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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05
BIG EATERS GET
KIDNEY TROUBLE
Take Salts at first sign of Bladder
Irritation or Back
ache.

The American men and women
must guard constantly against Kid
ney trouble, because we eat too much
and all our food is rich. Our blood
is filed with uric acid which the
kidneys strive to filter out they
weaken from overwork, become slug
and the result is kidney trouble,
bladder weakness and a general de-
cline in health.
When your kidneys feel like Jumps
Of lead; your back hurts or the urine
ia cloudy, full OF sediment or you
are obliged to seek relief two or
three times during the night; IL you
suffer with sick headache or dizzy.
nervous spells, acid stomach, or you
have rheum atism when the weather
is bad get from your pharmacist
about four ounces of Jad Salts; take
tablespoonful in a glass OF water
before breakfast for few days and
your kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid
of grapes and lemon juice. combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to flush and stimulate
clogged kidneys: to neutralize the
acids IN the urine so 1t no longer is
bladder disorders.
Jad Salts Is inexpensive cannot
iniure. makes a delightful efferves-
cent Whitewater beverage. and be-
longs in every home. because no
body can make a mistake by having
a good kidney flushing any time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05
METHODIST MEN
START CAMPAIGN
District Conference viii Be Held
Next Week and Attnnpt Will
be Made to Boost
Sunday Schools.

The district conferences Of Iowa
conference Methodists next week will
more than any others held in years
attract the laymen as well as the
preachers. These conferences are to
be the start of the campaign for 5000
more men and young men in the Sun
day schools in Iowa conference. Joint
sessions have been arranged for one
afternoon and evening at each district
conference, beginning at Ottumwa
Monday. November s. At these joint
sessions the ACCESSIBILITY OF organic.
ing district laymen's associations will
be considered While there will be
one special day for laymen, they will
find all the programs arranged with
interesting topics Sf practical ma
ture.
Dr.. VIM. S. Bovard, superintend-
ent of adult Sunday school work for
the church at large, will attend each
conference and especially chosen lay
men accompany him. He has al.
ready met with the committee oil
seven appointed at the annual con-
ference and with larger committee
at Ottumwa last week to lay prelim-
mary plans for the big 5000 drive.
Further plans will be laid at the dis
trict confertnces and then the cam
paign will start in earnest Novem-
Der 10. running one month. In that
time DR.. Bovard and other workers
will visit every county in the con
ference. eighteen in number, hold
meetings and stir up enthusiasm.
Following are the dates of the joint
session OF preachers and laymen at
each district conferences:
Ottumwa, at Ottumwa, Monday.
November 5.
Burlington, at Mt. Union, Tuesday.
November 6.
Muscatine, at West Liberty, Wed
nesday. November Z.
Oskaloosa. at Fremont, Thursday,
November s.
All laymen in the districts are in
vited to attend and participate in
the business at these sessions.
Churches are also asked to insure
representation by special appoint
ment of delegates.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05

! DR.. J. M. Moses and Arthur VIII
son, charged with conspiracy, whose
trial has been occupying the atten-
ton of the circuit court during the
past week, did not have to wait long
| to learn their fate, when the case
had been once handed to the jurors.
as verdict was returned within two
! hours, finding that both defendants
were guilty and fixing a sentence Of
I eighteen months in the state peni-
| Tertiary. Attorneys Hartzell and
Johnson Immediately entered a mo-
/ ton for new trial, and the court
set Saturday afternoon as for hear
| ing the arguments of counsel for and
against the same, and after conclud-
| Ing the arguments the court over
ruled the motion in behalf of the de-
| PENDANTS. DR.. Moses and Wilson
have been in the Carthage Jail since
! the early part of June, awaiting the
action of the court, but their place
of residence will be changed now by
the decision of the jury.
r. G.. Smedley Of Monmouth.
special field secretary for the I'LL
nois state Y. NJ. c. A., was in the
city Saturday In the interest of the
army work of the Y. M G. A., and
held a meeting Saturday afternoon
with number of interested citizens
who are going to make preparations
for public meeting next week, on
Thursday afternoon at 2:3O p. NJ, in
the assembly room of the court
house.
A committee was appointed to Sc
cure representatives from every
township in Hancock county, to be
called together for sort Of county
conference at that time, the COM
mittee composed of w. r. Lyon.
County Judge E. w. Durham, M. P.
Berry. A. w. O'Harra, J. W. Williams
and J. H. Lloyd.
On Thursday afternoon at the pub
lie meeting, Mr.. Smedley will explain
and give an account of the work that
the association is doing for the en-
listed men Of the United States army
in this country and in France, as
well as the work among the soldiers
of the allied nations and the soldiers
in the prison camps.
The campaign which Is being put
on Is for fund Of s35 100000 for the
purpose Of maintaining the work for
the army and navy In all these
branches, and the campaign is to be
put on from November II to 10,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05
Keokuk Woman in Chicago
Sa,U Unusual Sight on Tables

and you ask in humble way for
some sugar for your fruit or cereal.
and you are asked il you will have
one spoonful or two"
On her way to Keolouk this woman
had occasion to stop over In OF
tumwa. and In restaurant there
she saw the long lost stranger, a
sugar bowl 1t was heaped high
with granulated sweetness, and was
covered all over with frilly napkin
ovedress, like paper dolls draper
les. When the maid came to take her
order, she pointed to the bowl and
asked how 1t happened that it was
reposing on the table in such regal
fashion, and suggested that there
might be some conservation Of food
along that line The girls reply
was:
well. we amt done nothin' about
that sort OF thing yet"
Sugar bowls are still visible on
Keokuk tables, and according to
local grocers there has been little
release on the pressure on the sugar
market within the last few days.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05
Sugar Bo1Dts Haze Been
SUcptFron VrelD IN Other
Cities Where She Had
Visited

Sugar bowls have been swept of
the tables of Chicago restaurants
ana eating houses. says a Keokuk
woman who has just come from there.
She was surprised at the prodigial
way sugar was being used in Keokuk
and throughout the state of Iowa,
and predicted that 1t would not be
long before sugar bowls would OF
necessity be removed from our tables.
In Chicago" she said, "the wait
er comes to you and says. one lump
or two and whichever you say, that
amount Is doled out to you. Granu-
lated sugar is nowhere to be seen,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05

A dummy trench is placed seventy
five feet away to represent enemy
trenches or shell holes. From inside
these stalls, as they are called, gren
adiers throw into the opposite trench
at least, that Is the objective.
Caterpillar Tractors.
The artillery battalions have cater
pillars tractors to haul their three
inch pieces. When they go for prac-
tice to a nearby gully the tractors
lead the way, with a long string OF
guns trailing behind. officers select
the objective, make brief compute,
tons with the assistance Of the range
finder, give the gun pointers the cal
culation, and the marines fire. Shrap-
mel sends up clouds of dust and the
hills echo the noise OF battle that can
be heard In Fredericksburg, several
miles away. The smaller guns are
placed on carriages drawn by two
men. There are ten men to gun
crew, and four guns to a platoon
They have actual firing practice, and
rugged countryside.
Every company has Its signal squad
and during the day hills are dotted
with tiny figures, waving flag mes.
sages from point to point. At night
the Ardois (flashlight) system of sig
mailing is practiced. In addition
there are field radio and telephone
squads.
The officer who directs the work
at Quanticc is Brig. Gen. John Archer
Lejeune, who in the twenty-nine
years he has been an officer Of the
CORPS has seen the hardest kind OF
duty in every part OF the world. He
commanded the marines who were
sent ashore during the Panama revo-
luton in 1908, which separated Pana
ma from Colombia and made possible
the construction OF the great canal
He commanded one of the first marine
battalions landed in Cuba during the
Spanish war, and participated In the
fighting at Vera Cruz in April, 1914
General Lejeune was graduated from
Annapolis and the Army War college
and Is native Of Louisiana and fifty
years Of age.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05
CARTHAGE, ILL.,, NOV.

when the entire United States will
make the campaign at the same time
The Y. M. c. A. has put its entire
organization at the disposal of the
allied governments and is rendering
a service that is greatly appreciated
by the soldier and their leaders in
providing home comforts for the men
and in ministering to their mental,
moral and physical needs, providing
social centers for every military
home ties from being broken while
the men are in the army.
In order to make it possible to
continue their work. the large sum
asked for is required, and there is
no question but that the amount will
be Forthcoming very promptly.
The amount which has been sug-
gested as Hancock county's goal Is
$4,000 The state Of Illinois has
assumed 100000, of which Chicago
is raising s2,000,000 and the balance
Of the state has. agreed to secure
81 100000.
1t is expected there will be large
attendance at the public meeting
Thursday. when the entire county
Will be represented.
Probate Court News-Haneoek
County, III.
In re the estate Of Elnora Crear
deceased.-Bond on the sale of land.
being the bond Of Edward Buckley.
Belle r. Buckley and William T. Gil
lis and II. B. Nash. and Charles
Croseland, in the sum Of $4,000 flied
and approved.
In the matter Of the probate Of the
will Of Christiana Ronner; deceased.
John F. Datin presents proof Of
the death Of the testatrix, on Feb.
49, 1917. the hearing for probate Of
will being set as Of Nov. ~. 1917.
Said will was attested by Arthur J..
Schneider and Donald A. Beger as
witnesses, said last witness being a
resident OF Bartlesville, Okla.
In the case of William A. Symonds.
administrator de bonis non Of the
estate Of Kate Jackson, deceased. vs..
William A. Jackson, ct al.-Petition
Of said administrator to set aside
sale of lands. Order Of court direct
ing that sale entered on July %,
1917, by the court, and the notice Of
sale by said administrator and the
sale of said premises be held for
naught, and set aside.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05
BLOWN OUT OF
BED BY BOMB
Three Priests RudeIy Awakened
When Someone Hurled In
fernaI Machine Through
Window.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov 5-Arch-
bishop Ireland's home here is being
carefully guarded today, following
wrecking of Catholic parish house
here early Sunday morning, when q
bomb was hurled through window,
blowing three priests from their
beds.
The priests were uninjured.
Guards were stationed at nearly all
Catholic churches and parish houses
last night. One theory was that pro-
Germans were incensed at appeals
for Liberty bond subscriptions and
food conservation talks made in
Catholic churches recently.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05

after three doctors said I never would
stand up straight again. Twas mid
wife for seven years and I recommended
the Vegetable Compound to every wo-
man to take before birth and after
wards, and they all got along so nicely
that it surely is godsend to suffering
women. If women wish to write to
me will be delighted to answer them"
Mrs. JENNIE MOVER, 342 E.North ST.,
Lima, Ohio.
Women who suffer from displace-
ments, weakness, Irregularities, ner-
Nousness, backache, or bearing-down
pains, need the tonic properties Of the
roots and herbs contained In Lydia e
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05
Much Coal Moved.

United Press Leased Wire Serv1ce.]
!, CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-With five
weeks or more remaining before the
close Of navigation on the great lakes,
23,24S,1O0 of the 2s,000,000 tons Of
coal estimated to be required to
avert a shortage in the northwest,
have already been moved, according
to announcement by the railroads
war board today.
The commission on car service Is
now directing efforts to insure an
adequate supply in other parts OF
the country.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05
isis

Ereats.ee Spectant mother, awaiting the
"MothssI render nature q helping hand.
thonsanSnnr Friend" has been used by
MUSCLES 80, OF women. BY regular use the
nature 10y ls born. The work which
BY this sa PERFORMING Is wonderfully aided
in s ion. The usual stretchinT oain. dTr.
period 40 asstdsa and the tms
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05
\ Fred SNYDER Returns.

Fred Snyder, who it was reported
was at Cleveland. Ohio, and who the
local exemption board members fear
ed was too far from home to reach
this city in the event Of his being
called to service, has started for this
city from Cleveland with the inten-
ton of remaining here until the in
crement leaves. He was connected
with an advance car OF a circus,
which was headed east. He resigned
his position to return here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05
BROKEN Down
IN HEALTH
Woman Tells How S. Worth
of Pinkham's Compound
Made Her Well.
Lima, Ohio" was all broken down
In health from o displacement. One of my

lady friends came to
see me and she adj
vised me to COM
mence taking Lydia
e. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
end to use Lydia e.
Pinkham's Sanative
Wash. I began talk
ing your remedies
and took So. 00worth
and in two months
was a well woman
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05
Total exemptions A.!
How to Figure Exemption,

How to Figure Exemptions.
The total exemption of $4,000
when deducted from the net income
of $500 leaves taxable income Of
$1,000. The normal tax under the
1916 act in 2 percent of the taxable
income Of $500 which would be
tax payable of S32.
Under the 1917 act the total
exemptions will be as follows:
Specific exemption $4,000
Dividends on bank stock. 49,. 900
Under this act, deducting the total
exemption from the same net In
come Of $500. there would be a
taxable income Of $4,000 The nor
NAL tax of 2 percent Of the taxable
income Of $500 would be payable
tax Of s72.
The 1917 act provides for surtax
on net income in excess of $4,000
and under $500, which would be,
in this case, $500. The surtax is
figured at percent of this amount
which would be a payable tax of SIS.
The total amount the farmer,
whose gross income, deductions and
expenses are the same as the fore
going figures, would have to pay
as income tax would amount to:
Tax due under the act of 1916. S so
Tax due under the 1917. act
(both normal and surtax) -. 81
Total tax payable. ........... .S119
The 1915 act providing for income
taxes carries an exemption clause of
$4,000 Under the 1917 clause the
exemption clause is but for $4,000.
The above Illustration would exempt
the farmer from surtax under the
1916 act as his net income is less
than the exemption.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05

before baby arrives Is one OF quiet repose
and joyful anticipation.
The expectant mother should not go
single night without applying It herself
write to The Bradfeld Regulator Co.,
Dept A, 24s Lamar Bldg, Atlanta. Ga, LOT
their book, motherhood and the BABY :
ft WIN 10 sent Mt once without charge.
ssMother's Friend" is procurable from
any drug store. Ask fox y today
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05
Mother Knows.

Aberdeen News: who is the
brains of your family?" is the inquiry
made by q popular magazine, IN con-
nection with a story in the current
issue OF the publication. It all de-
pends-but just observe the self con-
scious expires sion on mothers face
when the question is asked at the
dinner table.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05

The fastest Atlantic ocean passage
was made September lib, 1910, by
the Cunarder Mauretania, now a Brit
ish troop ship. She covered the dis
lance in four days, ten hours and
forty-one minutes
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05
r. 3. Jones of This City Who Is In
the Corps, Sends Story Of the
Development of This
Branch.
ARE QUITE ORIGINAL
They Have Invented New Gun Car
rige and Movable Trenches
for Grenade
Practice.

Keokuk has furnished a number OIL
recruits to the United States ma
rines. A number of people here
have inquired as to the kind of sery
| ice the marines are supposed to ful
| fill, and also about their training
| Among the marines is r. b. Jones OF
this city He has sent to his mother
/, Mrs. Gussie Jones. a clipping from
the New York Times magazine,
which tells in an interesting way
about the training of this branch OF
Uncle Sans service.
The following Is from this mag
azine, and tells of life at Quantico,
| Va:
A short ride out of Washington.
at little Virginia flag station which
for generations has been listed as
"Quantico.' is situated the busiest
war training camp in the United
States, where more than 10000 vet
erans-there is not rookie in the
lot-are training night and day.
This is the only advanced war train
ing camp for mobile troops in the
United States, where the fighting
men of the United States marines
parture overseas for the expert In
the French battle lines.
A few weeks ago Quantico was a
village, with postofice. a water
tank, half dozen stores, a church
or two, and about 200 inhabitants.
And then came the Soldiers Of the
sea-" the trim. determined fighters
who alone have right to sing the
hymn which tells how in days that
a a met fhay have night.
From the Halls of Montezuma,
To the shores OF Tripoli.
Today everything is changed. Guam
tico Is a city of more than 1900 per-
sons. The United States marines
erected 900 cantonment buildings and
proceeded to lay out one of the fin
est training camps in the world
certainly the finest Of its kind in
America. Their business in camp is
postgraduate course in the actual
work OF war.
Original In Many Ways.
The United States marines ore orig.
inal in many ways, but wise enough
to take tip from fellows who know
more than they They sent their Of
ficers to Europe, and now they are
teaching sea-soldiers the up to date
methods of warfare. Besides, they
have a few ideas of their own-a
brand new type machine gun carriage
and movable trenches for practice
are inventions to which they point.
Their cantonment spreads out and
literally absorbs the town. Passen
gers on the trains get glimpse of
what appears to be a new oil camp,
and instinctively look for derricKs.
In daylight hours one may see no
about; they are busy else
where, in trenches hiking, manoeuy
ring on the parade ground, drilling,
working, doing something-that is
the soldiers gospel.
It Is less than a mile from the can
Torment buildings to the trenches.
The ground is maze of trenches,
dugouts, and bombproof cellars, pat
termed closely after the European
system. Long tunnels and passages
crisscross the main trenches and
form communications, planned by an
officer who learned the business
abroad. Gun emplacements, screened
by camouflage, also are q part OF the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05
Increased tor TotaI Disability.

~ hiind-pigs actively roofing into the
osin hitherto pouring into the Golfers
y, licensed saloons. One unfeeling
suggests as remedy that
M ponce should be persuaded to re-
1ioFe the DINNERS from their lamps.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05

From these totals. by deducting
the total deductions from the gross
income, the farmer would have a
net income of $500.
Under the act providing for assess
ment of income taxes passed in 1916
the following exemptions would be
made:
Specific exemption, provided
for in the act. 81 900
Dividends from bank stock,
not taxable ................. 900
Total exemptions ..... 1900
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05

Minneapolis sits up and takes not
ice OF an official search which revealed
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05
/. MAIN FEATURES
OF INSURANCE Law
INV Army and Navy Risks Will be
underwrItten is Outlined in
Treasury Departments
Statement.
ALIoTMENTs ARE MADE
Allowances Are Paid by the Govern
ment to Relatives Who Are De-
pendent, Under Provi-
sons Of Law.
The treasury department authorizes

The treasury department authorizes
The following:
A division of military and naval in
surance of the bureau Of war risk in.
surance has been organized as a part
of the treasury department. and is in
active operation A number of poll
ries on the lives of soldiers have al
ready been issued, aggregating nearly
s25,00O,0o0 in insurance The bene-
fits of the law are available to all of
The members of the United States
army, navy, and nurses corps. .
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05
Illinois Revenue Collector Has Given
Outline Of Methods to Use in
Computing RuraIists'
Incomes.
FIGURING EXEMPTIONS
When These Arc Taken OFF Then
There Is Net Income
to Figure
On.

Although the official forms for the
figuring Of tax returns payable TO
the collector of internal revenue on
all taxable incomes will not be mail
ed out until January /, 1918. Collec-
tor of Internal Revenue John L..
Pickering of Illinois has given out IN
formation on the compilation of such
incomes and their proportlonate taxes
insofar as farmers income IS
affected. For the benefit of all farm
ers a specific example has been pre-
pared, so that farmer may, by SUD-
stituting his actual expense, income
and deduction figures, gain exactly
the amount of income tax he will be
called upon to pay for 1918.
The new act passed October 3,
1917, is in the nature of an add
tional tax and does not affect or
change the regular income tax, the
act covering which was passed IN
1916. In other words there are now
two taxes to be collected from in
comes, the regular income tax and
the additional income tax.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-05
FIGURE. Given as Formula.

The figures given below are given
merely as formula and example OF
what farmers would have to meet
under the taxation on incomes as
they now are. Farmers vary IN their
expenses and in their crop sales, but
by supplying the true figures they
may be able to figure their taxes out
for themselves.
The forms supplied for the listing
Of all such items are being withheld
until the tax is actually collectable
so that the items may be given as
they actually are in January, 1913,
and be taxed accordingly.
The farmers return to the collec-
tor of internal revenue would be sub
stantially as follows: