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POSITION AND GREATNESS

time and his talent; and, Mr.. Presi-
dent, he has accepted the advice OF
the best naval men in the country;
and SO he has today a pretty good
fighting navy. But l do not admit
the right of Mr.. Daniels to do any
more than come to this body and
argue a question and to suggest
Then we must decide; we shall give
due regard to the knowledge he has:
If / should go to the secretary OF
war, what then? A little over year
ago he was a successful pract1clng
attorney in the city of Cleveland. He
had a good practice; he was OF I'M
doubtedly good character. He had
some views about universal peace
that ] do not entertain; he had
right to have those views. He had
some views about the ownership OF
public utilities, and SO forth, that
some other people did not have; he
had a right to have those views. He
had been mayor of great city. l
have BEEN guilty Of that offense my
self; but there is no more reason
why he should accept my views as
final because / was mayor of Kansas
City than there is why ! should &C
cept his views because he was may
or of Cleveland, for, taken al
together, 1 was mayor of very much
the better city.
He was utterly ignorant of mill
tary affairs. l do not know whether
or not he had ever visited an army
post of this country. He was a
civilian That is all right We have
nearly always had civilian secre-
taries of war. but just because this
pacific gentleman was handed a
piece of paper one fine morning CIV
ing him the authority of secretary
Of war did not transform him into a
modern Mars, neither did it put into
his head a single particle more OF
sense than there was the moment
before he received that commission.
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cording to the writer of an articl.
recently published by the State His
torical society of Iowa, elaborate pro
visions were in effect for the organi
zation, discipline and government Of
the militia. The men were even sup.
posed to rendezvous by companies
twice each year "for the purpose
OF improving in martial exercise
Doubtless the law was little more
than a perfunctory enactment, and
was not fully carried into execution
Yet the divisional officers were COM
missioned and the companies ma!
have had some sort of organization
The military force of the TERRITORY
consisted OF four divisions, each d.
vision to consist of not less than two
nor more than three brigades, each
brigade to consist of not less than
two nor more than five regiments;
each regiment to consist Of not less
than five nor more than ten com
panies, two of which were to be light
infantry or rif1emen; and each com
pany to consist OF not less than
thirty nor more than one hundred
men, exclusive of commissioned Of
ficerS.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-23
MERE MAN"

S. w. Hart, in Los Angeles Record:
Man, just mere man, might be the
title of what am going to say.
Man comes into this world, with.
out his consent, and leaves 1t agains
his will. He has no voice in the maj
ter.
During his stay on earth, his TINS
is spent in one continuous rounc ol|
contraries and MISUNDERSTANDING M
his infancy, he is the nearest aP|
proach to our conception of an angel
In his boyhood he divides his honon
with the devil and a monkey, wlsa
his irrepsessible pranks. In MS mar
hood, he is everything from LOBSTER
up. When he falls in love, he is lisl
subject for the home Of feeoiemlnaeu|
If he raises family, he Is chump
If he is poor man, he is poor naia.
ger, and has no sense. IL he Is rlcn' I III
is dishonest, but considered sInaf,. u
he is out of politics you cannot pla.'
him, and he is an undesirable GU
zen. If he goes to church he is nypv|
critic. If he stays away from cnufol
he is a sinner. If he donates 10 ca
ity or foreign missions he does ~,
show. If he refuses he Is stlngy aH1|
tight wad.. .,.|
When he first comes into ln'|
world, all the girls in the neignuv..
hood, including the old maids, Ssu.
to borrow him and kiss him. bel p9.v
he goes out, everybody wants 70 nv
him. II he dies young, there was q
ways a future before him. IL ne . .ss
lived to a ripe old age, he is ~ ~
way and only living to save lune M
expenses, and because people w s,~
want to waste the time to Durs n
alive. 81,
If he swipes loaf of bread loI q,
starving family, he can go TO I aa, ~ n
six months. II he swipes a ralilu IS
steamship line he can (sometLmsr
go to congress for six years OF ione an
If he makes a million or two VI
upward" tip, in a "waterea s Nor
market, he is a marvellous 1inan
If he can't make it, he is eltn' so|
'fool' or is playing out OF lucA'
what's the use anyway,
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Robert G. Ingersoll: A vision of the
future arises. see a world where
thrones have crumbled and where
kings are dust. The aristocracy of
idleness has persisted from the earth.
l see world without slave. Man
at last is free. Natures forces have
by science been enslaved. Lightning
and light, wind and waves, frost and
flame, and all the subtle powers of
the earth and air are the tireless toll
ers for the human race.
I see world at peace, adorned
with every form of art, with music's
myriad voices thrilled, while lips are
rich with words of love and truth; a
world in which no exile signs, no
prisoner mourns; a world on which
the gibbet's shadow does not fall; a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-23
TODAYs BIT OF VERSE


IL FRIENDS THAT LOVE US ALWAY
The friends that love us always.
In the good times and the bad;
The friends that love US always
Are the friends that keep us glad.
The friends that cling in tempest
AS they do in Gains are those
That have made the paths OF hardship
Seem the paths of song and rose.
The friends that love us always
When we go their way or not,
Are the friends that hearts remember
When the others are forgot
The friends that stick the closest
When the trouble Grows the worst;
The friends that love US always
Just the way they did at first
They are the browning jewels
OF the coronets we weave
In the dreams Of tender moments
When the troubles start to leave;
And we lisp their names forever
And we see their faces clear
The friends that love us always,
In the sun and shadow, dear.
Baltimore Sun
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New York Times: Monash valley,
one of the names with which the
anzacs have enriched the geograph-
ical nomenclature of GalIipoli PENN
sula, was so called by the men OF
an Australian regiment in honor Of
their colonel, now Sir John Monash.
who has just been promoted to the
rank of lieutenant general and placed
in the command of a British army
corps in France.
The Importance of this promotion
is twofold. Sir John Monash has
the distinction Of being both the
first Australian and the first Jew
to reach so high a position in the
British army. The distinction is all
the more notable because he comes
from outside the ranks of the regular
army. His promotion has been won
entirely by merit, personal qualities
and technical abilities.
Monash was born in Melbourne,
capital of the state of Victoria and
temporary capital of the Australian
commonwealth, on June q, 1865, and
is thus So years of age. After at
tending elementary public school he
received his high school education at
the Scotch college, Melbourne, and
then went to the Melbourne univer-
sity, where he was graduated as a
bachelor of arts before beginning to
study civil engineering. He was a
brilliant and industrious student and
finished his course with the highest
honors. He wished, as a civil engi-
neer, to be as Independent as pos
sible of lawyers and patent attor-
neys, and for this reason he studied
law and obtained the degree of
| LII. B.
With a brother of Mr.. Justice Hig-
| gins, president of the commonwealth
arbitration court, he established the
! firm of Higgins & Monash, one of
| the leading firms of it's kind in Aus
| tralia Roads, bridges, railways, wa
tier supply systems and similar work
f! largely occupied the partners. When
reinforced concrete came into vogue
abroad, they were the first to intro
( duce it into Australia, and SO with
much else that was new in engineer
ling and machinery, for the firm was
enterprising and full of enthusiasm
of pioneers in great country of I'M
developed resources Monash's fell
! low engineers on two occasions elect
| ed him president of the Victorian
, Institute of Engineers, while the SEN
ate of the university elected him to
seat on the governing body of that
! institution.
At an early age he became inter
ested in military affairs, using his
keen intellect and technical knowl-
edge to acquire a grasp of the sci
4 ence of warfare. In 1887 he joined
the Victorian state militia and quail
! fled as a lieutenant in the engineer
| corps, which was that commanded
iby Major Joseph, also Jew, who
was both an able and popular officer.
Monash was promoted to captain in
1892 and to major in 1900. In 1901
the naval and military forces of the
several states passed under the con
! troll of the commonwealth, and Mon
/ ash was raised to the rank of lieuten-
ant colonel in the newly created
national defense force. Seven years
later he was made a colonel, the rank
ha held when the war broke out
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-23
OUR vEToING PRESIDENTS.

During the fortnight last past President
Wilson has sent four measures back to congress
without his approval. He vetoed the legisla-
tive appropriation bill because clause in it
heightened the working day of government en-
ployes from seven hours to eight. He vetoed
the postoffice appropriation bill because it pro
vided for pneumatic tube service in certain
cities which he favored discontinuing- He
vetoed the short-line railroad bill, and he We
toed the agricultural appropriation bill because
it raised against his judgment the minimum
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-23

am fain to believe that the time is drawing near
when the christian church able discern and de-
the simple truth that religion is nothing but friend
ship; friendship God and with ! have been
thinking much days. and cannot make
It anything eIse far as can this all there
it. Religion is MISUNDERSTANDING first with the
great Companion whom Jesus told who Is always
nearer to ourselves, and whose inspi
ration help greatest of experience
be harmony with his purposes, to be open to his
suggestions, In conscious fellowship with hr-ths
Is religion on God~ard sde-Washington GLADDEN..
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-23
RI. Vain. az Manhood.

Bernarr Macfadden, in PhYsie. m.
ture: Have you noticed tna ma m
value of the man is going up an,
value of the dollar is going uom Nth
You cannot buy as much ago
dollar today as you could ye % wal
A man is worth more than hd |.
a year ago. 1t is demonstraa =. ind
the salaries being paid. 1t Is 5. IN
Gated in the difficulties thal a.
countcrca in the labor marse', ro n
Let the value of manhoou III.
and up until it gets far oey ,9ta VII
dollar mark. Then human llloa N.
be rated at its true value, az nle Il!
science of bodybuilding VIII sven
proper place-at the head VI
phase of human endeavor
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-23
MILITIA OF IOWA IN 1886.

Iowa was still a territory at the
outbreak of the Mexican war, but on
December %, 1916, the state was
admitted into the union. The popu-
lation had grown from 1851 in 1886
TO 102,SSS in 1s46-a gain of 1000
Der cent in ten years. In 1916, ac-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-23
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Sioux City Journal: Temporary
Chairman Meyers, of the Iowa demo-
cratic convention, pointed out that
the president has called to his as
sistance" several republicans, includ-
ing Taft, Hughes, Root, Goethals.
Hoover, Rosenwald and Schwab. In
the case of Hughes, Goethals and
Schwab the phrase might almost be
to the rescue
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-23

Sioux City Journal: If the presi-
dent had thought of it, he might have
commanded" Jim Pierce to run for
senator in Iowa as republican on
the democratic ticket Jim, too, has
the vision of fighting for the under
dos
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-23

Esthervil1e Vindicator and Republi-
can: There was more of a republi-
can ring in the state convention at
Des Moines last week than there
has been in other republican conyen-
lions for several years. Perhaps re-
publicans are going to get back to
where they belong.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-23

Waterloo Times-Tribune: And now
some of the dry republican papers
seem sore because Gov. Harding came
out for prohibition as a war time
measure. The governor repenteth, but
they would not have him saved.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-23

Knoxville Journal: The Iowa farm
err would be satisfied with the pres
ent price of wheat IL he did not know
that the Georgia cotton farmer is al
lowed to sell his product on an un-
regulated market. He thinks there is
politics in that situation, and he is
right
Webster City Freeman-Journal:
Some of these fine days the Yanks
will get under such momentum when
chasing Germans back to the
trenches that they win get clear into
Berlin before they can stop.
Denison Bulletin: Endorsement of
Gov. Harding's foreign language proc
Iamation must be very gratifying to
the governor, and shows that he is
bigger and stronger than his own par
ty in Iowa because he dared to take
this advanced step and stay on 1t.
There is doubt of his endorsement In
the state on this proposition, at least.
Monticello Express: The profiteers
are not all munition makers. The war
| makes a telling excuse for adding
more than a legitimate profit in many
| lines and by many dealers
Sibley Tribune: Some people talk
as If food conservation was a hard
ship. We have yet to see the first per-
son who has actually gone hungry be-
cause of it
Denison Review: Criticism is good
but gossip is hell. Any fool can find
fault, but it requires a wise man to
be critic If some who are criticising
/ the administration would exert the
same amount of energy in helping to
win the war they would accomplish
something worth while.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Now the
kaiser has a better understanding OF
what an offensive defense means.
] Davenport Democrat: A writer in
! Farm and Fireside adjures us to
stop eating freight" He might tell
us, too, to stop burning freight. Every
| time a householder buys anything for
/ the table that is grown or manufac
| tured at a distance when the same
article is produced right at home, he
| is preparing to eat freight And If
he buys coal mined far from home
| he is burning freight This summer
! it may not mean so much, but next
winter, if the congested conditions
of last winter are repeated. it will be
important not to buy freight except
! when we have to.
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It costs more to travel this year. complains a
California newspaper. From the California
point of view, this is hitting at home industry
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-23
SCARCITY OF MECHANICS.

Work in metal, as in most other lines has
been so specialized of late that aLl-around me-
chanics are difficult to find Only few men
in scores of applicants, as the government is
discovering, are able to do anything more than
the particular piece of work in which they have
been schooled. At that they may be rapid and
expert; but at other work they are of little use.
This seems to be the inescapable penalty
nation pays for manufacturing supremacy. 1t
sacrifices it's manhood to speed of production,
and by fitting men to grooves in which they run
tends to make them dependent on particular
employment all their lives. They capable
of learning to work at other things, but often
have no chance or cannot afford the wags loss
it entails Vocational schools are far better in
this respect than work in the shops; for like
the old apprenticeship system, they aim to turn
out artisans able to do all the work in their
line It is much to be feared that the world has
moved too far away from this ever to get back,
and must look to it's schools for mechanics and
to very small shops where employees may work
in turn at many things for all-around machin-
lists able to manage plants. 1t may be that uni
versal training, as it will finally take shape,
will give the youth of the land the benefit of
national vocational and technical schools.
In New York City, Boston and Chicago there
H., campaign in full swing to urge upon the
government the need of coming six-cent pieces
and of simplifying the supply of two cent pieces
In Chicago and New York an eight-cent coin is
proposed. Evidently this move is induced by
foresight of advance in street railroad fares to
six cents, but already throughout the land the
additional cent or two cents is becoming fire.
quent need to supplement the customary nickel.
There can be no question of the convenience of
a coin to break the gap between the nickel and
the dime; the handling of pennies in making
change wastes time and makes possible con-
siderable loss. But the settling of the matter
by six-cent coin is perhaps premature we
NAV need a seven or eight-cent piece quite as
much before the war is over. One thing is GER
tain-the cent enters into our financial con-
seriousness as never before.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-23

Sixty million feet of spruce ordered by the
allies for aeroplanes! That is one way of
sending lumber up.
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leu with whatever da,l,
? the food administrator
Consumer Should Pa,
$1.53 to $1.e3 per saetT ;,
Ah pounds or 10 ~,
pound in less than MN nm
packages.
&c to CSC per sack O, n
pounds. or &c per poo,A
in less than mill pacs.
ages. ~
@-.65 to SLIP per sack :,
PAN pounds.
TIC to SC per pound.
1870 to 14c per pound
SIC to e3zc per pound
7Ac to SC per pound
shc to SC per pound.
9hc to 10c per pound,
&c to 1870 per pound
14c to 14kc per pound
1916 to lac per can.
&c to sac per can.
1870 to zoe per pound
zoe to 21kc per pound.
1870 to 15c per pound
1910 to 22c per can.
1sc to s1He Per can
75c to soc per can.
1sc to 28hc per can.
14hc to 2s1sc per can.
16hc to 21Aac per pounl
tic to 26c per pound.
16c to 2Shc per pound.
$5.13 to 1857 per casa
5 81 per pound.
s2.3s per Is pound sact.
5 "a per 10 pound sack
5 .4s per s pound sack,
Bic to 32c per pound.
32c to 35c per pound.
29c to 30c per pound.
Sic to 1870 per pound
33c to 35c per pound.
As to 48c per dozen
Soc per pound
Sac to 35c per pound.
&c per pound.
29c to 3sc per pound.
BIC to 46c Per pound.
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THE OFFICIAL FOOD PRICES IN KEoKUK

the food
the
published with
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-23

Monticello Express: The profiteers
are not all munition makers. The war
makes a telling excuse for adding
more than a legitimate profit in many
lines and by many dealers
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-23

Sibley Tribune: Some people talk
as If food conservation was a hard
ship. We have yet to see the first per-
son who has actually gone hungry be-
cause of it
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-23

Webster City Freeman-JournA:
Some of these fine days the Yanks
will get under such momentum when
chasing Germans back to the
trenches that they win get clear into
Berlin before they can stop.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-13
TREAT CAPTIVE
GERMANS KINDLY

and from what they see, as, for in
stance, from the long, long line of
Americans, the first they had seeh.
In this particular prison the new
Corners had brought the news situation
up to early spring, but as for the big
offensive the prisoners knew only that
there probably would be one.
Americans Surprise Germans.
Wien asked if there was German
among the two hundred who could
speak English, good looking young
man, with typical Teutonic mustache,
red cheeks, glow of health, was call
ed out. He stepped into my presence
like an automaton, clicked his heels to-
gether and saluted the French captain.
He told me he was a private; that he
has home in Lucerne, Switzerland !;
that he fought eight months, but was
never wounded that he IS in the whole
sale dry goods business in Berlin, and
that he does business with John Wanna
maker. Marshall Field and Stern
Brothers.
"What do you think of all the Ameri-
cans you have seen pass ng here recent
ly?" / asked him.
II have seen many Americans" he
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-13
BLASTS KAlSER'S
HOPE OF VICTORY

all paints a picture of what would
happen with this machine in action.
Every enemy airplane or any fleet or
them would fall to earth. crumpled
wreck. At the touch of button, a
bolt of electricity would suddenly
shoot forward with incredible speed.
A few SCARED parts would be all That
was left of what had been a soaring
alrplane a few minutes before.
A scout could Turk with his deadly
weapons, connected with the gener-
ators and concentrators behind the
lines, I'm shell holes or craters in mo
mans land" When the enemy
charged he could sweep the whole line
as 1t passed, annihilating each success
sive wave of advancing Germans.
Mr.. Randall says that he can't say
that this has been done or will be
done, but he don't dare to suggest that
it cannot be accomplished. Light,
heat and rays of other kind can be
reflected. He concludes by saying:
"Once this problem Is solved there
will be no war. If the allies were pos
sessed of equipment that would permit
the arcing at distance of powerful
electric currents, the war would be
won in 80 days and allied troops would
be marching unchallenged into Ber-
lin,"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-13
KAISER ANGRY OVER
KILLING OF ENVOY
ORDERS Won kUELMANN TO
BREAK OFF NEGOTIATIONS
WITH BOLSHEvlkT.
March on Moscow Freely Predicted
as Result of Assassination of
German Ambassador to Russia
by Opponents of Bolsheviki.

London.-As soon as Emperor VIII
liam heard of the assassination of
Count Won Mirbach, the German am
bassador to Russia, according to an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Russia, he ordered Secretary Won
Kuelmann to break off negotiations
with the delegates in Berlin.
A strong guard has been placed be-
fore the house of the Bolshevik am
bassador in Berlin as it is feared the
populace of the capital will inaugurate
anti-Russian demonstrations.
All the German newspapers de-
clared the murder of Count Won Mir
bach must inevitably have a great in
fluence on Russo-German relations.
1t is being freely predicted that troops
may be sent against Moscow by the
kaiser in revenge for the murder of
his representative.
Fragments of news from various
sources indicate that the assassination
of Count Won Mirbach, the German am
bassador to Russia, was accompanied
by formidable uprising against the
Bolsheviki in Moscow.
A Russian wireless dispatch claims
that the uprising has now been com
pletely suppressed, and the tone of the
message indicate that the suppression
was accompanied with sanguinary vio-
lence, the orders being that all VINO
showed resistance to the Bolsheviki
should be "shot ON the spot"