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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-20
Patients are There from Southern Lee
County and Have, Been Since
First One Was Ad-
mitted.
MAYOR HAD LAW FIXED
Teiesraphed State Board OF Health
and Obtained Permission to
Take Patients from Other
Townships Near.

A humber of things had to be
straightened out in the first days
when the emergency hospital was
opened and between the time 1T was
opened and the time the first patient
arrived.
One .was the matter of admissions
of patients across township lines,
when the Iowa statutes are not ade-
auate to the conditions this winter.
One unfortunate result with nobody
to. blame, was hat the statement q
day at that time that patients would
not be admitted from outside OF keo-
kuk incensed many people IN the
country, naturally under h circum-
stances. The conditions were at once
remedied, as is shown by he state
ment below obtained by The Gate
City this morning:
Red Cross Statement.
The Keokuk Red Cross calls atten-
ton to the &c that the statement
in The Gate City Saturday, Dec IA,
which said that M patients living out
side the city of Keokuk could be
taken into the Red Cross emergency
hospital here was something
which was at once corrected, as told
In MAYOR LOllOu 49,
with, by the time patients entered the
hospital.
There is a law which forbids NOV
ing patients from one township to an
other but the Keokuk board OF health
| took up the matter with the state
board and received permission to do
it under conditions prevailing here,
and Keokuk physicians were notihed
70 YbiS affocf There are now a num-
! Der of outside patients in the hos
pitaI and any cases in the seven
townships in the Jurisdiction of the
Keokuk chapter will be taken care OF
to the capacity of the hospital
c.. F. MCFARLAND,
Chairman Keokuk Chapter.
Statement Of Facts by Mayor.
AS soon as it came to my
that CONTAGIOUS diseases could not be
removed from one township to an
other. I took the matter up with the
state board of health requesting them
to allow the Red Cross emergency
! hospital to admit influenza patients
from the body of the county within
orr territory. The state board gave
JUS permission to accent them n
ip%atients were admitted from the first
day it was opened, and several
patients living outside of the city are
now in said hospital.
ED. S. LOTION,
Mayor, and President Local Board OF
Health
1t seems that this ought to satisfy
everybody that the Keokuk emer-
gency hospital is conducted on the
same high plane that it Is equipped.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-20
ADJUSTMENTS.
At the Grand.


II Won fail to see the show at the
Grand tonight you will miss n OF
the best offerings of the season.
is not a dull moment in the
whole two reels of THE Cook," and
IL is unquestionably one of Fatty
ArbuckIe's best comedies.
'Nymph of the Foothills is a
beautiful production and a pleasing
story. You will be pleased with he
entire program.
Tomorrow, the very popular star,
Harry Morey. will be seen in The
Desired Woman" It teaches the
lesson that nothing should be per-
mitted to stand in the way of true
love. A Big V comedy is also in
Guided in tomorrow's program.-Ady.
"Nothins But the Truth"
Will be at the Grand next Thursday
night Decent er &c, but in advance
here is said TO be a little suggestion
of truth-it's a play that is funny, in
fact we will not be going too far in-say-
ing 1t is very funny. 1t made great
big time-tried New York sit up and
laugh for a year. This city ought to
have a single performance to its cree
it. with a whole lot of our local thea
.tre-goers in the theatre to get an idea
what people in a big city e to laugh
at any way. It's not taking a great
risk to have one evening with Nothing
But the Truth. We might learn some
thing and mend our ways-What?
H~ippodrome, Tonight
With the constant search for nov
city it is not surprising that motion
picture producers-the more enter
prising of them-occasionally sue
coed in reversing some of the old
situations, or at least varying them.
Such is the case with Friend Hus-
band in which Goldwyn Picture
Madge Kennedy to the Hippo
drome theater tonight. Also allies
official war review.
Tomorrow - Twelve young men,
picked personally by May Allison for
her Metro play, The Return of
Mary" because they were exception
ally fine looking young fellows and
good dancers, decided that they
would like TO go owe the top" to.
gether, and so, in a body, stormed
the recruiting station at Hollywood,
Cal, where they were all accepted
ny Uncle Sam.
They will be seen in the ballroom
and dinner scene in his picture
which will be the attraction at the
! Hippodrome tneater tomorrow, and
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
RUSSIANS MAKE DRASTIC EFFORT To
STIMULATE REVOLUTION IN GERMANY
FERMENTATION AT FRONT ALREADY PASSES BE
YOND CONTROL OF HUN OFFICERS, AND THOUS
ANDS OF REVOLUTIONARY NEWSPAPERS IN GER
MAN LANGUAGE ARE SENT INTO ENEMY COUNTRY

London JAN 1.-The Petograd correspondent of the Daily
News wonders whether the danger of peace realized
England He would be defeat for German democracy
addition to nsurng the virtual enslavement Russia as
would be victory for the military in Germany
ut may mean, he adds, much than Russas neutral
y If make possible that the Germans
will ask the Russians help them forcing Russas peace
terms the entente allies rotzky well aware of the dan
ger though faced with the necessity of concluding peace and
is doing his utmost to stimulate a revolution in Germany
Fternzaon at the front already has passed beyond control
OF enemy officers and quantities revolutionary
newspapers printed in the German language are being dis
iributed e ~
i am convinced only chance in defeating German de-
signs is to publish terms the Russian terms as possible
ana oy taking powerful hand in the proposed conference
hep the democratic movement in Germany while henno he
russians to force the German the if
has had to take Whatever marty, miabt 10 ~,
power IN Russia would be compelled to conclude peace and
rotzkyS method is Likely damage Germany than he
ethod OF any more polite person his place The natonaza
on OF the banks puts powerful than the ~
oe III the hands of the Russian government and
VIII END much of the present sabotage" ''
Inc writer foreShadowS further eavennp of to
oS I'll men from other parties joining the government
me euograd correspondent of the Times who vicinc
Louor continues his anti-boshevik statements todo I
says IS not unlikely that the Germans who are now voc
e great advantages they expect from the Russian ro
uuoh Will suffer grlevOus disappointment nrovidnd th
iI!ehS or tne Russian nation offer hepinc hand H. Nv
PeS that the Russian people will not continue 70 sh m ~
Telah exploitation through boshevik 'adven,rern,' if
lies w." N"'Sa ana the entente al
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
NEW YEAR WAS
kO|S|LY GREETED

The new year was noisily greeted this
morning. Whistles were sounded and
many men and boys rushed around the
streets in automobiles and on motor
cycles. shooting off fireCrackers and the
occasional familiar sound of forty-five
was heard.
The banks and the postoffice are
closed today, as are the federal and
county offices Most of the city de.
partments We're open, some of the of.
iicials and employees being at work as
usual.
The stores were open, but little busi-
ness, apparently, was transacted. in
many instances offices and other places
Of business We're closed to the public
while employees were casting up the ac.
counts of the year and preparing an.
nual statements.
II is the time of settlements and ad.
iustments and the business men of Ard
more are certain to be satisfied when
they reach their totals for the year has
been 4 most prosperous one i'm every
! line of business. The outlook for the
coming year, according to the expires.
sion Of many merchants, gives founda-
tion for the prediction of even better
conditions during 1918.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
JEWS BEGIN TO FORM PLANS FOR
REHABILITATION Of HOLY LAND

Chicago jan -Comprehensve plans for the rehabilitation
Palestine made here at the wentytst
annual convention of the Federated Zionist societies of the mid
die west.
A committee was appointed to select a commission from
among the worlds prominent Jews proceed to Palestine
and lay the foundation for home to cost 1O0OOOOO One
million dollars of this fund to be raised in the next sixty days
The delegates subscribed $4,000 at the meeting.
petition for 1926 volunteers go to Palestine to partci
its rehabilitation will be circulated 1t also decided
organize commission land speculation and to form
cooperative form of government The meeting will close
night.
London Jan 1.-The British official statement operations
in Palestine says:
The result of the Turkish attack etake Jerusalem is that
the northwest have gained miles of ground and
have four strong positions between the enemy and Jerusalem
instead of
"The Turks suffered heavily in killed and wounded the
killed alone being estimated at about 900 So far prison.
ers and twenty machine guns have been counted
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01

Lond> Ian 1.-The British government recognizes that
RussoGen = peace proposals constitute and
factor of which official cognizance must be taken says the
Daily Chronicle in reporting did the Manchester Guardian
yesterday that the British government intends to return se
rou and reasonable reply to the peace
when presented officially.
The Chronicle adds that the United States Great Britain
France and Italy already exchanging concerning the
peace proposals.
The reported visit of Premier Lloyd George to Premier
Cemenceau of France declares the Chronicle is intelligent
anticipation which may may not be realized
London, JAN 1-Premier Lloyd George in his New Years
message to the nations appeals to all at home to do their utmost
for the for which the democraces world
eagued together especially by praccg economy and saving
to lend to the government His concludes
ITO every civilian would that your firing line is at the
works office in which do Bit the shop kitchen
which spend the bank posOffce where
your war bonds TO reach that firing line and to become
active combatant yourself. there communication
trenches to along, barrage face, horrors
wounds.
THE road of duty patriotism clear before you Follow
and 1t Will lead ere long to safety for people and
tory for cause
The New Years message by the premier the United
states similar tenor to messages sent to all the
uos except Russia The premier thanks them all for the or
ude Of their military and naval forces The communication
nations standing as the guardian of justice and liberty
The dispatch to Japan somewhat shorter than the Others
mentioning only the nations naval services All of them except
the ones sent to America and Japan close thus:
NO words OF mine adequately sense of what
we owe to the forces which fighting suffering so that
those behnd the lines may enjoy liberty and peace can
only thank them from the bottom of hearts full conf
dence that the New Year will utage of their sacrifices
in victory
Base of the American Flotlla in British Waters Jan L.
Among the New Years greetings flashed the American forces
was one from the British admiralty 1t follows:
From Admiral House with thanks past hone for 4e
future and the trust in you always ~
The New Year welcomed by the American sailors with
much noise and ceremony the circumstances of war
mitted - ~ F'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
HUN MERCHANT
SHIPS ENTERING
RUSSIAN PORTS
ENEMY COANES SI.AV TO RAISE
BLOCKADE IN WHITE SEA
AND TRAFFIC. BEGINS.
GERMANY SENDS FOOD
RusSian Government Is Taking ALI Pos
sible Precautions to Prevent the In.
coming Hun Vessels from Being At
lacked by British Subpiarines.

London Jan. THE German naval
delegation at Petrograd according to
the correspondent of the Daily Mail In
the Russian capital, has reached an
agreement with the bolshevik govern
ment for raising the blockade of the
White sea, and for the regulation of
maritime commerce. which is expected
to begin with the impending arrival at
Reval of ships with goods from Ger
many.
a dispatch to the Daily Express from
Petrograd says that German ships al.
ready have free access 10 Russian wat
ers, and the Russian government Is
taking precautions TO protect the Ger.
man vessels from British submarines.
The first commercial squadron is ex-
pected before the Russian Christmas,
or January Z.
Special dispatches from Petrograd re-
fer again to the subject of food short.
age which, according to the correspond
ent of the Daily Mail is steadily be-
coming more critical The correspond
ent Of the Daily News says that the
hotel in which he Is staying is piled
with crates Of provisions bearing Ber-
lin stamps. He adds that the German
delegation, expecting immediate famine,
brought its own food
Berlin newspaper reports received in
Amsterdam SAY that Foreign Secretary
Won Kuehlmann while coming to Ber-
lin from Brest Litovsk stopped at War
saw to confer with the Polish premier.
The Polish government, it is said, will
share in the future negotiations at Brest
Litovsk in an advisory capacity.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
RAILROAD WAR
BOARD IS ENDED

Washington Jan. lin place Of the
railroad war board, dissolved at its own
request, Director General McAdoo last
night named "A temporary advisory COM
mittee of five members to aid in general
control. President Hale Holden Of the
Burlington, one of the committee, was
appointed to supervise the machinery
created by the war board since April
to coordinate the operation of the rail
roads.
Although the committee of managers
which has maintained headquarters in
Pittsburgh to direct eastern traffic was
dissolved by the director generals or
der much Of the war boards organi-
zation will be kept intact for govern
ment use.
Other members of the new advisory
cabinet named were: John SHELTON VIII
liams, comptroller of the currency, who
will handle financial questions; Chair
man Henry Walters, of the Atlantic
Coast Line, who will assist in opera
tions; Edward Chambers, traffic direc-
tor Of the food administration, in gen.
era charge of traffic; and Walker d.
Hines, assistant to the director gen.
eral
Members of the war board, including
five of the nations foremost railroad eX-
ecutives, will return to the active SUI.
pervision of their roads.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
WAR SUMMARY.

Il have good hope that before this
new year is past the purpose to which
we have set our hands will have been
completely achieved" said Premier
Lloyd George in his New Years mes.
sage 10 the viceroy of India The ad.
vent of 1913 finds the allied forces in
strong positions from the North Sea to
the Adriatic, especially in Flanders and
ON the Aisne front.
Troops of the bolshevik government
have been defeated in pitched battle
in southwest Russia by the Ukrainians
and COssaCks. According to an unof-
ficial report received in Stockholm. the
bolshevih lost 400 prisoners. more than
300 machine guns and eight cannon.
The Cossacks are pursuing the retreat.
ing bolsheviki
British troops on the Cambria front
passed the last day of the old year in
a desperate and successful fight to
break down German attacks. With liquid
fire, the enemy attempted to rush the
British positions on a front of 200
yards around the Welsh ridges, a com
manding position south Of Marcoing
The first push brought the Germans
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
BABY KEETS' KIDNAPER
PLOTS AGAINST SHERIFF

MarShtield, Mo-, Jan Claude Pier
sol, under sentence for kidnapping Lloyd
Keet, and Taylor Adams, awaiting trial
for alleged completely in the conspiracy
have been confined to inner cells OF the
Webster county Jail here and many of
their privileges taken from them, it was
learned today.
Sheriff Mackey said he overheard
Adams ask Piersol the best means to
effect Jail delivery, and Piersol sug-
gested to Adams that Adams knock the
sheriff down with club.
The alleged plot, Sheriff Mackey said,
followed a proposal made to him by
Piersol last Friday night that if the
sheriff would liberate them, he and
Adams would leave the country and
never return.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
AUSTRIAN FINANCIAL
SYSTEM SEEMS TO BE
NEAR REAL BREAKDOWN

Zurich, Switzerland, Dec. 1S-tBy
MailD.-The rapid initiation OF the note
issue in Austria.Hungary, which has
reached seventeen thousand million
crowns and is increasing at the rate
of one thousand million per month, is
causing great apprehension in financial
circles in the dual monarchy Various
remedies are under consideration, such
as the payment of government con.
tractors in war loan stock or non
negotiable treasury bills. The public is
also urged to subscribe literally to the
seventh Var loan and help the govern
ment restrict the note issue.
Die Zeit declares all these measures
to be useless and says there is no
longer any possibility of stopping the
continual rise IN prices and the infia.
ton ofsthe currency.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
WEATHER FORECAST.

Oklahoma: Tonight, fair. wmrnu' in
east and extreme south portions
Wednesday, fair, colder
East Texas: Tonikht, fair. slightly
warmer; Wednesday, fair, warmer in
east and south portions.
West Texas: Tonight, fair warmer
in southeast portion; Wednesday, fair
colder in the Panhandle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
POPE ASKS HUN
NOT TO BOMB ANY
MORE UNARMED CITIES

Rome, Jan. Pope Benedict, accord
addition to sending expressions of regret
and sympathy TO the bishops Of Padua
and Treviso. has drawn the attention
of the German government and of the
Austrian empire to the raids over those
cities. The pope exhorted them to abb
stain In the future from such acts
which, while attaining no military end,
make innocent victims and damage
churches and art treasures and, con-
sequently, are unjustfiable by interna-
tional law
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
SENDS PICTURE
By TElEGRAP
LIKENESS or PRESIDENT TRANS,
MlTTED FROM UTAH TO NEW
YORK AND RETURN.

Ogden, Utah. Jan. l.. Sending Of a
picture of President Wilson from Ogden
70 New York City and return, a total
distance of 1906 miles over telegraph
wire, was accomplished yesterday after.
noon by l.. K. Leishman. an Ogden man.
who has invented novel code system
and receiving device for descodiug
Only thirty.seven minutes was taken
for it's transmission in the code, and
two hours for all the work in conncc-
tion with the picture, which was re-
ceiVed in the presence of city officials.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
ARMY FL|ERS
MAKE FLIGHT
TO ARDMORE
FOUR AIRPIANES FROM FT
WORTH IN TRIP FROM FIELD
TO DORNICK HILLS,
WILL RETURN TONIGHT
AyhtOrs 10 BE Guests at Dinner at
Country Club and Make Trip Back 10
Camp In the Evening

Charles Moler, OF Hivicl< Il Moler,
telephoned The Ardmoreite from TT.
Worth, last night, that four army air.
planes would leave there today and ar.
rive in Ardmorc at 2:30 this afternoon.
The message was telephoned to the
Dornick Hills Country club and an.
nounced at the dance there last night
Flags have been placed on the club
grounds where the planes will land, and
arrangements are being made for the
reception OF the aviators, who, is is
understood. will remain there for dinner
and return tonight.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
TO INVESTIGATE
COST Of SHOES

Washington Jan Hides and leath.
er were today added to the list of ne
cessities, under investigation by the Fed
eral Trade commission to determine why
the prices of shoes are exceedingly
high" while unusually large stocks of
raw materials are alleged to be held
in storage.
Inquiry is to be made promptly to
ascertain the reasonabeness of the
profits being made by all persons hand.
ling leather articles
1t is expected that investigation will
begin at the source, and after thresh-
ing out the prices received by the
packers for the raw hides, will go into
the expense of tanning, manufacturing
and even distribution.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
HONORS TO ENGLIsHMAN.

London, Jan. 1.-The New Years
honor list announced last night be-
slows a large number Of awards for
war services of various kinds, with a
sprinkling to art and literature Among
the most prominent men are Sir Fried
rich r. Smith, the attorney general,
who is now in the United States, to be
n baronet. while knighthood is bestowed
upon John Galsworthy and Anthony
Hone authors.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
SIXTEEN MILLION NAMES
ADDED TO RED CROSS

Washington, Jan. 1.-Sixteen million
new names We're added to the member
ship rolls of the American Red Cross as
the result of the Christmas membership
drive, Henry p. Dawson, chairman of
the national war council, announced to-
day in New Years greetings forwarded
to workers whose efforts made the drive
a big success.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
GREAT BRIDGE AT PADICAH
Is OFFICIALLY OPENED TO-DAY

Chicago, Jan. 1.-The mile and a
quarter bridge built jointly by the Bur.
lington * Nashville Chattanooga & st.
Louis railroads across the Ohio river
between Metropolis islands and Padu-
cah, Ky, was officially opened today,
The bridge cost s3,lOO,OOO and one of
its spans is 72O feet long. 1t is double
tracked and is expected to expedite
traffic between the north and south.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
One Killed, Nine Hurt.

Scranton, Pa, Jan. 1.-One miner was
killed and nine We're perhaps fatally
injured by a gas explosion in the I'm
derwood mine of the Pennsylvania Coal
company about six miles from this city.
The explosion was caused by a miner
walking into a pocket Of gas with
naked light, according to officials.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
GREAT NERVOUSNESS IN GERMANY
As RESULT CONTINUED AIR RAIDS

London Dec. Allied air raids Germany awaken
ing the people recognition of their rulers mistaken air
ruhssnes according the Amsterdam correspondent Of the
Times
There great throughout Germany, especially
the exposed parts he says owing the reported nn
ton of the Americans invade Germany by air The object
discussed universally though efforts made to calm anxiety
by declarations about American bluff
The frequent explosions in munitions factories, the
respondent adds causing the German military authorities
anxiety only because the interference with the supply
munitions but also because of unrest in the districts where the
explosions occur The unrest has been intense since the advent
of the air raids.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
FALL CURES DEAF MUTE.

Pensacola, Fla, Jan. William Nor.
rat, who has been deaf and dumb for
fifteen years. had both faculties re-
stored yesterday by a fall while on his
way to town to fill out his question
naire before a judge, Although married,
he did not claim exemption.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
RUMANIAN MINISTER ARRIVES.

An Atlantic Port, Jan. DIR. Con-
stantin Angelesco, who was recently
appointed minister from Rumania to
the United States, arrived here today
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
LLOYD GEORGE SEES END OF WAR
BEFORE THIS YEAR COMES TO- CLOSE

~ FERVENT EULOGY OF ALLIED TROOPS THE BRITISH
e. PREMIER SAYS 1--WE CAN ONLY THANK THEM
%FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS IN FULL CON-
$yDENCE THAT THE NEW YEAR WILL SEE FRUIT
t1g OF THEIR SACRIFICES IN VICTORY"