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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31
Not from space must I seek my dignity,
but from the ruling of my thought. should
have no more if possessed whole worlds
Pascal q
WHERE THE PEOPLE FAIL.

Great disaster from railroad strike hangs
over this nation. President Wilson has failed,
it seems, to find basis for settlement 1t Is
not the time to criticise his methods without
due thought of the difficulties that have faced
him. But it is time for the public to waken
from the apathy into which it SO easily and in
variably falls when the first danger of ma
tional crisis seems to be passed Before the
president interviewed the public was aroused to
its danger from this industrial dispute, but the
matter has been prolonged and the public has
lost that interest which would cause it to be
come the active factor in a settlement There
viii be no strilze' has been accepted aphor-
ism on the street. 1t is still to be hoped that
fhis Is true, but the order sent out by the rail
Way brotberhoods' chiefs belie'it. But if the
people OF the land had spoken during these last
ten days as they might have, there would be
10 strike. If the public wants the rights it
often asserts, it must learn to take response
bility for securing them
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31
NOTICE

NVUV~6s
In the District Court of Iowa In and
for Lee County at Keokuk.
In the matter Of the application OF
G. p. Mgelhardt for permit to sell in
liquors % pharmacist
To whom It may concern:
The undersigned G. p. Engelhardt
has applied for permit to buy. keep
and sell liquors for lawful purposes
~ . registered pharmacist in accord
ance with the law, and he is doing
business under the firm name of En-
gelhardt & Company" and the particu-
lar location where the proposed bust
ness ID 70 be carried on Is in the store
room on the first floor Of the building
known as No. 800 Main street, Keo-
kuk, Lee county, Iowa.
The said petition Is on file in the
Clerks ONCE Of the District Court of
Lee County, Iowa at Keokuk, and the
same will come on for hearing at the
next regular September term Of the
District Court Of Lee County, Iowa.
at Keokuk, to be begun and holden at
Keokuk on the 18th day of September.
1916, and said petition has been filed
at least ten (10) days before the first
day OF said term, at which term this
application will be made and unless
you appear thereto and defend before
noon Of the second day Of said term of
court, default will be entered and
Judgment rendered thereon as prayed
for in said petition and application.
G.. p. ENGELHARDT,
Applicant.
Ho1L1NGswoRTH 4 BLOOD,
Attorneys for Applicant.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31
NOTICE.

(
In the district court of Iowa. in and
for Lee County, at Keok,lk.
In the matter Of the application Of
T. J. McGrath for permit to sell in
-toxicating liquors as pharmacist
To whom 1t may concern:
The undersigned T. j. McGrath has
applied for permit to buy, keep and
sell liquors for lawful purposes as
registered pharmacist In accordance
with the law, and he is doing bust
ness under the firm name OF INC.
Grath Brothers Drug Company. and
the particular location where the pro-
posed business is to be carried on IS IN
the storeroom on the first floor OF the
building known as No. 500 Main
street. Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa
The said petition is on file in the
Clerks office of the District Court OF
Lee County, Iowa, ut Keokuk. and the
same will come on for hearing at me
next regular September term OF the
District Court Of Lee County, Iowa
at Keokuk, to be begun and holden
at Keokuk on the 18th day OF sep
TENDER. 1916. and said petition mas
been filed at least ten 1O) days De.
fore the first day Of said term, az
which term this application VIII DC
made, and unless you appear thereto
and defend before noon of the seconu
day Of said term Of court defaul'
will be entered and Judgment rendei'
ed thereon as prayed for in said pe'f
ton and application.
T. J. McGRATH,
Applicant
HoLLINGswoRTH & BLOOD.
Attorneys for Applicant
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31
DAWN OF BRIGHTER DAYS.

Todav's enlarged edition of The Gate City
shows which way the winds blowing in Keo-
kuk. The additional number Of pages Is re-
CURED in order to carry the announcements Of
this city's wholesalers and retailers and also
those of large industrial and financial concerns.
It is in no sense ''boom" production and
therefore no effort has been made to go over the
ground, so often travelled in years past, of de-
scription of public buildings and localities, all
familiar to readers of the paper and repetition
of which would be in the nature of 'spadding.' -
In place of those outworn features is pre-
sented large number of special articles writ
ten by men and women who authorities on
the subjects which they discuss. These articles
are of such informing and historical value that
all are worthy of consideration and preserva-
ton.
Nothing so reflects the prosperity of city
as the possession of substantial manufacturing
concerns, and this reflection has been more in
evidence in KeokuE1 within the past eighteen
months than in previous period. Interests of
great magnitude have chosen this city cen
ter Of activity. and with their oncoming is
Promise of further early movements in like di-
rection.
Aeokuk is a good place to tie to. Her mer
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31

The two judges Of the supreme
court whose terms Will expire with
the present year and whose success
sors are to be nominated in the com
ing judicial primary in connection
with the general primary are Judges
Deemer and Evans. Both judges are
aspirants for denomination and re-
election, and so far as is yet apparent
there Is very little likelihood OF there
being any active opposition to either
Of them. Such condition IL crafty.
ing to the friends OF both jurists,
and such friends are to be found
abundantly all through this territory;
but the special purpose Of this article
is to express particularly the interest
felt In Judge Evans by his old friends
and constituents in the eleventh
judicial district and to voice as may
be the satisfaction which the people
of this district take in presenting him
once again as their particular and
local candidate for place on the
supreme bench Of the state.
The eleventh judicial district knows
Judge Evans, and 1t honors and trusts
him. 1t had recognized his caliber
as man and his standing at the bar
when, substantially by common con-
sent, It made him a district judge in
1902: and 1t reafnrmed its Judgment
when in time Of considerable stress
for other judges in this district 1t
accorded to him most hearty and
unanimous denomination in 1905.
Two years Later the sudden death OF
Judge Bishop occasioned vacancy
in the supreme court at time when
Judge Evans was on vacation trip
to Europe. and he returned home
barely in time to find his friends in
the district and elsewhere actively
promotin- his claims for advancement
to the vacancy and the state conven-
ton. which was to determine the mat
ter, only q few days away. That con-
vention was the scene of q sudden
but most spirited contest; but his
friends soon gained the advantage.
and the nomination came to Judge
Evans with as little OF selfpromotion
on the part OF the candidate as has
ever to our knowledge been the case
with any man nominated In open con-
test for supreme judge in the state.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31
NEED OF PUBLIC DEFENDER.

Discussion of the wisdom Of constituting IN
This state the Office of public defender has been
proeeeding in the press internationally for some
time There is strong argument In favor OF a
public defender but it is not the one most often
urged There may be isolated cases OF mlscar-
rage of justice in our courts which lnVolVe
capital crimes but they are OF the rarest occur
renee. It is not true that we are prone to 1all-
Eure in protecting the accused IN our courts but
it is true that we have SO involved our legal en-
actments and thus brought our court procedure
ito such intricacy that securing justice IS task
only for expert legal professionalism. In theory
the county attorneys office is one of protection
against crime and law-breaking; it is an Office
lin the administration of justice that was con-
stituted to secure justice to society, and this pre-
supposes not alone the prosecution Of CRIMINALS
but the protection Of those wrongfully accused
But the county attorney has Of necessity be-
come public prosecutor. The state assigns
defending counsel to those who need it and 1t
remains to be proved that injustice to the ac'
lcused is commonly resultant from the practice.
What is evident is that this is a costly method
of securing justice.
Wherever the office of public defender has
been constituted, it has been declared to be an
economical move and one that simphfes court
procedure, as well as secures justice promptly.
Our laws are at fault in many Of our court
tangles. Every time an unnecessary prohlbl-
ton is enacted, it stimulates tendency to law
breaking and to failing respect for the law
England secures justice promptly and econom1-
cally because it has comparatively few laws and
because prompt justice is done upon those who
break them. But we have so multiplied laws
that we have need Of counsel to tell us just
what they mean and prescribe. Here is the
chief function of public defender; to be the
counselor Of the large public which cannot at
ford such service by private means. It seems
established by evidence that the service is
economical to the state and popular with the
people, who entertain new respect for the law
that furnishes them an interpreter.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31
EIaht hours 4 Day.

0iVW 00UT0 q lay
New York Herald. I can give no
eighthour . day experience.-Mr.
Louis W. Hill.
Tho president Of the Great North.
ern Is not the only man holding high
position in the railroad world who
can give no eight-hour . day exper-
ience." Mr.. Samuel Rea offended
grievously against the child labor
'uplift" In his youth by starting to
work when he was 15, and he also of.
Tended by refusing to be bound to
eight hours . day, with the result OF
Pennsylvania railway company. Mr..
brakeman to the presidency of the
ness to knock OF work on any work
ing day Mr.. Leonor Fresnel Loree.
president of the Delaware and Hud-
son and president and director OF
thirty-four companies adhliated with It.
he had been . CLOCK watcher. How
try ever would have been heard Of II
over putting In long hours and doing
SAtI2 WOIA. 1A0u nAI. S0AACO "A. a.
rell started life In an Eight hours q
day" frame Of mind he would have re.
manned a. laborer In . wire mill. If
Mr.. Charles NJ Schwab had devoted
his attention to watching the clock
he would have remained q stake driv-
er, albeit an excellent stake driver.
The Eight hour day" man will re-
main an eight-hour 4 day man. with
the emphasis on the remain" The
men who have gone ahead In this
land OF opportunity have never been
clock watchers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31
EVANS FOR SUPREME JUDGE
fMevada Representative, Jan. 2s. 1s1sl

In the years since then the Judge has
in every way possible jutified the
confidence Of those who endorsed and
helped him, and we do not think 1t
open to question that the eleventh
judicial district is behind him now as
solidly as 1t ever was.
Judge Evans Is adapted both by
nature and training for the judicial
work in which he Is now most use
fully engaged. He Is fair spirited.
open minded and kindly in his
thought The lawyer and the litigant
who submit their cause to him do so
in the assurance that their conten-
tions Will be fairly weighed and that
the conclusions will be those of an
unbiased Judgment. likewise the
public, whose interest In the courts Is
that OF justice to all and Of general
lightened institutions, see In him q
Judge who starts right on the funda-
mental propositions and builds for
justice and progress. The supreme
court IL great institution. whose
function rises far above that OF the
determination of quarrels and the IN
flnence Of which counts for what Is
highest and best in the body polite.
Judge Dvans Is the sort of supreme
judge to appreciate the responsible
tiles imposed by such conditions and
to meet them with diligence. patience
and firm decision.
Judge Evans was born In Wiscon-
sin: but he came to Iowa when he
was six years old and has been here
ever since. He grew up and got his
education in Iowa, graduated from
the State University OF Iowa in Its
collegiate department when that inti-
tuition was not turning out very many
graduates. took his law course and
located for the practice OF law at
Hampton. In due time he was elected
county attorney and considerably
later he went on the bench as already
noted. He Is an Iowa man with
long record establishing his ability.
his training and his most admirable
personal qualities. He Is still in the
prime of his life and usefulness, and
there is every reason that could be
applicable, why the eleventh district
should stiil endorse him and the state
oontinue him in his present service.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

In the District Court OF said County,
State of Iowa, Lee County.-ss'
At Keokuk.
Vera Parker, plaintiff, velsui1
Mathew Parker, defendant.-orlsina'
notice.
To the above named defendant:
You are hereby notified that PEI
ton is now on file in the ciel q
office Of the District Court aforesa.s
at Keokuk in behalf of the aou.S
named plaintiff, against you an. s
claiming a divorce from you on s,a.s
tory grounds, the particulars OF W ..;on
will more fully appear in the peuu1si
now on file and also the CUSTODY II
two minor children and for costs.
And unless you appear thereto ~ -,
defend before noon OF the SECOND ~
of the next regular September ,s.
of said Court, to be begun and noluel
at Keokuk on the eighteenth Gay
September A. D., 1916. defauit
be entered against you and 1uogms;s
rendered thereon as prayed loi
said petition. aa,n
Attorney for PlaintiA
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31
Dinleu,tles o. Neutrality.


Springfield. Mass. Republican: Hol-
land has Just published an orange
book dealing with foreign compiled
lions in recent months which IL one
OF the most interesting publications
OF the kind issued since the begin
ming OF the war, and deserves publ
cation in full in this country. It Is.
in fact, Of special interest to Amer1-
cans because It shows another neut.
raj state having to deal with the same
problems that have perplexed the gov.
eminent OF the United States, and
under very trying conditions filling
the ungrateful role Of neutral with
dignity and good sense. In the bel
|ligerent countries there have been
many sneers. due partly to subcon-
scious envy, at the aloofness OF sneut-
rails. Now while neutrality IL In It.
self neither good nor bad but merely
q question OF fact, the position Of a
neutral state Il one which calls for
craftsmanship OF q high sort, and the
part can be played either meanly OF
well. Holland, on the whole. has play.
ed It very we'll indeed. It Is q small
state, and perilously close to the firing
line, and It has suffered from both
sides more injuries and insults than
almost any other country, which Is
saying much. Yet 1t has kept in its
negotiations its dignity and self re
spect, and has unfailingly applied the
standards Of international law which
were to a very great extent shaped in
the Netherlands Hollands record
will stand well in history.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31
arxan.a star settina2

Monticello Express: Bryan's popu-
larity as :. lecturer IL on the tobog-
gan slide. He has made big money
In the past at the chautauQua assem-
blies by contracting for and receiv-
ing percentage of the receipts on
the occasion of his addresses. For
instance under such an arrngem ent,
he took away from Fort Dodge, last
year, a check for $50. He returned
last week, and his share Of receipts
amounted to only. $149.50. Mr.. Bryan
has kept well to the front for three
decades, and he should be satisfied
to now slip into a period of reminis-
cence and pious reflection, unburden-
ed with the desire for more wealth.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31
TODAY,s BIT OF VERSE
THE TOUCH OF A HAND.

THE TOUCH OF A HAND.
There are days so dark that seek in vain
For the face OF my Friend divine
But though. darkness hide, He is there to guide,
BY the touch of His hand on mine.
There are times when tired of the toilsome way
That for ways of the world pine,
But He draws me back to the upward track
By the touch of His hand mine.
When the way Is dim and cannot see
Through the mist OF His wise design,
How my glad heart yearns and my faith returns
At the touch Of His hand on mine
In the last sad hour when stand alone
When the powers of death combine
While the dark waves roll He will guide my SOUL
BY the touch of His hand on mine.
Oh the touch of His hand on mine;
There is grace and power
For the trying hour,
In the touch of His hand on mine.
olivia Gibson, in Springfield, Mass, Republican.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31
Numbering Country Roads.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Several
Iowa papers have quoted, apparently
with approval, the Gazette's sugges-
ton for the numbering Of country
roads and farms as facility to farm
owners themselves and to the travel
ing public.
The generally rectangular form Of
Iowa counties would readily lend It.
self to the plan. and really suggested
the idea Of the Gazette. Eventually
the plan will be adopted. It will fol-
low as naturally as the naming OF
streets and the numbering Of houses.
Gradually the names of streets are be
ing discarded In favor Of numbers 10:
the reason that there IL no connection
between abstract names and the
stranger In city not acquainted with
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31

all its parts, is not greatly assisted by
names in searching for locations.
BY allowing 100 numbers to the
mile the traveller would know at all
times his position within a county
and would know when he had passed
from one county to another
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31

Every man cannot poet; but every man may give
himself trouble to cultivate that kindly and sen'a
accessibility on writing and the appreciation OF
poetry depend live poetry indeed is always oefter
than write it, better for the Individual and oeser TOT
society. Now poetlca life Is just life opposed TO all
sesness; eagerly sezing upon the 9ooo
and beautiful from all quarters gooo man WI,
as much as possible strive shaken out OF himself
study the exceIenees of persons and parties
is naturally opposed.-John Stuart 6iacke'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31

Julie Boudraut, has just passed away
at the age of 109 years. She left no
specific for longevity, but her life ex-
emplified humanity's unfailing stand
by-work. She did a mans work on
the farm, in timber cutting and as q
sailor, when she married a sea cap
tain. The harder the job the better
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31

chants, manufacturers and fnanciers are OF the
stuff real men are made Of and they, together
with The Gate City and all others, have sensed
the dawning Of bright and prosperous days TOT
this city on the bluff.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Cedar Rapids Republican: Wheat
took a drop the other day. OF course
the loaves Of bread made from flour
made from the wheat dropped to cor
respond in all the cities. But they
didn't. The marking up Of prices 10
always easier than the marking down
of them. When cattle and hogs 30
up and down 1t always takes the
meats about thirty days to catch up
on the downward trend, although they
are almost instant in following the
upward trend.
Marshalltown Times-Republican:
President Wilson seems to have no
fellow feeling for congressman.
Otherwise he wouldn't put the indus
trial dispute up to congress. What s
a poor congressman to do? What
would you do il you were congress
man and wanted to keep on states
maning7
Des Moines Register: Cannot any
one see that good road. disable
every day in the year. independent
Of weather conditions. is worth more
to each individual farmer than his
share Of the COST Its value Is meas
ured not alone In tho ease of market
ing products, but in the comfort de-
rived from ability to move about at
will.
Fremont County Herald: There Il .
demand for good boys. The boy who
is honest. earnest and Industrious
will not be long out of job. There
are lots Of prosperous business men.
merchants and mechanics, who are
constantly on the lookout for good
boys They do not look. for them In
the streets. however, but in some
employment They have no use for
an idle boy. He is too apt to make
an idle man.
Davenport Times: The greatest
i'm portance If the successful trip OF
the Deutschland probably was the
proof 1t afforded Of what has been
said here all along that the people OF
the United States are ready to sell
goods to Germany il they can be de-
livered. The under-sea boat solves
the problem to limited extent, but
is as good as fleet Of carriers in
proving the truth Of what has been
said here about the willingness to sell.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The APP
plication of Henry Vollmer's daugh-
ter for divorce from the man she
ran away to marry makes 1t reason
ably certain that the unwilling and
doing some rather alert watchful
waiting which was supplemented with
astute diplomacy.
Fort Dodge Chronicle: Once in a
while you will find a man 80 public
spirited that he hasn't time to attend
to his own business.
Des Moines Capital: The country
should be thankful that the presiden-
tial election comes only once in four
years. sss
Waterloo Courier: A country week
1y says the Des Moines Register and
Leader ought to start a republican
columns to Offset the democratic
column Of Louis Murphy. Meaning.
presumably, a Harding column.
Ottumwa Courier: Mr. Wilson is
mighty consistent in being inconsis-
tent Some days ago he ordered adj
ditional guardsmen to the Mexican
border. Before they got in motion,
the order was countermanded. Now
the countermanding order has been
countermanded and the troops are
again preparing to go.
The oldest woman in New England,
Julie Boudraut, has just passed away
at the age of 109 years. She left no
specific for longevity, but her life ex-
emplified humanity's unfailing stand
by-work. She did a mans work on
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31

Nearly three million dollars worth
OF electrical apparatus was exported
IN February. s IS.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31

CaEranza has considered the pursuit of Villa
a privilege, not duty, and he got the notion
from Washington.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31

she liked 1t ANA the greater her re-
ward in years.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31

The daylig ht-saving scheme is overshadowed
by the eight hour day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31

The worlds crop Of wheat is about twenty
five per cent. short as compared with last year.
The American farmer is having opportunities
thrust upon him.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31

These reports of submarines coming to this
country with dyes are rather highly colored