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Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
U. S. Should Increase Armament
to Defend Enormous Coast,
s Asserts Veteran Chief.

The need of better means of ma
tional defense, particularly of larger
navy to defend our thousands of
miles of seacoast and our island
possessions, was vigorously urged
Saturday by General Washington
Gardner, of Albion, Mich. com
mander-in- chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic, who is in Atlanta
to attend the annual encampment of
the Department Of Georgia and South
Carolina
General Gandner declared ernphat-
ically that the navy should be grad
ua1Iy increased, and expressed a
doubt as to the wisdom of having
the regular army depend so wholly
upon the State militia for it's real
strength
America should not lag behind
other nations of the world" said Cen
eral Gardner. Preparedness wins
more wars than valor and determina-
ton, and If nation is prepared for
war that nation will be let alone by
other countries
Canal Needs Protection.
"The United States should have a
large navy, and 1t should be increased
gradually until it ranks with the
nav1es of other world powers. do
not, of course, favor an increase in
the navy that would be burdensome
to the people of the country, but the
United States has thousands of miles
OF seacoast to her island possessions
and the Panama Canal to protect;
and In view alo of the fact that future
wars promise to be waged largely
upon the seas, / believe we should
have a naval program that would add
more battleships, with proporttonate
numbers of smaller vessels, to the
navy each year.
Universal disarmament would un-
doubtedly be a great benefit to hui
manity, but 1T will be many years,
il ever, before that dream comes true,
and meanwhile the United States
would be doing far less than her duty
II she did not provide herself with
ample means of defense.
Bigger Army Needed.
THE man who owns Va1uables
locks them in his house or in a safe
deposit vault, where they are safe
from thieves; the United States
should be able to keep her great
cities and her possessions safely
locked in from foreign countries, and
the key should be large navy and
an efficient army.
'"The American army, 50 far as l
have observed, is large enough and
efficient enough for ordinary pur-
poses. There probably is, however,
some reason for the assertion of army
officers that its strength depends too
much upon the State militia, and that
it is smaller than 1t really should. be-"
General Gardner heartily approved
the plan of the Atlanta Chamber Of
Commerce to celebrate the semi cen
tennial of the battle Of Atlanta next
year.
q am in favor of anything, he de-
clared, that will aid in strengthen
ing the bonds of love and promoting
harmony between the North and
South. Such celebration as is pro-
posed for Atlanta, if properly man
aged. would be a fitting tribute to
the brave men of both the Federal
and the Confederate armies.
For Woman Suffrage.
"And / am confident that Atlanta
and the people of Atlanta will be able
to hold their celebration in the proper
spirit. and obtain the desired results.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
TRAIN ROBBERS
SHOOT DOWN 8
PASSENGERS
rrio Slain Resisting HoIdup Of
Bandits-Posses Have Small
Hope of Capture.

BELLINGHAM, WASH, Feb. 21.--
Deputy sheriffs and railroad detec-
dyes searching the country about
,ere for the three men who held up
, train and killed three persons who
assisted admitted to-day that they
had small chance of capturing the
endits. Several posses were scour-
ng the wilderness for a radius of
teveral miles from the scene of the
loldup and a party of searchers went
,y boat to the San Juan Islands.
The three men boarded Great
Northern passenger train No. 35S,
,ound for Vancouver, B. c., at Bur-
sngton, a few miles south of here
rhe train was running full speed
When they came out of the smoking
Rr stopped in the vestibule to ad-
ust handkerchiefs over their faces
md entered the day coach. One of
he robbers went to the farther end
Il the car and started to lock it, r.
= Lee a passenger from Bremerton,
Wash leaped at the bandit and was
hot dead. Thomas B. Wadsworth, a
Canadian Pacific conductor, Of Van
souVer, VINO was a passenger, ana M.
B. McElhoes, a travelling salesman of
Vancouver, started toward the rob-
Sers and two shots killed both of
hem.
The conductor of the train hearing
he shooting signaled the engineer
% stop. AS the brakes were applied
he bandits emptied their revolvers
nto the ceiling of the car, and the
me who had committed the three
murders Started forward to where
ais companions were guarding the
iOor. AS he passed down the aisle
ialf a dozen women and several men
passed up their purses. He kept a
louble handful of them as he and his
companions jumped from the train
md ran into the darkness.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
Saves Her Rooster's
Grow by Using Knife

NEW YORK, Feb 21.--Mrs. Joseph
Belts. whose prfze-winning chickens
are famous throughout the country,
restored the crow to her most precious
rooster by performing a remarkable
operation.
The rooster was stricken with the
nlalady known in feathered circles
as bound CROP He was at the
point of death when Mrs. Belts cut
open his crop, removed several twist
ed spears of meadow hay and sewed
the crop up again.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
H. W. W.Longfellow, I'd,
Gets Death Threats

BOSTON. Feb. 21.-Letters threat
eping death to Henry w Longfeliow
%, a descendant of the poet, and TO
his wife and family II demands for
$4,000 were refused. have resulted
in the placing of police guard about
the Longfellow home.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
Vegetable Cure for
Diabetes Discovered

PARIS, Feb. 21.--A new remedy for
diabetes has just been discovered by
DR.. Marcel Liable. 1t consists of a
diet OF dried vegetables, The emf
nent doctor announced the fact in a
paper read before the Academy of
Medicine the other day.
To effect a cure. the doctor pre-
scribes 300 grammes of dried vege-
tables with fresh eggs and $50
grammes of buttered a1bumen of
bread with small quantity of fresh
vegetables and wine.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
CHENEYS
EXPECTO RANT

Cures Group, Colds, Cough
Tickling in the throst running Of the nose. sore
throat Best medicine for Who0ping cough. Tried
and tested for nifty years. Sure and certain 10
Thy cheneyS EEDsctoranG 2Sc At drug
-fS-As--Adyt
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
Convicts Who Defied
Guards Elude Dogs

Slipping his chains mad defying
guard to shoot him, Willie Ward,
negro convict, escaped Friday from
the Rosyln camp chaingang, working
near Hapeville. Bloodhounds have
been put upon the trail.
Ward. II is said, had refused TO
work and had been chained to a wagl
on. He managed to loosen his bonds
and made off. I'm leaving here" he
called to the guard, despite the threat
of the latter to shoot him. He dis
appeared in the underbrush.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
Postal Cards Cost
Uncle Sam More

WASHINGTON. Feb. 21,-Forty
thousand dollars to meet increased
cost OF United States postal card
stock is requested of the House by
Postmaster Genearl Burleson.
Postal cards have risen from 80 IL
cents per thousand to SO cents per
thousand since the Postoffice appro-
priation bill was passed. says Mr..
Burleson.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
Prince Pays $4,000
Per Year for Food

Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Feb. 21.-Prince Murat
spends $4,000 year for food for
his family and servants in his Paris
mansion.
This is a record for Paris, inasmuch
as the estimate does not include the
wages of the chef and butler or the
special outlay for guests.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
Ferdinand Wants to
See Panama Fair

Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Feb. 21.--A news agency
dispatch from Sofia says King Ferdi-
nand told the Panama Exposition
Commissioners that he hoped it would
be possible for him to visit America
in April
The King has informed the Hearst
newspaper correspondent that he
would not be able to visit the United
States. but that Queen Eleonora
would GO
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
King George Indorses
Church Army Work

Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Feb. 21.-King George
told Prebendary Wilson Carlile, head
of the Church Army, that ne was
great believer in hard work. The
King said:
Il have to work hard myself and
think it is good for people"
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
EpwoRrH LEAGUE coNFEReNcE

BROWNSVILLE, Feb. 21-The Ep-
worth League Conference of the
Thomasville District will be held in
Whigham next Thursday and Friday.
This district embraces about fifteen
counties and includes all the territory
from Albany west and south to Ala
bama and Florida.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
First Canal Ship to
Fly World Peace Flag

NEW YORK. Feb. 21.--Dr William
o. Mcdowell, president of the League
of Peace. has received a letter from
Colonel Goethals, chief engineer of
the Panama Canal, in which Colonel
Goethalss promises to fly the peace
flag on the first ship to make the Of
fetal and direct passage through the
canal.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
Mellen Must Face
Manslaughter Case

BRIDGEPORT, CONN, Feb. I'll
States Attorney Judson has quashed
the manslaughter indictment against
five officials of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad, but re-
fused to annul the indictment against
former President Charles S. Mellen.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
To Celebrate Opening
Of Depot at Cordele

CORDELE, Feb. PA number of
,fficials of the railroads touching Cor
lele will be in attendance at lunch
ION by the Chamber of Commerce on
March ? to celebrate the optning of
ne new union station here.
A number of short addresses will be
,iven, the progress of the. city in an
Industrial way to be discussed gener-
lly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
SQUARE DEAL FOR GOV. CLARKE.

SQUARE DEAL FOR GOV. CLAHNE.
Coon Rapids Enterprise: Repubii-
can newspaper Offices are just now
receiving circular letters asking TOT
help to switch Governor Clarke OH
the track for second term and IN MS
place nominate Judge Lee. The rea-
son assigned for the opposition to
!Clarke's denomination is that ne IS
unpopular because, presumably. ne IS
thought to be largely responsible Tor
the increase in taxes. The Enterprise
does not think the movement either
wise or just. He was not more re-
sponsible for the increase In taxation
than the Legislature. The capital ex-
tension tax is comparatively light and
the REIMBURSEMENT of valuation, making
a general increase, was required by
law which had for some time been
disregarded, notwithstanding the law
is a good one. The Clarke admins
tration should be congratulated on its
work in this respect instead OF con-
demned. Governor Clarke stands for
a greater Iowa, was elected on this
platform and could not therefore do
less than he has done. Governor
Clarke has made a good governor.
He has great pride in the state and
her institutions. He wants to see her
forge ahead rapidly as we all should.
and he deserves to be encouraged. He
is entitled to the customary second
term ANYTHING less would be an in
justice to him. Iowa in fact cannot
afford to turn down man for gov
ernor who has stood with enthusiasm
for the greatest possible develop
ment of all of Iowa's institutions and
resources. The Republicans OF Iowa
should give Governor Clarke square
deal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17

gram given by the scholars OF the
Birch school Wednesday evening I'M
der the management OF Miss Horn.
Mrs. Linda Reed and Mrs. Irene
Findeiss spent Tuesday at the Nor
gan Barnes home.
Earl Hamilton and family have
moved on the Smith farm.
FREQ Rocky and family were Don
Nelson callers Tuesday.
VIM. South OF Fl. Madison was call
ing on friends here Thursday.
WIN. Handbook OF Donnellson was
Charleston caller Thursday.
Miss Ethel Hamilton and brother
Clarence of Nav Boston passed
through town Wednesday enroute for
Donnellson.
Miss Emma Barnes and brother
Arlie were Donnellson callers Tues
day.
Glen Cochran Of New Boston was a
Charleston caller Thursday.
Joe Wagner OF Montrose passed
through town Thursday.
Mrs. Ida Ramsey and son Herman
are visiting in FIT Madison.
r. B. Lamb and family spent Sun.
day at the Eli Scott home.
James Barnes and family spent
Sunday in Ath Ems, Mo.
NJ. r. Kerns was Keokuk caller
Saturday.
Rufus Junkins spent a few days a,
| home.
All Lawson spent few days with
! his brother Dave
Rev. ]. r. StilweIl VIII preach Sun
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
NEW BIBLES AND NEW PEOPLES.

The eminent French statesman, Al
FREQ A. Hanotaux, ex-premier, IN
recent volume of which mention mas
Jeeu made in 1.-The London Times,
prophesies the coming forward into
new light Of the old Arab, Armenian,
and Syriac nations and the breaking
away of these peoples from the rule
of the Turkish empire 1t Is An inter-
esting fact that the Bible in the Ian
guages used by these people Is the
product OF American missionaries and
the American Bible society. The mod
ern Armenian Bible is one OF the most
important versions OF Scripture pub
lished and circulated by the American
Bible society. Who can tell what
part the distribution Of these Scrip
lures has had to do with the awaken
ing Of new life among this ancient
Armenian people.
The modern Armenian was trans
lated by Elias Riggs, a missionary o!
the American board. Nearly FIVE hun
| cred thousand volumes OF these Scrip
lures have ben circulated.
Tho Amorirnr rs'hln ro~tctr r'~r
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
CHARLESTON.
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Thomas Kempkes was born at
Goch Prussia, July 4, 1924, died at
his home Friday evening, April IN,
1914, aged SO years, 9 months and Q
DAYS He came to America In 1898
and to Charleston township in 1871.
He wac married to Miss Belinda KEEL
lev Oct. 2, 1867. He is survived by
his wife and the following children:
Mrs. Veronica Latta, FROM and Otto
w. Kemp, and one grandchild Hazei
Iatta. Mr.. Kempkes was brought up
in the Catholic church. He was an
old soldier and member OF the ".
"A. r. Funeral services were con-
Quoted by Rev. j. F. Stilwell Monday
afternoon at O'Clock at the Nj. T..
church. interment in the Charleston
cemetery.
pay by day their ranks are thinning,
One by one they disappear,
And at each succeeding roll call
Fswer voices answer Here"
Still tn sir regiments are marching
many
March with noiseless tread,
And no DuGleS souHQ doSohoiy
In the bivouac of the dead.
Now q reunited nation joins
To bless the honored dead,
Though, forgetful of the living
Who hava likewise fought and bled
Hats are reverent'y lifted
1 To the heroes lying here.
/ Lift them to the living heroes
/! Hail them. all with che er on cheer
Not for long will they be with US,
/ Soon each regiment will be
Tented here beneath the blossoms
/ OF the land it helped to free.
/ But today the drums are muffled
/ And the flag at half mast waves,
/ Keeping green dead heroes memories
/ AS the grass above their graves.
! James McMillen OF Athens, Mo-. ant
Mrs. Eda Mcclure were married al
the brides home Monday afternoon
about o'clock, Rev. j. F. Stilwel
officiating.
Mrs. May Barnes and son Georg'
of st. Louis. Mo-, spent few day
at the Morgan Barnes home.
c. S. Bassett, wife and daughte
Bessie of Warrsn, passed through
town Thursday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
ALL IOWA FARMS NEAR RURAL
ROUTES


Practically every farm in Iowa is
rural mail route. Recently Greater
Iowa obtained figures from the gov
eminent as to the number OF rural
routes in the different states in the
union. There are only two states
which have larger number OF rural
routes than Iowa, Illinois having q
s5s and Ohio with 1853 az compared
to Iowa with 2,242. Both Illinois and
Ohio. however, have a much larger
rural population than Iowa. illinois
has 2,161 ,G62 people living on farms
and in towns of less than $500 people.
Ohio has 2,101 ,97S and Iowa 1,544,IlI.
The area OF Illinois exceeds that OF
Iowa by about 600 square miles, while
the area of Ohio is less than that OF
Iowa by about $1,000 square miles.
iCalifornia has only 400 rural routes.
It's rural population amounts to sO1,-
$40 and the area of the famouc south
west coast state is 15s,36O square
miles as against STOPS square miles
in Iowa. The western states as a
rule have but few rural routes. Wy
oming has thirteen; Utah, fifty-one;
Montana. fifty-nire; New Mexico
eighteen and Nevada. four.
The middle western states on the
whole are better supplied with rural
routes than any of the other states
incubation and area considered. With
practically every farm in Iowa con
vepient to a rural route. and tele
pbones enough for ninety out of ever,
c,o I...-arcd farm homes. with nf
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17

How big a foo! the law Is in spots
is illustrated by the case OF a Mrs.
Gallo. who is in Jail In New York.
Mrs Gallo failed to appear in court
when ordered because she was engag-
ed in bringing the sixth little Gallo
into the world, and was committed
for contempt and actually taken to
Jail. The Judge, knowing the circum-
stances. says he lacks power to can
eel the cont smpt order without the
consent Of the creditors lawyer and
tile latta- Won't bulge without HE hit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17

Miss Blanche ingalls, has been put
in charge of the police department or
Chesaning, Mich. She hardly had
been in office week before she had
made many reforms, among them
prohibiting card games, barring play
ing dominoes for money, forbidding
dice throwing. requiring saloons to
close at 10 o'clock and making 1t nee
essary to blanket horses standing on
the street. She is the editor of one
of the papers, and before her election
had made a lively campaign against
the inefficient police department.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17

fund of America Members OF neariy
all flrst class companies in all the four
cities mentioned have volunteered
their services for this afternoons mat
inees. The theatres to join IN tue
movement are all those under the var
ious arrangements Of Klsw 4 Erlans
err, the Henry B. Harris Estate, n. =.
Frezee, Charles B. Dillingham;, Jonn
Cort, the Shuberts and Conan & HAT
ris. All the companies will give =
special program Of impersonatlons.
is planned to make every April IL
Actors Fund Day, and next year u
include ali branches OF the Amusement
world, including dramatic. musical
vaudeville, moving picture. and circus'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17

publishes an edition Of the Scripture
in the ancient Armenian for use IN
the services OF the old cnristlan
churches established centuries ago.
The Arabic Bible used by both Syri-
ans and Arabs is one OF the most I'M
portant versions OF Scripture ever
produced. Mora than two million vol
umes have been issued by the Ameri-
can Bible society. The British and
foreign Bible society assists IN us
circulation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17

Miss Alice Carpenter. New York
suffragist, has recently returned from
a trip to the west, and she has 1t IN
for the anti who said that the babies
were being neglected at home while
the mothers attended suffrage meet
iings. She says that every place she
went some baby broke up the meeting
or did it's best to do SO. some times
two and three bowling at the same
time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17
ADVERTISING.

That advertising in the broadcast
sense and in the sanest and safest
measures is only another means OF
public reform is indicated by re-
cent address by Gerald Stanley Lee,
author and lecturer, in which he says:
Advertisements are subjected to
the practical test of what they can
make people believe The prob
lem of religion is the same. 1t is
matter of touching the magma
ton Of men. II the money spent
on ships and ornaments were
spent on a public campaign OF mu-
tual understanding, there would
be no need of ornaments. Deal
ing with disease and crime is also
an advertising proposition. IL we
could use the money now spent
on hospitals and jails for teach
ing people how to keep out O. hos
pitfalls and jails, the need for such
institutions would largely disap-
pear.
This is another phase of the argu-
ment for putting social and ethical
movements on a practical business
basis says the Register and Leader
And, incidentally, in such :. scheme
human psychology forms fundamen
tai consideration. Our religions aud
charities and reformatories Of various
sorts have too long been conducted or
a narrowly theoretical standard which
disregarded some of the most practi
cal and effective of business consid
erations.
We are really the same sort Of PEG
pie whether we are reading automo
bile advertisements or the develop
ments of modern theology. 1t takes
the same kind of an appeal to attrac
our earnest consideration. 1t is {
question of convincing us in eithel
case. The modes of procedure shoult
not necessarily be very widely sep
arated
This does not mean that cheap ant
ugly and blatant methods OF reform
will win in the end. 1t indicates
rather, that the same common sens
psychology which wins in a practica
business proposition will. in la-g
majority of cases. win in an ethica
and intellectual one.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17

Harry E. Hull OF Williamsburg has
announced his candidacy for the re-
publican nomination for congress In
the Second district. He was the re-
publican candidate in the special cleo
ton there in February and his show
ing In that contest proved surprise
to the politicians of all parties. There
is at present no opposition to him.
]. r. Kirby of Williamsburg. discuss
ed as candidate, has announc "a
that he will support Hull.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17

Mr.. Won Bauditz is the name of a
woman of Denmark who commands,
with the rank of captain, vessel run
sci running between Russia and Eng
land. She took up the trade of the
sea in the beginning simply as sport,
but succeeded SO we'll that she de-
cided to make a business Of it. She
is expecting to be promoted to an
American line. She says she is the
only woman master mariner of the
world.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17

The Republican state central com
mittee made short work of the con-
vention location issue by promptly
selecting Des Moines as the place for
the holding OF the midsummer gath
ing. This will be pleasing to an over
wheIming majority of those who viii
attend. Hotel and railroad facilities
are too we'll known to warrant enum
Grafton. The weather in July Is in
variably ideal. The spirit OF hospital
ity will be In evidence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17

After being absent from home Tor
twenty-one years Richard Hoffman re-
turned to Belleville, N. Y, with the
intention of surprising his brother.
who he supposed would not recognize
him. When he reached his brother S
house. however, he found that the
pleasant man he had been talking to
on the train had been his brother,
who had known him all the time,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17

Walter S. Hawley has won the dis
tinction of having the best hearing IN
western Massachusetts. While at MS
home in East Borokfeld, he heard the
fire alarm in Springfield. thirty-seven
miles away, and was able to count
the number, which was GIL. When In
Springfield the next day he inquired
and found that his ears had not de-
ceiyed him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17

THE Universal Church OF Christ"
and in the evening, Afterwards
Ed Lamb and family Of Montrose
spent Sunday at the Fred Heiser
home.
FROM and Otto Kempkes were keo-
kuk callers Saturday.
Harry Pezley and family OF F.
Madison are visiting relatives here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-17

farm in Iowa more than ten miles
from railroad and an automobile for
every thirty-two inhabitants. 1t would
appear that every farm in the state
is conveniently located not only for
the conduct of it's business but, for the
comfort and convenience of the farm.
er and his family.