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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
Time Conservation Supper WIN
3. served Members at This
Gathering Tomorrow at
e:15 O'Clock.
IMPORTANT Blu SIN = S S
.,s Service May Get Prodding
;. Result of Complaints Regis
tered and Dollar Day May
BE Started.

r,o commercial club will meet TO-
lne evening at 6:15 o'clock at the
wv w G. A. with supper in the main
iir,ny room. A war time conserVa'
. ulu,n neal will be served to the mem
Nv ivs The meeting was announced 1or
~ intel Iowa. but plans have been
t w and the club members Will
y 10 the Y. w. C. A. where a spec1ai
~ - lime supper will be served, for III
IN cents per plate.
y r S supper the business ses,
now If the club will be held. There
s;1l he an address by F. w. Merrill,
rho is an agricuiturist OF Missouri,
.rs who has spoken in a number OF
s,rmers meetings recently In this sec
,ion and is brought to Keokuk on
.aa vS' of some of the men
who heard him at Canton, as being a
lsplendd speaker.
'Y nne matter which will be brought
an At the meeting tomorrow night will
se telephone service in Keokuk
There have been some complaints reg
|, s,pred nv business men who are mem
hsrs Of the Commercial club, and
hese will be brought before the or.
ranization in the hope Of lettering
he service.
There will be other matters, also to
come before the meeting, one of these
being the discussion of a dollar day
| 10 he staged by the merchants.
It is hoped to have large attend
apce at the meeting and those who
will be present should notify Mr.. Full
Ion in the morning.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
ADJUSTMENTS.
Douglas Fairbanks Tonight.

Douglas Fairbanks Tonight.
Reaching for the Moon is Doug
Fairbanks latest to be shown in Keo-
kuk for the first time tonight and to-
morrow at the Grand. Something
very different in this new photoplay is
the lavish magnificence of it's settings
and scenes besides the always new
laughs and surprising stunts that
Doug puts into his smiling work.
Bewhiskered gentlemen with long
knives and suffering bombs, .disloyal
servants, who attempt to poison his
food. and villainous spies, who try to
assassinate him. hold no particular
terrors for Douglas Fairbanks in his
new pcture fob Aircraft, 'Aeaching for
the Moon" But when the few friends
he has at court try to marry Elm off
to the princess whose classic features
are real joke, he returns to his orig
inal job at the button factory. Uneasy
lies the head that wears the crown
quotes Douglas in this picture, where.
upon we second the motion. See him
at the Grand tonight and tomorrow
Advertisement.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
piscredits tho Line Storm.

Hartford Courant: Professor Will
liam North Rice Of Middletown, it is
announced, has said that the Zine
Storm" In which most farmers and
men along shore implicitly believe,
is really a myth and that the records
fail to show any reason for belief in
it. Fifty years ago the physical
Biographies used to say something
to that effect, qualifying it by the
statement that the precipitation
about the middle of September was
frequently little larger than at
other periods in the month.
This qualification. however. may
be looked upon with some suspicion.
inasmuch as records for the last half
century would hardly support it so
that most people now who give the
matter much thought will be inclined
to agree with Professor Rice that
the line storm must go with the
belief that hidden springs Of wa.er
may be found by means Of forked
branch firmly grasped by some fav-
ored man. That belief which once
extended to the discovery Of precious
metals, is still an article Of faith
with many men in this state and
will continue to be just as the belief
in the line storm is likely to con-
tinue.
This latter undoubtedly got strong
backing when the storm Of Septem-
Der %, 1915, occurred; the great
gale" as those who witnessed 1t
justly termed it. 1t came at the right
time in the month and was such a
tremendous phenomenon that an en-
tire generation could not forget it
and used it as an era from which
subsequent events were reckoned
just as those who were caught in the
snowstorm Of March lila, 1888, have
, looked with contempt upon later
snowfalls. The gale made the posi-
ton of the line storm absolutely safe
for three generations, and the failure
of the equinoxial to appear for years
at a time was excused because of its
thorough work in 1915. Professor
Rice is undoubtedly right, but he will
! make few converts.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
Universal Military Training.

limited Press Leased Wire Service1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Personal
universal military training is provided
for in a measure introduced today by
Senator New, Indiana. News measure
provides all young men from 10 to 30
shall be subject to registration and
draft Between 10 and 81 regis
trants shall be given military training
under rules to be prescribed by the
president and no registrant shall be
drafted into active military service
until he is 81.
News measure Is proposed as an
amendment to the pending resolution
which provides that all who have be-
come 81 since the fifth of last June
shall be subject to the draft.
It brings to a head the agitation go
ing on in congress for months for set
Element now of the country's future
military policy.
New, member Of the senate mill
tary affairs committee. introduced his
amendment as a means Of crystaliz-
ing sentiment on universal military
training. Senator Chamberlain also
has a universal training bill, which
he had planned to report soon from
the military affairs committee. The
New resolution, however, will provide
the necessary test of sentiment on the
ISubjeot.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
Americans Watched Parade.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
LONDON, Feb. 12.-Many Ameri-
can officers and soldiers were in the
crowd which lined the route of the
royal party's approach to the houses
of parliament.
Four carriages started from Buck
ingham palace, escorted by cavalry.
The streets were lined with special
>constables instead of the usual sol
diers Americans in the crowd
many of them getting their first
glimpse Of royalty-joined in the
cheering.
The king, attired in plain uni
form, read the speech from the
throne in the house of lords after
as many members of the house of
commons as could be accommodated
had been admitted.
After the speech a recess was
taken until four p. M, when each
house meets separately to debate the
usual address in reply to the king.
In preparing this address, Lloyd
George is expected to participate i'm.
portantly later in the evening dis
cussing the political and military
situation especially with regard to
Russia and the results of the allied
conference at Versailles. It is also
possible that the premier may reply
to the recent criticisms of Colonel
Repington, the military expert who
charged that Lloyd-George was super
seding the military commanders.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
CITY NEWS.

-Eggno, doz. eggs CSC, guaran,
teed. Home Tea Co.
Special for tomorrow, fresh coun-
try eggs. SOC doz. Fred DeYong.
Mrs. Carlston of Des Moines will
speak at the Union mission Wednes-
day evening at p. m.
MIR. and Mrs. David Easley and
Mrs. David Laisley returned home
from Burlington where they attended
the funeral Of Mrs. Eva Jackson.
Il. s. Ackley is in receipt of a
telegram from Hutchinson, Kansas
announcing the death of w. H. Quar-
terman at that place. Mr.. Quarter
man was a resident Of this city many
years ago and will be remembered as
a printer who worked on The Gate
City, the Constitution Democrat and in
several printshops here.
-Eggno, doz. eggs CSC, guaran
teed. Home Tea Co.
Lieutenant Charles r. Marshall
is permanently assigned to the 91st
division, Battery B, Of the 34th field
artillery now at Camp Lewis, Wash
ington.
Fred Fernandez was turned over
to the county yesterday afternoon aft
er being put under $500 bonds to
|neep the peace. Fernandez was
placed under bond about a week age
and forfeited it. He is now in Gus
tody Of the county officials.
Letters received today from Cap
tain Bruce l.. Gilfillan, tell Of his
safe arrival. somewhere in France
Captain Gilfillan Is with the 25th
regiment of engineers, in the medical
department, and was called into serv
ice July 3, 1917.
-Eunice Marie, the sixteen months
old baby daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
James Gamble died yesterday morn
ing at II o'clock after a short illness
with pneumonia, at the home of hel
parents near the powder works. The
funeral will be held tomorrow after
noon at o'clock and interment will be
made in Little Mound cemetery.
An item appeared in The Gate
City last week, stating that George
Mulch was arrested for intoxication
This was an error, the police bulletin
giving the wrong name, which should
have been Louis Mulch. George Mulch
lives at Suffer, and was not arrested
at Keokuk for any such charge as stat
ed
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
SHEETS.

Strickland Gillian, in Farm Life:
Sheets are what heavy rain is said
to come down in.
Also they are what a drunken man
is said to have three of in the wind
Incidentally, they are used on
beds, in numbers ranging from one
to two per bed.
There are cotton bed sheets and
linen bed sheets and hotel bed
sheets.
In some states the hotel sheets are
required to be nine feet long.
In some states they are not, but
the patron of the hotel knows, even
If his sheet is only five and a half
feet in length, it will be long enough
before there is another clean one on
the bed
I have seen hotel sheets in all
states.
! A bed sheet folded and lying on
! the shelf Of a linen closet or in a
| laundry bag is about as quiet and
well behaved an article as one could
wish to see.
One would never guess from its
downcast eye and general decorous
air that 1t had latent devilment in ];
| But that same sheet, if you get
into bed with it on top OF you after
roast-pork or mince pie supper, de
velops the most Douglasfairanks dis
position imaginable.
| While you lie quietly beneath it, it
will yank itself loose from its moor
ings at the foot of the bed and roll
itself into a rope and leap violently
| from beneath the outer covers to lie
writing on top of the spread
Just before you wake from q long
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
COMPROMISE
CANDIDATE
Dark Horse Is Heard Paving the
Ground Near Meeting Of
Republican National
Committee.

| UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 12.-Talk of
a compromise candidate for republi-
can national committee chairman
grew in volume this afternoon whe'
supporters Of John Il. Adams of kowa
indicated their unalterable opposition
to Hays Of Indiana. There are signs
that the Hays wave is approaching
its crest. Growing belief that COM
mittee would adjourn until tomorrow
for final action was said to show
that the Hays forces had failed to
muster enough votes to elect him at
this afternoons meeting.
Leaders of the Adams boom met
with Senator Penrose of Pennsyl-
vania. 1t was reported they signified
their willingness to withdraw Adams
provided candidate acceptable to
them was agreed upon. Fred Stan
ley of Kansas was the most promi-
nently mentioned dark horse" The
Hays men, however, continue to
maintain confident front.
| Woman suffrage had it's inning be-
fore the executive committee of the
party today. The committee endorsed
a resolution approving the action of
the house Of representatives in pass
ing the Susan B. Anthony suffrage
amendment. 1t was reported that
| Committeeman f. w. Estabrook of
New Hampshire, cast the only ad
verse vote. This resolution will
come before the national committee
when 1t meets. 1t was expected that
the committee would give a hearing
to Mrs. Travis Whitney Of New York
and Mrs. Abbie Scott Baker Of Wash
ington in support of the resolution.
| Women opposed to suffrage also
will have an opportunity to address
the committee, according to the plan.
Miss Minnie Bronson of Washington
and Miss Lucy Price of Boston were
expected to speak.
| The suffragists were jubilant be-
cause of private assurances they
claimed to have obtained from party
leaders that the committee would
endorse the Anthony amendment.
Another resolution which already has
been through the executive commit
tee mill will 60 before the national
committee It lauds the work done
by republican members of congress
in support OF war measures.
Committeeman Rudolph Hynicka of
Ohio prepared a resolution today for
submission to the national committee
calling for the creation Of special
committee, to reorganize the ma
tional committee machinery. The
resolution would provide for the
resignation Of the national committee
officers and the entire executive com
mittee and would adjourn the pres,
,ent meeting of the committee until
next March when the questions now
before it would be considered and
new organization perfected.
The Hynicka resolution offered as
members Of the special committee
Senators Calder of New York, Pen
rose Of Pennsylvania, Kellogg OF
Minnesota, and Committeeman Work
of Colorado, McGregor of Texas and
Highland Of West Virginia. Veteran
committeeman were apparently not
considering the result seriously.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
N|:E(Ssssz&S|||||||
Call Black 515
for Society Editor.
JIM'S' HERO.

Some day in school when teacher says
Jim name the presidents"
l up and l commence
And say them all from Washington
Clean through Buchanan, then,
l have to stop and clear my throat
| always nave to when
II come to Abraham Lincoln's name,
Even though the teacher whispers
Shame!
Can't you remember Jim?"
Can't remember him!
Why, he's my hero, that's why
l get choked up and want to cry.
Once he was just as poor IS l,
And homely, too, and shy,
But he was brave and made ais place
Climbed to the top and freed a race
When l think what he dared to do
l just vow I'll do something too"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
THE NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR

| New York Times: Varied training
in business, finance and law, Joined
to abilities Of a very high order, give
Lord Reading special qualifications
for the unusual duties he will be call
ed upon to perform as British am
bassador at Washington. Lord Read
ing has had no diplomatic experience,
and that is quite unimportant, since
the present relations Of the United
States and Great Britain are OF ma
ture so friendly, both being engaged
in the war for freedom and democ-
racy, that Observation-Disclosures are
quite unlikely to arise and no ques-
tons of great difficulty and delicacy
may be expected to demand the atten-
ton and service of the embassy at our
national capital But the new ambas-
| sador is n man accustomed to large
affairs, and he is especially skilled
in finance 1t Is in that branch OF the
relations of the two countries that
his experience and abilities will be OF
greatest service, and 1t is with the
large financial and business trans
actions Of his country with the Unit
ed States that he will chiefly con-
Germ himself at his new post
It is marked departure from Gus
tom and prescription for the British
government to ask the lord chief JUS
tice to step down from that high seat
to undertake a foreign mission, but
there are good reasons for the limo
walton, the best of which is that Earl
Reading is just the man for the work.
His fitness for 1t is beyond all ques-
ton, and he has already performed
with much credit the duties attach
ing to special missions to this coun.
try. He is sure of a warm and sin
cere welcome here, for he not only
has many friends and acquaintance
in the United States, but the story OF
his brilliant career and of his rise to
that place of great distinction which
he occupies at home has won for
him the admiration Of Americans. 1t
is understood that while he gives
his attention chiefly to affairs OF
business and finance, he will be re
lieved of the routine diplomatic duties
of the post, while military and nava
affairs will be intrusted to attaches
of those branches of the service.
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, whom Lore
Reading succeeds, has not been Sc
prominent a figure before the Amer
lean people as some British ambas
sailors, notably Lord Bryce, or ever
Sir Julian Paunceforte, for he has
ions of public appearance. But Si1
Cecil, throughout his term OF service
during a considerable part OF which
the discharge of his duties called
for great discretion and soundness o
Judgment, has represented the inter
ests of his country faithfully. tactfull.
and most agreeably to the govern
ment to which he was accredited
The departing British ambassador
as an incident Of service to his owl
country, has done as much VALUABLE
service. more, doubtless, than ha
ever been revealed, and where /
would have been easy to make mis-
takes. he has avoided them. ~
leaves his post with the very hig'
respect and esteem OF all those Am
orleans who have had occasion t
know the value Of his efficient serv
ice
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
Did Not Sail on TuscanIa.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Twenty
one men who sailed on the transport
Tuscania were removed from the yes
sci at Halifax, N. S., the war depart
ment announced today.
They include:
Rupert A. Davies, Frisco, Texas
Albert Dias, Mission, Texas; Henry
Forshee, Hayward, Okla; William T
George, Waverly, Tenn; Fred j
Broomer, Horseshoe Bend, Iowa; Car
v. Jacobson, Elk City, Ore; Jeffer
son Davis Jones, Wingfield, Texas
Jesse Robert Kline, Deer Park
Wash; Roderick B. Mcdonald, r. F.
D. No. 2, Bellingham, Wash; jacob
w. Martin. Fort Worth, Texas; Steph
en- F. Mead, Reed, Ore; Howard F
Memly, Sahakwa, Okla; Erwin Miller
Anselmo, Neb.; Edward F. Parker
4O3 F street, Grants Park. Ore.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
Posse in Pursuit,

PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 12.-Appar-
emily eluding the Gordon of cowboys
and rangers headed by federal officers,
who had surrounded them, Thomas
and John Power and Thomas Sisson,
wanted on the charge of numbering
Sheriff Mcbride and two deputies
Sunday, are racing for the Mexican
line with $50 men in pursuit.
This was the word telegraphed to
Headquarters here today from the
scene of the man hunt.
The men are thought to have
slipped out from the mountains by an
llnguarded pass. The border patrol
was strengthened today along the in
ternational line.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
aerial Mail Service

WITT e1 Press Leased Wire serv;oo !
Fnnent WI Feb. 1.-THE gov.
Frvics VIII soon try out aerial
long sh0 i've congestion in traffic
(aster Gero eastern seaboard, Post
|sed fo Seh neral Burleson TO-DAY adver
eliver mai s on five aeroplanes to
hiladel,hinli between Washington
'nia and New York 'on'
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and fruitless fight with it, 1t quiets
down and swears 1t never moved
throughout the entire night
The activity of a sheet under such
circumstances is greatly augmented
if one is sleeping with little boy
who also ate mince pie.
Under such circumstances l have
known the sheet to be hanging from
the chandelier by a. m.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
SPRING HERE?
| CAN'T YOU SEE
kids Are Playing "chlnles" and Rob-
Ins Have Been Reported in
the Vicinity Of Mooar,
Iowa,

Spring here? You bet. Just watch
The kids. They're knucklin' down
wherever the wind and sun have dried
spot big enough to make ring, and
bre playing keeps" and other games
bi CHIMES"
And then, too, a robin has been re-
ported A man from Mooar saw him,
bnd to make sure followed the bird
long enough to get good look at it,
fni is certain Of what he reports.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
RECORD
Mrs. Walton Bancroft

me funeral Of the late Mrs. Walton
bancroft was held at the home this
fIternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. George
Williams, Of Newton, former pas
" Oh the First Congregational
ualcn, conducted the services. In
|srment was made in Oakland Gene
u! The pallbearers were E. T..
a ,uulf' DR.. w. M. Hogle, A. l..
a.sons, u. t. Graham, H. R. Col
son, and ]. /. Annable.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
HOLIDAY IS
OBSERVED HERE
kneon's Birthday Anniversary Was
Not Forgotten by
Local PEG.
pIe.

Lincoln's birthday anniversary was
pbserved in Keokuk today. There
Fas no court, the banks and library
Eere closed and some of the offices
!nd stores were on holiday schedules.
mere was generous display of flags
pade today, too, in honor of the mem
|fy OF the great emancipation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
To Form New Cabinet.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 12.-Enpe
Karl has decided to ask Baron Won
Salers the Austrian premier, to form q
new cabinet, Vienna dispatches said
today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
Red Cross Dance.

What promises to De one of the real
social events Of the month is the big
Red Cross dance in Wiodman hall
next Friday evening. Every item Of
expense such as the services Of
Agnes ten piece orchestra, rent of
the hall. advertising, etc, has been
donated and the entire proceeds, less
the war tax, will be sent the treas,
urer of Keokuk chapter American
Red Cross. Indications already point
toward one Of the largest crowds OF
the season at this worthy occasion.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
Entertained Committee.

Mrs. H. T. Flood, chairman Of the
service flag committee Of st, Peters
church, entertained the members OF
the committee and few friends at her
home Saturday afternoon. Four stars
were added to the flag, making in all
forty stars on st. Peters church flag.
A short musical program was given
and refreshments served during the
afternoon
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
VIII Not be Reconnized.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
LONDON, Feb. 12.-Great Britain
will not recognize any peace between
Germany and those delegates signing
the pact for Ukraine, it was learned
authoritatively today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
WOMAN
PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Alice ElcheIberger Summoned
Beyond This Morning at Her
Home, 1906 Des Moines
Street

Mrs. Alice Eichelberger was sum-
mOned to her eternal reward this
morning at 11:55 o'clock, after a
long illness with complication Of dis
eases at her home, 1905 Des Moines
street.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
George White.

kbi .e funeral of the late George
|. s a,'s was held this afternoon at
c uS nom the home. Rev. Armstrong
Fa auu.tea the services, and inferno nt
RlIbaa sae IN Oakland cemetery. The
EilI; eaiers We're Claude Buckner. N.
(urreI s, M; Meyers, r. Field, H.
lu'fel and @. Moore.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
Maccabees to Meet.

The L. u. B. A. club Of the Macca-
bees will be entertained tomorrow at
ternoon by Mrs. Phil Glaser 119 South
Ninth street. Mrs. Carleton of Des
Moines, will speak at O'Clock.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12
Needle Club Meeting.

The members of the Needle clue
gave a farewell party for Mrs. John
Rogan, at the home of Mrs. Ed Mackey
Saturday afternoon. Dainty refresh
ments were served Mrs. Rogan was
the recipient of a lovely gift from
the members of the club, who thereby
showed their love and esteem. Mrs.
hogan left for st. Louis, Mo, to join
her husband, and which place will be
their home in the future.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-12

wANTED-To loan money On furni-
ture, pianos, live stock. etc., on
easy payments. Strictly private.
Phone 963. Keokuk Loan Co. over
Miller's shoe store.