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New-York tribune., 1918-03-05
Women at the Polls

However the first women voters of New
York behave to-day, they are bound to dis
hearten and displease the last-ditch-antis.
whose house organ is s"The New York
Times" If they vote as do their husbands
and brothers, then what a waste of money 10
enfranchise them! If they vote differently,
tnen, the ballot being secret, what easier
than to prove that the female sex is natu-
rally socialistic and that therefore all the
Socialist votes were cast by women. They
are bound to go wrong-n THE Times"
Fortunately, that is moribund view
point. The great bulk OF men have ac-
cepted suffrage as thing accomplished,
are glad to give it fair deal, and most of
them hope to see not swift or. great but
steady, gradual benefits therefron A
few Congressional elections in the first
months Of great social and political re-
fern are but small and nconsequential
test. 1t is an interesting landmark The
Tribune is glad and proud to welcome
these new voters. We are confident that
it marks the beginning of brighter and
clearer future for democracy.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05

making good the words of his Jerusalem
address; in the interest of Germanys po-
lltical and economic expansion he is turn
ing back a partially delivered Christian
race to the bloody hands of its execu-
TONER
If there was anything in the pretence
of Won kiihmann at Brest-Litovsk, that
Germany is seeking to give subject races
the right of "self-determination,' Armenia
would get its chance to cut away from
Turkey, just as Poland, the Ukraine,
Lithuania, Finland and the Baltic prov
nces are getting theirs to cut away from
Russia. But Turkey is a useful German
vassal and beyond Armenia lies the Cau-
casus, with its treasures of petroleum.
Against those coveted military stores what
do the lives of all the Armenian Chris
tlans count in the balance?
The Christian world (eXcluding Ger
many, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria)
rejoiced few months ago over the recov-
cry of Jerusalem. Against that ray Of
cheer is now set the restoration of Ar
menia to the bloodthirsty Turk. Heathen-
ism and fiendishness have their day of
triumph. But Christendom and civiliza-
ton will not rest until an Armenia deliv-
cred is added to Jerusalem delivered.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05

lack of the organized sports and @yn-
nastic facilities which develop the city
children.
New York State after long and careful
consideration decreed this programme Of
physical training to breed sturdy citizens
men capable of working as well as fight.
ing for their country. The value of the
Development, the increased vitality. the
children get out of it will exist whether
or not there is ever need for their doing
military service. This is an investment.
In no sense should it be considered a la
bility, even if it neccssitates the present
expenditure of more money than has been
spent heretofore. That expenditure viii
bear big interest hereafter These bills
should by no mischancc be passed.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05
Why Not a T. T. Item?

20 the Editor of The Tribune.
SIR: Please register modest but fervent
amen TO your editorial anent tipping. Leg
4S'atlon against it may be difficult even as
q war measure, but agitation and cooperation
might keep it within reasonable limits.
Why not work with the Hotel Mems Asso-
cation rs starter? They taught us to rec
o@n'ze the b. b. (bread and butter) charge on
our bills, and now let them educate us 10 q
j. I. item, which we would soon understand
is tip tax This to apply to room and hotel
charges as well as the restaurant.
Make it optional. if you please. as ror as
payment by tho guest is concerned. but have
a minimum Of 10 cents and as a general hasie
10 per cent of the amount OF the bill 70,
those who are willing to pay.
The public ought to be glad to settle or
such terms if given the opportunity
New York, March /, 1918. TIPSTEp
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05
Mr.. Kahn's 100000 Box

Much comment has been caused by the
reported purchase of box at the Opera
by Mr. Otto II. Kahn. for $200,000. So
clallstlc and other writer's will doubtless
make much use OF the incident, coming in
the midst Of our great war needs.
They viii no doubt advert to Mr.. Kahn's
severe criticisms Of the heavy war taxes
levied by Congress.
But it is stated that the ownership of a
parterre box, Of which there arc crly
thirty-fve, carries with it pro rata share
in a property of an estimated value Of
$780, 900. Mr.. Kahn has been for some
time chairman Of the board of directors,
and in this time the opera has become a
paying venture and now returns handsome
dividends.
1t is said that 100000 is not an ex.
treme price for q parterre box.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05
Partly Strong and Partly Broken

When the physical training laws for
school children were enacted it became
inevitable that endeavors would be made
to repeal them on two grounds-frst be
cause they were part Of :; military pro-
gramnle; second, because they would prove
expensive. All work along the first line
has proved abortve up to date. But the
Knignt-L ord Ames-J Judson bills now pend
ing at Albany attack the laws and attack
them dangerously, along the second inc.
The plea is that the expense involved in
giving the prescribed training to school
children in rural districts, under EXPERT
directors imposes too great expense and
runs up prohibitive taxes. With that gocS
the argument that the children of the coun-
try don't need the training
This training imposes certain expense,
which raises the taxes that may be ad~
nitted. But to say that tne children of the
rural sections Of the state don't need the
training is absurd and dangerous As Dr
i'iskc director Of the Life Extension Insti-
tute, points out, to make the amendments
proposed would leave a "lop-sidcd statc,
ohe-naiI trdIlcu ana the 0thcr not. II
general health and physical vigor in coun-
try counties we're far above health and
yigor in the cities, lop-sded training might
be worth considering. But statistics re-
sulting from years Of study still more the
facts brought to light in the recent draft.
show that in many respects the city youth
top those from the country. Provost
Marshal General Crowder found the per
ccntage Of reflections of country youth
about 30-~closc to that Of tie cities Those
who have made a study of health in schools
have found that the good air and gen
orally good and abundant food Of the coun-
trysidc are more than Offset by unsanitars'
living conditions, lack Of adequate medical
attention, dental care and the like and
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05
Meat

The extra meat portion comes to the
American people as a reward for loyal
obedience to the food regulations. Nc bet
ter proof could be asked Of the spirit with
which the people of the country are back
ing the war. When and if it becomes nee
essary to return to more meatless days we
are sure there will again be prompt and
effective compliance.
Meantime, let's not permit our sto,nachs
to run away with us again. Most of us
have learned to eat less meat and have en-
joyed the lesson. Cur stomachs are the
better, and so are our dispositions and our
brains We have here chance to make a
lasting profit from the war. By all means
let us take it.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05
Shall Japan Be Trusted?

il is said that Japan has ambitions in
Asia, but so also have those who sus-
pect her.
1t is said that Japan IN her own part
of the world seeks to take advantage of
the exigencies of war; but that is a thing
of degree only and needs not to be denied
in fact.
1t is said that Japan would enter ST.
IBERIA, not to save it for Russia, or for the
Allies, but to intrench herself there. That
is opinion. And if it be said that the
opinion is supported by all the inherent
probability Of human weakness, the an
swer is that human weakness is constant,
but the enemy is German.
We are obliged to be more interested in
what is happening now than in what may
happen after the war.
The question is not whether Japan shall
be permitted to acquire advantage in As-
attic Russia. 1t is whether we shall trust
our Eastern ally to stop the enemy in
Asia.
There is nobody else to do it. Asia lies
open to conquest. If it were a choice be-
tween Asia for Japan or Asia for Ger
many, the decision rightly would be the
same. The enemy must be stopped in
Asia, not for the sake of Asia, not for the
sake of Japan, but for the defeat of Ger
many. That is what the war is for.
Mr.. Hearst has already raised the
racial issue. 1t was inevitable Under the
guise-mark you under the guise Of his
well known Japanophobia he introduces
most dangerous form Of peace propa-
ganda. 1t is now, he says, struggle be-
tween Eastern and Western civilization
1t is white man against yellow man. The
white races are crazy to go on fighting
with each other. In the face of the yel-
low peril, what does it matter" asks
Hearst, whether this or that group of
white people is embraced in the Mus
covite dominons or the Teuton dominions
or the Anglo-Saxon dominons?''
That is to say, Let us make peace with
Germany to save ourselves from Japan.
This is German propaganda pure. Ger
many has been saying it since the wal
began. Dernburg was sent to this coun.
try to reiterate it. do you not see?" his
last words were. Your real enemy is not
Germany but Japan"
But Japan was a faith keeping nation
She became Germany's enemy by the naive
reason of being Great Britan's ally.
By breaking faith she might have taker
as much of Asia as she wanted.
By breaking faith to-day she coule
divide the whole of Asia with the Teuton
Asia to Japan is Asia. Faith is more
That is as we know her. There is no dis
honored treaty in her diplomacy Sh'
drives hard bargains, but hardness wa
learned most bitterly from the Western
trader Therefore let us trust her, no
only that it is expedient to do so, but tina
she has deserved it, besides
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05
Few Good German Troops in Russia

tFrom an intcruio,c toiUl General Maurice, B';tish
Director Of Miita,y OpcrGtionsl
A correspondent asked General Maurice If
anything could be said about the possible
army that the Germans have concentrated
for movement on Petrograd General Maui
rice said: "Thc question is not exactly what
the Germans have. got, but what army the
Russians have. AS | have been telling you
for months past the Germans have been TAX
ing troops away as fast as they can from the
Russian front and moving them 10 the " est
ern front. They have undoubtedly taken
away most of their best troops. They have
an enormous front there, more than double
the length of the Western front and they
have about ore-third the number OF troops
there. There are still or two good divi-
sions there, but no large mass of good
troops, but it is a question whether good
troops are necessary"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05
Pagan to Pagan

In yielding to Germany's latest peace
demands the Bolsheviki have signed Ar
menia's death warrant. The Russian
armies are to withdraw from Erzerum
and Trebizond; Kars and Batum and a
large section Of Trans -Caucasia, which
has been Russian since 1878, are to be
turned back to Turkish sovereignty.
Turkish sovereignty means German SOW
ereignty. For the sake Of access to the
:ich oil wells of the Batum region the
German government forces Lenine and
Trotzky to doom what is left Of an unfort-
unate race to speedy extinction.
Since 1914 the Armenians have suf-
fered even more from Turkish brutality
than the Belgians have suffered from
German brutality. The Turk is a mur-
sserous fanatic when reused by race hatred
! or religious bigotry. He has an undyng
! grudge against the Armenian. Before the
Russian armies ovcrran Armenia he had
massacred 100000 of the inhabitants
men, women and children Even German
writer's have admitted this colossal crime.
The civilized world rcvotcd at the inhu-
man spectacle. It would not have been
entitled to consider itself Christian if it
had not resolved to end, forever, at the
close of the war, the dominion Of the
Turk over the Christian peoples of West
ern Asia.
But Germany stood apart. She would
rot have it 80. The Germans are still
pagan under their thin veneer Of Chris
fianlty. The God they worship is a tribal,
fateiarv divinity, sanetionng everything
that contributes to German power and
diary. The Kaizcr years ago offered him
rsH TO the Moslem world as. a sympa-
thetic wellwighcr and patron. lie IL now
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05
The Apple Pie of Glorious Memory
,From The Philadelphia L,

tFron The Philadelphia LoGoef)
The oldtime apple pie? Whoever sees 1T
any more?
You don't make the bread that mother
used to make" said tired Phiiadelphia busi-
ness man to his wife
You don't make the dough that father
used to make" she retorted.
BE that as it may-who has the temerity
to apologize for these raw slices of dried
apple under soggy felt lining that are cus-
tomarily flung at you in to-day's restaurants
in the name of apple pic?
Gone forever, it seems, is the Drowned.
i'aky crust, with the contents that melted
IN your mouth. soft and cinnamon-tinct-
ured apple sauce
war rs GOOD reason for eating less. but il
ooesh excuse all the bad cookery.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05
Slandering Jim Ham
OTrom The Topc,ta Gcpitap

10 us the failure of Senator James HAM
Lewis to appear at the Democratic dinner was
disappointment amounting almost to a
Flow. Not that we should have cared SO
much FOR the Senator's perfervid and corus-
eating oratory, although his record is that of
once having charmed Il bird from II tree. VIZ
can iorcgo the pleasure of hearing Senator
Lewis sweep his lutte with no special feeling
OF deprivation. SO it wasn't TINT We merely
had " curiosity to look upon the face of a
man VINO wears red toupec as II matter of
choice
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05
AS The I lines Says

TE\HE leading editorial in "rhe New York
Times" yesterday was a powerful
eulogium of the President. It's lead
ing editorial of February last was an
omnous protest against giving him the
power he was, and is still. asking for in the
Overran bill. They parallel as follows:
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05

MIR. Wilson's need is
not more power, bat more
and bigger men to aid
HIM in exercising the
vast powers he already
has. The people have de-
piorcd his attitude Of un-
yielding opposition to the
efforts CT Congress to
call to his support men
strong enough to assume
some Of his burdens and
make certain a vigorous
and effective prosecution
OF the Wa.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05

No cause has been
shown. Congress has been
prodigal in its bestowaI
OF power upon the Exec
utive. Transportation on
land and sea. prices of
commodities. the food and
the fuel Of the people.
their right to buy and
sell and manufacture
have IL large measure
passed under the e.-.~ol
OF tho Administration.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05

Faults and Weaknesses
that could not be con-
cea!ed from them have
given rise to the appre-
hension that yet more Sc
rious inadequacics would
be disclosed as the labor
OF war preparation grows
heavier.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05

'tt tHt'Ss Az Nf t'e
MIR. WILSON'S FIVE
YEARS.
In five years Mr.. Will
son has come to be one
OF the four or five chief
men in the world. Il great
figure in the greatest
drama Of all time, the
foremost spokesman in
the cause of international
morals, freedom and JUS
tice for which the en-
lightened nations of the
earth have taken up
arms.
He moulds and mar
shals public opinion at
home as no other Presi-
dent has ever done; Of q
Congress sometimes re-
| lLctant he demands meas
ures often extraordinary
and they are forthcom-
ing; he commands the
interest and the atten-
ton of governments and
peoples beyond the seas
in Il degree far tran
scending that accorded to
any other President in
our history.
The fruits of his
thought have gene forth
to the world in that Sc
ries of state papers
which will for Ill time
adorn the page of history
as u firm and clear eX-
! position Of the American
spirit, az the voice of the
American people heard
through all tie world.
In the great alliance for
freedom and right he is
looked to above all others
TO speak the needed word
as it should be spoken.
His will power has
been made manifest as
Enthusiastically as his pow
cr of intellect. We may
say that he has actually
governed the country by
the exercise of both.
The great policies of
his Administration have
been determined in his
own mind and carried to
achievement by his per-
sonal authority. IF he
has now and then ap-
pcaled to the people. he
has often seemed TO COM
nland Congr It would
be nearer the truth to
say that by his ability in
statecraft, by his clear,
straightforward think
ing. by the supreme Writ
ue Of being right, he has
commanded the confidence
of the people and Of their
representatives,.
Compliance with his
will naturally and in
eyitably followed.
AS the nations leader
i'll war President Wilson
has been wonderfully
successful in silencing the
voice of opposition.
It is a conclusive ovi-
dencc OF his own Wis
dom and growth in
Craftsmanship that Mr.
Wilson's conception of
the deathless principles.
the principles Of right.
OF morality and OF Just
dealing among nations.
has grown clear and
true until among the
political leaders of the
Allied countries he is
foremost in the power
TO state them with con-
vincing force.
There were days when
men grieved over occa-
sional phrases of his
that seemed to connote
a coldly impartial ap-
portionment of praise
and blame between the
belligerents, when most
of Us had long since dis
dalned to be neutral in
SO great an issue of
morals. But if his
phrases then were bnl-
anced and formal. they
now burn with the stern
Indignation that comes
OF his sense of the
wrongs for which he
seeks redress.
For him there is no
turning back. no incon-
elusive peace. this
agony must not be gone
! through with again"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05


Cause must be shown
before Congress will con-
sent that the legislative
department shall abdi-
cate by giving Mr.. Vii
son supreme authority tc
reo'ganize the govern
nent. have laws set
aside. control expenditure,
and take all branches of
the business of war into
his own hunds.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05

You purchase merchandise advertised In 1HE
rRiSUNE With absolute afetyfor dissatisfaction results
SIN any case TRIBUNE guarantees to money
back upon request. No red tape. No aubbng We make
good promptly If the advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05
His Qualifications

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
sir: have read The Tribune since the davs
or horace Greeley and enjoyed it, but as the
democratic candidate in the oth Congress
slonal District I think you fail to do me us
tee | refer to your editorial under head of
'Scandalous" in to-day's issue. have rivon
much Of my time in the last thirty years to
public improvements in city, state and nation
have never held nor sought Office Kindly
note inclosed letterheads showing only few
OF my active useful connections am sure
you VIII do me justice. W. Z. CLEARY.
New York, March ], 1918.
The Enclosures show that Mr.. Clearv
IS u director of the New York Boat
Owners Association, vce-president of
the New York Board Of Trade and Trans
portation and a e-president of the Bav
Ridge Hospital, Dispcnsary and Training
School for Nurses.-Ed.1
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05
tThc Times, Fob. =
UNCALLED FOR AND
OBJECTIONARIE

lnasmuch as this is a
government of laws, not
Of men, it will not be
necessary to vest the
President with the cx-
traordinnry powers he
asks for in the measure
sent to the Senate yester-
day.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05

These powers have been
freely and willingly
given more will be given
with equal readiness
when it is made clear
that thereby the might of
the nation may be more
effectively applied in the
prosecution OF the war.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05

But Congress cannot
and should not confer
upon the President the
approximation to supreme
power which this meas
ure contemplates.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05


Certainly he must un-
derstand that his, rejec-
ton OF Congress's way
will hardly incline Con-
sress TO adopt his way.
And with his ample
knowledge of the politi-
cal history Of the United
states it is hard to mag
IN that he can believe his
proposal will be approved
or welconcd by the peo-
pie.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05
MEA,EEH OF TIE ASSOCIATED PREss

The Associated exclusively entitled to the for
republication Of dispatches credited to not
credited this and the local news OF
spontaneous origin published herein.
republication of all other matter herein
also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05

lie rebulfs all these
perfectly sincere efforts
70 add 70 his forces and
demands instead an in
crease of authority such
as has never cen con-
leEred on any President.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05
Mr.. McAdoo Speaks
By Henry James Forman
(From Golfers WeehIy)

"a TEXT to President Wilson, the most
N powerful man in the world to-day is
his son-in-law, William Gibbs Nc
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05
Hog Island
BIZ THEODORE NJ. KNAPPEN
ARTICLE V

PHILADELPHIA, March Hog Island is
Titanic sculpture. Here men become as
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05

SUBSCRIPTION RATEs-By Mail. Postage raid out
~. cf Nr..N Norl-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-05
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-20

is CASUALTY
Private Harley VandRment in List of
Soldiers Who Died Of Disease
and Gave Lee County
Address

Private Harley Vandament is in
the casualty list as a soldier who
died of disease in France.
He gave as his next friend Mrs.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-20
CITY NEWS.

Congregational bazaar Dec. IL.
Band dance Friday, Nov. 20, at
Woodman hall.
-Keokuk Concert band dance. Ad-
mission $1.00 couple: extra ladies
Csc. including. war tax.
Creamery butter in one-pound
packages Is up one cent pound by
"a change in the Official food prices
today.
Christmas only five weeks from
today. Nothing more appropriate
than your picture. Have Absolute
make them now.
.--Keokuk camp M. W. A., No. 622.
will hold its regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hall. ALI members are
requested TO be present.
Miss Margaret Peterson, of 927
Carroll street, who recently under
went an operation for appendicitis,
i has recovered sufficiently to return
to her home.
Regular meeting of Keokuk aerie
No. 683. F. o. E., tonight at Eagles
hall, 407 Blondeau street, at 8 o'clock.
Visiting brothers always welcome.
| Chas. A. Noakes, secretary.
C. A. Burns, OF 720 South Ninth
Estreet, has received announcement
! that his brother, Aubra Burns, was
killed in action in France on Septem-
Der 81. Aubra Burns did not live
| here.
| -Alva Hazen, well known here, Is
lat Fort Smelling, having been wound
led in France while fighting with the
Rainbow division, and in the hos
pital since then. He was reported
missing in action at first. He has a
broken arm yet, from his injuries of
last July. He will return home to
burlington soon.
| Next Saturday will be an impor.
.tant trading day in Keokuk and in
order that customers get the most
out of the occasion they are request
ed to read carefully the advertise
ments by those merchants who are
taking part in the Victory sale and
Christmas opening event A liberal
amount of advertising will appear in
tomorrow's issue of this paper. Be
Isure and read the advertisements and
remember the places where the bar
gains are offered.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-20
WANTED FOR SATURDAY.:
LOWITZ.
Clever quick clerk. Apply at once.
in SCHOOLS
State Superintendent Elect viii Come
to Keokuk to Install
Courses and
Work.

The public schools of Keol1uk are
to have courses in food conservation,
as are all those in Iowa, according
to the plans Of the state food adj
minfstration.
P. E. McClenahan, elected state
superintendent of schools this month,
has been drafted to install these
courses until he takes Office next
July, and has been given a leave of
absence by Des Moines college where
he is professor of education.
Professor McC1enaban is expected
here before very long to arrange
with superintendent Aldrich for the
Keokuk work.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-20

"LoWITZ DEPARTMENT STORE"
Just received fifty new midwinter
pattern hats.