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Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1917-09-15
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Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1917-09-15

The only morning daily
paper in the Tri- Cities, Dav.
export, Rock Island and Mo.
line. Member Of the Asso-
ciated Press.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-04-05
CITY NEWS.

st. Mary's Easter market Satur-
day at Home Tea Co.
Special tomorrow sugar cured
ham 24c per Id. Fred DeYong.
Anniversary wk. Souvenirs with
every purchase. Lowitz. 5000 Easter
garments, lowest prices quoted for 20
years at Easter week.
Easter bazaar and market and
real live baby show. Trinity church,
Saturday, April 7, 2:30. Come.
-Puckechetuck encampment meets
tonight. Work in the Golden Rule
degree John Eisenhuth, Fin. Scribe.
Regular meeting of Keokuk
lodge No. 1O6. B. P. O. E.. tonight at
8 o'clock, Elks' hall, Sixth and Blon-
deau streets. Visitors invited.
"A call has been received here for
meeting of traffic men and ship
pers to be held in Chicago, April 13.
The rate situation is to be consid-
cred at this gathering.
The Chapel Fund society will
hold an Easter market at Mrs. Nod
ler's store, Fourth and Main, at p.
m, SATURDAY.
Anniversary wk. Souvenirs with
every purchase. Lowitz. 5000 Easter
garments, lowest prices quoted for 20
years at Easter week.
The Brotherhood of the First
Methodist Protestant church will
meet in its regular monthly meeting
Friday evening in the church parlors
at 1880 O'Clock It is desired that all
members be present and as many men
as care to come who are not members
and otherwise engaged for the even
ing. Mr. C. S. Townsnd of the Bap-
tist church will be present and deliver
the address.
Catfish and halibut. Jos. Hau-
bert, 7O9 Main.
The county board of supervisors
in session yesterday morning at the
court house opened the bids for ap-
proximately $4,000 worth of cement
which will be used this coming
spring in the construction and the
strengthening of bridges and culverts
along the county roads. All of the
entries accompanied their bids with a
certified check. The successful bidder
was the s. & J. C. Atlee Co., Of Fort
Madison.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-04-05
Loyalty Day Celebration Here Satur-
day Night Will Find Patriotic
Bodies In tho Pro-
cession.
ARE ASKING FOR PLACES
Every Organization In City Which
Wants to March is Welcome and
Committee 10 Preparing
Line Of March.

ORGANIZATIONS are fast coming in
to line for the loyalty day celebration
Saturday night. The committee has
already received notification from
large list of organizations and clubs
that they will get into the parade:
Orders for formation, and line OF
march will be worked out by tomor'
row and announced.
The committee is anxious to have
the camp fire girls, and girl scouts
get in the parade Saturday night
along with the other organizations.
With the veterans of the civil war,
the Spanish war, Company L, boy
scouts, girl scouts, and all Of the
patriotic societies of the city In the
parade there will be sure to be a
full turnout.
The speeches will be made from
the porticb Of the Elks building, and
the crowd will be given protection
from traffic along Blondeau and Sixth
streets Red fire may be used along
the line of march, in any event there
will be plenty of illumination along
the street.
With the United States actively de-
clared participating in the war, which
it will be by Saturday night, the com.
mittee is planning to make this the
greatest send off in the history OF the
city. Every detail will be worked
out to give the fullest measure OF
patriotism to the event.
Flags should be displayed from
every Main street building, and flags
should be carried in the big parade.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-04-05
MANY HEAR
REV. HOWARD
In Spite of Bad Weather Last Night
Special Services at Bethel A.
M. e. Church Were
Well Attended.

At Bethel A. M. f. church last
night. Rev Howard, who is conducting
special services, spoke to good sized
congregation, which braved the rain
and bad weather TO come out for
services. Rev. Howard tonight will
speak on the topic Exchanging OF
Masters" There will be prayer
and song service at E30 O'CLOCK,
which will be followed by the preach
ing services.
Services will be held again tomor-
row night.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-04-05
AUTO STRUCK
BY TRAIN
Seven People Injured and Taken to
Hospital to Have Broken
Bones Spliced
1ooether

IJnited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, April s.
Seven were hurt, three seriously,
when an automobile in which they
were riding, vas struck by a train
at Cedarburg and Hampton roads,
near midnight. All the injured are
at Emergency hospital. They are:
Harry Morris, 81, Chicago.
Allen Allison, 35, married, Detroit; !;
left leg broken.
Ben Williams, 81, Detroit; left
wrist broken.
Oscar b. Brockhauser, 90, Milwau-
kee.
Charles Moebius, chauffeur, Mil
waukee.
Mrs. Margaret Harris, 20, Milwau-
kee. three ribs broken.
Mrs Mollie Jones, 90, Milwaukee,
loft arm and hip broken. The first
three are travelling statesmen.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-04-05
Falcons are Patriotic.

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 5.-Pol-
isb Falcons today wound UP their
convention here by despatching to
President Wilson telegram offering
to raise a Polish army of 100000 to
fight Germany Their only request
was that the force be known as
"Kosciusko's army" Leaders de-
Jared that if the president accepted
and word of his action was cabled to
Russia, "the cause of freedom" would
be advanced.
great many of the Falcons have
had foreign war experience,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-04-05
Penfield Leaves Todav

United Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, April 5.-Ameri-
can Ambas" ador to Austria Penfield
sill leave Vienna for Washington to-
morrow, Ap-.1 s, the state department
announced Il Jay.
The delmTtment refused to say
whether Penheld's return would be
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-04-05
BILLIARDS AND BOWLING.

FOR SALE-Billiard tables, bran
new, carom and pocket, with complete
outfit, $50; second hand tables at re.
duced prices. Easy payments. Cigar
store, fixtures specially, send for ca.
alogue. Brunswick Balke-Collende er Co,
Davenport, Ia l. c. Sanders, agent,
T. o. box 453. Phone Davenport 6343.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-04-05
PROPOSALS FOR LEvEE WORK.

PROPOSALS FOR LEVEE WORK.
Office of the Secretary, Mississippi
River Commission, 1871 International
Life Building, st. Louis, Mo-Sealed
proposals win be received here until
II a. m, April 80. 1917, for construct
ing about 10000 cubic yards of
earthwork in the Riverland Levee
District, Mo. Further information on
application.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-04-05

permanent. The American embassy,
it was stated, will remain open under
the charge of the attache.
The status of Austrian Charge
Baron Zwiedinek it was officially
states "is not in any way changed"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-04-05
EASTER MUSIC
AT ST. FRANCIS
Masses Will be at 500 and 10000
O'cIock-Choir to Present At
tractivs Program In Honor
of the Occasion.

The Easter masses at ST. Francis
de Sales Roman Catholic church. will
be at 500 and 1000 o'clock. The 10
o'clock mass will be a high mass,
Rev. J. NJ. Dunnion will be the cele-
brant.
The choir, under the direction Of
Miss Moreno Farrahar, oganist, will
render NJ Loesch Mass in G.
The program will be the following:
Christie Eleison Mr.. Arthur Murray
Gloria Cnolr
Laudamus te Mrs. Joseph Furlong
Qui Tolls ......... Mrs. l.. E. Scott
lSuscipe p ........ Miss Ruth Ward
Et Elk Patre Miss Hazel Morgan
Et In Carnatus Est ...Jno. B. Nodler
Sub Pontio ....... Mrs. Leo Gredell
Et in Spiritum. Mrs. JosNph Furlong
Offertory, Regina Coeli ...... Choir
Qui Aquem ......... Mr.. John Nodler
Ora Pro Nobis .... Mrs. Leo Gredell
Sanctus
Mrs. L. e. Scot, Leo Gredell.
Miss Catherine Reidy, Mr.. John
Nodler.
Dona Nobis -. Miss Cath crime Reidy
The choir is composed of Mesdames
L. E. Scott, Joseph Furlong, L. B.
Gredell, Misses Catherine Reidy,
Hazel Morgan, Ruth Ward. Edwina
Messrs. John Nodler, Ed
ward Cosgrove, Donald McGrath,
Frank Westerhoff Arthur Murray.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-05-25
FORDS READY TO MOVE
HALF MILLION MEN
Delay in Delivery OF Cars VIII Re-
suit ii Government Accepts Ford
COmpany's Offer.

The recent declaration of Henry
Ford to the effect that he stood ready
to supply the government with enough
cars to mobilize and transport 100000
soldiers at any time called upon has
caused considerable speculation among
the local men who have ordered FOrds
and as yet have not been notified of
a date of delivery.
The government has not answered
Mr.. Ford's proposal and until it does
there will probably be no promises
made by the Ford factory regarding
the delivery of cars, according to the
local dealers. The cars are scheduled
to advance in price from ten to twen-
ty per cent, in case the government
decides to use the Fords for trans
portation purposes Several local
men are awaiting the delivery of cars
but can receive no promises regarding
them.
In case the government decides to
use the cars it will take 100000 cars
off the market, according to the To-
cal representatives of the company.
This number Will be about one-seventh
Of the total years output and will
mean that 100000 owners Will have to
use their old cars again this year or
go without them.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-05-25
TENT BOOKS BURIED AT
CLASS DAY EXERCISES

Text books were buried. scholastic
walls were Willed to undergraduates
history was forecasted ia flowery
language and oratory abOunded at
the annual class day exercises Of the
graduates of the American Falls high
school on the lawn of the Remington
hotel Wednesday evening.
The funeral procession i'm Obser-
vance of the burial of the text books
began at the library shortly after eight
O'Clock and proceeded slowly and with
mournful dirge TO the burial grounds
on the Remington lawn. The chemis-
tries. algebraes and Biographies We're
buried with due ceremony.
Miss Bessie Davis opened the eX-
ercises with a short essay on shake
sneare's Women" and Miss Gladys
Davie followed with a talk on Mural
PAINTINGS" Miss Myrtle Faa deliver
ed the class poem and Miss Mabel
Geesey was honored by having as her
part of the program the reading of
the last will and testament of the
class filed with advice for freshmen,
coincidence for the sOphmores and
sympathy for the juniors and faculty.
Miss Julia Million. dressed as an
Egyptian prophet visualized the fu-
ture history of the class from a
steaming caldron that boiled and bub-
bled incessantly during her prophesy
Funeral orauOns were delivered by
the Misses Anna Emmitt, Lillian Al
len and Myra Angelly. A good CROWD
of parents and friends was present tC
see the exercises which were carried
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-05-25

While the eight graduates of the
American Falls high school were
throwing down the gauntlet to the
world in the annual class day exer-
cises, on the Remington hotel lawn
Wednesday night, C. A. Kirby, a
stranger, was bidding it adieu after
having swallowed part Of the contents
Of a large bottle Of poison. He was
in a semi-concious condi-
tion on the hotel lawn about $3.50 p.
m. by c. W. Thompson proprietor of
the Remington and taken to the sher-
ifs office where an antidote was ad-
ministered by DR.. r. F. Moth. He is
now at the hospital where it is thought
he will recover.
Kirby purchased the poison at the
Allen pharmacy late Wednesday after
noon and was so nervous that Mr. Al
len became suspicious of his condi-
ton. Il asked him who he wanted
the poison for" said Mr.. Allen, "and
he said he wanted it for a farmer in
the country who wanted it to doctor
a cut on a horse. He did not know
the farmers name and said that the
farmer had stopped him on the way
to town and asked him to bring back
the poison which he wished to use in
a diluted form on the cut" The fell
low was so nervous he could hardly
write his name but said that it was
his natural condition.
Reports from the hospital early this
morning were favorable for the re-
covery of the man. Signs of the poi
son are evident but do not indicate
that very much was taken. The pa
tient ate a hearty meal last night anC
talks considerably but not in way
to be understood.
Kirby signed the initials H. B. OF
the poison register at the drug store
but is known also as c. A. Kirby A
the hospital he uses the initials H. B
at times and c. A. at others Hi
y~0ught is not clear and at times h,
denies having taken the poison saying
that he purchased it to doctor a toe
The poison was used while the clas
day exercises of the graduating elias
of the high school were in progress
No one present with the exception o
Mr. Thompson was aware of the at
tempt TO end life, and the exercise
went unmolested
Kirby was dressed as a lumber jac
and is about forty-fve years old I
the pocket of his coat was found
piece of paper with a written state
ment to the effect that sickness an
trouble were responsible for the al
tempt to end his life and that he di
not care to live.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-05-25
EXERCISES
DRAW CAPACITY HOU ~
Address OF Hon. J. II. Richards Was
simple But Impressive. and Held
Closest Attention.

Hon. ]. Fl. Richards who delivered
the commencement address last night
az the graduation exercises of the
American Falls high school. comment
ed upon the absence Of boys from the
graduation class. This is an age Of
women he said. as is clearly shown
in Great Britain where $1,000 women
who replaced an equal number of men
in machine shops, within six months
were turning out 81 pieces for every
II turned out by the skilled mechanics
whom they replaced within he same
time This was an evidence Of eff
cheney which indicated that woman
would soon be given equal rights and
opportunities with man throughout
the civilized world
An almost capacity house gereted
the class of eight young ladies who
graduated. and wished them well Ia
the broader sphere of life which they
are new entering. The graduates We're
Myra Angelly. Gladys Davie Mabel
Geesey. Anna Emmitt, Bessie Davis
Lillian Allen. Myrtle Faa and Julia
Million. The salutatory address was
delivered by Miss Davie and the vale
dictOry by Miss Davis were delivered
in a clear voice and composed manner
that brought as high appreciation a.
the excellent language used in con
veying their messages. The members
of the class were tastefully dressed
although the material for the mos
expensive Of the dresses cost Onl!
$4.99.
The program included the singing
.rf r,, -faaf Inv tho 1r1faura fwv0pa
ti0n by Rev Wuest. a girls chorus
solo by Professor Warwas, presenta
ton of diplomas by DR.. Moth, AM
benediction by Bishop Beckstead
The address of Mr. Richards claim
ed the closest attention. Its them
was that law governs all things. am
that when we learn and correctly ap
s ply the law. all things run withou
e friction. and we are happy and pros
v porous The law of human relation
n is as exacting as the law of mathe
y matics or the law of gravitatiOn Ih
r graduates will not meet. in actual If
p he said. the problems that have cor
e. fronted them i'm their school wOrl
b hlt f they have erasped the principI
that they can succeed only by Obeyin
lt the laws that govern they will me'
with success Tn various ways an
20 with simple illustrations he brougl
n This thought upperm0st thrOueho
.u an the relations cf lifo whether
lo mathematics. the sciences bushes
ie or social there were certain e0ver
ing laws which must be 0heyed 1T s.
Is would be successful. The addre
s was along new line for such Occ
-f0ne and was listened TO with n
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-05-25
FAIRYIEW WOMAN'S GLIB
PLANS NEXT YEARS WORK
CiYicS, Home Economics aud Educa-
tion to Claim Clubs AttentiOn-In-
tereSting Mothers Day Program.

A very interesting meeting of the
oman's club of Fairview was held
Thursday of last week with Mrs Ross
Bolton. The theme of the program
was Mothers" Day. Roll cali was
responded to with quotations about
mother and a brief program as fol-
lows was given:
Reading-"The Adoption of Mothers
Day ay..----.............-Mrs SWCetWOod
reading Mrs Robert Rhiuehart on
Mothers Attitude" - Mrs.
Bachert.
Reading The Mother. Mrs. Lee
Winner
Song-"My Mothers Grave" Eva Sande
Work for the coming year was dis
cussed. AT present the club decided
TO give its attention TO the three fol-
loving departments: CNics, home
economies and department OF educa-
tion. Committees Tor each of the de-
partments were appointed. CNics. Mrs.
Howell, chairman; Mrs. Bachert, Mrs.
Lee WINNER; Home economics. Mrs.
oweetwood, chairman; Mrs. Henry
Hose; Mrs. o. NJ. Miller; department
OF education, Mrs. Charles Kampf
chairman; Mrs. Geesey, Mrs Sande
and Mrs. Thomas Rowe.
The chairmen of the various depart
ments Will meet with Mrs. Claude
Stler, the president, and arrange a
program for the entire year AS soon
as this can be done it is planned tC
publish a year book and this year the
club expects to become a member Oi
the Federated clubs.
Aside from the work OF its various
departments the club expects to con
tnue its social activities, and Will oc
casionally have meetings devoted tC
literature, music and art II look!
forward to busy, useful and progres
sive year.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-05-25
FIRST MAN REGISTERS
FOR SELECTIYE DRAFT

Levi j. Potter, day bus man at the
Remington hotel is the first man in
tie county to register for the selec-
tive draft that Will be used by the gov
ernment to raise the first army Of 500,-
GOO men. Byard Campbell of Bonan-
"a Bar is the second to register.
The regulations governing the reg
istratiOn for the selective draft pro-
vide that anyone who will be unable
TO register on the day designated, June
5, may register before hand with the
county clerk. The clerk can also fur
nish cards to all nOn-residents who
may sign the proper information on
them and send them to their home
county.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-05-25
RIFLE EXPLODES WHEN FIRED.

Private Kelly of the local detail Of
the Idaho National guard miraculous
ly escaped serious injury early We'd
uesday morning when his rifle eXplod-
ca while he was firing at a night
prowler who refused TO halt when
challenged Kelly fired high the first
shot and aimed at the retreating figure
the second shot. When the gun was
fired it exploded with a force that
shattered the stock and split the bar
rel the entire length. Kelly's hand
was slightly injured but otherwise he
was not hurt His escape is regard
ed by the men and officers in the camp
at the end of the bridge, as marvellous
as the force of the explosion is enough
to inflict extremely dangerous wounds.
Five shots were fired Wednesday
morning at providers who approached
the railroad bridge and refused to
halt when challenged There is nc
light at the west end Of the bridge and
the prOwlers escaped in the darkness
hiding in the buildings and brush neal
the foot of the wagon bridge.