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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-07
CITY NEWS.

Best Springfield lump coal. 1928
per ton, cash. J. c. McManus e Co.
-Flks' dancing class tomorrow
even ing Instructions by Miss Harris,
s to .: dancing from 9 to L.
-Keokuk lodge No 10. !: o. o. F..
meets every Monday night. at 7:3n
O'Clock. Visiting brothers invited to
attend.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Dawson CT
227 North Fifth street are the proud
parents Of a son, born last night al
i1l:25 O'Clock The boy has been
named Robert StrickIer Dawson. Mrs
Dawson was formerly Miss Grace
Stricken.
H. L. Nudge. who has been chief
operating officer OF the Rock Island
railroad and its former branch, the
Keokuk and Des Mo.nes line, under
the recetyership Of J. n. Dickinson,
has resigned from his position. ]. E.
German OF Chicago has been appoint
ed to his place.
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HOW SOCIETY
WOMEN FOLLOW
Ladies Of italy Follow Their Officer
Husbands to the Front and
Remain There With
Them.
PARTIES IN THE EVENING
Women Have Influence and No One
Dares Refuse Them Per
mission to Pass
Forward.
[By United Press Staff Correspon-
dent1

[By United Press Staff Correspon-
dentJ
ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS
UDINE, Sept. 25-(By mail)-Moun-
tains, collars, cuffs, automobiles and
beautiful women with diamonds, a
futurist tumble, is my impression OF
the Italian battle-ground, with the
beautiful women more prominent than
any other feature.
In the Udine day coach with you
ride score Of Italian officers, going
to the front from Milan. They wear
beautifully Numbered collars and
cuffs. Caruso sang last night at Mil
an and these officers spend the time
talking about how exquisttely the
New York tenor sang 'Boheme."
Suddenly a pretty girl gets on at
a wayside station. She is treated
with the utmost courtesy. The Off
GERS struggle to find her a seat. She
isn't a country girl; her costume and
manner say Milan or Rome. A So
c'ey girl. is your guest. All the rest
of the trip to the front the officers
talk to her.
At first the incongruity Of this
pretty girl bound frontward aston
ishes you. You think of the grim,
womanless British headquarters in
France: of the business-like Austrian
headquarters and meantime. at every
station you see more pretty girls.
They get on and off your train and
are met, joyously, kissingly, by more
colIar-and-cuffed Italian officers.
The nearer you get to the front the
more you see of them.
Finally, at the Udine-you
see them at every turn.
The officer who takes you in charge
escorts you to the home Of a Udine
resident. the hotel being full, and
gives you room which your hostess
explains is usually occupied by an
Italian marchessa.
That night at dinner you see doz
en- merry parties. There are ten WON
en- and nineteen officers. Most Of the
women wear beautiful furs One
boasts ermine. All have beautiful
| Jewels. All of the officers wear white
collars and cuffs and are perfectly
manicured. To top 1t all, most of the
officers wear American rubbers witt
] their riding spurs.
1t isn't wartime orgy. These are
women OF influence: wives OF men o.
| influence; women like the marchessa
whose room you occupy who are sc
! important that no one dares to refuse
them persission to go to the from
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SENaToE GRIZZLIES s. TFOMR9

the United States or by any state on
account of sex.
Section g. Congress shall have
power by appropriate legislation to
enforce the provisions of this article.
"The National American Woman
Suffrage association announced some
time ago. said Mrs. Mccormick, that
2O6 votes for the Susan B. Anthony
resolution had been found up to date
in the lower house. That was an In
crease of thirty-two over the strength
which we mustered in the closing
session of the sixty-third congress. 1t
looks now as though the big drive
which the women are planning to
make this fall would give us an addf-
tional twenty votes. We are leaving
the congressman from the Campaign
states severely alone until after cleo
ton. We expect number of recruits
from them, whether we carry any OF
the states or not"
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1MRS. ME0ilL MecORMIckl
lchRiaMaH CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES OF NATIONAL
N6SOCtArtCN

lobby of the National Suffrage asso-
citation many helpful suggestions.
Congressman Mondell has spon-
sored the federal amendment for the
past twelve years IN the lower house.
Indeed, members OF congress, like
most OF the public. know it best as
the "Mondell amendment" The con-
gresham from Wyoming believes
that the states rights objection to a
federal suffrage amendment is stead
lily weakening and that with few
more states the women can put the
amendment through both houses of
congress and make a successful ap-
peal to the legislatures.
The federal amendment which was
drafted by Susan B. Anthony in 1876
and introduced in congress IN 1878,
reads as follows:
Article-Section l. The right of
citizens Of the United States to vote
shall not be denied or abridged by
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onoRessman eRHnk w MoHOELL

Mrs. Medill Mccormick, chairman
of the congressional committee OF the
National American Woman Suffrage
association, has completed arrange
rnents with Senator Charles S. Thorn
az OF Colorado and Congressman F.
w. Mondell of Wyoming for the in
PRODUCTION in the sixty-fourth congress
of the so-called Susan p. Anthony
amendment, providing for the enfran-
chisement of the women Of the United
States.
Both men have long been identified
with the work of the National Woman
Suffrage association for federal sur
frage amendment. 1t was Senator
Thomas who adopted the suggestion
of the National Suffrage association
and brought about the creation of the
senate committee on woman suffrage,
of which he is chairman. He Is a
warm admirer of Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw and Ia said to have given the
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Nine. Bernhard Plans Studio Which
She WIN Personally su-
pervise and Pose
PROMISES NEW
Hopes to Uplift the Movies and Make
Them Appeal More to
the Cultured
Classes.
by William Phillip Simms, United
Press Staff Correspondent

PARIS, Sept. 27.-(By NALL y
Madame Sarah Bernhardt, "the divine
Sarah" plans to become movie pro
Queer in her own right and revolu-
/ tionize the moving picture business
The loss OF her leg bars her from
spoken drama and she would rather
die than remain inactive"
Nine Bernhard plans studio
which she will personally supervise
She will select PLAYS, engage players
and stage-manage the filming and
keep an eye on the business end.
The great actress thinks the major.
ity OF movie plays at present are
crude compared to what they ought
to be and could be.
She declares she would as soon ap
pear before camera as crowded
house and that her acting is not AT
all effected thereby A true artist
she says is not effected by such
things as the incentive comes from
within.
In some ways the movie artist has
an advantage over the actor OF spok
en- drama, she says. On the screen
the faces of the players are magni
fed several times life-size and no
human emotion exists. she says, which
cannot be conveyed to the public by
the eyes.
The movie actor can concentrate
ali his strength on single scene be
cause one scene may be taken today
and another next week.
Nine. Bernhard hopes to "uplift'
the movies and appeal more and more
to the cultured classes and along
these lines she proposes to plan hel
work
It has frequently been said that
Nine Bernhardt suffered her injury
on the stage. She declares she was
injured on sh:pboard while bound FOL
South America. The ship lurched
! threw her against the railing and hur
her leg. The injury was invisible: M
bones were broken; no Joint wa:
sprained. <.1
The strange injury panied her 81
that for years she was never fire..
from pain. which grew worse ant
worse month after month. At las
1 she could bear it no longer.
! When she told her surgeon sh'
wanted to undergo the operation b.
| told her it meant almost certain
death. I'D rather die than continue
as I am she said calmly. II suffe.
too much.
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quickly gathered around the PROSTATE
form OF Murphy.
Barry found the strychnine bottle
and brought it out in front of the
lunch car and examined it in the
light. The contents were two-thirds
gone. "a pretty strong dose" he re-
marked to George Gillespie. one OF
the men working in the car
When the physicians arrived on the
scene. first aid methods were admin
istered and Murphy was Immediately
taken to Graham hospital, where he
was worked on for several hours. An
was administered and at
midnight he was resting, although in
a critical condition
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-07
In Memorlam: Judge Lee.

Iowa City Republican: only one
man in Iowa has ever shown as
position to enforce the law against
playing rhummy at penny point
and he is not now running TOT gov
ernor. This issue is raised by the
Sioux City Journal, which seems VIII
ing to drop the monkey wrench when
in the vicinity Of political machinery.
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Our Modern Martyrs.

Washta Journal: How the average
oficeseeker does like to have it ap-
pear that he doesn't want Office, but
that his friends are forcing It upon
him to save the country,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-07

Trying to Explain It.
Omaha World-Herald: Tho weather
man must have chosen october to
take his vacation.
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with their husbands or brothers,

with their husbands. or brothers. or
fathers.
Perhaps It's the presence OF the
women that accounts for the collars
and cuffs. the manicuring, the closed,
electric lighted nmousines, and the
rubbers.
These women wait at Udine during
the day for their husbands to come
back from work" at the front, In the
evening.
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In Strikjnu Contrast.

Chicago Evening Post: Some con-
trast: The kaiser and his six sons
with their troops in the field and the
king Of England falling off his horse
at a review.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-07

Philadelphia North Amer1can:IIne
Turks claim victories on two fronts
They are so modest that they omit al
mention of their successes IN AT
menia
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John turkey" Murphy Swallows For
ty Grains of Strychnine Last
Night on South Fourth
Street.
IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Confessed at Hospital His Suicidal
Intent-Beiieved to Have Been
Despondent Over
Conditions.

According to report from Graham
John Murphy, who took strychnine
last night, was In a slightly better
condition and had chance to Hive.
Murphy has been having commissions
this morning, but they are becoming
lighter and there are now hopes for
his recovery. 49,.
John Murphy. better known to his
friends as Turkey Murphy, swallow
ed forty grains Of strychnine with
suicidal intent, according to his story
told at Graham hospital, in front of
j. BrassiPs lunch stand at the alley
on South Fourth street between Main
and Johnson streets, about $50 o'clock
last night. and now lies at the point
of death at the hospital. At midnight
his condition was critical and there
was little hope held out for HIS re-
covery.
Murphy after being taken 10 Gra-
ham hospital told DR.. Frank Brown,
who was called on the case, that he
took the poison in an attempt to end
his life. Two-thirds of an eight ounce
bottle had been taken and Murphy
said he was sorry that he did not take
all of it. He dissolved the poison in
a glass of water.
Just what the real cause for his
action was, is not known It is beIiev-
ed that he was respondent over his
physical condition, due to the exces-
siye use of intoxicants, and his inabil-
fly to secure work.
Tells Conflicting Stories
Murphy told DR.. Brown two differ
ent stories about how he got the
strychnine He first said he secured
st at the Wilkinson drug store and
later changed the place to Scott and
tO'ReiIly's When interviewed IN the
matter the latter firm stated that it
did not sell the poison mentioned and
that Murphy had not gotten ii at their
store.
Z The bottle was a twenty-five cent,
eight ounce bottle containing sixty
grains OF strychnfne. Forty grains
were missing This dose is large
enough to be fatal in the majority of
cases
Little is known concerning the Incl.
dents leading up to the tragic oc-
curance Witnesses state that Murphy
was coming up South Fourth street
toward Main about half past nine and
that in front of the lunch car he dis
solved the poison in water and drank
Il.
The two nearest to him were Jesse
u utz and a man named Barry, who at
tempted to help him Murphy, how
ever turned in the alley between Main
and Johnson streets and started to
ward Third street, assisted by the
two. At the rear of the Wells-Fargc
and American express Office he sank
To the ground and began moaning and
CRYING. Drs. Smith and Brown were
called by members OF the crowd that
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-16
To Regain a Healthy,
Girlish Complexion

II you would have . clear, fresh,
girlish complexion, one ounce mer-
colized wax will aid you in this direc-
ton more than shelves full of cos
mettcs. 1t produces natural beauty.
This wax. procurable at any drug
store. completely absorbs bad com
plenon. revealing the healthy young
skin underneath. It's work Is done SO
gradually. day by day, that no incon-
venience is caused. The wax is ap-
piled at night like cold cream, and
removed in the morning with soap
and water.
Another valuable, rejuvenating
treatment-this for wrinkles-is to
battle your face. in . solution of pow
dered saxolite, Or. dissolved In "
pint witch hazel. This has a remark
able action in smoothing out the lines
and "firming up the loose tissue.
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effect that another individual was
masquerading as the Red Cross agent.
If the visitor was German purchas-
ing agent and investigator, II was adj
mitted the hoax on Washington Off
cialdom was complete. but even so.
it was declared the circumstance
would not affect negotiations with Ger
many except insofar as 1t might act
on public opinion. It was conceded,
however, that for the German govern
ment to hoodwink the Washington
administration in such a manner
would be grave discourtesy and vio-
lation of diplomatic etiquet and.
strong doubts were expressed, il with
SO little to gain and with the certain
ty of further unpleasantness in the
event of discovery, such ruse would
have to be resorted to.
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Bill MIL pia.

CUnited Press Leased Wire Service1
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, June 16.-
Nothing was expected today to come
OF the resolution introduced in the
house shortly before last midnight by
Representative Madsen. socialist, Chi
cago. to require the appointment of
Joint legislative committee OF ten to
investigate the feasibility OF acquir-
ing the Chicago traction lines for
public ownership. Extremely social
istic in tone and bitterly attacking
the "capitalistic" management OF the
lines whose employees were on strike,
the resolution was referred to the
house committee on public utilities,
OF which Mccormick is chairman. 1t
VIII likely die there
A resolution by Representative Nc
Gloon, democrat, Chicago. to investi-
gate the rates and service Of the Chi
cago Telephone company, introduced
at the same time, today was buried
in the appropriations committee. The
committee is not thought to favor
the resolution.
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New Strength For Weak Backs

Dear Mr.. Editor:-For long time
had been suffering from throbbing
backache, dropsical swellings of the
limbs and extremities, frequent urina-
ton bothering me at all times of day
and night, and the uric acid in my
blood caused me acute suffering from
rheumatism, along with constant
tired worn-out feeling. had known
some neighbors who had been to that
famous institution in Buffalo, N Y,
the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Insti-
tuta, and had been cured. / wrote
DR.. Pierce. the head of that institu-
ton, and gave him my symptoms. He
then wrote me, and asked me to an
swer more fully a set of questions and
to send on my water for chemical
and microcopical test, which ] did.
then received the following commune
cation:
Dear Mr. F. w. K.:-We have care
fully looked over your answers to
questions and statement, and test of
the water proves that your system is
full of uric acid, and of course it is
not necessary for us to tell you that
rheumatism in its various forms is
dependent upon an abnormal condition
of the blood, which is generally &C.
companied with arrangement of the
organs of digestion and of excretion.
Certain constituents of the blood
which should pass off by way of the
kidneys or the skin, are retained in
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the system, and the blood becomes
poisoned, and Inflammation and lfrt
tation are produced in the tissues most
susceptible to these injurious eie'
ments. The results are symptoms such
as you describe in your letter.
We confidently recommend the use
of DR.. Pierce's An-uric Tablets, WHICH
can be obtained from us direct Vi
through any druggist in, Keokuk.
Simply ask for Doctor Pierce
An-Uric Tablets. There can be no I'M !.
tation Every package of An-urlc 70
sure to be DR.. Pierce's. You Will ilIlu
the signature on the package JUST %
you do on DR.. Pierce's Favor1te Ere :,
scription, the ever-famous frlenu ~
ailing women. and DR.. Pierce's Goiuea
Medical Discovery, proven by years "
be the greatest general tonic anu
constructor for any one. -.
/ am now glad to tell keokuk peopls
that | took DR.. Pierce's advice, sem
for the "An-uric" tablets and my iams
back. straightened up. Shortly L nau
no more rheumatic pains and QUIZ .i..
mentioned distresses and my appe.ne 10
and general health came back 10 ~
within very short time. .,...
Mr.. Editor. hope you will give .htI
the space in your paper it deserves s,d
am so extremely grateful for the So.
the "An-uric Tablets" have done -.
me.
Yours very truly, r. w. =.
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Non-smokers' Leagues.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 16.-Thsi
every man, woman and child has the
right to breathe fresh, pure ozone and
should not be compelled to inhale the
second hand, sitting fumes of the
pipe, cigar and cigarette fiend, was
the key note of the convention Of the
Non-Smokers' Protective league now
holding it's convention at the Civic
Auditorium.
The delegates declare the "f1ends"
violate the guarantee given to all by
the declaration of independence and
that the contamination of the air bv
fumes is entirely Illegal Their aim
is to secure the enactment OF laws
whereby no one will be required 10
inhale tobacco fumes in hotel lobbys,
street cars, telephone booths or any
other private or public places.
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ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
To Whom It May Concern:

To Whom It May Concern:
Notice is hereby given, that a plat
and schedule have been prepared by
the direction of the City Council Of
the City of Keokuk showing the as.
sessments proposed to be made for
and on account of the cost OF the con.
struction Of paving and curbing on
Blondeau street, from east line of Sec
ond to west line of Fourth street,
against the privately owned lots and
parcels of land abutting upon and ad-
jacent to said improvement, according
to area, SO as to include one-half of
the privately owned property between
the street SO improved and the next
street, whether such privately owned
property abut on said street or not,
but not including any privately owned
property situated more than three
hundred t300) feet from the street
so improved, (and against railway and
street railway companies whose tracks
are located thereon), the said plat and
schedule showing the separate lots
and parcels of ground proposed to be
assessed for the cost Of the said i'm
provement, and the names of the own
ers thereof, SO far as known, and the
amount to be assessed against each
lot or parcel Of ground land the rail-
way or street railway company whose
tracks are located thereon), and that
said plat and schedule are now on file
in the Office Of the City Clerk Of the
City of Keokuk and that within twenty
days after the first publication Of this
notice all objections to such assess
ments, or to the prior proceedings on
account Of errors, Irregularities or
inequalities must be made in writing
and filed with the said clerk. Any OBJ
jections not SO made will be deemed
waived.
Date of the first publication, June
16, 1915.
o. W. sANDBERG,
City Clerk.
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senger to Berlin, was in this country
under an assumed name and is really
DIR Alfred Meyer" Of the German
ministry of war and chief of the sup
plies department and another &C
count that the minister sailed as the
real On. Gerhard's secretary. took Off
cial Washington by surprise today.
Ambassador Bernstorff was not in
Washington. Other embassy at
taches would not comment upon the
report.
81 never heard of it, said former
Secretary of State Bryan. He de-
clared the state department never
received an intimation that Cerhard
was other than the Red Cross agent
he was represented to be.
Possible, But Improbable.
WASHINGTON, June 16.-"Pos-
sible, but improbable" was the Off
cial evrdict here today on the story
that German Ambassador Bernstorff's
special envoy to Berlin was not DR..
Anton Meyer-Gerhard a Red Cross
agent, as represented, but DR.. Alfred
Meyer, of the kaiser's war ministry.
Such also was the verdict on the
alternate story that DR.. Alfred Meyer
after completing mission of investi-
CATION in America, sailed for home
as DR.. Anton Meyer-Gerhard's serv-
ant or secretary. Acting Secretary
Lansing and ex-Secretary Bryan both
disclaimed knowledge of any facts
tending to bear out either version.
Both said the emissary's identity had
never been questioned.
Ambassador Bernstorff was not in
Washington and all but very minor
officials of the embassy are in sum-
mer quarters at Cedar Hurst, L. l.
Secretary Lansing minated that re-
ports would be Investigated, but he
added that even if they proved true,
there was no violation of law-only
a discourtesy to the United States
government.
At the German ambassadors re-
quest, he stated a letter was given
to DR.. Gerhard, saying he had been in
this country as a Red Cross repre-
sentative and desired to return to
Germany.
This letter was signed by Secre-
tary Bryan. The only other "assur-
ances of safe conduct" given to the
traveller, Lansing added, were the
British and French embassies attesta
tion to the secretary's signature. No
body ever raised the issue concerning
his identity, said Lansing, and no re.
ports or protests were received to the
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DON'T WASH YOUR
HAIR WITH SOAP

When you wash your hair, don't
use soap. Most soaps and prepared
shampoos contain too much alkali,
which is very injurious, as it dries the
scalp and makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use IS just plain
rnulsifed cocoanut oil, for this is pure
and entirely greaseless. It's very
cheap, and beats soaps or anything
else all to pieces. You can get this
at any drug store, and few ounces
will last the whole family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with
water and rub it in, about teaspoon
full is all that is required 1t makes
an abundance of rich, creamy lather,
cleanses thoroughly, and rinses out
easily. The hair dries quickly and
evenly, and is soft, fresh looking,
bright, fluffy, wavy and easy to
handle. Besides, it loosens and takes
out every particle of dust, dirt and
dandruff.