The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-24
CITY NEWS.

25th. Program, refreshments ant
dance during the evening, 15c.
Flower thieves last night raidec
flower box a. the home Of Charles
Schenk, 1903 Exchange street.
| Fifteen members of the 1ocal
| aerie of Eagles attended the Eagles
convention at Canton, Missouri, yes
terday afternoon.
Joseph A. Kenney of this city, l.;
among the many students to gradu
ate from the university of St. Vim
cent De Paul, at Chicago, H.. June II.
The funeral of the late Frank
Schard was held Wednesday morning
at 8 o'clock at ST. Mary's Roman Cath
Ollie church. The body bearers were
Ben Raber. Charles Miller. William
Weber, Paul T. Pechstein, Harry
Tigue and John Timme.
Roger A. Gordon of Hamilton.
H., will succeed r. r. Ralston as
commercial agent of the Keokuk
Electric company. Mr. Gordon has
at Hamilton in a similar capacity
He will take UP his new duties here
Monday.
The grocery store Of Leonard Pei.
gen at Twelfth and High streets was
entered last night by burglars who
took bacon, flour and tobacco. Just
how much of the stock was taken
could not definitely be ascertained.
but number of articles were missing.
This is not the first time that the
store has been entered this sprf1g
during the night and goods taken.
First Streckfus packet leaves
Keokuk for st. Paul on May 81.
Anyone desiring to avail themselves
of our special proposition as to round
trip rates during May and June should
order reservations at once. We have
only limited number of tickets to
dispose of this season. The Gate
City Co., Is North Sixth street
Phone 80.
AT the annual convention of the
Episcopal church of the diocese of
Iowa, being held at st. Johns chuTch
In Burlington yesterday afternoon,
Bishop Harry Sherman Longley, OF
Des Moines, present suffragen bishop,
was unanimously elected coadjutor
bishop, says the Dubuque Telegraph.
The promotion of Bishop Longley is
retarded in the light Of deserved and
well-earned promotion. following the
eminently satisfactory service he has
given the church in the diocese.
M. r. Angel has brought action
against Alexander Cohen and Her
man H. Friedman in the superior
court asking Judgment for $3.50, costs
Of suit including attorneys fees and
additional damages at the rate of $40
a day for each day after May % that
the defendants refuse to surrender
possession Of the Hippodrome theatre.
1t is alleged that the plaintiff gave no
tice Of termination of the lease for
the theatre April 20 but that the de-
PENDANTS refused to surrender posses
sion. The $3.50 judgment asked is for
damages alleged to have been incur
red since that time, at the rate of SO
a day.
"A petition signed by about 200
local business men has been present
ed to the city council. asking that
John Fisher, a member OF the local
fire force, who was injured several
months ago while on duty. be paid
the full amount of his salary while
he was laid up with injuries. The
petition cites that Mr.. Fisher was
paid $104.52 for his services during
February, March and April by the
terms of the employers liability act
and that his regular salary less his
fireman's pension for the three
would have been $207.90. II
is asked that the difference. $104.52,
be paid. The council has not acted
on the matter yet.
I'm an effort to hurry the sub
scription of the government liberty
loan, Bishop Davis, in a letter to all
the priests of his diocese, urged the
parishioners of the Davenport dis
trict to help the United States gov
eminent in whatever amount they
could in subscribing for the loan
needed at this time for carrying on
the war with Germany. The letter
was read at all the masses Sunday in
most of the churches in Bishop Davis
Jurisdiction and carried a strong ap-
peal to the people, urging them to do
their duty to America and to civiliza-
ton. Pastors who did not read the