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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-08
SNOW IN APRIL rs
NOTHING UNUSUAL

Reputation and Furnishing
Plenty of Weather.
The April snow makes the coal pile
20. to paraphrase the old saying about
April showers and May flowers.
April has always been called
tickle month by the poets, and she ts
giving some illustration Of it right at
this time. For the last three days the
temperature has been uncomfortably
close to the freezing point, and last
night snow fell.
The weather man says that this is
not an uncommon occurrence for
April and that frequently this sort OF
weather prevails. Most OF the amateur
prophets are figuring that there will
be no good weather until after Easter.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-08
ANNOUNCEMENT.

l wish to announce that I am a
candidate for the democratic nomina.
ton for county attorney.
J. NJ c. HAMILTON
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-08
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HAMPTON Chronicle: On the prom.
iss that it will improve her complex.
ion, woman IL willing to take pretty
near anythiox but outdoor e1scctsA
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-08
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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-07-21
OF PRISONERS
BY AUSTR|ANS TERRIBLE

ing succeeded in removing the thin
surface of earth that covered him.
The officer in command of the camp
published an order in which he told
his soldiers to show their loyalty to
Austria by numbering as many prison
ers as possible, as they were all trait
ors to their country. The soldiers,
therefore, provoked the prisoners and
tried to make them disobey orders SO
as to be justified in shooting them. A
man having picked up and placed in
his lips a cigarette that a sentry had
thrown to him was instantly shot on
lowed to smoke.
A copy of this order, it is believed,
got abroad, and some after the officer
was removed. The new commanding
officer caused baths to be built in or
der to attempt to stop the spread of
infectious disease, but the prisoners,
men and women, were obliged to
march naked to the baths, and to
wait, often in the snow, until their turn
came and until all had finished before
being marched back again. The wo-
men, especially, were subject to all
kinds of outrages, and while bathing
We're obliged to pose before the cam
eras of the officers who came from
Gratz to visit the camp.
This treatment is said to have lasted
until Italy joined in the war, after
which it became more humanev all
the hate being turned against the new
enemy.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-07-21
BARN STRUCK
BY Lightning
Thirty Tons OF Hay Consumed
By Flames
BOLT OF SKY ELECTRICITY HITS
AND KILLS VALUABLE COW
STORM DAMAGE NEAR CEN.
TERBuRe.

The storm of Wednesday evening
was a great deal more severe south
east of this city than it was here. Mt.
Vernon seemed to be just on the
edge of the downpour and no great
damage was reported in this vicinity
A barn belonging to Mrs. Bernice
Essig, about one mile north of Center
burg, was struck by lightning during
the storm and was burned to the
ground. About thirty tons of hay went
up in smoke along with the barn.
The building and its contents were
insured.
Near Lock a valuable COW belong
ing to William Frazier was struck
and killed. The rain was of even a
more torrential character in that To-
cality than it was here.
Between Centerburg and Sunbury a
great deal Of damage is reported to
have been done to the corn and other
crops.
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mattered quite so much Society, ex-
cept where it was necessary as a part
of her husbands official life, has never
interested her.
1t Is rumored that Mrs. Hughes is an
antisu1fragist. She has been so close
to her own family and her home that
she has not seen the urgent need OF
suffrage for women as women more In
public affairs see it. Always Mrs.
Hughes has spent much more time in
study, charity and church work than in
any other pursuits.
Mrs. Hughes is an ardent advocate of
all kinds of athletics. She has person
ally superlntended the education of her
three daughters, Catherine, Helen and
Elizabeth. Helen graduated two years
ago from Nassar. and next fall Cath
crime will be student of Wellesley.
Perhaps the charity that has been of
frst Importance to Mrs. Hughes during
the past few years is the wOman's eve
ming clinic In Washington, which gives
medical advice to working women for n
nominal fee.
| The friends of Mrs. Hughes, who
know her best, speak of her as a splen-
did representative of American wo-
man, woman whose home and family
have always come first even when her
duties as wife of a member of the su-
preme court We're the heaviest, With
Mrs. Hughes the fine arts Of homemaA-
ing are the best. She is proud of her
reputation of being an excellent cook.
Mrs. Hughes sews, because to her II
is a much more fascinating occupation
than bridge, and 1t has been said that
this clear thinking woman, with hel
steady, quiet eyes, believes that the
modestly dressed woman Is always
sure of being herself, because she Is
bigger than the dictates and vagaries
of every passing fashion.
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when invested by the French for the
second time in 1909. After being de-
feated just outside the town, the citi-
zens, under their leader, Palafox, pre-
pared desperate resistance within.
Street by street, house by house,
room by room, was most fiercely con-
tested for, being, like the outworks of
a fortress, frequently lost and recov-
cred. The French found this method
of progression far too costly, so they
abandoned it in favor of mining
After they had become masters of a
very small portion of the city, they re-
ceived the help of an irresistible ally
in the shape of an epidemic of fever,
which broke out among the besieged.
BY this Palafox himself was stricken
down, and ultimately the whole town
was forced to capitulate. No fewer
than $4,000 of the besieged had per-
ished, among whom were nearly a.
900 soldiers.
Heroic General Gordon held Khar.
toum for II months against the NAH
di and his hordes. The siege was also
remarkable for the fact the Gordon
was the only white man within the
beleaguered city. The investment be-
gan ON February IS, 1884. and is be-
iieved to have terminated in the trage-
dy of the great Generals death on
January 26. 1885.
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One Man, Buried Alive, Succeeds In
Removing Earth And Making
Escape-Women Outraged

London, July 20-Terrible stories of
the treatment of prisoners in the Aus
trian interment camps have reached
here from what is declared to be an
authoritative Italian source. Some of
the details are of such character as
to be impossible for publication. On
the outbreak of war all the population
of Galicia known to have Russian
sympathies were interned in the prov
incial jails.
When the Russians invaded Galicia
some 5000 men, women and children
(mostly of gentle BIRTH, were sent to
the aviation camp at Thalerof. At first
they were all obliged to sleep and
live promiscuously in the open. Their
clothes by this time were in rags, and
there were no sanitary arrangements.
Many of the women and children died
of hunger, exposure and typhoid.
Shortly afterwards about a thousand
of the interned men and women were
herded together in barn not more
than so feet long. Any who refused
to do the horrible tasks ordered them
were stripped naked and fogged be-
fore the whole of the guard.
The dead were buried by their fell
, low prisoners just under the surface of
the ground within the camp enclosure.
One man who had been buried as dead
turned up alive after three days, hav-
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CANDIDATES. wife
Some Interesting Facts About the
Life of Mrs. Charles E. Hughes.
PREFERS HOME TO SOCIETY.

sho Is No clubwoman and Is Also
Said to Be Anti suffrage-She De-
lights In the Fine Arts of Homemak-
ing.
Women all over the United States
are asking about Mrs. Hughes, want
ing TO know something about this quiet
little woman whose husband is the Re
publican candidate for president.
Washington has discovered that Mrs.
Hughes is about the only person In its
official "Whos Who" who has success
fully managed to keep out of the lime
light of official and social publicity.
Mrs. Hughes is not a clubwoman
She has always preferred to capitalize
home To her nothing else has ever
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-07-21
FAMOUS MODERN slEeEs
The Longest Was That At Gibraltar,
Which Lasted Nearly Four
Years

General Townshend's gallant de-
fense of Kut for 143 days against over
whelming odds will go down to history
as one of the most magnificent cpl
sodes of the Great War. In the way
between Russia and Japan, Port Ar
thur only gave in after siege of 210
days.
BY far the longest of modern times
was the last siege Of Gibraltar. 1t COM
menced on June 81, 1873, and ended in
February, 1888. 1t thus lasted for the
long period of three years and eight
months, or more than 1900 days.
The besieged were the British gar
rison, under the command of General
G. A. Elliott, most absteminous and
methodical man, who never slept more
than four hours at time. The besieg-
ers were a joint French and Spanish
force, 10000 strong, who attacked from
land and sea. The siege utterly failed
and Britain still clings to the Rock
which held out so valiantly and for
such an unparalleled length of time.
Perhaps the most desperate siege
was that endured by Potchefstroom in
the Boer War of 1SSO-1SS1, In that a
handful of British, 800 strong, held out
for three months in an area of only
20 square yards.
The town itself had to be abandoned
and the small garrison, which could
muster only 1O5 rifles and two nine
Founders, retired, with the British civ
ilians, to the tiny fort of the limited
dimensions above stated. With mealie
sacks, biscuit boxes, and tins of beef
the walls were strengthened, but with
the exception of trenches, which were
dug, there were no other means OF
defense.
Yet for "a days the garrison held out
1t was not till death from starvation
stared him in the face that the Com
mander, Colonel Winslow, felt con
strained to surrender. On a certain
Sunday in March, 1881, the remnant OF
the garrison marched out with all the
honors of war, only to learn that 9
truce had been long before declared
knowledge of it had been kept from
them until they were starved into sur
render.
The siege of Plevan lasted exactly
as long as that of Potchefstroom. Fol
ninety-four days, from September I'll
! to December 10, 1877, the Turks, un
der the redoubtable Osman Pasha
held back the flower of the Russian
army. During that time they made
repeated sorties, infiicting serious
losses upon the Russians, and thi'
/. while suffering the keenest pangs o
hunger
Indeed, they were practically with
out food throughout the siege, and ev
en- when the last scrap had been con
sumed there was no question of givinI
in. They essayed to cut their wa!
through the besieging forces, but tn
latter were too many for them. II i
no eXaggeration to say that in tn
siege of Plevna the Turks astonishe'
the world.
No town in Spain ever covered itsel
with more glory than did Saragoss'
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-07-21


The shops are put to 1t these days to
keep up with the demand for fanciful
sport shoes Woman has become used
to having her feet exquisitely dressed
and refuses to don any old shoe for
athletics. The country club type OF
sport shoe is of white washable kid,
with trimmings of colored glazed kid
In the shape of tip and saddle" as
the shoe salesman calls the curved
strip of kid which crosses the toe back
of the tip. All white shoes are of
washable kid and come in high or low
style, the high laced sport shoe with
white rubber sole being on the whole
smarter than the low Oxford. Still
many women prefer the Oxford, which
leaves the ankle free, and the new
glazed kid trimmed white oxfords are
very smart indeed.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-07-21
William Monroe Hill

William Monroe Hill died Thursday
afternoon at 1 O'clock at his home,
1904 West Sugar street, after one
weeks illness of a complication OF
diseases. The deceased, who was 5S
years of age, was a carpenter, and is
survived by his wife, one son, Orval
Hill, two brothers, e. b. Hill and T.
B. Hill, and two sisters, Mrs. Charles
C. Iams and Miss Retta Hill, all OF
this city.
The funeral Saturday afternoon al
o'clock at the late home.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-07-21
A Sailors Hands.

A sailor Is betrayed by his hands,
though his gait might betray him.
They are permanently half shut Walk
ing, talking ar sleeping, the sailor has
his hands half shut and could not open
them fiat II he tried. This is the result
of years OF climbing and pulling ropes
london Chronicle.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-07-21


Porter G. Bullock of Detroit, Mich,
spent Wednesday here, going at noon
to Homer where he will visit.
j. L. Burton of North Sandusky
street went to Lexington Wednesday
to visit.
A. A, Graham of this city made a
business trip to Centerbnrg Wednes-
day.
Mrs, Fred Cole of Howard street
went to Columbus Wednesday to
spend a few days with friends.
Miss Madge Brown of East Gambler
street left Wednesday for short
visit with relatives in Logan.
Misses Mary Dickinson, Florence
Patterson and Margaret Pomeroy
the latter of Harrisburg, Pa, spent
Wednesday with Newark friends.
Mr., and Mrs George Chisholm oI
Cleveland are spending several day:
here in connection with common
pleas court matters.
Mrs. Harry Ransom of CoshoctoI
avenue went to Columbus Wednesda!
to spend the day with her husband
who is receiving treatment at Mt
Carmel hospital.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-07-21
SHE SET A TRAP FOR HUBBY.
Suspicious Wife cureo Him of the Ira
ditional Failing.

The wife of Dorchester (Mass.J man
who had the traditional raillng-he for
got to mail lctters-has cured him. The
mail IS delivered ut their home before
the breakfast hour. which is compare.
lively late. One morning she said to
her husband:
did you have any mail this morn.
ing, DEAR"
"Only circular" he answered as he
bit into fine brown slice of toast
HIN" said wife. by the way, did
you mail the letters gave you yester-
day."
Sure did" was the righteously in.
dienant reply.
"Well." answered wife. with an elo,
quent smile. Its funny. then, you had
no letters this morning. because one OF
those gave you to mail was addressed
to you-just as sort of Key"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-07-21
Glenn Hall

Glenn, the 17-months-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Hall, died Wednes-
day morning about 6 o'clock at the
home of his parents, about two miles
north of Bladensburg, after an i'll
ness of four days, Besides his par
ents he is survived by two brothers,
Joseph and Dean, and four sisters,
Rebecca, Hattie, Bertha and Mollie,
all at home. The funeral Friday
morning at 10 O'clock at the Dennis
church, Rev. Ross officiating. Inter
ment in the Dennis cemetery.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-07-21

Mix together with knife or fork
quarter of pound of hutter with a
pound of self raising -four and a pinch
of salt. Beat two eggs, mix with two
cupfuls of milk and add slowly to the
flour and butter. Mix well and roll out
In thin sheet Cut with circular cut
ter and put the circles in muffin tins,
Fin with rich stewed raspherries. bake
for a quarter of IN hour and serve very
cold with whipped cream.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-07-21
SHORT LOCALS
Eggs, 24c; butter, 24c.

Eggs, 24c; butter, 24c.
Mrs. Edna Hess of Howard spent
Thursday with friends in this city.
See us before you buy that new
auto tire. Bird Bros. II
John Ralston of Howard spent
Wednesday in this city on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Staner of Mon
treal, Canada, are spending few
days with relatives in Howard.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Gray OF this
city are spending several days with
friends in Mendoza, ILL.,
Solomon Stircker of Howard was a
business visitor in this city on We'd
nesday.
Applications for 1916 automobile
Tags may be obtained at the Banner
ONCE free OF charge,
Mrs. Joseph Gruntz of Coshocton
spent Wednesday with Mr.. and Mrs
George Waters of Coshocton avenue.
Poppleton Grocery Co. can sell you
the best tea for iced tea. 20 East Gam
bier street. Both phones n, d&s27
Guy Davis has been called home
from Newark by the Illness of his
wife.
Mrs. Samuel Hartman has returned
home from two weeks visit at Gin
cinnati
Councilman clyde Brentlinger of
Howard street made business trip
to Columbus Thursday.
Edward Dever went TO Brinkhaven
Thursday to spend the day at the
camp OF Charles Andreas.
Lynn Calender has returned from
n business trip of several days tC
Pittsburgh. Pa, and Clarksburg, w
va.
Lawrence Craig returned Tuesday
to his home In this city after spend
ing few days with friends in Cleve
land.
Mrs. Anna Jacoby returned Wed
nesday to her home in McCutcheon
willie after spending few days wit
Mr. and Mrs. Il. Perrine of this city
Miss Katherine Critchheld OF Mort
Main street went to Granville Wet
nesday to spend the day with Mr.
Theodore Johnson.
Harold Ackerman and William !
Welshymer returned Wednesday fror
Cedar Point where they spent tn
past week
Mall or phone orders to Poppleto
Grocery Co. for best foods TO be d,
livered by parcels post 20 East Gan
bier street. Mt, Vernon, Ohio, Bot
phones n. 81
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Slocum hay
-returned to their home IN Detroit a
ter spending several weeks with the
niece, Mrs. J. II. Richardson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Martin OF Oh
-caso. H., are guests OF Mrs. Martin
parents, Mr. and Mrs Noah Allie
EaHt Burgess street.
Mrs. Harold Mccullough of Cley
Land was called TO this city by h
death OF her aunt, the late Mrs. Ali
Hin.
Mrs. Frank Richardson rdturn'
"Wednesday to her home In Newa
after spending few days wi
friends In this city.
Mrs. Forrest Stump and daught
OF orryille are spending few da
with Mr. stump's parents, Mr.. a
Mrs. Milton Stump OF PennsylvaI
avenue.
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Mrs. William Lewis and Mrs. Reid
Jones of Utica spent Wednesday with
friends in this city.
II. c. Gibson of Fredericktown
spent Thursday in this city on busi-
ness.
Mrs. William Lewis of Bedell Chap
ell went to Utica Thursday where she
will visit with her son for several
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cowboy
Weston, who have been guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence A. Tate, went to
Uhrichsville Thursday.
Miss Harriet Swetland of North
Main street went to Granville Thurs
day where she will visit with friends
for several days.
Agent George A. Rehart of the B. &
o, returned Thursday morning from
business stay of several days in Chi.
cago, Ill.
Walter Mason Of Columbus is
spending several days with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Mason, of
Fast Vine street.
Mrs. s. Wezet and daughter, Miss
Aida, of Vincennes, Ind, are spend.
ing few days with Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Berger of Walnut street.
Mrs Stanley Miller and daughter
Mrs. W. n. Mahalfey of Pittsburgh
Pa, are the guests of Mrs. b. r. Har
ris, 61O East Vine street
Mr.. and Mrs. II. w, Dixon ant
daughter, Miss Alice Springfield, are
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs
E. b. Hin of West High street.
Misses Marie, Helen and Frances
Snyder of Circleville are spending
few days with Miss Esther Feeney o
East Ohio avenue.
DR.. r, w. Colvllle of North Ga,
street returned Wednesday from
Metropolis, Ind, where he spent sew
eral days on business.
Why not deal with Poppleton Gre
Gerry Co., who sell wholesome AM
healthful foods? Are the best food
!. too good? % East Gambler street
h Both phones n. d&s2
:. DIR, l.. w. Armentrout and grant
h daughter, Miss Flo Armentrout, LEI
/. Thursday morning on u motor trip I
). Pittsburgh where they will spend
few days with relatives,
Mrs. Carey Wolfe returned Thur.
n day to her home in Howard afte
q spending a few days with her daugl
ter, Mrs. Walter Earleywine Of Ga
n street.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Alexander an
n children, who have been visiting wit
" Mrs, M. II. Lee of East Burgess stree
10 returned Thursday to their home
.. Pittsburgh.
ir Mrs. Henry Jones, Mr.. and Mrs, Y
Howdeshell and Miss Margaret Gan
IL BILE OF Newark are spending fe
Is day with Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Jon
n, OF Walnut street
Mrs. Walter NJ. Earleywine al
Do children, Marion and Ethel. of o.
~ street departed Wednesday night
Marshalltown, Iowa, where they W
"A spend several weeks visiting wi
~. relatives.
IN The Philathea Bible class of I
Baptist Sunday school is planning
Ter serve suppers at the church throul
.ys out Chautauqua week. This decisl
nd was reached at business meeting
lia the class held Wednesday evening
the church.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-07-21
CHILDREN At The Home
NOW HAVE bus WAGON


The inmates at the Children's
Home, east of the city, will no longer
be deprived of Sunday school train
ing, as has been the case since their
arrival there, as large automobile
bus has just been purchased to be
used in conveying the children to
Sunday school and, in the fall, to
school.
Two members of the board Of trus-
tees of the home, together with Su-
perintendent DEEMS and seventeen
chlldrn of the home tested out the
bus Wednesday. There was plenty
of room for all and the trip was
greatly enjoyed
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-07-21
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+ DEATHS =
+ \ i 4 + X + X + + !
Mrs. Elizabeth Corey

The funeral of the late Mrs. Eliza
beth Corey was held Wednesday in
Niles at the home of Burt Corey, son
of the deceased. Mrs. Corey, whose
death occurred Monday, was in her
96th year and leaves, in addition to
her son, one daughter, Mrs. Clara
Gordon of this city.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-07-21
IIlusive collars.

Collars are very smart, and they
have to be watched every minute II
one wishes 20 keep up with their fash
ions.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-28

vigorously support publicity Of in
come tax returns, are away from
Washington and are not likely to. re-
turn until after the revenue bill is
disposed Of.
The fate of the amendment is
therefore uncertain, but there is a.
growing appreciation on the part of
the senators that the people do not
believe in secrecy and see no reason,
for protecting taxdodgers by con-
cealing their income tax returns,
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INCOME TAX PUBLICITY IN
THE U. S. SENATE.-Senator Hus-
ting Of Wisconsin has introduced an
amendment to the revenue bill,
which, if it passes the senate, will
open the income tax returns to pub
lie inspection.
In the Democratic caucus, it is I'M
derstood, Sen. Husting made strong
fight for the inclusion Of this feature
in the revenue bill. The amendment
of a bill in caucus is contrary to all
precedents and it was only by
strenuous fight that it was possible
even to secure consideration of the
question from the caucus. Never
theless, in spite of this tremendous
handicap, the amendment lost by
only a few votes. Furthermore, the
caucus vote was made in secret,
where a senator knew. that he was
protected from question regarding
his action in protecting the taxdodg-
ers. It is certain that on a roll call
in the senate many senators who
voted against the amendment in Sc
cret caucus will vote for it when
they know that their vote will be
recorded.
For this reason it may be safely
predicted that the amendment will
receive a majority of the Democratic
votes in the senate. 1t would be
practically assured Of passage if all
the progressive Republicans were in
Washington. But, unfortunately, 4
Senators Norris, LaFollette, Clapp
and Poindexter, all Of whom would