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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
Wizard of or Coming.

On Monday, March %, benefit will
he given in the Grand opera house
for the Keokuk Visiting Nurse asso-
citation. The picture is in five reels
and is THE New Wizard of o." Our
old friends, the Scarecrow and the
Tin Woodman, are to pay us another
visit. This time it will be on the
film. for they could not withstand the
temptation of becoming movie actors.
In this film, which will be the special
attraction. we will see our friends in
a chapter of their lives which has
never vet been divulged. Their gro
tesoue and marvellous adventures In
the land of OF. where they oyerturn
the throne of King Krewl and finally
end their exploits by the Scarecrow
being crowned king, is tale in the
telling Of which there is not dull
moment. We advise every friend of
this famous trio-Dorothy, the Scare
crow and the Tin Woodman-to be at
the theatre early so that they will be
sure of seat. There will be two
afternoon matinees at 2:30 and at 4
o'clock, and three evening perform
onces at Z, s aid 9:15. There is no
advance in price, the regular rate
and 1oc will be charged. The picture
is interesting and entertaining, not
only for children but for grown ups
as ell.-Advertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
PERSONALS.

Mrs. ]. J. Ayres is in Chicago for
a few days visit.
E s. Baker returned yesterday
after having spent six weeks at the
Battle Creek sanitarium.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. r. Swanson and
Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Mccoy motored
to Carthage Sunday and spent the
day with Mr.. and Mrs. E. e. Nc
Adams.
w. C. Maxwell and daughter Elinor
of st. Louis, John A. Maxwell and
wife of Chicago, and Miss Ruth Ran
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
- iSIH VS. ~
SUCCESS,


IT'S the coward who quits to misfor-
tune,
IT'S the knave who changes each
day,
IT'S the fool who wins half the battle.
Then throws all his chances away.
There Is little in life but labor,
And tomorrow may find that a
dream;
Success is the bride Of Endeavor.
And luck--but a meteor's CLEAN.
The time to succeed is when others,
Discouraged, show traces OF tire;
The battle Is fought In the home
stretch
And won-'twixt the flag and the
wire!
John Trotwood Moore.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
ADJUSTMENTS.
Hippodrome Thcater-Mrs. Leslie
Carter in Du Barry Tomorrow.

Hippodrome Thcater-Mrs. Leslie
Carter in Du Barry Tomorrow.
Campbell Gollan, who plays that
most romantic of blacklegs, the ex-
quisite Comte Jean Du Barry, in
George Kleine's beautiful siX-part fea-
ture .'Du Barry" which comes to the
Hippodrome theatre tomorrow, had
his first experience before the motion
picture camera in his old familiar
role, in the kleine studios at Grug-
liasco, Italy, last summer. With Mrs.
Leslie Carter, Hamilton Revelle.
Richard Thornton AID other members
Of the original cast that made the
stage play so celebrated, Gollan went
through the various scenes using the
oft-repeated lines Of the play wher-
ever possible. In the Petit Lever
scene where Mrs. Carter hides the
wounded Cosse in her bed, only to
be discovered by Du Barry, the Ian
guage of the play was used by the
three characters with all the ease Of
long familiarity.
But motion picture built from a
play contains many scenes, the action
of which is made plain on the stage
by words. Hence there were moments
when it was difficult to find the prop
er words aid Campbell Gollan tells OF
one such experience which occurred
in Naples, Italy.
Il was notified one morning to get
dressed and make up in my revolu-
tionary garb for 'hurry-up' scene. l
Jumped Into an automobile and was
speedily whisked to a remote part OF
Naples where I was unceremoniously
hustled to the top of a rock pile IN
the midst of great crowd of Wild
looking Neopolitans dressed as French
revolutionists One Of our Italian d.
rectors assisted me to mount the
stones and In his very limited English
indicated that I was to incite these
PEOPLE to violence looked around
helplessly at that mob Such mob!
Quite the Understanding aggregation
l have ever SEEN They were shout
ing and clamoring and waving their
swords, sticks, sythes and guns In
most disconcerting manner. My mind
became a perfect blank until above
that din l heard the directors first
whistle which meant for me to get
ready. | could think of absolutely
nothing to say. Then the second
whistle sounded shrill and clear and
To NV utter amazement | found my
self vehemently addressing that
crowd with-Marc Antony's Grafton
from .JuliuG Caesar 1t was al in
spiration. The strange English lam
guage suddenly struck the crowd
dumb and the hitherto unruly multi
tude stood agast. I heard the camera
grinding away and casting hurried
look in its direction. saw Mr.. Kleine
with Mrs. Carter and Hamilton Re-
yelle convulsed with laughter I con
tinued to borrow from Shakespeare
until near the end of the scene and
then in my choicest Italian yelled.
Now boys rip the tar out of it'-at
which they tore lose again! And this
thew tell me is one of the best scenes
in the Observation-Disclosures
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
To EntertaIn s. 8. cIasae..

On Friday evening, Mrs. George s.
Merriam will entertain the young
women Of her Sunday school class
and the young men Of the Rev. Meal
listers class, at party In the par
lors of the First Baptist church. Mrs.
Merriam is anxious that every mem
Der of both classes shah be present
and a jolly time is assured. There
are about one hundred and fifty
enrolled in the two classes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
His Second Wife.

[ United Press Leased Wire Service
IEMARS, owa, March 16.-Dr. J.
l.. Reeves, a well known physician, Of
this city, shot his wife at noon today,
inflicting three wounds, one bullet
striking her in the neck, another in
the chin and third in the stomach.
trouble is the supposed
cause They had only been married
a year, she being his second wife.
The woman Is expected to die.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16

MEN-Increase your earnings. Learn
the barber trade for which there is
always a demand Many jobs waiting
at wages higher than you would eX-
pect. Taught in short term by our
system. Earn while learning. Write
today. Moler Barber College, st.
Louis, Mo.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
Votes for Women.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service,
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-. March 1e.
The house of representatives today
passed the suffrage resolution to sub
nit to the voters in the November
election in 1916 the question Of giving
women the ballot. The vote was IS
to 40.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
weddIno Date is Announces.

A number Of Keokuk people have
received invitations to the wedding
of Mr.. Daniel Mooar Davis, son Of
James G. Davis, of Des Moines, and
Miss Dorothy Blackburne, which will
occur at six o'clock on the evening OF
April Z, at the Church Of the Re-
deemer, In Bryn Mawr, Penn. Imme
diately following the service In the
church. a reception will be held at
the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Blackburne, College
Avenue, Haverford, Penn. After
June 1, Mr.. and Mrs Davis will be at
home in the Cresheim Valley apart
ments, Germantown, Philadelphia.
Mr. Davis was born in Keokuk and Is
a nephew of Mrs. H. r. Miller and OF
Frank w. Davis and his sisters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
twenty Were Drowned.

United Press Leased Wire SerV1ce.I
LONDON, March 16.-A press mes
sage received here tonight from Val
paraiso said that twenty men OF the
crew of the Dresden went to the bot
tom when the cruiser was sunk by
British warships. This report was
brought to Valparaiso by the auxiliary
cruiser Drama. which landed the ORES
den's wounded at that port.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16

kin of Chicago, are in the city to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth
Maxwell.
Miss Myrtle Whitehead left for ka-
hoka today to spend few days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
u. p. Ml.sIonary Society.

The Woman's Missionary society
Of the United Presbyterian church
will meet on Friday Afternoon with
Mrs. Jacob Schouten. The members
will please note the change in the
place of meeting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
Annual Meeting.

The annual business meeting for
reviewing reports and for the cleo
ton of officers for the Ladies Aid
society of the Second Presbyterian
church, will be held in the chapel on
Wednesday Afternoon at half past
two o'clock. A large attendance of the
mem bers is hoped for.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
Ruthean Class to Meet.

The Ruthean Bible class of the Trim
ity NJ. e. church will be entertained
in the parlors of the church on We'd
nesday afternoon at half past two
o'clock with the following hostesses:
Mrs. c. II. Wedertz, Mrs. Knapp. Mrs.
G. e. Alling and Mrs. r. S. Brown.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16

FOR SALE-My residence, 1922 High
street, for sale cheap. until April |.
Also other property. Mrs. j. N. Wha.-
stone.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16

FOR SALE-Five shoats, weighius
about 80 pounds each. John Erb
Main street road.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
,,,.. az Well. Perhaps.

waterloo Times-Tribune: 1t may be
;rst Is we'll If the Illinois house does
MT elect a speaker and cannot get or
ganized for business,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16

Quite Successful.
Kansas City Star: The allies are
trying to put the first syllable in Hell
lespont. ..
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
MISCELLANEOUS

SEE D. H. Storey for plastering His
work suits. Phone Black 1910 or
call 100 North Eighteenth. a.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16

FOR SALE-The Gem restaurant, %
South Fourth street. Will sell cheap
II taken at once.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
To be Avoide q,

Fremont Tribune: Mexico offers
about as many inducements as does
Belgium for people to stay away.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16

FOR SALE-Buick automobile, 1914
model. passengers. One Kimbai
piano, one Singer sewing machine and
other household goods. % South
Fifth street
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16

Entertained the e. q. Club.
Miss Thelma Oliver entertained the
E. d. club at her home. Refreshments
were served and a very enjoyable
time was spent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16

FOR sALE-Five room partly modern
house, corner lot, with building site
in rear. Edith Miller, 400 North Fifth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16

WANTED-A No. 1 paper hangers ami
inside painters, at once. Union men.
No boozers. Must be mechanics. c.
NJ. Owens.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16

FOR SALE-Safe family driving
mare. Reason for selling made
known to applicants. Fine opportun-
ity to get safe mare. Address "R.
NJ" care Gate City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16

FOR SALE-Stock and fixtures, cigar
store, 25 South Third street.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
The Program.
The program was as follows:
and Fuga, G minor.


The club hostesses were: MISS Clara
Gertrude Fry, Miss Mary louise
WestcOtt.
The house committee was: MISS
Elizabeth Collier, Mr.. II. 1. GrahaEl.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16

FOR SALE-Household furniture, SJ4
High Phone Red-96G
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
W ant Column
WANTED

WANTED-A good live man to hands
the Indian motorcycle agency at
Keokuk. Get in touch with us at
once Our proposition will interest
you. Ashborne Motorcycle Co., Bur-
lington, Iowa. Distributors OF Indian
motorcycles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Wning room table. couch.
single harness. bed and springs.
423 Palean street
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16

WANTED-Experie dining room
girl at Adams House, Warsaw Ill.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-16
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Three rooms, unfurnisii.
ed. City water and gas. Rent Reas-
enable. 829 Fulton street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-03
Base Ball Holds It's Own.


'Ts base ball losing its grip" is a
question which has been put to me.
No. is the answer. The national pas
time is more popular than ever. is be-
ing followed each year by an ever-in-
creasing number of fans, and slowly
but surely Is being taken up by lovers
Of things athletic in almost every civil
lied country. But there is no denying
the fac. that during the latter part Of
1914 and early in the present season
the patronage at the major league ball
parks fell below expectations, and
there also is no doubt that this was in
consequence of the titanic struggle in
Europe, which, with its attendant
slaughter OF hundreds of thou
sands of human beings, spread a
cloud of sorrow over the entire world.
However. the races in the National and
American leagues have continued SO
close week after week this year that
all Of the old-time interest among the
rooters has been rekindled, and such
teams as appear to have a chance to
capture the flags in their respective or
CARNATIONS are drawing great crowds
to their ball parks. At present it looks
as II three clubs in the Johnson outfit
will continue in the pennant fight,
while any one of half a dozen in the
Tener league may capture the coveted
trophy. AS long as this condition con-
tinues base ball will more than hold
it's own in spite of the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-03
Reports from New York city tell Of
grand scramble which members Of

Reports from New York city tell Of
a grand scramble which members Of
the Congressional Union. inaugurated in
Wall street in an effort to get a line
on Representative Lathrop Brown, who
represented in the last Congress the
first New York district, which Is in
Long Island.
Mr.. Brown is a soft-spoken young
man, who wears high collars and Is al
ways manicured to perfection. He has
probably the incest manners in Con-
gress and rarely makes himself heard.
but in the immigration bill debate he
made record for himself as a hard
thinking young fellow without any
axes to grind. The suffragists planned
to capture him and take him to camp,
so the New York story goes.
The Congressional Union did not have
an impressive number with them when
they started the flying squadron to-
ward Mr. Browns Office, which Is in
Wall street. SO they canvassed the Of
fice buildings for half an hour to fnd
young women who would join the col
umn. Then having recruited their
strength to respectable size. they mob
ilized against the Lathrop Brown
frontier.
The Office boys in Representative
Browns Office are we'll trained. They
intrenched themselves against the in
vaders and successfully held the coll
umn at bay for fifteen minutes. The
column of suffragists had banners and
poles and flags flying, and cluttered up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-03
Antiquity of the Hog.
From the Chicago Journal.

The two most important and most
intimately associated products of In
diana are corn and hogs. The Chinese
claim to have bred and domesticated
the hog 1000 years before the Chris
tan era. The ancient Egyptians knew
the hog. and this animal is depicted on
their monuments. The use of the meat
of the hog was prohibited by the Jews.
and 1t was considered that in hot coun-
tries it produced skin diseases. The
Moslems under Mohammedan law are
also prohibited from using pork The
hog was unknown in America until in
navigators In the South American for
ests are great droves of wild hogs, the
descendants of hogs brought over by
the Spaniards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-03
The Land Of Bachelor.
le Manchester Guardian.

From the Manchester Guardian.
England Is the land of bachelors. 30
there is plenty Of material for our new
army" without any Of the married men.
Indeed. we could safely exempt not only
the married but the betrothed. and still
raise an army Of 100000. assuming. as
we surely may. that only one man In. two
between the ages Of twenty and thirty
five is physically fit. One works 1t out
in this way. In England and Wales alone
there are 4.250,000 men between the ages
Of twenty and thirty live. and over 1885,
600 Of them are bachelors. To give the
round figures. between the ages Of twenty
and twenty-five there are 1.275.o00
bachelors to 275,000 married men; from
twenty-five to thirty there are 100000
bachelors to 100000 married men (half
and half). and from thirty to thirty-five
there are $4,000 bachelors to 1.0o0.000
married men. This gives U our total Of
2,250,000 bachelors Of all recruitable
ages in England and Wales alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-03

The most startling appeal to the people
Of Pendleton.
and published the most startling appeal
to the people of Pendleton, Ind, to do
their marrying at home that has ever
foated across the thresholds Of my
particular little Sanctum.
AS Franklin p. Adams says, so Justly:
20. matrimony. where IL thy stingf'
and here is true copy Of the ad:
''Patronixe Home!
Why Go Out Of Town
To Get
Married
When the Ceremony Can Be Performed
at Home
BY
w. H. H. Benefel,
Justice of the Peace.
Amy couple. old or young unmarried,
Of course), contemplating matrimony
will do we'll to call and have the squire
perform the ceremony in his magnif-
cent parlor. No. 10 South Main street,
Ind, where he has a beautt-
full Novojo rug for the couple to stand
upon. prepared especially for such oc-
casions, also to view the beautiful In
dian curios, of which he 10 always will
ing to show his visitors"
And perhaps that's why "a lot of
brides have a scalping knife out for
their husbands from the very first.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-03

They walked right mp to Gen. Certce.
Creme, and Gen. Mordaunt de Villa
Lambrequin, and Gen. de Spieso. and
Gen. de Billitay. In fact, all the gen.
erals have epaulets. They have swords;
also. they have great navy pistols. cast
overheard from a fleeing blockade run
ner in the earliest days of the Napo-
leonic wars They have red sashes.
Some of the generals have United
States uniforms: some of them have
uniforms used as costumes in a Broad
way comic opera. None of them has q
pair Of shoes.
Suddenly a courier is seen on the
horizon flashing his horse in his frenzy.
The animal approaches. It Is seen
that every now and then the good
steed almost breaks into a trot. The
courier has already broken into per-
spiration.
Within an hour the messenger has
traversed the three miles of road and
hands bis dispatches to Gen. Pistache
de Creme:
"Reinforcements are to join US In
time for lunch" announced the COM
mander- in chief.
Never" roared the army as with one
voice.
will never give up our ham and eggs"
announces Rocco.
rs there nothing even for me?" asks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-03

TT is fair to the ladies to admit that
not many Of them will stride into a
closed street car with lighted, smok-
ing. half-burned cigar stump between
their fingers. And I am sure that II
ladies should do this they would exer-
else a nicer discretion or a finer taste
in the matter of the half-burned cigar
they brought in. And no matter what
a lady's personal habits may be at
home, or what may be her conception
Of the proprieties when a great many
strangers are not looking on. I say,
without great fear of contradiction. that
few ladies' in Washington-at least during
the rush hours and on the line on
which 1 travel-will enter a crowded
street car with a smudgy, reeking,
evil-smelling cigarette butt in their
hands.
Neither 10 It customary to see ladies
crowding the back platform, blocking
the way between the step and the door
and pufdng strong pipe smoke in the
faces of passengers or sprinkling them
with hot ashes from cigarettes. ! 90
such things. but I merely say that such
things have rarely come under my own
observation.
"The attitude Of ladies' on the smoke
question is not easy for a man. dull
witted creature that he is. to compre-
bend. have stood on the back dash
Of a street car smoking ten-cent
cigar-which was given to me-and I
have seen gorgeously appareled ladies.
as most of them are. show signs OF
positive impatience or repugnance when
the fragrance Of that cigar would be
waited to them. Yet many times while
in the company of ladies' on outings.
and after eating the lunch they pro-
vided, and after ceremoniously cutting
the tuck end Of a five-cent cigar,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-03
THE TREES ENEMIES.
Fight to Save New England's Elms
Oaks of Britain in Trouble.

From the Chicago Post.
J.. H. FROST, Chicago's forester, says
that he has received hundreds OF COM
plants from all parts Of the city about
the injuries caused to the trees by IN
sects. Mr.. FROST adds that most OF the
reports reach him SO late that 1t Is I'm
possible to apply adequate remedies In
| season to check the plague. one OF the
tree enemies, Mr.. FROST says, Is q Dorer.
and the other is a scale insect. both OF
which multiply at an alarming rate:
Chicago Is not q congentai city TOT
trees. In all big cities various things
combine to harm the green growth. !!
shade trees in check. The city forester
should be notified the instant that q
tree shows signs Of falling health. Tor
trees can be sick, just az human beings
can be sick. Frequently. happily
enough, when people think a tree IL
dead it has only lost Its leaves. which
will spring anew with another year.
Some insects are deadly in their work
and others cause only temporary
trouble.
has spent hundreds and Thousands OF
dollars in an effort to save its elms.
Three or four years ago . blight struck
the chestnuts In the eastern states. New
England Is having better success IN the
effort to save its elms than the rest
effort to save the chestnut. The chest
nut trees are suffering from blight:
Man has found a remedy for nearly all
the troubles with which trees are az
fiicted, but thus far nothing has been
found which produces any impression
on the disease which has fastened It
self on the chestnut growth.
In England this year they are having
fight to save their oaks. The war
has made the salvation Of trees Sec
ondary consideration. but as England
for centuries has been proud Of its
oaks. some effort Is being made to fnd
out what is the matter with them and
to discover a means Of cure. On the
Darnley estate. near Gotham, there are
hundreds of magnificent oak trees
, which today have barely shred OF
foliage left upon them. The insects
have been busy, but the hope Is that the
damage is to the foliage only.
A country without trees is no country
at all. Interest in forestry and in trees
for beauty and shade purposes only
has increased in the United States ma
terial1y in the last ten years. 1t is q
hard fight to save the trees. but 1t is a
fight very much worth while.
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Region an Industrial One.
Population Of 2S, 600.

LENS had just before the present war
a population of $4,000.
Lens has had an eventful history,
as all those cities have had which are
scattered through the important north
ern and northeastern parts of France.
It's grounds were frequently fought
over during the wars of the fifteenth,
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
The outstanding occurrence in it's mil
itary history was the great battle
fought in it's neighborhood by the
French and the Spaniards in 1913, in
which Louis II of Bourbon, Prince of
Condo, gained the victory for the
French