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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12
Farmers Shoot at Balloon.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
DIES MONIES, Iowa, May IL
Army balloons are making trial
flights from Omaha, the pilots teach
ing recruits how to take observations.
This was disclosed by Captain A. Leo
Stevens, who alighted from a balloon
at Carlisle, Iowa, Thursday after be-
ing shot at by farmers.
IF you see. balloon travelling
over your home, don't shoot at it"
was about the first statement Cap
tain Stevens made on his arrival here
last night, prior to entraining for
Omaha. His rubber air sausage"
was expressed back to Omaha
Seemingly every farmer thought
of Zeppelins, when they sighted our
balloon and the pot-shooting became
SO frequent and SO uncomfortable we
finally alghted,' said Captain Stew
ems. He was accompanied by Cap
tain H. F. Geiger and Lieutenant J.
H. Jouett.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12
ARMY is
TO BE RAISED
Over One Million Men Will be Avail.
able at Once, Under Terms
of SeIective Service
BILL

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON. May 12.-How
we're to raise an army:
The selective service bill as agreed
upon by house and senate conferees
will raise 100000 men Immediately
The president Is authorized to
guard up to full war strengt,-about
100000 and 100000 respectively.
This will be done by employment
'of the volunteer system until such
time as the president feels that
means inadequate-then he may
apply the draft.
The bill empowers the president to
draft Immediately 100000 males. not
exempt under the law, between the
ages of 81 and 80 inclusive for MIL
tary service.
All males between these ages must
register under penalty.
Boards will sit at points through
out the country to pass on exemp-
tions.
In addition to the first 100000
troops, the president is empowered
at any time to raise 100000 more
men by the process outlined above.
Those exempted from draft under
the law are soldiers and sailors now
in service, divinity students, mem
bers of well established religious
sects whose creed opposes war and
certain specified skilled workmen.
Others exempted are those having
persons dependent upon them for sup
port and those found to be physically
or morally deficient.
Married men, as class, are not
exempted; they are exempt only if
they have persons dependent on them
for support.
The entire national guard together
with its reserves can be drafted into
the regular army under the bill
Under the measure, intoxicants
canEot be sold soldier In uniform.
nut he can be given liquor If he's off
the military preserves.
The secretary of war is authorized
to take necessary steps to prevent
esta Adjustment Of disreputable houses
within such distance Of military
establishments as he deems neces-
sary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12
social hour. This is a new feature
in the social activities of the school
and much interest has been mani
tested.
Purity Giyea Power.

There are still many persons In the
world that need to be impressed with
the fact that the purer the blood is
the greater is the power of the sys-
TEN to remove disease and the less
the liability to contract it. Persons
whose blood is in good condition are
much less likely to take cold or to
be long troubled with it, or to catch
any contagious or infectious disease,
than are those whose blood is impure
and therefore impoverished and lack
ing in vitality. The best medicine
for purifying the blood is Hoods sar-
saparilla, and persons suffering from
any blood disease or any want of
tone in the system are urged to give
this medicine a trial. 1t is especially
useful at this time of year.--Adver-
tisem ent.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12
RAIL OFFICIALS
VISIT KE0KUK
Rock Island Party Arrived Here on
Special Train Last Night and
inspected Local
Properties.
ANNUAL SPRING TR1l
Officials Are Making Hounds Of the
Rock Island First District
Left for Dcs MoInes
This Morning.

A party OF Rock Island railroad Of
ficials stopped off in Keokuk last
night on their annual spring inspec-
ton trip over the first district.
which includes the company's lines
north Of Kansas City.
The party came down from Min
neapolis in a special train to which is
attached four private cars. The rail
road men arrived here at 1880 o'clock
last evening and left this morning
for Des Foines after inspecting the
local properties:
On the special were A. B. Ramsell,
assistant general manager, Of Des
Moines; A. T. Abobtt, superintendent
Of the Keokuk G. Des Moines railroad,
Des Moines; "A. E. Wallace, superin-
tendent of the Minnesota division,
Manly, Iowa; H. E. Allen. superintend-
ent of the Nebraska division, Fair
bury, Neb.; W. H. Peterson, engineer.
maintenance of way, Des Moines; w.
H. Stillwell, district safety supervis-
er, Des Moines; C. G.. Smith, train
master K. & D. M. Des Moines; and
j. Dulin, roadmaster, Oskaloosa
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12
NOTIFIED TO
REPORT AT CAMP
Charles M. Hennemann Accepted by
Government for Erain-
ing at Fort
Smelling.

Charles M. Hennemann, who re-
Gently took the preliminary examina.
ton for admission to the officers re-
serve camp, was notified yesterday
afternoon by post card to report at
once at Fort Smelling.
Mr.. Hennemann left last night for
the camp, which opens Monday -Four
in all have been accepted from the
applicants from this city for the Fort
Smelling camp. Mr.. Hennemann has
had military training with Company
7,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12
CHURCH SCHOOL,
MOTHERS DAY
First Christian Sunday School viii
Observe This Feature To-
norroW-At Homo
Monday

The First Christian church school
will observe Mothers Day" tomor-
row with some special numbers dur
ing the school hour.
On Monday evening, the church
school will be "at home" to4all mem
bers and others interested in the well
fare of the school. There Will be an
exhibit of the written work done by
the pupils in the grades and also an
appropriate musical and literary pro.
gram. Following this there will be
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12

PROPOSALS FOR LEVEE WORK.
Office Of the Secretary, Mississippi
River Commission, 1911 International
Life Building, st. Louis, Mo.-Sealed
proposals will be received here until
IL a. m, May IA. 1917, for construct
ing about 259,1OO cubic yards Of
earthwork in the shy Island Levee
Drainage District, Ill. Further infor.
nation on application.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12

Holland Scandinavia, the central
powers are now entirely isolated
from mail communication with the
world. Berlin's announcement today
that owing to impossibility of safe
communication, mail servive has
been discontinued with Spain, Mexico
and Central and South America, put
the final seal of isolation on the Gen.
trail nations.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List of letters remaining in the
Keokuk postoffice. uncalled for, fol
week ending May IL. 1917:
Ladies.
Clara Amrine.
Miss Nellie Kessinger.
Mrs. r. L. Russell
Mrs. Nora Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wilson.
Gentlemen.
Sr. Ease Albares.
John M. Callopy az.
Mr.. Jasper Dreamer.
Mrs Chas. Conger.
Mrs. F. w. Hooton.
Mr.. Leslie Hobson.
C. E. Randall.
Mr.. Harry Reardon.
c. L. Schaefer & Co..
Persons calling for letters in above
list will please say they are adver.
tised. e. P. M'MANUS,
Postmaster.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12
Engelhardt & Co.
900 Main Phone 1871
BILLIARDS AND BOWLING.

FOR SALE-Bill1ard tables, brand
new. carom and pocket, with complete
outfit, $3.50; second hand tables at re.
duced prices. Easy Payments. Cigar
store, fixtures specially, send for cat
alogue. Brunswick Balke-Collender Co.,
Davenport, la. I. G. Sanders, agent,
P. o. box 453 Phone Davenport 634s.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12

shore Of Quincy bay by a man who
signed himself Arch Adams, with
relatives in Kirksville, Mo- Police
are dragging the river for the body.
The writer of the note said he was
hungry, penniless and could not get
a job. He said he had wife and
baby.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12
IOWA..

IOWA.
WINTERSET, Iowa, May IL
George E. Clifton was sentenced to
life imprisonment for the murder of
Rufus Ullery, at Webster, July rs,
1915. He had pleaded guilty. His
associate in the crime, George Fra
zier. was given twenty-year sem
tence.
FAIRFIELD, Iowa. May 1.-THE
Fairfield ministers and undertakes
Join in a recommendation to the
people Of Jefferson county that no
funerals be held on Sunday unless
absolutely necessary.
MT. PLEASANT. Iowa, May Ia
C. G. Blodgett, a member of the State
Horticultural society and the veteran
horticulturist of this city, says that
he does not think that the apples
have been damaged by the recent
frost and snow, although he Is not
so sure about pears, as some were
in full bloom.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa, May 12.-
The dairy judging contest held at
Netherland farms. under the direction
of the rural education departm ent of
the Iowa State Teachers college, was
won by an all girl team from Finch
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12
ILLINOIS,

ILLINOIS.
JOHNSTON CITY, Ill, May IL
The current local banks statement
shows that since the saloons were
voted out here April II, their de-
posts have increased more than
100000.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12
MISSOURI.

H1GGINSVILLE, Mo-, May Ia
Luke O'Rourke, ,107 years old, said to
be the oldest man in Missouri, is
dead at the Confederate home.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12

Very Little Postal Business.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
AMSTERDAM, May 12-Except
between themselves and Switzerland,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12
Illinois Iowa-Missour

ford. The team was composed Of
Gladys Miller, Lucy Sturm and Carrie
Schwab, and scored 1,136 points out
of a possible 1900.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12

CHARLESTON, ILL.,, May 12.-Abe.
9-months-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Abraham Humble, farmers residing
west Of this city, died yesterday from
ptomaine poisoning, which developed
shortly after the child had drunk
buttermilk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12

gather here to celebrate the two
hundredth anniversary of the found,
ing of the Grand Lodge of England,
June "a, 1717.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12

COLUMBIA, Mo-, May 1.-THE
biggest Masonic meeting ever held
in Boone county will be June "a,
when the members of the lodge
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12

QUINCY, Ill, J May 12.-willis
Grimmer, we'll known farmer of
near Marceline, had his first two fin
gers on his right hand cut off. He
was greasing a mower and in some
way the knives closed on his hand,
swapping the two fingers Off
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-12

QUINCY, Ill. May 12.-"You will
find my body in the Mississippi
river" was the message left on the
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
CL0TURE ADOPTED
BY THE SENATE
ONLY THREE VOTES AGAINST
PLAN TO PUT POWER IN
HANDS or MAJORITY.
Traditions Of More Than q Century
Cast Aside That President May
be Clothed With Authority to
Protect Americans.

Washington. more than 100
years under rules permitting debate
limited only by the physical endur.
ance of senators and the provisions
OF the constitution, the senate on
March 8. by a vote OF rs to 3, put
power in the hands of two-thirds OF
Its members In the future to limit dis.
cussion and to say when a vote shall
be taken on O. pending measure.
The organized Hlibuster. as recog.
nized in the senate, is dead.
Senators La Toilette and Gronna,
two OF those who opposed the armed
neutrality bill, and Senator Sherman
who favored 1t. cast the negative
votes. Senators Cummins, Kenyon,
Kirby. Lane, Norris, stone and Var.
daman. who were against the armed
neutrality bill. voted for the amend.
ment. Colleagues of most of the sen.
ators absent announced that IL they
had been present they would have
supported It.
The exact use OF the rule will not
eRPoASht IL IL culOlCeu
but II probably cannot be successful.
ly used to prevent the spectacular
one-man filibusters by which senators
have talked bills pending in the clos
ing hours OF session to a legislative
grave. Such filibusters probably can
not be prevented unless they are fore.
seen. but an organized affair, which
must be planned two days or more
ahead Of sessions end, can be dis.
posed OF easily.
In brief. the new rule provides that
on petition of sixteen senators to
close debate on a pending measure
the senate. by q two-thirds vote ON
the following day bat one. may limit
debate thereafter to one hour to eacl
senator. 1t includes provisions tc
prevent dilatory tactics and the intro
duction after cloture Is ordered OF
amendments not germane to the pend
ing bill.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
SCORE KILLED BY
INDIANA CYCLONE
TOWN or FIFTEEN THOUSAND
PERSONS PRACTICALLY DE.
STRoYED BY TORNADO.
School Buildings, Factories, Mills and
Homes Reduced to Debris When
Furious Wlndstorm Strikes
That Region.

Newcastle. Ind.--More than a score
Ut persons were killed and $50 were
injured. some fatally. in a tornado
which wrecked 800 residences in this
city late Sunday. The property dam
age was roughly estimated at $1,000
900. School buildings, factories and
mills were wrecked as well as hun
dreds OF homes.
The storm swept over the city in a
Isoutheasterly direction, demolishing
practically everything in a path al.
most two blocks wide and more than
ten blocks long. For several hours
the city was entirely cut off from
communication.
Governor Goodrich was asked to
send troops to police the city, which
is in darkness. owing to the demoli-
ton Of the power plant.
The exact number of dead may not
be known for several days. as prac-
tically all the bodies thus far found
have been dug out OF ne wreckage of
their homes.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
MOSLEMS BEATEN
BY THE BRITISH
eAoDAD, TURKISH STRONGHOLD.
HAS BEEN CAPTURED ~
ENGLISH FORCES.
General Maude's Forces Win Coveted
Goal After Two Years Effort
Turk May Now Evaeuate
Persia. :.

London.-Bagdad, the chief Turk
ish city in Mesopotamia, and former
~ the capital of the empire of the
caliphs. has been captured by the
British forces. Announcement by the
capitulation of the city was made
Sunday evening by the British official
press bureau on receipt Of q telegram
from General Maude saying the Brit
lsh forces had occupied Bagdad early
Sunday morning. No details were
contained in General Maude's dis
patch.
The fall of Bagdad. besides ending
German hopes of near eastern domin-
ion based on q Berlin agdad railway.
will reverberate throughout the Mo-
hammedan empires, and, 1t is be-
heved. will more than rehabilitate
British prestige In the far east dam
aged by the earlier loss Of Kut-el-
Amara.
Bagdad's capture marks the climax
to one Of the most dramatic and pic
turesQue phases of the world war.
The city which has fallen to British
arms links the present to O past so
distant that It is semifabulous. The
known history Of Bagdad reaches
back Tor more than four thousand
years to the shadowy times of King
Nebuchadnezzar OF Babylon, a quay
built by the scriptural monarch still
existing submerged in the Tigris.
Within its precincts also there still
stand the tombs of the Jewish proph.
cts, Joshua, Ezra and Ezekiel, and
the well OF Daniel.
Long after the Bablonian dnasty
had ceased to be more than a MEM
DRY, Bagdad rose to splendor as the
artistic. literary, scientific and religi-
GUS capital Of the world The heart
of the great Islamic empire Of the
caliphs FOR hundreds OF years, It was
known throughout the world as "the
glorious city" and was the scene of
the fantastic exploits of Haroun Al
Raschid, the potentate whose mag
nificence Is immortalized In the
Arabian Nights.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
NATIONS NOTIFIED
j. S. WILL FIGHT
NOTICE GIVEN OF INTENTIONS TO
PLACE ARMED GUARDS ON
MERCHANTMEN.
Germany VIII be Informed That Her
Submarine Threat VIII Not
Keep American Vessels
From the Sea.

Washington.-The United States
government on March IL took the only
formal step that will precede the sail
ing for the war zone OF American mer
chant ships armed to resist attacks
by German submarines.
Notice to the world OF the intention
TO place an armed guard on merchant
men was given in communication
sent by the state department to all
embassies and legations in Washing
ton.
The statement, which IL is assumed
will be transmitted to Germany by the
Swiss minister, follows:
In view of the announcement of the
imperial German government on Janu
airy 81. 1917. that all ships, those OF
neutrals included, met within certain
zones OF the high seas, would be sunk
without any precaution being taken
for the safety of the persons on board
and without the exercise of visit and
search. the government OF the United
States has determined to place upon
all American merchant vessels sailing
through the barred areas an armed
guard for the protection Of the vessels
and the lives of the persons on board
Officials continued to be reticent
about the arming OF ships and the
probable date the first would be ready
to sail. All such details are regarded
rs military secrets. In fact. there is O
general disposition to avoid discussing
any phase OF the situation pendinl
the outcome OF the defiance of the
submarine menace by American yes
sells with naval guns and gunners Oh
board.