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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08
sUY YOUR COAL NOW.

New York Herald: In DAYS NJ ho,.
buy coal. So advises the federal fnal
administration. A study Of the coa,|
situation made by the geological ann
vey shows it to be suggestion wortn|
following. The mines are proyidina|
about 100000 tons week. An ON,
put Of at least 10000, 900 tons must h.
maintained from July to January II III
country's need Of 500, 900 900 tons thsI
year Is to be met. The outlook f0s|
this production is far from good. Ths
present wage agreements between n.
operators and miners expire with ths
proclamation Of peace. Should now
wage price negotiations cause susnen.
sion Of mining later ON gener,
shortage of coal would be severely re,
by both buyers and consumers. Mine.
do not store coal. Railroads have Al,
ficulty in furnishing TRANSPORTATION "a
meet sudden and extraordinary d.
mands. Coal is moving faster nov
than it could be expected to moys
when the rush of orders for the win
ter comes in the fall.
Europe needs several hundred NH.
lions of tons Of coal a year. It NAV
sound strange, but If the bankrun,
countries should obtain sufficient
credit to buy coal here coal would nal
cheaper and more OF it would s|
mined for the American market Ths
would result from the employment !,
the miners the year round and not as|
now, only about the seven months IL.
quired to meet tie domestic demand
which is usually crowded into them
The American public has a costly
habit of punching its orders for coal
just before it is needed. This causes
miners to remain idle or on part time
for approximately five months. And
the American public pays for THU
custom through an unitemized charge
of forty to fiftey cents a ton fol-
every ton 1t buys.
The wage question may not becomd
acute this autumn. Europe may ed
liberal credits in the United States
The government authorities mos
familiar with the coal situation warn
however, that there is no good sens
in gambling on any contingency. The!
are agreed that the only way to b
sure OF an adequate supply of coal mex
winter Is to buy 1t now or in the yerl
near future.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE

TODAY.
We who have loved the old world spell,
The glamour of ancient things
Poetry stored in lands afar,
Majesty GROWING kings,
Ruined castle and ivied moat,
Armor and blunderbuss,
Blazoued scutcheon and jeweled shrine
What are they to us?
Dead is the past of yesterday
Like the past Of thousand years;
Gone the beauty Of outworn things,
The horror Of bygone fears.
Life, Life unseals our eyes
These are the wonderful days,
Glory CLEANS from humble souls
Treading familiar ways.
Proven valor OF poor and weak
Not by fairy tale;
Golden legends daily news,
Christendom does not fail.
The mighty are fallen, the proud ashamed,
Force is bowed in the dust,
But heroes march in the rank and file,
And the meek hold power in trust.
When was the beautiful world SO strange,
Or ever romance so rife?
With an undreamed future-ours to mould
From the marvellous gift of Life.
--Abbie Farwell Brown, in Youths Compan1o
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08
The great blessings of mankind are within
rs. and within our reach.-Seneca.
WORDS OR THE SWORD?

The French English Amerlcan alliance that
will become an actually if the recommendations
that Mr. Wilson is to make to the senate prevail,
is frank admission of the impotency OF the
league of nations to accomplish the primary OBJ
iect for which, it is alleged, it is to be created.
If France deems it essential to her future safety
that she shall have the guarantees OF both Eng
land and America that they will step in In the
event of another invasion from the Germans, 1t
is evident that Clemenceau and the French place
no confidence in the league as a means OF protec
ton.
And well may the French take the attitude
they do 1t was the valiant stand of the Bel
gians holding the Germans at bay before Llege
for two weeks that gave the French time to
gather their forces and save their country from
utter destruction. But suppose the league had
been in existence in 1914. Instead of the in
slant and heroic defense by Belgium that, it is
not too much to say, eventually saved the day
for France and the allies, we would have had
The war declared matter of concern to the
world Forthwith the secretary general of the
league would have summoned meeting of the
council to consider what measures should be
taken to restore peace. Under article seventeen
of the league covenant polite invitation would
have been sent to the Germans to become mem
council, after mature delberation deemed Just
Then would have followed this course, as out
lined in the second paragraph of article seven
teen:
Upon such invitation being given the council
shall Immediately institute an inquiry into the cir
cumstances the dispute and recommend such
action may seem best and most effecual in the
circumstances.
Is it any wonder that the French refuse to
put their dependence on such document or
risk their future life as a nation upon it? When
the Germans appeared on the banks of the
Meuse, and gave evidence of their intent to
cross and lay waste their country the brave de-
tenders of Iiege instituted an inquiry of their
own and in about two seconds decided that the
action that seemed "best and most effectual in
the circumstances" was a determined resist
ance. And they proceeded to resist to the utter
most, with the result that although overwhelm
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08

led, they saved civilization from destruction by
the Hun.
The outstanding fact is that the league OF
nations proposes to substitute red tape without
end diplomatic negotiation, and interminable
meddling by an international council OF nine
individuals, for the outstanding patriotism that
responds with instant action when national hon
or is in peril.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08
WAR WASTE GOES ON.

! Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, does not hest
tate to declare that Secretary Baker had not
the moral right to obligate this government to
spend millions of dollars for the establishment
of school of arms after the armistice had been
signed and in the face of the peremptory dis
approval of the senate committee on military
Iaffars. In SO dong, says tbs outspoken fearless
senator, the secretary of war was guilty of ''a
gross breach Of trust which, if committed in
normal times, would come very close to leading
Ito impeachment proceedings"
Briefly stated, the facts are that the secre-
Itary abandoned the adequate existing school at
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, which the government
owned, and bought up nearly an entire county
in Georgia at prices attractive to such land
owners were willing to sell And he did this
latter the armistce in President Wilson S
phrase, had brought the war to an end. Dur
ing the nineteen months in which were at
war Secretary Bakers department spent over
fourteen billion dollars. Assuming that it did
the best it knew how, the fact remains that it
flung millions around with recklessness and
prodigality unexampled and unapproached in
history. There was some excuse for it. The
war had to be won and Mr.. Baker and his civil
ian assistants were men without experience and
for the most part men of mediocre abilities who
had never been conspicuous either in public or
private affairs. Granting them the best inten-
tions, great mistakes, extravaganza, waste and
graft probably were inevitable. The people will
condone this as far as it was not willful; but
when the reckless fnanciering is continued
against the will and judgment of a senate com
mittee and after the armistice had brought the
conflict to an end, it clearly calls for some ex-
PLANTATION by the secretary in justification of his
course.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08
Was It a "Bum' opinion7

vinton Eagle: During the war /
was predicted that the people woul
be more considerate toward eael
other and would work together bel
ter after the war than before W
were of those who expressed sue
an opinion. Well, it was a very bur
opinion. Now that the war is ovel
the people are quarreling wors
than ever. If one man suggests al
improvement, some pecan or group 0
pecans is sure to oppose it. TIL
pee-pul are nuts.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08
IOWA Press COMMENT.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Someone
calls attention to the fact that farm
work is skilled labor. 1t is that's And
the farmer Is more of a Jack of all
trades than any other. And he is
master of many. No wonder that farm
wages 60 up. The town worker is OF
little use on the farm. But the farm
worker can always make his way in
town.
Knoxville Express: When you say
that Iowa land can't go up to $500 or
81 900 an acre, remember the atrplane
and the steamboat and other impossi-
bilities OF your boyhood days.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil Another
business that is likely to slump in this
country is the making OF suitcases.
Rolfe Arrow: We honestly believe
that If we had hard surfaced roads,
enough of them to count, the saving
in tires, gasoline and repairs Occa-
stoned by rough roads and mud holes
would more than pay the interest on
the cost OF the roads. That being the
case, 1t would be good investment.
Davenport Times: 1t Is not ex-
pected that conditions will be much
different when women everywhere
take up the ballot. They are likely to
divide on party lines pretty much as
the men differ in regard to politics.
But they have right to express their
opinions effectively.
Fort Dodge Messenger: The women
themselves do not expect the millen-
mum to dawn on the day that the
thirty-sixth state ratifies the suffrage
amendment Women, like men, will
see issues in different lights and the
world will not be revolutionized by
the new voters.
Marshalltown Times Republican:
Some lawyers think congress has no
right to fix the percentage Of alcohol
as Intoxicating and that the per cent
should be fixed by thu courts. But
who in the name Of Bacchus should
know more about intoxication than
congressman.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: It is amusing
to watch the various high officials and
representatives Of the major parties
jump for places on the woman suf-
frage band wagon.
vinton Eagle: But while we are
finding fault 1t would be well for us to
remember that IL congress were to re-
peal all the taxes which seem like an
imposition on the people. the creditors
Of the nation would have to whistle for
their money.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08

Kansas City Star: Doctor VOL
Bethmann-Hollweg's haste in pushinl
himself forward for sacrifice in plac
of the ex-kaiser borders on the IN
due. We had not forgotten him. ant
had intended to try him anyway
but he must wait his turn.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08

A cooperative bungalow colony for
bachelor girls is soon to be estab-
lished in one Of the suburbs of Lon
don, Ont.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08

Cedar Falls Record: Higher priced
land undoubtedly will mean smaller
farms, more intensified farming and
more dairying, but necessity always
creates a remedy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08
Boy Orator Now "old Gentleman ?

Providence Journal: A newspaper
contemporary refers to William Jen-
nings Bryan as "the old gentleman"
and yet it does not seem so very
long ago that he was the Boy Orator
of the Platte. In fact, he has not
yet reached his Goth birthday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08
Read the Advertisements

You read your newspaper to get the latest To
get all the news you should read the advertising col
thoroughly as you do items of local, national
or world wide interest
For every advertisement is a item Each adver-
tsement tells story of it's story of economical
interest to you and your family.
Advertisements tell you what, where and when you
can buy to best advantage.
Advertisements keep posted the latest improve
ments in every article of human need, whether food
clothing articles of household utility necessities and
luxuries. - -
Advertisements have established standards of quality
for nearly everything You insist that quality when
you buy-perhaps unconscious of the fact that ad-
vertising has implanted that standard of quality in
your mind. 81
Your local merchants deserve your support and
patronage READ THEIR ADVERTISEMENTS
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08

Six women are holding office as
probate judges in Kansas.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08

'Entangling alliances" is hardly an adequate
description of the league of nations covenant
There is some hope of getting out of an en-
tanglement; but once in the league, there is no
extrication if other members of the league in
sist that the dissatisfied member has not full
filled all his obligations. ''Shackling alliances"
would be q more appropriate description.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08

The Hon Hiram Johnson may now be re-
garded as a full-fledged candidate for nomina-
ton for president. An enterprising manufac-
turer has put out the Hiram Johnson cigar.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08

Talk about the Hohenzollerns having pre-
Iempted all the safety zones, who can say that
this government didn't take good care Of it's
baseball players and it's eminent pugilists7
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08

It's all very well for Villa to explain that he
is only trying to wipe out old scores, but if he
isn't mighty careful he will run up whole lot
Of new ones
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08

Recent reports from Mexico inspire
thought that Pancho Villa is beginning to
that it is long time between presidents.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Another
business that is likely to slump in this
country is the making of suitcases.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08

1t never was the intention of the allies to
make the peace terms popular in Germany.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08

There is consolation in the reflection that the
bolsheviki have been unable to advance into the
pronounceable parts Of Europe.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08

vinton Eagle: But while we are
finding fault 1t would be well for us to
remember that II congress were to re
peal all the taxes which seem like an
imposition on the people. the creditors
Of the nation would have to whistle for
their money.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08

Knoxville Express: When you say
that Iowa land can't go up to $500 or
81 900 an acre, remember the airplane
and the steamboat and other impossi-
bilities OF your boyhood days.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-08

Cedar Rapids Gazette: It is amusing
to watch the various high officials and
representatives Of the major parties
jump for places on the woman suf-
frage band wagon.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-25
WOMEN NEED SWAMP ROOT

Thousands OF women have kidney
and bladder trouble and never sus-
pect it
Women's complaints often prove
to be nothing else but kidney trouble,
or the result Of kidney or bladder
disease.
II the kidneys are not IN a healthy
condition. they may cause the other
organs TO become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss OF
ambition, nervousness. are often
times symptoms OF kidney trouble
Don't delay starting treatment Dr.
Eilmer's SWamp-RoOt, a physician 8
prescription, obtained at any drug
store. may be just the remedy needed
to overcome such conditions
Get a medium OF large size bottle
Immediately froEa any drug store.
However, II 20 WisL first to test
this great preparation send ten cents
70 DIT. Kilmer & Co, Binghamton, y
Y. for a sample bottle When writ
ing be sure and mention the Fl Paso
Herald.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-25
GERMAN NEWSPAPER CALLS
TREATY DEFEAT POLITICS

Berlin. Germany. Nov. e5.-(By the
Associated Press Failure by the
United states senate to ratify the
treaty between the allied powers and
Germany is considered the result Of
partisan politics by Die Zeit.
I'VE must accustom ourselves to
the fact that the peace treaty upon
which, for us life and future depend,
is treated in America largely az a
political matter" says the new
paper Not because the treaty ais
pleased the Republicans. who were
more inimical 70 Germany than the
Democrats. nor because they find the
conditions too hard for Germany do
they condemn it, but because the
Democratic leader signed the treaty,
and they wish 20 discredit him and
his party in the coming elections.
1T is plain now that president
Wilson had no right TO act as the
pr0tagon.-t OF the league OF nations
nor to make promises TO the Euro
pean peoples for the fulfillment Of
which he was unable 20 rely even
on his own people"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-25
United States And England Plan
Giant Dirigi6LeS As Troop Ships

GIANT dirigibles nearly a quarter OF
u mile long, that can fly 10000
miles without stopping and carry $40
tons will soon be flying over tne
United states and England, accord
ing TO an announcement Of construc-
ION plans now being carried out In
those countries contained in com
munication received in FL Paso Mon
dav from the air service at Washing
ton. d. C.
England has just placed an order
FOR an afrship Of the dirigible type,
natterned somewhat after the Ger
man zeuDelin. the communic cation
saws This ship viii be 2,ugu.1gu
cubic feet dirigible. English dirigi-
bles OF 100000 feet gas capacity also
are to be constructed
The speed Of the 800 ton dirigible
which Is TO be 100 feet in length and
the largest aircraft ever known, VIII
be more than 100 miles an hour II
VIII be able 10 carry nearly 1000 per
sons Of an average Of $50 pounds each
or half that many with their equip
menr- Its TO be primarily troop
ship and could be used for convey ing
two regiments OF men practically
any distance necessary
The 100000 cubic feet airshtp viii
have a speed Of 70 miles an hour and
an endurance OF rs hours. In other
words it viii be able to travel 1880
miles without stopping or half way
around the earth.
The announcement SAYS that keels
are being laid for ships Of 5000. 900
cubic feet and that ali new hangers
En- England are being laid for ships
Of that size
The total lift OF the gas in a
Z.Qoo,oQ0 cubic feet ship VIII be more
than so tons That Of 5000. 900
cubic feet ship viii be I52 tons.
In connection with the construction
in England and America OF these
enormous airships il IS proposed 20
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-25
Orders Return
Of18,000 T. S.
Dead Overseas
France Decides Bodies
Must Stay Until Own
Dead Is Exhumed

Washington, D. c. Nov. 25.-In-
structons that American soldier dead,
inferred in France outside the so
called zone Of the armies" be
brought home as soon as arrange
ments are completed. have been is
sued by secretary Baker. About 49,
900 bodies lie outside the zone Re-
turn OF those within It depends upon
action by the French government,
which has been asked 20 withdraw its
Must AlvnIt French Decision.
Paris, France. Nov. p. (By the AS
ISOLATED Press) The $4,000 American
dead in France must be left in the
graves they now occupy until the
French are ready 10 eXhume their
own dead. which It is hoped viii be
before January J. 1922.
The foreign office has promised 70
consider the latest request Of the
American government for the return
of its fallen soldiers. but later the
following official announcement was
at has been definitely decided that
the allies who fell together for the
same cause should remain together IN
death until circum stances permit OF
the returning Of the bodies 70 the
families for whom they sacrificed
themselves
Return Bodies ut Queensland.
Queenstown. ireland, Nov 25.-Ihe
bodies Of the Americans who fell in
the war. which are Inferred in the
cemetery here. are to be sent back
to the United states. They viii be eN-
humed and placed aboard the o S. s.
Tankton next week
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-25
U. S. POTENTIAL MILITARY
MANPOWER IS 1900, 900

Washington. D. c., Nov. g. - A
final study Of the selective draft
records. made public today. fixes the
military strength OF the United States
az lssooo,0O0 in potential military
1nanpoWer
Registrations for the draft. be-
tween the ages Of IS and IS. totaled
22.9OS,576, almost so per cent OF whom
were listed as physically fit for
military service"
The medical reports indicated that
the zone where men were found most
healthy runs through the center Of
the country from north 10 south.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-25
U. S. ORDNANCE SHOPS AND
DEPOTS DECLARED AMPLE

Washington. D. c.. Nov. 25-Ord-
nance shops and depots OF the war de-
partment are adequate 20 meet any
demand, MAJ. Cen c. G. Williams.
chief Of ordnance said IN his annual
report today.
The industrial agencies OF the de-
partrnent now include IA manufactur-
ing ersenals, all equipped 20 100 per
cent capacity and with sufficient re-
serves or dies and tools TO outfit a
score OF additional plants.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-25

and INDIGNATION. The people want
peace. They want peace and they
want a league OF nations 20 guard
peace. Whose name it bears, which
name IL bears. which party brand IL
bears, they care not at all they
longed for and expected ratification
before adjournment Of the senate
The making Of peace is no more a
uartv question than was the making
OF the war. The American people.
without regard TO party, stood behind
the war until the day Of victory " i'm
ike unanimity they ROW stand be-
hind the treaty.
shall the small minority who op-
pose a league OF nations in any form
defeat ratification shall IS senators
decide whether America shall stand
in this crisis2 Eighty senators have
shown by their votes that they favor
the great principle OF the league OF
nations. The fate OF the treaty rests
in their hands. They have the votes.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-25
Plan District
Hostess rs IN
Army addition
Two Assistants Will En-
tertain Wives, Mothers
and Girls.

A district hostess is to be the next
addition TO the social life Of the army
here. The district hostess viii have
Two assistants. all Of whom are to
play hostess and mother to soldiers
and their wives sisters. mothers and
best girls" when they come TO camp
me appointment OF three camp
chaparons. one Of whom is TO be dis
trict hostess was recommended by
Capt John r. Bauisrer. assistant 70
the department recreational officer.
following his visit 70 II Paso last
week During this visit Capt Banis-
TER supervised the taking over by the
army Of all service clubs. formerly
belonging TO various organizations
engaged in war work.
The taking over Of hese activities
VIII include the work formerly done
by the war camp community service
within the camps. There is TO be no
interference with the work OF this
organization outside Of the camp
under present plans
The camp hostesses probably VIII
be women Of overseas experience, It
was said at military headquarters
Tuesday