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Evening journal., 1918-05-31
LEAGUE ISLAND BOYS AND THEIR RECREATIONAI
NFEDc

CAILoR boys from League Island Navy Yard will pre-
- sent IN the Playhouse this evening tomorrow after
noon and tomorrow evening a musical comedy which,
because OF It's merit and the good cause which Il is pre-
seDted to promote, should receive enthusaste support
Funds needed for the recreatonal facilities Of
the sailors and marines at League Island Il ia to obtain
such funds that the comedy being given in this and
other cities.
Fifteen thousand redblooded and high-spiritsd young
Americans must be provided with athletic and other
forms of sport at the yard present there are two
large buildings devoted 70 such recretions Another
building must be provided for the welfare Of 1900 or
young who need recreation after each day Of
intensive training.
Realizing the immediate forfthe enlargement and
the delay which doubtless would follow an appeal 70
the Federal Government the boys OF the navy have de-
cidsd 10 appeal TO the public The comedy that
is being presented in Wilmington is one form OF that
appeal 1t should receive fitting response from VIII
mingtonians
Many boys in the establishment feel that tho
public layisbes most OF It's fayors upon the soldier boys
In that may be true because more Of the
young soldiers than does OF the young sailors but Il
does not represent any lack Of love and appreciation for
the boys who constitute Grst line defense The
presentation that Is being nads IN the Playhouse sup
plies TO people opportunity 10 show that love
and appreciation in practical and al the same
ne 10 receive in return two three hours Of heshfui
recreation and ssa:.sesaent.
Evening journal., 1918-05-31
FIELD OF GENERAL
CROWDER'S NEW ACTIVITY
lFrom The New York SUM-

II is not easy 10 discover exactly how
many men Will be affected bv the ',yorl
| or fight" regulations of the provosi
marshal general The country has
grown bit since the last census. which
was taken eight years ago: also. the
census compilations put adults in large
age groups. There are no figures for
2i-3i, the nearest being 2f-44.
Census reports are deceptive. OF
course the fOrty-six "turfmen and
sportsmen" listed IN the 1910 volume
as being between the AGES OF IA and i6
are now old enough for the draft and
perhaps too heavy TO ride horses car
rying f0t pounds, but what OF the 49,
All walters, who were between i6 and
20 In 1902 Are they still walters, or
have 1914 per cent OF them become
riveters in the meantime? We can only
give the total figures OF some unes-
sentlal occupations, and let speculative
imagination do the rest.
The number OF persons engaged IN
the serving Of food and drink. or
either in public places" must be large.
looking at the census figures gathered
eight years ago:
Saloonkeepers ..........s,....... 6,724
q
Hotelkeepers and managers ..... JO.969
Housekeepers and stewards 49,. 1928
Walters ...... ..........a..... 9s 565
Cooks ......... ............. .iO7 4i6
General Crowder's Glass B includes
passenger elevator operators and at
tendants, doormen, footmen and other
attendants OF clubs. hotels, stores.
apartment houses, ONCE buildings and
bath houses" The census figures for
the males engaged in these occupations
are as follows
Bellboys, doorboys, etc. ......... 1867
Elevator tenders ................ 1854
fOOtmen ..-... ................. 4So
Manicurists .............. ...... 81
Next come what General Crowder /
groups as men engaged "in connection |
with games, sports and amusements, eX-
oept actual performers in legitimate
concerts, operas or theatrical perform
snces." The census does not draw a 4
line between the legitimate and the un-
worthy In the theatrical business:
Actors .........-... ............. 1b,5O0
Theatre ushers .................. 2,t3l
Stage hands ..................... 6,444 T.;
Stage carpenters ................ 1888 I
Probably there are not so many male {
ushers now. Since 1910 woman has {
Evening journal., 1918-05-31

The Want Ads are the great choarins
port Of the world OF work and will
always render first aid to those seeking
employment.
Evening journal., 1918-05-31

become more and more the queen o.
/ the alsles.
Only the machinery OF the draft vii
arrive at the exact number OF mer
who are described by the provost mar.
shal general as gamblers OF all de-
scriptions and employees and attendants
OF bucket shops and race tracks, for
tune tellers, cAsirvoyants, palmists and
the like, who for the purpose OF the
regulation shall be considered as
idlers." The census counted game
keepers" and "sportsmen' but not
gamblers or sporting men; and base
ball players are not listed at all:
Fortune tellers, hypnotists, splr-
itualists, etc. ................ $50
Keepers Of pleasure resorts, race
tracks, etc. .................. 2,7O6
Game keepers .............. 1873
Turfmen and sportsmen .... 2,743
Carefully sticking to the figures for
males, we throw out the one lady re-
ported by the census man as a turf
man and sportsman" We know Moth
ing more Of her than that she was
white, native born and lin 1910 be-
tween the ages OF 2i and a.. o made
quate census
General Crowder's classification Of
persons employed in domestic service"
is as wide as a church door. 1t must
take in, II they are still on their jobs
and young enough, the iS7 male cham
bermaids solemnly recorded in the cen
sus report, even II the thlrty-one male
manicurists escape In 1910 this coun-
try sported i3i6s buffers, 25,t7i do
mestic coachmen and 1886 males grave
ly listed as "nu"semaids, ladies' maids,
valets. etc" The census failed TO separ-
ate efficiency experts from other per-
sons engaged In science or amusement.
but General Crowder should take care
1f them. They could deeimate the enc
ny with decimsls.
It may appear 10 the New York OBJ
server that the figures quoted are
mall, for he has been surrounded, in |
lis explorations Of this Bagdad, by |
losts Of uniformed attendants. walters /
nd race track persons. He must re-
member, however, that New Sfork diff
ers from Abilene, Kan. Among our
millions the census man was
bic to count only 665 farmers, and he
lust have been a bright fellow to nose
ut so many as that; while the island
1859 bartenders.
Evening journal., 1918-05-31
GEMS OF THOUGHT

Some make friends and others make them tired
T[,-t
The right tnis OF action has brief limit for men
;-S-;-s
msn nsseF fails because OF lack OF frae sdyics
Evening journal., 1918-05-31

Young Kingdom Could who started as a private is
now lieutenant showing that II is easier for a mil
lionaire to win than buy commission in the United
States Army.
Evening journal., 1918-05-31

Dr Arthur r. Bseby, formerly OF Portland ors, has
invented tnec-wrter for arniess heroes Of the v6F
proving again that construction sisys keeps at Least
ane lap ahead Of destruction
Evening journal., 1918-05-31

Advertising rates or application
No attention paid 70 unsigned communications.
Evening journal., 1918-05-31

PrObaDIY there arc not so many male
ushers now. Since 1910 woman has
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-11

Der Allies sunk mine submaroons'
INT burnt us till We smoke
Vor w "Tirpy" did We done it,
To finally get licked, unit broke
Donnervetter, but dis blaze ISIS hot
| hat to jump unit yell;
But hat blenty uff company,
IN dis blaze dey call HE'LL.
Dere ISIS mine olt frient "Mackenseh'
Vot sveeped der east front clear
Unit 'Ludenorff" Ply der Crown Prince
Who mine peoples used to cheer
I tried to get in Heffen, but
Dere vas not room for me,
Too many childer said, no, no,
Vot l had murdered in der sea.
Mine own peoples-threw rocks at me
Unit drofe me from der gate;
Ach, Colt Wy didn't think uff dis,
Pefore it was too late?
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-11
SMUGGLING GOODS TO
GERMANS IN MEXICO


Ell PASO, Texas, Jan. 11.-An of
the tricks which smugglers have used
in the past to get contraband goods,
ammunition and jewelry in and out
of Mexico are now being employed
to get contraband foodstuffs into Mex
leo through this port. False bottoms
in trunks, wagons and automobile
trucks with two floors and peddlers'
carts with false partitions are some
of the devices resorted by the men
who would evade the food embargo.
Recently a large quantity of lard and
sugar, prohibited articles, were dis
covered under a pile of merchandise
on commission brokers' float The
goods were confiscated and the brok-
er's license revoked. 1t is believed
much of the smuggled contraband is
being sent to Germans in Mexico
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-11
KAISER BILL

CNimmer Wieder") Never Again.
Ach Himmel! Wy did I done it.
Dis war vas mine death knen;
Efen der earth's scum don't know me.
Ven landt in dis blace-hell.
I thought that me unit Colt,
Could ofer-run der earth;
But Colt got sore-backed out on me,
Now, I roast on der deffips hearth.
FIR Wy, Hindy, did We did it,
Unit kill all Germanys best men;
For finally We all got licked,
Ply "Haig" of l dinna ken.
Unit dot oder Teller ."Pershing"
From der landt across der sea,
Vas sure som wicked scrapper-
He took several goot pokes at me.
Der world vas rightd, l vas wrong,
Prute force vas not much goot;
1t worked alright-til Uncle Sam
Sent an army vot could shoot.
If it wasn't vor der Americans,
We could hat licked them all:
But licking der Americans
Vas like punching vun stone vail.
Dey strafed us, unit they strafed us,
In new ways efery day;
Until mine men-ven dey commenced
to shoot,
Right away kneeled down to pray.
But Colt vas busy some odder blaze.
Nein-he wouldn't efen listen to me;
He vas thinking uff der innocent vic
tins,
| hadt sunk mitin der sea.
We tried to sink down, all der ships,
Vot floats upon der water;
But mostly all We got vas
Innocent vimmens unit childer.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-11
BROKERS CONSERVING
THE NATIONS FOOD
CBy Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. il
The annual grain fight, which featured
the closing session for the year on the
floor of the merchants exchange, from
time immemorial, did not take place
this year Instead of throwing grain
at each other and showering the vital
substance around the floors and gal
leries of "the Pit" the brokers in
dulged in other pleasantries.
The change in the costum came as
the result of an edct issued by the
federal food administration that grain
should not be wasted The brokers'
however, declared they needed no
edict as they are alive to the neces-
sity of conserving the nations food
stuffs.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-11
SCHOOL BOYS MAKE
SURGICAL DRESSINGS

MISSOULA, Mont, Jan. 11-High
school boys of this city have volun-
teered their services in making sur
gical dressings and other supplies for
the local Red Cross chapter, and the
members of the organization now are
insisting that the men likewise offer
their services.
Hundreds of men beyond military
age and otherwise exempt from mill
tary service might just as we'll give
some of their leisure time to making
bandages which the army needs so
badly" said Mrs. Edna Ferguson, sec.
rotary of the chapter.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-11
VETERAN RETURNS
TO RED CROSS
(By Associated PressO

SPOKANE, Jan. 1.-THE local
chapter of the Red Cross has Just re-
ceived thirty dollars which it advauc-
ed to a Spanish war veteran in 1890
He Borrowed the money after his re-
turn from the war with one hand
amputated. The money was to help
support him while he learned a trade
The veteran said that he realized that
the Red Cross needed the money, and
ne was now in a position to return it.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-11
NOTICE.

All persons using the lock boxes in
the safe in the city hall are hereby
requested to Immediately remove their
property therefrom as the lock boxes
are to be opened and taken out of the
safe
EDWARD F. MEDLEY,
Town Clerk 8-3t
Increase your business by advertis.
ing in The Times.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-11

Commercial printing at Times office
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-18
\ The X-
II HAMILTON. Ill. DEC: Is: ~
HAMILTON, ILL, DEC. IS.

where, by his industry and ambition,
his honest integrities, his devotion
to his friends and neighbors. he won
| the high esteem of all our citizens.
The last several years of his life the
different firms he had worked for
trusted him most implicitly for his
f~aithfulness to duty. Nj. Peters was
united in marriage to Miss Laura
Hall, of Keokuk, December ID. 1910,
and their married life was very hap
py. About two years ago they
bought a coy home on east Oak
street, where they expected to enjoy
many happy years together. The
winter of 1916, when the late Rev.
Willing conducted a revival at the
M. E. church, Mr.. Peters confessed
his Savior and united with the
church and was a faithful and earn
est member until his death. The
funeral service was held yesterday
a. 2 D. M, with interment at Green
wood (Hamilton) cemetery. Mn
Peters father died February 10, 1912.
In death he is survived by the fol
lowing relatives: His wife. Mrs.
Laura Peters; mother, Mrs. Alice
Peters; one sister, Mrs. Isabella
Flain, and a brother, Olien, all OF
Independence, Mo-; his grandfather,
John Peters, Of near Warsaw; grand
mother, Mrs. Isabella Arnold, of this
vicinity, and a large number of other
relatives, besides a host of friends.
Mrs. Viola Garrison, of keokuk, is an
aunt of the deceased. The mother
was notified a few days before her
sons death and fastened here and
remained with her dear n until he
passed away. Her son, Olien, &C
companied his mother to this city.
The bereaved relatives have the
heartfelt sympathy OF all our citi-
Zens.
Frank Jackson. the rural mail car
rier on route 2, has been on the sick
list the last few days. His brother
and deputy. w. 3. jackson, has been
making the trips with the mail.
Miss Leila Cochran, who had an
attack of influenza a few days ago.
is very i'll with pneumonia. A trained
nurse is in attendance and the lady's
many friends wish her a speedy re-
covery.
Mrs. L. L. Anderson passed her
e~ighty-second birthday Monday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Effie
Emery. Sunday a birthday family
dinner was held at the Emery home
in honor of the event and the follow
ing relatives were in attendance:
Marshall Karr and family and lei
Byers, of Rock Island, who came
early Sunday morning to enjoy the
and dinner with his family and
relatives, returning to his work at
Rock Island Monday evening.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-18

and commander an iron vat of man.
moth proportions. Then she esti-
mated how great a quantity of dough
she needed to keep the vat working
at its full capacity, and proceeded to
make it. For the first few days she
turned out only two or three thou
sand doughnuts. Later she produced
single handed 5000. When she was
able to procure assistants, she care
fully subdiyided the job of assembling
the flour, milk, shortening, and sugar,
or its substitute. the mixing and drop
ping into the sizzling fat; and to-
gether they fried 10000 a day.
The doughboys are keeping care
full records of the production of this
doughnut factory. They say they're
going to tack them up in their kit
chens at home. They are wondering
if any one of their wives can make
5000 doughnuts a day. When they
get home they are going to ask them
to anyway.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-18
{. 900 DOUCHNUTS
IN ONE DAY
One Woman Canteen Worker Thinks
She Holds Record fork
Single Handed
Frying.
IBy United Press.]

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Dec. 5.-(By mail)-Since
the great war Is about settled, a new
conflict threatens to break out over
the question of what Y. M. G. A.
woman coined the greatest number
of doughnuts a day for distribution
among the American troops who
swept across France into Germany.
A strong bid for championship is
made on behalf of Miss Elizabeth
Bass, a member of the National Arts
club, New York, now a canteen
worker for the Red Triangle. Single
handed she can mix and fry 5000
doughnuts a day, and with assistants
can produce 10000 in that span.
Miss Bass ought TO effect maximum
efficiency in the doughnut line with
minimum equipment and minimum in
gradients, because she ran a cafeteria
before coming to France. Conse-
quently her making of the crisp.
savery doughnuts for which she is
famous in her division, is no hit-or
miss affair, but the result of expert
ence in practicing domestic science
and of careful planning.
In the French village in which she
was stationed she was able to find
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-18
NEW LEAGU
OF NATIONS
Continued rom page ~

brook was sent to command the south
ern department. II is reported here
that the war department had plans
ready for some decisive border action.
This report never was thoroughly on
firmed, though Information at tie de-
partment indicated that there was
more than passing significance to Hol-
brooks appointment
Besides the border patrol, a constd-
cradle force Of troops was Kept at Gal
weston and vicinity, to be ready should
trouble develop in the strategically i'm
portant Tampico oil districts.
Evidence of Americas renewed IN
.terest in Mexican problems was seen
today in the readiness with which the
state department made public TIE full
details of the Hfbier raid. In this, VII
hstas stripped the ranch Of it's wheat
supply, took all clothes and drove off
many head of cattle. Heretofore the
department has been loath to publish
any Mexican Developments. Neither
this the fight at Tampico between
Mexicans and the armed guard of the
steamer Monterey is likely to cause
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-18
Department Of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau.]

III. S.. Department Of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau.1
Weather Forecast.
For Keokuk and vicinity: Probably
rain or snow tonight or Thursday; not
much change in temperature.
For Iowa: Probably rain or snow
tonight or Thursday; not much change
in temperature.
For Missouri: Probably rain to-
night and THURSDAY; warmer in ex-
IRENE east portion tonight
For Illinois: Unsettled weather
with rain tonight or Thursday; warm
er tonight in extreme south portion.
Weather Conditions.
The weather is generally fair and
slightly cooler from the plains states
eastward.
In the west the weather is unsettled
under the influence OF b southwest
ern depression, which has continued
nearly stationery in western Texas
and there has been snow n western
Kansas and Colorado. with slight
change in temperature.
Local Observations.
Dec. Bar. Their. Wind Wth'r.
II z o. m. ...30.42 At Sc Clear
1s 7 a. M. ...30.41 SO e Pt.Cldy.
River stage, 80.
Change in "a hours, rise 3.
Mean temperature, 17th, As; highest,
55: lowest, 81; lowest last night, 35.
FRED q. GOSEWlSCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-18
Grain. Review.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Dec. 1S.-Dullness pre-
vailed in trading in grain futures at
the Chicago board of trade today. Re-
ceipts were light, due to poor condi-
lions of roads. There was a good
cash demand with a steady tendency.
The governments being in the mar
ket for barley had a sympathetic eff
fort on corn. Provisions were steady.
December corn, unchanged at the
late opening was up Ac. January
corn up Nc at the opening, $1.36%
was UP Is at noop. February corn up
$50 at the opening $1.35 lost nc.
March corn &c higher at the opening
at s1.35 was off bc. May corn down
.fAc at the opening s1.35M. was ;hc
lower.
December oats unchanged at the
late opening 71Ac, remained at that
point to noon. January oats up Nc
at the opening 71Ac, was off hc.
February oats up Ac at the opening
lost kc. March oats opening
late at TIC off &c was UP nc. May
oats up Ac at u at the opening lost
CSC.
DAILY RANGE OF PRICES.
Lt
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-18
SHOTS
IN ARM NOW
Attendance for Pneumonia Vaccina-
ton at the Free Station mis-
Week Keeps UP to
Normal.

At the Keokuk FREQ station for vac
cination against pneumonia and in
~fluenza. the sophcmore class is at
tending this week about up to normal.
Only those previously given the first
injection in the arm are given the vac
cine this week.
Yesterday afternoon in the two
hours between / and. 3 o'clock, 266
persons were vaccinated the second
time. A week previously, 2s5 were Civ
en- the initial dose. Some who went to
n doctors office for the first shot
came to the station for the second, and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-18

Miss Vera Sullivan is senpindg the
week at Burnside, the guest of he1
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Sullivan.
Ralph Agnew, Of Davenport, Iowa,
formerly Of Keokuk and this city,
was a victim of the influenza recent
ly, and his lungs have been left in
such a weakened condition that ply
sicians state it will be a year before
he his former health.
George Angel, Sr., has been quite
i'll for several days with heart trou-
Bile. The captains legion OF friends
will wish him an early return to
health.
Mrs. w. G. .Lundbeck, of st. Louis,
is enjoying a visit with her sister,
Mrs. Lizzie Waggoner.
Harvey Marshall, Of the Elvaston
vicinity, passed away Saturday with
pneumonia following an attack OF IN
fluenza, after a few days illness. Mr..
Marshall was a highly respected and
influential farmer and resided in
this city for some time several
months ago. In his death he Is sur
vived by several ons and daughters,
who have the sympathy OF their
many friends and former neighbors
in his city.
Bert Outhier is able tt be out after
several days illness with the pre-
vailing disease. His wife is also con-
yalescent. MI. and Mrs. Outhier re-
turned to their home from the emer-
gency hospital Thursday.
The death Of George Peters oc-
Cured at the emergency hospital in
this city Saturday, December IA,
from pneumonia following an attack
of influenza. Mr.. Peters was taken
i'll Sunday, December /, and shortly
afterward his wife suffered an at
tack of the disease, and both were
removed to the hospital December Z,
where, after a weeks critical Ill
ness. death came as a sweet RELEASE
from his suffering. To all u citi-
zens Mr.. Peters early death seemed
so sudden and so untimely, and, all
though he had the best Of medical
aid and skil1ful nursing at the hos
pital, and everything was done for
his recovery, the grim destroyer
Death had marked him for his own.
To be thus stricken down in young
manhood, when life and his loved
ones were so dear to him, seems hard
to understand, and to his young wife
and his mother who are thus bereft
of a devoted husband and son the
clouds Of sorrow are indeed hard to
bear. George was the eldest child
of Charles and Alice (Arnold) Peters
and was born a short distance north
OF this city July 26, 1887, and prac-
tically his t~hirty-one years OF lie
had been spent in this vicinity.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-18

some who got the first at tne II 81
got the second at the Office
physician. This makes it impo Snrh.
make an exact comparison OF nul'
day by day ,,sss
The decline in influenza nan e
Keokuk was more marked AK %
today, and tnere were only !, a. ID,
in seventy-three homes az sorr ID
This morning. This is tfirtya+ ID
cases in eighteen fewer hon At .
twenty.four hours prevlouSiSss ve 81.
nresent rate, influenza VIII Link ID
ticaIly disappeared from he0A'N
short time. .o.rh
Fort Madison's board c 70 Ind
cided to keep the ban on tne' On
nitelv after getting figures ThichI
number of cases in that cry, of d
l nel,,oe1 Hamilton took the ban o. {
evening.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-18
Struck by m

limited Press Leased Wire Seryice.l
LOS ANGELES, Calf, Dec. 1S.-
H. C. Foltz, retired contractor of
Turtle Greek, Pa, died here today
from injuries received late yesterday
when he was struck by an automo-
bile driven by Mrs. ]. D. Bailey of
Los Angeles. His skull was fractured
and he never regained consciousness
after the accident
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-18
Lunch with Kino and oueen.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
bassador Davis and Mrs. Davis lunch
LONDON, Dec. 1S.-American Am
cd with King George and Queen Mary
today. They rode to the palace in the
royal carriage and were greeted by
enthusiastic cheers from the crss-ds.