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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-16
Has Hit Ball Safely in
TUenty-Eight Consecutive
Games
fBy H. C. Hamilton, United Press
Staff Cores pondentl

fBy H. c. Hamilton, United Press
Staff Cores pondent.l
NEW YORK, Sept 16. = lack
Wheat, the eminent outfielder of the
Dodgers, by his great stunt of hitting
safely in twenty-eight consecutive
games, today jumped into third posi-
ton in the National league batting
averages. Wheat started his macing
career while the Dodgers were on
their last swing around the circuit and
The most recent averages show he is
hitting .319. He is just a point be-
hind his team-mate, Jake Daubert.
Hal Chase of Cincinnati, continues in
the lead with mark OF .S2T.
Wheat's string of safe hitting has
set a record for the season. There isn't
chance for him to break the worlds
record this year, for Jack Ness, now
with the Chicago American league
club, hit safely in forty-nine consecu-
tive games last year while with Oak
land in the Pacific Coast league.
His Last Hit.
lacks last hit was yesterday when
in the second inning of the game be
tween the Pirates and Dodgers with
the bases full, he smashed the ball
for home run. This is the Missouri
clouter's first home run with the
bases full, although his four sack
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-16
American League.
Results Yesterday.

At Cleveland, 3-1O-2; Philadelphia,
At Chicago, 400; New York. 2-9-1
At st. Louis, 1872: Boston. $3.50.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-16
A Modern Hero.

What good deed did you perform
today?" the first-class scout was
asked
Mother had only enough castor on
for one dose, 81 let my sister tax
It" replied the hero
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-16
Cameo IodaY-

st. Louis OF Boston.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
Pittsburgh at New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-16

sioux rails Argus-Leader: General
Pershing reports that Villas power is
ended. What, again? 10
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-16
CLUB STANDINGS
National League.
Results YESTERDAY.

AT Brooklyn, S-12-O; Pittsburgh
1870
At New York Cincinnati, rain
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-16
OFFICIAL PRIMARY
VOTE IN HANCOCK
Lowden and Dunno Lead All Corners
for Places at Head Of the
Ticket in Both
Parties.
WOOD FOR ATTORNEY
Hamilton Man Carries County by 4
Good Majority and Will
Be Democratic
Nominee.

Especial tc The Gate City.]
CARTHAGE, Ill.,, Sept. 16.-The
complete official vote in both repuD-
lican and democratic primary tickets
for Hancock county in the election
last Tuesday is the following:
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ONCE hours 9 to u .. M. 2 to ,
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| Other hours and Sunday BY appoint
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Auto-LIte starting and lighting
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Electric control buttons on
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as horsepower, six cylinder en-
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For Representative In Congress.
Fourteenth District.
Bert E. Pinkerton. BOZ
William j. Graham. 1857
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for The Gate City.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-22
The Comptroller's Surrender.

The Comptroller of the Currency is mag
unanimous, after all. Yesterday he addressed to
the Riggs National Bank letter containing
1000 words, notifying it of his approval of its
application for a renewal of the charter for
period of twenty years. He did this in
spite of grave derelictions of the bank officials,
to which he calls attention in the very first para
graph OF his extended epistle, as follows:
This application, if granted in its present
form, would extend the life of the corporation
for twenty years and one day, which the Comp
as the law now permits an extension of twenty
years only. The application should be amend
ed so as to provide that the association shall
continue until the close of business on June e.
1896. instead of June II, 1886 The application
to be legal, should also bear a Io-cent internal
revenue stamp as required by law. | shall as
sumo, for the purpose of this decision, that the
application has been amended as thus indicated
and that the Io-cent internal revenue stamp has
been affixed.
And then, with $500 words Intervening he
gives his approval in 100 more to the applica-
ton. He forgives that extra day in a period
Of twenty years and he forgives the omission of
the formality of the 1o-cent revenue stamp; he
saves the bank If that isn't magnanmity what
is it?
The other $500 words set forth fifty-seven
or more alleged reasons why the charter that is
to be ought not to be extended; but what are
they in the reckoning of one to whom twenty
years and day are but twenty years; one who
can make a psychological revenue stamp do
the work of material dime when moved by
generous impulses? The Comptroller simply
could not refuse to approve the extension of the
charter. Irresistible impulse trumphed over
sense of official duty and the Comptroller's sur
render was complete
The Washington herald., 1916-06-22
Industry After the War.

From Paris comes announcement of the gen.
eral plans adopted at the recent conference of
statesmen representing the allied belligerent ma
tlons for the safeguarding of their industrial well
fare while the war lasts and after it ends The
allies are to trade among themselves to the ex-
clusion OF their present enemies and precautions
against dumping" are to be adopted. The news
serves to remind us that no step has yet been
taken to protect the industrial interests of our
own country against the dangers that will con-
front them as soon as the war ends. The Demo-
cratic platform declares that such protective
measures will be devised by the nonpartsan tar
III commission proposed by the President, and
1t appears to be recognized that the present ma
chlnery OF the government designed for indus
trial encouragement and direction, though it has
been largely augmented, is inadequate for the
work. But while the President has recommend
cd Congress has failed to act and should the
war end in the future we should be found
totally unprepared to deal with the great prob
lens that would at arise. The President
has admitted that he would have difficulty in
hnding the right men to serve on a tariff COM
mission, and after they were selected no little
time would elapse before anything of value could
be accomplished The situation calls for i'm
mediate action by Congress, unless it is indf-
terent to the country's future welfare
The Washington herald., 1916-06-22
Too Late to Avert War.

Carranzas mind has grasped the meaning
of the mobilization of the United States militia
and he would like to avoid the consequences of
his knavery and turbulence. In the past the
foolish First Chief has not been able to under
stand the diplomatic communications of this gov
ernment because of the absence of bombast,
which in his vocabulary is synonym for firm
ness and impressiveness. When, at his insolent
demand, President Wilson withdrew Funston's
army OF occupation, sent in after the first in
vasion by way of Vera Cruz, Carranza regarded
the withdrawal as surrender to him. the mighty
cheftain. He has since mistaken the admins
tratons patience and forebesrance, in the face of
the butchery and robbery of Americans followed
by his moekery and insults, for fear of his
arms. Until the order issued for the mo-
bilization of the militia his actions were governed
by belief that, while we might in superior
force, pursue Villa, could not be provoked
into war with Mexico. And the last note of
Secretary Lansing is confession that Carranzas
belief was not wholly unreasonable.
He has discovered his mistake too late, though
he is making frantic efforts to save himself and
Mexico from the fate he has invited. He has
issued new orders for the protection of the
border and he has appealed to the influence of
European powers; but the situation is out of his
hands. He cannot control his own forces nor
can he stay the hand of the United States now
that it has been stretched forth. There may
now be no way of averting war; certainly it
would appear to be inevitable unless Carranza
voluntarily surrenders the government or it is
quickly wrested from him by a strong man and
real patriot, if Mexico has one
Reports reached Washington last night of a
battle between Americans and the forces of the
de facto government, in which a number of our
cavalrymen were killed. If the report is con-
hrmed the war already has begun and the
United States will have no choice but to pursue
it with all the resources at its command until
the enemy sues for peace; and the peace treaty
must be the final chapter in the history of the
Mexican problem.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-22

The election of 1900 was won by argu-
ment- The country had never seen such
a flood of pamphlets, such a rush Of
every man who could speak to the plat
form, of every man who could write into
the columns of the newspapers and the
pages of the magazines. 1t was in the
last analysis contest between the
radical and the conservative forces Of
the country, and the conservative forces
won.
The election day. the 30 of November,
saw more than fourteen million votes
cast, and of these more than six and a
half million were cast for Mr.. Bryan.
Mr. Mckinley received TIL, ,607. Every
State north of the Ohio and the Potomac
and east of the Mississippi gave its cleo
toral votes to the Republican candidate,
some of them, like New York and New
Jersey. by unprecedented majorities.
West OF the Mississippi the Republicans
carried Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota
Oregon, and California, and south of the
Ohio and Potomac West Virginia and
Kentucky. Even In North Carolina and
Tennessee the Republican vote leaped up
in significant strength. Nowhere did the
tide of Democratic votes run as the tide
Of Republican votes ran in the States
where opinion rallied strong to maintain
the established foundations OF business.
Republican maJortt.es were returned
again, also, to both houses OF Congress
and no one could ioubt the verdict OF the
country.
1t was a singular thing how the ex-
element subsided when the sharp con-
test was over and the result known.
Never before. perhaps. had there been
occasion to witness so noteworthy an H.
lustration OF the peaceable fruits OF un-
trammelled self-government, the cheer
ful, immediate, hearty acQuiescence OF
a self-governing people In the processes
of its own political life.
Not a tone Of revolt was to be heard.
The defeated party was content TO await
another election and abide by the slow
processes OF argument and conviction,
and affairs went forward almost as II
with sense OF relief on both sides that
the fight had been fought out and settled.
Business took heart again.
Whatever might be said for or again st
the free coinage of the two money metals
at ratio which was not the actual ratio
of their real relative values, definite
assurance as to the policy 10 be pursued
was an indispensable prerequisite to the
confident carrying forward OF business
enterprises and the verdict OF the
country had at last been given so de-
cisively that capitalists need, It seemed.
have no uneasy missivings even with re-
gard to the next election. when another
four years should have gone by.
And yet the air had not cleared entirely;
the task of the party now restored to
full power was not simplified by the
mere vote OF the people Questions OF
internal war and peace were. indeed,
past, forgotten.
In March. 1885. the houses. Republican
though they were, had taken from the
statute book the only fra gment that re-
mained of confederate disabilities, enact
ing That section twelve hundred and
eighteen of the Revised Statutes Of the
United States, as amended by chapter
forty-six Of the laws of 1884 which section
is as follows: No person who held a
The Washington herald., 1916-06-22

"The spirit OF America is against war; not
because we have grown cowardy and fear death, .
said Secretary OF the Interior Lane, in an ad-
dress at Brown University; NOR because we have
grown flabby and soft, nor even because we have
become conscious converts to the Prince of Peace
But we in America have something larger to do.
We are discovering our country. We have not
time for war. We are doing something so much
more important We are at work" Yet Ameri-
cans have both time and inclination for neees.
sary war now, just as they had in the years when
they were working very much harder The truth
is that at no period in their history have the
American people done little work for such
larse returns as at present.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-22
The Herald's Army and Navy Department
Latest and Most Complete News Service and Personnel Published
In Washington.

Army officers who have seen service
with Pershing's expedidonary force in
Mexico have already reached the oonclu-
sion that it would be foolish to attempt
to apply lessons Of that campaign to any
major campaigns the United States may
be called upon TO wage in the future.
It is undoubtedly true, these officers
say, that the army has learned a great
many things during the past few weeks
in Mexico. which will have definite bear
Ing upon conditions of major warfare,
but the lessons thus drawn were largely
of an incidental nature.
It would be just as foolish. these Off
GERS declare to proceed on the assumption
that Pershing's campaign was real Mex
lean warfare, as 1t was for the British
army to imagine that radical changes
in tactics dictated by the Boer war were
changes necessary in the event Of a war
with a frst-class power.
There Is a strong tendency in some
quarters at this time to decry the value
o. the cavalry branch OF the army, Just
because war conditions in Europe have
been of a nature TO discount the uee of
this arm. The value Of cavalry has been
demonstrated in the Mexican campaign.
The whole idea OF preparing for war. It
is believed, Is to prepare especially for
the Zoe which seems 10 threaten.
Although the President yesterday sent
to the Senate the renominatisn of Maj.
Gen. James B. Aleshire, as quarternaster
general of the army, for another four
year term, there are rurnors that he will
retire in August. At the present time
Gen. Aleshire has been granted a short
leave, with the privilege of applying for
additional time at the expiration Of that
period. It was believed that when Sec
retary Of War Baker intimated that Gen.
Aleshire would be appointed for another
tour Of duty in the ONCE of Quarternnas-
ter General, Aleshire would accept the
appointment as a compliment to his abil-
ity.
The health Of Gen. Aleshire, however.
has not been fully up to standard in
recent months and many Of his friends,
it is said, are urging him to apply for
retirement. In case such a request is
made and granted, it seems altogether
likely that the post of quartermaster gen.
eral will be filled either by Brig. Gen.
Henry G. Sharpe or by Brig. Gen. Car
roll A. Devol.
Both these officers are especially well
adapted and equipped for the work of
that post, as they have had extended ex-
perience.' It seems that Gen. Aleshire's
poor health has been largely due to a
too-strenuous devotion to the duties OF
his office.
1t was under his administration that
the three supply departments Of the army
were consolidated into the Quartermas-
ter's Department
Examinations to fill vacancies in the
Medical Reserve Corps and in the Dental
Corps of the army have been announced
by Surgeon General w. c. Gorgas, L. S.
A. The examination to fill vacancies in
the Medical ReaerYa lorpa haa haAr, sat
The Washington herald., 1916-06-22

commission In the Army or Navy of the
United States at the beginning of the
late rebellion, and afterwards served in
any capacity in the military. naval or
civil service Of the so-called Confederate
States or Of either OF the States in insur-
rection during the late rebellion. shall be
appointed TO any position in the Army
or Navy Of the United States be, and
the same is hereby. repealed"
II was the final "Act Of oblivion"
affairs would never ssain turn back to
that day Of bitterness and strife. It
might be that even the deep agita ton
with regard to the money question was
quieted. But no one could think that the
influences which had stirred that trouble
some question to such a heat had been
set aside by the mere su1rages Of the
voters
Obviously the business world, the whole
world Of industry. was in process OF rev.
olution- America, in particular. had come
to the crisis and turning point Of her de-
velopment Until now she had been
struggling to release and organize her re-
sources. TO win her true economic place
in the world. Hitherto she had been al
ways a debtor nation, her instruments of
industry making and TO be made, her
means OF transportation. the vast sys-
TENS of steel highways which were to
connect her fields and factories with the
markets OF the world, as yet only in
course of construction. At the close OF
the civil war there were but thirty-hve
thousand miles Of railway upon all the
vast spaces of the continent; there were
one hundred and fifty thousand more to
add before its products and manufac-
lures could be handled freely in the
worlds exchanges, and for that vast in
crease foreign as well as domestic capi-
tai had TO be borrowed by the hundreds
of millions.
Except what her fields produced, the
country had as yet but little with which
10 pay the interest and the capital OF her
debts: her fields were in some sense the
granary OF the world. As agricultural
prices fell II required more and more food
stuffs TO pay her balances. In those fatal
years Of depression, 1sss-lss6, when busi-
ness threatened 10 stand still because OF
the state OF the currency and the crops
fetched little more than would pay for
their carriage, II was necessary TO pay
huge foreign balances in coin, and sS7
0O0, 900 in gold had had to be shipped over
sea TO the country's creditors IN q single
twelvemonth QsS0.
It was that extraordinary drain that
made Mr.. Cleveland's task next to tmpos-
sible, to keep the Treasury reserve unex-
hausted and yet sustain the currency
with gold payments. Not until the very
year 1897, when the new Republican ad-
ministration came in, did the crisis seem
TO be past. The country had at last built
its railway and manufacturing systems
up, had at last got ready to come out Of
its debts, command foreign markets with
something more than its foodsturfs. and
make for itself a place OF mastery.
The turning point seemed 10 be mark
ed by a notable transaction which took
place the very month Mr.. Mckinley was
inaugurated.
serffnn
The Washington herald., 1916-06-22

Still another woman suffragist has visited the
President and urged him to give his approval to
the giving OF votes to women by Constitutional
amendment. Since he has repeatedly expressed
his conviction that the question in one for the
States to decide individually renewal of mpor-
tunities suggests that the women are hopeful that
the President will change his mind because a
national campaign is on. A very little reflection
would convince them of the futility of their eff
forts.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-22

for July Z, and the examinations for den
tsts VIII be just ten days later
II is also expected that examinations to
I'LL the newly-authorized veterinary corps,
specined in the army reorganization act,
Will be held some time in July
When the examinations for the Medical
Reserve Corps opens, it is believed there
VIII be something like 100 vacancies TO
III ana an almost equally large number
in the Dental Corps. The exact number
OF vacancies in this latter corps cannot
be positively determined until the fudge
advocate general has handed down an
opinion on the construction Of provisions
Of the army reorganization act, provid.
Ing for the increase
II is interesting to note in this con-
necuon that this will be the first time
the surgeon General has ordered an e1-
animation for veterinarians as such ex-
aIninations were formerly held under the
authority OF the Agriculture Department.
AoJt Gen Mccain, Of the army, is pre-
pairing TO enlarge the recruiting facilities
OF the War Department. in order 10 in
crease enlistments in the regular arr1y
II is the intention Of Gen. Mccain to
take advantage OF every provision Of the
new army law which tends to make the
service more attractive to the man in the
Gen Mccain has taken little stock in
the stories that postmasters will not make
good recruiting agents, as he believes q
man who has made up his mind to join
the army needs but little talk 70 get
his name on an enlistment blank.
The strong tendency in the army TO
increase the number Of 3-ton trucks now
in use, is demonstrated in another recent
order for twenty-eight s-ton transport
trucks and FIVE additional 6OO-gaIlon tank
trucks.
Heretofore there has been a sentiment in
the army strongly in favor Of the use
of vehicles which were not in excess Of
two-ton capacity. II was believed that
this type Of vehicle was much more adapt-
able to the uses OF the War Department,
but the idea has been completely over
turned, chiefly due TO the transportation
problems encountered by the American
forces with Pershing in Mexico.
The manufacturers Of the three-ton
trucks which have jjust been ordered
say they are ready TO prove their claim
that this type of truck can go anywhere
the two-ton truck can go. with a full
load. Furthermore, they say they can
demonstrate that their truck can be oper-
ated at lower expense.
Strange as 1t may seem, these vehicles
have shown surprising ability 10 get
over the ground with heavy loads in ter
ritory where the operation Of such heavy
vehicles was considered almost impossi-
BILE.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-22

member OF Congress- addressing class of
high school graduates, pointed out the evil re-
suits of parental indulgence and deplored the
present-day tendency to provide pleasure and
amusement rather than useful tasks for boys and
girls. Mothers and fathers who failed to attend
the graduation exercises need not expect to re-
ceive faithful account of them, except through
the newspapers.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-22

1t is said that in a letter formally declining
the Progressive nomination, which is to be made
public next Monday, Col Roosevelt will discuss
the Mexican situation. We can look forward
to crop of new words and memorable con-
tribution to literature.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-22
Possession of the Ocean.

Emperor William, who has recently been pro-
claimed Admiral of the Atlantic Ocean" seems
to be in no hurry to take possession of his new
dominion. For the present he is content to view
it from the security of the Kiel Canal, but hter.
will no doubt quietly and peacefully assert his
authority But when that time comes any one
may claim the title to the admiralty of the At
What's in a name?-Hartford Courant.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-22

President Wilson has declined in deliver, in
Baltimore, another address on the subject Of
peace The bad effect on all the warring Euro
pean powers of his previous remarks has prob
ably taught him discretion; and, besides, he
might be interrupted by cannonading along the
Rio Grande.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-22
The Poet Laureate.

DR.. Bridges sonnet on Kitchener does No,
remove the old impression that the laurel wreath
Is fatal to poetry Is it quite true that England
"had trust in none but" the Earl who served her
SO faithfully and effciently' Was it a proud
ship that fell by the lone Orkneys ere the set
of sun" We endure poets; for poets laureate
we are sorry. 1t is not their fault that poetry
made to order shows its orizin-New York Sun.