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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18

s4asss sss
cago Live Stock Exchange, said the
divorcing of packers interests in
stock yards will destroy competition,
the very thing the federal trade COM
mission seeks to establish.
Brown appeared before the house
interstate commerce committee to OPP
pose the bill sought by the federal
trade commission. =
He asserted that the stock yards
had always been mindful of the
farmers interests. He admitted that
the packers hold stock in number
of yards.
Heney described for the committee
attempts of the packers to block the
Borland resolution. testifying that
Veeders, Swift's man, handled $15,-
600 in the fight.
"This $4,000 was for educational
work / take it, remarked Senator
Gore.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
DO HONOR TO
NEW CITIZEN
West keokuk Neighbors and Friends
Of Malcolm Larson Present
Him With an Ameri-
can Flag.

West Keokuk people believe in hon
oring the right spirit iii immigrants,
and demonstrated this last evening by
celebrating the naturalization of Nal
colin Larson, and presented him with
a flag.
They held surprise party at his
home, end a large company of neigh
bors and friends gathered there on
Pleasant avenue. John E. Mitchell pre-
scented the flag in a speech of solid and
fiery patriotism, congratu!ating Slr.
Larson upon coming under the protect
ion and assuming allegiance to the
stars and stripes. Mr.. Mitchell IS one
Of the oldest members of the G. A. r..
Of Keokuk and has a fine civil war re-
cord.
Mr.. Larson responded to the presen-
tation as well as his surprise would al
low and told of his own pleasure at be-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
MASONIC RITUAL
FOR G. S. TUCKER
Funeral This Afternoon was Largely
Attended and Ceremonies at
the Home and Grave
were impressive.

With the full ritual of ancient
Masonry, closing with a sprig OF
acacia at the grave, the funeral OF
George S. Tucker was conducted this
afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock by Hardin
and Eagle lodges.
The ceremonies at the house and
grave were impressive. AT the house.
the services were participated in by
Jesse NJ Marsh. postmaster, acting
for the worshipful masters; p. NJ.
Robertson senior warden. and G. M.
Sayller, junior warden, of Hardin
lodge. Hiram G.. Stebbins acted as
marshal for the Masons. The Wor-
shipful master of Hardin lodge Is p.
L. Williams, and of Eagle lodge is A.
NJ. Wyllie The final solemn cere-
mony at the grave was by Jesse M.
Marsh, past master
The Elks also attended the funeral
in body, meeting at their club house
and marching to the Tucker home
under Exalted Ruler G.. Lloyd Nor
man, with Charles S. Abel acting
as marshal
There was large attendance of
friends at the funeral at the home.
and burial in Oakland cemetery was
private The pail bearers were George
Hassall, Albert E. Connable, William
Sinton, Frank j. Venning, e. S. Barth
and Joseph G. Buss.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
HIGH TENSION
CURRENT is ON
Club viii Meet Next Tuesday Evening
in its Rooms to Eat and Look
at Motion Pict-
ureS.

Now that Herbert Hoover is in Eur
ope and has turned America loose to
ea't as much as they desire, when they
Please, the Eigh Tension club will re-
sumo its ancient custom of having
good eats at its meeting called for
next Tuesday evening at s o'clock in
us rooms at Eighth and Main streets.
Fhe motion picture apparatus has
1een improved much, and there will
pe series OF films shown after the
business meeting of the club. New en-
laoyees of any of the Stone and Web
ster companies are invited to attend
and see for themselves the benefits OF
me High Tension club with the cur
rent turned on.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
CHIEFLY GIRLS
PLAN TO TEACH
Few Boys Take the Normal Training
Course in the High School
Which Just Closed
Quiz.

Fourteen girls were in the examina-
lions in normal training which just
closed in the high school building
here and lasted three days. Nobody
was in the examination leading to a
teachers certificate.
The students of normal training in
the Keokuk high school are exam
ined on the work they have done at
intervals, in the third, fourth and
fifth year of the course. This is
more satisfactory than taking it all
in one examination at the end Of the
course, on their graduation, and gives
better results in every way.
Keokuk has had two or three boys
take the normal training course since
it was established in the high school
five or six years ago. Fort Madison
has never had boy student in that
course, but there were thirty girls in
the same examination up there this
week. The examinations are conduct
ed by County Superintendent Lynn
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
EUSTIS GIVEN
"A BIG BANQUET
Former Residept5sof skeokuk With
Stone and Webster Engineer
iffg Corporatfon honored
/ satssNoq island. l--z

L. E. Eustis, formerly chief of staff
of the Stone and Webster Engineer
ing corporation while the latter was
installing the, electrical equipment Of
the water-power, was given a big ban
quet in Philadelphia hotel by OFF,
Gals and employees Of Hog Island.
He retireds as assistant manager of
the industrial relations division of the
Hog Island. organization, and was one
of the pionesrs on that swampy island
in the beginning. He was at different
times, office manager, assistant to the
general manager and assistant to the
works manager, before he was pro-
NOTED to his final position which he
has just resigned to return to the
Boston Office.
Mr.. Eustis was one Of the most
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
MORE ABOUT
MEAT PACKERS
Open Diplomacy Urged In Investiga-
ton Into Profits, Prices and
Plans of Big Food
Dealers.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.-"Open
diplomacy" in the government here
as well as the peace conference was
demanded by senators at the packers
hearing here today.
Members of the senate agricultural
committee and Francis j. Heney, ap-
pearing as witness, attacked Food
Administrator Hoover for holding
secret conferences with packers to
fix meat prices.
Heney related how Hoover called
conferences with Swift and Company
and other packers.
Senator France, Maryland, suggesta
ed that packers can come down to
executive departments and shut them
selves behind closed DOORS"
"And get what they want" inter
rupted Senator Gore, Oklahoma.
at is not the way to conduct the
government" France added.
at would be perfectly permissible
for departments to hold open hear
ings just as legislative committees
do" he explained.
"That Hoover sent for the packers
in itself ought not carry condemna-
ton WITH" Heney said. my belief,
like the principle President VIII
son is contending for, is that the
conference be openly conducted is the
proper one for public functions"
Senator France inquired if it was
consistent with public policy for
executive departments entrusted with
price fixing powers ito go into secret
conferences with producers of articles
on which prices are to be fixed"
mo, it is not, in my opinion, -
Heney replied. Several men from
Swift and Company were here as dol
lar year men and drawing $4,000
from Swift" he continued. "One was
in charge Of canned goods and an
other in charge of poultry"
While Heney was testifying before
the senate committee on the house.
Everett Brown. president Of the Chi
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
TWO DAMAGE
CASES ENDED
Suits In the District Court Dismissed
by the Plaintiffs Today
for Satisfactory
Reasons.

Two cases were dismissed in the
district court this morning.
The case of Arthur ]. .Donahue
against the Burlington railroad was
dismissed at the cost of the plain
tiff. This was a suit for damages
for injuries received when Burling-
ton train struck an automobile driven
by Donahue.
The other case was personal
damage suit brought by Charles Ches-
man against Lewis Sakowitch. The
case was dismissed without prejudice.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
]. /. soon as Next Cold Wave Arrives,
at Least a Hundred VIII pc
Wanted Here in Big
Winter Harvest.
lake KEoKUK SOLID YET
conditions are Excellent for Ice Crop
When the Expected Cold Snap
Comes in Week or
TWO.

About hundred men may obtain
work at good wages for about a
nonth-after the next cold wave ar
ives and the thermometer drops
down toward the bulb.
,The ice men are far from despair
inc Of that very thing-in fact, they
expect that cold wave WITHIN lne
nsyt two weeks and are set Tor IT
like a regiment about to go over the
top Of a trench.
The ice in Lake Keokuk here Is
six inches and more thick now, and
solid and firm, with the water cold
under it. ALI the warm weather late
n had not .thinned 1t, and that six
inches of ice will quickly thicken
when the next cold spell comes, Ice
men are sure.
one packer will employ seventy
five men and expects the harvest to
last twenty to thirty days. when 1t
starts. Other cutters I will employ
much labor at the beginning OF the
ice harvest.
Tens OF Thousands OF Tons.
Back in 1895, there was no ice I'M
in February 90, when the thermome-
fer went down to 8 degrees below
zero and the ice harvest lasted until
The middle of March.
The largest ice packers here at
Keokuk are Harry Dietz and Azinger.
both oldtimers at the business. Dietz
usually cuts about 10000 tons Of ice
each year, and this year will pack
as much more as weather conditions
will permit, Azinger packs between
1000 and 5000 tons a year and will
try to reach the maximum figure this
winter.
They have been cutting the thinner
ice in Quincy and not waiting for ice
around fourteen inches thick, as Keo-
kuk packers are doing. The ice here
is cut entirely by machinery and the
thicker 1t is the better. Hutmacher
Bros, of Quincy, suspended opera
tons there yesterday on account Of
the ice being too soft. after storing
about $500 tons.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
CLEARING HOUSE
FOR LABOR HERE
Opened BY United states Government
In Central Location In Main
Street to Aid Both Sides
Of Problem.
THE JOBS AND JoBLEss
viii Unite Them to Satisfaction Of
Employer and Empioye and Give
Preference to Dischars-
ed Soldiers.

A clearing house for labor In keo-
lc,,k has been established here by the
United States.
1t is located on the street floor OF
625 Main street, in a central location,
and will be open Monday morning, as
soon as the painters and carpenters
get their work on the room finished.
It is in charge OF John A. Conner,
examiner of the United States Employ
ment service, and It will be open from
S o'clock to o'clock every day.
It's telephone number is 455.
The room will be arranged with ev-
cry facility for work, and much work
will be done there by Mr.. Conner, who
is an experienced chief. He has been
in charge of similar work in Ottumwa
for over a year, and is an Iowa man,
reared in Centerville and Ottumwa.>
Getting Them Together.
The object and function of the new
office is to bring the job and the job
less together.
It seeks to find an employee OF the
kind the employer wants, and to find
the Job that the employee desires, and
to connect these two in manner sat
isfactory to both.
preferential treatment all the time, and
are asked to drop In and get acquaant-
ed, even If they are not seeking en-
ploymeht In fact wage earners are
asked to make the new office place
Of call at any time, regardless of the
necessity for obtaining work.
Works in Harmony With Board.
The new office under Examiner Con-
ner will work in perfect harmony with
the Keolouk local labor board, and the
office was established after several
conferences with D. ]. Kenny Of that
board, who assisted the government In
finding a good location for 1t.
This form Of labor clearing house
work has been very successful In other
cities.
The balance between supply and de-
mand Is better here than in most
places, but it is expected that the, new
office will <beSof great to both
employers and men desiring work
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18

three day conference of about five
hundred delegates representing labor
organizations in all parts of the coun-
try. 1t provided that five men shall
take the Mooney case to the capital
to seek federal intervention in
MONEYS behalf Provision was
made for a general strike to begin
July 4, if efforts failed.
The other resolution demanded a
general amnesty for political and in
dustrial prisoners
The congress was adjourned late
yesterday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
cablesram Of Appreciation.

tuhlted Press Leased Wire Service.I
NEW YORK. Jan. ia cablegram
OF appreciation OF meeting in New
York favoring the league Of nations
was received by Henry CIews. New
York banker, from President Wilson.
Tho text made public today follows:
I received with the deepest inter
est and qualification the action of the
mass meeting at Carnegie hall and am
gao to report that the prospects for
an agreement upon a league OF ma
tons are at present most satisfactory. 2
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
SHIPS
TO BE USED
Merchantmen to Bring American
Troops Home and Take Needed
Foodstuffs Back to
Europe.

UNITED Press Leased Wire ServiceJ
PARIS, Jan. 1S.-German merchant
ships throughout the world are turn
ed over, for the period of the arfnis-
tice, for the purpose of taking Ameri-
can troops home and shipping food
stuffs to Europe, according to the
terms of the agreement signed by the
armistice delegates to Treves.
This became known here today
when allied representatives began
working out details at meeting.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
MOONEY CASE
TO WASHINGTON
Labor Congress Adjourns After Ap'
pointing Committee of Five
to Urge Interven-
ton.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
CHICAGO, Jan. appropriations
were completed today to take the
Mooney defense resolution passed at
the stormy final session of the labor
congress here, to Washington.
The Mooney resolution was one of
only two that were passed at the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
New Casualty Report.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. I
WASHINGTON, Jan JS.-Chief of
Staff March proposed today to an
nounce the number of requirements
furnished each combatant division.
This is practically equivalent to Civ
ing each divisions total casualty list
His purpose was to still the persis.
tent reports in various parts of the
country as to exaggerated losses.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18

coming full fledged American ctti-
zen.
ut would do a lot Of good. if tie
rest of us showed some qualification
at the naturalization of foreign born
citizens" said prominent Keokuk
man this morning, land a Larson sur
prise party ought to occur in otner
homes more frequently
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
To Inspect Ruins.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
PARIS, Jan. 1S.-President Wilson
will inspect the devastated regions of
France during the peace conference.
1t was announced today. He will
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
Consul silliman Dead.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-Consul
John r. Silliman is dead at Guadel-
jara, Mexico, after two days illness,
the state department was advised to
day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18
Please, Mother! It's Nasty!
Give Me a Candy Cascaret,

TO MOTHERSl Instead of the dreaded dose
of castor oil, drops. caomel or pills, give your
children Cascarets and save money, worry and
trouble. Children love Cascarets because they taste
ike candy. Nothing else acts SO gently but surely
on the childs little stomach, liver and bowels.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18

take advantage, of the first opportun-
ity to go, between conference sit
tnigs, to the battlefelds.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18

popular men in his organization when
it was in Keokuk and impressed all
here as being a man of very large
caliber.s
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-18

When
cod when bilious eveh constated remember Cascaret
quickly work the bile poons
should always be the first Cscs the
tender bowels dsappoint mother
Each 10 chn
year old and upwards. Also for adults.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
Newark Music Festival

Newark's annual music festival. the
fifth, will take place in the LIST Regi-
ment Armory, Sussex Avenue and jay
Street, on Friday, May 16; Saturday.
May II, and Monday, May 10. The
principal soloist is Enrico Caruso, who
will make his final appearance in this
country, prior to his departure for
Europe, at the concert of May 19. Ap-
pearing with him will be Nina Nor
CANA, soprano. Caruso will sing the
Celeste Aida" Una furtiva lagrimao
and the "Vesti la giubba" arias. An
orchestral novelty will be the first per-
Torrance anywhere of the termezzo
from new opera by James P. Dunn,
The Galleon," a work now under con-
sideration by Mr.. Gatti- Casazza for the
Opera House.
At the opening concert Anna Case
and Reinald Werrenrath will be the
soloists, and the programme has been
prepared as a "Peace Jubilee" 1t con-
tains songs of the Revolution, of the
Civil War and of the recent world war.
Mr. Werrenrath will sing a new "Hymn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04

tour and play all the principal cities
of tho United States and Canada.
The first opera to be sent out will
be Puccini's Madame Butterfly" in
Italian, and the special feature of
the opera will be the novelty that all
Japanese characters and chorus parts
Will be played by Japanese artists; the
American characters will be sung by
American principals. Mr.. Dippel has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
Incidents Of the Period
Opera and the Peace Con erence-The Season of
l9l4-I5-The Varying Fortunes of the Foreign
Singers - Miss Geraldine Farrar's Stragetic More

I treaty of peace to study, we shall not
know whether or not they prescribe
regulations for the future management
of the Metropolitan Opera Company.
Somehow, we feel that they ought to,
or will, if Jugo-Slavia or Poland de-
mands it.
The great covenant, in prescribing
such things as a universal cight-hour
working day for those who labor with
their hands, the employment of women,
equal wages for the sexes POSSIBLY also
daylight saving and the temperature
of our baths) makes righteous the sug-
gestion, if not the demand, that it be
amended to prescribe regulations for
our opera, which has proudly 1--WE fear
indiscreetly) boosted Of being an inter
national institution. The eight-hour
law might prove bit disconcerting to
Mr.. Gatti so long as he feels obliged
to give nearly 200 performances in a
little over five months; but opera peo-
ple-at least, those who sing and scrape
and blow and thump-are artists by de-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
By II. E. krehbiel

We desire to make two or three con-
trbutions more to a discussion of a
decade of opera at the Metropolitan
which was interrupted some weeks ago
by the pressing needs of contempora-
neous and current record. 1t is not
the intention further to pursue the
subject in critical detail, but only to
recall the Incidents which were prod
ucts of the war and, therefore, belong
in a peculiar way to social history. A
new period came in when the United
States became embroiled in the strug-
gle. and the chief incidents of the last
of CAese, at least, must be still fresh in
the popular mind. The ultimate eff
feet of the war upon our opera has not
yet been felt and we shall, therefore
not undertake to analyze it. There are
many things which would give us pause
were we willing even to attempt to do
so. For instance: until we shall have
had time carefully to inspect the cove
nant of the society Of nations and this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04

for America by Marley, which has as
yet not been publicly performed The
national hymns of all the Allies will
be sung by the chorus of zoo.
The performance on May II will COM
prise excerpts from light operas, such
as "Pinafore,' Pirates of Penzance"
and robin Hood" Toscha Seidel, vio-
linist, will be the instrumental soloist.
The singers will be Orville Harold,
Lila Robson, Thomas Chalmers, Helena
Morril and Fred Patton. The Newark
Police Glee Club will also assist. There
will be an orchestra Of sixty players
from the Metropolitan Opera House.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04

soprano, of the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany; Miss Mary Jordan, contralto, former
y of the Century Opera Company; Dan
Beddoe. tenor; Robert Maitland, bass, and
orchestra members of Philharmonic Society
Of New York;.
Tuesday evening, May 6-Orchest1al con-
cert. popular programme. including Tcha-
kowsky's Sixth Symphony, b. members Of
the Philharmonic Society of New York.
Wednesday evening, May FESTIVAL TIE
Deum (by Walter Henry HalD, A Song of
Victory (by Percy E. Fletcher), The Mes
siah (selcctions), the Columbia University
Chorus. assisted by Mrs. Agnes Alsop Ward
soprano; Dan Baddoe. tenor; Robert Matt
land, bass, and orchestra (members of Phil
harmonic Society of New York;.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
Eufemia Ciannini to Sing

Eufemic Giannini, young lyric So
prano, who has sung in opera in Turin,
Italy, with success, viii make her New
York debut on Tuesday evening at
Aeolian Hall Miss Giannini first
studied in the United States and later
in Italy, where she made her operate
debut at the Royal Opera, Turin, as
Mimi in LA Boheme." Later she was
heard as Marguerite in Faust" and as
Suzel in "L'Amico Fritz" Had it not
been for the war she would have con-
tinued her European career. After
making several concert appearances in
various Italian cities eshe returned to
the United States. The programme in
which she viii be heard this week will
consist of operate arias and songs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
Victory Festival at
Columbia University

A victory commemorative festival
will be held in the gymnasium of Co.
lumbia University this week. Profess
sor Walter Henry Hall will be the con-
ductor. The programme and the ar
fists will be as follows:
Monday evening. May 5--Verdis MAN
zoni'' Requiem. the Columbia University
Chorus. assisted by Nina. Marie Sundelius,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04

engaged for the leading part the Japa-
nese prina donna Haru Onuki. He
has also signed with Koscak Yamada,
the Japanese composer and conductor,
we'll known to New York through his
concerts at Carnegie Hall during the
past season. Scenery. and costumes
will all be imported from Japan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
Japanese 2 Principals and
Chorus Viii Appear in
DippeL's Opera Co.

When Andreas DIPPED resumes the
management Of grand opera in October,
he has decided to specialize on several
operas which he will prepare with the
greatest care as to cast and scenic
equipment. The company will go on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
FHQu/7H Ma0RIouER4. PIANIST AEozlAwH Han
Mowo4x Eyeuzu5

man operas, which received forty-two
performances; in the entire list of
performances the same operas received
fifty-three performances. German oper
as were then relied on for special
series and holidays when the general
public, not the subscribers, had to be
attracted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
WEDNESDAY

City College, 4 p. m, Samuel A
BaIdWln,s free organ recital: