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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-24
Oakland Tribune:

Oakland Tribune: In writing
fins" to the story of the Cy-
clops the navy department has
put a formal end to one of the
most battling stories of the sea.
No official word nor act, other
than that which will afford indis-
putable explanation of the mys-
FERROUS disappearance of the
giant collier, will ever close the
speculation and yarn-spinning
that is going on in the ports of
the seven seas.
The Cyclops story is one that
: holds, in addition TO all of the
romance of the ocean, the lure
of wartime intrigue and scien.
tific theories. That there are
score of explanations only adds
to the puzzle and gives to each
mariner right to his particular
view. Close off the bow of THE
Flying Dutchman" the Cyclops is
blowing the seas OF the magma
ton TO figure in the narratives
of the darkened hold.
This much is known. When
the Cyclops put in at the Barba-
does, that port of pirate fiction,
one of her two engines was dam
aged She put out able to fight
any winds she may have encoun-
tered and then dropped out Of
sight without leaving a spar,
plank or preserver to mark her
going. The search has extended
from the West Indies into the
South Atlantic and the gulf, and
every bay and inlet in the archi-
pelago has been explored. Rec
ords of German submarines and
raiders have been examined and
every available clue followed in
vain
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-24
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
VAGUELY SMELLS A HUM.

There comes not through the oearchng cloud OF green
a harsh, enyious sound TO, jar the ear;
But vaguely swells hum now'far now near,
Where the wild honey-bee beyond the screen
haunts the field OF Towering Dean
Far, theslow voice OF the weir
Dies into silence. Einsh'd is the clear
Sweet song downcircling from the lark unseen
Beyond me, where I lie, the shreW-mlce run
Apatter where of late the streamets tones
Made music
Yet lives the streamlet still, for Ger fat stones
4 William Sharp
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-24

other way, you hold up food from
stomachs which have no desire 20
starye, divine rights" are not the
words to use. OF courSe, when 1t
comes to the devils right to injure
others he is a past master at the
business.
In the foundation of most of our
strikes today will be found a corner
stone of selfishness, and selfishness
is not an attribute of divinity or
right
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-24
CORNERSTONE OF sELFlsHNEss

Paul Hayden, in New York Conf
mercial: We have just read the two
finest paragraphs upon the subject OF
the individual rights Of men as
against their collective rights with
their fellow men which have as yet
come to our notice.
Judge Turran in the Crawford
county court, ruling upon the consti-
nationality Of the new Kansas indus
trial relations law, stated in his de-
cision:
"a great deal has been said OF the
divine right to strike and the divine
right to quit work. In stressing the
divine right to strike and the divine
right to work, the right OF the man
to have employment SO he can pro-
vide for his wife and children has
been sadly overlooked. The divine
right to strike where it affects the
health and welfare OF the public must
be relegated to the realm where the
divine right of kings has been sent.
"a man cannot be compelled to
work, you say. Certainly not. / d,
not believe for a moment that any
member Of the legislature intended
to make any man work. The purpose
of this act is in an orderly way to
give man a chance to work"
We believe the divine right OF
kings died not SO much through the
rise of democracy as through the
growth of the idea of justice. 1t was
not the power Of a king, but the in,
justice in the exercise of his power,
which finally stirred up men to re-
volt.
When it comes to human rights we
presume self-preservation is the first
law Of nature, and it is all right for
man to look out. for himself, but
when 1t comes to divine rights, the
right nearest to divinity of which
we know is the right to look out fer
others.
You can starye as long as your
own stomach enjoys the sensation,
but il in starving yourself, through
disorganizing transportation or in any
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-24

The Burmese and Maoris have no
wedding ceremony, marriage being re-
Corded by them as business partner.
ship.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-24

There only real preparedness and that is prep
aration for life That be had not by drill and obeoi-
ence by learning sefcontroI through sefsovernment
Only who do their thinking and steering have
When children have become efficient put them to-
oether united action The force OF thinking peo-
pie acting as one, Observation-Disclosures Z. Ooty
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-24
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Perry Chief If Governor Lowden
had no other qualifications, people
could vote for him with safety be-
cause Mayor Thompson, of Chicago,
is opposing him.
Cedar Rapids Republican: 1t is
estimated by political managers that
100, 900 women will take part in the
coming political campaign, most of
them as speakers and writer's. In
the future women need not complain
that there is nothing to do. Some
may find that there is too much to
do.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The season
is exceptionally late for anything,
excepting politics. The latter will
sprout, rain or shine
Des Moines Capital: The selection
of United States senator in this
state to succeed Senator Cummins
involves the issue of government
ownership of all the railroads. Colonel
Brookhart, who opposes Senator
Cummins, is in ftvor of the Plumb
plan, by which the government is to
buy the railroads and turn them over
to the employees. We do not care TO
discuss the Plumb plan as financial
proposition, but as a political propo-
sition it should interest every Ameri
can
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald: Cen
eral Woods publicity director, says
Hiram johnson iss selfish. There has
been a dark suspicion all along that
he has more interest in his own can
didacy than in that of the general.
Webster City Freeman-Journal:
The presidential boomlet of Nicholas
Murray Butler seems to have been
lost in the shuttle When the country
found that Mr.. Butler is college
professor his hash was settled.
Waterloo Times-Tribune: Let no
one who is able to hang onto his
Liberty bonds waste any tears in
self pity. He got what he paid for,
and is well off, and will lose nothing
as long as he stands pat. And when
the bonds mature, and he or his
children get back the principal, it
will be worth a good deal more than
it would be in these days Of balloon
prices.
Des Moines Register: Remember
when potatoes were 30 plentiful and
so eheap that their presence on the
dinner table evoked no special in
foracto Those vpra the hanpy daySi
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-24
THE EXTREME OF PATERNALISM.

! Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts, advocates
federal operation of retail stores as means OF
reducing the high cost Of living. When the
nation is slowly emerging from rot OF govern
ment manipulation of everything, this New
Highlander would impose new restrictions on
private initiative that would only add to the
burdens Of the people. II the effects OF govern
ulent meddGng with private enterprises could
be suddenly removed, normal conditions would
be almost completely restored. The present
Iigh cost of living can be attributed principally
to government mismanagement of our currency
system of our railroads, and OF food production
and distribution and to its extravagant ex-
penditure of the peoples money in the conduct
of the war Had these unnatural lnterferences
with our industrial structure never occurred,
even though the war itself had not been avoid
ed the most Of the abnormal increase In living
costs would never have developed. Over and
over again it has been demonstrated that gov
eminent operation cannot compete in efficiency
with private operation, and to turn retail sales
over to the government would be an intolerable
aggravation of present burdens
It is noticeable that less is being said by the
railroad brotherhood leaders about the Plumb
plan nowadays. Perhaps these leaders are be-
ginning to see the light. It is plain to them
that they cannot safely fight militant and in
teligent public It ought to be equally plain
that such public is growing great in this land.
And it is manifesting open hostility to attempts
by groups and classes to run things. Under the
Plumb plan labor would be one of three repre-
sentative groups in control the others would
be the public and the managers. At present
there is little doubt that the latter groups would
be found in close alliance against attempts Of
the labor group to dominate railroad control
There is acknowledged scarcity of food,
scarcity Of tin plate with which to make cans
for the preservation Of food, lack of cars in
which to transport food or other commodities,
lack Of steel at the manufacturing plants, an
alarming decrease in the number of both dairy
and beef cattle, a scarcity Of labor for almost
every line of useful industry-and yet Pres-
dent Wilson s first thought and study seems to
be devoted to the welfare of Europe. His
greatest effort is to involve this country in for
IeIgn obligations, the extent of which not even
he can definitely describe. Oh for an America
first administration!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-24

allies are willing to salary him for his services
in that capacity that is his good fortune, and
the hope will be general that he viii be worth
his pay.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-24

When a woman can't look a man in the eye
she frequently side-steps the difficulty by kiss
ing him
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-24

Perry Chief If Governor Lowden
had no other qualifications, people
could vote for him with safety be-
cause Mayor Thompson, of Chicago,
is opposing him.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-24

Des Moines Register: Remember
when potatoes were 80 plentiful and
so eheap that their presence on the
dinner table evoked no special in.
terest? Those were the happy days!
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-19
Washington Now
Full Of Political
Picket Parades

Washington-Political picketing. OF.
ten OF the peaceful sort, and more Of.
ten with militant Accomplishments, Is
running epidemic in Washington again
and the thousands of tourists who
make the national capital their Mecca
al year round again see bands of wo-
men slowly parsding about the street
bearing banners with a wide variety OF
Inscriptions.
seemingly, every cause which wishes
to impress its demands, arguments OF
protests on the powers that be- ulti.
mately adopt the ~picketing system
which was first introduced in the can
itai by a branch of the women suffra-
gists about ten yetrs ago. The latest to
adopt the method are women espous.
ing the cause Of Irish freedom ana
they have directed their protests
against the British embassy. Their
campaign has caused somewhat OF a
hurry because Il is not without its in
ternational aspects
The British embassy. for instance. Is
foreign territory, whether the sidewalk
In front Of it is American territory, no
one has essayed TO decide. Moreover.
there Is a federal law which penalties
any person who assaults a diplomat-
e representative Of a friendly power.
Whether the Rickesine Of the embassy
y an annoyance 10 the British dlplo-
mats and whether an annoyance IS An
assault Within he technical meaaInk
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-19
EQUALIzING SCHOOL TAXES.

The proposed two-mll levy for public schools is designed
primarily to provide a more equitable method of support for the
schools. AS it is, a large percentage of property does not con-
tribute to the support of the schools, thus forcing excessive tax
alton upon the property that does.
The Oregon Voter has compiled a vast amount Of data con-
corning taxation for schools, from which the following facts are
CLEANED. There are 2,447 school districts in Oregon, 564 of which
are sustained on a two-mill district levy. On the other hand, 1877
districts were compelled to levy local school taxes Of Is mills or
more. Of these, 40 voted 20 mills or more, and 7 voted 80 mills,
while one voted 40 mills and one so mills. One-fifth get along
without a special levy and the others with special leves generally
under s mills.
Ten millions is being paid this year for support of the public
schools by taxpayers, of which ~$7,l53,510 is raised by local dis
|trict levies, 1855, 453 by union and county high school district and
tuition levies, and 1926, IT'S by general county taxation.
The proposed two-mill levy will provide a general tax upon
all property, proceeds of which are to be handed to local districts
on a specified teacher basis. The local district can confine its ex-
|penditures to the receipts of this fund, or it can impose an addi-
|tinoal local tax to supplement, if desired, but all property must
pay to support the schools.
Marion county raises now by school district levies $240, 231,
and by the county school levy, sos, $50, Under the twomil tax,
it would raise $4,000. Polk county raises by county and district
levies $74,905 and under the two-mill levy, would raise $4,000.
of the 1873 Marion districts, go get along with a two-miL or less
less tax and Ia of the n Polk county school districts do the same.
This as per cent of the Marion county districts and Is per cent of
the Polk county districts, will receive a larger sum under the pro-
posed two-mill levy than they receive now under the district levy
without increased taxation, while in the other districts, the in
creased receipts will enable a reduction in district levies, and be
of great assistance to weak districts.
The great benefit of the measure will be that it enables high
unless higher salaries are in prospect, it will not be possible to Sc
competent teachers for a large proportion of the districts
and the children must suffer.
The success of a republic depends upon the education of the
people and Americas future depends upon the children of today.
The nation faces an educational crisis and, unless we rise to meet
il, by some such measure as the two-mill levy, we face not only a
demoralized school system but q demoraliZed nation. The child
must be placed above the dollar.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-19
Brown Declares
Fish Agreement
On Rogue Illegal

Tho agreement entered into be-
tween the Macleay Estate company
and the Rogue River Fish and Game
Protective association OF Medford Is
not valid and cannot be enforced by.
the state fish and game commission,
according to Attorney General Brown.
who holds that only the legislature is
empowered to enact such an agree
ment as Il involves the annulment OF
a statute.
The agreement Ia question was en-
tered Into March 81 In an effort to
settle the long standing Rogue river
Fishing controversy, II prohibits tho
use OF all selnes. set nets, diver nets
and trammei nets and provides that
all commercial fishing OTTER than by
hook and line shall be confined to
the use Of drift nets having a mesh OF
not less than Sh inches.
Drown, IN an opinion prepared for
the state fish and game commission
holds that under the present statutes
The board Is powerless 20 carry out
the terms of the agreement ana that
the matter must be carried 10 the
legislature or the people OF the state
for settlement.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-19
LOVE and MARRIED LIFE
BY the Noted Author
IDAH McGLONE GIBSON

man enjoys In marriage. And then
eagerly serutinlzed the letter to find
just why he had written me that a r
ticular piece Of news.
Period OF Transition.
III | were a woman. Katherine
the letter continued, II DO not think
that | Y E would marry. at least not
until the status OF wives had changed
a little bit, just now that status is in
IA period Of transition and from what
! can see the women are getting the
worst OF IL But It must be very nice
Tor a man TO have a pretty. clever
woman that he can call his, whose
every thought Is for him. whose every
act takes him into consideration and
whose whole duty lies in HIS wish.
"Ana Dc you know. Katherine. that
most ef the wives / have seen among
ms friends have been women Of this
type. II 4 man Is half way decent t.
4 NomAn Aase wsll 10 her part aIust Of
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-19

A cold is simply an infamma-
ticn Of some part Of the air pas
sages-throat, larynx or bronchial
tubes-just like a sore is an in
Examination of the skin. A long
continued cold means constant
Inflammation and this constant
Inflammation frequently weakens
the air passages so that they
become an easy point Of attack
for invading germs Of more serious
diseases. A"cold that hangs on"
therefore, is simply natures red
flag" indicating that there is
trouble below" and this warning
should never be neglected.
Nightly applications Of Vick's
VapoRub will aid nature to clear
up that Inflammation. Because
Vicks acts locally by stimulation
thru the skin to draw out the
Inflammation, attract the blood
away from the congested spots
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-19
Oregon
dissertations

Riddle.-A coroner's jury Saturday
found that Ode Bates, IS years old,
came to his death from a knife wound
inflicted by Arthur James Thompson.
Aibany-some Linn county pota-
toes sold this week for 1852 a bushel.
William Blacklaw, a farmer residing
in. Tennessee precinct. north Of Leba-
non and about IL miles southeast OF
Albany, sold 80 bushels for Si0g.6O.
The potatoes were sold for seed.
Eugene.-Tho petition asking the
Lane county court to call a special
election May 81 for the purpose OF sub
mitting TO the voters of the county the
question Of issuing $4,000. eco bonds
FOR the construction OF roads was flee
In the office Of the county clerk Sat.
urday. The petition contained 1860
names.
Pendleton.-Four men, Nate Ralnes.
stockman, Seth Richardson, dalryman.
I'D Barr, driver OF the machine, and
an unidentified passenger. were in
jured Saturday night when their auto
overturned on the Wild Horse road
near here. The lights on the machine,
Il was reported, dimmed Just before II
struck a piece OF the road when had
been damaged by winter rains.
Dallas.--A number OF Dallas busl-
ness and professional men, having de,
cided to cut down on the cost OF cloth
Ing, appeared at their respective places
OF business Saturday morning CARRIED
Ia corduroy trousers, They say they
VIII continue to wear this sort Of APP
parel until 4 material decrease takes
place In the present high prices OF
clothing.
misunderstanding products brought
a large sum OF money to ranchefs OF
Coos county. according to a report
complied for the Portland of Coos Bay
during the year 1919 a total OF $500.
900 pounds of cheese valued at $i,osu-
o00i 100000 pounds OF butter valued
at $4,000 and 10000 cases OF CON
densed milk valued at $4,000. The
county's consumption of dairy prod.
ucts amounted TO 5000, 900 pounds Of
milk at s2S0,000. Thetotal value Of
dairy products OF Coos county. inelud-
Ing those shipped away and consumed
at home aggregated ss,l10,O00.
Albany.-That broomcorn can be
grown successfully on river-bottom
'anu N the willamette valley is indi
Gated by an experiment last year by
Grant Thomas, a farmer residing near
Lebanon. Mr.. Thomas planted a small
quantity and sold II for brooms, ana
from his experiment estimates that un.
der normal conditions this product VIII
Yield from s450 TO $700 per acre.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-19
Ripping Rhymes
GERMANY.

The Huns are shot to pieces, the kilograms declare; things
are not slick as grease is-disorder's everywhere; the peasant and
patrician are both in sad condition; they're eating ammunition,
there is no grub to spare. No useful wheels are turning, the
mems hammers swing; but gloom is al-prevailing, and wrath and
bitter waing; men are so busy railing they do not smile and sing.
| ought to view with sorrow the troubles of the Hun, and say |
tomorrow will see his anguish done: and yet | see him sweat
ing without a great regretting he earned what he is getting, earn
ed trouble by the ton. Had he but shown repentance for any
Of his, had he received his sentence with a remorseful
phz, might compose a ditty of coincidence and pity, more gen.
erous than twitty, but as things are-Gee Whit The Hun has
been so sassy, so neryy and so smart, he thinks himself so classy,
and greater than-thou-art, thatsit is hard to view him with
sympathy, beshrew himl so let his woes pursue him until his
of heart.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-19
ARMRNIA,S RE0ITEST-

Armenia has requested that the United States accept a man.
date of control of Armenian territory, as America is the one great
power without territorial ambitions in the near east and the one
without selfish interests to serve. The appeal to America is sec
tunate land. A similar request from Turkey for America to &C
cept a mandate at COnstantnope was refused by the admins
tration.
The Armenian request is opposed by Herbert Hoover, prob
ably the best posted of those qualified to discuss the subject, who
points out the dangers of the policy of American participation in
foreign affairs as follows:
IF we were to undertake political Intervention in Armenia
tomorrow we would find from the physical necessities of the case
that in order to protect ourselves we should be compelled to take a
political guardianship not only of Armenia itself but also of
Georgia and Aberbaijan to the north and Anatoia and Constan-
tnope to the west. If We were to place this region in position to
develop economic independence it would also imply the guardian
ship of Mesopotamia to the east. We should find ourselves brought
into direct political ENHANCEMENT with the whole weight of Rus
STA and to great conflict of economic interests with the Allies.
We should find ourselves projected into the very maelstrom of
European politics. Our great difficulty would not be Armenia
but conflict Of interest with all the great powers interested in the
partition Of Turkey"
Only through the League of Nations can America safely par
tcipate in foreign affairs by lending her moral strength to the
maintenance of peace. With America a vital force in the league,
a smaller disinterested nation could take over the mandate under
the league, and, backed by the league, more successfully adminis-
ter affairs than distant America.
Armenia is grateful for American aid, which is keeping the
remnant of her prosecuted population alive. She has little faith
in a Europe that for political purposes has permitted the Turk to
continue his atrocious massacres of a Christian people because
they are Christians. She knows that American control would in
augurate an unexamped era Of development and prosperity, that
American capital and American brains would build up the devas-
tated region and make it again, as in ancient times, one of the
most populous and civilized regions on the globe. Small wonder
American help Is wanted.
If America does not owe it to humanity to participate directly
in rebuilding the world, and making it safe for Christianity, it is
certainly a duty that should not be shirked to participate indi-
rectly through the League of Nations.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-19
MIIAr MANN WROTE.


II can not resist the impulse. my
dear Katherine" the letter began, "oi
writing Ia you on the eve OF my dc.
parture for France,
II have been offered a consular
post IN that country and for many
reasons some Of them perhaps known
10 YOU, / have decided to take It. al
least for awhile.
Il am going 20 try and fashion my
own HE on 4 little different lines than
I have been living, Perhaps when
return, my dear friend. | may bring
with me a French wife. for / have
como 90 the conclusion that there is
nothing in this world 80 useless and
Out Of date rs an unmarried maa u
my age
Surely. / thought as l read thls
the sight Of Kanl's ffien6s who are
married has q given lin an lm-
Iftssian nf any bea..Elk condition lhal