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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-30
ToDAX,S BIT OF VERSE
SPRING ON THE WIRE.

SPRING ON THE WIRE.
night wireless from the Ions 5eiaec spring,
dreamed buebird and heard that buebird sing,
when wakened, off it few-and 1 cannot tell you
where.
sundogs the and frost in the
air;
sadly sighed said "Ah pity It's. tbs true
The prophecy the grounding made when he made his
debut.
One morning recently woke abruptly from d-eaning
through my windows flood of gentle sunlight
streaming;
And with the sunlight came a voice the glad
repeating
OF that welremembered wireless that set my pulses
beating;
And a wire sat harbinger OF spring,
real bluebrd and heard that bluebird sing.
'-Bayoll Trele
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-30
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.


Sioux City Journal: President Will
son figures it this way: What is
sauce for the fourth class postmasters
is sauce for the first, second and third
class postmasters.
Marshalltown Times-Republican
There is no argument to be made
against the enforcement of any law on
the statute books. Theoretically that
is what it is there for and the attor-
ney general is within the scope of his
duties and his oath when he insists
on enforcement of all laws. The only
argument against an existing law Is
that it should be repealed il it Is I'M
just Or uncomfortable. While it is law
it is law: but the history of strict Sun
day observance campaigns is mainly
a history of failure. Both sides tire
and conditions gradually relapse into
conformity with the average Sunday
morality of the community.
Davenport Democrat: Not even
party considerations ought to deter
President Wilson from calling to the
head of the navy department, at the
present time. the strongest man in the
nation for that supremely important
".
never been of the size of his official
position, since he was rendered the
portfolio of the navy department
The country was hoping that at the
beginning of your second term. Pres
ident Wilson. you would strengthen
your cabinet at the point where 1t was
notably weak. You should do 1t at
once, and put a man of brains ana
yigor and initiative at the head of the
navy department In time OF ma
tional crisis, like the present, Mr.
Daniels is impossible there both by
training and temperament
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The law
authorizing votes by mail is a decided
convenience for voters unavoidably
absent from home on election day. 1t
| can be improved by an amendment
providing for registration by mail.
| That is likely to be done by this ses-
sion of the Iowa legislature.
| Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The
Knoxville Journal predicts that some
! time the government VIII run the rail-
roads, Just as it now runs the postal
service" Which, by the way, is all
Iother argument against government
ownership OF OpeidtioH VI IoiiAohS-
| Des Moines Register: Since 1t
went dry, Denver is reported to have
dismissed over half of its police force.
Des Moines is not yet that cry.
Oskaloosa Herald: For every dis
loyal German-American who breaks In.
to print there are 999 loyal ones who
can be depended upon by the repub'
lie in any time of trouble.
Boone News-Republican: The peo
pie Of this country do not know when
they are well off A newspaper con
tanning the latest news of the day is
the most common thing in the country
and costs / cent or 2 cents. In Bel
GUM it costs so cents to rent paper
for thirty minutes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-30

American continent will be faise 20
depraved enough to place ltsen ths
nositfon to wage war agdin. ossnt
United States under such pr d
.nnditions so we have nothins \
fear from that quarter.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-30
Women Win.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Stubborn
John Bull yields Premier Lloyd
George and former Premier Asquith
have both declared for woman sur
frare. Mr.. Asouith said the women
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-30
DEBAsEMENT NOT YET COMPLETE.

Professor Schumm, of Cornell university at
Ithaca, N. Y, with tears in his voice deplores
that our colleges have so generally taken up
the cry for preparedness because it is popular
and in order to advertise themselves. ''It is a
bitter disillusion,'' he exclaims, ''to them
sinking in company with the daily press into
retrograde currents of civilization -
All is not lost however. The degradation Of
American scholasticism is not complete.
Schumm has not yet sunk into the retrograde
current along with the press. He is still battling
powerfully against the stream, and with him is
David Starr Jordan of Leland Stanford uni
versity, that seer of pacifism who told US four
years ago that our navy was flour times
larger than there was the slightest need of. I"
The debasemcnt of our collegiate institutions
to the level of the daily press can never be com.
plete while these brave sons stand out
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-30

Military drill for the professional ball play
ers has broken down and the country will be
forced to look elsewhere for the first line of de-
tense.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-30

Enterprise rarely passes u S-,s]
chance One forward-pushins on III
eist in New York gives an o
= potato to every purchaser.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-30

Making man eat his words is an assault on
the high cost of living from a angle.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-30

The friendiest act of the kaiser toward this
country in long time was his refusal to APP
prove one of those Bryan peace treaties requir-
ing year of investigation and other sidestep-
ping before the beginning Of hostilities.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-30

Tsarko Selo is not as terrible as it looks. 1t
translates into Cars Village.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-30

not left clamoring outside, it may be that free
DOM will take on less violent shade OF mean
ing, and Russia come through her ordeal I'M
scathed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-30

Sioux City Journal: President Will
son figures it this way: What Is
sauce for the fourth class postmasters
is sauce for the first, second and third
class postmasters.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30
Ludwick Graves Promoted.

The following reference to tor
mer we'll known Butler boy is taken
from the Kansas City Star:
Ludwick Graves, 35o3 Jefferson
Street, has been promoted to the
rank of major in the Judge advo-
Gates department of the Missouri
National Guard. Major Graves has
held the rank of Captain in the quar-
termaster corps and has been assist
ing in the work of building the can
torment near Augusta, Ga. He lett
Kansas City three weeks ago. lie
has been in the service of the Mis-
souri, National Guard since he was II
years old, when he enlisted as pri-
waite at Butler, Mo. Major Graves
was graduated. from William Jewell
College in the spring of 1915, and
has been an assistant to the board OF
election commissioners here the last
three years. He was graduated last
spring from the Kansas City School
of Law, and is member OF Phi
Alpha Delta. national legal fra
ternity. Judge w. w. Graves, chief
justice of the Supreme Court Of Mis-
souri,, is the father of Major Graves.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30
DR., w. H. Allen to the Army.

DR.. VIM. Henry Allen, Jr., of Mays
burg, this county, son of DR.. w. II:
Allen of this city. received official
notice Saturday evening from Ad-
jutant- General Miller of Washington,
D, c., that a commission had been
issued him and to hold himself in
readiness for service in the Medical
Reserve corps of the U. S. army. DR..
Allen has had army experience, hav-
ing served five years in the U. ;.
army in the Philippines under Col
oncl, now Brigadier-General Walsh,
who highly recommended DR.. Allen
to the war department for his ettl-
eient service both a. a soldier and
physician. DR.. Alien and family
came here Sunday on visit with rel
atives, and Monday the doctor re-
turned to Maysburg to arrange his
affairs to again enter the service OF
the u. S. DR.. Aliens ability and 10y
atty is again recognized by officers
with whom he had served, and he
will enter the service of his country
with the best wishes and confidence
of friends for faithful performance
of duty and hopes for his safe return
home.-Rich Hill Review.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30
H. o. Maxey Reelected President
of the State Circuit Clerks and
Recorders Association.

H. o. Maxey, Circuit Clerk OF
Bates county returned Saturday from
Pertle Springs, where he has been
attending the annual meeting of the
Missouri Circuit Clerks and Record
ers Association, of which he was re-
elected president. Chas. Joy. record
err of the city of St. Louis, was elect
ed vice president; Chas. L. Petett,
circuit clerk of Cole county was
elected secretary and John w.
Thomas, of Polk county, treasurer
Two very interesting addresses were
made during the meeting, one by Dr..
Matthias, who has been probation Of
ficer of Jackson county for the last
thirteen years on the "New Juvenile
Court and New Juvenile Laws The
last meeting of the legislature passed
a law making the circuit clerks ex-
officio Juvenile court officers, and
taking that class of work out of the
hands of the circuit and probate
courts and placing it in the hands OF
the circuit clerks and. DR.. Matthias
address was largely devoted to this
law.
Judge Ewing Cockrell delivered an
address on "Our Present Complex
Judicial System" Judge Cockrell
has devoted many years to the study
of a plan by which the present judi
cial system could be symplified.
TIL. ,eeoc;a tioo will meet next wear
in St. Louis.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30

A registration card was received
here last week by our registration
board bearing the following: Name
Raw Phileman Adams; home. Coshi'
Japan; natural born citizen, Bigelow'
Mo, December IL, 1894, U. S. A.; oe-
cupation, Missionary; employed by
Hephiboh Faith Missionary Society
Ghost, Japan; exemption claimed'
support wife and conscientiously OBJ
jccts to participating in lighting
signed. Karl Ferguson Baldwin,
Captain Il. S. A. Military attache
American Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
Deputy for American Consul Gen,
erai, July Is. 1917" Ray is a son OF
o. W.. Adams and wife. of Bigelow,
this county, and with his wife. o.
Bigelow, this county. and with MS
wife are over there as Missionaries
Holt County Sentinel.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30
Holland Renews Protest Against
German Air Flights.

Amsterdam, Aug. 26.-An official
communication issued by the Foreign
Ministry says that in response to the
protest of the Dutch Government
against a flight over Dutch territory
on August 10 by an air squadron
which dropped bombs, Germany has
expressed regrets and explained that
a channel squadron had lost its way
in the thick clouds.
The Dutch Minister at Berlin has
been instructed to inform the Ger
man Government that this explana-
ton does not justify a flight over
iceland and the Provinces Of Fries
land and Groningen by two planes
one of which descended and the 9th
er was shot down. The Ministry is
charged to renew the protest against
the violation of Dutch territory BY
the dropping of bombs.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30
chas. H. Cooper Dead.

Charles H. Cooper, one of the best
known and highly respected citizens
Of this city, died at his home on
Lake street Friday, August "a. 1917.
after long illness of complication
of diseases. ~.
He was native Missourian, being
born in Harrisonvifle, Cass county,
October AZ, 1883. When quite young
he came with his parents to this
county where for several years he
lived on a farm. He came to Butler
many years ago and for long time
was in the employ of the late G. B.
Hickman in his furniture store.
March %, 1880, he was united in
marriage to Miss Melissa Ryan, who
survives him. To this union were
born eleven children, five of whom
Mrs. F. E. Hawley. Mrs. w. R.
Thomas, Harry G. Cooper and How
ard c. Cooper, of this city, and Mrs.
J. w. Helton, of Hillsdale, Kansas.
are still living. He is also survived
by one brother. w. A. Cooper, OF
Denison, Texas, and two sisters, Mrs.
Will Eads, Spruce, and Mrs. Fannie
Strobe, of California.
Funeral services conducted by Rev.
George Scroggs, of the Presbyterian
church, were held at the home Satur-
day afternoon.
Charley Cooper was an industrious
hardworking gentleman and leaves a
host of friends who sympathize with
the bereaved family in the loss of a
devoted husband and self sacrificing
father.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30
M. E. South Conference at Rich
mond, Mo-. September S.

Richmond, Mo-, Aug. 26.-The Mis-
souri, Conference of the M. E. church.
South, will meet at Richmond
Wednesday, September S. Bishop e.
R. Hendrick of Kansas City will pre-
side. The session, which will con-
tinue for several days, will be held
in the new Methodist church,
This will be a quadrenniai session
and delegates will be elected to the
General Conference.
The Missouri Conference meeting
is generally one of the largest single
gatherings of ecclesiastical bodies in
Missouri.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30
TO MARK OUR SOLDIERS
GRAVES
Men Who Give Lives for Freedom
win Not Lie Forgotten IN

Washington, Aug. ss.-American
soldiers who give their lives to the
cause in which the, Nation has en-
listed will not lie forgottea on fo:-
eisn soil If the careful preparations Of
the Reneral staff ead prevent Il Rel
stives Of the men At the front in
Frsnce may rest assured every ct
fort viii b. made to locate and regis
ter the graves of the men killed ia
action or WHO die Of disease.
Army orders today direct that a
graves registration service qusrter-
master corps be organised for the
duration Of the war.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30

Lamar, Mo-, Aug. 24.-Hush Long
member Of Company c, Second Mis-
souri, Infantry, was killed in motor
race at the fair grounds here at $3.50
O'Clock this afternoon. There were
three cars ia the race, one from Ne
yada and two owned by Arthur Nc.
Cabe. The latter drove one and
Hugh Long drove the other. Al
Long reached the turn at the south
west corner of the grounds the cat
got beyond his control and shot Out
across the track, hit a big tree and
vas demolished. Long was thrown
about ten feet, his, head striking the
fence. He did not regain conscious
ness.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30

John Tester, farmer, was acqult-
ter Thursday at hearing at Hous-
ton on a charge of murder in connec.
ton with the death of I5-year-old
Basil Robertson. The boy was found
few days ago with his skull
crushed. He had ridden a mule to
corn field to get roasting ears
Tester found the body. The fact that
Tester and the boys father had had
trouble led to the arrest. The evil
dence at the hearing tended to show
the boy was kicked to death by the
mule.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30

London, Aug. z4.-Despite German
official denials, says the Amsterdam
correspondent of the Exchange Tele-
graph Company, the German news
papers assert that Chancellor Mich
aeiis has decided to make Alsace-
Lorraine federal duchy, with the
Herxog Won Urzch, a member OF the
third ducal line of the Wurttenburs
hous6, the reisning duke. A major
ity Of the Alsatian members of the
Reichstag arexaaid to have approved
the decision. yssss
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30
Reflections From Company B.

Eelven members of Company B
from Bates county were rejected at
the physical examination of the COM
pany At Nevada last week. They ir-
rived in Butler Thursday night The
most common cause for rejection was
defective vision and under weight
They were Sergt. G. A. Ellis, Privates
Davis, Baugher, A. Walters, E. L;hn.
Mansfield, Wright Ormie Wiser.
Clyde Henry, Alkire, Whitney.
Twenty-four were rejected alto
Gethef. bit tie oeher thirteen were
nea thak Ia - asaaened 70 IL
teon$eay isoi CO. ees1it,se.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30
May Seize Coal Mines.

Washington, Aug. z4-Henry A
Garfield, coal administrator. gave
warning today that all the machinery
81 the government will be used t.
carry the benefits Of prices the Pres
ident has fixed on coal through to the
consumer, and thrt II necessary t. I.
accomplish this the government will
take over the mines.
; Mr.. Garfield warned the public
that the government will not have it.
purposes thwarted on any technical
grounds.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30

Oscar Mutt. cashier of the Farm
ers and Merchants Bank, cashed a
check Tuesday that was written on a
piece of single. J. L. Cole wished
to pay Harry Bordner a small ac-
count and having no check, picked up
piece of single and wrote the or.
der on it, the single being accepted
at the cashiers window the same as
if it had been a regular printed check.
Hopkins Journal.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30
REAL, ESTATE TRANSFERS

H. L. Hall ct al to Lena Routsone
tract section IA Rockville $500.
Lena Routsong to H. L. Hall 81
al tract section "a Rockville $I.oo.
A. Linderman ct al to Carl Bel.
ZACH 10 acres section 2 Rockville 81
Carl Bellach to A. Linderman Ic
acres section ? Rockville $500.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30

Fitch Bailey, who lives northeast
of Kearney, has 100 acres OF OATS
which he began threshing last Satur-
dav. He was stopped by the rain but
the part of the crop threshed up to
the time the rain began made ITO
bushels per acre. He says that the
rest of the field is still better and
will make as much as 125 bushels
St. Joseph Observer.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30

The Kansas City Journal says that
Of the ~ automobiles stolen SO far
this month in Kansas City, only three
have been recovered and wonders it
the same policeman who refused to
protect tie street cars during the re-
cent strike are now refusing to pro-
tect motor cars.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30

Mrs. Sarah. Roberts, ~ years old
and for many years a resident OF
North Boone County, committed stIi-
eide Saturday morning by drinking
5carbolic acid. She left a note in
which she said she was tired of liv-
ing.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30

ss"Closed and don't owe damn
cent" was the sign the Moberly In
dex read on the bolted door of for
sner restaurant there the other day.
Quite a departure from the conven-
ftional will be opened in few days
under new management"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30

Potatoes selling at sixty cents .
bushel i the prediction of Orrin <
Earle, Chicago commission mer-
chant. we viii have 100 per eeht
larger potato crop this year than
last BE said. T look for shipmenta
to start soon fsom the West and the
Nerthwsst aad then he price here
uill droe. ..ess
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30

A Holy Roller preacher. named o.
Donnel was attacked by mob at
Koshkong, in Howell county, Friday
night for uttering words against the
President and talking slightingly
about the young men at the front
The church where he was holding
services was crowded and many left
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30

The Mermod Jaccard Jewefry COM
pany Of St. LOUIS, the second largest
in the United States was bought BY
big department store last week.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30

More. than two thousand gradu-
ates from Tie first series of officers
traia5a6 eanb6 have been assigned "a
Frane6 They viii receive farthes
intse ~ training there and ultimate.
ly f ~ gap eauaed By pcono-
tioal - eo6sn1ties. The sssignmentl
ars ks ssnps and othes ss6ign.
NE sbly se made hsss.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30

Five sons of Mrs. Melsena Arnold
of Weston, Mo-, are serving in the
United States Army. -Four of the
brothers were on the border last
sumner and the fifth recently enlist
ed upon becoming 10 years old. All
are in Company K, Fourth Missouri
Regiment. 49,.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30
MISSOURI NOTES

The corn is 50 big down in Cedar
eounty that they are talking OF
Infringing the phone wires on corn
stalks instead of poles.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30

I'll, State Superintendent Uel w. Lam
kin calls attention to the unexplained
fact that the Missouri school popula-
ton is decreasing. In 1916 the total
school population was o25,5o4 and for
IoI7 it is olo,37I, loss Of 6,rS3.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30

The Pleasant Hill Times 10 respon-
| aible for the story that Cass coun-
LIZ farmers oat crop made yield OF
~ bushels to the acre this year.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-03-01
French Woman Farmers.

Among the war recompenses that
will be handed down with greatest
pride from generation to generation in
French families are the diplomas. now
framed and hanging on the wallis Of
many q farmhouse attesting how the
peasant woman and farmers wives,
widows and daughters overcame war
difficulties.
The actual cash returns will equal q
record year in time Of peace, though,
excepting oats and potatoes, the YIELD
was below the average.
This country Of Brie. which is gen.
orally second only to the Beauce in
wheat production and first of all for
oats. stands ut the head of both, vet
this crop was sown almost entirely
by women. girls and boys too young
or men too old to shoulder the rife.
German prisoners of war, volunteers
from the camps Of interned civilian
Austrians and Germans, a few terri.
torials on leave, good many Partisan
schoolboys and, last, but not least, the.
American self-binder. helped with the
harvest; but with the exception Of
the self-bfnder, the help was available.
only In scattered spots.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-03-01
SMALL FRUITS NEED
WINTER PROTECTION
Should Be Bent to Ground and
Covered With Earth-Pick
Warm Day for Working.

by e. F. M'KUNE, Colorado Agriculture.
al College. Fort Collins, Colo)
In climate such as ours, there is
always more or less winterkilling of
raspberries, blackberries, Logan Der.
ries, and blackcaps, SO. in order to in.
sure crop for the following year, it
Is almost always necessary to protect
the bushes in some way from the cold
and drying winds. Sometimes the prac-
tice Of merely tying the bushes with
strong string and bending them over
Is enough to protect them, but this
method often fails. The cheapest and
best way is to cover them with sod
to the depth Of three to four inches.
This should be done as late as DOS.
sible. but before the ground is frozen.
Some time before the bushes are to
be covered, the old canes should be
cut, leaving few more canes than
are needed for the next years crop.
The extra canes are to be used in
case any should be broken during the
covering process. All the old canes
should be burned Immediately, to get
rid Of the different diseases that they
may have on them.
The covering should take place on
rather warm day, as the canes will
bend easier and are less apt to break.
With bushes that have strong and
brittle stems, 1t is often necessary 20
remove spadeful of soil from tina
side Of the bush toward which the
canes are to be bent Use only enough
soil to cover the canes thoroughly
Straw can be used In place Of the dirt,
but it affords good home for mice.
and they are apt to destroy the cares
BY eating the bark.