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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-05
SCARCITY OF QUAIL

in 1911, during the session immedi.
ately preceding the creation of the
game laws. the Federal Government
discovered that large quantities OF
quail were being sold in the northern
and eastern markets, and that these
BIRDS had been shipped in violation of
the federal laws covering interstate
shipments of game.
The commission firms distributing
these birds were all prosecuted, and
by tracing the shipments to the firms,
the Government officials discovered
that great quantities of the quail had
come from Kentucky; in fact, 10000
were shipped out of Kentucky in 1911,
1890 being shipped from two points
IN Gallatin county.
All of the parties making Illegal
hipmcnts were tried in the federal
ourts of Kentucky and convictions
7llowed in every case. The United
States Government knew in a general
"ay that shipments were being made
M Kentucky. but in this wor as in
l.hcr branches of the Cove mont,
hey desired to help only those ctates
Tho were making an honest endcayor
TO help themselves.
1t was the common practice of the
larger hotels and restaurants in Ken.
lucky, before the creation Of the Game
and Fish Commission, to annually sell
large quantities of quail Illegally
Sought and sold. A number of cases
we're made against one OF the leading
hotel companies in Kentucky, and we
are pleased to say that this Illegal
practice has been stopped
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-05
PHEASANT DISTRIBUTION

In March, 1915, distribution of Eng.
| lish ringneck pheasants was made by
| the Commission. These birds were
purchased in England and shipped to
| Philadelphia, where they were received
by a representative of the Commissiol
and shipped in crates of fifteen birds,
ten hens and five cocks, to each coun.
ty in the state, where they were re-
ceived and separated into trios, two
hens and cock, and these birds were
liberated by persons with whom the
Commission had made arrangements,
on lands controlled by them.
Reports from 70 counties show an in
crease of 1856 birds, which indicates
gratifying condition and places the
number of these splendid game birds
at liberty in Kentucky at something
above six thousand. Some of the birds
were held in captivity, but in nearly
every instance these experiments re-
suited in failure, but the birds that
were turned loose and allowed to rear
their own young, in practically every
instance produced and raised a cOvey.
The result of these experiments
have so encouraged the Commission
that another importation of pheasants
is planned, and we hope to liberate
three thousand more of these birds in
the spring of 1916. The distribution of
pheasants aroused great interest, and
we received many requests for set
tings of eggs and purchased 800 from
game dealer in Pennsylvania, which
were sent by parcels post to those who
had applied. We also shipped PCS from
the Kentucky Game Preserve on Pine
Mountain, in Bell county.
The reports show that large per-
centage of eggs did not hatch, and
where broods were Matched they soon
died. so the distribution proved
failure.
It is unlawful to kill any ringneck
pheasant at any time of the year, and
the Commission appeals to you for
your assistance in protecting them un-
til they increase sufficiently to permit
hunting.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-05
CHEESE SHORTAGE NOTED
Allies Buying Smearcase For Manu-
facture of Shells.

Cleveland, Dec. 2O.-Mere mention
Of cheese bullets may sound like a
vaudeville joke, but when people find
the price of the delicacy doubled. with
the Christmas supply cut in nalf, the
idea will be taken more seriously.
Produce men, who laughed at first,
are now inclined to believe the report
from Chicago that smearcase is be-
ing used in the manufacture of NUM-
tions, for western wholesalers are I'M
able to meet the usual Christmas de-
mand for cottage cheese. Recalling
the successful tests made in the man.
ufacture of billiard balls from a COM
position in which casein was con-
stituent, a mixture of the same sour
milk product with cellulose for the
sake of economy in shell manufacture
may be practical. ]. X. Arnold. man.
ager Of the Cottage Creamery com.
pany, says agents of the allies have
bought up carloads Of smearcase from
western dairies.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-05
CAN'T PROVE HE IS DEAD
Will Of a Man Who Has Been MISSING
Twenty-One Years, Offered
for Probate.

Denver.-For the first time in the
history of the Denver county court
the will of man of whose death there
is no record has been lodged with
the clerk of the court. 1t may be-
come necessary to have the maker,
George T. Sheets, declared legally
dead before the instrument is offered
for probate.
Sheets, a contractor, made the will
in 1898. He was then seventy-two
years old A year later he disap.
peared. The family did not know of
the existence of the will until a few
days ago, when Attorney Edwin Parke
discovered the document in his safe.
Parke turned it over to the clerk of
the court.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-05
MORE JOBS THAN CHEMISTS
Scarcity CT Engineers Shown at Co.
lumbia University Since Out
break Of War;

New Yorkshire the outbreak OF
the war and the resulting increase in
chemical projects in this country the
demand for chemical engineers has
grown so rapidly that the companies
are finding it difficult to fill the many
places that are now open.
Indication of this was given at Co
lumbia university when Dean Fred
erick A. Goethe of the graduate en-
cheering school reported that he had
received call from a mining COM
pany for several chemical engineers
familiar with the iron and steel in
dustry. but that he has been unable
to find any of the recent graduates
who were not already well placed.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-05

The work OF the Commission has a
real economic value. There are 1856
miles of running streams in Kentucky,
which under present conditions pro-
duca considerably over one million dol
lars worth of food fish each year, when
figured at 10 cents per pound. which
could easily be doubled II the laws of
the state be enforced.
IT. 1912 the game wardens captured
and destroyed 1888 hoop and wing nets.
81 seines and traps, and tore out 32
dams and fall traps. II Is estimated
that one hoop net will take 1000
pounds of fish a year. 80 the 1858 nets
which were taken from less than 500
miles of streams represented loss, 900
pounds Of fish a year.
The United States Government.
through its Fisheries Department, have
facilities for distributing fish to the va
rious states. but they have refused to
plant fish in territory that Is not pro-
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-05
S L0NELlEST OF PUPILS
Missouri Youth Has School and Teach
er All to HimseIf-Sports
Are Eschewed.

Chillicothe, Mo.-Livingstone county
has the smallest possible school in
the world-it has just one pupil. But,
despite the small enrolment. it keeps
grinding steadily away, combining its
activities principally to the text books
and eschewing football and other
forms of athletics.
The school in question is in district
No. 2 in Medicine township and Miss
Mary Phillips is the teacher. The list
of matriculants has not been pub
lished. When the term began five
weeks ago, it was anticipated that a
number Of children would enroll, but
only this one boy came. so the teacher
started in with the course.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-05
CHILD SMOTHERS IN COTTON
Little Oklahoma Girl Digs Hole In Pile
and Then Accidentally
Tumbles In.

Guthrie. Okla.-The nine-year-old
daughter of Paul Richey. a farmer liv,
ing near Prague, thirty miles east OF
here, was drowned" in pile of cotton
in her fathers field.
When the little girl was missed. her
parents started out to search for her.
Her father finally saw her shoes on
top OF the huge mound of cotton. and
closer examination disclosed her body
buried. head first, in the fluffy mass.
She evidently had dug a hole in the
pile and then accidentally fallen into
1t, the loose cotton packing about her
and smothering her.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-05
Roosevelt Won't Run,

Chicago, Dec. lS.-Theodore Roose-
welt will not permit his name to be
used in any primary. not even as a
Progressive candidate. and he will
not be in Chicago during the Republi.
can national convention in June. Har-
old l.. Ickes, Progressive national
committeeman said. Ickes' announce
ment followed a lengthy conference
with George w. Perkins.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-05
MAKING MEAT SAFE
Sixty Per Cent Killed Under Fed
eraI inspection.
Hundred Million Meat Animals Slauqh-
tered Each Year in United States
tuberculosis Is Chief Cause
Of Condemnation.

Washington.-Mor than $4,000
meat animals were slaughtered in es-
adjustments under federal inspection
during the fiscal year ending June so,
1915. Since approximately from IS to
go per cent of the animals killed in
he country are slaughtered in estab-
Iishments whore federal inspection is
maintained. it appears that about 1907
100000 meat animals are now being
killed each year in the United States.
OF the animals subjected TO federal
inspection. 299,95S were condemned as
unfit for human use, and GA, 6SS were
condemned in part. Thus little more
than n per cent of all the animals
inspected were condemned either in
whole or in part. These figures in
clude only cattle, calves. sheep, goats
and swine.
tuberculosis was the chief cause of
the condemnations. More than 2,644
carcasses of cattle and $4,000 car.
casses Of swine were entirely rejected
on account of this disease, and in ad.
dition, parts of $4,000 cattle and 10000
swine. Hog cholera was responsible
for the next largest loss, nearly 1927
900 swine being condemned entirely on
this account
The annual appropriation for the fed
eral meat inspection service is now
about S3,375. 900. so that the cost to the
people would be between and cents
per animal and carcasses. In addition,
however great quantities of the meat
and products are re-inspected. In this
item there was a very considerable Ill
crease during the last fiscal year, the
re-inspection resulting in the condem-
nation of total of nearly 10000, 900
pounds of products Of one kind or
another. Furthermore 245.000.000
pounds of imported meat or meat prod
ucts were inspected, and more than
100000 pounds condemned or refused
entry.
In the course of it's work. the bu-
reau of animal industry, which is in
charge of the meat inspection service,
has discovered a new method of de-
stroying trichinae in pork, which is
an additional safeguard to human
health. Refrigeration at tempera-
ture OF degrees, f., or lower, for q
period Of 90 days. will destroy these
parasites which occasionally give rise
in human beings to the serious dis
ease known as trichinosis. Hitherto
the only Known safeguard against this
disease has been thorough cooking of
all pork and pork products, and those
persons who neglect this precaution
have always been more or less exposed
to the danger. Unless pork is known
to have been subjected to refrigeration
as above indicated. it should be thor
oughly cooked. The microscopic ex-
animation of pork for the detection of
trichinae has been abandoned as the
usual methods have proved inefficient.
In this connection it is interesting to
note that more swine were slaughtered
in the past year in establishments I'M
der federal inspection than ever be-
fore. A total of 36,247,953 were in
spected at the time of slaughter, and
approximately 35,900,000 passed for
food
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-05


London. Dec. 90 Greece has is
sued a formal reply to the Austro-
German representations protesting
against the erection by the allies Of
Notifications around Salonica. Greece
holds herself powerless to prevent the
Notifications, which, she says, are Gin
6ispensable to the safety of the An
glo-French expedtionary force" The
safety of the Anglo-French troops, the
Greek reply is quoted as pointing out,
mas been formally guaranteed by
Greece. The reply also emphasized
that Greece is still Serbia's ally.
This reply intensifies the Balkan
crisis, in that it increases the danger
OF German invasion of Greece. with
the object of driving out the allies.
II is not the presence of the allied
troops, but their fortifying SaloniCa
that forms the chief point at issue in
the German representations at
Athens.
In some quarters here there is a
tendency to the belief that Germany,
under a silent agreement with Greece,
proposes to allow the situation to pro-
coed to a point where the Hellenic
government will be forced to admit
that the allied forces and fortifica-
lions have become too strong for
Greece to successfully cope with, es-
pecially in view of the menace to
Greece from the allied fleets. When
that admission is made, it is argued
Germany will assume the role Of
Greece's liberator and, with Greek
consent, move against Salonica. Pro
Germans here do not conceal the fact
that this is also the view held in Ber-
lin.
Meanwhile the Bulgars and Teutons
trality zone agreement, keeping strict
ly within the limits of that zone. The
Germans, in addition to massing addi-
tional troops on the Greek border,
are accommodating enormous stores Of
ammunition, war material and sup.
pies carried southwark along the Bel
grade Nish-Salonica railway.
1t is reported from Amsterdam that
Field Marshal Won Der Goltz, COM
mander in chief of the First Turkish
army. is establishing his headquarters
at Aleppo, Syria, where the Turkish
and German troops under mis- COM
mand are being equipped for an in
vasion Of Egypt. Emperor William
and the sultan of Turkey have sent
Field Marshal Won Der Goltz mes
sages of good will in which the hope
is expressed that his career will soon
be crowned with a crushing defeat OF
the entente allies.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-05
DomestIcs Threaten to Strike.

Cincinnati. Dec. lS.-Two hundred
household workers, cooks. laundresses
and maids Of all work have selected
Christmas week. when entertaining
reaches its climax. as the psycholog-
zeal moment for general strike. &C.
cording t., a circular letter signed
1.-TWO Hundred Working Girls" and
sent Cit h.re. The girls want a short.
err w6rkday.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-05
Wheat and Corn Yield.

Washin ION. Dec. 16.-The Amert
can wheat crop Of 1915 will total
1.011 .505. 900 bushels against S9l.0l7..
900 bushes in 1914. the department
Of agriculture announced. This years
corn crop SHOWS 3.054.535.C00 bushels
AGAINST 2.e72.8 900 In 1914.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-05
kntj-Gjrl Club Formed.

Kendallville. Ind.-Thirty-five young
bachelors of this city have organized
the "Anti-Girl" club. To be caught
taking q young woman to a theater.
dance or other social function, or
home from church. or even to make
q social call. will cost the member IS.
The high cost of entertainment" 10
given a. the cause for organizinE.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-05
GREECE REPLIES
TO TEUT0N NOTE
POWerIess TO Prevent Erection
, Of ForlIficatIOns, She Says.
BALKAN CRISIS Intensified

Athens Response Increases the DAN
ger Of a German Invasion Of Greece
With the Object of Driving Out the
Allies Now Ertrenching at Saloniee.
Operations In Mesopotamia and On
Eastern and Western Fronts.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-05
It's q Hummer.

Pine Grove, Ark.-Katherine Lucy
boasts of being the possessor Of the
only brindle Bosco tomcat in these
parts. A few days ago tsbby brought
In Q black snake 80 inches LONG.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-05
by Kentucky Commission During Fall of 1914 and Up

s.
Distribution
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-13
SHERIFF's SALE.

State of Iowa, Lee county-ss.
BY virtue OF special execution 10
me directed, issued by the clerk Of the
District Court of said county in favor
of Well & Company and against J. A.:
Wheatley, / John c. Scott, sheriff, wiz
sell to the highest bidder, at tne
front door of the court house in keo-
kuk, Lee county, Iowa, on the lltn
day of April, A. D. 1916, between the
hours of 9 o'clock a. m. and O'CLOCK
p. M, commencing at 2 o'clock p. M.
of said day the following property, TO.
wit: The rear forty (40) feet Of ios
seven CD and the rear forty (40) fees
of the westerly nine (9) feet OF io'
eight (S), block twenty-six (2S), keo
klk. The rear twenty (20) feet of inc
front eighty (S0) feet OF Lot seven Sn
and the rear twenty (20) feet Of inc
front eighty (s0) feet Of the westerly
half on of lot eight 60 in olocA
twenty-six (26). Keokuk. Lots eleven
Cd, twelve d2). thirteen (13), anu
fourteen (14), all In block two u! ~
Kings addition to Keokuk. Lot foul
ca in block seventy-six (76), in the
original city of Keokuk, all OF tne
above tracts being in Lee county, LOWE,
And to be sold by order Of court ~
satisfy said writ Of execution.
Keokuk, this 7th day of March, lsi''
JOHN G. SCOTT,
Sheriff of Lee County, Iowa
BY w. 8. MONTGOMERY.
Deputy
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-13
GENEVA MEETING
ON AUGUST n-12
Local Young Woman's Christian Asso-
citation to Send Delegation
to tho Annual
Conference.
CLUB MEETING TONIGHT
Will Discuss Ways and Means Of Send.
Ing Party-Eleven
States In the
Territory.

The local Young Women's Christian
association will be represented again
this year at the Lake Geneva confer
ence which will be held on August
IL and IL.
A meeting Of the Geneva club will
be held at the association building
this evening for the purpose of dis
GUESSING ways and means of sending
delegates to the camp. The Y. w.
c. A. pays part of the expenses OF
the Keokuk delegates.
Last year a party OF twenty rep
resented the local association at the
conference and it Is probable that
this many at least and maybe more
will attend the 1916 conference.
Circulars announcing this years
meeting were received at the Y. w.
C. A. today. The posters also con-
tain photographs taken at the camp
last year. In one of these Is shown
the Keokuk delegation. Last year
thirteen conferences were held all
over the United States The Geneva
meeting is for the city associations
in the states Of Iowa, South Dakota
North Dakota, Nebraska Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michi-
gan, Ohio and West Virginia
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-13
Miss HarrietH

school for this season is even better.
if possible, than Miss Peet, and the
good housewives of this city will
thoroughly enjoy her clever and prac-
teal ideas and demonstrations Of ef-
ticient housekeeping and good cook
ing.
This second annual Better Foods
Better Homes school is to be conduct
ed the week of March Goth in Masonic
banquet hall 1t promises to be quite
the finest affair of this kind ever put
on IN this city, and every housewife
in Keokuk is invited to attend.
Miss Ellis is an expert cookery
teacher and will give cookery lesson
each afternoon of the week, except
Saturday. in Masonic banquet hall.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-13
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
ENTERING MEXICO
CONTINUED from page l..

Secretary Lansing, Senator Stone,
chairman OF the senate foreign rela-
tons committee, ard other congress
leaders to frame an answer to Car
ranza's request for reciprocal ar
rangement, by which Carran1a's
troops may enter the United States in
pursuit of Villa.
That Carranza's request Will be
granted, Is considered certain. His
proclamation from Mexico City, de-
manding such concession, was to be
laid before the president today.
Some administration officials today
expressed sympathy with Carranxa's
demands. They declared that the
bellicose tone OF Carranza's manifesto
with its hint OF possible war between
Mexico and the United States was
largely for homo consumption. It was
regarded as designed to meet Mexican
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-13

Ft. Bliss has arrived. They were
counted on to play an important part
in the heavier fighting confronting the
expedition.
In the meantime, Carranza rein
forcements were arriving at Palomas,
Mexico, eight miles south. He now
has about 1000 men, it was. esti-
mated. The purpose of the Carransa
mobilization was not known to the
American authorities. General Ber-
tani, in command at Palomas stated
he would obey orders from General
CarranZa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-13

There is nothing she cannot tell the
women of her classes about good cook
ing, easy methods. short cuts and sure
results Arrangements are being
completed for opening on the school
on Monday, March goth, at 2:30 and
five days OF better cooking are
promised for all who hear and see
Miss Ellis in Masonic banquet hall.
She will teach all Of the hows and
why's Of good cooking in her lessons
here. Everything possible will be done
to make this the very finest school
ever conducted here and the only
thing left for the women OF the city
to do in promoting this enterprise, Is
to attend every day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-13
M'QUOID NAMED ON
ALL STAR SQUAD
keokuk High School Basketball Play.
er Picked az One of Best Play
er8 at Fairfield Tourney.

That Danny McQuoid, star forward
for the keokuk high school basket
ball team, is one of the best players
in the state is the consensus of opin-
ion OF those who saw him play In the
tournament game against Muscatine
in Fairfield last Friday. McQuoid's
playing called forth many compli-
mentary notices AMI he was given a
position on the all star team of the
southeastern section of the state. The
team picked as they champion squad
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-13

popular opinion. opposing invasion"
or Intervention" and to give Car
rama legal and moral grounds for con-
senting to American operations.
Another more ominous view Of Car
ranza's proclamation, which many re-
garded as offensive In tenor, was that
Carranza may be establishing pose
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-13
ITALY
Continued from page L.

a mine 10 . more dangerous feat. ltal-
Ian sappers climb to the summit OF a
mountain above an enemy encamp-
ment and touch of the mine during
the night If they succeed In escaping
the enemy sentries.
The avalanche has been found cs-
pecialIy effective In biockadIng rail-
roads and highways, preventing troop
movements. Three such avaIanchss
were reported In dispatches received
here today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-13
FORMER RESIDENTS
SON WAS WOUNDED
Capt. George Williams is Son Of Chris
topher Williams, Former
Resident Here.

Captain George Williams, U. S. A.,
who was wounded in the Mexican
bandits attack on Columbus, N NJ.
was the son Of Christopher Williams,
and grandson of George Williams, for
mer residents Of Keokuk. A number
of Keokuk people read his name in
the dispatches and made inquiry con-
corning him. According to a clipping
from an Evanston paper, the family
is residing now in Virginia. Captain
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-13

Williams father was commissioner
Of public works of Evanston under
James A. Patten.
Captain Williams was appointed to
West Point by Congressman Foss.
He has been on the border for two
years. He is captain and adjutant of
the Thirteenth cavalry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-13

IS U6IHS PtdIlHcu. -H1SS'
Poets lectures and her practical dem
onstrations Of the culinary art were so
thoroughly enjoyed by the women Of
this city, that they will naturally re-
greet it was not possible to secure her
for a second engagement But Miss
Harriet Ellis who will have charge
Oh the Better Foods Better Homes