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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
ARMOR PLANT MAN
COMING TOMORROW
II. e. Backenhus, U. 8. NJ. Civil En-
einesr; VIII DO Here to
Look over This
Location.
PLANS FOR HIS VISIT
"A eusaness-Hks Program Has Been
Prepared for His Time
In This
City.

Plans which were completed for
the visit of r. E. Backenhous, civil
engineer, u. S. N. and member OF the
government armor plate plant board.
20 Keokuk tomorrow, include a very
business like program for the four
hours that he will be in Keokuk.
Engineer Backenhus will arrive over
the Burlington at 9:05 o'clock and
will leave on the afternoon train for
the south
He will be met at the station by
committee Of FIVE, composed for the
most part of men familiar with the
technical side of manufacturing, ana
who can answer every question which
he may ask regarding local manufac-
lures and conditions. The committee
will place themselves absolutely at
the disposition Of the engineer.
s Two government officials will be in
the party which will take luncheon
at noon, at the Hotel Iowa with the
visitor. They will be Major M.
Meigs, q. S. c. E., and Major Hoff-
man. who is in charge of the river
from st. Paul to ST. Louis.
1t is expected that Engineer Back
enhus will want to ask lot of ques-
lions regarding materials, supplies,
shipping rates and the like, and men
who have knowledge of such condi-
tions will be members of the commit
tee which will be with him during
his short stay here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
their appropriate colors OF beauty

their appropriate colors of beauty.
Yes. it is an old, old story. the story
of spring. And yet how dense, how in
capable are most mortals of appre-
ciating the manifold work of design.
the lmastercraft of construction, the
promotional enterprise of bringing
into due relation and proportion and
exhibition all the factors Of the spring
season! Yes, it is an old, old story,
the story of spring, and yet no one has
been able to detect particle of an
tiquity in any of springs manifesto
lions. Is there flower like one that
bloomed before? Do the limbs OF the
trees, garnished with tender verdure,
have any stupid "reminiscences? No:
everything is different-the azure and
the gray, the ochre and the amber, the
crimson and the garnet, the violet AID
the blue All is combined in a mobile
field OF beauty differently from what
they ever were before.
Here is the active element, the ele-
ment of change Here is the construc-
tive elment. the element of versatility.
Here is the mystic element, the ele-
ment Of life. Here is the esthetic ideal
the constructive novelty! Yes, the
old. old story of spring as 1t is lisped
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
ARMED LINER
REACHES PORT
Rochambeau Arrives With Rapid Fire
Guns Mounted at Each
End.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, March S.-The French
liner Rochambeau arrived here to-
day with a rapid fire three inch gun
mounted in the bow and four inch
piece in the stern, the first large
passenger ship to reach this port from
Europe with guns mounted fore and
aft. Heavy fog forced her to remain
out in the harbor all morning and
part Of the afternoon
The big liner, bringing eighty-two
passengers in the first cabin and
th1rty-nine second, passed through
the submarine zone under convoy Of
submarines.
A tumultous voyage was reported.
A huge wave that struck the ship
when she was three days out, almost
turned her over, dumping passengers
out of their berths and giving rise to
a momentary panic through fear that
a torpedo had caused the shock The
ship passed the American freighter
Orleans as that vessel passed into
the mouth of the Girounde on her
way to Bordeaux. The ships dipped
their colors. Bordeaux, passengers
declared. celebrated the arrival Of the
American ship as il It marked a ma
tfonal holiday.
Passengers had been without news
since they left Bordeaux on Feb
ruary 20. They had not heard Of the
sinking OF the Tacoma nor the reve-
lation Of German intrigues In this
country. They were greatly excited
by first news Of these affairs.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
LITERARY STYLE.
Hints on. How it May Best be Ac-
ouired.

George Wharton James: once
asked John Ruskin how l should
obtain style in writing and speaking.
His reply was very characteristic,
and has ever since been helpful to
me. Said he in effect: ITO know
the source OF the English language,
read and study CHANGER: for the flex-
ible. powerful, dramatic speech of
! culture, study Shakespeare; for the
every day strong speech at the
basis Of our modern English read
and reread the King James transla-
ton of the bible; for the stately, dig
nified. sonorous-sounding Latinized
English, johnson and Addison; for
the nervous quick and alert, subtle
style, DeQ1nncey: for smooth, flow
ing simple English, Oliver Goldsmith;
for the purest and simplest speech
OF modern times read Cardinal Man
ning'-and then, after a slight pause,
but with quite seriousness. he con-
tinued: And there are critics who
say you should study what I have
written and l agree with them: ex-
cept that they recommend Modern
Painters and the rhetorical works of
that kind. while ] would recommend
Ethics of the Dust, Crown OF Wild
Olives and Sesame and Lilies as the
three books that contain the best of
all I have written"
Here you have a wonderful list for
the study of style. but / have never
tried actually to model what had to
say after any style. / have read and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
SPY MAY HAVE
BEEN IN CITY
Film Man Visited keokuk and Fort
Madison-Latter Place Believed
He Was Fritz kolb.

According to Fort Madison news
paper, Fritz Kolb. who was arrested
in Hoboken on suspicion of bomb
plotting against allied munition
plants, Is believed to be the same for
mer German lieutenant who spent a
couple OF days in Fort Madison in the
late summer of 1914. seeking to have
the Grand theatre at that place book
a film showing scenes OF the German
army in action in the European war.
Investigation had brought to light
the fact that at about the same
time German tried to interest the
Grand heatre here in some German
war picures. His name, according to
records here. was Albert Mohr. and
1t Is believed that he was the same
man who was in Fort Madison, al
though his connection with Kolb, If
there is any, is not known. The pic
lures were not shown here. it Is said
because they were poor films.
The Fort Madison newspapers &C
count on the mans visit, is as fol
lows:
He stated at that time that although
he had been honorably discharged
from the German army he was still
working for the German government
and that the funds received from the
showing OF the pictures were sem
hack for the relief Of the Germans IL
distress. He also showed credentials
signed by high German officials. boil
in this country and in Germany
In speaking of his career in the
German army, in which he spent sew
eraI years. he told of their methods o
training the young men for militar!
service and likewise demonstrated
number OF the exercises through
which German soldiers are put while
serving in the regular army. A heav.
shot gun which happened to be in tn,
Grand theatre office at the time, wa
used by him in showing how the mel
are trained to use one arm in Gun
maneuvers. their method used II
bayonetting. handling the gun in dit
ferent positions. etc, and told of Ii,
physical fitness which army trainin.
gives to the youth Of the German EN-
pire.
He asked innlmerable questions re
garding whether the community wa
German and about the citizens In tn,
smaller towns surrounding Fort Madi
son. He likewise showed an excep
tiona1ly keen interest in the Mexican
situation, discussing the presen
European war as to what the various
nations had to lose In the great strif,
among the Euopean powers, and wa!
confident that Germany would wiz
ultimate victory.
After his departure a number who
heard him were very much Of the
opinion that there were other inter
ests which he was involved in thar
the booking of the film.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08

HOSPITAL NEED
Senator FraiIey Would Meet This
Requirement. by Converting
lnebrlate institu-
ton.
ECONOMY LEGISLATION
Lee County Senator Has Some Inter
esting Things TO Say About
Possibilities In This
Line.

"The state is dry, therefore, why
should we have an jnebrtates' hos.
pttal," reasons Senator JOS. Il.
Frailey, who returned today to attend
the legislative sessions which were
resumed after a weeks vacation,
the Fort Madison Democrat says.
And the state being dry and void OF
inebriates,. and DESTROYS Of economic
ing. and needfui OF more attention to
tubercular patients, Senator Frailey
Is for turning the Knoxville instftu-
ton into tuberculosis sanitarfum
| Another item in the economy leg.
islation which Mr.. Frailey Is ident1-
fled with is the disposition OF the
Rockwell City reformatoEy. 1t ap-
pears that the authorities are ask
ing about half million dollars Tor
the Rockwell institution for women,
and it is found that only twenty nine
women are eligible to the place. 1t
Is figured that the women could be
kept at the best hotel in the state
for about one per cent of what Is ask
ed for them.
Another project is the sale Of the
Flynn farm near Des Moines. This
Is half way across the state from the
institutions whose inmates are used
to operate 1t, and it is the opinion OF
the governing committee that the ex-
pense of the Flynn farms mainten-
ance would be better spent on de-
veloping institutional farms nearer
the institutions.
A bill to grant state employees eight
hour days and provide ample c'istod-
| ial forces at state institutions Is IN
| the house and will be presented the
senate later, to receive Senator
F.railey's endorsement.
| The six mill fire levy bill was ably
assisted in the senate by Senator
Frailey. 1t provides means OF sup
porting better fire protection depart
ments in Iowa cities.
| Mr.. Frailey has announced that his
vote will be for the teachers pen
sion bill.
! A bill, to which the attention OF
attorneys has been called by Mr.
Frailey, calls for the placing of six
teen men in the jury box at the com
mencement OF their empanelling. This
allows the parties and attorneys to
exercise their pre-emptories in the
knowledge OF whom will be the next
juror called.
One of Mr. Frailey's bills in the
senate is to permit Iowa banks to in
vest resources in other mtd-wes
states. Heretofore, Iowa banks were
required to confine their investment.
to this state.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08

lin the best expressions OF the ~
or as it duly CLEANS in the eo con- 1
the most capable artist is nso - h
same. But to the eyes attuneu ,asal
in finite variety, the exquisite, ,u n
lions, the indescribable shadlns sss
tone and quality, the perforrnaIna,rr,sa NAL
spring are not only rich but rai as, r.
festations that astound the mus
satile Of human minds. =,
Who are the sponsors lot .u;nss.
Who are the constructive .,olod
who are the makers of me VIM
the Watchers of the colors Ind
it that gathers the pigments :, III
every chemical source. who Il !, uorl
stirs them in the color pan anu I1vno i
them ever upon the easel? wv, mid
that with a broad bush TO tne -nelod
OF the tempest or the thr,inIs ~ find
of a hluebird, places boiciy ss day
the colors upon the curtain u If d
the star-bespangled draperies
night?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08

Advertise in The Gate City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08

reread what these have written
studied them, and then gone ane
written in whatever manner came
most natural to me.
AS I read / made 1t a practice tt
look I'D every word with which 1 was
not familiar, and not merely Its
present Significance, but the various
changes it has undergone Such
books as Trench on Words" l have
found fascinating, and have spent
hours in tracing in successive edi
tons of the oldest dictionaries the
mutations of words. I am never
without dictionary of synonyms
and a thesaurus at my elbow, and
when writing I hunt in my memory
for the exact word l want, or else
search for it in the dictionary or
thesaurus.
Another plan / followed for score
or more years: I carried a little
notebook, into which I wrote every
new word with the meaning Of which
was not familiar. Each day I look.
ed over the list and either in writ.
ing or speech compelled myself to
the use of the new words until they
became "as familiar as household
words"
Hence today 1t is my pleasure at
any time to allow myself to be call
ed upon for an address on any sub
ject with which 1 am reasonably
familiar-this Is the only. absolute
rule-and whether with or without
time for preparation OF notes I get
upon my feet with confidence
though with nervous trepidation
(stage fright) l have never yet been
able to kill, for I know that I can
formulate my thought while before
the audience and then present it in
accurate, fairly pleasing and forceful
English.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
PENSION BILL
Has Been Reported Out Of Senate
Committee, According to
Word Received.

The teachers annuities bill has
been reported to the senate from the
committee, according to a telegram
received today from J. c. Grasom by
Prof p. c. Hayden. 1t is confidently
expected that the bill will be passed
by the senate now that it has been
reported out Of committee.
Professor Hayden received tele-
gram from Mr.. Grasom today saying,
"The senate has reported our bill
out of committee"
The house judiciary committee re-
ported the bill before adjournment.
If the bill can be passed in the house
there will be little trouble in getting
the governors signature to make it
a law, 1t is believed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
How Preparedness Fund viii oper-
ate 10 Shown In the Following
Digest Of the
Law.
EXEMPTION FOR SOME
Corporations Exempt From Federal
Income Tax, Arc Exempt From
This Special
Tax.

The act providing for the special
| preparedness fund. passed oy lho
senate March /, includes speclai
T tax on profits of corporations ana
partnerships ir addition to all taxes
heretofore imposed. The tax Is paseo
on the net earnings Of corporations
and partnerships in excess OF So'ooo,
plus percent of the actual capital
invested. The tax imposed is at the
rate of 8 percent.
The Guaranty Trust company OF
New York, which is issuing Tor iree
distribution 4 digest Of this act, gives
the following explanatory example OF
its application: Domestic corporation
having 100000 actual capital invest
ed. and $4,000 annual net earnings
would calculate the amount OF us TAX
as follows:
Net annual income. $4o'ooo
Amount exempt:
Specific exemption. s 5000
Eight percent Of
100000 ........- 16,OOo
Total exemption. Z1'ooo
balance subject to percent ;.
TOW $40 900
: mount of tax. .-...$ i'o1e
Foreign corporations and partner
ships. as well as resident corpora
lions and partnerships, are subject 10
| the tax, except that the tax Is assess
ed against foreign corporations ana
partnerships only on income received
from sources within the United
States and exemptions are allowed
proportionately.
Net income Gas shown by corpora
tons on returns filed pursuant to the
provision of the income tax law, act
of September 8, 1870 is used as the
basis for the assessment of the tax,
and returns filed for the year 1917
| b. corporations having a net income
| in excess of $1,000 shall include full
statement of capital invested. Part
nerships having net income OF
5000 or over must file returns set
| ting forth the actual capital invested
and gross income for the taxable
year. For the purpose OF computing
net income, partnerships are allowed
the same deductions as are allowed
to individuals under sections fve and
six of the income tax law.
Corporations exempt from the fed
| eral income tax and partnerships
similarly engaged are exempt from
taxation under the excess profits tai
law. Partnerships whose income Is
derived from agriculture or from per
sonal services also are exempt.
The first taxable year is the calen
dar year ending December 81, 1917
but corporations and partnerships
Having a fiscal year other than the
taxable year provided by law may
make returns for their fiscal year in
accordance with the provisions OF in
come tax law.
The provisions Of the act relating
, to excess profits do not affect the
present income tax on individuals.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
THE STORY OF SPRING.
An Appreciation Of the Manifold
Work Of Design, the Mastercraft
Of Construction.

Baltimore American: Nature assigns
her task and appoints the custodians
for her enterprises with system that
has been regulated and built up dur
ing all the years since the earth rose
from the welter OF chaos and shook
from it's shoulders the mists of it's
primordail existence. So that the an
nual task OF getting things ready for
spring is one of routine, and while it
differs in different latitudes and has
it's special manifestations in various
parts of the earth, the method is much
the same. Those persons who know
nothing except the things that are ap-
parent and never get q glimpse be-
hind the scenes, are delighted with
the preliminary choral of the birds
as in massed melody they sweep from
the clouds and spray their song along
the paths of the golden sun and cause
the seedlings to rise in rapture to
listen and in the act become germinal,
and the buds to unfold that they may
match the melody Of the song with
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
One Vote Aoalnst IL.

United Press Leased Wire Service.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, March S.-With
the dissenting vote only Of Represent
alive E. G. Strand. socialist, the low.
err house of the Minnesota le9isla
ture today passed a resolution ode.
nying sympathy with the twelve men
who conducted a filibuster just be.
fore the last congress adjourned -
The resolution did not carry any
caustic statement
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
~. Unanimous.

New York World: The sranss vht
announces that Turkey WIN viI
the last man. 1t is hoped sne
t, the very last man.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
cIosina in ON eaadad.

SioSiH9 III OF od9odG.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
LONDON, March S.-British cav
airy is now within twelve miles OF
Bagdad, It was officially announced
today
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-02-02

lifted them tenderly To his desk. and
Ter sometime watched their move
mcnt~. as II bordering the greatest Of
ail I'roi'lemS-the mystery 81 life. See
in- l'"'~sning film over the eye Of
"lr ~ the kittens. he carefully wiped
90 away with his handkerchief. and
a- Do" placed the little fellow on the
ii'H'r again. said gently. There. little
"nc. I've done for you what even your
mother couldn't do"
~ J have time and again recalled 20
my mind that incidental use ~ the
word mother have thought that M
flat moment there must have come TO
ihr president some recollection ~ the
delicate. hard-workcd woman who had
f"ilri AMI struggled for her son. and
VII" yet In her poverty felt that she
could DO 80 little for him. What the
word mother" meant to this man can
o. inferred from his Oft-quotcd saying
O" friend. All that I am. or hope 10
be ] owe 10 my angel mOther-bless-
ings ON her memOryT
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-02-02
STABBED BY BOOTH
theatrical Man Recalls Struggle
With lincoln's Murderer on
Stage of Ford's.

= EATED before q cracking log
IRE Ia q sturdy little bungalow
at Rye Beach. overlooking Long
Island Sound. an old man told
me OF his regret that he does not hold
q greater place In history. writes Pearl
Louise Beck In the Illustrated Sunday
Magazine. He has had this feeling OF
regret ever since q certain Hateful hour
on the evening Of April IA. 1885. when
he found himself fiat on his back In
the wings OF Ford's theater In WASH
ington. and sat up TO hear the STUN
bling footsteps OF John wilkes Booth
dying away In the distance.
William Withers was leader OF the
orchestra I'm Ford's theater on the
night OF Lincoln's assassination He
was acquainted with the martyred
president. and with Booth. who killed
him. having spent an hour with the
latter before the fatal performance.
A few seconds after Booth had
Jumped from the presidents box to
the stage. he found Withers blocking
his way. With the fury OF a mailman.
he drew a dagger and rushed at the
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-02-02

musician. The steel missed its mark.
but II tore n ragged cash In withers'
left shoulder.
The dagger fell to the floor" said
Nr. Withers. In telling the story of
hat historic night. II remember look
NIX at IL In dazed way and wonder
ng why Booth should have attacked
me-"
Mr. Withers Is an invalid now. but
his mind Is wonderfully clear. He can
tell In detail everything that happened
20 him. from the time he took his place
md led the orchestra I'm playing Hail
10 the CHIEF as Lincoln entered. until
his thrilling meeting with Booth imme-
diately after the ASA ssination.
He says: suddenly I heard the re-
port OF a pistol and a second later a
-reat thud upon the stage. I stepped
hack into the wing TO see what had
happened A woman screamed. there
was stumbling rush. and a mans
voice broke into bitter curses. I bur-
ried through the wing to the stage. and