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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-21
From the New York Herald.

| From the New York Herald.
 ! G7T1OM LEE, mayor of Chinatown, !" merchant, peacemaker. head of the On Leong Tong in New York, left I hls home at No. IS Mott street yesterday 1 long journey to the land of the spirits. And as the coffin in which lay the pa- triarch passed out of the narrow en- trance a brass band played Nearer, My
 God, to Thee,' for the old Chinese lead l CT was a Christian. To be sure, the
 hymn of the Caucasians had Monsolian touch, for added to the instruments was a great brass Chinese gong, two feet in diameter, and it was beaten all through the playing of the band. The effect was not bad, either, and seemed eminently appropriate and fitting for the occasion. No dragons were carried in the funeral procession, but there were seven open carriages filled with beautiful floral pieces, crosses and pillows and wreaths and great masses of roses and chrysan- 1 themums. and behind the hearse other floral emblems were carried by some of l the Chinese mourners, who walked bare headed, two abreast.
 The hearse itself was the finest that Naugiton, the Chinatown undertaken, could procure. It was a great black hearse, elaborately ornamented and hav- 1 ing huge silver lamps at the front. And | it was drawn by six big, black horses, all decked out in funeral trappings over their black and silver harness. Six big horses to pull Tom Lee, who didn't | weigh more than a hundred pounds! The bands-two Caucasian and one Chi nese-arrived in front of No. IS Mott street shortly after noon, but is was nearly 2 o'clock before the procession started. Mott street was crowded with Chinese and persons of all descriptions, who had come from all over the city to | see the funeral.
 Only the Chinese were permitted | through the lines; the mere curiosity seekers were kept back. On fire es- capes opposite the house were moving picture men and newspaper photograph CTS with batteries of cameras all set and ready.
 | It was cold there in the street, but the crowds waited patiently, and every now ana then one of the bands-not the Chi
 nese one--would play Chopins funeral
 march or something equally solemn, al-
 ways to the accompaniment of tho great Chinese gong. The Chinese musicians, with many curious and weird looking in- struments, some covered with snake skins, sat in a long black omnibus and took no part in the preliminary musical programme. Nor did they play at all while the funeral was in Manhattan. l Up in the room on the third floor where the coffin lay banked in flowers | a portrait of Tom Lee was hung on the wall, and over the portrait was cruel l fix, for Tom Lee had embraced Chris 1 tianity in his declining years, it is said at the request of his wife He used to do homage to Joss and never lost his respect for the god of his younger days never did anything to offend him. He was a careful man, was Tom Lee. So the followers of Confucius and the Christians had equal part in the funeral. The Episcopal service for the dead had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-21
Dazzling ''Marquis"
 Comes to Grief.

HUST few incidents in the career 0 of Edmond Rousselot, "hall- room nobleman," styling himself the Marquis di Castillo, intimate friend of the King of Spain, whose name and tnat of the Spanish minister of war he forged :, documents addressed to himself
 It is needless to say that the mar quis is now in the middle of a bad fix and has been forced to answer questions which would humiliate any true nobleman to the verge of tears. While the marquis was being lionized at New York clubs, he didn't mind showing the document presumably ad- dressed to him by King Alfonso. "Cher Marquis" is the way the King began his cordial communication, and it was signed, "Your dear friend, AL phonso." The marquis was pained to learn that the Spanish monarch's name is spelled "Alfonso."
 Authorities have also been investi- gating number of fake telegrams and documents with imposing seals, supposed to be of a diplomatic nature, which the marquis addressed to him. self and received at the psychological moment at various hotels where he was creating atmosphere" and also at the home of a famous movie ac- tress, where he was made welcome guest by the star and her mother. Since the young woman is a favorite among Birmingham patrons of the silent drama, her name will be with held, for lmU ne reasons.
 An, f,.-cc..ll of the French govern ment's secret service had good laugh over the military outfit of the marquis, in which he had dazzled Broadway. Incidentally, Edmond is a subject of France. The marquis had been wearing aviation caps, the blue coat of the French engineer corps, the trousers of an infantryman and the boots of cavalry officer. It was evidently his desire to slight no branch of the service.
 Another young woman who was ''in- terested" in the bogus nobleman and confessed to having given him $10, 900, declined at first to furnish bail, all though it was expected that she would do so later. When last heard from, the marquis was languishing in the Tombs.
 All sophisticated New York asks of engaging foreigners is an opportunity to be duped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-21

lnance a back-to- -the-land movement
 for returned soldiers. Canada and
 Australia are providing farms for
 men incapacitated for further military
 service. "What will the United States
 do to assist its heroes of foreign bat
 tlefields to return to peaceful occu- lpations under conditions favorable alike to them and to the body polite 2"
 asks Mir. Ucker.
 This question of mobilizing our lighters for agricultural pursuits
 after the war is to be taken up with the federal authorities at Washington, where Congress is already beginning
 to move in this matter. It is pointed
 out that the remaining portion of public lands of this country adapted to diversified agriculture is practical 1 ly exhausted. This is shown by the fact that thousands of farmers in the middle west have been, during the last ten years, seeking homes in Can- ada, whose government offered ready made farms on longtime payments. The southern cut-over lands are ap- praised at prices tempting to home- seekers, and after peace returns our soldiers will be able to acquire them on easy terms. As the land here is in private ownership MT, Usker appre- ciates the difficulty in the way of pro- jviding homesteads that will attract, as did the free homesteads of the west after the civil war. He suggests government guarantee to the pur- chaser as to title. All the questions regarding this cut-over land proposi- tion can be worked out by proper getting together of bankers, land owners, state immigration bureaus and f>L
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-21
MIR. EIsENsTEIN,s SACRIFICE

New York correspondence of Cincinnati
 Times-Star.
 A growing institution of Broadway is the nightly Idea Levee' given by George McManus in the Astor bar in the inter- est of Bringing Up Father George buys the drinks and selected guests com pete in sprightly suggestions about topics from which pictures can be made for the series which has made the humble Mo- Manus sobriquet household word. Ar thur Hopkins producer of ''The Gypsy Trail.'' won the Thursday night contest with the following:
 In front of a small notion shop, con- dLcted by Moses Eisenstein, in Brooklyn, a service flag with B stars was dis played. A passerby, in astonishment. said to the proprietor: Surely there haven't been 3S clerks go from this place to the war;
 "No," responded MT. Eistenstein. ''Thir- ty-eight customers went"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-21
AN AMPHIB1ous HERO

From the Kansas City Star.
 Several readers of the stars serial, The Devils Own,' have commented on the hero's marked aptitude for falling into the Mississippi river To some read CTS, it seems as though every instail- ment finds the hero either being kicked into the river or crawling up the bank. Gee" writes one enthusiast, 'that young mans clothes pressing bill must be something fierce. Why not put him in bathing suit for the rest of the story ?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-21

men who few months ago were pre-
 dieting a revolution in this country against the operation of the selective drafgt law are seemingly barred from membership in the I-told -you-so organ nations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-21
THE woMANLY WOMAN

From the Houston Post.
 Helen Rowland says the woman of the future must be mannish to a certain ex- tent both in attire and manner to be thoroughly successful. Then Lord have mercy on the future. Our notion is that no woman can be truly successful from womanhood's standpoint unless she is 'she" through and through, with all her heart, mind, strength and soul and the duds she drapes her body with.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-21
spEED IN puILADEIpHIa

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 It is said that Philadelphia man borrowed a wife in order to secure exemption from army service. Yet some people call Philadelphia slow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-21
LIMIT OF FERMENTATION

From the Chattanooga News.
 For the benefit of folks who like pho netic spelling. lawyer, in assisting a registrant to fill out his questionnaire before one of the local boards the other day, spelled the word thus: ?aire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-21
CORRECT

! From the Memphis Commercial-A Appeal Naturally Secretary Baker opposes the creation of munitions bureau which would make him play second fiddle" says the Birmingham Age-Herald. Umph-huh; ies' so,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-21
NO MORE WOOD PILE!

From the Atlanta Journal.
 These war times have altered lot of expressions. What has become of the nigger in the wood pile, for in stance?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-21

REVELATION TO sOUTHERNERS From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal
 Lots of people have learned that they can live. move and have their being without eating hot biscuits twice day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-21
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FORGING AHEAD

From the Charleston News and Courier
 The official order prohibiting army teAmsters from swearing ct Missouri mules is another proof of how far wa have progressed toward the millennium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-21

BEGINNING THE DAY--Ah, my Father, what treasures await in Thy palaces! What pleasures in Thy halls! What flowers in Thy Gardens! What rest and comfort at Thy right hand! All these are mine for the having, and still I wander away from Thee and suffer hunger and thirst! Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-21
OvJT IN THE COLD

From the Nashville Banner.
 Certain eminent self-confessed states-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-21

Let the end try the man.
 Henry ". $ * *
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-21

TELEPHONE Bell (priyate exchange connecting all departments) Main 4900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-21

the federal government
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-04
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HAM1I,TON GATE CRTYl
NJ - 4.M...e. ILL., JUNE :. y
HAMILTON, ILL.,, JUNE 4.

few weeks duration. Myrtle Turner
was born in this city April s, 1882
kand spent her girlhood days in our
, midst She was united in marriage to
Lyman Hardesty in Keokuk June 2,
4 1903 and Keokuk has been their home
since their marriage. Three children,
Clarice, Nellie and Lyman Jr., with
the husband and father are left in
this sorrowing home to grieve for a
devoted mother and wife. Mrs. Har-
desty is also survived by her father
John Turner, two sisters. Mrs. Hayes
Daugherty and Miss Addie Turner
and brother Edward Turner of this
city and a sister Mrs. Nellie Kennedy
of Keokuk. The deceased was reg
ular attendant of the Christian
| church Sunday school OF this city,
prior to her marriage, and had a
large circle of friends here, who were
shocked and grieved over her death.
Funeral services were held today in
Keokuk. In their sorrow the relatives
have the deep sympathy of their
many Hamilton friends and neigh
bors in the loss of their loved one.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Byers and Mr..
and Mrs. Will Publisky of keokuk,
motored to Quincy Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. William Kinyoun and
children, formerly of this city, moved
from Nauvoo to Ferris last week.
Miss Eva Butler passed into rest
at a hospital in Oakdale Iowa, the
latter part of last week. Miss Butler
had been afflicted with consumption
for the last few years but the immed-
tate cause of her demise was pleural
pneumonia. She was aged twenty
years, two months and seven days.
Miss Butler had many acquaintance
In this city, having lived here sever
al months with her sister Mrs. Mar
tin in the O'Harra addition. Her Sis
ter died with consumption few
years ago while living here. Miss But
Ter was beautiful girl and her
friends here will regret early death
The remains were taken to Carthage,
her former home for interment.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Kiser and
daughter Miss Lucy, Mrs. Hamrick,
and Mrs. J. H. Orr attended the pub
&c patriotic speaking at Carthage
Sunday afternoon. Sergeant Hugh
Marsh. recently from active service
with General Pershing in France
gave a splendid address in the court
house yard Sergeant Marsh repre-
sented the Council of Defence of this
state.
Mrs. Hurley Karr has been quite
i'll since Thursday. Her many friends
will wish her speedy return to,
health.
Mrs. C. B. Comstock of San Diego
California is making a weeks visit
with her neice, Mrs. Effie Emery.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-04

been put in learning to shoot because
OF the lack of range and rifle.
Now the newcomers look like sol
diers in a week. It's hard for the visi-
tor to tell the difference. Often I can
only distinguish between the rockies
and regulars by listening for that 1-2-
ga count the newly made soldier al
ways uses and the regular never.
There is a plentiful supply of nom
CONS, who can take a bunch of clerks
and farmers in hand and work won
ders with them.
In some instances men drilled for
weeks without touching a bayonet.
Now they get the Hun-stabber just as
soon as they climb into the khaki.
Then men got sick and sick men did
not recover so quickly, all because the
hospital equipment wasn't what 1t is
today Those men lost valuable time.
Today fewer are i'll and those who are
get such fine care that they get on
their feet in shorter time. I am
sure that every camp is 100 per cent
better equipped for taking care OF the
i'll.
Further speeding up is done by
night hikes, something new in the
way of training.
Men who go to camps in June will
be ready for France on New Years
day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-04
Fellers, Come
On In With Me

For the last eight years the Young
Mems Christian association has con-
Quoted free swimming school for all
the boys in the city who do not know
how to swim.
Scores of boys have learned to swim
each year. The association proposes
to run the free school again this year
and any boy who does not know how
to swim has the opportunity of get
ting ten free lessons. The classes are
open to all boys eight years of age or
over The ten day period for the
school will be held beginning June 10
on the first Saturday after public
schools are dismissed for the summer
vacation
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-04
REVERE, MO.
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Good growing weather and crops
looking fine.
The Presbyterian Sunday school
had children's exercises Sunday at II
o'clock, with good attendance.
Mrs. Logan Shuler and daughter
Dorothy, of Keokuk, came over and
spent Decoration day in Revere.
Mrs. Eliza Gardner and Miss Cleo
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with the formers grandson. NJ. c..
Gardner and family, north of Peaks
vile.
The Odd Fellows of Clark county
were entertained at our town Sa.ur-
day night. Hope all enjoyed the &C.
casion.
Miss Laura Dorothy spent Satur-
day night with her friend, Miss Faye
Ehrhart, north of town.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wood spent
Decoration day in town the guest of
Mrs. Woods mother, Mrs. Joe Baird.
Mrs. Henry Christy and children
spent Sunday at the home of Earl
Orsborn and wife.
George Curtis and family went to
summitville. Iowa, Saturday to wit
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-04

lac my stomach worried me very
much.
There seemed to be lump there
and a burning sensation which both
cred me almost constantly.
"I became so nervous that was be-
side myself. The worry and pain
kept me awake at nights. What was
worse even after / slept l didn't feel
rested. got up in the morning as
tired as when I went to bed.
81 had no appetite. ! felt miser-
able.
Many things people told me about
I tried, but got no relief. A friend
suggested Tanlac. / can't say too
much for tit has done everything
for me- My appetite has returned
and my nerves are quiet. ! know
what it is now to enjoy a nights
rest. l can truthfully say haven't
single physical worry and l thank
Tanlac for it."
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-04
TRAIN SOLDIERS
MUCH QUICKER
Uncle Sans Fight Factories Are
Turning Out Finished Product
at Top Speed
Now.
[By J. R. Grovel


[Artist who has spent most of the
last nine months at army canton
ments Putting the Grin Into the
Fight
! 1t takes third less time to train
an American soldier now than it did
last year.
F! Uncle Sam is making soldiers out OF
raw selective service men in six
months. It used to take from eight to
nine months and at some environments
even longer.
It is confidently predicted that be
fore this year is over soldiers will be
turned out, ready for the finishing
touches in France. in three months.
No other country has ever nanufac-
tured such well trained troops in so
short time.
Thirty-three per cent of the time
has already been cut off the drafted
mems training period. This may be
reduced another fifty per cent.
Surely the Hurry" call for "Over
There" has been heard. And the men
are not being sent over half trained.
This extraordinary speed is due to
the fact that every training camp is
SO well equipped in every way that the
men now can get the full course OF
training in two-thirds Of the time
their brothers needed last fall and
winter.
I have spent most of my days since
the first selective esrvice men were
called in training camps. I have
watched the gradual speeding UP in
training.
When 1 first went down the men
found training grounds but half
ready for them. There were no rifle
ranges. Guns, bayonets, ammunition
were lacking. Uniforms were few and
far between. There was shortage OF
officers. Ambulances, trucks, med1-
cal supplies and doctors were lacking.
In those days last fall men often
lived in their overalls and Derby hats
for weeks.
Today they slide into uniforms the
day after they strike camp.
Then they drilled with broomsticks.
Now a gun is showed into their hands
within forty-eight hours. Artillery and
horses were nowhere. Today they
are everywhere.
The men had to help with canton
ment work, grading, digging, getting
things ready. Now everything is
ready for them. They hop right to the
rifle range and SO to it. Last fall they
lost valuable time which might have
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-04

Mrs. Robert Davis and daughter
PISS Mary of FIT. Madison, Iowa, were
|uests Memorial day of Mrs. Davis
lster, Mrs. Casper Englehart and fam
". Both Mr.. and Mrs. Davis lived
Hamilton until their marriage and
[aVe many old time friends with their
eiatives here who are always glad to
ee tnem. Before her marriage. Mrs
ayis was Miss Lottie French.
henry Brown was a Quincy visitor
Iaturday night and Sunday,
The Misses Grace Athey and Emily
all entertained the members of the
A. L. club at the latter's home
riday evening. A very enjoyable
ening was spent at the Hall home
the members Of the club.
hrs. Alice Asher of Oklahoma, ar
Ved last week to care for and com.
IT her mother. Mrs. Wiley. The
valid is still very sick and owing to
advanced age her condition is
rious.
our state militia did not go to Mt
erhng, ILL.,. Sunday for the reason
.. one OF the head officers could not
N attendance On account of the
atn of relative.
ueo. Dennison of this city and Fred
.her Oh Ferris spent day in Quin.
ne latter part of the week.
Az ice cream and strawberry social
heid at the Golden Point church
,aas evening by the members OF the
nudy school. Quite a snug sum OF
uey was realized from the social.
~. and Mrs. Lynn Hosford, Lloyd
uefer Of the Nauvoo vicinity. and
% ruby Railsback of Macomb,
moon. S ouay a.
c, 1s hunter died at his home at
ro,nt' H., one day last week.
cha u gentleman was the father
s saarles Hunter of this city The
nv IVES Is nave the sympathy of their
ny Hamilton friends.
a. Mitchell has been yerv sick
n e.erai days. We did not learn
!. OF his illness but we hope
Fsic;. VIII be of short duration. Two
n.rs ns We're called one day the lat
70 ra't OF the week to see him
Mr. samuel Donaldson and daugh-
vaa, Lee Kari visited a few DAYS
Nh With their daughter and
r ms us Herbert of Quincy.
The Can Hardesty passed away
dav uraham hospital in Keokuk
way morning after am illness Of a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-04

Canada" He adds, "Tanlac has done
me lots of good and needed it.
used to suffer / can tell you. My
food would not digest-it would cause
gas to form in my stomach and l suf-
/ fered great distress. could always
eat but would have to pay heavy
penalty for satisfying my hunger.
well some friends recommended
Tanlac to me so highly that began
+ to take it. 1t gave me relief. After
taking two bottles did not ibloat or
have gas in my stomach nearly as
much as formerly. My food digests
better, too.
Il tried everything before taking
Tanlac but Tanlac did the work.
where other medicines failed. That's
why l recommend it."
Tanlac is sold by Wilkinson & Co.,
md other first class druggists in
Keokuk and nearby towns.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-04

The classes are all conducted under
the supervision OF the physical d.
rector of the association assisted by
competent instructors. The boys are
watched closely during the class per-
iods and it is impossible for accidents
to occur. At the close of the ten day
period all the boys that have learned
to swim will be given silver button.
In order to get this button boy
must have learned to swim at leas,
the length of the swimming pool and
be able to do a plain front dive. An
exhibition will be held at the close Of
the campaign so parents may see
what their boys have accomplished.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-04

No effective substitute for tobacco
has been found in Germany. Prof
lido Dammer, custodian of the Berlin
botanical gardens, tested scores Of
possible substitutes and found none
possessing the qualities needed. THE
only thing left, apparently writes
the professor in the Tageblatt, lis
that we have recourse to the poppy"
This explains the increased output Of
pipe dreams" in that quarter.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-04

guished service order decoration for
risking his life when q lorry in the
middle of an ammunition convoy was
blown up and six casualties occurred.
He supervised removal of wounded
under heavy shell fire. By having
the lorries nearest to the burning one
removed, he minimized the effects OF
the second explosion when two more
lorries blew up.