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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-11
K|ND|G CONCERT
At 5 TOMORROW
MUSICAL Organization VIII Give Last
of Free Open Air Programs
at Park Tomorrow
Afternoon.
EVERYONE rs INVITED
gand Director Changes Time Of Con.
cert to Afternoon-Splendid
Program 10
Assured.
EVERYONE IS INVITED

The last free concert OF the sea,
son bv Kindig's Concert band, will be
given tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
In Rand park. The concert was an
nounced earlier in the week as an
evening concert. This was done in
case the weather were hot, as 1t has
been the two previous Sundays. The
temperate condition Of the weather,
however, has made 1t seem advisable
to put the concert on In the after
noon as usual.
This will be the last OF the series
of open air free concerts to be given
bv the Kindig organization and de-
serves a big crowd in attendance.
The program will be an interesting
one and well worth hearing. Follow
Ing are the selections which will be
played by the band under direction
of John B. Kindig:
Glory of the Trumpets (March) >.
......... .......... Brookinshire
Gypsy Queen fOverture) $685.. King
Garden of Roses waltz -. Brooks
Sun Shine (Overture) ........ Bagley
Sailing Down the Bay MEDLEY
Overture) ..... ..... Archer-Mahl
They're Wearing Them Higher in
Hawaii (March) .......... Mohr
Ten Minutes Intermission.
on! Johnnie, Oh! (One-step) -.
......... ..... -. Rose Gilman
Grand Military Tattoo .......... Saro
Inspiration (Overture) ........ Hays
(a)-La Poloma spanish Seren-
ade) Yradier
(b)-Sextet from Lucia 80. Donizetu
Let's All be Americans (March)
......... ............. Meyer
Star Spangled Banner ...... Suarens
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-11
EXAMINATIONS
IN KAHOkA
About Twenty-Five Per Cent Of Those
in First Call Were Rejected
by the Draft
Board.

KAHOKA, Mo, Aug. 1.-THE 1913
young Clark county men who were
called to report before the exemption
board this week for examination for
service in Uncle Sans new army, ap-
reared on the days designated. Twice
the number Of Clark county's quota
were called for examination at this
time and another call will be issued
soon. About % per cent of those
called were rejected, not being up to
requirem ents physically. Many are
asking exemptions on grounds Of de-
tendency. On the whole the result
Of tho first call was about as antici-
pated.
Alvin Jester, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
s. w. Jester. was quite badly bruised
Tuesday when he was run into by an
automobile driven by Peter Rockhold,
of Fairmont. The boy was playing in
the street and stepped out OF the way
of a passing truck only to be struck
,by the automobile. The machine
passed over him but the wheels miss
ed him. No blame is attached to the
driver. However, there are number
Of automobile owners in this city who
drive recklessly. paying little or no
attention to pedestrians, and should
be "pinched."
Joseph vandolah, Of the drug firm
Of vandolah Bros, Of this city, was
united in marriage at Quincy, Ill,
Saturday, Aug. 4, to Miss Naomi VIII
liams of Pennington, Iowa. They
came to Kahoka Sunday and will
make their home in this city. Their
many friends extend congratulations.
Kahoka's big chautauqua will open
on next Thursday, Aug. 16. A large
number of season tickets have been
sold, the talent engaged is exception
ally good and the six day event prom
ises to be good The Kahoka band
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-11
Why Go to France.

1.-THE statement, "a jolly little war,
4 is said to have been flippantly made
zby the German crown prince, at the
/ beginning of the awful world war
authors MOTEL
Why should we go to France to fight
because it's there that Freedom calls
for help.
There sons of Lafayette and Roch'
Fright hard against an autocratic foe;
Fright to expel invading hosts
That ruthlessly despoil the land.
ln northern France, land once so fair
fWhere cities rose and glistened in
the sun,
EAnd avenues of trees, white roads,
and hills
THAT stood all decked in living green.
EBehold it now! War blackened, torn,
A type OF hell. Mans grandest work
no honor God-Cathedrals centuries
fThe beauty and the wonder of the
world
Nlw lie in battered ruins. Wrecked
by shells
because a King and Prince decreed
70 have "a jolly little war!'
and now with all the wronged and
wretched souls
u bleeding Belgium and Of France,
lhese affairs torn, though mute yet
loudly cry
10 Heaven for justice for this wrong;
and Justice must be had. The Wrong
made Right.
hnd kings be taught they cannot
plunge the World
cruel hellish war to please their
lust!
Md then the cries OF those at sea
"ho went to death, unwarned, I'M
armed.
Because Nation chose to break
he law of nations. And again to
break
pledge once given. Those helpless
cries
Fave reached America---long suffer
ing
md that is why we go to France.
FRANKLIN e. COOK.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-11

made a trip to Wyaconda and Luray
Wednesday, boosting for the chau-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-11

made a trip to Wyaconda and LuraJ
Wednesday. boosting for the chau
tauqua.
Irwin Evans and Harry Nickel have
gone to Kirksville, where they joined
Company G. and were mustered into
service Aug. 5.
Sam French Of this city has Joined
O. company at Centerville. He spent
Sunday with homo folks in Kahoka
George McHugh and family have
moved from Clark county to Fort
Collins, Colo, where they have pur
chased a novelty store.
Alva Hays is in attendance at ru
raj route carriers meeting at Jeffer
son City this week.
Mrs. c. E. Mackey and two children
of Chicago, are guests Of her mother
Mrs. Geo. Kearns and other county
relatives.
Verne Crear has purchased two
acres of ground from Frederick
modern home will probably be erect.
ed.
Architect VIM. Gordon Of st. Joseph
was looking after the work on the
new school building Monday. Salts
factory progress Is being made. The
basement walls and ground floor
walls are complete and the cement
stairways and corridors are being put
in this week.
Harmon and Hildreth Tucker, OF
Dennison, Iowa, are the guests OF
their brother Osbury Tucker and oth
er Kahoka relatives this week. The
former has not been In Kahoka fol
thirty-seven years and 1t has been
forty-three years since the latter paid
& visit to the old home county. Old
time friends were glad to renew 40
quaintance.
Charles Forester, carrier on route
2, is taxing his annual vacatoin.
Get ready for the big Clark county
fair Aug. 1881.
Judge J. D. Robe, OF Wayland, re
crts that the sum Of $4,000 has beer
paid out at his town for rye and corr
since July 10. Seven car loads Of the
former and four Of the latter were
shipped from that point. One field O.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-11
All Revoir Dsy.

limited Press Leased Wire Servfce.1
CHICAGO, Aug. IA goodbye
day-or, since the soldiers are going
to France, an Eau revoir days be-
ing planned for Chicago's quota of
the new national army when they
leave for cantonment camps Septem-
Der S
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-11
a short visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank

Smiley.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hynd'
man of the Elvaston vicinity Tues
day, August Z, son, named Leslie
Carl.
Almon Hazen and wife Of Quincy,
arrived yesterday in their car for a
visit with the gentlemans mother
and sister, Mrs Mary Hazen and
daughter, Miss Zella.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-11

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 11.--Albert
Schmidt, chauffeur, is dead today, be-
cause he let woman take the
wheel" while he attempted to light
cigaret The car turned turtle. inju>
ing two others. ss
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-11
LOT l AT 19c YD.

There about 40 pieces of So and 40 inch wolfe,
sport skirtings, and other dress and skirt ma
terals which sold at Csc, 29c. 35c and SOC, but
will be much higher next season, your choice
19C yd.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-11
Conversation Ceases.

Topeka State Journal: The calm
I utter peace appears to surround
ne shipping board since Denman
gas given his walking papers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-11

rye averaged thirty-two bushels pex
acre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-29
Ronalds Testifes
He's Penniless
Society Man, Sued, Says
He Is Dependent Upon
Sister for Funds
By BRIGGS

Reginald Ronalds, son Of the late
Peter Lorillard Ronalds and we'll known
as an athlete and clubman. has testi-
fed in supplementary proceedings that
he is practically penniless and is de-
pendent for funds upon the money sent
to him by his sister Mrs. Thomas Hay
Richie, OF London.
This was disclosed in an action
brought by the Guaranty Trust Com
pany on judgment for slS3,9l4 on a
note.
All o. the property which Ronalds
once possessed is now in the name Of
his second wife. Mrs. Mildred Combs
Ronalds. he said. He testified that in
order that she might be induced TO
marry him he gave her about $4,000
in real property and an interest of
about $4,000 in the Blake Trust Fund
These. he said, he transferred to his
wife on July IS. 1917. "in consideration
Ct her promise to marry me-"
Early mis- month Ronalds married
Mrs. Combs. His first wife. who was
Miss Thora Strong. daughter of Charles
II. Strong, president Of the Erie and
Pittsburgh Railroad, divorced him in
1915.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ronalds now live at
Great Neck, Long Island. in a house
for which he says she pays the rent
The only money which Ronalds OBJ
tains. he testified. comes from Mrs.
Richie, in London. Peter Lorillard
Ronalds and his wife were well known
IN England. as Mrs. Ronalds was an
intimate friend of Queen Victoria.
When Ronalds's mother died her daugh-
ter inherited her entire estate.
Last year Mrs. Richie gave her
brother $4,000. Hereafter. he said.
she may allow him $4,000 a year. His
last remittance came in September, and
was for $3.50.
Ronalds said he had invested 100000
in a timber company and owned 10000
shares Of the Mexican New Era Cor
poration. neither Of which. he thought,
worth much at present.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-29
Socialist Women Plan
.Anti-War Vote Rally
Suffrage Demonstration at
Union Square Saturday to
Emphasize Pacifist Spirit

Socialist women OF New York City
who did not take part in the suffrage
parade Saturday because the women
who marched were avowedly in sympa-
thy with the war are planning votes
for women" demonstration of their
own.
Ii is 10 be held in Union Square next
Saturday afternoon. Plans for the
demonstration were discussed yester-
day at rally held in Peoples House,
I East Fifteenth Street, under the au-
spices of the Socialist Suffrage Cam
paign Committee.
An intimstion that the public demon
stration in addition TO pleading the
cause Of suffrage will be strongly anti
war in spirit was made By Theresa NAL
kiel. who presided at the meeting.
THE .uffragists have done their
cause harm by their espousal of the
war" she said. at is false. cruel and
unnatural for the mothers OF men TO
want TO see them slaughtered, and that
has set in psychological reaction
against the cause, though few realize il.
I'VE want 10 stage a demonstration
in Union Square that will genuinely
touch New York's heart. We are going
TO erect a great circular stage in Union
Square, and there present a series of
living pictures which will show why
We ought 10 have the ballot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-29
Woman Found Dead;
Her Companion Sought
Police Search for Man Who
Accompanied Mrs. Catherine
White to Her Home

The body of Mrs. Catherine White,
thirty-nine years old, was found yes
terday lying on her bed, in her apart
ment, at Alb East 147th Street. A pill
low was pressed down upon her face,
and over this the bed cover had been
drawn. The police believe that she
Vas strangled TO death. and are looking
for the man who accompanied her
home early yesterday morning.
The last OF her neighbors to see her
alive was William Avery, who met her
ard the man as they were going up
stairs. Mrs. White introduced her
companion TO Avery as "a relative"
About o'clock Yesterday morning
Mrs. Tillie Armstrong, who occupies
the apartment next 10 Mrs. Whites,
heard noises, a. though the woman
were i'll. About noon she entered the
White apartment, and found the body
and notified the police.
DR.. Riegelman. Coroner's Physician,
said that the woman's face had been
badly bruised, as though her assailant
had struck her several times.
Mrs. White had occupied the Spsrt-
ment for about two months. She had
told neighbors that her husband. John,
was in the United States army. Two
letters addressed 10 him were found
IN her rooms. The police are trying to
locate him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-29
Bennett Repeats
He'll Not Withdraw
Tells of Conspiracy to An
nounce His Retirement Too
Late To Be Denied

William NJ. Bennett reiterated last
night that he would not withdraw from
the race for Mayor, adding: IF any
one is to get out of this race it should
be Mayor Mitchell" Mr.. Bennett said:
During the last few days | have
received perhaps a dozen letters. ap-
parently inspired, suggesting that get
out OF the mayorality race and support
Mr.. Mitchell.
an addition. am told that the
Fusion campaign managers and polti.
cal lieutenants who attempted to count
me out at the primary have set afoot
rumor that would take this course.
ut is additionally stated in some
quarters that a conspiracy is on foot 10
announce my retirement from the
mayorality race in the pro- Mitchell
press at such a late date that this lie
cannot be effectively denied.
II want TO state here and now. once
and for all, that | am in this race TO
stay and TO win"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-29
Drags Her Father
Into Trains Path

STANFORD. Conn, Oct. 2s.-One
hour after Miss Stella Bescher had been
taken from DR.. Franklin Barnes's sana-
forum here by her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles b. Bescher, of 90 Chm
Avenue. Yonkers. y. Y, she threw her
self from the platform Of the Stamford
station of the New York. New Haven &
Hartford in the path of an electric loco
motive.
Her father in his attempt to save her
was dragged after her. Both he and
his daughter are in Stamford Hospital.
Miss Bescher's left arm was severed
above the elbow and she suffered in
iuries from which she will probably
die. Mr.. Bescher's nose, collar bone
and several ribs we're broken. He may
recover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bescher came TO the
sanatorium to-day 10 take their daugh-
ter home with them in their automo-
bile. The girl, who has been suffering
from a nervous breakdown. refused TO
90 unless she travelled by train. Ac-
cordingly her parents motored with ser
to the railway station.
An electric locomotive was rolling
into the station and Miss Bescher
jumped to throw herself into its path.
Her father and mother grappled with
her. but she tore herself away. knock
ing her mother down and pulling her
father of the platform with her. Both
fell between the platform and the rails.
and the locomotive in passing crushed
them.
Mrs. Bescher was also taken TO the
hospital, suffering from shock and hys-
terra.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-29
Neu York Soldier Dies
In DeIoware Wreck

WILMINGTON, Del, Oct. 2S.-One
soldier was killed and another perhaps
fatally injured to-day in rear-end col
lision between two freight trains of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Elsmere,
near this city.
Isaac Goldberg. twenty-five. of New
York. member of Company l., 47th New
York Infantry, was killed, and Ashley
Evans, twenty-four, of 593 Halsey
Street. Brooklyn. a member Of the LIST
Cavalry, had both legs so badly crushed
that amputation of both was necessary.
The two soldiers were acting as
guards on one Of the trains.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-29
Hillquit Promises
Better Pay, More
Power to Employees
Socialist Says He Would Give
Teachers Voice in Board
of Education

Hillquit meetings held in Harlem yes
terday afternoon were crowded 10 over
flowing When two thousand person,
had TANNED themselves into Park View
Palace, at 10th Street and Fifth Ave-
nue., an equal number was clamoring a.
the door. They were accommodated a.
an extra meeting in the basement.
Al the Park View Palace meeting Mr..
Hillduit declared that if he were elect
ed Mayor he would not award city
Offices 10 deserving Socialists" unless
they were fit as we'll as deserving.
He said that his intention was TO i'm
prove the position Of city employees. and
mentioned teachers. policemen, fremen
and street cleaners and employees Of
highways. docks and water supply par
ticularly as being underpsid and over
worked. To teachers he promised rep
resentation on the Board Of Education.
Without being lax, inefficient or ex-
travagant." ne said. "the administra-
tion would see 10 1t that ITS workers be
paid living wage, that they work rea-
sonable hours, that trey be given rec
ignition in the formulation OF policies
for the administration Of their re-
spectiye departments"
At least four thousand persons were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-29

store. | asked her where she skated.
She said on the pond along the east
side Of Central Park above Seventy
third Street. ! told her my children
skated there, too, but it was very
crowded. She said: oh, that is all
right now. They did let the rif-raff in
for 4 while, but | telephoned Jack
Mitchell and he had that fixed for me.
Nobody can skate there now without
permit
"Mr. Mitchefs attempt TO hand the
waterfront TO the Vanderbilt lines does
not, in my opinion, constitute evidence
of corrupt intention. II was another of
those instances where there was con-
fict between the interest of rich and
influential people on the one hand and
the common or garden public on the
other. Our fighting Mayor does not
seem 10 fight when wealth and influence
are on the other side"
Fusionists Deny Charge
1t was stated at Fusion headquarters
that Mr.. Pinchot's "insinustion" that
Mayor Mitchell restricted skating on
Central Park lake at the request or
wealthy woman was untrue. Acting
Park Commissioner Valentine said that
the lake near Seventy third Street and
Fifth Avenue had been closed from mo-
tives Of safety TO all except figure
skaters from 1910 until last February,
when Mayor Mitchell directed that all
skaters be admitted.
Mr.. Pinchot was one OF the founders
OF the Progressive Party, although he
later took George W. Perkins TO task as
a plutocrat. lie voted for President
Wilson last year as "the most progress
sive candidate" As recently as Febru-
airy 3 last ae saw no reason for the
United States TO enter the war. saying
that this country was immune from in
vasion and its ships should keep out Of
/ danger Last June he declared that
the rich men ought 10 pay for the war,
and used words which he sscribed to
Gladstone to describe the first Liberty
! Loan as deception on the people
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-29
Two Naval Men Drowned
As Barge Capsizes in Ocean

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Oct. 2s.-Two
warrant officers attached TO the deep
sea diving force Of the United States
Navy lost their lives by the capsizing
OF a barge in a storm early to-day.
They were Rudolph Zugehor, twenty
three years old, son OF R. C. Zugehor.
OF Webster, y. Y, and Carl Henry
Blinn. twenty-four. Of Minneapolis.
Both were gunner's mates. second class.
With companion. Gunner's Mate
Michaels, they went on a deep sea div
ing barge. in tow of warship. when
a heavy sea. raised by sudden squall.
overturned the barge. The warship
lowered boats in tn. midst OF the tenn
pest and succeeded in rescuing
Michsels but the other men were
drowned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-29

waiting for him az the Star Casino.
10th Street and Park Avenue.
"A Socialist victory in the city cleo
ton" Mr.. Hillquit said, will be a
clear mandate to our government to
open immediate negotiations for gen.
eral peace. Some day the nations at
war will make peace. Why not now?
The people in all countries at war are
yearning for peace. Then why continue
the mad slaughter?
"The German Parliament and the
Austrian government have accepted the
only possible basis Of durable peace.
The head of the Catholic Church has
given il his official support and indorse-
ment- The large masses OF the French
Italian, English and American people
would hail such peace with joy. Then
why not draft a concrete treaty Of
peace on these principles?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-29
Tilted, Kills Woman;
Shoots Man in Hall
Dance Broken Up by Trag-
edy in West Hoboken-
Slayer Reticent

In upon the closing dance Of the
Selma Circle, at Central Hall, West
Hoboken, early yesterday morning
there suddenly broke all the melodrama
Of the oldtime Broadway thriller. when
the door opened quietly and Frank
Kruck, of 513 Paterson Avenue,
stepped into the hall.
The fifty or more couples dancing
paid little attention TO him as he
threaded his way through them. his
eyes fixed on a pretty woman and a
dark-sknned man who were Waiting
at the other end Of the hall. Later sew
eral of the dancers remembered that
he had kept his right hand IN his
jacket pocket.
Kruck said no word to Mrs. Nellie
WITCH, a widow, of 900 Hoboken Street.
or to John Rageo. her partner. when he
got close to them. The hand that he
ierked from his pocket gripped re-
volver.
There were two shots in quick sue
cession. Then three more. Screams
and shouts arose as the dancers STAN
peded for the door. But Kruck stood
still. alone on the deserted floor. eX-
cept for two bodies that lay at his
feet. The police who broke into the
hall arrested him without any strug-
gle. He remained stubbornly mute.
Mrs. Wich died instantly. She was
shot through the head and heart. Ra-
geo is dying in North Hudson Hos
pital. with bullet wounds in his breast
and right arm.
According to those who know the
/ three principals in the tragedy. it was
| jealousy which prompted Kruck. Al
one time he boarded in Mrs. Wich's
home. but his attentions TO her be
came so disagreeable, It Is said, that
she forced him to leave. Since Their
she had been seen several times witt
Rageo. It was his friendship for her
II is believed. that drove Kruck tC
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pital was executed with great prompt
tude and dispatch. ,
Captain O. Il. c., Division Inteil'-
gence Officer.
Seriously Injured
The list Of the less seriously injured
includes:
william Barasch. Private. Com
Iany, 35th Machine gun Battalion'
twenty-nine years old. 240 East Fifth
Street. Manhattan: decorations.
Abraham Bergman, private. an
9Th Company, i52d Depot Brigade,
twenty-fo wears old. 1871 Avenue A,
Manhattan; general Commissions:
Rudolph Freyer. private, Company
32d Ammunition Train; twenty-five
years old; 1850 Tiffany Street, Inc
Bronx; lacersted left foot.
Abraham Gaber. private. Battery o.
Years old; 2207 Mermaid Avenue,
Conev Island: shoulder dislocated.
Miss Ester Gellmsn, eighteen years
old. 1898 Vice Avenue. The Bronx; Sc
we're contusions of right thigh and leg.
Miss Ida Grossman, twenty-one years
old. i67 Havemcyer Street, Brooklyn;
SHOCK.
Joseph +. Kasner, private, Machine
Gun Company, 30Sth Infantry, twenty
six years old, 432 East 154th Street
Manhattan; dislocated wrist
Vincent Lacsva. private, Company o.
302d Engineers. twenty-eight years old,
764 10Th Street. Manhattan; shock.
Charles W. Miller, private, Battery A,
305th Field Artillery. twenty-six years
old. 602 East 10th Street, Manhattan;
dislocation of right collar bone; right
ear lacerated.
Max Rosenblat. private, 25th Com
pany, 152d Depot Brigade; twenty-five
years old; ~ East 112th Street, Man
haitian, shock.
Morris Sapier, private, Battery {,
SO4th Field Artillery; twenty-nine
years old; III Norfolk Street, Manhat-
tan, slight contusions of right leg.
Morris Schildhaus. private c Com
pany. 305th Machine Gun Battalion;
thirty years old; 202 Rivington Street,
Manhattan confusion of ankle.