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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-12-31
WAR SCARED CITY
RESUMES OLD WAYS
Old Hungarian City Again Normal.
People Saw the Capture Of
Belgrade.

semlIn. Hungary. Dec. si.-tCorre-
spondence OF the Associated Pressl-
II Is not two months since shells were
falling In this old Hungarian city. but
the civilian population has already set
tied back into the humdrum routine
Of normal city life. Some soldiers are
still In the city. and an occasional
column OF prisoners Is marched
through the streets. but apart from
this there are only some destroyed
houses In the southeastern section OF
the town and a few houses Scared by
shrapnel bullets to remind the inhab-
itants OF the stirring scenes Of the
early October days.
Perhaps never In the worlds history
has so splendid spectacle been
staged free OF charge for civilian spec.
tators as was the taking OF Belgrade.
From their housetops the Inhabitants
Of semlin could see every move In
the desperate undertaking. The broad
river lay In front OF them. and on the
other side. perched some two hundred
feet above the stream. rose the kale-
megdau. the old Belgrade fortress with
its white tower and its walls dating
from the days when the Turks were
still masters OF the city.
To their left and behind them were
the Austro.Hungarian artillery posi-
lions. and Off to the right the German
guns we're hurting their proiectiles
! against the Serbian capital. The Aus
tro-Hungarian regiments crossed thu
river in plain view of the naked eye
= and halfway good glass enabled on'
l. to watch the Germans farther towar'
e the west making their bloody strus
gle TO cross over the Gypsy Island
The inhabitants could see thinned bal
talions OF Hungarians. lying with thei
i feet still In the river on the Belgrad
side OF the stream. held In check b
II murderous rifle and machine gu
q fire from the old walls OF the Kalemai
n dan. They could see damaged poi
IL toons full OF dead men. floating dow
70 stream with the swift current. Tn
s. heights southwark from Belgrade wer
s. plowed by heavy projectiles searchin
for the Serbian artillery position
d. Serbian guns were dropping the
ne shells into Semlin and to the rear
the city. trying vainly to find the gur
ne that were gradually battering dow
the detenses OF the Serbian capiti
at The Austrian "thirty.point.fives." Il
twelve-inch mortars, were throwir
- entire houses into the air and makiI
great craters within the walls OF q
Kalemegdan.
IS. Finally, last scene in the first a
Of the tragedy. the Inhabitants cou
see the German. Austrian and Hu
" garian flags thrust out through I
apertures in the top OF the still
los destroyed white tower This was eaI
he in the morning OF Oct. ?, when
al united troops reached the tower a
an. German soldier carved his name IL
IS: beam in the tower, with the d.
ly. and hour. and added the title OF
IA; old Luthern hymn. Nun Danket A
IN. Gott!" Now Praise We All Our God
Not until after the fighting had pa
ar, ed beyond the crest OF the AvI
Mountain. southwark OF Belgrade, v
ay, the curtain rung down on this aw
entertainment.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-12-31
EARTHQUAKE FELT
At ST. LOUIS

ST. Louis. Mo. Dec. u.-An earth
quake shock coming 1890 miles from
the southeast was felt for fifteen min
utes by the local seismograph today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19
CUMMINS SPEAKER
AT HIGHLAND PARK
Commencement Exercises VIII Be
Held at College at Des Moines
for Eleven Days.
Especial to The Gate City.l

DES MONIES, Ia, July 19.-Sena-
tor Albert B. Cummins relinquished
contemplated trip to the northwest
in order to be the commencement ora
tor at Highland Park college this year.
Among those who have finished
courses in this institution this year
are: C. C. Frick Of Burlington, in cleo
trical engineering; Arthur l.. Green
bank of Colchester, Illinois, in pharma-
ceutical chemistry; Homer Norris OF
Colchester. in accounting; William j.
Keay of Denmark, in pedagogy, and
Miss June Chichester Of Fairfield, In
primary training.
With this commencement Highland
Park college completes a quarter Of
century Off, its existence. 1t stands
alone in American education in pay
ing special attention to the ninety
eight percent of American youth who
leave the public schools before gradu-
ating from high school. The COM
mencement this year occupies eleven
days between July 10 and July 20, and
a prominent feature will be the pres
encs of many alumni including some
very successful men. One OF these is
Ralph Budd, assistant to the president
of the Great Northern railroad. who
will be shown special honor. The col
leges participating in the commence
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19

ment exercises and included in the
organization Of Highland Park college
are those OF liberal arts, pedagogy,
engineering, pharmacy, music. oratory
and commerce, besides the academy.
Features of the commencement will
include a musical festival, a scientific
symposium, the presentation of sew
eral plays, and q discussion of mod
ern philosophy. The professional for
beccalaureate Sunday will b, a new
musical composition by Dean Frank
Nagel, Of the college OF music, which
is said by prominent critics to be one
Of the most important musical works
by an American composer. The grad
yates of Highland Park college this
year number $50, including one from
Brazil, ons from Porto Rico, and three
from Cuba and some from almost
every state in the union.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19
THE OLD STATE CAPITOL.

Iowa City is proud of being tho
home of one of Iowa's state capitols.
No doubt the old building will be pre-
served forever, as it should be- Bur
lington had the first state capitol and
it was RACED to make room for an
opera house. The Davenport Demo-
crat praises the ancient capitol build
ing, while Burlington must hold its
head in shame in recalling how it per-
mitted a priceless historic relic of
Iowa to be wrecked like worn out
livery stable. Concerning Iowa's sec
ond capitol building, the Democrat
says:
"Not much has been said about the
Fourth Of July, this year, being the
18TH anniversary of the laying Of the
cornerstone of the historic old stone
capitol, still standing at Iowa City.
We would suggest that there is no
better pilgrimage that the autoists OF
eastern Iowa can make, when laying
out plans for a days excursion, than
to run to Iowa City and became better
acquainted with this handsome colo
NAL structure and with the un1ver-
sity on whose campus the building
stands. 1t has place in Iowa history
which no other building holds.
There the early general assemblies
OF the state were held, from 1912 to
1857. There the early laws were
made. first for the territory and then
for the state of Iowa. There was
drawn the constitution Of 1916, under
which Iowa joined the union of states,
and the present constitution under
which the state has operated for near
ly sixty years. If you love your state
and revere its history, you are i'm
PEELED to doff your hat as you face its
stone-columned front, and vision the
Iowa of those early days which it links
with the great Hawkeye state Of to-
day"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19

to DR.. H. H. Wheaton, special agent
in Immigrant education OF the United
States bureau of education. 1T marks
the beginning of the end OF the doc
trine of laissez faire with reference
to the Amaricanization of the lmnl-
grant" declares DR.. Wheaton. :
DR.. P. P. Claxton, commissioner o.
education, has communicated Win
city and county supertntendents
throughout the United States, urging
them to use evey effort to seek OUT
the children reported to them by the
immigration authorities and see that
they are enrolled in school.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19
PoLlTENEss PAYS.

Perhaps we are too apt to regaro
politenesss as a mere veneer. !ne
pleasant smiles, the spirit OF helplul-
ness. the ready sacrifice are not OF the
exterior alone.
A good manner, like the good nature
that is a part of it, Is not q tnlns 10
he thrown off and on with dress
coat. 1t Is of the man as the aroma
is of the rose, says the Quincy Jour
nal.
The polite. man is at a tremendous
advantage. He can win favor anu
fortune under circumstances where
the loose-mannered and slovenly-sp1r
tied is left to grumble in failure II is
not altogether because Of his poilte-
ness. 1t is chiefly because OF the ster.
ling character that lies back OF 1t ana
gives 1t birth. 81:
Poltteness is good capital in any
business. A Cleveland street car con-
ductor has proved it so, and SO mas
every other man who ever made gooo
manners a part of his equipment.
This conductor gave little better
service than he was supposed 10 De
maid for. He was careful of the com
fort and safety of the children. the
ladies, the old men and the cripples
who rode on his car. He met queru-
lous complaints with pleasant smiles
and kindly words.
He collected no more fares for the
company than any other conductor.
He was no more efficient and faithful
in other respects than perhaps nun
dreds of his fellows.
But, somehow, that one advantage
was sufficient. In his kindness to ms
passengers he was unconsciously KIND
to himself. He came to be selected
for special runs where courtesy was
of special importance. And now ne
has been made a dispatcher.
He has won his way to a good
place by his politeness, just as mil
lions of other men have done in other
lines before him and as millions more
will do in time to come.
Politeness pays.
It attracts friends and good fortune.
1t is a well-spring of well wishes.
It creates about man an atmos-
phere in which "luck" loves to linger..
Most of us seem to think the world
owes us much and that we owe the
world nothing We seem to be on our
guard against giving any more IN
service than we are actually paid TO-.
Even our smiles we reserve unless we
see chance to coin them into ready
cash. We go through life grabbing
and grumbling, giving nothing to en-
ployer or public, but what is specih-
cally called for in the. contract.
And there is where we make seri-
GUS mistake. Only as we give do we
grow. Only as we lift others do we
lift ourselves. Only as we bring JOY
into life do we really live.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19
IMMIGRANT CHILD TO SCHOOL

Every immigrant child arriving at
a United States port of entry will
hen ceforth be reported Immediately to
the school authorities in the locality
to which he is destined, so that he
NAV be placed in school without loss
OF time and without danger Of being
shunted off into unlawful employment.
This is made possible by cooperation
between two federal bureaus-the
bureau of immigration Of the depart
ment OF labor and the bureau of edu-
cation in the department Of the IN
terror.
According to the plan agreed upon
by Commissioners Caminetti and Clax-
ton of the two bureaus concerned, the
port officials will have the names OF
immigrant children between the ages
of and &c copied from the manifest
sheets submitted by steamship cap
tains and forwarded, daily or weekly,
to the county or city superintendent
of schools.
| Bureau of education officials point
out that tho success OF the plan Will
depend almost entirely upon the
school authorities. II the attendance
officer follows up at once the families
where the newly arrived Immigrants
+ nave DBktu TbCHlEStl, II Will Dc pOSSiDIc
TO enroll every child in school. Other
wise, the child is apt to accept en-
ployment and be forever beyond the
influence Of American education.
It is pointed out that about 10000
children between the ages Of and 16
enter the United States annually; S5
per cent of these come from non-ErS
lish speaking countries, particularly
from southern italy Poland Russia
Lithuania, and other eastern and
southern European and Asiatic coun.
tries. Unless these children come in
TO contact with American life through
the public school, they are likely 70
grow up ignorant of American institu
tions and thoroughly unfit for citizen
!; ship.
The plan of sending the names OF
these immigrant children immediat as
to county and city superintendent is
first step in the upbuilding of do
-nae+:c .i:nmigrationN policy by tbs
UNITED States government, according
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19
International Purity Congress,

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1e.-The
white slave traffic, the red light dis
tricts and their allied evils, social
hygiene and public vice were warmly
discussed by delegates to the Ninth
international Purity Congress at to-
days session, the first business day
Of the convention.
Yesterday marked the formal open
ing of the Purity Congress, and the
day was observed all over the coun-
try by special services in churches,
with appropriate sermons. In this city
great mass meeting was held at
which Governor Hiram Johnson, May
or James Rolph, Jr., of San Francisco,
and president OF the exposition, c. c..
Moore delivered addresses of well
come. Sessions will be held daily all
through the week, the farewell meet
ing of the congress being July "a.
Thousands of delegates from South
America and the orient as well as
from Europe will attend the sessions.
Clergymen and social workers from
all parts Of the United States will
take part in the elaborate program
which has been completed
The Worlds Purity Federation is
constantly at work promoting safe
and sane instruction in social hygiene
and advocates a single standard Of
morals. The work Of the organization
Is recognized as having been a most
potent factor in bringing about the
present worldwide agitation against
the social evil. It's object, in brief,
is to labor for the suppression OF vice,
the enforcement of law, a more thor
ough rescue and reform work, the bet
ter protection and rearing Of the
young and to improve the general So
cial health of the community
On Saturday, July "a, the Purity
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19
For CHICAGO cindereIIas.

UNITED Press Leased Wire S9r'i. ~,
CHICAGO, July 19.-ofictals OF w
Chicago Garment Manufacturers ass s.
citation style show which opens n al
August 2, today announced they .ts
hamstring the old proverb that I'll; I'D
pedal extremities of Chicago s s.,n
cover more ground on an average inc
the feet of girls of other cities ~.
To the Chicago girl who mas 4
prettiest feet will be given pan II
Cinderella slippers. = Another pan a;J
silver low quarters viii go to tse ,rs,
who is too modest to show the ,tius ~
her whole foot but who can snow
prettiest ten toes. Should con.es..s s;ss
be too modest to bare their too. .,ei,
fuch NH be eligikle to bare IAN an
heels, the owner Of the prettiess.. ,, -
to get a third pair Of silver snpfs
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19
TYPHOID FEVER PREvENTABLE.

Four hundred thousand persons In
capacitated, and thirty thousand lives
lost--this is the heavy toll exacred m
the United States each year by the
scourge of typhoid fever. And typhoid
fever Is preventable disease!
A recent bulletin of the United
States public health service entitled
Typhoid Fever-Its Causation and
Prevention" states that within the
past ten years few of our communi-
ties having as many as two thousand
persons have remained free from this
disease for any period of twelve con-
secutive months In recent times the
rate of its prevalence for the United
States as a whole has been from two
to FIVE times as high as In some or
the countries Of Europe. In these
European countries the typhoid rate
was formerly higher than the present
figures for the United States. Their
great reductions in the ravages OF the
disease have been brought about by
improvements in sanitary conditions.
IN many American cities there has
occurred within the last twenty years
a considerable reduction of typhoid
fever. Due in a large part to i'm
proved sanitary conditions in the
cities. the typhoid rate for some en-
tire states has shown material de-
crease. For the country as whole,
according to available figures, the
rate has been reduced about so per
cent in the past forty years. But the
present rate is about the same as that
which prevailed in some of the other
advanced nations of the world thirty
wears ago. In other words the Unit.
ed States is a generation behind the
times. in respect to the reduction OF
its typhoid rate.
Practical and efficient measures for
the prevention OF typhoid fever are
definitely known, but the efforts to
get the people of the average self
governing community to carry out
these measures to reasonable ex-
tent are oftentimes decidedly expert
mental in character. In many In
stances the cost of modern sanitary
improvements has been an obstacle In
the way of typhoid prevention. 1t is
often difficult to convince the govern
ing authorities that money expended
in the protection of the public health
yields large dividends
In rural communities and small
municipalities another factor-the m
struction and cooperation OF the indl-
vidual property owner-enters INTO
th, problem. Here every home must
have it's own method of sewage dis
posal. and in most cases its own wat
er supply. The public health service
bulletin above referred to deals IN
comprehensive way with the consIuc-
ton OF wells and outhouses-
In recent years a specific method
for increasing individual resistance TO
typhcid germs has been employed.
THU is known as anti-typhoid fnocu.
ilation or vaccination" This method
has been used extensively in military
examinations OF the United States,
and from the results obtained !, np'
pears that inocuIated persons are
upon equal exposure to typhoid inIec'
ton, less than one-fourth as likeiy 70
IdeveIop the disease as those who have
mot been inoculated and who have
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19

The camera men and women Will won
for a law that will allow them to coW,
right all the negatives of one stttins
for one fee. This measure Woulu Pr
tect the work OF reputable and ns,
grade photographers, they eXpialns
"Suppos., six negatives are taAen n,
explained a photographer. Unless a.
six are copyrighted, the subject ga ss
buy a proof from one of them an
have it reproduced by cheap lllan r.
Women formed a large perceh'"a'
Of tho delegates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19
To include photographs.

INEIANAPOLIS. July 1.-two
thousand photographers who met here
today in the first session of the thirty
fifth convention Of the Photographers
Association of America. announced it
as their intention to work for more
liberal application Of the parcel post
to include photographs. Representa-
tive photographers declared that there
was no adequate reasons why photo
graphs should not be sent at the low
er rate.
Second only to the fight for the par
Gel post was the effort to start move
ment towards a change of the copy
right laws as applied to photography.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19

The largest and heaviest upright
drill ever made in the United States
for foreign trade was shipped froGl
Worcester to England to be used in
the manufacture of war implements.
The drill weighs 1000 pounds. and its
height from the floor to the top Of
the upper cone is nine feet ten inches
1t drills to the center of 443s inches
and 46A inches. The required floor
space for the drill is 34A inches by
107 inches.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19

Burlington is the last member OF
the old Iowa State league that still Is
doing business at the old stand. Our
old side partner Keokuk gave up the
ghost after brave but futile struggle
to induce the fans to come across"
says the Burlington Gazette. Since
the Gazette penned the above, Keokuk
fans have come across" and we are
still Burlington's old side partner.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19

w. F. Kopp. of Mt. Pleasant, has an
nounced his candidacy for congress
from the first district. 1t has been
expected for several months that he
would become an active candidate for
the place. The indications are there
will be others. Hon. G. A. Kennedy,
of Lee county. the present congress
man from the first district, will also
be a candidate for reelection.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19
keokuk, Iowa July IS, 1915

THE MANLY MAN.
The world has room for the many
man with the spirit OF many
cheer;
The world delights in the man VINO
- smiles when his eyes keep back
the tear;
1t loves the man who, when Things go
wrong, can take his place ana
stand
with his face to the fight and his eyes
to the light, and toll with
willing hand.
The manly man is the country's need,
and the moments need, for
sooth,
with a heart that beats to the pulls
ing tread of the allied leagues
Z of truth;
The world is his, and it waits for him
and it leaps to hear the ring
OF the blow he strikes and the wheeis
he turns and the hammers ne
dares to swing;
r. likes the forward look in his face,
the poise of his noble head,
And the onward lunge Of his tireless
will and the sweep of his daunt-
less tread.
Hurrah for the manly man who comes
with sunlight on his face.
And the strength to do and the Will u
dare and the courage to IND his
place!
The world delights in the many man.
and the weak and evil flee
When the manly man goes fortn 10
hold his own on land or sea!
American Israelite.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19

Zinc miners OF Joplin, Mo, observ-
ing the owners rolling in the wealth
of doubled prices, demanded a share
of the profits in wages and were de-
nounced as knockers Of prosperity. In
forty-eight hours the owners cooled
off, coughed up and prosperity re-
sumed its march on better terms.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19
A million dollars has already been

A million dollars has already been
collected by the state as automobile
fees Last year they reached the mil
lion mark in December. The record
for the first half of 1915 is 127, 1000
cars as compared with 100000 last
year. From now on all registered
will be new ones and on August 1st
the rate of registration Will be cut in
two. Possibly there will be 10000
cars registered this year At an aver
age of 81 600 car the people of Iowa
will have s15o,oo0,00o invested in
automobiles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19

Sprin gleld, Mass, references Liber-
tv bell, but it's enthusiasm centers on
forty -nine-pound copper rooster
perched on the top of the spire OF the
First church. The rooster came over
from England in 1850 and has success
fully defied the elements for 165 years.
A game rooster that.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19
THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy
Romeo and Juliet.

Cleveland has the meanest ever.
he souealed on the Printers club an
caused raid on the club rooms winch
netted a nice assortment OF beer ana
other fluid stimulators.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19

During a recent cash donation party
in a church at Muskogee, Okla. the
pastor, Rev. Robert Van Meiggs, COL
tributed to the gaiety Of the occasion
by turning handspring out of the
pulpit for every s25 put into the box.
He repeated the performance score
of times and did each flop with sun
eloquent skill that not leaf of the
open Bible flnttered.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19

That thousands of women may ma
their way into the workshops OF tue
Bessemer Pig Iron association before
the war is over, is the opinion OF j..
G. Butler, Jr., its president. He says
there Is certain to be shortage d
men, and that women can work in the
mills, blast furnaces and mines, DO
ing their work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-19

Occasionally a layman stalls court
with a bunch of logic. Henry NJ.
Jones of Quincy, Mass, fineed 500
for operating an aircraft without
license, protested that he could not
qualify for a license until he prac-
ticed flying. That seemed to strike
the judicial spot and the fine was
suspended for three months.