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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-27

his fingers which were caught ana
mashed.
At the annual meeting of Hancock
county Red Cross chapter, the ne"
form of bylaws which were sent TO
all chapters, from headquarters, were
adopted. which will make Carthage
chapter uniform with other Red cross
chapters. The only change is IN the
creation of an executive committee OF
twenty-five, instead of board OF al,
rectors. The following were elected
as an executive committee: Clemence
Dadant. Hamilton; Mrs. J A. Robin
son. Bowen; j. A. Doty, Dallas City;
| Jos. Nelson, Nauvoo; Mrs. ArVliia
Poland, Elvaston; Ed. Hancock
Adrian; F. N. Casburn, Ferris: MIS-.
w. H. Damron, Basco; Mrs. Haoue
Heberer, Niota; Miss Mary DAVIDSON
Carthage: Jas. McCarty, Carthage; ~
F. Berry, Carthage; w g. Barnard
| West Point; G. S. Coulson, La Harpe'
! Rev. ]. M. Thompson. Warsaw; MRS.
! Ed. McAfee, Augusta: Mrs. &C. SNOW
alter, Burnside: J. K. Spence, Fly
mouth; Mrs. Emery Stillwei!: "a. -.
Graham, Denver; Dr.. E. M. Robbins
Carthage; A, w. O'Harra, CARNAGE; e.
t s D. Faris, Carthage; Pearl Mack
Swigert, Carthage.
| This executive committee will meet
4 and from its number elect the ohcers
| for the ensuing year.
| The reports from the different ON
| GERS were read and an auditing COM
| mittee consisting of Duane Pennock,
John F. Scott and r. r. Wallace. ap-
| pointed. and as soon as the reports
have been audited, they will be given
| in detail. =,
Carthage college football team will
meet the Macomb normal at Macomp
| Saturday.
Miss Bess McMechan has returned
from Chicago, where she was employ
! ed as nurse in the foundlings' nome.
/ Mr.. and Mrs Rolla Babcock ana
little sons. of Quincy, spent part OF
] the week at the j. A. Califf home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Helfrich and little
son. johnson, are visiting in Chicago.
Geo. Clifton of Dallas City g visit
| ing his daughter. Mrs. Hal Miller.
I Mesdames j. w. Porter and H. w.
Berry attended the international con
vention Of Christian churches at Kan
sas City. No.. this week.
| Mr.. and Mrs Orville Nebergall OF
Canton, H., are guests of her mother,
Mrs Phoebe Noble.
| Miss Clara Symonds has returned
| from the Macomb hospital where she
has been taking treatment.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-27
DRINK HOT WATER
l,F YOU DESIRE A
ROSY COMIPLl
Says we can't help but look
better and feel better
after an Inside bath.

To look ones best and feel ones
/ best is to enjoy an inside bath each
morning to flush from the system the
previous days waste, sour fermenta-
tons and poisonous toxins before 1t
Is absorbed into the blood. Just al
coal, when 1t burns, leaves behind a
certain amount of incombustible ma
terial in the form Of ashes, SO tho
food and drink taken each day leave
in the alimentary organs certain
amount Of indigestible material,
which If not eliminated, form toxins
and poisons which are then sucked
into the blood through the very ducts
which are intended to suck in only
nourishment to sustain the body.
If you want to see the glow OF
your skin get clearer and clearer
you are told to drink every morning
upon arising, a glass Of hot water
with teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in 1t, which is harm
less means of washings the waste
material and toxins from the stom-
ach. liver, kidneys and bowels, thus
cleansing, sweetening and purifying
the entire alimentary tract, before
putting more food into the stomach.
Men and women with salloW skins,
liver spots, pimples or pallid com
plexion, also those who wake up with
coated tongue, bad taste, nasty
breath, others who are bothered with
headaches, bilious spells, acid stom-
ach or constipation should begin this
phosphated hot water drinking and
are assured of very pronounced re-
suits in one or two weeks.
A quarter pound of limestone phoa-
phate costs very little at the drug
store but is sufficient TO demonstrate
that just as soap and hot water
cleanses, purifies and freshens the
skin on the outside, so hot wafer and
| limestone phosphate act on the in
side organs. We must always con
slider that internal sanitation is vast
ly more important than outside clean
illness, because the skin pores do not
absorb impurities into the blood,
while the bowel pores do.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-27

Camp Funston, has barred men In
uniform from the town. Iowa and
Des Moines apparently realize thai
the men at the cantonment are just
the same kind of men as those who
wear civilian clothes and should be
treated as SUCH" was his comment
Camp Dodge Is one of the best
built and most complete camps he
has visited, stated Wardmaster MOO.
glin. There is scarcely a day at the
Kansas cantonment when the wind
does not stir up clouds Of black
gumbo dust that makes life uncom-
| Portable for the boys, he stated.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-27
Friends of MelIowes.
limited Press Leased Wire Sc

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-General
Liam Mellowes, under arrest for
nlotting another uprising in Ireland,
met Jeremiah O'Leary, John Dewey,
editor of the Gaelic-American, and
Daniel F. Cohalan, supreme court jus
tice. on several occasions, federal
agents asserted today. They quoted
Mellowes as saying he met these
men at the Murray Hill hotel here.
#Cobalan. Dewey and O'Leary were
recently mentioned in government
expose.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-27

rangements for successfully conduct
ing the service during the Christmas
holidays.
These activities should begin al
once by giving as much poblicity as
possible to the desirability of the ear
ly mailing of Christmas parcels, ana
by taking the steps necessary to han
die these parcels properly
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-27
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List of letters remaining In the
Keokut potsoffice. uncalled for, fos
week ending October 81, 1917:
Ladies.
Miss Blanch Brandcamp.
Mrs. Winnie Mack.
Lillian q. Vogt.
... Gentlemen.
Prof. S. H. Clark.
George Kerr.
Nate McHenry.
Irving l. Sawyer.
Ross Shannon.
F. Terey (2).
w. s. Whitehead & Son.
Chas. F. Wright.
Persons calling for letters in above
list will please say they are adver-
tised. E. P. McMANUS,
Postmaster.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-27
LADIES.

LADIES.
Whom irregular or delayed use Trf.
umph Pills Safe and always depend
able. Not sold at drug stores. Do
not experiment with others, save dis
appointment Write for "Relief" and
partic,l liars, it's free. Address: Ma.
tional Medical Institute. Milwaukee.
Wis.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-27
|1D.PUSH DRIVE
IN LOCAL FIELD
,.,kuk Y. M. 6. Began Prelimin-
AIRY Work at Banquet
Held Last
Evening.
urN ALL ENTHUSIASTIC
...orrev Harold Wilson, Of Burling-
81, Was Present and Made the
Address OF the
Evening.

=
uaning under the auspices OF
ass M. C. "A. at the Y. w. G. A.
w, ne,ng room. 1t was attended by
ai nlns citizens who are among
Nen hest boosters for the y. M G. a.
.ne uos different from most banquets
! hat those who were present in-
~ n.,raa in no light talk, and jokinS
du,e entirely tabooed. 1t was a gath
w u;no of earnest men who realize
thn. the war is on. and that we must
.na' oyarything possible through al!
~ .sa avenues possible to achieve VIC
tory -
.,art the ball rolling in this district
- do our part in the great natlonai
drive TO raise funds to carry on
No work the Y. M. G. A. wishes TO
accomplish in the war zones.
u c. Brown was master OF cere-
ron;es who, after the, board was
cleared. introduced Attorney Harold
wilson of Burlington, manager OF
ibis district for this drive, who made
vs. stirring address. Mr.. Wilson In
iuIged In no studied attempts of ora
iory but gave plain, straightfor
Sard talk that was forceful and
convincing. He said that when ne
;aw what sacrifices the boys were
making for their country, he resolved
i draft himself for the work at home,
asing his time and money for the
-ause 1t is possible in a news
naner article to give but a brief
.ynopsis of so long an address, but
few of the statements made are
spitomzed below:
The Y. NJ. G. A. is symbolized by
The red triangle, signifying that It's
work is threefold- ministering to the
body. mind and soul of men.
This great organization became
prominent in war work when the
trouble began on the Mexican border
II was ready for business, and II
moved to the border and followed
the army into Old Mexico. It moved
promptly, arriving at the troubled
sone as soon as the army The bene
fetal work it did in that campaign
is attested by all the returned sol
diers.
In European War Zone.
When war opened between the Unit
ed States and Germany, John II
Mott, one or the ledueTS VI Liz "
ganization, went to President Wilson
and urged him to do what he coul6
10 further the work Of the association
in the European war zone. The pres
tident replied that this work should
be taken up by the people. and tn,
greater their sacrifice, the more tf1eil
efforts would be appreciated by thu
boys at the front. The leaders o
the association saw the wisdom o
this advice, and went direct to thu
people with their appeal last spring
and are doing the same today. The!
were successful in the first drive
and they hope to duplicate its result:
on a much larger scale. The work t
be done is immense. and 1T will TAX
large sum of money to put 1T over
We can realize this when we consid
er that coal is $50 per ton in Franc
and all products are very high.
Some people have misa2prehen
sion Of the work of the T. M. g. a
It doesn't preach to the men over
much, but provides for their comfort
and amusements and tries to Great
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-27

American capital is financing the
construction of a big cement plant
in Argentina.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-19
BRITISH Wan OFFICE BIG.

London The Maze, is the col
IoQuial name for the great architec-
tural pile ia Whitehall which houses
the British war Office. The building
contains more than thousand rooms.
aud visitors often hnd themselves lost
IN the bewjIaerlue tWtstlngs aud
tnrnlnEs Of the long corridors with
their aute-roomss Offices, corners. and
stajrways The second floor contains
the principal Offices, those Of the min
lister Of war, the military secretary,
and others Many o. the war Office
departments which have expanded
enormously since the war began main
tain annexes. some IA very distant
parts o. the city
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-19
PLAY BOYS Offer
is PLEASING ONE


A good attendance greeted the play
given 10y tae young maa o[ ST. Joseph S
paraehI8I school last evening and
which was their commencement en-
tertaEuUeuf & having been decided
that il we're better Eo separate the pro-
grams oE the young men and Wou4 en-
as hitherto given on succeeding nights
at the close ct the school semester.
eff Were k4ng" had its scenes laid
tia Naples Of early date and the cos
tuning Of the drama ia its court re-
gala WAS very handsome. Each one Of
the cast performed his part we'll. the
leads being portrayed by William
Nheelan, Joseph Goyle, Frank Heher-
nan. john keanes Kenneth Sexton ana
Leo Marion. the latter having the COM
edy role which he played with good eff
feet The pages, Cleo Russ and John
Dolly aua Franz GadianC are from
among the Youngest in attendance al
the school ana they gave very good
account Of themselves.
4 prologue. comic In nature was
presented as curtain raiser. Seem
Things" and the @Ghaupeen Baseball
Nine" constituted the numbers and
were given ny the mtnims and grade
pupils.
Al the close Of the }ast act the cur
tain was lifted 10 give a flag salute
which was effectively taa1eauZed. ac-
eompanied by chorus singing OF 1.-THE
star SpangIed Banner
The sisters Of st Joseph's faculty and
Lucia Cook Canterbury had direct ~
Of the play and they ans raa young
men soon to be graduated are 30 be
Gem pEiDenfed on the suoothnass and
nicely Of arrangements OF the per
Torrance The extra scenic pieces de-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-19

atl The news all the tfue-The
argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-19
AMERICAN EXPORTS
SHOW AN INCREASE

New York. april -Eotwithstaud-
Ing Germany's submarine blockade,
Imports at the port of New York dur
Ing March made a big gain over the
preceding two months OF the year.
The total from Europe was more than
$4,000. 000 ahead Of February. the first
full month Of unrestricted submarine
warfare.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-19

Here are the new spring suits; all the new
belted models for young men; the more conserva-
tive models; fancy Scotch mixtures; beautiful I'M
finished worsteds in dark effects; blue serges; in
fact every suit in the store included; sizes to fit
all men in new scale Of prices that show sub
stantial reduction on every suit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-13
The Electric Rate Reduction.

In ordering a reduction of the rates
for electric current the public utilities
commission has rendered a service of
value to the people along the line of
equitable adjustment between the cost
to the producer and the cost to the con-
sumner. Many months have been taken
in an inquiry into the expense of max
ing electricity. Meanwhile the local
public has paid rates much in excess of
those paid in some other cities. A feel
ing has prevailed here that the mainte-
nance of these higher rates is due in
part to the relation between the power
company and the closely associated trac-
ton company.
The commission orders a reduction
Of 20 per cent in the rates charged to
the public, and reduction Of % per
cent in the minimum monthly charge.
Thus the kilowatt rate drops from 10 to
8 cents, and the minimum charge from
ST to 20 cents, these changes to 20 into
effect August /, and probably reducing
the gross annual revenue of the com
pany approximately $4,000 a year.
Thus if these rates are put into effect
saving to that amount will result to
the electricity users of Washington, and
yet, the commission figures, the revenue
of the company, even under the exist
ing abnormal conditions, will yield
return in excess of per cent on a fair
valuation of its property.
. This is the only just method of rate
regulation, after careful examination
of the physical and franchise properties
of the producing corporation. The public
utilities commission has done its work
of valuation much more carefully than
would have been possible under the old
method of congressional hearings pre-
ceding legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-13
The British Losses.

Although the Germans scored a dis
tinct success in the attack on the north
Belgian line, where the British casual
ties reached 1900, the action is of no
particular significance. 1t does not af-
feet the situation generally, and does
not appear to have been followed up
with other aggressive movements. That
the maneuver was executed for politi
cal effect at Berlin is taken for granted
Much will be and probably has been
made of the capture of 1850 British
prisoners to indicate to the critics of the
campaign that Won Hindenburg still has
the power of successful aggression. II
is also desirable, from q Berlin
point of view, to distract attention from
the Russian advance, which is continu.
ing without check and with marked sue.
cess. Should the Germans repeat this
operation anywhere in the west there
will be reason for disquietude, but for
the present it may be regarded as an
isolated instance of taking advantage
of exceptional conditions for a demon.
stration purely for home effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-13

parties and groups in the reichstag will
force the acceptance Of his resignation
if the kaiser wishes to keep him in serv-
ice. If Won Bethmann Hollweg goes out
it will be because Of intrigue, not
through parliamentary pressure on the
emperor. And the intrigue that is most
likely to succeed with the kaiser is that
of the reactionary party, whose purposes
all tend to the bitter prosecution Of the
war.
In the imperial rescript respecting
electoral reforms no hint is given of
any purpose to adopt the principle of
parliamentary government, and thus
Germany remains on the old basis of an
irresponsible ministry that is, a govern
ment responsible only to the kaiser.
There is no real power in the reichstag's
credit-voting prerogative. If the body
withholds the credits asked by the gov
eminent it may be dissolved, and in its
recess the government vote itself credits,
in effect. Of course, every time the de-
mand for real reform is ignored and the
reichstag is disregarded the socialistic
element of the public, which is constant
ly growing, is again disappointed This
process cannot be indefinitely repeated
without ultimately precipitating demo-
cratic movement in Germany. The kai-
ser is playing very clever game, hold
ing both factions by apparent conces-
sions to the progressive elements such
as the so-ealled electoral reforms just
proclaimed, while remaining always the
idol of the reactionaries.
The allies will not win this war in
Berlin. However grave the political diff
ficulties at the German capital, the fight
will be waged to a finish on the fields
of France and Russia. perhaps Germany
itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-13
The Regular Session.

Well. there is this consolation for
those who think Congress should "stay
ON the job: That if adjournment takes
place around September !, the regular
session will be only three. months away.
December will find the statesmen back
again. girded for the regular grind
And the regular may be a more inter
esting session than this special session
is proving to be. For, in addition to the
routine business, there will be develop
ments growing out of our part in the
war which will have to be handled. We
are just going into action; and before
the snow flies something of very de-
cided moment may take place in France,
where we now have soldiers, and in
America, where large numbers of men
will soon be learning the trade of war.
The country is rousing to the situation
slowly. There is complaint about it, ana
out Of that complaint may issue quick
ened order Of things. By December we
should be getting into cur military
stride, and then things should begin to
happen.
The war was declared by the over
whelming vote Of both parties in Con-
gress, and both have been voting sup
plies in quantities to carry it on. Ex-
cept in few instances, politics has not
appeared or been mentioned in any mat
ter connected with the war since the
declaration was made.
This, however, may not continue to
the end. 1t need not be surprising if,
after awhile-after some of the plans
now shaping for conducting hostilties
have been put to the test-politics should
show in some of the controversies That
happened at the time of our civil war,
and it may happen at this time.
But it Is most unlikely that politics,
in any circumstances, will take the form
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-13
The Evening Star Newspaper Company
1ith ST. and Pennsylvania Avenue.
East St. Louis.

The INQUIRY into the East St. Louis
infamy is proceeding. Whether the
local authorities can uncover all the
facts is a question. Whether Congress
will make an investigation is another
question. Fixing responsibility after
mob has worked its hideous will in a
community is difficult business.
The police are charged with sym
pathy for the mob. They were either
too late in arriving at given danger
point. or. arriving in time, did nothing
to quell the disorder.
The members of the Illinois National
Guard that were rushed to the scene are
charged with something of the same of
tense. Their conduct is criticised. They
came from up state, were strangers in
the town, and of no force on the occa-
sion.
This appeared in newspaper story as
+hsaayrression of resident of East st.
Louis:
ing else but raw country yaps; they
knew nothing of their duties: and be-
ing boys themselves. fraternized with
the other boys who made up so large a
proportion of Monday nights mob
The attempt to clay it on the boys
will not answer. If the boys of the
National Guard did not know their
duties their officers should have known
theirs, and have seen that those duties
were discharged. If boys made up the
bulk of the mob, the police should have
had the less difficulty.
In all probability boys were out in
numbers that night. One of the most
conspicuous features of mobs is the at
traction they have for the immature and
irresponsible, who flock to such scene
and add to the fury and the noise.
But boys do not start mobs. They are
not responsible for public sentiment.
They do not make the laws, or elect Off
Gals to execute the laws. They are not
leaders, but only followers. Boys can
be controlled. Where the example of
their elders is good, their conduct is
likely to be good; where bad, bad.
On its face, the case against East st.
Louis is very black Not only men and
boys, but women and girls, participated
in. acts associate only with savages
For hours hades reigned in town of
sixty odd thousand people, with courts,
churches, schools and other expressions
and agencies of civilization to point out
the right course to the responsible citi-
zens, and to plead for law and order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-13
German Politics.

With all the pother at Berlin about
electoral reforms it would seem that the
kaiser in apparently yielding to the
popular demand for changes is giving
very small, hard stone to the bread
asking public. He has decreed "eoual
franchise" but it applies only to Prus-
sia. and is to take effect only at the
next election, which in all probability
will be after the conclusion of the war.
None of the other states of the German
empire is put on this basis of franchise
equality, fact which may cause much
bitterness when it is fully realized.
This whole German political crisis is
probably less serious than might appear
through some readings of the dispatches
from the capital. 1t is a political blow.
ing off of steam, vent, and doubtless
those of the high command know that
it is periodically necessary. A reorRani.
zation Of the government may take
place, but there is small probability that
it will result in any change of policy re-
garding the conduct of the war. Won
Bethmann HoIlweg, whose resignation is
row reported, will remain chancellor as
bng as it pleases the kaiser, and no
emount of combining on the part Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-13

Of an attempted hindrance to the gov
eminent. That would be the worst sort
Of politics-would be certain to result
disastrously to its authors.
The war is on. The government is
committed. The President as COM
mander-in-chief of the army and navy
is responsible for activities, and en-
titled to square deal. There is no rea-
son to believe he will fail to get it. He
cannot hope to escape criticism. But
criticism having for its object pointing
out correctable errors, and criticism in
tended to weaken him as the chief execu-
tive, are two very different things, and
he should have no complaint to make as
to the former.