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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

WILL BE GIVEN
Class in Surgical Dressings Will Be
Held Next Week Under Direc-
tIon of Miss Cornella
Meigs.

An instructors class in the new
surgical dressings will be given next
week by Miss Cornelia Meigs, begin
ming Monday, Nov 10, and closing
Friday afternoon. Glasses will be
held, every afternoon from to 8
o'clock and in addition classes will
he held on Thursday and Friday
mornings from nine to twelve o'clock,
making two sessions on those days.
THE course will be given In some
building outside the Y w. c. A.. in
order that it may not interfere with
the regular work at the Red Cross
shop there.
All who took the first course are
eligible to take this which is free
and may probably be completed, in
fo,ir lessons The national rules Of
tbe Red Cross make it practically
necessary that those who take charge
of classes should have this instruc-
ton.
The lessons. on Thursday and Fri
day mornings correspond to those
given ON Monday and Tuesday after
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16
Beroer's Newspaper.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-Victor
l.. Berger. former congressman, was
today charged with disloyalty and
mutiny in the postoffice departments
answer, showing why his paper. the
Milwaukee Leader, should be denied
the second class mailing privilege.
The reply accused Berger of in
terfering with the success Of the Unit
ed States at war, causing insurbor-
dination, disloyalty and mutiny and
promoting the success Of America S
enemies"
The papers were filed by the post
Office department in District Of Co
Iumbia supreme court In answer to
Berger's suit to enjoin Postmaster
General Burleson from barring the
Leader from the second class mails.
Twenty-nine close typewriter
pages OF extracts from the paper, all
declared unavailable, were set forth.
Obstruction to the draft. opposition
to government loans and urging OF
drafted men to disobey was alleged.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

in Villisca five years ago, progressed
today, it was apparent his alleged con-
fession would not be introduced by
the state.
The physicians testified as to the
condition of the bodies of Joe Moore,
his wife, four Moore children and two
little Stillinger girls and testified as
to conditions in the Moore home after
the tragedy. The twelve men who
are sitting in Judgment on Kelly, are
with two exceptions, farmers. The
jury was completed yesterday after
noon, and the lawyers for the state
Immediately began their argument.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16
80 ~ >>><>
Let's Keep 'Em So.

. A Keokuk girl who recently =
. visited the rainbow division .
= boys in their camp at Long .
. Island, wrote home: .
. I'm proud that / came from =
q Iowa, when I saw that splendid .
. crowd of young men there. They .
. were clean looking, clean cut .
. set of boys, and they were from .
. Iowa. 1t was hard to think Of .
. them going into, hardships, but .
. 1t was not hard to write to their .
. mothers, as they asked me to .
q do, and tell them just how they .
. looked when I saw them. Any .
. Iowa mother has right to be .
. proud that she raised her boy .
. to be this kind Of soldier, and .
. that his companions are the =
. kind they are" .
. And she didn't add, while she =
. might have, that If Keokuk will =
. contribute to the Red Triangle =
. fund her full quota or more, the =
. Red Triangle will keep those !
= manly boys from temptation and =
. pitfalls and make a home for 4
q them In France. =
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Prosecution Shapes Case.

United Press Leased Wire ServiceI
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 10
gradually the prosecution was shap-
ng Its case today against the sixty
nree men of the third battalion Twen-
gfourth United States infantry (ne-
Eoes) charged with murder and mu-
ny in the Houston riot, the night of
August %. Sa
four Witnesses. all Of whom admit
ca participation in the riot, have tes-
uhed Each pointed out or named
sOme other member of the battalion
nom fley say had participated.
Each said he had been granted i'm.
nuhlty il he would tell what occurred
the night of the riot.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

quotas from the counties which had
reported last night: Adair, s5,4Oo;
Adams, ,O00-$6, 300; Allamakee,
sc, S0O-$4 500; Audubon. Sc, QDO-$4,-
1872; Blackhawk, s2O,OOO-s15 900,
Boone, $14,OoO--s4.7oO Buena Vista.
Sc, 4Oo-$17 500; Cedar, $1,000 81 $50;
Cherokee, Sc, o00-s6,296; Clay, $4,000
$4,000; Clayton, s7,OOo-$1o, 900;
Crawford, ,OOO-$43Oo; Dallas, s10,-
0OO-$5 500; Decatur, $6,7O0-s4,1 24;
Delaware, $7OO0-$2,SOO; Des Moines,
SIS, 00O-s20,400; Dickinson. $4,000
$1,000; Dubuque, O,OOO-$6,2OO; EN-
NETT, s4,5O0-s1, 1893; Fayette, 5000
$4,000; Fremont, $4,000 = 81, 500;
Greene, 500; Guthrie, Sc,
SO0-$3,OO0; Harrison, $S,S00-$S, 900;
Henry, $7,000-$7, 1850; Ida, $1,000
$4,000; Jasper, $12,50o-$3,3OO; JEFF
ferson, s7,O0O-s2,5 $50; Keokuk, $500
900; Lee, $15,00O-s11, 700; Linn,
$50 ,OO0-s17 900; Louisa, $5,400-$4.-
$50; Lucas, ,OOo-s4,SO0; Lyon,
50O-$6O4s; Madison, $6,000-$7.
600; Mahaska, 2,O00-$14 100; Mar
ion, 9,0OO-$1O 900; Mills, $1,000
$7,4OG. Monona, $6,50O-$7,647; Mon
roe, 1O,0OO-S4,O 900; Montgomery, So
500-sS 500; Muscatine, SIG ,Goo-s12,-
900; O'Brien, $6,S00-$2,S00; Page.
$4,000 Sc, 900; Polk, ss7 ,000-$72, 800;
Pottawattamie, $4,000. = $4,000:
Ringgold, s5,OoO-s 1000: Scott, $685.
600 $39, 900; Shelby. 6,5OO-s1o,OOO;
Sioux, O,0OO-s6,1Oo; Story, $4,000
$4,000; Union, 6,500-s6y000; Van
Buren,, $6,5OO-s1, OTIS; wapello, $1,000
-$1,720; Warren, S7,200-$5,344;
Washington. s17,OOO-s9, 900; Winnie
sheik, OO0-s3,5OO; Woodbury., $685.
SO0-$3,714.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

up and given in full Monday. We
want to collect just as much money
as we can, too, in order to report
actual cash to headquarters
It's just as easy to send In casn
now as to walt until it is necessary
to send collector around or state.
mants that pledges are due, and the
drive officials are hoping that those
people who have not already given
theirs in money, will do SO at once.
No Report Until Monday.
No report will be made on collec-
lions until Monday when Treasurer
Hamill and his assistants expect to
make full report of the activities OF
the week. A number of additions
have been made to the pledges an
nounced yesterday and from state
Headquarters comes the report that
Lee county has gone close to the
quota assigned it. 1t is hoped by
leaders both at Keokuk and Fort
Madison that the quota will be more
than reached and every effort Will
be turned in the last two days or the
campaign to bring about a complete
success.
The State Report.
From state headquarters comes
this report on yesterdays business:
Iowa has passed the, half million
mark in its campaign to raise It's
share of the war fund to be used by
the Y. NJ. C. A. in it's work among the
soldiers of the U. S. and the allies.
The total reported at state headquar'
tiers there tonight being $54l,34O.
Davenport and Scott county tooh
second place in the state yesterday
| by contributing $4,000 from the city
of Davenport. And this total will
probably be increased by several
| thousand before the campaign term
! mates. Des Moines and Polk county
| are leading The Des Moines sub
] scription list now totals more thar
| $4,000, but only four-fifths Of this
sum is credited toward the Y. M. G
A. fund, the balance going to the Y
w, G. A. The Des Moines campaign
is to close today with an effort to
bring the final total for the Joint Y.
M. c. A., Y. w. G. A. campaign to
$4,000. Cities of the state to re
port SO far have raised as follows:
Des .Moines, $4,000; Davenport, $780,
900; Sioux City, $4,000; Burlington,
$50 400; Council Bluffs, $1S,600; Ced'
ar Rapids, $4,000; Muscatine, $1l,.
900; Waterloo, $4,000; Clinton, So
900; Dubuque, $4,000; Oskaloosa, s24,-
100; Ottumwa, $1O,79O.
A number of counties are well over
their minimum quota and If the pres
ent rate is maintained in reports
from missing counties, the million
dollar goal set for the Iowa campaign
will be reached by Saturday. State
leaders are now optimistic that the
! $500 900 minimum will be passed, bur
are not stacking in their efforts to
place the figures as high as possible,
Counties which have exceeded their
original quota so far are Adams,
Buena Vista, which just doubles 1.-The
amount asked, Clayton, Des Moines,
Dickinson, Greene, Henry, Ida, Lyon,
Madison, Marion, Monona, Montgom.
cry, Scott, Shelby, Washington, and
Woodbury..
Following are the totals and the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

picture Marguerite Clark has ever
had. (This is big claim, but true
one).
Thousands have read the stories,
how Bah invented a lover, taking his
imaginary name from the label of a
matted milk bottle. Mother and sister
were Mortified when letters and flow
ers sent by Bah herself, to herself, be-
gan to arrive. Bah finally agreed to
give him up" but too late, there real
ly was a Harold Valentine and when
he appeared on the scene, things be-
gan to happen. From one scrape to
another the wonderful little star fin
ally finds peace and achieves her big
wish Of having her dresses "cut W"
before and behind"
It's dandy picture and Marguerite
Clark romps through it all in such
way that you will want to stand up and
cheer.-Advertisem
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

viding Miss Clayton with brilliant
role. in which she is seen to splen-
did advantage. Her thousands of
admirers will be glad to hear that
tits new production is even more
entrancingly entertaining than her
previous big successes.
On the same program with THE
Dormant Power" will be shown a
dashing, virile western drama entitled
every Inch a Man." featuring the
great favorite, VIM. S. Hart.
Tonight's program at this theatre
consists of the last chapter of "Mys-
terry of the Double Corss," and
Fools for Luck" q five act comdey
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16
starring Taylor Holmes.-Advertise-
Pro pauanda of Another Kind

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-The Am
erican government is matching Teu-
ton propaganda here with efforts to
influence public opinion in the cen
trail powers. All the allies are doing
the same, 1t was economically learn,
ed today.
Besides hundreds of German sol
diers who have used the password
republic" similar French efforts
since the opening of the war have
cost Germany thirty thousand Alsat-
ians, deserters from the Teuton ranks,
according to a member of the French
high command
Through pamphlets dropped from
aeroplanes by German republicans
operating from Switzerland and in
WAYS the censorship forbids telling.
the truth of the America allied side
is slowly seeping through the enemy
countries.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16
ADJUSTMENTS.
here Are Your Love Letters Now?

Where Are Your Love Letters Now?
Bab's, liks the proverbial chicken,
come home to roost. But it would take
a whole lot more than that to depress
the tempestuous spirit Of dainty Bah.
heroine of Mary Roberts Rineharts
"Sub-deb" stories of Saturday Even
ing Post fame.
For any human i'll, see "Bab!" Your
last chance is at the Grand tonight and
Marguerite Clark takes the leading
role In this new picture, "Bab's Diary
The Grand promised the delight of
season in pictures and the large
crowds at the Grand last. night were
not disappointed. "Bab's Diary" is
Sparkling comedy, the smiley chuckley
kind, the brightest, most enjoyable
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16
ers, but hope to have it settled. in

ers, but hope to have it settled in
the next few days"
This was the statement today OF
Joseph p. Cotton, head of the meat
committee OF the food administration,
after conferences with packers and
the federal trade commission, He IS
attempting to formulate rules to
govern packers profits on meats and
by-products.
Cotton declared he would hold no
further conferences with the packers
on the profits. He indicated he had
reached decision Announcement
will be made when Herbert Hoover
approves the decision, he said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16
Women Milk Wagon Driver

VOHiCIi N'i'k SVoS~' - ~
UNITED Press Leased Wire Servlce.J
CHICAGO, Nov. 49,
If you're waking, call me early;
Call me early, mother dear.
For I'm due on the milk route at 3
a. M
And I'll be late, fear.
The milkmaid of romance soon will
he supplanted by the milk wagon maid
of reality.
Stephen Sumner, business agent for
the Milk Wagon Drivers union said the
organization had beenNhit so hard by
the draft that only the employment Of
women drivers will save the cream
for the tired business mans morning
coffee.
But it will be hard for any one to
see the romance in getting up at a.
m. to invade the haunts of the wild
somnabulist.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

noon. All who come are asked to
bring a case knife, scissors, apron
and head covering and are asked to
report in advance to Mrs. K. NJ
Lapsley. A general class in lnstruc-
ton such as was given during the
summer will be given early in Janu-
airy and all who can are urged to
take the course.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16
Eminent Jurist Will Speak at Elks Club This
Evening for Red Triangle and Woman's
War Council.
PUBLIC INVITED TO HEAR HIS TALK
No Report Will Be Made on Funds Until Mon
day-Treasurer HaInill Wants Checks
Paid in at Once.

A mass meeting for men and wo-
men will be held in the Elks hall this
evening at 8 o'clock, addressed by
Judge Martin ]. Wade of the United
States district court, and will BE in the
interest of the Red Triangle fund and
the woman's war council The public
| is invited to attend the meeting. Judge
| Wade will make stirring patriotic
appeal, and it will be an address that
no one in Keokuk will want to miss.
In the public utterances which Judge
Wade has made in keokuk this week,
he has created the profoundest ex-
pressions of Endorsement, and as an
orator he deserves to be classed as one
of the greatest, If not the greatest,
speaker of the present day.
I The program will be opened this
evening by the assemblage singing
| The Star Spangled Banner. Hazen L.
Sawyer will preside, and he will intro
duce Judge Wade to the audience. 1t
was Mr.. Sawyer's suggestion that the
eminent jurist might be secured, and
being personal friend, the committee
decided that the honor should be Mr..
Sawyer's. Following Judge Wade's
talk, Miss Martha Baldwin will sing
The Battle Hymn Of the Republic.
Judge Wade has patriotic message
for the people Of the nation. He has
heen called on to make similar adj
dresses for meetings of Red Cross.
knights of Columbus, Y. M. C. A. and
other organizations, and wherever he
has spoken he has left a message that
has made the profoundest impression
on all who heard him. His talk to-
night in behalf Of the Red Triangle
drive and woman's war council will
be an appeal to the patriotic people Of
Keokuk to back the Red Triangle and
the war council plans.
| Boy Scouts to Aid.
Fifty boy scouts will start out to-
morrow morning with special en-
velopes and cards to collect in a
| house to house canvass, small sums
| Of money for the Red TriangleIfund.
There are people throughout the
city who ,can give small amounts Ike
25 cents, so cents or more, who might
otherwise not be reached. These
, people will have an opportunity to-
morrow.
! The scouts will present an envel-
| ope> If you have the money, put it
| in the envelope, seal it and hand 1t
DaCk 10 TIE SCOuI. you WioL w,
you have the privilege of writing your
name across the envelope. If you
| haven't the money and want to give,
ask for, special pledge card and
put your name and amount on
| that. The scout will be responsible
f, for either and will return the con-
tribution or card to headquarters.
| Small contributions which, other.
| wise would not be secured, will be
picked up in this way. Meet the boy
with smile tomorrow, and put some
thing in his envelope. 1t will all
| help to keep the home fires burning
and will let that big brother of the
boy scout know that you are back OF
| him.
Send in Checks Now.
L. A. Hamill, treasurer Of the Red
Triangle fund, is making an appeal
for checks on the pledge cards.
send in your checks at once he
says, $50 that the report can be made
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16
Proud Of Him.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Servicel
TRENTON, n. J., Nov. 16.-'I am
proud that he is anxious to serve
his country" wired Billy Sunday to
John F. Gill here today in announcing
that his son George has joined the
American expeditionary forces in
France.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16
JUDGE WADE TO ADDRESS MASS NEET|NG|
= . >>>> >>><>>
Hamilton Appeals.

. Hamilton has appealed for 4
. help in it's campaign and men,
= bersy from across the river came
= here today to consult with 4
. chairman M. Il. Justice and c.
. E. Durgee and President H. G.
. Brown in regard to speakers for 4
. rally to be held across the
= river Sunday afternoon. G. f.
. Mcfarland, Wells NJ. Irwin and
. some of the other local speakers I
. were recommended to the COM Z
. mittee,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16
Ethel Clayton and VIM. S. Hart
Stars in Double Bill.

"The Dormant
Power" Is the
title Of the new
w orl d = Picture
Brady Made in
which charming
E t h ell Clayton
will be seen at
the. Hippodrome
theatre tomor-
row. 1t is a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

l.. Kelly Case Proceeds.
'galtea Press Leased Wire Service1
ned OAK, Iowa, Nov. 16.--As the
|sVond trial of Lyn George j. Kelly,
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Making Poor Headway.
limited Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Nov. 16.-"We are
making poor Roadway with the pack
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80 80 80 -
More Than One Brother.

Miss Helen Swan, who do =
mated the lot which will be auc- 9
toned for the benefit of the Red .
} Triangle fund, has more than .
one brother in the fighting .
forces of the United States. =
She has two brothers in the .
} United States navy. .
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Armour
Grain Company
Chicago
(A624>

Head Gate City want ads.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

Send In Checks Now.
l.. A. Hamill, treasurer Of the Red
Triangle fund, is making an appeal
for checks on the pledge cards.
"Send in your checks at once" he
says, so that the report can be made
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-20
KEY TO GALICIAN CAPITAL
Captured BY Russians, Message De-
cIares, and Teutons Forced to
Give Up Halicz.

London.-Halicz, the strategic key
to Lemberg, capital of Gal1cla, mas
been captured by the Russians, says
dispatch from Reuters Fetrograd
correspondent. HalicZ is an important
railroad junction. 1t is Is miles north
of Stanislau and about eight miles
north of Jezupol, captured by the Rus
slams under General Korniloff, Sunday
The fall of Hahcz was presaged by
the success Of the Russians in break
ing the Austro-German line between
that town and Stanislau and in drlV-
ing the Austro-Germans to the Lom-
MICA river, which enters the Dnlster
a short distance above Halicz. The
fall of Halicz probably will mean that
the Austro-G Germans must retire from
the present line along the Zlota-Llpa
from northeast OF Halicz through BrZe-
zany and Zlochoff to Brody in order to
protect Lemberg The next line i'll the
rear of the Zlota-Lipa is the Gnlla-
Lipa.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-20
SENATE Fkv0RS LIQUOR BAN
Power Is Given the President to axe
over All Distilled Spirits and
Pay Owners.

Washington.-The Senate has DIS
posed of the prohibition question by
passing a law containing the following
provisions:
l. The use of foodstuffs i'll the man
ufacture Of whisky is prohibited. Moth
ing is said about beer or wine.
2. No distilled. liquors shall be i'm
ported into the country during the war.
3. The President is directed to COM
mandeer all liquors in bond, and pay
the owners the actual cost, plus a
profit not exceeding 10 per cent.
4. No taxes shall be levied against
the distilled spirits now in bond.
The prohibition law was passed by
a vote of As to 81. 1t is a victory for
the vets. The drys failed after des'
perate efforts to have beer and wine
included. It is estimated that the gov
eminent will lose about $1,O00,OOO,0OO
through the law.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-20
TEUTON AlRMEN RAID LONDON
Killing Thirty-seven Persons and Caus-
ing Heavy Damage in British
Metropolis.

London.-Thirty.se persons were
killed and 141 we're injured when about
a score of German airplanes raided
this city and nearby villages. Four of
the raiders were brought down, and an
Admiralty statement says that British
airmen at Dunkirk, watching for the
returning aviators, missed them, but
brought down seven other enemy ma
chimes. One enemy aircraft was de-
stroyed by the Royal Flying Corps, anc
members of the Royal Naval Air Serv-
ice sent down three. All British avia-
tors returned safely. Great damage
was done in the heart of London by
the raid, which was one of the greatest
il not the greatest ever attempted by
the Germans over the metropolis.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-20
TURKEY IN SERIOUS PLIGHT
Army Has Been Hard Hit BY Ep'dem-
les and Observation-Disclosures
Among Troopers.

notwithstanding to reliable adj
vices from Asia Minor, the turkish
army is in the most serious plight OF
any period of the war on account OF
the depletion of man-power from the
ravages of epidemics and from actual
starvation as a result of the failure Of!
the commissairist. All classes of the
gendarmerie are being modified to fill
the gaps. 1t is said the spread OF
mutinies among Arab and kurd troops
has become so alarming that Enver
Pasha, Turkish War Minister, is rush
ing to Mesopctamia in an effort to
cope with the situation.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-20
SIX KILLED BY EXPLOSION
Federal Agents Suspect Conspiracy as
Responsibility For Blast in
the Navy Yard.

Vallejo, Cal.-Naval officers and
Federal agents co-operated in seeking
out the responsibility for the explosion
of black powder magazine at the
Mare Island Navy Yard in San Fran
cisco Bay which killed six persons and
injured 81 others. Rumors that ar
rests had been made on the theory
that the explosion was the result OF
an organized conspiracy were not con-
firmed. Captain Harry George, COM
mandant of the yard, refused to issue
a statement as to the probable cause
of the explosion pending the results
of the investigation.