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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-12-07

man, who is a fireman on the C.
& N. W., has been transferred
here and will take the Wall Lake
run.
Mrs. w. E. Pruess was called
to Sioux City this morning by the
critical illness of her brother, AL
bert Bailey, who is in the hos
pital there. About three weeks
ago he was operated upon for APP
pendicitis, but all did not go as
we'll as it should and gangrene
has set in.
Joe, McRivera while Tightening
the standpipe on an engine at the.
shop Saturday met with slight
injury when the bar slipped
striking him near the temple and
rendering him unconscious. He
fell into the steam dome, but was
Immediately rescued by fellow
], workmen and taken to, his home.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Fanger We're
called to Omaha today on account
of the serious illness Of rela-
tive.
i Mr.. and, Mrs. A. A. Greene en-
tertained at six O'Clock dinner
Wednesday eve DIR. and Mrs.
Gamble and sons, Mrs. Bowman.
Guests of honor were Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Brown of Vancouver,
British Columbia.
II Mr.. Dick Martens, Mr.. William
! Martens, Miss Mae Greene spent
the week end at the Marion home
in Shelby county.
The Improvement League
. meeting; which was to have been
, held Thursday, has been post
Iponed for a week.
The fire department was called
to the Jim Pounds home on North
, Fifth street about 8 o'clock this
, morning, where the found the
house in flames. But few Of the
contents were saved and only the
shell Of the house was left stand
ling. The fire was caused by an
cNtrheated stove and had gained
&C nsiderable Roadway before il
, was discovered No insurance
!, was carried.
Mrs. John H. Cox had the mis-
fortune to slip on the back steps
about 10 o'clock Saturday an6
;, fell heavily on the side of he1
foot, fracturing several of the
!, small bones. Thinking it was
only a slight sprain she said moth
ing about it until about the mid
die of the afternoon, when it be-
: came so painful and swollen shs
!, lcalled DR.. Hugh Tamisea, who re.
duced the fracture. She is nov
!, getting along nicely.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-12-07
Weekly weather Forecast.

For Upper Mississippi Valley
and Plains States: Moderate
temperature will prevail the first
half of the week, followed by con-
|siderably colder after "Wednesday
with cold continuing during the
remainder of the week The
weather will be uncertain: SHOWS
in northern and rains and SHOWS
in southern portions are likely
by the middle of the week.
Mrs. Helen Hollenbeck and Mrs.
Albeit Woods of Muskpgee,
Okla, are the guests of L. g. Vim
cent home.
c.. A. Thurston Of onaYa was
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-12-07
Entered at the Postoffice at Mis-.
souri, Valley, Iowa, as sec
ond class matter.
Notice To Water Consumers

NGSiSO ~ usatOt SOtto0liiCtos
Your water rent is now due.
Please call at this office and pay
for anne at once.
The City Ordinance provides
tina flat rate water rents are due
and collectible June 1st and Dec
Iember list, and meter rents are
|due and collectible January 1st,
April ist, July ist and October
LIST, and are to be paid at the
Water commissioners office,
land if not paid by the 18th of the
Imonlh in which they become due
then 40 per cont shall be added TO
The amount due, and il not paid
1.-The water shall be sl1lffsoff.
John Clinkenbeard,
| Water Commissioners.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-12-07

in the city today on business. .
L. G. Sears of Logan was here.
today looking after the Rlau Gas,
business. He expects to depart:
Sunday for California.
A. w. Graham will leave to-
might for Iowa City to attend a.
conference of the city superin-
Itendents of Iowa: Speakers of
national reputation will furnish
the program.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-12-07

The International Institute Of.
Agriculture warns the world of a.
wheat shortage and possible fam
inc. but the consumers Of patent
ed breakfast foods show no signs.
of ALARM York Sun.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-12-07

II is believed that a good many
republicans could be arrested for
what they think about Ohio, Kan.
sas and observation-disclosures City
Star.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-12-07
nn,erloan PoY4trv Advocate

American Poultry Advocate
is devoted to the interests of
both fanciers and practical
poultrymen. 1t is authorita-
tive and helpful in all branch
es Of poultry work, from
Matching and rearing the
chicks to maturing fowls for
show room and market. Tells
how 10 get eggs at the least
cost, how to feed to get best
results. 1t is helpful to the
beginner as we'll as the eX-
pert This paper will help
YOU to success in the manage
ment Of YOUR poultry. and by
following the valuable inform
alton given You should be
thriftv and prosperous.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-12-07

A tariff commission should not
only take the tariff out of poll
itics but stay out of politics it,
SELF Wall Street Journal
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-12-07

Billy Sunday says he hates to
th.nk that he might be descended
from a monkey" So do |, Billy
hut your evangelistic antics are
very convincing.--New York Tele-
graph.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-12-07

Germany proposes TO enlist the
unemployed in the government
service, but the Washington ad
ministration can't see where
there's any novelty in that.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-12-07

/ suggest that somebody. send
the story of "Evangeline" to those
Britons who are protesting SO in.
|dignantly over the deportation Of
Belgians.--New York Telegraph.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-12-07

Why wouldn't it be a nice Little
winter junket for Roosevelt to-
take Hughes down to South Amer
lea and show him the read River
of Doubt ?--New York Telegraph.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-12-07

The new kingdom Of Arabia
takes its place among the nations.
Another dry state Boston TransS
|cript.
The sun., 1916-11-19

less than a. the same time last year and
liz 100000 barrels less than IL was y
month ago.
culm coal In the Hudson district was
sold on Friday at $3.50 4 ton. Normally
Il In soc. to soc. a ton. Practically
every manufacturer Ia getting coal on y
hand to mout basis. In addition to
these facts. the consumer Is con-
fron;ed with the immediate possibility
Of paying so cents instead OF 40 cents
for cotton sacks. IS cents instead Of IL
cents for paper bags and so cents In
stead Of 81 cents and 40 cents for wood
ba rrels.
As the week closed, one manufactur-
ing company which has advanced wages
three times so far this yea received an
ultimatum from it's factory hands and
mill hands for a still further wage ad-
vance. The Hudson district faces clos
ing OF navigation In a month. One COM
pany has quoted a mill rate to Boston
dealers OF $l.25 and 100 to contract
ors. which In equivalent to Sls2 car
load dealers. spot, and $2.O2 future.
Hudson River common brick IL reach
ing toward 81 a thousand. A sale was
made on Saturday at Ss.75. The Hud-
son River kilns are closed and dealers
are beginning to stock. This supplies
the marke, for all clear brick. only the
spots and bllsters being sold over the
string piece at the lower levels. The
quotation for common Hudson brick OF
$3.50 and upward Is "A conservative one,
The price Of secondhand brick In this
market In quoted nominally ut $3.50 a
thousand, but prices as high as 1913
ha Va been reported.
Exceptions to the general advance
movement were noted in brass. which
for. sheet. high. is quoted at 1915 10 in
stead OF $40 to si3. some price
changes are noted In pig iron.
The sun., 1916-11-19
PROVIDING HOMES
FOR THOUSANDS
lightweight Dwellings and
Flats Planned in One Week
for Brooklyn.

New construction In Brooklyn dou.
pied IN volume last week as compared
with the preceding week. Plans were
nied Tor 1o7 buildings to cost sse4.s5O.
Sevcnty-four small dwellings to cost
sSob.260. fourteen tenements to cost
sso<.b00' and nineteen structures Of A
miscellaneous character to cost S1b4.s00
are among the projections.
Ten one family dwellings will be built
by isaac w. Weston on the north side
or Tehama street east OF Chester ave-
nue. at . cost OF $4,000. The East
Twelfth Street Building Company viii
erect ten similar dwellings to cost $40
700 OIL the west side Of East Twelfth
street north Of Avenue n. On the north
side OF Carroll street. 220 feet east Of
Kingston avenue the Harris Building
Company will build three two story
brick one family dwellings at q cos. Of
$l6.b00. -Four two story brick dwellings
wili be built at q cost Of SIS 900 BY the
sheridan Construction Company on the
ives; side Of Miller avenue south of Du.
mont avenue Joseph Katina will build
four similar dwellings at a cost Of S14,-
600 on the east side Of West Twenty
eighth street south of Neptune emu A.:
the New Section Realty Company will
erect four similar buildings at a Cost
Of $4,000 on Newport avenue at the
The sun., 1916-11-19
HARTMAN GEMS
THEFT MYSTERY
Description Of Diamond and
Ruby Pendants Photographed
All Over Country.

4 description Of the three diamond and
ruby pendants. value at $4,000. The
property Of Mrs. f. n Hartman. was
telesraphed to all the principal cities OF
the country yesterday by the local police
The mystery OF the manner In which
they were stolen was not soly ed.
Mrs Hartman told the police thai
since last March she had often handled
the Jewel case in which they were kent,
nut That she never opened II, and doee
not know when the Jewels were stolen.
The last tint she saw the pendants and
The $1,000 studded chain on which they
nung was IN March. She placed them
In the case n left 4, ON the dresser IN
her home. Fifth avenue and Sixty.ninth
street, h kept them in her home until
some time In May. when she sent them,
or al least the case which she supposed
contained them. to the Hartman Ma
tional Bank for safekeeping.
On Monday last Mrs. Hartman went
to the vaults to get the pendants to wear
Z" the opening of the Metropolitan Opera
House. She took the bag home and
opened II, 1t was empty. She notified
the burglary insurance
Police Commissioner Woods put sew.
eral detectives on the case. Private de.
tectives employed by the burglary insu.
ance company are also II, work.
The main stones Of the pendants are
an oval shaped ruby OF six and three.
eighths carsts. an oval shaped ruby 'ot
eleven and three-fourth and o~ne-thirty.
seventh carats and an oval shaped dia
mond eight and one-haif to ten carats
Each pendant is in platinum and Is AT.
taChed to a short chain containing IA. N,
The sun., 1916-11-19
SERBIA NAMES ENVOY TO U, 8.
Direct Diplomatic Relations 10 he
Opened for First Time,

WASHINGTON. Nov. lS.-Direct diplo-
matic relations between Serbia and the
United States have been opened with
the appointment OF ~l.joubonir Mihailo-
witch as Serbia's first envoy extraor-
binary and minister plen%ipotentIary TO
this country.
George !" Lorillard, special agent OF
the State Department with the Serbian
Government at Corfu. Greece. reported
the appointment to-day. No date was
Set for the new minister's arrival nor
has any decision been reached as to
ter In return. The new minister was
formerly Charge at Rome and later
minister to Montenegro. resident in
Paris. He In 43 years old.
The interests OF the United States
In Serbia. Rumanla and Bulgaria have
heretofore been in the hands OF one
minister resident at Bucharest. With
the opening Of hostilities in the Bal
kans a special agent was assigned 10
both Serbia and Bulgaria.
The need of an American representa-
tive TO the Serbian Government was i'm
pressed upon the State Department by
Austria and Germany In solicitude for
the csre 81 their prisoners. England,
ON the other hand, asked the Govern.
mcnt TO appoint IN agent to Bulgaria I'm
order TO represent her interests there
directly. A the result ~ tie success,
Of the agents work IN Serbia the
SrrLSGp Government decided to Inst.
lutte direct official r~lstions with ihla
country.
The sun., 1916-11-19
BAYONNE
FREIGHT TERMINAL
Marks for 30 Liners and 1000
Car Yard Planned mt Cost
Of S7,234.545.

n the people OF Bayonne are willing
~ spend s~7.23ast5.9s the Bayonne
c~.ninsula jutting out into New York bay
,rill be developed Is a great industrial
,.minal where thirty big freighters
.nd many lighters and canal boats may
n, accommodated at one time and with
freight yard for 1000 cars. The
,ehe me has the support Of the Board of
commissioners Of Bayonne, the New
Jersey state Board Of Commerce and
Navigation and many OF the big civic
bodies in that part Of New Jersey. New
Jersey feels that IL Ia not realixing -
much as ii should OH the wonderful pos
abilities and the growing business Of the
por, Of New York.
The Bayonne Terminal will be a great
Undertaking and will make Itself felt In
many directions. II will be hitched to
ali tho nearby towns and settlements by
trolley. and even Manhattan will be d.
,ec,ly connected with the terminal by a
ferry system for passengers and vehicu-
lar tratfc.
mp DFbJf't HaF Utcu uuutT COf1Stu-
,ration for some time. In fact the plan
has been maturing for years. so to speak.
legislation was secured recently paving
the way for the Board of Commissioners
to secure for Rayonne adequate and
proper dockage facilities for a big ter
minal.
r. r. Cresson, Jr.. chief engineer Of
the New Jersey state Board Of Com
nerce and Navigation. and r. Van z.
Lane. engineer OF the Bayonne Cham-
Der OF Commerce. have Just made their
report on the matter.
The site selected for consideration ex-
tends from a point between East Thirty
afth street and East Thtrty-sixth street
b East Forty-siNth street and from
me National Docks Railroad to the
plerhead line. comprising about 40
,cres. Of which approximately 400 are
under water. II Is In an un~developed
safe. Most OF IL Is owned by the State
~ New Jersey. II Is bounded on one
s.de by n railroad having direct con
nectlon with practically every railroad
o. Importance terminating In the port
o. New York n practically all Of the
waterborne commerce Of the port passes
In front of II.
The plans provide for four miles Of
Sulkhead frLght PLATFORM. l,SoO. U
tauare feet Of one story bulkhead sheds.
100, 900 cubic feet of two and three
story bulkhead sheds and over 200
acres ~ industrial buildings. trolley and
highway connections. railroad sidings
and float bridges for railroad cars.
The total estimated cost OF the ter
minal is sI.23i.5+5.9 s, OF which 32.l2l,-
s;344 IL for dredging, bulkhead and rec
lsmation and s5.l12.s72.5t for the other
facilities. These estimates provide for
interest or the cost during construction
and provide for a thirty-five foot deep
waterway.
The project will add to the port OF
New York 10000 lineal feet OF deep
water frontage against which vessels
can dock. where there now exists less
than $500 lineal feet OF undeveloped
frontage which can be reached now only
BY boats drawing one foot Of water.
The sun., 1916-11-19

northwest corner OF Snediker avenue +:
william Martin will build -four two story
brick dwellings cost SO. 900, at the
northeast corner Of Glenmore and Eusiid
avenues. and Robert A. McAvoy will
erect four frame one family dwellings.
cost $4,000. on the south side OF Fifty
ninth street east OF Seventeenth avenue.
The southwest corner Of Church ave-
nue. and West street Ia to be the site OF
two o u story brick tenements to cos:
$4,000. The Brooklyn Heights Land
and Mortgage Company is the owner.
The buildings will accommodate thirty
eight families. Two four story brick
tenenents to cost 10000 will be built
by Morris Halperin on the south side Of
Pulaski street east Of Marcy avenue.
The jefferson Corporation will invest
5000 in two four story brick twenty
family tenements to be built on the
south side OF Union street east OF
Franklin avenue. At the northwest cor
ner OF Th!rtieth street and Fifth avenue
the Silber Building company will erect
three four story brick tenements. with
accommodations for eighty-eight fam
lies. at a cost OF SIS. $500. Two three
story brick six family tenements to cost
320.0 00. will be built on the east side OF
East Twenty-eighth street north OF Ave-
nue. ID by William r.. Goldberg. A four
story brick t~wenty-three family tene-
men will be built by the Moses =.
koeppel Construction Company on the
west side Of Tapscott street north OF
Suffer avenue AT a cost OF S25. 200. A
four story brick fourteen family tene-
ment to cost 10000 will be built BY
the +. Il. 4 W. Realty Company on the
west side OF Eighteenth avenue north Of
Seventy-nrst street. Five three story
brick dwellings with stores are to be
built by the G.. & +. Realty Company on
the southeast corner of Eighth avenue
and FIfty-nfth street at a cost OF $780,
OO0
The sun., 1916-11-19
BUILDING HERE
DISTURBED BYPRICES
Upward Trend Of Material
Serious-Lumber Rates Now
on the Advance.

High prices Of building materials are
beginning TO have a disturbing influence
building construction in the New
York market. says the Dow Service Daily
Building Reports. Heretofore ceramic,
stone. metal and composition building
materials have featured the price ad-
vancing movement. This week lumber
follows suit.
North Carolina pine has advanced so
cents to II Cypress shows a so rent to
" gain. Yellow pine Ia 81 to - higher
and flooring has advanced about 81.
White pine advances are looked for on
account OF car shortage and lack Of labor
from o Of the logging centres. Short
spruce has advanced about $3.50. All
siding il up about so cents to rs cents
and shingles from Q cents to 20 cents.
depending upon the grade. Thick birch
IL now 50 to ~ higher and gum quotes
an advance OF 81 to -. Hardwoods
a possible advance In all lines ex.
cept one-Quarter inch poplar.
The Portland cement situation In acute.
Reasons for the further advance In the
near future are shown In the fact that
October shipments out Of the two dis
trlcts supplying New York and vicinity
were 20 per cent. greater than In the
corresponding month last year. Stock In
these two districts IL 1900. 900 barrels
The sun., 1916-11-19
SIGNS OF QUEENS GROWTH.
More BsilAiwGs and More Com.
muter-Better subway Facilities


More BsilAisGs and More Com.
muters-Better subway Facilities.
Manhattan homeseekers are turning
eastward into Queens borough, as shown
by the great increase In the plans for
new buildings filed during october.
Planning wal SO per cent greater than
In the same month In 1915. The growth
In population Of Queens borough 10 also
number Of commuters on the Long
Island Railroad and the great num-
Der Of passengers who are using the
Queensboro subway between Grand Cen
trail station and the bridge plaza In
Long Island City. Al the Queens Plaza
station. which has been open less than
two weeks. over $4,000 tickets were sold
In the first ten days to passengers riding
to Manhattan.
The number Of passengers using the
Greensboro subway has already exceeded
the estimate Of the Public Service COM
mission. and the transit committee Of
the Chamber Of Commerce Of the BOr-
ough Of Queens Is now urging the COM
mission to install additional facilities at
the Manhattan terminal for the handling
Of passengers who wish to transfer to
the present subway system. A COM
mittee composed Of John Adikee. chair
man of the transit committee George
J. Ryan. +. A.. MacDougail. r. n. Howe
and Walter I. Willis. secretary Of the
chamber. held a conference with ID. Z.
Turner. chief engineer Of the Public
Service Commission. and presented a
plan for the installation OF e~scalators. as
we'll as an additional elevator for facili-
tatinE the handling Of passengers to the
present Grand Central station platforms
and the new diagonal station Of the Lex
ington venue line. which will be COM
pleted during the coming year.
The sun., 1916-11-19
Apartment Life to Be
Added to Long Beach

4 new field OF building operations has
been opened at Long Beach by J. G.,
Hammond, who Is erecting a high class
apartment structure on the Board Walk
in the Trouville block. The building.
four stories high. runs through TO Front
street and Is OF Georgian style OF archi-
lecture from plans by Steward Wagner
which conform with the restrictions OF
this district.
Eleven apartments of three. four. Ave
and eight rooms each and a garage are
included in the freproof building. Both
fronts are OF Harvard brick with white
wood trimmings. Balconies run the
width OF certain floors on both fronts
and an eight room apartment on the
upper floor has n Loggla enclosed in
plate glass across the ocean side,
The sun., 1916-11-19

Carstein Il Linnekin have eased for
the Douglas Robinson, charles =. BrOwn
Company the NTH loft In the Rogers
Building al the northeast corner Of
Sixth avenue and Thlrteenth street to
the American Belt Conpa ny large space
on the twelfth floor at 229 Fourth ave-
u to the Wright illustrating 4 Engrnv-
ing Company with the Cross h Brown
Company an additional floor at 53-57
West Thirty-sixth street TO Charles
Solomon 4 60. space at 466 Fourth ave-
nue. to the Potter Textile Company at
s7& Broadway to the Automatic Button
Company and at ST West Twenty
ninth street to the Martinez Company.
Samuel NJ. Martin has leased space at
2+s West S~ixty-ffth street to the Raisler
Heating Company.
The sun., 1916-11-19
SHAKER COLONY DYING OUT.
7 hrrr Aged survi> ors Hold Vast
Estates ~ SIUtkertONyn N.Y..

S~uAKlRTowH, NY. Nov. ls,-Sister
Sarah Fcnncbaker died here yesterday,
leaving only three survivors Of the once
famous ard prosperous colony Of
sihshsrs IN this community.
Tho soioay Uf Shakers owns shaker
town. and vast farming lands around
Il, their holdings estimated as being
worth more than $1,000 OJ. Owing to
the advanced age OF this three sur
civors who, It II claimed. are too old
and infrm to &c the large ertate.
efforts were recently made TO have the
property revert to the State.
The sun., 1916-11-19
TO END DRUG SMUGGLING.
California board Urges Agreements
with Canada and MEXICO.

SACRAMENTO. Cal. Nov. 1S.--The
state Board OF Pharmacy has written to
Secretary OF State Lansing requesting
to negotiate agreements with Canada
and Mexico and to assist In the passage
OF more stringent drug regulatory laws
through Congress In an effort 10 wipe
out Illegal drug traffic In the border
States. according 10 a statement made
here to-day by the attorney for the
board.
The board pointed out that practically
all the drugs for Illicit trafic in Cali
fornia are OF American origin. most OF
them being manufactured in Philadel-
phia. These drugs, 1t Is said, are shipped
either to Canada or Mexico and then
smuggled over the border.
Legislation is also sought forcing the
registration OF all drug packages
The sun., 1916-11-19
M'DERMOTT STILL IN RING.
X rocked Dat In Campaign Ne 10
Ready for Another.

PATTERSON. Nov. 1S.-IrrepreHsible Pat
rick A, paddy McDermott, the only In
dependent Democrat who has been sue
cessful in obtaining one Of tho hve
nominations for the New Jersey House
OF Assembly In the Pas,aic county pri-
maries despite the organization. ena
landed In the hospital after tie Repub-
licar avalanche here ol.ven days ago.
W.. aneicientlv I.cOvpsea to-day TO
,caye st. Joscpt'a tor his hofns.
Il vas wi,giibS up my campaign on
thu east aide" said Paddy to-day.
when felt myself slipping. ] had
campaikned too much and was all In.
My head was all awhirl, Gee. twelve
days In q hospital IL an awful ordeal.
But III be on deck ncxt fall for the
twentieth time and 70 TO Trenton or
bust, A. aiHs
The sun., 1916-11-19
CITY HEADS TO TALK,

=, J, II. Krscke, Commissioned OF tho
department Of Plant and Structures OF
the city OF New York. will make an adj
dress on the internal workings of his
deioAg n insn' "a ;hry ass:t .he Bronx ~
tfw SScsmhos nesting ~ tho Bronx
Hoard of Trade To bs held In the hoard
OF Trade Rooms, i37th street and Third
avenue. NEXT Wednesday evening. At
the December meeting to I've hald Deem
Der 81 the speaker will 10 Raymond A.
G. Smith. COMMISSIONS Of the Depart
msnt of Docks and Ferries. who will
make an address on the improvements
OF the Bropx waterways.