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The Harrison times., 1917-09-15
Reducing the Chin.

One was on her way to the beauty
doctor to have her wrinkles irOned out
and she didn't make any bones about
it. The other had passed the making
over stage, but she didn't realize it.
They never do. They met on an ele-
waited train in New York. AS soon
as the ancient one learned Of the 9th
er'S mission, she was anxious to talk
about the art Of being done over. "If
only my chin wasn't quite so long,"
she said. "What do you think? l
think I have a classic face, but l am
not sure. l mean, I think / would
have a classic face If didn't have this
chin. 1 know beauty doctor. DO
you think | should go to him?j They
say he is very clever. No. he doesn't
hurt you. He just pushes your jaw
back a little and chops a little off.
OF course, you have to have your face
done up in bandages for a couple Of
weeks. But outside of that there is
no danger. Don't you think | won't.
Oh, you get off here? Well, good-by."
The Harrison times., 1917-09-15
London's Guild Hall.

Guild hall, where the lord mayor Of
London is elected each year, sees many
representatives Of the old craft guilds
at the banquet which celebrates these
occasions, Formerly the various guild
officers met in the counsel hall Of this
historic edlhce to decide important mu-
nicipal questions. Now the vote Of the
gulldmaster counts only as much as any
other LOndOner yet the influence of the
livery company is Of no mean impor-
tance to the Englishman who is run
ming for lord mayor. Unfortunately,
the individual guild houses Of London
are 50 scattered that they do not make
the show that they would If grouped
together as in Brussels. In that city
the halls OF this ancient order Of work
men on the Grand place are one Of the
sights Of the city. With other build
Ings OF prominence they form the finest
square in all Europe,
The Harrison times., 1917-09-15
KEEPER OF THE GREAT SEAL
Lord Chancellor Regarded, in a Way,
as One of Most Important Men,
bers of British Cabinet.

The lord chancellor is one of the
most important men in the British cab
met, in a way, for it is through him
that the king signifies his consent to
anything signed in his name. The lord
chancellor is, technically, the keeper
Of the kings conscience. One Of the
most elaborate and dignified looking
purses in the world belongs 20 the
chancellor. 1t is the purse in which is
kept the famous great seal" Made
of the very finest purple velvet, it is
heavily embroidered in cOlOred silks
with the arms of England, the lion
and the unicorn surmOunted by the
imperial crown. Below is worked in
silk a Latin motto meaning, For God
and My Country" The purse used TO
be made of scarlet velvet, WhRh was
changed to purple toward the end Of
the nineteenth century. Formerly a
new one was provided every year, the
old one being a perquisite of the chan
cellOr. Many of these elabOrately
worked purses are heirlooms in the
families of former chanCellOrS The
purse containing the seal is borne in
state before his lOrdship as he walks
toward his seat, the wOOlsaCk, IN the
house Of lords.
The Harrison times., 1917-09-15
RED HEADS STRANGE PEOPLE
Last Of the BSal Worshipers Engage in
Two Occupations, Agriculture
and Theft.

The other day there was the report
that some Of our soldiers on the Tigris
had come across a village Of Red
Heads, writes ]. C. Bris;ow Noble in
the London Globe. Strange people are
these Baal wOrShipperS. The men
wear red caps, hence their name Red
Heads. They also wear red knotted
cords around their neckS. The cord
is put on during babyhoOd and is never
removed. II is inferred with the body
after death. They shave their heads
except for patch on the top, and
here they allow the hair TO grow long
and plait it into pigtailS, which hang
about their ears. They are tall, wiry
fellows, with enormous appetites for
both food and drink.
The women, who do not veil them
selves, and who dress simply in loose
fitting garments, are thin and spare,
but wonderfully strong. In their homes
they wear breeches as well as skirts.
There is no wife beating among the
Red Heads, but plenty of husband
beating. The husbands take their fire.
quent chaStisementS meekly and pa
tiently. They employ themselves, both
the women and the men, in agriculture
and theft. They produce a couple of
crops-tObacco and durra; the rest of
their time is given up to lOOting the
Turks crops and cattle. Their little
wh;tcwashed, iOw-rOOfed dwellings
with small unglazed, but shuttered,
windows are divided into three apart
ments: a kitchen, a guest room,
sleeping room. A few earthenware
Jars, about five feet in height and filled
with grain and dried fruits, are kept
in the guest room, and the guests help
themselves.
The Harrison times., 1917-09-15
lJ-BOAT WARFARE DOOMED TO FAIL

many big guns and 40 torpedo tubes
may be dismissed as fantastic, but the
submarine cruiser" is probably an i'm
pOrtant factor of the near future.
Meanwhile, American and other in
ventorS are working literally night and
day on means to detect and combat
the submarine. The great Edison
drives his force of inventors and his
own remarkable brain IS hours day,
concentrating on the most important
problem of his life. The world is
thinking submarines. Something start
ling should be the result.
Difficult to Estimate.
1t is difficult to estimate how much
merchant tonnage has been sunk in
the war. Captain Persius, leading
German writer, declares the total
amount of allied and neutral shipping
destroyed by the TeutOns up to April
last was 6,64i000 tons. This is I'M
doubtedly an extreme statement and
allied estimates are much smaller,
Adding 100000 tons each for the
five months of ruthless warfare since
April l to PerSius' estimate we get
a total of about 9500,0O0 tons. This
is very rough approximation. The
German information must be imper-
feet, because submarines often do
their work hurriedly and their com
manderS are not exactly sure what
they are sinking Moreover, the Ger
mans cannot have precise information
as to the destruction by mines, which
has been large.
On the allied side the totals of sink
ings are not given out in such Il form
that satisfactory calculation Of the
total can be made but the volume of
exports and imports at important
points shows that the entente nations
are carrying on almost as large a bust
ness, If war freight is included, as in
normal times.
Since the great, but incOnclusive
battle of Jutland, on May 81, 1916
the battleships and battle cruisers
have not had a chance to show their
prowess. There is a quite general be-
lief, however, that should the subma-
rine war fail the Germans will again
leave their protecting harbOrs and try
The Harrison times., 1917-09-15
FIGHT HOOKWORM IN BRAZIL
American Physicians Given Free Hand
for Campaign in the Interior
Of Republic.

Rio de Junelro,-Through the efforts
Of Dr. Charles Seidle, director Of the
public health departments and Drs,
Lewis Wendell Uackett and George
Stone Of the Rockefeller foundation
the government has given the Ameri
can institution free hand to wage a
campaign on the hoollworm in the in
terror of Brazil,
The percentage Of inhabitants Of the
outlying districts afflicted with this dis.
ease is high, according 10 health de.
partment officials.
Crcdtahle work has already been
done by the American physicians and
it is believed the proposed campaign
win be Of ineStimable value in the
stimulation Of agricultural enterprise,
The Harrison times., 1917-09-15
The "Horse LAUGH"

A woman correspondent Of the Port
land Oregonlan asks that journal II
there is warrant or authority In lltera-
ture for the term "horse laugh" The
Indy is evidently Of opinion that the
term is n vulgarism, but the Oregonian
dlsabuses her Of that impression by
quoting such authorities as Pope, Gold
smith, Richardson and Dickens. II
may need to be added that the three
last named attributed the expression
to characters drawn by them, but Pope,
master Of literary style in his day,
uses II as his own In "Epilogue to
Satires."
The Harrison times., 1917-09-15
German Hopes Of Forcing Victory
Through Starvation Of Allies
Are Falling
DANGER NOT ENTIRELY over
Germany Said to Be Building More
and Bigger Submarines-No En-
eagement Between Big Naval
Vessels During Third Year.

New YOrk.-On the sea the third
year of the war has not witnessed a
single major engagement between big
warshlps, but the center of the stage
has been taken by submarine opera
tons unprecedented in the history of
the world. on which the Germans ad-
mlttedly depend for victory.
Adopting the famous American Ad-
miral Mahan's theory that all great
wars are decided by sea, the German
war leaders decided they could make
10 for the lack of a decision on land
by cutting the water supply lines of
the allies and forcing a victory
through starvation.
Enough has been experienced of the
submarine warfare, however, to con
vince the entente nations they can
retain their vigor in spite of 1t. Fall
Ing hopes of success are plainly per
ceptibe in Berlin.
Submarine sinkings were numerous
last summer, rising, according to Ger
man accounts, to 40S,5 800 tons in No
vember and 439,500 tons in January
last. With the inauguration Of ruth
less submarine warfare on February
|, German speakers declared the sink
ings would climb to over a million
tons a month and would continue to
grow.
Instead of showing regular and
alarming increase, however, the list
of ships sunk has risen and fallen ir-
regularly and now shows signs of
sinking to the rate of the period be-
fore Germany announced she would
sink friend or foe without warning.
The number of British ships of over
1000 tons announced sunk weekly
from March was as follows: IA, 13,
l6, IS, IS, II, 10, 40, 3S, "a, Is, Is, IS,
IS, %, q, q, Is, II.
Allies Worried at First.
: The submarines for a while had the
allies distinctly worried, That was
in the two weeks of March, when 40
and 3S British ships of over l,6O0 tons
were acknowledged sunk. If this rate
had kept up Germany might well have
won the war or forced a draw. De-
struction soon fell to less than half
this rate, however,
The change was due to the In
creased proportion Of merchantmen
armed. to the clearing Of the seas Of
slower craft, to better defensive and
offensive methods on the part Of the
allied patrol and to the aid Of an
American destroyer fleet operating off
the coast of Ireland and in the steam
boat lanes between the United States
and France.
That the danger from the submG-
rines is definitely over cannot be stat
ed. Germany is feyerishly building
more and bigger U-boats Of improved
designs and her shippers are becom-
ing more skillful in their daSt0rdly
work. A story that the latest design
calls for 6000-ton boat mounting
The Harrison times., 1917-09-15
80 BILLION COST OF
8 YEARS WORLD WAR

New York. - Eighty billion
dollars is the direct money cost
to the belllgerent governments
Of three years Of the great war.
The cost is now mounting at
rate of $120000,000 a day-and
this rate itself is constantly ris-
ing
These statistics are based on
what Is known here Of govern
ment finance In the warning ma
tIons at the present time and are
close approximations Of actual
government expenditures from
August /, 1914, to August /,
1917.
But they do not adequately
sum up even the money expenses
Of the struggle, still less the hu.
man loss and suffering. The TO.
tai loss will never be known; II
Is beyond the ken of statistl.
clans.
The Harrison times., 1917-09-15
REJECTED 13 TIMES;
ARMY NOW TAKES HIM

New York.--Nothing Is so sue
ccssrul MS persistence when n
man really wants to help Uncle
sam "COn the Kaiser Like
the young Brooklynlte who re-
Gently ate his way into the naval
militia, f. j, Fitzpatrick, reject
ed 10 times by the army navy
Marine corps and National
Guard, for physical unhtness, has
finally exercised himself into the
First battalion Of the Signal
corps, Immediately after being
accepted he was placed on OK
hbIt in the midday minute meet.
ings for recruiting In Chambers
street,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-04
WEST POINT
BOY WINNER
George Hemminaer, 10, Has Been De-
clared Best Corn Grower
in Lee Among the
Boys.

George Hemminger, aged 10, of
West Point, Lee county, has been de-
clared winner of the county corn club
contest which was held under the
direction of the agricultural extension
department of Iowa state college and
County Leader F. H Krebill. Young
Hemminger's winning yield was IS. so
bushels of corn, dry weight, from one
acre Of ground. AS a reward for win
ming, he gets a trip to the inter
national livestock exposition at Chi
cago. the expenses of which are sus-
| tanned by business men of Keokuk
and Fort Madison.
| Il plowed the ground on March
goth" said young Hemminger, when
asked to describe his methods used
in growing the prize-winning acre.
Il tested my seed corn before plant
ing, which was done ON May Is.
Two days after planting / blind
plowed the corn, on May 20 / weeded
1t. On May 80 replanted part of
1t. cultivated the acre five times.
first on June Z and the last on the
eleventh of July. l used the hoe to
some extent"
Contests, similar to the one in
which Hemminger was so successful.
are held all over the state and the
winners compete for the state cham
p1onship. This was won by Eugene
Dugan of Kingsley. Plymouth county,
who grew 1859 bushels on one acre.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-04
Better livestock Now

UNITED Press Leased Wire Seryice.1
CHICAGO Dec. 4.-The war is caus-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-04
NEW CONTRACT
WITH OPERATORS
United Press TeIegraphers to Be
Given Increase in Wages
After First of
Year.

1 UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
d NEW YORK, Dec AFTER e1ghl
I weeks negotiations which had re-
suited in q complete deadlock with
Z strike on January / as threatened
outcome, the management OF the
/ United Press and a committee rep
iresenting the United Press Telegra-
pliers union today signed q new con
tract embodying an increase OF more
! than $4,000 above the present oper-
ators' scale
The contract, as finally signed, was
the result of federal mediation
broug ht about by Rowland B. Ma
hany, commissioner of Cancellation
OF the United States department of
labor, who had been called in in an
effort to break the deadlock. Late
last night, when break seemed In
eyitable, Commissioner Mahany die
tated the final draft OF an agreement
which he submitted to both sides
with an announcement that the en-
tire force of the federal government
would be brought to bear on either
or both sides if necessary to insure
the adoption of the proposal.
The new contract establishes $50
minimum wage in the smaller cities
as against s24-25, the present scale:
fixes a diTerential for the larger
cities; increases the salary Of bureau
operators So a week above the pres
emit contract scale. and sending oper-
ators in the big relay bureaus $3.50
Per week above the present seals for
eight hours work
An eight hour day, including thirty
minutes for lunch, is established and
two weeks vacation with pay is
allowed all men of more than one
years service. Other substantial in.
creases in the matter of overtime
and incidentals are included in the
new wage agreement
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-04
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wood saving and shucking of corn
seem to be the order of the day round
about Croton
| Word was received here last Thurs
day morning that Miss Leila Storms.
| daughter of Dan and Lillian Storms of
Bentonsport, had died that morning.
The family formerly lived in Croton.
Mrs. Jessie Mathews and brother
Hugh Buttin of Chicago and Mrs. Roll
lin Carper of Black Rock. Arkansas.
| and Mrs. Chas. Mcdonald of Wvomine
were called here by the serious sick
ness of their mother, Mrs. Vim. Buttin.
Mrs. Curg SaltzgavSr left last Wed.
nesday morning for Valley Junction to
visit her brother Ed Grant and fam
lily.
Mrs. Ed Alexander entertained at
dinner Thanksgiving day her mother
and two brothers and niece, the Daw-
sons from Sand Prairie, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wesley Perkins and son Orlando
and Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Perkins from
the country.
John Johnson and family took din
ner with Harry Saltzgayer's family in
Bonaparte THANKSGIVING day.
Court Springer has gone to Daven-
port to work.
Lester SdlLZBaVer W1Ie and BABY, or
Eldon, spent Thanksgiving with home
folks in Croton.
Mrs. George Meinhardt spent last
Friday in Keokuk.
Joe Cox, our efficient section fore
nan, and family spent Thanksgiving
day in Bonaparte.
Miss Ruth Gray of Pennington is
visiting Misses Gladys and Ella Saltz-
Igaver.
Mrs. Theo Sherrick was in Farm.
ingtoh between trains Friday morning.
Mrs. Vina Simmons of Pennington
and Mrs. Roll McOmber OF Fort Madi.
son visited at the parental Frank
McOnrber home here last week
J. A. Camp, Grandma Camp and
Mrs. Dea Ballegoin went to Benton
sport last Saturday to attend the fun
eral OF LeliasStorIns.
James Roe is building a new barn.
The Adventist people are holding a
revival here Report is there are
large crowds attending every night,
and excellent sermons are preached.
Elder c. J. MetZger and wife are In
charge of the meetings.
Mr., and Mrs. Steve bryan were shop
ming in Keokuk last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs Winfield Scott, Mr..
and Mrs. O. II. SaItzgaver and Hugh
puttip motored TO Keokuk last Sun
day.
Miss Myrtle Saltzgaver went to Ell
don last Saturday evening for 2 few
DAVIS visit with relatives and fr1ends.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-04
Second Team.

gBy. Walter Eekersail. Football Ex-
pert Of the Chicago Tribune.1
With lie close Of 1877 conference
or Big Ten football season, il Is now
time 10 honor the players who have
done the most consistent work and
-aaye been OF most value 10 their
teams. 4 football season is not con
sidered complete until such honorary
elevens, are chosen.
In selecting an aH-star team every
angle of football must be taken into
consideration a composite team
must be selected which wiz work
with coordination of attack and de-
Tense The players must be placed
in positions where they will be of the
greatest value. A team can have
lust as much success il 1t is taught
team play as one that has two OF
three stars, who in the majority OF
cases are marked players in all
games.
An honorary eleven cannot be call
ed an all-star aggregation unless it
has kicker who can punt with
accuracy, kick goals after touch
downs, and be fairly sure at field
goals, either place or drop kick.
Such an aggregation also must have
a good forward passer and reliable
man on the receiving end. 1t must
have a line plunger, an Off tackle
driver, an end runner, and quarter
back with football intelligence.
1t is only a matter of history to
cite the number of games won and
lost by errors in judgment on the
part of players directing an attack
or by bad judgment in handling
kicks. There have been. few big
games played this year in which a
player catching punts has signaled
for a fair catch when the opposing
team was on top of him without a
safety man to recover the ball or
tackle an opponent in case of a
tumble.
Players picked for an honorary
eleven must be quick thinkers. They
must act and think at the same time,
for moments hesitation often re
Suits disastrously. The men l have
selected are players Of this type. All
Of them have been in tight places
and they have come out with colors
flying.
It is regretted no Michigan players
can be taken into consideration in
the selection of these two teams
Weston, quarterback, and Lambert
center, would be logical selections
for these positions, but as neither
played against conference team it
would be unjust TO other Big Ten
players to place them on an aIl-star
conference aggregation. Neither
played in the game against North.
western, the only Big Ten team
Michigan played this year. Both are
great football men and will receive
due consideration when AIl-Western
and AllAmerican teams are chosen.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-04
DANGERS OF A COLD
keokuk People Will Do Well TO
Heed Them.

Many bad cases of kidney trouble
result from cold or chill CON
gested kidneys fall behind in alter
ing the poison-laden blood and back-
ache, headache, dizziness and die.
ordered kidney action follow. Don't
neglect a cold. Use Doan's kidney
Pills at the first sign of kidney
trouble. Follow this Keokuk resi-.
dents example:
Mrs. Kate Ressler, 500 Concert
St, says: MY kidneys were not act.
ing right at all and l was troubled
by dull, throbibng pains in my back
/ tired easily and had frequent head
aches and dizzy spells. In rainy o,
damp weather, / had rheumatic pain.
and the least cold settled on my kid
neys, making my condition worse.
used Doan's Kidney Pills, gettin
them at Scott & O'Reilly's Dru
Store and they soon relieved tn
backache and other symptoms of XII
ney complaint"
Price Coo, at all dealers. Don
simply ask for a kidney remedy-g,
Doans Kidney Pills-the same tn;
Mrs Ressler had. Foster-Milbur
Co., Mfgrs.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-04
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Mr. and Mrs. Allen Bassett enter
tanned at Thanksgiving dinner all
their children,
Miss Jessie Bassett of Montana,
Walter and Roy OF Wisconsin, Mrs.
Bertha McCammon of Cedar Rapids,
Louis OF Mt. Pleasant and Esther at
home.
Miss Emma Barnes spent Monday
in Keokuk.
Mrs. Iva Hamilton. and son Rus
sell of TT. Madison. are visiting at
the NJ T. Kerns home.
Fred Armstrong and VIM. Waldon
were DonnelIson callers Wednesday.
Edward Barnes, formerly of this
place, died in Denver, Colo, Tues
day.
Dewey Kerns of Fl. Madison spent
Thanksgiving at home.
Truman Wahrer of Quincy, ILL.,, is
spending few days at home
Misses Mabel Schiller and Mary
Kendall spent Thanksgiving afternoon
at the Morgan Barnes home.
Gus Martens of Burlington spent a
few days at the Gus Schuelka HON e.
John Hopp and family, Eli Scott
and wife and Frank Hopp and fam
lily spent Thanksgiving In Keokuk.
Miss Ethel Junkins of Keokuk
spent Thursday at home.
James Griswold and family and
Mrs. Emma Vermazen and Archie
and Lucille, spent Thursday at the
James Vermazen home.
Mike Allen and son of Cedar
Rapids are visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Iva Hamilton and son Rus
SELL and Miss Alvah Kerns and
James Barnes spent Friday at the
Morgan Barnes home.
Henry Kirchner and family were
Keokuk callers Wednesday.
Mrs. H. K. Dimelow and Miss
Laura Alton Of Keokuk organized a
Red Gross auxiliary at Charleston
on Wednesday afternoon. The meet.
ing was largely attended and was
held at the home of Mrs. Emma Yer.
maZen.
Morgan Barnes and son James and
family were Donnellson callers Sat
urday.
Dan Bergtho1d was Donnellson
caller Saturday.
James Pickering and family were
Donnellson callers Saturday.
Johnnie Schuelka spent Sunday at
the James Burke home.
Leo Pfigerstofer and Dewey Kerns
spent Sunday afternoon at the Nor
gan Barnes home.
There will be a Y. w. c. A. lee.
ture at the Baptist church Sunday
afternoon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-04

ing for the relief OF, some poor fami-
lies in the city
The junior departm emit of St. Pauls
Sunday school will entertain the par
ents of the Juniors at a gathering in
the hall, Wednesday, December u, at
1880 p. m. They will have refresh
ments, music, stereopticon pictures,
short talks by teacher sand superin-
tendent. The pastor and the teachers
Of this department will be present.
The object is to get acquainted with
the parents, and to acquaint them
with the junior work
December IS has been selected as
the semi-annual brotherhood Sunday
in st. Pauls Evangelical church. The
men will have charge Of the service.
A special set Of lantern slides is being
made and the pastor will prepare an
illustrated lecture with reference to
brotherhood work in Jerusalem, ND
through the history of the christian
church and also in Keolsuk