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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-31
ADVERTISED LETTERS

List Of letters remaining 81 the
Keokuk postoffice. uncalIed for. for
week ending January 81, 1920:
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MONEY MARKET
Worlds Economic Situation Cannot be
Altered by Anything Britioh
Government
Can Do.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
LONDON, Jan. 31-Great Britain
cannot alter the worlds economic sit
.uation by anything the government
can do with its money values, the Pan
Mall Gazette warned today.
Commenting upon the letter OF
Secretary Glass of the American treas
ury to Homer l.. Ferguson, president
of the United States chamber of conf
nlerce. the newspaper declared you
cannot change temperature by mani
mutation of the thermometer.
Glass letter outlined Americas posi-
ton as giving no more aid TO Europe
beyond what has been aone and what
is being done now
Publication of the letter here has
focused all attention upon the finance
problem.
The Press headiined Glass frank
statement as mo more loans from
America"
Austen Chamberlain, chancellor OF
the excheaueT, was to confer with a
deputation Of bankers next week 1t
was reported they were TO discuss
calling of an international conference
of finance in an effort TO prevent a
crash In European affairs.
Low exchanges" the Pail Mall
Gazette asserted can be raised only
by consuming less and making and
selling more.
The newspaper recommended that
the government reduce innportations
OF luxuries, reduce public e1pendf
lures and increase taxation
Lord Colwyn. leading banking au.
thority favored removal gradually of
the prohibition on export Of gold, but
said that with the present adverse
balance it was question whether thia
could be done without serious risk of
loss Of all great Britain's gold supply.
Coiwyn declared that Y the gold
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issuance of honorary memberships,
he said.
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Twelve Round Bout.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. 31.-A twelve
round bout between Frankie Mason,
o. Fort Wayne ana Jimmy Wilde, Eng.
llsh Hyweight champion, for the world
title viii be held here some time next
month. Mason has agreed 10. enter
he ring At IG5 pounds. the nyweight
limit. either al 3 O'Clock or at the
ho7r OF the fight. A. G. Thatchers
Toledo Athletic club, the organization
through which the Dempsey Willard
fight for the heavy weight title was
held. will stage the bout.
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NEW RECRUITING
PLAN ANNOUNCED
Recruiting for Army VIII All be As.
signed by States TO Certain
Regiments, According to
Plans Just Made.

Iowa recruits will be put into -egi-
ments by themselves under the new
plan OF the war department for re-
cruiting, as announced today This
plan pDts recruits from each state In
TO certain regiments, together, so that
there Is local pride to maintain in the
regiments, as we'll as providing a
stimulus for recruiting. since bud
dies" like TO stick together.
For the Davenport district, Of which
keokuk is a part of the following units
Of the Fourth division at Camp Dodge
have been named for recruiting from
Iowa: The 39th, 5Sth infantry regi-
ments; the 4th engineers and the 1871
field artillery, also Inc 59th reg3m ent
coast artillery stationed al Camp
Lewis, Washington.
Illinois gets the 51st, Sind. 53rd and
54th infantry. 3rd and 18th field artil-
lery Of the Sixth division at Camp
Grant They also send men TO the
59th coast artillery and 10 the 10th
cavalry al Brownsville, Texas.
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No Honorary Members Allowed.

Trnlted Press leased Wire Service ]
CHICAGO. jan 31,-Hyde ParEa
pot number "a. American Legion, to
6zy made public objection to the
''y5ndieGtIos1' Of Heavyweight Cham.
port,
~Kfwaakee also indicated Victor
Berger" Commander r. y. FIannery
Tals ''Ffndicztlng seems 10 be one
O. the bert fpfnEs they do UP there
DerspHsy'g appointment TO honorary
raersberEIEp and oa7ccrgnip In the
Milwaukee, ggst gzs Illegal, according
70 FIAaaeFyy Legion rules prevent
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.STECHER WINS
WRESTLING BOUT
Worlds Championship and SIS, 900
Purse Goes to Nebraskan
After Two Hour
Fight.
STRENGTH AND ENERGY
Iowa Soldier Loses Match Before Ter
Thousand Fans After Nest
Desperate Strus-
by Henry L Farrell, United Press
STAFF CORRESPONDENT

. 10y IC24Ay Ia a. Gil, K A&b-A 1 Coz
Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Jan 31.-Three times
iast night q mumblsd its all over
went through Madison Square garden
and close 10 ten thousand fans reach
Cd for their hats. The fourth tine
they Golaed their head pieces alc
turned 10 the exits
Three times Joe Stecher, OF Ne
brasEa, clamped his deadly scissors
and arm lock hold on Earl CaddocE
Iowa, but the speedy soldier slipped
from his grasp. The fourth time,
however. he wilted under the beacon
stricLo--llhe pressure OF two legs and
q FIVE fingered wise on his wrist anG
the worlds wrestling championship
and ga, e9o went 10 the Nebraska
grappler-
! Inc end came after two hours and
five minutes OF mighty serious wrest-
ling Czdaock had only speed tc
combat greater weight, superior
siren 9Th and cooler nerves.
The old timers at the ringside
picked Stecher TO win when the two
aspiraots for the championship
stepped in the ring to the blare of
bugies-
a Got of painful ceremonies for the
movies-iutroductio Of a flock of
other wrestlers and celebrity after
celebrity, got under Caddock's hide.
He picked al his fingers, ran his
hands through his hair, rubbed his
new shoes On the canvas, walked up
and down along the ropes and frown-
ed and munbIed. SIecher in the
other corner stood Uper-urbed. His
face was cloaked IN set expression
that never changed. He neither
smiled Or frowned. Stecher was a
very determined young man He
went about his task with marked de
termination, seeming TO measure
every stroke ike woodsman hew-
ing down q giant tree.
Caddock's speed saved him several
times IL the first hour and Caddock' S
lack Of sufficient strength saved
Stecke- as many times.
Three times the Iowa soldier made
catlike moves and wiggied away from
the deadly pair of legs that giTthed
him in d grip that made his eyes
bulge out Three times his speed
enabled him to come beneath and put
the former sailor on the mat. Most
Of the time Stecher was down he was
resting, however, and whenever Cad
dock was down he had 2g8 pounds OF
manhood bearing on him with a pres
sure that made him breathe audibly.
He vas blowing badly in the last min.
uteS Of the fight.
Caddock had his deadlock hold on
Stecher four times, but it lacked the
grip and Stecher let him wear him.
self out On it. Once the soldier held
e quarter Nelson on him for four
minutes and finally let fl go with a
resigned air.
It was just as was predicted
Strength and endurance told the
story.
Caddocr wasn't the Caddock that
faced Stecher in 1917.
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SIXTH DIVISION
MAN is HELPING
Private Lewis H. Hutnacher Of the
18th Field Artillery, Is Attached
to Recruiting Office

Private Lewis n. Hutmacher. OF
the 18th field artillery. is n the city
md is attached TO the local army re,
cruiting office
Futnacher Is 4 veteran Of the
world var and wears the gold caevron
on his right sleeve having been
wounded at Chateau Thierry. He
went all through the war with the
18th field artillery. IN thu sixth divi.
sion. and was in brussels when the
arr~iEtice was signed.
Hurnechor re-@nNsted in his old
outfit last April and is DOW attached
TO the recruiting service II in his
purpose TO explain educational 0ppor-
tunItics Of tho new army.
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Is MILLIONS!
"Cascarets" is biggest selling
Laxative Cathartic for
Liver and Bowels

Twenty-Five million boxes OF Cas-.
carets were sold last year to folks
who wanted relief without injury,
from Constipation, Biliousness. 1ndi-
gestion, Gases, Colds and Sick Head
ache. Cascarets work while you
sleep, removing the toxins, poisons
and sour, fndigestible waste without
gripping or inconvenience. Cascarets
regulate by Strengthening the bowel
muscles They never weaken or
shock the liver like calonel or harsh
pills. Cascarets cost so little too.
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KEOkUk MAN
NAMED ROTHERT
Circumstances OF His Appointment
20 Head OF SehocI at Council
Bluffs Recalled by Judge
Criz-

The death OF Henry -. Rothe-i IN
CoEzciI Bluffs. night bz1 Sra last. "a.
calls his appointment 10 Ca,s Position
Of superintendent OF the school FOR
the deaf and dumb. i EeokUk man.
Judge John Z Craig. vas really re,
spoBsIbIe for the appointment II
was II 1886, while Judge Craig was
in the legislature that the appoint
me7t came up.
There were three members o. the
board. and they seemed unable 10
agree o. any candidate Judge Craig
suggested Mr.. Rothert's naue and Il
met with approval The reco-nen-
datEon was carried 10 the legislature
and was there approved.
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broke in two and sank off Tybee
river January "a was picked up by
the steamship Ozette, according to
official naval radio dispatches re-
ceived here.
Another life boat containing the
captain and twenty-five OF the crew is
still adrift.
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Between two dangers choose the
SIS. That's why so many young men
nlisted in the army instead OF get
ng married. ..
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Franeo-BeIoian Alliance.

limited Press Leased Wire SerVace',
PARIS. Jan. 31--Basis Tor :
Fran CO. Belgian military alliance
started at the recent conferences ~
tween President Foincare and lA.1s5
Albert at Ypres, i; was undeTs"S
today.
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Women.

Women.
Mrs Barrett.
Miss Anna Bell Ewing.
Miss Sadie Griffith.
Clara Harding
Mrs. NJ. P Harris.
Mrs. Matte Horrung
Mrs. Caroline Hoffman.
Miss Mona LOnes.
Mrs. s. f. McClynonds
Men.
Mr.. J. W. Beecher.
Sgt. James Crawford.
G. J. Davis
Mr.. L. ]. Drake.
Mr.. JAS. J. Ellis.
Mr.. F. A Gibson.
Mr.. II. Kohlbrerler.
Mr.. T. B. KelIog.
Leroy Reynoldson.
Mr.. Harry Thou pson.
Leslie II. WeIdey.
Persons calling for letters In sboye
list will please say that they are
J. F. ELDER, Postmaster.
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J. F. ELDER, Postruaster.
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Lie Boat picked UP.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, Jan. 31--One life
boat containing eighteen members OF
the crew Of the tanker Mieiero which
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me

on the whole 1t is an interesting &C.
count of a tempestuous period in
American politics. Unfortunately, Mr..
Clark is always willing to turn from
more important and interesting mate
rial to tell an anecdote, and he seems
TO be no judge of anecdotes. Thus he
records as evidence Of the quick wit
of Theodore Roosevelt, that coming to
& speech through rain storm he be-
gan his address by remarking, eff this
speech is dry it's the only dry thing
about me" Moreover, he thinks that
Senator Vests "Eulogy On the Dog"
is a gem Of oratory, that "The Pleas
ures Of Hope" is "the finest long poem
in our vernacular," and that Henry
Cabot Lodge is little bit odd because
he insists on using "were graduated
from" instead Of Mr.. Clark's "grad-
uated at" OF course. Champ Clark
has been exposed to the House. of
Representatives for number of wears.
but at twenty-three he was a COLLEGE
president.
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Fly Fishing
Viscount Grey Shows Him.
self an Expert Angler

TIME drags heavily as The First
Saturday in April approaches,
for that is the day on which
the trout fisherman may take his net
rod and most alluring fly to favorite
brook in quest of the gamest thing that
swims. But there are ways to make
the intervening period tolerable, and
we. have just discovered one Of them.
Sir Edward Grey's book, "Fly Fish
ing" (Dent, London), will delight those
who follow that sport, for it will take
them in fancy through many of the
piscatorial experiences which they
have themselves enjoyed. 1t is q tale
Of British streams, but if the names of
familiar American streams were sub
stituted the reader would not know the
difference.
1t is more than merely fishing book;
one cannot help admiring the authors
technique as an angler, and it is easy
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were accepted as an augury Of evil
in house in which there was still
a ray Of hope.
pardon me. I didn't know. Ex-
cuse me-" she murmured
My mother smiled.
"Such as it u.s." she said. "the
reality isn't very cheerful. Think
Of the height from which 1 fall!
No carriage any more, no house of
my own, no entertainments, nothing
which makes life supportable. Con-
slider the position which have main
tanned for twenty years! l led
luxurious life. l went in the best
society. My modistes, my tailors-
you know who they were. Even if l
find my new life relatively COM
Portable the descent will still be very
painful"
AS she talked my mother cast her
eyes back over the past which she
evoked. She soothed her sense of
actual misfortune by magnifying the
past. However cruel the adjust
ment might be, she drew out of it
the illusion Of being fallen SOW
ereign. And the Importance which
this illusion gave TO her personality
consoled her in part for the great
reverse which she had suffered.
Yes, yes; that is true" Nine.
Grandvoinet agreed, nodding her
head.
And l understood that my mother
mad invited her to come because she
alone was miserable enough to be
still impressed with the salvageable
remnants Of our fortune.
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ed the change in the circumstances
of each. Nine. Grandvoinet acquired
the habit of admiring my mother ex-
travagantly and blindly. When she
came to our house everything great
ly impressed her. The least knick-
knack seemed to her rare object.
She felt abashed before the most
modest of our friends. If my mother
said to her, "Do you know what has
happened to me?" her eyes immedi-
ately took on a dreamy expression,
as if she were ready to listen to a
fairy tale.
"The migrate! The migrated" my
mother cried. "You will see that she
doesn't come, now that I am poor"
Nevertheless, on the third day, as
I was looking out of the window,
caught glimpse of her brown cape.
Stretched on a sofa, my mother re-
ceived her friend.
cts you, Cecile?"
eyes; here l am. knew about it
before you wrote me, my dear
child"
She bent over and pressed her
face against my mothers forehead.
II suffered long before you did,"
she murmured. II know how one
ought to face suffering Why should
you have been obliged to descend to
this? But shall be helpful guide
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Turning the Tide

"The Turn Of tho Tide" by Jennings
c. Wise, late lieutenant colonel. United
States Army, is detailed account Of
the operations Of the American troops
at Cantigny, Chateau Thierry and the
Second Battle of the Marine. The
author was attached to the Historical
Section Of the American General STAFF
and possessed access to all the official
information about the battles which
he describes. Colonel Wise emphasizes
the decisive character Of the aid az
forded by the fresh American troops
poured into the conflict at critical
moment and asserts that sit Is not I'M
reasonable to conclude that those
troops tipped the scales Of victory"
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By Haywood Broun

wHAMP CLARK'S "My Quarter
NJ Century of American poli-
4 tics" (Harper's) Is published
In two volumes. and COM
nrises almost 1000 pages, and yet tho
reader can hardly avoid the impression
that the whole purpose Of the book lies
In the last chapter, which is called "Bal-
timore." Mr.. Clark can hardly have
been impelled to write his autobiog-
ranhy in order to inform the American
public that as boy he had "a large
head and small neck" or to impart the
information that Missouri mud turtles
are often shipped to New York, where
thew are served as diamond-back ter
rapin. All this must have been incl
dental to the happy moment when the
author was able to write and set down
between the enduring covers Of a
stanchly bound volume: at was on the
fourteenth ballot that William Jennings
Brvan violated his instructions and by
bsse and false insinuatiors-to use no
uRller WOrd-TOppeu HE u tHc AoAauh-
ton to which was entitled by all the
rules of decency, justice, honesty, COM
mon sense and fair dealing"
Next to paying his tribute to Bryan
the strongest urge which must have
impelled Mr.. Clark to write his auto
biography may be identified with his
desire to say something about the two
thirds rule, which prevails in Demo-
cratic national conventions. After ex-
planning that the rule was originally
device which permitted the pro-
slavery Democrats to obtain friendly
candidates from the stronger wing Of
the party, Mr.. Clark continues: "Of
course, the raison d'etre, as our French
friends would say-the reason for be-
inc-of the two-thirds rule passed
away with the slavery system and
should have been repealed in 1858;
but 1t Was retained and used in 1912,
half century later, to gouge me out
OF the Presidential nomination. not
withstanding the fact that I led on
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pleasure, not because a malevolent
thought entered her mind, but be-
cause there was now an air in which
her lungs could dilate, an atmosphere
in which her individuality could ex-
pand.
My mother looked at her with a
yelled glance, strange and little
malicious. She didn't like this philos-
ophy Of poverty. She had not sent
for her friend to ask her counsel.
And believe that she was annoyed
by the confidence with which Nine.
Grandvoinet had exposed her ideas.
But it isn't necessary to exag-
gerate things" she answered through
her teeth. eve are ruined. That is
understood. But it is only form of
speech. We have something left.
Our furniture, my jewels and this
villa Will produce very considerable
sum. No, my dear, don't strain your
self to picture everything so black"
Pale, tear on her eyelashes, Nine.
Grandvoinet was silenced. My mother
had brandished before her what was
left Of. Our wealth. She had made
mistake, then. She had revealed
the secrets of her soul in a world
in which she was still stranger.
The words which she had meant
to be sympathetic and tender had
taken on an offensive sense. They
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to you in the path in which you are
taking your first steps,"
BY JOHAN BOJER

to you in the path in which you are
taking your first steps,"
In spite Of her shabby clothes and
her habitual air Of distress, l per-
ceved for the first time traces of a
beauty with which | had never cred
tied her. I had had a superstitious
feeling which held me apart from
this woman. AS a boy I used to cry
when she wanted to kiss me or take
me on her knees. In her face, worn
by suffering, / had seen something
mysterious, almost diabolical.
She went on:
"You will have to learn economy
not only in things but in the mani
festations of your nature. 1t is that,
you see. which is the hardest of all,
for it impoverishes the forces Of
life"
There was a high and noble feel
ing in her voice One might have
said that she spoke, seeing about
her, but visible to her only, the
whole circle Of her past humilia-
tions.
Perhaps you don't understand
yet what am talking about. Never
theless, assure you that of all the
realities of poverty this is the most
terrible. 1t grows on you slowly.
But from the first day we are I'M
consciously Influenced by it in all
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Spanish America
It's Literature Discussed bv
Isaac Goldberg

DR.. Isaac Goldberg's Studies in
Spanish-American Literature" (Bren-
tano's) discovers to us on the Southern
continent Of the last fifty years De-
cadents, Symbolists, Realists, Parnas-
slams; somber European negation of
lie, hectic affirmation, other-worldli-
ness, a passionate notation Of actual
ity. the serenity of impersonal classic,
and sophisticated theory of art-as
genuine and sincere as if literature
had, on this new ground, passed
through the European course of de-
"elopment. The. development had, Of
course, not been Of this nature. Tho
Spanish colonists were too much Of
Europe to evolve q new, distinctive
culture, the beginning Of their liter
airy activity was q resumption of the
old, and not at the point where they
had left 1t, since a generation sufficed
to place them once more In the cur
rent Of contemporary European move
ments, with the break of more than q
century accounted for
The literature that is genuinely
South American we will get in a COL
lection Of Indian poetry, such rs
George Cronyn's recent beautiful
"The Path Of the Rainbow" The In
terest of the present book lies solely
in the facts which it presents. We
would like more books on the sub
ject, which eminently deserves them.
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( 7HEN ruin falls upon a house
y in which life has been care

wv 7HEN ruin falls upon house
wv in which life has been care
free and easy, it doesn't
evoke only painful images. 1t sud-
denly magnifies the past, and that
which was Of little Importance yes
terday takes on marvellous form and
color in the memory.
When my mother learned that we
had lost our fortune she stammered,
through her tears:
"Cecile! Oh, what will Cecile
say? Quick. must write to
Cecile."
For two days we awaited her COM
ing. Each time the garden gate
creaked my mother cried cts she
this time" We asked ourselves what
reason there was for this impotence.
For, since our early childhood. we
were accustomed to see "that poor
Nine. Grandvoinet" come to visit us
-timid, shrinking, always on her
guard, much like an old governess
with whom we had remained on
terms of intimacy.
She and my mother were Of the
same age. Up to the time they mar
ried each had been the Others best
friend. Nothing then seemed to
foreshadow the. difference in their
destinies. Ny mothers was to be,
for twenty years, smooth and happy.
Nine. Grandvoinet, in that time, had
had to contend with many diff
culties.
The relations between the two old
friends continued. But they reflect
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our acts. Unconsciously we know
that too quick a movement is full
of danger. 1t may tear a dress. It
may break some object. Uncon-
sciously we know that we mustn't
manifest desires, for the desire of
the poor takes a hideous form. It
becomes envy. Unconsciously we
realize that it is necessary to cult
vate little ignorance, to be indif-
ferent to human progress. For we
are OF che race winch can snare in
nothing, Of that fixed race of the
disinherited, prisoners to two or
three needs which come daily to the
surface and which each day hardly
gives US time to satisfy"
I looked ct Nine. Grandvoinet.
She had formerly slipped like pale
shade into this house, where from
the garden gate to the light which
flooded our chambers, everything had
exhaled to her wealth and luxury.
The sheen Of the copper ball on our
staircase was enough to upset her
and to force her to crawl into her
shell. Now everything was in the
same place, but the atmosphere had
changed. The carpets, the chande-
liers, the silver dishes were only i'm
ages, over which dark shadow how
cred. She felt terminated by our
ruin, not because it gave her any