davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15

National LEAGUE.

h yesterdays RESULTS.
Chicago, Z; Boston, l..
Brooklyn, 3; Cincinnati! 2.
st. Louis, q; New York, 4.
Pittsburgh, 6; Philadelphia, 1.
GAMES TODAY.
ST. Louis at New York.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
iCincinati at Brooklyn.
Chicago at Boston.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15

Chick" Harley, last year star
backfield performer for Ohio State
University. will have full and cons
plete charge Of the Buckeye back
field men next fall. Opach Wilce
recently annohnced he knew of no
better authority on backfield play
than the former Buckeye star whose
sensational runs sbaffled nearly all
opposition in the big Ten
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-15

and at various periods, wofkmen OF
every kind to complete the house at
Great Bradley. Altho he began his
work thirty years ago, the actual fin-
ishing touches have not! been made
until within the last few years. Those
finishing touches were the most es-
sential. I have discovered that the
two men who were shot in Brakely
Square, were separately and individ
ually employed in making certain al
terations to the house and installing
certain machinery.
zone was young architect, the
other was a general utility man. They
were unknown to each other; each
did his separate piece OF work and
was sent back to his native land.
BY some misohance they succeeded in
discovering who their employer was.
and they both arrived. unfortunately
for them, simultaneously at the door
of Fallock or Farrington's house with
the object of Matchmaking him. Far
rington overheard the conversation;
he admitted as much.
"He stood at the door. saw them
flourishing their pistols and thought
1t was an excellent opportunity to rid
himself Of a very serious danger. He
shot them from the doorway, closed
the doorway behind him. and re-
turned the revolver to its drawer in
his study, and came down in time to
meet the policemen with energetic
protestations of his terror. I smelt the
powder when went into the house;
there is no mistaking the smell Of
cordite fired in 30 confined place
as the hallway OF a house. And LADY,
Dex also was there: she must have
witnessed the shooting"
why did she come ?'5l asked the
chief.
lTo be continued.)
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09
HOUSEHOLD sHIMMYiNe-

Des Moines Tribune: 1t is no new
discovery the dancing masters have
made when they tell the world that
shimmying and the "shimmy" dance
are great muscle developers. Most
any housewife knew that years ago.
Here are some splendid shimmy ex-
ercises that are guaranteed to give
the subject a perfect set OF shoulders
and arms:
Take broom handle in both hands,
stand OF well, holding the broom
about foot in front of the body, so
the bristles just touch the floor. Then
move vigorously from left to right, the
one movement being carried clear
across the room until the floor is swept
clean.
Take firm stand before mothers
ironing board, both feet on the floor,
and grasp the iron by the handle
Slide the iron rapidly back and forth
over some garment that has been well
washed and starched. This is espec-
tally recommended for the shoulders.
Cornell university has issued bull
letin on the proper stance" in dish
washing. Why not? If half the
energy that is being put into SHIN
mying were directed to housework.
young women would not only elimi-
nate the dance hall problem, but they
would be healthier and prettier.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09

Those Americans who live along this eide Of
the Mexican border know that Villa has sur.
rendered; but they ask, will he stay surrender.
led7
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09
OUR YOUNG GANGsTERs.

Keokuk is not alone among cities in the TN
Ienviable distinction of having TO face a social
IprobleIn the solution of which is by many citl-
zens mistakenly considered ground only for
police activity. a condition that Is dangerous
to the civic and moral health may not arise,
| or it may be reduced to minimum, were under
lying sources of its growth recognized with such
force as to call for immediate capital operation
Proper association, correct early education and
a more watchful control on the part of parents
would do much toward warding off tendency
that comes to such result as is witnessed IN the
lease of four young men of Keokuk who journey
led by automobile to Basco early on Saturday
morning, bent on turning dishonest dollar by
Iburglarious raid on the store of merchant in
the Illinois village.
Probably the result of these young bandits
exploit viii be term in the Illinois state pris-
on for each of them This, and the crime with
which they are charged, might have been avoid
ed had they been subject to the protection
against evil and it's commission that goes hand
In hand with good social training. But they
were permitted to go their way; they had no
regular employment; their gambling instinct
furthered by the pool halls and other resorts.
was developed; to look upon another's prop
erty as good to get and get it while the getting
is good, is one of their cardinal doctrines Their
non-observance of moral law and contempt for
constituted authority has brought them to con-
temptation of penal future, as has. been pre-
dicted more times than few.
1t is a sad commentary on conditions And
how easily these conditions might have been
changed under proper methods of education at
home and in the community circle!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09
Editorial Views on Cox's Speach

as the president wants 1t. and at
the same time to be surmised
that il he should be elected those
in favor OF reservations could en-
pect q helping hand from him
Kansas City Star: Only one
sharply defined issue between
the two parties is made in Gov.
Cox's speech of acceptance. That
issue is the league of nations. AS
to domestic policies, no we'll
defined line OF cleavage appears
from a comparison Of the candi-
dates' speeches.
1t has been given out from the
Cox circle that the governor
wanted TO forget the league of ma
tons, in which he had no real
interest, and make the campaign
one of progressiYism against re-
action. Perhaps that sounded well
to disaffected democrats. But the
speech OF acceptance shows that
If the plan were contemplated it
has collapsed.
The governor could not get
away from the Wilson program il
he would, and his speech shows
clearly there is no great progress.
sive-conserTative issue or which
to make the fight. The contest re-
mains on the league OF nations.
Sun and New York Herald: Wo
submit and we register here our
conviction that it will be the over
whelming verdict of the Ameri-
can people that it is an axiom of
craftsmanship and of common
sense that any public document,
any law. any contract, any treaty
OF so grave and vast Importance
as this one seeking to merge the
sovereignty OF the United States
into the governments of the old
world must say just what it
means. 1t must say it SO directly,
SO clearly, so precisely and SO
finally as to make the ouilest
eyes and the thickest head know
all that it means and can mean If
it does not do exactly this. thing
the balanced American brain and
the sharpened American con-
science must decide that what
Mr.. Wilson's and Mr.. Cox's
treaty needs is not to be frescoed,
decorated and loaded up with
margin notes of explanation,
footnotes of elucidation and APP
pendix notes of further refer
ence but to be rewritten from
start to finish and by new hands.
Gov. Cox's league declaration,
neverless, plants him four square
on this crucial national issue.
He sends his challenge to the
nation that he wants It just as
Mr. Wilson wants and DEGREES it.
He wants to stand or fall on it.
Brooklyn Standard Union: Cox,
as a candidate, is for the league
Of nations. Every vote for Cox
will be a vote for that hideous
league to promote war. that by
its own terms drags us into
every war that can possibly arise
I'd
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09
Speed Up the Eqa Factory.

Hearst'g Magazine: Experiments
conducted at the Kentucky agricultur-
al station have shown that. under GER
tain conditions, a group Of hens may
be- made TO increase their laying
capacity By s5.4 per cent by the sim
pie expedient Of feeding them frag-
pcntg Of oyster shells or OF crushed
Limestone.
The need Of lime and other mineral
constituents TO make the shell Of the
cry jg obyious enough; and at mo-
ment'g reflection makes it equally
clear that the egg itself must hold
IN solution a considerable quantity Of
mineral matter TO make the tissues,
Including the bones, Of the future
chick. Clearly enough. the hen can
NOT function az An efficient egg-fac-
fgry unless the adequate supplies OF
pgoteins and fats and carbohydrates,
afs supplied her.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09

New York Tribune: Those who
expected Gov. Cox TO speak out
concerning the league. cherished
a vain hope. His three column
contribution does not contain
single plain and uneQuivocai
declaration Standing on a plat
form which faces two ways, the
candidate swings like pendu-
lum- He stands like the donkey
who starved TO death between
two haystacks, because unable 10
decide which way TO turn Death
is ON the lower road and .4injuns"
are on the upper. and he takes TO
the woods. Gov. Cox. OF course,
knows flat ratification is iinpossi-
bic, and that to insist on it is
not consistent with practical
friendship for the league of peace
principle He is fully aware that
by no political miracle will The
20 flat ratificationists be swollen
into the 81 necessary to ratify-
But he seems to care little for the
league. What he wants is to be
elected. and SO he ducks rs poll
clans of his class commonly do.
New York Times: The speech
at once topples over the whole
series of fantastic imaginauons
with which the republicans have
been comforting their hearts.
Gov. Cox was going 10 have diff
Guilty in reconciling his position
with that of the president. He
was going to minimize the issue
of the league of nations, would be
found pussyfooting on the demo
cratic platform; and would have
TO dodge and straddle in order
TO hold together the diverse ele-
ments of his support. But the
plain tale of the speech of accept
ance Immediately puts all this
down Gov. Cox commits himself
in the fullest way to the league.
II the republicans want
ed the issue squareiy joined, they
have got it. And they have also
got, ii is evident, a man who will
keep them busy defending them
selves and explaining and apollo
ginning until November. Gov. Cox
has, by his courageous and di-
rect speech, taken the initiative
in the campaign, and plainly in
tends to keep it.
New York Evening Mail: Gov. :
Cox is for the league of nations,
Wilson version, as much as any
man can be for something when
he does not know exactly what he
is for. Over his address accept
ing the democratic nomination
for president should be written
the confession of his party chair
man, George White: I'VE don't
know much about the league of
nations in Ohio" If words can re-
veal what is in a mans mind. the
words of Mr.. Cox on the league
of nations show vacuum, except
that he is for it
Albany Evening Journal: He
Cox wants it to be understood
that he stands for the covenant
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09
The proper means of increasing the love
we bear our native country is to reside some
time in foreign one.-Shenstone.
AMERICA s TIMBER PROBLEM.

The amount of timber cut each year from thu
forests Of the United States is about three time;
the annual growth. Lack OF an adequate ma
tionaI forestry policy, together with specula
ton in privately owned timber lands and the
absence Of cooperation within the industry 1t
self, have all combined rapidly to reduce tho
country's timber resources Provisions for re
fcrestation up to the present have been entire,
" inadequate and the oncoming growth Is said
to be Of inferior species and grade.
It is estimated that the United States orig
inally possessed eight hundred and fifty million
acres of timberland, of which only about five
hundred and forty-five million acres remain.
The original forest acreage contained approx
mately five thousand two hundred billion board
feet of understandable timber The latest esti-
mate Of timber remaining is two thousand,
eight hundred and twenty -six billion feet. Of
this difference about one-third has been lumber
ed one-third destroyed by forest fires and one
third wasted
The governments policy of alienation Of it's
timberlands has resulted in only about one-ffth
of the present stand being publicly owned,
whereas in 1870 the government owned approx
mately three-fourths of the country's timber
The opinion has been expressed in the lumber
trade that it may be desirable ultimately to
double the present acreage of the public forests
so that they would amount to from fortv TO fifty
per cent. of the total forest area This couId
be done by the extension of the national forests.
by purchase, by exchange of stumpage for land
and by placing under permanent administration
the forest lands now in the unreserved nnhlic
domain State and municipal forests mi oht alco
be established. Some depleted and wasted ont.
over and burned lands should be rebahltatod
The fire menace and the fact that timber tako-
generations to mature, all tend to DISCOURAGE &c,
forestation by private owners who too ofton
take short-signted view of their functions
According to Henry S. Graves, formerly cb;of
OF the United States forest service, if we hog,n
at the present time to protect our cut-over land,
from fire and use wholly practical forestry
methods to insure reproduction after logging
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09
RANDITRY IN THE CITIES.

! Terre Haute Star: Banditry in
American cities has come to be as
common as petty larceny. It is big
problem, not half comprehended, and
is yet to be taken up socfologically
1t has gone beyond the inert policing
aspect, the capture of the bandits and
! their punishment The cause must be
/ dealt with and prevention be the OBJ
ject in communities where bandits
menace life. The appalling fact is
that most city bandits are mere
youths and not old enough to be hard
ened or habitual criminals When in
vestigation has been made it has
been found that these youths are
without moral sense OF the value of
human life.
In Chicago, where bandits have
been most numerous for fifteen to
twenty years, no one apparently be-
lieyes he is his brothers keeper. The
public at large merely reads the
newspaper headlines and goes about
its respective individual affairs. It
was said there as to the rapidly in
creasing number OF deaths by auto
mobiles, more than one a day, that
were it reported man-eating tiger
was at large and taking a life a day,
the whole city would be aroused and
so it may be said relative to the ban
dts at large, who are accepted as
matter of course
Senator Harding told an inter
viewer that the quality of government
rests with the people themselves,
which is the same thing that Mr.. Lin
coni said at Gettysburg, government
by the people" In the many cities
where there has been the familiar
lapse into bad municipal conditions
in the past twenty-five years, the
bromidian has been that "a city gets
Just the kind OF a government it
wants" The administration, national,
state or municipal, will obey the de-
n1ands of the public If the people en-
make known what they
want done. Those in authority can
contribute in many ways to better
morale and such must precede better
morals and lesgening of crime.
Policing OF city may be so eff |
cient that the number OF arrests ex- |
ceedB that Of the preceding year, yet |
a city may be dereIfct as a COM
munfty in The larger meaning OF self |
government by the people"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
al ALONE ON THE HlLLT

ALL ALONE ON THE HILLTOP.
All alone the hilltop
Nothing but God and me,
and the springtne's resurrection,
Far shnings OF the sea
The rivers life in the valley
Hills dreaming of their past.
And all things silently opening,
Opening into the Vast!
Eternities past and future
Seem clinging to all see,
And things immortal cluster
Around my Bonded knee.
That pebble is older than Adam,
Secrets it hath to tell;
These rocks-they cry cut history
Could / but listen well
That pool knows the ocean feeling
OF storm and moon1ed tide;
The sun finds it's east and west therein,
And the stars find to glide.
That Hchens crinkled circle
Still creeps with the Life Divine,
Where the Holy Spirit loitered
On the way to this face of mine
On its way to the shining faces
Where angel lives are led;
And am the Uchen's circle
That creeps with tiny tread.
can hear these violets chorus
To the skys benediction above;
And we all together lying
On the bosom of Infinite Love.
w. C. Gannett
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09
The Motor Car. Death H....

!, The Motor Cars Death Hrs
Omaha World-Herald: Cove
statistics show that as the ~
OF automobiles increases, win i
increase climbs up the numha.
accidents and deaths in almost :
mathematical ratio. This wear -
will be in use 5000. 900 automoss ~
and trucks in the United States ny
1.-THE harvest of deaths will be rer.s
to be seen. It is hoped that the y
will be reduced. but it win M. y
unless pedestrians and drivers ~
harnoniously and sanely togetbe,
the elimination of needless coils.
Of cars, and of people and cars
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Waterloo Courier. In some states
law requires fun stop before pass
ing over railroad tracks II requires
quarter OF minute OF time, but
isn't 1t wen spent- II tourists were
TO stop at every, railroad crossing and
make sure of the right of way. the to-
tai less would not amount to five
minutes day.
Burlington HaEk-Eye. II 10 great
disaster should ever overthrow Los
Angeles, the mere knowledge that
such things are possible must haunt
the dEeliers on the coast.
Sioux City Journal. Missouri farm
ers are fighting the grasshoyper
pest with chlorine gas That's not the
inmate pest though. II was used
By the Americans in the war
erosion Plain Dealer: The world is
In danger OF industrial ruin because
it is morally bankrupt
Atlantic News Telegraph: The
time for batting railroads has passed.
Jefferson Bee: The writer fails to
see where there is a "wastefuiness of
II. tcapital punishment any more
than burning brush pile.
Ames Tribune: The Tribune knows
OF no reason why the public should
suffer such an imposition (billboards
on highways-l The advertising is of
questionable value And it has no
right on the road. Furthermore it is
hideous, blot upon the otherwise
beautiful Iowa landscape.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09

Jefferson Bee: The writer fails to
see where there is "wastefuiness of
II. tcapital punishmentJ any more
than burning a brush pile.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09

between members or non
bers anywhere In the worid
vote for Cox would be a vote !
wisconsin, just as much :. =
Ar. Wilson were the eansiS.!
himself
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09

american Indians Of today are
rorkksg IN garages. driving auto
farm tractors.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09
INJUDICIOUs ADVICE.

i Mr.. Goinpers advises labor to resist wage re-
'jductions at all hazards and calls for the con.
tinuous operation of industry with fairness,
honesty and intelligence on the part of employ
'iers.' all good citizens will endorse his demand
for fairness, honesty and intelligence, but it
will not escape attention that he does not and
never has urged those highly desirable qualities
on employees. No workers can throw it in Mr.
Gompers face that he ever exorted them to
earn their wages by fair, full, honest day 8
work. He seems to have considered suggestions
1 of this sort unnecessary, inexpedient or untact-
full from man in his position.
! As for continuous industry, greatly to be de-
sired as it undoubtedly is, what would Mr.
IGompers advise the wool textile manufacturers
to dot They worked up seventy three million
pounds of that staple in January; but since then,
owing to lack of ORDERS cancellations and de-
iferred shipments their wool consumption fell to
!ffty-fve million pounds in June Yet it seems
perfectly safe to assume that these manufactur-
ers still making every yard of cloth which
can in their opinion be certainly sold at pro
fit. Would Mr. Gompers have them do any more
than this! Or again, if textile mill was
brought to the alternative of closing down for
a time or continuing with reduced wage scale,
what would Mr.. Gompers advise the operators to
do9 Before acting on his advice to strike in any
case of wage reduction-for this is what it
amounts to-workcrs would do well, as it would
SEEM to consider for themselves the circum.
stances of the situation in their field of work
Figures at hand show that this country is i'm
porting more raw materials from foreign coun-
tries than ever before in its history and paying
higher prices for them The increase is notable
in rubber hides, silk, cotton and crude petrol
euIp With mercantile marine soundly estab-
lished these products be brought to the
American consumer IN American ships which /
have carried on the outward voyage the finish /
ed products of our own manufactures
Why should the Texans worry about sending
a propaganda car Of sweet potatoes through the I
north to shake the old-fashioned "spud', off its .
Dedestalf Steaks and chickens and pork chops,
The natural trimmings Of the sweet potato, have
ong since gone beyond the habituaI vision of
;he everyday burgesses. 1t is only the pro-
etariat and the millionaire who are Interested =
Not every house owner who puts up his rates
s profteer. With prices, materials and labor
n their present state, it is stout-hearted own
r who faces the prospects Of repainting and re-
pairing nowadays, for it is likely TO run array
With the years rent But there is no rcason
Why the assessor should not take notice of the b
lew rental value of property s
Those Americans who live along this eide of !
he Mexican border know that Villa has gur-
but they ask, will he stay surrender!
ed7 II
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09

we could secure in the next fifty OF sixty years
an annual production of over sixty billion feet
Of lumber per year without lessening our forest
capital
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09

Our best growth is attained when match kncNieSgc
NTH insight with understanding with
sty and enjoyment; else the machine becomes and
more, and the less and Iess.-John Burroughs.