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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
TENNIS COURTS
TO BE OPENED
Round Robin Tournament Will be
Staged There Tomorrow Be-
tween the Members as First
Attraction Of Season.

The Keokuk Tennis club will open
its courts at Sixth and Franklin
streets tomorrow afternoon for the
season, with a round robin tourna-
ment There are thirty-four members
of the club. Matches will be played
tomorrow afternoon between all or
3the members. ....s. .--.
The courts have been put into. the
finest possible shape. There are three
on the grounds at Sixth street, ana
they are all in good condition for the
opening of the season. The CLUB
plans to hold matches and tourna-
sments all through the season, includ-
ing match games with Burlington,
Fort Madison and probably Quincy
teams.
record will be kept of the indl-
.vdual scores in order that the best
players will be chosen for the teams.
Club standings will be printed once
week
1t is expected that the schedule OF
matches will be adhered to, except FOR
weather, there will be no excuses Tor
games not being played. The courts
will be available to the members eve
nings and Saturdays and Sundays.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04

tryside We have never sought to
convey the impression that farm life
on either a small or large scale, in
vites leisure or idleness during the
productive period of the year, but
rather to suggest that the soil pos
sessed attractions both financial and
otherwise. s~r
To be specific, we might name one
young couple who are exhibiting farm
possibilities on a back lot in the resi-
dental district of Waterloo The lot
lis an ordinary one; not over fifty feet
wide. The man works in a factory
and earns around $40 a week. We
will not state in exact figures what
his net income from the back end OF
his city lot will be for 1920, but Il
will be in excess OF $500. That will
mot only be velvet, but it will be used
to prepare for considerably larger
| dividends next year In fact, the
achievement of this young man on
this bit Of ground has SO stimulated
his desires and awakened him TO pos
sibilities. that next year he will quit
his job in the factory and move to
acreage adjacent TO the city and de-
vote himself to the gentle art OF
tickling mother earth and engaging
sundry other sidelines which assure
profit Think it over. ~ees
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
Mrs. Maria Munson in Jail
Here, Wanted in Wapello
County for Murder of Con-
stable Tells Story.
WAS WANTED FOR THEFT
Woman Says Constable and
Her Man Fused Over
Charge Against Her and
Officer Struck Husband.

Lee county jail, corner Fifth and
Concert streets, welcomed to its grey
walls last night a woman prisoner,
Mrs. Marion Munson, who lives on
a farm near Wapello, Iowa, and who
was brought to the jail here to be
held in custody until the September
term of Louisa county court, having
been charged with first degree MUIR
der.
This morning she was called upon
by the sheriff and reporter, and I'M
hesitatingly she told them her story
Of a tragedy which occurred little
over a month ago near Wapello, when
she shot the constable, William Wal
lace. when he came to arrest her for
"having took some things"
81 shot him cause he hit my sick
man" she. said in answer to ques-
ton asked her concerning the deed,
and then she continued her story:
william Wallace everybody up
there calls him Dutch WalIace-said
he's comm the next day to get me,
and as it was Monday | was doin'
my washin', gettin' ready to leave my
sick husband Wallace didn't keep
his promise, but came a day before
he said he was coming, and l wasn't
ready
WAS that the reason you shot the
man-because he didn't keep his
promise?" the woman was asked.
He Hit Her Man.
mo. sir, shot him cause he hit
nv man, and l wasn't goin' to let
anybody do that They was fussin'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
TELL REPORTERS
WHOLE TRUTH
This is What a Bill Passed BY the
New York Legislature Recently
Provides

You can't kid newspaper reporters
in New York and get away with it.
No longer can the would be Jokers
who see fun in sending in fake an
nouncements of weddings and en-
gagements stand protected. A bill
recently passed by the legislature
there makes it a misdeamor to know
ingly give wrong information to re-
porters.
The new law says:
ANY person who knowingly and
wilIfully states, delivers or transmits
by any means whatever to any mana
ger. editor, publisher, reporter or other
employee of a publisher of any news
paper, magazine publication, periodical
or serial, any false and untrue state
ment of fact concerning any person
or corporation with intent that the
same shall be published, is guilty of
misdeamor."
The law will become effective Sep
TENDER 1.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
GLASS SHORTAGE
HITS AUTO TRADE
Closed Car Demands Also Fashion Of
Putting Glass in Rear Of Top,
Making Large Supply
Necessary.

How many people realize that
while an automobile is made largely
from. steel and, aluminium, one of the
most serious obstacles to the produc7
,tiorfs of motor cars is the shortage Of
glass? 81
The story OF it's Importance was
told by an official of the largest glass
producer in America, while riding
over the battlefields Of France a
month ago.
Eve never anticipated" said this
man, What. a tremendous demand
,for glass would develop after the
war.
for building purposes, the automobile
industry, in response to the ire
mendous closed car demand, has
placed a burden upon the glass pro
ducers which it will be Impossible
for them to- meet for months to come.
thine was when we sold glass only
to windshield manufacturers, with
only a small quantity going to the
makers of closed bodies.
"The introduction Of the plate
glass in the rear of the top of nearly
all motor cars has created demand
which is enormous, while the effort
to meet the demand for closed cars
has absolutely swamped the glass
makers" 800 (
This shortage of glass, coupled
with the shortage Of closed car hard
wood, which is produced in compare
lively small quantities by only a few
companies, when combined with the
delays due to the coal strike and the
steel situation, has made it quite
certain that, the supply of motor cars
will be in no way commensurate with
~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04

holders of record in the ratio Of one
share for every nine held. The mar
ket quotation on the stock is around
$3.50. The capital stock was increased
from s6,00O,OOO to 100000 by a
stock dividend April II. Employees
will be permitted to buy the new stock
issues ON The, instsllment plan An
announcement by President E. T.
Wilson. of the company, stated one
reason for the stock sale at this time
was to increase cash working cap1-
tai $50 as to minimize the necessity
of making bank loans. -
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
Hints for Beginners.

The beginner should speed Cne en-
CINE faster than it would normally
be running for the rolling rate OF the
car and then slowly engage the gears
by means of the shifter lever. This
will make slight grating sound.
The expert who knows exactly the
speed of the engine for the rate OF
the cur and can judge it accurately
by sound can put the engine to that
speed and then make a quick, silent
shift into gear. Experts in gear shift
ing can make the change without
touching the clutch by simply jerking
the gears into neutral, running the en-
CINE at the proper rate of speed by
means of the accelerator pedal while
the lever is held in neutral and then
quickly engaging into the speed they
desire. This is quite a stunt" but
it is not recommended that any one
practice it on car they think any
thing Of, as mistakes may lead to
stripped gears
To make the ordinary shift is
really the most important thing for
the driver to- know. Shifting from
first to second and second to high is
normally an easy matter, as the en-
CINE speed dies down at about the
proper rate to make the engagement
when the clutch is depressed. Shift
ing the other way, however, from
higher speed to lower requires lit
tie more experience to do it properly.
In fact, it takes a good driver to
make a proper shift from high to
second when going at a rate of fifteen
or twenty miles an hour. The aver
age driver has to drop between speeds
of fifteen and ten miles an hour to
make the shift, and inexperienced
drivers have to even drop below ten
miles.
The trick in shifting to lower
speeds is to depress the clutch, pull
the gear shift lever into neutral,
quickly speed up the engine by a
touch on the accelerator pedal With
the clutch in and complete the shift
into the lower gear with the clutch
again disengaged. This requires a
little practice to get smoothly and
to do we'll at speeds around eighteen
or twenty miles an hour, but when
once learned it is very useful because
it allows shift to be made on hill
without dropping the momentum tof
the car. to. such point that 1t is
often necessary to go into first speed
on hill that could be negotiated
easily on second with a good start.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
Foreion EXCHANGE Market.

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NEW YORK, June 4.-Foreign ex-
change opened steady. Opening quo
tations: Demand Sterling, 1901, off
cents; franc checks, 1907, off 5
confines; marks demand. 0234; ca
bles, O23s. I'D .0O11. Canadian dol
lars demand 1888, unchanged
Foreign exchange was quiet at the
close. Demand Sterling rallied to
1907, up "A. Marks demand We're
OPAL. and cables .243. Canadian dol
lars demand were 1885.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04

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VERA CRUZ, June 4.-Three new
cases of bubonic plague, with three
deaths, at the government contagious
hospital on the Island Of Sacrifices,
were announced in the official report
of the situation here today.
Every business house in the city
was closed today.
Residents of Vera Cruz expressed
great dissatisfaction with the action
of the mayor in refusing to accept
President Wilson's offer to send a
destroyer from New Orleans with
medicines. disinfectants aud a brlsa'le
of nurses to help combat the plnsue
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04

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WASHINGTON, June 4.-The SER
ate today accepted the conference re-
port on the, merchant marine bill by
a vote of As to IA.
The bill outlines for the United
States shipping board general
policy for sale Of war built ships 10
private American interests IN so fa'
as it is possible in the boards
opinion to find American purchasers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
Rubonic Plague Epidemic.

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MATAMORAS, Mexico, June 4
The bubonic plague epidemic in Vera
Cruz has become alarming" accord
ing to messages received by munich
pal authorities here today.
At the request of government Off
Gals, public subscriptions were being
taken here to fight the plague. Con
tributions also will be sought on the
American side Of the border.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
Match Engine Speed.

While the car is rolling the gears
which, are connected. with the pro-
.pellor shafts are moving also. This
occurs whether the engine is run
ming or not. That is, if the gear shift
lever was in neutral and the car
was rolling down hill with the en-
CINE stationary, the gears on the
main shaft of the transmission,
which is connected with the propel-
lor shaft of the car, would be rotat-
ing This must be borne in mind in
shifting. There are two sets of rotat-
ing gears, one in connection with
Rthe rear axle. of the car, and there
fore the wheels, which. is in motion
at any time the car is rolling; the
other set is in connection with the
engine, so that when the gears are
meshed 81 silent mesh is only obtain
ed when these two are running at
a. proper speed relationship. This
relationship varies, of course for
high, low and intermediate speeds.
the engine rotating quite rapidly for
a rolling rate Of ten miles per hour on
low gear, and rotating quite slowly
for rolling rate of ten miles per
hour on high gear. -s.
An experienced urlver KNOWS now
fast his engine should run to match
car speed on either high low or in
termediate, and for that reason he
can start his engine and speed it up
to the right point and engage it while
the car is rolling. This is quite a
trick, however, for an amateur 1t is
very useful to know this, as it is
often a matter of great economy to
shut an engine off and let car roll
in neutral down long hills, thereby
saving gasoline, and then to use the
starter to start the engine and to
properly engage the gear while the
car is travelling. Generally the shift
is made in high, the engine is start
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
Bio Money Talk.

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CHICAGO, June 4-National Com
mitteeman J. ]. McGraw of Oklahoma,
TODAY added to pre-convention "blg
money" talk with formal statement
charging that State Chairman " W.
Whiting, of Oklahoma, was given Il
$50 900 loan by Lowden supporters
the day he ruled out Wood delegates
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
nit NY MAN So SHOT HIM. |
WOMAN PRISONER EXPLAINS

about the things the constable said
l took when he hit my husband"
The woman said that the man died
two days later from the wounds she
inflicted when she shot him.
Mrs. Munson is not the sort of
looking woman person would judge
as being capable of murder. She is
rather slight and dark complexioned,
and timid, but there's a certain
amount of nerve back of the cloak of
timidity which she wears, for she
answers people quickly and without
fear and looks them straight in the
eye when she talks to them.
The accused murderer is thirty
five years old, she said this morning.
When called, she came to the door
OF her cell and talked to her guests
much as if they had been strangers
stopping at the little farmhouse up
in Louisa county, where she came
from, inquiring Of her how many
miles it was to Wapello. Her voice
was perhaps little above concert
pitch" and there were nervous
catches in it when she talked, but to
all appearances not because she was
llioiu VI uCSuuoC bic was III d jail,
but rather because of recalling the
unpleasant things of the days gone
by and painting again the memory
picture of the tragedy Is Her fingers
played almost constantly with the
large buttons on the front of her coat
or with the lace trimmings on her
waist. She wore a pink crepe de
chine waist and a dark skirt and A
dark blue coat. Her hair was combed
straight back off of her face and she
wore glasses.
Her Nephew tiere.sa ~ 9
The woman is not the only sheep
in the Munson flock at the Jail, how
ever, for Robert Munson is still here.
ooh, yes, Roberts my nephew by
marriage He's been here long
time. hasn't he?" she asked noncha.
lantly.
Mrs. Munson was ordered to be
sent here and held in custody until
the September. term Of. court because
Of the Louisa county Jail %ha vim 40
womans ward. She will be here un-
til that time, and, according to all
appearances, she doesn't seem to
mind it a great deal. Her chief wor-
ries appear to be in regard to her
husband, who she says "is still sick
over at his mothers, across the
river"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
Concrete Road ,Qrderec

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: WASHINGTQNy June 4.:77Secretary
of War Baker announced today that
he had authorized the expenditure or
about $4,000 for the construction Of
twenty foot concrete road from San
Diego through Fort Rosecrans ana
naval reservations, California. .
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
Too Many Gamblers.

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ALBANY, N. Y. June 4. = Threat
to place Saratoga Springs under mar
tial law and police the city with stare
troops, unless the police clean out
gambling houses, was made today IN
a letter from Governor Smith to the
Saratoga commissioner Of police. .
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
Oil Stock for Sale.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
DENVER, Colo. June 4,-The Cont
Mental Oil company, a Standard Oil
subsidiary, today announced authorl-
Lation Of the sale of S1,000,O0O OF
capital stock at par, open to stock
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
Metal Market.

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NEW YORK, June 4.-The New
York metal exchange quotes electro
lytic copper easy. Spot and June
17% and 1914: July IS and 1874 :.
August, 1914 and 1871. Lead quiet.
Spot and June offered $50. Spelter
quiet. . East ST. Louis spot Juna,
July. August and September 7.30 bid.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04

ed while the gears are in neutral and
the car still rolling, and then the &C
celerator is depressed to speed the
engine up to the proper rate OF speed
corresponding to the rolling rate OF
the Car, Alter little experiment
ing this can be readily accomplished
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
BETTER Than Loafinq.

Waterloo Courier: The drift is not
entirely toward the city; some from
the city are looking, if not moving,
toward the broad reaches of the ooun-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04

to the state convention. McGraw
charged the loan was made by J. L.
Hamon, national committeeman-elec
and a Lowden supporter.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04

If you think the whole world Is
crooked, it merely means that you
are,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04

Read The Daily Gate City.
Cheyenne record., 1920-05-27
CHINESE HOLD HILL SACRED
Huans Shan Created a Shrine More
Than Three Hundred Years Ago,
10 Tradition.

More than 800 years ago in the Ming
dynasty "A Buddhist priest named Pu
Men visited the Huang Shan In the
South Anhui hills. He was charmed
with the place and became infatuated
with the idea Of making 1t sacred
mountain. A journey to Peking and
an audience with the royal household
resulted in the appropriation Of large
sums of money for developing this
sairylnnd Of the gods. A brass pagoda
was prepared for the first temple. It
vas decorated with 1000 little Bud
dhas and was called Thousand God pa
goda. The temple, whose halls 1t
decked. was christened the Purple
Sand temple and ls now restored and
called the Merciful Light hall. ,-
At that time, says the North China
Herald, hundreds Of priests came to
the mountains, and there was a period
of Buddhist prosperity. Roads were
built to the tops Of all the important
peaks, and at least one temple was
erected far above the line Of perennial
springs.
Cheyenne record., 1920-05-27
ASKING A LITTLE TOO MUCH
Under the Circumstances Actor Was
Justified In Refusing Parts
Manager Allotted Him.

Owing to the limitations Of his
purse the manager Of theatrical
show on the road Travelled with a
show company.
One afternoon he called one Of his
players to him and remarked:
Look here. Wellington, you'll have
to play three parts tomorrow night in
The Silent Foe'-Henderson, Uncle
Bill. and the Spider"
Cant do til" retorted Wellington,
briefly, but firmly.
Cant do it? Won't do 1t, you
meant" snorted the manager. "Why
won't you do IT."
Because it can't be done. No hu-
man being could play these three parts
at the same time. In the third act Hen
dersen and the Spider have a fight
and old Uncle Bill rushes in to sep
arate them"
Cheyenne record., 1920-05-27
REQUIRES Brains.

A certain Englishman, famous for
his erudition, played such wretched
game on the links that he remarked
one day to his caddie: allow is 1t
that l, n man acquainted with all the
arts and sciences, cannot play this
confounded game Of golf?"
"Weel," said the caddie, "it's like
this-ye ken a aboot they small af-
fairs, an wit things cOnnectit wi
them, but We maun understan' that 1t
tak's a held to play govt"
Transcript.
Cheyenne record., 1920-05-27

No Mustaehe for British Tar.
A bluejacket in the British navy Is
not permitted to cultivate mustache.
If he attempts 1t he is fined a months
pay.
Cheyenne record., 1920-05-27
Measvrina Time,

Ernest was learning to tell time.
He had just mastered the numbers on
the face Of the clock, but had not
learned the meaning Of the minute
hand.
"What time is it," asked him.
when the minute hand pointed to five
minutes Of II.
He looked long time, and then
said: "Why, 1t Is just an inch to H."
Exchange.
Cheyenne record., 1920-05-27
Not NOWADAYS,

Not Nowadays.
"Would you say that two can live
MS cheap as one"
mot at present prices"
Cheyenne record., 1920-05-27
sHAkE INTO voua SHOES

be shaken into the shoes and sprinkled IN
the foot bath The Plattsburg Camp Man
ual advises men in training to use Foot
Ease in their shoes each morning. II pre-
vents blisters and sore spots and relieves
painful, swollen. smarting feet and takes
the sting out of corns and buniona Always
use AllsR's Foot-Ease, to. break in nsw
shoea-Adv.
Cheyenne record., 1920-05-27

Occasionally a man discovers that
he has a friend who is a friend.
Cheyenne record., 1920-05-27
Not Interested,

Miss .Qnizzer-When you were in
Rome did you visit the Colosseum?
Mr.. Filmhound-No. was going to
look into 1t. but they told me 1t had
been closed for repairs for several
years, SO 1 passed 1t up for the live,
up-to-date picture houses.
The Washington times., 1920-09-19

Scotch Lace Curtains.
2A to 3 yards long. In
white. Filet, madras or
Scotch lace weaveS. A
reproduction of the real
handmade laces. Designs
suitable for any room.
The Washington times., 1920-09-19

An assortment of so patterns in quantities of
to "a pairs of pattern. selection from four different
weaves.
Our reason for offering this lot for such low price
that obber pressed for money and gave the
tunty to buy at a reasonably low price. We passing
the savings to you.
The Washington times., 1920-09-19
-Marquisette Curtains,

good quality, with plain or
hemstitched border; lace
edge and insertion styles.
Some with drawn work cor
nerS, others with valance ef-
fectS. In white, cream or
ecru.
The Washington times., 1920-09-19

-Scrim Curtains, with
plain and hemstitched
borders; trimmed with
fine lace edge and lace in
sertion. In white, cream
or eCru.
The Washington times., 1920-09-19
40 Foil Bolts
Csc and 85c
Cretonnes
n M0ndsy' 1.1s 44c

a yard. ~
80 inches wide. High
grades in newest de-
signs and Colorings.
Floral, bird, stripe,
block, novelty, Chinese
and Egyptian designs.
Ideal for window or
door hangingS, slip
covers, bed sets, etc.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-16
mo FLUNKY SAYS
STUDENT WHEN He
IS OUSTED BY FRAT.
(By United Press)

! BERKELEY, Cal, Dec. 16. -, Be-
cause he refused to play valet tc
upper claas fraternity brothers,
Philip c. Valentine declares is why he
has been summarily ousted from the
California Gamma Of Phi Kappi Pei
fraternity in Berkeley.
Valentine, an overseas veteran %
years old, says that his refusal to
take orders and act as flunkey for
the upper class men as at freshman at
the university is supposed to do, pre-
cipitated his dismissal.
"The thing is too petty to review"
he saws For instance, they COM
planned because | went to San Fran
cisco when | should, according to their
orders, have been cutting weeds from
the lawn The climax came when a
senior bawled me out because | re-
fused to return a library book. l told
him l would have done it as a favor
but refused to take it as an order.
The fraternities are full of cOun
try boys who think they are some
pumpkins because they belong to a
Greek letter eating house"
The fraternity has gone to some
expense to let it be known that Val
entine "is no longer member of the
fraternity having prepared engrav-
ed cards to be sent to local fraterni-
ties, societies and newspapers.