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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-20
TEN YEARS Of STOMACH ILLS
ENDED FOR A kEOkUK MAN BY
WILKINSON DRUG COS TONIC

stuffy. At other times my food sour
ed and hot, bitter fluids came up
into my throat and mouth. Often
had burning sensation in my stom-
ach My liver became sluggish and
was constipated.
Finally I got nervous. couldn't
sleep soundly and frequently had
headaches when I arose in the morn
ing
II took many medicines but moth
ing ever helped me like Tanlac.
Since taking It feel better in every
way, in fact so much better that
am pleased to relate my experience
with this new tonic. I sincerely rec
ommend 1t to all my friends"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-20
A NOVELTY IN
BUSINESS LIFE
..,. cam Pronlses 70 Remove An
.,ers privilege on Knowledge
Of Bankers Of Their
Customers.
WILL NOT HURT PATRIOT
-, chairmen Of the Liberty Loar
Campaign to Have Accessible
Data on Any Money
sIackers.

vour Uncle Sam is taking very
- interest in your finances just
nou even more than the assessor
ever did. + ~ the
,,n;tad States is just now compiet.
,na card index Of every man OF
e s the cards showing his assets
und ability to buy Liberty bonds next
nnth This card index In Daven-
nnrt contains more information about
tonya business men, professional men
"a formers than was ever collected
before. ,A+r hond
.,hscr;ntions next month win receive
| rom headquarters the names OF the
| hond prospects In his school district,
w c;tv ward, and opposite each name
u,,,l he the amount of Liberty bonds
that nerson is expected to buy-what
he ought to buy, In other words.
= tn emerson comes up to experta-
tons when solicited. his name goes
~ tho list of good patriots doing his
unr. IN win the war. If he does not
come M to expectations, he is asked
why and his answer goes stra1ght 10
state headquarters where exact JUS
/ tice will be done him after second
Investigation -l--t
Something New in Banking.
A novelty in business procedure is
the order expected to reach all the
hanks Just before the beginning OF
| the third Liberty loan bond campaign
which starts April 6.
The last loan was made through
the banks. Banks refuse, very prop
erly to discuss the affairs of their
clients and customers. If man said
| he had bought million dollars worth
| of Liberty bonds through his bank.
that ended it. Also If he had $4,000
on deposit in a bank and said he
was out of money. that ended that.
| In this present campaign all that is
| to be radically changed.
It is the intention that orders that
must be obeyed shall go to all the
banks in Iowa soon. These orders
| will go to all national banks from
their big boss, the comptroller of the
treasury; they will go co all other
|banks from the state banking depart
Ement, their boss. They will direct
Jail banks to inform the local Liberty
bond chairman of all bond sales the
bank makes and to answer the chair
mans questions about the ability of
ANY man or woman to buy govern
5ment bonds to help win the war.
Separates Loyalists and Siackers.
These arrangements are not made
against the loyal men and women
swho are ready and willing to do their
part, any more than police powers are
given sheriff against the law abid
Ing citizen.
They are designed to prevent the
very small percentage Of money
[slackers from succeeding in their
|camoufage, just as the laws are made
10 deter the very small percentage
(of burgling citizens from success.
Such orders from such source
70 the banks are not only manda-
Fory on the banks. but relieve the
Parks from all obligations of secrecy
Y the special cases at hand. This
power will be used only against the
Pmen or women who are very obvi-
|ously not doing their share in the
purchase of the third Liberty loan
bonds.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-20

II King George were to ABANDON mis-
throne and abjure titles he would De
known as plain Mr.. Windsor which is
the family name of the British SOW
ereign.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-20

To Enlarge Prison Farm.
FIT. MADISON, March 2o.-The
arm of the state penitentiary here
Eli De enlarged this summer. The
state has purchased the Knapp farm
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
American Commander Praised.

Through it's ambassador to this cOun-
try the British government has just
conferred exceptional hOnors upon the
commander of United States navy
vessel operating in foreign waters. For
service in an encounter with German
submarine the British admiralty has
recommended the decoration Of the
Distinguished Service order for Lieut..
Com. George +. Neal, U. S. N, who
was in charge Of an American destroy.
er. This ship was one Of number
escorting transports through the war
zone when the quartermaster sighted
the wake Of periscope, 1900 yards
distant. General quarters were sound.
ed and the commanding officer at once
began to maneuver with the enemy. He
Immediately shot his ship head on at
the U-bOat. Getting ahead Of the peri.
scope he ordered depth charge drop
ped. Nothing more was seen Of the
submarine and it was evident that her
damage had been serious. The British
admiralty credits the success Of the
destroyer to the alertness Of the com.
mander and the manner in which he
handled the attack. Lieutenant Com.
mander Neal Is n native Of Tennessee.
He graduated from the naval academy
in 1897. Under the laws Of this coun.
try officers are not allowed to receive
decorations from foreign powers.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
lncombustibIe CeIluIoid in Japan.

About year ago q considerable
amount of interest was aroused In the
United States by the announcement
that professor in one of the japanese
universities had invented a successful
incOmbustible substitute for celluloid,
to be manufactured from soy bean
cake. At the time 1t was not found
practicable to secure any more definite
Information with regard to the project.
but recently further data haveS been
received by the bureau Of foreign and
domestic commerce. The new product
has been given the trade name of
"satOlit," derived from the name Of the
inventor, Prof. S. SatO, and company
for its manufacture has been started
with a capital Of 100000 yen $1,O0O.-
OOO). Satellite Is galalith made of the
glucine of soy bean, coagulated by
fOrmaline. 1t Is said to be produced
much more cheaply than ordinary cell
luloid, and to have several advantages
for industrial use not possessed by the
latter. The factory is to be built in
the Kukojima district in Tokyo, and
the actual production will begin this
autumn.-COmmerce Reports.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
As a Man IL Judoed.

Remember, 1t is not the kind Of work
you are going to do, but the kind Of
work you now turn out that counts.
Your future is a guess fOrecasted only
by the present. Exceptional unexpect-
ed fitness seldom appears. 1t never
happens. 1t is a matter of growth If
1t comes at all. Latent ability may
lie dormant until challenged by some
great task, but 1t will be Eienta.
competence physically handicapped II
1t hasn't been working up to its job.
With the right intelligence and will
power there Is no reason why yOn
can't work up. You have the same
chance that has made others great. II
your mentality and skill are equal to
theirs, why can't you do what they
have done. If they are not you have
no reason to complain. When you
make your life count, obstacles and
problems will become pleasures. Men
Of metal rejoice In the chance 10 prove
themselves.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
ON ROAD TO DESTRUCTION
Specific Time Appointed for tho
Earth's Ending, but It Is Still
Some Few Years.
Apparently all is off!

Apparently all is off!
This little old Battle-scarred earth,
a mere clay marble among the billiard
balls Of the great solar systems, is
headed for the giant sun, Vega, and
humping itself at gait Of $4,000, 900
miles year!
But there is no justification for that
instant desire to get off and walk, says
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. We
need not worry about what will hap
pen when our speedy little sphere
reaches its present destination. 1t will
be our descendants of 1SO,0O0,0O0
years hence that will be yelling for
q transfer to some other line. And
even when that time comes there is
possibility that Vega will have side
stepped or ducked, so we can whiz
right by.
So. s. L. Boothroyd, associate pro-
fessor Of astronomy at the University
Of Washington, told large audience
Of men and women recently, in lee
ture on "rhe Nebulae of the Stars"
The eclipse of the sun, which will
uC uiihOSI SoihplCtC SSuttiC Oh Cuh0
8 next, will be one Of the most re-
markable sights ever permitted man
to see, declared Professor Boothroyd.
The astronomers, with powerful tel
escopes, can witness an eclipse every
So hours. If they wish to. The star
Algol. which Is huge sun, and Is To-
Gated in the northern heavens at this
time of the year, in the sword hand Of
Perseus, Is eclipsed every 5S hours by
a dark star that passes between 1t
and the earth. This accounts. says
Professor Boothroyd, for the fact that
Algol will gradually grow dim, and
then, within few minutes, flash up
BRIGHTLY again.
New worlds and suns are in process
Of creation in the heavenly nebulae,
said Professor Boothroyd. The rare
fed gases composing the nebulae, and
which consist Of atomic particles less
complex than the atoms Of iron and
mercury on our sphere. are gradually
becoming more dense. After countless
ages they become solid planets, or
some cataclysm of the heavens may so
heat the particles composing them that
they become suns.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
Authorities Ruthless in Suppress.
sion of General Num-
ti0nS Strike.
CONscRIPTION METHODSUSE
Labor Journal Tells How Workers at
Brunswick Were Tricked Into
Trouble, Then Sent to Pris-
on for Long Terms.

Amsterdam.-Details of the Ger
man military authorities ruthless sup
preston of an attempt at general
strike in all the munitions factories of
Germany last August, no particulars of
which were allowed out Of the country
at the time, are published in the Jour-
nal of the German Metal Workers.
In Brunswick, which is the only dis
trict particularized in the guarded
story published by the Journal, martial
law was Immediately put into force,
and both male and female strikers
were sentenced to Imprisonment. 1T
will be a long time before labor in
Brunswick RECEIVERS from the wounds
received" says the writer of the arti-
Gle. His account Of the strike is in
part as follows:
t"The great international strike has
come to an end in Brunswick, and the
labor movement is richer by very
grievous experience. The strike was
brought out by a few agitators. and
had been in preparation for a long
time.
'"The authorities in Brunswick in
deed knew more about the threatened
strike than the leaders of the local
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23

'"The enrlre horei became -o iiiY.G
with smoke and gas 1t was difficult to
breathe, and we could scarcely seq
ten feet away.
"The firing from the anarchists
drove the cadets from our hotel. and
on Tuesday night the anarchists took
possession.
"The battle continued fOr four days
more, the bolsheviki firing from our
hotel and the cadets firing back. On
Wednesday the firing was so heavy
that the halls were not even safe, and
we went to the cellar, where we stayed
a couple of days and nights.
1T was not only the firing-that
was expected-but the bolsheviki had
demanded the keys to the wine cellar,
which had been refused. No one knew
when they might use force and get
them. You cannot imagine what aw-
full looking people these men are. A
large part seemed to be deserters from
the army, and they looked as If there
was nothing they would stop at.
FINALLY the firing seemed to dimin-
ish, and on Saturday we learned the
cadets had been defeated"
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
GiantS of the Sky.

The largest warplanes are the bomb
dropping machines. They must be
capable of carrying heavy loads Of ex-
plosives. They are usually slow ma
chimes, speed being sacrificed to carry
ing capacity. The Italians have speciak
lied in big bomb machines. The huge
Caproni airplanes carry three men and
three guns, besides 2,750 pounds of ex-
plosives. That makes q useful load Of
1000 pounds. The machine Is driven
by three engines with total Of 800
horse power. Such enormous machines
are rather exceptional, however. Bomb
ing machines are usually conveyed by
fast fighting planes, and do not have to
defend themselves from attack in the
air. Often bombing raids are made at
night, and the big Italian machines are
provided with "searchlight bombs to
enable them to locate important spots
on the ground beneath. These are bril-
liant magnesium torches suspended
from parachutes, so that they fall slow.
ly and give broad Illumination, while
the airplane itself Is shielded from the
light by the parachutc.-St. Nicholas.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
Fear Teacher Famine

"There never was time when good
public school teachers We're needed
as they are now and as they will be
in the immediate future" said Doctor
Allen. "The whole problem of Amer
icanization and training for citizen
ship, as it must be met in the ele-
mentary public schools, is fundamen-
tai, yet from all over the country we
hear of the failure Of young men and
women to register In the training
schools. We are approaching crisis" !"
From Iowa comes the report that
100 schools have no teachers ut all.
In Philadelphia as many substitutes
are needed In month this winter as
are ordinarily employed in the full
school year. Men have gone to the
war, and woman teachers are resign
ing constantly. Cincinnati reports the
fear of teacher famine.
p. P, Claxton, United States COM
missioner Of education, reports: "The
shortage is constantly increasing and
Is embarrassingly large in some sec
tions."
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
FACES DEATH I'm
MOSCOW BATTLE

ing early in the morning preparatory
to leaving.
"We were in the very center of the
battlefield. The fight was between
the bolsheviki and the cadets, the lat
ter standing by the government and
the former trying to overthrow it.
There was very little to eat in the
hotel, and again the Red Cross men
came to our rescue and we did our
own cooking.
"On Sunday the cadets took posses
sion of the hotel. On Monday the
bolsheviki began to fire on it with
rifles only. Nearly all the windows
were broken and we lived in the halls.
On Tuesday the big guns were turned
Immediately on us and the two upper
stories destroyed. The big gun firing
continued for three long and horrible
hours.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
Seattle Woman Tells of Plight of
Americans in Russian y
City.
LIVE like RATS EIGHT DAYS
Describes Terrible Experiences During
Fight Between the BoIsheviki and
Cadets-In\ Very Center
of the Battle.

Seattle, Wash.-How Americans hud-
died for eight days in the basement
of hotel in Moscow, Russia, while
the battle between the bolsheviki and
cadets loyal to the government ragged
over their heads, Is told in viyidly
interesting letter received here by
relatives of Mrs. Helen Meserve, for
merly of this city, who has spent the
last three and one-half years with her
husband in Russia.
Harry Meserve, her husband, is
representative of the National City
bank of New York in Petrograd and
Moscow.
Living like rats and running from
place to place to avoid the bullets Of
the machine guns and the shells Of
the larger guns" Mrs. Meserve says,
''was an experience she hopes never
to undergo again."
The first part of her letter is dated
November II, 1917, at Moscow. It
says:
Yesterday we were able to leave
the hotel in Moscow and are now at
the French military headquarters.
For eight days we were under bonn
bardment and for three hours the
guns of the anarchists were turned
directly on the Hotel National, where
great damage was done. All the
windows were broken and the walls
torn by the big shells.
liza Rats In CeIlar
"The last few days we lived like
rats in the cellar, running from place
to place to safe shelter. During all
the bombardment we did not take our
clothes off and sat up two nights"
Four days later the letter was con-
tinued at the Hotel d'Europe in Pc
trograd. The letter continues:
"We arrived here yesterday in a
Red Cross train and are leaving, for
home just as soon as we possibly
can get out. I will try and tell lit
tie more about our experiences in
Moscow.
''The firing began at ten o'clock at
night. At first only few shots were
fred. There was positively no warn
ing any kind, as we knew the gov
ernment had been taken over by the
bolsheviki (this party is composed Of
anarchists and socialists, the former
in great majority.
sour rooms were on the corner Of
the hotel and our windows were rid
died with bullets while we were dress
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
Shortage Is Noted in Various
Parts of Country.
Decreased Enrichment In Normal
Schools and designations May
Bring Crisis.

New York.-The United States Is
facing famine Of public school teach
ers. The schools in various parts Of
the country are already suffering
from a shortage Of teachers. Men and
women in noticeable numbers, reports
from different sections say, are re-
signing their positions in the schools
to take up other kinds Of work. But
the worst of the situation, as 1t Is ex-
planned by DR.. William Fl. Allen, who
has been q leading student Of school
problems for many years, is the GER
tainty of a greatly increased shortage
In the future, as evidenced by the fall
ing off IN enrollments In teachers
training schools.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
LAY HEAVY HAND
ONGERMANLABQR

trade unions, who were unable to take
counter measures to protect the work
ing people.
1.-THE most INSCRIPTIONS methods
were used to persuade the workers to
take part in the strike. RumOrs were
put out to the effect that the strike
was for the purpose of putting an end
to the control of food exercised by the
authorities, also that it was to exert
pressure on the employers to grant de.
mands which had been put forward
by the Metal Workers union. 1t was
Also declared that not only in Ger.
many, but throughout the world, in
London, Paris and PetrOgrad, work
was to come to standstill in order to
bring about peace.
"The number of persons out on
strike in Brunswick the first day was
5000, which was increased the next
two days by female workers from the
jam and spinning factories.
"On the breaking out Of the strike
the minister Of the interior summoned
the heads Of the wOrkman's commit.
tees. They presented series Of de.
mands, including fair distribution of
food, the eight-hOur day, grant Of right
of free assembly, introduction of equal
direct voting, peace without annexa.
tiOns or indemnities, permission to es.
tablish a labor journal and nonpunish.
ment Of participants in the strike.
''The minister would not discuss the
demands. He stated that work must
be resumed the next morning (Friday)
or the matter would be referred to the
military command. He added that the
working people would suffer heavily if.
against wiser cOunsels, they persisted
in the strike. The strikers voted to
continue the strike.
"A few hours after this fateful deci.
sion had been taken the orders of the
military authorities were pasted up in
the streets. These required that work
should be resumed on Friday morning,
in default of which strict conditions of
martial law would be introduced.
Special Military Court.
"The instigators of the strike were
the first to return to work, while the
mass of the strikers gathered at their
meeting place, where however, the au.
thOrities would allow no assembly to
take place.
Meanwhile special military court
has been set up, working day and night.
The arrests and trials numbered more
than hundred and terms of impris-
Onment up to ten months were i'm
posed. Workers between the ages Of
seventeen and forty-eight who were
subject to military service were
brought under military control and
were ordered to perform certain work,
for which they would receive only mil
itary pay.
I'm many families the father or
mOther-in some, indeed, both parents
had been condemned to long terms
of Imprisonment. We saw children in
charge of grandparents, who mourned
in common the fate that had overtaken
them suddenly. Everything that could
be associated with the strikers was ad-
versely affected. The working people
and their organizations suffered most
severely. The negotiations on eco
nomic matters, which had been initi-
ated with the munitions firms with
the cooperation Of the war office, have
been suspended, and dissension has
been sown in the ranks of labor"
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23

conduct, although simple, Is strict.
They worship in their homes, and In
the fields, but have no priests.
They have no written language and
no literature of any sort. But they
have a number Of curious folk tales.
One is somewhat akin to the Adam
and Eve story. Lumawig, out Of love
for his people, sent an old couple to
earth with new food for the IgOrOt
tribes. The old couple on certain
day were to explain its use to the
mortals, but the latter became curious
and could not wait until the appoint
ed time. Two Of the Igorots stole the
bag in which the new food was hid
den. This so angered Lumawig that
he said the Igorots thereafter would
have to till the ground and gain their
food by the sweat Of their brows. The
new food was rice. 1t today Is the
great staple Of the people. Rice
and sweet potatoes are the only things
they raise.
Another legend tells of the origin Of
head hunting. In warfare the Igorot
always brings home the heads of his
victims. One day the Moon, which Is
woman, was beating out brass. The
| young child of the Sun stood near by,
watching. His scrutiny angered the
Moon, and she threw q stick at him,
causing decapitation. The Sun then
appeared and put his child's head back
on his trunk, declaring that because
of the Moons wanton act mortals
would henceforth cut off each others
heads when in wrath.
Know How to lrrigate.
Although primitive in their planting
and harvesting the Igorots mastered
all the details of irrigation. This Is
the source of their prosperity. They
have terraced all the mOuntainsides
and raise two crops Of rice year.
While the IgorOts as race are
small, they are exceptionally well de-
veloped. They are great mountain
climbers. Dress reform does not both
er them. A thin breechcioth and a
happy smile make up their costume,
which they wear the year round. They
are much like the aboriginal Indian of
America in many customs, one in par
ticular being that the women do all
the work, while the men sit around In
indolent ease, smoking green tobacco
in. ill-smelling pipes. The women and
children smoke, too.
Superstition enters into their cures
for sickness. When a part Of the body
is injured they tattoo little stars all
over the spot, believing that by this
means they will drive out the little
devils that have taken up their abode
there. Being exposed to the sun and
weather at all times they are constant
ly shedding their skin. When death
occurs in family the natives take
chicken meat. and other foods and q
great feast Is held, followed by wild
dance similar to the dances Of the
American Indians. The body is then
buried, and the personal belongings Of
the dead person are handed among the
relatives and the visitors depart. For
ornamentation the women gather little
berries, which they string and which
are then plated in the strands of their
black hair.
They relish dog meat, and after they
have fattened dog on rice they have
barbecue and wild dance, beating
doleful music from the copper and
brass and wooden tomtoms.
But with all their quaint and saw
age customs the Igorots are patriotic
to the American flag now, and want to
go to the trenches for the Great Apo.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
ABOVE AGE LIMIT YET
ENLlSTS AS U. S. GUARD

Springfield, sIll.-Presenting a
faded honorable discharge from
the army written on sheepskin
and dated 1886, John B. Landis,
aged fifty-eight, has enlisted here
I'm the United States guards. He
Is veteran of Custer's famed
Indian command. Although he
is eighteen years beyond the ago
limit, recruiting officers accepted
him because Of his splendid
physical fitness. Lands has one
son in the aviation section in
France.