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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-21

doping parties" have been frequent
ly held in various flats in the west
end of London, that cocaine and he
roin are taken habitually and vari-
GUS trips made to Chinatown and
'Limehouse' in the east of London, TO !,
the purpose of opium smoking or OF
purchasing the drug for consumption
elsewhere.
The heroin is bought in small GUAM
titles for five dollars a bottle and CO.
caine at fifty dollars the bottle.
Witnesses at the inquest described
parties held in flats where opium was
smoked, the cost Of the evenings en-
tertainment ranging from twenty-five
to fifty dollars. The authorities. seek.
ing those who supply the drugs, have
arrested one woman.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-21

Glenn Curtiss, the famous airplane
inventor and builder, is now on his
way to Miami to spend his third win
ter there. Mr.. Curtiss will enter Bic
Cypress through Fort Myers for a
two weeks hunt, and then come on
to Miami in his big Packard twin
six"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-21
OPIU MAND OTHER DRUGS
POPULAR IN LONDON
(By Associated Press.)

London, Jan. 2O.-Opium smoking
and drug taking appear to be INDUCED
in to greater extent in Bohemian
London than is generally known.
Facts were disclosed at an inquest
this week on young popular actress.
which shows that what are called
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-21

gained the praise of officers, capIap
majors, colonies and all who s'OOd
line with the doughboys for dougnn'p
and were given field ranges and 'p'p
equipments were moved in the army
trucks as part of the outfit.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-21

plcardy Chateau Thierry, SCISSORS,
81. -! Miehl and the Argonne Forest.
"hen Adjutant Purviance started
sue was able to cook but seven dough-
NUS at a time. but soon was able to
more than double that number. and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14

thoughtful person can fail to sect Consider
the steel strike It's real object is to bring about
In America a civilization of some new and un-
tried kind. 1t is battle forced by the van
guard of radicalism to test their strength ana
secure position from which they can launch
general attack on the whole line of our political
and economic institutions. This is their oppor-
tunity, as they see it, to set up labor despot-
isrri-a bolshevist dictatorship of a class. The
Trotskys and Haywoods would have no more
use for conservative labor leaders like Gompers
than he has for anarchists with torch and bomb
An equally momentous abandonment of much
that is distinctively American and of demon
strated value in our institutions is proposed by
the more emotional protagonists of the league
OF nations who clamor that must take it with
our ewes closed just as it is and whatever 1t may
mean The fact is that the world is In state
of apprehension and confusion unexampled IN
It's history. Every fantastic proposition gains
la hearing. The patter of shallow-pated doc
trinaires and the sounding platitudes of rhetori-
Icians who call themselves idealists are accepted
as gospel by historical women and hypnotized
men Much of this teaching is parlor-mask
of bolshevism More of it is the twaddle of
posers who would be Thought to take high moral
grounds, or the outpourings of flabby intellec-
,tuals who would play with revolution at the
risk of setting the world on fire. To counter
act all these streams of tendency, the rhetori-
clans whose stock in trade is emotional flap
doodle and the radicals with hatred of society
in their malignant hearts, America has only
its temperamental conservatives who are not
the less ardent for political and economic
righteousness because they insist on knowing
what is right and for the true interests of
America before they allow themselves to be
carried off their feet by socialist-bolo~
anarchist-populist stampede.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14
THE AMERICAN WAY.

An illustration of the real American spirit as
apt as could be found is seen in the prayers
spontaneously offered in churches of every de-
nomination pretty generally all over the coun-
try for the recovery of President Wilson. We
have no state church in this country to order
the saying of prayers for the ruler of the land.
There is no present indication that the presi
dent IS illness is likely to prove fatal. Yet spon
taneously these prayers were offered in many
churches of many denominations, and we are
certain that they were said feryently by many
that are utterly at variance with Mr.. Wilson in
his policies, that would not vote for him under
any consideration. Yet that is the American
way Americans claim the right to oppose a
belief or policy, no matter who propounds it.
And they concede to the person so propounding
it the right to do so and praise any clever move
on his part that helps advance it. But their OPP
position seldom has anything personal in it.
Thus we see close friendships existing between
congressman who fight each other fiercey on
the floors of the house and senate. And thus we
see men opposed to the president wishing him
well in his illness and earnestly duplicating for
recovery.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14
al ct the Paper Do IT,

Publishers Auxiliary: The other
day several prominent citizens OF
Yazoo City Were discussing a local
situation and thought something
should be done. After il was found
that it was unpleasant, Improbable
and risky for any direct action to be
taken by any individual or civic
group, it was the consensus OF
opinion IL was an opportune time for
the newspaper TO jump in with both
feet and force the desired action.
There isn't anything strange about
such proceedings as this, comments
the Yazoo, Miss, Sentinel. There is
hardly a week passes but the mail
brings a letter to the editor from
some one asking him. to Jump on"
somebody and nearly always the
writer wants his own name kept
secret If the newspaper were to do
all that is asked of it by these
people it would be growing, snarl-
ing thing-and would accomplish
nothing. The newspapers are ever
ready to oppose wrongs, or fight for
the right, to demand practical re-
forms, to praise the worthy and to
blame the unworthy. They are I'm
afraid. But the truth is, most of the
demands that the paper jump in
with both feet and force action" are
selfish propositions and arg usually
urged by the people who themselves
are unwilling to do exactly what they
request the newspaper to do.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14
a Daylight Saving ordinane.

Continuance OF the daylight saving
plan in Providence is provided for in
an ordinance now in committee hands.
The measure is along the lines of the
one recently introduced In the New
York board of aldermen and says:
The people of the city OF Provi-
dence do enact as follows: The stand
ard time throughout the city of Provi-
dence is that Of the75th meridian Of
longitude west from Greenwich. ex-
cept that at 2 o'clock, ante meridiem
from the frs. Sunday in April of each
year such standard time shall be adj
vanced one hour, and at o'clock ante
meridiem of the last Sunday in Sep
TENDER of each year such standard
time shall, by the retarding of one
hour, be returned to the mean astrono-
mical time of the 18th meridian of
longitude west from Greenwich, and
all courts. public offices and legal
and official proceedings shall be regu-
lated thereby"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14
The CITY That Stands Still.

Kewanee Star-Courier: The city
wherein its people do not desire to go
forward, who think conditions are
good enough, is going backwards, for
it is a demonstrated axiom that il is
impossible for city to stand still in
these days. Suppose 1t were possible
for its population to remain exactly
the same for decade after decade, for
its wealth to remain stationary, it's
houses to stay undergoing. That city
would yet be retrogressing, for others
would be advancing and it would be
comparatively smaller, poorer and
worse off. Civic contentment means
civic laZiness. When people are salts
fled they gradually cease working for
up-building of the community and per.
NIT it to slide downhill unmolested.
And where the downward path has
been entered there is little hope.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14
CANINE CEMETERY ONE
OF ROOSEVELT'S HOBBIES

yelp of greeting that never
failed to evoke an appreciative
pat in answer. Colonel Roose-
Welt never sought 10 disguise his
fondness for his pets. He lived
his life as he preferred-not &C
cording TO traditions or conven-
tionalities either OF friends or
critics.
When the colonel was taken
to the city Shady" could not
understand the reason for his
failure to return. For several
days he wandered disconsolately
about the Oyster Bay estate, his
worry increased by the fact that
even Mrs. Roosevelt was not
there. Never before had he
known both of them to be alb.
sent for such a. length OF time.
Clearly there must be something
wrong. and SO in his faithful
canine brain he brooded so-steadi-
ly that one day Charlie Lee, the
colonel's colored chauffeur and
driver. who had been left in
charge Of the place, discovered
that Shady" was gone! For
days search was made for the
dog, and finally the news was
taken to the colonel. At once
he ordered that a reward be
posted and that a search be
made through all the neighbor.
hood. Each day he inquired
anxiously il report had been
received of the finding of
Shady" and with each note of
instruction that he dispatched
TO Oyster Bay he underscored
the request to find the missing
dog, no matter what the cost.
Finally, after ten days. the miss
ing canine was discoyered-a
pitiful shadow of his former self,
shivering and whimpering under
hedge. When the colonel was
able to leave the hospital and
return to his beloved country
home SHADY" was on the front
veranda, ready to receive him,
and no one gave him a more
cordial welcome.
In the dog cemetery" of the
Roosevelt home there are many
graves. For instance. there is
mound erected over the resting
place OF Skip" for years his
masters favorite. Skip" was
given to the colonel while on
western hunting trip, and dur
ing his life was his constant com
panion, whether walking, riding
or studying in his library, in
which spacious room it was
"Skip's" pleasure to curl luxur-
iously on rug under the colo
nels desk. When Skip" de-
parted this life the colonel de-
posted the body of his mourned
canine friend in pine box with
his own hands, and lowered it
into the earth, with a solemnity
by which his sincerity could not
be doubted. A mound was fash
Toned over the grave. as was the
case with the others of the
colonels dogs which had been
buried there, and in due time a
stone slab was erected at the
head Of the grave, with the name
and date of the dogs death neat
~ inscribed.
Among the other occupants OF
the dog cemetery" of the Roose-
welt estate there are Jack" and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14

Philip E. Thompson: In the
rear OF the home of the late
Theodore Roosevelt at Oyster
Bay, as one leaves the house and
approaches the overcoming surf
of the sound below the trees, one
may see a fiower-bordered square
Of ground so closely resembling
a cemetery that would probably
give cause to pause in curious
contemplation. We discover that
it is not cemetery in the ordi-
narily accepted sense of the
word, and then as we linger We
find that ii is q cemetery after
all-perhaps one Of the most re-
markable burying grounds to be
found in America. 1t is the
spot-dear to Colonel Roosevelt
where, in turn. for nearly quar-
ter of century, he buried his
favorite dogs. and those which
for one reason or another
had endeared themselves to his
family.
Among all the characteristic
traits OF Theodore Roosevelt
there was none more prominent
than his love for animals. His
was a nature which instantly
appreciated and responded to the
fealty of dumb brute. and his
family of pets was notable among
all who had the privilege OF init
mate association with him. He
was particularly fond of dogs and
hn, h Ind 0n
of the merits of both, as was
amply proved by those left be-
hind him at his country home in
the countryside of Long Island.
He used to say that there was
no better Judge of man than
dog-and that no man who had
a four-footed friend at his heels
could ever be wholly bad. On
this principle dog was always
sure of CHEEKY, reassuring pat
from the man who had held the
highest office In the gift of the
American people--a man so big
that he was human enough to
recognize the friendly wag OF
canine tail, and the faithful
yearning in an animals eyes,
hungering for sympathetic en-
enlargement in the rough road
OF a dogs life. Theodore Roose-
welt made his friends among all
classes OF men-and he did not
confine his friends to men.
There were various dogs at
tached to the Roosevelt family
at different periods, ranging all
the way from a diminutiye black
and-tan to ferociously snarling
bulldog. of the most blue-blooded
of aristocratic antecedents. Dur
ing the colonel's last illness, the
ailment which forced him to
leave Oyster Bay and enter
Roosevelt hospital in New York
City, the canine favorite of the
household was Shady" black
and-tan. SHADY" was a par
ticular pet OF all the members
of the family, and so far forgot
the dignity associated with
Colonel Roosevelt's public posi-
ton that often, no matter who
or what the character of the dis
tinguished guests being enter
tanned at the house, would rush
joyously and enthusiastically
straight between the knicker-
bockered legs of his master with
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14
Since goodness is exemplary in all. if 9TH
ers have not our virtues, let US not be want
ing in theirs-Sir Thomas Browne.
RADICALS AND CONSERVATIVES.

1t seems safe to say that the time has gone
by here in America-and is passing fast in the
rest of the world-when any influential element
In our population is antagonistic to or even I'M
sympathetic with any movement on the part
OF any body of citizens or class of workers to
escape from or improve intolerable conditions
There may be individual reactionarles content
with their fortunate lot In life, who through
fear of the curtailment OF their privileges of
profits, resist all innovations and endeavors to
improve the lot of other men. There are privil-
edged groups in Europe who cling to the old
and now discredited notion that this world
with its iniquities and injustices is as God Gre
ated and desires it, which is a very comforting
theory for selfishness and greed. There are
such individuals here who secretely if not
avowedly cherish that belief. But there is no
class or group which would dare to call itself
unprogressive or which is disposed to maintain
that the existence of condition is evidence
that it is unimprovable and right Even those
Americans who find the economic system entire
~ to their liking, having risen to affluence and
honor under it, are as a rule open-mlnded to
fact and argument and receptive to any we'll
considered, promising plan to improve the aver
age lot of men, Americans people have
well-developed sense of justice and instinct for
fair play.
1t would be error, therefore, to classify as
hidebound reactionaries newspapers publ
cists or groups who challenge every innovation
and insist before endorsing it upon something
like a demonstration of its workableness and
worth. Men who take this position are con-
servatives, not reactionaries; and the world
never had greater need of them than now.
They act as drag radicalism Their func-
ton in civilization is that of the governor which
prevents the machine from tearing itself to
pieces, the brake which keeps the engine from
running wild to wreck They must be shown
the nationality Of proposal. They do not go
into raptures over socialistic prospectuses as
emotional reformers often do. They insist on
carefully weighing all plans and projects Of
whatever nature. They cling to the proved
good. They progress by careful steps They
insist on constant soundings when on unmap-
ped coast, and are thus the stabilzing influ-
ence in human affairs.
That civilization needs as never before this
class of thinkers as a steadying force, what
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14
TODAY5 BIZ OF VERSE
I NEED NOT FEAR.

II live a life that is clean and square
And | love my fellow man.
And lend him hand 10 help him bear
dis burden whenever / can,
/ need not fear what the future holds,
Nor what the reward shall be,
For the mighty love that all enfolds
VIII most surely for me
II / spoke good word Of cheer to ohs
Whose sorrows have borne him down.
and give him new.hope to journey on
Ind change 10 smile his frown,
shall not dread when the shadows fall
And the end OF life draws near,
For that wondrous love that shelters all
VIII drive away my fear.
For my life is measured by what mete,
And earn my reward.
so the love ] give makes my heart complete,
And through 1t | gain the reward
FOR whether dwell in the house by the road
Or far from the haunts Of men,
II only my love makes bright the abode
No fear shall enter IL then.
brotherhood
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14
It,a asauer krauto AGAIN.

Philadelphia Record: One sign of
the return Of peace and the forget
ting of old animosities is "sauer
kraut's" resumption of its-shall we
say-maiden name. 1t Is seldom lib
erty abbage" nowadays, and, indeed.
the reports from Allentown fair indi-
cate that the dish has less right than
ever to be so labeled. 1t isn't nearly
as free as 1t used to be. In old days
at the great fair grounds kraut al
ways sold for 10 cents plate. init
kartuffel and fitch on the side. But
now the least you can get it for is
so cents, and in some booths rs cents
is the price demanded. Let US, for
goodness sake, get back quickly to
the statu quo.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14
PATIENCE ON TRIAL.
recovery.

As the bishop of the diocese Of Michigan sees
it, the choice is between some form of bolshe-
vism and some nearer approximation to a &C.
lestial civilization, heavenly order, in this
present world, and the question is whether this
is the twilight which precedes the night or the
twilight which heralds the dawn. Most people
probably will take the hopeful view that the day
is breaking, not fading; but if epochs are
thought of as days, it does not conduce to cheer
fulness to reflect that the twilight hour must
cover many years. A star in the east once
heralded new world day, but how many gen
erations lived and died before the light of dawn
became diffused7 1t is pleasant to think of this
time of trouble as the birth hour of a better
epoch But an epoch is long, long time, and
to human impotence PROCESS into it is weari-
somely slow.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

| Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The re-
publican party is not against
league of nations. Ii is not even
against the league as framed by
President Wilson At the present
moment some of its members are
trying to secure the adoption OF some
amendments or calculations 10 the
league. The republican party VIII
be for the league when 1t is whipped
into shape. II never has been, Is not
now and will not be in the future
opposed to the principle OF wise Co
operation with other nations In the
promotion of world peace ana the
general welfare OF humanity.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Universal
peace is a fine thing, but the thing
we Americans need 10 iearn is that
peace should begin at home.
Spencer News-HeEald: In Spencer
we know no race riots. We know
no drunkenness, SO TO speaa. We
know no crime, compared TO what
other cities and towns know. We
have a fair city OF homes. Everyone
is working. Everyone is happy AND
everyone will continue so unless
some darn fool starts strike or
race riot, assaults good girl or
kills someone Then Spencer Will
become like Omaha, perhaps.
Vinton Eagle: Mr.. GompeFs says
high wages will increase production.
What constitutes high wages? Ger
tainly not an ordinary number OF in
fiated dollars? Expressed in dollars
wages never were SO high, and pro-
duction never SO restricted.
Knoxville Express: Just as men
would much rather take huge doses
OF nauseating medicine than live
sensibly, so the world seems willing
10 do anything except the obvious
and rational thing in the present
crisis. We must consume less and
produce more until the proper bal
ance be re-established. No amount
of legislative physic will purge US OF
the effects of dissipation; time and
right living will work wonders.
Webster City Freeman-Journal:
No. there is no law against prohteer
ing, but there is law against steal
ing. Another evidence of class lesls-
lation. There is a law against steal
ing iron and supplies from railroad
company, but there is no law against
stealing an entire railroad, If stolen
property.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14

Boz" and Jessie" and ..s,.
all beloved OF their mastsr
all deserving the unique bo,
bestowed upon them. for
colonel was as critical in HE
lection of dog friends as he
in his choice OF human f,s.,
All were buried by the coIa
himself. This last cerem.
was one that he never AZ
gated TO others, but which
insisted on performing with n
own hands. And so il was
the entire schere of the MI
graveyard. 1t was his own
ception, even to the flowers III
he planted about its borders
pleased him to treat his II
friends in death as they y
treated him in life. Their f,sI
fulness 10 him never had MI
questioned-in his opinion \
could do no less than to sba1
his appreciation after they Ill
gone wherever good dogs 20,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14

My heart goes out the who does his work when
the away we'll when he IS at home Ano .ne
man who when aiven message Garcia, quietly takes
nssiye, without asking any idotie questions AND
lurking intention of chuokns It into the nearest
sewer doing augh deliver it, never gets aid
nor has 90 strike for higher wages Civiliza
long, anxious search for just such individuals
Anything asks shall be granted he IS wanted
every city, and vilIsgein every ocs shop store
and factory-Elbert Hubbard
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14

According to Colonel George B. Goetz, now
salvage member Of the war claims board, there
has been between two and three million dollars ;
worth of leather at the Rock Island arsenal
which he has been endeavoring to pry loose for
some time for use in industry but the American
Federation of Labor ''keeps man in Washing
ton all the time whose business it is to see that
the worlrnen at the arsenal are kept at work, -
and has interfered with large leather surplus
getting to the consumers of the country.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14

A milliner meant originally
from Milan-a Milaner. just a.,
"cordwainer" or shoemaker va,
worker Of leather from Cordoy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14

It will be a long time before any nation will
talk again about eating the United States alive
before breakfast just to encourage an appetite.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14

If it pays to get publicity, D'Annunzio, Ital-
ian commander and poet, ought to reap large
results from his Fiume operations provided he
comes out of the experience with a whole head.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-14

Nothing hurts the man who would walk
under a red flag as much to have to work
for a living.