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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14
BRIDGE BUILDING
/. PROGRAM FOR LEE
e.,.rvisors Decide on Work for Conn
ina Season Which WIN Repre-
sent Between $4,000 and
$4,000.
CONCRETE AND STEEL
New Spans viii be Built OF This Ma.
terial and VIII Have Concrete
Floors for All Of
Them.

bridge building program which
viii involve between forty and fifty
,bnusand dollars has been planned
nv the board of supervisors OF Lee
county for the coming spring and
summer. The board had number
~ bridges in mind, but were unable
n find the funds for financing all OF
these. In view Of this. they picked
ont the most important spans for re-
building and replacement and VIII do
this work this year.
The Occidental bridge. which will
be built on the Fort Madison-West
point road, is probably the most ex-
nensive job to be undertaken, owing
10 the width Of the bridge and the
height Of the sides. This bridge viii
he a twenty-foot structure, thirty
two feet wide, with very high sides.
This bridge will cost in the neighbor-
hood Of $4,000.
The Bartell bridge, one-half mile
above the Des Moines river bridge.
on the Valley road. will be replaced
This will be forty-foot bridge.
Other bridges throughout the coun-
Nv which it is contemplated building
will be:
The Mccullough bridge, a fifty
foot truss bridge, in Harrison town.
ship.
The Umpton bridge, a thirty-foot
bridge in Marion township.
The X. o. bridge in Montrose
township, on the road from Montrose
10 yiele. This will be a sixty-foot
bridge.
1t is planned to take out the Tur-
key Creek Hollow bridge. fifty feet
long, and to replace it with an all
concrete culvert. This is in Harrt
son township.
All OF these bridges will be OF
steel and concrete with solid con.
crete floors. They will replace pres.
ent structures OF wood and iron
which have become worn out There
we're seven more construction pro
jects planned, but the board had to
lay these over for lack OF funds at
the present time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14
NAVY STATION
OFFERS PRIZE
Ten inch Shell Will be Given to High
SchooI Pupil Who Writes Best
Essay on Navy as Educa-
tional Institution.

The navy recruiting station at Des
Moines has lust received ten inch
she'll from the navy department to be
used as prize to be given the
high school in the state OF Iowa that
submits the best essay on the United
States navy as an educational and
vocational institution
The object of this contest IS to In
vite the attention of the young people
of this state to their navy and to
cause them to becorae familiar with
the 'first line Of defense of our
country.
This shell weighs approximately
$50 pounds, is ten inches in diameter
and thirty inches in length. The explo-
sive charge has been removed. other,
wise it is in the sarne condition as
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14
FIND TEACHERS
POORLY PAID
Reports to National Educational Blu.
reau Shows That Compensation
Is Not Commensurate With
Work.

From a total of sixty-three reports
from county and district superinten-
dents in Iowa, report compiled by
the National Educational association
shows that the teachers in the rural
schools are, on the average, paid lower
than the vast majority of other lines
of business. 1t also Is indicated, &C.
cording to the statistics made avail
able at the county superintendent's
office, that there is shortage Of
teachers and that low pay has lowered
the standard in some parts of the
state. The state report follows:
l. Total number Of teaching posi-
lions included in reports, 14,766.
2. Total number of teachers who
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14
DYE THAT SKIRT,
COAT OR BLOUSE
DIAMOND DYES" MAKE SHABBY
FADED APPAREL LIKE NEW.

Don't worry about perfect results.
Use Diamond Dyes" guaranteed to
give a new. rich, fadeless color to
any fabric, whether It be wool, silk,
linen, cotton or mixed goods
dresses, blouses, stockings, skirts.
children's coats, feathers, draperies,
coverings.
The Direction Book with each pack.
age tells SO plainly how to diamond
dye over any color that you cannot
make a mistake.
K To match any material, have drug
gist show you Diamond Dye" Color
Card.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14
pesctaneI fer President.

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
PARIS, Jan. 14.-"Deschanel-fo
president" boom was under way here
today.
Following election of Paul Deschan-
ell as president of the chamber of
deputies, his friends Immediately
commenced movement to encourage
his election to succeed President Poin-
care. Whether Deschanel will OPP
pose Premier Clemenceau. whose
candidacy although not formally an
nounced, has been considered certain,
was not known.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14
Student Fined $500.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
ITHACA, N. Y, Jan. 14.-Donald
w. Fether, Los Angeles, sophomore
at Cornell university, was found
guilty in county court here yesterday
of violating the liquor law and was
fined 5000.
The charge was the outgrowta Of
the drowning last July of Miss Hazel
Cranse while canoeing with him. He
was charged with murder and re-
leased later on a habeas corpus writ
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14

ed with nervous prostratlon. Mrs. ].
CHRIsTMAN, 1913 Oak Street, Bingham
ton, New York.
The success Of Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from nervous prostration,
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, irregularities, pefiodic pains, back
ache, bearing-down feeling, flatulency,
indigestion and dizziness. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the
standard remedy for female ills.
If there are any complications about
which you need advice write in con-
fidence to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14
FIume as Italian Port.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE big three
has decided Fiume shall be an Italian
port under the league of nations, a
Paris dispatch to the Chronicle said
today.
to the dispatch, will remain Jugo-
Slav territory but Italy will be guar
anteed certain economic rights. in
Guiding use Of railways.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14
MOVING PICTURES.
The Miracle Man.

From the sordid slums Of New
York's Chinatown to the grandeur Of
high mountains and the majesty of
the ocean--that is the range of the
setting in THE Miracle Man." the
big picture which is showing at the
Grand theatre this week. The same
expansiveness OF vision is reflected
in the absorbing story, written by
George M Cohan, and produced with
striking success on Broadway.
The central figure is white-haired
patriarch, who lives in the hills, near
the sea and who has reputed power
to heal the sick and crippled. Tom
Burke and his band in their haunt
in the New York underwood read of
his miracles and conceive the idea OF
capitalizing them for their own gain
So they go to the town where the old
man lives and frame up mircle for
him. To their surprise they discover
that he really possesses the healing
powers accredited to him.
Don't forget seats are reserved for
each first evening performance which
starts promptly at 7:15. Come early.
Colonial Tonight.
Once again II. B. Warner, star of
the American stage for many seasons,
is seen in the leading role of Tri.
angle production. THE Beggar of
Cawnpore" Warner, one of the best
loking and best-groomed men who
ever graced drawing room Of the
stage, screen or real life, appears at
the beginning and at the close of the
play in the dress uniform of British
army officer, a costume environment
into which he fits most effectively.
His acting displays type of work
entirely different from that OF any
part he has ever played.
Colonial Thursday and Friday.
Traffic is tied up for fifteen min
utes, one traffic cop is dropped in the
sewer, and mayor and alderman are
tapped on the head with a twelve
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14
Demand Higher Wages.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
ROME, Jan. 13.-Employes In the
vatican today presented memoran-
dunn to Pope Benedict demanding In.
creased salaries to meet the high
cost OF living. A committee OF three
cardinals was appointed to revise
wage scales.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14
HunuarIan Treaty Today.

PARIS, Jan. lathe Hungarian
peace treaty recently completed by
the peace conference will be handed
to the enemy delegation headed by
Count Apponyi in the French foreign
office at four o'clock this afternoon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14

mind was gloomy,
could see no light on
anything, could not
work and could not
have anyone to see
me. Doctors med
icine did not help me
and Lydia e. Pink
b a M s Vegetable
Compound was re-
commended. I took
j t a n d a m no W
wv e IL. I recon-
M and ~ - oil ait
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14
those used in our naval guns aboard

those used in our naval guns aboard
ship.
Honorable mention will be given to
the ten best essays submitted. The
Judges of this contest will be Judge
Hubert Utterbacll, Judge of the Polk
county district court; A. M. M. Dor
non, of Sabins Educational Exchange
of Des Moines, and ]. w. Studebaker.
assistant superintendent of the Des
MONIES schools The contest will
close on March 18th and essays re-
ceived by J. w. Studebaker after that
date will not be considered.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14
italian AvIators.

limited Press Leased Wire Serytce.l
ROME, Jan. 13.-The Italian ayia-
tors attempting a flight from Rome
to Toxic have reached Salonika, q
message today said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14

He is alleged to have bought quart
OF whiskey before the canoe trip.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14
NERVOUS
PROSTRATION
Mrs. J. Christman Proved
That Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is a
Remedy for this Trouble.

Binghamton, N. Y.--'T was in a very
nervous condition for over a wear. nv
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14

foot dry-goods box and Charlie Chap.
lin is stuck in pile Of hot tar in the
opening scenes OF "a Days Pleasure.
which will be seen at the Colonial
theater, Thursday and Friday.
This production marks Chaplin's
fourth picture OF the million dollar
class which he is producing for dis
tribution by First National Exhibitors
Circuit. Eastern critics who have
seen advance runs of the production
declare that it embodies the hearty
laughs of his previous First National
successes, Shoulder Arms" "A Dogs
Life and "Sunnyside," but is in itself
the most unqualified laugh success he
has yet produced.
The famous comedian makes de-
cided departure from his previous pic
ture, intending to eschew the slap
stick for events that are likely to hap
pen on busy street corner and on
an excursion boat.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14
Look at tongueI Remove poisons
from stomach, liver and
bowels.

Accept California" Syrup Of Figs
only-look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child is having the best and most
harmless laxative or physic for the
little stomach, liver and bowels. Chill
dren love It's delicious fruity taste. Full
directions for child's dose on each bot
lie. Give 1t without fear.
Mother! You must say California. -
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-14
Hippodr

Mildred Manning, Wilfred Lucas,
Roy Stewart, Robert McKim, Graham
Petite, Mary Jane Irving, frankie
Lee. Those are the six stars with a
supporting cast of the best character
talent in motion pictures. who make
the characters of Stewart Edward
Whites novel, THE Westerners,"
appear in a film as pages of the book.
The big Hodkinson feature comes TO
the Hippodrome theatre tonight. On
the same program, latest Pathe News.
Tomorrow and Friday, everybody's
favorite, Wallace Reid, in a new pro
duction, 1.-THE Valley of the Giants
Adapted from the story in the Satur-
day Evening Post by Peter B. Kyne,
author of "Cappy Kicks" Also latest
Pathe News. No advance in prices.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-22
CHAPTER X
Ikrrl,otSe

n was on the following Tuesdsy
that Mrs. Sin came TO the theatre
accompanied by Moilie Gre,na
Il arrange for you for Saturday
night" che said. -cy Kilfane is com.
Ing with Moliie and you bring
Lucy. chr
oh" replied Rita hesitatinsiy.
7 am sorry you have gone to 30
much trouble
mo trouble my scar Mrs. Sin
assured her. Just q little matter
OF business. and you can pay the
bin when II suits you
Pyno's big car was AZ the stage
door on tho Hateful Saturday night.
for Rita had brought her dressing
case to the theatre and having call.
ed for Kiifane and Moliie Cre,na
they were TO proceed direct to
Limehouse-
Rita. as she entered the car. no
ticed that Juan Mareno. Sir Lucien's
man. and not the chauffeur with
whom she was acquainted. sat at
the wheel As they drove off:
why In Mareno driving TO.
night. Jucyr- she asked.
Sir Lucien glanced aside nj her.
Tie IL In my confidence" he re.
piled. Fraser is not"
"Oh. sec. You don't want Fraser
to know about the Limehouse Jour
ncy7'
Naturally don't He would
talk to all the men at the garage
and from South Audley ri. the tit.
bit OF scandal would pcrcoiatc thru
every stratum OF society"
As the car sped along the Strand
a mutual silence fell upon the
party. Cornhill and Leaden Hail
St. along which presently their
route lay. offered a prospect OF
lamp-lighted emptiness. Crossing
Limehouse Canal the car swung
to the right into West India Dock
road. narrow streets and sinister.
looking mleys lay right and left OF
them. and into one OF the narrowest
and least inviting OF all Mareno
turned the car.
we get out here and walk said
Sir Luclen. 1T would not be wise
TO drive further. Mareno viii de.
liver our baggage by hand pres
entity"
what a creepy neighborhood."
whispered Rita. "why. we are right
on the bank OF the riverr'
Not quite" answered Pyna I'VE
are skirting a dock basin"
They entered the narrow court
and from a doorway Immediately
on the left a faint light shone out.
Pyne pushed the door fully open
and held It for Rita to enter. As
she did so:
Hello! hello~ croaked a harsh
voice. Number one piicc chop iol
Sin Sin war
The uncanny cracked voice pro-
ceeded 10 give an excellent imi.
tation OF police whistle. and con.
cluded with that OF the clicking OF
castanets.
shut the door. Lucy came the
murmurous tones Of Kilfane. Light
up. Sin Sim
"sln Sin Wal Sin Sin War
shrieked the voice and again came
the rattling Of imaginary castnn-
cts. "Smartest leg in Buenos Ayres
--Buenos .Ayres--p'lice chop-p'lice
chop. To-"
Pyne closed the door, and a dlmly
dlscernible figure on the opposite
side of the room stopped and open
ed little cupboard in which was
lighted ships lantern. The Ian
tern being lifted. out and set upon
a rough table near the stove. n be.
came possible 70 view the apartment
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Interest now became centsred
upon the preparations being made
" Mira Sin. From the aitache
case she took cot q iacquercd box.
II contained four singular looking
pipca She laid them upon the tray
and now took out Of the case . 1T
tic copper lamp. = smaller heauered
box and . silver spa;ula
Mrs Sin carefully lighted the
lamp. which burned with a short.
blush fame. and. opening the
'iacquered Dor. she dipped the spat.
uia into the thick gummy substance
which IL contained and twisted the
little instrument round and round
between her fingers. presently with
craving II with a giobuie Of chandu.
about the sizo of a bean. adhcring
to the end.
She began 20 twiri the prepared
opium above the flame Of the lamp.
when by evaporation the cbandu
had become reduced to the size Of
small pea, Mrs. Sin pressed It
adroitly into the tiny bowl OF one
OF tho ivory pipes. She turned to
Rita
The guest Of the evening" she
said. do not be afraid. Inhale
oh. 30 gentic-and blew the smoke
from the nostriis. You know how
to smoker
The same as a cigaret1- asked
Rita cxcitedly. ~ Mrs Sin bent
over her.
1.-THE same. but very. very gen.
tly.-
Rita took She pipe and raised the
mouthpiece 10 her lips.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-22
ST BILL RAISED
TO S50,PASSED
Man and Wife Held by
Secret Service

Recognized from his description by
secret service operative who had
known him while he was serving a
sentence at Monroe rcformatory for
larceny. Charles sorenson. as. was
arrested wednesday afternoon.
charged with passing a raised" 81
to $50 silver certificate. His wife.
Evelyn. was taken into custody q few
hours later.
According 10 Capt Thomas II. Eos
ter. chief Of thu secret service. Soren.
son admitted that he and bis wife
had purchased some clothing with
the bin at the Chicago Miafit parlors
on juno 20. but denied knowing thai,
tho money was altered. lie alleged
that he had received II from a bank
The bin was raised by means Of
very crude -ncrateh work." and fed.
erd agents express surprise that ~
should have passed thru the hands
Of two clerks before being detected.
The Sorensons ar, held for hearing
before tho United States commits.
sioncr.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-22

and NJ occupants.
II was = small. fow-oefled place.
having two doors. ono opening upon
the street and the other upon n
narrow. uncarpeted passage The
window was boarded mp. There
we're two chairs, n table and a
number OF empty tea chests In the
room.
Upon one Of the tea chests placed
beside the cupboard which had con.
taincd the lantern a Chinaman was
seated His skin was OF 80 light a
yellow color as TO approximate 10
dirty white, and his face was pock-
marked from neck to crown. He
wore long. snake-iike mustaches.
which hung down below his chin.
He possessed the longest and thick.
est pigtaii which could possibly
grow upon n human scalp. and his
left eye was permanently closed.
The garments of the ope-eyed
Chinaman consisted OF a loose
blouse, blue trousers tucked into
grey socks, and a pair OF native
thicksolcd slippers. a raven. black
as a bird of ebony, perched upon
the Chinaman's shoulder. head a.tiit.
surveying the newcomers with n
bcady. giittering left eye which
strangely resembled the beady. gilt
tering right eye OF the Chinaman.
For. singular. uncanny circumstance
this was one.cyed raven which
sat upon the shoulder of his one
eyed master!
Are you ready for us, Sur ask
ed Sir Lucien.
"All lcady. Lola hab gotchce top
side loom. leady." replied the China.
man IN n soft. Grooming voice.
GO ahead. Kiifane." directed Sir
Lucien.
He glanced at Rita who was stand.
Ing very near him, surveying the
evil little room and its owner with
illconcealed disgust.
This In merely the foyer. Rita"
he said. smiling slightly. The state
apartments are upstairs and in the
adjoining house"
Up IAN uncarpeted stair, Cyrus
Kilfane led the party. and into n
kind OF lumber room lighted by a
tin oil lamp and filled to over.
flowing with Heterogeneous and un.
savory rubbish. more tea chests.
broken lamps. tattered fragments OF
clothing, ruins OF chairs-the whole
diffusing an indescribably unpleas.
ant odor.
Opening q cupboard door. Kn.
fare revealed a number of pendant.
ragged garments. Holding the gar
ments aside. he banged upon the
back OF the cupboard--three blows
a pause, and then two blows.
"who is III" inquired a muffled
voice.
ICY aud the crowd" answered Xii.
fame.
Thereupon cnsued grating noise,
and. then garments swung suddenly
backward. revealing doorway In
which Mrs. Sin stood framed. She
wore a japanese kimono Of embroid.
cred green silk and pair OF green
and gold brocaded slippers.
"Come right in" she directed
The quartet filed thru into car
peted corridor. and Mrs. Sin re.
closed the false back Of the cup.
board. which. viewed from the other
side, proved to he a door fitted
into a recess In the corridor OF the
adjoining. house. This recess ceased
to exist when a second and heavier
door was closed upon the first.
You know" murmurcd kilfane,
'old Sin Sin has his uses. Lola.
Those doors are perfectly made"
CONTINUED In Our Next Usual
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-22
Police Tell Why
Town Was Burned

DUBLIN. July 27.--Police ut Tsrarn
sacked the town only after having
been fired upon from windows and
hous-tops. according to an official
report OF troubles there issued by
British military headquarters here
today.
Damage Mt Tuam was estima ted
at Thousands OF pounds
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-22

Photographs by James Hare ord famous photographer
rho covering the PoiishBoihevk for The Star
that the Polish army is ceH equipped ,oh modern ipe-
cnts Of such used the 'front.' In fact,
much Of the Polish army equipment built for against
the Germans. Above drmored train Of latest design
used in the Polish effort TO stop the Bolshepk hordes Be-
iow girl refugee begging food from Polish soldiers oho are
accom- anving trdinLoad Of supplies.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-22
At SALTS
PICNIC AT KIRKLAND IL at

tended by 100 members OF the De
gree OF Honor. A o. u. W. wednes-
day in honor OF Mrs Eva p. Gordon.
grand chief OF honor Of Washington.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-03-25
First to Originate and
Use Forks and Napkins on
Table Of Family Home

"Fingers were made before forks"
and that is Why we have napkins.
Existence today would be bad In
deed without that most essential of
all table appointments, the napkin.
But can one conceive of its impor-
lance to our ancestors, who only few
hundred years ago ate without forks2
For, as we know, 1t was not until
the seventeenth century that forks
made their bow to the most elite so
ciety of England, as a substitute for
the time honored fingers. In Ho-
garths picture of "Guildhall Ban
quet" the whole illustrious company
are seen eating with their hands.
Small wonder at the necessity for the
napkin, which was used not only dur
ing the meal itself, but afterward
served the purpose of towel.
And then 1t was Italy, the home Of
reawakened fastidiousness, as wen as
the renaissance, of art, that came for
ward with the inspiration for the new
adjunct of the table, the fork, which
somewhat modified uses of the napkin.
But as long indispensable, the nap
kin had become second nature and sur
wives to our day.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-03-25
TIPS FOR GROWERS
OF POULTRY

The most common head and throat
troubles of fowls are colds and ca
tarrh. The symptoms Of colds are
running, dirty and stopped up nostrils.
The symptoms of catarrh are difficult
and rapid breathing, with mouth open
and whistling or bubbling in throat,
due to phlegm. These troubles are
most common in fall and early winter,
and are easily overcome.
Simple colds and catarrh can be pre-
vented by removing the above causes
and breeding constantly for health
and vlgor. To treat, search out and
isolate in separate quarters all In
fected fowls and give stimulating food
seasoned with cayenne pepper, or the
following tonic:
Pulverized gentian, 1 pound; pull
yerized ginger, Il pound; pulverized
saltpeter, 4 pound; pulverized iron
sulphate, 4 pound.
Use two to three tablespoonfuls OF
the tonic to 10 quarts of dry NASH
Poultry Division, University Farm
Davis, Calf.