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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12

vices of our soldiers would outweigh
all other questions in putting this
thing over.
Certainly no monument could be too
expensive to express the fun measure
of our recognition Of the work per
formed by the youth Of the county who
sacrificed everything at the behes. oil
their country We could erect a
shaft, or an arch, or plant few trees
but the memorial building idea was to
provide useful structure at the same
time suitably commemorative, that
would last for years.
The Gazette is glad that 1t opened
its columns in urging the people 10
support the memorial. No valid argu
ment could be used against it. And
when the opposition, blinded by stupid
propaganda, that would not stand be.
fore open discussion, found Itself
backed to the wall. it sought the vot
ing booth and registered its padded
knock.
The defeat of the memorial indicates
a decided lack of progress and PATRIOT
ism on the part of those who voted
against the proposition. We honestly
are ashamed of them.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

State OF Iowa, Lee COunty.--ss.
In District Court of Said County,
for the November, 1919, Term at Keo
kuk
Jessie Bolen, plaintiff, versus John
Bo'en. defendant.-Original Notice.
To the Above Named Defendant:
You are hereby notified that on or
before the 18th day of October 1919
a petition will be on file in the Clerks
office Of the District Court aforesaid at
Keokuk in behalf Of the above named
plaintiff, against you and claiming a
decree Of divorce from you on the
grounds Of cruel and fnhuman treat
ment HsHa
And unless you appear thereto and
defend before noon Of the second day
of the next regular November Term
of said Court, TO be begun and holden
at Keolsuk on the 18th day Of Novem-
Der, A. D. 1919, default will be en-
tered against you and Judgment rem.
dered thereon as prayed for in said
petition. ."sDs
F.. M. BALLINGER,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12
EDITH CA WELLS EXECUTION

upon the negroes who helped
union prisoners In reaching them
own lines. Yet there were thou
sands of cases where negroes pro-
vided food for such prisoners ana
where they piloted them by
secret paths back to their COM
mands. These acts were known
to southern officers. but they dtu
not execute those who committed
them. because they knew such acts
were not within the category OF
war crimes punishable by death.
A German subject doinpg what
Edith Cavell did would have been
@ traitor to his country and pun
ishable by death, but Edith Cavell
was not German subject.
The inhuman brutality of her
execution made the world shudder.
Even debased German soldiers as
signed to the firing squad could
not stomach the crime of shooting
the prisoner. When they fired the
volley by secret understanding
they inflicted only flesh wound.
This so angered the officer in
command that he drew his revolt
yer, and placing the muzzfe
against the woman's ear, fired.
No similar act of brutality Is
recorded in history. Yet Mr.. Greg
DRY excuses this infamous monster
in his act by asserting that he was
within the rules of civilized war.
Here are his statements:
"a careful consideration Of the
case Of Miss Edith Cavell has led
me to the conclusion that she was
executed in accordance with law
and usage5 Of what we are pleased
commonly to refer to as civilized
warfare"
No American can read that
statement without having his
blood boil with indignation that an
American should so distort the
facts and warp the truth by tech
nicalities that he could reach a
decision so repugnant to civiliza-
ton. The author has disgraced
his profession by his conclusion.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12
THE COMMUNIST PARTY.

New York Times: There is no
reason or excuse for treating face
tiously or lightly the organization or
the new communist party In Chicago,
composed, it seems, largely OF those
SO called socialists to wIom admis-
sion to the socialist convention was
denied. They are open and avowed
enemies of the United States, It's gov
eminent, it's traditions and its inst+
tutions. They represent, one must
regretfully admit, feeling which a
few years ago one would not have
thought possible in any political
group or considerable body Of indi-
viduals in America. However bitter
may have been party quarrels, the
participants have all reserved their
country from their assaults. The
spirit Of rebellion, of hatred against
the nation itself, has been absent
Now we must recognize the fact
that there are within the United
States men and women VINO have no
love for it, but only hatred, and
would destroy it if they could, and
build UP on its ruins an international
despotsm of class. We do not be-
Ilieye these people to be numerous.
but we must recognize their exist
ence, their deadly aims, and their
willingness to go to any length to
achieve them The socialists have
cast them out, and they have ceased
to make any claim to be socialists.
That is a good work, well performed.
When, being cast out, they organized
a convention of their own, tnere were
still some among them VINO wanted
to put the word socialist" some
where in the party name. To Itch
enor, delegate from st. Louis, ap.
pears to be chiefly due the rejection
OF this dishonest proposal and the
frank adoption Of the word com
munist."
They have cut loose from every
element save what they call the
working class" which term does not
include the American Federation OF
Labor, at least as managed at pres
ent. They inserted in their platform
a provision that no Doctor lawyer
editor or person receiving money
from rent, interest or profits could
belong to the party or tarce part in
the coming revolution. This prov1.
sion was adopted despite the appeal
of Rose Pastor Stokes, who deserted
the socialist party only to be ex.
cluded by the communists; for, re.
ceiving money from rent, interest, or
profits, she is not eligible and is in
no better case than the worst tool
of capital" a circumstance which
might prove unpleasant to her when
the reign of terror comes. In the
original reign of terror the fact that
a person was radical and revolution
airy did not save him unless he be-
longed to the inside of the inner
circle.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12
Hair Often Ruined
By Careless Washing

Soap should be used very carefully, il
you want to keep your hair looking its
best. Most soaps and prepared sham
poos contain too much alkali. This
dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle.
and ruins it.
The best thing for steady use is Null
sifed cocoanut oil shampoo (Which is
pure and greascless), and is better than
anything else you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will cleanse
the hair and scalp thoroughly. Simply
moisten the hair with water and rub il
in. 1t makes an abundance of rich,
creamy lather. which rinses out easily.
removing every particle of dust, dirt,
dandruff and excessive oil. The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves
the scalp soft, and the hair fine and
silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy to
manage.
You can get Mulsifed cocoanut oil
shampoo at any pharmacy, it's very
cheap, and a few ounces will supply
every member OF the family for months.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12

Sioux City Journal: The report
of S. S. Gregory, a Chicago law
yer. TO the American Bar associa-
ton, that the execution of Edith
Cavell was in accordance with the
usages of civilized warfare is so
repugnant to American sentiment
and so contrary to the principles
of the law of war that it should
not go unchallenged 1t takes
nothing from the absurdity of the
position of Mr., Gregory that he
was citing the death of this woman
to prove the barbarism of all wars.
His attempt to justify the fonlest
crime ever committed by nation
of barbarians under the veneer Oh
civilization is blot on the ability
of the association with which he is
connected.
Edith Cavell was not executed
in accordance with the laws Of
war. She was an English nurse
in charge of training school at
BRUSSELS. She was not trespasser
in German territory. She was in a
country in which she had a right
to be in times of peace as well as
in times of war. except for the
rights OF Belgium to exclude her.
Germany acquired no claim to or
authority over Belgium because OF
the German invasion of that coun-
try and its control by military au-
thority, which would change the
status of Edith Cavell in her ma
tionality and national rights.
Therefore, her acts, so long as
they were not those Of spy, were
not such as civilized nations
recognize as punishable with
death
She was not spy. She COM
municated no German information
to the enemies of Germany Even
Germany makes no claim that she
did so. She assisted allied sol
diers held prisoners to escape
from German authority. That Is
a military crime, but not one pun
ishable with death by a firing
squad. In the rebellion, the south
did not impose the death penalty
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12
DIES MONIES coUhTTs SHAME.

Burlington Gazette: The rejection
at the special election Monday Of the
soldiers memorial proposition by a
majority Of the voters of Des Moines
county, is, to put it mildly. unfortu-
nate. To put it strong. would bar the
Gazette from Mr.. Burleson's well
known mails.
The opportunity for Des Moines
county to possess itself of magnifi-
cent building, at a trivial expense to
individual taxpayers has gone glim-
mering. The chance to secure suit
able monument to the lads who served
in the great war is lost tor the present.
The latter consideration perhaps is
more deplorable than the first. 1t was
thought that appreciation of the SER
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12
Fair Prices and Quality.

| Fair Prices and duality.
To the Editor of The Gate City:
! In reading~the list OF New York fair
j, prices on meats, as recorded by the
Sioux City Journal, it occurred to me
that the Journal Is doing meat dealers
a great wrong.
! II the reader will turn back and look
on page two Of yesterdays Gate City he
will find that the farmer received from
$3.50 to $3.50 for his live animal.
How, then, could the butcher sell pot
roasts for 8 cents? AS matter Of
| fact, however, this Is being done and
there's a reason"
| In all large cities there are "cut
rate" markets, where legitimate rela-
| ton between normal cost and selling
price does not obtain. Why? Go to
any large packing center, mingle with
the buyers and sellers Of the ''off
stuff and watch where 1t goes and
you will soon know the reason for g.
cent pot roests. The man who fur
nished these price lists Of meats evil
IDENTIFY got his dope" from one OF these
markets.
! My business brings me in contact
with all the phases of the meat proouc-
(, ing industries and know whereof |
speak.
| Give our home butchers square
DEAL
| G. C. JOHNSON.
| Keolluk, Iowa, Sept. IL.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
AFFAIR IN THE DESERT.

Altar In the desert love to ride,
With silent Bush-boy alone by my side.
Away-awey from the dwellings Of men,
Nv the wild deer's haunt by the bufalo's glen;
BY valleys remote where the oT1bi plays,
Where the gnu gazelle. and the hartebeest Craze
And the kudu and Gland unlimited recline
BY skirts gray forest oerhung with wild vine;
Where elephant browses at peace in his wood,
"A riverhorse gambols unscared in the Hood,
And the mighty rhinoceros wallows at will
In the VIII wild is drinking his fn
Afar in the desert love to ride.
With the silent Bush-boy alone by my side
Ger the brown karroo where the bleating cry
OF the sprfngbok's sounds paintvely;
And the timorous quagga's shril whistling neigh
Is heard by the fountain at twilight gray;
Where the zebra wantonly losses his
With wild roof securing the desoiate plain;
And the fleet-fcoted ostrich the waste
Speeds like horsenan who travels in haste.
Hieing away the home of her rest,
Where she and her mate have scooped their nest,
Far hid from the pitiless plunderer's view
In the painless depths of the parched karroo.
Afar in the desert love to ride,
With the silent Bush-boy alone by my side
Away-away-in the wildness vast
Where the white mans foot hath never passed,
And the ouvered Coranna or Bechuan
Hath rarely crossed with his rowing clan;
And here, while the night-winds round me sigh,
And the stars burn bright in the midnight sky,
AS / sit apart by the desert stone,
Like Elijah at Horeb's cave alone,
"A still small voice" through the wild
Like father consoling his fretful child,
Which banishes bitterness, wrath, and fear,
Sayfng-Man is distant, but God Is near!
Thomas Pringle
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12
A Definition Of BoIehevIsm.

e. w. Howe's Monthly: The editor
of a New York magazine says people
generally do not know what bolsne
vism means. l find the magazine cdi
tor doesn't know. Bolshevism means
the plug winning the race instead oil
the thoroughbred; the ignorant man
being given control instead Of the
educated expert; the loafer living III
the palace instead OF the Industrious
man; 1t means the drunkard, boomer
and liar making success; it means
the triumph of poverty and disease;
it means sentimentalism run mad; II
means putting into effect MISTAKES
the progressives have been teaching
but not believing for hundreds OF
years. 1t means, In short, anarchy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

| Iowa City Citizen: 1t is difficult to
see how the president OF the United
States can get anywhere with an
argument by calling those who differ
with him contemplate cutters, or
how Senator Sherman, on the other
hand, can make any sentiment
against the league or nations by
asserting that the president is a
"domagogue" who has contemptuous
disregard of the government.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Mexico
lis So per cent. illiterate. 1t behooves
this country to be patient in dealing
with the Mexican situation.
Cedar RAPIDS Republican: Wages
are not too high, but some working
! standards are too low. Men arc gao
to pay for good work and men ought
/ to be glad to do 1t.
Waterloo TimesTribune: There Is
lesson in this splrtup tof the
socialist partyl to all thinklhs
neorle Every one of the sociaiist
deIagates in the beginning OF the con
vention was for equality yet we nnu
row on even before the equalists
eot started. Three crowds wanted
nower and control. Neither cared IoI
tho feelings of the other. Eacn went
the limit in disposing OF the othel'
! each using fair means or foui IN
: tbeir efforts. There was no more
aouaIity no more brotheriy love, IMAM
would be found at meeting Oh the
vets and drys.
! Traer Star-Clipper: After denounc-
ing the profiteers some people pro-
iceed TO lay in twice as much or sup
/ niles as they need, thus helping send
prices higher
{ MarshalItown Times-Republican
iTbe recommendation of the New
York labor council to suspend all
strikes for six months and wait 10
see what happens is plain common
sense Perhaps a strike Will create
two hounds of sugar where only one
EXISTS. but nobody believes 1t. Things
like that have to grow and pc pro-
duced And while waiting why not
stir I'D production to normal during
those six months.
! Des Moines Capital: The Capital
fully endorses the sentiment express
i ed by the American Legion OF iowa.
universal military training, under
tnroper circumstances and conditions,
would be an excellent thing for the
country. But compulsory military
service in times of peace is positively
iabhorrent. 1t is inconsistent with
our form of government. Our armies
i'm times of peace should be volunteer
armies.
Cedar Rapids Gazette What will
ibanpen when the schoolkids' union
insists on taking over and operating
the schoolroom?
Webster City Freeman-Journai:
Yes. "old fashioned HARD times, Ike
we had from 1893 to 1897, would be
la rough dose to take and would
cause untold hardships. but 1t may
be that experience VIII have to De
endured again before the country
comes to it's senses. There is alto
tgether too much extravaganza, too
much idleness, too much Indifference
and too much prosperity ror the gen
eral welfare.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12

thronged in the usual way and the
lack OF applause was noticeable. Con-
vention hall was filled. as 1t always
is ON such an occasion. But the
audience was polite and respectful.
not demonstrative. It is not recalled
that any president within genera
ton has received so mild greet.
ing-to spepak conservatively-as
Mr.. Wilson.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12
"PUT UP OR SHUT UP.

II
exclaimed, Let them show how they will
that, having into enterprise they
do not see the game through" To what game"
does Mr.. Wilson refer? Is it the game he started
the game that played for him in which finally
he supinely acquiesced? Is it the American game
that he SO finely phrased when he went to Europe
or is it the European or Asatic game?
The American people not cutters. They
majestically and won great war. They de-
stroyed ruthless military machine when they
had played their game and did their job Mr.
Wilson commenced his game Paris and his
game for certain definite objects certain spe
cifc plainly phrased principles, and in the play
Ing Of his game the American people were ready
to back him up to the utmost and play it through.
no matter what 1t cost Who quit the game? We
stood behind him when he demanded open
enants Of peace openly arrived at, and in their
abandonment it was not the American people who
contemplate cutters
And thus it that the game played in
Paris and the game the game of the sinister,
cynical, European and Asiatic diplomacy, in which
the American people neither have part or want
a This today is the of which Mr. VIII
son speaks and this today is the game which Mr..
he calls contemplate quitters.-u. s. Senator
Hiram ". Johnson.
The president is losing either his balance or
his temper As the number of senators opposed
to the covenant as it was submitted by him in
creases he offers invective and special pleas for
argument speaks of ''the game" and refers to
sscontemptble cutters" who must either "put
up or shut up Dignifed statement seems to
have deserted Mr.. Wilson; Of, rather he has de
serted it. What does he mean by his ''put up
or shut up'' demands? 1t is out of proportion
to his Office and to his personal standing as de-
batter to deem this slangy demand mere ora
torical buncombe. It seems better to suppose
he is calling on his opponents for something
constructive; something to put in place Of what
they criticize. But in the report of the foreign
relations committee submitted to the senate on
Wednesday, he got constructive proposals.
There is every disposition the part of the
opponents of Mr.. Wilson's pact to ''put up
none to "shut up
The president says it is a mighty task to
formulate treaty and there seems a note of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12

Kansas City Times: The GOODNESS
of the reception to the president III
Kansas City Saturday was in marked
contrast to the welcome he received
on his preparedness" tour before
the war. The sidewalks were not
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12
Voice Of the People

1.-THE Gate City does not assume
responsibility for views expressed by
correspondents. Writers OF communi-
cations must furnish their names
not necessarily for publication, but
for the information of the editor.l
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12

1t is doubtful whether Uncle Sam is 'prob-
ing" or merely undertaking sweeping inves-
tigation,' but anyway the operation hasn't be-
gun to hurt.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12

With your fingersl You can lift Off
any hard corn, soft corn, or corn be-.
tween the toes, and the hard skin cab
luses from bottom of feet.
A tiny bottle OF "Freezone" costs
little at any drug store; apply few
drops upon the corn or callus. In
stancly it stops hurting, then shortly
you lift that bothersome corn or callus
right off, root and ALL without one
bit of pain or soreness. Truly. No
humbug!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12

One thing is certain, First Chief Carranza
will never be candidate for the Nobel peace
prize.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12

One cannot celebrate books sufficiently After saying
his best still something remains to be spoken IN
their praise As with friends finds ne" beauties with
every meetnq and abide always in the presence
those choice companions As with friends, he may ds-
pcnse with wide acquaintance. Few and ehoee-A.
Acott.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12

After-dinner oratory will become lost art
if bone-dry prohibition remains IN force. Inc
after-dinner speakers who expect to be listened
to these days must have something to say that
is worth while
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12

Listen not to a tale bearer or slanderer, for
he tel:as- thee nothing out of good WILL but as
he discovereth of the secrets Of others, SO he
will of thine In turn-Socrates.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12
IN SEPTEMBER, 1887.

On September seventeenth, 1877, the conven-
ton which drew up the constitution OF the
United States completed its work and adjourn
ed On September seventeenth of the year 1919
we are to celebrate the constitutions birthday
anniversary with particular reason. Before the
constitution was adopted it was examined, DIS
cussed debated by the people; probably no pun
lie document was ever completely Justlned
in the preamble: eve, the people, etc. Here
is a bit from John Fiske's history:
"As the weeks went by and the issue seemed
dubious the wor6in gmen of Boston nelo
meeting at the Green Dragon tavern. and passed
resolutions in favor of the constitution
When Adams had read the paper, he asked Pau
Revere, How many mechanics were at the Green Green
Dragon when these resolutions were passed.!
More sir than the Green Dragon could hold
And where the rest, Mr.. Revere! IN tie
streets sir" And were in the
streets?" More. sir than there are stars in the
sky >
We are undoubtedly on the eve of decisions,
or the lack of them momentous in effect on the
national life If the people in any such ma
iority as in 1877 knew the constitution, knew
the facts of the present as related to IT, knew
the bearing of the many proposals OF new meth
DDS and new means on allegiance to the constl-
tuition. this birthday anniversary would be a
valuable time to concentrate public opinion. 1t
will be valuable anyway, if it direct wide atten-
ton to the constitution and to what 1t STANDS
for. The record made under it is demonstration
of right Before departing from It's spirit ana
letter. 1--WE, the people, again should know
it intimately and consider what such departures
may mean
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-12

Of course there will be no more boasts about
unconditional ratification; no more demands
that reservations must be kept out OF the act
of ratification. The administration argument
henceforth will be against amendments which
might send the treaty back to the conference
for the reservations can and probably will be
accepted by the principal allied signatories in
dividually. Thus will the retreat of the adj
ADMINISTRATION be covered and it's defeat camou-
flaged.