The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-13
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Victory Of bootleggers in their con-
tention will serve effectually to cut
the claws OF the police department, in
so far as regulating bootlegging is
concerned Most of the raids made
on bootleggers in this city have been
on warrants issued by the police
court.
WATERLOO, April 13.-Waterlool
is to take a religious census Of the
city April is. Elaborate plans are be-
ing made for the work. Seven hun
dred enumerators have been engaged
for the purpose.
McGREGOR, April 13.--The Com
mercial club is making arrangements
for the dedication of the soldiers
monument at Pleasant Grove ceme-
terry on McGregor Memorial day. The
monument Is very fine one, costing
$4,000. About seventy veterans of the
civil war are buried in the Gem etery.
ILLINOIS.
DANTVIIIIE, April 13.-At the ad-
journed session OF the Danville cleo
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the drys calling for an election on
the local option question was thrown
out. The commissioners announced
that the drys lacked 266 names OF
having the required number. The pc
tition apparently contained more
than thousand names above the re-
quired number. The only recourse of
the drys is to appeal to the circuit
court, and If the ruling there is I'M
favorable no local option election will
be held in Danville April 10, as
scheduled
ROCK ISLAND, April 13.-As a
means Of better controlling the large
influx of drinkers from adjoining ter
ritcry as result of voting out Of
saloons in the recent elections, the
Rock Island municipal commission
has ordered that the bars and cafes
of the city hereafter close at II at
night instead of IL.
SPRINGFIELD, April 13.-With
disease, the attention of the state
board Of live stock commissioners and
DR.. o. F. Dyson, the state veterin-
I
stock sanitation in general. tWe
propose to apply the lessons learned
| in fighting foot and mouth disease to
tuberculosis, and numerous other dis
eases which affect CATTLE" said DR..
Dyson. Farms, stock yards and cat
tie cars" he said, will be kept
cleaner We are also planning cam
paign on hog cholera. This is pre-
ventable disease which reaps a ire
mendous toll annually"
SPRINGFIELD ILL.,, April 13.-It
will take the official canvass of the
vote cast in the four counties COM
prising the twenty-first congressional
! district to determine who Is elected
democratic state central committee
man. Additional returns today indi-
cate that William M. Clark of Palmer
or Harry c. SHUTTLE of Litchfield, will
step into office with majority Of
not over rs.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April 13.-
Chicken" Joe Campbell. the negro
convict under sentence to hang at
Joliet penitentiary April 81 for the
murder of Mrs. Odette Allen, wife OF
I former Warden Edmund M. Allen,
was today granted a reprieve by Gov
ernor Dunno in order that he may
take advantage of his constitutional
rights in appealing to the supreme
court.
DANvILLE, ILL.,, April 13-About
six months ago William Whittier, ad-
vertised in German paper for
brother, whom he had not heard of
for more than thirty years. Today
Peter Carl Whittier. son OF the lost
brother, arrived from Johannesburg,
South Africa, for visit.
MISSOURI.
MONTGOMERY CITY, April ia
political surprise has been sprung
Nv tho fi1inp of a notice with the CITY