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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
PROOF OF WILL.
State of Iowa, Lee County, IS.

State of Iowa, Lee County, IS. In
District Court.
To All Whom 1T May Concern:
Notice is Hereby Given, That on
the 23d day of February, A. D., 1916,
paper was opened and read by the
Clerk of the District Court of Lee
County, Iowa. purporting to be the
Last Will and Testament Of VIM, S.
Bunyan, late Of Lee County, in the
State Of Iowa, deceased; and that
proof of the genuineness Of said In
strument will be heard in the District
Court OF said County at Keokuk, on
the a1st day Of March. A. D., 1915, at
the hour Of o'clock, p. m. of said day,
being the saith day Of the January
term, 1916, Of said Court when all
persons interested in said Will are re-
quired to be present and make their
objections to the same, If any they
have.
In Witness Whereof. I hereunto set
my hand this 23rd day of February,
1916.
O. r. JOHNSTON,
BY ALBERT VOLLERS, Deputy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
WHY women
WRITE: LETTERS
TO Lydia E. Pinkham Medi-
cine Co.

Women who are we'll often ask care
the letters which the Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co. are continually publishing,
genuin e?" "Are they truthful 2"
Why do women write such letters 2"
In answer we say that never have we
published a fictitious letter or name.
Never, knowingly, have we published
an untruthful letter, or one without the
full and written consent of the woman
who wrote it.
The reason that thousands of women
from all parts of the country write such
grateful letters to the Lydia E. Pink
ham Medicine Co. is that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has brought
health and happiness into their lives,
once burdened with pain and suffering.
1t has relieved women from some of
the worst forms of female ills, from dis
placements, Inflammation, liberation,
irregularities, nervousness, weakness,
stomach troubles and from the blues.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
United Charities Finds Many Places
Where Assistance Is Needed and
Asks Aid From People
of the City.
BREAKING UP THE GANGS
Organization OF Boys Such as Was
Taken Into Custody Yesterday,
Has Been Under
surveillance.

The story in last evenings paper Of
six boys who sold metal not belonging
to them, is an admission on the part
Of some Of US that the community has
failed in at least SO far as these boys
were concerned. The parents in each
Of the families were working people,
and with the exception Of two, had
never asked the United Charities for
assistance. This Is an instance where
the community has contributed more
to the poor mans burden than he
could ever counterfeit.
The United Charities has been en-
deavoring to dispense just such gangs
as these and has succeeded in doing
so in two or three instances. In those
gangs broken up last year, there
were found to be some excellent schol-
ars and they are doing good work in
their new environment. This is some
of the work you are paying for and
making possible when you contribute
towards the support Of the United
Charities.
The calls are still numerous and
many are unable to provide for all
their needs Fuel is needed by a
widow. A woman who is a very good
laundress wants to get four or five
more washings per week. The United
Charities has reports that her work
is very satisfactory. There are three
children dependent on her and she dis
likes to ask charity.
An old man past seventy, but hale
and hearty, is stopping here in the
city with friends while arrangements
are being completed for his return to
a sister in another state. So deter
mined was this Weston the second, to
make his trip unaided by charity, that
he walked about one hundred and fif-
ty miles during the slippery weather
just past. He has no bad habits, as
he neither drinks, chews or smokes.
The railroad fare will be about ten
dollars.
The United Charities wants to move
a family out from bad conditions
where there is little or no chance for
the children, to place where they
will have a chance to grow up into
good men and women. The family
cannot pay a large rental. Money is
needed for this.
Work through the United Charities
in your efforts to better the conditions
of the poor and needy and you will be
assured Of better results. Support
the organization literally and give it
a wider field Of endeavor. The oppor-
tunity is here as is the need all that
is lacking is the money and you can
help supply that
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
Ethics From Mr. Thorne's Standpoint

st. Louis Post-Dispatch: Clifford
Thorne, railroad commissioner OF
Iowa, raised a question of ethics in
opposing l.. D. Brandeis' nomination
for the supreme bench before the
senate committee.
He charged Mr. Bandeis with pro-
fessional improperly, and breach
of faith while acting as counsel for
the interstate commerce commission
in the matter Of the railroads applica-
ton for an increase Of rates. The case
was prejudiced, according to Mr..
Thorne, because Mr.. Brandeis adj
mitted that some roads need more
revenue and opposed, not an increase
in revenue, but the proposed manner
Of securing it by an unintelligent
horizontal advance in freight charges.
But at the interstate commerce COM
missions hearing on this very applica-
ton Mr.. Thorne appeared as counsel
for persons with an eX-parte interest
in the proceedings. He admits that
the cattle shippers. whom he
represented at the hearing" and 9th
ers contributed $4,000 to defray the
expenses Of presentation OF their
case.
Did Mr.. Thorne receive fee from
this $4,000 fund? Is not the question
Of ethics relating to his own appear
ance much more serious than the
one he suggests as to Mr.. Brandeis?
How could Mr.. Thorne act as counsel
for the shippers in such case with
out impairing his own impartiality in
the semi-judicial office he held in
Iowa? e
AS counsel for the interstate COM
merce commission it was Mr. Bran
deis' duty to emphasize all facts that
might lead to a Just and equitable de-
termination of the issue before the
commission. -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
Munitions Plant Explosion.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Feb. 23.-Two
men were seriously injured today in
an explosion at the Allis Chalmers
company's plant in West Allis. which
has been making munitions of war for
the allies. Officials Of the company
denied that the explosion was caused
from outside sources.
Max Babb, attorney for the COM
pany, issued a statement saying that
the men were injured when a gas gen
orator exploded. The plant is con-
stantly under heavy guard.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
A WhirIwind Campaign.

The conference not only authorized
the campaign for half million dol
lars but it formulated the plan. fixed
the dates, and started the machinery
going.
From now until the twelfth Of
March, organization will be perfected,
on which date the whirlwind campaign
will start. Bishop Bristol will be the
commanding general. President Schell
and Ad Weir will be his chiefs or staff
The headquarters will be at Mt. Pleas
ant. The four district superintendent
will be division commanders with
headquarters in thei.- respective dis
trtcts, Burlington, Mlscatine, Ottum-
wa and Oskaloosa. Every Methods
charge in the conference Will be Il
fighting unit in charge Of its pastor.
( The fight will begin March the 18th
and the victory must be won at mid
night Of April the 25th.
Mt. Pleasant and Henry county In
that time is to raise $4,000 more
And during the same time the rest of
the conference is to raise the splendid
sum Of $3.50 900.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
Here Is the Proposition.

Mt Pleasant and Henry county IS
to raise $4,000 Of which Mt. Pleasant
has already raised $4,000. The Iowa
conference will raise S350,000. making
a total of half million of dollars.
This added to the present endowment
will make net endowment Of $3.50
900 and If to this Is added the present
value of the physical plant of the in
stitution gives to old Iowa Wesleyan
the oldest educational institution west
of the Mississippi, total Of million
dollars, a figure that the most optim-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

Charles J. Hatfield, executive secre-
tary of the National Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tuber-
culosis, says: 'In spite of the fact
that Tuberculosis is costing the Unit
ed States from $50O,0OO,OOO to ST.
600, 100000 every year in lives lost,
the amount of money being spent an
nually by all private and public agen-
cies is not much more than S2O,000,-
900; and while a nationwide crusade
to stamp out tuberculosis has been
organized. we are still ignorant Of
many of the factors that produce it.
A few thousand dollars wisely spent
in scientific research under federal
supervision will secure results Of in
caIculable benefit to this country"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
Princess on the Stand.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. !
NEW YORlb. Feb. 23.-The Prin-
cess Miskinoff, formerly Aimee
Crocker, California millionaire heires3
was to have her inning today in the
trial of the separation suit Brought bv
Prince Miskinoff against her and her
counter-suit for separation in which
she named YyOnne Gouraud her
pretty fifteen year old foster daugh-
ter.
Attorneys for the princess declare
they will offer witnesses who will tes-
tify that the prince and Yvonne were
much together at Edgemere. L. L.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
HAIR COMING OUT?

Dandruff causes a feverish irrita-
ton Of the scalp, the hair roots
shrink, loosen and then the hair
comes out fast. To stop falling hair
at once and rid the scalp of every
particle of dandruff. get 25-cent
bottle Of Danderine at any drug
store, pour a little in your hand and
rub it into the scalp After few
applications the hair stops coming
out and you can't find any dandruff
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

Throw Off Colds and Prevent Grip.
When you feel a cold coming on, take
BROMO QUININE. 1t re-
moves cause of Colds and Grip. Only
One "BROMO QUININE." E. W.
GROVES signature on box. 25c.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

Is W ell and who
has never suffered
to realize how these
poor, suffering wo-
men feel when re-
stored to h e alth;
their keen desire to
help other women
who are suffering as
they did.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

And 1t proved the oft repeated asser-
ton on the floor of many conference
that when Mt Pleasant showed faith
in it's own institution then the confer
ence would show faith too. Those
who were at the conference declared
that some of the old grads Of the col
lege shed tears Of JOY when they voted
for the campaign 1t was a. genuine
revival OF loyalty, of affection and of
faith in the old school such as has
never before been witnessed. Bishop
Bristol was tower of strength,
President Schell dominated the situa-
ton with his aggressiveness. The dis
trict superintendent marshalled their
pastors i'll a solid line for the fight.
Everywhere were words of apDrecia-
ton for Mt. Pleasant. Nowhere was
there a suggestion Of consolidation, or
moving. The Iowa conference took
steps to nail down, spike, bolt and
clamp Iowa Wesleyan to Mt. Pleasant.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
Iowa Conference OverIoyed.

Those who attended the special SEES
sion Of the conference declared that
never before In the history OF the col.
lego had there been manifested such
optimism. such responsiveness, such
determination to make a great fight
for the old school.
The message from Mt. Pleasant thai
the old town had raised s100,000.0O
for the school electrified the entire
conference 1t put the lie to the oft
repeated assertion on the floor Of the
conference that Mt. Pleasant had lost
interest and faith In the old school.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

istic of the friends of the school had
never dared to dream.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

These witnesses, according to the at
torneys. will declare that Yvonne in
striking bathing suit and the
swarthy skinned prince were the
talk of the Edgemere club beach.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23
A Great School Town.

The permanent financing Of Iowa
Wesleyan at once brings Mt Pleasant
back to its rightful place in Iowa as
q great school town. It will restore
her to her old dominion. The income
from her $3.50, 100000 endowment. her
income from the conference collection,
her income from tuition and fees will
provide funds that will permit the &C
QUESTION of powerful faculty, that
will permit Of the requirement Of
much needed equipment and more i'm
portant still, attract to the school
large donations of funds. And all OF
this will mean a steady increasing
enrolment Of the student body, and
the Quickening of every departm ent
OF life in this city and immunity.
No one can doubt but that Mount
Pleasant is on the eve of a great era
of religious, educational and financial
cuickening. There is no doubt that
Mt Pleasant is about to step forward
into an era Of general prosperity that
it has never before experienced.
Mt Pleasant should now fully re-
solve collectively and individually that
Iowa Wesleyan is the great and dOmi-
mating enterprise of this county and
by loyal IN word and deed every hour
Of the year
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-23

Read The Gate City Want Column.
Douglas Island news., 1916-04-05
DOUGLAS PEOPLE PRAISE
SIMPLE llIXTURE

Many in Douglas praise the simple mixture of buckthorn bark, glyceriue, etc., known as Adler i-ka. This remedy is the most THOROUGH bowel cleanser ever sold, being even used successfully in appendicitis. ONE SPOONFUL relieves almost ANY CASE of cousti- patton, sour or gassy stomach. ONE MINUTE after you take it the gases rumble and pass out. Adleri.ka can not Rripe and the INSTANT action is surprising. Guy l. Smith, druggist.
Douglas Island news., 1916-04-05

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 Modesty being one of the Stroler's chief characteristics, it is with cousid erable temerity that he takes his type writer (she also does plain sewing) on his knee to introduce himself Go the readers of this paper, who are destined to know more of him as Time is laid away on tho shelf of Eternity
 Some men are born great and others are born in Ohio. The Stroller was born in Ohio. Like many other boys born on a farm, he was of the earth earthly. About the first of April of each year he would burn his bed aud engage in tilling the soil throughout the sum mer and fall, retiring again when the ides of November were idiug lRight here the Stroller will admit that the "Back-to-the Soil" sentiment which is now spreading over our fair land has never appealed to him. He does not rave over the aroma of the newly turned loam.) After demonstrating to the entire satisfaction of indulgeut parents that he was a failure as am agriculturalist, the Stroller was sent to a college from which he later escaped, taking with him the conviction that he had a mission Co perform for the benefit of uudone and sodden humanity.
 At the early age of p, that sap-rising period of youth which all men envy after passing 40, the Stroller went to Florida with the idea of reconstructing the uuregeuerate South. Fora time he engaged in school keeping lthe word "keeping" is used advisedly instead of "teachiug") and even to this late day the palm of his right hand experiences au itching sensation every time he sees a fine, long, 1.-the willow switch. Later he sank into the newspaper business as means by which to reach more people in what he was then pleased Co term his moral uplift. For six years he con- ducted a newspaper, drank mooushine whisky, ate pie with a knife and in many other ways contributed 10 the gayety of nations and eudeared himself to the common people.
 Looking back on his work in Florida the Stroller points with pride to two reforms worked by him. One was that the negroes on tbeir way home from camp meetings in the early dawn would only steal chickens sufficient to last two days where formerly they had taken a weeks supply, and the other was that the leading and most infuen- tial druukards in the Stroller's com- munity acted on bis advice and put squirt of lemon in it.
 The expression "Southward the Star of tbe Empire takes its way" is now printed for the first time. Westward" has always been the word employed whenever the Star of Che Empire de. cided on a move, and the Stroller real. ized this after harboring case of chills and fever and investing most of his hard-earned increment iu quiuiue for 8 period of several years, so he came to what the late Joaquin Miller was
Douglas Island news., 1916-04-05

] pleased to designate as the Sunset shore of the Shutdown Sea-" the Pacific coast Before the Stroller bad been six months in the territory of Washington it had become a sister in the Sisterhood of States and has been prosperiug ever since. While the Stroller does not take all the credit for making Washing ton a state, the fact remains that it had been a territory for a long time before he entered it..
 Eighteen years ago the Stroller came to Alaska, settling in Skagway, where he and the late "Soapy" Smith held services in their separate and distinct professions. Later "Soapy" went to his reward and the Stroller went to Dawson where he continued his mis- sionary work, five years being required Go bring that town to a degree of sobriety that justified the force of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police being reduced more than one-half For the past dozen years the Stroller has gone in and out before the people of White horse, also in the Yukon, where his efforts along uplft lines, while slow in results, were finally crowned with suc- cess to such an extent that he deemed it his duty to move on to larger field. He came Co Douglas.
 While in Dawson the Stroller in. augurated a Heart-to- ralks-with- Mothers department and, while it has never been popular with husbands, it is immensely SO with the women-so much SO that the Stroller has almost ac- quired the afternoon tea habit. He has since continued this department of his uplift work and will introduce it here during the coming fall when the long, dark nights come again. This precau- tion will be taken to prevent neighbor- hood talk among those who know not of the Stroller's mission-going about doing good.
 There is one thing about the "Strol- ler's Column" which will commend it to readers in general: It never contains communications from "Veritas," 'raX payer" "Old Resident" "Walking Dele gate" or "Foud Mother" Our old friends may break into other parts of the paper every time they have an ache, but they are barred from this depart ment
 In the meantime, no advance in the price of su bscription to this paper will be made on account of this department, which iusures a steadily increasing list, for while it is something he rarely ever mentions, the Stroller has not lost subscriber to any paper with which he has been connected for tue past fifteen years. Reading the Stroller is like the Castoria habit-once acquired, it is permanent.
Douglas Island news., 1916-04-05
Island Ferry Co. -l5c

LEAVES JUNEAU-A M., GOO, 7:lO, S:3O, 9:30, 1O:3O 1l:30.
 P. M., l2:30, 1:3O, 2:3O, 3;3O, l:20, 530' 6:l5, 685, 7:30, S:3O, 9.20 1000. Sat. urday only l1:30l. LEAVES DOUGLAs-A. M., 6:50, 500, 9:O0, lO:O0, HOO, 1900 M.
 p. N., loo, 2:OO, 800, 1:OO, 5:20, 6;0O, 6:3O, 7:OO, S:OO, 9:OO, 9aO, 10:3O. lSat urday only l2O0l. LEAVES DOUGLAS FOR THANE-6l5 AM, 7.25 A. M., 4:35 P M. LEAVES THANE TOR DOUGLAS AND JU- NEAU-6:3O, TAO A. M., 5:OO P. M. Coles Float, near Pacific Coast Dock,
 Juneau; City Dock. Douglas.
Douglas Island news., 1916-04-05
THOSE GOOD OLD MONKS

knew how to make Wines and Cordials, but they would not have bothered with making wines and cordials if they could get the good old beer that we carry in stock today. Beer is as whole. some and palatable beverage as any on earth. Order a case of it and try a drink whenever you feel tired either in body or mind. It is a mental and physical tonic.
Douglas Island news., 1916-04-05
Coal, Hay and Feed

When you want Coal, Hay or Feed, see Martin Olson, on Ferry dock. Ladysmith Coal ...........S9 per ton Screened Ladysmith Coal .Sl0 per ton Briquettes. .................S9 per ton Screenings. ........... S65O per ton
 These prices are on the dock.
Douglas Island news., 1916-04-05

Keep your dimes and put them in this little bank We borrow ten cents and lend you the bank. When you return the bank we return the ten cents. You are nothing "ou" and may be "in" a comfortable Savings Account. Try it-it works easy.
 THE FIRST TERRITORIAL BANK OF ALASKA
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-11

tOn,' said the stage manager, when
Mr.. LawtOn and l returned from our
luncheon. She said she would be
well enough to go over her scenes
with you, however, and asked me to
tell you to come up to her apart
ment.'
~ have another engagement
said Ernest LaWton shortly, an ugly
troWn spreading over his features.
Marg1e, wonder if other women
1--we their lives by their great mo-
ments. l do not remember much of
my routine work in the theater. but
certain episodes stand out so big that
Lhey seem to swallow up all the 9TH
ers. l am sure that other girls have
had the same problems to solve
Some OF them perhaps have had a
stronger character than l and so
ther troubles do not loom as big,
and others also go down before the
great nrst love like that which came
10 me during my first stage engage
ment.
You see, Twas young, romantic
and alone. Ernest Lawton was a
man who would appeal to any girl.
lie mad the wonderful dark eyes that
seemed to tell more than his lips
dared to utter. Even the defamation
OF MS voice was a caress.
He was handsome, distinguished
and l was very proud to be seen at
the restaurants and theaters with
him. sent to the storehouse for nv
clothes that had put there when I
had first started out to work after
my mothers death, because 1 wanted
him to be as proud of me as 1 was of
him.
Il did not know at that time I was
deeply in love with Ernest Lawton. I
did not realize that 1 was thinking of
him every waking moment, that al
most every waking moment was
spent in his company.
Since that first day 1 had eaten
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-11

almost all my luncheOns and dinners
with him. l did not realize how I'M
conventional it was, neither did l
know that the whole town was talk
ing of Ernest Lawton's new sweet
heart was living in a paradise
made up of cOngeniaI work and great
love.
Il know now that the entire theat-
rlcaI profession that knew LaWton
thought l also knew his colossal ego
tlsm and that l was deliberately sac
r1t1cing my reputation for the chance
OF making good as an actress.
There was a woman in our COM
pany who had frankly given herself
to a man who could help her attain
her ends. She came to me one day
and said: I am glad to see, Paula,
that you are letting nothing stand
between you and success in your
chosen profession. You are a clever
girl, my dear, but don't let your heart
become interested in Ernest Lawton,
for If you do he will use you as he
used poor Mary Madden
L know my face must have sur
prised her, for I was genuinely
shocked.
" What do you mean?' I asked.
" Why, my child, it can't be pos
sible you don't know that for years
Mary Madden has given everything
she has to give, including her great
talent as an actress, to Ernest Law
ton, and that the whole town is talk
ing about how he has thrown her
over for you, and that she is being
tortured by the sight of you two to-
gether day after day.
Surely, Miss Lane I said, you
do not think am so calIous as that
do you. You must realize that have
not had time yet to acquire the Cos
sip of the profession. I would not
hurt Miss Madden for the world, and
l am quite sure that Mr.. LaWton
would not do SO either.
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