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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30

Mems minds like the pieces chess board IN
their way of ovina mind from the square II
In to next straight like the pawns An
other sticks close line of thought and follows 1t
goes with for others opinions as the
bishop the board in the line Of Its own color Ann
another through everything that lies
argument and opposition and 90 70
board castle But there Is stu an
which Is apt to jump over the
thought stands down in the unexpected
way knight that knight will eontrive 10
on every square of moves that
like pattern embroidery, and SO these zi9zassns
minds later back to the square neSs she
one they started from.-Over Wendell Holmes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30
Money for Iowa college.

United Press Leased Wire service
NEW YORK, Jan. 3o--inciuded IN
an appropriation of S5G5.20O announc'
ed in new gifts by the Rockefeller
general education board, were Corneii
college, Mount Vernon. Iowa, $ioo.-
600.
Depauw university. Green Castle.
ind, SI55.T6o.
Swarthmore college, Swarthmore,
Pa, $l25.oo0
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30

The Elgin Watch company has eff
fected the largest group of settle
ments under the Illinois workmen's
compensation law. About s50,oco
was disbursed among families of
twenty employees who mes death By
diphtheria and typhoid fever through
drinking polluted water from the
artesian well of the companys fac
tofT.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30
The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.
LET THE PEOPLE KNOW.

Our legal maxims contain an assertion to
the effect that ignorance of law cannot. be
accepted as a plea in infraction; so to the lay
man knowledge of the statutes, even If some
what superficial, is mighty good thing As it
is In Iowa, those who practice at the bar, and
others, unless they keep indexical tab on the
doings of the legislators at Des Moines, have
to be patient for period of months, or until
the secretary of state complies with the pro-
visions of section thirty-eight and section for
ty-two Of the statutes. Section thirty-eight
provides that within fifty days after the ad-
journment of the general assembly, the secre-
tary of state shall prepare a manuscript or
printed copy OF all the laws. joint resolutions
and memorials passed thereat, arranging the
same in chapters, with chapter headings and
sectional catch words and an index, to which
he shall attach his certificate that the acts.
resolutions and memorials therein contained
are truly copied from the original rolls which
shall be presumptive evidence of their correct
ness, and deliver them to the state printer.''
When the number of copies of the laws to be
printed and bound are determined. the state
printer gets busy, III way of speaking. When
the printers part is completed, the machinery
of distribution is put in motion, as provided for
in the following:
Sec "a. Distribution OF laws by secretary OF
state. The secretary of state shall distribute
laws aforesaid follows: To the library
distribution to other states territories
for exchange, two hundred copies. two
copies to each state institution, each Judge Of
a court record. including United States cir
district judges whose districts lie "a.
In this state and to each office one COW 70
each member of the general assembly; ten COPIES
the library of the law department OF the STATE
university; copies the historical So
cfety: each public library within the STATE
all oil the foregoing to be bound In law sheer.
thirteen thousand copies to be
distribution auditors upon their
requiston
Copies of the volumes may be purchased BY
the public upon application to county auditors
or the secretary of state.
All of which is a mighty poor way of supply
ing information of great value to the people
who, if they are in need of it on instant, mus
wait an unreasonable length of time and the1
pay for knowledge of what the representatives
senators and governor have decided is good fo
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

1 Sioux City Journal: Gravel Is not
the best road surface No one VINO
knows anything about roads will con-
tend that 1t is. But gravel is the best
road srface some rural communities
can get-or think they can, which
amounts to the same thing-iust now.
In such communities all good roads
boosters should be scratching gravel
! niuscatine journal: The Persnfng
expedition, like the Vera Cruze inciden
Illustrates the folloy of half-hearted
purpose American blood was spilled
On foreign soil in both instances to
no good effect. Nothing has been
gained by either Of the warlike moves
Carranza is still belligerent VITA
still alive. Both have triumphed
over Washington. We have been pc
Titled in the eyes Of the world.
Coon Rapids Enterprise: The pub
lie highways are being improved quite
rapidly year by year, and with a III
tie better judgment used IN the e1-
'penditure OF funds the state will make
satisfactory progress within the COM
ing years. In time, no doubt. the state
will have paved roads Of some KIND.
But it viii require years to properly
grade, drain and surface, and until
such time the people will not consent
to bond issues for paved roads OF any
description.
Des Moines Tribune: Boston's po-
lice commissioner declares that the
saloons of that city are being kept out
of politics. But it is a much more
Iditficult matter to keep politics out Oh
the saloons.
Des Moines Register: 1t is still to
be an open season for farm hands and
printers, but for any other JOB man
viii have to write the attorney generai
and find out whether he dares work
at any fob that is offered or not.
Sioux City Tribune, The wages OF
sin is death, now as always. Close
perusal of the news columns shows
that transgression OF the laws OF Coo
and man is becoming dangerous
rastime. Many OF those who yield to
temptation find when it is too late
that the game isn't worth the candle
Dubuoue Telegraph-Herald: From
the start 1t has been known that
IOWA > law $40 - eAA-~S-
makeshift. little il any better than
the old caucus and convention systems
in any point and much worse than
them In many Its cost to the state
is entirely out of proportion to the
benefits derived and its cost to candi-
dates Is such that no one but ricn
man or a man who can command
wealth dare to become candidate, az
least q candidate with hope OF WIN.
ming. AS the governor (Clarke) saio
in his address. the primary does not
permit the people to select taeir can
didates intelligent1y; 1t simply enables
flock of ambitious politicians to pre-
sent themselves for the onces. the
voters have no means OF knowing
the men, SO when they go to. the polls
at the primary they. in great many
instances, vote in hit or miss fashion
I. Another thing in when
Iowa's primary is fatally weak is the
requirement that to vote the voter
must disclose his political preference.
That does almost completely away
iii, ne most ifiIuf tant taking point
in favor of the Australian ballot, It's
secrecy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30
SPANIEL Trial.

limited Press Leased Wire Sersice-l
SAN ANGELO, Texas. jan so
Arguments in the murder trial OF
Harry J. SPANIEL began at O'Clock
this afternoon. They are expected 10
continue throughout today ana tomof-
row. The case will probably go 70 the
Jury late tomorrow Or early ihurs-
dor
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30

The New York Sun assumes that Senator
Owen of Oklahoma assails the courts because
ito certain and unfortunately limited extent
the judiciary has in the past protected inteli-
gence, foresight and thrift from the avarlclous
hands of demagogues charlatans and fools. =
This is scathing structure but the senator land
himself open TO it by introducing what is prob
ably the most foolish and yicious measure ever
sponsored by member Of our highest legisla-
tive bodv-his bill to abrogate the federal con-
stitution and subordinate the judicial branch of
the government TO the legislative. tits such re-
formers of the violent type which have done
more than anv others TO make sensible men
suspicious of every movement which labels it
self reform.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30

Aurora. H.. wove an suoi =,
curiosity about show window a !.
rated with new potatoes at =.
busbel. The spuds. jewelry-ike,
poeed in beds OF cotton. half cow !,
With sanitary pajamas, and never -.
ted an eye as throngs shiftea ~
r.ze from the fruit to the price |.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30
The Editor.

Great Bend. Kars., Tribune: An
editor is a millionaire without money,
a congressman out Of a job, king
without a throne. He constructs
town without hammer or saw, builds
y railroad without spikes or rails and
farms without a plow. He runs a
butcher shop In a journalistic world
and deals out. brains cheap for cash OF
credit. loves those who advertise with
him as he does a brother. The edit
or il a teacher. a lawyer, q preacher,
and he sends truck out to save souls
and he-condemned himself. He heals
the wounded, cares for the dying and
rescues the perishing and starves him
self when a ham sandwich would jerk
rim from the Jaws Of death.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30
WomanIike.

Topeka State Journal: Probably
the comment OF most OF the women
on the news that Jeanette Rankin.
Nontana's congresswoman elect
makes her own. hats will be to the
effect that they look it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30
Like the Rest Of Us.

Charleston News and Coulisl
Governments are just like peop'
Here Is Uncle Sam worrying nus ~.
on to discover some means OF ee'u''
more revenue
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30

them Why not adopt the plan IN vogue IN the
4 state of New York, where it is recognized thal
the public is entitled to know the character OF
the legislation passed by the assembly, Secuon
eighty-two of the executive law of the Empire
state provides:
The secretary of state comptroller and treas
urer snail on or before the nrst day OF January
in each year designate daily sSs aas naper
in which shall be published during the follow s
conrt. It the rules of practice adopted from time
to time by the justices OF the supreme conr. anu
/ the state: and notices and advertisements re-
CURED to be published in newspaper n .! tne az
the superintendent of banks or IN actions ssa,nss
foreign sa se aaasaas
their publication in other newspapers.
Acting under authority given II. the above
ouoted section the secretary of state, comp
troller and treasurer Of New York designate
certain newspapers in each county OF the state
in which shall be printed what are known as the
81 session iaws':-acts of the legislature that
have become laws through approval OF the gov
ernor. Thus what is done at Albany IS open TO
public scrutiny long before the laws are bound
up in book form The newspapers publishing
the matter are paid at rate compatible with
Justice, an amount equal to that received TOT
regular legal notices. The expenditure IS worth
while and the taxpayers never have complained
recognizing the value to the great mass OF the
public of opportunity of keeping abreast OF
provisions of law.
If our people are benefited by publication OF
the proceedings of the various boards of county
supervisors, would they not in like measure be
benefited by official newspaper publication OF
the laws passed by the general assembly at Des
MMoiinesf
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30

There's lot to be said in defense of stock
gambling. It isn't as bad, for instance, as pre-
meditated murder.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30

The Alaska girl who thinks New York City
is warm probably viii hold that opinion as
long as her money lasts.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30

However. editors believe that freedom of
the seas of ink should be preserved.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30

Next time there's leak investigation, leave
it TO the plumbers instead Of the whitewashers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30

Des Moines Tribune: Boston's pc
lice commissioner declares that tn
saloons of that city are being kept on
OF politics. But it is much NOR
diticult matter to keep politics out Q
the saloons.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-30

Des Moines Register: 1t is still TO
be an open season for farm hands and
printers. but for any other JOB a man
viii have to write the attorney generai
and find out whether he dares work
at any Job that is offered or not.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22
o Prussian Donkey
Worlds Work.

Do we not all recall the monotonous
assurances of Prussian professors that
this war would be the signal for every
colony to throw off the British yokel
Alas, poor Prussial When God dis
tributed his gifts to the races of man.
kind he gave quick wits to the Yankee,
laughter to the negro and infinite pa
thence to the Chinaman. But to thee,
as to the donkey, he gave an impene-
trable hide and total absence of humor.
So go on with the war-it has made
the Boer and Briton march together
like brothers against the man who
wrote the Kruger dispatch; it has
made Canada and Australia glad to
pour out their blood in the trenches
of France but above all, Prussian
donkey, | bless thy pachydermatous
propaganda for thou hast at last open
ed the eyes of this good natured ma
ton of the snake like quality of thy
professions and the deadening OBJECT
of thy kultur The war is costly; the
war is deadly and the end is not in
sight but however costly in death or
dollars it can never be price too high
to pay if it restore to US our dignity
as nation and our manhood as Amer
leans.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22
80 o @ @ o o % @ o @ 90 @ Q
OATMEAL BREAD 9

" A favorite or all the menus of @
@ the celebrated Harvey eating g
@ houses and DINING cars is Mrs. o
@ Harvey's oatmeal bread Here !"
" is her recipe. Other cooks are @
=" using brown sugar instead of @
@ molasses and do not find it neces- @
@ sary to set at night. The sponge @
@ is kneaded at once into loaves, o
o raises and is then baked. Some @
@ salt should be added. Following @
@ is Mrs. Harvey's recipe: Set at Z.
Z. night: Two cups of rolled oats, @
@ over which pour three cups of @
o boiling water. Cover and steam @
@ and when tepid, add one (.
@ cake of compressed yeast and @
Z. one-half cup Of molasses. Add /"
d" flour enough to make a soft ("
&" sponge and in the morning work @
@ little, raise and bake. Leave @
p" sponge as soft as possible. @
O q @ @ q g @ @ q q g q @ q q = .
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

did say in these words: eve have
long hard pull ahead. That will be
brought home to you, as it has been
brought home to US in England. And
all newspapers which perform their
duty will not attempt to minimize it.
Germany is controlled by crowd of
junkers numbering quarter million.
Their backs are now to the wall fight
ing with everything to lose, and they
are no more beaten than they were in
1915" That doesn't look very rosy
to we optimists in Osborne county
who have been giving the war but
passing thought, confident that it
would end before snow flew this fall.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22
QUICKEST action of anything we
ever sold. Haley Miles Drug Co.
For a Weak Stomach.

As a general rule all you need to
90 IS to adopt diet suited to your
age and occupation and to keep your
bowels regular. When you feel that
you have eaten too much and when
constlpated, take one of Chamber
lain's Tablets.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22
Girls Statement win Hela Emmett

Here is the girls own story: For
years | had dyspepsia, sour stomach
and constipation drank hot water
and olive oil by the gallon. Moth
ing helped until l tried buckthorn
Adler-i-ka. ONE SPOONFUL help
ed ME INSTANTLY" Because Ad-
ler-i-ka fiushes the ENTIRE ailmen-
tary tract it relieves ANY CASE
and prevents appendicitis. 1t has
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22
Flying Fishes.

Some fish can spring from the wa
ter and sustain themselves in long
flights of various distances in the air
These flights are made possible
through the development Of the pee
toral or breast fins. and though the
flying fish never flap their fins in their
sailing flights they are able to cover
q distance of no less than 500 feet.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Lord Northcliffe appeared in Kan
sas City two days before the Italian
disaster, so he had nothing to say on
that point. Neither had Russia gone
completely to the bow-wows at that
time and he was silent on the part the
Russian bear was to play. But he
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22
NORTHCL|FFE and THE
WAR
Warns America of the Serious
ness of the Struggle-Not
May Day Picnic.

The editor of the old home paper
back in Kansas, the Osborne County
Farmer, was invited to attend the re-
ception rendered Lord Northcliffe in
Kansas City two weeks ago. Of
course you know who Lord North
cliffe is-the big man of affairs in
England. The Farmer editor tells
of some things the Englishman said
in regard to the war, and they are
given below:
No, he didn't tell US all about the
war, but he did tell US lot He said
there were lot of things he would
like to say, but he was prohibited
from so doing. The sole trend of his
remarks seemed to be to awaken his
hearers to the fact that we were at
war. We don't realize out here in the
middle west the seriousness of the
affair. Our greatest danger is the
steadily decreasing tonnage of ship
ping through the submarines. He
even stated that we of the United
States might wake up some day to
find that we have an army marooned
in France. Shipping is what the al
lies need to successfully fight this
Prussian war mad monster, and on
that point the United States is large
ly silent. The people don't realize
Don't fool yourself" he said, "there
is not much the matter up to date
with the German war machine"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22
Announcements

l wish to announce to the public
that l am in a position to do carpen-
ter work by the day or by contract.
Estimates furnished free. Phone SO
w.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Another thing the speaker raped
was the foolish idea the officials and
governments have of hiding the real
truth of the war from the people.
He said the Germans religiously and
steadily published their reverses to
the world, while we as steadily hid
ours. Take no stock in German mutt
MES and riots and reverses. That is
all a part of the German war program.
The capture of a few thousand Ger
mans will be printed in glazing head
lines. The loss of thirty thousand
British was given but scant men,
ton in few lines. He said the cap
ture of 1900 Germans looked fine in
print, but they failed to complete the
story-that it had likely cost one hun
dred thousand allies to do it.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Tents, all sizes, at Reilly's.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Here is one of the important things
he said, which should cause all who
have relatives wearing the colors, as
well as all others, to ponder over for
while: at is impossible that this
can be a short war l have not met
any person who has offered a sound
reason why it should be short war.
l can see no reason for a hope of
peace in the present situation" He
further said; Governor Capper and
| are about the same age. We may
not live to see the end of the war"
Lord Northcliffe is about so years of
age and was born in Ireland near
Dublin, l am told.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

W. H. BASYE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-26
MOTOR CARS RUN BY
CITY GAS IN SCOTLAND
first Quality of Petrol No Longer
Obtainable for Private Use
in Edinburgh.

City gas 10 being used as automobile
fuel in Edinburgh. Scotland. Consul
Rufus Fleming reports to the Com
merce Department. First-quality Pc
troll is no longer obtainab!e for
private automobiles in Edinburgh. and
the price of second-quality is Il to IS
cents per gallon
Proprietors OF lines of motor omni-
buses IN Scotland have been expert
msntins with city gas. and have found
that with gas at Il cents per 1000
cubic feet thcS sfect saving OF ap-
proximately SO per cent in the cost Of
fuel
: The gas Is carried in a rubber can
vas bag on top of the omnibus the
connection with the engine is made
through the induction pipe Just ABOVE
the throttle valve. Absolute combue-
ton Of the gas has not been attained,
hut it is believed that experience will
soon overcome this dificuity.
The only difference that can be de-
tected in the running of the engine Is
that with gas slightly less power ID
developed. An Edinburgh company:
which operates large number OF
meteor omnibuses. has been able to keep
up-to its time table on the route on
which trials have been made. which ID
one of the hilliest roads in the district.
The double journey from Edinburgh 70
a town fifteen miles out 10 accom-
plished on one filing of the holders.
which have a capacity OF about 500
cubic feet
Managers of corporation gas works
are expecting a considerable expan-
sion of their sales of gas as motor fuel
The market may become permanent in
character. II inventors can provide
rigid cylinders of a size and lfghtness
suitable for commercial motors 1t ID
thought that if satisfactory cylinders
for gas can@be provided this fuel may
compete successfully even In norma
times with petrol or gasoline.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-26
MANY ENTRIES FOR ROSES.
Large List for Speed Event at Ben.
ming Labor Day.

From the number OF entries already
received by the National Motor Speed
way Association for the automobile
races to be run under the auspices of
the American Automobile Association
at Benning race track Labor day it
looks now as if the meet would be a
successful affair. Before the track is
turned over to the officials of the A.
a. q. there will be three motor cycle
cars and one for professional drivers
Following these races a ladies' cham
pionship race will be run after which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-26
total distance to Chesapeake Beach is
forty-four r,tle~

representative of the A. \. a. re-
Gently completed the trip between
Washington and New York. making
the entire distance t240 miles) in fiye
hours and forty three minutes. Excel
lent roads We're encountered on the fol
lowing course: Baltimore. Belair.
Havre de Grace. Elkton (avoiding the
badly worn road through Newark by
going via Glasgow, state Road station