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abridged by the United States or by
any state on account of sex" Ratifi-
cation necessary by legislatures of
three-fourths of the 4S states of the
Union.
Amendment ratified by "a states, be-
ginning with Wisconsin, June 10, 1919,
and ending with West Virginia March
10, 1920. Constltutionality of Ohio
ratification before the United States
Supreme court.
Amendment defeated by six states
between September IL, 1919, and Feb
ruary II, 1920, as follows, in the Or
der named: Alabama, Georgia, Missis-
sippi. South Carolina, Virginia, Mary
land.
Connecticut and Yermont-No regu-
lar sessions until 1921. Governors
had refused to call special sessions.
Florida and Tennessee-Cannot vote
In 1920 because of constitutional pro-
vision requiring election to intervene
between submission of amendment and
action on 1t.
Louisiana-Legislatur to meet In
June; small hope of ratification.
in special session in August Gov.
Thomas w. Beckett had declared his
intention to ask for ratification.
Washington promptly ratified Del
aware and Louisiana refused. The
governors of Connecticut, Florida and
Vermont refused to call special ses-
sions. The United States Supreme
court upheld the Ohio ratification on
the ground that no state constitution
had the authority to change in any
detail the method which the United
States Constitution itself provides for
its amendment. This decision cleared
the way for the special session in Ten
nessee, which began August 8.
1t is seventy years since the organ
lied movement for woman suffrage
was begun in the United States.
In 1913 Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth
Cady Stanton called the first Woman's
Rights convention at Seneca Falls, y.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-27
NEED SWAMp-ROOT

Thousands OF women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect Il.
Wome's' complaints often prove to Be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
II the kidneys are not in healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back. headache, loss of am
bition. nervousness. are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment DR..
hlmer's Swamp Root, = physicians pre-
scription. obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get medium or large size bottle i'm
medintely from any drug store.
However. if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-27
FIGHT FOR VOTES
IS WON BY WOMEN
Thirty-Six States Have Ratified
Amendment.
TENNESSEE FALLS INTO LINE
Washington Is the Thirty-Fifth-Sev-
enty Years of Struggle for Equal
Suffrage-Features and Some
Immortal Names.

shington.-American women have
won their fight for votes. Washington
and Tennessee have ratified the con-
stitutional amendment, making 80
states out of As.
Upon the opening March % OF the
special sessions of the legislatures of
Washington and Delaware, the woman
suffrage situation in the United States
was briefly this:
Amendment to the Constitution
passed by congress June 4, 1919, as
drafted in 1875 by Susan B. Anthony !:
"The right of citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be denied or
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-27

From 1869 to 1893 she was president
of the National Woman Suffrage as
addressed congressional committees
on woman suffrage. She was the joint
author of History of Woman Suf-
frage" 0SS1-s) and Eighty Years
or More" (1S95) is her autobiography.
third name is that of Susan b.
Anthony uS20-19o6). She Joined with
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady
Stanton in organizing the woman suf-
frage movement. She became in time
the real leader of the movement; GER
tainly she was its first militant suf-
fragist. Born in Adams, Mass, she
came of Quaker stock. and early devot-
ed herself to temperance" (the pro-
hibition of those days. and to the abo-
lltion of slavery.
In 1875 Miss Anthony drafted the
amendment to the Constitution which
has now been ratified. In 1878 the
amendment was introduced In the SEN
ate by Senator Sargent of California
1t was defeated in 1887 and thereaf-
ter was not even debated in congress
until 1914.
During the years the Constitutional
amendment campaign was making no
progress the women won many victo-
ries in the states, securing full suf-
frage in Is; presidential suffrage in
u and partial suffrage in several 9TH
ers.
The National American Woman
Suffrage association In 1912. opened
headquarters in Washington and be-
gan an active campaign for the
passage of the amendment. In 1915
1t established branch Headquarters
there which were devoted entirely to
the amendment campaign. The cam
paign was educational and social as
well as political and attracted world
wide attention.
The National Woman's party, Or
ganized in 1910 by Alice Paul, estab-
llshed Washington headquarters in
1913 and introduced the militant into
the campaign.
Alice Paul-the third Quakeress to
immortalize herself-is the spectacu-
lar figure of the struggle. She devel-
oped the deadliest card index on men,
bers of congress that practical politics
has ever seen. She served notice
through the White House pickets that
the president was the "man higher up"
The arrest of nearly 500 of these pick
cts and the imposition of jail SEN
fences followed. Incidentally Miss
Paul herself served seven terms in
jail.
The amendment was beaten three
times In the senate and once in the
house before 1t was finally passed by
the Sixty-sixth congress June 4, 1919,
by the necessary two-thirds majority.
The year 1859 saw the formation Of
two national organizations: National
Woman Suffrage association. with Mrs.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-27
The Artistic TEMPERAMENT.

The late William Dean Howells
had no faith in the Greenwich village
doctrine that the "artistic tempera.
ment" pardons all things-that authors
and actors do not have to behave
themselves like other men.
II used to know a poet" he said.
one day at Kittery Point. "This poet
was very conceited. He neglected his
wife. of course.
"His wife once took him to task for
philandering. She wept as she told
how she had seen him drinking cham
payne with a chorus girl when he was
supposed to be at work on u new
poem.
"He didn't deny the charge.
"T thought you understood, my
dear he said, that was too good to
be true"
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-27

plumber working in North side
home recently encountered unusual
hospitality. Katherine, age six, was
watching the plumber cut the con-
get to n pipe. After working several
minutes the plumber leaned back
against the wall and remarked that
the concrete certainly was hard to cut
IF you are tired. come upstairs and
take bath and then take nap" was
the child's Observation-Disclosures
News.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-27

Y, which launched a Declaration of
Sentiments" and passed a resolution
demanding equal suffrage.
These are two immortal names in
American history. Lucretia Mott
u793-1SS0) was born in Nantucket,
Mass, of Quaker parents. After teach
ing, she became an acknowledged
minister" of the Friends. She married
james Mott, who worked with his wife
against slavery.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton QS15-19O2)
was born in Johnstown, N. Y. She
married in 1910 Henry b. Stanton,
journalist and anti-slavery speaker
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-27
ASPIRIN

Inc Aspirin proved safe by millions
and prescribed by physicians for over
twenty years. Accept only an unbroken
"Bayer package" which contains proper
directions to relieve Headache, Tooth
ache. Earache. Neuralgia, Rheumatism,
Colds and Pain. Handy tin boxes Of IL
tablets cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger "Bayer packages" Aspirin
is trade mark Bayer Manufacture Mon
oaceticncidester of SalicylicacId.-Adv
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-27
His Not to Reason Why.

Regimental headquarters had just
been set up and the fussy colonel de-
cided that he must have Flagstaff.
"O'Hara," he told his orderly. go
out and get me tall pole-the tallest
you can find"
Ten minutes later O'Hara re-entered
panion.
Colonel" he explained, 'there amt
a Pole in the outfit over FIVE feet
eight, but this guys Lithuanian and,
whatever you want him for, I don't
believe nobody will ever notice the diff
Reconsideration Legion Weekly.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-27
| Cuticura Soap
The Velvet Touch|
For the Skin
Ssan 2se. Qiafue.f Is ..d sne I.ie.- 1s-
FRECkLES = si. w. - E:i:::::s: -!
His Large Ears.
Soap Use. oi.t...s Is and Soc. T.Ie.- zse

Old Farmer Hayes Ito young Caik-
ms passing by and Just home from
college)-Good morning. JlmmieI
James Calkins (hufily)-I didn't
speak.
Old Farmer Hayes-Oh. 1 thought
you did; but It musta been your cars
Tapping
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-27

A Goldfish has been known to lay as
inny as $3.50, 900 eggs at spawning.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-27

The center of population Of the
United States in 1910 was the city of
Bloomington. Ind.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-27

Adam considered clothes.
~ think a campaign button woult
be a good beginning" he cried.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-27
Main Thlnu.

He Qoftily)-"1 cannot WOO you
with soft words. / am a man of
deeds" She (eagerly)-"Title deeds?
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-27
Real Relief Comes Only by
Cleansing the Blood of the
Germs.

You must realize that your blood
Is loaded down with catarrh
germs, and these germs must BIO
removed from your blood before
you can expect real, rational relief
from the disease. And of course,
you know that you cannot reach
these germs in your blood with
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-27

Benumbed.
Artie-"Ohl Excuse me; did step
on your feet again7" Gertie--T
couldn't say. I did not know you were
of yet"
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-27

Insects cause an annual loss Of ap-
proximately $1,000, 100000 to the
United States.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-27
Millions of Tiny Germs
Cause Your Catarrh

sprays and douches.
s. s. S. will cleanse your blood
Of the cause Of Catarrh, and give
real relief. It has been In con-
slant use for more than fifty
years, and is sold by all druggists.
Buy a bottle Of S. S. S. today and
lose no further time in getting on
the right treatment.
Valuable advice regarding your
case will be furnished free. Ad-
dress Medical Adviser, 103 Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-09
SAGE TEA KEEPS
YOUR HAIR DARK
It's Grandmother's recipe to bring
back color, youthfuiness and
Iustre-Everybody is
using it again.

{ Gray hair, however handsome, de-
notes advancing age. We all know
the advantages OF a youthful appear
ance. Your hair is your charm. 1t
makes or mars the face. When 1t
faces, turns gray and looks streaked,
Just a. few applications of Sage Tea
end Sulphur enhances its appearance
a hundred-fold.
Don't stay gray! Look young!
Either prepare the recipe at home
or get from any drug store bottle
i5f "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound" which is merely the old
tine recipe improved by the addi-
ZION of other ingredients. Thousands
'of folks recommend this ready-to-use
preparation. because it darkens the
hair beautifully; besides, no one can
possibly tell. as it darkens SO natur-
ally and evenly. You moisten
sponge or soft brush with 1t, draw
ing this through the hair, taking one
small strand at a time. By, morning
the gray hair disappears; after an
other application or two, its natural
ccior is restored and it becomes
thick, glossy and lustrous, and you
apFoar years younger.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-09
THE PROBE WAY
TO TAKE ASPIRIN
FIRST SEE THAT THE TABLETS
YOU TAKE ARE MARKED
WITH THE "BAYER
CROSS"

The Bayer Company, who intro.
duced Aspirin tell in their careful
directions in each package OF genu-
Inc "Bayer Tablets Of Aspirin" that
ito get best results one or two glasses
lof water should be drank after TAX
ing tablets.
"Bayer Tablets OF Aspirin" to be
genuine must be marked with the
safety "Bayer Cross" Then you are
getting the world-famous Aspirin, pre-
scribed by physicians for over eigh-
teen years.
Each unbroken "Bayer'' package
contains proper directions for Colds,
Headache, Toothache, Earache, Neu-
ralgia, Lumbago, Rheumatism, Neu-
ritis. and for Pain generally.
Handy tin boxes of twelve tablets
cost but a few cents. Druggists also
sell larger "Bayer" packages. AS
pirin is the trade mark of Bayer
Manufacture OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
of Salicylicacid.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-09
LIZARDS KEPT
IN THE SOUTH
They are Useful There to Eat the
Many Bugs Which lnfest the
Flowers-Should Not
Be Destroyed.

A dastardly and insiduous plot of
northern plutocrats, having as its
! object the filching of the south's
chameleon supply. has been uncov-
cred by the New Orleans Horticul-
tural society," says the New Orleans
Times-Picayune.
C. L. Dry, secretary of the society,
says the lizards must be kept at
home. and that he is going to ask
Comm issioner M. l.. Alexander of
the state department of conservation
to protect them with game law.
In the south the lizard is permitted
to spend his life happily and natur-
ally in the pursuit Of elusive bugs.
The bug eats the flowers and the
chameleon eats the bug. No lizards,
plenty bugs, no flowers; plenty liz
ards, no bugs, plenty flowers. Ergo,
the expectation Of the chameleon
must cease.
1t is claimed that lizard hunters
are catching lizards for lounge liz
ards. They are either made into
necklaces to adorn the neck of some
northern belle or Kept about the per-
son as a pet and worn on the end
of a chain like a monocle
The north is to be notified that 1t
must not lay violent hands on our
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-09
Or. James II. Mitchell Of Chicago VIII
be Speaker and Will Deliver
An illustrated
Lecture.
o ESTABLISH CLINIC
Special Meeting is Held of Commit
tees from Club and Visiting
Nurse Association About
Tuberculosis. e

F., In order to accommodate DR.. James
Herbert Mitchell, of Chicago, who is
to be the speaker tomorrow evening
! at the Physicians club program, the
regular meeting, which was to have
been held this evening, has been
changed to Wednesday night, and all
Of the club members are asked to
note this new arrangement.
DR.. Mitchell comes from the Rush
Medical college OF Chicago and he
will read a paper tomorrow evening,
illustrating his lecture with lantern
slides. The address will follow the
dinner, which will be served in the
Tiffany room of Hotel Iowa
The committee in charge OF the
meeting Wednesday evening says
that any members of the club who
have sent their regrets for the din
ner, and who find they will be able
to attend, will please come. There
will be number of physicians pres
ent from nearby places.
A called meeting of the Physicians
club, at the request of the Visiting
Nurse association, was held last
night, at which time committee
from the v. N. A. met with the club
and asked them for their co-opera-
ton and endorsement in the estab-
lishment Of diagnostic tuberculosis
clinic which the v. N. A. proposes to
found in Keokuk.
The Physicians club heartily ap-
proved the new clinic and promised
it's support A committee composed
of DR.. Frank M. Fuller, DR.. William
M Hople and DR. Sarah R. kelman
was appointed from the club to con-
fer with the V. N. A. in regard 10
the matter Mrs. Harry ]. Reeves,
MIS-. Beverly B. Hobbs and Miss Isa-
bel Kellman, state tuberculosis nurse
from Des Moines, were the members
Of the committee from the V. n. A.
who waited on the Physicians club
last night.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-09

III be glad when he quits the ring
I am going to America with Georges
on a honeymoon trip, but I viii not
attend the fight"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-09
LOVE TRIANGLE
ENDS IN DEATH
ave Shall Keep Our Secret Closely
Hid, Beneath the Coffin Lid"
Read Poem Found
With Bodies.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, March "A war love
! triangle was revealed here today
when Clifford Maville Bleyer, &c
years old, head of the Clifford Bleyer
Advertising agency, ana Mrs. Ruth
Randall, divorced wife Of an over.
seas soldier, were found dead to-
gether.
Police toway worked on the theory
that Mrs. Randall killed Bleyer and
then took her own life as they lay
in her bed.
The deaths were revealed when an
investigation was ordered by Mrs.
Bleyer after her husband had been
missing from home two nights.
Police believe the tragedy occurred
Saturday night.
A poem, believed written by Mrs.
Randall and found beside the bed
where the two lay, furnished proof,
police said. that Mrs. Randall killed
Bleyer and then took her own life
One line read:
I'VE shall keep our, secret closely
hid, beneath the coffin lid"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-09
THEATRES
Gus Hills MjnstreIs

Gus Hills Ministries.
The famous Gus Hills Ministries,
now recognized as the best show of
its kind now currying public ap.
proval, will be the next attraction at
the Grand theater Monday, March Is,
with the customary matinee. The
company is a. large one and includes
the dean Of all blackface comedians,
George Wilson. Mr.. Wilson has an
entirely new monologue this season
and is bound to add to his present
host Of admirers, who recognize him
as the most popular minstrel now
doing Ethiopian comedy. The big
show is brand new in every depart
ment-new songs, new hits, new
jokes, new features, novelties and
other ingredients which have made
this production the most discussed
offering on the road. That mimi
table genius of br'unt cork frolic and
mirth, James German, has introduced
several innovations which are sure
to be the talk of the town. There
will be a monster street parade and
musical demonstration by the COM
pany's own band of forty pieces.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-09

chameleons or we will sic the game
laws on it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-09
CROSBY is
ELEVATED
List Of Burlington Route Appoint
ments and Promotions Received
at Local offices Of the
Company.

Appointments, effective March l.
in the traffic department of the c., B
& @. Railroad company have been
announced from the office of the vice
president of the road, and notices
hove been received in Keokuk.
George II. Crosby, who has been
freight traffic manager, is made as
sistant to the vice president.
The appointments in the freight de-
partment include these:
H. H. Holcomb, from assistant
freight traffic manager to freight
traffic manager; E. r. Puffer. from
general freight agent to assistant
freight traffic manager; George Nor
ton. from assistant general freight
agent to assistant freight traffic
manager: w. G. Wagner, assistant
general freight agent to general
freight agent II. f. Heller is gen
eral freight agent; F. Montmorency,
general freight agent; L. V. Ma
honey, R. B. Battley, w. w. Johnston.
J. B. briggs, J. f. Vallery, F. A. Hart,
George P. Lyman and F. E. Holdings
head, assistant general freight agents.
Appointments in the passenger de-
partment include:
P. S. Eustis, passenger traffic
manager; J. Francis, general passen'
ger agent: F. e. Bell. assistant gen.
eral passenger agent. A. Cotsworth,
IT.. is made assistant general passen
ger agent; l.. W. Wakeley, w. A.
Ialor are named general passenger
agents and J. F. Buckingham gen
eral baggage, mail and express agent,
with l.. II. Stebbins as assistant.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-09

Boys wouldn't object to bathing If
they could do like birds, in the dust.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-09
Bankers Associations

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Mar. 9.-The duties and
problems of officials of bankers asso-
Citations were to be discussed here to-
day and tomorrow at the annual meet.
ing Of the presidents, vice-presid ents
and secretaries Of the Central States
Bankers associations. Thirty-fve or
forty officials representing twelve as
sociations in middle western states
were expected to attend.
Frank Warner, of Des Moines,
Iowa, will be chairman of the confer
ence.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-09
Man of the House Becoming a Mouse.

Man OF the HOUSE Becoming MOUSE.
BOSTON, March 8. - Growing
weakness on the part OF men Of the
country is developing sinister
feminism, Cardinal O'Connell told O.
gathering of men at the cathedral Of
the Holy Cross last night. Men as
the head of the house, he said, should
assert his proper authority in the
home. Failure to do this, the cardi-
nal asserted, leads to a false femin.
ism, which unless it is curbed in
time; will have disastrous results for
humanity.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-09

was the first public statement made
by Nine. Carpenter following their
marriage here yesterday
II abhor boxing and I can't under
stand women who enjoy such spec
tacles," the bride said. II couldn't
bear to see any one hit Georges and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-09
Wife's First

PARIS, Mar. 9.-Announcement
that Georges Carpenter will retire
from the ring after his fight with Jack
Dempsey for the worlds championship
The Washington herald., 1920-12-09
SAGE TEA DANDY
T0DARKEN HAIR
Look Years Younserl Use the Old
Time Sage Tea and Sulphur
and Melody win
Know. .,s.

You can turn gray, faded hair
beautifully dark and lustrous al
most over night II you'll get a bot
tie of "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound" at any drug store. Mill
ions of bottles of this old famous
Sage Tea Recipe, improved by the
addition Of other Ingredients, are
sold annually, says a wen-known
druggist here. because 1t darkens
the hair SO naturally and evenly
that no one can tell 1t has been ap-
piled.
Those whose hair Is turning gray
or becoming faded have a surprise
awaiting them, because after one or
two applications the gray hair van
ishes and your locks become luxuri-
antly dark and beautiful.
This is the age of youth. Gray
haired, unattractive folks aren't
wanted around, SO get busy with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound tonight and you'll be delight
ed with your dark. handsome hair
and your youthful appearance with
In few days.
This preparation Is a toilet requi-
site and is not intended for the cure,
mitigation or preSention of disease.