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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25
SHOT TODEATH
IN SMOKER
Safe Cracker Kills Officer Taking
Hin: &c jai; and Esoaes from
Moving Train.

United Press Leased Wire Service
WINDSOR, Ont, Jan. 25.-"This is
what get for, being kind to you .
were the last words of immigration
Inspector M. B. jackson. of Winnipeg
shot to death in the smoking car OF
a G. P. R. train early today by James
Stewart, safe blower jackson was
bringing Stewart to Windsor. where
officers were waiting to take him to
Battle Creek, Mich, where he is
wanted for cracking safe in a BILL
lizard hall.
The officer was murdered with his
own weapon, as the train was about
three miles outside of Windsor. Stew
art had slipped the gun from the off,
GERS pocket while the two were talk
ing together.
Jackson had permitted Stewart to
make the long journey from Winnipeg
without Deing manacled.
Stewart was still at large this morn
ing, although both sides Of the Detroit
river are being closely guarded.
Blood hounds picked up his trail at
the spot where he jumped from the
moving train after shooting the immi-
grafton officer, followed it for three
miles and then lost It.
Stewart is also wanted on charge
of robbing the safe Of the Orpheum
theatre IN Madison, Wis.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25

Brennan. Dr. Elizabeth Mcdonald,
Della Concannon, Grace O'Brien
Schultz, Adelaide Mcnamara Ander-
son, Beatrice Mcnamara, Bertha
O'Brien Smith, Louise Gibbons Soup.
pei, Asceline O'Brien Baur, LYDIA
Mullen, Dora Hynes O'Brien, Marg'
aret Hughes. Mary Finerty Concan.
non, Edwina Mckenzie, Elizabeth
Timlin, Dolly Walker, Nellie OReilly
Hidden, Alice O'Reilly Chapman, Anna
Seibert Kennedy
Maude O'Brien, Edith O'Brten,
Mary Mcnamara, Nellie OBrien,
Margaret O'Brien, Josephine Browne
Julia Hurley Weinberg. Mary Tuite,
Margaret Schikan, Madaline Cord n
Murphy, Loretta Gordon, Beatrice
Conroy Ewers. Loretto Kenny, Marg'
aret O'Brien McAndrew. Julia COZ
nelly Walker, Grace Phillips, Mary
Commit McNeary, Cecilia Mccartney
Immegart, Frances Neal, Anna Smith
Hellenthal, Alice Welsh Merchant
Leonore Dickey, Catherine Rogersor
Bryan, Josephine Kennedy, Florence
Ireland Greaves.
Vivian Roach, verna Seibert, Mary
Brassill, Bernadine Crowley Cook
Rose Welsh, Loretto Tuite. Madeline
McGrath, Mary Sansone Canelia,
Mary Servoo Mertz, Clarisse Gordon,
Margaret Stafford, Anna Connolly
Mary Brerton Goetz, Ruth Crowley
Walsh, Cornelia McCaffrey, Anna
Welsh, Mary Welsh, Loretto Weldon.
Genevieve Crotty, Anastasia Kav'
anaugh, Ruth Miller, Ellen Stafford,
Helen F. Finigan, Colletta Moeller
Marie Moeller
Hazel Riley Boyer, Celestine
Agnew, Celestine Dckey. Florence
Applebaum, Celestine Welsh, Mary
Hickey, Julia Sheahan, Beatrice Red
dy, Mabel Riley. Julia Moeller, Ma
tilda Dobb, Adelia Vogt. Elizabeth
Welsh. Ellen Ramsey. Marie Hayes
Alice Moore, Agnes Tigue, Elizabeth
Bell, Hazel Morgan, Catherine Cham
bers, Margaret McNally. Florence
Ward Rein, Catherine Smith Phil
lips, Charlotte Eagan, Madeline Tobin
Madeline Vogt, Catherine Griffith
Waleska Ward. Margaret Farraher
Myrtle HaIton sa.:c, Katherine
Ewers, Margaret Finigan Buss, Eliza
beth Bogel, Emanuella Flood Hone !,
Helen Sargent. Margaret Atkins
Marie Faber, Margaret Bauer. Rose
Keefe, Ir1na Carr, Margaret Moeller
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25
STUDY CENTER CENTER IN
KE0kUk SATURDAY
Teachers VIII Have Opportunity. to
Attend Special Sessions
at the High
eehool.
WILL LAST ENTIRE DAY
Several Prominent Educators Will
Appear Before Teachers
and Discuss
Topics.

One of several study centers plan
ned for Lee county this season Will
be given in Keol1uk on Saturday at
the Keokuk high school building.
County Superintendent e. c. Lynn
has arranged the program for the
meeting, and several educators Of
prominence will conduct the meet.
ings. 1t is expected that all OF the
Keokuk teachers will attend, and
there will be delegations from Fort
Madison, Montrose and other county
points.
The program will commence al
$3.50 Saturday morning in the as
sembly room of the high school. The
following is the complete program
for the study center:
$3.50 a. m.-Grade Teachers-The
Recitation-G. w. Walters.
Rural Teachers-Illustrative Teach.
ing Of Language-Eva May Luse.
1920 a. m.-Grade Teachers-Illus
trative Teaching of Language-Eva
May Luse.
Rural Misunderstanding Pupils 20
Study-G. w. Walters.
1880 a. m.-Noon intermission.
1:15 p. m.-Grade Teachers-The
Recitation-G. w. Walters.
Rural Teachers-Progress From
Year to Year in Language Teaching
Eva May Luse.
2:15 p. m.-Grade Teachers-Prog
ress From Year to Year in Language
Teaching-Eva May Luse.
Rural Teachers-Teaching Pupils
to Study. G. w. Walters.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25
Do YOU SUFFER
FROM BACKA ACHE?

When your kidneys are weak and
torpid they do not properly perform
their functions; your back aches
and you do not feel like doing much
OF anything. You are likely to be
respondent and to borrow trouble
Just as II yoa hadn't enough already
Don't be victim any, longer.
The old reliable medicine, Hoods
Sarsaparilla, gives strength and tone
to the kidneys and builds up the
whole system.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is a peculiar
combination of roots, barks and herbs
No other medicine acts like it. be
cause no other medicine has the same
formula or ingredients. Accept nc
substitute, but insist on having
Hoods, and get it today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25
MISSOURI,

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo-. Jan
25.-The 31-year old parrot. "Blondy.
owned by Mrs. S. E. York here for Is
years, died yesterday. He was remark
ably well educated, speaking English
perfectly and some Latin.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 25.-Mrs. Mary
Bledsoe, 81 years old, housekeeper,
was hacked with a Ratchet and
strangled with strap in the base
ment of the home of Sam House,
president of the New York Millinery
company. The house had been ran
sacked and the police believe Mrs.
Bledsoe was killed when she resisted
a thief.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25

Eloise PEBBLES, Katherine Hayes
Anna Landman, Beulah Honce, Marg
aret Ewers, NOrine Farraher. Rose
mary Finegan.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25

OF Utah, characterized President
Wilson's address to the senate Mon
day.
Il cannot but feel" the governor
continued, that this powerful appeal
to the best in humanity will result
in . world wide demand that the cruel
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25

war will be brought to an early CON
clusion and that, in line with the
presidents expression, steps will be
taken that will make extremely I'M
likely a repetition OF this present
cataclysm.'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25
Convent Bill Again.
m Yy-sA4I

DES MONIES. Iowa, Jan. 25.-The
"anttCatholic" convent bill which
caused so much bitterness in the last
legislature, was introduced today by
Representative e. D. Rayburn of
Poweshiek. It seeks to compel state
inspection Of all secular institutions
receiving inmates or pupils. The bill
would bring Catholic converts.
schools and charitable institutions
under state supervision.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25
After Thirty Years. Experience I Havs
Produced An Appliance for Men,
Women or Children That
Cures Rupture.
I Send It On Trial.

| II you have tried most everything else. come 20
me. Where others fail Is where have my greatest
success. Send attached coupon today and will send
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25
II ILLINOIS,

ROCK ISLAND, H., Jan. 25.--
Physicians who examined the wounds
Of Policeman Jay D. Mum, who was
found unconscious on his beat and
died on the way to a hospital. declar-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25
Short Sad Story.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-Mother sway;
matches near; boy plays: is dead.
That tells the tragic story Of Joseph
Madeira, two years Old. Mary Ozlaj,
five, probably is fatally burned
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25

believed the officer was attacked by
some suspicious character he was fol.
lowing. He lay in driveway off a
prominent street three hours before
he was found.
DUQUOIN, ILL.,, Jan. 25.-Informa'
ton has been received here from
Pinckneyville, county seat of Perry
county, to the effect that petitions
asking the recall of Mayor George E.
HINGE and City Commissioners ]. c.
Messing and J. M. Piller Jr., who con
stitute the local board of improve.
ments have been drawn up and will
be circulated. Among the charges in
Guided in the petition are that the
city officials are spending public funds
against the wish of taxpayers and are
permitting blind tigers to operate in
the town.
PANA, Ill. Jan. 25.-Winf1e1d B.
Jordan, publisher and editor of the
Pana Daily Palladium, has received
notification Of his appointment by
President Wilson and confirmation by
the senate as postmaster Of Pana. He
succeeds W. H. Alexander, named by
President Taft, whose term expired
August IL, last.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25
Most Lofty Expresslon.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
SALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 25.-"One
of the most lofty expressions of
Americas high ideals that has ever
been voiced by the statesmen" was
the way Governor Simon Bamberger,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25
Illinois IowarM Missouri
IOWA.

IOWA.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Jan. 25.-Pub.
lie improvements in Sioux City the
past year totaled the sum OF $643,'
937. or this amount $4,000 was spent
in bettering the waterworks system
Of the city.
WATERLOO, Iowa, Jan. 25.-The
embezzlement case against John H.
Meyers, former Waterloo police judge,
came to an ending in district court
when the county attorney moved tne
case be dismissed. The defendant was
charged with having embezzied SlV
! y lille holding pubic Office.
CLINTON, Iowa, Jan. 25.-Two wo.
men In widely separated sections o.
the city swallowed poison with SUI.
cidaI intent within fifteen minutes Oh
each other. Mrs. Fred Leibert, ageo
%. is dead as a result, and Mrs. Ed
ward McDuff. aged "a. is dying.
DAVENPORT. Iowa, Jan. 25.-F1re
totally destroyed Janssen's care; one
of the finest confectionery estaollsn'
ments in this vicinity. The Janssen
cafe opened only last summer and IN
VOWED an investment Of approximate
~ $4,000.
LIE MARS, Iowa. Jan. 25.-Chnrles
Pinney, Fl. G. Munro and Peter Ten
tenger appraisers for collateral IN
heritance tax. are at kingsley to ap-
praise the estate OF Ludwig blascnna,
who committed suicide by shoouns
himself last August. He leit an es-
tate valued at ss5o,ooo besides l5.-
600 acres of land in Texas. Blaschka
was a bachelor and all his properly
goes to nephews and nieces in Austria,
end as consequence the state Will
get 10 per cent inheritance tax.
CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa. Jan. Is
DR., Jennie F. Hayden, wife OF Dr..
Howard F. Hayden is dead IN this
city after an illness of several months.
DR.. Hayden was born in England In
1872, and came to this county when
eight years old.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25

MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo-, Jan. 25
The funeral Of Col. l.. A. Thompson
uncle of Gen. John J. Pershing, was
held here yesterday. the body having
been disinterred at Leavenworth
Kas, and brought here for burial by
the side of his wife.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1917-07-12
Gesen iSleiidfalider.

Die Strofen fir Habruagsmittels
perfGlf9un9 paren in alien 3eiten be-
ionoers bart. Ddbreno bas beuts
ssltenoe 9eIeb, betreffeno ben Der
tebr nit gtubrunssz unb 9enubmits
teln, ben SGIi9er nur nit Greibeitss,
9elbz unb gbrenitrafen bebrobt. tpas
rem bic Strafmittel in friiberen Sabrs
bunberten beoeuteno braitii4er, erfiiu>
ten aber ibren 3iped minoeitens eben'
foeut.
sSn einem 9ittsefu9, bas bic Gin
tppbner Der franSDiif6en Stabt Ims
bert 1481 an Die 8ebDrben riateten,
finben mir foleenOe bepe9li9e &lage:
vOie armen 2eute, bic auf bic WfGrtte
eintaufen geben, tperoen immer ipteber
bur9 Die 8auern bintersunsen, Die
fdle6te 2ebensmittel, pie aIte fauie
@ier, 5aure pber peripGFerte Wil4,
Butter, in Die man Riiben ober Steine
bineingetan bat, gum 8ertauf brins
gen."
Die frans0iiide Rsgieruns erlieb
auf biefe pstition folsenbe Strafan'
brobungen: rSeoer Perion, Die per@
pGFerte MiI9 pertauft, ioll Elm Sri4s
ter in ben S9luno eeitedt unb burd
bieIen 10 piel Miilh eingegoHen pers
ben, tpie lie obne 2ebens9efabr pertra>
gen fann. = Sober, Der nit Riiben,
Steiner, u. r. ip., bef9perte Butter
pertauft, fpll Offentlih an einen Pfabl
sebunoen peroen. Utan pade ibm
bann bic Butter auf ben Sopf, uno
laFe ibn 70 lanse BON Der Sonne be-
ibeinen, bis iie berunterflieBt. Die
Sunbe mDsen ite ableden. uno Der pOs
bel mag na4 9elieben Ieinen Spott
nit ibm treiben. gei i9ledtem Wets
ter iebe man iolbe 2eute in einem
Dffentli9en unb fir ale Su9dn9li6en
Raum bes @efdnsnifes einem itarten
5euer aus. = Sober, Der faule Gier
pertuuft, miro an ben pranser ees
felt. Die faulen @ier sebe man Sim
bern in bic Sanb, auf oaB iie oamii
na9 Dem llsbeltGter tperfen unb ben
9oriibergebenben 10 Elm 9ersniigen be.
reiten."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1917-07-12

Oas tarolinii9e meoicozhirurgi,
f6s Snftitut bei9lob, Den biesidbrigen
Iobelpreis fir MeOi3in fir bas nddite
Sabr suriid5uiteGlen. Der 1915 gus
riidgeiteI1te preis pirb aud niht auss
ssteilt, fonbern als befonOerer 9runo>
tod fir pie mebiainii4e preis9ruppe
abeeieBt.
Die frana0iiihe Regierung bat bte
ginfubr bon 3eitunsspapier perboten.
(9lud) bas unbeorudte 3eitungspd
pier.) Gs lit bic 9lbi6t Der Resies
rung. auf bieie Weife bic fran50iii6e
Yapierinbuitrie gu beben, bie-in glns
betra9t ibrer rei6en disqualification
Der fremben 3ufubr unabbdnsig iit.
mir freuen uns bieIes 8erbotes, piel'
let9t tpirb Sann bas papier bier bils
Tiger. 9tber bic rei6en SolapprrGts
6rou6t Srantreih pprlGufig nod fir
llnteritGnoe unb S9iiBsnaraben6aus
ten.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1917-07-12
M o berne Gun Il.

Der Wialer Spmbolinstp Setgt
einem funitperitdnbisen Sreunbe feline
neueite S6Dpfung. Sieier ftebt ldnz
gere 3eit in 8etrudtun9 perfunten por
bem Siloe unb fragt f6lieBlih: ng5er
nun fug' mir bod, mas ftellt benn bus
Bib eisentlib bor9"
Spmbolinstp (tlopft freubis erregt
Dem anbern auf bic S4ulter): rDu
bait mid peritanben!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1917-07-12
sn6t sbwisgertodter.
s6nis ScrSinanp BON Snlsarien anf
Srantid,au fir ieineu Spbn.

aOnis 6erbinanb BON 9ulsarien foll
auf Der 8rauti6au fir ieiusn oreis
unbspanaigjdbrisen Sobu, ben 8ronz
prin5en Boris, iein. &iir5lid be-
iu6te er ben 8Onis BON 8apern in
Miin9en, um bort bic @erlobune Der
iinsiten So9ter bes 80nies, prinSefz
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1917-07-12

Sage mir, nit mem bu ausgehf.
unb i9 min Dir ia9en, mann bu tpies
Der beimtommit.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1917-07-12
TcrSiuano bon Sulsarien.
Siibf9er StteG.

Scr 8ubnrat MiiGIer 1T sur 3abns
rabbabn perfeBt pprben."
-alio 1T er jeBt 3abnrabbabnrat9"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1917-07-12
8elde @bre!
Derfbins erbdlt einen brittfmea
QorS aum Mointanten.

General Yerfbtne 1T Ole, obne 3peis
feI sebiibrenb sefpiirOiste gbre auteiG
eeipurben, oaB ibm aIs @nsIunbs @ers
trstsr an isinem Stabs elm pirfli6er
9orb als 9biutant beigsgeben ipurbe.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1917-07-12
9onnerftas, -. SuIl 1917.

@er Dem pDbsl gu @efallen fpridt.
Der ipirb balb tpie er benten.
Diffe, bic sanSe Natur bat 8ers
nunft unb Sell an 9eoanten.
mas nennt ibr Wabrbeit2 Die
Sduiduns. Die Sabrbunbsrts alt .ses
ipprben.
36serr beibt au pergefIen ans
fansen. aufsei4oben 1T fait immer
aufseboben.
8efannts Marime: aleine 3us
geitdnbniiIe mub man 70 MAIDEN. als
pdren iie srobe.
Sage mir, nit mem bu ausgebft.
unb t9 min Dir iassn, mann bu tpies
Der beimtommf.
ungGaubIth, gu peIden ans
iibten iith Elm S9riftiteller oft bur9
fein Salient perleiten lGbt!
Wenn bid aIles perIGbt, oetne
2duie bleiben bir.
Montenesrinifh,
Denn Elm pope Elm 2amm seitobz
len bat. 10 eibt er iih felbft bic gbio'
luton. Bulgarii9.)
2ebbaftisfeit, bic nit benz
2lIter iteist, srenSt nabe on Narrbeit.
@lte Barren iinb Diel ndrrifher ala
iunge.
ST Der gboratter Der eriten 2ez
bensbGlfte unbeoinsts Sebnfu4t na4
Slid, 1T ebenio Der Der Stpeiten Be-
forsnis por lngliid.
Der 9ebulbete oarf fein Selbftbez
puBtiein seiesn; i'm @eeenteil: ie
mebr @or5iige er beiiBt, beito bei6eibea
ner mub er uuftreten.
Die meiiten Gbetriess fommen
nidt bapon, bab man bic Wdbrbeit
fast,, fonbern, bab man iie, unbefiims
inert um isbe 3eit, ioslsi4 faet.
llnb fo1 es iein, unb mub es fein,
Sa bilft fein 3ieren uno Slennen;
: 9reif in bic Neiieln friid binein,
60 tperoen ite bid ni6t bremen.
u einem pffenen purabiesgGrtlein
ssbt Der Menfa 9leidsiltis porbei unb
tpirb erit traurig, tpenn es peri6lofen
lit. (Sinngeoi4t.)
rMer IN ii r bi9," fagte elm Saa
seitols, rum Der Innebmlidteit piaen,
au beiraten, feBen iia piele Der llndns
nebmli6feit aus, perbeiratet gu iein.
Der Menib lit aIio gum llneliid
beitimmt, bab ibm bas Slid faif als
elm llnre6t eri6eint; elmer 9emeinen
Hatur bas frembe, elmer ebleren bas
eigene.
SreipiIIig iih Der allgemeinen
Weltpernunft unterperfenb. ben Gigens
piIlen ertDten, tit Weisbeit unb Su>
senb unb aller rselIen Sreube Sori
susleih.
Giner Der erbabeniten 3pede ber
Sonfunit lit bic Nusbreitung Der Re'
Iigion unb bic 9efOroerung unb @r'
bauung uniterbli6er @eelen.
pb. 6. Bad.
Wuiit iit bic &unit, bas Sbr a.
pergniigen, bas Sers gu riihren, Der
@eritano in ansenebme SGti9teit al
perieben uno bic gtnbiloungstraft mi
mannisfaltisen 8oritelIun9en gu per'
feben. S. 8. 2obe.
gs tpirb geben, ipie INNER, ipenr
cine neue unb iiberraI6enbe Wabrbei
entbedt tpirb; bic Meni6en fasen Si
crit: bas ift ni6t pabr!-alsbann: eI
itreitet segen bic Rslision!-uub 5a
Isbt: adj. bas bat man i4on lange se
pubt!
Der geiang iit Der Sdpur be
8ruberliebe, bes Meni9enbunbes; ii
Spfsrfpra9e; man bort muir Gin
@timme, ipenn Satt sebalten miro
Gr ift eine Morsene uno 9lbenbbdm
meruns, mo es peber gu bell. nod 81
buntel lit.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1917-07-12

nneIaubIi9, au peIden ans
iibten iia Elm S9riftiteller oft bur9
fein Salent perleiten lGbt!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1917-07-12

Diffe, bic eanae Tatur bat 8er'
nunft unb Sell on 9ebanten.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1917-07-12

3Dserr beibt Su pergehen ans
fansen. aufseidoben 1T fait immcr
aufseboben.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1917-07-12

mas nennt ibr @abrbeit9 Die
SGuiduns. Die Subrbunoerte alt gez
tpproen.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1917-07-12

2orb 9roofe, bies iit Der Rame bes
4oiutanten. ion eiu tii4ti9er Solbat
Iein uno biirfte nebenbei als 8ermitt<
fer spii6en 9enerul Peribrlg unb
5elbmari9aG 9ais oienen.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1917-07-12

Der Dem pDbel gu 9efallen ipri4t.
Der pirb balb tpie er benten.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1917-07-12

8efannts Marime: aleine 3us
seitGnbniiie mub man 70 MAIDEN. als
pdren fie eroBe.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-04-04

States and making provisions to pro-
secute the same.
Whereas the recent acts of the
Imperial government are acts of war
against the United States government
and people of the United States.
Resolved by the Senate and House
'Of Representative of the United
States of America in Congress as
sembled that the state of war between
the United States and the Imperial
German government which has thus
been thrust upon the United States is
hereby formally declared; and,
THAT the President be, and he is
hereby, authorized and directed to
take immediate steps not only to put
the country in a thorough state of de-
Tense but also to exert all his power
and employ all Of its resources to car
ry on war against the Imperial Ger
man government and to bring the con-
fiict to successful termination"
The resolution was referred to the
Foreign Affairs committees by both
houses. and adiournedment until to-
morrow followed soon afterward.
Both committees meet tomorrow
morning.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-04-04
JOINT RESOLUTION Is INTRO.
DUCED IN BOTH HOUSES

Washington, April 2--lmmediately
after the President left the capitol the
Senate and House reconvened and all
identical joint resolution was intro
duced in both Houses, declaring the
existence of state of war, and direct
ing the President to employ all the re-
sources Of the country to carry on war
against the Imperial German govern
ment and bring the conflict to a sue
cessful conclusion.
Because of the opposition to the
measure of Senator Stone, chairman
Of the Foreign Relations Committee,
the resolution was introduced in the
Senate by Senator Martin, of Virginia,
the Democratic floor leader. Repre-
sentative Flood, chairman of the For
eign Affairs Committee, introduced it
In the House.
The resolution follows:
Joint resolution declaring that q
state OF war exists between the I'M
perlal German government and the
government and people OF the United
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|. W. W. REFUSE TO BEAR ARMS
IN EVENT OF WAR

Virginia, Mimi, April Refusal to
bear arms for the United States in
the event that ii should go to war with
foreign nation and the purpose to
declare a strike among miners, on
the Messaba Iron Range May Is, were
contained in resolutions presented to
a conference of forty executive offic-
lals of the Industrial Workers OF the
World today. Voting on the resolution
was deferred.
The meeting was secret and none
but holders of Industrial Workers of
the World membership cards was adj
mitted.
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In the five part Vitagraph Blue Rib
bon Feature, 1.-THE Man of Mystery"
which is the attraction at the Wash
ington Theater on Saturday. Il. II.
Sothern, the most famous actor of the
modern stage, who plays the title role,
makes remarkable transformation in
his appearance.
In the first part of the production,
Mr.. Sothern is seen as an elderly and
somewhat pompous gentleman with
a great growth of beard, crooked neck
and baggy eyes. His appearance is
anything but attractive and forms a
goal for the small, petty remarks of
Madame Brunchaut, his mother-in-
law and foreign spy.
When he is buried by the lava of
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For County Jailer

For County Jailer
We are authorized to announce Mr..
John B. Furlong, as a candidate for
Jailer of Mason County, subject to the
action of the Democratic party at the
August, 1917, Primary.
We are authorized to announce w.
c. Booton as a candidate for Jailer of
Mason county, KY, subject to the ac-
ton of the Democratic party at the
August Primary.
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eruptng Vesuvius he is put through
some newly discovered scientific proc
ess by a renowned medical professor
and when the bandages are removed
his entire face and form changed.
He is now a dstinguished-lo looking
man of middle age with hair streaked
with grey.
This transformation is cleverly done
indeed. In fact the audience will find
it difficult to believe that the famous
star portrayed both roles until later
in the play when he again makes up
as his former self in order to prove
his identity to his wife.
With his new appearance he returns
to his old home and makes himself
most useful to the wife, who is being
swindled by an unscruplous lawyer.