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The daily Alaskan., 1917-08-09
THE GREAT GRAY ARMY

More and more the streets, the sidewalks, the railway cars, the lOUoies Of hotels and other public places, besin to fill with sober-faced msu .u khaki. The nation has call eG her young men, and they are coming, as they have always come. h little while they will begin b march, and We whom age or other disability has kept out Of the ranks shall see what only few generations in all history have been privileged so behold.
 Ia front Of the long lines that wIi make their way from the train Iug camps 10 the sea, and beside Cny4 and among them, will march tue past. Other eyes than those of Americans may not see the shauowy ugures, but We shall see and know them. There will be tall men n buckskiu shirts and 1ringed leg s.Dgs, with long hair and coonskin u4ps, and bearing powder horns and IAAtIock riIIes. We saw them once marching from Virginia 10 Cam vr.uge, Mass, l4O years ago. There wIu be farmers iu short brooches and shirt sleeves, and sailors iR wide trousers and glazed mats, bareiooJed and bearing cutlasses aud boarding bikes. lnerg will be meu iD butt and blue, in dark blue, iu light Ibue and in butternut gray, and mounted men in wide hats,' swinging free in lhe saddle with the ease Of the born QIainsman,
 All those shall march, and we who look on shall see them, but the young men in khaki yull feel their presence. Not as ghosts shall We see them, but as living sPiritR, and not as cid men. but as the youths they were when they gave themselves to the country, even, as the young men are giving themselves today.
 As victory floats before the fig ure os Sherman in St. Gaudens' mag nificent sculpture, so tradition marches ahead of our armies as they go abroad; the tradition of freedom that brought MOrgan's riflemen from the forests of the Alleghenies, and sent Marion's men into the swamps of the South, and led the New England farmers to Bunker Hill. Tradition such as that Is a mighty force. The leyies of 1917 and 1918, when they face the German guns, will not forget their spiritual ancestry, nor will they prove unworthy of those who, al- though gone before, still lead and guide America; Of Washington and Jackson and Scott; of Perry and Decatur; of Grant and Lee; ot Farragut and Semmes; of Dewey and ILawton and Philip. Youths Companion. ,----I-.-----A--,
The daily Alaskan., 1917-08-09
S1nO ReWard. S1OO

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there Is at least one 5readed disease that science has heeR able to cure in all It's stages. and tEAt Is positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. CRtaTrh being a constitutional disease, requires q constitutional treat ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in. ternally, acting directly upon the blood and Fnucous surfaces of the system, theTe- by destroying the foundation of the dls- ease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature fn doing its work Tho proprietors have so much faith in it's curative pow ers that they ofTer One Hundred Dollars for any case that il. falls to cure. sehd for list of testitnonials.
 AddreBs: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo Q.
 Sold by all Druggists 7Fc.
 Take HElrg Family PillB for eonstipadoH
 ..' ,. Advertisement.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-08-09

THERE IS A sAN-TOX REMEDY for every ordinary household ail- ment. There ts room for san Tox Remedies in your medicine chest. Get 6 san-ToU Blue Book
 at Keller Bros., TAa San-Tox
 Drug Store, BtI id kD
The daily Alaskan., 1917-08-09
Daily History CIass-Aug. 9.

1593-IZaak Walton, noted angler, born
 in Stafford, England; died 1883. 1631-John Dryden. poet, born; died
 17OO.
 IS9O-John Boyle O'Reilly. Irish-Amer-
 ican poet and journalist died; born
 in Ireland 1S+4.
 1914-Austrian troops invaded Poland 1916-Italians captured Goritz, with 10000 prisoners. The position was
 supposed to defend Trieste and had
 been under siege nearly year.
 ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. Close to the northwestern horizon i've stars of constellation Leo appear in an irregular line, alone, in the even- ing
The daily Alaskan., 1917-08-09

COUGH DROPS. Admin istered on sugar. Acts almost tn- stantly. The prescription of an eminent physician. Keller Bros The san-Tox Drug Store.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-27
PERSONALS

Miss Ada Irelan spent Christmas
with relatives in FIT. Madison.
David Dysart of Chicago is visiting
with Mr.. and Mrs. Smith Hamill.
Lieut.. Edwin S. Elder arrived this
morning from Ell Paso, Texas on fur
Tough.
Mrs. C. A. Wright and Gilbert Sar.
gent, her grandson, went to Kinks
Vile, Mo-, today.
William Praeger, Jr.. of Kalamazoo
Mich, is the guest Of his cousin,
Joshua G. Elder.
Henry Auwerda left last night for
Denver, Colo, after spending Christ
mas with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Suepple Of Iowa
City. spent christmas with their
mother Mrs C. Gibbons.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Goodman o!
Sterling. ILL.,, spent Christmas day
With their daughter Mrs. Forrest r.
Conner.
Harold Hubinger OF the wireless ser
vice, q. s. A., is the guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. D. A. Collier, having arrived this
Mr.. and Mrs. H. N. Mendenhall
and son A. w. Mendenhall, of Kan
sas City, Mo-, are spending the holi-
DAYS with Mr.. and Mrs. P. 0. Billups.
Capt. j. Ross Nichols arrived this
morning and leaves tonight, after a
twenty-four hours visit with his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Nichols. He
will go to Fort Sill. Okla.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-27
co. l. MAN
LAID TO REST
Corporal Vincent Hundt Was Buried
Yesterday at Fort Madison
Military Funeral
Was Held.

A military burial was accorded the
remains of Corporal Vincent Hundt,
aged twenty years, who passed away
at Camp Cody at 1870 a. M, Decem-
Der 90 and whose remains were in.
tered at the Sacred Heart cemetery
here this afternoon, says the Fort
Madison Democrat. Almost one
thousand persons were in attendance.
The funeral making It's way to the
Sacred Heart church from the homo,
1906 Third street, with the soldiers
in the procession, created a deep i'm.
preston on the residents Of that sec
ton of the city 1t was the first
funeral OF it's kind held in Fort Mad
ison since 1898 when Bert Forney, a
drummer boy. in Company Of the
national guard, died while the troops
were stationed in Florida preparatory
to movement to Cuba.
In all fifteen men in uniform TOOK
part in the funeral All of the men.
except one, were from Camp Dodge.
The funeral cortege entered the
church with flag in the lead. Priv
ate Paul ,Resch held the flag during
the ceremony.
The sermon of Rev. Peter Hoffman,
besides being appropriate to the
memory of the young man, was one
OF the finest 7atriotic addresses ever
given in Fort Madison. The great
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-27
Small Army VIII be Required to
Handle This Matter, SO Collec-
tor Louis Murphy
Says.
AT KEoKUK NEXT MONTH
January 81 to February IS VIII See
Ono Of the Department Experts
Here for Purpose Of Aid
Ina the People.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Dec. 27.-lt Will
require a small army OF men 10 TAKE
tie income tax returns of persons SUD-
ject to the new law.
Collector Of Internal Revenue Louis
Murphy today announced that iorty-
six officers will start from his head
quarters on January and on January
every one OF them will be on the job
in the county assigned him, to meet
the people and help them make out
their income tax returns. The ofncer
assigned to Lee county will be at the
following places on the dates given:
FIT. Madison court house from Jan.
2 to Jan. 80. both dates inclusive.
Keokuk court house from Jan. 81
to Feb. Is, both dates inclusive.
1T will be well for every unmar-
ried person whose net income for
1917 is $1,000 or over. and every mar
ried person living with wife or hus-
band whose net income for 1917 is
1000 or over, to call on the income
tax man and learn whether OF nat they
have any tax to pay. Collector
Murphy said today. THE person sub
iect to tax who doesn't make return in
the time prescribed Is going to regret
1t. The government will get after all
income tax slackers.
There's hardly "A business man,
merchant or professional man who
won't have to make return Of income.
Farmers, as a class, will have to pay
the tax The safe thing to do is for
every person who had total income
of $1,000 or $4,000. as the case may be.
and who is not sure about what deduc-
lions the law allows him, to play It
safe by calling on the income tax man.
The man In the field will have
forms for everybody and persons who
expect to call on him need not trouble
themselves to write to my ONCE for
/ forms, but when they call on the OH
Ger they should bring with them all
the figures and data relative to their
income and deductions for 1917. I'm
less they have this data at hand and
properly assembled, It will be impos-
sible for the field ofilcer to extend to
them the aid which he might other
wise give"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-27
Meetings VIII be Held Each Evening
Next Week Excepting Satur-
cay In Various
Churches.
WILL DISCUSS TOPICS
Cordial Invitation is Extended to
the Public to Al
tend These
Services.

Week of prayer will be observed
next week in the churches of Keokuk
with union services each evening in
the week. This service is nation wide,
and the observance here will follow a
custom Of years. The following sched-
ule has been outlined for the week:
Monday, December 81, at Trinity Nj.
e. chulch. Topic, Thanksgiving and
Confession Leader, the Rev. S. G.
Benninger OF the Methodist Protest
ant church.
Tuesday, January l, at the First
Christian church. Topic, The Chal-
Ienge of 1918. Leader, the Rev. j. IL.
Matthias of the First Baptist church.
Wednesday, January 2, at the United
Presbyterian church. Topic, The
Church Universal. Leader, The Rev.
F. W. Long of the First Congregation
al church
Thursday. January 8, at the First
Baptist church. Topic, Christianity
and the World Crisis. Leader, the
Rev. DR.. E. 3. Newcomb of the West
minister Presbyterian church.
Friday. January 4, at the Westmin-
ster Presbyterian church Topic, Mis-
sions. Home and Foreign. Leader, the
Rev. F. C. Edwards of Trinity NJ. 2.
church
A cordial invitation is extended by
tn epastors of the city to all to attend
these services throughout the coming
week
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-27
Thomas Stack Who is in Rainbow Di-
vision Writes of Emotions
at Seeing Old
ireland.
M'cARTEN WRITES, TOO
Both Men Speak Of Thei+ entertain
ment In England and the Fact
That the Boys Are
Ready to Go.

The sight of the Irish coast brough
tears to the eyes and Jumps in the
throats Of two of the Keokuk boys
who are with the rainbow division
John Stack. in letter to w. 5
Montgomery here, says:
When l woke UP Thanksgiving
day and saw dear old Ireland, big
lump came up in my throat and
cried like baby. But / was moi
alone, for 'Scatters' cried too. The
English soldiers are a fine lot OF
lads, and we have been treated roy
ally"
Stack wrote a number of lines
which were deleted by the censors,
since they evidently gave clue to
destinations He spoke, however. OF
hoping to spend Christmas in Ireland
II the troops weren't moved.
John McCarten has written let
ter to L. A. Hamill, in which he says
the boys were twenty days on the
ocean
1--WE ate our Thanksgiving dinner
on the Irish coast. We were in
Kings Castle in Winchester and had
a nice time on our voyage. l saw
Willis LaFaivre and he Is looking
fine and all of our boys are feeling
fine and ready to CO."
McCarten thinks the rainbow
troops will be attached to Pershing's
forces, and he promises they will
give a good account Of themselves,
AZ so.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-27
ADJUSTMENTS.

Msrouerite Clark and The Lone wolf.
The Grand is surely keeping Its
promise to give Keokuk picture-lovers
a superb holiday program. Marsuer-
tie Clark in '.Bab's Burglar will be
viewed by more than a thousand per-
sons today. it delighted over 1,5O0 yes
terday. The Lone Wolf, greatest
melodramatic film of the year, Will be
the attraction at the Grand for It's one
day showing tomorrow. Saturday Is
a light comedy drama, Franklin Far
upm in "a stormy Knight. to be
shown with good Billy West comedy.
Sunday and Monday comes the incom-
parable Pauline Frederick in her new
play "The Hungry Heart" with which
will bes shown screamingly funny
two-act Sennett comedy, "A Pullman
Bride" featuring Chester Conklin.
If YOU weren't wit. the crowd at the
Grand Yesterday, then don't miss see
ing Bab's Burglar with Marguerite
Clark at the Grand tonight. Millions
of persons read the "Sub-Deb" stories
in the Saturday Evening Post from
which the exquisite little stars picture
was taken and Miss Clark has the big
.photoplay success of her career. De
scriptions won't help. You must see
Babs Burglar TO appreciate it.
The Lone Wolf is 4 Selznick picture
by Jo3eph Louis Vance. Although in
eight biz reels, there will he no .ad-
vance in prices tomorrow. There will
be time for one matinee only, at 2:30.
and evening shows will start at 700
and 800 o'clock. The Lone Wolf is
detective-mystcry gentleman crook
play, the best of its kind on the
screen. Everybody likes these thrill
ing punch plays and you'll be carried
away with The Lone Wolf. It's the
kind of picture that will live long In
your memory and will be talked about
flor weeks terwards.-Advertise-
meut-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-27
CITY NEWS.

Band concert Sunday p. M.
st. Mary's play. THE Fruit Of His
Folly" tomorrow night, Csc.
Born, Dec. &c, to Mr.. and Mrs. R.
E. Pfaffe, an eight pound son.
Have you Red Cross flag In
YOUR window If not, why not?
Join our Christmas club and have
money next Christmas. keokuk Trust
Co.
Phone US your coal orders for
imm ediate delivery. James Gamer
ons Sons.
Don't forget to start your Christ
mas savings account at Security
State bank.
Put Red Cross flag in your
window by joining the society today
Go to the house in your block having
in the window Red Cross Center
and nav your dollar and get a flag
A schedule of games of basket
| ball has been arranged between the
alumni team and high school team.
| The first game viii be played at the
I"Y gym Saturday evening. The
alumni has got back its old stars,
and the high school has some good
players, so there will be some lively
games.
/ Let's go over the top with the
band Sunday p. m. by filling all the
seats.
Phone us your coal orders for
immediate delivery. James Gamer
ons Sons.
Burlington papers report the
death of Orville Whigham in that
city yesterday Whigham was run
down by Kline train No. at the
union station. He was a resident of
Mt. Pleasant.
Don't forget to start your Christ
mas savings account at Security
State bank.
How many in your block have
Red Cross flags in the window? Is
there one in your window?
The fire department answered
two still alarms last night. The first
was at the home of Mrs. MacQuoid,
220 Fulton street. Cause of alarm
was overheated furnace fiue. No
damage. The second alarm was from
the home of Mrs. Bowles, 118 North
Fourth street. Fire in fIue. No dam
age.
We are now in position to &C
cept coal orders for immediate de-
livery James Cameron's Sons.
Sunday, Dec. 30, trains Nos. 1
and 10 on the Burlington" will be dis
continued. No / now runs between
Chicago and Denver and No. 10 be-
tween Lincoln and Chicago. No S
will run via Council Bluffs instead Of
Plattsmouth. and the lounge and OBJ
servation cars on Nos. and will be
abandoned Train No % will leave
burlington about $40 a. NJ, giving a
Chicago connection with X. line train
No. I. No II will leave Burlington at
$50 p m. and arrive in Ottumwa at
Goo p. N.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-27
MAP MAKER
is INTERNED
German Says He was Educated to
Make War and Willing to
Fight on Any Side
Open.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 81
Lieutenant Joachim Doerstling. for
merly q military map expert In the
German army, was interned in the
county Jail here today, following his
arrest at Camp Sherman, Ohio,
where he was discovered working as
a laborer In his possession were
found maps of Maryland and Penn
sylvania with strategic points mark
ed out. He denied he is spy.
Doerstling. said he was school
chum Of Prince Joachim, son of the
kaiser, at a military school in Pots
dam. He expressed cordial admira-
ton for the kaiser. He will be taken
to Fort Oglethorp, Ga.
Doerstling declared he is not pro-
German.
But | was educated to make wal"
he said, land it makes no difference
which side l fight on. fight for
sport-not for principle. Why, l even
tried to get into the United States
army. ! wanted to get into the Villa
scrap. They wouldn't take me. am
deaf"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-27
DEATH CALLS
ELI JACQU1N
Old Resident of Lee County Passed
Away Yesterday Afternoon
After Sickness Of Three
Months.

The death of Eli Joaquin took
place yesterday at $40 p. M, at st.
Joseph's hospital. He had been suf-
fering three months from compli-
cation of diseases, and was taken to
the hospital week before his death.
Mr.. Joaquin was born in Troy.
France, May 18. 1S43. When five
years old he came with his parents
to America and settled at Nauvoo.
III. When young man he came to
Keokuk and lived here a number of
years. He then settled on farm
west of Keokuk. and has since lived
in that vicinity. AT the time of his
last illness he/lived on the st. Fran
cisviIle road, seven miles northwest
of Keokuk.
He was married in 1881 to Miss
Emily Merrick She passed away
last October. He is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. J. b. Williams of Keo
kuk, and one brother, Louis Joaquin
Of Keokuk.
Funeral will be held from the Val
ley Methodist church at II a. m,
Friday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-27
Wauuish Foot Pad.

limited Press Leased Wire, Service
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Jersey City
has footpad with waggish proDen-
sites who has got the police so darn
mad today they've sworn to get him
at all costs The joker called the
police "fat-feet' in an open letter
mailed the newspapers and several
of his victims in recent weeks report
he Iectured them severely on honesty
being the best policy when they trie :.
unsuccessfully to conceal some o.
their wealth sought by the holder-up.
What makes the robbers actions
puzzling is that his operations have
been confined to relatively poor
people and his hauls have ranged all
the way from one cent TO 50-never
more,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-27
VIM. HEATING
DIED IN WEST
Former Warsaw Man and Brother OF
Mrs. John Anderson Pass
ed Away at
. Cheyenne.

William Heating. former resident
of Warsaw. and brother of Mrs.
John Aderson OF KeoFuk, died at mis-
home In Cheyenne, Wyo., Tuesday
evening, December IS. Mrs. Ander'
son was with him at his death, haV-
ing been sent for when his condition
became serious. Mr.. Heating was
born and reared in Warsaw, and was
quite well known here and had visit
ed here recently. He is survived by
his wife and three children, Bernice,
William and James, and by brother
John Heating, Of st. Louis, and a
sister, Mrs. John Anderson, of keo'
kuk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-27
WOMAN SPY
is IN HIDING
Said to Be In Los Angeles Where
Every Effort Is Being
Made to Locate
Her.

IITnited Press Leased Wire Service
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. PHI,
the mysterious woman master spy
who has directed for year the opef-
ations of the kaiser's secret agents
in this country, may be dragged from
her hiding place and placed under
arrest in a few days.
While federal agents and army IN
felligence officers were silent regard
ing the prospect of her apprehension,
press dispatches from Los Angeles
reported that federal officials there
had received information indicating
that the woman still is in hiding
there. Los Angeles police are de-
clared to be aiding the government
agents in throwing a net around the
southern city in an effort to apDre-
bend the woman.
Meanwhile army intelligence Off
GERS continued their examination of
the papers of Franz Schulenberg,
German agent, whose arrest and adj
mission have laid bare the direction
of the German spy ring by the mys-
FERROUS woman agent
1t is understood that a woman SUS'
pected of being the mysterious H
has been under Surveillance for two
weeks and that her arrest only awaits
the obtaining of more positive evi.
dence connecting her with the mach
nations of the Wilhelmstrasse spy
ring. The reports regarding her pres
ence in Los Angeles have not been con.
dirmed.
1t is believed that when she. is talk.
EN- into custody Uncle Sam viii have
dealt the German secret organization
the hardest blow it has sustained since
the opening of the war.
Franz Schulenberg is believed by
the government agents to have been
in the German secret service "for
revenue only" He admits that he de.
serted from the German army and he
is credited with having stated that he
carried on his operations in this
country, travelling back and forth over
the continent and going into Mexico
and Canada, at the behest of III
mainly because he needed funds.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-27

Keokuk must have 1000 new mem
bers by January 1. The time Is short,
and people should see to it that they
have Joined the chapteS here, and
that their subscriptions have been
paid. The Red Cross this time Is not
after just money. IL they get the
members they feel they will get the
money, and they want list OF ef-
ficient, whole-hearted members. II
you can measure up to those quail
fications, and every one in Keokuk
can, hurry to headquarters at 5Oi
Main street, where the big Red Cross
flag flies, or to the nearest center
and enroll.
The headquarters win be open from
2 until p. m, every day now, and
the centers are of course on the job
all the time.
Keokuk has imposed on itself a
patriotic task of enrolling 1000 new
members, and the time limit Is posi-
lively New Years day. So get busy
if You haven't already enrolled in the
local chapter. If you fly service
flag, why not make it hundred per
cent flag If you are displaying nc
flag, then it's up to you to dig around
| for a dollar and get your member
| ship In the Red Cross.
while Des Moines chapter adopted
| a minimum quota Of one to four.
think we will go much beyond that,
| writes John P. Wallace, OF the Iowa
campaign committee. Many coun
! ties in Iowa tell me they are going tc
enroll one Of every two persons II
! the Red Cross, and some communities
are going to be 100 per cent Rec
| Cross" That's the spirit.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-27
Bomb for American.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. The
American consulate general at Odessa
was the object of bomb attack early
In the morning Of the 18th, according
to state department message today.
The consul general said unknown
parties had hurled a bomb at the
building during his absence and that
considerable damage had been done.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-27

throng In the church was visibly NOV
ed by his words, which formed one
Of the most stirring appeal for the
flag and country ever heard here.
After the services at the church
the cortege wendell its way to the
Sacred Heart cemetery. The follow
ing young men acted as pallbearers:
Vincent Kalmcr, Geo. Sallen, Carl
Hundt. Leo Hundt, VIM. CASTOR and
Albert Votsmeyer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-27
HAMlLL'S
STEEL CUT
COFFEE

Italy is probably the only country in
Europe where there has not been a
single strike OF importance since the
commencement Of the war. 1t is also
notable fact that during the same
period not a single Italian newspaper
has been seized or suspended.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-27

ST. Joe's gas company shows no
desire to boost prices. II would be
happy with the present rate if it got
its share of the city's cash at the
end of the month. The solons. how
ever. hate to give up the money and
forced the company TO sue for three
months back bills,