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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-09
TODAY.s BIT OF VERSE
WHERE CROSS THE CROWDED WAYS

WHERE CROSS THE CROWDED WAYS
Tis but half truth that the poet has sung
OF the house by the side of the way;
Our Master had neither a house nor a home,
But He walked with the crowd day by day.
And think, when l read of the poets desire,
That house by the road would be good;
service is found in the tenderest form
When we walk with the crowd in the road
So say let walk with the men in the road,
Let me seek the burdens that crush,
speak kind word of good cheer to the weak
Y are falling behind in the rush.
wounds be healed, there breaks mus
mend.
There's cup of cold water to give;
And the in the road by the side OF his friend,
Is the who has learned how to i've
Then tell of the house by the road,
There is only place live;
It's there with the who toiling along
Who needing the cheer can give.
It is pleasant to live in the house by the way
And befriend the poet has said;
But the Master is bidding Bear We their load.
For your rest waiteth yonder ahead"
could not remain in the house by the road,
And watch as the tolers
Their faces beclouded with pain and with SIM
So burdened their strength nearly gone
I'll go to their side. I'll speak in good cheer
I'll help them to carry their load;
And Ill smile at the man in the house by the way,
AS I walk with the crowd in the road.
Out there in the road that goes by the house
Where the poet is singing his song
I'll walk and I'll work midst the heat OF the day.
And I'll help falling brothers along.
Too busy to live in the house by the
Too happy for such abode,
And my heart sings its praise to the Master Of all.
Who is helping serve In the road.
Waiter J. Gresham
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-09
JEWISH HOLIDAY
ON OCTOBER Il.
Feast Of TabernacIss or succoth, Will
Commence Wednesday and viii
Continue for Nine
Days.
P1oUs BUILD BOOTHS
Meals Are Served in These and In
Some Cases Families Live In
Them for ! Few
Days.

The Jewish feast of tabernacles or
Succoth will commence on Wednes-
day evening, October IL, and will last
for nine days. According to the Bible
the feast lasted only seven days. In
the course Of time, however, the feast
was heightened to nine days; the last
two being the eighth day OF solemn
assembly or the feast Of conclusion.
and the day of the rejoicing for the
law
Succoth, means booths, and the
name owes it's origin to the fact that
on this feast many families build fes-
tive booths III which the holiday
meals are served. In some cases
pious people will spend all the days
OF the feast living in the booth in
order to give literal fulfilment to the
Injunction: I'm booths shall We dwell
seven days"
The frail booth built as a tenn
porary dwelling, an imperfect shelter
from the elements. is to remind man
that he is constantly under the nro
lection of the Almighty, just as the
lection in the wilderness. I'm order
l made the children OF Israel dwell
in booths. when brought them up
from the land OF Egypt"
The sentiment of I, the feast is
rooted deep in the ancient agricul-
tural life or Israel. Succoth was one
of the great pilgrimage festivals. The
other two we're Passover and the
feast of weeks. Each of these was
at the harvest time of some particu-
lar crop. On these three occasions
the people from all over the land Of
Canaan would journey to the Holy
City and. spend the festival there.
This feast, Succoth, known also as
the feast of ingathering was at the
time Of the gathering in Of fruits,
The booths therefore may be reminis-
cent Of the booths erected by the
busy harvesters as temporary dwell
ings in the field. The palm branches
and the willows, the myrtle and cit
ron still borne in procession around
the synagog on this feast also suggest
this ancient harvest setting.
Succoth was the last OF the three
harvest festivals; and as 1t ushered
in the winter season when rain was
needed for next years crop, water
service was held in the temple; and
to this day rhe prayers for the last
day OF Succo.h include special pray
ers for rain, which are continued in
the services until the time when the
spring harvest comes again with the
feast Of Passover.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-09

/, home, then on to Oklahoma City d
visit until Christmas with her daugk
ter Mrs. Chas. Fulton. During the
holidays they will visit Elsy Garard
in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Kirkpat
rick visited his son o. c., and famiI!
in Dallas City the first Of the week
Miss Adelaide Merrill left recently
for Kansas City. Mo-, for a visit with
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Mer.
rill. and to accompany them on tripl
to Chicago where they joined party
composed OF employees of the New
York Central lines. on trip through
the east, including Philadelphia, New
York City. Washington, d. c., and At
lantic City. Side trips, including
visits to, the Ladies' Home Journal
building. the U. 8. nsh commission,
Valley Forge. Mt. Vernon, U. 8. ar.
senal and Gettysburg will be enjoyed.
The $10,600 bridge bonds of Garth.
ago township and the $1,000 bridge
bonds OF Hancock township, author.
led by recent special elections, havsl
been bought ut par by the Dime Sav.|
ings bank. These bonds bear 5h perl
cent.
Prof. T. B. Uber was installed pasI
tor Of the Lutheran church at PrinceI
ton Sunday, DIR. II. d. Hoover, prest|
dent Of Carthage college, ofnciatins
at the ceremony.
The following bills for divorce have|
been filed with Circuit Clerk and Rel
corder e. o. Reaugh. to the October
term OF the Hancock county circuit
court, which convenes Monday, Octol
Der 16, 1916:
Walter Ash Of Dallas City. by Hart1
xell and Cavanagh, files his bill forj
divorce against Blanche v. Ash, which
shows that said parties were married
on Feb. "a, 1904, in the city of Fort
Madison, Iowa, and continued to live|
together as husband and wife until
September IL. 1914: that there ars|
three children, George, aged IL years.
Roland. aged 10 years. and Kenneth,
aged 8 years. the petitioner asking
the custody Of said children and
charges the defendant with deser
ton.
Florence Mileski nles her bill BY
Edwin s. Coombs, her attorney,
against Frank Milesli. showing that
parties were married on March 3,
1908, in Carthage, and lived together
until November, 1914. when the de.
PENDANT deserted the home, there
being two children born to this union,
Mayme. aged Z years, and Leland
aged years.
Henry Williams versus Alma viii
liams, the petition showing that par
ties were married ON June 10. 1892
in the city Of Chicago, living togethe1
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-09

The heart-wringing lamentations of
the ancient Jeremiah are fairly out
classed by railroad conductors tear
full trials in making ends meet on a
pay check Of $116 month. The, con.
ductor told his troubles to board
of arbitrators sitting at Aurora, ILL.,,
to hear complaints on wage ques-
ton. With family Of wife and child
the conductor testified his total
earnings Of $1,400 in 1915 failed 70
meet his living expenses and unless
his pay envelope is fattened debts
will overwhelm an otherwise proud
spirit. Some men are born with a
porterhouse appetite and acquire only
a stew income.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-09
There are in mems lives some fateful mo-
ments which, with their surrounding cir
cumstances it is impossible to erase from the
human mind.-Emil Witte
IN THE CARIBBEAN.

Passage by the riksdag Of bill which
provides a plebiscite on a sale of the Danish
West Indies makes brighter the prospects of
an early transfer to American possession, but
there will be no Growing on this side of the
water until the deal is closed and the American
flag nailed to the mast over the new property.
The Danish people unquestionably are at
tracted by the twenty five millon-dolar pur-
chase price fixed upon by the American treaty.
On the other hand, withdrawal from the Carib
bean, sea sparkling with the new promise of
the Panama canal, is matter of no small mo-
ment as regards both pride and commerce.
In 1867 the United States practically re-
fused gift of the islands, rejecting an oppor
tunity to buy them for seven million, five hun
dred thousand dollars. In 1901 when the
United States offered five million dollars. some
thlng-commonly supposed to have been Ger
man Observation-Disclosures with negotiations
Now the United States wants the islands TWEEN
ty-fve million dollars worth and Denmark
finds time to pause over the transaction. There
are Danish politicians, with motives either
German British who can still work against
the sale; while the Danish people themselves
are none too anxious to resign what has come
to be strategic position in the Caribbean
The hope in this country, when the grave
problem Of the Monroe doctrine and the gen
eral defense is considered, is that we shall soon
the islands, whether the price is twenty
five million dollars or twice as much We have
fairly good grip on two of the three main
passages from the Atlantic to the Panama
canal We need the third. Denmark owns it
and wastes it; while both England and Ger
many would like control over it.
This country needs everything it can get in
the Caribbean. Whether or not the present
Panama canal comes up to expectation there
will always be canal from the Atlantic to the
Pacific and it will be an American canal-al-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-09
It's gateways, too, must be
ways, we hope.

ways, we hope. It's gateways, too, must %
American
Now that the term imperialism" as used
lin protective sense, has become less odious to
some Americans, the islands of the Caribbean
are beginning to be considered as good IN
vestment In this view, 7. Lathrop Stoddard,
writing in the American Review of Reviews,
recommends sprouting of ambition toward
the three best islands of the Dutch group, Cura-
Goa, Bonaire and Aruba, commanding the
Venezuelan coast and actually nearer to the
canal than the Danish group. That suggestion
would have been considered absurd ten years
ago Today it appeals nightly to the Amerl-
can mind
Imperialism! There's no such word where
safety is concerned.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-09

The circuit court Of Missouri IN s
test case upholds the validity OF the
accident insurance policies Of Theo-
dore C. Pellzer, the Kansas City real
estate plunger. who ended his career
by plunging out OF skyscraper win
dow. Pellzer carried $4,000 in acci-
dent policies payable to his wife, and
nearly 100000 in straight life, pay
able to his estate.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-09
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

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Burlington Hawk-Eye: Some time
ago some OF the self-made men who
had forgotten how poverty pinches,
claimed that it was not q question of
the high cost of living, but rather of
the cost Of high living. And because
some millionaire said that a lot OF
people repeated it, who didn't know
better. That Is ii they were able to
compute their income and expense.
There Is no more of that explanation
heard in the land today. 1t is an in
suit to talk to the masses about the
cost of high living when potatoes cost
from SLIGO tor $500 per bushel in DC
tober and everything else is from 10
to SO per cent higher than it was a
year ago.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: 1t is not pos
sible that William Howard Taft and
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will write
special chapters for their autobiog-
raphies to deal with their handshaking
as one Of the happiest events of their
lives.
Cedar Rapids Republican: The name
OF Helen Woodrow Bones reappeared
In the newspapers the other day
What's ailing Helen, can't she get that
name changed to something more
spiritual, or at least, fleshy.
Des Moines Tribune: A st. Louis
paper reports that "a vacuum clean
er used on a downtown street picked
up dust, two teaspoonfuls of which
were found to contain 12S,74O, 900
germs, in round numbers" No wonder
SO many st. Louis men rush for the
saloons to wash the dust out of their
throats.
Waterloo Courier: II governor
ship race ever may be a purely per-
sonal fight, the present Iowa contest
comes pretty close to being one.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: It is rath.
er foolish thing to wish yourself
older. Life is too short. no matter
how long period we are granted.
And yet there are many in the land
who would be delighted if the politi-
cal campaign had come to end yes
terday.
Ottumwa Courier: Roosevelt says
We are "waging peace" with Mexico.
The president denies we are at war
and yet our entire army and national
guard organization is engaged in pa
trolling the border. and enormous
bills are being piled up for some flu.
ture congress to pay out Of new tax
levies
Burlington Gazette. Why do our
friends who do not believe in pre-
paredness always take their umbrellas
along when clouds are in the sky?
Cedar Rapids Republican,: Another
thing that they are now attacking Mr..
Harding for is the fire marshal law
But was that mistaken policy? We
now have an Official in this state with
in whose power it is to condemn build
tngs that are a fire menace to q
neighborhood. And wasn't the same
law the creator of the various fire
escapes? Did it not start the work of
making schools safe from fires. while
all hotels and assembling places have
to make provision for the people to get
out In emergencies? Are those bad
features Of law making? We think
not
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-09

suppose there something in all Of US that harks back
soil. When you think OF IT. what are pic
MICS outeropping Of Instinct? No really enjoys
them expects to enjoy them but with the first warm
prehistoric instinct takes out In the WOODS
fry potatoes struggling wood fire and spend the
week getting the stains Of clothes It must
be INSTINCT every Of Intelligence to stay
at home the refrgerator-Mary Roberts Rinehart
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-09

Inc interesting suggestion is MADE by the
Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter that the United
States government advertise for bids in the
open market for American dyestuffs for use in
its own bureau of engraving and printing The
trade journal finds the present situation humili-
ating, because our government has begged the
British authorities to permit shipment of
dyestuffs to come here from Germany Not
only have the American manufacturers who
use dyes been handicapped by embargoes but
now the government itself must ask as a IA
vor-if such shipments are essential-to be
permitted to import needed supplies
The suggestion that the government set an
example in economic independence is not with
out merit. It is pointed out that more prog
ress has been made in the American dyestuffs
industry in the last two years than ever before,
and that an appeal to American producers to
meet the needs of the government would have a
stimulating effect It is true that dyes of SUI
perior quality are required in the work of the
bureau Of engraving and printing and that
those made here might not prove wholly salts
factory. But there is force in the argument
that. as sooner or later American goods dyed
with American dyes must meet foreign goods
in direct competition in world markets, it is
best to begin now doing what we shall have to
do later, and that the government should do all
it can 10 encourage domestic producers No one
knows how long the war is to last whether
we shall be successful in our latest attempt to
procure shipment of colors from Germany. If
we fail, the government may have to use Ameri-
can dyes and the sooner it ceases to be wholly
dependent foreign supply the better
There is vast amount of county legislation
which calls for the exercise of expert procedure
| in expenditure Of the tax payers money. That
Lee county has been fortunate in this respect is
due to the presence in the board of supervisors
of G. q. Maxwell. Agriculturists and city
jewellers have him to thank, in great measure
for the very apparent benefits reaped. That
he be returned by overwhelming vote would
mean that Lee county is to remain in the fore
front and that worthy public servants serv-
ices justly recognized
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-09

A bunch Of gravediggers at Chi
cago are on strike for better liv-
ing conditions" A walkout from a
cemetery looks that way.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-09

The latest theory is that infantile paralysis
germs are carried by tramps. Swat the tramp
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-09

At times it looks like Wilson tide against
Hughes wind
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-09

Cedar Rapids Republican: The name
OF Helen Woodrow Bones reappeared
In the newspapers the other day.
What's aiiing Helen, can't she get that
name changed to something more
spiritual, or at least, fleshy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-09

Cedar Rapids Gazette: It is not pos
sible that William Howard Taft and
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will write
special chapters for their autobiog-
raphies to deal with their handshaking
as one Of the happiest events of their
lives.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-09

Waterloo Courier: II a governor
ship race ever may be purely per-
sonal fight the present Iowa contest
comes pretty close to being one.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-09

Des Moines Tribune: A st. Louis
paper reports that "a vacuum clean
er used on downtown street picked
up dust, two teaspoonfuls of which
were found to contain 12S, 740 900
germs, in round numbers" No wonder
SO many st. Louis men rush for the
saloons to wash the dust out of their
threats.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-12-12
OYSTER BOAT FROM
VIRGINIA SEIZED
Captain Said To Have Broken
Agreement With Maryland On
Oysters.

| Oystermen of Crisfield are al
! worked up over an attempt of oys-
! termen of Virginia to put the State
| Conservation Board of Maryland in
/ the hole and at the same time break
down the agreement between Cover
nors Harrington, of Maryland, and
/ Stuart, of Virginia.
An attempt has been made to land
oysters from the Potomac river,
which contain a greater percentage
of small oysters than is legal.
The vessel conveying the bivalves
was seized. The captain declared
that he was citizen of Virginia and
as such he could only be tried in that
State. He employed counsel and it
was held that the Virginia law re-
quires that all offenders shall be
tried in that State.
The Conservation Board were no
titled of the situation and the State
steamer Thomas was dispatched to
the scene in the meantime. The Of
Tending vessel and captain are in
custody of the Maryland authorities.
The Conservation Board admitted
yesterday that trouble had arisen at
Crisfield and added that the situation
was we'll in hand and that the COM
mission intended to enforce the law
to the letter.
The Virginia Commission has been
notified of the situation and has
agreed to back the Maryland author
tiles.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-12-12
FIRST LARGE SNOW
OF The SEASON
Begins Falling About Nine O'Clock,
Following a DofHnpour of Rain.

Judging the future by the beauti-
full weather Cambridge has had this
fall and early winter, it looked as ii
we would have green" Christmas.
but from the change which TOOK
place this morning, the indications
are that the cold, snowy weather,
with which the holidays are general
ly associated, will be with US this
year. A prettier autumn could not
be conceived, and the winter days
have been mild and full of sunshine.
Sunday was ideal. the cool air be-
ing accompanied by bright sun,
whose warmth took the chill off the
atmosphere. Early yesterday ii
looked as if the day would be a
continuation CT the one that preced-
ed it, but during the morning a
downpour of rain changed weather
coIultiOns. anu the damp, disagree
able weather remained until night
fall. Even then the penetrating air
had not disappeared, but the rain
had ceased, and in its place there
was a slight mist.
This morning, following hard
shower of rain, the first large snow
OF the season fell. Previous SHOWS
have been limited to a few flakes,
much like the tale told children that
the snow was smybolic OF the feath-
ers being picked from the goose own
ed by an imaginary woman in the
skies, for the flakes were of about
the same quantity as one would
find feathers on the duck. But to-
day it has been different. The air
was literally filled with the little
white particles of snow which fell
quick and fast, forming a thin blan-
ket of white on the coats of pedes-
trians. On account of the dampness
Of the ground the snow melted i'm
mediately, much to the sorrow of the
large number of girls and boys who
thought, at the time the first flake
fell from heaven, that the earth
would soon be covered with white,
and that the sleds could be put into
use in a few hours.
If the cool weather continues, it
is not unlikely that Cambridge will
witness a Yuletide of snow like one
generally sees portrayed by poets and
artists.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-12-12
CHRISTMAS CAME
A Guessing Game Which Covers The
Menu In Lively Fashion.

A good Christmas guessing game
covers the Christmas menu.
The following (without the an
swefs) is written Gu slips OF paper
tone for each gue5tD: l, girls
nickname and a letter jsoUp); 2,
two-thirds of joy and moves (oys-
tersl; 3, Satanic shell fish (deyiled
crab); 4, an ally of the Central Pow
ers (Turkey) 5, a passenger in the
ark (Ham); 6, a crows song, false
hood and a garden product (cauli-
fiower) 7, wise tool (sausage);
s, domestic animal and long peri
DDS Of time (piseons); 8, boys
nickname, a bowl and piece of but
ter (halibut); 10, parent cuts
(parsnips); IL, foot ailment
(corn); II, a pudding and what ev-
cry house contains mushroom 13,
a river in Europe, to make a kind of
trimming and an exclamation (pota-
to-; IA, mother in toto (tomato);
Is, ram (butter) Is, a well-read
letter (bread): II. children's de-
light and elders horror (crackers);
1S, chronology (dates); 19, the bane
of our first parents (apple); 20, a
curse and feminine name (banana).
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-12-12

babies each year in Fall River. Mass.
is 239, in Brookline, Mass, 1t is %.
Are we nearer Fall River or Brook
line? Don't we need to know?
A town wants to know whether its
births, sicknesses and deaths are ac-
curately and fully reported, how
Quarantines are maintained and how
epidemics are forecasted and preYen-
ted; IN short, who is On guard to
keep sickness and death away. Many
towns protect their houses from fire
and burglary by experts. and let
amateurs guard them from sickness.
What does our town do?
A town wants to know through re-
cent and frequent examination the
character of its water supply.
A town wants to know with equal
certainty about its food supply, par
ticularly the sources and care Of its
milk, meat and groceries.
The other bit of health informa-
tion that we desire is as to how we
are defending our town against those
hidden and persistent foes of life;
sewage, privies, garbage, flies and
mosquitoes.
AS to our schools we want to know
how we stand as to children's attend
ance, how long they stay in the
schools, how many Of them fail OF
promotion, and how well the course
of study meets our children's needs.
We want to know whether our
teachers are well qualified and suit
ably paid. end whether the school
money is efficiently expended upon
each child.