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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-25
Six Hundred Out Of Work.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.] J
BUFFALO, n. Y, Aug. 25.-Stx
hundred workmen at the Iackawanna
Steel company's plant were laid off
today. President Mccullough Of the
company, said the lay-off was due to
recent slackening of steel workers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-25
TELEGRAPHIC TABLOIDS
FROM FAR AND NEAR
One Pound Eou.

SPRINGFIELD. Ill, Aug. 25 = At
least one local hen is trying to beat
the high cost of living. She was al
legged to have lain an egg weighing 10
ounces.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-25
From Rome to Warsaw.

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ROME, Aug. 23.-Two italian avia'
tors have left for Warsaw. carrying
a message from Premier Nitu to
Premier Paderewski of Poland.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-25
Created Job For Self.

SACREMENTO, Calf, Aug. 25-
Having loafed too long and needing
gambling money, Gorham Owl, In
dian, set fire to forest, so he could
be fire fighter. on government pay.
he confessed ~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-25
Chinese Protest.

NEW YORK, Aug. 25--With flags
of the Chinese republic flying from
shops and chop suey emporiums,
Chinatown, 1000 strong, protested
against the cession OF Shantung to
Japan.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-25
Not Influenced by Protests.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-The de-
cision to withdraw from Mexico, cav
airy troops who crossed the border
in pursuit of bandits VINO kidnapped
two army flyers, was wholly mill
tary one and was not influenced by
diplomatic negotiations now in pro-
gress, it was made plain here TO-DAY.
The orders to Genera. Dickman at
the time of the crossing onto Mexi-
can SOIL. were so plain, it was said
here, that he had plenty OF authority
to withdraw the expedition without
further word from Washington.
These orders were that a swiftly
moving force could be sent across
the border on 'hot trail After a
chase OF several days during which
the troops were hindered by two rain
storms, the trail, army officers said,
probably grew cold and Dickman de-
cided that it was time 70 withdraw.
More expeditions, it was plainly
inicated, may go into Mexico at any
time if the bandit bands which in
fest the border, become sufficiently
bold to warrant it, providing border
commanders see good chancs to
wipe out bandit band.
Word that Secretary Llnsing's
reply to Mexico's note of pTotest
against the crossing had gone for
ward, was still awaited here today.
Dispatches from Mexico City that
the government is making a close
study of points at issue between this
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-25
Some Short and Snappy Items
Which Make News Wire
Sparkle.

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CHICAGO, Aug. 25-Police are hhnt-
ing Chicago's cheapest thief. Ihree
Fom plants were filed by victims VINO
paid they were robbed fifty cents each.
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Cnited Press Leased Wire Service
Ell PASO, Tex, Aug. 25.-The |
kndit chase in Mexico by American |
lvalrymen and aviators is ended. |
he United States forces are back !!
their camps on this side of the |
brder today. Withdrawal was eff. |
cted Sunday night when further !
Sarch for the bandits seemed futile !
THE American troops, during their |
x.day stay on Mexican soil, killed
Ee bandits, arrested six other sus-
lets and penetrated fifty miles into
Istern Chihuahua The American
Bsualties were only a few pack ,
ules, lost over cliffs. Aviators
eorge Rice and Louis Bouquet, miss
g on flight from Maria, were 10.
3ted at Terlinqua, Texas, where
ley were forced by q storm to land.
Colonel George Langhorne, com.
hnder of the Maria border sector, be-
ives the expedition was success
esigned to punish the kdnapers OF
|eutenants Peterson and Davis, the
ur troops of the Eighth United
(ates cavalry Cleaned up" the wild
exican country below the Big Bend
fd scattered the ransom gang, killing
re. Carranzista troops captured nine
her members Of the band, taking
lem to Chihuahua City, where their
kecution is probable. Jesus Renferto,
bndit leader, is believed to have made
bod his escape.
The cooperation of the Carranzista
brces encountered by the Americans
as particularly pleasing to Colonel
anghorne. Only once was there
anger of clash between the two
brces, it is now learned. Twenty
merican cavalrymen under Caytain
Soudinot were surrounded by one
3Indred Carr anzistas who threatened
u first to detain them for further
|rders from General Pruneda at Ojin-
ga, Mexico. The Mexicans shortly
fterward permitted the American
loops to proceed.
Conditions were again normal along
he border today. The excitement
(ere over the crossing into Mexico
Paturday by two troops Of the Sew
nth cavalry, near Fabens. has sub
|ided Their withdrawal was carried
but Saturday evening after failure to
|ick up the trail of the Mexican cattle
|aiders.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-25
Aviators Cannot be Found.

SAN DIEGO, Cal. Aug. 25-After
|nather forty-eight hours Of fruitless
|earch for Lieutenants Frederick
Eater and Cecil H. Connolly, army
Flyers missing since last Wednesday,
|he hunt was renewed today with a
petachment of troops from Fort Rose
Frans aiding the airplanes which have
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-25
In Paul Revere's Day.

LAKE FOREST. H., Aug. 25-"lf
'ou'd lived in Paul Revere's day, you'd
lave stopped him on his midnight ride
md asked him for match" said DE.
ective Mathern, assailing a patrol
nan who stopped him for speeding
liter auto bandits.
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-25
Evidence Of Good viii.
Vote Against Ratification.

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ROME, Aug. 23 - The Catholic
group in parliament passed a resolu,
ton today against the ratification OF
the peace treaty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-25
Wild Night Ride.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Aug. 25-It
|was wild night for Charlie Christie.
Hills popcorn wagon took fire and the
Fire department chased the wagon
trawn by q frightened horse for
blocks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-25
Investigation Ordered.

wASETNGTON, Aus. Io.-I,'I1I
Director Hines today ordered an I'm,
mediate investigation OF the rallroau
labor conditions in Los Angeles
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THE WEATHER

Fair Tonight and Tuesday.
Local temp. Z p. M, rs; Z a. m,
SO.
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Continued OF page 2.)
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-10-25
ARE CARRYING 1T TOO FAR
Bathing Costume for Tennis Is the
Abbreviating of an Alb
breviation.

This is the day of brevity. The
names of states and cities are abbrevi-
ated. Christian appellations are cut
short and initials substituted. The gro
eer abbreviates potatoes" to ''spuds"
and e0ndenses Crackers" to "crax"
The butcher writes "PC" when he
means pork chops" and the chemist
shDrtens water to "H-2-O." The
printer. referring to ga mass of balled-
mp type" cusses and calls it "pi."
Likewise, the sport writer's character
IKE the knock out" as "KO." The
Doctor indicates "sod-cac" when he
wants sodium cacodylate"
But abbreviations are not confined
20 words The Yanks abbreviated the
war. The rising cost of living has alb
BFeyiated the purchasing power of
Dollar. The airplane has abbreviated
spaee. and electricity has abbreviated
same itself The laundry often abbrevi-
ateS the size of ones new shirt. Fash
Son frequently abbreviates costumes.
There is. however, such a thing as
abcEeyiatiHg too much. For in France
a bathing suit Is considered sufficient
ralInent for one who is in the swim
ming pool, but ii is highly objection
able elsewhere. Tennis players clad in
Bathing suits are carrying the abbrevi-
alton habit too far.
They are abbreviating abbreviation !!
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-10-25
ROAD BUILT OF EPSON SALTS
Texas to Have Unique Highway Ten
Miles Long, Say State High
way Officials.

Austin, Tex-A road of epson salts
Is an attraction Texas can soon hold
out to tourists, according to the state
highway department.
Ten miles of highway out of Rock
port is being surfaced with a material
which analyses more than one-fourth
epson salts. The material is obtained
from flats where constant evaporation
of gulf water has left silt strongly i'm
pregnated with salts, among which the
epson variety predominates.
Highway engineers declare the mix
ture forms an excellent road surfac-
ing material, as the salts absorb
enough moisture from the air to keep
the roads damp. free from dust and
firm on the dryest days. One trouble,
however, is that the road becomes
very slippery during wet weather. but
this is overcome by adding Il small pro-
portion of shell and regulating the
slope of the surface.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-10-25
GERMANSARE AFTER TRADE

1.-The men are working furiously,
without pressure of any sort up to
fourteen hours day to be ready TO
enter the worlds markets again at the
first opportunity.
This German chairman of a Swiss
concern simply chuckled with glee
when he said: Our good German
workmen know their hands. They do
not want this easy day of eight hours +;
they want wealth. and they will have
it,
Germany is recuperating after the
war faster than any other nation.
simply because, instead of giving way
to the reaction of peace and demand
ing the impossible by means of strikes.
she is working as hard as human
strength and brain allow to regain her
old commercial pinnacle and again be
the pre-war Germany.
Germany is out to provide the cheap.
est world market. and our eight-hour
Industrial day will spell disaster for
us if we do not wake up"
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-10-25
RELIEF SHIP HELD
UP BY ARCTIC ICE

work and with pitiful tales of the ter
rible havoc wrought by the "flu, Sc
which in some sections wiped out
whole villages.
On leaving seattle July Z. DR. Mar
quis took passage to the Aleutian ISL
ands and thence to Nome. At Nome
passage was taken on the Bear and
for six weeks DR.. Marquis was on this
government vessel. From Nome Dr.
Marquis went to st. Lawrence islands
and thence to Siberia. Leaving Sibe-
ria, the next stop was at the Diamede
islands, and then to Cape Prince OF
Wales, the westernmost point of the
American continent, about four hours
west of Seattle.
Upon this trip the vessels coal sup
ply ran low and the Bear had to put
back from Cape Prince of Wales to
Nome for recoaling. Leaving Nome the
vessel began its journey to Point Bar
row. KotZebue sound was entered and
stop was made at the village, where
the Society of Friends had excellent
missions, and then the Bear went
north to Kivalina, where no mission
fields are established, but which a few
missionaries visit at intervals. From
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-10-25
"FIDDL.E::-FIT"
Keep Liver and Bowels
Clean and Active
with "Cascarets"


Sick headache, biliousness, coated
tongue, sour, gassy stomach-alwayS
trace this to torpid liver; DELAYED,
fermenting food in the bowels.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in.
testines, instead of being cast out Of
the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes conges.
tion and that dull, throbbing, sicBaning
headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undgested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and poi
sons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will have you
feeling clear, rosy and as fit as fiddle
by morning. They work while you
Sleep.-Adv.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-10-25
HOW THE SQUIRREL HELPS
Uncle Sam Needs Seeds of Douglas
Fir and Knows Where to
Find Them.

Tree seed can't be bought in large
quantities In the market. To reStOck
the huge forests which are demolished
every year, Uncle Sam needs the seeds
of the Douglas fir, western yellow
pine, Engelmann spruce, lodge pole
pine, not by the pound, but literally
by the ton.
The government needs men, from
two to six weeks every fall, to gather
seed. When the call goes out, lumber
jacks, college men, hOboes and former
convicts drift into the camps and work
side by SIDE gathering huge stores Of
the precious seeds. Through expert
ence they have found that their rich
est sources are the cunningly hidden
squirrel boards. The squirrel is canny;
he always picks the very best of cones
for his winters store.-The Nations
Business.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-10-25
why DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP-ROOT

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp Root
the ~reat kidney. liver and bladder msd
cine.
1t i. a physicians prescription.
Swamp Root is a Strengthening medf
cine. 1t helps the kidneys, liver and blad
der do the work nature intended they
should do.
Swamp Root has stood the test Of year..
1t is sold by all druggists on its mer's
and it should help you. No other kidney
medicine has 20 many friends.
Be sure to set Swamp-Root and star
treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test TIM
great preparation send ten cents to W.
Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N. Y, tor ,
oample bottle. When writing be sure ana
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-10-25

this point Or. Marquis "sut 10 ROM
Hope. Which until recently was one oil
The most famous whaling stations III
the arctic regions. From there the
great but futile attempt northward
was made toward Point Barrow.
DR.. Marquis on his return trip gave
special study to the conditions as LETT
by the influenza epidemic. AS a result
he brings back with him pitiful stories
of the terrible ravages wrought by
this epidemic among the Eskimos.
In Nome alone, says DR.. Marquis
over 80 per cent of the Eskimo popula-
ton was wiped out almost overnight
and in other sections of the country
whole villages of igloos were swept
away. In one town of 300 only thirteen
adults were left alive. and small VII
lagos of twenty iglooS or so Win hi
inhabitants frozen stiff. In one case
one little girl and a baby were found
alive in a village. This child had kept
herself from freezing to death ny re-
naming wrapped up in bed win the
baby beside her. The condensed MILK
which sustained her life she also took
to bed with her. There had been no
fire in the villages for days and the
temperature was 80 degrees below
zero.
According to Dr. Marquis, the Eski-
mos showed practically no resistance
to influenza and went down almost
without n fight Among the foreigners
the mortality was about the same as
in similar communities in the United
States.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-10-25
Attempt to Reach Mission in
MorthernmoSt Alaska
Again Fails.
REACH WITHIN So MILES
Or. Marquis Brings Back Pitiful Tales
Ct the Havoc Wrought by lnflu-
enza-Whole Villages Are
Wiped Out.

Newport.-TurneG back by an i'm
penetrable ice-field within 60 miles of
his goal. DIR. John A. Marquis, general
secretary of the board of home mis-
sons of the Presbyterian church of
the United States, was forced TO re-
turn to New York without reaching
his destination at Point Barrow, Alas
ka, the northernmost mission in The
world operated by the Presbyterian
church
DR.. Marquis left New York June %
and sailed from S.attle July to
Nome, where he boarded the United
States coast guard service steamer
Bear. to reach Point Barrow. but for
the second time within two years this
doughty little craft with its hardy
crew was unable to buck the terrific
ice jam of the arctic. For eight days
the sturdy boat battled. but finally on
August 10 it was forced to turn back.
The supplies for Point Barrow were un-
loaded at Point Hope, $50 miles south
of that town. From here it is expected
that sledges will be able to carry some
of them to the needy people at Point
Barrow.
Last year" says DIR. Marquis, 'the
Bear was able to get within % miles
of Point Barrow, but the steady winds
this year had forced the ice masses
down farther south than they had been
for years.
"Massive fields of ice were reached
when we were at latitude T0h degrees,
Captain p. II. Uberroth, U. S. N, in
charge of the Bear, declared the ice.
was the worst known since 1926"
DIR. Marquis went to Alaska to see
about the appeal from the people there
for the erection of a hospital at Point
Barrow ard also to study the oppor-
tunities for Presbyterian mission and
school work generally in Alaska par
ticularly since the influenza epidemic
last year wrought such havoc. He
returns with interesting stories of the
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-10-25
00DS0N TELLS THE
HORROR OF CAL0Mr,
You Don't Need to sicken, cr,,.
Salivatc Yourself to Start
Liver.

You're bilious, sluggish, constino.,
You feel headachy, your stomach ~
be sour, your breath bad, yonr 49,
sallow and you believe you need ,,,4 r'n
dangerous calomel to start livar aD,
bowels.
Here's my guarantee! Ask your ,,rr.
gist for a bottle of Dodson's ir
Tone and take spoonful tonight s,.
doesn't start your liver and strai,hta
you right up better than calomel oss
without gripping or making Won sicL :,
want you to go back to the store ana
get your money.
Take calomel today and tomorr,u
you will feel weak and sick and nov
seated. Don't lose a day. Take :
spoonful of harmless, vegetable nos
sons Liver Tone tonight and wake n,
feeling splendid. 1t is perfectly harm,
less, so give it TO your children an,
time. 1t can't salivate.-Adv.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-10-25
SUGAR FROM AIR,
LIGHT AND WATER

New YOrk.-During the present aS'-
tation over the high cost of living 1t
is interesting to note several receht
discoveries made in the field OF syn
thetic chemistry. DR.. Winthrop J"i'h
Vanleuvcn Osterhout, Phi. D., professor
of botany at Harvard university, mas
hit upon a plan of making nutritious
food from sunlight. air and water.
Although this process of food max
ing is as yet confined to the laboratory
stage Prof Osterhout points out that
many discoveries remained some time
in the laboratory stage before they
could be placed on commercial basis.
AS an instance he cites the many
doubters of the practical value of cleo
tricity, and the long uphill road Edison
had to travel before he gained recog-
milton commercially.
Anent the production Of nutritious
food in the laboratory Prof. Osterhout.
who is in no sense visionary, but
whose manner would indicate prac-
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-10-25

ucal hardheaded business man. says:
"Analyzing food we learn that the
three chief components are sugar, fats
and protein. Until recently it was i'm
possible to manufacture sugar syn
thetically, but now we have solved the
riddle in several different ways. Iron
rust exposed to the prismatic rays of
the sun through water makes for
maldehyde, since the rays of the sun
acting upon the rust as contact
agent mixed with the carbon dioXide
of the air and water makes this power
full chemical. From formaldehyde GER
tain forms of sugar may be obtained.
Other ways of making sugar syn
thetically are through the employment
of ultraviolet rays, radium and cleo
tricity.
Part of our research work at Har-
wards botanical laboratory has been
to observe the process by which the
plant transforms the carbon dioXide
gas and water together into sugar, and
later into starch, either of which forms
can be preserved.
$50 much FOR obtaining sugar. Pro-
tein is composed of amino acids. It
has been found possible in the labora-
tory to take the carbon dioXide of the
air, water and ammonia, which is also
found in the air in small quantities, 10
form a simple kind of protein. Now
through the combination of sugar and
protein, both of which have been man
ufactured in the laboratory, the neces-
sary fat is obtained, with the resultant
nutritious food.
The Great Obstacle.
"Of course one of the greatest OBJ.
stacles standing in the way of the pro-
duction of food through this method
is in the present cost of making sugar,
which can only be manufactured as
yet in small quantities. Our greatest
competitor in this important field is
the plant itself, which thus far under
sells the synthetic method"
Prof. OSterhout, who has taught at
many of the large universities through
out the United States, and has attain
ed an international reputation as a
American Association for the Advance.
ment of Science and of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences. In ad.
ditiOn to many other scientific and re-
search societies he has been a profes-
Sor of botany since 1913.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-10-25
Centenarian of Long-Lived Family Sue
cumbs to Cold at Southfieid,
Mass.

Winsted, Conn.-William Benedict
Gibson, who was ten years old when
the first steamship crossed the At
lantic. died in the room in which he
was born at Southfeld, Mass, near
here, aged 100 years seven months and
thirteen days.
Death resulted from a cold contract
ed ten days ago. During his life he
missed but one opportunity TO cast his
ballot for the Democratic candidate
for president.
He came from long-lived family
His father died at the age Of ninety
his mother at eighty-eight, his sisters
at ninety-four and eighty-five and his
brother at seventy-nine years. He had
cousin who lived to be 101 years old.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-10-25
Workmen Labor Ia Hours a Day
to Be Ready.
London Merchant Finds Empire is Re
cuperatine Fastest of All
Nations.

London.-"Germany is out again to
beat the world" said the senior mem
Der of a city firm.
II have just returned from a visit
to our commercial connections in
Switzerland. | met there the chair
man of an important firm of machine
manufacturers. He was obviously
German, with his square head and bad
French, and for once pretended to be
pro-German. and spoke with him in his
own language.
''He let the cat out of the bag. All
the labor in the SchwarZwald and in
South Germany where the allies have
no representatives he told me. has re-
fused to recognize the eight-hour day.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-10-25

Vegetable Compound cured me SO l,;o oiu
NOT need the operation, and am teiilng Ln
BiNzER, is,r II Black River Falls, Wis. =.
Iti just such experiences st as fna,o,9a fhae Oa
Mrs. Binzer that has made thls iainous II nous
root roc + and herb remedy a household word l
from pO ocean to ocean.s Any woman VINO
suffers % from inflammation, liberation
dIrIac d;spIacements, backache, nervousness,
;rpepgularities or the blues" should
mltg not yest est until she has given it q trial,
% and for special advice write Lydia E'
P;nkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-10-25
Earth's Life Zones.

Biologists have divided the entir,
surface of the earth into life zones
each zone having much the same flor,
and fauna wherever found. The lfa
zone in given locality depends upon
both latituGe and elevation. Thine
the Canadian life zone, which has
everywhere plants and animals simi.
lar to those of Canada, is found in
the high Rocky Mountains as far south
as southern Colorado and norther,
New Mexico.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-10-25
Dies i'm House Where Born

vice president of the Hood River
Game Protective association. stands
vindicated.
Mr.. Fredricy, after fishing trip up
Hood river recently, reported seeing
q lizard with blue tail and red and
white striped body. Many and varied
stories were written about the "vic
tory saurian," and Mr.. Fredricy re-
ceived many letters inquiring as to his
brand of beverage and how it might
be obtained.
Now Mr.. Fredricy is happy, for re-
Gently George Chamberlain, an East
side orchardst, brought a real red,
white and blue lizard to the city. 1t Is
being displayed in milk bottle as
"Fredricy's lizard"