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W&W*' '|*f )AY, AUG. 17, 191® The cot abOT* shows the new bridge which the Keokuk and Hamt1 ton Bridge company are erecting on the same piers that have carried the old bridge for forty-five years. By an •act of the legislature of Illinois ap proved Febrnarr 13th, 1865, the Han cock County Bridge company was given a perpetual charter to bridge the Mississippi river between Keokuk end Hamilton and under the general laws of Iowa the Keokuk and Hamil ton Mississippi River Bridge company waa Incorporated on January 16th, 1866. Congress, by act. approved Jul" ft FIRST PASSENGER-i Oil NEW BRIDGE ms,I. I ac Blom Walks Across the Top Deck of Structure and Back I'tf'fy at 6:30 O'eloek This Morning. ''v- If,. WAS OPENHERE TODAY r-A Fred G. Giaeer Drives First Automo bile Over New Structure— Dedication on 8«turday. ra r''i A£f Isaac Blom, 513 North Fifth street, had the distinction of paying the first bridge fare this morning, with the opening of the new 1300,000 double decked Keokuk & Hamilton bridge. Mr. Blom made the trip over the bridge and back on the second deck at 6:30 o'clock in the morning, on foot. The Urst automobile to cross was driven by Fred G. Glaser of this city and Samuel Hyndman of Hancock county, brought the first load of hay across. The first woman to come across In an automobile was Mrs. Charles Al bers of Warsaw. Traffic this morning was light, bridge offlclkls stated. The £rldge was opened this morning for the first time. Work~on this great structure has been going on for fif teen months and although it Is open to traffic on both decks, it is still in complete. On the flrBt deck, new ties and new rails are to b$ laid and the passenger platform on the upper deck is not entirely finished. Foot pas sengers today walked in the roadway. This has been sprinkled with an inch or tw6 of sand. An exceptionally beautiful view of the river for miles to the south and north, can be obtained from the top deck of the bridge. High up above the level of the water and almost on a level with the town, the new bridge Rives to lovers of scenery, an unpar alleled view of the river and country In this vicinity. The bridge is to be dedicated on Saturday afternoon, with the program starting at 2:00 o'clock. Keokuk offi cials and ofllclals of towns in Han cock county will meet in the middle of the structure following which there will be an address on Bridge street by Theodore A. Craig of this city and a response by Warren H. Orr of Ham ilton. Bridge street is practically finished how. The brick pavement has been Put in and the last stretch of sidewalk is being constructed. ['"r*: v\ H, FUNERAL RECORD ir James N. Wade. The funeral of the late JameB N. Wade was held at 2 o'clock this after noon from the family home, 812 Palean street. The services were in charge of Rev. F. C. Edwards. Burial *"as in the Oakland cemetery. Mon roe Dunn, Samuel Dunn, Kichard Mc Laughlin, John Kunzman, John Han son and William Hall were the pall- Warera- 26th, 1866, authorized the conolid* tlon of these companies and through that the Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge company was formed. The Incorporators of the Hancock County Bridge company were Alex ander Sympson, George Edmunds, Jr., Francis M. Corby, Wm. A. Patterson, Hiram G. Ferris, Hobt. W. McClaugh ery, Andrew J. Griffith, Bryant T. Schofleld, and Phinneas Kimball, Jr., and for the Iowa company, H. T. Held, Jas. F. Cox. D. W. Kilbourne, Robt. F. Bower, Henry Strong, Smith Hamill, Wm. Lieighton, Guy Wells, C. H. Per*y, Geo. C. Anderson, Wm. Thompson and H. K. Love, ^ifajor McClaughery being SCREEDS REMOVED View Into Soft Drink Partors Must be Unobstructed Commis sioners Dcided Yesterday. GIVEN SHORT NOTICE Proprietors Have Twenty-four Hours In Which to Remove 8creens and Clean Paint From Windows. Screens In Keokuk's soft drink par lors are taboo. According to a ukase issued yesterday afternoon by the city commissioners, all such screens and obstructions to vision in these estab lishments muBt be removed by to night. Chief of Police Charles H. Henne mann notified the proprietors of the places of the action of the authori ties, and gave them twenty-four hours in which, to remove the screens, and in two cases, to scrape the paint off the windows. All the men prom ised to comply with the order without trouble. The action was taken after a confer ence between Mayor Lofton and Fred Hilpert Jr., commissioner of public safety. The screens and painted win dows make it a more difficult matter to make enforcement of the prohibi tory law certain. Several soft drink parlors have been raided by the police for alleged liquor selling recently. Many have criticised the use of screens by the places, and nearly all the proprietors told Chief Herinemann yesterday aft ernoon, when he explained the matter, to them, that it was really for their best interests to remove the obstruc tions to view, as well as an aid to the police department in enforcing the law. Democrats of Illinois. CHICAGO, Aug. 17.—Illinois demo cratic chieftains met in a special meeting here today called for the pur pose of mapping out a state cam- ^Resolutions Indorsing President Wilson will probably be adopted, but there will be no indorsements of any candidate who is seeking nomination for state office, according to Chair man Arthur Charles. Officers of the state central com mittee who are attending the meet ing, are: Isaac B. Craig, secretary Ernest. Hoover, Taylorville, and Jerry Kane, sergeant-at-arms, Chicago. Senator Walsh of Montana, demo cratic western campaign manager was scheduled to address the con ference. Editor Heads G. O. P. Bureau. CHICAGO, Aug. 17.—L4eut. Gov. W. Y. Morgan. Hutchinson, Kansas, was today appointed to head the publicity bureau or the western republican campaign at a meeting of the western campaign members here. He is edi tor of the Hutchinson, Kansas News. Boston Transcript: A Texas sand storm is generally regained as just ja trifle superfluous -by a brave mutua man who already considers himself full of grit. FLOUR bread for children •i '-"''^Wi the only one of all these now living. Behind the building of the bridge was the expectation that it would form a link for a continental line from ocean to ocean and that enlisted in its support the Toledo, Wabash and West ern railroad companies, the Pennsyl vania railroad company, the Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw railroad company, and the Keokuk and Des Moines Va' ley railroad company. These roads united in guaranteeing the interest on the $1,000,000.00 bonds that were sued to furnish the funds. In addition to this $1,000,000.00 in stock was is sued. Through various. means all ot these roads have been relieved ot their guarantee and the Interest on th ft CJ. WORK IS Association is Playing Big Part In the Life of Hawkeye Regiments on the Mexican Border. IS EXTENSIVELY USED Piano and Phonograph Have Been Donated to Tent, While Books and Magazines Go South by Carload. Favorable comment on the part be ing played by the Young Men's Chris tian Association is being received here in letters by relatives from members of the Iowa national guard, now in camp on the Mexican border near Brownsville, Texas. The let ters state that the Y. M. C. A. head quarters established in the camp of the Iowa guard is playing a big part in the camp life of the Hawkeye reg iments. The headquarters established at Camn Dodge virtually have been transplanted to the Rio Grande, it is said. A big tent has been raised, furnished with chairs and tables, and writing material is furnished free to the soldiers, who spend a great deal of their leisure tkne in writing. A phonograph, with hundreds of rec ords donated by people all over the state, is located at one end of tne tent, while a piano, had been set up at the other end. Books, old magazines and news papers are being sent from Keo kuk and other Iowa points to Browns ville almost by the carload. Later on, it was said, branches will be organized in the various guard units and it is planned to stage cham pionship athletic events, Including foot races, boxing sd wrestling matches. Summarizing the purpose of the military Y. M. C. A. on the border an official of the local association said today: •lit affords the men wholesome en tertainment and acts as a moral safeguard for them. Through the field Y. M. C. A. they are enabled to spend their leisure in doing things that will conserve and build up their moral and spiritual energy." New York Stocks. Anterican Beet Sugar 89% American Car & Foundry 61% American Locomotive 72% American Tel. and Telg. Co... 132-H Anaconda 85% Atchison 103% Baltimore & Ohio 87% Canadian Pacific 178% Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul. 95% Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 17% Brie, common 37 General Electric 169"% Illinois Central 101% iLehlgh Valley 79 Northern Pacific 111% Ray Consolidated Copper 25 Reading 104"% Studebaker 131% Union (Pacific 139% United States Steel, com 92% United States Steel, pfd 118 Western Union 96 Willys Overland &6% Cotton, October 142S@30 Dec amber 1449@50 He Shot Man and Woman. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 17.—Detec tives searched today for Frank Young, who shot and killed Miss Martini An tone and Jack Collinson in a jealous rage near Providence hospital late last night. They believe he took his own Ufe after the tragedy. Young wished Collinson "good luck" a few hours before he killed b'm. Young .who was in a hospital received a tele phone call from the woman last night and when he hung up the receiver nurses noted he was crying. Ten minutes later he left the hoepital. At 9 o'clock six shots were heard across the street. Collinson and the girl were found dying. '^p'5:5r^ THE DAILY GATE C1TT1 NEW KEOKUK AND HAMILTON BRIDGE WHICH WAS OPENED THIS MORNING zn [From The Gate City of Wednesday, September 8, 1915.] 1 bonds Is in default by aboat. $1,300, 000.00 and of course not a penny in dividends has ever been paid on the stock. The old bridge was built to carrv the loads of that day, when car loads were thirteen tons and locomotives from thirty-live to forty tons -weight. Modern engines run so far above that and car loads five or six time) what they were that the bridge com pany decided to erect a modern bridge that will allow any engine or load ot the day to cross. In deciding on the type of a bridge they concluded that a double deck bridge, carrying all highway traffic on an upper deck, 'would give better satisfaction to the AT THE CROSSINGS Iowa Boosters Are Showing a Great Deal of Interest In the New "Safety First" Regu lations. A UNIVERSAL SYSTEM Nation-wide Co-operation Between the Railroads and Pub lic 8ervice Com missions. Members of the Iowa railroad com mission and other "safety first" boost ers have expressed great interest in recently published statements that there is to be nationwide co-operation between public service commissions and railroads in an effort to bring about a uniform system of signaling at grade crossings to the end that there may be fewer accidents to auto mobiles and other traffic. According to published reports for the year ending June 30, 1914, 1,147 were killed at grade crossings and 2,936 were Injured. These figures. It is said, are the latest available but many believe that with the decrease in the price of automobiles and the consequent increase of the number of motor cars in use the number of grade crossing accidents steadily is Increasing. Following is a statement made by a Des Moines citizen, one of the first in the state to devote serious study to the safety first movement: "From the time that great indus tries sounded the slogan 'safety first,' sporadic efforts have been made in some states to devise some method for safeguarding more efficiently dan gerous crossings where travel Is com paratively heavy, is believed by many railroad men and public offi cials that the majority of the acci dents would be prevented if proper warning could be given of the prox Doctors Eat This Cereal Instead of Drugs for Their Own Bowels No one realists so wen as the physician) himself, the barm that comes from con-1 tinned use of drags to regnlate the bowels. Until recently, drags, mineral waters and oils seemed the only dependable relief, but today many doctors, a large number of hospi tals and sanitariums are prescribing and us ing a cereal that is composed of the finest selected wheat flaked and toasted, crashed, flax seed roasted, and given a delicious taste by savoring with ground celery seed and salt. It is highly efficient even In obstinate) chronic cases of constipation and usually gives quick relief to the various degrees of Indigestion and stomach trouble. This new cereal is as delicious to eat as any break fast food, or ready to serve cereal when eaten with sugar and milk or fruits. Ask your grocer for Uncle Sam's Health Food and quit the use of drags, pills and mineral waters. £our own doctor probably knows about It—most physicians do and recom mend It to their patients and use It In their own families. A prominent New Haven physician, whose name we win give on re quest. recently said: "I have ordered Uncle Barn's Health Pood far several patients who required a l&xmtive food with very satis factory results—both to them and myself.n If your family grocer does not have It write to Uncle Sam's Breakfast Food Co^ Omaha, Nebr.. and tbey will ten you of a grocer ta your neighborhood -who keeps It regularly In stock, crisp and fresh. A wen known Bingham ton physician says: "This ts the best food preparation I know of for stomach and bowel trouble." You win make no mistake In trying it, bo .obstinate your case my be. matter how public and they hoped would increase their earnings by providing a crossing that starting right out ot the business district of Keokuk, would land in Illi nois without so much as having to cross a street railway track. Coupled with the lowest tolls on the Mississippi river this should attract people from far and near and be of great value to the business of Keokuk. At the east end an approach of abou* 600 feet is brought up on a grade of 6 per cent that corresponds with the grade on Third street between Main and Blondeau streets. At the west end the approach runs level with th) bridge floor to where it crosses the C.. B. & Q. tracks, and from there riseB imity of railroad crossings and the drivers of automobiles would exercise proper caution in approaching the crossings. "Out of the discussions came two committees, one representing the rail roads and the other the public service commissions. These commissions were unanious in agreeing that caution signs should be placed on highways at least 300 feet from all grade cross ings. These signs are circular, are painted white and are 24 inches in diameter, embellished with a large black cross and the letters, 'R. R.' The .disc is mounted on a tall post at the side of the highway and is placed at sufficient height as to be visible* a great way down the road. The signs may be lighted at night "If the scheme goes through, and all those who have taken part In the deliberations are sure that it will go through, every railroad crossing lq the United States will be guarded by precisely the same kind ot signal." HERCULES MET HIS EQUALS Chicag Police Are Huskier Than 8t Louis "Bobbles," Strong Man Declares. CHICAGO, Aug. 17.—"Hercules" Fred Sommers, of St. Louis, where he is wanted on a charge of locking five men in a gas-house and defying the St. Louis force, was arrested here last night and will be taken back to the Missouri city today. Two husky Chicago police had to knock Sommers out before they were able to arrest him. "You fellows ain't like them St. Louis police," Sommers said. Steamer Goes to Houston. GALVESTON, Texas. Aug. IT.—The interned Austrian steamship Cam pania, which has been here two years, "was towed to Houston today because of the advantage of lying in fresh wa ter. to First street on a grade less than 3 per cent. In crossing Water str.ee'. the floor will be thirty-five to forty feet above that street. The iron work for the western approach terminates about 160 feet from Water street, as it goes up over the lot adjoining the building of the Standard Oil company and from there the bridge company have deeded across lots 7, 8 and 9 a strip fifty feet wide to be known as Bridge street, to the city of Keokuk who are to fill and pave It to Fir'' street. The city has also taken steps to condemn right of way across the properties of Dimond and McCarty that will extend Bridge street to a point on Main street just below Blom- THINK AND WORK FOR AMERICAN This Is the Kind of Training Women Rookies in Camp at Lake Geneva Are •30 Getting. WILL HELP THE MEN Women Do Not Expect to Shoulder Arms, But They Plan to be Useful In Case of War. LAKE GENEVA, Wis., Aug. 17.— The 150 women rookies who are here in khaki and military training so they can think, talk and work' for Ameri can ideals have settled down to their routine duties and are making rapid headway toward military efficiency today. These women represent the 499,850 other American women members of the women's branch of the Navy league. They are under the direction of Mrs. Vylla Poe Wilson, relative of •Rdgar Allan Poe and militant Quak eress from Washington, D. C. Sho originated the women's branch of the league. "The league so far as we are con cerned has been organized little more than a year," said Mrs. Wilson to day, "yet we have half a million mem bers. Mrs. George Dewey is presi See America Via the BURLINGTON The National Park Line Start in with America's Only Geyserland— Yellowstone Park. Go via the new Cody Road through Shoshone Canyon and over Sylvan Pass—the ONLY auto route into the Park. Then see Glacier -the most awe-inspiring and stupendous of &11 the National Parks. Come back by Rocky Mountain National-Estes Park and Colorado. A grand circle tour that in cludes the BEST of the National Park wonders in America—all on one tour—all on one ticket —if you go via the Burlington. Let me tell you more about it and help you plan your trip. I'll be glad to do it. tm PAGE FTVB '•V Collier company's property. A close estimate of the travel over the bridge since it was opened June 13th, 1871, gives these figures: Footmen, 1,000,000 vehicles, 2,700, 000. A fair average for each vehicle is four to the rig, which would show that practically 12,000,000 people have passed ovqt dent, Mrs. Natalie S. Lincoln, treas urer, Miss Elizabeth Poe, general sec retary, myself organizing secretary. Some of the other prominent mem bers are Mrs. John Hays,Hammond, Mrs. Alvah Willing Astor, Julia Mar lowe, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mrs. Hugh L. Scott. Ninety-five American cities are represented. "Hundreds of women wanted to join the organization, but complained that they didn't know how to do anything, so we started thiB work. "We know, that with 17,000,000 men of military age in the United States that we would never be called upon to bear arms, but we know we would be called upon for aid in many ways if this country ever goes to war, so we're preparing. "The pledge signed by the women in the organization reads: 'I pledge myself to think, talk and work for patriotism, Americanism and sufficient national defenses to keep the horrors of war from America's shores forever. 'In these days of strife and peril I will strive to do my share to awaken our nation and onr lawmak ers to the dangers of our present un defended condition so that we may continue to dwell In peace and pros perity and may not have to mourn states desolated by war within our borders. In so far as I am able I will make my home a center of Amer ican ideals and patriotism and en deavor to teach the children in my care to cherish and revere our coun try and its history and to uphold its honor and fair repute in taeir gener ation.' The second term of the Lake Gen eva school will begin September 1, immediately after the close of the term now in session. NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—Save the garbage, says Charles P. Thornton, a Jamaica druggist, who announced to day he can manufacture paper from rubbish. He says he can i?ake water uojuo JO eojj 0} i^nba jaded uojaui. paper. "s FIRST WEST BEST C. F. Conradt, City Ticket Agent, Burlington Route. Fifth and Johnson St* Phone 976. #3 the highway on this bridge. In addition to this 2,600,000 have been carried by the street car and probably 2,000,000 more by the steam roads. In conclusion the bridge company are congratulating them selves that in all these years not a single person has been injured or loit his life through any fault of the com pany. 1 A! *4 13 -•J |:«1 mi 1 if t' If HI 1f