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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-20

s. z. 1.-The white spots are caused
by a stoppage in the flow Of nutri-
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-06-14
THIS PRESCRIPTION IS FOR YOU,

II you suffer from hot flashes or dzzi-
ncss, iainting spells, hystcria, headache,
bearing down pans, nrrvousncSs-all are
symptoms Of irrcgularity and female dis
turbanccs and arr not beyond relief.
DR.. Plcrcc's Fayorite Presentation i,
dlTsctcd b tn, real cause and promptly
removes the disease, suppresscs the pains
and nervous symptoms and thereby
brings comfort in the place of prolonged
misery.
II has been sold by druggists for nearly
80 years, IN fluid form, at 81 90 per bottle,
Eivlng general satisfaction. L. can now be
had in sugar-coatcd tablet form. Sold by
al! medicine dealers or trial box by mail
on receipt OF 50 cents in stamps.
Every sick woman may consult us BY
letter, absolutely without charge. Send
for free medical book on Diseases Of
Women.
Write without fear as without fec, TO
Faculty of the lnvalids' Hotel, DR.. V. NJ.
Pierce, President, 663 Main St, Buffalo.
DR.. Picrce's Pellets are uncaualed
~ y Liver Pill. Smallest, easiest 10 take.
One hny, Su9drcoated Pellet Dose.
Cure Sick Headache, Bilious Headache.
Dizziness, Constipation, Indigestion, Bill
ious Attacks, and all arrangement OF ths
Liver, Stomach and Bowels.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-06-14
TAX 5000 900 ALIENS
500 EACH. SAYS GLYNN

Wash nIt,n, jLla |. FJrma
Governor Flynn Of New YORK and
former Mayor Fitzyera'd Of Bos.
ton today proposed to the senate
finance committee a war tax of
500 on each alien IN the Uni.ed
: ates who has npt evn'ess,d 10.
'ent'on to become an America
c"lzen. Thy sad su,i H>tay
souli raise SO 1000, 600. Aliens
who missed in the arcia: forces
o. the United States would be en-
empt.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-06-14

In the distance, to the south.
tie great black funnel came n an
err and nearer. t ira, e!ed slow.
/ ", but as it neared the town it
gathered momentum and struck
N all IT. fury.
IL hit section of the town of
Clinton known as Washington
street east OF tie square. On
this street there il "A negro set
tIement OF frame houses. This
portion OF the street was literal
" blown ~ atoms. Trere re
mans not a trace Of it. Every
house was upli'tfd from It's fcun.
daton and hurled away. Six
negroes are known to have lost
tier lives ia this destruction.
One tody was pc ed up 800
yards away. upr cogni2able
the whole of Washington st.
was demolished. There il not a
whole house remaining. AID
man were blown completely
away, foundation q d all. SPA.
clons two story dwellings, went
with the rest. The great black
monster took them vi ho.t re.
gard to size or value and file (
the air with flying timber. Toe
rest OF Clinton was not damaged.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-06-14
CLINTON LOSS LARGE
Sixteen Dead and Property Loss
$4,000

Clinton. May y Sixteen dpaC
and $500. 600 damage oproperty
is the toll of Sunday tornad . ~
AMI around The city OF Clinton
Until 2 O'Clock this afternoon,
Clinton was cut off from III,
world. ard her fac yas anxious
ly avail ed. Telephone COMMIT.
n'ca,Ion was established after
dinner however and a full ac,
count o. the awful destruction
done there was obiainable
The known dead at Clinton
are:
Wheeler Brooks. wife and
daughter, q Cypress, southeast
Of Clint n.
John Wooten.
Mrs. Bynum Bone and
daughter.
Jim Anderson
Bob Burgess and Mrs. Bur
CESS, and daughter.
Six negroes.
The force Of the tornado was
spent on one street in Clinton $
resident district. For one hour
and a half, people of CLIFTON
watched the gathering storm.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-06-14
$3.50 900 PAIRS OF
SHOES FOR U.S.FlGHTERS

ash'ng'on. June | Contracts
TO- 3, $40. 600 pairs of she's for
thefrmy and navy v ERE a v ard I'd
today through the n4.lo a de.
tense counciI-De'ieery il to be
completed within eight months
and the average price per pair
wi be S4S5.
The contric' award d on
c ,mpe'i'iyepias. were distribu.
tt amoug tyenty-sayen firms
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-06-14

Drives cut Malaria, bl..Is Up System
The Old standard geuetsi strengthening tonic
GRoVEs rAsTELEsS chill TONIC. drive, gu,
Msisria.eniiehesth the blood and builds up the sys.
ten. A true toaie. Por adults and children. soc
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-06-14

Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System
The Old standard general strengthening tonic.
CROW rAsrELEsS chill TONIC drives out
Malaria. enriehes the blood. and builGsupthe sys.
tcu. true tonic. For adults and children. SIS.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-06-14

. Sls ssnsry wiz b ~ tAsssessue
,E4rher Adhdee. vAs IN sise -
g kanki PooA II - Re- Ia
4St1sA. , .uadosbtsdiy ~ elSie-
see9pestse u lib role. - hasiit
eeed trs0eadess ssccsssss n -
~ b coessrttsa VIA De Welf Bsp-
n b ~ recent revival u ~ sVstN
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
.er and is expected home within ten

ter and is expected home within ten
days.
Mrs. Joe Moore and children are
spending the week with her parents.
Merl Bradford was q Croton caller
last Saturday.
Mrs. Bertha Springer and little son
Morris are spending the week at the
A. Anderson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Nelson have re-
turned home after three weeks visit
at Trinidad and TT. Collins, Colo.
Perry Anderson and Ella Nelson at
tended the show at Pennington Satur-
day evening.
L. Bradsky made a business trip to
Donnellson last Saturday.
MI and Mrs. VIM. Shepherd spent
last Saturday at Keokuk.
Orlando Perkins left Monday morn
inc for the state fair at Des Moines.
Ed. Alexander and wife spent last
Sunday at the Tucker home near
Pennington.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
kEOKUK Is FIRST
IN PUBLIC SAFETY
he Of First Street Railways to Adopt
Birney Car, and Has Historical
Connection With Electric
al Engineering.

keokuk has been in close contact
|th progress in electrical engineer
& from its very beginning
The first telephone sentence to
Joss the Mississippi river was be-
feen Carthage, Illinois, and Keokuk.
iva.
keokuk was one of the very first
ies to install the electric street
ilway That was soon after Sprague
vented the practical street car and
ntroller to run under trolley wire.
a keokuk man invented the auto
oterneer now used almost univer-
Ivy on street car controllers as a
hserver of current, and that rnpu-
device was manufactured hero
ful its owners joined a trust and
fnt east.
One of the first Birney safety
Feet cars put into operation was by
L keokuk Electric company, on its
'miiton line. This new type or
VIII be installed throughout the
EOkik street railway lines soon.
ms Birney car is the first radi-
Improvement made in street cars
tce the days of Sprague in the
~ century. 1t is ieslly new type
car and not merely a ,hange Of
[eessories upon the ola truck and
luy types. 1t has made sensation
street railway engineering. IL mas
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
WORK
DONE IN FRANCE
Red Cross Society Appropriates
100000 for Its Activities
Along This Line in
War Zones.

Announcement is made by the
American Red Cross that its war
council has appropriated 100000 for
medical research work in France.
This action follows q report from
Major Grayson M. P. Murphy, Red
Cross commissioner to Europe, who
cabled the following from Paris to
the national headquarters at Wash
ington:
AN extra ordinary opportunity pre-
sents itself here for medical research
work We have, serving with var1-
GUS American units, some OF the
ablest doctors and surgeons IN the
United States. Many OF these men
are already conducting courses or IN
vestigation which ii carried to sue
cessful conclusions will result IN the
discovery Of treatment and methods
of operation which will be Of great
use not only in this war but. pos
siblv. for years afterwards. To carry
on their work they need certain
special equipment. At present, equip
ment and personnel cannot be OBJ
tanned through ordinary government
sources without delay, which makes
This source of supply quite imprac-
ticable." $40
Enthusiastic cooperation with
Major Murphy in his plans for medi-
cal research work in France is
nledged bv DR.. George W. Grille of
cleveland. Ohio, who headed the first
Red Cross unit to reach France; DR..
Lambert. DR.. J. A. Blake, Colonies
Ireland and Bradley of General Per
eb,ne's staff. and various American
experts on the ground.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30

more sense than mary motorists, for
the car itself provides safety first.
The doors can not be opened until
the car is stopped. They all open
automatically whenever danger OF
collision or other accident occurs, or
the motorman falls dead or gets
dropsy. The car can not be started
until the doors are all closed. The
car practically collects its own
fares, and the motorman chiefly sits
on the front platform and lets the
car alone except to tell 1t he is there
constantly. In fact, so AUTOMATIC
and fool proof and safety first is the
car, that the man is no longer taI
motorman, with a number, but be-
comes Mr. Brown or Smith, with his
name on a plate like hotel clerk IN
these latter days.
This Birney street car is being
built and sold by the thousand now,
but Keokuks company has had one
in use for over year and was the
second street railway in the world
TO adopt it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
Lemon Juice
For FreCkIes
Girls! Make beauty lotion at
home for few cents. Try It.!

Squeeze the juice of two lemons in
to bottle containing three ounces OF
orchard white, shake well, and you
have a quarter pint Of the best
freckle and tan lotion, and complexion
Jeautifier, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces of orchard white
for q few cents. Massage this sweet
ly fragrant lotion into the face. neck
arms and hands each day and see
how freckles and blemishes disap'
pear and how clear, soft and white
the skin becomes. Yes! 1t Is harm
less.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
PACIFISTS TO
MEET IN FARGO
Governor Offers Protection, But Will
Allow no Reasonable
Action to Be
- Taken

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
FARGO, N. D., Aug. Ex-Governor
Frazier today instructed Attorney
General LANCER to protect the
Peoples Council at its national con
vention here Saturday.
This action followed rumors that
the residents of Fargo might attempt
to prevent the meeting.
Despite Governor Frazier's assur.
ances yesterday that he would guar.
antee protection to the Peoples Coun.
ell if it met in North Dakota, Mayor
Alex Stern today called special
session of the commissioners to de-
eide what action the city should take
regarding the peace convention.
CAS- far as l am concerned" said
Mayor Stern today, "the Peoples
Council needn't come here"
He declared that the demonstration
earlier in the week when Max East
man, socialist, attempted to address
a mass meeting here showed that
citizens here are opposed to the
meeting.
In statement last night, Cover
nor Frazier declared that while he
would take every means to protect
the peace delegates from disorder,
he would also instruct officials to
watch closely for attempts on the
part of the council to promote dis
order or preach sedition and would
order such actions suppressed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
Singer Of British Tommy
Echoed In SQn1n1ies' SONGS

1t was plain case of unintentional
plagiarism.
Other verses were produced in end
less profusion by the border poets
until it appeared as though every
member of Uncle Sans fighting
forces was engaged in the ancient
but honorable pastime of counting the
muse Of song, sort of tobogganning
enmasse down the classic hills of Par
nassus on steeds of Mars.
To Fight Mexes, Not Mosquitoes,
Having gone to the border to fight
Mexicans and finding nothing but
mosquitoes to battle with, life natur-
ally soured in the mouths of those
youths through whose veins coursed
hot fighting blood, and they sought
solace in the gentler art of rhyming
Then. when at the end of eight
futile months they returned to the
ways of peace and the hum drum of
everyday life, the poetic impulse just
sort of oozed out of them. At least
their muses. were not working over
time. as the supply Of verses which
had been shot at the newspapers be.
fore in an endless chain, fell off.
Now the boys are gone again. The
times are changed. They have real
work in sight. 1t may be that the
muse will not be invoked as often
the same time The Gate City is pre-
pared for deluge Of verse at any
time. At any rate, song is still in
the veins Of the soldiers, for a re-
porter making the rounds Of the
camp when Company L was here, was
shown a new set Of verses every
time he visited the camp. Songs,
were born with every recurring
morning, noon and eve, and the camp
clerk. who presided over the desti-
MES of the typewriter, was constant
ly being impugned to copy the verses
produced.
Worst Part of the Job.
Some budding rhymster could be
found at almost any time at the type
writer diligently picking out on the
bewildering keyboard his latest ode
or sonnet.
The art of literature is also dill
gently persued by the soldiers. There
were some who were constantly
answering articles appearing in the
newspapers.
A letter that appeared in the Des
Moines newspaper from woman who
declared that recruits in soldier
camps were being constantly exposed
to vice was very much resented by
Company L when the guardsmen !
were still in Keokuk.
One of the soldiers took it upon
himself to answer the esteeme ed lady
and refute her claims. He struggled |
over the answer for some time and
each time the reporter called, was
writing a new version or correcting
the old, but promised in time to let
it see the light through the columns
of The Gate City. However, the |
writer either gave up in disgust or
forgot to turn it in, for as yet it
has not made its appearance.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30

for The Gate City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
A4pflns's War Poetry In.
spires y. S. Fighting Men
to Court Muse - News-
papers We're Flooded With
Offerings From, Border

Rudyard Kipling, singer Of the life
ana deeds OF British Tommy Atkins
IS the favorite poet of the American
sammy, or If this nickname ofrends
the United States fighting man, by
Whatever name he is called.
AT least this Is to be deduced from
the poetic style adopted by those
members Of our fighting forces who
invoke the muse, and the evidence
IN the case is that they are legion.
Last year while the guardsmen were
down on the border expecting to be
thrown across the sand riven des-
erts OF northern Mexico at any mo.
ment, but where a patient fate kept
them In leash for six months in their
own peaceful camps, drilling, hiking,
hghting mosquitoes, cursing the hot
sun. and uneventul days, and becom-
ing wearied by the monotonous rou.
tine of their daily life, they were
driven to poetry.
Hundreds sought solace by flirting
with the muse of song and poems
by the bale full were produced and
shot back to the home newspapers.
In reading this soldier poetry one
was Immediately struck with it's
familiar sound. 1t did not take one
long to realize that he was reading
klpling in new dress and a diluted
form. Practically all Of the border
poetry had Kiplingesque ring to it.
The songs of Tommy Atkins were
being revamped and given to the
world in new tempo and dress.
The Secret is Out.
There seemed to be something
peculiar about all this, but the secret
finally came out. A nosing reporter
one day sent story out from Texas
in which the favorite books of the
soldiers were listed. And Kipling's
poems headed the list. Hundreds
of Uncle Sans men were reading
the battle ballads Of the poet of en-
pire, and their systems became so
filled with the short, blunt, unforget-
table phrases of Kipling's war bal
lads and ditties, that they uncon-
sciously echoed him in their own war
songs.
A typical example of this was the
poem known as II Have Done My
Bit on the Border" This piece Of
verse, a rather lengthy one, was
printed by The Gate City at one time
and it was signed by Keokuk man.
Versions Of the same work appeared
in dozen other newspapers in these
parts, all signed by different authors.
But the construction and scheme Of
the ballad were Kipling's entirely.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
BELFAST.
! . 80 - . 800 9 .

A large rain fell here Monday,
which was badly needed.
Quite number from this vicinity at
tended the county fair at Honnellson
last Thursday.
Miss Katherine Horsey and Arthur
Horsey and family autoed to keokuk
last Saturday in Miss Katharine's new
car.
Mrs. Eva Anderson, who is at the
Graham hospital, Is reported much bet
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
NAME
CARRIED FAR
keokuk Contractors do Much tc
Spread the Fame OF This cry
for Good Work on Big JOBS
Everywhere.

One Of the very best advertisements
any city obtains is from having us
name connected with good work anu
big work in any line.
Keokuk contractors who speha
weeks and months on JOB away
from home. make the community
around their work thoroughly famil'
iar with Keokuk Also, there Is a
certain eclat that goes with a work
~ mich Importance to the people
there. Having roads, or brldses, vi
levees built by Keokuk contractors
has an immense amount TO 10 wiz,
the standing Of keokuk among oil
the people round about the JOB.
Foremost in this work OF helping
Eeoluk are Cameron, Joyce Com
,any who are among the largest ana
bast known contractors in the state
Tbev are constantly doing big JOBS
81 over the country and carrying the
r,ne of Keokuk over a large scope
of territory. -, ~ A., rodins
~ bridge construction of fifty miles
of road in Mclean county, ll!in0ls'
IN the center of the best part OF lnat
state They have just been aWarueu
. largo contract of levee work south
% Warsaw. Illinois, along the Mlssls-
" oinni They are constantly doing Dig
iohs in Illinois and Missouri as wen
q" Much good is being done keokI ~,
-, cameron. Joyce & Company, by
~, large business they have built
~, ms covering a large area in several
~ and the excellent manner ID
nhich thew fill all their contracts.
This firm constantly employees
,orsa force of men and is of definite
value to Keokuk
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
Positive Proof.
Should Convince the Greatest Skep.
tic In Keokuk

Should Convince the Greatest Skep-
tic In keokuk.
Because it's the evidence of a Ke'.
kuk citizen.
Testimony easily investigated.
The strongest endorsement Of
merit.
The best proof Read It:
Thos. G.. French, 200 S. Eighth ST.,
Keokuk. says: 81 think as well Of
Doan's Kidney Pills now as did
when | first endorsed them. They
are a good kidney medicine. When
ever I have any sign of lumbago or
kidney trouble, Doan's Kidney Pills
never fail to relieve me-"
Price coo, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same thai
Mr.. French had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
Hopefe

st. Paul Pioneer Press: H. c.
Hoover will never be elected to high
Office. He is actually building a ma
chine for efficiency and not for polit-
ical profit.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30

San Diegans are hot on the trail for
a military road along the Mexican
border. 1t would use the Imperial
Valley Highway to Dulzura and then
switch of to Tia Juana-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30

The aim of the authorities OF the ne
pri.isb museum is to have a copy OIL
every book published TT There sI,,,,i are III
hat vast library 7,125,ooO books
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-08
STONE SELLS OUT.
Naaman jackson Buys $4,000 Interest
In Stone Hurst Coal Company.

Naaman Jackson. the well known
banker, became the possessor Monday
of one-half interest in the Stone
Hurst Coal company at Stollings which
he purchased for $4,000 The deal had
been pending for some time but little
was allowed to leak about it until Mon
day. Mr.. jackson purchased the inter
est OF Mr., stone,
. The property of the company has two
seams of coal. one about five foot, 1
inches and the other from 80 TO 10 in
ches. The company is working both
seams and have been shipping about 90
tons OF coal day for the past three
weeks. The property was developed for
the most part since the first of the
year and the prospects are very flat
tering. The company has under lease
IS acres of which % are actual coal
lands,
The advent OF Mr.. Jackson into the
affairs of the company is expected TO
infuse great life into the activity of the
officers and employees. Mr. jackson is
known as a hustler and a man who gets
results. His connection with the com
pany is expected to soon double the
output.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-08
HOOVER.

Everybody is talking about Hoover
tho man on whom America is relying
to solve the worlds food problem to-
day
Ernest Poole. writing in Everybody
Magazine, has the following to say of
the man and his brilliant rise:
"Herbert Clark Hoovers record in
Belgium is known to the world but his
personal story has been told, for he
is one OF those quiet men who shun pu-
blicity. OF middle age and medium
height, he is we'll set-up. and vigorous,
hard: his face is lined by the life he
has led, and there is a resolute set. To
his Jaws. His eyes are clear and force
full his voice is low and quiet, it halts
and struggles for phrases. goes on. lie
is a poor speaker. driven to speal by
the earnestness within him He IL a
mining engineer Born in 1914 in Iowa.
his early life was marked by ihde
pen1ence He worked his way through
the School of Mines at Stanford Un.s
versity, and after one year more in the
West he went over to Australia, where
in four years his rise was so rapid that
at the age CT l6 he was called by the
Chinese Government to take charge Of
its Bureau of Mines. He left that pr
sition in year to manage the mining
properties of a Belgian corporation in
China And year later. at rs, he was
made partner of great British min
ing firm. He had arrived in seven
years."
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-08
SHOE CONTRACT AWARDED
BY THE GOVERNMENT

Washington. June 2-Contracts for
34SOO0O pairs OF shoes for the army
and navy were awarded through the
national defense council. Delivery is
10 be completed within eight months.
and the average price per pair viii be
s4.s5. The contracts, awarded on com
petitive bids were distributed among
q firms.
1.-THE army will get 1900. 900 pairs OF
the shoes and the navy $4,000 The
contracts represent the largest shoe
purchase ever made by the govern
ment. their total value reaching nearly
1900 900.
Bidders submitted their estimates on
the basis OF options on vast quantities
OF leather secured some time ago by
the defense councils committee on sup
plies. OF which Julius Rosenwald "a
chairman. II they cannot purchase
leather az cheaply directly. the COM
mittee on supplies will turn over the
options TO them, The main purpose In
getting the options was to stabilize the
leather market against heavy purchas-
es for government account.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-08

The atrocities being committed by
Germans surpass anything in history.
They are cutting off one hand of thou
sands of Belgian boys and also com
mi.ting an uncomfortable operation
upon them to effect the future Of that
nation. Girls are outraged many Of
them killed and others taken to the
German liues and mistreated in the
most shameful manner. These are not
campaign lies The facts are provei
by many witnesses. Hundreds of these
manned boys have been taken to Eng
land.