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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-03-21
ARREST BANK
HEAD FOR FRAUD
By Associated Press

New York, March 21.-Georee
B. Williams, president Of the Cos
mopolitan Bank, the Bronx, rob-
bed recently, was arrested as he
was leaving St. Vincent s Hospital
charged with falsifying entries in
the books Of the bank
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-03-21
NOTE EXPLAINS
P0SEN BREAK
By Associated Press

Paris, March 21.-A semi offffi- FIJI
clal German note, explaining the
reason for breaking off negocia-
ton at Posen, says sit has been
impossible to reach an agreement
especially regarding the presiden-
cy controlling the situation there.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-03-21
By Associated Press

Paris, March 21.-The Chamber
Of Deputies Of Nuremberg has
voted unanimously to maintain
the independence and autonomy
Of that country, according to ad-
vices here.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-03-21

and desires also that the question
IF It's union with Germany be post
1oned until after the conclusion
II the conference
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-03-21
TEN U-B0ATS
LEAVE HAMBURG
By Associated Press

Basle, March 21.-Ten German
submarines to be delivered to the
Entente powers have left Ham
burg, according to dispatch re-
ceived here.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-03-21
FRENCH GOV.
FOR PROVINCES
By Associated Press

Paris, March 21.- Alexander
Millerand, former minister Of war
is reported to have been appoint.
ed governor Of Alsace-Lorraine.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-03-21
ITALIANS WANT
FIUME ASSIGNED

pul.;:5, March 21.-The Italian
delegation to the Peace Confer
cnce has unanimousl Y decided to
Withdraw from the conference un-
less t';unla is assigned to Italy con
mporaneou>iy with the conclu-
S!nn OF peace
Paris, March 21.-A decision
was reached at the meeting today,
at which full delegation was pre-
sent and presided over by Premier
Orlando. Of Italy, and Immediate
y communicated to the powers,
that Colonel House, Of the Amer
lean Nission promised Orlando
that he would present within a
few days a project concerning
the ltaiian-.Jugo-Slav frontier
which, il is hoped. will settle the
dispute.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-03-21
COTTON MARKET

closing Prices
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-29
IOWANS MUST
CONTINUE FIGHT
Tubecuisois is Still Dreadful Plague
in State and Needs to Be Wiped
Out--Many Lives Lost Each
Year From Disease.

Tuberculosis is still menace to
be bitterly fought in Iowa, according
TO statistics available at the state
Ihouge. In 1913 there were $40 vic
tins between the ages OF 20 and 80
whose deaths were attributed TO the
white plague. The total deaths from
tuberculosis In Iowa in 1913 were
n ,563. In 1910 the deaths were 1893
In number.
or the deaths listed for 1918, fifty
eight victims were under 15 years of
age. One hundred and forty-flve dead
between the ages OF Is and 20. The
greater number OF deaths occurred
among those between the ages OF 20
and 30, there being $50 such victims.
Two hundred and sixteen deaths
came between the ages OF 30 and IS:
40 between the ages Of IS and 40:
and 1872 between the ages OF 40 and
20.
Those dying from tuberculosis be-
tween the ages OF IL and so should
have attained the average age Of
1856 years.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-29
MANLY ELECTIONS
IN COMING YEAR
----------------
There Will be City Primary and Eicc.
tion and School Election Az
IN First Three
Months.
JUNE AND NOVEMBER
Primaries for State and County and
Election Both National and
State in Novenl-
Der.

The politcal pot is going 10 40
saraa boiling in 1920. The voters are
gninn 10 have plenty Of OPPORTUNITY
~ EXERCISE the rights Of suffrage ana
fl,pre viii be three elections IN the
ts,sf threa months OF the coming
year. ~,
This is going to be the year Tor
civ politics. Although some people
are insisting that the pots are SIM,
naeri5,g already, the majority OF
neo,,le here are waiting patiently foF
fs,a covers to be lifted that they may
taste Of the city political soup. Inc
esfy urinary and election come IA
the month Of March.
At the city han it has been he7lred
ft,at the last day for fling papers TOT
fhe city election viii be March 3, ana
that fhe election VIII be March ~,
with tIe primaries two weetss peieIs
that time
There win be a school election IN
March. also. This Is usually milo
AFFAIR. except that nore votes usaaliy
Ara casf when it comes in the same
year as city elections
n June there Will be the state prl-
snarfes for state, and county once
nolajrat lions and then in November
win come the election both nationat
and STATE. Just who will be the can
didates FOR Offices on the county ana
state tickets so far as they AFFECT this
district remains to be seen. There
* considerable uT4dercurrent OF talk
In relation TO one or two OF the
oFlces, but nothing more dennate as
yet.
That there viii be new element
and d strong one to be figured on N
the elections this spring and fail ~
the soldier vote, is conceded by all
Of th6 politicians and would-be cam
didates.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-29
Five stars in show

/ United Press Leased Wire Service. !
! JERSEY CITY. N j., Dec 70
II two boxing champions will appear
a an a1l-star show here tonight
johnny Kilbane. feather weight
rahampion OF the world, viii meet
/ Ioung CLANCY. a Z. F. title holder
% .ngie Rather A. q. r. middle weight
Lrhampion. will meet Harry Greb
| fiddle weight champion of the
- United States navy Gene Tunney
ku. H. r. heavy weight champion, will
beet Bob Pearce. Chicago. In add
tnon. Al Reich and Tom Cower
eayy weights, will clash All bouts
re scheduled for eight rounds.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-29
MOVING PICTURES
Grand Tonioht.

II you are looking for good hearty
laugh you'd better go to the Grand
tonight and see Dorothy Gish in
Nugget Nell" burlesque play OF
the wee-ifd and wee-ooIy west. Doro.
thy takes the role OF a ferocious gun
woman Yea, there's villain In It,
too, and sheriff an everything, and
TO top the program off Mack Swain
will be seen in one OF his newest
comedies. Come early. Regular
prices.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-29
swedish Ship IL port.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. !
NEW YORK. Dec. 2g1--The Swedish
cr1iiger F1ygia arrived here late yes-
terday from Bermuda, more than a
week over due. No swedish war yes.
sol had been in this port since tho
FIygia brought Prince Wilhelm, heir
to the swedish crown, for q tour Of
the United States, twelve years ago.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-29
JOHNSON IS
BEST PITCHER
According to Averages Of American
League Senator Has Won
Crown for Season
OF 1919.
/ tBy Henry Il Farrell United Press

n fBy Henry i. Farrell United Press
staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Dec %. - Walter
Ii johnson, the "oId reliable" Of the
Senators. has won the 1919 pitching
crown in the American league.
le The speed king, handicapped BY
sx backing that was not the best In the
league, was the most effective hurler
sT5n the younger circuit, according to
tsTe averages released today by Presi-
dent Ban johnson. He pitched $50
innings, allowed 235 hits in 80 games,
!. issued 81 passes; struck out 147; hit
seven batters, All for an average OF
c149
Eddie Cicotte, star iron man Of the
WIiteSox, is second with 1S2. Then
syeflraan, st. Louis, 2,07; Mays, New
rTork, RIO; Sothoron, 81. Louis, I'D;
EHsnanR, Cleveland, 2.50; Ceveleskie,
Cleveland, Isl
Johnson was also the strike out
King Of the eircuit He sent 14T
katsers back 70 the bench via the
y9hfff route. Shaw, hfs team mate
was second with f26 and Claude vii
Eiaras, Gfeason's left handed ace, vas
ethifd, with 125.
ID Williams showed fhs greatest ten
dency ii the league TO plant tls bail
5n the anatoDomy Of batters. He hit
& eleven during the season. Myers,
!, g8tIeFeiand; Mays, New York. and
!, S01horon, st. Louis, hit ten each.
~ T5flrnke, one of, Hugh Jennings hurl-
Is eFs. was the most liberal tosser Of the
!, Johnson flock He issued a total Of
,Dl87 free tickets. Bob Shawkey Of the
n, aakees, was second with 80. Shaw,
gf Washington, walked 98.
~ Washington had trio Of the wild
list heavers in the league, Shaw had
ZEN wild pitches. Harper nine and
s Erickson had eight.
ii Al trio Of hurlers broke into the
! 5aik column with pair Of hesitations.
4 HThey were Kinney Of the Athletics.
tae Harper, Of Washington, and Sothoron,
.3f St Louis
G. Cfeotte, noted SHINE ballaT 81 he
II TIsague champions, did more than any
,,d the Indians was the tightest with
vi Jitehed 307 innings. Shaw next with
ef0s98 and then Coveleskie with 296
NIL Among the regular workers Morton
te IF the Indians was the tightest with
hlltits. He allowed 128 in rs games. His
~ ,Hable mate UhIe gave one more in
sbf, he same number Of games, Mays. the
III toted rebel gave 131 in II games
). e30veleskie allowed the greatest mum
~, ief Of hits 2SG in AZ games. Shaw
! gas found for TAG in A games and
Williams for 265 in Al games.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-29
SPIRIT WORLD
BOOKS ULAR
Keokuk is Succunrbing to interest in
This N.sv Phase OF Things Just
50 otaer ciefcs il, State
1ayc.
SEEKING INFORMATION
War Books arc Losing Their Popular
ity Now and Only Small Boys
are Deyctecs Of Americas
Glory Tales.
SEEKING INFORMATION

Keokulc people are Interested IN
spiritualisn and the question OF COM
munication with the spirit world II
the kind Of books they are asking
for at the KeolSuk public library ~
any criterion. Sir Oliver Lodge and
Margaret Cameron are being taken
our on more cards than some OF the
old staudbys, and IN ehs literary diet
of sone OF the patrons OF the library
fiction has disappeared while these
more solid books are taking It's place
II don't know any more about the
subject than I did" is the way many
of these readers express themselves
when they return the books, but they
are keeping at it and reading the
latest books On the subject. Whether
some are believers or nog no one can
know for a surety, but there Is one
guess, and that Is tEat certain
group OF readers who have been more
or less Interested in the spirit world
books for number Of years, are get
ting solid comfort oEt Of all Of the
late volumes on the subject
This fad, for it is JUST ABOUT In that
proportion now, is ex5eEslins all over
the state, and KeokuH aas been hit
along with the rest Of the cities- The
articles appearing n the current
magaziaes have probably given an
impetus to the revival CT the interest
In the spirit world.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-29
Hippodrome.

Mildred Harris Chaplin will be
seen tonight and tomorrow afternoon
and evening for the frst times show
Ing in Keolyuk, in Lois Weber's photo
dramatic wonder play, 'Home.'
Poor foolish little Mile Rankin!
She thought the greatest treasures In
me world were riches and high
social position. And she wanted 10
marry q rich man. SO she angled for
the heart Of man about-town who
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-29
Carp honorcd il japan.

New Orleans Timcs-Picayune Even
In Japan the jellyfish Is in I'll repute,
since that creature. once a boned fish
like the carp, was beaten to jelly by
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-29
Colonial.

Il
Fair and Warmer" breezy farce
comedy, featuring May Allison. Will
be the main attraction at the Colo
NAL theater New Years. This Is
from the sparkling pen Of avery Hop
wood, one OF the most prominent
riaywrights in the business, and az
fords the star a splendid chance to
display her abilities as 2 coincidence
'eBfanry'' fs forced to while the even
ing away with Billy Bartlett. whose
wife holds to the theory that hus-
bands should be left at home when
lovers are about And Billy, In his
stgpfd way, tells "Bianny' that he Ia
going to play game just ike her
husband. And so the truth dawns on
her that Jack Is not perfect. Not by
a jugfal,
Ard "BIanny" and Billy proceed to
get uproariousIy drunk, and when
their. respective better halves arrive
home the scene that greets them is
a compromising one. to say the least.
The result Of the affair finds Jack
thoroughly tanned and Laura content
t. remain a dueifEi wife. Ths pie-
ture unsolds a pienitude Of high
spirited action that is 5kilfnIly
handled by the anthor, and tho
scenes offer the players good oppor-
tunities TO bring out their fun-making
powers.
Eli Hart and Fatty Arbuckle to-
night
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-29

had no visible means Of suDporr-be-
cause she thought he was rich. But
he was ouIT playing with her aHec-
tions He was using her az blind
TO cover hts little affair with another
woman. It's a real promotion and
enc you are not apt To forget No
ADVANCE In prices. Also wild Waves
and Women" Come early.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-29

lis king because he allowed himself
to be gulled and outwitted by a mon
key. But the carp is honored and
sung, and every Japanese boy looks
forward to the day he may, IL called
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-29

received from man helped through
our Office. He was in hospital for
an operation on his foot.
al have the pleasure OF telling you
that the splint has been taken on
and I am walking very Well lose
my head when thins OF what u
might have been if you had not taken
up my case when you did. So am
writing TO you and trying 70 express
how deeply grateful am
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-29
war Books Less Popular.

another thing perhaps that lends
a boost to this kind OF reading Ia
the association with the war, and tho
fact that one boojc that is popular is
written with a view to comforting
gold star mothers. II is called Tiny
Son Laveth.1
War books are on the shelves In
the library now. People are just
about fed up on most Of these, and
the librarians have few calls for
them. This fact is rather opposite
to Rupert Hughes iGea that war
books and stories would stili remain
popular. The small boy who is gloat-
ing over the feats OF the doughboy
ID about the most popular patron OF
the war stories right now.
An interesting new book which has
been received IL the one in which
the story Of the American Library agso-
citation in the war Is tod. 1t Is illus
tfated with many pictures in camps
and biliets.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-29

on. meet the chopper with the same
stoical behavior.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-29
oufia and Planehetee.

In some Of the cities the interest
lis turning TO information about the
souiia board and the like, bat there
seems to be 10 SUCH interest display
ed here, although the ouija board has
lost none OF It's popularity as a par
Tor pastinae. There are some people
who still cling to the i6ea that it can
answer their questions, while the
most Of people who are dsvotees are
sucn Ia the same spirit a. the bridge
fan, Just to see what luck they'll
have.
Some Of the readers OF Margaret
Cameron are interested IN knowing
more about the pIanehette board,
which she ases in one OF the stories,
and they have asked the Librarians
for further information about It.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-29

The whip-poor-will builds no nes!!'
but deposits Its eggs on the GROUND
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25
A vuLTURE FOUGHT A FLYER.
Huge Bird Forced Poulet. on Austral
 ian Flight, to Land

Moulmain. Burma, Dec 17.--Lieut. Etienne Poulet, the Frenehman who eeently yielded the Paris-Australia
 ir race to Capt. Ross Smith is safe
 ere today after a battle in the air with a huge yulture, which broke a
 ropeller of his machine and forced
 i'm to land on a small plateau in the mountains.
 Lieutenant Poulet left Bangkok, Siam. December 6, two hours after Captain Smith, and direct word of his flte had been lacking until last night, when he landed here in his machine
 The French aviator, in relating his xperiences today. said he noticed his gathered attacker while flying at an ltitude of one thousand feet above mountain peaks in Siam, about one undred miles east of Moulmain The he said, circled for a while yer the aircraft, which was making lttle speed because of weather condi- tons, then dived straight downward, triking and shattering the right pro peller.
 Discovering 1t would be impossible ontinue the journey. Lieutenant Pou- ct searched the mountain tops for alf an hour before a suitable landing lace could be found. He made his own repairs and continued to this ity.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25
PRISON TERMS FOR
 l. W. W. MEMBERS
Twenty seven at Kansas Found Guil- N of Conspiracy--Sentences of Three to Nine Years--Hailed As
 Victory for Government.

Kansas City Dec Federal Judge John C. Pollock late yesterday passed sentence on 27 members of the sndastrial Workers of the World, Sound guilty yesterday by jury in the federal District Court in Kansas City Kan. of conspiracy against the gov- xrument The sentences ranged from khree to nine years in the federal pen- ncntfary at Leavenworth, Kan
 Judge Pollock granted the defend ants go days in which to perfect an appeal He did not sentence V. w. Hsvons. the defenant who yesterday changed his plea from not guilty to guilty. Court officials said Lyons would be sentenced later.
 John McCafrey, another defendant, had been adiudged insane before the beginning of the trial and now is in 1he Wyandotte county jail Michael Quinn, Secretary of the l. w. w., is now in jail at Omaha. James Davis. K A. Lambert and Thomas ODay are fugitiyes and were not affected by fhe verdict George H. Yarlott, who disappeared in the course of the trial Aere. was found guilty.
 List of Penalties.
 C. w. Anderson of Minneapolis, &finn,. secretary treasurer of the az xiculfural and oil workers branch in Kansas and Oklahoma, was sentenced Ae serve nine years in prison, ''and un- eRl the costs of this prosecution are vaaae F. J Gallagher, travelling re srasentatiye of the l. w. w. in Mis- s0Rri and Kansas, received an Swear santence. Sentence of seven and one AAIf years were pronounced upon Phil Reas Eastman, Wenzil Francik, Oscar R Gordon and Michael Eapper East man had been described ''as the brains af the organization He is a man of eduration Five-year sentences were gwen to Albert Barr, said to have keen tarred and feathered at Tulsa, Dkia.. Fl. M. Boyd, Samuel Forbes and Morris Hecht S. B. Hicoek and Leo Stark, drew sentences of four and one naif years. Four-year sentences were prununeed upon A. M Blumberg and Gxarry Drew. Sentences of three and suss half years were awarded to J. Higgins, E. J. Huber, Harry McCarl Frank Patton, Robert Poe, and John wahlAcrg. The following received s=ree-year sentences: George Wen- ger, Carl .Schnell, Paul Maihak, Ernest Meaning and Fred Grau.
 To Penitenntiary at Once.
 All the convicted men will be taken sD the Federal prison at Leavenworth today
 Each of the defendants was given 1a opportunity to make statement before sentence was pronounced Phi naas Eastman said that fires in the lumber districts Of the South, refer red 10 fn his letters. were started by xha lumber companies to clear off un- aerbrush and dead grass.
 The verdict was halle as a victory Gar Americanism by the government attorneys.
 Tt stamps the l. w. w. as in a conspiracy to overthrow the govern naeut. said Fred Robertson, United States attorney, who has had charge sf the case.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25

With Denikin's Army, Tsaritzin Dec. K9.-No one who has had the op- portunity of observing the women of mon -Bolshevist Russia, which 1 have Azd while accompanying Denikin's Army. can fail to be imprest by their Acroism.
 In 1915 1 heard of the Womens $ Battalion of Death, but never believed an 1t. Recently l saw a troop of Cos xarks leave Tsaritzin for the outer de- fences. % per cent of whom were Young girls. The circumstances in ztich the Russian nurses work would Brighten a British V. A. D. l have seen them sleeping amid mud and &ikh. have seen them tearing up their Khite headdresses to make bandages fer the wounded (there is no such thing as a properly equipped medical service in Denikin's army). and l have xaet them on the road clothed literally n only little print skirt and Brit ash army jersey.
 know of one girl who went into action with the Fifth Don Cavalry Brigade a month ago. She penetrat- n& the Rolshevist front lines, sabring gamers, and fighting like man until aae brigade was brought to stand xkfL when she swung herself from kmr horse and began her errand of n1ercy among the wounded Cossacks. She was recently awarded the St. eseorge's Cross by Denikin for having '4aoand up fourteen wounded men un- aasr heavy fire"
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25
KANSAS BABIES ON PRIZE LISTS.
"Worth More Than Animals Any
 Day." Concordia Woman Pleaded.

Concordia, Kas., Dec. 20.-After lively discussion here today, managers of the soil products and live stock show were told unless the list of pri- zes for babies would be as high as that for live stock women would not parti- cipate
 We have been spending money for livestock prizes for years" a repres- totive of mothers club said, and it's about time babies got in on the big money. Fine babies are worth more than fine animals any day"
 Directors of the show ordered the prize list to give babies a square deal and arrangements will be made for 1920 show to have baby annex, where five hundred babies from Northern Kansas will be entered. The baby prize list will total more than SS,000, it was said
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25
HEROIC DOG CARRIES LINE
 FROM sHiPWREcK TO SHORE

Curling, N. F., Dec. 17.-Passengers and crew of the coastal steamer Ethie, sumbering s2 persons, were brought ashore on a life line which was run to zand by New Foundland dog after khe vessel piled up on Martens point.
 BnafS eauld not make the hazard s1S passage. An effort to shoot the line ashore failed when 1t became caught Men did not dare attempt the trip and the dog was put overheard
 Directed by officers of the Ethie, the intelligent animal succeeded in re- leasing the rope and. holding it tight iy in his teeth, fought his way thru the breakers to the shore.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25
NEW BRUNSWICK LEGION
 BARS EXTREMIST PAPERS
{By International News Service. ]

New Brunswick, N. J., Dec. HEX tremist papers have been barred from sale here by activity of the American Legion, and a crusade against sale of German toys is to be undertaken.
 Several papers barred from mails were on sale in foreign section and the Legion men enlisted aid of patri- otic organizations and visited each newspaper dealer All have agreed to stop selling the objectionable papers
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25
RAID BY SINN FEINERS.
Held Railroad Employes Prisoners at
 Cork Terminus.

Cork, Dec. 1.-Two hundred Sim Fciners raided the Cork railway ter minus at midnight, masked men hold sng up the employees at the points of reyolvers. The clerks were driven from their offices and the engineers aud firemen from their locomotives. The signal men were forced to quit 2heir shelter and all the railway men khus rounded up were kept prisoners m a warehouse for an hour. The ter snlnus is only 200 yards from the principal police station, but the raid passed unnoticed by the police. It is believed that the raiders were seeking aausignment of ammunition intend ed fisr the coast forts.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-25

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