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tfUKDAY, JUIiY 13, 1918
Hew General Secretary of Young
Men's Christian Association
Fathers Factory
Plan.
jj\T)EBS A££ CHOSEN
•Athletic
Director to be In ^Charge for
Present-—For All
Industrial
Plants.
A new program has been Inaugurat
led at the Young Men's Christian as
Isoclation which will bring the physi
cal training side of the organization di
I redly to men who are members, at
Itbeir places of employment. This ex
Itension work will be carried on large
lly in industrial plants.
How to get in tonch "With men who
I are new members was one problem
I which, confronted Harry W. Miller,
I
new general secretary of the Y. M.
IC A.
I
Under the direction oi G. W. Dan
I ielson
physical director, a fifteen
minute program In which the 150 men
I took part, was the beginning Friday,
at the Standard Four Tire works.
Mr. Miller and Mr. Danlelson will
vlBit each factory in Keokuk in turn
I and start similar programs. Leader
corps will be appointed and after the
plan has once been put into operation
I the extension work at the plants will
be tamed over to these leaders.
—SnBscrlDe for The Gate
WARSAW, 111., July 13.—Miss
Risse May Barnett, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dick Barnett, of West Point,
and Mr. John C. Weber, of Warsaw,
were united in marriage Thursday,
July 4, at the home of the groom's
brother, William Weber, in Chicago.
Following their marriage, Mr. and
Mrs. Weber left on a wedding trip
up Into Miobigan, returning from
Chicago Friday in a Buick touring
car. They will go to housekeeping
in a flat ready furnished for the
bride. The groom was .born In Walk
er township, a member of a well
known family, and followed farming
for a number of years, and a few
years ago took up the automobile
business, of which he has made a
success. He is well and favorably
known here and most highly es
teemed. His bride is a lady well cal
culated to make happy her new
home. Both have the hearty con
gratulations of their many friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kornfeld, of
Prooklyn, N. Y., announce the birth
of a daughter July 4. Mrs. Kornfeld
was Miss Fannie Perry, formerly of
Warsaw.
The July meeting of the Warsaw
Music club was held at St. Agnes'
guild hall Tuesday afternoon with
Mrs. J. H. Giller as hostess, the fea
ture being light opera. The follow
ing is the program:
Piano—The Butterfly Laval la
Miss Nagel (sub. for Miss Marsh)
Voioe—Selected
Miss Fry.
Paper—Light Opera
Mrs. J. K. Eymann.
Piano—Arabesque in ... Debussey
Miss Nagel.
Voice—Selected
Miss Giller.
Chorus—(a) The Golden Butter
fly De Koven
(b) The Milkmaid Vincent
Directed by Miss Dallam.
Julius K. Eymann went to Daven
port last week and on Monday sub
mitted to a surgical operation. He
hopes to return in a few days.
Lieut J. M. Hull visited his aunt,
Mrs. Clarence M. Johnson. He was
on his way to Barron Field, Fort
Worth, Texas. He enjoyed his fur
lough at his home in Chicago.
John Splnanger today received a
letter from his son, who is over in
Prance.
Ray Williams writes In a letter
received by his mother, Mrs T. L.
Williams, this week, that he is well
1 i.
•numms, tnis weeK, tnat n© is weu|»'
and enjoying army life. He recently a call to the Jfol°
A1_
spent some little time in or near 9lVte
Bordeaux, France. He does not speak Huiskamp
Dr. D. W. Loomis has been ap
pointed first lieutenant in the Med
ical Reserve corps and may be called
into active service any moment. He
Is a member of the medical examin
ing board for the local board of this
county.
Miss Gertrude Kessel is home from
«er school at Blue Island, Chicago,
and will spend her vacation here.
On Sunday. Company C, reserve
Militia, and Warsaw's crack band
(the Tenth Regiment) will go to Mt.
'Sterling to participate in a regi
mental drill.
By exchanging work this harvest
*3me, the farmers have not felt the
lihortage of labor so great nor have
«ey felt often the pinch of $5 per
•lay for harvest hands.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mussetter vis
ited Mrs. Mussetter's sister this
*eek, Mrs. G. W. Kennedy, of Ka
noka, going over in their car.
Harry Paldwin, of the signal corps,.
narry faiawin, or tne signal corps, itx iui
*brt Leaven worth. Kans.. Is here foe! worth while.
FIVE INTOXICATED
MEN PUT III JAIL
Police Arrest Liquored Citizens Be
ginning at Half Past Two
in the Morn.
ln».
ONE PASSES OUT WHISKY
Officer Takes Pair to St=i!or. from
First and Main—Three Enter
Not Guilty
Pleas.
Five drunken men have been ar
rested in the city since half past two
o'clock this morning.
Three of them pleaded not guilty to
a charge of intoxication upon arraign
ment in the superior court at 10 a. m.
Two others were arrested at First
and Main streets at 2:30 p. m. by
Assistant Police Chief John Pearson.
One of them had a bottle of whis
ky and was passing it out "to some
others" according to the officer who
made the arrest.
The men arraigned were Klrby
Walker, Charles Alexander and Victor
Alltop.
The afternoon arrests were those of
C. W. Gilbert and Frank Brown. All
of the men are in Jail.
When a speaker of the British
house of commons retires from of
fice it is the established custom to
grant him a peerage, together with
a town honse and pension of $20,000
a year for the rest of his life.
fifteen days' furlough, having arrived
Monday.
The Epworth League of the Trini
ty Methodist church held a lawn
social at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Geimpe last evening.
Mrs. Henry Albers, of Piqua, Ohio,
who has been visiting relatives here,
left Tuesday for Mountain Lake
Park. Md., and will spend two
months at this summer resort with
her sisters, Mrs. Adna R. Chaffer, of
New York City, and Mrs. W. E.
Clarke, of Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Al
bers will remain here.
Miss Jeonette Worthen, of the
Davenport high school teaching
force, is home for the summer.
George T. Bott is In Chioago on
Business. He will soon erect a mam
moth chimney at his cooper shop in
Alexandria. It will replace the old
one and will cost $2,500.
Fred Davis and wife, of Washing
ton, D. C., arrived Thursday and will
visit relatives.
The area of the recent fire is
fenced in, thus saving pedestrians
from serious falls into the cellars.
Frank Baird, of Des Moines, Is
here visiting relatives.
Several old outbuildings have been
condemned by the state fire inspec
tor and ordered removed, they being
considered a fire menace.
MIsb Etetella Rife, who holds a
government position, is home from
Washington, D. C., for a two months'
vacation.
Philip Weber, of Breckenridge, was
very seriously burned by a gasoline
explosion Friday night, July 5, while
cleaning a large tank, a burning lan
tern setting about fifteen feet away.
The night was cool and damp, which
made the accident possible, the
gas fumes lying close to the ground.
Mr. Weber's face was singed, his
right hand badly burned and his left
leg from the knee to the ankle. The
presence of three friends nearby was
all that prevented him from being
burned to death.
Booze is carried every day by the
auto load from here to Iowa, some
times three autos in a "train." all,
or most of it in bottles and kegs.
The promoters of the "industry are
very bold about it and seemingly
very proud of the way they are beat
ing the Iowa law. This traffic has
been going on for months. Ottumwa
was formerly the goal, so it was said.
Earl Wallace, who is visiting here
from St. Paul, and is in the employ
of Clay Robinson & Co., Is expecting
a
of being In any action yet He is a The factory has
Private in the Twenty-third engi
neers.
n» ti.p
n^be%lt^P
have aiit
sho®
some time
AII" ittvvvaj
been working on army shoes which
are very heavy, weighing four pounds
per pair, thus making the work neces
sarily slow. The hands who quitare
seeking employment elsewhere. This
fact is regretable as Warsaw needs
all the mechanics she can get.
J. P. Quthrie of Hamilton was a
Warsaw visitor today.
The Mississippi Button company
has purchased the three lots south
of the button factory and also the
old Sharp elevator thereon from W.
E. Albers and will shortly begin
making chicken grit from the hun
dreds of tons of shell refuse on hand.
Harry Hopkins left for Rock Island
tonight to secure work .and his broth
er Cliff, leaves Saturday morning for
the same city, with the same object
Sergeant. T. J. Murphy, who has re
turned after having been at the front
three years, will give a patriotic ad
dress in Ralston park at 10:30 a. m.
Sunday. Sergeant Murphy spoke in
Carthage one day last week and his
lecture is reported to have been well
''V
Committee Meet In©.
The Comfort committee which usu
ally meets at the home of Mrs. G. E.
Weissenburger, will have a meeting
next Tuesday at 2:3D p. m. in the
home of Mrs. EX C. Weismann, 1109
Blondeau street
Red Cross Contribution.
The Willing Worker circle, Leta
Brooks, secretary, has turned in $6.50
to the 'Red Cross work.
AMUSEMENTS
Hippodrome Tonight.
The last word in motion picture
production is sounded in Mary Gar
den's "The Splendid Sinner," pre
sented by Goldwyn at the Hippodrome
theatre. This means that every re
source of the most advanced cinema
craft is employed to make Mary Gar
den's appearance in a modern drama
as memorable as was her debut in
Thais."
Scenic environment photography,
acting and direction all come to the
fore, and in countless details the in
telligence, enterprise and good taste
of Goldwyn is apparent. Nothing is
lacking to make the play a credit to
the producers and "the most wonder
ful woman in the world," as Mary
Garden is called. Also Harold Lloyd
comedy.—Advertisement
PERSON AXiS
William Schmidt of St, Louis, An
thony Jaeger and Louis J. Nieters of
Fort Madison, -were the guests Wed
nesday of Joseph B. Code, 116 South
Ninth street All the young men are
students of the St. Ambrose college
at Davenport, Icwa.
Mrs. Lorenzo E. Scott and daughter
Mary Helen and Mrs. Edward L.
Kruse and daughter, Dorothy, of 1006
Orleans avenue, have taken a cot
tage at Bluff park for the rest of the
.summer.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Damson went to
Mt. Hamill today to be present at a
family reunion Sunday at Mr. and Mrs.
Will Kennedys.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Beeson, 501
North Fifth street, expect to leave
Sunday for Centervllle, where Mr.
Beeson has business .Interests. From
there they will go to Chicago for a
two week's visit.
Miss Esther Yocklin and Misses
Louise and Janet Schoel will leave this
evening for Chicago to spend tJieir va
cation.
WADDEN TO GO
BACK TO CODY
Non-commissioned Officer from Dent
in* N. M., Arrives to Take
Charge of Soldier
Arrested.
Corporal Orlando Rlsdall, Co. B,
109th military police, Camp Cody,
Demlng, N. M., arrived In Keokuk to
day to obtain Private Charles Wad
den for return to the southern canton
ment
Wadden was arrested this week by
Policemen William Shepherd and
John Tigue upon order from the com
manding officer at Camp Cody. Wad
den had stayed longer thun leave of
absence privilege permitted. He has
been kept in Jail since arrest
Waterloo Times-Tribune: When
you find a young man wanting to en
list in the marine corps, you know
he means what he says about the
kaiser—and is ready to back it up.
FEW
ibzy/gflt
jgSVVv'
German armies.
v£
THE DATTJY (TATE CITY
COUNTY TO SEND
ELEVEN MORE MEN
Revised Call Sends Total Number of
1
Military Conscripts to 201—
Originally
19a
ORDER NO. UP TO 2900
Physical Examinations for Men in
Lower County, June Regis
trants, Begins
Monday.
The adjutant general of Iowa has
called upon Lee county to furnish
eleven more men for the July 22 call
than was originally asked. The coun
ty will now furnish 201 men. The
first order was for 190 men.
Men in the county whose order
numbers include those up to 2,850 or
2,900 may fully expect to be called
for service a week from next Wednes
day, Bay exemption boards officials.
Revised calls were issued to every
board In the state when It was dis
covered that the original estimates of
class one men had been wrongly
reckoned. The state is to furnish 19,
017 men for the military July 22 and
probably 3,000 July 29.
Physical examination of June 4 re
gistrants will begin in Keokuk, next
Monday, it is announced. All men in
the lower half of the county will be
examined here.
Three Generate Retired.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
ROME, July 13.—A military bulletin
decrees the retirement with loss of
rank and pay of Generals Cadorna,
Parro and Capello.
General Diaz commander In chief of
the Italian armies, has been decorated
with the grand cordon of the military
order of Savoy.
Von Rlndenburg Reported Dead
[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, July 13.—On the
heels of reports emanating from Dutch
sources yesterday that Field Marshal
Van Hindenburg was 111, stocic tickers
here today circulated a rumor that
he was dead. As Von Hindenburg's
death has been repeatedly reported
In recent weeks, officials here were
I Inclined to be skeptical In the absence
I of any official reports. Yesterday's re
port of Von Hindenburg's illness, said
that General Von Lndendorff had as
sumed temporary command of all the
Soldier's Body Identified.
[United Prers Leased Wire Service.]
CAMP DODGE, Iowa, July 13.—The
body of the Hun husker soldier found
late Thursday with the throat cut. was
identified today as that of Carl Spech
art, Muscatine, Iowa.
The body was found Th-rsday night
when a regiment was returning from
the rifle range. The razor with which
the throat was cut was found in one
of Spechart's hands.
According to fellow soldiers, Spech
art had been downcast since his ar
rival in camp.
His mother is said to live in La
Grange, Mo.
—Read Gate City Want ads.
Charles Ray, Film Idol
and Clever Draughtsman
CHARLES RAY SKETCHING PLANS FOR STUDIO "SET"
of the many thousand admir
ers of handsome Charles Ray, the
talented Ince star In Paramount pic
tures, know that this motion picture
idol is a clever draughtsman. Ray
started his career as a draughtsman
after spending several years studying
for this kind of work at a Los Angeles
college. One of his most notable
achievements in this line are the plans
for his father's home In California,
which always attract* the admiration
of passersby.
Ray's knowledge of architectural
draughting makes him of added value
around the motion picture studio,
where his suggestions as to interioi
decoration of "sets" are always wel
comed. When he is not appearing be
fore the camera the popular young
star may most always be located In
the architect's room working out some
new Idea. His most notable achieve
ments In this direction are said to be
presented In his new Paramount pic
ture, "The Claws of the Hun," whicii
allows particularly for novel settings.
WANTED.
WANTED—Six trainmen. Apply at
car barn at once. Keokuk Elec
tric Co.
WANTED TO BUY—Stock In any
good thriving company. State num
ber of shares and best cash price in
first letter. Address E. ,C. K.. care of
Keokuk Gate City.
WANTED—At once, 10,000 dull safety
razor blades to sharpen at Wood
bury's, 1104 Main street.
WANTED—To loan monsy on funrl
ture, pianos, liva iitocli, etc., on
easy payments. Strictly private.
Phone 963. Keokuk Loan Co. Over
.tiilier's snoe store.
WANTED—Men to learn tire building,
Report Monday morning. Standard
Four Tire Co.
WANTED—A dishwasher at Syngel
Cafe at once.
WANTED—Experienced stenographer
afternoons only, for two weeks.
John Tumelty.
WANTED—Experienced silo sales
man to travel Iowa territory. Sal
ary and expenses. Write at once to
W .W. Coates Company, 312 Hubbell
Bldg., Des Moines, Iowa
WANT property in Keokuk or vicin
ity in exchange for Des Moines
property. Give description and loca
tion in first letter. Dave Roop, 920
Kirkwood Ave., Des Moines.
WANTED—Man to take charge of
three-story building. Good pay. Ap
ply Y. .C. A.
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT—Modem, furnished sleep
ing rooms. 814 Exchange.
FOR RENT—Strictly modern 6 room
house, 913 Franklin. Call 1314.
FOR RENT—July 1, six rooms, un
furnished, 1008 Franklin. Phone
Black 662.
FOR RENT—Six-room house, newly
papered and painted city water
1300 Orleans $8.00. Call 245.
FOR RENT—802 High, five room
'house, 721 Concert, 723 Concert, six
room houses. All modern except
furnace. Mrs. L. F. Linqulst 806
Blondeau.
FOR RENT—"Four houses, five to
Beven rooms each, in Hamilton, 111
rent very low. Plenty of employment
for both men and women. See R. H.
Bowen, Hamilton, 111. Phone 176.
FOR RENT—Storage room for house
hold goods, clean, dry and free from
vermin. Low insurance rates. Col
lier Stationery Co.
FOR RENJ—Seven room house.
steam heat, gas, garden, in fine
neighborhood, and on car line. 816
North Thirteenth St. Apply to G. A.
assail, 201 Main St
FOR SALE—Smith-Premier typewrit
er No. 10 good condition, latest
improvements. Stadler Cigar Store.
FOR RENT—5 room house, 1800 Or
leans, call at 1606 Des Moines, Phone
.Red 1297.
FOR RENT—1 five room house, 216
So. Eighth and six room house 803
Bank: street. Modern except furnace.
Phone Red 1808.
FOR RHfNT—'Furnished rooms f°r
light housekeeping. Lights and wat
er..
227
So. 1st street.
BELIEVE NEGRO
MAY BE SLACKER
Federal Authorities Investigate Rec
ord of Man Police Pick i*p
on Suspicion,
Today.
U. S. Deputy Marshal T. P. Gray Is
investigating the past record of Ern
est Humphrey, a negro, who was ar
rested early today by the police.
Humphrey, who has been under ar
rest before, the police say, has given
his age as 34, 32 and 3i.
The man has no military registra
tion card and has been an Idler, the
authorities ibelieve.
CITY NEWS.
1
A civil service examination for clerk
and carrier applicants will be held at
9 a. m. July 27, in the postoffice build
ing. Examinations for those who wish
to enter civil service as stenographers
and typewriters will be conducted in
the postoffice building Tuesday of
each week at nine a. m.
—i/ouisa Publisky, Mr. and Mrs.
George Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Chancy
Brant. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Pub
lisky have deeded part of Mock one
in Messenger, an addition of Keokuk,
called "the puWlc square" to F. Or
vllle Publisky. Mr. PuMisky conveyed
the same real estate of Genevra J.
Brant. The warranty deeds for the two
changes in ownership of the property
were filed in the county recorder's
office Friday.
Dally Stock Letter.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.!
NEW YORK, July 13.—The New
York Evening Sun financial review
today said:
Today's short session of the stock
market furnishes unusually little
scope for comment. At times the
market was at a standstill and price
changes generally were confined to
fractions. With trading in steels,
coppers, rails, equipments and ship
ping stocks at a minimum, some at
tention was paid to specialties. Booth
Fisheries rising 2 points, American
'••.•lSy^ r*T
r""1!
CLASSIFIED COLUMN
FOR RENT—6 room houjje 1017 Par
lean, lights, gas and bath. J. El
Feeney, 423 B. street
FOR RENT—A strictly modern house
911 Bank, phone Red 953.
FOR RENT—Six rooms and bath over
1102 Main reasonable to right par
ty. John Tumelty.
FOR RENT—3 modern rooms for
housekeeping. 2626 MfcKinley ave
nue. Phone Red 1692.
FOR RENT—Two sleeping rooms—
Gentleman preferred. 315 High.
Also residence -716 Ntorth Seventh
street newly painted and papered.
Enquire 315 High. Phone Red 1087.
FOR RENT—Sleeping rooms. 300 No.
Eleventh street
FOR RENT—6-room modern house,
829 Fulton, Enquire 707 Blondeau.
FOR RENT—Six and eight room
modern house. See Mrs. Julia Wolf,
225 South Fifteenth
FOR RENT—Desirable 5-room house,
1123 Blondeau water furnished.
Reasonable rent J. C. Paradise.
FOR RENT—Six room, modern house,
521 North Sixth. Unexcelled sur
roundings, 518. J. C. Paradice.
FOR RENT—4 furnished rooms with
bath. Phone Red 1056. 706 North
Twelfth.
FOR RENT—7-room modern house
also a 6-room modern house. En
quire Mrs. Thos. McManua.
FOR 8ALE.
COBS for sale. Black 1494.
•FOR SALE—Three head of work
horses, harness and wagon, 116 Ex
change. Phone Black 422.
FOR SALE OR TRAD®—160 acre
farm, well improved, near good ship
ping point. In Hancock county. Will
trade for small farm or city property.
See R. H. Bowen, Hamilton, Illinois.
•Phone IT'S.
iFOR SALE OR TRADE—120 acres In
Adams county, Illinois. This farm
is located about 12 miles from Quincy,
has a good barn, a good four room
house, well fenced, one of the best
springs In the state is on this farm.
For particulars, write or see R. H.
Bowen, Hamilton, Illinois.
FOR SALE OR TRADES—360 acres
one mile from a city of 2,500 peo
ple in northern Mo., with 3 good rail
roads, has a good barn and out build
ings and a house of 5 rooms, a small
orchard. This place 1b a bargain. See
or write R. H- Bowen, Hamilton, Illi
nois. Phone 176.
FOR SALE—6 room modern house In
Belknap place. Will trade for Lib
erty bonds. E. Vanatta, Odell's.
FOR SALE—New and rebuilt type
writers, all thoroughly high class.
Machines rented, allowing rent to pur
chase—New
Fox
$5
per month, new
Coronas $4 per month, rebuilt Under
wood. Monarch, Remington, $3 and $4
per month. Collier Stationery Co.
FOR SALE—2 slightly used pianos In
excellent condition. Duncan-Scliell
Furniture Co.
FOR SALE—Rubber tire surrey buggy,
good as new. Inquire. Wm.
If.
Morris
West, Keokuk, Phone Red C82.
FOR RENT—House, 6 rooms and bath,
electric lights, river view, cool and
comror\:^le, irefenences re
quired. Call R» 1317.
Writing Paper and American Ice
each one point while American Su
matra, American Reet Sugar and
Consolidated Gas each lost a point
or thereabout
The market maintained Its holiday
aspect throughout the session. There
nearly was a complete alwence of
initiative either to. buy or to sell
stocks.
Reported Dead Again.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
AMSTERDAM, July 13.—Rumors
of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg's
death have been revived by Belgian
newspapers. Les Nouvelles said the
reported death was the result of a
stroke following a stormy interview
with the kaiser regarding the offen
sive against Paris.
To conserve water it is proposed at
El Paso, Tex., to make use of water
from refrigerating plants, which has
simply been used for cooling purposes,
by turning it into the public baths.
Australia has already assumed
an annual liability of more than $15,
00,000 for war pensions.
HOW TO PREVENT
INFANTILE PARALYSIS.
[By Dr. Guildford H. Sumner,
Secretary State Board of Health.]
Keep the children out of the
dust
PAGE THREB
FOR
SaLE—or
trade at Galland, 1
store building, 1 seven room house,
one 2 room house, fine chicken house,
large barn and other out ouildings
with about 6 acres of ground on auto
mobile road with a beautiful view.
Write or enquire, 1506 Concert
A. M. Foulus, Keokuk, la.
street
FOR SALE—The Weismann home,
1105 Blondeau street cheap if sold
at once. Enquire at Weil & Co.
FOR SALE—10 fine young Belgian
hares, from large meat rabbits. 722
Ridge street
FOR SALE—A new tent and set of
double driving harness. Dr. Coulter,
at Summltville, Iowa.
FOR SALE—Desireable Jtratldlng and
business lots and five and ten-acre
tracts of land. W. B. Collins.
FOR SALE—Biggest bargain in city.
Look at 222-226 Exchange street,
and get price from J. C. Paradice.
FOR SALE—One large refrigerator,
at 824 Main. Phone 1518.
FOR SALE—Irving piano, upright,
good as new. Price is right At
824 Main. Phone 1518.
FOR SALE—300 pairs used shoes,
men's and women's 25c up. 824
Main.
MISCELLANEOUS.
NORTHERN IOWA LANDS—We
have for sale, some 4,000 acres of
northern Iowa land, a large part of
which must be sold as owner desires
to dispose of the holdings. Also sev
eral good Minnesota and Dakota!
farms. These farms must be sold. If
interested, write Dunn Bryant Si
Clough, First National bank building.
Mason City, Iowa.
FARM FOR SALE—Well improved
farm of 280 acres, located between
Luray and Wyaconda, in Clark coun
ty, Missouri owned by estate of
Thomas E. Ochiltree, deceased. In
quire of C. W. McC-lure, No. 600 N.
Tonth street Keokuk, Iowa, or O. S.
Calllhan, Kahoka, Mo.
U. S. GOVERNMENT wants thoua
and a clerks at Washington. Men,
women, 18 or over. War work. $100'
month. Quick increase. Commoa
education sufficient. Your country
needs you. Help her and live in
Washington during these stirring
times. Write for free list of posi
tions open. Franklin Institute, Dept*
105 F, Rochester, N. Y.,
STOCK SALESMEN—Financial house
has opening for five $1,000 per
month stock solesmen to follow up
live leads which cost us from $10 to
$15 a piece in small towns. Strong sell
ing issue. Have active endorsement of
many prominent men, 24 to 30 leads
when salesman starts—more contin
ually. Excellent references required.
Address, Sales Manager, 2952 Chicago
Ave, Chicago, 111.
MEN—Age 17 to 45. Experience un
necessary. Travel make secret in
vestigations, reports. Salaries ex
penses. American Foreign Detective
Agency, 271 St. Louis.
GOVERNMENT NEEDS 20,000 women
Clerks at Washington. Examinations
everywhere In July. Experience un
necessary. Women desiring govern
ment positions write for free particu
lars to J. C. I^eonard, (Former Civil
Service Examiner,) 186 Kenois Bldg.,
Washington.
LOST.
LOST—Star-shaped garnet pin. Find
er return to this office. Reward.
DE VITO, ACCORDION KING.
Until recently the accordion was
looked upon In this country as merely
& peculiar sort of novelty instrument1l
with rather limited musical poaalbll-'.
Ities, but in the hands of an artist like
DeVlto It has proved one of the most
popular of all forms of musical enter-i
tainment. It is no uncommon sight
nowadays for audiences to encore the.
iccerdion numbers so often as to tax'
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Don't let them stay in the hot
sun.
Swat the flies in the house.
Clean up manure piles and other
rubbish which breeds flies.
Keep children out of picture
shows where the air is bad.
Let children have plenty of sleep.
Spray noses and throats with a
1 per cent, solution of peroxide of
hydrojren.
Wash mouths every morning
with a tooth brush immersed in a
1 per cent, solution of peroxide of
hydrogen.
Consult a physician at once upon
noticing symptoms of illness.
the performer nearly beyond the
'bounds of physical endurance.
The piano-accordion which Devito
will play at the Chautauqua Is really,
& wonderful instrument It is a whole
band, and orchestra and pipe organ,'
klmost in one, has over a hundred
keys, a loud and soft pedal, and cost
as much as a grand piano. Devito is
great accordion player. With It he
Imitates every instrument in the or
hestra including the drums, and
plays every variety of music from
popular airs to the gems from the
(rext operas and symphonies.
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I A collection of phonograph records
of all forms of speech is being made
by a Paris scientist.
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