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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-15

The summer drownings have started in with
their wonted regularity, and yet Of all the acct
dents these are the least inevitable and the
easiest to be avoided In fact, they are prac-
ticallv sought by carelessness and the lack Of
ordinary prudence. Every man, woman, boy
and girl should be swimmer. The pool at the
Keokuk Young Mems Christian association
building offers a splendid opportunity as a
means in insuring safety first campaign.
Federal officials warn that meat prices are
likely to go higher. If they are the same Off
Gals who announced that the cost of gasoline
would be substantially reduced the outlook is
not so discouraging as it might be.
Colonel Roosevelt's offer of whole divis-
ion of volunteer troops is mere trifle COM
pared with his calm delivery of the progress
sive party.
Maybe, after all, we ought to be thankful
that Hetty Green left her money to her children
instead of financing peace tour of Europe
And now it's the New York City elevator
BOYS who threaten to strike for higher wages.
Everything's going up.
Between Hughes and Carranza. what chance
has clean shaver man to get away with any
thing?
No man achieves happiness until he ceases to
care much about it one way or the other.
One of the fat mans chief worries is girth
control.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-15

Burlington Hawk-Eye: About the
biggest bore is the fellow who will
persist in telling you how he cannot
sleep these hot nights, when you
want to tell him your experience
along the same lines.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-15

And now it's the New York City elevator
boys who threaten to strike for higher wages
Everything's going up.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-15

WAURON, Ia, July 15.-The ALA.
makee county fair here Aug. to II
will be an experiment with q double
or day and night fair.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-15
ILLINOIS.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 15.-Fed-
eraI Judge X. M. Lands has SEN
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-15

SIOUX CITY, Ia. July 15.--Fred w.
Prouty, Jr., former resident of Sioux
City and Lawton. Ia, was drowned
in the Pacific ocean near Seaside,
Ore. on July 4. when launch in
which no was riding capsized.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-15

Maybe, after all, we ought to be tn
that Hetty Green left her money to her CT
instead of financing peace tour Of Euro
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-15

Colonel Roosevelt's offer of v
ion of volunteer troops is mere
pared with his calm delivery Of
sive party.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-15

AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION. by
Henry Bixby Hemenway. Indianapolis: BoDDs-
Merrill company, publishers Ks
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-15

Federal officials warn that m
likely to go higher. If they are
Gals who announced that the co
would be substantially reduced
not so discouraging as it might b.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-02-05
BODIES OF BANDITS ON VIEW
Carranza Soldiers Shoot Villas Lieu
tenant at Sunrise in Railroad
Yards at Juarez, Mexico.

Ell Paso, Tex, Jan. ia firing
squad at Juarez ended the career of
Manuel Bacca Wales, Villas official
executioner, at sunrise yesterday.
The body, with the death wound
plainly visible, was packed in ice and
publicly exhibited alongside the body
of Gen. Jose Rodriguez, also packed
in ice in a plain black wooden box
The exhibit in the Juarez railroad
station was viewed by hundreds, in
GLIDING many women and Americans.
Carranza officials intended it to prove
that the defacto government was sim
cerely endeavoring to wipe out ban
ditry with its dangers to Americans
and foreigners.
The shooting took place within a
few feet of several Pullman cars in
which American women and children
refugees were sleeping
Wales had been brought under
guard in a day coach. He was awak-
ened out of a sound sleep and in
formed that he was to face a firing
squad Immediately
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-02-05
GOMPERS is FOR DEFENSE
President of American Federation of
:; Labor Makes Stirring Plea for
=. National Preparedness.

Washington, Jan. 19.-Stirring pleas
for national preparedness and vigor
Gus attacks on peace at any price"
advocates were made by speakers of
national prominence at the closing
session yesterday of the National Civ
ic Federation. The speakers includ-
ed Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor; John
Hays Hammond, Senator Wadsworth
of New York and Senator Phelan of
California, Ex-Governor O'NeiI of Ala
bama, Arthur H. Dadman, secretary
of the Navy League of the United
States, and Talcott Williams of New
York, dean of the Pulitzer School of
Journalism.
While he insisted that military or
CARNATIONS must be democratic and
the nation must be safeguarded
against the evils of militarism, Mr..
Gompers said that Americas own
freedom had been achieved by resist
ance to tyranny and that pacifists
failed to understand that quality of
the human race which made men will
ing to risk their all for an ideal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-02-05
TELLS OF NAVY'S WEAKNESS
Report of Admiral Fletcher Points
Out Spots. Where Our De-
Tense Is Defective.

Washington, Jan. 2o.-The perilous
weakness of the United States navy,
due to the fault of congress and the
navy department to keep the fleet
rounded out in every department., was
emphasized in the report of Admiral
F. F. Fletcher, commander-in-chief of
the Atlantic fleet, which was made
public yesterday
This is the report that was sup
pressed by the secretary of the navy,
Josephus Daniels, but which was
called for by the senate. The ad-
miral reported on the naval man
euvers in which imaginary attacks
were made on the Atlantic coast that
both times the enemy evaded the de-
Tending fleet and landed men because
of the lack of fast cruisers to spy out
the enemy ships.
The admiral says that, with the ex-
ception of the submarines and fast
cruisers, the fleet is as efficient, ship
for ship, as any navy, but that its
weakness lies in that it is not round
ed out close study of the report
shows that the criticism of the com
mander-in-chief of the fleet taIIies
closely with the criticism made by
Frederick Palmer, the war correspond
ent, in his article published in the
Kansas City Star
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-02-05
GIVES PERSONAL ASSURANCE
Canranza Tells Consul SiIIiman of
Intentions Regarding Pursuit of
Santa Ysabel Murderers.

Laredo, Tex, Jan. 17.-Any citizen
of Mexico has a right to shoot those
bandits who participated in the mas
sacre of American mining men near
Santa Ysabel, Chihuahua, last week,
according to an order issued yesterday
by General Venustiano CarranZa at
Queretaro, before the head of the de
facto government moved his headquar-
tiers to Celaya. These facts were told
in telegraphic adYiceS reaching Nuevo
Laredo today.
The first chief said all the bandits
will be pursued by government troops
and that those participating in the
massacre are without the pale of the
law. The act aof citizen killing any
of the participants will be considered
an act of patriotism and not of crime.
I he said.
/ IF the bandits should cross the
American border | trust American
authorities will capture them immed-
lately and return them to Mexico for
execution General Carranza is quot
ed as saying. -.
Washington, Jan. 17--Genera1 Car
rama today renewed -his assurances
to the United States, and states that
he will make every effort to punish
those responsible for the murders of
American mining men near Santa
Ysabel.
A dispatch from Consul Silliman to
the state department, dated Queretaro
| It $50 this morning, said CarranZa
had personally assured Mr.. Silliman,
IN reply to the departments demand
hat the murderers be run down, that
he had issued orders for the immedi-
ate pursuit, capture and punishment
| of those responsible for the actricity.
simultaneously, in a dispatch to
| E1esio Arredondo, his ambassador
| designate here, General Carranza an
j nounced that he was about to issue a
| decree permitting any citizen of Mexi-
co to execute any of the bandits with.
| out formality.''
The problem of securing protection
i for American life and property in
| Mexico, revived by the Santa Ysabe1
murders is expected by congressional
| leaders to be dominant \Subject in
| the proceedings of both houses during
| the coming week. Members of the
| house and senate are unanimous in
| their insistence that the Santa Ysabel
bandits be punished, but the majority
oppose any step that would result in
| intervention.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-02-05
American Coast Line Open to
Attack by Enemies, Says
Major General Wood.
FOR LARGER STANDING ARMY
Regular Troops Should Number 21o,
600 With Six-Year Enlistment
and a Reserve System.

Washington, Jan. 2O.-Maj. Gen
Leonard Wood told the Senate military
committee today the coast line of the
United States was open to attack by
any well organized foreign army, de-
spite its equipment of forts, mines and
submarines. and that the oceans
formed no serious barrier to invasion
He declared that in the country's
present state of utter unpreparedness
for war, a trained force of 150, 900 men
could infiict incalculable damage be-
fore any army could be assembled to
meet it.
Events of the European war clearly
demonstrated, the general said, that
the sea was the best medium for the
movement of troops, and he pointed
out that force of 1885, 900 men, fully
equipped, had been landed at Gallipoli
from a single expedition of ninety
eight ships, against submarines, mines
and an underwater screen of barbed
wire that fringed every available land
ing place.
Would Have Obligatory Service.
Emphasizing his conviction that
troops cannot be improvised to meet
regulars, General Wood declared the
quate national defense must be the
principle that with suffrage goes an OBJ
legation for military service. Such a
policy had been advocated by George
Washington, he said, and if it had been
adopted Canada would have become
part of the United States in the War
of 1912.
Only once in our history have we
been prepared for war" he added.
That was Immediately after the Civil
War, when we had a million and a half
trained soldiers! Our diplomatic cor
respondence with France concerning
Mexico was very brief 1t required
only one note because of our prepared
ness. They were told to get out and
they got out
AS to the immediate needs of the
regular army, General Wood expressed
the opinion that the 6orce of regulars
with the colors should be ihazntaihed
at 100000. OF these, he said, twenty
thousand, equipped and supplied for a
years time should be kept in the Phil
ippines, another twenty thousand in
Hawaii, and fifteen: theusand at
Panama. ~ -.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-02-05
President is Planning to Make
Addresses in Support of
Preparedness.
TO LEAD FIGHT PERSONALLY
ment in Favor of the Administra-
ton Plans.

Washington, Jan 19-President
Wilson is planning to assume personal
leadership in the fight for stronger
army and navy. So many reports
have reached him of confusion over
the issue before Congress and of the
uncertainty of the outcome that he has
determined not only to go before the
country in public addresses but to con-
fer further on the subject with leaders
of the Senate and House.
Representative Hay and Represen-
tatfve Padgett, chairmen of the House
military and naval committees, re-
spectively, have informed Mr.. Wilson
that it will be from six weeks to two
months before the committees will be
ready to report army and navy appro-
priation bills. While this work is go
ing on the President proposes to do
his utmost to solidify sentiment among
the people and members of Congress
in favor of the plans drawn up by the
War and Navy departments.
Bryan Crowd Can't Stop Him.
Friends of the President represent
him as being undeterred by the open
opposition of former Secretary w. j.
Bryan and other pacifists and by DIFF
ferences among advocates of national
OSISHS0 over Tie SAdCI " NC
adopted. He is said to be firmly of
the opinion that the program prepared
by Secretary Garrison and Secretary
Daniels is the best which can be of
fered at this time.
Plans for the speaking trips will be
prepared as quickly as possible.
Civic Federation is Boosting.
At tonight's session of the National
frrio LNeaEe nIr1tin
adopted unanimously favoring ade-
quate preparation for national defense.
Members of Congress, labor leaders
and other public figures addressed the
federation, most of them joining in
vOicing the view that the time had
come for the United States to
strengthen materially it's naval and
military forces, no matter what might
be the cost.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-02-05
SALTS If BAcKAcHY OR
KIDNEYS TROUBLE you
Eat Less Meat II Your Kidneys AREN'T
Acting Right or If Back Hurts OF
Bladder Bothers You.

When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in the kidney 7gion
1t generally means you have been eat
ing too much meat, says well-known
authority. Meat forms uric acid which
overworks the kidneys in their effort
to filter it from the blood and they be-
come sort OF paralyzed and loggy-
When your kidneys get sluggish and
clog you must relieve them like you
relieve your bowels; removing all the
body's urinous waste, else you have
backache, sick headache, dizzy spells;
your stomach sours, tongue is coated,
and when the weather is bad you have
rheumatic twinges. The urine is
cloudy, full of sediment, channels oft
en- get sore, water scalds and you are
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night.
Either consult good, reliable physi-
clan at once or get from your pharma-
cist about four ounces of Jad Salts;
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to clean and stimulate
sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize
tates, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is life saver for regular
meat eaters. 1t is inexpensive, cannot
injure and makes a delightful, effer-
vescent Whitewater drink.-Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-02-05
BANKER LOOKING FOR BOOM
Bumper Crops in State Have Focused
Attention of Eastern investors
on Farm Lands

Kansas may have another land
boom The big crops during the last
two years have focused attention to
the possibilities of the state from an
agricultural standpoint. Especially
is this true of the western half of Kan
sas. where they are still harvesting
their 1915 wheat crop and shocking
fifty bushels of corn an acre.
Thousands of farmers west of the
goth meridian received more for their
crops last year and the year before
than their land cost That one sea-
sons crop will more than pay for the
land startles Eastern people and they
are now looking this way with view
to investing.
Land sales have been few and far
between for the past few years in the
state. This is due to the drouth of
three years ago and to general finan-
ciaI conditions. The only deals made,
as a rule, were by local people. A
farmer now and then would pick up
quarter to round out his farm or buy
quarter for his son. No big deals to
outsiders were reported. But if the
business men and bankers read the
signs Alright change is in sight.
Il look for much activity in land
sales,' said ]. w. Bergman, a banker
of Ashland. I'VE are receiving many
inquiries about land in our section of
the country. Farmers from Missouri,
Iowa and Illinois are asking about it.
While very little has been sold for
two or three years, prices have been
maintained and buyers of the future
will never get southwestern Kansas
land as cheaply as it has been sold in
the past"
Western Kansas may secure sew
eral colonies next summer said Wal
ter Kenyon of Jetmore. '.In fact 1 am
figuring with one now for a big tract
of land in my county. They are about
ready to come"
Otis l.. Benton of Oberlin says the
outlook was never brighter in north
western Kansas. 81 am confident that
there will be great activity in farm
and ranch sales in my section of the
state" he said. 1.-The past two sea-
sons have demonstrated what the
country will do
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-02-05
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

Mrs. Emmeline -Pankhurst, the
British suffragist leader, in New York
in the interests of Servian relief, and
who was detained by immigration
authorities, has been ordered admitted
to the United States Internationally.
Ten million pairs of leggings have
been ordered by the French govern
ment from a concern at Tulsa, Okla.
The manager, G. Ciociola, has left
for New York to employ six hundred
experienced leather workers, who will
be brought to Oklahoma on a special
train.
Fire the other day destroyed the
entire business section and a portion
of the residence district of Writ, Ok,
in the Healdton oil field Forty build
ings, totaling six blocks of stores, no.
tells, rooming houses and business
houses were burned.
About four hundred oil derricks
in the San Joaquin Valley, Cal, were
blown down, and damage estimated at
a half million dollars was done by a
high wind that swept what are known
as the West Side fields for three
hours the other day
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-02-05
PRESSED HARD
Coffee's Weight on Old Age.

When people realize the injurious
effects of coffee and the better health
that a change to Postum can bring.
they are usually glad to lend their
testimony for the benefit of others.
My mother, since her early child
hood, was an inveterate coffee drink
er, had been troubled with her heart
for 4 number of years and complained
of that 'weak-allover' feeling and sick
stomach.
Some time ago I was making .
visit to distant part of the country
and took dinner with one of the mer-
chants of the place. 1 noticed a some
what unusual flavor of the coffee
and asked him concerning it. He re-
piled that 1t was Postum.
II was so pleased with it that I
bought a package to carry home with
me, and had wife prepare some for
the next meal The whole family
liked it SO well that we discontinued
coffee and used Postum entirely.
Il had been very anxious concern
ing my mothers condition, but we
noticed that after using Postum for
a short time she felt much better, had
little trouble with her heart, and no
sick stomach; that the headaches
were not SO frequent. and her general
condition much improved. This con-
tinued until she was well and hearty.
L know Postum has benefited N.Y.
self and the other members of the
family, especially my mother, as she
was a victim of long standing" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum cereaI-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and Csc pack
ages.
instant Postum soluble powder
dissolves quickly in a cup of hot wa
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
a delicious beverage Instantly. soc
and SOC tins
Both kinds are equally delicious
and cost about the same per cup.
There's a Reason for Postum.
sold by Grecers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-02-05
Overheard on the Elevator;

overheard on the EIeVatori: =
THE cunningest dog came to us
this week.
You don't mean it, What dds
Baby think of him?'' =
My dear. she was frightened to
death. She fairly screamed Livery
time he came into the room, and was
SO nervous all night she haralI slept
a wink
Then you didn't keep t4eadeg. did
your" 9sfs
No, we advertised him, but no one
called. so we gave him to- a young
man in the neighborhood"
What kind of dog was hep
''Oh, just the same kind as Baby,
only larger
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-02-05
PLOTTED TO BLOW UP YUAN
Explosives Were Discovered in Pal
ace of Chinese Emperor at Picking
MANY Arrests Made.

Picking. Jan. 2O.-Numerous arrests
were made here yesterday in plot
to blow up Yuan Shi Kai, who recent
ly accepted the Chinese throne Elk
plosives were discovered in the EN-
peror'S palace. Yuan Shi Kai's &C
ceptance of the Chinese throne has
been followed by several outbreaks
and demonstrations by anti-monarcn-
lists and finally by the inauguration of
revolution to unseat the Chinese
ruler.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-02-05
WOULD PROTECT CHILDREN
Care Now Will Produce Stronger Race
in Future, Says DR.. Lydia a.
DeViIbiss.

''If the American people expect to
be ready. for a national crisis. they
must come to more significant real
izatioA of the need of proper care of
the children and youth of the coun-
try"
That was the keynote of an address
given recently to University of Kan
sas students and townspeople of Law
renee at the Unitarian church by Dr.
Lydia Allen DeVilbiss, director of the
division of child hygiene of the Kan
sas state board of health, with offices
at Topeka
Our whole health problem must be
solved through the child said the
speaker. kansas children today will
be Kansas leaders in the next fifty
years, and if we expect our descend
ants to carry out the policies we have
outlined and to pilot Kansas to a
steady, progressive growth, we must
give our attention to the child's health
now. Anything that concerns the
child, concerns everybody, and by ap-
pealing for the proper care of the
child, one naturally appeals for the
health of the whole community
DR.. DeVilbiss then explained that
baby hygiene is not merely a matter
of clean bottles and clothes, but con-
Germs the child's care from the time
he is born into this world until he is
ready to take his place as a citizen
of the country. She also mentioned
that it was out of style to be sick
these days.
Woman Dead at 75-Mrs. Louisa
Dever. wife of Thomas Dever, ex-may-
or of Junction City. is dead of pneu-
monia after weeks illness. She was
rs years old and a resident there for
more than forty years
Wealthy Farmer Dead-A. B. Low
EFT, wealthy farmer. died at his home
| near Larned the other night from apo
plexy. He was active in many farm
ers' cooperative enterprises in the
state.
Lawrence Postmaster Named
President Wilson has nominated Chas.
c. Seewir as postmast.r at Lawrence
| x
Fell Under Train-E w. Brown. 20
years old. fell under freight train
while waiting for the train to pass so
he could cross the tracks. One arm
was so severely injured that it will
be amputated. 1t is believed he will
recover.
x
| Gets Big War Order-The Hadley
| Milling Company of Olathe will sup
ply the Allies with 100000 pounds of
Kansas flour, to be delivered at New
port News for shipment January rs.
| x x
Open Salinas New Bridge-The new
| $4,000 cement bridge over the Smoky
Hill river at Salina has been opened
for traffic A concrete construction
company of Kansas City built the
bridge Work was delayed nearly all
summer by high water The bridge
should have been opened September I.
Garnett Veteran Dead-Hugh Scott.
< II years old, is dead at Garrett. He
1 came to Kansas in 1856. and served
| in the Nineteenth Iowa infantry in
the Civil war He leaves widow and
| one daughter
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-02-05
Itslv's Coal Famine Acute

Rome, jan lin spite of the cold
weather Italy is a country almost with
out coal fires The only smoke to be
seen is that from railroad locomotives,
factories and a few hotels.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-02-05
Of a Kind.

81 wish Evelyn hadn't gone rowing
with that young De Swift. He is a.
fool in a boat"
''Rock-the- boat idiot?'
mo. Not that kind. He is one
of the sort that proposes
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-02-05
To Make Food from Blood.

Washington, JAN 15.-Department
of Agriculture chemists are examining
samples of new foods from animal
bone and blood invented since war
began by a German scientist at Co
longe. Bolivian is the name of the food.