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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
RECORD ATTENDANCE
IN CHURCH SCHOOL
Tomorrow Will Be Climax Of Cam
paIgn Conducted by First Chris
tian Church Sunday School.

The First Christian church school
is planning on making tomorrow,
Easter Sunday, the climax of a period
of steady growth in numbers and in
attendance. The school has already
doubled in regular attendance in a
period Of two months, and the mark
for morrow has been set at 1000
There will be q delightful Easter
program of special music and other
numbers. The orchestra of the school,
under the direction of J. Calvin He'd
rick, will have a prominent part in
the service. and special quartet will
also give mum Der we'll worth hear
ing. Following the morning service,
it is planned to take large picture
of the entire school and every mem
Der and friend of the school is of
course DESTROYS of finding himself or
herself in this picture. On account
of the Easter display Of millinery and
new frocks, competition for places of
vantage are expected to be at pre-
MUM.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22

tered into the manufacture OF paper
Is now being manufactured into ex-
plosives," he declared. Every
branch OF the paper trade is affected .
and the large dealers cannot see the
end of the trouble
we are supplying our customers
who had long time contracts with us
at loss, and could sell ten times the
amount Of stock we now do at fabu-
lous prices.
Just a few days ago we received
$4,000 in gold from japan. They
wanted paper for gold and did not
ask the price. We will merely return
the money to them. We have not ex-
ported pound of paper since the
shortage became apparent. and we
do not expect to.
Much of the wood pulp that went
into our paper came from the Russian
forests The wood was sent to
THIS country, where it was made by
the mills into paper. This supply is
now withdrawn.
we formerly drew an enormous
supply of the wood pulp from Canada.
Inc British government is now using
all OF the output in the manufacture
OF coro1te and other explosives and
We are getting none from Canada.
inis country manufactures . large
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
a MOVE to Improve the six main roads

a move to improve the six main roads
leading into the town.
The SayIorville, Polk City and Mad
rid Good Roads association voted to
give 500 yards Of gravel for the i'm
provement of the Des Moines Madrid
road at Polk City. This makes to-
tai Of $500 yards Of gravel contrib
uted by the association.
In Hamilton County.
The Hamilton county board of
supervisors has planned to gravel the
route of the Hawkeye highway through
the county This section Of the road
was all graded and drained last year
so that the road is said to be in
splendid condition to receive the
gravel surface.
The Ames-Des Moines road con-
sidered the most heavily travelled
north and south road in the state.
will probably be graveled this sea
son. This thirty-six mile stretch will
be given a gravel surface If the plans
of the farmers and property owners
along the road who are boosting the
project are carried out
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
MINOR MATTERS IN
SUPERIOR COURT
Pleas Of Not Guilty Made In All Cases
Coming UP This Morning Before
Judge McNamara.

There were a number of minor
cases in the superior court this morn
ing. Lem Daugherty, accused in an
Information filed against him by HUI
name Officer Glasscoff of overwork-
ing his horse, appeared this morning
and pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Mary Cute pleaded not guilty to
the charge of disturbing the peace of
B. A Callahan. Pleas of not guilty
were also entered by Charles Malone,
held for drunkenness and disorderly
conduct. and by G. Boyd, accused of
disturbing the peace of H. C. Butt
gen. The asst two were held under
500 bond.
Tom Grogan, another boy charged
with being implicated in the Colonial
theatre matter, pleaded not guilty.
His case will be investigated.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT
By S. w. sTRAUs
Prelld<nt american Socer for Thrift

him down" He knew that if he
was thrifty and industrious that OPP
portunity would knock at his door.
William Dean Howerls, the dean
of American letters, learned the
printers trade Judge Robert s.
Lovett, head of the Hartman rail-
road system, was once a teamster.
James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier
poet, loved and honored by the ma
ton. began life as a sign painter.
Albert H. Smith, head of the New
York Central lines, was once a
laborer and section hand
The late Mark Hanna said: eff
you want to be anything in life or in
you own community, save your
money-and begin to do it right
away. Saving pulls man together,
makes him fit and able to do things.
Nine out Of every ten successful
men have grown that way"
We will see that Mr.. Hanna's
words are true if we consider the
lives Of many great men, Steven
son, inventor of the locomotive,
laid by pennies in order to buy
material for his experiments. Lin
coin boarded money for an edu-
cation. Samuel Johnson worked
out of his poverty by patient thrift.
Let the successes of these men
be an inspiration today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
chiquita Doll Lady, Re-engased at
Orpheum Theatre.

The famous little lady who pleased
hundreds at the Orpheum with her
company Of vaudeville, has been re-
engaged to appear there Easter Sun
day and Monday. The manageme nt
of the Orpheum, after considering the
fact that hundreds of Keokuk people
could not come to see Chiquita dur
ing the season of lent, means to do
well to give them the second oppor-
tunity, as this wonderful tiny mite
and her company are sure capable of
entertaining them. There will be a
complete change Of program both in
vaudeville and pictures, as well as
Chiquita's singing Novelties are
rare nowadays and when one is dis
covered. attention is most always paid
to it, and Chiquita and her company
Is well worthy OF your patronag e.-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22

amount of wood pulp but our forests
have not been conserved as the'
have been elsewhere. In other couir
tries when tree was cut two Weie
planted in its place. That rule was
never followed in America ana 'n'
supply is in danger of exhaustion.
South America, Japan and Aus,
tralia formerly drew their paper aAa
wood pulp supplies from Germany anu
Sweden. Now they are looking 10 ..S
United States for their supply an.
they are looking in vain. we caiiiV'
supply our own customers.
Congress has been petitioned !.
place an embargo on paper ana
probably will be done.
There is no telling when the CIV
will be. England is experiencing
paper famine. Many publications.
that are not considered necessary az
forbidden by parliament to con'ina'
issuing. and the censors VIII no' ~ "a
nit the use of paper unless
considered necessary. ,o,.
Newspapers in the country ~. az
erly bought their white paper loi ,o.,
to az cents pound. Now the ~
prices obtainable are from = ~ zoo.
cents pound, or just double 'he .her
ular price Jobbers are taxing LIS
statesmen off the road. NAH jim" a,n.
flow in largely in excess OF 'ne zoos
ply. No paper house is Quoting p n-h;ls
for instant purchase. Even The
kilograms are being exchaliseu, load.
price may advance. One OF tng Mas
ing newspapers of Houston, "a
has advanced its price from
cents per copy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22

weeks ago man who, though only
a messenger boy at the age of
twelve, was general manager of
the Western Union Telegraph
Company at the age of thirty mine
-Belvidere Brooks.
Charles Wakefield Cadman, the ia
nous young American composer,
was born and brought up around the
Carnegie Steel Mills OF Pittsburgh,
and started to work in one of the
mills when he was thirteen years
old. He was the kind of man who.
because he had to begin life doing
uncongenial work, did not consider
that he had to go through life rail-
ing at late and society which kept
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
Give to Home Town.

Davenport Times: There is in ev-
cry city and town some worthy OBJ
ject to which the man with surplus
wealth, which he has made in the COM
munity, can we'll afford to donate lib
orally. 1t has been demonstrated at
Upton, Ia, that one doesn't have to
reside in large city in order to find
some worthy work to do with his
wealth. Upton Ia soon to have a
N memorial hall and opera house which
Is to be erected with funds donated
by John Hardacre. 1t will be an Gu
terprise of which the people always
will be proud.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22

THE following article. written at
the suggestion of the United Press,
outlines postwar conditions in Eng
land, as seen by Mr.. Henry Gordon
Selfridge. the American who intro
duced the American department store
and American business methods into
London trade with enormous finan-
cial success. Mr.. Selfridge long has
been close student of international
and European commercial economies.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22

KN1GHTS AND LADIES OF sECUR,
Try KEOKUK COUNCIL NO. 1883
meets thei first and third Monday Of
each month at Hawkes. hall at 800
O'Clock. H. c. Dose, president; Ralph
Muse. financier; Mrs. Ralph Muse,
secretary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
important Information.

Kansas City Star: If the president
calls out the national guard 1t may
at least settle the point as to how
many of them can get permission
from their wives to answer the call.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
ADJUSTMENTS.
Mary Pickford In Poor Little Pep.
pima" at the Grand.

1t is far cry from the tender little
Japanese Cho-Cho-San of Madame
Butterfly" to the heroic figure Of
Poor Little Peppina,' but the art of
the Famous Players star has enabled
her to bridge that gap and to make of
the nearItalian girl who lives as a
boy, one of the greatest characterize
tons of her long list of successes.
In this Paramount picture which is
the feature of the Grand Sunday and
Monday, Miss Pickford gives an en-
tirely different Interpretation from
anything that she has ever attempted.
Her smiling society buds, her petulant
school girls, her mountain maidens.
her prim little misses and her ador-
able Japanese girl are all cast aside
for this sweeping character in which
The is a kidnapped child working in
a Sicilian vineyard, a stowaway dis
guised as boy, "newsie," a boot
black, fruit vender, an employe OF
an opium den, a messenger boy and,
finally the restored millionaire's
daughter who comes into her own.
The great difficulty in this role lies
in the fact that Miss Pickford, in adj
dition to showing the development Of
the character from early girlhood to
maturity, must also bear constantly
in mind the fact that Peppina is not
really an Italian girl, but is an Amer
lean girl whose association with the
Italian people since her KIDNAPPING as
small child, has accustomed her to
Latin ways and to the Italian lam
guage.
Poor Little Peppina" is one Of the
most thrilling dramatic stories, and
contains more great moments than
any photoplay in which Mary Pick
ford has ever appeared.-Advertise
ment
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
LADIES'.

LADIES. nj.
When irregular or delayed use a -,
urnph Pills. Safe and always u ppsnse
able. Not sold at drug stores h M-rite
others, save disappointment ~. cree.
for '.Relief" and particulars W
Address National Medical lnsu
Milwaukee, Wis
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22

America is
only another
name for OPP
p or t u n i ty,'
S aid Oliver
w e n d c | |
Holmes. Pes
sinists will
S a y that
While t h i s
statement was
true in Mr..
Holmes d ay
it is not true
now. Yet there
died in New
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
At the Grand Tonight.

Mae Robson, Broadway's favorite
actress, heads the cast in new
Vatagraph Blue Ribbon comedy, "a
Night Out which will be shown at
the Grand tonight at Z, 8 and 9:15.
"a Night Out" written in collabora-
ton with Miss Robson and Charles
T. Darcy, who is known for his I'm
old Kentucky" presents situations
that enable Miss Robson to demon
strate her art. She is cast as Graun-
UNI to whom girlhood has been de-
MED and whose youthful heart is still
filled with love of play and excite
ment. Miss Robson instills her
youthful vigor into the role of Graun-
UNI, tangoes, runs and even climbs
up an ivy vine to surreptitiously enter
her home after the escapade AS
sisting her are capable cast of Vita
graph comedians, including Hughie
Mack, Flora Finch, Kate Price. Will
liam Shea. Bell Bruce and others
Advertisement
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
IOWA COUNTIES
PLAN GOOD ROADS
Nine OF These Have Taken Steps To
wards Securing Better
Permanent High
ways.
WHAT WILL BE DONE
This is Question That Is Interesting
IL Auto Owners and Better High
way Enthusiasts in
County.
WHAT WILL BE DONE

What is Lee county going to do IL
the matter of good roads! Othel
counties in the state are BUSY IN The
interests of good roads, and automo
bile owners are wondering what VII
be done by this county in the mattel
of improving highways.
Nine Iowa counties are plannlns
comprehensive systems of road i'm
provement. the Iowa highway com
mission service bulletin reports
These counties are Marshall, Clay
Hardin Cerro Gordo, Crawford, EN-
met, Tama, Buena Vista and Black
Hawk.
At a meeting held at Mason City
the board of supervisors OF Cerrs
Gordo county were instructed to per
manently grade and gravel the en-
tire county road system in less tnan
fp11r wears and to issue bonds for
the expense over and above the cur
rent revenues.
There are 40 miles in the Cerro
Gordo county road system. Donations
to the extent of $500 per mile will
be solicited and bonds will be Is.
sued to take up all overdrafts.
Crawford county taxpayers, town
ship road officers and county officers
met at Denison, March IL and in
structed the board Of supervisors to
build all bridges and culverts Of per-
manent construction on the county
road system within two years and to
grade the 125 miles of country road
system not now permanently graded
within a period of four years. 1t is
estimated by County Engineer Fishel
that this work will require issuing
500 900 worth of bonds for road work
and an equal amount for the bridge
and culvert work Twenty-Five miles
OF the Crawford county road system
have already been put to permanent
grade, the greater portion OF this be-
ing the route of the Lincoln highway
across the county.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
ROYAL ACANUM.

Keokuk council No. $50 meets Arst
and third Friday each month, Hawkes.
hall, Eighth and Main. Visiting breth'
rem fraternahy invited to attend. c,
E. Powell, regent; ]. l. Annable.
secretary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
LOYAL ODER OF MOOSE.

LOYAL ODER OF MOOSE.
Keokuk lodge No. T04, meets every
Tuesday night at 500 p. M, in Moose
hall, corner OF Sixth and Main VISIT
Ing brothers cordially invited. !oha
20. Stadler. dictator: Ed s. Lotion
secretary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
Plan Bond Issue.

Emmett county supervisors have an
nounced their plan to grade and
gravel twenty-five miles of the coun-
ty road system during the present
season. They will issue bonds to take
care OF all overdrafts.
Tama county taxpayers met at Tama
on March IS, and instructed their
board of supervisors to permanently
grade every mile of road in the coun-
ty system within three years The
board was urged to gravel every mile
Of road at as early a date as possible,
preference being given to those
miles along which the property own
ers would contribute $500 per miles in
labor and money The board was also
instructed to rebuild with concrete
all county bridges as fast as they
had to be replaced, bonding the coun-
ty for all the money necessary over
the current bridge revenues
Supervisors of Buena Vista county
were instructed to grade and gravel
the entire county road system within
three years at a meeting held March
% All bridges are to be built OF
permanent construction.
Half Million Here.
Black Hawk county supervisors
have under way plans to improve the
entire system of roads in that county
at an expense of 1852 900. 1t is esti-
mated the work can be done in three
or four working seasons. No definite
action committing the board to this
program has been passed.
Sac county taxpayers, at meeting
held March "a, authorized the board
to grade and gravel the entire county
road system.
Nevada's commercial club is back of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22

A good grade OF paper can now be
commercially made from the hop ref
use Of brewe1ies.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22

4 Puckechetuck Encampment Ma
meets first and third Thursday even,
ings OF each month. John Eisenhutn
financial scribe.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22

Colfax Rebekah lodge No. 4, meet.
every second and fourth Tuesday n
each month. N. G., Ophelia Broesel.
recording secretary, Carrie Ackley.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22

And some men never get WI in
Jolt they receive when they Ia"
love.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
You Might Fare Worse.

Cleveland Press: If you are in debt,
cheer up! Great Britain owes &c.
zoe, 900 900.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
PYTHIAN SISTERS.

Keokuk Temple No. 256 Pythia,
Sisters meet every second and fourth
Friday of the month at O'Clock a.
X. P. hall. Mrs. Minnie E. King, NJ.
E. c.: Maud M. Hornish, NJ Of R.
and c.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
B. P. o. ELKs,

|FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES
keokuk Aeire, No. $50, meets ast
and third Wednesday Of each month
at Eagles hc-i, 523 Main street Visit.
ing brothers cordially invited. Phil
CHASER. w. President; Charles A
Noakes. w. Secretary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22

Eagle lodge No. -. holds II, -.
e e: meeting the first Tuesday eys aes1
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22

Puckechetuck lodge No. AZ, meat,
every Friday evening a: o'clocs
G. w. Randall, N. G.; Geo. w. Imma'
gart, permanent secretary,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22

Gate City Chapter No. I, R.
sesular meeting SECOND Frids. = :.
eecn month. q
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
K. OF P.

| X OF p.
Morning Star lodge No S. meet,
at Fifth and Blondeau, X. Of P. build
ing, Tuesday at 1880. R. S. Ulrich,
chancellor commander; ]. A. Burgess
K. of r. and S. Visiting Knights IN,
ternally invited.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22

Mmira Chapter No. 40, q y
noids Its regular meeting tina a.,
thursday of each month. M.,a nv
temple, Seventh and Blondean 'e M
nllian Lloyd, w. NJ; Mrs. 7,
Manu. secretary. "
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22

Hardin lodge, No. 20, holds II, =.
iar monthly meeting the arst Nv ny
Jay evening of each month mon
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22

INDEPENDENT ORDER on I'M
FELLOWS.
heoiauk lodge No. 10, I. o. o =;
meets regular every Monday nieh,
at 1880 O'Clock. Geo. S. Merriam'
n. G. F. M. Pugh, Rec. Sec'y Visit uiN'
ing brothers invited to attend '''
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
EhAiERNAL CAknx

MASONIC.
Third floor Masonic ~
Xxx seventh and Blondeau 4snpls
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22

DAMASCUS coMMAhDERy Ma
Il. r.
Meets regularly every third rh,,.
day In each month. VISITING h,au u.s
rem cordially invited to attend q !,
Eckland. p. c.; B. w. Merriam a.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-19
WAR STIMULATING
JAPAN INDUSTRIES

Washington, May 19.-Japan's in
dustries are receiving a powerful slim
illus from the war. Consular advices
reporting this to the department OF
commerce today said industrial in
vestments during the first of the pres
ent year had been heavier than at any
time since the industrial revival of
1906. New investments largely are
for iron works, ship building, paper
milling, dye and drug manufacture
and other chemical industries.
Business slumped in Japan for a
time after the war began and accord
ing to the consular reports, invest
ments in business enterprises began
to increase only last October Since
that time more than $20,000,000 has
been put into business extensions and
new enterprises.
Prohibition by the British govern
ment of importation of luxuries is said
to have hurt certain lines of manu-
featuring in Japan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-19
WOMEN DELEGATES
IN GENERAL TABOO

New York, May 19-Prohibition,
suffrage, preparedness and hats will
be tabooed at the biennial convention
of the General Federation of Women's
Clubs, which opens here next Tues
day. according to an announcement
made today by the local board of ar
engagements. Workmen were busy to-
day arranging check rooms in the
Seventh regiment armory for the 5000
hats of the 5000 delegates who will
attend the convention. Not hat must
be seen on the floor of the conven-
ton hall, according to the fiat of those
in charge.
The first of the great army of dele
gates, representing clubs in every part
of the country, whose memberships
total 100000, are expected to arrive
here Saturday morning. The conven-
ton will be opened by addresses of
welcome by Governor Charles S. Whit
man and Mayor John Purroy Mitchell.
The main topic for discussion at the
convention will be characterization -
the education of women immigrants
in the English language and American
ideals,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-19
Special Taxation Notice.

Notice is hereby given to all persons
interested, that the council of the city
of Rock Island, Illinois, having ordered
that Seventeenth avenue, from the east
line Of Twenty-fifth street to the west
line of Thirtieth street, be excavated,
graded, curbed and paved with as
phalt and the ordinance for the same
being on file in the office Of the city
clerk OF said city, and said city hav-
ing applied to the county court OF
Rock Island county, Illinois, for an as
sessment of the cost of said improve
ment according to the frontage of the
property assessed along the line of
the Improvement, said assessment be-
ing payable in eight (S) installments.
each bearing interest at the rate of
nVe per cent per annum, and an as
sessment therefore having been made
and returned to said court. the final
hearing thereon will be had on the
second day of June A D., 1916, at the
hour Of 8 o'clock a. m, or as soon
thereafter as the business of the court
will permit
All persons desiring, may file OBJ
Jections in said court, before said day
/ and may appear on the hearing and
make their defense.
Dated Rock Island, H., May IS. 1916.
J. c. FRY,
Commissioner appointed to make said
assessment
! JOHN X. SCOTT, city attorney.
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