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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-05
Town WIPED OUT
BY NIGHT FIRE
coopertown, Adjoining Buxton, Iowa,
Was Visited by Disastrous Blaze
at 2:3o O'clock
Today.
BUSINESS PLACES BURR
There is No Protection Against Fire
and Citizens Were Forced to
See Buildings Burn
Down.

Coopertown, mining settlement
adjoining Buxton, Iowa, was visited
by a fire vh Oh. wiped out the entire
town early this morning. according to
information received by George II.
Woodson, colored attorney from Bux-
ton, who is in Keokuk on business.
Mr.. Woodson received long dis
lance telephone call from his HON
this morning, telling of the disaster.
The fire. damage was between $4,000
and S25, 900. There is no fire protec-
ton in the town and everything was
total loss.
The fire started at 2:30 o'clock this
morning and was discovered in the
rear of Peterson Brothers drug store.
The Buxton hotel, Reuben Gaines,
proprietor, was destroyed by fire. the
Cooper Drug company, owned by the
B. +. Cooper estate; the ,colored Odd
Fellows hall and Masonic Odd Eel
lows hall, a livery barn in the rear
Of the hotel, Roberts Cigar Manufac'
turing company, Cooper and Gaines
ice house, the Peterson Drug com
pany, pool hall and several resi-
dences were wiped out in the blaze
Mr.. Woodson said that he thought
there was little insurance carried and
that the buildings were a total loss
There is no fire protection in the
town, and there is little one can dc
but watch the flames sweep over the
ground in such cases, he said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-05
May Go Back to States.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-Harking back
70 the days of the little red school
house by the wayside, New York
authorities are seriously considering
installing states and slate pencils in
the city schools. High price of paper
Is the reason.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-05
PIeurisy DEVELOPS.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 5.-Mrs
Lillian l.. LeDuc, of Chicago, who
was shot by Mrs. Harry Belzer. New
York. in triple hotel Wilton tragedy
developed pleurisy early today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-05
OFFICIAL CALL
FOR MEETING
Upper Mississippi River Improvement
Association at LaCross Octo-
Der 25 and 26.

The following official call for the
Upper Mississippi River Improvement
association has been issued,
You are hereby respectfully notified
that the fifteenth annual convention
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-05
DisiIIusionment.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: A presi-
dent is always sacrosanct until the
people discover that he is playing
politics.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-05
Is Here on Business.

Mr.. Woodson is in Keokuk on bust
ness connected with the Odd Fellows
building plan. He reports unusually
good progress and hopes to close up
the transaction at this time. If fifty
more names can be added, Mr.. Wood.
son thinks he will have accomplished
his object. He hopes to secure these
at this time. If he does he will be
able to arrange for the contracts He
will be here until Monday or Tues
day Of next week.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-05

avoid protests of Irvington residents
who objected to the presence of an
ordinary shop.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
QUIET IN YOUNGSTOWN;
RIOT INQUIRY BEGINS

Youngstown, Ohio. Jan. 10.-The
grand jury today began an investiga-
ton into the riot in east Youngstown
Friday night. More han 200 men have
been arrested n a majority Of Ghese
will be held pending the outcome of the
probe. The gates of Youngstown Sheet
and Tube company plant which has
been tied up because of a strike Of la
borers were opened today and prepara-
lions are being made to resume opera
tons soon. Many former employees re-
ported for duty and were at once put
to work. No disturbances were report
ed.
Both regiments of the Ohio national
guard which have been quartered on
mill property since their arrival early
Saturday were relieved last night. For
the present they will continue to oc-
cupy their trains near the plant, but
will be moved to quarters in other
parts of his city and East Youngstown
as soon as arrangements can be made.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
COSTLY CLOSING OF CANALS
How Freight Rates Have Been In
creased by Interruption of
World Traffic.

Trade is suffering severely from the
slosipg of the canal, AID the shippers
who made use of it during the naontas
It was IL operation now realize wildly
what the in~teroceanic waterway
means To them. One western firm is
sending two freight boats from the
Pacific to the Atlantic, where char,
tiers arc highly profitable, and finds
that it will cost SIS, 900 more fer the
trip around the Horn than it would
through the canal. Freight rates
from the eastern to the western sea
board have about trebled. The effect
Of the stcpIage of the canal is re-
aected Ia the greatly increased earn
ngs Of the transcontinertal railroads.
Just rev there is a great deal of APP
prehe,hsioa in shipping circles lest the
Suea caEal be temporarily destroyed
by an act of war, says LesGe's. This
would mean that the shipping from
the Atlantic ports OF the Emitted States
and Esrspe TO the East Indies would
aave 10 double Tho Cape of Good Hope.
With shipping as scarce as it is nov
t1is wnuld be a heavy blow to a CON.
nercial world already badly upset.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
To ISSUE
APPEAL TO NATION
President Will Take His De-
tense Measures to People
to Force Action BY
Congress.

Washington, Jan. 11.-President Will
son may possibly put the question of
national defense before the country in
a series of speeches as one means OF
getting the necessary legislation
through congress. The president to-
day received several invitations to
speak acre in Baltimore and New York,
within the mex month, and other invi-
tations are known to be coming. Off
ciaB intimated today that the president
will take advantage Of the invitations
to lay the administration plan for ma
tional defense directly before the peo-
Die. AS soon as the submarine con-
troversy is fairly cleared up. the presi-
dent expects to devote his whole at
tention to getting the naticsal defense
plans through congress.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
PLAN TO DEVELOP
DRUG PRODUCTION
Country Facing Medicine Fa-
mine-WiH Ask Congress
to Protect Infant
Industry.

Washingtoa. D. c.. Jan. 11.-Beeause
it realizes that this country faces a
great medicine famine. the burea OF
mines may ask congress 20 come to the
aid OF the drug industry. The bureau
of mines is familiar with the situation,
because manufacturing druggists are
largely dependent on coal tar products.
Prices are soaring. In some cases it
is difficult to get certain drugs at any
price.
Certain American manufacturing
druggists have beer left with a clear
and uncompetitive field, as they can,
and do. according to the bureau of
chemistry, fix prices as they please.
The bureau of mines M recommend
to congress that be given
American wholesale druggists that, if
they start plants for the manufacture
of the basic materials for synthetic
drugs. they will not be driven out OF
business at the close of the war and
dumping will not be allowed to crush
them.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
BAGDAD CAMPAIGN
REPORTS VARYING
British Say Turks Are Retreat
ing-Turks Say British Are
In Flight, 10000 Be-
ing Cut Off.

Amsterdam. (via London). Jan. IL
A British force, which apparently was
on the way to reinforce the British at
Kut Ell Amara on the Tigris river,
lost 5000 men in an attack on Turk
ish positions at Sheik Said, according
to a semioficial statement received
today from Constantinople.
The attack is declared to nave been
repulsed.
London. Jan. 1.-THE Turks in Mes
opotamia were in full retreat on jan
uary 9. with the British pursuing them
it was announced in the house Of COM
mons today. by ]. Austen Chamberlain,
secretary Of India
There had been heavy fighting on
both banks Of the Tigris on January z.
Mr.. Chamber1ain's announcement
stated, and the British had taken two
Turkish guns and 700 prisoners.
Sir Percy Lake has been appointed
to command the British force in Mes
opotamia in succession TO the Gen. Sir
John Eccles Nixon, who has been com
PEELED by i'll health to return home, it
was announced in the house of COM
mons today by J.. Austen Chamberlain.
secretary for India.
Berlin, (by wireless to Sayvilfe,) Jan.
1O.-Ihe BT1tfSh army at kut FL
Amara, in Mesopotaznia, has now been
surrounded completely by the Turks,
according to ConstantinopIe advices
given out today by the Overseas News
agency. It is said the Turks have adj
vanced to the main defense Of the Brit
ish. The main British army in Mes
opotamia, according to these advices
is in retreat in Kut El Amara to pro-
tect the position.
Recent dispatches have indicated
that the British expedition In Mesopo-
tasmia was confronted by superior
Turkish forces. The British ~repuleed
several assaults of Kut N AmaIa-
The retreat from Kut "a Annara, as
Stunning the correctness of the official
advices from Berlin, apparently meaii
the abandonment by the British Of any
attempt for the present at least of Of
fensive movements in Mesopotamia-
It was November 1914 that an Anglo
Indian force, starting from the Persia
gulf began marching north and west
over the desert. following the Tfgris
and Euphrates rivers wherever posi-
BILE. The fighting was slow, but the
British pushed northward steadily I'M :
til they reached CtesipheH, Is miles be-
low Bagdad. Here h Turks defeated
then and they fen back o. Knit El
Amara, fo5 miIes southeast of Bagdad.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
POLICE AND STRIKERS
BATTLE; SEVERAL HURT

Niagara Falls, N. Y Jan. 10.-Riot-
ing followed a strike Of 1900 employees
Of the American aluminium company
here today. The strikers stormed the
plant in AZ effort 10 bring ont the men
whose shifts ended durin~ the day, and
attacked the police with stones.
The police fired sheir revolvers IN the
air and then attacked the crowd with
night sticks. Several policemen were
slightly injured and four PoSanders
were taken to the hospital with bat
tered heads.
The men were getting from se.15 to
$3.50 a day and asked for an increase
of 80 cents. The company offered 10
cents, which was refused.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
Her Bad Break.

Maggie was a maid in the employ
of a Gotham family. Ore afternoon
two woman visitors rang the beM, and,
telling them to hc seated, Maggie went
into another part of the house to see
If her mistress were III.
II nm very SORRY" said the maid.
returning a minute later, but Mrs.
Brown went out and won't be back
till daHler TIME"
''That is too bad" exclaimed h
of the women, es the callers started
for the door. And to think, too, that
I have forgotten my cards. I wjI have
to-"
Never mind the cards. ma'an," III
terjected Maggie, witk a kindly dis.
posed smile. Il told the mistress you
names when / Went upstairs"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
SOCIALIST SPLIT I'M
GERMANY is w

Berlin, (via London), Jan. 10.-The
Vorwaerts declares that the resoIu-
ions adopted by the executive com
nittee of the socialist party censuring
that paper for its support of 20 social
st members Of the ~reichstag accused
IF attempting to thwart the party's
policy by declining to vote in favor
Of war credits. throw the fat il the
Gre.
The sharpness of the wording in he
resolutions, says the Vorwaerts, will
create further enlightenment and party
discussions.
The newspaper denies the right Of
the executive committee to read it out
of the position Of party Organization.
This right is controlled only by the
national conventions. it says and in
Inmates the whole matter will come
Before the next convention.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
HAD NO REASON TO Monlk
Alna That Jury pald No $3.50 u
Prosecutors Resnarsu, Why should
the Defendant

Claris Adams. deputy Prosecuting
attorney Of Marion county. tells Of t11a
misgfvings he had as he met fOr -
first time after the trial q man whom
It had been his official duty u nv v
send to the penitentiary. Tho crime
charged was OF the sort tina. gave the
attorney abundant opportunity =
score the defendant, and Adams q
cordingly trimmed him up rig111.a
The defendant was lawiess, nlrder-
GUS, b~loodthirsty. as devoid Of pdity ~
the pirates of the Spanish main. and
altogether lacking in every redeening
quality, according to the speach that
was made. but despite these distress
ing facts the Jury acquitted ~
The next day Adams met the defend
ant. now discharged and Restored -
full rights Of citizenship. The latter
approached Adams with a sn1e and
extended his hand.
Young man, I'm fer ycn." he sad,
Il am glad to hear yss say that
responded Adams with a Sigh OF re-
lief. Il thought you mtsht take -
heart some Of the things I sold absst
you"
"No,'' came the cheerful reply. '1tAe
jury did nos pay any ahtentisa to sham,
SO ] don't see why I should ..-IHdtan
apolis News.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
NEW HAVEN HEADS
f. BY JURORS
Six Directors Are Acquitted and Jury Fails to Agree In Case
of Other Five-FinaI Vote Said to Have Been 8 to q
In Favor of ACquittaI.

New York. Jan. 11.-Six Of the II
former directors of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad. charged
by the government with criminal VIC
lation of the Sherman antitrust law.
were found not guilty late Sunday by
the Jury that for nearly three months
has been trying the case. The jury dis
agreed on the five others.
Those acquitted were D. Newton
Barney, Pennington, Conn; Robert w.
Taft, Providence, R.. L.; James s.. Hem
ingway, A. Heaton Robertson and
Frederick F. Brewster, New Haven, and
Henry K. McHarg, Stanford, Conn.
Those on whom the jury disagreed
were William Rockefeller, New York;
Charles T. BROKER. Ansonia, Conn;
Charles M. Pratt, Louis Cass Ledyard,
New York. and Edward D. Robbins,
New Haven.
The verdict was returned at 4:3O
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
LESS COMMERCIAL VICE
I'm NEW YORK is CLAIM

New York, Jan. 10.-Immorality and
commcrcialized vice are being rapidly
eradicated in New York city accord
ing to a report made today by the bu-
reau of social hygiene of which John
d. Rockefeller jr., is chairman.
The report is intended to supplement
an investigation made in 1912 and
states hat On November 1, 1915 only
725 disorderly places were found, as
compared with 2,4S2 such places in
1912.
Data secured during the present in
vestigation shows that collision re
tween expIofters of vice and officials
in the police department has ceased"
tates the report.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
WOMAN AND NEGROES
ON TRIAL FOR CRIME
Wife Of Murdered Physician
Accused of Instigating
Plot.

Providence. r. l.. Jan. 1.-THE trial
Of Mrs. Elizabeth f. Mohr. and two
negroes. Cecil v. Brown and Henry
SpeIlman, for the murder of DR.. G..
Franklin Mohr ON August 81 last, is
set for today. Justice Charles r.
Stearns will preside. The negroes are
charged directly with the murder and
Mrs. Mohr as an accessory before the
fact.
A murder indictment against DR..
Mohr's negro chauffeur, George w.
Healis. was quashed last week, when
Healis was brought into court and
did not contest a charge of manslangh-
ter. AS disclosed in the preliminary
hearings, the state will seek to show
that Mrs. Mohr i~nstigated Brown and
Spellman to shoot her husband and
induced Heals to stop the automobile
in which DIR. Mohr wax riding at the
spot on a country road near West
Darlington. where the murder took
place,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
CONSTITUENTS BACKING
TON STEELE'S ATTN

washington, Jan. 10.-RseG
tive Steele is receiving NA~rs
from Sioux City and othel pssrts OF the
Eleventh district approvi,E in strong
terms his recen declaration that he
will not stand for q check tax and Ger
tain other special taxes urged by the
administration. such as the auto and
gasoline taxes. A number OF Eleventh
district democrats have. backed him up
in letters. Mr.. Steele's new method OF
selecting postmasters through the
county committees also is meeting ap-
prevail. according to numerous letters
he has received.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
ALLIES ARE CONFIDENT.

Paris, Jan. 10.-1he correspondent Of
the Havas agency, in a dispatch from
Saloniki. says he a returned from a
tour Of inspection of the allies ron
outside Salonikf, and that it resembles
a vast series of public works. The sol
diers, he says, have made an in
trenched amp, which, according to the
most competent Authorities is impregn-
able. Both officers and men are abso-
.utely confident, the correspondent says
that the Austro-G erman-Bulgarfan
forces will never be able to defeat
them
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13

hours of elaboration. and the jury was
discharged. The final vote on the five
defendants upon which the Jurors could
not agree stood eight to -four for ac-
quittal.
r. L. Bats, chief counsel for the gov
ernment, announced that he would nov
be done, he said. before any effort will
be made to try the six other former d.
rectors Of the roe who were indicted
but who obtained the right to be tried
separately.
The jurors did not reach their verdict
until after they had reported to Judge
Hunt earlier in the day that they could
not agree. UP to that time-noon--
they had been celebrating with a view
to bringing In q verdict on the guilt or
innocence of the defendants collective
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
JOHNSON TO LAND JOB.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 10.-JoselA
Johnson, fra commissioner of New
York under Mayor Gaynur, has prac-
tically beer decided upon as the next
postmaster OF New York Senater
o'Gorman recommended three men, OF
whom Mr.. Johnson was One.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
MAY FoEWARp sUPPLIEs.

Washington. d. c., Jan. 10.-Great
Britain and her allies, 1t was an
nounced today, nave given their con-
sent to the American Red Cross So
ciety to ship its present accumulation
of hospital supplies meant for hospitals
in Germany and allied countries. The
permit. however, epplies only to the
present accunu tatjon and any further
shipments will hava to be held pend
ing arrangements with the British
government
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
WAITRESS KILLS MAN
SHE SAYS WR0NGED HER

Joliet, Ind, Jan. 10.-John hobart,
head Of the hobart Welding works
here, was shot and seriously wounded
today by Lillian Piper, waitress, "a
years old, who then shot herself to
death. The young woman had assert
ed she had been wronged by hobart
and hat he had cas- her off.
A note pinned to her underwear
said:
The wages Of sin is death"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
PUZZLED
Hard. Sometimes, to Raise Chaidren.

Hard, Sometimes, to Raise Chaidren.
Children's taste Is efttinaes more
accurate. in selecting tho right kind At
food to fit the body. than that Of adults.
Nature works more accurately through
the children.
A Brooklyn lady gays: "Oar little boy
had hong been troubled with weak
digestion. We could never persuade
him to take more than enc taste OF
any kind Of cereal food. he was a
weak little chap and we war puzzled
to know what to feed him en-
"One lucky day we tried Grape-Nuts.
Well. you neve saw a child eat with
such a relish, and it did me gesd to
see him. From that day ON it seemed
as though W could almost see him
grow. He would eat Grape-Nute for
breakfast and supper, and / think he
would have Liked the food Far dinner.
THE difference in his appearance
is something wonderful.
my husband had never fancfea
cereal foods of any kind, but he be-
came very fond Of Grape-Nuts and has
been much improved In healta since
using II.
We are new q healthy family and
naturally believe in Grape-Nuts.
"A friend has two children WHO were
formerly afflicted with ricketts, ! was
satisfied that the disease vas caused
by lack of proper sourishment. The
children showed it. So / urged her
to 8 GraHe-Nuts as an experiment
and the result was almost magical.
They continued the food and to-
day both children are as we'll and
strong as any children ia this city,
and Of course. my friend is a firm be-
Eever IN Grape-Nuts, for she has the
evidence before her eyes every day"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek, Mich.
Ever read the above lctterS A new
one appears from time to time. TAey
| ire genuine. true, md fuH Of humAS
: interest.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
TO OPEN INDIAN LAND.

Warren, MINI, Jan. 1o.-Eight thou
acres of Minnesota land, a part
of the Red Lake Indian reservation.
known as MI AXE bottom, will be
thrown open to entry and settlement
.arly next spring, according to an an
louncement by local agents today based
in information received from the gem
sral land office in Washington.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
REGULAR ARMY OFFICER
TO INSTRUCT GUARDSMEN

Des MONIES, Ia. Jan. 1s.-Maj. j. r.
Davidson, of the regular army, has
been assigned TO the Iowa National
guard. He will instruct the guard
companies as TO care of property and
ha2o general oversight over same.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
THREE KILLED WHEN
PLANT IS BLOWN UP
Explosion In Du Pont Powder
Works Wrecks Building
Cause Is Unknown.

Philadelphia, Jan. 11.-Three men
were killed and a number injured in
an explosion of smokeless powder early
today at the plant of the Dupont pow
der works at Carney's Point, N. ]. One
man is missing. 1t had been reported
that a large number of men had lost
their lives, but after an investigation
the superintendent said that only three
We're dead and possibly four.
The cause of the explosion is not
Known, but, according to the superin-
tendent, there is no suspicion that the
blast was due to outside agencies. The
reports hat arrests had been made
was denied.
The dead are:
JOHN WALSH, Nyack, N. Y.
RICHARD J.. LARNEY, Philadel-
S. T. CLYDE WYNN. address not
Known.
The superintendent of the plant said
the victims were employees, but that
they had no business in the part of the
works where the explosion occurred.
The blast. was a terrific n was
felt rs miles away. Wire c~ommunica-
ton with the plant ~as cut off by the
shock with the result that the widest
rumors prevailed until daylight cleared
up the extent of the accident.
The property loss is small, as the ex-
plosion occurred in a small building Of
No. l plant of the works. 1t Vas some
distance from the main buildings. One
of the reports in circulation was that
government agents and secret men
from the DUPONT police force has been
watching suspicious persons who went
to the plant from Wilmington, Del, by
boat, and that two carrying bombs and
fuses had been arrested.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-13
WAITRESS KILLS MAN
SIZE SAYS WROMGED HER

Joliet, Ind, Jan, 1o.-John hobart.
head of the hobart Welding worl1s
here, was shot and seriously wounded
today by Lillian Piper, waitress. "a
years old. who then shot herself to
death. The young woman had assert
ed she had been wronged by hobart
and that he had cast her OFF.
a note pinned TO her underwear
said.
Tho wages OF SIN is eaata.@