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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28

with renewed violence 1t was loud.
er than at the start. ems
The Virginian delegates stormed the
platform trying to plant their standard
on the rostrum. Kremer refused to
lift 1t up to the bridge" and the Pal
merites yelled wildly at him Final.
ly their standard bearer climbed into
the stenographer's box, directly before
the rostrum carrying with him the
heavy standard, and there planted it.
Franklin d. Roosevelt, assistant
secretary of the navy, carried the
New York standard. Every standard
was in line by this time, moving
around and around the hall
Delegates said they considered it
a demonstration of loyalty to the presi
dent and not demonstration for him
as candidate.
Shouts of "hurrah for the league of
nations" broke over the h,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
MAN is YOUNG
IF HE PLAYS
The Old Man Who Sits Down After
Dinner and is Grouchy if the
Children Make a Noise Has
"Passed On"

Repeating the aged saying that "a
man is as old as he feels" DR.. Louis
r. Welzmiller, physical director of the
west side Y. M. c. A, has offered some
suggestions that might be taken ad-
vantage of by those Of us over whose
heads the years are fitting with flag
rant ease, writes the New York cor
respondent of the Pittsburgh Dis
patch. DR.. Welzmiller AYERS that most
men grow old because they cease do
ing things, not because they are in
need Of new glands.
"a man is young said this bearer
Of good tidings, because he plays.
A man doesn't play because he is
young; he is the product of his own
actions. The old man who sits down
after dinner, grouchy because the chill
dren make a noise, has already passed
on He ought to be Oslerized All
he is worth to the family is the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
BANKNOTES MAKE
FINE WALLPAPER
Swiss, Hotelkeeper Has Painted His
Saloon With These Payer Marks
and Crowns Which are Of
Little Numerical Value.

A Swiss hotelkeeper has papered
his saloon with banknotes, says an
exch ange. The cost has proved very
little above the normal price demand
ed for first class wallpaper. Doubt
less the inflated hotel receipts for
permission to view the novelty will
more than cover this small deficit
This abnormal state of affairs is
due, of course, to the collapse in the
exchange, rendering paper marks and
crowns of small material worth.
Bank notes of smaller value still
f1ourished a century ago, although 40
one ever thought to use them for
house decorating purposes. In Eng
land, the twopenny bank note was at
one time obtainable, while the 2Ad
bank note held it's own in Austria for
a considerable period. Real, genuine
five Founders we're, however, used by
who accepted
challenge to utilize several of these
crisp squares for pipelights.
A French gourmet found an equally
novel way of wasting money. He
substituted dish of banknotes for
hors d'oeuvre and ate the lot. Now
adays, we are content to see such
official scraps of paper represented IN
the form of beef and mutton, and pos
sess no cravings after the real thing,
however edible it may prove.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
THE DAILY GATE CITY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

amount represented in the pay check
he brings home.
But look at the mother who plays
games with her children. She remains
flexible. She hasn't had time to grow
old. She has kept young with her
children.
1T is dangerous for some men to
retire from business. You know the
kind that works and works and strives
for money. Well, they get the money
and decide they will quit work A
short time following you read nice
little obituary notice in the news
papers.
TO keep young one must do young
things. Do not be too dignified to play
baseball, hopscotch, cat and dog or
other boy games. Have young asso-
ciates and be boy amongst them.
Spend time each night learning to be
young. Hunt, fish, golf, play tennis
anything along this line. If the mus
Giles complain at first, do not quit.
Persevere and the muscles will re-
spond in a short time. TIE youth
with you as you so toward old age
You can lead Father Time merry,
merry chase by thinking young, play.
ing young and keeping physically fit
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
Dem 0cratic National Conven-
ton Opens With Wild Dem
onstration in Honor
of President.
DELEGATES CHEERING
Turbulent Scene When Wilson's PIC!
ture is SHOWN and Band Plays
Hail to the
Chief.

! UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO
June 2S.-With thrilling fanfare by
| two marine corps trumpeters and the
unfurling Of a big United States flag,
carried by a detachment of Uncle
Sans sea soldiers, the national
democratic convention was called to
order by Vice Chairman Bruce Kre'
mer at 1926 p. m. today.
The delegates were in a cheering
mood as they went into the opening
stages of the big quadrennial polit-
ical event. For an hour before the
gavel fell they whooped it up with
college songs and yells, yelled
through megaphones
Following the notes of the marine
buglers, the band broke into "The
Star Spangled Banner" while the
crowd stood up and sang. The great
organ swelled into time with the
band and a huge American flag was
dropped across the wall back OF the
platform 1t was mammoth affair.
AS it was rolled up again, the band
played Hail to the Chief and a
huge oil painting Of President Wilson
was revealed. A deafening cheer
came from the crowd and in minute
a Wilson demonstration swept the
hall. Hats were waved and tossed in
the air. The great cheer almost
drowned out the band. The galleries
Joined but modestly, however.
The whole turbulent scene was
flooded in the unnatural white glare
of the searchlights while the movie
men cranked their cameras. The
band stopped playing, but the DEM
onstration went on. Kremer ham
mered for order.
Virginia's delegates started a pa
rade. yelling ''Hurrah for Wilson,"
and waving Palmer pennants.
kota and Nevada were the next states
to swing into line. The cheering
thinned out a bit, but welled back as
strongly as ever when Kremer banged
for order.
He grinned at the cheering crowd.
Georgia joined the Wilson parade,
then Michigan, Hawaii, North Caro-
lima, Mississippi, Florida and Yer
mont.
Cheer leaders ran around over the
chairs calling out, "One solid hour
now boys, one solid hour
Tennessee, Oregon, Texas, Arizona,
Wyoming and Arkansas swung into
line. Most of the state standards
were moving about the aisles. The
sergeantat-arms was ordered to clear
the center aisle, but his efforts made
no impression. III
At this point the demonstration had
lasted seven minutes.
The Virginia standard was carried
to the platform and planted in the
press box.
The crowd surged around the plat
form while the cheering. which showed
signs of dying down, broke out again
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
LUCKY WRECK
ON SANTA f
w.s All Set for Serious Damage
,y..n East Train Jumped Tracks
This Morning Near Fort
Madison.
|KEoKUK MAN WAS ON IT
charles r. Hough Was In Accident
Which Was Freakish
in Many Re-
spects.

Charles r. Hough, Of Keokuk. was
a passenger on Santa Fee train
which was wrecked this morning at
Elmer Mo-, eighty-five miles from,
Fort Madison. Although seven cars
left the track and three sleepers
tipped almost over, no one was hurt,
with the exception of two women
who were thrown out of their berths.
The wreck occurred at 2:45 o'clock
and the train was coming from Kan
sas City to Chicago. There were
thirteen cars in the train. At the
time the wreck occurred the train
was travelling at about sixty miles
an hour, it is believed.
Seven OF the Thirteen cars left the
rails and cut the ties in pieces as
If they had been toothpicks and tore
up the tracks for considerable dis
lance.
Three sleeping cars tipped almost
over, but for a wonder no one was
seriously hurt. Two women were
tipped rather unceremoniously out of
the berths.
The engine to the train broke loose
and ran mile ahead before the crew
discovered that the rest Of the train
had been left behind.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
WIFE ASKS
FOR DIVORCE
Petition Has Been Filed by Maude
Samuels Who Asks for Separa-
ton From William SamueIs
Who is in Reformatory.

A petition for divorce has been filed
IN the clerks Office at the court
house by Maude Samuels against VIII.
piam Samuels, plaintiff alleging that
defendant is serving a term in the
state reformatory at Anamosa, and
that she is obliged to support her
|self.
The wife asks that she have he.
maiden name of Allen restored to her
|and that she be given the right to
|femarry.
Plaintiff and defendant were mar
Eied at KeokuR December 4, 1915, and
1lyed together until November, 1918.
The petition states that William
Samuels was convicted of a felony
fnd was committed to Anamosa
where he is at the present time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
A Reporter,s HONEYMOON.

Philadelphia Public Ledger: The
young Cornelius Vanderbilts, whose
recent marriage was mentioned in the
newspapers, will not return from their
honeymoon until July Is. Inasmuch
as young Mr.. Vanderbilt is reputed to
be a reporter, we make inquiry as to
the name of the newspaper which en-
ploys him. We wish to be consider
ed an applicant for any vacancy which
exists, or is likely to exist, on its staff.
We'd love to work on a newspaper
where they gave a reporter two
months off when he gets married.
Most of the reporters we have known
were married in the forenoon. report
ing to the city editor for their regular
assignments vat 100 o'clock in the af-
ternoon or the same day. A few OF
the reporters we have known were
married on their day off, but the Gus
tim is frowned upon by most members
of the craft. A reporter holds his
day off sacred and hates to cut into It
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
SHEEP RAISING
OLD INDUSTRY
1t Was Practiced Even Before Agri.
culture-WooI Products are Real
ly Creations of Domesti-
cation.

Sheep raising is perhaps the old
est Of all industries, for it was prac-
ticed even before agriculture Wool
is product of cultivation or domesti-
cation, for there are no wild animals
which closely resemble the wool bear
ing sheep. Floyd w. Parsons, in the
Saturday Evening Post, says that with
the discovery that cloth could be
made from wool came an effort to i'm
prove the fleece by selection and
breeding.
The early Romans were most sue
cessful in this pursuit and their en-
deavors along this line resulted in de-
veloping a fleece of great tineness.
After the conquest of the Iberian PEN
insula Roman sheep were introduced
into Spain, where they SO greatly i'm
proved the native flocks that during
Roman supremacy Spanish wool led
the worlds markets, a prestige held
for many centuries.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
CITY NEWS

Funeral services for the late Mrs.
William A. Brownell were held from
me residence, 311 North Fifth street,
eunday afternoon at 4 o'clock with
nterment taking place in Oakland
cemetery The Rev. George c. Will
Piams of Newton, Iowa, and formerly
pastor of the First Congregational
Ehurch of keokuk, assisted by the
eey Frederick W. Long, present pas
for OF the First Congregational church
The pallbearers vera;
George Collingwood Tucker, e. Ross
PPaker, B. B. Hobbs, j. J. Ayres, Will.
kamp. 49,
Remington typewriter repairman
van be at the high school building
h444.
"A. H. T. A. ice cream social 1T
Ealey school house Thursday night,
Puiy l. Everybody invited
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
What the Lee County Board Did at
the Last Session Which was
Held at the County
Court House.
THE BILLS ALLOWED
Proceedings Of Bojy arc Herewith
Given as They Appear on the
Records, for Benefit
Of Citizens.
Jackson township, second precinct:

jackson township, second precinct:
John A. Salzer, judge and
ret. bal ........-.... s.oo
mr. Rurk iudge $40
n A Mcnamara. Judge. $40
Geo n Salzer. clerk. $40
Frank Moeller. clerk $40
Jackson township, third precinct:
Eueene 6 Carter, Judge. $40
Thomas P. Breheny, same. 3. Az
Cortes Maxwell, same and ret.
ballots $50
Joseph A. Reilly, clerk. ..... $40
Gao w West clerk 8. 40
Jackson township, fourth precinct:
ny T I,andman, Judge. 8. 40
Henry Nelson, same ....... 8. ~
K. r. Taylor, same and ret.
ballots $50
John f. Mitchell. clerk. 8. 10
Vim Teller. clerk 8. 40
Jackson township, fifth precinct:
J. w McEvoy, judge and ret.
ballots ............ S.So
Charles M. Fuller, Judge. .... $40
r G.. Raber. same $40
Fred D. Fields, clerk. $40
Alvin Kraft. clerk $40
Jackson township, sixth precinct:
P. ]. Concannon, judge and
ret. ballots ......... $50
August Plug, judge ......- $40
John Ferris, same .-...-.. $40
L. r. Lotion, clerk. ......... 8. 40
L. N Hahn, clerk ......... $40
Jackson township, seventh pre-
cinct:
H. G. Seaman, judge ...... $40
Frank Swan, Jr., same ..... $40
Z. C. Gibson, judge and ret.
ballots $50
R. V. Bear. clerk ...-.---. $40
Jos. j. SirkuSh, clerk. ..-.. $40
Jackson township (outside):
William Meister, judge and
ret. ballots ............. $50
Henry G. Weirather, judge. 7.2O
A. Johnson, same. TO
Will D. Turner, clerk and
arr. booths -...... 1920
T. E. Kerr, clerk ......-... TO
Leonard Richer, rent ...... 7.5C
Jefferson township:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
FIRST SWIMMER
ACROSS LAKE
Des Moines Man is the First This Sea-
son to Chalk Up Record For
Crossing Lake
keokuk.

The first swimmer to swim across
the lake this season has chalked up
his record.
He is Woody Cornish of Des Moines.
Starting from Glaser's beach yester-
day he made the distance across the
lake.
He is the first swimmer this season
10 hang up the record for crossing
Lake Keokuk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
Picnic at Country Club

Members of the Country club will
enjoy picnic held ON the club
grounds Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock.
Everyone intending to go is asked to
call Mrs. Harry Phillips concerning
the supper arrangements, before
Tuesday morning at o'clock.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
Entertains for Son.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ira W. Wills enter
tanned fiDty-two guests at dinner at
the Country club Saturday evening in
honor of their son Connable, who has
returned from school. The out-of-
town guests were Miss Roberta Fer
CURSOR Of Muscatine, Mr.. Reginald
Norris and Mr.. Malcolm Pfanne,
becker of Iowa City, Mr. Montgomery
Atwater, Butte. Mont; Mr.. Whitney
Hobbs, of Chicago; Mr.. Joseph God
dard, Munsing, Ind.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28

Mrs. c. D. Huff, Of Haywood, Cal,
is in Keokuk visiting her sister, Mrs.
J. w. Van Tassel
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
Entertains at Dinner.

Mr. and Mrs. William N. Sage gave
dinner Saturday evening in honor
or Mr. and Mrs. Albert ID. Ayres Of
New York City, Mrs. George H. Nc.
Conneil OF Omaha, Nebr., and Mrs.
George f. Tucker of New Haven,
Conn.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28

Thursday, July !, 1920, at o'clock q
m.
A KAMMEzRER,
Chairman
Attest: r. A. GARDNER,
County Auditor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
LOS
STOLEN.

STOLEN-lBrass mounted collar with
license No. 1853, off Of n bull dog,
Sunday afternoon, between and s.
Party is known. Please leave at Gate
City and avoid further trouble. j.
Waugh ~#
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28

FOR SAIIE-A nice lot Of second hand
sewing machines, for sale cheap at
Singer Shop 504 Main.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28

FOR SALE--Ford touring car, good
condition. Auto Inn Garage. Phone
1880.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
CLASSIFIED COLUMN

WANTED operators and shop
men. Apply Keokuk Electric Co.
car barn.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28

WANTED-A cook and dining room
girl at Wittich's restaurant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-31
EX-SERVICE MEN
 MAKE APPLICATION
 FOR VICTORY MEDALS

Ex-soldiers in Alabama are slowly realizing the value attached to their victory medals and are applying for them at a more rapid rate than for merly, according to records at the re- cruiting station here.
 The rate at which discharges are be- ing presented to be forwarded to Washington for the medals is much faster than formerly. To date, 2,S20 men in Alabama have applied for their medals and many have been received
 This. however. is only a small DOT tion of the large number of men who saw service. There are more than TO- 900 soldiers in the state who are due medals.
 Officers at the recruiting station are urging that the men apply now. as the government is keeping force both at the Alabama office and in the medal department at Washington to speed up the delivery of the medals. All that is necessary to receive the medal is to send the discharge to any recruiting station. or a copy of the d.scharg e. This will be forwarded to Washington
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-31
COUNTY GIRL CLUBS EXHIBIT AT THE FAIR
Future Housewives to Com pete In Canned Food Line.
 Many Prizes Offered

The housewives of the future will have their inning at the Alabama State Fair, October 4 to 9. for. in the Jeff ferson County Girls Club exhibit will be entered the most appetizing jellies. preserves and fruits, the most attrac- lively canned vegetables, the most de- ncious pickles. relishes and everything else in the canned food line that these girls have taken such pains to pre- serve.
 The exhibit will be divided into four classes: First year girls, second year girls, third year girls and fourth year girls.
 The exhibit for the first year girls will include one quart jar of tomatoes, one quart jar of soup mixture and one bottle of catsup or chilli sauce. A prize of $S will be given for the best ex- hibit, S2 for the second best and s1 for the third best.
 For the second year girls the exhibit will include one jar of chowchow or Dixie relish, one tin can of tomatoes, one jar of any kind of fruit and one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-31
COMMITTEE PLANS TO BRING HOUSING
 COMMITTEE HERE
Congressional Committee on Housing Problems to Be Invited to Study
 Conditions In Birmingham

Though their itenarary has not yet been mapped out, the congressional committee
 touring the country to study the hous-
 ing condition win probably include Bir-
 mingham. it was indicated in & letter
 to the Birmingham Civic Association from
 William M Calder, chairman of the com
 mittee.
 The committee has been invited to Bir-
 mingham in their rounds both by the Civic Organizations and the City Com mission. Though Congressman Calder did not commit himself as to whether the committee would come to Birmingham, he
 indicated that this city would probably be visited
 Continuing in their effort to solve the housing problem in Birmingham, mem
 bers of the Civic Association committee on housing will meet with tn hnani ( committee of the Real Estate Ezshan sa one day this week to arra.es f1ssT details for their co-operative otsa e
 building. At this meeting, a large a1f. Der of details will be workaa osts and announcements made. This committee has written to Saint Louis for the details of a similar plan which is being worked in that city. These plans will be used to advantage by the committee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-31
NEGRO PREACHER
 IS ARRESTED FOR
 ALLEGED BURGLARY

J. H. Stepney negro, pastor of the Fortysixth Street Baptist Church, is in the city jail this morning on a charge of burglary.
 The negro was arrested by City De- tectives Brannon and Lyons yesterday afternoon while holding a conference with the deacons of his church.
 He is charged with having entered and robbed the residence of Mrs. Fan nie Nichols at Forty-seventh street and North Thirteenth avenue 1m- mediately after the arrest city detec- lives notified Mrs. Nichols and she came to police headquarters and iden~ tified the negro as the one she had caught a glimpse of as he was IeaV- ing her residence about a week ago taking $35 and several suits of clothes with him
 When the negro heard Mrs. Nichols charge him with being the burglar that had robbed her residence he re- piled:
 De Lawd will have His way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-31
COOK TRIAL ON AT FORT PAYNE

Ft. Payne, August .-(SpeciaL)- Clancy Cook, formerly of this county. but now of Alvarado. Texas, was placed on trial in the circuit court here this afternoon for the murder of James Powell which occurred twenty years ago, at Flat Rock church. near Fyffe. on Sand Mountain. On account Of Judge w w. Haralson being disquali- fled, for the reason that he was a practicing attorney at the time of the tragedy Judge Woodson J. Martin of Gadsden is here to conduct the tria' hich has attracted the attention of people all over this section of the state.
 X great many of the witnesses have died, and practically all of the states witnesses were members of the Nowell family. The defense introduced a num- Der of character witnesses and persons who were in the church at the time of the shooting in which Powell was killed and his sop Isaac Powell, seri ously injured. It appears from the evidence that the trouble grew out -o' an order of the court placing the GUS tody of an infant child of M V. Cook, brother of Caney Cook and son-in-law of James Powell. in the custody of Mrs. Isaac Powell after the death Of it's mother.
 While at the church on Sunday, June 10. 1900 M. V. Cook picked up his child and entered the church with it. Isaac Powell remonstrated with him and the Cooks and Powells all stepped out into the church yard and soon after the shooting occurred NJ. V. Cook was tried and sentenced to ten years in the peni- tentiary which sentence has long since been completed, but Caney Cook es caped and has been living in Texas for eighteen years He recently noti- fled the officers here that he wished to be tried and arranged bond for his appearance. At the trial here toda, he entered a plea of not guilty as charged in the indictment and his at torneys made a strong selfdefense plea in his behalf. The trial was post poned at 5:30 until tomorrow morning when the remaining arguments will be heard and the jury charged by Judge Martin.