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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10
LAST DRINK
ON MAY II
Fifty-six Thousand Bars to Close In
", ohio, Including Ono
Which Is 1853 Feet
Long.
TBy United Press.1

[By United Press.1
CLEVELAND, May 10.--When Ohio
takes its last drink May e. by virtue
OF an amendment to the state conven-
ton adopted last November. $4,000
bars and other places where liquor is
sold will close up shop.
Most Ohio brewers and liquors have
accepted prohibition as a settled fact
and are planning to convert their
Elaces Of business into soft drink EN-.
poriums and cafeterias.
At Bridgeport, o., is located what is
eaid to be biggest barroom in the
United States. It has total Of 263
feet of bar space. One bar is 113 feet
long. It is operated by the Unger-
leider Distilling company and Is pat
ronized largely by people Of Wheeling,
w. Va, just across the river. West
Virginia is dry.
One Of the members OF the Bridge
port concern, now in service in France,
expects to go back to France as soon
rs he is discharged from the army
and start an American liquor store
somewhere in France. He expects to
ship a part OF his present stock OF
whiskey and wine to France.
The Old Neil house in Columbus, a
famous hotel in the political history
OF Ohio and which one time sheltered
Charles Dickens, will convert its bar
room into a cafeteria
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10
ONE PAPER TOWNS ARE
NOW IN THE MAJORITY
J. K. Groom in the Aurora u3 1eaeon-News

In spite OF changing times. there
are certain folks who seem to think
| that only one paper in town Is an
abnormal condition.
| It is no uncommon thing for people
to say (half in joke, but wholly in
earnestly that the Beacon-News can
charge what 1t pleases because 1t
has the territory all to itself.
| That always provokes discussion.
| The BeaconlNews keeps it's rates
! to the average of papers OF its class.
| It would be foolish to try to be low
est and equally foolish to try to get
an extremely high price. The first
would lead to failure because I'M
businesslike, the second would be un-
fair to its patrons, and would lead
| to about the same goal.
The Beacon-News also is more
generous with the public than it
would be if it had competition, and
it tries harder to please and serve
everybody. As the only medium of
publicity here, it feels its RESPONSE
| bility as it would not under competi-
tive conditions, for the very good
reason that it would have no such
responsibility.
However, the zone paper town. is
getting to be the rule and is no
longer the exception. People do not
buy papers for partisan reasons IN
this day and generation. 1t must be
a good paper if people buy it at all,
and to make a good paper costs lots
of money-so much money that very
few communities can support more
than one.
II Is not even logical that there
should be two or more newspapers
in a town. There is no more real
reason for a number Of newspap ers
than for several street car systems
or telephone or electric lighting
plants. There are more than one OF
all these in some cities. but they do
not conduce to better service for the
general public, nor economy for the
individual patron.
Twenty years ago Oshkosh, Wis.
Council Bluffs and Marshalltown.
Iowa, were considered mighty Pc
culiar towns, because there was only
one daily paper in each Of them.
Data collected year ago showed
there were 1,142 cities in the United
States wherein daily newspapers
were published, and that 593. or lit
tie over 46 per cent, were lone paper
towns" That was some change in
twenty years.
But data just compiled shows now
liza cities wherein there are daily
newspapers. and SCI of these, or over
50 per cent, are zone paper towns"
That change is pretty rapid, too.
But perhaps you think they are all
small towns. Well, of course, there
are more small towns than large
ones in the list. simply because there
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10
KEOkUK PRODUCT
is SUCCESSFUL
frederick c. Gray Has Won a Fore
most Place Among Chicago
Decorators and
Furnishers.

heokuk is always pleaced and
Esuy proud when one of her sons
pes out into the world and does
pmething so well that he makes a
anne for himself. That is what
rteaerick G. Gray has done.
ne was born in Keokuk and went
chicago in 1899. There he de-
'.sd his time and energies to the
uuy OF the interior decorating and
,,h,lshing business and being gifted
unusual artistic talent, COM
with ambition. determination
"a well balanced practical ability.
mas been successful. He spent
,erai years in New York City and
seled in Europe in order to gain
SHY sery thorough knowledge Of his
s,ness' He is now located In Chi
H. where he has been conducting
ut years. - wy p"s'
nany OF the beautiful homes in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10
Naughty, Daring, Adorable
mickey"

terrain SO desiring and that they would
be eligible for the Office of moderator
Belief that laymen as we'll as the
mining the policy of the church to-.
wards such questions as organic
church unity of various denominations
tclshevtsm, capital and labor and the
league Of nations, led to the removing
Of the bars.
Among the important church mat
tiers to be considered simultaneously
at the assembly here and the South
ern Presbyterian church at New Or
leans will be the proposition to merge
the general assemblies Of the Amer
loan church.
Among the delegates Of the laymen's
council. who are expected to attend
the assembly this year are: Dr.. John
Willis Baer, Pasedna, >Catif.; Nelson
II. Loomis, Omaha, Neb.: William A
HARRISON. Pittsburgh, Pa; Robert Dol.
lar. San Rafael, Calf; Frank J..
1,oesch, Chicago: Henry p Crowell,
Chicago; Robert Johnston, ST. Louis;
Chas. Lukens Huston, Coatssville, Pa:
James P. Goodrich, Indianapolis; Ed
win M. Bulkey, New York; Alba B.
Johnson and John Wanamaker, Phila-
delphta: Robert Garrett, Baltimore; A.
H. Whitford, W. A. Rogers, D, S. Alex
ander. Buffalo; Wilson A Shaw, Pitts
burgh, Pa; James A. McNary, Ell
Paso; William Livingstone and Henry
Leland, Detroit; Serene P. Fem,
Cleveland; D. D. Dayton Minneapolis;
E. r. Brown, Dallas, and ]. B. Walsh,
Kansas City.
Among the laymen who are being
mentioned as possible moderators are
John T. Manson, president Of the First
National bank of New Haven, Conn;
Alexander r. Nichol, of New York and
A. A. Hyde, Wichita, Kansas. Hyde
has given more than million dollars
to church benefcenses.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10
FINE PROGRAM
AT ROCK HALL
Excellent Community Meeting Will
Be Held There Sunday Even
ing, With Much Good
Music.

The program prepared for the
community meeting at Rock Hall
Sunday evening at s o'clock is a
specially good one, and the public
Is cordially invited to hear it. 1t is
as follows:
Invocation-Rev. Mary Collins.
Community singing-Led by MIS-.
/ R. L. Reid
Violin solo--Evely Bevering, ac-
companied by Corinne Bevering.
Violin solo, Souvenir By Della
Al H. Hicks. :.
Vocal solo. "Play Make Believe
Carrie Jacobs Bond)-Miss Ethel
Osborne
Community singing.
Instrumental trio. Barcarolle from
Tales of Hoffman'-Miss Florence
Alling, piano; Mr. Elmer Elwell, cor
met; Mr.. AL H. Hicks, violin.
Reading, "Over the Baluster' Gear
/ oyn Wells)-Miss Boneata Griffls.
Violin solo. Salute D'Amour (Elgar)
IA H. Hicks.
Community singing
| Benediction-Rev Mary Collins.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10

are more of them on the map and
not because the basic condition is
any different in small towns. How
ever, there are twenty-six cities on
the list with between 10000 and 3d..
600 population.
There are eighteen cities with be-
tween 10000 and 10000 population.
There are nine cities with between
$4,000 and 100000 population.
And one city Of 10000 population
|, Total, GO.
The larger the city, the better the
paper must be to supply its public
and the fewer papers there are going
to be.
the population it has now. 1t had
five daily papers. The whole lot did
not cost as much as the Beacon'News
first page now, and had not as much
real news. l worked on papers in
those days the proprietors of which
would have dropped dead IL the pay
roll ran over 800 a week.
In those days papers were started
not as business propositions. but to
foster someone's political ambition
They never made money, and the
poor boobs who were induced to
start them on rosey promises were
left to hold the bag when the would
be statesmen learned the people
could not see them for the fog
rather think another five years
or surely ten years will see every
city a "one-paper town. except in
real metropolitan centers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10
a. E. o'Harra, General Counsel Of
the MIssissippiI River Power Com.
pany, Tells Some Plain Truths
to an Audience.
JURY ROOM AS A SCHOOL
Il is the Best Place to Get the View.
point of the Other Fellow and
Learn How People Are
Thinking.

TOO many educated men of ability
and too many men of large affairs
ire Sinking their duties as jurors in
the courts" said A. w. O'Hara at a
private luncheon here the other day.
and his audience Of a score of cap
tsins of affairs applauded him.
"The jury room while the jury is
discussing the verdict, Is the finest
place in the world in its opportunity
for men of ability to learn very much
about his fellow men," continued Mr..
sC'Hara, "and this knowledge OF how
the other fellow looks at things and
feels toward things Is very import
ant thing fer all men of large affairs
today.
"This is an important matter also.
IN the line of good government and
the best way for business men to pro-
tect themselves against oppression is
10 learn the viewpoint Of the other
nen around them, which they can do
letter in the jury room than any other
pace | know.
when they were called to the army
the selected officers did not try to
dodge the inconvenience of leaving
tteir work or their business to serve
their country, and they did not try
10 dodge rubbing shoulders, side by
side with other, men with whom they
teyer associated before.
Business men must follow in the
footsteps OF the soldier boys and go
into the jury room as the soldiers
went into the army, If they expect to
Irotect the business interests of the
country from harm. The excuse OF
Icing too busy was not made by the
soldiers, and should not be allowed
The business men called as jurors.
"One thing learned in the jury room
Is. that most men want to do the right
thing generally"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10
Iowa Land Prices.

Webster City Freeman Journal: Iowa
land seems to be climbing higher and
higher every day A short time ago a
half section, unimproved, half mile
from the city limits of State Center,
sold for 1925 per acre, the purchasers
being two neighbors who took quar-
ter section each. Charles Mitchell, of
this city, sold half section several
days ago near Rockwell City at s276
per acre. Up in the northwestern
part of the state q 100-acre farm sold
last month at $3.50 per acre This Is
the highest price yet paid in Iowa for
purely agricultural land in body as
large as 100 acres.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10
LAYMAN MAY
BE MODERATOR
General Assembly OF Presbyterian
Church to be Held In St.
Louis for Ten Days
This Month.
IRv Tinted Press.1

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 1o.-That for
the first time in the history of the
church layman will be chosen mod
orator is the prevalent belief here to-
day Of advance delegates to the 131st
general assembly of the Presbyterian
church in the United States, which
meets here May Is to %.
Laymen, in the past ruled out as
delegates to the assembly, will attend
in masse this year, following the rul'
ing adopted by the convention last
year that in the future big business
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10

since he went to war with the first
unit of the medical corps of the
army to leave Keokuk or the state
of Iowa.
Mrs. Fuller got wireless this
morning that DR.. Fuller is on the
Patria, which will reach New York
this evening or tonight.
Captain Fuller left here with Unit
r. of the Red Cross. and has seen
continuous service in large hospitals
in France for a long time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10
MOOSE HAVE
INITIATION
keokuk Members Of That Loyal
Order viii Have Big Meeting
Tomorrow Afternoon at
Their Hall.

The Keokuk members Of the Loyal
Order of Moose will have gala
time Sunday afternoon at A o'clock.
They will then meet to initiate
twenty-five new members with spe-
cially impressive exercises.
Wednesday evening the Keokuk
degree team goes to Fort Madison
to help initiate class of sixty can
didates there
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10

and about Chicago owe the beauty
and comfort of their furnishings to
his creative mind. He has just
finished the decorating and entire
furnishing of the new Hotel Lassen
of Wichita, Kansas, which is one OF
the best furnished and well equipped
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10
TOMORROW is
| MOTHERS DAY
4 VIII Be Observed In Some Churches
But Chiefly In the Homes
the Mothers Have
Made

Tomorrow is Mothers day.
The day will be noticed in the serv
ces of some of the churches of Keo-
TX, and Friday afternoon one OF the
schools had special program for
}nothers.
But the special observance OF the
pay will be in the homes the mothers
pave made. Flowers for mother
eems to be the most fashionable
iethod Of letting her know about It..
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10
CAPTAIN FULLER
TO BE HOME SOON
His Transport Arrives in New York
Today and He viii Come to
keokuk as Soon as
Possible.

Captain Frank NJ Fuller will be
back home in Keokuk within a
couple OF weeks, after being absent
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10
hotels of the middle west.

hotels of the middle west.
Mr.. Gray is well versed in all
periods of decorative designing and
has many beautiful and valuable OBJ
jects of art in his most interesting
home.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10

Motion pictures have been used ex-
tensively in Italy to teach illiterate vo-
tiers how to prepare their ballots.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10
MOTHERS YOURS AND MINE AND OTHERS

hers Day" May II, 1919. Dedicated to the
Boys and their Mothers
0 the dear old-fashioned Mothers
Yours and mine and others
The kind we've always known,
Yours and mine, our own!
Who scolded us and petted,
When we fused and fretted;
Who hushed our childish fears,
And wiped away our tears,
And boxed our boyish ears,
And spanked us good and plenty,
And coddled us at twenty;
And who still believed in us,
When we'd been an ornery cuss,
And needed to be thrashed
Or to have our saphead smashed;
Who fed us on sweet cakes,
And cured our tummy aches;
And hid the cookey jar
Where we'd know where they are!
Who darned our socks and sweaters,
And wrote us good long letters,
When we went away to schools;
Or when we played the fool
And ran away from home,
And started out to roam,
Till we found there was no other
That could take the place Of Mother;
Who welcomed our returning
With Mother-Heart' IS warm warming.
o these dear old-fashioned Mothers
Yours and mine and others
The Mothers of Today:
The sort that we all know
The, Mothers of the Rainbow!
Some are quick and some are slow;
Some are sober, some are gay,
Some are foolish, frivolous
But i own I like them thus!
They know how to play the game,
And we love them just the same
These Mothers Of the boys
Who laid aside their toys,
At'the call of camp and trench,
To bear the wrack and wrench,
As they struggled for their breath,
In the grapple unto death;
In the conflict to keep clean,
From the sordid and the mean.
O these dear old-fashioned Mothers
Yours and mine and others
These Mothers of the men
Who heard and answered, when
The crisis-hour had come,
While our hearts were stricken dumb,
AS they faced the naughty Hun
Until the Deed was done!
They gave the best they had,
Each Mothers son, each lad;
While Mothers gave them up
And drank the bitter cup;
Yet they would not deny
To send them forth to die!
They were so dear--each one
Some Mothers stalwart son!
And some there are that sleep,
While Mothers wait and weep;
Yet through their tears, the while
They laugh with us and smile,
Like our Mothers did before them
Do YOU wonder we adore thema
O Mothers! Mothers! Mine and yours
While memory endures,
They are in our hearts enshrlned!
Their love was often blind
To all our faults and failings,
Our rudeness and our ratings;
Through all our shames and slips,
Our names were on their lips,
With love that never failed,
When the enemies assailed;
They bore the hurts and smarts,
Of'en times with breaking hearts,
While they played for us
And they made for us,
And they stayed for us,
While they prayed for us
Themselves denied for us;
And they cried for US,
While they lived for US,
And they died for us;
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10

Notice particularly the button switch
by which the electricity is controlled.
You simpy press this button lightly
forward with your thumb to start the
machine and draw 1t lightly back
ward when you wish to stop. The
most simple device you can imagine.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10

The Connection of the hose at
tachment to the Eureka is mar
velously simple and easy. In just ex-
actly 10 seconds you can change from
cleaning carpets to cleaning mat
tresses, furniture, etc. There is abso-
1utefy nothing to screw on or take off
Just let the nozzle fold under the ma
chine and you are all ready to use the
hose. This feature has been careful
ly patented and is only found on the
Eureka
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-10

The Eureka Handle
Lock
Locking the handle in a rigid
upright as well as low position
is an exclusive feature found
only on the Eureka. The lock
is very durable-made of high
" nickeled steel and will never
break or get out of order. This
is a Special Eureka Feature.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-05
MILEAGE ALLOWANCE OF
SOLDIERS Is RETROACTIVE

Washington. D. C.. Nay 5.-Thou-
sands OF soldiers. sailors and marines.
discharged from service between No
vember Il. 1918. and February 2g.
1913. may file claims with the auditor
OF the war department for one and
one half cents per mile for travel ex-
penses from the place OF discharge to
their homes. This was decided by con-
troler OF the treasury Warwick
Controller Warwick held that the
act Of February IS. 1913. allowing five
cents a mile from the place OF dis
charge TO the actual bona fide home or
residence OF q discharged man. was
retroactive TO November Il. Men dis
charged between those dates were al
lowed only three and one half cents
a mile, however. under a former act
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-05

tons The English could accept the
mandatory compromise which. in fact.
they invented. because they had the
German navy in their possession and
German sea power for long years has
become a thing OF the past. The
French could not accept the Saar
coal compromise and other restric-
tons TO their security on the north
without some guarantee which should
hold II the league OF nations failed.
In fact, French acceptance Of
the league of nations and MI
other compromises was made con-
tinEeut upon the guarantee by
Great britain and the United
States that In cnse OF German
attack, they would come to
French aid.
We have now IN the case OF italy
the third stage. italy has been IN
able TO find a method like the man
oarory system which enabled Great
Britain TO accommodate her purposes
70 president Wilson's principles.
Guarantee against attack such
as France has asked for was OF no
interest 10 her since she feared no
attack. A consequence. she
has come Equurely out in the Omen
and Challenged the president. re-
plying upon her agreements With
her allies as TO Dalmatin and
upon one Of Mr. Wilson'S II
points fer the acquisition OF
Ffume.
7 think right minded men all over
Europe agree with the position taken
and the principles expressed by the
president Thew feel thaf n cham
pioninE the southern Slavs, the presi-
dent has nobly expressed the Ameri-
can idea and the American ideal and
that whatever the consequences Of
his gesture, he could have done no
other thing without compromising his
essential principles
League Of Nations UnpopuIr-.
But on the other hand. IL is no less
essential 20 make clear the fact that
IN the past four months the idea Of
the league OF nations has daily and
hourly lost ground in Europe: that
there IS an ever growing feeling that
i represents an ldealistic rather than
e practical solution OF European
problems
There has been concomitsntIy re-
action and irritation against the
American domination IN European
settlements, and this Is expressing
Itself quite as patiently in the French
demand for a guarantee OF military
insurance against the failure OF moral
force as expressed in the league Of
nations as in the Italian open cha1-
lenge which has produced the sharp
est crisis in all the long history Of
peace negotiations
I think the truth that Is COM
ing home 10 most Americans in
Eurone new q that. after all, Il
Is impossible TO impose American
conceptions OF European affairs
upon Europe, or permanently to
persuade Europe that American
faiths and fdealistic solutions,
which grow in part at least ont
Of American isolation from Eu-
rOpean problems, can prevail.
The growing sense Of difference Of
point Of view On all essential uues-
tons between the American and the
European is one Of the most striking
Of recent days in the
peace couferenc e.-Copyrigh 1913, by
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-05

dignitary OF the British government
Tor the alternative was immediate
and permanent return 10 the United
States.
The passage Of time has now
ahsolved me from the pledge 10
keep quiet. and i have recently
obtained some documents OF high
est historic Importance. proving
that, even In 1916, 1 knew from
sure sources that only the
herensky revolution prevented
a peace between Russia. Germany
and Austria, frauEht with
most disastrous consequences for
france Great britain and the
world. Had this peace been
signed the still united Russian
armies might have taken the field
AGAINST the allies during the 1919
campaign.
Russia made the astonishing pro
pcsal 10 the central powers. on
March 6, 1917, that the Suez canal
be taken from Graet Britain and
placed under the control OF an inter
national commission
Trying TO Save the Car.
This IS one OF the peace terms that
the agonized autocrats Of Petrograd
put forward Ia the hope OF patching
up an alliance with the Hapsburgs and
Hohenzo -lerns before the revolution
AIRY storm should burst over their
heads. They we're too late. for in a
week the mobs Of the capital had
risen and in nine days after the car
placed his signature to his offer 70
heJray his associates he signed his
abdication. But before this last sep
arate peace offer there were two
others. I am able 20 summarize the
terms proposed in all three.
The spring and early summer of
1916 were marked by Gen BrussfIofFs
great victories in Galicia over the
Austrians, but In the autumn the
Russian premier. Strumer. and the
leading members Of the Ring CLIQUE
around the car. had decided that the
true interests OF the autocracy lay IN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-05
America S Heroes;
L. S. Casually List

XTTAsHINGTON, D. c.. Nay 5.-The
W casualty list Issued by the war
department Monday contained the
names OF lo7 men. one OF whom was
killed in action
Men from the southwest mentioned
IN the list were the following:
Wounded Slightly.
Lieut.. Henry n. Pride. Houston. Tex.
Returned To Dufy. PresIousIy Re
ported Missing.
Gerland L RinEberE. Van Horn, Tex
Killed In Action.
Pvt Titus A Truman. Providence, P
T.. was killed In action.