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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-18

reserve has been emphasized in more than one
detail since the present mobilization has been
ordered. But in no case has the evil been more
| glazing than in the dragging Of politics into the
question of the retirement of officers not quail
fled for field duty. Nothing could be more dis
astrous to military discipline and organization.
| When the two officers of the New York regi-
ment were shelved for physical disability it was
said that the cry of politics would be raised,
and it was raised. No sensible person could see
how or why politics could or should have led to
the action Of the regular army authorities; but
the cry raised by the Officers friends-not, it
must be said, by themselves-was so easy a
way Of salving their wounded pride that it
came automatically with the primary outburst
of indignation.
This was bad enough. It was an unmerited
insult to the army officers, especially the
medical CORPS But the harm was only senti-
mental Now comes the real danger. Politics
! is actually being drawn into the affair, to the
hurt Of every national guard organization IN
the country The politicians are busy trying to
save the men who have been pronounced un-
available. The politicians care nothing for
| these men and still less for the welfare. Of the
army They care only for their own prospects
l and their game is vote getting. They are
Iscrambling for popular favor by taking up what
/ Luey JHlIlk may DC popular grievance.
Those who are interfering are of the type who
would see the whole army in Hongkong, so
long as they kept their own majorities intact.
They are now working in contempt and defiance
/ of all true military interests in an Jlnadul-
| terated spirit Of demagoguery.
/, There is some reason to think that army
/ standards are trifle high at the present time.
I 1t is hardly likely that any of the countries
now at war in Europe would plan to eliminate
efficient officers for trivial physical defects or
that they would reject recruits on account of
corns or decayed teeth. Such straining at per-
lection is rather medical than military; it would
be swept aside quickly in days of real need.
{ The way to remedy whatever be wrong is not
through wire pulling in individual instances.
1t is by broad reconsideration OF the questions
involved on military and scientific grounds. Re-
form must be effected by well digested legisla-
ton or else new light brought in on the minds
of the responsible men, the ranking officers of
the army, through the supreme education of
practical experience. Meanwhile, let us keep
ipolitics out of all army issues.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-18

Seattle derived revenue of over
$4,000 last year from its public goll
course.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-18

Anew York broker. who was given
live bunch on the coming OF the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-18

The present extreme thaw should be satisfy
ing to those persons who bemoaned the cool
ness of the weather during the month of June
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-18
KEEP POLITICS OUT OF THE ARMY.
A despatch from Washington says:

The fight of New York congressional leaders to
obtain the reinstatement Of Colonel Comfy and
Lieutenant Colonel Phelan OF the sixty,ninth New
York infantry mustered out by Major General
Leonard Wood for physical disability will be set
tied by Secretary of War Baker.
Secretary Baker received the report OF General
Wood containing the findings Of the medical ex-
aminer, who found the militia officers unfit.
Secretary Baker referred these findings to Acting
Surgeon General Birmingham, with instructions
that he report. Baker then will announce his de-
cision.
Members of the New York congressional delega-
ton uruging reinstatement, charge army politics"
with responsibility for the rejection. Army Off
GERS on the other hand charge politics to the con-
gressmen, holding there is no justice In reinstat
ing militia officers falling below standards, when
regular army officers are summarily refined
to private life for physical disability and have no
chance for appeal.
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When the motors are filled with good spirits.

touod he rugged up a dramatic setting
for his act. He pulled the dark secret
stun and Il won him a lot Of publicity.
lie was So afraid some one would
wyrm out tho formula Of tho gasolene
substitute that ne went about buying
4 little dab Of chemical here and a
little dab there. Then he motored
away into the Great : lcnce = put the
dahs of chemicals together.
II Mr.. Enrich; never makes good
on a single gallon Of his gigantic dis
cOvcry r. can 90 gu. and clean up as
an y No l press agent. The best
proof OF this is that he sold his
substitute to the Maxim syndicate.
Even II the friendly hu.d proves the
frostiest kind Of tivver the man has
given a million or more motorists a
thrill. and a thrill Is worth more than
a thrun any day OF his 1916.
But the F~armingdale sage is not to
occupy his pedestal of fame undis.
pu;ed. Every man ~ magnificent
mind or accomplishment has his !m!-
tators. In all parts OF the land pre-
tenders are hoDbing up to claim a
slice OF the pie.
Comes now a may from ionkers
who swears 10y al the gods and small
fishes that he ear beat gasolene with
a fuel made OF water, ammonia and
sodium.
OF course almost anything can
happen in Yonkers. and it may be
that this Lewis Morrison. who is
brave enough to name NoGkers as his
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FWT'"T ~ RHF'T ""'' " T w ~
Fireplace in smoking lounge.
Phi Gamma Delta Club.

started A. Columbia University ~
lSl7
George 8 Coleman, counsel ~ The
Public Service Commission. IS pltsi-
cen, of Isl Epsilon club, which WIS
Incorporated in ISIS. aud which has
occupied part of the top floor nf the
l,ut.i Manhattan, in conjunction with
the Transportation club. since sep
t.mbc1', 1893 II has a membership II
$40, EX-rresid"nt William II. TAFT
Was a guest of ono in 1913.
Phi Dclta Theta club nov has lie
headquarters on West 18Th street
near broadway. wnpr" an apartment,
adjoining the Columbia Chatter House,
L. maintained. Thea" are 40 alumni
enrolled, and "A formal BANQUET is given
every March - Ia CONTAMINATION of
the founders Of Tho tr%itcrnIty.
When this function Was held at tho
tniVersitv Cub last month plaNs were
presented to secure permanent quar-.
tcrs in q more convenient lura'irn,
dent. and some or tho hest known
nlumni Include Lamar HARDY, Corn ora
ton Counsel, Wl'l!1m Harvard. bul-
II Service Commissioner l'rrdrIlcl.
\ t~;ortze. dCin 81 sClcn'" SchoO.S At
Columbia University, Edwiu Emerson
and Frederick A. Winston, ~ District
Attorney of Wrstchcstor county
Among other features an employment
committee IL maintained.
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abiding place. has the goods. i, Is
only fair. though. TO suspect that he
has held out the fourth element in
the equation SO the bold, bad bandits
may not crush in and steal the fruits
Of his brain.
Would o mind telling US. Mr..
Morrison. whether We shall ne pur-
chasing our motor fuel from the gra-
ciOus garage keeper or AZ the prescrip-
ton counter OF the nearest drug shop?
The Yonkers substitute sounds sus-
~p.ciously like what the family physi-
clan prescribes for n sore finger.
From Cuba comes the sorrowful It'd
iugs that the native sons are so hard
put 10 IL for auto fuel that they are
using Bacardi rum in place OF Kaso-
lene. Perhaps this conveys to you q
slight notion of how desperate the
situation has become. II 0 under
stand the insidious appeal of a Dali
uuirl cocktail it will be considerable
Of "A spur to your appreciation OF the
efforts OF Messrs. Enricht and Morri-
son.
This consuming OF the national
punch OF Cuba will sooner or later lead
to another crying question: What
can we substitute for Bacardi?' II
looks like an endless chain OF substi-
tu,es. Let us not forget that in the
frenzy Of the moment We must con-
serve our national resources. auto or
no auto.
To- convince the eternal optimist that
all the hadinare about the high cost OF
casolenc is not idle spoofng 1t might
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shook his head with something akin TO
sadness.
Anything from superHuous veee-
tables to the tinfoil out OF cigarette
boxes he replied. You can't stop
these fellows and their rawlings. They
vii, pull a set OF blue prints on you
and prove TO YOU that with enough Old
silk stockings and a couple Of secret
chemicals they can make automobile
fuel for "A cent a gallon
Plenty OF us are having a lot Of un:
comfortable moments for fear one Of
the substitute boys will really gallop
forth and make good or a promise.
w~hereupon We will no longer have a
plausible excuse for being mere pc
dcstrians. With all this chatter about
go cent gasolene banded about II has
been easy to say the only reason we
were holding down seats in the SUBJ
way or standing In the trenches OF the
surface cars was because We feared the
high cost Of gasoleue was going to
make motoring a prohibitive pleasure.
1t did not cos a cent to boast back
and forth about the beauty with the
wire " heels and the red leather uphol.
stery we had slated for ownership
Punctuate this kind OF talk with a
deep sigh and in nine cases out o:
ten ii would go over big. especially
if followed by a story about how all
the plutocratic owners were putting
up their cars because they could not
afford TO buy gasolene by the gill
Present indications are that our ex-
cuse IL going TO he yanked right out
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MIR. Baker ami some other members
acquired the handsome clubhouse
across from the New York Yacht Club
in February. 1909.
The building was designed by the
lat" Washington HUI and Is topped
by a massive white marble owl. Tn"
interior decoration is very attractive
White pi!asters divide the brown tinted
walls into panels, Japanese art de-
signs. green tapestries and rugs, huge
moose. deer and elk heads. bronze
shields and mounted eagles aid TO
carry out distinctly. appearance
i,esides Secretary of War Baker
other active members ~ Phi Gamma
Delta cub are Nicc-i'resident Thomas
+. Marshall. Major Frank keck. Viii
lam q. Mennen. Georg" IT,. l.uppcIt,
Christy Mead, John Is. Gore. Frederic
e. Howe. Commissioner If lmmi-ra-
ton; Grin II. Cheney, president of In"
Pacific Bank. Richard Lloyd Jones,
Harry w Ford, Judge Andrew a.
Adams and Meredith Nicholson. In
all there are 600 members, 2T5 of
whom live In the city.
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beefstcak dinners serve 10 bring the
members together.
Beta Theta Il. cub publishes "A reg
ular honkl"t called the SpOkcSnCH.
which announces all coming events
and relates what alumni are doing
William Rainond Baird. dean of
American college fraternity editors
and a recognized authority upon
Greek letter topics, Is a member Of
the club.
Under the superN s'on OF Frank /,
Tigers, national secretary, the Delta
T'u Delta Club maintains an extern
sIVe employment bureau which has
arh eyed excellent results, employment
l,.n- fuuud trr vent, -SiN college
graduates dG'.nr the past three years.
In the winter Of l'n9. when tn. club
first forged to the fore, quarters I'd
l~oin.ng keen's 'huI House were
leased. Three years later 4 move to
a larger home on West FlftN-eichth
street was made and in 1871 the pres
cnt clubhouse was taken over. There
are l26 resident and ~ nonresident
members. Here the national offices
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IL nope the dealers IN ~gaso.ene wi!
not take to disp.ayin- it IN their wiz
dows.' said Danny Kim. the gen!a.
guardian OF Il prominent broadway
corner. It's hard enough. goodness
knows, TO Keep ambitious crooks from
reaching through plato glass fronts
n ESCAPING with all the jewelry they
can grab"
WIZ II ONE to TINS. th!nk you:
w nich would you Ike tor Christ.
mas. dearie, a diamond bracelet or Y
can OF gaso!one"' pr this:
"Tie bridegroom's present to :hs
Bird" was a handsome ~gaso.ene car.
done N platinum with diamond mono.
grams and containing Il select portion
OF the finest s~,,solcne." Or something
Ike this:
'Gasoiene I'm Brady says that New
York - tho safes. city IN the word
He goes 30 every popular dance palac,
along the Great White Way and V
set has he been robbed OF a single
ounce of gasuicuc. though he carries
II right out IN the open where It's frn.
grant scent - a constant temptation
to thieves"
Speaking of fragrant scents, there
IL sure - D." a new perfume on the
market. Even now many of the very
best OF oar "Stall'rs' wear motor coats
or motor wells and sprinkle them co.
p'ousiy WITH gasp."ne when going
ahou: They lind mat by this little
ruse they ate abb" 10 open charge &C.
counts where otherwise they would b.
met with scoru. They are certain &c
get accelerated service the minute
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GAS THE NEWEST NATIONAL PASTIME
1t Has Entirely Replaced the Once
Thrilling Indoor Sport of Collect
ing Mythical War Orders

he we'll to call to his attention the fact
that gasolene is uo'v ON n police blot
ter as a standard article of robbery.
a few days ago the papers carried
a story about two apparently rcspecta-
BILE, not to say opulent. citizens who
whirred up in front IF a garage and
loudly PACED five gallons of gasolene.
The future millionaire who owned the
garage ambled out and began operat-
ins the gasoleno pump.
When it had automatically elected
the five gallons and the top was adj
justed on the auto tank o.e of the oc-
cupants Of the car leaned far out and
hit the host over the head with n blunt
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rides high for the discovery Of a saso-
lenc substitute.
Find the way to deliver the final
wallop TO the high cost of gasolene and
Napoleon will have noihinS on .ou
II the universal cry.
These are great days Tor sqllr-
rels." declared a man who keeps his
automobile looking like a war truck
that has seen hard service at the
front. with ali the nuts arcsnd loose
giving the behind the hand talk about
how they have a juice that will make
~gasolene look like cis;ern water. the
SQuLrels should get fat and sassy.
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Instrument. by the time mine hos,
had recovered sufficiently ., - squeak his
protest his callers were far. far away.
Here was a calling situation. The
robbers had driven up, partaken of the
garage mans hospitality and then
used II as a means of escape. How Is
that for rank ingratitude?
Mine host is having a ms'hine gun
mounted over his gasolene pump, and
the next motorist who tries 20 make
away with so much as q pint of the
precious fluid will think he is in trench
~ under fire.
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n the last decade fraternity dIuflns
clubs in New York have been in
creasirc both in numbers ana in
pouularity. Their members IN
clide diplomats. bankers. educators.
authors. manufacturers. attorneys.
Senators, editors, investors, Judges.
dramatlsts. actors explorers, capital
ists. railroad magnates. college pres'-
dents. Bishops and congressman.
The high class membership Of the
fraternity clubs only reflects the i'm
provenent that has been going on n
the fraternities themselves. Modern
under cias~ men conduct th'ir n""-
r,hy;es Through rites quit" different
nom the peri,s 80 q dcuad" ago. Pro-
h.bition j. s~preading rapidly and many
Rational organizations have forbidden
nauor in all their chapter houses
New auditing systems nav" been d"-
vIsed 20 prevent lax financial manage
ment. old are being cleared
up and the man who sponges on his
brother Greek Is seldom tolerated,
Scholarship committees composed of
~ n.ors. encourage the younger men 10
win honors in the classroom as wen as
OF the campus. Ana eNerNN mere ''e
pendulum swings toward a more oe"ho-
cratic spirit. To see that ha''onh.
.dicts are properly observe" 'raNe''i"N
secretaries are employed TO MAKE 'esu-
lar vieIts To college chapters
Some Of the most importan; fra
ternity clubhouscs in New York are
those OF Alpha Delta Phi n Phi
Gamma Delta. 9th on West Forty
fourth. the street of clubs, Beta Theta
III, in fafk' i"'-a ~
Delta, on East Thirty SIKH street on
Park avenue, and 81. Anthony delta
ps!), on West Fifth-siXth street near
Fifth enu Psi Epsilon uses part
OF the top floor Of the Hotel Manhat-
tan, while Phi Delta Theta. Delta Phi
and several others hold alumni func-
lions in their Columbia University
chapter houses on Morningside
Heights.
Delta Kappa Epsilon ana Nappa
Sigma have both maintained cIhos III
the past. Nearly every fraternity "t
any size not already PROVIDED WIN one
c~Ontemplates the erection OF q e'up-
house.
Most of the clubs have y grill. re-
ception foyer, dining hall. poo, ana
biliiard room. library and lounge, plus
a varying number of single rooms and
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thousand head ~ horses a.. they had
to do was jus. IL give the tip and the
horses were as good rs shipped.
To-day that special purchasing
agent talk IL an ancient whee2e. The
thing to tout Is "A personally COM
Quoted formula for producing some
thing that Will make an automobile
run without running away with the
entire family fortune
What are snm- at the srSg"st,ous"
I ask.d.
Thu man who treats his ar roughly
and considers initials on the loot To be
In the same class with checnei suits.
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Everybody's Doing 1t and All You
Need Is Imagination to Get
In on the Game

The lohhies of the hlg hotels are
tuil Of them. Whenever YOU So" a
wild eyed gouf standing on the toes
of IA prominent citizen. hooking he
thumb through the prominent citizens
huttonhole and giving him the close
w conversation O "A bet IL is all
about how he has the merry chortle on
John ID. and all that Standard Oil
bunch.
"a few months 4 these same wild
eyed boys were whispering that they
knew where there were a hundred
thousand rounds of ammunition and
fifty thousand rifles to he bought. and
any time the Allies needed thirty
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\. total of l,O25 are on the mcmb"rsnip
rolls. 300 Of whom are local residents.
The building Is of modern tircproof de-
sign and all ~conNPnlCnc"S are provided,
Banuucts, misiCales and smokers ar"
given from tim" 10 .nc
\ prime mover for Il permanent I'M
Gamma Delta clubilnisc has been the
present Secretary Of War. Newton II.
Baker. d ,ice-prcsidcnt of that club.
Back IN 1856 this fraternity organized
and incorporated an alumni club.
Various meeting places were used until
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Immediately following the five GAL
Ion escape the police indexed gasolens
az a standard article OF robbery. The
gasolene can occupies the same posi-
ton in the house as the safe. In fact
II IL only a matter Of days until the
cans will he equipped with combina-
ton time locks.
Accounts OF the daring robbery Of
the future will tell of the robber who
iimmied his way into the Van Aston
town house while the family was at
the opera. chloroformed the servants
and got away with the famora Van
Astor collection OF pearls and gasc-
lenes.
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The lure Of the cue at the Beta Theta Pi Club.

a red letter event ~ the calendar
of the Beta Theta ri club, at | CRANE
Grey Park, was n banquet given in
1871. at which the four Iictas then
members Of the United States Supreme
Court. Justices Harlan, Lurton, Van
Devantcr and Lamar. were guests Of
honor, This club was founded in 1907
and moved into It's present quarters
in May, 1911. The prescn, member
ship II about 500 and IA campaign IN
In progress 70 increase the number.
Monthly club night programmes and
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Fifty-sixth street within Il stones,
throw of Fifth avenue, ana presents
the mos, distinctive exterior - n
building IN the block. II c'sltains the
Ia Ial club ,~unveniences and has eleven
bachelor suites. Delta Psi * n OF
the oldest of college fraternl,ies and
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other members OF this club are champ
Clark. Congressman James L, Mann,
Archdeacon Stuck, Graham Cootes the
illustrator; Willard -. Straight. Glenn
Newell. the artist. and &. Louis Allen.
The -. Anthonv Delta Esd frater-
nifty clubhouse is located on West
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By JANE DIXON.

AVE you a little substitute foi
Gasoline IN your home? II
L not you have overlooked one
of the great world opportun!-
Ties, n OF II not the most popular of
the indoor sports OF the day.
People are huzzing around the bril-
liant idea like bees around a honey
rot. Here ~ an open field for fame
and fortune uneuullled in the annals
of h.story-with the possible exception
Vt the opportunity Of i~nventins Il
specific cure for revolutions in Mexico.
No one expects the cure but hone
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-13
LOOK At CH|LD'S
TONGUE IF SICK
CROSS, FEVER|sH
WHEN coNsTIPATED OR BILIOUS
GIVE "cALiFoRNIA SYRUP
OF FIGS"

Look at the tongue. mother! II
coated, 1t is a sure sign that your
little ones stomach. liver and bowels
need a gentle. thorough cleansing at
once.
When peevish, cross, listless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu-
rally, or is feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad; has stom ach-ache, sore
throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give a
teaspoonful Of California Syrup of
Figs" and in few hours all the
foul. constipated waste, undigested
food and sour bile gently moves out
OF It's little bowels without gripping.
and you have well. playful child
again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless fruit laxative"
they love its delicious taste, and 1t
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent
bottle Of california Syrup of Figs"
which has directions for babies, chill
dren Of all ages and for grown-ups
plainly on the bottle. Beware Of
counterfeits sold here. To be sure
you get the genuine. ask to see that
it is made by California Fig Syrup
Company" Refuse any other kind
with contempt
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URIC ACID IN MEAT
CLOGS THE KIDNEY
Take . glass Of Salts II your b.
hurts or Bladder
bothers.

II you must have your meat eve
day, eat it, but flush your kidne
with salts occasionally, says not
authority who tells us that me
forms uric acid which almost pal
1yzes the kidneys in their efforts
expel 1t from the blood. They
come sluggish and weaken, then y
suffer with a dull misery in the .
ney region, sharp pains in the oa
or sick headache, dizziness, 20
stomach sours, tongue is coated q
when the weather is bad you ha'
rheumatic twinges. The urine &c
cloudy, full of sediment, the cha
nels often get sore and irritate
obliging you t. seek relief two
three times during the night.
To neutralize these Irritating ACID
to cleanse the kidneys and flush
the body's urinous waste get 10
ounces Of Jad Salts from any PHI
macy here; take a Tablespoonful !
a glass Of water before breakfast
few days and your kidneys "
then act fine. This famous salts
made from fhe acid of grapes q
lemon juice, combined with lithia, q
has been used for generations
flush and stimulate sluggist kidney
also to neutralize the acids in urn
SO 1t no longer initiates, thus enoll
bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cam
injure, and makes a delightful en-
vescent Whitewater drink