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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-11

Several new ideas were embodied. poth as to fighting and as to inner control Of the operation. Not a single hitch oc- cured and 1t can be stated that the ultimate British plans were attained at d minimum cost Not the least of these plans was to inflict great loss upon the enemy. If the usual computations as to casualties held good in this battle. the taking of more than 1000 prisoners meant a total of killed or wounded four or five times greater-30,o00 or more.
 GRATIFYING FEATURE
 One of the most gratifying features of this latest victory was the secret of the vast mining operations which had been in progress for nearly two years, some vast stores of explosives having been in firing position for fully 12 months.
 Any further counter attack the Ger mans may attempt will prove costly for them for the British in wiping out the Wytschaete salient have shortened their line by at least one-third in this sec tor and have, therefore, still greater concentration of possible artillery fire on the new straight line than upon the wide sweeping curve of the old posi- ton.
 INTERESTING LETTERS
 Many interesting letters have been captured in the recent fighting. The fol- lowing is taken from an unposted letter written by a man of the Fourth Ger man Grenader regiment from the trenches attacked on Thursday:
 Since April 29 I am in the trenches near Ypres, where an offensive is now taking place. The drum fire has shot everything to little bits; there is almost nothing more of the trenches to sec Up to now I have escaped with my life, but we have had terrible losses. Half of my company are dead or wounded. It is a terrible life; it will soon be unbear- able. He is best off who gets a bullet and need no longer knock about.
 "The Englshman blows everything Co bits he can see. He bombards every thing. He bombards every district up to 15 kilometres behind the front. He has also blown our kitchen to pieces; so we don't get any warm food only dry stuff"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSES CALLED
They are on Duty Under Red Cross
in Cantonments of National
Army Through the
Country.

Fifty public health nurses have
been assigned for duty by the Amer
lean Red Cross to the zones around
the national army cantonments, ma
tional guard camps and naval bases.
The nurses Will work under the Red
Cross sanitary directors in co-opera-
ton with the local, state and federal
health authorities.
Nurses have already taken up their
work in civil districts around the
cantonmnets at Hattiesburg Miss;
Fl. Riley, Kansas; Des Moines.
Iowa; Louisville, Kentucky; Little
Rock, Arkansas; Aver, Massachu-
sets: Chillicothe, Ohio; Atlanta.
Georgia: Newport News and Peters
burg, Virginia.
AS visiting nurses in the rural
territory and cities adjoining the
camps, the Red Cross nurses assigned
to public health work will endeavor
to prevent the spread of tubercu-
losfs. malaria and social diseases,
and to strengthen the local infant
welfare programs
Nurses have been chosen for this
service by Miss Jane A. Delano,
chairman of the national committee
of Red Cross nursing, with special
reference to the public health needs
of the nation as whole. If the pub
lie health nursing service of the
state In which the cantnnmant 1.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
SPEECHES NEED
INVESTIGATION
LaFoIIette and ToWniey Heard by
Secret Service Men Who
Take Verbatim
Copies.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ST. PAUL. Mimi Sept. 21.-Fed-
eral authorities are today carefully
scrutinizing the speeches delivered
by Senator LaFollette and President
A c. Townley, Of the Non-Partisan
league, at a mammoth mass meeting
here last night. T. E. Campbell OF
the department of justice, personally
listened to LaFollette's address and
verbatim copies of both addresses
were sent to Washington today.
LaFollette had prepared a bitter
attack upon the admins tration, but
when TownIey and league leaders
heard of it, they requested that ne
not give it. LaFollette then spoke
extemporaneously.
Campbell refused to say whether
the government would take any action
against either Townley or LaFollette,
though it was believed LaFollette's
position would make him immune. In
his address last night he practically
challenged secret service men to stop
him from speaking.
Townley's address was bitter
against the way America is conduct
ing the war, though he professed
loyalty.
TT is impossible for us to convince
German people who are buying bread
for half what we have to pay, that
they want any of our liberty or de-
mocracy," Townley declared. There
can be no liberty or democracy
brought into the world by America
until we go to the rest of the world
with clean hands ourselves"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
KELLY'S WIFE
TO TAKE STAND
May Act as Witness and lnsis That
Her Husband Is Insane
and Not a
Murderer.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
RED OAK, Iowa, Sept. 21.-Indica-
lions this afternoon were that Mrs.
Lyn George ]. Kelly would take the
stand in her husbands defense. Fol-
lowing a conference between de-
tense attorneys and Mrs. Kelly, it
was decided she would take the stand
to prove her husband was insane.
Kelly, who is on trial for the VII
lisca ak murders of 1912 was char
acterized as a man subject to brain
storms at which times he was gifted
with almost superhuman strength, by
DR.. A. w. Fitzsimmons of Omaha, an
alienist Fitzsimmons was the de.
fense's star witness Of the day. He
testified that Kelly came to see him in
Omaha in 1918. 1t was the first time
he had even seen the itinerant, unor-
dained minister. but he Immediately
classified him as paranolac.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
GERMANY ADMITS
LOSING GROUND
Today's Official Report Tells of Ad-
vances Made by British
on Western
Front.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.j
BERLIN, Sept q. (Via London.) -
after fluctuating fighting. the en-
envy was able to advance as much as
a kilometer (two-thirds Of a mile)
deep into our zone at Passchendaele
and Gheluvelt," declared today's Of
fetal statement, describing the Brit
ish offensive.
AT times the enemy pressed fur
Their"
General Sixt Won Armin's infan-
try" the statement continued, sue
cessfully withstood the first day OF
the third battle Of Flanders, behind
the most intense drum fire of all
calibers. The English advanced in
close formation
Between Langemarck and Hole
beke there were at least nine Brit
ish divisions (close to $4,000 men).
West Of Passchendaele, counter
attack pressed the enemy back.
North Of the Menin-Ypres road por,
ton of the terrain remained in the
enemys hands.
elsewhere the English, sustaining
heaviest losses, were thrown back
into the crater field by stubborn
heroic fighting. All villages in the
fighting zone were in our hands.
This morning the English did not re-
new the battle"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21

situated is strong In numbers the
Red Cross has called upon nurses
from that state. Otherwise, nurses
have been chosen from the states
from which the troops in training
have been drawn. A permanent Red
Cross public health service will I'M
doubtedly be the outcome Of the
work now being undertaken in army
districts.
Besides the special work in camp
zones, Red Cross nurses in the town
and country nursing service are at
work throughout the country, largely
in rural and mining communities.
Ninety-four women are SO engaged
in nursing and teaching the care and
feeding of infants, first aid and home
dietetics, and assisting in the fight
against tuberculosis. 1t has been
estimated that 4S percent Of the
union troops in the civil war came
from the country districts. While
the percentage will not be SO large
in this war, the Red Cross has I'M
dertaken to see that their families
and homes are kept well and safe
against the day Of the country SOL
dier's return.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
FOR
BAND MANAGER
Members of Community Organization
Have Farewell Meeting for
Elmer Dickson, One Of
Selected Men.

Elmer Dickson, manager Of the
Community band. was one of the con-
tingent of selected men that left for
Camp Dodge this morning.
In recognition of his services with
the organization, the members Of the
band held a farewell reception for
him last night in the band hall after
the parade.
Mr.. Dickson was given a hand
some wrist watch as a gift from the
members, the presentation being made
by ]. c. Hedrick, leader of the band,
following which smoker was held.
w. H. Honce was elected manager
Of the band and will take care OF the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
Real Wonder Worker
For Wri1kLed Faces

Those who have tried al sorts of So
called "wrinkle-removerS' in a vain effort
to lose those unwelcome traces OF age
illness or worry. can scarcely find words
to express their delight with the wonder
ful saxolite formula, once they have given
it a trial The success of this method is
due not alone to its marvellous effective
ness-upon the deepest lines and crows
feet, as well as upon the very fine ones
but also to It's surprisingly quick action
and it's entire harmlessness. Its simple
ity and its tnexpensiveness are other com
rnendable features for one need only dis
solve an ounce Of powdered saxolite In
half pint witch hazel and battle the face
in this solution. At once q remarkable
transformation Is beheld-
1t is not only the effect on wrinkles and
creases that Is so noticeable, but facial
contour L. remarkably improved and the
face looks much younger. One should be
saxolite The lotion, being so refreshing.
Is particularly grateful to tired faces
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
CARE OF FAST RACE HORSE
IS GOOD EXAMPLE Of HOW
MAN SHOULD HANDLE. SELF

his system breaks down completely.
Human ambition depends largely
upon the stomach. When that organ
shirks it's duty, ambition wanes. Tan
lac is the great reconstructive tonic.
1t is endorsed by hundreds of thous-
ands for it's influence upon the stom-
ach. 1t is designed to promote diges-
ton and thereby give tone to the en-
tire system, thus creating good ap-
petite, sound sleep and energy for
daily work. A healthy stomach guar
antees nerve security. Tanlac is now
being specially introduced in Keokuk
by the Wilkinson Drug Co, where
there is man from the Tanlac Lab
oratories explaining how it should be
taken to secure best results.-Adver-
tisement.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21

United Press Leased Wire Service.]
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.-Riot-
ing broke out in half dozen Sec
lions Of the Mission district today in
connection with the strike of the
United Railways platform men. A
crowd of 800 persons at noon attack
ed street cars with rocks and other
missiles.
Police drove the men away from
the spot where the rioting began,
but the crowd reformed repeatedly
as it appeared to be dispensing and
several more disturbances followed.
"a number of car windows were
smashed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21

A man owning a fine race horse
sees that the best care Is taken of
the animal He hires a man who
makes a specially Of caring for
horses. He is watchful that the prop
err food is given to it. Besides, the
horse must be shod with correct
shoes. In every manner its welfare
must be looked after and why?
Because the owner knows that good
care keeps the animal healthy, and
with good health, he can, perhaps,
win a race or get fancy price at a
sale.
But does that man take care Of
himself? No! Man, as rule, is care
less of his own health. He eats what
he wants and as much as he wants.
In fact he abuses his stomach until
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
Arrested as SpY.

United Press Leased Wire Servicel
BUTTE, Montana, Sept. 21.-Mili-
tia guardsmen on the main line of the
Northern Pacific about ten miles east
of Butte early today arrested Otto
Fisher, suspected Of being a German
spy.
Fisher demanded German inter
prefer and refused to make a state
ment to the soldiers who took him In
to custody A note book with sketches
of the Spire Rock trestle and notes
describing parts of the line of the
Northern Pacific were found inside his
pockets
Fisher said his father lives on a
homestead thirty-flve miles from Den
ver
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
Lower Rates Requested.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-Lower
rates and a revision of traffic rules
for the transportation of live stock
on virtually all the railways of the
country are requested in complaint
filed today before the interstate com
merce commission by the Texas ma
tional live stock exchange and allied
organizations.
The complaint asserts that present
tariffs and classifications are unjust
and unreasonable. Every large stock
shipper and receiver In the United
States is represented in the com.
plant.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
LOOKING for German spy.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.-Fed
eeral agents today sought a clew to the
identity OF a German spy who makes
the United States customs house here
his center of operations
Two weeks ago master key to the
building was stolen. Then the night
Watchman reported light connected
with the radio set on the roof had
burned three consecutive nights while
the radio inspectors could not ex.
plain the occurrence The radio set
mad been tempered with.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
MUCH MYSTERY
OVER AUTOPSY
Mrs. Bingham's Body Exhumed and
Armed Guards Drive People
Away From the
Grave.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
WILMINGTON, N. c., Sept. 21.-
Mystery today surrounded the pro-
posed elimination Of the body of
Mrs. Robert Worth Bingham. form
erly Mrs. Henry M. Flagler, follow
ing rumors Of suspicious circum-
stances surrounding her death. Every
attempt was made to keep the facts
secret, and armed guards warned all
away from the grave in Oakdale
cemetery, which will soon be opened.
A fight for S5,000,000, bequeathed
by the dead woman to her husband
of eight months, Judge Robert Bing-
ham. of Louisville, Ky, is believed
to be connected with the demand Of
relatives that the body be exhumed
and examined These relatives pro-
test the codiciI in Mrs. Bingham's
will authorizing that bequest and
assert 1t was the result Of undue in
fluence The bulk Of Mrs. Bingham's
100000 900 went to her niece, Mrs.
Louise Wise Lewis of Cincinnati
This money came originally from
Henry M Flagler, oil magnate and
owner Of a chain Of hotels in
Florida.
Judge Binham, who received the
Sc, 100000. was formerly mayor of
Louisville.
Several surgeons, employed by rel
atives who protest the bequest to
Judge Bingham, were to arrive in
Wilmington today, ready to conduct
an autopsy on the body. Public off,
Gals who grant permits for eZhuma-
ton and post mortem examination
today refused to talk and indicated
it was necessary that the whole
affair be shrouded in secrecy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
An Old Sermon.

SUTTON, Neb., Sept. 21.-Citizens
here this afternoon recalled sermon
preached by Lynn George j. Kelly.
now being tried at Red Oak, for Viii
lisca, Iowa ak murders, about year
ago.
Kelly then was pastor of the Con-
gregational church here and the SER
mon was 1.-THE objectionable Sin"
During the sermon he said a man
should never be guilty of SHINING If he
were insane.
According to those citizens, Kelly
made other remarks from his pulpit
which indicated he was either insane
or sought to cover some sin.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21

A bunch of five dime novel kids,
ranging in age from 10 to 13 years,
pulled series of robberies and fires
in Salt Lake City as smoothly as
professionals. Youthfulness saved
them from suspicion, but partially
burned garage accidentally fired by
them, revealed their loot. The kids
'fessed up and felt proud Of the
achievement.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
viii Quit October 1,

lonited Press Leased Wire Service.
cALEX1CO, Calf. Sept. Glow
ernor Estaban Cantu's administra-
non as first chief of Lower Cali
lornia will end officially October L.
On that date David zarate, former
mayor OF Ensenada. and said to be
Sarranza's chief supporter in Lower
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21

California, will become governor by
virtue of Carranza's appointing nt.
This is the information here today,
and given considerable credence
since the persistent report that
Cantu has been deposed by Carranza.
Many close to internal affairs in
Cantu's country predict civil war if
Carranza attempts to invade Lower
California
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21

had heard that relatives believed I'M
due influence had been exerted to
make Mrs. Bingham insert in the will
codicil giving S5,000,000 to Judge
Bingham. This conference occurred
shortly before relatives applied for
PERM. sion to have Mrs. Bingham's
body exhumed at Wilmington, N. c.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
DIT VIII Come or In One Complete
pieCew

right now,-free yourself at once
from all corn misery. 1t. will peel
off painlessly, in one complete piece.
or between the toes, any callus, or
any corn that has resisted every.
thing else you have ever used. on
it comes like magic. Guaranteed.
"Gets-It," that's all. "GetsIt' Is
the only safe way in the world to
treat a corn or callus, It's the sure
way-the way that never fails. 1t
is tried and true-used by millions.
Never irritates the flesh or makes
the toe sore, 1t always works; peels-
corns- off lille-a-banana-skin. Csc
bottle 8 all you need pay for
"Gets-It'' at any drug store. or sent
on receipt Of price by q. Lawrence
Sc Co, Chicago. Ill.
Sold in Keokuk and recommends
as the worlds best corn rer,edy b
Enalehardt & Co. and Wilkinson e CT
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
New York Money Market.

NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-Money OF
call, 4 percent.
Six months, 5h@6 percent.
Mercantile paper, 5h percent.
Bar silver London, SD.
Bar silver New York, S1.0Sh.
Demand sterling, $4.75.45.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
Executors Conferred.

NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-Executors
of Mrs. Robert W. Bingham's estate
Of which s5,oO0,OO0 is bequeathed to
her second husband, Judge Bingham.
of Kentucky, conferred here recently.
It was learned today, to discuss a
threatened attack on the will They
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
'3Gets-li,'' z Drops,
Corns Peel Off !!
For rs Cents Peel Off 25 Corns.

"Gets-It." the greatest corn dis
covery of any age. makes joy-walk-
ers out of corn-limpers. 1t makes
you feel like the Statue of Liberty.
Buy q liberty bottle of "Gets-It"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21

business affairs of the organization in
the future.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21

Gate City want ads.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-16
WHO IS TO BLAME?

The announcement in the news col
umns. Of another accident caused by
giant cap, making two in Crested
Butte within a month, calls for seri-
Gus reflection as to who is to blame
for such happenings. Certainly the
entire blame cannot be placed on the
boys themselves. Men who use these
dangerous explosives ought TO keep
them where no boy can possibly get
at them. To have them in home
whore there are children is sin
against humanity. Let US learn our
lesson before there is q repetition of
these unfortunate accidents. Let par
ents and friends warn the boys of the
danger of the giant cap, and let min
crs be very careful as to where they
keep them in the future.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-16

Mr.. IL. D. Mason, for six years in
the service of the government as a
mining engineer, visited his friend,
II. X. Chisholm, here last week. Mr..
Mason and Mr.. Chisholm travelled to-
gesher for two years on Rescue Cars
No. 3 and No. 4. Mr.. Mason is now
2 member of the Mine Safety APP
pliances Company. He was very
much impressed with the beautiful
mountain scenery here, and said that
the next time Rescue Car No. 2 is in
time he will be here on his vaco don.
Mr.. X. II. Chisholm, who has been
with US for the past week, is not only
a First Aid expert, but also poet.
The following are two of his poems:
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-16
Safety First

Would you take ten thousand dollars
for faithful pair of hands
That will serve you from your child
hood to old age?
Would you take an automobile for u
pair of nimble feet?
Would you swap of natures free
dom for n cage?
That is all that's left a cripple, for
he's never free again,
He's prisoner within his helpless
self,
Where pleasures never tease him and
the pay check never sees him,
For his useful life is laid upon the
shelf.
Would insurance money. pay you for
the eyes you used to have
AS you enter on life of endless
night?
# you had it you would offer all mon
ey in the mint
To doctor who would give you
back your. sight.
Now, since these things are precious
and can never be replaced,
Never risk them if there is a safer
way;
Better cherish them and guard them,
ERE the accidents have marred
them,
For your future may depend upon
today.
Now our days on earth are numbered,
and our life is short at best,
And the end for each and all will
come some day;
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-16

s. let's be prepared to guard 1t and
save what may be left,
md enjoy the world little while
we may,
We like man who's fearless, and we
hate a coward, too.
Gill it's better to be wise than al
ways brave,
For perhaps you'll win the gamble,
and perhaps you'll only ramble
To the home of risky chances, that's
the grave.
The best insurance order that there is
in all the world,
And the one that is the least mis-
fortune cursed,
Is the brotherhood of labor in the rail-
roads, mines and mills,
Who don't forget their password,
safety First"
So don't gamble with the treasures
that can never be replaced,
For you may lose and have to face
the worst;
If you can't help acting funny, let the
thing you risk be money,
Comrades, always ACT the pass
word, Safety First"
By X. II. Chisholm,
Foreman U. S. Rescue Car No. 2,
Ration, New Mexico.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-16
eaa2c<ce c%o> >1~e>O>o o>o<
! Local News


Saturday afternoon, while Mlnto
Gazoli, eight years of age, was lamp
ering with giant cap, the cap eX-
ploded, seriously damaging his left
hand. and bruising his face and right
hand. He was taken Immediately to
DR. Tav,or's office for treatment
where it was found necessary to amp
utate half of the thumb and half CT
the first two fingers of the left hand.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-16

Lawrence I. Gray, representative
of the Durango Trust Company, was
here last week with General Manager
Weitzel of the C. +. & |. company on
business connected with the cutting of
timber from the Trust company's land
from which the C. F. & l. company
have been mining coal for many years.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-16

Mr. Tuttle of Marble brought over
two Gentlemen, J. C. Frank and F. H.
Bryan Of Akron Ohio. Who are interest
ed in the Sheep Mountain Tunnel at
Crystal. They took the out going train
for Gunnison and the East.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-16

Drawn-wire Mazdit Lamps, Elcc
tric Flash Light', Pare strained
Honey, Maple Eeet Syrup, Nupack
caned Pruues and Seedless Raisins.
ut Robin5Jns.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-08-16
a1SL-,E1eE KIss AsDt5,ssi

Say, have you pet fly? Try us
We have access to ia Variety s just
think Of this guaranteed 6 loot
leader , dropper loops for 2 bits.
Aud bave YOU seen the new Fishing
Cape Gee! it is a peach. For Sale
only at Robinson Lumber Co.