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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-22
Swan With Charmed Life.
by United Press.l

10y VIIItcU css5.I
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FLEIAD, Jan. 81. (By mail. THE
famous white swan OF Ypres has dis
appeared The mysterious absence
of the bird is stirring more interest
among the dugout jewellers OF the
ruined city than the daily shower OF
German shells.
Throughout the months OF terrific
bombardme that has left the city a
heap of desolate ruins, the swan
lived in deep moat outside the an
cient ramparts Hundreds Of high
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-22

-sno.cr,o. FOR the Gate clt''
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-22
TO REMOVE DANDRUFF

Get a small bottle of Danderine at
any drug store for q few cents, pour
little into your hand and rub well into
the scalp with the finger tips. By
morning most if not all, of this awful
scurf will have disappeared. Two or
three applications will destroy every
bit of dandruff; stops itching scalp
and falling hair.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-22

hindering the work of the govern
ment. They and organized labor have
no relation. Whatever literary merit
1.-The Unfinished Mystery" may have
will be happily lost to the world by
it's determination by the government.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-22

held her head under water until the
fumes cleared away. they affirm
Every morning the Tommies went
down to the moat, when the Smelling
abated. to see how the swan had
Jared through the night.
Several attempted to adopt her for
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-22

explosive shells battered the battle
ments and half filled the moat. But
the lone swan bore a charmed life.
The Tommies aver that the wise
bird learned to distinguish the whistle
of approaching shells. and dived.
When the gas shells came along, she
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-22

The Worst is Yet to Come.
Harrington Herald: Cheer up We
will have to economic a whole lot
more than this before the war is over.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-22
FARMER BURNS
STILL YOUNG
Veteran Wrestler Fifty-seven Years
Old and Still in the Game
Was Champ For
Many Years.

Farmer Burns, one time worlds
champion wrestler, has just had his
fifty-seventh birthday. and according
to his own statement is feeling as
young and spry as he did thirty years
ago. Farmer" Burns is good, clean
sport and IS well worthy OF his title,
1.-The grand old man of the wrestling
game"
Burns had his first match when he
was eight years old for a side bet of
fifteen cents. Since that time he
worked in no less than 5000 matches
and out Of that number was thrown
but six times. He is the man who
brought the late Frank Gotch into
prominence as a grappler and has
done more for the wrestling game
than any man ever engaged in 1t.
He has been out of the game for
several years now, but still carries on
a system of training and follows il
as religiously as though he was still
champion. 1t is to this training and
clean living that Burns gives credit for
his success on the mat He was not
only a clean liver and systematic
trainer, but he was a fair opponent
and sport all around. The Zbysko-
7 ,ewis fiasco in New York the other
night was one OF the sides of wrest-
ling that Burns tried to eliminate
and he always had record for CIV
ing his opponents a square deal
$-DAY-$ MARCH %
Aviator Killed.
limited Press Leased Wire Service
FORT WORTH, Texas. March 22.-
Cadet s. w. Arnhein. of the Royal
flyine corps, was killed in crash at
the aerial school of g1Innery at Hicks
field. near here, late yesterday, it was
announced today.
Cadet Arnhein's next of kin IS Mrs
8 ". Arnhein, New York City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-22

a mascot, but the ois
wouldn't fraternize. - and there
much speculation anu
and mutual suspicion
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
w orks Now in
New York Library

Driven by the war to the hospitablc
shores of the country Ben Jehu-
dah is now laboring on his dictionary
at The New York Public Library, where
special room has been set aside for
his purposes. Since his arrival here
from Palestine great changes have
taken place and the momentous events
have brought fuliilmcnt TO his predic-
tions. Already the Jewish State in
embryo IS rearing its head upon the
sites OF the anc ent ruins. Even be-
fore the present occurrences, which
have turned Zionism into a reality, this
tireless worker for the Jewish cause
witnessed a remarkable Transformation
within Palestine itself, and the mag
nificent Towering of the young He
brew literature in Palestine and in the
other lands Of Jewish settlements. He
saw the first little Hebrew kindergar-
tens grow to a large chain of elemen-
tary and higher schools, teachers in
stltutes, music schools, a school of
arts, crafts, theolog. cal and other SEM
narles, establishing a complete system
Of jewish education for the Palestinian
colonies and communities. He saw the
jewish children on the streets of Pal
cstine playing and conversing, singing
and romping in the Hebrew language
as if the gulf of the exile had been
wiped out, as if there never was a time
when these scenes could not be beheld.
He saw the foundation laid for He
brew University in Jerusalem in the
shape of decision of the eleventh in
ternational Zionist Congress to have
such an institution established, and he
saw how this plan was acclaimed with
enthusiasm by all classes of Jews, Zion
ists and non-Zionists, in all parts of
the world He lived to see the day
when Hebrew poets like G. N. Bialek,
Saul Chernichovsky, Jacob Kahn and
Zalmen Schneer, giving beautiful form
to Jewish feeling and thought, were
being compared to the foremost poets
Of other nations. He witnessed also
the time when the first STRINGS and
spiritual unfoldments of Jewish life in
Palestine itself found utterance in the
stories and novels Of whole group of
Palestinian novelists and story writer's,
who, building upon the foundation of
the great lexicographer, have lent their
art TO the fusion of new forms of ex-
preston.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

graphs Or telephones nor other inven-
tions and improvements in the ancient
days of Judea, and the Hebrew lam
guage lacked expressions and terms for
these utilities and for all modern con-
ceptions. The Arabs in the country
had already grappled with this problem
ana they found way out by coming
new words on the chronological basis Of
old conceptions that were similar to
the new ideas.
Ben Jchudah, who had proven him
self to be a capable "philologist" in
his old days at the Sorbonne, adopted
the method of coming new terms, and
drawing upon the whole wealth Of He
brew and related Arabic material, he
evolved new words and terms, which
were soon Incorporated in the speech
of the country and which, communi-
Gated to Hebrew writer's in other lands,
were soon embodied in the language
Reuben Bralnin, the noted Hebrew
Journalist and essayist who was among
the first to popularize the new tcrmi.
nologY. now pays this tribute to Ben
Jchudah on the occasion of his sixtieth
birthday: "Thirty years he has been
laboring on this complete Hebrew lexi-
con, Of which five volumes have ap-
peared, not interrupting his work even
during illness and travels. He has un-
dcrtakcn gigantic work. which is
equal to the task Of whole academy
of scholars and linguists. lie has done
great deeds in the development of the
Hebrew language and its adaptation for
modern expression. For more TRAN
thirty years he has been coming new
words and phrases from the vast treas
ures of our language, exploiting the re-
sources of all the literary epochs of its
long history There is not a work, not
a manuscript in our literature, which
might be of use to him, that has
escaped his notice. His fine sense Of
language has always been at his SER
vice in creating new words OF in reviv-
ing and modifying old ones. which have
long been forgotten. 1t it were not for
Ben Jehuda | do not know how we to-
day would write Hebrew; how we would
speak or teach our children in our ma
tional tongue. His lexicon will be the
grandcst monument for the Hcbrew
movement Of this generation of renas-
ccucc"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Worked Thirty Years
On Dictionary

no one, not even the widely uniformed
editor, Knew at the time who this young
and determined contributor was To-
day the whole Jewish world knows
Ellezer Bcn-J ehude, as Tue profound ne
brew scholar, the great leXlcograpner
Of the Hebrew language, author of the
monumental "Mlilon,' or complete dc
tlon2ry OF the ancient tongue, the man
who made Hebrew a living language
again III the land of the fathers. Even
as write, preparations arc being made
among the Jews Of this and many olher
countries to celebrate the slxtieth
birthday of this man who has for
thirty years been pursuing his great
labor OF love and whose iron will and
lneNhaustlblc energy, blended with TN
parallcled patience and foresight, have
made him one of the most remarkable
figures in the whole of the romantic
story of Jewish restoration.
They SAID that what he proposed
could not be done; that after the dis
use and neglect Of centuries Hebrew
could no. Immediately be made the
language ct everyday Intercourse.
Even Zionist leaders opposed his
scheme Of stimulating an early cultural
revival. He answered that he would
show that the thing could be done. He
proceeded to Palestine. He said he
would under no circumstances speak
any other language but Hebrew with
any one and those wishing to have in
tercourse with this striking personal
ity, vibrant with energy and enthu-
siasm for the new tasks, had perforcc
to train themselves to speak in the He
brew, which they could read and write.
but which they would not employ as
the common medium of expression. He
said he would marry no woman unless
she spoke Hebrew, and he found the
woman who not only made Hebrew her
sole medium of expression, but who
shared his life work with him in furth-
ering the great ideal. He said that
their child would learn no other lam
guage either to speak or to read until
ne knew his Hebrew, and when the
child came he was deprived of the
privilege and JOY of playing with other
children until his ear was thoroughly
attuned to the Hebrew~-and the per
feet Sephardic pronunciation of the
language!
To the extremely pious the use of the
holy tongue for secular discourse for
speech outside of study and PRAYER was
an act of blasphemy and Ben Jehudah
was eXcommunicated by the synagogue.
HIS aggressive nationalistic activities
were dlstasteful to the Turkish author
ltles and he was repeatedly put in jail
but he no sooner breathed the air of
freedom than he was again active. writ
ing, publishing his paper, organizing
klntergartens and schools, issuing text
books. all calculated to make Hebrew
the predominatc and spoken language
Of the country. Then he began his big
work of compiling the "Millon," or the
complete dictionary of the Hebrew lam
guage.
There were no railroads or tele-
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

leaving the German schools and re-
solving not to return to their lessons
until the German language was ban
ished and the Hebrew tongue put in Its
place.
"Such was the dragoman's account to
the foreigners. But we who were with
these children, marching in their pro-
tession together with their self-sacri-
ttcing teachers, the latter preferring to
lose their positions and salaries in
order to lead this child rebellion, we
shall never forget the solemn hour of
this public demonstration, an honor
pregnant with new possibilities and
prophetic of wonderful things yet to be-
How pleasing in those days the sight
OF this new generation all agog with
schemes that criss-crossed each other
How genuine was the spontaneous
enthusiasm; how charming even the r-
responsible follies OF youth, in which
there mingled dash Of characteristic
audaciousness, that wholesome buoyant
'Chutzpah' of the latter-day Palestine
which we have created With what
warm indignation did the pupils tear
to pieces their German text books and
copy-books; with what glee did thew
scatter the bits to all the winds; and
with what utter devotion did they VOW
never to submit to the sway Of any
foreign tonguel"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Peace Hath Her
War Neuroses

Epileptics, the army specialists dis
covered, are attracted to the army and
tend to conceal their disease Usually
the changed conditions of the army
make epileptic attacks more frequent,
and the danger to discipline is such
that epileptics are removed when their
Ills are disclosed. But the army wants
to return them to civil life at least as
well as when they left it. The result
has been the plan to establish a series
of colonies for epileptics. Outdoor life
and agricultural pursuits will be fol-
lowed in the career of restoration. A
special report is now being prepared
by Major Pearce Bailey on the neurotic
troubles Of soldiers. Most of these
troubles are psychological. Hospitals
have already been established for their
treatment.
1t is Major Bailey who declares that
every neurosis which has been found
on the battletields of France has been
duplicated in the peaceful camps Of
America.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Had to Practise
Speech on the Dog

And the first little boy who learned to
speak the new Hebrew in Palestine,
who paid for it by being deprived of
the privilege of playing with other chill
dren, and who-worst of all blasphe-
mies-practised his first Hebrew knowl-
edge upon little dog is to-day a
grown-up man and gifted champion
of the restored Jewish nationality. And
this is how 1ttamar Ben-Avi (son of
the father) tells of the way in which the
Jews of Palestine fought for the He
brew language at time when hostile
elements endeavored to thwart its de-
Velopment:
"One fine morning the voice of song
rang through the city, waxing in inten-
sity every moment. Every one rushed
to the windows, to the doors. We looked
and saw an impressive procession Of
boys and girls, headed by drums and
trumpcts, with white and blue flags in
their hands, fresh flowers on their
breasts and coat lapels, motley ribbons
in their hair and around the arms, and
Hebrew songs in their mouths. What
had come to pass? All these children
went on strike of their own accord.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Playing Your Part
By Ralph Barton Perry
OF the VigiIantes

If you are the average man your only
chance of the big thing is to associate
yourself with your fellows. Only few
ever attain eminence in science and
art; most of the great achievements
are collective achievements. This
means playing your part, whether it be
in the lead or in the ranks. 1t means
what is commonly called sacrifice. One
must be prepared to give and to suffer
what the cause requires, even though
one has to give up private advantages
and satisfaction. In this country we
are just getting to the point of making
sacrllices. Hitherto we have given
from our surplus. We have enjoyed
the gratitude Of an afflicted world and
appreciation of our own indulgent con-
sciences, without really suffering for
II. We have not even yet quite como
TO realize that sacrifice means giving
up something we really want. Like Ar
temus Ward, we have all been willing
10 sacrifice our wife's relations on the
altar OF our country. But now we are
facing the disiocation of our private
plans, the abandonment of our pet am
bltions, the abridgements of our COM
forts and conveniences, the loss of our
lives and the unspeakable bitterness Of
bereavement. At suct. !. I'm. it is we'll
to remember that the cardinal virtue in
time of action is loyalty. Like other
virtues, it begins at home. The man
who is not loyal to his wife will not be
loyal to womankind. The man who is
not loyal to his country will not be
| loyal to humanity
National life is a partnership in
which men invest their treasures and
lives in common fund He who ac-
cepts citizenship in a democratic state
pledges himself to play the game when
the game is on. He has his chance to
shape the rules and to determine ths
| stake. But when the preliminaries are
over and the action has begun his fell
lows have right to depend upon him.
II he holds back now he is false IN
those who have gone forward in good
faith; he lacks that honorable fidelit, :,
by which alone men may be united in
| bold action and grave peril.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Science of SavingLives Gains
Many New Weapons from War
Armies Present Gigantic Clinic Which Concentrated Every
Branch Medical ServiceNeeds of Soldiers Have
Powers Bear Task of Warding OFF Disease

That has been without treatment for
nours and that has developed an in
lection after hours of neglect and
hours of lowered resistance on the part
or the wounded. The chief problem of
tho war surgeon, when modern battle
confronted him with this condition.
was to find an antiseptic that would
be hostile to infections already pres
ent, sufficiently powerful TO DESTROY
them, but without any harmful effect
on the human tissues. One of the de-
Veiopments of this need was the Car
fel-Oakin solution, based upon a varia-
tlon OF chlorine, which is an extremely
powerful germicidal drug. II has been
used with great success in France in
the irrigation Of wounds, and its ap-
plIcatlon has been studied until its use
is now much simpler and much more
eEective Ibis Is, however, only one
OF many similar treatments, all of
thenl successful in varying degree.
Gas gangrene is a development of
warfare peculiarly evident in the
trenches. Strangely, gas gangrene has
Ao'hlng 10 do with enemy attacks by
gas. 1t is the result of bacillus.
commonly known as the gas bacillus,
ana winch IS most easily recognized by
rs production of gas in the wound.
lAe principal work in gas gangrene up
to the present has been done at the
Rockefeller Institute. The bacillus
was Isolated there end the discovery
made that 1t produced a toxin From
this an antitoxin was developed, Fur
ther work in the study of gas gan
creme is now being carried on in
France by American psychologists.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

cultivation Of Hebrew poetry, music
and other forms of art, all phases
of Jewish culture have been greatly
strengthened and enhanced, and
whether the Zionist organization di-
rectly did or did not lend its sup
port to various educational and literary
offshoots of the national ideal, these
artistic and cultural expressions ac-
companying the revival of national
feeling and thought found their own
sustenance in the new interest in Jew
ish intellectual and moral values which
Zlonlsm has kindlcd. The Hebrew
word, the Jewish thought, having kept
alive the vivid national memories of
lions independence, having served as
the mare tonid, the perpetual light
which is ever kept burning in the house
of worship to symbolic the never
ceaslng illumination Of the Torah, it
was now the turn Of the Zionist idea,
assuming the outward forms of reality,
to lend its new gathered force to the
literature and the art Of Jewish res
toration. Every neA development in
Aionism, every international congress
and every event Of Importance in the
new settlements in Palestine then
served to give new stimulus to the
study of the language and the rcju-
venatioa Of the literature of the an
clent people.
Il l. i
Jews have, despite their desperate con-
ditlon IN lands OF oppression through
out the centuries OF tnelr aspiration,
yearned as much and more for a haven
of refuge tor the Jewish spirit than
they oid for pace OF rest for the
body. That lslael may again live It's
own lie unhampered and unafrald and
give Tree expression to the moral and
spiritual va.ues OF the people, that the
law may again issue from Zion and
the word oil God from Jerusalem" has
been the great sustaining hope
throughout the Qreary exile. and when
ever some leader or teacher arose to
summon his people to prepare for the
return there was soon discussion and
publlcatlon, addresses, articles, stories
and poems echoing the CAL for restor-
aton, amounting TO sort OF literary
renasccnce, the Importance of the re-
Nlval beng commensurate with the
effectiveness OF the appeal.
Hebrew never ceased TO be q spoken
language, always being employed as
the daily medium of communication
either by the small groups OF Jews who
ct all times remained uninterruptedly
living in Palestine or by other small
communities living in other parts of
the Orient, and throughout Jewish his
Of bo
sacred law and literature, lhe prayers
and rituals and all of the religious
and intimate literary expressions of
Jewish lite. In modern times latter
day Hebrew literature naturally found
It's largest popular development in the
greatest jewish centers OF Russia, Ga
Ncla and kumania
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
They All Hoped
He Would Return

Then the subject dropped, and the
talk turned 20 the days work. All
were hoping against hope that their
comrade would return.
Late in the day the afternoon patrol
came in, but it brought no word of him,
and when the c. o. gave instructions
for the taking of an inventory of his
kit, they knew that the time by which
he should have returned was long gone
by, and that Big Bill Davidson would
shortly be posted rs missing.
But ere the sun had set his machine
was sighted. The word spread round
the aerodrome in buzz of excited com
ment, and every one, from the c. o. to
the most recently Joined mechanic,
rushed out into the inclosure to watch
his return. The sun had sunk almost
to the horizon, and right in it's heart,
clearly outlined against the reddening
glow. was Davidson's machine
1T had been perfect day of the late
autumn, the hush of its clio was over
the land. The wheels of the transport
could be heard quite plainly rattling on
The cobblcstones of the village street
more than two miles away. From the
distant lines came the low sounds of
the conflict. But no familiar hum her.
aided the aeroplane's approach.
Can you hear his engine" asked
tho c. O., voicing the question in every
ones heart
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
War Adds New
Facts to Medical Lore

Strange things always happen when
men gather together in vast numbers.
One Of these strange occurrences is The
appearance in tone of bacteria, micro
scopic organisms that are hostile to
the human organism. Changed living
conditions, exposure of the human to a
new environment, the organic transi-
tions accompanying adaptation to diff
ferent surroundings all these produce
variations in the ills that impair human
effectiveness and provide scientists
with u new body of material on which
to concentrate their study.
The war against Germany is not yet
a year old in America, but it has al
ready added many new facts to medical
knowledge in America.
Some of these facts arc startling. 1t
is startling, for instance. to be told that
in a majority of cases the pneumonia
which has prevailed in the army cam
tonments is not the pneumonia which
doctors have familiarly found in civil
life 1t is startling to be told that
typhoid virtually does not exist in the
United States armies. 1t is startling to
be told that of 100000 men examined
by special boards of experts less than
/ per cent showed any signs of tubercu-
lar infection. 1t is startling, in another
way, to hear that all the symptoms of
those neuroses. previously and inexact-
ly put together under the name Of
"shcll shock" that have been found on
the battleticlds Of Europe have appeared
likewise in cantonments in the United
States among men who have never yet
heard the thunder of battle.