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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24

Purchase of war supplies in Russia
is under consideration at Washington
to prevent them FROM falling into the
hands of the Germans.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24

TOMATO, LETTUCE AND
CABBAGE PLANTS.
JOHN RECK & SON.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24

The President signed the sedition
bill giving the government wide pow
srs to punish diaoyal acts and utter
ances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02
Stills Pardoned

Montgomery. October 1.-(Special.) Lea Sills. who was granted parole in 1911, Monday was pardoned and his poli- tical and civil rights were restored by Governor Henderson. Stills was convicted in Mobile county. The governor said Stills, since being paroed, has conducted himself as a gentleman.
 Announcement of the restoration of rights to J. F. Thorn of Montgomery county, was made at the governors of flee Monday. He was released from prison in 1916 Records show the man has lived correct life''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02
Copyright by Trbune)
LIVE STOCK

FOR SALE-A lot of nice Jersey milch cows or will trade for fat beef cattle. Cayender's Yard, corner Morris ave- nue and 24th st. Phone Main 5040
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02

FOR SALE-High- grade Southdown and Merino Bucks, 1 to 3 years old. Roe- buck Country Club, Route 5, Box 13. Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02
ROUTE FOR LEASE

WELL established business firm in city of Birmingham desires to communicate with two gentlemen over draft or ex- empt from service who has large real estate assessment in Jefferson county; right parties can earn without much effort from s5000 to slO,OO0 per annum. For further particulars write z-45, care Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02

FOR SALE--Good milch COW, calf 5 weeks old; also heifer, two pigs. Ad- dress 327 1st ave, Inglenook, one block Boyles car line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02

FOR SALE-Thirty- choice nlilca cows, il heifers and one male; will sell al, or part D. B. Thompson, Sunnyside station, South Bessemer car line
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02
FOR SALE POCKET BILLIARD PARLOR
 AND THRIFTY CIGAR STAND BEST LOCATION IN ANNISTON, ALA CANTONMENT TAOWN nyyNB.I I'D A INsrEvr

TIT IN I EINTlfo JlIN, w M T E4 SELLER" BOX 345, ANNISTON, ALA. FOR SALE-Essential business, paying from s400 to $500 per month guaranteed; i; cheap. Apply 423 N. 18th st.
 FOR SALE-Or will trade for well-lo- cated Birmingham property, two tracts near Tampa, Fla. One tract, 20 acres, 460 orange and grapefruit trees and other fruits. One tract, 90 acres, slU orange and grapefruit trees and other fruits and 100 pecan trees; irrigation plant, bungalow and other improve ments. A. R. Stephens & Co.,, 4041a Zack st., Tampa, Fla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02

DUROC swine for sale, quality, size and breeding Write for prices. Duroc-J err sey Stock Farm, Beech Grove, Tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02

HOTEL WANTED-An experienced hotel man wishes to lease 20 to 40-room hotel in Alabama or Georgia; will con- slider buying the furnishing; full details in first letter. Address R. A. Curry. Manager, Hotel Brandon, Petersburg,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02

Of Celon's 16.307,840 acres of land, only about 2,S75,oo0 are cultivated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02
FOR RENT Store at 1923 2d Ave.
By BRIGGS

Opposite Woolworth's, busi- ness center), 25x140 to alley. Apply z Steiner building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02
HELP wANTED-FEMALE

WANTED-White girls for wrapping and packing departments; must be over 16 years of age. American Ba- keries Co.,. 2Sth st. and Ave. E. WANTED-Colored woman to do cooking and general homework. Telephone Main 1876.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02

wANTED-MIsCELLANEOUS

SANITARY Feather Mattress and Pil- low Co; feathers renovated, bought and sold. 1412 N. 2d ave Drop postal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

EXPERT hat ana garment cleaners
 Gluck's, l713 Sd ave. Phone 2372.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02

WANTED--Lady bookkeeper; experienced saIesladies; lady for alteration work; lady for night cashier; clerk for candy store: colored maids: girl for pantry. Birmingham Employment Co.. 2l03l2 Sd ave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02

WHEN in need of cooks, maids or DOT ters call Birmingham Employment Co.,. 21031s Sd ave. Phone Main FOOT. Service free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02

LOST-Boston terrier, male, brindle with white breast and white left paw, about months old, in front of Burney's phar- macy. Ensley. Monday night B re- ward for return to ISIS Sd ave, Birming- ham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02
SITUATIONS WANTED-MALE

GENERAL office man, married, with
 children, age A, desires position with concern needing man with IS years ex- perience handling ledgers, credits. col
 iections correspondence and detail
 work. Address CA, care Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02

WE are food producers distributors (gov- ernment license); live agents wanted to cooperate, with good pay to right par ty, man or woman. 2112 Morris ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02

WANTED-A manager, man or woman, for Ensley canning factory now being enlarged; existing contracts on sweet potatoes insure steady work; good profits; prefer lady with executive abil- ity: must be able to take entire con trol; canning experience not essential. Apply PIP Morris ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02
HELP WANTED--MALE

WANTED-Boys, Is years old or over, for messenger department; energetic boys can earn SIP to SIS per week. Apply Postal Tele- graph-Cable Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-02
AUTOMOBILES

TRUCK-191S Studebaker panel delivery wagon, mechanically right, tires good will paint and letter to suit buyer. Mir Grover, Phone Main 4315.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14
THREE BURIED
FROM FAMILY
Mrs. Weeks and Two Children oil
Mystic, All Victims Of lnfiu-
enza are Inferred al
Same Time.

CENTERyILLE, Dec. 14.-One OF
the saddest funerals aver held in the
county was conducted at 1000 o'clock
this morning at Philadelphia Gene
terry when the bodies Of Mrs. Clyde
Weeks, of Mystic, and two of he.
children We're inferred with fitting
ceremonies. All were influenza vic
time, having passed away within a
few hours of each other.
Mrs. Weeks and her 1S-months-old
son died at about the same time on
Tuesday after a very brief illness
which had descended upon the home.
The mother and three children were
all i'll at the same time and were
brought to the st: Joseph's Mercy
hospital here for better care. Though
every possible attention was given
them, the mother and youngest child
.succumbed on Tuesday and the 7-year-
old daughter, Edna, died on Thursday
evening. AS. they had lived together
they were buried together in a most
fitting manner and with beautiful SER
vices at the cemetery.
Aside from the grief-stricken father.
one son is still left, he also being i'll
at the hospital. in this city. He is re-
ported better this morning, however,
and hopes are held out that he may
recover to comfort his father in the
great affliction which has befallen
him.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14
Caught in Shredder.

EMERSON, H., Dec. 14.-Olney
Bowles. while running the engine for
Shredder & Booths corn shredder
at Beryl Tipton's farm between EN-
erson and Philadelphia Thursday
morning, met with a horrible acct,
dent which proved fatal. In attempt
Ing to turn the engine off : center,
the machine suddenly started and
caught his right hand in the fly
Wheel, severing the member just
above the wrist and tearing the flesh
from his arm to the elbow and frac-
turing his skull at the base. Death
relieved his ~sufferings at 4 o'clock
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14
80 Hundred Pajama Suits for
Shipment Before Christmas,
and VIII Have More
Completed Later.
MORE WOMEN NEEDED
-h.v Could be Used to Advantage
Sewing in Red Cross Shop Of
Keokuk on AIIotments
Received.

The sewing department of the Red
rross has been busily engaged all
week in making the necessary sup.
Mics for the emergency hospital
Among the things made were sheets,
draw sheets, pillow slips, towels,
aprons and caps.
The department is ready for FUR
tSer work OF this nature should ne
cessity demand 1T.
The department accepted in Mo-
vcmber a quota OF four hundred pa
lama suits, on which they have been
working with a force limited by the
nrssent health requirements.
Mrs. Joseph O'Brien, who is head
ri the department, said today that
one hundred suits will be finished
and shipped by Christmas. The re-
naming three hundred are to be fin
ished by February 1.
A few women are needed every
dav at the Red Cross shop, and those
Who are able to come are asked to
notify Mrs. O'Brien. who will arrange
with them their time for work.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14
S. A. T. c.. MEN
NOT TO LOSE
Students at University Of Iowa Can
Gain Degree by Completing
40 Semester
Hours.

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Dec. As. A.
I. c. men in the college OF liberal
arts at the University Of Iowa will
not be the losers for having served
IN the army the first quarter OF the
college year.
Mothers and fathers, and sons as
we'll, have been somewhat worried
about the question of the loss OF
part of the year because OF interfer-
ence of military duties and Influenza.
Seeing this difficulty, the faculty or
the college of liberal arts of the uni
versity has decided that all men
registered in liberal arts n already
mducted into the s. A. T. c. or ma
circulated and ready for such induc-
uen can receive their bachelor OF
arts degree by completing ITO semes-
Ter hours independently of the pres
ent quarter. The regulation in all
other cases will be the 120 semester
hour requirement. 1t is therefore
clear that the faculty has pooled the
usual circumstances of the year and
WI write off this quarters work with
me report of the registrar of IS. A.
I. U" No regular grades will be
given.
Similar action will likely be taken
oy the faculty Of the college of ap-
phed science. Work in the college of
medicine and dentistry has not been
seriously interrupted by military
courses, and such adjustment will
not be necessary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14
SHE DIED OF
EUMON
Mrs. Robert Johnson Passes to the
Reward of a Good Woman of
Fine Character and
Many Friends.

Mrs. Robert johnson, of 1905 Des
MONIES street, died today from pneu-
monia following influenza after two
weeks illness.
She was born in Canton, Mo-, and
thirty-four years of age.
She was a woman of very hne
and had many friends here
who will be grieved to know of her
death.
She Is survived by her husband.
Robert johnson, her father, William
Moore. a brother, Quincy Moore.
who is in the army in France, and
Mrs. Mary White, a sister. Thomas
Merrill is a half brother.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14
CLEAN CITY
E WATCHING
pes Moines Claims to Be Free From
Vice, but Uncle Sam is !.
Suspicious OF the
Statement.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Dec. 1a.-The
relative freedom of Des Moines from
vice appears to be a source OF diner
ence Of opinion between federal and
city law enforcement agencies.
Hotel and taxicab men in the city
have been summoned to appear be-
fore Assistant United States District
Attorney John DeMar to receive a
final warming In regard to the sale
81 liquor and aiding immoral women
to piy their trade. The warning
comes as the result of complaints
from members of the law enforce
ment league that conditions are
steadily growing worse in the vicinity
Of the cantOnment.
Lieutenant T.. II. Madden OF the
law enforcement division of the army,
stationed at Camp Dodge. who was
active in the investigation of moral
conditions which resulted in the for
nation of Governor w. L. Harding's
vice committee, is believed to have
something to do with the district at
.orney's action.
The vice committee, on the other
hand, is firmly Of the opinion that
Des Moines is as clean as any city
Of its size in the United States, and
resents the insinuation that 1t has
been lax in the performance OF its
iuties.
Renewed efforts for the suppress
sion of vice will be made by the
commission during the reconstruction
period. In accordance with requests
recently received from the war de-
partment.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14
L,b;tua, Criminal Statute.

NEW YORK. Dec. Thames F.
Regain" the Sing Sing convict who
testified recently at the trial at which
Elizabeth Baksa was acquitted of the
murder of Mrs. Helen Hamel, a New
York lodging house keeper, was IN
dicted here Friday on a charge of per-
jury. committed after the defend
ant had been three times found guilty
OF ~felonies." The indictment Is said
to be the first ever returned in this
state charging a person with being a
habitual criminal.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14
SALARY RAISE
TO JUDGE WADE
Bill Passes the House Increasing
Salaries Of All the District
and Circuit
Judqes.

Judge Martin Wade will get an in.
crease of salary very soon, according
to Jews from Washington.
The house passed by a vote of 1913 to
79 the bill to increase the salaries OF
all district and circuit federal judges
$500 a year, and 1t is said that
the bill will certainly pass the sen.
ate.
This will give Judge Wade a salary
Of $500 a rear as soon as the in.
crease becomes effective.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14
Health Conditions improved.

WASHINGTON, Dec: 14.-Health
conditions in army camps in the
united States continued to improve
uurlng the week ended December 6,
q report to the surgeon general of
me army said. Both the non-effective
ana death rates were decidedly
,ower than for the preceding week.
inluenza continues to prevail at
practically all large stations, but the
report said the disease is less viru-
rent less frequently complicated
ny pneumonia than during the ear
aer weeks of the epidemic.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14

Lorraine, ILL.,, Dec. IA gold
star will be placed on the Keene town
ship service flag. A ~cablegraIi came
Thursday from France to Mn. and Mrs.
A. F. Long announcing the death OF
their son, Ellis Long of the Marine
Corps on September Is. About that
date they received a cablegram telling
of mis- being seriously wounded on that
day and then no more until this mes
sage came.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14

of health which was to have been
held Friday afternoon. was post
poned until probably this afternoon
or this evening on account of the
failure of DR.. Charles w. Pfeiffer,
health commissioner, to return from
Chicago where he has been attending
the national health meeting. DR..
Pfeiffer will report on the conven-
ton. He expected to be home Fri
day evening.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14
As Loyal az Those in Action.
In addition to those who went over.
seas, however, there were great
numbers of young men in training
for overseas service, and of the men
and officers in the military establish.
who were needed here either
CITY NEWS.

Misses Virginia and Annie Ora
ham, who have been at 7G4 Grand
avenue since leasing their Franklin
street home, have taken UP their
residence at ZIG Fulton terrace.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14
Only Two Dozen Cases.

QUINCY, Ill, Dec. 14.-But twenty
fou cases of the influenza were re-
ported to the board of health Friday,
an increase of two over Thursday.
Not a Quincy doctor reported an at
tack of pneumonia.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14

Curtis Hart, a young bachelor
rancher, who lives near Saltwater,
Mimi, has a corps of farm helpers, of
whom not n is a man. Miss Ida
Blakely rides the mower and the reap
er and has charge of the important
machinery. She is an experienced
horsewoman. Mrs. L0ttie Cell, q
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14

Friday morning. His father. Gratz
Bowles, was in haywood when mott
fled of the accident, and he and Mrs.
Bowles both hurried to the Upton
home and remained with him until
the end.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14

William ]. Mulligan, CHARM
the Knights of Columbus war
ties committee in New York
inounced there will be no chat
the plan of dispensing free s
and things to the men owl
Everything free" Is the
which will be adhered to uni
last soldier and sailor reachesl
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14

Colonial troops first served with the
British army in 1SS4-5, when New
South Wales SEN a contingent Of 500
to the Soudan.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14

young war bride, and Miss f,
Hart, sister OF the boss. hand
buck rigs. Meanwhile thu womal
insists she has the hardest Job
outfit.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14
They Deserve, Quite as Much Honor a.
Those Who Were Ordered Across
the Pond, Says Score
tary BAker.
RE MANY ARE FROM KEoKUK
Some Of Best Men Were Kept in Can.
tonments Because They Were
Best to Teach New
Arrivals.

A number of Keokuk soldiers were
promoted, some from the ranks and
some to the double shoulder bars.
but were kept in environments in this
country and not tent to France
Some of them begged to be sent
owe there, but were firmly refused.
The reason generally was, that they
were especially good soldiers and ofh-
GERS, and that the pick of the can
tonments were kept there to train the
rockies coming in constantly by the
train load.
This applied to sergeants as well
as to commissioned officers.
The status OF these men who did
their duty so well, and were such
good men In every way, has been
defined by Secretary Baker of the
war department in a way that ought
to please the mothers. sisters and
sweethearts Of all of them.
What Baker Says Of Them.
Secretary Baker wrote a letter, part
of which is as follows:
These boys, who have fitted
themselves for overseas service and
then demonstrated such high quail
ties that they could not be spared
from home, deserve something better
than to be made the butt of jokes by
comedians"
The secretary, 1t is understood, Is
devising some insignia which, he
says, will imply a recognition from
the war department Of the value Of
services rendered by these men," and
has addressed the following letter to
the director Of the Soldiers, Sailors
and Marines club Of the National
League for Woman's Service at 26
Madison venue New York City:
The Correct Spirit.
My Dear Miss Winnie: / am writ
ing to you, as club director of the
Soldiers Sailors and Marines club.
in the hope that l can, through you
convey to the soldiers, sailors and
marines who take advantage of the
opportunities of the club, my hope
that they will aid me in creating q
correct spirit toward those who have
served their country in the present
war. The full strength Of the United
States was put forth and a vast army
of soldiers and sailors was sent over
sea, where they performed heroic
services, and from where they will
be shortly returning in large num-
bers. They will bring with them the
inspiration of their great undertaking,
and the attitude of the country to-
ward them should be and will be one
of grateful and affectionate welcome.
As Loyal az Those in Action.
! In addition to those who went over
seas, however, there were great
numbers of young men in training
for overseas service, and Of the men
and officers in the military establish
lment who were needed here either
as instructors or to carry out the
military tasks ir this country upon
which the efficiency Of our army
abroad necessarily depended. They
have given as loyal and patriotic SER
vice as those who went abroad, but
have been denied what their hearts
were set upon-an opportunity to
serve on the field of battle. There
ought to be no discrimination against
them by cas- of the accidents Of
fortune which retained them here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14
To Begin at Hamilton.

The plan is to start construction at
Hamilton. on account Of the inexhaust-
IDLE supply of stone and sand there,
and to keep the work in the county
connected with the base of supply Of
the components of concrete.
Hancock county is fortunate In the
matter Of materials. The rock at
Hamilton is not only rock, but the
very best stone in America. Engin-
GERS said that the quality of the lime.
stone quarried in Hamilton for the
concrete Of the great Keokuk dam
is superior to anything they ever saw.
1t will be equally superior for concrete
roads.
Commissioner Burgess will urge up.
en- the board of county supervisors
that the same old state aid law be
used in addition to the new state
bond law, to build other roads in Han
cock county. His plan is to build the
state roads from Hamilton through
Carthage to Macomb and Bowen and
as plated by the state board, and
then to build other connecting roads
all over the county under the old
law still in force by which the state
pays half of the cost.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14
Plan to Begin Construction There and
Work over to Carthage and
Then North and
South.
GOOD THERE
Work Expected to Begin in sprinq on
State Roads Authorized by
Bond Election in
November.

The hard road program for Han
COCK county is to begin at Hamilton
n build over to Carthage and then
north and south on the way to
Macomb and Quincy.
William Burgess. county road COM
missioner, feels confident that the
work will start next spring as soon
as he frost is out o / the ground.
The road bonds carried by a big
majority at the November election,
In Illinois, and the plan furnishes
plenty of money for real hard roads
alb over the state. The state road de.
partment plated roads connecting
county seats, and in Hancock county
the new roads show on the map from
Carthage to Macomb and to Quincy,
the one to the north going on to Chi
cago. The branch to Hamilton in adj
dition gives Carthage excellent hard
road entrances.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-14

Waterman and Mercantile fountain pens in
varied styles for men and women and BOYS and
girls, each carefully constructed to meet certain re-
qulrements, a light touch, a heavy writer, or a hand
that cramps easily. Every pen is sold here with the
UNDERSTANDING that It must work perfectly for the
one VINO uses 1t, or we will exchange it until YOU are
perfectly suited. Some are plain, some etched bar
rels, some with gold hands, all are Of the self-fller
type with pocket clips, ETC.. Priced at $3.50, SO,
49, so to 81. '