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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04

While the family is in poor circum-
stances, owing to the unusual times
now existing, the father is strong
and willing and anxious to work, and
it is hoped with the assistance OF
men who are in demand Of such la
Dor. that they will be able to live
throughout the winter.
In re the estate of Thomas Flynn,
deceased.
In the matter Of the application
for probate of the alleged last VIII
and testament of said deceased, an
appeal from the county court, admit
ting said will to probate, was grant
ed to the supreme court Of Illinois,
upon bond in the sum of $3.50, being
filed with approved security.
In the estate of Mary Davier, de-
ceased.
Petition of William B. Keiser, who
was appointed executor by the Will,
on petition to sell real estate, an
order Of court was entered directing
that the land belonging to decedent.
located in section 1915, was ordered
to be sold by said executor.
Inventory Of the estate of Margaret
r. Mckee, deceased, filed by o. F.
Berry. administrator, shows lot /,
in o. F. Berry's addition to Carthage.
and lot 3, in sub. Of lot Z. Of sub. OF
ST. of SEA Of 1856, as the real es-
tate Of decedent. Notes and accounts
inventoried aggregating $2,46O.36.
In re the estate of Norval B. Bis
well, deceased.
Just and true account Of Carl E.
BisweH, administrator, filed, where
/! in said administrator reports that no
assets or personal estate have come
into his hands, and that there is no
personal estate whatever with which
TO pay debts and liabilities; that
there is now due to the widow. Hen
rietta B. Biswell, upon her award.
and to her two minor children. the
sum of $4,000, together with other
costs and expenses, Of administration,
totaling S1,141.95.
In the estate Of Ezekiel Walton,
deceased.
Report of Julia H., and Cleveland
iC. Walton, administrators, filed.
shows: Total amount of moneys re-
ceived, sS.S97.59; total amount paid
out. S7,999.09; balance on hand,
sS9S.5o.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
smokeIess Powder Plants

Enited Press Leased Wire Service. I
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Plans for
obstruction of two smokeless pow
II plants each to cost about $50.
IuVoV nave been completed by the
|ai department. The plants will be
gcaLed at Charleston, w. Va, and
|ashViile, Tenn. Work has already
Sun on the Charleston plant.
hach plant will have a daily cana
J. Vi 100000 pounds of powder.
n, uii ten to fifteen thousand men
be employed at each, Much of
Sias product will be available for the
|iled nations.
ne pants will be in operation not
ktir, .hah August, according to the
innate or the contractors.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04

A well-known downtown druggist
says it darkens the hair so naturally
and evenly that nobody can tell it
has been applied. You simply
dampen a sponge or soft brush with
it and draw this through your hair,
taking one strand at time. BY
morning the gray hair disappears,
and after another application or two,
it becomes beautifully dark and
glossy.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound is a delightful toilet requisite
for those who desire more youth
full appearance. 1t is not intended for
the cure, mitigation or prevention of
disease.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
PAGE SEVEN
Rebuke for L.aEoIIette.

limited Press Leased Wire Services
MADISON, Wis, Feb. AT re-
cent meeting OF the faculty OF the
university of Wisconsin, Senator la
Toilette was censured by some OF tho
members. AS the result OF that
meeting a protest against the utter
ances and actions of Senator Robert
NJ L.aFollette" was put in circulation
among the faculty and with the sig
natures of 399 men and women, was.
sent Saturday to the senator The.
original copy has been filed with
other historical documents in the
library of the state historical society,
The signatures represent ninety.
three per cent of the faculty menu
bers with the rank of instructors or
above. The rehuke is the more.
scathing in view of the fact that Sen
ator LaFollette is an alumnus of the
institution.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
Crusade Against HOLSTERS,

WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-Richard
J. Davis has been appointed chap.
lain in the navy with the rank of
lieutenant. He enjoys the distinction
of being the first christian scientist
to be so appointed Since the out
break of the war between this coun.
try and Germany, two Christian Scien-
fists have been given similar COM
missions in the army Chaplain Davis
who has been assigned temporary
duty at the Boston navy yard is from
Evanston, H., and was educated at
Evanston.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04

Vegetable Compound cured me SO did
not need the operation, and am telling
nj INV friends about it. Mrs. A. w.
BINzER, Black River Falls, Wis.
It is Just such experiences as that OF
Mrs Rinzer that has made This famous
root and herb remedy household word
from ocean to ocean. Any woman who
suffers from inflammation, liberation,
disbursements, backache, nervousness.
Irregularities or g the blues should
not rest until she has given it trial,
ana tor special advice write Lydia +.
pinkham Medicine Co.. Lynn. Mass.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
unification of Churches.

limited Press Leased Wire SerVlce.I
SAVANNAH, Ca, Feb. 4.-The
Methodist church unification COM
mittee, which has been in session
here for two weeks reaching settle
ment through which the Episcopal
church and Methodist Episcopal
church south shall amalgamate, prob
ably will hold it's last session today.
1t is announced all essential points
looking to an amalgamation affecting
90, 100000 church people, have been
agreed upon, and that only the de-
tails are to be arranged.
To complete the unification, it will
be necessary for the two general con-
ferences and the various state con-
ferences throughout the union to in
dorse what has been done.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
To Close Frontiers.


united Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ROME, Feb. 1.-The government has
Pceiyed advices from Switzerland that
Pc central powers intimated the in
enton of effecting shortly a total rig
Fous closure Of their frontiers along
Pc Swiss border and that this prob
ply, VIII be maintained for several
(eeks.
another semi-official communica-
|on from Berne states that since the
eVeiopments in the general situation
nome and abroad render necessary
II enforcement Of defenses Of Swiss
Phhnes with reserves, the bundesrath
rs summoned to arms for next We'd
saay the twelfth infantry brigade
lth subsidiary forces.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04

TOHN B. Lord, while In Lon
j don, as a member of the U. S.
Food Administrations Com
mission, visited the municipal
kitchens where long lines of
women and children wait their
turn to buy cooked food. This
is one of England's measures
toI defeating the U-boat campaign
conserving every ounce of food
that the cir demands en- America may
be small as possible. In England
the community kitchen idea is
spreading rapidly. Through the
larger cities. and big population
centers they are proving very pop
uIar. English women are answering
their country's appeal by establish
ing kitchens, frequently volunteering
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04

their labor, and endeavoring 20 put
the kitchen on business basis,
partly as a means of solving the
war-born servant question, but
mainly to conserve the nations
food supply. Many different dishes
are sold such as mutton pies. pud-
dings, rolls-in fact most of the
dishes that form the staples OF
British diet.
Mr. Lord made a thorough In
vestigation of the system, on his
way to Paris and the battlefront in
France. He will tell American
audiences how the worldwide food
shortage is affecting Europe. AMI
how great Americas obligation has
become in the matter of supplying
food for the allied nations.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
PERCENTAGES of Reflections.

extremely In the strictness of their
examinations. But so also, it seems
did the camp surgeons. The table
shows that the percentage of rejec-
tons at camp varied between 0.72 per
cent and 1877 per cent; and as the
physical condition of the men from
the different regions can not entirely
account for this, 1t must be attribut-
able In part to differences of strict
ness in the examinations by the camp
surgeons:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
What Russia Needs.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
LONDON, Feb. 4.-Russia will need
b be taken in hand by an information
] commission for number Of years
before she RECEIVERS, in the opinion of
arthur A. Spowle, dye stuff manu-
hcturer of New York, who has arriv-
ID here from Petrograd. He was in
Russia for two years, during two revo-
htions
Two great dangers face Russia"
e said, dis tegration, until she pre-
lents new Balkan problem and ex-
lloitation by the Germans. 1t is per-
Petty plain in that the Russians at
resent cannot govern themselves.
believe solution Of the problem would
e the appointment of an information
commission from the large creditor
lations to reorganize and develcp Rus
fa."
| He thought such commission as he
lad in mind might need a certain
mount of armed force at first in or
er to enforce its policy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04

CO. ~ AAA
operation, / cannot
say enough in praise
oft. Isuffered from
organic troubles and
my side hurt me SO
/ could hardly be up
from my bed. and I
was unable TO DC my
homework. I had
the best doctors in
Eau Claire and they
wanted me to have
an operation, but
vdia r. PinkhaYn's
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
Eighteen are Injured.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
ALBERT LEA, Mimi, Feb. 4
Eleven passengers and seven train
men were injured when a north
bound Minneapolis and ST. Louis
train collided early today with a
south bound train near here Rail
officials blame overlooked orders.
Robert Lawrence, st. Louis, H. A.
Duncan. Seattle, and H. N. Duncan,
Georgetown, Washn., were among the
injured
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04

Lombardy is the second largest
rice producing department in Italy
being next to Piedmont. The rice
producing area in Lombardy is given
at 129,500 acres, against 346, 500 acres
for Italy. In 1916 the rice crop
amounted to 214,700 tons. against
$4,000 tons for the whole of Italy
and this year it is given at 100000
tons. against $4,000 tons in Italy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04

I ". w. L dag will ask Judge Lands
in federal court to quash indictments
and return Lai,ers seized in raids. .Ni'.
Ian: G.. Fits, ',s.stanl attorney gen
eral has arrived from Washington to
direct the prosecution.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
His EccentricIty.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: Uncle
Rufus Rasp is the queerest old man
I ever knew" stated a citizen of
Smackover. "He actually cares so
little about whether it is hot enough,
or cold enough, according to the time
of year, for you. that he won't even
take the trouble to inquire"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04

now latent in the records. Time has
suffered only to examine a small
group of the records of reflections; TO-
600 men were represented. spread
over eight camps. The specific source
Of defect showing the largest per-
centage was eyes; and the next larg-
est, teeth. The figures for the princi-
pal causes of rejection are as follows:
Causes for physical Num- Per
reflections Der cent
Total number of cases of
physical reflections con-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
Provost Marshaps Office Gives Tabu-
Iations to Nation of Its Turn
Downs for Military
Service at Camps.
TEETH AND EYES LEAD
Percentage in These Two Cases is
Much Greater Than for Other
Causes-Four Per Cent
VenereaI.

The provost marshal general, in his
report on the operation of the selec-
tiveservice act, says:
Rumors here and there in the pub
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
A Reminder

d nneapohs Journal: Remember
,o osanlnnpalgn of 1896 and the crime
n re'S Wen. the government today
paying about 81 an ounce for silver
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
viii Ask to QuaSh.

CHICAGO. Feb. i.--Attorneys Tor
NOR. than 100 alleged members OF the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
this WOMAN
Saved FROM
AN OPERATION
BY taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, One
of Thousands of Such Cases.

Black River Falls, Wis. cas- Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
GenfIAnen.

Gentlemen.
Delco Electric Light Co.
Mr.. Henry D. Kish.
J. Schwicton.
Persons calling for letters in above
list will please say they are adver
tised. E. p. McMANUS.
Postmaster.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List of letters remaining in the
Keokuk postoffice, uncalled for, for
week ending February 2, 1918:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04

That good sc cigar, always relt
able Lewis Single Binder.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
Ladies.

Mrs. Mary Brown.
Miss Fandy Bawn.
Miss Lennie Bell.
Miss Blanche Griffey.
Miss Veurian Swingelson.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04

5, ns.
buii
Y. Ro'l|
Burgs1
lights q
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04

! sBlf
NO. n
fonda! !
hl at 81
breside!al
H.. M
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04

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J., Hasi'1
ing brs1
lLCA" al.
ApDs'1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06
OPEN WINDOWS REQUIRED.
Order Affects All Washington-Vir-
ginia Railway Trains.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, October 5.-The
latest step taken by DR.. w. L. Wood
OF the United States public health
service, also special state health Of
nicer, to check the epidemic of Spanish
influenza was issuance of an order
this morning requiring the windows
of all trains on the Washington-Vir-
ginia railway to be kept open, regard
less of weather conditions.
rms order was put into operation
early this afternoon Notices were
posted calling attention of the pas
sengers to the ruling. Persons who
refuse to comply with the order, it
was announced, will be taken in Gus
tody and brought into court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06
Rules as to Stores.

BY reason of hundreds OF calls on
Commissioner Brownlcw for interpreta-
ton of the order issued by the District
Commissioners as to the opening of
stores not earlier than 10 o'clock in the
mornings. the following was issued
by the Commissioners last night:
mo mercantile establishment will
open before 10 am. with the following
exceptions: Grocery stores, market
stalls, other places dealing in food prod
Gcts, drug stores, cigar stands, confec-
TONERS and fruit stands. coal merchants
cat request of fuel administration, all
restaurants and lunchrooms, news
stands.
Manufacturing plants are not
included in the order. The following
are construed to be manufacturing
plants for the purposes of this order:
Establishments devoted wholly to
manufacturing; laundries. including
cleaning and pressing establishments
not selling wares. and departments
of businesses which make repairs, etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06
WAGE SCALE ADOPTED.
Recommendation Due October Is
Affects 10000 Anthracite Miners

Wages recommended for workers
IN the anthracite coal industry at
conferences between miners, operators.
the fuel administration and the War
Labor Policies Board will be an
nounced October Is, Administrator
Garfield said last night.
The conferences, which h.,-,
Wednesday. will be continued tomor-
row. About 100000 miners are a.
fected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06
One Dose Sufficient.

Each cubic centimeter of this pneu-
mococcus lipovaccine contains 10000
million of each of the first, second
and third types of pneumonia. A sin
gle dose of one cubic centimeter is
sufficient. Before injection under the
skin of the arm tine site of the injec-
ton is painted with iodine to prevent
any danger from incubation.
Owing to the number of men i'll at
Humphreys and the fact there are but
thirty Red Cross nurses available for
duty, every available enlisted man
with any aptitude for nursing at all
is being used to help until additional
nurses now on their way to the camp
can arrive.
First Lieut. William J. Lynch, Med
ical Corps, u. S. A. who was recently
placed in charge of the barracks in
which civilian laborers who have
contracted influenza are being treat
ed, has been forced to take to his bed,
following a severe attack of the dis
ease.
Representative Albert Johnson of the
state of Washington. who is in train
ing at the l.. o. #. S. here for a cap
taincy in a gas and flame regiment,
has been unable to drill for the past
his foot.
Although Capt Johnson is forty
nine years old. he is standing the
double time" and other speed drills
well. He is the oldest man in the LIST
Company, to which he is attached, but
not the oldest candidate in the Off
GERS training school. as there are two
other Stockholders over fifty years
of age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06
Hostess House Completed.

Camp Humphreys hostess house is
completed, and has been opened for
the reception of woman guests and
relatives of the men in camp. The
structure is in the civic center of the
camp near the Liberty Theater.
The director of the Camp Hostess
House is Mrs K. +. Beebe. wife of
Col. r. T.. Beebe. chief of staff of the
SD Division. which trained at Camp
Gordon, Atlanta. Ga, and which is
now in France. The information sec
rotary, who is assisting relatives of
soldiers in locating the men in whom
they are interested. is Mrs. W. p. Up
shur. wife of Maj. w. p. UpShur,
commander of the 1st Battalion. 18th
Regiment of Marines. commanded by
Col. Smedley ID. Butler of Phladel-
phfa. which trained at Quantico, Va.
Miss Esther =. Denny of Washington
ID. G.. daughter of the late Col. Frank
Lee Denny, L. S. NJ. c., is business
secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06
Want Windows Kept Open.

It is the hope of the commissioners.
Commissioner BrownloW said last
night, that the street car companies
will until after the danger of the in
fiuenZa epidemic has passed, operate
all of their cars with open windows
and doors, regardless of weather con-
ditions. Health Officer Fowler and
DR.. Mustard of the public health serv-
ice. express the opinion that proba bly,
nowhere is the danger of contagion
more than in a closed street car fill
ed with passengers.
As n precautionary measure in many
of the government departments and
offices of the war activities, the WIN
dowS and doors of the buildings houS-
ing thousands of young women and
men We're thrown open to admit the
pure fresh air. This practice will
he in force in all the offices after to-
day.
In many cases where there are war
workers suffering from the disease.
young girls especially, mothers.
fathers and brothers and sisters and
other relatives have hurried to
Washington on receipt of news of
the illness of their relatives There
are many mothers already in the
city looking after sick daughters
and sons. some of them coning from
beyond the Mississippi valley.
Mai Pullman. supcrintert of
police. is confined to his home. 81
Ivy street southeast. suffering from
cold and what his friends fear are
symptoms of influenza Yesterday
was the first day that Mai Pullman
has been absent from his Office dur
ing his more than three years in the
police service by reason of illness
He was complaining Friday, and yes
terday did not go to his Office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06
TH!RTY-ONE DIE
FROM INFLUENZA
HERE IN II HOURS
Continued from First PaCe.D

portner place northwest: Bragio Eu-
lelleni, IS, 466 c street southwest: Oil
Yer a. Williams, 10. sos 4th street
southeast; Josephine G. Kelley, so, 2131
Newport place northwest: Fred c.
Warner. 81, Washington Asylum Hos
pital; Carl Chester Lord, 20, United
States Naval HOSPITAL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06
SERUM IS TR|EDAT
CAMP HUMPHREYS
incubation as Pneumonia
Preventive Soldiers Being
Used as Nurses.

CAMP HUMPHREYS. Va, October
5.-Inoculation against pneumonia as
complication OF influenza. which
has been causing the deah of about
one in every five of the victims of
the epidemic, has been begun here.
The new anti-pneumonia serum. at
present in the experimental stage,
was first administered to a score of
officers from headquarters and the
Engineer Officers Training School. in
Guiding Brig. Gen. Charles w. kutz,
camp commander.
Maj Robert Z. Perdue. Medical
Corps. Of South Norwalk. Conn.,. in
charge OF medical department of the
L. o. T. and y. G. o. schools. is con-
Quoting the tests. Reports will be
rendered i'll each case to the War
Department.
The Washington times., 1918-12-12
LADIES' COMPLEXION
WORRIES ENDED AT LAST
Tkts t,eitS6tfsl NSs tssfskasG crsa@
CsstslsiaE TfsS fsttSfstfh VII
NshS fSh fiSSlr ffsss GSssgeS
~ aSSSV ASSk=Ssss 1gy a.

Oct = shasii Sasssity - ssy Shsy,
macy. siM6Iy SIX me f0f HSWAf1s .
EHtthfHiik t'f4sfa, sra h5sssaes y
daily into t6e fste. 6eeks aftas ana
hands fRe directions sfs simple sn1
% r8sts 20 Httts INST sfy El0 OF
woman esh stfsfd o. HoUf s1sn.
pisEiSB must daitkly sBSw = d~etosd
Improvement ~ yStF dealer - sus
out question shsstd y0B BE- dlssstis,
Ned,
80 matter WHISTLER y65, sTs tS09bIs1
with wrinkles. ksfd fittfs lines Sfgond
the mouth ana eyes. COARSE, saiIoU,
faded looking skin. % simply feoGb.
ness and fsfbsss sasSsd bT wind and
sun. you viii md that al fbsss trials
quickly disappear With M bse of this
old fashioned bsaotT TeelDs brought
up n date.
HOWard's TB,tsfraitk Cream IL only
aold on q positive guarantees Of salts
faction or money bsgk.
The Washington times., 1918-12-12

ployed in the doetorIng OF the injured
parcels. Occasionally . paekaGs - -
badly damaged that thsFs IL none 81
the original wrapping left Every sfs
fort IL made. however. 10 preserve ~
original address. which IL pasted On
the rewrRpped parcel
ono package. upon bursting. lst OFT
q VerltRbls shower Of small Fsd Tin
boxes about two inches square, sseh
one containing a chemically prepared
cloth for the cleaning Of rife barrels
II was Addressed 10 a nTHt serEsapi
In one OF tho Southern camps, ami
there were twelve dozen OF tbs boxes
This made n difficult package 90 re-
wrap. but II was finally sent on its
journey once more IN a strong and
robust condition.
Paper and cardboard used In wrap
ping OF packages this year In u
poorer quality than ever before, and
the number OF broken packages i5
consequently greater.
The Washington times., 1918-12-12
DAMAGED PARCELS
REPACKED IN P. 0.

An operating and reconstruction
hospital" with experienced sur
geons" in charge. has been established
behind the firing lines" at the city
postoffice to take charge OF packages
which have been wounded or mutt
lated In the annual christmas drive
on Uncle Sans mailing system.
Every once In while some
doughty package will fall with =
crash and q shower OF "inards" will
come from IL. All the wTeclSage Is
carefully gathered up and sent TO tho
hospital" where It Is carefully re-
boxed or wrapped. readdressed. and
once more sent out on the advance"
From four to six workers are en-