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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
HOME
IS IN DANGER.
Reservoir Equipment Is Crippled ano
Water Supply rs Almost
Entirely Shut
OF.
A BIG FIRE is FEARED
Supervisor D. A. Young Says One
Could Not Be Checked If it
started-Damase to Build
inss s125,ooo.

A fire at the county home today
would cost Lee County in the neigh
borhood of s125,0oo, according to Su-
pervisor D. A. Young as he told how
the cold snap has crippled the large
reservoir, shutting off almost COM
pletely the water supply.
1--WE have very little water out
there. said Supervisor Young, and
a big fire about this time would play
havoc 1t would be utterly impos-
sible to check it. We have plumb
ers working on the water system,
which has been frozen stiff for the
past twenty-four hours.
The reservoir holds 5000 gallons OF
water and was installed only short
time ago. This is the first time trou
BILE OF this kind has occurred.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
JACK THE RIPPER
MUTILATES VICTIMS
Aged Couple Found Dead by Jabs Of
Sharp instruments Through
Right Eye.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, Jan. S.--The police
dragnet is out today for Jack the
Ripper who is believed to have muir
dered aged Isaac Futterman and his
wife Rachael in the lower east side.
An autopsy held this morning
showed that both of the victims have
been killed with sharp instrument
driven through the right eye into the
brain. The mans body was horribly
mutilated with sharp knife.
Etcha Futterman, daughter, who
had not been on good terms with hei
parents, has been arrested, but she
stoutly maintains her innocence.
The Futterman's were religious ana
always attended every service at a
nearby synagogue. Because of their
absence yesterday, Mrs. Rose Met
check, neighbor, went to the house,
but could secure no response. She
notified Aaron Futterman, the only
son OF the murdered pair. Aaron
summoned policeman, who discov-
cred the aged couple lying on the
floor of their bedroom. After killing
the couple, the slayer turned on the
gas.
Friends of the Futtermans say that
they had no enemies. Although then
daughter was unable to get along
with them and had lived by herself,
she sometimes visited her parents.
Detectives are satisfied the crime was
committed by pervert.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
RUMOR RISES
OVER FREDERICKS
He Arrives in Washington and May be
OH Trail of More Dyna-
nliters.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. S. The ar
rival of States Attorney Fredericks,
of Los Angeles, in Washington
gave rise to the rumor at the depart
ment OF justice that the investigation
of the so-called dynamite conspiracy
has been somewhat of disappoint-
ment SO far as it concerned the in
volving of higher ups in the alleged
plot.
1t is said that the evidence so far
unearthed duplicates only some OBJ
scure business agents and minor la
Dor officials.
Fredericks is being closely follow
ed by Oscar Lawler, special assistant
attorney general, appointed to push
the dynamite probe. They are bring
ing to Washington the evidence col
lected at the Los Angeles grand jury
investigation Early in the week
they will confer with Assistant At
torney General Herr, who has gener-
al charge of the investigation.
Attorney General Wickersham will
come into the conferences when he
returns from Panama Thursday, and
late in the week the whole matter
will be brought before the president
Fredericks is said to be anxious that
the government push the probe but
the authoritative information is that
Lawler hesitates to advise such an
expenditure of funds without Wicker
sham's authority.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
SMOKY CELLAR
GREETS F|REMEN.
McBridc's Millinery store on Main
Street Threatened This Morn-
ing Shortly After /,
O'clock.
WATER HARD TO GET
Sixth Street Plug Was Tapped, Fire
men Finding Those at Fourth
and Fifth Streets
Frozen.


A cellar of smoke so dense that it
extinguished the lantern carried by
Fire Chief John Anderson, greeted
the fire fighters today at McBride's
millinery store, 400 Main street. The
fact that the fire was in the heart of
the business district, some alarm was
cccasioned, but practically no damage
resulted
The alarm was turned in shortly al
ter eleven o'clock, and was general
one. When the firemen arrived the
cellar was filed with smoke and 1t
was rolling out through the upper part
of the store. There was no blaze
but much rubbish and rags were
smoldering freely.
The fire is said to have stated from
attempts to thaw out frozen water
pipe. Rags used for the purpose sci
| fire to other infiammable matter in
| the cellar.
| The fire department experienced
some difficulty in getting water. Il
was reported that the fire hydrants al
Fourth and Fifth streets were frozen
and water was obtained from tht
Sixth street plug.
Following the fire. Chief Anderson
announced that he would have an ex
animation of all Of the Main stree
plugs made.
Yesterday afternoon at 1920 o'clocl
a still alarm called the chemical t
the home of John Cameron, corner o
Eighth and Concert streets. Fire ha'
started behind mantel The damag
was slight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
TWO And ONE-HALF
POUND baby

when our baby was born he weighed
only two and one-haf lbs. and was so
delicate we were afraid to handle him.
A neighbor advised me to give him
Mellin' Food. which | did. and ii has
done baby SO much good that cannot
speak too highly Of it. He gained one
half pound week and is now bright.
happy baby. | can recommend Mellm' $
Food to all mothers who have delicate
babies and know that they will find ii the
best infant food"
Mrs. Joseph Horlachcr. Audenred. Pa.
Write for a free sample Of MeIIln's
Food totry.
MELLlN's FOOD co. : BOSTON, MASS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
MCPHERSON NAMES
CHANCERY MASTERS
And Selects as One Of Them Attorney
William c. Howell, Of This
City.

Federal Judge Mcpherson has an
nounced the names of the various
masters in chancery who would serve
in Iowa for the ensuing year. They
are George F. Henry of Des Moines,
w. C. Howell of Keokuk, and George
IS. Wright of Council Bluffs. The work
of these men will be in connection
with the United States district court
in the future, Heretofore it has been
abolished
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
LOOKING Ahead.

David A. Ball, of Pike county, Mo-,
Mas once state senator and acted as
lieutenant governor during the two
wears he presided over the senate.
He had an ambition to be lieutenant
governor in fact One day he con-
t,ded his ambition to his old family
doctor "The old man. Ball says In
telling the story, walked two BLOCKS
With me without making any COM
ment Then he turned and said:
.snnnose you were elected and the
coyarnor should die? Wouldn't that
leave Missouri in a mighty fix?'--
saturday Evening Post
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
Poor Safe and Sound.

According to Superintendent Fred
Korschgen, the city's poor have suffer
ed no untold hardships during the
past few days, at least insofar as has
been brought to his attention.
1.-THE city's poor were well pro-
vided for at Christmas time said
superintendent Korschgen today.
Many of the homes were well pro
vided with fuel at that time, and /
have not received any request other
than those which would come at times
not so severe
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08

FoIey's Honey and Tar Compound.
is reliable family medicine. Give it
to your children and take it yourself
when you feel a cold coming on. 1t
checks and cures cough and colds ana
Group and prevents bronchitis and
pneumonia. Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF OWLS.
Regular meeting of the Independent
Order of Owls the first and third
Tuesdays of each month at their han
in the Hubinger building, 25 North
Sixth street Visiting Owls are cor
daily invited. Lee Hovey, worthy
president; Ed. W. Kiser secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
B. P. O. ELKs

Keokuk lodge, No. 1O6--Me ets first
and third Thursday nights at Elks.
hall, Gibbons opera house block. Sixth
and Main streets. Club rooms open
daily. Visiting brethren cordially in
vited. w. H. Reimbold, E. R.; Leroy
j. Wolf, secretary
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
Mrs. Roosevelt Sick.

EUnited Press Leased Wire Service
s OYSTER BAY, N. Y. Jan. S.-Dr.
G. w. Faller, the Roosevelt family
physician admitted today that Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, wife OF the ex-
president, had been seriously i'll, but
declared she was better today, and
that her complete recovery was ex-
pected. He declined to tell the ma
ture of the illness.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08

W. o. W.--Gate City Camp No. 81,
Woodmen of World. meets second
and fourth Tuesdays of each month
at Hawkes. hall, corner Eighth and
Main streets. Visiting soverigns cor
daily invited. E. E. Severn consul
commander; f. e. Hawkes., clerk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
Wrong Lesson.

Crawford-You spoke Of opening
bank account in your wife's name in
order to teach her the value of money.
used 1t up TO pay a lot of bills I could
have STAYED off for six months.-Lip-
pincott's Magazine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08

If your children are subject to at
tacks of Group, watch for the first
symptom, hoarseness. Give Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy as soon as the
child becomes hoarse and thu attack
NAV be warded off. For sale by Wiki
inson &. Co, Pharmacy. and ]. T..
Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
Given Chilly Reception.

County Attorney T. A. Craig and
his assistant, e. w. McManus, were
given chilly reception when they
came down to the office this morning
Attorney McManus was the first to
arrive. He glanced at the thermom
eter, which he says registered Is de
grees below zero, and then hied tc
the justice office of John Letndecker
which contained much warmth. There
he spent most of the day.
Supervisor D. A. Young was also III
against it, and he was greatly incon
venienced, on account of the fac
that many persons We're calling fol
their warrants. He was forced t.
face the cold and remained at hi.
post most of the time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08

Any skin itching is a temper-rester
The more you scratch the worse i,
itches. Doan's Ointment cures piles,
eczema-any skin itching. At AL
drug stores.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08

KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF sECuR-
ITY, KEOKUK COUNCIL, NO. 1919,
meets the first and third Monday Of
each month at A. o. U. w. hall at
8 o'clock. o. w. Rowe, president;
Ernest Best, financier; Wayne C.
Schenk, secretary
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
Foley Kidney pills

always give satisfaction because they
always do the work: ]. T. Shelnut,
Bremen, Ca, says: y have used Foley
Kidney Pills with great satisfaction
and found more relief from their use
than from any other kidney medicine,
and Two tried almost all kinds. l can
cheerfully recommend them to all sug.
ferers for kidney and bladder troub.
le.' Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08

Persons troubled with partial par
alysis are often very much benefited
by massaging the affected parts thor
oughly when applying Chamberlain's
Liniment This liniment also relieves
rheumatic pains. For sale by Wilkin-
son & Co, Pharmacy. and J. F. Kied-
aisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08

FRATERNAL ORDER OR EAGLES.
Keokuk Aerie, No 6s3-Meets first
and third Wednesday of each month
at Eagles hall, 523 Main street Visit
ing brothers cordially invited Phil
CHASER, w. president; c. A. Noakes,
secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
ROYAL ARCANUM

Keokuk Council No. $50 meets first
and third Monday each month,
Hawkes. hall, Eighth and Main. Visit
ing brethren fraternally invited to
attend. c, NJ. Vogler, regent, ]. I.
Annable, secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
River Will Melt Like a Pond.

In the spring, 1t will slowly and
gradually melt away exactly like the
Ice sheet on pond.
There will be a strong current over
on the Iowa side above the fore-bay
and power house There the ice will
be drawn down stream quite rapidly.
But there it will meet the ice fender
which will hold the down stream face
Of the floe and let the water rush be-
meath It on to the turbines.
This ice fender is in effect con-
crete bridge curving out from the up
per end of the power house to the
Iowa bank This bridge will be 2,340
ieet long, nearly half mile, and con-
sist Of arched spans the piers of
which separate openings far below the
water surface hundred feet long.
Inc distance from the top Of the
bridge down will run through ten feet
below the surface. The ice will be
VI, ten feet above the current, In COM
paratiyely still water, and will be a
part Of the stationary floe covering
me entire lake. In the spring it will
melt away in its place, like all the
rest Of the lake surface. In the win
ter the timber floating boom will be
closed and produce the same effect
as the concrete bridge fender; in the
summer, this floating timber boom
VIII be pulled back against the Iowa
SHORE to leave an opening three hun
dred feet wide for steamboats,.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
ood;s
Sars!a p ariIla

Cures all blood humors, all
eruptlons, clears the complex.
ion. creates an appetite, aids
digestion, relieves that tired
feeling, gives vigor and vim.
Get II today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE.

10 III O1tDEh OF MOUSE.
Keohuk Lodge No. 704 meets every
Wednesday night at p. M in Hawkes.
hall, corner of Eighth and Main Visit
ing brothers cordially invited. Ed G..
Vaughan, Dictator. Roy M. Martin,
secretary
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
Her WAYS.

Mature has a strenuous way of do
ing with the twenty-four hours, hasn't
she?" How so?" Don't she make
the day-hreak, the nightfall and the
noon. full?"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
Blanche Rlna at Burlington.

Blanche Ring, who ranks in must al
comedy as does Sarah Bernhardt in
the drama, will come to the Grand
opera house, Burlington. January g.
She will be seen there in her new
musical comedy, The Wall Street
Girl and this engagement is sure to
prove one of the gala ones of the
theatrical season. Miss Ring has many
imitatcrs, but no equals. When il
comes to popularizing songs. this
comedienne has style ali her own
III her new play five of the songs fail
to her lot, and they are of the tuneful
catchy order.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08

To Cure a Cold in One Day
4 AXE LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money if
it fails to cure. q. w. GROVES sig
nature is on each box CSC.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08

Puckechetuck lodge No. 4s. meets
every Friday evening at s o'clock.
Frank Vollers, N. g.. George w. I'M
megart, permanent secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08

MODERN WOoDMEN OF AMERICA
Gibbons Hall.
keokuk Camp No. 622-Meets every
Wednesday evening at 1880 p. m. Our
latch string is out to neighbors, c. B.
Lake, v. c.; ]. A. Pollord. clerk
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
The DAM AND The
MISSISSIPPI ICE
uow the Problem Is Solved Of TAX
ina Care Of Ice in the Winter
And When Il Breaks Up
in Spring.
RIG ICE FLoE ON LAKE
Concrete Bridge Nearly Half !
Mile Long VIII Keep the Ice
Out Of the Forebay When
the River Freezes.


No one question has been asked and
answered among Keokuk people as
much as how the ice will get over the
big dam here. And the answers, VAR
led as they are, are mostly very wide
Of the mark.
Like the boys apple and the core,
there won't be any. ice to 60 over the
dam
If the ice, when it breaks I'D in the
spring, had to pass the dam as it has
been passing the railroad bridge
there would be problem worthy OF
any engineers hard work. But Chief
Engineer Cooper has met the situation
in characteristic way by abolishing
the ice breakup and the passing OF
great ice masses grinding down the
river. That is, here at the site Of the
greatest dam.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
X. of p.

X. of p.
Morning Star lodge No. 5, meets
at Fifth and Blondeau, K. of P. build
ing, Tuesday at 1880. John P. Johnson
chancellor commander; Robert Ulrich
L. OF r. and s. Visiting knights
fraternally invited.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
The Ice FIoc on the Lake.

When the dam is in operation, some
OF the gates will be open and some
of them shut. The water will go over
the spillway only where the gates are
open. In the stage of water usual in
the winter, not very many gates will
be open. The dam then will be most
~ tight wall throwing the most OF
the water over into the head race and
through the power house turbines.
Above the dam will be great lake
of comparatively still water. There
will be nothing to push the ice down
upon the dam, for the current. will not
be strong enough to move the Ice
there. There will be formed above
the long length of the dam an inn
mense foe of ice nearly mile wide
and miles long. resting on the sur
face Of the lake and with little pres
sure Literally in any direction. Since
this floe will be practically still, II
will not break up as does the ice in
the river or on the rapids now. 1t will
lie here all winter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08

Puchechetuck Encampment, No. I,
meets first and third Thursday eve
nings of each month. VIM. C. Kun
mer, scribe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
a. o. u. w.

A. o. U. w.
keokuk lodge, No. 256. meets every
Thursday night at 7:3O o'clock at hall
over Keokuk Savings bank, corner
Fifth and Main streets. Visiting
brethren cordially invited Thos. w.
Lester, M. w; A. e. Moore, recorder.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08

Herman lodge No. 116 (German),
meets regularly every Wednesday
evening at o'clock. j. ]. Rabe, N. g.;
Albert Kiefer, recording secretary
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD
FELLOWS.

Hall Seventh and Main street.
keokuk lodge No Is, meets regu-
larry Monday evening at $50 o'clock.
John Moore. n g.; Otto Anchutz,
recording secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-08
FRATERNAL CARDS.
MASONIC,

Hardin lodge No. 30, holds its regu-
lar monthly meeting the second Mon
day evening of each month.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-01

crumpled up in his seat, unconscious,
with a dent in his skull inflicted by
the butt of Weber's pistol. Then be-
fore the auto could careen into the
curb, the policeman shut off the pow
er and steered the car into the middle
of the street. Back in the road near
the curb l.y Weber's motorcycle,
tangled wreck.
With the assistance of Dubach, who
into the car, Weber began staunching
the blood that flowed from the uncon-
scious chauffeur's scalp wound. The
mans cap rolled into his lap. Pinned
to the inside of it was 500 in bills.
''Dubach," said Weber, Il guess
we've got somebody
With some difficulty the chauffeur
was revived. DESERVING his shattered
cycle, Weber then took his seat at
the wheel of the car and drove to
the office of Assistant Chief of Police
Schuettler. There confronted by the
cap full of currency, the prisoner, who
gave the name of James Mendel of
1858 West Twenty-fourth street, made
full confession of the part he had
played in the robbery of the cashier.
Starts With Hold-Up at "L"Station.
The victim of this crime was L. E.
Steinbach, who is employed by the
Schulze Baking company as cashier
at the company's branch at 139 West
Thirty-fifth street. He had been CIV
en- $1,000 to deposiat in the State
Thirty-fifth street station of the South
Side Elevated railroad company in
one of the concerns deliver wagons.
Steinbach walked into the station
unmolested and passed through the
turnstile. He then walked up the
stairs toward the platform. AS he
reached the landing in the middle of
the stairs, two men leaped upon him.
Steinbach fought back.
One of the men beat him over the
head with the but of pistol and
knocked him down. For a moment he
was insensible. The other robber then
snatched the satchel containing the
$1,000 and the two darted down the
stairs and out of the station.
Steinbach's cries and the sounds of
the struggle had been heard by the
fare collector and persons on the
street. The robbers, however, were
able to get into an auto which was
waiting for them and to outrun pur-
suit.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-01
WAS CRUSHED
To DEATH BY
z COAL CARS

Earl Clark, aged 25, brakeman in
the local yard crew of the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad company, was almost in
stantly killed this morning at 10: As at
a switch at the Hoosier Drill plant
when he was crushed between the
bumpers Of two cars of coal, which he
was engaged in coupling. The beams
caught him across the abdomen above
the hips. The cars rebounded after col
1iding and Clark stood upright for
second before falling. Without moving
a muscle or saying a word he died in
ten minutes.
Clark, who was married, and lives
at 215 North Fifth street, was working
with Fl. Il. Maule and E. r. Moore, two
other members of the switching crew
and they had been engaged in coupling
up the cars on the siding at the east
side of the Fifteenth street crossing
When Clark stepped in front of an on
coming car. which was being pushed
by an engine to be coupled to a car
standing on switch, men who saw him
say he suddenly stepped back, as the
moving car drew close and kicked
apart the coupling devise of the sta
tionary car to prepare it for the coup
ling device on the other car. His
clothes appeared to catch on the end
of the bumper, holding him until the
oncoming car caught him in it's vice
like grip.
Fellow workers came to Clark's side
and placed him on stretcher secured
at the Fourteenth street railroad Of
flee, but he died before the arrival of
the ambulance.
Clark, who was affectionately known
among his fellow workers and friends
as Smoky was married two years
ago. He leaves wife, Hazel Clark,
and baby daughter, who is about
eight months old. The wife was finish
ing up washing this morning at her
home. alone except for the baby, when
a neighbor, who had been notified of
the sad accident, broke the news to
her. She was Frustrated with grief
The remains will be taken Thursday
to the home of the father, Charles
M. Clark, SO FIT. Wayne Avenue.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-01

LAwRENCEBURG. Ind, May 1.
On cutting open the appendix of
Charles J. Junker of this town, the
surgeon discovered that a date seed
was srrouting there.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-05-01
GRANDMOTHER WILL
observation-disclosures.

Following thes filing of petitions by
Mrs. Elizabeth Gambler, city mission
ary and probation officer in the
Wayne circuit court yesterday after
noon, requesting that Katherine and
Ernest Moore, children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph G. Moore be made county
wards and be placed in some chill
dren's institution, Mrs. Weddings,
grandmother Of the children. asked
that the petition be withdrawn. saying
that she would care for the children.
The petitions declaned that the IA
Their of the children is.unable To work
and that the mother is Obliged to
work away from the home, and that
consequently the parents ape unable
ITO provide proper care for them.