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The Dolores star., 1918-07-12


danger that the wings will double up.
causing the machine to break apart{
Although spins are made with tn
motor on, you are dropping like q bail
being dropped out Of the sky and the
velocity Increases with the power of
the motor. ~
This spinning nose dive has beeA
frequently used in stunt" flying in
recent years, but is now put to prac-
teal use by pilots In getting away
from hostile machines, for when q
man is spinning 1t Is almost impos-
sible to hit him, and the man making
the attack invariably thinks his en-
envy is going down to certain death
in the spin.
This Is all right when a man il
over his own territory, because he
can right his machine and come out
Of 1t; but If 1t happens over German
territory, the Huss would only follow
him down, and when he came out of
the spin they wound be above him,
having all the advantage. and would
shoot him down with ease. It Is a
good way Of getting down into a
cloud. and is used very often by both
sides. but it requires skill and cour.
age by the pilot making it If he ever
expects to come out alive. A spin
being made by a pilot Intentionally
looks exactly like a spin that Is made
Dy machine actually being shot
down. so one never knows whether It
is forced or intentional until the pilot
either rights his machine and comes
out Of 1t. or crashes to the ground.
Another dive similar to this one IL
known as just the plain dive. As
sumo, for instance. that a pilot flying
at a height Of several thousand feet
Is shot, loses control of his machine,
and the nose Of the plane starts down
with the motor full on. He Is going
at a tremendous speed and in many
instances Is going SO straight and
swiftly that the speed is too great for
the machine, because it was never
constructed to Withstand the enor-
nous pressure forced against the
wings. and they consequently crumple
up.
If, too. in an attempt to straighten
the machine. the elevators should be-
come affected. as often happens in
trying to bring a machine out of
dive, the strain Is again too great on
the wings, and there Is the same dis.
astrous result. Oftentimes, when the
patrol tank is punctured by a tracer
ounel from announcer macnine In the
air, the plane that Is hit catches on
nre anu either gets INTO spin or
straignt oive ana neads Tor the earth.
nundreds OF miles an hour. a mass OF
NAME looking ike brilliant comet
IN tne SKY.
The spinning nose dive II used to
greater advantage by the Germans
than by our own pilots for the reason
that when hight gets too hot for the
German. he will put his machine In
spin, and as the chances are nine
out OF ten that we are fighting over
n &ns
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CHAPTER I.
The Folly Of Despair.

:. The Folly OF Despair.
Less than nine months ago eighteen
officers Of the Royal flying corps,
which had been training In Canada,
left for England on the Meganic.
II any Of them was over twenty five
years of age. he had successfully con-
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(To BE CoNTINUEDJ
Why They Are Lonely.

The people who are lonely in this
world are those who are always look
ing for something to come to them;
they hope for pleasant adventures !;
they exact much from their friends
and from their family-and. they are
never satisfied. But the happy men
and women are those who never think
to demand for themselves-who give
and give and give again, and find joy
whenever they find opportunity to give
joy.-Exchange.
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In q desperate battle with
four Hun flyers, o'6rien 10 sent
crashing to earth behind the
German lines from a height Of
5000 feet. The next INSTALL
nent tells Of his miraculous 60.
cape from death and Of his re-
gaining consciousness 20 find
himself q prisoner Of war.
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,m,,s< ha ~rov, t,.so.o . ,,or,ho, - tho
r. r. 4. .,lowad 20 mint m. Hrns
ON the ve.tern Tront
This was In NAV. 1917.
Nv Au9ust 4 most NJ m. v.r. fr,,,
nedged piIots actively engage, ~ %.ri.
ous mart. ~ fhe line IN dstIv cono,c,
with the enemy.
By December IL. every man lack of
us who had met the enemy IN France
with one execution. had apneored on
the casualty LIST. The excention was
II. X. Boysen- an American. who at
last report was fighting on the italian
front sti;l unscatbed Whether bis
good fortune has stood him I'D to this
time I don't know. but II It has I would
be very much surprised,
OF the others. five were killed in nc.
tion-three Americans. one Canadian.
and one Englishman. Three more were
in all probability killed in action al
though officially they are listed merely
MS missing" One of these was an
American, one n Canadian, and the
third a Scotchman. Three more. two
of them Americans. were seriously
wounded. Another, a Canadian. is a
prisoner in Germany. I know nothing
of the others. ~. :
What happened to me is narrated In
these pages. wish, instead, I could
tell the story of each of my brave COM
rades, for not one Of them was downed,
I am sure. without unfolding the best
traditions Of the II. F. C. Unfortunate
ly. however, Of the eighteen who
sailed on the Meganic last May, I
happened to be the first to fall into
the hands of the Huns, and what befell
my comrades after that, with one ex-
ception, I know only second hand.
The exception was the case of poor,
brave Paul Raney-my closest chum-
whose last battle witnessed from my
German prison-but that is n story l
shall tell In its proper place,
In one way, however. think the
story of nv own "bie adventure" and
my miraculous escape NAV. perhops.
serve q purpose as useful as TINT of
the heroic fate Of my less fortunate
comrades. Their story, 1t is true, might
inspire others to deeds Of herolsm,
but mine, I hope, will convey the
equally valuable lesson of the folly
Of despair.
Many were the times IN the course
Of my struggles when 1t seemed abso-
lutely useless to continue. In a hostile
country, where discovery meant death,
wounded. sick, famished, friendless.
nuhureus Q! miles IRON tne nearest
neut.aA .errlsory tne 1rontier OF wnicn
was 30 CLOSELY guarded that even II l
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" Inc way IL mas come TO me since l
returned from europe Is:
IF, q Lord. I was to be done for.
What were my sufferings e'er begun
forT'
Perhaps the answer lies in the sug-
gestion have made.
At any rate, If this record of my ad-
sustaining others who need encourage
were not in vain.
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cealed the fact. because they don't ac-
cept older men for the r. F. c.
Nine Of the squadron were British
Eubjects: the other nine were Ameri-
,cana. who. tired Of waiting for their
own country to take her place with
tie allies. had Joined the British colors
n Canada. was ono Of the latter.
No we're going t. England to earn
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STRANGE coneradIcsto,

Strange Contradiction.
DE man dat don't see de bright side
o hfe." said Uncle Eben, lis generally
de same Teller dat'S afraid Of his
ahad0w1 ,, ~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23

Gate City as a serial story of great
interest to all men OF draft age.
The letter before the order num-
Der indicates that it is for the last
drawing, under the<new draft law, OF
men from eighteen to twenty-one and
from thirty-one to forty-five years old
This is to distinguish 1t from the
same order number Of the first draft
drawing at the beginning of the war.
The order number is the sequence
of induction into the army, but is
subordinate to the classification.
Class one men will go first, as usual,
and probably lower classes will not
be reached.
A man may have a comparatively
small order number. but If he is in
class four, or even class two, he will
not go TO war until all the order
numbers of class one are exhausted
probably never.
Classification of registrants will
not be made until next month after
all the order numbers are assigned
to registrants. Men over thirty-six
years old and those eighteen years
old. will get missionaries upon
which their classification win be
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23
NURSE VICTIM
OF INFLUENZA
Miss Mary WinkIer, Of This City,
Dies in Mercy Hospital
at Davenport, Of
| Pneumonia.

The death OF Miss Mary Winkler
daughter OF Mrs. Teresa Winkler, OF
FPS Timea street, occurred at Mercy
hospital in Davenport at II O'Clock
last night
Miss Winkler was a nurse at
Mercy hospital. where she was taken
i'll with influenza, week ago. Death
resulted from pneumonia which de-
veloped.
She was born in Keokuk Septem-
Der 20, 1892, and attended ST. Mary's
school and ST. Peters high school.
She received her nurses training
in Mercy hospital, at Davenport,
where she had been for the past
five years.
She had enrolled for active serv-
ice in the Red Cross and was wait
ing orders for work in environments.
She was very high type of woman
and skillful nurse
She was a member OF st. Mary's
Catholic church of this city.
She Is survived by her mother,
Mrs. Teresa Winkler, who was with
her at the time of her death. Others
OF the family are four brothers and
one sister: Albert and Carl Winkler,
of this city; Louis Winkler, who was
honorably discharged from army
service a week ago at Camp Dodge,
but who is still in Des Moines; Law
renee Winkler, who Is in the U. S.
army overseas; Miss Catherine
who is at home
Funeral arrangements are to be
announced later
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23
CITY NEWS.

Fresh cat fish at Joe Hauberts,
7os Main
For ssleClean dry corn coos
Dimond Milling Co. Phone L.
"A daughter was born yesterda!
at St Joseph's hospital to Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl A. Mckee. Of 1414 Concert
street
Chester A. Wright Of kirksville, is
now at Fort Worth, Texas. He left
Monday with a draft Increment. He
is former Keokuk boy, son OF c. A.
Wright
Miss Frances and brother Albert
Sansone are sick at their home, 50s
Bank street Their sister, Miss Mar.
garet Sansone, a nurse. has been CALI
ed home from Ferris, Ill.
The memorial flag OF the Third
Iowa cavalry described in The Gate
City Tuesday is on exhibit in the win
dow of the Schell-Demple Furniture
company. Later this flag viii be per-
manently displayed in the Keokuk
public library.
Miss Fannie Mcclure, Of 800
North Tenth street, viii leave this
evening for Washington, D. c., 10
take a government position as typ
list In one Of the departments Her
sister, Miss Ida Belle Mcclure. has
been in Washington for several
months.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23
KEOKUK NURSE
is OVER THERE
Writes Of the Thousands Of Patients
in the Big Base Hospital
Where She is
Stationed,

Miss Helen Keppel, born and rear
ed in Keokuk, the youngest daughter
Of Frank Keppel, of 927 South Fifth
street, is now hard at work in a hos.
pital in France. She was graduated
as trained nurse in Canada and
went to France about three months
ago, going from st. Louis.
She writes her father that her time
is very precious there where she is
in a large base hospital, as the
nurses write letters for the soldiers
who cannot write themselves when
ever they have any spare time.
The hospital to which she is at
tached has facilities for about $500
patients IN its seventy-fye wards,
each IN separate building. The SOL
diers arrive in punches of four or
FIVE hundred and are discharged at
about the same rate. The night be-
fore she wrote, September 30, thou
sand casualties arrived at the hos
pital, in two trains.
She is working hard, of course, and
says: We have a hard and cold win
ter ahead Of US. but we wouldn't be
in the United States for anything.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23
| QUICK RELIEF
FROM CONSTIPATION
Get Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That Is the joyful cry of thousands
since DR.. Edwards produced Olive Tablets,
the substitute for calonnel.
DR.. Edwards, practiGng physician for
II years and calomePs old-rme enemy,
discovered the formula for Olive Tablets
while treating patients for chronic coz
stipation and torpid livers
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do not
contain calone, but healing. soothing
vegetable laxative.
No gripping is the s7seynoteo of these
little sugar-coated, oiive-colored tablets.
They cause the bowels and liver to act
normally. They never force them to
unnatural action.
If you have dark brown mouth" now
and then-a bad breath "a dull, tired
feeIing-sick headache-torpid liver and
are consipated, youth find quick, sure and
only pleasant results from one or two Lit.
Gle DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets at bedtime.
Thousands take one or two every night
Just to keep right. Try them loc and
25c per box All druggists
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23
MUST TAKE THE
SUGAR WITH YOU
None Allowed at Church Suppers,
Lodge Dinners, Club Feeds,
and the Like Here
after.

No more sugar for church suppers,
lodge banquets, farm sale dinners,
Red Cross functions, club feeds and
the like.
W. T. McElroy. chief Of the sugar
division of the United States food
administration for Iowa, announces
that interesting fact In a letter to
County Food Administrator ]. F.
Elder.
He suggests that If people want to
use sugar at such functions they
must carry 1t with them out of their
home supply. But the food admins
tration Is opposed to the fourth meal
in any form.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23
Appointed by Governor Harding to
Take the Soldier Vote at Camp
Pike, Arkansas, in
November.
MAY NOT ACCEPT PLACE
Commission Under the Law Passed
at the Beginning Of War to
Enable Soldiers to
Vote.

A United Press dispatch to The
Gate City this morning announces
that Edward w. McManus, county at
torney and acting postmaster here.
has been appointed by Governor
Harding on the commission to take
the Iowa soldier vote at Camp Pike.
The Iowa legislature at the begin
ming of the war passed an act pro-
viding for Iowa soldiers in the army
voting through commissioners sent to
their camps who hold the election
much as it is held in the wards and
townships of the state at home. Mr..
McManus is appointed TO do this
work at Camp Pike, Arkansas
II is not certain that he viii accept
the appointment, as his law practice
prevents him from taking so much
time away from home.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23

CLASS ONE
Adams County, illinois Exemption
Board Takes Action Against
Influenza Epi-
demic.

SO large is the epidemic of inf1u-
enza at Quincy, that the exemption
board Of that county and city have or.
dered enough influenza vaccine for
two hundred men of class one Of the
draft, who will be first to be indicted
into the army.
The Illinois department of health
distributes the vaccine free of charge
TO local boards, which need it, but the
supply is limited and only what is act.
ually required is sent out.
The Quincy exemption board has
made this vaccination compulsory on
the men going TO a cantonment, and
free TO others in class one, who "a,
quest it,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23

racks, but with the good care OF the
doctors and Red Cross they got it
under control In a short time.
The people of st. Louis are very
kind TO the boys and try to do every
thing they can, as do the people at
the Barracks. We get chicken every
Sunday"
He has been at Jefferson Barracks
since July II, and writes on the
Knights OF Columbus stationery fur
nished at the huts of that organiza.
ton
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23
is A KEOKUK
BOOSTER BOY
Soldier at jefferson Barracks 4,
Proud Of His Old Home
Town and Takes Care
TO Say So.

]. H Rose writes from the post
hospital at Jefferson Barracks that
he Is proud OF the way Keokuk is
handling the influenza.
He told the other men about It
and never loses an opportunity to
boost Keokuk. The mayor and his
assistants don't fool around" he
says, but they got busy. And Keo-
kuk has good doctors II got a pref
|ty good start here at jefferson Bar
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23
No Scraps of Paper.

ST. Paul Pioneer Press: 1t will be
hard for Germany to give the neces-
sary guarantees. 1t is giltedged col
lateral that il demanded. and as the
Hun viii not furnish It his note of
peace VIII go TO protest and he be
declared bankrupt
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23

limited Press Leased "He re
NEW YORK. Oct 23.-J uii .Hi,oTi,
TRANCE, the actor, is dead .o asUIti,
an attack of pneumonia =, IA
from influenza He became u" "
Tuesday. - RoT
Last year he entered ln ain,
FLYING corps in Canada ana -
ali season. being finally relec'e'
physically unfit for air service
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23
!. More Leeway in PoIItles ".

limited Press Leased WIRE
WASHINGTON, Oct.
ployes of the national rallNai y
day were given more Lew .a, n
gage in politics. Modificall ,U,l,ss
anti-politics order of the rala-roral
ministration. bearing the appncad
President Wilson, was announ
Director General McAdoo-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23
MEANING OF THE
ORDER NUMBERS
Show Sequence of Men In the List
but are Subordinate to
Classification by
Board.

The order numbers given regis
trants by the Lee county exemption
board are being published in The
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23

A few grapes give appis .stis,
beautiful color and an sp'e
flavor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23

based within few weeks
at once.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23

France is beautiful country, but we
don't get around much The boys
need all our time, and we sacrifice
everything for them"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23
The efficient Organization Will Can
yass Keokuk for Subscriptions
TO the Magazine at
Christmas Time.
HALF THE POPULATION
Now Belong to Keokuk Red Cross
Chapter, But Not Nearly All
Take the interesting
Magazine.

The Keokuk Business Woman's
league. which gave splendid aid TO
the exemption board In Its work OF
getting out the missionaries, IS to
help the Red Cross chapter about
Christmastide In soliciting Red Cross
ma gazine subscriptions and in max
ing out the correct list OF SUD
scriAers.
Everyone who takes ont a two
dollar membership in the Red Cross
chapter is entitled to the magazine.
This doesn't mean that everyone
Who makes a donation Of two dol
lars to the Red Cross gets the
MAGAZINE. II must be taken out in
the form Of a magazine membership.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-23
ABOUT Han the Population.


Keokuk has 5000 men women and
children, or about half its pop ula.
ton, enrolled, and several hundred
OF these are magazine members.
The Business Woman's league VIII
have for its part of the Christmas
membership drive the task OF boost
ing the magazine list to the maxi
mum.
"a group OF one hundred trained
women, such as comprise the league,
ought to be the best organization in
Keoknk for just that work" said an
official of the Red Cross today.
The Red Cross committee, which
named three or four chatrmen OF i'm
portant committees recently, made
Mics Maud Immegart. president OF
tie Business Woman's league, the
chairman of magazine memberships
and gave her power to choose her
helpers
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-30
NOTICE OF ELECTION

To The ,, Sheriff Of Polk County. of the State
Be it known. that I, h. Clay Crawford Sec
retsry Of State Of the State Of Florida. do
hereby give notice that
GENERAL INJECTION
VIII be held in Polk county, State Of Nlorida.
on Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday
In November. A. D. 1918, THO said Tuesday
FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER
Fol-. one Representative Of the First Congress
slonal District Of the State Of Florida, In
the Sixty-sixth Congress Of The United
States
For two Justices Of the Supreme Court Of the
State Of Florida.
For two Railroad Commissioners Of the State
Of Florida
For two Members Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives Of the State OF Florida
For five County Commissioner.
For three members Of the County Board OF
Public Instruction.
For Justice Of the Peace in and for the fol-
lowing Justice Districts, viz:
!. !, !. ! + F: !. ! /.
9 II II % q
FOR Constable in and for the following Justice
DWiSlCtS, vhs
No. No. No No No No
6 10 II % 81
Q Is 20 rs
5 IL f6 81 20
In testimony whereof, have hereuntO set
my hand and afnxed the Great Seal OF the
State Of Florida. at Tallahassee the capitol,
this the twenty-fourth day Of August. A. D.
1918.
L. s. II. CLAY CRAWFORD,
Secretary Of State
To John Logan. Sheriff, Polk county
1888 Fri
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-30

We have for sale some OF the most
desirable truck and farm lands In
Florida. This property is in II mile
city limits and can be had At the
right price and terms. Let US show
you some fine 10 and 20-acre tracts.
For particulars see G. c. Rogan,
Rooms l and Q, Deem and Bryant
Building. Phone Il.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-30

FOR HALNEFIve-room bungalow,
with bath and other modern con-
veniences. Well located. At q
bargain for quick sale. Cash "
terms. Address Box 400. 5000
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-30

A full set Of new Ford tires, guar
anteed for 1000 miles, for $1,000 d
Red Front vulcaniEing Shop. 1851
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-30

FOR SALE-Nine acres finest citrus
Land, about one acre cleared, one
quarter mile from city limit with
beautiful lake front. Has 6-room
house, which q small sum will put
In good condition. Fine well Of
water. This property is easily
worth $1,000, but for quick sale
will take $1,000. @. J. Williams.
Telegram office or phone 337 Black.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-30
LAND FOR SALE

Write me II you are looking for the
best located five, ten, twenty or forty
acres, highest grade grove land, also
good for general farming and melons,
some now In cotton and castor beans,
some virgin timber. Two and one
half miles from Lakeland; half mile
from freight station and packing
house, on county hard road: part on
beautiful lake. Can be planted, or
set in grove this winter. Price very
reasonable. o. c. LANPHEAR,
1898 Lakeland, Fla.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-30

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATOR FOR FINAL
DISCHARGE
In Court Of County Judge, State Of Florida,
Polk County, In 70 Estats Of John II.
HarOrove, Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given. to ali whom Il NAV
concern, that on the nrst day Of March, A. D.
1919. I hail apply to the Honorable Kelsey
Blanton. 1udae d said court. as fudge Of pro-
bate. for my final discharge Is administrator
Of the estate Of John H. Hargrove, deceased
and that at the same time I will present to
said court my final accounts as administrator
Of said estate, and ask for their approval.
Dated July 80. A. D. 1918.
1888 JOHN HARGROvE. Administrator.