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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
SCHOOL
AGAIN ACTIVE
Has Taken New Lease Of Life
Under New Management-A
Good Home for Needy
Children.

Superintendent Hal r. Graham, OF
the White school at Mt Hamill.
Iowa, was Keokuk visitor this
morning. He came here to take Eva
Curtis Keppel in custody. but as Mrs.
Keppel has applied for new trial
and also filed papers for an appeal,
the judge is allowing her to keep
the child for the present
This school was founded in 1850
by an endowment by Josiah White,
a wealthy Philadelphia. He gave
$4,000 to establish a farm school
somewhere in Iowa, and like
amount for one in Indiana. That
sum bought more land than 1t would
today, and the tract now owned by
the institution near Mt. Hamill was
purchased and buildings erected. The
tract consists of LAO acres.
The beginning Of the Iowa indus
trial for boys was at this school.
Later the state removed It to Eldor.l
to have it more centrally located.
The indus trial school for girls was
also started here, and that was re.
moved to Mitchellville for like pur.
poses.
Superintendent Kraham says that
this is as much a home for needy
children as a school. Their educa
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
EVEN CROSS, SICK
CHILDREN LOVE
SYRUP Of FIGS
If FEvERIsH, BILIOUS, coNSTI-
PATED, GIVE FRUIT LAX
ALIVE AT ONCE.

Don't scold your fretful, peevish
child See If tongue is coated; this
is a sure sign its little stomach, liver
and bowels are clogged with sour
waste.
When listless. pale, feverish, full
OF cold, breath bad, throat sore,
doesn't eat, sleep or act naturally,
has stomachache, Indigestion, diarr-
hoea, give a teaspoonful Of Cali
fornia Syrup OF Figs" and in a few
hours all the foul waste, the sour bile
and fermenting food passes out Of
the bowels and you have a we'll and
playful child again. Children love
harmless fruit laxative" and moth
ers can rest easy after giving 1t, be-
cause it never fails to make their
little "insides" clean and sweet.
Keep it handy. Mother! A little
given today saves sick child to-
morrow, but get the genuine. Ask
your druggist for a bottle Of
california Syrup of Figs" which
has directions for babies, children OF
all ages and for grown-ups plainly on
the bottle. Remember there are
counterfeits sold here, so surely look
and see that yours is made by the
California Fig Syrup Company
Hand back with contempt any other
fig syrup.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
WELL, DON'T Be!
People Notice It. Drive Them Off
with DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets

A pinply face viii not embarrass you
much longer if you get package of DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets. The skin should
begin to clear after you have taken the
tablets few nights.
Cleanse the BLOOD, the bowels and the liver
with DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sue
cessful substitute for calomel; there's never
any sickness or pain after taking them.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do that
which calomel does, and just as effectively,
but their action is gentle and safe instead
of severe and irritating.
No one who takes Olive Tablets is
ever. cursed with "a dark brown taste, !"
bad breath, dull, Estiess, mo good"
feeling, constipation, torpid liver, bad
disposition or pimply face.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are
a purely vegetable compound mixed
with olive Oil; you will know them
by their olive color.
DR.. Edwards spent years among pa.
tents afflicted with liver and bowel
complaints, and Olive Tablets are the
immensely effective result.
Take one or two nightly for a week.
See how much better you feel and look.
loc and Csc per box. All druggists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
PRESIDENT ASKS
STRIKE DELAY
Pacific Coast Telephone Tieup has
Been Set to Take Place
at Midnight To-
night.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31.-Presi-
dent Wilson has taken hand In the
Pacific coast telephone strike situa-
ton. AS a result. with the strike
set for midnight tonight. strenuous
efforts to prevent it were in progress
today.
"The president of the United
States has directed me-" Assistant
Secretary of Labor Post telegraphed
the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Co., and the union leaders, "to COM
municate with the officials of the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.,
and those representing the employees
thereof, that 1t is the wish OF the
government that no stoppage of tele-
phone service occur pending result
of mediation efforts Of Werner u.
Reed"
Reed now Is in San Francisco and
will open his hearings this after
noon. In few days Secretary OF
Labor Wilson will come personally
to San Francisco with three other
members of the federal mediation
commission in an effort to bring
about a settlement.
Predictions were made today that
the employees would postpone the
strike in accordance with the presi-
dents request.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
HELD FOR RANSOM
BY MEXICANS
One American Escaped But Other
Was Prisoner @Until
Money Had Been
Paid.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
ell PASO, Texas, Oct. 31.-Donald
Best, American mining operator OF
the Ahumada district in the state OF
Chihuahua, was today safe on Am
erican soil. after being captured and
held prisoner for ransom by Elfanio
Holguin, Villa bandit leader. The
ransom was paid by Best's friends
Earl Carlson, another American
captured by the bandits and held for
ransom, effected a thrilling escape
and has also arrived in Ell Paso
safely.
Holguin has announced all Ameri-
can and other foreign owned mines
in the Ahmuada district. that they
must pay monthly tribute to him in
addition to the tax paid the Carranza
government. If the levy is unpaid,
the bandit declared he will raid the
mining properties, destroy the mines
and hold all Americans taken for
ransom.
The Carranza commander OF the
Villa Ahumada district has dispatch
ed force to attack Holguin's bandit
gang and to protect foreign owned
mines which are operating. accord
ing to an announcement by the Mex
lean consulate here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
SWITCHMEN
ASK INCREASE
Twenty Thousand Men Demand Fifty
Percent More Wages
From the Rail
E roads,

UNITED Press Leased Wire SerVice]
CHICAGO, Oct. 31.-A fifty percent
increase in wages will be demanded
from the railroads Of the country by
10000 members of the Switchmen's
Union of North America.
A committee representing the union
has asked for a meeting with the
railroads heads December to act on
this and other proposed concessions,
including time and half for over
time.
The demand was formulated by a
special committee which has been
meeting here for the last two days.
Samuel B. Heberling, of Buffalo,
president of the union, said today
that the switchmen's wage scale has
been practically the same for seven
years except for the reduction in
hours brought about by the Adamson
law The Chicago standard ranges
from $3.50 a day for a day helper to
81 for a night foreman.
Switchmen, members of the Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen, sepa-
rate organization, several days ago
voted to demand wage increases ap-
proximating those sought by the
Switchmen's Union of North America.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
With the Fingers!
Says Corns Lift Out
Without Any Pain

Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns
or any kind Of corn can shortly be
lifted right out with the fingers il you
will apply directly upon the corn a
few drops of freezone, says q Cincin-
natl authority.
1t is claimed that at small cost one
can get quarter of an ounce of freez-
one at any drug store, which is suft-
cient to rid ones feet of every corn
or callus without pain or soreness or
the danger of infection.
This new drug is an ether COM
pound, and while sticky, dries the
moment 1t is applied and does not in
flame or even irritate the surrounding
tissue.
This announcement will interest
many women here, for it is said that
the present high-heel footwear is put
ting oorns on practically every woIn-
ans feet.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
EAST DUBUQUE
COMPLIMENTARY
Paper in Parish Formerly Presided
Over by Bishop John c. sage,
Pays Him CompIl-
ment

The East Dubuque Register says OF
the appointment of the Rev. John c.
Sage as bishop:
The Rev. John G. Sage, rector of
ST. Johns Episcopal church, Keokuk,
has been chosen missionary bishop of
Salina, Kansas. He was formerly rec.
tor of St. Johns church, Dubuque.
In electing Mr.. Sage the diocese Of
Salina has acted well. It has placed
at the head of its missionary work a
man thoroughly imbued with the spir-
it of missions; a man whose capacity
for work is SO great that most men
would break under the strain. He has
a sympathetic understanding of the
needs of the missions as they concern
the welfare of the church.
While rector OF ST. Johns, Du-
buque, Mr.. Sage established missions
at West Dubuque, Iowa and East Du-
buque, III. He also had charge Of the
missions at Bellvue, Elkader, McGreg-
or and Prairie du Chem. About five
years ago he accepted a call to the
rectorship of st. Johns church. Keo-
kuk, made vacant by the retirement
of DR.. Mc1lwain.
Bishop Sage was for many years
editor of the Iowa Churchman, a
monthly publication devoted to the in
terests of the church in Iowa. which,
during his editorship, was in the
front rank of church papers in inter
est and literary excellence.
His greatest achievement was, how
ever, the raising Of an endowment OF
$4,000 for the support Of the bishop
coadjutor in Iowa.
Mr.. Sage has many warm friends
and admirers in East Dubuque to
whom the news Of his elevation to the
bishopric is a source of much gratif-
cation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
Embezzler Out of Prison.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Oct. 81
Leo Perrin, who embezzled several
thousand dollars from the Cedar
Rapids National bank, here, return
ed from Leavenworth penitentiary to-
day. Perrin, who served two years
of a five year. sentence, has been
given position as accountant in the
Quaker Oats company offices here.
Perrin came to Cedar Rapids re-
Gently while still serving his term,
to attend the funeral of his wife,
who died of broken heart He
made the trip from the Leayenworth
penitentiary and return without a
guard
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
Committee of National Work Along
This Line Is Asking keokuk to
Aid in Campaign Next
Week.
MAYOR GETS TELEGRAM
Matter Has Been Referred by Him to
the keokuk Chapter Red Cross
for Consideration and
Action.

Another call is being made on Keo-
kuk people. This time it is for a
quota of $1,440 to be raised here the
week of November s, and to be used
In maintaining and equipping war
camp recreation service. This Is an
important branch Of the war work,
and Raymond B. Fosdick, chairman Of
the army and navy committees OF the
training camp activities has wired
Mayor Lotion to appoint a commit
tee, Here is his telegram:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 30.
Ed s. Lotion. Mayor Keokuk:
America responding nobly to
leadership President Wilson and
Secretaries Baker and Daniels in
demanding that our enlisted men
in training shall receive no other
scars than those won In honor
able warfare. War camp recrea-
fund next week. Important that
local committee be quickly organ
ized. This fund Is for work in
communities near camps where
men go on leave and are most
susceptible to either good or bad
influence, and does not conflict
WIN WOTR OF +. vi. y. a. OF OLHer
organizations inside the camps.
Ask your patriotic cooperation in
organizing campaign or appoint
Ing strong committee to raise
Keokuk's quota of S1,440 during
week Of November 5. Please
wire reply.
RAYMOND d. FOSDICK,
Chairman Training Camp Activ-
tiles.
The mayor has turned the matter
over to the Keokuk chapter, Red
Cross. for consideration and action
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
THIRTEEN CENTS
LEFT OF MILLION
Grain SpecuIstfons Impoverished Man
Found Hanging by Neck From
Door of the
Hotel

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Oct 31.-A brokerage
firms receipt for SIS in wheat buys
and 13 cents in cash were the only
valuab1es found on the body of John
H. Dawson, which was found suspend
ed by the neck from a door in Brad
ley hotel early today.
This, according to his family, was
all that remained Of a fortune OF
more than S1,00o,Oo0 which Dawson
inherited. They said lie had dissipat-
ed it on the grain market and suffer
ed nervous breakdown because OF
his losses.
Dawson leaves widow and three
sons, the eldest of whom is 10.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31

ana 1t has made me q well woman and
we nave lovely baby girl. We cannot
PRAISE Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
compound enough, and hope this let
er VIII lead other suffering women to
RED. No. S, Box 22. Madison. Wis.
There must be more than a hundred
thousand women in this country who,
ake Mrs. Blake, have proven what won
Gefs Lydia E. Pinkharn's Vegetable
compound can do for weak and ailing
women. Try it and see for yourself.
e. All women are invited to write for
iree and helpful advice to Lydia E.
Lynn, Mass.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31

with terrible pains
in my back and was
about to have an OPP
Grafton when a
friend said to me,
Before having that
operation just try
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We G e t a bl e Com
pound So / let
the operation wait,
a d my husband
bought me the Veg
q r h1a Cnrono,1pI
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
Shortane of Sc. 400.

BISMARCK, n. D., Oct 31.-Sec-
re, ary of State Hall and E. NJ. WelIa,
automobile registration clerk In
Halls office, were under arrest to-
day charged with embezzlement. The
charges were preferred by Attorney
General LANCER, who alleged short
age of s3,4o0 had been discovered in
their accounts.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
Fire pepartment on Stake

MASON CITY, Iowa, Oct. 31.-All
Of the fire department with the ex-
ception of Chief Thomas Connors, re-
signed to the city council yesterday to
take effect November 1. The men
recently asked the council for an in
crease of so month and one day
off in five The council at a 1Eeet-
ing offered them a flat raise OF S.
and one day off In six.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
Twelve Men Arrested.

CHICAGO. Oct. 31.-Twelve men in
Guiding five city firemen were under
arrest today charged with being mem
bers Of gang which for the last six
months has successfully blown safes,
stolen automobiles and looted stores.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
McDouqaI Also Wires.

Another message of appreciation
just received was in the nature Of
the following wire received from j.
c.. McDougal, president of the Chi
cago Federal Reserve bank:
"The Liberty loan campaign just
closed will stand alone as the most
convincing demonstration of patriot
ism in the history of the nation. We
take this occasion to extend to you,
and through you to your co-workers,
our since appreciation for the part
you have taken in this great work.
Federal Reserve Bank Of Chicago,
Fiscal Agent for U. 8. Governm ent,
j. c. McDOUGAL, Governor"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
LIBERTY LOAN IN
IOWA COMMENDED
Chairman kneath Writes Letter to
J. A. Dunlap, City Chairman in
Which His Work is
Approved.
TELEGRAM Is RECEIVED
Governor McDousaIl Of Reserve Wires
Appreciation of the Work
Done by Local
Committees.

Iowa's part in the Liberty loan
drive which was com pleted Saturday
afternoon was satisfactory one,
according to Watkin w. Kneath, who
has sent letters of congratulation to
j. A. Dunlap, the chairman for Lee
county, and city chairman for Keo-
kuk Mr.. Kneath's letter signifies
that he was satisfied with Iowa's
showing, and sure that it was done
in the best of spirit.
His letter of generalization fol-
lows:
October 20, 1917.
J. A. Dunlap, Esq, City Chairman,
Keokuk Liberty Loan committee,
Keokuk, Iowa. My Dear Mr.. Dunlap:
1t is with marked pleasure that l
can advise you that Iowa's subscrip-
tons to the second Liberty loan &C
cording to advices received by me
from our respective county chairmen.
better than eighty-five million dol
lars.
At the moment it is impossible to
calculate any closer than these fig
ures.
This represents, comparatively
speaking. one Of the best showings
Of any state of the union, and all
members of the Iowa Liberty loan
organization can justly feel a sense
Of pride.
The esprit de corps throughout the
entire organization has been simply
splendid, and ] say this with the most
earnest thanks and appreciation.
Would you kindly pass along these
sentiments to every member OF your
several committees, and oblige,
Cordially and sincerely yours,
(Signed) WATkIN w. KNEATH,
Chairman.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31

ton, however, Is carefully looked aft
er up to the eighth grade. For sew
eral years the work Of the farm lang
uished. In the last year. under new
management, 1t has taken on new
life, and is now we'll equipped to take
care of many homeless children under
the best of conditions, out on the
farm. The school is entirely self
sustaining, the revenues Of the
large farm being sufficient for that
purpose.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
Final Renort Not Made.

Final reports for the county have
not been made as yet, the latest re-
port available today was for October
81 when the subscriptions totalled
1874 percent Of the county's quota.
The amount was S611,500.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31

city authorities passed an ordinance
forbidding it's use for heating furn-
aces. Stoves and fireplaces are free
to burn the gas, provided enough can
be had.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31

ways came to a head SO that
my face was dishgured very
much for the time being.
Later on they became itchy
and burned a lot. This
lasted about two or three
months.
Cone day ! sent for a free
sample of Cuticura Soap
nnI Ointment annl;eI
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31

them in the evening and slept better for
they cooled my face, so bought more
and in three weeks my face became
clear, and was healed. "(Signed) Arthur
Briesemeister, 3057 West 10Th Street,
Chicago, H., Sept. IS, 1916.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment have
proved most valuable for the treatment
Of pimples, blackheads, redness and
roughness, dandruff, itching, irritated
scalps with dry, thin and falling hair. of
young and old.
For Free Sample Each by Return
Mail address postcard: "Cuticura,
Dept. r, Boston. Sold everywhere.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
FACE BROKE OUT
WITH P|MPLES
Disfigured VeryMuch. Itched
and Burned. CutiCura Healed.

''My face broke out with red, sore
looking pimples. The pinples festered
and irritated very much, and mostly al
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
TERRIBLY
SICK WOMAN
; Surgical Operation Thought
Necessary, but Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Com
pound Saved Her.

Madison, Visit was terribly sick
woman for over three years. I suffered
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31

them sang with good voices. and later,
when 1t was discovered that they
would be here an apprecfable time.
they were permitted to debark. In a
minute a monster dance was going
fast. The band played its best; ev-
cry soldier grabbed a keokuk girl for
a partner, as long as the Keokuk girls
lasted, and others danced solo and in
pairs. 1t was some dance. Finally
the tall, good-looking mulatto, the
only one with coat, whom they all
obeyed like soldiers, gave the order
to embark; as couple of lanterns
swung along the tracks; the train be-
gan to move amid increased shouts
and red fire and band music; the Ala
bama colored soldiers were on the
last leg of their journey to Fort Des
Moines. Eve certainly am thankful
to you for all this reception" shouted
one of them over and over.
Clad chiefly in undershirts and
overalls, they seemed oblivious to
the weather, and white man men
toned the winter climate of Des
Moines, but one of the soldiers re-
piled: "Cold! No boy. Use prepared.
Use got four shirts on and six more
right here"
Villa Was His Meat.
1t was funny, and at the same
time pathetic, to hear one of the ne
gro conscripts, when the band had
stopped playing make the remark
that when II get through ketchin'
this heah Villa. I'm comm back heah
to live
Another one OF the soldiers asked
T. R. Board at the station if they'd
get to Des Moines before Christmas.
And still another in the night con-
tingent asked one of the station men
if this place they were going to was
where the war was
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31

Owing to diminishing supplies of
natural gas in Kansas City, Mo, the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-04-12
Trv one of Polie's specials.

Postmaster w. T. Reilly was a Mill
ton visitor in the city t%ransacting
business a couple Of days last week.
A. Kieffer, from Wales, was here
Monday to attend a meeting of the
stockholders of the Cavalier County
Implement Co.
Bernard Hulstrand, office deputy of
Sheriff Fred J. Thompson, was at Os-
nabrock making a visit with friends
over Easter Sunday.
Miss Ella Bleakley left Monday re.
turning to Grand Forks after a visit
during the Easter vacation here with
her father and sisters.
Banker C. B. Mcmillan while here
a couple of days the early part of the
week from Hannah, was giving Lang
don financial matters his attention.
Miss Nellie Kelland who is taking
a training course as a nurse in one OF
the Minneapolis hospitals left Monday
for the Twin Cities after making an
Easter visit with her parents.
Miss Maggie Kelland lett Monday,
going north to resume charge of her
school near Wales after making a
visit at the home Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. Kelland during the Easter
vacation of the past week.
The ]. B. Radford family, after
making Langdon their home for the
past two years, this week move out te
the farm at Stilwell, where Mr.. Rad
ford has decided to crop the land thai
he has rented the past two seasons.
Henry Krien was up Monday from
| Osnabrock. He doesn't expect to SCI
much done in his neighborhood, nortl
of Osnabrock, in the line of seeding
until toward the end of next week
and hopes that we will have a goo
rain before the springs work starts