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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-29
We do that in our zeal our calmer moments
would be afraid to answer-Scott.
THE BILL ALREADY ACCRUED.

That the CITY of Lille was not destroyed by
1etreating Germans probably was due to their
realization that retribution was so certain and
near that it was inexpedient to outrage by new
barbarities the sentiment of the civilized world.
But the city has suffered terribly. Her school
houses theaters and two thousand other build
ings were destroyed in August, 1914. All stocks
of goods were stolen The machines ID fac
tories were shipped to Germany. The caty was
absolutely stripped of metals and wool and
muIcted by enormous exactions. Over ninety
million francs were squeezed out of the people.
They have been Systematically and atrociously
Oppressed, insulted, outraged, murdered, sent
off to Germany During the last fifteen days
lof the Hun occupation fifteen thousand inhab-
itants were taken away into captivity. Yet
they talk of Lille as having been spared, be-
cause she was the only city to get off so lightly.
All other towns and villages the Huns had time
to destroy they left Quilted, defled, blazing,
'ruined and razed.
If Germany does not from now on add to the
bill which she will have to settle, that is no
reason why she should not pay the bill already
accrued. She should be forced to refund her
exactions, restore ruined buildings pay for
looted property and make good from her own
factories machinery stolen or destroyed The
kaiser has sixty estates in Germany His
junker officers and agents and abbetors have
many Should not these be broken ND
and sold and the proceeds applied to the recon
struction of ruined lands? And does not Justice
require and the safety of civilization demand
that Hun commanders and military governors
who ordered permitted devastation. extor.
tlona autraGes and the murder of non-combat-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-29
a SINGULAR EXCEPTION.

Chicago Tribune. For Great
Britain the war is being conducted
by a ministry consisting of represen-
tatives of all three principal parties.
For France the war is being con-
Quoted by a ministry representing a
combination of the principal parties.
For Italy the war is being conducted
by a ministry representing all Italian
parties except the pacifst branch of
the socialists.
Even in Germany and AUSTRIA the
autocracies we are pledged to de-
stroy. the governments are at least
formally and more and more actually
representative of the chief parties.
Only the head of the republic of
the United States asks that the con-
duct of the war be consigned excIu-
sively to him and to his party. and
that the representatives of half the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-29

people of the nation be excluded from
participation in the counsels of the
nation, the conduct of the war, and
the formulation of policies.
This astonishing appeal is put forth
in defiance of the record of loyal sup
port made By the party he would ex.
Guide from government and by its
members who are bearing their full
share, and, we believe, a good deal
more than their share, of the burden
of sacrifice entailed by the war and
the administration conduct of it.
Republican boys are fighting and
dying under the flag. Republican
fathers and mothers have given them
ungrudgingly to the cause. But ii
seems Mr.. Wilson cannot trust their
representatives and does not abide
their counsel. The splendid patriotic
zeal of republicanism is discredited
in the eyes OF the world by the
American president, although he has
relied upon 1t at every turn of his
road since war began.
The republicans Of the country
cannot overlook an affront so flag
rant, so unjust, so ungrateful and SO
contrary to the spirit of united Amer
lea. They, do not propose to have
Mr.. Wilson brand them before the
nations as unreliable and unfaithful.
The Wilson appeal is a gross insult
to republicans. to the loyal party
leadership, to the stalwart American
ism of the party. If the harmony and
unity which ought to prevail in the
face of foreign foe can be weak
ened and embittered, Mr. Wilson has
done his best to weaken and embit-
ter them. -
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-29
DR. DAVIS, LOST OPPORTUNITY.

DR. Davis dentistry evidently satisfied the
kaiser and his powers as a conversationahst,
perhaps mostly shown by way of being good
listener, were equally agreeable as evidenced
by the book which has resulted from the coy
chats with the imperial patient. But here is
DR.. Harvey A. Cotton, head of New Jerseys
group of alienists and who is doing what he can
to make time and events clear to the insane IN
der his charge, saying that for eleven years
he has been successfully righting the minds OF
obsessed patients, restoring sanity and normal
mental condition by pulling teeth. DIR. Cotton
makes X-ray examinations to find out where
the trouble making tooth is that disturbs the
mind; then he pulls it, taking out an occasional
tonsil and even invading the alimentary tract
for obstinate cases. Did DR.. Davis use an
X-ray on the kaiser7 Did it occur to him that
the aloofness from normahty which his royal
patient displayed world questions might be
conditioned on molar? If he did not know OF
the possibility of such diagnosis, what an OPP
portunity he lost. If it had been DR.. Cotton
now instead of Dr.. Davis, the world might
never have been turned topsy -turvy. 1t prob
ably is too late now, unless the kaiser would
consent to treatment. It might be worth his
while in the present circumstances.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-29
THE ITEM sLANDERous.

New York Sun: The Actors Equity
association, large organization of
which Mr.. Francis Wilson is the
head, seriously takes exception to an
item which appeared in publication
issued by the Young Mems Christian
association and known as Dope Sheet
No. 2.
RULES for Actresses Actresses
going from the champagne district
of Broadway to the Champagne dis
trict of France need not expect to
iInbibe the golden grape juice with
handsome officers, because they
must agree before going not to
drink or smoke in the presence of
officers or enlisted men, not to be
with them after taps They must
obey, for they cannot walk the
ties back from over there"
The resolution passed by the conn
Gil of the Actors Equity association
demands that full and ample apollo
gy be made lin respect and justice
to the splendid, self-sacrificing women
of our profession who are risking
their lives in the submarine zones
and 'at the battle front in order to
devote their time and talents to en-
pertaining our soldiers overseas
me Indignation Oh MI. WILSON
organization is not to be wondered
at. The women of the stage who are
giving up large salaries and COM
Portable homes to go abroad and en-
dure hardships behind the lines in
order to cheer the soldiers have no
need to be lectured. Mr. Wilson and
his colleagues should not forget.
however, that war is not a specific
for idiocy. There are pinheads in
every large organization, no matter
how benevolent its purposes. and
often the pinhead makes himself
conspicuous where the wise man
is invisible Amateur journalism
abounds in pitfalls, into which
donkeys tumble at. the first oppor-
tIinity
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-29
ants should be put on trial and, when tnelr
crimes are proved against them, be conVlcteu'
sentenced and hangedi
rHE COLONIES QUERIES.

Colonel Roosevelt voices a wonder that mas
crept into many minds when he asks what sig
nificance, if any, there is in the fact that our
state papers persistently speak OF America as
the associate instead of the ally OF the entente
powers If we are something less than an ally
of the nations fighting Prussianism, 1t would
seem to mean that we are something less than
an enemy of the Teutonlc states. AS 1or the
colonel's contention that we should declare war
upon Turkey, the wisdom of that may be open
to argument We probably should have align
ed ourselves against her earlier In the war; DuI
now that she has been broken by entente blows
and is on the point of captivating, 1t is not SO
clear that we should rush in. If we have gained
anything for civilization by keeping out, which
may be doubted, we should lose it by jumping
in at the eleventh hour. The work is done The
allies have accomplished it unaided, superbly,
and are fairly entitled to claim that the settle
ment of the Turkish problem shall be LETT .
them We need not fear that they will not do
full justice to Turkeys subject races without
assistance, suggestion or interference on our
part. Let their wisdom complete what their
vaIor and tremendous sacrifices have achieved
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-29

Is 1t possible to comprehend the
true character OF personality? The
| easiest way to answer the question
| is by an absolute negative. But the
truth is that although there have
been a few philosophers in the
course of many centuries. the human
race has not yet learned even how to
think. There are thousands might
venture to say millions-of men not
! one of whom has ever asked himself
+ in serious earnest, What am II"
And there are many millions of
| women who rely entirely for self
knowledge ON what they call in
stinct.'' Those who unhesttatingly
believe in some creed whose basis is
blind faith may agree that COD is
an individual and that human lndl-
ividuality, being a divine creation, IS
iindestructibIe. But even when they
arrive at such an agreement, 1t IS
! exceedingly probable that they could
not define or even describe the
nature of an individualized deity, ana
that their conception of humanity Is
rather chaotic. In fact, for those TO
whom logic and philosophy are mere
words, the Socrattc injunction,
f"Gnoth seauton" ("know thyself), IS
addressed in vain. II We only knew.
it would aStoniSh US to ind that en-
tire generations OF men and women
have lived and died without ever
learning to know themselves.
II we ask ourselves what d1stin-
cuisines a person from thing or
from a brute, we may improvise such
clumsy explanation as that per-
son has definite interests and also
~ Of d
while thing is merely put in motion
by external forces, and brute acts
automatically under the spur OF
natural appetite.
But have we all interests peculiar
to ourselves? If we reflect upon the
way in which we have always spent
our lives in the past. we may dis
cover-and it will be revelation to
the unthinking whose name is legion
that we have floated or staggered
through the slow years of our exist
ence in an utterly purposeless
fashion. If we endeavor to satisfy
ourselves that we have been the
| masters of our fates," We may be
forced to acknowledge that in nearly
every instance circumstances have
compelled us to obey their impera-
tive demands.
1t is the custom today to talk en-
phatically about will power" But
what is will power?" Does it mean
the power to do what we will? Or
does it mean the capacity to resist
! the will of others conflicting with
our own will? Weaklings frequently
boast Of doing whatever they like"
But surely to like vicious or foolish
practices and to indulge in them be-
cause we like" them is not an
example of will power" Strength Of
will sometimes reveals itself In the
incapaoity to take any course but
one. Thus we say of habitually
sober man who has been reported as
having been seen publicly intoxi-
Gated: HE could not possibly do such
| q thing" But why not if his will is
unconstrained? 1t is, in fact, our
view OF the man that his determine
ton makes 1t compulsory upon him
to remain sober. His will is so en-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-29
WHAT WOOD WITT DO.

Hartford Courant: AS many per.
sons may have noticed, there is a
brisk demand for wood, which city
useholders expect to use for fuel
1t is a novelty to them and though
its price seems to be regulated main
ly by the amount of money which
the buyer can collect for the purpose,
he frequently does not know whether
or not he is paying more than fthe
fuel is actually worth and. while he
knows in general terms that wood is
sold by the cord and coal by the ton,
he has no idea of the relative value
OF the two units.
His problems would be simplified il
he would remember that a standard
cord contains 12S cubic feet of stack.
ed wood, but an honest cord is a rare
thing. especially if the man who cut
and stacked the wood is an adept
at his business. If the wood is
straight and free from knots, the
cord will contain more wood than
would be the case if the sticks were
knotty and crooked; hence a man
who is versed in handling wood can
expand or shrink cord by about 20
per cent in piling it.
a standard cord of dry hickory.
oak, apple or sugar maple has as
much heating value as ton of coal
and is likely to cost considerable
more than coal, if the latter was
obtainable. A cord of white ash
wood is probably equal to ton of
coal, but the buyer is not likely to
find cord of it in the market.
Birch, especially black birch; beech,
red maple and elm, with the swamp
woods generally, are slightly less
valua BILE than the aristocrats already
mentioned, but are preferable to the
soft woods, such as chestnut, cotton
wood, pine, spruce and hemlock.
From one and one-half to two cords
of these latter are needed to equal a
ton of coal.
The householder who uses wood in
the furnace for the first time will
have several things to learn and will
learn them after short time, the
first of these being that wood soon
burns out, if it is dry wood, and that
it gives .out little heat or refuses to
burn at all if it is green. Then, after
a little, he will find that a eombina-
ton of three parts dry and one part
green wood will work fairly well, as
requiring less attention. He will dis
cover that the furnace produces
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-29
TODAYs BIT OF VERSE
A DESERT NIGHT.


It is evening in the desert
And the blazing sky is dead
1t Is evening in the desert,
Though the flaming sun has sped,
He leaves some flickering emoers
From his fires that burned so bright,
And shadows steal Ger the desert floor
To herald the coming night.
The Will-o'- the-Wisp is dancing,
But the sunset hides his light.
1t is lfusky In the desert
In the west is yellow glow.
1t is dusky in the desert
When the winds begin to blow.
Mountain peaks cut the purple sky
In a black and Jagged heap,
When sigh breathes out OF the stiffness
That wakes It's brooding deep
Then the soft wind sways the sagebrush
And the sand stirs in its sleep.
The moon Is lighting the desert
From over the mountains rim.
The moon is lighting the desert
With a light that is stlver-dtn,
And the sand is sea of silver
That fades mysteriously
Into the luminous moon-m1st
Beyond which the shadows lie.
-Oryille H Leonard in Christian Science MOI
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-29
PRICES REALLY TOO HIGH.

consumer, in Christian Scenes
monitor. In reading over the list ii
prices paid by the United States gov.
eminent for foodstuff for the army
for August. find figures which NM
zle me when / compare them with
what | pay for supplies. For instance
bacon is quoted at AZ cents a pouudts
the government Everyone knows that
prices are sky high, but citizens ex
pect, despite Hog island prodigalltiss
the government to buy as low as anyI
one. and dealers quote them at least
reasonable prices?
AS an individual buyer, | have Just
purchased a six-pound strip of bacon
Tor 4Oc. a pound We all know that
qualities vary, but this is good bacon.
and IL soldiers and sailors never get|
any worse food, we can be assured
that there would be no complaints OF
groun-s for. complaints. But that Il
not the point, for it goes without say.
ing that we all want AL food for the
boys. The point is that a single Dur
chaser can buy for cents pound les:
than can the government, when n
buys by the million pounds. One order
for 99,560,000 pounds of bacon has
just been placed with Swift
This all recalls the initial order Of
the government for bacon more thar
year ago. when the price paid was
about 81 cents a pound or approximate
ly equal to the regular retail price.
What followed? Immediately the retail
nrIGa hnuon To oh IL L,rNr
ents of the exploded supply and de.
mand' said: 'Of course, the price
went up because there was a big de-
mand and consequent shortage" We'll
l have never found time since that
Shortage when / could not buy b.
con and no dealer whom | inquired o.
ever told me that he did not have any
or could not get any. But the price
stayed up just the same, and even con.
tinued to advance Consequently ]
wonder Just what the cause is, and u
it can be that there Is any pTofteef
ing anywhere? The meat packers af
pear to make out that they profit only
to the extent of fraction Of cent
and even II they did not make any
thing on meat sold to the consumer
would hardly make any difference 10
the price paid. But they keep runnlns
and pay dividends, and cut melon
now and then in the shape OF STOCK
dividends to the extent OF millions o.
dollars.
Reports from Washington STATE
the bureau of labor statistics Ia,
started an investigation of the COS,
of living in the principal indust,la
centers Another despatch says tha.
government price investigator 10.
started a probe in Cleveland OF ~,
sudden increase of 10 cents IN ou't.'
and egg prices. / cannot help cut !.
call the almost numberless lnYesuss,
tons of the high cost of living wiz,
have been carried on by the Cove.
ment. Almost invariably, the iihI IN.
is that the prices are too hign: an,
unanimity of these reports in fihaln.
that prices are too high leaves os
pretty well convinced that the pil l.;l
really are too high. If there are :,
any doubters after the findlns ID
these latest investigations are m
II is to be hoped there may &c iui'n- -.
then. when theLs n
no wars or other things hdHuS -,s
blame IL upon. there may ne mi
action not only recommendins IN
ordering fairer prices for the s lin
ment as well as for private
ais.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-29
THE PROBLEM OF PERSONALITY

tirely concentrated on sobriety that
we consider it moral impossibility
for him to get drunk. The So-called
strength OF will resolves itself into a
habit, and indeed-let US admit in a
spirit Of humility-all of us are more
or less creatures of habit.
The problem OF personality is not
SO simple that we can safely predi-
cate anything as to any mans or
woman's future actions. We can
never tell what person may do
under unusual circumstances.
Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde" is not mere fantasy. There
is in even the most honored Jekylls
of the world a potential Hyde. The
secret evil impulses of the profess
sors of goodness would. if divulged.
give their hidden self the aspect OF
la monster imprisoned in the breast
of highly respectable" member of
society.
Christianity has developed the idea
of man as an Individual, and has
even taken into account his potential
as well as his actual persona iity
Browning, great psychologist as he is
il addition to being great poet, has
emphasized what any one may have
been, in spite of failure to attain
ideal perfection. The familiar pass
age in rabbi Ben Ezra" finely ex-
presses the poets thought:
But all the worlds coarse thumb
And finger failed to plumb,
So passed in making up the mans
account;
All instincts immature,
All purposes insure,
That weighed not as his work.. yet
swelled the mans amount.
Thoughts hardly to be packed
Into narrow act,
Fancies that broke through language
and escaped;
All ! could never be,
All men ignored in me,
This / was worth to God whose
wheel the pitcher shaped.
But there is another aspect of per-
sonality which we must not ignore.
Besides what each one of us might
have been and what each one of US
is, there is the self that each pre-
sents to the eyes of others. 1t would
seem, If we regard the subject super
ficially, as If every individual were
composed of several different
selves" But this is an illusion. In
the last analysis we are just what
we are-no more and no less. To
none of us has Balzac's magic skin
been given. Not thus is human des-
i tiny forged.
Personality may appear elusive, but
lit is no myth, no dream, no unreality.
Buddha. that pre-christian saint OF
the orient, claimed that the only hap
piness he believed in-the "Nirvana"
was to be found in the extinction
not merely of desire but of person
atty itself. 1t is, however, very
doubtful whether we could exist at all
il personality were annihi1ated. This
is, in my opinion, the logical weak
ness Of buddhism, for how can we
say that when we no longer live as
individuals we can really possess
what We call life? LUCIAN.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-29
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Before we
lean deal Justice to the German ma
ton we must be deadly sure that the
herman nation is ready to receive
Justice at our hands. There can be
no bargaining with the Germans
society does not bargain with us
criminals: neither does 1t punish
/ them unduly.
| Waterloo Courier: This sudden dis
I a ppearance of Herr HohenzoAern
ifills us with apprehension. The next
I thing will be a report of his death,
then win follow the job of keeping
tab ON his various deaths, assasina-
I tons and other well known forms OIL
demise.
! Waterloo Times-Tribune: If true
that low cut waists. short sklrtS anu
silk stockings, worn by the women
folks. brought on the flu, what on
earth can we do about 1t!
Des Moines Capital: Turkey must
| appreciate to the full her past Ioii!
in allowing Germany TO take part IN
1 her affairs when her own TURKISH
warships commanded by Germans
threaten to fire upon her towns IL
she quits her allies.
hes Moines Register: Maybe the
! Germans will eventually agree 10 ie.
the allies occupy several important
Carman cities If they will promise
NOT OF interfere with the breweries.
| Cedar Rapids Republican: Ii Lille
waa left intact we shall want to
know whether it was through haste
1 in leaving or from the knowledge that
=. they are getting SO near the end that
: thew are beginning to fear retaila-
tons.
/ Davenport Times: The part the
remnant of the Belgian army is play
/ ing in driving the Germans out OF
Flanders has in it something OF the
( irony of fate and circumstance. Won
+ der IL the kaiser, as the author OF
all the ruin, rape and murder MS SOL
oilers inflicted upon brave little Bel
| ztuu. senses the full significance of
| this?
! Mason City GIobe-Gazette: This
lraague of nations is all right for
notice protection, but America can
not afford TO get into any CONNER
lcisl entangIing alliances.
Carroll Herald: Opponents of the
governors language proclamation
: have been careful TO confine discus
sion to the limited few whom they
know TO agree with them. Nobody
has vet been reckless enough TO dis
cuss the question before an audience
of 100 per cent Americans and for
obvious reasons.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The new
premier in Bulgaria is an editor. His
first act done TO re-establish himself
and his country In the good will of
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smoke instead of gas, and produces
IL In generous quantities, but eyentr
ally he will become used to It smos,
with some heat is preferable a
neither smoke nor warmth.
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their neighbors was to repudiate the
alliance with the Huns. You can
usually trust an editor to see the
main chance in any situation in
which he may find himself
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-29

Expected Demonstrators. Al.
Washington Post: Look OUT 10 ton
sudden affectionate demons G hesn
from the neutxals who nav 81,
waiting to see which way sH'
would jump.