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The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
Marshall Hall.

Thirty-third Annual Tournament and
Grand Ball will be held at Marshall
Hall. One hundred dollars in gold
prizes will be awarded to the success
full knights. The queen will be
crowned at $50 p. m.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
TAKES WRONG MEDICINE.

Harry D. Jones, s5 years, III c
street northeast, is at the Casualty
Hospital suffering from paris green
poisoning, the drug having been
mistaken for medicine he had been
taking. His condition is not serious.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
OVERCOME BY HEAT.

Miss Margaret Tibbetts, 10 years old,
lio4 o street southeast. was overcome
by the heat yesterday noon in a Ninth
street moving picture theater. She
was taken to the Emergency Hospital.
Her condition y not seriouA
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
Promised Thedter Attractions

and Carroll and White. parodists and
funmakers.
The big photoplay will picture Anto-
MO Moreno In "A Son of the Hills"
the comedy film will show Charlie
Chaplin In Easy Street" and the
Hearst Pathe news will complete the
bill.
With the exception Of the film fea-
lures, this bill will be presented at the
Sunday performances which starts at
3 p. m.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
RECORD CLOTH CONTRACT.

The largest cloth contract ever let
py the Navy was made yesterday.
when an order went out for four and
one-half million yards Of wooden
cloth for uniforms, at AN aggregate
cost Of more than s1s.0oo,ooo.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
Loev,. CeiumbI.-Mme. Petrov.


Nine. Petrova, who has one of the
largest followings of enthusiastic ad-
mirers of any actress on the screen.
will be seen at Loew's Columbia to-
day and for the remainder Of the
week, in ''The Law Of the Land" q
screen adaptation of George Broad
hurst's grset dramatic success. one Of
the sensations of the theatrical world
The story has to do with the love
Of a mother for her child.
Beginning Sunday and continuing all
next week. Douglas Fairbanks will be
seen in his latest picture. Down to
Earth" By this time every one
knows that a Douglas Fairbanks"
holds forth strong attraction for old
and young. The mere announcement
that he is to be seen in a new photo
play is certain to crowd the theater.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
FREE RATES DISAPPROVED.

Disapproval Of the free transporta-
ton Of express packages for express
officials and employees was made yes
terday by the Interstate Commerce
Commission The commission inter-
prets the law as prohibiting the COM
panies from carrying property Tor
any one at rates other than those
charged to the general public
Most army cooks prefer the kero-
sene stoves to those burning wood.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
PoIi's-"The Story Of the Rosary

Fond farewells Will be said at the
closing performance of The Poll
Players. Saturday night.
For a fact, this weeks performances
of THE Story OF the Rosary" have
been marked by many demonstra-
tons OF esteem in which the vari-
Gus members of the organization are
held.
This weeks play. The Story Of the
Rosary" has proved one of the most
powerful and appealing that has been
seen at the Avenue Playhouse in
many a day.
Director Edwin H. Curtis has real
lied one of the most interesting pro-
ductions in his career in Washington,
and has left nothing undone in the
way of scenery, costumes and effects.
Manager Fred G.. Berger has pre-
pared a very interesting ceremonial
for the closing performances of this
week, eliminating next Saturday
night in a big farewell demonstra-
tion that has been arranged by the
friends and admirers of Florence
Rittenhouse, Robert W. Frazer,
Howard Lang, Russell Fillmore, Ralph
Remley, Louise Farnum, J. Hammond
Daley, Craig Ward. Guy Harper,
Hardy Meakin and Ollie Cooper.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS 6F
the District Of Columbia. Washington. July
y. 1911. Ordered: That Article XII of the
Police Regulations Of the District of Columbia
Is hereby amended ty sdding thereto the fol-
lowing srction. TO he known as Section "a:
Section ga. That Z street northwest betvern
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets Immediately
north Of and interesting with PcnnsylvaniA
avenue, ts hereby made a one-way trafie street
for westbOund traffic only. and that Z strset
northwest between Thirteenth and Thirteen
and-ahAh streets Immediately south Of and In
tersecting with PennOlvaniA avenue. IL herehT
made q onewIy trafic street f1r eastbuund
trafic only. LOUIS BRoWNDOw. JOHN @.
n. KNIGHT Commissioner d g
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
LOST.

LOST = LARGE JAPANESE POODLE; ;
black and white and long ears; answers 20
name Of Bob reward. sos sth st. NV.
LosT-GoLD WRIST WATCH, VICINITY
OF iA q. and Columbia I'd. and Arcade Mar
ket; hbefal reward rs Euclid st. NV
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
FOR SALE-GARACES,

GET A 6IR1GE THAT Will oUTr1sf
any garage in the market, 10 sppesnncs, dura-
bihty. and priee v. 7. H. BIEN. Evanz Blds,
Room IA Phone n. N4.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
PROPOSALS.

OFFICE or THE COMMISSIONERS D- O.,
Washington. d. @. Aus. s. lsTT.-Sssled p-o-
posak win he roceved At this ofics, Room sup,
District Building. until 2 O'Clock D m, 40.
GUST - 1911. for furnishing and delivering
3 .oO Hutusnolle and 5000 motorcycle idsntif-
cation number plates. Specifications and foru
of proposal 10 be Obtained upou srplicstion %
the Purchasing Oficsr. ID. @. Room N DIS
trict Building LOUIS BROWNLOw. JOHN
q. u. KNIGHT. Commissioners. n. C.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
Keith's-DonaId Brian.

Forswearing allegiance to musical
comedy, Donald Brian, of Merry
Widow" fame. has attained his am
bition to play a real mans part, and
will be seen next week at B. F.
Keith's Theater, as the fighting Amer
lean airman in Somewhere in Mex
ico," described as an incident of the
near-yesterda across the Rio Grande.
His support includes John Sain-
polls. Roy Fairchild. Robert Bentley,
Walter Gilbert and William Fran
cisco, a company of extraordinary
ability. Brian is cast as Gordon, the
"eye" Of the American punitive ex-
pedition, while Sainpolis plays Villa,
by turns, bandit or patriot, as the
occasion serves. The play was the
prize-winner at recent Lambs Club
gambol. Tho extra added attraction
will be Wi Weston, a popular
Broadway Sill er of character songs.
Other special features will be
Stewart and Donahue, in an anus
ingly frivolous skit, Those Five
Girls" offer :: dainty service of
songs; HERNIA N and Shirley, in "The
Mysterious Masqueraders;' the Five
Metzettis, in somersaulting surprises;
Asaki and 'Girlie," In a skating
novelty; Castellano and Zardo, the
pipe organ recitals and the Hearst
Pathe news pictorial with films of our
"Sammies" at home and abroad.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09

A meeting of all OF the real estate
dealers In the city will be held at II
O'CLOCK tomorrow morning in the
rooms or the Chamber of Commerce.
II Is stated that the object is to ar
range for renting most of the vacant
houses In the city to men and their
1amllles expected to arrive here soon
where they will be employed,
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
Gayety-Twentfeth Century Maids.

20. XXX. o." is the somewhat
mystifying title given the entertain
ment which will be presented by the
Twentieth Century Maids at the
Gayety Theater next week. Jim Bar
ton. long a f~vorite in the world of
burlesque, he a cast which is made
up principally of members of the fem
mime gender. Jacqueline Tallman, a
vivacious and strikingly pretty SOU
brette, and W Barton, another we'll
known bur; .uer who possesses SUI
perior acting ability. are also prin-
cipals.
The organization Is further enIivened
by a chorus of unusually lively and
attractive young girls. all of whom
are owners of excellent singing voices
and are good dancers. 1t is given
much work to do, many of the musi-
cal numbers and dances being dis
tinctly out of the ordinary run Of
burlesque chorus numbers, yet
throughout 1t Is said to acquit itself
creditably. Several excellent vaude-
Vile specialties will be introduced dur
ing the course Of the performance.
Cosmos-wesIey's Gypsy Singers.
. Louis wesley's famous quintet of
gypsy singers will headline the Co.'S
mos Theater bill the last half of this
week. together with the Harmos
Troupe, a famous South American
organization of Spanish equiiibrists
and heavy-weighse I'm a performance
marked with unique feats Of strength
and cleverness.
The remainder of the bill in
cludes Harry Brooks and COM
pany. In 'The Old Minstrel Man.
Frank Feline and Lucille Berg, in a
pretty song sketch called Country
Days" Arthur Geary. formerly of
The Red Hussar." singer and pian-
ist; the Three Weber Girl Acrobata
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09

Miss Annie Beatrice Curtiss, daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. Curtiss.
OF Del Ray. Alexandria County, and
Carl Ramstead, OF New York, were
married yesterday at the parsonage
OF the M. E. Church South by Rev.
e. V. REGISTER, pastor
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09

Mr.. and. Mrs. Harry Hammond an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
Ter. Miss Lydia Kirk Hammond. 10
nelson Taylor Snyder. jr., of West
virginia. The wedding will take place
September 5. p''No
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09

Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Harris, of Rose
mont. announce the engagement OF
their daughter, Miss Mary Francis. To
Campbell Wallace, of Atlanta, Ga,
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09

About 16o men are now employed al
the plant of the General Shipbuildine
Company, Inc, formerly Deans ship
yard on the river front in the north
eastern section of the city. During
the coming week $50 more men are
expected here with their families, and
many have already arrived. The men
VIII be employed at the shipbuiIdins
plant.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
HEROIC DEED
OF IOWA MAN
Sergeant Henry GrannIs, Color Bear.
err Of Twelfth Iowa, Was in
16 Battles With His
Flag.

Among the records of heroism on
the part of Iowa men during the civil
war none is more inspiring than that
of Sergeant Henry ]. Grannis, the
color bearer of the Twelfth Iowa in
fantry. According to an article in a
publication of the State Historical
society Of Iowa. he carried the flag
on every march, in every campaign,
and during every battle in which the
regiment was engaged, from enlist
ment to muster out. In several en-
gagements the colors were riddled in
his hands. On one occasion every
guard was killed or wounded, yet,
strange to say, Grannis never re-
ceived scratch nor suffered the flag
to go from his hands. That it was
always at the front and carried with
the greatest gallantry, every official
report from the regiment testifies"
Sergeant Grannis carried the flag,
which was made and presented by the
girls of Upper Iowa university, in
sixteen important battles, including
Shiloh and the sieges of Fl. Donnell-
son and Vicksburg, to say nothing Of
many minor skirmishes. "He was
modest, unobtsrusive, never pushing
himself into notice, except when duty
called him TO lead with the colors of
his regiment, and then he was the
personification Of cool, deliberate
courage that knew no fear, flinched
in the presence of no danger, having
ear for no sound but that Of the COM
mand Of his superior officer"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
UNPREPARED
BACK IN 81
Words of Governor kirkwood Re
called as he Describes Conditions
Prevailing at Call to
Arms.

The condition of Iowa at the out
break of the civil war is well de,
scribed in the following words OF Gov
ernor Kirkwood, published many
years ago by the State Historical
society Of Iowa:
81 think 1t would be difficult to i'm
agine a people more utterly UMPIRE,
pared for war than were the people
of Iowa at the outbreak of the rebel
lion. We had men, the material from
which soldiers are made, none Drawer
or better, but were without military
knowledge and organization. When
the requisition from President Lincoln
came for the first regiment of Iowa
volunteers, the composition and or
ganization of that regiment was a
question of anxious and earnest in.
Quiry. We had no food for our vol.
unteers, no clothing, no arms; our
treasury was without money, and if 1t
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08

city, water and road purposes assess.
ed in the year 1917, as returned by
John r. Dimond, assessor, for city
purposes and for state and county
purposes. for real and personal prop.
erty, and the said board has equaIized
said assessments as the same now ap-
pear on the several lists, in accord
ance with the laws of the state OF
Iowa, and the ordinances of the City
or Keokuk. therefore,
Be it resolved. That the returns of
said assessor as changed and re-
ported by the board of equalization
and review Of the City of Keokuk, be,
and the same are hereby, approved
and that the assessment list OF real
and personal property in the City OF
keokuk subject to taxation for city
purposes, and that the assessment list
Of real and personal property sub
Ject to road purposes as returned by
John r. Dimond. City Assessor, and
as equalized by the said board, be, and
the same are hereby approved and
confirmed; and the assessment lists
Of real and personal property in the
city OF Keokuk. Iowa, subject to tax
alton for city and county purposes as
returned by John r. Dimond, town
ship assessor, as equalized and con-
s1dered by the said board, be, and
the same are hereby approved and
confirmed.
Adopted April 80. 1917, by the fol-
lowing vote:
Aye-Lofton, Hilpert, Hickey.
ED. S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
o. w. SANDBERG, City Clerk.
The business before the board of
equalization and review having been
completed, upon motion of Council
man Hickey. the board thereupon adj
journed sine die.
ED. S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
o. w. SANDBERG, City Clerk.
There being no further business,
Council upon motion, adjourned
ED. S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
O, w, sANDBERG. City Clerk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
ool I'm tbe land and quarters

took ND the land and quarters at
Nauyoo which had recently been de-
serted by the Mormons. Then about
1853 the colony in Iowa was estab-
lished, and still later California be-
came the home Of the rapidly OWN
ding numbers Of those who still held
to the ideals of the founders. In the
April number of THE Iowa Journal
of History and Politics" published by
the State Historical society, there IS
translation Of history OF the
Icarian community, written by CADET
himself about 1855. The basic prin-
ciples Of the community, according
to the founder, were brotherhood,
Equality, Solidarity; the suppression
of poverty and individual property,
in a word Communism
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
ICARIANS HAD
IOWA HOMES
People Who Followed Mormons at
Nauvoo Also Had Settlements
in Iowa, History
Shows.

Touches of romance have been
given to the history Of Iowa by the
story of various little groups of ideal
lists who from time to time found
asylum within the borders of the
state. Especially is this true of the
people called the Icarians, who in
the early fifties established a colony
near Corning in Adams county.
These people believed, in and prac-
ticed communicable property was
held in common-and they were in
spired by the ideal of restoring the
principles of primitives christianity.
Prosecuted in France, under the
direction of their leader, Etienne
CADET, they crossed the sea and
settled in the wilds of Texas. But
being an industrial people they found
it too difficult to maintain existence
so far from civilization, and so they
journeyed I'D the Mississippi and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
Curtis Is in Custody.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
OMAHA, Neb., May S.-F. J. Cur
tbs, who is to be taken to Mime
apolis on suspicion Of the murder of
Policeman George Connery Of Mime,
apolis, and Mrs. F. J. Dunn, at St
Paul, was taken into district court
here today on writ of habeas cor
pus. Judge Sears continued the
hearing until the arrival of reQuisi-
ton papers.
Captain of Detectives Maloney at
noon said that Curtis had refused to
make any staten cnt.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
Three Generations of Women.

The young women Of this genera
ton, their mothers and grandmothers
have proved from actual experience
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound overcomes the suffering
caused by female ills and restores
them to a healthy condition. This
famous medicine contains no mar
cotics or habit-forming drugs--but is
made from medicinal roots and herbs.
natures remedy for disease. If you
are suffering from any form of female
ills, 1t will pay you to give it a trial
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
RULES GOVERNING
PUBLIC FUNERALS
Iowa state Board Of Health Resu!a-
tions Are strict Where Persons
Die of Contagious
Diseases.
IS MEASURE OF SAFETY
Funerals Can Not be Held From
School Houses or Churches
Under Certain
Conditions.

| Rules of the Iowa state board of
health prohibit public funerals where
persons have died of contagious dis
eases. The regulations Of the Iowa
board are strict along this line, and
that the public may better be IN
formed, the following extracts from
the state regulations are reprinted
here:
Rule 4. Section 1. Public funerals
| over the remains of persons who
have died from Asiatic cholera. bu-
bonic plague epidemic cerebrospinal
meningitis, acute poliomyelitis, diph-
| liberia, measles, scarlet fever or
smallpox, are hereby prohibited.
Adult persons from the infected
premises may, at the discretion OF
| the local board, under the prescribed
| restrictions, be permitted to attend
the funeral of those dying upon the
premises, provided they ride to and
| from the cemetery in closed con-
veyance, and do not leave the same
until returned to the quarantine. Con-
veyances so used shall be properly
disinfected under the personal super
vision Of the health officer before
being used for any purpose Whatever.
The undertaken officiating at the
funeral shall be held responsible for
violation of this rule, and upon salts
factory evidence that he has failed
or neglected to comply with any OF
tie provisions thereof, shall be sub
iect to the suspension or revocation
of his license. None but regularly
licensed embalmer, authorized to
practice embalming by the Iowa
state board of health, shall prepare
the body or conduct the funeral of
person dead from an infectious dis
ease.
Section 2. No public funeral shall
be held in house, nor upon any
premises where there IS case OF
any of the diseases mentioned in sec
ton 1 of this rule, nor where death
has recently occurred therefrom.
Rule 8. No person, company, cor
poration or association having charge
Of, or control of any schoolhouse or
church, or any building, room or
place used for school or church pur-
poses, or for any public assembly,
shall permit the body Of any person
dead from any Of the contagious or
infectious diseases named in these
regulations, or any other dangerous
contagious disease, except typhoid
fever, tuberculosis and pneumonia, to
be taken into such schoolhouse,
church, building, room or place, for
the purpose Of holding funeral ser
vices over such body; and no sexton.
undertaken or other person having
charge Of Or supervision over the
burial Of any body dead from any of
the said diseases, shall permit the
coffin or casket containing such body
to be opened; nor shall any child be
perm tilted to act as pallbearer or car
rier at any such funeral.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
NOTICE OF AMENDMENT OF
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given in compli
ance with section 1913 of the 191:
supplement to the code of Iowa, that
at the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the keokuk Electro
Metals company, held in pursuance
OF due and proper notice on April
IL, 1917, that the Articles of Incor
poration were in due manner amend
ed in the following particulars:
l. No change made in name OF
the corporation or its principal place
Of business.
Q. No change made in the object
for which it Is formed or general
nature of business transacted.
g. The amount of authorized CAPT
tai stock was increased to two hun
dred flfty-thousand $3.50, 100000 dol
lars divided into twenty-five hundred
(2500) shares of the par value OF
one hundred (s10O) dollars each.
Article two CID of the Articles of
Incorporation was amended SO as to
authorize capital stock in the sum of
two hundred fifty thousand $3.50
OO0.00) dollars. and aside from this
there was no other change made in
said article.
4. No change in the time of COM
mencement or the time Of duration,
or termination of the corporation.
s. No change with reference to
officers or those by whom its affairs
are to be conducted, or time when
or manner of election.
b. No change with reference to
amount of Indebtedness authorized.
q No change with reference to
provisions of exemption of private
property for corporate debts.
For more full and complete word
ing of the amendment to the Articles
Oh incorporation of the said com
pany see the record thereof in cor
eoration record No. on page 179
Oh the Lee County, Iowa, records at
heokuk, and the record of the filing
thereof in the office OF the secretary
Oh state at Des Moines, Iowa. in cor
poration record AS on page FOG,
where the same were filed on April
IL, A. d. 1917.
Witness our hands hereunto affixed
on this April 10, 1917, at Keokuk,
Iowa, in pursuance of due authority
OF the stockholders of the corpora.
ton
kEOKUK ELECTRO METALS
COMPANY.
BY G. E. wEIssENBURGER,
ATTEST: President
JNo. DILLON. Secretary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
Soldier Of Fortune Arrested.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, May S.-"Captain" Hor
ace Wild, the first aviator that ever
flew over Chicago, is being held by
federal authorities here today on a
charge of impersonating U. S. Of
fetal. Wild was arrested last night
at an exclusive club, where he was
posing as government official, it is
said. He stated that he had just re-
turned from service in the French
aviation corps. Wild is a Spanish
war veteran and well known soldier
OF fortune.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
Explosion IN Japan.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, May S.-Fifty
persons were killed and many in
jured, 1000 residences were destroy
ed and over thirty factories, ware
houses and public buildings demol-
ished as a result Of a powder explo
sion at Osaka, Japan, on Sunday, az
cording to private cables today to
the Japanese-Ame rican News Of San
Francisco.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
Awarded Iron Cross

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
BERLIN, (vfa London) May s.
Captain Oswald Sapper. of Mayville,
Wis, was awarded the iron cross to-
day.
He called at the Berlin office of the
United Press to ask that his wife and
friends at Mayville be told he was in
good health.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
Rlutz Goinu West

: JEFFERSON, CITY, Mo-, May s.
Sarl Blutz, who is wanted at Folsom,
california, prison to complete a sent
ehce for burglary, will be returned to
me California authorities. Governor
Garaner honored the requisition from
mat state. Blutz vest 5-day completed
Two year sentence here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
OFFICIAL COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS
Resolution No. 1858.

Whereas, The City Council of the
City of Keokuk, sitting as board Of
equalization and review, has this day
completed its session and has heart
and considered all complaints by the
tax payers of the City of keokuk
against the assessment lists for
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08

had been full no part of the money
could have been used. for the reason
that no appropriation had been made
for military purposes"