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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-17
Monstar Jellyfsh,

An interesting feature Of the bay Of
Naples is the great quantity Of large
jellyfish found therein. 1t is not un-
usual to find them fully two feet in
diameter and weighing up to sixty
pounds. Some of them shine at night
with a greenish light and are known
- noctiluca might lanterns) by the ma
tives. The jellyfish sometimes make
mfgrations in great groups. sometimes
% large and SO thick as to impede the
navigation Of vessels, like the floating
plants in the Sargasso sea Of the trop-
les. These shoals Of medusae. as they
are called, may at times be so dense
that piece Of timber plunged in
among them will be held upright as If
stuck in the mud. and ordinary row.
boats cannot force their way through
them. Their migrations have never
been explained.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-17

1887, at Glastonbury. Somersetshire
England. In the year 1857 she came
to America on sailing vessel, which
reached this country after a voyage
of six weeks. during which time she
celebrated her twentieth birthday an
niversary. After a short residence in
Pennsylvania she moved to Illinois
where she was united in marriage
with John Guy Vassar on the 10th day
of January. 1858, the marriage taking
|place at the town OF New LenoX, ILL.,
Mrs. Vassar was the mother of seven
children, four sons and three daugh
tiers. namely: Lorenzo Dow Nassar
now deceased; Louis IT,, of Iowa City;
l.. D. and Leon, Of DenisOn, and Lu.
cretia H. Vassar, now Mrs. Ostrander
of Ida Grove; Lille, now Mrs. r. j.
Henderson, of Denison, and Lydia NJ.
now Mrs. r. G. Vinson, residing at
Spaulding, Neb The family came to
Crawford county in the early part of
the year 1869, emigrating from Plano
ILL.,, and locating on farm southeast of
Deloit, where they made their home
in log cabin until the year 1872.
when they moved to Denison, where
}.
Mrs. Vassar will be remembered as
kind and loving mother, good
neighbor and faithful friend. She
was loved and admired by all with
whom she came in contact and will be
greatly missed.
Funeral services were held this at.
ternOonv at $3.50 o'clock at the Latter
Day Saints church on East fremont
street. the services being in charge
of Elder c. j. Hunt, of Independence.
Mo. lnterment was made in Oakland
cemetery by the side of her husband
who so recently passed to tho great
beyond. Mrs. E. G. Vinson, of Spauld.
ing, Neb., and Mrs. L. H. Ostrander, of
Ida Grove. both daughters. are in Den.
ison in attendance at the funeral.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-17
SAVING AN OLD ROOF.
oak Trusses Of Ancient London Hall to
Be Re-. enforced by Steel.

OAK Trusses Of Ancient London Hall e
Be Re. enforced by Steel.
The roof of Westminster hall, Lon.
don. is supported on thirteen .oal
trusses, said to be the earliest and best
known example Of the hammer beam
type, says the Engineering Record. The
trusses have been in service more than
600 years without receiving other re-
pairs than those required by the de-
cay Of the material. They are Of a
complicated design. with intermediate
stresses, and have been re-enforced
with modern timber struts and tie
bolts
A recent investigation showed that
some of the timber was so rotten and
disintegrated that large pieces could
be picked out and that the ravages Of
insects, particularly certain species
Of beetle. were much more serious than
dry rot and surface decay. At least
four of the thirteen trusses were in a
dangerous condition and likely to fall.
A plan submitted for the preserva-
ton Of the roof ut an estimated cost
Of about 100000 has been accepted.
The old trusses will be REINFORCED on
the lines Of their principal members
by steel frameworks. which will be
entirely concealed. The original ap-
pearance Of the building will be re-
stored and maintained, and all large
cavities in the timber will be pieced
up with new oak. The trusses are in
such serious condition that they
must not be lifted nor lacked in any
way. but must be maintained abso
Iutely in their present positions with.
out wedging or dra wing together. Some
Of the joints are so decayed that the
roof would be likely to collapse II any
attempt were made to lift and carry 1t
by the trusses. In order to accomplish
the gradual removal and reconstruc-
ton the work will be carried on from
movable steel .scaffold weighing 115
tons that will support from two to
four trusses simultaneously.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-17
Reiuvenat;nu . Building

In a mill building in Minneapolis 17t
feet long, 1OS feet wide and six stories
high dry rot in the wooden columns
and walls shaken twenty-five inches
out of plumb by the vibration Of the
machinery made it imperative that
something be done. Without shutting
the mill down for single day the
wooden columns were replaced with
steel, the walls were REINFORCED with O
concrete lining several inches thick,
and the wall worst damaged was fur
Their braced on the outside with q
framework of eight REINFORCED con-
crete buttresses carried down to bed.
rock. The building is now considered
stronger than when new.-Engineering
Record.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-17
PEAT POWDER AS FUEL.
successfully Used In Locomotives o.
9wadjsh Railway.

successfully Used In Locomotives o.
Swedish Railway.
Owing to the fact that Sweden has
enormous peat deposits many attempts
have been made during the last few
years to invent md develop devices fol
utilizing these deposits. Many expert
ments have been made in stocking sta
tionary engines, and the results have
apparently been satisfactory. Quite
recently experiments have been made
in stocking railway engines, and It Is
claimed that these efforts have also
been crowned with success.
The heating power Of Swedish peat
is such that 1.S tons of clod peat are
equivalent to one ton OF English steam
coal. A young Swedish engineer has
been conducting the experiments with
railway engines under official control.
With a device invented by himself be
has made trial Stockings with pnlver-
lied peat on one of the state railway
engines with coal and peat simultane-
ously and has even made 1.3 tons Of
peat do the work of one ton of coal
The fuel economy achieved In these
experiments is explained by the fact
that less air is necessary in the com
bustion of pulverized peat than in stok-
ing with clod peat.
AS result Of these tests peat pow.
der stocking has been introduced on the
Halmstad- Nassjo railroad and the Kal.
mar railroad. besides which the Swed-
ish state railways have procured trial
railway engine for peat powder stok-
ing. The Finnish government railways
are now constructing four railway en-
gines to be stocked In this manner
Consular Report.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-17
MEN ORGANIZE.
0cnison Mems Equal Suffrage Move,
ment Launched Tuesday Eve
ming and Officers Elected.

Following the suffrage lecture last
evening by DIR. Tanning, of Philadel
phia, an organization called the Den.
ison Mems Equal Suffrage movement,
was completed and officers elected. We
are told that the object of this new
organization is to encourage the vote
in favor of woman suffrage here in this
community at the election, June 9Th.
Many cities of the state are forming
these leagues. endeavoring to create
enthusiasm for the cause of woman
suffrage.
The officers elected last night were
as follows:
President--C. l.. Voss.
Vice Presidents-Sears McIfenry, J.
Z. Lyon and w. E. Terry.
Secretary-Emil Husg.
Treasurer-M. T.. Jones.
Executive Board: Jacob Sims, r. l.
Hoffman, Jacob Weiss, c. f.. Hum,
phrey l.. NJ. Coon. c. X. Meyers, II. A.
Norman, Prof. r. w. Hawthorne, j. W.
Shirk and A. F. Boylan.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-17
Artificial Rubber,

For an artificial rubber a German
authority recommends mixing an In
fusion Of carrageen moss with starch
and drying on slightly oiled me.al
plate. When the transparent sheet
produced is broken up it softens in
cold water. and on subsequent heating
it forms thick. gummy substance,
which may be used for thickening
paint or for many Of the purposes Of
rubber.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-17
SPLENDID RECITAL
LAST SATURDAY
Pupils Of Miss Hazel Laub Render Ex.
ceiIent Programs on Saturday
Afternoon and Evening.
A PHEASANT ENTERTAINMENT
Each Number Well Received and
Hartily Encorcd by Those Fortu-
nate in Securing Invitation

The, music recitals by the pupils OF
Friday and Saturday afternoons and
Saturday evening proved to be most
pleasant entertainments and were en-
loved by fifty relatives and friends OF
the young people. Those who took
part in the recitals have been students
of Miss Laub for the past year. and 81
we'll did each individual acquit him
self at the recitals that one would
think they had been studying music
for several years.
The Saturday afternoon program
was a most unusual one as children
only ten years of age took part. The
little tots seemed perfectly at home
at the piano and apparently did not
mind the presence Of so many spec
tatOrs. Each went through his piece
without hitch of any kind and show.
ed they had received good training.
The recitals given by Miss Laub's
pupils were greatly enjoyed by those
who we're SO fortunate as to be invited
and everyone is sorry indeed that she
has decided not to continue with her
music work in .Denison.
Below we print the programs of the
three recitals held last week:
Friday Afternoon.
Ballade in G. min, Lund-Miss Rund'
let.
The Greatest Wish, del Riego,-Miss
Bamford.
To Wild Rose. Mcdowell, and. In
the Swing, Bohm-Miss Kinney.
-Sunbeams, Ronald,-Miss Bamford.
Preambule } Carnival Op. 9,Schuman
Chopin Schuman
Ayen Schuman.
Novelette, ! OPP. 81. No. Schuman
Rhapsody No. ~, Liszt,-Miss Jones.
Saturday Afternoon.
Do Re Mi Fa Waltz, Streabos,-Mare
Hawley. Mary Patterson, Edna
May Simpson.
The Chase, Friml.-Gladys Lewis.
The Jolly Blackbird, Crosby-Marie
Saggau.
Cradle Song from the Dolls Dream,
Oestens, Miller.
Valse Brilliante, Selected,-Virginia
Shields.
In the Hay Loft, and, Dancing Daisy
Fields, Mokrejs,-Vcra Houlihan.
The Water Mill. Spaulding,-Mary
Patterson.
BeBe Bells, NJ. Parenghi,-Blanche
Tucker.
Woodland Waltz, Krogman,-Mildred
Houlillan.
The Log Cabin, Lynes,-Edna May
Simpson.
Hungarian Dance, Kleinmichel,-Dora
Mas.
Loves Old Sweet Song, Molloy,-Marie
Hawley.
Fifth Nocturne, Leybach, Edna Hueb'
ner.
The Maiden's Blush, Gottschalk,-El.
sic Heiden.
Saturday Evening.
HumOresque, DvOrak,-Margaret Hunt.
The Tale of a Kangaroo, Luders, Mar
garet Kinney.
Beautiful Evening Star, Holst,-Mar
celia Stengln.
The Hearts Answer, Englemann,-Ma
rie Weiss. /
Andante Sonatina No. I, Allegrctto
Sonatina, No. 1, Gurlitt,-Charles
Meyers.
The Hunt. Selected,-George Hoffman.
Aloha, Hawaiian song,-Walter Frese.
Farewell Bohm.-Erma Solomon.
Dance of the Merry Legs, Selected
Virginia Marks.
Romance, Rathbun,-Blanche Loren
zen.
LaGrace Bohm,-Delia Poole.
An English Carol, Beaumont,
thy MOeller.
Spring Song. Lange,-Agncs Henry.
Curly Locks, Crachs.-Nellie Bolton.
II Trovatore, Dorn!-Jennie McCaff-
rey.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-17

held from the home of her father, Mr..
A. Christensen, at o'clock in the
afternoon, Rev. L. p. Williams, pastor
Of the Baptist church. officiating, at
ter which interment was made in Oak.
land cemetery.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-17
lvoryGoods
Hand Bags and Vanity Purses

A very attractive line OF lcat!,-
er hand bags in seal. shcepskin,
goat grain, ETC.: also mesh and
vanity purses-all prices from
Use up to L
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-17

Nothing more appreciated by
the Girl Graduate than jewelry.
such as hat pins, lingerie clasps.
bead necklaces. cavaliers, brooch
cs, etc. Look 'cm over.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-17

Many people who couldn't spare one
minute to put the cover on the gar
bage can when flies breed will spend
a whole hour swatting the insects
about the house. IN. .
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-17

After letting the grass all run out
on the lawn and keeping tumble down
chicken coops in the back yard, some
men will complain OF their hard luck
because they have to sell their houses
at u #big loss. NJ "a. Is. :g =
Evening star., 1916-01-02

blow
much Importance when the other the chief
ecuive restricted in
probably
the
those
tory timely t
President and cabinet by
outside
Congressional Club which all probability
or this month the clubs comfortable
hundreds
other detail Of the
denied
semble the beginning ap-
To begin Mrs
Willard when she her
probably
by the the Secretary unless
she
this official Yesterday
Mrs
10 wyoming have Secretary Mrs
cabinet block
there pSor to the present administration
Mrs Redhed
where they took Secretary and Mrs
their
General and Mrs Gregory located they
Evening star., 1916-01-02

Teresa Granda y Pezet, were the youth
full and lovely celebrities around whom
most of the social attention of their Sc
lected afternoons revolved. Their pres
entations were wonderfully successful,
in spite of wind and weather and a
plethora of other places to go and
things to do. Each had her garden of
flowers to bloom in, and the smiles and
compliments of old and young ad-
mirerS.
The debutante balls, the two for Miss
Ruth Lester, the first given Monday
night by her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wharton E.. Lester. and the second at
Rauscher's, also, Thursday night. given
by Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Kaufman,
brought together two of the most de-
Evening star., 1916-01-02
Hghtfully entertained companies


the week.
Kindred affairs were the dances given
by Mrs. William F.. Draper. Mr.. and
Hopkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter,
etc.
Tomorrow the afternoon performance
by the Princeton Triangle Club will be
given. A dance at the Playhouse by
Mr.. and Mrs. Montgomery Blair for
these talented young men Will follow.
The Navy Relief Society ball at the
navy yard, which has been looked for
ward to for months by the dancing set,
takes place tomorrow night.
Mrs. Gaff's domino dance for Miss
Helene Elliott is an event of Tuesday
night.
Wednesday has an interesting pro-
gram, including Miss Elizabeth Walk
er's debut tea at the Grafton, Mrs. Will
ton Lambert's tea and dinners galore
at the Chevy Chase Club preceding the
midweek hop.
Miss Caper's debut will take place
Thursday afternoon at the home Of her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Capers,
at reception, from to Z.
A benefit for the Catholic Home for
Aged Ladies will be given at the Cairo
Thursday night, when Miss Elizabeth
Jordan will read one of her short stor-
les and Judge Wendell Phillips Staf-
ford of the District Supreme Court will
read some of his recent verse.
An event of Saturday next will be the
debut of Miss Dorothy bennett, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred bennett. It
will be an afternoon party, 1880 to Z,
at the Congressional Club.
Evening star., 1916-01-02

necessities for a grand entertainment,
opportunities for dancing or profess
sfonal exhibitions imperative and grand
opera singers to give thousand-doll
program if folks were otherwise to be
left to themselves after dinner. For
resident families who were the social
bulwarks of twenty or thirty years
ago. and understand its traditions even
If they did not actually help to make
them, the return to the old-fashioned
idea must be interesting.
Last and This Weeks Events.
The debutantes of last week, Miss
Lillian Hendrick, Miss katherine Co
Vile, Miss Anita Kite, Miss Marjorie
Helmbold, Miss Marie Sims and Miss
Evening star., 1916-01-02
WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL
HOLIDAY SEASON THE GAYEST KNOWN IN MANY YEARS.
GOSSIP AND DINNERS AND DANCES COMING EVENTS

This week will Wilson
from their honeymoon and the social the White
Houseboth of throughout the land
be held by the President and his VIII delegates the
PanAmeican
lowed the President Mrs Cleveland from their wedding
noabe of representatives highest
thought achievements their nothing could have
of a charming an interesting
OF the of official
changed little the Wilson like the the New
bg
Evening star., 1916-01-02
Gay Holiday Week.

II must have been something of a
problem for the active members Of
many families to have met each other
the past week, save at the festivities
which marked the gayest holiday sea-
son the Capital has known in years.
The local program was congested
enough TO make it difficult to enjoy
almost any of the events to their full
est extent. but when in connection with
these there was also a Willingness.
nay. eagnerness. to have look into
the splendid hospitalities In homes and
otherwise for the Pan-American visi-
tors. ii took all the waking hours after
IL noon and no let up in ones company
front to do the opportunities anything
Evening star., 1916-01-02
Dance Last Night.

Nearly one hundred young friends
of Miss Elizabeth jones', daughter OF
Mr.. and James K. Jones. 2174 Wyom-
ing avenue. were entertained at de-
lightful dance at the Holton Arms ball
room last night.
Christmas decoration was in place
and an orchestra played for the dane
ing.
Evening star., 1916-01-02

like credit The social pace of the
last week Of the year was quite re-
markable, and IL 1t gives the honored
guests Of the nation and city any
glimpses of our official world after 1t
becomes a residential power the i'm
preston they will carry away must
be very pleasant one.
The program for society generally
and the visitors in particular will lap
| over into the new year and is Just as
rich in its offerings as that which has
gone before.
The evening receptions given for the
Pan-AmeEfcans at private homes con-
tinued the brilliancy of the official one
held Monday night at the Pan-Ameri-
can building and revived form of
Washington residential hospitality
which has hardly existed of late years,
when specialties have been considered
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-08-06
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tors u colonel $50 m is I.t trs 81 a-
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been loid re#r1.az 5 proHh ia raid
.5 }Ia absf neaeafea he haf fassn
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-26
LACK OF STEAMERS
AT ST. JOHN MAY
CAUSE FAMINE

81 Johns, y. F. Feb. 25.-Fearing
.'a' 'he colony Of New Foundland will
lace food famine in May or June il
ae'oh Is not Immediately taken to Sc
.uie better shipping facilities the St
''"hs Board Of Trade has made a Wig
"'us demand to the Colonial govern
"ehl 10 procure steamers The Board
VI trade asks that arrangements be
"'oue with the British Government to
nave steamers furnished even if it
De'0'hes necessary for the Colonial
government 10 literally subsidze them
we" Foundland has already faced a
'"'''at problem regarding coal. Last
'.e'hoer coal shortage. cause d by
'aeS OF vessels TO bring it here, OBJ
.seu me government to commander
me available coal in ST Johns
~. .4 distribute it to the people in small
mere Is also a shortage Of salt
"sh curing. The Ceony usually
seS sixty thousand tons annually but
-. a' only ten thousand tons have
received. The Colonial Govern
n aleat however, is negotiating with the
,h Admiralty to secure ships to
salt from Spain and Sicily.
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General Staff Necessary

Yesterday Admiral WinsloW told the
committee the establishment of a gen.
eral staff composed of active line Off
GERS was a vital necessity. Today he
amplified this view. declaring the sys-
tenn of education at Annapolis Naval
Academy was wrong. He urged res
toration of the old grade Of midship-
man in the fleet. Boys should enter the
service at from IA to Is years Of age.
he said, spend two years in prelim-
mary schooling ashore. then go to sea
to acquire the sea habit" from actual
contact with things of the sea before
completing their education ashore. The
polytechnic education now given mid
shipmen at the academy is utterly I'M
suited, the admiral declared, to the
training of men to handle ships and
combinations of ships at sea. He could
see no value to be gained from making
all navy officers experts in higher
mathematics, and thought construc-
tors. engineers and ordnance experts
should be trained as specialists and
never be called upon to command
ships.
Plan for Elimination
From the day boys enter the acad-
envy. he said, system Of selection
should be applied to govern promo
tions, eliminating men untitled for the
daring, nerve-racking tasks that
would be theirs in time Of war. He
added that fellow officers should de-
termine these qualifications and that
a plan of this sort was being worked
out by the Navy department..
with opposing fleets sweeping toward
each other over the sea for an action to
be carried out at speed of 20 knots or
more, the admiral insisted there would be
no time for hesitation by any ship COM
mander. He told Of how he trained a
SQUADRON Of four dreadnoughts which he
commanded two years ago until his orders
were carried out within six seconds of
the time he gave them, 60 maneuvers be-
ing carried out in a single forenoon. Even
this. he declared, represented only EN-
couraging progress on the road toward
complete efficiency, and application of
such intensive methods to the fleet as a
whole could never be accomplished I'M
(coStinued on Page 5-column q
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Lodges Statement

"The President takes the precise
position that ! have taken, and
have been urging in public speeches
for the last IS months" said SEN
ator Lodge. "Of course ! shall stand
by him. ! agree fully with what
he says. believe it would pro.
claim US to the world as coward
to tell our citizens that they must
not exercise their undoubted rights
and that If they do we shall not
protect them. A nation that will
not protect it's citizens cannot pro-
tect itself, and If Democracy fails
to protect itself, how can we hope
to Iive?"
1.-THE President says: What W.
are contending for in this matter
is Of the very essense Of the things
that have made America a SOW
ereign nation. She cannot yield to
them without concedins her impo-
tency as nation and making vir-
tuaI surrender Of her independent
position among the nations Of the
world.
with this also am in full ac-
cord. It is the doctrine have
preached all my life, and ! am with
the President, who sets Il forth and
stands by IT,"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-26
80 MONTHS FOR
CONSTRUCTING
NEW SUBMARINES

Washington. Feb 20 Representa-
tives Of the Electric Boat Co.. lowest
bidder for the two big 1900 ton sub
marines authorized by Congress last
year, informed Secretary Daniels today
that it would be impossible to turn out
the vessels in % months, as desired by
the navy department, and that instead
it would take fully two years and a
half. They said it took long time to
get steel under present conditions and
that the company would be obliged to
make certain experiments before un-
dertaking to construct undersea boats
Of such proportions.
Naval officials now are considering
the question Of recommending to Con-
gress a modification in the law to per-
nit them to award contracts for a
smaller type Of vessel which might be
built more quickly.