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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-23
|IELLs women
SOCIAL CREED
e.y. Eleanor Gordon Addresses
woman's Progress Federation
of keokuk on Social
Evil.
STRONG MODERN TALK
Failure Of Segregation, Antiquity Of
pouble Standard, and Other
Truths Presented EIo-
quentIy.
brRoNG MODERN TALK

Facing the social evil of the city,
ho Rev Eleanor Gordon, of Hamil-
on sought to give her Keokuk SIS
ers solution of how to abolish the
moral cancers when she Spike IN
|ier the auspices of the Woman $
Progress Federation at the Baptiss
fburch Sunday afternoon. Her sub
ect was "a New Conscience and an
ancient Evil"
She told the women that segrega-
lion of vice was a failure. She suS
kested that a refuge be established
d the state of Iowa for all morally
I md physically diseased women. Civ
ing them employment for mind, body
nd soul was her idea. If they are
healed let them go; if they aren't.
lei them remain.
"In facing this question:" she de-
flared, you must change your
thought and get new concept as
10 what makes purity and physical
health. The body is a tool that
Someone uses for a higher purpose.
The body should be regarded as sa-
bred. Through the body the Soul,
the real am, expresses itself. This
i where the emphasis is lacking ii
EDUCATION today.
The True Idea Is Safe.
"The spiritual side is what we
bust face and readjust our thoughts
bout We must recognize the sa
kredness of the body as the dwelling
place of the soul When girl has
that feeling, you can trust her any
Ehere. When a boy has been edu-
fated into this thought, you Can
(rust him anywhere. But you can
bot trust either one unless they hold
|he higher, spiritual thought.
Get the notion out of your heads
|hat because you are women you are
peculiar and have to submit TO any
Thing. What we need is the nobler
type of woman. Then a larger part
pf this trouble will be disposed of.
No woman is under any obligd-
(lon to yield UP any of her woman
hood. Make this gospel. The men
nay laugh, but nevertheless they
will sit up and take notice What
Fyer their thoughts and desires, their
pets will be different.
History, science and sociology
pave exploded three old assump-
ions OF mankind-that men differ
(ntiate from women; that the phys
eal nature of men is such that GER
Eln lndulgences were necessary to
paintaln their health; that there is
double standard Of morality, one
|or men and one for women.
me most reputable medical
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-23
Montrose Man Has Car Stolen in Keo-
kuk While He is at the Movies
and Does Not Lay Down
on Recovery.
SETS A GOOD EXAMPLE
His Car Found in City After a Days
Search, But He Keeps on to
Send Thieves to Peni.
Tertiary.

The big seven passenger Buick
automobile of Fred Banter, of Mont.
rose, was stolen from in front of the
Masonic temple while the owner was
at the movies Saturday night.
The police recovered the car at
Seventh and Des Moines streets, Sun
day afternoon. after a search which
included telephone messages to many
surrounding towns and cities.
There is no clue to the thieves who
evidently used the car for joy ride
and then left it in the street where
it was found.
Mr.. Banter, when informed Of the
recovery of his car, promptly offered
a reward of $50 for the thieves ar
rest. In this he is less selfish and
better citizen than most of the
owners whose cars are stolen for joy
rides. They are generally different.
and Mr.. Lauter deserves a vote Of
thanks from the Keokuk Automobile
club, one of its members said today.
Too Many Have Change Of Heart.
While the car is missing, owners
fairly nag the police to hunt it and
the thieves. When it is recovered,
the owner suddenly loses interest and
declines to assist in catching the
thieves and to prosecute them. In
some instances, the owner promised
to stay with the case until the thieves
were in the penitentiary, but after
the police had worked weeks and
made the arrests, the owner lay down
on them.
automobile stealing in Keokuk
will continue just as long as the
motorists desire and no longer" said
a policeman today
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-23
TOTAL OF 1856
is REGISTERED
Van Buren, County Estimates All Elk
ceeded by List of Names
Secured Sept.

BONAPARTE, Sept. 23.-The re-
suit of the military registration in
this county on September IL revealed
total enrolment which surprised
the members of the board The war
department advance estimate for the
county was slightly over 1900. and
the highest estimate was not over
1900 but the total reached 1886 OF
this number 1856 were native born
citizens, four naturalized citizens, ten
citizens by fathers naturalization,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-23
saIzburo in state of SLED.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.I
ZURICH, Sept. 23.-As the result of
a general strike in Salzburg (AustrIa)
state of siege has been proclaimed,
according to reports here. The demon
strations it is said continue.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-23
The Double Standard Is Dead.

The Double Standard Is Dead.
The argument that physical in
diligence in men is a necessary evil
was accepted seventy-flve years ago
Today, people recognize that there
is no such thing as a necessary evil
Ihey are demanding chastity in men
as they are In women. Science says
that men are physically, morally and
mentally better if they keep chas
tity."
The speaker referred to Abraham
tlexner. who was sent to Europe b.
the Carnegie institute to investigate
conditions there, and to the subse-
quent Investigations here.
She said II there were no spiritual
and moral questions involved, if it
were only a physical i'll, that would
be sufficient to eradicate the evil if
only the whole people realized that
no one is safe from it's menace until
all are safe.
The speaker gave this advice
about cleaning up the city:
What to Do In keokuk.
Enforce the law, women, as best
you can she said. Stand back of
the officers of the law. Find out if
the law isn't being enforced and tell
your officers about it. Don't be
AFRAID about having few unpleas-
ant interviews. If you do this, little
by little Keokuk will be made de-
cent and better place in which to
live
The Reverend Gordon's address
was heard by about hundred
twenty-five women.
To- sot 1N ~
dent of the federation, presided at
the meeting. Miss Sallie Anderson
gave a short organ recital preceding
the address. and Miss Ignore Rich
closed the program with a solo,
The Battle Hymn of the Republic /"
Mrs. Aver, of Tenth and Fulton
streets, pronounced the invocation.
Want to Learn About Things.
With the underlying purpose of
lettering conditions in Keokuk, the
Woman's Progress Federation is ar
ranging for lecturer to come to the
city and give educational talks along
civic lines. Through these they wish
to acquire a deeper knowledge of
and judicial affairs. 1t was
decided at the meeting held by the
federation at the Baptist church yes
terday to bring to Keokuk a profess
sor of the Chicago school of civics
1t is the wish of club members that
he give a series Of lessons on the
functions and powers of the various
courts, the powers and duties of the
city, county and state officials and
other phases along governmental
lines.
The matter was presented by Mrs
James Young, chairman of the edu-
cational committee. The lectures are
to be financed by the committee and
the federation in such a way that
they shall be free to all women.
The women feel that they are han
dicapped in all sorts of civic work
by their lack Of definite knowledge
Of governmental affairs.
Announcement of the time and
place and other details of the school
Of civics will be announced later.
The business meeting of the fed
Grafton was held proceeding the pro-
gram of the woman's mass meeting
afternoon. Miss Harriet
Solomon, president of the federation,
presided
The Un.trd Stetes. since .!,e war
began. has made 2,000.739 rifles and
I,;v
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-23

Item In said matter. Bond Of Jesse
Lionberger, as principal, with c. E.
Peck and Frank Byers, as sureties,
on the sale of said premises, in the
sum Of $500 filed and approved.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-23

| The worlds production of quicksik
yer has been for years almost sta.
tionary, with tendency to diminish
during the last decade.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-23

schools teach now that chastity be-
longs to the mental and physical
health OF men the same as it does
to women. This means that the Old
teaching was false.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-23

The Gate City Want Ads.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-23

The Un-trd Stetes. since .he war
began. has made 2,000,739 rifles and
96,006 machine guns.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-04
FIFTY ELECTRICS AND BARN BURNED
 IN $2OO,OOO FIRE

Wheeling, W. Va, Feb. fifty street cars and the large barn of the Wheeling Traction Co.,, on Wheeling Island, were destroyed by fire early today. The damage is estimated at $20O, 900. The fire started when a car man attempted to light a heater and oil soaked waste took fire.
 The Wheeling Traction Go. is con- troIled by the West Pennsylvania Traction Co. of Pittsburgh.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-04
BRITISH AIRMEN FELL FOE WITHIN
 BELGIANS' LINES

Paris, Feb. 4.-The Belgian official statement on military operations is- sued last midnight reads:
 During the last two days our ar tilery has silenced several enemy bat teries and has carried out fires of destruction and reprisa1 against en- emy organizations and defenses in reply to artillery fire and bomb firing before Dixmude. An enemy aviator was brought down within our lines by British airmen."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-04

Washington, Feb. 4-Wool stocks in the United States were about 562,- 100000 pounds on Dec. 31 last. the Department of Agriculture announc- ed today in it's quarterly report. That was a decrease of 66,OOO,OoO pounds from stock on Sept. 30, 1917. These stocks were held by manufacturers and dealers, 262 of which reported no wool on hand.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-04
TWO PARTIES IN
 HUNGARY DECIDE TO JOIN NEW ONE

Amsterdam, Feb. 1.-The Hungarian Constitutional party, headed by Count Andrassy, and the United Independ- ence party, the leader of which is Count Apponyi, have decided to join the new government party, according to a Budapest dispatch to the Vos- sische Zeitung of Berlin. Five of Count Apponyfs followers declined to join the movement.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-04
TODAY'S WANTS

BARGAIN, needing money any offer takes my new Sonora style cabinet talking machine and records. 319 Atlantic St. B 2 s*p
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-11-07
His Civilian Record.

May I suggest to the government
that every man ne treated according to
his civilian merits? These are DEM
ocratic days. We should not Say to
discharged men: "NVere you all Off
ccr?" or "Were you a private?" We
should say: snow you have finished
with war, we must deal with you on a
civilian basis. What were you before
you Joined up? What do you think
you are best suited for? With YOU
time is precious, just as it is with US.
We want to help you to earn a living
in the way that you can earn it best"
Treat discharged men according to
their abilities, and not according to the
positions they have held in the "erv-
ices. That is the real solution of the
problem-the key to the satisfactory
settlement Of the difficulty Of the dis
charged. Square pegs in round holes
are a nuisance everywhere, as we in
the army know only too we'll. Let us
go forward.-London Daily News.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-11-07
Democracy

SWELL" said the captain of artillery
as he stood watching three Yanks
playing baseball in the Tuileries gar
dens in Paris, II guess that if we
came over here to make the world
safe for democracy, we have finished
the job and can 30 home.
"Look"-pointing to the three ball
players. "One Of those men is an
American soldier. one is a Y. NJ. C. A.
secretary, and one is a darby from an
American stevedore regiment. The
white soldiers father was killed while
fighting to free the slaves, the ~
mans father was a slave owner and
the darky's grandfather was a slave.
They are playing ball in the grounds
that were once the private grounds of
an emperor. If that isn't democracy to
the nth power, what do you call it?"-
From a Red Cross Scrap Book.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-11-07
MISREPRESENTATION
Frugality VS.. shlftlessness,


Before the long, wet winter months
set in, when the greater part of his
machinery and implements are not in
use, the thrifty farmer carefully goes
over them. oilins, using paint when
necessary, supplying broken or missing
parts and putting everything under
shelter. These and other frugal char
acteristics ~differentiate him from the
%shiftless, haphazard farmer who leaves
his implements exposed to the wealth.
er, who let's the fences around his
house and barn fall down, perfectly
contented to throw a hoop over his
corral gate rather than put on a new
hinge or repair the old one.
The former, it may be taken for
granted, is a plow-deep, use.fertilizer,
cultivate-thoroughly and take-advan-
tage-of-the-market farmer-in a word,
a successful farmer; while the latter
is a scratch-the-ground and trust-to-
luck individual whose failure he at
tributes to anyone but himself.
No right-minded farmer could toler.
ate being in the second class; and, on
the other hand, every farmer coming
under that category ought to aspire to
the first classification-and now is the
time to start.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-11-07
Farm Made to Paw.

For ten years a 500-acre farm in cen
trail Michigan failed to pay interest on
the capital invested. One year after
the owners had been induced to make
certain radical changes the farm paid
all expenses of operation and returned
them 5 per cent on an investment Of
100000. These changes were:
Substitution Of four-horse for two.
horse machinery; substitution Of bet
ter stock for improbable cows in the
dairy herd; adoption Of the silo plan;
allowance to the foreman, in addition
to his salary, of 10 per cent Of the net
income from the farm.
Expenses Of operating the farm, but
not the interest on the capital, were
deducted from the income before the
foreman received his percentage. The
owners yielded to the plan when they
found that for every dollar the fore.
man got under such an arrangement
they would receive nine.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-11-07
ALL SORTS OF AFFLuENcE
Great Mistake to Get the Idea That
Wealth Consists Only in Posses
sion of Money.

Riches and money have been com.
monty but mistakenly synonyms. A
mother with a group of children may
consider these her jewels, albeit by a
bank examiners rating she would be
poorer than Jobs turkey. A man with
houses and lands may be destitute in
human affections eddying round his
chair and table, and so in life's para
noun values the balancing of the ac-
count shows a deficit, though under
the dollar sign he may be able to fig
ure Il fortune.
Each soul selects the sort of afflu-
ence it prefers, observes a writer in
the Philadelphia Ledger. You may
choose that you will gain the whole
world, no matter what becomes of the
spirit. Years after it will be a sad
thing to e the gross mutcrialist you
have become. You may be stated with
the pleasures of the senses, but you
have missed the best things life has
to offer. You may be the chief target
for the income tax collector, but the
children of the region do not love you.
The man or woman is rich who has
acquired sound, seasoned, lasting
friendships, true through thick or thin.
Any other sort of prosperity is much
affected by fair weather or foul. When
mere money has taken wing out of the
window thu attaches of the heydey
OF sunny prosperity abruptly decamp.
even as rats flee from a sinking yes
sci. But the assets of character that
link those we love to us enduringly,
with the graphing hooks Of steel, are
proof against corrosion or burglary
and will stand any strain that is put
on them. Who dares to call me poor
If l can keep the unbroken circle, or
earth or in Heaven, that love has once
established?
What a fallacy to define riches as
anything sensual! For all that is of
the flesh feshy and of the earth earthly
must one day perish like weeds that
are slain by the reaper in the hot sun.
Only love and truth and beauty and
their divine fellowships are immortal.
and only these are worth the husban-
dry of the undying soul.
He who has his fortune in these
commodities is entitled to be called
rich. Time and change and adver-
sity have no power upon them. They
are the only things a man can take
with him when he goes. In the process
OF acquiring them they become part
OF him i%nseparably. He who has them
"wears his commentator in his face"
for 1t may be read as he passes that
his converse is with the higher AID
finer things, and his daily walk is on
the plane where the noblest meet and
greet. Familiarity.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-11-07
MEN REGISTERED
TOTAL 23,456,02|
HOW THOSE LISTED UNDER rr7E
DRAFT LAW ARE DISTRIBUTED
AMONG THE STATES.
AIRPLANE HELPS FIGHT FIRE
Good Work Of Army Observers at the
Morgan Disaster-Ordnance Depart
ment Tells Of Production Of Small
Arms Ammunition.

tFrom on Public 1nformation.)
Washington.-COmplete returns from
~ states show that u total of 1906
594 men between the ages of eighteen
n twenty, inclusive, and thirty-two
n forty-five, inclusive, registered on
September II, 1918, in accordance with
the latest selective service act. This
figure, however, does not include reg
istrations which local boards have re-
ceived by mail since September u, o
the enrolment Of men who were alb
sent from the country on that day.
Further additions to this total will
be made by the registrations in Alaska,
Porto Rico and Hawaii to be conduct
ed on later dates to be fixed by the
president. The registration on Sep
TENDER - exceeded by 1S7,736 the
provost marshal's preliminary esti-
mates. 1t is expected that the aggre-
gate registration Of men between the
ages of eighteen and twenty and
thirty-two and forty-ive will aggregate
above 100000.
The .otal registrations under the Sc
lective draft since the outbreak of the
war is 23.456,O21. Registrations on
June 5, 1917. were 9,5S6, sos; those on
June 5, 1918, were 744,S65; those on
August "a, 1913, were 15S,O54, and
those on September -, 1918, We're
1906 1914.
The 'subjoined table shows the total
nl:mbpr Of mon rauictorod in ooch Of
tbs states on September II, 1918, and
th.' total of all men enrolled in the
four registrations:
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-11-07
New Kind of Candy.

If someone offered you a box of
chocolate bonbons which were so de.
ucious that you apologized for the
number you ate, and then someone
told you that the chief ingredients of
their interior was POTATOES,
wouldn't it surprise you? Food Ad-
ministrator Pelen Of Texas, who had
this experience, was more than sur
prised. The filling of the bonbons was
suggestive Of coconut and very deli
cate to the taste. Potato candy is a
logical follow-up to tapioca flour
bread, whale steak. mesquite strip
and other interesting food revela-
tons brought about as a result Of the
war.-Dallas (Texas) News.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-11-07

have county agents have reported that
they cleared through their offices more
than $4,000 harvest hands from out.
eide the county and that more than
1000 town men, organized as twilight
shock troops" went in squads to help
in the evening.
These enumerations do not include
4 large number Of retired farmers and
other townspeople who helped in the
harvest but did not register, and do
not take account of thousands of boys.
So great was the response of men in
the emergency that less than S per cent
Of the women in Kansas were used as
harvest helpers.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-11-07

"GET-TOGETHER SPIRIT

The more the farmer shows
the get-together spirit the great
er is the advantage accruing to
him, personally and from a BUSH +:
ness standpoint. New ideas, pro-
gressive methods, valuable bust. f:
ness connections can be gained
only by rubbing elbows with the
world outside his own fences.
Taking an active and positive
part in community events, inter-
change Of views with successful
men Of affairs, getting beyond
the border Of his county and
state and mixing with people
this is to make himself felt in
his own community. All this
has a broadening value, not easy
to compute in hard dollars and
cents, but quite easy to sum up
In profitable results.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-11-07
Understanding the Bible.

I believe that the Bible is to be I'M
derstood in the plain and obvious
meaning of its passages; for I cannot
persuade myself that a book intended
for the instruction and conversion Of
the whole world should cover it's true
meaning In any such mystery and
doubt that none but critics and philos-
ophers can discover it.-Daniel Web
Ster.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-11-07
He's a Thrifty FIGHTER, Too.

Proof that the American soldier Is
not forgetful Of his financial obliga-
tons toward the "folks at home" is
'ound in the report of the knights of
Columbus general secretary at an
emharkation camp that during two
lays he sent express company none!
riders aggrega1ing $4,000 to soldiers
'elatives, this sum having. been in
rusted to him by American fightin.
.len.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-11-07
Soak Seed for Fall Garden.

Owing to the difficulty usually ex.
rerienced in getting seeds planted in
the fall garden to terminate, it is wise
to soak them a few hours before plant
ing. Cover the seeds lightly when
planting, then soak the ground, and
finish the covering with fine dry soil.
The dust mulch will retain the mois-
ture, enabling the seeds to terminate
and to come up.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-11-07

Consumption of beans by the United
States army averages 62h IONS a day.
Dried beans are a popular dish among
Uncle Sans soldiers, and they receive
the best that can be furnished. Beans
have q high value as food and are
especially suitable for men under in
tensive training, experts of the war
department have found.
All the beans required by the United
States and the allies for the coming
Yea: will be obtained through one pur-
chaser, the food administration grain
corporation, which has made arrange
ments to inspect and pay cash for
beans in the producing fields. This
will eliminate delay in payments and
insure the purchase of beans at q
tower figure.
Two hundred men employed in the
field artillery erecting department of
the Rock Island arsenal, Rock Island,
Ill.,, have volunteered not only to fore
go their customary Thanksgiving holt
day in order that they might donate
Il full days production to the army,
but have also proposed to give their
wages for that day to the American
Red Cross. AS they will be paid at
the rate of double time" their con-
tribution to the Red Cross will be a
considerable sum-.
Brig. Gen. John T. Thompson. direc-
tor of %arsenals, on learning Of the
mems action, sent them a letter of ap-
'preclation.
Checks for allOtments which are
made by American soldiers through
the quartermaster corps of the army
are sent to practically every part of
the world, the principal exceptions be-
ing the central powers and Turkey.
Two are sent to Bulgaria. In Septen-
Der, which is the last month for which
Il report is available. the finance divi-
sion of the quartermaster corps for
warded 1921 allotment checks to al
lottees residing in foreign countries of
Europe, Africa, Asia, South America,
Australia. Central America, and to
Iceland