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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-02
SWEATING EAST
STILL SUFFERS
Sitting Heat Wave Has Hung
Over New York Since Sun
day, Killing Many
People.
LITTLE RELIEF IN SIGHT
Yesterday's High Mark Closely
Pressed Today and People
Are aIeeploo In
LITTLE RELIEF IN SIGHT

Il United Press Leased Wire SerV1ce1
NEW YORK, Aug. with nearly
100 persons already dead and 800
prostrations reported in the stifling
heat wave that has hung over New
York since Sunday. the local weather
bureau declared today there ts little
relief yet in sight.
The temperature at $3.50 today was
eighty, lower than yesterdays 500 a.
m. mark. but the forecaster expressed
the belief that yesterdays highest
mark will be pressed closely today.
Mayor Mitchell has ordered the
oity's parks thrown open to the suf-
fering thousands. AS result Cen
trail parks grass was dotted last
night with sleeping forms. Coney
Island and other nearby beaches
were crowded. First aid stations
have been opened in the subway sta
tions.
Although the temperature at j.
q. m. was S8, six degrees lower than
yesterday at the same hour, the
humidity was UP IA degrees. A maxi
mum heat OF 95 today is expected.
Nine deaths and eighteen addt-
tional prostrations were reported
from midnight to ten o'clock today.
So great was the rush of men.
women and children about free Ice
an milk stations today that extra
police were put on duty. Whenever
a sick infant was found In the tene-
ments the policeman gave the mother
a card emitting her to free milk and
ice.
Three Moro Deaths.
WASHINGTON. Aug 2.-Three
more deaths and q dozen prostra-
tions ushered in the capitals fourth
day of excessive heat. Temperatures
today ranged slightly lower.
Fans arc Scarce.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Electrio
fans are in the same class with coal
in New York now.
The hot weather dispensed has
made fans so scarce one can hardly
be purchased since the heat wave
struck. Firms have declined to guar
antee deliveries Of orders.
Seven arc Dead.
BOSTON, Aug. 2-Seven dead and
more than sixty prostrations in
greater Boston is the past twenty
four hours record Of the intense heat
and humidity here. Today was an
other of killing heat.
seventy-seven Dead.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2-The
mercury was at IS at a. m. The
death totals the second day is
Yeventy-seven.
Seventeen Deaths.
BALTIMORE, Aug. with tenn
perature at 8 o'clock of 80 degrees,
deaths from heat since Monday total
seventeen.
No Aope Held Our.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2.--No perma-
nent relief from the heat wave which
has cost hundreds Of. lives in the east
ern states, was forecast by the govern
ment weather bureau today.
THE temperature in eastern dis
tricts will fall slightly today and Fri
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-02
ITALY INSISTS
ON SUPPORT
Displeased at Being Unable to
Secure Needed Supplies
From America for
Pushing War.
CAN DEFEAT AUSTRIA
international Politics overshadow
Other Developments In tho
Great War
Today.
CAN DEFEAT AUSTRIA

| UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
| ~ WASHINGTON, Aug. a.
| 4MA International politics creep
| ~ ing into the big war over
shadowed other develop
ments here today.
| Italy, insistent that the United
States declare war on Austria, ant
then furnish arms and fuel for fightine
Austria, is openly displeased at Ameri
cas- lack Of response to either request
Allied diplomats are comforting daily
In an effort to mollify Italy, hoping ii
! the meantime that a bisis may be
reached for a separate peace with Aus
/ tria.
| At the same time, the new shipping
board announced its first real step to
ward a merchant marine since It's re
organization.
One hundred wooden cargo vessels
within year was the output promised
by the southern pine industry today at
ter a meeting with the shipping board
which lasted far into the night
Admiral Capps began work on plans
laid down by General Goethals fol
fabricating steel ships and assemb
ling them at new government yards
He will confer with steel men sooI
and make the same patriotic appea,
for action which brought results from
the wood workers.
The food bill drew near final dispo
sttion when the conference report was
made to the house today by Represen
tative Lever. A favorable vote Is ex
pected tomorrow.
Supplies are Needed.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2.-Italy is
displeased at failure to get from heI
allies, particularly America, supplies
she says are needed and which she
claims could swerve the war balance
This displeasure apparently has
caused a delicate situation, upon
which allied diplomats hero are now
laboring.
For several days past the English
French and Russian ambassadors
have consulted at length with the
Italian envoys, evidently in an effort
to assuage his feelings. The Italian
viewpoint Of recent days is known
to be one bordering on resentment
over the fact that her pleas for
materials and money have gone vir.
tually unheeded.
Meantime italian propaganda is
trying to force the United States to
war on Austria and has spread the
word that Italy could win the war
il she had coal, munitions and money
for an Austrian offensive.
Allied and American military men
say, however, that Italy's situation is
Impossible" from the military stand
point and aid now would be only a
drain on our resources. Moreover,
they dispute the Italian claims that
there is sufficient shipping to handle
Italian needs If there were an incli-
nation to do so.
ITALY could end the war by Christ
mas and open the way to peace
negotiations by New Years." said a
man close to the Italian embassy to-
day. "The war cannot be won the
way America is lighting it, however.
for It would take four million Amer
icas to break the western front effec-
lively. And by the time America
can get four million men to the front
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-02

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-02
No Hope Held Out.

NO FtOpV FIOId OVS.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2.--No perma.
nent relief from the heat wave which
has cost hundreds Of. lives IN the east.
ern states, was forecast by the govern
ment weather bureau today
THE temperature in eastern dis
tricts will fall slightly today and Fri
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-02
Seventeen Deaths.

Seventeen Deaths.
BALTIMORE, Aug. with tenn
perature at 8 o'clock of 80 degrees
deaths from heat since Monday total
seventeen.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-02

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-02

Seventy-seven Dead.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2.-The
mercury was at IS at q. m. The
death totals the second day is
yeventy-seven.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-02

German War Council.
AMSTERDAM. Aug. 2.-Presumably
because of the great allied drive in
flanders, Kaiser Wilhelm today sum-
.noned special meeting Of Germany's
war council in Brussels.
IN addition to the German emperor
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-02

The Telegraph Service Of The
Daily Gate City and Constitu-
tion- Democrat is received over
o,1r own leased wire.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-02
Aliens Under Draft.

Aliens Under Oraft.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2.-The Illinois
Staats Zeitung today editorially COM
mended CONGRESSES proposal to include
resident aliens under the draft. de-
clarins many Austro-Hungarian sub
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-02
American Schooner Sunk.

LONDON, Aug. 2.-Sinking Of thu
american schooner John Hays Ham
mond by gun fire Of German subma
|slne was announced by the admiralty
|'ooay. The crew were saved.
Loyd's does not list any schooner
by this name.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-02

Probably thundershowers to-
night. Local temp p. M. 80;
7 q. m. SO.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-02

Three More Deaths.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2.-Three
more deaths and q dozen prostra
tions ushered in the capitals fourth
day of excessive heat. Temperatures
today ranged slightly lower.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-02

seven arc UcdU.
BOSTON, Aug. 2-Seven dead ant
more than sixty prostrations fl
greater Boston is the past twenty
four hours record Of the intense hea
and humidity here. Today was an
other of killing heat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07

bench to another, the necessity of Gull
tivating each bench separately, the
loss of the land occupied by the I'M
cultivated embankments, and the
growth of weeds and grass on the en-
bankment, which robs the adjacent
cultivated soil of its plantfood and
tends to seed the entire field to weeds
and Objectionable grasses. These
reasons are sufficient to initiate
against the use of this terrnce except
On steep slopes where no form of Gull
tivable terrace can be employed.
The best practice indicates that the
bench terrace should not be used on
slopes exceeding 20 per cent. How
ever, they are actually in use on slopes
up to 80 per cent, with vertical in
terval of s to 10 feet; but in such
instances the labor of cultivating the
narrow benches and Of maintaining
the high embanlzments is considerable,
and it is believed that such slopes
could be devoted more proftably to
pasture or timber.
NarroW-Base Level-Ridge Terraces.
The narrow-base level-ridge terrace
is used to great extent throughout
the Piedmont region of the South. 1t
is essentially the first stage in the
construction of a bench terrace, but
methods of blowing are employed to
prevent it from developing into ter
race Of the bench type. 1t is built usu-
ally 8 to feet wide at the base and
from one-half to l foot high. Where
these terraces are sodded heavily they
render satisfactory service on previ-
Gus soils and slopes not greater than
5 to s per cent. They should be
spaced from 2 to 8 feet apart in YER
teal distance. A close spacing re-
duces the volume Of water which col
lectS above the terraces, and the sod
ded surface prevents erosion Of the
terrace due to impounded water over
topping it.
This type of terrace is cheap to con-
struct, easy to maintain, and affords
a very convenient guide row in plow-
ing and planting. The principal OBJ
jectionS to it's use are (1) the land &C.
cupied by the sodded terrace reduces
the total amount of tillable land in
the field; (2) the growth on the ter
race saps the strength from the adj
joining soil, resulting in a dwarfed
plant growth on either side of the ter
race; and 90 the weeds which often
are allowed to grow on the terrace
tend to seed the entire field, and har-
Dor Objectionable insects in the win
ter. Owing to these objections, this
type of terrace is losing favor rapidly
among the most advanced farmers.
Some attempts have been made to
cultivate this terrace and thus do
away with the Objectionable features,
but such attempts have been attended
with very little success, except where
the soil is very sandy and capable of
absorbing most of the rain water as
fast as it falls. Where this water is
not absorbed readily by the soil, it
concentrates above the terrace, gener-
ally breaks it and rushes down the
slope, usually washing a deep gully
and carrying away large quantities of
fertile soil
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07
To Dynamite a Stream.

The editor of Jersey newspaper.
thorough sportsman, is said to have
received this query from a reader:
"Please advise me how to dynamite
q stream"
The newspaper man sent the follow
ing advice:
'Four sticks of dynamite are suffi-
cient. Tie them securely around your
neck, attach fuse, light it and run as
fast as you can away from the water
to avoid injuring the other snakes and
reptiles."-All Outdoors.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07
CULTIVATION OF FIELD BEAN
Plant Thrives Best in Fertile, Open,
Porous SoiIs-There Must Be
Good Drainage.

Field beans are usually planted in
rows about % inches apart. A bean
dropped by hand every two inches
will give a good stand and good crop
under favorable conditions. Beans
thrive best in fertile, open, poorus
soils. There must be good drainage
and no lack of plant food if heavS
yield is expected.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07
CULTIVATION OF CORN CROP
Tear Out Ridges Formed by Former
Work and Kill Weeds-Use Same
Type Of cultivator.

AS soon as possible after the first
cultivation Of corn planted in check.
rows, the same type of cultivator
should be used to cross-cultivate it.
This tears out the ridges formed in
the course Of the former cultivation,
kills the weeds in the row, and leaves
the land in good condition.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

has been the most successful family
remedy for the last fifty-one years for
biliousness and stomach troubles, to
which the American people are addict
ed, causing sick headache, nervous in
digestion, sour stomach, coming up Of
food and general physical depression.
25 and 75c.-Ady.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07
A Timely Gift.

Belle-Bob writes that the smoke in
the trenches is something fierce.
Beulah-Is that so? Well, that gives
me hint.
"a hint for what?"
81 promised to send him birthday
present"
"Well?"
''Tll send him smoking jacket"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07
One ADVANTAGE.

swell, after ALL" remarked the Tom.
my who had lost leg at the war
there's one advantage in 'aving q
wooden leg"
"What's that?" asked his friend.
"You can hold up yer bloomin' sock
with a tin-tack!" chuckled the hero.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07
USE ALIENS FOOT EASE

The antiseptic powder to be shaken into shoes
and sprinkled into the foot-bath. 1t relieves
painful, swollen, smarting feet and takes the
sting out OF corns and bunions. The greatest
Sold everywhere, 25c. Trial package FREE.
Address, Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07
PLANT FOODS

Potash aids in the formation
of starch in the grain, strength
ems the stalk and encourages
healthy growth.
Nitrogen hastens stalk and
leaf growth, lengthens the sea-
son of growth and gives the
plant quick start.
Phosphoric acid helps fill the
grain, improves the quality and
hastens maturity.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07
ShreWd Guesser.

The Well One-The doctor now says
hat his first diagnosis was correct.
The Sick One-Great Scott! Do you
mean to say that am his first pa
lent?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07

Don't pattern after the busy little
bee in letting the other fellow eat all
your honey.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07
Safety First.

"What are you going to tell your con-
stituents when you get homer"
Hadn't thought of that" replied the
congressman who speaks impulsively ;
I'm waiting to see whether it will be
safe for me to go home"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07
Womenof
MMdk&ge
Many distressing Ailments experienced
by them are Alleviated by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Here is Proof by Women who Know.

Lowell, Mass.-"For the last three years have
been troubled with the Change of Life and the bad
feelings common at that time. was in a very ner-
vous condition, with headaches and pain good
deal of the time so was unfit to do my work. A
friend asked me to try Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegeta-
BILE Compound, which did, and it has helped me ia
every way. I am not nearly so nervous, no head
ache or pain. I must say that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is the best remedy any sick
woman can take. "-Mrs. MARGARET QUINN, Rear
$50 Worthen ST., Lowell, Mass.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07

Many a man who claims to be self
made does his tailor a great injustice.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07

Blow your own horn, but blow 1t
with discrimination.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07

Every man feels that he has q pro
prietary interest in his wife's religion
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07
What He Could Do.

Il want to serve my country" said
the loud-voiced man in the street car.
''But I'm too old to carry a gum"
$50"
eyes," he continued. "The way they
run things down there at Washington
nowadays there's no chance for a man
like me. could be mighty valuable
to them If they'd only take me-"
"Tll tell you how you can serve
your country if you really want to-"
said a meek little man.
"All right. Tell me what to do and
I'll do it."
"Just keep your mouth shut"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07

Good resolutions are formed most
easily just before one gets up on the
morning after the night before,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07
Woman,s Rifle Club.

II see Lakewood, n. j., has wons
ans rife club"
"What do they do-ri1e their huS~
bands pockets?"
mo. think the object Of the club
is to improve woman's aim In life
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07

A little f1attery tastes sweet to ri
wise man and good deal of it tastes
sweet to a fool.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-06-07

Friends Take Lydia Pinkham's Remedies
North Haven Cnn"When was as had the Change of Life
which is trouble al women have At first it didn't bother me
after while bearing down pains called doctors who
told different things but they did not pains One
day my husband home and said why don't Lydia E.
Pkham Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash? Well got
bottles of Vegetable Compound and could
feel myself regainng health also used Lydia Pnkhams
it has done deal of good Any
coming house who suffers from female troubles Change of
Life tell them to take There
of who think the world Of them Mrs FLORENCE IsELLAa
Box 1917, North Haven, Conn.
You are Invited to Write for Free Advice
medicine successful relieving
suffering Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound.
helpful advice writing the
Medicine Mass Such letters Received
by only held in strict confidence.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-08-09

erected a square sil0 the same year.
These were the first college silos and
Dean Henry says he thinks there were
then only about sixty silos in all in the
whole United States.
The first known experiment with
silage as a ration for beef steers was
made at the University of Wisconsin
that winter, in charge Of Dean Henry,
who published the results in an expert
ment station bulletin, and later read a
paper on the subject at an agricultural
meeting in Bloomington, III.
"Our silage was not nearly as good
as it is nowadays, however" said Dean
Henry, land we could not find the rea-
son, although we later built wood
square SilOS and made some changes
we thought advisable. 1t remained for
Prof. f. III. King of our staff to solve
the mystery of always having much
spoiled silage and introduce the round
silo for permanent use"
Professor King made trip east. 90
ing as far as Massachusetts, and
Studled some SIXTY SllOS then in exist
ence. The result was that the square
silo received much of the blame for
inferior silage, and manufacturers and
farmers got started on the right track
at last.
Another trouble of the early DAYS
was growing big Southern corn and
putting it while immature into the silo.
Wisconsin has kept the lead in siD
construction TO this day, there being
more than 10000 Of these '.indispen-
sables' dotting the skyline.
This year the biggest campaign for
an increased number Of silOs ever wit
messed in the history of Badger agri-
culture is Heing made in every trad
ing center in the state. Money for silo
loans will be forthcoming, it is conced-
ed, as bankers are anxious to do all
possible to put up these farm forts"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-08-09

When a man fills his silo nowadays
it is not an event worth coming miles
by SLOW team over poor roads to wit
ness, nsithcr is it Il process which
should require Il month for completion.
Such ARE the changes which a few
years have wrought in Wisconsin agri-
culture since the time when the states
first silO filling demonstration attract
ed Il crowd of farmers to Madison at
intervals during the months of August
and September, 1881
"Silage was done to death at first
by its overconfident friends and its
progress thereby retarded" said former
Dean w. a. Henry. the other day while
on a visit among some of his many
Wisconsin friends. "They claimed too
much for it. and with the equipment
and knowledge they then had regard
Ing the science Of Silage their efforts
to prove such claims often failed"
Dean Henry spoke Of the first two
silos of which he had any knowledge,
and which were probably the first in
actual service in Wisconsin. One was
on the Gilbert farm near Fort Atkin-
son, and consisted simply of a pit dug
In the earth, into which the corn was
thrown and tramped down. The other
considered to be the first structural
silo in this state, was on the country
estate of Doctor Weeks near Oconomo-
woo. This silo was said to be of stone
and built square.
In the summer of 1881 the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin built small square
6ilo of stone, and sent out 500 postal
cards like the one shown above, invit-
ing farmers to witness the experiment
of filling it. Cornell university, Ithaca,
N. Y. !. p. Roberts in charge. also
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-08-09

The time IS coming when the greet
ing to WanGefer from the Badger
state, Whether' he be travelling in the
far West the East or the South, will,
III a number Of cases, be closely fol-
lowed by some such remark as this:
$50 you're from Wisconsin are you?
That's the state where they have such
up-andgoing rural clubs, isn't it?"
The Wisconsin traveller if he has the
right spirit will reply with conviction,
you are right"
The native" after the true fash
ion OF natives" may continue, for the
Travellers edification, with an account
o. something he has heard.
Met a fellow once who told me a
yarn about club you have up there in
lin Forest county. There's such a
place, isn't there?
We'll, he said when the club had
been organized two years, the members
discovered that they'd been so busy
working that they hadn't had time to
total up what they really had ac-
$50 they had meeting .Yst for that
purpose because they thought it would
help their "pep" to see in black and
white just what they had done.
"When they got the list of things
finished, they discovered that they had
obtained the first rural free delivery
mail route for their town, had brought
about the remodeling of the railroad
station to provide ladies' waiting
room and a room for periShable
freight, an additional railway cross
ing so that veXatiOuS and dangerous
delays could be avoided, and secured
an appropriation of $500 from the
township for building a barn in which
teams might be stabbed when the farm
ers were in town.