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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
O. II. Club.

O. II. Club.
The o. H. club will be entertained
Wednesday afternoon by Mrs George
Loewenstein, 1902 johnson street.
The afternoon will be spent in quilt
ing.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
Mrs. Tucker Praised.

A recent issue Of the Musical Mont
tor. a prominent musical periodical.
contains a complimentary article re-
garding Mrs. Collingwood fuckers
work in bringing to this country a
knowledge Of negro folk songs and Of
popularizing them. The article is
written by Charles Hers, and he asso-
ciates Mrs. fuckers work with that
of Oscar Siegel, the great baritone.
who added these negro folk songs to
his repertoire after having heard Mrs.
Tucker in New York.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
Picnic Luncheon.

TICTIIV IVHC1I6OT.
On Thursday the Woman's Foreign
Missionary society Of the Trinity M.
E. church Will hold an all day meet
ing at the home OF Mrs. w. +. Guiss,
1919 Des Moines street A picnic
luncheon will be served at noon.
Mrs. GuiSs will make a report in the
morning. Of the recent convention Of
the burlington district Womans For
eign Missionary society. giving the
events OF the first day OF the conven-
ton. In the afternoon Mrs. Grant
Scott will make a report OF the second
day of the convention.
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Roots in keokuk.

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph L. Root, Of
Minneapolis, arrived in Keokuk yes
terday and were at the Hotel Iowa
until this morning. They are motor
ing from Minneapolis to st. Louis,
where they will visit their son, Mr..
Harrison Root, and his wife.
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First M p Church | aides

Mrs. A. c. Anderson and Mrs. L.
NJ Offences will entertain the
Ladies' society of the First Methodist
Protestant church at the home Of
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Baby Welfare,

The Baby Welfare league will be
entertained Tuesday afternoon by
Miss Ruth Mcguire at the home of
Mrs. M. F. King, Seventeenth and
Grand avenue.
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E&:E(ss;23z||
IFor society Editor call . s,s.l
sufFraaists Elect.

Sufsragists Elect,
The Equal Suffrage association, at
its annual meeting. yesterday after
noon in the home Of Mrs. o. g. Mandt.
elected the following officers:
President. Mrs G. C.. Weissenbur-
ger; vice-presidents, Mrs. W. G..
Blood. Mrs. T. r. Board, Mrs. n. j.
Reeves. Mrs. J. F. Elder, Miss May
Tumulty. Mrs George D. Rand. Mrs.
Leonard Matless; recording secre-
tary, Mrs. George Heller: correspond
ing secretary, Miss Julia Conroy:
treasurer, Mrs. o. G. Mandt.
The association has given to war
work the following: Overseas hos
pitfalls, $3431; to Belgian relief, SIP;
to the Red Cross. $3.50; to Russian
fund $1.O0, and to the purchase OF
thrift stamps. $500. The association
has also given to the state suffrage
fund more than $40. Mrs. Weissen-
berger presided at the meeting yester-
day and Mrs. Heller served as secre-
tary.
The president announced today the
following committees.
Membership, Miss Julia Conroy,
Mrs. J. j. Ayres, Mrs. ]. B. We'll, MS.
C. A. Weber. Mrs. L. B Field, Mrs.
N. E. Hancock, Miss Florence Tai
bot. Miss Frances Martin, Miss
inertia Mitchell and Miss Mary Gam
pert.
Finance, Miss Nettie Younker.
Literature, Mrs. N. s. Lowitz Mrs.
C. F. Skirvin, Mrs. Louis Sterne.
Press, Mrs. II. J. Reeves.
Ward, Miss May Tumelty
County chairman, Mrs. Leonard
Matless.
Social. Miss Beulah We'll, Miss
Ignore Rich. Miss Elizabeth Tanning,
Miss Leonore Weber, Mrs. Hugh
Davis, Miss Mary Bell, Miss Helen
Pond, Miss Charlotte Buck, Miss Lola
Covington and Miss Florence Little.
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Unitarian Alliances

Onlt1rIan NII1ancS.
The Woman's Alliance Of the First
Unitarian church will meet Monday
afternoon with the president Mrs
Hugh c. Hodge.
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Hostess to Christians.

The Ladies' society of the Ffrst
Christian church will be entertained
in the parlors OF the church, Friday
afternoon, by Miss Jennie Stein
berger and Mrs. H. H Stafford
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
Trinity Social.

The Ladies' society of the Trinity
NJ. e. church will be entertained in
the parlors of the church Friday aft
ernoon by Mrs. Joseph Schard Mrs.
Oscar Swanson, Mrs. Harry Poole
and Mrs. NJ F. Offences.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
Mrs. johnson Entertains.
ST. Johns Guild.

The hostesses Of St Johns guild
at the Red Cross shop. Monday after
noon, will be Miss Julia Drake and
Mrs. Jesse Devero.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04

On Tuesday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Boftz will entertain the
members of the First Christian
church and their friends at an in
formal social meeting.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04

The Ladies' society of the First
Baptist church will be entertained
Friday afternoon in the parlors of the
church by Mrs. Hurlbert and Mrs
Fred CHASER.
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WATER! WATER

MONEY must be spent in large sums be-
Az fore the danger of a water famine can
be averted. The plan to spend $I2 100000
during the next four years for building
new pumping stations and laying new
mains commends itself to the judgment.
Results, however, will not appear fer
long time. Something needs to be done at
once. The old mains are leaky so that
the water which is pumped into them
disappears in large quantities before il
reaches the spgOts. The spigots them
selves are in bad repair in thousands of
houses. allowing water to trickle away con-
stantly. 1t may not be practicable to re.
pair the mains-they may need relaying-
but the faulty plumbing can be made good.
both in residences and in business build.
ings. And the householders themselves can
do much to relieve the situation by calling
In plumber.
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A TAX ON CONGRESS-

MOST people in civil life habitually talk
A'I and think of Congress as if Congress
were a foreign land. Congress is alOOf-
or seems to bc-fronl. the interests of the
ordinary man The reason Is plain enough
The Average Honorable Member is more
often consecrated to the interest and the
welfare of kOkomO or kunkakee, Bird
Center or Cobtown, than to the eternal
verify that is the United States.
Why, then. when there : need for
heavy taxes shouldn't the country revert
to the old principle of taxation for disCi
pline and tax Congress into the acceptance
of a national point of view"
prOhibitive tax upon speeches lasting
more than half an hour might I've "A good
beginning. There might be Il tax upon
split infnitives upon the bloody shirt upon
poetry, upon quotations from Daniel Web
ster. And .here might he a million per
cent tav upon the black slOuCh hat which
perpetuLtes in Washington our boasted pro.
vincalism and all the boarded prejudices
of the sixties
If such levies were made and enforced
public opinion might be willing to EXEMPT
eulOges Of the peepul, pork, postoffices
and perquistes. Then everybody would
I've happy ever afterw?rd
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THE RUSSIAN EVOLUTION

ALL of those who shout about Saving
"A Russia" do not always say for what
or for whom they want Russia saved. 1t
isn't always clear that they are thinking
of the Russians.
The Russians have been sold out pretty
often-amonE themselves 1t has been a
sort Of family matter. But the develop
ments of the last few days in Siberia and
elsewhere in the north of Russia make 1t
plain that any one who attempts to sell
Russia or Russians to an outsider is likely
to find himself burdened with job as
colossal and as perllous as that of those
who would do the buying
Russians arc moved in masses hy per.
sOnal contacts, by the spoken word, and
above all by moral contagious. The whole
nation is in a state of extraordinary sen.
sitivCness. The United States and the
Allies, if they wish to avoid the ultimate
disaster in Russia. must he as different as
possible from Germany. late and an
tagonsm or faith and confidence can sweep
Russia any day like a forest fire. oppose
the slowly forming national sentiment Of
Russia now and you will have the enmity
Of the people not for a year, but for a
century.
one Of these days Russia will ask for
active support. Then military aid can be
rendered a food of energy that might be
turned against the Allies will he swung to
their support The flame that is starting
in the north is sure to sweep southwark.
Critics of the Administration policy Of
patience can afford to make mistakes and
forget them.
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Philsdelphia, THURSDAY. July II. 1913
HOW TO RAISE THE TEACHERS
SALARIES

THE Endorsement by the local Boa d Of
4 = Public Education Of the rcsoluti N of
the State board appointing committee to
urge upon the Legislature ;he appi opria-
tion of sum large enough to add . per
cent to the school salary fund in every
school district in the State will be approved
by every friend of education.
1t would be better, Of course, tha' each
district raise the money needed 20 hire
skilled teachers. but the financial ability Of
many rural districts makes it impossible
for them to do it. The rural dtstrc,s would
benefit primarily by the state approDra-
tion. But the Improvement in the quality
OF the instruction which would follow would
benefit the whole State.
1t would be cheaper for this city to in.
crease the school budget SO that the sala-
ries of the teachers might be raised. for a
large part of the taxable wealth Of the
State is here. But the Endorsement Of the
plan by the local board is a gratifying in
dication that it takes broad,minded and
not provincial view Of the subject.
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WHO COT WILHELM'S BRIDES?

liver since the war began there have
~ been rumors oG carloads of money sent
from Germany to the United States iu
E corrupt public opinion. One report put
the sum at S6O,OOO,OO Secret Service men
who found traces of this fund never were
able to follow it to it's source. Now, in
probing the case of a man who bought a
New York newspaper apparently to make
It an organ of Kaisersm in America. Fed
6hal agents claim to have demonstrated
that $50, 900 of the kaisers personal
funds sent to the United States and
that the adventure in New York journalism
was financed by the All Highest himself
But who got the rest of the $50, 100000?
After the display of fanatca effrontery
in New York the public isn't likely to he
satisfied with speculation. The people will
want to know who prOfited by the Kaisers
asininity. Much of the malevolence that
disgraced the foreign-language press iB
the United States in recent years wasn't of
the sort that springs naturally from the
mind of even a misguided patriot. Must
we go to New York for an explanation Of
some of the shameful campaigns carried
on through the alien press?
The men who took the kaser's bribes
should be named by the Government. If
they cannot be shot they can at least be
disgraced and disCredited.
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THIS YEAR

THIS year is like no other year to me.
L For, ere its days are numbered, there
has gone
From out my sky light that brightly
shone,
Leaving a darkness, and vacancy.
a voice is hushed whose accents were more
dear
And welcome than the thrilling song o,
birds;
More filled with meaning than the wsest
words
Uttered in ancient days by sage or seer.
\ smile that fingered on beloved lips
AS long as life itself remained, is fed;
And beams Of love from kindly eyes orre
Are quenched forever in Deaths sad eclipse
All these indeed are gone, but still is mine
The memory dear and blest, that shall
not fade,
OF one who faced lifes battle unafraid,
And fought with courage born of strength
divine.
Walter D. Gladwin, in the Christian Ad.
NUcate.
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4 NEW BLOCH SIGNAL SYSTEM

T7HE custom which has grown up this
summer of holding a weekly singing
festival attended by the residents of
block, for the purpose of arousing patri'
otic sentiments, might be called new
kind Of block signal system for the safety
Of the men in France.
, The more loyalty there is at home the
better will we work for the winning of the
war And there is nothing better than
singing patriotic songs to stir up loyalty,
Those neighborhoods in which the weekly
Sing" has not yet been introduced have
still time for a number of inspiring con.
certs before the weather gets too cod to
meet outdoors. The custom is one which
should spread all over the city.
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Nov that there is some prospect of Ger
" man military callers at Moscow. Lenine
and Trotsky are very busy devising a new
uniform for the Soviet troops Up to the
present time they have shutfed along very
nicely with fatigue or Hundress uniform
of n rightshirt trimmed with pacihst passe-
menteric, but this hardly seems rigorous
enough for formal military occasions.
Lenjnc wants the new uniform to be oriei-
nal. simple, artistic and democratic. How
about a red union suit frogged with Ker-
ensky fur, and reaching modestly from
chin whsker to manfestoes? The Kaiser
will arrange for some ecruel insertions.
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WHAT MICHIGAN THINKS OF FORD

sHlHE rural press of Michigan, the opinion
= of which the New York Tribune has
been at pains to 'colate, is almost unani-
nnously of the opinion that Henry Ford
would be a misfit in the United States
Senate. When it does not say that he has
no qualifications for the post and is ig-
norant of public questions, ii says that he
would be merely an echo of the President
This view is expressed by Democratic as
well as by Republican newspapers. They
admit his business ability. One of the
papers confesses that he is so powerful
that few persons dare express their real
opinion of him. The only enthusiastic in
dorsement of him comes from the Camden
Advance, which describes itself as neutral
IN politics. Most of them say in one form
or another that the shoemaker would bet
ter stick to his last
q IL these papers represent the sentiment
of the State there is little prospect that
Mr. Ford viii be called upon to abandon
The admirable work he is now doing TO
( take up a task for which he has had no
fraining and for which he is utterly dis
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What Do You Know ?

To the Editor Of the EUeninD Public Ledger:
Sir-There appears in your paper every
day series of questions under the heading
what do you know" These questions
have been of great interes: to me and have
recently caused quite an argument on the
subject should a well-informed person be
able to answer these questions day after day
as they are published?" Also, what two
classes of people are considered the best in
formed on all subjects in the country? For
example. doctors, lawyers merchants, min.
isters, professors, etc,
l.. w, ROSECRANS
Naval Hospital. Annapolis, July 10.
CThe average wel-informed person prob
ablv would not be able to answer all the
"Ouig" questions every day, but certainly
should be able to answer the majority of
them most days. Many of the questions are
m the nature of review" of things learnt
Al school and others are drawn from the
daily news, particularly that pertaining to
places and personalities connected with the
war We would not have the temerlty to
Indicate even one class of people best in
formed" TO say nothing of two such classes,
Possibly those classes nearest to a good ref
erence library are the best informed, The
depth and breath of information would
seem TO be more an individual than class
matter Editor Of The EyEsiSo PUBLIC
LEDoER.)
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THE CHAFFINC DISH

THE CHAFFING DISH presents tcith
4 pride the toioping extracts from a let.
ter from William McFee, the author Of that
remarkable norei "Cdsudls Of the Sea"
Mr.. McFee is an English steamship enpi-
ncer, noc Serring in the British nary. ,cho
has toUnd time amid erdcting tasks to
,crite some Of The most delightful and
,chim steal prose Of or time.
The Chatting Dish cannot regard the
letters Of its most distinguished correspon.
dent as pirate property They belong to
the tUorld! I
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SPEAKING OE NAMES

IMAGINATIVE folk are beginning to
complain because the railroad admins
tration has at one stroke Eliminated the
fancy names which formerly graced the
crack trains on the various lires. There
is shadow of sound reason for sorrow
in the face of such austere restraint
Names can be illustrative They can help
a slow mind along TO difficult perceptions.
Surely the country would have less inter
est in Congressman who was nansless
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COMMON SENSE IN WAR TAXES
Many Items in the New Plan to Raise
Revenue Which Would Defeat Their
Own Purposes

THERE is an ancient story OF man
i who came into possession of little
factory which turned out for him a mug
get of gold every day. But he grew
greedy and was not satisfied with its rate
of production. He reasoned that If
nugget day could be produced the fac
tory must be full of gold. He decided to
get it all at once and rcvel in luxury.
So he killed the goose that laid the
golden egg and discovered that the pro
duction of wealth was a continuous
process consisting in Transforming COM
mon substances into others more valu-
able.
Congress. with it's new war-taX pro
posals, is in danger of making the blunder
of the owner of the goose.
Tho purpose of the new taxes is to pro-
duce revenue. If some of those proposed
arc levied they will fail to produce rev.
enuc. because they will kill the business
which produces wealth.
Take the jeweIry business. for ex-
ample II is proposed to tax all sales
Of iewelry. including watches and clocks,
N .',,. 90 +l,o ro+oi1 rr;ce the tax
-. ~ ,,-;.I H.. ,,o ,,,rcbosor Thus when
,.,,,r,. ,,,,,, ,,oos into , s4oro 70 buv n
.,.',I:,,ar ,.i,,,. co.. en- bo will find cntcred
ol,i. 49,, additional ;tor, of
$5 for the war tax. If he buys watch
~. con l.. ,,.;r h,ro T., r,,. $40 for if
His orcagrrnon. rinr. with diamond in
II ro,. which bo would nav from $50 to
So5O-unlcss ho were rolling in wealth,
when he might pay SiOOO-wilI cost him
from STE 70 S375,
T,l,o,., ,,,., r,,,,irol, or ro;lIiore or dol
,,,., i,,.o.+od !, ,Iis business Rut no
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.:c1os fo,. tho n,.ico Of raw furniture is
o,rood.. ~ bfcb boc,rso of +ho increased
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Answers TO Yesterdays Quiz

Answers TO Yesterdays Quiz
/. Ottawa Is the capital of the Dominion of
Canada.
9 william Morris Urghes IL the Premier Of
the Commonwealth Of Australia.
s. Hinrarrh"s u60-12O u. c., the founder nf
scientific astronomy. first pnred the prin-
cipes cf longitude aud latitude to the To-
cation of pipces. He Tlso discovered the
procession Of the eauinoNes.
4. The Three Mulkeicers Of prmas,s "D'AItag-
ven nr r'masfss WfEs -. A'h% g. "Gmss aias 's anS Z
Aramis tCheyalieF d'IierblayI afterward
HishOp OF Nannes,
3. The American troors ri the front numhe!
anproNmnt"lS ore million one hundred
tholisnnd ?. 100 OOhl,
G. The eouin0Nest The time. t'"'cs .-"- =,
srring aud fall, when the days ard nights
IRE 81 the same length, The word is. iron
:. The Secession ci the Turkish throne fall.
Othman, the tounder, iHstrRd Of TO the
eldest child Of t'p deceased ruler In
most ether m0nRrchies.
y. GyrGscnpe; \ mechanical instrument psrd
10 Illustrate the prncipies Of rotating
b9aie + $? arranged .Hi that tires s, AYES
Hxed point. which Is the center of gravity.
fer proDuslon
o. General Otto ven iieow, recently In nn lri-
pOrtnnt c"muInpd >" I've 'Tss."-r, s','s (
neFinst Parts nnd the rl'snDel rarts, wss
Held ,controi CT the Austrinns an the ital-
ian 'front.' E1
10, ~ would rsthsr ~ Z :, hrst wsr tr-~ t,s /,
.hr sescaa n rcns > wa sd y, SuIlcs
g snain aescrdinE Z, Pistarek.
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and merely No 10 in the House and in

and merely No. 10 in the House and in
the Congressional Record
The Broadway Limited and the Black
Diamond Express and like colorful desg-
nations are to be no more. The trains will
be numbered. An illuminating suggestion
Of the differences in national traits is here
offered. The fast railway train that used
to take the Parisans to the coast resorts
in the days of peace is still known and
famed all over Europe as THE Azure Sky
What number could hold out promise so
eloquent as that which sings in those
three words?
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4 German intelligence officer (who seems
very intelligenO says that the American
troops still consider the war from the
point of view of a big brother who is
coming to the assistance of his. oppressed
brothers and sisters. Their opinions have
a certain moral basis
Another chance for some Swiss landlord
TO rent a villa for the duration of the war.
SOCRATES