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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-18
An Amusing Charge.

Des Moines Capital: Newspapers
are accustomed to criticism. Their
motives are constantly misconstrued
Perhaps one Of the most humorous
forms of villification that has come
to light for some time is one that
has grown out OF the national cleo
ton. The story has been going the
rounds that the newspapers conceal
ed the truth about the election Of
president in order to sell more pa
pers. This charge is no more serious
than others that are lodged against
the press but it serves to show the
ignorance of the average citizen
about an institution which Is almost
as much part of his daily life as
his own business. This story is be-
lieved and repeated by men of char
acter and education. 1t is accepted
with the same eagerness that is man
ifested when stories are circulated
about news columns being bought
and sold, editors corrupted by the
offer Of gold, and similar fancies of
an over-worked imagination.
The daily press is not disposed to
rush to the defense of itself. But
when such ridiculous statements as
the above are given credence it is
pertinent to suggest to the readers
that the penny they pay for their
newspaper each evening dces not
cover the cost OF the white paper it
is printed on. This is offered in lieu
of the information that it would be
physically impossible to withhold
election news for a commercial pur-
pose even il paper was so corrupt
in its ideals as to attempt 1t.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-18
DANGEROUS INNOVATIONS.

It would seem that there are plenty Of OBJ
jectors for the plan for powerful searchlights
for locomotives, which the brotherhoods are
urging before the interstate commerce commits
sion, even among the engineers themselves. The
Engineers Journal, publication in no way re-
flecting the thought of railroad management, as
a result of an inquiry conducted on seven rail
roads concludes that more than half the en-
gineers are against the plan. On single track
roads the powerful headlight would do, but on
double or four track roads it would prevent a
clear sight of the signals and dazzle the eyes
of engineers on approaching trains. The con-
tention that opposition to the proposal rests
solely on the ground of expense is disproved.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-18
FOR FEDERAL INCORPORATION.

Undoubtedly there has been rapid develop
ment of sentiment favorable to federal incor-
poration of interstate railroads. The demand
for a single system of control by the national
government does not come from of radical
tendencies, but from conservatives and practi-
cal railroad managers, who believe the coun-
try will move steadily toward government own
ership unless better system of regulation is
provided A. J. County, one of the vice pres-
dents Of the Pennsylvania, advocates federal in
corporation of interstate lines and exclusive
federal regulation through an enlarged central
commission at Washington. He urges the es-
Establishment Of regional commissions, subordin-
ate and reporting to the central board, and
separation of the functions of detection and
prosecution from those of regulation, so that
the same body shall not be prosecutor, Judge
and jury" All these reforms are important
and belief is growing that they must be
brought about if we are to escape the evils of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-18
The Mere Mind

st. Paul Pioneer Press: In declI
ing war on short skirts, silk stoc1
ings and low cut waists the eoa
mothers of Beioit, Wis, prefer 4
whitening charge that the ayera1
high school girl spends too mud
time in improving her clothes ~
not enough In improving her mini
Wherefore this bold assumption IN
an improved mind is useful articl
measured by present standards?
docs not help one to catch matt
it has no part in ones fitness
appreciate the movies, 1t is of no se|
vice in driving an auto, it is a hand
cap in society, it does not assist oS
in selling prunes, 1t is more apt
land one on the minority side in po1
tics; in short, 1t does not enable 81
to show off worth a continental I
even to have a good time.
II the Beloit mothers expect to b
f1uence their daughters in ways I
righteousness and high buttond
frocks they must appeal to somethil
more substantial than improvemss
of the mind.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-18
may extend to a depth Of abort ~,
Ahs0Iudoty pyso
No Alum No Phosphate

| .
may extend to q depth Of abort =,
miles. but beyond that the m,.al.
seems to. merge into a fairly H.
genous nucleus. This state n,o I
extends to a depth OF six-tenths ~ \
radius, but the remaining four.ta,S
form a core which differs IN
physical and possibly its chsmi5
constitution from the outer nor,is
What the state Of this nucleus il ~
be matter largely Of conjectura !.
til we have a fuller knowledge ~ =
state Of matter when sub1ectad
the vast pressure such as exists I'm
in the earth's interior. 81
Additional evidence that the a.,
as whole is at least as risid
steel is furnished by study Of IA,
phenomena and also by the yariatis
of latitude.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-18
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Waterloo Courier. A Washington
despatch says that the president would
like to appoint some of the defeated
senators on "nonpartisan commits
sions," but that the civil service regu-
lations forbid, SO the lame ducks will
have to go job1ess. But we'll not shed
any tears on that account There can
be men found just as able to fill these
positions.
Marshalltown imes-Republican
IF this thing keeps up hens egg is
bound to become an object d art and
take its place on the shelf with the
other brio a brac instead Of coming to
the table straight up or over.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Let the ran
cor of the Iowa housewife. as well as
that OF the prOvider, be appeased. A
visitor from Connecticut says they are
paying sixty-fve cents a dozen for
eggs and twelve dollars ton for coal.
Sioux City Journal: Rumors of the
death Of DR.. Dumba, former Austrian
ambassador to the United States, seem
to have been based on the theory that
he is dead so far as his usefulness as
cannot very well be disputed that in
this respect he is as dead diplomatic
ally as the secretary Of state who was
largely responsible for the difficulties
In which Dumba became involved is
politically.
Dubuque Telegraph: There Is
scarcely a person who will not agree
now that some change should be made
in the ballot and the manner of voting
in Iowa There is not only the seem
ingly almost interminable delay to
warrant a change, but the complex
ity Of the ballot is such that few cleo
ton officials are able to understand.
The next legislature should do some
radical remodeling.
Dubuque Times-Journal: 1t may
now be expected that California
boosters will take up slogan read
ing CAS- California goes, so goes the
nation"
Sioux City Tribune: Thanksgiving
Christmas, swearing off-and then the
Legislative sessions.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-18
TODAY:s BIT OF VERSE
AN AUTUMN BoUGH.

This plaything of the winds, this little toy
That leaped and rocked to rhythmic tones Of joy.
That filtered sunlight for summer guest,
Long held secret to it's leafy breast.
This fan of foliage! How innocent
It seemed OF hidden things Yet love here spent
A summer tryst. Here warmed mothers breast
To carols blithe. Here hunger made request.
What mysteries of love and life to crown
woven cup of weeds and thisuedown!
Now these have taken flight-the leaves depart
And silver rains beat in it's empty hearth
Mamie Lowe Miller, in Sunset Magazine.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-18

The remarkable self-abnegation of the per-
son who knows "a perfectly good'' cold cure
and yet refrains from nflicting it upon an af-
flicted friend, is not always appreciated as
highly as it should be-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-18

Cheerfulness and content are great beauti-
fers and are famous preservers of youthful
looks, depend upon it.-Dickens.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-18

Tents lighted by electricity proyid
living quarters for 500 students I
the state college of Texas.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-18

AS was expected, Mr.. Wilson omitted no
word in the act of writing the Thanksgiving
proclamation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-18

Newspaper correspondents at Washington
all agree that Iowa need expect no favors in
the way Of political appointments from Presi-
dent Wilson during his second term. It is said
that neither President Wilson nor his advisers
are prepared to forgive Iowa for piling up it's
big Hughes majority and sending solid re-
publican congressional delegation to Washing
ton, when one or two congressman might per-
NIT the democrats to control the house. Seems
like it will be less than lean pickings for the
small bunch of Iowa's unterrifed and always
faithful. However, Wilbur W. Marsh is a
lever of influence among the national s'ins''
and he may pry something loose from the Will
son political granary for consumption by his
line of Iowa followers
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-18

Success is often measured by the accumulation OF
wealth; but does anybody really imagine that to the muI-
dniionares, the great nanciers OF today the ac-
stimulation Of money possible personal uss
is the nducemen? Is not rather the power which the
money represents the power Of great scie-
tifc reputation, craftsmanship etc. attract equally
great mnds?-charles p. Steinmetz.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-18

Sioux City Tribune: Thanksgiving
Christmas, swearing of-and then the
Legislative sessions
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-18

Dubuque Times-Journal: 1t may
now be expected that California
boosters will take up a slogan read
ing CAS- California goes, so goes the
nation"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-11
REFINERY .
IN SPLENDID SHAPE
President SpreckeIS In His An
nuaI Report Notes Progress
OF Sugar Trade

,tuL..L, I,
""e'"'' i'"'"P''" pence comes ear
ly or not, high prices are likely to
prevail in the sugar market for some
time 70 como,' said Clans Snrockols
'.,,--.- 49, ,
""",Ss NV '".""' "''e''"e Vi
stockholders OF the Federal Sugar Re
fning Co..
he predicted that P"ar" would serve
only to bring int" greater prominence
the utter dependence OF foreign coun-
tries upon the American market for
their supplies of sugar. Unlike other
commodities Tor which the war has Gre
ated an abnormal demand, sugar Is
necessity at all times and to all peo'
pies, he observed.
1.-The destruction of mills, the raw.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-11
BRITISH ARMY OFFICERS
FLY HOME FROM TRENCHES
CBy The Associated PrOss }

LONDON, July \, - F!yifg from
the trenches in France to ondon and
back again in the same day j. becom.
ing Lot uncommon exprriPnc for Of
frcIh of the British Army. Recently
au officer left the trenches rurly one
morning, crossed the English Channel
in an peroplane, and was in London
Turkish bath in a few minutes uuder
four hours from the time he left the
battlefield. Later another soldier did
m" trip in even shorter time leaving
the trenches in the early morning. Tur.
Hsh bathing three and half hours
lU'rr in London, luuching at ore Of tn
lruding hotels, and arriving back
" somewhere in France" tho same
evening.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-11
IND0-CHINA
SENDS MANY TO WAR
(By the Associated PresS. }

HANOI, Trench Indo- China, July $
1t Is estimated that about $4,000 ma
tives Of French IndO-China with many
coolies from Southern China have gone
to France since the outbreak of the
war. The majority of these men have
been taken into the munition factories
and the others are serving as soldiers
in the French armies. Before the war
they were either active or reserve trail,
leurs in the French native forces in
Tonkin, Anam and Indo. China proper
Most of them are now attached to the
eAPeditionary forces at Saloniki and at
other points in the Near East and in the
Mediterranean.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-11
NEW | EARL KITCHENER
brother Of WARtORD
He Is En- Route To London From
African Front
(By The Associated Press.)

LONDON, July S.-The new Lord
Kitchener, elder brother and heir of the
secretary of war, who was Col. H.
E. Q. Kitchener, is reported on his way
home from Southwest Africa, where he
has been serving in the campaign
against the Germans.
Although sixty-nine years old the
new Earl, who was born October 8,
1916, placed himself at the disposal of
the government at the outbreak of the
war, and began active duty at once.
He served in Burma in 1891, being men
toned in dispatches, and in, the Mani
pur expedition in the same year, being
mentioned in dispatches.
He married in 1877 the only daugh
ter of the late Lieut.-Col. Franklin
Washington. A son, Commander H. +
+. c. Kitchener, r. NJ, served in China
in 1900 and is serving in the present
war. There is also daughter.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-11
NEW RADIO LINE WILL
SPAN PACIFIC OCEAN
Pearl Harbor Station Will Be
Connecting Link In Chain

With the completion of the naval
radio stations at Pearl Harbor, and
Bremrrton, Washington, a perfect line
If communication to the Orient will be
completed. Radio communications from
Washington to the Philippines, where a
station is nearing completion, by relay
from Pearl Harbor will be possible.
lntrr.commJnic between Wash
ingt"n, Panama, Bremerton, and Pearl
Harbor will be daily affair, if the
plans of the navy department, prove
efficient.
Two of the three radio towers to be
installed at Pearl Harbor, are prac.
tically completed. The contract for the
building has been let TO J. l.. Young
Engineering Company of San Francisco
1t is expected that the last tower
which will be $50 feet over the sea
level, will be completed about the last
of september.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-11
PLANS ARE RECEIVED
FOR BIG ISLAND ROAD
Deal With Work On Portion OF
Belt Highway

Plans and specifications for road i'm
provements on the Big Island were re.
ceived by Acting Superintendent of
Public Works W. c. Woodward from
A. c. Wheeler, the department agent
az H1o' ih"yesterday small. The plans
deal with the work on the Puukapu
Homestead road district.
= This is n portion of the belt road
that it is planned to build around the
island of Hawaii, and the specifications
call for macadamized road with q
hand laid sub-base, twelve feet wide
The department will advertise for bids
next week.
The Maui supervisors have
agreed to pay half of the cost of the
sprinkling being done on the Waiohuli,
eokea beach lots road. This highway
runs between rows of algaroba trees
and needs constant wetting down to
keep it in good shape. The Territory
will pay the other half of the cost
of sprinkling.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-11
RUSSO-JAPANESE
PACT CELEBRATED
Minister of Foreign Affairs Gives
Grand Banquet To Comment
crate Alliance
Especial oablogrAm to Nippu JijiJ

TOXIC, July "a grand banquet in
celebration of the signing of the jap
anese- Russian agreement, was held at
the official residence of the minister
of foreign affairs here last night.
Members of the Japanese cabinet
leaders of the political parties and the
Russian ambassador, NJ, Kulpenski,
we're the principal guests.
NJ. Kulpenski congratulated Japan
and his own country upon the agree
mrnt, and the consolidation of the
friendship between the two countries
INTO tangible shape. He asserted that
he agreement will certainly guarantee
the peace of the Far East.
The people of Toxic have decided
to hold great mass meeting in honor
+ tn" signing of the agreement on
July II.
Representatives Of both governments
ndorsod the treaty at II meeting in
Prtrograd recently. The treaty is Il
result of the recent visit of Grand
Duke Michaelovitch to Japan some
months ago.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-11
BAB|ESCDNT|NUE
TO FALL VICTIMS
OF DREAD PLAGUE
United States Throws Strength
Into New York Fight Against
lnfantiIe Paralysis
ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE
MORE CASES REPORTED
Eighteen Deaths Yesterday and
Disease Spreads To Other
Sections Of Country
tAssocis,sS Press by Federal wir,Is.s1

tAssociated Press by Federal wirsIess)
NEW YORK, July 9.-All the power
If the United States government has
loen thrown into the fight against the
Tread scourge that is striking at the
babies Of this and other great cite.
# the United States. but In spite o.
this l05 additional cases Of infantil,
paralysis were reported in the twenty
four hours ended at midnight last night.
Eighteen deaths were reported.
The state and the federal health au.
horities spent most of the day confer
ing on the situation and in mapping
out a plan of campaign against the cpl
demic that has cost so many younc
lives, and threatens to cost many more
Assistant Surgeon General Rucker of
the United States Health and Marine
Hospital Service, who was here for the
conference, buried back TO Washing.
ton last night, to make arrangements
for expeditipg the Importation of
monkeys for use in experiments, di.
rected toward ascertaining how the di.
sease spreads, and in the hope of being
able to discover a serum that will
check the inroads of the affection.
Wnou AsHo' OiSoase
Folowing the conference the board
OF health ana the federal authorities
issued puohc warning against certain
practlses, with lstructlons for the be-
haVlor or the paphc IN order to lessen
the possiointy OF contagion' The warn;
ing contains tine followlng;
"Stop crowding against persons in
the troliey cars, the elevated and sub
ways heep as tar away from other
persons as possible wh1le on the streets
ana Puonc conVeyanees' Tor 1t Is i'm
possible Possible 10 zen VINO Is Garner OF the
uis sem"
mere Is entirely too much hugging
tnu Kissing OF naoles, oy strangers and
rlenIs' rms Is oed TOT the oaby un
uer inc pest Oh circumstances and IN q
criSis such as phe- present one, may
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-11
Allies To Make Blockade
Of Germany More Severe

es of non -cOntraband goods are allowed
to 60 into enemy countries. Germany
has complained bitterly that the Brit
ish blockade has been violating the
spirit and letter of this declaration.
On March 4 of this year note from
Germany to the United States was
made public which declared that under
the Declaration of London there was n
free hst' established which the Al.
lies were not obscrving-that is, their
sea patrol was blockading these goods.
The abandonment of the declaration
probably means that Britain and
France, which maintain the sea block
ade. of Germany through their patroling
vessels, will refuse to be bound any
longer by the non.contraband provis.
ions of the agreement and intend to
exercise an even more rigid control of
shipping than heretofore under the
Declaration Of Paris, signed in 1856.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-11
tAssoeis.sd Pres. BY Federal wirslsss)

(Associated Press by Federal wirelsss.)
LONDON, July o. France and Great
Britain have decided to abandon the
principles Of the Declaration Of Lon.
don, and TO withdraw the orders carry.
ing out those principles.
An order issued by the government
yesterday announcing that it is the in
tention of the Allies to "exercise their
belligerent rights in accordance with
the law of nations" was followed
shortly afterward with the official an!
nouncement that France also had abun
doned that declaration.
From the outbreak of the war;. the
British government has adhered in the
main to the principles of the DeclaraS
ton of London, in spite of protests
from both Liberal and Opposition lead
ers. II has been asserted Lhat the
agreement to which England had never
given her full accent, tended toJminS
imize the strength of the British navy.
The orders in couRcil under which the
British and French blockade of Ger
many, has been conducted, however,
did recognize the principles of the do.
claration, in the questions of search,
seizure and blockade. 49,"
In spite of the opposition of strong
section of the British and French press
the Allies followed this plan until the
publication of yesterdays order in this
country and decree in Paris. -
Under this declaration. certain class
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-11
SUBDUE "
DARFUR |SLAMS
Defeat Of Sultan Ali Dinar Brings
Many MosIems Under King
George
(By The Associated Pressl

KHARTEM, Sudan, July s. 49, The
brilliant little campaign in Darfur
which ended with the defeat by the
British troops of sultan Ali Dinar on
May % will bring under British do
nain about 100 900 square miles Of ter
itory inhabited by a population esti
uated at between 100000 and 1000,
100. Descendants Of the Sultan Mo.
rmmed have ruled in the country for
,pproximately 400 years. Until 1874
Hrfur was entirely independent, but
hen il was conquered by the notorious
lnve.dCalcr Zobrir Pasna, who carried
on savagcly.cruel rule of terror over
dc natives under the nominal suzerain
of Egypt for ten years until he was
r1sted by the Mahdi. At that time
latin Pasha. the Austrian Egyptian
las the Official representative of the
Egyptian government,
When the Anglo British forces later
ubdued the Mandi and brought the
udan back into Egyptian possession
ultan Ali Dinar, who had been con.
ned for several years in one of the
.Iahdi Is lOathsOme jails, was placed on
With all the savagery Of an uncivilized
EASTERN potentate, at the same time
maintaining friendly relations with the
tnglo. Egyptian authorities at Cairo.
The "Bull of Bulls which is one
Of the titles of the Sultan of Darfur,
apparently thought the time had come
when the world war broke out to dis
play his strength, and he gathered q
considerable army of tribesmen on the
frontier of his territory with the inten.
ton, IL was understood, of advancing
on Egypt, which he had heard was
weakly defended and at his mercy.
The assemblage of warriors soon
came to the notice of the Anglo Egypt,
ian staff, and a mobile column was i'm.
mediately organized TO meet any nd.
vance. The British officer in command
eventually came to the conclusion.
when he discovered how well-armed the
native forces were, that il would be
advisable to strike the first blow. The
British column thereupOn took the of
fensive with the result that the natives
were put TO flight after a severe en-
Of killed and wounded. fighting
aeTopiHne VOok part IN Ine engagement
and afterwards scattered the fugitivet
fleeing with their Sultan to the hills.
Considerable discussion is proceeding
here as to the future government OF
Darfur, in which subject the French
also are interested, as the territory ad
joins their Budanese possessions. The
prevalent idea is that British resident
will be appointed and that a member
of the former ruling family may b,
placed on the throne as nominal ruler
Most of the inhabitants Of Darful
are of mixed Arab and negro race, but
there are numerous pure Arabs anC
pure negroes and liberal infusion Of
tribesmen. from other parts of Africa
Many Of the people are quite peacefu
camel and cattle owners and there Il
considerable commercial intercourse
between them and the Immediately ad
jacent countries. The general educa
tiCn of the inhabitants is on very Low
level, and consists mainly in a knowl
edge Of the Koran, which is confined
to the males.