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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-06
NEW POLITICAL
PARTY FORMING
Prohibitionists, Disguised So
cialists and Former Pro
gressives to be Asked
to Take Part.
NOT ALL LABOR MEN
Entirely Distinct From American Al
lance for Labor and Democ-
racy, Now In Con-
vention.
NOT ALL LABOR MEN

FUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Sept. GA
new political party was In the process
of formation here today by delegates
to the first conference Of the American
Alliance for Labor and Democracy
It's nucleus, it was rumored will be
the recently organized Social Demo
cratic league of New York. An effort
is being made to form coalition OF
prohibitionists, former progress1ves
and men who left the international So
c1alist party because of the latters at
titude toward war.
The movement for new political
organization Is entirely distinct from
the labor convention. The men back
OF 1t, many of whom are delegates to
the convention. are merely employing
this opportunity to get together and
formulate plans to launch the party at
la later date.
That there was some idea Of organ
1zing the new party during the conVen-
ton was intimated by John Spargo's S
initial announcement of the scheme
the day before the convention got un-
der way.
With the arrival Of Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, emphasis was placed on the
fact that there was no official connec-
tion between the convention and the
proposed new party.
Gompers reiterated today that he
knew nothing Of the new party.
Spargo, who is chairman Of the So
cial Democratic league of New York,
said that plans for its organization
have not been abandoned because of
opposition from Gompers.
"Mr. Gompers knows nothing Of the
plans for a new party" he said. There
are no such plans as part of this con-
ference. The two should not be con-
fused"
Negotiations between leaders of the
prohibitionists, former progressives
and former members Of the present so
cialist party are said to have progress
ed favorably. The chief obstacle at
present, it was declared. is the opposi-
Zion Of some Of the socialists who say
they do not see the need Of a new
party at this time
RusseTl's Hot Shot.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Sept. g.
'Riga was not captured by Germany.
Riga was captured by Robert NJ. La
Toilette, Bill Stone and Senator Gron-
ma. They captured Riga. If Petro-
grad is captured it will be by LaFol-
lette, Gronna, Stone and pro-German
mayors, who lend their assistance to
anti-American movements"
So declared Charles Edward Rus
sell, socialist member of the Root
commission to Russia, on his arrival
here today to attend the convention
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The Telegraph Service of The
Daily Gate City and Constitu-
tion-Democrat is received over
our own leased wire.
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THE WEATHER
Probably showers. Warmer. |
Local temp p. N. 80; 7 a. m,
62.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-26
ARTIFICIAL LANGUAGES.

The recent death of Zamenhoff, inventor of
Esperanto, brings that linguistic experiment to
the minds Of many people who have heard
little about it of late. 1t was the first and most
successful of the artificial languages and may
be considered to have demonstrated the fact
that no such made to- order tongues have any
important uses in the world.
. Languages grow, and there is about as much
difference between a natural tree and an imlta-
ton tree SIS there is between English and any of
the invented tongues. All Of them without ex-
ception are inherently, incurably crude and
grotesque. The noblest passage in the htera-
ture of any people is joke when rewritten in
any one of these gibberish tongues. All the
glorious past of words, their associations, sug-
gestions their beauty and romance are lost in
these hodgepodge, dog-Latin languages. The
Lords prayer, Milton sonnet, Burns song
lose as much by reproduction into Esperanto as
the forests would lose if all their trees and
their branches were made straight and their
infinite diversity of LEAKAGE reduced to round,
square and triangular forms.
The English language is the noblest linguis-
tic birth of time. The richest and most copious
vehicle Of expression ever employed by man. it
has drawn its treasures from every language,
dead and living, from every written spoken
tongue. There is nothing notable in the litera-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-26

To the Editor of The Gate City:
Some days ago The Gate City mad
an item about. the dry condition of
the subsoil, affecting crop prospect.
A United States chief engineer mas
promised, If raise money to pay
for installment, to demonstrate the
falling terrace combined with winter
irrigation, which is practiced from
Arizona to Montana and may be prac-
ticed from California to New Jersey.
The falling terrace alone is insult
ficient, as after the surface soil is
saturated, there is still lot of waste
in the run-off. Just how winter can
be overcome is the point. The clay
ground Is no hindrance for Rus
sian engineer, according to Maury,
proposed to irrigate clay and it Is
done in Arizona The United States
has previously paid part of the sur
vey expense in such studies.
The main point is to get the capital.
The United States has aimed to have
loans made through banks Of which
the government is chief stockholder
If it can do this and sell bonds based
on loans secured by mortgage, it can
also subscribe for stock in farm cor
1orations and sell that same stocn
The point is to have permanent Cap
.tal invested in farms. The idea Of
incorporating farms and putting the
sign of equality between farms and
factories has already been squarely
endorsed by some of the best minds
of Keokuk and some Lee county men
are committed to the policy. 1t is
evident we need something that will
promptly restore confidence or one
could not see and hear so much Gf
farming roadsides, rights of way, va
cant lots and how to back the farm
ers. Those who habitualIy borrowed
to put in crops, and those without
seed capital are hard hit But
Farming is not on a business basis,
even though farm management is Il
science in which efficiency per man,
per horse, per machine, must be had.
Prior to the war the farm value Of
the ten best crops Of the United
States per acre for seven years was
such as to pay five per cent. on the
farm value, the value of the equip.
ment. taxes, insurance, some office
expense and interest on the needed
capital to pay hands, board them and
pay them bonus based on yearly
wage equal to bonus allowed on the
capital up to eight per cent. Noe
that no Improvement fund Tor Sink
ing fund.- OF any kind is allowed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-26

So capital must be ample-now
fifty dollars for every fifty dollars
invested in the land. The manager
will figure by the hour for all time
spent going TO and from fields same
as is done in cities. This makes
some propositions look like joke,
though higher prices and interurbans
might cover the time. But
Ohio has shown that no man,
team nor machine can pay II the
profit is to come out of a single crop
and at least four must be attempted.
Later It has been suggested that five
or six secondary aims on the farm
must be made. To this end late
growing crops, as beans, buckwheat,
kafir, millet, for sheep, poultry, etc,
must be raised
To put irrigable lands in cultivation
will require a lot of capital-thirty
dollars per acre perhaps for clearing
and grading, besides the doubt as to
WATER So If soldiers are necessary,
they could better be used, as suggested
by Works, along the river. Indeed,
training and learning could proceed
together and some success in CROPS
is likely.
The future true farmer will be the
manager and it will not be his bust
ness to pay. Note that ] have sug
gested no moratorium, which some
think war brings. But
Even one hundred and eighty mill
lion dollars in sight for old time
mortgages has not filled the William.
Yet the United States can incorpor-
ate the farm as well as call an asso-
citation of farmers corporation.
J. p DICKSON.
kenkuk- Iowa. April %, 1917.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-26

ture of any peoples that must necessarily lose
in grandeur or beauty by conversion into Eng
lish by master of our tongue. The charm
and majesty of the English Bible cheapens all
other versions, and the consensus OF lterate
mankind is that Shakespeare could not have
found in any other language vehicle so sur
passing and superb 1t seems increasingly
probable therefore, as the years go on, that as
far as mankind needs common language TT
will find it in English; and this world war is
manifestly increasing the vogue Of our un-
rivaled tongue.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-26
EXEMPTroNs FROM THE DRAFT

Such method of filing the army ranks is
not only more effective than depending exclu-
svely on volunteers, but is fairer to all classes
of the community.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-26
TODAY's BIT OF VERSE
LlFE's COMMON THIN.

LIES COMMON THINGS.
How lovely lifes common things
When health flows in the veins;
The golden sunshine Of the days
When Phoebus holds the reins;
The floating clouds against the blue;
The fragrance of the air;
fhe nodding flowers by the way;
The green grass everywhere;
;a feathery beauty Of the elm.
Nth graceful, swaying boughs,
nesting song birds find home,
The hazy blue of distant hill
With wooded slope and crest;
the crimson sky where low at night
The sun sinks in the west;
The thrilling grandeur of the storm.
The lightnings vivid flash,
The mighty rush of wind and rain,
The thunder's awful crash;
And then the calm that follows storm,
The rainbow in the sky,
The rain washed freshness of the EARTH
A singing bird nearby.
And. oh, the beauty Of the night
It's hush, its thrill. its charm,
The twinkling brilliance of it's stars
It's tranquil peace and calm.
oh, loving fatherhood of God,
To give every day
4 The lovely common things of life
To brighten all the way!
Susan NJ. Perkins, in Boston Transcript
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-26

One of the earliest obstacles en-.
countered by the garden movement
in Massachusetts is an ancient piuo
law which forbids a citizen from poL.
tering around his backyard beds on
Sunday. The Boston Transcript voices
a demand for repeal of the prehis'
toric legal fossil.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-26
Dry subsoil and Irrigation.

Keokuk, Iowa. April %, 1917.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-26
THE PROPOSED DRAFT.

A seective draft law is the most rational sys-
tenn as yet suggested for raising an army for
national defense The first work under it would
be to take census Of all male citizens Of speci
fed ages showing the occupation OF each, who
were skilled workmen at their trades and who
had dependents to support:
The government does not, it is believed, in
tend to call to the colors or accept the serv-
ices of any man who can serve the country bet
ter in mill or mine, on railroad or on a
farm A soldier can be made in six months of
intensive drilling, but it takes six years to make
a tool setter and long apprenticeship to make
machinists and engineers.
The bill prepared by the general staff Of the
army and approved by the president provides
for the immediate filling up of the regular army
and national guard to war strength Of more
than eight hundred thousand men, by draft
less enough volunteers enlist quickly, and for
bringing into the service by late summer of
more than five hundred thousand of the new
force of young men between the ages of 10 and
25 to tbe called to the colors by seective con-
scription.
Under the bill, on proclamation by the presi-
dent, all persons liable to military service
under the act would be required to present
themselves for registration. From the millions
Of young men between the ages of 10 and % the
new force would be selected, the sections of
the bill providing for selection and exemption
being as follows:
SELECTIvE DRAFT.
Section For training and maintaining only
the regular army and national guard and their
"selective draft is necessary when it shall be
applied; all OF the forces be raised exclusively
by selective draft of male citizens between 10 and
% of under regulations to be formulated
by the president. Provision is made for proper
tiOnat 70 he from the Snectiya
states and territories depending upon population
with credit given under such quotas for all
men the age affected may have voluntarily
entered other branches of the military service.
Service fixed for the duration Of the emergency.
EXEMPTIONS FROM THE DRAFT.
Section 8.-For the exemption from selective
draft of the vice president of the United States
federal state, and Of all persons in the
military naval service, of members of we'll
ognized religious sects in which the creed
kbits participation in Provision also is
made for the discretionary exemption Of drafting
for partial military service only of customs house
and postal employees, workmen at arnories
senals and navy yards, pilots and marines actual
ly engaged in service. persons engaged in in =
dustries the military establishment
or maintenance Of the national interests, persons
with dependent relatives and all physically
morally unfit persons.
Such a method of filing the army ranks is
not only more effective than depending exclu-
sivey on volunteers but is fairer to all classes
Iof the community.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-26
DOLLAR DAY. BARGAINS.

Residents Of Keokuk and surrounding terri
tory may Saturday accomplish the feat of
making two or more dollars grow where one
grew before, and this event in moneyculture
has the strong endorsement of Keokuk mer-
chants, who have agreed to furnish the seed re-
quired-unheard of and exceptional bargains.
"Dollar Day. has become an institution in
this city, and that it is Of good repute among
shoppers is result Of merchants determine
ton not to offer as bargains any shelf-worn
or out-of- date goods, and it is the UNFOLDING of
this policy that has, almost as much as anything
else. given Keokuk' IS "Dolar Day. reputable
standing.
Merchants of Keokuk, the live ones, believe
in advertising, and today's announcements Of
dollar day. bargains fill many columns of
The Gate City. The returns to the advertisers
doubtless will be large; but their patrons also
will reap harvest, as heretofore and so sub
stantial encouragement is given to trade and
Everybody is satisfied
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-26

If the wind is In the right direc
ton, a sort of cold smell gives sail
ors warning OF the proximity Of an
iceberg.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-26

Preserve carefully the packets the garden
seeds come in, The colored pictures adjoining
the outsidesof the containers will be useful in
the products at harvest time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-26
100000 Corns
Lifted Right OF !!
Try 2 Drops of Magic "Gets-It.'

There's a wonderful difference be-
tween getting rid of a corn now and
the way they used to try to get rid
of it only four or five years ago.
.'Gets-It has. reyolutiontzed corn
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-26

Champ Clark, compromise speaker of the
United States house Of representatives, gives
out the statement that he is opposed to the Sc
lectve draft army bill. Because of plans that
work out for the good of the nation, Champ
Clark is not now president of the United
States.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-26
Voice Of the Peop.e

1.-THE Gate City does not assume re
sponsibility for views expressed bv
Writers of communi
cations must furnish their names
not necessarily for publication. but
for the information of the sditor.l
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-26

There is no more bitter sweet torment to a
man than the thanks of the beloved woman
for her freedom given back to her.-Maurice
Hewlett.
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BARK HILL.

Miss Jane Albaugh has returned to
her home after spending few weeks
among her relatives, near Beaver
Dam.
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Wilson at
tended the Hanover Fair last Thurs
day.
Mrs. Clarence BlaXston and chill
Leakins have returned home after
dren. near Oak Orchard, spent Sat
urday evening and Sunday among
relatives of this place.
Mrs. Edward Wolfe and Mrs. J. D.
Leakins have returne home after
spending a week in. Washington, ID. {.
Mrs. Harvey Bloom and Mrs. Abra-
ham Nusbaum, of Union Bridge, and
Mrs. c. Cartzendafner, of Baltimore,
spent Wednesday with Mrs. c. t. Will
son and family.
Mr.. VIM. Sipes, wife and niece,
Mary Sipes, of Wakefield, visited Mr.,
and Mrs. Nathan Stultz, on Sunday.
Mrs VIM. Jones and Mrs. Harry
Reindollar spent Sunday with MIR. and
Mrs George Stonesifer, OF near
Tyrone.
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Four Minute Men.

Last April the President appointed
Committee of Public Informatlon'
with Mr.. George Creel, chairman. III
June an organization was formed, as
part of this work, known as the -FOUR
Minute Men A state chairman IS
named. and by him chairman Tor the
counties are appointed. The moving
Dicture places, high schools and other
places where convenient are asked TO
allow a speaker to present briefly
some national subject once week;
Volunteer speakers are secured, ana
plan OF work begun Whlch mus
gives direct and official information
to the public.
Rev. Edgar T. Read has been APP
pointed chairman for Carroll county
who, with the following speakers Will
carry on the work in Westminster:
Mr., John Milton Reifsnider, Mr.. Geo,
r. Gehr. Mr.. H p Gorsuch, Mr.. Chas.
r. kolb and DR.. Henry NJ. t1tzhugh.
A speaker will be at the Opera
each Tuesday evening and at the
Star each Saturday evening, and
twice or so a month in the High
School. Each speaker receives bull
letin monthly or oftener, giving the
subject wherever speakers are before
the public. There are at present
more that 5000 speakers in this work.
The subjects that have been pre-
scented in the past are The Liberty
Loan" The Red Cross Fool Con-
servation," The Nation at Arms,
What Our Enemy Really Is IN
masking Germany's Spy System The
subject for the month OF October IS
What Has Been Accomplished by Our
Nation in Preparation
The movement is an endeaVOr TO
bring to the public by volunteer
speakers, and in places where people
congregate. subjects Of national I'M
portance by information received dl-
rectly from the Government.
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Roland Wisner Surprised.

A surprise party was given at the
home Of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Banker,
Patapsco, Wednesday night in honor
Of Roland Wisner, who left yester-
day with the drafted boys for Camp
Meade. An enjoyable evening was
spent in games and conversation af-
ter which splendid refreshments
were served The guests departed at
a. late hour wishing MI. Wisner an
early return. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Mann, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wesley Shaffer, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Bankert, Mr.. and Mrs. Emanuel
Schnetzka, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wis
ner, Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Barrick, Mr..
and Mrs. John Flater, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gloyd Wells, Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin r.
Chew, Mr. and Mrs. Alver Sprinkle,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Wisner, Mrs,
Mile Barrick, Mrs. Raymond Wisner,
Misses Eta Arnold, Margie Mann,
Rosalie Wisner, Helen Logue, Edna
Wisner, Grace Rill, Helen Harris,
TreYa Rhoten, Bessie Rill, Celia Ship
ley, Ida FTater, Blanche Shafer,
Messrs. Arthur w. Meyers, Edgar
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4 Surprise Party.

A surprise party was held at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. George Arnold,
Thursday night, September 20. At an
early hour the guests began to arrive
which was a surprise to all OF them.
They danced until a late hour when
refreshments were served consisting
of lemonade, cakes and candies. They
all departed for their homes thanking
Mrs. Arnold for their good time.
| Those present were Messrs. and Mes
danes Geo. W. Arnold, Charles Wag-
ner, Frank F'reyman, Thomas Gist,
Carroll Owings, Mesdames Harry
Buckingham, John FoutZ, Bessie
Myers, Oscar Barnes, Misses Lillian
Foutz, Carrie Buckingham, Emma
Lambert, Ruth Foutz, Eliza Bucking-
ham, Mable Owings, Mary and Martha
! OWings, Estella Bowers, Louise OW-
ings, Mildred Arnold, Anna Dyer, Bes-
sic Beaver, Lille Landau, Mamie,
Violet, Copinne and Mary Gist, Messrs.
Bayard Arnold, Walter Wagner, Rob-
ert Shipley, Tivis Buckingham, Wes-
ley Shipley, Spurrier Norwood, Earl
Gibson, Ellis Bowers, Preston Lam
bert, Arthur Duvall, Lloyd Hess, John
Owings, Harry Foutz, Earl Sentz,
Jacob Foutz, Francis Myers, Thomas,
Herbert and Charles Gist, Reno and
Slade Barnes and others.
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COIOred Men to Aid i'm Defense Work.

Governor Harrington has complet-
ed the colored section of the Maryland
Council of Defense by additions OF
representative leaders of the race
from the several counties except four,
Cecil, Carroll, Garrett and Washington,
for which appointments will be made
later.
In this call to colored men for per-
formances of their duties in the war
the Governor said Saturday:
Il have appointed a commission OF
prominent colored people of Balt1-
more city and commission Of color
ed people from each county of the
state for patriotic and preparedness
purposes. I want to give the colored
people of Maryland an opportunity for
service. 7 believe they are loyal in
every respect and by proper organiza-
ton they will be in a position to rem
der great service to the state, both
for patriotic purposes and for proper
ly assisting in solving the food and
labor problems. They are all repre-
sentative men. l have appointed Rev.
DIR. C. Ernest Lyon, former minister
to Liberia, as chairman of this COM
mission.
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'I'N ROME.

Mrs. Herbert Smith and Mrs Wal
ter Hilterbrick, Of near TaneytoWn.
spent Saturday afternoon with their
sister. Mrs. d. Sterling Nusbaum.
Miss Minnie Marquet and Miss An
ME Marker are attending High School
in Westminster,
Maurice r. Utermahlen and wife
visited the latter's parents. r. \.
Hess and family, OF near TaneytOWn,
Sunday
Quite d number OF our folks attend
ed the Hanover fair last Thursday.
Little Kathryn Nusbaum, who has
been on the sick list for some time,
is somewhat improved at this writing.
Those who visited at the home OF
Howard Rodkey and family Sunday
were Mrs. Harry Myers and daguh-
tiers. Emma and Grace. Mrs. Margaret
Utermahlen and daughter, Mary
Ralph y. Marquet left Thursday
for Camp Meade.
Our farmers are very busy cutting
corn and sowing wheat
Miss Mollie Gilbert and daughter.
Anna Mae, are visiting at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George NusbaUm.
Mrs. W. L. Marker spent Tuesday
evening with Mrs Sarah Gilbert.
Mrs. Edward Gardner is spending
some time with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Thomas Myers and family, OF
near Pleasant Valley.