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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12

Get good blood through the use OF
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
and you will have no more weakness.
It is the worlds proved blood purifier
and tonic It's not a secret remedy TOT
its ingredients are printed on the wrap
per. For sale by druggists in liquid
or tablets. Start to take 1t to-day and
before another day has passed the I'M
purities of the blood will begin to
leave your body through the liver,
kidneys, bowels and skin, and ID q
few DAYS you will know by your
steadier nerves, firmer step, keener
mind. brighter eyes and clearer skin.
that the bad blood Is passing out and
new, rich, pure blood is filling your
arteries. Send DIR. Pierce, Buffalo,
N. Y. ten cents for trial package.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12

North Broadway and North Main
street lines was necessary to handle
the large crowd attending the picic.
Thousands came in automobiles, which
were parked solidly for more than a
block and in vacant lots on streets In
all directions from the park.
To c. II. Parsons. secretary OF the
society, fell much Of the work con-
nected with the picnic. However, ne
was, generously assisted by Vice Presl-
dents Ed w. Hopkins and ]. G. Spiel
man and other officers OF the Iowa as
sociation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12

general weakness that was so hard to
bear. l am able to do my work during
such times and am recommending Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
nv friends who suffer as l did."-Miss
META TIEDEMANN, 1922 jefferson Ave,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
To know whether Lydia E.
viii help You. Just try it. For
advice write to Lydia E.Pinkham
Medicine Co. (confidentiaD Lynn.
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by q woman,
and held in strict confidence.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12

which he had contracted for.
Having had legal business in GER
tain districts in the south recently.
he looked for certain cities, but failed
to locate them. Likewise certain rail-
roads. He then told the solicitor that
he considered his map was absolutely
worthless, and the solicitor and his
map both departed In hurry. The
map. according to the attorney. was
ancient, and was not worth what the
solicitor claimed for 1t.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12
BOYS KILL SIX
FOOT SNAKE HERE
SATURDAY MORNING

. This snake season liz here. A
. reptile, variety unknown, near
. ly six feet In length, was killed
. Saturday m orning in the vicinity
. of Second aud Bank streets by 4
. crowd of boys. When exhibited /,
. uptown, various snake ex-
. perts called it bridge snake.
. house snake. king snake, spot.
. ted adder and water moccasin. I
. The back OF the reptile is a
. mottled grey and brown color
. and It measures five feet. ten
. inches in length. The boys who 4
3 killed 1t are Joseph Murphy. 4
3 Freddie George, John Whsle and
, Oscar Adams. They were ex-
3 hibiting their prize around 4
, town and it was seen by a num- 4
, ber OF persons.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12

very weak and mis-
cradle. / remem-
bered how my moth
er had found relief
from pain by using
Lydia E. Pinkham's
v e G e t q bic Com
pound and / decided
to try it, and thanks
to the Compound It
helped me just as it
did my mother, and
I am free from pain,
backpche and that
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12

Federal and state authorities In
Chicago are waging war on the bond
ing BUSINESS, controlled chiefly oy
underworld grafters who shadow the
courts for victims. The state has
nabbed the queen of professional
bonders, who scheduled the same
property four times for an equal NUM-
Der of patrons. Half a dozen OF the
clan are in the tolls of Judge lands
n1nnA,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12
eermany's sIdestepplna.

Springfield, Mass, Republican: In
no wav was the imperial government
to blame" says the German foreign
secretary, for the sinking Of seven In
nocent Dutch ships. II Germany should
one day violate precedent by taking
the blame for something the shock
would perhaps make some people pro-
German.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12

or course there are no restraints
IN trade In food products, Still. a
New York market dealer held back
his onions until he cleaned up $780,
900.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12
BOTH MOTHER
and DAUGHTER
Relieved From Pain and
Suffering by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Brooklyn, N.Y.-'+For three or four
years / suffered a great deal Of pain
periodically, so would have to lie down.
Nv back would ache and ! would feel
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12
Hundred. VIII Testify
Right Here in Iowa

Shenandoah, Iowa
kidney trouble and
was so nervous /
could scarcely do
anything. 1 was
very W e ak an d
emaciated. I took.
DR.. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Dis
covery and was
gre a thy improved
by It. I consider
1T q good naedi-
cine. "-MRs. MARY
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12
NAVY AUTOMOBILE
WAS IN kE0kOk
burlington Recruiting Station ''
After Recruits for the
Navy and Navy
Reserve.
FOUR YEAR ENLISTMENT
Seven Weeks Training on sattlesh'p
10 Given, With All
tho Expenses
Paid.

A decorated automobile advertising
the navy and navy reserve IN the IN
terests of recruiting for these t"o
organizations paid Keokuk Nisil
Saturday afternoon. The automoplle
came down from the recruiting neao'
quarters for this district at Burhns.
ton and was under the direction OF
+. X. minor vino is in charge OIL inc
Burlington station.
The recruiting officers expect 70
pay monthly visit to keokuk rms
city is in the district of which Bur
lington is the head and young men
of Keokuk and vicinity who wisn 10
Join the navy or navy reserve snouio
enlist at Burlington. II they are &C.
cepted, transportation Will De given
them to Des Moines.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12
A Tonic
OF Blood Root, Golden Seal,
Stone and Queens Root

Also Cherry Bark and Sacred Bark
with glycerine, makes a wonderful
tonic, called Golden Medical Discov-
cry" making thousands OF iowa peo-
pie strong. Ask your neighbor!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12
Patriotic Speeches.

.
Patriotism marked the picnic. the
speeches of men prominent both IN
southern California and In Iowa were
marked with a patriotism inspired by
recent national events.
Declarations that natives OF Iowa.
whether they be in their home state.
southern California or elsewhere,
would prove sterling worth to their
country il needed brought volume OF
cheers from hte gathering.
Superior Judge Frank H. Willis,
president OF the Iowa association. pre-
sided at the picnic and delivered the
address of welcome to those visiting
here from his native state. His
speech was followed by the singing OF
America by the entire gathering. The
thousands OF voices were led In the
patriotic song by H. ]. Brubaker.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12

ousIy clinging for several hours to a
large cake of ice, tossed about in
the choppy water several miles from
shore, two fifteen years old boys,
Stanley Kulinski and Joseph Kolow-
sky were rescued by Lake Michi-
gan police boat The boys had been
playing on the ice near shore when
the foe broke away.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12
The Navy Reserve.


Recruiting Officer Minor is making
a strong effort to enlist patriotic
young men in the United States naval
reserve force. This means that men
between the ages of sixeten ana
twenty.four may now enroll for one
months training at the Great Lakes
Training station. and following that.
If desired, cruise for three weeks or
more; all this with regular pay and
expenses paid.
This certainly should prove attrac-
tive, as the navy department sug-
gests, to young men-high school ana
college students-who do not desire
to enlist for four years. and yet who
wish to give their services IN time
Of danger.
Members of this naval reserve
force will be exempt from military
service in the event Of universal SER
vice. Duty is required only during
war or national emergency; but &C.
tive duty is encouraged and may be
taken with full pay, expenses and
uniform furnished, at any time upon
request. Discharge may be obtained
at any time during peace.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12

Saved From Death.
limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
CHICAGO March 12.-After peril
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12
Several Short Take.

Short talks were given by ]. c. Mil
Iiman, former lieutenant governor OF
Iowa; D. w. Norris. a visitor mere
from Marshalltown. Ia; Ernest Braun.
ton, park commissioners. who greeted
the visitors In behalf of the city; War
rem Garst, former governor of Iowa,
and DR.. John A. Marquis. president OF
Coe college of Cedar Rapids and mod
orator of the Presbyterian general as
semhly of the United States.
The Iowa song, written by Nal ..
H. M. Byers of Des Moines, was sung
by everyone who could sing and whis'
tied by others.
Thousands of those attending the
picnic visited the park before noon.
taking large baskets Of good things to
eat There were not nearly enough
tables to accommodate the picnickers
and large majority OF the loWans
gathered around the banners OF their
native counties and ate lunch with
the old home folks"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12
."I had liver and

cine."-MBs. MARY PELLA, COS Seventh
Ave, Shenandoah, Iowa.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12
!. Reeelves Monthly Coy.

II a man, after completing his train
ing at the Great Lakes, wishes to
remain enrolled, he can request duty
with the fleet for three weeks or
more at a time as seaman. second
class, in the regular crew and re-
ceive full pay ($20.9O month"; while
on duty.
Recruiting Oficer Minor points out
that patriotic young men who desire
to serve their country in time of
need should call on him, enroll, pass
the examination and thus be ready
in event Of en- emergency. Names
would be kpet on file until such a
time would come. This, however,
would not bind him to the service.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12
Bio Crowd Surprises.

II had no idea so many 1owans
could be gathered together in any
one place outside of Iowa." exclaimed
Mrs. Julia Fachman, who with the
Misses Ruth I. j. and Ruth V. Each
man is passing the winter here. Their
home Is in Sioux City.
Impromptu games, boating parties
and Just ordinary talk among the many
who had not seen friends from the
home state in months kept majority
of the visitors at the park until late
in the afternoon.
SPECIAL car service on both the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-22
.,d.nt Of Keokuk for Number Of
years Passed Away at His
Home Here Yesterday
Morning.
WAS BORN IN ARKANSAS
q. Was Blacksmith by Trade and
Lived in Hannibal Twenty Years
Where He Operated
a Shop.

william J.. Collins. for many years
resident of Hannibal, Mo-, and for
tho last seven years resident Of Keo
.ul, died Sunday morning at O'Clock
Il his home at the foot OF Bank street
Mr Collins had been i'll ten months
with dropsy, which caused his demise
Yesterday morning.
william J. Collins was born in Ar
Kansas October 30. 1861. He resided
n Hannibal, Mo-. for twenty years,
before he came to Keokuk in April.
1910. He was blacksmith by trace.
end while in Hannibal ran a shop
there. He had many friends in Han
nibaI who will regret to learn of his
passing.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. l..
Collins, two daughters, Mrs. Belle
Trohme and Mrs. Mary Foster, both of
Hannibal, and son jeff, and daugh-
ter Georgia Collins, both living at
home. There are several step-chil-
dren also surviving.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow afternoon from the residence
at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. F. G. Ed
wards of Trinity church officiating.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-22
PHONE COMPANY
TO BUY BONDS
Five Millions i'm Government Bonds
Subscribed by Bell System for
Employees and Com
pany,

The American Telephone and Tele-
graph company and it's associated COM
panies forming the Bell Telephone
system have announced subscription
in behalf of themselves and their en-
ployees for s5,000,000 of the second
Liberty loan.
This subscription Is to be allotted to
localities or sections Of the country
as nearly as possible in proportion to
the quotas assigned by the treasury
department to the various federal re-
serve districts, so that each such dis
trict will get credit for its proportion
ate share of the total sum.
The actual subscriptions will be
made in each federal reserve district
by the associated Bell company oper-
ating in such district. The Bell Tele-
phone system also subscribed $1,000
900 to the first Liberty loan, but owing
to the over-subscription on that issue
only part Of it was accepted.
Arrangeme have been made
whereby employees Of the Bell system
may subscribe for Liberty loan bonds
and pay for them on installments dur
ing the coming year.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-22
ALLEN WRITES
TO AUDITORS
Special instructions to County Of.
fclals Were Sent Out by
Secretary of State on
Vote Recount.

Special instructions to county audi
tors calling attention to the law re-
quiring county canvassers to canvass
the votes cast at a. special election
and not merely check the returns
We're mailed under special delivery
| stamps from the Office Of the score
tary of state Friday.
The attorney generals Office also
mailed out letter to county attor.
neys calling attention to the law
known as section It'll of the code
requiring a canvassing of votes.
Secretary Of State w. S. Allen IN
his letter to county auditors says:
Herewith I am enclosing new
blank on which to make out and then
forward to this Office an abstract
of the canvass of the votes cast In
your county on the proposed con-
stitutional amendment at the special
election held on the 18th instant.
This is necessary for the reason
that careful study of the provisions
Of section I'LL of the code shows
that the county canvassers must
canvass the votes that is to say.
they must count the ballots in each
precinct the same as judges of cleo
ton are required to do. At spec
ial election it will not be sufficient
for the county canvassers to merely
canvass the returns from the differ
ent precincts, as at an ordinary cleo
tiOn'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-22
HAVE DARK HAIR
AND LOOK YOUNG
NOBODY CAM TELL WHEN YOU
DARkEN GRAY, FADED HAIR
WITH SAGE TEA.

Grandmother kept her hair beau
tifully darkened, glossy and attrac-
tive with a brew of Sage Tea and
Sulphur. Whenever her hair took
on that dull, faded or streaked APP
pearance. this simple mixture was
applied with wonderful effect. By
asking at any drug store for 'Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound" you
will get large bottle OF this old
time recipe, improved by the addi-
ton Of other ingredients, all ready
to use, at very little cost. This
simple mixture can be depended upon
to restore natural color and beauty
to the hair.
A well known downtown druggist
says everybody uses Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound now because
it darfzens SO naturally and evenly
that nobody can tell 1t has been ap-
plied-it's so easy to use, too. You
simply dampen a comb or sof. brush
and draw it through your hair, tax
ing one strand at a time. By morn
ing the gray hair disappears; after
another application or two, it is re-
stored to its natural color and looks
glossy, soft and beautiful. This
preparation is a delightful toilet
requisite. 1t is not intended for the
cure, mitigation or prevention Of
disease.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-22
HAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS
Be Better Looking-Take
Olive Tablets

Ifyour akin Is yellow-complexion pallid
tongue coated-appetitep oor-you have
bad taste in your mouth-a lazy, no-good
fseling-you should take Olive Tablets
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-a substitute
orcalouei-werep prepared byD Edwards
after II years of study with his patients
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are purely
vegetable compound mixed with olive oil.
You will know them by their olive color.
To hava clear, pink skin, bright eyes.
no pirnplcs, a feeling of buoyancy like
childhood days you must get at the cause.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act on the
liver and bowels like caIonael-yet have
no dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and overcome consti-
patton. That's why millions of boxes are
sold annually at 1oc and 25c per box. All
druggists. Take one or two nightly end
note the pleasing results.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-22

approach their next draft with a
thorough knowledge Of its require.
ments.
Attorney Is Provided.
The success Of the plan depends
upon the completeness OF the ques-
tonnaire. The questions to be an.
swered by the registered men have
been worked out with infinite care
from the vast fund of information
CLEANED from the first use of the
draft machinery.
Included in the plans OF the gov.
eminent, 1t is understood, is a pro-
vision which will place the service
Of q trained attorney at the disposal
OF every registrant to assist him in
making his answer. Presumably all
the machinery OF affidavits to support
claims for exemptions also has been
absorbed into this document. making
the working OF the registrant in get
ting his situation property De1ore
the board for consideration far less
arduous.
The new plan, General Crowder
points out, settles the vexing ques
ton of continuing the physical ex-
animation OF registrants until all
have been classified in this way. Pre-
sumably it will be necessary to ex-
anime men under the new plan only
when called upon or if greater speed
can be secured in that way, to ex-
anime and classify physically all
members Of the class that Is under
call
A point not made clear in General
Crowder's statement. is how the rota-
ton numbers OF the drawing to fix
the order Of military liability are to
be applied. Since no abandonment
of that means of fixing the place Of
each individual in any class is an
nounced. 1t seems certain that the
rotation numbers of the men in any
class will govern the order in which
they came up. In that case each
GLASS group would have Its own
order OF liability list
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-22
NAVY RECRUITING
NEEDS BOOSTING
Officer In Charge Of Burlington Office
Explains Why Uncle Sam Wants
Men for Battle
ships.
OVER 10000 MEN WANTED
Lid Has Been Lifted on Quota Ar
rangement and as Many as VIII
Volunteer Are Asked
For.

There has been some mtsunder'
standing about the navy recruiting
work, owing to the fact that during
the summer there was restriction
on the ium Der of men who were sent
to sub stations. This lid has been
lifted now, and 10000 men are need
ed and needed at once.
The following letter from the re-
cruiting officer at Burlington explains
the situation very clearly:
U. S. N. RECRUITING SUB STA
TON, BURLINGTON, Iowa, October
20. 1917-Editor The Gate City, Keo-
kuk, Iowa. Dear Sir: have been
receiving inquiries from different
young men of your city, who are de-
sirous Of joining the U. S. navy, but
have heard that the navy is filled up.
About the middle OF July all. sub
stations received orders that they
could only send one man each week
to the district Office in Des Moines.
There are seven sub stations and
one main station in the state Of
Iowa, the main Office was allowed
Ave men a week, making 1owa's
quota twelve men per week and we
were not allowed to enlist more than
restricted to a certain quota, was on
account of the naval training stations
being over crowded. This may be
the reason some people were mis-in-
formed about the navy being filled
up.
Over twenty thousand men are
needed at the present time for Uncle
Sans navy We have enlarged all
the naval stations and now men are
very urgently needed, The lid has
been lifted, there is no more quota.
we need men and we must get men
for our navy.
We need apprentice seamen, fire.
men, machinists, cooks, bakers, gas
engine mechanics (for aviation),
cabinet makers (for aviation), tele-
graph operators for radio work., in
fact we can use any young man
between the ages OF eighteen and
thirty-five who Is in good health,
good character, and is a United
States citizen.
1t is likely that I will be in Keo-
kuk some day next week on re-
cruiting tour.
All the publicity you can give this
will be appreciated both by the COM
handing officer of this district and
by the navy department.
Yours truly,
LLOYD s. FISHER,
Boatswain's Mate Recruiting Officer
P. S. Men that have been exam
ined or notified to appear before an
exemption board cannot enter the
naval service.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-22

will solve problems which have con-
fronted the provost marshal general
and caused him much concern.
"One Of the most serious Of these
has been keeping together the great
organization Of the local and district
boards, which from a numerical view
point is Of the strength OF an army
division; many of these officials have
been clamoring for relief on account
of the drain on their time, and the
new system will make 1t easily pos
sible for them to continue their duties
for which they have proved them
selves fitted.
Another problem solved was the
question OF eXpediency Of continuing
the examination Of the entire regis.
try, thus fixing each mans status.
This would have involved a medical
examination Of each man. whose
physical condition might change
from day to day, thus making this
great undertaking valueless.
TT
Examined az Needed.
again under the ola System Of ex.
emption and discharge, it would have
been necessary If the national need
required 1t to send for the exempted
ilHu 10 return Luz Ply oiSdI lO-CAoAa
nation, while in the meantime his
industrial or family status might
have changed, thus involving end
less appeals and confusion.
"The new system fixes mans
class and calls him in his proper
turn when he Is needed. He will be
examined physically only when need
ed. Thus the labors Of the medical
officers will be called for only when
required. Ii the nation needs half a
million men they will respond each
in his turn fixed by his class.
1.-THE man who can least be spared,
either as the head Of a family or the
head of a business necessary to the
defense Of the nation will be the last
to go.
THE new plan Is being made ready
for the printer and will be submitted
to the local and district boards in
ample time to enable them to famil
iarize themselves with it, and thus
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-22
Unfortunate Accident.

Limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK, Oct. 22.--After hav-
ing spent twenty-four hours under
arrest by federal officers, Prince
Michael Roudakow. formerly mill
.aTy attache in the Russian diplo-
, ,matic service, was released today.
~ ne authorities refused to explain.
ne prince said it was all an "un-
fortunate accident"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-22
Casualties Company.

UNITED Press Leased Nlre Serv1ceI
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Dear faith
or and mother: If son Jim writes
home from training camp that ne IS
in the casualties, don't jump at con-
illusions.
When men arrive In environments
too fast to be organized, the left oVers
are assigned for a few days to "casu-
al companies. =,
what company you in Jim is
asked.
Casualties" he replies.