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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21
BETTER . TITAN CALOM|
Thousands Have Discovered !
Edwards Olive Tablets are
a Harmless Substitute.

Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the SUI
tute for calomel - are a mild but I
laxative, and their effect on the live
almost instantaneous. They are the re
of DR.. Edwards determination not to q
liver and bowel complaints with calof
His efforts to Danish it brought out Il
little olive colored tablets.
These pleasant little tablets do the q
that calomel does, but have no bad q
effects. They don't injure the teeth
strong liquids or calornel. They take 4
of the trouble and quickly correct it. "
cure the liver at the expense of the TED
Calomel sometimes plays havoc with
gums So do strong liquids. tits best
to take calomel, but to let DR.. Edwal
Olive Tablets take its place.
Most headaches, dizziness" and Z
lazy feeling come from constipation 1
a disordered liver. Take DR.. Edwa1
Olive Tablets when you feel doggy" I
heavy" Note how they "clear" cloud
brain and how they "perk up" the spir1
'0c and 25c a box. All druggists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21
WHITE SOX
TO TAKE REST
All Ready For Opening Of Season at
st. Louis Wednesday After
Their Return From
South.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, April 81
The Chicago White Sox today were
to bat around once more before
taking rest tomorrow in prepare
ton for the opening tussle at the
Mound City with the St. Louis
Browns. They will battle the Ameri-
can association Indians here
Downing the Cincinnati Reds at
the Queen City yesterday S to g.
where the seasons first real base
ball weather attracted crowd OF
5000 fans, kid" Gleason's neophytes
tantalized home folks by permitting
a tie up to the ninth.
Cubs Reach Home.
CHICAGO, April 21-Chicago open.
ed her arms to the National league
champions today when the Cubs ar.
rived to play two exhibition games
on the home lot before Cracking the
season with Pittsburgh Wednesday
Coach Stages University of Chicago
team was to be the Cubs opponent
Defeating the Kansas City Blues
yesterday 9 to 2, Mitchell believed
the men had finally rounded them.
selves into a team.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21
HAS MEDAL FROM
MRS. VANDERBILT
keokuk Soldier Wears a Handsome
Decoration From the Godmother
Of His Regiment Earned
in France

Emory Prunty, Keokuk soldier, now
Al home discharged after real fighting
IL France, has q unique decoration
in medal which the war department
allows worn on the uniform, although
1t is not really official
1t Is the service medal presented
to his regiment by Mrs. Alfred Van
derbilt, the godmother of the SD rail-
road artillery, and Prunty is proud Of
it and Of the regimental godm other.
Suspended from bar, the medal Is
of exquisite design and evidently the
work of a celebrated artist. 1t bears
the words: World War, A. E. F..
Service"
Prunty's regiment spent nineteen
months In France and a whole year
On the front line sectors. It fought at
yerdun, along the Mouse. through the
Argonne campaign, and in the St.
MIhiel squeeze. It used thirteen-inch
guns which did things to the Huns.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21
A Woman's Story
With Great Meaning
Subject Of Childbirth Discussed BY
Women Of Experience.

Women everywhere tell their friend. how.
through the use Of Mothers Friend, the
wonderful penetrating external application,
they avoided suffering and distress before
the advent Of natures most wonderful evo-
luton.
Mothers Friend Is q remedy which
spreads It's influence upon the cords, nerves
and llgaments involved. rendering them
plant to readily yield to natures demand
and lignments expand without that peculiar
wrenchIng strain, and nervousn 80, nausea
and unrestful sensations are naturally
avoided when the nerves and muscles are
relieved and thus are not tort and drawn.
BY regular use, the lower abdominal re-
gion expands with ease when baby is born.
the hours are less at the crisis, and pain
and danger is naturally less.
You can obtain Mothers Friend from any
drug store. It has been used by women for
over half a century, and IS just as standard
as anything you can think Of.
Write the Bradhcld Regulator Company.
Dept, H, Lamar Building, Atlanta, Georgia,
Of Mothers Friend today. and thus fortify
yourself against pain and discomfort
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21
DELEGATES TO
AMERICAN LEGION
Brockhart, of Washington, and Seer
ley, Of Burlington, viii Repre-
sent This District at
ST. Louis.

The soldiers of this first district
of seven counties will be represented
by Lieutenant Tom Brookhart, OF
Washington, and Captain John J.
Seerley, Of Burlington, at the con.
vention at st. Louis to organize the
American Legion.
This is to be the organization OF
soldiers of the world war in the
American army, and 1t is being
gradually and systematically evolved.
A national committee appointed
state committees. The state commit
tee for Iowa met in Des Moines and
appointed two delegates from each
congressional district in the state to
attend the convention at st. Louis,
which will form the permanent Or
der of the American Legion, with
branches everywhere in the United
States.
The convention meets May $40 at
St Louis.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21

'"The short man threw away his re-
volver. got it, and gave it to the con
ductor. He didn't want to take it at
first.
II had no part in the shooting what
soever. had just been released from
the disciplinary school at Fort Leaven-
worth. You see, enlisted IN the army.
When they examined us for overseas
duty thy said I had varicose veins.
They asked me to be operated on.
didn't want to. I wanted to go to
France right away. / got stubborn
about it, and they gave me five years
served a year and four days. Two
other soldiers who had been in for de-
sertion with me were also on the
train I don't know their names.
don't know why they're holding me-"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21
MOVING PICTURES
Holiday Week at the Grand.

Holiday Week at the Grand.
On another page of this newspaper
you'll find long slim ad that con-
tains a fine, fat program at the Grand,
la program especially booked for this
Easter week.
Look 'em over. Tonight, Elsie
Ferguson, the exquisite, with Eugene
O'Brien, in their latest co-starring
play, Under the Greenwood Tree"
On the same program tonight, new
comic classic, two-act Sennett,
Never Too Old" in which appear
Charlie Murray, a lot of pretty girls,
Pep, the cat, and new Sennett star,
a bald-faced monkey who is a real
Coincidence. Great for the children
and 100 percent program for the
grown-ups.
In Under the Greenwood Tree"
Miss Ferguson appears first in the
forest, lovely young society girl.
tired of the conventionalities, mas
querading as gypsy. There she
meets real gypsies, villainous per-
sons, and events begin to happen at
once How she meets the real man
who saves her from the gypsies, and
how she renounces wealth, social
position, everything for his sake.
makes an entertaining story in it's
unfolding.
For tomorrow and Wednesday, the
Grand presents the great actor, VIM.
Fayersham, who is supported by Bar
bara Castleton, in film adaptation
of 1.-THE Silver King Drury
Lane meIodrama that has thrilled
millions in its stage form. Although
an Aircraft special, 1.-THE Silver
King is offered patrons of the
Grand at regular admission prices.
1.-The Lion and the Mouse" for
Thursday and Friday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

me feel like new woman. can work
from morning until night and it does
suffer as did would try lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. -
Mrs. H. DooLEY, l135 25th Street,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Working girls everywhere should
profit by Mrs. Dooley's experience, and
instead Of dragging along from day to
day with life a burden, give this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound a trial.
1t has overcome just such conditions for
thousands Of others, and why not for
you? For special advice, write Lydia
e. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass
The result of their 40 years experience
is at your service
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21
hlppodrome Tonight.

| The snow-bound regions Of Alaska,
the great silences of the vast north
west and the desolate country where
men decide their problems with fists
as hard as steel, is the locale of Car
men of the Klondike," the Selexart
production starring Clara Williams,
which will be the attraction at thu
!Hippodrome theatre tonight.
The story was written by Monte NJ.
Katterjohn and produced under the
direction of Reginald Barker. 1t
deals with the stirring adventures Of
a girl who dares the wilds Of the
northwest to join the man she loves
and finds him apparently untrue.
Discouraged at life and mocking at
love, she defies shame and takes up
the career Of dance hall girl. The
incidents that follow combine to
make thrilling, red-blooded story
that far surpasses the average film
production. Also Ford Weekly.
Tomorrow-Miss Bessie Barriscale,
who is featured in new Exhibitors
Mutual picture, "All OF a Sudden
Norma" based on fast action story
by Thomas Edglow. is herself re-
sponsible for the somnambulist scene
in which, when caught in the sleep
ing apartment of the Duke OF Suffolk
in her pretty pajamas, she pretends
to be sleep walker and gets away
with it on the spur of the minute.
Also a two-act Sunshine comedy,
"The Fatal Marriage"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21
ORDER RESTORED
IN AUSTRI
Hungarian Communists From Blu
pest Responsible for Disturb
ances Which are Over
Now

UNITED Press Leased Wire Seryic
BERNIE, April 20-Reports fr
Vienna late yesterday declared
cially that order had been restored
that city. General Segre was said
have accepted the apologies" of
radical demonstrators.
For few hours Friday. the 6
was reported to have been in c
troll of the soldiers and workme
council which refused to recogn
either the socialistic government
the bolshevistic faction. The pol
declare they have conclusive {
dence that the disturbances, VIII
resulted in few casualties, were
cited by Hungarian communists fr
Budapest.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21
Stop Itching Eczema

Never mind how often you have tried
and failed, you can stop burning, itching
eczema quickly by applying Zemo fur
nished by any druggist for 35c. Extra
large bottle, $1.00. Healing begins the
moment Zemo is applied. In short
time usually every trace of eczema,
letter, pimples, rash, blackheads and
similar skin diseases will be removed.
For clearing the skin and making it
vigorously healthy, always use Zemo,
the penetrating, antiseptic liquid. 1t
is not greasy and does not stain. When
others fail it is the one dependable
treatment for sl,introubles of all kinds.
The E. w. Rose Co., Cleveland. Q.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21
Journey OFFICERS
| SHOT ON TRAIN
While Bringing Murder Suspect Back,
Stranger Boards Car and
Begins shoot.
ing.
ONE MAN WAS KILLED
Wells Makes Escape During Excite
ment at Clarence, Mo-, in
Thrilling Midnight
Crime.
ONE MAN WAS KILLED

/ QUINCY, H., April 21.--Sherifi
James Simmons and Detective Rob
ert Bumster were shot in gun bat
tie with two yeggs, one OF whom was
in the custody of the officers and the
other confederate on Burlington
train No. Sc (the Eli) between Anna
bel and Clarence, Mo-, shortly before
midnight Saturday night.
Simmons is seriously injured and
was taken from the train on a
stretcher~ Bumster was able to limp
to waiting auto. The sheriff was
shot In the chest and Bumster in the
] neck and arm.
Brakeman L. C. Mckenzie, of the
Eli, was just taking up the train
checks for Clarence when the shoot
ing took place. A passenger named
] Vack had just crowded past him
going to the parlor car, where he
had left his wife and child. When
Vack opened the door a stranger en-
tered the smoker with an overcoat
over his arm. He walked UP toward
Bumster. who was sitting with Wells,
while Simmons was sitting across
the aisle.
The stranger opened fire on Bum
ster with revolver of small caliber.
He also had another gun in his pos
session. When the first shot was
fired Vack stood in the yestibule and
the trainman was unable to open the
door. The stranger who saw Vack
standing in the vestibule opened fire
on him. Wounded, Vack ran into
the parlor car where his wife and
child were seated and sank dying at
their feet
At once Sheriff Simmons opened
fire on the unknown stranger, who
later gave the name of Bert Adair,
and said that his home was in Pal
myra- Simmons shot Adair through
the body. During all the excitement
Wells, who was being brought to
Quincy for the LIGHT murder, made
his escape. Adair also left the train
and made his way to the power house
in Clarence, where he was taken in
custody. There he was interviewed
by Flagman j. F. Shoemaker, Of Pal
myra. When seen Adair said:
rs this Jim Shoemaker, OF Pal.
myra?"
When informed that it was, Adair
said that he knew him and that he
wished to make confession. Shoe
maker then called workman in tho
power house as witness. and Adair
said:
Il killed a pawnbroker in Quincy
April 2, and turned over the watches
to Langford (Wells). / am making
this confession to clear Langford, as
am dying"
AssaiIant Identified.
MACON, Mo-, April 21-The
wounded assailant of Sheriff James
Simmons Of Adams county, ILL.,. and
Officer Robert Bumster Of Quincy,
and the slayer Of f. Vack, the theat-
rical man, on the Chicago Missouri
Limited No. Sc, near Clarence, and
who gave his name as Bert Adair,
was identified by Special Officer
Stamper of the Burlington as Francis
c. Landlord, who was given two
year sentence in June, 1916, for box
car robbery. The prisoner whom
Landlord was attempting to rescue is
said to be his brother, Arthur F. W.
Landlord
Mayor Thompson of Quincy, and
delegation Of officers came over to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21
You Need Not
Suffer from Catarrh

in constant use for over fifty years.
will drive the catarrhal poisons out
of your blood, purifying and strength
ening it, so it will carry vigor and
health to the mucous membranes on
its journeys through your body and
nature will soon restore you to health.
You will be relieved of the droppings
of mucous in your throat. sores in
nostrils, bad breath, hawking and spit-
ting.
All reputable druggists carry S. S. ST.
in stock and we recommend you give
it a trial Immediately.
The chief medical adviser of tfs;
Company will cheerfully answer all iet-
tiers on the subject There is no charge
for the medical advice. Address Swift
Specific Company. Isl Swift Laborri
tory, Atlanta, Ga.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21
But You Must Drive 1t Out of
Your Blood to Get Rid of II
Permanently.

You have probably been in the habit
of applying external treatments. try
ing to cure your catarrh. You have
used sprays, washes and lotions and
possibly been temporarily relieved.
But after a short time you had an
other attack and wondered why. You
must realize that catarrh is an infcc-
ton of the blood and to get per
mancnt relief the catarrh infection
must be driven out of the blood. The
quicker you come to understand this,
the quicker you will get it out of
your system. S. S. S.. which has been
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21
PiIlett Wins REGULAR Job.

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
DIES MONIES. Iowa, April 21.-
Though he lost ten inning game to
the White Sox seconds yesterday, 10
to 0, Herman Pillett, Coast league
hurler won regular job with the
Des Moines Western leaguers.
He pitched good game and lost
through double by Collins and
Henry's single in the last frame
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21

QlS OF QcTS w Ouiu
profit by my advice
and take Lydia E.
Pink h a ms Vege-
table d.
Before / was mar
.ried, when / came
home from work at
night, l would be
just worn out with
pains which dragged
me down. I took
Lydia E. Pinkham's
" g g 9 table Com
~o-~1 o~1 - xoala
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21
Hard to Convince.

ST. Paul Pioneer Press: The days
Of booze are numbered, but nothing but
the actual obsequies will convince the
diminishing class which clings to the
hope of the appearance Of an obstacle
which it cannot even imagine.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21
MRS. DOOLEY'S
ADVICE TO
WORKING GIRLS

Milwaukee, Wis wish ALE girls
who work and suffer from functional
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21
Or. n. B. Hemenway Visits keokuk
! and Confers with Leaders on
Phases Of Community
| Betterment Work.
GARDENS AND CLEAN UP
Also Moves for Contest Among Manual
Training Boys in Construction
of Bird Houses for
keokuk.

DR.. H. B. Hemenway was in keo
kulz today consulting and conferrlng
with several leaders Of various com
munity benefit organizations.
He began with conference with
,, William Aldrich, superintendent OF
schools, and r. l.. Wilson, supervi-
sor. of manual training, at 9 O'Clock.
on the putting on Of contest among
the boys in the construction of bird
houses in the manual training de-
partment of the schools.
At 10 o'clock he had conference
with Miss Florence Talbot, president
of the Civic league, on methods OF
conducting cleanup campaign and
keeping city clean, in addition to
city beautifying. The cleanup week
of the Civic league is this week, and
that campaign is on now.
An Authority on City Welfare.
DR. Hemenway's next conference
was with Miss liza Mitchell, head of
the school garden work of Keokuk,
on that important phase of commu-
nifty life.
He is an officer of the national or
ganization for more gardens and an
officer of the federal government In
that work, having charge OF this dis
trict, which is large one. He lee
lures over large part of America
on school and children's gardens and
is an authority on this as well as on
city beautifying and community vel
fare generally and specifically.
The visit OF DR.. Hemenway was of
much benefit to both, President Tai
bolt OF the Civic league and to Miss
Mitchell of the gardens, they said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21

Clarence today and they took Francis
Landlord, the wounded man, back to
Quincy with them. Soon after he
was taken from the train last night
Francis Landlord, who gave his name
as Bert Adair, made a written state
ment for w. l.. Hamrick, an attor-
ney, and 1t is said he admitted then
killing the pawnbroker. Landlord
quoted some Latin in his statement.
Today, when it seemed more certain
he would get well. he has not been
talking SO much. There is story
that the other Landlord, who made
his escape during the shooting on
the car, was met by q pal in an auto
mobile at Clarence and driven to
Chillicothe, where the car was aban-
doned. Clarence sat up most of the
night with it's sensation. Something
like year ago Irving Morgan of
Kansas City, threw his young wife
from the window Of speeding train
just few miles east of Saturday
nights tragedy.
Suspest Held In Chicago.
CHICAGO, H., April 21.-Edward
Stevens was arrested as he stepped
from Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy train as a suspect in con-
nection with the shooting of Sehriff
James Simmons and Detective
Robert Bumster and the escape Of a
prisoner wanted at Quincy for muir
der, aboard a Burlington train en-
route between Macon and Clarence,
Mo-, Saturday. Stevens was arrested
on description furnished the local
police, and, although denying that he
did the shooting, said he witnessed
it.
Stevens, who said he had just
been released from Leavenworth
prison, after serving fourteen months
for refusal to obey a medical officers
order while in the army, said a man
dressed in white suit shot Bum
ster, and short, fat man shot Sim
mons, whereupon the handcuffed
prisoner leaped from window Of the
moving train and that the men who
did the shooting also jumped from
the train.
Witness is Held.
CHICAGO, April 21.-Edward stew
ems Will be delayed in returning to
HIS ilOlIl5 Ill huSheSOn MICH, TIC 10
being held at the detective bureau for
the police Of Quincy, III.
He was on the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy train at the time Chief Of
Police Robert Bumster and Sheriff
James Simmons of Quincy, H., were
shot, and was witness to the shoot
ing.
The Quincy authorities were return
ing to that city with a man named
Wells, wanted for murder.
THE sheriff was sitting on the out
SIDE of the seat, the prisoner next to
the window" said Stevens. "The chief
sat facing the sheriff. riding back
ward.
THE other side Of Clarence, Mo,
tell man dressed in white came into
the car waving revolver. Everybody
started to get up The man quieted
them, saying, This is no holdup.
Then he very deliberately shot the
sheriff. A short, fat man then rose
up from another part of the car, took
aim, and shot the chief of police.
THE prisoner, who was handcuffed
got up, and he and the other two men
walked to the rear Of the train and
jumped of the observation platform
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-21

36-inch Fancy Dress Silks
ment OF colors; our entire line at special
prices as follows:
$500 values go at ;. $50. S165
$1.75 values go at $149
Get that silk dress now as the silk mar
ket is advancing.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-09
is SPREADING
OVER THE SOUTH.
Fame Of Msrltons Sweeps Over Wide
Territory With Startling Rapldidlt,

In less than year the fame Of
Meritone, the new system medicine
has spread until its name is now q
household word over a territory OF
over a million people and thousands
are taking it.
The demand for Meritone in this
section, as elsewhere, is wonderful,
In larger cities like Nashville, Knox
vile, Chattanooga and the loke the
demand for Meritone reached a phe-
nominal rate, but the demand right
here in this vicinity and in many
similar localities has been almost as
remarkable.
Meritone is now spreading all over
the south with wonderful rapidity.
Thousands of men and women in
many states are taking Meritone and
highly praising it.
Meritone was compounded by =
trained chemist, who put into il the
vegetable ingredients that his exper-
fence had shown him was best far the
ills Of the human system-for ailing
conditions of the stomach, liver and
kidneys, cattarrh, rheumatism and
the like, or as system strengthener.
Meritone is sold exclusively in
Lexington at Stewart Drug Co.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-09
Y. NJ. {. A. Com
munity Service.

In the College Hall last Friday
night Mr.. w. 0. Mangum, of Savan
nah, district Secretary of the Y. NJ
c. A., spoke in the place of Mr.. L. l.
Fonville, who was billed to make al
address but failed to come.
An address of Welcome to return.
ed soldiers was made by Rev. S. f
Wynn and Rev. Fleetwood Ball PAID
eloquent tribute to the memory OF
soldiers from Henderson county. who
had made the supreme sacrifice in
the home camps and overseas, num-
bering ten.
On last Saturday afternoon in the
courthouse. organization under the
reconstruction movement and under
the auspices of the Y. NJ C. A., or
ganization for Henderson county was
effected. with Supt. q. f.. Holmes as
President and ]. A. Deere, Secretary.
An executive committee composed Of
the pastors of Lexington. Revs.
Stricklin, Ball and Wynn, with Prof.
II, A. Powers and Judge l.. Z. John
son. were elected.