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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-07
SCOTS HIT AT
COUNTY FAIR
Chairman Of the Exemption Board,
Makes a Speech That Enthus-
ed His Audience in
Grand Stand.

John c. Scott was loudly applauded
for his speech yesterday at the West
Point fair, when he spoke to the crowd
in the grand stand between the heats
Of a horse race.
His topic was true Americanism as
contrasted with little Americanism,
and he talked straight from the shout
der Among other things he said there
is very little pro-Germanism in Lee
county now, since most of the citizens
of German descent have sons or other
relatives in the army, and most Of
them here always were hundred per
cent Americans.
But he roasted the men Of all kinds
of ancestry who are not doing their
darndest for Uncle Sam in these
times of stress and need of help from
everybody.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-07
HOW KEOkUk
MEN FOUGHT
A Graphic Description Written In 6
Letter From a Soldier
Who Left a Good
Job

The September issue OF the Red
Cross Magazine contains a depart
ment in which is published letters
written from the front.
The following letter Is of special
interest because in the engagement
of which the letter speaks there were
more than sixty Keokuk boys. The
writer of this letter, formerly in a
New York publishing house, is now
a stetcher-bearer on the American
front:
I am glad to tell you that / have
been in the first all-American en-
gageme nt, which. though small as
compared with Ypres or verdun, is
said to have not been surpassed in
intensity. And our men-boys,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-07
COLORF BAND
BECOMES NOTED
Receiving Recognition All Over the
State for Its Good Work
and Unique
Position.

The Burlington Hawk-Eye has the
following about one Of Keokuk's most
valued and interesting institutions:
Keokuk is one of the few Iowa
cities that have band made up of
colored men. The Peoples Institute
band numbers seventeen players and
was organized three. years ago. Their
instruments represent an investment
of $500, and they play well, having
won recognition wherever they have
been heard, as a real band.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-07
Is Invented in Fort Madison and Par
alyZes the Police Department
and Bothers
Officers.
PROHIBITED IN KEOKUK
Does Not Conserve the Telephone Ex-
change for War Work as Or
dered by the Govern
ment.

The prohibition on telephone opera
tors giving the time of day to sub
scribers is having all sorts of effects.
! In Fort Madison, the people at
once adopted the idea of asking some
public official what time 1t is AS a
result the police headquarters are
nearly swamped with such telephone
calls, and it's work is badly para
lyzed. Others in large numbers up
there call the city or county officers
to- ask whether 1t is time to put the
dinner on the stove or how to set
! the clock.
In Keokuk. there have been seven
hundred calls a day by people ask
! 1t is evident that no office can an
swer half that many calls for the
time and do any of It's own business.
Hence, Commissioner Hemmy says
that the Keokuk police station will
be instructed not to become the time
regulator of Keokuk, as it's telephone
| is pretty busy anyhow on police
business, which is nearly all hurried
and must not be delayed. The city
| and county offices have no better
| method of telling what time 1T is
than other people, as they do not
have standard time clocks, and they
will not be able to tell the time ex-
cept by looking out the window at
| the sun.
spoTls the Plan.
The method of tele2honing some
body else to ask the time does not
help the service OF the telephone ex-
change any, as it takes as much time
to answer a call and disconnect after
the conversation as 1t does to tell
the clock time Hence, the operators
are not relieved any by that method,
and patriots will not use 1t.
Tho telephone service OF The Gate
City telephone has greatly improved,
and the time required to get central
is much shortened since attention
was called the other day to the slow
service being given in Keokuk.
If you want to know what time it
is, buy a dollar watch, or call across
the yard to neighbor-do not at
tempt to get 1t by telephone.
The conservation of the time Of
the telephone operators was ordered
by the government, which is now in
charge of the telephone systems.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-07

should say, so young are they-from
your part of the country fought like
hell cats, hand to hand, hour after
hour, regaining all they had lost. All
that We like to think of for American
manhood and fighting was offered
here to be blazoned most gloriously
in our history. You, my friend, may
hold your head higher than ever in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-07

arms like baby, smuggling his love-
ly, blond. SCARED head into my
breast like tired child. And I do
not know his name!
Not one word of regret, not a tear,
not a groan in a full hospital All.
my friend, Golgotha was not greater
than this, and every mother here
represented is an undying Mary,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-07

pride for your particular part of the
country. Nothing can be said too
highly of the courage, the fortitude,
the determination of those children
And I shall be proud all my life to
have done my insignificant part of
stretcher-bearing and cigarette-li light
ing for those heroic youngsters.
One beautiful youth died in my
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-07

co. lima beans will not boil over while
addAhg If small lump of butter is
1uoed to the water.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26
CALLED
BY GENERAL BLUE
FOR SPECIAL WORK

Capt Lee Stone, who has been hon
orably discharged from the United
States army after having served 20
months, has been appointed on the
staff Of surgeon-Genera Rupert Blue,
Of the United States public health SER
vice, He will assume his new duties
Jan. /.
Or. Stone is a physician in addition
to being a sociologist Of national re-
nown. He trained 500, 900 men of the
United States army in the science of
proper living, and the public health
service proposes to have him carry the
gospel of clean living that he has been
preaching for the Last two years into
civil communities.
The public health service win wage
war on the social evil and hopes to
awaken the public conscience to the
realization Of the dangers Of secret
diseases.
Men who have been serving their
country here and abroad and are in
perfect physical condition must be kept
So" declares DIR. Stone. "No army has
even been in such moral and bodily
Vigori soldiers Lave been trained to
see the necessity Of keeping fit to fight
n therefore will refuse, when dis
charged, to longer countenanCe immoral
practices that were common before war
was declared.
The army has won a great victory
and civil communities must do likewise
in their fight for the perfection of a
new race that is to carry on after
the present generation he's retired tc
earn the rest that always follows in
the wake of a fight for justice" DR.
Stone explained,
1t is possible that Capt. Stone vii
be called on to assist the state anc
city health department in the campaign
they are waging against social dis
eases.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26
TURK AND TEUTON
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story of Great War Plots
BY HENRY MORGENTHAU.

70 pillow their@ way, ~burdened in this
fashion, almost waist high through
snow. They had to spend practically
all their time In the open, sleeping on
tho bare ground-wheneVer the cease
less proddlng OF their taskmaRters gave
them an occasional opportunity to
sleep. They were given only scraps Of
food If they fell sick they were left
where they had dropped, their turkish
oppressors perhaps stopping long
enough TO rob them of all their possas
siOns-even OF their clothes. II any
straEglers succeeded in reaching their
destinations. they were not infrequently
m~assaCred, In many Instances Arme-
more summary fashion, for it now be
came almost tho general practice to
shoot them In. cold blood In almost
all cases the procedure was the same,
Here and there squads Of 80 or 100
men would be taken. bound together in
groups Of four, and then marched out
to a secluded spot a short distance from
the village. Suddenly the sound Of rifle
shots would iii their air. and the
Turkish soldiers who bad acted as
the escort would ~sullenly return to
camp; Those sent to bury the bodies
stark naked, for. as usual. the Turks
had stolen all their clothes, In cases
that came TO my attention, the muir
derers had added q refinement to their
NlCtlulh SutItIlnkS ny tUIIlptlllHk lltIl
to dig their graves before being shot.
Let me relate a single episode which
Is contained In one of the reports OF
our consuls and which now forms part
| Of the records Of the American state
department. Early in July 1000 Arme-
| mon "ameles"-such is the Turkish
word for soldiers who have been re.
| duced to workmen-were sent from
Harpoot to build roads. The Arme-
mans In that town understood VIVA,
this meant and pleaded with the gov
ernor for mercy. But this official in
sisted that the men were not to be
harmed, and he cveu called upon the
| German missionary, Mr., Ehcmann, &c
| quiet the panic, giving that gentlemar
| his word Of honor that the ex-soldlerS
would be protected. Mr.. Ehemann be
| lieved the governor and assuaged tn,
popular fear, Yet practically every mar
| Of these 1000 was massacred. and his
body thrown into a cave. A few eS'
capped and 1t was from these that news
OF the massacre reached the world. A
few days afterward another 1000 col
diers were sent to DiarbeAaT, The onll
purpose Of sending these men out II
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26
4bVNCE NlGGIXEs a
IN Bl,EfDIIME ORY
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE TIN SWORD.

walked along he saw something bright
and shining lying on the snow In front
Of him. He picked It up and saw that
1t was q sword.
The same toy sword that Captain
BILLIE B~nshytsil was playing, soldier
WITH thought the bunny. HE must
and then he forgot about it. I'll keep
It with me until | see him again"
And then and there In the woods all
alone, where no one could see him,
Uncle Wiggily waved the toy tin sword
oyer his head and he softly cried, as
his pink nose %twinkled: charge on the
."Hs! II makes me feel quite like q
boy again to have r toy sword, such
as ! used to play with" thought the
bunny,
Then he went on and on through the
woods, on his way to see GIandfather
Goossy Gander' carrying Bibles toy
Uncle Wigsily had not gone much
farther before, all at once, as he came
TO a big mulberry bush ali covered
with snow. he heard a voice caI:
Hold On: there! you've gone IA
e" "Wkho?@ 9' oppked Uncle wisstly. sur.
prised like. who is to stopf'
"You," was the answer. i've beer
waiting for you, Now ! have you, anc
| think, though It's a little late. ina
| will have some for my Christ
mas dinner. I've been waiting for SOM
ever since yesterday"
And then, out from under the bush
jumped the bad old Pipsisewah.
"oh, dear" thought Uncle Wiggily
what shall I do? How al ! stop tn,
Pipsisewah from taking SOUS off m!
ears?"
And then, all at once, he. remembered
the tin toy sword he had picked UP
Drawing BiIlie's Christmas sword from
the pocket OF his fur coat Uncle Wig
Oily. waved the shiny thing over hi
head and cried:
Come on, soldiers! Charge on tn.
enemy. ,Pipsisewah! Ready! Forward
march"
The Pipsisewah looked for a secont
at the shiny sword, and then, not eve
guessing that II vas only tin and woul'
bend as easily as a hairpin, the ba'
"Oh, don't sword mel Don't swcr'
mel Tn be goodl" and away no RI,
a. fast IS anything. taking hs ~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26

the open country WAS mat they might
be maSsaCred. In order that they
might have 30 strength to resist or to
escape by flight, these poor creatures
we're Systematically starved Govern
mCnt agents went ahead on the ROAD.
WAS approaching and ordering them to
Go their conEenIal duty. Not only did
the Kurdish tribCsmcn pour down from
the mountains unon this starved and
weakened regiment, hut the kurdiSh
women came with purCners' knives In
order that they might gain that merit
in Al'ah's eyes that comes from killing
a Christian These maSsaCrcs were not
isolated happenings. could detail many
more episodes lust az horrible MS the
ono related above; throughout the
Turkish empire a systematic attempt
was made to kin all able bodied men,
not only for the purpose Of removing
til males who might propagate a new
| generation Of Armcnians, but for the
purpose Of rendering the weaker part
Of the population an easy prey.
Dreadful AZ were these massaCres OF
unarmed soldiers, they were mercy and
Justice themselves when compared with
tho treatment which was now visited
upon those Armenians h were sus-
pcCted of CouCealinE arms, Naturally
tie Christians became alarmed when
pIacards were posted in the villages and
cities ordering everybody to bring their
arms Ia headquarters, Although this
order applied TO all citizens. tho Ar
menians well understood what the re
suit would he, should they be left de-
fenseless while their Mosiem neighbors
were permitted to retain their arms
In many cases, however. the prosecuted
people patiently oheyed tho command
and then the Turkish officials almost
toyfuily seized their rifles as evidence
that n revolution" al being planned
and threw their victims into prison OF
u charge of treason. Thousands failed
had none to deliver. while an ever
greater number tenaciously refused tC
give them up, not because they were
plotting an uprising. but because they
proposed to defend their own lives anC
their wcmen's honor against the out
RACES which they knew were heins
planned. The punishment inflicted up
on these recalcitrants forms one Of tn
most hideous chapters or modern his
tory. Most of us believe that tortur'
has long ceased to be an admintstra
tive and judicial measure, yet ! do no
believe that the darkest ages ever pre-
scented scene more horrible than thos'
which now took place all over Turkey
Nothing was sacred to the Turkish
gendarmes; undcr the plea OF searching
FOR hidden arms, they ransackei
churches, treated the affairs and sacreI
utensils with the utmost indignity, ant
even held mock ceremonies In imita
ton Of the Christian sacraments, The.
would beat the priests into insensibility
under the p%retense that they were tn
eensers Of seditlon. When they coul'
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26
ADJUSTMENTS
Romance of Tarzan."

It does not require an o~verabundance
of the customary Christmas spirit to en-
JOY the weird, fascinating and certainly
unusual story which Edgar Rice Bur-
roughs has given to literature and which
now has its expression on the screen as
evidenced at the New Lyric Wednesday
afternoon and night.
In THE Romance of Tsrzan,' which
is the attraction at the Madison ave-
nue. playhouse for the remainder of this
week, the task of transplanting Tarzan
from the picturesque jungle and his ape
companions into the labyrinth Of So
cioty's elements, is attendant will most
spectacular results.
Those who saw THE Romance Of
Tarzan' enjoyed every minute of the
seven parts which are required for the
unfolding of the final episodes Of Tar
gar Of the Apes" A prologue has been
devised which details the life of Tarzan
in the primitive jungles and then he
is carried into the environs Of modern
society.
The experiences OF an ape man,
reared among denizens of the African
Jungle when he essays conventional lie,
are ofttimes amusing, not to mention
spectacular. But the film patron and
the literary student who has read or
seer 'Tarzan Of the Apes" will Tevel in
the interesting romance as unfolded in
this picturesque film.
The elaborate scenic effects which
made "Tarzan of the Apes" stand out
as alone in films of its type, are again
to be seen in "phe Romance Of Tarzan"
with the added novelty Of enjoying a
glimpse into ultra-society circles as
known in England, Here Tarzan dis
ports himself In a startling name at
times, but his athletic proves does not
detract from the beauty and charm Of
his romance.
Elmo Lincoln is again seen as Tar.
zar' Miss Enid Markey as the girl and
Cleo Madison essays the role of the
vampire who nearly wrecks the roman.
tic bark. All in all, THE Romance OF
Tarzan" forms q fitting conclusion to
Burroughs gripping story that Will
Hons remain one of the most unique
bits OF literary and film attainment.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26
HOROSCOPE
FRIDAY. DECEMBER q7, 1913.

Copyright. 1918. by the Mcclure News
paper S~yndicatc.)
Good and evil contend today In the
influences Of the stars, according to
astrology. Early in the morning Uranus
is friendly, but later the planet Is IN
threatening aspect. Saturn, adverse IN
the morning, changes to kindlier sway
In the afternoon. Mercury Is menac1ng'
During this configuration minds are
likely to be open to many conflicting
ideas and the public Is easily inilu-
enced. 1t is especially a time for agita,
ton, Misrepresentation and ill-advised
action.
This confusion Of Ideas is held to be
but the natural consequence OF the
years in which war liberated and en-
couraged the most terrible human pas
sions and In the period OF the return
TO normal emotions reactions will be
shown in many ways.
In the new era suggestion will! be
one Of the methods OF bringing about
decisions, conditions and events, Whiio
It has been used widely In the past
through publicity and according to
other methods, Il has not been sc1en-
tifically employed.
Great inventions, prognosticated last
| year, will be given to the world now
that the war Is ended. Through these
| America will gain new fame,
| This is not a lucky uay LOT rove a.
| fairs, but much foolish sentimentallty
is indicated as one Of the signs Of
| transition times. -,
Farmers should be unusually careful
| TO protect stock as well as stores OF
| grain. Weather that Ia most unusua
will present difficulties and cause ser1
| Gus losses.
Labor continues subject to a sway
making for constant progress and i'm
provement In conditions.
Fires may be more numerous thar
usual. Care should be taken TO protec'
public buildings. -.
Persons whose birthdate 1t Is will
travel and make changes that are sue
eessful. Business conditions will 10
most satisfactory.
Children born on this day will b
steady, reliable and Independent I,
character. These subjects Of Capricorn
are usually successful
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26
Copyright, 1918, by Mcclure Newspaper
S~yndicate.)
BY HOWARD r. CARS.

BY HOWARD r. GARIs.
The day after Christmas, when unCie
Wiggily Lonkears, the bunny. raboit
gentleman, had eaten so much roast
carrot stuffed with lecture that ne was
sure he wouldn't be hungry again tor
a week, that day he started out from
his hollow stump bungalow to TAX a
walk.
Where are you going7" asked Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, his muskrat iaoy
housekeeper. u,
"oh, Just to look for an adventure"
replied Uncle Wiggily, and he had no
more idea Of what was going to happen
Il guess iii stop and see Grandfather
Goosey Gander," said Uncle Wiggily to
himself. Il wonder L he had as nice
a Christmas as | did," .,,
Then he hopped on, over h fields
soon. he heard a voice saying?
Come on, now! March fast! For
ward, march, my soldiers! We must
charge on the enemy and win a big VIC
tory. s,,.. .uv. and
Wiggily. II seem to have run into a
war ali at once. I must be careful"
So he looked through the bushes, and
there he saw Johnnie and Billie Bushy,,
tail, the squirrel boys, and Curly and
/ FlODDy IWlStJldlI INV pleEiC WA
play{ng soldiers. The animal chaps
were all dressed up in. soldier SUITS
which they had gotten. for Christmas,
and Billie, the squirrel boy, was the
| captain, leading. them, and waving a
Hello, Uncle Wiggilyl" called Billie.
as he saw Mr.. Longears peeking
through the bushes. "We,re playing
| soldier! Come on, play with us and
have some fun" 49,,
THANK you. I'm sorry, but / can't"
| said Uncle Wiggily, Some other time
| may. I'm on my way now, to see
! Grandfather Goosey Camden"
Then Mr.. Longears waved good-by ~
to The soldier boy animals, and they
marched away through the woods, The
bunny rabbit gentleman followed more
slowly, leaning or his red, white and
blue striped rheumatism crutch, for ne
was suffering some pain and had to SO
| slowly. r.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26
CONTINUED from previous issue, J
CHAPTER XIV
The Murder Of a Nation.

TIC muTucT VI q NhN'V'
The destruction Of the Armenian race
In 1915 involved certain difficulties
that had not impeded the operations
Of the Turks in the massacres OF 1885
and other years In these earlier
periods the Armenian men had pos
scssed little power or means OF resist
ance. In those days Armenlans had not
been permitted to have military train
ing, to serve in the Turkish army. or to
possess arms. As ! have already said,
these DETERMINATIONS were withdrawn
when the revolutionists obtained the
upper hand in 1908. Not only were the
Christians nov permitted to bear arms,
but the authorities, In the fun flush
Of their enthusiasm for freedom and
equality, encouraged them to do 80, In
the carly part of 1915, therefore, every
Turkish city contained thousands oil
Armenlans who had been trained as
soldiers and who were supplied WIN
rifles, pistols and other weapons OF de-
Tense, The o~perationst at Van once
more disclosed that these. men could
use their munitions to good advantage
1t was thus apparent that an Armenian
massacre this time would generally as
nne more the character Of warfare
than those wholesale butcheries OF de
fenseless men and women which the
Turks had always found so congenisi
II this plan Of numbering a race was e
SutFPfu, INO III titlliilidiN b'"lp "'Ni,
therefore have TO be taken: 1t would
be necessary to render all Armenian
| soldiers powerless and TO deprive oI
| their arms the Armenians In every cit,
and town. Before Armenia could be
slaughtered, Armenia must DO made
defenseless.
In the early part Of 1915, the Arme'
nian soldiers in the Turkish army were
reduced to a new status. Up to tina
time most of them had been combat,
ants, but now they were al stripped
Of their arms and transformed int'
workmen. Instead Of serving thei
| countrymen as ar~tillerymen and cayal
rymen, these former soldiers now dis
covered thai they had been trans
formed into road laborers and pacl
animals. Army supplies Of all kind
were loaded on their backs. and, stun
bling under the burdens and driye'
by the whips and bayonets OF IN,
Turks, they were forced to drag tibet
weary bodies into the mountains Of tn,
Caucasus. Sometimes they would hAv
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26
RED CROSS NOTES

Announcement was made THURSDAY
nv the home service section of the
Red Cross that hereafter mourning
hrassards are to be issued only by the
home service section from its office, 575
Exchange building, Mrs. G. l.; Avery
who is in charge of the distributions
will be at the office Tuesdays, Thurs
DAYS and SATURDAYS from II to u am
The brassards cannot be issued at any
other time. They will be. issued. free
10 parents and widows of deceased sol,
diers and to other r~elativesNat cost eu'
evidence Of relationship must be pro-
yfded by the applicant.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26
I,oeW's Lyceum,

Variety vaudeville, coming under the
caption of an all-star bill, will be
offered for the last three days of the
week at Loew's Lyceum. The program
has beer sent here as a Christmas
week attraction and fun and music are
the chief characteristics. In fact the
bill is made of the happier. vein Of
vaudeville numbers from beginning to
end. Charles and Grace Llnder VIII ne
RgtSsnSaH "a and Comedy 4 happily inter:
mingled. Eckhoff and Gordon are two
o~rigInators Of musical laughs which
they present in a novel style. Patton
diaY and a straight. which means
ample comedy from two different an
giles. Wastika and understudy, an ex-
hibition of what highly trained seals
a do, will complete the vaudsy.lle
Clayton in, her latest release "Woman's
weapons"