The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-27
The Warsaw Gate City
Warsaw, Ill, March ~, 1916.

i They were married in Independence,
Mo-. March 8; Mrs. Morgan was Miss
Jewell Ferguson; they have the
hearty congratulations of their friends.
| The proposed raise in telephone
rates is raising storm Of opposition
! here, as the rates are cons1dereu
reasonably high now.
| David G. Baird, secretary Of the Le-
| high Valley Railroad company visited
his mother, Mrs. Jane Baird, the past
+, week.
!, The Adams House has been thor
oughly repaired and remodeled for
business by the owner, Chas. Sears,
and will be re-opened April !.
Crowds Of our country cousins In
town Saturday; autos plenty, business
booming, in spite of threatened rain
| Rev. DR.. Long was In Far1bault.
| Mimi, the past week and gave ser
les of twenty-four lectures on historic
al topics before the Seabury Divinity
school; from there he goes to TT.
Dodge on mission work.
| An attendance large enough to elect
/ officers for 1916 is urged on all of
those citizens who belong to the Good
Fellow movement
/ Prof. J. l. Lloyd. county agent, met
with some OF our farmers to perfect a
local organization composed OF War
saw and Wilcox townships to further
| the cause Of scientific farming.
| There. not being many present. IL
was decided to postpone the same I'M
/ til April is, at w. G. VanPapelendam'
residence. Professor Lloyd gave two
demonstrations, one. for treating oats
for smut, and another for inoculating
alfalfa. Much interest was shown.
Saving the Young.
/ A letter has been sent from Warsaw
to the two Illinois senators, Hons.
Sherman and Lewis, with the mora!
support of the public mems meeting
at the Evangelical hall, urging these
senators to recommend the passage OF
/ the Owen Dill This bill is for the
establishing of the probation system,
for the saving Of young first offend
ers, in the U. S. district courts
throughout the country, and is now
pending In both branches of congress.
| The principal provisions of the bill
are: That the United States judges
may suspend sentence and place on
probation children and young first Of
tenders who are fit for probation.
Bows must be guarded from their
ing in contact with hardened Grim
mails through prison sentence. Pro-
baton. however. is to be excluded In
cases of most serious felonies. Fines
may be paid in installments by per-
sons while on probation, who hereto
fore have been practically imprison-
ed because Of poverty. The letter
urging the support of these measures
to save children and young people
from a downward career, mas also
I been sent to the Senators Thomas }.
Walsh Of Montana, Henry F. Ashurst.
of Arizona and John D. works OF
California, the members OF judiciary
subcommittee for the consideration OF
the said bill. The letter in part is as
follows: "As I am very anxious 10
see that a probation system IN the
United States district courts through
out the country may be established,
am appealing to you to support the
bill known as S. 1892 by Mr owen.
H. r. AZ, by Mr.. Hayden, when 1t
comes nm for consideration. A num-
Der of friends Of the institute OF pup
Tic mems meetings join with me in
this appeal. I trust that your attitude
Will be favorable to the bill, since the
probation system has proved a bless
ing for the treatment, reformation ana
rehabilitation especially of children
and young first offenders.
| Capt. J. R. Williams whose Tooth
birthday will occur Tuesday, March
! %, will be pleased to see any OF MS
friends who desire to call, although
he is not specially observing the day.
Mrs. NJ Nagel, one Of warsaw
leading German citizens, died Sunday,
! March 26. at her home on Nagefs
hill. aged 70 years. She has been
| ill for many weeks. but had been
! patient wIthal. She was very es-
| Unable woman and her demise Will
be sadly regretted by many friends.