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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
MRS. MARY HOLT
PASSES BEYOND
Long Time Resident Of keoEuk
Answers Call at Her Home
.ss Early This Morning.

Mrs. Mary bolt, wife OF Tyler Holt,
and resident Of Keoknk for many
years, passed away at her home. J503
Morgan street, at 2:30 o'clock this
morning. She had been Ill since last
summer. In the fall she was oper-
ated upon for gall stones and had
also been troubled with dropsy.
Mrs. Holt was fifty-nine years OF
age and is survived by her husband
and one daughter Mrs. Edna Range
OF Chicago. A brother. Mr.. Triplett,
and sister, Mrs. Martha johnson.
live here and there is another sister
in Des Moines. z
Mrs. Holt was member OF TIE
Bethel A. NJ. E. church. She had
many friends both among the co1ored
and white population of the city and
her death will be sincerely regretted.
The funeral arrangements will not
he made until Des Moines relatives
arrive.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
4 CLEAR COMPLEXION
Ruddy Cheeks-Sparkling Eyes
Most Women Can Have
Says DR.. Edwards, a Well-Known
Ohio Physician

Dr.. F. M. Edwards for II years
treated scores of women for liver and
bowel ailments. During these years he
gave to his patients a prescription made
of a few well-known vegetable ingredi-
ents mixed with olive oil, naming them
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, you will
know them by their olive color.
These tablets are wonder-workers on
the liver and bowels, which cause nor
NAL action, carrying off the waste and
poisonous matter in ones system.
If you have pale face, sallow look,
dull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, head
aches, istless, no-good feeling, all out
of sorts, inactive bowels, you take one
of DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets nightly
for time and note the pleasing .esults.
Thousands of women as we'll as men
take DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the
successful substitute for calomel--now
and then just to keep in the pink of con-
dition. lOc and Csc per box. AL druggists
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
OIL COMPANY =.
RIGHT OF WAY
Sinclair Concern 10 Given Privilege OF
Constructing Line Across Lee
County.

In session here today the board OF
supervisors granted petition from
II. F., Sinclair. representing the Sin.
clair oil company, the privilege OF
constructing across Lee county the
pipe line which Is to carry oil from
Gushing. Okla. to the big refinery to
be erected at Fort Madison. thence to
East Chicago. says the Fort Madison
Democrat. Attorney G.. B. Stewart
presented the petition
The board Of supervisors were wait
ed upon today by Messrs. Brodsky.
Serena, Mcpherson. Fett and Felt OF
Van Buren, township. who petitioned
the extension of the county road sys-
tenn into their township. Van Buren,
is at present without part OF the
county road system and hence with
out appropriations from that source.
The committee asked that the keo-
kuk.Argyle stretch of the county sys-
tenn be continued through Van Buren,
township to Croton.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
A CHILD DOESN'T
LAUGH AND PLAY
IF -C0NST|PATED
If PEEvIsH, FEvERIsH AND SICK,
GIVE "CALIFORNiA SYRUP
or FIGS"

Mother! Your child isn't naturally
cross and peevish. See II tongue is
coated. this is sure sign It's little
stomach, liver and bowels need .
cleansing at once.
When listless, pale. feverish, full OF
cold, breath bad, throat sore. doesn't
eat. sleep or act naturally, has stom-
ach-ache. diarrhoea, remember, gem
tie liver and bowel cleansing should
always be the first treatment given.
Nothing equals California Syrup OF
Figs" for children's ills; give tea
spoonful, and In q few hours all the
foul waste, sour bile and fermenting
food which is clogged in the bowels
passes out of the system, and you have
a well and playful child again. All
children love this harmless, delicious
fruit laxative" and It never fails &c
effect a good INSIDE cleansing. Di-
rections for babies, children OF all
ages and grown-ups are plainly on the
bottle.
Keep 1t handy in your home A lit
tie given today saves a sick child to-
morrow. but get the genuine. Ask
your druggist for 5o-cent bottle OF
"California Syrup Of Figs" then look
and see that 1t IS made by the Cali
fornfa Fig Syrup Company"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
FRESH CLUE
TO MURDERER
Blood Stained silk Shirt Found In the
Apartments Whore GIRL
Was Killed.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Jan. S.-A
faint odor OF perfume cling1ng to q
blood-stained silk shirt found In the
APARTMENT Of Maize Colbert, or Grace
Roberts, may aid the police in finding
a trail which will lead to the arrest
OF the beautiful corset and stocking
models murderer.
While detectives we're indicating
this afternoon that something had
come I'D to shift suspicion away from
a man known as "Cham payne Charlie
leaving the mystery surrounding the
killing of the girl still unsolved, much
interest attached to the shirt found
in the blood spattered apartment
Every detective in Philadelphia has
examined the shirt and noted the
scent Of the perfume. It Is an e1
pensive brand. and the town is nov
being combed for dealers handling It.
in the hope Of tracing the purchaser.
Detectives understand that q west
ern man mentioned as one OF the
girls admirers, was very. fond OF per
fumes, This has started the police
off on new trails. but it was declared
ALI evidence obtained so far is oil
such a circumstantial nature that an
Immediate arrest Is unlikely.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
SPECIAL TAXES
ARE. NOW DUE
Theaters, cluos and Y. M. c. A.s
Where There are Billiard Tables,
Must Pay Up.

Special federal government taxes
| due January l must be paid before
January 81, announcement comes
from the Office of collector of internal
revenue in Dubuque. If the, revenue
is not paid within that time SO per-
cent is added to the assessment.
The tax is for a period of six
months, ending June so. The, income
tax blanks, however, do not have to
be filed until March /. This applies
to both individuals and corporations.
The amount of the sig months tax
due today is as follows:
Brokers. s15.
Pawnbrokers, $25.
Proprietors of theaters, museums or
concert halls, with not exceeding $50
seats, $3.50; exceeding $50 seats and
not exceeding 500, $25; exceeding 500
and not exceeding 500, $50. In cities
of 5000 Inhabitants or less the
theater tax is one-half.
Proprietors OF bowling alleys, bill
lizard and pool tables, for each alley
or table, $3.50. All tables and alleys
are taxable except those in private
homes. Y. M. c.. A. clubs operating
tables and alleys. must make return.
Proprietors OF agents OF public ex-
hibitions, IS.
Special taxes are also imposed on
corporations. All such the value OF
whose capital stock, surplus and un-
divided profits is $1,000 and over.
must make return.
Special taxes are not required from
dealers in cigars and tobacco. COM
mercial brokers, commission mer-
chants and dealers in leaf tobacco.
This tax was removed sometime ago.
|the last assessment being paid in
July.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
COMMERCE
RAIDER SEEN
German ship on Atlantic 10 $50 Feet
Long, Has Ono funnel and
Long Range Guns.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK. Jan. 3.-Reports OF
new German submarines, capable OF
laying mines, while submerged, and a
new report OF mysterious German
raider roaming the Atlantic, were
brought here, by the Holland Ameri.
can liner Nieuw Amsterdam.
Captain Jan Baron today declared
he had not only been warned to avoid
regular steamship lanes on his trip
from Rotterdam. but had barely es-
capped destruction in the harbor OF
Falmouth by mine. A trawler, just
ahead OF the N!euw Amsterdam, Bar
on said, disappeared in geyser OF
water, undoubtedly the victim OF a
mine. The liner entered Falmouth
in the wake of a trawler, travelling at
very low speed. The mine is be-
lieved to have been planted by Ger
man submarine.
Baron said it was the belief OF
many seamen that Germany has per.
fected a type Of. submarine, fitted
with a special air chamber through
which a diver can ascend and lay
mines. These, he declared. can be
anchored. He expressed a further
belief that mines Of this sort have
Deen lalu III all EuSliSu HaipoiS, e'oh
in the mouth of the Thames.
Baron said he had received daily
warnings from the Cape Race wire.
less station on his trip to this coun-
try. telling him to be on the lookout
for a German commerce raider, $50
feet long and 40 feet beam with one
funnel and two large masts. 1t was
said she was equipped with long
range guns and torpedo tubes.
Two ships. reported to have sailed
for this country, within the last
month, have not been heard from
since they left port. They are the
liners voltaire and Georgia, both
large vessels Other smaller vessels
are overdue.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
RAILWAY BILL
AMENDMENT
JUDGE Chambers Requested to Doctor
Proposed Measure to Give Courts
Riuht to Enforce.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Judge VIII
liam L. Chambers, United States
commissioner OF the board of media
ton and Cancellation was today re-
quested to prepare an amendment to
the proposed railway bill that would
give to the courts the right to inter
pref and enforce the awards OF the
board of mediation and Cancellation.
The request was made to Chambers
by members of the Newlands rail-
road committee. now holding hear
ings and in charge of the presidents
railroad~program.
During the hearing Senator Under.
wood compared the proposed arbitra-
ton feature Of the presidents rail-
way program to peonage law.
Judge Chambers was an unexpected
witness at today's session. He
pointed out that the one weak point
in the presidents program Is that 1t
does not provide for a means OF en-
forcing the awards OF the mediation
board.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
For Catarrhal Deafness
and Head Noises

Here in America there Is much eIf-
ferinp from catarrh and head noises.
American people would do well 10
consider the method employed By tie
English to combat this insidious dis
ease. Everyone knows how damp the
English climate is and how dampness
affects those suffering from catarrh.
In England they treat catarrhal deaf
ness and head noises as constitu-
tional disease and use an internal
remedy for It that is really very
eff1cacious.
Sufferers VINO could scarcely hear
have had their hearing restored by
this English treatment to such. an
extent that the tick of a watch was
plainly audible seven and eight
inches away from either ear.
Therefore, if you know someone
who is troubled with catarrh.
catarrhal deafness or head moi 'es,
cut out this formula and hand 10
them and you ma. have been the
means of saving some poor sufferer
perhaps from total deafness. The
prescription can be easily prepared
at home for about 75c and is made
as follows:
From your druggist obtain 1 or.
of Parmint Double Strength), about
T5c worth. Take this home. and aid
TO it " pint of hot water and 4
ounces Of granulated sugar; stir
until dissolved. Take a tablespoon
full four times a day.
Parmint is used in this way not
only to reduce by tonic action the
inflammation and swelling in the
Eustachian Tubes, and thus to e1uai-
lie the air pressure on the drum.
but to correct any excess of ser-'s-
tions in the middle ear, and the re-
suits it gives are usually remarkably
4uick and effective.
Every persons who has catarra IN
any form should give this recipe a
trial. Wilkinson & Co. can suppiv
you.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
4 raw, SORE THROAT
Eases Quickly When You Apply
Little Musterole

And Musterole won't blister like the
old-fashioned mustard plaster. just
spread it on with your fingers. 1t pcne-
pates to the sore spot with a gentle
Jingle. loosens the congestion and draws
out the soreness and pain.
Mustero1e is a clean, white ointment
made with oil of mustard. 1t is fine for
quick relief for sore throat, bronchitis,
tonsilitis, Group. stiff neck, asthma, neu-
ralgia, headache, congestion, pleurisy,
rheumatism, lunbago, pains and aches Of
the back or joints, sprains, sore muscles,
bruises, chilbiains. frosted feet, colds on
the chest {it often prevents pneumonia }.
Nothing like Musterole for croupy chill
dren. Keep it handy for instant use.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
THE WHOLE BODY
NEEDS PURE BLOOD

The bones. the muscles, and all the
organs Of the body depend for their
strength and tone and healthy action
on pure blood.
II the blood is very impure, The
bones become diseased; the muscles
elasticity. and there .e is s'i ipability 10
perform the usual amount of labor.
The skin loses its clearness. and
pimples. blotches and other erup-
tons appear.
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes pure
blood. 1t is positively unequaled in
the treatment of scrofula, and other
humors. catarrh. rheumatism, dys-
pepsia, loss of appetite, that tired
feeling. Be sure to get Hoods and
get 1t today. All druggists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
EXCUSE JURY
FOR THE TERM
Preparations Being Made for New
Term Of Court to Convene In
Ton Days.

The jury in the district court was to-
day dismissed for the present term.
The new January term will convene
here on January Is, and next Monday
at Fort Madison.
The tina for sentencing William
Haga and :. H. Corder has been ex-
tended for two Or three days.
A decree has been signed in the
case OF Mae Stockton VS.. Keppel-Dtck
Provision Co., and Frank Keppel. es-
tablishing the title of plaintiff to GER
tain lots in Reds addition.
Suit for divorce has been fled by
Lena Bailey VS.. Roscoe Bailey.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
1attIeship Cost Increased.


UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-The high
cost Of battleship construction inter
fered with the naval building program
again today. AS result, Secretary
Daniels may be compelled to go before
congress for an additional appropria-
ton to raise the minimum allowance
before these vessels can be built.
When the bids were opened at the
navy department for the construction
Of three scout cruisers, only one COM
pany, the Fore River Ship Building
corporation responded. and its bid was
nearly a million dollars over the limit
of cost Of St. 0O0, 900 fixed by congress.
The company offered to build two YES
sells at Sc, 800, 900 each or to build
them at cost, plus a fixed profit to be
agreed upon.
No ship building company submitted
proposals for the ammunition ship, the
limit of cost OF which was placed at
$3.50, 900.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03

tional defense, thirty minutes before
the peace note was made public. sold
short on a rising market $4,000 shares
of steel common.
That congress will investigate the
Lawson leak charges seemed certain.
following Benefits declaration when
Speaker Clark ended an acrimonious
verbal battle by ruling that the reso-
luton of Representative Wood Of In
diana, demanding the investigation Is
privileged and is therefore to be con-
sidered at this time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
lust About.

Kansas City Times: There is just
about as much danger of the United
States becoming "militaristic" by Civ
ing a few months training to all its
young men as there is for an office
clerk to get the bug of being prize
fighter by taking fifteen minutes sys-
tematic training every day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
DESTROYED by Fire Bugs.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
VALDEZ. Alaska, Jan. 3.-Federaf
authorities feel assured today that
the fire which wiped out this city for
the second time within eighteen
months, was caused by wholesale In
cendiarism.
Four different fires were discovered
between three and four a. m. Tues
day. Two Of the blaZes were across
the street from each other while the
remaining two were discovered more
than a block away.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
Wilson Knows Terms.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
DONDON. Jan. 3.-Declaration that
President Wilson knows the peace
terms Of the central powers was made
in a new years speech at Budapest
by Count Andrassy, according to a
Central News despatch from Amster-
dam this afternoon.
The Central News quoted Andrassy
as saying that 'If the entente desires
to learn our terms they can do TO
from that source" in referring to
America.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
A Matter of Business.

Louisville Courier-Journal: When
Lord Curzon of Keddleston. married
an American heiress it was called a
romance But when he married a
second Am erican heiress it looks like
big business.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
On tho Retired List.

QUINCY, H., Jan. 3.-The request
of Captain Dale G. Kilburn Of Quincy,
adjutant Of the Fifth regiment, /. N.
G., to be placed on the retired list, has
been honored by Colonel Frank Wood.
Lieutenant Marks Alexander OF Com
pany F. Quincy, has been named to
succeed him
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
u. g. Steel Tossed UP.

limited Press Leased Wdre Service.
NEW YORK, Jan. "a bull move
ment in United States Steel common
late this afternoon sent # up 4S
points to ia. Nearly onethird of the
total trading was in steel.
A the market leader bowled for.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
Found Health IL c,rdui.

Of Henryeta Oklahoma that she suffered
troubles and had
confined bed months She further
Today
welw
his kind a botl today
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
Case Of Tphus Fever.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
Ell PASO, Texas, Jan. 3.-Dr. w.
c. Klutz, city health officer, is serious
" Ill of typhus fever, contracted while
treating cases of Mexicans this side
of the border.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
Good Money Wasted.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
CHICAGO, Jan. 3.-The headquar-
tiers for the progressive national con-
yention at the Hotel LaSalle last June
cost George w. Perkins just $4,000,
Manager Ernest J. Stevens admitted
today.
Perkins check was the largest re-
ceived by the hotel in 1916.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03

Tennis balls are expected to cost
moro next year because Of the in
crease price of rubber, fabrics and
chemicals entering into their manu-
iacture.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
IONA.

IOWA.
DUBUQUE, Iowa. Jan. 5.-JOhn Q.
Mckenzie of Elizabeth. ILL.,, repre-
sentative in congress from the thir-
teenth Illinois district, and Miss Jessie
be. Laigen of Elizabeth. were mar
ried in Elizabeth Monday.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 3.--The
city Of Des Moines went out OF the
coal business yesterday and the fuei
famine which has prevailed here for
more than a fortnight. was offlcially
declared to be over. A local coal
dealer has made contract with
Mayor Macv1car to supply the resi-
dence trade without any increase IN
price and hundreds of orders which
have accumulated at the mayors Oh
flee were turned over to him.
DES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. S.
There are 1888 coal miners in Iowa,
ALL of whom are working full time
trying to get out enough coal to sup
ply the demand, the state mining
board report says.
WATERLOO, Iowa, Jan. s.-An in
crease Of per cent in salaries be-
came effective for 12O employees OF
the Citizens Gas and Electric COM
pany January 1. The increases will
range from $50 to $3.50 a year.
WHAT CHEER, Iowa, JAM. 3.-The
Rev. Mr.. Smith, pastor of the Metho-
dist church in What Cheer, recently
performed the marriage ceremony for
Leroy Messick Of Montezuma, and
Miss Laura Cover Of What Cheer.
Twenty-eight years before that he
performed the same ceremony Tor
the parents Of the bride.
GRINNELL, Iowa, Jan. 3.-Grinnell
utilizing the vast pile of ashes and
cinders accommodating from its water
works and other sources to make
good reads. A short time ago an ex-
ceIlent driveway was made around
the base of Cemetery hill in Hazel
wood Now the extension to the
west of First avenue past the old
tannery is having a coat Of this ma
terial that will change it from mud
hole to a hard road.
DAVENPORT, Iowa, Jan. 1.-Two
candidates are in the field for depart
ment commander of the G. A. X. OF
Iowa. They are J. l.. Harrington Of
Iowa Falls, and A. w. Craus of DAY.
export. Following the usual custom
Of giving one term to each command
er, Department Commander Mills will
retire at the next encampment, which
will be held at Davenport.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03

In one Of the French trenches the
soldiers have costructed small I'M
foreground chapel, large enough to ad.
nit twenty men at a time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03

ward, General Motors, the war bride"
leader Of a few months ago. dropped
$50 on a single sale of 100 shares at
$500
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03
ILLINOIS.

QUINCY, H., Jan. 3.-Deeds filed
Tuesday show the sale of two Adams
county farms at high prices Will
liam Hill bought an S0-acre farm in
Ursa township from w. r. Lee for
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03

is NOT WANTED
Strong opposition for Probe Of Thomas
w. Lawson's Charges Of Leak In
Capitol Roof.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, Jan. "a sharp
fight over Thomas w. Lawson's leak
charges" was precipitated on the
house floor today when representative
Wood. Indiana, demanded immediate
consideration Of his resolution for an
committee Of five repre-
sentatives to probe the charges that
insiders in wall street prohted through
a tip on Wilson's message to belliger'
ents
Debate On the question OF privilege
after which the resolution would have
Ito be considered, was begun immed.
lately. Republicans supported Wood
and democrats led by Fitzgerald OF
New York supported Chairman Henry,
Of the rules committee, in opposing
the resolution.
The action Of Chairman Henry, OF
1.-THE house rules committee, in refus-
ing to grant open hearing to Lawson
on his charges that $60.O0O,OO0 was
cleaned up in Wall street is AN in
defensible attempt to shield those in
government circles responsible for the
leak" Wood charged today.
Chairman Henry. prompted by we
know not what higher ups is trying
to stifle this disgraceful matter, under
cover" Wood said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-03

A warship goes on whaling voy-
age when it starts out to lick some
body.