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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
TO LIVE ALL YEAR
Social Service Expert With Iowa
State University Offero Advice
Which Is Very Timely.

In brief message to the people OF
Iowa, Miss Bessie McClenahan, chief
of the social service extension work OF
the State University Of Iowa, calls
attention to the good which the Christ
mas spirit might do If carried through.
out the year.
, 1.-THE people in almost every town
have felt the need for helping some
of their poorer neighbors," she says
How to do 1t is the question. How
help those who are too proud to ask !!
How help them so that being content
to let the community take care OF
them, they are put on their feet to
take care of themselves? How force
the non-supporter to provide for his
little children? How help mothers to
plan their expenditures, to buy nutri
tious food, to prepare it appetizingly
These are only few Of the questions
of every town.
lit is not enough to give basket
at Christmas time, toys and clothing
shoes and mittens. Why not carry the
Christmas spirit throughout the whole
year? Every day people need our help
what the needs are and then let us all
4 WOlh loS StAiCl, Wheh>
each is trying to do. Let all Of us
public officials, church societies, char
/ ty societies, lodges, clubs, get togeth
err. Let us not be content to help just
for one day in the year. Let us or
ganize our Christmas spirit and make
lit active the whole year through.
| "And let us remember that people
need many more things than just food
and fuel and clothing. They need
health and work and recreation and
pleasant, attractive homes. Above all
they need friends. Let us respect the
condolences of the people We would
help. Their suffering, their problems
are not proper subjects for general
conversation. There is an ethics of so
cial work and we have not more right
| to gossip about our friends in need
than physician has to discuss his
lpatients.
"Our problems are never Just the
problems of giving help Of some kind
They are community problems and
have to do with the spirit Of the com
munity that makes possible fair op
portunity for all her citizens.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
GRANDMA NEVERLET
HER HAIR GET GRAY
Kept Her Locks Dark. Thick, Glossy,
with Sage Tea and
Sulphur. ~

When you darken your hair with
Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one can
tell, because it's done so naturally, so
evenly. Preparing this mixture.
though, at home is mussy and trouble
some. For so cents you can buy at
any drug store the ready-to-use tonic
called "Wyeths Sage and Sulphur
Compound" Yod just dampen a
sponge or soft brush with it and draw
this through your hair, taking one
small strand at time. By morning
all gray hair disappears, and after.
another application Or two, your hair
becomes beautifully darkened. glossy
and luxuriant. You will also discover
dandruff is gone and hair has stopped
falling.
Gray. faded hair, though no dis.
grace, is a sign OF old age, and as we
all desire a youthful and attractive
appearance get busy at once with
Wyeth's Sage and sulphur and look
years younger"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
TRIED COME BACK;
ARRESTED AS VAC
William Kelley Committed to City
Jail In Default Of 500 Bond
Six Plain Drunks.

William Kelley. who pleaded guilty
few weeks ago to the charge of
taking lumber from mouse occupied
Dy Sadie Lucas In West Keokuk, and
who agreed to leave town for good
when his jail sentence was suspend
sed, returned to Keokuk a day or two
ago and was picked UP for vagrancy.
ne pleaded not guilty before Judge
Mcnamara in the superior court this
morning and was committed to the
city jail in default OF 500 bond.
y, Christmas eve and night passed off
mere with very little disturbance. Six
were in court this morning to answer
70 the charge of drunkenness. Two.
VIII Collins and Fritz Miller paid
costs. The other four, James Rob.
erts. Charles Nolen, Matt Hogan and
r Patterson, were given ten days
each.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
MOB WANTED
4, TWO NEGROES
Dying Policeman Said One of Them
Shot Him Through the
Head

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
err Matthews and Will Williams, the
negroes whom Sheriff Berger rescued
from a mob~here last night, We're be-
lieved today to be safely ensconsed in
the county sail at Tulsa. The mob
spirit apparently had died down this
morning and only desultory effort
was made to trace the sheriff and
his prisoners.
The two negroes were charged with
the murder of Patrolman Sam Neal.
The policeman saw a negro come out
of a hardware store about midnight
Saturday, carrying a sack. When he
shouted for the negro to halt, the lat
ter whipped out a revolver and fired.
Neal was shot through the right arm.
Unable to use his gun, he grappled
with his assailant. During the strus.
gle, the policeman was shot through
the head He lived long enough to
tell other officers who his assailant
was. He also described another ne
gro who was apparently on guard.
Matthews and Williams were ar
rested on train near Forum. but
only after they had shot at the two
deputies who apprehended them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
PEACE EFFORTS
ON FORD'S SHIP
Biggest Task Now Is to End the War
Wa1ed Between tho
Delegated.
by Chas. P. Stewart. United Press
Staff Correspondent.l

by Chas. P. Stewart. United Press
Staff Correspondent
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 27.-rhe new
management of the Ford peace party
was today endeavoring to close the
ranks and prevent further secessions,
following the withdrawal Of Governor
Hanna of North Dakota and Mrs. Inez
Millholland Bossevain.
The whole delegation probably will
be called together and urged to bury
the war Ratchet while on the peace
trail. Rev. Jenkin Lloyd-Jones be-
lieves there is still chance for the
missions partial success If the pill
grims work in harmony from now on.
At meeting held mere last night
several leaders explained the Ford
plan to 800 social democrats. They
registered their approval and prob
ably will give the party support.
The Swedish papers taking a Diff
ferent view than that expressed by
the press Of Norway, declare that
Ford's expedition might actually have
fastened the wars end had it not
been badly managed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
New Dance Holds Startling,
But Society O. ks Them

Some Of the new dance holds which,
are being displayed in Keokuk SO.
ciety this winter are causing the
chaperones to gasp for breath, and
among many of the dancers, who have
heretofore refused to balk at any.
thing daring in the way of dancing.
lifted eyebrows and a shake of the
head greet these rather unconven-
tional ways of hanging on to ones
partner
One person even went so far as to
inquire whether a page from a wrest-
ling manual had been confused with
the instructions on fox-trotting and
hesitating. But society answer cd him
differently, and what society sane.
lions let no man try to put asunder
While the strange hold may be
barred in the wrestling game, it
seems to be quite the popular article
in dancing. At least it is with some
of the folks. The woman puts her
arm around the neck Of her partner,
or around his shoulders. just depend
ing on the heighIn and breadth OF
both herself and her partner
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
Colorado is Going Dry.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
DENVER, Colo, Dec. 27.-Colo
radios sixteen hundred saloons could
hardly be seen today for the cut-rate
sale signs that heralded the advent
of prohibition in this state after De
cember 81.
After Friday. liquor can be obtained
only four ounces at time on non
Reliable prescription of a physician
Ranchmen are buying barrels of whfs
kew Wagons loaded with it are trek
king over the mountain roads every
day.
The sale of all liquor has been SO
great in the past few weeks that
bonded goods were hardly obtainable
today. Beer, however, promises to be
a drag on the market. 1t requires too
much space to store.
The sale of all liquor must stop on
the stroke of - midnight FRIDAY
night. Liquor advertisement may not
appear in Colorado newspapers after
New Years. OF Colorado's eleven
breweries, several are engaging IN
other industries, but the majority are
going out of business.
The possibility that several thou
sand bartenders and brewery makers
NAV gather here for a march on the
governor and make demand for en-
ployment, was disconcertmg officials
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27

Another very peculiar hold is that
where the man turns the girls arm
over and, grasping her by the wrist,
extends her arm in an obliQue line
behind her. something like the rud-
der of a ship. Her fingers are stick
ing straight out as a rule. counting
bumps and smash-ups.
There is one hold, however, which
has its advantages. especially on a
crowded floor. That is the locked fin
ger grip, which permits of the girls
hand being held tightly within her
partners, and entirely over her own
or his shoulder. This economies
space to considerable extent, and has
the added advantage of allowing a
perfect anchorage for any strenuous
dancing.
Considerable Space is taken up
many times by the straight arm holds
which society has approved of, even
after the pump handle effects of dane
ing school wore off. 1t is easy to
see that if arms can be crumpled into
small space close to the dancing
couple, there will be considerable
more room for the other couples.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
T TAXATION LIST IN
HANCOCK COUNTY
State Tax Rate Is 55c Per 800
Rates in Towns in
County.

The county clerk of Hancock county
has prepared statement showing the
rate of taxation, exclusive of the state
tax in this county. The state tax is
55c per 500 all over the state. The
rates in various Hancock county cities
are as follows:
Augusta-Town II. r. & B. 81, city
$2.18, school $1.71, total $4.61I
Plymouth-Town 10, r. and B.. S.
city $1.19, school s1.74. Total 1892.
La Harpe-Town 8. R. and B., 81.
city $1.35. school $3.50. Total 1919.
Bowen-Town 10. r. and B.. 80.
city $1.6s. school $2.2. Total s4.4S.
Carthage-Town 6. r. and B., 81.
city $2.44, school 1922. Total $5.43.
Dallas City-Town 4. r. and B.. 81.
city $1.S5, school $1.94. Total $4.44.
Hamilton-Town 6, r. and B., 4s.
city $1.44, school $1.69. Total 1857.
Warsaw-Town 9. city SLAP, school
$1.05. Total $2.56.
Nauvoo-Town II, R. and B., 81,
city s1.57. school s1.s1. Total $4.26.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
ORIGINAL NOTICE.
tie of Iowa, Lee County, as,

State of Iowa, Lee County, ss.
In the District Court of said County.
Ida May Washington, plaintiff, vs..
William Washington, defendant
original notice.
To the Above Named Defendant:
You ara hereby notified that petit
ton Is now on file in the clerks office
of the District Court aforesaid at Keo-
kuk in behalf of the above named
plaintiff. against you and claiming q
divorce from the defendant on statu-
tory grounds.
And unless you appear thereto and
defend before noon Of the second day
of the next regular January term of
said court, to be begun and holden at
Keokuk on the 18th day OF January.
A. D., 1916, default will be entered
against you and judgment rendered
thereon as prayed for In said petition.
ARCHER MILLER,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
EARLY ALMANACS
OF ARABIAN ORIGIN
The Oldest Known Dates Back to
1900 Years Before the Birth
Of the Savior.

The first almanacs-that is to say,
the first historical-were Of Arabian
origin. and reflected the local genius
of the people in a very striking way.
They served as models in other coun-
tries for hundreds Of years. The old
est known copy Of such a work Is
preserved in the British museum, and
dates back to the time of Rameses
the Great Of Egypt, who lived 1,200
years before the birth OF Christ. 1t
is written on papyrus, in red ink, and
covers period Of six years. The
entries relate to religious ceremonies,
to the fates of children born on given
days, and to the regulation Of bust
ness enterprises in accordance with
planetary influences. DO nothing at
all this day." is one of the warnings.
eff thou seest anything at all this
day 1t will be Fortunate is another
entry. Look not at rat this day.
Wash not with water this day." GO
out not before daylight this day" are
some of the additional cautions.
This almanac was found III an old
tomb, and is supposed to have been
buried with its Egyptian owner when
he was converted into mummy for
future explorers to dig up and dissect
in the interest of science and litera.
ture. Next after this in point OF age
among the existing specimens Of an
cient almanacs are some composed in
the fourth century. They are Roman
church calendars, giving the names OF
the saints and other religious infor-
nation. The Baltic nations, who were
not versed in papyrus-making. had
calendars engraved on ax-helves
walking sticks and other articles of
personal use. The days were notched
with a broad mark for Sunday, and
the saints days were ysymbolized in
various devices, such as a harp for
st. David's, gridiron for St. Law
rence's, a lovers knot for st. Valen.
tines, and so on.
The Saxon almanacs are numerous
and contain historical as well as &C.
clesiastical entries.
1t is possible to trace in these curl
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
WILL SEND HUERTA
TO PENITENTIARY
Fest Guess is That Former Mexican
Dictator Will be Found Guilty
Of Charge.

limited Press Leased Wire Service1
SAN ANTONIO, TeXasc, Dec. 81
General Victoranio Huerta will be
found guilty of conspiracy to violate
the neutrality laws of the United
States by setting on foot hostile
movement towards Mexico, on his
trial here That Is the conviction or
all federal officials who have had, or
who will have part in the Forthcoming
trial. That Federal Judge Maxey will
fix his punishment at confinement in
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
Doctor Killed Himself.

rJrnited Press Leased Wire Service
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.-As the
rolice arrived to prevent him execut-
ing a threat to kill himself DR.. Cary
Montgomery. formerly of Columbus.
Ohio nut 81 bullet through his head
todnv He was dead when the door
IN his room was broken in.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27

law in the United States The new law
provides year in the penitentiary for
violation. Eighty-siX saloons to be
CLOSED are in Little Rock and the
|neighboring town OF Argents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27

Gus, records all the changes of popu-
lar belief and taste. They were pre-
pared to meet the current demand
and to constitute a systematic story
of what took place in successive
periods and how knowledge increased
with the revolving years. We owe TO
them most that we know of the people
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27

To Cure Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
Tablets. Druggists refund money If it
fails to cure. E. w. GROVES sigma.
ture Is on each box Csc.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
Now for Business.

st. Joseph Gazette: Let's see, now
if there. isn't anybody else in the
white house wanting to get married..
can't we proceed with business?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
YOU NEED

to aid nature occasionally when your
liver is sluggish. your stomach dis.
ordered or your bowels inactive. Let
this safe, mild, dependable remedy
regulate these organs and put them
in a sound and healthy condition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
Lost Count.

Chicago Evening Post: How many
stern notes" to the square inch has.
the present administration turned
out?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27
Penitentiarv for Violations.

r., FOT VIOIeast0''S.
limited Press Leased Wire Service
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Dec. 27.-The
remaining 1856 saloons in Arkansas
VIII be closed at midnight Friday un-
yer the most stringent prohibition
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-27

for whom they were made and by
whom they were endorsed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-19
The Presidents May 13 Note.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Will your paper kindly explain to a
calm, dispassonate and strictly neutral reader
certain points in President Wilson's note Of
May 10 to Germany?
First-The document states that the United
States government cannot bring itself to be-
lieve that the attacks on the Falaba, the
Gushing, the Gulfight and the Lusitania had
the countenance or sanction of the imperial
German government. This is Incompetent
sible in view of the warning sent out from
the German Embassy in Washington and
printed in certain prominent newspapers of
this country. As plainly as words could con-
vey it stated that any vessel flying the flag
Of the Allies would be attacked if encoun-
tered in the "war zone" and warned citi-
zens of the United States that they took pas
sage on such ships at their own peril. Is our
refusal to believe that this had Germany's
sanction mere empty diplomatic jargon?
Another point which is either very subtle
or very silly is that our government conf
IDENTIFY expects that Germany will make
reparation so far as reparation is possible
for injuries which are without measure
VIII The Tribune kindly explain this in
yolyed statement? How can an individual
or government make reparation for injuries
so far beyond measure that they are irrepar-
able? This is not sense-common or other
wise Even though reparation could be made
upon what basis would it be computed? A
money indemnity for each American life lost
with a discount on large quantities? Or
would we demand the execution of the sub
marine officers and crew for obeying orders
OF the German Admiralty? Or might We 60
still further and insist that a hundred-odd
German subjects of equal standing with our
murdered women, children and men should
be taken out to sea and thrown overheard
One Of these would seem TO me to be the
only possible reparation that Germany could
make.
In short, is not our note Of May Is mass
Of unmeaning words that warrant an eyasive
reply? Is not the whole document summed
up in the scene between Hamlet and Polo
MUS, when the latter finds the young prince
reading:
"Polonius What do you read my lord?
Hamlet Words, words, words.
"Polonius-I mean the matter that you
read my lord.
Hamlet-Nothing"
EDWIN HUNTER ARDEN.
Forest Hills, Long Island, June 10, lois.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-19
IN PRAISE OF BRYAN
His Principles Right and He Stuck
by Them.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: l am sorry to see that The Tribune
has joined in with the crowd of papers that
ridicule Mr.. Bryan. l am not Democrat
and | have never seen much to praise in
many of Mr.. Bryan's public acts But there
is limit to all things, and your criticism
in the past few days has been manifestly I'M
fair, and sometimes disgusting.
Will you give me few lines to review Mr.
Bryan's case? He believes in peace. Is there
anything wonderfully strange in that, Mr..
Editor? He believes moreover in peace at
any cost, a belief which, carried to its ultl-
mate analysis, means that Mr.. Bryan does not
think that scores Of American ships and thou
sands of American men rotting in the bottom
Of the Atlantic is the proper way to memorize
the Lusitania in the minds of future Amer
leans. But you seem TO think that, Mr.
Editor, because your editorials cry for war.
And Mr. Bryan also believes that a man
should live up to his beliefs in every possible
way. Do you find anything to belittle IN
such a practice? Is there anything wofully
small in a man who forms belief and then
sticks to it even though the omnipotent press
of nation disagrees with him? Can you rea-
sonably scorn a man who gives up his office
at the altar of peace?
So believing in peace and in a mans duty
to be governed by his own beliefs Mr.. Bryan
faced these alternatives:
/. To surrender his principle and sign the
note That would be cowardly.
2. To stay in the Cabinet and fight 1t out.
That would create futile dssension.
3. To resign and let men of one mind form
the policy of the nation. This last he did,
and those who do not permit their sentiment
to efface their reasoning will, before long,
agree that his was the best course.
In recent cartoon you pictured Mr.. Bryan
cropping in the dark for impracticabe ideas.
Let me remind you that many people and the
press said the same thing of Lincoln when he
CROPPED for the idea that freed the negro;
that crowd of people stood on the banks of
the Hudson and ridcued Fulton when he
CROPPED for an idea that from an uncertain
little steamboat grew into a worlds traffic;
that civilization of two thousand years ago
crucified Jesus Christ because lie CROPPED for
ideas that were to produce a bigger and bet
ter civilization, ideas which Mr. Bryan is
strong enough to grope for in spite Of such
criticism as the pygmies around him give.
]. L. FLEETWOOD.
| Lake George, n. Y, June Is, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-19
Honest Advertising in Missouri.

Missouri's "honest advertising law
went into effect yesterday. 1t is a decided
step in the direction of better protection
for the purchaser against the receptions Of
the dishonest vender. 1t makes liable TO
fine and Imprisonment the seller or would
be seller Of merchandise, securities or serv-
ice who tries to promote sale through ad-
vertisements which contain "any asser-
ton. representation or statement of fact
which is untrue, deceptive or misleading
The morality Of the old doctrine of
cqreot cmptor is broadly challenged by
the law. so far as the dishonest seller him
self is concerned. He is warned that he
will commit a misdemeanor if he INDUCES
in the printed misrepresentation on which
so much easy and profitable selling has
been based.
1t is regrettable, however, that the
Missouri Legislature did not go further
ana put upon the advertising medium used
bv the dishonest vender a larger measure
Ct responsibility for suppressing advertis-
ing frauds. The law contains proviso
that nothing in it shall apply to any pro-
prietor or publisher Of any newspaper or
magazine "who publishes or circulates any
such advertisement without knowledge of
the unlawful nature Of the advertisement"
This exemption seems to let out those COM
placent publishers who apply the doctrine
of careat emptor to their readers, and who
refuse to scrutinize the advertising which
they accept. They cannot have knowledge
Of the unlawful nature Of advertising
matter, if they take pains to avoid in
curing into its dubious quality.
The Tribune voluntarily assumes re-
sponsibility for the truth Of the advertise
ments whose trustworthiness it guaran-
tees. It makes good to any purchasers who
feel that they have been misled. We should
be glad to see that high standard accepted
by all publishers. Newspapers which have
a real sense Of obligation to their patrons
will accept it, even if the law does leave
loopholes through which such responsibility
may be escaped.