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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10
NAME COMMITTEES
| LIBRARY BOARD
Standing Bodies for Year Have Been
Announced by President
Craig, Of Board
Of Trustees.
ACTION rs APPROVED
Collection Of Books and Magazines
for Soldiers Is Given o. K
Report for the
. Month.
ACTION rs APPROVED

Standing committees for the com
ing year for the Keokuk public Ii
brary were named last night by Presi
dent John E. Craig of the board Of
trustees. The committees are prac
tically the same as last year, wstl
Miss Dunlap taking the place on tbs
committees where B. B. Jewell for
merly served. The committee list fol
lows:
Building-Annable, Blood, REIN
bold,
Administration Reimbold, Fulton
Annable.
Books and Catalogues Blood
Reeves, Dunlap.
Donations-Reeves, Dunlap, Hol
lingsworth.
Finance Hollingsworth, Fulton,
Annable.
Gramm bequest-Fulton, Holdings
worth, Reeves.
The action of the books and cata-
logues committee in taking over the
task of collecting books and maya
zines for the soldiers was approved.
The librarians report for the
month of July is the following:
Number of volumes issued during
July 1917 to adults, 1922; 1876, 4,1O2
Number of volumes issued during
July 1917 to children, 1868; 1916,
1853.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10
AUTO DRIVERS
MUST USE CARE
Those Who Drive out of Alley Inter
sections Should be Very
Cautious.

Automobile drivers who use Lucas
avenue between SiXln and Seventh
streets, and who drive through the al
ley between Fourth and Fifth, and
Main and Blondeau streets, should
use more care than they are now ex.
ercising.
Coming out Of Lucas avenue, at
Sixth street, in particular, cars should
be driven slowly, as there is much
traffic UP and down Sixth street, and
pedestrians should be protected. At
Fifth street, also, drivers should take
care not to come out Of this intersec-
ton at high speed, as it Is almost i'm
possible to hear warning sound, and
the alley is obscured to persons COM
ing down Fifth street because of the
buildings.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10
Bullet in His Heart.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
BILLINGS, Mont, Aug. 1O.-Carl
Herman Budde, ostensibly a life in
surance agent, but believed to be an
operative of the war department in
telligence bureau. was found dead
here today with a bullet through his
heart. His alleged connection with
the war department was revealed
through papers in his pockets. He is
believed to have committed suicide
because Of love affair
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10
TO DRILL WITH
WOODEN GUNS
Fifty Being Made For Home Drill
Corps by Carriers Mill
Will be Ready
Monday.

The home drill corps will take up
the manual of arms at it's meeting
next Monday night. Wooden guns
will be used by the company. These
are being made at Carriers mill and
will be duplicates of the regulation
army rifle. Fifty are being manu-
featured and they will cost thirty
five cents each.
A good meeting was held last night,
three squads being out for drill.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10
! HES l(2laZ.E|;:l'|ll|

What world Of love the baby brings!
thousands Of women for over three gen.
erations awaiting motherhood have them
ewes given nature helping hand by the
aaiiy use Of the time-honored external
lpreparation, Mothers Friend. By its
PECULIAR use the tendons and ligaments arc
Enaoe elastic and the tendency to morn,
mig sickness Is avoided. Stretching and
SearinK down pains usually ara not felt
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10
Has the Earmarks.

Mason City GIobe-Gazette: A story
comes from Washington that mys-
terious little machine has been in
vented which will propel an airplane
from Washington to European battle
fields and back without carrying fuel.
Wait minute! Did George Creel
send out this story?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10

Albert; Lang, Peter p, Jr.; Amick,
Arthur P; 'Zastrow, Herbert F.; Mill
er, Lewis Van; Goldsmith, Walter
w; Stone, Harry E.; Ruff, Frank
Peter; Harnagel, Herbert F.; Tolli-
yer, Campbell.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10

and the muscles relax easily when baby
arrives. Do not go a single night with.
out applying it. BY assisting nature, the
crisis is one Of less pain and danger. Ask
for a bottle of Mothers Friend" at your
druggists today and write for valuable
book brimful of Information, hotherhood
and the Baby 1t is free. Address Tho
Rradfleld Regulator Co., Dept. B. 24S
lamar Building. Atlanta. Ga.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10

Over Two Thousand Officers.
limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Aug. 10.--More than two
thousand men from Wisconsin, Michi-
gan and Illinois, at Fort Sheridan
Today are commissioned officers in
me new national army. Their names
and rank are being kept secret until
saturday. however. More were to
receive commissions today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10

Subscribe for The Gate City.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-20
BRIGHTER OUTLOOK IN CHINA.


Civil war in China, which few,
weeks ago seemed imminent, has been
averted by conn romise, and the split
which threatened to destroy the re-
public is likely to. be healed without
leaving any serious scar. . The Chi
nese have had their taste Of civil war,
and are in no mood for another
experience. The militaristS and the
southern constitutionalists are each
extending olive branches, and the
election Of a new parliament will
doubtless put an end to their troubles.
But If China is averse to civil war,
she is unquestionably eager for partici-
patton in the war against Germany.
The constitutionalists, who see In a
German triumph the downfall Of con-
stitutional democracy throughout the
world, are as strong for war as are the
leaders Of the military party, says
Cleveland Plain Dealer. If there Is any
antiwar party in China It's numbers
are small. The trouble at Peking
arose largely because Of the desire OF
each party to assume responsibility for
the conduct Of the war. The parlia-
ment resented any attempt to act with
out It's authorization, while the anti
parliamentarians sought to put the re-
Sponsibility in the hands of military
clique.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-20
MAKEUP! BUY A LIBERTY BOND!

A leading business man IN our town.
( \ who both practices and breaches
patriotic >liberality, recently asked the
Scrihe in surprise, "Is AIiddetoWn not
going to do something towards the sec
ond Lii. erty Loan? Continuing the
speaker said: Il have not heard Of any
ORGANIZED effort of any sort to push
these sales. Is the town asleep! Let
US be putting our shoulders to the
wheel, for it's high time. y
The Transcript says amen to all hat
While our young men have nobly offered
themselves as loan to their country,
an Offering which may be foreclosed in
life itself, or in ruined, wounded body,
| casting dismal shadow over all that
life may hereafter offer-while these
are making such a holocaust offering
upon their country's altar, shall we at
home in no danger, suffering no severe
pang or sorrow, be G sard in offerings
10 our .recious pocketbooks
Let us awake to our duty. Middletown
has never yet failed in any good cause
"to do its sit" did Mt fail III the first
Liberty Loan, but made handsome
showing in Bond purchases.
Let US, then, keep good our towns
fair name for patriotism now as in the
past.
The Transcript suggests public mee;'
ing or some other organized effort tt
boost the cause.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-20
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Middletown transcript., 1917-10-20

Plans alone won't win the war, but
there is satisfaction in the reflection
that all our war plans have been big,
two-fsted plans, unhesitatingly adopt
ed, says Philadelphia Press. When
we set about filing a war chest we
poured $2,OOO,OOOOOO into it as a first
installment. When we set about rails
ing an army we enrolled about 10000
900 young men from which to choose.
Red Cross necessity presented itself.
and so we raised more than hundred
million dollars for that in a single
week. About shipbuilding we have
been a bit slow in starting, but before
long we shall have that project work
ing on liberal and comprehensive
scale. That is the American way.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-20
Artists Who Are "Peculiar."

There are in this country number
Of men who sacrifice beauty Of color
for popularity Of color-to announce
to the world their Individuality" that
they are here, on the map Of the earth.
writes F. w. Ruckstuhl in Art World.
They go either to the anemic and
bloodless, or to the redhot and vulgar,
or to the neutral and leaden. or to the
shocking and caoplonic color-to ere
ate a notoriety bringing sensation. Be
cause they know that the newspaper
and magazine art writer's need
one sensation per week-will advertise
their work and annex them as fruitful
sources of mutual profit. Such vulgar
color mongers the layman can ignore,
for their fate is settled in advance.
They begin to pass into oblivion as
soon as they are born, like will O. the
wisps. The very constitution OF the
human mind and soul insures that.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-20

"War will never be outgrown until
women take greater part in all hui
man life and processes" was the con-
clusion reached by Charlotte Perkins
Gilman in her discussion Of the gen.
eral subject Of "War and the World
Hope" Mrs. Gilman reasoned that be-
cause the life Of the world is dominated
in great part by men, and because 1t
is the natural masculine instinct to
fight for the pure love Of fighting, our
humanity is fighting humanity, says
Springfield Republican. The human
processes Of life have been denied to
women, and, therefore, women retard
the development Of the world.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-20
Thinklna.

Thinking Is quite easy when you
know how. It is true that few Of us do
It. Most Of us allow our minds to
dribble, to meander aimlessly about
along lines Of least resistance, like wa
ter that has trickled over Mississippi
levee and gone here and there about
the flats, getting muddier and muddier
until it soaks into the lush earth or Is
eyaporated into the thin air. That is
what most Of us call thinking. The
mind that works that way gets no
where: it never accomplishes any
thing: its owner is merely flotsam on
the stream Of life.-Cleveland Plain
HaalAr --
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-20

In many cities Baby Welfare leagues
lare being formed to take care Of the
lcountry's babies while their fathers
ore in the army. In every war Of his
tory the babies have suffered neglect.
The people Of America are determined
that this shall not occur now. The food
and the discipline of the children will
Ibe looked after to the end that the
babies Of the war period may be as
perfect as those Of any other time in
lour history.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-20

possibly last another year, but that the
now suffering, we'll nigh distracted
German people will endure another year
seems altogether improbable.
The truth is increasingly reaching
them and when a full realization comes
to them, as any day it may, then swift
as falling thunderbolt will the end
come and the Hohenzallern gang, the
Kaiser and all be angrily swept into
oblivion.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-20

At first there was a bit Of tremor
in the thought Of sending men to
France. But the welcome accorded
our vanguard and the enthusiasm for
the cause aroused by those Americans
in the midst Of people fighting for
existence and for civilization, Is GER
tain to set burning in the heart OF
every red-blooded young American the
desire to get over and be in the thick
of the excitement.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-20

FOR SALE-One Franklin piano in fine
C onditions. Must be sold at once at a
reasonable price. Apply to
Mrs. A. B. Berry,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-02
NEW PENSION PLAN
CARES FOR SOLDIERS

London, March An order in coun-
ell establishing a new pension plan
for the British army has been issued.
Under il privates totally disabled
will receive minimum of 27 shill-
ing, pence $500 weekly. If this
sum is insufficient to enable the sol
dier to live approximately up TO his
before the war standard he Will be
given an alternative pension based on
his earnings previous TO the war. No
single pension. however, shall be in
excess of - shillings weekly.
The allowance for children is
sbillings ($i for the first child and
sum slightly less for each subse-
quent child
The actuary's report accompanying
the plan estimates the expense for
the first year at sl25,000,000 which
thereafter will increase annually
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-02
DEMANDS RELEASE OF
DETAINED CONSULS

Washington, March 2. - Immediate
release of four American consuls de-
tanned in Germany was asked In a
note sent Berlin by the United States.
The request was made in commu.
nication replying to note received
from Germany in which it was an.
nounced that the American officials
would be allowed to travel to new
posts in Europe when the Berlin gov
ernment had been officially informed
that German consuls In this country
ordered to South and Central America
had been permitted to proceed.
The action of Germany was based
upon circumstances which, through no
fault of this government, detained
Consul Muller at Havana, Cuba. while
he was on his way from Atlanta to his
new post, Quito, Ecuador.
The United States, i'm its reply,
made it clear that the departure from
this country OF German consular Off
cials had not been interfered with and
that this government could not control
the movements of German consuls in
Cuba or other foreign. territory.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-02
AlRPLANE VISITS ENGLAND
Bombs Dropped on Town of the
kentish Coast.

London March "A hostile air.
plane dropped bombs on Broadstars,
1t is announced officially. One woman
was injured
Broadstairs is a watering place on
the lslan of Thanet, off the Kentish
coast
II Is one of the towns shelled by
German destroyers Monday.
The British force continues the pur-
suit of the Turks on the Tigris front.
The remnants of the Turkish force
retreating from kut.El -Amara have
been shattered completely according
to information given out in the house
of commons. The Turks, it was said,
would reach Bagdad only as a disor.
derly mob.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-02
World Domination Dream.

1t adds another chapter to the cele-
brated reports of Jules Cambon,
French ambassador i'm Berlin before
the war. of Germany's worldwide plans
for stirring strife on every continent
where they might aid her in the strug
gle for world domination which she
dreamed was close at hand.
II added climax to the operations
OF Count Won Bernstorff and the Ger
man embassy in this country, which
have been colored with passport
frauds, charges OF dynamite plots and
intrigue. the fun extent of which never
has been published.
1t gives new credence to persistent
reports OF submarine bases on Mexi-
can territory in the Gulf OF Mexico; it
takes cognizance of fact long recog-
niZed by American army chiefs. that
If Japan ever undertook to invade the
United States it probably would be
through Mexico. over the border and
into the Mississippi valley to split the
country in two Ii recalls that Count
Won Bernstortf when handed his pass
ports was very reluctant to return to
Germany. but expressed preference
for asylum i'm Cuba
II gives a new explanation to the
repeated arrests on tie border of men
charged by American military authori.
ties with being German intelligence
agents.
Last of all il seems to show a con
nection with General Carranza's re
cent proposal TO neutrals that exports
of food and munitions to the entente
allies be cut off and an intimation
that he might stop the supply of oil,
so vital TO the British navy, which is
exported from the Tampico fields.
Such a proposal AZ Germany in.
structed her minister 10 make to Mex
leo borders on an act of war, if actual
ly. il is not one.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-02
BRIEF IN HARVESTER CASE
Supreme Court Urged to Apply the
"RuIe of Reason"

Washington, March I'm brief
fled in the supreme court Of the United
States, replying to the governments
recent brief, the International Harves-
ter company asks that II be judged
according 10 the rule OF reason rath-
er than the rule of size" and accord
ing to the language of the Sherman
law rather than any supposed purpose
of the lawmakers.
1t is charged in effect that the gov
ernment, having failed to make the
facts in the case fit the law, now is
trying to make the law fit the facts.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-02
NOT AN ACT OF AUSTRlANS
American Schooner Law Victim ot
Germans or Turks.

Washington, March 2.-It has been
officially established that the Ameri-
can sailing schooner Lyman M. Law
was not sunk by an Austro- Hungarian
submarine.
1t is now assumed that the subma-
rine must have been German or pos
sibly Turkish.
The Law was sunk, according to Of
fetal dispatches, by bomb after its
crew had been under shell fire.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-02
GOLD IS HELD CONTRABAND
Large Amount Taken From Members
of Won Bernstorff's Party

Halifax, March 2.-lt is reported
Copenhagen of the steamship Frede-
rik VIII, with Count Won Bernstorff
and his party on board, $25 900 in gold
was taken from the Countess Manfred
Matuschka of Washington. This, it
was said, with all other gold carried
by the passengers, was confiscated by
the British authorities as contraband
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-02
TO URGE PEACE IN EUROPE
Conference Of Latin-American Nations
Proposed.

Buenos Ayres, March 2.-Chile has
participate in a conference of all
Latin-American nations.
No date is set but Buenos Ayres is
specified AS the meeting place for the
conference to urge peace in Europe
and ii was noticed that the United
States was not included in the group
of nations asked to participate.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-02

London, March 2.-The sale of all
spirits and other alcoholic liquors has
been prohibited i'm Denmark, accord.
ing to Reuter- dispatch from Copen.
hagen The order is temporary and
calls for returns to be made on all
stocks of spirits in the country.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-02
GERMANS STILL
ARE RETIRING
British Within One Mile of
Bapaume.
GOMMECOURT IS OCCUPIED


Former Teuton Position Without a
Blow, Simply Slipping in on a De.
serted Village.
London, March 2.-Brtish forces
are within a mile of Bapaume.
The German retreat is still in prog
ress, but during the last day or so the
harassing of the advancing British
troops has been more pronounced.
Every sort of expedent is being used
to delay the forward progress of Field
Marshal Haigs forces.
The front on which the British have
advanced was increased to approxi-
mately thirteen miles by the occupa.
tion OF positions more than half a
mile northeast of Gommecourt This
is approximately the most northwest
erly point, and from there down to a
position about midway between Guede-
vanced front OF the British zigzags in
and out.
Front dispatches declared CONNIE
court fell without blow from the
enemy, the British simply slipping in
ON a deserted village. Evidence ac-
cumulates that the evacuation of Ba-
paume is under way.
information said the Germans had
methodically destroyed all high tow.
ers in the city, plainly in order to pre-
vent their utilization by the British
as observation posts when Bapaume
fell into their hands
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-02
FREIGHT TRAIN HITS AUTO
Five Persons Are Killed and Twelve
Injured.

Lima, o., March 2. - Five persons
were killed and twelve injured, at
least two Of whom will die, when
freight train struck an automobile bus
in which were riding twenty-five en-
ployes of a steel company.
Peter Daley, owner and driver of
the bus, was arrested on order of the
coroner Daley was unable to explain
the accident.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-02
curtaiIs Drinking Privilege.

London, March "A resolution was
adopted in the house OF commons re-
uuesting the catering committee OF the
Nouse TO observe in the sale OF intoxi-
otne liquors the same restrictions
posed upon the general public.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-02
THIRTY THOUSAND SOL
DiERS QUARANTINE

FL Paso, Tex, March q
Thirty thousand regular and
national guard troops stationed
at FL Paso have been quaran-
tined in their camps here be-
cause of an epidemic of pneu-
monia among the troops. The
quarantine will last two weeks,
but will not affect the move
ment of militia organizations
ordered home
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-02
Three Dozen Red Heads.

Read beaded students Of Iowa State
College of Agriculture at Ames, Ia
have organized "srhe Red Headed
Club" with three dozen charter mem
bers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-02
Stea nner Roche ster Is Safe.

Bordeaux, March 2.--The American
steamer Rochester safely arrived at
the mouth of the Gironde river, hav-
ing passed through the submarine
zone.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-02
BRITISH LET SHIP ORDER
IN ERICA.

Philadelphia, March 2-An-
nouncement was made that the
Sun Shipbuilding company at
Chester. Pa, has received a
contract from the Cunard line
for two standard 10,000ton car
go boats.
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