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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
FORMER KEOKUK
PRINTER RISES
Is Now Head Of a Very important
Branch of the Shipping Board
Corporation and Has
Made Good.

More than thirty years ago, when
The Gate City was published in
Fifth street, one of the printers who
worked in the composing room stick
ing type was Charley Holmes.
He is now Charles E. Holmes, head
of the office supply branch of the
United States Shipping Board Elmer
gency Fleet corporation, This branch
of one of the largest corporations in
the world is unique in its rapid rise
and performances.
This former Keokuk man has bought
lin fifteen months 5000 desks, 1000
typewriting and calculating machines,
1 900 steel filing cabinets, 100000
sheets Of carbon paper and 10000
typewriter ribbons, in addition to hun
dreds of other items.
His branch spent s201,445 In July
1918, having started with $14,243 in
July Of the previous year.
An article on this work in March
magazine says 1t was the mastery OF
detail obtained in a printing office
that made Mr.. Holmes so superla
lively competent in this widely diff
ferent work for the government. He
saws he has cut the word cant" out
of his lexicon, and occasionally he
proved it to worrying high officers OF
the government
Mr.. Holmes was here few years
ago visiting his mother, Mrs. Goola
e. Holmes. of 1106 Blondeau street
He is well remembered by John C
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
KEOKUK PILOT
ON THE RHINE
Tommy Stack Writes About Taking
Trip on Steamboat With Her
Name Changed and Mckensie
in Pilot House.

Tommy Stack, of Company l., and
the glorious 168th infantry, sent
Mayor Lotion a letter before start
ing home from Neidenburg, Germany.
IL got your letter in which you
said that If you were mayor of Keo-
kuk when we came back, you would
show us a good time. and when l
showed it to the boys from old Keo-
kuk 1T put plenty Of pep into them
Farther along in the letter he says
he is writing in hurry, because he
lis going ON an excursion on the Rhine
with Louis McK,ensie, and adds:
"The boat used to be the Won Hin
denburg, but now it is the Rainbow;
the pilots name used to be Schmidt,
but now it is Pilot McKensie, for he
is the boy who will take us down the
Rhine river today"
He enclosed for the mayor a paper
fifty pfennig piece of money and an.
other fifty centimes, the Hun and
the French money coming in close
company since he wrote March 81.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
UP YOUR
GARDEN TRUCK
Forecast for Tonight States the Pos
sibiIity of Frost in keokuk
Before Tomorrow
Morning.

Cover up your garden truck that
is out OF the ground, and any flowers
you have out in beds in the yard.
Observer Gosewisch said this morn
ing that there is a possibility of frost
In Keokuk before tomorrow morning.
1t surely will become much colder
tonight.
It was freezing in the northwestern
plateau region this morning, and tina.
cold is headed this way under high
atmospheric pressure In the north
west with very low pressure in the
Carolinas affording not much resist.
ance to the advance of the cold from
up Calgary way.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23

1000 officers and men Of the eleventh
are due Sunday on the transport Chi
cago.
More than 1900 men of the follow
ing casual and convalescent COM
panies also arrived:
Bordeaux convalescents numbers
1873, PIP, us, 220, 221, 224, 244, 24S.
253, 255, and 260; 5OSth casual com
pany; special casual companies II.
IS, 511 and sos.
The Duca DAbruzzi also arrived
With I,l75 men of the U. S. army am.
!bulance service sections numbers 526
1927, 529, 532, 545. 555. 500, $50 557'
$50, $50, 573. $40, 5S7, and 4es and
provisional sections A, B and c, quar-.
termaster detachment; headquarters
detachment; hospital detachment.
motor repair shop detachment and
casual companies PALS, Massachusetts:
i2419, Illinois, and 242S, California.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23

LATE SHIPMENT cAPEs, COATS,
suits, after Easter sale, 10 percent
disc. New fantesa, tricollette and
fai1e skirts; new plaid, new serge
skirts, S298 to $40, and special dis
count. LOWITZ.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23

German silver Is composed. OF
nickel, copper and zinc in varying
proportions.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
MANY FRIENDS
AT FUNERAL
One of the Finest of keokuk Young
Men is Shown High Regard at
the Services This
Afternoon.

The very high estimation In which
Irwin F. Coo1nbs is held in Keokuk
was indicated this afternoon at the
funeral services held at the family
home. 504 North Eighth street, at 4
o'clock.
pv one of those unexplainable
twisting of the types that occasion
ANY occur In a newspaper the Time
of the funeral was announced yester'
day as being Friday afternoon, IN
stead of this afternoon, as was Inc
fact Notwithstanding TINS mistake
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
MISSISSIPPI
STAYS HIGH
River is Half a Foot Above the Dam
ger Line on the Gauge at
keokuk This
Morning.

The old Mississippi is staying high
this week.
1t. was six inches above the danger
line on the gauge at KeoRuk this
morning and has risen an inch in the
previous twenty-four hours.
1t rose four inches at Davenport.
was stationary at Lacrosse, and fell
five inches at st. Paul in the previous
day.
There is no danger yet of much
damage being done to crops, although
the ground below here will be slow
in drying out this spring along the
river.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23

which prevented very large mum
Der of friends of the young man and
the family from being at the serv-
ices, the attendance showed the high
esteem in which he was held where
he grew up and attended school be
fore he began his life work.
Rev. M. e. Nethercutt, of Trinity
Methodist church, conducted the serv-
ices this afternoon, and the body is
being taken to Chicago for cremation
at Graceland cemetery.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
Paradice, w. E. Strimback and other
old time printers of Keokuk.

OUR s23 SILK DRESSES GO
Special at 1888. Lowitz. Also
new higher grade georgette. tricol-
lette and other silk dresses, May
models, 10 percent disc. New waists.
s100 to $500. LOW1TZ.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
WERE FIRST
VOLUNTEERS
Eleventh Engineers Return Today
From France Where They Were
In Byne's Great Often
sive.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, April 23,-Seven Of
ftcers and 265 enlisted men of the
eleventh engineers, the first American
volunteers in France the first to reach
the front, the first to suffer casual
ties and the first to take part in Cen
eral Byng's great offensive, arrived
here today on the transport Santa
Teresa.
Col. VIM. Barclay Parsons, noted
United States engineer and more than
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
SOLDIER ENDS
LIFE WITH GAS
Had Just Been Discharged at Camp
Dodge After Serving Six
Months In
France.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
DES MONIES, Ia, April 2S.-Cor-
poral Fred E. Smith, %, honorably
discharged member of the 336th field
artillery, ended his life with gas dur
ing the night. His body was found
in hotel today.
In note he asked that his mother,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
TWO Thousand Strike.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
TOLEDO, Ohio, April 21.-Two
thousand members Of the ship build
ers' union, employed at the yard OF
the Toledo Ship Building company
struck at noon today because com
pany officials refused to discharge
forty negroes hired this week. An
all-morning conference between unior
and company officials failed to settle
the difficulty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
Now In the Federal Court.
LowlTzs EXTRA SPECIALS.

Children's blk. hose 33c, s, S14, 9
only (worth to 45c); ladies blk. silk
hose. s1.49; plisse crepe, Sac; per-
Gales, Csc; extra heavy damask, soc;
best quality outing. 24c; ladies' and
misses fine union suits, Csc to $3.50.
1t pays. Why not? LOWIIA.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
GOOD WORK BY
TWO OFFICERS
They Quickly Find Large Lot OF Loot
from Freight Car and Place
Youth of River Front in
Jail.
FULL MEAL BUT NAPKIN
Even a Coffee Percolator and Crack
ers in Large Lot Of Stolen
Goods Recovered from
Attic Of Shanty.

| Detective Wilson, of the. Keokuk
police department, and Special Agent
! Glasgow, of the Burlington railroad
secret service, did good job when
I they yanked George Alexander into
/ the city Jail and stored the station
with an outfit of food and cooking
utensils.
Several freight cars were burglar
lied here, and the officers went to
work on the case with yigor.
When they went to the home OF
| Alexander, a shanty at the foot of b
street, his mother said there was
nothing in the house in which the
officers were interested. They pushed
up a scuttle into the attic and
found
A sack of flour; two pounSs. -of
crackers; a bottle Of near beer; six
pounds of one brand of tobacco and
three pounds Of other tobacco; box
of canned salmon marked for Nc
I.aughlin of Kahoka; box of paper
sacks marked for Donaland, OF Way
land, which were the only things not
connected with meals in the cache;
an aluminium coffee percolator; sew
eral large double cookers OF alum
mum.
Now In the Federal Court.
The most of the things were stolen
from the freight car Sunday night,
which made 1t pretty quick work for
the officers concerned in the arrest
and recovery of the property.
Stealing from railroad is now
federal offense, and such thieves are
handled by the United States court
which makes it much more serious
for them than In the state courts.
George Alexander is youth OF
sixteen years He will be Kept locked
up until the judge gets ready to con-
slider his case.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-23
SPECIAL WEEK END SALE.

Thursday, Friday and SATURDAY q
beautiful sheer wolfe, 40 in. wide, in
all wanted shades, special at 49c yd.,
and 79c; marquisettes, Sic; beauti-
full quality fancy silks, plaid, stripes,
foulards, special at 500. All wool
French serges, s1.79. Why not?
IsOWITZ.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-01-10
illustrated Lecture
on Northern France

Professor A. Feure will deliver an
illustrated lecture for the benefit Of the
Red Cross at the High school auditor
ium on the evening of January 2lst,
at eight O'Clock.
The Illustrations will show those
paris of Northern France that have
suffered most from German occupation
and devastation. They include some
of the battleields where American
troops gave such a good account OF
themselves, such as Cantigny, Chateau
Thierry, BelIau Wood, Bouresches,
Scissors and others.
MI. Faure was French teacher at
Wissahickon Barracks during the per
iod of training there last year. He is
an ex experienced public speaker and lee
turer. He Is a native of France, and
at one time acted as French Consul in
Chicago. He has had a long and hon.
orable career, and filled some highly
important aud responsible positions in
the railroad service in this country.
Several members of his family have
participated in the war at home, one
OF them having won the 'crOix de
guerre" on the Champagne battlefield.
MI. Faure is therefore well qualified
to speak of both France and America,
and to. present facts and considerations
to illustrate the spirit Of patriotism and
abnegation of both countries in the
great and victorious fight for right, JUS
tice and civilization.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-01-10
Congregational Meeting

The annual meeting of the congrega.
ton of the First Presbyterian church
was held Wednesday night. Ralph B.
Wood and William G. Gross were cleo
ted ruling elders, and Mr.. Wood and
John B. Lopez were reelected trustees.
All the reports were very encouraging,
especially the report Of the treasurer OF
the church, who reported a good sum
on hand after all bills had been paid
DIR. King was asked unanimously to
continue his pastoral labors as long as
he feels able to do The work.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-01-10
NEW Y0RK'S MANY MINERALS
Astonishing Variety Is Known to Exist
Beneath the Streets of American
Metropolis.

Everyone knows that Boston is a
great center of copper mining, and
that New York is the center of all
other mining industries of the coun-
try, but few realize that either of these
cities have opportunities to mine for
anything except subways at home. It
seems, however, that New York's ex-
traordinary activities In the mining
business must have received their first
impetus not from Wall street, but from
a varied experience gained In dealing
with the rock of Manhattan.
More than 118 varieties Of minerals
and several kinds of gems have been
found on the island, according to
Electrical Experimenter. AQuama-
rines weighing 1h karats have been
found at Broadway and One Hundred
and Fffty-seventh street. The min
ing possibilities at Broadway and One
Hundred and Seventy-sixth street are
almost unlimited. Green tourmaline
gems, magnetic and iron ore, chal-
copyrite, malachite, pyrrhotite and a
crystal form of nickel have been
found there.
Other minerals to be had on the
island are ~zincite, used in the manu-
facture of perikon detector, roeblingite,
agate, am~azon-stone, amber, amethyst,
c~hrysoberyl, fire opal, garnet, perister-
lite. prehnite, rock crystal, rose quartz,
smoky quartz, precious s~erpentine,
tourmaline and willemite, silver, lead,
zinc. copper, iron, teldspar. molybde-
nite-which is used in the molybdenite
interchangeable, asbestos. mica, beryl,
torbenite and u~raninite.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-01-10

Miss Gertrude Martin, of Spencer
avenue, n OF the fair young women
EN- loyed at the Keystone telephone
exchange in Wildwood, was married
on Monday at the Catholic church to
Mr.. John Plummer, of Salem.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. K. Blinn and daugh-
ter Maud were taken sick with the flu
on Christmas day at Elmer, where
they went to visit Mrs. Blinn's parents.
Building Association funds to loan
on first mortgage in amounts to suit
Robert J.. Kay secretary, Wildwood,
N. J.-adv.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-01-10
Appointed Enrolling Agent

Percy H. Jackson, of Wild wood, who
was special Enrolling agent for the U.
s. Merchant Marine during the war,
has just been appointed permanent En-
rolling Agent for the United States
Shipping Board Recruiting Service, by
Henry Howard, its Director. Official
notice of Mr.. Jackson's appointment
has been received from Recruiting Ser
vice headquarters, Custom House, Bos-
ton.
Unusual opportunities are offered the
American youth who desires to enter
the United States merchant service.
Boys who have had no sea experience
are given free training, with pay, on
u of the several specially fitted train
ing ships of the Recruiting Service, and
then are listed for active duty in the
highest paid merchant marine in the
world. Travel, adventure and a ear
eer lie before them under the Stars and
Stripes.
Owing to the rapid delivery of new
cargo vessels the demand for trained
seamen is increasing, and a special
campaign to recruit young men for i'm
mediate training is now underway. In
formation regarding the opportunities
in the merchant marine service can be
obtained from Mr.. Jackson.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-01-10
Kathryn mckinley Noble

Kathryn Mckinley Noble, who was
the Airline in "The Bohemian Girl"
when that melodious opera was given
by the Philadelphia operate Society
more than five years ago, has agreed to
sing the same role in the revival of the
work by that famous organization at
the Metropolitan Opera House early in
January. Miss Mckinley recently be-
came the bride of John w. Noble, who
is well kno wn as a tenor In Philadel-
phia. She is a soprano with a voice of
fiue quality and her attractive stage
presence assures a fine presentation Of
the role she has agreed again to enact.
In the role opposite Mrs. Noble will be
Paul Volkmann, the popular tenor of
Philadelphia, who was heard in the
sa me part, that of Thaddeus, in the
former production Philadelphia Rec
ord, January 1, 1919.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-01-10
MISS Edna HiIdreth Marrles

Henry HI. Beacott and bride, who
was Miss Edna Hildreth, daughter OF
Capt. and Mrs. H. w. Hildreth, of
Ocean City, surprised their relatives by
a visit I Ocean City during the holt
days. They were married at EIkton,
Md, by the Rev. DIR. Jones, on Friday,
December 9th, 1918. Mr.. Beacott is
from Lawrence, Mass, and is an cleo
trician. He has known the young
woman several years. She was visit
ing in Buffalo and as she was return
ing home be met her and they went
to Elkton. The bride is a sister of DIR.
N. A. Cohen's wife, Of Wildwood.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-01-10
Roosevelt,s Favorite Hymn

The congregation Of the Presbyterian
church will sing Roosevelt's favorite
hymn Sunday night and DIR. King will
speak on the subject. At the morning
service the subject of the sermon will
be "Paul glorying in his infirmities."
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-01-10
Soldiers Letters
J%oenville, France,
December 4, 1918.

December 4, 1918.
Dear Friend, Mr.. Dubois:
| hope you will please excuse me
for not writing sooner, but l promise
you it will not happen again, the next
time we are liable to speak to one an
other, instead OF writing.
The wal is over, but we still drill 4
hours in the morning and II in the af-
ternoon. On Fridays, that is regimen
tai day, the whole regiment assemblies
for q pass in review, held near regiment
headquarters, about four kilometers
from here. Saturday ia inspection day.
We are now located in a little town
called Joenv Vile, which has a popula-
ton of four hundred. Ia the thirteenth
century it was as high as twelve thous-
and. The church iu the centre of the
to wn Ia very old. All the houses are
made o fstone asi tn custom of France.
A river passes through one end, contin-
uing on through the surrounding hills.
There are plenty Of hills in this coun-
try, you can rely on that as we have
liked many kilometers with packs on
our back, and know for a surety.
Along the east bank of the river, neal
the Grand Rue bridge, is the ruins of a
very old chateau. 1t is on a high hill
and is surrounded at the base by a stone
wall. There is very much history of
the towns where we have been and
now are, about which we do not know,
on account of the French not knowing
how to talk English and vice a versa.
Our division was last on the Verdun
front, northwest the city of Verdun,
there is part of that place left, that is
about all. L was there twice while 1
was guard at Brigade headquarters,
which was located in "death valley"
some four kilometers behind the front
line and two kilometers from the river
Mouse. That river we crossed on a
pontoon bridge constructed by our en-
gineers in very quick order. The place
was under enemy artillery fire when
we crossed. Some men were killed
there, but very few.
1 would like to tell you very much
more, but it is impossible as the candle
is nearly finished and they are so scarce
that several fellowsuse the same candle.
The weather IL quite cold and the
small fire seems very good to US. We
are billeted in a W o story house. forty
of us live in there. On the evening of
our arrival we went out and purchased
some straw on which we, L mean my
comrade and 1 put our dog tents and
and blankets and passed the night real
comfortably. My mate is a fellow from
Arkansas who came in the company
while at Camp Mcclellan. We had a
very good Thanksgiving.
Several days before you receive this
letter we will be wearing our service
bar on our left arm. 1t is for six
months oversee service. It has been a
very long six months to me, and L
hope very much to be home before
long. | heard from home about the
peace celebration in Wildwood and 1t
sounded fine.
1 must close, hoping to be in Wild
wood in a few months time, 1 remain,
Yours truly,
Private ERNEST H. SMITH,
Company H, Hath Regiment,
American E. F. A. p. o., 765.
P. S.-WilIiam Duran is still alive
and good as ever. The army has done
US both good according to our appear
ance. which is good and stout. He is
In the Bin. Scouts.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-01-10
What the
Amrneter Tells

How much current does your
battery give?
How much does it get?
The answert to both these ques-
tons is revealed in the swing of
the little ammeter needle. Its
motion is the only thing that
can tell you how your electrical
system behaves on the road.
Well gladly show you how
you can read the ammeter's
message.
Ask us, while you're here, for
the booklet, "a Mark with a
Meaning for You" 1t tells
what the Willard Mark stands
for.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-01-10

II there are other names to be added
to this list kindly send them to the
secretary of the alumni association or
to High School Principal Lanniug
Myers. In this list should be included
the names of all who ever attended the
Holly Beach or Wildwood schools.
TANNING MYERS.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-01-10
Public School Service Roll

The members of the High School
Alumni Association are DESTROYS of Sc
curing a list of all who have served in
any branch of military service during
the great wal and have already obtain
ed the following list Of names:
James McMurray.
Ralph Bloomell.
Frank Barker.
Joy Bright.
Spencer Burk.
Howard Banks.
George Colberg.
Morris H. Clark.
Alfred Campbell.
Walter Dennison.
j. j. Dennison.
Harvey Foster
Edward B. Garriguee.
Harry F. Greaves.
Lloyd Harris
Herbert Hand.
Earl Selby.
Charles Costello.
Charles Forcum.
H. Foster Goslin.
Gedney Rigor.
Arthur Leonard.
Charles Armstrong.
Lester Russell.
Elvin Ingram.
Bruce Long.
Harry Let's.
Albert Lehr.
Russell Miller.
Raymond Mount.
Walker Maxwell.
Earle Maxwell.
Clarence Mckinley.
Russell Nickerson.
Oscar Olson.
William Duran.
Ross w. Rohn.
Herbert Reeves.
Stanley Roberts.
Allan Fisher.
John Kits.
Earl Nc Williams.
Joseph McCurdy.
Webster Bright.
Lester Rebel.
Harry Carbon.
August Ham.
Edward Steelman.
Paul Scully.
Paul Sjostrom.
Edward Sjostrom.
William Sjostrom.
Ernest Smith.
J. Crozier Todd.
Hjalmer Tronnem.
Richard Walker.
Arthur Wilson.
Leon Wheaton.
Egbert Wood.
William Woolson.
Oscar Woolson.
Franklin Brown.
Harry Randolph.
Lawrence Chalmers.
Omar Goslin.
Zazel Castor.
Carlton Leonard.
Raymond Holmes.
Milton Vogenberg.
II there are other names to be added
to this list kindly send them to the
secretary of the alumni association Of
to High School Principal Lannine
Myers. In this list should be included
the names of all who ever attended the
Holly Beach or Wildwood schools.