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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
WELCOME
AT MEETINGS
Citizenship School Glasses and Lee
lures are Open to Men as We'll
as Women-Last Session
Tonight.

The last session of the school OF
citizenship will be held this evening
ut the Y. VIC. A., and the president
of the Keokuk League of Women
Voters has asked that all men in keo-
kuk be extended an invitation to at
tend the session this evening. "They
are welcome" she said.
The executive committee OF the
Keokuk league will meet with Mrs.
MAYER at dinner this evening at whicA
time special questions which concern
the work of the local organisation will
be discussed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31

Sioux City journal: Sioux City
newspaper publishers at conference
in Chicago ending Saturday we're mott
fed to prepare themselves for tho
sharpest advance in the price OF print
paper since paper started its meteoric
climb from $40 a ton about five years
ago The new price is to a minimum
of $50 a ton, changeable horizontally
every six months for FIVE years.
The burden imposed by this tre-
mendous increase in paper cost forc-
shadows revolutionary changes in adj
vertising and subscription rates not
only in Sioux City, but throughout the
country, the publishers believe.
TO the Journal alone. the latest in
crease means an added expense OF ap-
proximately $4,000 a year.
The newspaper publishers have no
recourse. Five paper mills control
seventy-five per cent of the supply
of the United States and Canada The
publishers are literally at their mercy,
although it is not to be implied that
the mills are practicing unlawful meth
DDS.
Sixty-eight middle west publishers,
who are supplied by the Nj. & y.
Paper company, were called to Chr
cago last Thursday and notified of the
latest developments in the paper mar
ket. The company announced that It
had been offered 5000 ton for its out
nut and that it's present patrons either
would have to submit to anotner
sharp advance in quotations and sign
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
IBIS is QUITE
VALUABLE BIRD
1t is Considered Duly Valuable by
Egyptians Who Even LOOK upon
Them as Sacred-Ailied
Bird in Australia.

There Is no more valuable Dlro
than the ibis, and the fact was fullv
recognized by the Egyptians, writes
w. H. D. Lesouef, director OF the Mel
bourne geological garden, in the
American Forestry magazine.
The Egyptians looked upon them as
sacred and mummified bodies 5000
wears ago and over. A closely allied
bird IS found in Australia, in conjunc
ton with another variety, the straw
'necked ibis, as well as a few of the
glossy ibis. The two former birds
+ exist in great numbers over the island
continent, and their value to agricul
turists cannot well be overestimated
Not long ago visited Riverina. in
New South Wales, with Major Gen
eral Sir Charles B. Ryan, We found
the ibis nesting in swamp of about
500 acres and covered with lignum
bushes, the water was about three
feet Deep continues DR.. Lesouet
I'VE considered that there were about
100000 ibis nesting there. In the
center of the swamp young birds were
nearly able to fly and fresh eggs were
found on the outskirts, the whole host
of birds was made up Of varying sized
companies, say from twenty pairs ia
one pair, and they arrived at different
times. We shot few of the birds
and counted and weighted the con
tents of their stomachs. Their food
consisted largely of young grasshop,
pers, with few grubs, centipedes and
fresh water snails which latter are
the host of liver fiuke.
I'VE reckoned that the whole com.
pany of birds took every day the large
total of 100000 grasshoppers, as
well as various other insects, and
also that the total weight of the con-
tents of their crops came to twenty
FIVE tons These figures are difficult
to realize and therefore we can easily
guess why the Egyptians valued these
birds so highly. 1t Is quite possible
that the grasshoppers were more
abundant than usual at the time of
our visit, but that would not alter the
fact as to- the value of the ibis. The
locust pl5 que in Egypt is far more
severe than we have in Australia.
1.-The Egyptians also made their
hawks, especially the kestrel, sacred
and mummified them as well, and we
know that the kestral especially and
many other of the slower flying
hawks feed largely on insect life.
The grasshoppers have other enc
mics in Australia, fortunately, and
when they lay their elongated eggs in
the ground in small punches, cocka-
toos often find them out and, digging
up the ground with their strong beaks
devour many thousands of them
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31

Ohio up Il at Az; New Haven 34A
unchanged; st. Louis Southwestern
Is, up "a; Chesapeake and Ohio 60,
off Y; Texas Company 1914, off II;
Pan-American Petroleum 86k, off B;
Canadian Pacific 11S, unchanged;
Mexican Petroleum ISL. off u Penn
sylvania 417s, off u; Republic Steel
S3A, off Il; Union Pacific 121A, up
Il.
Many rail issues advanced to new
highs during the early trading. Ca
madam Pacific, Union Pacific South
ern Pacific and St Louis Southwest
ern led the list.
The advance in rails caused Steel
Common to get up to S93s. and Mext
can Petroleum to 1884.
The market closed irregular.
The general list stood up well in
late trading despite profit taking. Bald
win went below 107 and q. S. Steel
Common got down to S81a. Call
money advanced to mine per cent
AmericanInternationa broke from
72b to 6S1h. Part of this was later
recovered.
U. S. Steel closed at sSA, off IS;
U. S. Rubber ssh, off "; American
Wooden TIN, off 1as; Baldwin 1865,
off 1: St Paul 36s4. up "a; Canadian
Pacific 119, up /: Union Pacific 123&
up 24; Reading 92A, up Is: South
ern Pacific 94S. uD 2ss; Mexican
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
Why Subscribions to Newspapers
Are Going to Be Higher, and Ad-
vertising Rates Continue to Increase

a ave years blind contract or look
elsewhere for their supply of print
paper. AS the only other source Is
the auction market" controlled like
wise by the mills, the publishers viii
be forced to sign.
The manufacturers justify their NC
tion by statements of the increase IN
the cost of labor. coal and other 1ac-
tors entering into the cost OF manu-
featuring paper. They have tremen-
dous investment to protect in mills
and Understands.
Meanwhile the publishers must pre-
pare to distribute the added ourden.
When it is considered that print paper
is the principal item entering into the
cost of publishing a newspaper ana
that the cost of the principal item has
increased in five years from $4V ~
$50 ton, the public may gain some
( idea of what the newspapers are up
against. Moreover, the $50 price IS
Just the beginning OF new series Oh
quotations that are to continue ior
five years with price adjustments
every six monhs. .,
other troubles are constantly &C.
curing for the newspaper makers
Every item Indispensable in the pub
fishing business has advanced IN
price. The added burden includes the
higher cost of mailing paper anu
irvine. the proposed advance in freight
rates which became effective July l.
! Manifestly the newspaper pupismer
! is. the "feller who needs 1r1eno.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
Local Business Man viii Give 500
and keokuk Post viii Give Like
sum II Citizens viii Raise
Balance.
TO PURCHASE QUARTERS
Place Could be Provided for Enter
tainment Of Former Service Men
or Their Families While
Hero.

The first hundred dollars towards
"a home for the former soldiers OF
Keokuk was subscribed this morning
by a Keokuk business man, and the
second hundred dollars has been taken
by Keokuk Post No. Al. The question
now before Keokuk people is, will
they come forward and support the
move, so that the veterans Of the
world war in Keokuk and in this vi
cinity will have some place of their
own for meetings and for club rooms.
The offer of the first 500 was made
to w. Frank Brown, commander OF
the Keokuk post by one of keokuk's
business men who is much interested
in the soldiers, and in all they do. He
gives S1OO provided that the citizens
of Keokuk raise the money sufficient
to make the fund of $4,000 or $4,000
for the establishment of such home
for the soldiers.
In announcing tho first donation.
Commander Brown announced that
the second donation would be made
under like circumstances, by Keokuk's
former soldiers.
THE question now is, will the peo-
pie of Keokuk and IT'S organizations
be interested enough to form COM
mittee which will solicit the rest OF
this money" DR.. Brown said. The
man who gave me the first 500 said
he thought surely there were twenty
nine other business men who had the
interests of the city and soldiers suf-
ficiently in heart to fall in line
If local people do fall in line, it is
hoped to secure quarters where the
soldiers may have some place to go,
and where comfort station and rest
rooms can be established for out Of
town service men and their wives and
families to rest when they are in Keo-
kuk shopping.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
C. o. P QUOTA
is REVEALED
Grand Total Only Comes to $4,a87 800
and is Called Double What Was
Really Expect

lUnited Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, Aug. 31.-The quotas
assigned, to the various states by the
republican national committee for the
l192O campaign, totalled $4.SS7,500,
Fred w. Upham treasurer disclosed
before the United States senate sub
committee on campaign expenditures
here today.
This sum, Upham declared, repre-
scented every penny the republicans at
any time planned to collect and really
represented at the time 1t was arrived
at about twice what the party leaders
expected to raise.
The quotas were fixed early in 1919,
Upham said, while the $3,079,00 budg-
ct under which the party is operating,
was not adopted until July 1920.
The national committee, Upham
said, has instructed him to lend up
Ito 5000, 900 to the republican sena'
Itorial campaign committee and $ooo''
900 to the congressional campaign
committee if they need 1T. These
loans must be repaid, he said.
"They might spend all of it and
more J." insisted Reed, 80 that We've
rot be add to the budget of S3,o79,O0o
piven us Yesterday by Mr.. Hays, $780,
00o You've told about. That makes a
fatal of s3,779,0O0."
Upham disputed this, declaring that
the "s70O,OO0 was no part OF the ma
Itional committees budget.
Reed and Upham had a dispute
over the working Of the Joint agree
wont, with the states, whereby the
national committee supervises raising
of funds both for state and national
committees.
The committee asked about loans
made by the national committee 10
states, They included $4,000 to
Maine, $1,000 to North Carolina and
S. 600 TO Maryland. Upham said
$3.50 900 has been spent to date for
publicity and the speakers bureau
but he didn't know whether any CAM
naign speakers received any salary
senator Spencer asked how much OF
the money so far collected came from
Now York. Upham submitted state
ment of the sums raised IN the various
states for the work of the national
committee UP to August 26. 1t, show
cd a total of $61S,O1S.4 and included
Ca,ifornia $1s,S22.45 and Arizona
so4256 and Washington 37,51oSo;
iowa s6,746.30; Montana, s2,754.5O;
Nebraska, s1,36s53; Oregon, $9SS.S7;
Hawaii. s19,11S26 and Philippine
Islands, s11,o6o.5o.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
PASTORS MEET "
AT NOON TIME
keokuk Ministers Have Lunch To-
aether Today at Y. W. C. A.,
and Confer With State
Anti-Saioon Man.

The ministers of the city met today
at a called meeting to have lunch to-
getber this noon at the Y. w. c. A.,
at which time a state representative
from the AntiSaloon league talked
to them.
p. H. McBeth, the state man. con-
ferred with the local pastors in re-
gard to the union service which Will
nc held in Keokuk on the Sunday or
October 3. A representative from
the Anti-Saloon league will be mere
upon that date to speak at the union
services.
More definite arrangements IN re-
gard to this special service and tho
state speaker will be made later.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
DIDN'T ENJOY
APPLICATION
T his is the Reason Which is Given
For CorkIine's Hatred for Blaine
Latter Called Him
Turkey Cock" ..

THE accepted explanation of Conk-
ling's enmity for Blaine" writes
Chauncey NJ. Depew in some recent
"reminiscences, according to the Week
Ily Review, was Blaine's allusion to
him, during a debate in the house, as
a turkey cock" Well the language
in which the turkey cock appeared
was something more than an allusion;
and as for the enmity, it had an earl
Ter origin, which probably no diver
among the wrecks of time will ever
discover. The episode of the clash
is worth recalling; for, though we'll
nigh forgotten in these days, it
bulked big to our fathers of the posi-
bellum time. Moreover, Blaine's part
in it furnishes a classic example of
what in those days was regarded as a
crushing reply" The clash hap
pened on day in 1866, and the scene
was the house of representatives.
Conkling had the floor. Blaine inter-
posed Does the gentleman from
New York yield to the gentleman
from Maine?" asked the speaker. mo.
SIR" replied Conkling. II do not
wish to have anything to do with the
member from Maine, not even so much
as to yield him the floor" When lat
er, the member from Maine got the
floor, this is just what he said:
CAS- to the gentleman's cruel sar-
,casm, hope he will not be too severe.
The contempt of the large minded
gentleman is so whiting; his naughty
disdain and grandiloquent swell, his
majestic, superemine nt, overpowering,
turkey-gobbler strut, has been so
crushing to myself and all the other
members of the house, that know it
for me to venture upon controversy
was an act of the greatest temerity
with him. But, sir, I know who is
responsible for all this. rknow that
within the last FIVE weeks, as members
of the house will recoIlect, an extra
strut has characterized the gentle
mans bearing. It is not his fault. 1t
Is the fault of another. The gifted
and satrical writer. Theodore Tilden,
of the New York Independent, spent
some weeks recently in this city. His
letters published in that paper en-
braced, with many serious statements,
little jocose satire, part of which
was the statement that the mantle of
the late Winter Davis had fallen upon
the member from New York. He took
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
GUARD FORESTS
AGAINST FIRE
President Of American Forestry Asso
ciation Warns People Of New
Hampshire to Protect Their
Timber GrowthS.

NEW LONDON N. h., Aug. Oh
Warning the business interests, par
ticularly the newspaper publishers,
that there must be action at once for
better fire protection-$1, 100000 4
year for guarding forests against the
$30O00,O00 a year fire loss-Charles
Lathrop Pack, president of the Amer
lean Forestry association, spoke here
today at a conference of foresters,
timberland owners, paper, pulp men
and lumbermen. Pack also urged a
two million year appropriation for
the acquisition of forest land by the
government for the purpose OF grow
ing timber to replace our rapidly dis
appearing supplies
The conference is being conducted
by the Society for the Protection of
New Hampshire Forests. Some OF
the speakers on the program are
George w. Sisson, Jr., president or
the American Pulp and Paper asso-
citation; r. S. Kellogg. secretary OF
the American News Print service;
Colonel Henry S. Graves, former chief
forester Of the U. S.; Elwood Wilson,
forester OF the Lxurentide Paper Co.,
Of Grand Mere. Quebec.
rOf ISIS dIc ohiS bShiS "'f>'.
out by destructive CONGREGATIONS as
we'll as by numerous small fires, but
these fires also prevent the natural
reforestration of hundreds OF thou
sands of acres of cut over lands,
said Pack. eOur direct loss in tim
Der by these fires is $30,00o.0o0 a
year. Altogether there are 3l5.OOo,'
900 acres of state and privately
owned forest land in the protection
of which the government should CO.
operate. At present half OF this vast
area is wholly unprotected and pro-
lection for the other half Is entirely
inadequate. If these lands are to be
kept productive there must be tremen-
dous expansion in our present nre
protection activities by the federal
government, the states and private
owners. Legislation authorizing the
government to spend million dol
lars annually in cooperation with the
states is Immediately essential.
Close estimates show S1.000,00o
acres of waste forest land on which
there is no growth of any value. This
area. greater than the combined
forest area of Germany, Denmark
Holland. Belgium, France, Sw1tser-
land, Spain and Portugal should De
made, under proper management, to
produce forests.
Our standing timber is now being
cut or destroyed by fire, disease and
insects four times as fast as new tim
Der is being grown. In the case or
saw timber alone, the destruction is
more than FIVE times the growth or
such material What this means to
the nation in the way of higher
prices of forest products Is apparent
Adequate fire protection of our
forests will solve rs percent Of the
ANTIQUITIES now confronting us in az
tempting to keep our forest lands
Productive.
AT present about one fifth OF the
forest land of the country is publicly
owned, mainly by the federal govern
ment. This ownership should be IN
creased to one.half Of the timber
growing land Of the United States
well distributed throughout the prln
cipal forest regions"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31

temporary Injunction and decreed the
film could be shown until he finally
adjudicated the case.
Counsel for the defendants said the
films to which Ruth objected were a
sort at hash of several scenes taken
for news serials. He argued that
courts held several times that any one
has a right to take pictures when
prominent persons are in the fore
ground"
Rutil's suit is based on the fact that
he is under contract to pose exclus-
lively for a rival film company.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
DajJv Stock JeStec.

lazy ShoSN -~S~~'~
limited Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, Aug. S1.-The New
York Evening Suns financial review
| this afternoon said:
! Interest in today's stock market
centered mainly in the railroad list
Soon after the opening those issues
were bid up with orderly animation,
and conservative advances led to ultt-
mate net gains of one to two points.
There was less aggressiveness in the
afternoon, but prices held well On
the contrary, the industrials were
under more or less pressure, follow
l. ing a rise of fairly substantial pro-
portions in the first hour and trans
actions were far lighter in volume.
The exception to this was to be found
in the tobacco group.
I While the general relative positions
Of railroad and industrial shares were
maintained to the closing, trading
turned quiet and about the only addi-
tional fuctuation in late session was.
extreme weakness in the shippin g,
stocks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
Ruth Loses First Round.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, Aug. Babe"
Ruth, home run artist, movie star and
author, suffered a temporary reverse
in his first essay at law, today.
The babe" after instigating suit
for 81 10000 damages. because a
film concern and several vaudeville
houses showed pictures Of him with.
cut contributing to his personal reve-
nue., sought to make permanent a
temporary injunction restraining fur
Their showing Of the film.
Supreme Justice Guy modified the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31

1T seriously, and has given his strut
an additional pomposity. The re-
semblance is great. 1t is striking.
Hyperion to a satyr. Theresites TO
Hercules, mud to marble. dunghill TO
diamond, a singed cat to a Bengai
tiger, a whining puppy to roaring
lion. Shade of the mighty Davis
Forgive the almost proclamation OF that
jocose satire"
'-Cnkling," writes Depew, treating
of the year 1850, was swayed oy :.
perfectly savage hatred Of Blaine.
We do not wonder.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
CITY NEWS

Tor sale cheap, tomatoe cans, at
Tigue's, 922 Main.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cowley, of
11S Timea street, announce the birth
of a daughter, August &c..
&C. L. Hicks, defendant in the IN
formation filed against him by Webb
Thomas in the justice court. had his
examination this morning
before James Burrows and was dis
charged. He was charged in the IN
with grand larceny.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
HToyI All -


New York Sun: Will somebody
suggest a plural pronoun of the sec
ond person which cannot be properly
used in the singular and which will
have the qualities to insure it's full
adoption In our languages? No?
Then the fun makers should stop try
ing to draw Taught from wheezes
manufactured out of useful "You-all''
and "You-uns.' Without purpose to
foreclose on any suggestions which
may be offered, we venture to inquire
what objection there is to the famil-
lar offerings of the south and west
They have pleasant sounds; they
clearly convey an intended meaning
which no accepted pronoun does, and
were one of them selected for trial its
running start would give It a great
advantage over any familiar com
petitor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
Strike In Boston.

rITnited Press Leased Wire, Service
BOSTON, Mass, Aug. 31.-ihe
efforts of women Sim Fein sympa-
thizers carrying placards denouncing
England and calling upon freight
handlers and longshoremen not TO
handle British goods. resulted IN
strike Of more than 100 longshoremen
here this afternoon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
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Edith caveil Circle Tomorrow.

Edith caveIi Circle Tomorrow.
The Edith Cavell circle of the
Kings Daughters will meet tomorrow
afternoon with Miss Leonore Weber
at her home, 528 Orleans avenue. The
meeting was postponed from today on
account or the citizenship school
which Is In session at the Y. ". c. A.
Pauline Bible Class.
The members of the Pauline Bible
class of the First Christian church
and their families were guests at a
picnic last night held in Rand park
Following the delightful supper, in
formal talks were made by members
of the class, and the teacher, E. l..
Aldrich. Mrs. Elizabeth Ross was the
honor guest and at the close of the
evening, she was presented with a
fountain pen from the class. Mrs.
c. W. Station, the president, made the
presentation speech to which Mrs.
Ross responded. The committee in
charge was composed of these
women: Mrs George Caster, Mrs. G..
w. Moseley, Mrs. r. L. Beck, Mrs.
Silas Brapt, Mrs. r. L. Hume, Mrs.
E. L. Aldrich.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
Stock Market Notes-

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-Prices were
generally irregular at the stock mar
ket opening today. United States
Steel was off Il at 1855: Baldwin
unchanged at 1075s; Baltimore and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31

a un 10 Int they are so much wiser
nowadays that they hardly ever sec
~ hear anything to blush about
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31

.yop can't have everything" but
o,ne r. figure it UP there are lot
100 things you don't want than
things you do want
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31

A small but accurate machine mas
been invented for recording the col,
lection of the war tax sales in retail
establishments.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31

MANY a man nowadays has TO De
No. with his lot because he hasn't
CONF. CON-. enmrh to build house on 1t.