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At The Orpheum.

One performance only (three reels)
-vltagraph--A strong cast featured.
Dwight Orme, a crook, secures an In
terview with "The Great Waldo an
actor and impersonator. He offers
the actor $4,000 for zone perform
ance." valdo's cupidity aroused con-
sents to aid the crook. Orme calls on
a jeweler at the office, and renders
him unconscious with the aid Of a
poisoned needle and then Waldo
makes up closely to resemble the Jew
eler. After that they secure valuable
necklace worn by the jewelers. wife.
Jack Cheney. detective. locates his
men, makes up as Heldmayer, the
ieweler, and by the use Of electrical
effects, so frightens Waldo that he
breaks down and confesses, lmpllcat-
inc Orme. See this great pill tonight
at the Orpheum and see the New
Years program tomorrow.-Adver,tse-
ment.
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KEOKUK WINS POOL
TOURNEY FROM WARSAW
Local Squad Victors over visiting Az
greeation of Sharks-Score
Was 400 to 2o7.

In pool tournament staged here
last night at the Olympic. between
picked teams from Warsaw and keo-
kuk. the local squad won in an easy
fashion by score OF 400 TO 29s. The
individual scores were as follows:
.on v-,rs,,x- sQ-
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THE GREAT DROUGHT
TO STRIKE IOWA
CONTINUED from page ~

sentence or permit plea Of guilty to
be entered and continue the case for a
Isecond offense."
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membered first of all for their great
success in "The Girl of My Dreams
will come to the Grand Monday, for a
night performance only, In Perry j.
Kelly's new musical comedy offering
my Home Town Girl" book and
lyrics by Frank M. Stammers and
music by Lew Hirsh, author OF Hello
Frisco" and the song hits of the last
"Follies" production.
A cast of notable New York artists
will assist the co-stars in their new
piece, among them are Eda Won Luke,
Alma Youlin, Maude Beatty, Doris
Vernon, Dorothy Reich, David An
drada, Charles Morris, William T.
Hays. and a large chorus of pretty
singing and dancing girls.
Z my Home Town Girl" Is one OF the
few musical plays with real plot
its own interest in addition to the
catchy music and rich humor Of the
lines. A splendid and costly scenic
production has been provided as q
fitting setting for the true worth OF
the piece.
"RobIn Hood" Opera.
Although robin Hood" is twenty
three years old, and Reginald de 10
ven has written many other works,
this is the first time that he has lent
his name to any company presenting
his operas. The de Koven Opera CO.,
composed mostly Of grand opera sing
ers and headed by Ivy Scott, Of the
Metropolitan, New York, will be
heard at the Grand Wednesday night.
and, radical as it may seem, Mr.. de
Koven is authority for the statement
that the vocal balance and calibre of
the present company, suits him even
better than the original Bostonians.
This is explained by the fact that In
those days there was certain amount
Of catering to the comedians OF the
organization, and now, while the COM
edy roles are not neglected, the music
is sung by singers possessing voices
suited to the score, who were care
fully selected from the grand opera
houses Of this country and Europe
Advertisement.
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START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT.

by equipping your doors and wIndowa
with metal herstrips, guaranteed
ten years, will last life time. Phon&
Black 1898.
A. M. severn,
The local Weatherstrlp Man,
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announced at 11:os o'clock this morn

announced at 11:O8 o'clock this morn
ing
Secretary Lansing refused to dis
cuss the contents Of the note or to
say how fully it corresponds to the
cabled unofficial text. The message
is coming through very slowly, he,
said. and it was impossible to fore
cast when the complete text would
be ready for publication.
The secretary said the note would
not be made public before Monday.
Immediately preceding the first
section of the note was a brief COM
ment from Ambassador Penf1eld. Sec
rotary Lansing refused to say whether
this included suggestions to the de-
oartment as to the Austrian attitude
following publication of resumes
throughout Austria yesterday.
Cabinet Members Pleased.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-Members
OF President Wilson's cabinet today
were obviously pleased with early re-
ports on Austria's note. Postmaster
General Burleson said if cabled re-
ports Of the note were correct, the
president had obtained satisfaction in
the matter.
They state they have punished the
submarine commander. according to
these reports, assure us that there
will be no repetition Of such attacks
and promise indemnity. That's about
ali that could be asked" Burleson said
Chairman Flood of the house foreign
affairs committee. declared Austria's
note not only makes q breach OF rela-
lions improbable, but far better, insures
Austria's future observance OF inter-
national law.
"The developments are most grail
flying" said Flood. "Austria's response
is not only satisfactory, but generous
I believe there Is scarcely any pos.
sibility now of unfriendly results from
the Ancona incident. The president
has secured substantial compliance
with our demands and Austria has
even gone further in guaranteeing
future proper conduct OF her sub
marine operations"
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ENGLISH Comment.

Note Comes in Sections.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-The first
|section Of the Austrian note mas
Reached the state department, 1t was
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be accepted by any institution o
higher learning.
WHO'S WHO in THE WAR.
Won Woyrseh.

General Won Woyrsch, who has
figured in the dispatches from the
eastern theater of war as one of the
ablest of Hindenburg's assistants, Is
67 years OF age. Like Won Hinder
burg, he was on the retired list of
the German army when the war broke
out, but, also like his chief, he i'm
mediately offered his services to the
emperor. Won Woyrsch spent his life
in the service of the kaisers, begin
ming his military career while still in
his teens, and as a young officer he
took part in the Franco-Prussian war
of the '70's. When he volunteered to
come back" as a fighting man. after
three years in private life the emperor
appointed him to the command OF the
Silesian landwehr corps. At the head
of his troops general Won Woyrsch was
the first to cross the boundary onto
the soil of the car. AS the leader
of the advance. guard of the German
invasion of Russia he became great
figure in Germany, and the kaiser re-
warded his. efforts by the bestowal
upon him of the Iron Cross of the first
class When forced to retreat by the
advancing hordes of Russians he &C
complished the movement so effective
ly, and at the point agreed upon,
stopped he-Russian advance SO thor
ouEhly, that the war lord gave him
the blue maltese cross of the Order
Pour lie Merite. Won Woyrsch has
another distinction in that the army
of which he is now the head, is known
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THE NEW CHARTER.

The new Fairmont charter is pub
fislted IN full In this issue of the West
Ytrgtnian, together with a review OF
It's provisions by l.. M. Davis, the au-
thor Of the bill.
The Fairmont charter in its general
provisions is not essentially different
rom that of the non-partisan charters
d some three or four hundred other
cities Of the country. The main differ
enee is that It provides for registra.
lion of voters and works out the plan
IN detail. ItNprovides for the manner
OF holding city elections and in this
respect 1t differs very widely from the
election laws of the state. 1t carries
lis own corrupt practices act and is
the largest charter bill ever passed by
tine legislature, comprising 246 printed
pages or about 10000 words, half of
the charter being devoted to the reg
1stration and election provisions.
The election machinery is taken out
of the hands Of the officers in power
and delegated to board of election
Supervisors consisting of four free
holders of the city, two from each OF
the dominant political parties. These
supervisors do the same work in con-
nection with city elections as the
county court does in county elections,
such as preparing the ballots, appoint
fng the election officers and declaring
the result. No party will have ma
lortty on election boards and all
minority parties are given represen.
cation on all election boards, as well
&s representation of both sides OF
any question to be voted on. All vou-
ars are required to fill out their own
tickets without help from the clerk
uniess totally physically disabled. A
100-foot limit is made around the vot-
ing places, inside of which no loiter.
era will be allowed and all election
rooms are to be screened to prevent
clerks and other election officers see.
!. ing no yany voter votes. Election
supervisors, registrars and other cleo
ton officers are appointed on the rec
ommendation Of the committees of the
two dominant political parties.
A more extended review of the
charter b Mr.. Davis will be found on
another page Of this paper
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Luke MoLuke Says:

Luxe mcEuRc says:
1t often happens that a man has no
peace OF mind because his wife Is al
ways giving him piece of hers.
A man would rather spend ten
months telling about his troubles than
spend ten hours in getting rid of them
1t is easy to get reputation for be
ing wise man. Just wear a tall hat
and frock coat and keep your mouth
shut.
He expects her to provide for the in
ner man. but he kicks when she asks
him to provide for the outer woman.
IL we would work as hard as we
worry we would all be wealthy.
: When man Is Dragging that his dog
has more sense than he has he thinks
you won't believe 1t.
Wealth doesn't. always bring beauty.
Some of the heiresses look as though
they had been born with silver soup
ladies' In their mouths.
A woman isn't always arranging for
friend husbands funeral when she is
gazing intently into a gun store win
dow. Maybe she is only admiring her
reflection In the window pane.
Tell n girl how pretty she Is looking
tnG LlohiGAI SOuI ID Lulht0
she will open her hand bag and powder
her nose.
Too many OF the men who are wait
ing for their ships to come in do their
waiting where they can see the schoon-
ers crossing the bar.
You do not have to go to Europe to
see real battle. Just go home with
a man who hasn't notified his wife that
he is bringing stranger TO dinner.
Some men are so strong in their be-
lief that they should profit by their
mistakes that they are always short
changing other people.
There are all sorts of people In the
world. including the man who has time
tosit down and worry because oratory
IS on the decline in this country.
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WHERE THE VODKA MONEY
90 - nHEc

The prohibition of the sale of the
national drink, Vodka" by the Rus
sian Government and the likelihood of
the British Government also. issuing
drastic prohibition decree, is excit-
ing interest in every part of the world.
and, therefore, the following report as
to the effect on the Russian peope Ia
OF more than passing interest:
It would be natural to suppose thar
in the belligerent European countries
the savings bank deposits would be
Immediately and seriously affected by
the increase IN the cost of living, the
CONSEQUENT necessity for the observ-
ances of unusual economics and the
Withdrawal of huge numbers of bread
winners from their customary employ
ment for military purposes. But the
surprising news comes from Russia
of . steady increase in deposits ever
since the. declaration of war. At the
close OF 1913 they amounted to S17,-
BIC. 000;. at the end of 1914 to $43,260,-
coo. During the month of December.
1919, the Russian people put 1851 900
in their savings banksS in the CORE
spending month of 1914 the new de-
first two weeks in January, 1914, the
deposits were S155.000; for the first
two weeks OF January. 1915. $3.50, 000
For the entire ear of 1914 the increase
was $25.750,000s. over 1913, andd OF
this $14,626,000 was recorded in De-
cember alone.
And the reason? Almost ANYBODY can
guess II the first time. Our United
States consul at Petrograd says that SO
far as the poorer classes are concern
ed. and they compose the majority of
savings bank depositors, the increas-
ed savings are undoubtedly due to
the absolute prohibition of the sale
OF vodka. Sobriety and saving go hand
in hand. The explanation for the welt
TODD classes involves a variety or
causes, such as the restriction of i'm
ports of foreign luxuries, the closing
of places Of public amusement and
the decline of private entertaining.
Families have fewer members, owing
to the absence Of the men at the
front. and the stay-at-homes are
learning to live on little. Men cali
ed TO the colors as reserve officers
are paid half their regular salaries
heretofore received In private employ
nnent. which sum goes to their wives.
The wives are given also 10 cents d
day each, called dinner money" and
rent allowance. These amounts,
combined with the officers army pay
according TO his rank, often increases
the family budget over its normal
figure. ard the surplus finds It's way
TO the savings bank. The totals de-
POSTS IN the savings banks OF Russia
are tiny compared to the total in
Pistsburgh institutions alone, but the
increase Is significant, II the poorer
people are putting their former vodka
money out at interest, they have taken
She first step toward prosperity and we
may expect to hear some wonderful
Dtories of progress when peace once
more prevails In the land.-Pittsburgh
0axetteaTimes.
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life of nations is crowned with success
only so far as they have teuton blood
in their veins and so long as they
preserve the characteristics of that
race" he boosted. I'VE Germans fear
God, and we fear nothing else in the
whole world" he declared. "Democ-
racy and equality" he asserted, ARE
the daughters of envy and covetous-
ness" Most famous of all his cpl
grams, perhaps. was this: Not by
speeches and resolutions Of majorities
are great questions decided, but by
iron and blood That phrase made
a tremendous impression upon Ger
mans, and gave new inspiration to the
militarists. Yet it Is not to be for
gotten that Bismarck, with all his
power, failed in his attempts to crush
and stamp out the democracy of Ger
many, which fourished in spite of all
his repressive measures.
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ToDAY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY.
BY o. Terence
willie" sIdles, Marvel Of Preeoeity
Born on April 1.

or all the precocious youngsters
who have ever startled the graybeards
by their wisdom, few, IL any have
equalled William James Sidis. the Bos-
ton youth, who last June received the
degree of bachelor or arts from Har-
ward university. Strangely enough,
this remarkable boy was born on All
Fools Day, II years ago today. His
father, DIR. Boris Sidis, is a Russian
Jew and was born in the cars do
minions. coming to America in 1887.
DIR. Sidis is internationally famous
as a psychopathologist, and he has
declared that his sons remarkable
mental development was entirely due
to special method OF training. Young
Sidis broke all records by entering
Harvard at the age of IL, and he COM
pleted his full course OF studies when
he was only Is, but was declared at
that time to be too young to receive
a degree. He could talk, read and spell
at the age OF 2, could write when he
was 8. and could repeat entire books
at 4. At that time he began to display
a special genius for mathematics, and
also began the study of anatomy. At
he passed the Harvard medical
school examination. and at the same
age he passed the entrance examina-
lions of the Massachusetts Institute OF
Technology, but contented himself
with entering the Brookline high
high school. He could then express
his teeming thoughts In English.
French, Russian and German and de-
livered orations and wrote original
verse in Latin and Greek. At 8 he
was an expert astronomer. and at II
he startled Harvard professors by
lecturing before them on the Fourth
Dimension" In spite Of his wonder
full Intellectual progress, young Sidis
never "crammed," and had plenty OF
time to play marbles. ball and other
games with his companions. and to
become an ardent baseball "faQ-" At
school he placed his fingers in his
ears when prayers were said, and IN
other ways displayed his contempt for
religious observances. His unbelief
was not confined to Christianity, but
he dismissed all supernaturalism as
unworthy OF belief, and startled his
teachers by declaring that he did not
believe in God. Young Sidis first at
tended school at s, and went through
three grades the first day. In te&
months he passed from the primary
grade to college,. but had TO wait sew
eral years before he was old enough to
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! BORBIEgS "a
AZ WlIflan1 "a. klriS-

Doant take It so hard, sed Pa, re
member the true sign of courage Is
not to finch IN the face of suffering.
Talk me, for instence, sed Pa, the
mite that the suftrasits was up heer to
the house speaking about thare equal
rites with men you dident see me
bowling with he'd AXE & yet / avs
suffering with a terribul he'd AXE born
Of hssening to too much talk from
gang of oald hens. Pa sed.
The crate troubel with wimmin, sed
Pa, is that they are not gain, in other
wurds, sed Pa, as the CRATE poet Mil
ton sed:
Woman is born to cheer us with
thare laff,
But wen pain Gums thay cannot
stand the gait.
OF course, sed Pa, am sorry that
you have a AXE in yure he'd, but why
doant you do like do wen l have a
pain, why doant you dance around the
room & sing snatches OF the popular
songs, Pa sed. Why doant you sing
It's a long way to tipperary / am
jest enuff of scientist, Pa sed, to bee
leeve that pain is joke.
Then Pa went to the offs.
felt kind of sorry for Ma beekaus
know that she newer says she has
q AXE unless she has one, but had
to go to skool so that left Ma all aloan.
Wen / CAIN hoam from skool Pa
was in the parlor & he was bowling
& groaning. o the pain. the terribul
pain, sed Pa. Hevvings, sed Pa,
can scarcely endure it. How it<maiks
me shudder. Then Pa chreeked so
loud that all the Majors CAIN in.
Mercy, sed one of the Majors, witch
Iol Do tho nnv he
foar in our flat, mercy, the poor man
has been struck by his cruel wife.
What are you talking about, sed Ma.
I doant know what Is the matter with
my husband but l certfnly newer
struck him in my life. l will admit
sed Ma that If thot one minnit that
| had the punch & the cleverness
mite have smitten him now q then
wen he cain hoam from one OF his
jolly loges singing songs about
brotherly luv, brotherly luv, pure as
the snow on the mountings abuv. Now.
sed Ma to Pa in the presens OF all
these MAJORS tell us what you are hol-
lering about.
Wen l was cumming up in the sub
way, sed Pa, big brute of man
stepped on my foot. Q sed Pa, the
pain is terribuI. Il doant know, sed
Pa, whether l will live to see the lite
of dawn. With all the strength of my
iron will am trying to fife this awful
pain, but eeven in the presence Of
these ladies must swear. Then Pa
swore times & the ladies went to
thare hoams.
Now, sed Ma to Pa, what do you
think of yureself. Wen you left the
house ehis morning ] had a awful
hedake & you LATED at my reel pain.
Now YOU cum hoam with sore toe
& cry like the dog that you are. AS
the poet says:
Woman in her ours of eeze,
Is coy G. vary hard to plees
But wen pain & anguish rings the
brow
The man squeels louder than the
frau.
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as won woyrsch's army" instead of
by a number. Like so many of the
Won Woyrsch is inclined to obesity,
and is bull-necked and buller-headed
His soldiers call him "the silent one"
because Of his extreme taciturnity,
which may be In part due to the fact
that his hearing is not at all good.
On a few occasions, however, he has
opened up" to the newspaper cores
pondents who have penetrated to his
headquarters, and to these he has ex-.
pressed his sorrow that he has to
fight Russians instead of British
troops.
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TO-DAY We CELEBRATE.
Centenary of Prince Bismarck, Creator
of the German Empire.

Most noteworthy of all this years
centenaries is that of the birth of
Otto Edward Leopold, Prince Won
rck-Schonhausen, the creator of
the modern German empire and the
inspirer of that schoil of "weltpolitik."
which made Germany world power,
and has now plunged it into the weltcs
OF world-war. The Iron ChanceE.'
ranks with Napoleon among the most
powerful and commanding figures of
modern times, and the Teuton and
the Corsican resembled each other in
their boundless ambition, their utlt:
ruthlessness, their independence ana
originality and their supreme con-
tempt men of lesser stature. Both
claimed to be-friends of peace, while
laboring to build up war machines
which would enable them to cruch all
opposition. and grind weaker nations
beneath their iron heels. In person
atty and expressian of their boundless
ambition the Corsican and the Ger
farm differed widely. Napoleon was
small, Bismarck huge of stature; Ma
poleon was a diplomat, the Iron
Chancellor was frank to the verge of
brutality; and, for all his contempt
for human life when his personal
ACKNOWLEDGMENT was at stake, Napol-
con was much less cruel than Bis
marck, to whom all appeals for mercy
and compassion always fell on deaf
ears.
Authorities disagree as to the date
of Bismarck's birth, but the date usu-
ally accepted is April I, 1915, which
makes today the centenary of the
greatest of Teuton statesmen. All
Fools Day seemed an appropriate
date in Bismarck's youth, for at the
universities he excelled only as. a
hard-drinking, swash-buckler duelist,
and was considered to- be mentally
deficient. Bismarck himself said. later
in life: at was a great while before
my poor mother could be persuaded
that, in Matching me, she had not
mothered q goose" After his college
days were over he became a "tunker"
or country squire, and eating and
drinking were his main occupations.
He possessed an enormous appetite.
and the amount of food he consumed
at a sitting, washed down by tremend-
GUS quantities of beer and champagne,
seems incredible.
His marriage marked the turning
point of his career. He gave up his
boisterous ways, and devoted himself
to politics. AS the head of the Prus-
sion cabinet he defied the wishes of
parliament and people had prepared
a strong army, which he used to crush
Denmark and then Autria. His sue
cesses turned the tide and from being
the most hated, he became the most
popular man in Germany. With the
people behind him he waged a. sue
cessful war on France. and then used
his power to create the German en-
pire and consolidate Teuton public
sentiment He remained the power
behind the throne until Wilhelm II,
the present emperor succeeded to the
crown. The two soon quarreled and
in 1890 Bismarck resigned and retired
to private life, dieing in 1885,
All his life Bismarck was the foe
of democracy. THE world cannot be
ruled from below" declared, the arch
foe OF German social democracy. He
was the real founder of that Pan
Germanism and militarism of which
we have heard SO much of late. 1.-THE