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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-26

The occasion calling for the de-
cision arose when Governor Charles
Brough, of Arkansas, found 1t nee
essnry to be in Mt. Ida. forty-two
miles away to speak on the Liberty
Bonds, and the roads in terrible con-
dition. After the committee picked
the Maxwell as the car for the Gov
ernor to attempt the trip, II. c..
Phelps contributed not only his car.
but his time as a driver. After the
return trip was finished Governor
Brough expressed surprise at the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-26
$4,000 Letters Handled Daily

An idea of the vast amount Of
correspondence that passes through
the Toledo headquarters of WHY'S
Overland, Inc, can be gained from
the fact that on the average about
$4,000 pieces of mail are handled
each day in the mailing department
of the big automobile plant. Sew
enty-five thousand dollars are spent
each year for postage.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-26
TWO MILLION HAVE SEEN
WILLYS-KNIGHT FILM

1t Is estimated that during the
year Just past over 100000 people
have seen the motion picture "A
Tale of Two Sleeves that describes
the operation of the willys-Knight
motor. The new section recently
added to the film, showing the opera
tion of the Knight motored tanks on
European battlefields, is drawing
capacity crowds to the lectures.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-26
Rounding Corner at specd

Driving car around a sharp cor
ner at 25 miles an hour does more
damage to the tire than does Is or
25 miles of straight road work. This
is an economical reason why one
should drive around corners eau
tiously and slowly The other re-
suits are obvious.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-26
what Service Means to WiIvs

Service as applied to the automo-
bile business means nothing more or
less than supplying the car owner
the thing he needs at the time he
wants it, and at reasonable cost,
according to John n. Willys, presi-
dent of WHY'S Overland, Inc.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-26

power of the Maxwell engine as
shown by pulling through nearly im~
passable chuck holes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-26

striped portions. Interior decora-
tors use the same idea in the mod
ern home.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09
the troop and has 10 head of horses

the troop and has 10 head of horses
to keep shod.
Lee county hasn't been represented
in the guard house for misconduct, he
writes.
Here is his letter:
/ Il can say this much: Lee county
has not been represented in the guard
house up until this writing. We were
all separated at Jefferson Barracks,
Mo, and ] would like for you to print
these names in the paper so some one
will send me these fellows addresses:
Joe Goetz, .Rubber" Brown, Clyde
Ferris, Raymond Hornung, and Faber.
Il am anxious to write to them. I
am in the 313th cavalry. We are
twelve miles from the border and see
nothing but greasers and sand. There
are two regiments of cavalry here We
have an outpost guard on the border
and we can not go over the line, al
though some of us have been over
But then there are a lot of things one
can't do in the army.
Il am a horse sheer for my troop
and have 10 head OF horses to keep
shod. l have Wednesday and Satur-
day afternoons off each week. l do
not have to drill or stand roll call or
retreat. When l go off duty Saturday
at II a. M, am off until 1880 Monday
morning"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09
AMERICAN
MARINE HEROES
Rsoqed Young Veterans Spawning ~
Sunshine Have Trouble
In Sleeping Because its
so Quiet.
TBy Lowell MeIlett, Uuited Press
staff Correspondent

rRv Lowell MeIlett, Uuited Press
staff Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE
MARINE, June 15.-tby mail)I spent
today among the American heroes OF
the Marine in quiet village where
even the big guns are scarcely audi
BILE The contrast to the recent right
ing was so great that one feutentant
complained the "deafening silence
prevented him from sleeping.
Ragged young veterans SPRAYED
about. soaking up the sunshine anu
trying to organize their own mental
picture of what they had been through
Their Ieader-not so ragged-because
ne was wearing an intact, nonfituns
private's uniform, with only should
tab to indicate his rank-was trying
to classify his recommendations OF his
men for bravery There is one recon-
mendation which the officer cannot
make. but which every man does. That
is the leader himself. They tell end
less stories Of his performances dur
ing the fourteen days and ui9hts az
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09

LOCKED OUT
Three More Men Reported VIZ
charged Because They were
Members of Operators
Union,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Serve.
SEATTLE, Wash, July 9.-OniuT
telegraphers today wired Secret aru
Of Labor Wilson that the Wesu ors
Union had discharged three n .Sst
employees on Monday for joining 'n'
organization.
The message follows: ,ss
"As a result of telegraphers n IL.
ing Sunday night, there were a n' a..
Der OF Wesern Union employees IL .be
tendance, some of whom joined .;nr
union. Notwithstanding the un I'M
here had, in accordance with W
wishes, decided to hold strlke, srs
der in allegiance, these new mein nm
were discharged today, adding I'D
Der more to the 200 already Ioo and
out. Telegraphers in this CITY I'D
unionists in other crafts ana mn
councils are intensely wrougn,s asrs
Remember that these 200 tei' III
piers have been locked out foi
mast ten weeks"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09
down AND OUT
MOTHER BRACES
UP. SURPRISES
WHULE FAMILY

She had worked. loved and was
happy in doing for her children, anu
when she started 10 break down lhey
were frantic, were willing to do al
most anything to make her last years
l1appy and free from worry and III
ness. Nothing they did seemed to
help: doctors, medicines or rest gave
no results.
Finally, when all were about des-
perate with worry a neighbor induced
them to try Phos phated Iron. 1t mao
worked such wonders with her Old
folks. Ready To grasp at any help
they got supply and the way their
mother improved from the start was
almost too good to believe. 1t was
sure happy and reunited family ana
you can bet they are all boosting
Phosphated Iron 10 the limit.
Doctors the world over will tell you
that Phosphates and Iron will build
uD and store strength and energy
against old age and nervous break
downs. One OF our leading physl-
clans says: 1.-The results l have OBJ
tanned with Phosphated Iron have
been great in cases of old people,
where 1t was necessary to build up
strength, revive bodily functions, give
them life, renewed youth and health"
There must be something TO it Doc
tors and druggists all tell the same
story OF success.
Special Notice-To insure physi-
clans and their patients getting the
genuine Phosphated Iron, it is put up
in capsules only. Do not allow deal
ers to give you pills or tablets, insist
on capsules.-McGrath Bros. Drug
Co, Keokuk, Iowa, and leading drug |
gists everywhere.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09

the Belleau wood flgnrng. They say
| you will always find him in their
midst, where shells are falling the
fastest or machine guns splitting the
most dangerously.
! I got line on the mems affection
for their leader when 1 witnessed his
uproar on discovering that a consign-
ment of monkey meat"-as the men
like to call canned shredded beef-had
| been delivered today, instead OF the
| fresh beef that had been ordered. The
delivery apparently was a mistake, as
/ the necessity OF hot meat and other
hot food is recognized in the case OF
men who have not been eating any
| hot food, even coffee, for two weeks.
| While the officer was struggling
with the question OF recommends
lions, I made a little. unofficial can
vass among the men, seeking to learn
their ideas as to who should be award
ed In the course of a few hours / OBJ
tanned many.
There was big Swede" Peterson.
None knew his first name or his homo
town and he was absent. Peterson's
machine gun crew was killed. He fired
the gun all alone until the Germans
ran. Then he seized the gun and car
ried It forward, reset and fired until
the Germans ran again. Then there
was the unknown fellow who dashed
straight at machine gun which was
picking off the men all about him. He
grabbed the muzzle and turned the
gun on its back while the Boche crew
ran
Walter Cook, a private Of Price
burg, Pa, when Lieut.. Drinkard Mil
ner. Of Henderson, Texas was COM
PEELED to assume command of a com
pany-the captain being Killed
calmly accepted the job of second In
command, there being no other Of
ficers. He managed the men like
West Pointer and was as cool as a
cucumber. despite raining shells and
.seething machine gun bullets.
John Iage, Of Peoria, Ill. was In
jured and was bound for the rear in
an ambulance when a bursting shell
struck the machine. He got out, help
ed repair the damage climbed back
in and resumed his journey to the
hospital.
An unnamed sergeant. when every
Body else was ducking the Job OF TAX
ing back the wounded, because they
wanted to continue the rush forward,
took charge OF forty prisoners, org aniZ-
ed them as stretcher bearers and
made them work until the field was
cleared UP. Then he marched them to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09

the rear.
Stories Of this kind are endless,
Personally, 1 never before believed the
tales of men wanting to go back after
a serious siege Of fighting, but today
twenty of them told me they are ready
after days rest.
Meantime, in the side streets, COM
panies were being reorganized.
Depleted lines faced non-coms TAX
ing the place OF missing officers, ans
wering roll call. 1t seemed that the ans
wer missing" was more frequent than
any other. When such an answer was
received, an officer would put a new
man in. The latter would seem bash
fully conscious of the fact that he was
stepping into place which few days
ago had been filled by hero.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09
What Our
Lads Write
He Wants Addresses

cavalry, troop B, now at Del Rio,
Texas, twelve miles from the border,
wants the addresses of several Keo-
kuk men from whom he was separated
at jefferson Barracks, Mo.
Private Walch is. a horse sheer for
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09

July /. 1918. in favor OF Geo. II. Bech-
tel & Co, Davenport, Iowa
Roll call: Ayes-Lofton, Kenny,
Hickey.
ED. S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
o. W. SANDBERG,
City Clerk
There being no further business
council upon motion adjourned.
ED. S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
o. W. SANDBERG,
City Clerk
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09

[AN CHORUS AT CHAUTAUOUA IN CHOIR VESTMENTS

oratorios, operate favorites, modern
popular songs Of the better grade, with
costume operettas and selected
number of the choice "old" songs,
there will be ample variety in the
Cecilians' programs to suit every
taste. Second Day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09

". W. SANDBERG.
City Clerk
resolution No. $50.
De ~ resolved, by the city council
OF the City of Keokuk:
mat the City Clerk be and he ,s
nereny authorized to draw warrant
;r 90 sz III to !215, inclusive, aggregaI.
ing S2,5OoNO, for semi-annuaI i5teEes =,
u oe e JHly od 4, 1918, on refunding bonds
Vi F !pot dated January i. 1871
and that the same be sent 70 N "
Halsey & Co, Chicago, m; also w
That the City Clerk be- and he :,
hereoy authorized to draw war; :,
Nos. 1916 to 1918, inclusive "a ran
retirement Of $1,000 bond and s1 Se,n p
lcoupon interest total s1,2125 80 1 d,,,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09

KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF sBC17P.
TTY. KEOKUK COUNCIL NO. 1o3e
meets the first and third Monday nj
each month at Woodman hall at 800
o'clock. H. c. Dose, president
Mayr1e c. Schenk, financier, Mrs
Blanche Martinez, secretary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09

Made up of thoroughly professional
yocalists, several Of them widely
known operate and concert singers,
the Cecilian Chorus promises a mu-
steal treat for local Chautauqua pat
rons.
Offering stately gems from the great
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09
ROYAL, ARCANUM.

Keokuk council No. 536 meets third
Friday each month. Hawkes. han,
Eighth and Main. Visiting breth-
rem fraternally invited to attend. G.
c. Montague, regent; J. L Annable,
secretary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09

LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE.
Keolzuk lodge No. 704, meets every
Tuesday night at 500 p. m, in Moose
hall. corner OF Sixth and Main. Visit
ing brothers cordially invited. 4. E
Moore, dictator; A L. Laubersheimer
secretary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09
DAMASCUS commANDERY NO. 5.

Meets regularly every third Thurs
day in each month. Visiting breth-
ren cordially invited TO attend. Frank
J. Veuning, E c.; Beranrd w. her-
Ram, Rec
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09
& OF 7

1Iorning Star lodge No. 5, mee,.
at Fifth and Blondeau, K. of P. buiIS,
ing, Tuesday at 1880. o. W. Rove
chancellor commander; ]. A. Burgass
K. of r. and S. Visiting Knights fra.
ternally invited.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09

Puckech etuck lodge No. -, meets
every Friday evening at 500 O'Clock
silas Brant, -. c.; George W. In
Inegart, permanent secretary.
Puckechetuck Encampment No Z,
meets first and third Thursday even
ings OF each month John Eisenhuth.
financial scribe
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09

MODERN WOODsfEN OF AMERICA,
GIBBONS HALL.
Keokuk Camp No. 622, meets every
"Wednesday evening at 1880 p. N. Our
latch string is out TO neighbors. E
H. Wilson, v. c.; n. ]. Hancock, clerk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09

FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES,
Keokuk Aerie, No. $50, meets first
and third Wednesday Of each month
at Eagles hall, 4O7 Blondeau street
Visiting brothers cordially invited.
Hugh X: Crawford. W. President;
Charles A. Noakes. W. Secretary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD
FELLOWS.
Eeoszuk lodge No. u, L Q. o. e,
meets regular every Monday night
FL 1890 O'Clock c. e Mackie,
N G.: z. II. Pugh, Rec. Sec'y. Visit
ing brothers invited to attend
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-09
2 2. O HKS-

Keokuk lodge No. 1O6, meets first
and third Thursday nights at EIks'
hall, Sixth and Blondeau streets.
Club rooms open daily Visiting breth-
rem cordially invited. 6. Lloyd Nor.
man, e. R.; Leroy ]. Wolf, secretary.
The Little River news., 1918-10-16
w S
SHOT AT COURTHOUSE
Mrs. E. C. Cox Said to Have Fired at W. P. Leslie Wounding slim Slightly.

As result of several shots fired at the courthouse Satuday :.ight at about o'clock, said to have been fired by Mrs. E. c. Cox at w. P. Leslie MT. Leslie was slightly wounded by a bull let grazing his head. J. H. Williams, deputy clerk, had been asked to come to the office by C. T. Bradshaw, father of Mrs. Cox, to make out some papers. Mrs. Cox and MT. Leslie soon appeared. From the conversation that followed MT. Williams foresaw trouble and in tervened With MT. Bradshaw. The other two went into the hall and soon the shots were heard. Mr. Leslie fled to the sheriffs home at the jail Just what took place or was said that led to the shooting will probably be known at the examining trial, which is under stood to be set for Saturday. All the parties are we'll known and prominent people,
The Little River news., 1918-10-16
C. B. DRIFT DIES
Popular Travelling Man Died in This City Friday Night of
 PneuinGnia.

Claud B. Dritt died at his home in city Friday night at II o'clock after an illness of one week with pneumonia. He became i'll with the Spanish influ enza, which rapidly developed into pneumonia He is survived by wife and an infant son. The body was con- veyed to Lockesburg Saturday where the funeral and burial was held Sun day afternoon. \ large number of friends accompanied the boay to the train Saturday at noon, and many beautiful flowers were presented by friends here and elsewhere as an eX- pression of the love and esteem in which the deceased was held. Mir. Dritt was 33 years 0: age. His par ents live in California, Mo. His mother had been summoned and arrived only a short time before his death. His father was away from home and was expected to arrive in Lockesburg in time for the funeral.
 ID. " Der of years ago ss travelling salesman for the Cudahy Packing Company. A few years ago he resigned his position with that company. to accept posi- ton with Plunkett-Jarrell-Mc Gro cer Company of this city, which po- sition he wss holding to tho time of his death. He YVES very popular with all who knew him and all who had business relations with him accorded him the highest confidense and 1riend- ship. A few years after coming to this section he was married to Miss Dell Dollarhide of Lockesburg. It proved a happy marriage, and the future spread before them and their little son life full of happiness and success. A host of friends here and over a wide teTritCTy feel genuine sorrot' at the passing O. one Of our cost men.
The Little River news., 1918-10-16
MED COLLINS DIES
Eigh4een Year Old Son of Mir. and Mrs. \. T. Collins Succombed
 Saturday.

1 Ned, the eighteen year old sOE of EX- the home of his parents in this city Saturday afternoon at 5:30 after an ill- ness of two weeks. Ned hnS been work ,ing ct munition factory in Jackson ! vile, Tenn, when he became ill with 1 the Spanish influenza. He reached home before he took his bed, but his condition bec-me rapidly worse and pneumonia developed With the best possible attention has8ade a brave fight for his life, but fiHQ1ly all proved O. no avail. The funeral was held in , the local cemetery Sunday afternoon after o'clock in the presence of a gre2t host Of sorrowing friends and relatives The Ashdown Home Guards of which Ned was al member marched to the home and accompanied the body to the grave in full uniform and with lowered arms. A squad from the company acted as. paiF bc,rers, and !. at thesSad of the service consigned the body of &eir companion to it's final resting plaae. The funeral service was conductedsRs Rev. F. P. Doak of DeQueen, the former pastor of the de- ceased, and was assisted by Rev. s. K. Burnett, Rev. Wales amt Rev. " T. Sullivan. Rev. Doak maGe very inn pressive talk as did Rev Wales. Scarcely had so many flowers been seen at funeral in Ashdown as were piled high on the grave at the close of the service.
 Ned was born in Ashdown, and grew to manhood here. Full of life, clean and honorable, he was loved by all. He was just coming into splendid man. hood full of promise. When his coun- try went to war, though still under age, he plead to be allowed to enlist. After arriving at the age of IS and no enlistments being open, he asked his father to allow him to work in a muni-, tion factory, where he may serve until he could get into the army. His father bade him godspeed and told him to go and it was in this service for his coun- try that he contracted the illness that took his life.
 I4 .s s l
The Little River news., 1918-10-16
to be no chance for the enemy to re- organize his forces for resistance.
 LaOn Is Captured.

to be no chance for the enemy to re- organize his forces for resistance
 LaOn Is Captured.
 Laon, the last of the group of nat urs!l obstacles forming the keystone of the German defense in France, has been taken without a fight
 General Gouraug's troops in pur- suit of the Germans have reached the banks of the Aisne in the bend that passes south of Rethel ana Chateau Porcien. Five thousand civilians have been liberated in the Villages ana towns retaken from the Germans.
 The German stronghold of La Fere, together with a great part of the St. Gobain forest of which La Fere was a northerly outpost at the Disc, has been captured by the French, today's official war office statement an nounces.
 The La Fere-Laon railway line has been crossed on the higl ground be- tween anlZy ana VertSSny about two and one-half miles east of La Fere.
 The northern and eastern sections of La Fere are burning.
 Notable progress has been made by the Italians and French along the line to the east, where the French have reached Amifontaine, which is 15 miles north of Rheims.
 Sish Is Captured.
 Operations in Serbia and Albania likewise daily are being carried for ward successfully. Nish has been cap tured and the enemy driven to the hills north of it.
The Little River news., 1918-10-16
EROMT CRACKING FROM
 ST. GOBATN TO ARGOKNE
Paris Believes Germans Must Retreat : About 30 Miles-Defense in Rear Not So Strong as Was the Hin- denburg Line.

Paris. Oct. 13.-The entire German front from St. Gobain to the Argonne has cracked on a 60mfle front and it now appears that the enemy will be forced to retreat to a depth of about 30 miles before finding a suit able line of defense. At the best his position will be menaced at it's Hanks on the Disc to the Sambre canal from Ribemont to Landrecies, which lines are very near the Belgian frontier. There will be nothing here like the enemy's strong defenses on the Hin denburg line.
 The Germans are expected to cover their retreat, as usual, with the lest of the natural licenses the country affords, the principal enemy asset in the present instance being the forests in the area of the backward move ment
 Between the Disc and Berry-c gu Be,, the Seventh German army has been forced to abandon the line of the Ailette, retiring it's right in the for est O. St. Gobain. In the Champagne General Gourspd is containing his ter rife cnslaughts on his disorganized adversary.
 For IF consecutive days General Gourard's men have been pounding the German positions and continuing to make inroads upon the defenses. To the north the British armies are pushing their advances almost to the point of liberating Douai,S which is one of the gre2t objectives on their front Virtually all the German line is in movement and there seems now
The Little River news., 1918-10-16
COUNCIL PASSES
 FULL STOCK LAW
Includes Horses, Mules, Cows and Hogs-COws May Run :lt Large During
 Day.

The city council MonSay night pass Cd general staock law The law prohibiting hogs running at large has
 m 4 been in effect for number Of yearss The new lslw includes horses, mules COWS and all other kinds of stock. It provides the f cows may run out. dur ing the day, but must be kept up at night. The law will be in effect from passage and publication.
The Little River news., 1918-10-16
MISS
From Hon. Q. T. WingO.
Washington, D. G., Oct. 1, 19-

Washington, D. G., Oct. 1, 1918. Little River. News, Ashdown, Ark. Gentlemen;~~ @
 will appreciate it if you will sug- gest to your readers that when they write me about allotments insurance aud various other matters affecting our aoldters that they give me their full name and company and regiment, as this saves time and trouble. I have attended to hundreds of matters for our soldier boys, and it is always pleasure to be of service to them and their relatives. Thanking you. am,
 Yours very truly, OTIS WINGO.