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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-04-12
WANTED.
The United States Wants a
chanlcs and Laborers for AZ
signment to Arsenals and
Munitions plants. I

The local post office is in
ceipt of APPLICATIONS for spositi%
in the above named. 3
Those wishing employment
once can be furnished.
1t is also the wish of the {
eminent to ascertain the spirit
willingness on the part of 8
chanics TO respond to their ca
Itry's call in case of need for til
If you are not inclined to-
cept position at present
care to express your willingnSI
in case your country needs
call at the post office and be 81
piled with the proper form MI
signifying your willingness. III
Your statement of willing,&
to serve in no way obligates 81
in case you should later feel y
ferently.
The government wants to kT!!s
where the willing ones ard
needed.
In addition to those already I
vertised, the following nam
kinds and number of employf
are also needed:
Rock Island Arsenal, Rock I.
land, H.:
SO machinists ......S3 90 to S III
"a toolmakers 1915 to III
3 die sinkers .......,.. 4.OOto n
10 millers ........ 2.25 to 81
III profilel's ......... 2.25to ri
4 drop forgers 80. 2.75to III
6 punch press OPP
orators 40 TO X
9 grinders and adj
justers 2.75 to q
1 barrel straight Il
ener j. - s.75 I
4 riflers ... 2.25 to II
25 inspectors .......... $50 to 81
The rates given are for eigl
hours work, and i'm addition .
this the employees are given tin
and a half for all overtime. II
Rock Island arsenal is now wor,
ing on a iO-hour basis.
Applicants should at once a;
ply for application blanks to Il
Board of Examiners at the RIO,
Island arsenal, Rock Island, II
or to the secretary of the Ciy
Service Board, Post Office, Gil
cinnati, Ohio; Chicago, ILL.,, s
Paul, Mimi; Old Customhous
st. Louis, Mo. Application
should be properly executed, il
Guiding the medical certificat
and filed with the Board of Es
aminers at the Rock Island A
senal, Rock Island, Ill.
Application blanks may also
had at the local post office.
--C---
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-04-12
A Different Show.

III is something to find show
once i'm a while that is just plain
good, the kind you can take your
sweetheart to and not wish you
hadn't: The kind where there are
no efforts to thrill by disgust, no
world WEAKNESS. no WallOWing OF
cheap and petty souls in the mire
of weak will and self pity. no
adultery and thieyery, pessimism,
cynicism. and all the other gripes
and pangs and shldders of con-
temptible people. You run away
from them in real life; why have
them thrust at you on the stage
In Where the Trails Meet" you
will find nothing but honest low
ers, out and out villains and reg
ular folks generally. The author
knows how you like to laugh and
has given you fifty fifty with
those who love TO cry
NNlSti piaoS. VIII pleScH'
Where The Trails Meet Adj
Olson Auger's latest western
comedy, i'm their big Waterproof
tent. one night only, i'm Modale.
on Monday, April %. Remember
the date. DO not miss this. the
best show of he season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave mrie and
Mr.. and Mrs. George Beebee were
Omaha visitors Monday.
The NJ f. Ladies' Aid kensing-
ton was entertained al the City
hotel Tuesday afternoon by Mrs
George Middleton and Mrs. George
Reebee About sixty were pres
emf.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-14
kEOKUK MAN
is REJECTED
earsightedness Proves Undoing Of
j. r. irwin In Officers
CAMPO. e. MohIer
Goes.

eicers' reserve training camp from
X eokuk ct Fort Smelling, struck a
snag in the eyesight tests, and much
to his disgust has been rejected
Nearsightedness caused his rejection
and Mr. Irwin is naturally disappoint-
ed, as he was anxious to get into
training.
C. b. Mohler of Keokuk, is another
local man who has been sent to the
officers training camp. He is vet
eran Of the Spanish war.
In the list of assignments to the
various branches of service at Fort
J. r. McManus is assigned
to the cavalry and infantry, ]. S.
Sprowls and G. E. Mohler to the in
fantry.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-14
CHILD'S MATCHES
STARTED BLAZE
Shed on Property Of e. J. Peterson
Destroyed by Fire Saturday
Afternoon-StliI Alarm
Sunday Morning.

A child playing with matches start
ed the fire that destroyed shed in
the rear of the home of e. J. Peter
son, ILL Franklin street, Saturday
afternoon. A chicken coop adjoining
was burned and one side Of barn
on the property Of Mrs. Walsmith.
charred by the flames. The shed was
filled with kitchen furnishings, and
the loss will be considerable. Three
chickens are missing, also. While the
fire department was at this place
false alarm was turned in for 1112
Orleans avenue.
The. department was called to the
home of Mrs. C. e. Kastner, 817 Or
leans avenue, Sunday morning at
S:45 O'Clock on still alarm. Sparks
from chimney had set fire to the
roof. The damage was slight.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-14
CITY NEWS.

Piano tuning. Loewenstein Piano
Co. Phone 218.
Masonic: Special meeting Eagle
lodge No. II, Tuesday evening, May
Is, 1880; 3rd degree.
DIR. ]. B. How'd was called to
Augusta, Illinois. last night. by the
sudden death Of his brothers wife
! there.
Company L will march from the
armory to the Grand tom orrow night,
there to witness the pictures, Train
ing Our American Boys at West
Point" The company will be guests
OF Manager Dodge for the entire pic
lures program.
judgments have been signed In
the district court in ]. N. Tueston vs..
the Preferred Accident association,
giving defendant judgment for costs;
and in Ben Eakin VS.. Henry Taylor
and Stella NJ. Taylor, giving plaintiff
entire possession of the property in
litigation.
Burlington council U. @. T., at
the regular meeting last evening.
accepted an invitation from the Keo-
kuk council to meet with that coun-
ell May 10 at Keokuk, says the
be made In automobiles. The COM
mittee appointed to arrange the de-
tails is composed of P. G. Parker, e.
". McNally and o. H. Berges.
The telegraph news Saturday
carried the announcement of the
death OF Roland B. Gelatt OF La
Crosse, Wis. Mr.. Gelatt was pub
Usher Of the Lacrosse Daily Tribune
and Leader-Press, the latter paper
having recently been consolidated
with The Lacrosse Tribune, Lee
syndicate publication. Mr.. Gelatt al
ways had a warm spot in his heart
for Keokuk, having resided here for
many years and learned the printers
trade on The Gate City. His last visit
to Keokuk and The Gate City Office
occurred about year ago. He had
many friends in this city, in Keosau-
qua and in Ottumwa- His death will
be lamented.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-14
OPEN BABY WEEK
BY SWATTING FLY
CONTINUED from page 3D.

the Wells school, the first Of the
ward meetings will be held. Miss
Younker, chairman OF the baby week
celebration, and Mrs. q. ]. Kennedy,
president of the Wells Mothers and
Teachers lcub, will serve as host
esses. The program will be-:
Demons tration Of bathing and
dressing the baby-lMiss Alexander,
visiting nurse.
Demonstration of preparing milk,
for feeding the baby-Miss Brown,
visiting nurse.
Hygfene-Dr. F. B. Dorsey, Sr.
Address-Milk and Contagious Dis
eases-Dr. Bruce l.. Gilfillan.
Address-Dentation-Dr. John w.
Marsh.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-14
FUNERAL NOTICE.

HANSON-The funeral Of the late
Ralph Hanson will be held Tuesday
afternoon at 400 from tho home Of
his father, Louis Hanson, 21k miles
west Of Summitville. Rev. Swanson
of the Swedish Methodist church will
of1ciate.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-14
FUNERAL, NOTICE.

JACOBS-The funeral Of the late
Mrs. N. s. Jacobs will be held from
the residence 1924 Timea street, at
2 p. m, tomorrow.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-14
BILLIARDS AND BOWLING.

FOR SALE+Billiard tables, brand
new carom and pocket, with complete
outfit, $3.50; second hand tables at re-
duced prices. Easy payments. Cigar
store, fixtures specially, send for ca
aIogue. Brunswick Bake ollender Co.
Davenport, Ia. I. c. Sanders, agent
p. o. box 453 Phone Davenport 634s.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-27
WITH THE EDITORS
Chicago Tribune.)


The failing of DR.. Fritz Eergmelse,
editor Of the Daily Volks-Zeitung of
st. Paul is an indication of the limits
of American patience and not a reve.
lation of American tyranny. It is
seldom that nation goes to war in
so tolerant mood as that of the
United States. 1t necessarily regards
Germany now as a disturber of the
worlds peace! Germany has made it
necessary, in American opinion, for
Americans to make sacrifices from
which they have flinched for three
years.
In spite Of all their tolerance and
in spite of all the patience with
which they have submitted to com
promising conditions they find that
they cannot avoid the red test and
they are hardening themselves tU
stand it.
AT this time they are not making
the lives of Germans in the United
States unhappy. Germans have been
under watch, when cases indicated
the necessity. Some have forced the
authorities to deal with them Many
have been warned and given reason
able advice, but the United States
is not herding it's enemy aliens into
lnternment camps and is not making
their lives miserable.
1t merely asks them to behave with
consideration and with regard for
their own position in country now at
war with their nation. In other coun
tries at war with the central powers
or Europe no such tolerance is ex
tended to the subjects of the enemy
governments. We know that America
mas treated its enemy aliens not only
with patience, but in kindness.
1t is an imposition upon this good
nature for German language papers to
abuse the privileges they still retain
There was a time in Germany when
it was unwise for an American to
speak English in public. Some hot
head would be upon him in an instant
insulting If not attacking him. Con
slider the plight and the fate of a
newspaper published in Berlin in
English. 1t would not have been tol
Grated and if there had been colonies
of English speaking people in Ger
many, politically important, the fate
of their newspapers would have been
sharper and speedier
This illustrates how amiable has
been the course of the American gov
eminent land if now it begins to pun
lsh men who have imposed upon it
good nature must have reached its
limits
The continuance of German Ian
suage efforts to hinder the develop
ment Of a true American spirit can
not be tolerated We are engaged in
a difficult task which will require all
the resolution and determination OF
the nation Journalistic sappers can
not he permitted to work on the foun
cations OF this. 1t is not a privilege
which free speech gives or protects.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-27

| boris farm, instead of what is on our
own. And no man can figure out why
Dame Nature parches the wheat
fields and floods the city streets; why
she leaves all the children on the
east side instead of on Riverside drive,
where they wouldn't die for want of
pure milk; why she leaves boomers
where folk want mindmills.
But it is nothing to be peevish
about. 1t is an ill tornado that blows
nobody good. Maybe the owner Of
the farm the boomers came from
had lost his wife and needed a wind
mill. Or maybe the Ellis county leg.
islator, who seems to have all the
good things of the world except a
wife, is going to get married though
he himself does not yet know it, and
will find the boomers useful.
Just because, with your puny human
intelligence, you cannot understand
Dame Natures traffic schedule, do not
on that account conclude she needs
new shipping clerk. She knows best.
Instead of quarreling with her, try to
find out what she means by her gifts.
They will invariably lead you to
richer and more fruitful life, just as
they may lead the Ellis county farmer
to the altar
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-27
WHEN IT RAINS BOOMERS.

A tornado swept ELLIS county, Kan
sas the other day When it had moveo
on one farmer found his barn, wind
mill and chickens had been captured
by the enemy.
And in part payment the storm had
1eft-one pair of boomers, with rent,
in A-number one condition.
The owner of the farm wears King
George whiskers, has served two
terms in the state legislature and has
no pressing need of bloomers.
It is typical of Natures methods.
She scatters gifts enough, but she
seems to need a traffic manager to
route her freight All of us often re.
ceive boomers when we want wind
mills
Some have too much money and
not enough children. And vice versa.
Some have health and no wealth-and.
once more, vice versa. Some are pres.
idents of insurance companies when
they would prefer being farmers, and
some WELD the hoe when they would
rather be welding the golf stick.
We all want what is on our neigh
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-27
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER 1-Robert Hollis, one
time sea captain, who tells the story,
is a guest on Gerald Carrington's
yacht, Esmeralda. 1t is supposed to
be a stag party and Hollis Is sur
prised on discovering a woman, who
evidently, wishes to remain unknown,
aboard.
.HAPTER II-Hollis, the next
night, succeeds in having an, interview
with the woman. She M tells
I'm her name is Vera, ..
CHAPTER llI-Carring his
guests Of the coming war, ID that
re is engineering copper pot.
CHAPTER IV-The yacht is sunk
in collision and Hollis saves Nc
Cam, millionaire, and one of the par.
ty.
CHAPTER V--Hollis and Mccain
rescue Vera and leave the ship in a
small boat.
CHAPTER VI-Hollis and Vera be.
come friendly, though he is unaware
of her identity.
CHAPTER VII-McCann refuses to
submit to Hollis authority, and the
enfOrces it. ~-.1r
C..APTER VIII-The castaways are
y I'd by ship, the Indian Chief
.nich takes them aboard. ., e..
CHAPTER IX-The Indian Chief
has recently been struck by lightning
and is almost a wreck. All the Off.
GERS are dead Hollis meets the own.
er, who tells him the vessel has a
cargo of ammunition, consigned to the
German government
CHAPTER X-HOllis consents to
take charge of ship and continue voy.
age. Vera recognizes an old friend in
Robert Bascon, owner of the Indian
Chief
CHAPTER XI-SOme dissatisfaction
among the crew uqickly develops, and
Hollis selects his officers.
CHAPTER XII-McCann wants to
return to New York, and tries to cor
rupt the crew.
CHAPTER XIII-Hollis finds him.
self forced to confine Mccain to a
cabin.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-27
LATENT TALENT.

Whoever you are, you have talent.
Perhaps you are musician, or a
poet. Perhaps you can't sing the
scale or scan line of verse, but
have luck" with your garden. Per
haps you are bridge builder or
digger. The difference between the
Panama canal and a city sewer is not
in kind but merely in size.
But you are not good for nothing,
though exactly what you are good for
the world may not yet have discov-
cred. Rest assured, when you were
born Nature let you into one of her
many secrets 1t may have been the
secret of the stars. 1t may have been
the secret of the deep. 1t may have
been the secret of the city, or of the
field, of bird or of man.
You have SOME talent, and what
kind of talent it is does not in the
least matter.
Some men have big talents, and
some little. There are Paderewskis
and moving picture pianists-and 1t
is hard to tell which gives the most
pleasure to the most people. There
are Shakespeares and limerick writ
ers, and both serve. There are Goe'
thals and farm ditch diggers. Some
men build city skyscrapers housing
the equivalent of a city Of 10000, and
some build farm barns-but the grain
sheltered under the roof of the farm
barn is necessary to keep life in the
architect of the skyscraper
Mems talents are of different sizes
but the size does not in the least mat
ter.
Only one thing about talent mat
ters-THAT 1T SHALL BE USED.
Whatever the nature of your talent
and whatever it's size, express it. II
you do, you will be happy and grow
and will make the world grow and
be happy
For the only perilous thing about a
talent is this-that talent is so much
like latent. And a latent talent is
the most useless thing in the world
next to pacifist in congress.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-27

ing my back turned toward the mo-
tionless girl, and my eyes fastened on
Mccain. .r.....
leave the tray there on the stool,
Dade-yes, that's all; you may 60 back
to your work." 49,.
He backed out, but stood hesitating,
while l closed and locked the door,
dropping the key into my pocket.
isis that all, sir?" he asked ner.
vously. ..,.
II told you it was. When I want
those dishes removed, I'll come down.
and unlock the door for you. No one
not even you-are to speak with the
prisoner" -.
Eyes, SIR % ...~,
''Now 90 forward, about your work"
watched until he vanished in the
passage not altogether satisfied. The
fellow had been outwardly respectful
enough, but there was something in
definite about. his manner which
aroused my doubt. 1 turned, and con-
fronted the young woman, wondering
vaguely how long she had been there,
and how much Of our conversation she
had overheard. -'" =. -. !,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-27

II NUKE TIE :s;l1Hc ri IIS0Jp0sitlOn,. Emit
you'll never hold me prisoner twenty
four hours. Are you sport enough to
take me?" M.
Iglanced across my shoulder, only to
see reflected in mirror, Vera CARING
ton, standing in the half-opened door
of her stateroom, as though suddenly
arrested by the sound Of our voices.
No one else was visible in the cabin
"Dade?" ..s. @4., , !.
"Aye, aye, SIR" his voice coming
from out the forward passage.
"Bring Mr.. McCann's breakfast, X
1t is ready" ,sr... '-.-'-
Eyes, sir; all ready, sir"
He came forward with it on a tray.
and 1 stepped aside to permit him to
pass through the door, carefully keep
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-27
PAYS RESPECTS TO HEROLD.

The Dickinson Herold, anti-Ameri
can, refused to exchange with the Bis.
marck Tribune because of it's intense
loyalty to liberty, the flag, and to the
country. Does the Herold object to a
newspaper supporting the vital inter
ests of the country of it's nativity?
Would the editor divorce his wife and
cast her and their children upon the
wave Of the world because she was
true blue and steadfast in her loyalty
to home and family? Shame on you
for sinking scab. Use United States
language or go back from whence you
came,--New Rockford Transcript.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-27
CHAPTER XIV.
Vera Strengthens My Resolve.

SCTd OlICtiSlUSUo wy oSSOIVSs
believed I had effectually spiked
the guns of the conspiracy-at loast
for the present. did not underesti-
mate the feeling Of dissatisfaction for
ward, or the influence Of Liverpool
Red and his more intimate associates {;
but Mccain and his money were, after
all. the main incentive to open mutiny,
and as long as I could keep that indi-
vidual securely locked up aft, there
remained good chance of controlling
the others.
Once we succeeded in discovering
the hidden store of liquor and getting
1t overheard and with Mccain safely
secured, the danger element would
certainly be greatly reduced. But was
Mccain really secured? 1 could never
hope to conceal the fellow, to keep
him hidden. The narrow confines Of
the ship rendered this impossible.
Dadc and the boy Moon would be GER
tain to carry the news of his imprison-
ment forward in spite Of any threat.
I began to suspect that Mccain under
lock and key might indeed prove n
greater danger in the end than he
would if left free to roam the deck.
The knowledge he now possessed that
this ship actually belonged to the very
man crippled by his pistol shot would
ONLY serve to render the fc1.ow r,ore
venomous. Nor could l determine his
feelings toward Vera; yet if he once
gained ascendancy on board, with such
rufflars rs Liverpool and White in
control, the position of the helpless
GIRL alone and unprotected, would be
desperate indeed. No! 1 would hold
on to the man and then rough it out
with the others
1he cabin lamp was turned so low
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-27

tIlhL SCuICcly- Luc 1ulutCSC TCueCtlOIl
streamed through the glass of the com.
panion, and l was so deeply engrossed
in these reflections as to not even no.
tice the opening OF the door. Her voice
at my side aroused me with sudden
thrill. v'E'sE E
us this Mr.. Hollis?'' s,l3f ~
1T certainly Isl Unanswered, aware
now of the dark outline beside me,
and even dimly distinguishing the con.
tour of her uplifted face. 1T Is some
time since have enjoyed the pleasure
Of your presence on deck in the night.
'"Why refer to that now?" reproach-
fully. 1T is not so delightful mem
ory." - y s,s.t.1s..
:.rhes shipwreck-ao; but the first
evening we met cannot forget. But
you promised to make the mystery of
your presence on board the Esmeralda
clear?" ~ - ". e..
"Has 1t not revealed itself7' .>
."NOt to me-" &c.,. -
"But has not Philip Bascom told you
u rSsr
Who I ann"
I shook my head, not altogether
happy at this introduction Of his rc me,
but unable to resent it.
'But you knew he recognized me
that we had been friends"
"All the more reason why should
remain silent. AS long as you evident
ly preferred that I Should not know
.,"Oh, but didn'ts Mr.. Hollis" she
Interrupted. TT never once occurred
to me that you were still in doubt as
to my identity. Ofacourse at first I
thought it safer to guard my secret ;
IL did not know you at all then, only
by name; you were merely guest on
board my fathers yacht"
"Your fathers yacht! Why, of
course-how stupid Of me-. Vera, Vera,
why the name had aIstrangely familiar
sound from the very first, but I could
not recall the. association; you are
Gerald Carrihgton's sdaughter?"
II am Vera Darlington"
"But I supposed you to be in En-
roper" ..-. -. IS q 49,. T.. ..
add papa say sol You must have
misunderstood. Mother would have
taken me with her, butt had so much
I wanted to do in New. York. It is
strange you should not have suspect
cd; that no one should have told you.
Why, both Mr.. Bascom and Mr.. Nc
Cam knew me-" rs.,.. -
"Not Mccain, surelyY"
"Why nOt? We have met socially
in New York. It seems hardly pos
siblc, now that realize the true char
actcr of the man. But probably you
never asked; never discussed me be-
tween your" 1.., -5 * JSls
'That is the TRUTH OF course It was
quite impossible for me to question
Mccain, and have seen very little of
Bascor1. Besides, you rather threw
yourself on my honor"
"On the Esmeraldh-yes. It was nee
cssary then. for I simply had to keep
my presence secret until we were
a safe distance at sea. There were
several on board who would have rec
ognized me at once, and would have
told papa. Mr.. Hollis; I realize far
more than you can, all that has oc-
Cured through the mad within of a girl.
But for me you would not be here on
this unlucky ship. You would be with
those others rescued from the Esme-
ralda safely in New York. MIR. Hollis,
tell me, is there real trouble on board
Is there doubt of your being able to
take the Indian Chief into port?'
"Why do you ask?'
"Because-well, I,have heard things
not much, but enough to arouse suspi-
cion. Then you had some trouble just
now, and locked a. man up in one OF
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-27
Perlls Of FATIGUE.

Medical science has long been
preaching the perils Of fatigue, and
new investigation shows that it actu-
ally poisons the blood, leaving the sys-
TEN open to all manner of infections.
That fatigue is the direct cause of
many accidents has been proved since
railroads reduced the working hours
Of train crews and dispatchers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-27
One Of Natures By.Products,

Among the industries that have de-
veloped at Niagara is the manufacture
Of artificial graphite, now largely used
for purposes Of fabrication. Graphite
IS also employed in many electro chem
ical processes.