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El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-02-13
Another Poke by
Clancy ON Short
Ballot / S S VI e

TO the Editor of the New Mexican;
NV well-intended effort made some
time since through your columns TO
attract attention to the important
subject OF what Is known as the short
ballot appears to have had no ell
feet, as far as r can learn, upon n
legislative mind. This As not SUR
prising, because in such matters as
in the case of advertisements, a IN
gle publication is of but little I'M
~portance. The successful advertiser
is the one who repeats his notices
70 the public day after day and
week after week, and If ! could al
ford the expense ! would be glad to
nav for advertising space for many
DAVIS to come. Possibly some speci-
III references to great men IN pub
lie life. who favor this measure OF
reform, may have more effect tnan
ANYTHING which ! myself might say
aud II will submit the following Win
that yurpose in view.
On the first place, | believe ]
the short ballot. You cannot get
good service from the public servant
lie YOU cannot see him, and there -
NJ niore r;ns Rim ~ with a multi
'tnal " Ill., = tha4 thev are none
~ them important enough TO eaten
ti,e w Of the average working citi-
4 Theodore Roosevelt. address
49, nhSo CONSTITUTIONAL Conven-
.lVn, n ! sn,lsst sympathy with
nay9 usns T. e-ovsrnmental and
'eyery rSsnh,neyv which shall faci-
,;ta+a ,ba ~exnfession 81 the popular
lsace w the short Ballot and
Wash II elective o~ffices.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-02-13
RAILROAD POLICY
TO STAY IN RUT
(SOc0rrO ChieItal

OhtONtNAf
The railroad administration nas
refused reduced rates to the comIns
stock convention to be held in ~ ~
SO and while ~''regretting, etc, tne
manner in which the refusal W
made Of record indicates a compiete
Indifference as to what those con.
cerned may think about Il. u wa
the practice Of the railroads, wnile
under private control, to assist vne
industries which went to develop
the resources Of the country "
granting reduced rates for sucn
gatherings as were expected 70 en-
able those interested to exchanse
views and advance the general con
ditions surrounding the indns,ry'
The governments seems to be lneln'
ed to a policy of staying IN the rus'
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-02-13
Suffrage Passed by
Wisconsin Lawmakers

Milwaukee, Feb, 1i.--By a vote Of
80 to 8, the State Assembly passed
the bill giving the right to women to
vote for Presidential electors. It will
now go to the Senate for concurrence
The prohibition enforcement meas
ure introduced by Senator Bennett
will allow OF no loop holes to quench
the inordinate thirst. Even malt
tablets heralded to give a pleasant
substitute and to create the real
thing when placed in water, are for
hidden.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-02-13

to Americans II, benefitting by the
experience Of the war, America
seizes on the alluring opportunity
to lead the science Of flying into
new and hitherto unheard Of d.
rections. A successful translantic
flight is a big enough goal to start
for as a beginning. Considering the
strides made in the relatively short
time since lei began to ny in
heavier than air machines, it would
not be at all startling should the
next generation live to find the ex-
perience Of crossing the Atlantic in
the air in O couple Of days a common
place event. N
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-02-13
The New CENSOR
ship and MIR. Baker

H|
Secretary Baker has issued an or
der f~orbidding officers and employees
of military intelligence bureau from
giving information to senator's and
representatives OF congressional com
fnittees. There seems to be but one
explanation for this new censorship
Secretary Baker does not know the
war is over and that the American
people are insisting upon a return
to the fundamental principles of our
government. 1t took Mr.. Baker a
distressingly long time to realize that
the war was close enough to Ameri-
ca TO cause any serious alarm He
was In The habit Of taking out his
pencil and showing his critics that
3 1000 miles separated us from the
chariot Of the war gods and that
those miles were filled with water
He had occasion to observe the man
ner In which the American people
entered into the wal spirit-how
they supported our enforced mill
tary form of government and how
they stood firmly behind the presi-
dent as their commander-in-chief. We
gave up every liberty we were asked
to give up, and we should have Civ
them all up II the request had
been made and we we're c0~nvincerd
that our safety depended upon such
action ON Our part. Congress has
been nothing more than a rubber
stamp, giving it's sanction to the re-
quests Of the president and his Off
cial family without hardly asking
4 question. The vice president has
been such a political luxury that he,
N order to keep himself employed,
has gone to writing poetry. The
members have done about
rs they pleased, as have the heads
the various government depart
There was a reason for this
on the part of the people
md the Legislative branch Of our
yovernment-a part OF our national
institution which has always been
Presumed to have something to say
bout matters and laws which per
ain to our country's welfare. Evil
lently Mr.. Baker thinks this sys-
Of military supremacy Is still
n vogue. SO he orders that congress
or any Of its committees, or nay
'ody else, shall have any informa-
ion from the military intelligence
ureau over which he presides eS
fficio. +
Press agents Of the war depart ,
lent have Wed with each other in
Gaping efflorscent eulogies and par
xysmal panegyrics on the problems {,
onfronting them during our war ~activi :
les: therefore one would not inn
CINE that M. Baker has anything |
, hide from the dear people-that
ne order could possibly be in the ma 9
ire OF self-protection. But the fact y
lat such a command has gone forth S
ives rise to the suspicion that there G
certain information, in the nature b
f records and figures and decisions, v
hich recent iinpudent Investigations s
gotten distressingly close toll n
nd for that reason congress is to be a
nut Up in the guard house. "
Mr.. Baker cannot, by any arbitrary h
der, keep either congress or the a
sople, who are the government, in s.
lie dark as to his stewardship. II 4
Iere is q storm approaching, MT
aker will have to weather 1t with {
Ie rest of those who have been re- 2
,onsible for our war policies. Sooner
later there is going to be a final
ckoning-even for Mr.. Baker Ip
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-02-13
THOSE CIGARETTE BOYS
THERE WITH THE GOODS

That cigarette smoking bunch o
Americans that licked the fool out
of the Germans took all the wind OUT
Of the sails Of the anti-bacco howl
ers and now maybe we will be let
alone. Not n soldier out Of iilty
Is a non-tobacco user and with q
good smoke aboard they could lick
their weight in wild cats.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-02-13
California Talking
Of SIS. OO0,0O0 Bond
Issue for Roads

Los Angeles, Feb. 11.-Chairman
Dodge OF the board Of supervisors has
gone to San Francisco as a delegate to
the statewide conference to be held
in that city to discuss the possibility
OF asking for a state bond issue of
-$15. 100000 to complete the present
state highways. and for the building
OF additional roads. The state of Cali
fcrnia has already expended 100000
900 on 1t estate highways.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-02-13
HERE'S THE FIT. SUMNER
BOOSTER SPIRIT

IFOTL DUIIIIECI ItVFF~'T
A Fort Sumner man appeared on
Fourth street one day this week IN
had condition. One of his eyes was
covered by a bandage, the other had
= black circle around it; he had q
cut on his head, q split up ana o.ns
or cuts and bruises. Sheriff Dunlap
looked him over and asked; Been
fooling with a mule?' Nope; was
m To- Fabian yesterday; mar said
Fort Summer was no good-was bum
NEST i'm crow town on the map; no
decent person would live there
ale was a Hart" THAT what ] old
him. said the nan with a split Up.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-02-13
A FLuETlC POET
DOWN In

springer St0ckman)
Down in Georgia IN old peanut
poet took sick with the FLU before
he had his peanuts gathered, and
the price of peanuts Went down dur
ing his illness. While figuring out
his losses on his sick he'd his poeti-
cal mind began to get busy again
and this poem was sent in to MS
local paper for publication:
Roses Is red,
violets is blue;
Finders is hell,
SO is the 'flu"
While a simple ditty 1t is true,
very highly expressive. but not owe
elegant, and no doubt lust as the
old man felt. No one that has mad
the oflup will find fault with TINS
theme Of measure,
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-02-13
srARr oF A aREEL1 soRAP.

First Director--Ho wdid You get
those actors to put UP such a realistic
fight?
Second Director-1 told each one on
the quiet that the other considered
him a punk scrapper-Film Fun.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-02-13
Her Retaliation.

Flatbush-I never start to talk but
my wife interrupts me.
Bensonhurst-not always?
Eyes, always. Why, the other night
! started to talk in my sleep and
she began to snore.' -Yonkers
Statesman.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-02-13
a TELLER DOES SORT
or FEEL THAT WAY
CE~armington Times-Hustler.)

Watch the next Fellow tilat y Wv
M from the flu walk down Z
street. Someone has remarked that
We ali look like whipped dogs
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-02-13

FRSSx zASGr.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-26

where he left off when he departed
from st. Louis years ago. Malone was
sent to third base and Lee Magee OBJ
tanned from Cincinnati for second.
Then Schmandt came back and was
done over into a third baseman, a job
he is filling with skill. Olson still is
at short When Chuck Ward returns
from overseas duty he will have the
time of his young life smashing into
that array of defensive and offensive
talent.
Jeff Pfeffer hasn't lost ball game
SO far this season. Sherrod Smith
Ias won his first start with a shut
out. Al Mammaux is just beginning to
show returning effectiveness. Leon
Galore has had some trouble getting
started but looks mighty good.
When the Dodgers won their pen
nant they didn't look like lot OF
class. This year they have class and
if they do win it will be on sheer
merit. sx.s.,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-26
CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME TONIGHT
School Boys VIII Contest for the
Pennant, Unless the Weather
Man Prevents by Send
ing Rain

The grade school and junior base
hall leagues will resume their games
this week, If the weather permits,
after almost week OF idleness on
account Of the wet weather.
II is possible that number of the
postponed games will be played off
on the morning Of Memorial day
which will help the boys to catch up
with their schedule.
The last and final game OF the
Junior league, which is also the
game, is to be played
this evening, at the playground be
tween the Cubs and the Giants. This
game was scheduled for last Mon
day, but had to be postponed on &C,
count of the wet weather, but that
has not in the least dampened the
enthusiasm of the contestants and
the game tonight gives promise OF
being a hot one. The game Will be
called at 6:15 o'clock.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-26
RAY REX ALLEN
LIED IN COURT
He Did Serve the Three Year Term
For Burglary in Missouri He
Strenuously Denied to
Judge Hamilton.

When Ray Rex Allen, the burglar
of the Engelhardt home, was SEN
fenced in the district court, ne
strenuously denied to Judge Hamil-
ton that he had ever been In the
Missouri penitentiary.
At that time the report on, him
was not on complete Bertillon de-
scrfption, and 1t was thought ne
might possibly be telling the truth.
But Chief Hennemann sent his full
description to Jefferson City and
asked for his record there, which
was received this morning.
The picture of the Missouri con-
vict is a perfect likeness of Allen in
court here The proof is positive
that Allen, under his real name of
William Bradshaw, and then with
the alias of Rex Allen, was sent up
for three years for burglary from
Adrian county. He served from july
1911. to October 1913. He was in the
Bonneville reformatory before that.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-26
DODGERS ARE
GETTING STRONG
BROOKLYN National League Team 6rao
uaIIy Growing Into Pennant
Glass by Good
Work.
INV H. C. Hamilton, United Press

IBy n. C. Hamilton, United Press
Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, May 26-The Brook
Iyn Dodgers generally looked upon as
lust one of eight clubs making up the
National league, despite their cham
pionship class few years ago, are
gradually growing into pennant class:
The return to big league effort or
Sherrod Smith yesterday is anything
but encouraging to the other seven
clubs. for it practically had been con-
ceded already that Wilbert Robinson
had the class of the league in beavers.
Robinson was dissatisfied with his
club lust before the season opened.
He contended he had no infield. He
didn't like OiMara at third base and
he didn't like Lew Malone as second
base. Ray Schmandt had been in
iured and could not be depended on at
either first or second. Jimmy John
stone. an outfielder, was battling the
first base job with more or less sue
cess.
Since those days, Robby has shared
Ed Konetchy for first base and the
big fellow seems to have started in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-26
GOOD GAME AT
HAMILTON
With a Score Of Two to One and
Anybody's Game Until the Last
Ball was Pitched, Crowd
was Enthused.

Hamilton won a holly contested
baseball game from the K-C aggrega-
ton by the excellent score OF TO
/, and it was anybody's game until
the last man was out. Arthur George
was a big feature of the game In the
pitchers box and struck out eleven
men. T. McManus, on second bag
for the K-C team, was another fea.
ture. He got two of the four hits on
the enemy and brought In the only
score of his team. The score was:
Hamilton 100 0 O 0 L l 0 o x-2
K-C ...........0 o 0 ] 90 o.
Two base hits: T. McManus.
Struck out: By George, IL; by Grim
minis, S. Umpire: Hughes. Time:
/ 80.
In a second game, Suffer won from
Smiths All-Professionals by a score
of 20 to 6. Home runs were numef-
Gus as Suffer has some good slug,
gers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-26
LOYAL WOMAN
PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Florence Shepherd Miller Dies
at the End Of a Long Illness
After Very Useful
Life Here.

Mrs G. T. Miller died at her home,
319 North Thirteenth street, at $50
o'clock this morning, after an ex-
tended illness during all of the past
winter She had never fully recov-
cred from an attack of influenza
which she contracted last November.
Mrs. Miller was born September
10, 1s47, in Champagne county, Ohio.
Her maiden name was Florence Ada
shepherd She was married Septem,
Der 8, 1865, at Mechanicsburg, Ohio,
and lived at Atlanta, Missouri. for a
number of years after her marriage
Thirty-six years ago the family
moved to Keokuk and lived on a
farm near the Des Moines river
bridge, until seven years ago, when
they moved into their resent home
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-26
HAVE TENNIS
TOURNAMENT
Meeting Appoints Committee and
Another Meeting Of All Players
of All Grades Is Tues
day Evening.

AT a meeting held at the Y. M. G..
A.. members of the tennis committee
discussed plans for the promotion OIL
city tennis tournament.
1t was decided to organize, If pos
sible. tournament similar to the
round robin tournament that was
conducted here last year. however,
there is considerably more interest
in the game this year, because OF
the fact that a great many Of the
local tennis players have returned
from the army.
Committees were appointed to IN
terview the owners of tennis courts
in the city and get an expression OF
their willingness to pool their courts
for the use of the players in the tour
nament matches. The I. M. 9. A.
court is maintained for the use OF
the members of the association, but
the tennis committee has already
granted permission that tournament
maches be given preference, with no
restriction as to membership. 1t is
possible that there will be four
courts secured for the tournament,
and forty or more players.
Charles Deter, of the keokuk
Electric company, was chosen tenn
porary chairman on organization
and big meeting is planned for
Tuesday evening at 1880 o'clock at
the Y. M. CA. All the men inter
ested in tennis are invited to attend
this meeting. This is not meeting
for only the men that consider them
selves good players, but is meeting
for all men interested, whether they
are beginners or experts. The rules
of the tournament will be decided al
this time, and it is hoped that per
manent tennis organization will be
| perfected.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-26
BIG ROW AT
HALL DANCE
Two Men Are Bound Over to Grand
jury on Several Charges After
Near Riot at Twelfth
and johnson.

Ray Billings is one of the real fell
lows who came to Keokuk from a
country town to make a name for
himself, the police say. He was con-
victed last year Of stealing lot Of
flour from a box car, and his activi-
ties here have been sufficient. Sat
urday night he seemed to decide to
get his name in the papers again.
Itwas approaching midnight when
Officer Griffey went to a dance at
the hall at Twelfth and Johnson
streets. to arrest drunk-he
thought A little later there were
three policemen battling with two
men, whom they finally subdued and
took to jail. One Of them was Ray
Billings.
When Griffey undertook to stop
the disorderly conduct of Billings
and Moore, they refused to obey him
and started a fight with him. On
account Of the reputation that dance
hall is making, headquarters sig
nailed Officers Mcpherson and Tigue
there also, and these two arrived
just in time to save the day for their
ally, Griffey!
Moore has not been in the police
court before, and is said to be suf-
fering from associating with bad
company. Billings and Moore were
kept locked in the city jail until this
morning, when Judge Mcnamara
bound them both over to the grand
jury on two charges each, in $3.50
bond in each case, making the total
bail required Of each $780, They
could not furnish it and went over
to the county jail to reside awhile
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-26
For Skin 7;oyfyres
ADJUSTMENTS.

Don't worry about eczema or other
skin troubles. You can have clear,
healthy skin by using Zemo, obtained
at any drug store for 35c, or extra large
bottle at $1.00.
Zemo generally removes pimplea.
blackheads, blotches, eczema and ring
worm and makes the skin clear and
healthy. Zemo Is clean, penetrating,
antiseptic liquid, neither sticky nor
greasy and stains nothing. 1t is easily
applied and costs mere trifle for each
application. 1t is always dependable.
The E. W. Rose Co.. Cleveland, o.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-26
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller celebrated
heir golden wedding anniversary in

Mr.. and Mrs. Miller celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary in
1915.
She was member Of Trinity
Methodist church, the o. z. s., and
the Women's Relief Corps. She was
at the time of her death chaplain Of
Terrence post, and had always been
very active worker in the relief
work, having twice been the repre-
sentative to the state encampment.
She is survived by her husband
and two sons, Charles G. Miller of
and Joseph ]. Miller Of
Centerville. Two other sons, VIII
liam c. and Fredericlc A. Miller, died
within the past few years. Three
sisters, Mrs. Josephine Atterberry of
haywood, Mo, Mrs. Elizabeth Hoff-
master of Estevan, Sask, and Mrs.
Birdie Baldwin of Stanberry, Mo-,
and brother, Edward w. Shepherd,
of independence, Mo-, also survive
her.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-26
EACH BEATEN SATURDAY
Semones Struck Out Fourteen Men,
and Score Shows First Game to
Have Been Real Contest
on the Diamond.

The two leading teams in the league
were taken down by the two Teams III
/ the lower half of the percentage col
umn in games played Saturday even
| ing. Kelloggs winning from Standard
Four by a score of to and Electrlcs
defeating the Standard Oil by score
| OF II to z.
Semones pitched excellent ball flor
Kelloggs and had the tire markers
| HELPLESS Throughout the game. he al
lowed only four hits and struck out
| fourteen of his opponents. Inc Two
runs allowed the tire makers In the
! first two innings was due to errors,
but after that the grocers tghteneu
up and hardly man got on base. inc
grocers had a grand round up IN the
fifth when they got three men on
with passes and hit, coupled with an
error or two
| The second game was rather loosely
played and showed a lack of team
work on both the teams. The Elec-
tries got started in the third inning
and seemed to score almost at Will.
The scores of the games by innings
is given below:
Club II. II. Z.
. llO WV WV
kellogg Birge -. 600 040 OK
Batteries: Standard Four-Long,
Sohard and Banks; Kelloggs-C. Sc
mones and C. Hancock.
Struck out by Long 8, by Schard q,
by Semones ID.
| Base on balls off Long 4, off Schard
2, off Semones 2.
Hit by pitched ball, by Long 1, by
Semones 1.
! Two base hits: Mullikin.
Double plays: Rea unassisted.
! Umpire: Ferd Baer.
Second Game.
| Club R. Fl. E.
Standard Oil -. o42 DOL Z s z
Keokuk Electrics :. GOA 242-12 3
Batteries: Standard Oil-Metzinger
and Sansone; Electrics-Davis, Roam
and Furlong.
Struck out by Metzinger IL, by
Davis s, by Roam 8.
Base on balls off Metzinger 3, off
/ Davis 2.
Fit by pitched ball, by Metzinger 2,
by Davis 2.
! Two base hits: Buck, Ogden.
| Double plays: Metzinger to Sansone
to Klepfer.
! Umpire: Ferd Baer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-26
HANNIBAL MULES
THROW KEOKUk
The Score Was Two to One at the
End Of a Real Game Of Base
ball by CoIored Devotees
Of the Diamond.

The Hannibal Mules can kick some,
but they barely threw the Keokuk
Unions off into the road yesterday
in a nine-inning game with score
of to 1 at the end of a real game Of
baseball on the Standard Four dia-
mond Each side made three hits.
The Keokuk players were Tebeau,
Payton, Byrson, White, Robertson,
Williams, Weldon, Wade and Berry.
The Mules were C. Bryson, Marcel
lus, Brown, Bird, Courcy, Hawkins,
F. Williams and Ambrose.
The score was:
Hannibal ..... 0 o o o 1 o 0 1 %
Keokuk ....... 0 0 0 0 0 o O / OIL
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-26
Today In CONGRESS.

rUnited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, May 26.-While
the house today continued work on
the money bills, senate leaders fur
Their discussed the peace treaty,
league of nations and woman suf-
frage. Suffragists hoped to get their
amendment on the calendar for &C
ton If they are unable to obtain a
vote today.
Senator Johnson's resolution re-
questing the immediate presentation
to the senate of the full text IF the
peace treaty remained to be disposed
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-26
Private Manager to Resign.

United Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, May 26 Reports
Eere published here today to the
fiiect that Hugo Bezdek, manager of
Fne pittsburgh Pirates, probably will
Eller his resignation soon and return
70 Oregon university to coach foot
pau, the position he left to enter big
peague baseball. Bezdek now is I'M
FER contract as athletic director of
pennsylvania State college.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-26
Effective Publicity.

New York World: The effort to in
crease enlistment in the army air
service" cannot be said to want for
satisfactory publicity. No doubt there
will be plenty of additional chances to
fly across the Atlantic.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-26
Meet Next at Buffalo.

United Press Leased Wire Service.l
DENVER. Colo, May 26.--B Buffalo,
y Y, was chosen by the Northern
p3aptist convention here today for
Phe 1920 convention session. SYRIA
cuse and Chicago were the losing
eontenders.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-26
SPORTS
CLUB STANDINGS
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
American League.

American League.
st. Louis 6; New York, ..
Chicago 6; Washington S.
Cleveland 3; Boston 2.
Detroit 3; Philadelphia 2.