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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15

have excelled In wilderness and in
finish the work of these boys-boys,
a good many of them, who had never
worked before in their lives. They
went at it with pride and vigor that
soon accomplished wonders. They
fairly swept down one narrow wind
ing street and up another, leaving a
glistening coat of white behind them
across the road and up three feet
on the walls of the dwellings adjoin-
ing.
The boys were rewarded with noon
day meals at the soup kitchen of the
Red Cross in Avellino, and soldo or
two besides. But it is the knowledge
that the epidemic is already decreas-
ing in the swept and whitewashed
district, that pleases and encourages
them most. After their soup is eaten,
all sitting cross-legged in the hallway
of the A. R. c. headquarters, they
grasp their brooms, their pals Of
whitewash and their brushes, and
set off to continue their present mis-
sion In life" Grimy, ragged acolytes
of cleanliness, they bear their shining
standard through the streets of a
town that has known them as "regu-
lar little bandits" or hopeless good
for-nothings."
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15

A number of complimentary din
ners are being given in honor of
Lieut.. and Mrs. Frank Hartzell, who
depart the last of the week for Waco,
Texas, where home is ready for
them. Sunday, Mayor and Mrs. VIM.
II. Hartzell entertained the bride and
groom, and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Ferris
and Mrs. Julia Ferris; Monday even
Ing Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Ferris enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Hartzell,
in their honor. Tuesday evening Mr..
and Mrs. S. H. Ferris entertained Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. Hartzell, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. c. Ferris. Mrs. Julia Ferris
and Mrs. Ellen Scofield, for Lieut..
and Mrs. Hartzell
Sergeant Carl Mishler, whose
mother was formerly Miss Tilly Hocb
of this city, was severely wounded in
action in France, so a telegram to
the family announced Saturday. Carl
enlisted in the regular army during
the Mexican trouble and served with
Pershing on the border. He was one
of the first contingent to go over to
France and has been wounded twice
before. Mrs. Roy Seibert (Ardith
Mishler), war bride, who is attend
ing Carthage college, departed for
Pearl City, ILL.,, to be with her mother.
Mr.. Seibert was gassed and is still
in the hospital, his eyes having been
injured by the gas. 1t is thought,
however, his sight will be restored
Captain R. G. Barnett of Camp
Dodge, Iowa, grandson of Mrs. VIM.
Griffin of this city, was married Oct
t26th at Kansas City, to Miss Martha
Jnnac thnv hot
in Des Moines Captain Barnett en-
listed early in the war in the infan n
try and entered an officers training
school at Camp Funston. He received
"a commission as first lieutenant and
was sent overseas with the 89th regi-
ment in June. He served in France
for six weeks and was ordered to
Camp Lodge, Iowa, where he was
toned there as an instructor.
Private Ralph Jenkins is home on
thirty days furlough from camp at
Northwestern university, on sick
leave.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. A. Kearney and
baby, Raymond Leroy, of ST. Joseph,
Mo-, arrived Wednesday morning to
visit Mrs. Retta Boston.
Ralph e. Moon, who landed over
seas with the 225th aero squadron, in
July, after several months on Long
Island, was stationed for some time at
Edinburgh, Scotland. Ralph was later
sent to London for special study of
the finer instruments of the aero
planes. He is now an instructor in
one of the large London technical
schools, his address being lilo aero
squadron. Halton Camp North, Lon
don, England, U. S. aid service.
Miss Clara Griffin who returned
last week from Mayo Bros hospital
at Rochester, Mimi. where she sub.
mitted to a surgical operation, is con.
valescing nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Robbins of Burling-
ton, returned to their home Monday
after visit with her mother, Mrs
Alice Lenard.
Rev. Elmer Sparks departed Fri
day for New York City, to attend a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15

is the legal method of righting
wrongs, but it is easy to see how
talk bearing on patriotism may be
very irritating.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15
ITALIAN TOWNS
CLEANUP DAY
American Red Cross Assists in Fight
Against Spanish Influenza
in Southern Dis
trict.

I. AVELLINO, Italy, Oct. 1S.-All
over Italy men and women of the
! American Red Cross are aiding the
Italian authorities in their fight
against the present epidemic of Span
F! ish Influenza. The fever came to
| Avellino, as it came to hundreds of
other towns and cities in southern
Italy-over night, as it were, laying
entire families low. Father, mother,
babies and grandmother, down they
all came with it, and where resist
ance was slight and proper care I'M
! obtainable, the results were often
serious. A high short fever, aches
and pains, and then recovery-or.
where the danger lay, an attack of
| pneumonia. That is how Spanish
fever" is currently described by
those who know, and many, through
experience, know in Italy today.
But the germ of Spanish fever is
only a germ, after all, like other
germs, and as such, far from immor-
tai. Soap and water early make it
sicken, and whitewash, as a finishing
touch, dealt it's death blow. Mrs.
Clan Centanini, wife of the A. R. c..
representative in the Avellino dis
trict, back from Naples, whose home
town is ST. Louis, Mo-, is quite aware
of this fundamental antipathy of
germs to cleanliness, and at the
first appearance of the fever in Avel-
lnio, proceeded to organize the ban
ditti," or hoodlums of Avellino into
STRENGTHENING and embarrassing
squads. Mrs. Centanini formerly sang
in the Metropolitan Opera Co., New
York, and her husband was secretary
of the Metropolitan Opera House Co.
for four years. Mrs. Centanini's stage
name was Jane Norfa.
Never has the quaint old town Of
Avellino seen such "goings-on" in her
dark, cobbled streets, as when the
big housekeeping started. The first
squad, composed of the younger boys,
their rags floating before and behind
them, set to work with brooms fash
toned by Themselves bundle of
twigs tied to a stout handle. Others
were detailed to carry off the rub
bish, soon heaped in piles by the
wielders of the brooms, in wheelless
wheelbarrows, also made by the boys
Observation-Disclosures with shaft-like
handles, of two boypower. Then
came a squad of women in uniform
and led by A R. c. workers. These
disinfected homes and burned up old
mattresses and germ-laden refuse
Last of all came squad of older
boys with whitewash. Surely, Tom
|Sawyer's backyard fence couldn't
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15
THIS MAN GAN EAT MEAT,
Pie AND LOTS OF OTHER
GOOD THINGS; T00---CAN YOU1

me sometimes" NJ Marts said. 4
took a great manv remedies, but roth
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Since L started taking Tanlac
feel like new man. can eat ineat
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bothered with indigestion. l Sleep Il
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Tanlac is the famous system med1
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15
Then Take Tanlac and Get
Your Stomach Back III
Good Shape.

Before Paul Marts, of 1904 First
avenue, West, starting taking Tanlac
food would sour on his stomach and
lots of times he'd belch Up bot,
sour tasting liquid.
But now, since TanInc put his
stomach In shape, he can eat meat
and pie and digest Them without
trouble.
when I'd belcn up that bitter
liquid it would just about nauseate
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15

circulation is equalized, sympathetic
nerves all soothed, and soreness or
Ianeness disappears.
Sloan's Liniment is probably the
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15
FUNERAL OF
E. F. PATRICK
Held Here This Morning With Ser
vices at the Grave in Oakland
Cemetery by Rev. Or.
Newcomb.

The funeral of Emory F. Patrick
who was shot by holdup man in
Burlington on Tuesday. was held this
morning at 8 o'clock from the train
Burial was in Oakland cemetery.
The service at the grave was con-
Quoted by Rev. e. B. Newcomb of
the First Westminster Presbyterian
church.
The pallbearers were Frank Oertel,
Frank Swan, Harvey j. Bonham, A.
F. Linquist, William Hummer and
Herman Henke.
Alfred Patrick, 1924 Timea street,
is the only member of the family re-
siding in Keokuk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15
PAINS AND ACHES YIELD
QUICKLY TO SL0AN'S LINIMENT

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pam by drawing the blood away from
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IL Is the pressure on the nerves by
sne blood rushing to the inhamed
SSluscle or joint that makes you ache.
90 when Sloan's Liniment relieves the
swollen blood vessels by setting up a
s.ounter-lrritant on the surface. the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15
A Proud Moment.

New York World: The Serbians
are in Belgrade. 1t may not remain
their capital unless the new map OF
Europe leaves them a protective strip
of Slav country in the north. But 1T
was proud moment in the lives of a
gallant people that saw their stand
ard once more on lle kallmegdan
terrace, symbol of victory to old
Serbia and of hope to the enslaved
Serbs further north.
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15

Brooklyn Eagle: If the Germ n
people are really going to elect their
officials, the first one they'll need
is coroner
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
u. S. Engineers Prepare Way
For Victory by Our Soldiers
Build Immense Cities of Warehouses, Hundreds Miles of
Trackage Install Forests of Cranes Level and Rebuild Vii
lagos, That Fighting Lines May Move Swiftly on the Foe

exactly six times the amount of sup
plies per man that would be required
for civilians at home. The soldier eats
more, he wears out more-and he
shoots off millions of tons of steel and
explosive. So if there are to be two
million men in the army in France they
will need just as much in weight and
bulk as all the inhabitants of New York
City, Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston
and Pittsburgh-the food, equipment,
houses, furniture and travelling accom-
modahons of city or nation of 12,O00,-
GOO men, and the engineers are pre-
pairing for the day when such an army
will be here, and preparing in such a
manner that there will be no delays,
no break-downs, no stoppage, in that
vast supply
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Cranes Resemble
A Huge Forest

In these docks and yards are several
of the sixty cranes which were ordered
IN America several months ago, and
winch are now some of the reasons why
this port will be the biggest and best
equipped in France. From a distance
these cranes, with the old ones of be-
fore the war, resemble a huge forest
OF waving, swaying giant trees, and
the putting and creaking and Changing
form deafening chorus of American
lndustry-the sound of the great wind
blowing through their branches.
In the harbor the dredging is con-
tlnuous. The two years accumulation
of mud and debris which was hinder
ing large ships has been cleared bv
the American engineers. All along the
docks there are some minor works 90
ing on.
AS we left them, we motored along
the new railroad lines connecting with
the great yards the engineers arc
building for the direct supply of the
American army. We passed a group
OF surveyors and men putting in a new
switch. The captain got out of the car
and looked over the job.
YES" he said, that's so. Right
through Through that brick house.
You go right through"
1t was little red house on the out
skirts, the hearth and palace of some
french workman, and it had to go. be-
cause the engineers cannot alter rail-
ROADS Tor sentimental reasons. But
they can and did pay for that red brick
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

ana gardens, and many a peasant
family with eight and ten grown-up
members had five acres of land and
less, scarcely enough for three to
work on; SO the Russian peasant
counted his family not in persons.
but IN mouths and every mouth"
which could not feed himself by his
own labor was a curse to the family.
Of the 1903 ,3o8, 900 acres of land
fit for cultivation only So per cent
belonged to the peasants, the re-
mainder being the property of the
former Gar and his princes, the no.
billty and the churches. The ma
jority of the peasant population had
to work as "Batraks" (half-serfs)
on the soil of rich landlords, hardly
getting enough pay to keep them
from starvation the whole year
round. Many millions of acres of
land were left uncultivated on pur
pose by rich landlords who controlled
the grain trade, to keep up the prices
OF their products and to keep the
peasant population half starved and
thereby keep their work on a low
paying basis.
For the last decades the many
peasant societies, the cooperative
unions, the zemstvos, enlightened
the peasants as to their interests,
and in Russia the social revolution
airy party was that Of the peasantry.
Land for the peasants is the first
principle of its platform, and the
kerensky government on the very
first day of its formation pledged
itself to the naturalization of the
land
But the land problem in Russia is
very complicated one. Even the
land of the former Car and his
royal princes, which was confiscated
in the early days of the revolution,
could not be disposed Of without
thorough study of local conditions in
each district. In many localities of
the Cars land the peasants owned
all the land they could possibly Gull
tivate; in other districts where land
is scarce the peasants are so poor
that they do not possess even the
means of transportation to the newly
confiscated land, not to say of any
cattle or agricultural implements.
Bolsheviki Had
Another Plan
The Provisional Government. con.
sidered all these problems, set up
special department with representa-
tives of the peasant committees and
agricultural experts to study the
question of land in all it's aspects
and prepare a full report with rec
concentrations to the Constituent AS
sembly.
But the Bolsheviki planned better.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Reserve Supplies
+ or Great Army

At the port, which | can describe
only in part, the work under way pro-
vldes for only part of the army, and
the rest will be cared for at and from
many other ports, at each of which
there are already improvements in har-
bors, docks, wharves and terminals. In
TINS one anonymous port the ware
houses alone will hold several weeks
reserve supply for the army.
The colonel of a certain regiment
stationed here introduced me to a c.n-
tam whose most famous work in the
United States was the building of the
railroad along the Florida KEYS. He
took me to see the work here. not as a
spectacle to impress strangers. hut in
the course of his daily round of super
VISION. First we went where were the
DOCKS OF the city, with huge ships un-
loading their cargoes from America.
with negro stevedores in the old T..
5. A. uniforms, singing as they worked.
and the cranes creaking and the loads
falling uninterruptedly and with heavy
y
sounds into the freight cars or on the
dock.
he dock was an American dock. The
cars ran on American rails, laid by
American engineers, for one of the first
jobs was to revolutionize the old peace
time French rail system. The French
used little turntables, which were good
enough for small cars and plenty of
time. The Americans knew they had
to get the loads out of the ships
quickly. for tonnage depends largely
on speed in loading and unloading
ships and getting them ready for re-
turn trip. So loop system was built
for big cars and arranged so that many
ships continually are supplied with
freight cars, which roll away imme-
dlately as soon as burdened, to be at
once replaced by empties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Battle Cry Has
Always Been Land

Land WAC the battle cry of the
Aussian peasantry since the first day
u the revolution, and this was al
most their only grievance against
we regime of the Czar.
II may sound strange to the Amer
ran reader that the Russian muiik
shasr the Old regime enjoyed
'arger measure of freedom than uni
'eIsiey professors in Russia. Ninety
'ot OF every hundred peasants could
ao1 read or write their names, and
Aek Of freedom for the press meant
"otning 10 them; they could always
summon a peasants meeting outside
we village hall, discuas village at
'aars without outside interference
NC the lack of freedom of specct
Russia was no grievance they
sou'd appreciate, but land was their
~ In Russia the peasant women
Nofk with their men in the fields
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

exception to the rule. In addition, he
has the advantage Of his indepen-
dence by taking his food from the soil.
ami not by order of the Bolsheyiki.
If the worst happens he could clothe
himself and his family from the wool
OF his sheep, spun by his own women
folk, and put his feet into "lapti"
(sandals), in the making Of which
the Russian peasants are skilful.
So the peasants at present keen
aloof from politics, waiting for the
return of their sons from the front.
They have not given up their claim
fer land, but they have lost every
hope of getting it from the Bolshe.
Wiki. The are convinced that the
lend problem, can be solved ether By
common consent OF ali Russia
through the Constituent Assembly,
CT by an agrarian revolution of the
peasants, which will have greater
chances Of success when the army
from the front returns home.
That the peasants revolution may
become the turning point in the Rus
sian situation is more than probable.
The peasants are by nature orderly
and law abiding; after the expert
ence they had with the Bolsheviki
/ they may even clamor for new
Gar, as the peasant cannot consider
a country without "boss." Deep in
bis mind the peasant is even now
convinced that former Gar Nicholas
fell a victim to an intrigue contrived
by his dishonest advisers, and some
If them still pray for their "little
father.'
The present Generalization may
even prove an asset at later stage.
The Bolsheviki forced the peasantry
out Of the attitude of "non-resist-
ance" which was characteristic of the
Russian peasant. Now he has
learned to raise his voice and de-
mand things which he used previous
ly to beg at the door of every subor-
dinate chinovnik, standing with his
cap in his hand
How the Peasant
Views the Situation
To illustrate the difference be-
tween the Russian peasant of the
herensky regime and the same peas
ant now, under the Bolsheviki, I
will relate two peasant conyersa-
tons in the train on my way from
Petrograd to Moscow.
1t was in the first days of the rev.
olutlon. We were preparing a new
offensive against Germany-alas the
last one of the Russian army. Our
train was full of soldiers and peas
ants. Some were sitting, many were
standing, and all talking.
"a soldiers life is not worth
kopeck-half a cent" said soldier.
"True, BROTHER" said peasant,
poking his head out of the top shelf
which held the baggage, and which
he used as sleeping place for the
night.
And how do you know" l asked
him.
II will soon tell you, officer" the
peasant began. ~ had one son and
they took him to the army.
"'All right I said to myself. If
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Acres Of ools
And All American

AGAIN we passed dumps with ma
terlais. There was structural steel
that must have kept the mills at Pitts
burgh busy for many a week. piled
neatly on the ground or lying on fat
cars There were all sorts of tools and
machinery with the names of COM
panles in Cleveland, Chicago, Ohio and
little, but famous, Industrial towns
throughout America. Parts Of cranes
and railroad hand cars, boilers. wheels.
cnalns, framework, were here-a he
wliderlng array of metal covering the
countryside.
All through the trip we were stopped
by ileutenants and sergeants, each
bosslng his affiliated job. and each time
the conversation was brief and Ameri
can.
Iney have built dam forty feet
high and 500 feet long so that the hos
pital has supply Of 100 ,000. 900 pal
IONS OF water, which is to be filtered
and chiorinated for the benefit of the
SICK and also the wine drinking popu-
.a1lo 81 OF the town. The hospital is one
though its original plan was for 5000
peas wnen completed it will probably
nave double that capacity With it are
oelng constructed soap and splint fac
tories. and the sewerage system for
the hospital will be extended so that
the town will have advantage of it, thus
becoming one of the fortunate n,aces
in France.
The bakery and the laundry have
been completed here, and the planning
mil built, SO that the hospital Is be-
coming city in itself, of masonry
and wood, the hospital being of
masonry.
Later in the day I met other cap
tains and lieutenants. and eaeh ws.
engaged on some important work. Some
were constructing locomotives. Others
were compiling" small automobiles or
big trucks. One was in charge of a
remount station. Another was build
ing barracks for so many thousand
men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

Nut of one hundred and eighty
million population in Russia,
one hundred and forty mill