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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20
NEW YORK A WAY STATION.
/ Through Passenger. Trains Now Run
From Boston to Washington.

throuqn Passenger rains NOW nun
From Boston to Washington.
Railway Age Gazette: On April 1
the first regular through passenger
train was run from Boston, via the
He'll Gate bridge and the Pennsylvania
tunnels under the East and North
rivers, to Washington. Much has been
made in the New York daily papers OF
the fact that New York is now for the
first time in its history a way station
between New England and the south.
This is picturesque way of looking
at the completion of the $100,OOO,000
New York Connecting railroad, with
it's He'll Gate bridge and with its com
paratively few miles of track on Long
Island. There is another way of look
ing at 1t. however. which ought to re-
ceive more than a passing thought
From a purely business point Of view.
an expenditure by corporation for ad-
ditions or betterments can only be
justified if a fair interest return will
be earned on the cost. There is an
other justification for expenditures
either by individuals or by corpora
tons, and that is, that such expend1-
ture is an act of good citizenship,
which, while 1t will not earn a fair
money return on its cost, will be con-
tribution toward the common welfare
and toward progress. 1t would appear
that the justification for the expendi-
ture by the Pennsylvania on the New
York Connecting must come under the
second heading. 1t is certain that the
net earnings from passenger business
over the He'll Gate bridge will never
pay but a fraction of the interest
charges on its cost. The Pennsylvan-
ia. it is true, builds for fifty years in
the future. Freight business from the
south to New England has increased
Immensely in the last few years and
the He'll Gate bridge will make con-
siderable saving in the handling OF
this business from New Jersey around
New York; but the freight rates on
this business are not high. Although
the ferry haul is very much shortened
for freight there will still be the adj
ditional. expense of ferriage. There
would hav to be an enormous increase
in the volume of freight exchanged be-
tween the New York, New Haven &
Hartford and the Pennsylvania at New
York City to make the difference in
cost between the method of inter
change used heretofore and the inter
change via the He'll Gate bridge to
yield anything approaching a fair. re-
turn on an investment Of s100.000,000,
and even if such an increase were to
take place daring the next fifty years.
the fact that during this time an in
adequate return will be earned on the
investment is sufficient reason for say
ing that the construction of the He'll
Gate bridge is not a money paying in
vestment; neither was the Pennsyl-
vania forced into these expenditures
by the pressure of public opinion. The
is an example OF good
and useful citizenship on the part of
one of the greatest of American rail
road corporations.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20
Where the Rainbow Never Fades.

George D. Prentice: It cannot be
that the earth is mans only abiding
place. 1t cannot be that our life is
a mere bubble cast up by eternity to
float moment on its waves and
then sink into nothingness. Else
why is it that the glorious aspira-
Etions which leap like angels from
the temple OF our hearts are forever
wandering unsatisfed?
Why is it that all the stars that
hold their festival around the mid
night throne are set above the grasp
of our limited faculties, forever
hooking US with their unapproaeh-
able glory?
And, finally, why Is it that bright
forms of human beauty presented to
our view are taken from US, leaving
the thousand streams of our affec-
lions to flow back in Alpine torrents
upon our hearts?
There is a realm where the rain
boy never fades; where the stars
will be spread out before US like
islands that slumber in the ocean;
and where the beautiful beings which
now pass before us like shadows will
stay in our presence forever.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20
Divorce Yourself
from ain and
Kidney Disorder

Simple methods are usually the
most effective ones when treating
any disorder of the human system.
The mere drinking of cup Of hot
water each morning, plenty of pure
water all day, and little Anuric
double strength) before each meal
has been found the most effective
means Of overcoming kidney trouble.
Death would occur il the kidneys did
not work day and night in separat-
ing poisons and uric acid from the
blood.
The danger signals are backache,
depressions, aches, pains, heaviness
drowsiness, irritability, headach IS,
chilliness, rheumatic twinges, swol.
len joints, govt.
1t is SUCH simple matter to step
into your favorite drug store and
obtain Anuric, which was first dis
covered by DR.. Pierce of the Surgi-
cal Institute, Buffalo. Every drug
gist dispenses it.
All people in America and espec-
tally those who are past middle age
are prone to eat too much meat and
in consequence deposit uric acid
(uratic salts) in their tissues and
joints. They often suffer from
twinges of rheumatism or Iumbago,
sometimes from govt, swollen hands
or feet. Such people are not always
able to exercise sufficiently in the
outdoor air i'm order to sweat freely
and excrete impurities through the
skin. Anuric will overcome such con-
ditions as rheumatism, dropsical
swellings, cold extremities, scalding
and burning urine and sleeplessness
due to constant need of getting out
of bed at night, by carrying of the
uric acid poison
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20
TODAY,s BIT OF VERSE

THEY SAY.
Have you heard of the terrible family They
And the dreadful venomous things "They" say,
Why, half of the gossip under the
If you trace it back you will find it begun
In that wretched House of They
+, numerous family, so am told,
And its genealogical tree is old;
For since Adam and Eye began
To build up the curious of man,
Has existed the House of They"
Cfossipmongers and spreaders of lies,
Horrid people whom all despise
eAnd yet the best of us and then,
Repeat queer tales about women and men
And quote the House of They
They live like lords and never labor,
A 'vTheys" task is to watch his neighbor
And tell his business and private affairs
To the world at large, they are sewers of tares-
These folks in the House of They
It is wholly useless to follow "They"
With whip gun, for he slips away
And into his house where you cannot go,
It is locked and bolted and guarded
This horrible House of They"
Though you cannot get in. yet they get out
And spread their villainous tales about
OF all the rascals under the
Who have to punishment, never
Belonged to the House Of They
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20
A COALITION CABINET.

When Mr.. Balfour reaches Washington with the
allied members of the council who have
to the United States to make plans for the part
that America is to take in the world war the
president will see in him the embodiment of
idea which is worth considering. Mr. Balfour is
a tory member of parliament, he was once prime
minister of England when the conservative party
was in control and he later the leader of that
party when it passed into the minority. He is
now the secretary for foreign affairs in cabinet
persided over by David LloydGeorge the most
radical of all British statesmen, and parliament
is controlled by the liberal party The British
cabinet for the duration Of the is made up
without regard to party lines. In it sit liberals,
conservatives and labor members. This cabinet
is carrying on the with vigor, and, just now,
with astonishing success. Maybe if Mr.. Wilson
should reconstruct his cabinet along such lines,
II would be helpful. Balfour will be embodied
hint in this direction anyway-Fort Madison
Gem City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

Municipal expenses of San Fran
cisco have reached an altitude call
ing for page editorial alarm in the
Chronicle. In 1866 the city budget
amounted to $6,883,S86, while for
1867 it totals s15,266,624. Exclu-
sive of interest charges, the running
expenses of the city for the current
fiscal year aggregates 1858. 153. In
ten years the city has doubled it's
annual outlay, without counting Dor
rowed money and the cost of the
same. Population growth doesn't
come within hailing distance of the
speed Of municipal expenses.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

Parched corn eaten today that / may have
roast fowl to my dinner on Sunday is a base
ness; but parched corn and a house with one
apartment that / may be free of all pertur
bations, that may be serene and docile to
what the mind shall speak, and girt and road
ready for the lowest mission of knowledge or
good will, is frugality for gods and heroes
Emerson.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20
COCKTAILS AND THE SHIPS.

| General Goethals would no more think Of re-
fusng a call from the government now that he
has passed the age of retirement than when he
was in active service, and his acceptance OF an
assignment to oversee the construction OF wood
en- vessels to be built under the direction of the
shipping board expected. The ships are
needed at once to carry supplies to the coun-
tries with which the United States has joined
forces in carrying on the war, and the presi-
dents request to the general is as effective as a
command. 1t is expected that congress will
appropriate two hundred and twenty-five mil
lion dollars or more for vessels which will be OF
comparatively little value when the war IS
over, but the fact that they can be built i'm
mediately and will be of great service during
the war warrants the expenditure In the
present emergency the question Of government
ownership becomes unimportant. The builder
of the Panama canal has superior as an
executive in charge of big construction work,
and General Goethals has been put in the right
place
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

the efforts of DR.. Hornaday and the
Permanent Wild Life fund, there Is
now fair chance that these birds will
not suffer the fate of the passenger
pigeon and the heath hen, the slaught-
er of which to the point of extinction
has taught the east a costly lesson.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

! Burlington Hawk-Eye: Iowa can
always be depended upon to do her
share and perhaps quite bit OF
some other fellows share.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

Council Bluffs ,Nonpareil: The war
year 1917 is not leap year, but
maiden ladies may land Stacker in
lieu of man.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20
IOWA Press COMMENT.

Marshalltown Times-Republican:
The closer it comes to the actual
thing the bigger Mr.. Havner's stunt
of Sunday enforcement looks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

In Philadelphia the medical profession has
devised and pledged itself to fine bit OF CO
operative preparedness. Every physician who
goes to the front for active duty in the army or
navy will have his patients cared for by physi-
clans who cannot go and the fees will be de-
posted to the credit of the military recruit.
This sort of helpful arrangement of usefulness
makes members Of professions and trades
sharers in the service of the country, and If
carried through all our industries would do
much to beget willingness among men who
can serve in the ranks to do this. Once the re
cruit feels that by his act he enlists the active
effort of his fellow workers for his dependents,
thus securing them from want or lack of care
in emergencies, there will be many more re-
cruits.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

always that those who try succeed It is not al
ways But to try, and not sue
ceed who tries success; for that ercum-
against, beyond In lessons the
praise that to try and not sue
coed Infinitely succeed without trying
Porter Emerson Browne.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

If the allies keep on hitting that line for
twelve-mile gains the retirement of linden
burg from command s'on account of his
health may be expected at reasonably early
date.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

tionate difference In feed and iodg-
ing.
Cedar Rapids Republican,: The
allies may yet go to wishing that
the czar, incompetent as he was, had
remained in power. But we have
not yet heard the last word from
| Russia. The new government may
yet be aroused. The Germans are
now using their socialists, the men
| they before despised, to bangle all
sorts Of glittering propositions be-
fore the Russians and the Russians,
still like children, seem to be
dazzled by these propositions.
| Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune: For
secretary of the department of mum.
tions, Theodore Roosevelt.
Menlo Journal: Consolidated
schools are going to be established
all over Iowa, and the sooner they
come the sooner the advantages will
be obtained.
Algona Upper Des Moines-Republi-
can: When the kings, queens and
knaves of Europe are all dethroned
and in the discard it will be difficult
to pick out a good euchre hand.
Des Moines Register: A ST. Cloud,
Mimi, man died the other day hav-
ing undergone 1875 operations The
wonder is that the surgeons left
enough of him for first class
funeral
Rolfe Arrow: Let us not forget
that the captain of the submarine
which sank the Lusitania and muir
dered over 100 Americans without
giving them chance for their lives
is honored throughout Germany as
hero and has been decorated with
the iron cross for his act. That is
what we are up against.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

Baseball will continue, but the player viii
not be quite the popular hero he was while the
ranks of the army remain untitled.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

Germany is said to have spent seventy five
million dollars on propaganda in this country,
almost wholly wasted Propaganda is tender
thing and cannot thrive in an atmosphere pois-
oned by frightfulness.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

Placing flag over the bench of the workman
who has gone to serve his country is an act of
real recognition.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

When Bolivia breaks relations with Germany
and little Costa RIGA squares up' to the
kaiser and tells him ''where to get off, }" the
German people must begin to surmise that the
world considers their rulers defeat assured.
The king Of Siam is still friendly to Wilhelm.
alone of all the Asian states. The kaiser
could visit Bangkok, if he had any way of get
ting there, without being interned. And he
might enjoy his stay for time and even be-
come quite chummy with the Siamese king.
Their tastes are very similar, the oriental po-
tentate being an autocrat in practice as well as
theory and would be SO insulted and indignant
if anv subject questioned his divine right and
capacity to rule that he very probably would
have fit.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

The builders who constructed the liner New
York, which ran down German mine and then
made port under her own steam, deserve to be
congratulated on the quality of their workman
ship and the materials used.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

Cedar Rapids Gazette: 1t is nearly
as necessary to mobilize those who
do not work as it is to mobilize the
workers. There should be a proper
tionate difference In feed and lodg-
ing.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

Very true And former United States Sena-
tor Root also sounded the true note, as he
generally does, in exhorting the people to
stand together in this crisis and counselling
the republican party to give the president loyal
support. This advice was timely, wise, intense
" patriotic as was expected from this dis
tinguished statesman, whose only client, since
he accepted public office, has been his country.
Nevertheless there is no reason why President
Wilson might not very properly, if he would,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-20

Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune: Fo:
secretary Of the department of muni
lions, Theodore Roosevelt
Arizona republican., 1917-12-16
Sunday Church Notices

Methodist Church - Sunday school at 10 o'clock. A new heating ap- paratus has been installed and the children will be comfortable. Morn ing worship at Il. Subject of ser mon, "1s Saturday the Sabbath of God and is Sunday of Paganistic Origin?" Epworth league in the evening at 6:30 o'clock. The even ing worship will begin at 7:30 o'clock The sermon will be one of series on the Prophecies of Daniel. The public is cordially invited to attend, D. II. Reid, AM, PhD., pastor.
 Latter Day Saints-Sunday school at 10:30 o'clock. Preaching at 12:15 o'clock. Annual ward conference at Phoenix at 10:3O o'clock At 2 o'clock there will be a meeting in the Gilbert school house to discuss the organization of a branch of the church at Gilbert.
 St. Marks Episcopal-Sunday school at 9:45 o'clock with morning prayer and sermon by Rev. Francis Bloy att II o'clock. A cordial welcome awaits all corners.
 Baptist Church-Bible school al $50 o'clock in the morning, with church service at Ii o'clock. The pastor will speak on Going the Limit with God" Young Peoples meeting at 6:3O o'clockin the evening and church service at 7:3O o'clock Sermon by the pastor. Subject: "The Twenty-four Carat Man" Special preparation is now being made by the committee having in charge the Christmas program. The subject is Santa and Uncle Sam," a Christmas
Arizona republican., 1917-12-16
HEAVY DAMAGES
 ASKEDF0R LIFE
 IF ENGINEER

Bringing suit against the Pacific Gas and Electric company and the Adams Hotel company for s40,250, Mrs Maria F. Littleton, administratriX of the estate of James T. Littleton, the chief engineer of the Adams who was electrocuted August 27, instituted pro- ceedings in the superior court yester- day.
 The plaintiff, through her attorneys, Stilwell and Hall, charges that it was through the joint negligence of the gas company and the hotel that Littleton met his death. She claims it was the duty of the defendant to install reason ably safe and efficient converter and transformer. She further claims that they had no right to install in the hotel converter and transformer that was inefficient and which would permit more than no volts to escape from secondary fixtures. That the defendant did not maintin the electrical installations in a reasonable condition of repair, was also charged. Littleton's age was given as AZ years in the complaint, which set forth the fact that he was capable of earning from $4.50 to $500 a day.
 At the inquest held by Coroner 1 Wheeler immediately after the engin- eers death, witnesses testified that he came in contact with live wire as he was about to repair the boiler 1T the basement.
 They testified that while Littletor was standing in a pool of water he snatched an ordinary drop cord eXten- sion and although the current was not strong enough to burn his hand, the shock affected his heart and he nevel 1 reg2ined consciousness
Arizona republican., 1917-12-16
COMMUNITY CLUB AT
 TEMPE |S ACTIVE

TEMPE, Dec. 16.-At a meeting of the Tempe Community club Friday evening the club spirit was revived and there is no doubt but that the club is to take on new life ana co things this winter. Heretofore the club has eaten and passed by the days, seemed to be the opinion of most Of those present, or so they expressed themselves, and Friday the members present began to look at the work of the club and diag- nose it's ease as serious and in need of different view points from which to work. That personalities were indulged in was hardly the fault of President Aepli, who endeavored to keep the speakers in line with the subject at hand but the speakers just wouldn't stay put and seemed to desire to get out what was on their minds.
 However, much good resulted from the meeting and there is no doubt but that the club is to start out this fall with a grim determination to remedy a few hings in Tempe or know the reason why. It is proposed that a central of flee be established to give out general information to the public also that the citizens of the town and the club work in conjunction with the real estate men of the town and endeavor to rem edy the plight the real estate men in trying to get rooms for the transients c. o. Austin told of the number who had been turned out of town within the last 10 days because they had no place to stay, the number astonishing those present. It seemed to be the opinion that those who had been nere should ir some way put up homes for them | selves in that WaV re,ea 60 number O1 l houses for rent.
 Another meeting is to be held next
 Saturday evening in the high schoo
 and it is hoped that there will be g
 large attendance. A committee will bt
 ready to report on line of work to bt
 taken up during the winter
Arizona republican., 1917-12-16
OLDS GIVES TIPS
 FROM EXPERIENCE
 ON BEST METHODS

Some drivers of gasoline motor cars are obsessed with the fallacy that it is necessary and in good form, just before shutting off the ignition in stopping their engines, to open their gas threttles wide, racing their en- zine terribly in order to fill the cylin- ders with charge of gas so as to facilitate further starting" This prac- tice is all wrong for the following reasons:
 First, the efficient starting apparatus with which the modern car is equipped makes 1t quite unnecessary for driver to do anything to facilitate further starting.
 Second, It is impossible for the cyl finders of an automobile engine to hold compression when stationary for a longer period than three minutes. The cylinders may contain some gaseous vapor which, with the cooling of the cylinders, condenses into globules of gasoline, leaving the cylinder filled with more or less pure air at atmo- spheric pressure.
 Third, to race an engine without a load is very harmful, tending to loos- en the bearings and other parts. When you are through using your engine shut off your ignition and let it go at that.
 During the winter season it is good practice, after starting the engine of an automobile, to permit it to run a few minutes so as to become slightly warmed before requiring it to pull the car. In very cold weather it is often necessary to cover at least half the radiator front on cars in order that the temperature of the circulating water may be brought nearer to the point of thermal efficiency which nat urally increases gasoline economy and general engine efficiency.
 Timkep roller bearings are used in the front wheels of Oldsmobiles and to assure the best service should be ex- amined at least once every five thous- and miles. Every time a wheel is re- moved the cup of the bearing is 1 removed with it, and consequently the bearing must be properly adjusted when the wheel is replaced. The best method of adjusting the Timken bear ings in the wheel of a motor car is to screw the bearings up tight so as to | get all parts perfectly in place. Then | turn the adjusting nut back slightly, so that the wheel will revolve without binding on the bearings and so that l by grasping two spokes you can feel l just barely perceptible shake in the wheel. When you have the bearings thus properly adjusted, lock them and | they will give excellent service.