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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-30

blood from our veins. and lappiU3
bucketfuls.
"A lad. mere boy. is sprawlirA \
clutching his abandoned gun. .,
an oath somebody dashes at HIM
yokel, barcheaded. his face distort|
The boy stretches out III
hand to ward him off. his low
waggling. but his mouth remain!
The next moment the ~
plunges into lis chest
right. then his shattered left Il
the blade as if in his death thro
trying 10 pluck the bayonet
heart.
But the machines are still alive
against the machines fires the bloc
sumes the flesh. We ar
and smashing everything under fot
hot blood has cooled its rag
metal.
This is soldiers frenzy and
battle: to charge with barred bre:
planted steel-to dash cheering, viii
cased brain, against a wall of stet1
wholesale, callous. purposeful ia Z
min only are exterminated. We
nothing more than vermin in this
An amazing passage describes q
ance OF the remnants Of an eneN
blown by an underground mine:
rs that 4 human being comm
ming. here? He is conf
rush. He will leap upon
Halt! Halt, Halt! HI
upright into the trenches, and tn
bing and bowling, among our r
strikes out at us with hands and
he is crying and struggling like a
yet no man dares go up to him
now he is rising on his, knee
then we see! Half his face has
away -" one eye gone
twitching muscle of the cheek
down he is kneeling. a.
and closing his hands. and is hoy
for mercy.
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"The Human Slaughter House,

pTT HE most dreadful picture OF the horrors
or modern warfare ever penncd has
been written by Il German schoolmas.
ter. Wilhelm Lamszus. 1t is called "The IIu.
man Slaughter House." or. in German, Men.
schenschlachthaus"
soon after the publication Of the book in
HAMBURG II was suppressed in Germany. The
reason given for its suppression was that It
would tend to arouse horror OF war in the
laboring classes and make them refuse to
perform their military service. The author
was then dismissed from his position as q
state schOolmaster. The importance OF the
book was shown by the fact that Lamszus
was denounced by the Conservative press
throughout Germany as "a peril to the pub.
lie safety" The book was translated into
English and 100000 copies were sold within
three months
The Universal Peace Congress of Geneva
wrote 10 LamsZus. congratulating him on
having placed "A weapon of the greatest I'M
portance iii the hands Of the pacfsts"
Lamszus's book Is a series Of vivid impres-
slonistic pictures of war as II appears TO
one man engaged In it. 1t asserts very strong
~ that the modern scientific implements of
war are so terrfcally destructive that no
man can be expected to face them with
steadiness and that countless soldiers will
so mad from the strain. I'VE are no longer
making war against men," he says but
against picTic acid and electric wires" The
chief character in his book goes mad from
the sights he sees. and kills himself. Whole
bodies Of soldiers become wildly insane on
the battlefield
The book opens with a brief description of
mobilization and then plunges into scenes OF
war
Here is the soldiers first experience of
war: 81
why. we are only charging machines and
the machine trumphs deep into our very
flesh. And the machine is drawing tho life
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The little boy tried vainly to imagine gas the
basis of these particulars Then his thoughts reverted
to previous topic
'But why didn't they end the war;"
-Obstinacy. Everybody getting urt, but every.
body 'urting' and everybody igh-sprited and
patriotic and they smeshcd up things instead They
jes went smeshin. And afterwards they ies' got
desprite and savige."
1T ought to ave ended" said the little boy.
1T didn't ought to ave begun" said old Tom. "But
people was proud People laydy+lash and uppist1
and proud. Too much meat and drink they 'ad. Give
in-no them! And after bit nobody arst EN- to give
in. Nobody arst en- =.
He sucked his old gums thoughtfuly, and his gaze
strayed away across the valley to- when the shattered
glass OF the Crystal Palace gttered in the sum- dim,
largo sense Of waste and rrevocable lost opportunities
perVaded his mind He repeated his ultimate Judgment
upon all these things obstinatey, slowly and conclu.
svely. his final saying upon the matter.
Tou can say what you like" he said. az didn't ought
ever to ave begun"
He said 1t simPiy-somebody somewhere ought to
have etopped something but who or how why
all beyond his ken.
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they was dying like flies at the end OF the
Summer. 'Ow remember 1t all!
well, this ere Purple Death--it jos wiped
people out. Teddy. You couldn't bury 'om
And it took the dogs and the cats. too, and
the rats and 'orscs. AT last every 'ouse and
garden was full Of dead bodies. London way
you couldn't go for the smell Of them and
we 'ad to move out of\thc Il street into that
villa got. And all the water run short
that way. The drains and underground tun-
nels took It. Cor knows where the Purple
Death come from; some say one thing and
some another Some said 1t come from
eatin rats and some from eatin nothin'
Some say the Asiatlcs brought it from some
I place, Thibct. think, where it never
did nobody much arm All I know is 1t
come after the Famine And the Famine
come after the Penc and the Penic come
after the War;
Teddy thought. What made the Purple
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IL YOR the last decade humanity has dimly sensed
RI the nevitability of that would decimate
humanity. Hand in hand with this foreboding
has gone the conviction that the giganticaly murder
GUS struggle would be earth's last war.
No one has more clearly voiced mankind's pre-
sentiment than H. G. Wells, the great English social
scientist. On this page given two sides of his
propheciesone of destruction of civilization follow
ing the world and the other-and later and ripper
judgment-of the rehabilitation of mankind follow
ing the catastrophe blood letting.
Here too, are given the famous prediction of the
late Count Tolstoy, of Russia George Bernard shaws
terrific but interesting remedy for the disease of war
fare and vital excerpts from the most remarkable
description of battles horrors ever written
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"Dut why did they have
Penic?"
"They 'ad It,"
But why did they start the
WARP"
They couldn't stop themselves
Aving them airships made EN-"
"And 'ow did the war end?"
Lord knows If it's ended. boy"
said old Tom. Lord knows If it's
ended. There's been travellers
through 'ere-there was a chap
only two Summers ago-say it's
goin on still. They say there's
bands of people up North who keep
Oh with it and people in Germany
and China and 'Merica and places.
e said they still got flying ma
chimes and gas and things. But
we 'aven't seen nothin' in the air
now for seven years. and nobody
'asn't come nigh of us. Last we
saw was crumpled sort OF air
ship goin' away-over there. 1t
was littleish-sizcd thing and lop.
sided, as though it 'ad something
the matter With it,"
He pointed. and came to a stop
at n gap in the fence, the vestiges
Of the old fence from which. in the
company of his neighbor. Mr..
Stringer, the milliman. he had once
watched the South of England Aero
Clubs Saturday afternoon ascents.
Dim memories, It may be, of that
particular afternoon returned TO
him.
There. down there, where all
that rus looks so red and bright,
that's the gasworks."
Whats gas?" asked the little
boy.
"Oh, hairy sort of nothin' what
you put in balloons to make 'er
90 I'm And Ynu nsed 10 hl1rn |
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-31

the guest OF his uncle and aunt Mr..
and Mrs. John Bechtold. Norman has
become violinist Of note and a
travelling with An orchestra that plays
the large cities.
A good many Of Nanvoo
citizens are starting the New
Year right by joining the State banks
Christmas saving club. The member
ship lie being held open until Jan. 10.
Robt. Blum OF Chicago spent sew
eral days in Nauvoo the forepart Of
the week.
Mrs. NJ. Koehler Of Nanvoo received
the sad intelligence OF the death OF
her grandrhild In Seattle, Wash.
which occurred the forepart OF the
week It tbs age Of eleven months.
Mrs. Geo. Hannah. the little ones
mother, Was formerly Miss Title
Koehler Of Nauvoo. The body OF the
little miss was cremated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-31
AUTO RACE TOMORROW
ON LAKE COOPER
carbeiIte and Harter Will Furnish
Something New IN Dash 20
Nauvoo and Return.

Hero is something new-an auto
race on Lake Cooper.
Announcement was made today thaf
Lester s. Harter, Keokuk's champion
dirt track driver, has accepted the
challenge Of Louis Carbeille for an
auto race on Lake Cooper New Years
afternoon, the race TO begin at 2
O'Clock.
The course will be from Keokuk to
Nauvoo and return. Harter went
Gown today and spent several hours
carefully going over the route, and
pronounces 1t to be IN excellent shape.
OF course no admission will be charg-
ed, and auto enthusiasts who attend
are promised something new and
novel In the racing game. Both driv-
ers are experts in the handling Of
their cars.
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# BACKACHY OR
KIDNEYS BOTHER.
Eat less nest also take glass u
Salts before eatlrg
breakfast.

Uric acid In meat excites the kid.
neys. they become overworkcd; get
sluggish. ache, and feel like humps Of
lead. The urine becomes cloudy; the
bladder IL irritated, and you may be-
obliged TO seek RELIEF two or three
times during the night When the
kidneys clog you must help them
nusll on the body's urinous waste or
you'll be real sick person shortly,
At first you feel dull misery in the
kidney region, you suffer from back.
ache. sick headache, dizziness, stom.
ach gets sour. tongue coated and You
feel rheumatic twirges when tho
weather Is bad.
Eat less meat. drink lots OF water;
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces OF lad Salts: take table
spoonful In glass OF water before
breakfast for q few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This fan.
GUS salts II made from the acid iof
grapes and lemon Juice, combined
with lithia. and has been used FOR gen.
erations to- clean clogged kidneys and
stimulate them to norma. activity
also 20 neutralixe the acids in urine
80 It no longer 10 . source OF irri,s
ton, thus ending Bladder weakness.
Jad salts Is inexpensive, cannot IN.
lure; makes . delightful effervescent
Whitewater drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggist
here say they sell lots Of Jad Saits
70 folks who believe in overcomtns
kidney trouble while II Is only troubh
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-31
Ouinet Best Golfer

Boston claims its tfird champion IN
Golfer Ouimet who trimmed the vet
eran Jerry Travers after he himself
had been beaten by Walter Hagen. a
professional, for the open champion
ship. Just what the distinction is be-
tween amateur and professional gol,
would be difficult to state, but If a
golfer may have amateur status young
Ouimet Is without doubt the leader Of
that class.
Maurice Mclaughlin. for the THIRD
consecutive year. takes first rank al
the best OF American tennis players
Some question arose as to whether o,
not a time-honored precedent should
be set aside in order TO give Nc
Ioughlin front rank, inasmuch as h
hal been defeated by Richard Norris
Williams 20 in the final round of TIL
national championship tournament
But precedent never stood ghost O
chance with good old common sens
and the ranking committee put tn
red-haired Californian in the premie
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-31
DENMARK.
: AHNNNNNNANNAANe
A Happy New Year to all.

A Happy New Year to all.
Ten below yesterday morning Is not
a. cold Is 16 below last Saturday
morning, but It makes us remember
last summer whom we wanted to
throw glass OF water on the fellow
who whistled. rs 1t hot enough for
.you?"
The snowfall which was shout six
inches deep on the level, or better,
broke some large limbs from the ever
green trees.
q vacation while his brother Glen is
home from Ames to take charge Of
the farm work.
Most OF those who wish to pack Ice
finished last Monday. which was =
good thing before the snow. Most Of
them got their ice from Augusta on
Skunk river. and the ice was from
seven to twelve inches thick.
Several years ago Mttle boy came
hers from Oklahoma and the f1rst
load Of ice he saw hauled. he ran and
said: There goes load q cotton;
there goes z load OF cotton.
Miss Clara woodrofRe spent last
Monday with Miss Laura Houston.
Messrs. Emery and Chester Goss
are homo nom Ames where they are
students at I. A. C.
Messrs. Herbert Flint and Glen
tHazen are homo from Ames for the
holiday vacation.
Miss Nellie Arnold Il home for
vacation.
Miss Clara Woodrofe and brother
Hugh got In from Ames for holidays
with home folks last Thursday.
Max Fiorher and sisters Misses Jean
and Dorothy, spent the week end with
relatives at West Point.
Albert Barns II home from West
Point where he visited relatives.
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- - ,IXZ11RZZZ1NGa
EIgRI NEWS d
position. williams was placed second
and Karl Behr third.
Columbia Crew First.

Columbia Crew First.
Columbia won the Foughkeepsfe re
gatta, defeating the Cornell crew q
eyeryone's surprise. Harvard's second
eight went to England and defeated
the best that England could send
against them for the grand challenge
cup at Henley. Yale beat Harvard
by foot at New London which Was
distinct blow to the grandolddope.
And last Of all, small type. Amer
ica's Big Four polo team was bumped
out Of the top position by the Eng.
lish quartet at Meadowbrook.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-31
Quiet Along the Potomac.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31-For the
hrst time in many years, no official
welcome will be given tonight to the
new year. The usual community"
celebrations and entertainment was
not attempted this year. Officials and
society plan many private dinners,
however.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-31
Inauaurai saIi Tonight.

ALBANY. Dec. 31-The inaugural
ball will be held here tonight in the
state armory. Special boxes have
been reserved for Governor-elect
Whitman and Mrs. Whitman ana Gov
Iernor Glynn and Mrs. Glynn. The
military star of the incoming execu.
tive viii also occupy box. Mrs.
Williams Barnes. wife OF the ex-chair.
man OF the republican state committee,
Is among the society people. listed as
unoficial box holders. The function.
which II = subscription event. will be
for the benefit OF local charity.
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The Nauvoo Gate City
Nauvoo, III, Dec. 81. 1914

him. He is . popular citizen In the
locality ii which ho resades. The lat
ter gentleman was = schoolmate OF ].
o. Boyer Of Nauvoo and the gentle
men had : splendid time talking Of
childhood days.
Business WAS 1T standatin on
Christmas day on account Of nearly
all OF our business houses being
closed. Our saloons did fairly well
dishing ont Christmas spirits.
A masqueradc ball will be given in
the Nauvoo opera house ON Friday
evening, January 8. 1t will be the
first mask ball OF the season and the
young women having the arrange
ments in charge are bound to make
1t the social event Of the season.
There will be given prizes to mask
ers. good music and prompter and
everything done to give those attend
ing royal good time. No doubt the
opera house viii be crowded.
Nauvoo Ladies' Priscilla club Will
meet at the comfortable home Of Mrs.
Louis Schoell next Thursday after-
neon when the ladies will talk Christ
mas and holiday gossip and do hne
needle work.
John Schleicher, . Nauvoo man
who we mentioned In our last letter
as being very Ill. died on Tuesday OF
last week. He was forty-six years OF
age at the time Of his death and was
born and raised here. No known rel
atives survive. Nauyoo's Moose lodge
OF which he was . member. had
charge Of the funeral.
]. o. Boyer on Christmas day
presented patrons with . small souve-
mir which was greatly appreciated by
those fortunate In securing one.
In week or two We VIII have an
opportunity to pay our annual taxes.
The annual meeting Of the stock
holders OF the Nauvoo First National
bank will be held IN the building on
the morning OF the 18th Of January,
for the purpose OF selecting nine d.
rectors for the ensuing year.
Lent begins on the 18th Of February
and ends on Easter Sunday, April 4.
Geo. and Mark Hudson and Floyd
Heberer, all employees OF Sears. Roe
buck company Of Chicago, were holi-
Gay visitors in Nauvoo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Diemer entertain
ed number Of friends 1t q o'clock
dinner last Sunday evening IN honor
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Carr Stelzner.
AS usual many Of the lads and las
sizes who are engaged elsewhere came
home Christmas and during holiday
week to partake Of that good old-fash-
Toned dinner that mother knows how
well to make, and visit with parents,
relatives and riends. Many . Maui
VOC home has cheerful times At Christ
mas time.
r. Arbuckle and family are visiting
at their old home In Geneseo. III.
Miss Jennie Burt, Miss Hermis and
Raymond Schaefer OF Chicago visited
home folks the past several days. q
Mrs. Carl Blum and baby have ~
turned from their stay In Quincy
where they we've for baby's health.
The little one Is much better and VIII
soon regain its strength.
Norman Weller. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Lou Weller Of Keolruk, visited
in Nauvoo for the past several days,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-31
Sport Briefs
IsY UNITED PRESS.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK. Dec. 31--platt Adams,
New York Athletic club athlete and
Olympic winner against whom charges
OF professionalism have been made
today denied the charges that he sold
his prize cups, medals and rings.
II have all my prizes in my pos
session and will show them when the
A. A. q. asks for them" he said.
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sm..hed store wlndow.
,ifed Press Leased Wire Service.

limited Press Leased Wire Service-l
CHICAGO, Dec. 81. - Jeweiry
thieves today smashed window in
the C d. Peacock store at State and
adams streets and got away with a
% 0oo necklace. a 5000 diamond ring
and other articles. the value OF which
NAV bring the loot to $4,000.
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Fea, lteId Another surprIse.
FIynn-pans Bout.

CHICAGO. Dec. 31.-Chicago's two
best weights-Maurtce Flynn
and Andy Dans-today announced
they had signed TO meet in sched-
uled ten.round go at Ottawa, Illinois,
tomorrow afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-31
Many Champions Were Deposed, ana
Harvard Alone came Through
True 70 its Old
Form.
BRAVES DASH FEATURE
Baseball Had Greatest Sensation in
Late Years When staiiinss'
Men Tore Through
Athletics for Flag.

IBy Hal Sheridan, written Cor the
United Press.1
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-The year
OF the great upset" is the eDitaph up
on the athletic year OF 1914. Baseball,
pngilism, golf, rowing. polo and ten
mis- furnished new candidates for the
public favor and the downfall OF cham
pions who were supposed to be en-
trenched in their positions. Football
presented many surprises although
Harvard was able to repeat In the
premier place.
With the Braves great dash for
the National league champi Jnship and
the even more thrilling grabbing OF
the worlds championship In four
straight games the world Is reason
ably familiar. To analyze that double
feat-wallopfng the naughty Giants
and the peerless Athletics twice in
the same years something which
would be vain and proftless. Mana
ger Stallings tried vainly to explain
IN his vaudeville engagement how mis-
cohorts won. Perhaps the only expia-
nation that can be made is that Stall
ings inspired his men to have conf
d,ence in themselves and the whole
matter may be summed up In that
little incident when he cancelled the
Braves hotel reservations at Philadei-
phia after the first two games and
said that his team would not return to
the city for his team would win the
next two games at Boston, making
return trip unnecessary.
Harvard First In Football.
In football Harvard won again
largely through the splendid coaching
Of Percy Haughton and such excellent
players as Mahan, Bradlee, Hardwick,
Pennock and Logan. Whether 1t was
Haughton or whether 1t was the ma
terial at his command which brought
impressive triumph will always be a
mooted question. The effect Of Brick
ley's absence must be considered in
such debate Yale under the tutel-
age OF Hinkey was factor until the
crushing defeat in the bowl. Prince
ton with wonderful material was a
disappointment. The surprise, how
ever, came in the excellent showing
made by Cornell and the Army and
the still more remarkable games
played by Washington and Jefferson.
Pittsburgh, Williams and Rutgers.
Two new boxing champions came
to the front in Kid Williams OF Bal
timore, bantamweight, and Freddie
Welsh OF England. lightweight. VIII
liams knocked out Johnny Coulon in
the third rouna at Los Angeles on
June and Welsh grabbed his claim
to fame by outpointing Willie Richie
in London on July Z. For those fans
who crowd the fight clubs expecting
to see a championship change hands,
it may be well to point out that
neither Of these two fighters was
worth a Lead quarter or shilling to
see. The remaining divisions of the
pugilistic world have the same cham
pions as they had a year ago. Johnny
Kilbane Is still featherweight cham
pion, Jack Johnson Is heavyweight
leader and the other, with the above
exceptions, classes are in doubt. The
most interesting bid for leadership Is
IN the middleweight class where four
excellent fighters are neck and neck
for the honors: Mike Gibbons Nc.
Goorty, Clabby and Dillon.
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Deal stiIl Pending.

Deal skill Fencing.
NEW YORK. Dec. 21--The negotia-
tions for the sale of the New York
Highlanders were still pending today.
the 'steenth announcement having
been made that the actual sale OF the
club to Colonel Rupert and Captain
Huston may be made In a few hours
or tomorrow" The deal has now
been pending for about a month and
II IS said that 5000 and uncertainties
as to the transfer Of players still
blocks the sale.
Leach May be Federal.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 31.-There was
no yerifcation early today Of q report
from Chicago that Tommy Leach. Cub
outflelder. had been In session with
RebeI Cakes and may become a MEM
Der OF the Pittsburgh Federais.
Feds to Train at Augusta.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. Dec 81
Augusta. Ga. has been picked by the
Pittsburgh Feds FOR their spring train
ing camp. since Manager McCul.
Tough. who went south to consider
various cities, will not complete hts
tour, It was said today.
White 70 Meet Welsh.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Charley
White, Chicago's crack lightweight.
will meet Cham pion Freddie Welsh at
Madison Square Garden January 10.
This was announced today, following
a conference between the promoters
and Nate Lewis, manager OF White.
1t had been announced yesterday that
Joe Shugrue. whom White fought
Tuesday night, would be Welsh's op-
ponent.
kinseiI Squash Champ.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Walter Kin
sell, former English champion, holds
the professional squash tennis title to-
DAY through a victory over the Amer
lean champion. Stephen ]. Feron. at
the Princeton club. The score: 1915;
1--12; 1871: 1873.
Feds Hold Another Surprise.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3l-Despfte the
singing O. their latest death kneil by
baneful Ban Johnson. the Federal
league today htntet at another sur.
prise for organized baseball. It was
intirnated that the newest o. 3. star
to do the skip would be Cub player
The only Cubs whose monickers are
not attached to contracts are Leach,
Charley Smith and Eddie Stack
EIynn-Dans Bout.
CHICAGO. Dec. 31.-Chfcago's TWO
best weights-Maurice Flynn