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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
THE VERY BIG
SUBSCRIPTIONS

The biggest gifts to the Red
Cross war fund were not made by
the richest men in Keokuk and
are not represented by mere figures.
Here is some of the proof:
An employe of corporation, on
a salary which was adequate be-
fore the cost of living mounted so
high, is very worn and tired
with great responsibility. He is
entitled to vacation about this
time. He has given up the vaca-
ton and devoted it to this Red
Cross fund.
A married couple without money
enough to give without feeling it,
found they must sacrifice some
thing If they gave a subscription.
They gave up their membership in
the Country club and devoted the
saving thereby to this Red Cross
fund.
A business man and his wife
spent the winter planning trip to
the western mountains and Yellow
stone park this summer. They
have decided to stay at home and
give the cost of that rip to the Red
Cross fund.
A man on $1,000 salary has
not been back to his old home for
many years. He and his wife
were going to see the rest of the
family back east this very week,
and the wife had her clothes for
the visit all packed. They decided
to stay here and devote the pro-
jected visit to the Red Cross fund.
Scores of people of modest
means and hard work will do with
out actual comforts to give few
dollars to this Red Cross fund.
That being the spirit of the men
and women of red blood, it justifles
the solicitors refusing to take sub
scriptions of few dollars from
men worth four or five figures and
with stable incomes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19

dustrial than military affair, so ia.
as this country, at least, is concern
ed, it becomes of the utmost import
ance that food and munitions and
other war supplies needed by our
selves and our allies shall not only
be produced, but in ever greater bulk.
The government, in effect, there
fore, will say through the instrument
talities of local boards familiar with
local conditions what men should go
to war and what men are distinctly
needed in agriculture and other lines
OF work valuable to the national de-
tense. And men exempted will be
given button to wear, which shall
indicate that the government reject
ed them because they We're too valu-
able at home, and not because they
were unwilling to give their lives to
the nation. In that way the hateful
word Stacker" will remain out of the
American vocabulary.
or course, later on, If another in
crement of 100000 men shall be call
ed for there would be another dig
cling into the jury wheel for more
names. but the war department Off
cials see no reason why the exemp-
ton processes need undergo any
change. For It simply would mean
that In the case of New York state,
where $4,000 men would be taken out
Of the 100000 eligibles. the govern
ment will not have to alter more
names. So many men are still avail
able in the remainder that the gov
eminent will not have to alter It's
exemption rules to get more men to
take the places of those exempted by
the local boards.
The possibility of calling for a Sec
ond increment of 100000 Is a remote
one. 1t will take probably a year
for the first 100000 to become fully
equipped and ready for service, as
we'll as transported to Europe. If
second force is called it would be
twelve to eighteen months hence, by
which time most officials here be-
lieve the war will be over or at least
the need Of men from the United
States not SO urgent.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
ARMY POET
is RETIRED
Cousin of keokuk People Leaves
Uncle Sans Service After Lonq
Record of Faithful
Work.

The following from the New York
Evening Post has added interest to
Keokuk people from the fact that
Captain Steunenberg is cousin OF
the Misses Megchelsen here:
The active list of the army loses its
poet in the retirement for disability OF
Captain George Steunenberg, Twenty.
fifth infantry, who has been in i'll
health following a nervous breakdown
two years ago. The active list prob
ably has had no officer who has writ.
tie so many widely read poems as Cap.
tain Steunenberg. No officer has been
rebuked so many times for his satiri
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
TWO BRANCHES
NEED RECRUITS
Only the Infantry and Field Artillery
Fall to Measure Up to
the Require
ments.

Henceforth Keokuk young
3}@s men wishing to enlist in the
EN regular army will have but
Il two choices for the branch
of service which they wish to enter
the infantry and field artillery. This
information is contained in an official
communication to Sergeant Fred
Scharff, head of the recruiting station
at Burlington.
1.-THE cavalry, engineers, coast ar.
tillery, signal corps and quarfermas.
ters' corps of the regular army have
l'been brought to full war strength
states the communication which emf
mates from the office of Newton d.
Baker, secretary of war.
"Forty-fve thousand recruits are
needed at once 10 complete the new
com pliments of the infantry and field
artillery. Twenty-Five thousand addi-
tional recruits are desired at the earli
est possible Date to fill vacancies In
order that the full war strength OF
100000 men may be maintained Fa-
cilities are in readiness for putting TO-
900 men under proper training. Any
delay in obtaining this number will
necessarily mean the loss of fnvalu-
able time.
ut is the earnest desire of the war
department that 10000 good men be-
tween the ages of seventeen and forty,
who have no dependents and who are
not engaged in professions, business
or trades necessary to the prosecution
of the war, be enlisted in the regular
army before June 80, 1917
Both infantry and field artillery, the
branches which are now open, offer
splendid opportunities, and are only
open still by reason of the fact that
the complement is much larger.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
Red Cross Headquarters this week
ia in the keokuk Electric building,
Eiahth and Main street, and the
telephone number Is $50.

Keokuk men of every walk in life
the most genuine representative OF
all Keokuk that ever met together
in number $50 and more-Dlanned the
campaign last evening in the Hotel
Iowa dining room for the Red Cross
war fund apportioned to Keokuk.
At noon today, they received their
final equipment OF cards and last
orders.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon, they
started In charge on the never fail
ing philanthropy of Keokuk. and now
they are actively taking subscrip-
tons for the greatest need this coun-
try has had since the decade OF the
civil war.
Not what you can spare, but what
you can get along without-that Is
what they are asking you to give TO
furnish hospital supplies to the boys
who are going to the trenches OF
France and Belgium to keep the
kaiser and his great army from com.
Ing to New York, New England.
Washington and to the Keokuk locks
sippi river.
The German army will not get to
keokuk, but the soldier boys from
Keokuk and Iowa and all America
VINO keep it away must be taken
care of by Keokuk and Iowa money.
What 1t All Means.
In that spirit, the representative
men OF Keokuk are at work collect
ing Keokuks share of the Red Cross
war fund.
They are not begging; they are
collecting. They are not arguing;
they are telling you
no plkers need apply.
Fight or finance the soldiers.
EVERY man according to his means.
feokuk boys wounded in the
trenches deserve the best of treat
ment.
This is not the ordinary variety of
1 r.n is part Of the great
"aI IN winch we are engaged.
hundreds of dollars must be given
y ~ the man who usually gives ten
to him.
!, 4 considerable number of subscri2-
u uuas IN the hundreds are already
~, ,saue oy keokuk people. Several top
>Ae thousand dollar mark.
your Proper Place in the List.
eir Inc man worth over $4,000 should
f., over 800 to this Red Cross fund
.. w. american wounded soldiers-and
Tim many hundreds as he is worth
AKA me man worth $4,000 should give
s' y. or more to this fund,
AZ I've, I've man worth $4,000 should give
~ ne least s25 to this fund.
'Ae man with an income Of $1,000
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
WHO COUNTRY
COMMITTEES ARE

The following have been drafted
to appoint assistants and do the
work necessary to push the weeks
campaign in their own commune
ties.
Montrose-F. o. Wilcox, r. L.
Reed, e. D. Crooks, r. n. CLANCY
and others.
Montrose (south)-Frank Sawyer
CharIeston-Jares Vermazen, c.
A. Swinderman, w. C. Pickard, n.
G. kirschner and others.
Argyle-Rev. L. II. Bent, John
w. Ward, r. j. Brodsky, Dr.. p. e.
Hanes and others.
Van Buren-Lewls Felt and 9TH
ers.
vincenne~lra e. Bailey, John
Cruze, James Wolfe, Bryan Scov-
ern and others.
jackson outside-Wm. o. Turner
and others.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
CLUB MEMBERS
MEET FRIDAY
Boys and Girls Club in County Wi,
Have Session at Donnell-
son This Week at
Fairgrounds.

F. H. Krebill, county leader, has
announced that the Lee county Boys
and Girls club will have meeting
at the fairgrounds at Donnellson on
Friday, June 20, beginning at p. m
sharp. The meeting will be opened
by music by the Donnellson band
followed by short addresses from
club leaders, members and others
giving their experience, especially in
raising corn and fattening pigs.
Mr.. Tomlinson from Ames, Iowa
will be there to instruct the boys
and girls in the acre of corn and pig
fattening contest.
A stand will be on the grounds to
furnish refreshments.
A ball game and other amusements
will furnish attractions and the band
will furnish plenty of music. Every
club leader and member with all his
relatives and his friends is invited
to be present.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
MAYOR LOTIONS
PROCLAMATION
Mayor Ed. 8. Lotion has issued
tho following proclamation to the
people Of keokuk:
PROCIAAMATION

PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, the governor Of the
state of Iowa has by proclamation
fixed the days from June 10 to
June IS az Red Gross week; and
Whereas, It 10 fitting that citl-
gems OF keokuk Join those Of other
communities In supporting the
common cause Of our country now
at war; now therefore,
/, Ed S. Lotion, by virtue OF the
power vested In me as mayor of
the city of keokuk, do hereby rec
ommend that this week be known
as Red Gross week, and earnest
Iy appeal to the loyalty and aener-
oslty Of tho men and women Of this
historic city, which dd SO much
for the soldiers OF our common
country In previous wars, during
this special campaign for Red
Cross war funds,
keokuk should do her full duty
In furnishing money to care for
the sick and wounded soldiers Of
our country In this present war.
Our soldiers deserve every atten-
ton possible to provide for them
while they are fighting our battles
in the trenches.
earnestly appeal to the people
of keoIcuk to make large contrIbu-
tons to the Red Cross war fund
which will be used for this benefi-
cent purpose. ! know the response
to the appeal of the Red Cross will
be liberal In this old city Of Keo-
kuk. Let every citizen do his full
part.
ED S. LOTION,
Mayor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19

cal references to European armies,
and also for his criticisms Of the
American army. Captain Steunenberg
once said that he was not popular in
the army because he talked TOO much
He Is brother of the late Governor
Steunenberg of Idaho, who was assas-
sinated several years ago.
When he was twenty-five years old
Captain Steunenberg had a desire for
service in the navy, and applied for
position as stoller. He did his work
so well that when he was mustered
out he was an engineer yeoman and a
finely educated young man for one of
his opportunities. AT the beginning OF
the war with Spain he was living in
Idaho, and was appointed a second
lieutenant in the First volunteer in
fantry OF that state. When the regi.
ment was mustered out in September,
1899, Steuenberg was captain.
steunenberg liked the army so we'll
that he refused to go back to civilian
life, and six weeks after he was mus
tered out Captain Steunenberg was a
private in the Eleventh United States
volunteer cavalry. He was soon made
a corporal, then q sergeant and final
ly first sergeant of Troop A. In De-
cember, 1900, he became a first lieu
tenant in the Forty-eight United
States volunteer infantry, and was APP
pointed a first lieutenant in the Thir-
teenth cavalry in February, 1901 He
did not accept the commission until
October In that year, and in 1908 went
to the Twenty-eighth infantry. He re-
ceived his captaincy in the Seven
teenth infantry in 1911, and was trans
ferred to the Twenty-fiftr infantry a
year later. His retirement is real
loss to the army.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
BIG WAR FUND
MEETING HERE

Motion pictures actually taken
IN the war zone in Europe, show
Ing what the American soldiers VIII
be doing and suffering before the
snow flies In keokuk-what the
keokuk soldiers will be doing and
suffering within a yea-wlll be
shown at big Red Cross War
Fund meeting at the Grand theatre.
Edward w. McManus, who is do
Ing wonders in this campaign as an
orator who grips his audiences and
makes them respond like the d.apa-
son organ to the touch on the keys,
will make an address.
Kindig's band will play the best
OF music during the evening.
The time is Thursday evening at
O'Clock.
The theatre will be filled to the
limit Thursday evening.
The receipts from the ten cent
admission charge go to the Red
Cross war fund.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
ARTILLERY TO
GO TO SPARTA
This Branch VIII Move From Fort
Smelling, According to An
nouncement Made BY
Officials.

FIT. SMELLING, Mimi, June 10
Army trucks will be used this week
to transport student officers as well
as government supplies from Fort
Smelling to Sparta, Wis, where
those selected for the artillery will
continue their studies. Preparations
for the movement were begun today.
Civilian friends of Private Del
Orde, First Minnesota infantry, were
barred from the court martial which
began today to try him on a charge
OF negligence in connection with the
accidental shooting of Howard Will
hanson, a private, who was reliev-
ing him on guard duty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
She's an Authority on Marriage Now

She's an Authority on Marriage Now.
CHICAGO, June 19.-Dr. Harold E.
Thomas and Mrs. Adeline Millspaugh
Bryant Thomas, who were married
for the third time last night were
preparing today to go to France.
The doctor intends to head his own
Red Cross unit while his wife will
be one of the nurses. Mrs. Thomas
then Adeline Millspaugh-became a
party to a double elopement in
April, 1913, which made her the
wife Of Lester Bryant. The mar
riage was INN ediately annulled by
the parents. In July, 1913, she mar
ried Robert PresneIl. They later
separated. Then Bryant charged the
annullment of his marriage was il
legal and had it set aside. This
automatically ,annulled the marriage
with Presnell. Bryant obtained a
divorce June IA, 1916. A month later
she married Dr. Thomas in Park
Falls, Wis.
The laws Of Illinois prevented
their marriage in the state within a
year after Bryant's divorce They
went to the coast and were remar-
ried in Oakland, Calf, Oct. 23
Mrs. r. Livingstone Beeckman,
wife of the governor of Rhode Island
and sister of DR.. Thomas attended
the wedding here last night.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
Loans Ten Millions.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. I
MONTREAL, June 19.-The Cana
dian Pacific railway has loaned the
imperial munitions board $4,000, 900
to assist In the purchase of NUM-
lions in Canada during the next
year, it was announced today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
COUNTRY MEETINGS
TONIGHT

evening at
the park band stand, unless In city
hall In case Of rain. Speaker, Ed
ward W. McManus.
Van Buren, Townshlp-Tuesday,
z p. NJ, at Columbia school house.
Speaker, j. O. Boyd.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
Robbers stole Envelopes.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 49,
White paper came into it's own here
today. Robbers in a raid stole away
with satchel full of 1t. Clarence
Bartunek was preparing to pay en-
ployes of the Bartunek Cloak COM
pany, but had not yet filled the en-
velopes when the bold robbers cried:
Hands up" They took the sat
chel with its envelopes and escaped
in an automobile.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
FUNERAL HELD
THIS MORNING
~. services for Mrs. Louisa HasseI.
''e'd Here and Body Taken
70 Fort Madison for
Burial,

lon ior' funeral services for Mrs.
funera, nasselton were held at the
nornni parlors of /. S. Ackley this
Apaanag at 10 O'clock, the Rev. ]. w.
taken 9on ohnciating. The body was
Tor burial. soh '"s AFTERNOON
land ws auil was born May 20, 1885
| uma w. as elghty-two years old at the
44ie OF her death. She was marr,ed to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
a year should give $40 or more to this

a year should give $40 or more to this
fund
One per cent of your assets plus
one per cent Of your income is about
your share of this cost of taking care
of the wounded soldiers in the
trenches from Keokuk, from Lee
county, from Iowa and from all
America.
Just as some young men fastened
to get married in an effort to avoid
fighting for the salvation of Their
country, some older men will dodge
this Red Cross duty in all sorts of
ways. Not every one will give the
one per cent.
Some are making heroic sacrifices
for this Red Cross duty. Some are
rank slaolsers. Every man classifies
himself by his reply to the solicitors.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
.IHE BIG CAMPAIGN STARTS INTO ACTION
COUNTRY PEOPLE
ARE AT WORK

c. w. Kellogg. manager of the
Mississippi River Power company,
made an address at Vincennes last
evening in the interest of the Red
Cross war fund campaign.
A good audience Of representative
people collected in the church, and
much genuine interest was shown.
An earnest of the spirit out there
is the fact that what the committee
wanted most was to know to whom
checks are to be made payable and
supply Of buttons in hurry.
. The audience listened with intense
interest to Mr.. kellogg for half an
hour and seemed much impressed by
his strong. sensible presentation OF
the needs of the present crisis and
the high humanitarianism in this Red
Cross work.
The committee for that community
met after the address and prepared
for strenuous and thorough work be-
ginning today. They are good men
and have enlisted the services Of
other good men and women in the
work.
Good Meeting at Charleston.
Edward w. McManus was the
speaker at the meeting in the Bap->
fist church at Charleston last even
ing which was well attended.
The farmers are very busy just
now, but they came in large number,
albeit the meeting was not called to
order until nearly o'clock in order
to give them opportunity to attend
The committee of good workers
met and planned the details Of the
collection Of subscriptions and re-
ceived their supplies of cards. 1t,
like all the country committees, IS
composed Of some of the best men
in the community and they are draft
ing others for work
Features in the Country.
One feature developing in this
country work is that the farmers
want to pay all their subscriptions
at once in spot cash and will not
pay in installments.
A big meeting will be held tonight
at the park in Montrose, the speak
ers being Edward W. McManus and
others.
A meeting at the Columbia school
house in Van Buren, township is
scheduled for the early hour of
o'clock this evening, but will last
long enough for the farmers to at
tend 1t. J. o. Boyd will be the
speaker.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
Determines Death Date.

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 81. (By
mail. "A discovery Of interest TO
medics and police surgeons In par
ticular has been announced by DR..
Valverdes discovery which enables the
scientist to determine the exact date
of death by means of crystals pre-
cipitated in the blood Of corpse 1t
is claimed here that the process is
entirely new.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
Mysterious Explosion.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service,J
ST PAUL, MINI, June ia mys-
FERROUS explosion early today resulted
in S125,000 loss when the A. j. Krank
candy factory here was destroyed
and dozen other buildings endan,
gered.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19

F. M Hasselton January /, 1856. Mr..
Hasselton died June Z, 1884. Mrs.
Hassetlon united with the Methodist
church when girl and had lived a
consistent christian life.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19

In the flying start this aft
ernoon, the following sub
scribed $1,000 each to the
Red Gross war fund.
Keoklk Lumber Go.
ST. Baker & Co.
Kellogg Birge Co.
Hpiskamp Bros.
Irwin Phillips 90.
S. Hamill Go.
Other subscriptions Of
$1,000 are known to be CON-
ing this evening and tomor-
row, and the number of $500
subscriptions promises to be
The largest list of that kind
ever subscribed in Keokuk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
Industries Not to Suffer.

But the local board will have
orders not to permit any men to go
to war until satisfied that industries
would not be vitality affected That
is the whole principle underlying the
CONSUMPTION act as distinguished from
volunteering. Under the latter sys-
tenn, the patriotic ardor of the youth
could. not be restrained, and the
business and agricultural fabric of a
nation, it was argued, would be IN
dermined.
Now, with war much more in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
.l,cr;ptions for the Red Cross War Fund for
uo,,nded Lee County and Iowa Soldier
Boys Began This Afternoon with
Hundreds of Representative Citi-
zens at Work.
FIRST REPONSEs ARE GENEROUS

Country Townships Are Awake to the Importance of Large
Sums for this Fund and Meetings Indicate Large Sub
scriptions From Farmers and Townspeople in
the Lower Half Of Lee County for the
Red Cross
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19

Henceforth Keokuk young
& men wishing to enlist in the
- regular army will have but
two choices for the branch
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-02-13

Gay proposes to give them official
status to enable n more thorough or
@anization.
~ was IN America that old Albion
learned to reform it's methods" said NJ.
lioulevigne, professor OF the Faculty or
Sciences at MarseilIes. 1t is to Amer
lea, also, that we must go for guidance
il we want the man OF the future to be
equal to his task
NJ. lioulcvigue points To the progress
made in America during the last half
century, before which most of the
knowledge Of technical science in the
country was gained by men with tools
in their hand. "That is why America
has introduced more of the practical
into the technical education than Euro
pean countries. We must profit from
that lesson in France" he adds.
Economical motive power will be alb
sOlutely required in France after the
war, and this, in the opinion of the best
authorities, will be found only in the
development Of Frances water power
in the Alps. the Jnra.a the Vosges and
the Pyrenees, and the development of
these resources alone will call for tho
services of a great number of compc-
tent engineers.