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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
KEOKUK MAN is
VISITOR ON DACIA
G. r. Hombs Of This City Inspected
Ship Which is Just Now In
Limelight.

&. R. Hombs of this city, who is in
Galveston, Texas, sends The Gate
City pictures Of the steamer Dacia,
which is in the limelight just now be-
cause of England's threat to capture
her. Mr.. Hombs has been over this
much talked of ship, and one of the
photographs shows him on the dock
where the big boat is anchored.
Mr.. Hombs says:
1.-The ship was form erly owned by
Germany but was recently sold to a
United States firm and at once en-
barked in the cotton traffic, and is now
loaded with a large cargo of cotton
destined for Germany. Reports have
it that a British cruiser and collier
are lying just outside the harbor here
waiting for the Dacia and as soon as
she sails will seize her cargo, claim
ing that the sale to Americans was
fake. The cargo on this ship is
worth S8S0,vvJ.00, and | am told that
the delivery Of this cargo to Germany
will net the owners of the Dacia $780,
900 or enough to pay for the purchase
price OF the ship.
The Dacia is still lying at the dock
this morning Gan. 25), the captain
claiming the weather is too rough to
start, but other boats are arriving and
departing every day"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
Time LIMIT FOR soLoNs.

An Iowa legislator is getting
ready to introduce a bill provid-
ing for annual sessions of the
legislature with a time limit of
thirty days-Creston Advertiser.
AS a matter of fact. Iowa now is
one of only seventeen states which
do not limit the length of their legis-
1ative sessions, the other sixteen be-
ing California, Colorado, Connecticut,
Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts. Michi-
gan, Mississippi. New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Penn
sylvania. South Carolina, Vermont
and Wisconsin, says the Register
and Leader. Twenty states put the
limit at sixty days. OF the eleven
others, Oregon and Wyoming have
the shortest sessions, forty days, and
Maryland and Minnesota the longest.
ninety days. Iowa has the company
of forty other states with its biennial
session, Georgia, Massachusetts,
New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island
and South Carolina being the only
states holding annual sessions, while
Alabama's legislature meets only
once in four years for session linn
tied to fifty days. Most of the states
paw their legislators on per diem
basis, Oregon's solons being the
cheapest at So per day for session
of forty days once every two years.
Iowa's 81 900 per session Is probably
above the average, although Illinois
pays $4,000 per year, New York ST.
500 per year and Massachusetts, and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
WHAT WILL RELIEVE
STOMACH TROUBLE
A Hard Question-But This
Retired Ohio Farmer An
sWers it-Mr. Matteson's
Statements Are Reliable.

Upper Sandusky, Ohio. -"I suffered
from nervous dyspepsia and stomach
trouble SO that la.ge Jumps would seem
to come Up in my throat, and would get
30 dizzy could not stand up OK even
see. ] tried different remedies but
nothing seemed to help me until one
day my druggist told me about VinoL
tried it and soon noticed an improve
mont ard now am vel" - IRA I.
MATTEsoN, Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
Vinol seldom fails to strengthen and
tone up the tired, overturned and weak,
ened nerves of the digestive organs and
remove the cause Of Indigestion and
soon enables the sufferer to digest with
ease the foods that once caused distress.
Vinol also creates healthy appetite
and builds UP the weakened rundown
system.
We have such faith in vinol, our
delicious cod liver and iron tonic with
out oil, that we ask every person in this
vicinity SUFFERING from nervous dyspep.
sia or stomach aouble to try Vinol on
our offer to return their purchase money
If it fails to benefit.
JMcGrath Bros. Drug Co.. Keokuk'
a., and at leading drug stores every.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
Ohio $1,000 per year, while Pennsyl-
vania pays $1,000 per session.

Ohio $1,000 per year, while Pennsyl-
vania pays $1,000 per session.
The four year term for governor,
which has been recommended by
Governor Clarke, would not be such
a novelty as some people may imag-
inc. Already twenty-three states
have four year, terms, while twenty
three adhere TO two-year terms. Mas
sachusetts elects it's governor every
year, and New Jersey has three
year terms. Illinois pays its governor
the largest salary, $4,000 Nebraska
the smallest. $4,000. California, Mas
sachusetts, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio and Pennsylvania all pay s10,-
900; Indiana, $4,000; Alabama, $500,
Minnesota and Nevada, $1,000; Ken
lucky, $500; Florida, Utah and
Washington, 10000. Iowa is one ~ of
eighteen states that pay $4,000. South
bahota and four other states occupy
next to the last place with $4,000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28

rate law. II they are unable to find
a legislator who will be sponsor for
the bill they will go before the chair
men OF the railroad committee Of
both branches Of the ASSEMBLY with
their plea.
Iowa having no large cities dis.
tributing for the entire state and
each Of the cities being limited to
narrow zones of influence. the rail-
roads say it il apparent that the local
business in Iowa is not profitable
and that the very modest profits
credited to the state come entirely
from interstate business.
Local Traffic Should Pay.
The courts have held, according
to an Official statement given out by
the officials yesterday following
lengthy conference and which will be
sent to the legislators, that 1t ls not
right to take the revenue Of one
branch of the service and apply the
same to other branches and that the
local traffic should at least pay its
own way.
The railroads are especially bitter
toward Clifford Thorne. chairman Of
the railroad commission, whom they
assert has misled the people by caus-
ing the publication of erroneous
statements regarding the earnings. OF
the various com panies.
From records purporting to have
been taken from the oficial reports
at the state house for the year end
ing June so, last, the railroads claim
a statement was made by Mr.. Thorne
that the total operating revenue of
the railroads operating in TIL, state,
covering both local and interstate rev.
enues received in this state, was $685.
522, 1924.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
PRlMRosE.

The Misses Mable and Myrtle War
son were over SunGay visitors ct Fort
Madison with Mr.. and Mrs. Sam War
son.
Mrs. Seth Cook and Mrs. Lee Cook
spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs.
Herbert Benjamin
Stewart SAKE is still confined to the
house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Leazer spent
Sunday at Boyd Pease's.
Mrs. August Schnelke who has been
on the sick list for tho past three
weeks, is slowly improving under the
care Of DR.. w. A. Smith of Donnellson.
William Young visited Saturday
with his brother Jake who is at the
st. JoseDh's hospital.
John Wallace, Jr., returned home
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
PUBLIC OPINION
Orchestra instruments Needed.

To the Editor of The Gate City
Sir: Since you have shown so much
interest in the orchestra movement as
to lead you to publish the address on
this subject at the parents and teach
ers' association. I am asking you to
extent further favor in promoting
this movement.
Many children want to practice to
prepare to do orchestra playing but
are not sure what instrument to take
up, nor whether they can succeed
with any. To assist these beginners
to get started we need several instru-
ments to loan them for a time. TO do
this I need to secure the use of in
'struments that are lying about so
many homes unused. Will you print
this statement? Possibly some gen.
erous minded readers who have I'M
used instruments may be willing to
loan them to me for use as stated
above Thanking The Gate City for
it's encourag ement of this new move
ment, am,
Yours,
P c. HAYDEN
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
PASSING of the Veterans.

Emnetsburg Reporter: The death
of AL Adams leaves only a very few
men at the helm of newspapers in
northwestern Iowa who were here a
quarter of century ago. Following
the passing Of Geo. d. Perkins, AL
Adams was the dean of the newspaper
men of northwestern Iowa in point of
seniority. We can recall only four
men who are on the same jobs that
they were a quarter of a century ago.
These are w. L Branagan, Of this
city; e. N. Bailey, of Britt; j. w Hin
chon. of Algona, and George Nichols.
of Estherville. Harvey Ingham, of
the Register and Leader, is still in the
work, but not as publisher in north
western Iowa. Will Haggard, of the
Upper Dies Moines, comes mighty near
being in the list, and there are several
others who have been over twenty
years in the trade.
One by one the veterans are pass
ing on. 1t happened to be the oldest
this time, but it may not the next.
Some of the younger men may fall
by the wayside and leave the older
ones plodding on toward the inevitable
destiny of man. We are all fastening
on. Some are SO near to the sunset
that even now the golden tints of its
last rays almost can be seen on the
horizon of their lives Their sun is
surely sinking, yet life to them is the
fullest that it ever has been, and
while life is fading in this world,
faith links them to the world to come
and they begin to realize that life is
just about to open to them as this
world passes from their view.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28

Saturday after weeks stay at the
parental home
William Lang entertained com.
pany Sunday
A surprise party was given Satur.
day evening At the P. A. Hoh1 home
in honor OF Miss Dortha's fourteenth
birthday. Allreport a fine time.
Jesse Davis and crew are progress.
ing with the new residence on the
Lucy Davis farm northwest Of town.
There will be meetings at the Pres
byterian church every evening this
week.
William Young, Jr., was in town
this morning.
Locating tho trouble.
"Bix" in Lincoln Journal: II you
cont enjoy reading Dickens. the
trouble is with you. not the author.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28

Statistics show that Iowa has more
automobiles per capita than any other
state in the union and that 1t stands
sixth in the list as regards total num-
Der of machines. It must be that the
Iowans who left this state between
1900 and 1910, thereby causing this
state 10 show loss of population, left
here in 1uachines. says the Ottumwa
Courier. n they didn't, it must have
reen that they we're afraid they would
have To own autos If they stayed in
this prosperous state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
THE OLD RED MILL.

THE OLD RED MILL.
There's an old red mill at the foot OF
the hill;
Hear the mill-wheel turning, turn
ing
To the drip of tears through the long,
long years
OF my hearts relentless yearnlng-
oh, the tender note of the catch In
his throat,
Oh, the tear that he dried with
laughter;
IN be back some day
Mind the mill while I'm away"
And he waved one last kiss float
ing after.
Gone is the miller boy,
Gone from the mill;
Gone up the winding road,
Gone Ger the hill;
Gone with the drum-beat up over the
hill,
Where he heardt the bugles calling.
There's no grist for the mill or siller
for the till,
But I've kept the mill-wheel turn
ing
TO the rumble and the beat of mil
lion marching feet,
And my sad hearts muffled yearn-
ing
oh, the road his brave feet trod, lit
with glory up to God,
Oh, the courage of his call shames
my sorrow
''Ill be back some day
Mind the mill while I'm away
! And I caught one last kiss for to-
morrow
Gone is the miller boy,
Gone from the mill;
Gone up the winding road.
Gone DER the hill;
Gone with the dru1n-beat up over the
hill,
Where he heard the bugles calling
Carey c.. G.. Briggs, in New York
Times.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28

Increasing ease in the money mar
ket, material stiffening in securl-
ties values, higher cotton and copper
prices, a slight increase in railway
traffic, expanding exports, enlarged
production in some industries and q
general feeling of confidence as to
the future are reflected in, current IL
nancial and commercial reports, says
the Sioux City Journal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28

Iowa is not the only state where
the legislature is giving considerable
attention to the liquor, control issue.
In Illinois the legislature is being or
ganized on wet and dry lines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28

Hamilton is making rapid progress
with the shoe factory building and
the indications are that the new rae
tory will soon be operating and CIV
ing employment to number OF men
keokuk congratulates her, sister city
in her accomplishment and hopes
the factory will grow to enormous
size and become a leading industry in
the Mississippi valley.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
build thyself a fence of faith

. Around this little day,
Strew its path with loving deeds
And inside 1t stay.
Don't attempt to pierce the future,
Anxious for tomorrow.
God is faithful and will help
If it brings thee sorrow.
Selected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28

Keokuk merchants get the most for
their money bv placing their adver-
tisements in The Gate City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28

Next to the drug habit the hardest
thing to overcome in good bass
voice, says Abe Martin
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28

1t does not cost anything to say
good word for Keokuk. Say it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
DISTRESSING RASH
COVERED f ACE
Head and Ears Of Child. Kept Get
ting Worse. Very Irritating. Face
Quite Disfgured. Used Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
Trouble Entirely Healed.
Clay Center. Ncb.--.'I want to tell what
Cuticura Soap and Ointment has done for
my little girl. Her face. head and ears were

Just completely covered
with a sore eruption. 1t
made its appearance in tho
form of a rash and kept get
ting worse and spread until
her face and cars were al
most q solid mass, very irri-
tating and causing great
itching and distress. 1t
,na5a bar rasfIesS a6 night
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
Talk. on Social service.

RALEIGH. n. G., Jan. 2S.-Secre-
tary OF State Bryan was scheduled to
address today the opening Of three
day meeting of the North Carolina
conference for social service. Bryan
may also address the state legislature
Secretary of the Navy Daniels has
peen invited to address the confer
ence before it adjourns.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28

and her face was quite disdgured.
tried different remedies suggested but
nothing we did brought any relief. Finally
decided to give Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment trial. washed her face with Cuti-
cura Soap. dried it lightly and applied Cuti-
cura Ointment. could notice an improve
ment with the first application and in two
weeks time the trouble was entirely healed.
(signed Mrs. g. o. Slick. July 81. 1914.
Sample Each Free by Mail
with 32-p. Skin Book on request. ADJ
dress postcard .Cuticura. Dept. T. Boss
TONI Sold throughout the world.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
READY TO MAKE
! DEMAND FOR MORE.
Railroads Expected to Ask the Lesis-
ature For an Increase Of
One-Half Gent In
Tariffs.
"A FIGHT rs PREDICTED
III No satisfaction Can be Secured
From soIons, Matter WIN be
Taken Before Commerce
Commission.
"a FIGHT rs PREDICTED

Des Moines Register and Leader:
Formal demand upon the Iowa hegis-
lature for an increase In passenger
rates and upon the state railroad
commission for boost in the freight
rates will be made by the railroads In
the next few days. Several of the
railroad officials appeared il the lob
bies of the state house yesterday to
ascertain the attitude Of certain leg
islators on their proposed. request.
The filing of the application Is ex-
peeted to mark the beginning of one
of the most bitter rate fights Iowa
has experienced in many years.
The railroads will attempt to force
the enactment of 211s-cent passenger
rate. the repeal OF the present ,2-cent
rate law and revision of the entire
schedule of freight rates to permit
what is described by the officials OF
the roads as reasonable increase.
Failure OF the legislature and the
railroaN commission to act favorably
on their demands will result in the
railroads appealing to the interstate
commerce commission, which the Of
ficials assert has suggested in a re-
cent decision that railroads operating
at a loss because of state legislation
should first apply for relief to the
local authorities.
Say Loss 10 Heavy.
Chief among the contentious OF the
railroads is that all Of them are oper-
ating locally at tremendous loss and
that unless some immediate relief Is
furnished. SOME of the smaller ones
may have to discontinue their Iowa
lines
The railroads. according to their
officials, are Of the opinion that the
people of Iowa are fair; that il in the
past their interests have been treated
harshly, 1t has been for want Of
adequate and reliable information.
The campaign of education which
has been going on. the officials assert
has been simply for the purpose Of
giving information in order that the
people and the legislature which
represents them, could act intelli-
gently; to try to disabuse the public
mind as to some unwarranted beliefs
entertained in many quarters as to
profits earned by railroad companies
and to have the public consider
whether the railroad is not local
institution which should be fosteren.
encouraged and protected rather
than embarrassed by improvident
and expensive legislation.
No Action Decided On.
The railroads have not yet decided
on what method they will pursue to
secure the enactment OF 2K-cent
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
No Word Minced

Creston Advertiser: Whenever
Governor Clarke has anything to say
he says it in plain language and no
one has to guess at what he means. :
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
9 !s:slsrSe
GAA5E $ ~ Il oolse!O
2H6FTR ~

keouk, Iowa ..--.. January %, 1915
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
aA1I.Y ny NAIL.

F. sklrvin ..-..-....... Manager
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28

No Action Decided On.
The railroads have not yet decided
on what method they will pursue to,
secure the enactment Of 21z-cent
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-06-12
a. Town That Wins.

What makes a town grow into a
city while others with equally good
locations remain villages? 1t is be-
cause in the one case there are
men of push and energy, who are
not afraid to spend their time and
money to improve their town.
Wherever they go they tell of the
advantages of their town; they
write about it in every letter: send
circulars and newspapers to every
acquaintance whom they think
can be induced to visit their town.
and when any one visits it show
him all the attractions of the pIace
and treat him with such kindness
that he falls in love with them and
the town at once. They don t
give advertisements and spend
their money with paper out of
their city to get up boom edition
They spend it with the home papers
A town that protects home industry
always wins.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-06-12
A DIVINE COVENANT.

God Almighty gave Eve to Adam
with the pledge that she would be his
helpmeet and with this order OF COM
panionship, civilization has lowered
to it's greatest heights. In this rela
tionship, God has blessed woman and
man has honored her and after four
thousand years of progress, she now
proposes to provoke God to decoy
man by asking for suffrage, thereby
bv amending an agreement to which
she was not party.
Woman. remember that the Israelite
scorned a divine covenant, and as a
result wandered forty years in the
wilderness without God. Likewise
man should remember that 1t is a
dangerous thing to debase woman by
law. Rome tried lowering woman's
standard and an outraged civilization
tore the clothes off the backs Of the
human race and turned them out to
roam in the world naked and IN
ashamed.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-06-12
TYLER Commercial College,
TYLER, Texas.

Tyler Commercial College,
Tyler, Texas.
Gentlemen:
We wish to congratulate your
school upon installing as a part of
the different lines of business taught
by you, the subject of Cotton Grad
ing and the keeping of correct
cotton records.
\ young man entering any class
of business III the South is bound
to come in contact, directly or in
directly with the problem of hand
ling cotton, and if he is familiar
with the handling of the staple.
keeping proper records and is able
to correctly grade this product it
will certainly make him more eff
cient and make his services more
valuable to his employer.
AS a distinct line of business in
which to engage, it is the writer :
Judgment that there is 10 more
promising field of activity open to
the young man of today. There
is probably a greater scarcity of
we'll equipped competent cotton
graders than i'll most any other
line of business in the South. The
losses sustained by the cotton
farmer and by the merchants who
handle cotton i'll the course of their
business transactions, from incor-
rect grading is almost inestimable:
but these losses in the course of
time can be practically eliminated
and this enormous amount saved
by such schools as yours, establish
ing thorough courses in grading"
and equip the young business men
of the South with this knowledge.
We predict much success for
this department in your College,
and unhesitatingly advise every
young man entering your school
to avail himself of its advantages.
Yours truly,
Brown, Mcfarland, Smith &
Marsh Bros.
By w. B. Marsh.
Tuition for course, $1,000, enter
any time. For catalog and full
PARTICULARS, fill in and mail.
Name
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-06-12
KNOW THY COUNTR 7
ilI---Telegrdph and Telephone

Our transportation facilities are the
most perfect product of this great com
mercial age and the telegraph and tel
ephone systems of this nation crown
the industrial achievements Of the
whole world. These twin messengers
Of modern civilization, born in the
skies. stand today the most faithful and
efficient public servants that ever
toiled for the human race.
They are Of American nativity and
while warm from the mind OF the in
ventive genius have, under American
supervision, spun a network Of wires
across the earth and under the seas
Telegraphy, in its early youth, mas
tered the known world and the tele-
phone has already conquered the
earth's surface, and now stands at the
seashore ready to leap across the
ocean.
No industry in the history Of the
world has ever made such rapid strides
in development and usefulness, and
none has ever exerted more powerful
influence upon the civilization Of it's
day than the Telegraph and Telephone
Their achievement demonstrates the
supremacy of two distinct types of
American genius-invention and organ
ization.
The industry was peculiarly forum
ate in having powerful inventive intel
lect at it's source and tremendous
minds to direct it's organization and
growth. 1t is the most perfect fruit
of the tree of American industry and
when compared with its European con-
temporaries, it thrills every patriotic
American with pride.
Ambitious youth can find no more In
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-06-12
Principal to Return.

Prof. L. a. Skillman, who has been
the principal of the Abbeville High
school for the past several years,
has gone to his home in Blanches-
ter, Ohio, where he will spend the
summer. He will return to this
city for the coming term of school
Prof. Skillman has proved his skill
and is the man in the right place
1t is gratifying to US to use a name
so appropriate to the being that
ownes it.