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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-02
At the Hippodrome.

The youngest star in the world and
the oldest actress on the English
speaking stage will be seen here at
the Hippodrome theatre tonight,
when Barbara Frietchie, a five part
feature picture is shown, with little
Mary Miles Minter in the stellar role
and Mrs. Thomas w. Whiffen appear
ing in her support.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-02
Price Current Comment.

FURNISHED by Long Commission Co.,
403 Main. Tel. 1901
CHICAGO, Feb. 2.-Weather unfa-
vorable over large part of the win
ter wheat belt. Rains again being
general, and ground soft and wet, fol-
lowed by colder weather. Uncertainty
Of the next crop season is great fac
tor in the buying of wheat. There
does not seem to be anything in the
near future to cause q collapse in
prices, unless the uneasiness occa-
stoned by the presidents speeches
serve to create a serious situation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-02

mount picture at the Grand tomorrow
and Friday. The Paramount News
Pictures will be an added feature of
the Observation-Disclosures
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-02
TIE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity: Fair to-
night and probably Thursday. Slowly
rising temperature.
For Iowa: Fair tonight probably
followed by increasing cloudiness
Thursday. Slowly rising temperature
Thursday and west portion tonight.
For Missouri: Fair tonight and
probably Thursday. Slowly rising
temperature Thursday and west por-
ton tonight.
For Illinois: Fair tonight and prob
ably Thursday. Not much change In
temperature.
Weather Conditions.
Heavy rain at New Orleans and
Knoxville Tenn. has attended a dis
turbance on the southeastern coast,
and heavy snow another disturbance
in the extreme northwest.
The field OF high pressure drifting
slowly eastward Is causing colder
weather from the Rockies to the east
ern coast, lowest temperature on the
eastern side OF the Rockies ranging
from 20 below zero at Miles City,
Mont, to 30 above at Galveston.
Local observations.
Feb. Bar Their. Wind Weather
l p. m. :. 3O.6 8 N Clear
2 7 a. M. T.. 30. GA Zero N Clear
River stage, a. NJ, feet, 2 tenths.
Change in "a hours, fall 1 foot, 1
tenth.
Mean temperature, Feb. 1, 8.
Highest, IL.
Lowest, 3.
Lowest last night, 2.
FRED z. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-02
LEAGUE Meetino POSTPONED.

q. League Meeting Postponed.
The meeting of the Child Conserva-
ton league which has been post
poned several times, is again de-
ferred because of illness and will not
be held tomorrow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-02
Sixteen Killed.

r1rn;ted Press Leased Wire Service
PARIS, Feb. Sixteen persons
were killed and twenty-five injured IN
tbe wreck of the Calais express at
Saint Denis, Paris suburb early TO-
day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-02
Society Meets Thursday.

The Ladies Aid society Of the Re-
deemer Lutheran church will meet on
i thursday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
with Mrs. F. w. Grams, at Sl6 Or.
leans avenue
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-02
Meetlno This Evening.

The semi-annual praise meeting Of
the Woman's Missionary society Of
the First Westminster Presbyterian
church will be held this evening at
half past seven in the chapel. Mrs. O.
e. King will preside and missionary
Journey WILL be taken to mission sta
tons in Egypt, India, China, Korea
and Japan. The music will be fur
nished by Mrs. r. L. Reid, Mrs. o. w.
Sandberg and Mr.. James Young, with
piano accompaniment by Mrs. W. H.
Carter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-02
"Wednesday Readino Club.

Mrs. c. F. Mcfarland entertained
the Wednesday reading club this after
noon. Following the reading, tea was
served.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-02
Mrs. Cochran Hostess.

Mrs. Earl Cochran was hostess to
the young women of the ThtmGc club
this afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-02

Read The Daily Gate City. 100 6
week by carrier.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-02
Past Noble Grands.

Mrs. c. W. Hartley, assisted by
Mesdames Schultz and Berger, enter
tanned the Past Noble Grands club
this afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-02

.Read The Gate City want column.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24
PROHIBITION FOR nation
TO Be CONSIDERED EARLY
Senate Subcommittee to Hold Meet.
ing Wednesday Afternoon and
Take Up Resolutions.

Nation wide prohibition resolutions
are to receive early consideration by
the Senate judiciary committee, it was
indicated today. when Senator Chiffon
of West Virginia. chairman of the sub
committee in charge of these resolu-
tions, announced that he would hold i
meeting of the subcommittee Wednes-
day afternoon.
The subcommittee consists of Sena-
tors Chiffon. chairman; Fletcher, Flor
ida; Shields, Tennessee: Borah, Idaho,
and Cummins. Iowa. This is the same
subcommittee. with the exception that
Senator Cummins takes the place of
Senator Dillingham; of Vermont. as
that which reported a nation wide pro-
hibition resolution to the full commit
tee last session of Congress. The full
committee, however failed to act upon
1t in the limited time of the short ses-
sion.
Last session extensive hearings were
held on the resolution. and for that
reason 1T is expected the subcommittee
will proceed with the consideration of
the three prohibition resolutions before
it without further delay. Two prohibi-
ton resolutions have been introduced
this session by Senator Sheppard of
Texas and one by Senator Dillingham;
Of Vermont and all three are before
the subcommittee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24
No Appeal Permissible.

There is no appeal from his Judg-
ment unless the religious or political
issue is raised, when the civil service
commission at times exercises it's au-
thority and investigates the complaint
of the employe dismissed or denoted.
The keating bill has the support of
the National Federation of Post ONCE
Clerks. According to Thomas F. Fla
herty. secretarytreasurer of the or
ganization, the need to postal employees
of legislation to protect them from the
power of transient political officials is
greater than any other class of gov
ernment workers.
The post office clerk is the most
highly specialized workman in the
country" said Mr.. Flaherty today. He
ACQUIRES an expert knowledge of mail
schemes upon his own time
after working hours. This knowledge.
the result of ten or fifteen years of con-
stant study. can only be utilized in one
place-the post office. Hence to the
postal worker his job is his all. He is
helpless in any other occupation. He
cannot sell his eXpertness to any en-
ployer but the government: there is
no rival postal concern to bid Tor his
services. 1t is unjust 10 these men to
place their positions. which are every
thing to them, at the mercy of any one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24
MEDIATION BOARD
FOR CIVIL SERVICE
Is Proposed in House Bill In
troduced by Representa-
tive Keating.
TO REVIEW FINDINGS
OF HEADS OF BUREAUS
Measure Designed to Protect Subor-
dinates From Unjust or Arbitrary
Dismissal or Reduction.

Representative Heating toda;
in the House introduced bill 20
grant to employees i'll the CLASSIFIED /
civil service OF the government
the right to appeal to the United
States boardof mediation and con-
citation in all cases affecting the
reduction in rank OF the employees
or their dismissal from the serv-
ice. The bill empowers the me-
diation board to investigate
charges, review the decisions OF
department heads affecting the
employees salary reductions or re-
tention OF position. and reverse
such decisions if found upon in
vestigation to be unjust.
The principle involved in the
keating measure-the right to a
hearing and the right to an appeal
is one for which the civil serv-
ice employees have long felt the
need. Under the present civil
service laws, friends OF the meas
ure say, the arbitrary power OF
removal is vested in the depart
ment official.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24
Necessity for Mediation.

"A biased post Office inspector. an in
competent postmaster. an inexperienced
official at a desk in Washington, can
pick any man out of the service. and
there is no tribunal to which an appeal
are the complainants. the Jury. the
judges and the executtoners. y" appeal
can be made from their decisions. We
feel that if the mediation board were
empowered 10 review these decisions
there would be fewer cases of men be-
ing unjustly denoted or dismissed.
In Eairmont. w. Va. short time
ago twenty-s:x clerks and carriers re-
signed in concert. In every resigna
ton the same thought is found-the
postal worker had lost faith in the
civil service laws to protect him. He
had seen number of cases where fell
low-worke had been summarily dis
missed without apparent cause. He
knew there was no chance for him to
avoid official vengeance if it were Wis
tied upon him. And he resigned to
cape what he thought was a certainty
dismissal without a chance for
hearing from others than those pre-
ferring the charges. He knew there
was no avenue of appeal from the de-
cision of the postmaster and the in
spector. Had these men at Fairmont
been accorded the right to ask the
mediation board to investigate they
would not now be adjudged guilty of
conspiracy charge. which resulted in
fines for twenty-three men and death
by suicide of another.
THE need of corrective legislation
as is contemplated in the keating bill
is imperative to the postal workers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24
TURKISH OFFICERS DROWNED.
Twenty-Five Reported Thrown Into
Bosporus With Stones to Necks.

LONDON. January 2f.-Fifty thou
sand German troops have arrived at
Constantinople. according to Saloniki
dispatches. British correspondents eX-
press the view that the object of this
army is not an expedition against
Egypt, but to support the authority of
Pasha.
Greek reports say that the Turks re-
Gently have been restive under the rule
of Enver Pasha, and serious plots
against him have been discovered,
these being suppressed ruthlessly.
"A single night recently says one
correspondent. ''twenty-one Turkish
officers suspected OF disaffection were
dropped into the Bosporus with stones
around their necks."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24
POLICE RAID HOME OF
COUNTESS MARKlEVlCZ

LONDON, January ga dispatch to
the Central News from Dublin says:
The police have raided the house of
Countess Markievicz and seized printing
press and type with which alleged pro-
German literature was being printed The
countess is the sister of an Irish baronet
and is married to a Polish noblema n
She was one Of the leading sympathizers
with James Larhin. head OF the Trans
port Workers Union. during the street
car strike riots in Dublin in 1919, which
were led by Larkin She also is we'll
known for ner activities among the poor.
The police also have raided other sus-
pected houses, seizing arms and am
fered the ra iders"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24
Historic Fan Is Recovered.

EVANSVILLE. Ind. January 24.-An
ivory and mother-of-pea fan which
the owner said formerly belonged to
the mother of Pope Plus IE, and is
more than 400 years old. was recovered
by the police here last night among
loot from number of Evansville
homes, which was located following
the arrest Friday OF Walter Scott. an
alleged housebreaker. The fan was
given TO Miss Minnie Heinrich of this
city by her mother, who had received
il from her cousin, Rev Mother Mary
Magdalena formerly connected with
the family Of Pope Plus tx.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24
BRITISH AND TURKS BATTLE
Heavy Fighting Near Kut-el.
Amara. in Mesonota min

LONDON. January c4-Heavy fight
ing. occurred Friday between the Brit
ish army that is attempting to reach
Kut-el-Amara. in Mesopotamia, and
the Turks. The battle took place at
Essin, seven miles from Kut-eI-Amars.
under adverse weather conditions.
The British were unable to drive the
Turks from their positions. The pur-
pose of the British is 10 rescue the
original eXpeditionary force. which has
been surrounded at kut-el-Amara by
the Turks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24
INDIAN DIES AT $50 YEARS
Mary Tecuyas. Oldest Member of an
Almost Extinct Tribe

BA BAkERSFIELD, Cal, JANUARY "a.
Mary Tecuyas. an Indian woman re-
puted 10 be 100 years old. who died
yesterday. VIII be buried today by the
few remaining members of her tribe.
The aged squaw was the oldest mem
Der Of an almost extinct tribe. known
as the Tejons, who live in a CANYON
near here.
The tribe is said to include fifteen In
dians who are more than 100 years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24
Serb Territory for Bulgars.

LONDON. January 24.-Reuter's Am
sterdam correspondent sends dispatch
received from Sofia which says Ger
MANY has invited the Bulgarian gov
ernment to occupy the towns and dis
tricts of Prisrend, Pristina, Krusevac,
Kuprya, Pozarevac and Prokuplje in
Serbia, and Djakova in Montenegro.
which have been held recently BY thA
Germans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24
Interesting Marian Discoveries.

FLAGSTAFF. Ariz.. January 24-Five
canaliferm riffs in the north polar cap
of Mars have been discovered by as
tronomers at Lowell observatory. The
observed position. it was said today,
indicated that the most conspicuous of
these lay along the course of the known
canal. Cadmus. The riffs show the
effect of the vegetation coming through
the snow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24
A. L. Mohler Recovering Rapidly.

OMAHA. Neb.. January 24.--The con-
dition of A. l.. Mohler. president of the
Union Pacific Railway Company, who was
injured while skating yesterday, is re-
ported as very satisfactory today. He
has fully recovered consciousness. and his
physicians report his pulse and, respira-
ton normal. and that aside from the shock
and a slight conclusion of the brain he
suffered no i'll effects from his fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24
DECISION ON RULE IS
GOES TO HIGHER COURT
Appeal Perfected by President Blair
of the Board of Edu-
cation.

Rule 45 of the board of education,
which automaticall removes female
teacher from the public schools who
marries. will be assed on by the Court
of Appeals.
Henry P. Blair, president of the
board, today perfected his appeal from
the decision of Justice Gould, which
held the rule unreasonable and directed
the reinstatement of Mrs. Gladys Aline
Strong Hellmann.
Cost Bond Is Filed.
Through Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci Stephens. President Blair filed
bond for costs of the appeal. William
T. Galliher and Ernest H. Daniel, both
members of the board. qualified as
surieties in their individual capacities.
Mrs. Hellman. through Attorneys Will
the decision Of Justice Gould before
the Appellate Court.
Four errors are alleged by the board
as being committed by the trial judge.
Alleged Errors by Court.
The claim is made that he should not
have sustained the demurrer of Mrs
Hellman to the boards answer to her
writ for mandamus. and should not
have rendered judgment in her favor.
and should not have directed the writ
for her reinstatement The court also
erred. il is claimed, in holding rule As
TO be unreasonable and void.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24
find 4 reluctance on his part to having
anything to do with the matter.
Letter to the Chairman.

Following the conference Commits
hurried trip to the Capitol to inform
Representative Lloyd of Missouri that
the President does not desire that the
authority to appoint members OF the
board of education of the District be
transferred from the Supreme Court OF
the District to the chief executive.
The District heads incorporated the
Presidents views in a letter which
Commi issioner Newman personally de-
Ivered to Mr.. Lloyd. The letter fol-
lows:
"On Thursday last, at hearing upon
the Commissioners bill to change the
administrative form of the public school
system of Washington you asked for
an expression of opinion from the Com
missioners on suggestion that the
authority to appoint the board of edu
cation of the District of Columbia be
taken from the judges of the Supreme
Court of the District and be given to
the President of the United States. Be
fore responding the Commissioners felt
that they should obtain from the Presi-
dent an expression as to whether he
believed that that authority should be
transferred to the chief executive.
Decision of the President.
"At conference which the Commits
sioners had with the President this
morning he authorized them to inform
you that he does not favor the pro-
posed change providing for the ap-
pointment of members of the board of
education by the President. He said he
does not believe that. the President
could perform that duty intelliSently
because of lack OF time with which to
1amilarize himself with local condi-
tions and personnel
The Commissioners are of the opin-
ion that the proposed change would
impose TOO great burden upon the
President and might require him to
take the advice Of local officials and
others. who would really make the Sc
lection for which the President would
be held responsible"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24
Tells Commissioners He Will
Not Agree to Appoint
Board.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE
WILL BE so INFORMED
Chief Executive Says He Will Con-
sent to No Legislation Which
Involves Him.

President Wilson will not con-
sent to legislation that provides
that he shall name the board OF
education OF the District or a
director OF education. He does
not wish to become involved in
the squabble over transfer Of au-
thority over the District schools.
His attitude as to the PROPOSE
ton that he shall name the board
OF education will be officially
made known TODAY bv the Dis
trict Commissioners, who called
upon Mr.. Wilson in d body and
told him about the suggestion
that solution OF the fight over
the schools might be the giving
to him OF authority to nominate
the members OF the board.
Informs Chairman Lloyd.
Inquiry as to whether appointment by
the President might be best was made
by Representative Lloyd of Missouri
in the House hearings few days ago.
The inquiry was addressed to Commits
sioner Newman, chairman of the board,
and Mr. Newman said he could not then
give answer, but would do SO later. Mr..
Lloyd was informed today that the
President does not wish such authority
and does not understand the local fight
sufficiently to take any part in it, one
way or another.
The conference the Commissioners
had with the President was arranged
for some time ago, before the hearings
in the House 1t was desired that. tie
Commissioners might talk with the
President about their recommendations
to Congress as to appropriations and
other legislation.
Present Their Recommendations.
Most of the time today was taken in
going over the developments in the
school fight. but the Commissioners
left with the President written state
ment of their recomm endations and the
reasons these recommendations were
made. The statement is wholly for the
Information Of the President, it was
said. that he might keep fully posted.
The time was SO short ~fhe Commits
sioners did not talk about the recon-
mendation for transfer of the appoint.
ment of recorder Of deeds from the
white House to the District Commits
s,oners, but this is included in the
written paper left with Mr.. Wilson.
The school issue had not been dis
cuased with the President before by,
the Commissioners, 1t was said today.
and the three city ohficials did not seek
to -obtain the support or backing Of
the President They merely wanted.
him to know the status Of things: It
was said. and were not disappointed to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24
PUTS INTO FORCE NEW
REVENUE RAISING SYSTEM
Law Now Produces Sum Second
Only to That Accruing From
Customs Duties.
ALL OBJECTIONS ANSWERED
Conclusions in Brushober Case Hold
Act Not Unconstitutional. In Be-
ing Retroactive, or Because
of Exemptions.

The Supreme Court OF the
United States today. through
Chief Justice White. held constitu-
tional the federal income tax,.
sweeping aside all the many OBJ
jections urged 10 its constitution
ality in whole or in part. The
decision thus puts into force
new system of taxation in the
United States. now bringinginto
the federal Treasury revenues sec
ond only to customs receipts.
Decision in Brushaber Case.
Chief Justice White announced the
court'c conclusion in the case of Frank
r. Brushaber, stockholder of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company. who had
sought in the New York federal dis
trict court to enjoin the company from
paying the tax on the ground that IL
was unconstitutional.
The decision upholding the tax was
unanimous. Justice McReynolds. be.
cause of activity Attorney General,
took no part in the decision. Besides
the Southern Pacific case, none OF the
other income taxes were disposed Of
formally.
Most of his opinion was directed
toward proving the error of the con-
tention in effect that the sixteenth
amendment. by reason of which the in
come tax was placed In the Underwood
Simmons tariff act, provided a hitherto
unknown power of taXation-"that Is. a
power to levy an income tax which. al
though direct. should not be subject to
the regulation of apportioument appli-
cable to all other direct taxes" Going
far into the history of income tax leg
islation. the Chief Justice concluded
this argument against the tax was
without merit.
Advancing to other points. the court
held that the tax was not unconstitu-
tional because retroactive. Chief Jus
tice White pointed out that the tax law
was enacted October 3, 1918. and was
imposed upon ali income after March
L. 1919. He held that the United States
possessed the power TO impose the tax
after March !, and therefore under de-
cisions as to other laws the tax could
be retroactive to that date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24
Oiscredited in Berlin.

BERLIN, via London. January "a
Most OF the Berlin newspapers discuss,
editorially. this morning the report
tnat the Montenegro peace move was
merely a ruse 10 obtain time to improve
the military. position. These reports
have been received here from italian
sources, and the newspapers without
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-24

exception refuse to give credence 10
them.
1t is pointed out that while undue
Importance should not be attached 10
the elimination of Montenegro from the
list of opponents of the Teutontc alles,
still, a matter of fact, official reports
from Vienna affirm that not only the
Montenegro soldiers, but also the ser
being disarmed. and the Berlin news
papers regard the kingdom of Monte
negro as having been conquered.
Holds Montenegrins Helpless.
ZURICH. via London, January ga
Vienna dispatch says:
1T may be declared authentically
that the King of Montenegro has not
withdrawn his unconditional surrender.
But even should he do so. it would not
change the condition of AFFAIRS. be-
cause the Montenegrin army is no long
er capable of resistance, nine-tenths OF
it's artillery being in the hands OF the
Austrian troops. and the Importation OF
munitions and foodstuffs being impos-
sible s the Austrlans have alreaoS oc-
cupied Antivari'
A semi official communication issued
at Budapest. Hungary. contains the
first admission from Teutonic sources
to the effect that fighting has been re-
sumed in Montenegro. According to
this report. a considerable portion of
the Montenegrin army refused TO sur
render. and fierce fighting was resumed
Saturday in the mountains.
Austrians Take Adriatic Ports.
VIENNA. January 23. via London.
January 24.-The Austrians have occu-
pied the Adriatic seaports of Antivarl
and Dulcigno. according to the official
communication issued today.