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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
LICENSE TAG
LAW ENFORCED
Police Begin Their Campaign Today
and Owners and Drivers Must
Display Their Plates or
Be Arrested.

The police today began to look out
for automobiles driving without
license plates.
Mayor Craig and the police depart
ment sent out a warning Saturday,
and today the officials were instruct
ed to pick up everyone driving with.
out plates.
One man who lost one license tag,
had to make an affidavit to that
effect, and the police have been In
structed to accept no excuses. Just
because the slicense plates haven't
arrived in Waterloo or Cedar Rapids
is to be no excuse for cars here being
without tags. The Lee county plates
We're all shipped, out a week aga,
according to the county auditor
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
MORE THAN HALF
TIMBER WASTED
High as Sixty Percent is Lost, Ao
cording to Lumbern1en Who
Have Watched Processes
of Timber Cutting.

Lumber experts estimate that more
than half of the timber cut in this
country is wasted Some Of them
put it as high as 60 percent. There
is a great deal of waste in the stumps.
tops and limbs. There is waste il
the Iog-trimmings and the sawdHst,
waste in the seasoning. waste in the
planning and other manufacturing pro-
cesSeS.
A great deal of this waste, perhaps
most of it, is said to be Dreventable.
The sawdust and other debris that
usually cutters the vicinity Of a saw
mill could be turned into wood alco-
hol: and if efforts being made at
Madison, Wis. are successful, this
wood alcohol may be refined into a
perfect, non-poisonous equivalent OF
grain alcohol. Vast quantities of dis
carded bark could be used for tan
ming or other purposes. Resinous
woods have their content of turpen-
tine etc. Limbs and small pieces
could go to the manufacture OF small
wooden articles OF various sorts. And
for wooden debris of almost any kind
there is always the possibility of
alcohol or paper-pulp. These last two
are especially worth considering at
the present time, because Of the in
croasing shortage Of gasoline and
print paper.
Here is one of the most important
and promising fields of conservation
that ever offered themselves. Refor-
is going to be of little use
unless lumbermen and manufacturers
reform their methods Of handling the
timber that is cut.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
TEA BUSINESS
IN THE ORIENT
It is Under Government Control in
China Now and Yields a Hand
some Revenue-Licenses
issued Quarterly.

The tea trade of TatsienIu, in the
Chinese province Of Szechuan, neaI
the Tibetan border, was first started
in the reign of Yung Cheng, some two
hundred years ago. At that time, II
is said, Tatsienlu did not exist as a
town, out tents were pitched in the
valley and the Tibetans gathered and
bartered on the occasion Of religious
fairs, says an exchange.
The tea trade is now established
under government control, yielding a
handsome revenue Licenses are is
sued quarterly, and taken up by over
ten firms engaged in the trade. Each
license costs one tael in Chinese mon
ey, equivalent to about 80 cents in
American exchange. The license al
lows the holder to import five bales
of tea into Tatsienlu, more being per-
mitted according to requirements.
Tea has become almost indispena-
BILE to Tibetans, hence they are natur-
ally drawn to the tea market, to which
they bring their own products for
sale or exchange, an exchange states.
One of the largest firms in Tatsienlu
buys as many as 10000 bales, others
$1,000 bales The total regular licen-
ses issued annually is given as 100000.
The licenses were formerly issued at
Chengtu, but the authorities was trans
ferred to Tatienlu in 1918.
Uuder the old arrangement, the tax
was paid when the tea actually passed
the local customs at Tatsienlu. Now
it is paid when the licenses are issued,
or within three months Of that time.
The annual turnover, is fully 100000
taels. Since the trade has been es-
tablished so long, It has probably
reached its maximum, but with serious
competition from India, which the
Chinese have feared for many years,
the trade in Tatsienlu would decline
materially
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
American Day Parade Committee Has
Received Banners Which Will
be Given To-
"a
SIS. morrow.
REWARD FOR PUPILS
Schools, Both Public and Ps~ochiai,
Made Such Splendid Showing
That Committee Decides to
Reward All.

| An American flag will be presented
to every school in the city tomorrow
by the committee, which had charge
of the parade on American day. The
flags will be presented to the schools
by the committee as reward for
the splendid showing the children
made American day
The flags arrived today, and will
be distributed to the parochial and
public schools tomorrow, it IS
Iplanned.
1t was originally planned to present
Ia flag to the school that had the
largest attendance Of members in the
parade two weeks ago Saturday.
in line, and the schools all over the
city, both public and parochial, made
such a splendid showing that the
committee decided to present one
flag to each school.
The flags were sent for immedi-
ately following the parade, and have
arrived and will be presented tomor-
row. It is planned to give the pa:o-
chial banners to Father Gillespie fo-
distribution to ST. Peters and ST.
Mary's and to Superintendent VIII
liam Aldrich for distribution to the
public schools.
The American day parade commit
tee feels that the success of the
parade was due largely to the school
children and that this is the most
suitable way of expressing that ap-.
probation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
NEW BOSTON.
T. . . . 9 . . . . . o e . . . .

Little Elrona HenrzeIl IS quite SER
iously indisposed-
Mr. and Mrs. Jos. F. Miles and
sons, William and Joseph, were over
Sunday guests at the William Holi-
day home in Fort Madison.
Saturday was a Red Letter day"
in our school. 1t ushered in the
closing of a successful term, and the
enjoyment Of the annual picnic din
ner which ever fingers fondly in the
memory Of those present, Such bas-
kets full of good things that satisfy
the inner man, as the ladies of this
community can deity prepare. The
parents were we'll represented and en-
joyed themselves watching the glor-
iOus enjoyment of the youngsters,
trying out games with their new
playground equipment recently in
stalled by the teachers, Mrs. Balling-
er and Miss Miles. Yes, and be-
sides the school had the honor of a
farewell visit from our school nurses.
Miss Henle, and Miss Sollors, who
come as of sunshine with a mes
sage of their work.
Mrs. Arthur Nelson is entertaining
relatives from Hannibal, Mo"
The pupils Of our school have
earned fund of somewhere near the
one hundred dollar mark, from which
they are drawing to install play
ground apparatus. Thus far they
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Faces Murder Charge.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
DIES MONIES, Ia, May IA. r.
Graves, a railroad switchman, today
faced a murder charge.
He is accused Of shooting Clarence
Devault, an accountant, in the back
on the night Of May 5, after the lat
ter had accompanied Graves wife
home from dance. Devault, also, is
married man.
The shooting remained mystery
until the surrender of Graves a few
days later, Devault refusing to dis
cuss the matter Graves was ar
raigned on a charge Of assault with
intent to kill, pleaded not guilty and
was released on bond.
After Graves surrendered, Devault
told police, they said, that he had
never met Mrs. Graves until the
night of the dance. Graves has de-
clined to comment on the shooting.
Sunday morning Devault died in
a local hospital. Graves was re-
arrested yesterday afternoon and
charged with murder. He was re-
leased on SIS 900 bond after he had
pleaded not guilty. The date Of the
trial has not been set.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
PUEBLO MAN SAYS NUMBER 40 SAVED His \
LIFE AFTER HE HAD SPENT THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS WITHOUT RELII

A. Fortwangler. 621 S. Union St,
Pueblo, Colo, makes the following
written statement: Il suffered for
years with stomach trouble of the
worst sort; spent several thousand
dollars with the best physicians in
the country and in the most popular
sanitariums, with little or no relief.
My attention was called TO Number
40 For The Blood and l decided to
give it a trial as a last resort. To
my surprise | improved from The
time | began to take it, and after
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
LEGION PUSH
BEGINS TODAY
Membership Drive Of the Former
Service Men viii Last All
This Week in
keokuk.
BIG MEETING TOMORROW
Special Session Of keokuk Post Will
be Held and All Former Service
Buddies are Expected
There.
Hey, buddy, are you in?

Hey, buddy, are you in?
This is the week that the Ameri
can Legion is staging its drive for
members all over the United States
and Keokuk post No. Al along with
others in Iowa will try to keep Iowa
at the head of the procession, where
she stands now.
So. if you have the privilege, use
1t. There's many man who'd like
to be in if he could
All exrservice men are urged 70
attend the special meeting of Keokuk
post No. Al, the American Legion,
which will be held tomorrow night IN
Cameron's hall at eight o'clock. This
means that all eligible men, and III
who are members are supposed to be
there. lot of new members have
been signed up already, and they are
cordially invited to be present
The following invitations are being
sent out. If you haven't one, and If
you have the privilege to belong 70
the legion. take this for yours, and
come up. the officers say:
All ex-service men are urged to
attend the special meeting of
Keokuk post No. Al, the Amert-
can Legion, Tuesday night, May
IS, 1920, p. M. at Cameron's
hall. Eighth and Main.
Come and hear what the
American Legion has done and is
going to do.
Let's make Keokuk 100 percent
American.
We started together. Let's
stick together
There's many a man who would
like to be in If he could :
Iowa with 400 posts stands at the
head OF the procession. It's going to
be ups to the keokuk legionaires to
try to keep her there.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17

taking four bottles I am connpletl
relieved and consider that Mum
40 has saved my life Witness
signature, Edward Reiss, drug
Number 40 is demanded in disord
Of the stomach, liver, kidneys &
spleen. In rheumatism. catarrh. Vi
ralgias, headaches, and general
orders of the nervous system. In
rious skin diseases, such as itchi
eczema, sores, ulcers and glandu
swellings. Made by j. G. Mend
hall, Evansville, Ind. 40 years ii,
gist Sold by McGrath Bros Drug
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17

required the entire time of at least
one man to cultivate it.
To complete the present census will
require at least three years, according
to Director Rogers. Although the
enumeratorS are all done except COO
Working on the farm census, sorting
and classifying the data they obtain.
ed will take months. The printing
also will require long period. The
results will ne printed in twelve large
volumes.
Approximately $4,000 enumerators
were required to collect the ordinary
population returns now all in. They
received about $6,000,0O0 for their
work
The entire cost of this census is
placed at approximately $4,000, 00Q.
This includes printing.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
FINED FOR
FAST DRIVING
William Carlson Has to Pay $40 For
This Offense and $5.40 Damages
to Traffic Cop Sign He
Ran Over

William Carlson was charged with
fast and reckless driving. in an in
formation filed in the superior court
this morning, and he. pleaded guilty
and was fined $1,000. He also paid
s5.40, representing damages to a
traffic cop sign which he hit at Fourth
and Main streets
Carlson was said by the police to
have been driving an automobile in
absolute disregard of traffic laws Sat
urday afternoon
He is the same driver who went
INTO the excavation in the street at
Fourteenth and Concert streets last
Tuesday night.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
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/ Through the efforts of the Civic
| club, our depot is to be equipped witt
electric lights.
The Crusaders will meet with Mrs
Sam Curtis on May 20.
Our fishermen seem to be having,
special good luck. They are ship
ping out an average Of about so ,00t'
pounds per week.
The Westminster circle will meet
! with Mrs. P. L.. Bowen on Friday,
May 81.
The council appointed James Moon
as street overseer and marshal OF
Montrose.
Friday afternoon rooms one, twp
and three gave a program which was
immensely enjoyed by all. A neat
little sum was realized from the res
ceipts at the door.
Mrs James Mitchell was taken to
st. Joseph's hospital at Keokuk to
be treated for an attack of rhetlma-
tism.
Robert Curtis and family, while res
turning in their car Saturday from
Fort Madison, were run into from the
rear by a drunken quartet of men.
Their car was turned over twice, but
luckily none of them received any
serious injuries. The guilty ones
were apprehended.
Miss Verna Spencer is entertaining,
soldier boy friend from Rock
Island, III.
Mesdames E. Crooks and Arnold
Beard were passengers today for.
Gregory, Mo,
Mrs. Elizabeth Bal1inger came
home Saturday after closing a sue !
cessful term Of school at New Bos-
ton.
John Sprott has been appointed 4
sexton of our cemetery
J. A. Morgan and E. C. May have
returned from Rochester. MINI, !,
where they received surgical treat Z
ment at Mayo Brothers hospital.
The Civic club will meet with Mrs.
G. w Barber next Monday evening,
May "a
Brainard Covert was a guest over L
Sunday of college friends in Fair 7
field.
Montrose was honored as a stop
ping place of scout car No. 1 OF the i
Mississippi River Scenic highway.
enroute from Davenport to New Or.
leans. Mrs. Truman Pierson, OF st.
Louis, addressed our citizens at the
city hall Mayor Beggs presided and /
promised the support of Montrose. 7
The mayor was elected chairman of I
the local unit which will be organized I
here The party was presented by /
the mayor with thoroughbred fox
terrier as a mascot. The pup was
named Scout" by Mrs.
PierSon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
FOREIGNERS Excluded.

iGUnited Press Leased Wire Service
! WASHINGTON, May 17.-Great
Britain has excluded Americans and
all other foreigners from developing
or owning in any way oil properties
within it's jurisdiction. President viii
son today informed the senate in re-
sponse to a resolution of Senator
Gore. = .'r....
In the same letter, the president
stated there was some doubt as to
whether Mexico had adopted restrtc'
tive measures against United States
citizens developing Oil properties
there, but admitted repressive OIL
regulations against foreigners WEI c
found in recent amendments to the
Mexican constitution.
The presidents letter was a review
of the world oil situation by the state
department.
Restrictions Of the British govern
ment were outlined as follows:
Debarring foreigners from owning
oil properties in any land under the
British flag.
Preventing any foreigners from
participation in the direction or own
ership of such.
Orders in council prohibiting British
owners from selling to foreigners, Or
the transfer of any shares of the
compares to others than British sub
jects.
The report states that the Amerl-
can government Is taking no steps TO
allow Americans to enter foreign
fields other than to make a word
survey of the petroleum situation,
after which some working agree
ments may be reached with foreign
nations. .... .... #....
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
MAIL
BAGS SEIZED
Mystery Of Contents Of Dublin Castle
Pouches Captured BY Sim Fem
ers, is Being Cleared
Up.
[By Webb Miller, United Press Staff
Correspondent.

[By Webb Miller, United Press Staff
Correspondent
DUBLIN, (By Mail 1.-The mystery
of the contents of the Dublin castle
mail pouches which were captured by
the Sim Feiners in a daring daylight
raid in the main streets Of Dublin is
being gradually cleared up.
According to high Sim Fein Off
cial the booty included a number of
very confidential reports from British
counsuls in the United States on the
Irish situation there and 1.-The activi-
ties of British agents" The Sim
Feiners intend to publish these re-
ports within short time for propa-
ganda purposes and the official de-
clared that they would make very
interesting readings for the American
public" a"
Since the raid the Irish government
has maintained silence regarding the
contents of the pouches which con-
tanned hundreds of letters and docu-
ments. -
strangely enough" said the Sinr
Fem official "a number OF my OWE
letters were found in the castle mail,
including copies of certain American
newspaper for which l had subscribed,
but which had never reached me.
THE raid was made for a certain
definite purpose which was accom-
plished. Our secret service had in
formed us that some highly interest
ing documents were in this mail We
got them. | imagine the govern
ments plans had to be changed con-
siderably after the raid
The castles mail is now carried in
the interior of an armored-car guarded
by machine guns.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Japanese Picture. Brides.

Limited Press Leased Wire Service !
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17.-De-
spite assurances from the Japanese
government that picture brides
would be denied passports to this
country, $50 prospective brides of
Japanese in this country arrived on
the liner Persia Maru today.
japanese officials explained that the
Passports for the women were grant
ed before the official ban was de-
creed
Immigration Commissioner White
VIII investigate the circumstances
surrounding the admission of the pic
ture brides, he said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
KEOKUK HIGH
GETS SIX POINTS
Rich Wins First and Third in Two
Events in the Big Track Meet
Held Saturday at
Fairfield.

Edward Rich gathered in six points
for Keokuk high in the track meet
Saturday at Fairfield.
Rich won first in the 440-yard dash
and was third in. tn eshot put.
Both Rich and Ebersole were slat-
ed to place in the shot, but the latter
failed to place.
Douglas won the semi-final hun
dred yards dash, but failed to get bet
ter than fourth in the finals. PARCELS
qualified for the high jump but did
not place. Both Ebersole and Doug
las qualified for the finals in discuss
and javelin. but failed to place.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
keokuk People are Responding But
Not in Any Numbers to the Ap-
peal for Money for the
Graves.
TO HONOR HERO DEAD
The Money viii be Used in Decora-
ton of the Graves of the Men
Who Died in
France.

The flower fund for the decoration
of the graves of the boys who will
not come back" is growing There
will still be time for people to give
to the fund, since the time for send
extended
Donations which have been receiv'
ed since Saturday are:
MIR. and Mrs. Hubert Schouten $2.00
Edward Dobbyns ............ LOO
C. +. Skirvin .................. ZOO
Harold kiser Leo
Mrs. j. Will Huiskamp l.W
The funds for the decoration of the
graves of the soldiers over seas are
being collected by the Chicago Trib-
une, and The Gate City has been ask
ed by the local post of the American
Legion to look after the collection
here.
Any people who wish to donate to
the fund will have opportunity to do
SO this week UP until Thursday. On
that date the money will be forwarded
to Chicago. ...
The plan is to decorate every one
of the seventy thousand graves of
Americas dead in French cemeteries.
To do so will take money, but it is BE-
lieved that the people at home are not
going to forget the boys who made
the supreme sacrifice, and that the
money will be raised One dollar
takes care of grave, and there are
surely enough people in Keokuk who
think enough of Memorial day and all
it means to take care of large num-
Der of graves in the French GENE
terieS
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Harmonious Convention.

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service. J
LINCOLN, Neb., May 17.-The ap,
parently listless attitude on the part
of Nebraska republicans was taken
TODAY as an Indication that tomor'
rows state convention will be har-
monious. THE state committee will
meet some time before Tuesday noon
when the gathering will be called 10
order What the democrats may 40
at their convention in Omaha Is PROB
lematical. Many politicians claim 10
see the possibility OF a spirited clasn
between the BryanS and HltchcocE
factions.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Arnstein in Court.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
NE WYGFSK, May 17.-Contempt OF
court proceedings against "Nicky'
Arnstein, alleged master mind" in
the 100000 bond theft case, were
dismissed by U. S. District Judge
Knox today.
Assistant District Attorney Dool-
ing announced Arnstein would be ar
raigned in general sessions court to-
morrow on charges of receiving stol-
en- property and of grand larceny.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17

ca bles .02CS. Canadian dollars were
1895.
Franc checks made a new high at
14.42, UP 80 centimes net and Belgian
ca bles at 1885, up so net Lire checks
rallied 10 to 20.32; demand sterling
eased off IS to 3.S2. CANADIAN uonarS
were at 1895.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Tri.county Holiness Meeting.

BURLINGTON, Iowa, May 1.-THE
tri-county Holiness convention will be
held in this city May IS to % inclu-
sive. The convention will be held
in the Central avenue M. e. church,
services daily at 2::30 and 7:S0 p. no.
Rev. c. H. Babcock of Los Angeles,
will be the evangelist. .eg
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Police Watch Convention

Limited Press Leased Wire Service. |
SPOKANE, Wash, May 17-Wita
me anti-federal group winner of the
Fre-convention battle, the state demo
cratic convention met here today.
lively session, watched over by
ponce reserves, is expected. A series
OF battles between present federal of
nc holders and the socalled ''liberar'
gfotp is expected to occupy most OF
the conventions attention.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Financiers Return Home.

Limited Press Leased Wire Service. I
lOkIO. May III delayed Thorn
a., as W Lamont and Frank A. Wander.
~ noted financiers. left here for the
United States today. accompanied by
olheF members of the American party
investigating financial and economic
conditions in Japan and China.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Foreiqn Exchange Market.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. !
NEW YORK, May 1T,-For-ign ex-
change opened steady. Demand ster-
ling opened at 3S2A, up "; franc
checks were 1892. UP 40 confines:
lire checks were 2O.52, off Is. while
marks demand sold higher at .0206
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Swiss Vote.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
! PARIS, May 17.-Eatest returns
on the Swiss referendum on the
league of nations, which was balloted
on yesterday. showed a vote of 405..
00N in favor of Swiss adhesion to the
league to 321, 900 against, Basic dis.
patch said -a- ID.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
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