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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
NUMBER OF STATE
WARDS INCREASED
Total Under Charge Of Institutions Is
1906 and 500 More Than
One Year
Ago.
MORE ARE IN oAKDALE
Completion Of New Building Gives
Commonwealth Chance to Take
Care Of More
Patients.
MORE ARE IN oAKDALE

DIES MONIES, Dec. 23.-Iowa insti
tutions under the state board Of con.
.roi nave had an increase Of 29S in
mates IN the last twelve months, ac-
ccrdlng to statements filed with the
board. On November /. 1914, there
We're 9.7SS persons in fourteen state
institutions. On November L, 1915,
the institutional population had in
creased to 1O,OS6.
The prisons shows a big increase
In population. At Anamosa there are
now TAP convicts. This is ninety-siy
more than there We're on November
|, 1914. The total increase in num-
Der Of convicts is 1877.
The number of insane In the state
hospitals also advanced. A year ago
in the four hospitals there were A.
G32 patients. Now there are 4,65S. Six
months ago the population at one or
two of the hospitals had become so
great that the state board of control
had to ask the counties Of the state to
withdraw and place in the county
farms as many insane patients as
could be properly taken care of.
This relieved the situation to a
large extent. However. the insane
population at the institutions again
is increasing. The hospitals at Chero-
kee and Clarinda show more insane
patients and the hospitals at, Mount
Pleasant and Independence show few
er patients than a year ago.
Seventeen Institutions.
The state board of control has sew
enteen institutions under its manage
ment. Only fourteen now have IN
mates. The epileptic colony at Wood
ward is under construction. The
women's reformatory to be located at
Rockwell City is now being planned
A site for a custodial farm has been
purchased near Des Moines, but the
legislature has not made an appro-
priation for buildings. 1t is now be-
ing operated as prison farm
The increase in number Of tuber-
culosis patients at the state sanitorium
at Oakdale is due to the fact that
new building was completed and put
| into commission in the last year
The population Of the institutions
follows:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
ir. George
DRUGGIST ASKING
FOR LIQUOR PERMIT
r, o. Wilcox Of Montrose Files Ap-
pIIcation In District Court
Here Today.

Application has been filed in the
district court by f. o. Wilcox, a
registered pharmacist Of Montrose.
for permission to buy, keep and sell
Intoxicating liquors. In his applica-
tfon. Mr.. Wilcox states that he has
been engaged in the business of con-
Quoting a drug store and pharm acy.
and that he is a registered pharma-
cist No. 6961.. He has been conduct
ing his store at Montrose in a two
story frame building situated on lot
IL In block 16 in the town of Mont
rose.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
GET RID OF HuM0Rs
AND AVOID SICKNESS

Humors in the blood cause inter
nal arrangements that affect the
whole system, as well as pimples,
boils and other eruptions, and are
responsible for the readiness with
which many people contract disease.
For forty years Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla has been more successful than
any other medicine in expelling
humors and removing their inward
and outward effects. Get Hoods.
No other medicine acts like it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23

lington for the Geo. tucker estate.
One noticeable item in this petition
is the allegation that the chief petit
TONERS for the district, Araufler and
tombstone of Keokuk, are scarcely
more than the holders of title of prop
erty of the Mississippi River Power
company.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
HOLDERS OF TITLE
PETITION STATES
Protest on Drainage Project Attracts
Interest Of keokuk Men In
Matter.

Matter.
Fort Madison Democrat: More
lengthy documents have been filed
with the county auditor in contest of
and protesting the Green Bay. drain
age district. The principal one is
drawn by Attorneys Herminghausen
& Herminghausen and states that a
large number of property owners
enter various reasons against the es-
Enlistment of the pumping station
part of the district. Several of the
arguments advanced have been en-
tered before, such as the restriction
of benefits. alleged insufficiency of
Lne pumping station petition, etc,
Another petition in protest is filed
hy Attorneys Seerley & Clark of Bur
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
PHYSICIAN.
DR.. w. p. SHERLOCK.

Office, Masonic Temple. Residence
Alpha apartments,
Office Hours-1O to IL a. M, to
5 p. M; evenings, to 8; Sundays,
II to 1 p. m. United States civil ser.
vice examiner.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-23
nack 20 the Soil.

Waterloo Times-Tribune: Speaking
about bartenders taking up farming
after january /, they ought to be a
success at raising corn, rye and hops.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-23

taking off the receiver. but not an
swering. Instead, she hung up and
wedged the telephone bell with
piece of paper so that it would not
ring at all.
She was about to move away from
the desk when Elaine entered the Ii
brary.
Didn't / hear the telephone bell
ring?' she asked.
Inez was quick. "Yes," she replied,
my former mistress telephoned that
she is sending my trunk today"
''Oh, very WE'LL" smiled Elaine, pass
ing on through the library with an
encouraging nod to the girl.
Inez had killed two birds with one
stone. Not only had she disarmed
suspicion about the interrupted call,
but she had laid the foundation for
the delivery of trunk which at that
moment she knew WI and Long Sin
were preparing and packing.
1t was large trunk, and in it the
two willy Cinnamon were packing a
chair, as well as the phosphorus ma
chine.
Once Mistress Inez induces Elaine
to sit in this chair" observed WI, tap
ping it significantly as he closed the
trunk, half our work is completed
Uptown Inez, always on guard, was
watching for the safe arrival of the
trunk, when she saw messenger boy
coming up the steps Of the house.
Perhaps, it flashed over her, it was
some message from Kennedy. She
must get it, whatever 1t was.
Without hesitating moment she
slipped back into the library while the
boy was still at the door and wrote
note of her own at the desk. She
had thought out beforehand just what
plan she was to adopt and the note
read:
Dear Miss Dodge:
The ladies of the First Baptist
church will send a collector for our
rummage sale this afternoon. We
thank you for whatever you can give
him. Yours truly,
Miss Ella Burns,
Secretary, Woman's Guild.
Inez read over the note she had
written herself as the messenger boy
continued ringing the bell impatiently.
Then she hurried into the hall to open
the door.
The boy came in and Inez took the
note he had brought, signing Elaine's
name for it in his book She had
acted not a moment too soon, for
| Elaine had heard the bell and was
now coming downstairs herself.
'Was it anything for me, Inez?" she
asked.
Inez deity palmed the letter and
substituted the note she had written.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-23

being prepared for Kennedy. The
note of warning regarding Elaine was
merely first step in the entangle'
ment.
We were in the laboratory and
Craig was at work testing some chem.
icals, about to pour liquid from a
beaker into test tube. He paused
posing both in his hands, listening.
Outside we could hear what sounded
like scratching at the door.
BE quiet just a minute, Walter, y
whispered Craig, moving on tiptoe
toward the door.
The fact was that young China
man had. crept up cautiously and was
crouching there in a position like
that of a runner about to start in a
race. Actually he was merely wait
ing for Kennedy to open the door,
but it looked as though he were listen
ing.
As Craig threw open the door he
started off like racer, apparently
dropping a piece of paper in his hurry.
| darted out after him, wAile Craig
stopped and picked up the paper, then
stood gazing after us.
Down the hall the young Chinaman
dashed until he ccme to the back en-
trance to the laboratory. There ne
turned and crouched again in the
darkness.
A moment later I came after him.
AS / passed the door he seemed to
rise up Unexpectedly and / stumbled
headlong over him, almost stunned
as I hit the floor. He rose again
and criss-crossed around the corner
of the building before l could pick my
self up. 1t was of no use now to
chase him further, and / limped back
into the laboratory.
HE got away in spite Of me-" |
managed to burt out as I rejoined
Kennedy in tn hall. Whats that?"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-23

Elaine, down in the library, that she
had done nothing yet about the letter
from the Women's Guild.
Il wonder what there is upstairs
that I can give Them" she thought,
as she re-read the letter. Il think
I'll see"
She started up. just as Inez was
leaving.
The adventures in the attic heard
Elaine coming and quickly slipped be-
hind a door, letting Elaine pass her,
without being seen.
In the attic Elaine started to take
down and examine several dresses for
the rummage sale, laying them aside
one by one.
An attic is always place that calls
up memories of the past, and Elaine
soon began to think of things that
were suggested by one after another
of the discarded dresses. Besides,
some of them were scarcely worth
sending, anyway. She sat down, abb
sently, in the chair to think it over.
Suddenly a secret spring released
a set of bands that automatically and
swiftly clamped over Elaine's arms
and about her body and neck, holding
her in a grip Of steel. AT the same
time vapor bulb in the back of the
chair shot out it's smothering fumes,
rendering her unconscious.
Elaine was caught in a trap.
Inez in silent exultation opened the
attic door just a trifle. Then her
slender hand reached in and took the
locked it from the outside.
Stealthily Inez crept downstairs
from the attic and into Elaine's room.
There, taking care that neither Marie
nor Aunt Josephine was about, she
opened the closet and took out the
dress, coat and hat which Elaine had
worn when she was kidnapped by WI
and stuffed them into suitcase. Inez
closed the suitcase quickly, threw on
her own hat and coat and left the
house unobserved.
Half an hour later she entered the
opium joint on Mott street.
There were both WI and Long Sin
carefully examining blonde wig made
up as closely as possible to resemble
the golden masses that were the
crown of Elaines beauty. Four or
five other Cinnamon sat and stood
about at respectful distance.
Have you the clothes?" asked WI,
greeting IneZ.
done exactly as you ordered"
Good" complimented WI. Then
you may prepare yourself immediate
ly."
In the meantime a second trap was
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-23

SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystif1ed by a
series of murders and other crimes. The
principal clue to the criminal is the warn
ing letter which is sent the victims, signed
with a "clutching hand" The latest vic
tim of the mysterious assassin is Taylor
Dodge, the insurance president His
daughter, Elaine, employs Craig Kennedy
the famous scientific detective, to try to
unravel the mystery. What Kennedy ac-
complishes is told by his friend jameson,
a newspaper man.
After many fruitless attempts to put
Elaine and Craig Kennedy out of the way
the Clutching Hand is at last found to be
none other than Perry Bennett, Elaine's
lawyer and the man she is engaged to
marry Bennett fees to the den of one of
his Chinese criminals. The Chinaman
forces from Bennett the secret of the
whereabouts of 100000. Then he gives
the lawyer a potion which will suspend
animation for months. Kennedy reaches
Benefits side just after he has lost con-
seriousness.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-23

Eyes, ma'am," she replied, handing
Elaine the faxed note.
Elaine read it. 81 didn't know about
the rummage sale before" she COM
mented, as She went into the library,
but / guess I'll have to give them
something"
She sat down for a moment to look
over new fashion magazine. Out
side in the hallway Inez was reading
the note which the messenger boy
had brought, with the warning post
script written by Kennedy under
meath. She knew, as she destroyed
it, that it was only part of Wu's
subtle plan to alarm Kennedy and
start him on false scent.
1t was not many minutes later that
the bell rang again, and this time
Jennings answered the door, disclos-
ing the expressman with a heavy
trunk.
ooh, l guess that's my trunk" Inez
exclaimed. May have it taken up to
the attic, out of the way?"
The men carried the big trunk up
stairs into the attic, large room full
of trunks, some old furniture and
great many old dresses hanging up.
AS they set it down she signed the
receipt for it, and the expressmen
dumped downstairs.
For moment she leaned over the
railing and looked after them to make
sure that she was alone, then hastily
locked the door and ran back to the
trunk to unlock it.
First she took out the chair which
WI had devised and placed it near the
clothes hanging up. Next she re-
moved the phosphorus mechanism
and placed it in the shadow back
of the chair, piling up some excelsior
and other dry stuff over and around it
Inez had scarcely. completed her
arrangements when 1t occurred to-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-23
arm tight to his side. still with ais
rnrrict rrnccir1c on the rome

arm tight to his side. still with hls
wrist pressing on the rope.
His heart fairly leaped. 1t worked.
The cuff link which he had devised
as cigarette lighter as a Joke on me
was burning the rope.
Then he pulled at the weakened
ropes as he had before in his futile
struggles.
They broke.
Just on the other side Of the door he
could hear the low buzz of the argu-
ment as Long Sin urged WI to allow
him 10 kill Kennedy.
Very well, them" WI at last
agreed, looking at his watch and nod
ding to Long Sin and the others who
sprang forward.
Free from his bonds, Kennedy had
been standing a second wondering
how to escape from the room. Just
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-23

"Are You All Right?" Gasped Craig.
then he heard footsteps outside.
Quickly he replaced the ropes about
him so that they looked as If he were
still bound by them.
The door opened, and WI and Long
Sin entered, each with knife, while
behind them were three other China
men.
WI advanced. Slowly he raised his
knife to strike.
"The white girl is slowly being
burned to DEATH" he Kissed, brandish-
ishing the knife. "The allotted time is
spent"
AS he poised the knife in fiendish
glee, Kennedy leaped forward from his
loosened bonds and knocked him to
the floor
So unexpected was the assault that
before he knew it Long Sin was also
sprawling beside his master
Craig seized the only weapon at
hand, a taboret, and brought it
down with smashing blows on the
heads of the other astounded and un-
nerved Cinnamon.
Once on the street, even in China
town, he was safe.
But it was not his own safety now
that had nerved up his strength to
escape from the unacceptable.
Was he in time?
II think had better go back to the
laboratory and wait for Craig" / said
at last to Aunt Josephine after wait.
ing for time that seemed like hours.
please let me know the moment you
hear from Elaine"
was about to turn from the foot
of the steps to the Dodge house, when
taxicab came dashing up almost on
the sidewalk urged on by some maniac
inside. Imagine my surprise to see
Craig, wild and dishevelled. leap out.
rs Elaine here-safe?" he demand
ed.
"She isn't home" / managed to
reply.
Are you sure?" he repeated. did
you search?"
He uttered sudden cry. pointing
up at the roof.
Look" he gasped Mortified.
stared in blank amazement. Smoke
was pouring out of the attic windows
in dense black columns, lighted by
an angry flame.
"Fire!" shouted Kennedy, dashing
Instantly into the house.
AS we mounted the stairs now we
could hear muffled screams from the
attic.
Smoke was pouring out from under
the door and even through the key
hole. Jennings had heard Kennedy's
call and was now dashing up after us
with fire extinguisher. Back of him
came Aunt Josephine and Elaine's
maid, Marie, screaming for help.
Like human battering ram we
went through that door. A sheet of
flame shot out at us with the draft.
But Kennedy stopped for nothing.
There was Elaine in chair which
the devilish mind of WI Fang had
devised to imprison her while the
flames licked out her beauty and kfe.
Instantly Craig understood and actedl
Carry her OUT" he cried, gasp
for breath himself.
Together we seized the chaic1
its precious burden. Not a. Y
too soon We set the chair dc
side in the hall. ourselves
and blistered.
1t was as though Craig Id
ed the challenge of the feri
He seized the extinguisheq
nings and attacked the f|
By this time Jennings,
Aunt Josephine had succeed
fastening Elaine, as our 81
slaught with chemicals !
brought the fire demon undeI
Are you-all right?" gasp
STOPPING over Elaine as SHY
back half-fainting in his arms.
Are your" she murmured he
~. forgetting her own hurts /
fear for him.
(To BE CoNTINuED.)
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-21
"KILMENY" AT
LYRIC THEATRE

1t developed that Kilmeny had fled
the gypsies because they were trying
to coerce her into marriage with
Barouche, a brutal fellow. But on
seeing tne unhappiness she was now
causing her bepefactors, the Leighs,
Kilmeny, finally resigned herself to
her fate, feeling nobody loved her,
nobody cared feeling she didn't
amount to anything and never would,
and so returned to the gypsy band.
Three days the gypsy chief then
gave Kilmeny to submit to the bands
decree that she marry Barouche;
three days of heartache and anguish
for, now that was away, Kilmeny re-
allied how much the handsome Bob
Meredith counted after all On the
third day they forced her to give in.
The wedding ceremony was arranged,
the traditional wedding finery got out
for Kilmeny by the old woman of the
clan. Then just on the eve Of the
tragic misalliance the father of the
long lost Doris Calhoun appeared and
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-21

called a halt. He had evidence to
prove that the beautiful Kilmeny was
mis- own daughter. Asked for his evil
dence, he presented it in the cover.
ing, shrinking. faithful person of the
poor cripple, Pierre, who had braved
the wrath of the gypsies to balm the
vile Barouche and carry the news to
Kilmeny's real father.
SO the long missing Doris Calhoun
at last came home, and one of the
greatest kidnapping mysteries of all
England was explained. When Lord
and Lazy Leigh and young Meredith
of the embassy came for the week
end to the Calhoun manor house to
meet Miss Calhoun the love romance
Of her who nad been Kilmeny was
at last fulfilled amid the bloom of one
of England's prettiest springs.
But for Pierre, alas, there was no
spring. Cast out, beaten, reviled, he
crept like a poor broken wounded
thing to the woods where were his
only friends and where Kilmeny
once had roamed. Toward the end
of the day when night was falling a
mockingbird singing on a branch saw
a lame, tired fellow kneel down and
gaze YEARLY over the edge of deep,
bottomless mountain pool. He seem
ed so strange, the man did. The mock
ingbird fitted for possible safety
across to a farther tree. When it
looked back the man was gone, but
the face of the pool boiled a moment
with foam and then smoothed away
in great concentric ripples. Tie
mockingbird resumed its song.
At the Lyric Wednesday and Thurs
day, September % and %.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-21
A CALL FOR
CONVENTION

A convention OF the Detterment
League of Logan City is hereby call
ed to convene in the county court
house at Logan ON Saturday, Septem-
Der 20, 1915, at the hour of p. m.
for the purpose of endorsing candi-
dates for the Office Of mayor, city
commissioner for the term OF four
years and city auditor, and transact
ing any other business that may prop
erly come before the said convention.
Representation at said convention
will be based upon an apportionment
of twenty delegates for each munich
pal ward of the city and primaries to
select such delegates are hereby
called for Friday, September "a, 1915
at p. m. Meetings will be as fol-
lows:
First ward-Old Sixth ward meet
ing house.
Second ward-Second ward meeting
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-21
REGISTRATION
HEAVY AT Bye.

Saturdays and Mondays registra-
ton. days at the Brigham Young Col
lege have been very active days. The
numbers of first year students allow
ed by the restriction were almost
reached in the Saturday registration
but a number who found it impossi-
Bile to reach Logan for registration
on the first day sent in explanations
and asked that places be held for
them on Monday. A large number
of sections in the first year classes
were full and closed on Saturday
night.
Yesterdays registration was both
surprising and gratifying. Very
many more college and fourth year
Enthusiastically college-came in
than the most optimistic foretold
These are coming not only from the
Brigham Young Colleges districts
but also from the south in this state,
and from Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming,
and Arizona. Undoubtedly work in
the Normal field is being emphasized
and appreciated and the school with
the well equipped training schools in
addition to efficient instructors in the
pedagogical lines are going to be
kept busy.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-21
Opponents Of Loan
Parade Wall Street

New York, Sept. 17.-Opponents
of the proposed loan to the allies
carried their ampaign into Wall
street today and announced their
sentiment from flaming placards in
front OF the office OF ]. p. Morgan
& Co,
wall Streets Shame" read one OF
several large banners held aloft by
leaders OF file Of men who marched
through the financial section as a
protest against establishing the loan.
Another read:
THE money trust Is lending bill
lions OF American money TO bankrupt
England. France and Russia
The procession ended with a man
carrying big sign on which was
painted in red, white and black:
Billions for King George
The paraders stopped In front of
the Morgan officers. A crowd col
lected and detectives ordered them
TO move on.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-21
Calhoun reports finding Doris with the Cypsies,
LENRE ULRICE in KLLMENY
j. A. HULME, Mgr.

Philadelphia, Sept. ia thun.
der shower early in the night brought
temporary RELIEF from the excessive
heat, but at midnight the mercury
stood at 80 with a humidity of 81
per cent. Four deaths were reported
tonight, making the total number of
fatalities eighteen as a result OF the
present heat wave.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-21

house.
Third ward-Court house
Fourth ward-Fourth ward meeting
house.
Fifth ward-Whittier school house.
All citizens in sympathy with the
aim OF the Betterment League are
urged to be present.
F. A. HINCKLEY,
Chairman Betterment League.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-21
ANNUAL FASHION SHOW
Ogden, September 24-25

Excursions via Oregon Short Line
U. p. System. Tickets on sale, Sep
TENDER "a and %; limit September
81. See agents for rates and further
particulars ADV. 9-25
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-21
We ek'S Theatre Program
Az Ihe URIC TONIGHT Az The OAK TONIGHT

when Wife Sleeps" Lubin.
The Crooked Path" Kaem.
ON the Border" and Some
Speed" ..
Watch for Mondays program.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
Charles Chaplin in "The Bank"
"NeaI Of the Navy" First Chapter
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
"Ths Witness" 8 Reel Lubip.
dreamy Dud Goes Bear Hunting"
Scenic" Essa.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-21
SATURDAY, SEPT, 10

SATURDAY, SEpIb 10
mo One To Guide Him." Keystone
The FloatinerDeath," X. y.
The Choir Beys,' Reliance.
Watch for nest weeks program
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
Diamond From the Sky" Chap
ter IS.
"via Wireless" 5 Reel Feature.
WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY
Lenore Zurich in "Kilmeny" Par
amount Travel Series No. 6.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-21

1t pays to advertise in The Repub-
lican.