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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-05
THREE BLOWN UP
IN EXPLOSION
Several Carloads Of Dynamite Let
90 on Track and Killed
Those Nearby

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GRAFTON, Ill, Oct. 5.-Leo Pat
terson. superintendent OF the Illinois
powder company plant, near here,
and two laborers, were killed this
morning when three carloads of dyna-
mite standing on q spur near the
plant. exploded.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-05
CITY NEWS.
See Nov. model suits. Lowitz.
7 0cateiron more p-h~,

See Nov. model suits. Lowitx
Moving. J. Opstelten. pnoHe R-o-a
marriage license was issued to
Louis e. Schafer. 10 and Rhoda G.
Harrison, II.
Abe Martin says: Bud Moots says
that II he could sell his dress suit he
wouldn't go back t. college this fall"
Regular meeting OF keokuk
lodge. No. LOG, B. p. o. E.. tonight at
o'clock. Elks' hall, Sixth and Blon,
deau streets. Visitors invited.
Robert Jones Is charged with the
theft OF two dozen neckties, valued at
$14. from the store OF Hoar & Justice
In an information filed today in the
superior court. Virgil Keelin is charg
ed with drunkenness and begging last
night.
The fire department was called at
500 O'Clock Wednesday afternoon to
the Pechstein Iron works, Ninth and
| Johnson streets, where a portion OF
the roof had caught fire from an over
heated furnace. The blaze was ex
tinguished with chemicals The dam.
age Is about $40.
The Central Illinois NJ. e. confer
ence in session at Peoria last week
made the following appointments for
Hancock county: Rev. ]. w. Ferris
re-appointed to Carthage; Rev. G. H
Callihan, Dallas City; Rev II. s. Will
ing, Hamilton: Rev. Edward Hardy
La Harpe; Rev. w. L. HURT, Nauvoo
and Rev. A. T. James OF Burnside
Rev. n. L. OHarra who was pastor
OF the church here for several years
and was last year given the Pontiac
appointment, was returned to that
charge.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-05
Egg Prices Soaring 9kyward.
1By United Pressl

BOSTON, Oct 5.-With the price
Of "fresh-from-the-ne eggs climb
ing to sixty-five and seventy cents a
dozen during the first days Of October,
a price OF one dollar per dozen is an
ticipated before the end OF winter.
The retail price OF eggs is going
to be seventy-fve cents a dozen With
in a short time and Massachusetts
consumers will be fortunate II they
are not paying a dollar dozen before
spring." said Secretary Wheeler OF
the Board OF Agriculture. The i'll ef-
feet on the hens of the late and I'M
favorable spring is assigned az the
chief cause for the scarcity.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-05

early this morning when train No. 8
running sixty miles an hour through
dense fog crashed into stock
train taking a siding at Lewistown
Junction.
Scott Eichelberger OF this city, con-
ductor Of the freight train and an
unknown stock drover. riding in the
caboose with him, were instantly
killed, the engineer and fireman Of
the passenger train badly hurt and
three mail clerks and twelve passen-
gers slightly injured Al traffic was
delayed many hours.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-05
TWO KILLED,
FIFTEEN HURT
Fast Passenger Train Crashed Into
Stock Train Crossing Onto
Another Track

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ALTOONA, Pa, Oct 5.-Two men
were killed, twelve passengers and
three trainmen badly injured at 1850
this morning when fast passenger
train No. on the middle division OF
the Pennsylvania railway crashed
into stock train crossing onto an
other track near Lewistown. The
dead.
CONDUCTOR SCOTT EICHEL-
BERGER, Altoona.
UNKNOWN STOCK TENDER.
Inc injured were taken to hospitals
Lewlstown and Huntingdon.
steel Coaches Saved Lives.
LlooNA, Pa, Oct. 5.-An steel
naasenser coaches again saved many
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-05
PERSONALS.

Mr. and Mrs. G. r. Hombs have
returned from visit with relatives
and friends at Glenwood, Mo.
o. R. Johnston, Of Fort Madison,
county clerk, was in the city yester-
day visiting friends and looking after
his political interests. Mr.. Johnson
has been county clerk for a number
Of years and it is generally agreed the
the county never had a better clerk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-05
No Place for a Politician

CLEVES, O., Oct $50 volumin.
Gus. loud and pointless was the po-
litical chatter on the streets afte.
dark, that the city dads, to protect
the sacred rights Of the sleepers, felt
called upon to prevent the chatter.
Their remedy works
1t Is now a misdemeanor. for three
persons to gather in one place on the
streets after dark. And as the pen
atty is $50, chances for gathering and
arguing are slim. :.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-05
Ignorant Chicaqoans.
I United

United Press Leased Wire Service1
CHICAGO, Oct. Sit is estimated
100000 persons in Chicago over six
teen cannot read or write English and
over 10000 cannot read or write any
language. To reach these, the Chi
cago Association of Commerce today
will begin plans for long educational
campaign
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-05
Millions for Railroad Improvement
ment.
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ST. PAUL. Mimi, Oct. s.-For nj
teen years the average daily expense
OF operating the 5000 miles OF the
Northern Pacific railroad has been
314s, $50 or 1914, s35 a year, &C
cordfng to a statement issued oy the
road today. An additional SlS,fS!
daily. OF ST.225. 9J5 yearly, Is spent
for permanent improvements sew
eral plans for extensions now IN
hand are expected to increase the
permanent Improvement expenol-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-05
In the STATS Group

In
simplicity, Of is Of
for miss This
Smyrna times., 1916-11-08
NEWS Of THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Inte resting Items from all Partsof the
Peninsula About Your Friends and
NeIghbors and Their Doings.
By change in the rural mail ser
vice from Laurel, patrons of the route
will receive their daily papers a day
late.
In addressing the members of the
Wilmington Rotary Clnb, Governor
Miller said it was the duty of all citi
zens to vote.
The quotas of nonresident pupils
in the schools of Sussex county have
been filled. and principals have been
notified to refuse all applicants.
Charles Mcpherson, formerly assist
ant herdsman at the University of
Missouri, has been appo inted herds
man at the Delaware College expert
ment Farm.
DIR. Roland G. Paynter, of George
town, and DI. S. G. Ebert. of Will
mington, have been appointed trustees
of the State College for Colored Stu
dents.
Frances Ranney, aged 20 months,
of Pennsgrove, N. j., died at the
Physicians and Surgeons Hospital in
Wilmington from scalds received at
her home on Tuesday November 2.
Women of the Newark New Century
Club cleared $52 on parcel post sale
for the benefit of the building fund.
and the library committee cleared $50
on rummage sale.
At meeting of the State Board of
Health, Secretary Frantz reported
that of the 73 cases of infantile para
lysis in Delaware 80 patients had died,
Wilmington having 43 cases, New
Castle Is, Kent 10 and Sussex 5.
Postmaster William H. Robinson,
of Milford, whose skull was fractured
in an automobile accident last Satur-
day September %, is progressing so
rapidly at the Delaware Hospital in
Wilmington that his recovery is now
expected.
The Topkis-McDowell underwear
machinery, of Doser, has moved to
their new daylight building, corner of
Governors avenue and North street,
and is now in full operation.
Rev. N. R. Clough, of Harrington,
reports the following marriages;
David Harrington and Ina Anderson,
both of Harrington. Charles Killer
and Cora May Wyatt, both of FELTON,.
Owing to a scarcity of help, many
of the farmers are finding it difficult
to get their corn gathered and it i!
likely that it will have to remain il
the fields until the latter part of mex
month or some time in January. There
1 are hundreds of acres standing il
4 the fields.
Lee Stevens, of East New Market
ran his auto into another machine lef
standing in the road near Seaford ant
both machines were damaged badly
A big machine struck something in tn,
road near Shiloh campmeeting groun'
and upset. One of the men in it ha,
to be taken to Salisbury.
l Misses Sue and Mary Collision hav
gone to Stamford, Conn, to atten
the wedding of Clarence Whitake
Hazel and Miss Annie r. Collins
/ which took place Saturday, Novembe
a. The ushers were Robert ]. Fergu
| son, Jr., John Hazel and Leon Moore
I of Dover. George Ferguson also &C
Il COMMANDED the Oartv
Smyrna times., 1916-11-08
FOR SALE

A complete 7-room house, with all con-
veniences, on Commerce street, Smyrna,
near Depot.
Apply to
JOHN P. HUDSON.
Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1916-11-08
Defy the Weather

Let the wind howl. A Perfec-
ton Oil Heater can be used in any
part of the house. Want to sit up
late? Bank the fires and keep
cozy with the cheerful, warmful
glow of your Perfection Oil
Heater. 1t never smells or
smokes. There are no ashes, SCOT
or dirt. Your dealer will show
you Perfection Oil Heaters rea-
Sonably priced at So. so to $500.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-05

very hard to get working people to
ventilate. The Infant Welfare nurses
tell us that when they visit the homes
OF the people they serve they m
ly find every window tightly closed. I
have heard 1t from all kinds Of social
visitors. and l have seen 1t a great
many times. No doubt one factor is
the cost Of coal. To let warmed air,
however foul it may be, get out Of the
room Is a waste.
But these men were strong, vigorous
laborers. 1t was up to the street car
company to furnish neat. II fresh air
Is an extravagant waste Of heat, why
rot have it and let the company pay
the bill? No use economizing when the
company pays. The plain fac is that
the men in that car knew little about
the advantage of fresh air, and they
cared less. Probably they had never
heard that riding in poorly ventilated
cars is one cause of pneumonia. grip
and old Those who had heard 1t
took no stock in 1t.
And here Is a letter from the general
manager Of a large corporation. He
goes to his office on the elevated trains.
He complains that at stops the doors
at both ends Of the cars are thrown
open. He wants to know why in the
name OF common sense people are
given colds n pneumonia by the
opening of the car doors at stations?"
He a remedy. 1t is to build
a partition with a swinging door in
the center of each coach.
The conflict over car ventilation
must be kept up for a long time yet.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-05
YOU CAN'T VENTILATE ARCHER AVENUE.

"A woman, accustomed to fresh air,
had been riding in an Archer avenue
car. 1t was a cold day. The car was
crowded with men returning from
work. The windows OF the war were
closed and every deck sash was fas-
n down. There was no opening by
which fresh air could enter Or foul air
cave the a The air of the car was
hot. 1t was also offensive.
The woman stood 1t as long as she
could. h thought Of the prevalence
OF pneumonia. h remembered that
the number Of deaths as shown by the
last health department report was al
most twice the normal and the deaths
from pneumonia were more than twice
the normal. All around her men were
coughing and sneezing.
She could stand it no longer. She
went to the conductor at his post on
the rear platform and asked him to
open some Of the ventilators. In cour-
teously declining to make any changes
he said: Lady, you can't ventilate
Archer avenue" h stood on the rear
platform for the remainder OF the trip.
A little while later she took a car for
her return trip. AS she paid her fare
n entered she asked the conductor to
open some Of the ventilators. If he
agreed with his fellow Of the trip west
he said nothing about it. He complied
with her request by opening a section
OF deck sash near the woman. AS he
cid so a man neal by said to his COM
panion: "The old crank! L hope she
%freezes!"
The conductor was about right. 1t is
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-05

can be bought for S or 10 cents that
make housekeeping very much easier
and more convenient. For instance,
there are all sorts of screw eyes and
hooks, for holding anything from tea
cups and saucepans to coats and suits,
that can be bought for 5 or 10 cents q
dozen. There are brushes for various
work-a thin, long handled brush t.
sweep under and behind radiators. q
pointed. long brush for washing bot
ties and q short bristling brush for pots
and pans-that can be bought for mod
crate prices.
Then there are cleaning cloths-a
chamois for the silver, and metal
threaded cloth for scrubbing, cooking
dishes. cheesecloth to be cut into con-
%venient bits for busting, for holding
lettuce and celery on the ice, and for
various other kitchen purposes. There
are different sorts of cleansing nate
rials-pastes and polishes. powders
and soaps-that make the actual work
of keeping clean easier.
For more money there is the little
three n hamper that can be
tucked behind the bathroom door for
soiled towels, or behind the pantry door
for soiled table linen; there is the port
able little leather writing desk or tab
let. that makes the housekeeper's task
of writing notes. orders. checks, and
menus easier: there is the porter or
stop that holds the living room door
open at h right angle: there is the
we'll equipped box OF labels, string,
rubber bands and other nick nacks.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-05
THE ECONOMY OF SPENDING.

Copyright, 1916, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
Not long a nurse who works
among the destitute of one of u big
cities said that in a certain family she
kneW there was actually not enough
money to buy a comb. Hence the chill
dren had to go uncombed And in this
home, she said, there actual
~ would be 10 cents for q comb,
for every penny that was earned was
needed for essential clothing, food.
heat and lodging.
There are not many of us who have
to count pennies in this way. We have
on hand the extra 5 or 10 cents or 25
cents, which we nay save or spend
as we choose. And often it is the tru-
est economy to spend it.
Good equipment is needed for all
sorts Of work that Is to be successfully
done. For instance, If your hair Is to
look Well, we must own a comb and
brush. If our kitchen is to b. we'll run,
1t must be we'll supplied with suitable
cooking utensils, clean, strong furni-
ture, good brooms and brushes. scrub
bling pals and o books.
1T Is an economy to buy suitable and
sufficient equipment. for only when we
own this equipment can we do the
work we have to do properly. So when
you have an extra % cent piece on
hand, and don't know what to do with
it-or an extra IS bill-don't run with
1t Immediately to the savings bank. In
stead set forth and buy equipment for
your house.
There are many conveniences that
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-05

Tor American interests, without hostility.
very likely. for the American people, but
without intent to permit American inter-
ests to stand as barriers in the way Of
German interests.
Very likely the American knows that
until recently there was no emotion in
the German conduct. 1t vas purely me-
chanistic. An obstacle was an obstacle.
The German did not inquire sentimentally
what is was. merely how much of an OBJ
stacle 1t was. Now, there is reason to
believe, an emotion enters.
The American has been told that it was
Germany that prevented the acquisition
of the Danish West Indies when the Unit
ed States had found itself so badly in need
OF naval stations In the Antilles. He has
been told that Germany and the United
States nearly were at blows over Samoa.
He has been told hat German intrigue in
In Mexico was almost as damaging as
Japanese intrigue there and he knows that
the latter forced a declaration from the
United States Senate materially widening
the Monroe doctrine.
He has been told that the German con-
mercial house and the German banker and
the German missionary precede the Ger
man ship and the German regiment. He
has been told that, for instance. in Haiti.
German financial houses took UP I'M
secured and worthless Haitian paper. in
spite of protests from the American gov
eminent, and shortly before the European
war started, Germany was demanding an
interest in Haitian customs which the
American government regarded as a
downright intervention in Haitian affairs.
this participation being to recover on
loans which could not have been made
without design.
The Manila bay incident. which the
American has translated in the terms
most inimical to his own nation, is a foun-
dalton upon which American opinion
builds.
1t ought to be perfectly comprehensive
to Germany why the Americans think
themselves only wary when they contem-
plate the possibility OF German agrees
sion against a point where German and
American interests touch II they do not
conflict. This Is not a consideration Of
facts; it is an explanation Of sentiment.
If Germans wonder why Americans look
with doubt or alarm upon German colo
nizing policies they ave only to consider
the ideas which nave entered American
: opinion and which remain there.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-05
Tho Charm Of Old Houses.

CIOIl luS lJOidIldDOllS ANoWSs
Old houses are to be reverenced, and the
person who demolishes one commits a
kind Of sacrilege which the pressure OF ne
cessity does little to palliate. Time gives
to a old house something Of the charac-
ter Of Its occupant. it acquires a person
ality., and is marked among its %neighbors.
becomes a nondescript, advertising Its
misfortune by signs Of neglect; and 1t is
to be regretted that stately old houses
must give way before the advance Of
business and fall into careless hands.
The family which IL reared in q sue.
cession Of temporary homes can know
little OF the charm OF old houses, for to
a v tradition and memories Q house must
have had long association with q single
family. II an old house IL disasured With
scars in woodwork. doors and walls. 90
much the better. for each dent md scratch
has III history. An in~conspicuous nail
hole mai bring to q . haired Old couple
pleasant recollecttons OF the decorations
which made their daughters frSt party an
affair to 20 talked about. 4 long sash
n the rajl sof.,the soaring ctair, 6sllster
$500 T. A - - LH E -FN = EEsf~ -
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-05
German Policy and America.
From chica 90 Tribune.

1t ought not to be incomprehensible to
Germans that Americans tend to be appre-
lensive of Gernany's plans in respects in
he United States.
There is a belief in this country that
Ierinany's policy, without malevolence
cut with calculated intent. has shown 1t
self a lumber of times in such a way as
20 be q warning.
Probably no incident outside the range
IF actual war has mad such an impress
sion upon American minds in years as
that in Manila bay after Dewey had de-
stroyed the Spanish fleet. 1t came when
The mind was particularly sensitive to
Impressions. The domestic horizon of the
American people had been torn down vio-
lently. The orient now was in their Wis
ION. They were at war. Without intent
they We're finding a sort of empire. A re-
public was gathering in subject people.
Americans We're likely to retain any ideas
which they received at this emotional
time. 1t was a moment of national child
hood.
At this time when they were having a
touch of strange thrills. a German fleet
came into the matter. Dewey. whom
Americans saw far In the east in a CLAM
our, let 1t be known that he suspected
the intentions of the Germans. The
thought that the Germans in their search
for colonies had moved with alacrity to
grab the Philippines and that they were
deferred from taking them, even out from
under Dewey's guns. by Dewey's threats,
was fixed in American popular opinion and
it remains there.
1T is not necessary to examine the facts.
We are concerned now with impressions
and beliefs and 1t emains an American
belief that the Germans in Manila bay
were astonishingly brusque and candid in
their hostile demonstrations.
Americans who know nothing more of
occasions upon which there has been a
conflict of German and American policies
are convinced hat upon this occasion
there was a revelation of German plans
dangerous to a nation which Heretofore
had not conceived itself as a matter of
possible concern in the affairs OF a conti-
mental European power.
Whenever the American examines more
closely the relations Of the United States
and Germany he grows more convinced
that Germany In seeking territory has re-
vealed frequently a calculated disregard
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-05

nay recall a pirate expedition which end
ed in a hand-to-hand fight aloft. a thrill
ing slide down the rigging and a mighty
swimm across the hall floor to the safety
Of a horse hair sofa.
Age seems to soften the outside appear
ance Of an old house as we'll as to en-
lance the charm Of the interior. Much
give it a mellowness beside which new
houses look impudent and Grass. But to
grow old gracefully a house must have
care. Many old houses become unpleasant
to the sight through long disuse, and when
q house Is afflicted with a spider web over
the keyhole. 1t becomes an object Of sus-
picion to be passed quickly on dark nights.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-04-05
Berlin Organized Against Noi.,.

There 70 an ORGANIZATION In Berlin
known - the Company for the Prevention
OF Noise and Vibration. Its purpose 10 to
study. first. how vibration and noise In the
operation Of machinery are produced, and.
second. 70 devise methods and select ms.
tsr1als that Will reduce both vibration and
noise TO ths practical minimum.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-01
OREGON WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Work will be started at once on new
road down the Umatilla river from
Pendeton to Pilot Rock Junction, cost
$4,000.
It is planned to oil roads around
Echo.
Steam and electric roads in Oregon
in 1915 paid S., 0,6s3.27 taxes and
operating revenues fell off $l,l77,430.
Oregon corn acreage nearly doubled
during the year, largely due to educa-
tional campaign of o. W. X. 6 N.
company.
Standard Oil company will build a
tank at Stanfield.
Eugene sends dried loganberries east
for Christmas gifts,
Reedport gives lumber company Is
acres Of land for factory site and
water frontage on condition it will
bring mill OF l25,000 feet capacity and
operate for 10 years.
o. W. r. & N. will spend 100000
lining st. Johns tunnel with concrete
Portland's tax is $25,40 on the
$1,000.
Newport Signal. Review plant sold
to H. G. Guild, owner Toledo Sentinel
Columbia River & Nehalem Logging
railroad running to capacity.