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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-07
keokuk Man ReIlshes Rich Food
Says His Stomach Is
Sound as
Dollar.
, DIET SIREN EMS
Enos w. Gather, Button Cutter, Tells
of Experience
With Tan
lac.

Enos W. Gather, button cutter
who lives at SIS Palean street, Keo
lSuk, relishes pie. cake and rich foods
these days, the more because it has
been long time since he was able
to eat them before.
According to Mr. Gather it was
Tanlac. new tonic being introduced
by the Wilkinson Drug Co., that re.
lieved him. He says.
Il am getting stronger every day
since am able to eat what / want.
Before i took Tanhc I had a poor
appetite and when / did eat a little
out of the ordinary, gas was sure to
form and cause a burning pain in
my stomach.
MY nerves were in such condition
that often I would lie in bed several
hours before I could go to sleep.
Il began to improve at once after
I started on Tanlac. l now feel bet
ter than for long while. 1 think
Tanlac is a Master Medicine for in
my case it mastered where other
remedies failed"
Try Tanlac for indigestion, heart
burn. headache. loss of appetite and
other ills arising from stomach, kid
ney and liver trouble. 1t is purely
vegetable and perfectly harmless.
Sold by the Wilkinson Drug Co., and
other first class druggists in Keokuk
and nearby towns-Advertisem ent.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-07
LEE COUNTY OVER
QUOTA 50 PER CENT
keokuk Helped in the Red Triangle
Campaign to Put This Sum
Way Over the Amount
Asked.
FIRST DISTRICT AHEAD
Every County In Congressman Ken
nedy's BaiIiwick Went Way
Over the Top In
Drive.
FIRST IOWA DISTRICT.

FIRST IOWA DISTRICT.
Called upon for total of $66,40O in
the recent Y. M. c. A. campaign, the
First Iowa district gave $113,Co0, or
70 per. cent more than it's quota.
Des Moines county was So per cent
over; Henry, 1923 per cent over; Jeffer-
son, even; Lee, SO per cent over:
Louisa, "a per cent over; Van Buren,,
177 per cent over, and Washington, 90
per cent over.
The state at large was SO per cent
over its quota.
DES MONIES, Iowa. Dec. Iowa
almost doubled the quota set for this
state in the Y. NJ. G. A war fund
campaign, according to the latest fig
ures given out here today by William
Parsons, state secretary
The state was asked to raise $780,
600. The total subscriptions to date
amounts to H,510.O00, and there are
number of townships in various coun.
ties which have not yet submitted
their reports. This may increase the
subscription $4,000 of 5000, it is
estimated
There were only four counties in the
state which did not exceed their quota,
and these have several townships yet
to report, which will bring up their
total
First district counties have returns
&C follows.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-07
CARTHAGE, ILL.,, DEC.


Collected during the year in fines
and penalties, S1,510.42, including
| S265.37 delinquent tax PENALTIES and
secured delinquint tax judgments ag-
gregating approximately $4,000.
That he represented the state in
152 civil and criminal cases, includ-
ing hearings conducted in twenty
one insane cases and in six depen-
dent and delinquent child cases; two
, Inheritance tax cases for the attor-
/ ney general; two grand jury inquisi-
tons; that he has advised on an
average of five persons daily.
That he secured convictions or
judgments in fifty-fiYe criminal cases
as follows:
Thirteen for petit larceny.
Nine for assault and battery or as
sault-
Two for assault with deadly
weapon. 44s zaa
Four for wife or child abandon.
ment.
Three for burglary.
Five for breach of peace
Two for conspiracy.
One for bastardy.
Six for drunkenness
Three for selling liquor to drunk.
ard in saloon.
One for contempt Failure to
answer grand jury summons).
One for intoxication on interurban.
One for cattle on highway.
One forfeited bail bond
One for selling liquor without
license.
One for practicing pharmacy with
out license.
That he has pending for trial the
following criminal cases:
Two for forgery.
One for second offense larceny.
One for petit larceny
One for malicious mischief
One for child abandonment
One for wife abandonment
That he has disposed of all Of the
railroad delinquent tax cases, except
three pending in the supreme court.
The delinquent tax cases have been
on trial in the county court during
the past year and consist Of objec-
lions to the taxes for the years
1913, 1914, 1915, and 1916, made by
the c., B. & O., the Wabash, and
the T., P. & w. railroads. The OBJ.
jections claimed 103 defective levies
and affects every township touched
by one of these railroads. On these
judgments have been OBJ
tanned against the railroads aggre.
eating the sum of s11 ,68047, fnclud.
ing interest and penalties. On these
court judgments the railroads
have paid, without appeal s4,275.G7,
and have refused to pay the balance
of 81 ,405.40, and have appealed from
same to the supreme court, There
are three of these appeal cases in
the supreme court which have been
briefed and argued and only await
the decision of the court
Upon motion, said report was re-
ceived and placed on file. (,
A resolution was adopted, where
by the sum Of $500 or so much there
Of as may be necessary, was appro-
priated for the purpose of paying the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-07
Boys In This Undertaking Going About
Their Work In Dead Earnest,
and Publish Their
Intentions.
BUSINESS MEN TO HELP ]
Letters Of Chairman MatIess and
Prominent keokuk Citizens Arc
Published, Encouraging
the Undertaking.

The three hundred KeolHlk boys.
known as the Patriotic Service
league, who have banded themselves
together and pledged themselves to
give $40 each to feed men in war
prisons, have begun the publication
of an eight-page pamphlet which
they intend to issue monthly during
the campaign, and probably for other
campaigns.
The little booklet gives much in
formation of the dofngs of the league.
Their motto, Keep fit; do your bit.
is printed at the top of the front
three companies, which are divided
into platoons, and these into squads.
The names of all the officers and
boys are printed in the pamphlet, so
the public may see who the boys are
who are engaged in this patriotic
work.
1t is the purpose of the boys to
earn the money that is to be given
in this cause, and their efforts in
this direction will be help to the
boys as well as the prisoners. 1t will
he so much better than loafing
around town and wasting valuable
time, aor worse than wasting it in
questionable pursuits.
To set forth the purposes Of the
league, Chairman Matless has Issued
the following letter to the business
men of the city:
Keokuk, Iowa Dec. 3, 1917.
TO the Business Men of Keokuk:
that three hundred Keokuk boys have
each pledged a $1,000 food packet for
our soldiers in prison camps. We all
realize that this is wonderful under
taking, that the work is important.
as the needs will be extremely urgent.
In soliciting pledges from the boys
the agreement was TO the effect that
they were to earn the money, as we
are confident when a gift is backed
by actual service it carries greater
benefits than If it has simply been
solicited from parents.
Quite a number OF boys win have
to be helped in the way of jobs in
order to enable them to meet their
pledges. 1t is up to the business men
of Keokuk to cooperate with them in
order to make this plan a success, so
I ask that you give the matter care
ful consideration, and when needing
boys after school hours, for errands,
light work, distributing bills, chores
at home. or in fact anything reason
able that a boy can do and earn some
money towards his pledge, take this
matter up with w. E. Brugman, boys
secretary of the Y. NJ. G. A., and he
will see that boy is on hand at the
proper time.
It's vital that our soldiers be prop
erly fed.
It's vital that the boys have WORK.
It's vital that we have your co
operation.
= What viii you do for US?
L. MATLESS,
Chairman.
e Letters are also published from,
Harry Goodrich, state boys work sec
rotary, of Des Moines; NJ. E Justice,
Mayor Lotion, Father Gillespie, J. 3.
We'll and j. O. Boyd. all offering
words of encouragement
The boys are thorough believers
in printers ink, and besides this
pamphlet will have hand bills print
ed and distributed through the city.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-07

AYREs & CHAPMAN, Jewellers
BAUR-MULLARkY CO.. Shoes
CENTRAL DRY GOODS STORE
DUNCAN-ScHELL FURNITURE CO.
EWERS-MCARTHY CO., Clothing
GOLDEN RULE DEPARTMENT STORE
HODGE & HAWKES., Shoes
J. M. HUISkAMP e. SON, Shoes
FRANK II. JONES co. Mems Clothing & FurnIs
LINQUiST BROS, House Furnishers
NATHAN LoWiTZ, Readyto-Wear for Women
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-07

care Of the needs of the county's
poor In Warsaw and Wilcox town.
ships was awarded.
Ed. L. Booth, who has acted SO
efficiently as janitor of the court
house, court house yards, and had
charge of the running Of the heating
plant and water supply plant in con-
nection with the court house and the
county jail and janitor's residence,
was reelected at a salary Of $1,000
for a term of one year.
Mr.. Booth filed bond with Fred
Reyer. A. J. Booth and John L. Schultz
as sureties in said matter.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-07
Fish Goes Uo.

Hunted Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, Dec. Fish dealers
Will have to tell the federal food board
the reason for a recent 100 per cent
advance in fish prices. They were
summoned today after fish had stead
lily advanced following recommends
lions to the public to substitute sea
foods for meat at various times in the
week
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-07
on Way to Lesvenworsh.
IUnited Press Leased Wire servic

{ UHIteu TIess Iesseu Wig berVlce.J
CHICAGO, Dec. III. Francis
Toomey, who says he is the son of the
public safety commissioner of Elmira,
n. Y, was enroute to Leaven worth
prison today to serve two year SEN
tence for masquerading as United
States army officer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-07

G. MEGcHELsEN, Dry Goods
JULES RENAUD'S SON, JeweIes
JUSTIcE-HoAR CO. New Department Store.
c. H. ROLLINS & CO., Books, Stationery, Office Sup.
scHELL-DEMPLE FURNITURE co.
SULLIVAN q AUWERDA, Dry Goods
WE'LL & CO., Clothing
WILKINSON e. CO., Drug store -
WlNGER BROS, Dry Goods
THE M. YOUNkER STORE, Dry Goods
THE ROYAL CLOAK CO., Ready-to-wear for Women
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-07
Hit on All Cylinders.

Minneapolis Journal: The liberty
motor of the civil war was the army
mule. And it rarely missed on any
cylinder.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-07
First Woman Conductor.

NEW YORK, Dec. THE first
woman conductor for New York's sur
face cars made her first run today on
2 BroadwaySeventh avenue car.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-07

Dogs can easily follow deer
means of scent. In each hoof the ne,
pasty mass which leaves sns
cdor on the ground. For this reas
hunters usually take dogs with tns
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-07

In Finland bread is frequently
made from pine bark and moss.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Upright piano, good
condition. Cheap if taken at once.
B. A. White, 100 Winthrop street.
1O-30-w11
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07
LOST.

LOST-Black feather boa, between
Lyceum and Cherry street. Finder
please return to 119 Cherry street,
and get reward. lO-6-1dx
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07

FOR SALE-F1ne quality peaches.
Sunset Orchard, Shuttle Meadow.
Tel. 82-4. lO-6-1d
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07

Have you lost a sum of
money? Our records show
that it pays best to advertise
this particular loss. Glasses,
Pins and Rings are found
in surprising quantities and
turned in at the Herald. Your
money will surely remain in
the finders hands if he does
not nnOw who lost it.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07
FOUND.
NOTICES.

SIGN PAINTING. In all It's branches.
We are prepared to take care of
your wants for signs and show
cards of all kinds A. P. Marsh.
46 Main street. 6-8-tf
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07
AUCTION SALE

BY ORDER OF HONORABLE ED
WARD M. YEOMANS, Referee in
Bankruptcy, I will sell, at PUBLIC
AUCTION, to the highest bidder, on
Monday, October 9Th, 1917, at P. M.
the Stock of Ralph La Branche, con-
sisting of the following:-
/ lot Toilet Paper, 10 pkgs Crack
ers, 80 cans Polish, l lot Onions, l
lot Stove Backing, 1 lot Washing
Powder, gal. cans, 1 lot Matches, l
lot Washing Soap and Powder, 80
pkgs, Macaroni, 1 lot Bag Salt, 1 lot
pkgs Cereal, lot Cocoa, 1 lot Glasses
Mustard, 10 cans Cocoanut bottles
Catsup, lot pkgs. Tea, lot Allspice,
10 lbs. Peas, lbs. Beans, l lot Corn
Starch, l lot Cigars, Bottles Olives,
/ butter Box, 3 Counters, 1 Refriger-
ator, Show Cases, 1 Scale, Cash
REGISTER, 1 lot Shelving, and l Electric
Coffee Machine. Show Cases, Scale
and Electric Coffee Machine subject
TO Conditional Bills of Sale.
Sale to take place at the store, 80
Dwight St., New Britain, Conn.
FRED WINKLE, Trustee
RALPH LA BRANCHE ESTATE
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07

reliable specialist. but a SYM
pathetic advisor true friend.
II you feel your health Slip
ping away from you-if YOU
realize that you are not what
you ought to be-if you have
tried other doctors without
getting help-don't hesitate. but
20 at once to
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07

FOR SALE-A sixty-acre farm, To-
Gated 1 IL miles from Falls Vii
lage, Conn, on State road. Good
SOIL suitable for gardening. half IN
wood other meadow and pasture.
running water in barn. kitchen and
bath room, plenty barn room, eight
room house, all buildings in fair
condition, tools included If all cash.
price $4,000. Death of husband
cause for selling. Mrs. ]. B. Hanson.
Great Darlington. Mass. 10-l-1wkx
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07
FOR sAIR.

FOR SALE-Barred Rock pullets:
Have moro than I can properly
house, reason for selling. Paul w.
Heller, 1872 Vance street. 10-6-1dx
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07

TO RENT-Tenement of six large
rooms, 118 Maple street, corner
Whiting street. 10-6-1dx
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07

FOR SALE-Naoe little cottage, with
barn. and 2 acres of land In pretty
village OF East Berlin. Price is RI
diculously low. A. P. March. deputy
sheriff, New Britain. Conn. 10-4-6d
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07
TO RENT.

TO RENT-Four large pleasant rooms
Call 22O Kensington Ave. 1O-6-1dx
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07

TO RENT-Furnished room to one or
two ladies, modern conveniences.
Tel 637-12 10-6-3d
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07
HELP WANTED-FEM

wANTED-Two mattresses. Apply
Asia Restaurant, 70 Church st.
1O-5-3dx
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07

FOR SALE-Few choice Buff Or
pington Cockerels. Good chance to
secure an extra fine bird from prize
winning stock. Enquire OF II. Z.
Dern1ng, Berlin. 1O-4-3d
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07

FOR SALE-Horse, buggy and har-
ness $500; rubber tired top deliv-
cry wagon $500; all in excellent
condition. Swain, 563 East st.
10-4-3dx
New Britain herald., 1917-10-07

FOR SALE-Packard runabout. Al
condition. Bargain for cash, 19XBX
Herald. 10-e-1dx
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25
A STRAIN ON CREDULITY.

Philadelphia Record The German
government has been guilty of various
follies in connection with its efforts to
influence public sentiment and to ham.
per governmental activities in the
United States. We are justified, there
fore, in drawing heavily upon our
credulity when Germany is accused of
financing all sorts of impossible
schemes to dissolve American unity and
promote sedition. But we must draw
the line at believing that the worst
,blunderer among German agents could
have supplied the bucketful of money
with which Mccoy the Virginia noun
taineer, was endeavoring to organize
resistance 10 the draft.
a mere reading of the oath" which
this misguided individual drew up for
the signature of his followers discloses
his colossal ignorance and Incompetence
as a leader of men. He operated in
sparsely settled territory. The number
of his recruits" dwindled from 400 in
rumoR to p in evidence presented in
court. Nils program Of treason was
q hAllt lbNtl HNilNhhlt VI plOHbStu Ddllh
robberies. H.> scheme, had he been able
to carry it out would have been of
about as much assistance to Germany
as the operations of any other organ.
lied band of thieves in remote noun.
tain Businesses.
If there were German agent stupid
enough to supply money for the further
ance Of such a wild enterprise, lei by
such an incompetent ignoramus, he
should be encouraged 20 continue his
activities as a means OF dissipating the
kaiser's war funds Mccoy and his
Lieutenant, Phipps, are bad men, and
viii doubtless get what is coming to
them; but we cannot beliefe that the
dullest Of German emissaries would re-
gard them as desirable employees.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25

has not devoted sufficient attention to
the matter Of duty TO his fellow men to
know whether his own method Of con-
Quoting his own business is justifiable
or not. Nor does he care. All he cares
about. apparently, is to get what he
can"
1t is exactly the attitude of the Prus.
sian Hohenzollerns 1t is exactly the
attitude of old Russia, now happily
smashed. In a war for democracy, just
about the first thing for this country
to do is to come down like thousand
tons of their own coal upon the heads
of the arrogant autocrats who presume
to grab all they can while the grabbing's
good.
II is indeed high time to stop put
tering with such excuses as short
transportation facilities" or economic
laws upset by the war" and to put the
blame where it belongs. Then only will
there be hope of remedy for the present
antisocial conditions.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25
From Other
Editorial Pages
AS TO SLACKERS.

Philadelphia Record: The word
Stacker" is an opprobrious epithet
which should be very cautiously used.
It cannot with justice be applied to the
young man whose misfortune it Is to
be physically unfit for the hardships Of
a soldiers life. 1t does not fairly char
acterize the healthy youth whose re-
moval from civil pursuits for military
service would throw the burden of sup
porting legitimate dependents during
his absence upon public charity. 1t
should not be employed in connection
with those whose religious training and
affiliations have led them honestly to
believe that participation in war jeopar-
dies their souls salvation. But there
are slackers in Philadelphia none the
less.
Some of them skulk behind political
organizations that poorly mask cow
ardlce. Some take advantage of their
allegiance to other governments in
volved in this war against autOcracy to
evade service under the American flag,
while evading service under their own
flags by keeping out of the jurisdiction
of the lands of their nativity. Some
simulate physical incapacity; some, no
doubt, have lodged the draft by dodg.
ing registration, and have gotten away
With it thus far undetected.
All these slackers deserve the hearty
contempt of patriotic citizens; but none
are quite so contemplate as those who
are privately seeking to invoke private
influence-social, religious, racial OF
pOlitical-to enable them TO sneak out
of the service they owe to their govern
ment Such influence is being brought
to bear The fact that it will not avail
in the long run is beside the question
The important consideration is that the
cowardice of this class Of slackers IS
adding to the burdens of the already
overburdened draft boards and increas
ing the unpleasantness of their disagree
able duties.
The drafted man who seeks in privacy
to influence the action OF the draf
boards, or who solicits the aid Of Others
in the performance Of this dirty work
should be publicly exposed by the mem
bers of the boards. so that his friends
and neighbors may get a real insight
| into his character. He has a yellow
streak under his shirt Lat everybody
ought to be allowed TO see. Pull has NJ
place IN the raising Of demoerati'
army The man who tries to use 4
should be promptly branded as tn,
meanest Of sneaks, towards and slackers
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25
SOMETHING OF snooTiSG.

ST. Louis Globe.Democrat: IL was
the great Apache chieftain. Geronimo,
who, after his capture. felt It due to
himself as a great warrior TO pay a
tribute to the American soldier Com.
pared with the talk OF the great
Apache. long after his confinement as
a prisoner the ordinary Indian ugh"
by way OF conversation, was volubil.
ity itself. But once, when asked by n
tenderfoot on the reservation how his
great raids always Jared better on the
other side OF the Mexican border than
on this. he grunted out the usual ugh"
and followed Il up by saying: "Meri.
can shoot better. Mexic man miss"
The frequency with which the Amer.
lean soldier hits the mark is an old
story, which Is now retold In the win.
ming b. somee" "Sammies" in France OF
the friendly shooting match with
French comrades. II was told at New
Orleans when a body OF about 5000
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25

Tennessee and Kentucky rinemen de.
feated about twice their number of
British troops, the flower OF the army,
which had been VIGOROUSLY fighting
Napoleon in the Peninsula. A large
section of Americans annually celebrate
what is called St. Jacks day. What
they really celebrate is the marksman-
ship Of the Americans in the battle Of
New Orleans, which gave Jackson the
presidency and canonized him, first
among his party and later among all
Americans.
You 'uns," said some of the Con-
federate soldiers captured at Donelson
"can shoot as good as we 'uns. We
didn't know that" The doubt was
only a part of the credulity leading to
southern belief that one southerner was
as good as three northerners. Why
such delusion ever found root passes
comprehension. Straight shooting is a
Joint inheritance of the children Of the
pioneers, some of whom, according to
legend, were dissatisfied if the squirrel
aimed at with the long rifle was not hit
squarely in the right eye. Mark Twain
has thrown doubt on some of the fancy
pioneer shooting described in Cooper's
novels. But there was some basis for
the tradition Of the coon that, when
Dayy Crockett had a dead bead on him,
offered to come down without shooting
This inheritance Of craftsmanship has
been preserved to us in our constitu-
tional right to bear arms and the train
ing our boys get in field, forest and
stream. 1t is gratifying to learn that
the Frenchmen made high records and
were close seconds to the Americans.
There will be some high scores made
when such marksmen get to the casted
crag Of Drachenfels
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25

BILE citizen in the United States has ever
put forward such a plea, but it has
been put forward, with systematic in
genuity, by those whose one desire is
TO keep the United States troops out of
Europe, and, incidentally, to cause any
bad blood that might be possible be.
tween the people of the United Kingdom
and the people Of the United States.
such an assumption, however, no mat
ter how devoutly 1t may be wished for,
by the enemies of the allies and the
sympathi4ers of the central powers, is
likely to remain in the stage of being
wished for. One Of the most awkward
things 70 overcome in this world is the
truth, no matter how ingenious you may
be in your efforts to peryert it, and
this, in spite of the fact that, as a GER
tain adapter of Virgil has declared,
"Rumor is a great traveller"