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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
OTHER OFFICERS NAMED

J. Albert Kiedaisch was elected
president of the Keokuk Industrial
association this morning at the meet
Ing OF the board of directors for the
choosing of officers for the year. Mr.
Kiedaisch was the popular choice OF
the directors for this responsible
place. He succeeds G. R. Joy who
was president for three years.
The other officers chosen by the di.
rectorate are: Z F. Mcfarland, first
vice president; Ira W. Wills, second
vice president; H. Boyden Blood,
treasurer and James T. Mccarthy,
secretary.
After the directors meeting, the
executive committee met and as
signed themselves to the various de
partments of the association, as fol
lows:
Industrial affairs-J. Albert Kie-
daisch.
City affairs-C. F. Mcfarland.
Transportation-Ira w. Wills.
Financial and association affairs
H. Boyden Blood.
Department of public relations
James T. Mccarthy.
A vote Of appreciation and thanks
and good will was extended to the
retiring directors and president, c.
R. Joy, T. A Craig, L. A. Hamtfl and
j. F. Elder, from the association
board.
The board instructed Manager
Towne to write Senator ]. R. Frail-
ey and Representative Charles F.
Sawyer, to support the bill for an
appropriation Of s125,000 for the
Iowa building at Frisco.
The account of the retiring treas
urer will be audited by Rice h. Bell,
and his report filed with the nnance
committee.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
THAT GREAT FRIEND
OF THE WORKING MAN
Continued from page IL

felt there was something wrong in a
condition of affairs which rendered
possible the loss of human life, en-
gendered hatred and bitterness, and
brought suffering and privatton upon
hundreds of human beings"
To relieve this condition. he says
he had recommended the study OF
labor problems by the Rockefeller
foundation. Cooperation between the
Colorado miners and the company
management already has reached a
highly satisfactory state, he said. THE
welfare Of employees should be con.
stantly in mind" he said, land pro
fits at times should be subordinated
to this. II fair wages and reasonable
provided. dividends must be deferred,
or the industry abandoned. Neither
labor nor capital can prosper unless
the just rights OF both are conserved.
I further believe that in matters Of
Industrial relations the public Is en-
titled to confidence and consideration
My appreciations Of conditions sur
rounding wage earners and my SYM
pathy to better these conditions are
as strong as those OF any man. II
with the responsibilities I have and
the opportunities given me, I am
able to contribute toward meeting the
well-being Of my fellow man through
the lessening Of injustice and the allie
Walton Of human suffering, I shall
feel that it has been possible to real
ize the highest purpose in my life"
Plain clothesmen and central office
detectives were much in evidence
when Rockefeller took the stand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
Grain Review.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Jan. 26-Wheat touched
new high levels today. Heavy buy
ing from the start, together with very
light offerings aud reports that heavy
rains were causing great anxiety over
the Argentina crop outlook, caused
wheat to open up from one cent TO
"a over SATURDAYS close The -ad-
vance was steady thereafter until
May reached 1861, q new crop rec
ord and the highest price touched In
many years. July wheat went TO
s1.27A. The advance in the afternoon
was made more rapid by reports that
Nebraska offerings were very light
and that the mills were gobblfng
these up.
Corn was affected by the upward
trend OF wheat and by heavy export
buying At one time during the fore
noon. prices went to sou Tor May
and to lis for July corn.
Heavy Canadian buying OF oats to-
gether with the upward trend IN
wheat, sent oats upward today.
Provisions we're inactive, but held
fairly steady, because of the grain
market.
There was recession in the after
noon and May fell to 145A and July
to 1868. These figures, however,
represented a considerable advance
over Saturdays close. Cash wheat Of
ferings were light and grain brought
higher prices. Corn receipts were
heavy which in part Offset the heavy
speculative interest in this grain.
Oats had considerable strength due to
ayporf domari Grain Afreneth over
came the early weakness In proyis'
ions and they closed strong and high
er.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
Random Sketches
Then and Now

Hard times, high cost OF living and
taxes are perpetual subjects for com
plant. The octogenarian OF today
will remember that he heard such
complaints when he was q small boy
in his eastern home. They have fol-
lowed him to the west. They were
louder and even more vehement in
the land of longer civilization than In
the pioneer country. Pioneers seem
ed ready at all times to meet any
fate with little or no protest.
Along In the forties Of the last CEN
tury when the highways leading west
ward were alive with emlgrant wag-
chase west of the Missouri and to
other wilderness points, there was a
cheerful and daring company OF men
and women. seeking homes in a viii
derness. They found the wilderness
here and made their abiding place
upon the virgin soil. the broad, unin-
viting prairie and the scant timber
skirting water courses, winding their
rapid way to the rivers to 90 onward
to the gulf and boundless ocean away
down south.
From a historian OF that day we
find some pertinent facts which will
be interesting at the present day. He
writes:
"The following are some OF the
prices prevailing at the time: Along
about the year 1915 horses from $50
to $50, oxen from $40 to $50 a pair,
farm wagon STE, plows from So to
800. sugar 10 cents a pound, coffee
10 cents, tea from Is cents to 81 per
pound. flour 81 per barrel, unbleached
cotton sheeting 1S cents, and calico
from 10 to 20 cents yard Good
board was furnished at s1.50 to $500
per week. The wages at common labor
were from Is cents to S1.00 per day.
land at s1.25 per acre,
and an ordinary log house cost from
$50 to sT5. There were no canals,
railroads or telegraph; few stage lines
and no daily mails, or daily papers.
The weekly mail was carried on
horseback There were no banks and
very little money in circulation.
There were few buyers OF farm pro-
ducts who paid cash. Exchange was
the common method OF dealing"
Yet the courageous and struggling
people of that day. we dare say. made
less complaint than we hear In these
modern times. The pioneers were too
busy preparing for better days to
waste their time in complaining OF
their wild surroundings with no
bright certain pictures OF peace and
prosperity before them.
Read the above historic extract,
analvse it and draw from It any con-
illusions you may. Look about you
AMI think Of the conditions then and
now. And then marvel at the CHANGES
those sturdy pioneers have wrought
by patience energy, courage and per-
sistence If some OF the attributes OF
the fathers ana mothers OF the early
dag we're studied and nurtured, the
conditions of today would not be the
subject of SO much complaint. ihey
met hardships. dangers. and unfayor-
able conditions but they met them
like brave men and women. and tney
won. Look at the flowers blooming
alone tho highway. and the monstrous
corn ia the fields where once fTo"heo
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25

q great barren waste, uncultured and
just as wild as nature had left 1t, and
then ask II you have any real cause
for complaint. The soil yields boun-
teous crops OF grain. The cattle of
all kinds and for all needs Craze on
thousand hills. There is plenty to
eat and to wear. There are churches
for worship and school houses to i'm
part knowledge to the youth OF the
present and there are all sorts OF or
CARNATIONS for uplift and betterment.
Probably we are not eager to take
advantage OF our opportunities. Per-
haps after all, it is our own neglect
and not imagined conditions which
cause our unrest and complaints. It's
a matter to ponder over. Read and
study the pioneer day conditions and
then take view Of your environ.
ments of today, and take heart.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
FRANCE
Continued from page -

roincare. He Is president OF some
thing or other, in Paris, too, and Mon
sieur Du-du-ah, yes that Is it--Du
Bost-wfo Is also president OF some
thing in Paris"
Sister Julia was referring to the
presidents of the senate and the
chamber OF deputies.
Il anyone suggests to Sister julia
that they will make a great ado abou,
her when she goes to Paris, she
shakes her head and says:
my place is not making tours In
uniform, but here in my beloved Ger.
bevil1ers, which Ill has to be rebuilt.
looking after the women and chill.
dren."
AS those who have received her
kindly ministration extol her conduct
her simple reply is:
II only did the Lords work when 1t
came to me to do it. Why should
presidents make an ado over that 90
ALI are welcome to chair In Sis
ter Julia's sitting room, and she Is
glad to talk to them If they do NOT
take her from her work too long.
Frederick Palmer, who was select
cd ny al AueiiSdu pisSSS oSoOSidtiouS
to represent America with the British
army, was the second American news
paper man to be allowed at the front
in France by the French government.
William Philip Simms, United Press
correspondent, was appointed by the
French government last fall to 60 to
the front as the official representative
Of American newspapers. Simms trav-
eled over the entire front, interviewed
General Joffre and has written num-
erous stories detailing his experiences
for United Press papers. Although
formally selected, Palmer was never
permitted by the British government
to go to the front, Lord Kitchener
keeping him in London He left Lon
don last Tuesday with credentials
from the French war once1
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
No. the War;. But the Tariff.

hfladelphia inquirer: Says the
cute little secretary Of the navy, Mr..
Daniels: But for the decentralization
o. business caused by the war in
Europe conditions would have been
so good this fall as to have given re.
pubIicans no opportunity to come
back"
Secretary Daniels is bit twisted
AS a matter of fact, but for the war
In Europe. which started up many 4
mill. conditions would have been 50
bad this fall as to have given the
democrats no foothold whatever.
For the crumbs OF comfort thas
have fallen to them they may thanS
the war. It was the tariff. not tao
war, that caused them demoraii.%
ton. The war comes like life pr"
server thrown to the drowning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
Thorne IL Chairman Again.

DES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 25.-By
unanimous vote, the Iowa state rail-
road commission today reelected Cliff
ford Thorne chairman for the ensuing
year. The action Of James H. VIII
son in supporting Thorne caused John
A. Guiher', of Winterset, recently ap-
pointed, to take the same position.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
Wilson's Partisan Purpose.

Mitchell Republican: Senator Cum
Minis complains that President Wilson
has assumed that he ought to run
the United States" Yes, and what
undoubtedly makes It the more OBJ
noxious to republican congressman is
that he seems determined to run the
United States as an adjunct of the
democratic party.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
A Rainbow kiss.

Portland Express: F. H. 8. met a
friend OF his on the street and they
started downtown together Friend
says to r. H. s.: Hold on minute:
I've got to go back to the house to
give my wife rainbow kiss" What's
rainbow kiss7' asks F. Fl. 8. oh,
one OF those after-the-storm kisses y
says the friend.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
No Trick for the Colonel.

Webster City Freeman-Tribune !:
When Colonel Young is in England
he will find that he will have to write
OF things as they appear to the Eng
fish government, and when he is IN
Berlin he will have to tune his cor
respondence to the pitch demanded
by the kaiser, but the colonel will be
equal to all emergencies.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
GERMANY
(Conttnued from page u

OF the vistuia, nor In the fighting east
Of the Plllca river.
The Berlin official statement 10 .
fiat contradiction OF the Petroarad
claim that the Germans have been
pushed back from tWenty to thirty
miles along the PiIica in southern Pol
and.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
Chicago Cash Grain

CHICAGO. Jan. 25.-Wheat-No. 2
red. sl.44M@1.47; No. 8 red, N.AM@
1.46A; No. hard, $1.44h Oh. AN !;
No. 8 hard, $144M@1.46h; No. 3
spring. $1,000. ALI.
Corn-No. yellow, 75A 075Ac:
No. yellow, TN @735lc: No. vel
low. 71@72Ac; No. 5 yellow, 69@70c;
No s yellow, ss@69c; No. white.
T5H @75Ac; No. 8 white. 73073Ac;
No 4 white, 71@72Ac; No. 5 white
69@7Oc; NO.. 6 white, 6S@69c; NO. 2
mixed, 75@75Ac; No. 8 mixed. THO
73c; No. 4 mixed. 71@72Ac; No. s
l mixed. 69670c; No. 6 mixed, 6S@69c;
spring, e:As@65c.
/ Oats-No. 8 white, 54@56c; No. 4
white, 53A @54Ac; standard. 54A q
55Ac.
Peoria Grain.
| PEORIA, ILL.,. Jan. 25.-Corn-Mar-
ket N@1c higher. No. white. 73hc;
No. 2 yellow. 7clkc: No. 8 yellow.
| 73c. No. 4 yellow, 72A@721kc; No. 2
mixed 73c: No. mixed, 72Ac.
| Oats-Market lie higher. Nc. 2
white, 544 @54Mc; standard, $50
SAC.
Chicago Live stock.
CHICAGO. Jan 25-Hog receipts
! 4s ,Ooo: market slow, steady, &C low
er. Mixed and butchers, $6.55 @6.95;
good heavy, $6.tJ@6.95; rough heavy
s6.35@6.5O; light. $G.70@7.15; pigs,
$5.4O@T.50.
Cattle receipts 10000; market
steady, shade higher. Beeves, $3.50
.@9.25; cows and heifers. s3.25@S.00.
Texans, $5.0O@o.G0; calves, $3.50
1850
Sheep receipts $4,000; market
strong. Native. S5.75@6.4o: west
ern, $5.75@6.50: lambs, $7.20@S.45;
western, s7O0Gs.50.
st. Louis live Stock.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Jan. 25.-Cattle
receipts 5000; market active, steady.
Texas receipts 1900: native beef
steers, s7.50@9.50; COWS and heifers.
|s5.O0@9O0; stockers and feeders.
s5.25@7.25; calves, $6.00@1 LOO;
Texas steers, $5.7517.s5; cows and
heifers, $4.O0@6.00.
Hog receipts 1000; market steady
strong. Mixed and butchers, $3.50
7.15: good to heavy. $7.00@7.15; good
to heavy, $7.0O@7.15: rough, $3.50
$50: light, se.9567.15; bulk. $3.50
10; pigs, S6.O0@7.1O.
Sheep receipts $500: market pros
poets steady. Sheep and mutton.
$475@5.90; lambs, $3.50 $50; year
lings, $725G7.50.
Kaneas City Live Stock.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 25.-Cattle re-
ceipts 1000: market strong, 10c
higher. Steers. 5.T569.25: cows and
heifers. s4.356s75; stockers and
feeders, ss.oo97.so: calves. ss5o@
1850.
Hog receipts 5000: marke. 5a1oc
higher. Bulk, s6.T5Gs %: heavy. $685.
Gs.9s: medium. ss.so67oo: light,
sS.75@7.oo.
Sheep receipts 1000: market 100
15c higher. Lambs, ss.oo6s.4o: ewes,
s5.4o9s.10; wethers. s4.5o97.so.
Omaha Live Stock.
OMAHA. Jan. 25.-Cattle receipts
$500: market steady Steers. 5000
s.25: COWS anC heifers. s5.T5M7 90: !
stockers and feeders. s725GS.35. |
calves s7.a0@ 800; bulls and stays.
s5.o0@6.75.
Hog receipts $500: market steady. |
Bulk. ss.55I6.s5; top. 500,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
TALKS new DUTY
FOR IOWA WOMEN
Mrs. Carrie charran Gait Is Speak
err at Regular Program Of Iowa
New Workers Hold on
Friday.
SOCIAL EVENING FRIDAY
Ali Members Of Society and All
lowans Have Been Extended
Invitations to This
Event.

"a New Duty for Iowa Women"
was the subject OF Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Cats address at the meeting Of
the Iowa New Workers., at the Hotel
Astor on Friday afternoon, Jan. %.
The president Mrs. James s. Clark
son, presided. The Iowa New York
ers are very proud Of Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait. as she Is member
of the club. and one OF Iowa's women
that has made a world wide reputa-
ton as a defender of woman's rights
as well as an exponent OF their duties
state. Her dignifled and mastery adj
plause. Mrs. Frank Woolber, chair
man Of music. presented Miss Lolita
CABRERA Gainsberg. who rendered the
following program most artistically:
Piano.
Aufschwung ............. Schumann
Des Attends. ............. Schumann
Prelude Rachnanfen
Piano-Part Two.
Polinafse CA fat ........-. Chopin
Nocturne &C mfnor) .s....... Chopin
Rhapsody mo. 6)..,........... List
The Iowa New Workers will hold
the second Informal social evening
Friday, Jan. 20, at p. M. in the club
rooms Of the Professional Woman's
League. 1899 Broadway. Members OF
the Iowa society and all 1owans in
New York are invited to come and get
acquainted. and spend jolly evening.
Cards for the card players, music for
the music lovers, dancing, singing and
all kinds Of fun for everybody at the
social evenings Mrs. Clarence TIT
terington is chairman, and her COM
mittee consists Of Mrs. 8. H. Kidder,
Mrs. C. F. s. Whitney, Mrs. Burt
Shields. Mrs. George Botsford, Mrs.
John Sherman and Mrs. Henry Lud-
lam.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
That OUGHT u Settle IL

Rolfe Arrow: There are a few min
listers who wouldn't edit a paper like
the Arrow man does. and We frankly
admit We wouldn't preach like lot
OF ministers do.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
ThankfuI for Small Favors.

Omaha Bee: It is not a question of
full weight loaf or short weight
loaf Any kind OF loaf Is welcome
in these days Of democratic prosper
ity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25

Everything Going up!
J. Y. n. in Chicago Herald: Hail
TO the waist line IN triumph returning.
You can't keep good thing down!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25

Read The Daily Gate City. Ie
cents per week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
Omaha Live stock.

OMAHA. Jan. 25.--Cattle receipts
$500: market steady. Steers. 5000
s.25: COWS anG heifers. s5T517 90:
stockers and feeders. s7256s.355:
calves. s7.ao@ 800; bulls and stays.
$5.o0@6.75
Hog receipts $500: market steady.
Bulk. se.55Is.ss; top, 500.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS
United press AsseeIatens c.
Lsassd Wlre

Sheep receipts 5000; market Ina
25c higher. Yearlings, $7.2om7aS'
wethers. $6.0O@6.25; lambs, ssooS
$40: ewes, $5.5o@5.so.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
Daily Range Of prices.

CHICAGO. ILL.,. Jan. 25.-
Open. High. Low. Close.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-27

Frank Ramsey, arrested in Chi
cago today as the suspected murder
er of Emma Peterson, third woman
to be mysteriously beaten to death in
year at Aurora, was taken to Auro-
"a today. He went under heavy guard
as the city is in a frenzy and a lynch
ing has been threatened.
Ramsey was arrested as suspect
when Jennie Miller, one of the other
victims was murdered.
In Ramsey's room at 81 Wash
ington blvd, Chicago, was found a
piece Of lead pipe that was similar to
the piece found by. the body of the
dead girl
Search for the murderer Of Emma
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-27

Peterson of Aurora has spread
throughout Northern Illinois. 7fIn
Aurora, the city where the gas
pipe murder" is third of series Of
brutal attacks resulting in the death
of young girls, the chase for the fiend
has lead to the Hungarian settlement
on the outskirts Of the city. "
In Chicago, where the authorities
fear the fleeing man has hidden, two
arrests were made on suspicion,v1
In an effort to regain scent Of the
murderer, who was traced to the
banks of the Fox river by BLOOD
hounds, the dogs were raced up and
down the stream last night IL
The city council Of Aurora, ID q
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-25
BRITISH HAVE
LOST 100000
in FLANDERS
n. E. Morton, Former Skipper
OF Mongolia. Gives First
Hand News of England

Henry T.. Morton. long and favor
ably known at Honolulu as skipper oil
the liner Mongolia, has returned To
San Francisco from a long cruise by
sea and land around the world since
he sailed from Southampton Is months
ago as master of the steam zach,
Mekong. owned by the duke OF Mont.
pensier.
Among his many interesting expe.
riences was being present in Queens
4 town, Ireland, at the inquest held
over the dead of the Lusitania.
Morton says the most striking fea-
ture OF that inquest was the evidence
OF the Lusitania's captain, who test.
fled that he had to take his ship
through the dangerous zone infested
by submarines because he received
wireless orders to that effect from the
british admiralty.
Being an officer of the British ma.
val reserve, he declined to tell the
coroner's court the exact wording OF
the wireless message. But his gen.
eral statement that he was ordered
to steal through the danger zone
caused tremendous sensation
throughout the British Isles, according
to Morton, who declared ii was this
incident that crystalized public feeling
against Winston Churchill as first lord
of the admiralty to such an extent as
TO cause disruption of the cabinet
and his removal.
"Barbed wire entanglements as de.
lenses have played such large part
IN hn los Anv- Il
ton, that the French have invented
a modern elaboration of the Oil Chain.
shot OF the days OF Nelson.
"Projectiles connected by steel
chains are fired simultaneously from
four or FIVE or six pieces of field ar
tillery placed reasonably close to
gether in a row and sighted for the
barbed wire entanglements of the en-.
envy. Not every discharge is effective
but frequently the ground is swept
clear of posts and wire entanglements
for quite stretch.
Probably the heaviest fighting has
been done along the less than 40 miles
of the front of the English army In
Belgium and Flanders. The losses
there on each side have been terrific.
The Germans have learned there that
the British use superb soldiers and the
British have learned that the Ger,
mans are just as gallant and resource
full
THE German losses along that short
battle front do not know, but in
we'll informed circles in London the
English losses In killed, wounded and
missing along there we're said TO ap-
proximate 100000"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-25

fuel and few waterfalls, hence we are
not a manufacturing country. We are,
however, great patrons of transporta-
ton and to no people has the opening
of the Canal been of greater signifi.
canoe and no people have given it
equal relative patronage. Modesty be.
comes a small country and modestly
are we set before you. hence If you
see us face to face within our land,
we shall not have here misled your
conceptions of what we are, or as
sumed that which we cannot make
good
Our visiting legislators have had
forced upon their attention by the
most concrete military and naval sit
uation extant, as concentrated in the
Island of Oahu, Hawaii, the problem
of immediate preparedness and de-
tense in peace or in war The situa.
ton there permits of no afterthought
or after preparation.
1t is not for Hawaii this great mill.
tary and naval outpost is being estab.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-25

and have returned home. Now il is
for them to speak OF their hosts, their
character. and their spirit Whittier
these graces of life lead, let others
judge For me, my. heart is with
these people who have been unable to
comprehend the narrow ways of com
mercial aggression and selfishness. In
recognizing the virtues OF the Hawai-
ian rice it is due those other advanced
and other humber races who have
contributed to the upbuilding of Ha.
wall, to acknowledge their work in
the intensity and completeness OF up
building of Hawaii. The races OF az
gressive progress are represented in
Hawaii. and their success is in evil
dence.. The ratio OF accomplishment