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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-04
FatIless Kills
$4,000 Yearly

Fat is fatal to health and personality. It
Is estimated that over $1,000 persons have
died each year in the past decade long be-
fore their allotted span Of life, through the
man or woman is carrying unhealthy adj
posity that is pressing against and injuring
vital organs of the body. The heart, that
delicate human apparatus, becomes
gested. In numerous cases there dan
gerous gatherings Of packed IN fat around the
throat. stomach, liver and other delicate
parts.
son while apparently well Is liable to nerv.
business, neurasthenia, physical or mental
,ollapse and other disorders, for obesity 10
Irritating. Cases Of heart fGilstrc, apoplexy,
sunstroke, etc, are frequent causes OF pre-
victims of accidents and are more liable
than healthy, slender persons to death from
influenza. pneumonia and other severe
ailments.
If you are overstout you ahculd know II Is truly
Of slow suicide for you 70 luu yourSeh
good many years before natural old age simply ns-
cause you do not emancipate yourself from the
burden Of unhe aIthy unsightly fat Moreover. your
efficiency should be improved by becoming slender ;
mora GttrGetiUe There Is delightfully."- successful
method OF weight reduction known as korein sys-
use OF Oil Of korein. This method Is go pleasant
because It contains thyroid other such drastic
indeed, you may eat all you need The kcrein
system Is guaranteed: 1t Is perfectly harmless recon-
BY reducing. now you may expect greater
contentment. happiness, increased mental
and physical efficiency, better health and
longer life. Be fair to yourself and those
I with your renewed vigor, vivscity. and sur:
\ passingly superior personality. Get oil OF
Gorer (the easy korein system Is in each
!; pkg.) at the drug store without delay; or
J or money order to Korein Co., NM-69.
h Station +, New York, n. Y.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-04
OPEN AIR VAUDEVILLE
AT THE STATE FAIR.

Lovers Of good snappy vaudeville
and that includes pretty much the
whole burned family-will have an OPP
portunity TO enjoy it in liberal measure
at the coming Iowa State Fair.
Every afternoon in connection with
the race program and every evening
preliminary to the big night show the
platforms in front of the Amphitheatre
will be occupied with the best new and
novel acts the management has been
able to book.
No less than fifteen special acts will
be presented, turnbling, trapeze, bal
anctng, circus, etc. etc. Some of these
acts are positively terrifying in their
reckless defiance of the laws Of gravi-
tatlon, which of course makes them all
the more interesting. Others are so
excruclatingly funny that they ap-
proach sublimity-if you can stretch
your Imagination to the point Of hook
ing the sublime and the ridiculous to-
gether.
Neither pains nor money have been
spared in the effort to get acts that are
fresh and spectacular for public that
has become discriminating In its de-
sires.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-04
WEDDING FEES
ARE FORGOTTEN
But Gentle Reminders by the Marry
ing Officials Usually Bring
Them Back to
Earth"

Saturday afternoons is a half holt
day for some people. Last Saturday
afternoon was a gala day for Earl
MILFORD Cogburn and Lenna Irene
Newman, of Elvaston, Illinois-it was
their wedding day
They came to Keoluk to be mar
ried. After finding a suitable wit
ness, they went to the court house
for marriage license and then pro-
ceaded to use it at Justice of the
Peace Burrows office.
They were united in the bonds Of
matrimony there and after having
received the congratulations of the
justice and another witness or two,
walked out of the office without pay.
ing the preacher" The justice
called them back and the happy
bridegroom paved his fee, explaining
that he was so excited he forgot all
about it. Most of EN- do" said the
justice" it's exciting business-get-
h ting married.
The young couple left Immediately
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-04

to the amount OF such assessment foa
such work will be made in assessment
certificates, bearing interest at the
rate OF six per cent. per annum, Is.
sued in accordance with law. In case
of any deficiency between the con-
tract price and the amount Of such
certificates, such deficiency will be
paid In warrants drawn on the City
Sewer Fund available for the fiscal
year beginning April LIST, 1919, pay
able out of the proceeds Of the tax
levied therefor, and from no other
source, the city to incur no liability
other than the duty to levy the said
tax and to property apply the proceeds
thereof, to making the special assess
ment above referred to and issuing
assessment certificates to the con-
tractor therefor. The warrants herein
provided for, to be drawn as soon as
the proceeds Of said tax are avail
able. Said assessment certificates
and warrants. If such warrants be is
sued, shall be accepted by the con-
tractor in full payment for all work
done under his contract without re-
course on the City of Keokuk.
Each bid must be accompanied with
a certified check, in a separate en-
velope, said check to be drawn on
some known responsible bank, and
made payable to the order of the City
Treasurer Of the City of Keokuk, in
the sum of Three Hundred Dollars.
Each envelope must be addressed to
the City of Keokuk and endorsed with
the name OF the bidder and the I'M
provement such check and proposal
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-04

are for. Certified checks accor,n
ing proposals will be returned ~ any \.
unsuccessful bidders when tha .ne
tract mas peen awarded, and also -
the bidder to whom the contract -
awarded when he shall have enteras
into contract for the constructors y.
said Improvement with the civ VI y,
keokuk and given bond in the sun, =,
Fifteen Hundred Dollars, with SIN, "
ties to be approved by the Citv Cow
eli Of the City Of Keokuk. for ths
faithful performance of his contra,
The contract will contain provis,os
that the contractor shall guarantees tba
Improvement to remain in good va
pair for the period of two years From
and after the date Of It's acceptance NV
the City Council, and the bond vii,
contain like condition
In case the successful bidder shall
fail to enter into contract with tba
City of Keokuk for the constructor
of said improvement or furnish bond
as herein required, and as required hv
law, the certified check deposited by
him with his bid shall be forfeited IN
the City of Keokuk as agreed and
liquidated damages.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
The proposals received will be acted
upon by the City ouncil Of the City OF
Keokuk on the 10th day Of August,
1919.
Published by authority Of the City
Council of the City Of Keokuk.
o. w. SANDBERG,
City Clerk of Said City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-04
BUSY AFTERNOONS AT
THE STATE FAIR.

The afternoons at the Iowa State
Fair, devoted to sports and amuse-
ments, are as full Of fun and entertain
ments as it is possible to crowd them.
Races, music, hippodrome, music,
rases, vaudeville, more races, more
music, auto polo, races, aviation stunts,
balloon ascenslons-it beats a three
ring circus hundred ways.
From the time the music strikes up
shortiy after noon until supper time
there Isn't minutes break or an In
PERMISSION Of any kind. There will be
at least six races every afternoon, four
for harness horses and two or three
for the runners, with each Of the har-
ness races going from three to FIVE
heats.
In the evening another big show. the
great open-air war drama. .'Tha Battle
of Chateau Thierry," preceded by mn
sic, hippodrome and circus speciaIties
and auto polo by electric lights. Tho
night show will wind up with q cor.
geous display Of patriotic fireworl,s
put on by the Thearle- Dufield Co.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-04
Republican State Chairman and Well
Known Iowa Man Announces
viii Seek Governor
ship.
RETURNS FROM FRANCE
He Expects to Begin His Campaign at
Once According to Washington
Dispatches Received
Here.

Charles A. Rawson for years chair.
man of the Iowa state republican COM
|mittee and prominent generally in re.
publican politics throughout the state
will be q candidate for governor &C
cording to a dispatch from Washing
ton which quotes Mr.. Rawson as say.
ing that he is going in. He will begin
his campaign at once.
Practically everybody in the state
knows Charley" Rawson, as he is
best known. He has been prominent
in conventions and has handled the
affairs Of the state committee for
many terms. Added to this record,
Rawson has just returned from over
seas where he has been in service
with one of the welfare organizations
attached to the army.
The Washington story is given here:
IT am goin' in" said g. A. Raw
son of Iowa, Just back from
France, when asked here regard
ing his candidacy for governor OF
his home state.
Mr.. Rawson, after remaining
here a day or two, will go to
Iowa. He will arrive there about
the middle Of next week.
He intends to begin. his cam
paign without delay and there is
reason to believe it will be an
active one.
In Washington he saw the var
ious members of the delegation
and took lunch with the home
members.
He is looking tanned and bronz-
ed, having lived out doors much
of the time he was in France.
Mr.. Rawson met hundreds OF
Iowans in France apart from the
Iowa men among the troops. He
said Iowa soldiers had made
name for themselves In the war.
II saw much of the One Hun
dred Sixty-eighth before 1t sail
ed" said Mr.. Rawson. THE regi-
ment made brilliant record and
l heard no end of praise for it in
France. The people of Iowa may
well be proud of the part Iowa
troops took in the war"
Nh Rawson expects to return &c
Iowa this week and will begin his
campaign Immediately.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-04
'LAKEVIEW CAMP
HEARS MRS. ROSS
Sho Addresses Girls Across River
and Conducts Devotional Serv.
Ices For Them Oh
Sunday.

Mrs. Elizabeth Ross, a national
worker for the Christian Women's
Board Of Missions and guest OF
Keokuk this month, spoke to the
girls at the Lakeview training camp
Sunday. Mrs. Ross conducted the
devotional exercises in the morning
and led the vesper services in the
evening. Sunday afternoon she told
the girls OF her experiences and
visits to the training camps in the
United States.
Yesterday was one Of the finest
days that the girls in the camp
across the river have ever had, they
said. Mrs. Ross loves girls, and girls
love Mrs. Ross. For years she was
matron in college dormitory, and
for the last six years she has .trav-
efcA all over the United States In
the interests OF young women, SO
she was real treat to the Lakeview
campers.
Mrs. Ross has just closed a tour in
the east. She lectured In Baltimore,
Philadelphia, Washington, D. c.. and
In the New England States-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-04
ROOT BELIEVES
VETS HAVE CASE
Elihu Roots Opinion Is That the
War Time Prohibition En-
forcement Bill Is Un-
constitutional.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-The war
time prohibition enforcement bill
recently passed by the house and
now pending before a senate COM
mittee is unconstitutional, according
to an opinion by Elihu Root, William
D. Guthrie and William l.. Marbury.
counsel for the United States Brew
ers' association, made public today.
This opinion holds that until the
eighteenth amendment becomes eff
fective on January 16, 1920. congress,
under we'll settled rules Of constitu-
tional law, has no express power to
prohibit the manufacture and sale OF
beer. whether or not Intoxicating"
There is now no valid reason for
the wartime prohibition act, the law
yers declare, and there Is no evil
dence, they add, to support the claim
that the proposed enforcement meas
ure is necessary or proper to con-
serve the nations food supply.
The opinion was sent to Christian
w. Feigenspan, president of the
brewers association.
Conditions" the opinion says,
have materially changed during the
eight months since November q Cthe
date OF the bills passage); the
president declared May 20 that 1t
seemed to him entirely safe to re-
move the ban on wines and beers;
he reiterated on July 10 In his ad-
dress to the senate that the war had
ended last November; the demobili-
zation Of the army and navy is pro-
crossing and will shortly be COM
pleted; war necessity or emergency
has practically ceased to exist, and
personal and commercial relations
with Germany have been permitted
to be resumed and are being con-
Quoted"
Taking up 2A per cent beer, the
ATTORNEYS contend it has been estab-
lished by competent evidence that
such beverage is not intoxicating,
and that it is immaterial that con-
sress for years taxed "ferm ented
LIQUORS" containing more than one
half of / per cent alcohol, as this
basis was adopted solely fer tax
alton purposes and quite irrespective
OF the intoxicating quality OF the
liquor taxed"
'If. therefore, according to its
proper constructions" the opinion
continues, "the act Of congress of
November 21 does not prohibit the
manufacture and sale of non-intoxi-
eating beer, the proposed enactment
extending the prohibition to mon
intoxicating liquors would, as to
transactions prior to its passage, be
in our opinion unconstitutional and
void because violative of the letter
and spirit of the mandate in section
s, article I, OF the constitution OF the
United States that no ex post facto
law shall be passed by congress.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-04
After Your Baby Is Born
Think Now About the Time b Come
Afterwards.

When you hold In your arms your tiny
new infant, be sure that you can feel that
before its arrival you did all in your power
to give to It a happy prenatal influence.
Scientists say that tho thoughts and feel.
ings OF the expectant mother greatly Affect
the health and disposition Of the future In
FAINT.
For over half a century Thousands q woua-
en- who have used tho hme-honore6 rem
cdy. Mothers Friend. say that they -lreIy
escaped nausea, nervousness and that pc
culiar distressing feeling 30 usual where ma
ture is 9naided: They thus preserved .
child.
By tho regular use Of Mothers Friend the
muscles are made and kept soft and elastic
to readily yield to natures demand for ex-
pansion without the usual wrenchinE strain.
The nerves are not drawn upon, and as q
consequence the expeotant mother Is calm
and serene and the nights are not disturbed
with nervous twitchings. and the crisis II
one Of Joy and happiness.
Write the Bradfeld Regulator Company.
Dept. K, Lamar Building. Atlanta, Georgia.
for their Motherhood Book, of value to every
woman. and get bottle OF Mothers Friend
from your druggist and begin treatmenh
that will bring real results.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-04
Canvassers Start Out This
Morning With Memorial
Building Requests for
Signatures.
ARE ALL c0NFIDEN 7
Chairman Rich Sees Seventy
FIVE Per Cent of Voters In
stead of Fifteen Per
Cent Required.

Canvassers started out this morn
Ding to secure signatures to the petit
lions asking for special election to
be called to consider the erection OF
a memorial building for soldiers, sail
ors, marines and nurses in Keokuk.
The committee men started out after
q meeting held at nine o'clock in the
superior court room, and they Will re-
port progress at meeting which Is
called for nine o'clock Friday morn
Ing.
ut looks as if we would come nearer
getting seventy-nve per cent of the
voters" G. M. Rich, chairman OF the
commission said this morning. That
there will be no trouble to secure the
fifteen per cent Is foregone conclus-
Ion. 1t looks now as if we'd get sew
enty-fve per cent or better"
The ward chairmen who are in
charge of the petitions are appointing
subcommittee to aid them in getting
the papers around for signatures. The
rhairmen Of the seven precincts are:
First ward--Ira w. Wills.
Second ward-T. H. Joyce.
Third ward-L. A. Hamill.
Fourth ward-J. E. Mitchell.
Fifth ward-Frank l.. Griffey.
Sixth ward-C. W. Ewers.
Seventh ward-Albert Kiefer.
4 Ri !
How to Get Names.
In sending the canvassers out Chair
man Rich explained briefly that this
was to he a memorial building for
the soldiers, sailors, marines and
nurses Of Keokuk, who have partfci-
pated in the world war. The building
will be used for the council rooms,
city offices, police and fire depart
ments, assembly halls and rest rooms.
It is a building much needed in Keo-
kuk and the chairman urged the can
vassers to be especially diligent in Sc.
curing the names.
Hazen I. Sawyer, secretary OF the
committee, explained the steps to be
taken in securing signatures. "All
signatures, he said, should cores
pond to the poll books. Canvassers
should see to it that the signers give
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-04
EXPECT To SECURE PLENTY
Of NAMES ON PETITIONS

their full names, and not nick-names
These names will be compared witt
the poll books. and should correspond
to Them
There are three columns on the pc
tition blanks. The first Is for thu
name, the second for the residence
and the third for the date OF signing
The heading Of the petition read.
thus:
Petition for Memorial Building
for Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines.
To the Honorable Mayor and
Commissioners of the City OF
Keokuk, Iowa
We, whose signatures, are here
to affixed, each being qualified
voter and a resident Of the City
of KeoklLk, Lee County, Iowa, do
hereby respectfully petition your
Honorable Body to call special
election OF the voters of the City
of Keokuk, Iowa, for the purpose
of submitting to the voters OF
said city the question Of the erec-
ton and equipment of Liberty
Memorial Building, as provided in
Chapter ITO, of the laws OF the
Thirty-eighth General Assembly.
to be used in general for the fol
lowing purposes: To provide ac-
Communications for Soldiers, Sail
ors, Marines and Nurses, who are
or have been in the Military or
Naval Service of the United
States, City Court, Council
Room, City Offices, Police Head
quarters, Central Fire Depart
Fell orH
Rooms
On the back of the blanks is a space
for the circulator to swear that he has
secured the names, and knows that
the signers are bona fide residents OF
tie city and electors Of the city OF
Keokuk The petitions as fast as they
are completed will be brought to the
city hall, and filed with the city clerk;
Gets TWO at Start
Frank L. Griffey, chairman for the
fifth ward, has the honor of getting
the first two signatures without NOV
ing out OF his tracks. He found the
,ity clerk and Gate City reporter both
residents of the fifth ward and hand
I'd over the petition to them for sigma
lures. 1.-The "John Henry's" were af-
fixed Immediately. Ira w. Wills,
chairman in the first ward does not
expect to let any bets go by in his
ward There will be no names mis-
sing from our ward" he remarked
J. q. Mitchell of the fourth ward has
/ large number of factory men to see,
but he expects to complete his can.
7ass in time to report by Friday morn.
ing with a completely filed out list
Preliminary canvass of the voters
lone more or less informally and re
ported at the meeting led the chair
nan to make his prediction of an over
plus of numbers rather than any lack
Everyone seems favorable to the idea
and the canvassers all went out this
with considerable confidence
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-04
Flyin, Sim Fein FIau.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
QUEENSTOWN. Aug. Flying the
Sim Fem flag below the Stars and
Stripes, the American steamer Ash
bourne put into port today for repairs.
Sim Feiners cheered as British ad
miralty tugs towed the Ashbourne to
the docks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-04

him. Police fear she committee sui
eide. The baby was found in park.
A note near the child limited that the
mother might have drowned herself
in the lake. There were no Identified
ton marks on the baby's clothes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-04

Mouse holes should be covered
with tarred paper. The mice Will
desert these entrances.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-04
Baby Is Abandoned.

Baby Is Abandoned.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
CHICAGO, Aug. Am eighteen
month old baby boy was held at
police headquarters today awaiting
return Of the mother who abandoned
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-04

for Elvaston, where they will make
their home on farm near there.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-04


these efficiently andc economically
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-02
.lation approve. of such. a mob out
break as that which has disgraeed
Omaha and the country, the founda-
lions of civil order and popular gov
eminent are undermined,
sREDgs

g. 1t is quite useless for Mr.. Comp
ers and Judge Altschuler to guaran-
tee the l1armlessness of William q.
Foster. His book of 1915 gives no
Indication of a charge of opinions
since his pamphlet on "SyndicalismS
in 1912. Judge Altschuler's opinion;
CT him tells US more about the
Judge than it does about Mr.. Foster.
Foster would have no property
and no Government. Occasionally
the labor unions might agree on
something. No Courts would be nee
essary, because the unions can decide
everything, and if there is no own.
ership there can be no controversies
over property rights. The railroads
will be run by the engineers and
tie trainmen and the shopmen; the
steel works would belong to the
men who feed the fires and manage
the molten metal. The schools will
be conducted by the teachers. 1t is
clI like fair story, and just as
capable OF being realized.
AS a contemporary says, this
class is aiming at the social revolu-
tion, and a community without gov
crnment, except that of labor un-
crs, without property or Courts or
Legislatures; no government of the
people and by the people. and for
the people, but government Of or
t:aaized labor, by organized labor
and for organized labor, under which
naiorities are of no consequence
unless they happen to be on the
side of the labor unions, which they
are not yet, and the end of which
S the abolition of private property
nd popular government
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-10-02
BALANCE OF S1,1s4,4s7
states Fiscal Year Ends With In
crease of S2,7O5,601.96 in Re
ceiDts Over 1918.

Richmond, Oct. 2.-Virginia's trea-
su.y shows balance of 81, 1S4, 4S7.52.
The fiscal year Of the State ended
yesterday at o'clock, when the books
in the office of State Auditor c. Lee
Moore were closed after an unusually
TaSy day, featured by the disburse-
n>nt Of $223,000 and the receipt Of
f!un00C from many sources. /.
I;ut Of the balance OF more than
slOOO.OOO, only about $4,000 will go
to swell the Golfers of the Common
wealth. The remainder will be turned
,vor to the separate departments for
which the revenue was specially set
aside or be diverted to several stand
ny funds which depend annually on
ACCEPTS collected by the Auditors Of
fee.
Ti...Nty minutes after the last pay
.n.nt had been received at 3 O'Clock
ye5t:rday afternoon. officials IN the
department. were prepared to an
romeo that total receipts for the
;.ral 1919 had been 5,601.96 n
aXce:s of the revenues for 1918. To-
tal receipts for the year were an
po2r&ed as s13,035, 622.41. Disbu>se-
:rart5 for all purposes were s12,63l,-
1858. This shows an excess Of re-
ce:p.r over disbursements of $685.
1888.
To-Day the literary fund of the
STATE is richer by S1S3,000 than il
VS. before. This sum was collected
IN various courts all over Virginia as