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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
SENT
BY COMPANY L
Captain Chase and His Men Express
Their Sorrow at Death
of Corporal
Hundt.

The funeral Of Corporal Vincent
Hundt of Fort Madison, who enlisted
with Company L Of Keokuk and who
died at Camp Cody last week, was
held this afternoon In Fort Madison.
The members of Company l. sent TWO
beautiful floral tributes, one a pillow
on which were the words, Company
l., 133rd Infantry, and the other was
a sheaf of roses which were sent
with sincerest sympathies Of every
nan and officer in Company l.. The
flowers were sent from Keokuk
through the request of Captain Chase
and with the help of L. A. Hamill
who attended to the matter for the
men.
All of the Keokuk boys sympathize
deeply with Mrs. Hundt in the loss
of her son, and the floral tributes are
but a slight appreciation OF the love
and devotion in which every member
OF the command held the young man.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
WANT KINKS
OUT OF ROAD
Board Of Supervisors Take Steps to
Force Fort Madison Branch
to S%traighten
Out.

Fort Madison Democrat: A con
Icrete movement to force the Chicago
Burlington & Quincy Railroad com
rany to straighten out its lines be
tween this city and West Point, with
the purpose of eliminating a half doz
en- and declared unnecessary road
crossings, has been started by the Lee
county board of supervisors through
the filing Of a petition before the state
railroad commission by its chairman,
/. Hosier, Of this city.
That the board will force the meas.
ure to the full limit was the declara-
ton of Chairman Hosier when ques-
toned on the matter today.
The action is one hat has long
been desired by residents of that sec.
ton Of the county. The many road
crossings have long been regarded as
dangerous.
The railroad is called the ~"peavine,"
on account of it's tortuous route to es-
the country.
1t is pointed out that the railroad
crosses the highway six times within
the distance Of n mile. Autofsts
who stop, look and listen" are kept
busy on that stretch of road.
One crossing, located near Pittens
creek, is declared as being especially
by members of the board
The county, it seems. has made pre-
vious overtures to the railroad com
pany on the matter, but failed to re-
ceive my response. The county went
SO far as to offer to pay 40 per cent OF
the cost of changing the tracks. al
though 33 1-3 per cent is considered
the usual demand. The disregard OF
the offer of the county has caused the
board to act.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
AMUSENIEN NJ.
Marouerite clark nRah,s RurqIar.

Marguerite Clark, "Bab'S Burglar.
There will be attractive little calen-
C~r" "i""1 free 70 all matinee patrons
of the Grand today and tomorrow at
,-e GLOWING Oh marguerite Clark i'll
'Eab's Burglar" When dainty Miss
Marguerite appeared III "Bab's Diary
a short time ago, her thousands of add
mirers thought she had reached the
very pinnacle of delight. But "Bab's
Burglar" is even better, and you'll say
so yourself.
Mary Roberts Rinehart stories in
the SATURDAY Evening Post IRE also
the basis for "Bab's Burglar" as they.
were for the earlier Bah picture. and
"Bab's Matinee Idol" is still another
treat coming in the near future.
Winsome Marguerite Clark is at her
best in today's picture. She is the
perfection of type for the Bah pictures.
She is at the boarding school here
between classes she drives a racing
car Onto and upsetting a milk wagon)
aud captures a burglar" only to find
that the latter is a very acceptable
young man who is only trying to elope
with her sister. "Bab's Burglar" can
only be appreciated when seen.
THE Lone Wolf" made into one great
eight-act mystery n thrill drama,
from the exciting Louis j. Vance story,
is the Grand's approximation for
Friday. the oGe day only. 1t is a
Raffles-type story. with one breathless
event following close on h heels OF
another. Regular admission prices
Advertisement.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
OVER 1900
STARS IN FLAG
Typographical Union is Patriotic as
its Service Flag Would Indicate
and the Acts Of Mem
bers Show.

The International Typographical
union has 1918 stars - its service
Tag. One of these is for William F.
Smith, who formerly was a printer
with The Gate City company. A roll
OF honor has been issued by the typos
with the cover designs of a service
flag showing the field of blue stars.
The back cover tells of the achieve
ments Of the union in the war. Fifty
FIVE soldiers have been killed on the
field of battle in France; $17,025 has
been paid to relatives of the soldiers
who have given their lives; s6O,O0O
has been invested in Liberty bonds by
the executive council Of the interna-
tional union and $4,000, 900 has been
by subordinate unions.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
NINE OF TEN WOUNDED
IN THIS WAR RECOVER

Althoush surgery and medical sci
ence nave scored their greatest tri-
umphs in the treatment of the wound.
ed IN the present war, the conditions
winch have had to be met are the
worst In the history OF warfare.
II 1T had not been for the discovery
OF bacteria and the method of fighting
them by anti-toxins, the vast majority
OF the wounded in the present war
would have died horrible deaths. In
stead, over 90 per cent have recover
ed n over 40 per cent return to the
lighting lines.
There have also been wonderful inn
provements in the mechanical instru-
ments of surgery. The improved
splints for broken limbs are wonders
or simplicity. With these splints
wounded men can be transported in
auto, train and hospital ship without
pain or injury, where formerly the
moving of the wounded was a hell Of
agony.
In the treatment of wounds the in.
vention Of the Carrel-Kakin system Of
irrigating and cleaning deep wounds
has attracted wide attention and has
saved many lives. 1t is a cumbersome
process, however, and requires the re-
dressing o. thu wounds every two
hours. The surgeons are actively
seeking simple methods.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
is NOT
TAKING HOLD
Treaehery and Brutality OF German
Soldiers Fails to Impress Those
Who are Fighting for
America.

UNITED Press Leased WIRE service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-The 1dea
that America is making war on the
German government, not on the Ger
man people, is gradually being dis
placed among the country's fighting
men today.
The American soldier, at home and
abroad, is being warned of the
treachery and the brutality practiced
nv the German soldier, coming as he
does from the mass Of the German
people.
Through bulletins and lectures, the
stories of German atrocities are
being known to the men in both
American and European camps. A
formal bulletin telling of an Ameri-
can whose throat was cut after he
had been taken prisoner by the Ger
mans in a trench raid, is an example
of this.
United Press dispatches from the
American headquarters in France
Immediately following the raid on
the trench in which three Americans
were killed and several captured,
told of one Of the men being found
with his throat cut.
But this story and others of a
similar nature are now being called
to the attention of the men who will
soon be meeting the Germans in
battle.
In line with the education of the
American soldiers rs to h purposes
and causes of war, one Camp Lee
officer has requested that the govern
|ment furnish him with a quantity OF
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
WIVES
CLUB
One in Every Town Is What Woman's
Committee Of Council of Ma
tionai Defense is
Proposing.
by George Martin, United Press
Staff CORRESPONDENT

by George Martin, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-A war
wixes' club in every town is what
the womans' committee Of the coun-
Gil Of national defense wishes to see.
Suggesting the idea through the
United Press today, the committee eX-
planned that such local, state and ma
tional clubs would crystalize the
war spirit among the women at home
just as it is crystalized among their
men at the front when they go over
the top together.
TIE committee feels that not only
is there a natural sond of sympathy
and interest among these women, but
that very material advantages rests
in IN organization that would give
the women who are giving most-their
loved ones-a local, state and nation
al voice in matters affecting them.
"But above all good" said a mem.
Der of the committee, would be the
good of sharing a common grief, a
common anxiety, held up by a COM
mon patriotism courage.
"They would stimulate each other
to brave endurance and would find in
each others society the only perfect
sympathy with their own private
trouble.
There is nothing that so takes
away bitterness Of grief as robbing
1t of its isolation. Personal sorrow
is lost in the collaboration that rests
with general sacrifice to a great cause
'S1lch losses have a quality Of
glory and Of greatness"
Socially the committee suggests
it would give them an opportunity to
meet and keep in touch with each
other frequently. They could start
circulating libraries among them
selves. They could help each other
materially, both in home economics
and in the care of their children,
through exchange of personal expert
ences and through lectures which
they could afford to arrange for.
In France these clubs have been or
ganized, mostly among the wives Of
officers who are still serving or have
fallen at the front.
The French clubs are called "the
friendly union and are said to have
aided in sustaining the morale If the
civilian population.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
WEDDING BELLS
LOUD
Nrerica 10 Not Only Going to War,
But to the Altar, Marriage
License Figures
Show.

Hunted Press. Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-America is
not only going to war-but to the altar
Records for Christmas marriages
have been broken throughout the coun
try during the last forty-eight hours.
With thousands of young men soon
to leave for France as soldiers and
thousands of others in various camps
and cantonments, soldiers and sailors
led the greatest wedding march the
country has ever seen.
In New York the number OF licenses
Issued for Christmas marriages showed
an Increase OF nearly 100 per cent
over 1915. A total of 277 licenses were
issued Monday as compared with 167
on Christmas evening last year, In a
majority Of cases the bride was accom-
panied by a groom in the army khaki
or sailors blue.
Philadelphia. Chicago. Boston and
other cities also reported record break
ing marriage figures.
Reports gathered by the United
Press from the various cities follow:
Philadelphia-All records broken;
EOS licenses Monday as against 50 in
1915. Forty sailors and soldiers
among grooms. Rush still on today.
Chicago-Two hundred thirty-six
Christmas licenses this year, as
against 101 last year. About one
fourth soldiers.
Oklahoma City-New record with
twenty-five Saturday, nineteen Monday
and three Christmas day. One-third
soldieAs.
st. Paul-Twenty-one Christmas
marriages; eleven last year.
Observation-Disclosures: double
last year.
Dallas, sTexas-Ninety-eight this
year; compared with forty-six last
year. One-third soldiers.
Columbus, Ohio-New record. 103
this year against fifty-1ve in 1916.
MISUNDERSTANDING this year,
compared with forty-eight, 1916.
Cleveland-111 including forty-six
soldiers. T~hirty-two last year.
Portland, Ore.-Fifty per cent in
crease over last year, with twenty-five
per cent Of licenses to soldiers.
Sandiego, Calif.-Thirty-four Christ
mas marriages, twenty of them sol
diers against eighteen last year.
Tacoma, Washn.-Fifty-two mar
riages against seventeen last year.
Large proportion soldiers.
A
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
FOOD SURVEY IS
NEXT ON DOCKET
This Will be Conducted by Means Of
a QUESTIONABLE Handed Out to
Grocers and Others
Of Nation.
ANY FOODS
These Questions Are to be Presented
to All Who Deal in Food Ma
teriaIs Throughout o
the Country.
ANY HANDLING FOODS

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 90
The most comprehensive inventory
of food resources in the United
States ever made-the war emer-
gency food survey. provided for by
cOngreSs-will be started within the
next few days, when the first batch
OF the more than three-quarters OF a
million schedules or QuestlonnalreS
to be SEM u will be placed in the
mails, The bureau of markets has
been commissioned by the secretary
of agriculture to carry out Inc big
stock-taking enterprise with the CO.
operation of other branches of the
department. This survey will touch
every dealer in food and foo ma
~terials, every food manufacturer, and
every holder of substantial quaint
ties Of foods in the country except
the family, requiring them to report
stocks which they have IN hand
December 81, 1917. A separate
schedule will be SEN to a ~represen-
tative number Of specially selected
homes throughout the country and
upon returns from these an estimate
will be made for all homes.
The approaching survey follows a
preliminary inventory for a limited
number of food items made August
81, last, results of which have been
nearly all t~abulated.
The aim of the major survey to be
begun shortly is to give the govern
ment. producers, dealers and con-
sumers exact information Of the
quantities of the various important
food materials on hand. It is only
with trustworthy figures of existing
food stocks as a basis, as was point,
ed out when congress provided for
the survey, hat safe plans can be
made for conserving and distributing
foods already on hand, and for pro.
ducing the foods needed next season
Questionnaires to Be Used.
The survey will be made by means
| of schedules or missionaries con
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
ONerexertsd Herself.

London Tit-Bits: In / certain
provincial art gallery is a picture en-
titled, Saved" representing a large
Newfoundland dog standing over a
child whom it had rescued from the
river.
On market days many people from
the country find their way to the
picture gallery, and nearly all admire
this life like painting.
The other day an old country
won.Nn stood gazing at it for quite
a long time, and as she turned to go,
exclaimed:
NO wonder the child tainted after
dragging that big dog out of the
water"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
Telephone Girls Vote.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-More
than 5000 "hello girls" of Greater
Boston's telephone exchanges will
vote on a strike resolution today.
At the same time David Benjamin
Of the United States department of
labor and officers of the union will
have a conference. The latter de-
clare they are through with compro-
misses and will not yield in their de
msnd for better wages.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
A Road Paved With Iron.

William G.. Shepherd, representa-
tive of Everybody's Magazine in Rus
STA, motored over a unique highway
in the cours of his visit to the Rus
sian city Kronstadt, which he de.
scribes as follows:
Our automobile passed two miles
over such a roadway as no tiremakei
ever conceived; it was made Of iron
castings that looked like cog wheels,
laid an their sides, with the cogs
in~terlapping.
He says this road is los years
DID, explained Maximenko (the
guide). 1t was laid in the old days
for heavy cannon, and it's as good as
new"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26

literature, telling of the battle prac-
tees Of the Germans to incorporate
in his lectures. lie said that a-lonS
some Of the mountain men under his
charge there was a surprising lack
Of knowledge Of the war causes and
aims.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26

on the full cooperation of the affect
ed trades and industries, and hopes
that there will be a very few cases
in which 1t will be necessary to en-
force compliance through prosecu-
ton.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
Ladies OF Charity Make Acknowledges
ment Of Gifts and Assistance
Given Them In Their
Work.
K NUMBERED 14o
Although Fifty Was to Have Been
Quota, Santa Made It Possible
TO Fill a Great
Many More.

Santa Claus more than surprised his
clients at st. Vincent's Monday. He
had promised the Ladies of Charity
20 NIL for them fifty baskets but when
the day came, through the generosity
OF Keokuk merchants, the Ladies of
Charity and their many friends. 40
baskets were filed. These went to Sc
venty families, each family receiving
a double portion. Working with the
Ladies OF Charity was the Marillac so
ciety. made up OF forty girls of St.
Peters school. By their assistance
they have merfted the title of the Lit.
tie Ladies of Charity. They have been
meeting every Saturday afternoon for
some time to sew On December 9
they gave to Sister Loretta for distri-
button, forty garments which they had
made for the needy Of the city. Last
Saturday afternoon they filed forty
Christmas stockings with candy, nuts
and games for children of the city:
Twelve packages were sen to friends
in public institutions, both in Keokuk
and outside of the city. Very CRATE
fully the Ladies of Charity acknowl-
edge the following gifts in addition to
those previously acknowledged:
Girls Of the Mississippi River
Power Co. offices $500
Mrs. g.. w. Tanning ............ 200
Thoma Joyce 500
Alois Weber 100
Helena Rose Lowitz .......... LOO
Mrs. L. E. Ccott ........... loo.
Baur-Mullarky, six pairs shoes.
keppel & Co., three bushels pota-
toes.
Dimond Milling Co, 4s sacks corn
meal.
Armour & Co.. case veribest milk.
Armour & Co, 81 sacks Armour's
Rolled Oats.
To Cameron's Sons. the ladies are
particularly grateful for delivering all
baskets.
The president, Mrs. Furlong. takes
this opportunity to thank the commit
tee which worked SO hard and so
faithfully to make the plans a success.
Father Giglinger referred in one of
his m yesterday morning to the
spirit Of Christ which is a Catholic or
universal spirit embracing all man
kind. He said that this spirit is among
|others exempliied by the Ladies OF
Charity, a Catholic organization which
sent Christmas baskets loaded with
meat and other eatables to sixty-five
families, only ten Of whom were Cath
|olic and fifty-ive Protestant. Father
|Giglinger spoke In praise Of such
Samaritan work that looks at nothing
but the needs Of the fellowman for
whom Christ also became poor to make
ihim rich in hope and love.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
Expanding

New York 1rlg Al h0ugh war in
another country has been declared
by the United States, it is still the
sane war and the only effect of the
declaration is to give Uncle Sam a.
little more elbow room.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26

tanning questions and blanks for
nswers in regard to eighty-six items,
covering more than a hundred differ
ent foods. These items are divided
into ten general groups. Grain and
seeds, grain food products, meat and
meat products, fish, animal and vege-
table fats. dairy and related products.
| canned goods, fresh fruits n vege-
tables, dried fruits, nuts and pea
nuts: and sugar, starches, etc. An
swers are to show the quantities OF
each item on hand and an estimate
of quantities, If any, In transit out
ward by freight or express, on De-
cember 81, 1917. and the quantities
that were on hand December 81.
1915. The eturn also will show
the nature, organization and size OF
the business of each dealer. They
must be signed by the owner or az
authorized official.
Schedules will be sen to all deal
ers in food materials, all manufac-
turers Of food products, and all hold
ers of such commodities in lots u u
st~antially greater than family sup
plies. Reports, therefore, will be
expected from wholesale n retail
grocers, bakers, confectioners and all
other dealers in commodities contain
ing food materials; from warehouse
men and cold storage concerns; from
commissaries of institutions and COM
mercial and industrial establish
ments; from exporters; from manu-
facturers I'M Employing any food product
in their operations: and from repre-
sentatives of foreign governments
who buy supplies in this country.
T-ba I, mani 1aciroc rnpnrtC oVpn
from concerns using foodstuffs as
ingredients in products not ordinarily
considered food; from bottlers of
soda-water and similar beverages,
and from chewing gum manufacture
ers, for example, because of the
sugar employed.
Penalties for Failure to Report.
Altogether, more than three-quar-
ters of a million schedules will be
distributed. Mailing lists have been,
prepared to cover the field as fully
as possible, but some individuals and
concerns who should make report of
food materials held by them IN
doubtedly have been unavoidably
missed. The bureau of markets
therefore is asking each such indi-
vidual and concern that does not re-
ceive a schedule by January 2 to
write to the bureau of markets. U.
S. department of agriculture, Wash
ington, D. c., or to any of the many
agencies of the bureau throughout
the country, for a copy. The local
addresses of these agencies are given
with each of the threequarterS of a
million schedules which are being
distributed, and may conveniently be
obtained by inquiry of any business
associate who mas received one of the
schedules.
The act Of congress providing for
the wal emergency food survey fixed
a fine not exceeding $1,000 or i'm
prisonment not exceeding one year,
or both, as punishment for any indi-
vidual or concern who willfully fails
to make report when requested, or
wilfully reports incorrectly. The
bureau of markets. however, counts
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26

Ordinary toilet soap is now selling
in Germany at S1.35 a cake.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26

Subscribe for The Gate City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26

Questionnaires to Be Used.
The survey will be made by means
of schedules or questionnaires con,