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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

Urgency assessment Collected last
spring, Immediately after the passing
of the new law. ana the collections on
assets OF failed banks. Some Of these
additional warrants were of course Is
sued in settlement OF the affairs OF
banks which had failed previously, but
nine banks liQuidated between March
6 and October 1 in which the board
was obliged to issue warrants against
the guaranty fund Probably the
heaviest loss was In connection with
the First State bank of Oklahoma City,
which drew on the guaranty fund for
S1S1,193. The bank was never closed
but was sold to new owners, the board
Issuing Its warrants to replace the
worthless assets OF the bank in a suffi-
cient amount to protect the purchas-
ers. In the liquidation of the Anadarko
State bank 100000 was paid out over
the counter to depositors, in addition
to other settlements that were made.
The bank had but $4,000 cash on hand
and an overdraft of $500 when its
legal reserve would have been about
$4,000.
During the past year nineteen other
institutions have been restored to sol
vency, according to the bank commits
sioner's statement, without liquidation
or issuance of warrants, either by re-
organization or assessments levied
against the stockholders.
Since the enactment of the guaranty
law the banks of the state have paid
into the guaranty fund close to $4,000
600, all Of which has been used in
1quidating state banks, with the ex.
ception of the small balance now on
hand, and that sum lacked nearly one
third OF being enough as is shown by
the additional issue of warrants. now
outstanding. A total OF $1,429,231 was
paid out to banks in Oklahoma City.
including the Columbia Bank and
Trust company, $613,os4 Night and
Day bank, S379,06s; Planters and Me.
chanics. $214,244; First State, $751;
1913, and First State Of Capitol Hill,
$S1,613. Prior to the passage of the
present law, 1t had been the custom of
the banking department to make loans
from the guaranty fund to banks which
were In shaky condition, with the
idea OF tiding them over and prevent
ing greater loss to the guaranty
fund If they were closed, but almost
without exception the bank had to be
Hquidated eventually. making the loan
dead loss to the fund That policy
has now been abandoned, but the
banking department is still face to
face with the serious problem of how
to pay off the Indebtedness which has
been piled up against the guaranty
fund.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17
POLITICAL eEpLAMs.

Americans who imagine they are
the champion noisemakers In polit-
ical campaign have another guess
coming. The recent local campaign in
New York City. with its bands and
banners, red fire and recriminations,
and its whirlwind of speechmaking,
by many is considered the limit Of
political bedlam. Compared with the
recent campaign in the Reading d.
vision Of England, the New York con-
test appears as mild as a jollification
at deaf mute institute. An Ameri-
can correspondent who visited Read
ing. city of $4,000 people, during
the last days Of the battle, counted
twenty-five orators spouting from cart
tails at the same time. The whole
city teemed with politics, with 1900
paiG speakers turned loose on the
populace, to say nothing of leather
Hunger cohorts of unpaid enthusiasts.
One hundred open air meetings were
running in full blast simultane ously
within radius Of one mile, aud in
addition mass meetings were being
held in halls. Although serious is
sues were involved, personalities were
avoided, and considerable humor OF
the heckling sort developed In one
instance while minister was draw
ing a vocal picture OF the present
happy and prosperous condition Of
the working people" party Of real
vocalists in the crowd started singing
the hymn, Tell Ne the Same Ga,
Old Story" At another meeting a de.
termined.looking suffrage,te finished
scolding patient crowd and asked,
Does any gentleman here want to
ask me question: Yes" farmer
called out. 'are you married." "Of
course am" the suffragette replied.
Then thank God am not your hus-
band" the farmer exclaimed while
the crowd cheered and dispersed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17
HOHL S BONDsMEN
ASKING FOR RELIEF
When Matter is Explained However
They Withdraw Their
Objections.

The FIVE parties who furnished the
bond for Louis Hohl appeared in court
Saturday at Fort Madison and asked
permission TO withdraw the bond. ac-
cording to the Democrat Upon being
questioned as to tie reason for the
withdrawal they replied that they un.
derstood that they were also held re-
sponsible for the cost of the trial whils
acting as Hollis bondsmcn. but upon
being informed that this was not the
case they consented to LET the transac-
ton remain as 1t stood A number Of
people learned of the fact and ru-
NOR was started that tie men were
afraid to remain en- bond after the
verdict of manslaughter had been re-
turned and that Hohl was to be placed
in the county jail until further action
was taken by the court, but upon in.
vestigation the foregoing facts were
ascertained.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17
The Mexican Situation

Ed. Fl M0rearty In Omaha Bee: The
situation Of affairs in Mexico Is grow
Ing daily more difficult and it appears
from condition OF affairs as they now
exist, that We have q president and
secretary OF state who are not compe-
tent to deal with 1t, for the handling
OF the Mexican question cannot be
classed as statesmanship in any sense.
It began with threat to the newly
established government after the ASH
ion Of the schoolmaster admonishing q
child that it must behave itself under
pain OF spanking. And as It grew
worse, adding assassination, and the
oyerthrowing Of all legislative author
ity by a dictator and the hollow mock
cry OF an election, the course taken by
our government was neither coercive
or imperative. In place OF Mr.. Bryan,
who is supposed to represent the adj
ministration, engaging in loose and
bombastic talk, it was and is his plain
duty to use few words and strons
ones, and boldly and emphatically re-
affirm the Monroe doctrine. as would
have been done by John Quincy
Adams. William H. Seward, james g.
Blaine and Richard Olney.
The president has two plans under
consideration. The first is to the
recognition of the northern rebels. In
cooperating with them in putting
down Huerta, restoring peace and In
holding fair national election. This,
in my judgment, would be a grave mis-
take. as the rebels in the north have
no right to consideration, as they rose
IN revolt when the victory of General
Madero had given them peaceful
and lawful republic. thus giving HUI
erta his opportunity to usurp the
presidency and afterward declaring
himself dictator They have shown
no disposition to sue for peace; they
have in cold blood assassinated Ameri-
cans who fell into their hands. and
held others in prison for ransom. They
stand for nothing but the ambition Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

rival leaders Of revolution and an I'M
willingness to submit to national au-
thority.
The other suggested feature OF his
plan Is an election OF a new president
under our own control, and his recog-
milton by all the powers. To do this
would require the overthrow OF both
the present governments by military
force, and give to the Mexican resist
ance q patriotic war against our fnya-
sion OF the republic. This proposition.
however well meant, would have but
little support in the breast of the peo-
pie after the election.
In my judgment the better way Of
settling this trouble would be to COM
pei all foreign nations to keep their
hands off, but not We alone, but the
whole American continent undertake
the settlement OF this question. Then
the situation would be radically diff
ferent. With Argentina, Chilli, Peru
and Brazil. cooperating for the good OF
the continent, we then could not be
placed in the attitude Of coercing the
people OF the republic against their
will. and 1t would establish precedent
for peace in showing that Pan-America
is not going to endure IN Mexico or
elsewhere, uprisings produced by the
ambitions of lawless aspirants to pow.
err This can and should be done and
without the aid or consent of any for
eign power on earth, and without the
shedding Of one drop OF the blood OF
an American soldier. and we will have
retained the love, respect and admira-
ton of the nations of the world, and
above all we must give European pow
ers to understand that all the Ameri-
can people are in entire agreement on
one thing; that the leadership of this
continent shall not pass to any Euro.
pean power and that there shall be no
expansion Of European possessions on
its territories, and that the Monroe
Doctrine shall ever be an important:
part of our national constitution
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17
STATE GUARANTY LAW A FAIL
uRE.
Amendments Failed to Cure Defects
on Sept. 80, s15,s7o.74 on Hand
$3.50, 6oe.75 Outstanding Warrants.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov lin
spite of the passage of the amend
ments to the bank guaranty law dur
ing, which were expected to cure the
ture, which we're expected to cure the
defects which had been found in its
operation, report just made by the
state bank commissioner to the bank
ers of the state shows that there has
been a very large increase in the
amount of warrants outstanding
against the bank guaranty fund since
the passage of the new law, and to-
meet that condition the banking board
has called on the banks for additional
securities, equal to one per cent of
their average deposits, to protect these
warrants.
One of the advantages which the
new law was supposed to have was
that it limited the amount of assess
ment to be made for the benefit of the
guaranty fund to is of per cent each
year, so that the banks could know
exactly what they would have to con-
tribute each year, but that seems to-
apply only to cash assessments and
not to the requirement of additional
securities to protect outstanding war
rants.
The statement OF the condition of
the guaranty fund on September 80
showed that there was only s15,S70I4
in cash on hand and ss5G,60s.75 in war
rants outstanding against it. The cash
on hand had decreased from $24 ,097 81
on June 80. Commissioner Landlord
is frank In stating that he does not see
any prospect for any immediate reduc-
ton In the amount of warrants and in
fact estimates that their amount will.
says that there are several more banks
which will have TO be taken care OF by
the department before the first of the
year, after which he believes that re
will be able to keep a close enough
check on the banks OF the state SO that,
every insolyent institution may be;
taken care of before the assets are i'm
paired beyond the amount of its CAPT
tai and surplus OF course If that CON
dition is possible of attainment, ALI
warrants that would be issued for their
benefit could be taken up out of the
collections.
That is far from being the case, how
ever, with the banks which have been
closed recently. Since the new law
was passed the amount of outstanding
warrants has increased $500 mn in
srite - the "rc 3tfh of I par cent en-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17
WOMEN IN coNGREseY

Are we to have congress woman
to sit in council with the congress.
men at Washington some time in the
near future?" is the question that is
now bcing asked. And this because
one woman has already been urged to
become candidate from the Denver
district. She is Mrs. Helen Ring Rob-
inson, known far and wide as the only
woman state senator in America. 1t
was just year AGO this month that
Mrs. Robinson, who had long been an
indefatigable worker for the welfare
of women in her city and state, was
elected to four year term in the
Colorado state senate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17
MARRIAGE AND THE INCOME TAX.
IL a man and his wjfa ora l;yic *

MARRIAGE AND THE INCOME TAX.
If man and his wife are living to-
.gether, for the purposes of the income
tax they are considered one.
From their aggregate income they
are permitted an exemption of $4,000.
If they had never married, they would
be entitled each to an exemption of
$4,000.
1t is contended that to deny a per-
son taxable in his or her own right
an exemption of $4,000 merely be-
cause that person is married, and to
grant another person the exemption
because he Tor shel is not married is
unequal taxation, discriminatory and
unjust.
Mr.. Louis Murphy, the u. S. revenue
collector for the district of Iowa, ex-
plains in an article in his paper. the
Dubuque Telegraph Herald, that the
theory of those who framed the law
probably was that husband and wife
are one in their possessions. In most,
if not all, the states the wife has
dover interest in her husbands estate
and her husband in his wife's estate.
Where they have children, their
wealth is the childrens It is uni
tary. or family. possession.
Moreover, Mr.. Murphy goes on to
say. the exemption of $4,000 is made
on the theory that persons ought to
have this much for living expenses.
TO allow husband and wife each an
exemption OF $4,000 would be to
grant them twice as much as allowed
others for like purposes. II it be con.
tended that both ought to have more,
it is answered that they have, in
$4,000 exemption, $1,000 more.
Another factor for consideration 10
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

The pnstofiicc department at Wash
ington has barred from the mails
printed lectures on the subject of sex
hygiene delivered in Chicago high
schools by physicians and others UNI
der the authority of the Chicago
board of education. The postoflce de.
pertinent acted upon advice OF the
department of justice, which held
sample lectures submitted to be in
decent,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17
City Attorneys nutlea.

limited Press Leased Wire servIce.]
DENVER, Colo, Nov. 17.-City Al.
torney Stevens has failed to convince
prospective Denver divorcee that
ne is busy.
She told him so over the telephone
today when he excused himself from
a council session, to listen to her
wants.
Doesn't the city attorney bring
actions for divorce when requested by
tax payers?'' she queried.
That's strange she said when told
the city was busy divorcing itself
from the water company.
was told it was part of the city at
.orney's duties. II it is not. It should
be-"
And City Attorney Stevens hung uu
the sizzling receiver.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17
FACTORS in DEGENERAcY.

Dean Sumner of Chicago, man of
wide experience and observation, de-
clares that immodest dress, vicious
dances and smut songs are the three
factors in degeneracy. He
i. quoted as saying:
We are accustomed to the evil
influence from below. but at present
the greatest influence appears from
above. The police can stop the
poor, but God only knows what will
stop society people unless we have q
social or moral regeneration. When
! take the shop girl In hand and tell
her of the baneful influences of GER
tain dances, she points out that our
well-to-do people also indulge. And
then, what can | say?'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17
TIE SPICE OF LIFE

THE SPICE OF LIFE.
/ do not envy him who neer
Has borne the bruises of defeat.
Whose PATHWAYS have been smooth
and fair,
Whom chance has never learned to
cheat:
For he has nsver claimed the sweet
Reward that comes to them who
dare
To be triumphant. to possess
The splendid solace of success
Won after failure and despair.
do not envy lovers who
Have never found their love be-
trayed.
Who love but once and journey
through
Life by one little passion swayed:
For they have never gladly laid
Aside the false love for the true,
And they have missed his splendid
thrill
Who. having loved In vain, can still
Forget the ache and love anew.
q
do not envy him whose days
Have all been peaceful days and
bright.
Who has not looked with envious
gaze
On luckier men who scorned his
plight;
For he has never won the right
TO proudly listen to the praise
Which is reserved for those who
gain
Their honors after bitter pain
And many storms and long delays.
IS. z. Kiser in Leslie's Weekly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

that II husband and wife were grant
ed each $4,000 exemption, with ST.
600 marriage exemption for one or the
other. OF pro rata between the two,
there would be frequent evasion Of the
tax by transfer of property from the
taxable person to the untaxable one,
thus effecting to put both within the
exemption limit and relieve them from
payment of the tax.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

In the resolutions passed by the
Oklahoma state federation OF women's
clubs, in session at Tulsa last week
the present style of dress affected by
women was scored as .simmodest, In
artistic and unworthy to be worn by
women of refinement and strength OF
character, Newspapers that feature
crime and scandal were also con-
demned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17
30 Cent Eoo Club.
/ United Press Leased Wire 6

United Press Leased Wire Service.l
CLEVELAND, Ihio. Nov. 17.-Ten
Thousand Cleveland people are mem
oers of the thirty cent egg club" an
organization which has declared a
s,rike against eggs and will alb
stain from eating eggs for two weeks,
or until the price is lowered.
Eggs were never more plentiful IN
November than they are this year.
said Frank s. Krause, organizer OF
the CLUB"
But still eggs cost sixty cents a
dozen. four cents more than last year
Spectators are to blame.',
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

The postoff1ce department has let it
be known that it will close its eyes
to the federal eight-hour law during
the Christmas rush OF mail. This
means that clerks and carriers will
face the necessity OF putting In long
hours in order that congestion OF mail
matter may be avoided They will,
of course, receive extra pay for the
extra hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

Reports from Panama that in
August there was not single death
among the 12,4S1 white American m n
women and children in the canal zone
add another evidence of the wonder
full success. of Colonel Gorgas as a
sanitary officer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

Professor Kennedy says the farm
ers OF Iowa have lost twenty millions
Of dollars this year through the raw
ages of hog cholera. Only an excep-
tionally prosperous state could stand
such a large monetary loss without
serious injury to its credit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

If Mr.. Bryan is disposed to put his
universal peace plan to a decisive
test let him try it on the London
suffragettes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

Most people would gladly pay the
income tax if they could get the in
come This may not be news, but 1t
is solid fact
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

Missouri man Is reported to be
dieting on buckwheat cakes and
sausage. Such martyrdom desc yes
rich reward.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

Speaking of the cost of living, 1t
hasn't come down fast enough to
smash anything.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

According to George AIDE, it is true
married men have better halves, but
bachelors have better quarters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

Anyway, Huerta cannot be accused
of being gutter But when that IS
said in his favor all is said.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

The most popular novel nowadays is
Invariably one of the best sex-sellers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

The latest dance is known as the
"maxixe.' AS it is double crossed to
begin with it can hardly expect to
become popular.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

A speed maniac the other day drove
an automobile across Iowa from
Davenport to Council Bluffs, dis
lance of 1914 miles. in 54S minutes
actual running time This is an aver
age of 3s.5 miles per hour. The
elarsed running time was SOS minutes
ran average of s5.5 miles per hour.
The best previous record between the
two cities was 451 minutes actual
running time, an average of SS miles
Der hour. The elapsed time brought
this dnwn 70 ~ minutes
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17
Suggested by the Lacrosse Lea

Suggested by the Lacrosse Lead
crPress:
Why not let Roosevelt attack
Mexico from the south and BRYAN
from the north at the same time.
Then, when the speeches begin flying,
Huerta will simply be compelled to
cry for quarter
Huerta is a had man. undoubtedly,
and should be punished. but isn't the
proposed penalty entirely too severe2
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17
THOUGHT FoR THE DAY..

Do not anticipate trouble or worry
about what may never happen. Keep
In the sunlight Franklin.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

The situation must be serious in
deed. Secretary Bryan refuses to talk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

Read The Daily Cate C,tx.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-17

county Officers were approved and
ordered filed, to-wit:
The river press., 1913-12-03

one does in the way of honest work
as the spirit in which one does it. To
take hold heartily OF what comes In
ones way and do it with will-that
is the secret of content. Besides, 1t
is most commonly the secret of fair
measure of success.
AS a rule there is not much to be
expected from a frequent change In
occupation. The chances are that If
you are discontented with the work
which you are doing now, you will be
just as discontented, in little while,
with the next job, and the next, and
the next, to the end of the chapter. 1t
only occasionally happens that one
gains anything by crossing to the 9TH
er side of the road. The time and en-
ergy expended in making the change
had better be used in getting ahead
You will have gone farther by night
time, and on the whole will be better
satisfied.
The river press., 1913-12-03
The First Income Tax

The income tax was first imposed
in Great Britain under the ministry
of William Pitt on Jan. 1, 1888, after
failing to raise revenue enough to
meet the exigencies of the period by
trebling the amount of assessed tax.
es. Under this law all incomes under
5000 were exempt.
The first income tax imposed In this
country was during the civil war,
when in 1861 congress authorized q
tax of 8 per cent on all incomes
amounting to over $500 a year. In
July of the following year, the law
was changed to tax all incomes under
$4,000 at the rate Of 5 per cent. with
an exemption Of 5000 aud house rent
actually paid.
There were other graduations on in.
creased taxation on incomes over the
$4,000 mark, and nonresident Amer
leans were also taxed.
Congress passed bill including a
tax on all incomes above the $4,000
mark during the second Cleveland ad-
ministration, but the supreme court.
after a long hearing, declared that 1t
was unconstitutional.
The river press., 1913-12-03
Milwaukee Mortgage Bonds

Jefferson City, Mo-, Nov. 27.-The
state public service commission
granted permission Tuesday to the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail-
road company to issue $470,000,000 of
ninety-nine year mortgage bonds.
The mortgage is to cover the 10000
miles of main track of the company
and all it's holdings. The object sought
by the issuance Of the bonds is the
consolidation of all the company's in
deDtcdnesa into ~s..eao IiiUI Isdge. IL
is specified that the bonds shall not
bear interest in excess of 6 per cent.
The company operates in twelve
states and it's lines pass through 153
counties. In each of these the mort
gage must be recorded. The com
pany's statement filed here today
shows $316,42S,20O in outstanding
bonds, and a total of 1854, ,4S9,500 In
it's treasury. Under its charter. the
company cannot issue bonds in ex
cess of Is per cent of it's holdings.