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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22
AMERICAN MEALS.

Dubuque Telegraph-Herald: Ameri-
can hotel stewards, in convention at
Chicago, have decided to Danish the
hyphen from their menus and serve
distinctly American meals"
1t is not SO much question OF
food-which is already pretty thor
oughly American-as or the nomen-
cIature. Peas are not to be set
down as petit pois," nor outlets as
"coutelets," nor cream as creme"
nor coffee as "cafe;" and II there
are any goose-livers on the bill OF
fare, they will be called by their
everyday names instead OF being
disguised as pate de foie gras."
This is encouraging to people who
have long SHE'D at being compelled
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22
everywhere with interest and heard with atten-

everywhere with interest and heard with atten
ton; but it is evident that the plan to stampede
the country against the senate has failed. 1t
must have borne fruits ere this if it was to bear
them at all. There are some things that can
be carried only by a whirlwind rush. The mil
itarists realized this, and the wisest among
them knew when their forces had been halted
at the Marine and driven back to the Aisne, that
their plan had failed. Time thereafter worked
with the allies and time now works with the
senate. The tiger spring of Germany failed.
The attempt to start popular stampede IN
favor of the Wilson covenant has failed. The
time when its success was possible has passed.
The battle for the treaty league without reser-
vations is lost and the covenant as interpreted
and safeguarded by the senate will be a surer
guarantee of world peace than it would be as it
stands today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22

to eat in the French language when
lit Is 80 much more conducive TO
sound digestion to pick out and eat
their victuals In plain american, But
the hotel people have promised to
10 this before. and failed. Can they
be trusted now to Amerrcanize their
menus?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22
Lansing to 40 on the Carpet.

Kansas City Times: No one would
be surprised to see some clouds loom
up in Secretary Lansing's official
horizon when the president gets back
to Washington and talks over the
Bullitt testimony. 1t is generally be-
lieved that no one in the cabinet ex-
cept Mr.. Burleson Is allowed to spill
the beans more than dozen at a
time
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Its treaty
for war;" shout the presidents oppo-
nents in the senate, Its treaty for
peace," declares Mr.. Wilson in his
speeches. All of which bounces the
poor people back and forth like rub
Der ball. All they know is that they
fought and paid for the last war, and
probably will be called on to do the
same when the next war comes along.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: From the
talk which emanated from Washington
a few weeks ago we We're led to be-
lieve that by September 10 we should
see daily procession of profiteers on
their way to the jails of the country,
but so far we have not heard Of one.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22
Nearer Heaven While Il Lasted.

Boston Transcript: A newspaper
tells of New York couple being
married in an aiIplane. The only
advantage was that they got back
to earth more quickly than most
newlyweds.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22
G. A. r. UPHoLDs TRADITIONS.

By practically unanimous vote the drand
Army of the Republic, concluding its annual
encampment in Columbus, Ohio, opposed ac-
ceptance of the league of nations and declared
for one hundred per cent. Americanism One
week before President Wilson had made his
first speech for the league at Columbus. These
veterans of the G. A r. fought to preserve this
union. They now vote to preserve this nation.
Few there are living today who fought to de-
stroy this union but do not realize that they are
mistaken, and that God was on the side OF the
right and the union was saved. They fought
for principle which they believed to be sound,
but which they are thankful did not prevail.
Henry Watterson was one OF these, and he Is
today fighting the league of nations heresy with
far more efficacy as a powerful publicist than
he fought the Stars and Stripes as STRIPPING
fusleer Watterson has ever been free to adj
nit the error of the Sixties, But in Waiter
sons day there were powerful intellects who
sided with the south-more powerful in the ag-
gregate, perhaps than those minds which side
with the league today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22

Perry Chief: Out of all this wrang-
ling about the high cost of living some
good is sure to come, but nobody Is
going to get living for nothing. The
sane man is going to keep at work and
also keep saving little for the inevi-
table rainy day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22

If Inventor Nobel had only left an annual
prize for the champion innocent bystander,
China would be pretty well off financially by
this time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22
rDDA& ! Esis ~ VERSE
AN AUTUMN PILGRIM,


He takes the open path at dawn,
With golden lures TO lead him on
The Tuant winds low murmurings,
The surge of southwark sweeping wings.
He sees the gentian by the brook
Cast back at him an azure look,
And marks above the soft green sod
A prouetting butterfly,
Like brown shred of goldenrod,
Go drifting by.
He tastes the brew that Robin Hood
Once uuaffed within the ancient wood
The aromatic essences
OF beechen and OF balsam trees;
And feels an ardor run along
His veins and stir his lips to song
simple strain of reedy mlrth,
Echoes of airs Arcadlan,
Full of the ecstasy Of earth,
The joy of Pan
He thrills to hear the crickets Groom
Beneath the arches OF the noon,
When the red harvest promise smiles
From all the fruited orchard aisles;
And CLEANS more glory from the hues
That on the hill slopes flame and fuse
Senses in them a stronger spell
Than in the radiant dyes that glow
On canvases by Raphael
And Angelo.
And If the dusk and dewfau find
Him still unhoused, he knows them kind
Like the light touch OF tender hands;
And through the quiet autumn lands.
Accompanied by dreams, he goes.
His spirit filled with sweet repose;
Then on the bosom Of the west
A fair beam beckons from affair,
A g1.erdon and guide to rest
One pilgrim star!
Clinton Scotland. IN New York
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22

There are two freedoms-the false where
a man is free to do what he likes; the true,
where man is free to do what he ought
Charles Kingsley.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22
Burlington HawI,-Eye: II the word

Burlington HawlcEye: II the word
is to be made safe for democracy
there is no reason why Mexico should
be excepted. Our trouble with Mex
leo, primarily, has been the lack of a
settled, policy toward an ignorant,
waspish people The present admin
istratiol has shifted Neither the
Mexicans nor any other people under
stand use
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22

Now for the annual ticket scandal in connec.
ton with the world series.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22

Senator Lodge has had published in the Con-
gressional Record excerpts from some of the
leading newspapers of Switzerland condemning
the league of nations in unmeasured terms.
"To believe that the league would lessen the
peril of war is delusion,' says the Zurich
Post, and that is the tone taken by other Swiss
papers. Like the opponents of the league in
this country the patriots of Switzerland see in
its terms a surrender of their traditional policy
of Independence Stress is laid in the quota
lions upon "our cherished neutrality" which
ia is claimed would have to be given up to the
league if Switzerland should be forced to ac-
cept the terms of the covenant.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22

IF any human thing should be ideal, league
of nations is certainly it. But an alliance IN
which one nation reserves the freedom OF the
seas and group of nations keeps secret pact,
though the covenant of the league abrogates
all secret pacts is certainly some distance from
TIE ideal.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Marshalltown Times Republican:
The Des Moines Register has soured
on Kenyon. Still the Register used to
boast that it made Kenyon" How
ever 1t is probable that Kenyon will
get along fairly well in Iowa. Cummins
always has, though the Register never
made any personal claim to Cummins.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22

Congressman Edmund Plat, of New York,
chairman of the house committee on banking
and currency, favors the early reduction OF the
tax on Liberty bonds. One of his reasons is
that at present the bonds of the land banks have
an advantage over the Liberty issues in that
they are exempt from taxation. Mr. Platt be-
lieves that instead of repeating that exemption
we should bring down to some extent the sur
taxes on other government bonds so that all is
sues eventually may be on the same plane.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-31
MISS HOOD DIES
Was Shot by a, Maniac in Washing
ton Early Last Frida.r Morning

| Miss Lillian Hood, % year old wal
worker, last of three women to bt
attacked on that day, by an unknown
fend, died at Emergency Hospital
Washington, from blood poisoning
last evening.
Death was directly occasioned by
peritonitis. caused by injuries to The
abdomen from a bullet from the p!s-
tol of her assailant. She made an
| aptemorsem statement, in which she
reiterated her former story and tes-
cription of the intruder.
"I am sure he was a white man, .
she told her mother and the district
attorney.
The body will be taken to Browns
vile, Tenn, whence she came to an
swer the call for war workers last
vear.Miys Hood was employed in the
war risk insurance bureau.
The two other women who were
attacked on the night of the assaults
lre Miss Florence Fowler, 1911 l.
street northwest. and Miss Martha
Geacan, 1912 Connecticut avenue
northwest. Miss Fowler was choked,
nut the man was frightened away
" the screams Of other persons l,v-
ng in the house before any serious
injury resulted. Miss Geagan was
;hot through tine side, but the bullet
.aused only flesh wound. She is
,lso in Emergency Hospital. Her
recovery is expected.
Baltimore, Jan. 31.-Mrs. Emma
Slough, accompanied by her young
laughter, was going home from a
movie show last night when an IN
sane man seized her, clapped his hand
ver her mouth and said: Il am
.oing to murder you" The daugh-
er hurried TO nearby house ana
sked for help. Within few min
ties a posse was organized and the
.hase began. The madman, who was
Raging the woman along, relin-
.uished his hold and left her lying
emiconscious on The roadway. Some
+ the pursuers Cred several shots
fter the fieeirg man, who escaped
Mrs. Slough says she has no DOUBT
,er assailant is lunatlc.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-31
MOB LYNCHES NEGRO

Monroe, La. Jan. 31.-Sampson
Smith, 2 negro who was convicted
if murder Wednesday at Columbia,
WAS lynched late last night, It be-
ZANE known here Yesterday. The
iury's verdict specified that capital
punishment should not be the penalty
End the sheriff Of Caldwell PARISH
hearing of threats decided to nrlng
the negro here for safe keeping. he
had barely reached the outskirts OF
columbia when he was overpowered
Ibv mob and the negro taken sway
/ Little Rock. Ark. Jan. 3l.-En-
|lraged by the killing of Miss Mar!
Clavborn. IS years old. daughter o.
\ merchant at Deer, Ark, resident:
of the town burned the body OF Johl
keifer. 50 years old, who wa
charged with the crime and who wa
found dead at his home after tn
,dlling, according to a report b,
4 Sheriff Carlton. of Newton county
Keifer, who IS said to have bee
1 rejected by Miss Clayborn, is aliege
to have shot her twice, slashed he
throat and, returning to his llomt
swallowed poison.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-31
P. N. BRADSHAW dies
Shoe Merchant for Past Thirty Years
''"'e
Chairman Of City School Board :
Prominently Identified With Odd
Fellows and Other Fraternal Orders

! Philip NJ. Bradshaw, seventy year:
/ old, a well-known shoe merchant
died at 3 As o'clock this morning a
his residence, 512 King street. Hl:
ieath followed a short illness and was
lue to stomach trouble. Mr.. Brad
shaw was taken i'll Tuesday.
The deceased was native of Fred
,ricksburg, Va, and is survived by a
brother, Thatcher Bradshaw, of. Bris
tow, Va. His wife, Mrs. Bette Brad
haw, a daughter of the late William
A Murray, died May 6, 1918.
For the past thirty years Mr.. Brad
,haw had been engaged in the boot
md shoe business on King street.
The deceased was chairman of the
,ity school board having held that
position for many years.
He also was actively identified will;
he order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Brad:
shaw was past noble grand OF Potomat
Lodge No 3S, member Of the board OF
;rustees of the Orphans Home of that
,odge, past grand of the Patriarchs
Militant, for twenty-five years was
secretary Of Marley Encampment anG
vas member of the Patriarchs Mill
ant. In addition Mr.. Bradshaw was.
a member of Alexandria Council No.:
), Order of Fraternal Americans anc,
llso member of Oriental Court No.
10, and a trustee Of the German Co
Operative Building Association.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-31
LADIES' night PLANNED
Knights of Columbus Will Tuesday
Night Celebrate Moving Into New
Quarters in Lyceum Hall-Elabo-
lN.ns>~ol
rate Program Prepared.

Fitzgerald Council No. % Knight:
of Columbus, will in the future have
its headquarters in the Lyceum Hall
In order to celebrate that event {
ladies night celebration has been plar
ned for next Tuesday night in that
hall. An elaborate program has been
prepared by the entertainment com
mittee. Refreshments will be served
and there will be dancing. A number
of the soldiers from camp Humph-
reys will take part in the program and
an address will be delivered by a
member of Congress yet to be an
nounced.
The committee in charge Of the en-
tertainment is composed Of NJ. E.
Greene, chairman; NJ. J. Mcfarland.
Raymond Hellmuth and John A..
Ewald.
This organization for many years
past has made its headquarters in St.
Mary's Hall and in future it will use
the Lyceum Hall.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-31
INDEMNITIES ABANDONED
Allies Will Ask Germany Only For
ReparatiOn.

,llies Will Ask Germany Only For
Reparation.
I,ondon. Jan. 31.-The Peace Con-
,rence has settled one important
,oint with regard to the indemnity
uastion, The Paris correspondent OF
na Evening Standard says he has
aasons for reporting. The conference,
> declares. has eliminated any IN
,rtion Of calling upon Germany and
or associates to pay the Allied coun-
les the cost of the war, or to impose
savy indemnities upon the enemy
.ations. :,
+: "But the minds of the conference
he correspondent adds. "are fixed
hat there shall be full and ample re-
1aration for uniustifiable damage
one. A very sharp distinction is be-
ag drawn between damage which re-
uited from legitimate warfare and
amage which was wanton."
The correspondent says that Serbia
md Belgium have formulated claims
or reparation in detail. Serbia's bill
the largest, but as Belgium sui
erred first she will receive first con
;ideration.
The idea that Germany should re
urn the indemnity she took from
France in 1871 has been abandoned
lie Evening Standards correspondent
:, ;inues. British claims, he adds, ar
- damage done in air raids ant
through the sinking of merchant ships
In the case of ships, reparation t
Great Britain will be in kind.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-31
DRAUGHTSMEN TO STRIKE

Declaring that the craftsmen of
the government shipyards would
strike within forty-eight hours unless
their rights were recognized. Presi-
dert De Kraft, OF the DraftsmcN's
Union. yesterday headed committee
to place their demands before he
Secretary of the Navy.
The government craftsmen declare
that they have been forced to work
in government yards at salaries great
y below those paid by private con-
cerns and that outside yards have
Been forbidden hiring former govern
ment men.
In November, 1918, Mr.. De Kraft
told the Secretary, Assistant SecTe-
tary Roosevelt ruled that the Macy
award should be made effective in
government yards and appointed -he
ravy board to devise plan by which
l. could be made applicable.
The committee demanded that the
Secretar? tell them whether Or ,ot
the ban against government drafts
men leaving the service would be re-
moved; whether the order forbidding
outside shipyards hiring government
men would be removed; if the Macy
Award would be retroactive when it
goes into effect and Il the committee
would be permitted TO take with them
copy of the Navy Boards repjrt.
Each request. Mr.. De Kraft states,
was denied by the Secretary despite
the assurance given by the commit
tee. that. in case of refusal, the
craftsmen in the yards at Norfolk,
New York. Portsmouth, Philadelphia,
and Mare Island, in all probability
would strike.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-31
DANIELS CORRECTS MANN
G. O. P. Leaders Charges Baseless,
Secretary SAYS.

| Washington, Jan. 31.-ln reply x
the speech of Republican Leade7
Mann in the House Wednesday deflar'
ling Secretary Daniels should be i'm
peached for purchasing radio stations
after authority had been refused BY
Congress, Mr.. Daniels said today the
Navy Department had not proceeded
in any way toward the acquisition o.
high power commercial radio stations
or the building of a naval plant slnfe
Congress failed to authorize these
projects.
The Secretary said Representative
Mann probably was confused by ting
fact that the department as wal
measure bought low power stations
doing a Ship -to-shore business with
radio extension funds provided By
Congress, for which specific authority
never was asked or refused. This pur;
chase, the Secretary said, was ar
ranged before the signing Of the arm.
:stice, although dispute as to price
delayed its consummation until some
time in November.
AS to the purchase Of private sta
lions which communicate with foreign
countries. as proposed in the Govern.
ment radio monopoly plan, which the
House Naval Committee rejected, anc
he proposed erection Of d great high
power naval station at Monroe, N. c.
Mr.. Daniels said negotiations hat
oeen dropped. A Presidential order au'
.horized the purchase of land at Mon
.oe before the armistice, he added j
out he had ordered negotiations sus
pended when hos'ilit;e: stopped until |
Congressional authority could be OBJ !
tanned ~ ~ /
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-31
MURDERER BREAKS. DOWN
John Snowden Told He is to Hang
February IS. i.

: Sp' ~.
Annapolis, Nd, Jan. 31.-jofr
Snowden, the negro convicted Of the
murder of Mrs. Lottie May Brandon
had nervous breakdown yesterday
afternoon and it was necessary tc
rive him medical treatment.
He has been Informed that the Gov
efnor has set February 2S as The
date for his hanging, and, for the
first time in the year and half since
his arrest. he has shown signs OF
nervousness. He still insists that he
il not guilty of the crime and had
,pver spoken to Mrs. Brandon. It is
generally believed that he is taking
this course in the belief that he ma!
secure commutaion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-31
INGOMAR THEATRE

If you were poor lawyer with
little or no practice and harassed by
creditors, would you accept 100000
to marry woman who is an utter
stranger to you ard who, by the way,
Is conspicuous by her plainness?
Would Iou accept such bride, even
though cthe marriage was to be a
merely perfunct9ry affair and YOU be
divorced within twelve months. =:
These were the problems that con-
frontad Frederick Tile, the hero Of
Here Comes the Bride the latest
Paramount photeplay starring J9hr
BARRYMORE, the famous actor, which
will seen tonight at the lngomar.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-31
ENGLISH PRESS STIRRED
Denounced Peace Conferences Plan
For German Colonies and Sup
ports DcminionS' Demands.

DOTtS
London, Jan. 31.-The discussions
If the Paris Conference regarding
he future of the former German
colonies is being followed with in
.ense interest here. In scne sections
If the PRESS there is strong feeling
against the British delegation for
yhat the Globe calls "Giving Away
he Empire" A great majority Of
Englishmen, the newspaper says.
,trongly support Australia's claim
% the islands of the Pacifi" and
South Africa's for possession of Ger
ran East Africa.
Indications that the claims of the
iominions are not being supported
" the British, Government delegation
lave caused some alarm.
Paris. Jan. 31.-The British and
French Government have accepted
n principle President wilson; plan
concerning mandatories from the
eague of nations for the admlnistra-
ion of captured territory,it was sta
id by Capt. Andre Tardieu, of the
French Peace Conference delegation
yesterday. The acceptance, however.
5 subject to learning under what
conditions the plan will be carried
1ut.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-31
EGGS, 60c; BUTTER. soc.
Former Show Drop of g Cents And
Latter i Cents in Day in
Baltimore.

Baltimore. Jan. 3l.-Egg prices
are still on the toboggan. From qIo-
tations OF IS cents at the beginning
of the month. 60 cent level was
reached yesterday, ard it was predict
cd by commission merchants that
the price will drop to soc tomorrow.
During the same time, best cream
ery butter has declined from 50
cents to 30 cents. No further drop
is anticipated. however, as most
dealers believe that this price repre-
sents bottom market figures.
Although farmers and retail deal
ers are trying to get all they can tor
both commodities according to 'he
commission men. the farmer has been
c1mpell.l to lower his prices, and
the retailers will have to follow suit
within q day or two.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-31
DOG BITES FOUR

Danville, Va. Jan. 3I.-Folr per-
sons were bitten by supposedly
mad dog Monday in Pittsylvania
county. Mrs. Arthur Swain and Ter
two little children and child of K.
f. Mabes, neighbor, We're the vic
tins. Ire dog was trailcd 20 81 to-
bacco barn and shot. The heal was
sent 10 the government laboratory
in Washington for analysis.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-31
TRUCK KILLS TWO BOYS

Baltimore. Md, Jan. 31.-Warren
Redwood and Milton Blackley. each
!; wears old. rode to their death on d
tricycle Yesterday afternoon when the
vehicle was caught beneath large
automobile truck. Richard Carter,
colored, Of Howard county, driver OIL
the auto truck. applied the brakes
but the rear wheels of the machine
passed over the bodies.