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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-16
Director Of Music In keokuk Schools
Has High Honor Paid Him In
Selection a. General
Chairman.
LOCAL PLAN ANNOUNCED
Community Music and Singing in High
School by All Pupils VIII be
Feature Of February
q.

.
p. c. Hayden, supervisor of music
in the tKeokuk public schools, has
been named as chairman Of the ma
tional week OF song. Mr.. Hayden is
general head Of the organization,
which includes directors Of music
from all over the United States. It
is considerable Of an honor for both
Mr.. Hayden and Keokuk, and is in
recognition Of the splendid work he
has been doing along lines Of this
sort
Locally, the national week OF song
will be observed in the schools by
special singing of patriotic songs and
by two special assemblies Of parents
and children.
Monday afternoon, February 90, al
4:30, children and parents are invited
to the high school assembly room,
where they will be led in singing by
the high school orchestra. There will
also be short address by w. G
Blood At this afternoon meeting.
children will lbe admitted without
their parents, although the parents
will be especially invited to attend.
Friday evening there will also be
a general sing, preceded by moving
pictures from to 8 o'clock. The es-
tablished custom for this Friday
evening meeting will be adhered to
and only children accompanied by
their parents will be admitted. Any
additions to this program will be an
nounced later.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-16
. PUT CREAM IN NOSE
AND STOP CATARRH
! Tells How To Open CIogged Nos.
trils and End Head Colds.

You feel fine in a few moments.
Your cold in head or catarrh will be
gone. Your clogged nostrils will
open. The air passages Of your head
will clear and you can breathe free
ly. No more dullness, headache; no
hawking, snuffling, mucous dis
charges or dryness; no struggling
for breath at night. s.g
Tell your druggist you want a
small bottle of Elys Cream Balm.
Apply little of this fragrant, anti
septic cream in your nostrils, let IL
penetrate through every air passage
of the head: soothe and heal the
'swollen, inflamed mucous membrane,
and relief comes instantly.
1t is just what every cold and
icatarrh sufferer needs. Don't stay
stuffed-up and miserable.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-16
NOT ICE.
To whom it may concern:

To whom It may concern.
Notice is hereby given that at the
annual meeting 0f the stockholders
of Standard -Four Tire Company OF
Keokuk, Iowa, held on the goth day
of January. 1920, Article Four OF the
original Articles of Incorporation as
amended was repealed and the follow
ing adopted in lieu thereof: ~
Article Four.
The affairs Of the corporation shall
be conducted by board OF nine
directors who shall be elected by the
stockholders at their annual meeting
and who shall hold Office for the term
of one year and until their successors
have been elected and qualified.
Vacancies on the Board Of Direc-
tors shall be filled by the Board, and
such incumbent shall hold ofhce I'M
til the next annual meeting of the
stockholders.
The Board of Directors shall, from
among the stockholders, select
President, a Vice President, Secre-
tary and a Treasurer who shall hold
office until the board meeting immed1-
ately following the succeeding annual
meeting, provided that the Board of
Directors may call for the resignation
of any officer at any time. Vacancies
among officers shall be fllled by the
Board
]. B. GABELINE.
r-. President.
c. o. FRAZIER,
Secretary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-16
..kuk o. A. r TO Send Letter Of
consratuiaeIon 70 Miss Edna
Jones Following Rscogni-
ton o. Work by c. In c.
WELCOME NEW CITIZEN
...r Will bs Written to Alex Nc
s,in recently Made Citizen
delegates and Altsrnatss to
Convention Named.

member OF Keokuk chapter, D
p has been commended by Gen
sral John J. Pershing. and KeokuE
ehapter voted Saturday at Its meet
,ns TO take official cognizance of the
~, sonor by sending Miss Edna Jones
rho IL at Camp Meade, . note OF
,ongratulation. Miss Jones is teach
Inv commercial subjects at this east
srn camp, and during his inspection
~ It General Pershing spoke highly
II her work In connection with the
army.
The chapter voted also to send a
,o.ter Of Generalization to Alex Nc.
Rain. who has been recently admit
led to citizenship. This letter will
EXPRESS the pleasure OF the chapter
i his action, and the hopes that he
rill he true to American ideals. In
some cities the D. A. r. chapters at
Tend the hearings in such cases and
ire among the first to extend wei.
come to new citizens,
Delegates to the national confer
ence, which will be held in Washing.
Ton in April were chosen. They are
the regent, MIS-. w. ". bioou, anu
one delegate, Mrs. Elizabeth B. North.
mp Miss Winifred Jones was
named as the alternate for the regent
and Miss Edna Jones as the alternate
for the delegate.
It was announced that the an
nual Washington's birthday luncheon
would be held Saturday afternoon
February 81, at the Keokuk club at
o'clock. The event is In the hands
Of tho social committee.
The program Saturday was In
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-16

N 7
100 ACRES known as Jesse M. Wilson farm,
highly improved q mile east of Lewiston, Mo.
Splendid corn. wheat, oat clover and hay land
Land lays level except north Is acres, which
has slight wave. Well fenced and in high state
of cultivation. Everlasting water.
The purchaser Of this fine 100 acres will
have the distinction of owning of the very
choicest farms in North east Missouri.
go ACRES known Walter Smith farm
Elmo new Groom residence, numerous and con.
yenient outbuldings Lays 8 miles south OF
Knox city on main travelled thoroughfare. well
fenced with wire. 1t is farm with
reputation of being one Of the best producers IN
Knox County Land lays level to easy rolling. 80
acres bluegrass pasture with scattering timber,
mostly elm You cannot overlook this fine farm
II looking for nice farm home and sure IN
vestment.
To get to Lewiston (Which lays ~ miles west
q, Quincy my and Knox City (Which lays 40
miles west Of Quincy, Ill), morning train leaves
Quincy at 1925 a. M, arrives Lewiston $3.50 ana
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-16

Knox City S26 a. m. Evening train leaves Qun-
cy at 6:12 p. m, arrives at Lewiston Z :23 p m,
Knox City sos p m. Morning train from west
leaves Milan, Mo-. at a. M. Kirksville at
6:55 a. m. arrives Knox City S25 a. m. Lewis
ton $3.50 a. Evening train leaves Gault. Mo-.
at p. M, Milan, $3.50 p M, Lewiston 6: 10 p m.
INSPECT these farms and be convinced OF
their superior quality before date of sale. XII
FOR REFERENCE or information. write Lew.
istown Savings Bank. Lewistown, NO.. The Ciu-
Bank the Home Bank, Knox City. Mo-,
or Witty & Combs, Memphis, Mo.
You cannot buy this character OF land, highly
improved and located as 1t is too high. You can
always buy land, but you cannot always buy
good land, we'll improved and well located, at
your own price.
THIS SALE is the sensation Of North Missouri
Western Illinois, Southern Iowa. On account OF
the SUPERIOR QUALITY and extensive adver-
Using, with the prospect Of real bafgain
affords you the OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFE
TIME
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-16

over pre-war years. Imports In this
commodity from Japan and France
itotalled $1,S27,435 and s731,036 re-
spectively.
Total exports to Germany from the
United States for the first eleven
months of last year totalled $75.464,-
237 while imports for the same
period amounted to s8,143,706. Prac-
ttically one-third of our trade with
Germany for their period was in No
ivember when the total imports and
exports amounted TO more than $780,
100000.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-16

entirely relieved. ! also took the veGe-
table Compound before my last baby
came and am thankful to say that 1t re-
lieved my sufferings very much and !
shall never be without It at such times.
! have told others Of its great worth
and shall keep on telling it. Mrs. Ed.
THOMAS, Box ls4, Morice. Mich.
Women should not continue % suffer
day in and day out and drag out asickly.
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths Of the joy Of living, when they
can find health in Lydia +. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Compound.
If you would like free confidential ad-
vice address Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-16
MOVING PICTURES
Colonial.

An actual horse race. with all it's
thrills, is shown in the First National
special feature, IN Old Kentucky"
the great American classic, presenting
Anita Stewart. This picture will be
screened at the Colonial theatre to.
night, also Tuesday and Wednesday.
1t is the great Kentucky handicap
race, and you see 1t from start to
finish. There is shown the gigantic
iigrandstands in which thousands upon
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-16

lost none of the 1uster that comes
from his THE FREELY" High Jinks,
and "Katinka," is attested in the sue
cess that has met Somebody's Sweet
heart" which not only ran nine
months before critical New York
audiences, but also won the approba-
tion OF Washington, Philadelphia, Bal
timore and cosmopolitan Atlantic
cities. -----
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-16
THEATERS.
"somebody,s Sweetheart. .

Looming up conspicuously among
the list of this seasons attractions, is
Somebody's Sweetheart" musical
play sponsored 10y Arthur Hammer
stein, which will play an engagement
at the Grand Saturday, Feb. 81, mat
'inee and night.
That the name Of Hammerstein has
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-16
MRS. THOMAS
WORD TO WOMEN
Tells ofthe Great Good Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Did For Her.
Morrice, Mich. =" About . year after
my second baby was born l suffered

Win dizziness every
morning SO that I
could hardly get
around. I had heard
from other women
about your medicine
and had read letters
about it 50 my hus-
band got me Lydia
E. Pinkhann's Vege-
table Compound
which I took accord
ing to directions and
in q short time Twas
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-16

It takes nearly 100000 of some Of
the screws used in watches to weigh
"a pound.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-16

London gets shower of soot to
the extent of four and half pounds
an acre every day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-16

thousands of persons are crowded, all
cheering WILDLY for their favorites.
There is all the wild enthusiasm OF
the most exciting race, and it grips
with the same dramatic intensity
those who watch the picture.
Grand. -=
The Grand theatre may well claim
a signal success in securing Rex
Beach's new picture for its many pa
irons when it shows for the first time
here tomorrow "The Girl From Out
side" which Is a screening OF the
Beach story, The Wag Lady"
Not only are the characters, OF the
story real, but the atmosphere. set
|tings, minor players, and in fact.
everything, is just as 1t should be.
This is result Of the authors being
right at the base Of production at all
times when the Goldwyn studios were
making the picture with Reginald
Barker directing.
Even the mud streets of Nome, Alas
ka, in the old days of the famous
Klondike rush for gold, are repre-
scented by inches and inches Of mud,
Just as they were in the fall of 1901,
the period of the story. These are
the details of production that the mo-
ton picture fans love to see.
No advance in prices of admission.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-16
Hippodrome.

What Every Woman Learns
what it is? The Enid Bennett picture
by the name at the Hippodrome the
atre this evening answers thus: She
learns the true character of man
only after she has married him and
Lives with him in intimate private
life. And people who believe mar
riages are made in heaven" will re-
ceive rude awakening when they see
this picture. And on the same pro-
gram Mr.. and Mrs. Carter Dehaven
| in a new and delightful comedy,
Their Day of Rest e.,
In nothing that he ever did on
stage or screen has William Farnum
given a more convincing demonstra-
ton of his versatility than he gives in
"Hert Strings" the Fox production
which opens at the Hippodrome the
atre tomorrow. .-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-09
BUNDLE DAY. RECORDS
SHATTERED YESTERDAY
Trucks Bring i'm 40 Packages and
Arc Unable to Complete
Their Work.
CONTINUE COLLECTIONS TO-DAY
Visits Will ic Made To Outlying Dis
tricts-Aggrcgatc Contributions OF
Clothing for City's Poor Far Above
Best Previous Mark.

M, ~ records for the annual Bundle
ln. Day @ oi Thc Times Dispatch Were
snattcfcd AestcrGay when automobile
Richmond Motor Company collected iio
packages Of clothing for the poor OF
,ne ciy and brought tho total number
OF bundles amasscd up 10 l,l59. This
is nearly twice as many as has ever
been contributed before
Oii,ciallE. Wednesday was Bundle
Day. After Il canvass OF tho fire en-
ginc houses ana Il number OF homes.
~ packages were collected. SO nuirI-
crous We're the bundles that tho work
OF collection was continued Yesterday
VIII Resume Work To-day.
IN spit OF ihe large fleet OF trucks
lection yesterday. all OF the lire engine
houses could not be visited. and the
trucks viii again take up the work this
mornmT reachaa on ou,yIns .hn nGrn, d,s,r,e,S not
Thursday Viii bc visited.
The collections there today are cx-
pccied to bring the number OF bundles
up to twice as many * Richmond citi-
Zcns have donated in any previous
year.
Ford trucks, which were loaned with
Motor Company. when ii was foubd that
The Times Dispatch trucks could not
heavy contributions. yesterday collect
ed and turned over to the Associated
Charities sevcnty-eight bundles. This
... Now Classifying Articles.
Under the supervision oI Miss Char
lottc Whiting, acting secretary of the
organization, the bundles are being
opened as rapidly as possible and the
articles which they coptain sorted. Dis
tribution 10 the poor who are in need
OF warmer clothing viii begin immc-
diatcly.
Those who receive gifts of clothing
Will long have occasion to remember
The Times Dispatch Bundle Day
Miss Whiting said yesterday afternoon
as she signed the receipt for The
Times Dis patch for the seventy-cight
bundles turned over TO her.
Engine House No. = Leads.
Engine. house No. ) led in the coll
7 lection of bundles yesterday. The cap
/ tain Of tho company turned over TO
tho truck which called there 16o bun
I dies which had been left by Richmond
/ people in response to the appeals made
/ through The Times Dispatch. Engine
/ house No. | followed IN second place
! with nincty-onc bundles.
! Fix >,hicf JoyncS, who has takt>s
/ an active interest in Bundle Day
and consented To have the fire stations
| OF the city used as collection places
| for the bundles, expressed himself last
night IS highly gratificd by tho re-
/ SpunSc.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-09
SENA TOR BORAHAGREES
TREATY FIGHT MUST GO
BEFORE PEOPLE IN 1920
Also Declares President Wilson
viii be Nominee Of
Democratic Party.

WASHINGTON. Ian. s.-scnator Ro-
ran comment on the Presidents mes
sage was rs follows:
AS understand the Presidents po-
sition II is that the treaty and the
league covenant must stand aS thcy
arc with the exception of what he
calls intcrprctativc reservations OF
course. interprctativc reservations, il
Is conceded. Will not change tho cove
nant at all. neither would they be
considered by the council and assem-
bly, of the league in carrying into cr-
rect the league provisions. The Presi-
dents position is. therefore, that the
league must stand as il is.
This in my opinion makes It all the
more certain that tic issue must go
before the people in 1920. That is most
Fortunate ! believe i'm order that the
issue should be decided in the great
forum Of the people rather than by the
senate.
II think that is one reason why the
President was silent on tho third term
question. None else can lead this is-
sue than President Wilson. lie should
lead 1t. and he is and will be the Dem
ocratic nominee"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-09
BRITAIN WILL INSIST
THAT FORMER KAISER
BE PLACED ON TRIAL
nfer-iiHcd Conference VIII
-isrcc in ic,c Days on
.Uorc for Erfruxiiion.
tTiy Universal Service. \

LONDON, Jan. S.--Lord Eirkcnhead
the Lord Chancellor, accompanied the
British delegation today 10 Paris.
where al tho important intcr-alli.d
conferences scheduled for the next
few days he VIII inform and advise
the conierecs with regard TO the qucs-
trial.
Sir Gordon Iicwart, the attorney
general! who IS preparing tho indict-
go to Paris later. From a member OF
tho delegation il was learned carly
today that the conference is practically
certain 10 reach an agreement on the
hnal plans for the cN-ka!ser's extra
ditton aud perhaps his trial.
Premier Lloyd George is said TO ac
hrinly insisting on carrying out his
declaration that William IIohcnzolicru
must be tried. and is expected 10 press
The issue 10 n decision al paris
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-09
LODGE REGRETS MESSAGE
SAYS PRESIDENTS STAND
WILL KILL COMPROMISE
Senate Republican Leader Declares,
however. He Welcomes Proposal
TO Appeal to People.
tBy Associated Press. /

W WASHlNGTON, Jan. S-Scnator
Lodge. OF massachusetts. the Republi-
can leader declared in a statement to-
night that he feared President VIII
sons jackson Day message had made
impossible tho hope that in the Senate
we might nave come together and
ratified the treaty protected by the
reservations"
The President has made his posi-
tion very plain said the Senator.
He rejects absolutely the rcscrva-
tions adopted by decisive majority
of the Senate. He saws we must talk E
lhe treaty without any change, which
aiters Its meaning, or leave IT, He
VIII permit Interpretations, whatever
mat may mean, expressing its un-
douoted meaning, when there Is hardly
Il line OF 1t which has not been uues-
TONED and given many meanings. This
permission Is valueless. He stands
just as 1t is.
The issue. is clearly drawn. The
reservations intended solely to protect
the United States In its sovcrcigntv
and independence arc discarded bv th1
President. The President places him
self sQuarely in behalf OF information
alism against Amcricanism
Il had hoped that in the Senate
We might have come together and
ratihed the treaty. protected by the
principles set forth in the fourteen
rescrHations. The President. fear
has made this hope impossible If il
delay inscparabic from the Presidents
attitude and appeal to the peonic,
which for one shall most cordially
welcome"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-09
LONG SLEEP OF NORWICH
WOMAN ENDS IN DEATH
Mrs. Fred Tracey Passes Away After
Nincty-Two Days Of Almost Con-
stant Slumbcr.
icy AssociA;cd Press !

NORWICH y. y. Jan. S.-Mrs. Fred
Tracey. ~, died in her home in Oxford
today a victim of lctharigc cnccphali-
us. She had slept ninety-two days
having been stricken with the strange
malady on October Il.
She slept steadily until December
-. when she WAS aroused by the pIay-
ing OF a phonoEraph. On Christmas
and convcrscd for some timo on cur
rent affairs. but soon fell asleep again
After that she was aroused only for
snort intervals The direct cause of
tory organs. During her long slccp.
Mrs. Tracey took liquid no,IrishInent
which WAS administered daily by a
physician.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-09
HARDING PLEADS FOR FAIR
DEAL FOR STREET RAILWAYS
Ohio Srnntor Is Speaker at Rnpouct
of American Electric Railway
NSSOciQ Ion.
tBy Associated Press.

CLEVELAND. OHIO. ian. S.--A DIcs
for aid to street railway lines was
made by Senator Warren c. Harding
IN his address tonight at tho banoiict
or the American Electric Hallway AS
Sociation.
a plan hy which he said workers
could buy an Interest in industry and
so become capitalists was outlined by
the Senator. lie suggested that saw
inSs be pooled and contributed TO !,
purchase fund.
Complete recognition of oreanizcd
labor accompanied by the acceptance
OF personal and individual contractl,al
obligations by employees was char:ic-
tcr;zcd as the real solution of labor
problems at today's annual meeting Of
the railway association.
Three hundred traction officials and
representatives of allied industries
from 200 cities were in attendance
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-09
SUSPENDED SOCIALISTS
SAY THEY WERE ABOUT
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Dec furc Lusk Committee Turned
important Commercial Pa
T,crS Orer to British.
IBv Associated rrcs..

NEW YORK, Ian. S.-Charscs that
their suspension from the New York
Assembly was due TO their known in
tention to ring accusations against
tho I-uS< Legislative investigating com
mittec, showing. If proven. that the
committee had acted in colluSion with
tho British secret service i'm it's ra ids
on "Rcc" headquarters in this city,
were made in statement issued to-
night by the five suspended Socialist
.ASscmblyTncn.
The Socialists were prepared. the
statement said. to present a series OF
ten questions to tho Legislature ycstcr-
day in the form OF privileged rcsoiu
tion.
One Of these questions intimates that
papers of great commercial Importance
10 the United States" seized by the
Iusk committee, were turned over TO
the british government. cua bling il to
''obain commercial and diplomatic adj
vantageS in its relation with he Soviet
government of Russia"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-09
Need Billion Dollars
10 Spread the. Gospel
IHy A.socintcd Pres..I

ATLANTIC CITY. y. ~, Jan. s.
The sum OF Sf,3U,214,55f wnH liked
In - report submitted today to the
Intcrchurch World Movement Con
ference In srssi0n here. ns the least
amount that VIII suffice to finance
the proposed movement to carry the
gospel to every part of thr globe.
This sum includes the SD88, IL, 18S
which tho twcnty-ciGht nilied dc
nominations have contracted 10 raise
for all purpOscS during the next nre
years, together with S25O.13t,51T for
special types OF undrnominntionaI
activities. and S53.61O,Ss2 specially
for usc i'm areas Into which none of
the denominations thus far Inns cnr-
ricd ChristinnItS's budget.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-09
ENGlAND'S HANGMEN ASK
FOR AN INCREASE OF PAY
Take Their Demand for More MONEY
Direct to the House OF
Commons,
tBy Associated Pres..l

LONDON, Jan. S.-England's public
executioners, the hangncn, want their
pay increased. and their claim has bee n
presented directly to the House of Com
mons by member of that body
Augustine IIailwood inquired whether
the government knew il was paving
the eNecutionerS no more than in pre-
war days. government representa-
tive replied that the matter would re-
ccivc consideration.
The hansmen recently werc deprived
OF the privilege of taking away the
rope with which tho criminal was
hanged. This reduced one Of the
sources OF their revenue, as the rope
could he sold for q good price to curl
oSity collectors