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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07

of a sensational and scandalous ma
ture and character affecting the Red
Cross and its nurses. for the reason
that such stories and reports not only
seriously interfere with the recruiting
of nurses for service abroad, but also
have tendency to create public dis
trust in the American Red Cross. and
are detrimental to the army activities
it is carrying on to alleviate the un-
speakable condition due to the war"
Judge Hand went further and charg-
ed the grand jury to summon persons
circulating such rumors, innocently or
otherwise, and to indict persons who
start such rumcrs or who willfuIly cir
culate them. He denounced such
stories as part of the whispering pro-
German propaganda" and declared
that their willful circulation consti-
tuted violation of the espionage act
The warning to both the credulous
and the malevolent is timely Only
part of these stories may be of PR
German origin, but all of them aid
the enemy, to some extent There is
no excuse for their acceptance or cir
culation, for if they were true they
would have been treated by the Papers.
NO thoughtful loyal person will give
them credence or pass them on and
some way should be found to check
the irresponsible or disloyal.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
LEARNING FROM LIFE.

Pittsburgh Dispatch: A man some
what distinguished for his labors in
American religious affairs a few
months ago went to France as vol
unteer. as he put it to friends, ito
bring Christ to the French" and now
reports himself as pupil instead OF
a teacher. He learned some great
lessons direct from life among the
soldiers of France and frankly
acknowledges the source of his new
knowledge. 1t is a candor not always
displayed by a man who stands high
in his chosen work when he finds that
all his old views, preconceptions and
theories Of conduct prepared in ad-
vance were in error.
To a young American military Of
ficer with whom the preacher talked
crossing the ocean, and to whom he
discussed his plans and motives, the
result was non surprising. To the
same young officer the distinguished
preacher said after few months ex-
perience among the French soldiers:
81 came to teach; | go back pupil.
I was entirely wrong. They have
taught me more Of life's real truths
by their actions than l have ever
thought existed. / was wrong-they
are right.
The preacher who went to France
with a definite idea and specific
course of duty for the good of the
French soldiers, the expression Of
years of experience in the field Of
ordinary humanity, found the men of
France different than they have been
pictured in pages Of frothy fiction.
They live real lives-heroic lives,
but it is necessary to be among
them to learn the force and beauty
of their character. The preacher,
who learned more of life's truths
from the simple acts of the soldiers
of France than he thought existed,
has made substantial gain, although
his original purpose was complete
failure. He won by losing, for he has
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
DETERMINED TO
STOP HUN RUSH
That Was Object of American
Marines and Result is
That They Stopped
Them.
HEAPS OF GERMAN DEAD
Defeated $1,000 Prussian and Ba-
varian Troops in Three
Days Of Hot
Fighting.
HEAPS OF GERMAN DEAD


Staff Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
IN FRANCE, June 7.-(3:30 p. nj
I'VE have obtained our object-not
objective, as we had no objective. We
simply were determined that the Ger
man rush should be stopped. It's
stopped
This was the terse summary by an
American officer today of his brigade's
exploit northwest of Chateau-Thierry,
which has developed into one of the
most glorious in the history OF the
United States marines.
The 1ull in the fighting in the mid
die of this morning permitted brief
checking up of the results of the four
days desperate action.
1t is now positively known that the
Americans defeated three divisions
(36, 600 mem of Prussians and Bavar-
ian landwehr for three successive
days. They took hundreds of prison
ers and left heaps of German dead on
the fields, The marines casualties,
however. were not disproportionate.
The bitterest lighting last night
came as the result of one Of the in
terminable series Of German counter
attacks. The Boches started their as
saults as the marines were preparing
for another sortie. The marines beat
them to it and drove them back.
While the marines were thus occu-
pied, the Americans on their right
showed forward almost four miles In
stead of the two and half that had
been ordered.
The marines are holding Bouresches
station, which is of extreme strategic
Importance. Some machine gun nests
still remained to be cleared out of the
Belleau wood.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07

hear any woman complaining we tell
them about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and what it did for
me. Mrs. JOHN FRAME, 1121 N. 18th
ST., st. Louis, Mo.
Girls who suffer as Mrs. Frame did
should not hesitate to give this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, trial, as
the evidence that is constantly being
published proves beyond question that
this grand old remedy has relieved more
suffering among women than any other
medicine
For confidential advice write Lydia E
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
The result of their forty years expert
ence is 1T your service.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
LIEUT.. SAYS
HUNS WILL QUIT
keokuk Officer in Depot Brigade
Camp Dodge. Visits Parents
on FurIough With
Wife,

The Germans will have to quit be-
fore the Americans reach the Rhine,
saws Lieut.. Charles NJ. Henneman
who is in Keokuk. visiting his par
ents. Chief of police C. II. Hennemann
ard wife at 1922 High street. Lieuten'
ant Hennemann is assigned to the de-
NOT brigade at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Having been regular army man for
seven years, he had no difficulty In
winning a commission when officers
training camps were conducted. The
Keokuk lieutenant is now teaching
machine gun operation to new men in
the cantonment His wife accompanied
him to Keokuk for visit.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
A MONUMENT FOR THE SOLDIERS

A monument LOT Ile SoluleiS,
And what will ye build it Of?
Can We build it of marble or brass OF
bronze
Outlasting the soldiers love?
Can you glorify it with legends
AS grand as their blood hath writ
From the Utmost shrine of this land
of time
To the outmost verge Of it?
A monument for the soldiers,
Built of a peoples love,
And blazoned and decked and pano'
piled
n With the hearts We built it or.
And see that We build it stately,
In pillar and niche and gate.
And high in pose, as the souls OF those
It would commemorate
james Whitconb Riley
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
Watch Your Blood Supply,
Don't Let Impurities Creep In

medicine, that is purely vegeIaosIei;
MANY druggists have seen wonderful
results accomplished among their
customers by this great old medicine.
and they know that S. S. S: is one OF
the most reliable blood purifiers ever
made. Keep your blood free OF I'M,
nurities by the use of this honest old
medicine. and If you want medical
advice, you can obtain same wltnou'
cost by writing to Medical Dlrer.oii
Swift Specific Co., 70 Sw1t Laoora
tory, Atlanta, Gar
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
German Bluff Called.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, June THE Ger
man government has threatened to
make reprisals against Americans,
unless this government releases
Captain-Lieut. Franz Rintelen, Ger
man spy serving sentence in this
country now. Answering this threat,
the state department has informed
Germany that any reprisals will in
eyitably invite similar reciprocal
action" upon great numbers of Ger
man subjects in this country.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
Evangelical Church at Eleventh and
Exchange Street Has Inter-
estina History to
Review.
MANY PASTORS SERVE
First Congregation Worshiped In Old
Court House on johnson
Present Building Erected
in 1874.

The sixtieth anniversary Of the St.
Paufs Evangelical church, Eleventh
and Erchange streets, will! be OBJ
served Sunday, June 49, Special serv-
ices will take place in the church
both morning and evening in COM
memoration of the founding of the or
ganization. The chief speaker will
be DR.. John Batlzer of st. Louis, presi-
dent of the Evangelical synod. Two
former pastors of the church, Rev. J.
! Erdman of Burlington and A. Schem-
ner OF Primrose will deliver addresses.
An anniversary number of the
parish paper will be published which
will contain short history of the
church and it's organization. Members
of the church have invited neighbor-
ing congregations to join with them
in the observance Of the day.
History of Church.
When the church was first organ
lied sixty years ago it had a member
ship of seventy-five people. Now its
membership numbers 700, counting
the children of the congregation and
commandments None of the charter
members are living. Several of the
older women in the church were girls
of nine or ten when the church was
organized. But few men are left who
saw the first church built.
Before the church was organized a
little group of people held services in
the old court house which used to
stand on Johnson street, between Sec
ond and Third streets. Visiting mis-
sionaries from Burlington and other
cities used to supply the pulpit
First Pastor Comes.
The Rev. Paul Lorenz came as the
first regular pastor. During his pas
torate the church was organized. and
the corner stone laid for the first
church, erected at Eighteenth and
Exchange streets June 10, 1858. He
served as pastor for four or five years.
In turn he was succeeded by the
Rev. H. Meili, w. Kirchoff and O..
Niethammer, all Of whom did their
share in building up the organization.
The Rev. w. Gramm was minister
who came in 1873. He promoted the
building of the present church which
took place at Eleventh and Fx-
change streets in 1874. He remained
in Keokuk ten years.
Ernst, Present Pastor.
The church has also had as its
pastors, the Rev. A. Gerke, now of
Cleveland, Ohio; Karl Scheib, now of
Burlington and Jacob Neusch, who
was here seventeen years.
The present pastor, the Rev. Aug
ust C. Ernst, took UP his work here
four years ago.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07

W pSA SNSh
for two daysbecause
| suffered such pain.
/ also suffered from
a w e akness and
mother took me to
a doctor but he did
not helpme. Finally
mother m a d e me
take Lydia E. Pink
hams V eye ia BILE
Compound and it
has made me strong
and he althy. So
when mother or I
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
DES MONIES is
STILL CLIMBING
Two Feet More in Stage Will Flood
LowIands-Crops of To-
matoes and Corn
ENDANGERED.

If the Des Moines river should rise
another two feet the lowlands will be
flooded tomorrow. The stream threat
ems to destroy many acres or TO-
matoes and corn.
Water is now over the bottom lands
at Ottumwa and a severe loss of crops
is reported.
The Des Moines river reached 15.5
feet, this morning. The rapid pour
ing in of water from Ottumwa may
cause it to overrln its banks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
e.,atives Of Clarence Read Say Cor
oner Clements Makes Statement
Rope May Have Been
on Neck.
POLICE SAY ACCIDENT
Brother of Dead Man States That
Record Here and in Illinois
Was cIear-May Investi-
gate More.

Mystery in the killing Of Clarence
In Read by Burlington railroad
| train early Thursday morning, deep
sned today when relatives of the dead
man said that Coroner Walt Clements
80 Fort Madison made a statement to
| them that scars and wounds on the
neck of the window decorator 1ndi-
Gated possibly, the presence OF a rope
before he was cut to pieces.
Police had learned nothing more
about the tragic death since their in
yestigation yesterday. They were
still Of the opinion that the mans
death was due to accident as there
is nothing to indicate that Read met
with foul play.
Find His Watch.
His watch was found in his clothes,
showing that robbery was not mo-
| tive.
Police say too, that Read had no
enemies SO far as known and that he
had no love affairs. He was not en-
gagged. his brother, Lloyd Read of Jack
sonyille, H., told reporter.
Held in Esteem.
my brothers. record was good. He
was highly thought of both in Keokuk
and in Franklin, our home" said the
brother ''He wrote us often, telling
US that he would like to get in mill
tary service, so he could not have
been worried about that. When
told him about fine new situation |
obtained, he wrote to me, giving me
advice He was quiet about his per-
sonal affairs.
81 feel certain he didn't END his
life deliberately"
Coroner Clements has not yet con-
Quoted an inquest. He was in the
city Thursday night and visited the
undertaking parlors where the body
has been taken The coroner could
not be found today to state il an in
quest would be conducted or not.
May Employ Detective.
The brother intimated that private
detective may be employed to investi-
gate the circumstances surrounding
the death.
Reads watch stopped at 2:45 a M,
Thursday, the time when he was
killed, it is thought.
Clarence Read was born and reared
near Franklin, H., a town twelve
miles southeast OF Jacksonville. He
was educated there and made 1t his
home until he came to Keokuk three
Years ago last April. After he came
to Keokuk he graduated from the
Rooster school in Chicago.
Fraternity Member.
Read belonged to the Woodmen and
Odd Fellows lodges in Franklin and
mad taken two degrees in the Masonic
lodge in Keokuk.
Surviving him are his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred E. Read, of Franklin.
ILL.,, and two brothers, Lloyd of Jack
sonyille and Roy, living at home
The relatives are planning to take
fhe body to Franklin Saturday Fun
eral services will probably be held at
the home, Sunday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
NEXT WEDNESDAY
is CLASS DAY
|nollday for Other Public Schools Of
the city-commencement
Seats on Sale
Soon,

Next Wednesday will be class day
~ me nigh school and holiday for
ouIof public schools in the city.
nigh school senior students will be
Even opportunity, Tuesday, to secure
w. commencement seats at the
nrs theatre with the privilege OF
rurcaasing ten more seats each.
eaeners may secure seats Wednes-
'"s' 'he public. Thursday and Friday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
New York Money Market.

New York Money Market.
4 NEW YORK, June money on
call, 51s per cent.
Six months, per cent
Mercantile paper, 6 per cent
Bar silver, London, 4S7sd.
Bar silver, New York, 99Rc.
Demand sterling, $5.75.35.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07

quantity of materials, the Italian war
office announced today.
Airplanes and airships dropped
more than five tons of bombs on en-
envy aviation camps on the Venetian
plain, on railway station at Mezoc-
orona and on columns marching along
the Quere Feltre road.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
Killed German officer.

o mn Press Leased Wire Service. ]
! DISTINCTION, June THE fol-
Ing supplemental communique was
Sesea from General Pershing to-
pay, dated June 6.
EIrra - ricardy during the night of
|cna ~ 10 June 3, hostile patrol of
Eemr onlcer and about thirty men at
Enos.ps 10 raid one of our listening
f En- ban The men in our post opened
Eiros a,iied the German officer and re.
|casp,, ~ our line without suffering any
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
MAKERS OF WEALTH.

Farm Life Food is "the real
wealth, and money merely the count
ers Of exchange" declares an cpl
gram maker in our national food de
partment. And the producers OF food
are the creators of the nations
wealth. 1t took a world war, with its
consequent threat of famine, to MAKE
us realize this important fact.
Politicians and others have been
in the habit of saying ''the farmer is
the backbone of the nation" but no
body really believed it. At least,
nobody acted as If he believed it
not even the farmer himself.
The farmers response to the war
needs of the nation have been prompt
and patriotic. He has not held back
because his profits were restricted
and his growing sense Of power
brings with it an admission of great
er responsibility.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
Correspondent Wounded

Correspondence WoUHUco.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE
MARINE, June Floyd Gibbons, cor
respondent Of the Chicago Tribune
was wounded last night while watch
ing the battle.
He was struck in the eye and arm
by machine gun, bullets. His wounds
are not fatal.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
Two Aviators Killed.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW ORLEANS, La, June =
Lieutenants John L. Hogarty and
Trayers Lee Hollen were killed here
today when their air2lanes collided
and fell.
Lieutenant Hogarty's home was at
Mount Vernon. N. Y; Lieutenant
Hollen lived at San Antonio, Texas.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
Fure Blood Means Perfect
Health.

hu nde average druggist has handled
sorss - OF medicines in his day,
fOrso.eeft which have long since been
by ~ mere is one that has been sold
COUNT rue druggists throughout this
and that !; i0s E more = r than fifty years,
as IS >. s. s., the reliable blood
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07

katioa uk CITY doesn't approve consoli-
kcmm n vi railroad ticket Offices A
karrvi vrciai club representative is
"s the message to Mr.. McAdoo.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07

Statistics show that I5,lei,6f2 gross
tons of iron ore were mineo ID the
limited States last year.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
Italians Make Raid.

Italians Make Raid.
United Press Leased Wire Service]
ROME, June italian forces
broke into enemy trenches on the
Monte Di Val Bella front, taking fifty
prisoners, six machine-guns and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
GIRLS PAINS
AND WEAKNESS
Yield to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Thousands of Girls Benefited

ST. Louis, Mo-" When | was only
fifteen wears old mother had to put me
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07

a high respect for fellow men whom
he pitied before.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07

Labor unions in Sweden will at
attempt to organize rural workers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07

England will soon have 1000 nun
icipal kitchens in operation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
Stop Corn Agony
In -Four Seconds
Use "Gets.It'-See Corns Peel Off!

The relief that "Gets-It gives
from corn-pains-the way 1t makes
corns and calluses peel OF painless
" in one pieces one OF the Won
ders Of the world. The woman in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-07

Get Me 'Gets-lr
Ouickl IL Eases Corn
Pains and Makes Corns
Peel Right Off"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-21
MEDICAL BOARD ON APPLICANTS
 FOR THE WAR
Will Hold Its First Meeting in Juneau Tonight and Organize for
 Work.

The Medical Advisory Board for the First Division will hold it's first meeting tonight in Juneau and will organize for work. Dr. D. w. Fig gins and II. c. Story of Ketchikan arrived from there on the Spokane and with the members of the board from Gastineau Channel points will perfect the organization.
 One of the chief duties of the Medical Advisory Board is: To ex anime all registrants who are so fal distant from their homes, or from the local board which has jurisdic tion over their registration cards, as to make it a hardship for them tC report to their local board for phy ical examination, when called by such board for that purpose, or wher their physical examination is immi nent In such cases registrants may at their own expense, request o heir local board, by mail or tele gram, permission to be examined by he Medical Advisory Board nearest 70 the place where they reside.
 The members of the Board fol he First Division are: F. J. Ma hone, Juneau; A. J. Palmer, Juneau George F. Freeburger, Juneau; G. F Midford, Douglas; Harry s. Hall Douglas; A. R. Sergeant, Douglas H. c. Story, Ketchikan; D. w. Fig gins, Ketchikan; w. E. Zuber, Ret chikan; w. E. Peterson, Sitka; l.. s Keller. Skagway; c. A. Emery, Wran yell
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-21
HEARING ON
 EICHT-HOUR
 IS ADJOURNED
Recommendations of the Governor Will Be For Warded to Washing
 ton Soon.
LABOR MEN PRESENT
Governor Declared No Re- quest from Juneau Had Been Received for
 Suspension.

The hearings being conducted be- fore Governor Strong to the setting aside of certain provisions of the eight-hour law as applied to certain industries were concluded this morn ing and the hearing ordered adjourn ed. Governor Strong stated that he had received all the information he thought necessary and that his find ngs and recommendations would be forwarded to Washington within the next few days.
 This morning s. Mandle presented a number of petitions and letters signed by large numbers of laborine men and others at Anchorage and vicinity asking that the law be Jeff stand as it is on the books without ed was signed by 700 men, all of whom he said, had voluntarily af fixed their name without urging or canvass.
 MT Mandle said that at present there are great numbers of idle men 1t Anchorage. Seward, Valdez and Cordova, and that in Anchorage there are twelve idle men to every one employed. The laboring men of that section are unanimously against any change in the law, he said, fear ing that if the bars are let down it will result in other later changes which will eventually bring back the ten hour day Mr Mandle and oth- CTS informed the Governor that in heir experience as working men, skilled mechanics and contractors hat they have found the eight-hour lay makes for greater efficiency on the part of the workingmen and 8 consequent greater output.
 It was also the opinion of labor representatives present this morning that suspension of the law would mean labor unrest and strife through out the Territory, which at this time would work a great hardship. They were all convinced that the working men of the Territory are ready and willing to work ten/ twelve and even fourteen hours if requested to do so by the government on account Of the necessity to maintain the army 2 ln Europe, but that they did not pro pose to work more than eight hours for the benefit of any dollar seeking corporation Il, They were of the opinion that
 here would be plenty of labor here and that the corporations could SC cure plenty of labor if working con iitions. wages. and hours Of labor were equal to other places.
 In reply to a direct question GOV ernor Strong informed those present that no requests for the suspension of the eight-hour day had been re eeived by him from any business man or merchant of the city or Jul neau
 Senator Hubbard presented a short brief in which he set forth the find ings of the mediation board with re gard to the numbering and milling industry of the Pacific Northwest and also the findings of Chairman Stevens of the National Shipping Board in which it is held unreserved' ly for the eight-hour day without modification