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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-03
WAITING" PERIOD
IS CONDEMNED


Oklahoma city, OKLA, Dec 3.-The
worhmen'a compensation act las been
in operation now lor three months.
The Industrial which has the enforce
ment of this law, completed its first
quarter of year Nov 80. The records
show that during this time industrial
acts reported numbered 1856. and
that of thee, 1885 were such as did
not give the caploye cause to recover,
for the reason that hte disability was
less than the two weeks minimum
under the law before compensation
shall become due and payable. Seven
fatal accidents were reported The
condition of the docket of the com
mission at the beginning of the fourth
month was pleasing, showing that all
case sfjIed had been disposed of ex-
cept thirtyoue that were set for hear
ing and five carried over. Claims for
compensation under the law where the
injury had caused loss OF eet. eent
for more tban two weeks d.
29S. "a -
Fuller Reports Desired.
Reports from employers received by
the commission show that in the case
of those who are covered by insurance
policies there is lack of detail, while
in the case Of the employers who are
their own risk the reports
are full and comprehensive 1t is the
opinion of members Of the commission
that greater care should be taken by
The employers in collecting facts and
making complete report Of them in all
cases of accidents. This is desired,
that adjustment may be made with
greater accuracy foc all concerned.
w. l.. Blessing, a member of the
commission who has been carefully
the progress Of the work that
Is being done under the law, said that,
in his opinion, the waiting period is
100 long, especially for the man who
aarns small wages.
Defects in the Law.
Under the law there is no compen-
3ation for loss of time due to accidents
hat do not incapacdate the employe
or more than fourteen days" said Mr..
Blessing. in my opinion this is too
great loss to the poor man 1t ought
o be changed so that not more than
eyen days shall be lost before com
)ensation shall begin The law is
yoing to be all right and the results
rom it viii no doubt, be pleasing
like to the employers and employees,
provided the employers take interest
II accidents and in safety devices.
they must figure on the cost of the
protection and seek to reduce this by
educing the hazards There is a great
zeal Of pressure being brought to bear
" certain classes of lawyers to break
own the law and this pressure will
Il fen where il may have effect if the
arties concerned in the workings Of
he law shall fail to be yigilant.
AS a whole, the work so far done
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fuller Reports Desired.

"As a whole, the work so far done
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11
,NExHAusTl.LE SUPPLY.

II. H. Campbell, writing in the En-
cheering Magazine for March, says
that Germany has an ineXhaustible
supply of trained men from her voca-
tional schools. We have a few OF
these schools, but to get full advan-
tage Of them, there must be change
in the point of view Of the public to-
ward mechanical trades. In this coun-
try nearly every man, who is able.
thinks that he must send his boy to
college, and this is so even IL the boy
has no spark of genius, or even il he
is distinctly stupid. The parent I'm.
AGNES that he thereby makes his son
able to get along better in the world,
although in many cases he actually
does the boy an injury. The young
man graduates perhaps when he is
twenty-three, and he does not pos sess
any training for anything in particu-
lar. He is too old now to serve an
apprenticeship, and in earning power
he is way behind the boy who went in
to a machine shop direct from the
high school. Moreover, the boy who
has been to college has acquired an
entirely wrong view of life; he has
fixed standards for himself that he
may never be able to satisfy. 1t
would have been much better if he
had kept down on earth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11
CASCARETS FOR
STOMACH,
HEADACHE, COLDS
Clean your liver and constipat-
ed bowels tonight and
feel fine. f
Get a 1o-cent box now.

Get 10-cent box now.
Are .you keeping your liver, stom-
ach and bowels clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets-or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
salts, cathartic pills or castor oil?
This is important.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
and fermenting food and foul gases;
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system the con
stipated waste matter and poison in
the bowels.
No odds how sick, headachy, bilious
and constipated you feel, Cascaret
tonight will straighten you out by
morning. They work while you sleep.
A 10-cent box from your druggist will
keep your head clear, stomach sweet
and your. liver and bowels regular for
months. Don't forget the children
their little insides need gentle
cleansing, too.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11
BUSINESS IMPROVING.

With the coming of spring, there
is usually an Improvement In bust
mess irrespective of conditions. There
has been in this country a depression
existing for several years. This was
caused largely through persistent adj
Verse legislation which restrained
capital and made investment hazard
Gus. AS is always the case of extreme
law the pendulum will return, but in
this case the return has been so
slow that the commercial machinery
did not act quickly. A little more
legislative oil has been poured onto
the rusty bearings and there is natur-
ally a quickening of industrial speed
as shown in the resumption Of steel
mills. Railway conditions are improS-
ing, due to relieving legislation and
in the industrial centers thousands OF
men have been restored to their for
mer positions. The effect of the in
dustrial revival win slowly work its
way into the agricultural sections
and betterment will begin to show Ia
ter One thing Is true. however. and
that is the agricultural sections have
suffered less than any other and the
general reference is made that the
most healthy conditions can be found
in the middle west. The season
promises better things. Crop condi-
tons are bright and business is
plainly improving.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11
WHEN ALL LOOKS DARK.

H. N. Wheeler, editor of the Quin'
cy Journal, has just returned froin
Washington. The following Is his
comment, after his recent visit, on
affairs at present at the nationa'
capital as indicated by three-cos.
Iumn black BREWER first page editorial
Monday evening:
Shall we, the great republic, go the
way that other virile nations have
gone?-that's big question, that
needs extended reatment-Suftice II
to say here that there are plain sigrs
in the political sky pointing in that
direction an unprejudiced, patriotic
Iooker-on in Washington can see them
plainly change must come in the
management of our country's affairs
or it will go on the rocks as it's com
manding predecessors have gone be-
fore-We need more than mere econ
omy, more efficiency, more genuine
principle, more concern for what Is
best and right for tn /, nation-We neei
a different kind of so-called public
servants in the city of Washington
Men who love their country more ana
themselves Iess-The nations affairs
in Washington are carried on in
haphazard, unbusiness-like, inefficient.
extremely profliGate way-There must
be a change in governmental manage
ment, or this country will go on thu
rocks as sure as fate
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11
New Arm0r Plate
The New Process, it is Claim
ed, Will Make Large
Guns Useless.

Another of the series OF expert
m,,nts to Determine the resisting pow
err Of a certain class of armor was re-
Gently conducted with extremely salts
factory results Fortifications built
of this metal might be made hides
tructible and it would be useless to
lombard them.
1t is also useless to try to make a
success il life II handicapped by poor
health. You lack the strength and
stamina necessary to win.
In the majority OF cases OF poor
health, stomach trouble is the real
cauG.a; but this can be corrected by
careful diet and the assistance Of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. It tones,
strengthens and helps the digestive
functions and when the food is prop
er1y digcsted. strength and renewed
visor is sent coursing through the en-
tire system.
The proper time for action is when
you notice the first symptoms of
weakness, such as loss of appetite,
headache, bloating, heartburn sour
stomach, indigestion Or consultation
and by resortilg to Hostetter's Stom-
I aeh Buffers you can help Nature con.
quer them. Delay only aegrayates
matters and prolongs your suffering
| Take a bottle home with Won TODAY
: but see that the stamp over the neck
lis unbroken
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11
WATER TRANSPORTATION.

Since the opening of the Panama
canal the transcontinental railroads
have secured permission from the in
terstate commerce commission to
make, in some instances, lower rates
for long than for short hauls. The
railroads contended, and the commits
sion conceded the truth Of the con-
tention, that in order to compete with
the Panama canal route for coast to
coast traffic, transcontinental rail
rates would have to be reduced, but
that the Land carriers could not afford
to make corresponding reductions In
rates between the Pacific coast and
interior points, says the Chicago
Daily News.
In it's opinion granting some of the
concessions asked by the transconti-
mental railroads, the interstate COM
merce commission said: st is evil
dent from the whole record, that,
whatever may have been the degree
of competition In the past between
the rail carriers and the water car
riers as to the rates on these ar
ticIes concerning which additional
relief is now sought. we are witness
ing the beginning of a new era in
transportation between the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts. To secure any
considerable percentage of this coast
TO coast traffic, rates on many com
modities must be established by the
rail lines materially lower than those
now existing. If the railroads are
able to make such rates from the At
lantic seaboard to the Pacific coast az
will hold to their lines some portion
of this traffic with profit to them
selves, they should be permitted tc
do so. The acceptance Of this traffic
will add something to their net rev
enues. and to that extent decrease
and not increase, the burden thai
must be borne by other traffic. 1t will
give the shippers at the coast points
the benefits of an additional and com
petitiye service. We are OF the
opinion that these carriers should be
! permitted to compete for this long
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11
SAWS Wheat win prop.

WICHITA FALLS, Texas, March
11.-Frank Kel1. one of the largest
grain dealers in Texas, made the in
teresting statement that he would not
be surprised to see wheat selling for
as low as fifty cents per bushel by
this time next year
The price of wheat will depend al.
together on the progress of the war;
he said. The key to the situation is
the Dardanelles. If the waterway out
let is opened up it will enable Russia
to flood the markets Of the world with
a surplus of 300,60o,oGo bushels OF
wheat that are now bottled up in that
country. The wheat acreage in Rus
STA this season is only about two
million acres below what ii was last
year. The decrease of acreage il
France and Germany is not as great
as one might naturally expect. With
another big cror of the grain in Rus
STA and fair yield in France and
Germany, together with big crop in
the United States, the price will faii
tremendously if peace is declared be
fore the mex. crop is harvested. TIE
wheat acreage in Texas at this time
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

now just as they are reaching the
stage of practical usefulness would be
very unbusiness-like action.
Petitions based on misinformatlon
and Misrepresentation have been
worked up In some counties and the
legislature Is being pressed to repeal
the present excellent road law. we
do not believe the movement refects
the opinion and wishes. of the great
majority of the people of the state.
Protests ought to be made against re-
peal-at least give the new system
two more years of trial and then IL
repeal or changes are needed, action
can be taken iatellig gently, based on
actual experience rather than upon
theory or prejudice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11
TEACHERS PENSIONS.

hackers of the teachers pension bill
In the state Legislature expect 20 see it
he made into a law this week. Az
amended, the bill does not call for any
funds from the state. the burden or
making up the fund out Of which pen
sions are to be paid, falling entirely
upon the teachers, though the state Is
to administer the fund. The advocates
of teachers pensions say that the Bit
will encourage teachers to remain al
heir posts, thereby keeping the stand
d of experience higher than it is a,
esent. Inasmuch as the fund raised
~ the teachers will not last more
than two or three years, the state vii
be expected eventually to give finan
cial aid to the project.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11
GIVE THE LAW A CHANCE.

Strenuous effort IS being MADE by
opponents of good roads in Iowa to
have the present road law repealed.
Repeal would be serious mistake.
Iowa will never get anywhere with
road improvement if it does not give
system once adopted fair trial.
says the Burlington Hawk-Eye. The
old system underwent the test for
many years and was proven to be
seriously defective. The new system
Is now entitled to like fair treatment.
1t is new only as to Iowa; the main
features have been under longer ex-
perience in other states and have
demonstrated their efficiency and per-
manent economy. To abandon them
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

= st. Louis physician has discover
ed that the common electric solder
ing iron can be used successfully for
5auterizing in surgical work. Electric
cauteries have been made for surgi-
cal use. but they proved expensive
AID unreliable. However, the electric
soldering iron Of good quality hap
pens to have just the temperature that
is so desirable for cautery work. It
destroys tissue, turning it into a
white. cooked mass with hardly any
charring and no hemorrhase, yet its
continuous unvarying heat makes il
work rapidly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

The proposed repeal OF the new
road law is arousing great interest in
tho state legislature. The law is new
il it's practical application. but it has
been effective. Because it is new it
encounters opposition. There are peo-
pie who never wish to change the
order of things even il an improve
ment is assured Iowa is great stat.
but has a lot OF poor roads. The
value Of the land makes it imperative
that no backward steps be taken in
the making OF good roads. II good
roads fail the prica Of Iowa land will
diminish.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

Gods spirit falls on me, as dew
drops on rose,
If put like rose my heart to him
narro3l.
The soul wherein God dwells-what
church can ho1ier be?
Ye know God but as Lord, hence Lord
his name with We,
feel him but as love and love his
name with me.
Though Christ thousanG' times In
Bethlehem he born,
If He's not born in three, thy soul Is
all forlorn.
Christ rose not from the dead. Christ
still is in the grave.
If those for whom he died are still OF
sin the slave,
What'er thou lowest, man, that too,
become thou must,
God, If thou lowest God. dust II thou
lowest dust
All. would the heart but be a manger
for the birth
God would once more become little
child on earth.
JOHANNES SCHOFFER
Written about 1851
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

distance traffic so long as it may be
secured at rates which clearly cover
the out of pocket cost"
This opinion constitutes official rec
ognition of the great value to ship
pers of water transportation. 1t
should effectively silence those crit
les of waterway development who. ar
que that water routes between points
that can be served by rail carriers
are out of date.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

"A good beginning for the conclud-
ing program of the legislature would
be the wholesale slaughter OF scores OF
bills which should never escape the
hands of the committees" suggested
the Des Moines Capital.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

This week about fifty merchants
will participate in a window display
contest. The display will be Friday
and Saturday. The Retailers league
has created lively interest in the
contest and some very pretty effects
are snre to result from the efforts of
the window decorators.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11
amendment at the POLLS says the
Fairfield Ledger.

The Denison Bulletin says it was
needless for Governor Clarke to go to
the trouble of explaining why he did
not veto the Garrison biIl-that every
body has his own opinion on it, and
Governor Clarke can't change It, any
more than he can change the republt-
can state platform.
What there is to encourage friends
of William H. Taft to believe he can
be nominated for president in 1915
is beyond the comprehension OF the
Rockwell City Advocate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

The newspaper fraternity will be
gratified that an Improvement is an
nounced in the health of William Net
son, the editor of the Kansas City
Star. He is one of the great news
paper men of the country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

1t is believed that an excellent sub
stitute for silk has been produced il
Panama by crossing the blooms of
certain wild fiber plants with species
of eossipium. The result is staple
of texture finer than cocoon silk. but
with tensile strength about five
times greater.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11
Municipal Plant a Success.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March IL
Operating against the private owned
corporation at lower rates, Cleveland's
municipal electric light plant earned a
net profit of $4S,675 in 1914, according
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

is about 100000 more than last year,
and If normal yield is obtained the
states crop this year should be about
2o,eC0,000 bushels"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

to figures just compiled by Light CO..,
missioner Ballard. The munic,p; q
plant serves 10000 customers ana 70, =
adding rapidly to this number. ~
rate is three cents per kilowatt nou
The private owned corporation chafs ~
from five to ten cents. guaged on ~
amount used by the consumer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

Washington is expressing fear for
the neutral christians in Turkey. II
Coustantinople falls and it now looks
like it will. christian massacre is
feared by the state department.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

There will be bathing beach In
operation this summer ii the efforts
of the Moose meet with the support
that the movement deserves.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

Who says the United States senate
is slow? 1t took 1t just four minutes
to appropriate 164,000,o00 for pen
sions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

The Dubuque Times-Journai objects
to condemnation of the new road iaW
before it has been given fair tr1ai.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

'At least, Clifford Thorne has con.
vinced himself that everyday Du'
himself can be wrong" remarks the
Waterloo Times-Tribune.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

Saying a good work for Kaokuk is
adding to the value of your property
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

why should the state Of Iowa take
step back and abolish the state hlgn-
way commission when it already Is
behind the times on good roads," de-
mands the Charles City Intelligencer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

Women are going to vote in Iowa
just as surely as saloons are out to
stay OUT insists the Britt Tribune.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11
CHILD SUFFERED
WITH SKIN TROUBLE
On Head for Two Years. Itching and
Burning. Kept From School at
Times. Scratched and lrritated.
Used Cuticura. Entirely Well.

1915 Mckee ST.. Fort Wayne. 1nd.-"Afy
child, six years Of age, suffered for about
two years with an itching and burning on
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

her head right behind the
ear. 1t was just very small
when first noticed and kept
spreading until it got way
up above her ear. I had to
keep her from school at
times it got SO sore. 1t
caused her pain for it itched
and burned SO badly that
she scratched and irritated
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

Read The Daily Gate City. -
cents per week
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

And we are to have more Thaw.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11
rHoueH1 EoR TODAY.

We promise according to our hopes,
and perform according to our fears
La Rochefaucauld.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

cannot think of one good argument
against equal suffrage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

It all the time. 1t spread and spread until
1t was good bit bigger than silver dollar.
1t made her ear stick to her head and l
could not pull it away without her crying.
IT got a sample of Cuticura Soap and
Ointment, washed the sore place with the
Soap and applied the Ointment and began
to see the relief it gave her. So bought a
cake Of CuticWa Soap and a box of Ointment
and she is entirely well" (Signedl Mrs.
May Tegtmeyer, June 5, 1914.
Sample Each Free by Mail
With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Adj
dress postcard "Cu.icura, Dept. T, Bos-
eon.,' Sold throughout the world.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

THE present method OF selecting
postmasters ought to be abolished anu
the whole business placed under strict
civil service regulations urges the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-11

keokuk, Iowa $50. March II, 1915