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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16
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Keokul<,, Iowa, Nov. 1e. 1917,

The library of the school of The
Sons Of the Empire. an ancient Chin.
csc university which, it Is said was
in existence a thousand years befora
the christian era. comprises 1s2
tables Of stone, whereon are carved
an the "13 classics the essence of
Chinese culture.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The con-
servation OF soap is one patriotic move
ment at least that the 1. w w. will
support
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

Why do the movies get in a rut7 For the
same reason that a man does. Overwork and
dissatisfaction.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

A number of leading American rail-
roads are at present conducting n
publicity campaign which has for its
object the warning of the public not
tn trespass on railroad tracks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16
MILK DELIVERY COMBINATION.

In London there has been undertaken an ex-
pertinent in milk distribution which will be
watched with interest in the United States, In
an effort, to economic in material and labor in
the delivery of milk, a twenty -million-d dollar
combine Of retailers has been formed and here
after, if the present plans shall be successful,
there will be no overlapping or duplication of
delivery routes, there will be more uniformity
in quality of milk and it is expected that there
viii be alowering of cost.
There has been complaint in this country for
many years. because of the manifest waste in
having half dozen milk wagons traversing
the same streets and serving customers living
in adjoining houses. But the prevailing senti-
ment against combinations has prevented any
considerable consolidation that would reduce
the amount Of duplication. If there is any
place where combination would be clearly in
the interest of economy, it would seem to be in
the handling of such commodities as milk and
ice, where daily deliveries in small quantities
are necessary. Whether a combination can be
formed and operated without facilitating injus-
tice to the dairymen on the one hand and the
consumers on the other remains to be seen, and
the London experiment will be useful as
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

/ AOl NiC"o CApACSo nv
correspondents. Writers OF communi.
cations must furnish their names-
not necessarily for publication. but
for the information OF the edito...I
The Case Of Fireman Fisher.
To the Editor of The, Gate City:
l wish, through the courtesy OF The
Gate City, to make the following
statement to the citizens and tax
payers of Keokuk:
No doubt you recall the accident
of Feb. II, 1917, whereby my hus-
the fire department, was injured at
a fire by being CRUSHED under the
fire truck. He was off duty from
that time until May |, and received
not quite one-half of his wages,
there being s1o4.52 still due him to
make up his salary in full up to
May !.
This the council refused to pay
him. So in May about zoo of the
most prominent taxpayers and bust
nessmen signed a petition, asking
that he be paid his wages in full,
but the council as yet has not acted
upon it and my husband has never
received the back wages due him:
and, furthermore, ION August 81, they
kept $500 out of his August salary
without notifying him or saying one
word to him about it, merely. hand
ing him his check $500 short, and
when asked what it all meant, Com
missioner Hilpert stated it was for
that doctor bill of former accident
which happened Jan. 2, 1917; that
the doctor had demanded his money
from him for that bill Of John Fish
er's. But on asking the doctor about
it, he said he had simply filed his
bill against the city and had looked
for 1T to pay and not u.s. In
fact. he was absent from the city for
two weeks at the time it was claimed
he had demanded the money and
knew nothing of the happening until
he returned.
Now, it has always been customary
for the city to pay wages and doctor
bills of its employees, especially when
hurt on duty, and we were under the
impression this bill had been paid.
In fact, Mr.. Hilpert had told me sew
eral times in presence of a witness.
that the city would settle that bill.
So as 1t now stands, there is $132.52
in back wages due my husband. The
majority of the taxpayers who signed
the petition are under the impression
that mJa husband has long since been
paid his back wages, and / take this
way OF letting you know how the
matter stands and ask you, Do YOU
think my husband has had square
deal and are you going to stand for
ito have one who was in the act
OF performing his duty and very
nearly lost his life in protecting your
property while you were asleep, and
who will never be a well or strong
man again, be treated this way?
MRS. JOHN FISHER.
Keokuk, Iowa, Nov. 16. 1917
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

NO city but New York could be Sundayized
and Iammanyized within twelve month,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

A glareless screen for portable cleo.
tflc lamps has been devised.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16
A Word Of CONNIE ndatlon.

To the Editor of The Gate City:
For months I have been taking
great satisfaction in the unqualified
loyalty of The Gate City You have
never hesitated to assail pro- German
sentiment wherever displayed. / am
particularly gratified at the editorial
on La Toilette in Wednesdays paper
Also, your editorial on Japan exact
ly meets the present situation 7
wish similar one could be printed
In every American newspaper to LET
the public know that the imaginery
qllhcultles between Japan and the
United States were made in Ger,
many
! believe the newspapers should
consistently encourage the govern.
ment to stamp out pro-German trea-
son by legal means lest later an out.
RACED public should resort to mob
violence.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

Fritz Kreisler, the Austrian soldier-violinist
who is in this country on furlough, was sched-
uled to give a concert in Pittsburgh; but the di-
rector of public safety ordered the chief of po-
lice not to grant license for the entertain
ment In view of this and similar action else
where and the fact that several German oper-
attic singers are without engagements for the
coming winter it is not without interest to re-
call that Germany not long ago forbade the APP
pearance Of Americans at theaters under gov
eminent subsidy There are French and Italian
artists Of merit now in this country; and there
are artists of American birth who may come to
their lawful heritage now.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

At one time the benefactor of mankind was
he who made two blades grow where one grew
before. But now the honor belongs to him who
can make one pound of food take the place Of
two or find a substitute that will enlarge food
supply and release food that will keep
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16
Voice Of the People

1.-THE Gate City does not assume re
sponsihlity for views expressed BY
correspondents. Writers OF communi,
cations must furnish their names
not necessarily for publication. but
for the information OF the cdito...I
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

The railroads will welcome any suggestion
looking to partial relief in the matter Of traf-
fc and there interesting possibilities irL the
plan of the council Of national defense to make
large use of highways and inland waterways
for short hauls. They must, Of course, carry
all the long-distance freight except as it re-
lates to points on the Mississippi, but there is
merit in the plan to, encourage use Of motor
trucks, especially in the movement of farm pro-
duce. The government transportation de-
mands are SO great that there is serious short
age in facilities for meeting the requirementssof
regular business and industry
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

Waterloo Courier: Won Bernstorff
has been made wirlicher geheimrat,
a recent dispatch from Berlin says.
Judging from what Mr.. Lansing has
made public concerning his record
here, the former ambassador fully de-
serves the honor, whatever it is.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

Waterloo Times-Tribune: How
ever, with the vote in New York, the
cause of equal suffrage may now be
said to have been Won A wedge has
been driven in that will be felt over
the whole country.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

Oelwein Register: Detective Will
kerson didn't control the court at Har
Ian and Attorney General Havner was
acquitted. The state of Montgomery
county does not extend all oyer south
ern Iowa, to say nothing Of the central
and northern sections.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

Sioux City Journal: A school for
women voters is to be established in
New. York. That institution certainly
ought to be made co-educational.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

Cedar Rapids Republican: In any
event, the kaiser may be able to make
his subjects" subsist for another win
ter on the glories of his Italian cam
paigns. 1t will serve his ends very
well, although it is not a victory
achieved over the tarmies that must
be overcome before he can acclaim
the worldwide victory, that is the
armies on the western front.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-16

Algona Upper Des Moines Repub
lican: Any man in congress who vot
ed to exempt his own salary, while
placing the tax on his neighbor, should
be relegated to the political scrap pile
for all time. We wonder how GER
tain congressman voted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
The Food Drive and Americas
Food Shortage

should have been at least 125, 100000
bushels greater. 1t is 100000 bushels
'ess than the record yield of 1915, which
vas not in excess of the needs of this
,ountry and its Allies.
at is true" said "The Manufacturers
Record" in Analysing these figures, that
we have had a large increase in corn and
oats and in a few other things, but It
seems impossible to get the government.
authorities to recognize that this increase
has not been sufficient to fill the vacuum
created by last years shortage of nearly
1.400,OOO,0O0 bushels OF grain, potatoes
and other foodstuffs, as compared with
the yield of 1915"
And the meat situation is pronounced
even worse - 15,500,000 less head Of
sheep than in 1903; 100000 less beef
cattle than in 1909 and 100000 less
swine than in 1916.
"The facts are startling enough" de-
clares this article. "They need to be seri.
ously studied. We cannot 20 on
wasting foodstuff as we have done in the
past and this entirely without re-
gard to the war. We cannot pro-
claim that we have abundant crops with
out lessening the interest in food conser-
walton and in enlarged food production
ror without creating a bitter. anarchstic
feeling against high prices; and high
prices are, under present crop and wal
conditions, as certain as that the sun will
rise, ard all the power of all the govern.
ments on earth cannot, except tenn
porarily, here and there, materially lessen
prices, except through enlarged crops"
That the fundamental cause of shortage
lies in movements of population appears
from the census figures.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
Tricks in the Theatres
McClure's"

To George Jean Nathan in "McClure's"
for November it is a simple matter to tell
what the public wants in the theatre world.
Of course, only those who know the the
atre game can do the telling with reason
able certainty, he warns US, but, after all,
showmen have theatre thrills all cata-
logued by this time, and can usually pick a
success beforehand.
THAT it is not especially difficult bust
ness to give the public precisely what it
wants." he says
must be Immediately apparent to any un
prejudiced person who remembers that a the
atre audience from time immemorial has
never once failed TO respond at music show
to the device Of having the chorus girls
throw things-balls, candies, what not-into
the auditorium. or at drama to the device Of
having one character knock revolver out Of
the hand OF another character, or at a vaude-
Vile show to the device of having one comique
fpray another comiaue in the face with an
atomizer
There are in the theatre approximately
one hundred st.reotyped and familiar tricks
which may be relied upon to affect unfa lingly
q theatre audience-tricks ranging all the
way from the elbow that suddenly slips OFT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
A Story About an Air
Brake Wizard
Railroad Mans Magazine"

Some one in Washington recently said
that the United States would push the war
successfully in the degree that transporta-
ton held up under the strain being put
upon it. In the railroad world this strain
might be variously placed, but in the long
run the magic air-brake plays first fiddle.
So F. c. Carter tells the story of
Turner, Air-Brake Wizard" in "The
Railroad Mans Magazine" for November.
The story is Western enough even for a
Westerner and romantic enough for fc-
ton writer. 1t all started one day in 1897.
when "some bonehead at Ration, n. NJ
forgot TO open the angle cocks between the
two engines Of double-headed freight
train westbound on the Santa Fe." There
is Slight grade" near Ration.
A rancher happening by, picked up a
piece Of wreckage, the offending part that
had caused all the trouble and
took that thirty-six pounds Of cast iron and
brass 20 his home on the
outskirts Of Ration, locked TIE door, drew
down the blinds and gave thai triple valve
the third degree. lie smelled II, tasted il
pinched 1t, tried 70 look into 1t, and held it TO
his ear as you do n she'll 10 hear the roar of
the seq, He poked wires into its vitals. blew
smoke Through II. and
more than a million New Workers who
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

frankly admits that the majority Of people
follow the path of convention to the altar
for reasons less of love than Of business or
convenience, but argues that they should
do so.
His attack, therefore, is centred upon
the bachelor and the spinster, who, he de-
cares, come to develop pecuiarities owing
to being alone-peculiaritie which mar
riage and children and the other prosy
Iuties of a household would soon dissi-
pate. And
ain both cases bachelor and spins'er de-
velop analogous symptoms. They tend to
grow precise in the ordering of their fur
niture, their clothes, their hours and &C.
equations, to resent violently any disarrange-
ment of their lives. Old habit consers a
value upon their property, so they come to
think that theirs is the best sideboard, the
best club, the best cat. A SNUG satisfaction
arises, and at THAT stage the bachelor nr
sDinster is difficult 10 rescue, for he shrlnks
from the companionship once desired-the
companion might upset the orderly life which
is MT happy, but has become an essential
part of the new nature Moreover, il tho
struggle for life is not too bitter, there arises
sense of Importance, partly due to the fact
that the world is always trying to convert
bachelors of all ages, and spinsters Of not
too-well- determined ages, to marry "a
wicked spirit suggests that this is the re-
venge of the married.) They are consider
ably courted, If they have money, for you
never know whether they will not give it
away And so they grow inflated; they see
-, s., IT, ~ L.. 4
which they often have. | believe that the
day dream, that first symptom of insanity,
is much commoner among the unmarried than
among the married, possibly because the mar
ried are too busy to have time TO dream, per-
haps because their dreams have become true,
but much more likely because marriage and
continual contact with another have rubbed
little gilt from the crown Of their AFRO
gance. The bachelor more easily sinks into
superiority and self-indulgence, for he has
upon his hearth cricket and not a critic"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
Leading Articles in Current Magazines

the edge of a table IA certain laugh-pro-
voker) to the equally positive thrill-hTewer
of the shattered glass window. The response
of theatrical audience is largely matter
of habit, of tradition, and so the devices
which make an audience laugh or weep or
experience a tingling of the vertebre change
in the main but little. The present writer,
for example, has been going to the theatre
professionally about four nights a week for
the last thirteen years; yet he finds that he
laughs to-day at the fat pantaloon who sud
denly trips and lands with loud thud on his
chassis just the same as he laughed at the
same business thirteen years ago. And the
much more casual theatregoer, the man who
goes to the theatre Jess frequently, laughs At
the thing with doubled guffaw power. Hu-
man nature doesn't change"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
Current War
Poetry
BOiS-EtOiIe

W. HAT legend of a star that fell
w In falchion fight from heavenly
fame
Brought to some poet-peasant's mind
The haunting sweetness of thy name?
War marked thee in thy sylvan sleep
A spoil too pure for hell to spare
Scanned earth, stark, splintered trunks,
proclaim
That Bois- Etoile once was fair.
o wrecked and ravaged Wood of Starsl
The lights that named thee have not set
In lovelier groves than even thine
France FORCES victory from them yet!
o green place on a glorious earth,
Thine, too, the martyrs need shall be /;
With Rheims and Yypres, there shall be
A space on History's page for thee.
Nor shalt thou lose thine oden trick
The winds Of Peace thy leaves shall stir;
tUnbudded Aprils yearn, a-dream,
To keep dead springtides' trysts with
herb
Ethel NJ. Hewitt, in Harper's.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
Feeding and Cloth
ing the Navy

~ ONE idea Of how large problem it is
to feed and clothe the fighting forces
~ of the United States in these war
times can be gained from figures relating
10 the needs of our navy, which now enrolls
approximately 10000 men. This branch
of the service does not propose to lose its
reputation Of being "the best fed and the
best clad navy in the world" For example,
each month 100000 pounds Of meat must
be provided for our sea forces, 4,854,0OO
pounds of -four, 100000 pounds of vege-
tables, $4,000 pounds of butter, l,67S,O0O
pounds of sugar, 100000 pounds Of white
navy beans, $4,000 pounds of evaporated
milk, and so on. These supplies are pur-
chased in various parts Of the country
where market conditions are favorable and
then are assembled at the ports where they
are needed to provision the ships and pro-
vide for the men training ashore.
Items relating to clothing FOR the navy
are on an equally large scale, the totals
being such that it is difficult for the aver
age person TO comprehend them. More
than 100000 men have enlisted in the navy
and the naval reserves since war was de-
clared, and to outfit them has required
100000 overshirts, 100000 pairs of blue
trousers, 100000 blue caps, 100000 pairs
of shoes, etc. The navy manufactures
most Of its uniforms in its own factories.
The one at Charleston is being enlarged so
that it will soon be able to turn out 100000
suits of white clothing per month, and the
factory at the New York Navy Yard will
soon be able to produce 10000 blue uni
forms per month-PopilGr Mechanics.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
The Flavor of the Cities
american Magazine"

For the author of the third of its tast-
ing "The Flavor of the Cities" articles,
"The American Magazine" for November
has chosen George NJ. Cohan. However.
Mr.. Cohan does not stop with characteriz-
ing New York, but accounts for nine cities
in one brief paragraph:
New York is best epitomzed by its official
motto. Every city should have a motto, and
most cities have. Chicago's is Il Will Gin.
cinnati's is Draw One Boston's is Good
ness!' Pittsburgh's is "A Voice from Bethe-
hem Shall Lead Them Louisville's is Come
Leven.' Los Angeless is Don't Watch the
Camera 1ndianapolis's is Author! Author!
Detroit's is r. o. b. And New York's is
&C. o. D.
That motto not only means that the New
Yorker is q cagey party who wants his in spot
cash, but it means that, more generally speak
ing, he wishes to be shown before granting
anything. Many writers have observed that
New York is the easiest place on earth to sell
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

gold bricks; they got the idea because they
sold their stories there. But, outside of lit
erary values, question that ! leave open
Manufacturing has convinced me that il is a
pretty close buyer-a pretty keen merchan-
diser Of goods, the goods. values, commodi-
ties, talent, brains, bric-a-brac and men.
There are more twelve -thousand-dollar cars
IN New York than probably anywhere else
on earth; and less Of their owners paid
twelve thousand dollars for them than any
where else on earth.
"See the point? New Workers want luxury
and fash and color and passementerie; but
New Workers don't get drunk in the morning.
and they do most of their buying before noon
The outward show of extravaganza that
mokcs tnc hnterlander gasp and go home and
tell weird yarns Is only high-light on the
picture; he doesn't note the solid, heavy
daubs on the background, and the sane per-
spectitve of the characters"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

German thinking" saying, after a recital
of the causes Of American entry into the
war:
eve ask Germans TO observe that we went
TO war because of her ntolerable provoca-
tions, and, second, that we are able TO make
war against her, to send troops to France, IN
spite Of her submarine blockade, which was
her last desperate resort"
"The Globe" laid stress upon the fate o.
the captured prisoners as an incentive to
greater activity. "If our efforts are weak
and nerveless," it wrote, "if we permit our
selves TO fail to strike hard, their imprison-
ment will be long and bitter, with death a
merciful release. If we put forth our
power they will soon be back"
Greater activity at home was the key
note of the press everywhere.
Said 1.-THE Brooklyn Eagle:
at signalizes our crossing of the Rubicon
Of war. 1t should stiffen the national deter
mination, fortify US for greater losses, arouse
the indifferent and dispel the apathy that has
resulted from three years of war in which we
have been mere spectators. through
out the country there should be q greater
earnestness fuller realization of what the
war means than before"