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The Washington herald., 1913-12-10
A Line o Cheer Each Day o
tn Year.
PROFIT AND LOSS.
orisiaal 2Osm written for The Herald
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.
fcor.rinhf Iaill

tCopsTight. lsiJJ
tcopvrisht. lsl3 by Mcclure Newsraper syndicats)
ofttimes I'm bargains involving dross
I've found the profit was wholly i1ss.
I've found my loss in the end was gain
wherefore 1t seems that the thing TO do
When lowering troubles loom into View
Ia to see what use we can put 'em to-,
And turn the losses tina. there impend
IEto some Kind OF a dividend
The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

The relations between Germany and the
United States continue friendly. Presi-
1eut Wilson and Emperor William have
both been suffering from grippe.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

If We do not get currency reform be-
fore Christmas many of US will not have
enough left to be worth reforming.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

Mrs Pankhurst will be back in England
IN few DAYS, and then the newspapers
Viii have TO pay increased cable tolls
from that country
The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

Actors have this consolation. The in
come tax law applies only to real money,
not stage money.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

cause so many people to break their New
Year resolutions.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

A Boston man named Cough has been
arrested for sending obscene matter
through the mails. They say it was
rough slough. indeed.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

There is a girl in London whose heart
is on the right side. Therefore II is
on the wrong side.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

When you meet a man with an out
tsndish name You always feel glad that
Fou came along before the names were
exhausted
The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

Colombia has refused 20 enthuse over
Col Roosevelt. but we don't think that
is z cause for war.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

Figures may not lie, but you always
get suspicious when the bank notifies
you OF an Overdraft
The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

What do you suppose the college boys
90 between the football and baseball sea-
sons2
The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

We see by the papers that the anti
TiTiseetionists have been cutting up
again ~
The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

The Monroe doctrine is ninety years
old, and is still being worked overtime.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

We hope Mr.. sulzer is enjoying his
rest as much as some other people.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

Some very bad people use good Ian.
gBsge.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

We understand that tour standing army
is .stin hoping for marching orders.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

Senator Knute Nelson OF Minnesota
was seized with great desire a few
weeks ago to run down to Old Point Com
fort and view certain scenes that he had
not beheld for just fifty years. Nelson.
a native Of Norway. joined q Wisconsin
regiment during the civil war And was
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14

white slave traffic has more dis
astrous effect on the young generation
than the picture paintings of the once
widely circulated Police Gazette, as
the children are eager to read it all
in detail. In asking one girl of sew
enteen what she thought about the
low wages, as she had been working
In keokuk for the past two and a half
years, she said the first year she re.
ceived six dollars per week and saved
seventy-two dollars, paying three dol
lars per week board, and the last
year she has received twelve dollars
per week and "bIowed in. the seventy.
two dollars and spent every cent she
made. Opportunities make good and
bad girls and boys. The best girl we
ever knew was chief steward over a
rich woman's culinary department for
her board and attended school. She
afterwards sat- by her congressman
and governor husband, but still main
tatns her economic ways.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14

proposing to take the burden of the
pension upon their own shoulders al /.
are only asking for a little lift to gsl
their plan started right.
The other is that the average Iowa
teachers salary is but a trifle over
$500 per annum. To assume that PEG
pie are going to cease practicing fru
gality and economy and to forget pru
dence in their expenditures. when
their salary is so ridiculously low, is
sheer nonsense.
or course. a lawmaker has the same
right to talk nonsense that belongs
to every citizen of a free country. But
these men have done the teachers q.
Iowa rank injustice, perhaps a seri-
Gus injury Being honest and well
meaning, there is just one thing for
these lawmakers to do, and they
should do that at once They ought
to arise in their seats and apologize
to the teachers of Iowa and then they
ought to make amends by taking off
their coats and working with might
and main for the measure that the
teachers are asking.
Surely there is no other course
possible to honest, fair-minded men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14

ness Of his qualities as lawyer. For
four successive terms he has been
elected without opposition and his
conduct of court business has been
without criticism
Judge Withrow is a man OF emf
nent ability and of the highest char
acter as a man and citizen. His
selection to the position as member
of the highest court of the state
would reflect credit on that distin-
guighed body and would continue the
high character and ability for which
the court has been noted"
Il Is sincerely to be hoped that
Governor Clarke will be able to see
his way clear to honor Judge WITH
row IS he deserves. He has hao
long and valuable experience, has n
usual ability and would render the
state distinguished service on the
supreme bench
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14
Should Apologize.

Davenport Democrat When the
teachers annuity plan was up for dis
cussion in the general assembly. sew,
eral of the representatives OF the PEG.
pie expressed the fear that the teach.
ers would grow reckless in their ex.
penditures, and would cease being
economical and prudent and would
refuse 10 lay up anything for their old
age, in case pension was provided
for them. These critics were probab,
" honest in their opposition. Like
some ether people who have never
been called 10 represent their neigh.
bors in law-making body they were
simply talking on subject that they
knew nothing about They did not
know, or did not take into considera.
ton two important points.
The first is, that the teachers are
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14
Law Has a History.

Probably very few of the members
of the legislature know the history of
the law which prevents name an
pearing twice upon the same ballot.
When the populist party was a power
in the state, it often fused with the
Democrats, and fusion became an is
sue in the Democratic party. Up to
the special session of the 26th gen
eral assembly, which revised the
code. there was nothing to prevent a
name from appearing for the same
offce under more than one party head
ing, but the special session amended
the law so that no name should an
pear more than once upon the same
ballot for the same Office The SEN
ate committee on elections, which re
ported senate file No. 10, recon-
mended an amendment prohibiting
any name from appearing twice upon
the ballot The amendment was push
ed by Representative Hendershott OF
Marion county. He argue
friends that II the amendment did not
pass, he could not be reelected to
the house.
The purpose OF the amendment was
to prevent the Democrats and popu-
lists from using on the same candi.
dates.
The practical result was to cause
an amalgamation OF the Democrats
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14
wrTRRow FOR SUPREME JUDGE

The Iowa senate on Friday passed
the house bill providing for two addi-
tional judges on the supreme bench.
with q view OF relieving the conges
ton OF business in the state court OF
last resort. The need OF such relief
has been pressing for some time, and
the legislature did well in meeting
the situation as it did For one OF
the rev tenures thus created the Bur
lington HaRk-Eye suggests Hon. ".
S. WithroT. for many years Judge of
the Twentieth judicial district. In
speaking Of him and mis- qualifications
for the place II says:
Learned In the Law: matured in
I experience al the bar and on the
bench: Of unquesttoned personal m
{ tegrity and Of acknoH lodged judicial
ability, Judge Wfthrow would be a
valuable addition to the supreme
bench
That the Hawk Eye does rot over
i estimate Judge Witnrow's qualities
that mako him most acceptable oc-
cuDant Of the bench is maze evident
By his repeated election as district
Judge without opposition That shows
/ how he !s regarded by the people OF
this district and the voters of all
parties. When mans neighbors.
Who know him best. endorse him as
our people have approved Of Judge
4 Withrow az the polls and In every
other way In which public opinion
finds expression. he certainly has Gre
dentials Of character, Of ability. Ct
fidelity TO daty which no one can
challenge and Of which anyone ought
to be proud
IT IS many years since this section
o. the state has had a member OF the
supreme court Ii Is now the t,lrn Of
southeastern Iowa 10 nave conssdera-
ion And Henry county and the
twentieth Judicial district. have the
man for the place
This is good endorgenen. and II is
wholly deserved Judge Wfthrow s
one Of the very best Judges In the
state Of Iowa as his record conclus.
lively shows, and Is besides A man O,
the highest personal character. HI.
elevation to the supreme bench would
reflect credit upon the appointing
power and add to the est eem In which
the court is generally held judge
Withrow's home is in Mt Pleasant.
The following resolutions were adopt.
ed there on Saturday by the Henry
county bar. They voice not only the
sentiments Of the bar, but of tho corr.
munity generally. and are valuable al
showing how he is regarded where ne
is best known:
Judge Withrow has been On .be
bench OF the Twentieth judicial dis.
trct for the past seventeen years ana
has given universal satisfaction IA
the bar. to litigants and 10 tho public
!, generally He Is an able lawyer and
an upright and Just Judge His de-
cisions have almost uniyersally been
sustained by the supreme court IN
appeal, which testifes to the sound
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14
suFEERlNe lh suLoARIA.

As usual in every war, not all the
suffering Of the present struggle IN
the Balkan states takes place in the
army. The people OF the Balkans are
largely poor peasantry dependent al
most from day 10 day ON the support
of the head Of the family. When
thousands u these supporters leave
home for the front their dependents
are left in desperate straits. a Bull
garian Theodore ylsdimirof By name.
lifing IN Chicago, says Of the situs
ton
never before In the history Of the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14
WAYLAND, MO.
. = = = . = - = - : : =

DR.. Winnard of Warsaw was max
ing some professional calls here Fri.
day and doing some surgical work.
Some of our business men are max
ing their ads bristle with unpleasant
mud-slinging at each other, while
readers laugh and criticize
DIR. Miller Is sick with the measles
and NJ. Cooper Morris came home
from Detroit with them Miss Lee
master, near st F. aged fifteen, is
not expected to live by getting around
too soon after having the measles.
Parties not posted claim oat sowing
time is past The best oats and the
largest yield that was ever hauled to
Wayland was last year and sown on
April IS, making lis bushels per, and
large fields sown on from April II to
&c made seventy-fve bushel average.
So why get discoura ged?
Fox river, which was out of It's
banks, is again back to normal. MANY
small fields of wheat were inundated.
but the water being cold, the damage
is trivial
The city dads are making arrange
ments to have several cars of burnt
coal slack put on the main street of
our city. 1t is almost compulsory on
account of the mud
Jas. c. NAPLES has the contract to
repair the old Winkelman home near
Alexandria; also TO build large
barn on G. Winkelman's farm where
G. Graf now lives.
DR.. l.. d. Mckee is not dangerously.
but is too sick to leave his home
Mrs. S. A, Vermiilicn is improving. and
Captain Lou Williams fnow eighty
three is not able to be on our streets
of late.
We believe the discussion going on
In the press Of the country about the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14
After Five DAYS.

PHILADELPHIA. April 14.-when
Edmund Guenkel was placed on trial
here today on charge of conspiracy
In the frost murder OF last August,
for which Mrs Frieda Hartman frost
is under sentence of death, Distric,
Attorney Rotan expected to prove that
.Guenkel had. by threats, forced frost
to convey all his property to his wife
Five days after his marriage, frost
was dead of arsenic poisoning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14

The Burlington railroad has inaugu-
rated back to the farm" movement
and permanent agricultural exhibit
has been opened at the company's
headquarters in Chicago. James ].
Hill, empire builder and developer Of
the northwest, was present at the
opening and predicted great things.
The movement is highly commend
able There is urgent need for or
ganized effort TO counteract the pres
ent tendency of population to congre-
gate in the cities.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14
BELFAST.
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We are having plenty of rain at
present.
Harold Moline was Croton caller
Thursday.
Andrew Anderson was a Farming
ton caller one day last week.
Mrs. Albert Swanson, Mrs. Joe
Moore and Miss Ella Nelson visited
r B. Nelson one day last week.
Riley Dehart is on the sick list.
Andrew Anderson was a Croton
caller Thursday.
Mrs. Dickinson and Bessie Louis
were visiting Mrs. O'Neal one day
last week.
Mrs. Joe Bonom visited Brodsky's
one day last week.
Yes Surrena visited Art Horsey
one day last week
Mr. Perry Moline and wife visited
Andrew Anderson Sunday.
Miss Nora Dehart visited the An
derson home Sunday.
Mr. Howard and Dewey Hadix Wis
tied Andrew Anderson's one day las,
week.
Mr. Burcher was Croton caller
one day last week.
Jake Croker went to Keokuk
Thursday
Ed Sprouts was a Croton caller
Thursday.
Clara Felt was a Pennington caller
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14

Cities in Iowa will be authorized to
build and manage theaters If Bill
which has passed the house meets
with similar reception in the senate.
The measure provides that elections
may be held to determine whether
municipal theaters shall be establish
ed and 2-mill tax for the support OF
the playhouse is included Manage
ment is to be vested in board OF
FIVE trustees appointed By the mayor
and council.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14
ksokuk, iowa .....AprIl "a, 1913
slF,s

"lF.s
This clever parody on KpHng'
lannon's poem app ered recently il
The Daily State of Columbia. S. c.:
L you can rim husband without
trying.
And make him think that he's the
Drize-not you;
you can trust him-when ron know
he's lying,
And never even let him know you
knew;
Il you can wait, and wait-and keep
On waiting,
And greet him, when he comes,
with smiling eyes.
And listen 10 The old equivocating,
and never say 100 much or look too
wise;
II ron can love him minus shave or
collar.
If you can cook when bookings not
your aim;
Il you can coax for every single dol.
lar,
and 90 on being thankful just the
same;
II you can hear tee earnest words
you've spokei
Twisted to make them sound inane,
absurd,
Or see your dearest hopes and idols
broken.
And never, never say single word:
If you can make one heap Of your
illusions,
And risk them on one man-to
stand or fall
And finding all your fares dreams
delusions,
Can still declare that he was worth
it all;
II you can force your heart, and
nerves, and sinew
To keep smiling face until the
end,
And never show what thoughts are
settling in you,
And seem TO feel the Joy thai you
pretend;
II you can have your say-and then
keep quiet,
And never lose your gentle little
Touch
If you can hide his weakness. or deny
And other men don't interest yor
much;
II you can spend each day and hour
and minute
In pleasing him and never make Z
blunder.
Well, matrimony's yours-for wha
there's in II,
And-what is more my girl. you'll
be wonder,
Helen Adelaide Roylands.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14

country has such suffering been
kne wn. People too proud 20 beg and
without any food left in their bread
box have been found dead in Philip
popolis and other places.
up to the present Bulgaria has
lost 10000 dead and close to 100000
wounded soldiers. There is no one
to take care of their mothers, widows,
and children. These families have
given their all.
Il would be only too glad to fur
nish the names and the addresses of
responsible people in Bulgaria to
whom funds could be sent for proper
distribution among the poor"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14

The soldiers OF the Revolution were
heroes, all right, but If they had
fought the British as fiercely as the
Daughters OF the American Revolution
today fight each other In their nation
al conventions this country would
have won It's independence In half the
time 1t did. The spirit of 7s- evil
IDENTIFY grows stronger with age.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14
A. B. Cunan1ins Hoists
Signal Of Distress
Blind Title Bill Held in Secrecy Which Would Help
linn in Eecion-Name May go on Republican and
Moose lickets-Scheme to Eradicate II aft Men
From Party Standing and Availability

David Brant in Iowa City Republi
can: Des Moines, April H.
! Special: A little innocent lookins
] bill. of only a few lines. by McHose
of Boone, contains more political
dynamite than anything proposed In
a legislature in this state in many
years. The bill is as follows:
/ For an act to amend section l1oS
iof the supplement to the Code, 1907,
relating to the form of ballots at
elections.
Section /. That section eleven
hundred six t1106} of the supplement
to the code, 1907, be and the same
is, hereby amended by striking out
and repeating all, OF said section after
the period in the fourteenth line down
to and including the period in the
twenty-ninth line of said section.
amend the election laws that the
name of candidate can appear more
than once upon the official ballot. The
motive is TO permit both the Republi-
can and bull moose parties to put
the name of Senator Cummins on the
official ballot for senator.
In other words, those back of the
bill are seeking to have the legisla-
ture stoop to the mental and dis
honest act of attempting legislation
calculated to benefit one man and
his factional followers.
But this is not ALL If the bill be-
comes law, its workings will elm
mate every supporter OF President
Taft, who has stood tor an honest
Republican party in the years past,
from becoming a possibility as a can
didate for any Office.
Suppose that Taft man should be
nominated for any Office, legislative
or other. he would never be indersed
and put on the official ballot under
the heading of the so-called progress
sive party. But If the candidate was
a radical progressive, a ranter, such
as now are leaders in the party in.
many parts of the state, he most like.
" would also be nominated By the
progressives, and thus would have the
benefit of the strength of both parties.
In other words, where a Republican
candidate had been a loyal supporter
of his party last year, from Taft down
to the bottom, he would have to fight
against the Democratic party's organ
ization and candidate, with the pro
gressive party In the field with an OPP
posing candidate, or he might have to
meet the same candidate upon both
the Democratic and progressive par
ties.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14

children taught to salute the flag and
the flag on every public school usad
daily. She wants children and grow
ups alike to stand whenever the pa
tional anthem is being played. and
would fuse racial and economic
groups into one inclusive patriotic
Americanism.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14
PLAYGROUND Gift.

WASHINGTON, April 14-Patrioe
ism in the playground is the object
of Washington woman who toda,
announced gift of $1,000 to the Play
ground and Recreation Association OF
America. The woman's name has
been withheld by the association at
her request, but she asked that hef OBJ
ject be given publicity. She wants
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14

The unreasonableness OF the Eng
lish suffragettes is pointed out by the
Springfield Register. When they are
In prison they refuse to open their
mouths; when they are out, they re-
fuse to close them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14

There is no loss without correspond
ing gain. The more vicious the Demo
cratic assault on the tariff the sooner
the Republican party, the party of
protection to American industries,
Will be restored to power.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14

The bard of the Houston tTexas
Post tunes his Tyre as follows con.
corning certain recent political
events:
They cooked the goose Of the Bull
Moose
In old st. Louis, too;
And in Chicago by the lake
They told the beast skiddoo;
And in Peoria they tied
A can to him SO tight
That You might hear him ki-yi-ing
Till he was out OF sight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14
Under the Wheels

LONDON, April 14-strees carr
motor buses and automobiles killed
1872 persons in England in year com.
pared with 5l9 fatalities due to horse
drawn vehicles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14

Latest figures OF life loss and home
less victims of the Ohio flood foot up
454 lives snuffed out and 1913 in
need OF public assistance. These fig
ures win be increased when the re-
turns from the flood in the Mississippi
are received
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14

Health Commissioner Young of Chi
eago refused to assist in the passage
OF an antf-cigarette law in Illinois. on
the ground that the use Of cigarettes
is no more injurious to adults than
Is tobacco in other forms. Did he
never hear of one Lucy Page Gastone
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-14
Expected to slip Bill Through.

The McHose bill was introduced
early In the session. 1t has never
been acted upon or reported BY the
elections committee. but was slipped
over to the sitting committee. There
its nature was discovered. The two
Democratic and two of the Republican
members of the committee, at first
opposed the bill, but the political
managers got busy and changed one
Republican, so the bill got the ap-
prevail of the house sitting committee.
| 1t Is now known that a secret caucus
icf the progressive leaders in the
house was held at which it was decid-
ed to rush the bill through the house.
1t is not likely that the bill would
have stood much show OF passing il 1t
had come out into the open as bills
usually do, by being reported upon by
committees, but to have brought it
up in the committee meant the reve-
lation of what was In hand, hence
evidently is the motive for secret
action.
The only criticism against the bill
when it was passed by the 26th gen
eral assembly was the motive of those
who introduced and supported the
measure. The law is right in prin-
ciple, but now when A. B. Cummins
and the progressives need votes, they
throw a former record to the winds
and seek to pass bills that have no
purpose other than to help politician
| in sore distress.
The practical result of the law
when first enacted was to drive the
Ipopulists into the Democratic party
The practical results of the present
proposition would be to eliminate the
Taft men from any position of stand,
| ing within the party
The progressiyes often have boast
ed they can carry elections without
the help of the old guard, and that
the presence OF the so-called stand
patters in the party is source of
weakness
Cummins is sending kilograms to
members to support the bill.