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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20
The Dyspeptic.
roHN D. ROCKEFELLER is

TOHN D. ROCKEFELLER is today the
strongest. healthiest man OF his age
perhaps in America.
Congratulated, Mr.. Rockefeller said
to a reporter:
Il cured myself. young man. as at
tackled the oil business-with hard
work. with perseverance. Most suf-
ferers. you know. are like Smythe.
"Smythe. the multimillionaire. said
with sigh at the midnight supper
hour in a restaurant:
when 1 was young l could eat any
thing and could afford nothing. Now
can afford anything and can eat
nothing. Heigh, no! Bring me. waiter.
a grilled lobster, a Welsh rarebit and
a piece of hot mince pie"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20
The Rib.

AT luncheon Dr. Lyman Abbott sat
beside a suffragist who harangued
him from the horse d'oeuvre to the
coupe jacques on the importance of
woman.
With his urbane smile DR.. Abbott en-
dured the young ladys eloquence till
the coming of the coffee. Then he VEN
tured to say very mildly:
The Importance of woman? The i'm
portance of woman? I have heard
nothing but the Importance of wom-
an for the last hour. Yet surely Scrip
ture teaches us that woman is but q
side issue!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20
Before Long.

CAPT. WILSON STEER, at a luncheon
~ at his country house near ouoque,
was asked by young lady to proph-
esq, in his role of naval expert, the
outcome of the European war.
With a smile, Capt. Steer said:
well, 1 don't want to appear too
positive, but I think the Germans will
be singing it the 'Whacked am Rheiu'
before long"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20

Eat the word the first line moves for
ward. Not. as at Gettysburg or at Fred
ericksburg. shoulder to shoulder, keeping
step In martial array with cleaning arms
and blazing uniforms In full view Of the
foe. but by small squads, by twos and
threes, by individuals, perhaps. clothed
in dull Khaki that melts into the land
scape. Stealing along in this manner,
ton, they make their way forward, TAX
ing advantage of every means to shelter
and concealment to prevent their discov-
cry by the enemy's gunners.
Long lines of them creep in single file
up the gullies or behind fences, or NOV
ing diagonally to get the protection of
some ridge or hillock. make their way
.utiously forward Over front of per-
forth. apparently in aimless disorder,
but, in fact. dominated by one master
mind and one mastering idea.
Meantime their artillery behind them
has opened upon the enemy's trenches.
Over their heads the shells fly scream
ing, and. after a few trial shots. burst
squarely upon or in front Of the enemy's
trenches. This cannonading pounds away.
not at single point of the enemy's line,
but over space of perhaps half mile
or more: for it is a serious blunder to dis
close thus early to the foe the exact point
of attack and thus give him time to hurry
up reinforcements before the attacking
troops can assault 1t.
And now the artillery of the defenders
commence to reply to the cannon Of the at
lacking army. Their heavy guns train
upon the cannon; their small rapid frers
sweep the ground in front, searching out
every spot where the advancing infantry
may find concealment. This, however is
liable to prove Intellectual, for the COM
manding general of the attacking force
has seen to 1t that he has superior weight
Of artillery. and, so, in short time. he
has probably silenced most Of the defend
ing guns.
Meantime the firing line. has con.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20

does a real
battle look like to
t h e bystander
these days?" This
question. homely
and ungrammat-
ica1, yet persist
en- thy insistent,
the majority of
Americas 100,
100000 are asking
themselves each
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20

With Bombs h ell,
Bullet and Bayonet,
the Three Weapons of
an Up-to-Date Assault
on the Trench : Pro-
tected Enemy - The
Newest Idea in Battle
Lines How the Bat
tie of Today Differs
From Those of Our
Civil War.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20

For the dispatches from Europe,
though they fill columns of the dailies.
are held down. by reason of the strict
censorship, to more or less disjofnted
items-from battleline 200 miles
long-sprinkled through with poetic
metaphors of how a division was
moved down or some fort was "a
veritable hell or some brigade was
surrounded and swept away all
which take the reader back to youth
full Friday afternoons at school, when
in fear and trembling he recited The
Charge of the Light Brigade and
"Hohenlinden,' but doesn't get him
very far in forming an idea of what
a real battle looks like"
Nowhere. indeed. thanks to this
same censorship, has the public been
able to get clear and coherent account
of the actual details of a modern
battlefield, especially as contrasted
with the battlefelds of half a century
ago. If lodging bullets on the firing
line were an everyday occurrence TO
the everyday man. like lodging auto
mobiles on the street crossings, the dis
patches would convey some idea But
unfortunately, not one man in 10000
has any data or experience from which
to visualize the things that actually
occur when thousands of men, armed
with modern arms, clash upon the
battlefield.
The pictures and accounts of the
battles in our civil war are worse than
useless as guides or even aids to an
understanding of the modern con-
fict. for conditions have been so rad
ically changed by the marvellous ad-
vance made in both offensive and de-
fensive ornaments in the last fifty
years that any conclusions drawn from
the battles of a generation ago are as
worthless as those drawn from the
battles around Troy thousand years
before Christ
The censorship. with lines drawn to
a tightness unknown in all previous
wars renders it impossible for the
most enterprising war correspondent
TO obtain the facts and details of the
actual hattlefields that he would Gag
erly write, could they be gotten at.
And the survivors of the civil war can
only emphasize the fact that battles
today are mighty different from what
they were in their fighting days, with
out being able clearly to set forth
the difference.
Yet. through all these recent and
radical changes in the form of battle
wrought by the tremendous revolution
in firearms. Uncle Sam has been able
pretty clean-cut conception of just how
his army he mas an organization,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20

. IR JOHN FRENCH, field mar
shall of the army Of Great
Britain, has added luster to
his name," said an army Off
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20

don, the man to whose assistance they
were hurrying, was dead.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-22
SANDERS TO EMPLOY
AUTOMOBILE EXPERT
State Board Of Control Gives Fort
Madison Warden Permit %
Plan for Auto Plant.

The state board OF control rester-
daT gave Warden J. C. Sanders per
mission to employ an expert antonio
bile engineer at the Fort Madison
peniEen.iary for the purpose OF draw
Ing tentative plans for an automobile
plant az that institution.
TIE warden Is empowered TO con
struct tTo auto trucks. one Of one ton
capacity and another OF one and one
half tons capacity. The parts viii be
purchased from manufacturers and
the trucks wifi DC assembled at tbs
5rfson II .s sad that this MAJ be
practical. as 2 num5er OF the autos on
the market today are satd to be as
senbIsd cars. II the proposition
proyes success, the board viii prob
ably authorize the warden to install
plant for the manufacture Of automo-
bile parts and manufacture the entire
truck al Fort Madison
There are several experts n con-
structfon OF autos IN the prison at the
present time. They viii BIZ given en-
vIovment IN the new department An
auto repair shop for the city OF Fort
Madison VIII also be opened at the
prison Warden Sanders Is enthusi-
sstsc over the auto truck proposition.
He BELIEVES that Re can make II sue
cess
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-22
Ends Dry, HOaFse or
Paislfsll Coughs
Quietly

The prompt and positive results given
by this pleasant tasting, home-E1ats
cough syrup has caused i 10 be used IT
more homes than aEy other re-nsdy Z.
gFyes almost instant relief and E:si usual.
~ overcome the average cough in -
koHrs-
Get 2I ounces Pinex f51 cents worth \
from anv drug store, po1- it into PIN
bottle and I'LL the bottle with plain granu
lated sugar syrup. This makes full
pint-a family supply-of the most e.
feS1ive cough remedy at q cost o. only D
eenss or lesS- You couldn't buy as mlch
ready made cough medicine for S2-5n.
Easily prepared and never EpoIIS Inls
directions with PINK
The promptnsSz. certainty ana Sake
with which this Pinex Syrup osc-corez
. bad cough, chest or throat cvsd : truly
remarkable IL quickly loosers . DRY
huarse or tight cough and heals and
soorhes q painful cough in . hurry Vita
. persistent loose cough il stops the for
nation of phlexrn in the throat and bron-
chiaI tubes, thus ending the anroyinc
backing
Pirex Is q highly concentrated com
pound of genuine Norway pine extract
rirf, in guaiacol ard Is famous the world
over for its splendid effect In bronchitis.
Ehoopirg cough, bronchial asthma and
winter coughs
To avoid disappointment IN making
this ask your druggist for a ounces
OF Pinex-r and don't accept ANYTHING
else. A guarantee of absolute sa.lsfac-
,5on. or money promptly refunded goes
with this PREPARATION. The Pinex Co.,
Fl Wayr- Ind
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-22
PLAN IS NOT RADICAL.

The recently announced plan OF tbs
Joint committee ON reErenchment and
reform for the reorganization OF the
executive branch OF the state govern
n,ent in Iowa may seem TO some Deo-
PIE TO be very radical and unpreced-
ented. But Professor Frank E.
Horack, in carefully prepared PAPER
On the Reorganization OF state gov
eminent in Iowa. published By the
state historical society OF Iowa, shows
that similar and even more extensive
plans are being seriously considered
in Minnesota. Illinois, Nebraska, and
Oregon. Furthermore. Professor Ho-
rack points out the fact that in the
past many efforts have been made to
correct evils IN state government
"Ind;vidual evii-doers we're first as
sailed and removed from Office and
an impetus was given TO civil service
reform Next the party system was
attacked, with the result that prf-
marfes and nominating conventions
are being regulated by law. Then var
ious reforms were dema nded, such as
direct legislation, single chamber
Legislature. equal suffrage. the short
ballot, and the recall OF judges and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-22
WOMEN VOLUNTEERS.

In stress and trouble the women
OF a nation are always to be counted
upon. In Seryia the women went to
the front with muskets In their
hands: they were as strong and
brave as the men on the firing line
In this country few OF our women es-
cane the weakening troubles peculiar
To their sex.
For every disease or aiiment OF .
rorianiy character, no matter how
recent or how long standing, the one
sure. reliable remedy Of proved merit
4. Dr.. Pferce's Fasorite Prescrip-
ton
II is prepared from natures roots
and herbs and does not contain .
partscIe OF alcohol or any narcotic.
RS not = secret prescription for ifs
ingredients are printed on the wrap
per.
women are earnestly advised to
take IL for irregular or painful per-
iods. backache. headache, dispiace-
meut. catarrhal condition. hot flashes,
saliow complexion and nervousness.
For girls about to enter woman
hood women about 10 become mo-
theirs. and for the changing days OF
middle age. Dr.. Pierce's Fsvorite Pre-
scription should always be on hand
Write DR.. Pierce. Buffalo. N Y.
for free 1875 page book On woman's
diseases. Every woman should have
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-22
sALEM.
. . . . - . . = 80 .

PeisttTes here received message
announcing the Death Of hrs. label
Cramar Rogers. wife OF Or. Hiram =
Rogers. The deceased passed away al
be- nome st Red Oak December 10.
The family were formerly residents OF
Salem
A. the close OF the schools Friday.
superintentenf c. X. Hayes present
ed 20 the high school faculty and stu
dents and the teachers OF the Cram
mar school earn q bonSonL box hlled
with delicious homemade candy.
cornev SupersntendeBs Miss Caro-
I!rs car 1beil attended the high school
exhibit FRIDAY afternoon. While here
Tho va, entertained by Mrs. Minnie
Rayez and her son Prof. c. X Hayes-
Yrs. e. II Cook and cau9hteF
Miriam are home from a visit with
the formers sister Mrs- Fred Carrot
son az Hamilton, IL
Mr.. Fred urhippl.s and sister MISS
viola Smith o. Enporia. Kansas. and
Henry Smith Of Cantrsi were guests
., arz. Levi Spray last week.
Hr. ana Mrs. J. A Martin had for
sheir zpest last week. their nephew
Herbert Hanfie from Ohio.
ary. Paul Packer came from Iowa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-22

y =
Ciiy to visit her parents Mr. and
Mrs. ". H. Bliss
Mr. and Mrs. Henry CAME from Mt
HamiiI and spent q week With their
daughter Mrs. Fred FeldmAn and fam
ily
William Wiimeth and Mrs George
wlln,erh were business callers at Mt
Peasant Wednesday
Sfr- and Mrs Philip Brody are home
from a visit with relatives At OF
rumwa.
Elyin Corsbie and family from Pilot
Grove are visiting relatives here
Mrs. Enoch Beery is spending few
days with her mother Mrs. Raines at
New London
Mrs. Marian Parker came from OF
tumxa and spent several days with
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. c. Scott and
either relatives
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-22
NEw TYPE OF rRuANT OFFICER

NEW TYPE OF TRUANT OFFICER.
The old idea of the truant oficer
as ! kid cop Is RAISING away. &C
eording TO w 8. De1eabaugh- OF the
United States bureau o. education,
who ha. recently been in conference
with attendance officials from all parts
OF the United States The new truaut
oisscer. according 10 Mr. DeEsnbaugh.
Is q man OF entirely different type-
quite frequently. in fact. woman In
several cities a large percentage OF
truznt officers are college graduates
in other cities they are men and worn-
en- with experience as social workers;
Sas whether college graduates or not,
they are required 10 know and under
stand the home conditions % school
children.
Attendance officers Of the new type
are interested in removing funda-
mental causes o. truAncy rather than
IN merely catching the offenders Tns
chief cause Of the failure TO obey at
tendance laws. according to the na-
tionaI league of compulsory education
officials. Is Inadequate family life
Resolutions adopted at the recent
meeting. OF this organization. sEeTa-
fore. called for adequate and uniform
marriage and divorce laws for she
protection OF childhood. enactment
ana enforcement OF laws pertaining to
the issuance Of marriage licenses that
VII prevent child marriages and Pre-
hlhtt the marriage of persons Ehysse-
ally, morally. and mentally unsT 10
wed. Tney urge that the jurenife
courts De given definite authority to
place parents. rs well az children On
probation for trUancy and delinquency:
they ask better state supervision oil
dependent children. civil service for
all rruanr officers: and the mzEnten-
arce OF parental schools. special rooms
for trasnts and incorrigi5Iss. and
healthy inspection OF schools as mater
al factors in child welfare
The attendance officer OF the new
zype Is 10 be q far better trained man
or woman and Is TO receive better pay.
OF some OF the larg-
est school systems In the United
states Joined in advocating mini
uum salary OF 800 per month with
services for twelve months in the year,
in order that the officers may be in
constant touch with the home condt-
tons OF the boys and girls
The United States bureau o. educa-
ton has agreed 20 cooperate with the
league OF compulsory school attend
snce cfnciaIs IN the collection Of sta
tfstics bearing on attendance prob
lens As part Of the movement Tor
better attendance, i has been urged
thar permanent census bureau be
established and maintained IN every
city IN the United States.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-22
OLD MAN WINTER.

OLD MAN WINTER.
Ole Man Winter. with his oiizzaTds
on de bIow.
Tr0mpin' thoo' de country Ii rs
oYercoat o. Snow:
Wien you heah him kEccEtH' 70
troubles sho' begin
Better rise an answer, or he'll SMASH
de xinder in.
toie Nan winter.
Don't you cut up 50;
Quill go dc fire
Fl you rait it wid de snow
Time WIZ old Winter didn't have q
place ter stay
We-en der roses made gyarden Vnsr
de Hi folks could play;
Wen de mockin' birds WIZ sinsln
an de bees made honeycomo
Miss springtine sent him hyin' out
his house an out his home.
fOle Man Winter,
Yo' welcome is in doubt:
Wish you'd tell yo' Billiards
Not ter blow de fire out.)
Prank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Con-
stitution.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-22
WARREN.
,>>>>e >>>>>~>>>,

A. 4. wirsis was a business caller
In Donneiison Saturday
Mr. and Mrs Henry Reitz attended
church at Primrose Sunday
J. c. Schoene attended Mrs Sybe's
sale near Franklin Tuesday
o. C. Reitz Is visiting his sister,
Mrs WTnson Fletcher Of Eazie~G Grove
Iowa. at present
Mr.. and Mrs. George Meinhardt
are visiting their son Orris and fam
lily at Acasto, No.
Misses Rosa Richey and Myrtle
Mcpherson we're transarting business
in DonnelIscn Saturday.
&. =. Schoene vas transacting
business in Croton. SATURDAY..
Miss Della W'irsig spent Friday
with her sister. Mrs. Fred Fett-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-22

ssosuk. iowa -...D.esmser u, 1914
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-22

judicial decisions. Finally. the struc-
ture Of state government is being sub-
jected to critical analysis, and re-
forms are being suggested with a view
to eliminating friction. ineEciency.
waste particularly IN the executive
branch Today the Reorganization o..
state government is pending
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-22
from pefectiv. Furnace.

TINTED Press Leased Wire Service.]
DECATUR Ind, Dec. 22.--The
schafer Hardware company was de-
stroyed by fire early today with loss
OF about $4,000. 1t was partly insur-
ed. A defective furnace vas the
cause.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-22
"a THERE a SANTA CLAUS?

For hundred years, ever since
children have Eeen getting wise the
same question recurs around Christ
mas, is there Santa Clans = The
wisezt answer that has ever been
made was written by Charles A. Dam
ma, editor OF the New York Sun, and
printed in that paper the Christmas OF
1897. Nearly twenty yszfs later the
article SERVES new generation OF
children. I, f. as fellows:
We take pleasure IN answering a.
once and thus prominently the cnm-
muntcation below. expressing al the
same tine our great qualification thar
its faithful author Is numbered among
the friends OF the Sum
Dear Editor: I am eight years
old. Some Of my friends say there
is no Santa Claus Papa says,
IF ron gee Il in the Sun It's So
Please tell me the truth Is
there Santa Claus-
Virginia O'Hanlan-
virginia. your little friends are
wrong. They have been affected by
the skepticisn Of skeptIcaI sss.
They do rot believe except what they
see They think that nothing can be
which is not comprehensive BIZ their
little minds All minds virginia
EheIher they be mems or chiIdren's
are little In this great universe CT
ourz man is q mere insect, an ant In
HIS intellect a. compared With the
6oundless world about him. as meas
ured by the intelligent capzble OF
graspfng the whole OF truth and
knowledge. Yes. Virginia. there Is 4
Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as
love and generosity and devotion
exist, and you know that they abound
and give 10 your life its highest beau
~ and Joy Alas. how dreary would
be the world il there were no Santa
Claus. IL would be as drea-y as II
there were no yirginias- There would
be no chiid-lfke faith then. 10 roetry,
no romance to make toie-a5le this ex-
istence. We should have 70 enjoy
ment except IN sense and light The
eternal light with which childhood
fills the world would be extinguished.
DSllSsS III SGEL6 AO&
might as well not believe IN fairies
You might get your papa 20 hire men
to watch all the chimneys On Christ
mas eve 10 catch Santa Claus, but
even II they did see Santa Claus COM
ing down, what would that prore,
Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that -
no sign that there is no Santa Claus
The most real things IL the world are
those that neither children nor men
can see Did yoa ever see fairies
dancing on the lawn OF course not.
but that's no proof that they are not
there Nobody can conceive or mag
Inc all the wonders that are Hnseeabis
In the world.
You may tear apart the bahy's rat
tie and see what makes the noise in
side. but there is veil covering the
unseen world which not the strongest
man. nor even the united strength OF
all the strongest men that ever IiTed
could tear apart Only faith. fancy,
poetry. lore, romance. can push aside
that curtain and view the picture the
supernal beauty and glory beyond Is
1, all reale All. Virginia, In all this
world there Is nothing else real and
abiding
No Santa Claus, Thank God. he
lives and he lives forever. thous-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-22
NO CHARGE FOR THIS
GRAND HOME MEDICAL BOOK

Every home should have one Ev-
e-v man and woman who isn't afraid
TO read book 50 plainly written tnat
anyone can understand 1t should
write today for revised copy OF The
pennies Common Sense Medical Adj
y.xer to DR.. Pierce. Invalid's Hotel,
Buffalo, N Y.
This is large cloth bound book
NJ 1908 pages: inches long. / q
inches thick; brimful Of knowledge
not found In ordinary books. sent
,ostpaid u any reader who viii send
al. <ztnuluS with 20 cents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-22
Our Helpful President.

washington Post: The president
said details OF taxation were TO be
left TO the wisdom OF congress. and
now he is supplying the wisdom.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-22

and years from now. Virginia, nay. ten
times ten thousand rear. from now,
be win continue TO make glad the
heart of childhood
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-20

C. W Tucker, Of Carlsbad, y. N
drove home this week in a HupmobiIe
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-20

A new Vim truck is expected TO he
unloaded here this week for the REQ
agency, which will handle the car
hereafter.