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Evening star., 1917-11-11

to be held there on the afternoon or
Monday December 8, to raise funds TO
purchase wool to be supplied to those
who are willing to knit articles to meet
these many demands.
Sleeve Band for Home Hospitality
; Under the home hospitality committee
of the District War Service Commission
( many prominent Washington women are
engaged in one of the finest forms of
w.t. service wnrI; YET undectakef-tha. .
al inviting the SanInies into private
iloc1es for week end visits. Saturday n'chl
dances and Sundsy dinners. The boys
appreciate these visits because so many
are away from home for the first time
and this little touch of home ME arlNeF
away the spel! OF homesic!iness thal
comes invariably to one and all The
chairman of this committee is Mrs. VIII
lfa.l Hamilton Rayly. president of the
W. c. 7. L.. and the official hostess iof
the Thanksgiving dinner for the sou'ers
and sailors. Another member of the com.
mittee is Mrs. William c. Hitz. Wife OF
Justice Hitz. who not only invites in
many boys from the nearby camps. but
also entertains those who are passing
through the city. She is also aiding Mr..
Keats. chairman Of the District War
Service Commission. in designing q
sleeve band to be worn by the members OF
the committee so they will be known 10
the soldiers on the streets and in the
Union station. where there will soon be a
reception committee always on duty.
Mrs. VI ;irice Rosenberg. chairman OF the
hospitality committee of the CouncIi OF
jewish Women, has on her list the names
of more than three hundred women in
whose homes there has been. since early
June. one or more soldier guests. not only
for Saturday and Sunday, but all holidays
Mrs William McGee of the Catholic War
Relief Society and Miss Edna Sheehy of
the Catholic Alumnae Association see to
it that all boys who are at the church
services are extended personal invitations
to private homes from the pulpit. Mrs
Appleton P. Clark. chairman of the home
hospitality committee Of the League Of
American Penwomen. has q dance every
Saturday night and sees that the boys
who attend it from the nearby camps are
invited into homes over Sunday. Miss
Bliss Finley has charge Of the work for
the Christian Science Church. and Mr..
Deane Edwards Is chairman Of the COM
mittee on church work. for the other
churches. Among the many other homes
that have been opened for khaki-clad
guests are those OF Mrs. Marshall Field.
Mrs Melville Church. Mrs. Thomas Car
ter, Mrs. Isaac Pearson. Mrs. Thomas W.
Gregory, Mrs j. Harry Coyington, wife of
Justice Covington. and Mrs. William
Rack
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are unable to be present Monday ane

are unable to be present Monday and
Friday mornings.
The Rector's Aid Of st. Margaret's Of
which DR.. Herbert Scott Smith Is presl-
dent has made many grateful friends
among the soldiers stationed near
Washington through the Saturday even
ing entertainments given for them IN
the large Sunday School room. Mrs. f.
". Chase. the vice president of the aid.
Mrs Espey. the secretary and Mrs.
Charles Frailey the treasurer. with the
assistance OF a number of young women
diers at a time The evening Is spent IN
singing and dancing, and later refresh
ments of coffee. sandwiches, cake and
candy ara served
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Highlands Auxiliary Reaches 300.

The Highlands Auxiliary Of the Red
Cross, of which Mrs. William c. Gorgas.
wife of the surgeon general OF the
Army. is manager, has reached mem.
bership of 900. making an increase OF
fifty during October. These women
meet several times week IN the pail
room of the Highlands, which mas neen
generously placed at their disposai by
the mana cement. On account OF the
large membership and full attendance
at all meetings, the committee IS con-
sidering the advisabliity OF Lne sur
gical dressing committee. OF which
Mrs. Ramsey D. Potts is chairman. hav-
ing separate. meeting days. In TINS
class alone there are seventy workers.
who in the last month have averaged
from thirty-fve to forty packages of
dressings a week.
The knitting branch. of which Mrs.
Edwin B. Babbitt is in charge. has re-
purchase Of wool and is thus self
supporting In October this branch.
which has also an out-of-town mem,
| bership. completed over. 500 knitted
bers of the Medical Corps. who were in
immediate need of them. Since Its or
ganization last spring l,60o articles
have been knitted and distributed
among the Aviation, Medical, ordnance
and Engineer corps.
After the hospital garments are cut
| by Mrs. Omar Bundy and Mrs. I. p.
| Williamson they are distributed by
Mrs. John Van Rensselaer, Hoff and Mrs.
| c. J, Green, who keep account of when
the articles are taken and when re-
turned. On account of the additional
workers 1t has been found necessary
to increase the number of sewing ma
chimes to eighteen, and at all meetings
these are in constant use. many of the
workers also taking work home. Last
nations Of $72 and at the present time
has nearly $500 on hand to meet ex-
penses.
,nas 1 MI Mrs. r p Reynoldss e wife e"e ~ hes Coi
/ Reynolds, who has a voice of unusual
charm, sang several songs for her CO.
| workers. This moment of relaxation
these women give their afternoons, ~
well AZ their mornings. to some form
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st. Andrews Auxiliary.

The St Andrews Auxiliary of the Red
Cross. Of which the rector Rev. Mr.. j.
J. Dimon is president, has member
ship of one hundred or more who work
nt the church parish house every aft
ernoon and evening with the exception
of Saturday.
Mrs. J. j. Dimon, who has charge of
supplies and distribution, is the treas
urer of the organization and Mrs C. E.
Latimer is secretary.
The classes which are constantly in
progress, include dietetics under the
direction of Miss Emma Jacobs. and the
making of convalescent robes under
Mrs. Cornelia Mum and Mrs. Minnie
Lee.
Mrs. L. W. Estes and Mrs. c. E. Lati-
mer have charge of the cutting and
distribution Of pajamas; Mrs. Rosa
Crockett and Mrs. w de C Ravanel
direct the making of hospital shirts.
The Women's Voluntary Aid is divided
into two companies. of which Mrs.
Dimon is major.
In the first company Mrs. W. de c.
Ravanel is captain and Mrs. L. W.
tenants. Mrs. Helen Wayland captains
the second company. of which Mrs.
Charles French and Miss Ethelind Girls
field are leuienants.
Mrs. Dimon is the supervisor In the
workroom, and the assistant inspectors
| field.
Sheets. pillowcases and towels are
also made by the workers. among
whom there are sixty or moro knttters
who turn in sweaters, helmets socks
etc, in great quantity.
!, The auxiliary will shortly organize a
class in home care.
| The Women's Voluntary Aid will give
| a dance on November II at the parish
hall for the soldiers.
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stricken people as the gift itself and
nerves them to endure unexampled
trials while waiting for the Day OF
Dellverance.
Any sums addressed TO me as Treas
urer Of the Dollar Christmas Fund.
care Of Henry Clews and Co, Bankers
Broad street, New York, will be CRATE
fully acknowledged. The same repre-
sentative committee as in pre- -sc-'
years joins with me in begging you
not to forget the Belgian kiddies this
Christmas They need your help and
Christian sympathy more than ever
Help us TO cable on Christmas Eve
sum worthy Of the United States with
your aid we believe we shall exceed the
British contribution, prodigal though It
may be for a country which has been
lighting and enduring from the start
Yours very truly.
HENRY CLEWS.
Treasurer Of the Dollar Christmas Fund
for Destitute Belgian Children, Broad
street, New York.
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Peoples Column
CHRISTMAS APPEAL FOR
BELGIAN CHILDREN
To the Editor of THE EVENING JOUR-
NAL:


To the Editor Of THE EVENING JOUR-
NAL:
Slr.-There has been no Thanksgiv-
ing in Belgium this year and there will
be no Chri-tmas for the population
generality, but the Dollar Christmas
Fund Of which am treasurer is work
ing hard for the fourth year to make
Christmas day a little less gloomy for
a million poor children.
Despite government grants Of money
and the noble efforts Of the Commits
sion for Relief In Belgium. 1--WE mil
lions Of the people over there are
obliged TO exist on one third Of sol
dier's ration per- day. As usual the lit
tie children. the young mothers and the
AGED are the chief sufferers.
The United States and allied govern
ments are loaning Belgium a sum Of
money which permits the purchase OF
as much food as the available shipping
facilities can transport TO Belgium but
the amount is woefully inadequate
This winter most Of the coal produced
in Belgium has been carried to Ger
many and all signs indicate Belgium
even now has reached her darkest
hour.
Americans are asked to follow the
example Of the British who are contri-
buting generously TO the Christmas
gift for the children. There are still
local supplies of food TO be bought In
Belgium and our committee has ar
ranged with the Commission for Relief
IN Belgium to cable all money received
/ to their agents In Brussels who will
undertake the work Of purchase ant
distribution of food to supplement th'
meagre official allowance OF most ne
cessitous little ones on Christmas Day
II Britain can donate generously to Sc
good a cause surely we Americans whC
for so long have been immune from thu
sacrifices OF war can do likewise Th'
sentiment behind the Christmas gift il
one which we know from previous ex
perience is as much valued by th'
Evening journal., 1917-12-04

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. Mot all
the inventors Of the country have been
working on antl-submarlne devices
since he United States entered the war,
as the applications for patents show.
there is, 90 instance, the mdster-
mind that invented the mechanical hair
parter
The basis Of this thing In a concave
strip Of wood made to NJ the head,
which holds the hair in place and In
ures a straight part.
Another man. who just detests harsh
LANGUAGE fastens a 1ashlight TO a
safety razor and assures the patent Of
fee that lighting and shaving the face
Is possible without a light
A third man. probably inspired by
hunger-strike breaking, has submitted
an Invention for the forcibe feeding
Of poultry to make them fat quickly.
A fourth sends in drawings Of q de-
vice by which the shift key on type
writer is operated by the left knee
And perhaps you have not heard Of
the brachlometer-a device TO tell you
whether you are right or left-handed.
II you know you're right-handed and
the instrument says you are left-hand-
ed, you are left-handed. Ask the inNen-
tor.
A safety-hrst enthusiast has devised
for timld men who have TO be out late,
an electrified cane As we get 1t you
bang the highwayman on the dome and
II the blow doesn't kill him the cleo
/ tricity will shock him senseless.
It's perfectly simply to change {
kerosene lamp-if anybody has one an,
more-into an electric lamp, and
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doesn't cost much more than a new
lamp would. Write to the patent office
or the name Of the inventor If you're
interested.
OF course you've heard Of the me-
chanlcal brains for movie scenario
writers. Mop Well. you must have seen
lots Of their products-if you ever go
TO the movies Anyhow. they're devices
which produce words hlt-and-miss
fashion. You keep watching It until
words come up that make an idea, then
you write a movie about II.
Another invention. whose value will
never be questioned by any child un-
der six years. is a means Of treating
the wall paper so that when the child
rem write on the walls the marks can
be rubbed of with a damp cloth.
Evening journal., 1917-12-04
Editorial Opinion
THE NEW STAMP on SALE TODAY.


From the New York sun.
Frank A. Vanderlip has accurately
compared the new war savings stamps,
which 60 on sale today. to call money.
You lend s4i2 to the Government and
can get your money back on ten days
written notice. Interest Of cent a
month is then paid on the SAP that
you lent.
But II. having lent. YOU wait TIL the
stsmp natures on January 1, 1928. you
get IS for 1t That is Z per cent COM
pounded four times a year
The second Liberty bonds and the
conyer .bles Of the FIRST Liberty bonds
pay 4 per cent but you have to COM
pound IL yourself. and you can't do
It uarterly because the interest is paid
you only twice a year Still, this inter
est, lnNe ted in war savings stamps, can
be PIT to work at the swlfter gait.
A Liberty Bonds value 1uctuates
slightly A war savings stamps value
at any date Is printed on 1t and fixed
by law Not only does the law say that
this value shall always grow greater.
and may never grow less but the'Gov-
ernment makes the law a fact instead
OF a nat by undertaking. to pay the
value printed On the stamp.
II you lose a coupon bearing Liberty
bond you are in danger Of losing the
principal and interest It's a good deal
like droppns a $50 bill in the street II
you lose a war savings certificate with
one or more war savings stamps on
Il the finder canno. cash It without
committing forgery by indorsing your
name on it highly penal offence, the
perpetrator Of which is easily caught
II the finder is honest all he has to
do Is to drop the certificate into the
nearest letter box. II bears your name
and address.
A war savings certificate can be
registered, II you wish This provides
the ultimate safeguard, but may be less
convenient II you have TO cash It, as
4 registered certificate can be redeemed
only at the post oil6e that registered
II.
10 isn't necessary TO buy a si12 war
savings stamp outright. Buy thrift
stamps at 25 cents each Sixteen Of
these, plus i2 cents from the change
n your pocket, are convertible into a
war savings stamp at any time and al
most anywhere you may happen to be-
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What BILLY
sunday SAYS

In one Of his meetings at Boston the
noted evangelist said, Il believe that
every disease can be cured by some
weed If we can only discover 1t. There
is not an ailment that God hasn't
somewhere an herb growing that will
cure that ailment"
The choice medicinal herbs which will
cure womens ailments were discov-
cred more than forty years ago, and
have been doing their benefcent work
for half a century. Lydia E. Pinkham
combined them In convenient form In
her famous Vegetable Compound, which
is to be found in the drug stores
where every ailing woman may con-
venlently get it at small cost. 1t does
the work.
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QUEEN MARY OF c iCLAND
Gathered CHESTKUTS
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press.
LONDON, Nov. 10 ,By MaiD Queen
Mary has been setting an example to
the few remaining women "slackers'
n England
During her recent stay at the Royal
residence at Sandringham. she organ
.zed and supervised a collection of over
4 ton Of horse-chestnuts, which were
sent TO munitlon factories. The nuts
are used In place Of grain in the pro-
iuction OF munitions and thus effect q
.arge saving in the country's food sup.
ply.
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See how many people are asking to'
lust the sort of position you have "a
ofer-you will never regret hiring tbs
Want Ad Kind. ADV.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-02

!. be advanced fifty cents per day
The miners asked s1.90 advance !oi
all day laborers.
"4-Yardage and dead work to 81
advanced twenty percent in Ohio ana
Pennsylvania and an equal amouns
in cents per yard in Indiana and iil'
nois." This is slight change from
the miner'ss original demands, but n
satisfactory to them.
"5-Contract to contain rigid plv
visions for it's enforcement" IRIS
demand originated with the opera.
tors, but probably will be accepted
by the miners.
"6-Contract to be tentative sur
ject to the approval of the fedefa
fuel administrators and If not "
approved, to be null and void boll
sides are confident Of obtaining gov,
eminent approval. The figures al'
already being collected to cover az.
advance in wages by an increase y
the price Of coal at the mines, Whl.u
advance will be passed down to 'n'
public.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-02
TO BUILD NEW
SERVICE STATION
Bartholomew Brothers to Erect Two
Story Building at Corner of
Fourteenth and Main
Streets.

A two story brick automobile SER
vice station and sales room will be
constructed at the southwest corner
of Fourteenth and Main streets by
Bartholomew Brothers, who are now
occupying the old car barn at 1917
Main street.
Several old frame buildings on the
site chosen for the new station are
now being torn down and work on
the building will commence in a
couple of weeks. 1t probably will be
completed early in 1918.
The building will have a fifty foot
frontage on Main street and will run
back to the alley. 1t will be I'D to
date in every respect The show
room and office will be in the front
and the service station in the rear.
with a repair shop on the second
floor. The plot of ground has been
by the company. Inc
building the firm occupies was found
to be too small to accommodate the
increase in business. and this led to
the decision to build.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-02
NAVY MEN
GET GIFTS
Knitted Wooden Garments to Nu"D''
of 1924 Sets and Valued al
$4,000 Sent to
tackles.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-The sh ,s,
ment of 1924 sets of knitted woo asn
garments, valued at $4,000, 10 ir an.
of the United States navy, was ,,. o.
nounced by the comforts comlili In.
of the navy league today as co aau,.
tuting single days work ct inc oo-
forts committee headquarters heie "a
All Of the garments have Deen saIl
ceived and acknowledged by the 90
ors who will wear them. ..o,s
This announcement, says s.r
ment issued by the comforts col na,ss
tee of the navy league, demons'iadEis
that present arrangements III man
tributing comfort articles to tne -,ro
of the navy and marine corps 10 ara
ceeding satisfactorily. The thinsa tort
shipped by members of the ca conn I,
committee throughout the COUNT .tars
the comforts committee headau aator.
at 1414 III street, N. w, "ash.n .e re-
d. c., and from that address NJ
shipped to the men Of the nav
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-02
Head Of City Government Asks City
Wide Observance of Fire Pre-
ventlon Day, October
Ninth.
MUCH DANGER THIS YEAR
Elevators, Graneraes and Storehouses
Are Filled With Food Supplies
Which Must Not be
Endangered.

Mayor Ed. S. Lotion, in a procla-
nation issued today, requests a city
wide observance of Fire Prevention
day, October 8. The mayor calls at
tention to the fire danger existing
this year. graneries and storehouses
filled with food supplies and he asks
for a thorough cleaning up of all
premises. that this danger may be
eliminated. Copies of the resolution
have been sent to the superintendent
Of schools and to the Civic league and
other organizations. The proclama-
ton reads as follows:
Obeying the mandate of Honorable
w. L. Harding, governor of the state
OF Iowa, for the proper observance
of fire prevention day, which he has
set for Tuesday, October 8, 1917: and
Whereas. the fire danger this year
10 greater than at previous times.
Mills, elevators. graneries, store
houses, ETC., are filed with food sup
plies, and special attention should be
given to the conservation of our food
supplies; and
Whereas, believing that it is an
imperative public duty and a test of
good citizenship to eliminate un-
necessary fire hazard, and in accord
1nce with the wish of Governor w.
I. Harding, l proclaim
tuesday, October 8. 1917, Fire
Prevention day.
therefore request officials, civic
organizations. schools and churches.
the press. business and professional
bodies and citizens generally to OBJ
serve the same and to help every
way possible in a thorough cleaning
up OF all premises, that a correct
condition of the city may exist, and
that the rules Of safety may predomi.
nate.
witness my hand and seal of said
city OF Keokuk, Iowa, this End day of
October, A. D. 1917.
ED. s. LOTION, Mayor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-02
7OUR AIR FLEETS
DROP BOMBS
Continued from page ~
west end Of London, that caused

west end Of London, that caused a
majority of the casualties.
Lord French, commander in chief of
home defense forces, in announcing
the official casualty list today, declar-
ed that not single British aeroplane
lad been lost in recent engagements
where the British airmen fought the
invaders.
A well defined and nation wide
movement to demand reprisals by
British airmen against German cities,
towns and villages received powerful
impetus today when official French
statements revealed French bonn bard
ments of a number of German settle
ments in retaliation for the recent
dropping of German bombs over Dun
kirk.
The public is insisting on knowing
why British air forces cannot likewise
give equal measure to the Germans
for their excursions over England.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-02
MINERS REJECT
COMPROMISE
Refuse to Accept Adjustment Which
Does Not Come Up to Wage
Demands Which They
Made

i UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. 7
WASHINGTON, Oct. "A compro-
mise wage advance offered the
bitumlnous coal miners in the Joint
conference here today was rejected
by the United Mine Workers. Efforts
to reach a satisfactory adjustment
will continue.
The operators offer and compari-
son with the original demands of the
miners are as follows:
Contract for the period of the
war The miners object to being
tied up to an indefinite contract. They
favor two year contract.
Advance of five cents per ton
pick and machine mining" The
miners asked fifteen cents.
3-Advance of one dollar per day
to day laborers with exception of
trappers and other boys, who are to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-02

The union evangelistic meetings are
drawing big crowds, and Sundays at
tendance taxed the big tabernacle's
seating 2,000-with many
standing.
A X Harper, leader of the Fairfield
bunch of business men, in charge OF
these meetings, delivered three SPLEEN
did addresses Sunday, the subject dis
cussed at the afternoon session being
Fun and Facts Cleaned from Personal
Visits With Americas Great Men, In
Guiding in this list some of our lead
! ers politically and relgiously, our
president being among the number.
The gospel team is not only able to
draw large crowd, but to hold the aud
| fence spell bound during the entire
meeting. Mr. Harper is a business
man himself, being a brush manufac-
turer and is in touch with business
methods, and is winning his way in
to the hearts of our business men as is
also the singer, Mr.. G. V. Scott, who is
known as "The Big Swede." These
gentlemen visit the stores almost
daily, and have unique methods of ad-
vertising the service, using autos to
convey them through the main streets
standing and singing enroute, and also
by the use Of paper balloons which
are sent up at different intervals.
The morning prayer meetings which
have been held at 10 a. m, lasting
only for twelve minutes, sometimes be-
ing held at the homes Of individuals,
again at the offices of business men,
are also drawing q large crowd, con-
stdering that this period is during the
rush of business hours
The Baptist, Christian. Methodist
and Presbyterians, are each trying 70
Guido the other in their efforts to make
the meetings successful, and this is
only beginning, as the big taber-
nacle will be open through October,
where the gospel team will continue
is work
Fire was discovered at seven o'clock
Monday morning at the DR.. E. H. Her
ring residence on Scofield street. The
roof over the kitchen was ablaze,
when discovered by some of the Garth
age college boys, who not only sent
in an alarm, but RESPONDED as a buck
ct brigade, securing ladders and buck
cts from every available place, until
they had the fire extinguished before
the department had arrived on the
scene.
It is presumed that the fire started
from sparks from the f1ue, as a fire
had been started in the range. The
roof was badly damaged, and broken
through in order to reach the orig
inal blaze, some damage being done