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ANACOSTIA.

Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Thompson en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. Walter B. wadd,
at their home, 1913 Thirteenth street
last week.
Mrs Robert Sowerbutts entertained the
members of the Embroidery Club OF
Anacostia. at her home In Avalon Terrace
on Wednesday afternoon. Luncheon was
served at noon. Mrs. Edmund Mallet,
was in charge of the instruction. Others
present were Mrs. Thomas L Moore
Mrs. Maurice Spencer, Mrs. William
Scantlebury, Mrs. Edward F. Wood. Mrs
Ernest L. White, Mrs y. r.. Harnist,
Mrs. Harry Dewalt, Mrs. Ernest Selby
and Mrs. r. d. Fillius.
Miss Nellie Marshall, Of Swetnam, Va,
has been visiting friends here, stopping
In Talbert street and Mrs. T. F. WILL
hanson, e051 Nichols avenue. She expects
to remain here several days longer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis c. Thomas. of
Chester street. have gone to Chester, Pa,
to make their future home. They moved
last week. Prior. to their departure,
friends and relatives gathered at their
home to give them a farewell party.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Tolson entertained
at cards at their home In Nichols avenue
last evening. Those in the company were
Mrs William Scantlebury. Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward F. Wood, Mr.-and Mrs. James
W. Marbury and Mr. and Mrs. John F.
Thompson.
SaaaSA-& s.nda-. xar hy thA Youha
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ROCKVILLE

At O'Clock this afternoon, In
Emory Methodist Church, near Oak
dale, this county, Mrs. Laura Virginia
Shaw and Mr.. Burton Stanley Bready
both of tho vicinity of Oakdale. were
married in the presence of a large as
s"mbIagc. the ceremony being per-
formed by the pastor of the church,
Rev. Frank T. Neel.
Miss M7udc r. Einsey. of Fort Wayne
IND. and Nj. CLYDE Poss. OF Rockville.
wore married here Wednesday evening
hy Rev. John 7. Coolahan. pastor of st.
MaTys catholic Church. the ceremony
t@llinS place at the parsonage in the
, presenc" of a small company OF relatives
and friends. They will make their home
ia Washington. where Mr.. Poss holds \
i-',Si;i3n in tho Navy Yard.
AIRS. J. Abby Henderson will enter
tain the Rockville Dancing Club at
the Montgomery Country Club here
next Monday evening.
Ernest Hartman. of New York City,
i visiting friends in Rockville.
The Rockville Womans Club held
its hiweekly meeting at the home of
Mrs. Duncan Bradley Thursday after
noon.
Mrs. W. Adaire Brooks and Mrs
Lawrence Dawson were the hostesses
of the Tuesday Euchre Club at tnv
home of Mr.. John l. Dawson Tuesday
afternoon.
Under the direction of Mrs Berry
L. Clark, the fairy fantasy The
Moon King will be presented here
soon for the benefit of the Social
Service League of the county. In the
cast will be a number of the young
men and women and about fifty of
the children of the community.
The members of the Mission Guild
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ALEXANDRIA.

Mrs. Blanche Burgess. of Richmond.
Ind. and Mr.. James william Bryan. OF
Knoxville. Tenu.. were married at $3.50
o'clock last night at the home Of Mrs.
James E. King, Herbert Springs, Fair
fax County. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. DR.. s. A. Wallis. of
the Episcopal Theological Seminary.
II was witnessed by large number of
friends of the couple from Washing
ton. The wedding was followed by Q
reception. Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan left
for the North.
The Alexandria assembly gave q
dance Friday might in the auditorium
of the Elks' Home. The junior assem-
bly, VIII give a dance December -.
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett. of this
city, will spend the Christmas holidays
with her daughter. Mrs. William Rath-
bone Smith. at Edmonton. Canada.
Miss Lila Waller Barrett has returned
from San Francisco.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Reese Hawkins, Of
| Maryland. were Weekend guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis S. Scott. of Brad
dock Heights.
| Mrs. c. Keith CarIin and son are in
Ashland, Va. Visiting Mrs. Carlin's sis
] ter. Mrs. James D. Hunter. kater she
will be Joined by her husband. Mrs.
| Carlin will remain over Christmas to
attend the wedding OF her sister. Miss
Virginia Potts. which will take place
December 80.
Lieut.. Charles d. Barrett. L. 8. II. c..
| stationed at the navy yard at Ports
mouth. Va. was a visitor here during
the week.
Mr.. C. L. watkins. of West Virginia.
Is Visiting his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
]. b. Watkins.
Mr.. Charles Rendheim. conciliator
for the Department of Labor. has re-
turned from a trip to the New England
| States
Miss Elizabeth NJ. Emmert. OF Yo-
semitic, Colo. Is the guest Of Miss
Phebe Deahl at her home in Prince
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Morris have re-
turned from their wedding trip.
Mrs. Frank Mccormick. of Berry
| willie. Va. is visiting her parents. Afr.
and Mrs. G. William Ramsay, of Came
| ron street
Little Miss Ann Carter Greene.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis $.
Greene. has issued invitations for
! fancy dress dance to he given Decem
Der go
The marriage of NIiss Melissa i.
Harper. of this city, and Mr.. Weller r.
Nicholson. of Front Royal. Va. took
place last saturday afternoon at the
Rhode Island Methodist Protestant
Church in Washington. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Louis Randall.
pastor. The bride wore travelling
suit of African brown with a large hat
to match and a corsaEe bouquet of
pink peas and lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Il. Worth Stanton. cousin Of the
bride. was maid of honor. She wore
green velvet. with hat and furs and
corsage bouquet. MIR. u. Worth Stan
ton. OF this city. was best man.
A reception was given Friday even
ing by the sophomore class of the
Alexandria High School to the senior
and junior classes.
Mr.. William Demaine has returned
from Wellington. Va. where he spent
the past ten days with his sisterin-
law, Mrs. \. II. Compton.
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turned after a brief stay with friends
and relatives in Washington.
The Poe Literary Society Of the Mary
land Agricultural College held an inter-
esting debate Wednesday on the question
Should the United States seamen's hill
as signed by President Wilson be re-
pealed or not?' The negative side. up
held by Messrs. Bopst and Taylor. was
awarded the decision by the judges,
Messrs. Bromley. Gray and Quinn.
Miss Josephine L.aughton has re-
turned to her home in Philadelphia
after a pleasant stay of a month with
her aunt and uncle. Mr.. and Mrs.
George L. Laughton. in Cottage City.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Ernest Johnson. Of
Mechanicsville. are spending several
weeks with friends and relatives here.
The members of the student cabinet
and faculty advisers of the Y. NJ. c.
A.. of the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege. held a banquet In the dining hall
of the college Thursday evening. DIR.
Harry J. Patterson. president OF the
college: Prof. Myron Creese. Prof.
stoddard. Mr.. Schultz. and Mr., Darrow,
Of the faculty. spoke. Mr.. Ralph Nc
Henry was toastmaster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph X. waidron
more after n brief stay with friends
and relatives at Thrift. Nd.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Arthur Hurley. of
Tuxedo, are spending a few weeks with
the latter's uncle and aunt. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank p. Aitcheson. in Trenton.
N. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rexford NJ. Smith have
returned to their home in Washington
after a brief stay with the latter's
parents. DR.. and Mrs. Charles A. wells,
of Spencer street. ..--s
Mr.. James Sheldwin was the guest Of
friends and relatives in Hoboken. n. j.,
during the past week.
The Gamma Pi Fraternity Of the
Agricultural College held its
first open house" Monday afternoon
from I to s. More than 100 visitors
were received and entertained. Sew
eral members Of the faculty were
present and all the college fraternttfes
were well represented.
lGaaas Anne WisiarnAnn. iGraa> Eakin-
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Holiday Waists.

F1Ol1day waists.
Pretty White Waists individually boxed for
as little as S1.25 and upward to SIS for authentic
COPIES of the newest Paris MODELS.
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LAUREL.

Miss Irene Liester and Mr.. Bond
were married Wednesday. December 3.
at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Liester, In Montgomery
street, by Rev. j. /. Winger. They
will make their home in Laurel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robey have returned
from their wedding trip.
Mrs. William Z. Gilbert entertained
the 500 Club Wednesday afternoon at
her home. Wheatland. The prizes were
won by Mrs. Grenville Lewis and Miss
Margaret Goldsborough. Those pres
ent were Mrs. Gilbert. Mrs. Meredith,
Mrs. Henry Scott, Misses Mary and
Margaret Goldsborough. Miss Sample,
Mrs. Grenvifle Lewis and Mrs. George
McAney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dawson visited in
Baltimore Wednesday,
Mrs. Lewis entertained few friends
at cards Friday afternoon.
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; Mary Hickey and Dorothy Garner have
returned TO their homes. near Bladesburg,
after brief visit to friends and rela-
tives In Laurel.
Mr.. Harold SedSwick. OF Nashville,
Tenn. is spending several weeks with his
cousin. Mr.. ]. Herbert Spedden. Mr..
Sedgwick will visit in Washington and
Baltimore before returning home.
Mr.. and Mrs. john II. Rollman have
left for the Panama-Pacihc Exposition to
he absent several months. They VIII
visit their son-in-law and daughter. Mr..
and Mrs. Howard NJ. Martin. in st. Louis
before returning home.
Miss Helen Taskir. Of Seattle, WASH.
Is spending severa. weeks with friends
and relatives in Riverdale. Before re-
turning home early next February she
will visit relatives in Baltimore and
Philadelphia
Mr.. and Mrs. Noble Horace Shepherd
have returned to their home in New York
after a pleasant two-weeks' stay with
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE TWO.

Louis Lehr. DR.. and Mrs. Breckenridge
Bayne, Mr.. and Mrs. Ormsby Mccain
mon, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry B. Spencer.
DR.. and Mrs Henry II. Kerr, DIR. and
Mrs. Blair Spencer. Mr.. and Mrs. Clark
Waggamann, and Lieut. Leigh Noyes.
L s. n.
DR.. and Mrs. Harris. of New Hamp-
shire, were guests during the past
week of Col. and Mrs. f. w. NJ. Beall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred T. Gage are en-
tertaining Mr.. A. Willis Gage, of Bos-
ton, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Won Zwcigbergk, or
England. who have been the guests of
lIr. and Mrs. W. ]. McNally, left on
Wednesday for New York. where they
will remain until December "a when
they sail for their home.
Representative and Mrs. J. Fl. Mays
have their niece. Miss Pauline Boucher.
of Utah, spending the winter with
them.
Mrs. James L Alexander was host
css on Wednesday evening for her
bridge club.
Mrs. A. II. Clark, who has been visit
ing her daughter. Mrs. W. S. Corby.
left yesterday for Missouri, where she
will visit another daughter, Mrs.
Robert Ragan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burr n. Edwards are
entertaining Mr.. Edwards sister. Mrs.
S. T. Millham and the Misses Millham,
OF Waterbury. Conn.
Mrs ]. L. Weaver entertained her
card club last evening.
Mr.. Robert P. Shealey spent some
days in New York during the past
week.
Mrs E. Percival Wilson entertained
1T afternoon bridge last Wednesday.
Among those entertaining during
the holidays are Mr.. and Mrs. Gage,
Mr.. and Mrs. Falk, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
w. Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Whitford returned
today from a Western trip.
Mrs. W. a Smith entertained her
card club on Wednesday.
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Indiana Early Coal Producer.

production Of coal in Indiana at e.6s2 tons
as far back as 1870. The industry devel-
opcd slowly from that time until lsdh
when It was ascertaIned that the block
coal mined in the Brazil and Terre Haute
districts made sadsfactory blast
furnace fuel In its raw condition. The
construction of railroads Throughout the
State at about that time also gave an
impetus to the coal-mining industry which
has shown generally steady progress.
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the latter's cousin, Miss Margaret Hen
ncssey.
Mr.. Harry J. speakmsn has returned
to his home In Oakland. Va. after
brief stav with friends here and in Col
llege Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. william c. Lanning have
returned after q months absence In the
Western States. They visited the Pan
|ama-Pacifc Exposition during their trip.
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Peoples Society, Of Emmanuel Church.
TO hold . dance during Christmas week.
preferably on New Years Eve. similar
dance Will also likely be held by the
young people Of ST. Teresa's Church In
the assembly hall Of the parochial school
in " street
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Garmsnts Reduced.

Many lines Of Suits, Coats and Dresses have
been Substantially reduced, which, makes a
"Philipsborn" garment doubly attractive gift.
Now you can get much finer garment for the
amount you decided to spend.
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~
Christmas
Eve has been chosen
by Mrs. George Q.
Palmer for the dance
she will give in
honor of her debutante
daughter. Miss Lillian
Palmer. Christmas
Eve is always a
favorite entertaining
night for the young
set in New York and
the ball Mrs. Palmer
is giving will be one
of the biggest affairs
of the year. Miss
Palmer, who is one of
the prettiest buds
of the season. has
taken an active part
in the many
charitable affairs that
have occupied the
attention of society
this winter.
!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-27
JEALOUSY CAUSED
DOUBLE TRAGEDY
Burlington Man Killed Himself AZ
ter Putting Bullet 10 Woman's

[United press Leased Wire Server
BURLINGTON. Iowa, June 20
Herman r. Schnictger, so, is dead
by his own hand and Mrs. Ida sum
mers, 46, proprietor of room1ng
house is fighting for life In hospi
tai, shot through the breast. and the
double crime is charged to jealousy.
Mrs. Summers is separated from her
husband and has one boy. She man
aged the rooming house and Schnlct-
ger is q roomer who paid her con
siderable attention. There are re-
ports that other men were attentive
and this caused jealously.; No one
knows just how the shooting occur
red, but Mrs. Summers says Schnict-
ger fired bullet from his revolver
into her breast, then turned the Wea-
pom on himself. inflicting a wound
that caused his death at $3.50 tonight
He was Waterman for the Burning
ton road and had formerly been
and is well known. He was
an Odd Fellow and Red Man.
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'kEOKUK'S PROTEST
/ Being CONSIDERED
Letter Is Received From Treasury
Department Saying That It Win
BE Referred TO official
Charge
DECISION ON MoNDAY2
keokuk Stamp Users Are Hopeful
That Department Will See Fit
to Continue Office
Here

The protest Of the Keokuk firms
which are large users of revenue
stamps, against the removal of the
stamp Office here will be definitely
settled on June 90, according to let.
tiers received here yesterday from the
treasury department. The letter is
signed by G. E. Fletcher, deputy com
missioner of internal revenues. Mr..
Fletcher states that Deputy Commits
sioner Gates will have the final word
in the matter, and that Collector Louis
Murphy will be advised fully.
The letter from the commissioner
follows: u
Replying to telegram of the 23rd
instant, signed by your company and
other business firms, protesting
against the discontinuance of the
stamp deputy collectors Office at Keo-
kuk, Iowa you are advised that final
action in this case will not be taken
until the return of Deputy Commits.
sioner Gates, who has these matters
in charge, and who is now out OF the
city. He is expected to be at his desk
on the morning of the 2Sth instant,
and his attention will be called to the
matter herein referred to.
Collector Murphy will be duly ad-
vised of the final decision reached by
the Office in the premises"
The local firms are hopeful that the
local protest will have weight with
Deputy Gates and that he will coun.
termand the order previously given. II
he does not do so, the Office will be
closed here Wednesday night.
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The Warsaw Gate City
Warsaw, ILL.,, June ~, 1915.

Misses Mary and Tillie Hammel OF
! ST. Louis are visiting their cousin
! Miss Flora Hammel. 49,
James T. Hopkins, a Lima boy of
years ago, is one Of the heaviest tea
| importers in the United States. He
also imports Chinese and Japanese
| goods and curios, visiting China, For
tmosa and Japan every year In the In
| terest Of his business. He is located
lin st. Joseph, Mo. He still has q
warm place in his heart for 4 the
scenes Of his boyhood. His friends
will doubtless be glad to learn Of his
prosperity.
The strawberry crop did not hold
out long, and the raspberry crop Will
be no better.
Mrs. VIM. Dippel and two children
! arrived Tuesday from Angola, Louisi-
ana, for an indefinite visit with rela-
tives.
Mayor R. o. Marsh has appointed
]. S. Prosser city engineer
Hyde 8. Rogers Of Denver, former
| Warsaw boy and a newspaper man OF
extensive experience, has live
article. Warsaw and her needs, in the
Bulletin of Friday His suggestions
are always good as he always has the
welfare of our city at heart. 1t would
he a blessing could we have him with
us as of yore.
The city council has granted the
petition of Revs. George Long, A. b.
Cole. H. F. Krughoff and j. NJ. Thomp-
son, asking the use Of Ralston park
for Sunday religious. services during
the months Of July and August. The
first service will be held on Sunday,
July 4.
Mr. Bowen Of Hamilton was bust
ness visitor here Thursday.
Prof VIM Erdmann has just closed
his twenty-seventh consecutive year
as principal Of the Lutheran parochia1
school-an honorable efficient and
faithful record. He Is also organis'
and choirmaster of the church and the
right man wherever he is placed.
baseball Sunday at fair grounds
2:3O D. m. Warsaw will tackle Ham
ilton whose record has been almost
unbeatable this season
The CITY council at it's special ses
! sion last Monday evening. appointed
Nayor Marsh. Street Superintendent
In n. Kraushaar and City Engineer
III S. Prosser, the new board of loca
Improvement.
John 5. Moore OF heokuk was
Warsaw business visitor Saturday.
There will be few peaches raised
in Warsaw this season, though this is
not peach year.
On Monday. June q, the order OF
Eastern Star was entertained by Mrs
Daidv Ayers. Mrs Charles Ewing and
Mrs. John Schmidt the guest Of honor
being Mrs. E. NJ. Alien of st. Marys
mo. Six other out of town guests
were also present Ice cream and
cake were served at close Of meeting
Mays rainfall at Warsaw was 6.T3
inches and June's 7,91 inches. 1t was
wet down here sure. and We would
hav., been glad to have helped out
some dry towns.
II. n. Schildman Of Filler, Idaho
has been visiting his parents Mr.. and
Mrs Henry Schildman of Rocky Run,
this week. He came as far east as
Omaha with three carloads of lambs
, and took the occasion to visit his old
home.
4 Mrs. Ella Conyers Matthews OF
Colorado Springs, Colo, IS here visit
ing her mother Mrs Mary Conyers.
A small boy went up Main street
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Our Prosperous Profession.

Marion Register: The Des Meines
Capital points to a Kansas county
paper which sold above 10000 as an
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Uncle sam and the philippines.

Cedar Rapids Republican: When
the Philippine islands fell into the
American lap President Mckinley
asked Secretary Wilson, as a farmer.
how much Of the land we ought to
keep. Mr.. Wilson replied, AL" But
that is where "Tama Jim" gave bad
advice. We ought to have kept moth
ing but coaling station In the is
lands. We had no business In that
part Of. the world then and We have
less now. We have all we can attend
TOY on this side of the Atlantic, and
Pacific and we do not always attend
to that all properly We have about
as much business trying, to govern
portions of the orient as Japan would
have in trying to govern Cuba or that
part of Mexico which goes by the
name of Lower California. But near
ly twenty years ago We looked at
such matters differently, and we al
lowed the same greed to dominate us
that has dominated other nations, al
though foreign ownership and the gov
eminent of alien races Is necessarily
out of harmony with the principles OF
our government. namely the principles
that every people should govern itself.
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wages eight weeks ago. This was the
message sent out tonight by Daniel
Calvin, secretary-treasurer OF the dis
trict council.
The situation tonight was admitted
ly serious.
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church was adopted on Jan. 2, 1865.
while the church building was dedi
Gated in the fall of the same year.
The committee which presented the
constitution to the church meeting
was compoed of Messrs. Conrad,
Nagel, Johannes Schater and Geo.
Bellersheim, Rev. C. Witte being the
pastor at that time. Among the min
We're Rev. F. Baltzer son of the ven
cradle late president of the Evangeli-
cal synod, Rev. A. Batter, and broth
er of the present president Of the
synod, Rev. John Baltzer of st. Louis.
During the service of Rev. F. Baltzer
the ladies' aid was founded 1850,
while the Y. P. S. was founded in
1906 under the present pastor. For
longer than generation the ladies
aid has done noble work for the
church as well as for the promotion
. of the kingdom of God in general
Among the institutes supported by
the members OF the Ladies' Aid and
Y. p. S.. is the Illinois Orphans home
in Hoyleton, H., with over 100 chill
dren. which burned down short time
ago. A number of jubilee gifts for
the congregation as we'll as for the
synod have already been received.
Keokuk, If you get more factories
than sou can handle, just send the
surplus down here, or. be brotherly
and neighborly at least and speak a
good word for Warsaw. Our factory
sites front rail and river. which is
more than can be said of some other
cites. and this fact makes them very
desirable. No better site for little
Pittsburgh" or new Pittsburgh"
could be desired than the tract of
land along the T.. P & W., between
Hamilton and Warsaw. A factory
employing 500 men, located between
Warsaw and Hamilton would in a few
years unite the two cities wedding
that would be celebrated with great
rejoicing Warsaw has an industrial
commission that will be glad at any
time to favorably entertain any good
factory proposition.
No lack of amusements yesterday.
knights of Pythias excursion to FIT.