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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
SAYS COLD WEATHER
BRINGS RETURN Of
INFLUENZA
Public Must Be Careful to Avoid a
Second Epidemic. Easier to Pre-
vent Than Cure. What to Do.

Encouraging reports of the fewer
cases of Influenza in this vicinity
should not allow us to relax u vigi-
lance or to become careless in the
belief that the danger is all over"
says a well known authority. With
the coming Of cold weather there is
apt to be a return of this frightful
epidemic and it's seriousness will de
pend on the extent Of he precau-
tons, taken by the public, to pre-
vent infection.
When the air Is full of Influenza
germs, you may be constantly breath
ing them into u nose n throat.
But their danger may be avoided and
you may make yourself practically
immune to infection il you destroy
the germ before it actually begins
work in your blood.
During the recent serious epidemic,
which hit Keokuk SO hard, most sue
cessful results we're obtained by
many through the simple breathing
into the nose, throat and lungs OF
the medicated air of Oil of Hyomei.
Probably no better, safer or more
sensible precaution against Influenza,
Grippe, Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis or
.Catarrh of the nose and throat could
be employed than to go now to the
nearest drug store and get a com
.plete -Hyomei outfit consisting of a
bottle Of the pure oil of Hymei and
a little vestpocket hard rubber in
haling device into which a few drops
of the oil are poured.
Garry this inhaler with you during
the day and each half hour or so
put it in your mouth and draw deep
breaths of Its pure healing germicidal
air into the passages of your nose,
throat and lungs to destroy any
germs hat may have found lodge
ment there. This simple precaution
may save you q serious illness and
the loss of several weeks work. 1t
is pleasant to use and MOI at all e
pensive as the inhaler will last a
lifetime and further supplies of the
Oil of Hyomei can be had at any
drug store for a few cents.
Hundreds of people in this vicinity
used Hyomei in this way during the
recent crisis and avoided danger.
They should not neglect it now for
the danger is by no means over.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
INSURANCE AUTOcRACY.

Warsaw Bulletin: Were it not for
the sorry experience the public is
having with the operation Of rail
roads under government control,
through which both passenger fares
and freight rates have been boosted
beyond the widest dreams of the
managers when under private On
troll. and then without meeting the
ordinary expenses of operation, the
federal treasury being called upon to
make good the deficiency, one would
be tempted to long for the govern
ment to take over insurance, SO auto
cratic and arbitrary has become the
insurance combine, especially in Illi-
nois where. it stalks under the film
siest of masks. Somehow or other 1t
seems so powerful as to deter either
political party from formulating ade-
auate legislation to control the evil,
or it is able to bring such influences
to bear as to balk any legislation
whatever. 1t is just such high-handed
methods as those characterfzing in
surance combinations that breed
socialism, anarchy. and even boil
~shevikism; and the individuals or
corporations largely responsible for
creating such a sentiment are stupid
" astounded at the fruits of their
own work and are the loudest in de-
pIoring the attitude of the public
when, feeling helpless under the rank
abuses, it exhibits a tendency to
paternal government.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
THE PEACE MANIkINS

We cannot pretend to regard this
/ delegation to the greatest internation-
al conference the world has ever
known as in all respects comprehen.
sively representative OF the United
States Of America. Indeed, many alter
natives quite as satisfying occur forth
with to mind. Here, for example. is one
which suggests itself at random:
Edward J. White-Occupation, chief
Justice, representing supreme court.
Robert Neutrality-suspicious. secre
tary Of state; representing the execu-
tive.
Gilpert NJ. Hitchcock-Occnpation.
foreign affairs; representing the SEN
ate.
henry Cabo Lodge-Occupation,
foreign affairs; representing the SEN
ate.
Elihu Root-Occupation, lawyer:
representing craftsmanship.
OF substitutes who might be pre-
ferred for one reason or another, more
over, there is no lack, such for in.
stance as Mr.. Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes for the chief justice, Mr.. John
Bassett Moore for Mr.. Lansing, Sena-
tor Charles S. Thomas for Senator
Hitchcock, either Senator Knox, Sena-
tor Brandegee or Senator Brandegee
or Senator Borah for Senator Lodge
and Mr.. Taft, Mr.. Hughes or Presi-
dent Lowell for Mr.. Root and so on,
ad infinitrm. Back Of any such combf.
nation, in reserve and holding ulti-
mate authority would he, of course,
the president-shall w say-ffimself.
Thus all parties to the great agree
lment-the executive and the senate
who make treaties, the supreme court
which constructs treaties, the republic
can majority party, the democratic mi
nority party, in brief, the whole peo-
Iple, would be fifty and powerfully
represented.
Instead, we have-what? Mr.. VIII
son, who no longer speaks for a major
ity of the people, by his own unprece-
denied appointment, and four mani
kins. of whom six years ago only Gen.
eral Bliss al slightly known at home
as one of a hundred brigadiers ana
Mr.. White abroad as an agreeable dip
lomatist of no particular account.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
When flatterers meet, the levi goes to
dinner.-Defoe.
RED CROSS ROLL CALL.

The American Red Cross has begun to call
the names on its Christmas roll. This is a cam
paign not for money but for members; Red
Cross wants to enroll American citizenship.
The ambition is legitimate since it is a project
looking to national preparedness, not for war
but for emergencies. Red Cross is the great
emergency organization Of the world. 1t is
ready to meet events Of any sort that present
need for help. In a way its general purpose
and ability are a more urgent plea for universal
support than its particular service at the pres
ent time. Many are thinking of Red Cross in
the light of the war work and rightly enough,
since that work is as urgent In its needs now as
at any time since the war began; moreover, the
need is one more felt by our own men from now
on more than by any Of the allied soldiers, most
of whom are likely to see their homes before
some of the American army units. But in call
ing on American citizenship to enroll in Rec
Cross membership that organization can justly
claim that it is making for nationel cooper
alton in providing an agent to meet all ~nationa
emergencies and to serve the nation In meetin:
all world emergencies that justly demand it
aid. The roll call of Red Cross is a summon
to become a supporter of one of the finest work
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
ing agents civilization has ever set up as evl-
'dence of the brotherhood of humanity.
GoVERNMENT BY COMMISSION.

With the end of the war a multitude OF war
service commissions and boards must now OF
soon go out of existence. Our mighty emery
lency war machine is to be broken up. Fifteen
great boards, bureaus, commissions and many
of minor Importance will soon be done away
with. Many of them have done good service,
and the crisis was held to have made the ere
alton of some of them indispensable. But their
usefulness and reason for being disappears with
the return of peace.
There is a school of thinkers who believe
that government by commission has habitually
in times of peace been carried dangerously far
both in the nation and in the states. No such
bodies were contemplated by our constitution.
Alexander Hamilton cnsidered the creation of
boards and commissions unwise; and the great
Lincoln is on record with the declaration that
she was done with commissions having con-
cluded that s'they were devices to cheat the
government" Certainly there we're few such
extra constitutional bodies during our civil war.
Of course, conditions have changed and our
interests, state and national, are more vast and
complicated than ever before. Nevertheless the
weighty conclusions of both Hamilton and Lin
coln-the master minds, as many believe, which
our republic has produced-warn us against
going too. fast and far in government blu bu-
reaus and boards.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17

North American Reviews Wa
Weekly: The great guessing match
was finally ended abruptly by the is
suance from the white house Of the
following official bulletin:
1t was announced at the execu-
tive offices tonight nat the rep
~resentatives of the United States
at the peace conferences would
b, the president himself, the sec
rotary OF state. the Hon. Henry
White, recently ambassador to
France; Mr.. Edward NJ. House
and General Tasker IL. Bliss.
Inc carernI pnrds1ng was cur1ousiy
naive in indicating that only the sec
rotary of state did not and only Mr..
White did require Identification, but
NEST highly significant, OF course, was
the reference to the president him.
appelation needing only the
use Of a capital H to be perfect. New.
erless, after attributing the obvious
restraint to modesty well becoming a
master who would appear as the ser
want of a people, one could hardly fail
to miss the point that it mattered lit.
tie what names followed. So, in point
OF fact, the country did eonstrue the
announcement, and, hut for a OF
obligation to perfunctory history, we
frankly should regard even casual
consideration Of the merits Of the su'
pernumeraries as wholly superogato
ry. Responding manfully, however, to
the call OF custom, we present here
with the Inscriptions which should be
placed upon the tags tt be worn for
purposes OF Identification in case
George Washington should get mad
and turn turtle in mid-ocean. to- wit:
Woodrow INSTRUMENTATION, pres.
ident; representing himself.
Robert Neutrality-suspicious., secre.
tary OF state; representing the execu.
tive.
Henry White-Occupation, none;
representing nobody.
Edward NJ. house1Occupation
scout; representing the executive.
Tasker H. Bliss-Soldier; represent
ing the commanderin-chief.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17

money cannot be- spent with almost
absolute immunity from control.
What is going to be done with this
plant is under discussion. The Amer.
lean International may buy the whole
concern from the government, or the
government can dispense with its
agent, but before then it is deemed
necessary that the public should see
the full account of the agents stew
ardship.
Senator's know that reports have a
peculiar way of being camouflaged,
rendered %innocuous and pigeonholed.
1t is UP to the commerce committee
70 decide whether this is to be the
fate Of the attorney generals report
OF Hog Island transactions.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
IOWA PRESS

Sibley Tribune: One of the things
that appears to us not necessary TO
worry about is what to do with or
for u boys when they come home.
They have proved their ability to
give a good account of themselves in
the face OF a cunning and brutal
enemy, and there need be no appre-
hension that they will fail to take
care of themselves in he midst OF
friends.
Davenport Times: When General
iHaig goes home to Blighty. the sol
dier's name for the tight little
island" the world will undoubtedly
see something worth while in the
way of a celebration. If eyer there
was a c%onquering hero, Haig is the
man.
Cedar Rapids Republican: The
politicians continue to a k things
out on the packers. They are the big
fellows and everyone can give them
a kick in the Stats. But there are
others who may need watching. Re-
Gently when there was a 1-cent adj
vance at the packing houses 3 cents
were added to the bills Of the ulti-
mate CONSUMER.
Perry Chief: 1t is little enough for
the government to do to allow the
boys to- keep their uniforms, and to
wear them until they are worn out.
Sac City Bulletin: Good roads Is
bound to be a big issue in Iowa dur
ing the coming legislative session,
and, indeed, will probably occupy a
good deal of the public mind for a
good many years to come. 1t is GER
tain that the trend is toward perma-
nent roads-hard surfaced highways,
but it is not certain how rapidly
they can be secured or how soon pub
lie sentiment will approve of the pro-
gram. Meantime, the question OF
temporary road treatment will be a
vital one.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: People in
this country who stood for an EN-
barge on arms to the allies before we
went into the war should not be
classified as traitors per Sc. They
are in most cases just plain dam
phools.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
thin PEOPLE
SHOULD TAKE
PHOSPHA1
Nothing Like Plain B~itro-phos5hI
70 Put on Firm, Healthy Flesh
and to Increase Strength,
Vieor and Nerve
Force.
Judging from the countless PREF

-
Judging from the countless prep
rations and treatments which a
continually being advertised for q
purpose Of making thin people aesa
developing arms, neck and bust, a
replacing ugly hollows and angles |
the soft curved lines of health a
beauty, there are evidently thousaaa
of men and women who keenly ia
their excessive thinness.
Thinness and weakness are usual
due to starved nerves. Our botl
need more phosphate than is conta1
ed in modern foods. Physicians clal
there is nothing that will supply ~
deficiency SO well as the orgal
phosphate known among druggists
bitro-phosphate. which Is inexpens'
and Is sold by Wilkinson q Co. az
most all druggists under q guarana
of satisfaction or money back. \
feeding the nerves directly anu
supplying the body cells win y
necessary phosphoric food elemen1
bitro-phosphate quickly produces
welcome transformation ID ue \
pearance; the increase in weight u
Quently being astonishing.
This increase in weight also y
ries with it a general improvement!
the health. Nervousness, sleeple1
ness land lack of energy Nl.1
nearly always accompany eAcesa
thinness, soon disappear, duii ~
become bright, and pale cheeks FL
with the bloom of perfect heaiL
CAUTION: - Although hitfopl1
phate is unsurpassed for relenl
nervousness, sleeplessness anu y
eral weakness, it should not OWL
to its remarkable fiesh-growlng lJ
critics. be used by anyone who u'l
not desire to put on flesh
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
cenauerina German Spirituality.

DR.. Frank Crane: We have con-
quered Germany on the battle field.
We must conquer her in the spiritual
field. And in no better way can we
show hat we are above the level of
the spoilers of Belgium, and that we
stand for justice and mercy and not
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17

done for him by Hale.it = penel
ly. however, a work OF arr sa Tor !
The president selected hai 60 Hesl
abilities and so did Hearst, 81 30 vas
now saws. and not because nc
traitor TO his own .counus
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17

vengeance, thar to heed the words
Of Him whose wisdom is always the
safest counsel: 'If thine enemy hun
ger, feed him."
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
: E.ole Lays Eggs,

st Louis Globe-Democras. of
States may go into a Zee forgo
lions. but it is not to $ ,can e
that, on occasion, the and i
can lay eggs made of steer ON
with INT.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
GRANDMOTHER KNEW
There Was Nothing So Go0u
for Congestion and Colds
as Mustard

But the old-fashioned mus.a a0sd Z
burned and blistered while It ac, au,st .
the relief and help tina. ,. sss !
pIasters gave. without the pla'''' :
without the blister. ,.,, vii
Musterole does it. Il is a clean Il
ointment, made with oil OF mus.a = vur
scientifically prepared. so uia s,;s,sr d
wonders, and yet does mol pu''N
tenderest skin. NTH the 4
lust massage Musteroie IN MivI 4 brio
ger-tips gently. See how qu ;o disaupes
relief-how speedily the pau. .hroat bd
Use Musterole for sore ulI' ssthd
l psela1sii, ne iumbaso. pains .a and a asasi
BRUISES tslu ehiiblains, frosted fe esss 9oai
the chest lit often prevents pe $3.50
3Oc and 60c jars; hospital size ~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
TODAYs BIT OF VERSE
BEYOND HI GATES.

l. go on strange adventures
Through the Gates of Sleep;
Aye, in a world OF wonder
My will-less way ! keep.
With marvel after marvel
Passing before mine eyes,
Eowever great the mystery
Ii gives me no surprise.
/ go on strange adventure
Men proclaim them dreams,
Declare it all unreal,
Where nothing is-just seems;
And yet-and yet, / know not:
Forsooth, how can l dare
To say, the body, slumbering,
How far the soul may fare?
! 90 on strange adventures,
And while agone mate
With most amazing company
Beyond the Sleeping Gate.
by paths not of my choosing
Most mystically led
Sometimes | greet the living,
and oftentimes-tde Dead,
I 20 on strange adventures,
fit from place TO place,
Without a touch of WEAKNESS,
Defying time and space.
.ometimes | talk with monarchs.
With sages / converse,
And in majestic p~resences
Both fear and awe disperse.
| 20 on strange adventures,
But not unmoved, an, no!
For oftenest in them / meet
Dear ones of long ago.;
And after I've been pilgrim!ng
Adown the vanished years,
Sometimes | come back smiling,
Sometimes | wak-in tears!
Samuel Minturn Peck
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17

DIR. Dernberg wrote in 1916: Germany has
proved that Britannia no longer rules the seas.
Something wrong with that proof, 1t appears.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17

geographically we have one assured tact TO
which to cling with thankful confidence-the
world is still round.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17

One seourse Follows r sn dogs
Minneapolis journal; a rn d
war are tied, but the ooss
is ZOOS
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
ABORIGINAL

Whether rightly or wrongly, this nation is
alleged to have invented sensational journal
ism; this is largely a matter of the amount OF
ink used in headlines for which phrases of
startling kind are selected without much ap-
parent illuminative value to the news stories
they stand atop of. But it has never been al
legged that this practice of emphasizing signif-
can Museum of Natural History is ground for
ines. Yet a document coming from the Ameri-
such a theory. In this document an account is
given of the news calendar photographs used by
the Indians to serve as time records. In these
primitive histories a picture was amplified by
"a single phrase in which the story of the most
significant piece of news of the year was en-
bodied, and the Indians memorized the phrase
and knew the year by its name.
1t is examination of these Photograph head
lines that is interesting. For instance, 1873
1870 was calendared by the Oglala Sioux
+. Smallpox Used hem-Up Winter In 1791-
the record runs "Saw-a-W hite- Woman
Winter In 1903 the Sioux thus record steal
ing a horse: Foot Iron, They Say, Brought
Home Winter by which it is evident the In
Idians made first acquaintance with horseshoes.
Here are two records relating to the coming of
"a white trapper and his fate: sBeaver-Sniall
White-Cam Winter and "Beaver-Small
White Burnt Up Winter"
The year 1s21-1822 was a lively time for the
Sioux by the record: Observation-Disclosures
Loud Noise; Much Whiskey-Used -Up-Omahas
Winter" In 1851 the great epidemic of small
box is thus memorialized: "Scab-Scab-Them
Winter" By 1870 the Sioux had their [. W. w.
troubles and settled them: "Beggars-Seven
Bring Home-Kill Them Winters" and in 1892
they got into the army: "Ground-Walk-Sol
ldiers-M Them Winter"
1t seems that the Oglala Sioux had the news
instinct and manner in embryo. They picked
out the unusual misfortune, made a picture OF
it and selected a brief phrase as caption and
painted this phrase in high colors. There Is
the prototype Of the modern news print OF a
sort.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
children Love Cascaret.,

Keep your little Pets healthy, strong and full Of
play by giving a harmless candy Cascaret at the
first sign Of a white tongue, feverish breath, sour
stomach or a cold. Nothing else straightens I'D a
bilious, or constipated youngster like these delight,
full cathartie tablets-Only ten cents a box.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17

Colonel Roosevelt will be in France during
some part of the peace conference. His pres
tige and wide acquaintance with Europeans OF
.eminence will bring him into close touch with
the sentiment in entente nations, and IT there
are undercurrents of opinion which are slow IN
coming to the surface in the conference, he Will
be aware of them. Conceivably he may cable
home some interesting sidelights If his message
can get by Burleson and Creel.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17

We need more sentieness and sympathy and compass
ion in orr common human life. Then we will neither
lame nor condemn. Many times the struggles are great
n than we can ever know.-Rabph Waldo Urine.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17

Editor Brisbane is authority for the state
ment that the Hearst newspapers circulation
has doomed during the past few weeks and then
argues that the reading public is infatuated
with the sort of stuff offered by these prints.
We guess another way. 1t is simply that the
public wants to glimpse what the Hearst papers
that they are in the front rank OF anti-Amerl-
will have to say in defense of the accusation
icanism.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17

TO MOTHERS! While all children detest castor oil, cabme, u
and iaxatves, they really love to take Cascarets because they taste III
candy. Cascarets work the nasty bile, sour lamentations and omSa
ton poison from the child's tender stomach, liver and bowels wihutn
or gripping. Cascarets never disappoint the worried mother. Each
cent box of Cascarets contains directions for children aged one year d
and upwards as well as for Enthusiastically safe and harmless!
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-06
WELtSBURG

BROOKE county in every district went
over thr quota. On Saturday evening
tho sale OF Liberty bonds are reported
ms amounting to s6o3.i5n. with more to
hear from. The quota for the entire
county was s34G.aon. By Monday the
figures arc expected 10 ba considerable
higher as quite n number were unahie
to GO, in on tim" for this report.
Mrs. Oscar galloway has rcturnel
from a visit ut the home OF her 'broth"r.
Charles Glass .nf Pittsburgh.
In q letter u the Herald from Louis
II. Jacob. Manila. Philippine Islands
il is stated that himself and family cS:
peel tn visit good old Wellsburg about
the Inter part ~ May. This will I've
guut news for the many friends ut MT.
Jacob and family.
Prof. = :. L:ppiu OF Bethany passed
through W"llsburg on Saturday en- route
for Union city, Ind. where he VIII speak
twice in Il special MEMS Day" celebrh-
tlun On May 5.
Tie Christian End"avor held social
NJ In" Christian church on Friday cven-
ing. Til" purpose III the social was TO
STIMULATES Interest In the work. About
80 people w"r. present. Games Tere
played md enjoyed Ivy all. Jcllo. coffee,
lake and H." cream was served.
sheriff l.i,tcn and Deputy Stephens
lift Saturday with soven men who had
failed to abide lay the draft law. TIM
men are being taken to Camp Sherman.
aud put III I'll" regular service. Thu.
Slackrrs were John Smith. Frank CatH.
.Tnhn l.nvclar" w Shai;uhn, Ed Lewis,
l.. Peterson and W. tloSki.