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Newark post., 1915-04-21

present time 600 peace societies.
These have received millions as
endowment. The world is being
taught that all mankind is funda-
mentally alike-there are only
surface differences. The women
Of the world-they who create life
rather than destroy it-are organ
izing to bring about peace. This
war has shown the moral collapse
of socialism, also of education
and Christianity. After the war
has been brought to a close, won't
this happen, the speaker asked.
The people will go to the govern
ment, and say, Help U.S. Unless
the governments are different,
they will fail to help them. Will
not this bring about a gradual rise
Of democracy? In five years all
the kings and aristocrats may go.
"But the great war is upon us.
The vital issue is, How can we
stop it?' How can we prevent it's
recurrence?' Two colossal groups
of men are hurling themselves at
each other, at a cost of 100000,
900 day, and lives to the number
of $4,000 men. Shall the neutral
nations sit silent and supine and
watch the confagation devour it.
self?" Mr.. Holt declared he could
see only one faint ray of light. At
a peace congress held recently in
Chicago, it was proposed that
President Wilson should call now
a congress of the neutral nations,
which congress should sit contin-
ously until the war ends, and con-
tinously make proposals until they
hit upon something.
It is a rule of the Hague Con-
ference that no beligerent shall be
offended if neutrals try to make
peace. Suppose thirty-fve ma
tions should come together at
Washington, and that no state
ment could be made until unani-
nous. They couldn't agree upon a
foolish thing. Would this not be a
lforerunner of good Offices, and
good Offices Of mediation, and med
iation of the end? This method
has worked in labor disputes. 1t
seems worth a trial in interna-
tional circles.
Disarmament can only follow
peace. Mr.. Holt advocated the
formation by the nations of a
Peace League, based upon the
principles of the United States as
within, and of England, without.
| mother words, let the nations
disarm down to safety, to a point
of military power greater than
any likely to come against it.
Suppose five of the great ma
tions should join a peace league"
the speaker said. Suppose Rus
sia were outside with a million
men; fore eof one and one-fourth
Newark post., 1915-04-21

tunity of the United States to lead
the world if we have the states
manship and the vision which will
be necessary in the political or
ganization of the earth. James
Bryce has declared in his book,
the greatest ever written about
the American nation, All the ma
tions of the world TALL, mark you]
are coming to have this form of
of government. Our government
rests, not upon the principle of
Home Rule, but the sacrifice of
State sovereignty whenever the
nation demands it.
The Second Hague Conference
which met in 1907, Mr.. Holt at
tended as journalist. "There
are at present no more differences
between the nations of Europe
than there are between the thir-
teen colonies in '76. The world has
been brought together. President
Wilson recently sent message
which circled the globe in IL
minutes. Any nation Of Europe
and the United States Is nearer to-
gether today than New York and
Delaware were in 1776. The
United Nations does at this very
moment exist. The recurring
Hague conferences promise the
Parliament of Man. The Hague
Conference has been called the
| Magma Charta of international
Law.
The First Hague Conference
created the Hague Court; the
Second Hague Conference Great
ed a supreme court, modelled on
the Supreme Court of the United
States. Everything was agreed
upon except the judges who
should be sitting all the time cod
flying. law. The plan was pro-
posed of having a judge from each
of the eight great nations sitting
all the time, and judges from the
smaller countries serving in rota.
ton. This plan led to a differ.
ence of opinion and objections
from the smaller nations. The
question will probably be settled
at the Third Hague Conference te
be assembled at some future date
President Wilson was actually ne
gotiating for the third conference
to convene when war was declar.
ed last August. This much has
been accomplished: there will be
future conferences, which will be-
come automatic, periodic and self
governing" The speaker declared
that neither Mr.. Wilson nor Mr.
Bryan have received half the
credit they deserve for advancing
the cause of arbitration. Mr.
Bryan has succeeded in getting
through twenty-six treaties, with
twenty-five different nations.
There are in existence at the
Newark post., 1915-04-21
Representatives OF Neutral
Nations To Sit Continuously
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which exists in rudimentary way
as a CODE"
What is a nation" Mr.. Holt
asked. "Is is not merely a great
big peace society,-a society to
see that the masses shall not ex-
plot the classes, or the classes
the masses as they expect to do in
the future" Peace" the speaker
declared, "is the outcome of JUS
tice; justice the outcome of law;
law the outcome of political or
ganization. The world is divided
into fifty-five nations, forty-six of
which were represented at The
Hague Conference, which aimed to
put between the nations what has
already been put within the ma
tions. Between the nations, in
our method of action, we have ad-
vanced little beyond the practice
of the tenth century within the ma
tions. In the tenth century when
a difference arose, between two in
dividuals there were two methods
of settling the difficulty open to
them: they might go out into a
field and fight it out, or carry the
grievance to a priest, and abide
by his decision in the matter.
Until the year 1899 only one of
these methods was open to the ma
tions. Since that year the nations
are as we'll off as the citizens in
the tenth century. Sixteen times
differences arose, and the nations
carried them to the Hague Confer
ence; the seventeenth time they
have taken to the field, where they
are even yet fighting. Even now
the speaker said, we have it 1G
to l in favor of the court. We
signed scrap of paper known as
the Constitution Of the United
States, agreeing to settle our diff
ferences in Supreme Court; the
Civil War came along, we tore ur
the scrap of paper, and took to the
fields to settle it. Emanuel Kant
who possessed to my mind" the
speaker said, zone Of the greatest
intellects the world has ever
known, said, we never can have
peace until the world is political
ly organized; it never will be pos
sible to organize the world polit
ically until not the kings but the
people rule We can rear a new
civilization only when we implant
democracy everywhere; when we
stop nurturing inhospitality; anc
when we create the necessary
international machinery. The
churches and the schools must
bear one-third of the weight of
this movement. It is the oppor
Newark post., 1915-04-21
Laurel Man Gets Fortune

William Outten, a laborer on
the Delawre Railroad at Laurel
for whom lawyers had been in
quiring for some time past, learn
ed last week that an uncle who To-
Gated in Texas in youth and had
prospered, had died and made him
his heir. Outten will leave for
Texas shortly and claim his inher-
itance.
Newark post., 1915-04-21
Death OF Frederick Walthers

Frederick Walthers, a we'll
known farmer and vine grower
died at his home near Bear Sta
ton on Friday of general debility,
His father, aged 81 years, his wife
four sons and five daughters, sur.
vive him. His funeral was held on
Monday with interment in River-
view Cemetery, Wilmington.
Newark post., 1915-04-21

Electric Concerns Merged
A big merger of electric light
companies on the lower Peninsula
was effected on Wednesday at
Newark post., 1915-04-21
Death OF Clayton Templeman

Clayton Templeman, aged 63
years, formerly of the Middletown
section, died at the home of his
son-in-law, William G.. Harris, at
Frankford last Tuesday. Inter-
ment was made on Thursday in
Bethel Cemetery, near Pivot
Bridge.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
Betting on the Allies.

Chicago Evening Post: Our bet is
that both Greece and Roumania will
go in against the allies. but that the
latter will win, anyhow
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
NINETEEN STATES
IN DRY COLUMN
Six western Ones viii Mount water
wagon at the End Of
This Year.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Dec. 2T.-Six western
states bought liquor, at high speed to
day. in preparation for the extension
OF the water wagon route to Colorado,
Iowa, Washington. Oregon. Idaho and
Arkansas. January 1.
The six states, voted dry by legis-
latures, prepared today to enforce the
law which becomes effective at mid
night, December 81.
With South Carolina, which also
becomes dry January 1. and Virginia,
where prohibition Is effective Novem-
Der i, 1916. nineteen states will be IN
the dry column. Nebraska, California,
Michigan, South Dakota. Vermont
and the territory Of Alaska will vote
on statewide prohibition next year,
they have already anr ounced, and sew.
eral other states are expected to bal
lot on the question.
The seven states which board the
water cart next Friday midnight add
a population Of S,254.043 to the dry
ranks, according to the 1910 census
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
CITY NEWS.

-Keokuk National bank Christmas
Savings club. !.
1t will be but few DAYS until
the merchants begin taking the an
nual inventory.
-Pechstein & Nage1 Co. will re-
ceive and deliver orders up until 1880
each evening as long as they are still
in business. Phone 139.
Owing to the increase in all ma
terials that are necessary In the pro-
duction OF a newspaper and increase
in the wage of labor, the subscrip-
ton price of The Daily Gate City by
mail after February !, 1916. will be
$500 per year.
-Keokuk National bank Christmas
Savings club.
-Pechstein & Nagel Co. will re-
ceive and deliver orders UP until 1880
each evening as long as they are still
in business. Phone 139.
The First Christian church con-
gregasion Is planning to give Rev.
and Mrs. w. M. Baker. a farewell re-
ception next Thursday evening, to
which members of the congregation
are requested to attend. Rev. Baker
recently accepted the pastorate of
the Christian church ut Marshalltown
and will probably preach his farewell
sermons next Sunday.
-Pechstein & Nagel Co. will re-
ceive and deliver orders up until 1880
each evening as long as they are still
in business. Phone 139.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
OUARTETTE TO LIVEN
TEMPERANCE NETTING
Railsplitters to Sing at Howard n.
Russell Meeting on Wed
nesday Night

The "Railsplitter" quartet will en-
liven the holiday water wagon round
up" at Trinity church on Wednesday
evening. Dec. %, at $500 O'Clock
These merry men of song were
drafted by Howard n. Russell for his
water wagon tour last summer, from
New York to San Francisco over the
Lincoln highway. He has now called
them, second time, to delight and
entertain holiday audiences in the
great campaign for sobriety. The
quartet consists Of Messrs. Booher,
first tenor; Mcconnell, second tenor;
Pollen, first bass; and Hetherington,
second bass. They are college men of
the Ohio Wesleyan university, who.
for some time have held leading
place as singers in Ohio. On this Lin
coin tour for the Lin
coln-Lee Legion they will sing. among
other features. a number Of the songs
of the Lincoln period-songs which
Abraham Lincoln heard and loved
war songs, negro songs, and patriotic
selections sung by the old soldiers
about the camp fires Of the civil war.
Doctor Russell usually intersperses
his speech with the songs
EloQuence and music will thus COM
bfne to make q strongly attractive
holiday tour of instruction and plea
sure. Admission is free. All are In.
vited to shape their plans so as to en-
joy this social and patriotic treat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
PERSONALS.

Frank Quinn visited over Christ
mas with his sister, Mrs. Henry Mont
gomery. He left yesterday for St
Louis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
REPORT ON SALE
OF SEALS COMING
1t viii be Made at Meeting Of Visit
ing Nurse Board, Next
Tuesday.

An official report Of the number of
Red Cross seals sold in Keokuk will
be made at the meeting of the board
of the Visiting Nurse association next
Tuesday. Until that time no figures
can be secured on the sale of seals
here. 1t is understood, however. that
the sale this year has been far in ad-
vance of that of other years.
A number OF letters are still to be
heard from, and the follow-up cards
are to be sent out this week. When
all of these letters are heard from,
the full report can be checked up
One half of the money thus raised
will be used In furthering the Visiting
Nurse associations work in Keokuk,
and one-half goes to the work Of the
state association.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
OLD RESIDENT
PASSES TO REWARD.
Andrew swinehart Answered Last
Call at st. Joseph's Hospital
on Sunday
Morning.
IN KEoKUK 81 YEARS
Came to This City When : BOY 81
Fourteen Survived by Wife.
Two Daughters and
One Sister.

| Andrew Swinehart Of 1924 Des
Moines street, resident of Keoxuk
for sixty-seyen years, passed away at
ist. Joseph's hospital Sunday morning
lat 1880 o'clock.
Mr.. Swinehart was born at Circle.
willie, Ohio, on November 81, 1884. He
came to Keokuk in the year 1S48,
when he was fourteen years Of age,
and had spent the remainder OF his
life here. He followed the trade of
milling for years, but retired some
time ago on account OF failing health.
The marriage OF Mr. Swinehart to
Miss Mary Stephens, occurred at
Warsaw. H., on February IL, 1863.
She survives him With the following
children: Walter Swinehart, 4 Peter
|Swinehart, Clarice Swinehart, and
Mayme Swinehart, all OF Keokuk.
One sister. Mrs. N. T. Rand. lives in.
Boise, Idaho.
The funeral will be held from the
residence. 1924 Des Mofnes street. at
10 o'clock on Tuesday morning The
decedent. during his long period of
residence IN this city made hosts OF
friends who have heard with regret
of his death. Mr.. Swinehart was a
man of many fine qualities and was
held in high esteem by his friends.
ncighbors and acquaintances. He
spent practically the whole OF his life
in Keokuk and the city has been en-
riched by the noble influence Of his
life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
WAR ON BoOTLEGGERs
WILL BE PUSHED
After Friday Night. Sixteen BrewerIes
and 4e3 Saloons will Go
Out Of Business.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
DIES MONIES, Iowa, Dec. 27.-The
remaining 483 saloons. and sixteen
breweries in Iowa. will close next Fri
day night because OF the repeal Of
the mulct law by the legislature a
year ago and Iowa will be legally
dry.
Attorney General Cosson announced
today war on bootleggers to make
1t dry in fact Additional state agents
have been employed and in the past
few weeks these agents have arrested
and prosecuted 100 bootleggers, fifty
FIVE OF them at Ottumwa, and this is
only a preliminary step.
The camapign Of enforcement back
ed by temperance organizations is
preliminary to the state campaign
next summer and fall when a new
legislature is to be selected to pass
for the second time constitutional
amendment for prohibition which
must pass the Legislature three times
to become effective. II 1t passes the
third time IL goes to the people for
approval The breweries which go
out of business are capitalized at $4,-
236,963 and employ 521 men with a
pay roll of over 100000 annually.
Several of them already announce they
will be converted into creameries and
other manufacturing plants.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
WATCH PARTY IS
PLANNED BY ELkS
New Years Eve keokuk Lodge Will
Speed Parting Year and Will
Welcome Little
1916.
BIG TIME ANTICIPATED
Invitations Announce That It VIII be
an Insersoll Watch Party,
and Umbrellas Won't
be Needed.

An Ingersoll watch party viii be
the Elks' manner OF watching the old
year out at their club rooms on Fri
day evening. Dec. 81. The invita-
lions to the big event were sent out
today The postals bear the cut OF
watch at the top OF the card. Down
little ways, the Ingersoll part of
the party is explained. It's going to
cost dollar to attend.
The invitations incidentally men
ton the fact that the brothers need
not bring their umbrellas. since the
weather forecast for Iowa Is dry
after January l."
The bids to this big annual stag
party read as follows:
"Ingersoll watch party.
Every Elk is urged to attend
the stag party on New Years eve.
Friday, Dec. 81. to watch the old
year out and the new year in
incidentally partake OF the Ane
lunch and enjoy the big show put
on by 1--WE male cabaret perform
ers from Chicago.
The small fee of 81 will be
collected to help pay part OF the
heavy expense. Don't bring your
umbrella for the weather forecast
for Iowa is Dry After January
1st'"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
PERSONALS.

John NJ. Kenney of Chicago is home
for the holidays.
Miss Elizabeth Miller Is visiting rel
atives and friends in Kansas City this
week.
Rev. and Mrs. w. NJ. Baker have
been called to Poplar Diuffs. Mo-. by
the death of friend.
Miss Elizabeth McCarthen Is spend
ing the holidays with her sister, Mrs.
Nell Welsh, at moline, III.
Mr.. Ben Camp of Hagerman. N. NJ.
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. q.
w. Eaton. He left last night for
Kansas City. Mo.
Mrs. w. H. Teas and children OF
st. Louis, and Mrs. e. B. Stienke OF
st. Joseph, Mo-, are visiting over the
holidays with Mr. and Mrs. jacob
Busch.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
Must Accept by "Wednesday.

The cards Of acceptance must be.
mailed to Charles s. Abel before
Wednesday. Dec. 20. in oruer to make
the necessary accommodations to take
care of all who are coming. The re-
ply cards are something like this:
Believe me. / wouldn't miss
Ill be there. Have made arrange
ments with the milk man to see
me safely home on New Years
morning. A dollar, did you say?
Pooh, pooh. tits a mere bagatelle.
Count my finger in the pie sure"
The Elks New Years eve parties
are always brilliant events and the
m embers enjoy themselves. This year
promises to be one of the best Of the
parties given on New Years eve.
Cabaret performers from Chicago
have been imported for the affair and
the evening will be some evening.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
HORSES Still SHY
At STREETCARS.
Nine Accidents in Year 1915 From
This Source, According to Rec
ords Of keokuk Electric
Company.
FEWER STEP ACCIDENTS
Safety First Campaign Of Company
Responsible for Decrease Dur
Ing second Half Of
1915.

Horses still shy at street cars. De-
spite the fact that the street railway
cars are an everyday sight, there are
many horses who are easily frightened
by the cars. This was the cause OF
nine accidents in 1915 according to
records kept by the Keokuk Electric
company, which shows that the cars
still get the ink of horses.
The Keokuk Electric company also
las a record Of sixteen step accidents.
These occurred to persons getting on
and on Of the street cars. It is a sig
|nificent fact that twelve OF these ac-
cidents occurred in the first six
months OF 1915 and only four in the
last half Of the year, after safety first
principals had been placed before
the attention of employees and public
alike
OF the four mentioned. not one oc-
Cured at the front door Of a car,
which the motorman opens and shuts
by the movement Of a lever when he
is alone ON the car. A large number
OF the step accidents occurred when
car patrons jumped Oft the car before
It hao stopped or tried to catch 1t
while 1t was moving.
The average American citizen is
prone to regard everyday dangers as
incidents In every day life, and be-
cause OF long familiarity with acts
which are often fatal, pays little at
tention to them. There are few men
and fewer women who make any pre-
tense OF obeying the watch your step"
warnings found displayed everywhere.
especially in the large cities. and
there are any number of people who
rush into the street daily without
paying the slightest attention to the
fact that they may be counting death
by stepping directly in front OF pass
ing automobile or street car.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
Will Vote Acain Next Eaij-

SEATTLE. Wash, Dec 27.-While
they made preparations for going out
of business at the stroke of twelve
next Friday night, saloon interests In
Washington made the cheerful pre-
diction today that they will spend
next Christmas preparing to reopen
their saloons. Washington's prohibi.
ton law automatically goes on the
ballot again next November.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
Conduct Campaign Herr.

VOuOVCt VAWPNISU FJSTOs
In order to bring the Safety First"
idea to the minds of Keokuk people,
the Keokuk Electric company has for
some time conducted q campaign
along these lines. The campaign is
for the benefit OF not only the EN-
ployes of the company but for the
patrons as well, and as q result more
people are looking after their own
safety today than ever before.
There are various reasons why peo-
pie are sometimes injured in boarding
or leaving street cars. One OF the
greatest faults of the average passen-
ger is to step from the car without
paying attention to traffic In the
street, and II possible to leave the car
while It Is In motion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
FUNERAL NOTICE.

SWINEHART-The funeral Of An
drew Swinehart will be held from the
residence 1924 Des Moines street. at
10 o'clock Tuesday. Dec. %. Friends
invited.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
Hints for safety.

Among the rules which are being
advocated by the street railway COM
pany for the safety of its patrons are
the following:
Wait until the car stops before
stepping off. Step squarely down on
the step or running board. holding to
the upright hand hold in front OF you
with your left hand: then step to the
ground with your right foot first, rae
ing the direction the car is headed and
release your hold as your foot touches
the ground
Always look out for passing vehicles
before you step to the street.
Do not talk to the motorman.
When compelled to stand, always
hold a strap or to the back OF seat.
In boarding a car, grasp the for
ward handhold with your right hand;
face slightly toward the front OF the
car and place your left foot on the
step first.
In getting on or OF the car, passing
behind a car, crossing the tracks or
riding on the platform, have your wits
about you.
when crossing car tracks. whether
walking or driving. see that the way
IN clear first Don't under any circum-
stance run across the track in front or
a moving car in your eagerness TO
save second or two.
Do not place your head or arm out
Of the window OF moving street car.
Do not follow closely behind street
car II you are driving an automobile.
The Harrison times., 1915-12-04
HAD PELLAGRA;
IS NOW CURED

Hillsboro, Ala. W. Turner, of this
place, says: 81 ought to have writes
you two weeks ago, but failed to do 30.
| got we'll and then forgot to write you.
can get about like lO-year-old boy;
you ought to see me run around and tend
to my farm. can go all day just like
used to. | am 50 thankful to know thsrs
is such a good remedy to cure people Il
pellagra.
There is no longer any doubt that psi
Iagra can be cured. Don't delay unto
it is too late. 1t is your duty to consult
the resourceful Baughn,
The symptoms-hands red like sunburn,
skin peeling off, sore mouth, the lips,
throat and tongue a flaming red, with
much mucus and choking; Indigestion and
nausea, either diarrhoea or constipation.
There is hope; get Baughn's big Free
book on Pellagra and learn about tbs
remedy for Pelagra that has at last been
found. Address American Compoundins
Co., box POST, Jasper, Ala, remembering
money is refunded in any case where The
remedy fails to cure. ADV.