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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
WANTS POLICE CHIEF
UNDER CIVIL SERVICE
Linn County Senator Introduces Bill
That Would Place Chiefs
Under Civil Service.

The chief of police In commission
plan cities of Iowa will be placed I'M
der civil service If bill introduced
in the senate today by Head Of Linn
is adopted.
For many years the chief of the
fire department has been under civil
service and advocates of reform say
that it has greatly increased the eff
cheney of that branch. They declare
that the police department. also will
he greatly benefited by placing man
at the Eeao and keeping him there,
so that definite policies can be car
ried out without fear of political in
reference. As long as the police de-
partment is governed by politics, the
friends of the bill say that the de-
partment will not give its best service
to a city.
Greene of Clinton brought In a
measure which will compel operators
of automobiles to slack speed when
approaching railroad crossings. No
speed limit is fixed. The author
claims that this measure will elimf-
nate many accidents, if passed.
The agricultural committees bill
to appropriate 100000 to pay for
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
A RAILROAD NOTE.

Railroad construction in 1919
amounted to but little over fifteen
hundred miles, being the smallest
mileage in any year since 1S95-when
the country was fast in the grip OF
prolonged hard times, following the
panic of 1898. Fewer locomotives
were built than in any year since 1898.
says the Saturday Evening Post.
Also 1914 is the first year in which
more miles of railroad were built In
Canada than in the United States. A
preliminary and unofficial estimate
puts gross railroad earnings for the
year at two hundred million dollars
less than during the year before, ana
net earnings, after paying taxes, at
about seventy-five million collars less.
Those who regard privately owned
railroads as malevolent concerns,
which should always be repressed as
much as possible, will find this show
ing very satisfactory. Othed people
will take little pleasure in it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
THE CAUSES OF FIRES.

! Mrs. Maggie O'Leary, VINO died
few days ago at Escanaba, Mich, is
declared by her neighbors to have
! been the Mrs. O'Leary whose cow was
said to have Kicked over lamp,
! thereby starting the great Chicago
! fire of 1871. Mrs. O'Leary denied that
she or her COW could be held respon-
sible, although she acknowledged
/ that the blaze started in her cow
| shed.
| Whether or not this traditional leg
end be accepted as authentic, 1t re-
mains true that great fires start thus
| from some very trifling and needless
cause. 1t is the belief of many news
paper reporters that there Is GOOD
! deal of concealment of the causes of
| fires. You ask the owner of burned
| building as to how the blaze started
| and usually he says he has no idea.
| If he had his insurance money in his
| pocket he would often have clearer
| notion of it. This is not because any
large proportion of owners set fires.
Merely they both dislike to incur
( blame from insurance companies and
| do not want a public reputation for
carelessness.
One of the most frequent causes or
| fires is the habit of throwing lighted
matches into waste baskets. Wood
boxes. also, often used as spittoons,
(! filled with sawdust, are universal
! receptacle for matches. A spark OF
! fire will drop into this material, ana
shoulder unnoticed for hours until q
! business building is closed fer the
night Later it breaks into flame
| People seem to think that because
| fire losses are covered by insurance,
| they do not cost much. Insurance
rates are increasing. They constitute
heavy tax on business. In many
places farmers can not get protec-
ton because rates are so high, all
the result of careless habits, as haz-
ardous as in the case of Mrs. OLeary
and her more or less mythical COW.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
BORN IN QUINCY;
DIED IN CARTHAGE
Mrs. j. w. Lane Passed Away at Her
Home on Saturday-Was 60
Years Of Age.

CARTHAGE. Ill, Feb. 9.-Mrs. ]. W.
Lane. nee Richards. died at her home
here Saturday, aged 63 years, ! month
and &c days. Mrs. Lane was born in
Quincy, February 8, 1851. When a
child her parents died and she' went
to Warsaw to live with relatives. Here
she was married 43 years ago. and
with her husband moved to farm
near Carthage, until nine years ago.
when they moved to Carthage.
The husband survives, with the fol-
lowing children. Mrs. E. NJ. Harter
of Carthage: Arthur, at home; Mrs.
M. L. Webb of Camden, Ind, and
Leon, living near Carthage There IS
also half brother, w e. Newberry,
in Alabama.
Funeral services will be held from
the First Baptist church, of which
Mrs. Lane was member. Tuesday
morning at 1890, conducted by the
Rev. ]. NJ. Jones. Burial will be in
Moss Ridge cemetery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
Keokuk, Iowa 49,, February 9, 1915
coNsE RvATISM.

CONSERVATISM.
One day through the primeval wood
A calf walked home, as good calves
should;
But made a trail all bent askew.
A crooked path, as all calves do.
The trail was taken up next day
By a lone dog that passed that way:
And then a wise bellwether sheep
Pursued the trail DER vale and steep.
And drew the flock behind him, too,
AS good bellwethers always do.
AnG from that day Ger hill and glade.
Through those old woods path was
made;
And many men wound in and out,
And lodged and turned and bent
about
And uttered words of righteous wrath
Because twas such a crooked path
But still they followed-do not
laugh
The first migrations Of that calf
And through the winding roadway
stalked,
Because he wobbIed when he walked.
So men prefer to go it blind
Along the calf-paths of the mind,
And work away from sun to sun
To do what other men have done.
Sam Water Foss.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
THORNE IS AGAINST
INCREASE IN FARES
Chairman Of Railroad Commission,
Files Petition for Suspension
of Increase in Rates. sgs

Clifford Thorne. chairman of the
state railroad commission, announced
today that he would file petitions for
suspensions of certain increases In
passenger rates affecting points in
Iowa.
Mr. Thorpa received letter today
from ]. NJ. Jones, chief of the division
of tariffs of the interstate commerce
commission, enclosing copy of the
memorandum showing few OF the
fares as they effect traffic between
Chicago and st. Paul on the one hand
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
NeutraIs Leave AIsaee.

BERNIE. Switzerland. Feb. 9.-The
exodus of neutrals from Alsace end.
ed late today, as a result OF extraor-
binary precautions taken by the Ger
man government. which ordered that
all neutrals must be out OF Upper Al
SAGE by the morning of February 10.
Before being allowed to cross the
frontier. they must spend n fortnight
on the right bank of the Rhine. fail
ing in which they are threatened
wit one years Imprisonment
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09

Shenandoah has about 5000 inhabi-
tants and among these a large number
of unemployed. Conditions were
such that something had to be done.
A free employment bureau was es,
tablished, and aid was given to
those who had no work or were I'M
able to work. To their establishment
the persons in charge of the free en-
ployment bureau discovered that the
unemployed would work and also that
considerable employment could be
found, says the Burlington Hawk
Eye. Thus there was much snow to
be shoveled, and little earlier in the
season quite number found employ
ment in the corn fields. Many a
householder had a job of some kind,
and was glad to avail himself of that
bureau No doubt, Shenandoah will
come to the conclusion that the free
employment bureau is an excellent
thing for the town and will arrange
to make it permanent. Every town in
Iowa ought to have one.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
prv Goods Men Fight.

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-Department
store men must come forward and
refuse charges made against them by
labor organizations. according to F.
Cofburn Pinknam, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
of the National Retail Dry Goods as.
ISOLATION, who arrived here today
preparatory to the opening of the as.
sociation tomorrow.
I'VE are confronted by situation
wherein business has been placed on
the defensive, while misinformed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09

Iowa's great importance as crop
state has just been emphasized by the
Agricultural Outlook which gives this
state first place, the crop value for
last year being 1851, 100000. Texas
has held first place but lost to Iowa
owing to the decrease in cotton values.
Illinois held second place. Kansas
was fourth. But emember-Iowa--
leads 'em all
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09

more wonderful; when the nation that
commences to build, these destructive
engines a year ahead, will have sucn
a margin of capacity for murder that
the whole earth will be at its mercy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09

subject telephone companies to the
same kind and measure of control 20
which gas, water and electric COM
panies are amenable. The supporter
of the bill claims that it is not Gre
ated in spirit of hostility, but a
purpose to place within the power Of
the municipality the right to enact
reasonable rules to govern the tele-
phone service.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
The Republican Victory Of November

| The republican PARTY carried the
country on national issues at the No
vember election by margin of 1852,
600. This is the story that is told by
the, complete election figures of all the
states. BY this margin the republican
vote in the country exceeded the
democratic-and this, too, with the
Iprogressives polling practically one
and half million votes
The official returns that have been
compiled by the republican national
committee show that on national is
sues the vote of the country in No
Ivember was.
Republican ............ 5,915,270
democratic ............ 5,752,5S0 K
Progressive ........... 1,474,Z4S
This vote is made up Of the votes
cast for United States senators in
the states where such elections were
held in 1914, and. in the other states,
the state congressional vote. In this
compilation the vote cast for COVER
nor and for other state officers was en-
tirely eliminated as being local In is
sue and in character. The figures TAX
ZEN apply wholly to the two contests
in which national issues were involv-
ed, the election OF senators and Of
members of the house of representa-
tives.
The vote for president in 1912 in the
country was:
Republican ............ 3,4S4,9
Democratic .......... 6,293,019
Progressive ......... 4,119,507
In that presidential year, of the
total vote of these three parties, the
democratic candidate received 45.3
per cent. the progressive 29.7 per cent
and the republican % per cent.
In the elevtion of 1914 the republi-
can portion Of the total vote of the
three parties was As per cent, the
democratic 43.s per cent, and the pro-
gressiye 11.2 FER cent.
Average Congressional District Vote.
very interesting result of the cleo
ton of last November is the average
vote of the congressional districts of
the different states. This is obtained
by taking the total vote of the differ
ent districts of each state and divid-
ing it by the number Of districts in
each.
For purposes of comparison tits
obviously necessary to separate those
states which have woman suffrage and
those which do not. The result Is as
follows:
/, States in which women did not vote
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09

received today of the departure from
various cities in the country of dele
gates for February conventions and
during this month, March and April,
forty-six conventions and congresses
will be held here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09

Senator John Sharp Williams says
that he don't see how an extra ses-
sion of congress can be escaped. Let
us hope that John is In error The
adjournment of congress would be a
great stimulant to the business con-
ditions of the country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09

stock slaughtered to stamp out the
foot and mouth disease was filed.
Senator Perkins sent in bill
which provides for 100000 to assist
the federal government in making
Typographical survey OF Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
neIeaate. start West.

United Press Leased Wire Seryice.i
SAN FRANCISCO. Calf, Feb. o.
The vanguarG of the army OF dec
gates who will attend conventions In
San Francisco during the next three
months is on the move. Reports were
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09

The Chicago Tribune has been car
rying for some time the following par
agraph of a speech by Stephen De-
catur, which is pertinent: Our coun-
try, In her intercourse with foreign
nations may she always be in the
right; but our country, right or
wrong"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09

public, and a debating government
will work irreparable loss to business
unless checked. said Pinkham.
Pinkham characterized the mini
mum wage agitation as disastrous 10
business
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09

The Ottumwa city council has
passed a resolution endorsing the
municipal control of telephone COM
panies measure as advocated in SEN
ate file No. s. The bill proposes 70
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09

A study Of the results shows that
the largest vote cast in any of the
congressional districts in November
was in the tenth California, where
there was total of 114,926 votes.
The largest total vote in district
In which men alone voted was the
tenth Missouri, in which the total
vote cast was S2,S35, and in which
Mr.. Jacob E. Meeker, the republican
candidate, was elected and received a
vote of 1872
The smallest vote in any congress
sional district was in the third Mis-
sts31ppi, where the total vast was
only 2,16S.
The largest individual vote receiv-
ed by any nominee for congress in a
congressional district, leaving out of
calculation members at large from
states, was MT. C. F. Curry, of the
third district of California, who was
the republican nominee, endorsed by
both the democrats and progressives,
and received total Of 66,034 votes.
The smallest individual vote cast in
any district was in the third Missis
sippi, where Congressman Humphreys,
democrat, was reelected by the cast
ing for him OF 2,125 votes The sec
Mississippi. where the democrats re-
elected Congressman Collier by cast
ling 2,333 votes. t4 81,
The New National Convention Appor.
tionment
The new plan of representation in
the next national convention that was
suggested by the republican national
committee has been adopted by the re-
publicans of the country. and will be
iput in effect when the committee
meets to arrange for the convention.
At meeting of the committee,
held in Washington in December, 1919.
it was decided that the basis of repre-
isentation should be changed, If re-
publican state conventions In states
representing majority Of the votes III
the electoral college, which would bel
equivalent to the majority of dele
gates in the national convention,
should authorize the change. At that
time the following resolution was
passed.:
Confident that the action of this
committee, representing, as it
does, the practically unanimous
sentiment OF the republican voters
of the various states, will be rat
flied and be made effective,
Be 1t resolved: That this COM
mittee shall issue the call for
delegates to the national conven-
ton, to be held in the year 1916,
to nominate candidates for presi-
dent and vice president, In accord
ance with the following basis of
representation:
Each state shall be entitled in
such convention to four delegates
at large:
Two additional delegates at
large for each representative at
large in congress elected from any
state entitled to one or more adj
ditional representatives in con-
gress under the apportionment
made in accordance with the last
census, but in which state no
new congressional district has
been provided by law;
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
IHoueH1 FOR TODAY,

Every thought we think images it.
self in the mind and every image that
is persistently held in mind is bound
to materialize.-Jean Porter Rudd.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09

There were, in addition to these.
several states which were in favor ct
the plan, but which held no state con-
vention during 1914.
JAMES B. REYNOLDS,
Secretary.
February 1, 1915.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09

In the Public Opinion column In
yesterdays Gate City an article ap-
peared that should arouse the interest
of every Iowan and be sourse of
comfort to the citizens of Keokuk. 1t
is from a man who knows what he is
talking about and the advice he gives
is most excellent. California has it's
advantages but the old saying about
the rose still holds good. The COM
munication signed Long Beach"
should have the effect of making our
own people more contented and the
prophecy that the writer makes is
shared by this paper. Keokuk is go
ing to grow. 1t might be better stated
that Keokuk is going to continue her
growth
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
one delegate from each congress

One delegate from each congress
sional district;
An additional delegate for each
congressional district in which the
vote for any republican elector in
1908, or for the republican nom
inee for congress in 1914, shall
have been not less than seven
thousand five hundred (7,5O0);
Provided, however, that the
total number of delegates to which
any state Is entitled shall be
chosen from the state at large If
the law Of the state in which the
election occurs so prescribe; and
Provided, further, That in the
case of any state electing all
representatives in congress from
from the state at large, such state
shall be entitled to as many dele
gates, elected at large as though
the state were divided into sep
arate congressional districts.
For each delegate chosen, an
alternate, to act in the absence
of the delegate, shall be chosen in
the manner prescribed in the call
for the convention; provided,
however, that If the law of any
state prescribes the method of
choosing alternates they shall
be chosen in accordance with the
provisions of the law of the state
in which the election occurs.
Alaska and the District Of
Columbia shall each be entitled
to the two delegates: Hawaii,
Porto Rico and the Philippine Is
lands shall each be entitled to two
delegates without the right to
vote, and all delegates and alter
mates from the territories and
territorial possessions shall be
chosen in the manner prescribed
in the call for the convention.
The above basis of representation
however, however. shall not be
made the basis of the call for the
national convention to be held in
the year 1916. unless prior to jan
nary /, 1915, republican state
conventions held under the laws
of the states, or called by the re-
publican state committees of the
states, In such number of states
as are entitled to cast majority
of the votes in the present cleo
toral college, shall ratify the
action OF this committee In re-
spect to determining this basis of
representation.
The new basis has been approve
" states representing 290 electors
otes, some twenty-five more tina
ecessary under the conditions Of tn
The states that formal
atified this plan, and the electors
otes that they represent, are as TO
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09
Two Birthday. Today.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Represen-
tatives Dixon of Indiana and Clay
pool. of Ohio. today celebrated birth
day anniversaries. Dixon is So and
Claypool Sc.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-09

One day through the primeval wood
A calf walked home, as good calves
should;
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-21

P5;osPerity's first rule: Buy home
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-21
Well Known Lady
Was run Down.
Her Heart Was Affected
and She Was Much
Discouraged.

Results are the things that count
The age Of theory has been relocated
TO the past and modern people are
more interested in what the thing has
done than in what it ought to do.
mis- IS why 1t IS unnecessary to take
up the public's time with long-winded
scientific talks explaining the exact
action Of Plant Juice. the new herbal
stomach remedy, on the human system.
Recently the signed statement was
received from Mrs. Mary J.. Richie.
who lives on Kulbuck Street Glen
1eld. suburb Of Pittsburg, Pa Mrs.
Richie has lived in GIenfield for the
past forty years. is very well known
and popular. She said
was told that I had stomach trouble
as had been a great sufferer for some
time / could not sleep and walked the
floor until I was tired out, it seemed
that l could get no rest Nv limbs
hurt and nv whole body was sore 7
was compelled TO quit work for the
least eEertlon tired me out. Nv heart
was affected and I was very much dis
couraged. as the medicines 7 had been
using did me no good finally com
menced using Plant Juice and have now
taken five bottles I noticed that the
very first day I commenced TO improve
and am glad TO state that I can now
90 any kind Of work and II does NOT
TIRE me Ny stomach is in fine shape-
j can digest my food perfectly. nv
heart does not trouble me anv more
ana all the pain has left nv body. I
can UruIhIuly say that Plant T11Fca
has cured me and that 7 am very r-rs+s-
IuL am recommending Plant Juice
10 all Of my friends"
Plant Juice Is sold in FL Paso at the
Kelly d Pollard Drug Store. where If
IS 6eing introduced and its merits ex-
plained.-Advertisem
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-21
ND NEAR BEER"
FOR ARIZ0NAN5
Carload Held In Ell Paso
Cannot Be Shipped Into
the Dry State.

Phoenix. Ariz.. April 21-.Near beer
is barred from Arizona Brewery pro-
ducts manufactured especially for pro-
hibition territory are under the ban.
Attorney general Wiley Jones has said
So
Franklin & Hawkins, attorneys for
the Fl Paso & Southwestern, wired from
I'll Paso to ask the attorney general If
"a carload Of near-beer consigned to an
Arizona firm would be admitted. With
out asking the name Of consignor or
consignee, Jones replied that it would
not
All Brewery Products Barred.
The prohibition amendment express-
~ forbids the Importation Of brews Of
any kind" said the attorney general
later NO brewery product can be ad-
mitted to this state, even il il contains
no alcohol at all Also the sale OF
products labeled hop ale hop cheer
and things like that, which are manu-
featured in the state, must cease. One
local firm has already been warned to
discontinue the marketing Of a drink
which has had a wide sale since Ari-
IONA went dry
"Our amendment is drawn so as to
prohibit the importation Of liquor and
substitutes for liquor, and it is going
TO be enforced as long as 1 am attorney
general"