative association in the
Hotel LaSalle Thursday.
He said motor car was recog-
nized cover night by $4,000 bankers
OF the United States as a result OF
one advertisement in daily newspa-
pers.
I'VE sent this advertisement" he
said ito many daily newspapers
throughout the United States, and the
result was marvellous, proving the I'M
questioned selling power OF the daily
newspapers as opposed to magazines
and weeklies.
"As the experiment was made dur
ing the midst of the European war,
every one almost told Us it was bad
business. but the results proved our
1914 campaign presaged a period of
American prosperity"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-01
HEAVY GALE OFF
ATLANTIC COAST
Schooner Turned Over and Anchors
Fssten in Mud, Holding
Wreck In Place.

limited Press Leased Wire Service1
WASHINGTON. Feb. IA heavy
gale off the Atlantic coast ship.
wrecked the 45O ton schooner Frank
E. Swain, OF Boston, and is playing
havoc with other small craft, accord
ing to wireless advices to the United
States coast guard today. The
wrecked schooner is anchored bot
tom up, IS miles southeast Of Cape
Henry. No mention was made OF the
crew.
Captain Ubberoth, of the revenue
cutter, Seminole, reported that he ex-
pected to destroy the hull, to clear
the ocean route. When the schooner
capsized, her anchors loosened and
fastened themselves in the mud.
Wireless aFices from other craft
endangered BY the gale, were received
at nearly all Of the coast guard sta
lions from Wilmington, N. G. to Bos-
ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-01

we import merchandise than securities
in payment for our EXPORTS because
Europe Is likely to resist gold move.
ment in this direction. and we do not
wish an influx of American securities
"A more hopeful spirit prevails in trade
Icircles. Abundant money promises to
be powerful stimulant to trade re-
covery. The iron industry is still very
dull, but its leaders preserve an
Optimistic front. 1t cannot grow worse
and must grow better in time. The
textile trades are more active, and
better prices are being obtained for
both cotton and wooden fabrics. The
high price of wheat is exceedingly sat
isfactory to growers and holders, the
only danger being that values may be
raised to dangerous height, not to
speak Of the probability of stimulat-
ing undesirable agitation. The higher
prices for cotton have also impaired a
better feeling in the south; and the
tendency Of opinion in all sections of
the United States is towards hopeful
ness and against the extreme pessim-
ism which has so long destroyed in
itiative. In about month congress
will adjourn, and the whole country
will feel a sense Of relief after so
much agitation appertaining to bust
ness affairs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-01

to charitable people for funds to car.
~ on the work. The manager states
that never before in the. history OF the
work has it been so serious problem
to meet the daily needs, and requests
that those who can send something TO
help supply this need, do so as
promptly as possible. The need Is very
great and urgent, the severe winter
and the lack of employment haylng
brought an unusually large number OF
people to the verge of starvation. We
urge all who can send. to do so at
once.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-01
COUPLE BLOWN
OUT OF BED
Bomb Placed on Window Sill OF the
House Occupied by Well-to-do
Italians.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Feb. What police
fear is the start Of another series OF
bomb outrages occurred in Chicago
Little Italy at five O'Clock today.
A bomb containing dynamite, was
exploded on the sill of a rear win
dow at SAC Miller street Joseph Car
racilla, the owner CT the building.
and his wife, were hurled from their
beds clear across the room. Tony
Tosanoya lives on the second floor
with his wife and four other persons.
All we're dashed from their beds. Fur
niture was knocked over and every
window in the building smashed by
the impact of the explosion. No one
was badly injured
Police at the Maxwell street sta
ton. two blocks away, heard the
explosion, and reserves were hurried
to the scene. When they reached
there, the street was filled with occu-
pants of neighboring tenements. Car
racilIa is a well-to-do Italian. Despite
his insistence that he had not re-
ceived threatening blackhand letters,
the police declared they believe he
is fearful of admitting this fact.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-01
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE WAR.

G. Loves Dickinson writing in the
Atlantic, says that 10 one even at
tempts to find in it any romance. No
one pretends there is any chivalry
Personal courage and endurance, in
deed, are required and are forthcom-
ing to a degree almost increditable.
But it is the courage to lie still and
be torn to pieces by shrapnel. or to
wait in warship day by day. week by
week, in hourly expectation of being
blown into fragments by a mine or a
submarine. Man is fighting not against
man, but against machines. And the
full horror as we'll as the madness of
this must need, one thinks, come home
at any rate to the combatants. Out
side England the combatants are the
nation. Never before have so many
men. women and children experienced
the horrors and brutality of war New
er before, in fact, has war been so
horrible and so brutal. Even the ideal
lists of war-whom one feels to be of
ell idealists the most perncious and
the most contemptuous Of facts-must
see what this thing that they have
been clarifying really is. 1t will be
difficult henceforth to pretend that war
anything but the greatest of follies
and the greatest Of crimes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-01
operators and a miner simply hasn'

operators and miner simply hasn't
any rights
McLennan declared that the big
problem now was to get employment
for the men. Only the smallest per-
centage of the miners have been tax
en- back. Governor Carlson was told
that at the Morley mine, union men
applying for work were told to "go
see Mother Jones. She told you to
quit: maybe she'll tell you how to get
back"
The governor has appointed COM
mittee from the legislature to fnvestl-
gate conditions and later is expected
to direct an appeal to the operators.
Carlson told the miners he believed
the best plan would be to endeavor
10 get the married men back to work
first to relieve the suffering women
and children. Later the cases OF the
unmarried men will be taken up.
Gas the action of Mother Jones in
New York Indicated said McLennan,
1.-THE miners are willing to go more
than half way in endeavoring to bring
about permanent peace in the feld's.
Being refused to give our men en-
ployment however. it would seem the
companies want to continue the fight,
rather than have peace. If Rockefel-
Ter is sincere we'll more than do our
part"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-01
ROCKEFELLER HAS
GREAT CHANCE NOW
Never Before Has Such an Opportun-
ity Been Given Him to
Make Good.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
DENVER, Feb. 1.-Talk OF benevo-
| Ience in New York. while guns are
carried in Colorado and men denied a
chance to work, is not going to solve
the labor problems in the state.
This is the opinion of President
John McLennan of the local union OF
United Mine Workers of America, fol
lowing the appearance of John d.
Rockefeller Jr., before the industrial
relations commission, his conference
with Mother" Jones, and a confer
ence McLennan had with Governor
Carlson here.
Headed by McLennan, a delegation
OF miners from the strike ridden coal
districts appealed to the governor to
aid them in obtaining employment.
The governor was told how 200 wo-
men and 5000 children in the coal
fields are virtually starving. Figures
were shown that 1000 miners, the
bread earners of these families, are
now out of work because Of the fight
thew made for better pay and recogni-
ton of their union.
The actions of the coal companies
do not indicate that they are paying
much attention to the talk OF Rookie
Teller" said McLennan, but we
! hope young Rockefeller means all
that he said before the commission.
| We hope that the conference between
Mother Jones and the young million
aire will bring results.
THE proposition has now been put
right up to Rockefeller. He, has been
given his chance. 1t is up to him to
make good. or appear ridiculous be-
fore the whole country
McLennan said that the surest way
Of settling the trouble in the coal re-
gions Fore was for Rockefeller to
meet with the union officials, learn
the conditions as they really exist and
act.
They talk OF welfare committees"
said McI.ennan. and establishing pool
rooms where the men may find amus.,-
ment Why they don't want to play
pool They want liberty. They want
the same rights other citizens of the
country have. They don't want to be
guarded with guns
, The mining camps are still watch
ed over by armed guards There are
incorporated towns you can't enter,
; because the guards won't let YOU.
Families of the miners can't visit
friends in other camps. The guards
won't let them. Stores and town and
county officials are owned by the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-01
AN EARLY STEAMBOAT.

The month of May in the year 1872
was an important month in the ms
tory Of navigation on the upper Mis-
sissippi river. 1.-THE eastern Iowa
wilderness, hitherto apparently &C
cessible only to canoes and other
light water craft on account of chan
mel distractions in the Mississippi
known as the Des Moines rapids,
was now reached and passed for the
first time by a steamboat. the Wiz.
ginia,' a vessel one hundred and eigh'
teen feet long and twenty-five feet
wide" says Mr.. Jacob Van der Zee in
the January number of The Iowa
journal History and Politics." pub,
lished by the State Historical society
of Iowa. 81. c. Beltrami, former
Judge in the kingdom Of Italy during
the years 1S05-1S14, was the passen-
ger who recorded the feat Of the Vir-
ginia as AN enterprise of the boldest,
Of the most extraordinary nature for
no steamboat had ever before made a
voyage as far north as the Falls OF
st. Anthony in the Minnesota coun
try"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-01
1A1yFF-hoT THE WAR.

The tariff, and not the European
war, is responsible for the business
and industrial ills of the United States
and until there is a return to the
greater protective basis business con
ditions will continue unfavorable. &C
cording to James E. Watson of Rush
vile. Ind, former republican whip
of the house of representatives, who
was the principal speaker at the an
nual dinner of the Kansas Day club
an organization of republicans, held
in Topeka. January 30.
Since the passage of the Under.
wood law" said Watson. "the balance
of trade in our fsyor gradually de
clined until it was seriously against
us before the outbreak of the Euro
pean war. One hundred and fifty mil.
lions of gold has been exported. I'm
ports have largely increased and eS-
ports largely decreased. The only
prosperity we now have grows out of
the European war, but it is uncertain
and confined to a few industries.
Our democratic friends say the
European war and not the Underwood
tariff is the cause Of this destruction.
and is the fruitful mother of all our
industrial woes" Watson continued.
"What is the all-sufficient answer to
this unfounded contention? Simply the
balance of trade. In November, 1912,
the total trade balance in our favor
was s162,0o0,O00. In July, 1914, that
balance was s5,535 900 in favor of our
industrial rivals, and UP to that hour
nobody had dreamed Of European
war"
Watson said the tariff had been the
only thing radically changed in this
country since the present administra-
ton began. And yet" he continued.
"as in 1892, that one change wrought
a greater havoc in the loss OF wages.
in the shrinkage of values, in the de-
cline OF prices and in the wasting of
property than the entire civil war in
America with all its burdens Of cost"