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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-15
CANADIAN CRITICISM.

A member OF the Canadian parliament says
that the United States ought to be told that it
has no right Ito involve the other nations OF
the world in chaos while it fights out it's politi-
cal battles' Just what does this Canadian
critic meant If he refers to complication OF
the Adriatic settlement by the presidents note,
be wise to let Europe find solution for her own
problems unless such a solution involves con-
tradiction of agreements made with us; the
president says the decision of the premiers did
involve contradiction and this remains to be
seen when the reply to the president is fully
digested and understood.
But when the Canadian critic speaks of "po-
lltical battles in reference to creating chaos
in Europe, he has little basis for his speech
The stand for reservations is not political bat
ting; or if it is, it is not party battling but
rather controversy in determining an American
policy. Canada sees in the league plan one
much to her liking; she dislikes the reserva-
lions affecting the voting powers of the Brit
ish provinces. If there is chaos in Europe, we
are not creating it, the only possible RESPONSE
bility justly laid upon us derives from the fact
that Europe may have supposed that President
Wilson's part in making the league plan meant
that we were committed to it. Congress tried
hard enough to make it plain that this was not
true. The president has tried desperately to
make it true. This is the only political battle'
that touches Europe's chaos. And it comes
from the fact that this nation is not ready to
serve European interests at undue costs to it's
own people.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-15
A STORY ABOUT MARSHALL.

Brooklyn Eagle: The vice presi.
dency demands sense OF humor in
its incumbent, If he is to be con.
tented with his fate. At times it de.
velops a sense Of humor in a man
supposed to be devoid Of that quality
For example, the late William A.
Wheeler, who was second on the
ticket with Rutherford B. Hayes,
and, coming out, remarked to the
played for the president of the United
States, for the senators. for the rep
resentatiyes in congress, for the
heads Of departments and all others
in authority, but he didn't say word
about the vice president" Wheeler
was not suspected of humor. Evarts
was always suspected, often guilty.
His response was: Perhaps the rec
tor knows you and knows that you
are beyond praying for"
This story is brought to mind by
one that Vice President Thomas r.
MARSHALL tactfully tells about him
self when asked to discuss the cabi.
net meetings issue between Presi-
dent Wilson and Secretary Lansing.
now ex-secretary. Sitting in front of
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall in a railroad
coach were a man and a woman holly
discussing the dismissal OF Lansing.
The man justified it. But the woman
said:
why, what else could Mr.. Lansing
have done Here the president was
sick, a lot of big questions had to be
talked over and there was the vice
president, who doesn't amount to any,
thing. The only thing he could 10,
tell you, was to can those meetings,
and think Mr.. Lansing did just the
right thing"
And Marshall ended the story by
saying, "The woman was right. l.
don't amount to anything"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-15

Speaking of the presidency, Attorney General
Palmer says: 1.-The people are'too weary Of war
to elect soldier to that position, and the re-
publicans would not dare to nominate senator,
as no senator was ever elected to this office. I"
benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, who had been
a senator until year previous to the opening
of the campaign in 1885, was nominated for
president by the republicans in that year. Mr..
Palmer surely is old enough to recall the event,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-15
GOVERNMENT CLOTHES.

The standard clothing'' scheme proclaimed
enthusiastically in government circles in Eng
land some time ago, seems definitely to have
failed The idea of the paternal government
was that the cost of living would be reduced if
clothes of certain fabrics made in certain styles,
were offered to the ard-pressed consumer at
government controlled prices. IF the govern
mnt could outfit the army and navy satisfactor-
lily and cheaply, why should not the civilian
population be similarly benefited?
1t was a plausible idea, but it worked only so
far as the production Of very respectable line
Of clothing was commemorative the govern
ment assuming the risk Of selling it. One day
the cebnet minister who had charge Of the mat
ter allowed it to be known that he had on hand
no fewer that two hundred and fifty thousand
standard suits which nobody appeared to want
Scoffers suggested that there were a million of
suits in storage or gathering dust on the shops
shelves. Retailers throughout the realm joined
in testifying that they had cheerfully taken the
suits, displayed them In their windows and
done their best to sell them. But the plain peo-
pie, as a rule Stunned the government brand.
II followed naturally perhaps, with immense
quantities of cloth withdrawn from the markets
for these suits, that the price of all other gar
ments rose
A revival of the scheme, with the manufac
turers instead of the government invited to take
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-15
The world is moving SO rapidly today that
you have to run as fast as you can to stay
where you are.-Remington Notes.
DIsCOURAGING THRIFT.
Markham.

When Mr.. McAdoo was told by many proml-
nent bankers and businessmen that he was set
ting too low an investment figure on govern
ment securities during the war, he paid no at
tention to the one argument that should have
made him pause. He offered the various loans
and the people, under the war impulse, sub
scribed and bought with fine patriotism. Mr..
McAdoo pointed with pride to his achievement,
and it did present an alluring spectacle. Not
only were the loans subscribed but they were
subscribed by upwards of twelve million people.
But now there is happening just what the
bankers warned Mr.. McAdoo would happen.
The government has outstanding about twenty.
!, billion dollars worth of bonds; the market
value Of these bonds was on February twenty
seventh just SIS, $50, GA 099. This means that
ii the twelve million people who bought these
bonds had them and wanted to realize On them,
they would have to stand loss totaling more
than million and half dollars
The government said much about the promo
ton of thrift It is pleading now for subscrip
ton of it's various loans as means to promote
thrift. So indeed in theory is subscription to
government loans a fine demonstration Of thrift.
But financing that results in billion-dollar de-
precautions just now when the government is
considering another immense bond issue is more
likely to discourage thrift than promote it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-15

Read The Daily Gate City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-15
,llooicaI ParIor Rolsheviki.

John Spargo, in Worlds Work
The group of men and women in this
country whose sympathy for the rol.
sheviki is well-known, have been
notably ready to protest against DIES
potic and undemocratic acts, sucn az
the suppression OF free speech and
assemblage, the brutal treatment of
political prisoners, excessive prison
sentences, and so on. With what
fervor they denounced the resrric-
tions imposed upon popular liberties
during the war we know. How siren.
uously they objected to conscripti IN,
and how solicitous they were for tile
supposed rights" of the so-called
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-15
PUT CREAM IN NOSE
AND STOP CATARRH
Tells How To Open Clogged NOS
trils and End Head Colds

Inf,
You feel fine in few moInsns,]]
Your cold in head or catarrn "" ri
gone. Your clogged nostrlis ,s,]
open. The air passages of your s I'D
will clear and you can breathe IN
". No more dullness, headacne' Al,
hawking, snuffling, mucous ,0l,n1
charges or dryness; no sIfuss
for breath at night. -,
Tell your druggist you "" po,u
small bottle of Ely's Cream D aatS
Apply little of this fragrant ,e a. 4
septic cream In your nostrils, sea. .es
penetrate through every AR p1'tha
Of the head; soothe and neai braus.
swollen. inhamed mucous mems
and relief comes instantly. :, sad
It is just what every COW stay
.catarrh sufferer needs Dun
stuffed-up and miserable.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-15

/.
conscientious DIRECTORS, will be re-
membered. But ask any of them 10
condemn the outrageous suppression
of popular liberties by the bolshev;st
government in Russia, the unspeak-
ably brutal treatment of men and
women whose only offense is the
expression Of the democratic
opinions, or the ruthless murder of
innocent men and women, and no
word OF condemnation will come. 1t
is apparent that some mental inhibi.
ton makes them incapable of apply
Ing to America the rule they so
glibiy apply to Russia. The simple
truth is that reason does not rule in
their minds; 1t Is only present as a
secondary force. as dependent of a
controlling master emotion.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-15

the risk Of marketing standard clothing, has
recently been talked about in England, but has
apparently ended in talk. Nobody but a bu-
reaucrat of the most fanatical socialistic views
would think of imposing on industry a burden
that has proved too much for the government it
self to carry comfortably.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-15

Advance Rumely puts quality first and aiways
wilt believes in and practices the policy~-"Th
life Of tractor, mot price, determines its pnlue.
Remember, that in anything you buy "You get
just what you pay for"
For 1920, there are four sizes Of this famous
tractor-rated as follows: 1920. 1880. 20-40 and
5000 II. =.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-15

One know for getting rid of egotism
is this wherever you have make big decision be-
tween two courses of aceon-perhaps two life courses
yourself, (which share?" Which of these two
paths is wide to admit treadns of It with
companion whose steps help, whose journey can on
liven, whose WEAKNESS solace and whose burden
then bear for little while? And it only one
these paths is wide enough then choose that in pref
the other.-Robert Kitchens
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-15
MR.. GERARD,s. CLAIMS.

Gerard, former ambassador to Germany, who is
keeping the United States mails fully as busy as
iany of the rest of them in the race for a presi-
Edential nominations:
Why is Herbert c. Hoover. man has
scarcely been in this country during the last fifteen
years. and never been identified with any
political party, popular, and why is he dis
cussed for president? Because the American peo
pie realize that he is the type of businessman
who will give the country economical and eff
fcient administration. II win not, however sup
port Mr.. Hoover if he is the republican nominee
because If he were elected the republican
ticket he would be surrounded by the same old re.
dictionary republican gang
After paying this tribute to Mr.. Hoover, Mr..
Gerard says: ''I'he next occupant of the white
house should be hard-headed businessman. =
Mr. Gerard s three claims to being a member Of
this class, made by himself in his own commune
cation to The Gate City and other newspapers,
are as follows:
l. When the panic Of 1907 struck the country
Mr.. Gerard was director of the knckerbocker
Trust company.
g. He is now in the mining business with his
brotherin-aw. of the late Marcus DAILY, of Mon
tana
g. His wife, who was daughter of Marcus
DAILY, inherited share in a large stock and farm
enterprise in Montana at her fathers DEATH and
this forced him to study farming exhaustively.
These are all-positively all-the claims adj
vanced by Mr. Gerard for being considered "a
hard headed businessman
Mr.. Gerard, for good measure, tells US in his
latest circular that he has "a wonderfully pleas
ing personality" that he neither smokes,
chews nor drinks and that his benefactions
amount to thousands Of dollars annually
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-15

Grass hoppers in South America, we are now
informed, attain length Of five inches, with a
wing spread of ten inches. Why circulate re-
ports like this just when everybody is trying
to stimulate friendly relations with the repub-
lies on the south side of the isthmus?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-15

With Governor Edwards wet plank and Col
onel Bryans wet blanket the San Francisco
convention may find it a little hard to set the
country on fire.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26
Jokes tA7E IN The PULPIT
Men Of thu Cloth Have Frequently
Beer Gifted With a Keen
S..i-s Of Humcr.

Ministers If religion seem to be
blessed with o sense Of humor, re-
marks London Tit-Bits. A reverend
gentleman apparently possessed an
overwhelming sense of humor, but
his tests and jokes, although Occa-
sionally ill-timed and delivered at
inopportune moments, were never
theless amusing.
1t is said that once on going up
into his pulpit, he found that the
pages of his sermon had been put
out Of order by a brother humorist
who wa present, and as he had not
numbered them he was unable, OF
most likely did not trouble, to get
the pages in order again.
He explained the matter to his
flock, and then told them who was
responsible. He then said, Give no
time to put the leaves in their
proper places. | shall read it as
lind it. You can put it together
when you get home" He then read
through the confused mass Of pa
per. One wonders what his congre-
CATION thought of it'll
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26
LOYAL.

Many stories have been told Of
certain women since they have re
ceiyed the ballot in regard to thel
seeming indifference to the use Of
it, but a Jay county womaB had al
unusual answer as to why she would
not take advantage Of the right o.
suffrage.
A young woman was taking tn
poll and on asking about politic
afiliation, was somewhat SURPRISED
to hear the woman reply:
81 am not going to register am
| am not going to vote. ! have twl
husbands dead-one was a RepuG
bean and the other was a Demo
crat, and I'm not going to yot
against either one of them"
The poll-taker wondered what he
dead husbands we're running for
indianapolis News.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26
BY SOME E.

Spying an empty seat on a street
car, | hurried over and sat down
next to a vell-dressed young wom-
IN. In placing my handkerchief in
my pocket | must have gathered up
somehow the girls silk ribbon sash,
for as she rose to 60 she noticed her
sash in my pocket, and, turning to
me, asked me to kindly give it to
her. | pulled out my handkerchief
and along with it came the two ends
Of her sash, much crumpled and
mnssed from having lodged in my
pocke'. | a~pologized, and promptly
buried myself in nay newspaper to
hide from the amused eyes of all
around me.-Exchange.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26
GETTING PRACTICAL.

"You know Boobins, the tenor
who used to sing to Miss Skeezicks
that every morn he would bring her
violets?7
Eyes; did he?"
That's what he did, and they
got married and now they're living
in the country where every morn he
has to bring her two buckets Of wa
ter and help wipe the dishes p
Richmond Timcs-D Dispatch.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26
YUctTAa MAYAs STILL PAGAN
Religion Of Their Fathers With Its
Legends Is Kept Alive by
indians.

The cities OF a nation may fell
into decay, the life Of a people be
altered by conquest, but their be-
liefs and traditions remain. This
is a fact which emerges from all
wcltar Of human activity and event,
but nowhere is il more strikingly
illustrated than in the history Of
the Mayas Of YGeatan.
The Spaniards came with their
civilization, their customs, their re-
lision, which in the zeal Of those
fcry times allowed OF no conpro-
mise with other beliefs. The ma
ives were pagans. The plain duty
ras to make them Catholics. This
a. done vigorously, reientlessly.
But today, under a thin veneer OF
Catholicism, the worship Of Pain
Ill-tun, the Sacred Four, the old
Iayan religion IS still practiced IN
iucalan. The legends and stories
heIicv,d by the Indians today are
he same told by their ancestors.
md t c same spirits Of good and
vii people the forests and luhabit
the fountains and plains.-Pan-
American Magazine.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26
FRIEND OF BOTH.


There is a widely known English
soldier and sportsman who will be
able to claim family relationship
with the White House after March.
1921, no matter who is our next
president. Maj. Harding Cox, au.
thor, composer, painter and all
around athlete in his varsity DAYS
at Cambridge, carries a name that
combines those of his paternal and
maternal ancestors. He is one of tn,
best-known men about town in Lon.
don.-Boston Post.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26
Constipation.

The beginning of almost every
serious disorder is constipation.
If you want to enjoy good health
keep your bowels regular. This
is best accomplished by proper
diet and exercise, but sometimes
a medicine is needed and when
that is the case you will find
Chamberlain's Tablets are excel.
lent. They are mild and gentle
in their action, easy and pleas
ant to take. Give them a trial
They only cost a quarter.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26
An Agreeable Surprise.

about three years ago when
! suffered from a severe cold on
my lungs and coughed most of
the time night and day, l tried
a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and was surprised at
the promptness with which it
gave me relief" writes Mrs,
James Brown, Clark Mills, N. Y.
Many another has been surpris-
ed and pleased with the prompt
relief afforded by this remedy
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26
FULLY INFORMED.

"What we need is production"
$50 | have heard" replied Farm
er Corntossel. "from a whole lot Of
summer boarders who don't DO any
thing except sit around and wait
for some one to bring the glad It'd
ings that dinner is ready. Wash
ington Star.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26
KEEP YOUNG.

People w5th bad backs and
weak kidneys are apt to feel old
at sixty. Many old folks say
Doan's Kidney Pills help them
keep young. Here's a Lexington
case:
w. E. Tar-lton, retired farmer,
zoos Main St, says; i am a man
past seventy-seven years of age
and | believ e the occasional use
of Doan's Kidney Pills has kept
my kidneys in good condition.
Years ago | wa troubled a great
deal with kidney weakness. Ev-
cry muscle An my back was sore
and lame and sharp twinges Of
pain would often catch me il
the small of my back. My kid
neys were weak and the secre-
tions were highly colored and
contained sediment l read "a
bout Doan's Kidney Pills and
bought som e at Mars halls Drug
Store. Relief soon followed and
it was not long before Doan's
Kidney Pills cured me up in
good shape again. Since that
time | have used Doan's Kidney
Pills off and on as "a tonic for my
kidneys. me keep me in fine
condition. ! certainly think
Doan's are a fine kidney RENE
dy."
60c, at ain dealers Foster-Mil-
burn Co.. MEfgrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26

Many farmer boys viii enter
the Chillicothe Business College
for the big Winter Opening Dec
ember 9th, some for regular
business and telegraphic cours-
es' others for special work in
rarm accounting, Adv.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26
D

"The man you see yonder is a
highwayman.'
Good graciousl Such a gentle.
manly looking nan a robber?s
"No, not at all. An aviator.
Baltimore American.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.

This remedy is intended es-
pecially for coughs, colds, Group
and whooping cough. From a
small beginning its sale and use
has extended to all parts of the
United States and to many for
eign countries. This alone is e.
nough to convince one that it is
medicine of more than ordinary
merit. Give it a trial and you
will find this to be the case.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26

The Chillicothe Business Col
lege has secured Mr.. Traugh-
Der HuItz as leader Of the college
orchestra for the present sea-
son. Mr.. Huitz also greatly
strengthens the orchestra by
playing first violin. Adv
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26
LgAKAoE.

1--WE used to hold investigations
to see whether money was leaking
out" mused Senator Sorghum.
"lsn't it the salae way now ~
@No. Now the idea Is to hold rs.
vestieations to see whether too much
money isn't leaking in.S
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26

Imagine the wailing and nash
ing of teeth if Mr.. Harding
stands pat on the order Of Pres
ident Wilson placing postmast-
ers in the civil service. 1t would
only be fair play if he did; as
President Wilson did not inter-
fere with the order of President
Taft, placing all assistant post
masters in the civil services. But
no telling what will happen un-
der normally"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26
"HoLY RUssA~ A MlsaoMER
Expose Shows That Many OF the So
Called Sacred Relics Are
Dummies.

For centuries the Russians used
to style their country "lIoly Rus
sia," but under the bolshevist
regime they must forsake the appel
lation, for so-called holy relics OF
Russian saints on examination prove
to be gross receptions on the part
Of monks. Annually thousands of
russians made piigrimages to these
shrines and contributed money ac-
cording to their means, writes DR..
Peter J. Popof i'll Current History
In the presence Of high digni-
aries Of the church and representa-
tiyes Of the people, the relics Of ST.
Mitrofan, a contemporary and Co
worker Of Peter the Great, were
opaned at the monastery Of that
name at Yarenesh. and found to be
an imitation Of a human body
stuffed with cotton. Next were ex-
amined the relics Of st. rikhon at
Ialonsk, in Yaronesh province, and
found 10 consist Of cardboard con-
tanning some homes. For centuries
men and woneu have kissed ahat
was supposed to he the hand Of St,
M%itrofan, seen through a minute
opening in tie white kid glove Of
the saint. and believed the saint to
- - w-s
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26
THE ONLY WAY.

81 know he's rich, but he's such a
horrid old man | don't see how
Grace could marry him"
Because there's no other way to
be his widow, my dear."-Baltimore
American.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26
IN v OF THE RlcH.

Mrs. Multirox-How can You pre-
tend to give me better bargains than
YOU do anyone else? You charged
me a dollar a pouaG for bacon and
sold the same thing to Mrs. Middle
class for Is cents.
The Market Man-But, my dear
madam. IS cents was all the money
Mrs. Middleclass had.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26

Lynn Welsh Of Santa Anna,
Calf, arrived Wednesday night
for a several weeks visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Glisch Of
Waverly, spent Sunday here
with relatives.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-26

Misses Mary Cavanaugh and
Margaret Mcdonald of Kansas
City, spent yesterday here with
relatives.
Miss Mildred Lohoefner of
Aullyille, spent yesterday here
with Miss Margaret Roberts.