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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28
NEARLY ALL
CREW BURNED
CARGO of OIL Caught on Fire and
Sailors Had Desperate Time
in Fighting the
Blaze.

rIIniteh Press Leased Wire Service.]
! NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-Telling the
story of fire at sea In which al
most the whole crew of the schooner
Augustus H. Babcock died. st. Clair
Wilson. one of their survivors ar
rived here.
/ The Babcock sailed from Bayonne.
In. J.. Jan Is, bound for LasPalmas,
! Canary Islands, with cargo OF case
oil and gasoline. :.
| Captain John E. Rawding. Medford,
Mass. was in command with a crew
of nine.
The oil caught fire January 10 when
! thew were fifty miles north of the
Bermudas.
Despite the frantic efforts OF Rawd-
ling and his men the flames gained
steadily. Wilson wildly described
the unequal battle. One man went
mad and jumped into the sea.
Wilson told how, one after another,
! his companions died in the face of
the flames.
Rawding, rigging up new pipe
line. tumbled through an open hatch
into the hold which was furnace
When seven had succumbed. VIII
son. Harry Huyles and John Becker
of Chicago, unable to stand the strain
and the heat any longer. jumped
overheard Then the flames seeming
to die down, they climbed back on
the schooner again.
But the fire broke out with new
fury. They struggled up one of the
masts. Becker and Huyles slipped
back into the flames when they be-
! came exhausted and were with great
difficulty rescued by Wilson. They
sustained terrible burns.
The IRE ate away the base Of the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28

& I -
that he was familiar with another
noted Indian. named Red Bird.
He Studied Chief keokuk.
I have had some of our early
settlers tell me of the presence OF
the Indians here in Des Moines town
shin and along the Des MONIES river
Mrs. e. e. Hill gave me a record
Of their knowing the Sac. Fox and
Winnemago Indians when her home
family lived near the bank of the
big slough on the DR.. Jenkins lands
a little ways southwest OF the OLD
homestead now occupied by Earl Fox
and family. In that field today may
be seen bricks and rocks where the
primitive sdw cling was located some
eighty years ago.
Valley Hill related to me his memo
ries of seeing many Indians here, and
said on one occasion studied Old
Chief Keokuk and his party as they
came up The bluff road in the west
limits Of the little village OF St
FrancisviIle.
Mr.. Hill described the great chief
as a person of medium stature,
weighing about one hundred and
seventy pounds. and at that time
arrayed in clothing of both redman
and pale face combination. And
Chief Keokuk, according to Mr.. Hill,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Jenkins OF
DAYTON. Ohio, are visiting the gentie-
mans parents, DIR. and Mrs. y. J..
Jenkins. Herbert Jenkins and Miss
Isabelle White or Kahoka, MO, were
married January at Galespurg'
going Immediately to Dayton, ONO
where Herbert was employed by the
Domestic Engineering co.
At the annual meeting OF the Car
thage District Cyclone Insurance Co..
held in this city, the annual report
OF the secretary showed the largest
business in the history OF the com
pany. net gain of almost half a mil
lion dollars, the insurance in force
at the present time being $3,32l,0oo
and losses paid the past year over
$4,000.
The officers Of the association are:
r. F. Byrns OF Mt. Pleasant. presl-
dent: w. L. Simmons Of West Point,
vice president; c. M. Mcmillan OF
Carthage, secretary, and ]. w Flem-
ing of Carthage, treasurer.
directors L. G. Hoke OF Camp
point. and w. J. McElhinny OF
stronghurst, and w. M. Logue OF
CLAYTON were among those attending
the meeting.
Edward Wagner, who has just re-
turned from overseas, joined his wife
mabel Miller) at the home OF her
uncle. Scott Belknap, this week
Virgil Johansen who has been IN
a seamen's gunners' school at Wash
ington. d. c., has returned home.
Or. and Mrs. ]. w. Ferris are visit
ing in Chicago.
h A. Wilcox is attending the auto
mobile show in Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Aldrich OF
Minneapolis, Mimi, who have been
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28
HERMANN TO
BE BUSTED
President Of Reds Is Headed Toward
Retirement as Chairman OF
National Base Ball
Commission.
by H. C. Hamilton, United Pre-

by H C. Hamilton, United Press
Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Jan. 2S.-Information
reached The United Press today
which foreshadowed retirement of
Garry Hermann as chairman of the
national commission.
1t has been learned that votes In
both the American and National
leagues were so strongly set against
the president of the Reds when the
joint meeting was held here this
month, that his ousting then was be
lieved to be only matter Of hours.
The only present bar to his imme-
date dispossession OF the high seat
in the supreme court of the game is
the fact that the committee named
by the two leagues so far has faied
to find a man capable of filling the
place.
1t may be said, however, that men
now are under consideration whose
long association fits them for the
place at once, and who would have
no trouble in Juggling the language
of the agreement under which the
two major leagues operate. Among
these is said to be /. E. Sanborn, a
Chicago sports writer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28
thin PEOPLE
SHOULD take
PHOSPHATE
Nothing Like Plain Bitro-Phospi1ats
to Put on Firm, Healthy Flesh
and to Increase Strength.
Vi0or and Nerve
Force. ~

Judging from the countless prepa.
rations and treatments which are
continually being advertised for the
purpose of making thin people nesny.
developing arms, neck and bust, ano
replacing ugly hollows and angles by
the soft curved lines of health and
beauty, there are evidently thousands
of men and women who keenly feeI
their excessive thinness.
Thinness and weakness are usually
due to starved nerves. Our bodies
need more phosphate than is contain
ed in modern foods. Physicians claim
there is nothing that will supply this
deficiency so well as the organic
phosphate known among druggists as
bitro-phosphate, which is inexpensive
and is sold by Wilkinson Co. and
most all druggists under guarantees
of satisfaction or money back. by
feeding the nerves directly and by
supplying the body cells with the
necessary phosphoric food elements,
bitro-phosphate quickly produces
welcome transformation in the APP
pearance; the increase in weight ne
quently being astonishing.
This increase in weight also car
ries with it a general Improvement in
the health Nervousness, sleepiess-
ness and lack of energy, which
nearly always accompany excessive
thinness, soon disappear, dull eyes
become bright, and pale cheeks glow
with the bloom of perfect health.
CAUTION: = Although bitro-phos-
phate is unsurpassed for relieving
nervousness, sleeplessness and gem
eral weakness, it should not, owing
to its remarkable 1esh-growing prop
critics, be used by anyone who does
not desire to put on flesh.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28
NOSE CLOGGED FROM
A COLD OR CATARRH
Apply Cream in Nostrils To
Open Up Air Passages.

All! What relief! Your clogged nos
trfls open right up, the air passages
Of your head are clear and you can
breathe freely. No more hawking.
snuffling, mucous discharge, head
ache, dryness-no struggling for
breath at night, your cold or catarrh
is gone.
Don't stsy stuffed up! Get small
bottle Of Ely's Cream Balm from
your druggist now. Apply little OF
this fragrant, antiseptic cream in your
nostrils, let it penetrate through ev-
cry air passage of the head; soothe
and heal the swollen, inf1amed mu-
cous membrane, giving you instant re
lief Ely's Cream Balm is just what
every cold and catarrh sufferer has
been seeking It's Just splendid
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28
Dandruffy Heads
Become Hairless

If you want plenty of thick, beautiful,
glossy, silky hair. do by all means get
rid of dandruff, for it will starve your
hair and ruin it if you don't.
1t doesn't do much good to try to
brush or wash it out. The only sure way
to get rid of dandruff is to dissolve it,
then you destroy it entirely. To do this,
get about four ounces of ordinary liquid
arvon; apply it at night when retiring ;
use enough to moisten the scalp and rub
it in gently with the finger tips.
BY morning most, if not all, of your
dandruf will be gone, and three or four
more applications will completely dis
solve and entirely destroy every single
sign and trace of it.
You will find, too, that all itching and
digging of the scalp will stop, and your
hair will look and feel hundred times
better You can get liquid arvon at any
drug store. 1t is Inexpensive and four
ounces is all you will need, no matter
how much dandruff you have. This
simple remedy never fails.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28

TANLAc SAVED WIFE
Or. E. F. Lowry Noted Veterinary
Surgeon Who Has Practiced
in Iowa 80 Years Tells
Exerience.

I Il strongly believe that Tanlac
saved my wifes life" declares DR..
E. F. Lowry, who has practiced his
profession in the state Of Iowa for
over thirty years, and is one OF the
most widely known as well as one OF
the most successful surgeons in the
middle west. For years my wife
has been troubled with her stom-
ach," he continued. AT last She be
came so rundown and nervous that
the least little thing seemed to com
pletely upset her nerves. She had
no appetite, and although we gave
her the best OF treatment nothing
seemed to relieve her. She couldn't
sleep soundly, and in the mornings
she complained of being more tired
than when she went to bed.
II knew that il didn't get some
thing that would help her right away
she would soon be in serious con-
dition Many Of our friends had
recommended Tanlac and we de-
cided to try it. Well. sir, after she
had taken the first bottle, / noticed
a change. Her appetite was much
improved, and she wasn't near SO
nervous. She began to sleep better
and that tired feeling in the morn
ings left her.
..As she continued to take Tanlac
she continued to get better. IN a
short time she gained ten pounds,
and now looks better and says she
feels better than she has for years.
My wife and / both think Tanlac is
worth it's weight in gold"
Statements OF this kind regarding
Tan1ac from men and women OF
prominence from all parts OF the
country and from all walks OF lie
cannot fail to carry with them com
piete evidence of the absolute merit
OF this powerful reconstructlve tonic.
Tanlac, to which DR.. Lowry refers
may be secured from leading drug
gists throughout the state'-Adver'
tisement.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28
zTaM q nnI
CARTHAGE, ILL.,, JAN. 2

, visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Wiley,
departed last week for their home.
Knox Fletcher was a business visi-
tor to ST. Louis the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mills Westfall of
Creston, Iowa, are visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Westfall.
Mrs. c. A. Harris who has been
visiting her son, Charles Harris, and
relatives in Mt Sterling, departed for
her home in Kansas City Friday.
DR.. Katherine Cherrill is visiting
her brother, E. K and wife, in New
York City.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Helfrich are
business visitors to Chicago.
/ Mrs. j. D. Peters and daughter
Mrs. Park Thedeo, and little son
| Stuart Park, Of Burlington, who have
been visiting Mesdames j. d. Lloyd
and Stuart Clark, returned home Sat
urday.
Lieutenant Lyle Wilcox of Wilton,
Oregon. who has been stationed at
Camp Taylor, Kentucky. was the
guest of his uncle, e. A Wilcox, and
family a day last week.
Mrs. ]. r. Stevenson and children
of Monmouth, are visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. E. S. Coombs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wagner Clark spent
the week end with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Monk.
i Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller of Dallas
City, visited his brother Hal. and
family, last week.
Mrs. Frank Moore of Darlington,
S. D., is visiting her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Chas. Baxter, and other rela-
tives.
Henry Tetmeyer was a business
visitor to st. Louis last week.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28
\ 9hel
EdEAMILT TON GATE g 4HEY-
~ i 4AMLToN, III. JAN: 2s -
HAMILTON, I'LL, JAN. %.

itor at Ferris Saturday afternoon.
The o. e. S. held their installation
OF new officers at their hall Friday
evening. The following are the new
officers for the ensuing term: Mrs.
Della Moore, worthy matron; G. S.
Reece, worthy patron; Mrs. Sallie
Barber. associate matron; Mrs.
Laura Hittner, conductor; Mrs. Ma
bel White, associate conductor. MIS-.
Olive Reece, recording secretary;
Mrs. Effie Emery, treasurer; Mrs.
Blanch Guy, marshal; Mrs. Velma
Head, pianist. About sixty members
were in attendance and fine lunch
was served after the installation.
The out of town guests that were IN
attendance were Mrs. Ayers, OF war
saw, and Mrs. Asher. of Lima.
Mrs. George Montgomery will en-
tertain the Ladies' Aid society of the
M. E. church at her home tomorrow.
A party was held Friday evening
in the basement OF the lakewood
school. the pupils of the advanced
room inviting several of their friends
to join them for q pleasant evening.
Games were greatly enjoyed by the
young people.
Genevieve Rebekah lodge. No. 1T,
will hold their installation OF new
officers tomorrow evening at the
+. O. O. F. hall.
Rev. Mr.. Peterson, Of the M. E.
church, attended the centenary
meeting at Chicago the first Of last
week. where some of the worlds
greatest speakers were on the pro
gram. The bishop of the M. e..
church and John r. Mott were in at
tendance. The M e.. church sent
Rev. Mr.. Peterson to this meeting.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Tate Smith were
guests of Elmer Francis and family
at Moline. I'LL. from Saturday until
M. and Mrs. Milton Root, Of
Youngstown, Ohio, formerly OF this
city, arrived Thursday for a visit
with relatives and their many friends
in Hamilton.
Miss Vera Moore, who was on the
sick list the latter part OF the week,
is greatly improved and will be able
to soon return to school.
Mrs. Samuel MCGEE. OF Moline,
ILL.,. arrived Saturday to visit her
mother, Mrs. Lydia Scott, and broth
e1, Robert. The latter, who has been
poorly for several months, continues
about the same. 1t is hoped by his
many friends that as soon as the
weather improves and he is able to
get out, his strength will return.
What might have been serious
accident occurred on lower Broad
way Saturday afternoon. when d
horse that Mrs. Doss, of the Suffer
vicinity, was driving took fright at
a passing street car and in plunging
about upset the buggy, and, breaking
loose from the vehicle, ran away. 1t
was finally caught by Calvin Root.
Mrs. Doss was thrown out of the
buggy and was badly bruised, as
we'll as receiving injuries to her
ankle and wrist. She WIS taken to
the hotel, where she received med
zeal treatment. She was removed to
her home Sunday afternoon; and it
is hoped by all our citizens that she
will soon recover from her injuries.
The buggy was badly wrecked.
John Sullivan was a business Wis
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28

mast with the three men clinging to
it, until it toppled and they We're
thrown into the water.
Cnnging to, bits of wreckage they
kept af1oat until the Japanese steam
err Hwah Yis came up and took them
aboard. The abandoned schooner was
still burning fercely when they last
saw 1t.
Becker and Huyles were landed at
Philadelphia and placepd In hospitals
there.
Wilson came on to New York to
make his report to the shipping COM
missioner.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28

today to get his billion Just the same.
He is going to take it out Of excess
profits and big incomes He loses
only half billion this year and
that. he says, doesn't worry him any.
The liquor taxes will not come in
until July this year. The reason the
loss of the other 100000, 900 is not
considered serious at this time is
that the sudden ending of the war
cut the needs for taxes from SS,0o0,.
900 900 to $4,000, 100000.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28
pines Writes Some Of tho
,noortant History OF This Region
and Of the Earliest Days
settlement.
SAW GENERAL HARRISON
s,,,. FrancisviIIe Was Very lmpor-
ant point IN Pioneer Times on
Account Of the Scenic
Beauty There.

Interesting sidelights on Chief
paoruk as well as little known facts
.nomt Aarly settlers Of this region
aD General William Harrison who
I'D an the st. Francisville bluffs
a,a found in the last Of the series
- HISTORICAL sketches being written
Nv Jasper Blines for the Kahoka "a
satte.H erald. Some quotations from
his last article follow.
vs. sneaking OF the federal census OF
1910 as basing point for historical
aonsideration Of Clark county. Mis-
souri, Mr.. Blines says the population
- The county then was 2,S46, ana
that was eighty years ago.
This same date Of 1S4o, he con-
Times. is some ten to fifteen years
after the years when substantial MS
tory takes authority among the rec
,rds Of the county.
Eighty years ago there were ABOUT
one.fourth the population In Clark
c,untv as there are today. This Illus
rates a comparatively slow growth
n the number Of Inhabitants OF the
county during the four score years
Of its existence.
Pioneers Were Moving Picture.
Reasoning. along the journey OF
,bis settlement, we shall estimate
from the compare tive figures that the
territory comprising what became
clark county. must have had. quite
q numher of people in 1880 and some
years earlier.
There were families scattered IN
MANY districts, almost unknown and
not recorded or classed. and towns
were in process of formation.
There were trappers and adyen-
turers and spectators and a host
Of filibusters, all these in quest OF
new possessions or conquest OF some
characters. Many of them fingered
along our river routes for q season
or more. and then passed on in obedl-
ence to that strange law which I'M
pels people toward that indefmaDle
and invisible region known as the
west.
Just who those wanderers were Is
not known, and it may be said that
their names or transient passing here
is of no vital Importance or value In
making UP the history of the county.
The real history begins with estab-
lished dates and persons who are ana
were elements of civilization when a
permanent state and county were
formed and officially acknowledged.
The Frequent Host Of keokuk.
A very early settler, a permanent
one. was General William Harrison,
who lived so many years on a narrow
terrace of the Des Moines some two
miles northwest of st. Francisville.
held long interview with the
general in 1890. some years before
his decease. He talked intelligently
of early times, and related expert
ences in trading common necessities
to the Sioux. Foxes and Winnebages
for their rich furs.
He was a favorite with the aborigi-
mes and they would remain encamped
for days near him along the Des
Moines, and Chiefs Black Hawk, and
Keokuk. were frequent guests at the
home of the pale face. General Har-
rison said to me that he knew the
prophet, a kind OF sub-chief, and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28
Too 4 al?

A guaranteed weight reduction methods
safe, pleasant. Brings slenderness, bet
ter health, happiness. Get small box OF
oil of korein tin capsules) at the drug
lowed to eat sweets, etc; no starvation
or strenuous exercising. Your life becomes
worth living with clearer mind, improved
figure. buoyant step, cheerfulness aru
optimism. Get thin and stay So Cur
o,,t and show others this advertisement
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28
viii Repeat Charges.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
TOPEKA, Kans., jan 28.-Gover-
nor Henry J. Allen announced today
he would appear before congress
sional committee shortly to reiterate
his charges of unduly heavy losses
in the thirty division.
Allen had charged also that the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28
Lose billion In Revenue.

| UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-When
Uncle Sam bids booze goodbye he
loses Billion dollars year in reve-
ma But Sam has got 1t all fxad
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28

walked with the style and dignity OF
a hero and a king, stoical, proud OF
expression and seemingly enjoying his
rank far above his own people and
the foreign invasion Of the pale face.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28

division. largely Missouri and Kan
sas troops had not had proper aerial
and artillery support.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28

When answering advertisements
please mention The Gate City.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-11-19
EARLY LAMBS CAN
RESIST WORM ATTACKS

Lambs dropped in March or Anvil
VIII develop more resistance TO early
simmer worms than those that ara
norm IN May or June. As a result Ten.
hessee sheep growers are urged tn
hfeed their ewes during October or
November
The principal objection to the early
iamb Is the fact that it must have care.
ful protection from the cold weather
or II viii be htndered greatly in its
growth, or bg frozen. This objection
Is not hardly 81 prominent in This
stare, however, AS it is In many ones
OF the North Shelters in Tenpessse
can be provided with a smaller cost
INA that which will be levied II The
lambs appear later than March or
April, Consequently, sheep exp4rts
may breed early.
worms give a great deal u trouble
thraout The South. The farther South
Inc greater the trouble.
Sheep men also urge that ewes no
lea well during the breeding season, az
II Increases the opportunity of them
dropping twins
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-11-19
Every Druggist in u. S. In
structed to Refund Price
While You Wait at Count
er II Relief Does Not Come
Within Two Minutes.
Delightful Taste, Immediate
Relief, Quick Warm Un.

The sensation of the year in The
drug trade is Aspironal, the two,
minute cold and cough relieyor. an.
thoritatively guaranteed by the labora.
torres. tested, approved and most
enthusiastically endorsed by the high.
est authorities, and proclaimed hy
me common people rs ten times rs
quick and effective MS whiskey, roak
and rye, or any other cold and cough
remedy they have ever tried.
All drug stores are now s0paltr,
with the wonderful new elixir, SO MI
you have to do to get rid Of That eyl
Is TO step into the nearest drug store,
hand the clerk half dollar for n bY'fS
OF Aspironal and tell him 10 serve wa
Two teaspoonfuls with four teaspoga.
fuls Of water in glass. With vorr
watch in your hand, take the dfigk
at one swallow and call for your money
pack in two minutes if you cannot
reel your cold fading away like dream
WITHIN the time limit. DON'T be bash.
ful, for all druggists invite Won ana
expect you to try it. Evelybody's
doing it. 'S'
When your cold or cough IA re.
ileVed, take the remainder OF the bot Ia
nome to your wife and babies, fo,,
Aspironal is by far the safest and mo4t
effective, the easiest to take and thn
most agreeable cold and cough remedy
Tor infants and children.-Ady.)