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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19
CITY NEWS.

See display of muslin underwear
at the Central store.
Poles for the Montrose electric
transmission line have been laid out
over the route and most Of the holes
have been dug. The poles will short
ly be erected and the wires strung up.
A small substation to cost several
hundred dollars will be erected at
Montrose to transform the current for
use at that place. Bids have been
asked from contractors for this work
and as soon as these are let the work
will start.
--Kimono aprons SO. SO, Is and
sec at the Central store.
A marriage license has been
issued to Frank r. Monical, %. OF
Keokuk and Eta Pearl Graham, 20,
of Meredosa, Ill.
d. l.. Williams, commander OF
George V. Jenkins camp No. %, U. s,
w. ", has received letter from the
secretary of war thanking the camp
for it's resolutions regarding the plan
Of compulsory military service. and
suggestions regarding this plan.
The Keokuk Bar association will
meet tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
at the Lee county court house, to
hold a memorial meeting for the late
e. L. McCoid, who was member Of
the Keokuk bar.
"A call of the docket for the
April term of district court was made
this afternoon.
Grand Master Kite Of the Iowa
lOdd Fellows will be in Keokuk on
May 2. He will inspect the loca
lodges and plans for his entertainment
are being made.
The Keokuk business men who
went to Canton today for the meeting
with the Canton business men Went
this afternoon by train instead of by
automobile. They will return tonight
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WHAT u. S. ARMY
HAS TO OFFER
Young Man May Enter Any sraneh
Of Service He Choses-What
Each Branch
Does.

The Young man entering the army
can choose one Of many branches.
There are the engineers, signal corps,
including the aviation section, coast
artillery, field artillery, cavalry, IN,
fantry, uuartermaster department ana
medical corps.
The engineers build military bridges,
Law tracks for military railroads, con-
struct field redoubts and the more
elaborate trench systems and attend
to the work Of destruction II 1t is nee
essarv to rae towns Or buildings.
The signal corps is charged with
the duty Of keeping the various parts
of an army in contact by means OF
field telephone and telegraph lines
field radio sets, flag signals, smoke
signals, heliograph messages or any
other means that may be necessary
In the signal corps is included the
aviation service. Enlisted men are in
structed as aero mechanics and some
learn to fly. 8
The coast artillery corps Is in
charge of the big forts that defend our
coast cities It's members specialize
in the handling Of heavy guns and the
planting Of harbor mines.
The field artillery is the lighter mo
bile branch Of the artillery. 1t In
cludes mountain artillery and siege
run batteries, as well as horse.drawn
artillery.
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|LIS7 OF MEN Of
MILITARY AGE
..s..sor Must Compile Statistics for
CITY every Two Years--List
Being Completed
Now.
SOME OTHER DUTIES
v.terans Of Mexican and Civil Wars,
Blind and Deaf Of the City,
and Children Are
Recorded.

n the CONSUMPTION bill for universal
military service becomes law 1t is
nossible that the assessors books Will
te examined for information regarding
mrn of military age IN this city.
II is not generally Known. but when
zach assessment is made the assessor
must make out list Of all men OF
military age in the city. Assessor
John r. Dimond is at work on this
now
The assessors duties do not end
with the assessment of property. A
| LIST of war veterans and veterans wild
ows must also be made out. This IS
nnlv for the Mexican war and civil
war There are no survivors of the
mexican war here now, Mr.. Dimond
reports.
When he first took up his duties as
assessor in 1899 there were seven or
eight. but all have died since. Mr..
Inimond served continuously as asses
sor from 1899 to 1910. lie was reap
pointed by the present council for the
years 1917-18.
The names and date Of birth of all
children born in 1916 is also being
compiled by Mr.. Dimond. The names
| of the fathers and maiden name Of the
mother and the ages of both must also
+ he obtained in each case. Another
/ duty of the assessor is to list the blind
fpnd deaf persons in the city.
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a MgSM s
M PHOTOPLXY HOUSES <1

ing character, that Of little girl
left without parents or home, Is
played by Thelma Salter, whose
work in number of previous
Thomas H. Ince features will be well
remembered. She has the part of
Ivy Marten, who is sent to an uncle
in little New England town. Ar
irving at her destination, the little
girl finds that her uncle has left the
town many months before and that
no one knows where he went. She
is in danger of becoming a public
charge when Foster Borrlm, the
richest man in town, happens to
learn of her plight. Borrum has
been embittered by his wife's death
and bears the reputation Of being a
mean old curmudgeon.
Hearing that it is the opinion of
all his neighbors that he would be
the last person in the place to look
after the little girl, he takes charge
of her just to be contrary. The little
girls love goes out to the old man
and even when he is hailed into court
for chastising her she Loyalty stands
by him, with the result that finally
his whole nature is utterly changed
! "The Crab" is the photoplay ir
which Frank Keenan, makes his fare
well appearance before the camera
SO be sure to see it, as it is by fal
! the most appealing play of the year
Advertisement
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Daily Stock Letter.


limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, April 19.-The New
York Evening Sun financial review
today said:
Professional operators in the stock
market were again extremely wary
TODAY and the volume of trading was
even less than in yesterdays dull
session. The undertone was in gen
eral firm. There were intervals OF
strength and again prices were in
clined to sag, indicating complete
absence of initiative and in conse-
! uuence, of trend. Nevertheless, 1t
| reflected some degree of nervousness
with respect to the government bond
issue, which will probably be launch
ed next week.
It is the opinion in numerous con-
servative quarters that the issue will
be enthusiastically over-subscribed.
There was a fair demand for stocks
at the opening, but this soon died
down, with prices generally holding
their early gains. In the afternoon an
| idle see-sawing movement kept prices
more or less unsettled. U. S. Steel
touched the highest level since Mon
tdav and ruled near 112. Copper shares
Lwere strong but neglected. After the
initial trading shipping issues were I'M
der considerable pressure. There was
little change in the munition or spe-
cialtv group, save in Ohio Cities Gas,
Mexican Petroleum, the alcohol stocks
and so on, which were strong.
The railway department was quiet
and firm with gains of about a point in
Union Pacific and Reading and l to 4
noints in Pittsburgh and West Vlr-
ginia com mon and preferred.
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EXERCISES
Bonaparte High School VIII Give d.
pIomas to Nine Girls and
One Bay, May

BONAPARTE, Iowa, April 19.-The
graduating exercises OF the class OF
1917 Of the Bonaparte high school will
be held at Whiteley's opera house on
Thursday evening, May 81. There are
ten members of the class, nine young
ladies and one young gentleman, as
follows: Miss Dorothy Boyle, Mildred
Daugherty, Refa Dick, Carrie Houser,
Olive Miner, Vera Sanders, Della Shat
fer, Helen Tyler and Edith William
son and Calvin Corns.
Harry Huff is erecting a new resi-
dence in place of the one recently de-
stroyed by fire on what is known as
the Hitler farm in Harrisburg town
ship.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ. Carr expect to
close the Commercial hotel some
time this month and will move into
the Warner property on Washington
street The Bonaparte school teach
ers who now board at the hotel, will
go with them to their new location and
will MAKE their home there until
school closes.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mc1ver came to
Bonaparte Monday evening and as
signed parts for the home talent play
A Bachelors Honeymoon, which will
lbe given at Whitley opera house
some time next week for the benefit
Of the Community club.
Verne and Emery Vichers of Bur
lington came Wednesday morning for
visit here with their aunt, Miss
Maggie Vickers, and other relatives
The annual meeting Of the share
holders Of the Farmers and Traders
state bank of Bonaparte was held at
the banking house here on Monday
| April Is, and the following officers
and directors were elected: President
! J.. A. Johnson; vice president, B. f
Ketcham; cashier, N. S. Moody; as
! sistant cashier, Miss J. June Christy;
directors, George V. LETTER, George
Ketcham r. E. Meek, Bruce R. Vale
and A. G. Roberts.
| Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Vance of Keo
sauuua were over Sunday visitors al
the w. H. Roberts home here.
Miss Blanche Scramlin is visiting
in Burlington with T. A. Vickers ant
family and also at the George Shaw
home
Misses Hazel Meek and Margare
Warner were taken to Keokuk Tues
day evening and both We're operated
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The National Guard.
PAID FINE FOR
AUTO SPEEDING
Earl Taylor Pleaded Guilty IN
Superior Court and was
fined Dollar and
Costs.

Earl Taylor, colored, paid 81 and
costs in the superior court TINS
afternoon for speeding. The police
filed the information against Taylor
charging him with running service
car above the lawful rate of speed
on North Eleventh yesterday.
Indications point to another police
drive on speeders. Numerous com
plaints have been made lately about
speeding and open mufflers. Drivers
have been going at an excessive
rate of speed on Main street. 1t Is
said that a few nights ago an auto
mobile race was staged on .Soutf
Fifth street for purse OF five dol
lars and reports Of similar nature
| have been made.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19
Won Kissing
REPORTED DEAD
German Governor General of Belgium
Who Ruled Conquered Coun-
try With Hand OF
Steel.

United Press Leased Wire Service.l
AMSTERDAM, April 19.-General
Won Kissing, German governor gen
eral of Belgium. is dead, according
to apparently authentic information
reaching here today from various
German sources.
General Won Kissing, Germany
dictator in Belgium was reported Ill
| with pneumonia several months ago.
Early in the year the kaiser re-
|lieved him from his duties for an
Indefinite leave, that he migas re-
Cooperate.
Won Kissing was master type of
German autocracy.
He ruled Belgium with hand of
steel. 1t was he who was credited
with conceiving the idea of deport-
ing Belgians; it was Won Kissing who
approved the sentence of death pass
ed by a courtmartial on Miss Edith
Cavell, the English nurse charged
with espionage.
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on for appendicitis, the same
Reports from the hospital since ny
indicate that poth yo"As'
ladies are doing well.
Amasa Roberts brought to Bona,
parte last Monday morning anu soiu
to ernest Staddler Poland Cn,na
hog which weighed no lbs, ailo"ln ns
an eighty pound dock, there were oso
mounds Of pork at 15c, or a totai u
$103.50. 40 ,,,.,rs.
i've of both days, has been set asiue
This wear as clean up week lor
Iowa by the Iowa Federation OF WON
ans clubs. There isn't a town on
rural community that will not peneliI
NV Joining in this statewide clean Wy
campaign. Such campaign no.
only will, but has, in cities Where
conducted, result in safer and more
sanitary homes. business houses, ana
i! public buildings; better LOOKING
community; a spirit of greater ssh
respect and higher civic stanoalue
| 1t is I'D to some organ1zauon 10 IAN.
| the lead. The Woman's CLUB OF any
town Is the logical organization "
start things moving Inc cooper"
ton Of other groups Is necessary, SUI
as commercial club, schools, new spa
| pers, real estate agents ana iouses
A clean up campaign involves the reil
ovation of buildings as well as yaios
streets and alleys; the relloyal
waste and rubbish Is very important
Mace rubbish cans on street corners
anoly paint in liberal quantities ano
not only clean up the yard put see
that it is we'll planted. In accordance
with the request of the Iowa Federd
tion OF Wromen's Clubs, and the state
| fire marshal, the Bonaparte com
munity club requests the citizens ol
our city to join in making the weeF
beginning April % and ending Apr
% a clean up week, as means u
/ beautifying our city, and preventing
disease and also fire from accullu
lated rubbish. By April 20 we eApec
To see Bonaparte the neatest appear
ing and cleanest city In Van Bure1
county.
Mrs, Joe Cox, of Croton, visited
here Wednesday at the Mrs. 5. Co'
home.
VIM. Cocherell and wife of keo
saunua, visited here TUESDAY VIII
their son, Arthur and family
7. B. Slim, who is in the plctur
business in Des Moines. has pee'
visiting at his home mere lor 'ne pas
several days.
l w. r. Wilson and John Sorensoi
of Lacon, H., came Wednesday ever
ing and expect to be here ABOUT wv
weeks, packing and getting reaoy 10
shipment, the last installment OF m L.
|, chinery from the old WOODEN M =
here, which the Lacon WOODEN MI
Co. purchased some time ago.
M
Hanback, is being improved thu
week by the addition of some col
crete steps. The porch is also d
ing remodeled and made larger.
Bonapartt merchants were offerln
: 35c dozen for eggs here on Wedne
: day, April IS. That Is good prlc
for eggs and is considerably highe
: in price than they generally are
: this time of the year.
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"7hrouob the Wall" at the Grand.

Everybody likes good, exciting De.
tective plays. Through the Wall,
the six reel Blue Ribbon feature pic
ture at the Grand tonight, has all the
engrossing attributes Of the well made
detective play. The master criminal,
with his miraculous dexterity in the
art Of disguise and his manifold de-
vices for the confounding of his enc
mics, is the leading character. A
keen-eyed, quick-witted and finely de-
yeloped detective runs him close
second in power to fascinate the imag.
ination and an engaging heroine and
half a dozen other cleverly.drawn
characters complete the proper selec-
ton of types. Nell Shipman, George
Holt, William Duncan, Webster Camp
bell. Corrinne Griffith, Anna Schaffer
Otto Lederer and George kinkle are
members Of the cast. They all justify
their selection. The play is immense
full Of thrills and with pleasing fin
ish.
Tomorrow, Edith and Antonio Nor
mo. in THE Shop Girl. Advertise
ment.
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euardsman Shot From Ambush.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
TRENTON, N. j., April 19.-Shot
rom ambush early today, while
guarding a railway bridge at Yard
vile, on the outskirts of Trenton,
robert Price, IS, private in the
Second New Jersey regiment, is in a
critical condition at st. Francis hos
pital here. It is believed it was the
.ntention Of his assailant to blow up
sne bridge. Powder trains from
. south Jersey plants cross the struc'
'uFe enroute to New York habor.
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BLOOD SPILLED
IN BRAZIL TODAY
Fight Between Sailors of Country ana
Sailors from informed German
Ships In the
Harbor.

United Press Leased Wire ServiceI
RIO DE JANERIO, April ia VIC
lent fight between a number Of Brazil
Ian sailors and group Of German sea
men from informed German liners re-
suited in some loss Of life" accord
inf to official announcement today. A
humber on both sides were wounded.
Dispatches from Porto Allegro TO-DAY
said the city was still in great dlsor.
uer after the riots and fires started
Monday night.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19
Kansas City Cash Grain.
FURNISHED by Long Commission G

TFurnished by Long COMMISSION CU.I
KANSAS CITY, April 19.-Wheat
No. 2 hard, old, $257@2.75; No. 8
hard. old, s2.55@2.73; No. 2 red, old,
s2.57@2.7o; No. 8 red, old, $3.50
2.es.
Corn-No. 2, s15o@151; No. 8,
$50; No. 2 yellow, S15S@1.59; No.
3 yellow, s157@15S; No. 2 white,
1.5S6162; No white, s1.56@1.59
Oats-No. 2, 721a@73ac; No. 8
71b@72kc; No. white, 74@741ac;
No. 8 white, Tic
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Modest Price for a "Hat."

Castana Times: Uncle Sam says
g $4,000, 100000 war fund would only
cost about $3S per head at long
time payments. Considering the
price of corn, hogs and cattle, that
doesn't seem a bit too high for a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19
NARROW ESCAPE
FOR VISITOR
Mrs. !. SokoIosky Of Chicago Was Hit
by Flying Fragment OF
Building Yester-
day

Mrs. /. Sokolosky Of Chicago, who IS
visiting Mrs. N. S. Lowitz, was struck
on the ankle by, piece of the OUTSIDE
coating Nof the K. P. building, which
was blown off from the ledge in the
windstorm yesterday afternoon.
The injury did not prove to be ser
!ous one, and Mrs. Soko]osky Is aole
TO be about today. She was taken
home yesterday afternoon by S. STick-
Ter in his car.
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Mentor Reading Club.

The Mentor Reading club at It's
meeting yesterday afternoon, at the
home of Mrs Geo. w. Dela2laine,
had for a subject, Violinists, with
Mrs. H. Boyden Blood as reader. Or
the six violinists who were rated by
the author as great violinists, four
have appeared in Keokuk, Ole Bull,
Kreisler, Elman and Maude Powell.
The club will have only one more
meeting this year and that on the
afternoon Of May l at the home OF
Mrs. James Young, with Mrs. J. }.
Chapman as reader.
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Sioux Falls Press: America invent
ed the airplane. And now, we are hap
py to learn, British and French avia-
tors are coming over here to teach US
how to use it. We welcome this i'm
portant aid, but we do wish 1t were
not necessary,
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Recital by Miss Rich.
SalI Slack 5I5
for Society Editor.

Recital by Miss Rich.
One of the delightful musical
events of the season was the recital
which was given last evening in the
auditorium Of the Y. w. Z. A., when
Mr.. George w. Barnes presented
Miss Ignore Rich, assisted by Mr..
Eugene Carter and Mrs. Ralph b.
Joy, accompanist. Miss Rich has a
soprano voice of great fieXibility as
shown in the various numbers that
she sang. Her diction ISL exception
ally good, and the easy tone produc-
ton was evident in every number
she gave. Miss Rich has a very
pleasing and gracious presence, and
is both sympathetic and appealing
towards her audience. The numbers
which she sang last night were Won
derfully well suited to her voice, and
she sang them in a way to reflect
credit not alone for herself, but for
her instructor. The number, Forget
Me Not" by Bach, represented prob
ably the most exacting study of any
of her songs. In the Japanese
Maiden" by Gaynor, she touched
popular chord and quite ably painted
the word picture of the little Jap
girl.
Mr.. Barnes has baritone voice OF
power and range, and in the two
groups of songs that he sang the
flexibility and tone power OF his
voice was most ably demonstrated.
The two lullabys which he sang gave
ample Illustration of his ability to
give expression to his work. In the
J l. i.c
for the closing number, 20, Ihat we
Two Were Maying," the voices
blended perfectly.
Eugene Carter played group OF
numbers on the violin, and charmed
his audience with his splendid inter
probation of the numbers. Mr.. Car
ter in his playing gets the deepest
meaning out of his music, and he
PLAYS his numbers in unusually sym
pathetic fashion.
To Mrs. Ralph B. Joy, accompan-
list, considerable credit and praise
| must be given for her part in the
program. She plays in full sympathy
with the artist whom she is accom-
panying, and adds greatly in this
manner, to the full enjoyment OF the
numbers. Her ability at the piano
fits her for playing accoppaniments
and her understanding and inter
pretive ability show to fullest advan
tage in this work.
! The program follows:
/. Jerusalem Thou. That Killest
est. Paul. ...... .Mendelssohr
| Air: Forget Me Not. ID. S. Bacf
Rejoice Greatly (Messiah) Hande
| Miss Ignore Rich.
IL. Songs My Mother Taught. .Dvorai
/ Mary of Argyle. ...........N Nelson
| Cradle Song ........ .Macfauyel
/ Mr.. George w. Barnes.
8. Evening Song .........- Nache
Mutt de Mai arranged by Ell
man) ........ Gustave Michiel
Devant Son Image. .Jeno Huba.
Mr. Eugene Carter.
4. Hear a Thrush at Eve. .Cadmal
Ye Banks and Braes O Benny
Doom with violin obligato)
.Old Scotch Al
Sleep Little Baby of Mine
with violin obligato) .Denne
Mr. George w. Barnes
Is. Down in the Forest <From
Cycle of Life) .Ronal
Japanese Maiden. ........ Gayno
In the Boat. ........... Grie
Miss Ignore Rich.
6. O That We Two Were Maying
with violin obligato) 80. .Nevi1
Miss Rich and Mr.. Barnes.
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The Hippodrome.

"The Crab" which will be seen at
the Hippodrome theater tonight. is
said to be one of the most appealing
pictures that have yet been produced
for the Triangle program. The lead
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keokuk Girl, Class Prophet.

Miss Vera Berger, who will gradu-
ate in June from the Minnesota Nor
NAL Training school, at Minneapolis.
has been chosen class prophet and is
one of the few who will appear on
the class day program. Miss Berger
will graduate from the kindergarten
department.
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training and ability. Nothing of this
ambitious nature is being attempted
here now. The society welcomes new
members who may enroll at any time
at the Y. w. C. A. In a book espec-
tally arranged for that purpose.
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THE DAILY GATE CITY

to ell. but one other branch, the quar-
termaster corps, is little known. This
branch of the service deals with the
| important function OF feeding, trans
porting and sheltering troops. 1t also
has charge of the army transports.
| Young men are accepted in the army
from the ages of IS to 50. They must
be Of good moral character and physl-
cally sound. They get extra pay for
foreign service and in the highly spe.
cialized branches, such as the signal
corps and the engineers, many non
commissioned officers get good salar-
les.
! A soldier gets all his food and cloth
ing free He also receives expert med
! ical attention without charge his
home In time OF peace is usually a
large, comfortable barracks, with good
| sleeping quarters and recreation
room.
The young man who aspires to a
commission may enlist as private
and study for promotion. The can.
didate must be prepared to pass stlit
examination, and he must be below ~
years of age when he takes 1T.
| Regimental commanders may now
recommend deserving men for com
missions in the volunteer forces In
time of war. Every regimental com
mander recently was ordered to SUD
NIT sixty names. II Uncle Sam should
raise huge army under compulsory
military service law, men from the
ranks would get commissions.
The National Guard.
The national guard consists OF the
military forces of the states which in
time of war are brought under the
federal government and receive the
same nav while serving with the army
If contains the same branches In the
larger states as the regular army.