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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20

to work as much as eight hours for
q days pay. II is specifically pro-
vided that 100 miles or less, eight
hours or less" shall constitute a day.
Nor is there any provision for q re-
duction in the hours OF work for any
one who now works more than eight
hours.
What the men are asking for is q
reduction of rs percent in the num-
Der OF hours they must work before
they will begin to draw pay for over.
time, this overtime to be at a rate 50
percent higher than the proposed reg
ular hourly rate and STU percent
higher than the present overtime
rate.
This is made plain by article /
(c) Of the demands, which reads ION
runs Of over 100 miles overtime will
begin when tho time on duty exceeds
the miles run divided by 12k miles
an hour" Under this rule 90 long 20
q train runs at a speed of 121k miles
or more per hour. so that the crew
IL earning pay at the rate Of one
eighth of the day rate per hour or
more. they do not even ask overtime,
but II It runs at q slower rate Of
speed they ask overtime. Such a rule
clearly Is not intended to penalize
overtime but to accelerate the earn.
Ing capacity Of the crews.
The controversy Is not over q ques-
ton OF hours; It involves solely ,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20
P|MPLES ON FACE
ITCHING INTENSE
Began Getting Bigger. Large, Hard
and Very Red. Scattered Over
Face. Had to Scratch.
HEALED by CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT

noticed that my face was covered with
pimples which began getting bigger. They
were large and hard and were very red and
there were SO many festered at time that
l had to squeeze them out and they formed
like boil under the skin. They scattered
all over my face and the itching was 50
intense that had to scratch my face SO
much 1t bled.
The trouble lasted about month and
used -- tablets, but they did not do
any good. noticed Cuticura Soap and
Ointment advertisement 30 thought I
would try them. The next day saw the
pimples were going away and used two
cakes Of Cutfcura Soap and three boxes OF
Cuticura Ointment and was healed.
(sisne6 Eugene vogt. 1922 fremont Ave-:
st. Louis. Mo. Oct. 3. 1918.
Sample Each Free by Mail
With s2-p. Skin Book on request. Adj
dress postcard "Cuticura, Dept. T, Bee.
tom" Sold throughout the world.
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is extended to everyone to attend on
services.
Unitarian church, Fourth and High
streets, G. F. Elliott, minister. Mrs
Henry Schouten, soloist. Services at
1880. Subject OF discourse Man.
| hood in its Finer Issues Sunday
school at Has. The Woman's ALI.
ance meets with Mrs. C. F. Elliott, 7O9
Orleans Ave-, Monday at 8 p. m.
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
726-72S Main street. second floor.
Services at 1O:45 a. M, subject:
Mind" Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Wednesday evening meeting at 7:45
O'Clock. Reading room, same address
open every afternoon except Sunday
from 2:30 to $3.50 O'Clock.
st. Paul's Evangelical church, Elev.
enth and Exchange streets. A. C.
Ernst, pastor.-Sunday school In Eng
fish, $40 a. m. German preaching
services. 1920, subject: "A Wash.
ington of the Old Testament" Eng.
fish services at 1880 p. m. Sermon:
Gospel to the Poor and Healing to
the Brokenhearted.' We extend a cor
dfal invitation to all.
First Christian church, Tenth and
Blondeau, Wallace r. Bacon, pastor
The orchestra, under the direction OF
Mr.. ]. &C. Hedrick, will begin playing
at $3.50 a. m. The sessions of the
church school will begin at 9:45 with
Mr.. L. G.. Mckinley as superintend-
emit. Morning worship at 1O:45 with
sermon by Rev. Thomas P. Ullom, of
the ScovilIe evangelistic party The
Christian Endeavor societies will meet
at $50 p. M
Baptist church, Eighth and Blondeau
streets. Rev. F. B. NtcAllister, pastor
Sunday school hour from $50 to
1890. DIR. J. E. Forney, superintend-
ent. Get the Sunday school habit
Preaching by the pastor at 10:45. The
message will be, Tho Call of the
Hour" Junior service at $3.50. Baker
mission at $3.50, leader, Mr.. Claude
Townsend. B. Y. P. U. will meet at
6:15, leader. Mr.. Arthur Petry.
First Westminster Presbyterian
church, Seventh and Blondeau Sts.,
Rev. e. B. Newcomb, D. D.. pastor.
Del VIC " ~. 40 q. H., Will SoEulOu on
"A Great Enterprise" The afternoon
service will be omitted on account Of
the union evangelical meeting an
nounced elsewhere. Bible school at
$3.50 a. m. with special patriotic pro-
gram in honor Of Washington's birth
day. A cordial invitation is extended
to the public.
First Methodist Protestant church.
Twelfth and Exchange streets. Rev. e
Leroy Steffey, pastor. 11O3 Bank
street. Sunday school at $3.50 q. m.
Mr. 8. B. Mccoy. Supt. Morning wor-
ship at 10:45 with sermon by the pas
tor. Sermon subject Christian Debtor
ship" Since this will be the last
service for worship in the
church until after the close Of the
tabernacle campaign, it is very desir-
GUS that the membership Of the
church be present. The Christian En-
deavor prayer meeting will be held, as
usual, at $50 p. M. Topic, Putting
the Bible in Your Life"
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT
OF THE RAILWAYS
Issued by the Executive Committee Of
the Association Of Western Rail-
ways Concerning Wage Issue.

CHICAGO. Feb. 19-The executive
committee Of the Association of West.
ern Railways has issued the follow.
ing statement:
The wage demands now being voted
on by the railroad enginemen and
train men do not mean a real eight
hour working Jay. They provide
solely for an increase In wages that
would amount TO $100,00O.OOO year.
The public should not be misled by
statements Of the brotherhood leaders
tnat are asking for an eignt-hour day.
Their proposals do not provide either
that ali shall work even as much as
eight hours day or that those who
are now working more than eight
hours shall work any less. Thousands
OF train service employees now work
less than eight hours for a days pay
and those who work more receive
nay not only for all OF the time they
work but for every mile they run.
The proposed rules would simply
change from a ten-hour to an eight
hour basis of computing wages, SO
that one hours work shall be paid
for as one-eighth rather than as one
tenth of a days pay. or as ABB miles
instead Of 10 miles.
While the officers Of the brother
hoods have attempted to make the
public believe they are seeking . real
eight-hour day, they have taken some
pains to reassure the employees that
no reduction In working hours is con-
templated Nothing could be more
convincing on this point than the fol-
lowing statement by Val Fitzpatrick,
vice president of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen. published in the
January issue OF the Railroad Train
man:
There is quite a difference" he
says. between an eight-hour work
day and an eight-hour basic work
day. The eight-nour basic work day
(Which Is the system proposed by the
train service brotherhoods) contem-
plates that eight hours shall be the
basis for days work, and any time
in excess shall be paid for as over
time. Under such system there IL
no limit to the hours that may be
worked"
In railroad train service q days
work cannot be arbitrarily fixed. The
employees know this and they have
no intention OF changing their work
ing day. They are asking only the
enormous increase in wages which
would result from changing the basis
of payment go that they could earn
money faster.
There is not a word in the pro-
posals now being voted on by the
employees that would require q man
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20
ESTABLISHING THRIFT.

1t is interesting to know that a
move has been made TO inculcate the
popular mind with definite ideas OF
thriftiness through the establishment
of Thrift day. February third, for an.
nual observance. Something to act
as a check on the very human in
stinct of extravaganza has long been
sought for by students Of economy,
and many plans have been tried with
varying degrees Of success.
Possibly OF all the ideas for con.
certed thrift on the part of indiyidu
ais that have been developed, that OF
4rift day will be the most popular
1t not only serves TO guide the
thought Of the individual to frugal
ity. but it's proper celebration can
only be accomplished in one way and
that is action.
We have Arbor day, Flag day, and
number of others comm EN- Grating
things dear TO the hearts of Aneri
cans that are observed in various sec
tons of the country. Thrift day IL
not only national in purpose, but il
is the only day the celebration OF
which means actual. tangible material
benefit to every individual co-operat
ing
With the development OF Thrift day
IN years 10 COule II Will NC poSSAbie
and interesting for statisticians &c
make comparisons by communities
and areas of the response to this ma
tional call for conservation OF fndi
vidual resources, and it is to be hoped
a friendly rivalry will result for the
honor of showing the greatest bene
fits from individual thrift in each sec
ton Of the country.
Americans, accustomed to big fg
ures. big areas and big ideas. may be
somewhat inclined to scorn the
trifes. Nevertheless, the biggest cap
taips of industry, recognize the i'm
portance of little things, and many
plodding clerks down the line. excuse
this az a species Of weakness. ine
elephant that can rend an oak tree
can also pick up thread with ms
| trunk-and this is no sign OF weak
ness.
Thrift day is to be an annual re
| minder to all thinking individuals te
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20
GOOD ROADS.

Secretary Clum of the Greater
| Iowa association in responding to his
subject, Greater Iowa and Good
Roads" before representatives of all
Translate road associations in Des
Moines, deprecated the effort of those
whom he termed petty politicians and
reactionaries. to make it appear that
the Greater Iowa association is advo-
eating paved roads all over the state.
In every public movement such as
this said the secretary, sit is neces-
sary for some organization that has
the time and the facilities to do the
work. to accept sort of trusteeshfp
for the movement. The Greater Iowa
association has no set program, ex-
cept as is determined by it's members
and it's members come from all
parts OF the state and from all walks
OF life.
I'VE are merely endeavoring to get
the sentiment for good roads organ
lied, so that We all are heading in ex-
actly the same direction. We are en-
deavoring, too, to make that direction
the one of least resistance and to
have this matter OF good roads to
thoroughly discussed and the public
mind made up to such an extent, that
the next legislature will have no trou-
Bile in enacting legislation OF the
kind it knows to be the demand of the
people.
Iowa is too big in area to ever
hope to get all OF its people thinking
exactly the same way at the same
time in the matter of details. such al
the particular kind OF road surfacing.
The plan we have presented and
which SO far seems to have met with
unanimous approval. is the creation
of road districts in exactly the same
manner as drainage districts were
blished-permitting the property
owners in such road di.trict to de-
termine for themselves the extent and
character of improved roads in that
district, and permitting them to
bond that road district with proper
limitations, of course) in order to pay
for the improvements.
IF the Legislature will give us the
legal machinery with which to pro-
coed along these lines. it will then
be time enough to discuss the char.
acter of surfacing that is going on
the road past John Smiths farm. Let
US get this road problem reduced to
smaller sections of the state SO that
one county or six counties or half
county can organize into a road dis
trice and have just the sort OF roads
the people In that county want to
pay for.
There is no use trying to get this
good roads matter into politics 1t is
not an issue. Five ont OF six Of the
present aspirants for the republican
nomination for governor are for this
plan OF road development. Everyone
mentioned as possible candidate on
the democratic ticket is also favor
able No party lines are drawn any
where, nor should they be drawn, and
when any candidate for the legisla-
ture says that we should continue our
methods OF expenditures for roads,
you can well afford to inquire into his
motives.
with two exceptions (New York
and California; Iowa Is spending
more money in the direction OF good
roads. but stands 9th among the
states In the amount Of results ac-
com plished This is an indictment OF
peanut politics and waste and graft
it is more than an indictment, it is
a conviction. It is time to stop talk
ing and get down to work"
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THE VALUE OF eIRps.

One quail viii destroy $4,000 bugs
and 5000, 100000 weed seeds annually,
according to Mrs. Margaret NJ. Nice
of the Massachusetts State university
Cotton growers lost 500, 1000, 900 a
year because hunters slaughter by the
thousands the quail, prairie chickens,
meadow larks and other birds which
destroy the boil weevil.
II the destruction Of bug eating
birds could be prevented, 100000.
900 year would be saved to this
country. says Colonel G. o. Shields,
president OF the League OF American
Sportsmen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20
NO Qu|N|NE IN
THIS COLO CURE
"PAPE's COLD COMPOUND" ENps
COLDS AND GRIPPE IN A
FEW HOURS.

Take "Paps's Gold Compound
every two hours until you have taken
three doses, then 81 ssipps misery
goes and your cold WIN be broken. IL
promptly opens your clogged-up NOS
trils aud the afr passages Of the head:
stops nasty discharge or nose run
ming: relieves the headache, dulfness,
feverishness, SORE throat. sneesing'
soreness and stiffness.
Don't stay stufed-up! Quit blowing
and snuffling. Ease your throboins
heAd-nothing else In the world gives
such prompt relief ~ "Pape's Colo
Compound" which costs only Is cents
at any drug store. It acts without a.
sistance. tastes nice. and causes no
Inconvenience. Accept no substitute.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20
DEATH Is WEARY.

DEATH is WEARY.
Il am weary" said Death, Il am
weary,
For never since time began
Have / labored with toll o unceasing
In the harvest fields of man.
Till my sickle's brightness is dim and
dull
In all its length and span.
i am weary said Death, Il am
weary,
And my hearth is filed with ruth
That / cut not the golden grain of
Age,
But the greening grain OF Youth,
And the heavy sheayes are all
drenched with blood
With blood and with tears forsooth.
i am weary" said Death, 81 am
weary,
Oh! when shall there be surcease
From the toll OF this terrible harvest?
When, when shall the world have
peace,
And War, the relentless taskmaster,
From my labor give release?"
Mary McMullen in the New York
Times.
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Colonel John B. Cotton OF Gales burg,
Ill, one of the three survivors of the
Jayhawkers of 49," gathered friends
about him on the evening Of the 4th
Inst, and recounted his party's exper-
fences in crossing the plains, deserts
and mountains sixty-seven years ago.
The party struck out from Galesburg,
April /, 1S49. passed through Council
Bluffs. then known as Kanesville, and
over the site of Omaha, and had no
trial OF adventure of consequence I'M
ill they headed southwest from Salt
Lake. Hunger, thirst and desert dust
took three members of the party, but
the remainder struggled on, enduring
appalling hardships, and finally reach
ed the Santa Clara valley. February
A. 1850. Colonel Cotton was sixteen
years of age when he made the trip.
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Iowa Supreme cour. Decisions.
Special to The Gate

L0Fc.Iul 20 Z ftc o"eS 80
DIES MONIES, Feb. 19-Stennett VS..
Stennett, ct al, appellant, Calhoun
county; modified and remanded, Laid,
Judge.
Fisher, administrator, VS.. Ellstorp
appellant, Clark county: amrmed,
Gayner. judge.
Dewey and Kuhn Coal and Coke Co.
VS.. Huttin, ct al, Muscatine county;
reversed. Laid, Judge.
Hankins VS.. Yourg, exrel, appellant,
Taylor county; affirmed, Gayner,
Judge.
Garden appellant VS.. Moore, ct al,
Marion county; reversed, Ladd, judge.
Billiard vs.. Beck, appellant, Lee
county; affirmed, Salinger, Judge.
True VS.. Hunter, Judge, Wapeiio
county; affirmed, Gayner, Judge.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20

The speech of the Hon. Elihu Root
before the New York republican con-
vention was praised by Chauncey De-
pew as being one OF the greatest he
has heard in sixty years and Mr. De-
pew has been in public life for long
time. His statement is indeed quite
complimentary to Mr.. Root. who is
talked of for president
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20

Some of those radical progressive
editors in the state who are clamor-
ing for party unity should be more
generous in their statements regard
ing candidates for the various offices
who do not seem TO fit their particu-
lar brand of republication. 1t would
be step in the direction of party
unity .
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20

here are 1927 communities con.
sidering some preparation for baby
week. according to the inquiries re-
ceived by the chiluren's bureau OF
the United States department OF
labor i his number does not include
those of whose interest in the cam.
paign word has come to the bureau
directly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20

Mrs Carrie Wright of Marshfield.
Oregon, is all right except In one re-
spect. Her husband is not a natural
lied citizen, which makes Mrs. Wright
all wrong. politically. When she
sought to take a seat in the city coun-
Gil and dignity the assembled solons,
the latter declared her ineligible and
regretfully showed the lady to the
door. Isn't that the limit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20
If President Wilson appoints Fred

If President Wilson appoints Fred.
eric A. Delano secretary of war as
is rumored. he will make a good Sc.
lection. Mr.. Delano is one of the
men Of wide experience and would
make a valuable memb-r OF the cabi-
net Mr.. Delano is quite well known
in Keokuk and over Iowa as he was
for some time general manager of the
Burlington road, and later president
of the Wabash. He is intellectually
equipped for the place mentioned and
is hard worker and most genial
gentleman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20

The number of years man is in
this country evidently doesn't meas
ure the depL.i of his analysis of
American institutions. says the
Quincy Herald
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20
Sample Each Free by Mail

check up the little wastes, stop the
leaks and conserve what is had Its
observance may furnish the basis for
many successes in years to come, for
it is undeniably the little things that
count.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20

Another alarmist doctor breaks into
print in Chicago with the news that
100000 American school children
have defective eyes, bones and teeth.
The doctor did not count them, that
oeing an unnecessary detail
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20
The Point of View.

st. Louis GIobe-Democrat: II the
study of Dickens were made col
lege requirement. his works would no
longer be regarded as literature, Dut
as bitter medicine.
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st. Paul Is thoroughly convinced
that its depot is not desirable either
as an art exhibit or a public conven-
fence. The railroads refuse to abolish
1t and some councilmen threaten to
condemn it and push it into the river.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20

Advertising is the greatest factor
in modern business. No successful
merchant attempts to get along with
out these days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20

Anyway we all have to admit that
when Clifford Thorne attacks a cor.
poration or an individual they take
notice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20

The more peace talk, the harder
the fighting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20

The Lusitania incident is to be
settled again.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20

THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
Property has its duties as well as
It's rights.-Thomas Drummond.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20
What Is Uric Acid I
THE CAUSE OF BACkACHE,
RHEUMATISM, GRAVEL
AND SUDDEN DEATH.

Ever since the discovery of uric acid
in the blood by Scheele, in l775, and
the bad effect it had upon the body,
scientists and physicians have striven
to nd the tissues and the blood OF
this poison. Because of it's over
abundance In the system it causes
backache, pains here and there, rheu-
matism, govt, gravel, neuralgia and
sciatica. 1t was DR.. Pierce who dis
covered new agent, called "Anuric,"
which will throw out and completely
eradicate this uric acid from the sys-
tenn "Anuricn has proved to be 81
times more potent than lithta, and
consequently you need no longer fear
muscular or articular rheumatism or
govt, or many other diseases which are
dependent on an accumulation of uric
acid within the body. Send to DR..
Pierce, of the Invalids' Hotel and Sur
gical Institute, Buffalo, n. Y, for q
pamphlet on e Anuric," or send 10 cents
for trial package of sc Anuric" Tablets.
II you feel that tired, worn out
feeling, backache, neuralgia, or II your
sleep is disturbed by too frequent urina-
ton, go to your best drug store and
ask for Doctor Pierce's sAnuric
Tablets.
Doctor Perce's reputation is back OF
this medicine and you know that bis
rGolden Medical Discovery" for tho
blood and his wFavorite Prescription
for the ills of women have had . spien-
did reputation for the past fifty years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20

Doctor Pierce's Pellets are unequalee
as Liver Pill. One tiny Sssaar-coa
Pellet q Dose. Cure Sick Headache
Bilious Headache, Dizziness, Constlpa.
ton, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, ane
all arrangements of the Livers Stomacf
and Bowels.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20

500, 900, 900 increase in wages which
the public would have to pay.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20

is extended to everyone to attend OIL
services.
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st. Mary the Virgin, High and Four
teenth streets. Rev. John C. Sage
pastor.-Septuages Sunday. Sun
day school, 4 p. m. Evening service
ESQ o'clock. with sermon by DR.
Johnson.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-06-21
TEXTILE MEN IN SESSION.
Rigid Compulsory Education Laws
Urged by Sherard.

Asheville, June 16.-The need of
rigidly enforced compulsory education
was urged by w. M. Sherard, of
WILLIAMSON, N. c., president of the
Southern Textile Association, in open
ing the convention Of that body here
today. Delegates from all parts of
the South are here for the meeting.
Columbia, s. c., was selected as the
place for holding the November meet
ing, and the spring session will take
place at the Isle of Palms.
The committee on organization re-
ported favorably on the establishment
Of a permanent textile exposition at
Greenville, S C., and the first exhibit
will be held there in the fall of 1917.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-06-21
WANTS TO FIGHT AGAIN.
Capt. ROache, Mexican War Veteran,
Would 60 Back.

Greenville, June 16.-Capt. Patrick
y. Roache. aged 80. veteran of the
Mexican war of 1847-48 and q captain
OF the Confederate army. says he
would like to close his military ca
reer by going into, Mexico and take a
hand In putting Villa to rout. He is
thoroughly in favor of Intervention
and the establishment of a stable gov
ernment by the United States in the
southern republic. Capt. Roachc is
a highly esteemed citizen of historical
Abbeville county. He has been visit
ing here this week.