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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-29
e.ntember IA, is, Is and II are the
mates Of the Meetings to be Held
at Des Moines This
Year.
GOLD STARS TO BE THERE
r,ere viii be Many Of These Repre-
sented in the National Service
star Legion as Organization
is Known

Mothers and relatives Of soldiers
from all parts of the United States
will gather in Des Moines this fall for
sha national convention of the Service
Star Legion.
The convention will be held at Hotel
Fort Des Moines September IA, 10, l6
and II. Thirty states will send dele
rates to this big meeting.
In that great gathering will be many
agold star" mothers and wives who
made the greatest sacrifice OF all
during the world struggle.
The tentative program for the meet
ing has just been announced, and
Mans are under way for the entertain
ment of hundreds of delegates.
Hour Of Remembrance.
An impressive feature of the con-
vention will be the hour of remem-
hrance" at 3 D. m. September IA,
At the state house grounds. This
will be in memory of those men who
died overseas, but there will be no
sadness in the manner OF commemo-
rating the service of those martyrs.
Mrs. Frank Armstrong has charge of
the program for this hour. School
children, dressed in national colors,
will form a pageant with members of
the Gold Star division of the Service
Star Legion. Following this observ-
ance. Governor and Mrs. w. L. Har-
ding will receive delegates in the gov
errors suite at the state house.
The convention will open Monday
night, when the Iowa state board will
entertain the national board at dinner.
Picnic August II.
Plans for the convention will be dis
cussed at business meeting and pic
mic to be held by the Des Moines Ser
vice Star Legion at ] p. m. August
II at Donald MacRae park. 1t is
pointed out that any who wish to join
and pay 81 dues at that time may do
SO.
Committee chairmen appointed for
the convention are Mrs. George
france. entertainment; Mrs. w. A.
Graham, banquet; Mrs. ]. c. Atkins,
reception; Mrs. II. d. Bagg, hall; Mrs.
"A. M. DOMAIN, registration and badge;
Mrs. w. +. Leech. refreshments; Mrs.
Minnie Holland, markers; Mrs. Lucille
McHenry, pages; Mrs. Frank Suther-
land, banquet ticket sale; Mrs. T. w.
Patterson, information; Mrs. G. w.
Rosene, auto; Mrs. Jessie Weathering-
ton, trains; Mrs. Wray Bertholf, res
ervation; Mrs. Walter Canaday, pub
Lefty and Mrs. Anna Volz, finance.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-29
Internal Revenue Money Collected for
Iowa District In Last Fiscal Yeaf
Amounts to Large
Sum.
SPECIAL TAXES DUE
Bio Increase is Looked for In the Tar
lit to be Collected in 1921, Ac-
cording to lnforma-
ton.

and deposited in the district OF Iowa
during the last fiscal year which
ended June 80, totalled $50, OILS, 1884,
according to word received yesterday
from Washington.
The revenue derived from special
taxes will be much larger for the
year ending June 80, 1921, L. e. Glab,
internal revenue collector for this
district, has stated.
Special Taxes Due.
Special tax returns are due for the
1921 fiscal year on or before July 81,
and the local agent stated that nearly
all returns and payments had been
handed in by taxpayers in the state.
Iowa has the reputation of being one
of the most prompt of the states in
handing in her special tax reports,
Mr.. Glab said.
The local drive by the revenue
Office to encourage taxpayers to be
prompt in handing in their reports,
ended a few days ago with success.
Most of Des Moines taxpayers have
handed in their reports, and word
received from other points in the
state indicate that there will be no
delinquency trouble.
The special tax list includes the
tax on brokers, theaters, pawnbrok-
ers, concert halls, circuses, bowling
alleys, pool halls, tobacco, taxis and
capital stock.
Heavy Fines Provided.
Heavy penalties ranging from a
fine not to exceed $1,000 for failure
to pay the tax, and fine not to ex-
coed $4,000 or one years imprison-
ment, or both, for wilfully refusing
to make return and pay the tax on
time, are prescribed by the current
revenue act.
The capital stock tax applies to
every corporation carrying on bust
ness, and is 81 for each $1,000 of 50
much of the fair average value of
its capital stock for the preceding
year, as is in excess of $4,000. Foreign
corporations are not given the benefit
of the $4,000 deduction, but pay the
rate for each $1,000.
Theaters, music halls and museums
are taxed according to their seating
capacity and the size of the town n
which they are located. Such build
ings having a seating capacity of ESQ
are taxed $50. All theaters having a
capacity of more than 500 pay 5000.
The tax on circuses is 500.
Taxis Hit, Too.
The tax on billiard and pool halls
is $40 for each table. Shooting gal
leries are subject to tax of $40. Taxi
companies are taxed $40 for each car
having seating capacity Of not
more than seven, and $50 for all
buses.
Manufacturers of cigars are taxed
according to the volume Of business,
ranging from 81 to $24, with an addi-
tional 10 cents per 1000 in excess
of 100000 cigars.
To facilitate prompt collection the
bureau of internal revenue has sug-
gested that in filing the tax return
the payment should be accompanied
with it, as it causes less delay for
the taxpayer and the revenue bureau.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-29

a Methodist suburb, was recessed hv
the Judge, church member, when
they explained they were singing
Onward. Christian Soldiers"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-29
SICK WOMEN :
HEAR ME
You Can Be Free from Pain
as ! Am, if You Do as / Did.

Harrington, Met suffered with
backache, pains t hrough my hips
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-29

The dome of the famous Palace OF
Justice in Brussels is made Of PAPER
mache and is said to weigh sixteen
tons.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-29
ECHOES
Headlines Of The Gate City Tell
What keokuk Was Doing &
N Forty Years and Twenty
s Years Ago Today.
.IlJiy 90. 1880

AS emancipation day, August /.
comes on Sunday this year, the col
ored people of the city will celebrate
the day July 81
Two horses attached to spring
wagon, dashed through the alley be-
tween Main and Blondeau streets
from Seventh to Ninth streets yes
terday where they ran against fence
in Burrows row.
The Misses Carrie and Adele Marsh
of Warsaw, H., visit with Mrs. M. l.
Brown of this city.
JULY %, 1900.
The Steele Comedy company at
the Casino delight a large audience
last night with it's presentation OF
MIXED Pickles"
Work will be started tomorrow in
putting a new substantial floor in the
Des Moines river bridge.
At the Country club Saturday night
the ladies OF the ST. Johns church
served supper. The principal golf
events of the day were the four con-
tests for the subscription cups, the
prizes for the afternoon going to
Miss Elizabeth tombstone and Frank
Davis.
The sixty-second annual meeting Of
the Keokuk Baptist association will
meet at Harrington in August.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-29

Honesty that stretches is adulter-
ated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
W|[SONNOT ID
 SPEND SUMMER
 AT WOODS HOLE
To Establish Summer White House at Some Other Place With More Ac-
 cOmmOdatiOns
By Associated Press

Washington, April 12.-President Wilson will not establish the summer White House at Woods Hole, Mass. as had been expected. but probably will select some other place where more ac- commodations are available for the large staff of secretaries and attaches.
 It became known today that the an nouncement that the President had se- lecfed the estate of Charles R. Crane, minister to China. for his summer home was premature. The President had accepted MT. Cranes offer of a lease on the property. but it had not Leer inspected ythe secret service operatives and White House attaches, who always manage the household suf- roundings of the President and his family.
 When the White House advance agents came to lgo over the ground, it is said, they came to the conclusion that the Crane estate itself was not large enough. and that the accommoda- tions to be found in the village were insufficient for the force from the ex- ecutiye office, which would have to be moved to Woods Hole for the summer.
 It also developed that the Crane man. sion is near railway track. where many trains pass day and night: that there are several automatic fog signals in the waters of Long Island sound close to shore, and that the layout or
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
AGREEMENT NECESSARY

London. April 12.-Both France and Great Britain are increasingly con- vinced of the necessity of keeping in agreement for the settlement of the questions regarding Germany and those affecting other parts of the world, An drew Bonar Law, the government leader, told the house of commons to- day
 Answering questions with regard to the Anglo French situation, MT. Bonar Law said:
 AS the house is aware, difference which his majesty's government de- plores, has arisen between the British and French governments, but the ex- change of notes which has taken place between London and Paris justifies the belief that both governments recognize more than ever the necessity of main taining an intimate, cordial agreement in the settlement of the great ques- tions now confronting them in Ger many and elsewhere
 tThe approaching conference of the heads of the allied governments will no doubt serve to confirm and con- solidate the complete understanding between the two governments. In these circumstan 1 venture to suggest that it would be very undesirable to have any discussion on the subject either in debate or by way of question and answer. It is hardly necessary to add that there is no truth whatever in the statenfent made in certain sec- tions of the press that there has been a difference of opinion in the British cabinet.D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
REFUSES | ID KILL VOLUNTARY
 TRAINING PROV|SO Only Youths From IS to Fl Would Be Accepted Under
 Amendment Written Into Bill
sy Associated Pres,


 N .ington, April 12.-The Sem ate refused today to strike out of the army reorga nization hill the provision for voluntary universal training recently substituted for the military committees plan for obligatory training. Ike motion of Senator Mcclellan, democrat. Ten n~ssee, to strike out was defeated. 37 to 9.
 The action of the Senate was expect . ed to result in carrying the voluntary training proposal into conference by adjustment by Senate and douse man agers.
 Only youths between IS and 21 years of age would be accepted for the vol untary training under an amendment suggested by Chairman Wadsworth and written into the bill The previous age limits were from IS to 2S years and because of the reduced limits Senator Lenroot, republican, Wisconsin, with drew his proposal to restrict voluntary training onlIatments to 100000 men an- nuallX.
 12 DEMOCRATS FOR PLAN Twenty five republicans were joined by twelve democrats in holding the voluntary training plan in the bill. Two republicans Borah of Idaho and Gronna of North Dakota. voted with the following democrats to eliminate the training sections:
 Dial. South Carolina: Harrison, Mis- sippi; Kirby. Arkansas. McKellar. Ten
 tContinued on Page TwoD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
ASSEMBLY REOPENS

Berlin April 12-The National Assem- biy reopened today with Lord Kilmar- nook, the British charge q daffaires, and other diplomatic representatives present. The proceedings began with a strong protest from President Fehrenbach against the allied communication in pre- venting the upper Silesian deputies from attending the assembly. Herr Fehren- bach denounced the entente for this 'en- croachment on the rights of the German peoples representatives.'
 Premier Mueller then read from manu- script a speech, the delivery of which required ninety minutes. At the outset it emphatically echoed Herr Fehrenbach s protest
 The premier spoke strongly against the action of the French in the Rhine region, saving "Senegalese are quartered in Frankfort and are guarding Goethes house" Then reviewing the events in the Ruh region, he said that in the confusion following the Kapp uprising the Ruhr workers were unable to recognize whether they were faced by loyal or disloyaI troops
 This atmosphere of distrust," he ad- ded. was exploited by communist wire pullers and instead of an impressive workers movement there gradually came into existence a red army.
 ssThe organized workers" Herr Mueller said, returned to the mines and fac tories. but the deluded champions of so- viet dictatorships remained in arms and were joined by the rabble of the Ruhr area, whose only desire was to exploit lawlessness.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
ARMED TROOPS GO ID JERSEY CITY
 ID UNLOAD MAIL
First Act of Violence Comes When Strikers Hurl Iron Bar Into Train, Injur-
 ing Passenger
By Associated Press

New York April l2.-tfnion lapor's CO., operation in an effort to break the un- authorized strike of railroad workers here was pledged tonight by representa- tiyes of the four big hrotherhoods in conference with the representatiS es of the eastern roads, statement given out after the meeting characterize the strike as "a mob movement, and asserted IL was bound to break,
 John G. Walber, labor expert and sec retary of the bureau of information of eastern railroads. who made the an- ncuncement, said it was the ''concensus of opinion of the brotherhood leaders tliat the strike would burn itself out. He said the conference received in formation that the strike was easing up around Chicago, Indianapolis, Colum- bus and other western cities, but re- mained unchanged locally
 .The surprising part about the strike is the fact that men who are regarded as conservative have become impreg- mated with radicalsm. MT. Walber said. The strike is one fostered purely by radical influence
 |, It was announced the brotherhood lead- CTS had tried their best to have the men ignore the radical agitators whe invaded New York from New Jersey Previously the brotherhood leaders had mingled with striker and loyal union men in New Jersey, urging them to respect their contracts
 The conference tonight was the hrst officially held here between labor lead CTS and railroad representatives,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
Will Don Denim for
 Sunday SerUic e
By Associated Press

Macon. Ga. April i2.--Tbe ss0ycr- rapidly threughout central GeorGia, according to reports received here tonight. and In Macon first steps to get in line have been taken by the police and fire departments. which have asked the civil service commissisn for permission to '.don the dcnim.~
 today they would appear in their puIpits sunday wearing oyeralIs.
 Judge H. l.. Tipton at Ashburn announced today he would wear overaIls when he convenes city court at that place Wednesday. Virtually all the attorneys in Ash burn are members of the local .OveraII Club"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
HOUSE READY FOR FIGHT OVER PLAN
 TOPUN|SH FRAUD Democrats Uphold, While Republicans Den0unce, System of Camp Build
 ing During War
By Associated Press

Washington. April 12.--After repub- lican leaders had announced. and demo- crats had upheld the government system of building army camps in the rush days of war, the House made ready for fight tomorrow on two proposals for dealing with persons alleged to have reaped rich profits out of alleged extravaganza and waste.
 Along with the Investigating commit tee $ report attacking the methods of con- structon. the republican majority pre- sented a resolution directing that evi- dence obtained during the nine months investigation be turned oVers to the At tornev General with the reqvest that he institute criminal and civil proceedings The democrats countered with substi- tute resolution proposing to instruct the committee to name persons, firms and corporations which should be invests- gated by the Attorney General before directing that official to proceed When the House quit work tonight debate of the majority and minority reports had not reached an end The principal sreeches were made by Representative Mccullough. republican, Ohio, signing the majority and Representative Dore- mus. democrat Michigan. author of the minority statement
 SPEECHES FAR APART
 Like the opposing reports, .eeches were far apart.
 Representative Mccullough declared that the cry we won the war has been made to cover multitude of sins. while Representative Doremus asserted that "i.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
SCHOOL GIRL IS
 CHOKED ID DEATH
 BY UNKNOWN BLACK
Entire Countryside Aroused and Hundreds Securing Woods Near Meridian
 In Search of Fiend

Meridian. Miss, April 12.---tSpe-
 ciai.)-sIiss Carrie Hatcher,
 pretty eighteen-year-oId high
 school girl. daughter of Mir. and
 Mrs. George Hatcher. was choked
 to dath in pasture close to her
 pnrents home and her body
 thrown into shallow brook,
 where it was found late last night
 by the father and party of
 searchers, composed of peighbors,
 who were gathered when the
 young lady failed to return at
 dark after she had gone to drive
 the cows home.
 Circumstances surrounding the brut- al murder lead the authorities to be- lieye 1t was the result of an attempted criminal assault by an unknown negro who was seen to go in the direction taken by the girl and who choked her to death in an effort to silence her cries. then becoming frightened carried her body to the brook and made his CStdpc dNIOiH piiShihS iiiS Pat pose
 The entire county is aroused and hundreds visited the Hatcher home, seven miles east of this city, today and with the authorities have been SCOUT ing the woods for the suspect, but up to a late hour tonight no trace of him had been found. The family and their connections are among the most promi- nent people in this county and Rem per.
 It was first believed the young girl may have been drowned in the brook her body having been found reclining on the bank, with her head in the wa ter, but on examination today by three physicians it was stated she was evi- dently dead some time before being placed in the water finger prints on her throat indicating how she had met death There were scratches and that she desperately struggled with her assailant in an effort to free ner- self from his clutches.
 Miss Hatcher and her father were home alone when she started to the pasture only few hundred yards from the house. the mother being in Rem per county visiting her parents. Just before dark the father besame uneasy and went in search of his daughter Failing to find her as it became dark he aroused the neighbors and sys- tematic, hunt finally resulted in the discovery by the father of his daugh. ter's body lying with the face in the water in marsh some distance from the path she had to travel. At the edge of the marsh there were indications oi desperate struggle and it is believed that at this place the girl was choket to death and her body carried from there through the marsh 10 the brook
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
Gist of the News
GENERAL.

GENERAL Rig highway convention Is on at Hot Springs.
 smoot knew his charges were un- true. declares Greet. Congress is aroused by action of radicals.
 .shaI non-rs sident deide who shaIr te senator from Alabamn.. Under- n ood asks.
 Flurry in money and rail strike feature market; cotton nervous. Hefiin speaks to crowd in Mobile.
 LOCAL social unit plan lecture tonight. Fire fighters will wear khaki. Optical society meets in Dafhan May J-G.
 Postal workers facing d~iuEe due to strike.
 East Lake park will open May |. Marines offer education. expenses and pay to recruits. State council of Juni"r order sn au- nusi session.
 Team looks good ser first game. Bnrcns play fast bali sad ,~in =aue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
13 More States FoUolU Sonora
 In, Secession
By Associated Press

Agua Prieta, sonora, April i2.-- General Pima. comm andinS the first division army Of the republic of sopora," with headquarters in this city. stated today he had received semi-osficial ndvices from Hermo- siIIo, the state capital. to the effect that thirteen states of teh Mexican union had followed the state of so- morn in seyering relations with the Carranxs government. While the report ia lacking in detail SIS to the names of the secrding states. General Pima declared he vouched for its authority.
 The message came in the form of telegram and is signed ny a mem her of General Gales staff and dated at general military hesd- auars. Pinn said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
NelU Discoveries
 Expected 10 Cut
 Dolun H. C.ofL.
By Associated Press

St. Louis, April i2.-The living cost will be reduced millions of dol lars by recent chemical inventions and discoveries, according to dele gates to the convention Of the American Chemical Society, in ses- sion here.
 The recent discovery by Fred G. Gottreil, chief metailurgist of the United States bureau of mines of a lead substitute to be Used in the manufacture of insecticides, is ex-' pected to save millions of dollars of farm products annually. and as- sist materially in lowering the cost of these products.
 Successful experiments in tanning hides of sharks. chemists assert. will assist materially in bringing down the cost of leather goods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
Many Killed As
 Rebels Bombdrd
 Guatemala City
ey A,,,ei.ted prs.,

Guatemala City. April i2--Many non -cOm ba tants hnve been killed in Guatemala City. which hns been under shell fire of the forces Of President Estrada Cabrera since Thursdny evening.
 The city is undefended except by volunteers avmed with rifles.
 On one day the bonn bardment was kept up from 10 o'clock in the morninE until o'clock at night. Shells fell in various parts of the city and the easnalties are believed te h~ heasy.
 Cabrera is streakIs estrenehed In La Palma. outside the city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
PANDEMoNIUM REIGNs

Berlin. April 12.--Pandemonium reigned in the Stock Exchange today in honor of the putting into effect of an order for the compulsory transfer of foreign se- lcrrities held in Germany, as provided by the peace treaty. Quotations slumped, no business was possible; brokers yelled in vectives against the government; mem hers of the Stock Exchange committee V ere bodily attacked and. despite an ap- peal from Director Mansiewicz of the Ioeutsche Bank. the tumult rose to such pitch that the Bourse was closed for the day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
BRITAIN ASSURED FRANCE ID QUIT
 THE RH|NELAND
Britain and France Con- vinced of Necessity of Keeping in Agreement,
 Says BOnar Law
By Associated Press

Paris, April 12.-(Havas,)--Premier Millerand, answering the sixth note Of the British government with regard to the occupation by France of the Rhine land, assured the Earl of Derby, the British ambassador. that evacuation of the cities recently occupied would take place simultaneously and that the con- dtiions existing when France inter vened would be restored
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
Philippines Name Delegates
 By Assoeiated Press

Manila. P. l., Saturday, April 10.-The democratic territorial convention for the Philippines today indorsed the Wilson administration and selected six dele gates to the democratic national con vention at San Francisco, instructed to vote for Francis Burton Harrison, gov error general of the territory, for the democratic presidential nomination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-13
KILLED, 25 HURT
 IN TEXAS CYCLONE
nx Assoclsted Press

Galveston. Texas. April l2.-One person was killed, twenty -five i'm jured md approximately thirty homes were demolished ny a tor nado that struck the little town of Nelr0s~. Texas. last night. ncc1rd- ing to . special dispatch fo the Galveston News.