Then came the
7s W?'"
TUESDAY, MAT 21,191£
The Finest and Largest Parade
Ever Seen in fcwra Showi
Keokuk's Big Bmrt-A
in This War.
Keokuk put an of her w^ heart
into a Red Cross parade l»«t
which was the largest and
n»f»*
Hcle ever seen in the long history of
xSkuk^nd probably waa never
SSed fa the stat, of 1***.
Its big features were raany floats,
artistic Ind striking, bat Its most Im
portant elements were the people who
participated
In it. Bery religious de-
nomination, every section ofpolitical
and other thought, ev«ry P®°
®le in Keokuk were oat In
torc«v
There were more women marching
the long route
thao
th*"
JUS*
jn line, and some of the best spe®
tacles were made by women.
A Mile and a Half of Spectacle.
For a mile and a half the long line
of marchers and floats extended in
kaleidoscope chiefly of white trim
med with red, butwitn a touch of
green
by an Irish organisation, and
plenty of tricolor, both the Stars and
Stripes and the re«J, white and blue
bands of France.
Steadily it moved. Intenninibly for
almost an hour, with not a gap ana
not a ragged place in it. It practically
doubled he route arranged and its
head countermarching passed its rear
near the Curtis statute while its fold
ed length wound up Main, across to
Johnson street, back to WP«r Main
and then back down street until the
front could And a place to turn into
a cross street after the rear had
passed. *f.
Everybody participated.
With four big policemen, led by
Chief Hennemann, followed toy city
commissioners and mayor in the van,
the mail carriers and postofflce clerks
carrying an immense flag held flat
preceded the big Kcotaik Concert
band playing war music.
magnificent
display
of Catholic patriotism ia the church's
auxiliaries of the Keokuk Bed Cross,
a solid block of women all in white
with the Geneva cross on their fore
heads, marching with high heads and
tender faces.
Another section later was as large,
tte Keokuk chapter marching in uni
form
with Chairman C.
P.
McFarland
carrying a big flag at its head. But
the most illuminating thing was not
the display of the Red Cross itself,
but the tremendous outpouring of love
for
it shown by everybody else doing
a large part in the parade.
And still They Came. Vf
There were school1 children, the
coming generation of our democracy,
public schools with banners and flags,
and parochial schools with more or
nate decorations, automobiles covered
with flags and legends of St. Peter,
the militant apostle, and St. Paul, the
true democrat of his age.
There were Graham hospital nurses
In their gray striped uniforms, and
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion with their colonial banner there
were the Elks with their immense
flag upheld with careful hands and ex
tending almost the width of the street,
and the High Tension club showing
the treskellion of Stone & Webster
and an immense solid red cross on a
big float there were the ladies auxil
iary of the Ancient Order of Hibern
ians with their background of green
for the tricolor, and the Modern
Woodmen in blue uniforms carrying
axes there were the Royal Neighbor
ladies each carrying a banner shield
like on arms like Joans of Arc, and
the Business Woman's league re
splendent in white in a big car.
Remnants of the Great Past.
In the line was a company of veter
ans of the Spanish war. There was
.also a little squad of members of the
Grand Army that fought to solidify
.this country once upon a time and
now can muster hardly a dozen gray
haired noble men to cheer on the
younger men fighting in France.
There was a large troop of boy
scouts, marching well and indicating
the strength of America in the next
..." decade. There was the P. B. O. in re
galia, the long line of Rebekahs in
handsome collars and with banners,
the Monday Music club two hundred
,strong singing "Onward Christian
Soldiers." and "Keep the Home Fires
Burning." There were the Knights
of Pythias in knightly garb, the girl
scouts as earnest as the men, and Odd
yellows, too many to oount, of all
Tanks, in collars bearing three links,
the colored baud leading its
%wa
peo-
Pie, the Purity Oats crowd led by pret
ty girls In costume on a float, the
Ladies of Charity with baskets on
their arms and officers on a float, and
*11 the rest.
In short every organisation in Keo
kuk was in that parade, and it ia im
possible to even name them all in
this column.
Tabtaaut an? Moving Picture#.
Nearly all were led by floats or dec
.orated automobiles. The girl scouts
Had a soldier and a Rod Cross dog on
float that was much admired. The
^ommercial club bad two girls sew-
one on
a machine and the legend.
money keeps the sawing ma
chines going." The very fine Knights
or Columbus section was headed 'by
ttri.ik
1
bearing a wounded soldier
ijl, cross nurses around him.
b°y
wonts bore a wounded man
a stretcher. And so on, float fol
u?.
Ooat'
""d tableau followed tab-
for cm hour.
Tjj* omissions of mention deserved
8ketch
M«Lmaa
of the parade Would fill
'columns of this newspaper.
who
f*n
i.
Broke All Iowa Rseorda.
fcaows. says that Des
wanes never had such a parade, a
*Rich •aid that Davenport never
such a parade. Having ex-
AAA. IOWA OVER THE TOP.
State Chairman John P. Wal
lace wires ChaJrman Joy that
reports yesterday and today in
dicate that Iowa will accede to
the request of the national com
mit tee that ail quotas be doubled
if possible. His method oI visit
ing every home is the Keokuk
way, of course. The telegram
follows:
"Campaign going great twen
ty-flve reports show over sub
sortptions ranging from thirty
to one hundred per cent It
looks like two million for Iowa,
the only way to do your share
is to see that every home is
vi+slted. If you and your work
ws do this, you will go at least
forty per cent over. I know
yoa can do it and I believe you
will." ..
0
TONIGHTS BIG FEATURE.
Lecture by Dr. Stockton Ax
9 ton, noted lecture*, secretary of
the American Red Creea, and
brother-in-law of President Wll
son.
At the Elks club, Sixth and
Blondeau streets, from the
porch if the weather permits,
otherwise In the big auditorium
of the club house.
Begins at 8 o'clock sharp.
Attendance promises to be
nearly as big as at the parade
fast evening.
The address will be Interesting
as well as informing, in a popu
isr vein as well aa strong and
compelling.
WHAT KEOKUK SOLDIERS SAY.
They Write Good Stories of the Good
the Keokuk Red Cross Money
Does Keokuk Boys in
France.
Captain and Dr. H. A. Gray writes
from a big base hospital ready to re
ceive the casualties of the big Hun at
tack now starting as follows in a let
ter to a Keokuk friends:
"We are well located—in fact as
well as at home so far as housing is
concerned, and we haye a fine bunch
of fellows here. My first patient,
strange to say was a Keokuk boy of
Company L,, Breitenstein, with an in
jured hand which is doing nicely. We
have 1,350 beds here, but luckily no
use for many of them yet"
Lieutenant Malcolm McFarland
writes from somewhere in France to
his parents as follows:
"I don't know whether I have told
you much about the Red Cross can
teens along our lines or not They
have buildings at the important sta
tions along our lines and serve good
coffee, eggs, sandwiches and so forth
to the soldiers enroute. When the sol
diers have money they pay a little
something, but when £hey are broke,
it's free. I had thirty men stranded
at from seven o'clock at
night until 9:30 next morning with
rations for one meal. They made
their supper from the rations, with
coffee furnished by the Red Cross.
Then they slept in the Red Cross
dormitory on good cots with mat
tresses instead of lying around the
station all night The ladies fur
nished breakfast to them before we
left in the morning. The men certain
ly appreciate this sort of attention
more than anything one can do."*
Dr. Frank M. Fuller, also of Unit
of the Red Cross, writes a Keokuk
friends as follows:
"I have on my staff some of the
keenest brightest young fellows who
are as eager as young horses for'
work. One of my orderlies who
sleeps 19 on the fourth floor is a mil
lionaire and is a nephew of a U. S.
senator. Another one today got word
be had been elected a Phi Beta Kap
pa at Beloit college, yet these boys
sweep wards, carry food, mske beds,
or may clean streets, dig gardens,
shovel ooal, care for stoves and ashes
or any work, cook, wasb dishes and
do their own washing. They answer
roll call at 6:25 a. m., go on duty from
7:30 a. m. to 7:30 p. m. I tell you I
am proud of every one of them.
Among them are expert plumbers,
electricians, carpenters, and every
trade we need. Men who can earn $5
a day at home are here for fSO a
month and board and clothes, and un
der the strictest discipline all the
itime. Boys who can play a pipe or
gan or any instrument, or sing in a
good quartette will work all day with
a shovel and •why? God help anyone,
over there who is a shirker in his
heart, for the day is coming when he
will have to look these boys—no men
—In the face, and he will not feel very
happy when they look into his face,
unless they have done their part at
home."
ceeded the largest and the busiest
cities in the state, Keokuk may claiil
to have broken an Iowa records with
its Red Cross parade last evening.
And it was very easy to make up,
'Director Joseph I* Brady says, for
everybody came out spontaneously.
The whole line of march had the
sidewalks filled with spectators who
cheered not at all and applauded only
a little—they were too full of that ear
nest depth-of feeling that accomplish
es big things.
Keokuk is a hundred per cent In
deadly earnest in this war.
35,780,548.74 Acrs In Iowa.
There are 36.7S0.649 acres of land in
Iowa, exclusive of rivers, and lakes,'but
including drained lake beds, aban
doned river channels and islands. Kos
suth, with 626,005 acres, has the
largest land area of any county in the
state, and Emmet has the smallest—
2R2.fi88.02 acres.
The Charge for Forty Thou
sand Dollars From Keokuk
,-i- Goes Out of Trenches
This Afternoon.
They're off!
A hundred fifty men of achieve
ment, of all shades of religion and
politics and every variety of busi
ness, started at 1 o'clock today the
drive for $40,000 from Keokuk for
the coffers of the Red Cross.
Well organized and informed, they
began with the richest men and the
business men of Keokuk and the sub
scriptions ran up into big money
quickly at first
But they realize that the bulk of
the big fund necessary to raise here
is coming in a grand total of very
many smaller subscriptions from very
many Keokuk people, all of whom
will be seen.
Hence, the drive will oontinue all
this week.
In Homes and Factories.
Tomorrow will finish the canvass
of the business district and down
town denizens.
Thursday several hundred women
will begin visiting every residence in
Keokuk soliciting for the Red Cross,
beaded by Miss Myrta Mitchell, on
the south side of Main street and by
Mra. A. Hollingsworth on the north
side of the city. No woman will be
solicited by men, except business
women.
Also on Thursday, J. Albert Kaed
aisch and his staff will begin an in
tensive campaign of the factories in
Keokuk whose employes will be ask
ed to do at lea&t as much propor
tionately as the employers.
In the meantime every school dis
trict in the country townships will be
canvassed thoroughly and turn in
its subscriptions. They have agreed
to double their last year's total.
How the Money Goes but.
The amount that must be raised
here is larger than was raised a year
ago, because the war is hotter now
than then.
Keokuk chapter alone requires
918,040 at least to buy raw materials
during the ensuing year—which in
dicates that $40,000 will not go very
far after all in the great Red Cross
work in Prance.
Payments may be made in install
ments. Liberty bonds and thrift
stamps will be taken at face value on
subscriptions, but axe not desired, as
that is muoh like switching cards in
solitaire.
Public Information.
The 150 canvassers of Keokuk
started out this afternoon early after
receiving their last instructions and
blanks at the Y. M. C. A. building,
from Chairman C. K. Joy. They were
in session for a couple of hours last
evening around tables that filled the
auditorium there, and every team
was given certain individuals as its
special objectives. By ithis time
they know pretty well Just how much
a patriot ought to give in such a
cause.
The figures of the subscriptions
will be published each day to the
close of the previous day, the work
of this afternoon being printed in
The Gate City tomorrow. No at
tempt will be made to give figures
to any hour of the same day.
Headquarters are in the office of
the Keokuk Electric company with a
special, new telephone for the Red
Cross with its own special number.
Only captains of teams will report
there the work of team members,
and persons unable to see a solicitor,
may subscribe there.
BANDS DOING THEIR BIT.
Keokuk Musicians Donate 8erv»c«« to
All Wartime Activities and
Famish Good
Music.
The Keokuk bands always donate
their services to war welfare wori
and were especially in evidence in the
parade last evening. The Keokuk
Concert band, the Community band,
the colored band, all three played well
throughout the march.
Uncle Sam's drum corps has be
come a Keokuk institution with its
martial music and its loud bass drum.
It made an excellent impression in
the parade and Is given much credit
by citizens for its labors on many pub
lic occasions.
FINE SPCECH BY HARTZEH.L.
Carthage Man Addresses the Crowd
on the Government Building
Lawn After the
Parade.
W. H. Hartzell. of Carthage, was
the orator last evening, and he made
a fine speech to the crowd on the
postoffloe grounds after the parade
disbanded.
He was eloquent and above all,
evidently sincere, and in the begin
ning said that the service flag in his
office window bears four stars.
"This great war is not being fought
on the theory that we will ever be
compensated dollar for dollar for the
money we spend," he said, "but In the
spirit of freedom prevailing through
out the civilised world."
AXTOW IS ENTERTAINED.
Former Princeton Man Haa
Former Professor at
Dinner This
TJTr
THE DAILY GATE CITY
STIGE WOMAN IS
HELD 10 BOARD
Writ of Habeas Corpus Brought as a
Test, Fails Before Judge
Hamilton To
day.
GOES TO COUNTY HOME
Testimony Presented by City and
8tate Officials and Profes
sional Men Before
Decision.
A woman fought in the district
court today for her freedom, and lost.
She is Myrtle Stice, suspected by the
board of health of having a social dis
ease. A writ of habeas corpus was
recently presented to the court ask*
ing for liberation of the Stice woman
from the city JaiL
Judge W. S. Hamilton denied the
writ.
The case, one of the first and few
of its kind to be tried before any tri
bunal in Iowa, established a precedent
in this locality.
Not to Go to Jail.
Judge Hamilton said in rendering a
decision that the woman must be re
moved at once to the county home for
treatment, but that she was not to be
returned to the city jail.
Six other women were taken froin
the city jail to the county home at 8
a m. today where they will be given
medical examinations to determine
whether or not they are diseased.
"If I thought that the result of my
denial of the writ was to send this
woman back to the city jail, I should
not deny it," said Judge Hamilton. "If
I thought that denial would also mean
a long time spent in the county home,
before examination was made of her
case, I should not deny it"
Child With Her.
Attorneys for the Stice woman
asked that she be permitted freedom
until 2 p. m., when her mother and
three-year-old daughter are to leave
the city.
While Mrs. Stice sat in the court,
the small, copper-haired child played
about her knee and laughed while the
attorneys were arguing the" matter.
"There is no attempt being made to
keep the woman in jail," said County
Attorney EJ. W. McManus, "but we
have a right to hold her under the di
rection of the mayor and the board1 of
health
until
it is determined whether
she has any of these diseases."
No Right to Remove.
Frank Oertel, one of the attorneys
for the woman said that the board of
health has not authority under the
statutes to take the case to another
township for treatment. The county
home is near Summitville.
Mayor Ed S. Lofton, president of
the board of health, was called to the
witness stand Monday afternoon and
was questioned by John M. Dawson,
one of the woman's attorneys.
Considers Jail Fit.
-Do
you consider the city jail a fit
place to keep this woman in?" was
one of the questions asked the mayor.
"Yes." was the reply.
Dr. C. H. Fegers. physician to the
board of health and Dr. I. M. Coffey
were others called to give testimony
from a professional point, yesterday.
W. A. Potter, state agent O. W. Sand
berg. city clerk, ana Chief of Police
C. H. Henemann were also on the
stand.
Dr. R. G. Sinotte, a dentist, testified
today that the woman had an infeo
tious tooth.
The Stice woman, whp lives on low
er Main street, was arrested a short
time ago with several other women in
that vicinity. _____
Pal Moore Given Decision.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 21.—Pal
Step Lively! Coras
Quit
Hia
Evening.
Dr. Stockton Ax ton, noted lecturer
and writer, secretary of the American
Red Cross, arrives from Decatur,
Illinois, at 5 o'clock this evening.
Before his address, which is next to
the parade the chief big feature of
Red Cross week in Keolruk, he will be
the guest at dinner of John R. Irwin
and Mrs. Irwin at their home.
Mr. Irwin was in the literature
classes of Dr. Axton at Princeton
while a student, at that university
The Great Corn-loosener of the
Age. Hever Fails. Painless.
Watch my step? What's the usei
I go along "right side up without
Jare." even with corns, because 1 use
-Gets-It", the painless, oll-like-a-ba
ana-peel corn remover. I tried
other ways galore,
until
I was blue
Cw—Mull CW» U»,W. tWC*»4tr
In the face and red in the toes. No
mors tor me. Use "Gets-It.** It
never fails. Touch any corn or cal
lus with two drop* of "Gets-It,"
aad "Gets-It" does the rest. Ifs a
relief to be able to stop catting
corns, making them bleed, wrapping
them up like packages and using
•ticky tape and salves. It removes
any corn clear and clean, leaving
the toe aa smooth as your palm. Tou
can wear those new shoes without
pain, dance and be frisky on your
feet. It's great to use "Gets-It"
"Gets-It. the guaranteed, money
back corn-rem
over, the only sure way.
costs but a trifle at any drag store.
MTd by K.
Lawrence A Co.,Chicago,m
Sold in Keokuk and recommended
is the world's best corn reivedy by
Rnglehardt ft Oo.. and Wilkinson ft Co-
YOUR
Moore still clung to his "bantamweight
title today after eight rounds with
Earl Puryear of Denver, here last
night. It was a decision.
What Our
Lads Write
Two Keokuk men, Leo Braasil, who
is with the 163rd machine gun com
pany, and Carl Hansen, a United
States marine, met in France a short
time ago. Brassil tella about this
meeting in a letter written to his sis
ter, Miss Mary Brassil, 316 South
Eleventh street.
He says that the only thing one
can buy in France is wine. "The peo
ple you see here are old
women and lota of United States sol
diers," he writes.
His letter follows:
"I will now try and write you a /ew,
lines to let you know how I am getting
along in the army away over here in
WOMEN
ll/UV
TT
wastes from the systeni and avoiu
uric acid accumulations. Take GOL.Dlon
MKDAJ. Haarlem Oil Capsules per-:
iodically and yoa will find that the
There Is only one guaranteed brand
of Haarlem Oil Capwiles, GO
Li)
MEJDAl^. There are many fakes 011
the market. Be sure you get the
Original GOI^D
MEDAL
f» V-. •-.,:•$*
Red Cross is an all-American
largely volunteer organization,
authorized by Congress, headed by
President Wilson, audited by the War
Department, enthusiastically approved
by your Army, your Navy, and your.
Allies.
The work covers both millitary and civilian relief in jji
every war-torn Allied country and full reports of all
expentitures are continually being published, or are
available through the chapters.
It stands beside our boys in training here or:
"over there."
It watches beside the pillows of battle-broken
men, and offers re^t and sympathy to war-torn
fighters on brief respite from the front.
It carries food and clothing to hungered moth
ers and little ones in ruined villages.
It helps rebuild the scattered pile of brick and
stone they once called "Home."
It brings back to the hopeless mother's arms
her long lost child.
It helps care for the orphans of the men who
died that civilization might live.
It helps care for the thousands that have fallen
prey to dread tuberculosis.
It nobly represents in deeds of mercy, relief,
and restoration the more than twenty million
members that have made its great work pos
sible.
Will You do Your Share to Keep this "Hand of Mercy9*
»ep
at Its Work?
Every cent of every dollax received for the Bed CrossWar Fund is spent for war re
lief. All administration costs, relief work for other than wax purposes (such as the
TTn.iiffl.-g n.rH Guatemala disasters) are taken care of out of membership dues, and the
interest accruing" from the banking of the War Fund has made available far war re
lief at least $1.02 for every $1.00 contributed. ,,
'1
This space donated to the Red Cross by
IOWA STATE INSURANCE CO. (Mutual).
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP.
Why use ordinary cough remedies,
when BoacheCa German Syrup has
been uaed so successfully for fifty
two years in all parts of the United
States for coughs, bronchitis, colds
settled in the throat, especially lung
troubles. It gives the patient a good
night's rest, free from coughing, with
easy erpectoration in the morning,
gives nature a chance to soothe the
inflamed parts, throw off the disease,
helping the patient to regain his
health. Sold by Wilkinson A Co.
night. All the fellows who were on
that trip with me are gone and I am
In this M. O. Co., with a new bunch
of men, hut I thint I will make it all
right I hope so, anyway.
This bure is a fine country and the
weather over here now is Just like
summer. It looks like dear old low*,
men and loniy there are fewer people here.
They all have gone to war and the
war has sure put this country on the
btfm. The only people you see in this
country are old men and women and
Qf BoWier».
have
France with the rest of the boys from here is a band playing in the park
the U. S. A. Well, I am all alone
to_
boy from
ycm
js
system will always f_1 makes two Keokuk men now that I
working order. Tour spirits will be
enlivened, your muscles made strong
your face have once more tho
look of youth and health.
T,-. -.T^'.f..'1
_ff ^and concerts here.
f'fy.
®7eryare
r* v".
ft
»•,
jf
The French people think they line.
This country is sure 'behind the times.
[There is nothing to buy. not even
I candy. The only thing you can get is
Arr Swine and I don't like it much, for it
DREAD UL1J AviL is too soar. We can't get any sugar.
I went out to a big track meet yes
Don't worry about old age. Don't terday and it sure was worth seeing,
worry about being in other people's There was every thing out there but
way when you are getting on in years.}
a
Keep your tody in good condition make a barrel of money. There were
pnd you can be as hale and hearty in 40,000 people and not one peanut
your old days as you were wben a stand present. They even had a box
kid, and every one will be glad to, jnf?
see you. Say, Sis. when I get back I sure
The kidneys and bladder axe the
peanut stand. Tell John he would
match
and a knock out at that,
have lota to tell
causes of senile afflictions. Bleep know I can't tell you much that I sure
them clean and in proper working ]mTe seen, in this letter. I saw a
condition. Drive the poisonous
you, but yot»
Keokuk in this city. I think
jtnow him. His mother lives out
the north Bide of town
His name
jjansen and he is nothing but
a kid He iB in tbe
marines. This
have seen. But I sure would like to
see the boys in the 168th, but I guess
I won't have that good luck, for you
know where they are now.
I don't think I will get to see Bill
over here for they won't let yor tell
anything at all. but I am going to
Imported write to him tomorrow and when you
Oil Capsule®. They are the 1 write to him, send him my address
onlv reliable. For sale by all first-1 for he might not get my letter. Well,
class druggists. Bis,
I
will close this letter for this
PAGE FIVE
•.55
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for Itching Tortun
There Is one remedy that seldom faSi
to stop Itching torture and relieve stric
Irritation and thg£ makes the akin
gIrmiahea
1
dear and healthy.
Any druggist can supply 70a wittj
jzemo, which generally overcomes aG|
skin diseases. Acne eczema, itch, pirn
plea, rashes blackheads, in most ca
ive way to zemo. Frequently, mi
disappear overnight. Itching!
usually stops instantly. Zemo ia a safe
antiseptic liquid, dean, easy to use and
dependable. It costs only 35c an extttf
large bottle, $1.00. It will not atain,
not greasy or sticky and ia positively
safe for tender, sensitive skins.
The E. W. Roaa Co* Cleveland. O t,
IN THE LAND 0* ..
COMMON SENSE
Says it is suicide to cut corns,
and tells how they lift .,,
right out
You simply say to the drag storn
man. "Give me a quarter of an ounctl
of freezone." This will .cost very Utf
tie but is sufficient to remove everj^
hard or soft corn from one's feet.
A few drops applied directly upon t|
tender, aching corn should relieve tha
soreness instantly, and soon the entir«f
corn, root and all. can be lifted ouJ
with the fingers without pain.
This new way to rid one's feet
corns was introduced by. a Clncinl
nati man, who says that while
one is sticky it dries in a mosnentf
and seems to simply shrivel up
corn without inflaming or even IrrfJ
tating the surrounding tissue or skin!
Don't let father die from infection
or lockjaw from whittling at hi.'?
coi3& but cut this out and make hitt
try it.
time, hoping this finds you all weC
I hope I get a letter soon, for I havt
not received a letter for over tw
months and you know I would like
hear the news once in a while. Tel
everybody that I said "hello** and tei
them to drop a card once in a whOltl
—Subscrtbe for The Gate City.
:-\k"