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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28
TIE PETRoGRAD OF TODAY.

letter written by Nicholas Lordansky, the
editor of a monthly journal suppressed py tile
holsheyiki, who, like other RUSSIAN mteAec
tnals.' had to fly for refuge to Finland, Tells
how the inhabitants of Petrograd are living
mr. dying-under the strange new order. ei
Things He has gathered some OF his tacts
from the evidence of other refugees VINO nave
come to Finland from Petrograd, hleV ana oInei
Russian cities
In Petrograd there are now not more than 1oar
hundred and fifty thousand people Shops ana
factories are doing no business. very Few
homes have fire or heat Of any KIND Inc
streets are almost empty. One sees no CABS or
cypress wagons Now and then one sees the
automobile of a soviet "comlnisar.' The ar
* clear because of the city's desolatlon. Petro-
grad has beauty unknown In the days OF us
splendor under the cars, but it is what byron
called 1.-The gilded halo lowering round de
csy."
Wretched persons not only Of the ''bour-
seois' but also of the working class have, when
ever they could fled from cold, hunger and ter
rcrism But while one part Of the population
mas disappeared TO escape death from a stat
walton which comes to the weak, another part
has been adapting itself to the economic sltua-
ticn by living on coarse and even insufficient
food Thus natural selection rules In this I'M
Happy city, once Russia s proud capital.
It is in the villages that plenty is to be found.
Those who have been paid their salaries or
wages in the city frequently travel by train or
Oh foot to the nearest village where in exchan5 ;
ior clothes, ribbons, bedding or other materials
they can get flour, bread or potatoes. They re.
turn to the city to feed themselves and their
furnishing families. Some of the soviet soldiers
surrepttiously make money by selling food.
Few of the inhabitants of Petrograd discuss
politics They have two dominating passions
hatred of the government and wofish desire
for food.
Moral restraints among the youth of Petro-
e1ad are relaxed. Young girls are not ashamed
&c Quit their homes and associates with soldiers
OF sailors.
Some Of the Russian peasants have grown
rich. They have been allowed to manage thei,
affairs and so long as the soviet govern
!pent does not interfere with them they will be
loyal to it. They have wealth and they have
movies" theaters and concerts to amuse
them A new society is arising in Russia
The peasant is the master Of Russia s future
if he only knew it. He or his sons supply the
fighters for the bolshevik army. He might BY
a revolution Of his easily wipe out bolshc-
Sism. But while he prospers, he is not likely
10 revolt When the Russian peasantry want 10
end the soviet tyranny, they have it in their
power to do so.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28

clever daughter OF the famous Swe'
dish botanist. Linnaus, noticed that
some nasturtiums in her fathers gar
den were emitting tiny but distinct
flashes of light, first one flower then
another would throw out an evan
escent beam. Though at first her
assertion was received with doubt,
other investigators soon proved it to
be true, and it is now known that not
only nasturtiums but many other
flowers exhibit this luminosity. "a.
mellias have been seen to glow with
a mooplike radiance.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Mason City Globe Gazette and
Times: Formerly they used to pros
ecute people for working on Sunday.
Now they have to prosecute some OF
them to make 'em work any at all
Waterloo Times-Tribune The
change from government control
hasn't made it any easier to open a
car window.
Des Moines Register: Just as a
reminder that war away back in the
COS was not any picnic, either, II
may be mentioned that the saving OF
of arms and legs was done without
anesthetics.
Marshalltown Times Republican:
Poland has $4,000 bolsheviki corralled.
She also has big job of delousing
and scrubbing them. Even victory has
it's drawbacks.
Atlantic News Telegraph: The best
service the republican party, returned
to power, can render the people OF the
nation will be to revise the tax laws
and lessen the burden on the people.
The Davenport Times: President
Huerta of Mexico has made one move
that is distinctly in the line of reform.
He has stopped open gambling in Ju-
arez, where games of chance have
flourished for at least thirty years.
Davenport Democrat: It's no
wonder there are auto bandits in Chi
cago when they can pick up cool
hundred thousand as easily as the ROB
bers did who made off with q mail
sack there Friday.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The people
who made money on sugar this year
are those who didn't buy.
Palo Alto Reporter: The report
has gotten out that owing to the re-
cent rains that were general over the
state there will be big crop OF hon
ey. Look out for another report that
will be in all of the papers that some
thing dreadful has happened to the
bees and that the crop of honey VIII
be practically nothing. 1t always
happens that way these days.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28

pendent), Wall street organ of the
Wall streeters, comes out for the
democratic ticket. The Evening Post
is owned by Thomas w. Lamont, Of
the great banking house of J. P. Nor
gan & Co. Further comment is I'M
necessary
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28

And now it is the shah Of Persia who is to be-
come a charter member Of the Ex-Potentates
Benefit Association and Club. He might trv
the vaudeville stage for one season. and failing
IN that there is open to him positions as barker
Ter side shows in our American circuses.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28
NEGRO COMMON SENSE.

The constructive element of the negro race
In the United States has been girding itself for
the annual session of the National Negro Bus
ress League in Philadelphia. The great motive
power in the league is DR.. R. R. Motion, princi-
pal of Tuskegee university, and with him arc
associated negroes who for twenty-one years
nave been pulling their people upward by means
of sensible education, thrift and common sense.
Or. Notions opening address, in which he out
lines the three great needs of the negro thrift
to finance negro businesses, newspapers to make
known his people s needs and accomplishments,
and utilization with other negro organizations ),
points out how such a triple movement would
soon stamp out lynching and other curses under
'Tiieh the negro lives. He says very truly:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28

One of those persons who will never let sleep
i3g dogs lie wants to know whether they have
recaptured the other Bergdoll, and if not, where
he is. Our own guess is that he is now IN
Europe enjoying trip through the battlefelds
of France
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28

Big crops, but, more, and confidence in the
result of the presidential and congressional
elections are having their effect upon commod.
lty prices, which are returning to reasonable
'asis Stories of the attempts of producers to
keep prices up may be true or they may be on'y
gossip. If they be true, there are going to be
some disappointed profteers in this country
very soon. The people are growing less extra
VI giant, and extravaganza is the root of profit
eei ing.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28

This league enters upon era of useful.
ness and power and opportunities for service
TO our race and to the country unlimited, if
keep feet the ground, and our heads level.
And whatever the development of the future
hope it will always remain dignifed, respected
organization; that it will always stand for the high
est and best in the and in the country; that
it will always throw the weight of its influence
against all forms OF wrong and injustice, and that
it shall ask for the negro not pity privileges not
enjoyed by worthy American citizens; but it
does ask and will continue to ask that negroes to
the same degree a others shall share the bles-
sings and privileges of American citizenship in
every line of human endeayor-no more and
less.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28

One of the 'isrns tht should be eliminated
from politics is bossism.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28

Many dangerous temptation comes to Us
in fine gay colors that are only SKIN deep
Mathew Henry.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28

Of all we are supposed to stana
raised to the highest power.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28

r--.>-.. ,.ve keen introduced trslp
fully In New Zea ana
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28

The Swiss have invented a silencer that takes
The curse off the buzzing airplane motor. Good
news. But what is needed in Keokuk is some
inventor who will take the keen edge off the
clies Of the nocturnal felines who thread their
w"y through yards and gardens, making night
hideous with their madigrals.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28

Mason City Globe Gazette and
Times: Formerly they used to pros
ecute people for working on Sunday.
Now they have to prosecute some OF
them to make 'em work any at all
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28

The hackers of Queen Marie's Rumanian
play, 1.-The Lily of Life are taking long fin
ancial chance in offering to this country play
''sung and danced and based on fairy tale,
unless, of course the title is the name of a brand
Of soap and one of the scenes is laid in the bath
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The people
who made money on sugar this yea
are those who didn't buy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

State of Iowa, Lee County.-ss
In the District Court of Said Cous
AZ KeohlIk
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-28

Waterloo Times Tribune: The
change from government control
hasn't made it any easier to open a
car window.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-02
Scotch Declare
 American Brand
 of Whiskey Bad

Greenock, Scotland, May 1.-Amer- ican rye whiskey now being import ed into this country is said to be of the "shock" variety by the chief constable here, who had filed a re- port on the subject.
 The effects of pre-war whiskey, he says, even when it had not been bonded for three years before being sold at retail, were nothing in char acter to those of some of the 2re:,- ent day whiskies which only recent ly appeared here.
 "Whatever their composition is" the officer declares "the;r effects are terrible. They not only poison, but madden, and leave persons nervous and depressed after the intoxicating effects have passed away.'
 These whiskies are known locally as "snake-bite.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-02

citizens in supreme crises. We had enough people of various sects and creeds during the European war who would not fight. Our laws are leni- ent and many of them escaped ser.
 vice. The Mennonites were not forced to fight. But we don't need any more citizens of this type. Peo- pie no matter what their nationality may be, no matter what their relig- ious beliefs ought to be given the right to share in America's growth and wealth. But we have enough
 of the class who have forgotten or who will not learn what patriotism is.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-02
HOME MADE BOOZE

Nominally the nation is bone dry; actually, it is almost as moist as ever, but with a strange, new, anna teur and homemade moisture. Eve rybody's brewing it, but they all are
 brewing it in different ways. They meet and exchange experiences, for Smulas and samples, and never in the
 history of the country was there sSssuch widespread interest in the chem ssistry of intoxicants.
 Some librarians have censored all |svolumes containing information on
 the subject of brewing, whiting and
 distilling and there arc gaps in their
 encyclopedias, but the literature of enlivening liquids is very extensive
 and accessible. Even if it were not,
 the human instinct for making
 draughts with "kick" would come
 to the rescue of the industriously
 thirsty. The earliest nature study revealed the plants from which some form of "joy juice" may be extract ,ed. The most benighted of savages Nere quick to seize upon the herbs with a latent jolt or narcotic balm Huxley says that savage mans first Step toward civilization was when he devised some way of qualifying his water, and scientists tell us that civ iizatiop is many thousand years old CT than some of us may believe.
 It will be interesting to observe the results of the prevailing enthusiasm for the study of chemistry. The eearch for new explosives is as noth- 1 lne for new ways of getting an in teFnsl "kick. ."-San Francisco Bull letdn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-02
Too Much Statute
 Law Troubling U. s.
 Says Senator Owen

New York, May 1.-The weakness of the American government is too much statute law, too little enforce ment, too many officials, too little control over official non-feasance, misfeasance and malfeasance Sena- tor Owen of Oklahoma, a candidate for the democratic presidential nomi- nation declared tonight in speech before the New York Press club.
 Urging repeal of the war statutes, especially the espionage and seditiop, acts, he announced opposition to any new sedition laws or any interference with free speech, free press, free as- Semblage and free representation.
 Declaring for ratification of the peace treaty with esuch reasonable reservations as shall prevent it's mis- interpretation" the speaker said the treaty should not be used "as a smoke screen to conceal from public scrut- iny our great domestic problems af- fecting the high cost of living"
 "The one overwhelming domestic problem" he said, "is to abate the abuses of private monopoly and profiteering; to share the evil of ex- cess profits, to stop hoarding, to stop the interference with normal output to stop extortion and unfair prices. The cost of living must be lowered by increased production and distribu- tion, by stimulating both capital and labor to honest efforts.
 "The federal reserve act should be administered in the interest of the people. A stable and low rate of in- terest should be made to member banks and usury should be treated in the U. s. as serious misdemeanor, for it is one of the chief factors in reserve board and the federal reserve banks to the member banks as the standard is vital to the reasonable refinancing of the country and other industrial enterprises"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-02
FALSE ALARMS.

k Several weeks ago Attorney Gen.
 eral Palmer announced that ths "outlaw" switchmen's strike was fos. tered by radicals, directed by Foster $ leader of the ill-fated steel striek, an dhad it's inspiration di- srect from Russia. It was all move
 E. against the United Satcs government. F ne said. Leaders in the strike and Eeome labor leaders who were opposed to the strike answered MT. Palmer by
 stating that the strike was merely a walkout of discontented men who EB wanted more money and who were Unwilling to wait until their union chiiefs obtained it for them. The # Russian inspiration, they said, was , ' myth. Was Palmer right rwere
 the labor leaders right? The public
 waited for action from Palmer to prove his assertions and they're still
 kaiting.
 This week Attorney General Palm sRr islued lengthy statement declar- B Ing that bolshevists in the United e States had marked for assassination
 large number of public officials and that wholesale revolutionary movement was planned for May day. s The day before the first of May, how ever, he followed this with another astatement in which he said that the sassassinations probably would not
 occur, and that there probably would
 be no general strike. A number of men might take May day rest, he < 1aid.
 @ Starting revolutions in statements
 and blowing them up in statements @is . harmless indoor sport. It IS sprety fair matter for tic newspaper reads. But it is inadvisable to alarm the public when there is no occa-
 sion for alarm. It is a bad thing Fsto predict 2 general strike" when mo general strike is planned. Scores |sof men were off the job yesterday sand production accordingly was slow sssed up. Palmer put the idea in their
 heads and so they took the day off. : Lots of other people were nervous 's&nd hundreds of women whose hus-
 bands and brothers are workers in industrial plants or are public offi- seials were needlessly worried. < MT. Palmex may qualify for the { SAnnanias Club yet if he continues to
 present revolutions that don't de- 5 velop.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-02
To Form Machine
 Gun Company Here

A machine gun company as a branch of the state. national guard will be formed in Pine Bluff by J. c. Cone, former army aviator. MT. Cone has been authorized by the state adjutant general to proceed with the organization of the compa. ny, and sergeant instructor from Fort Roots will come here next week to assist in organizing the company. Other officers of the company will include Sam Trimble and Joe Gle ments. The company will be limited to 50 men. Browning machine guns, side, arms and uniforms will be fur nished by the government.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-02
BAKERS ON STRIKE.

New Orleans, May Flour hun dred journeymen bakers went on strike today when master bakers de- clined to meet their demands for closed shops. Almost complete ab- sence of pastries was the most mo- ticeable feature of the strike. Bread deliveries were made as usual
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-02
LOGS COST s25O.

Vancouver, B. C., May IA great log, that appeared sound and clean, cost mainland sawmill $250 this week. When the big circular saw bit into the timber it flew to pieces, and investigation showed 25-pound shell imbedded in the center. The tree had been brought from point up the coast and had probably been used years ago as target for guns of British navay ships cruising on the Gulf of Georgia. The shell is of the type used by the navy about 25 years ago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-02

The Mennonites are planning a col onyein the Mississippi valley. They dialike Canada. They want religious freedom; and they want to be assured that in the event of future wars they will be given guarantee that their scruples against fighting will De obesrved In other words they want country where they can fattdn and still escape the duties of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-02
8O,OOO Pounds of
 Sugar are Seized

Omaha. Neb., May 1.-Federal agents last night seized car of SUI
 gar containing 80,000 pounds as it was about obe sent to Des Moines They said the sugar was shipped from San Fraicisco March N22 to a Chicago firm and diverted at Savan- nah, Illinois, to Omaha. Seizures here total 25O,000 pounds.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-02
Pittsburgh Shows
 Slight Increase

Washington, May 1.--Census fig ures include:
 Pittsburgh 5SS,193. an increase of 54 ,2S8, or 10.2 per cent.
 Terre Haute, Ind, 65,914.
 Joplin, Mo-, 29,S55, decrease of 2,21S, or 6.9 per cent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-02
RAISE SUGAR PRICE.

Salt Lake City, May 1.-The Utah- Idaho Sugar Company, largest pro- ducers in the inter-mountaln regloh today announced an increase in thelr nrice of refined sugar from thlf- teen cent basis to 22.75 cenfs a hound. This caused a jump Tn the retail prices of beet sugar here rom Is cents to 28 cents a pound. me company has declined to state the reason for the advance.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-02
UPHOLD LEVER ACT.

Buffalo. N. r., May 1.-In a decis-
 lon in United States court today by Judge John R. Hazel in alleged profi- teerlng cases, the Lever food control act provision against unjust and un- tutional. IVY VT =
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-02
TREATY TO HUNGARY.

Paris, May 1.-The council of ann bassadors has fixed Thursday next for the delivery of the treaty to the Hungarian delegation. The Hunga- rians will be allowed ten days for examination of the document before signing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-02

ness stand he had shot and killed two
 men and wounded another in two
 robberies tonight was found guilty of the murder of Polidaris Serdakis. Judge Sabath fixed his punishment at death.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-02
RUSSIAN SCIENTIST DIES.

Moscow, May 1.-The death of K. A. Timiriaseff, the Russian scientist, is announced. He was forty years old
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-02
FREIGHT NEAR No

Oklahoma City, okis9 ths \ Freight conditions in N nsI yards here were ciosss s;ncA ; day than at any tlme ls asJsS IVY of switchmen last IuesS p road officials declarsa. ton was reported.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1920-08-27

tho d6veru, vejensky je siabyI
st&t lebo dl'a mierovej smluvy
nesmie ma + Wac vojska, ako 35,-
900, . hospodarsky je tiez slaba,
NAdost&vs - mu surovin, ahliA,
drsva, ieieza, petroleja, vodnScil
sill, sko zakladu priemyslu . bu-
de m6ct vyv&zat' len vyrobky
pol 'n6ho hospodarstya, hlavne
obilie q dobytok. Ale v s1sednJch
statoch, hlavne Y Jnhoslayii, Ru-
munsku q Ruska j " tom bude
mat Goskorp vyznamnych konku-
rentov mehoyite ked So este
upiatni americlkA ,konkurencia,
ktora az pred vejhou ohrozoVa-
la pol 'nohospodarske zAujmy
Uhorska. Valecnym d povaleG-
nym statnyn hospodarstvom pr
viedlo So Mad 'arsko k financnyr1
rozpakom, ktore kto vie, q nepo.
vedia k financnemu bankrotu
We'd yoiaanE psEsi6sky v ovel Ike;
vassiiiae nsaisstsns 81 u mad ar
/ skych hknk pestiaaskych, 'obchos
a5eh : prienyseanych spolkoy
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1920-08-27
NIEGO z POLITIKY.

Nachadzame plnom pride volebnvch agitacil
" len nieco vyse dvoch mesiacov chybue prezdent
skym vol bam Vsetky strany usilujd omal ovat jed
druh1 derno, mesto toho, aby jasnejse vyslo
vovaly syojich celoch Iaanoch, ked prdu Wade
Guverner Cox demokraticky kandidat ma prezidenta
vysoy po tieto dni ze republican, chcn budnce vob
zak1pit' ze tomu celu nasbierai patnast nlionoy
dOlaroV Je to sce pekna sumcka ale vel e pochybne
q nou da zakdpit yyse at'desiat mionoy hlasov
nac obzaloba tato by bola vel mi vtana keby guverner
Cox u podal trochu jasnejsom svetle al dokaza Go
tvrdl Byya to VI tax, ked mekto chce odyratit po-
zornost' Cd seba krici prstom nkaznje dluh6bo.
Vn,az byVa vel 'kodnsnym saaierliy5m yoci poraze
n6na Paaiaei buds vstave ukazat' pravom svetle
najblizsej prilezitosti.