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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.

To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that cor
poration has been organized under
the laws Of Iowa, by the name OF
Standard Four Tire Company, with
its principal place OF business at keo-
kuk. Iowa.
The general nature of it's business
Is establishing, carrying on, and do
ing a general manufacturing rubber
goods business, manufacturing, buy
ing, selling, and dealing in rubber
products Of every description, such as
automobile and bicycle tires, automo-
bile and bicycle tubes, automobile &C.
cessories, mechanical and nodded
rubber goods, electrical supplies and
devices, and similar goods, acquir-
ing, owning, holding leasing and sell
ing real estate and personal property
necessary and convenient to carry
out said purposes and of doing all
things necessary incident thereto
The amount of its capital stock au-
thorized is Two Hundred and Forty
Thousand Dollars s(s240,000), Of which
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
(S200,00e) is preferred stock and
Forty Thousand Dollars C$40;000) is
common stock. All stock shall be
pctiQ LOT WucA lSSllCu a. ASS PAL NckluO
in money or other valuable consid-
Grafton permitted by law. Said cor
porat1on may commence business
when Twenty Thousand Dollars (s2or
00O) of preferred stock and Ten
Thousand Dollars (s10,o0O) of COM
mon stock have been sold and paid
for.
Said corporation commenced on
the date of the issuance Of its certifi-
cate. which was June 80, 1915, and
will terminate twenty (20) years
thereafter.
Its affairs will be conducted by a
board of seven (7)o directors, elected
by the stockholders at their annual
meeting to be held on the third Tues
day in January of each year begin
ming in 1917, at the hour of ten
o'clock a. m. and the board shall Sc
lect from among their number a
president, vice president, secretary
and treasurer. All vacancies on the
board. or among said officers. shall
be filled by the board, until the first
annual meeting. The board of direc-
tors shall be j.. r. Beaver, VIM. J.
Richards, A. L. Higbee, II. S. Charles
C. M. Rich. c.. F Mcfarland and e. A.
French.
The highest amount of indebted
ness to which this corporation is at
any time to subject itself. is an
amount not exceeding two-thirds OF
it's paid-up and outstanding capital
stock
The private property Of the stock.
holders is exempt from liability for
corporate debts
The said corporation being or
ganized by the undersigned
J. r. BEAVER,
A. L. HIGBEE,
H. s. CHARLES.
VIM. J. RICHARDS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
BODY DISCOVERED
LYING NEAR We'll
o.. Nj. I. Trsssier = Carthage. Found
Dead Lists Yesterday Ar
srnoon ~ Some
Nslshbors
DEAD SINCE MORNING
il . esllsvsd That Llfeless Body Had
Latin Thsre All Day-Was
= Well Known
Personase.
rsnecial "a The Gate City.l

CARTHAGE. Ill. Sept. 1.Dr. M.
u Tressler, who lives on his farm
1ust outside OF Carthage was found
dead last night about Ave o'clock. The
BODY was lying at the side Of the well
curhing. and Il was believed by those
who made the discovery that the doc
tor had been dead since yesterday
morning. A coroner's inquest was
held today In the effort to establish
the cause for death. The body was
wing IN such way that the head was
reposing ON the edge Of the we'll curb,
and It looked as II the dead man hail
lain down to sleep when death over
took him. Heart trouble IL believed
to have been the cause.
a Carthage man who wished to rent
the doctors farm, found the body. In
company with a neighbor he had
gone to the house and found the body
when no one responded to their SUM
mons at the door.
Dr.. Tress1er Was we'll known per-
sonage about Carthage. He was .
brothar-in-law Of the late Mr.. Scott o.
the firm of Carson-Pirie-Scott and
Co.. ct Chicago He was 20. years of
are. His birth place was Louisville.
Penn. He held q diploma from the
medical department. Of the University
OF Michigan At Ann AFbor. In 1872
he came to Carthage and conducted
q drug store and little book shop. In
1883 he left Carthage for SAlina,
Kans., where he became president OF
q bank there. He remained .. short
time at SalIna, and returned to Car
thage where ne has lived since. His
brother was the lnrst president Of Car
thage college. He is survived by one
brother and three sisters.
Funeral arrangements have not yet
been made.
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tors from whom I received only tempo
rary relief. I decided to give Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound fair
trial and also the Sanative Wash. Ihave
now used the remedies for four months
and cannot express my thanks for whas
they have done for me.
eff these lines will be of any benefit
you have my permission to publish
them. Mrs. SADIE WILLIAMS, ass
James Street, Eikhart, Indiana.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable CON-
pound, made from native roots and herbs,
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs,
and to-day holds the record of being tho
most successful remedy for female ills
we know of, and thousands of voluntary
testimonials on fh in the Pinkhaza
laboratory at Lynn, Mass, seem to
prove this fact.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia E.Pinlxham Medicine Co.
(confidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman
end held In strict confidence.
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ORIGINAL NOTICE.

State Of Iowa, Lee County.-ss.
In the District Court of said County,
September, 1915, term.
John Nagel. plaintiff, versus I. w.
Wolf, acknowledgement notice.
To the above named defendant:
You are hereby notified that petit
ticn is now on file in the clerks Office
of the District Court aforesaid at Keo
kak in behalf Of the above named
plaintiff, against you and claiming
judgment against you for S295.oO with
interest and costs Of suit, on your
certain promissory note made to plain.
tiff Of date August 1, 1902. for $4,000.
You are hereby notified that writ
Of attachment has been issued and
Elizabeth X. Wolf, executrix, has
been attached as garnishee; that she
has answered that as executrix OF last
will and testament of John n. Wolf.
deceased, she is directed to pay you
a legacy of $4,000.
And unless you appear thereto and
defend before noon of the second day
of the next regular September term
of said Court, to be begun and holden
at Keokuk on the twentieth day OF
September A. D., 1915, default viii be
entered against you and Judgment
rendered thereon as prayed for in said
petition, and the fund in the hands Of
the garnishee will be condemned to
pay said judgment.
w. j. ROBERTS,
Attn~nnv for Plaintiff
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ADJUSTMENTS.
At the orphsum.

AZ tbC W ehS
An interesting story 'pf mothers
attantion and devotion to daugh-
tar,s interests is behind the announce
mant o. I,ottie Pickford's stellar role
IN "The Diamond from the Sky, the
nFlying A" picturized novel.
Fairly negotiations has shown that
It was impossible to engage Mary
Ptckford for the role Of Esther stan
Law the heroine of the Aim novel.
s s. Hutchinson, president Of the
American Film Manufacturing COM
nany and the master producer OF the
nicture novel. was casting about IN
donbt Mrs. Katherine Pickford. moth
err of Mary and Lottie far away IN
New York, saw an opportunity TOT
her younger daughter.
Mrs. Pickford raced across the con-
tinent to Santa Barbara on her er-
rand as the unofficial manager OF her
daughter Lottie, the baby daughter"
of 19M years.
The word had gone about FINLAND
and the mother had learned very ac-
curately the requirements OF the role
of Esther Stanley.
Mrs. Pickford caught the Twentieth
Century to Chicago, dashed between
trains in a law-breaking taxi cab and
sped on to California on a limited
coast train.
"The only girl in the world for the
part" she said by way Of introduction
OF Lottie when they were announced
at Mr.. Hutchinson's office in Santa
Barbara.
The master producer looked
thoughtfully UP, at the girl for mo-
ment.
fright you are, madam" he re.
sponded. "Be seated at my desk and
sign the contracts"
Don't fail to see the first chapter
at the Orpheum, Thursday. Sept. 2.
$4,000 for suggestion. Advertise
ment.
"caIi Of the North" Tonight.
The well known romantic actor,
Robert Fdeson. is the attraction at
the Grand tonight IN the Lasky mas
terpiece. "The Call OF the North"
This subject makes an excellent one
for motion pictures and the Lasky
forces actually staged and produced
the film in the exact location as called
for in the book "The Call OF the
North" Is a picture Of great strength
and appeal, an excellent cast and
deliberately put on.
Thomas H. Ince, of the much.talked:
Of Triangle" of producers who will
exhibit $500 motion pictures, is direc-
tor of THE Devil" which will appear
tomorrow at the Grand Two famous
stars, Bessie Barriscale and Edward
]. Connolly. head the cast of players
in what is "a play with a sincere pur-
pose and strong moral" "The
Devil" adapted from the Franz Mol
mars famous play of the same name,
is filed with powerful situations and
magnetic climaxes, and has created a
furore wherever shown. It's delicate
situations are cleverly handled by
that wizard of the screen, Thomas H.
Ince, in such g way as not to offend,
but it has that vivid appeal to the
human emotions and paints In strong
colors the ruin that follows in the
wake of those who tread the "prim-
rose path" Of worldly pleasures.-Ad-
vertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
Council Woman's suqae stIon.


UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
LOS ANGELES, Calf, Sept. L.
Mrs. Estelle Lawton Lindsey, city
council woman, today favors segre-
gated district In Los Angeles, but
she favors 1t only under the following
conditions: Ffrst-That the men be
segregated from the districts with the
women and kept there under the same
condition Of social ostracism. Second
the restricted district be walled
about, with one gate brilliantly illum
mated in conspicuous part Of town
and that every man entering, get a
license from Lne city clerk and have
his name printed in big black letters
in the newspaper.
Under these conditions Mrs. Lind
sey says she might vote for a segrega.-
ed district, if the proposition comes
before the council. She declares that
the segregated districts as at present
conducted, are forms of special privtl-
eye and that she is opposed to all
forms Of special privilege.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
Remarkable Cure Of Dysentery.

II was attacked with dysentery
about July 18th, and used the doctors
medicine and other remedies with no
relief, only getting worse all the
time. l was unable to do anything anil
my weight dropped from las to 125
pounds. 1 suffered for about two
months when 1 was advised r. rss
'Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea remedy. I used two boz
ties of 1t and it gave me permanent
relief" writes B. w. Hill Of Snow Hill,
N. G.. For sale by all dealers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01

f e m al weakness,
pain and irregulari-
ties. The pains in
my sides were in
creased by walking
or standing on my
feet and I had such
awful bearing down
feelings, W as de-
pressed In spirits
and became thin and
pale with dull, heavy
ewes. / had six doc
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
WAKES TO FIND
HOUSE ON FIRE
Arthur z. Holt, 1929 Franklin Street,
Escapes Being Burned by
Jumping Out Of
tho Window.
MUCH DAMAGE IS DONE
Clothing and Furniture In the Second
Story 10 Loss-ln Other Rooms
House Furnishings Were
Saved.

Arthur E. Holt, 1929 Franklin street,
was awakened this morning about 2:3o
O'Clock to find that his bed room ana
the entire upper portion Of the house
was q mass Of LANES. The fire was
burning along the wall paper over his
bed, and when he went TO get down
stairs he found his way blocked, Dy
flames. He escaped by jumping out OF
The front window OF his house. Inc
alarm was turned in to the fire depart
ment at 2:3O o'clock, and the entire
upper portion of the, house, which Is
story and half frame, was founo
blazing.
The loss on furniture, clothing and
the like was estimated at about $25o
and the damage on the house WAS be-
llieved to reach similar figure. IN.
Isurance was carried on the household
goods and furniture and on the house.
There was some fine furniture In the
house and much of that in the lower
floor was saved by Mr.. Holt and the
lneighbors All Of the clothing was on
the second floor and it was burned
1t Is believed that the FIRE was
Istarted from an explosion OF nlsat
lamp which was kept burning up stair.
This il the only way that Mr.. HoN
can account for the blaze. HIS vile
had left in the afternoon for snort
visit with her people, and he was alone
lin the house, and had left the isnt
burning as usual.
| Two lines of hose we're laid. one
from the fire. truck which was the nrst
lon the scene. and the second from the
Tenth street reel which coupled to ths
Ihydrant at Sixteenth and Fulton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
Harrison Act Cure. Drug Victims.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Sept. L.
Seyenty-f1ve percent OF F1orida's drug
victims have been cured since the
passage of the Harrison act, according
to Revenue Agent Froneberger. Only
about 400 OF Jacksonville's former l..
100 addicts are left.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
n rhouahtfut CIV.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. Sept. 1.-The
city Of Dayton has appointed an ON
cia1 chiropodist to take care Of po.
iicemen,s feet.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
MRS, Williams
LONG SICKNESS
Yields To Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Elkhart, Ind. :-"I suffered for four
teen years from organic inflammation,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01

A Poor Losers Plant.
Atchison Globe: A real sport sell
dom screams,.T Frameup."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
CRIMINAL CASE
EXPENSE SMALL
Report for Last Year II Made by the
Lee County officials and
Shows Decrease Over
Former Years.
BOARDING IS BIG ITEM
Cost Of Keeping Prisoners is Big
Total Amount In All for the
Past Year is
$23,7s2.
BOARDING IS BIG ITEM

The expense of prosecution of GRIM
inal cases in Lee county was consId-
erably less this year than in previ-
ous years, despite the fact that sew
eral of the cases tried involved un-.
usual expense and had many unusuaE
features. The report ofNthe criminal
expense Of the county is contained IN
the Fort Madison Gem City, which
makes the following comment:
The bulk OF the expense incurred,
lis Of course, regular and is affected
little by the bulk or features OF the
cases tried, but the fact that the ex-
ira expenses have in many instances
been entirely eliminated and were
lessened is of Importance. The eX-
penses are quoted as follows:
Fees paid in all criminal
cases before justice of
peace, magistrate Of po-
lice courts .....s 7,s54.61
Grand jurors fees 721.50
Grand Jury witness fees. -. 30!.95
Grand iury bailiff fees. So. 90
Grand iury clerk fees $50
Fees and expenses of sheriff
and others connected with
grand iury 1000
Jurors fees. criminal cases,
district court ........ 17,171.5o
District court witness fees
criminal cases ......... 277.so
Trial Jury, bailiff, criminal
court observation-disclosures. 6o.Oo
Court room, bai1iff ... 444 90
Board Jurors, criminal cases 21.35
cases .......,.....,.... 2oe.7s
Court reporter, transcripts
criminal case ,......... : 116.74
Transportation of prisoners 2S9.51
Boarding prisoners. Jail. 80. S,459.O2
, Attorneys defending Grim
inals ......... 2as.oo
County attorney, compensa-
ton 1880
Assistant county attorney,
in criminal cases. 1890. 1,0226S
Expenses, county attorney
and assistant county at
torney, criminal cases. ~. 1882
Sundry expenses, paid in
criminal case .......... 1852
| Total $500. s23, 1885
READ Thr Cate CIV want column
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Read TIE Gate City want column.
cents per week.
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READ The Gate CITY Want column
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second Alarm Of Day.

AT 500 o'clock this morning the fire.
men were called to the residence CT
C. F. Conrad, Fifteenth and Futon
street. A pan of stove backing had
become ignited. There was no dam
age here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
Sewing Circle With
Much Whispering

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through the ordeal with comparative. ease and
comfort. Knowing mothers who have used
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4hs absence Of morning sickness absence Of
strain on. the IgamentS and . freedom from
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4 contains . valuable expectancy chart rules
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GEN. PAU CEASES OFFENSIVE TO AID ALLIED CENTER.

PARIS, Jan. 4.-General Pau is re- ported to have ceased his general of fensive movement in Alsace and has been ordered to spare all available troops to be sent to meet the German offensive movement along the entire allies center north of Reims and ex- tending nearly north as far as Lille. The sudden offensive movement of the Germans has renewed activity every where i'll France The entire armies of France and Britain are on the qui yive lest the Germans strategetically out maneuver them at some vital point and break their defensive lines Troops which were designated for the new French offensive movement are being rushed to the front to meet the greatly augmented German armies which are anticipating the French offensive movement
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klTCHNER PREDICTS TRANSFER OF OPERATIONS TO THE WEST

LONDONa Jan. 4-Lord kitchner iu d speech on Saturday last expressed the opinion that the Germans. seeine they can make no further progress tn Poland except al such prohibitive cost of men as to make continuance of the offensive action in that country impracticable will now entrench and attempt to hold the Russians in check where they are and prevent them from assuming the offensive against Austria and East Prussia. Kitchner said that we might now expect that the Kaiser would assume desperate offensive movement throughout the entire west ern theatre of war and that the neXt few days would probably see the great and bloody tragedies of Poland trans ferred to France and Belgium
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GERMAN RESERVISTS SECURE FRAUDULENT PASSPORTS.

NEW YORK. Jan. 4-There was dis covered here today scheme by which it was intended to secure the return to Germany of several hundred reservists who have been unable to reach their fatherland Fraudulent American pass ports had been procured and placed in the hands of hundreds of reservists who were ready to take passage to Europe on the first steamer when the fraud was discovered by one of the inspectors and reported. since which time it has been found that hundreds of such passports have been placed in the hands of German reservists to be used as opportunity might present itself.
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KAISER TURNS ATTENTION TO WESTERN WAR ZONE.

COPENHAGEN. Jan, Berlin re ports indicate that the Kaiser now considers that his line of defenses are established ill Poland sufficient to hold the Russians for many weeks and is now turning his attention to the French and Belgian war zones Thousands cf troops are being detached from the Pc land armies and are being rushed to the westward by the train loads indi- eating the complete abandonment of the advance on Warsaw and transfer of the strength of his armies to the western war zone.
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ALLIES CENTER SURPRISED BY GERMAN ATTACK.

PARIS, Jan. 3.-The allies center di- rectly east of Paris was taken by sur prise by an ugly German advance which was heralded by Il fusilade of artillery The French taken by sur prise were at first in great danger of being stampeded by the rain of shot and shell which raked their lines with terrible effect
 The French only checked the attack after sacrificing many regiments in the awful effect of the enemy's machine guns which literally moved the French lines down as they advanced la the attack
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kAlSER'S CHANGE OF PLANS
 EhClTES THE ENGLISH PEOPLE.

LONDON, Jan 4-Thc English peo- pie are aroused to q great pitch of eX- citement following the many strong in dications which comes from all points that the Kaiser means to hurl his great offensive maneuNers against their lines in Franp and Belgium. The govern ment and the people are plainly not over-confdent of their ability to with stand the Germans terrific artillery and are therefore much wrought over the sudden change of the kaisers plans of operation
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TURKISH ARMIES INVADE TRANSCANCASIA.

CONSTANTINOPLE Jan. 4.-The Turks under Field Marshall Xon der Goltz are invading Transcancasla ter ritory at different points with strong forces of Turkish troops Three armies have advanced considerable distance in Russian territory and are sweeping everything before them The army of invasion has captured many towns and villages which have been razed to the ground
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RUSSIA MAKING SUPREME
 EFFORT TO AID SERvlANS.

PETROGRAD. Jan. 1.-The Russians are making another supreme effort to go to the aid of the Seryians against the Austrians to prevent a threatened Belgrade.
 The Russian offensive operation through the southeastern Carpathians involves hundreds of thousands of men which will attempt to force a conjunc- ton with the Servian army and divert the Austrians from Servian invasion.
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BRITISH WILL KEEP SPECIAL WATCH ON AMERICAN VESSELS.

LONDON Jan The government has ordered special watch to be kept on all vessels arriving from all Ameri- can ports. This order followed the dis eovery fhat hundreds of German
 Americans had been passing through England while thousands are thought to have reached the fatherland via ItalH. Denmark and Holland. This will ho a subject of possible controversy with the United States to be taken up hereafter hy the British government
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ALLIES WILL WITHDRAW
 DREADNAuGHTS AND RELY ON THE SMALLER CRAFTS.

LONDON, Jan. l.-The admiralty has issued a statement indicating that the allies having q sufficient number of submarines and destroyers they will pursue the German policy and keep their dreadnaughts in safe ports. They will hereafter rely on the small crafts to hold off the big ship raids at least till the dreadnaughts have been brought to port and their hulls scraped.
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VILLAS STRENGTH
 MUCH EXAGGERATED.

JUAREZ, Jan i-General Mexican reports indicate that Villas strength has been greatly exaggerated and many believe that Carranza will not only put up a good fight but that the chances able to defeat Villa.
 This change of sentiment is doing much to strengthen Carranza as many soldiers are flocking to his stardard be- cause he has q good chance of winning
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GOVERNOR WEST APPOINTS
 A WOMAN STATE SENATOR

SALEM, ore Jan. 4.-Governor West. of oregon, has appointed Miss Katherine Clark to fill an uneXpired term in the Oregon state senate.
 Vests term will expire at the meet among his last acts as governor and it will be to his credit of having placed the first woman of the state in the Ore gon legislature as a member of that body.