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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-04

Don't forget that January 9th brings
Twelfth night" or old Christmas,
which ended the two weeks holida!
In olden times. II you would ward on
the evil spirits for the coming year
see that every vesttge OF Christmas
greenery is taken down and burned
In many families where customs ana
special days are observed Dig BON
Ere is built in the yard, and 1t Is
time greatly enjoyed by the young
folks of the neighborhood- A hot
|ov,fer stew In served Or sGynog or
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-04
Dance Last Might.

Sixty couples were in attendance az
the dance given in Woodman hall
last night BY Messrs. Roy Rein and
Finley Rowe. Among the guests were
q number from Fort Madison and
warsaw. The music for the dance
was provided by the Frisco Synco-
paters Of Monmouth, Illinois. a trio
Of colored musicians who had a new
line of dance music. During the
course Of the evening Joseph Wycon,
the local singer, gave several songs.
the dancing was from 800 p. m. to
100. g. m.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-04

FOR sAIIH-Gnmplete set Of hnnse
furniture. viii sell ali or any part
Phone 3. sos for Information.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-04

Entertained at Watch Party.
The Misses Hazel and Jessie Alberts
entertained a company OF friends New
Years eve at q watch party from $3.50
until 1880 O'Clock. At midnight re-
freshm ents were served. consisting OF
oyster stew, doughnuts. pickles and
coffee. A yictrola concert was also
enioved durinx the evening.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-02
SOIOCtiVeS Divided
Into Five Groups
CLASSES INDICATE ORDER OF CALL
May Mean That All Registered Men Will Be Called
For Examination

3. Man with brothers or sisters
incompetent to support themsel-
YES, dependent on daily labor for
support.
4. County or municipal officer.
5. Firemen OF policemen.
6. Necessary artincers or
workmen in arsenals, armories,
and navy yards.
7. Necessary custom house
clerk.
g. Persons necessary in trans
mission of mails.
9. Necessary employees in
service of United States.
10. Highly specialized admin
strative experts.
II. Technical or mechanical
experts in industrial enterprise.
i2. Highly specialized agricul-
tural expert in agricultural bur
eau Of State or Nation.
t3. Assistant or associate
manager Of necessary industrial
enterprise.
IA. Assistant or associate
manager of necessary agricultur-
al enterprise.
Glass ~.
4. Married man with wife (and)
lor children Cor widower with
children) dependent on daily
Labor for support and no other
reasonably adequate support
available.
?. Mariners in sea service Of
merchants OF citizens in United
States.
3. Heads of necessary indus
trial enterprises.
4. Heads Of necessary agricul
tural enterprises.
! Glass v.
p 1. Officers Of States or tn
United States.
r 2. Regularly or duly ordaine
i ministers.
3. Students Of divinity.
4. Persons in military OF navf
n service.
- 5. Aliens
6. Alien enemies.
r 7. Persons morally unfit.
S 8. Persons physically, pei
- manently, or mentally unfit.
9. Licensed pilots.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-02

Meet special on Northern Pacific
at Spokane.
Moody"
The committee in charge OF
the demonstration in honor of the
men announces that there will
be no change in their plans and
the dance and reception given
for the men will be held this
evening at the Grand Theatre,
as was formerly announced. All
drafted men will be guests Of
honor at the dance and reception
but an admission charge will be
made to others, the proceeds to
be given to the local Red Cross
chapter the ladies of which will
serve lunch.
The parade in honor of the men
will be postponed to the evening
of their departure and they will
be escorted to the depot by the
band and all the automobiles of
the city, Appropriately decorated.
Local speakers will deliver ad-
dresses at the depot and an in
formal reception will be held on
the platform for the men.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-02
HARVEST HOME DINNER
GREAT SUCCESS

The annual Harvest Home Din
ner given by the M. T.. Ladies Aid
Society at the church Wednesday
evening was a decided success,
both from a hnancial and social
standpoint. The receipts at the
dinner amounted TO over $50.
which will be used by the ladies
for improvements to the church.
Az the close of The dinner a pro-
gram of solos. duets, trios and
readings was given, and the usual
Halloween entertainments of
fortune telling ghosts, bobbing
for apples, etc, indulged in.
Those taking part in the program
were the Misses Maude Slawson,
Vera Fuller, Helen Nesbitt, Eva
Lindgren, Mrs. II. r.. Taylor and
l.. O. Swenson.
The Ladies Aid Society has
taken ON new activity since the
beginning of the conference year,
September 4 and under the lead
ership of the newly elected presi-
dent, Mrs. j. l.. Ferguson, has
accomplished a number of inn
provements. A new range has
been installed i'm the church
kitchen and curtains and a rug
added to the Ladies Aid parlOr,
the floor Of which has been
stained and the walls tinted.
Sufficient lumber has been pur-
chased for finishing the ceiling
of the entire church basement,
and the ladies are contemplating
lother improvements
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-02
Twelve Will Petition
For Citizenship
JURY IS DRAWN FOR DISTRICT COURT
Special Venire will Probably Be Necessary To Try
Large Number OF Cases

Saturday, November 40, will be
naturalization day i'm the district
court for this county, at which
time petitions will be presented
To Judge Robert N. Dunn for final
citizenship certificates for the
following: John Nylen, Emida;
John May, Tekoa; Richard An
derson, st. Maries; Arvid Simon
son, Harrison; Johannes Hoir-
man, Tekoa; Pete Olsen Sather,
Emmett; Joseph Everal sutton,
1'reffry; Anton Ellison Benewah;
Lawrence Whelan, DeSmel; John
Holmes Mcmillan. Trenry; and
Frank Rieger. st. Maries.
Forty jurors have been sum
moned to report on Monday, Nov
ember 10. to try the jury cases
ON the calendar. II is probable
that a special venire will be
needed as there are a large mum
Der of cases to be heard. The
following are the men summoned
to report at that time:
w. w. Atkinson, Tekoa.
James Rutherford, 81. Maries-
w. S. Newport, ST. Maries.
A. E. Long, Fernwood.
Frank short, Fernwood.
Paul Z. Kuehn, Fernwood.
T. b. Harmon, Benewah.
S. F.. Renfro, Santa.
Lewis Lamb, plummer.
Thomas Dunn, Tekoa.
C. O. Brown, st. Maries.
John G. Underwood, Plummer
IT. S. Brink Fernwood.
Thomas A. Ireland, Chatcolet.
G. w. Clark, st. Joe.
L. Cook, plummer.
Charles A. Terrell, Treffry.
A. /. Russell, st. Maries.
M. f. Harvey, Plummer.
w. G. Shaw, st. Maries.
E. E. Gimble, Tensed.
Joseph M. Brown, Sanders.
Ed. holman, st. Maries.
L. C. Culligan, Plummer.
e. A.. Doris, St. Maries.
John Helsing, Emida.
A. A.. Darknell, st. Maries.
John Galloway, ST. Joe.
Lee Smith, St. Maries.
Joseph Day, st. Joe.
Grant Cahill Chatcolet.
C. b. May, Tensed.
Joseph b. Sweeney, 81. Marie
w. r. Yearout, Sebesta.
Delbert Wilson, Plummer.
- Charles Kersey, st. Maries.
G.. w. Myers, st. Joe.
i Paul V. Wheatley, Tek0a.
A. J. Robinson, plummer.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-02
LOCAL FOREST OFFICE
SECURES SEVEN RECRUITS

Roscoe Haines, supervisor Of
the ST. Joe National Forest, re-
ports a number of recruits are
being received for the second
regiment, the goth
Engineers. During the past week
seven men have been listed in
the local forest Office for service
in this regiment and all but one
have already been accepted. The
recruits received during that time
ARE:
Frank C. wander Greind, ST.
Maries.
Joseph Buchea, St. Maries.
Joseph Ouelett, ST. Maries.
Guy n. FELTON,, Troy, Idaho.
Chas. Desnoyer, Troy, Idaho.
Terrence McGovern, St. Maries.
Kenneth Andrews, Potlatch.
Reports have been received
that the first two battalions Of
the regiment are already filled
and the third is we'll on its way.
lThis regiment is being recruited
for work i'm the woods i'm France
getting out timber for the use of
the allies, and early service over
seas is one OF the inducements
held out to recruits. The first
llumberiack regiment, the Tenth
Engineers. contained large
number of ST. Maries men, who
arc already in France.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-02

The Official Bulletin Of October
26, issued by the National Com
mittee on public information
states that the Provost Marshal
General has authorized the fol-
lowing classification of selectives
into five groups, indicating the
order in which they will be called
to service:
This would indicate the carry
ing out of the plan proposed
some time ago, that is, the calling
of all registered men for exam
lination. Under this plan each
man would know the class in
which he was placed and the
lorder of his liability for service.
The classes follow:
Glass 1.
4. Single men without depend
ent relatives.
2. Married man Cor widOwer)
with children who habitually fails
to support his family.
8. Married man dependent on
wife for support.
4. Married man Cor widower)
with children, not usefully en-
gagged; family supported by in
come independent of his labor.
5. Men not included in any
other description in this OF other
class.
6. Unskilled laborer.
Glass u.
/. Married man or father o.
motherless children, usefully en-
gagged, but family has suficien
income apart from his daily labo.
, Ito afford reasonable ADEQUATE
, support during his absence.
2. Married man, no children
wife can support herself decentl
. and without hardship.
/ 3. Skilled farm laborer engage
q lin necessary industrial enter
prise.
? 4. Skilled industrial lahore
h engaged in necessary agriculture
i enterprise.
{ Glass III.
i 1. Man with foster childre
# dependent on daily labor for sur
n port.
- 2. Man with aged, infrm, {
= invalid parents or -grandparen
y dependent on daily labor for SUI
port.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-02
ATTEMPT MADE TO
BURN scHooLHoUSE

Complaint has been made to
the county officials that an at
tempt was made to burn the
Benewah school house, in District
"A, last Tuesday evening. We'd
nesday morning, shortly after a
fire was built in the school house,
a rancher who was passing
roticed smoke and flames coming
from the roof of the building and
gave the alarm. The flames we're
distinguished with some difficulty
and an investigation was made
which showed that the stove pipe
had been unjointed between the
ceiling and the roof. The cell
ing of the room had been satur-
afed with coal-oil but fortunately
1.-The flames we're carried upward
Ito the roof and did not reach the
loil-soaked ceiling.
There have been number OF
fractional fights in the Benewah
section over road and school
matters and it is thought thai
this attempt to burn the schoo
house is the outcome of some ol
these troubles. An investigator
is being carried on by the prose
lcuting attorneys Office in an ef'
fort to apprehend the guilt
parties.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-02
INCREASED POSTAL RATES
IN EFFECT TODAY

Starting today the postal rates
on all first class mail matter are
increased to three cents for each
ounce or fraction thereof and the
rates on postal cards are also
increased from one to two cents.
The increase applies to all ex-
cept drop letters, that is letters
addressed for delivery from the
Office at which it is mailed.
AS yet but a small supply Of
three cent stamps and stamped
envelopes has been received at
the local Office and Postmaster
Sweeney states it will probably
be some time before they are
received in sufficient quantities
to discontinue the use of the
stocks on hand. It will be neces-
sary, therefore, for the public to
anix stamps to the amount of the
increase in postage to the cards
and stamped envelopes.
The bulletin received by Post
master Sweeney announcing the
increase in postage states:
upon all matter of the first
class postage shall be charged at
the rate Of three cents for each
ounce or fraction thereof; and
drop letters shall be mailed at
the rate of two cents per ounce OF
fraction thereof, including deliv-
cry at deterioration offices"
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-02
DEPARTURE OF MEN
AGAIN POSTPONED

The date of the departure OF
the next contingent from this
county for the training camp at
American Lake has again been
changed by telegraphic instruc-
tions from Adjutant General
AEaody at ~5ise The men will
leave next zlesday evening at SIX
o'clockS Ss7aad of leaving Sat
urdayes- sning, as was formerly
annoSAGed. The telegram from
Adiutant General Moody, which
was received Wednesday after
noon is as follows:
"Have your men entrain on
Train No. II on November 9th
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-02
MISS RAWLS ENTERTAINS
a. o. C. /. CLUB

Miss Lucy Rawis was hostess
TO the members of the A. o. C. I.
Club at her home on Tuesday
evening. The evening was spent
in sewing and delightful CONVEX
sation. The initiation of Miss
Cora Jansen into the club was the
cause of much merriment. Dain-
tv refreshments were served at
the close of the evening.
The club members present
we're: Misses Helen Nesbitt, Janet
Kelley, Leila Clifford, Lucy Rawls,
Vera Fuller, Estella Hofstetter,
Cecilia Kelley, and Mesdames
Fulton Cook and George McGee
The next meeting of the club
will be with Miss Janet Kelley
or November goth.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-02
JAcoT ESCAPES FROM
ORoFINo ASYLUM

Word has been received by
Sheriff E. b. holland that Paul A.
Jacot escaped from the insane
asylum al Oronno ON October %
and is still at large. The letter,
which is from John w. Givens,
medical superintendent at the
asylum, states that Jacot is not
in condition to be at large and
asks that the local authorities
keep a lookout for him and notify
the asylum if he is apprehended.
The records Of the probate
court show that Jacot was first
committed TO the asylum i'm April
1902. from the probate court of
Kootenai county, which at that
time included this county. This
is said to be the third time he
has escaped. In February 1915,
Inc escaped and made his way
back here TO his former home on
Rochet Creek. He was not con-
sidered dangerous and the auth
lorities at the asylum decided to
ALLOW him to remain here will
relatives. In May of the same
lyear Jacot's relatives informed
1.-The sheriff that he was becoming
troublesome and they were afraiC
Of him. The sheriff took hin
into custody at tnat time anC
notified the authorities at Orofin'
who returned him TO the asylum
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-02
Liabilities

Amt. Due Headqua
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-02
ST. MARIES BOY
RECEIVES PROMOTION

The Record is i'm receipt Of
letter stating that Ray Williams,
formerly of This city, who en-
listed i'm one of the Spokane COM
panies some time ago, has been
promoted to non-commissioned
officer. He is now stationed at
Camp Greene at Charlotte, n. G.
His address is 2nd Co., tf6
Hdqr's It. & NJ. p, Al Division,
Camp Greene.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-02

where he has since been. 1t is
thought that ne will return here
as has been his custom on former
occasions when he escaped.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-02
Red Cross Elects
Executive Board
ANNUAL MEETING IS WE'LL ATTENDED
Secretary Submits Report OF Chapter From Time
OF Organization To Date

There was a good attendance of
members at the annual meeting
of the Red Cross Chapter, which
was held Wednesday afternoon at
the Red Cross room. At that time
an executive committee for the
ensuing year was elected as
follows: O. E. HALEY, G. w. Gran
ey, Ed. Holman, H. l.. AlcOrn, c.
G.. Cromwell, Mrs. B. A. Johnson,
Mrs. E. M. Davis and Mrs. j. c.
Hunt. The executive committee
will elect the officers of the Chap
ter for the ensuing year, three
in number, who will also be
members of the executive board,
making the total number OF
members of the board eleven.
At the meeting Wednesday af-
ternoon, Capt. Fred Anderson of
the Salvation Army gave a short
talk on the work being done by
that organization for the Red
Cross in the way of supplying
ambulances and officers. The
following report of the Red Cross
from the time it was organized
up to date was made by the sec
retary, Miss Nell Mulcahy.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-02

r. K. Marshall is a business
visitor in the city today from his
ranch down the river.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-02
39l.32
s5558O

Assets
Cash in Bank Working Fund
S555.80
Red Cross War Fund Inter
est Deposit 46I.IZ
Balance Due from Plummer
ANY i26.78
ii5O.3O
Liabilities
Ami Due Headouarters $50
Net Assets 114o.oO
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-06
NOTABLES BORN THIS DATE.

Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland and hereditary keeper of Holyrood palace, born 55 years ago today. H.r' Prof. Archibald c. Coolidge of liar ward, appointed to investigate Rel Cross operations and methods in Europe, born in Boston 51 years ago today.
 Truxton Beale, former United States minister to Persia and to tho Balkan countries, born in San Fran cisco, 61 years ago today.
 Dr. Albert Parker Fitch, who has resigned the presidency of Andover Theological seminary to accept a pro- fessorship at Amherst college, born in Boston. 40 years ago today.
 Robert M. Switzer, representative in congress of the Tenth Ohio district, born at Gallipolis, O.. 5t years ago to- day.
 William J. Sweeney, former well known shortstop of the Boston and Chicago National league baseball teams, now coach at Boston college, born at Covington, Ky, 31 years ago today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-06
TO BE PREPARED IS TO BE INSURED,
 Do It Now. R. H. M. MILLS & SONS, 3O3.4 Citizens Bank Bldg.

the Somme was a victory to both the British and French from the stand point of ground gained, but both Bapaume and Peronne remained far from captured. From the stand point of failure to attain the object of the battle, the victory, then, Was far from complete; some irascible British mentators--months later called the battle a tefeat for this reason.
 Now General Haig has begun a new thrust toward Bapaume, and in uuicK succession the important villages of Petit Mairunront and Serre were captured. In fact, the Germans, awed by an evident superiority of ar tillery, practically withdrew from these points, bringing the British nearer the goal.
 The world has had two Spring drives" and Summer drives,, how ever, with all their attendant prom 1ses, forecasts and adjectives, and IS not inclined to go into wild exulta- tions until results take the place O., promises. This is natural. There are plenty of indications that there may be results of an important char acter-but such indications existed for two years. There are times when to be from Missouri" on a proposi- tion is a natural disposition.
 The situation this spring and sum- mer is somewhat different than dur ing the next two years. It is that the British and French have more guns than the Germans on the west front. General Haig is depending almost en- tirely upon strong artillery prepara- tion" and it is stated will continue lo do so. The old frontal attacks, with their tremendous loss cf life, are pos sibly no more-and in this the world with breathe a sigh of relief. It may even be possible that the military operations this spring and summer may be less bloody than in the past.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-06
THE PLOTTING AGAINST US.

How German officialdom feels to- ward the United States is proved con cluslvely by the admission of Foreign Secretary Zimmerman that Germany secretly plotted to ally Mexico anl Japan with her in wa. against this country. While the conspiracy is an affront against the honor and dignity of the United States, the outcome has been just the reverse that Germany intended. The plot was discovered. Mexico and Japan have disavowed ill tention of considering the proposal. and publication of the pot has unified the country as nothing else, anl promises to bring the countries of the western hemisphere closer together than ever before.
 Another good effect of the dis closure of the plot has been to awaken the United States to a realization of it's position-that it must build and maintain navy adequate to guard the coast and -insula: possessions, and protect American lives and pro J. erty on the seas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-06
GREECE LOSES 70 VESSELS.

Athens, March 5-According to sta tistics furnished by the Hellenic gov ernment, 70 vessels of the Greek Mer- chant marine have been lost at sea during the year 1916. This total. ln- cludes those ships sunk by submarines or floating mines as well as those wrecked or subject to accidents not incident to war. The Ministry of Mac rine states that, as in thes case of many vessels lost it is impossible af- forwards to establish the cause, no attempt has been made to give an ac- curate figure of those sunk by sub marines. Three, however, the An gheliki," the "Kiki Issaia" and the "Sparti" were sunk off Fleves point, within a few thousand yards of the
 allied fleed anchored at Keratsinaa bay, in a period of three weeks. A French commission of inquiry ap- pointed by Admiral Dartige du Four net pronuonced their sinking due to a submarines torpedo.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-06
PRESIDENT SCORES KIRBY EFT AL.

In a statement issued to the coun- try Sunday, President Wilson scores the little group of senators, includ- ing Senator w. F. Kirby of Arkansas, for their opposition in refusing to permit the senate to vote on the pro- posal to authorize th.. president 10 arm American merchant ships and employ "other instrumentalities" *n protecting the lives and rights Of Americans and the honor of the na- tion on the high seas. President Will son said:
 "A little group of wiilful men, rep resenting no opinion hut their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless anl contemptible."
 Senator Kirby did not represent the people of Arkansas in his fight to prevent the proposal being vote1 upon, as was demonstrated by the Arkansas senate yesterday when that body approved the course of Senator Robinson in standing by President Wilson in the crisis. And it will be further demonstrated to Senator Kirby later on.
 The people of Arkansas are en- tirely willing to trust President Will son to direct the course of the coun- try-far more willing to trust him than to trust the little group with which MT. Kirby is affiliated.
 William F. Kirby has proved a great disappointment to his Demo- cratic friends in this state. The writer, who supported MT. Kirby, is always ready to make admission when convinced he is in error. It is ap- parent to all that it was a mistake to send MT. Kirby to the United States senate.
 It was not of "the million young men of this country" t;ks junior sena- tor was thinking when he made such a ludicrous spectacle in the senate by addressing that staid body as "Mv fellow citizens" and "Gentlemen of the convention" but of just one man, and he not so young, Will F. Kirby. There were two things in MT. Kirby'a mind: A chance to get in the spot light, and a chance to attempt to "get back" at President Wilson for sen.l- ing telegram to this state during the Kirby-Clarke campaign commend ing the work of the late Senator Clarke. Both show that MT. Kirby is not big enough to represent the great state of Arkansas in the great est law-making body in the world.