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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
STRING PRAIRIE.
>>>>>>>~ $1,000

There was a large crowd from this
vicinity attended the chicken pie sup
per at the Andy Sheppard home
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Louis Felt and daughter, Haz
ell, and Albert Haffner motored &c
Argyle recently
George Rube has completed build
ing a new sheep she'd; Andy Shep
hard is building new barn.
George Felt Of Hecla, Nebraska
came Saturday to visit relatives here
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Bergthol
motored to Keokul1 Saturday.
Miss Margaret Morrisey returned
home Sunday after weeks visit
with relatives in TT. Madison.
George Rllbe, Julius Felt and sons,
Lynn and Glen, called at the Louis
Felt home, Sunday afternoon.
Miss Clara Bergthold is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Milton Lindner of near
Keokuk.
Miss Katherine Morrissey who is
teaching school near Keokuk, visited
over Sunday with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Felt and niece.
Felt, Leo and Raymond
Farrell visited Sunday evening at the
Louis Felt home.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
No Longer Can Grocers offer Sugar
at Rebate If Certain Amount
of Groceris is
Purchased.
HOOVER SENDS NOTICE
Deems Headquarters Receive Word
to Cut Out This Kind
of Trading
Plans.

No longer will the lure of tn
twenty pounds of sugar for a~dolla
be held out to the thrifty house
holder if he buys forty dollars wortl
Of groceries The come-on device
and others which are freely prac
! ticed as an inducement to sell food
stuffs Is thing of the past. Mai
| order houses were the particular
Offenders In this regard and Mr.
Hoover, U. S. food administrator
"viewed with alarm" the tendency
these offers held forth for people to
hoard food So. says the Burlington
Gazette. He sent out the following
order which came to Mr.. Deems Sat
urday night:
On and after this date all combi-
nation sales of food commodities are
forbidden with the exception stated
below.
The sale Of one or more food COM
modities upon condition that the pur-
chaser shall buy one or more other
food commodities from the seller is
regarded as combination sale with
in the meaning of this ruling.
Combination sales frequently result
in the sale of more foodstuffs than
narily buy and are, therefore, deter
mined to be a wasteflll practice
within the meaning of section of
the food administration act of Aug
ust 10. 1916.
Exception-Pending further notice
and as wheat conservation measure,
the dealer may sell sugar in combf-
nation with cornmeal at the rate Of
one pound of sugar with two Of
cornmeal No other combination will
be permitted, nor will any other ratio
than that here stated be allowed.
The dealer shall not sell either sugar
or cornmeal at price yielding him
a profit greater than he has norm
ally enjoyed upon the particular com
modify.
The dealer is not required to make
combination sales of sugar and corn
meal, but may do so at his discre-
ton
Active steps should be taken at
once to enforce this decision.
u. S. Food Administrator
Mr. Deems has sent out this notice
broadcast to his lieutenants through
out the state and will insist that the
orders are obeyed. If grocers or
others desire any further informa-
ton they can get 1t by applying at
Mr.. Deems office
While a call was sent out for help
ers at Mr.. Deems office, It has been
decided that they need not report
until the end Of ~the week, or until
further notice. Certain material in
the way Of envelopes and stationery
have not been received and VIII not
be available to send out. If you had
made up your mind to help the food
office. kindly wait until you are
called.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
Statistics Complied by A. p. Meyer,
Clerk of the Board, Dis
proves This Allie
cation.
HOW 1T Is DIVIDED
But Few Labcrers Go, and Only a
Small Percent of Skilled Work
men Are Taken in
Call.

! That the draft is not altogether
| responsible for the labor shortage in
Lee county was proved by the figures
or the reports prepared by the local
exemption board under the direction
of A. P. Meyer, following instruc-
tons from the government, a copy
OF which classification has been sent
to the adjutant general of the state
at Des Moines.
The figures prove that a total Of
119 men employed in all forms of in
dustry in the county have been cali
ed and accepted for service in the
national army out Of total of 1,1SG
workers of the draft age in the coun-
ty. This does not include those en-
gagged in farming
The railroads have not suffered
greatly in the number of men taken
from their ranks. Out of total Of
2S3 men registered, thirty-one were
exempted, and but twenty accepted
while 224 remain to be called
Under the form of manufacturing,
which includes those in the mills and
115 remain to be called.
There is one form Of employment
in the county, the workers in which
should be able the stand the smell OF
the German powder. They are Ell
gagged in the manufacture Of powder
and include forty-two men, fifteen OF
which have been called in the draft
OF total Of 1G5 men engaged in
the making Of food stuffs such as
bakery goods, butter and cheese and
such, thirteen have been called out
Of 165 men. Two men of thIrty-three
engaged in lumber and furniture
trades have been called
A total Of three men Of eighty
eight members Of various professions
in the county, comprising all who
have had college educat1ons and are
living by the fruits Of their education,
have been summoned to the colors.
Three men out of fifty-three engag-
ed in public work. such as police of
ficers. firemen and other county and
city officials have been summoned in
the county, while twenty men fol-
lowing trades such as BARRIERS. bar
tenders, hotel employees and such,
out Of 1913 registered, have gone to
the camp. Only eight laborers out OF
122 registered have so far gone to
war.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
|V|LL PUT STOP
TO EXEMP TONS
provost Marshal In Message to tho
governor, Attempts to Halt the
Rush Of Men For
Releases.
THOSE IN cANToNMENTs
e.,,. of These Cases Come From
Boys In Service While Others
Are From Those
Waiting.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Nov. 20.--The
nroyost marshal general has sent
orders to the governor of Iowa which
will nut an end to the rush of men,
certified to the national army, to have
their cases reopened by district and
local boards, and thus escape service.
There has been an epidemic of such
eases. Some of them come from men
NIT vet sent to Camp Dodge; some
come from relatives of men in the
service, and some from the soldiers
II Camp Dodge. So seriously was the
situation interfering with raising an
army that not only will no new cases
will be declared closed and the pres
emf status of the men adhered to.
Where men are now in the service
and think they are improperly draft
ed they will take. up their case with
their company commander, and the
commanding general can ii he sees
fit discharge them under the 7rovis-
ions Of article 1S9 of the army regula-
TONS Local and district boards will
have no more Jurisdiction over them.
In the cases Of men, certified for
service, but not yet sent to camp,
the aQJulauC general mas power 10
order local boards to reopen cases,
provided the man makes application
and proper showing within seven days
after receiving notice of the original
decision by his local and district
board The time limit has expired in
practically all cases in Iowa, which
will mean that practically no more
cases will be reopened. District and
local boards are prohibited from re-
opening cases unless ordered to do
SO by the adjutant general
For the past month the state house |
has been thronged with relatives OF
Camp Dodge soldiers, their lawyers
and hackers and even soldiers them.
selves, all seeking exemptions,
through the reopening of cases. The
new order from the provost marshal
general will put stop to this and
soldiers at Camp Dodge, unless they
can convince their commanding off,
GERS that they should be discharged,
will have to settle down to military
training SO that they will be ready
to do their part in whipping Germany.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
Terrible War Invention.
TBy United Press

THE HAGUE, Oct. 29.-(by maiD-
Travellers reaching Holland from the
interior Of Germany declare that the
entire country is talking Of a new,
terrible explosive discovered by a
professor of chemistry.
According to tales travelling from
mouth to mouth, very small quantities
Of the explosive will inflict incredible
damage. 1t is said that bomb weigh
ing twenty pounds will destroy every
thing within a radius of a mile, while
ten airplanes armed with bombs Of
the explosive could rae a large city
in a few minutes.
Some arrivals assert the story is
officially inspired and exaggerated to
hearten the people.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
HINDU PLOT
TRIAL OPENED
Forty-two In Court, Majority Of
Whom are Germans Who
are Charged With Being
lnstiqators.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20.-The
most important conspiracy trial to
be held in this country since the wal
began. opened today before U. s.
Judge Van Fleet when forty-two
Germans, Hindus and sympathizers
were brought to face charges Of plot
ting to fom ent revolution in India.
Ninety-eight persons were named in
the original federal indictments, but
only forty-two have been taken into
custody so far.
Franz Bopp, former German con-
sui general here, former Vice Consul
Eckhardt VonSchaack, Lieutenant
Baron Wilhelm Won Brincken. former
military attache Of the consulate, and
Ram Chandra, Hindu editor, are al
legged to have been the head and
front Of the conspiracy which was
designed on the one hand to under
mine the power Of the British IN In
dia, and on the other, to aid Ger
many by forcing Great Britain to
use large bodies of troops in the
far east.
According to staten nt issued by
q. s. District Attorney Preston
when the indictments were returned
last spring, the whole conspiracy
was directed by the German foreign
office, which supplied the funds and
the men to put the plot into effect.
American secret service men uncov-
cred the conspiracy and obtained
the evidence on which the indict-
ments were based
In addition to the men mentioned,
other prominent defendants include:
Robert Capelle, agent Of the North
German Lloyd Steamship company:
Leopold Michaels, millionaire ship
ping man: George Reedik. former
German consul at Honolulu; Alfred
Won Zimmerman. former German
minister; Franz Won Papen former
German military attache: Wolf Won
Igel Hans Tausscher and a number
of attorneys and brokers and ship
ping men and Hindu agitators.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20

ined and accepted for service, while
sixteen were called and not accepted
A total of eighty-four remain to oe
called.
A total Of 1882 men who register
ed, were born in this country, while
but eight were naturalized citizens.
Eight Of the registrants are aliens
who have taken out their first papers.
A total Of 500 have been called and
not accepted for service out of the
3,175 registered, while 271 have been
accepted. There are still 2,O4O men
in the county between the ages of 81
and 81 years who are still awaiting
the call to the colors
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
CHARLESTON.

Everett Maloy and family have
moved to Argyle.
Miss Ruth Hopp and sister Dorothy
and Miss Ava Kerns spent Thurs
day afternoon at the Morgan Barnes
home.
The pie social given at the Baptist
church Saturday evening in benefit
for the Y. M. C. A., was well attend
ed; net proceeds of SAL.
Mrs. Dorothy Kite was Keokuk
caller Saturday.
Mrs. Zetta Norman and children
and Merven Hoskins spent Sunday
at the George Kendall home.
Arlie and Harry Barnes and sisters
Emma and Katie, and Leo Pfliger-
stoffer were entertained at the Her.
man Klug. Jr., home Thursday even
ing.
Fred Clemenson and family, R. B.
Lamb, and family, of Montrose, spent
Sunday at the Adam Hopp home.
Mrs. Mary Barnes and daughter,
Eula. spent Sunday in Athens, Mo. !
Fred Gale and family Of Montrose.
have moved to Charleston.
Louis Bassett of Mt. Pleasant.
spent Sunday at home.
The dance given at the Woodman
hall Saturday evening was well at
tended.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
MORE FIGURES
ON THE DRAFT
2,44 Lee County Men Who Are
Eligible to Service Are
Waiting Call to
Arms

To date, figures show that total
Of 446 claims for exem-tion have
been filed by young men of draft
age out of the $50 who were examin-
ed here for service. OF that number
5l6 were allowed by the exemption
board while the district board has
released twenty-five others on pleas
Of disability and dependents while
The Presidents board to date has dis
charge five more on industrial claims.
Which proves that about % per
cent of the number who have applied
lot exemption have been held for serv-
Zee 10 per cent being granted dis
charge.
The report prepared in the CLASH
lication Of all who registered in the
county, now complete, shows that 1O7
aliens registered in this county or
That number seven have been exam
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
Dan Shay on Stand.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. 20
Danny Shay will take the witness
stand today and tell the story of his
killing Of Clarence Ewell, negro
waiter, in the Hotel English cafe.
Following Shay's testimony, closing
arguments will be made and the fate
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20

organization OF lawyers pledged to
render gratuitous legal service for
members of the army and navy. The
plan contemplates the appointment
of branch committees in every COM
munity.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20

st. Louis proposes to extend pro-
vision market facilities and bring
consumer and producer in closer
touch Two or more market places
are projected. in addition to those al
ready in operation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20

Of the Milwaukee baseball manager
Will rest with the jury. Shay is ex-
pected to declare that he was forced
to shoot in self defense.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20

soothingiy,. without the least irrita-
sardy odor. Why suffer. wondering
what can relieve you? Use ''UIyp-
to" Ointment at once on sore mus-
cles, stifr. aching Joints. for neural
ache. catarrh, stoppage of the nose,
sore throat, pain In the chest. piles,
colds in the head and chest. ''Ulyp-
to" Ointment contains also the prop
critics of the wonderful eucalyptus
tree. "Ulypto" Ointment is sold by
all druggists at Csc and SOC a jar,
or sent by the Macmillan Chem. Co..
Falls City Nebr
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
'uIypto' Magic
tor Sore Muscles
A New Wonderful Combination

'Ulypto" Ointment Is tha WON.
derful new combination pain-eiimi-
nator. Touch the skin with it
wherever there is inflammation,
PAIN soreness or congestion.--and
tne trouble passes away quickly,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20

One practical means of safeguard
ing soldiers interests at home Is
taking shape at Washington in an
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20

Co., water rent, Water 29O 90
623S, Keokuk Public Library,
tax apportionment. Ii
brary ............... 500 90
$3.50, Keoluk Public Library.
tax apportionment, lii
brary ....... 500 .0G
6240, Keokuk Public Library,
tax apportionment, Lii
brary .......... 476s
gal, Keokuk Quarry & Con.
Co, macadam and screen,
Street ............. $3.50
6242, Keokuk Quarry &c Con.
Co., macadam, Improve
ment 80
6243, Keiser, Elmer A, Trib-
une, Police $3.50. ....... 2.85
6244, Keokuk Pure Ice Co, ice,
flF9 .o0
GAS, Kollmyer g. Talbot, re-
pairing. General 1880. Alb
6246, Kollmyer & Talbot, re-
pairing, Sewer .. $3.50
6247 King Plumbing Co., re-
pairs, Fire ............ 1.55
6248, Ldnquist Bros, repair
ing, General 49,. ... .65
6249, Laubersheimer, c. M.
cleaner, Police ......... 90
$3.50. Marks, Chas.. meat, Park A.. 80
8251, Merriam, Geo. s., nails,
flfe .bD
6252, Merriam, Geo. s., hard
ware, Park ..,....... LIS
1858, Merriam, Geo. s., hard
ware, Street .......-.. IA So
1884, Pechstein Iron Works,
repairing, Street .... 2.44
1855, Reimers & Co., J. NJ,
coal oil, Street ....... 11.S7
5256, Robinson's Mac hine
Shop, sharpening picks.
street ........-....... LOG
5257, Rollins & Co., c. H, sup
plies, General ..... 3.95
1888, Sterne, Louis, iron. Street IA
$3.50, Sandberg. G.. F., building
wall, Street ...... $3.50
1890, Schaefer Coal Co., VIM,
coal, Street .......... 100
1851. Standard OIL Company.
oil, etc, Street . 375
;262, Swan Lumber Company,
F. W, cement, Street .. 400
1858, Swan Lumber Company,
F. W. lumber, Fire 80. 9.90
1884, Seither & Cherry Co.
repairing, Fire .... 400
265 Sinton, VIM, coal, ETC.,
Fire As. 93
266, Sherwood, Geo, shoe
pads. etc, Fire . IA
287, ScbellDemple F'urn. Co,
wick, Fire .......... Is
2es. Settler & Cherry Co.,
repairs, Fire ..... 1923
269, Sandberg, o. w, various,
27o, sandberg, o. W, filing
saws, Sidewalk .. 200
271, Sandberg, o. w, express
and stamps, Fire ... 100
272, Sandberg, O. w, express,
3. Of Health ..... AZ
273, Sandberg, o. w, stamps,
Police NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .oU
PA, Taber Lumber Co, lum-
Der, Sidewalk . 9422
275, Taber Lumber Co., lum-
Der, Street ............ S3.94
ZIG, VestaI Chemical Prod
ucts Corporation, insec.
ticide, Police ....... $500
277, Western Union Tele-
graph Co., service, Cen
eral NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 100
us. Western Union Tele-
graph Co, kilograms,
Police OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1.96
279, Wilkinson & Company,
drugs, Fire ........ sos
go, Wolf, L. j., tax ap-
portionment, Ffremen's
Pension ........... 1lS. 10
Isl, Daugherty, Neal, hay,
Fire ..-.......... 20 10
2S2, Daugherty, Neal, hay,
Police ................. $3.50
2S3, Blink, Henrietta, tax re-
fund, General ...... $50
2S4 Bland, G. w, sharpening
tools, Street ...... 2S.25
2S5, Koppenhafer, Fred w.
labor on market she'd
General ............ 10 so
$52T4 IS
Roll call:
Aye-Lofton, Hilpert, Hickey.
ED S. LOTION.
Attest: Mayor.
w G. NrNpEPn Citrr Irlarlr
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
Stop Your Cough, Quick

To soothe tho throat, clear the
voice, stop hoarseness and cough
there is nothing so quickly effective.
so pleasant to the taste as "Ulypto"
Cough Drops, the new scientific COM
bination. containing the, properties
Erownups. singers. smokers. speak,
ers.--everybody! sc at all druggists,
candy, grocery and cigar stores.
"Ulypto" Ointment is for sale and
recommended in Keokuk by Wilkin
son & Co., McGrath Bros. Drug Co.
Scott & O'Reilly, Engelhardt & Co.
w. II. Siegfried, and ]. F. Kiedaisct
& Son.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-25
DEATH OF JULIUS CALLIES

Death claimed Julius Callies last
Friday evening at the home of his son,
o. c. Callies, SIG Forest street, follow
ing an illness of two weeks. His
funeral was held yesterday afternoon
at st. PauPs Evangelical church, Rev.
Book of Schofield, officiating. Burial
was made in Pine Grove cemetery.
The pail bearers were John Bandelow,
John Gogg, August Garske, John Rim
gle, Hugo Peters and Herman Jaeger.
Mr.. Callies was born in Regenwalde,
Pommerania, Germany, December 25,
1885, and had reached the good age
of eighty-one years, eight months and
twenty-six days. He came to this
country with his family in 1881, and
has always lived in Wausau since
coming to America. His trade was
brickmaking, at which he worked for
many years, but retired several years
ago from active work. He had lived
with his son for about ten years. The
deceased was we'll known 10 many in
Wausau. His wife passed away in
April, 1904.
Surviving are five children. Mrs.
August Bruess, Mrs. Mathilda Reinke
and o. c. Callies, of this city, Mrs.
Louis Reinke of Underhill, Wis, and
G. H. Callies of Manitowoc.
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we would join in the battle for free
dom, not only our own freedom,
but the freedom of others, we must
fight where the battle is. If we per-
NIT our allies to be struck down be-
cause we do not help them, moth
ing can be more certain than that
we shall be compelled to fight the
battle for our liberty and freedom
alone. 1t requires no strategist or
statesman to prove that our interest
lies in helping those who help us. Or
binary common sense would indicate
that II, we are to join forces with
our allies and help them, we must
help them where they need help and
that is on the battlefelds of Europe,
and instead of questioning the decree
of fate which has placed the setting
of this mighty struggle upon the
plains of France and Russia, we
should thank God that it is there
and that our own fair country IS
spared the horrible devastation of war.
Let us put aside all these question
ingss all these doubts. Let us turn a
deaf ear to those who plead the cause
of autocracy. Let us unite and SUP
port our government and our armies
with a whole-hearted devotion. Let
us make all the sacrifices of life and
property that are necessary to be
made to preserve the rights and liber-
ties for which our forefatners fought.
| have the utmost confidence in the
loyalty of the citizens of this good
old State of Wisconsin. The mere
waving of flags and shouting upon
Ctr
like to think of the millions of big.
broad guaged men and women of this
country whose Americanism and pa
triotism is OF the soul, who by their
manner of living, their broad sym
pathies, their devotion to the coun-
try not only in time of war, but
in time of peace, whose character and
ideals give to us all a new vision, and
who help us thereby to realize that
American ideals, American opportuni-
ties, American liberties, American
freedom Of thought and action is the
finest and most beautiful thing in the
world. While many will go with
heavy hearts, nevertheless we shall
all go forward in this great struggle
to final victory. Whether our an
cestors came to this country one or
a dozen generations ago Is inmate
rial. We are here because we love the
flag and the things for which II
stands. Our country faces the day
OF its supreme test. God grant that
it may not fail. 1t cannot, 1t will not
fail We will not permit it. Every
person who takes part in this great
will, in the years to come,
have the greatest happiness and sat
in the realization that there
by he helped to preserve to the world
the right of every people to rule it
self Every person who takes part
in this struggle may do so with the
feeling that once for all the doctrine
that might makes right, that the
strong may crush the weak, will no
longer be the slogan of emperors and
princes, and that he has helped to
bring nearer the day when the stan
lard of nations as well as individuals
shall be do unto others as you would
nave them TO do unto you"