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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16
SPITEFUL LITIGATION.

At the national livestock show in Denver a
calf is on exhibition over the ownership Of
which upwards Of ten thousand dollars has
been spent in litigation. Yet it is a very ordin-
airy animal not worth one hundredth part of
that amount and from all accounts not saeable
for fifty dollars. What appears to have been
an honest difference of opinion as to which of
two neighbors was the rightful owner de-
veloped such bitterness between them that thew
Irrigated more to get satisfaction than to &c.
the calf
There is happily reason to believe that there
Is less than there used to be of such vindictive
litigation Rich farms have been eaten ND in
protracted law suits when the only thing sought
was to move corner post yard or two from
where it stood. Such litigants probably iusti
fed their action by the claim that their confen-
ton for principle and not for the neplj-
gible strip of land concerned. But unless one
OF the parties to the suit was certainly wrong
no principle was involved, and such long and
costly litigation was irrational and absurd
1t once cost man thirty dollars to force q
corporation owning a pennv-in- the-slot ma
chine to pay back a cent for which the machine
gave no return. That was case where prin.
clple was at stake; for such rechanisrns that
do not work are frauds upon the public 4
man who makes public service corpora+;or
live up to its contract is protagonist for nrin
ciple and benefactor to mankind Even ar
action in such a case the motive spring Of which
was spite. might secure the rights of a whole
community, as where some citizen insists ny
having a service for which he has paid Pm
aside from such cases where principle is nlain
~ involved or where it seems to be matter q
duty to unmask malefactors and to rid III.
community of them, a litigation that cost,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16
FORMER KEOKUK
MAN is DEAD
David Schmidt Brother Of Mrs. 81,
bara Schulz Of This City, Passed
sE4 Aunav NJ Manila

Mrs. Barbara Schulz Of this eft,
has received word of the death of he.
brother David Schmidt OF Mobile
Ala, which occurred Friday, Januar
IL. Friends In this city will remem.
Der Mr.. Schmidt being in the coal ou
business until he left Keokuk a mum.
Der of years ago. Mr.. Schmidt is sur.
vived by his wife and three sons, q,
Mobile, and a sister, Mrs. Schulz Of
this city. There are a number n
niecee an nephews. The late John
Schmidt was brother. Mr.. Schmidt
had been In failing health for the last
two years. He was sixty-eight years
old at the time Of his death.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16
Named Government Man.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
FORT SMITH. Ark. Jan. 16.-Coun
sci for James H. Surber. revenue
agent for the division OF Atlanta, on
trial in federal court here in connec
ton with the "moonshine'' whiskey
revenue frauds, charged today tia,
David A. Gates, deputy United States
revenue commissioner, was the man
ct Washington: who knew OF and par
tictpated in the conspiracy and re
ceived money for affording distillers
protection in defrauding the govern
ment,"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Marshalltown Times-Republican
or course since the affirmation Of the
Webb-Kenyon law the u. s. licenses"
are scarcely protective scraps OF paper
in Iowa Consequently we may ex-
pect the government to quit issuing
them to Iowa bootleggers, Ell?
Cedar Rapids Republican: The new
governor OF Iowa has thirty Offices to
| fill and he has on file 1000 applications
"a hundred men are after each office.
The lure of politics, of office holding
is still strong. But there is not one
of those men, unless he is past ambi-
ton and achievement who would not
be better off to find something outside
of politics.
Sioux City Journal: Even II they
are denied the right to vote, the good
women Of Iowa keep right on forging
70 the front. One of them. Mrs. Tressa
MCKINNEY Trumbauer, has recently
been elected president of the Security
Savings bank. of Waterloo. She is be-
lieved to be the first woman bank pres
ident in the state.
Grudy Democrat: Ex-Governor
Ii
mended strongly that the Iowa pri-
mary laws be repealed. Governor
Clarke felt the pulse of Iowa people
with reference to our primary laws
end he found the sentiment very large
liz IN favor OF having the !s=s rsaasa
cd. And the governor is right Our
primary laws as they are, do not salts
ifv the voters of Iowa. They would
much prefer the old method OF norni-
nations than the primary method
which we have had long enough to put
to a thorough test
Mason City Globe-Gazette: Colonel
| Bryan's prohibition propaganda will
entfuse the chautauGna. and probably
swell the gate receipts, but II may be
different with the democratic party.
! Davenport Times: The ruling that
has been handed down with regard to
{ high tension transmission lines on
I the country roads of Iowa ought 70
meet with general approval It is q
serious thing to have telephone com
municatton interSered with by induc-
ton. Of course, but II would be equally
serious 10 have progress that depends
ON the distribution Of light and power
DELAYED because some telephone line.
accommodating a comparatively few
people had ar an earlier date. pre-
empted a highway.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16
Body Was in Session Only One Day
and Made its Report
to the Court
Today.
EXAMINE z WITNESSES
No cases Were Ignored or Continued
Answer Filed and Judgment
signed In Two
Cases.

It took the Lee county grand jury
just a day to complete its work and
to bring In report containing two
indictments One of these is against
William Carlson, charged with break
ing and entering a freight car. Carl
son got into car containing coarse
chicken feed. evidently thinking that
he had gotten into car OF beans.
One other indictment was returned.
making two true bills in all.
The report of the grand jury to the
court thanked the officials for their
courtesy. The grand jurors examined
seven witnesses and had no cases to
continue and ignored none.
Suit for divorce was filed by Iva
McCandless VS.. Alonzo McCandless,
and the decree granted.
An answer was filed In the case
of the Scott County Savings bank vs..
J. C. Hughes, aled By the admins
traitor.
Judgment was entered in the suit
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16

| Senator G. l.. Caswell in the Deni-
son Bulletin: The preliminaries to a
| Legislative session are something of
peculiar interest to large number
of people, hence there is always a
crowd around the hotel headquarters
for several days before the session
begins-and this crowd is one OF the
opportunities to study human nature
that comes every two years in Iowa,
as it does in other states, for hITan
nature is much the same everywhere.
What are the preliminaries? Well
after the election has determined
who is to serve the state as COVER
nor and for all the positions down
there are still some dozens or even
hundreds of jobs, with salaries good
and poor. which those elected in
November will control. And 1t Is
these other jobs that cause the great
interest in the general assembly for
some days before the time to con-
vene. A job with promise of soft
ness connected with it is such an at
traction to the average American
that he will chase it around the
world.
The honor and power Of the speak
ership of the house of representa-
tives is one of the first honors
sought after the general election.
The speaker. or presiding officer of
the house. is continually i'm the lime
light during a legislative session. He
has los embryo and real statemen
under his eye and control 90, or is
supposed to have. He also has any
number of committees to appoint,
and to be chairman Of some impor-
tant com mittee is what most of the
aforesaid statesmen are after. There
is no salary attached to the position
OF chairman of a committee-only
honor of being boss Of the commit
tee. Everybody interested in appro.
priations of money for any purpose.
big or little, viii see and arrange
with tine chairman OF the commit ee
first, then will get hold of the H. ela-
bers and finally will bring other III
fuence to bear to get it--and 5ome.
times he is not too particular w.la !.
KIND of influence he does use ;uss
SO he gets it.
AS an instance, just watch the big
game that will be played this seq
sion to get that little old $4,000 ap-
preparation through to reimburse a
lot OF supposedly rich and patriotic
ltwd SeHtlclucu luz uuOuSy tQey al
vanced to build an Iowa building at
the San Francisco exposition as a
donation from Waterloo to give this
state grand representation at the
exposition. Last session they got
back $65, 900 of their PATRIOTS dona-
ton, and this session they will get
back the other $4,000. I'll bet on
it. for they know how and are per-
sistent.
Well, the gentleman Of the house
who thinks he would like to be
speaker or boss OF the house gets a
line on what other vote he can get
besides his own and goes after Y
Ii three or more votes appear to be
in sight he becomes candidate and
gets his picture in the papers, with
his pedigree. He puts up a campaign
little short of a general election and
organizes his forces over the state.
He gets to Des Moines a week before
the session opens. and locates in
rooms in the headquarters hotel ut
$40 or more per day-for a few days.
He becomes the center of a whirl.
pool of politics such as the average
voter never dreamed Of and seldom
sees.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16
wTssorrRI vAIJEY. Iowa. Ian.
ILLINOIS

SpRINGFTTT ID. No. Jan. 15.-Jas.
J. Afford. mine operator at Ash
Grove, near here, and republican
nominee for secretary OF state four
years ago. rave HIS wife &1.T5 during
their married life of one year. Mrs.
Afford testified In the circuit court, in
her suit for divorce. Tho decree was
granted by default She charged non
support.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16
stock Men Make ImpressIon.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.-Repre-
sentatives of the Sioux City Live
Stock exchange who appeared before
the interstate commerce commission
yesterday to urge free transportation
of cattle ..caretakers" with shipment
from points in southwestern Mime
sofa, and Southeastern South Dakota
to Sioux City, made a favorable i'm
preston upon the commission. 1t was
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16
MISSOURI.

GREEN CITY. Mo-, Jan. 15.-Her
man Coffman, who shot and killed An
drew page at dance near Mystic siz
miles south OF Green City on Dec.Hz
was tried in the circuit court at Milan
Friday, found guilty and sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16

stated authoritatively to the unitea
Press today. ~
The Sioux City cattlemen complai,
the present practices in regard +
transportation OF caretakers az
prejudicial to Sioux City, in favor y
st. Paul. ~ +. I,
"A decision may be expected, it wa,
stated within fifty or sixty DAYS. =
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16

By the irony OF fate Lord Miner.
now engaged with his English col
- ~-rns in directing Tho war against
Germany, was himself born in the
lsad Of Jne kaiser and received there
his early education
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16

Senator Works. who would impose a fine of
fifteen dollars every citizen who fails to vote,
is an optimist. What the country needs is a
schedule Of rewards.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16

more than it could possibly yield IS not m ~.
in favor nowadays with Intelligent men. ane
cost, the trouble, the worry and the nateiui-
ness it generates combine to render It poor IN
vestment
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-, Jan. 49,
An election Of million dollar bond
issue for the purpose OF operating .
state printery to do all of the state
printing was proposed in resoiu
ton introduced in the house by Les
OF Joplin.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16

Germany will put salt on the peace dove s
tail if she has to drag him to the bottom of
the Atlantic to do it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16
A COMMUNITY PLEDGE.

Here's a city building idea from Montgom
cry, Ala, that might be applied elsewhere
Down in that once inactive southern to"l
which is now growing by leaps and pouno'
what is known as community pledge ma
been issued. The pledge is as follows:
hereby solemnly pledge myself to do my part
in supporting Montgomery her industries anu GU
terprises. ~.
gomery for anything that can buy mere 'Au
things being eQuaD. Furthermore, VIII 40 al
can to persuade my friends, relatives ana ac
quantances do likewise.
/ will cooperate with fellow citizens IN
NOV made for common betteruent l p
will think and express only good thoughts ABOUT
the city which is good enough for me to live IN
will talk prosperity and think prosperity about
my city and its future.
Signed ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The pledge embodies a spirit that makes
cities grow and people more united and pros
porous The big happy family idea is the best
tonic ever prescribed for city.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16

Current comment is TO the effect that Keo-
kuk Iowa. is on the map in large letters
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16

HANNIBAL. Mo. Jan. 15.-Johr
Oliver Hogg is dead at the age of 81
years. He was among those who
guarded the Hannibal & ST JOSEPH
railroad during the civil war ant
worked for that road number O
years. For number OF years he bull
bridges for new railroads ti;roughou
thu vest
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16
IOWA.

IOWA.
WATERLOO. Iowa, Jan. 15.-J. l.
Hercules, Tama county farmer, who
shot and killed his brother. Amos,
Saturday during quarrel at their
home three miles south Of Reinbeck.
has been released under $4,000 bond
Evidence at coroner's inquest
tended to substantiate Hercules plea
that he killed his brother in self-de-
Tense.
CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa. Jan. 49,
Mrs. Martha B. Mum, OF New York
City has wired local members OF the
Mississippi Valley National Park as
sociation that she will donate more
than 100 acres OF land which she
owns at McGregor to the government.
provided the government will make a
national park containing at least H.
900 acres.
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Jan. 15.-Agita-
ton or the commission plan
Of government in Iowa City has come
to a climax with q mass meeting OF
citizens at which committees were
appointed to canvass the voters OF the
city in an effort to secure the sigma
lures of twenty-five per cent. OF the
voters in order that the special cleo
ton on the question may be called and
held before the time for the city cleo.
ton in the spring.
COUNCIL BLUFFS. Iowa, Jan. f55
That Council Bluffs has been in
vaded by a gang of "stick-up' men is
the opinion Of the police. Hold-ups
are Of nightly occurrence
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Jan. 15.-Jas.
]. Reel. an old resident OF Sioux City.
is dead in Oklahoma City. Mr.. Reel
was widely known as a railroad con-
tractor He had charge OF the grad
ing OF the Sioux City & Northern road
and did similar work for other roads.
He was 80 years old Four SONS and
two daughters survive.
MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa, Jan. IS.
benjamin NJ Lewis. aged ~. was
killed by falling tree on the farm OF
neighbor. death following the acct
dent some hours later. Lewis laid
for several hours pinned down by the
tree before found
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16
KEoKuK INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION.

l a
The typical characteristic of progressive
and growing city is keen sense of the gains
that may come from its growth as whole.
The people clearly see that if they can make
their CITY and its business increase, every form
of property and business viii forge aheaei-
Furthermore, the net profit increase of such
growth should be larger proportionately than
the gain in gross returns. larger business
can often be done without much increase of ex-
pense, leaving greatly enhanced net return.
In every progressive city, therefore, the mer-
chants and manufacturers devote time, energy
and thought to make the city grow as whole.
They do not relax efforts to compete success
fully with each other. But the gains that
come from the growth of the city as whole
come easier and with less effort.
That is an answer to the question, "Why
the Keokuk Industrial association
The Keokuk Industrial association by its
acts of commission has more than justified the
faith of its founders. It was worth while in
it's formative days; it is more than worth while
now It has ssmade good" in the biggest way
in which such bodies can ssmake good.' It
has given the citizen of Keokuk the idea Of
working for his city and has developed an in
tense feeling of community loyalty. 1t has
created in citizens a sense of civic responsible
ity, city pride and ambition and some notions
of municipal ideals for which to strive.
Should the Keokuk Industrial association
perish tomorrow-which, God forbid-there
will still be in the minds of our men and women
these new thoughts of interest in the commun-
ity; let every specific plan and project of the
association fail, still and always there will re-
main working here the forces of civic enter
prise and loyalty to which the founding of the
organization gave birth and which have been
encouraged in its later days.
It was fortunate day for Keokuk, that
natal day of its industrial association.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-. Jan. 1871
Representative Settle OF st. Loui|
has presented q bill in the house
prohibit the prosecuting attornstt
st onfs county and hfs assistas1
from the private practice Of la,
while in office.
PALMYRA, Mo. Ian. 15.-T have
gone home to my wife and children
This brief note lying beside an empt,
acid bottle on table and the body o
George Milton wrapped in blanke
on a lounge revealed to Palmyra
neighbors the tragic end OF lonely
old man. Coroner Schwartz Of Han
nfbal said it was case OF suicide
and did. not hold an inquest George
Milton had lived in his home on Main
street since the death OF HIS wife
year and a half ago. For more than
sixty years he had been engineer o.
the Peoples mills.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16

Judgment was entered in the suit
f Timberman vs.. Simpson.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16

General Leonard Wood of the United States
army believes that good soldier can be made
in six months of training under high pres
sure. while General Hugh Scott maintains that
at least year is necessary. Each is authority
on military matters and should know the ca
liabilities of the American youth An intelli-
gent man, can, of course. pick up a lot in a half
year or year. but the rule that practice makes
perfect applies to the soldier trade as to all
others. The soldier Of year has lot to learn
from his brother who has been in the service
for three years or more Experience tells
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16

COUNCIL BLUFFS. Iowa, Jan. IS
That Council Bluffs has been in
vaded by gang of tstick-up" men ia
the opinion Of the police. Hold-ups
are Of a nightly occurrence.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16

A very dangerous and disgusting degenerate
and pervert is in the public prints again. So
ciety has made three mistakes in its relations
with him The first was the failure 10 electro
cute him for murder. The second, the failure
to keep him in penal servitude for life The
third was permitting him to get out of Mattea-
wan asylum for the criminal insane. Perhaps
a fourth mistake was made in failing to see If
modern surgical science not by trephining
or other operation relieve the pressure on some
cerebellar center and make man of normal in
stincts of him.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16

Mason City Globe-Gazette: Colonel
Bryan's prohibition propaganda will
enthuse the chautaupua. and probably
swell the gate receipts, but II may be
different with the democratic party.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
months Of preparation and the careful
hOardipp Of munitions

months OF preparation and the careful
boarding Of munitions.
On n frontier, and one frontier
alone, Is Germany unprotected, open
and vulnerable. That is the air.
And 1t Is to this frontier that the
United States, struggling into war UNI
ready and unequipped, should turn it's
face.
For, as scouting aeroplanes have be-
come the eyes Of an army, SO have
bombing and machine-gun planes
grown to be the weapons with which
1t can reach a foe protected by de-
lenses on land and sea. The air alone
Is the unguarded element. And it will
not be unguarded long.
Soldiers and guns and supplies will
be long In reaching our Allies. But
aeroplanes and aviators we can send
them, and swiftly; and Americans
make Of the best aviators in the
world.
1t is possible. and more than pos.
sible. that victory on land and sea lie
with victory in the air. The command
Of the air can that we see while
the Germans become blind. It means
the best defense yet found against
the depredations Of the submarines
And. developed to its possible limits, II
means @ great, new weapon that lies
to u hands ready to use. Ten thou.
sand a~eroplanes, properly manned and
equipped, would insure the utter de.
moralization Of the Germans on the
western front.
So far the Germans have been the
first to take advantage Of every new
invention. They have taken our ideas
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-09
Air Planes
And Victory
BY Porter Emerson Browne.
of the Vigilantes.

ski OAS
Aeroplanes are the eyes of an army.
Without aeroplanes the guns cannot
see where to fire, the soldiers where
to go. Without a%eroplanes, the en-
emies' forces. and the distribution
thereof, their reserves and their sup
plies, their lines of communication
and their railroads., are alike I'M
known. Consequently, without aero
planes, our troops will fight in dark
ness, as blind men would fight They
will be killed in darkness, as blind
men would, be killed.
1t is no more fair to ask soldiers to
go out and fight without aeroplanes
than it would be to sem them out
without guns OF ammunition, or food
or shoes, or hospitals OF surgeons.
Aeroplanes have become perhaps the
most important part OF the equipment
England and Germany alike have
recognized. If the United States
should fail to recognize this, it will
pay dearly, In men, in blood, and in
defeat, for its ignorance n its OBJ
stinacy.
And this is not all. As ae~roplanes
are the eyes Of an army, SO are they
becoming, with every tick Of the
clock, to mean more.
England may still control the seas;
but for this control Germany is max
ing her, and all her allies, pay a BIT
ter price. Like 1t, or like 1t not, we
must admit that so TAI the German
submarine, in it's sphere. is supreme.
Checked 1t can be, but 1t cannot as
yet be scotched.
On land, armies can be locked for
months, ever for years. A stunning
preponderance of heavy artillery may
mean a. mile or so advance. Ruf