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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-05

LUCILLE WRIGHT. confessed
shoplifier. was sentenced to 90 days
in the county jail by Judge Gordon
Monday
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-05
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-11
ALL BOOST FOR
LEE COUNTY
ponnellson Review Suggests That
Quarrel Over County Seat
End viii, Election.

The Donnellson Review makes the
following comment and suggestion
relative to the recent unfortunate
county seat fight:
The Review has persistently advo-
Gated one court house for Lee county,
believing that expenses could, be re-
duced thereby. Others who are as
competent, or more SO than our
selves, figured that the saving. if any,
would be small, and would be more
than Offset by the Inconvenience to
part of our people. All the country
townships except Cedar, Denmark
and Des Moincs cast their vote for
one court house. Fort Madison also
gave a majority of 934 for one court
house, but this was not enough to
overcome majority of 2,9S5 against
1t from Keokuk, and it was defeated
by majority Of 1888.
While Keokuk, as was to be ex-
pected, cast an almost unanimous
vote against its removal, Fort Madi-
son was more divided on the ques-
ton, and the entire county outside OF
the two cities only gave q majority
for its removal of 821-the vote of
all the outside townships being 1.84l
for Storms and 1920 for Oertel. So
there was no hopes of winning out
with the country divided in that
manner.
The people have registered their
convictions and that should end the
matter. Let us forget the one court
house controversy-which never was
fight against Keokuk-so far as we
were concerned-and2 pull together
for a bigger and better Lee county,
with its affairs as economically ad-
ministered as possible. "A house d.
vided against itself cannot stand"
and a county divided against itself
will not move forward to greater
achievements.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-11
Rub Rheumatic Pain,
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Rub Pain right out with small
trial bottle Of old "St
Jacobs OIL"

What's Rheumatism? Pain only.
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fifty requires internal treatment. Rub
soothing. penetrating "St Jacobs
Oil" directly upon the tender spot
and relief comes instantly. "St.
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the skin.
Timber upl Quit complaining! Get
a small trial bottle from your drug
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free from rheumatic and sciatic pain.
soreness, stiffness and swelling. Don't
suffer! Relief awaits you. Old.
honest est Jacobs Oil" has cured mil
lions Of rheumatism sufferers In the
last half century. and IL just as good
for sciatica, neuralgia, lumbago. back-
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-11
a,o Procession on Main street To-
night In Honor Of Wood
row Wilson's
Victory.
20 sERENADE MMANUs
community Band Has Been Secured
to Head the Procession
Automobiles to be
In Line.

The democrats OF this city and
nersonal admirers Of Woodrow Will
snn. will celebrate his reelection to
the presidency OF the United States,
With a rally and parade tonight.
The Community band Of twenty
five pieces has been secured to lead
the PROCESSION on Main street. The
parade is to start at Fourth and Main
streets at 1880 o'clock and will move
on1t Main to Twelfth street.
Following the hand will come a
procession OF automobiles, and local
democrats on foot. After parading
out Main street. the procession will
move out Eleventh street to the
home of e. p. McManus, Eleventh
and Leighton streets. where the post
master will be serenaded.
Returning to town there will be a
general jollification on Main street.
The committee of arrangements. of
which George Radasch Is chairman,
has some surprises in store for this
evening and no doubt the occasion
viii be celebrated in proper style.
No speechmaldng has been planned.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-11
CANVASS VOTE
NEXT MONDAY
Board Of supe rdsors Will Meet Then
to Check over Ballots Of
Tuesday.

The official canvass Of the vote IN
Lee county which viii be made by the
board Of supervisors. will be COM
menced on Monday at Fort Madison
The board members will check over
the returns from the various precincts
In the county.
The canvass will settle the election
OF the supervisor for the 1918 term,
the vote being close.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-11

A potato grower on Long Island Is
credited with having cleaned up $50,
600 from his crop this year. Spuds
crowd munitions as dividend makers
this year.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-11
TAX SALE

Notice is hereby 1916
County
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blocks
county, township village
1915
Iowa.
have for SALE 81,
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Continued on page 81.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-11

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The evening leader., 1916-11-21
HOTEL IMPROVEMENT
AT PASS-A-GRILLE

improvements to cost $25,00O will
he made in the Pass-a-Grille hotel, the
contract for the work having been let
to the Beard French company. The
hotel will have "a more rooms than
last year, will have much larger and
handsomer dining room, a new kitchen
and a much larger lobby. The i'm
movements - to be Bal'ctcd b9fore
the man. So -.-on O ~n' '9dafy'
An amusement building in which will
be a bowling alley, billiard and pool
tables, shuttle board and other games,
will be two stories high. There will
be space for games on the ground
floor and also small room for dances.
On the second floor will be ten rooms
for bachelor apartments. A covered
pergola will extend from the hotel to
the apartment house and the amuse-
ment building will be located in the
middle, IF this pergola.-St. Peters
bur2 epsadent.
The evening leader., 1916-11-21

of both state and federal laws and
protect local manufacturers from the
danger Of violating the federal law
because they happen to be living up to
state and not federal standards, the
National Child Labor, committee is
urging all states that have not stand
ards equal to the federal ones s to
amend their laws to correspond with
the federal one as soon as possible.
Therefore it is suggested that Flori-
da add canneries to the list of occu-
pations prohibited to children under
Ia, enact a 16-year limit for mines and
quarries, enact the 8-hour instead Of
9-hour day for children between IA
and 16 in factories, mills, canneries
and workshops, and change the night
work prohibition for children between
IA and 16 to correspond with the fed
eral law. Then any Florida manufac-
turer, who lives up to his state law
will be sure that he'ean ship his goods
in interstate commerce in perfect safe
ty because his state law and the fed
eral law are the same. Florida will
be less affected by the federal law
than some other southern states but
her law is not quite up to the federal
standard as this analysis shows.
j, Resides legislation for manufacture
ing establishments, and mines and
quarries, however, the Florida and
National Child Labor committees urge
better regulations of other strictly 10
cal problems. Instead of the present
educational requirement for work per-
mits which says that the child must be
able to read and write and do arithme-
tic to fractions, it is hoped that Flori-
da will require every child who g6es
to work to have completed the 9Th
grade, which is the generally accepted
educational standard throughout The
Continued on Page 2.)
The evening leader., 1916-11-21
MORGAN IS BEHIND !
sS,OOO,0O0,0OO FIGHT
ON EIGHT HOUR DAY

]. P. Morgan is the man behind the
secretly organized National Industria
Conference board, which, with its
claim to a membership of $4,000 cap.
tains of industry, having $8,000,O00,.
900 capital and 100000 workers Oh
their pay rolls, has begun vast or
ganized warfare on the eight hour day
for railway trainmen. ..,.
Mr.. Morgan is the chief owner of
the General Electric company, one of
the largest employers of labor in the
industry, and it was that corporation
which, through one of its officials,
Magnus W.. Alexander, it has been
learned, began early this year the
formation of the Industrial confer
ence. IT,
A Clearing House" and Forum
Mr.. Magnus announced among the
captains of industry that the board
was to be a cooperative body cora-
posed of Representatives of national
industrial associations, organized to
provide a clearing house of informa-
tion, forum for constructive discus
sion, and machinery for cooperative
action on matters that vitality affect
the industrial development of the
county"
The General Electric company, at
the time Mr.. Alexander fixed up the
plans for the Industrial conference,
had just beaten it's employees in their
The evening leader., 1916-11-21

lstrike for an eight-hour day but the
leight-hour movement was spreading
to other extensive. properties COM
ltrolled by Mr.. Morgan and his asso-
lciates, including the 100000 miles of
railroads of the country whose 300,-
900 train employees were making a
united demand for eight hours and
time and a half pay for overtime.
None of the printed invitations to
join the conference ever contained, it
lis said, direct reference to an eight
hour day or to the brotherhood or the
railroads. Vague language was the
rule. In one of the circulars of invi-
tation, Mr.. Alexander said:
"These proposals are based on the
premise that in our democracy an en-
|lightened public opinion, fair-minded
progressive employers and reasonable
efficient employees furnish the only
stable foundation on which, TO build an
enduring industrial prosperity.
Unfortunately, too many employers
maintain an apathetic, neglectful and
sometimes antagonistic attitude to
ward movements isIsanded Il indus
try by the enlightened spiri. of the
times. By this attitude they furnish
fuel for the flame Of discomfort and
suspicion on the part of workers and
cause natural reaction and resentment
on the part of lawmakers and admin
istrators.
Was to Have "Potent Force"
Cali members Of the board are in
timately connected with the industrial
development of the nation and bring
into their deliberations braad knowl-
edge, practical experiencesand full re-
alization of their respons sbility. Re-
inforced by comprehensive studies of
the questions at issue, their combined
judgment is intended to furnish
proper guide for individual and col
lective action, and to serve as potent
force in influencing the policies of the
constituent associations and other or
ganizations of like character"
The National Industrial conference
board is, or was, only part of a
scheme of nationwide arraying of
capital against labor on the eight
hour and minimum wage questions.
Recently certain influential railroad
heads grew alarmed at the prospect
that such a vast class arraignment
would react on the railroads, and they
lcalled halt. ...>-...
Also there was some opposition
among conservatives to taking into
the conference such radical anti-eight-
hour bodies as the National Associa-
tions of Manufacturers, Founders,
Metal Trades and Erectors, all of
which have had bitter strikes.
The evening leader., 1916-11-21
FL ORIDA CHILD LABOR LAW
NOT UP TO FEDERAL STANDARD

An analysis of the Florida child la
bor laws, of special interest just now
because of the coming session of the
state legislature, and comparison of
the state law with the federal child
labor law has just been issued by DR..
William Ackerman, of Pensacola,
chairman of the Florida Child Labor
committee, who with the National
Child Labor committee has been con-
sidering improvements in the Florida
law to be introduced in this years leg
|islature. The federal law, according
to this analysis, prohibits interstate
commerce in goods which are the pro-
ducts of
(1) any mill, factory, cannery, Or
workshop in which children under ii
are employed;
(2) any mine or quarry in which
children under 16 are employed;
(3) any mill, factory, cannery, or
workshop in which children between
IA and 16 work more than s hours in
any one day or more than 6 days in
any one week; or
(4) any mill, factory, cannery, or
workshop in which children between
IA and 16 work between the hours of
Z p. m. and 6 a. m.
The Florida Ivy differs from it in
these respec.G
(1) the 14-year limit does not, apply
to canneries;
(2) There is no 16-year limit for
mines and quarries; II
(3) children under 16 are allowed to
work 9-hour day, and 54-hour week,
instead of the S-hour day and the 49,
hour week; and
(4) the night work limits for chill
dren under 16 are p. m. to 5 a. m.
instead Of p. m. to 6 a. m. as in the
federal law.
! In order to simplify the enforcement
The evening leader., 1916-11-21
PRESIDENT WILSON ISSUES HIS
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION

several places of worship on that day
TO render thanks to Almighty God for
the blessings of peace and unbroken
prosperity which he has bestowed
upon our beloved country in such un-
stinted measure.
"And / also urge and suggest our
duty, in this our day of peace and
abundance, to think in deep sympathy
of the stricken peoples of the world
upon whom the curse and terror of
war has so pitilessly fallen, and to
contribute out of our abundant means
to the relief of their sufferings.
sour people could in no better way
show their real attitude toward the
present struggle of the nations than
by contributing out Of their abun-
dance to the relief of the suffering
which war has brought in its train.
.In witness whereof, / have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
Eof the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington,
this 18th day of November, in the
year of our Lord, 1916, and of the in
dependence of the United States, the
1one-hundred and forty-first.
WOODROW WILSON.
"By the President,
"R0BERT LANSING,
Secretary of State"
The evening leader., 1916-11-21
THE =H|GH COST OF LIVING IS
FLOR|DA's GREAT OPPORTUNITY

= The cost of living has gone balloon
ing during the past few months, and
indications are for still higher prices
on staple food stuffs.
While the existing market quota
tions bring good profits to the farm
ers, the wage earners in the towns and
cities are hard hit by the increased ex-
pense, and there is considerable agita.
ton for an embargo against exporting
any grain or meat out of the United
States until prices return to former
levels.
1t is doubtful if an embargo is prac-
tical, or justifable to the farmers.
They have worked hard and their
crops have not always proven so re-
munerative as at present.
One reason why the raising of meats
and food stuffs in Florida has been
more or less hazardous is the cattle
ticks which eat most of the profits out
of the cattle industry, and thereby dis
courage diversified farming.
If today, Florida were agriculturally
developed sufficiently to have a sur
plus of several hundred millions of
bushels Of corn, cats and other grains
which can be prohtable. grown in this
state, there would be a good market
for same. And If Florida cattle own
ers could market one million head of
yearling and two-year-old tick-free
cattle averaging 1000 pounds. live
weight, the resources of this state
would be wonderful, yet that is very
conservative estimate of the possibili-
ties after the ticks are eradicated and
the idle lands developed as they will
be wonderful, yet that is very con-
servative estimate Of the possibilities
after the ticks are eradicated and the
idle lands developed as they will be
when favorable farming conditions are
provided.
The only reason why farmers are
paying $500 per acre for land in Illi-
nois on which to grow feed and main
tain high priced dairy cows to produce
milk for Florida consumption, is that
the ticks are too heavy risk here,
where land is cheap and forage crops
: can be grown at small expense prac-
tically every month in the year.
Opportunity is knocking with a
sledge hammer at Florida's door
High prices have made farming q
profitable business, and thousands #
young men are trsrning their faces to-
wards the farms, where they find the
best working conditions.
Are the land owners and business in
terests of Florida going to provide IA
vorable conditions by eradicating the
cattle ticks, and thus encourage farm
ers to utilize large areas of our pres
ent idle lands to produce large guam
The evening leader., 1916-11-21

Santa Rosalia from Parral October 2e
with fifty-seven bars of silver. Both
Koch and his silver fell into the hands
of the bandit leader Julio Acosta when
the town was seized the next day.
Koch, however, was set free, after be-
ing robbed of his treasure, the report
says. Four days later he is said to
have left for Jiminez. Nothing more
has been heard here regarding him.
The evening leader., 1916-11-21
gton.-President Wilson, for

I = aAASAS AoA1OWo IiC pTcSlueuI pFOCld-
nation:
''It has long been the custom of our
people to turn in the fruitful autumn
of the year in praise and thanksgiving
to Almighty God for His many bless
ings and mercies to us, and the nation.
"The year that has elapsed since
we last observed our day of thanks
giving has been rich in blessings to us
as a people, but the whole face of the
world has been darkened by war. In
the midst Of our peace and happiness,
our thoughts dwell with painful dis
quiet upon the struggles and suffer-
ings of the nations at war and of the
peoples upon whom war has brought
disaster without choice or possibility
of escape on their part. We cannot
think Of our own happiness without
thinking Of their pitifnl Distress
"Now, therefore, Woodrow Wilson,
president of the United States of AM
erica, do appoint Thursday, the Both
day of November, as a day of national
thanksgiving and prayer, and urge
and advise the people to resort to their
The evening leader., 1916-11-21

titles of agricultural crops, meat and
dairy products?
DR.. E. M. Nighbert, Inspector in
charge, bureau of animal industry,
says: The cattle tick deprives the
farmer of cash returns from his pas
ture and feed and makes him cuss
the climate and his government for
not coming to his aid under one-crop
system"-Florida Grower.
The evening leader., 1916-11-21
RAILROAD RAISES SALARIES

San Francisco, Nov. 21.-The North.
ern Pacific railroad company announc.
ed today per cent increase in the
salaries of its employees who receive
less than 5000 per month, effective fo1
the current months pay checks.
Increased earnings by the company
coupled with the increased cost of hv-
ing was given as the reason for the
raise.
The evening leader., 1916-11-21
|MEX|CANS THROW
NATIVE WOMEN
into THE FIRE
BURN SMALL CHILDREN, MUIR
DER AND BURN AMERI-
CAN CITIZENS

Ell Paso, Texan unidentified Am.
erican was killed when a Villa band
took Jiminez and four Americans were
seen under a guard of bandits at Par.
raj during Villas occupation of that
town, according to reports believed BY
federal agents to be authentic, broagh'
to the border by refugees.
Refugees also state that the district
between Parral and Jiminez has been
cleared by Villas followers of more
than 200 Chinese. The American killed
at Jiminez was described as about
sixty years old and known to be from
Torreon on his way to Chihuahua City.
He was murdered, said the refugees,
in the Jininez hotel and his body la J
for some time in front of the building,
when, after being robbed of clothing
and valuables, it was placed on bon
fire.
The same refugees who claim to be
witnesses of the outrages also say that
two Mexican women who had married
Chinese and their five half-caste chill
dren were found and thrown alive into
the fire and cremated in sight of the
crowd. The bodies of seven murdered
Chinese, according to the same author
ity, were seen in the streets of the
town.
Two Mexicans who escaped from
Parral affirm that they saw four Am
orleans there under a Villa guard.
They said these men had lived in the
town, adding that they heard the Am
orleans at Alvarao mines got away.
Another report brought to the border
was that the bodies of thirty-five Gyp-
sizes were seen on the roadside near
Parral, murdered and robbed by Villa
bandits.
All foreigners that Villa has caught
except the japanese and Germans,
have been put to death, the reports
agree, and even the Germans are SAID
to have suffered at least in the in
stance of Theodore Moemuller, of Par
raj. Various reports Of Moemuller's
death have been received here dur
ing the past week.
The Chinese are called the heaviesE
sufferers. The fact that none are to be
seen in the district in which they for
merly did large mercantile business
is taken by the refugees as proof that
all, numbering over 200, met the fate
of the Chinese caught at Pa~ral and
Jiminez.
Americans Flee to Mountains
Chihuahua City.-According to re =
port received here, the Americans III
the Parral district left that place, On
the advice of Gen. Luis Herrera, two
days before the evacuation of the town
by the Carranza garrison. The Amer
leans are said to have left for the
mountains.
From a source believed to be reliable
it was learned that Edward Koch, a
German subject whose fate has caused
much anxiety to his friends, arrived in
The evening leader., 1916-11-21
OCEAN SHIP LEAVES CHICAGO

Chicago, Nov. 2t.-The steamship
Manta, the first ocean liner built and
cleared from Chicago in years, left for
New York today by way of the Well
and canal. The boat, constructed for
the Clyde line, will be operated be-
tween New York and the West Indies.