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

WANTED at once, experienced WOOD
working machine men. belt sander
men and other ordinary labor. Good
wages. Write Leopold Desk CO.,
Burlington, Iowa.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04

FOR RENT-Modern furnished room
Enquire 204 Concert.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12

resources which victory over Russia ana a
separate peace would bring In Rumanla,
where she has already gained material help III
supplies, the resistance of the Rumamans ana
Russians is making further gains difficult. Ii
Russia but holds out another six weeks, Ger
many's offensive will not result IN much ma
terial replenishment of her stores.
On the west front the allies have much the
better prospect for making the winter count tor
a final victory than has Germany. Our prepara-
tons are going steadily on. There will be a
new and powerful army ready in the spring; 1t
will have every known mechanical means to
make its work effective On the seas our war
ships and commerce carriers will be multiply
ing and gaining by experience firmer hold on
the situation. Italy has proved to her alles
that she is ready to strike heavy blows; her
generals say these blows may be made decl-
sive victory over Austria if materials and mon
ey are furnished her. and this seems more prob
able each week. Germany must endure VIM
ter of hardship with no apparent prospect OF
adding to her resisting power and must look to
another year of fighting more bitter than any
she has faced.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
The Long and Crooked Road.

Duluth Herald: 1t is related that
an Indiana woman was peeling pota-
toes one day last winter when she
cut into one that was hollow, and
inside it found this note from the
southern farmer who raised it:
Il got So cents a bushel for these
potatoes. How much did you pay Tor
them 2"
The woman wrote back:
Il paid $500 a bushel"
She got this reply from the
farmer:
Il got So cents for those potatoes.
1t could not have cost more than 81
cents to carry them to you. Who got
the other $500? l am going to try
to find out"
Somewhere between that southern
producer and the Indiana woman lies
the solution to most important
problem Of war or peace: how to
shorten the route between the pro-
Queer and the consum er in this coun-
try.
That road now is too long and too
crooked and too costly. On It, lie in
wait people who take their bit but
yield no useful service for what they
take. The producer gets too little
and the consumer pays too much be.
cause the road between them is long
and crooked and dark and hidden.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
WINTER AND THE WAR

Already on the northern battefelds in
Europe forecasts are being made Of how soon
the coming winter will enter as factor in the
fighting Hope Of peace that will make anoth-
er year Of war unnecessary is dim, but there is
expectation among the soldiers and statesmen
who are steering the war machines that after
the winter will come the crucial period of the
war and probably a peace There can b. NO
doubt that the approach of winter this wear is
OF greater Importance than in any of the previ
Gus war years. On the Russian front winter,s
intervention in the fighting is altogether favor
able to the allies Were it two months earlier
Germany's capture Of Riga would be much
greater peril to Russia's armies and 70 tbo ma.
ton itself, for vigorous two months, cam.
paign might enable Germany to so far push her
offensive that she might exploit to some extent
the food resources Of conquered territory 10 her
advantage. But north Russia will soon no.
come an Ice and snow bound region; it will he
comparatively easy to safeguard SUPPLIES
More important to Russia will be tho cto,, IN
the war which the season brings. It will give
a period of opportunity to the stable elements
OF the people to unite in opposition 10 anarcb Y
and to adjust themselves to form of oovorn
ment capable Of restoring law and order and of
turning itself to the problem Of Russians fnt,,ro
IN the war. Meantime Germany will laol, 49,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
Oman Goes TO Trial

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12.-
Frank c. Oman, Oregon cattle man,
went to trial here today on a charge
OF trying to secure periured testi-
mony for the state In the bomb plot
trials.
The principal exhibit of the prose
cution is a letter Oxman wrote to
f. b. Rigall Of GRANVILLE H.. asking
him to corroborate the states cir
j. Mooney, indicted for murder in
connection with the preparedness
parade bomb explosion.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
MIR. MaIone's Crusade.

Ottumwa Courier: Dudley Field
Malone has a strange way of fight.
ing for reform, IL we may accept the
assurance Of suffragists that votes
for women" mean reform. Mr.. Malone
has seen fit TO resign a lucrative
government Job which was given him
as reward for his work in the VIII
son campaign. and assigns as his
reason the presidents opposition to
equal suffrage
AS matter Of fact, the president
is on record favoring extension Of the
voting privilege to women. He hiss
endorsed the effort the women of
Maine are making now 70 win the
ballot, and on several occasions he
has taken a friendly view of the suf-
rage cause. To be sure, some of
the suffragfsts do not regard him az
their friend, but this is only one
point on which they disagree.
But neither the president nor any
or vast majority of others in the
country-including suffragists can
orlng themselves to the point Of an.
proving the measures taken by the
militant suffragettes in Washington
calling themselves the woman,s mar.
ty, who have been stirring III riots
ana getting themselves sent 70 iail
for displaying banners and calling
the president Kaiser" Wilson.
It is this branch of the s,ffr.go
cause which Mr. Malone espouses
and because he has been unabIe IN
AswaV President Wilson to bis view
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
SourIos Versenkt.

Chicago Tribune: Count Luxburg's
advice to the German government
may be regarded as piece of super
schrecklichkeit. 1t gives a new en-
phasis to the doctrine and practice
of ruthless warfare. But it's brutality
Is not much greater than the ordi-
nary scheme of submarine operation.
to which we have become accus-
toned, if not hardened To sink
ships without leaving any traces"
is, of course, the immediate death
warrant of all on board. But 1t is al
most a tossup whether it is better
to die at once o. to consign ones
self to the dangers and hardships
of the open boats.
The German government has pro-
tested in the past that the ruthless
ness of the submarine campaign was
much exaggerated, because, If you
please. passengers and crew were
allowed" to escape in rowboats. In
a few cases where the ship was tor
pedoed near land the hazard was
perhaps not very great. But the Gus
tomary experience is one of fright
full hardship, not infrequently end
ing in death. There is, perbapa
nothing more terrible than to be
abandoned at sea in a shallow life
boat. Death may come from thirst
or starvation, and there is the ever
present danger that storm will
finish the work of destruction begun
by the U-boat
1t is worth while to recall these
aspects of U-boat warfare, because
they happen every day. Because
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12

patriotm, Ioftier neroism found
than which is often displayed ships deck,
my mind there is scarcely any other position which is
manly and grand, and which such demands on
the noble qualities of man, the command Of
large Sefoontro forttude, quckness OF percep
tson, knowledge of enterprise of mind In
action and exalted and fidelity to trust but
few Of the qualities which often displayed
only In the navy in the time of In the ordinary
merchant service Nor the great deeds of the
less noble and valuable, examples of what is
capable Of In the of trial often
rewarded at most by few obscure lines in the marine
columns of the daily newspaper, gold chroaonetr
service Of siIver.-S. G. w. BENJAMIN.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
SEPTEMBER SUNSET.

Surprising in beauty any canvas touched by
the brush of an artist are the gorgeous sunsets
these September evenings. Indeed, no painter
would dare daub colors so brilliant Yet as
nature paints the skies in September the effect
is radiantly beautiful Nature may dare any
thing with colors and still not offend, but
achieve something glorious; man may not.
Furnished gold at the horizon extends upward
to meet mackerel sky done in blazing red;
higher up hang massive clouds not merely
tinted but stepped in bright indigo and deep
purple; to the zenith spring long shafts OF red
gold-but the splendor of the western sky
these September evenings beggars description
Truly the sun makes wonderful picture as It
sinks from sight, excelling any spectacle OF the
kind in all America.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
Don't Let Soap
Spoil Your Hair

When you wash your hair, be careful
what you use. Most soaps and prepared
shampoos contain too much alkali, which
is very injurious, as it dries the scalp
and makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is Just plain r1ul,
sifed cocoanut oil, for this is pure and
entirely greaseless. It's very cheap, and
beats the most expensive soaps or any.
thing else all to pieces. You can get
this at any drug store, and few ounces
will last the whole family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub it in, about teaspoonful Is AZ
that is required. 1t makes an abundance
of rich, creamy lather, cleanses MOI
oughly, and rinses out easily. The nan
dries quickly and evenly, and is SOFT
fresh looking, bright, fluffy, wavy and
easy to handle. Besides, it loosens ana
takes out every particle of dust, dirt ana
dandruff.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
THE THINGS WE DO

The things do that clean and sweet,
Are like that fall at the Masters feet,
And they cheer and they help go along
they lift the weak till they've made strong
The things that do with a hearts beat,
And the Tilt OF laughter the song.
The things do that dark and bad
Are like thistles that set the traveller mad
On the road of life where he yea-ned God knows
For only the path OF the velvet
The things TO brighten and make him glad,
And not the battle and not the blows.
The things do that fair and square
Are like the breath Of the summer air;
The things that and fine and high,
And that live in the heart of the toll and care
Till the dust and the smoke and the stain pass by
And only the beauty and truth there.
The things do that the most
Are the things that noble and pure
AS a breeze farskirting summer coast
And they the things that endure
That sTeeten the world with the Joy that they bring
AS the lark at the gates Of heaven doth sing.
-Folger McKinsey, IN Baltimore Sun
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
81 eaxa Mo Traces.


Davenport Democrat: Spare them
IL possible or sink them without a
trace being left"
Such was the tenor of the des-
patches which Count Luxburg, Ger
man charge d'affaires at Buenos
Ayres, was sending through Swedish
channels to the foreign office at Ber-
lin, at the time that Argentine was
demanding satisfaction from Ger.
many for outrages on the sea and
neutral shipping.
So her German charge asked his
government to let the ships Of Ar
gentine through or 80 sink them and
leave no trace"
Sinking neutral sreighters and
leaving no trace" ev. icL'Iy meant
to sink them, crews and all.
To what a level of barbarity has
submarine warfare fallen. To what
depth of duplicity has German
diplomacy dropped.
A Swedish legation did US the
favor Of passing these messages
along to Germany, although some.
where they leaked from the wires
and our state department secured
its copies.
Secretary Lansing laconically
hands them to the press, without
comment. They indict Swedish Off.
Gals Of unneutral acts. They indict
Germany as the Mexico-Japan note
indicted her, as not only insincere
but, clumsy
Someone will be out of job, and
afraid to go home and face his kaiser,
while the Argentine dispatches are
snickered over in the chancellories
of the world.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12

Wait not till you are backed by numbers
Wait not until you are sure of an echo from a
crowd The fewer the voices on the side of
truth, the more distinct and strong must be
your own.-Channing
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12

he has yielded to fit of anger and
''Quit his Job
Just how this action can further
the cause of suffrage, either militant
or any other sort, is beyond the un-
Of anyone, apparently,
save possibly Mr. Malone. Rather it
seems to indicate that he has over
estimated his own Importance. not
only to the dominant party but to
the country as well.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
AS He Is Pictured

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: If he's
in the cartoon and has on black cot
ton gloves, it's safe to bet he repre-
sents the pacifist.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
IOWA PRESS COMMENT,


Cedar Rapids Republican: The
growth of the soft drink industry is
exceeding all comprehension There
are now in existence factories for
the making of such drinks that are
4 bigger than the great breweries OF
/ st. Louis and Milwaukee. These
drinks appeal. it seems, to larger
constituencies than the old alcoholic
ones for every one can use them
without moral or physical injury.
| Many of these drinks are nothing
more nor less than plain honest beer
/ with the few drops of alcohol left out.
| Nor is the thing missing so impor-
! tant since many of the best beers
! contained hardly more than three
/ per cent, that is three-hundredths of
alcohol
| Sioux City Journal: The Chicago
| newspaper that was not sued for a
| million or SO by Mayor Thompson
stands theoretically convicted of hav-
ing no sense of humor.
Marshalltown Times-Republican: A
$4,000 bond may assist disloyal per-
sons to keep closed mouth. If not,
something stronger is in pickle.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: 1t is claimed
that 80 per cent of the supervisors
of Iowa counties are opposed to the
road patrol law, and that they are
not putting it into effect. OF course,
laws are not made for public officials
as much as for the common people.
However, it is quite fair to assume
that in the course of few years, the
supervisors everywhere in the state
will awaken to the realization of the
fact that it is a state law, and that
it is a good law, and that they really
ought to make a reasonable effort to
enforce it.
Davenport Democrat: Big BILL"
Chicago's mayor, has been breaking
all the records at growing rich on
paper, if he figures his libel suits
against Chicago newspapers as actual
assets. He might, if he examined the
newspaper files over the country,
find enough things that have been
said about him to enlarge the YER
diets he asks for to billions instead
of millions.
Manson Democrat: The Des
Moines Registers political dope sheet
gives it out that Senator Kenyon
will undoubtedly be candidate for
reelection" This can hardly be
true, for Senator Kenyon has repeat
eddy declared to the editor of this
paper that he would not accept the
senatorship again. He declares he
Is losing money at it and that he
wishes to get out of politics and
make some money in the legal pro-
fession, so that he will not have to
die in debt However, the senator
may, like other great men, change
his mind
Hampton Chronicle When it came
to signing an exemption affidavit a
lot of wives learned for the first
time that their husbands supported
them during the past year.
Muscatine Journal: In the settled
farming communities it is declared
by agricultural experts that intensive
sheep culture is one of the most
profitable branches Of diversified |
farming. A campaign Of education |
will be necessary in order to interest |
the grain growers of the midwest to |
this new movement but with the !
packers and the government back of |
a campaign of education it would not |
require any great period of time be- |
fore the sheep supply Of the nation
would be appreciably augmented.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
RAIDERS, NOW AND IN THE PAST.


civilization that one Of the first and chief con
Germs of our governments state and federal,
should be to prevent by law the exploitation
of the people by spectators, market manipu-
lators and others who have no computations
about robbing producers and consumers alike
and preying upon the necessities of the poor.
Between the efforts of the national adminstra-
ton to regulate food and fuel prices and stabil-
ize the situation, and the activities of various
state food commissions, the people may look
for substantial benefit in the way of lowered,
reasonable and steady prices. Certain Of the
needs of life may cost more this winter than
ever before because so many nations look to us
for all the food and fuel we can spare. But
we shall have the satisfaction of knowing that
extortioners are not fattening on US and that
the higher prices we may have to pay are due
to an abnormal but legitimate demand.
We think and very properly, of our civillza-
ton as higher and of greater refinement Of
feeling than any that went before; and SO it is
in many things. But these state and national
enactments bear witness to the existence Of pre-
datory groups almost as constituencies in their
forays on defenseless consumers as were the
borderland rover and raiders of centuries ago.
The difference is, however, that the modern
method of exaction is safer and has been legal
until now.
Equal suffrage has been defeated by the
electorate of Maine by vote of two to one
Probably large percentage of the opposition
was due to a reaction following the perform
ances of the band of women who have been
picketing the white house and insulting the
president of the United States and also to dis
appointment over the course in congress of
Representative Jeannette Rankin, of Montana
When theory collides with practice, the
former generally comes out second best
The governments September crop renort is
most encouraging. Of course everything de-
ponds on weather conditions; but if frost holds
off the corn crop-listen Iowa-will amount
to three and a half billion bushels or one hun
! dred and seventy three million bushels above
! the yield in any previous year.
/ Training in agriculture should be more near
! ly universal and should be practical. Every
boy IN the land should know at least the rud;-
ments Of tllling the soil successfully; and every
girl should have the foundation laid in knovi
edge sufficient to enable her to become the
capable wife Of farmer.
America is too busy prosecuting war for
Idecency and democracy to tolerate the activi-
ties OF those who spend their time in harnner
ing the government and trying to undermine
our national solidarity and to destroy what
! hundreds Of thousands of far better men are
stalking their lives to uphold and defend
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
they are COMMONPLACE, or because

tIIVy dI q CUIIIIIIUIlUIdCGt OF UpCHUSe
they have become commonplace,
makes them none the less horrible
and none the less an indictment of
the enemy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12

Hampton Chronicle: When it came
to signing an exemption affidavit a
lot of wives learned for the first
time that their husbands supported
them during the past year.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12

Sioux City Journal: The Chicago
newspaper that was not sued for a
million or so by Mayor Thompson
stands theoretically convicted of hav-
ing no sense of humor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12

Marshalltown Times Republican: A
$4,000 bond may assist disloyal per-
sons to keep a closed mouth. If not,
something stronger is in pickle.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-27
AntidOteS for
Bodily POiSonS

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t-, ,.u. ,..tt. Known us pr TIrg,c s.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-27
TO INCLUDE EXTRA
ON GLUCK PROGRAM
Garry Me Back to Old Vir.
ginia' Special From Great
Singer in February.

Zach year Alma Gluck sings in
Richmond. Va. at the annual festival
and each year she includes ON her
program D., popular request the same
song, carry Me Back 10 O,d Vir-
sinia." which she sings accompanied
10y male voices. Richmond goes wild
at the conclusion OF this fine old
melody and she sings 10 again and
again On "Wednesday evening, Feb
ruUN IT, i'm Convention hall. Alma
Guck sings this same old song with
the Apollo cub. II is not regular
number ON the program. but thrown
I'm FOR good measure. Those who have
heard her or her records in this sweet
old southern melody haNo fcit the
blood tiuglc In their veins as she sang.
No SINGER ON the concert platform
today has such personal charm and
such wonderful tone quality rCScm-
bling moro than amy one before tho
public today. the patu tonal quality
OF voice
The general sale of tickets for the
Gluck concert goes ON this morning
I'm the lobby ~ Hotel Tulsa Make
yours reservations early for choice
seats viii bc scarce in few days.
Phone 45H6.