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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-15
ROYAL ARCANUM
SESSIONS CLOSE
keokuk Men are Reelected to Grand
Office Positions Which They
Have Held.

E. NJ. Majors and c. NJ. Vogler
were chosen grand treasurer and
grand chaplain of the grand council
Royal Arcanum which completed its
sessions yesterday in Fort Madison.
The grand council went into ses-
sion yesterday morning at o'clock
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-15

per cent on the investment but the
chamber considered it too soon 10
Judge whether the ditch would DC
profitable.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27
LATIN-AMERICAN TEMPORAL MENT
By Frederic ]. Haskir

TINE fact must be admitted, in the
first place, that we have an eN-
- ceedingly poor opinion of the
Latin Americans, and they of us. We
them, and they about us. But in each
case it is the differences, the curious
and striking things that have been
pointed out, while the numberless SINH
Iarities have been overlooked.
1t is surprising how much a Peruvian
or Panaf1antan is like Chicagoan
or Bostonian when you come to know
him. The principal difference lies in
one thlng-remperament. Where the
Bostonian thinks twice and goes and
consults his lawyers and starLs a suit
American, very likely. does not think at
all, but pulls has gun and settles the
matter rlgn there.
The Latln-Amerlcans are tie peoples
view is that OF youth. fugnacIous.
partisan, intensely enthusiastic, fond OIL
pleasure. perhaps bit cruel, their
qualities are the ones that belong TO
admitted they lack stability, but stabll-
lty is a characteristic that rests upon
wealth ana traditions and stable
government. We were a bit impul-
slve ourselves back in the days OIL 'l6
when even Bostonians became suffi-
cIently excited to throw a lot of per-
tectiy good tea INTO the ocean. That
Is an act with winch any Latin Amerl-
Mango causes Trouble
The prevanlng north American opin-
ion on the SouLn American dlsposl Llun
Is well illustrated by an explanation
often hears from Americans in South
America. They say the real cause OF
all these upheavaIs is simply that too
abundant tropical fruit, the mango In
aggeration to say, nearly everyone in
Central and South America stops what
ever he is dolng ana sits down anu eats
mangoes. Along in July and August,
the streets OF some OF those little
towns are literally paved with mango
seeds. TO the unsuphisticated paIaIe
the mango tastes Ike a very poor
peach ulpped III turpentine - but let
that pass; TO the Latin american it is
delicious. so he knocks on work
whenever mango season rolls around
and eats mangoes In incredible guam
tltlesi and from the resulting IdIeness
and inevitable gastronomic disturbance
arises the revolutionary mood and ex-
citing things happen.
whether there is anything in this
theory or not, 1t seems to be a well
established fact that a large number
OF atin-American revolutions take
place directly after the mango season.
In point OF fact, however. the North
american might well take a lesson
from his southern neighbor in the
spirit, II not in the conduct, of his pol
itics. 1t is true that the Laint-Ameri-
Cdh taxes MS poHttcs so seriously that
he can with difficulty be prevented
from expressing his convictions with
a siX-shooter; Dut how about the nu-
merous citizens of the United States
who take them so lightly that they
never go to the polls at all? Which
bodes best for the ultimate realiza-
tion of political ideals - a fiery and
irrepressible enthusiasm, or a iethargic
Indifference?
New and wild Country
II must be remembered, too, that the
politician faces the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27

conditions of a new and wild country,
with mixed and turbulent population.
| He has got to use the brand of oratory
| II he starts a revolution he has got
to see 1t through. And no one has
ever yet been able to justly accuse him
of lacking courage or resourcefulness
1t is said that while Panama was
controlled by Columbia there were
hfty-seven revolutions in that part of
| the country in ffty-four years. 1t is
also true that there have been no rev
olutions since Uncle Sam went down
there to build the canal. When the
first. one started he furnished some
soldiers to keep it down. and when the
next election day came around the
Panamanian authorities asked for the
assistance of the soldiers, and an or
derly election was held. Which shows
that, contrary to popular opinion, the
Latin American is well aware of his
shortcomings and is missing no oppor-
derly government
Fiery Debate
An American banker in certain
Latin American city not long ago de-
termined to organize a chamber of
commerce. After much palavering he
finally got a large number of the
during heated session OF two hours
a name for the. organization was de-
cided upon without disrupting 1t. A
small and harmonious committee was
then appointed to draw up the bylaws.
The American banker made a careful
! plan to have these bylaws accepted.
He instructed one of his closest per-
sonal friends to rise as soon as the
reading of the bylaws began, and
make an emphatic motion that they be
accepted by aeciamation. This man,
however, was a little slow. getting to
his feet. The first two articles of the
bylaws were read, and a fiery and
oratorical debate was started, which
| lasted for two hours. At last, how
and the bylaws passed.
Then came the question of electing a
president. There were about nine nom
nations, but along in the early hours
of the night all had been eliminated
but two, and between these there was
tie and also bitter feud in which
every man present took part upon one
| finally proposed that since voting did
not seem to present a solution, the win
ner should be chosen by drawing
newly elected president made a speech,
saying that he had not been properly
treated, and resigned. So after seven
hour session that was no president
being deltcately urged by a large conf
| mittee appointed for the purpose, the
president consented to serve, and the
chamber of commerce is to-day a thriv-
ing institution. 1t very seldom meets
as a whole, for obvious reasons. but
| II has an executive committee which
directs its affairs in a very capable
There is humor in the political and
business life of Latin-Americo, but
there is likewise tremendous spirit
| making for progress. To any man
who remembers that the nations of
Latin-America are. young, that they
aso whegs tSs, we sd hum
hope.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27
THE COMING ELECTION

TIME big celebration OF last week
pushed local politics entirely into
the background. Hardly were
the primary results known before the
city began to put on its holiday clothes
and everybody but the candidates tenn
porarily lost interest in the coming
election. Now that the jubilee is a
thing of the past, doubtless politics
will come into it's own again and we
may expect the usual heated discus
sions that precede the annual Saving
of the country"
So far as the Republican prospect
in Dauphin county is concerned there
is very little reason for anybody to
set excited. The ticket nominated last
week was selected by the members of
the party from large field. The ma
iorities indicate that the nominees are
distinctly the choice of the rank and
file. Even more important, perhaps,
it happens that those chosen to lead
the party this Fall are all men of high
reputation and ability and unpledged
as to the conduct of the offices to
which they aspire. An analysis of the
ticket also shows that almost every
section of the county is we'll repre-
septed. The upper end, the lower end,
the eastern sections. the city and Steel
ton all have their candidates.
1t must also be considered that this
promises to be a distinctly Republican
year. The registration in the city and
the enrolment in the county plainly
show this. Every indication points to
the election of every Republican on
the ticket.
This conclusion is all the more
apparent when one considers the oppo-
sition, composed as it is of a combine
effected by the Democratic bosses and
the discredited bosses of the all-but-
dead Washington party. The candi-
dates named on this mule ticket last
Tuesday were one and all picked in
advance by these self-appointed die
tators and the SLATE" thus made went
through without a hitch. Never was
there such a perfect example of a
''machine-made" ticket in Dauphin
county. There is no secret about this.
The voter knows it and he will register
his opinion of it at the polls in No
Vember.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27

present Democratic tariff law until
the European war intervened and
served as a protective wall to cut off
foreign imports.
Probably nothing that has come out
OF the Department of Commerce will
serve more to embarrass the Demo-
cratic party in the coming campaign
than this statement expressly
acknowledging the vital Importance
of manufacturing goods at home. The
Department points to the course of
events that followed the cutting off by
war of the aniline imports from Ger
many and the supply of potash from
the same source. with the resulting
tremendous impulse given to the ex-
pansion of domestic manufacture.
The department might as we'll have
made its acknowledgment apply to
long list of commodities heretofore
supplied largely from abroad, but cut
off by the war with resulting tre-
mendous impulse TO the expansion of
domestic manufacture"
In the acknowledgment of facts as
they exist, the department seems to
have made a complete confession.
In expression of opinion it does not
go so far. for it says that it docs not
believe that the cost of production in
the warning countries of Europe will
be lowered as a result Of the war, or
that there will be danger from that
source to the holding of new markets
already gained" In view of the fact
that the departments opinions have
been found erroneous so many times
in the past, there will be little dispo-
sition on the part of the businessmen
of the United States to accept the mere
opinions of the department as guar
antee against the return of exactly the
same conditions which the depart
ment now admits were unfortunate for
this country and which the war alone
served to overthrow.
Upon the close of the war, millions
of men will return to active indus
try and the removal of the shipping
embargo will release vast quantity
of manufactured articles now held
in Germany because of the destruc-
ton of. that country's merchant ma
rine. Those are facts which the de-
partment will be compelled eventually
to admit, along with other admis-
sions reluctantly made.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

THE Song of. the Lake." by VILLA
sibert Gather; an American novel by
one of the younger novelists Hough-
ton-Miffiin Co.. 4 Park street. Boston,
$1.40 net.
A story of a wide, free spaces of
grant populations, of huddled Mexican
quarters, of studio life in Chicago, of
eerie and desolate Gin Dweiier ruins,
and finally of the brilliant world Of
shifting scenes, in and out among
townspeople. dilletantes, and inpre-
sarios, Thea Kronborg moves stead
fastly toward -ae goal. emerging finally
as famous opera singer. The story OF
her career-how she grew. how she
worked how she loved, and how she
triumphed-is the story of q distinctly
American product, an Interpretation
from new angle of American life and
influences. -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Harry S. Endsley, for years solicit
tor of the Cambria Steel Company at
Johnstown has retired.
City Solicitor M. j. Ryan has
been asked to define the jitney's status
in Philadelphia.
Royal a. Taylor, the financier who
figured in the Midvale deal, is a mem
ber of prominent Philadelphia
family.
Noah p. Dietrich, prominent resi-
dent of Easton, has been elected presi-
dent of the veterans of the 153rd regi-
ment
Isaac Y. Ash, Chester county con-
troller, made bidders who made the
same offer for oats, draw lots.
IS. S. Fels, prominent Phi1adel-
phian, has returned from Maine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27

There has been much favorable COM
ment throughout the city upon the fact
that the Chamber of Commerce.
through its officers and committees, ar
ranged and financed the entire munich
pal celebration with the exception of
the school parade, which was in the
hands OF the officers of the school dis
trict, the superintendent, supervisors.
principals and teachers. The co-opera-
tion of municipal officials and boards,
the ffrenen and the community gener-
ally made effective the comprehensive
plans and assured the success that fol-
lowed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27
THE CELEBRATION ENDS

TIME curtain has dropped upon
! the most unique and successful
of the several civic demonstra-
tions which have punctuated the prog
ress of Harrisburg during the last if
teen years. 1t was a splendid demon
stration from start to finish of the
loyalty of the people, the enterprise
of our citizenry and the intelligent CO.
operation of all classes.
But the first and greatest tribute
must be paid the Chamber of Com
merce as the organization which fin
Ianced and through its committees ar
ranged the several important events
which comprised the harmonious
whole From the impressive educa-
tional meeting and exhibit of Wednes-
day evening until the cabaret and the
festivities incident thereto on Satur-
day evening the affair was in every
proper sense an expression of the JOY
of the people over a new. city, a more
wholesome and inviting place in which
to live and a growing and prosperous
community. And the lesson which it
teaches is the lesson of helpful civic
development.
Instead of slip-shod, spasmodic, hit
and-miss methods of procedure Har-
risburg started fifteen years ago in the
right way. 1t called in the distin-
guished experts of the country to pass
in a disinterested and scientific way
upon those things which required
amendment and change. And upon
their recommendations were based the
important improvements which have
been so consistently and efficiently
carried forward to the present day. It
is little wonder that other cities have
come to Harrisburg as the Greeks to
the feet of Gamaliel for instruction,
and the Harrisburg plan is the sensi-
BILE, practical, simple plan of knowing
how to do it and then doing it WELL
1t was celebration we'll worth the
effort and our people are happier to-
day and better by reason of the fact
that they have greater confidence, If
possible. In themselves and in their
ability to do big things in a big and
broad and generous spirit. There can
be little doubt that the next step in
our development will be taken in the
same practical fashion. All the people
must have a part and whatever is
done must be done in the open and
with full publicity of every important
phase of our future expansion. NUM-
cipal officials and bodies will cooper
ate in the future as in the splendid
epoch which has come to such a glor-
ious close in providing for the things
that are to come in a way which will
earn for them the blessings of gener-
ations yet unborn.
For the Chamber OF Commerce and
all the bodies and individuals there is
the grateful appreciation of people
who understand thoroughly that these
bodies, official and unofficial. are CIV
ing disinterested personal service for
the good of all.
Watch Harrisburg growl
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27
EDITORIAL cOrf1ENT

The proposed rebuilding of the en-
gines of the first class battleship North
Dakota is likely to take so long and
prove so costly that she must be count
ed out of the list of available warships
and probably counted into another
class when again fit for service. She
might make good battle cruiser and
we have none of that type. The North
Dakota cost about seven millions and
is a product of the Roosevelt admin
istration. Enough said. - Lancaster
Intelligencer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27

In commemoration OF its forty
ninth anniversary the Easton Free
Press issued a splendid twenty-four-
page number last Friday. 1t was in every
page and in all the special features a
creditable showing of the city and the
newspaper which has all these years
stood for the best things in the com
munity. Easton and the Free Press
are synonymous and Clarence N. An
drews is wearing his honors modestly
az becometh his ability and character.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27
BACK HOME
NOT THE SAME.
By wing Dinger

Back home from the big vacashe--
Desk piled high with work.
Haven't much time to write verse.
But 1 will not shirk
Writing just a message brief
To my friends so true;
Hcres a handshake and the wish
That alrs well with you.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg has become a
great bread baking center in the
last few years?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27
The ChiId's Feet

Improper shoes in childhood
mean years. of misery in after
life.
Frequently slightly corrective
small defects children not in-
frequently show.
Many manufacturers special
ize on children's shoes and have
established brands that are
guarantee of character.
Every mother should be in
touch with these names = and
those who keep posted on news
paper advertising probably are.
The better shoes and the bet
ter stores are advertisers be-
cause OF the faith in these goods.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27

France and England send over several
hundred millions in gold to pay for
war material and then offer to borrow
this money to pay for still more sup
plies. Just like the poker player who
borrows from the winner to stay in the
game.-Philadelphia North American.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27
Funeral of Commissioner

Funeral services for Commissioner
r. w. Mcclure will be held Friday
morning at 10 o'clock from his resi-
dence in Third street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27
neIegates at CONFERENCE

Pastors and members of Methodist
churches of this city are attending the
conference Sunday school convention
of the Methodist church now in ses-
sion at Philadelphia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27
MONDAY EVENING, SEPT. 81.

JehopGh lift up His countenGnce
upon thee, and gtUe thee peace
Mum. 6:26.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27

The semiannual sale of market
stands was held this morning. Prices
unchanged.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27
The State From Day to Day
By BRIGGS

Colossal nerve characterizes the fax
irs who took in an aged Strasburg
woman, whose faith in human nature
had undoubtedly never been shaken
before this occasion. These self-styled
oculists guaranteed to provide the old
lady with the very glasses she needed
by simply looking into her eyes, charg-
ing $3.50 and presenting the glasses.
They didn't work, so she got another
pair for $3.50. A suggestion that this
lady's money be tied up in long term
bonds is in order, mayhap.
A prominent physician of Conestoga
Center. Dr. NJ. H. Kendig, says the
Lancaster Intelligencer, made a pre-
diction that he would die upon a GER
tain day. His two brothers and sis
ter had passed away on the same date
in different years, June 90, and the
doctor was obsessed with the idea that
he, too, would succumb on the same
date. The psychology of the thing
was not sufficiently strong to carry
out his prediction. but he died several
days ago from a general breakdown. .
Joe Mojeski, of Reading, is a good
natured cuss. He is known as a clog
dancer of some repute among his
friends and when arrested on minor
charge Saturday he deemed it apropos
to illustrate certain steps for the en-
lightenment of the police court. He
put several iron plates on each shoe
and made the sparks fly. The court
appreciated the entertainment, which
it found very agreeable.
headline in one of our best con-
temporaries reads CLASSY Swine Win
Prizes" Somehow or other, although
the term is perfectly correct and this
is not meant in the spirit of criticism.
still we have never been able to get
over the vision of the ordinary pig-sty.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

The Mexican monument erected
in Capitol Park was one of the
first to the soldiers of that war to
be built In the North.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27

Japan has announced that she will
send the Russian army all the shells
they want. Just a few years ago she
sent them more than they wanted
Nashville Southern Lumberman.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27
TRAGIC FAILURE OF EFFICIENCY

lAllentoWn Chronicle and News.
Prof. Hugo Muensterberg in his lat
est essay describes Americans as
hysterical people. America as coun-
try complacent over Eastland and Iro-
quois disasters. a country cursed by
many cold-blooded murders. He says
that the German ideals of government
and the German efficiency, both of
which he claims, were on the road to
adoption in this country when the
world war broke out, would have rid
us of all this. Germany's way of gov
erning would stop popular Mysteries
and put an end to our raw pistol work;
her efficiency would make Eastland
disasters impossible.
Perhaps professor. But all Irer
ideals did not save Germany from
devastating war and all her efficien-
cies won't bring back to life the three
million German fathers. brothers and
sons murdered during the past four
teen months.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27

I'm Indianapolis votes are said to
sell for ten cents each. Depends on
how many times one votes whether
the game is worth while.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27
WAR AND INDUSTRY

DIREcTLY reversing the state
II ments of Secretary of Commerce
Redfield that revival of Amer
ican industry was not due to war or
ders, the Department of Commerce
has just given out a statement con-
cluding with the assertion that Sur
veying the whole field, 1t may Justly
be said that the worlds conflict has
been of unmeasured value to Amer
lean industry as a whole"
The same statement contains prac-
teal admissions of the soundness of
The protective tariff principle. The
Departments bulletin says:
In more or less uncomfortable
way, we have suddenly been
brought to recognize the unwisdom'
the folly, of shipping vast amounts
or the crude material of our farms.
forests, and mines 5000 miles across
the ocean. and buying it back in
manufactured form, at vastly
enhanced price. We have likewise
come to recognize the ,absurdity OF
allowing many natural products of
the tropics. Of South America. of
the Far East, to find their way to
teiispence tifiSps end and Of sR Rfyins ts foreign in
them into articles of daily need in
our lives.
This attitude now taken by a de-
partment under the control of Dem
ocratic Administration is exactly what
Republicans have contended for from
the foundation of the party, During
every Democratic Administration we
have shipped raw material abroad
and brought it back in manufactured
form at a vastly increased price. We
were doing exactly that under the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27

No. court judicial ballot alone In
Philadelphia may be disputed In
court.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27

"Bulgaria,s king has cool head" re-
feet--Columbia State.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27

All that Mr.. Bryan needs to make his
peace plans practicable Is the mill
lenium.-Chicago Daily News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
Sell Market Stalls

From the Telegraph, Sept. 20. 1861
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-27

Won Papen, of ."idiotic American"
fame, is going to Mexico. He and Villa
ought to get together and hold a
sympathy session.