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,, a fc miri Bj Enthusiastic Mass Meeting Held in Superior Courtroom Last Evening—Offers of Business Men. fy WILL LET EMPLOYEES OFF Plans for Armory and Formar tion of Second Company Discussed—Patriotism 'fR Repressed. Resolved—First, that It is the sense of this meeting that It. would be a mistake and a re proach to the city of Keokuk to allow Company L, of the Iowa National guard to be disbanded. Second—That_thls company is worthy of the hearty and unselfish support of the citizens and busi ness houses of Keokuk in every way and that we appeal to then to give such support. Third—That a committee be ap pointed to assist the officers and promoters of the company to bring about this result. The above resolution offered by C. F. McFarland, was unanimously adopted at a ihass meting of Ke fcuk citizens and business men, held the superior court room last night for the purpose of discussing the future of Company in regard to the armory and summer camp situa tions. The meeting was an enthusiastic one and it was not only decided to retain Co. and give it the support of the city, but plans were discussed for the erection of an armory here and the recruiting of another com pany, and a number of Keokuk busi ness men announced that members of Company 1 in their employ could go to the state camp at Des Moines this summer on full pay. Enthusiasm was carried to such a pitch that sev eral offered to enlist in the company and help in building up the local organization. Telegram to Logan. Following the meeting, the follow ing telegram was sent to Adjutant General Guy E. Logan at Des Moines: Gtiy E. Logan, Adjutant General. At a mass meeting held here tonight it was unanimously deter mined to retain Company and you are asked by resolution not to accept the resignation sent you by Captain Powell. K-xkuk is in line and will keep up her for mer reputation and the record of the great men of the past. ED. S. LOFTON, Mayor. E. F. RENAUD, FRANK M. BALLINGER. 1 VOTE 10 RETAIN Committee. The following Keokuk firms ani corporations offered to allow any inembers of Company working for them, to attend the state camp at Dos Moines on full pay: Mississippi River Power company. Schouten's Bakery. Huiskamp Bros. Co. Keokuk Electric company. Kellogg-Birge Co. Armory Proposition. The armory proposition received some attention last night. Capta'n C. L. Powell explained the handicaps the company was under in using the present building which *s unsuited for the purpose and which is not heated in winter. It was stated that the present quarters are entirely in adequate as it is impossible to dril: a full company without bumping into posts. Captain Powell said that it would be almost impossible to driii in the present building another win ter aB it was difficult to hold the mem hers when they had to work in a cold hall and one that did not meet the requirements. Despite these handicaps Captain Powell pointed to the fact that two years ago Company was seventh In the state with a grade of 94 percen'. Last year the average was lower. E. F. Renaud called attention to the Get the Round Package Used for Century. AUTION void Substltirt §cedamd asse II would be constructed as soon as enough funds were secured. He point ed out the fact that the building could be rented for a variety of other pur poses which would make the proposi tion an attractive one. Sergeant P. C. Langenbach of the Seventeenth United States infantry, who was present, said that if another company was organized here that the state appropriation for the upkeep of the armory would be $3,000 or over and that this would pay for the build ing Itself In a few years, or pay the interest and more on the capital necessary for the construction of a fine modern structure. Williams Made Chairman. The meeting last night in the superior court room was called to order by Mayor Ed. S. Lofton. E. L. Williams was elected to the chair and he called on Captain Powell to give a statement of conditions. The head of Company first told of the new federal law Increasing the strength of the national guard whicn will add some 3,500 more men to Iowa's 14,000. One of the provision* of the law, he said, is that each com pany must have sixty-five men at state camp. "This means," he continued, "that each company must have in the neighborhood of seventy or seventy five men enlisted to have the correct quota at camp. Before this year the rules were not so strict and a com pany could get through on almost half that number of men, but this year we must have at least sixty-fiv% at the camp." Mr. Powell said that there had al ways been difficulty to secure the consent of some employers to allow ing their men to attend the camp and that If Company was *o be fully represented this year it would be necessary for the members to De given ten days off for the camp. "Some employers think their men go up there for a frolic,' he said. "Well, I'll tell you, there are very few of them that could go througn what the guardsmen go through if they were put up to it. It IB work from 5:15 a. m., to 8:15 p. m. Of course there are some amusements, $nd there would have to be, but the state camp is anything but a frolic." McFarland Offers Resolution. Following Captain Powell's remarks the meeting was thrown open for discussion. C. F. McFarland voiced the opinion that it would be a back ward step for Keokuk to give up Com pany L. "The boys hiVe done good work," he said, "under handicap and the city can't afford to lose the com pany. We are coming to tl^e time where we feel that military prepared ness is a part of a city's duties. In Company we have a nucleus of pre paredness. We need Company L. it is probably because of indifferenve that we haven't taken as much in terest in it as we Bhould In the past. But it is our duty to back the com pany in the future." Mr. McFarland then presented the resolution as given above. Frank M. Ballinger moved that it be adopted unanimously, which was cavied. Mr. Ballinger made a stirring 8j pea.i for Company L. "Th? business man." he said, "is mighty small who wouldn't let his employe off to at tend military camp. Why it is the guardsmen who protect his busine33 and his home. Keokuk is on the map for many other things, let's put her on the map for patriotism. "These are the boys who have to do the fighting. It's up to us to back them up. Any man who is not in favor of supporting this military com pany should move away from here. It would be a disgrace to let Com pany go." Mr. Balinger pointed to some of the deeds of former Keokuk war heroes and said that there was not a man in town who was not for America now and for all time. He also moved that Captain Powell be retained and Keo kuk back him up in the future and introduced the following resolution, which was unanimously passed: "Be it hereby resolrad by citi zens of Keokuk assembled, that we back Company in all it has done in the past and all that It may do In the future." fact that the fall celebration was pri-! did not give them our entire support marily to provide a fund for the con-! now." struction of an armory or coliseum I Captain Powell took occasion to dis and that a building of this character I cuss two more points that have been A Precautionary Measure. Commissioner T. J. Hickey, who was present, voiced the opinion rhat the retaining of Company was a precautionary measure. "They may be called upon any time to protect us and it would be a crime if we Ask For and GET HORUCK'S THE ORtBtMAL MALTED MILK Made from clean, rich m3k with the ex tract of select malted grain, malted in our own Malt Houses under sanitary conditions. Infant• and children thrive on it. Agree* with the weakest stomach of the invalid or the agedm Need* no cooking nor addition of milk. Nourishes and sustains more than tea, coffee, etc* Should be kept at home or when traveling. Ann liiliuw food-drink may be prepared in a moment. A glassful hot before retiring induces refreshing deep. Abo in lunch tablet form for business men. SabstitotM Cost YOU Sams Pries Pmokmgo Homm Greitwt Bfood Ronef? Giyei Besulta When Others 1 VaiL Nature's Kennedy for file Blood. 13nt-verifying and curative proper^ ties of Nature's great remedy have knade"». 8. B. for a drawback to Company L. One is the fact that it is hard to secure the permission of parents to allow their sons who are under 21 years of age to enter the company. He remarked that this worked a hardship as it was the young men who were wanted. He also told of the armory debt which is slowly being paid off. It cost $2,300 to fit up the present armory and of this amount some $1,900 has been paid off. The state at the present time allows $1,200 for rental and $500 for drill fund. If a second com pany is organized here this amount will be doubled. It seemed to be the opinion of sev oral that the armory, proposition was not such a difficult one. Frank Swan believed that a building could be con structed for a reasonable amount and thought that it would be a wise plan to look into the matter and secure figures. The splendid armory at Fair field that only cost $17,000 was pointed to as an example of what can be done with a reasonable amount of money. Mr. Hickey moved that Ike commit tee referred to in Mr. McFarland's resolution, which will be the same committee that called the meeting— Ed. S. Lofton, D. B. Hamill, E. F. Renaud and E. L. Williams—be made an executive committee with power to appoint other committees to look into all angles of the Company question. This was passed. Will Let Men Off. A number of business men present offered to let their men off for the camp. E. M. MajorB promised full pay to all members of the company from Kellogg-Birge who went to the camp. Hubert Schouten made the same favor for Schouten's bakery. Mr. Renaud reported that the Keo kuk Electric company and Huiskamp Bros. Co. had asked him to announce that they were willing to let their men off, also. C. C. Cailiff announced that the Mississippi River Power company was heartily in favor with the sentiments of preparedness and would allow any of its employes a month's absence on full pay who wanted to attend any of the military camps, especially the one nearest Keokuk at Fort Ben jamin Harrison, and that o". members of Company working for the com pany would be given leiv-J of ab sence as usual. Four watw power men are going to Fort Benjamin Harrison^ APPRECIATION FROM STAFF OF COMMENT Board Which lesued Annual Number Praised Those Who Assisted In the Work. The Comment staff which is respon sible for the unusually good annual number which was put out this week, are expressing their appreciation of the assistance afforded them in pro ducing the issue. Considerable credit is due to H. M. Anschutz who besides taking the photographs used in the annual, made the decorations on the penels of the individual pictures of the senior class and arranged the ink bottle design in which the staff plc-r tures were displayed. All of this work and the photographs were the work of Mr. Anschutz and his as sistants, and the Comment staff Is particularly grateful to him. Thanks is extended to the adver tisers who made the ftnnual possible, and to every one who helped in the production of the book. LIBRARY BOARD MET LAST NIGHT Routine Business Was Discussed by Members Who Attended Session. The regular June meeting of the library board was held last night. A. Hollingswortn presided in the ab sence of the president and J. I. Ann able took the secretary's place. The board discussed the remodelling of the first floor and installation of new switchboard which will be installed by the Western Union, under the term? of their lease. The regular bills wer* allowed and the librarian's report was made. Speaking of Luxuries. Jxmisville Courier-Journal: A cable gram says the American ambassador cannot get any gasoline for his auto mobile in Berlin. In justice to the Germans, who say there is no short age of anything in their country, it mustibe admitted that we do not pay ambassadors enough to admit of their tmyiejg gasoHne for anything hat (fcMUen cleaning their gloves when tbey are to parties. -vsfc id-W. S IX A II 5 A E I 1 the Bfood ahouseaj hoM saying. Thousands today enjoy-1 perfect health jowe their recovery, Wood or «Mn dteeasei to this' t*prsUly uaetl Mood jwrifler. 8. B. tk to rinds entirely from aMftCfeufcs •114 VarkB, whlcitf ©oases* cleansing and healing Ingredients, sou cannot be well when your blood Is Impure lack .strength and energy natural withfltostlth your oomplezlom Moom6ai ^ale and m98* yotir-rftalttyT* *ea» ened. When waste or refofle^omtteh which Nature intends.shall bsthrown oft is left In the system. It Is abfloitod Into the bftftfd fend hot** pimples, rashes, Blotches and ether eruptions, of th# skin appear. 8, 8. S. goes Into-the .clmflatton end remove* every" particle efMood' taipt' or jtolson of every character. All] ektn diseases arrtl eruptions pass away, and the smooth, clean skin,: glowing with health, shows that the blood Is being nourished by rich, pure blood. Rheumatism, Catarrh, Scrofn-' la. Contagious Blood Poison, all are deep-seated blood disorders, and for their treatment nothing equals S. S jS. Get S. 9. S. at any drug store. If yours is a peculiar case, write Swift Specific CO., Atlanta, Ga. TTTTC "HATTiV AT"R OTTY ATHLETES WILL BE ENTERED Between Three Hundred and Four Hundred Expected to Take Part In Meet .Tomorrow. RECEIVE MANY ENTRIES All Boye and Men In the City Invited to Take Part—First Events Start at 9 a. m» It is expected that between three and four hundred local athletes will tane part in the Keokuk athletic championship meet to be held at the Y. If. C. A. athletic field tomorrow tscrnii fe. Already well on to 200 en*-7 bianks have been turned In to ths «ss»c:ation and It is expected tint this number will be greatly swelled by tomorrow morning. Every boy and man in toe city hits been invited to take part in the meet and entry blanks have been dis tributed to every school In the city. Those that have not received blanks may secure them at the association. The boys' track events will begin at 9:00 o'clock, Saturday morning the men's events at 1:30 and the swimming events at 8:00 p. m. Weights will be verified at the ath letic field. Ribbons will be awarded the winners in the various events. Central Association Clubs— W. L. Pet. 'Muscatine 35 22 13 .029 Mar shall town ....... 35 21 14 .600 Waterloo 35 18 17 .514 'Burlington 36 18 17 .514 Clinton 32 15 17 .469 Cedar Rapids 35 16 19 .457 Mason City 35 15 20 .429 Fort Dodge 36 14 22 .389 Results Yesterday. At Fort Dodge, 10: Waterloo, 6. At Cedar Rapids-Burlington rain. At Clinton-Muscatine rain. At Mason City 0 Marshall town 2. Where They Play Today. Burlington at Cedar Rapids. Muscatine at Clinton. Waterloo at Fort Dodge. Marshalltown at Mason City. 1 CLUB STANDINGS National League. Clubs— W. I* Pet. Brooklyn 24 18 .615 New York .. 22 18 .550 Philadelphia 23 19 .548 Chicago 22 24 .478 Boston 20 22 .476 Cincinnati 22 25 .468 Pittsburgh 20 23 .465 St. Louis 20 27 426 Results Yesterday. No games, rain. Games Today. St. Louis at Boston. Cincinnati at Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at New York. Chicago at Philadelphia. American League. Clubs— W. L. Pet. Cleveland .. 27 18 .600 New York 24 18 .571 Washington 24 19 .558 Boston 24 20 .545 Detroit 21 24 .467 Chicago 19 23 .452 St. Louis 19 25 .432 Philadelphia 15 26 .366 Results Yesterday. Washington 5-9-3. Cleveland 5-16-1, (called 12th, darkness). Games Today. Washington at Cleveland. Boston at Detroit. New York at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Chicago. Ft. Dodge, 10 Waterloo, 6. FORT DODGER Iowa, June 9.—Fort Dodge defeated fWaterloo Thursday in a game featured by heavy hitting, errors and bonehead work. Vonder harr was knocked from the box in the second. Score: R.H. EJ. Fort Dodge .... 150 004 OOx—10 13 2 Waterloo Oil 300 100— 6 15 3 Batteries—Sanders, Lane and Erloil Vonderharr, EStell and Bescher. Marshalltown, 2 Mason City, 0. iMASON CITY, la., June 8.—Mason City lost to Marshalltown Thursday in a game which was slow and uninter esting because of the cold weather. Slattery worked well at all stages. Score: R. H. El Marshalltown ... 110 000 000—2 7 0 Mason City 000 000 000—0 4 2 Batteries—Slattery and Lee Fitz patrick and Richardson. BIG CROWD WENT WITH ST. MARY'S Excursion to Qulncy on Steamer Sid ney Today Proved Popular Outing. The all day excursion to Qulncv which was given by the members of St Mary's Catholic church today on the steamer Sidney was well patron ized. There was a big crowd on the boat when It pulled out this morning. The boat stayed for some time at Qulncy and is scheduled to arrive Jxw+earlr-this evening. COMMUNITY DAT' AT WEST POINT Keokuk Merchants Are Urged to Go or to Be Represented at This Picnic, by President Justice. IT WILL BE INFORMAL No Set Program Has Been prepared snd Opportunity Will Be Given for Getting Together. Every merchant In Keokuk shoull either arrange to be present or send a representative to the community picnic at West Point on June 21. President M. E. Justice of. the Re tailers said this morning. The picnic will be a purely community affair, and is planned for the purpose of getting the people together and get ting better acquainted. There will be no set program, or anything of that kind. An Informal program is being prepared and there will be a short talk on community. Interests by a very able speaker from Missouri. A reader and a quartette will be added to the program, but aside from these numbers and the talks by the Ames experts to the young people entered in the corn and canning clubs there Is no fonnal plan for the event. Everybody is ^oing for the purpose of meeting the neighbors and of boost ing the community spirit. It will be just an old fashioned get together event with the old fashioned picnic spirit prevailing throughout. The Keokuk delegation will go by auto, and the machines will be deco rated with banners announcing the fall celebration. r\ fxr, .,j V'Ctwy VJ1 4,/VllW44UUtf v«i THE BETTER THE BEER FLAVOR Visitors co St. Louis are courteously invited ANHEUSER-BUSCH have by maiw thou- sands erf" pounds more Saazer Hops in their giant storage houses than has any other brewery in Europe or America. Before the. war our President, while abroad on his annual this add the 500,000 pounds we had on hand^and you will see that we can guarantee our milljop? of patrons that BUDWEISHR will continue^ &s always, to have the same exclusive Sa^ey tJsp flavor which has helped ij§ sales to QffiSSS 3By other beer by millions of bottles. ANHEUSER-BUSCH- SXIOUIS^USA. to Means Moderation V".'.' ,-!* Sri?. Anheuser-Busch Branch Distributors ,:' Miller ins— I since 1913 manager o£ the St. Louis Cardi- i. nals. This active and II brainy ball player and clever manager says he likes and drinks Demand the genuine by full name-s nicknames encourage substitution. HE OCA- OLA O.. Atlanta, Ga. —ADVERTISE IN THE DAILY GATE OTEY. h# Inspect oer covers 142 acoetf^ Qwncy, on the diMpat beer are as .'fp! FRIDAY, JUN©9,1916 r'm i. the but '.1 fM