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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-01-08
The Year Shows Good Gains
I. IN All Lines Of
~. Trading

Honolhlu business houses and indi-
yiduals have been very busy during the
past week closing up their accounts
and. preparing their annual statements
FOR the internal revenue department..
The tax returns for l9lA are also In
process Of preparation. This Summarize.
ing Of the year : work and the prepare.
ton Of reports for the annual meetings
Of the various corporations which are
to be held from January 10 March has
taken up most of the time Of the heads,
of houses and departments. In the
mean time the merchants report busi-
ness holding up much better than IL
did at this time a year ago.
There is considerable activity among
contractors and builders, real estate
agents are hopeful, the planning mills
have many. orders ahead, and dealers
in constructions materials are inereas.
ing their stocks Of lumber and other
building supplies, WI tisS 5i# 3.
Business Tone Healthy ttt@ IL.
The merchants as a rule report a
healthy increase in the amount of BUSH
ness transacted during 1914 as eompar.
ed with 1919, and a general tendency
on the part Of their customers TO get
back to cash trading basis. There
has been no boom in either business or
building during the year and none is
anticipated or hoped for during 1918.
The business men of Honolulu as a
rule express themselves as being con
tent TO carry their business along on a
safe and conservative basis, The next
three years will be a. crucial period in
the history Of Hawaii, and all feel that
il is better to make haste slowly and
plod along steadily than to undertake
any new development along radical
lines. w.. I
New Things in Sight
y Enterprises that are in being win be
cared for, as will also be the new bust
ness that'is in sight or is known to be
on the way. Among the latter are the
Pearl. Harbor drydoekj the promised in
crease in the military garrison of Oa-
hu, which may double the white civil
lian population of Honolnlu; the new
Federal building; and the armada Of
merchant vessels, the vanguard Of
which has already begun TO visit this
port 10 take on needed supplies Of fuel,
water and provisions. ~
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-01-08
New Things in Sight
SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC a.
- u. RACES IN VERA CRUZ

tAssoeiatsd Pfsgsby Federal wirslssa.)
WASHINGTON, January 7.-U. s
Consul Canada reports from Vera cruE
that there is a smallpox epidemic there.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-01-08
NAVAL CAPTAINS WILL
BECOME REAR ADMlRAts
lAsaociatld 1feSs By = asrai wirslsss.y

. lAsscciated Press By Federal wireIeSs.)
Y WARRINGTON January 7,-Qapt.
Dc Witt cqffman, commsndant o. the
Boston navy yard, and Capt. w. r. Full
Ian, sgpsrintepdent Of the United
States Naval Academy, Annapolis. were
yesterday nominated by the President
as rear admirals. Il
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-01-08
AMERICAN STEAMSHIP B
/ IS SEIZED BY BRITISH
lAasoolalsa Press By Federal Wirslsss.I

-NAAsvuINtVN FIu3H " NVuuIfF WHpEVHpsJ N
WASHINGTON, January 2. The.
Apiericen steamship Denver, bound, for
Bremen with q cargo. of cotton. has
been seized by British war vessels. y
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28
Feed Pipes Too Small.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, July 2S.-The feed pipes
to the charnel ship Eastland's water
ballast tanks were too small to admit
water fast enough to correct her list,
according to evidence developed from
three sources at the coroner's inquest
into the disaster this afternoon. Had
these ships been large enough, the
testimony developed, the ten tanks on
the dock side could have been filled
in a few ninutes-and between 1900
and 1900 children. women and men
now dead would have been alive today.
The first mention of the insufficient
size of the feed pipes came in the
testimony OF Oiler Snow of the East
land. 1t was corrohorated by Peter
Erickson. the assistant engineer. TIE
fact was brought out again later when
States Attorney MaClay Hoyne read
into th, record a newspaper clipping
that told how the Eastland tipped and
listed and dipped. causing a terrible
panic aboard the Eastland as she was
leaving South Haven, Mich, for Chi
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28
Ladies Nail Driving Contest Tomorrow
Night Saturday Night the Last
Night of Vurpillat's Visit.
Number 91S johnson Street Permanent Sales
of the Vurpillat Remedies.
Evidence Which Cannot Be Disputed Continues Pour
in at Vurpiiat's sales-Room and Headquarters.

The popularity Of the great Vur-
pillat continues to increase. His name
has become household word among
the suffering people of Keokuk. The
cause of this is readily understood
when it becomes known of the won
derful work he has done in the in
terest Of suffering humanity through
the agency of his Sea Onion Com
pound.
Although there have been hundreds
of testimonials heralded, there are
thousands which are not known OF
and the amount Of good words that
comes to him here is sometime
phenomenal.
His popularity is not only due to
the great benefits derived from the
use of his Sea Onion Compound, but
to his personal character. The upright
manner in which he conducts his
business has caused the most antag-
onistic to speak words of praise for
the young energetic demonstrator.
Among the many to testify as TO
the virtues Of the Sea Onion Com
pound was Mr.. Shelter Of 81 Elk
change, who for many years has suf-
fered with rheumatism and after TAX
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28

become SO bitter as appreciably to af-
feet the presidential contest in 1916.
Secretary Garrison declined today
to take up the gauntlet thrown down
by Chairman James Hay of the house
military affairs committee in an inter
view declaring congress will not con-
cur in the presidents increased army
and navy program at the next session.
He had nothing to say. Belief was
growing that Hay who as small army
and navy leader in the house has
scored repeatedly in past years over
the expansionists, may checkmate
LEGISLATION looking to fulfillment Of the
presidents plans.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28

Jim" and the o. e. S., as to needed
details will not be lost on the public.
The o. F.. s. has some very able en-
gineers and its management Is such
that Keokuk should be apt in getting
it's fair share Of consideration now
without waiting for congress to act.
survey by this Office is the more
apt to be undertaken as during the
June flood the local feeling was that
the dam management was aggravating
the situation by letting the lake van
ish through the spillways. The farm
ers should not feel too sure as to that
as the Mississippi was not very high
and the Des Moines was high enough
to cut away levees and infringe on
grades. The farmers standpoint
should be taken up by the agriculture
department anyway as 1t could study
actual conditions here quite early in
thss great course of power develop
ment. Keokuk has already taken some
preliminary steps and It is now about
ready to continue its expression OF in
terest in the vicinity and in view Of
the season of frequent local heavy
rains. A few thoughts on the matters
are seen aside from the city admins
tration, but to get help Keokuk and
Lee county need to act as bodies and
formally and who knows but that the
war department needs this very vicin-
ity for its activities and the navy
certainly ought to find here the hills,
valleys, waters, and breezes needed
to perfect it's aircraft? The first and
twenty-sixth places for names on a
petition Of such import are spoken
for. Who speaks? Who stirs?
J. P. DICKSON.
Route 1, Keokuk Iowa, July "a, 1915.
Later.-At about 2 p. M, the cur
rent was up or north at rise Of four
inches per hour, and danger by dark
was evident. A rumor OF foot rise
at Ottumwa was disquieting to those
knowing the vast bottom lands at Of
tumwa, and assuming there was a
flood already, what would it mean be-
tween levees here? At p. M, tho
current was down, the rise was evil
dent in eight minutes test. and why
did the current change? Disaster
seemed assured by midnight and no
one was on guard. At $3.50 1t was
very sure to go over the road and 1t
was planked and damned.
P. S.-25th: At about a. m, 1t was
clear the planks did good, the falling
was evident in twenty minutes and
the rise had justified midnight gloom.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28
REV. D. E. BUTLER
AT FIT. MADISON
Pastor Of Local Church Will Speak at
Emancipation Day Exercises
on August 4.

The Rev. D. q. Butler OF this city
will be one of the speakers at the
day celebration which
will be held at Fort Madison on
August 4. The Gem City says:
The annual Emancipation day cele-
bration and barbecue will be held at
|Ivanohe park in this city August the
fourth. The affair this year has as
sumed more mammoth proportions
than anything ever before attempted.
People who attend are assured OF
one of the best days events ever
pulled off before In this city.
State Senator Joseph R. Frailey
has consented to adrdess the celebra-
tors and DR.. D. E. Butler with Richard
B. Harrison, Americas greatest col
ored reader, will entertain the aud
fence. Miss Anna Harper will read
the proclamation.
Aside from these there will be a
baseball game between the local col
ored Giants and Burlington Browns.
Games, races and fireworks in the
evening are all included. A. P. Mey-
er's orchestra will furnish music.
Nothing has been left undone by
the committee In charge to make the
affair a success. The annual barbecue
feed is larger than ever. Automobiles
will be checked free.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28

ing the Sea Onion Compound for
short while, Mr.. Shelter stated the
pain had entirely disappeared and
also the swelling and he can once
more use his limbs freely. something
he has been unable to do for some
time.
Such testimonials coming from peo-
pie who are known for their integrity
and honesty, strengthen the conf
dence of all suffering humanity. The
free show continues to be a big favor
lite with the people of Keokuk. Ladies
be sure and bring your saws VIII,
Won tonight and try your luck at saw
ing wood. Five dollars for the swift
est saver Tomorrow night the
ladies' nail driving contest takes place,
the prize will also be five dollars, AMI
Saturday night the big amateur con-
test will be held. 1t will also be.
Vurpillat's last night In Keokuk. s'
Scores Of people pour into the sales
room daily at 924 Johnson street, To
purchase his marvellous Sea Onion
Compound.
His permanent salesroom will be To-
Gated at 91S Johnson street, where
they will be on sale in the future.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28
Rrvan VS. Wilson.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, July Is Every
thing pointed today toward complete
showdown of strength between Presi-
dent Wilson and ex-Secretary Bryan
in the coming congressional fight over
the question OF national defense and
military preparedness.
With the president apparently de-
termined to direct a definite admins
tration in the army and navy expan-
sion program and the ex-secretary al
ready waging a disarmament and anti.
militaristic campaign in the west and
middle west, many politicians believed
an issue had finally been fully estab'
lished between the two men,
Many believed the fight is likely to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28

Compound to me and tried it at once
and found much relief. After that
had no pains at all and could do my
housework and shopping the same
as always. For years I have praised
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for what it has done for me,
and shall always recommend it as wo-
mans friend. You are at liberty to use
my letter In any way. Mrs. THOMSON,
$40 w. Russell ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
Change Of Life is one of the most
critical periods of q woman's existence.
Women everywhere should remember
that there Is no other remedy known to
carry women 30 successfully through
this trying period as Lydia E. Pinkham' 8
Vegetable Compound.
If you want special advice
write to Lydia e. Pinkham Med
1cine Co. (cOnfidentiaD, Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman
and held In strict confidence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28
measurement Sending Out Word That
Z, Account Of Rainy Weather.
Fair viii be Held Sept.
2s-oetober I.
TO HAVE SAME PROGRAM
!. i. Felt That Better Weather Con.
dItions May Prevail In the
Coming Sixty Days Than
Has Prevailed.

The Lee county fair which was to
have been held next week at Dome I
son. has been postponed until the last
week In September. The excessive
rains have been the cause OF the de-
cision of the fair board to postpone
the fair for nearly sixty days.
The new dates for the Lee county
fair are September %, 80, 80 and DC.
tober 1. The same program that was
ia have been carried out next week
will be carried out when the fair is
held In September. The original dates
for the fair at Donnellson We're Aug.
ust 8 to 6. t5
The rainy weather OF the present
summer is interfering sadly with the
chautauquas and fairs which have been
scheduled so far. The Donnellson fair
i always one of the biggest, and the
otfcials decided to take no chances on
the weather next week, feeling that
better weather may be encounterc
IN couple OF months.
The programs which have been
sent out for August will be adhered to
In the September dates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28
'MAPEL rs MAKING
RECORD IN NEBRASKA
Former Indian Pitcher, Released
Last Spring. Wins Eighteen
Straight Games.

Rolla Lefty" Mapel. pitcher, re-
leased early in the season by Man
ager Boyle of the Indians. in order
to get within the bounds of the
four-veteran rule, is going like a
house afire" in the Western Nebras-
ka Independent league. Mapel has
won his eighteenth straight game
since Joining the Bridgeport club.
Two of these contests were no-hit af-
fairs.
Mapels battery mate IS Dolly
Gray, who was suspended from the
Quincy, H., Three-Eye league at the
start of the 1915 season. Mapel and
Gray formerly worked together at
Kearney, in the Nebraska State
league. Kearney's pennant in 1913
was won by the formers good work
in the box.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28
AMERICAN FLAG
WAS FLYING
Stars and Stripes Fluttered From
Ship When It Was Sent
to the Bottom

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1
WASHINGTON, July 2S.-The
American flag was flying over rne
Leelanaw when it was sent to the
bottom off the Orkney islands by a
German submarine, but the officers
and crew were given plenty of time
to take to the boats, Ambassador
Page at London reported to the state
department today. In addition, he
stated that the under sea boat towed
the Leelanaw's crew fifty miles to-
ward the Orkneys. Sighting a steam
er. the submersible then cut loose
from the boats and disappeared.
The state department had not re-
ceived full reports on the Leelanaw
case from consul authorities at Lon
don or Dundee. The department at
taches considerable Importance to
the matter Of the captains willing
ness or unwillingness to permit his
cargo to be put over side, the Jet
tisoning of contraband being a point
which directly affects the terms of
the Prussian-American treaty of
1928.
The Captains Story.
ABERDEEN, Scotland, July Is
Captain Delk and the crew of the
American steamer Lelanaw, sunk by
a German submarine, left here today
for Dundee, where their sworn state
ments regarding the attack will be
taken by U. S. Consul Dennison.
Defk repeated the story he told on
his arrival at Kirkwall, that the sub
marine commander first examined the
Lelanaw's papers and finding she car
ried contraband, ordered the crew
over and sank her. The Lelanaw's
commander, replying to question pat
by London newspaper man, said he
was certain the attack on his ship
could not be construed as an answer
to the American note Of warning. The
commander of the submarine, he
said, knew nothing of the contents OF
the note, the newspapers he carried
being two or three days old.
Delk's principal complaint was that
his sailors were set adrift In their
boats. after being first taken aboard
the submarine at time when the sea
was running high and threatening to
swamp his boats.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28
SITUATION rs
UP IN THE AIR
International Questions Remain Un-
settled, but There Is Hope
of An Agreement.
[By Charles P. Stewart, United Press
Staff Correspondent

by Charles P. Stewart, United Press
staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 2S.-The An
glo-G situation was
regarded today as entirely up in the
air"
| Officials were not prepared to make
| predictions until they saw the expect
ed supplement to the British note on
the order in council.
If concessions were offered by the
British, It was said, they could be
passed along to Germany, with a re-
quest for corresponding submarine
warfare concessions and the whole
controversy might speedily be stright-
ened out.
That concessions would be offered,
however, was only guess work. Off
cials merely hoped so.
Ultimate arbitration Of British
seizures Of American ships and car
goes, which it was limited. the Lon
don foreign office might propose
would be unsatisfactory, now stated,
because British interference with
American trade is involving loss for
which damages, months or years
hence. cannot compensate the losers:
no arrangement can be satisfactory
but to have this interference stopped
now.
Americas request for Germon ex-
PLANTATION of the reported submarine
attack-which failed, however-on the
liner Orduna, with American passen-
gers on board, was before the Berlin
foreign office. An early resopnse was
looked for.
From the Leelanaw incident official
dom had settled down to the belief
that nothing but a diplomatic cores
pondence was to be expected.
AS to the main American note to
Germany it was believed the kaiser,
like the Washington administration,
was waiting to see what the supple
mental British communication would
have to say.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28

cago on July II, 1904. Officials inter.
viewed at that time, according to the
article, declared she wouldn't have
tipped so drunkenly If the feed pipes
to the water ballast tanks had been
a little larger. The article quoted
Captain Ira B. Mansfield, United
States inspector of bulls, as saying
the "Eastland is as safe as any boats
on the lakes" and that she "is safe
to carry 5000 passengers"
Captain Dougherty in charge of the
Eastland in 1904, has been asked to
testify tomorrow
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28
wonap Handed HerSeIf,

United Press Leased Wire Service
PEORIA, ILL.,, July 2S.-Despondency
over the loss of her four year old son.
Orville Mcclellan, who was kidnapped
four years ago in Rock Island ILL.,,
was assigned today as the motive for
the suicide of Mrs. Mamie L.asarge,
who hanged herself late yesterday.
John Mcclellan was her divorced hus-
band.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28
Guarding the Embassy,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
LONDON, July 2S.-The Exchange
Telegraph's Amsterdam correspondent
this afternoon sent the following dis
patch News from Berlin says the
American embassy is specially guard
ed since the latest American note, the
authorities fearing a hostile demon
stration. The authorities are discour-
aging the wearing of American flags
by members of the American colony
for the same reason"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28
FORT MADISON HAS
VERY BAD WATER
So the CITY Council Has Started 9
Legal Action Against the
Company.

Fort Madison Gem City, July 81:
The Fort Madison city water is intol
cradle. This fact has long been esta5
lshed. The citizens have borne with
hthy, impure, muddy water lone
enough. The city is no nearer to hav
inc betterment Of conditions than II
ever was.
Last night the city council instruct.
ed City Solicitor Casey Hamilton, and
an assistant, Joseph r. Frailey, to
take such proper legal action as to
compel the receiver of the present
! company to furnish clean, pure, and
wholesome water in accordance witt
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28
TEN DROWNED.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
LONDON, July 2e.-Ten persons
were drowned In the sinking Of a
British freight steamer, torpedoed off
the Suffolk coast today, by German
submarine, according to dispatches re-
ceived here tonight. The vessel whose
name has not yet been ascertained.
sank in three minutes Eight of her
crew were rescued and are being
hroudht to shore
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28
MRS. THOMSON
TELLS WOMEN
How She Was Helped During
Change Of Life by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Philadelphia, Pa. IT am just 81 years
of age and during Change of Life suf-

fered for six years
terribly. I tried sew
eral doctors but none
seemed to give me
any relief. Every
monththe painswere
intensein both sides,
and IN ad 9 m 9 s o
weak that I had to
60 to bed. At last
a friend recommen-
ded Lydia E. Pink
hams Vege ia BILE
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28
Hanged Himself.

CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa. July 2s.--
Michael Well, 81, killed himself dur
ing the night by hanging himself at
the home of Policeman Spaulding.
where Mr. and Mrs. Well had been
visiting for some time. Well had
been Respondent for some time and
threatened to kill himself.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28
Professor 10 Dead.

II UNITED Press Leased Wire Service I
URBANA, July 2S.-Prof G. H.
Meyer, professor il the German de.
partment of the university, died In
Chicago last night. The disease
which caused his death, baffled
physicians for months.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28
Deaths Transformation,

Atchison Globe: Some of the dead
heroes were roughnecks in real lie.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-28

the report prepared by M. e. Bannon
and the water committee. An applica-
ton will be made to the federal court
asking this.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-25
ARLINGTON

Arthur Cullinan of Syracuse, N Y,
| is spending few days in town.
BEGINNING Saturday Miss Annie
Madison will have ice cream for sale
Mrs. f. c. Woodwork and "Billy''
Seager have returned from a visit in
Albany.
The regular o. e. S. meeting was
held Wednesday evening in the Ma
sonic rooms.
at her home on Main street, Mrs. w,
c. Vault having given up her ice
cream parlors.
William Law and family are to
move from the Cullinan House to Ira
Canfeld's House soon.
o. T.. Adams attended the New
York state G. A. r.. reunion at Al
bany Tuesday and Wednesday.
Miss Frances Killon leaves this
week for New York where she will
take up the Palmer Method of writ
ing
Mrs. Gerro of Middlebury, who has
been visiting her daughter George
Cullinan for the past week, has re-
turned home.
Schools closed in the several dis
tricts last week and the several teach
ers are spending their vacations at
their respective homes.
After this date all notices of sup
pers, entertainments, etc, will have
to be printed as advertisements and
charge will be made according to
the post Office departments regula-
tons
The new time table on the Rutland
railroad, which goes into effect next
Monday, has added the morning train
going south and the noon train going
north. These two trains are great
convenience.
John j. Risdon and family have
moved from the residence Of Jerome
Gault's on School street to Miss
Matte Canfelds tenement on Water
street Walter C. Vault and family
moved in where Mr.. Risdon vacated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daiber of New York
city are visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. II. d. La Bait. Mrs. Daiber
was formerly Miss May Warner,
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs. E.
p. Warner and at one time proprietor
of the Arlington. Mr. Warner died
at the soldiers home in Bennington
about a year and half ago