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TStTBSDATT, MAT 18,191$ 10 STOP SPEEDING ON PUBLIC MS Keokuk Automobile Club Receives Complaint of persons Breaking 'state Law on Main 8treet Road. VIOLATING AGE LIMIT? Complaints Have Been Made That There Are Several Boys Under Fifteen Who Are Drlv- Ing Cars. Complaint has been made that a few automobilists are trying to turn the Main street road into a speedway, and that every evening there is a race pulled off between some drivers of cars who live In the vicinity of Mooar. One of these drivers, it is un derstood, has been in more than one serious accident as a result of his Bpeed mania, and the others are not only jeopardizing their own cars and lives, but tuose of persons who are traveling on the road. The Keokuk Automobile club has the names of the speeders, and an other complaint will result in prose cution of the offenders. The state law provides that autos shall not run at a greater maximum rate of speed than twenty-live miles an hour on public highways. These young men who have been racing are breaking this law, and may be called on to de fend themselves from serious charges if they persist. Boys Can't Drive Cars. The officiate of the Auto club also have received a number of complaints about owners of autos allowing boys under fifteen years of age to drive the cars. There is one provision which declares that it is unlawful for any person under flften years of age to drive an automobile. While there has been a provision in the law which would allow the person under age to drive the car if accompanied by the owner, officials of the auto club hold that the clause stating that it is un lawful for persons undtr fifteen years to be at the wheel takas precedent over other provisions. Complaint has been entered to the club officials, too, concerning a stretch of the Main street road near the Con nable place. It has been reported that this was in bad thape. WOMEN PREPARED FOR CONVENTION Four Hundred Thousand Hair Pins and Several Thousand Mirrors Ordered. NEW YORK. May 18—Absolutely the Unas touch in preparedness was garnished today by the arrangements committee for the convention next week of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The touch was th«? contracting for 400,000" hair pins, sev eral hundred gross of pins, two or three hundred papers of needles, a dozen boxes or so of thread, 200 pairs of scissors and assembly of quite a few thousand mirrors. But there will be nb powder puffs. "They are not sanitary," explained MrB. William Grant Brown, chairman of the local board, "and besides every body will be too busy to powder their noses." The committee figures that where there are twenty thbusand women assembled, there is bOund to be a frightful mortality in hair pins, a con siderable loss in plain pins and pos sibly quite a few gowns that devel oped tears. The supplies committee wants every woman to feel at home. Under the heading of comfort should also be chronicled "the fact that Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, president of the federatod clubs, will Bit in a special chair during the pro ceedings. Mrs. Pennybacker is a small woman and has a standing hor ror of sitting in chairs where her feet don't touch the floor. A special chair has been built on comfort guaran teed lines. The convention officially opens Wednesday, but preliminary meetings will begin Sunday. An Egyptian nobleman's tomb, built 4,500 years ago and preserved in its entirety, has been placed on exhibi tion in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. What is Home Without an Heir! This is a subject that has a place in all minds in all times. And it naturally di recta thought as to the comfort of the mother during that wonderful period of expectancy. Mothers who know rec ommend "Moth er's Friend." It is an ex ternal remedy for the stretching muscles, en ables them to expand without undue strain, assists the organs to crowd against nerves, to pull at ligaments to thus avoid pain. ..TTras restful days are assured, peaceful nights are experienced, morning sickness, fe^dacbe, apprehension and other dis trusts are among the various things wmcn everywhere relate they entirely ea J*ped by tising "Mother's Friend. And by effect upon the muscles the form Is re tained and they return to their natural, •mooth contour after baby Is born. Oet bottle of this inralnable aid to expec tant mothers. Any druggist will supply you. It Is harmless bat wonderfully effective. Write to BradfleM Regulator Co.. 41» Lv y*r BIJg„ Atlanta, Ga„ for a specially writ guide book for women Interested In the •object of maternity. It will Drove an Inspi ration. It contains Informattoa that every *°aaa abosld kaow all about. Write today. LOSS OF APPETITE Most Successfully Treated by Taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. Loss of appetite is accompanied by loss of vitality, which is serious. It is common in the spring because at this time the blood is impure and impoverished and fails to give the di gestive organs what is absolutely nec essary for the proper performance of their functions. Hood's Sarsaparilla, the old reliable all-the-year-round medicine, is espec ially useful in the spring: Get it from your druggist today. By purifying and enriching the blood and giving vitality, vigor and tone it is wonderfully suc cessful in the treatment of loss of ap petite and the other ailments preva lent at this time. It is not simply a spring medicine—It is much more than th^t—but it is the best spring medi cine. Hood's Sarsaparilla makes the rich red blood the digestive organs need. Call Black 665. For Society. Editor Dinner Before Dance. Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Phillips will entertain at a small dinner on Satur day eVening after which the company will go to the dance at the Country club. A Miscellaneous Shower. Mr. and Mrs. William Lang enter tained a company of friends yester day at their home on the Johnson street road in honor of Mr. and MrB. William Lang, Jr., whd were married in Carthage on Saturday, May 13. The entertainment was in the form of a miscellaneous shower and many handsome and useful gifts were given the young people for their new home. Mrp. Lang was before her marriage Miss Viola Bunyan. Former Resident Here. Mrs. Caroline Brinkman Donnelly of Denver IB expected on Friday for a two days visit with Miss Elizabeth Collier. Mrs. Donnelly was a former Keokuk girl and has many friends who will be interested to know of her coming. Wednesday Reading Club. The Wednesday Reading club at a called meeting yesterday elected the following officers for the next club year: President—Mrs. John H. Cole. Vice president—Mrs. John D. Rubidge. Secretary—Miss Cora Parsons. The club will have its annual out ing in June and will be the guests of Mrs. Frank LeBron at her cottage at Bluff Park. The committee to plan for the picnic is Mrs. H. W. Upham, Mrs. H. R. Miller, Mrs. D. B. Hillis. Entertains at Second Company. Mrs. D. W. McElroy and Mrs. H. R. Collisson entertained today at a sec ond afternoon tea given by them this week. The house was decorated in a profusion of flowers. The dining room had many pink roses and carnations. A French basket of pink carnations was the centerpiece of the table from which tea was served by Mrs. H. Boy den Blood, Miss Elizabeth Collier, Mrs. W. G. Blood and Mrs. George Hassall. Assisting in the dining room were Miss Elizabeth Blood, Mrs. Ed ward F. Carter, Mrs. Johnson Hey wood and M1ss Eleanor Moody. The parlor hostesses were Mrs. George Rix, Mrs. E. T. Bartruff, Mrs. James Fulton, Mra. A. E. Connabie and Miss Martha Hornish. ihe guests from out of town were Mrs. Olive Strickler Williams of Fort Stockton, Texas, Miss Post of Lowell, Mich. Berean Bible Class. The Berean Bible class of the First Westminster Presbyterian church will be entertained on Saturday afternoon by Mrs. W. F. Montgomery and Miss Bertha Read Craig at the home of Mrs. Montgomery, 524 Concert street. Are Attending Convention. Mrs. C. M. Rich, president of the Visiting Nurse association, and the two visiting nurses, Miss Mary Alex ander and Miss Maude Brown, went to Burlington today to attend the meeting of the Southeastern Iowa As sociation of Registered Nurses. The afternoon session is given to public health nursing and both Miss Brown and Miss Alexander will have a part on the program. Baby Week End* Tomorrow. The observance of Baby week will close on Friday with a lecture at 8 o'clock in the Y. W. C. A., by Owen R. Lovejoy on the subject of "Child hood and Citizenship." Mr. Lovejoy has done as much practical service for the children of this country as any other one public man and has earned the title "the children's statesman. The meeting is open to the public and all are cordially welcome. Stowe-Purdy Wedding. Ft Madison Gem City: Ray Leo Purdy of Hamilton, III., and Miss Viva I^ee Stowe of Keokuk were un ited in marriage at the parsonage of the First M. B. church this morning at 10:30. The ceremony was per formed by Rev. J. B. Newsom, pastor of the church. The bride Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Stowe of Keokute where they have re sided for the past eight years. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis J. Purdy of Hamilton and Is an engineer at the power house at Keokuk. The bride and groom were tfrcompanied to this city by the bride's mother. Following the red ding the young couple departed for Hamilton where they will make their home. st'M k\Hr~ W. C. A. May Featlval. The girl's work department of Mm Youne Women's Christian association will present a May fete at R®** on Saturday afternooaat 4.00 clock The program will ba to the Summer Suits Summer Coats Auto Garments Summer Dresses Party Gowns Afternoon Frocks\ TUB SKIRTS lie. One hundred and fifty girls and young women will take part in the procession to the May queen. Follow ing the crowning ceremonies an inter esting program will be presented. The fete will end with the presenta tion of an Irish fairy play. The fea ture will be staged in the natural arii pitheatre in the center of the park. HEAR WITNESSES III DAMAGE SUIT Several Have Been Examined on Bej half of plaintiff In Action Against Keokuk Electric. NEW TRIAL IS ASKED Attorneys File Petition In Case of Hilpert vs. Insurance Co.— Short Will Is Opened. Testimony for the plaintiff was being taken today in the damage suit of Lou B. Evans vs. the Keokuk Elec tric company. Several witnesses have taken the stand for the complainant In the action, and the defense, it is understood, has a long list of wit nesses. Several of those testifying have come from nearby Iowa towns and were In Keokuk on the Sunday on which the accident happened. Dr. W. B. Sisson, Dr. W. P. Sher lock, Ross Gregory, Francis Hauser, J. E. Hunter, J. W. Persinger and G. B. Davis, the last three from Bona parte, were on the stand today. Court Routine. A motion for a new trial has been made in the case of Hilpert vs. the Mutual Life Insurance Co., et al, which was decided by Judge Hamil ton yesterday. The case of Reinlg VP. Weil has been decided by Judge Hamilton in favor of plaintiff. The will of the late Thomas Short was opened and publicly read in the court room today. CITY NEWS. —We are manufacturing a complete line of window boxes. Attractive prices. Phone 345 and have us sub mit samples. Fred G. Glaser. —The registration places for the state primary and special election on May 25 and 26 will be the same as used for the city election registration. Registration places will be as fol lows: First ward. Sixth street en gine house second ward, Krueger's tailor shoip, 14 South Fifth street: third ward, Leake IPrinting Co., 801 Main street: fourth ward. West Keo kuk engine house fifth ward, Camp's drug etore, Twelfth and Fulton streets: sixth ward, 1130 Main street, and seventh ward, Joseph Sutler's store. Eighteenth and Main streets. —The Keokuk Tigers play the Hamilton team at that place Sunday afternoon with the following line-up: Anderson, catoh: Long, pitch H. Biddenstadt, first base Breakbill, seoond base L. Biddenstadt, short stop Taylor, third base Krumm, rijlit field: Talley, center field C. Biddenstadt, left field. —Dr. Frank G. Beardsley will make the Memorial address on Decoration day in Salem. Miners and Operators Agree. DBS MOINES. Iowa, May 18—After a six week's deadlock, the Joint com mittee of coal miners and operators agreed upon a scale at noon today and it will go before the miners dele gate meeting tomorrow for ratiflca- STOP LOOK Watch This Space •If: V- TODAYS BEAUfY HELP You can keep your hair at its very best *by washing it with this simple, inexpensive shampoo, which cleanses the hair and scalp thoroughly of all the dandruff and dirt and leaves a clean, wholesome feeling: Just use a teaspoonful of canthrox dissolved in a cup of hot water, afterwards rinsing thoroughly with clean water. One finds that the hair dries quickly and evenly, la unstreaked, bright, soft and fluffy, so fluffy in fact that it looks more abundant than it is, and so soft that arranging it becomes a pleasure. All scalp irritation will disappear and the hair will be brighter than ever before. tion. The two main points which for a time threatened a strike, was the mine run price in subdistrict number two and the machine scale of subdis tricts two and three. The mine run prico was fixed at 77 cents a ton and a oommission of six, three from each side, will make an exhaustive investi gation of the machine mining ques tion and report later. The agreement reached today will run till March 81, 1918/and both sides are pleased. New York Stocks. American Beet Sugar American Can (common) ..... 57% American Car & Foundry 61 American Locomotive 71*4 American Smelter (common) ... 99% (American Sugar Refining 114 (Anaconda 84% Atchison 104% Baltimore & Ohio 90% Brooklyn Rapid Transit 86% Butte & Superior 94Va Canadian Pacific 170% Chesapeake & Ohio 6S% Chicago Great Western, com. 13% Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul 97% Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 19% Colorado Fuel & Iron 43 Crucible Steel 85%. Brie, common 38%. General Electric 173 Great Northern, pfd 121% Illinois Central 102 V6 Inspiration Copper 45% I^ehigh Valley 'Maxwell, com 86 vs Miami 36 •Missouri Pacific '6% New York Central 106V& 'Northern Pacific 113% Pennsylvania 57% People's Gas 101% Ray Consolidated Copper 22% Reading 99% •Republic Iron & Steel, com .... 48% Southern Pacific 99 Southern Railway 23% Studebaker 141% Union Pacific 137 United States Steel, com 84% United States Steel, pfd 116% Utah Copper 80% Western Union 95 Westinghouse 62% Coffee, spot 9% Cotton, May 1312 July 1326 October 1329 Daily StocM Letter. NiEJW YORK, May 18.—The New York Evening Sun financial review today said: The stock market expected a dis tinct reversal in form today when prices, under the leadership of the standard rails with Reading Common and second preferred in the van, re covered quite sharply. There was nothing special in the way of news to account for the upturn, but that was equally true of the reaction or the two preceding sessions, neither of which was susceptible to explana tion by any known developments. What Wall street lacked in news in connection with development in Read ing, it made up in rumor and con jecture. The issue figured in a num ber of more or lees fanciful stories, including the now familiar report of a capital readjustment and of the segregation of its assets. This was varied by a rumor originating in Philadelphia that Rockefeller inter ests had taken over the Reading hold ings of the late President Baer and also those of the New York Central railway interests. It is scarcely nec essary to add that no confirmation was forthcoming of any of these re ports, but that did not militate FUNERAL NOTICE. FLESHEJR—The funeral for Nellie Elizabeth Flesher, Infant daughter of 11 Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Flesher, will be I held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow after noon at the home, 64X2 South Kigfitn! street. Friends invited. 1 "'Vvii- Vfsv L-^.V CITY Friday and Saturday's NEW SPECIALS at the FASHION SHOP \New palm beaches. jNew crash and linens. 'New silks—all shades and sizes. .New cravenettes. INew Kenyon Scotch weaves. Wonderfully classy de- Jsigns in nets, organdies, 'marquisettes, voiles, ^etc., in the all white, also newest colored de signs. Prices range $25.00 down to $3.98 New Silks, Silkenfiels, Mohairs,\ Linens, Gaberdines, Crashes, Piques,( Bedfords, Serges, Voiles, etc. Whites, Colors and Stripes 9 1 0 0 O ^lO.OO Want Column If you wish to rent or sell a house if you are seeking a position or want someone to work for you If you have lost anything or found anything, y°"r advertising message inserted in The Dally Gate City will enter every reading home in Keokuk and twenty five mile radius. The cost is but a cent a word each insertion, no ad vertisement being taken for less than 15c. Cash must accompany order. WANTED. "WANTED—To loan money on furni ture, pianos, live stock, etc., on easy payments. Strictly private. Phone 963. Keokuk Loan Co. Over Miller's shoe store. WANTED—Situation, housework and cooking, white woman. 20, care Gate City. WANTED—Experienced female ma chine operators. Steady employ ment, at good wages. Piece work. Inquire shoe factory. WANTED—Boys and girls, 14 years and over, to learn shoemaking. Splendid opportunity to learn a trade. Steady employment, at good wages. Inquire shoe factory. WANTED—Modern furnished house, close in. Relia/ble party. Address 9B, this office. FOR RENT. FOR RENT—Modern residence, north side, furnished or unfurnished. Also two furnished apartments for house keeping. 727 North Ninth. Phone Blk. 1330. FOR RENT—213 Concert street. In quire Mrs. W. B. Daniels, 206 High street. FOR RENT—June 1st. for three months, beautifully furnished apart ment In ^Vlpha. Red 1758. FOR RENT—8 rooms, furnished for housekeeping. Enquire 1118 Con-, cert. Phone Red 238. I FOR RENT—A modern five room house, 611 Ridge street. Inquire E. T. Bartruff. FOR RiENT—5 room modern house, Phone Red 308. FOR RENT—Small furnished cot tage, strictly modern, heat, light, water, furnace. Call at 610 South Sixlli. FOR 8ALE. FOR SALE—One open express body, one panel top body, for Ford. Cheap. R. C. Stone,,Farmington, la. FOR SALE—House and seven lots, plenty of ground for truck at Ham ilton. Inquire Wm. Moore, Hamilton. FOR SAUE—40 acre farm, 4% miles north of Hamilton, 111. Inquire of John Miohart, Nauvoo, 111. FOR SAiLE—New Guest Special up right piano, rented three months, $400.00 value for 1200.00 may be seen at the Hotel Iowa. Ask for Manager Holmes. LANDOLOGY, a magazine coring th« facts In regard to the lahd situa tion. Three months tri.il subscrip tion free. If for a home, or as an investment you are thinking of buying good farm lands, simply write me a letter marking it rersonal and eay "Mail me Landology and all particu lars free." Address Loyd M. Skin ner, general manager, 5kidmore Land Co.. 233 Skldmore Bids, Marinette, Wis. against their improvement for in a movement of the kind, a stock always thrives best under "mystery." Hooks In the Cans, CHICAGO, May IS.—Reports from Rome that metal hooks had been found in shipments of canned meats to the allies were termed ridiculous by packers here today, who said the dispatches are grossly exaggerated. "It is possible that small bits of metal may get into the canned meat on rare occasions," said Lawrence H. Armour, of Armour & C5o.. "but care ful inspection usually prevents any errors of this sort. 'If there were any truth to the dis Summer Waists and Party Blouses Final Clearance of April Model Spring Garments Your unrestricted choice— Any cloth Suit in the house. .r». .$10 Any cloth Skirt in the house .- r- $5 Any Silk dress in the house. $10 Any Coats in the house $5 to $10 Strictly Cash and No Approvals. Mlu Abble B. Moore, Mrs. Helen Allen Ayree, Dr. 6. M. Gaston, Miss 8alla Kimball, Miss Isabel! Sennett, Mrs. C. O. Taylor, Mrs. Wm. A. Doraon, Mr. C. E. Ritfdington, Mr. Horace Smith, Mlsa Marie Finley, Mrs. Bessie Hlgdon, Miss Maggie Gale, Miss Agnes S!ee, Mrs. B. Cook, Mr. W. T. Picklnpaugh, Mrs. C. C. McKlnney, Mr. A. W. Lonfl, Mrs. R. Tabler, Mr. T. W. Grimm, Mr. E. C. Dunbar, patches I believe would have heard something from the representatives of the allies," he said. Hints of a possible German plot were scoffed at. Program Knocked Out. WASHINGTON. May 18.—The house navy committee today knocked out the five year building program ad vocated by Secretary As.niels and agreed to a construction of five battle cruisers and no battleships instead of two battleships and two battle cruis ers, as recommended by the secre tary. The committee also voted for twen ty submarines. PERSONALS. TJ M. Boyer, of Creston. who has been in the city for several days vis iting relatives and friends, left this afternoon for Farmington and Bona parte where he will visit a few days before continuing his journey home. Mrs. Harry Kornfleld. of New York City, has arrived in the city for an extended visit with her mother, Mrs. Margaret Perry, 220 North Fourth St. Antidote Is Found. CHAMPAIGN, 111.. May. 18.—The formula for a new antidote for the most potent of all poisons, bichloride of* mercury, was announced here to day before the Illinois State Medical society. Dr. B. Merrill Ricketts, Cin cinnati, who has a wide reputation as a surgeon, is the discoverer and de clares the new antidote has proven effective. The antidote is nothing more than calcium sulphide. The most common antidote hitherto used has been sodium bicarbonate. Reorganize the Fleet. WASHINGTON. May 18.—Following a conference between Secretary Daniels and President Wilson today It was learned the Atlantic fleet will be reorganized and a new commander named to succeed Admiral Fletcher. r:«S PRIZE WINNERS HAMILL'S POEM CONTEST MRS. R. E. DAWSON, 227 N. Fifth St., Keokuk, Iowa, 1st Prize $15.00 MR. F. E. COOK, Warsaw, HI. 7%?- %:. PAG® THREB LOWITZ New georgettes, laces, organdies, crepe chenes, voiles, linens, Jap silks, taffetas, etc. $li00 to $6.98 2nd Prize, $10.00 MISS BERTHA L. PFLUG, 212 S. 15th St., Keokuk, la. 3rd Prize, $5.00 These poems, of which we received several hun dred, were judged by a committee of three, appointed by the Civics Division of the "Women's club, and the above is the result of their decision. PALM CANNED GOODS and HAMILL'S STEEL CUT COFFEE continue to grow in favor with the con sumers of Keokuk and vicinity. Say "HAMILL" to the groceryman. The following were given honorable mention, on ac count of writing very excellent poems, all of them being very close to the prize winners: Hamilton, III. Keokuk, Iowa Keokuk, Iowa Nauvoo, III. Hamilton, III. Keokuk, Iowa Keokuk, loWa West Grove, Iowa L.a Belle, Mo. Ft. Madison, iowa Hadley, ill. Grand River, Iowa. Bonaparte, Iowa Columbua Jet., Iowa Piano, Iowa Kahoka, Mo. Blanchard, Iowa Weldon, Iowa Farmington, Iowa 1_enox, Iowa Assaulted by Negro. DANVILLE, 111., May 18—Edward S. Moore of this city, one of the best known contractors in Illinois, lies at the point of death here today follow ing an attack by a negro holdup man at Mattoon. During the encounter with the negro, Moore's throat was cut. The negro is under arrest. American Arrested. LONDON, May 18.—Jeremiah C. Lynch of New York, a naturalized American citizen was arrested for pai ticipating in the Irish rebellion and court martialed yesterday, the Ameri can consul at Dublin wired the em bassy this afternoon. Lynch was to be sentenced today. He Could Use 'Em. New York Globe: A congressman received almost dally letters from a constituent asking for garden seed, with emphasis on peas. The demand for peas got so heavy that the con gressman was moved to write this letter: "I am sending you a half dozen more packages of peas as requested. Say, what are you trying to do down there, plant the whole state in peas?" The reply came a few days later. It read: "No, I'm not planting them, but they make bully 60up. Send along some more." $100 Reward, $100 Th* naders of this D«p«r will be ple»Md t* tnrn that th*r« is «t halt one dreaded that •clence bas beta able to cure in all It* •tag?*, and that 1» Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now known to the pea Ical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces os the svstem. thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and firing the patient strength by building un the eon»Mtut!on and assisting na ture In doing Its work. The proprietor* haTS so much faith in its earn tire powers that they offer One Hundred Dollavs for any case that It falls to cure. Sen* for list of testimonials. J. Address F. CHENEY CO.. Toledo. O. Sold by sH Druggists, 73c. Sake Hall's Family pllla for constipating iiljKi