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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-18
BREWERS WILL.
]. BATTLE HARD
g
Nation Wide Prohibition to be
Fought in States by Manu-
facturers Of Beer When
the Time Comes.
PASSED BY THE HOUSE
Liquor interests Say States VIII Not
be Able to Ratify Bill BY
'Three.Fourths Ma
Jority.
PASSED BY THE HOUSE

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-Nation-
wide prohibition today faced one
more obstace in congress. Passed
late yesterday by the house by only
eight votes more than the required
two-thirds, it was sent to the senate
for action on house amendment.
Unanimous consent is necessary to
senate action today. the last day be-
fore the Christmas recess If one
''wet" senator objects, the resolu-
ton must go over until after the holi-
days. Senator Morris Sheppard,
Texas, author, of the resolution will
move senate concurrence as soon as
the house measure is received.
Although the difference in the two
branches Is over ratification by the
states in six or seven years, William
Jennings Bryan declared adoption by
three-fourths of the states within
three years" is likely.
Bryan Joined with the legislative
lcommittee OF the AntiISaloon league
I'm congratulating the country on the
passage Of prohibition in congress.
II regard it as the most moral re-
form of the generation" Bryan said.
Senate Votes 47 TO b.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.-The sen
ate today concurred in house amend
ments to the nation wide prohibition
resolution.
A rising vote was taken. Forty.
seven senators voted for the house
am endments and eight against them
The senate's action today transfers
the fight to the state legislatures
Three fourths must ratify the amend
ment to make 1t a part of the con,
stitution.
One year after such approval "the
manufacture, sale or transportation
Of intoxicating liquors within; the
importation thereof into or the ex
portation thereof from the United
! States and all territory subject tc
| the juridiction thereof for beverage
purposes" will be prohibited.
The drys have already laid plans
for fights in Ohio, Missouri, Mass
achuetts and Kentucky, now we
states. Much territory, In all of then
it was pointed out, has long beer
forbidden ground for John Barley
corn About IS per cent of Mass
achusetts is dry under option.
| Representative Webb, who engi
neered the amendment through it
legislative pitfalls to success, an
nounced he and other leaders viii
stump wet states during summer va
cations until the required thirty-si2
rubber stamp their approval.
Senator Borah, Idaho, made orie!
but vigorous fight against the pro
vision requiring ratification Of the
| dry amendment within seven years
| by three-fourths of the states.
| Borah declared congress had ne
right to limit the time within which
constitutional amendments shall be
ratified.
"The constitution does not limit
the time" said Borah. States may
ratify any time they see tit. The re
suit of this provision, in my opinion
would be that the courts would holt
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on French From

On French Front.
PARIS, Dec. 1S.-Active artilferyins
along the Rhone-Rhine canal was re-
ported in today's official statement.
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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27

Many years NJ" the granite OheliSk
that stood sentinel before the palace
Of RamcScS III, a. Luxor. fer more
than thirty centuries. WAS taken to
Paris. Its erection in the Place de la
CunCnrdr was marked by Il fine eX-
ample of civic courage. Il had been
brought from Egypt by the engineer
LcbaS in river boat specially con.
Structcd mt T0ulun. IL navigate the
Nile and the Seine. This boat was
flowed through the sea by q warShip.
When the cables used in raising the
ohcllSk We're strained almost To break
Ing LrhHS placed himself under the
enormous Stun" as il began 10 move.
If Il single cable had broken all would
have been over with the engineer. Ex-
planning his hardihoud Lchas said il
was To show the crowd Of oulOoker>
that he WAS sure If his calculations.
\ single error and he would have been
crushed. and he preferred tragic end
TO dishnn0r. This" said lie Cri de
Paris, was in 1876, before our day OF
interviews and LcbaS occupied only n
few lines in the Constitutional. Nc
more, no less. than the periodical adj
ventures of the sea serpent"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
AVOID SPREAD OF DISEASE
Point of Importance Is That Sick Chill
dren Should Not Associate With
Their Playmates.

That the general public. especially
the uneducarrd public. has no kn"wl-
edge of the danger of the Comm"ner
diseases of Chiliho"d and no aprrccin-
ton of the peril Of letting ailing little
ones associate with others at school
and Sunday school, is the assertion of
the New York Medical Journal.
Parents should Ice shown" it says,
mot only that their children are dan
Gcrou> 10 others, but that the reverse
is true
The fear Of haytHc tn" house pla'
cardrd and quarauIiurd l":,'i~ many
parents To- Conceal = chili'~ Illness
sending word {" ~rhnnl that il has
rhirk"I4-p"N. for instance. When really
il may hay" Suail-p"N. r"uSillitiS ~
cv.a dirh,hrria. They go u"t summon
4 doctor. and for the sam" reason
What Is needed is q campaign :" ciu.
cat" parents aS we'll rs children lu Il
wholesome dread Of Sich pIayIIatc-
and t" 4 realization uf their duty tc
keep their Iwn >irh Hill" ones away
from their nclghhors' well ONES.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
SO !" =
RACCOONS WASH THEIR FOOD
Curious Habits of Typicaiiy Known
American Animal Are a Most
Interesting Study.

Few American Wild animals are
more widely known or exert" more
popular interest than III" rhcc""h'
which occupies most of the wooded
parts of North America from IN"
southern border of Canada To Panama.
with the exception of the higher noun
tain ranges.
Their diet is extraordinarily varied
and includes frcSh-watrr CLAIMS, crl"-
fish, frogs. turtles. birds and their
eggs, poultry, nuts, fruits and green
corn. When near water they nave Il
curious and unique habit al WaNhihE
their food before eating il. Their fond
ness for green corn leads them mo
frequent danger, for when hott"nl-Iaild
corn temptS them away from their us
ual hunts racco0n hunting with dogs
ut night becomes an especially favored
sport. RuCCoonS are extraordinarily
Intelligent animals and make interest,"
ing and amusing pets.
RaccOons began to figure in our
frontier literature ut an early da'e.
"CoonSkin" caps, with the rinscd tallS
hanging Ike plumeS. made the fnH"rite
hradgcar Of many pioneer hunters,
and "couu>kinS" were Il rcCuGnlZeu
article of barter at country stores.
Now that the increasing occupation III
the country IS Crowding out more anu
more of our Wild life. il is a pleasure
Ia note the persistence with which
these characteristic and interesting
animals continue to hold their own Ill
50 much uf their original range.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
Mining on BattIefields.

An expert with taste for statistics
has recently calculated that II viii he
pr"iitahl" Ia c"rdIcr iron mining up
rrationS on the great Europrau battle
fields after III" war. H.. estimates
that GnU1o.nh' shells have been fired
In The long struggle COR VcriUn. IT,"
shells. he says. represent ::w"'Ht" toms
~ steel. Add 10 this flr harh,d wire
drfcns"S. diSmantl"d guns and other
iron wrecl;nCr Of war. and h. believes
that enough iron and STEEL have been
scattered on the hundred square miles
Of III" field 10 max" mimi: u paying
proposition when prac" comes.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
Windows That LIGHT.

In the question Of light rooms ii Is
a fact that windows grouped together
give more light than the same num-
Der and siz" of windows scattered
about the walls. For the tOo-dark
room, therefore. il IS sometimes pos.
Sible TO remodel to the extent of cut
ting through the wall and Joining
two separate windows in bay. An
other advantage Of such n step is to
apparently and actually increase the
extent of the room apparently
through the vista afforded. and
through til" increased light in the
room, actually 10y the two or three
feet added in forming the bay. Or,
il Il bay is not possible. the forming
Of line Of windows. instead of the
two separated windows. will still
furnish the vista and the increased
light.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
Low Prices.

Charles VI. S"hw:h, apr"pos Of i've
dollar advancr in steel rails, sand ~ &"
dinner at his house in Riverside 'lri'" .
I'VE may gr"wI about high prices
hut we'll croWI wnrs" about l"N "rr''~.
High prices are sign n good times
hut low prices always have an "n!n"u>
Significance.
ITS like the story Of the p"nlr"r"r'-
son.
Just before III" holidays 4 teacher
said 10 poulrercr'~ little s"n:
"'Nnw. Tommy. if your fnti-r La"
a turkey weighing twenty ->''v"l
pounds and Sold it for six cents 4;
pound. what would ii be worth"
The little son Of the r"uLt"r"i
wrinklcd up his nose in q sheer.
at wouldn't be worth anything, h
said"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
led music will sound to the coIors.'

he'd music will sound TO the coIors'
But special regulation provides
mat at the beginning and during
an action in which the forts NAV
be eneaeef the flag shall be kept
masked whether by day or by night
or until the action closes
The adjutant general SAID, how
ever. that this did not infer that
private individual could not use the
flag at all times and especially dur
ing wartime as long as a sense of
patriotism dictated il. Therefore,
put out Your flag and, if it pleases
you, keep it there.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
When a Girls in Love

Girls in love amt no use during
the whole blessed week SUNDAYS
they're lookin' down the road ex-
pectin he'll come Sunday afternoon
they cant think Of anything else
cause he's here! Monday mornings
they're kind OF sleepy and dreamy.
and silnpsv and good for nothing
on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thurs
day they get absent minded and
begin to look off toward Sunday
again. an NOPE around and let the
dishwater get cold right under their
noses. Friday they break dishes and
50 off in the best room AMI SWIVEL
an look cut Of the winder Satur-
day they have queer spurtS Of
workin like all possessed, an spurts
OF frIzZin' their hair. An Sunday
they begin it all over ag'in.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27

THE farmer has no show" moaned
Mordrcai Morosc. Ever since | can
remember | have lost money on that
last car Of hogs | shipped to Kansas
City. Alfalfa Is only fad. and silns
are worse than useless. When the
prices Of corn and wheat are d,crutlv
high | don't max" half crop. Taxes
and mortgages eat up half a Teller can
raise. If the other half escapes the
chlnchhuGS the middleman grabs it.
Ar-r-r-r-r."
Just so!' returned progressive
Farmer Broadhcad. According to
your own showing, Mord. You owe the
middI"man about six hundred dollars
and tn" chinrhhuES IN apology. Prob
ably 1t would have been money in your
pocket If You had never been born -
Kansas City Star.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
Forest and the Rain.

The destruction which The war has
wrought in our forests has c:I>rd
many an artist t" she'd uuIH'-;r'ic
tears. Yet the srargiu. IF beauty
spots Is merely on" INFECTION lu tree
Telling on larg" scale III" rains
which refresh tn" earth. and which
ar" essential To it. pr"Iur1iy'y. are
largely influenced 10y the effect Of for
eNtS on the upper atmosphere. and-tn
carry the danger of tree. Telling tn its
fantastic limIt-jf every tree in the
world were fellcd We should indeed
De Il parched planct,-LonIon An.
swsrs.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
DRILL
MEMBERS OF FACULTY JOIN "ROOkIE
SVUAD AT UNIVERSITY.

A rookie" squad comnosed of
faculty members and students in
the University of Miss who are
not taking the required military
training has been organized at that
institution for volunteers The drill
is not compulsory but many of the
upper claSSmen are volunteering to
learn or re learn The fundamentals
Of infantry service. The company
has been organized oriy for a short
time and drills three times weekly.
Daily drills NAV be ado pied by the
volunteers.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
tFThe Flag Continuously

ANrE nundent writes the Globe
as fOlsy
Auiiilies on Respect to Our
Rag agthe flag should he lowered
at surg vii You kindly advise
why ai by whom such orders
were suei. The words OF the
Star Salcled Banner"
Aathe rockets red glare.
lie bombs bursting in air
Gf; proof through the night
hat our flag was still there.
do nGE4r this out. and | know a
NUMB Of Americans who would
dlsplHtieir coiorS if they could
let TIN fly continuously. |. for
one G,sea no insult to my flqg
by alkrna it Il fly Ut al times
from home: if You feel the same
abOu.as. kindly advise all lovers
Of thshe 10 display their colors
fOliaG need not be lowered
at suEs,. No less an authority
than iju'ant General Simpson.
statiGs At Governors Island. is
respzble for the statement that
the fscln remain up during every
hour the twenty-four and until
the eiof the war, fit is the wish
Of tbz wio display it.
ArEs 4}7 Of the army reauIa-
tiOusEFide> that at ever military
post i station the flag will be
hOisaa the sounding Of the first
note aihe reyeille or Of the first
uOte die march. if a march be
playg before the reveiIle. The
flaen be lowered at the sounding
Of thGe note of the retreat anu
whili-s tiie is being lowered the
banth play the national anthem.
or ii1se be no band present the
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
AN ORDINANCE
Relative to The Naming of Streets and the
Numbering of Houses in Monroe City,
Missouri, For the Purpose of
City Free Mail Delivery.

Be ii ordained by the Board OF Aldermen of the
City OF Monroe follows
Whereas free city mail delivery has been establish
ed in the city of Monroe Missouri by the United
States Post Office department and it being necessary
for said city 10 establish uniform system OF laws
regulating the naming of the streets and the number
ing OF the business and dwelling houses therein.
Now Therefore in pursuance OF the authority vest
ed in Ike Board of Aldermen Of the city of Monroe
Missouri and for the purpose aforesaid the following
rules. regulations and laws hereby enacted, rela
tive to same, toWit-
The streets OF said city shall continue to have the
same names as they now known, except that the
streets running East and West, which west OF
Main Street shall have prefix to their name the
word West those running East and West and be-
ing East OF Main Street shall have prefix TO their
name the word East the streets running North and
South and being North of the riShtof-way OF the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company,
shall have prefix to their name the word North
and the streets running North and South and being
South OF the risht-ot-way of the said railroad
pany shall have prefix to their the word
South.
The houses on The South and West sides of the
various streets shall be numbered with odd numbers
and those on the East and North side with
bers and where any number shall be desired for any
room apartments which above the
ground oor OF any building then such numbers shall
have the suIx -
The blocks AUDITING on the two opposite sides OF a
street shall constitute serial unit of 100 numbers,
and there shall be number for each lot OF ground
fronting IS feet on the street.
The numbering the streets running west OF Main
Street shall begin with first block west of said Main
Street those running East from Main Street shall
begin with first block East of Main Street The
berlnS on the streets running north from Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy rsht-of-way shall begin with
first block North Of said riehof way and those run
ming South of said rshtofway shall begin with first
block south of said riS ht-of-way.
That each owner of dwelling house or business
house in the City Of Monroe, Missouri, shall within
80 days after the enactment of this ordinance furnish
and attach number plate upon said residence or
business house at some convenient conspicuous
place the front OF such building.
If any person shall fail or refuse to comply with
this ordinance within 1G days after he shall have
ceYed a written notice from said City OF Monroe,
which said notice may be served the tenant in
possession OF said property, then said city of Monroe
may cause such number plate TO be furnished and
attached and charge the cost thereof lien against
such real estate
Passed April 9th, 1917.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27

Mrs. Mack Diemer, Of Palmyra.
visited MIR AMI Mrs. VIII O'Danie!l
the first OF the week.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
said "

Park Suprrintendent-lI"rr. sou
loafrr. why haven't y"u been cutting
the grass as ordered IN hour a-";
New Hand-Why. Tie sign said Il"
keep of the grass, sir. an / dulu't
dare step on 1t.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27

Mrs. W ". TAFT went to Anabel
Friday 10 visit her mother who
is i'll
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
1cated 512 miles southwest of Monroe City and
81 southeast of Hunnewel
A Fine Collection of Jacks

clIodate all that may The Buchanan lacks mules
SEX Tor themselves They the kind that always top the
phet
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
Pasture For Rent

Gearlings. IS ct. Others, S1.00.
5-lS. J, B. Mitchell
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
First Aid Against Flies

Effective weapons to use in the
early part of the annual anti-hy
warfare. so the Public Health Ser
vice says, are powdered helIebore
Sprinkled on places where the flies
breed, and a 1 per cent solution
of sallcyllc acid sweetened and left
IN shallow saucers where the flies
will find it.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27
Marion Atlas 95I75

Ne have the splendid 4yrold Percheron horse Marion Atlas
So The Percheon horse recognized az the best of the
G horse breed and think this big black fellow is as GOOD
sFo"S Tie the right type and you find better
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-04-27

W. H Robey and wife and Mrs
John Fleming. of Perry, visited
with Mrs. Lucy Robey of this CITY
Sunday.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-01-20
MEETING FOR ADJUSTMENT
National Urban League to Hold Con
ference on Migration.

National Urban League to Hold Con.
ference on Migration.
On Friday, Jan. 26, conference on
Negro migration will he held at the
Russell Sage Foundation building,
Twenty second street and Lexington
avenue, under the auspices Of the
National League on Urban Conditions
Among Negroes. This conference is
to be national in character and will
consist of two sessions. one in the aft
ernoon and one in the evening. The
conferees will be representatives Of ma
tional organizations throughout the
country, including churches. welfare
movements and schools.
The subjects for discussion will be:
causes and Consequences Of the Mi
grafton"
present Conditions of Those Mi
grating"
"What Is to Be Done to Aid In the
Negro's Adjustment to His New En-
vironment?"
The purpose Of the conference Is to
bring before the leaders Of the various
communities to which the Negroes are
migrating the Importance of aiding
them to adjust themselves to their new
environment, SO that when the war
ceases and immigration increases the
Negroes may be well intrenched in
their positions and may be worthy cit
liens of their adopted homes.
Some of those who are expected to
be present and contribute to the sue
cess Of the meeting are: DR.. r. r. Mo
ton. Professor John Hope, president Of
Morehouse college; J. E. Moreland, ma
tional secretary. Y. Nj. c. A.: John
Mitchell of the state labor commits
sion; Mrs. Mary Talbert. president Of
the National Federation Of Women's
Clubs; DR.. George e. Haynes of the
National League on Urban Conditions
Among Negroes and Mrs s. W. Lay
ten, secretary Of the Philadelphia AS
sociation For the Protection Of Colored
Women. L. Hollingsworth Wood, pres
ident Of the National Urban league.
will preside.
The sessions will be open to the
public, and all persons who are inter
ested In this question are invited to
aftand
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-01-20

been paid. and the plant is now worth
$175.OOO The school li:;S Il faculty Of
ten teachers and students from ten
states are in attendance.
Although DR.. Carter is a very busy
man. he Is intensely interested In all
movements for the advancement Of his
people. He stands high in Masonic.
Pythian and Odd Fellow circles For
the past twelve years he has been the
only colored member of the board Of di.
rectors of the Kansas Children's Home
society and for several years secretary
and treasurer Of the Ministerial Union
Topeka. composed Of all the white and
colored ministers Of the city He has
several times been honored by the gov.
ernor with positions Of trust.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-01-20

race, especially those who are strug-
Cling against great odds to get an edu-
cation.
DR.. Carter is a native of Brunswick.
Ga. He is forty-three years Of age and
has had an interesting career In many
good movements. Being a native Of the
south, be knows and has felt the sting
of race prejudice. He received his ear
ly training in the public schools of his
native town. From the public schools
of Brunswick he entered the Tuskegee
institute in 1890 He received much
encouragement and was also inspired
by DR.. Washington to go forward and
make the most of his opportunities to
fit himself for his life's work.
After three years Of hard work at
Tuskegee institute young Carter re-
ceived his diploma from the hands of
DR.. Washington with this solemn dec
laration: II shall ever honor this piece
of paper" He returned to Brunswick.
and. recognizing that he owed some.
thing to his home town, the place that
had made it possible for him to get
his foundation, he accepted position
in the public school as one Of the
teachers. He at once gained the love
Of pupils and their parents.
He gave three Of his best years work
to Brunswick and resigned to accept a
position In Orange Bend. Fla. where
he had charge Of all the public school
work in the county. He conducted ali
the normals and had under him many
teachers. His worth as an educator
was recognized by the state, and often
he was called into conference with the
state superintendent of education.
He gave up teaching for short time
and entered Cannon Theological sem
mary. where he prepared for the min
istry. 1t was at Cannon that his
ability as a public speaker and minis
ter manifested ITSELF and he was
classed among the able ministers Of
the Baptist denomination. He. how
ever, again resumed school work. He
taught for a year at the East Tennes-
see Normal and Industrial institute.
Hartman. Tenn. He began teaching
in Kansas at the instance Of DR.. Book
er T. Washington. The school to
which he went was mere kindergar-
ten. carried on by couple from Bos-
ton. The need of larger work was
soon felt. and this little school was re-
organized into an industrial institute
and Is now an Ideal center OF educa-
ton.
At the first session of the state leg
islature after DR.. Carter took charge
of the school $500 was appropriated
for its support This amount has been
gradually increased to $4,000 per an
mum. The Indebtedness Of 5000 has