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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-01
KEOKUk'S BONDED
DEBT IS LOWEST
No city With Population Over 10000
Compares to II In This
Matter, FioureS
Show.
INCREASED TAX SMALL
only 80 Cents Will be Added If the
Proposed $4,000 Bond
Issue is sue
cessfui.

Ksokuk has the lowest bonded in
debtedness Of any city of Iowa above
10000 population according to figures
obtained from a survey of the state.
Only five cities in the state have a
lower millage and those cities have
bonded Indebtedness of from two to
sixty-three times that of Keokuk.
The following table shows the
school bonded debt OF some six cities:
Keokuk ............ $3.50 per capita
Davenport ...........$7.3O per capisa
Burlington ..........$S.30 per capita
Fort Dodge .........ss 07 per capita
Waterloo, average, east
and west side. STA per capita
Iowa City ...........$7 $500 per capita
The following table OF bonded debt
for Iowa cities for school purposes
and the millage tax rate is interest
ing:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-01
Girls Taught Care Of Babies.
United Press Leased Wire Service

CLEVELAND, o., April 1.-Stu-
dents of twenty TIRES domestic sci
ence school centers here today took
up the study of infant hygiene as
part of the city's summer campaign
against infant mortality.
Nurses from the municipal infant
dispensary are aiding domestic sci
ence instructors in teaching eighth
grade girls the sewing OF sanitary out
hts for needy babies; washing, dress
ing and feeding babies and the gem
eral care of infants. The subject to-
day became regular part of the
school course for the first time
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-01
Another Cabinet "chau.alkerr

United Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON, April Its get
ting SO that being a "chautalker" and
cabinet member isn't worthy of mora
than passing note. Here comes an
other cabinetter. who wishes to do
the two-a day." His name Is Will
liam Bauchap Wilson and he holds
the labor portfolio in the Wilson cab
met. This Pennsylvania chautauqua
circuit today announced that Secre-
tary Wilson and Clifford Pinchot will
be attractions on the April and May
circuit-to say nothing about the Al
pine yodelers, Romani, the prince Of
tugglers, and that Harmony FAlr,"
colored singers from Tuskeges-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-01
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEM

| wish to announce to my friends
and the voters that ] will be a candi-
date for the nomination of auditor of
Lee county, subject to the action Of
the republican primaries.
ALBERT r. SMITH,
Fl. Madison,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-01
POLITICAL ANNOUNCED ENT.

I wish to announce to my friends
and the voters that ! will be can
didate for the nomination OF clerk OF
tbs district court OF lee county, sub
ject to the action OF the democratic
primaries.
w. w. GWIN.
Of Keokuk
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-01

ence today, and it takes a majority
of each side to carry q proposition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-01
The Township Auditing Committed
Changes Township Collectors
SALARY.

The contention for the collectorship
of Montebello township may not be
as great another year as it is this
year, in fact the present candidates
will be more or less disappointed at
the move made by the township aud
itors at their annual meeting held
Tuesday of this week.
The collectors job had been a
commission proposition for many
years, they receiving two per cent Of
the amount collected as their salary,
the taxes Of the township have in
creased until they have received a
salary Of seven or eight hundred dol
lars for three months work. This has
been attractive to more than one,
hence the numerous applicants. At
the meeting held yesterday of the
auditors, the collectors salary was q
matter of consideration and it was
made straight salary job. They
establishing his salary at four hun
dred dollars per year as collector.
This may not look so good to the fell
lows that thought they had it at about
twice that, but If the present aggre-
CATION of aspirants all refuse the job
at that, there are lot OF us laying
around here that will jump at the
chance of getting in.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-01
Collectors Books Turned In.

collectors BOOKS turned IN.
Mr.. Henry Swigelson finished UP his
work in connection with collecting
taxes the latter part of last week and
returned the books to the county
treasurer Monday Of this week.
The total amount collectable as
entered upon the booka was about
S43,000.0O and out of this amount Mr..
Swigelson succeeded in collecting
about $S9,000.00. This is about $4,-
100000 better than he collected last
year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-01
Next Years Collector

The scrap for the job of being col
lector another year is in full progress,
the election is to be held on next
Tuesday, the seventh, after that at
least two Of the candidates can go
way back and sit down and take q
rest There are three in the field,
and each of them is doing his best to
make the good people think that he
is the one for the job.
DR.. j. P. Sennett Is not able to
cover as much territory and make as
thorough house to house canvass as
the others are doing, but he has a
force at work that are leaving no
stones unturned that in any way
would aid him in securing the plum.
The doctor managed to slip one over
on the others that is causing consfd-
cradle comment, his picture is flashed
onto the screen every night at the
moving picture show and an an
made concerning him in
that way.
Frank Highly is making a clean and
manly canvass for the position He
was born and raised in the commun-
ity and is insisting that he has
right to ask for the position and is
to do the work, if a ma
jority Of the voters will but favor
him. Frank stands good show for
election.
r. L. Prather ia said to be working
day and night and insisting that his
business Is slack and he must have
the lob in order to make living.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-01

sTrain 473-Leaves Keokllk. 7:40am
'Train 741-Leaves Keokuk. 3:3opm
sTrain 472-Arrives Keokuk. 7:35pm
sTrain 470-Arrives Keokuk. 1:05pm
x"Traia S6--Arrives Keokuk 11:45am
x"Train S5-Leaves KeoKuk 1:30pm
xLocal Freight Trains.
Daily except Sunday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-01
Wabash Road Interested In City
Water.

The city has prospect for another
good water consumer as the Wabash
road have asked for sample or the
city water to analyze it and see II it
will not be found to be to their ad-
vantage to make the change and use
it in their engines After the analysis
had been made they reported very
favorably on the proposition. so that
the officials feel that in time. they
night tap the mains and become
users to the extent of twenty-five to
forty thousand gallons per day.
City Figuring Some on Steam Roller
and Rock Crusher.
One of the matters that the city
officials are very much interested in
at the present time is the purchase
of an up to date rock crusher as well
as steam roller.
They are investigating the PROPOSE
ton. and are very much in hopes that
they can figure out to buy the outfit.
At present they are considering new
crusher, with full equipment, and a
second hand roller from the power
company. The streets are very much
IN need OF work, and as this Is prac-
tically the only thing that will i'm
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-01

Trains leave from the Union depot
Berths and tickets. Fifth and johnson
streets.
Evening journal., 1914-05-18
HAD CHICKENS BOBBED
BEFORE They we're STOLEN

Charles Leuby pleaded not guilty in
CITY Court today to the larceny Of
two chickens from Harry Williams.
Mrs. Annie Coley, of No. 1881 Van
dever Avenue, said she saw two
chickens in Leuby's yard, ten days
ago. after Williams complained that
he had lost two chickens. Last Sat
urday, when Leuby was moving wit
ness said she saw chickens among
the goods. Harry Williams testified
that on Friday, May 8, he missed
three chickens. He saw them in
box on a load of furniture on Satur-
day He had their tails bobbed, wings
cut and their legs marked with brown
paint.
Officer Doulon said he saw the de-
fendant at Thirteenth and Thatcher
streets, and Williams identified the
chickens as his property.
For the defence, Mrs. Mary Leuby
testified she bought the chickens in
the King street market on May 6, and
gave them to her son to take to the
country.
Mrs. Anna Leuby testified that she
was with her mother-in-law when the
chicken were purchased in the King
street market.
Despite this testimony, Leuby was
held under $500 bail for court.
Evening journal., 1914-05-18
SOLAR eclipse This
YEAR ON AUGUST Il
viii be Partial in Northeast
ern Part of the United
States

WASHINGTON. May lS.-The eclipse
of the sun on August 2l next-total in
part of Europe and Asia and partial in
Northeastern America attracting
widespread attention among astrono-
mers and scientists, various expeditions
being arranged to witness this phenome-
non.
Prof. G. G. Abbott. head of the astro-
nomical branch of the Smithsonian In
stitute and a recognized authority on
solar phenomena. gives the following
popular account OF the eclipse and the
scientific results sought from such
events:
"The moon viii pass exactly between
the earth and the sun and there win be
total solar eclipse. II will not be OBJ
served in America except as small
partial eclipse at sunrise in the northern
states, but in Persia, Russia and Sean
dnava the full effect will be seen.
although the moon looks about the
same size as the sun. il is very much
smaller and nearer. The sun is 765.O00
miles in diameter and 03OO0OO0 miles
away, while the moon is 2,l63 miles in
diameter and 23900O miles away. On
account of the moons small size, com
pared with the sun, the shadow cast by
the moon is q cone, and the point of this
cone just barely reaches the earth.
I'm the August eclipse the diameter of
the cone at the earth's surface is only
about 50 miles, so that the eclipse is vis-
ible as total only in a belt about 50
miles wide, stretching over the countries
named above. The cities of Bitlis, Treb-
izond. Kief. NIinsk and Riga lie near the
centre of this belt. Il passes about 100
miles north of Stockholm and Trond-
helm. The eclipse win be seen as par
tial over very wide area, including
Northeastern America, Greenland, Eu-
rope. hall Of Asia and half of Africa.
Within this region only a portion of the
SUMS disk will be hidden by the moon.
wherever the solar eclipse Is seen as
total the sky will become nearly as dark
as full moonlight, and few OF the
brighter stars and planets may be seem
The duration Of the totality is longest
near Kief. in Russia, where it is min
utes l3 seconds In the most favorable
case total eclipse may last over min
utes at a station, but such occasions are
very rare"
Evening journal., 1914-05-18
Sussex Berry Growers Look
For Big Crops This Year

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
GEORGETOWN. Del. May 1S.-
The outlook for a prolific strawberry
crop is very promising at this time,
and many Of the extensive growers
of the county are already making
preparations to move the crop. From
Selbyville, Millsboro. Frankford and
the section surrounding Ocean View
comes reports that the berry season
will be a large one unless something
unforeseen happens within the next
two or three weeks
Around Bridgeville the outlook Is
very satisfactory, and farmers in
that section are expecting to make
some money out Of the crop, While
the prices that have been procured
bv the Southern growers In the
northern markets have not been up
TO the expectations Of some Of the
brokers from Sussex county who
each season generally go South and
bnv for commission houses IN the
north. il Is thought that IL VIII nave
little bearing on the Prices Tor the
Doiaware fruit. As a rule berry
growers in SUSSEX county base theH
figures on the prices obtained by the
berry grow rs of the SOUTH cialhllhs
.-that jl tie southern berries bring a
GOOD price i'm the northern markets
that their fruit will sell well aiso'
Evening journal., 1914-05-18
MR.. HAUPT INSTITUTED
AS newark Rector

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEWARK, Del, May 1S.-Before a
large congregation the Rev. Walter G.
Haupt, formerly of Havre de Grace,
Nd, was instituted as rector of St
Thomas Episcopal Church, yester-
day morning. He succeeds the Rev.
Hamilton b. Phelps. who resigned
some time ago accept the rectorship
of church at Tomaston, Conn.
The institution was in charge of
Bishop Kinsman and was very i'm
pressive. At the beginning of the
service the new rector. accompanied
by the members of the vestry and fol-
lowed by the Bishop entered the door
of the church and walked to the chan
Gel, where the keys of the church
Tor warden, Alfred A. Curtis.
Following the presentation of the
keys the new rector was received
within the rails of the altar by Bishop
kinsman, where was was presented
with the Bible. Book of Common
Prayer and books of Cannons of the
General and Diocesan Convention by
the bishop.
Bishop Kinsman preached. after
which Holy Communion was admin
istered by the new rector Mr.. Haupt
asked for the hearty cooperation of
the members of the parish in his work
which he will take up at once. Most
of the congregation remained to meet
the new rector.
Evening journal., 1914-05-18
MANY GRADUATES FROM
SUSSEX Schools This YEAR

snecial TO THE EVENING JOURNAL
CEORGETOWN. Del. May lS.-Dr.
echmucker. of the West Chester State
Normal school. will address the 1914
class OF the Georgetown public
schools to be held on Tuesday even
ng May 20. The graduating class
his wear is composed Of Misses Meta
Green. Myrtle Morgan, daughter OF
Rev. l.. 3. Morgan. now Of Chinco-
league Island, Va Edythe Pettylohn,
Fva Johnson, Della Littleton, Walter
Townsend, Earl Hudson and Marvel
Wilson.
The graduating class OF the
Bridgeville High School. the COM
mencement exercises Of which viii
be held tomorrow evening. are as
follows. Misses Lecta Dickerson,
salhe Brown. Lillian Sudler, Helen
Jones. Mary Radclifi, Mary Hurlock,
HELEN Axe. Ethel Russell, Ray Welch,
Lena Short. Mary Ledenham, Mabel
REYNOLDS. Grace Elliott Messrs. Dale
Cannon. Walter Russell, Noland
Macklin and Charles Frazier.
The graduating class OF the Milton
school consists of Nora Atkins, Ger
trude Burrous, James Reed, Andrew
Mustard, William Lank. The bac-
calaureate sermon to the graduates
will be delivered on Sunday morn
ing. Nav 81, in the NJ p. Church, by
the Rev. Frank Holland, and the
commencement exercises will be held
on June 8.
Evening journal., 1914-05-18
CHAUTAUQUA FOR
ELKTON. JUNE 5-t1
Speclal 10 THE EVENING IorRNAI.

opcclai 10 IHE EVENING JOURNAL
ELkrON, Md. May 1S.-Plans are
being completed for the Chautauaua
TO be held in Elkton. June 5 TO II. in
elusive. The guarantors are: Henry
Nj. Mccullough, Frank p. Price.
Frank II. Whitney, Daniel S. Terrell
DR.. John McElmoyle, Frank Barton
Evans, Thomas b Miller. Joseph NJ.
McVey' ID. J. Ayerst. Henry l.. Con-
stable, Charles S Peacock, Senator
Frank e. Williams. Thomas II.
Harlan, William Sterling Evans. Rob
ert B. Frazer. DR.. John Henry lamar.
William S. Evans. w r. witworth.
Frank r. Scott. William Hollings-
worth Mackall, Henry Vinsinger.
Charles B. Finley, the Rev. william
Schouler, T.. Warner Dawson, Chief
Judge Albert Constable. Irwin T..
Kepler. William B. Bratton. John
Hasson Terrell, Ex-senator Omer d .
Crothers, DR.. H. Arthur Mitchell,
Emerson r. Crothers, NJ. Herbert
Paul. Or. S. Claude Sykes. DIR. How
ard Bratton Robert ID. Brown, Fred
erick T. Halnes. Stanley Evans,
Charles Blake. James f. Evans, Reg
inald Constable.
William Robinson and Miss Agnes
Robinson, Of Sparrow's Point. Md,
are the guests of Mr.. Robinson's sis
ter, Mrs John +. Alexander.-Mr and
Mrs. Albert Hazel. Of Chesapeake
City. visited Elkton relatives on Sat
urday.-Mrs. John Clark of Whining
ton, is spending some time with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin p. Mer.
ritt-Robert Carter Lewis, Of Phila.
delphia, is visiting his mother. Mrs
Hester c. Levis.-The Rev and Mrs
William Schouler we're the guests OF
Mrs. John Francis Porter. of vii.
mington.-Miss Evelyn Spear, Of Bal
timore is the guests of relatives neal
Chesapeake City.
VIM. f. Rudolph and Isabel Lonly
Evening journal., 1914-05-18
new fame Fighter
UP TO EXPECTATIONS
Engine Throws Four Streams
at One Time Over DUPONT
Building

Members Of the Fame Fire Com
pany are delighted with their new
automobile combination pumping en-
gine and hose wagon, recently pur-
chased from the Ahrens-Fox Fire Ap-
paratus Company. of Cincinnati, and
which, at the official test in front of
the DUPONT Building on May 8, ex-
ceeded the expectations of the build
ers
The new pumping engine is capable
OF throwing four streams at one time
over the Hotel DUPONT. The vehicle
Is OF l23 horsepower. A type of the
same engine was tested last fall in
New York for twelve consecutive
hours at a chief engineers conven-
ton, at which time Il made a record
for endurance. The pumping engine
has pumping capacity of $50 gallons
per minute and a speed of 40 miles
per hour. The pumping capacity was
beaten several times in the recent
test In tests 4, with lines and 3-4-
inch nozzle, pumping pressure Of 40
and nozzle pressure Of So. S25 gallons
were pumped per minute. In test s.
with two lines, 2-inch nozzle. 12O
pound pressure and 5S nozzle pres
sure, 905 gallons were pumped per
minute. Both these tests were at
high pump gear and 100 feet of hose.
In test No. 8. through two lines of
hose. each being of 100 feet. 1-4-inch
nozzle, l40 pound pump pressure. IS
pound nozzle pressure on each line of
hose at high pump gear. 433 gallons
per minute we're pumped through
each line, making a total Of sec gal
Ions per minute for both lines.
These two tests alone show why so
much interest is manifested in the
new addition to the Wilmington fire
hghting equipment. The members of
the Fame Fire Company are very
much pleased with the machine. The
tests were made under the super-
vision of f. L. Brand. The members
OF the purchasing committee of the
company We're; Il. Butler. chairman.
w. J. Lutz, w. Condor. G. Crockett.
W. Cook, c. Niedermaier. +. /. Brand
and Jacob Zimmerman
Evening journal., 1914-05-18
now YOU MAY THROW
AWAY YOUR GLASSES

The statement is made that thou
sands wear eyeglasses who do not
really need them. If you are one Of
these unfortunates, then these glasses
may be running your eyes instead of
helping them. Thousands who wear
these "windows" may prove for them
selves that they can dispense with
glasses II they will get the following
prescription filed at once Go TO any
active drug store and get a bottle Of
Optona fill a two-ounce bottle with
warm water and drop in one Optona
tablet With this harmless liquid
solution bathc the eyes two to four
times daily, and you are likely to be
astonishcd at the results right from
the start Many who have been told
that they have astigmatism. eye
strain. cataract, sore eyelids. weak
eyes, conjunctivitis and other eye
disorders, report wonderful benefits
from the use of this prescription. Get
TINS prescription filled and use IL:
you may so strengthen your eyes
that glasses viii not be necessary
Thousands who are blind, or nearly
so. or who wear glasses would never
have required them if they had cared
for their eyes in time. Save your
eyes before il is too latel Do mo-
become one of these victims Of neg
lect Eyeglasses are only like crut
ches and every few years they mus
he changed to fit the ever-increasinl
weakened condition, so better see i
you can, like many others. get clear
healthy. strong magnetic eyes through
the prescription hero given.
Evening journal., 1914-05-18
INSTITUTE OF HOMEOPATHY

A number Of homeopathic doctors
of Wilmington, including Mayor Har-
rison W. Howell, are expected to par
ticipate in the SEVENTEEN annual con-
vention of the American Institute of
Homeopathy, the Oldest national
medical society in this country. which
will be held at Atlantic City, June
30 to July 4, inclusive
The American Institute OF Home
opathy was the first national medical
society organized in this country and
during the seventy years of its exist
ence has been active in its mission.
The following local members are
expected to take part in the meeting
Drs. II. w. Howell J. l. Fisher, |. M
Finn. L. W. Finn, NJ. Greenwood, C.
W. Hughes. r. ID. Killen, John w
Mullin and c. A. Ritchie.
Evening journal., 1914-05-18
TO PICK ESSAY MINNERs.

For the purpose of passing upon
the essays submitted in the anti-dy
campaign conducted by the civic COM
mittee of the New Century Club, the
committee of judges, who were named
by the civic committee for that pur-
pose, will meet at 2.3O o'clock this
afternoon in the New Century Club.
The judges are DR.. Charles A. Wag-
ner, State commissioner Of education;
Mrs. J. Allen Colby, president of the
New Century Club: Mrs. G. H. b. Eng
lish, chairman of the civic committee
of the New Century Club, and Harri-
son Cruikshank, managing editor Will
mington Morning News.
Owing to the large number of es-
says submitted, they will be appor-
toned among the judges, who will
announce the winners by May 20.
Evening journal., 1914-05-18
BISHOP KINSMAN AT new
Church DEDICATION

Bishop Frederick j.. Kinsman, Of
Delaware, and prominent clergy and
laymen of the Episcopal Church in
the vicinity of Philadelphia, VIII par
ticipate in the opening Off the new
Church of the Redemption. Fifty-sixth
and Market streets, in Philadelphia.
The inaugural services of the new
church Will open on Wednesday
night, with the blessing of the edlfce
by Bishop Garland. and will continue
for ten days The rector of the new
church is the Rev. Albert +. Clay,
formerly rector of Old Swedes
Church, i'm this city.