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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24
BEACON FOR BONDS
lLLUM|NES THE SKIES
Bonfire Furnishes a Striking
Spectacle in Patriotic
Call to Citizens.
MRS. McADOO LIGHTS FIRE

A red banner OF flame was flung across
the continent last night to call the citi-
xenry of the United States to support
the war by buying liberty bonds, and
washington's share in the great spec
tacle was staged at the Ellipse, where
. great inf1ammable pyramid was fired
At $50 o'clock, when Mrs William u.
NcAdoo touched an electric button
Rain that fell early in the evening and
dark skies that later made good their
threat of downpour failed to deter
several thousand men and women from
witnessing the huge bonfire, and
stranger celebration has seldom been
seen in this or any other city.
A few hundred feet directly north of
the Monument the huge dark pile of
oiI-soaked timpers, excelsior and other
combustibles topped with a small FIR
tree. stood out like the funeral pyre OF
some member of East Indian royalty
At a radius of 800 feet a rope was
stretched to hold the crowd back, while
fust inside the rope at close intervals
we're planted large American flags, each
with a guard of two soldiers beside II
Between the pile of timbers and the
Monument was a temporary stand,
where members of the committee on ar
rangements were seated and near them
the Marine Band. in olive drab over
coats that defied the rain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24
Strand.

Tho Whip" one of the greatest
melodrama motion pictures in the
world. is coming to Moore's Strand
Iheater all next week, beginning Sun
sABq suo4eIsdsId s}BIoqslH .6sp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24

James Radcliffe Murray, twenty-three
head Of an auto company in Baltimore
and son Of Mrs. Anthony Shorb Murray
was instantly killed when an auto which
he was driving skidded on the road and
cr1shed into telegraph pole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24

Buy n liberty bond today and help
keep Uncle SANS soldiers and sailors
alive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24
$500 Kid
CLOVES,
$1.75

Women's Fine French
Lamb Kid Gloves. in
white. black or tan:
self stripe backs. in all
sizes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24
THE DRESSES $500

Are composed of about twelve or
fifteen styles in all-wool French
or storm serge, Jersette cloth.
satin taffeta, messaline and crepe
de chine. All are made in the
seasons newest styles. showing
Dame Fashions latest frills. All
colors in the assortment and all
sizes from 16 to A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24
Music by Marine Band.

The musical program began at s
o'clock and for half an hour the band
played popular and patriotic AIRS whl!e
The crowd gathered about the ropes
The signal for lighting the pile was
to be the booming of gun at Fort
Myer. but the strong gale that was
blowing from the east made it improb-
able that the defamation could be heard,
and exactly at $40. at a signal from
Col. Robert y. Harper, chairman OF
the committee on arrangements, Mrs.
NcAdoo pressed the button that lighted
the fire.
At each corner of the pile had been
placed an ignition fuse connected by
800 feet of able to the stand where
Mrs. McAdoo pressed the button. With
in a few seconds from the time the four
small ursts of anne appeared at the
corners of the pile the entire mass
was wrapped in fire and the wind. as II
sharing the enthusiasm of the crowd.
caught the sparks and clouds of smoke
and swirled them across the Mall and
through the trees to the Potomac
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24
Fireworks Add Brilliancy to Scene.

One hundred pounds of red fire and
scores of roman candles had been placed
in the big pyre, and these added to
brilliancy of the scene Fresh bursts OF
flame and colored rockets burst from
the pyre as the bonfire continued. and
though the rain began to fall with in
creased intensity the crowd stayed on.
At S:45 o'clock the framework of the
pile alone remained boye the heap
of flaming embers. and in a few minutes
this fell, leaving only the charred tel
ephone pole that had been the center
of the structure.
Mrs McAdoo arrived. at the Elipse at
$40 o'clock, accompanied by Mrs. Will
son, wife of the President. The rain
had temporarily ceased and they we're
escorted by Col Harper to their seats.
Motion pictures of Mrs. McAdoo at the
electric switch were made by a group
OF photographers with the aid of cal
cium lights. and at the moment she set
OFF the fire the Marine Band struck up
Mrs. McAdoo nor Mrs. Wilson seemed
to mind the rain and they stayed until
the fire was almost out.
Fuel From Historic Spots.
Fuel from many historic spots went
into the great pile upon which the
names fed. 1t came, in fagots spIin-
boyhood home in Georgia. the old Lin
coin home in Illinois Cleveland's
birthplace in New Jersey. Clusters
headquarters in North Dakota the
Aztec House. near Roosevelt dam, in
Arizona. and from Grants House. in
Missouri. Historic trees were repre-
sented, too. in branches and bits of
wood from the Constitutional elm at
Gordon. Ind: tree on the old Blue
Lick battlefield of Kentucky and a
tree from the home. at Lexington. KY,
of Gen. Hunt Morgan.
A bit of flagstaff carried by the Van
Buren, avengers in the Mexican war,
a pinion of wood from the slopes of
Pixies Peak, a box of sagebrush from
Wyoming and wood from Lower Cape
Fear, in North Carolina, where In
: 1865. the American people made the
first armed resistance to the stamp act,
all went into the flames.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24
THE COATS. $3.50

Include all-wool velours. beauti-
full plaids. mixtures. thibets and
novelty striped velvets. trimmed
with plush. Chase's beaver, plush
buttons, etc. The colors are navy,
black, green, brown and dark
mixtures or large plaids. All
sizes for misses Of Is to women
of A. bust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24

Beautiful plaids that are made in sew
eral new STYLES. Also few long overcoats
in the lot. Sizes 6 to Is.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27
Miss Emma Fulton, Who Died Yester-
day Afternoon, Was Eager
to Help Other
People.
LIVED HERE SINCE 1900
Her Passing Marks First Break in the
Family Circle Of Eight Chill
dren-Mother Died Two
Years Ago.

Yesterday afternoon at o'clock,
| at her home, 9G9 Fulton street. &C.
Cured the death of Miss Mary Emma
Fulton, daughter of the late Robert
and Harriet Trussen Fulton. She
had been seriously i'll for the past
two months and her passing brousht
TO its close a beautiful and ussiul
life. Miss Fulton was born in West
morland county, Pennsylvania, ana
came with her parents to Hancock
county, Illinois. to the Wythe nelen,
borhood, in 1870, where they ive1
until 1900, when she and her motner
and sister, Miss Harriet Fuitnn'
came to Keokuk to reside. Inc
mother died two years ago, SINCE
which time the two sisters have con-
stituted the household. The close
companionship and devotion or these
twin sisters has made them almosl
one in thought and life and so IN
yery particular way the sympathy
of wide circle of friends is express
ed for the sister who is bereaved.
Miss Fulton united with the Pres
bvterian church in her girlhood days
and upon moving to this city, united
with the First Westminster P-esby-
terrain church. She was most de-
voted in her attendance at its serV-
ices and was IN active member OF
| the Wornen's Missionary society. For
seventeen years he was teacher
in the primary department OF TIL
Sunday school, and all the little folks
Of the Presbyterian church in those
wears, loved Miss Fulton devotedly.
Sine was a member of the ?. E. ,.
sisterhood and was interested In It's
social features and in the high stand
ard Of womanhood for which the Or
sanization stands. She had very
wide circle Of friends in whose
hearts her memory will long be
cherished.
OF the eight children who grew to
maturity, Miss Fulton is the first to
be taken by death. She is survived
| by the following brothers and sisters:
William J. Fulton and Miss Harriet
Fulton, of this city; Mrs. Dayton W.
Reed and Perry A. Fulton, OF Han
| cock county, Illinois; DR.. Frank -
| Fulton of Providence, r. l.; Rev. G.
| Edgar Fulton Of jamestown, N. D.,
and Rev. Ralph T. Fulton of Towner,
N. d. She is also survived by TWEEN
ty-two nephews and nieces.
The funeral services will occur on
| Wednesday afternoon from the resi-,
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Fulton,
| 712 High street, DR.. Ezra B. Newcom0
conducting the service.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27

wounded by a splinter of wood DUR
ing the bombardment
THE Germans sent me here IRON.
nv farm south of ST. Quentin, atter
taking off my furniture and every:
thing else" he said. Il saved only
the clothes on my back. The Ger
mans dynamited my home; they
chopped down my apple yard, they
ruined my well, filling it with manure.
There were about 1.400 of US col
lected here after similar treatm ent.
On Saturday night the Germans
ordered us under penalty to remain
indoors. On Sunday morning they
were gone.
Good God!-We were happy when
the British and French aeroplane.;
flew past close to the ground With
flags flying, we cried, sang ana
danced on the streets like old fools.
About ! o'clock the Germans be
gan bombarding the village. They
killed an old man, an old woman anu
a boy and girl, wounding two more,
not counting me with my scratch.
That's a real German for you
| concentrate the old folks and chill
| dren in village and then shell it.
They would have let us starve but
for the American relief commission,
II it hadn't been for the commission,
the babies never would have sur
vived."
British thoroughness is proving 1t
| self anew in this devastated region
| The royal engineers are throwing uF
roads and bridges everywhere like
| magic. / have been over such roads
UP and down and back and forth In
an automobile and can testify to Their
| excellence. lA'
If one were abie--to forget for a
IN oment the rampant horrors Of war
! one could see that new phase, not
devoid of a certain attractiveness has
come over the country. There Is
action everywhere. Cavalry columns
on the move, glisten in the sunshine
| recalling old civil war prints-but a
moment later one finds oneself In a
ravaged village, staring helplessly al
/ some blue veined baby in the skinny
arms of an ill-nourished mother who's
lfeverish. hunted sunken eyes drive
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27
AMERICA ENTERS
WAR APRIL 3RD
CONTINUED from page l

liberal provision for sustaining and
increasing the army and navy.
- Meetings will be held by the com
mittee throughout the week and all
emergency legislation for immediate
introduction into congress will be
drawn.
Spy bills. a censorship bill and
the measure authorizing the state de-
partment to employ men not under
civil service in the District of Co
lumbia for intelligence work, are
among the legislative plans slated.
There is no indication yet that the
president will desire any embargo
legislation at first
Today the president meets with
bis cabinet to discuss the prepared
ness work.
One plan under consideration is tc
GOO, COO 900 or more, the proceeds
from which are to be used for purchas
ing French bonds and thus aid the
allies in prosecution of the war.
That the old Prussian treaty will bt
abrogated is taken for granted from
the tenor OF yesterdays note to Ger
many on the subject.
The war department has said pub
Iicly that it has no plan for modest
! ing resident aliens If they observe the
| laws Of the country
Many Germans fleeing to Mexico
are reported officially to be leaving
mot to join the Germans there, bu
| to dodge internment. What will be
done after congress acts as to intern
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27

Although a man held at the county
Jail today insisted that he Is Il Y
Perline and the eleven year old guy
arrested with him is Lucy Perllne aa1
thorities today declared the man
Oscar r. Whitehead and the sn'
Helen Whitehead, his step sister
whom he is accused of kidnappin1
from Herkimer, N. Y, three years agoj
So convincing is the story told y
the man, however, that the police ai1
also investigating it.
Arrest of the man as Nhltehes1
was made following a visit oil ta1
missing girls parents to a MOTION p..l
ture show. One OF the characleI]
shown on the film strangely resnIO's|
the missing Whitehead girl-eVen u
peculiarly shaped thumb. lnyesa|
CATION located the man in a ioca|
studio, with the girl going to ScHO'|
here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27

$500: market. best 1oc higher, other,
loo lower. Steers. $9.25@12.5O: cows
and heifers. s5.75Q1O.OO; stockers
and feeders, s8.75@1O.25; calves
$9.00@12.00; bulls and stays, $1,000
$50.
Hog receipts $4,000; market STEADY
10c lower. Bulk, s14.4O@14.65; top'
$14.75.
Sheep receipts $500; marke,
strong, 10c higher. Yearlings, s115O
@13.50; wethers. $10.5O@12.35; lambs
Sl5T5Vi4.s0; ewes, SI0.00@1z.0O.
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO. March 27.-Butter-Es
tras, 40Ac; firsts. 39a94Oc; dairy
extras, 36h@3Shc; dairy firsts, $50
&c.
Eggs-Ordinary firsts, 2S92S2c:
f1rsts. 29@29Ac.
Potatoes-Receipts Is cars: fancy
Westerns, s2.50@2.60: Wisconsips
and Minnesotas. s2.2O92.35 per
bushel.
Live poultry-Fow1s. 2Skc: ducks,
17Q23c; geese, 13@16c; spring
chickens. 23kc; turkeys. zoe.
New York Produce.
NEW YORK, March 27.-F1our mar.
ket quiet, strong.
Pork market firm Mess, $4,000
$3.50.
Lard market firm. Middle west
spot, s20.30@24.40.
Sugar, raw, market firm Centri.
fugal test, $5.52Q5.64; Muscavado 50
test, $4.75@4s7.
Sugar, refined. market firm. Cut
loaf. $8.15; crushed, $500; powdered,
$40; granulated. $7OO@7.50.
Coffee Rio No. on spot, SIC.
Tallow market firm City, l2hc;
country. Jpn @13c; special, 13c.
! Hay market dull No. l, s1.10a
LIS; No. 3, s5@s5c; clover 65ca
$1.O5.,
| Dressed poultry market strong.
Turkeys. 18@34c; chickens, 1926
fowls, 171a @24c; ducks, 1S923c.
/, Live poultry market unsettled .
Geese, 15@17c; ducks, 23c; fowls, q
@23c; turkeys, 25c; roosters, 16c;
| chickens, 19@22c.
Cheese market irregular. Stats
milk common to special, 2412 q 27hc;
skins common to specials, 10G12hc
Butter market firm. Receipts S,42a
Creamery extras, 42c; dairy tubs 80
a ACC; imitation creamery firsts, SIG
&c.
Egg market firm. Receipts 11,O2l.
Nearby white fancy, 34eS35c; nearby
mixed fancy. 3O@S1c; fresh, Sehs
| SIC.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK. March 27.-Money on
call, 2 percent.
Six months. o494A percent.
Mercantile paper, 494R percent.
Bar silver London, 35 11-16d.
Bar silver New York, 71S4c.
Demand sterling, SAFE 9-16.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27
Peoria Grain.

PEORIA, ILL.,, March 27.-Corn-
Market 1920 higher. No. white,
No. 8 yellow, No. mixed. $1.1S@
1.1S1A; No. yellow. $1.17Ql1s; NO.
S yellow, s115; No. mixed, $1.177a;
No. mixed. s1-141s.
Oats-Market &c higher. No. 8
white, 631sc; No. white. 6Sc; stand
ard, SAC.
Chicago Live Stock-close. :.
gFnrnished by Long Commission COL
CHICAGO, March 27.-Hog receipts
10000; market steady. Top. $15.15;
mixed and butchers. $l4.5oQl5.lo;
good heavy. s14.45@15.05; rough
heavy. s1445@14.60; light, s14.l5Q
1900.
Cattle receipts 5000; market
steady Top, s1295.
Sheep receipts $4,000; market
steady. - ..
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO, March 27.-Hog receipts
10 600; market slow. steady Mixed
and butchers, $14.50@15.15; rough
heavy, s14.45@14.60; light, $l4log
1900; pigs, s10.50@14.00. Estimated
receipts tomorrow, $4,000.
SCatle receipts 5000; market steady.
Beeves. s9.15@12.95; cows and heif-
ers, s5.5O@1O60; stockers and feed
ers. s7.OO@9.S5; Texans, $9.5O@
1880; calves, $1050@15.00; westerns,
ss.70@11.OO.
! Sheep receipts $4,000; market slow
Native. s11.15@12.35: western, $11.9O
9l2.75: lambs, s12.7S@14.90: western
$13.oo@15.30.
| Kansas city Live Stock.
KANSAS CITY, March 27.-Cattle
receipts 5000; market steady. Steers
$s.o0@12.50; COWS and heifers, $500
| m12.5O: stockers and feeders, $1,000
1880; calves, $S:00@12.50.
| Hog receipts $4,000; market steady,
strong. Bulk. s14.5o@15.0o; heavy,
s14.90@15.O5; medium, $14.70915.00;
| light, $14.00@1470.
| Sheep receipts 1000; market
steady Lambs. s11.50@15.oo; ewes,
I s10.50Q1225; wethers, $7o0014.00.
St. Louis Live Stock.
EAST ST. LOUIS. March 27.-Cat
tie receipts 400; market steady
strong. Texas receipts 100; native
beef steers, s75O612.25; yearline
steers and heifers. ss.50@1175; COWS
s5.75@10OO; stockers and feeders
s6.oo61O.00: calves, hs600114.50:
Texas steers, sk5o@9.5o; cows and
heifers, s4.25@9.00.
/! Hog receipts 10000; market 1o@15e
higher Mixed and butchers. s14.65G
1920: good to heavy sf5.15 % 1925:
rough, s140Om14.35: Tight, s14.70@
,i15.1O: bulk, $14.7o@16f5; pigs, 1929
| 013.00 e''>
Sheep receipts 500: market steady
Ewes. S9.50@12.25; yearlipgs, S12.759
E14.25: lambs, s13.00@fS.48.
il
Omaha Live stock.
J OMAHA, March 27.-Cattle receipts
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27
Lecture and Pictures VIII be Shown
Tonight at Eight O'clock at Elns
Hall, Under Auspices
OF Retailers.
WILL BE OF INTEREST
kindi9s Band Will Play Short Pro-
qram and There VIII Le Exposi-
ton Of Dayton's Gar.
den Plan.

Tonight at the Elks' hall at
o'clock, The Troubles of Store
keeper" will be shown in pictures
and in a lecture by r. G. Routsong
of the National Cash Register com
pany of Dayton. Besides these pic
lures there will be films showing the
city garden plans used by Dayton,
Chic, and in which there is at the
present time considerable of interest.
The pictures of the storekeeper's
trouble are really showing the evoiu-
ton of modern business and business
men will be interested in both pic
lures and lecture.
The lecture will be open to the
members of the Keokuk Retailers
league and their clerks, and admis-
sion will be by ticket. Besides the
lecture and pictures, Kindigs con-
cert band will play a short program.
The lecture will commence at 8
o'clock.
Our mission is one of education"
said R. c. Routsong of Dayton, Ohio,
when interviewed this morning. Con-
tinuing, he said: I'VE have shown
the film, The Troubles of q Store
keeper, and How to Stop Them to
audiences all over the country, and
in each instance 1t has been we'll
received. In many cities they have
requested us to return, but If we are
to take care Of the requests we have
there will be very few return engage.
ments.
I'VE prepared this film originally
to show to our agents in convention.
They need to be taught as well as
others. and we took this method of
reaching them. 1t was soon discov.
cred that the merchants throughout
the country were Interested in the
matter of store efficiency, hence we
let it be known that the film would
be shown before organizations of
various kinds.
Thousands have seen It, and in
every instance there has been dis.
play Of enthusiasm far beyond our
expectations. We are naturally
pleased"
Mr.. Routsong will explain the pic
lures to be shown tonight in the
Elks' hall.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27
PARSONS CLUB
HERE THURSDAl
GIee Club From Fairfield College w
Appear Before keokuk AUG
ience at High
School.

Keokuk is to be included on H,,ss
spring trip of the Parsons C 90 a.
Glee club. and the musicians VIII y ~
pear here Thursday evening al M
k7k high school, sponsored ~
Athletic association. There aiV i
number of Parsons college aIul Iinor
the CITY who are planning TO "el SOrt
the glee club men, and local SIn arsir
are preparing to give them l0 nh
reception Thursday eyenlns. ,taeI
glee club is composed OF seH tnctiol
members and is under the OH 81 N,
81 prof Charles w. Mountain snss ID
conservatory of music OF .,ooster,
The club is touring in soull.- -;ng a
Iowa at present, and is appear "'
n number of the schools.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27
Good RYe Hiram.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
SAN FRANCISCO, March 81
Good bye, God bless you, Hiram
Johnson" was the banner strung
across the front Of the ferry building
here when United States Senator
Elect Johnson left here on the Over
land limited for Washington TO par
ticipate in the deliberations of the
extra session Of congress due to meet
Monday Johnson is speeding across
Nevada today and will reach Chicago
Thursday.
IT am going into a new world to do
the best I know how" was Johnson's
parting words TO his friends.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27
LAW HAS
NINE POCKETS
CONTINUED from Page -

the angry gentleman just as repre-
scented.
It's fascinating game--for the in
nocent bystander. Fast as they pro
test, Mr. Law forks out the evidence
and while he seems always to dig into
a different pocket, it's never the wrong
one.
That's part Of his long distance
memory. Bonar Law never forgets
In the face OF house filled with
members waiting to trap him, he will
make a two hour talk-without notes
filled with cumbersome figures
and intricate facts, and never score
an error.
Nobody is really more sure OF him
self than Bonar Law. Take that little
matter OF raising five billion dollars.
Humbly as befitting mere cabinet
member, he went to the inner circle
of British finance. He asked the
great money experts how it should be
done. They fixed up a plan. Law de-
cided on only ono change. He made
the interest FIVE per cent instead Oh
six.
Cant be DONE" protested the inner
circle of finance.
well, We'll try it." modestly OBJ
served the chancellor.
All the world, including Germany
now knows how well 1t was done
The change OF one per cent saved
Britain fifty million dollars year In
terest
Bonar Law told your correspondent
why he was so confident he could
raise a great loan at five per cent
But first, America ought to know
more about the man, for two reasons
One Is that in case the next shurIle
In English politics should give the
old conservative party control. Bonar
Law would be the logical choice fol
prime minister. The other Is tha'
there is big protective tariff fight
coming in Great Britain. one that will
necessarily affect America And Law
is +he urrunstioned leader OF the tariff
reform forces
On a. platform Of "Bonar Law and
order" he was elected to parliament
from Glasgow. Nobody paid any at
tention to him until one day the de
bate involved some tariff questions
Up he rose and began TO offer facts
figures and deductions. The effec'
was tremendous His career wa:
mapped out from that time on. In
evitaMy he later became leader o
the conservatives and as such he had
many a lively clash With Lloyd-George