davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20
PEACE STILL
IN DISTANCE
Little Hope That Protocol viii be
Signed by Germany Until After
New Year
Comes.
: [By Henry Wood. United Press Staff
Correspondent

t[By Henry Wood. United Press Staff
/ Correspondent
| PARIS, Dec. 20.-The light of peace
! still glimmered in the distance today.
/ Allied and German peace makers
admitted they had little hope the pro-
tocol would be signed and the Yer
isailles treaty declared effective before
the new year. They said they did
expect it ''early" in 1920.
German naval technical experts
have advanced new opposition to the
much debated clauses in the protocol
by which the allies demand compensa-
jtion for sinking of the interned Ger
man fleet at Scapa Flow. This was
assigned as the chief cause for delay.
If the treaty is not made effective
before January l. certain clauses in
the document, which were excused at
the end of the present year, will be-
come void. This will necessitate sign
ing of an additional protocol by the
Germans, in which they must prom
Use to carry out the clauses of the
Versailles pact and the terms of the
armistice.
The German naval experts insisted
Germany cannot now deliver the four
GU llloGodlo lOnS vi llldl luC
terials demanded for the Scapa Flow
sinking, without Gripping herself eco
nomically. They asked they be al.
lowed to manufacture these materials
and deliver them to the allies as fast
as completed.
The five light cruisers demanded
by France cannot be spared by Ger.
many, the experts said. She needs
them for coast patrol duty. They
asked to be allowed to build these
ships and deliver them upon compile
ton.
The French answered this request
by saying they needed the cruisers as
badly as Germany and that il the Ger
mans were allowed to renew construc-
ton of warships they would imme-
diately launch another naval building
program.
British delegates said they could
not modify the original demands made
upon Germany without instructions
from London. They have asked for
such instructions they said
Meantime in face of all these diff |
culties delegates were making final
effort to "get together" with the Ger
mans but there was little indication
any agreement can be reached before
New Years day:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20
On Last Lap.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-The SEN
ate today started on the last lap of its
consideration of the Cummins rail
road bill. A final vote was set for
$50.
Before taking up the Cummins bill
the senate acted on the McNary sugar
troll for another year.
Attacking the Cummins bill and
urging his substitute for continuing
government control and operation of
the railroads two more years, Senator
LaFollette declared the American peo-
pie have been misled into the belief
that return of the roads to private
control will save the country from
S20o,000,000 to $300,000,O00 a year.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20
Not GETTING the Raise.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
MUSKOGEE, Okla, Dec. 90
Claiming they are not receiving the
full fourteen per cent increase in
wages awarded them by the Indian.
apolis agreement, miners in tho
southwestern district threaten an
other walkout.
According to John Wilkinson, presi-
dent of Mine Workers district twenty
one men have already quit wo>S in
several of the smaller mines and a
strike is imminent in the Lehigh and
Coalgate districts.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20
Of For California.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
:, CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Dec. 2O.-The
harvard foot ball squad left here this
afternoon for Pasadena. Calf. where
win meet Oregon university.
Among the officials and coaches
VINO went with the team were Grad
uate Treasurer Fred w. Moore, Mana.
ger Higgins, Head Coach Bob
FISHER, Eddie Mahan, "Pooch" Dono-
van veteran trainer, and several as
sistants.
+. ne team will stop for three hours
N Chicago tomorrow. The party Is
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20
AN ELECTION
BY PAINTERS
Union Here Meets In Regular Ses-
sion and Elects officers for
Coming Year at That
Meeting.

Local union No. S85, Painters, Dec.
orators and Paper Hangers OF Amer
lea, met in regular session and elec.'
ed the following officers for the year:
President G. Bowman.
Vice president Thomas Landman.
Treasurer-William Vance.
Corresponding seeretary--E. I'll.
Patterson.
Financial secretary-R. O. Dunn.
Conductor-Willianl Hubbard.
Warden-Sim.' Todd.
The painters have hac an unusual
1y good season, according to the
members.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20
Rstraction is Demanded.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 20
John L. Lewis, acting president Of
the United Mine Workers today de
rlanded of Congressman Schuyler
Merritt, Connecticut, retraction of a
statement the representative was
quoted as making In ongress.
Merritt was quoted by Judge a. 3.
Anderson, charging a re0erar grana
jury about TO begin investigation OF
alleged collision between operators
and miners. Merritt was said to have
charged that Lewis referred to a
meeting between miners and opera
tors as for the purpose of "wiping
out competition between us as min
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20
SANTA CLAUS
MAIL HEAVY
Officials at Postoffice Have Hands
Full Handling Both Out
going and Incoming Mail
Parcels.

The Christmas rush is at its height
at the local postoffice. Both at the
window and in behind the mailing
tables the clerks are kept busy with
the steady string Of Christmas mail.
Keokuk people are sending out boxes
every day, and the incoming Christ
mas mail has commenced.
The parcel post delivery carriers
are being kept busy these days carry
ing out their part of the bargain with
Santa Claus.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20
Christmas Mails.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service !
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-Christ.
mas mails, although thirty per cent
above normal volume, are moving
swiftly and promptly, postoffice Off
cials said today.
Every postoffice will be cleared
Christmas morning Of all mail arriv-
ing up to midnight Christmas eve"
said superintendent Ryan of the di-
vision of postal service.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20
No Seat for Berger.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-Victor l..
Berger, Milwaukee socialist, reelected
to congress, will be prevented from
taking his seat in the same manner as
when he asked to be sworn in at the
opening of the special session in
March, house leaders said today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20
Soviet Ark to Sail,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK, Dec. Interpretations
for sailing of the soviet ark" were
being completed late today.
Steam was up on the transport Blu
ford, and officers at Ellis Island look
ed over the greatest collection of
radicals ever assembled for deporta-
ton from the United States. The
lark" was scheduled to leave for
"some port in Russia" tonight.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20
CHANGE of Program.

IIrnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
LONDON, Dec. 20.-The News said
today IT had learned from govern
ment source that the government
home rule program, to be announced
by Premier Lloyd-George in commons
Monday, will be modified as result
of the attack on yiscount French in
Dublin yesterday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20
TO NAME THREE
THIS EVENING
President Wilson's Selection of Com
mission to Study Coal Mining
Situation of the
Country

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Johannes OF
the three men selected by President
Wilson as coal commission to study
the mining situation will be made pub
lie at six p. M, it was announced at
the white house today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20
NEW LICENSE
TAGS GREEN
They Have Black Numbers Three
Inches High on Dark Background
and arc Plainly Read at
Distance.

Have you noticed 'em lately?
The new automobile license tags
are here and are installed on several
of the cars in Keokuk They are of
black figures three inches high on a
dark green background. The numbers
all begin with 191."
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20
Increased Compensation.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-The house
today passed the conference report on
the bill granting increased war risk
compensation to the wounded soldiers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20

rift failed to produce records to S
such statements had been made.
asked that Merritt MAKE public
mission that the charge could no
substantiated.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20

ers" He charged Lewis said it was
to perfect an organization
ION both sides" in the central states
and extend it to the entire coal field.
Lewis, in his letter today. said Mer-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20

scheduled to spend Christmas in San
Francisco leaving the same nlght ior
Pasadena.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-20


til the
ley were
n Fair
and the
'gare SELL
until the
sr fair
zones.
behind
declared
of the
ie line IL
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
FOrfy-FOurfh Street Theatre
RemOdeiied for Opening

After designs by Watson Barratt the
Forty-fourth Street Theatre has been
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06

picture the surreptitious lovemaking
carried on in spite of difficulties OF
language, anti-fraternization regula-
tions and the interference of the mill
tary police. The third act climax
would come, we suppose, with General
Liggott's announcement that no Ameri-
can could wed a German miss until the
declaration of peace, with the explana-
ton that peace would not exist until
the ratification OF the treaty by the
Senate. And after the lovers had re-
ceived this news in distraction a
climax might be added by the coming
of a courier with the latest news from
America.
The anxious pair approach him and
ask for a word of hope. The messenger
slowly opens the newspaper and reads
he headline, Senator Sherman
Threatens. to Filibuster Against the
Peace Treaty for Week" Quick cur
tain.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06

Of Verdi, Tschaikowsky, Puccini and
even Debussy.
Others Transpiantcd Melodies
Outside musical comedy the song
field is full of transplanted melodies.
Tosti's Good Bye" is being sung over
the grave Of John Barlcycorn in at
least dozen raetime dirges. "Oh,
Frenchy" emphasizes its Gallc make
up with a refrain from "a Frangesa,'
an old band number written by an
Italian living in England. Beautiful
Ohio" contains a little driftwood from
Musetta's song in LA Bohemc." That
favorite with those who can waltz,
"Illuson." is Rubinstein's Romance in
L fiat. lifted bodily. Caruso's victrola
favorite, Down Her Soft Cheek a
Pearly Tear" from "Ihe Elixir of
Love-" has been cheered up into fox
trot called IF You Ever Feel Lonely"
and another Caruso pet, "Ah. So
Fair" from Martha" was translated
into the scandinavian last year as
"When Sailed Away From Norway"
Adele Rowland has been using Drdla's
famous "Serenade" for the violin as
THAT Soothing Serenadc." George
MacFarlanc is Offering Massenet's
lachrymose "Eiegie" as a song about
a moaning cello. Rachmaninoh's Prel-
ude in sharp minor. known TO every
one who has neighbors, is established
in the jazz choirs as "The Russian
Rag There has been published re-
Gently a song the music of which is
credited frankly to "Grieg hamnade.
ade."
Why make propaganda for good
music ?" You can't get away from it.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
BY Haywood Broun

/. was, perhaps, fitting that the new
IA ,atrical season should open with a
mystery melodrama. This is field OF
dramatic endeavor in which American
playwrights can hold their own with
foreign craftsman, and "At 9:45" IS
wcrkmanlike representative OF the
school. If Davis had managed to be as
ingenious throughout as he has in the
first scene Of his new play ne might
well have st mark for rivals to
shoot at. Certainly, nobody can COM
plain that his exposition is dull, for
in the first ten minutes door and a
mother break down and the victim OF
a murderous assault is found under
he most puzzling conditions.
From that point on the craftsman
hip Of Davis is less facile. His tricks
IRE we'll enough, for the most part, but
Usually he is treading on ground al
.eady explored by WELLER and MARGIN
and several others. For all its tricke"y
the play contains one or two scenes
.-ritten with an effect OF sincerity
.b,ch marks a decided advance In the
progress of Owen Davis. In the crea-
ion Of the effect Of really meaning
what he said he was greatly aided by
Miss Marie Goff, who gave telling
performance in the role of a heroine.
She was able to stand and indicate
.sress of emotion without tearing a
handkerchief, clutching her neck or
Employing any Of the other favorite
devices of players beset by circum-
stzntial evidence.
In one respect we think Davis is
quite in error in his conception Of the
rroper mood of a mystery play. The
author has evidently labored hard to
keep comic relief always at beck and
call. Every narrowing incident has its
corapanion scene of broad dialect COM
edy A good many laughs were won
from the first night audience, but we
think too great a price was paid Tor
thiy merriment. Il seems TO US that
ar author who writes a detective play
or story should take his subject very
seriously. Once an audience is moved
Z, laugh. il becomes ever so much more
difficult to make IL thrill again. Heaven
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Standard Music
As the Basis
For Comic Opera

There was conductor Of symphony
orchestras who had labored hard
throughout the winter and at the close
Of the season he decided that he needed
n change from The classical and
standard" tunes that had besieged his
ears for months. SO he went to see
"Oh. Boy," at one Of the subway
houses. i was a delightful evening
for him until the orchestra started
the introduction to Nesting Time in
Flat5ush." Then he left his seat sud
denly and fed the playhouse.
"I'll never 20 to one Of these musical
comedies again" he told the members
CT the Lotos Club. "IIere | went TO
be amused by the vulgar tinkle-tinkle
and what do I hear?-the first move
ment Of Tschaikowsky's 'Pathetique'
symphony used as the prelude TO a
Somic song went there to escape
good music''
you should have gone TO burlesque
show" suggested a fellow member.
Even worse" interrupted a listener.
II went 20 one OF those things the
other afternoon. and heard n girl
sing the melody Of Chopin's "Fantaisie
lmpromptu," note for note. to some
words about always chasing rainbows.
You can't get away from good music.
The popular song writers have discov-
cred It,"
It's fact.
In the golden days when +. ?. A.
attended variety shows the comic
opera scores and the music hall dit
ties Of native origin were genuine
tinklc-tinkle But to-day you hnd
Beethoven and Donizctti and Verdi and
Wagner and even moderns like PRccini
hiding in the French horns and the
ccllos. The nation Of borrowing themes
and harmonies from the "classics"-
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
New Plays This Week

Lee and j. j.
schubert Gaetics which
in and yegh
Smith, the lyrics by Alfred
Schwartz There additional
been
Shubert The cast which numbers l25
Hasse William Kent
Farrell, Iottic Hornor Julia Bal
Frank Gladys Watson Josie Heather
katherine Hart
Kendall, ma Williams James Fox and Gus Mnon.
"Greenwh Village Nights
the to be The book and
by and music by
Baldwin sosns which includes
Clara T Carol Irene Olson and vii"
The Zalman Olga Zceva
May cG and Virginia Lee Jimmie
X Babctte Mat
and Arjamond will also
Theatre Messrs r. Ray Como and Morris Ges will
of American
Bolton Frank Mande dealing
In q "Five Million,
sponded he Of life Ralph
Beatrice MacManamy, Robert McWadc William
Meehsn Charles Able James Gleason. Edward Poland Purne
Heon Helen Barnes Marjorie Por
OnxIey Hbook
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06

rcmodeied and retecorated for the
opening of "The Shubert Gaieties Of
1919" Monday evening. AS nearly as
possible the scheme of decorating has
been done with the idea of rcproduc-
ing the interior of the Shubert The
atre. just across the way The dec
orations, too, have included the lobby,
which has been changed from the street
straight through 20 the Times Build
ing Annex. Provision has been made
for dancing in a section of the lobby.
There will also be tea garden ad-
iacent to the lobby.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06

Burns and Frabito; Paul Decker and
company; logan and Geneva; Donald
E. Roberts.
ROYAL-Howard and Clark, in "Act-
cd Songs; Nat Nazarro, jr.; Atlantic
Fleet Jazz Band; Bert Ftzgibboa;
Lillian Fitzgerald; Arthur Havel and
company; Melette Sisters; Harry ard
Grace Ellsworth; Kartelli.
LOEw'S AMERICAN-Flet Nor
ton and Alice Sher; ]. Morrill, Morri-
son, in "A Friend in Need; Ford and
Coo bridge; Juggling Nelson; Wallace
Red. in you're Fired; "The OWL.
Sullivan, S.ott and company; Anita
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06

professionally speaking, classic" is
anything you can't dance-originated
naively enough, in the amusing conceit
Of Raging Mendelssohn's "Spring
Song" or the "Ridi. Pagliaccio' arioso
Irving Berlin used to hand out inter
views telling how his musical ignor-
ance was the basis Of his popular sue
cess, but his scores indicate that he
has a hearing. if not speaking. ac-
uuaintance with "Rigoletto," LA Bo-
heme," "Madama Butterfly" and Men
delssohn's two best bets, for he has
ragged all Of them delightfully."- in his
productions. It's difficult to deter
mine how profound a pundit in mat
ters musical Mr.. Berlin really is.
THAT Syncopated Walk" from Watch
Your Step" quoted a phrase from Bee
thoven's Sonata Pathetiquc' most eff
fectively. We wonder whether the
writer Of "You Cannot Shake Your
Shimmie on Tea hasn't a suppressed
desire to compose a number for the
Boston Symphony.
When the Usage Started
The use of standard music as the
foundation Of popular chansons dcvel-
oped from a merely obvious syncopated
paraphrase of Rubinstein's MELODY in
f" or the sextet from Lucia" Sig
mund Romberg, a trained musician,
frequently has utilized a strain from
an opera as the germ Of popular
hit. The song, Mother from Her
Soldier Boy" was built on the big
barytcne aria from Gounod's Faust
and Romeo n Winter Garden fox
trot Of few years a1o, was fashioned
from the finale Of the garden scene
Of the same opera. Poor Butterfly
was a highly skilful imitation of Puc-
cini's harmonic coloring. the verse Sec
tion in parallel ffths being especially
adroit. Mr.. Ilubbell carefully avoided
the direct quotation in writing the Hip
podromc success. Wagner's Evening
Star" from "Tannhauser," has been useC
many times. particularly clever en-.
ployment OF it having been made by
Louis a. Hirsch in "Thc Rainbow Girl
Mr.. Hirsch. by the way. has outdon'
all his fellows in his application Of
sound musical principles to light opera
The verse Of 81 Wonder Whether
from ooh, Iy Dear!" is positively
Bachian, in its bass sequences.
Jerome Kern ia another thorough
musician who is helping to put musi'
in musical comedy. In "The First Ros'
OF Summer" from "Shcs a Good Eel
low" we find in addition to the patent
quotation Of the celebrated solo from
Martha" few lines that might hav'
been (should it be may have been :?
written By Mozart. Kingdom Come.
originally adapted from negro spir
itual by Henry &. Work. has received
new coat of many harmonic color
in the show at the Globe Theatre. MI
Kern's work represents the highes
development in the application Of goo'
music to popular shows, for he rarel,
contents himself with the obvious ex
ploitation OF well-known theme. II
his scores enc may find little touche
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
In Vaudeville

PALACE-Marie Dressler; kiss Me-"
q new musical farce; Lightner Girls
and Newton Alexander; Bernard and
Duffy; Ota Gygi and Marion Vadie;
Eddie Foyer, "The Man of Thousand
Poems; Joe E. Bernard, in who's
She >" by Willard Mack; Zip Zip Yap-
bankers; Four Harmony Kings.
RIVERSIDE Charles King and COM
rany, in Dream Stars; Ben Welch.
Ivan Bankoff and company; Sybil Vane;
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06

[R&s
zrz
Csut~
Na;z-
zzcAt
exo1o Sy
ILERE0
CnEMFr
SCH~SrM
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06

II American playwrights are alive o
the dramas occasionally suggested by
the daily newspapers they will not
neglect the story Of the 40 American
soldiers and officers who have applied
TO General Liggett for permission to
marry German girls. In the early acts
there would be an opportunity TO
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
In Brooklyn

BUSHWICK - Rigolletto Brothers;
Andrew Mack; Stan Stanley and COM
pGny; Williams and Wolfus; Indoor
SDorts"; Una Clayton and company:
Jennie Middleton; Curzon Sisters;
Johnny Clark and company.
OPPHEUM-Fo Marx Brothers;
Emma Carus; Larry Reilly and COM
pany; Yam and Healy; Officer Vokes
and Don; Harry and Emma sharrock;
William Ebs; the Musical Johnstons.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06

In our haste to catch the good train
for Harlem we wrote rather hurried
first night review Of "At 9:45" and
neglected to comment on the excellen.
performance of John Cromwell as the
police captain in the Davis melo-
drama.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06

Some day a playwright will fool a
first night audience completely by
pointing a finger of suspicion at a
character in the first act and then
proving in the last act that the man
around whom the thread of circum-
stantial evidence was woven was the
murderer, just as everybody was in
vited to think at the beginning.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06

Stewart, in "Mary Regan," and other
attractions.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
LAUGHTER and Its Place
In q Murder Mystery

knows that most detective stories are
ridiculous enough if subjected to close
analysis. and the trick in making them
seem real should logically lie in never
suggesting for a moment the possibil-
iry of laughter. Poe's best mystery
tales studiously avoid any attempt at
humor. and Sherlock Holmes never
permitted himself a quip except at the
beginning or the very end of an ad-
venture.
"The Thirteenth Chair" had not more
than three or four funny lines and
never a whole scene aimed at comic
effect. We saw Rejane play the role Of
the medium when the play was taken
to Paris and she absolutely threw away
its values by seeking comic points
that we're never intended by the play
wright. Relief of any sort is the lest
commodity which the mystery man
should afford to his audience. HIS
business consists Of bringing his hear
ers to a high degree Of tension. which
never lessons until the guilty man or
woman stands revealed, precisely thirty
seconds before the final curtain falls.