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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-21

and Margaret G. Straus, 20. both Of
Quincy. They were married by j. A.
milestone, justice of the peace. The
groom gives his occupation as a
printer.
Regular meeting OF Keokuk aerie
No 6S3, F. o. E., tonight at Eagles
hall, 523 Main. at o'clock. Visiting
brothers always welcome. Chas. A..
Noakes, secretary.
The monthly business and social
meeting of the C. E. society of Sum-
mitville, was held at the home of Mr..
and Mrs R. o. Boyd at Sandusky, on
Saturday evening. After the business
hour, the meeting was in charge Of the
entertainment committee consisting
Of Mrs. r. o. Boyd. Miss Amy Durham
and Charles Phillips. The evening was
spent in contests and valentine games.
At the close Of the evening, raspberry
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-21
BIRTHDAY OF
PYTH|AN ORDER
Local Lodge to Celebrate Flfty-thIrd
Anniversary Of National Or
der Tuesday
Night.
AND PROGRAM
Organization Was Founded in Wash
inston in 1se4-Has
100000 Members
Now.

e.
Morning Star Lodge No. 5, knights
OF Pythias will celebrate the NIFTY
third anniversary Of the Pythian or
der with a program, supper and dance
at Castle hall. Tuesday. February ~.
The birthday OF Pythtanism was
Monday OF this week and lodges all
over the United States have ceie.
brated or will celebrate in honor OF
the occasion.
Pythianism, founded upon the pr1n-
ciples of fraternity, Justice and benevo-
Hence, had its birth February 10, 1864,
In washington, D. c., when Liberty
lodge was organized under the nrec-
ton of Justus H. Rathbone. The orig
inal charter was permitted to elapse,
to be revived on December, 26. 1870.
From this humble beginning, 1T
tie over a half century ago. the order
spread throughout the entire civilized
world, and numbers more than sOo.ooo
members. Born in America, It now
has In the United States alone, ap-
pfoximately 725.000 members.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-21
CITY NEWS.

Moving. J. Opstelten. phone R-1542
Christian church colonial enter
tainment. Thursday Feb o. 15c.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred II.
George of Fort Wayne, Ind, on Feb
ruary IS. a son. Clark.
Everybody come have a good
laugh and jolly time with the East
ern Star ar the Masonic temple, Friday
evening, Feb. %
-Keokuk camp NJ. W. A, No. 622.
will hold its regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hall. All members are
requested TO be present.
Wanted: Expert millinery trim.
mer. also apprentices and clever sales
lady, for new millinery department
fsoon TO be opened in Keokuk.) The
largest and finest OF its kind in the
city. Address NJ. D., this office. All
answers strictly confidential.
"A marriage license was issued
yesterday to Raymond w. Jackson. "a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-21
ROOF DAMAGED
BY FIRE TODAY
Three Hundred Dollars Damage Done
to Building on South Third

The roof Of a two story brick build
ing at IL South Third street. was
damaged to the extent of 5000 in a
fire which started shortly after 500
o'clock this morning. Fred G. Hall
conducts a restaurant on the lower
floor OF the building.
Sparks from the flue set fire to
the roof, which with the ceiling Of
the second story, was badly damaged.
Furnishing were ruined to some ex-
tent by water.
One line Of hose and the chemical
were used on the fire. The building
is owned by Mr. Basset of Burling
ton.
The fire department has responded
to thirty alarms this month. Twenty
out OF the thirty were fires.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-21
BANKERS TO
BURLINGTON
Local People VIII Attend Meeting
Of Group Eleven Tomorrow
In Orchard City.

Keokuk bankers will attend the
meeting OF Group Eleven at Burling-
ton tomorrow. Omcers and clerks
Of the local institutions will leave on
the morning train and will spend the
day in Burlington. The following are
From Keokuk Savings bank-C. R.
Sutherland, Howard w. Wood, w. v.
D. Mas.
From Keokuk National bank-E r.
Cochrane, J. r. Baur, j. A. DUNLAP.
Charles volIers, Frank Anderson,
Herman Davis.
From State Central Savings bank-
C. ]. Bode, H. T. Graham, H. Boyden
Blood, L. J. Wolf, Alvin Kraft. Geo.
N. Duerkop, Karl Klann, Russell
! Young, F. w. Kirchner. l. w. Mont
gomery.
From Security State bank-E. A.
French, E. G. Weismann, Ross VIII
son, Allen Immegart.
Group Eleven meeting will convene
In the morning at 10 O'Clock and a
banquet will be served at noon.
There will be several interesting ad-
dresses, on the program.
i From Keokuk Trust Col. w
Anderson and J.. G. Mckinley.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-21
NOTICE TO OUR PATRONS AND
FRIENDS

We will open our meat market to
the public Saturday, Feb. "a, with a
choice line Of beef, pork, veal. lamb.
also a fine line of poultry. VIII be
pleased 10 have all Of our old custom
ers back, as well as new.
FRANK HAUBERT,
140S Main ST.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-21
DRESS FACTS

Buy models at $14 made by the
thousands, sold every place. But pay
81 more at Lowitz and get exclusive,
no two alike models. Be particular
1t pays. 100 new dresses on special
sale now and clever new spring coats
and dresses for the Riddles, strictly
city models.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-21
nIlLiARDs AND eowLINc.

FOR SALE-Billiard tables, brand
new, carom and pocket, with complete
outfit, $50; second hand tables at re-
duced prices. Easy payments. Cigar
store, fixtures q speciality, send for cal
alogue. Brunswick Balke-C ollender Co.,
Davenport, la. /. G. Sanders, agent,
P. o. box 453. Phone Davenport 6343.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-21

sherbet and assorted cakes were
served by the hostess. Rev. and Mrs.
Bacon and daughter OF Keokuk were
guests.
The Fort Madison Medical society
entertained ct . six o'clock dinner
last evening At the Metropolitan hotel.
complimentary 70 Dr.. c. e. Ruth, Of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-21

Des Moines. . former Keoku l,,u nv ~
Following the luncheon meeI pnbssS
held ut the office OF DR.. T. ~ =. ssrsstiIg
and DR.. Ruth gave very in; W.
tail on ..Duties Of Surgeons ~ ~ Q
which wa much appreciated = -
toyrd ~. Ruth was . surgeon g
9penieh-Amet1ca Val.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-04
By Mabel Abbott.

From feudalism to democracy
seems a far, far cry.
But on the gravelly prairies at
American Lake 1t is only mile or
so from where the stockades and
bastions of Fort Nisqually, the last
stronghold of the feudal old Hud-
sons Bay company in the north
west, stood, to where the barracks
for the new American army of
democracy are rising with magic
swiftness; and from then to now
is so short a time that the son of
the last chief factor of the COM
pany is still living on the canton
ment site; and he is not a very
old man, either.
His name is j. w. Higgins.
Saw Fur Traders.
Half century ago, as a child,
Higgins saw the fur brigades come
and go, bringing precious otter
skins from as far away as Grays
Harbor, and great bales of pelts-
10000 muskrat skins alone in one
hipment-from east of the noun
tains, all tributary to the lonely
post at American Lake.
And then he saw the auction
when the tools and equipment were
sold and the great company whose
word had once been law on the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-04
FIRST MAN CALLED
CLAIMS exemption

l.. B. Sims was forced to resign
because he is called away with an
ambulance corps. DR.. e. V. Crow
of the N. p. hospital staff has been
appointed to handle the physical
examinations for the board, but
will not fill DR.. Sims place as a
board member.
Begin Tuesday.
Special stenographers were busy
in every EXEMPTION board heat
quarters Saturday, making lists of
all registered men in their dis
trict, with the serial number and
cali number attached.
These lists must ge sent to
Washington, ID. c., at once. The
task of finding "call" numbers for
each registered man is no small
one, there being an average of
500 registered men in each dis
trict.
All boards will be ready to COM
mence examining drafted men
Tuesday. Every man who fails to
answer the draft summons will be
hailed before the board by L.
s. marshal,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-04
BY E. A. Peters

Shanghaied from Puget Sound
IS years ago, and unable to find
his wife and four children because
they moved away, thinking he had
deserted them, Frank Hasler, a
workingman of San Jose, made a
pathetic appeal to Tacoma police
detectives Friday afternoon.
Hasler wants aid in locating his
family.
But above all, he wants proof
that he was shanghaied, so that
he can convince Mrs. Hasler that
he did not run away.
Il don't think she'll ever take
me back unless / can prove that
they drugged me and forced me to
go to sea-" Hasler explained to
the police.
maybe she's married again,
but God knows l want to see my
babies again, and once more as
sumo the responsibility of sup
porting them"
Hasler remembers his chill
dren as infants, altho his eldest
boy, Joe, is 23 years of age now,
and his youngest child, Anita, is
over Is. She was six months old
when he last saw her.
During the greatest part of IS
years Hasler has been trying to
find his family. But even should
he locate his wife and children,
he believes that they will refuse
to believe his story unless he can
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-04
Use to
Nation Than
to His Wife

A Tacoma father-in-law who
wants his daughters husband
drafted into the U. S. army be-
cause he doesn't support her prop
erly appeared before the exemp-
ton board of district No. 2 Satur-
day.
'He came in and wanted to
know II his son-in-law was in the
first CALI said Frederic Mottet,
member of the board.
when he learned that the
young mans name wasn't on the
list, he asked If there wasn't some
way that we could put his name
down for the first call.
He doesn't give my daughter
more than $40 month to live on,
said the man, and I think he'd be
whole lot more use to his
country than to his family He
seemed real hurt when we told
him we couldn't draft the boy"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-04

The first man in Tacoma to be
examined for the new draft army
claims exemption.
Carl Olason, a travelling man,
was examined by the exemption
board of district 3, in the Federal
building, Friday afternoon, on his
statement that he would be out
of the city next week and could
not conveniently appear on the
days set for the exemption exam
nations.
He passed a perfect physical
examination said Arvid Ryd-
strom, a member of the board, Sat
urday.
Wife Dependent.
Olason claimed exemption, on
the grounds that he was the sole
support of his wife. He was given
affidavit blanks, and told to have
them all prepared according to
draft rules when he next appears
for judgment by the exemption
board.
Only two members of the ex-
emption board in district are
left to examine drafted men. DR..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-04
In the
Editors
Ma II
A Tribute
EDITOR THE TINES:

EDITOR THE TIMES:
So many of us are a little-a lit
tie great, little brave, a little in
earnest, little true to ourselves.
But this man, Little by name, was
much great, much brave, much in
earnest, much true to himself, and
in being so, how true to others!
He died for his convictions, for
his hearts sake, for his tongues
sake, for his loves sake-love for
his "class," for his laboring friends
whom he knew worked too long
and too hard and to whom freedom
is largely denied. He was heroic
not because he died but lived for
his people. 81 fight for the soli-
darity of labor" that was his slo-
gan. His death was an incident
of the fight, his life was the fight
itself
Poor crippled daddy, hurried off
this wonderful earth without even
a last message permitted to that
tongue of fire!
"Avenge his death, his MURDER"
No need to ask unless the asker is
not sure of himself. At such crises
| recall the stern old words, hand
ed down to men for their use:
Vengeance is mine. ] will repay"
To this man, to his life, to his
death, to himself, Frank Little
and to others like him bow my
head.
l am only little And you?
e. III. BOWIE,
Home, Lake Boy.
Home, Lake Bay.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-04
Anti-Church
EDITOR THE TINES.

EDITOR THE TINES:
! noticed in Wednesdays issue
of your paper an article dealing
on the end of the world, ETC.,
and also a moving picture of
same.
l wonder how much longer we
people will fall for this sort of
stuff. The masses of humans on
this earth are to be pitied for
being led on by this old tradi-
tional bunk.
Politics and religion are alike
in this respectable the profit
out of them and you won't have
either.
Capitalism and religion work
hand in hand in all countries.
The rich men donate thousands
of dollars to build churches, de-
fray expenses of prominent min
listers. etc. Why? The answer is
easy.
refer you to the preacher who
said, "Give gold," and also the
one who said, IF you don't teach
religion in the public schools,
burn them down." This last state
ment was made by minister in
Bellingham last spring.
Mexico, Russia and also Ger
many are samples of church pow
er. The minute the church gets
the high say, we'll be taxed and
regulated to death.
Wouldn't 1t be a fine thing to
put these thousands of preachers
to work on farms, factories, build
ing ships, etc.? n would cut out
this foreign labor proposition.
Just stop and think; every man
who makes his living off the
church, whether he be a preach
err, religious editor, Bible manu-
facturer, agent, and so son--put
them producing something. And
also, couldn't they shoulder a
gun for Uncle Sam?
A LOGGER,
EATONVILLE, WASH.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-04
|. W. W. STIR
UP FEELING
OVER KILLING
eevteC


BUTTE, Mont, Aug. 4.-"Bury
Frank Little on the fighting
ground"
This message, received from
William ID. Haywood, national l..
w. w. secretary, caused change
today in the original plan to send
the body of Frank Little, murder
ed |. w. w. executive, to Yale,
Okla, for burial.
Haywood, who is in charge of
the funeral arrangements, advised
that Titles brother had author
lied burial in Butte.
A general invitation to organic
ed labor to participate in the
demonstration which will feature
the funeral, was issued today by
the local I. w. w. union.
No hearse will be used, 20 men
will bear the casket upon their
shoulders, marching at the head
of the silent parade of thousands
of miners who will participate.
Federal and state officials here
were swamped with kilograms of
protest over the lynching today.
Almost every l. w. w. local in the
country has sent a message of con-
domination. A particularly bitter
protest was sent by the Portland
Ore, union. Little was arrested
there about year ago, as the re-
suit of his activity in free
speech campaign.
A death mask" and photo
graphs of Titles body we're made
yesterday by his friends and will
be distributed broadcast over the
country in an effort to crystalline
sentiment for the nation wide
strike which William Haywood
warned President Wilson would
result IL deportations and similar
outrages committed against mem
bers OF the !. w. w. continued.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-04
Kidnap Child
On Day Mother
Was to Marry
tUpited rress Le~.ed Wire,

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 4. -
Fearing that in a jealous rage,
Leong 10y, Tilted fiance. may kill
the child of the woman he loves,
the police today are combing the
city for Leong and the baby whom
he has kidnapped. The woman In
the case, a widow, is Mrs. Oai
Soon, a observation-disclosures born in
Bakersfield, Cal.
According to the story told the
police today by Mrs. Soon, Leong
has threatened to kill the child.
Leong and Mrs. Soon were en-
gagged, but before their marriage
she fell in love with Louie Yoa.
They were to have been welded
today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-04
Man Who Lived In Hudson
Bay Feudalism Is ElboWed
Out ForDemocracy's Army

prairie and far beyond it, left II
forever.
Now, he is moving out of the
way of the army of democracy.
Lived Lifetime There.
Higgins has lived on the prairie
all his life.
When the Hudson's Bay Co. left,
his father, who had become an
American citizen, refused a post
1t offered him in Canada, and took
up the land with the fort buildings
on it as presumption claim under
the U S. laws.
Higgins has lived there ever
since until 10 years ago, when he
sold the place to the Duponts as
part of their powder plant.
The square-timbered, grizzled
old granary is still standing.
When Huggins sold the place. he
did not go far-only to the end of
Sequalichew lake, near the pio-
neers' monument.
Doesn't Go Far.
A few weeks ago, cantonment
authorities began clearing the
watershed of all residents, to pre-
vent any possible contamination of
water. Higgins received notice to
move.
He is now at "the old Middleton
place." between CosgrOve and
Camp Lewis.
There | saw him the other day
lively, little old bachelor,
Judge" to all the neighborhood by
virtue of past service as justice
of the peace, and with fund Of
shrewd philosophy that gives him
broad view of the changes that
the swarming of the soldiers is
bringing to the prairie.
Changed Some
This sleepy old prairie has sure
changed some,' he observed I'M
resentfully.
1--WE heard that before my day
it was all grown up with grass
knee-high; but the company had
thousands and thousands of sheep
and other stock, and they grazed it
down and the moss got a start and
it's never grown up again.
81 know myself the prairie
didn't use to be timbered like it is
now. 1t was all open. Mother
used to stand in the door of the
fort and see people coming five
miles away. These eyergreens and
oaks grow up awful fast, and
they've Just taken the prairie"
But even as Higgins spoke, a
roar like a cannonade shook the
house. The contractors at the
army post were blasting the stumps
of the invading trees out of the
way of the buildings that grow so
much faster than they ever did.
81 remember when the railroad
came" Higgins went on. II rec
ollect driving over to see train
the first one ever saw.
Then the country began to
build up-little towns like Roy and
Hillhurst and the rest.
And there's always been SOL
diers maneuvering around here
more or less, at first only few
and then more and more, until
now
Hasn't Seen CantOnments
"But except for people coming
and going and dying and being
born and so on, there wasn't so
much change after all, until the
army post came. Some new folks
came and some old ones moved
away, but some stayed right where
their folks was in the early days.
A good many of those that stayed
voted against the post. Some's
glad to get the chance to sell
their land; but some don't want
to leave the old places.
mo, haven't been over to see
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-04
MEXICANS STRIKE

tShiteu f'feSs eLaseu Nlre.D
Ell PASO, Texas, Aug. 1.-Two
thousand Mexican employees OF the
Guggenheim smelter at Monterey,
Mexico, have gone on strike, caus-
ing a shutdown of the plant, ac-
cording to advices reaching here
this afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-04
ToDAY's CLEARINGs

Clearings .........$ 3S4,i14.31
! Balances .......... 41,184.57
Transactions ...... 1,204,728.65
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-31
S. IID) SSS


may be, there are excellent books con-
cerning it. Choose at least four such
books for your list, That will be one
for each three months, and is not an
excessive amount, yet few of you are
giving that much of your reading time
to your business education. At least
two accepted works that are not fiction
should be on the list. These may be
essays, history, modern thought, BIZ
ography anything that attracts you.
Two works Of really frstClass fiction
belong on the list, Books that are rec
Ognized as standard, that tell a great
story and reveal sOmet hing of our
complex human life in a big way. One
volume of poetry or dEams, of natural
history or of travel should be added.
You see it is not a long list But at
the end of the year, if you have held
to it, and have read thoroughly and
uDderstandingly and with pleasure.
and healthy food and have broadened
YOU Will have given your mind good
your culture and your business knOwfS
edge to a considerable extent.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-31

you spend yourself too quickly, too
constantly, you will be bankrupt in
serious way, a way no court can ad-
Just, and, too often, no doctor.
II you are doin~ hard work at the
office, dom try to do your owr house
work and cooking. too. 1t cannot be
done without risk OF a breakdown.
There are, Of course. situations where
EOu must burn your candle at both
rnds. but many of you could get the
work done by visiting maid, who
would come in for two or three hours
day.
Then there is the sewing that takes
so much time and eyestrain and con-
fnement when you need fun with your
friends, outdoor exercise, and relief
for the OveT-used eyes.
1t may seem to cost more to nave a
dressmaker in or to buy your clothes
ready-made, but 1t will pay you in the
end. No one can be housekeeper,
dressmaker. and business woman in
definitely.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-31
CARE OF
YOUR HAIR

fNl EVER has Dame Fashion beer
INEI so kind TO women in the mat
80 ter Of hair dressing as she is
tOday. She has set down no
hard and fast rule which must be fol-
lowed She has made no unbecOminG
demands of her faithful followers.
Gone are the hideoUs side Curls which
did their best to soften the hard line
of last years high CoiffuTe and sue
ceeded only in making the wearers
head look like a human question mark.
Gone also (and here many women
heavc a sigh Of relief is the high
straight cOinurc which dragged the
hair back from the forehead in that
most unbccOming fashion. Few were
the women whose beauty could stand
tho strain of this style. and the frights
seen at the height Of this hair dress
ing fad were varied and many.
But all this is past and a more sen
sibIe and far more becoming era has
set in. Today the woman who wishes
10 be smart may wear her hair in any
becoming way she pleases. She may
nile it high on her head and arrange
the front In a soft pompadour; she
NAV part it and gather IT. into knot
in her neck, or, again. she may COM
bine both the high and low cOiffure by
parting her hair in the front and
drawing it high to the crown Of her
head. So long as she selects a becom-
ing cOiffure she will be smiled upon
bv Fashion this season, for only one
type of hair dressing Is looked on with
disfavor. and that is the one which
does not suit the wearers face.
No matter how you arrange your
hair. it will never look its best unless
the hair Itself is in a condition of
sDlepdid and robust health. The effect
of many a pretty head has been ruined
nv dull. ill-kept hair, split at the ends,
drv and Hfeless. II your hair is in this
condition, you Will never be able to
dress it properly until you have start
ed it on the road TO good health.
Ones general health is very largely
reflected in ones scalp. If one is pale,
anacmic and run down, ones hair i'm
mediately loses color and becomes
dull, dry ard lifeless. Long walks,
plenty of fresh air, simple food and
long hours of sleep are necessary.
The condition Of the scalp depends
also upon the treatment it gets every
day For instance, the woman who
takes the trouble to brush her hair
thoroughly every night in order to free
il from dust will have far more beau
tifuI tresses than she who negIects
this daily cleansing. Few women
think of retiring at night without first
washing their faces, yet manv of them
think nothing of sighting their hair
They think it sufficient to take out the
pins, run the brush once or twice
through their locks and then tie then
up in braid. Ali the dust collected
through the day remains in the haiI
and before very long it loses all iti
natural gloss.