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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-23
The Primary In Iowa

Burlington Hawk.Eye: Colonel
Roosevelt. in his brief talk at Burling-
ton, lamented that Iowa has no presi-
Dental primary. Was tiff slip OF the
tongue, or Of memory, that Teddy ov-
erlooked the fact that Iowa has pro
gressive" legislature? And yet Iowa
even slipped cog in its last election
of United States senator without CIV
ing the voters a chance to express
their preference.
It Will be remembered that after
the preferential senatorial primary
had been put into force In Iowa, and
use in two former senatorial cam
paigns, the progressive Republican
legislature Of Iowa refused to re-
spond to the request OF Senator Young
and his friends that the contest be-
tween himself and Mr.. Kenyon go
before the people in a primary cleo
ton. The powers behind the progress
sive legislature wanted to elect a
progressive senator. They knew they
could do 1t In the old legislative
manner, but doubted their ability TO
perform the task in an open primary
They had forced the popular primary
in order to elect Cummins, when they
J felt by creation OF popular prejudice
against Senator Allison they could de,
feat the grand old man OF Iowa. But
when ii came TO placing the cause Of
their man in the hands Of the people
when the popularity Of the opposing
candidate assured defeat for him, they
backed water and concluded that the
glorious cause Of reform was too sa
cred a thing to be trusted TO tht
mercies Of the common people.
There are those who are Of the hon
est opinion that Theodore Roosevelt
spectacular appeal for a presidential
preferential primary Is based not o,
a desire that the people shall rule
but purely in the ground that through
such means. by creating public pref
; udice, he can have a better chanc,
Of winning o third-term nomination
:! to the presidency And these sam
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AaaoR pAY nExr FRipAY.

In his proclamation setting aside
next Friday as Arbor day Governor
Carroll sets forth a number OF good
reasons for its observance The
following extract is particularly in
point:
BY custom the last Friday In April
has been established Is day for the
planting OF trees upon and otherwise
beautifyinx the school grounds OF the
state. There Is nothing which adds
more to the beauty and attractiveness
OF the home or the school than to sur
round it with trees and shrubbery. TO
interest the children in planting ana
caring for trees is TO inspire them 10
higher and nobler ideals.
With these things in view the gov
ernor recommends that all teachers
and school officers see 20 1t that a
sufficient number OF trees of select
varieties and sufficient shubbery OF
suitable kind be furnished to enable
the children with the aid of and under
the direction of the teachers to prop
erlv beautify and ornament the school
grounds throughout the state. he
further recommends that the people
observe Arbor day as day for the
planting of shubbery, shade, fruit and
ornamental trees to the end that the
homes may be beautified and orna-
mented and the farms of the state
made more attractive. 1t Is to be
hoped these recommendation will be
generally followed As the governor
well says. nothing adds more to the
beauty OF the home or the school than
TO surround it with trees and shuo-
berry, and the cost is so small as to
make itg accomplishment possible to
all. Let everybody plant trees and
shrubbery that homes. farms and
schools may be benefited and bean
tilted for the present and for future
generations.
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ruption done away with. frauds ex-
posed and punished and millions Of
dollars recovered.
American capital and labor beneht-
ed by extension Of foreign markets.
Court OF Customs Appeals; under
valuations stopped.
In view Of the foregoing and much
more which might as properly be set
forth. there should be but one purpose
IN the mind OF every fair.mtnded
American, and that Is to vote for
President Taft and prosperity for a
second term
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What She Needed.

washington Gowa) Democrat A
very much poverty stricken family
that lives in town was visited by a
committee of ladies who do charitable
work, but only where badly and ser
icusly needed The committee waited
upon the lady OF .he household and
found that she was unable to at
tend church, which Greatly distressed
her and also her visitors. They ask
ed her what she most needed. think
ing she would say clothes for The chill
dren or maybe little -four o. meat
Or medicine for the little folks, but
what she said she nee Jed most vas 9
straight front corset ard plume for
her hat"
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Greatest OF all inventions.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: If one
great invention stands out greater
than all other. it is the perfection of
the wireless telegraph. Without the
aid Of the wireless, not one person
from the Titanic would have been
saved, and the exact fate Of the ship
would probably have never been
known. The Titanic would have been
missed only when It became overdue
in port It's loss would have been
feared after 1t had been overdue h
few days; conjecture would cause
anguish and finally that conjecture
would have given way to an appalling
reality, almost beyond human COM
prehensicn There would not be a
soul left to tell the story. and nothing
mere than piece or two of wreck
age ever might be found. Wireless
telegraph tells the whole story
and saved s6S men, women and chill
dren from watery grave. Appalling
as Is the disaster, 1t would be still
more appalling IL days should lapse
into weeks and weeks into months
without tidings OF the big, ship and
its human cargo. and with all Of its
passengers and crew buried two miles
! deep In the sea- The wireless tele
graphs record Is without an equal.
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The ptcture--as the ship Went Down

The ptcture-as the ship Went Down.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Captain
Smith stood on the bridge.
Jack Phillips. the wireless opera
tor. was at his post of duty.
Mrs. Isador Straus was In the arms
OF her husband, and together they
were entering into the valley Of the
shadow.
Members Of the band were playing
Nearer Ny God to Thee
Major Butt was lifting his hat to
women whom ne had helped to save.
Sailors were tearing women from
husbands in order to save them.
Save these innocent boys their
mother waits for them on shore; do
not care for myself" said father as
he passed the two little fellows into
the lifeboats.
Seven unknown babes were passed
into the lifeboats by parents who
could not save themselves.
To die like those brave souls is not
to have lived In vain.
But there is no death. That which
we call death Is transition--a change
/ to new life.
4 When the sounds Of Nearer NJ,
God to Thee ceased TO reach morta
ears they began to play upon those
that are immortal.
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FRATERNITlEs IN HIGH SCHOOLS.

FRArERNITlEs IN HIGH SCHOOLS.
Twenty-Five states are represented
In crusade which the lawmakers
and school authorities OF the country
are wag1ng against the high school
fraternity, according to report which
has Just been issued for free distribu-
ton by the United States Bureau OF
Education OF these, thirteen states
have passed legislative enactments
hostile to the secret orders. while
the school boards OF important cities
in the other twelve states have adopt
ed Ike measures within their own
Jurisdiction.
All states having laws on the sub
ject provide a penalty Of suspension
or expulsion from school for ali those
who join these orders. The most
drastic laws were passed by Iowa,
Minnesota and Nebraska, whose legis-
latures made it q misdeamor for any
one even to solicit members to these
organizations. Michigan and Ohio
made 1t a misdeamor for school
officer to fail or refuse to carry out
the anti-high school fraternity law
Other states which prohibit these or
ders are California, Indiana. Kansas.
Mississippi. Oregon and Vermont.
Massachusetts, empowers tho Boston
school committee to deal with the
secret society problem in its own
way. while Washington gives the same
latitude to the school boards OF its
larger cities.
The more important cities whose
school boards have passed regulations
restricting or forbidding high school
fraternities are Denver, Meriden. Chi
cago. Covington New Orleans, Lowell,
Waltham, Worcester, Kansas City,
Mo-; st. Joseph. Butte, Oklahoma
City, Reading Salt Lake City, Madi-
son, Milwaukee, Racine, and Superior.
The commonest penalties are suspen-
sion, expulsion or debar1nent from
school athletic or other teams.
The United States Bureau OF Educa-
tion's report also cities some OF the
more important court decisions. every
one of which upholds the school author
tiles in dealing vigorously with the
/ high school fraternity, on the ground
that the measures so taken are auth
orized as part of the school board
discretionary powers. Most courts
cited, however, will not allow the
offending pupils to be barred from
classroom exercises, although they car
be barred from participating in al
athletic or other contests
/ It is interesting and possibly sig
nfficant, that the movement to extir
pate the fraternity activity from higf
school life had Its origin and Still
finds It's greatest strength in the wes
and middle west.
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kAAokA, MO.
,>>A>N>NN>1 80

Marshall Sherwood has accepted a
position in q bakery at Canton. Mo.
A. L. Leedom. brother OF DR..
Leedom. of Ashton. died March 20 at
Greeley. Colorado.
A marriage license was issued
Wednesday to David A. Tweed and
Miss Lulu r. Packer. both of VII
Jamestown.
Grover H. Horton. OF wyaconda, and
Miss Katie Probst, Of TT Madison.
Iowa. were married Thursday, In Ka-
hoka By Squire S. NJ. Perry.
Robert Nfehars of Prairie Grove,
Arkansas, Miss e. Burnice Appleton.
we're married Thursday in Wayland.
Col. ]. S. Tall is at home from his
Oklahoma trip.
! Gus larson OF Wayland was sent as
as delegate from Clark county to
the insurgent Woodmen meeting at
Eigin, Illinois The county could not
be better represented
| Hon. A. J.. Reeves of Steelville.
| Mo, and connected with the Aisso,.r;
insurance department and one Of the
committee on new rates adopted by
the head camp, Modern Woodmen OF
America, at Chicago. will address the
members OF the order at Kahoka Oh
ll.ext Thursday e-ening Mr.. Reeves
lis a learned and dignifed gentleman
/ and will discuss the new rates in an
able way. He should be heard By
Ievery member of the order In the
in the county. Remember the date
| Tuesday evening, April %.
i Henry E. Dunleavy, OF Kahoka, an
Inounces as democratic aspirant fol
4 the nomination of county clerk.
The infant son OF Mr.. and Mrs "
i S. Cutting. which was born Saturday
/ April 10. was buried Sunday, April IA
in Peakesville cemetery.
4 The warning factions OF Kahoka'i
two bands had peace. meeting
Tuesday night, buried the Ratchet and
win now work for one band and ;
good one. They expect to give thei
usual concerts in the park this sum
. mer.
'Hiawatha." as presented by tn,
pupils of the fifth grade of Kahoki
public schools under the manage
I ment of their teacher. Miss Jessi
Watson, at the opera house Wednes
day night, was equally as good as TIL
J presentation of the sixth grade on
lpreyious date. Each and every on
acquitted themselves in most cred
liable manner. Owing to the storm.
weather the crowd was not as iarg
as the play deserved.
, AS You Like it. will be presente'
!, by the. Freshman English class of tn
hahoka high school at the oper
house Friday evening, April &c.
. There were fourteen deaths an
,, nineteen births In Clark county 10
! the month of February, 1872
: County court will be In sessio
next Tuesday.
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company's offices in Liverpool on
Wednesday, according to a statement
given out at the company's offices
here:
Presume. arrangements already
made enforce extreme southern track.
Instruct all to avoid all risks of ice
whatever loss Of time or extra distance
involved. Prepare plans for fitting all
steamers with life RATS or collapsibla
boats to full numbers carried. Also
wish question fitting searchlights to
be carefully considered.
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The Wisdom Of Youth.

She has only turned eighteen.
Not tear her cheek ha. stained.
By no sad and tragic scene
Has her happy heart been panied.
But she'll tell you what to do
In the heat and din of strife
Just as though she really knew
ALI there is to know of life.
She has studied Greek and French
She has read philosophy,
But her heart has known no wrench
Due to grief or misery,
So she laughs our woes away
And she tells us what to do
With our troubles every day,
Just as though she really knew.
She has only turned eighteen,
She has merely slipped the sweet
OF lies nectar and has been
Where the clover kissed her feet,
And so we Of wrinkled brow
And of battered heart, just smile
When our daughter tells US how
To be happy all the while.
And We pray from day to day
That she'll never know the rough
Of LIES sometimes troubled way.
Or complain OF its rebuff.
And we pray she'll never meet
With the heartaehe OF the strife.
In the sunshine and the sweet
Nay she read her hook of life
Detroit Free Press.
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Gross earnings OF railroads In this
country-in the month Of February az.
gregated s1s1,22s. SOC. an increase as
compared with the earnings OF the
same roads for the corresponding
period year ago OF s.s per cent This
is much the best exhibit for many
months, and while 1t is to some ex-
tent due to the fact that ths month
this year contains an extra day. 1t also
represents a considerable improve
ment OF freight and other railroad traf-
fe-
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years. ard at times became SO bad !
would become unconscious. I have been
found in that condition many times
Physicians did not seem to he able TO
do me any good. would become
weak and for days at a tine could do
no work. Not long ago j got box
OF DR.. Miles Laxative Tablets, and
after using them found / had never
tried anything that acted in ouch a
mild and effective manner. believe
/ have at last found the remedy that
suits my case"
Thousands OF people are sufferers
from habitual constipation and
while possibly realizing something
Of the danger OF this condition, yet
neglect too long to employ proper
curative measures Until serious III
ness often results. The advice OF
all physicians is, keep your bowels
clcan, and its good advice.
Dir. Miles Laxative Tablets are
! sold by all druggists, at IS cents a
box containing rs doses. II not
found satisfactory your money is
returned.
MILES MEDICAL Co. EIkhar.. Ind.
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WHAT TAFT HAS ACHIEVED.

Walter J. Ballard OF Los Angeles,
the well known economist and statis-
teal authority. contributes to The Gate
City the following. among the many
achievements for good put through by
President Taft:
Enforcement of the Sherman anti
trust law without fear or favor.
Veto Of Democratic wool, cotton
and free list bills as unfair. unscien-
tihc and destructive Of the Republican
principle and policy OF protection to
American wages and American capi-
tai
Abrogation of the discriminating
passport treaty with Russia
The establishment OF postal savings
banks, chiefly benefting the working
classes.
Great progress towards early COM
uletion of the American Panama Ca
nal, without hint Of fayoritism or scan
dal.
Railroad rate increases prevented
unless they are first approved by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
! Practical destruction Of the white
slave traffic.
Admission, as promised, of Arizona
and New Mexico to Statehood.
Bond issue OF many millions to COM
plete irrigation and land reclamation
projects in the arid West and South
west.
4 Bureau Of Mines created to safe.
guard the lives of miners
maintenance of peace in Cuba, South
and Central America by friendly
warnings and moral Intervention.
Income tax amendment TO the con
stitution submitted to state legisla
lures for ratification.
Passage by congress Of the boiler
inspection law.
Non-poiitical methods used IN TAX
Ing the census of 1910.
Government business methods mod
ernized and reformed by economy an,
efficiency commission, saving million.
! OF dollars yearly to the people.
( Bucketshop and get-rich-quick con
Germs put out OF business and offenders
jailed
New treaty with Japan. quietinl
= racial controversies on the Pacifi
Coast
. Further extension of the safety ar
= planes act.
The United States postal department
: made self-sustaining. instead OF rur
ming millions behind each year
Peonage-the twentieth centur
slavery abolished
Maintenance and extension OF tn
le opendoor policy in China.
al Publication of campaign funds an
re expenditures.
IN Corporation fFederaD tax success
m fully created and yielding $4,000 DC
"a to 100000 a year without an
an kicks Of moment government e
1t animation OF corporation methot
tn provided.
TX Transformation of a treasury d
he felt for the year OF $4,000, 900 In
Sc a $30,o0o,00o surplus.
ne Remarkably able and non-partiss
judicial appointments
Court Of Commerce established
he review findings of the Interstate Col
a merce Commission.
Workingmen's compensation a
in brought to successful issue in the +
me preme court.
an Non-partisan Tariff Board GREAT
ON to find ont and report the differen
an in the cost of production at home al
lce abroad thus protecting Americ
he wages and American capital.
ir Extension Of civil service control
he that protection of government servar
he ~ by executive order
7 Customs service reorganized, c,
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Iowa Patents.

The following patents were granted
to Iowans for the week ending April
16, 1912, as reported from the office
of Clarence j. LOTUS, patent attor-
ney, Croker Bldg, Des Moines:
No. 1,023,353 tool for cutting teeth
on worn-wheels Oscar T. Anderson,
Waterloo.
No. 1,023,412 Golfer attachment for
plows-Joseph NJ. Chapman, Maced,
onia.
No. 1.o2s,414 armor for vehicle
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tires-Jeremy B. Coonrod, Rock
Rapids.
No. 1,023,302 manure spreader -
Howard e. Dinwiddie, Onawa.
No. 1.023.7S0 adjustable window
screen Thomas b. Ford, Fairfield.
No. 1,023.470 carbureter-Ra ymond
S. Hill and o. P. Underwood, Indi-
anola.
No 1,o2s.s5i rail Solomon B 3.
Humbert, Cedar Falls.
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a writer in the New York Tribune
calls attention TO the need of careful
md thorough fumigation at this time
OF year when a general moving often
occasions dangers to infection from
germ-haunted premises AS indica-
tive of the progress that has been
made against one infectious disease It
is worth while to note that the death
rate from tuberculosis in New York
City has been reduced one half in the
last twenty-five years. Other disease
have lost their terror through the
precautions taken against them
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Labor Leader, Indicted

UNITED Prese Leased Wire Service. ]
LAWRENCE. Mass, April %
William D. Haywood, leader Of the
industrial Workers Of The World: y.
p Thompson, national organizer and
Edmund Rosini Of The same orga.
nization, we're among those secretly
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THE DAILY GATE CITY

indicted It Newcurypcrt last week.
according to announcement made to
day. Joaenh Sciute WAS indicted,
charged with the murder of Annie
Lopixro. the striking textile operator
shot during clash between police
and strikers on the afternoon Of Jan.
uary 90.
Haywood is indicted ON - counts,
charging conspiracy to lntimidate.
The same charges are contained in
the indictments against Thompson and
Rosini. All the indictments grew out
of the Lawrence strike trouble.
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Taking No Chances

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, April 90. Immediate
action to safeguard the lives OF their
passengers was made by the Cunard
line upon learning of the Titanic
disaster. The chairman of the board
sent the following wireless to the
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people Just as honestly believe that Il
Mr.. Roosevelt were convinced that he
could best win the nomination through
the present caucus and delegate con-
vention system he would be just as
furiously in favor OF the rule of the
bosses" and as much opposed to a
presidential preferential primary as
he is now In favor OF the latter.
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Somebody has gone to the trouble
of digging UP some of the breaks
made by Champ Clark In speeches
made before he was thought of as a
presidential candidate and when his
highest ambition seemed to be known
as a political humorist. Now the
speaker wishes he had not been quite
so funny.
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The Fort Madison Gem city has the

The Fort Madison Gem City has the
following deserved reference to a
well known Lee county Republican:
Gilbert Lee of West Point was in
the city Friday Mr.. Lee has come
ont as a candidate for the Republican
nomination for representative from
Lee county and is the only Republican
in the field at present Although twice
defeated for the Office, he is a game
loser and is determined TO show the
people that he can come back Mr..
Lee has strong following in the
county and is man who can fill the
position TO the credit OF the county
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THE MAN LAW AT CAPE RACE

THE MAN LAW AT CAPE RACE.
When the first pathetic father
Fell before the tiger wild,
Last and anguished his beseeching,
Save the woman and the child
Down the ranges OF the ages,
Sometimes stupid. always blind,
This desiring, this aspiring,
Stirs the soul of all mankind.
ifsiiay have used his woman lily lily
MAY have failed to understand
But when worlds crumbled meath her,
Never failed to take her hand.
May have failed in wild neurotics,
May In sympathy have trickt:
But when death demanded tribute.
Has she found him derelicto
Lacerate him; Oh, indict him;
Great his sin and great his crime;
But IN all the great upsumning
Count his courage most sublime
Puny, pale and pulling creaturs,
Would-be conqueror of the tide
Helpless az the blinking infant,
For whose sake he gladly died.
Hope for self or hope for futuree
Nay. nor hope for kingdom come
"save the women. gave the children"
That's his answer to The Sum.
That's the man law. that's the life
Law;
That's the lav that moves the
sphere:
women first. and then The children; .
Then les man die without fear.
Yes. indfet him, yea, imrale him;
Call him savage" monster,
''l1rute,''
But whatever names We call him,
We must know him by his fruit.
From the sunllt shades of Eden
To the seas of cold Cape Race,
What has been mans dearest Issue
As he met Death face to face?
Has it been of self or selfnesa?
Has it been Of his own life,
Or OF power, or of greatness,
Or Of mother, child and wife7
Finer feelings, nobler instincts
Women must preserve the race"
But when Death demands the woman
Who but man shall take her place
Votes for women Votes for won
EN-"
Man law smother, crush, debaset
lives for women Lives for won
men"
Was the Man Law at Cape Race.
Yea the Man Law. which is God Law
And the Law Of Nature wild
From the very first beginning
Save the woman and the child,s
-. p. Sheridan in the st. Louis r
public
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Many cases OF
typ h old fever,
appendicitis a n d
other severe dis
eases are trace
able to prolonged
clogging of the
bowels. Regard
t b e effects of
constipation, G..
Z. Ayers, 8 Sabin
S t., Montpelier,
VT, says:
II was amictcd
with constipation
and i,iiioIisnese for
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nannaro,1s Fool.

The fool who cries .'Fire." IN a pub
lie assemblage is a far greater public
menace than the fool who rocks the
boat. for his opportunity to sacrifice
human life is UNNECESSARILY greater.