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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
PREFERRED DEATH
TO MARRYING

PITTSBURGH. Pa. Feb. L.
Mary Logan. is years old. OF
Sprucest.. Woods Run. who At
tempted 10 commit suicide the other
night by jumping into the Ohio riv-
CT, when asked by her mother to
marry a boarder In their home. was
arraigned before Magistrate James
r. Watkins in the Southside police
station the next day.
The magistrate turned the girl
over 10 the New Future association
after abe pleaded not TO be sent -
her home. where she said she would
again be mistreated by her parents
The girl was arrested as she was
walking toward the Ohio river. nsar
Steuben-st.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
.13" HOODOO HAS
NO TERRORS FOR
CAPT. AL. HICKS

Capt. Al Hicks. guardian OF the
mayors threshold, Thursday. com
pleted y years service with the
Detroit police department, and on
March s will have been the mayor ;
bodyguard for IL years. Capt "A"
ignores all superstitious. and there
fore has disregarded the figures
"13- and ia" He also mentions
that in his early days with the de-
partment be was promoted TO the
rank OF sergeant on Friday. the
18th OF the month. Capt. Hicks
was Congratulated By many Of hiS
host OF friends.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
GERMAN POLICY
AROUSES SPAIN

MADRID. FEB THE Spanish
government and public was pro-
foundly agitated today over Ger.
nsny's notification OF her latest war.
fare. which was designated as -
notification for bidding neutral com
msrce with the Allies under penalty
OF torpedoing. regardless OF nag o.
cargo"
A special meeting OF the cabinet
uas oal1a1 70 diseuss shs situation.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
Merciless Submarine Warfare
Proclaimed By German Manifesto

suffer, for THAR country. pains and
privations which endanger the vital
~ OF the nation.
Thus British tyranny merciiessiy
indifferent 10 the laws OF humanity.
indifferent TO the protests OF the neu-
trails whom they severely harm. in
different even TO the siienl longing
for peace among Englands own al
lies.
Each day OF the terrible struggle
causes new destruction. new su6>r-
lnSA Each day shortnetnE the var
viii. on both sides, preserve the life
Of thousands Of brave soldiers and
be a benent 20 mankind
The imperial government could not
Justify before its own consctence. be-
fore the German people and before
history the neglect OF any means
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
HUSBAND USED
ROUGE, is CHARGE
IN DIVORCE SUIT

Rouge and paint are a woman's
prerogatives. Judge Van Zlle ruled
Thursday morning In giving al In
junction 70 Mrs. JaGwiga PzpriEen.
All 10 prevent her husband. John.
from interfering with her use Of eo=-
metics.
While be abused her for painting.
sAe alleged. he. "dolled' regularly
Here are the things be used. as
set up in the wffe's bill
Rouge for bis lipe and cheeks
Eye water TO beauty his iarre
oroEn eyes.--
Scent for his hair
Powder for his clothes
Furthermore. John had a penchant
FOR black silk hosiery. bis wife al
legged, and insisted ON a second 10
taale companion on his walks in or
der that his makeup might be prop
eriy set on between two women.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
DO YOU SUFFER
FROM BACKACHE?

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 10 be dee
pendent and 20 borrow trouble. jus,
as II you hadn't enough already
Don't o. victim any longer
The old reliable medicine. Hoods
sArsaparills, gives strength and tone
% the Kidneys and builds up the
whole system. Get 10 today.-Adv.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
Ten Days ct Sea In Small Boat.

wILLEMsTAD. Curacao. Feb l.
Three Fret.ch sailors have reached
the Island Of Buen Ayre. on the
Venezuelan coast, In a starving con.
clifton after having been at sea 70
days In j small boat. bringing with
them the BODY % one man Who had
uied. They belong 20 the crew u
the French srmored cruiser Jeanne
dare. stationed a. Martinique. and
were carried on 10 their boat By the
current
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

Wesley J. Wing. No. s3s SlI.
teentb-st. has nled his petition as
a candidate for alderman In the
Tenth ward He IL the third candi-
date TO nle. and 10 q son OF Aid.
Wing. who 10 holding over "a May
bees successor II chosen At the
special election.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

MASSILoN. o.. Feb. Frank
Hossler. Of East 'rremont-st., 4.
breaking into society at the age Of
7b years. He was given n reception
The other night BY a number Of
friends and relatives. 7, was The
FIRST party he had ever ATTENDED
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01
HOLDBLUM HEADS
MUSIC DEALERS

Members OF the Detroit Music
Trsdes' association have held their
onnual meeting and elected officers
lpr the ensuing year The meeting
vns marked By a most optimistic
ceellng on the part Of the members
who were ehecrcd by the business
81 the past year and saw every tn
dIcation that the future would be
sven better. That IN this rushing
time OF business the people are
NOT Forgetting that music Is a ne.
de<sity was regarded a. a good sign
nd one indicating the complete
panity OF the present Industrial
Doom.
s New ohscsrs OF the association
~. President. william n. Gold
-. local manager OF the Story a
nfk Piano company: vice-prest
~. 3 r. Clark. GrinneIl Bros
nD)c house: second vice-president
II Trebilcock. Detroit Music
Ioony; secretary. Y. NJ. Rams
- Uoerott Piano company: treas
~ y - Andrsvs. Jr, J. L.
- oompany.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

WARRINGTON. Feb. british
Ambassador spring-Rice today pre-
.e&Eted to the state depsrtmer's Eng
nnd's reply to 0srmany's charge II
80 mlsuss Of hnspitsl ships. with
n request that II be forwarded 70
1>rnsay
y The Britixh memorandum threat.
fned reprisals II hospital ships are
sunk.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-01

The American government knows
the steps that have been taken 10
cause England and her allies 20 re-
turn 10 the rules % international
law and 20 respect the freedom Of
the seas
The English government. however,
insists upon continuing its war of
AFFECT the military power Of It's OPP
ponsnts. hat compeis women and
children. the sick and the aged 70
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24

physicians, midwives and the people
in general that all births must be
properly reported to him.
That the physician, midwife II
other person attending the birth of
every child born in the state of Iowa
shall make a report of said birth on
blanks provided by said clerk. and in
default of said persons making the
report the parents must see that
such report is made or make it them
selves on the regulation blanks, and
all this must be done within ten days
after the birth of said child"
o. r. Johnston Is now sending out
to all physicians and midwfves the
necessary blanks upon which to
make their reports and the state of
Iowa will see that this law is rigidly
complied with as under the old sys-
tenn of reporting births it was utterly
i'm impossible for the assessors to get
all the births and the result is, that
our birth records in Lee county are
very incomplete causing a very great
inconvenience to persons recurring
this data, as an accurate record is
often most important in proving citi-
zenship, the right to vote. to marry
and to inherit property. When the
child goes to school. or when a man.
he wishes to secure a passport. his
birth certificate will be required.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24
FOR MEN.

Cedar Rapids Republican: The
employees of the p~ostotice are asking
for readjustments Of their wages,
and this includes the letter carriers.
They are now paid from $500 to
$1,000, classified as to years and
abilities, the highest amount, we
believe, being based on certain as
certained or attained merits. What
they are % asking is an increase
of 25 per cent. all over and through.
That mean raising the amounts to
$1,000 and 1880 a year. This de-
mand does not seem to be
able when it is considered the kind
of services that they render and the
steadiness with which they have to
perform their duties. The amounts
stipulated are not out of keeping!
with present prices of living and the
government mas in the past lost many
Of it's best employees through it's
wage standards, young men finding
that they can earn more in outside
work. The matter is now actively
before congress, and while
Is disposed to be in a mild alarm
over the increased governmental ex-
penditures, there seems to be a
friendlfness toward this p~ostoffce
bill, which has the merits of business
in II.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24
TODAY's BIT OF r
JEST FORE CHRISTMAS

Father calls me William, sister calls me WEI,
Mother calls me Willie, but the felers call me Bill!
Mighty glad l amt a truth be a boy,
Without them sashes, curls an things that's worn by Faunt-
Hate to take the casterile they give for belly-ache!
Most all the time, the whole year round. there amt no
flies on me
But Jest fore Christmas I'm as good as 1 kin be!
Got a yeller dog named Sport, sick him on the cat;
First thing she knows she doesn't know where she's at!
Got a clipper sled an when us kids goes out to slide.
But sometimes when the grocery man is Worried an
He reaches at US with his whip an larrups up his boss.
An then I laff an holer, oh. ye never teched mel"
But jest fore Christmas I'm as good as l kin be!
Gran'ma says she hopes that when I git to be a man,
III be a missionarer like her oldest brother, Dan.
AS was ct up by the cannibuls that lives in Ceylon's Isle,
Where every Prospeck pleases an only man a, is vile.
Nor read the Life of Daniel Boone, or Csc 1 guess she'd
That buffalo Bill an cowboys is good enough for me,
Eacep' Jest fore Christmas. when I'm good as I kin be.
And then old Sport he hangs around, so solemnlike an
Ills eyes they seem asayin: Whats the matter, little
The old cat sneaks down off her perch an wonders what's
become
OF them two enemies O hern that used to make things
But l am so perlite an tend SO earnestly to biz,
That mother says to father: How improved our Willie
But father, hayin' been a boy hisself, suspicious me
When, jest fore Christmas, I'm as good as 1 kin be.
For Christmas, with it's lots an lots of candies. cakes and
toys,
was made, they say, for proper kids, and not for naughty
So wash yer face an bresh yer hair an mind yer ps and
An don't bust out yer pantaloons an don't wear out yer
Say "Yessum" to the ladies and "Yessur" to the men,
An when they's company, don't pass yer plate fer pie
again;
But, thinkin' of the things yerd like to see upon that
Jest fore Christmas be as good as yer kin be:
Eugene Field.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24
THE SHORTAGE OF LABOR.

Secretary Wilson, of the department OF la
Dor, is of the opinion that conscrlpted labor will
not be needed to help to win the war; but should
it become necessary for the government to CON
script workers for industries that must be car
Tied on, he considers it advisable that such IN
dustries be taken over and operated by the state
so that employees coerced to service may feel
that they are working for the government itself.
Reports at hand indicate, according to the
secretary, that the government must send out a
call at AN early day for not less than one hun
bred and fifty thousand skilled workers In over
thirty mechanical trades. They are urgently
needed in the shipyards engaged in building
vessels for the shipping board. To secure
these workers a centralized employment system
will be desirable if not essential which shall send
out travelling field workers to find and employ
qualified artisans and mechanics for the yards.
There has been and is an extraordinary de-
mand for labor in many industriallines; but this
is due in many cases to the quest OF employers
for workers at wages which are inadequate con-
sidering the present high level of living cost.
In the neighborhood of great munitions estab-
lishments there is a genuine scarcity of labor
for less profitable lines of production. But
aside from this, the secretary finds that the la
Dor shortage has been less a problem Of labor
scarcity than Of imperfect distribution
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24

Thoughts on Christmas: II Is beautiful to give one day
to tho ldeatVo have one day apart; one day for seneroAs
decide, for good will, for gadness; one day TO forget the
shadows, the rains, the storms Of life; to remember the
sunshine, the happiness Of youth and health; one day to
forget the briers and thorns Of the winding path, to re-
member the fruIts and flowers; one day in which to feed
The hungry, to salute the poor and lo~siy; one day to feel
tho brotherhood Of man; ono day to remember the heroic
and loving deeds Of tho dead; one day to get acquainted
with the children, to remember the old, the unfortunate
and the Imprisoned; one day In which to forget yourself
and think lovingly OF others; one day for the family, for
the freside, for wife and children, for the love and laugh
ter, the Joy and rapture Of home; one day In which bonds
and stocks and deeds and notes and interest and mort
cages and all kinds Of business and trade are forgotten and
all stores and shops and factories and offices and banks and
Iedgers and accounts and lawsuits are cast aside, put away
and locked up, and the weary heart and brain are given a
voyage to fairyla - j.. lngersoli.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24
HUNDT'S BODY
HOME TOMORROW
Company L Mar Who Did IL South
Last Week Will Be Brought
Back to TT. Madi.
SoH.

Fort Madison Democrat: Christmas
IN the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
V. Hundt, 1906 Third street. is to be
an extremely sad one, because the
body of their son. Corporal Vincent
J. Hundt, who died suddenly at Camp
Cody, N. M, will arrive at-1:30 Tues.
day morning over the Santa Fe and
be taken Immediately to the family
residence.
The aus of the death of Corporal
Hundt still remains a mystery. but
1t has been intimated that his demise
followed an operation for an afflic.
ton on the neck.
Corporal Hundt was born in Fort
Madison on November IA. 1897. and
was 20 years. l month and 6 days 1T
age at the time OF his death. He
had resided in this city practically
all his life. He enlisted with Co
L on July 20 last which. at that
time, was stationed at Keokuk.
He was always a mirthful, Jolly.
free and good hearted boy and won
the love n esteem Of those he met
through his kind and amiable dis
position.
Besides his parents, CORPORAL
Hundt is survived by a brother.
Leonard Hundt, and a sister. Miss
Helen Hundt.
Funeral arrangements have not
yet completed. but it Is evident that
it will be military, and the soldiers
home from Camp Dodge for Christ
mas will doubtless march in the pro-
cession to the cemetery.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24
Jackie is Dying.

limited Press Leased Wire Seryice.l
CHICAGO, Dec. 24.-Richard Bun.
dick, 81, a jackie from the Great
Lakes naval training station, is be-
lieved to be dying from a fractured
skull. Yesterday afternoon, covered
with blood, and minus his trousers.
hat and shoes, he staggered into a
home on Ogden In his, o..
lirium he mentioned the m OF
Harding and King" blue ~jackees at
the station, who are now missing.
His money belt was missing.
The case is similar. in many re-
spects to the recent Becker case.
Becker was found murdered and
was also minus his apparel and
money.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24
BIRTH REPORT
MUST BE MADE
New Law is in Effect January l.
Sending Out Blanks to
Those Who Must
Sign Them.

Commencing January 1, 1918. the
new law regulating the report of
births in this county will go into
enect with o. r. Johnston in charge
of the work here and the following
is a summary Of the law which was
enacted by our last legislature:
THAT for the complete registra-
lions of births, the clerk Of the court
shall be the county registrar and it
shall be his duty to inform all
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24
LOVE KNOWS 7HE WAY
Christmas-1917)

My soul this Christmas-tide is sad
My heart this Christmas Day is glad;
| sing my song this Christmas Day,
Believing still Love knows the Way.
So [ go forth, nor question why
The Winters woe is in the sky,
The crimson stain upon the snow
Since God is Love-and Love must know!
And l am bidding you be glad
In all the joys that you have had,
While in your heart with me you say
God is-and Love still knows the Way.
And to the hungry hearts and sore
With SORROWS, upon every shore,
/ sing my song this Christmas Day,
Believing still Love knows the Way.
So would I cheer your soul along
The by-ways of the Angels song,
While you go forth without the gate
Where Gross or Crown may you await.
| do not know why war should be
In air, or on the land or sea
Forbid that you or I should find
Our hearts this Christmas Day less kind.
But rather may our lives with cheer
Abound, and put away the fear,
While we go on this Christmas Day
Believing still Love knows the Way.
So let us go and unafraid
In the old paths that Love has made
For human feet, where children play.
Believing still Love knows the Way.
It cannot be Love has forgot
The crying of the little tot
That once within the manger lay
Whom all men love on Christmas Day.
And so because we love Him still,
In spite of all the bitter i'll,
| bid your hearts be glad and gay
Believing still Love knows the Way.
Charles Blanchard.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24
IOWA PRESS

Cedar Rapids Gazette: In one dis
trict in New York City where $500
men are registered for the draft, every
enc has asked exemption. Somebody
must stop at home and keep up the
agitation for the west to do its duty,
and these $500 are willing to talk for
their country.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24

William HALTER of Mauch Chunk,
Pa, who is a fearless snake catcher,
but is deaf. owes his safety to a pc
culiar condition of the calves Of his
legs, which always set up tremors
when snakes are about. His legs are
especially valuable to him when a
RATHER gives warning, as he can't
hear.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24

The Oldest woman preacher in the
United States is Mrs. Mary Goddard
of Brunswick, Me. Mrs. Goddard,
though LOT years old, continues to
preach occasionally to congregations
of Friends.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24

Cedar Rapids Republican: A learn
ed German professor, We are told. has
written a book in which he tries to
prove that the kaiser is indeed the
prince Of peace. The peace of death
it must be admitted he has brought to
millions. In that sense a man who
causes millions to be killed is a peace
maker and hat is the only sense in
which the kaiser can qualify for the
title that the aforementioned learned
ass has written out for him.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Will Ameri-
can socialists approve of the socialists
in Russia, who play into the hands Of
the greatest military despotism on
earth. or will they r%epudiate the Boil
sheyiki as traitors to liberty and the
right of self-goyernment?
Waterloo Times-Tribune: Emperor
Charles remarks that it will be a fine
day for him when he car conclude
peace. All he's got to do is quit break
ing up the furniture and arrange for
repairing the damage.
Oelwein Iowan: The suggestion
that big league baseball players be ex-
empted from military duty is almost
too silly to be noticed.
Webster City Freeman-Journal:
When it is insisted that the world must
be made safe for democracy it doesn't
mean that democracy is to be forced
upon those who do not want it. 1t
simply means that those who have 1t
and those who secure it later on may
enjoy it without the consent Of any
outsider on earth.
Cedar Falls Record: o. P. Myers,
former candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor on the democratic ticket, pro-
poses a moratorium in matters of po-
~litical importance for next year. He
proposes that by legislative enactment
every officers term be extended for
two years, believing that the confusion
worry and expense of an election at
this time is unnecessary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24

Minneapolis proposes a pieless day. The fact
has little Or no significance, however, as Mime
apolis is situated several degrees north Of the
great American pie belt.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24

Marshalltown Times-Republican
Possibly a few Of those senators and
congressman did take a hooker after
having passed aut the prohibftory
amendment. There were some of them
no doubt who felt they needed one.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24

1t is a little late to do your Christmas shop
ping early, but it is possible to shop early up to
the last minute.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24

Christmas lies in the hearts and memories
of good folk, and yell find it wherever ye
can find them.-Ruth- Sawyer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24

Des Moines Register: Eventually
there will be no such thing as a vacant
seat on the water wagon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24

"Do not pay an increased price" say the re-
fners to the consumers. And that is the only
offset offered to the empty sugarbowl.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24

The Austro-Germans appear to have left on
the eastern front a force barely sufficient to ne
cotiate a fake armistice.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24

Crown Prince Rupprecht seems to feel about
his soldiers much as the recent car did about
his mujiks-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-24

The threatened shortage Of buttons may
cause uneasiness in some quarters, but the re-
sourceful man will make shift with a single
nail and smile in the face of fate.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-01-10
BIGGER NAVY YARDS
ASKED BY DANIELS

Washington Jan. 10. - Secretary
Daniels appealed to congress for s12.-
100000 to add to navy yard construc-
ticn facilities. because of the failure
of private builders to submit bids for
the battle cruisers and scout cruisers.
The secretary made his request in
letter TO Chairman Padgett of the
house naval committee
The situation with regard TO the
preparedness program is such that
if the manifest intention OF congress
and the country is to be carried out
radical action is necessary" the let
ter said.
The department has done its ut
most in this connection. but finds the
private shipbuilders of the country
are unable or unwilling to undertake
the complete program with any assur-
ance of speed IN completion, even al
prices which the department regards
as unreasonably high. The prepared
ness program halts by reason of this
condition"