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fgurfUAi, Mivrnjti o,, idj.® Testimonial from Mrs. O. Ml Smith, 1928 Paloan street, rela tive to VINOL The modern tonic reconstructor containing medicinal extractives of fresh cod livers with pepto nftte of iron. "About three months ago I began to loose flesh and got into a badly run down con dition. Appetite failed me and I became weak and nervous. "Could not partake of solid food without distress in stomach. After taking one bottle VINOLi, appetite re turned, my digestion im proved and feel lil[e another person." On sale only at McGrath Bros. Drug Co. 500 Main DO YOU KNOW THAT J. BURK & CO. Manufacturers and Bottler* of Carbonated Drinks MAKE THE BEST SODA ON EARTH? Lemon 8oda Strawberry Soda Peach Mellow Orange Cider Pineapple Soda Ginger Ale Concord Grape Blackberry Raeport MARCH BIRTHSTONE Beautiful line of solid serviceable rings, set with Aquamarine and Blood stones. Men's women's and! children's. Prices range from $1.00 to $12.00 RENAUD Reliable Jeweler BUCKEYE COAL Is the Cleanest, Most Convenient and Economical Furnace Coal You Can Buy TRY IT James Cameron's Sons Phone 96 17 So. 7th —Read The Daily Gat City. -^p^ipp Cream Soda SareaparHIa Soda Cherry Cider Lemon Sour Chocolate Soda Root Beer Dr. Pepper's Burk's Cola Mineral Water TRY BURK'S COLA We solicit family trade. Prompt delivery. Phone us your order. Phone 329. 1011-1013 Main THE TO SUT ON NEW E THIS WEEK Contractor Who Will Build New Home of Keokuk Country C'lub, Will Commence at Once on Work. OF BRICK AND STUCCO Building Committee Decides to Havi This Combination for New Home—Old Site Is Chosen. Work on the new home of the Keoliuk Country club will be com menced this week, If the weather is at all suitable for the contractor to •put his men on the Job. As announc ed last week, in The Gate City, Wil liam Kirchner secured the contract for the new home. At a meeting of the building com mittee and the contractor, it was de cided to use brick and stucco in the construction of the house. Brick will be used in the lower part, with the upper part of stucco. It is felt that this will make an exceedingly pretty building:, and will be quite an imposing sight perched at the summit of the Country club hill overlooking the valley of Price's creek and Lake Cooper. The location of the home already has been decided upon on the site of the building which burned a year ago in May. The Country club season is ap proaching and committees already have been appointed for the activities of the club year. WAR HAS NOT KILLED SNOBBISHNESS Aristocrats of England Still Consider Themselves Better Than Ordinary Soldiers. LONDON, Feb. 24— (By Mail)—The war hasn't killed snobbishness in Eng land. For instance, a certain magazine publishes what it calls Casual Pencil lings From a Fighting Man. They're annonymous but presumably they rep resent a certain type of officer, which the "fighting man" is supposed to be, or they wouldn't appear in a typical English magazine. Here are some extracts: "A considerable number of unclassi fied individuals, neither fish, flesh nor good red herring, have been jerked into commissions by backstairs influ ence. Promotion of that sort doesn't pay for itself. I'd rather see it come from the ranks, though that doesn't always pan out well." "A V. O. corporal who ecently de clined the honor put it sensibly enough when he said that what he had done to earn the distinction only proved that he was a man, not a gentleman, and that from personal experience he knew the men would rather be led by an Incompetent gentleman than an ex perienced ranker who hadn't the ad vantage of good birth." "II think the democracy will dis count a good deal of what their lead ers have told them of late years about us gentry. The deathroll of the army must surely convince them, not only that we're not the selfish brutes the demagogues tried to make out, but that, whatever our faults, we tumbled over one another to render the coun try service out of all proportion to our numbers. The rank and file know it, anyhow. They know we'ie in it as a matter of duty first and secondly be cause it's our nature to lead." PEKSONALS. Mrs. Geo. S. Ferguson has returned home from Fairfield after a week visit. Mrs. Ernst Gk Kusswurm of Chi cago Is visiting with Mrs. John Lang, 1023 Palean street. J. M. Meredith returned yesterday from a business trip in the southwest. Alvaretta Peters returned home after a six week's visit, with her brother W. H. Peters and family of Fargo, North Dakota. i—Register tonight. Open till 9 o'clock. Why are so Many People Losiag Their Hair? That is a simple question to answer. How can you expect a hair to grow through a hair cell if the hair cell it completely stopped upf Would you expect a plant to grow ir a flower pot if the top of the pot wai sealed upf Tour head, everybody's head, has ap proximately 175,000 hair cclls. If one half or two thirds of these cells are stopped up, how can you ex pect a luxuriant growth of hairf EVERY WEEK ANTI-SEPTIC OIL SHAMPOO opens these hair cells. It dissolves the dandruff, (dry or oily) and promotes the growth of the hair. It leathers freely and thoroughly cleanses the hair and scalp. To keep the hair in best condition, men and children should have an oil shampoo every week, women, every other week. Every Week Antl-Septio Oil Sham poo is sold for 60c per bottle Wilkinson ft Co., Hotel Iowa Phar macy, Crescent Pharmacy, McGrath Bros., Scott O'Reilly, City Drug Store, Englehardt & Co., J. F. Kied aisch & Son, W. H. Siegfried and all other dealers In drugs and toilet articles. REPORT IS MADE E Executive Committee of Western Rail way Association Discussed Pro posed Eight Hour Demand. MAY MEAN HIGHER RATE Time Demand is It is claimed by the executive body that the demand does not mean an eight hour working day as represent ed, but an increase in wages. Must Raise Rates. "Such large additions to expenses as would be caused by acceding to the demands of the employes would ren der imperative additional increases in passenger and freigh trates," the committee's report declares. "Instead of providing for an eight hour day, the rules which the labor organizations propose would simply increase the wages paid for the same amount of work, and the quesfcion re solves itself into the single issue an to whether or not the highest-paid classes of railroad employes are en titled to still more money tor their services," the committee states. That this is the case will be made evident by a brief consideration of the methods of computing the wages of railway employes under their pres ent contracts and under those pro posed. Computing Wage*. "In other lines of industry an eight hour, or a nine-hour, or a ten-hour day means that employes not only do not work more than eight, nine, or ten hours, but also do not work less than eight, nine, or ten hours, for a day's wage. In railway train service wages are on a dual basis—not mere ly on the basis of hours worked, but also ,and mainly, on the basis of miles run. In freight service on most roads the wage schedules provide that ten hours, or less, or 100 miles, or less, shall constitute a day's work. This means that if a man is called for work he is guaranteed a full day's pay no matter how few hours he works nor how few m'les his train runs. If he works ten hours or more without running 100 miles he Is paid for his hours, and if he runs 1O0 miles or more in less than ten hours he is paid for his miles. If he either works more than ten hours or rutin more than 100 miles he receives pay ment for the overtime or excess mile age, whichever produces the greatest amount of wages for him. Ten miles run is thus the equivalent of one hour worked, or one-tenth of a day's pay. On the dual basis if the train on which a man is employed Is slower than ten miles an hour he is paid on the hourly basis, and if it is faster he is paid on the mileage basis. The re sult of adjusting wages on the dual basis of miles or hours is that prac tically no employes now work more than ten hours for a day's pay and thousands work less than ten hours and even less than eight hours for a day's wage." That the shippers are the ones to be vitally Interested in this proposed increase, is the statement of a local railroad man. He believes that if the increase is granted, the shippers will be the ones to pay the expenses in increased freight rates. MAYORS CONFERENCE COMES TO AN END National De^nnse Was Topic Discuss ed and Congress Was Asked to Take Action. United Press Leased Wire Service. 1 ST. LOUTS, Mo.. March 4.—Demand ling that congress enact into law the I report of the general navy board which advocates the building of more battleships and increased enlistment, the national defense conference of mayors ended Us business sessions early tonight. Another demand on congress was made that laws be en acted increasing the standing: army and establishing further coast de fenses. Among resolutions adopted late today was one asking standard ization of all army supplies, includ ing munitions and armament recom mending establishment of clttsen sol dier training camps and one favorinp a universal training system for busi ness men. After a fight, a resolution was adopt ed. asking that an executive com mittee composed of one man from WW Said to be One for More Wages, and That the Expense Would be Enormous. The executive committee of the as sociation of Western Railways has is sued a booklet which will be of in terest to shippers, in respect to the demand for increased wages and an eight hour day by the brotherhood of trainmen. The booklets have been re* ceived by the Keokuk and Des •Moines and have been sent to thU city from the Des Moines office. Ev ery phase of the question IB covered, and it is said increased rates must follow the granting of the demands. The executive committee makes the statement that the employes' demands mean the following: "They mean an incerase of approxi mately 26 per cent over present wages, fixed by arbitration for the same amount of work. They mean an increase of 87:^ per cent as compared with the present rates for over time. To allow the increases would add $100,000,000 a year to the operating expenses of all railroads In the Unit ed States for the benefit of men whose average pay pgr day was Increased from thirty to forty-two per cent from 1903 to 1914, while the wages of the western engineers and firemen were further increased in 1916." ptigp|||:i|p|iwi||i|» THE DAILY GATE CITY POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT. John W. Rovane, Sr.. candidate for mayor, requests the support of the citizens of Keokuk at the primaries, March 13. 1816. every city In the United States be appointed. Informal talks were made tonight by Miss Anne Morgan, Mayor MitcheJ and Oornelius Vanderbilt, all of New York, at the banquet at the Jefferson hotel. Mayor Thompson of Chicago, in his address at the banquet, urged the United States to increase its army PREPAREDNESS and FIRE INSURANCE When the fire starts it is too late to take out an insurance policy. Get your policy now in the Iowa State In surance Company (Mutual) of Keokuk. THE OLDEST CO. IN IOWA ORGANIZED JAN. iSjg H. R. ColliMon, Solicitor PHONE *80 and navy until it wae second to none. "We must he prepared," he said, "tf we are to remain neutral. "Our eminent pacifists tell us we are in no danger of attack if we give no provocation," he said. "Poor little Belgium Is the answer. She was ground Into the mire for standing irp for hor treaty rights. Chin* 1» an ii nipyyi —TTf -s^r '»^yy^rT^•"» Jfotfcl 86 f.o.b. Twcoo No Advance In Price The price of the big, powerful Overland Six (Model 86) will not be advanced. Deliveries now. Prices of other Sixes afe advancing. Prices of Sixes recently announced on new models, are higher. In fact, comparatively figuring, prices of practically all Sixes are now far in excess of the Overland. On the basis of present prices of raw materials a Six of the Overland quality would have to sell at a much higher price. But due to a little foresight in purchasing we escaped having to pay premiums for raw materials—hence the price of the Overland Six is not increased. This in spite of the fact that prices of all steels are up from 100% to 150% that the price of aluminum has gone from about 20 cents a pound to over 50 cents a pound that the price _of copper has more than doubled that tires and other accessories have had a sharp advance. We cannot guarantee that thiB present price of $1145 will hold indefinitely. The serious condition of the material market makes that impossible. But the quality is not lowered is not advanced. Just compare the size, power, flexibility and quality of the Overland Six motor the length of the wheelbase the seating capacity, the finish, the equipment, the comforts, the con veniences and improvements of the Overland Six with all others and you'll find no valid reason for paying moro than $1145 for a six cylinder automobile. Overland Garage, G. A. McLoney, Manager 1019-1021 Main St, Phone 882 Cir The Willys-Overland Company* Toledo* Ohio Mad* ia U. 3. A." A T17 olv A Afternoon-session—Admission Our Pies Area Real Treat PAGE ELEVEN and for the present price Our mothers have made pies that we ne"""Br forget. They wereejuet rifrht. are making the same kind tliat she mads, those' with that»sweet lingerinp taste that calls for more. Order one of our cream-cocoanut, prrmplcln.-minoemeet, aPtle,«lemon or rr.lsin pies anil be convinced THE IDEAL BAKERY Phone 371 1324 Mtern other example of a nation relying on right as against might. Can't you hear the world of tomorrow saying, "poor America she was so Inoffensive. Isn't It too bad her wonderful govern ment had to he sacrificed in her con anaeifl'-*' PALACE ROLLER CF I n. SKATING RINK Free. Btates l&c. 2:30 to 5. livening session—lAdles admitted free. States 15c gentlemen-admis sion 16c. Skates 15c. 7:30 to 10. HPHGIAIs—School children mattneo every Saturday afternoon, l&a Capable Instructors to teach you how to ekste. PFLUG & ROBERTS, Props. E. FRANKS, Mgr. 1 W v' •m |j A TF Federalization Essential. Springfield. Mass.. Republican: Fed eralizing the state mllltla began years ago It will not end until a complete Job some how is made of it, if the union IB to depend for Its common de fense upon this body of oitizea sol-", idler*. I •to*