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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-14
BOY
is MISSING
Brother Was Killed In Franco and
Second Member Of Family il
Thought to be
Prisoner.


KAIOKA, Mo-. Aug. A!-Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Bell. of this city. were noh-
fed by the war department Monday
evening that their son. Russell Bell,
had been missing since July %. He
was in the recent fight on the western
front In France, and the probabilities
are that he has been taken prisoner
by the Germans. Last week Mr.. and
Mrs. Bell were notified of the death OF
their son Harry Bell, IN action. and
this comes as a second bereavement
to them. Their many friends trust
that he may turn up, or at the worst
be prisoner. Russell left kahoka
for training at Comp Funston on Sep
tember 8, 1917.
The following tickets have been
nominated in Clark county:
Democrats. D. Rebo, representa-
tive; G. M. Drollinger, presiding
Judge: VIM. l. Smith, judge eastern
district: G. w. Ballard. judge western
district; ]. T. Williford, county clerk;
J. M. Wadmore, circuit clerk; B. l..
Gridley, prosecuting attorney; Louis
Johnson, collector; r. H. GlasscocX'
recorder; S. J. Dare, probate judge.
Republicans. J. Wilson, represen-
tative; J. M. Riggs. presiding Judge;
w. N. Hays, Judge western uistr1CI'
]. s. Hardy, Judge eastern district; Os-
car G.. Watson, county clerk: Fred e.
Brookhart circuit clerk; ]. H. Tai
bot, prosecuting attorney; Warren
Ingold, collector; J. F. Wagner. pro
bate Judge; Fred Bowman. recorder.
Misses Isabelle and Evangela Hen
messy went to Hannibal Sunday to at
tend the wedding OF their brother,
Desley Hennessey. The wedding oc-
cured Tuesday evening.
Walter P. Seyb, Ralp Carr, Vernon
Crear, Jos. ]. Kuntz, Matte Mosier,
Henry Sisson, Erwin Egbert and Ell
mer Hull WILL leay Thursday of this
week for Kansas City where they will
enter service OF their country IN a
mechanical school. Mr.. Hull, whose
home is in this city. registered In
Mercer county where he was then con-
Quoting a printing Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. 8. Sloan are at
home from Oklahoma, where they
spent the past few months.
A large crowd attended the sale Oh
J. p. Scott and J. J. KuntS, near Me,
dill. Monday, the latter being called
enter service Of their country IN
prices.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-14
FIVE OTTUMWA
SOLDIERS DEAD
City soidiery Suffers Greatest of Any
Place In State When One
Days Casualties
Come In.

OTTUMWA, Iowa, Aug. 14.-In the
terrific fighting which cleared the
Marine salient of German troops and
opened the way for the gigantic
allied offensive which Is under way
today along a big section of the
western front in France, Ave men,
bers of G company, Ottumwa's unit
in the 16Sth United States infantry.
were killed and two received severe
wounds This Is the hardest blow
that has hit any Iowa town at one
time since the war began. The casu-
alties announced in private dis
patches from the war department to
the families of the soldiers are:
Killed In Action.
Private Harry Arnold, 307 Summit
street
Private Leroy P. Daley. 214 North
James street
Private George C. Dufneld, 432
North Green street.
Private Ralph C. Grammar, SOL
North Ash street.
Private Carl Hillgardner, 2S3 Frei-
tag avenue.
Wounded Severely.
Sergeant Carl u. Gillen, 622 North
Fifth street.
William z. J. Maloney. 400 North
Jefferson street.
No information regarding the casu-
alties was included in the kilograms
aside from the date on which they
were sustained. On that day the OF
tumwa company, part Of the rainbow
division, was in the thick of the fight
ing around the Ourcq river, where the
Iowa regiment won unmeasured fame
by reason of the bravery of Its mem
bers in their numerous battles with
the Prussian guards.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-14
NEW c., B. & Q.
HEADS NAMED
Federal Administrator of Railroads
Makes Appointm ents-E. P.
Bracken Is General
Manager

BURLINGTON, Ia. Aug. 14.-Un-
der date of August 8, the following
bulletin has been received by local
officials OF the Burlington:
United States Railroad Administra-
tion-W. G. McAdoo, Director Gen
eral, Central Western Region
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail-
road; Quincy. Omaha & Kansas
City Railroad-Office OF Federal
Manager.
Chicago, ILL.,. Aug. 9. 1918.
The following appointments are
effective this date, headquarters
Chicago, ILL.,:
e. P. Bracken, general manager.
P. S. Eustis. passenger traffic man
ager.
George H. Crosby, freight traffic
manager.
R. b. Scott, general solicitor.
w l.. Breckenridge, chief engi
neer.
l.. N. Hopkins, purchasing agent.
H. d. Foster, general auditor.
w. w. Baldwin, acting federal
treasurer.
Officers reporting to those named
above will continue their present
duties unless otherwise advised.
C. G. ,BURNHAM.
Federal Manager.
Approved: HALE HOLDEN,
Regional Director.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-14
IOWANS IN
FRANCE SEPT. l
Camp Gordon Replacement Officers
are Whipping Men Into Shape
For Trip to Fighting
Front.

CAMP GORDON, Ca, Aug. 14.-Be-
fore September 1 some of the Iowa
men that came to this camp in July
will be in France.
: This statement was authorized at
replacement camp headquarters, and
while the number will not be very
large 1t Is certain that some OF the
best men that were sent down mere
the last week In July will be at the
front in an amazingly sort time.
This quick work is due to the
system Of training which was mapped
out here for the replacement troops,
a system that puts man through
from dawn until night fall and makes
him realize the full value and I'M
portance of every moment that he
spends on the drill field under a
singing Georgia sun.
Several days ago number OF
Iowans, loaded down with barracks
bags and full equipment, set out down
these dusty camp roads to the wait
ing cars on the tracks alongside the
cantonment, and in those cars went
tn a point of embarkation and then
to France.
There are many Iowa men here,
however, and it will take long time
to send them all away.
The fifth school for non-commis-
stoned officers was started here Wed
nesday with a number of Iowans en-
rolled. Men graduating from this
school are considered the most likely
candidates to enter the central ofd-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-14

A raid was made by officials the
mast week on saloons located IN OUT,
of-the-way places In Hamilton anu
vicinity. those running the joints ana
those furnishing the booze pelns
brought into the Hancock county
court on Friday upon information
filed BY J. C. Williams, detective
OF Chicago, and Mr.. Cochran, OF Ham
ilton. States Attorney Earl W.
Wood appeared on behalf OF the peo-
nle ATTORNEYS Louis Lamet, OF war
saw, and Clyde P. johnson, OF Car
thaxe appearing for the defendants
and each of them. The parties were
brought into court, and each plead
ing guilty, fines in the aggregate
amount of 81 800 were assessed anu
Maid as follows: John Leisy, OF
Keolkuk. $500; John H. Giller, war
saw, $500: Jack Brady, Keokuk, $500;
bernard Killian, Hamilton, SZ5V;
Walter Curfman, Keokuk, 500; l.. L.
McIauehlin. Hamilton, $3.50; Elmer
f Bridge, Keokuk, 5000. The firms
Of Leisy. Giller and Killian filed
bonds, in the sum of $1,000 each,
whereby they bound themselves not
to sell Intoxicating liquor at Hamli-
ton, the same being In the anu
saloon territory, in violation OF the
state law. Authorities have been
looking into this matter for some
time. and 1t is a source OF gratlllca,
tion to all concerned that the RAID
was made, as automobiles from all
narts of the county and vicinity nave
been visiting these joints daily ano
securing the liquor in the dry ter
ritory-
Private Edward Harrison, of Camp
Grant, Rockford, spent the week emo
with home folks at Basco, and also
visited in Carthage. returning TO
camp Monday. He expects to De
tran sferred from this camp IN lie"
days.
The following composed camping
party at Wild Cat springs from wed
nesday until Saturday OF last week;
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Fletcher ano
SON William; Mr. and Mrs. Warren
Collins and two sons; MT. and MIS-
Fred e. Harvest and daughter, Eau
line: Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Runyon
Mr.. Runyon, Miss Crystal Garvey
Miss Flossie Hopkins and Rena ano
Verna Long.
Mr.. and Mrs. Collins, who have
been visiting the lady's parents fol
several weeks, departed for their
home in Hope, N. NJ, wednesday
morning via Kansas City, where they
VIII stop for a visit OF several days
with the gentleman's sister.
Miss Jessie Bellev11le returned
Monday evening from st. Louis
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-14
War Farming
IBy ]. s. Clare.l

[By J. s. Clare.]
WHAT'S TILE USE? It's an old
question, but what is the use Of feed
ing half a million life-size grasshop-
pers on each acre from now until
November? The grasshoppers view
with pleasure the menu for this fall,
consisting of nice. juicy. Young clo-
yer or second growth clover, corn,
fall pastures. alfalfa, and last, but
by no means least, tender young
wheat and rye. A few thousand
bushels of clover seed has already
been ruined by these pests. and un-
less something Is done. they will
doubtless kill many patches of young
clover this fall. Pastures cannot be-
come good, even with an abundance
of rain, unless the grasshoppers are
removed. For q few rods around the
field, fall wheat will be killed unless
something is done. Killing the grass
hoppers will not increase the acre
age of wheat, but will give much
better chance for a maximum crop,
and the grasshoppers do not mind
taking a little time off occasionally
to lay eggs. These eggs will hatch
next May and June. and then where
are WEI
Some Crops Burned.
Threshers' reports are SLOW coming
in. So far nineteen threshers' re-
ports show, having threshed in July,
31.316 bushels Of wheat from lat
acres, an average yield OF twenty-one
bushels to the acre. The average
yield Of corn for 1917 was thirty
three bushels for Lee county.
At present prices this yield OF corn
is worth a little more than the wheat.
But wheat should supplant oats
rather than corn, and undoubtedly
wheat Is more profitable than oats
at present prices.
The county agent at Corning, Iowa,
writes that crops have been burned
up in southwest Iowa. They have
for sale several thousands of shoats,
weighing from thirty to sixty pounds,
for which they are asking from Is
to 20 cents per pound The farmers
OF Lee county could perform patri-
otto service If they would buy some
of these pigs and fatten them.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-14
Cocoanut Oil Fine
For Washing Hair

If you want to keep your hair in good
condition, be careful what you wash Il
with.
Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alleali. This dries the
scalp, makes the hair brittle, and is very
harmful. Just plain mulsified cocoanrt
oil (Which is pure and entirely grease
Iess), is much better than the most e1e-
pensive soap or anything else YOU can
use for shampooing, as this can't pos-
sibly injure the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with watof
and rub it in One or two teaspoonfuis
will make an abundance of rich, creamy
lather, and cleansea the hair and scalp
thoroughly. The lat!er rinses out easily.
and removes every particle of dust, dirt.
dandruff and excessive oil The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and It leaves II
fine and silky, bright fluffy and easy to
manage
You can get rnulsifed cocoanut oil al
most any drug store It is very cheap,
and a few ounces is enough 20 last
everyone in the family for months.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-14
A. O. H. LADIES
BEING SUED
SCULPTOR Brings Action to Recover
s4s 900 He Claims Is Due
on Breach Of Con-
tract.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. IA. IA.
Jerome Conner, sculptor, has brought
s',it in the district supreme court .ns
SUI ,nst the ladies' Auxiliary of the
Ancient order of Hibernians 1or
Sac. 600 damages alleged to have p Can
sustained by breach Of contract. .oi r
nor states that he was e1npioyea y,
the association to construct anu 10
stall a statue known as nuns VI s.n
Battlefield. He states ne spene pe =
900 on the model, which was accepted
~, +be United States Fine Arts com.
,,,;ssion and later by committee Oh
.ha oreanization which he alleges was
to pay for the work: e.s non
The complaint recites that s4o,ooo
was the price agreed on for the COM
pleted work, but that the women 3
pprs.nization refused to proceed with
the fulfilling of the contract.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-14

You have to make some quick de-
clsions up in the blue sky sometimes
and they're pretty important for you
COO. But that is the important part OF
the game. and fascinating part. 1t
has been one of the bases where the
American flyers have been most sue.
cessful. Their judgement has been
made in lightning way. But most
of the boys are well educated men and
quick thinkers.
sense of feeling that Is new. You sort
of feel Boche around and feel the d.
rectfon, too, since 1t Is hard to see
MIN. OF course you are always looking
around, because couple Of minutes
without care would enable German
to pique on you Unexpectedly and it
might mean flowers
Most people who have never flown
imagine running the plane Is q ques-
ton of concentrated attention on the
mechanics Of 1t. That Is not so. Once
you get UP, you can fly along for a
long time, without touching a lever,
and without bothering about the mo-
tor. You don't need to steer because
there Is nothing to hit and your only
concern is not getting too far into Ger
many. Since there are no ruts in the
air nor trees to hit, and since the air
lis a big space. your direction makes
little difference. You can't bump into
anything.
THE thing you watch most is the
huge space all around you and you
keep your eyes open for more planes.
Once you see one, you Immediately
work for position, until you learn
whether 1t is friend or Boche. Then
you act accordingly and 1t never takes
long to make up your mind what to do.
Clouds are risky things. They look
brightest and fleecy when you are
away from them. When you dive into
them you feel no sensation and hit
nothing. Everything seems like fog.
II they are large, they are dangerous,
for you loose your sense of direction
among them. Sense Of direction is
more important than compass, which
often doesn't work when you are div
ing around. Clouds can also hide
Boches,"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-14
DIES MONIES
CORN UNHURT
Record Breaking Crop Expected In
the Territory Immediately
North Of Lee
County.

BURLINGTON, Ia, Aug. 14.-Only
a small percentage of the corn In
Des Moines county is damaged as
a result of the extreme heat, which
has been burning up this section OF
the country for the last few weeks,
according to the report of County
AGENT III. Walker. made after he
made a tour of the county Monday
Walker stated that the corn in this
county was in the best of condition
and promised to yield a record,
breaking crop, providing the drought
is not extended too long The only
corn which has been damaged or
burned by the heat and dry weather
is growing in poor soil, which has
not been able to retain the moisture
This corn is really badly burned, and
the leaves are curling up on the
stocks, but there are only few such
fields in Des Moines county; thus
only a small amount of the total crop
is hurt 1t is reported that the Mouth
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-14

downright 1918 by The United Press
WITH THE AMERICAN AIRMEN
IN FRANCE, July 10.-(By MaiD-
How do you feel up there In the air
wnen you're JocKey1ng Win Hun TO
q chance to bring him down before he
gets your" was the question put to
eddie Rickenbacker, American ace
and former auto racer.
Rickenbacker reflected moment
and then said:
"You don't feel very much. because
YOU are too busy watching the Helm
les. machine. But you think Of it as a
machine and not as man. never
think of the man in the Boche plane.
hut regard fight as q sport, in which
we both take chances and II he Is bet
ter than and uses better judgement
he will get me, but II I am the better
sportsman, I'll get him first.
Fighting in the air, In the chasse
work at any rate. is more question
Of keen thinking and good judgement
than anything else. You first try to
out-guess your opponent and then try
TO get position on him. Attacking is q
question OF knowing when to pique
on him, and when not to.
-'Ur course, a SOO0 flyer mas TO naf
his nerve with him, and we all fear
the mistake of not attacking when we
should, more than we fear Of being
shot down. A mistake like that, Of al
lowing your nerve to fail you just once
would weaken man and We know 1t.
However, we also know we cannot be
foolhardy and reckless Doug Campbell
our all American ace, has worked out
some unusual tactics regarding fight
Ing Boches which have succeeded re-
narkably. He Is of studious turn of
mind and figures out what the me-
tliodical German mind would expect
him to do at a certain time or in a
certain situation. Then Doug does
lust the opposite. For example he has
piqued on Boches in certain positions
which were thought to mean sure
death. But he did 1t suddenly and un,
expectedly, and before the German
mind had conceived OF the situation,
Doug had let him have it and Owed
out OF position again. He's landed sew,
sral Boches that way.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-14
How to Save Food

In these days when the high cost
of living pinches nearly every home,
no waste should be overlooked. one
of the most fragrant and the most
easily prevented, Is the destruction
of food by rats. One rat will often
do a hundred dollars damage OF food
and property in a single night, and
careful estimate gives over s2oo,-
600 900 as the value of foodstuffs de-
stroyed annually by these pests. EN-
terminate them with Stearns' Elec-
trio Paste and save this enormous
loss of food. A small box OF Stearns
Electric Paste costs only rev cents
and is usually enough to completely
rid the house of rats and mice; also
effective against cockroaches and
Waterbura
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-14

where she has been taking course
in telegraphy. :,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Tichonour and
son. of st. Louis, will arrive Sunday
to spend their vacation with Mrs.
Tichenours parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Belleville, and also with the
gentlemans relatives in Keokuk.
Probate Court News, Hancock County
e. l. Hill, M. D., of the Jackson
Vile state hospital. advises County
Judge g. w. Durham that Mrs. Bllza
Wyley, patient admitted from Han
cock county. died July 20 from dlar-
rhoea and enteritis. and that FREQ,
erick A. Barnes, patient admitted
from Hancock county. was o1s-
charged on July 80 as recovered.
In re the estate Of Lawrence Neu-
wirth, deceased: Inventory OF said
estate filed by Amelia Neuwirth. ex-
ecutrix Of said estate, shows no real
estate or chattel property inVen-
toried. Notes and accounts aggre-
gate $500.
In the matter of the conservator-
ship of Nathan l. Nudd, Lide Nudd,
conservator: Petition of said conser-
vator for authority to sell real estate
belonging to ward, said lands being
described as the und 7-36 In n Sc
80, except 10 acres ne cor; und 1t
hf sw Of Sc 80; und 1-6 pit sw OF
sw Sc 80; und 1-e pit OF NV Sc 81;
also 10 acres in Sc corner OF sw SO,
1915. Order of court filed directing
the sale of said premises by the con-
servator, said sale to be held at the
west door of the court house in Car
thage on September 8, 1918, at
D. m. Bond of said Ida. Nudd on
petition to sell real estate, with Bes-
sic Nudd and Dave Nudd as sureties,
in the sum Of $4,000, filed and ap-
proved.
In re suit Of Homer G. Williams,
conseravtor, acting as administrator
of the estate of William Dowdall, de-
ceased, versus Anna Gibson ct al. in
re petition for sale of real estate OF
said deceased, said property consist
ing of lots located in Elvaston and
part of ne 3O-5-7. Decree Of court
filed ordering sale of said premises,
said sale to be held at the front door
of the Farmers Exchange bank at
Elvaston at a date to be set by the
court.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-14
WOMEN COOL
UNDER FIRE
Eight Minutes Between Explosions
Used for Mixing Biscuits
In Oven Under
Fire.
tBy Frank ]. Taylor, United Press

by Frank ]. Taylor, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN TROOPS
IN LORRAINE. Aug. 1.-Cby mali
This is proof that women can be just
as cool under shell-fire as men. May
be they can be cooler.
The heroines of this bombardment
are Mrs. w. G.. Hammond of New YORK
. City, Miss Helga RAMSEY OF Goodrlcn,
Minnesota, and Miss Lulu Lawyer OF
Schenectady, N. Y. They make dough
nuts, pies, cake and chocolate Tor
hungry doughboys who flock to the
Salvation Army hut in-but that wouio
be telling.
One fine morning the soldiers and
civilians of the town in which this nut
Is located were startled when huge
German shell lit on building ano
blew 1t to pieces. The town had not
been shelled for years.
Everyone took to dug-outs, wnlle
more shells continued to come IN with
startling regularity. Everyone stayed
In the dugouts, and after few hours
everyone began to get real hungry
1t was past meal-time, and as yet no
lunch.
Shortly after noon, Mrs. Hammond
told her assistants, We've got 10
make some chocolate and biscuits for
these boys around here, or they II
starve. We can fix up the chocolate
heater in a dug-out. but the only way
10 make biscuits is to bake them IN
an oven"
The rest agreed. and with help oil
some hungry doughboys they got the
chocolate boiler working. well pro-
tected by a strong wall. Then the
girls began figuring. The shells came
IN very regularly. Chances were that
the methodicaI Boche mind would
never slip cog.
Well go up to the kitchen after
each shell arrives, mix biscuits for
eight minutes, and then come down
rara until the next shell conaas In
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-14
Practice of Medicine Guesswork.

It has been said that the practice
of medicine at best is simply a game
OF guesswork. because tho action Of
drugs varies to great degree upon
different individuals: but when a
medicine has lived for forty years,
constantly growing in sales and pop
ularity there can be no greater proof
of it's merit. Such a medicine is
Lydia e. P1nkham's Vegetable Com
pound, that famous old root and herb
remedy, now recognized from shore
to shore as the standard remedy for
female ills.-Adv.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-14
GERS training school, to train men for

GERS training school, TO train men for
commissions.
Men Of the officers training school
staged an extravaganza, typical hot
weather show, here Monday night,
and it scored an unqualified hit The
production consisted of sketches,
songs and bright sayings and was
witnessed by General Sage and sew.
eral staff officers.
The health Of the Iowans since
their arrival here has been excellent
and shows every indication of re-
naming so. Camp Gordon is in the
healthiest part OF north Georgia and
its death rate is exceedingly low.
There are now in camp about 42.00e
soldiers and every barracks building
! is filled to capacity.
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west section OF the county was re-
lieved by about an inch Of rain which
fell Friday night.
Farmers in the bottom lands have
started to pillow some fields for the
planting OF fall wheat, and others
west of the bluffs will soon be en-
gagged in the same occupation. The
threshing is all completed now with
the exception of only few farms
and these few will have the work fin
ished this week.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-14
Peace with Punch.

Kansas City Star: Premier Lloyd
George told the house Of commons
that the coming peace must be a
peace with power behind it. That
seems to be the same kind General
Foch had in mind when he landed
on the German crown princes army.