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heir TO all estate whose value Is estimated
at 100000. Fortune-hunters and sin
ccre admirers on two continents, in New
York and Paris. had laid siege 10 her
heart prior to 1914. but she evinced no
more than ordinary interest no matter
how eligible they were in the men she
met
Her early lie had been saddened and
embii,crcd by the MARTA! unhappiness Of
her father and mother who were divorced
the latter becoming the wife Of Perry Bel
mont. and among the families with which
she was intimate there was more than
one which had a skeleton in the closet in
the form OF an unhappy international mar
rage which had been built on the quick.
sands OF ambition for social prestige and
need OF wealth. She devoted her time and
energy chiefly 10 philanthropic and
charitable work, although not by any
means foregoing social diversions.
She was as we'll known in the salons
OF the American colony in Paris as in the
villas OF Lenox and the town houses OF
New York, and il Was not unnatural that
when the war broke out her sympathies
should turn to France. Sine vas foremost
in the work OF organizing the Lafayette
Fund, through which the society women
ol Ne" OTh Idlseu money LOT the manu-
facture Of comfort kits to ne sent TO
French soldiers.
AS secretary OF the organization Miss
Sloane not only raised money, but hersel,
packed kit bags, and. following the rule
OF the organization, inclosed in them
slip bearing her name as the sender.
One OF the Lafayette kit bags sent from
New York fell into the hands OF Baron
Amaury de la Grange. lieutenant in the
French army IN the trenches of Cham
payne. He opened II and found therein a
slip OF paper bearing the name Emily
Sloane" The name was familiar to him.
lie remembered Emily Sloane as one OF
The talented, charming American women
with whom he had danced and EXCHANGED
repartee in various social functions in the
salons OF Paris Their acquaintance had
been merely pleasant one. He wrote -
her. thanking her for the kit, telling her
What comfort her gift and the sentiment
that called it into being gave him. and
recalling their meetings in Paris
She answered his letter and the desul-
tory correspondence OF the front. which
reeds alike love. hope and fear began. His
missives. written on scraps of paper.
blurred by mud and water, told little OF
himself or his life in the trenches.
One day she read that he had been
decorated with the Cross Of War for car
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twenty-eight of its officers were
wounded. was soon known in the hos
pital. Miss Hawke devoted herself to
the Major. She read to him as he grew
pital grounds in rolling chair. and
waited on him. hand and foot.
from his lips she learned what war
really Is, what price is paid for herosm.
She saw it in his shattered, wasted
form and pitied. and pity is akin TO love.
me tenderness and solicitude, born OF
pity and admiral ton, with which she
surrounded him, revealed TO him the true
nature, the real worth OF woman whom
: had known only as social butterfly.
He stopped her one day while she was
wheeling him in the hospital grounds,
turned around SO that he could see her
race and told her ne was going TO marry
her. She fed 10 New York.
But not for long. What she had felt
In the hospital renewed itself with re-
doubled force in her own home There
was loneliness she could not over.
come, that no person or diversion could
I'LL. A fortnight later she was back i'm
London. In October they we're married
Major Hill may not be able again TO be
active in the business world, but that
gives him no concern. His wife brought
with her an ample fortune.
A hospitsl in France saw the beginning
OF the romance which tingled the nerves
OF diplomatic and social Warrington
New York and Newport. when the mar.
rage was announced OF Frances Lippitt
daughter Of Henry Lippitt then United
States Senator from Rhode Island. and
General Moreton Foley Gage. of the Fifth
Dragon Guards. The wealth OF the Lip
Pitt family, in cotton and print cloth
mills alone, is rated in the millions.
Copyright. 1916, by the Star Compal
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rylns a wounded comrade out
u a trench in the face Of muir
derous fire.
He won more than the Cross
Of War by that act. He won the
heart OF Emily Sloane. already
az the point OF capitulation.
They met at last in a hospital
where Miss Sloane was visiting
and semi-nursinz. And SO she
became the Baroness de Ia
Grange.
The romance OF Miss Sloane
and Baron de la Grange has it,
parallel in the recent marriage
OF Frances Hawke. daughter OF
Edward Fl. Hawke. OF New
York, and Major Charles II.
Hill, Of the Sixteenth York and
Lancaster Regiment. In this
case Cupid was in a hospital in.
stead Of a kit bag.
They had known each other
In New York where Major Hill
vas in business. Their &C.
quaintancs was merely OF the
casual order. The war called
him to his colors, and his resi-
ment was sent to the Darda-
nelies. Miss Hawke. seeking to
put her sympathy for the Allied
cause to practical use, took a
course in Red Cross training
and went to London to offer
her services. She was assigned
TO hospital where officers, in
valided home from the OAR
danelles were cared for.
Soon afterward. the arrival
in the Thames Of a hospital
transport, bearing wounded
from the eastern battle front,
aroused Englishmen to the
severity Of the engagements on
the Peninsula. In the details OF
sanguinary ncoun t. ers the
name OF Major Hill vas men,
toned again and again. Ont
day Miss Hawke noticed sew.
eral new patients. AMONG
them, SCARED and emaciated,
vas Major Hill, the Darda.
nelles medal winner. whom she
had met casually in New
York. The story of his deeds
with the Arson Battalion, in
an enga gement in which
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Emily Sloane, Heir. with Her Sis
ter, to S20,000,000. Whose Mar
rage to Baron de la Grange. of
Paris, Was the Result of His
Finding Her Name in Kit Bag
Sent from New York.
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PHOTO az CANPBEIL STUDIOS M

TF10tV on NNf1f OLLL . OITVO,
Marie Louise Rodewald. Of Tuxedo,
Whose Wartime Marriage TO
Lieutenant Allan Dyson Perrins.
Of the Welsh Guards, Has Taken
Two American Fortunes to
England.
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It's rods. Nor did tho Earl of Cottcrn,n,
WidoWcr lonely and grievcd n, bis in
aDiilty to be on the firing line. cyncr, =,
una soiace and wife when he undcr,
, ,ooh we MANAGEMENT of number of
hospitals for The wounded u
Ihey were married last August.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
FOOD ~
e%6~s E9 ~
|FANS -;

esterday's Williams, Cubs
of Adams Pirates: Olson, Brooklyn,
off Alexander. Phfllies Paskert, Of
Phillies. of Cheney. Brooklyn.
The 1ow1y Dodgers put the skids IN
der Alexander the Great when five
hits and three errors in the seventh
gave Brooklyn enough runs to win
from the Phil1ies.
They are toutfng Max Flack as the
Ty Cobb of the National league. The
Cub outfielder has about half a dozen
horners to his credit and runs like a
deer. He got two hits yesterday
The Cubs took yesterdays game
from the Pirates with a batting rally
in the eighth which gave them five
runs.
Markle. the Yankees Texas league
rookie pitcher, hurled his second win
OF the year yesterday by blanidng the
boston Red Sox to o. He held the
league leaders to- four hits.
Four hits Tuesday and three hits
Yesterday is going some for the Yanks'
new back stop, Nunamaker.
A triple by Oldrtng gave Connie
Mack's Athletics its first win in an
age. The Senators were the victims.
The White Sox slipped down to sew
enth place as result of their defeat
from the Indians.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
Look and Feel
Clean, Sweet and
Fresh Every Day
Drink q glass Of real hot water
before breakfast to wash
out poIsons.

Life Is not merely to live, but to
live WELL eat we'll. digest we'll, work
well. sleep well, look well. What 8
glorious condition to attain, and yet
how very easy 1t is if one will only
adopt the morning inside bath.
Folks who are accustomed to feel
dull and heavy when they arise, split
ting headache, stuffy from a cold
foul tongue, nasty breath. acid stom-
ach, can, instead, feel as fresh as
daisy by opening the sluices of the
system each morning and flushing out
the whole of the internal poisonous
stagnant matter.
Everyone, whether ailing, sick or
we'll. should. each morning, before
breakfast, drink glass of real hot
water with a teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in it to wash from the
stomach, liver. kidneys and bowels the
previous days indigestible waste,
sour bile and poisonous toxins: thus
cleansing, sweetening and purifying
the entire alimentary canal before
putting more food into the stomach.
The action OF hot water and limestone
phosphate on an empty stomach Is
wonderfully invigoratins. 1t cleans
out all the sour lamentations, gases,
waste and acidity and = gives one
splendid appetite for breakfast. While
you are enjoying your breakfast the
water and phosphate is quietly ex-
tracing large volume OF water from
the blood and getting ready for
thorough flushing OF all the inside
bothered with constipation, bilious
spells, stomach trouble, rheumatism;
others who have sallow skins, blood
disorders and s.ckIy compilations are
urged to get quarter pound OF lime
stone phosphate from the drug store
which will cost very little. but IL
sufficient to make anyone a pro-
nounced crank on the subject OF
internal sanitation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
ATHLETES GATHER
At PHILADELPHIA
University Of Pennsylvania Twenty
second Annual Relay carnl-
val Opens To
morrow.
THE RECORDS MAY FALL
Practically Every Champion in the
United States Will Compete
in Monster Field
Meet.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 81
With the vanguard of Uncle Sans
premier intercollegiate athletes al
ready here and several hundred
others due to arrive late this
afternoon, final touches were Civ
en- to Franklin field today for
the opening tomorrow of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania twenty
second annual relay carnival.
II weather conditions are favorable
several worlds records are expected
to be broken. Practically every
champion in the United States will
compete in the two day monster meet
with the exception OF Mckenzie, of
Princeton In addition there will be
entered several worlds American or
Olympic title holders.
Tomorrow's program VIII consist
of twenty-seven events. including the
pentathlon, special events and med
ley relays. Two of the special events,
the hop. step and jump and throwing
the fifty-six pound weight, never be-
fore have appeared on on intercol-
legiate program.
Arlie Mucks, OF Wisconsin, is a big
favorite for several OF the special
events and on the pentathalon much is
expected of Howard Berry, Penn
eylvania's last years all round
champion, and Worthington of Dart
mouth. The gala day OF the carnival
will be Saturday. The famous one,
two and four mile relays, pole vault,
shot put, high and broad jump, both
hurdle races and the 100 yard dash
will be staged then.
The American scholastic. high
school and preparatory relay champ
ionships are also scheduled for Sat
urday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
A USEFUL PAIN
.eokuk People Should Heed Ifs
Warning.

Have you a sharp pain or a dull
ache across the small of your back?
Do you realize that it's often timely
sign OF kidney weakness? Prompt
treatment is a safeguard against more
serious kidney troubles. Use Doap's
Kidney pills. Profit by Keokuk resi-
dents experience
Hugh Russell, 500 D ST.. Keokuk.
says: MY kidneys were inactive and
I had dull pains through my back and
loins. also had other symptoms of
kidney trouble / used Doan's Kidney
Pills. procured from McGrath Bro
Drug Co.. and they soon regulated the
action of my kidneys and relieved the
backache!'
Price SOC. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Piils-the same that
Mr.. Russell had. Foster-Milburn Co..
PROPS Buffalo n. 7.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
FREE TO
ASTHMA SUFFERERS

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without Discomfort or Loss Of Time.
We have q New Method that cures Asthma,
and We wnut you TO try It at our expense.
No matter whether your case IS of long
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We especially want to send It to those
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We want to show everyone ut our own
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This free offer is too important to neglect
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Simply mail coupon below. Do It Today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
Must Pass Exams.

CHICAGO, April 27.-Chicago uni
versity's chances Of taking part in
the two mile relay event at the Penn
games at Philadelphia Saturday de-
pended today on the ability Of Cap
tain Joe Stout Of the track team to
pass his class exams.
The mile relay team left for Quak.
ertown last night. Stout will leave
tonight If he passes the examinations
Coach Harry Gill, Of the Illinois U
track team, will leave Urhana this
afternoon for Philadelphia, with
eight athletes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
UNABLE TO SCREAM
WHILE MURDERED
Deaf and Dumb Men Confess to the
Staying Of Wife Of One of the
Pair.

NEW YORK, April 27-In order
that Joseph CastelH might be free Of
his wife who would not divorce him.
Frank Veteri lured Mrs. Castelli to
New Haven and pounded her to death
with an iron bar, while Castelli, who
had followed secretly looked on. All
involved in the unusual crime are deaf
mutes.
Veteri killed Mrs. Castelli because
of his friendship for her husband and
for slight financial gain, the police
say.
The men are in Jail here and both
confessed today. Mrs. Casteln was
struck many times. Unable to cry out.
she could only struggle silently and
was pounded to the floor where she
was found after the men had fled.
She was removed to, a hospital. The
crime occurred Sunday. Mrs. Castelli
died Monday. That her death was due
to several skull fractures, was determ-
ined Tuesday. She was identified We'd
nesday and the arrests followed Early
today after Veteri and Castelli had
been bribed by hearty meal, they
confessed, each racing with the other
to get his admissions On paper.
Veteri coxed Mrs. Caste1li TO eIopa
with him Sunday. he wrote They
went to New Haven and engaged a
room Castelli followed. He crept
quietly into the room and secreted
himself in a clothes closet. veteri had
light iron bar, not much heavier
than a pencil. He crept upon Mrs.
Castelli and struck her. His weapon
descended again and again until Mrs
Castelli was unconscious on the floor
Meanwhile the husband peered from
the closet, watching his friend free
him Of a wife who would not be di-
vorced.
The mother and the sister OF the
slain woman reported the disappear
ance Of Mrs. Casteln after her husbaa 4
who returned here, refused to.
Veteri was best man at the weddin.r
Of Casteli and the Slain woman
then Mrs. Antonio Massaro, divorced
and mother Of three children. Castel'i
recently offered his wife 800 to per.
NIT him to get a divorce. She refused
After arrest the men in writing their
answers to police questions denied
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
AMATEUR BALL GAMES

The Gate City will print all an
nouncements of amateur games in
this department Captains OF local
teams are invited to send in their line
ups, their challenges for games and
their schedules. The Gate City will
also furnish box score blanks to teams
that desire to keep a record for publ
cation.
The West Keohuk nine will play the
Colored Unions on Sunday afternoon
at the West K baseball park. The
game is scheduled to start at $3.50
o'clock.
On Sunday following. the West ks
will meet the Keokuk Eiectrics at the
same place.
The Keokuk Indians will play the
Fort Madison Athletics on Sunday at
the Fort Madison athletic field. The
Indians claim to take the place OF the
Central association team and will send
a strong squad to Madison.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
Wins Fifty Yard Title.

CHICAGO. April 27.-Duke Ka-
hanomoku, the Hawaiian sprint swim
mer, held the fifty yard National A.
A. L. swimming championship today.
The Hawaiian won the title in the
Chicago Athletic association tank last
night in thrilling race with Perry
McGillivray of the Illinois Athletic
club. a. C. Rather, of the Chicago A.
A and " Ramme, Of the New YORK
A C. The time was "a As.
Mike McDermott retained the zoe
yards breast stroke title which he
has held for the last four years.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27

be cut, picked, gouged. salved, plas-
tered and jerked out--they grow
faster. Mr.. and Mrs. Went-and-Cut-
It realize it now.-they use "Gets-It'
instead-it's the wonderful. simple
corn-cure that never fails Stops
pain. You apply it in seconds. 1t
dries at once, the corn is doomed
Nothing to stick to the stocking or
press on the corn. 1t means good
night to plasters, salves, dtgscrs,
razors and toe-bundling- You can
wear smaller shoes. Your corns viii
come right of, clean as whistle"
Never inflames healthy flesh. The
worlds biggest selling con cure.
"Gets-It' is sold by druggists every
where, Csc bottle, or sent direct by
E. Lawrence & Co.. Chicago. Ill. Sold
in Keokuk and recommended as the
worlds best corn remedy by Engle-
hardt & Co., and Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
Another Movie Combine.

NEW YORK, April 27.-Merser OF
seven of the biggest and richest motion
-picture com panies in the country is
now completed. according to an official
statement here today by II. E. Aitken,
president of the Triangle Film CORPORA
ton. The capital involved is estimat-
ed at between $4,000, 900 and $780,
DOC. 900.
The companies in the combine In
clude Triangle Film orporation, New
York Motion Picture Corporation, Key.
stone Film Co. Majestic Motion Pic
ture Co, Reliance Motion Picture Cor
poration, Famous Players Film Co..
and the Jesse Laskey Feature Play Co
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
Quincy 10 Coming.

Quincy Wing: Plans have been
by Physical Director H. w.
Crawmer, of the Y. NJ. G. a., for the
"Y'' volley ball team to go to Keokuk
on the noon train Saturday to engage
in a volley ball tournament with Keo-
kuk and Burlington. Mr.. Crawmer
received message Wednesday stating
that the Hannibal association would
be unable to go.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
Fulton Finishes Training.

NEW YORK, April 2T.-F'red Ful-
ton, the Minnesota plasterer, who ex-
poets some day to meet Jess Willard
for the heavyweight crown, has fin
ished training for his bout with AL
Reich scheduled for tomorrow night
He now weighs 217 pounds.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
College Baseball.

College Baseball.
At South BethleheHl-Lehigh, IA;
Hamilton, O.
At Princeton. n. Princeton. 4;
Union, 2.
At washington - Georgetown. 3;
Yale, 1.
AT Ann Arbor-University Of Mich.
igan, 5; Kalamazoo College, 8.
At Annapolis, Md-Navy, s; Trim
ity, 1.
At Baltimore-John Hopkins, 8;
Holy Cross, Z.
At Providence, r. Drown, s;
Vermont, /.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
"Dutchr Making Good.

Bart Howard. sport paragrapher for
the st. Louis Republic, has the toll
lowing witticism on Dutch" VAN
bsganss. former Central association
star: They're predicting that young
Wambsganss, the Cleveland second
baseman, will make name for him.
self He ought not to have much
trouble improving on the one he in
herited
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
Back In Baseball.

NEW YORK. April 2T.-Fred
Brainers, who decided to quit base
pail and go into business when he
was released by the Giants, has
changed his mind and will play with
the Providence club. He is deter
mined to show Manager McGraw that
the release wass,a big mistake.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
Wants $4,000 Damages.

NEW YORK, April 27.-Because
cat attacked her pet poodle, BABE,
and was not driven Off until BABES
owner, Mrs Henrietta Gardner, was
severely scratched, said Henrietta
wants $4,000 from the cats owner.
The case is now being tr1eo-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
viii Wreck Plant.

BUFFALO, N. Y, April 27.-Fed-
eral field. built for the lSmented
Buffeds at a cost of $4,000, is soon
to pass to the realm OF regrets The
directors have decided to wreck the
plant and sell the material for what.
ever 1t will bring.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
VIII Try .come Back

vISALIA. Calf. April 2T.-Big jeff
Overall, who has been pitching for
the Cubs when Frank Chance was
manager, was league sensation. will
try a come back" the big fellow an
nounced today. He wouldn't say
with what club he would try to sign.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
IynfavorabIe Reports.

WASHINGTON, April 27.-Army
engineers today made unfavorable re-
ports to congress on two plans, cost
ing s46,65O and s159,0S0 for the i'm
provement of the Galena river. in
Illinois. It was recommended that
existing improvements be abandoned.