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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-29

FOR SALE-Upright piano in first
class condition. Address Piano,
care Gate City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-29

FOR RENT-727 Exchange, Groom
modern. Apply at Seibert's Cigar
store.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-29

FOR SALD-10-foot dining room
table. small kitchen cabinet good
as new, bed, mattress and springs,
Is yards nearly new linoleum in good
condition. Cali 1928 Blondeau.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-29

WANTED-Boy over 16 years of age
to learn trade. Address s. o. care
Gate City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-29

WANTED-Giri for general house
work; small family. Phone e15.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-29

FOR RENT-Burnished cottage; not
modern. 512 S. Seventh. Phone 962
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-29

FOR SALENHand-made Columbus
buggy; price $40. Inquire of A. J.
Mccormick. over O'Netrs store, 1929
Park street.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-29

WANTED washer at Syngel's
cafe.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-22

rOH SALE-A = bargain. small ihrss.apart.
msni building furnished Two hldets FROM
post ofnfs Income from fwo apartments
siii ksep family n two Phone ttf1A
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-22
FOR SALE
A. EISC

RIAL ESTATE FiRE AND AUTOMOBILE
INSURANCE. LOANS
rhone o7t ~ soaih rourh
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MISCELLANEOUS

uANf yuu tnai snnrfhlnrf Advertise o. ln the
classified section " THE HERALD Phone
als
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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-22

WANTED Carsfni tudst nnlthine ~ mas
tsr photographer. tsiee daily service r.
member satisfaction guaranteed Sind Yuuf
hnishins 10 q rsushis established firm Hams
a Hams Master Photographer.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-22
LEGAL NOTICES

N rHE UNITED sTArEs DISTRICT
Court. District ~ New Mexirn Detroit
Trust Campany Trustee. riaintn y
Amefiean tumhef Company ~ Nrw Neslen
and American Lumher tompanY ~ New
Jersey nrfeudhnfa No. Igt iqultY.
NOTICE.
George " iork and Charles y Wade Ne
sgiysrs In The above sntiiisd cause. haylns
nlrd herein their hnai report and haFlng pr
uiinnsd the court 90 Do dlsfhsrEfd as such
receivers In aid rausr and the court having
ordered that said rcpuft stand for hearing 81
Santa ~ New hrNign ID 90 o'ciutk . on
on June iN. tpta
NOriCE ~ HEREhY GIVEN 10 IN PARTIES
In iutefrst that said report vUi stand TO-
confirmation hN the euuri md he receiver
discharged on ths date above mrnilunei and
Inst al utlrriiunt o. said hnai report OF a.
fhe dItrharEr ~ Sid rrcrivru must BE- filed
in tho ofirr 81 tho Cisrk % said euuri ~
1919
Wtnsss 10 Honorable colin NrhLFrT
ludse " ths District Court ~ ihs Unltsd
-iatrs end the real ~ taid court o. ssnfa
Boz said District this eist DAY u May.
ipiH.
tsisnsdl WHY PARSONS
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DOLLAR REWARD FOR EACH MI,
Advertising Rate Card

tLASAIfIfD.
Penny = word first Insertion.
Half cent a word each subsequent Insertion
Minimum Classified charne, zoe.
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Huainsas and professional eartn, Five Dol
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bullhft
Ads fharrsd ~ telephone sabstfibefs only
So riasriaed a talen after 2 o. m
40 "a run fur IN indefinite period ran b.
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The Herald WI BE- fespentitlc Tor only one
q uffrrt Insertion.
LEGAL advertising a. legal rsies
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FOR sALE-Houaes

FnH sALt afs room modern frame house
t~o screened pofehss frht Hnd shade
trees furnished 90 unfurulshsd bargain
tsl Mr. ghamhrrin The Hat shop Toe ~.
lft
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-22
FOR sALE-Real Estate q


ron aALE-tot o. North Hish, $50 feet
from Csn,rai avenue. sast funi Phone
istiR
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neatrlce Myers. DumnRo.
\. 4. Yield, santa ",
J. a Macdonald. Kelly.
John March. santa ",
~iurnra
J. Wan and wife. Dallas.
T. A. Brooks. Dalioa
A. l. Mott, san Francisco.
o. A. Young. philadelphia.
A.. N. Young. Philadelphia.
y. u. Desin and wife. Maesalenn.
&. ". Prank. Denver.
~ W Parker. santa Re.
ter
MRx Amea aud wife. Wiusiug.
" w. Newton, Hocorro.
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Mrs. W. johnson aud daaghtcr.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

gressional Committee Of Welcome will
is understood that some members of
Senators Warren and Wadsworth, will
arrive here to-day.
In addition to the field music and
be supplied on Wednesday by the bands
Fire Department, the Street Cleaning
Department and the Police Department
There are already more applications
and his staff, which will occur on
Wednesday evening at the Waldorf.
than can be accommodated. The dinner
was oversubscribed on Friday night
ard present indications are that many
of those who will attend must be salts
fed with accommodations in "A dining
room adjoining the large banquet hall.
During TIE spcechmaking, however, ar
engagements will be made to accOmmo-
date all holders Of tickets.
Rodman Wanamakcr, chairman OF
the Mayors Committee, will be toast
master al the banquet. DR.. Carl will
preside at the organ during the din
ncr. and music will be furnished by
the New York symphony Orchestra,
through the courtesy Of City Chamber
lain Berolzhcimer.
Preceding the banquet at the Wal
dorf- Astoria, General Pershing and his
staff will attend great public concert
on the mall in Central Park by the
symphony Orchestra. under the dircc-
ton of Walter Damrosch This con-
cert is to begin al Z o'clock in the
evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Six Safes Looted
I'm One Building by
Band of Cracksinell
Companies Say 90
Homes Have Been Robbed
on the Upper West Side
During Last Two Months

Cracksmen entered an eight story
structure at pa West Fourteenth
Street yesterday and blew open and
looted six safes The exact amount OF
loot has not been determined. but 1t IS
known tina. Liberty bonds from one OF
the safes totalled 50 500.
The burglars first cracked two safes
belonging TO Daggett & Ramsdell,
toilet goods manufacturers, VINO oc-
cupy the first five floors of the building.
They then jimmied their way into the
Offices OF the Perfumers' and Jewellers
Box Company, on the sixth floor, where
they blew another safe, from winch
they took the bonds. The intrudcrs
passed up the seventh floor, occupied
by the Pratt g. Farmer Company, and
went on to the eighth, where they
broke open three safes belonZin TO
the Boal's Rolls Company. Members
of the firm say, however, that nothing
Of value was in these.
Officials Of the Lloyd Steamship Reg
lister Company, on the third floor OF
the Whitehall Building, II Whitehall
Street. informed the police Of the Old
Slip station that, some time between
Wednesday night and Thursday morn
inr, securities and cash valued at SlS.-
$50 were taken from the firms safe.
The loss, they said, consisted OF Slj,-
600 in stock certificates, $4,000 in Lib
erty bonds and $50 in cash. and some
jewelry belonging to employees
Many burglaries are reported IN the
upper West Side, for the most part in
homes and apartments closed for the
summer. Burglary insurance com
panies are refusing 70 heed any fur
ther the advice Of the police TO sup
press the facts.
A canvass Of these companies yester-
day elected the information that sixty
homes in the upper West Side, between
SEVENTEEN and Ninetieth streets, hai
been entered and robbed within The
lxss two months. These. they say, in
Guide only expensive places whose oc-
cupar,s had gone 10 The country and
wie-. the crime had not been mad
public by tn. police.
Among these are The homes OF "
ASrlhans. III Sxporte-, OF 1881 Mad
spn Avenue entered las week and
robbed o. $1,000 worth O. valuS oles;
Charles y. Burke,t, OF Go Riverside
Drive. s. 500 worth O furnishing.
taken; A. p. Lubell, 1881 Seventh Aye
re, 5000 worth Of soocS removed;
Aaron Coleman, 90 West Sixty-eighth
Street, 81, 900 worth Of furs, bric-a brac
and clothing stolen; Edward Eising.
100 West Seventy-sixth Street, $1,000
lost and damage to furniture; Anthony
y. Ralli, SOL West End Avenue. $4,000
stolen. and the firm OF Samuel Sail-
man. of 476 Broadway, robbed OF s. GOO
worth Of silk underwear.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Baker CreetS Division
as ''FirSt in Batfle''

THE Var Department yestcrdoy
forwarded the fo'loring message
Of greeting to the let Division from
the Secretary Of War:
"The country greets the LIST Div
sion upon its return. This was the
pioneer force of the American arlns
in France: it was the first in The
trenches. first in battle, and it re-
turns last of that great fighting army
which carried the message of Amer
can power and American idealism to
victory on European battlefelds.
With it's return the history OF the
expeditionary forces is completed /
a great and stirring history, in which
the LIST Division played a part dis
tinguished by galantry, endurance
and success.
NEWTON D. BAKER.
Secretary of War"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Receivership Is Asked
For New Haven Railroad

An order requiring the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad Com
pany to show cause why a receivershp
should not be ordered for it was handed
down yesterday by Judge Julian W.
Mack in the United States District
Court. The order was issued on appli-
cation Of Saul S. Myers. Of 60 Wall
Street, and former Senator Edgar T.
Bracket, of Saratoga.
The purpose is to bring to an imme-
date hearing proceedings originally
brought by Edwin Adams and other
minority stockholders to recover $780,.
900 900 from tho former directors of
the New Haven company. The papers
state that Adams and his associates
allowed their case to be dropped and
that further delay win be prejudicial
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

theatres received subsidies from the
gov1gnmen.- the OTera. the ct!
comiquc. me Coincide FRANCHISE and
the Odeon. They have granted the de-
mands Of the federation and Will re-
main open at all events, Albert Carrie.
manager of the Opera Comique, said
to-day.
The theatrical employees held meet
ing this morning at the Labor Elk
change. at which some of the noted
opera stars fraternized with the chorus
people, mechanics. electricians and mu-
sicians. 1t was decided that all work
els should report for duty this evening
at the music halls. where a lockout had
bee declared, and that full salary from
date must be paid.
A telegram supporting to come from
the Actors Equity Association in New
York in which an offer OF $4,000 was
made for the Partisan federation, was
read
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Broal,cay PlayhOuses
NOw Ready to Reopen
MONDAY NIGHT


POOTH-"Thc Better Ole"
RrpI'rLlC-"A Voice in the Dark"
WINTER GhRDrN-"Montc Christie.
rr"
CENTURY "Chu-Chir Chow"
la The Hikado" (prcmicre)
SIlURNrT Gallo Opera Company
in The N'kado."
COW NY ~ From Nowhere"
tpl miere)
ASTOR-fay Banter in East Is
CASINO Lev Fields in "A Lonely
Romeo"
CONAN ND HARRlS--"The Royal
Naxabond
MAXINE CLLlOTT-"The Five Mill
mhXiNE ELLlOTT-"Five Million
Dollars
VANDERBILT -- Grace George in
She Would and She Did" (prc-
micre).
TUESDAY NIGHT
HENRY MILLER-"Lusmorc."
HENRY MlLLER-"Lusmore' (pre-
MiCre).
THiRTY-NINTH STREET Scan
da." premier.
PRINCESS-"Nighty Night ,prc-
miere).
CORT-"A Regular Teller"
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
MANHATTAN "Friendly Enemies
NEW AMSTERDAM-"Ziegfeld Fol
les
MOROSCO-"Civilian Clothes" (pre-
mlere).
4STH ST.-"Those Who Walk in
Darkness
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Chicago Theatres Open:
Others FOllOu Tonight

CHICAGO, Sept. 6.-After being dark
for nearly month. two theatres
opened tonight, and three more were
announced to open tomorrow night,
ending the strike Of actors, stage en-
ployes and musicians.
Up in Mabel's Room" at the Woods,
and "Cappy Kicks al the Cort. were
presented TO big audiences. The Pass
ing Show" at the Garrick; Take 1t
From Me-" at the Studebaker. and
Three Wise Fools" at the Powers, are
additional attractions to return TO the
boards tomorrow night.
Other houses still dark will be
opened as soon as their casts can be
assembled
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Strike Closes $40 Paris
Music Halls and Movies
Equity Association Here Re.
ported as Offering $4,000
Aid to-French Union

PARIS, Sept. s (By The Associated
Fress).-Twenty music halls and $50
picture houses in Paris and suburbs
e!os-d their doors this afternoon be-
saase Of failure to reach a complete
agreement between the managers and
me Federation Of Actors and Theatri-
ssl Employees.
Despite the appearance on the boule-
vards Of the crowds which usually
spend their Saturday afternoons in the
snow houses, there was little disorder.
Inc lockout has not yet extended to
ne legitimate" theatres. which are
aosne . land once business. The d.
ssetors Of the theatres will meet Mon
~ 70 decide whether they shall close
nsir houses In sympathy with the
sssse halls and picture houses. Four
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Official Programme
For Pershing Welcome
Monday

Monday
6:30 A. M.-Mayors hocial party
will board steamer Patrol at Pier
A, North River. to meet the Levi
athan down the bay.
1O:sO A. M.-Rcception at City Hall.
Governor Smith to be present.
Mayor TO deliver address Of wei
come. Following reception. General
Pershing and party go to Waldorf.
NOON-Luncheon at Waldorf.
$50 p M.-Dinner Mt Ritz-Carlton
to General! Pershing and staff b,
Rodman Wanamaker, chairman -
Mayors Committee on Reception
to Distinguished Guests.
SP. M.-General Pershing and staff
will attend the performance at the
Hippodrome.
Tuesday
1880 p. At the Sheep Meadow,
Contra. Park, General Pershing
will greet $4,000 school children.
Boy Scouts of America will act as
escort from entrance to park at
Seventy-second Street and Fifth
Avenue,
p. M.-Reception at the Elks' Club.
9 p. M.-Reception at Carnegie Hall
to General Pershing by the George
Washington Memorial Association.
Wednesday
1890 A. M.-Paradc and review Of
LIST Division. headed by General
Pershing, down Fifth Avenue, 10th
Street to Washington Square.
7 p. M.-General Pershing attends
concert in Central Park.
p. M.-Dinner to General Pershing
at Waldorf. Addresses by Sccre-
tary of War Baker. Mayor Hylan
and General PcrshinC.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-06
ROAD TO ATHENA WILL
Be COMPLETED SOON


Paving between Adams and Athena
will be completed within two weeks.
giving an unbroken paved road from
Pendleton to Athena, according to
Oscar Cutler. resident engineer for
the highway commission, in charge
of the Athena Milton section. Mr..
Cutler reports excellent progress on
all the improvements now. under way
on the Oregon Washington highway.
Grading forces have the work on
Dry Creek hill about half completed.
working southwest from Milton. An
other crew is placing the base rock
on Milton hill. The paving outfit at
Milton is now engaged in laying hot
stuff" on the Milton streets.
The paving plant recently moved
from Adams TO Athena is working
west from Athena to a connection
with the pavement about a mile be-
yond Adams. When this is finished
some paving will likely be laid out of
Athena toward Weston.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-06
SOAKING RAIN FALLS
ON CHICAGO FIELD AND
DELAYS SUNDAY GAME
Postponement is of no Advant-
age to Visitors but Proves
Boon to Bruised and Bat
tered Sox Who Get Rest.

CHICAGO. Oct. 6.-Rain fell heav-
lily Sunday and soaked comiskey park
to such an extent that it was Inn
possible to play the fifth game of the
worlds series between the Cincinnati
Reds and Chicago White sox.
The postponement is of no advan-
tage to the visitors, as Manager Moran
planned to pitch ''Hod" Eller, who has
not yet had his inning in the box, but
to the bruised and battered Sox. who
have lost three and won one of the
games played SO far. it was a boon.
because it gave Claude Williams. who
was beaten at Cincinnati last Thurs
day, another day of rest, and Manager
Gleason had intended to send him
into the box today.
In the series to date the Sox have
scored but six runs and only one of
those was of the brand known as
earned The hard-hitting Reds, on
the other hand, have accumulated Is
runs. partly earned and partly profi
teered.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-06
VERNON TIGERS TAKE
1919 COAST PENNANT

los ANGELES. oct. 6.-The Vernon
Tigers Sunday won the 1919. Coast
league pennant by taking the first
game OF n scheduled double header
with the Angeles. 3 to 2. The second
game was broken up by the crowd
throwing seat cushions on the field
In the sixth inning. when the score
stood to In favor OF the Tigers.
The largest crowd that ever witness
ed n baseball game in Los Angeles
overflowed into the field and ground
rules prevailed. The official attend
ance was placed at 21.567 and prob
ably 10000 were turned away at the
gates.
The Vernon club. which is owned by
Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, made
fighting finish in the crucial series
with the Angels overcoming the lat
ter's lead of four and one-half games
and winning the pennant with a game
and half to the good. The Tigers
will play st. Paul of the American
in a minor league cham
pionship series. the first game of
which will be played at Washington
park on next Wednesday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-06
.UMAT|LLA COUNTY TO
f. SEND REPRESENTATIVES
TOY. M. c. A. MEETING
Conference of Older Boys-15
Years of Age or More
Scheduled in The Dalles Oct.
IT, 18 by Committee.

Umatilla county will send delegates
to the Y. NJ. c. A. conference of Older
boys-15 years of age or Inore-to be
held in The Dalles October II. IS and
10 under the suspices of the Inter-
state Committee for oregon and
Idaho. Cash wood, Umatiila county
secretary OF the Y. NJ. C. A., is already
making plans to have this county rep
resented and at meeting of the
county committee tomorrow night the
matter will be discussed.
Lets GO" is the slogan of the con-
ference, and plans have progressed
to the stage where is is certain that
an excellent program will be given
the delegates. as the committee II
charge is working hard to get together
features that will make this the best
conference OF its kind ever held In
the state and to be remembered
throughout the lives OF every one
present.
There will be musical and literary
features, athletic events of various
kinds a big banquet, provided by the
churches and business people of the
community. and all of the delegates
will be taken care of free. meals and
rooms being furnished them gratis by
the citizens of The Dalles.
Among the speakers will be Profess
sor Norman f.. Coleman of Reed
college; Mrs. Jean Morris. Ellis. noted
character analyst and vocational gui-
dance expert. who worked among the
soldiers I'm camp and mill during the
war; Roy Veatch. of the University of
Oregon, and Rev. w. e. Case. Of Eu-
gene, an Overseas ~ man with a
special message for boys.
Some OF the best known speakers in
oregon will be on the program and
the topics will be those that appeal
strongly to boys of the present day.
The conference has the enthusiastic
support of ]. A. Churchill, superin-
tendent of public instruction for Ore
gon. as well as many other well
known educators, ministers. business
and professional men. The high
school student body of The Dalles is
backing the sports and entertainment
features in particular.
II is the wish ef-eae- people in.
charge that all older boys in the con-
ference district shall be present. inso-
far as is practicable Mr. Wood SAYS
that from two to five delegates should
be present from every boys club or
class scouts or similar organizations
and in each case the leader should
also be sent.
All such will be given full creden-
tials and entertainment.
The only necessary expense to dele
gates 1t train fare and 81 for registera-
tion fee. all of the other items being
provided free by the people of The
Dalles.
The object of the conference is to
stimulate the older boys in usefulness
and to encourage them in manlness
by means of athletics, etc.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-06
REPORT SAYS AMERICAN
AlRMAN CROSSES BORDER

MARIA. Oct. 6.-Confirmed re-
ports were received that another AM
erican aviator had landed on Mexican
soil opposite the preside in Texas.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-06
UNCLE SAM IS AGAIN
ON TRAIL OF TRUSTS
FOR ONE LAST BLOW
Supreme Court in Reconvening
Takes up Important Ques-
tions Affecting Industrial
Life of United States.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-with the
reconvening of the supreme court to-
day the governments big trust bust
ing campaign is postponed on account
or the war was on I'm full swing In its
final stages.
Seven cases OF antitrust prosecu-
tion are before the court for final de-
cision, and the result of the suits un-
doubtedly will have a far reaching ef-
feet on American business. Much de-
pends on the construction the supreme
court puts on the Sherman and Clay
ton antitrust laws. under which the
cults were brought.
all OF the cases are near the top
OF the docket and will be argued as
soon as n few special cases are dispos-
ed of. Decisions are expected early in
1920. II the court does not take long
er than the. usual time allotted for de-
liberation after the verbal battle OF
the government tand big business at
torneys. The suits were postponed
during the war because the govern
ment felt IT could not interfere in any
way with production of materials
that might be necessary for the war
To Prosecute vigorously.
Attorney General Palmer, however.
has now given notice the cases will be
prosecuted vigorously.
Some of the cases represent nearly |
nine years of legal battles between the |
government and the corporations. The |
first case on the new court docket is |
the United States VS.. the Lehigh VAL |
ley Railroad. while No, is the gov
ernment against the Reading raiiroa 4.
These are the celebrated anthracite
coal cases. the railroad lines being |
charged with having a monopoly of |
the anthracite coal production and |
shipments. The government lost both
OF these cases in lower courts.
Govt ON Defense.
The noted struggle of the govern
ment against the United States Steel
Corporation, known as the "Steel
Trust" is No. 6 on the docket. Here
again the government is on the de-
fense. having lost in the lower courts.
Cases against the Eastman Kodak
Company and the Associated Bill
Posters follow closely. both of these
being victories for the government so