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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
Man Indicted on Charge Of tmpersona-
ton Of Federal Officer, 10
Sentenced to Jail for
Three Months.
A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT
This Was tho Case Which Was Set
for Judge Munger to Try After
Attorneys Alleged
Prejudice.

A plea OF guilty disposed Of the
criminal case which Judge Thomas c.
Munger was assigned to try in the
federal court here, late yesterday aft
ernoon. The case was that Of the
United States VS.. E. D. Mattison. De.
PENDANT was sentenced to three months
in the Wapello county Jail, and must
pay a fine Of $500. The defendant Is
given 30 days in which to arrange his
family affairs before his sentence be-
gins.
Mattison was charged with having
I'm personated a United States officer
in the promotion of some stock sell
ing scheme He was charged with hav-
ing represented himself as employed
by the postoffice department and he
attempted to sell stock for some mail
catching device. Mattison was arrest
ed and indicted in the court here.
His case caused considerable of a
flutter last fall when his attorneys
asked for a change Of judges, al1eg-
ing prejudice on the part Of Judge
Wade. The request was granted by
the court who rebuked the attorneys,
saying that they had violated his con-
fidence in the matter.
When Mattison faced the court yes
terday for sentence he asked that he
be not given a Jail sentence. He is
said TO have displayed considera BILE
emotion in the matter, and begged
that Jail sentence should not be i'm
posed
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
SPECIAL ORDINANCE NO. 47s.


An ordinance granting the Keokuk
& Des Moines Railway company the
right and privilege of constructing
maintaining and operating a side
track to connect with the present
switch in Railroad street between N
and o streets and the private side.
track of the Keokuk Electro Metals
company.
Be it ordained by the city council
Of the city of Keokuk, Iowa:
Section 1. That there is hereby
granted unto the Keokuk & Des
Moines railway Operated by the Chi
cago. Rock Island d Pacific Railway
company, ]. N. Dickerson, receiver,
its successors and assigns, the right
and privileges of constructing, main.
tanning, using and operating side
track in Railroad street, between SAID
M and o streets, in Ford's addition
to the city of Keokuk. Lee county
Iowa, from its present sidetrack DO
tween said NJ and o streets to the
private sidetrack of the Keokuk Elee'
tro Metals company
Section 2. All ordinances and parts
Of ordinances in conflict with tne
provisions hereof are hereby re
pealed.
Section 8. The said Keokuk
Des Moines Railway company shaN
pay the cost of publication OF tnh
ordinance.
Adopted this 2Sth day of March,
1916, by the following vote:
Moorhead-Aye.
Collins-Aye.
Schmidt-Aye.
s. w. MOORHEAD,
Attest: Mssol'
O. w. SANDBERG, City Clerk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
Chatter Of the Fireside.

Waterloo Courier: The chances
are. Mr.. President. that the great and
vital questions that are being dis
cussed about our quiet fresides at
eventime have to do with Easter
hats, the high price of gasoline, which
moving picture show to attend to-
night, tomorrow nights supper, a new
school dress for Betty, pair of
shoes for Jimmy, Mrs. Jones' new
dress, the Johnson's new touring car,
the latest divorce, scandal, the bank
robbery in Kansas, the Willard Moran
fight and the opening of the baseball
season.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
Loo Youna 10 Marry.

HANNIBAL, Mo-, April 5.-After
having been refused marriage license
at Palmyra because of their youthful
appearance and failure to present the
necessary affidavit from the parents,
Frank Jefferson and Miss Edith Aus
tin, both of Palmyra, were refused Ii
censes by G. S. Brockenbrough, clerk
of the Hannibal court of common
pleas, to whom the couple applied.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
Postmaster Job Goes Begging.

NEVADA, Ia, April 5-There is an
interesting contest on at Roland over
the postoffice appointment, Roland is
town Of 5000 people and without a
democrat within the incorporate
limits. Neither is there a democrat
within the trading territory of the vii
lage that will accept the appointment
OF postmaster. although 1t pays bet
ter than 81, 300 year
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
Farm Hands WAGES.

Monmouth Review: Not many
years ago it required an unusually
good farm hand TO draw $50 month.
get his board, his washing and the
use Of horse when he wanted to
spend an evening in town. The hand
that cannot command more than 500
month now on the farm, with an
occasional ride to town in an auto
mobile, isn't considered worth hav-
ing around.
Farm hands belong to one class Of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
Choosing Your Shampoo Soap

Ii you select soap that contains
soothing, healing properties like the
resinol balsams in resinol soap, you
are not likely to have trouble with
dandruff, loss of hair or itching scalp.
Ideal for the youngsters heads.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
Enoineer's Clean Record.

ROCK ISLAND, III, April 6.-Eng1n-
Ger James II Shehan, retired has
been put on a pension by the Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific rail-
road after a half century Of continu-
Gus service for that company He has
the unusual record of having not In
jured a passenger or employe. or nev-
er having himself received a scratch
in an accident.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
Hancock County Fair.

CARTHAGE, H.. April Sub
scriptions made TO the county fair
have swelled 1t to nearly the 5000
mark, according to reliable reports.
Just as soon as that amount is reach
ed incorporation papers will be taken
out and work will be taken up in earn
est in order TO get the best attrac-
lions available
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
Poor Outlook For Iowa Fruit.

DIES MONIES, Ia, April 5.-The
best that fruit OF Iowa will do this
year Is 20 per cent of full crop, pro-
viding ideal conditions prevail dur
ing the summer, according to the re-
port issued by Wesley Greene, state
horticulturist The average for April
for the past II years is II per cent,
SO that the outlook this year Is per
cent below normal, due to ice which
formed on the trees and remained
for nearly ten days. This injured
the plum, cherry, and peach buds.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
Farmer Killed In Eiaht.

Nickel, aged SIS, a wealthy farmer
was killed Monday in fight with
FLOYD Craig. in the village of Downs.
Nickel was knocked down and his
head struck the concrete street. kill
ing MIN instantly.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
Slew Wife and Self.

OTTAWA. H., April 5.-William
Brown of Lostant. LaSalle county,
shot his wife Monday and then kill
ed himself, sending bullet through
his temple. Mrs Brown was taken
10 a hospital where physicians said
she could not live. The shooting
came after suit for divorce mad been
filed by Mrs Brown. The husband
went to his wifes home in LaSalle
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
prajnaoe conoress called.

QUINCY, H., April AT the So
Hcitation of J. II. Nolan, reclamation
agent for the state of Missouri, a
drainage congress has been called to
meet in Quincy April 10. Hundreds
of invitations were mailed today to
men in the Mississippi Valley between
Keokuk, Ia, and Elsburg, Mo. An APP
peal will be made to congress for sup
port and the use of a portion OF the
funds which are expected to be pro-
vided for in bill now pending in
congress which provides for river inn
provement above Cape Girardeau, Mo
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
Drown in Reservoir.

KIRKSVILL1D. Mo-, April 5.-Merie
Vice, II years old, and A. J. Edwards,
s5, both OF Kirksville. were drowned
here when the little girl fell into the
city reservoir, and the old man
sprang into the water to rescue her.
The child and Halle Downing, about
the same age, were playing on the
bank of the reservoir, and the other
child was the only eye witness to
the accident Edwards was the en-
gineer at the reservoir pumping sta
ton, and although he jumped in
promptly, was unable to get the lit
tie girl out
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
Women Ask For Better Garbage
Disposal

FORT MADISON. Ia, April 5-A
petition signed by 200 women, rep
resenting six Of the most influential
women's clubs Of the city, has been
presented to the members of the city
council, asking that the city take
more sanitary and precautionary
methods of disposing of the garbage
in the city.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05

Inent, and cover with light bandage-
If necessary to protect the clothing.
This should be done twice a day.
Usually the distressing itching and
burning stop with the first treatment,
and the skin soon becomes clear and
healthy again.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05

soap at any drug store.
With the resinol soap
and warm wa ter battle
the affected parts thor
oughly, until they are
free from crusts and
the skin is softened.
Dry very gently,
spread on a thin layer
of the resinol ONT
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
pes Moines, Wetneas.

DBS MONIES, April 5.-hquor val
ued al more than $1,000 now is held
in the city jail here awaiting con-
demnation proceedings. The liquor is
piled IN the bull pen" Of the jail and
includes more than 1000 plnts of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05

Young Men Who are Saving Money.
Cedar Rapids Republican: We read
that ten young men of Kiron, which
is in Iowa, have pledged themselves
to place SIS in a savings bank each
| Monday morning for a year. The
young men are all employed and
they receive wages that will enable
them to save that much, if they will
mind their economies. 1t is a some
what remarkable agreement and one
that may be commended to other
young men. The young man who
starts life with spending all he makes
is young man who is not apt to
amount to anything in the end. He
has already started himself on the
high road to poverty. No young man,
expect to come to anything financial
ly. or in a business way, if he does
not do something akin to what those
young men of Kiron are doing
And those who start as those
young men are starting are almost as
certain to come to vantage point.
sooner or later. The first 1850 in
the hank, as they will haya a. the
end Of the year, will create in them
desire to add to their sums, not to
subtract from them.
If those young men will take their
$3.50 and put it out at interest, and
six percent mortgages on farms or
town property can still be had, they
will receive in interest $3.50 a year
which adds a weeks salary with
out additional work. And as long as
| tuey keep that there they will get
that weeks salary without work.
Do you realize the earning power
Of savings? II you do, we are sure
that you win initiate those men Of
Kiron.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
Waterloo Possa, Receipt. Show oalr

WATERLOO, Ia. April 5.-The
best quarter in the history of the Wa
terloo postoice closed March 81. The
receipts for the three months amount
ed to S57,07s. The gain over 1915 was
SIS 79, or nearly % per cent. March
receipts were $25.57O, against Se2.207
in the same month last year
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
Drowned Before Daughters Eyes;

Cox, 66, civil war veteran. was
drowned in Rock river mere when a
skiff, in which he was riding, went
over dam, upsetting the craft. The
mans daughter saw him perish, help
less TO extend him aid.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
John A. Siusher Alleges That Sam
Bernstein Made Statement Accus-
ing Him Of Being Guilty
at Larceny.
ACTION AGAINST CITY
John G. LIsie ciaims That He Slipped
on Crossing In West keokuk and
That He 10 Permanently
Injured.

| Suit for alleged Islander was filed
today in the district court by John
A Slusher vs.. Sam Bernstein. Plain
tiff is asking Judgment for $4,000 on
| the alleged slanderous statement
which 1t is claimed defendant made in
the presence Of several persons. Plain
tiff alleges in his petition that in Au-
gust of last year, that defendant with
wicked and malicious intent to injure
plaintiff in a certain discourse did
speak and publish substantially the
false words: You (meaning this
plaintiff) are thief You stole my
property That suit case is mine. You
give it to me- or words to that Ell
! feet"
| 1t is alleged that defendant intend
ed to accuse plaintiff Of larceny, and
did so accuse him in the alleged state
| ments, for which judgment of ST.
900 is demanded.
Damage Suit Against City.
| Claiming that he slipped on a cross
| ing which was covered with snow and
ice, and received injuries which are
permanent, John G. Lisle has filed suit
for damages against the city of Keo-
kuk asking for judgment for $500.
Lisle, according to his petition slip
ped on the crossing at B and Bluff
streets last February. The crossing
was coated with snow and ice, he al
leges, and notice of its dangerous con-
dition had been given the city.
| Isle also alleges that ne has com.
piled with the law and given notice
to the city. His injury he alleges is
to his left knee and leg, and that it
has become permanent
! Asks Judgment on Note.
| Judgment for s250.5O is asked for
in a suit filed today in the district
court by l. Sterne & Co., VS. Sam
Bernstein. judgment is alleged to be
due on a promissory onte.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
Baby Contest at Mar.

Baby Contest at MarshaIltown.
MARSHAILTOWN. Ia, April g.
Marshalltown is holding its first baby
contest Babies between six months
and two years have been entered.
Twelve doctors will act as judges.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05

whiskey and dozens of barrels Of
beer. In a record-breaking raid 1915
pints OF whiskey and 72 bottles Of
beer were confiscated from freight
and express depots
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05

St Louis Globe-De1nocrat: Har-
monies OF life will take care of them
selves; the work of life is to eliminate
the discords.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05

Women have replaced many men as
stewards of transatlantic steamers
as the result of conscription.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
Easy Way to Get
Rid of Itching

Don't worry any more about that
itching skin-troublc. just get Jar of
rcsinol ointment and a cake of resinol
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05

Marriages have dropped off ever %
percent in Berlin since the war We
gan.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-05
TRI-STATE NEWS

and after upbraiding her. started
shooting.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-12

TO suit myself No ono has com
planned And now this iascally ed
itor---"
What a wonderful world this
must have been for states men and
financiers and politicians" She CON.
mented. innocently. "before nevspa'
pers were invented"
I'm going TO shut up tina. news
paper" he growled unheeding. III IL
takes every cent ! have And I'm
going 10 Vet back al stephen fetch.
er If"
He stopped short. with grunt.
Two peOple--a man and girl-had
entered the room The nan paused
near the door In the din light.
Mason did not az once recognize
him The girl came shyly forward.
At sight OF her the glover van
ished from Mason's face. He and his
wife jumped TO their feet in happy
excitement.
Rose they cried in unison
"Dad'-mother." said Rose. ner-
ouSly. kissing them one after the
cher I've some news for you.
So.Qe tremendous news. Promise
not 20 be angry"
"Antry with YOU. you precious lit.
tie girl?" laughed Mason indulsent.
Is. mot much What is this ire
mendous news%'
Drawing Tom forward from tho
curtained gloom OF tho doorway.
Rose summoned all her courage and
answered:
we were marie this morning,
Tom and /. Just half an lour ara
We"
An inarticulate roar OF truly dread
full ierocity from the senator inter
rupted her faltering confession.
Married." he sputtered, his bull
voice drowning a lesser cry of dis
may from his vile Married too
Stephen F1etchcr's son? You're
you're not"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-12
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

or course. my dear. there Is no need
This being true, | must infer
To skip this story yaGI! prefer.
can't help II II you do or
course you don't have to read II un-
less you want To. But whether you
read It or not have to tell Il. be.
cause IL explains a lot CT things
that seem to need explaining,
among other things how Redtail the
Hawk was cured OF greediness. You
remember that Redtail had yielded
TO temptation and had caught lit
tie chicken for his breakfast very
early on a certain morning. Now,
the place where he had caught that
chicken was long way from the
Green Forest and the home OF
Farmer Browns Boy At first he
planned TO ny to the nearest safe
place and eat that chicken. Then
he remembered that in certain
big nest in a certain tall tree in the
Green Forest he had three hungry
babies and that before he ate they
should be fed.
lie looked down at the little
chicken clutched In the claws OF
one foot II was a very little chick
en- for three such hungry youngsters
as the three young Rcdtails. In
fact, II was so little that his claws
closed almost around IL without
tearing It's tender flesh at all.
He hadn't killed the chicken. More
than this, he hadn't seriously hurt
H. IL Was suffering, &c be sure.
| but It's suffering was almost wholly
from fright IL certainly was a
frightened chicken. Yes. sir. II GER
tainly was a frightened chicken. |
don't wonder. do you? How do you
suppose IL felt as IT was carried
higher and higher up in the blue,
blue sky until down below all the
things which always had locked so
big became small and smaller
Danny Meadow Mouse knows. He
was carried that way once by Hooty
the Owl. and since then Danny has
been quite content with the ground.
He no longer envies the birds.
On his way TO his home In the
Green Forest Redtail flew over the
home OF Farmer Browns boy. II was
Just after Farmer Browns Boy had
gone into the barn TO milk The cows.
Redtail. looking down with those
wonderful eyes OF his. saw Mrs.
Featherlegs and her bic family Of
chickens. He saw that those were
bigger chickens than the one he al
ready had. yet not 20 big but that
he could hold one with one foot He
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-12
GILLESPIE URGES
TRAFFIC COURT

Police Commissioners John Giles
pie addressed the Youse club Of the
German-American association at the
clubs noon luncheon. Tuesday, on
trafiic problem" He stressed the
fact that the automobile has done
more TO destroy courtesy than any
other one factor in our common
life. The traffic problem, he as
serted. IL the gfreates; problem
with which we are confronted. after
which comes the moral problem.
II do not believe that motorist.
should be tried in the criminal
courts" said Mr.. Gillespie. I'VE
should have traffic or ordinance
court for these cases which would
be a means OF education rather
than n court OF punishment. Mental
moral and physical tests should be
required OF the driver" =,
There are now 14l 900 motor II
censes in Detroit and IL Ia said tina,
| by Sept. 1. there will be 10000
The solution OF the traffic prob
Elem, the police commis rioner al
Arms. rests largely with the motor
list.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-12
Russian Tension Converts
CoWs Slain By Enemy Guns
Into Shoes for Fighting Men

tull and can not take on any more
business. The Zemstvo steps in
and, because il reaches out into
The far places of the empire. because
10 Knows by name every workman
and every little shop in the land
delivers the articles short off. II di.
vides the order hundreds OF times,
farms n out in little patches. TO
small shops and even private cot
iages and the miracle is performed.
In Moscow alone 10000 poor wom-
en-widows and wives OF soldier,
principally--are permanently on the
union payroll. Together with the
Cooperative Society, 5000 won.
IN OF Moscow are thus regularly
employed
But the members OF the Zemstvo
receive no pay. II is all for Russia
Their time and their labor are vol
unfairly contributions. prompted by
patriotic motives.
Prince Lvov. OF Moscow. and a
member Of the douma, is the Fem
styo unions president: NJ Alexc-
yey. also OF Moscow. is secretary,
while Peter Struhye, we'll known to
American university men. is the
Petrograd man.
over $1,000 specialists and organ
izers are in the field and back In
the futariar Tbar. fe p1sb{rr 49,.
are not doing for the army and the
volume of work taken upon their
shoulders seems ever TO increase
Some $500 separate and distinct
Zemstvo union institutions are now
in operation. on one front alone
including 100 hospital. 40 ambulance
corps. nine dental parlors, l2l med
ical and feeding stations combined.
225 single feeding stations. Is laun-
dries. 20 disinfecting plants, IA dis
injecting brigades. 81 advance hos
pital brigades. nine lnnoculating
groups, ~ barber shops. 30 machine
shops, IS homes for refugees, 80
sanitary trains, innumerable store
houses, barracks. refugees. tea and
coffee lines, dormitories, baths and
what not.
On one front II liz feeding 152 900
refugees; on another 100000, while
on the southwestern. sector alone
there are 20 free food stations
where no hungry person is turned
away empty OF stomach.
The Zemstvo has outgrown wha.
IT began by doing. 1t has taken on
infinitely greater shops. II start
ed humbly in village and country
and now doing work OF empire-wide
Importance. II did not need this
distinction It's bigness has been
thrust upon Il.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-12
TUE MMM
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81 A(IE. MMssM
MME3

In the Garrick next week. Jessie
Bonstelle and her stock company
will produce a new play without
name. written by owen Davis. Miss
Bonstelle will give the Detroit play
going public an opportunity to Sc
lect the title. and win prize OF s25.
Anyone attending the Garrick next
week will have the privilege OF send
ing in a suggestion for a title, pro
viding the suggestion is accompanied
by seat check. and the sender
full name and address. The play Is
said TO be happy moination OF
romance, melodrama and comedy. In
the regular winter season, the play.
Detroit named. will be given pro
duction by the Garrick Producing
company. in which several Detroit
ers are interested, and OF which COM
pany Miss Bonstelle is managing d.
rector.