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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-19
LAST WARNING IS SENT TO GERMANY
ENG!| IND

LONDON, Ap' 3.-Premier As
quith at today's 6 .ting Of the cabl-
net council mad s final effort to pre-
vent break-u his ministry and
general cleo - in the middle Of
the world war
The crisis was-A Omitted to be the
most grave faced by the coalition cab
met since it's formation. Sensational
runors were circulated that not only
Lloyd George and other ministers,
but Lord Kitchener and other mill
tary heads had threatened to resign
unless Asqulth yielded to the demand
for Immediate general conscription.
These reports wore somewhat dis
credited by persistent rumors that a
compromise was reached over night.
The capture of Trebizond by the
Russians and late reports that the
Germany were injected into the crisis
today by the Asquith supporters with
wholesome effect. These encouraging
reports from Petrograd and Wash
ington wore used as arguments
against any course that might At this
time threaten EngIand's position In
the eyes Of the world.
The fact that tho allied economic
conference is to open In Paris to-
morrow was another reason cited for
avertlng break.
Every member Of the cabinet at
tended the forenoon meeting, dispos-
Ing of rumors that certain members
already had resigned.
CRITICAL SITUATION.
LONDON, April 19.-PredIcting a
| national disaster unless the cabinet
comes to an agreement on the con.
scripton issue, Premier Asquith this
afternoon proposed adjournment OF
the house Of commons until next
Tuesday.
BY a few days deIiberation, the
prime minister said he hoped to
bring about a reconciliation.
The premier frankly Informed COM
| mons that several points of disagree.
| ment in the cabinet on the recruit.
ina question have not been swep.
aWayrby the series of cabinet confer
| ences.
If these questions are not settled
| by agreement, the result will be the
breaking up of the present ministry
| he said:
"The cabinet Is united In the belief
that this would be a national disaster
am hoping that wise counsel will
yet prevail"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-19
BAL. L.kANS

SALONlkA, April 10. - German
troops crossed the Greek frontier
Monday and destroyed railway bridges
between Doiran and AkinduaI, accord
ing to dispatches received here today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-19

Pity the kids
Omaha World-Herald: Hard to stay
in the Office? Think of the suffering
in the school rooms.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-19
(ERnAN SUBMARINE METHODS MUST STOP
| # AMERICA IS TO CONTINUE AS FRIEND
may concede the United States de-

may concede the United States de-
mands.
"Al sober-minded men must unite
In hoping that the imperial German
government marks the justice of our
demands and will meet them in the
spirit in which they are made" was
the presidents utterance in closing
his address and it reflected the atti-
tude Of his cabinet.
One of the cabinet members said,
after the president had concluded.
that the people of the country should
not be depressed by the outlook.
There is much hope among us that
Germany will yield" he said. "But
even should she decline anu we be
forced to sever diplomatic relations,
We will hope and pray that war itself
may yet be avoided"
Bitter Comment.
WASHINGTON April 19.-Bitter
comment fell from the lips of Repub.
lican Leader Mann, following the
presidents submarine message to con-
gress this afternoon.
ut is a hypocritical speech, prob
ably for campaign purposes" he said.
'"The president has been pro-English
all during the controversy. I said at
the time Of the McLemore resolution
that the president wanted to get into
war with Germany and say the
same thing now"
Feelings Of Uneasiness.
[By Carl w. Ackerman, United Press
Staff Correspondent
BERLIN, April 19.-Despite feelings
Of uneasiness over the possibility OF
an early break between Germany and
the United States, the American EN-
bassy states that only the customary
number of daily requests for pass
ports are being received. There are
now 700 Americans in Germany or
business and for educational purposes
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-19

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-19

The Telegraph service Of The
naily Gate City and Constitu-
t;on-Democrat is received over
our own leased wire.
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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-06-29
Efficient Mans Business.

The community has no brihe that
will tempt a wise man. You may
raise money enough to tunnel a noun
tain, but you cannot raise money
enough to hire a man who is mindfng
his own business. An efficient and
valuable man does what he can,
whether the community pays him for
1t or not. The inefficient offer their
inefflciency to the highest bidder, and
are forever expecting. to be put into
Office One would suppose they were
rarely ppointed.-Thoreau.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-06-29

in Jasper County alone is 1890
$40 In 20 years they alone would
pay more than SrSo,ooo on this
road fund.
From section 1o525, road laws Of
Missouri, we learn that a PROPOSE
ton to increase the indebtedness of
the county for the purpose of build
Jog a courthouse or Jail may be sub
mitted at the same election, as a
separate proposition, however.
E. W. Scott.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-06-29
S1ln Reward. 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all it's stages. and that Is
Catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the. medical
fraternity. Catarrh being n constitutional
disease. requires a constitutional, treat
ternnlly, acting directly upon the bloc
and MUCOUS surfaces of the system, therG-
by destroying the foundation of the di
ease and giving the patient strength b.
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in Its curative pow
crs that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that 1t falls to cure. SEND
for list OF testimonials.
Address: +. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold ty all DruGrists, T5c.
Take Eall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-06-29
Not a Biblical Term.

The terms major and minor
prophecies" do not occur in the Bible
but have been used for convenience in
classifying them. According to this
classification the major prophecies are
those Of Isaiah, jeremiah, Ezekiel and
Daniel, and the minor ones are Hosea,
Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah. Micah,
Nahum, Habbakuk, Zephaniah, Hag-
gal, zachariah and Malachi. The dis
tinction between major and minor re.
lates to the size of the books.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-06-29
Aluminium.

Aluminium is one of the most
abundant of metals, and ranks third
among the elements which compose
the crust of the earth, being exceed
ed only by oxygen and silicon. 1t Is
an important constituent of all COM
mon rocks except certain sedimentary
rocks, as sandstone and limestone. 1t
is never found native or in elementary
form, but occurs as an oxide, hydrous
oxide, fluoride, phosphate, sulphate
silicate or other compound.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-06-29
New Use for Peanuts.

Here Is new use for peanuts.
Says doctor: Eat a handful of pea
nuts before retiring-they quiet the
nerves Of the stomach What do you
think about that? Isn't that a rather
interesting sleeping potion? Then we
are also to eat them after each meal
as an aid to digestion. provided they
are fresh roasted. Bought sailed pea
nuts are good, but homemade ones
are better. So easily prepared, it is a
wonder more people do not try them"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-06-29
His Viewpoint.

Mercy" calculated young Mira Kid
der, in the midst Of her reading Here
Is an account of a woman who sold
her baby for fifty cents" "Oh, WELL"
returned her bachelor brother, who
had at sundry times cared for the chill
dren while his sister went shopping,
"all kinds of swindles are being
worked nowadays" - Kansas City
Star.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-06-29
World to Grow Hotter7

That the world will grow hotter in
stead Of colder is the assertion Of an
English. scientist who looks for this
result because he thinks there has
been a molten nucleus of this earth,
energy from which will keep things
warm for several years to come.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-06-29
Mrs. Helps Sayings.

Miss Hezekiah Stebbins is gittin'
kinda peaked" worried Mrs. Jonathan
Hep as she did her ironing, "becuz,
havin' ben to tn dentists she can't
eat on neither side Nv her mouth--an'
she's kinda up 'gainst it-havin' alwuz
been tongue-tied."
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-06-29

You were made for enjoyment, and
the wGad vas flied with things which
you will enjoy, unless you are too
proud to he pleased by them, or too
grasping to care for what you cannot
turn to other account than mere de-
Aght.-RAskin.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-06-29
WAGE War on Octopus.

The Japanese kill the octopus with
clubs. In the water they are caught
in jars lowered to the bottom.
which the octopus enters, thinking
them a good retreat from which to
catch his food.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-06-29
mucn Coll Carried into Ocean.

Mucn Coll Carried into Ocean.
An average Of ninety-five tons of soil
and loose rock rs washed into the
ocean every year from every square
mile Of the United States, according
to the geological survey. This esti-
mate does not include the Great Basin.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-06-29
Her SuppoSiticn,

Miss Angelina Ito Captain Brown,
who has been cruising in Alaskan wa
ters)-"I suppose, captain, that in
those northern latitudes during part
of the year the sun doesn't set till
quite while after dark. Christian
Register.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-06-29

The weather bureau never gets full
credit for what it does. If it predicts
a storm and the storm arrives accord
ing to schedule, as it frequently does,
some old philosopher is sure to say
the head of the bureau has prophetic
bunion.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-06-29
COUNTY BONDS FOR ROADS
Continued from first page.)


The, farm land, Including the per-
sonal property of the farmers. is
assessed at So, 700, 900. So you see
the Bates County farmer pays near
ly four-fifths of the tax bill of his
county. II
I am not contending that the
farmer in Our neighboring county |
pays more tax than the farmer of
Jasper County, but do say that
an additional lew for road build
ing would cost the Jasper County
farmer 33b cents on the dollar,
while it would cost the Bates Coun-
ty farmer SO cents on the dollar,
the Barton Count y farmer 50 cents
and outside the counties of Buch-
anan, Greene. Jackson, Jasper and
St. Louis any additions tax levy
would cost the farmers over 50
cents on the dollar and up to 90
cents in some Counties.
/ At least five Missouri counties
have voted bonds to build roads.
Thirty Illinois counties have done
likewise within the last year. Hun
dreds of counties throughout the
United States have voted from
81 900 to $4,000, 900 bonds for
the same purpose. The Depart
ment of Agriculture tells us that
in every instance land values have
increased to far more than the cost
of the bonds.
The Government engineers as
sert that a county bond issue is the
most feasible and equitable meth
cd for the construction of high.
ways
Section 1os22, road laws of Mis-
souri,, provides that a road bond
! shall bear not to exceed 5 per cent
interest and that one twentieth of
the principal of the issue must be
paid annually.
For example, 1000, 900 would
be sufficient to macadam every
main line road in the county so
that every farm would be access
ible to a 365-day road.
Fifty thousand dollars would rep
resent the interest for the first year,
: plus the annual payment of $780,
Z 900, would make the first payment
! Sloo. 900 The second payment
would be $2,5 500 less because the
interest would be that much less,
and each succeeding payment
would be correspondingly less, the
| final payment being just $50, ZOO
plus the interest on that sum at S
/ per cent, making $52, 500,
Now add the last payment to the
/ first and you have S152,5oO, divide
) by two and you have SO $50 the
: average annual pay ment,
7 Assuming that the assessed Val
4 uati9n remains stationary at $50,
& Coo coo, to raise IN averJgc annua
i revenue Of -S76,25o the rate Of tax
\ alton would be found by finding
h what per cent 76,25o is of 10000,
y COO. We find it to be .oo2s41t
a plus per cent. Therefore the aver
4 age rate of taxation would be 2.
= cents and 4 10 mills per hundred
4 From the assessors books WI
h learn that the average quarter sec
y ton is assessed at ST. $50, and thu
b personal property of the average
h farmer at 5000. making the as
e sessed valuation of the averag
3 farmer $a,2So, assuming 100 acre
~ to be the average size farm.
Multiply S2,2So by the rat
y .oo2s4 1-6, point off five decima
4 places and YOU will have $50
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27
CURLEY THE GROW IS
JUST PLAIN SNINDLER
Poses as Sole Hero of Clusters
Massacre and Fills All
Kansas.

KANSAS CITY, Aug, ga clever
swIndllng scheme that is said 10 have
cost members Of the Kansas Ilistori-
cal Society and DINER residents Of To-
rcka more than $1,000 was uncovered
bv federal inspectors working under
the direction of United States District
Attorney Fred Robertson, Of Kansas
City, Kan, says the Journal AS re-
result OF the Investigation the federal
authorities are searching for man
who recently posed before the Histor.
1cal Society MS Curly the Crow" the
sole survivor Of Clusters scout band
On April 2S newspaper correspond
cnts and police officials were attract
ed to a room In the Hotel Throop To-
peka by the firing of revolver The
lone man they found in the room said
he was Curly the Crow, aged rs, q
fulI-blooded Grow Indian. He said
tho revolver had been discharged ac-
cidontally. Mr. Robertson claims it
was confidence mans" cleverly-
conducted scheme to gain an intro
dvction into Topeka society.
Publicity Given II.
The man asked his impromptu cal
lers to be seated and laid the revol-
cor away. Then he tald them how he
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27
GOLORED POSTERS
PiCturing Uncle Sans Sea SOL
diers Are Too Much for
Express Wagon Driver.

CHICAGO, Aug. 26.-When Frank
Shcehan, an express wagon driver, de-
livered a package at the United States
marine corps recruiting station on
South state street today, he became a
Stacker for the express company and
marine for his government The
helper drove the wagon back to the
barn,
The package sheohan delivered con-
tanned some new literature for the ma
rlne corps, and pictured the dashing
sea soldiers bounding on the deeps
from tho Spanish Main to the Orient
from China to the West Indies, with
the added attraction Of serving on
land, at home and abroad. There was
good pay IN the argument, as we'll as
free board, lodging. clothing medi-
cal attendance, ETC., and while the
sergeant signed the receipt, Frank
shechan looked and was lost, or found,
lust MS you like, In keeping with in
divldual views on preparedness.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27
HARSH WORDS
Have Never Been Passed by
This Couple in Fifty Years
of MatrimOny.

MOSHANNON Pa, Aug. 26-"Let
each do his best and refrain from
fault finding"
That is the recipe for a happy mar
ried life given by Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T.
Lucas, of this city, who have just
celebrated their golden wedding an
nlyersary They say quarrelsomo
word has not passed between them
in the entire half century.
Their way hasn't always bcen easy
going, either, because in the early
years of their married life they both
worked hard-thc wife in the home
and the husband in factory and field.
The couple have reared eleven chill
drcn, nine Of whom are now living.
MIR. Lucas is a civil war veteran, hay-
ing served the four years from Bull
Run to Appomattox. lie is 70 years
old and his wife a year younger.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27
RIDES ON TRAIN
BUT NOT IN IT
Sleeps on Pullman Roof all the
Way from Chicago to St.
Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 26.-Lee Caldwell,
twenty years old Of No. 1853 South
Second street, rode from Chicago TO
ST. Louis on a sleeper. but not in it,
He slept throughout the journey on
the roof Of Pullman car and was still
asleep when the train, the Chicago and
Alton No-stop Limited, arrived at I'm
ion Station at 8 o'clock a. m.
A tower Waterman in the yards saw
the prone form on the car roof and re-
ported that a dead man was there. In
the train shed policemen raised a
ladder and climped to the roof. When
they shook Caldwell he sat up anG
said where am II"
Caldwell said he went to Chicago
several days ago to look for work.
At night he had no money to pay
for lodgings, so he went to the rail-
road yards and climbed to the top
Of a train and went to sleep. The
train brought him home.
Caldwell did not 90 direct to his
home after his strange arrival in St.
Louis When told Of his queer ex-
plot, his mother Mrs. William Cald-
well said: Lee always was that way.
He would 90 to sleep anywhere he
happened to be, even when he was
standing up
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27
FYPER
Carpenter is California Girl and
She Supplies Her Home
with Furniture.

ALAMEDA, Calf, Aug. 26.-When
anything is needed in the furniture
line in the Won handkerchief home
in Alameda, they call in Florlta and
say:
"Father needs q shaving cabinet"
or "Mother needs a mahogany bedroom
set" or Little sister needs high
chair"
Florlta goes out to her work shop,
and with hammer saw and chisel the
need Is supplied, and the family hasn't
been out a cent except for lumber.
Miss Florita Won Manderscheld is
an expert carpenter and Joiner. She
takes to tools as the ordinary girl
takes to curling irons. She has been
hammering away for several years
now and has never so much as knocked
the beauty parlor finish of her thumb
nail
She made a mahogany library table
OF such craftsmanship that Principal
George G. Thompson, Of the Alameda
high SCHOOL, threw out the one he al
ready had and bought Florita's
Florita has made, among other ar
ticles, two large mahogany library
tables, walnut china closet, shaw
ing cabinet, equipped with a bevel
mirror; a gun rack which looks like
china closet, piano bench, tabouret,
cozy corner seat, and dolls chair.
She Is her own designer.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27
TROUBLE
Over Right to Run Automobile
Results in Murder Of Woman
By Husband.

KEENE, n. H., Aug. 26.-Because he
had been refused permission to run
his fathers automobile, while his wife
was accorded that privilege, Eugene
Weeks shot and killed her, according
to a confession the police say he
made.
Mrs. Weeks received three bullet
wounds. Their son, Charles, Z years
of age, was also wounded, though not
severely. Weeks disappeared after the
shooting and, according to his story to
the police tonight, jumped into the
Ashuelot river. He said he had at
first intended to drown himself, but
instead swan TO the opposite shore
and spent the night in the woods.
Two men who we're hauling lumber
saw him emerge from the woods and
knowing he was wanted, asked him to
ride with them. Weeks refused and
started to run, but was captured by
the men and turned over to the po-
nce officers,
The police say he has expressed sor-
row and declared he was insanely an
cry when he made the alleged attack
upon his wife.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27
GOLD HE
DREANEDAB
Awaits a Mineral Rod to Find
Treasure Said to Have
Been Hidden.

PASADENA. Calf. Aug. 26.-As
oan N9 oa bo 10 aGio '' r. find a mineral
sud sood Win 'i wbicb IN continue his work,
"a" " T,rl- os East Colorado street,
, .. ranaw bis hnnt Fo,. hurled treas.
W., VIZ IN to- +bo ne neirShorhood of the old
~ III, -, ~ tbo ITmntinpton estate
M Pu flo ' has sent 10 New York in the
bono of locating tbe instrument which
~ n.y. oy -, l 70 nso in his search for
ne 10y "@ge[ ao,,ons Of goId snnnosed to
Ia Lod S"'i bn,.,oJ centmrv aro Inv
n nav ~ IT, cnoniordo
'I &C., yat +f Hp Savo dreamed Of the
,,,., "5N tronnn v ~" so,d Rntler in dis
oTseing his nIans AT first | paid no
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27
WEST VIRGINIA
WOMEN PRAISED
BY MISS BLAKE
New York School Teacher is
Doing Equal Suffrage Work
in This State.

HUNTINGTON, Aug. 26.-werm
words in praise Of the women Of West
Virginia were spoken by Miss Kae
Devereaux Blake, principal Of one of
The great graded schools of New York
City, who was here to speak before
the Cabell county teachers institute in
the interest OF the equal suffrage
amendment to the constitution OF
West Virginia Miss Blake has been
in about dozen counties thus far, and
finds much to admire in the women
of the state. Moreover, she has gained
such a favorable impression Of West
Virginia men that she declares she
will be surprised il they do not ratify
the amendment next November. Miss
Blake is stopping at the Huntington
hotel, where she talked to reporter
a recent evening.
Her pleasure in working among the
West Virginia women has been due, to
certain extent, to the readiness with
which they enter the work which she
is helping to introduce. The way they
go about it seems to justify the belief
that they have had experience she
says. She thinks this experience
must have been gained in the fight for
the prohibition amendment.
She feels that West Virginia wom-
en- do not need suffrage as much as
those Of New York do, because, as she
explains, there are not many large in
dustries in West Virginia which en-
play female labor.
She is encouraged to believe that
West Virginia will go for suffrage for
several reasons. One is that the Ques-
ton Of progress is largely geographic
cal-that freedom and mountains all
ways go together and that West Vir-
glnia is mountain state. Wyoming
was the first state to grant suffrage
to women and she believes that West
Virginia will be the first state east
Of the Mississippi to embrace it's
whole people.
1T is a duty and an opportunity"
she said, which the men Of West Vir-
ginia cannot afford to neglect
A second reason is that the popu-
lation Of West Virginia is eighty per
cent rural and the rural population
is always in readiness to vote for
equal suffrage. This, she says, is be-
cause the women Of the rural COM
munities do as much work as the men
and that the men recognize the right
of the women to stand in every way
on an equality with them.
The only danger, she thinks, is in
the character OF literature which Ii
quor interests are apt to circulate in
the state.
1T is easy to print lie, you know
she said, land a lie that is printed
and circulated has its effect
She said that since coming into West
Virginia she had had to combat with
the argument that, since Wyoming, the
original suffrage state. is wet suf-
frage and saloons go hand in hand.
She answered this by saying that there
were seven men to every woman in
Wyoming and that even with suffrage
the women arc helpless in this re-
gard
Miss Blake is giving her vacation
and her services to the suffrage cause.
She was brought up in the work, her
mother, Lille Dever Blake, having
been one Of the pioneers in the fight
for woman's rights in the city and
state Of New York,