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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29

Always on the Bluff.
The patriotic little woman and moth
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29
Stands Behind Union Sta
ton With Flag as Men
Depart for MARSHES
a Real Patriot

She has stood there now, every time
the soldiers have gone away, little and
bent; behind the union station on the
bluff
Some wondered who she was. 9th
ers knew.
Standing as straight as she could
and with an American flag held proud
" in her hand, this little woman
looked benignly on each fresh incre-
ment of national army men as il
boarded the trains for west or south
and sometimes north
Then as the train would depart with
its cargo of fresh fighters, she would
turn and go into her home. She has
made it point to always be on the
bluff above the shelf where the depot
and interurban cars run
Always on the Bluff.
The patriotic little woman and moth
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29
Hardly Drugstore In the Land
That Does Not Sell This Remedy

appetite, feeling of lassitude and
general weakening of the system. II
is then that you should promptly take
a few bottles of S. S. s., the great
blood purifier and strengthened. It
viii cleanse the blood thoroughly and
build up and strengthen the whole
system s. S. S. is sold by all drug
gists- Valuable information about the
blood supply can be had free by writ
ing to the Swift Specific Co. ~
Swift Laboratory. Atlanta. Ga
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29
Don't HAVE TO
REGISTER TO VOTE
City Clerk Obtains Opinion From the
S County Auditor on the Subject
Did in Former
Years.
STATE OFFICIALS RULE
Letter Today Brings Statement From
c. T. Hull That Franchised
May Omit Old
Duty.

Voters don't have to register for the
primary election next Monday
This information came to o. W.
Sandberg, city clerk, today, from C.
T. Hull, Lee county auditor. Mr.. Hull
advised Mr.. Sandberg that he had OBJ
Etained a ruling from state officials
on the subject
A letter from the city clerk to the
auditor short time ago started
search for an official opinion on regis
ration.
In other statewide primaries, voters
have always registered but none is
required this year.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29
Little Old Woman Sees
Each Soldier Group Go

er is Mrs. George Chandler, and she
lives at No. Is Main street.
Mrs. Chandler comes of patriotic
stock.
She had several friends in Company
L-made UP of the first selectives
called from Keokuk- The morning
these boys left she went to the edge
of the bluff to get a last glimpse of
them. She would have gone to the
station but she was too feeble that
hay. Her limbs are badly swollen
with dropsy and it was an effort for
her to go even the seventy feet from
the house to the cliff
She became interested after that in
the departure of the selected men
She always went to the edge of the
bluff when she knew they were going
away.
sons Would Be in.
Her two sons were drowned at the
time the water power dam was built
They would have been in the army now
no doubt. 1t was firstly in remem-
brance of her sons that she watched
the soldiers depart She told friends
that they too would be going if they
were alive
When Mrs Chandler went to the
bluff Tuesday morning she had to be
supported by two people as she
walked from the house to the hill.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29
On the Market Half a Century.

When you are m perfect health,
and are enjoying a strong and vigor-
Gus vitality, It is then that your blood
Is free from all impurities.
You should be very careful and
give heed to the slightest indication
of impure blood. A sluggish circuIa-
lion is often indicated by an impaired
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29

on the common barberry coming IT,
ly month earlier in the season -
that our greatly increased wheat -. :,
age is in danger Of a widespread sf
demic. I'D
"The only way to check TINS
outbreak is to get rid OF every go
mon. tall barberry bush In the s'sN'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29
BLACK RUST
MAY COME HERE
Plant Disease Specialist Writes Of
Menace--keo<uk Citizens
Asked to Help
Prevent.

Dr. L Z. Melhus, plants disease spe-
cialist of the Iowa experiment sta
lions. is the author of the following
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29

Raymond Williams; Privates, Rich
ard O'Shea, John Lawton, Harry
Code, Vincent F'aber, William Morgan,
George Chambers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29
BOYS PRESENT
OWN PROGRAM
Peters Students Demonstrate
Ability as Performers Be-
fore Relatives and
Friends.
TContrfbuted.7

The program given hast night at
St Peters hall differed from those
given in former years by the pupils
of the grade school, the boys being
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
E[ ADY,S g[NINN
III FAIRY TALE
lao hApN @AAAN.eQ R
TRUE / STORY.

Splash, splash" said Tommy, the
fish.
splash, splash" said Johnny. the
other fish.
They were 10Th swimming around
a beautiful pool of a sunken garden
in a part of the country where it vas
almost always warm.
You Know" said Tommy, and then
he paused and waved a fin.
what do | know" asked Johnny.
I'm going TO tell you" said Tommy.
but ! had TO stop 10 ave a fin to
young Sammy Fish, WHO just swan by.
/ don't want to be a snOb. you know"
whats a snOb?" asked Johnny.
"A snob," said Tommy, "is "A creature
who thinks himself 50 fine that he
won't speak pleasantly To his neigh
bOrs or his acquaintance or his
friends. In fact, he doesn't think his
friends are quite as good as he is"
81 wouldn't like IA snob." said
Johnny. ~
Ne, you wouldn't, for you're scnSi-
ble," said Tommy. IF you want to
know the truth | will tell it to you"
Il .would love to know the truth"
said Johnny.
""The truth is that any creature who
is silly enough to be n snob is o. fool
ish to be a fine person." said Tommy,
splaShing hard.
Il believe YOU" said Tommy, Il be-
Iieve you"
"Of course" said Tommy, 81 have
been here so long in this sunken pool
Of this garden that ! know my mistress
and am not i'm the least shy"
Some creatures can't help being
shy, but they can help being snobs,"
he added.
Yen started in to tell me that I
knew something which you were going
to say" said Johnny. Then you
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
CASE GOES TO COURTS
Postal Company Will Contest
Government Seizure.
Telegraph Concern Also Opposes
Proposed Consolidation With
the Western Union.

New York, Nov. 23.-The Postal
Telegraph-C Gable company will contest
I'm court the government seizure of
it's properties and proposed consoli.
dation of its land lines with those of
the Western Union Telegraph com
paIy, Clarence L. Mackay, president,
announced.
He declared taking Over OF the ca
bles by the government was contrary
to the letter as well as the spirit OF
the law"
"Mr. Burleson announces that he
proposes to merge or consolidate the
Western Union and Postal" said Mr..
Mackay. Has he no fear OF the
Sherman antitrust act?
"If the two companies themselves
started out to consolidate or merge,
they would probably be met by an
injunction by the attorney general of
the United States and would face
Jail.
THE joint resolution of Congress
authorized the taking I'VE of the tele-
graph lines for national security and
defense but did not authorize or init
mate in the slightest degree that any
merger or consolidation was contem-
plated, expected, or would be tolerated
or that the Postmaster General could
override the acts of Congress. We
shall contest this in the courts if at
tempted"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
is DRY
AFTER JUNE 80
Congress Passes and President
Signs War Time Prohibi-
ton Measure.
BOTH HOUSES ADJOURN
Appropriations at This Session Aggre-
gated $s6,2ss, ooo, 900, Making
Total for Sixty-fifth Con-
aress S55, 900, ooo, 600.

Washington, Nov. 23.-The second
session of the S~iXty-fifth, or war"
Congress, which began Dec. 3 last.
ended under resolution which had
been adopted earlier in the day by
the Senate, Al to IS, and by the
House without objection.
Since the third and final session
of this. Congress will begin in IL
days-Dec. 2-the adjournment was
devoid of many of the spectacular
features usually accompanying the
ending of the sessions.
President Wilson did not go to the
capitol, because no legislation requir-
ing his action was passed by either
body.
Little business was transacted in
either house, most of the Senate's
time being taken up in spirited de-
bate, while the House, after passing
the adjournment resolution, recessed.
The usual committee from the Sen
ate and House waited on the Presi-
dent and were advised that he had
no eleventh hour communications to
make.
Congress formally completed and
sent to President Wilson the bin for
wartime prohibition. effective next
July l.. The President promptly
signed the measure.
For length. bulk of appropriations
for the wal and the number and i'm
portance of legislative measures
passed, the session which closed was
regarded by leaders as unprecedented.
At this session wal was declared on
Austria Hungary, and the members
also saw the victorious end of all hos.
~tilities.
Appropriations passed aggregated
S36,29S, 900, 900, making the total for
this Congress more than $50, 600, 000,-
600, of which $19,412, 900. 900 was APP
%propriated at the tristan extra-ses-
sion at which war was declared on
Germany.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28

washington. Nov. ga Details OF a
campaign for planting memorial trees
for soldiers viii be outlined at a meet
ing In New York of the board OF al.
Ircctors Of the American Forestry as.
~isociation In announcing the meeting
ciaxrieX OF
1.-THE Forestry association. said COVER.
nors. state officials OF defense and
patriotic organizations will cooperate
IN lnakina- Arbor day m 1919 SECOND
onl. m Importance and impressive
ness 10 the day which probably will be
Ut as,de tor the celebration Of victory.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
my Mistress Always Fed Me-"

stopped to wave a fin to Mr.. Sammy
Fish. and we got talking and splashing
about other things"
That's So" said Tommy, I'VE did.
We'll, l was going TO tell you that you
knew l was very tame"
II knew that and ! know that" said
Johnny. "Pray continue
They both swan slowly about in the
lovely sunken pool, which was n beau
tiful pond. a little below the level ot
the ground.
MY mistress always fed me choice
little bits from her hand. and she al
ways laughed when / splashed hard
after each bit of food | was given, for
she knew ! a saying: Thank You
for the goodies, mistress dear
Then ] became so tame she could
put her hand down in the water and
stroke me, and | would wiggle my fins
delightedly."
Il thought she had two hands" said
Johnny.
$50 she has" answered Tommy.
"What makes you say that?"
Because" said johnny, you said
she put her hand In the water and
stroked you"
To be sure / did," said Tommy,
and that is quite true. She has two
hands. but she only strokes me with
n at a time. She chooses between
her two hands and then decides to put
n into the water. At least that IN
what ! suppose she does. Oh, what IA
very particular fish you are, to make
sure that | don't mean the mistnass has
only one hand :"
"Ah, / thought / would have a little
Joke" said Johnny.
Tommy grinned, a funny, fishy grim,
N his eyes looked very shiny and
queer.
do YOU know" he said. THAT folks
don't believe l am so tame until my
mistress shows them! They don't
think a FISH could be as tame as all
that. But more thar that, my mistress
puts her mouth i'm the pool just a little
way and ! put my mouth up a little bit
and we have a nice watery kiss, my
mistress and l. l am really a very
unusually tame Ash, but all Of this is
true, rs you know"
II know that every word of it is
true" said Johnny.
And Ii all was true. for this is a
really. really true story!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
MusterInq Out EIuejackets.

Chicago. Nov. 23.-The first steps
toward mastering out hluejackets at
Great Lakes naval training station
are being taken. following receipt by
Capt. w. A. Moffett, commandant. OF
instruction from Secretary Daniels.
Caatain Moffett said he construed the
orders to mean that men with Deepen.
dents or business interests are 10 be
given priority In release Applics-
tions OF the men are to be forwarded
with recommendations to Washington.
The population OF the station now Is
about 5000.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
DRYS PREPARING BILL
Drastic Prohibition Measure Will
Go Before Congress.
Anti-SaIoon League Will Urge Its
Adoption if Federal Amend
ment Carries.

Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 23.-The dras.
tic features of a federal prohibition
enforcement law on which dry leaders
will insist on Congress enacting in
case the federal prohibition amend
ment is ratified by the states, was out
lined by Wayne b. Wheeler, national
counsel for the Anto-Salcon league, TO
state Anti-SalOon league superinten-
dents and dry workers at the conclu-
sion of the worldwide prohibition con-
ference here.
The proposed bill provides for a fed
eral prohibition law enforcement COM
mission under the collector of internal
revenue with special Officers scattered
throughout the nation.
Near-beer will come under the ban
if the proposed law is enacted. A
definition of alcoholic liquors, the sale
and manufacture of which will be pro-
hibited, is to mean distilled, malt,
~vinous, spurious and alcoholic liquors.
Near-beer, it is said, will be caught
both under the mail" and alcoholic"
stipulations.
No person will be permitted to have
liquor in his possession unless it has
been acquired legally and to be ac-
CURED legally it must be obtained un-
der a special permit issued by the fed
eral enforcement officers or by state
enforcement officers.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
Hail Insurance Rates Raised.

Chicago, Nov. 2S.-Heavy insurance
losses sustained by the Western Hail
association in North Dakota and Mon
tana We're made public, following the
annual meeting OF the association
here. Increases in rates in those
states We're found necessary. In the
district OF North Dakota, in which a
~ per cent rate is charged. the pre-
NUNS were $4,000 and the losses
paid $l,5l2,00e. In Montana also. it
was reported, the losses were larger
than the premiums. in spite OF a 10
per cent rate.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
Musie,s Proper Sphere.

Music is more than an art il is an
instinct. Beneath the savage's prim-
tive delight in the tom tom and the
musicians intellectual enjoyment of
a Bach fugue. is the same underlying
principle-a spontaneous love of
rhythm and the desire no express il. To
create exquisite harmonies i the heav-
ss,SoT. g.ft G. -cn..s :ac a.g;ac hcr.
tage Of one man in a thousand. To
interpret another's WORK. is II talent,
developed only by years of hard work
and infinite patience. 70 listen 10 the
perfect Interpretation az q great ccns-
POSER Is a blessed privilege.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
Newberry election Case Dropped.

Washington. Nov. 23.-Proceedings
before the Senate elections commit
tee ~contesting the election OF Truman
II. Newberry. Republican. as senator
from Michigan. were ordered dismiss
ed by the committee on a vote of 6 to
5. Those who voted 10 prevent the in
v~estigation are vardaman n King.
Democrats. and Sherman. Dillingham;.
Knox and Kellogg. Republicans.
Those who sought to keep the investi-
sstiosi alive were Pomerene. Walsh.
woicott and Ashurst. Democrats. and
Kenyon. Republican.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
Body Found in Wire cask.

San Francisco, Nov. 23.-Attempts
to learn the identity of an Italian
whose body was reported to have been
found in a 50-gallon cask OF wine
shipped from this city to New York
are being made here by the police,
According 20 the information. the cast
bore the name of an Italian wine firm
here and was regularly shipped with
the internal revenue credentials. The
discovery of the mans body was
made when the cask was opened for q
test OF the wine.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
WAR REVENUE MEASURE CUT
Senate Committee slashes Billion
Dollars From Bill.

Washington. Nov. %. ~ Levies ag-
%Eregating a billion dollars were cut
from the special miscellaneous AK
schedules of the war revenue bill by
the Senate finance committee. In ac-
cordance with its decision to make the
1919 levy about 5000. 900, 900.
Reductions adopted included fea-
lures of the beverage and tobacco
schedules. No change was made in
the alcoholic beverage rates, but the
House tax of 80 per cent on near
beer was cut to rs per cent and that
on ether soft drinks from 20 10 10
per cent.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
IT'S LIVES LOST ON SEAS
United States Also Had 145 Ships
Sunk During War.

Washington, Nov. 23.-Loss of las
American passenger and merchant
vessels of 354,449 IONS and us lives
through acts of the enemy in the
period from the beginning of the world
war to the cessation Of hostilities Nov.
IL, is shown by figures made public
by the Department of Commences bu-
reau of navigation. Nineteen vessels
and 81 lives were lost through use Of
torpedoes. mines and gunfire before
the entrance of the United States into
the wal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
NAVAL BUILDING PROGRAM
Destroyer Fleet VIII Almost Equal
Britain's in 18 Months.

Washington. Nov. 23.-By July,
1920, the American navy will have
more than twice the number of ships
it had before the outbreak of the war.
Admiral Taylor, chief of naval con-
struction, told the House naval affairs
backbone of the increase, Admiral
Taylor said. There are 100 of these
in commission and $40 will be added
in the next Is months. making this
country's destroyer force equal to
that of the British.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
BRONZE MEDALS PROPOSED
Every American Officer, Soldier and
Sailor May Be Rewarded.

Washington. Nov. 23-Bronze med
ais commemorative victory in the war
and yalor of the American forces
would be given every American Of
ficer. soldier and sailor under a reso-
luton by Senator Whitman of Nevada,
unanimously ordered favorabiy report
ed by the Senate Naval committee.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
LINER CAMPANIA Is SUNK
Breaks From Her Moorings in Gale
Along Scottish Coast.


London. Nov. %. The steamer
Campania, once queen of the seas, was
sunk in the Firth of Forth, Scotland,
in a gale. All on board the vessel
were saved. The Campania broke
from it's moorings and collided with
a battleship. 1t sank before it could
be beached.
The Campania, a former Cunard
Line transatlantic fiier, for several
years had been the mothership for
seaplanes in the British navy.
The Campania was of 1880 tons
and was built in Glasgow in 1892.
When the war began the vessel was
taken over by the British admiralty.
1t was in the Jutland fight and also
took part in the operations by the
Allied fleets at the Dardanelles.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
GERMANY MAY INTERN TURKS
Former Grand vizier and War Min
lister Reach Berlin.

former Turkish minister of war, and
Talaat Pasha. former grand vizier,
who have arrived in Berlin. disguised
as German officers. are to be informed,
according to the Berlin newspapers,
pending their expulsion when peace
is declared.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-11-28
King Albert and Queen Return to
Brussels, With Their Children,
After Long Absence.
WILSON TO TELL MOTIVE
President to Reply to Criticism Before
Embarkina for Peace Conference
Tentative Sailing Date Is
December 4.

Brussels, Nov. 23.-king Albert
has entered his capital. His
queen and their children accom-
panied him.
London, Nov. 23.-Belgian troops
restored order and normal life
had been resumed in Brussels be-
fore King Albert entered the city,
according to dispatches from that
city. The Belgian newspapers
have resumed publication after
more than four years of suppress
sion.
Havre. Nov. 23.-The Belgian war
office u that the Belgian army
has passed Louvain. the city which
a sacked and burned by the Ger
mans early in the war. I'VE have
reached the line of A~rendonck, Mail,
west of Diest and east of Louvain,
the communique said. I'm the Brus-
sells region we received $500 Allied
prisoners" ~
Preparing Welcome.
Paris, Nov. 23.-President Wilson is
expected to arrive in Paris about Dec,
II. according to information here,
Plans are being made for the enter.
tainment of the American president
as well as the Allied rulers who will
visit Paris. The visits will begin at
the end of this month with the arrival
of King George and Queen Mary OF
Great Britain. King Albert and Queen
r. izabeth of Belgium will come on
Dec. S.
Wilson to Tell Motive.
Washington. Nov. %. - President
Wilson, 1t Is now understood. will
make an important statement on the
purpose of his visit abroad just be
fore leaving here. and at the same
time reply indirectly to criticism
which is being directed at certain fea'
lures of his peace program.
The president and party will leave
on the Agamemnon. formerly the Kai
ser Wilhelm III, one of the big passen
ger steamships which were among
those seized from Germany. Present
indications are that the president and
party will leave Washington on Dec.
or a day or two later. conveyed by
naval craft.
200 in Peace Party.
His encourage. including the Amer
lean peace delegation, advisers. ex,
perts, secretaries. stenographers and
the wives of some of the officials. will
number approximately 200 persons
With regard to the delegates there is
still no definite indication as to when
the names will be announced.