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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01
BILLY SUNDAY IN PITTSBURGH.

Billy Sunday seems to be having
things pretty much his own way in
Pittsburgh where he is conducting a
series OF meetings at the present time.
Pittsburgh is the largest city in
which he has yet labored, but his sue
cess is no less marked there than In
the smaller communities. Secretary
Bryan stopped OF the other day
to hear him and wrote hin.
q letter of commentator thaA
must have warmed the cookies
Of his heart. The Pittsburgh
newspapers have been quite generous
In the amount OF space and attention
given the evangelist, even the Cath
Ollie press which as rule looks with
distrust upon his methods, commend.
ing him and his good work. The
Pittsburgh Catholic, for instance,
says:
Whatever may be thought of this
modern evangelist. It may be truth
fully said of him that he is no hypo-
critic, and according to his light, he
does not hesitate to mince words in
his fiery denuncsation OF many mol
ern evils that are rampant In this
city OF free thought. The evils of in
Temperance are described in withes-
ing invective and fierce scorn; men
who neglect their families are scorch-
ed in an electric glow; women, slaves
OF fashion, immodest in their DIR SIS.
forgetful of shame in the forward
dance, unm'ndful of hons and its
precious duties see themselves reflect.
| ed in light that should aroTsa them
| to new born sense of wsmanly no.
bilfty and purity. The homs is shown
up as the one sacred place where the
child is developed into the uprieht
man. We believe this revival will
have good effect on the community
that attend these meetings. Removed
as we are, far as the Ant'podes from
the creeds interested in this evange
1 list, it would be unjust If we did not
see the good that may come to our
separated brethren. much as We m'eht
ibe inclined to cyiticise the ways and
means"
It appears to be another case OF
/ He came, he saw. he conquered Mr..
Sunday is without peer in his spe-
cial line of work, and he never fails
to make good. regardless of the size
and character OF the community.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01
Can't Understand Decency

ST. Louis Globe Democrat: That
many of the people OF Latin-Ameriea
are incapable OF understanding the
policy of decency this country has
pursued since the foundation OF the
republic was emphasized by the dem
onstrations of hostility by numerous
citizens of Santiago, Chill, on the ar
rival Of former president OF the
United States as a visitor. Shrieks of
Down with American imperialism
rent the air and the visitor was greet
ed with all sorts of derisive cries. 1t
became necessary for the police to
charge the crowd to clear the way to
a hotel. 1t is stated that the dem
onstration was in part provoked by a
series of articles in paper printed
in Spanish, filed with insinuations
and open charges of imperialistic de.
signs by the United States.
Ever since the Cuban war this an
tipathy has been observed. Whether
the cause of that struggle was Ameri.
can disgust at the treatment Of the
natives of Cuba, whether, as Mr.. Taft
has said, it was to abate neighhor.
hood nuisance, or whether it was pre-.
icipitated by the blowing up of the
Maine, there can be no division OF
Iopinion as to our disinterested treat
ment Of Cuba following the war. His
tory has no parallel for our conduct
toward Cuba. for whose independence
we spent hundreds of millions OF dol
lars and spilled our best blood. Cuba
had no claims on the United States
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01

The Second Iowa district Republi-
can congressional committee has
named Harry Hull of Williamsburg as
the Republican candidate for congress
in the election to be held on February
10. Mr.. Hull is to fill the vacancy
caused by the refusal of William E.
Hayes of Clinton to accept the nomi-
nation offered him by the recent Re
publican district convention The
election is for the purpose of choosing
successor to the late Representative
]. s. Pepper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01

An evangelist at Cedar Rapids last
week said that if men are to be per
mitted to use profanity while travel
ing, special car should be provided
for them. The suggestion lie good
one. Next to drunken man, the
fellow who turns loose flood of pro-
family within the hearing OF respect
able people is the most disgusting
nuisance in public carriers. If men
are to be allowed to use profanity
with impunity when travelling separ-
sss apartments should be provided
'aem in all public conveyances.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01

az that boys and girls who will do
work like that are entitled TO better
school house and better equipment,
and tell them that as soon as they
get the house they can come to my
store and get anything in it without
money or without price; for the best
business men as we'll as the best
school men realize that boys and girls
who do faithful work with what they
have will make the men and women
who will do good work when the time
|of larger opportunities comes to
them"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01

st. Louis, all high salaried men, have
petitioned their respective city admin.
istrations to reduce their salaries.
They give as their reasons for their
unusual request, that they are getting
more than the work incumbent upon
them entities them to- Cases are few
and far between where city Officials
publicly admit that they are drawing
more salary than they are earning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01

school can, with single acre Of
ground at his disposition. and with all
of the accumulated knowlefse Of
soils. seeds, fetilizers and l-ethcds OF
cultivation cleaned by the department
of agriculture at his command. make
five bushels, more or lass. OF high
grade corn grow, where one bashei
OF inferior @nHbbins grew before.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01

The Texas railroad commission has
ruled that when passengers check
baggage on tickets and do not use
the tickets, the tickets will not be
redeema'ble. This rule was made AT
the instance of the railroads, which
showed that tickets are bought and
used for checking baggage and carry.
ing excess baggage at low rates, and
then the tickets are redeemed, thus
securing free baggage service.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01

George AIDE is being pressed into
the race for United States senator in
Indiana MIR. AIDE is the only man In
sight capable of tightening the gloom
which fell upon the Hoosiers when
Tom Taggart started to run for the
job.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01
oszszs ;ssssIE sssssaD
RfdH6Klk
eokuk, Iowa February I, 1914
I'D RATHER HELP.

I'D RATHER HELP.
IA dare not throw away my life
In delving just for gain
For money facing fiercest strife
And causing others pain.
I'd rather help my brother man
BY word and thought and deed
And do what little good can
And bind up hurts that bleed.
cannot love cold bricks ana stone
Or wealth in golden store
The stocks and bonds that some may
But make them long for more.
| love the strains of music sweet
That float upon my ear
The greetings OF the friends / meet
Seem always full OF cheer.
/ must not hoard the shining gold
While others are In need
When they are helpless, sick or old
To satisfy my greed.
feel no heart throbs in the purse
When to my heart it's pressed -
Sometimes it seems to breathe curse
When it's too much caressed
I'll labor with an arm that's strong
For needs of those l love
Then help my fellow man along
And give his cart shove.
Robert r. Carroll
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01

According to a contemporary, Mex
leo Is bounded on the south by the
Panama canal, on the east by John
Lind, on the north by free meals. and
on the west by the deep sea.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01

At Ottawa. Ohio. no saloon will sell
more than four drinks day to any
one customer. However, az there are
ten saloons in the place no one
should find it difficult to satisfy an
ordinary thirst.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01

It has been noticed that nobody
has oontended that the teaching of
sex hygiene in the schools would not
interest the pupils.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01

A kansas editor lays it down cold
and flat that a married man who says
he is afraid Of no living mortal is a
liar.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01
Chronic Constipation cured.

Chronic Constipation cured.
Five years ago I had the worst cass
OF chronic constipation ever knew
OF, and Chamberlain's Tablets cureu
me-" writes s. F. Fish, BROOKLYN
Mich. For sale by all dealers. --Adser
-tisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01

1t is to be hoped that the shorn
lamb is duly thankful for the kind of
weather this winter to date
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01
Rare Instances.

Ottumwa Courier Three employees
Of the city OF New York and one OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

1t is not helps. but obstacles, not IA
cilities. but difficulties. that make
menu Mathews.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-01
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The Washington herald., 1914-08-30

means all organized. They are organized
only in seventeen States, where the fran
chise question is a present issue, and for
only seven years on a broad national
basis. Yet Mrs. Arthur NJ. Dodge. presi-
dent OF the National Association Opposed
to Woman Suffrage, said al the last
Harrisburg convention that the org.IniZa
ton would soon pass the half million
mark, that no State was averaging less
than a thousand a month increase in
membership, while some were getting
1000 in that time.
The Massachusetts, Association Opposed
to Woman Suffrage, on July l. had 5000
women over twenty-one as members
over six times the total for the Congress
sional Union. One branch of the Penn
sylvania Association Opposed to Woman
Suffrage has 1900 members, and one Of
its field committees has obtained the
signed pledges of an equal number of
qualified voters in fourteen counties re-
Gently canvassed.
Few anti-suffrage State organizations
have so few members as the militant"
Congressional Union for Woman Suf-
frage. The union, however. is always
getting place In the sun''-or the lime
Lightly originating or adopting some
new stunt" Its publicity measures are
Ineffective efforts to attract women to a
political faith cure" and women truly
have learned 10 think" Political cure
alls, like patent panaceas, do not appeal
to the woman who knows'-and most
women know.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-30
KANSAN SEEKS LAND
NOT REQUIRING WORK
Writes to Secretary Lane He Wants
Place Suitable to One With
h atTired Feeling"

Secretary Lane has just received a let
ter from Kansas which very we'll illus
trates the many curious communications
which are addressed to member of the
Cabinet:
Has your Uncle Samuel any real es-
tate in the land of the Arkansawyer that
he would dispose of to a man afflicted
with that tired feeling? A 20, an 50 or I5O
where one thus handicapped could get
his living with a gun and a fishing
tackle? Where he could have a good
swimmin' hole and canoe up and down
without let or hindranCe: free from skeet-
ers. niggers and chills? I must remark
to you that if the revered kinsman afore-
said is inclined TO load his legacy with
burdensome conditions. such as improve
ments galore, I must look elsewhere, as
wish to revert 10 the condition of the
cave dweller. excepting that should
want to take Virgil 'BosweIIs Life
Of Johnson and a Bible and mayhap a
fiddle. l want to get away from this an
imal or microbe they call man. He is
offensive to me-"
The Washington herald., 1914-08-30

her disappearing gold and silver coin;
but France reserved the power to issue
notes below 80 francs (Ss.60 until the
need for them should be developed by the
emergency OF war This foresight did
reserve, and gave her an opportunity to
add materially to the resources OF the
Bank OF France, when, on the outbreak
of the war. notes were promptly author
lied for 30 francs $3.50 and even for S
francs (s5 1-2c).
With the general suspension Of gold
payments at the central banks Of Eu-
rope, except at the Bank Of England
the banks are In a position to resist
raids upon their gold and to lend their
resources, as far as sound banking pol
icies permit to the struggle OF their
governments 10 maintain national indie
pendencc. In England. while the bank
Is still paying gold for notes, the policy
of keeping gold in circulation has been
abandoned. and the old limit OF note
issue, which was pounds .Se440, has
been lowered 10 10 shillings G24D and
! pound CS4ss).
1t is not the purpose Of any Of the Eu-
Topean powers, however. to carry on the
war by issues OF paper money. The sus-
pension Of gold payments at the banks
and the issue OF notes for small denomina-
lions, which are legal tender in domestic
is for the purpose or hus-
banding the gold stock against needless
runs and keeping II as a guaranty fund
OF national solvency. It is the course
which was adopted by France at the
The Washington herald., 1914-08-30
By CHARLES A. coNANr.

Copyright. lsl4)
While the assassination OF the Crown
Prince Of Austria was the immediate
pretext for setting Europe afiame with
war, coming difficulties had been cast
ing their shadow over European finance
for two years or more before the war
cloud burst A relentless struggle to
accumulate gold, the levy Of heavy
taxation, and the gradual withdrawal
of balances in foreign countries had been
the distinguishing financial policy Of
Germany and Russia for many months
before their ambassadors to each others
capitals were handed their passports and
quit their posts.
The friction between Germany and
France over Morocco, which became
acute when the little German cruiser
Panther steamed into the Bay Of Aga
dir in 1911, was intensified by the war in
the Balkans. which was closely watched
by the financial community at each Eu-
ropean capital for its effects on the
balance Of power in Europe. In spite
of the fact that the wars in the Bal
kans seem petty in the light Of the
great contest which has now opened,
they involved the expenditure of hun
dreds Of millions Of dollars which was
largely obtained in Paris in the form Of
temporary advances by the banks and
has not yet been taken on their shoul-
ders by the issue Of lonS-term bonds for
distribution among investors The pos
sibility that the smoldering ashes of
race jealousy in the Balkans might at
any moment break into flames was
keenly in the minds Of the big bankers
Of Berlin, Paris, Vienna, st. Petersburg.
and London throughout the year 1913
and even earlier.
How Germany Prepared for War.
Russia began setting her house in or
der by Withdrawing the large balances
which she kept in German. French, and
English banks. and which in time OF
peace she had counted as a part OF her
gold reserve having the same security
as coin and bullion in the vaults Of the
treasury or the state bank. In Germany
the story was Familiarity told that the
Kaiser, near the end OF the year 1912. in
quired of the governor of the Imperial
Bank IL the German banks were equip
ped for war. Being told that they were
The Washington herald., 1914-08-30

demands. These two steps were: First,
the issue OF notes for small amounts,
with the object OF substituting notes for
the gold in circulation; and, second, max
ing the notes Of the Imperial Bank legal
the bank had already departed from its
original policy OF keeping the circulation
saturated with gold coin by authorizing
the issue OF notes for 30 marks G11.s6
and 20 marks CsL7s). The effort was at
first made to limit the issue Of notes Of
these denominations to 1000. 10000 marks,
Cs72. 600 600, but early in 1912 this limit
was passed and within the next two
years the issue OF these two denomina-
tons Of small notes rose to 6s1.s22 900
marks, and their ratio to the total note
circulation to about IS per cent.
The government OF Russia had already
reversed its original policy Of 1897, Of
saturating the circulation with gold COIN
and adopted the policy Of issuing small
notes. The notes Of the smallest de-
nomination. l rouble G5e I-2 cents), were
indeed retired: but notes for roubles,
roubles, and 10 roubles G5.l5 were
steadily pumped into the circulation I'M
I'll as early as 1909 they constituted 46-5
per cent OF the total amount Of paper
outstanding Within the next I'VE years
the gold in the State Bank was increased
by about S17O.0 900. which nearly COW
cred the increase Of the outstanding
note issue by sos, $4,000
Belgium had for years issued notes OF
small denominations to take the place Of
The Washington herald., 1914-08-30

has been prescribed 10 American women
as the political panacea for every legal.
moral and physical disadvantage that
woman-in common with man, and to
less eXtent-suffers under human govern
ment. Woman suffrage has been tried
and tested as a remedy In national, State,
municipal and school elections for.Deriods
extending from two to forty-four years.
1t has brought no advantage to States
where women vote: on the contrary. the
testimony of residents and vital statis-
tics gathered by government experts have
oftentimes proved that the ballot is not
even a civic crutch to the woman who is
disable by political craftsmanship.
This is why the anti-suffragist organi-
cations are growing.
Women like Miss MabIe P. Boardman.
head of the American Red Cross; Miss
Emily P. Bissell, who introduced :he
Red Cross tuberculosis stamps; Miss Min
ME Bronson, a former government COM
missioner Of education and labor investi-
gator; Miss Ida NJ. Tarbell, whom ,
Columbia professor proposed for the
American hall of fame" for her research
work, are deep thinkers. They have
had splendid opportunities to judge the
franchise question on its merits-and they
are all anti-suffragists.
Likewise, women who have had better
practical politics than fate ever offered
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw. president Of the
National Woman Suffrage Association,
are opposed to equal suffrage. Mrs Will
lam Howard Taft wife of the former
President Of the United States, is the most
conspicuous example OF this class. She
is member OF the Connecticut Associa-
ton Opposed to Woman Suffrage.
As for organized strength, any unprej-
udiced investigator must award the prize
to the quiet 'antis." Few women who
believe they are Slaves" etc, under our
present form of government in thirty
nine States neglect to sign up with the
''woman's party" And yet the National
American Woman Suffrage Association,
which was organized in 1869, announced
its total membership last month as
about $4,000"
The Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage, which sends out weekly-and
weakly-threats to candidates VINO re-
fuse to indorse votes for women" has
the mighty % total of 1900 members, as
recently admitted by one of It's officers.
This national total for an organization
whose representatives had the hardihood
to demand action" of the President of
the United States and the present ses-
sion Of Congress-" is less than the num-
Der Of unmarried native women In York.
Pa. In the light of the numerical
strength OF the organization that makes
them, these demands seem just as ridicu-
lous as the hikes" melting pots and
other advertisements used to further the
trial Of the suffrage panacea.
But what about the anti-sunrage or
ganizations7 The "antis" are BY no
The Washington herald., 1914-08-30

not ready. he is said to have replied:
When ask that question again, / want
a different answer" To be able to give
a different answer was the end toward
which the Imperial Bank strove reso-
lutely and persistently from that moment
until Germany stood forth in shining
armor to oppose the intervention OF Rus
STA in behalf OF threatened servia. By
maintaining a discount rate Of per cent
at the Imperial Bank from January to
October q, 1913, by active bidding at the
London gold auctions for the gold which
arrived weekly from South Africa. and
by several changes in monetary legisla-
ton, the gold was steadily piled up
which might enable the governor OF the
whether German finance was equipped
for war.
From a gold fund of SIS, OOO00O on De-
cember 81, 1912, the Imperial German
Bank increased its reserve to SS56, 200. 900
on June 80, 1914 In addition, IL gathered
up for the imperial government a sum
OF about $50. 900 to be added to the
same amount stored in the vaults Of the
Juliusturm at Spandau. This sum of
$50, 10000 is rendered productive to the
government in a sense by the distribu-
ton Of an equal amount OF government
paper money in small denominations in
der no pledge, however. to hold the gold
against the notes in case OF war. and II
taxes and loans fail or are slow in reach
ing the treasury, the gold can be en-
ployed to obtain the necessary war sup
plies even from the hard-hearted for
eigner who will accept no other form OF
payment
Russia and France Reach Out for
the Worlds Gold.
France and Russia were not far behind
Germany in the scramble for the worlds
surplus gold to be added to their reserves.
Russia and France were from the begin
ming in a much stronger position in re-
spect to gold than Germany, even at the
outbreak of the war. France piled up her
gold holdings in eighteen months from
e16OOO.00O to $792, 900 600, and Russia, with
reserve already approximating $500, 0OO.-
900, materially increased the amount
Austria-Hungary has not undertaken,
under the monetary rfeorm of 1898,
to pay gold freely in the redemption