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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19
TO SMOKE out
SPECTATORS
Mass Meeting Next Week IN
Chicago for Purpose OF Re-
Stunning the Argument on
High Prices.
WILL START CRUSADE
Mayor to Organize Some System to
Combat Extortionate Prices OF
Plentiful Food
Stuffs.
WILL START CRUSADE

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, May 19.-Packers, whole
salers, retailers, the public-and even
food peculators-were invited by the
city today to attend mass meetlns
in the city hall Thursday afternoon TO
smoke out the SPECTATORS
The meeting was called by John r.
Garner, commissioner of public SER
vice. who was appointed by Mayor
Thompson to organize some system to
combat extortionate prices. The cam
paign against high food prices was
gievn an impetus by the presence OF
w. ]. Henry, food crusader eXtraordl-
nary, who raised hob" with the Phlla-
deIphia market two years ago when
food com bine was buying eggs at ~
cents a dozen and selling them to the
housewives at 40 cents. He forced
the price down Is cents in forty-eight
hours.
"One of your finest price fixers of
fered to bet me today that butter
wouldn't drop below 81 cents this
summer" said Henry. Il didn't take
the bet. He is manipulation and
guess he knows
Since my arrival here yesterday
afternoon a wheat gambler told me
that if the lid hadn't been put on at
the board of trade, wheat would have
gone to SIS bushel. / think he knows
too"
A comparison Of prices OF principal
foodstuffs show a gain OF more than
100 per cent for most of them in the
past year. A.few comparisons are:
Wheat, (No9 hard) yesterday,
S215; year ago, S1.12A.
Corn (No. mixed) yesterday $1.66;
year ago TAN.
Oats (standard) yesterday ~;
year ago .455s.
Pork, yesterday $685.; year ago,
S24.
Lard, yesterday, s22.5o; year ago,
1920.
Flour (spring specially yesterday
SIG: year ago, S6.70.
Eggs, yesterday, .331a; year ago, FL.
Hogs, yesterday, $3.50; year ago.
$685..
Beef, yesterday, s11.25; year ago,
$500.
Sheep, yesterday. SIS: year ago. SO.
Butter, yesterday, .371k; year ago,
29.
Chickens. yesterday, %; year ago.
ISL.
International Food Dictator.
TBy Lowell Mellett, United Press
Staff respondent
LONDON, May 19.-Plans for Her
bert c. Hoover to become interna-
tional food director have the approx
al of the British cabinet, Lord Dew
export, British food controller, assert
ed today to the United Press.
81 have suggested and obtained the
cabinets approval Of this plan," he
said.
1.-THE allies are depending on the
United States and Canada for food
supplies. There is need for 100000
tons of wheat.
Australia has another harvest
coming on, but that is at too distant
a date to be of use now"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19

consideration $500. The SAFE
negotiated by Humphrey & Notess
Last week a trade was consuu'
whereby George Carter traded
general store at Brock to John
roster for farm in Vernon cou.
Mo. Mr.. Forester is now IN eh'
of the business.
Frank Owens, eldest son OF VI,
M. Giyens, met with an unforlu'
accident last Tuesday morning
was starting out to the dredge
with wagon load of coal ana ID
justing the wagon lock he losl
balance and fell beneath, the WEI
wheels passing over his left leg
below the knee, crushing the n
Der quite severely. He was taken
Keokuk on the morning tram
treatment-hi father and Dr. pisuj
accompanying him. His friends III
he may rapidly recover ana ~.
forced to have the limb amputae.
The county court, acting upon
suggestion of Sheriff Chasteeh,
dered the clerk to purchase ioau
rock to be broken by maletactoessl
exchange for their board. MI
teen has several rock piles spo.l
for and is now ready for the couA'
guests to begin work. IA
e. E. DeBord has closed the ~
phis Steam laundry, which ne
been operating here for several s''A
and will leave in few days Il
Shawano, Wisconsin, where ne I 10
position as foreman of large m
dry Mr.. DeBord has a spiehu]
equipped wash house" here, pu'
patronage given him was not
GENTLY remunerative, hence N
change of location. The MemsI
plant is offered for sale
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19
Orpheun Theatre.

Presents an entire new bill tonight,
with refined musical comedy, plenty
of pretty, charming chorus girls;
five acts of vaudeville, and Mary
Pickford in photoplays, also a western
drama, making practically three
shows for one admission, any one Of
which is guaranteed by the manage
ment to please without offending O;
money cheerfully refunded. Ask any
one of the hundreds Of ladies that
have witnessed our last weeks shows
about their quality, and refinement.
Come early If you want good seats,
as performance will start promptly at
7:15, S:45 and 10.
Three shows tonight to accommo-
date shoppers and sales2eople.-Ad-
vertisement.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19

A touch OF postmortem humor en-
livens the will of Randolph McMullen,
wealthy farmer of Tyrone township,
Hollidaysburg, Pa. 1t provides for the
distribution of an estate of 100000
among the poor Of three counties I'M
der the supervision of Catholic
priest, protestant clergyman and a
Jewish rabbi. The reason given in
the will for the novel request is that
leach trustee will watch the other
and see that every cent given to char
ity will be rightly applied.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19
Germany's Establishment ,.

New York World: The announce
ment from Mexico, attributed to Gen
eral Carranza, that his government
will calmly maintain neutrality, re-
CARELESS of threats or blandish-
ments," is interesting here princi-
pally as regards the Establishments
which proceed from Germany If the
first chief will steer clear of them he
will not be troubled by threats.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19
THE WEATHER.
Weather Forecast.
TU. s. Department of Agriculture,
Weather R,1reau

w tdIutT bUI tdU.J
For Keokuk and vicinity I'm
settled weather tonight and Sunday;
probably showers; cooler Sunday.
For Iowa: Unsettled weather to-
night and Sunday; probably showers
west and south portions; cooler to-
night and south portion Sunday.
For Missouri: Unsettled weather
tonight and Sunday; probably show
ers and thunderstorms; cooler Sun
day and northwest and extreme
northeast portions tonight.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19
kansa. City Live stock.

KANSAS CITY, May 19-Cattle re-
ceipts 500; market steady. Steers,
$s.O0@13.25; cows and heifers, $500
@12.25; stockers and feeders. $8.25@
1915; calves, $8.00@14.00.
Hog receipts 500; market 5@10c
higher. Bulk. s15.s0@16.35; heavy.
$16.30@16.45; medium, $16.00@16.36;
light. s15.50@16.1O. -
Sheep receipts 500; market steady.
Lambs, $15.0O@20.10; ewes, $4,000
1900; wethers. $s.00@16.00.
st. Louis Live Stock.
EAST ST. LOUIS, May 19.--Cattle
receipts $50; market steady. Native
beef sters, $7.50@13.50; yearifng
steers and heifers, $S.50@12.o0; cows,
S6.0O@11.O0; stockers and feeders,
S6.OO@1O.OO; calves, S6.0O@14.50;
Texas steers, $5.5O@9.50; cows and
heifers, $4.25@9.00.
Hog receipts $500; market steady,
sc higher. Mixed and butchers, 1855
@1650; good to heavy, $16.40916.55;
rough, $1535@15.60; light. $15.S0@
1880; pigs. s9.75@14.25; bulk. 1855
@f645.
Sheep market nominally steady.
Ewes, $1115@15.05; yearlings, $1,000
@16s0; clipped lambs, $4,000 1850.
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO, May 19.-Butter-Ex-
tras, 38sc; frsts. 371sc; dairy ex-
tras, s6137c; dairy f1rsts, 33@351sc.
Eggs-Ordinary firsts, 31k @32kc;
firsts. 34@35c.
Cheese--Twins, 25A @25hc; Young
Americas, 24A@25c.
Potatoes-Receipts, old, cars.
new, cars; fancy westerns, $3.50,
$50; Wisconsins and Minnesotas,
s3.00@3.10; new potatoes, s325@
$50.
Live poultry-Fowls, 20kc; ducks,
14@16c; geese, 12@14c; spring chick
ems, 2o@32c; turkeys. 29c.
New York
NEW YORK, May 19.-F1our mar
'ket dull, nominal.
Pork market dull. Mess. s41.5O.
Lard market inactive, nominal. Mid
die west spot, $22.70@22.80.
Sugar, raw, market weaker. Centri-
fugal test. $5.96@6.02; Muscavado 80
test, s5.2O@5.27.
Sugar, refined. market quiet. Cut
loaf, $500; crushed, 1915; powdered,
s7.65@S.70; graduated. $7.50@S5O.
Coffee Rio No. on spot, 10Ac.
Tallow market quiet. City, 17hW
17Ac; special 1SAc.
Hay market firm. NO. I, $1.16@1.2o;
No. 8, S5l95c; clover, S0c@$1.10.
Dressed poultry market weak. Tur-
keys, 1S@35c; chickens, 23@5Oc;
fowls, 19@25c; ducks. 15@24c.
Live poultry market steady. Geese
14@15c; ducks, 1920; fowls, gag
Csc; turkeys, 1Sc; ROSTERS, TIC;
chickens, 35@4ac.
Cheese market easy. State milk
common to special, 25@27Ac; full
skins, t3@21c.
Butter market quiet. Receipts 6.57s.
Creamery extras, 39c; dairy tubs, SO
m39c; imitation creamery firsts. 800
34c. 80
egg market steady. Receipts 2l,3sO.
Nearby white fancy, 371s@3Sc; near
by mixed fancy, 351a@S7c; fresh. Bog
Csc.
Horse and Mule Market.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 1S.-Horses-
Estimated receipts were about 70
horses. The weeks auction trade was
concluded with a short session, which
was sufficient to. clean up everything.
Dealers claim it has been very good
all around market According to ad-
vices from local firm there will De
several eastern buyers On the market
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19
The Competent MuddIers

Waterloo Courier: 1t kind Of looks
as if Uncle Sam had caught the blues
from John Bull. Nevertheless, there
is confidence that, like our overseas
neighbor. We will muddle through.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19
Philadelphia has the

Philadelphia has the telephone
company hooked up for a generous re-
duction Of tolls on private and party
lines The new annual flat rate for
an individual line is S57. Party line
rates, measured service, range from
s24 TO $50 year, effective September
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19
MACHINERY OF
WAR IS HUMMING
Continued from page u

criticism of the presidents attitude re-
garding the Roosevelt volunteers is
sue.
Army men generally, however. felt
Wilson had done the right thing. But
there We're some senators and repre-
sentattves who decla, a they would
take the first opportunity publicly to
condemn Wilson for not modifying
Roosevelt" The issue, they declared,
Is still far from dead.
National Guard Distribution.
WASHINGTON, May 19.-The dis
tribution of national guard troops was
announced by the war department to-
day. National guard troops from
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19
ADJUSTMENTS.
"The Bottle Imp" Grand Tonight.

"The Bottle Imp" Grand Tonight.
Robert Louis Stevenson's best story
made into a wondrous photoplay,
acted by real Hawaiins and that
| sterling star, Sessue Hayakawa, and
produced with special music and
beautiful prologue-this is "The Bot
| tie Imp a tale of Hawaii, at the
Grand tonight
! No advance in prices at the Grand
/ tonight, the regular scale of 8 cents
in the balcony and 10 cents on the
main floor, being in effect. but in Or
der to accommodate everyone on this
| special feature, showings will start
promptly at GAS, run continuously,
with complete showing at 10 o'clock.
| The Bottle Imp" was staged in
Hawaii, the land of the ukelele and
| the Hula dancing girls. You will also
see thrilling and mysterious story,
beautifully produced by Paramount
Lasky, and with such exciting events
as a real volcano in action, a fight to
death under the clear waters about
| the islands, the weird scene on the
Hawaiin scenery.
| Dainty little Violet Mersereau ap-
pears at the Grand tomorrow night In
!
"Susan's Gentlemen" In spite of re-
ports regarding closing under the
state laws, the Grand will present its
program as usual Come and see a
| fine program and there might be
some extra amusement If arrests are
made.
/ A wonderfully beautiful picture
made in natural colors is the feature
for Monday. Pearl White in MAY
Blossoms" The final chapter OF
"Patria" will be shown, thrilling to
the happy ending.-Advertisem
At the Hippodrome.
Starting with a scene in a clairyoy'
| ants establishment "The Social Lep,
er" races through some of the most
sensationally enthralIing events
shown on a screen in a long time
THE desperate endeavors of the social
leper to win for herself the man oil
her choice and her disregard for the
! feelings of another man who has
fallen in love with her, bring on
series of events that end in a catas
trophe nearly bringing death to an
innocent man. But finally the guilty
party is discovered and arrested, ait
er a fight that is the most thrilling
and realistic ever depicted in the
silent drama, and the innocent man b
restored to his sweetheart. This lat
est World Picture Brady-made with
CARLYLE Blackwell and June Elvidge
in the leading roles and Arthur Ash
lev and Evelyn Greeley in the cast
will be seen at the HippodromeS thea
ire tonight.
In addition to this superb film at
traction will be shown the newest
Mack Sonnet Keystone comedy en-
titled villa Of the Movies" in two
acts and 1000 laughs.
Smiling George Walsh, the ath
letic Fox star. will be seen at this
theatre tomorrow in his latest film
4 success, High Finance and in con
| junction with this thrilling play will
be shown another one of those laugh
provoking Fox comedies entitled
Social Pirates. "-Advertisement.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19
River Bulletin.

The river will continue failing from
Davenport to Warsaw until there are
heavy rains.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19
Local Observations.

Mean temperature l6th, "a.
Highest, So.
Lowest, So.
Lowest last night, 50.
FRED H. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19

the coming week, who have nm
here for some time. This win
terially improve the outlet 70,
work horses and eastern chunk,
Heavy draft, extra ...... .slg
Eastern chunks -. ian
Southern horses, good to
cholce ............. 49,. IL;
Southern horses, plain ..... "a
| Southern horses, common :. "a
Mules-Receipts were abou,
head. The trade was quiet.
were strong on especially good
and everything serviceable in Ii,
of miners or big mules.
16 to 161a hands $4,000. STA
Is to 1515 hands -. ........ lA
II to IAN hands ........... 81
l13 to 1874 hands ........... vi
Plugs ............ $4,000. q
st. Louis Hay.
ST. LOUIS, No.. May 1S.-H
market steady. Receipts at St
2 cars, at East ST. Louis, 80
Choice timothy $22.50@23.00; NJ
timothy, s2O.Oo@22.OO; No. 2 tin
$1s.5o@2o.0o No. timothy. n
1880.
EIoln Butter. IN
limited Press Leased Wire Serv
ELGIN, H., May 19.-Butter,
sales 3S cents, an advance Of
cent.
Daily Stock Letter.
limited Press Leased Wire Ser
NEW YORK. May 19.-Ths
York Evening. Sun financial re-
today said:
Mays reversion to sanity ID
matter of weather was perhaps,
much a factor as anything in TOD
short session of the stock ma
, Much of the normal week end 81
ment Of accounts was accompi
Yesterday and 1t is quite gene
agreed that the present tech
position of securities leaves It'll
be desired for the Sunday recess
Commission houses were hrl
deserted and attendance on the !
of the stock exchange was restris
In consequence trading was quito
narrow, with price changes among
standard Industrial and nln
issues lacking in significance. y
ness underlay that market alis|
stocks and bonds.
Sentiment continues cheerful
street feels confident that the =
nue. bill with it's retroactive prov1
and other features generally req
ed as defective. will be radid
altered before 1t reaches the stsi
books. The real business OF the
erty loan flotation is well under :
The Russian duma pledges its lon
to the allies and there is promls
a military offensive on the RUS
fronts.
New York Stocks-close.
Furnished by Long Commission
NEW YORK, May 10
American Car & Foundry. 1850,
American Locomotive ..........
Am erican Smelter (common) N
American Tel. and Telg. Co..
Anaconda ...............
Atchison ................ -"
Baltimore & Ohio. .............
Brooklyn Rapid Transit. .......
Chesapeake C Ohio. ........
/ Crucible Steel
Erie, common f....,...........
General Electric ...............i
Studebaker
/ Union Pacific .....i
United States Steel. com. ..,...i
Utah Copper
Westinghouse ...........
xNy;I1yc Overland
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19

-suhscriha for The Cato City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19
Weather Conditions.

Influenced by high pressure on the
southeastern coast, it remains warm
and generally fair in the central val
legs.
A trough of low pressure extends
from Lake Superior to Texas this
morning, which is attended by un-
settled weather in the plateau region
and upper Mississippi valley, and
there are local rains or thunder.
storms in this region, which were
heaviest at La Crosse, Wis.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-19
st. Louis Hay.

81. LOUIS hay.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 1S.-E
market steady. Receipts at st. D
2 cars. at. East st. Louis. 80
Choice timothy $22.50@23.00; N
timothy. s2O.Oo@22.0o; No. . tin
$1S.5o@2o.0o No. 8 timothy, n
1880. u;
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-09-14
Continued next week.
DESTROYS SLEEP.


You can't sleep at night
With aches and pains of a bad back
When you have to get up from
urinary troubles.
If the kidneys are at fault
Set them working right with Doan's
Kidney Pills.
Here is Grenada proof of their
merit.
j. P. Brooks, farmer, 1876 W. Govan
ST., says: 81 suffered greatly from
my back and l hadn't known what a
good nights rest was for ten wears.
l couldn't lie in one position more
than than a few minutes at a time.
owing to the aching and misery across
my kidneys. l think hard work
brought on the trouble. Ny kidneys
were badly affected, as was shown by
the too frequent passages of the kid
ney s%ecretions. l tried several medi-
cines but continued to suffer until l
used Doan's Kidney Pills. In a short
time they made me feel as well as
ever. Occasional returns of the trou-
BILE have been quickly removed by a
few doses of Doan's Kidney Pills and
l always keep this medicine on hand"
Price Soc, at all dealers. Don't
ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Brooks had. Foster-M ilburn Co.
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
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and adopted by the Board, to-wit:
A strip of land forty feet wide
thru the lands Of Perry Cohea. E. L
!Boteler. DR.. 3. c. James, Allen Mill.
house. Misses P. T. and NJ. P. Cotton
as same has been surveyed and stalk.
ed eff by the engineers and adopted
by a committee of this Board.
The Board fixed the damages for
said rights of way as follows:
Perry Cohea, $1,000
E. L. Boteler, $1,000.
DR.. B. c. James, $500.
Allen Millhouse, $500.
Misses P. T. and NJ. P. Cotton.
The Board reported their findings
the Board at it's September meet
ing; and the Clerk is directed to is
warrants in favor of the ~esveral
named persons, in full payment and
satisfaction for any and all admages
by reason of the condemnation of
and taking for public use the above
rights of way thru their lands.
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HEADQUARTERS AMBU.
LANCE COMPANY, NO. 80


/. l am endeavoring to recruit Ambu.
lance Company No. SO, Red Cross. t.
Its full quota and have but a few
days in which to do this. l need 1OC
good men. men of excellent moral
character, intelligence and a fair ed
ucation, single, between the ages of
IL and 40. Any man in the draft
age who has not been before his ex-
emption board for examination. or
has not been notified to appear be-
fore said board, is eligible, but such
men in the draft age must present
a certificate from their respective ex-
.emption boards that they have not
been notified to appear for examina-
tlon. This certificate must be pre-
sented to me before / can enlist q
man. therefore, it is important that
thi she attended to.
mississippi is the only state in
which the Red Cross Ambulance Com
pany has not been recruited to the
full strength and as a matter of pa-
triotism n state pride l am DESTROYS
OF completing this company. and it
would be humiliating if Mississippi
should not furnish such a company
70 accompany her troops to the front.
am asking that you give some of
your valuable time in an effort to Sc
cure men for this company, and if So,
Will be glad for you to send them
FORWARD together with the certificate |
o mentioned. l can be found at
the United States Army Recruiting
Station, 2l4h West Capital Street,
Jackson. Miss.
The time is limited and the matter
is urgent, | therefore ask that YOU
perform this patriotic duty in an eff
fort to help me complete this COM
pany.
Also | require the services of four
physicians who have been commission
ed, or are eligible to commission. in
he Medical Reserve Corps in the
United States Army. These physi-
must not be over 55 years of
age. i want the best class of men
II you know of any who would
consider going with this company
ave them report Immediately to one
the examiners: DR.. ]. W. Banks
lale, Winona; DR.. ]. S. Ewing. Vicks-
,urg: DR.. |. W. Cooper, Meridian. or
Or. w. w. Crawford, Hattiesburg.
Ihese physicians will rank as first
Kindly have them COM
nunicate with me Immediately should
'ou know of any who would be WILL
ng to accept a place in this company.
lease give this immediate attention
nd notify me by first mail of anv
ian or physician whom you may Sc
Yours truly.
NOLAN STEWART,
Captain, Medical Reserve Corps.
Ambulance Co. No. SO
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SURGEONS agree that in cases
of Cuts, Burns, Bruises and Wounds
the FIRST TREATMENT is most i'm.
portant. When an EFFICIENT anti
ceptlc is applied promptly, there is
no danger of infection and the
wound begins to heal at once. For
use on man or beast, BOROZONE
is the IDEAL ANTICEPTIC and
HEALING AGENT. Buy it now
and be ready for an emergency.
Price 25c, soc, $1.OO and s1.5O.
Sold by End Class and Corner Drug
Store.
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400 TYPEWRiTERs.

Al kinds and all grades, REM.
INGTONS SIP up. Instruction book
with each machine. Type and re-
pair parts for all makes of Type
writer's. I'm
Empire Type Foundry, Buffalo. N. Y.