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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-09

tions did very nice business lag,
night. Creation, that wonderful spec.
tacular production was as attractive
as ever. and is the most wonderful
spectacle that has ever been pro
duced under canvas theatre tent.
The Beautiful Bagdad Girls, Fairly's
World of Novelties, Prince Napoleon
shows, with that wonderful enter.
tainer, the prince himself; Days of
Forty-nine. the Crystal Maze, this
Southern Entertainers, Skee Ball, the
Crazy House, the giant ferris whes!,
Parker's Carry-Us-All and others did
a very fine business.
The beautiful electric float parade
which was given early in the week
that attracted 80 much attention, will
be repeated again tonight through the
downtown district, starting at 1870
p. m. Don't fail to witness it.-Ad.
yertisement.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-09

cheney of the guard is Of prime Importance in
making the liberalization of it success Sup
pose that considerable number of national
guardsmen the country over refused to report
for duty in case that our affairs in Mexico took
a serious turn! We must depend on the militia
as our second line Of defense as well as an
auxiliary in offense. The necessity of breaking
into service large number of totally un.
trained men would be a bad business to under
take in time Of national military need.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-09
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE


no A skYLARk BEHIND OUR TRENCHES.
r Thou little voice! Thou happy sprite,
How didst thou gain the air and light
That sing'st so merry?
How could such little wings
Give thee thy freedom from these dense
And fetd tombs-these burrows whence
We peer like frightened things?
In the free sky
Thou sail'st while here crawl and creep
And fight and sleep
And die
How canst thou sing while Nature lies
Bleeding and torn beneath thine eyes.
And the foul breath
OF rank decay hangs like shroud
Over the fields the she'll hath ploughed?
How canst thou sing, gay and glad
While all the heavens are filed with death
And all the world is mad?
Yet sing! For at thy song
The tall trees stand up straight and strong
And stretch their twisted arms.
And smoke ascends from pleasant farms
And the shy flowers their odors give.
Once more the river pastures smile,
And for while
We live.
e De ST. in the London Times.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-09
SUPPOSING A CASE,

Most Of the discussion of the refusal of moro
than a hundred members Of the Texas militia
to report for duty along the Mexican border
centered upon the sentimental phases of the
matter, the practical bearing of the refusal be
ing ignored or dismissed with the statement
that other would Immediately take the
places of those who had shown the white feath-
er. This has proved to be true enough, but
there is serious menace in the detection of mem
bers of the national guard if the action of the
Texans should become general. 1t would mean
that trained men would drop out to be replaced
NV raw Tdekpits just at a time when the eff
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-09
Elk. MoonIlah. Excursion.

Tho steamer Sidney will take out
the Elks' moonlight excursion tonight.
II you have not done so. make ar
rangements to take your family and
lady friends and spend a pleasant
evening with the B. p. o. e. Tickets
are fifty cents and the right of admis-
sion is reserved. The entertainment
committee Of the Elks will be in
charge and delightful evening is
promised to those who participate
with the members of this popular or
der.-Advertisement.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-09

When your child Is grown, the condition q
and the amount of his or her hair will depend
largely upon the way II is cared for now.
The human hair Is composed Of about 175..
900 delicate oil plants.
Ordinary soaps and shampoos win soon de
stroy the natural oil and the fatty roots OF
these plants. making tho hair dry and brittle
or destroying it entirely. EVERY WEEK
SHAMPOO Is an anti.septic oil shampoo that
cIeanses and purifes the scalp thoroy and
leaves the hair just as nature intended. soft,
fluffy. silky and the scalp slightly moist with
oil, but no surplus oil in the hair. It is
most excellent shampoo fo- children well
IS adults. Large bottle containing 81 tes
spoonfula Soc
Wilkinson & CO., Hotter IOWA Pnar
macy. Crescent Pharmacy. McGrath
Bros, Scott = Only, City Drug
Store, Englehardt & Co., J. F. Kied-
aisch & Son, w. H. Siegfried and all
other dealers In drugs and toilet
articles.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-09
Absolutely Pure
No Alum No Phosphate

made business OF beating Harding.
In Polk county the primary winner
polled more votes than all of his OPP
ponents combined-a most emphatic
rebuke to the sort of campaigning
brought to bear against him.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-09

Without Ostentatlon,
Davenport Democrat: In the small.
Ter cities people can be for prepared.
ness without parading for 1t.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-09

The announcement that Bridgeport, Conn,
has need of 5000 young women in the factories
and domestic service suggests that the surplus
of feminine population IN New England should
be more carefully conserved.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-09

A medical work which we have been perus-
ing advises as diet: For breakfast. deep
breathing exercises. For lunch, onions. For
dinner, cheese and prunes. The deep breath
ing exercises are we are glad to note, sparated
from the cheese and onions by several hours
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-09

Fortitude is guard and support to the
ether virtues; and without courage, man
will scarce keep steady to his duty, and I'LL
up the character of truly worthy man.
Locke.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-09
Parker's Greatest Shows.

A surprisingly large crowd was In
attendance at Parker's Greatest Shows
last night in spite of the unpleasant
conditions of the weather which goes
to prove that the public will attend
meritorious attractions no matter how
inclement the weather may be. Park
er's Greatest Shows have gained the
confidence of the public, by giving
them new and up-to-date clean attra,'-
tons, that are bound to please one
and all. Tonight and Saturday are
the last days of the engagement. and
with clear skies the largest attend
ance of the week is looked for.
Present indications point to a record
breaker.
All of the many shows and attrac.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-09
ADJUSTMENTS.


A program of unusual delight is
the Grand's offering for today, which
on account of the high school COM
mencement exercises at the opera
house, will be shown at the Orpheum
theatre. There is a 5-reel Griffith
drama, Betty of Greystone," featur-
ing the delectable Dorothy Gish with
Owen Moore, Geo. Fawcett and the
famous pugilist, kid" Mccoy, who,
by the way. is making quite a name
for himself in motion pictures and
who makes an excellent william in
this drama.
The keystone comedy part of the
program is tire act fun riot, Bet
ter Late Than Never" in which
Willie Collier. famous laugh-maker,
appears to fine advantage.
1t is fine program, joy-maker
for the entire family, and sure to
please all who attend.
The Orpheum theatre Will be thor
oughly cleaned and ventilated for to-
nights program.
Tomorrow at the Grand, for the
one day only, comes Marguerite Clark
in her newest picture and one of
her best. 1t is Eleanor H. Abbott's
delightful story, Molly Make-Be-
lieve," and is a role perfectly suited
to the dainty little star. There will
be matinees at 2:30 and 4 and night
showings at $50, 1880, 7:45 and
GAS, the last showing by special re-
quest of many who are required to
work late on Saturday night.-Adyer-
tisement
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-09

Tt is great mistake to imagine that, with
Villa eliminated by death capture, the Mexi-
can problem would be to all intents and pur-
poses solved, so far as this country is con-
cerned For Villa is, after all. but particular
type of the bandit chiefs who are bound to ap-
ear till the government of the neighboring re-
ublic rests upon something more solid than per
sonal leadership and brute strength.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-09
IMMIGRATION REVIVAL.

With the labor market in its present tense
state. there is more than ordinary interest in
the immigration increase recorded for the early
months of this year Each month has shown an
increase over the preceding month. For March
the figures were eleven per cent higher than
for February, and forty-eight per cent higher
than for February, 1915. The $4,000 immigrants
admitted in March Of this year came chief
ly from Italy, Greece, England, Mexico, the
Scandinavian countries and Germany. They
are Welcomed; there is work for them to do.
But as far as this renewal Of immigration
bears upon the future, many Americans, includ-
ing organized labor, may find the figures dis
turbing.
It has been questioned whether immigration
after the war would be resumed with the same
rush that characterized the movement toward
America before the war. One of the chief argu-
ments for the Burnett bill restricting immigra-
ton by means of the reading test has been that
it would check great and unwieldy pilgrimage
from Europe at the close of the war. Some OBJ
servers have believed that the close Of the war
would mean more work and better conditions
in the European countries, and, hence, reduc
ton of emigration to America These figures
for early 1916. however, belle the latter theory
for if immi grafton can increase during war;
when every able bodied man is needed in shop
or trench, the trend toward America surely will
be strong when more Europeans are at liberty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-15
PROFESSIONAL CARDS

quired to operate a state govern
ment. The writer, who was an ar
dent advocate of statehood. felt GER
tain that thirty thousand dollars
would be sufficient. The following
salaries for state officers were rec
ommended: Governor, $1,000; secre-
tary of state, $500; auditor, 500;
treasurer, $500; attorney general,
$4OO; and six supreme court judges
at $1,000 each. About eleven thous-
and dollars was deemed sufficient
sum to afford compensation for sixty
legislators; while mileage and other
incidental expenses would require
the remaining ten thousand dollars.
AS matter Of fact the salaries of
state officers and the compensation
of legislators as fixed by the first
constitution of Iowa were even lower
than those suggested in the above
estimate.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-15
e.roke Of Apopiexy eefell James N.
Wade While Busy At the
Cereal Plant Last
Night.
VAS BORN IN NEW YORK
load in Number Of Middle Western
cltIes-Had Not Been III for
Years and His Death
10 Great Shock.

James N. Wade. 81 years old, an
E.mploye of the cereal works. was
.nJdenly stricken with apoplexy while
\ !, workabout 9:3OTlas night. He was
,moved to st. Joseph's hospital,
there he died at 1:40 this morning.
emergency treatment was given him
I'm DR.. F. M. Fuller.
Mr.. Wade was born In New York,
November 10, 1864. After reaching
M majority. he came west, and had
s,,ved in a number of middle western
/ esties. before coming to Keokuk from
davenport in 1907.
July q, 1900, he was married to
Miss Martha Van Camp. of Joplin,
Missouri. Mrs. Wade survives her
! husband. There are five children, all
4 /, whom survive; Margaret, Wesley.
Maude. Irwin and Benlah.
The decedent was member of the
trinity Methodist church. He had
heen Methodist for many years, al.
though he was brought up in the Ro-
man Catholic faith. and for many
years was a communicate in church
n that denomination in his home city.
The death OF Mr.. Wade is great
Aock to the bereaved. members OF his
famiIy, and to their many friends in
me community.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-15
REAL ESTATE
TRANSFERS MADE
Four Pieces Of Local Real Estate
Changes Hands Today-Mar-
rIaoe License Issued.

The following real estate transfers
were made today. the deeds being
filed with County Recorder Vaughan
at the court house:
M. F. Baker and Marie L. Baker to
Jasper N. Dumenil, lot "a, block 2,
Belknap place, $500.
Nancy J. Wilson and Henry c. VIII
son to Clara A. Hoffman,, east one
half of lot 3, block 1879, city of Keo-
kuk, 81 and other considerations.
julius s. Spicer and Elizabeth
Spicer to Franklin J. Ewers, lots 2
and in block %, Reeves, Perry and
Williams addition, 81 and other con-
siderations.
Clara A. Holman to julius S.
Spicer, west 711 feet of lot 4, and
east Is feet of lot in block 1873,
city of Keokuk, 81 and other consid-
erations.
A marriage license was issued to-
day to Warren F. Wolf and Manila d.
Weller, both Of Canton, Illinois.
c. A. Wright, janitor at the county
court house, and Mrs. Wright return.
ed yesterday from four weeks trip
through Colorado and Wyoming
They visited in Chicago before re-
turning to Keokuk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-15
CITY NEWS.

William Henry Turner, the four
day old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. D.
Turner, passed away on Monday aft
ernoon at $50 o'clock. Interment
was made in the family lot in Oak
land cemetery today. The baby was
born last Thursday night at 1890
o'clock.
An Information charging Patrick
Tigue with drunkenness was filed in
Justice of the Peace Burrows court
this morning.
Some enc LETT at.The Gate City Of
fice today a copy of the paper dated
Sept. 16, 1880. Howell & Clark were
the publishers. It is noticed that the
subscription price of the daily at that
time was almost double what It Is to-
day-being $3.50 per year, $4.25 for
six months, $2.15 for three months and
rs cents for one month.
III. r. Miller, assistant postmaster,
has been i'll for more than a week,
but is improving and his friends hope
that he will soon be able to be about
again.
ID. A. GLASGOW, secretary Of the
United Charities society, is Ill at his
home, 1910 Leighton avenue.
&C. e. Durgee, general secretary Of
the Y. NJ. c. A. will speak tonight at
o'clock in the upper room union
mission, 13 South Third street. A cor
dial invitation is extended to all to at
tend.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-15
II This be Treasonl

Philadelphia Public Ledger: Wood
row Wilson, president Of the United
States, cannot claim immunity from
criticism by his political opponents
at any time, but much less when he
is a candidate for reelection. II the
position taken by his campaign man
ager, Vance Mccormick, that it 'bord-
ers close on treason" to intimate that
the military forces Of the nation may
be used for political purposes be Cor
rect, then it follows that everything
the president does is sacrosanct and
above criticism or adverse comment.
This is so manifestly absurd that 1t
is only necessary to state the position
to refute it. President Wilson would
be the last to seek such immunity
for himself or his Office, nor would
the people concede it to him under
any conceivable circumstances. II
the nation were at war there might
be occasion to talk Of treason" but
there can be none in questioning the
motives of an act of domestic policy
like the sending of raw, unframed,
and unseasoned militia to do the work
of regulars on the border.
Mr.. Mccormick objects especially
to the statement attributed to certain
repuNBCdnS CDdC Uuo pIoSluell III
tends to keep the national guardsmen
at the border until after election be-
cause he knew all their votes would
be cast against him" If it indeed be
very near reasonable" even to hint
at such motive on the part OF the
president and his party, how can
Mr.. Mccormick explain the fact that
the democrats in the United States
senate, even while he was voicing
his charge Of near-treason, deliber-
ately eliminated from the army ap-
preparation bill a clause that would
have given the guardsmen the right
to vote in camps while away from
home? If the president himself has
no fear of the votes Of the guards
men from the north, now in Texas
camps, his party followers in the
senate do not apparently share his in
difference. And in this connection it
may be pertinent, if not reasonable,
to point out that most of the militia
from the solid south, upon the
votes of which states Mr.. Mccormick
will most surely depend, are not on
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-15
WILSON is NOT
TO MAKE TOUR
President Decides Not to Take Stump
at Conference With Aids To-
day at White House.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-Presi-
dent Wilson will go on no campaign
"stumping tour"
This was definitely decided at a
luncheon today, rendered by the
president and Mrs. Wilson to mem
bers OF the democratic campaign
committee.
From time to time the president
will accept invitations to deliver ad-
dresses in different parts of the
country, but the only trips SO far de-
cided upon are to Hodginville, KY,
September 4, and st. Louis, Septem-
Der 20.
September he will go to Long
Branch, N j., where at 4 p. M, he
will receive formal notification of his
denomination.
After the Hodginville speech the
president will return to Washington
to remain until congress adjourns,
after which he will go Immediately
to the summer white house at Shad-
ow Lawn, which will be the center of
democratic campaign activities until
election day. This was the program
worked out today.
Chairman Vance Mccormick said
delegations from all parts of the
country would see the president at
Shadow Lawn and he would hold
regular conferences there, except for
the occasional trips into The heart
of the country to deliver addresses.
Mccormick said no plans yet had
been made for any trip that would
carry the president as far west as
the Pacific coast, but that he might
accept one Of score OF invitations
that have come to him from coast
states. The campaign committee
after leaving the white house, met
with the presidents cabinet in Sec
rotary McAdoo's office.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-15

THE FIRST IN A YEAR
No Car Had Crossed Completely IN
der Its Own Power since August
1e15-Used Switch Engine to
Pull Cars Over.

Car service between Keokuk and
the dllininois suburbs is again I'M
interrupted. At IL o'clock today the
first car crossed the entire bridge I'M
der its own power since construction
work began on the new bridge in
August, 1915.
Actual setting of steel on the new
bridge was finished some weeks ago,
and as the time has drawn near
when construction would be finished,
the electric company has made plans
for restoring its wires. For about a
week, gang of men has been at
work stringing the wire, and this
morning the last section was put in.
For over a year, the cars have been
compelled to stop somewhere on
the bridge, for a switch engine to
tow them across stretch where
steel gangs were at work, and the
wire was down. 1t was necessary to
remove the wire, in order that a
derrick could be used to wreck the
old spans and set up the steel for the
new. If the trolley wire had re-
manned in place, it would have inter
fered with the use of the derrick. If
by chance the arm of the derrick had
come in contact with wire, the cur
rent would have been short circuited
through the iron machine. Possibly
some of the workmen might be SER
iously injured or killed by such an
accident.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-15
erIde-to-be suicided.

DENVER, Colo, Aug. 15.-Gladys
Wilborn, II, intended war bride" OF
Lieutenant Jack Street of Troop A,
Colorado state militia, committed
suicide here today when her mother
and a brother prevented the wedding
from taking place.
Miss Wilborn. when she heard that
the state troops were to go to the
border, determined to become war
bride and went to the recruitin Off
ces in the Commonwealth building to
meet her fiance. Her mother and
brother followed in an effort to pre-
vent the marriage. After an argu-
ment, Miss Wilborn, under pretext of
getting drink, stepped into an ad-
joining office, drew q revolver and
shot herself She died soon after she
was taken to the county hospital.
Lieutenant Street became violently
insane when informed OF his f1ancee's
suicide and was placed under guard.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-15
WILL NOT MAKE
ANY FORECASTS
Chairman Wilcox Figures That P6,iti-
cal Prophet Hasn't Much
Glory.

NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-Deciaring
that the profession of political pro-
phecy was extra hazardous" William
R. Wilcox, chairman republican ma
tional committee today declined to
make any predictions concerning the
coming Maine election, other than the
remark that the situation looked very
encouraging.
Senator Clarence d. Clark Of
Wyoming, was a visitor at the repub-
lcan headquarters today enroute
home to take part in the campaign.
Senator Clark predicted republican
victory in Wyoming.
. r. X. Hynicka. member of the
republican national committee from
Ohio was another visitor at the head
quarters today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-15
THE INJURED
ARE IMPROVED
Condition Of Members Of TalIarico
Family, Hurt in Auto Acct
dent, Better Today.

The condition Of the members Of
the Tallarico family, hurt when their
automobile in which they were driv-
ing, turned turtle Sunday afternoon,
was considerably improved today, it
was said at ST. Joseph's hospital.
Mrs. Tallarico still suffers consider
ably, though not as acutely as yes
terday. The baby, Patsy, who was
thought to have been killed Sunday
and for whose recovery but slight
hopes were held out yesterday, was
much better today and its recovery
is now hoped for. Tony. whose skull
was fractured was also improved,
though not SO much. 1t will be some
time before his recovery will be as
sured, although if he continues to
gain as he has in the last twenty
four hours, it will soon be certain.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-15

Anita Stewart is Ill at Bayshore, L.
l. with typhoid fever. Sincerest
hopes from all for her early recovery.
William Rock, pioneer film man.
originator OF vitagraph, died this
week.
Pop Lubin, another pioneer-has
ceased producing-except q few fea-
lures
Herbert Brennon and William Fox
nave parted. Daughter Of the Gods
remains with Fox, however.
His wife was instantly killed. Yet
people aspire to Aim acting honors.
Count that day lost when no new
million dollar film Is announced.
A new $7,500,0o0 Aim corporation
launched. How careless they are with
figures.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-15
DO YOU KNOW THAT:

George Harcourt, Joan Sawyer's
dancing partner, hurt, acting for films.
The parting came because Fox
would not advertise Brennon's name
big enough.
Eleven Beauty and Brains winners
arrive in New York September 9Th.
They are to get a chance in World
Film productions.
Griffith's Mother and the Law"
will be shown in New York in Octo-
Der.
Frohman Amusement Corporation
are making Conquest OF Canaan
under direct supervision Of the au.
thor, Booth Harrington.
You just watch the fight between
Selznick and Brennon to get their
names in largest letters possible. Sort
of literary hostilities.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-15
ACCIDENT AT
FORT MADISON
Motorcycle and Side Car Crashed
Into Street Car There Last
Night.

FORT MADISON, Iowa. Aug. IS
rive people were injured when a
motorcycle and side car carrying five
people crashed into q street car here
last night.
The injured:
Miss Ula Haase, broken leg and
collar bone, internal injuries, may
die.
Miss Blanche Haase, leg broken
and body severely bruised.
Miss Helen Crowder. body severely
bruised.
Edgar Crowder, face and feet lac
Grated.
Cody Crowder. jaw broken and body
badly bruised.