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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-05
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Waterloo Times-Tribune: 1t is all
bosh to suggest that Germany In it's
present condition OF mind and BODY
has a single chance OF defeating the
purposes of the allies. Russia did a
lot OF threatening before she signed
the treaty Germany forced down her
throat. Germany is not in much bet
ter position to resist than was Rus
STA. 1t remains for the allies not to
be scared of the bolshevidi ghost.
Webster City Freeman-Journal
What are the fellows who declared 1t
was perfect in the first place going
to say when the league of nations
constitution is amended, and what
are some of the fellows going to say
who opposed it because of certain
provisions when those provisions are
changed to meet the objections they
raised?
Davenport Times: The call for
so 600 enlisted men for France. Ire
war department let's it be known, is
largely matter of army routine
not Macedonian cry inspired by
fear of new hostilities.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Having in
vested heavily in the other bond
issues. to wage the war, and having
won that, it surely looks as il we
should invest more cheerfully and
more literally in that last bond issue
which is to make peace secure. and
bring our splendid fighting men nome
again.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Iowa
Legislature appropriated S25,ooO TO an
efficiency survey and the proposal OF
plans to reorganize the various state
When it was submitted
the report was pigeonholed and the
recommendation were every bit as
effective as the kaiser's claim 10
partnership with God. In other words
the $4,000 was thrown away.
Marshalltown Times-Republican: 1t
seems like the peace conference is
having a harder time to conquer Ger
many than the boys did IN the
,Argonne. At any rate the boys went
farther and faster.
| Oelwein Iowan: The people are
/ going 10 TESDOlltt W tilS Scii VI '1'N
| Victory loan as they have to all the
preceding loans. There is deep
seated spirit of patriotism and honor
among the American voters that
nothing can or will discourage or de
/ feat. But while they will go over
the top to finish paying the debts in
Cured for the prosecution of the wal
they would be encouraged and
cheered by any Indication of eco
lnom.cal expenditure by the govern
meEt itself.
Mason City Globe-Gazette: The
women gardeners have now taken ur
fhe first Job of the season, which is
the purchasing of becoming garden
COSTUME.
Deg Moines Capital: We are wont
TO take great pride in the ac1;e Ge,
mentg of the state of Iowa during 'ht
mast two years. She has oversub
gcribed and paid for all the demands
of the government since the begin
mig of the war. She has given nearly
40 600 young men to the service Of
the country. Her wealth knows nc
bounds. Iowa is rich beyond the
widest dreams Of her earlier years
THE state IL undeniably ready fol
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scattered over Great Britain, - /
of which have now been cio los tns
cause of the huge taxation. vi Wy
sixty may be classed as Ittas
palaces. for each required ssa a.s1
from 200 to 600 servants ana az 4
ants. Outside OF the househoiu s,oy
wants there were many men ei,,p a
as caretakers for the grounes, q .,
dens, park, coverts, outbuildi'ss 4
stables.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-05
President and Senate.

To The Editor of The Gate City;
There seems to be so many diverse
opinions expressed about the power
of the president In the formation of
treaties before their presentation to
the senate for ratification that 1t
seems not out of place for a clear
statement to be made Of what some
OF us believe. The writer Is not a
constitutional lawyer and there may
be flaws in the presentation here
with, so the editor or some lay writer
like myself may be tempted to state
wherein 1t is faulty.
But believe no one can doubt the
absolute power Of the president to
initiate and carry on all negotia-
tons: and after treaty has been
returned to him with the ratification
of the senate. to withhold 1t from
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-05
AN ENCOURAGES OF soBRIETY.

Tn picture and story plans by which the
thirsty are to Stake their thirst for more than
ora-half per cent. of alcohol after July first are
appearing in the newspaper press. The Mexi-
can border is alive with rumors and projects.
Orr seaboards are rife with reports OF floating
bostelries anchored beyond the reach OF the
law. But the latest plan is for an aeropane Nv
erv starting from the Florida coast and having
tho Bahamas for its goal An elghty-mlle
flight is a mere bagetelle to flyer The own
or of a machine has only fuel costs to pay; Tor
Tho passenger rate seems likely to be quite
sun But one excellent factor in this project
is its insurance of sobriety in those who adopt
II ANY aeronaut or aeronautlc passenger VINO
PROPOSES to return to his homeland in the time
Immediately following his potations VIII nave
10 limit those rotations or run risk the lnsur-
ance companies will not willingly take. There
is enough exhiliration in flying machine with
,cut added stimulus of high spirits
Greece rises to explain that like the man In
tle poem she wants little here below in the way
of COMPENSATION from the central powers and
then covlv admits that she will be wholly sat
listed if the peace commission grants her the
privilege of keeping the Ottoman for footrest.
/ According to despatch from Petrograd, the
aspiring Mr.. Trotsky is preparing Russian
i"Who's Who" What the world would really
like to have, however, is volume entitled
What's What in Russia
l We have an idea that the language used by
the governor of North Craolina in conversation
with the governor of South Carolina, after July
:, first, Twill not be fit to print
Won Hindenburg says that if he lives until
: 1925 he will be in Paris. All we have to say is;
: God help him if he is discovered
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-05
Voice Of the People

1.-THE Gate City does \ 1T assume re.
sponsibility for views EXPIRE. sed by
W,iters OF commune
cations must furnish their names
not necessarily fer publication, but
for the information of the editor.l
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-05

We are too fond of our own will We want
to be doing what we fancy mighty things
but the great point is, to do small things
when called to them, in right spirit-R
Cecil.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-05

Bad will be the day for every when he becomes
absolutely contented living with the thoughts
that he is thinking the deeds that he is doing when
there is beating the doors of his soul some
ureat desire something larger which he knows that
he and made to do because he still IN spike
81 ALL the child God.-Phillps Brooks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-05

for CunlrrlIlS made THIS S7aIALlHLI-
favor the private operation Of railways under
the gtrctest control fo- rFasua- and oas Only
The government cannot operate the railroads
either economically efficiently II IL not ny
purpose TO examine the experience Of other eoan-
rjas II is gufacient TO SAP thar my mind that
experience reassurng. But no matter no.
tIe seventeen billions OF railway properly
dering a service which reaches every nook ana
millions Of men or more and indirectly affecting
the fortunes of many other millions, and manage
it with either economy or ehciency
IT costs the government more to do any given
thing in a country like ours, where every man is
a sovereign, than it costs anybody else to do the
same thing The history OF every enterprise of a
business character conducted by the government
ment have just made. l dsparage no one, and
mans integrity. what maze sAd as Is
not only the truth, but II Is as hatnfai Dis me
itself.
Here are two facts that 20 to uphold the po-
sition taken by the Iowa senator: It took forty
thousand more employees 10 run the Pennsy[
yania railroad in 1918 than it did IN 1917, yet
less tonnage was carried That is fact one.
Fact two is that under government control 1T
takes eleven salaried executives and assistants
to operate the West Virginia railway division
seventy-eight miles long between Keyeser and
Piedmont Yet before the government took
over the management of this division three Of
ticials operated it successfully, though there
were four times as many tram crews running
then as there are today.
Did our government ever succeed in conduct
INC any business as economically as private
owners do? Was it ever able to build dam, a
building or a ship as cheaply, or carry out any
enterprise or project with as little cost and
waste as a man or company spending his or its
own money does? Who works for the govern
ment in any capacity with energy, enthusiasm
and personal interest in the business equal to
that with which he works for himself or for g
private concern? 1t sometimes seems as though
it was not in human nature to give the same
HIGH standard of service to the public as to in
dividua employers. The saving an employt
can make by scruphlous economies or zealou:
work seems so small an item In the govern
ment's vast expenditures as to be hardly wortl
while And it is so easy for salarled offcia
to put more men than he needs upon job whel
the richest nation on earth pays for them all
What's a few thousand or few million dollar
IL such case9 Or take the matter OF comper
sation. 1t is always pleasanter to grant
workers request for higher pay than to refus
It, There is a pleasure in doing lzindnesses thu
do not cost one anything. The government o
ta}a1nYho does this graciously readily pop,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-05

ratification If he sees fit SO to do.
There Is no doubt that the senate can
by resolution advise the president to
enter upon negotiation, or advise
the president to refrain from a. nego-
tiation, but those resolutions have no
binding force whatsoever, and the
action OF the senate becomes opera
tive and actually effective only when
treaty is actually submitted to It.
The senate has no possible right to
break suddenly into the middle of a
negotiation and demand from the
president what Instructions he has
given to his represen tative.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-05
COSTLY GOVERNMENT OPERATION.

In an address delivered al a JOINT SESSION q
the houses of the Iowa general assembly
OF. March twenty-seventh, United States Sarla-
tor Curlrains made this statement
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-05
n Masculine Ideal.

A Masculine Ideal. ,,,,d
Helen Rowland; Most men 5ad
the ideal woman" as surIo with|
the four walls of a kitcheh'
dustcap for haln
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-05
WHAT THE "MORMONS' BELIEVE
Their Articles Of Faith
By DR.. JAMES e. TALMAGE
NOTE For free copies Of other articles Of this SERIES send
request to the author.

The Articles OF Faith of the Church
Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints
We're formulated by Joseph Smith,
the prophet, through whom the
Church was established as an organi-
zation among men in April, 1890.
While it is manifestly impossible for
any religious body to set forth In a
brief statement all the distinguish
ing features OF their doctrines and
practise, 1t has become, usual for
churches to embody the tundamen-
tails of their common belief in con-
densed form as creeds. When asked
for a concise presentation OF the
principal doctrines accepted by his
people, Joseph Smith responded with
The Articles OF Faith presented be-
low. This was in the year 1S41.
From the time of their first pro-
mitigation The Articles of Faith have
been In force as an authorized state
ment OF belief; and they were early
adopted as such by the Church in
general conference assembled.
The Articles of Faith
Of the Church Of Jesus Christ OF
Latter-day Saints
i. We believe In God. the Eternal
Father, and in His Son Jesus Christ.
and in the Holy Ghost.
2. We believe that men will be
punished for their own sins, and not
for Adams transgression.
g. We believe that through the
Atonement of Christ, all mankind
may be saved, by obedience to the
laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
4. We believe that the first prir-
ciples and ordinances Of the Gospel
are:-(D Faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ; f2) Repentance; (3) Baptism
by immersion for the remission OF
sins; a. Laying on of hands for the
Gift of the Holy Ghost
g. We believe that man must be
called OF God, by prophecy. and by
the laying on OF hands. by those who
are in authority, to preach the Cos
pei and administer in the ordinances
thereof
6. We believe in the same organi-
cation that existed in the Primitive
Church. viz: apostles, prophets, pas
tors, teachers, evangelists. etc.
Z. We believe in the gift of tongues,
prophecy, revelation, visions heal
ing, Interpretation of tongues, etc.
s. We believe the Bible to be the
word of God, as far as it is trans
lated correctly; We also believe tho
Book OF Mormon to be the word OF
God.
| 8. We believe all that God has re
vealed, all that He does now reveal,
and we believe that He will yet re
veal many great and important things
pertaining to the Kingdom OF God.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-05
Keokuk, April 4, 1919.

There are. or were before the war
nearly 1,000 great country estates
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-05

Won Hindenburg says that if he lives until
1925 he will be in Paris. All we have to say is;
God help him if he is discovered
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-05

We have an idea that the language used by
the governor of North Craolina in conversation
with the governor of South Carolina, after July
first, Twill not be fit to print
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-05
TAKE CAPITAL
FROM ROADS IS
LABOR DEMAND
Workers Demand Hand
in Control of Govern
ment Owned Roads.

Washington, Aug. 5.-Organized
labor was before the nation today
with a demand that private capital
be removed from railroad opera
tion and that there be substituted
tripartite control of the railroad
properties by the public, the oper-
ating management and the emf
ployes.
The demand presented in a state
ment signed by the engineers, fire.
men, conductors and the American
Federation of Labor, was recogniz-
ed today in Washington as the most
far-reaching proposal yet placed
before the nation during its re-
construction period. Tomorrow it
will be formally laid before the
house interstate commerce commit
tee by Warren S. Stone. grand chief
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers; Frank S. Morrison. sec
re airy of the American Federation
of Labor, and Glenn E. Plumb. gen
eral counsel for the organized rail-
way employees of America
The proposals in the words of its
authors, marks the step by which
organized labor passes from the
demands for wage increases to de-
mands that the system of profits in
industry be overhauled."
Pay OF Private Owners.
In eliminating private capital
from the railroads. the labor plan
not only proposes, but demands that
the present private owners be re-
imbursed with government bonds
for every honest dollar that they
have invested" that the public, the
operating managements and labor
share equally in corporations to
take over the railroads and to
either increase the means for ser
vice without increasing fixed
charges or by reducing the cost of
the service which the machinery
then in service can render"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-05
WORKERS LINE
UP FOR BATTLE
WITH DEPUTIES
Strike Breakers Barred,
Fight Ensues-Bol-
shevists at Work?

Wheeling, w. Va, Aug. O.
Twenty deputy sheriffs armed
with riot guns were rushed to
the Fort Pitt coal mine, south
of Bellair, Ohio. this forenoon
on reports of a clash between
striking miners believed to be
&. led by radical agitatOrs and
more conservative WOrkmen.
Early reports were that riOting
broke out after the strikers re-
fused to permit the other min
ers to work.
According to reports received
here, the strikers, who are demand
ing a six-hour day and large wage
increases. attacked nonstriking
wOrkmen as they were about to en-
ter the mine this morning. Advices
just before noon said further trou-
BILE was expected.
The strikers are said to have
been agitated by bolshevist agents
and to have formed a radical or
ganiZatiOn.
When the deputies arrived. the
strikers, numbering more than two
hundred, retreated beyond gunshot
and appeared TO be planning to
make stand and reports received
here shortly after noon said a fight
between the miners and deputies
was expected. Sheriff John Osborn
Of Belmont county said he had Civ
en- his men orders to shoot to kill
If attacked.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-05
AUSTRIA TO PUT
up PEACE REPLY
Is Announced Vienna's Counter
Proposals Are Ready TO BE
Handed Over Tomorrow.

Paris, Aug. 5.-Dr. Karl Renner,
the Austrian chancellor and head
of Austria's peace delegation, in
formed General Secretary. Dutasta
of the peace conference today, that
Austria's counter-proposals to the
peace terms would be handed over
tomorrow. within the prescribed
time for their presentation.
DR.. Renner. who will leave st.
Germaine-en-Laye this evening for
Vienna, will return Aug. y.
(The supreme council OF the
peace conference on July % ex-
tended the original time granted
the Austrian plenipotentiaries for
considering the peace terms to
Aug. g.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-05
ARGENTINE AND
GREAT BRITAIN
NEAR RUPTURE?
Diplomats of Two Coun-
tries Go Home-How-
ever, Break is Denied.

Buenos Aires, Monday, Aug. A.
Diplomatic relations between Great
Britain and Argentina, as result
of the purchase by. Argentine of
the German steamship Bahia Blan-
ca are delicate, according to La
NaciOn. In today's edition it is
stated as follows:
Regarding rumors which from
the beginning have been founded on
more than supposition, we have re-
ceived versions of the gravity of
which are self-evident and accord
ing to which the return to London
of Sir Reginald Tower, British min
lister to Argentine, and the depar-
ture of Francisco Alvarez De To-
ledo. Argentina minister to Eng
land from London are Pot discon-
nected On the contrary it ap-
pears the retirement of both min
listers is traceable to the purchase
by Argentine of the steamer Bahia
Blanca from the Germans. which
purchase the British government
refused to recognize"
Denies Break.
Buenos Aires. Aug. 5.-Sir Regi-
nald Tower, British minister to
Argentine, denies rumors relatiIe
to his return to London, which is
said to indicate imminence of a
rupture of relations between Great
Britain and this country He de-
clares that he is going to London
for a rest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-05
CLAIMS
WILSON HOLDS
OUT ONLEAGUE
All Attempts to Get In
formation Are Futile,
Senator Charges.

Washington, Aug. SIN it's bear
ings on economic sections of the
Versailles treaty, the senate for
eign relations committee got into
a sharp argument today over the
League of Nations during which
Chairman Lodge declared repeated
attempts to secure information on
the League from President Wilson
had been unavailing.
"Fhe president" said Senator
Lodge, has never offered to come
before this committee. He only
sent a telephone message saying
he would be glad to have the com
mittee come to the White house
We have called for paper after pa
per and he has not sent one"
Arguments Grow Heated.
Senator Fall. Republican, New
Mexico, remarked that the com
mittee did see the president at the
White house on his first return
from France, but had failed to get
from him any important informa-
tion. Democratic members of the
committee replied and the argu-
ment became so sharp that the
chairman had to rap for order.
The clash interrupted the testi-
mony of Norman Davis, an eco
nomic advisor to the Versailles
conference. regarding the repara-
ton clauses of the treaty and was
accepted by some senators as a
foretaste of what is to be expected
when Secretary Lansing appears
before the committee tomorrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-05
TESTIFIES THAT
FORD CAN WRITE
AND READ AS WE'LL

Mt. Clemens, Mich, Aug. 5.-W.
]. Cameron, a writer, who takes
Henry Ford's ideas and expands
them into Ford's own page in Mr.,
Ford's magazine, was sworn a to-
days session of the Ford-Tribune
suit to prove that Mr.. Ford can
read and write.
Attorney Stevenson, for the Trib-
une, objected, and Alfred Lucking
replied:
Mr.. Stevenson charged that Mr.
Ford could not read or write and
we purpose to show"
There is not a word in the rec
ord on that except the words of Mr..
Ford himself" interrupted Mr.Ste-
venson.
Il object to calling a hired man
to rebut Mr. Ford's own testimony" J"
Witness was permitted to an
swer.
How do you know he can read
and write?" asked Mr.. Lucking.
Il have seen him write and
have heard him read" smiled the
witness.
There was no cross examination.
Judge Tucker, by rigorous ex-
cision of testimony and cooperation
of counsel, brought testimony in
the case to an end today. The jury
should have the case next Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-05
COAL SCARCITY
PERILS EUROPE
France, Belgium and Italy Seek
Relief From Threatened Dis
aster in Fuel Famine.

Paris, Monday, Aug. 4.-(By the
Associated Press shipping and
fuel representatives of France, Bel
gium and Italy, conferred with Her
bert Hoover, head of the interna-
tional relief organization here to-
day and decided to urge the su-
preme council of the peace confer
ence to appoint a European coal
commission to coordinate the dis
tribution of European coal in an
effort to avert what threatens to be
a disaster.
The meeting was held as a result
of warning given by Mr.. Hoover
in a recent address at a meeting in
London of the supreme economic
council. He said that Europe's coal
production was 35 percent below
normal and the United States could
not offer relief because of the short
age of shipping. Mr.. Hoover said:
Fate of Europe at Stake.
"The fate of European civiliZa-
tion now rests in the hands of the
coal miners and coal mine owners
of Europe to an equal if not to a
greater degree than in the hands of
the providers of food and supplies
during the mex year"
Mr.. Hoover declined to accept the
permanent direction of the proposed
European coal commission, stating
he believed the problem to be
strictly European and that the stu
alton can not be relieved materially
by the slight help which the United
States can give.
Nations Face Disaster.
Only a greatly increased coal
production and an improvement for
its distribution can save Europe
from disaster next year, according
to Mr.. Hoover, and he urged that
som3 sort of fuel control be estab-
lished which will greatly stimulate
production, and secure such distri-
button as will maintain essential
service upon which economic and
political stability must rest.
According to figures gathered for
Mr. Hoover by experts. England's
annual production of coal has fallen
from 292.0O0.OO0 tons in 1913 to
1S3, 900, 900 tons, the present pro-
duction. Germany's decline is
greater. Europe, at the
present rate, will produce 443, 3,000.-
900 tons next year, while the
amount needed is estimated at 61S,-
460. 900 tons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-05
AMERICAN UNION
DELEGATES FAIL
IN CLAUSE FIGHT

London, Aug. 5. - Lieutenant
General Jan Christian SHUTS Of the
Union of South Africa, a British
member on the League Of Nations
commission, was given an enthusi-
astic welcome on his return TO Lon
don today. In a speech replying
to addresses of welcome General
SHUTS drew a stirring picture of
the condition Of central Europe.
Dealing with the question Of
whether the organization Of civil
ization has not been destroyed, he
reiterated that a more humane
spirit among nations was needed.
giving as an axiom for carrying
this out the following:
"Give freedom and self govern
ment; be generous; be magnani-
nous"