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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-18
SUMMITVILLE.

Mrs. James Mackie drove to Keo-
kuk Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. Wilson and
Misses Matte and nellie Robertson
motored to Donnellson Wednesday.
Services at the Christian church
Sunday were well attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Valkenberg OF
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-18
Most Powerful Agsnt in Spread Of
Disease That Is Known, Is the
Common Ordinary
House-fIy.
SHOULD BE DESTROYED
This is Best Time to Get in Some
Timely Licks and to Put An
End to Disease
Carriers.

The time has come to swat man
kinds most deadly enemy-the fly.
The common house-fly is the most
dangerous of all living things which
cause disease and death. He is the
carrier of all kinds Of filth and dis
ease, and just because he is small we
seem to take it for granted that he
can do little harm. In reality he is
more dangerous than IL he were as
big as battleship.
Campaigns against the fly have
been launched already. In a circular
gotten out by the Metropolitan Life
Insurance company, under the cap
ton of "Mankind's Most Deadly En-.
emy," the following indictments
against the house-fly are listed:
OF all living things which cause
disease and death, the common
house-fly is the most dangerous.
An appalling number of deaths Is
caused by these busy little carriers
Of disease.
Many diseases are carried almost
exclusively by the housefly.
The most deadly diseases are his
speciality.
He comes from filth and is COW
cred with filth,
Probably the house-f1y has killed
more people than all wars Of the
world-more. even than tuberculosis.
The fly is more dangerous than any
single known disease.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-18

A divorce case in court at Grand
Rapids, Mich, turns on the question
of submarine kiss" This class
Of OSCILLATION is said to be a great
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-18

favorite in swimming circles, par
ticularly popular among divers. The
weight of evidence seems to favor
the plaintiff in the case, since she
solemnly affirms she cannot swim or
dive. 5a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-18
Carrier of Filth and Disease.

Carrier of Filth and Disease.
Disease cannot spread itself. There
must be some moving agency to
spread it. OF all these agencies the
house-fly is most active.
Filth-and it's accompanying dis
Ease germs-cannOt spread itself. The
New Britain herald., 1917-10-13

for consumption or sale, there shall be levied and collected, in addition to taxes now imposed by existing law, the following taxes to be paid by the manufacturer or importer thereof
 The bill then goes on into a detailed be levied; but there is no mention of tho consumer In fact the afore- going paragraph tells who should pay the taxes, especially that part of 1t which specifically says, "the following taxes to be paid by the manufactures or importer thereof" The working was made that way ostensibly so the government would have an easy tune the government would have specif1- cally stated that each man who pur- chased a package of cigarettes or bought a cigar would pay the tax. The manufacturer is supposed to pay that tax, but he makes 1t plain that he pays it only as an accommodation for the consumer. He pays what the consumers give him to pay. So it is all along the line. The government levies taxes which are to be paid by the man in business. The man in business shifts the responsibility, and the consumer must pay. Pity the man in business, big or small. Truly his lot is unfortunate.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-13
Our Neighbors the West Indies.
 Providence .Jo11rnal>

A report of trade with the West Indies just issued by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce H. Illustrates any economic principle which IS sometimes overlooked by aspiring commercial theorists, that nearby markets might Just as we'll be culti- Vated before going far abroad. We near a great deal of the opportunities TOT trade in Russia, in China, tun1t1es for trade in Russia, in China tun1tles are there, without any doubt, and we are doing no little to turn them to account. Meanwhile, the West Indian market is responding amazingly to a relatively small ex- penditure of effort or capital. In the year covered by this report, 1916, goods made in the United States were exported to the people along the American Mediterranean to the value of s191, 195,791
 That is more than one-half the highest value of our exports in inc pre-war period to Germany, our sec ond best customer It is a great eX- pansion, of course, of our normal trade with the West Indies, due to the ract that they are wholly or partly cut off from European sources or supply. The most striking comparl- son is with South America, with which our trade has also been increased py war conditions. The exports to the West Indian Islands were about hfteen millions in excess of our shipments to all the South American countries combined.
 They took more than two-thlrds as much of our goods as all Asa ana '1le East Indies, seven times as much as China. two and one-half times as much as Australasia four and one- half times as much as all Africa. The showing is that the West Indies are one of our very best markets, as things stand today.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-13
Compulsory Work.
(Baltimore American)

perhaDs never before in the his urgent or such a widespread call for willing workers. It is not call linn fled to one or a half-dozen indus tries: every art and industry is bid dino for the service of men and wom- en that are willing to enlist in the great army that is making the wheels of progress go round. Two pages of the American bloom every day with offers of pleasant employment at good pay rates. Many of these offers specify that working environments are wholesome and pleasant; there has been thoughtful effort devoted to the purpose of making them whole some and pleasant.
 The Maryland Compulsory Work Bureau, during the brief period that it has been practically operated, has directed general attention to the fact. that there are in Baltimore good many male persons between the ages eighteen and fifty who are not en- ployed and don't want to be em- ployed. They are, apparently not 1n- terested in the work proposition in any of the various forms in which 1t has been presented to them. Very likely most of these .slackers would like to be elected or appointed to some official position where the salary looms large, and the work is mere theory. The administrator of the Compulsory Work law is proposing to get work out of these shirkers by compulsion. We'll, the administrator has his work cut out.
 But for those who are willing, there is abounding employment opportu- nifty and great variety to the choosing. The call is not exclusively for skilled workers. It Is needless to remark that the skilled and efficient worker, in whatever industry, gets better pay. The way to obtain skill and efficiency is to get the employment and then to use diligence and studious effort to rise to higher level of usefulness.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-13
Plea for Craftsmanship.
(Brooklyn Eagle)


 The rifle has been in the past the pet weapon of the American soldier, the weapon in which he claimed and proved super efficiency as compared with any other soldier. The traditions of the battle of New Orleans. handed down from generation to generation, have not been without effect. And the intimations of the war news that trench warfare had almost made ob- solete the value of individual sharp shooting, that French and English soldiers were depending on bomb throwing and bayonets, have not been reassuring to those who hoped for a quick and aggressive and efficient participation of Americans in the great struggle.
 A cablegram from General Persh- ing to the War Department shows that his only misgiving is the fear that we may not have so many or so good sharpshooters as we need. The general says:
 Tt is highly important that n- fantry soldiers should be excellent shots Thorough instruction and range practice prescribed by our small arms firing manual Is very necessary. Our allies now fully rea- lize their deficiency in rifle training v
 This, of course. Is all that General Pershing can say. He can only look back at our camps and hope we are doing all that can be done in a very short time to make rifle shots out of the young clerks and farmers and professional men who fill the ranks. Most of these never fired a rifle Tn their lives, many never saw a mill tary rifle save as borne in a process sion. We think the reflective Amer1- can may supplement the observations of General Pershing with some thoughts that have a bearing on the future after peace has come.
 Boys learn quickly and easily what men learn slowly and with dlfhculty. The advantage of having pioneer country and pioneers to whom the rifle was as indispensable as the axe has nassed away. Universal military training is advocated With good req son. But the most essential phase of such training is rifle target prac- +ice Of that boys marching around with wooden guns remain utterly 1s- norant. Let us see to it that in any f,+ure national emergency we have millions and not thousands of sharp shoo+ers ready to do their bit
New Britain herald., 1917-10-13
ARTFUL DODGERS,

Pity the man in business, big or small. No sooner does he get fairly started, going good, than the govern ment comes along with a tax. Espec- ially is this so in time of war. And when the government lays a tax it must collect. So what does the busi- ness man do? He makes haste to see that there will be no stone unturned so the government may get the taxes imposed. He examines minutely into each and every detail of his. business After the examination he comes to this one decision: If the governm ent is to get it's taxes, if Uncle Sam is not to be cheated out of his due must have help. And then the busi- ness man makes out bill to the consumer. And,-but the answer is easy,-the consumer pays the freight or, rather, the taxes.
 Business men in this way have /come to be artful dodgers. They have acquired to a nicety the intri- cate and amazing equasion which directs the shifting of responsibility onto other shoulders No matter what the cost Of production, if it must De increased, there is but one way of bearing the increase; that is by raising the price at which the con- sumner must purchase. Take the case of tobacco Section 400 of the War Revenue Bill stipulates That upon cigars and cigarettes, which shall be manufactured and sold. or removed
New Britain herald., 1917-10-13
COUNCIL CAMOUFTAGE.

Mem bers of the Common Council h goodly number have come for yard to explain their seeming negli- Eence in not attending the special aeetins on last Wednesday night The
 onsensus of opinion among the (ouncilmen is: Tt was not our fault.
 We did not receive notification in ime. On this occasion the formal |sotices sent out by the Mayor did not Errive at their destinations until too ate to make other arrangements. Therefore, the Herald has done an I1justice in applying the appellation Hackers to those who did not at- end that meeting.'
 We have as yet seen no one who Fill contradict the statements of those ouncilmen who come to the defense f their compa triots. In fact, we have n inkling that the formal notices did rive somewhat late. This, however,
 ye do know: There had been news faper notices to the effect that the
 3ASNAe1i AAo0|ii1S Wou1u pe I1eAtl, dIlu 'he members of the Common Council
 cad the newspapers Granted that Icme do not believe what they read
 h these mediums, it is but a short
 tep to a telephone where first hand
 n1ormation may be obtained from the
 roper authorities. As to the term Hacker this was used as an exnres
 ion of popular condemnation to
 hose who do not do their duty in
 Ear time. It is a cap that need be
 Forn only by those, whom it fits.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-13
WATCH YOUR PER GENTS.
Many a Nlicl1le Makes a Muckle, An Old Scotch Adage That Ap-
 plies Today.
Manchester Herald.)

Manchester Herald.)
 With the provisions of the new revenue bill in effect, or soon to be, the admonition of home economies experts to watch the per cents rather than the cents. is more timely than ever. There is need for the wage earner as well as the housekeeper to use a little common sense in this mat ter. Any fool can waste or buy re- gardless of costs, but thrift requires a little shrewdness and wisdom.
 A penny is the smallest coin of the republic, and that often means that it is the minimum amount of differ ence or increase in price that is pos sible But a penny may signify, nevertheless, a high difference in per centage. For instance, smoker smiled in amusement this morning at having to dig another penny out Of his pocket for a package or tooacco which for years had cost hlm oniy nickel That extra cent meant 70 per cent more for him and thousands or others.
 Similarly, 8 penny more on cahe of coap doesn't look big, but It may mean likewise 20 per cent. Five cents on a pound of butter costing else- where or previously 60 cents, equals over eight per cent more. Two cents on q, ten cent loaf of bread means 20 per cent larger costs. Ten cents 1n- stead of five for a shine means 100 per cent more. And so 1t goes.
 Most people figure up their prln- cina1 items of expense and forget that the old Scotch adage-Many mickle makes q, muckle-applied to lnclden- tai items may signify a considerable increase in their living costs.
 Much of these extras, in the case of groceries, is due to the package. Anv expert in home economies will tell YOU that it Is always cheaper to buv in bulk. Always is a danger o1s word as a rule, but there are few if any exceptions to it in this instance To buy in quantity, when. practicable, and save in this way is another piece of advice that is honored in the breach rather than the observance. To pay cash and dispense with de- livery, and save again, is another good rule. We believe the average Manctes- ter household pays it's grocery bills as promptly as the average house. hold almost anywhere in the country, but there Is everywhere a small per centage of people who delay payment or don't pay at all, and the public in general has to suffer from them. just as it has to pay for the maintenance in prison of the small proportion of criminals.
 Thrift occupies a hfkher plane now than ever in the national scheme of things, because of the necessity of selling the new $3,O00,o00,000 issue of Liberty Loan bonds and the even greater necessity of saving food for the use of the allied armies.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-13
Send 'Em Cookies. (Meriden Record)

From the military cantonments comes the earnest appeal: Tell moth CTS, aunts, sisters and sweethearts to send the boys cookies and candy"
 The camp fare IS good. There is plenty of wholesome food. But army cooking is notoriously shy of deAca- cies. The soldiers can live without the delicacies, but they want them. It's & natural want. too. Hard work, life in the open and sleep in cool barracks develop a craving for sugar.
 Sweet stuff is good for the soldiers. It's one of the finest forms of fuel, It's a better bracer than a cocktail for a weary man. It gives him energy and keeps him warm. That's why he likes it so well.
 Homemade cake and cookies and homemade candy-there's nothing like them. The soldiers will appre- ciate them now as much as they used to when they were little fellows, com- ing into the kitchen hungry after a mornings play.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-13

shake off the khaki and don multi. The soldiers in training would rather lead the care-free life in camp. There are no artificial glare and glamors ill the tented cities
 So long as the boys and men in camp do not suffer as many thought they would suffer the folk at home need have no worry. The boys will get along all right,-therc should be no fear they will not. There never has yet been gathering of men where they could not take care Of themselves, unless it was in an insane asylum or some place set up for al- most similar purposes.
 These things considered, the time has come when there should be an end to the tongue wagging which has to do with conditions that do not exist at Aver and its kindred camps. Until the boys come back themselves, or write back to the folk at home, and complain of their treatment under army regulations, there need be no official investigation. When that time comes, when the complaints are unanimous, and not from a few dis gruntled ones who would complain no matter where they are, then shall there be no room for misgivings.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-13

Somewhere in France" would be the present address of the young man pictured above if the boat on which ne and other members of the 1O2nd regiment started on their trip oker- seas had not sprung leak necessi- tatlng that she turn back to the port rom Which she sailed. He is Harold G. Thompson age IS, son of Mrs.. Gena Thompson of 4O8 Arch street Young thompson enlisted in Company B in this city March 26, 1917 and shortly after was sent to New Haven where his company was merged into the lo2nd regiment. Thompson is a. graduate of the New Britain Grammar school
New Britain herald., 1917-10-13
Copy.
- Copy. (Ethel Blair, in the Century,.

Ethel Blair, in the century. If any normal person. crossing any
 avenue,
 Comes in contact with a motor, 1t
 will cause him some regret, Yet his woes are not unbearaole, for all he has to do Is to count his arms and legs and
 plan the damages he'll get. If it happens to a writer, he must
 analyze each jerk, And, if he lives to tell the tale, must
 use it in his work. If an individual-and such things do Is tilted by the only one he truly loves that season, He enjoys the utter misery with noth-
 ing to deter, And plans some retribution for the
 faithless lady's treason. But the writer sighs, while jotting
 down his feelings as they part, Though my broken heart IS painful,
 I must use it in my art.' Whatever comes a writer's way, from
 tragedy to jest, Is just potential copy to be noted
 on the spot. And when to Shun analyses the writer
 goes to rest,
 He dreams, awakes, and tries to
 work his dream into a plot, For the copy spell holds all of us for
 better Or for worse, And I am making copy of the copy
 making curse.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-13
Holland and Sweden.
(Wa1l Street Journal. )

As counter to export embargo to l neutral countries, Holland and Swe- den promise dire results to flow from such action. Holland intimates that
 she can kill off her livestock and furnish Germany with meat through out the winter. Sweden also, informs us that Germany has offered a large amount of wheat in exchange for iron ore.
 The best way to deal with a chal-
 lenge, which is really threat is to
 accept it at once. Suppose Holland
 did kill off her livestock and furnish
 Germany with meat through the win-
 ter, what then? After that was once
 donc, Germany would be as hungry
 as ever, with no hope of replenish-
 ment. And as for Holland herself
 such step would be almost the death
 knell of her agriculture. In the pres ent world situation in regard to live
 stock, Holland could not recover in a generation
 Dutch statistical reports show that in 1915 and 1916 Holland sent 1,44O,- 900 tons of foodstuffs to Germany. A large proportion of this was of the kinds that Holland formerly bought from Germany. There is no question of the right of the people of Holland to sell commodities to Germany. But 1t is imposing upon good nature to ask the Allies to sell foodstuffs to her with which to supply Germany. Rather let Holland denude herself of l livestock, to her own ruin, and stop this steady stream of foodstuffs, for which Holland is merely a clearing house.
 ,, Germany's silent partner-Sweden 1oc alrs~ I of wheat in exchange for Swedish iron ore" Then why doesn't Sweden accept the offer at once and get the l wheat? Sweden we'll knows that German promise is not "as good as the wheat" Last year Sweden sold Germany s,O00,000 tons of ore. but | no wheat was given for it. With Ger many on short rations and bread cards, and the grain supply last sea- | son so low that the people could hard l ly wait for the early harvest of this | season, which in turn was a failure, 1 talk about exchanging ore for wheat l sounds ridiculous.
 1 But if Sweden can get wheat from Germany, thon our embargo will be 1 no hardship upon her, and we are | absolved from responsibility of ra- tfoning her. Holland, perhaps, does
 not want synthetic wheat, but if not, 1 what can Germany give her in ex- | change for the ruin of her livestock industry? To ration Holland might | work some hardship. but to allow an ] indiscriminate shipment of foodstuffs 1 would ultimately work greater hard 1 ships to Holland and the civilized ! world, because food is the most inn | portant factor in this war. and it's control will win or lose the fight.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-13

Admiral von Capelle's resignation as minister of marine having been brought about through the mutiny of the German fleet, the attack of the social duties in the Reichstag may bring about the same fate for Chan cellor Michaelis. When the Reich stag adjourned it left the Chancellor high and dry, without a semblance of support. And the rumors in Der lin have it that Michaelis will bid a fond goodbye to public office within a month. Things are not what they used to be in Germany.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-13
Anything the Boys Want.
Waterbury American)

One of the resolutions to help on the war sent to the quartermaster- general of the army urged the establishment at the army base in France of a large ice cream plant. And who do you think made the request? The resolu- tions were adopted at the closing ses- sion of the 17th annual convention of the National Ice Cream Manufac- turers' association in Boston last week. We move to amend by adding a rec ommcndation that the government subscribe for a home paper for each of the soldier boys.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-13
WHERE THE GOOSE HONKS HIGH.

Copious were the word pictures xawn of the sixteen army canton hsnts wherein young men were to (e trained, and are now being trained, pr the American forces. Before hese cantonments were finished, be- ksans laid down their tools the pitt .ul tales ran somewhat as follows:
 "Oh, they are going to be terrible laces,-those army camps. No man will be able to live in them. Es- Decially Aver. Such dismal loca- lon. And, Lord, how cold it gets here in the Winter time. The death ate will be something terrific. They will be shipping the boys back in kofflns almost as fast as they arrive. Tough luck for the young fellows who nust go.'
 And, because of these wailings, in- pired probably by pro-German pro- kagandists, many a mothers heart Eas made bleed. Such evil fore
 
 parent who was sending one or two ons to the cantonments helped nightly toward making the army Unpopular. The same stories, with a (iferent dress, were circulated about he Navy.
 Now. after some weeks in the can- onments, the young men of this and |ther towns are returning home on a Irief leave of absence,-on furlough. They have been to the terrible places Ind with all their experiences they ko not paint the pictures submitted by those who never saw a canton nent. Instead of Aver being such a hell-hole, it Is a fairly good place.
 Every thing is lovely in the canton oAnts after the boys get used to Exmy life. And after that takes place Ao -ar>rege man does not want to
New Britain herald., 1917-10-13
Democracy uber Autocracy.

Democracy uber Autocracy. Scourged to arms, slow-kindling,
 Ate-with the peril at the gate, And the traitor loud within 1t, we awoke; W3th eyes unsealed at length, we reused our giant strength To smite the grim crowned felon and his yoke; To wiring, in martyred lands, the spoil from his red hands, To stamp his torch and trample on his lust, To fling forever down the en- slaver's throne and crown, To tread his flaming sceptre in the dust!
 -F. WHITMORE.