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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-04
ctor Grayson Says Condition is About the
Same, With Slight Improvement Early
This Morning.
)PE TURNING POINT IS REACHED
|nsultations by Physicians With no One
Allowed in Sick Room Excepting
Members of Family.

ited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
|ASHINGToN, Oct 4-President
kon's condition This morning was
VI the same, according to unoffi-
information at the white house
o'clock
he president is still "praveiy Ill.,
. showed a slight improvement
evening. Hope was expressed
he white house that this improve.
ht, recorded by Or. Cary T. Gray.
. last official bulletin, would
X the turning point IN his illness
that he would show steady pro-
is today.
i. Francis X. Oereum, PhiIadeI-
nerve specialist, was due IN
khington this morning for an
er consultation with Or. Grayson
the other physicians attending
president
was emphasized at the white
be that no alarm should be feIt
Dr.. Dercum's visit ~ Il was
hnoed when he first came into the
several days ago that he would
be back to Washington for con-
s.ion today.
he presidents physical condition,
Was learned unosficiafiy, was good
an early hour this morning His
be was normal and there has been
high temperature.
ne program of absolute isolation
n affairs outside his bedroom was
continue in force In the presi-
rs case today. Mrs. Wbson, his
se and physicians were % be his
y visitors.
Pr. Grayson's latest official state
PIT, made at 10 p. m, said:
THE presidents CONDITION today 10
ut the same with srIoht Inn
3vement.v
five members Of the family were
the white houss today. They
Re w. G. McAdoo and Mrs. Nc
|po; Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, Mar
fet Wilson and J. r. Wilson, the
Psldents brother VINO resides in
fillmore. MeAdoo had intended to
|urn to New York last night, but
tnsed his mind and decided to re-
IN over today at leas,.
Despite the presidents illness, the
|siness Of the government must
Peeed as usual. Secretary Lansing
+ called meeting of the cabinet
Monday. He will preside. This
Pinet meeting will discuss the most
essing matters before the govern.
Fnt and probably will make plans
the International labor confer
zee which is to convene in Wash
eton this month.
There were no evidences Of excite
ent outside the white house early
cay, no curious crowds, nothing TO
dicate that the president Of the
nised States lay seriously III there.
occasional automobile rolled slow
up the sweeping drive to the
ateiy, piliared portiO. In the wing
'ich houses the executive offices,
= motto seemed to be Business as
ual-' Clerks and stenopraphers
re at work. The telegraph de.
rtment Of the white house, in fact,
,s buster than ever, due to the
iume Of teieg-sns and cableqrams
!. sympathy and expressions for
i'son's speedy recovery which were
uring In from all parts Of the
'rid. Mrs. Wilson Is reading many
these, but the president ls too i'll
see them. The Newspaper re.
rters' room at the white house
We some indication Of the situa-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-04

tIon. Il was crowded. Word has
been received at the white house
that the king and queen of the Bel.
qians, now in New York, will make
very quiet tour Of the United
States, due to the illness of the presi.
dent. After visiting Boston and Buff
falo, these advices said, they will 90
10 quiet place in California until
October IA, when they visit San
Francisco. Ii is hoped that Wilson'S
date that the king and queen can
fulfill their engagements enroute
east.
Secretary Tumulty has been in
close touch with the presidents de.
slres In matters Of state and in re-
gard to the Industrial conference
which opens here Monday, and is
ready to carry them out Cabinet
members are swars Of the presi-
dents ideas in affairs touching the
various departments, and ii was
stated on semi-offieiai authority that
all administration business would be
disposed Of while Wilson is iii in
accordance with policies he has al
ready enunciated.
Among teiearams received at the
white house during the night was
one from Cardinal Mereier, saying:
Accept my sympathy. ! pray for
your prompt recovery"
Senator Hitchcock, leader OF the
administration forces in the treaty
fight, said with regard to Wilson's
illness: "it is terrible thing for the
United States, and believe for the
other nations, that the president
should be at this time upon a sick
bed. Unouestionabiy he is exhausted
because of his enormous lsbors in
the cause of peace. He sacrificed
his health and strength in a great
cause"
The president today was able to
take nourishment, il was learned, but
his appetite Is very poor. Early today
he appeared to have given himself
over to Or. Grayson's treatment more
than in the past during this Illness,
permitting himself to relax COM
pietIy. There has not been COM
plete breakdown, it Was stated at the
white house, but the president is IN
danger of one If the utmost care IS
not exercised. In the language OF one
Of his attendants, ne is peiieSeo 70
be skating on thin iee.'
Doctor Goes to White House.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Oct 4.-Dr.
Francis X. Dercum, nerve specialist
of this city, LEFT for Washington at
7:20 o'clock this morning. He will
reach the capitol at 1880 and VIII go
directly to the white house
DR.. Dercum will remain with the
president throughout the day, it is
expected, returning to Philadelphia
this evening.
Consultation at 10 O'CLOCK.
WASHINGTON Oct. I 10 a. N.
DR.. Grayson was at President VIII
sons bedside for considerable time
this morning. AT this hour an OIL
cial statement was momentarliy ex.
pected. 1t was unofficially reported
the president was about the same.
DR.. e. r. Stitt, head of the naval
medical school, and DR.. Sterling Rnf-
fin. Mrs. Wilson's family physician,
went into consultation with DR.. Gray
CONTINUED on page p
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-04
Steamer is ASHORE

WASHINGTON Oct 4.-The naval
radio today picked up an S. o. S call
from the United States shipping board
steamer Passaic Bridge saying that
she was ashore OFF Barnegat light.
The commander of the third nayal dis
trict has been ordered to render as
sistance-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-04
AMERICAN
SHIPS OF WAR
Twelve of Them Said to Have Arriu
ed Off Dafmatian Coast at the
Port OF Spa
Isto.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
BASLE, Oct Twelve American
warships havs arrived at Spalato Dali
malta, according TO a Central Agency
dispatch from Laibach today.
American naval forces in the Al
riatic were last reported to include
two cruisers and a number of destroy
ers-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-04
NEXT WEEK
BRINGS FROST
Long Range Weather Forecast Says
to Prepare for Cold Nip
Early Part of Coming
Week

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l ]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. Weekly
weather forecast:
Upper Mississippi and lower Mis-
souri, valleys-Generally fair, lower
Temperatures and frost first Of the
week, followed by normal temperature.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-04
Rabbis Urge Congregations
Not to Forget Illness of
Wilson.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
CHICAGO, Oct. 4.-Solemn prayers
for the recovery of President Wilson
were said In synagosues here today.
Rabbis urged their congregations not
TO forget the executives Illness. Pas
tors of all denominations announced
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-04

The Anglican synod of Canada, by
large majority, refused TO admit
women as delegates
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-04
King at Luncneon.

NEW YORK, Oct 4-The king to,
day attended a luncheon in the
Bankers club, given by the commits
sion for Belgian relier
Thanks to you, gentlemen, Bel
GUM did not perish TIE KING said
in an address. And now she asks
to be able to resume her place
among the producing nations of the
world Today she is applying all OF
her energy TO the WORK OF economic
reconstruction and is trying by heI
labor TO merit that sympathy which
the great American nation vouch'
safed her in her misfortune"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-04
Pank Clerk Said to Have Con
fessed to Taking s100, ,0cO
to Gamble.

united Press Leased Wire Service. i
Lou ANGELES. Calf. Oct. A.
ccused ef smbezbling 100000 from
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-04
Ambassador Calls.

NEW YORK, Oct brand Whit,
lock, former minister to Belgium, as
sumed the rank of ambassador to
that country late yesterday when he
presented his credentials to King
Albert in the latter's suite at the
Waldorf Astoria. This is the first
time in history. it is believed, that
a ruling sovereign has received a
foreign diplomats credentials on the
latter's own soil.
Whitlock is the first American am
bassador to Belgium.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-04
Offers spsei.aI Prayer.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 4. =
President II. J. Grant, opening the
semi-annual conference CT the Nor
mon church, offered a special prayer
for the speedy and complete recoy-
cry of President Wilson.
In an address to the conference,
President Grant denounced mob yfo-
lence. He spoke against the closed
hop principle advocated by IaooF
uuJnnG
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-04
Albert of Belgium Takes Trip
Over New York City in
Airship This
Morning.
QUEEN IS NOT WELL
All Arrangements for Ceremonies
Have Been Cancelled W4sile
President Wilson
Is Sick

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
NEW YORK, Oct 4.-king Albert
Of Belgium, accompanied by Count
D'Oultremont, member of his party
flew over New York this morning In q
naval hydro-airplane, spending hall
an hour in the air.
"It was fine trip and the sighf
was wonderful" the king said.
Escorted by two secret service men.
the king left his hotel at eight o'clock,
proceeding to Seth street where he
boarded the plane on the bank Of the
Hudson river.
King Albert has cancelled arrange
ments for his tour of the United
states owing to President Wilson
Illness.
The program for the entertainment
of the Belgian royal party in Boston
tomorrow and in Buffalo on Monday
will remain unchanged, but from the
latter city King Albert, Queen Eliza
beth, Prince Leopold and their reunue
viii go direct to the Pacific coast,
travelling incognito. There they will
remain quietly at some point in Cali
fornia until Oct. II, when they will go
10 San Francisco TO resume their tour,
il the presidents condition Is suffi-
ciently improved in the meantime.
The king also cancelled a theater
marty last night. 1t was believed, how
ever, that the royal party would carry
out the program arranged for today.
Breckenridge Long, third assistant
secretary of state. in announcing the
kings change in plans, said that the
king was partly influenced by the
queen, who is not particularly we'll"
The royal party remained at the
Waldorf Astoria last night where they
were guests of the Belgian ambassa-
dor at e private dinner.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-04
PRAYERS FOR PRESIDENT
BY JEWS AND MORM0NtS

today they Will include prayers Tor
the presidents recovery IN serfiees
tomorrow.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-04

The Telegraph Service of The
Daily Gate City and Constitu.
ton n-Democrat is received over
our own leased wire.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-04
Consultation at 10 O'CLOCK.

CONTINUED on page p
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-04
THE WEATHER

Probably Showers. Cooler. Lo-
cal temp. Z p. m, 81; Z a. M, 20.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
FUNERAL A PICNIC FOR DOG
Rover Had Quite a Good Time Whiis
on His Way to His Last
Resting Place. ,

A big pic2lc was planned and was
slated TO transport the refreshments
and a crowd Of relatives to the picnic
grounds, writes a correspondent Of the
Chicago Tribune. l placed the boxes
and baskets containing the sand
wlches, cake. fried chicken, ETC., in q
trailer, hitched the trailer to my car.
already filed TO overlooking, and start
ed gayly on my way.
A huge dog belonging TO my aunt &C.
companied us, and | had the misfOr.
tune to run the heavily loaded ma.
chine over him, killing him instantly,
as we all thought. My aunt vas deep
ly affected and insisted that / take
Rover's body along and bury 1t be
side the river. / loaded the dogs car
cass into the trailer and started on
again, but not so gayly.
When W. reached the picnic grounds
and | reconnoitered in my trailer i be
held Rover sitting up licking his chops
as large as life, or larger, i should
say, for he had devoured all our pro
visions.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Elephants Picnic.

An act not down on the program
was given without charge the other
day in the old seaport town of Mar
blehead Mass, when four elephants
of a small circus, named with fine ala
lied patriotism General Foch, General
P~ershing, General Haig, and Princess
Fat, jumped a stone wall, escaped the
circus, and took to the woods. The
personnel of the circus, acrobats,
riders, clowns and canvasmen, fol-
lowed, and so did many of the towns
people and half a dozen policemen,
but the elephants made for the woods
first and there they spent the day with
a large and ~appreciative audience
watching on the outskirts. Peanuts
and bananas, usually Il temptation to
elephants, failed to entice them from
their New England jungle; but as twi-
light fell, and habit suggested feed
ing time, the big beasts came peace
fully out of the woods and allowed
the trainer and his assistants to lead
them back TO the circus grounds. And
all Marblehead went home to belated
suppers.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
WHY SADNESS IN OLD AGE
Too True That the Two Things Ar,
Frequently Associated, but
Should Not Be.

II is a common belief that as a per
son advances in years he becomes no
only a wiser but "a sadder man. Tha'
one should gain knowledge rs he grows
older is thoroughly in order. but tina
he should become increasingly bur
dened with the cares Of life and sad
dened because Of hopes that have no
been fulfilled is not a necessary cOndi
ton.
1t is true that the clouds that gathel
about the setting sun do take a sobc!
coloring from an eye that has 1ept
watch in mans mortality, to para
phrase Wordsworth a bit, and that tn,
thought Of constantly lesSening activi
ty and prospects which age entails is
enough to make one pause and cOnsid
er. But consideration that goes fan
enough will reveal that all time, wheth
er Of this world or another, is an I'm
ending opportunity for progression.
After all, the whole matter Of age is
something that has to do with the mine
rather than the body. And when the
body begins TO fail, when gray hairs
appear, the step becomes less springy
sleep more difficult and JOY in thing
that used to please an impossibility
sadness should not be the result.
The mind is a great crucible which
receives and tr~ansfuSes in some fash
ion impressions from all the objects
and facts Of life. The will is the mas
ter which determines what the trans.
fusion shall be-. a man can let his will
relax or he can keep it active, regard.
less Of age. He can make of his eX.
iStenCe a heaven or q hell, whether he
be old or young, rich or poor, in a
favored spot of the earth, on desert
soil or fallen on evil days.
Exercise Of the win cannot at last
stave off death, and it may not induce
prolonged health or material welfare.
But 1t can aid in all these things, and
entirely regardless of its material ac-
cOmplishments, the will that is kept
properly on the alert car lead him in
hope.
"Oh, well for him whose will is
strong"
For him whose will is weak, or rath-
er allowed to become weak, there is
Joy neither in a sunset nor a sunrise,
And even the bright light Of MONDAY
will only dazzle and bewilder, rather
than encourage and inspire.
The strong will sees endlessly, "be-
yond the sunset and the paths of all
the western stars" 1t strengthens a
man in hope and leads him to see I'M
limited possibilities as the years pass.
Sadness is the last thing that ought to
characterize age.-Kansas City Star.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
SAVED TWO FAMOUS PICTURES
Old Masters Taken by British Officer
From the Ruins Of Ypres
Cathedral.

The king of the Belgians will shortly
have returned to him two famous pic
lures which were rescued, four years
ago, from Ypres cathedral. 1t APP
pears that during the bOmbardment Of
Ypres in 1915 a young British artil-
lery officer noticed inside the cathe-
dral, which was being heavily Shelled,
that the only things not shattered by
German fire were two large Flemish
masters, dated 1000, hanging some 20
feet high on the walls. How to get
them and save them for Belgium was
the question which Immediately pre-
sented itself. The officer called two
private soldiers TO help him, and with
the aid Of some long gas pipes which
had been blown down by the German
fire, and two large hooks, the pictures
were lowered TO the ground. The Of
tcer, Lieutenant Daniels, II. A.. then
cut the pictures out Of their frames
and put them in n large sack, which he
used for a time rs Il bed. In the end
he took them to London, where, with
the approval Of the Belgian minister,
they have been placed on exhibition
prior TO being returned TO King Albert
at Brussels.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
In the Mazy WhirI.

Eleanor, five, had seen her first
dance. She was frankly delighted
watching the dancers. but had little
t. say when She got home that eve
ming.
The next morning mamma told her
TO tell daddy about the dance. that
daddy had never seen a dance. She
explained it thus to daddy
well, you see, daddy, they sort OF
cuddle up with their hands out this
way on one side and hug with the
other hands and then they scrapc their
feet on the floor and sort of up
one side of the floor, scraping their
feet, and down the other other side"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
How Laundering Affects Clothes.

After thirty washings with hard
soap, soda, sodium silicate and per-
borate, respectively, linen and cotton
textiles showed higher strength values
with hard water than with soft water.
With soft water sodium silicate show
ed a distinct injurious action on cot.
ton and perborate was still more harm
full. Goods washed with soap improve
in luster and show a brilliant white
color by reflected light; goods wash.
ed in soda show a strong yellow in
transmitted light with a slight shade
Of pink by reflected light they appear
slightly gray. After washing with sill
icate the goods are white but quite
without luster, being dull and chalky,
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
NOT AN UNNATURAL ERROR
Inquirer Might Be Excused for Think
Ing Old Lady Mas Gone
Beyond Recall.

Concerning tRe cheese that made
Limburg famous, n bulletin of he Ma
tional Geographic society quotes a
communication from William Wisner
Chaplin as follows:
"Limburg is sometimes called the
garden Of Holland. OF the celebrated
relish known as Limburger. cheese 1t
has long been a query how al article
of food made from delicious material
and considered such u delicacy can
possess so obnoxious an odor and still
retail It's self-respect. This peculiarly
has made Limburger cheese RESPONSE
BILE for many amusing incidents.
"A Dutch-American rural citizen once
went TO town to make some purchases.
among which was some Of this odorif-
erous commodity. For convenience he
placed Ii in a long box In the wagon
behind the seat. Happening to stop
on the road. an inquisitive acquaint-
ance approached and asked what the
box contained.
"In answer he raised the lid and re.
piled, Il have my grandmother
well, reJoined the inquirer, as he
caught a Whit of the contents, she's
not I'm a trance"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Torpedo Dius Own Tunnel.

Added TO the list Of interesting but
lardy war inventions is a so-called
"earth torpedo" Of Canadian origin,
described by Popular Mechanics Mag
azine. 1t bores its s~ubterranean way
undetected toward the enemy lines,
and then explodes with great force.
The burrowing operation is hydraulic.
The nose of the torpedo Is equipped
with an ingenious boring nozzle, and
takes with 1t q length of hose, which
a pump in the trench supplies with
water at 300 pounds pressure. This
part of the performance is silent. In
a test the device burrowed for 200 feet
and then blasted out an excavation
20 feet across.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
SAFE, GENTLE REMEDY
BRINGS SURE RELIEF

For 200 years GOLD MEDAL Haar-
ity to withstand attacks Of kidney,
liver, bladder and stomach troubles
and all diseases connected with the
urinary organs, and to build up and
restore to health organs weakened by
disease. These most important organs
must be watched, because they filter
and purify the blood; unless they do
their work you are doomed.
WEAKNESS, sleeplessness, nervous
ness, dependency, backache, stomach
trouble, pains in the loins and lower
abdomen, gravel, rheumatism, s~ciatica
and lumbago all warn you of trouble
with. your kidneys. GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules are the remedy
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
ChivaIrous Privaye.

The wife of a wounded soldier was
given a permit TO france, to see him
before he died, says the London eng
land) Morning Post. The funeral was
OH a wet, cold day. At the graveside
the chaplain whispered to the woman:
Nov ! am going to offer up a prayer"
Then / must kneel," she said. mo
never mind kneeling: just stand" he
whispered again. But a Tommy. un-
derstood her distress, slipped off his
coat. rolled 1t pillow-fashion, and laid
II for her on the sodden ground, ~ che
knott and was cOmfortcd.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Perhaps He Had Repented.

A funny n happened the other day
in the Office of a justice Of the peace
A young couple were being married
surrounded by several friends. AS
usual, the ritual came to that place
where the justice said:
Does anyone present know Of any
reason why this couple should not be-
come mar and wife?"
And to everybody's amazement, the
groom spoke up, Il do"
AS he said afterwards, that's what
comes OF too many rehearsals."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15

you need. Take three or four every dav.
The healing oil soaEs into the cells and
lining of the kidneys and drives u
the poisons. New life and health will
surely follow. When your normal vigor
has been restored continue treatment
for a while t. keep yourself in condi-
ton and prevent u return Of the dis
ease.
Don't wait until you are incapable Of
fighting. Start taking GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules today. Your
druggist will cheerfully refund your
money if you are not satisfied with
results. But be sure to get the original
imported GOLD MEDAL and accept no
substitutes. In three sizes. Sealed
packages. At all drug stores.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
PUTTING II Up to Grandpa.

Howard had not had his breakfast
one morning when his grandfather
drove up in his car. Howard wanted
very much to go along, but his mother
said But you haven't had your break
fast yet, and grandpa doesn't want to
wait"
Howard studied a moment and hen
replied: well, if / vas a grandpa
and had a little boy, I'd say, Go on
and eat your breakfast and I'll wait
for you"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-15
Nc References.

Jones-"Havc you references from
your former employer" Typist-
"Well, no; I'm unfortunately married
to him."