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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02
Mrs. Harold X. Weld Of Minneapolis
Tells Something OF Scope of Y.
w. C. A. Activities Behind
the Army.
UNFOLDING THE MORALS
Women Employed in Camp Are Safe
guarded, and Places for Wives
and sweethearts to Come
Are Made.

keokuk is entertaining today a
very delightful woman, who comes
here with an interesting and impor-
tant message. The woman is Mrs.
Harold X. Weld of Minneapolis, and
T, she has come to tell Of the work
being done by women for women and
girls who are employed about the
environments or who follow the army
from a foolish and sentimental lure
which uniform has had since time
! began.
Mrs. Weld is a volunteer worker
for the Y. w. c. a. She went as
| hundreds of other women did to Chi
cago to the war work conference and
was there made chairman OF the war
work committee of the north central
field, which includes five states In
this section of the United States.
The war work committee began when
the national guard was modified on
the Mexican border. So much was
accomplished there in safeguarding
the morals of girls who were en-
ployed and others who went to visit
brothers and sweethearts in the
army, that when this country joined
the allies and began the establish
ment of environments, the regular
army officers asked that the Y. w.
C. A. carry their work to these
places This association is the only
women's organization allowed within
the army lines. The work is already
centralized in thirty-two environments
by the building of a hostess house.
the first of which was built at Platts-
burg, N. Y. The one at Camp Dodge
is in process Of erection with Mrs
Walter Irish of Des Moines as official
hostess. These hostess houses con-
tain day nursery. a lobby and rest
room and cafeteria where both men
and women are served meals, the
menu containing dishes not on the
army bill of fare. In the beginning
these houses were a protection for
girls, but they have developed into
a refuge for wives and little children.
The social life of the cantonment
insofar as 1t includes women, is sup
ervised and chaperoned by the work
ers at these hostess houses The
work of the association has been
carried to industrial centers such as
munition plants and the factories
where uniforms are made. Here are
gathered sometimes as many as 800
girls, the association looks after
their housing and sees that they
have safe and comfortable place to
live with good wholes ONE food. They
plan for the safe amusement Of these
girls in their leisure hours. The
ideal back of all this work is that
the men in the army shall not get
lower standard of the purity of
women and that they shall feel the
same obligation to safeguard that
right of women while they are in
the army. that they feel when they
are at home. in their Offices or stores
or on the farm. The people Of Amer
lea do not propose If 1t can be-
avoided, that our national standard
of the integrity of the home and its
purity shall be wrecked, or that the
morals OF the boys in the army shall
be ruined because Of war.
Army Men Cooperating
Mrs. Weld said that the men at
the head of the government and the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02

No matter what ails your child. a
gentle. thorough laxative should al
ways be the first treatment given
If your little one is out-of-sorts,
half-sick, isn't resting, eating and
acting naturally-look, Motheri see
If tongue is coated. This is sure
sign that the little stomach, liver
and bowels are clogged with waste.
When cross, irritable, feverish, stom-
ach sour, breath bad or has stomach
ache, diarrhoea. sore throat, full of
cold, give teaspoonful of California
Syrup of Figs" and in a few hours
all the constipated poison, undlgested
food and sour bile gently moves out
of the little bowels without gripping,
and you have well. playful child
again.
Mothers can rest easy after giving
This harmless fruit laxative" be-
cause 1t never fails to cleanse the
little ones liver and bowels and
sweeten the stomach and they dearly
love it's pleasant taste. Full direc.
lions for babies, children of all ages
and for grown-ups printed on each
bottle.
Beware Of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for bottle
of "California Syrup Of Figs" then
see that 1t is made by the California
Fig Syrup Company"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02
At the Grand,

"Rebecca" is delightful from begin
ming to end; she is just the incest
child in American literature. AS a
classic for old and young the photo
play "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"
has no equal In this famous story
appears Americas sweetheart, Mary
Pickford, and a more fitting associa-
ton could not have been selected for
either little Mary" or for the film
portrayal of the book. See 1t by all
means at the, Grand tonight.
Tomorrow our big double Saturday
program, Florence Labadie in War
and the Woman" and Billy West in
THE Fly ."-Advertisem
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02
ADJUSTMENTS.
At the hlpnodrome.

Tonight we present Saylor Holmes,
star in His Majesty Bunker Bean, -
who appears in his first phctop1ay
comedy success, Efficiency Edgar's
Courtship, from the Saturday Even
ing Post story-and two episodes of
The Double Cross Mystery.
Toforrow we present Gail Kane in
Southern Pride and Six Cylinder
Love, rapid fire two act Fox com
edy. Helen Holmes, the daredevil
of the screen, in an episode of The
Lost Express. will be shown as an
added attraction at the matinee per
Torrance only. Give the children a
treat by bringin them along to our
special Saturday matinee perform
ance.-Advertisem
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02
Not Ono identified.

dIrnited Press Leased Wire Servicel
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 2.-As
tile trial of sixty-three soldiers, mem
bers of the Third battalion Twenty
fourth United States infantry, (ne-
gro) entered its second day, today,
not one Of the participants IN the
Houston rioting with which the troop
ers are charged, have been idntified.
Major K. S. Snow, commander OF
the battalion on trial charged with
mutiny and murder in connection with
the rioting August %, stated he was
unable to identify any of the partici-
pants.
THE night was very dark Major
Snow said land l could not identify
any OF the rioters"
Major Snow told in detail Of the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02
A Temperance Sermon.

Humboldt Republican: There was
q mighty good temperance lecture on
the highway between Clarion anu
Hampton last Sunday. 1t was a large
motor car. 1t had been driven over
the side of viaduct, dropped twenty
feet down an almost perpendicuialI
bank to a railroad track. The iron.
of the car had landed against one Oh
the piles, perhaps two feet In diam
eter. The front wheels were prac,ic-
ally locked about the post. Just pe
low at the side OF the railroad traGN
was puddle of mud and water. IA
this were many broken beer anu
whiskey bottles, also the impress .,
the occupants of the car, who hau
landed in this soft spot after theii
drop Of twenty feet. The car was
wreck, but it is said that its occupants
were not seriously injured. It wa.
simply another attempt to mix Wis
Ky and gasoline.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02
Substitute for Rubber.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Nov. "A
by-product of corn has been discov-
cred as good rubber substitute, &C.
cording to officials Of the Douglas
Starch company, which today took
out building permit for the erection
of a plant much larger than the one
they are now using. The new building
will be used to manufacture the rub
Der substitute. 1t Is claimed the new
discovery would increase the corn
acreage
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02
Embargo on Potatoea.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. I
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 2-pennsyl-
vania's railway embargo on shipment
Of potatoes. cabbage and perishable
foodstuffs consigned to Pittsburgh
markets, was forced by the refusal
of consfgnees to permit unloading of
cars here. Eight hundred cars Of
foodstuffs now clutter sidfngs and
yards between here and Buffalo, &C.
cording to railway officials this after.
noon
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02
CAN'T FIND DANDRUFF

Every bit of dandruff disappears
after one or two applications of Dan
derine rubbed well into the scalp
with the finger tips. Get small
bottle OF Danderine at any drug store
for a few cents and save your hair.
after several applications you can't
find a particle of dandruff or any
falling hair, and the scalp Will never
itch
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02
1wenty-seven Sentenced

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1
SIOUX FALLS, s. D., Nov. q
Twenty-seven Gerrnan-Russianf farmers
were today sentenced to from one to
five years at Leavenworth, Kansas.
federal prison and fined sums ranging
from 5000 to $1,000 today following
convictions recently on charges Of re-
sisting the selective draft.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02
sTt VIII Come Off In One Complete
PieceY

right now,-free yourself at once
from all corn misery. 1t will peel
off painlessly, In one complete piece.
any corn, old or young, hard or soft,
or between the toes, any callus, or
any corn that has resisted every
thing else you have ever used, OF
1t comes like magic. Guaranteed.
All you need is 2 or 8 drops OF
"Gets-It," that's all. "Gets-It' Is
the only safe way in the world to
treat corn or ca1lus. It's the sure
way-the way that never fails; 1t
Never irritates the flesh or makes
the toe sore. 1t always works.; peels-
corns- off-like-a -banana-skfn 25c q
bottle g all you need pay for
"Gets-It'' at any drug store. or sent
on receipt of price by %. Lawrence
&c Co, Chicago. Ill
Sold in keoKuk and recommends
as the worlds best corn reroedy b
& Co., and Wilkinson & &c
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02
Boy SIackers.

American Boy: While it's on our
mind We might as well say that In our
opinion a boy who can go to school
and won't go to school, or a boy who
can master his studies and doesn't
master them, is as much a Stacker
as the man who tries to dodge the
draft
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02

performance to his hearts content,
his facial expression being amusing
indeed When the curtain ascended
revealing the cotton picking scene,
the old fellow could stand the strain
no longer Rising to his feet he
shouted, "Lawdy, but dat am nat
ural." At the Grand Monday. Nov. 5.
Advertisement
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02
On the Other Hand.

Indianapolis News: Those women
who refuse to obey laws made by men
should reflect on what would happen
II the reverse were attempted. II
men refused to obey laws made by
women, how many happy households
would be broken up!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02
Uncle Toms Cabin.

During the recent engagement of
VIM. H Kibbles' Uncle Toms
Cabin at Havelin's theatre, in ST.
Louis, an old gray -h.ired darkey was
noticed one evening enjoying the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02
kindio,s Band concert

Next Sunday afternoon at the Grand
opera house at 3 o'clock, Kindig's Con-
cert band will render the following
program:
March, THE Banquetters" :. Holmes
Grand Selection, Bohemian Girl"
balIe
Italian Serenade, Bright Star of
Hope" Robandi
Fantasia, Sunset in the Alps" 80.
- Sasteiio
Polonaise, Royal Court Festival.
...............- lrenkler
Grand Professional March, "The Sill
yer Trumpets" ............ Viviani
(a) Cornet Solo, "Tbe Rosary"
(Mr. Daniel s. Bishop
(b) Cuban Dance, Rosemary"
..-....... PiSu JeWtl
Concert Waltzes, Vienna Beauties"
Idyl, Country Lovers" -. Boulder
March, Cradle of Liberty. Al Hays
The admission for adults is 25 cents
and for children Is cents and Keokuk
should respond most literally to the
support of this worthy organization
Advertisement.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02

Atchison Globe: This iconocias,
wishes to state he was once DILL; ;r,
by dog which first barkeo at ILL.,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02

bloodshed and rioting on the fateful
night of August % and also of the
events of the preceding afternoon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02
3Gets-ls," 2 Drops,
Corns Peel OFF !!
For 25 Cents Peel OFF Is Corns.

"Gets-It." the greatest corn dis.
covery of any age. makes joy-walk-
ers out Of corn-limpers. It makes
Buy a liberty" bottle Of "Gets-It"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-02

Army Men Cooperating.
Mrs. Weld said that the men at
the head of the government and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-29

sex case, cause a breach Of diplomatic
relations, and that this could not fail to
lead to war. Perhaps she thought the
United States was blufing and would
never break, however grave the provo
cation. Had it really expected the break
to come as a result of the declaration
of unrestricted submarine campaigning
it should have ordered all of those YES
sells sent to sea to take chance on max
ing German ports or other neutral ports.
where they could be interned, or, failing
to make port, to be sunk at sea. Per-
haps it was thought that the breaking
of engines and scuttling of the ships
in harbor would put them beyond the
reach of this government within time
sufficient to be of use in the war If so
there was very serious miscalculation
as to American enterprise and ingenuity
at the war headquarters in Berlin
There will be large satisfaction in
sending American troops to France in
German ships to fight Germany.
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which, in view Of the modern methods
and machinery Of warfare, is hardly
conceivable in the case Of the German
forces, there would be no progressive
penetration. Yet this does not consti-
tute an "impregnable" line.
The battle of the Somme, that four
months series of fights that comprised
in effect fifty different battles, any one
of which would rate as major engage
ment under old proportions, proved that
the enemy line, however strong, can by
sufficient massing of artillery and in
fantry be hammered back and still back
until retreat becomes necessary. The
it may not break, but bending from
point to point as it has bent now for
more than a year is tantamount to de-
feat. If by a modern application of
the same tactics that Lords Roberts and
Kitchener applied in South Africa to
win the Boer war after futile old-style
frontal attacks, the allies can zigzag
their advance from position to position
frequently enough and persistently
enough they can "bend" the line out of
France and out of Belgium, even though
they may never break it literally any
where. A line that can be pressed back
is surely not impregnable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-29
California.

Former Gov. Gillette of California
tells an interviewer there is no doubt
the republicans will carry that state in
the gubernatorial election next year.
These are dangerous times for proph-
ecy about anything. Who may tell what
day may bring forths And a year
is an age.
Then, how shall California be reck-
oned politically7 Last years result was
a poser for everybody. Before election
day the republicans were certain of the
state. Mr.. Hughes-both while a Wis
itor, and later when he had returned
home-was assured he could not lose it.
But lose it he did, even with the tide
running mountain high for local re-
publican candidates. And by losing it
he lost the presidency. 1t was the vote
of California in the national contest
which kept the national result lettering
in the dispatches for days. Now
Hughes, now Wilson. Finally the vote
settled down on the Wilson side, and
by few thousand the President got his
second term.
1t was remarkable campaign. If the
Californians understand it, outsiders do
not. All efforts to explain it have fail
ed. Casuistry playing upon figures has
been freely employed, but the mystery
remains
Ordinarily, such mix-up is attended
with consequences not easily disposed
of. Factionism, reused to the point of
taking it out" of the party at the polls,
dies slowly. 1t cost the republicans the
presidency in 1884. Had they stood to-
gether in New York that year Mr.. Blaine
would have been elected. Had they
stood together throughout the country
in 1912 Mr.. Taft would have been re-
elected, and last year in California, Mr.
Hughes elected.
Next year the congressional contests
will assist the local contest in waking
up the Golden state. If the republican
factions can get together, that will be
their chance. And if they do get to-
gether then, and win, their prospects for
carrying the state two years later in
the presidential contest will be bright.
But who may say with safety what
next years political issues anywhere
may be, or how used for campaign pur-
posesi Here is the war; and while it
lasts it will overshadow everything else.
II it is still in progress when next years
campaigns are fought, much will depend
at the polls on how it has been con-
Quoted. Altogether, the time between
now and November, 1918, is full of un.
certainties and anxieties for the poll
tieians and everybody else
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-29
AROUND THE CITY.

I as useless an emblem as the scepter held
by king.
chuekle and calculate was q dighided old
gentleman who looked as II his name
might head some board OF bank directors,
and who was 30 pleasantly excited as
to exclaim to another man. who had every
appearance Of having hoboed it from the
suburbs:
That's great. isn't it? Just of the old
The hoboish gentleman had a differ
ent opinion and expressed 1t:
We'll. sir. they don't look homelike
to me. I've driven OK teams ever since
was big enough to holler. and you
have to do a heap of hollerin' to han
die oxen. They want to wheel out Of
the road, and ram into fence rails and
buck into trees-and that's what they
are goin to do II you don't holler at
EN- and use the OK goad free.
lower their heads or switch their tailsf
No. sir. They are promenadin' as UNI
natural calm as il they were marchin'
up the church aisle to get married.
They've gone through a lot Of trainin'
since they left any old farm-an' while
they look kinder fine paradin' along SO
mild. let me ask you, sir. what do you
suppose regulation farmer would say
He was interrupted by the man with
the soad. who distributed leaflets that
began:
1hcS6 trained ana 6ClenGlnC1lly edus
Gated oxen will be seen tonight at -
Watch them SPELL See them count.
Hear them
I'D really like to CO." chuckled the
disnified old gentleman who looked
like a bank director, but probably
wasn't. MY grandfather lived on q
farm and he had yoke named Reuben
and misunderstanding how the
names pop out. when 1. pledge you my
thought for sixty-odd years. dear. dear.
dear
You'll be disappointed IL you do.
never knew no oxen that had it in 'enl
to spell and figger. much less sing-and
I've driven OK teams ever since
He was obviously unacQuainted with
those royal oxen that used to haul ex-
it a day. but-on the other hand
The hoboish one knows a whole lot
that Plutarch never heard tell of. which
shows. IL you take notice. that every
other. In this world.
And. doubtless, in the next.
X x
They were walking on the shady side
of the street. The fat one In black
seorgette pulled along like a fake ma
ture grampus. And in her eyes was
honest envy Of her spotted lawn COM
parion, who talked as she stepped
along with the spryness of one who has
nothing to carry but SO many skin
coated bones:
Yes. indeed. I'm as timber as when I
was a girl. L can run up and down
steps the same as ever, and 1 always
sit on the floor to put on my shoes and
stockings"
We'll. all got to say. Josephine. you
ought to go down on your marrow
bones in thankfulness, for you are
having your heaven on earth. haven't
run step this twelve years. and I left
off sitting on the floor the day I
weighed my hundred flfty-five. tell
you what. Josie. II we could only ap-
preciate our blessings when we have
'em-like my activity and your good
eyes-this would be a mighty ane
world"
Which shows how wise we mortals
be-after 1t Is too late.
MAMIE LANCASTER.
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Again the Mob.

And now Chester, Pa, takes up where
East st. Louis left off. ga mob of sew
eral thousand men and boys works its
wav with the colored people of the town,
killing several, wounding many, and
sowing terror right and left. An made
ouate force of law officers does its best,
and does something, but is hard pressed
Mark the words, 'and boys" Boys
we're prominent-in the dispatches-in
the East St. Louis infamy. Doubtless
there were boys-many of them-in
both mobs. The immature are excltable,
and easily thrown off their balance, and
mob scenes appeal to the viciously in
clined.
But, IS The Star stated in comment
ing on the East st. Louis case, boys do
not create mobs, or lead them. They
merely increase their size, and add to
the turbulence created and led by their
elders.
Count out the boys in fixing the re-
sponsibility. And count in the elders
for all they may be worth. Evidently
the tough element in both East st. Louis
and Chester is large, and fearless when
in tough spirit. 1t parades the streets
unmasked, doing murder and bullying
the helpless. 1t is open and unashamed
in its bloody performances.
Is there anything safer in this coun-
try than this appalling business? 1t
goes on unchecked, and in some quar-
tiers unrebuked. 1t is making all sec
tions its own. 1t plays no favorites.
Now the victims are black, now white.
p Now the charge is one thing, now an
other An individual takes some risk
in committing murder. But mob
scnms immune In the latter case an
. stigation is instituted, pledges of
reform are made by disgraeed commu-
mites, but there an end. No guilty man
is punished. No guilty neck is broken
on the gallows.
A horrible feature of the situation is
that inc stage IOI SUCH Tragedy can
be set in any state of the Union. The
mob spirit has been so coddled and en-
couraged it has spread all over the coun-
try. Lynch him." is raucous cry
raised easily in any community,> and
needed in all too many. Court proce-
dure, it is complained, is slow. Why
wait so longs Why not strike while
fury is hot, and the object or objects
in hand!
The matter is with the country. If
the country wants mob law instead of
law and order it can have all it wants
The supply is large, and the executives
numerous and very willing and indus
trious.