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TRYING TO SOLVE
WAR RIDDLE
some Method Of Keeping Warships OF
the Warning Nations on Other
Side Of Sea.

rTrnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, Dec 9.-Realizins
the utter futility of expecting the
warning countries in Europe voluntar-
;,v to neutralize the oceans Of the
western hemisphere, the Pan-Ameri-
can Union was today seeking some
other method OF keeping European
and Japanese warships on the other
side q, the world. A committee. made
m Of secretary Bryan and the BRAZIL
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-09
Jewish Women Have Delegates.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. with
over 1000 delegates in attendance. the
triennial session of the Nationl Coun-
Gil OF Jewish Women met today at the
hotel Grunewald. Ten thousand wom-
en- are represented in the deliberations
OF the convention which will continue
for four days. Mrs. Nathaniel Harris,
Bradford, Pa, the rational president
presided.
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ton because someone else forgot to
put it on the forms. So the juries
are still being filed by men. Judge
Fischer said as the assessor had not
made the returns 1t was doubtful
whether women could be legally
drawn.
In several Kansas counties, women
have been serving for almost a year
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interpretation Of Workinsman's Com
pensatlon Act by Judge John F.
Talbot In Jasper County,
Is Important.
WORKS AT OWN RISK
Bosses Who Reject This New Law
Are Said to Be Forced to AS
sumo Their Own
Risk.

Employers Of the state are deeply
interested in the Interpretation placed
on the workingmen's compensation
act by Judge John F. Talbot in Jas
per county district court. In the
case OF George Hunter vs.. Colfax Con
solidated Coal company, he held that
employers who have rejected the com.
pensation act must do business at
their own risk and with no limit to
the damages which an injured work
man may recover. The employer also
is deprived OF the defense Of negli-
gence, the court says.
The case has been appealed to the
supreme court. The attorneys for the
state assert that it will be sustained
by the high court, in their opinion
The ruling has caused sensation IN
the office OF Warren Garst, industrial
commissioner
Commissioner Garst is absent In
New York, but it is quite apparent at
his Office that Judge Talbott's tecis.
ion is regarded as far-reaching, and II
sustained by the supreme court, will
Illdk0 Ill6 COLuPCuootiOAh dSS Aesi AAASA =
drastic that the state authorities have
ever claimed 1t to be.
Judge Talbot said Welker Given,
secretary of the commission, "applies
the law-more vigorously than the
state. Under his view the absence OF
negligence is no defense for an en-
ployer who has rejected the act. II
so, no one can possibly gain anything
by rejecting the law, and the attempt
would only make him liable to much
greater extent. In fact, there is much
to lose and nothing to gain by re
lection, according to this view. Judge
Talbot makes the law compulsory
In effect he goes back and re-estab
fishes the ancient common law as II
stood before the Introduction Of the
stock 6efenses Of fellow servant. con
tributory negligence and assumption
OF risk. Rejecting employers are
made to do business at their own risk
with no limit to damages"
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Foster Before a jury Today.

MOBILE, Ala, Dec. 9.-On charges
alleging that he transported Delilah
E. Brady, II years old, stenogra-
pher, to this city last January, Joel
NJ Foster, wealthy man Of Browns
Mills, N. j.. will face trial here today.
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voters of Salem at special election
Monday, Dec. Z, and overwhelmingly
defeated.
Chester Rhode and wife OF Keokuki
are guests of their grandparents Mr..
and Mrs. Peter knight
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niece Miss Mathews from Mt. Plea
SAINT.
The proposition Of issuing bonds to
the sum of 100000 for the purpose
of constructing municipal water
works system, was submitted to the
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Leave. Employer. No option.

Secretary Given declined to say
more about the practical effect OF
Judge Talbott's decision It Is said
this decision will not only take away
all choice and make the law compul-
sorry in the future. but will give 1t
that effect from the first of last July,
and gives tens OF thousands and per-
haps hundreds Of thousands Of dol
lars to injured miners and railroad
men before the first year of the law
ends next July--big relief where they
We're led to think they would get
nothing.
In the case OF the railroads the
Talbot decision will be complicated
by the interstate jurisdiction of the
federal courts. Nevertheless. 1T is
said, simply as a state measure. il
sustained above, the decision will be
big advantage to certain roads that
have come under the law. and a heavy
blow on those that risked the policy
Of rejecting the compensation act.
Tie former list includes the Rock Is.
land, Great Western, Illinois Central
and Minneapolis & st. Louis. The
roads in danger of the hot end OF the
noker will be the Northwestern, Bur.
Iington and Milwaukee.
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Nav Involve Railroads.

Moreover, there Is report about
the state house that the compensation
act is to be interpreted in way to
strengthen it against both classes OF
railroads, and II so. the railroad In
terests may take an active part IN
the agitation over state insurance this
winter
If the Talbot decision is sustained
II will bring the legal phase of work
mems compensation to the front again
in the legislature Good authority said
at the state house this new turn Will
strengthen the demand for the state
TO cure the confusion by taking over
the whole question and establish a
general system of state insurance for
tbe entire field of workmen's compen-
sation.
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Times Daily Editorial
For Women Readers
Bv FLORENCE E. YODER

|, some places: We have respect. and are
coming 10 nave Az economic entity.
In order to keep these conditions per
manent, and in order that they may be
Pre- iccted TO o more perfect state, il IS
necessary to implant in the minds OF
the coming generation the desire 10
hold.
Train the little boy FOR peace. In
stead %. sword. cannon, and toy sol
diers ana the game of war. give him
! the implements OF the arts of peace
for his toys.
Teach him that loyalty to the Ideals
of peace and the furtherance of the
peaceful arts is the tineft and only
interpretation Of patriotism. Have him
bear in mind that in addition to this
he is to do his share in becoming a
unit in society by founding hom"
where some woman may bear him the
children both owe the state.
Teach the girl that there is some
other world for her thar the world OF
paint, powder and fine clothing: that
she is to live in an age which Will de-
velop her individual talents to the high
est degree. Teach her that in addition
to her duty to become OF use to the
state as an individual that she has tho
DUTY Of her sex to perform. that she
must become mother
In this way the boys and girls OF to-
day will lay the foundations for the
blessings OF tomorrow. The mothers OF
America hold the peace OF the future
in the hollow of their hands.
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Peter S Adventures In
Matrimony
By LEONA DALRYMPLE.

, tire than an other Cant make out
whether its a leaky valve or not. What
ever il is, it's a slow leak. Seems TO
ME | put dry patch on that tire the
last time / changed. instead OF having
it vulCanized. A fellow lent me a
gasolene patch-Id forgotten. He
rambled on tor some time, humping
the shoe and looking at me. by this
time enough air had escaped to make
his stratagCm entirely feasible.
Well. Mary" he said. I'm sorry. my
dear dts only i'll moments of stress
that he calls his wife Mary. but we'v
a flat tire. There's no use of your sit
ting out here in the cold while it's
and get one of the helpers up there to
change the tire. and We'll all go up and
wait in the oculists office
Mrs. Penfield looked distinctly annoy
ed
It's Just as ! said the other day,
she said a little pettishly as she climbed
heavily out Of the tonneau. this car
keeps giving us more ana more trouble,
and we ought to have a new one"
Wed have tire trouble on new
one venturcd Mr. Penficld.
I'VE might have tire trouble. said
Mrs penfield but we'd save on other
things. something's breaking all the
time. spring last week and wind
shield the week before.
"That was iouncing over rotten
| roads" said Mr.. Penfield. You
couldn't blame the car" But Mrs. Pen
| field rustled haughtily on, insisting
upon the need of a brand new motor.
1T cost the repair OF a puncture.
Peter" whispered Mr.. Penfield iubi-
| lantly in my car. but. by George. it's
worth it,
u'opvlisht 1914 Newspaper Feature Service
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Book ReOieW

THE BIBLE AND MODERN LIFE: BY
Joseph $ Auerbach. New York: Harper
& Bros. Price 7oc.
Every one reads the Bible more or
less. usually less, but it is a book Of
which almost every intelligent per-
son has some knowledge.
Therefore, without making any re-
ligious appeal, it should, as best
seller for centuries, excite the inter-
est of any reade- no matter what his
or her prejudices may be.
This essay by Joseph Auerbach is
a sane vet altruistic valuation of the
Bible. and since the public is so very
anxious to take advantage of. and
give patronage to. only those schemes
which are not press agent plants"
in renewing their acquaintance of the
Bible they are given the opportunity
for which they have long waited.
The reader is asked to consider the
Bible as great book. not primarily
as a pitfall for the argumentativeIy
inclined. The authors own eXpiana-
ton is best. He says:
THE Bible. rightly understood. is
the story of the fashioning of men
from feeble beginnings to great is
sues; the toughening of the fiber of
character and the emancipation
through suffering and humiliation
and defeat and captivity and exile.
from the bondage of idolatry and
littleness to moral triumph and sDir-
itual excellence. To those who know
the Bible it is a storehouse of price
less possessions, without which men
would be poor, indeed. In it is bound
up not only the richest treasures of
our Anglo-SaXOn speech. but the
highest religion Of the world-the
story of the struggle of man to un-
derstand his destiny. and to ally him
self with what is unseen and eternal.
It's precepts. its injunctions. its no.
bility Of thought its matchless elo-
uuence of expression are the source
| of much that is greatest III English
, literature. r. Y.
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thanksgiving Fer American Mothers.

thanksgiving Fer Amencan mothers.
since il is almost unnecessary to call
attention to the evident blessing of
ueace for which every American is
thankful today, it is well to speak Of
;hc future blessings for which American
women should have thought al this
Time
Although the popular conception OF =
blessing is that such a favor is spe-
rial dispensation of the gods, careful
s.udy of most blessings would result
~ the disclosure that they are a result
pf individual ana concerted effort on
The part of those who desire certain
conditions.
These Americans women who are wise
lough to be thankful for the present
conditions surrounding their Sex, the
brilliant outlook which they face in the
future revealing ultimate justice and
recognition in much more than merely 8
political sense, should not ferget that
this blessing has been gained by great
effort. and that the reali@a ton OF the
ll:.ure promise lies in their hands to-
a..
80. as a foUnQation for Other bless
lgs in coming years, the Importance
o. the training OF children looms mas
S.Ve.
. We have peace; we have suffrage In
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that shining surfaces Will not make
the skin aEpear greasy. Here is
recipe for In" powder:
Bitter almonds ............ u pound
EiCs powder .............. Az ounces
Carbonate of potassium. .. . drains
Oil Of bergam"t ........... Il2 drains
Befor" applying; any cream il is
good idea to "h.lI the i%re well with a
few pieces of "acked ice held i'm A
Handkerchief
If tn" Cl"lm .cU are Using seems to
darken your skin add n few drops Of
benzoin to the NashiTc water. as this
will whiten il.
Are you strenuous? DO YOU 20 in.
fer things fOr al they are worth? "
yCu are an American born woman I
know the answer. You pitch headlong
into club life. art society or some
other pursuit becaust your nerves are
ragged American nerves that never stop
I a"ldins out impulses from dawn t"
!. Clark.
There is too much prnt-up vitality in
al Of us and yet it is better for your
{, crlastiHg beauty and poise that YOU
eNpend il with discretion over A mum
.. hor ~ activities rather than cNeYI!:.s
il over one that may be q mere fancy
/ realize that this is a day of special
iZation. and 10 be a success one mus
adhere to one thing but vitality is both
not uC neglected or the second viii suf-
! fer Regular walks in the open coun-
try and daily exercises WOuld give her
the perfect equilibrium and nerve con-
troll which she and her work both need
Another friend OF minr is consumed
by her interest in writing. She ignores
the ru!o which says that intense mental
work should b" done early i'm the day
muscular exercise in the afternoon, and
relaxation and play in the evening.
The midnight oil burns over her papers
and in the morning she is inert, HstleEs
and quite worn out.
Have YOU ever noticed what lot of
useless things we do when our nerves
are on the ragged edge? When they
are "ested and well you keep calm. you
enjoy life. and accomplish things with
out leaving lines Of wear on tho face.
A pianist tells me she rests her nerves
by taking a tonic bath which Is follow
ed by exercise and Pap. This is the
mixture which she adds to her warm
bath:
Tincture of camphor ...... ! Ounc.
Tincture Of bcnzoin ..... y ounce
Cologne ................... : ounces
After the bath" she says. Il stand
in front OF an open window, draw a
deep, fun breath, then forcibly contract
and expand my abdomen 1--WE times,
slowly eXhaling my breath through
parted lips. ] then make every muscle
tense, and drop my torso forward until
can touch the floor with my finger
! tips. Still bending, | take full breath
| and eXhaic in standing position"
If YOU must he strenuous In the pur-
| sui. of some object, expend q good
amount of daily enthusiasm on physical
| exercise. The benefits will show IN
your looks and health and the perfec-
tion OF your work.
Copyright. 1914. Newspaper Feature Service }
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..t
The rabbis account for the "Gesund-
heit'' or your health used when
Jews and Germans sneeze, in a Biblical
way. It was, they say. only through
Jacobs struggle with the angel that
sneezing ceased to be an act fatal to
man.. Thus the expression arose
Sneezing received such homage not
alone in Palestine. Greece, and Rome.
but also in Asia, Africa, and among the
Aztecs and Incas $of ancient America.
xenophon discusses, It at the court Of
the King Of Persia. In Mesopotamia
and Africa the populace gave them
selves over to rejoicing whenever the
King sneezed. ..
In the time Of Pope Gregory the Great
there was some mysterious malady-it
the SNUFF that was then taken-which 50
affected those who sneezed that they
at once fell into death trance. The
Pope himself became so alarmed at the
death of many courtiers that he In
augurated prayers to be uttered the in
slant the, paroxysms began. God bless
you" was then said in Latin. and it was
The prize winner Of the sneezing
troupe rests between hay fever and
those tiny tumors Of the nose called
''polyps" Crushed ice and pollen anti
toxin helps to minimize these paroxysms
In hay fever. but only the removal of
the polyps will eliminate the compound
sneeze~ ~bombardments when due to these
jelly-like swellings in the nostrils.
Methods of Prevention.
Usually a sneeze is the red flag and
low bridge signal of approaching
trouble. Treat the cause of sneeze in
time and you may save many days Of
illness. If you will rub thin film Of
white precipitate ointment well up the
nose Immediately after a sneeze you
may succeed in side-tracking, blocking
or doing away with a prospective au-
tumn "cold'' or infection, which is on
the pathological road to Mandalay.
The flimsiest feather, the most deli
cate flake of dust, the supremest ultra
microscopic. microbe which insinuates
flash an impulse through your olfactory
nerves to the brain and medulla oblon-
cato down your windpipe and out
through your surprised muscles as a
sneeze. ...-s.z
If the irritation happens to be those
pestiferous germs, which Iind friends
and a cruel language call "colds." they
will start right in to multiply and
flourish. Moreover, with each flourish
II nothing has been done. there will be
sneeze.
Usually an 'antiseptic-such as men
tioned-will check the invasion. A hot
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IN the Bakongo country of Africa
there are many strange sights to be
i seen, especially in the tiny stock
AIDED towns along the LoangO river,
and the most amusing sights are those
dictated by Bakongo fashions. 1t is
common to see one woman pulling out
another woman's eyelashes, not in
anger, but for beauty's sake. and the
patient, truly patient, lying silent and
dry-eyed under the painful treatment.
But fashion among the men is equally
as strange. They are inveterate smok-
ers, and devote a large part of their
tillable ground to the growth of to-
bacco. and much of their time to con-
suming il. The most faSf .Ona ble
method of smoking is to use p, e and
the longer the pipe is, the more fash
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THE PRICE or SUCCESS.
N n r PENFIELD drew me aside
MI "Prter." he said what in
the world are we going to do?
We've simply got to get Molly
out of that car and up into the Oculist' 8
office. stopped there this noon and
explained the whole situation to him.
and he's expecting us. Now that we've
got her this far We We simply got to
get her the rest of the wa: but how
in the world are we to DO il 90
! glanced at Mrs. PentcId. stout.
rOmplacent. gracious. rcvcling in the
glory of her furs and her car Her eyes
were narrowed in the familiar suuint,
which bctokcned her imperative need OF
glasses. as she read the 5 gn over a
store to her right
It's too bad yOu can't tell her out
right that you've made an appointment
with the oculist for her" said heat
edly. instead Of all this cheap trick
cry. Certainly she has sense enough
to realize that tampering with ones
eyesisht Is a dangerous matter"
on. no, Peter" Sasped Mr. T'entield.
IT would never do to tell her. She d
absolutely freeze mo If | even so much
as hinted that she needed glasses. I've
had too many painful arguments of
that nature To risk one now. I've got
to think of something, and think OF
IT quick.
Why in the world don't you go on
ard gcT 'our friend, PetCr?" called Mrs.
i'cn.Ieid in that sweet. maternal way
she affects in the hearing OF others,
1t s ten minutes of three now.
Mr.. Penfield looked wildly about. Rc
glanced desperately at the ocullst $ win
dow. then at Mary. and then at me His
plight was ludcrousIv desperate. and
go was mis- remedy. With never a mo-
ments hesitation he slipped to the rear
of his car, plucked his stickpin from
his tie, inserted ii IN slight cut in
the shoe and jabbed at it vciOusy.
"peter, he called. come look at this
internal tire. BY George. do believe
its losing again bunny. isn't II,
seem to have more trouble WITH this
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THE COMFORTER
Bv REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFMAN.

Of priest assisting other wounded in the ruins OF
ouvain the What will of all tis He looked
4, him with the ewes faith. God" he answeredl
Out of the bitter darkness cometh light!
That NE believe though have
Surprising all the realm of sense
Unlearned from all experience:
Faiths triumph in the face of seeming fact;
The thought of gustice-surely this has been
Implanted only by the OmniScient Act!
The ages pass and goes down to DEATH
But this lipes through every argument;
One sins and many suffer- and the breath
OF nations prayers impotenty spent
In Iamentdtion the unheeding air.
Yet still ne cling to that pague benson,
Seeing the foul dethrone the acknowledged fair,
Seeing prong crowned, and seeing everywhere
Injustice in the of Justice done.
So when black crushes into dust
Our House of Hope and Life, it rises there,
phoenix from the emberS: bind-eyed Trust,
The sobbing faith, Song-ninged, that He is just
That somehow. sometime somewhere,
Though down strange ways, understood
Where ancient evil tlOnerS into good,
Comes God upon the footsteps of Despair.
From Little Old Belgium, Harpers
The Washington times., 1914-11-26
4 Beauty Hints
Bv LUCREZIA MORI.

.FI had an opportunity 10 look in
the little beauty boxes which YOU
carry everywhere you go. ] wonder
if would find stick Of rouge IN
each one:
Winter itself. with its brisk. eNhIl-
a-s,ting air, provides such rich 'olor 10
the cheeks that only 4 very lazy woman
depends on artifCial unLs.
Now I know some OF YOU use rouge
every day Of your lives-to the eternal
-uin Of the fine eAtuTe OF your skins
/ 2n sorry. A mere Ealk around the
urock in winter sends q flame of pink
q, er The checks. and there seems to be
!.o possible excuse Tor coating the skin
srd clogging the pores with carInine
Modern Beauty Aids.
Tie women OF today have won"".I ii
possibilities of BEAUTY oecau u.s. ih.-iI
IoremotheIs, for the past two or three
generations. have paid some attention
~ the cultiN alton Of their looks, ana
ave laid a foundation for them. And
Yet. even in their day. outdoor exercise
" as not so fashionable a pursuit as
reading i'm stUffy draWing-rOOnl, Or
.Hing eyes and body with bit oil
elaborate embroidery. COasting and
EaI SleIgklng parties were inc Usual
means OF enjoying III" Out-of-dC"rs IN
inter. \ fine clean complexion and
rosy checks are a constant possibility
18th Us for the women OF today play
8 Eoli ana tennis up to christmas time,
, ID skatc W hunt or Walk until warm
cGrheI arrives, as we'll az motor all
l. year around. Ne rCaltz" the benc-
ii,s OF bathing more and more. ana
} now that invigOratin" daily baths and
outdoor exercise make the red cheeks
Q Winte: an aii-yea" possibility.
pnc woman VINO is out OF doors q,
great deal said tc nc. Il am afra' q
that if / use cold cream every night
u VIII make NY skin 50 soft and
t,!ider that il VIII chap more easily
The cream act" in TWO ways ! tod
her. 1T heals the irritation of wind
HuI cold produced during the day. ana
.UIccts the skin Tor tn" weather hard
s,ips OF the day TO come Without its
Drtca.ing qualities your skin would
.,coIne as dry and lCathery as that q;
.u old sea captain"
Orange flower cream rs orc of the
lr-st for protecting the conSlexion iroua
lind ;,nd cold. After washing the face
iih warm water and pure soap al
ght massage this cream into tn.
.in. removing what remains on the
-. face with a Clean towel:
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Welfare Work.

Have you any part of an automobile
that You don't want?''
II have an old tire. What's the idea -
You know how our srardmothers
used to make crazy quilts for the
needy
Yes"
.'Or the same principle I am trying to
assemble an automobile for a poor WON
an who has none.'-LOuisville Courier
Journal.