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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
If Day is Bright, keoku'e VIII Have
the Biggest Sale in its History
Saturday for Dollar
Day.
BIG BARGAINS PROMISED
Everything One Could Ask for VIII
be Laid Out on the Bargain
Counters For This
Sale.

About the only doubtful feature of
Keokuks big Dollar day next Satur-
day is the weather. A committee OF
boosters from the league, however, is
going to wait on the weather man dur
ing the week, and offer him peep at
a few of the bargains, in advance,
and then it's cinch that the fair
weather flags will be flying and the
day will be ideal.
It's going to be the biggest Dollar
day Keokuk merchants have ever
put on. They thought they did 1t up
brown in the first sale, but Chairman
Baur and members of his committee
are confident that they are going to
put everything else in the shade.
With everybody in it, there will be
plenty OF bargains of all kinds, and
dollars are going to have the biggest
value they have ever had since the
days when Bryan was expecting to
initiate them.
Considerable advertising Is going
to be done by the merchants, and they
are already preparing their copy. Ad-
vertising is going to be done outside
Of Keokuk and it is planned to
bring crowds here from towns along
the Rock Island, Wabash, Keokuk &
Western, T. P. & w, and from all
around here. II the weather VIII
only be fair, a number of buyers will
drove in. The roads are in good
shape, and it's easy to shop when
you have car TO carry home the
bundles.
And there's going to be some bun
dies to carry home, the local mer
chants are promising, and they've
made good on every Dollar day thai
they've had. The grocers are in il
this year for the first time, and II
would be well to keep an eye on the
| dollars Saturday. and watch 'em grow
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
LaFoIIette Speaks AoaIn.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept Ex-senator
Robert M. LaFollette was enroute to
Washington today after an address
here yesterday in which he hit back
vigorously at his enemies. He has
collected material for many libel
suits against newspapers, he said.
which will be filed when the courts
are free and open"
LaFollette didn't discuss the causes
of the war in his address to the
$500 people in his audience, here.
He urged campaign to elect con-
gress that will fairly represent the
peoples views on the war. Mean
time he will not do or say anything
not supported by law and the con-
stitution, he said, but he reserved the
right to discuss the war and peace
terms Police and federal agents
were scattered through the crowd
during the address, but there were
no disturbances.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
CARTHAGE MANS
CAR is TAKEN
Machine Reported Missing at 9 O'clock
Last Night But Was Recovered
Two Tours.
Later.

A Ford automobile, belonging to Ed
IRVINE Of Carthage, Illinois. was tax.
en- from in front Of the Kellogg Birge
company building at Fourth and John
son streets last night. 1t was reported
missing at o'clock but -9as found two
hours later at First and Johnson
streets by Monroe George Of Carthage.
The local authorities have been mott.
fed Of the theft of FIVE passenger
Buick automobile at Burlington last
night. The car was 1918 model and
the motor number was 324439. A re-
ward Of $50 is offered for it's recovery
by the chief of police Of Burlington.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. J. Earl Vanatta, Mr..
and Mrs. A D. Lacy and Miss Edith
Weisemann motored to Monmouth
yesterday.
Miss Lillian Fuerst has returned to
Keokuk after years absence In
Washington, D. c.. where she visited
with her sister, Mrs. F. E. Vestal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Sauer and Mr..
and Mrs. Karl Sauer left Sunday
morning for Chicago and Milwaukee,
making the trip by auto.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas E. Lee and
Mr.. and Mrs Everett o. Mass, Of
CenterviIe. are visiting at the homes
of Mrs B. R. Lotion and Mayor Ed.
S. Lotion.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
Suicide Instead Of Draft.

CHICAGO, Sept. 24-Torn between
duty to his country and to his orphan
sister and brother, Ebon Jacobson. 20
Of Meruoninee, Mich, chose death.
Jacobson's body was In the morgue
at Waukegan, H., today. He nae
leaped from a Northwestern 7assen-
ger train
His exemption board had refused
his claims for release from selectlve
service, despite the aff1davits Of sew
eral citizens. He was enroute to
Camp Custer, at Battle Creek. Mich.
after doctors had prevented his SUI
eide by poison.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
CoIIjded In Foo

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Sept. "a
Twelve persons were seriously in
jured and nearly 100 badly shaken up
when two passenger cars on the Elec-
trio Michigan railway line to Camp
Custer crashed together in head-on
collision two miles west of here
early today A heavy fog and misun-
Outstanding of orders are Blamed.
Ten of the injured, all of whom are
camp workmen, are at Nichols hospi.
tai. This is the second wreck on the
line since the cantonment was opened
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

were In Miller's automobile. One of
the women was held with him,
charged with disorderly conduct.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota
continued arriving from early morn
ing today and each contingent was
cheered to the echo The crowds
down town were whooping it up for
the new soldiers and every time more
than three of the selected men got
together the entire HohenzoI!ern
gang was given the famous "to hell"
yell.
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
POURING Into Camp Dodoe

CAMP DODGE, Iowa, Sept. "a
With more than $4,000 men of the
second Increment national army al
ready here, it is thought that the
other three thousand odd men to
make up the entire increment of
forty percent will be in barracks by
tonight.
The selected men from Illinois,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
Reckless Auto Driver.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, Sept. 24.-William A..
Miller of Kansas City Mo-, mem
Der of the officers reserve corps at
the Fort Sheridan training camp, was
under arrest today as the result of
driving his automobile into two other
machines yesterday. He is charged
with driving car while intoxicated
Three other men and three women
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
NOTICE: LoWIrz.

No opening displays this season. It's
expensive. eve save you that ex-
pense). Watch our windows daily.
Compare our $40 to s75 models to
others sold UP to 800. (Our high
grade models sold at V profit and
much larger assortment by far. Spe-
cial display New York Country Club"
gowns, dresses.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS.

Second half taxes must be paid by
Sept goth to avoid penalty.
The treasurer is prohibited from
receiving taxes without penalty at.er
Sept. 80.
Sept. 10Th.
WIN. REIMBoLD, Co. Treas.
The Washington times., 1917-01-29
BEHOLD, THE LEAK"

Here are the results so far, as re.
corded in an interview with Sherman
L. Whipple, Of an inquiry for which
the Government is understood to be
paying $4,000.
Mr.. Whipple has interviewed
about half the brokers and traders
involved in big stock exchange trans
actions between December 10 and %
and has satisfied himself that they
had no advance information -of the
contents of the Presidents peace
note.
Mr.. Whipple furthermore has as
certained that the announcement to
newspaper men that an important
communication was to be expected
was telegraphed to home Offices, the
customary practice in such cases, and
that the rumor that "big news was
about to break" found its way to
the street"
The brokers then "doped it" that
the communication must either mean
peace or war, and either way it
would have resulted in bearish eff
feet on>the market.
"H the brokers testify that they
simply obtained the information and
that they profited only by using their
best judgment, how are you going to
get behind such statements?" Mr..
Whipple was asked.
81 don't see how you can. l can
simply bring out the facts and ask
them to explain how they reached
their conclusions" was the investi-
gators reply.
All of which furnishes the COM
mon sense explanation of the sup
posed "leak," and it is that which
could have been given by almost any,
body in touch with FAIRS in Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1917-01-29
TESTING MOTORISTS VISION

In our efforts to make city streets
safer, and to cope with the growing
complexities of increasing vehicular
traffic, we have overlooked one ele-
ment which is the FIRST test for a
railroad employee, that of eyesight.
The New York Medical Journal
suggests that the first qualification
! for the man who drives an automo-
bile should be normal vision. In the
District the only thing asked Of the
prospective motorist is that he be
eonyersant with our complicated
traffic rules.
This is very much like drilling a
railroad engineer in the meaning Of
vari-eolored lights, but taking no
note of the possibility Of his being
color blind. The Medical Journal
asks, "When we reflect on the num-
Der of street accidents happening ev-
cry year, does it ever occur to us that
perhaps certain percentage of them
is due to defective vision on the part
Of the drivers?"
No, in the District, as well as in
most other cities, we have not asked
ourselves that question yet.
The Washington times., 1917-01-29
UNCLE SAM AND THE SERVANT
PROBLEM

The Federated Women's Clubs of
the District are not alone in taking
note of the mooted Servant prob
lem" The employment service Of
the Department of Labor has given
a national impetus to consideration
of it by an appeal to housewives
throughout the country to assist in
raising the dignity of the domestic
by cooperating with its plans.
These plans, not yet definitely for
mulated, include, for one thing, the
standardization Of duties, hours, and
to some extent wages, of domestic
employees. This probably is the first
step taken by Government agency
to handle one employment question
which so far has remained outside
The Washington times., 1917-01-29
KTcHIN AND DEFENSE

The latest effort Of the Hon.
Claude Kitchin raises the nice cues
ton whether he is an American citi-
zen or only Representative in Con-
gress from North Carolina. In the
Democratic caucus on the so-called
Emergency" Revenue bill, on Fri
day evening. addressing a group of
insurgent Southern Democrats, he
said:
You can tell your people hat
practically all of this tax will go
north of the Mason and Dixon's
line. The preparedness agitation
has its hotbed in such cities as
New York. This bill levies a tax
on those who have been clamor-
ing for preparedness and are bene-
fitting because Of preparedness
appropriations.
The party at present in power
has from time to time repudiated
with some show Of heat the charge
of sectionalism. We wonder whether
it will take any steps to rebuke Mr..
kitchin for once again drawing
Mason and Dixon's line.
But the truculent looting of the
North is a small matter as compared
with Mr.. Kitchin's attitude toward
national defence. Does he actually
desire us to believe that he and the
people of the South care nothing
about the safety Of such cities as
New York?
Is it nothing in Mr.. Kitchin's eyes,
nothing to concern the South, if New
York or Boston should be lombard
ed, Philadelphia sacked or a hostile
army landed on the Jersey coast? Ii
this the sense in which Mr.. Kitchin
and his party regard this country as
a Union NOW and forever, one and
inseparable"? Or does he think the
South can flourish through the peril
or the destruction Of the North?
The Washington times., 1917-01-29

the pale of the widespread opera
tons of modern efficiency methods.
Washington domestics, it is re-
ported, have organized in an effort
to do for themselves what employers
have failed to do. They intend to af-
filiate with the American Federation
of Labor. This isionly one indication
of a countrywide agitation which
may result in Transforming the
status and conditions of domestic
work before the average housewife
has recovered from the shock of real
izing that her employees are governed
by economic laws as surely as those
in her husbands office down town.
The servant problem is infinitely
complicated by social prejudices.
This latter factor inhibits the usual
forces Of supply and demand, for it
is common knowledge that many
young women now go to work at low
wages in less agreeable employment,
to avoid the stigma of household en-
ployment. What can be done to re-
move the stigma is a puzzle, prob
ably as much to the Department of
Labor as to the rest of US. But the
first step, it would seem, is to bring
the household worker under the same
standards, as to hours and services,
as those which affect other employ
ments.
The Washington times., 1917-01-29
DISTRICT MEN RENT
HOTELN NEW YORK
Eugene Kirby and James II.
Paris, Who Bun the Lafayette,
Lease the Chatham.

Eugene Kirby and James II. Paris,
who conduct the Hotel Lafayette
here, have leased the big hotel Chat
ham, now being constructed in New
York, and will operate 1t in addition
to theirewashington hotel, 1t was an
nounced today.
The Washington hotel men have
leased the property for twenty-ons
years, beginning September I, at q
total rental of 81. 100000. They are
backed by former Senator Dick.
Mr.. Kirby probably will assume the
management OF the New York hotel
He has been identified with hotel in
terests in New York for q number or
years. He operated the Hotel Marie
Antoinette, and was. also interested
in the Hotel Savoy there.
81 shall continue to take keen
interest In our Washington hotel,S
Mr.. Kirby said today. THE new hotel
simply means that we win. have New
York connections, and will be able
to render our Washington patrons
service when they visit New York.
Referring to the hotel business In
New York at q present, Mr.. Kirby
aid he had never before seen any
thing to equal it Hotels are doing a
business heretofore undreamed OF, he
said, and indications are that 1917
will surpass the record OF 1916, which
was q banner year.
The Chatham is to be one OF the
large hotels of New York 1t win be
fourteen stories high, and win cover
the entire west side OF the Wander
bilt avenue extension between Forty
eighth and Forty-ninth streets.
The Washington times., 1917-01-29
GRADUATION PROGRAM
Exercises for coIored Eighth Grade
Pupils Arranged.

The program for the graduation of
coIored eighth grade pupils was an
nounced as follow: Tenth division,
at Sumner School Wednesday at $50.
Roscoe c. Bruce, assistant superin-
tendent OF schools, presiding officer;
Fountain Peyton, member Of the
Board of Education. speaker; Maui
rice Spencer. presentation OF certif-
icates. and the Rev. James l. Pinn,
invocation and beneuiction-
Eleventh division At Mott School,
wednesday at $50 a. m DR.. J. Hay
den johnson. member board OF edu-
cation, presiding officer; Rev. 8. L.
Corrothers, invocation and benedic-
ton; Rev. DR.. John Van Schafck, jr.,
president. board of education. re-
marks; Rev. Walter H. Brooks, ad-
dress, and Roscoe C. Bruce, prssen-
tatfon Of certificates.
Twelfth division: At N Street
High School, Wednesday, at 10 a. m
DIR. W. S. Montgomery. supervising
principal, presiding officer; Rev.
Francis J. Grimke. Invocation and
benediction: Judge r. II. Terrell.
address. and DR.. Van Schaick. pres
entation of certificates.
thirteenth division: At Z 1enezer
Church. Fourth and d streets south
est Wednesday, at IL g. m DIR. ].
Hayden Johnson, presiding officer;
Rev. William d. Jarvis, address; Ros-
coe c. Bruce, presentation OF certifi-
Gates; Rev. Aquilla Sayles. invoca-
TN I'D benediction, ana remarks by
members OF the board of education
The Washington times., 1917-01-29

about the seeming disagreement be-
tween the Naval Observatory time
and that of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey. One goes on the basis of
Eastern time, the other calculates
the time exactly along the meridian
of Washington. All that becomes
academic when it is lamp lighting
time for automobiles and the wise
motorist accepts the Police Depart
ment schedule without scientific
bubble.
When it comes to saving daylight,
why not get up an hour earlier, and
start to work an hour earlier? The
Government departments could bring
that about very easily in Washing
ton. We are used to- being the
"dog," sometimes the "goat, why
not try it out on Washington
The Washington times., 1917-01-29
CAPT. MILLERS FUNERAL
Aged Civil War Veteran Buried in
Arlington.

Funeral services for Capt. Henry
Miller, veteran OF the civil war, who
died at the home of his daughter. Mrs.
]. H Hendrix. 1343 Clifton street, Sat.
urday, were held at 200S Pennsylvania
avenue this afternoon. Interment was
in Arlington Cemetery.
Captain Miller. who was eighty
seven years old and a native of Ger
many. had been ill for more than two
years. When war vas declared he
recruited a company at his own ex-
pense, which was known as Company
K, of the Fifth Michigan Infantry.
He is survived by his wife, a son,
and three daughters.
The Washington times., 1917-01-29
DAYLIGHT SAVING

How the late P. T. Barnum would
chuckle at the would-be daylight
ssversl The public still likes to be
fooled and not infrequently goes in
for fooling itself.
As Arnold Bennett cannily re-
minds as. time is the one commodity
which is distributed pretty evenly in
this unequal vale of ours. It is not
payable in advance. 1t can only be
squandered at given rate per day.
Daylight is much the same.
The trick of turning the clock
ahead is not new. Many housewife
has fallen victim to the practice of
moving up the hands ten minutes or
so and has succumbed to the insidi-
Gus practice Of over-discounting that
allowance.
Moving the hands an hour ahead
in the spring and turning them back
again in the fall might work Won
ders for season or two. But ulti-
mately the call of the canoe by
moonlight, the lure of the pleasure
parks, and the sedative influences
Of the roof gardens, would take the
hour at more than its face value,
and it would be time to move it up
again.
There is no reason why any city
that wants to should not have its
fling at making time of its own.
There is nothing official about that
we now have. The railroads estab-
lished it, for the convenience of their
schedules, and even now, as motor
lists have found out, authorities dis
agree about the time at any given
point.
Many folk have been troubled
The Washington times., 1917-01-29
THE FEMININE FORUMS

The village wiseacres who fore
gathered in the village general store
thumped their heels on the dry goods
boxes, and settled the affairs of ma.
lions, have furnished inexhaustible
material for the cartoonists and
humorists.
Presumably their wives, meantime
were doing the family cooking and
laundry. Persons who do not be-
lieve women are coming to their own
should read carefully a complaint
addressed by q druggist to the New
York Sun. He declares:
wonder why so many women
pick out q pharmacy to prowl
about in? Every day, Sunday in
cluded, they drift in here, lean on
the show cases, paw over stock,
strut up and down, and when a
clerk finishes with a real Gus
toner and rushes over tossee what
is wanted, milady greets him with
q frown- No. I'm just waiting"
she says. = 81 ~
The village stores recognized the
loungers as an asset. Occasionally
they bought "a plug Of chewing"
or INDUCED in a bag of smoking to-
bacco. May not the women who
have usurped the drug stores as
their impromptu club rooms occa-
sionally purchase q hot fudge sun
dae, or a quarter of pound of mixed
chocolates?
But the thing that causes wonder
is how they find time to do it? By
the papers we see they now are
called upon to weigh carefully the
proteins and carbohydrates in each
meal, then to count the calories, and
see that the needed vitamines are
present. They are supposed to main
tain double entry system of cash
accounts and to 90 Congress one bet
ter by running their homes on the
budget plan. They are supposed to
observe certain chromatic color
schemes in their clothes in order to
teach the young idea how to shoot, in
art, and they are urged to be ex-
perts in infant dietetics, child train
ing. and juvenile psychology.
If they find mental relaxation and
social stimulation in loafing in drug
stores, let them do it. But how do
they find the time?
The Washington times., 1917-01-29
HONOR WILLIAM G. BOYD

The Columbia Heights Citizens
Association will be represented as an
organization at the funeral services
of William G. Boyd, to be held to-
day at o'clock at his late residence,
1907 Euclid street northwest. by a
committee composed OF the follow
ing members: p 'er'~i- r.
presidents Daniel w. Edelin,. WI
liam b. Dodd, a. Is. SnI 80 O.. =. -...-
ION Hiatt, Arthur C. Houghton, VIM
liam NJ. Coural. Harley V. Speelman.
DR. Henry F. Sawtelle, DIR. Seneca IL.
Rain, Harry A. Seay, Henry c. Cole,
A. Leftwich Sinclair, Adam H. Cad
dis, and Judge Charles s. Bundy.
The Washington times., 1917-01-29
PAGE WILL BE HON0RED
North Carolina Society VIII Ban
quet Retiring Conaressman.

Robert N. Page, who Is retiring
from Congress after many years of
service will be honor guest at the
fifth annual banquet of the North
Carolina Society, at the Raleigh Fri
day evening.
Among those to make addresses
will be Champ Clark, Speaker OF the
House: ]. Harry Covfngton, Chief JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict, and E. j. Justice, Assistant At
torney General of the Department Of
Justice. The Hawaiian Quintette will
furnish music.
1t is planned to hold q reception
from 1880 to s, when dinner will be
served. After the addresses the floor
will be given over to dancing.
The Washington times., 1917-01-29
Tn. song.ter I'm the Dark.

Inc SOn8beGE IN INC AS"AAs
The Universe sprang to the easement
And pondered his problems in vain,
He said, should they only refrain
From covering Earth with her slain
Perhaps things would not be so
bloody.
but who can / find to accomplish
these things
What deified Man will bamboozle the
Kings?"
A note from the void answered.
brazen and shrill,
"Woodrowill! Woodrowill! Wood
rowIll!"
The Universe sprang to the easement
And peered into vacuous space;
''The notes came from out there
some place,
Where phrases, and nothing, en-
still less do we find self-effacement."
Just then showed the formSof the
singer of notes.;
The Universe shivered and put on
some coats. . p
The songster announced himself,
brazen and shrill,
"Woodrowill! Woodrowill! Wood
-Ruffian Reddy.
The Washington times., 1917-01-29
Don Marquis
Column

From Shadowland you came. deai
heart, tonight.
To visit me,
A pale, slim wrath awaking silen
chords
or memory.
Amid the gloom.
Fresh, fragrant rose-breaths through
the easement creep
And fill the room.
Come to the glade where curtains Of
green leaves
On either side,
Droop heavily, begemmed with bios
SONS fair
Fit for a bride.
The arbor bench half mid in velvet
moss,
From where of old
We watched tie white moon float In
fleecy clouds
Crested with gold.
When south winds sighed throughout
the scented air
OF languid June,
And then, as now, in haunting ca
dence walled
That tender tune.
Come with soft kisses, speak. sweet
spirit, speak,
That ! may know,
Flower of my soul, the rapture
unrestrained
or long ago.
Oh, little hands across the weary
years
stretched out to me.
Dispel WIN magic, passionate caress
Deaths mystery.
From whence you came, forsaiing
dreamless peace
To seek again
OCr trys ..ng place and Life's strange
offerings
or joy and pain.
George T. Pardy.
His model and his soul mate. too
Headline.
How sweet!