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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-05
LAFOLiETTf'S ACTION
TALK OF THE CAPITAL
AMONG ALL CLASSES
Only Man In Audience Who
Failed To Rise Out Of
Respect to Pesident

Washington, Dec. Sin the after
glow of the historic light that shone
on Washington when the president ad-
dressed congress there was today only
one shadow-LaFollett
The Wisconsin senator IS studied dis
regard in the face of his colleague Is
enthusiastic reception Of everything the
president said, is the talk Of Washing
ton.
The air between these two former
one now world war lead
er, the other a pecifist and under in
vestigation on disloyalty charges in
the United States senator icy.
LaFollette sat within five PAGES of
the speakers dais, ON which the presi-
dent stood. Never once did he take
his eyes off him, never once did he in
dicate that he heard a word he said,
albeit his associates were on their feet,
clapping and yelling from time to time.
LaFollette sat alone among his fell
low senators, slouehed far down in his
seat, elbow on chair arm, chin in hand,
He was the only person in the chamber
"Ho ulu hot AASe oub VI AeSPec1 70 ohe
president.
In the loud acclaim from senate,
house, supreme court, statesmen, diplo-
mats and gallery, whose members jump
ed to their feet to greet the president s
call for war on Austria, LaFollette did
not move. He sat with an expression,
half smile, half sneer, on his face. And
even when the president denounced
the clamor Of the noisily thoughtless
and troublesome pacifists and said
they may safely be left to strut their
uneasy hour and be forgotten, - La Fol
lette gave no sign that he noticed save
a deepening tinge that crept over his
ruddy complexion.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-05
Interstate Commerce COnnmiS-
sion Requests Congress
To Act
RAILROADS REQUIRE
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
Other Course Suggested Is
Unit Operation By the
President

Washington, Dec. 5.--Government
control in operation Of the railroads Of
the United States during the war is
recommended in a special report to con
gress by the interstate commerce com
mission today.
The commission regards such a step as
the only solution to the freight conges-
tion Of the country and the railroad
crisis.
After reciting conditions, the commits
sion says:
'tThe alternative is operation as a
unit by the president during the period
of the war as a war measure under the
war powers vested in him by the con-
stitution and the powers which have
been or may be conferred by congress. -
Minority Opinion.
Minority opinion, written by Com
missioner McChord, while concurring in
the recommendations for government
operation Of the roads, as a unit, sug-
gests that the governments Is war organ
izations facing the most dire need, such
as food and fuel administrations and
the war industries board, have hand
in the operation.
Ine MAJORITY Opln1on.
The majority opinion, written by
Chairman Hall, said;
sIn our opinion this situation does
not permit Of temporizing. All energies
must be devoted to bringing the war to
a successful conclusion and to that end
it is necessary that our transportation
systems be placed and kept on the plane
of highest efficiency. This can only be
secured through unification of their OPP
erations during the period of the war.
IF the unification is to be effected
by the carriers they should be enabled
to effect it in lawful way. To that
end, in our Judgment the operation of
the antitrust laws, except in respect to
consultations or mergers of parallel and
competing lines, as applied to rail and
water carriers subject to the act to
regulate commerce and of the anti-pool-
ing provision of section Y of that act,
should be suspended during the period
of the war and until further action
by the congress.
In addition, they should be provided
from the government treasury with fin
ancial assistance in the form of loans
or advances for capital purposes in such
on such conditions and under
such supervision of expenditure as may
be determined by appropriate authority,
As necessary concomitant, the regu-
lation Of security issues of common car
riers engaged in interstate commerce
should be vested in some appropriate
body, as has been recommended in our
annual reports.
eff the other alternative be adopted
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-05
Legion Of Honor
For American Soldiers

Washington, Dec. 4.-Senator Owen,
Oklahoma, today was to introduce in
the senate joint resolution authoriz-
ing the creation of an American legion
Of honor and permitting men of the
American army and navy to receive war
decorations offered them by any ma
tions engaged in war against Germany.
Membership in the legion of honor
is to be conferred by the president
under approval Of the senate for
Every distinguished services.
Each person honored by membership
in this legion is to be given a ribbon
and medal to be designed under the in
struetion of the president. The mem
bership of the order shall at no time
exceed two hundred persons.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-05
Americans Captured
In German Onslaught
BY ]. w. Pegler

Omitted Press Correspondent
American Field Headuarters,
France, Dee. 5.-German troops
fighting around Cambria have
captured a few Americans, ac-
cording to unofficial word re-
ceived today from the British
front.
Headquarters has issued 10
confirmation as yet.
If the news is true, it Is stat
ed on authority that the number
of American taken is small.
American headquarters las
not as yet received report of
the Cambria fighting, in which
American army engineers partic-
ipated. No announcement os cas-
ualties is yet available.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-05
WAR RESOLUTION Will
HAVE ATTENTION Of |
CONGRESS TOMORROW.

Senator Lodge VIII Lead Fight to Have Turkey and Bulgaria
Included In List Of Enemies Majority, However, Is Like
y to Follow Course Outlined by President Prohibition,
Woman Suffrage and Other National Questions VIII All
Be Secondary to the War Legislation Of the Session
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-05
THINK! THINK HARD, FRITZ!
EDITORIAL COMMENT
On
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

CHICAGO TRIBUNE-It is our part
now to fight with all our gathering
strength, to summon every ounce of our
power to the accomplishment of victory,
that the president is right in assuming
we are determined to do and will do.
The struggle is desperate, but =
the harder the fight the better we shall
fight.
CHICAGO HERALD-President Will
son evidently believed the international
situation called for a re-statement and
Qualification of our position as to war
and peace. 1t may be summed up in four
words,-victory, reparation, justice Sc
curity.
CLEVELAND PLAINDEALER Al
though its conspicuous single feature
is the accommodation that the mask
of fictitious peace between Austria and
the United States be torn off forthwith,
the message is most impressive, as a
calm Interpretation of democracy Is
cause in the war and a forceful re-
statement Of what Ameri<a and its al
lies are expending blood and treasure
to accomplish.
LOS ANGELES TIMES-America g
reply, through the lips of the president,
has already sounded the knell to the
fugitive hope Of the head of the house
of Hohenzollern that the American ma
tion could be induced to compromise a
principle.
LOS ANGELES TRIBUNE--It is a
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Services Of Robert W. Chambers.
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-19
CITY NEWS.

Dancing party Monoay, n. ran.
-kahN hool coilars a. HAesone1
sens.
Bulk garden seeds and onion sets.
Iowa Feed Co., 1929 Main.
Masonic: Special Eagle lodge
Tuesday, March 20. at $3.50; End de-
gree.
The March sales are creating an
interest that is attracting trade from
a considerable distance. March sales
in Keokuk always prove a drawing
card.
-Burlington has decided TO cele-
brate the glorious Fourth. II events
continue to transpire as rapidly as
they have lately, it looks ike every
city and hamlet in the United States
would be celebrating the Foufh-
The annual reorganzation meet
ing OF the school board VIII " LEU
this evening at 1:3o O'Clock; me nsT
ly elected members, .. ". ooyd anu :.
F. Lutz will take their seas a4a IN.
Will be an eIectlon VI .. Hnitod
d =. Cro"iey, 1922 et,,.n5 Srom
States maIshal, nas 80 10 tool
ILeavenWoin, h ~ sadaral nr;scm
tour prisoile a,,rt ~ Ottumwa
rom o1e nr;saners were entity of
W.. w. -. Violations and two were
WALL n. o. e. rohhing cars
suh. ys,as William omR. the infant
- A. ana Mrs William Long, Jr.,
son .,ddaniy at the family home on
~ Iohn.on street road near Keokuk
Snnda, morning at $50 o'clock. The
hahv was three months old, having
been horn in this city on the twenty
fourth of last December. the BODY
| ia at the home OF its grandmother,
Mrs. Bunyan, GIG Johnson street anu
| the funeral will be held from there.
The newest surplus runhngs u
Megchelsen's.
-Dun's Review has the following
relative to conditions In the snoe
trade: While business Is fairly gooo
in the aggregate. manufacturers re.
port quite reduction IN buying ano
the volume is fully one-third below u
year ago at this time. Much inter
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-19
CITY NEWS.

New collars and cuff sets at Meg
chelsen's.
Beauty your lawn with blue
grass seed. Iowa Feed Co.. phone 1243.
Knights and Ladies' Of Security
meet tonight at o'clock at Wood
man hall, Sixth and Main. Members
are requested to be present.
Fort Madison will entertain the
Christian Endeavor societies of the
tenth district May 1855. says the
Democrat The convention will be en-
'tertained by the three local societies
Of the Christian, Presbyterian and Ger
man Evangelical churches. The con-
vention will bring between 100 and 80
delegates into the city, representing
over seventy-fve societies in eight
counties-ISouisa, Des Moines, Henry,
Jefferson, Van Buren,. Wapel1o, Davis
and Lee counties. Besides the many
delegates to the meeting there will be
a large number Of visitors from out OF
the city who will be here for the var
ious sessions.
Arrangements have been made in
every county in the state for distrfbu-
ton OF anti-toxins for diphtheria, teta-
nus Cockjaw), typhoid and smallpox.
at rates fixed by the state and much
lower than the regular retail price for
the same. The anti-toxin department
of the state board Of health has Is
sued the past FIVE years 27.106 pack
ages Of diphtheria anti-toxin. for which
citizens have paid $39,42s.95 The regu-
lar price OF the same in this period
would have been s130.135.50, showing
that the department has effected a
saving of $9o.706.55. which went di.
rectly to the consumers. In the last
two years, on account of the advances
in all drug prices, the saving to the
people has been $5S,17s. the circular
states.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-19
KINDIC'S BAND
GIVES CONCERT
Most Enjoyable Program Yet Played
Was That Of Yesterday After
noon At the
Grand

The most delightful of. the series OF
Sunday afternoon band concerts by
Kindig's Concert band was given yes
terday afternoon in the Grand opera
house The program was the most
varied that the organization has given,
and was most enjoyable. 1t included
composers from the Russian. Italian,
French. English. German and Ameri-
can schools. Director Kindig demon
strated again. that he is master at
the art of getting the most out of what
ever music his band plays.
The soloists were delightful addi-
lions to this very meritorious program.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-19

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-19
KEOKUK COUNCIL
ELECTS OFFICERS
U. c. rs Plan for Activities for the
Coming Year and VIII Send
Delegation to state
Convention.
COMMITTEES IN CHARGE
standing Committees Are Named for
Year and viii Carry Out Plans
For Entertainment and
the Like.

Keokuk Council No. 400 United Com
mercial Travellers elected officers for
the ensuing year, at the melting hid
Saturday night, and discussed plans
for the work of the council in the COM
ing year. Keokuk will be represented
at the state convention, and in the
annual parade will have some feature
which will boost this city.
The officers elected Saturday night
are, the following:
Senior Counseiior-j. H. McAndrew.
Junior Counsellor-G. F. Dennis.
Past Counsellor-E. H. Loewenstein.
Conductor. w. Van Tasseu.
Page-H. D. Paustian.
Sentinel-E. w. Griffith.
Chaplain-C. 8. Wells. i.
Secretary-treasurer-Albert H. Cush-
man.
EXECUTIVE committee-H. A. Bank.
Robert Greaves, Ed. Wright, w. w.
Hartley.
Delegates to the convention a.
Waterloo Juno q, 8 and 9 will be the
following:
Delegates to Convention.
C. 8. Cooley. e. H. Loewenstein and
j. H. McAndrew. A. n. Cushman will
be sent to the meeting OF the secre-
tries and treasurers which will be
held one day during the state conven-
ton j. II. McAndrew, who ia grand
conductor will be candidate for grand
junior counsellor.
The standing committees OF Keokuk
Council were named with the follow
ing chairmen: Entertainment-C. H.
Wedertz; Booster. G. Buss. Spe-
cial Entertainment Features-Rooert
Greaves. Flowers-W. A. Balbach.
Membership-Geo Redasch.
Keokuk Council will send q delega-
ton to Waterloo to the state conven-
ton. The men are planning to take
their wives along. and the Keokuk
party is not going to be backward In
making itself known Some booster
feature will be put on for the parade,
and this is in the hands of the booster
committee With J. G. Buss. chairman.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-19
MEDICAL SOCIETY
SESSIONS HERE
Missouri Valley Association to Hold
Meeting In keokuk Thursday and
Friday q This
Week.
OVER 500 IN ATTENDANCE
Doctors VIII Have Buoy Program, But
Have Opportunity For Visit
ing Lock and Power
Plant.

Thursday and Friday of this week
Keokuk will entertain the Medical
Society Of the Missouri valley, with
some 500 delegates and their wives
here to attend the sessions. The So
ciety will have its headquarters at the
Iowa hotel, and the sessions will be
held in the Masonic temple, COM
mencing Thursday morning at $3.50
o'clock
Members of the society and vtsi-
tors wall be entertained ON Thursday
evening at dinner at six o'clock sharp.
at the Woodman hall. Following din
ner there will be q scientific program
and the entertainment planned by
the Physicians club Of Keokuk. The
women IN the party this week will be
taken care of by the committee 'of
Keokuk women OF which Mrs. G. r.
Armentrout Is chairman.
The visit to the government lock
and the twenty-six million dollar
hydrQ-electric plant OF the Mississippi
River Power company will be made
Friday morning from $3.50 to 1000
o'clock Automobiles to the dam
Will leave the Hotel Iowa at Sis
o'clock sharp.-
The session will convene Thurs
Jay uOIhl1S LII LILO jail IoOm OI LILO
Masonic temple at $3.50 o'clock. Mem
bers will register and pay dues. DR..
Frank B. Dorsey Jr., chairman of the
committee on arrangements will lcall
the session to order, and will intro
duce the president. Minutes OF the
previous meeting Will be read, and
there will be reports OF the creden-
tials and judicial committees. A spe-
cial report will be submitted in which
merger with the Tri-state society will
be discussed. The place for the next
meeting will be selected and papers
will be presented.
Papers will be presented during the
morning and afternoon sessions. At
six O'Clock dinner will be served and
following dinner there will be SYM
postum on Exhaustion Diseases by
Drs. Frank p. Norbury, Tom b.
Throclmorton. II. Douglas Singer and
Albert II. Dol1ear. <
Fridays program will be taken up
with papers, the morning session be-
ginning at 10 O'Clock and the after
noon at 1 30 O'Clock.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-19
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS.

First half taxes must be paid by
March 81 to avoid penalty. II first
half is not paid before April pen
atty Of ! per cent Ia added on the
whole amount for each month the
same remains unpaid.
WIN. REIMBOLD. :,
County Treasurer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-19
,,,,,Apns AND BOWLING.

FOR SALEIBilliard tables, .snlets
new. carom and pocket. with. co = r
OUTFIT. S15G; second hand tao,e Cirl
duced prices. Easy paymen.s;.or at
stnre fixtures a specially. send ~ ca,
sioeue brunswick Ralke-C ollenos eeest
Davenport, Ia. &c. Sanders, 81
, o. hox 45a. Phone Davenport
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-19

Mrs. W. Frank Brown. read several
numbers. Miss Grace Edwards of
Warsaw accompanied by Miss Mabel!e
Nagel sang two numbers. and Mrs.
John HUDSON with Mrs. r. B. Joy as ac-
companist played two violin numbers.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-22
WANTED
TO CHASE U-B0ATS
Fifteen Hundred Are Sought at Chi
cagO-WilI Undergo
Training.
international News Service !:

international News Service:
CHICAGO. March p. Fifteen
hundred Chicago yachtsmen today
are being sought for service in con-
nection with the governments coast
patrol against submarines. Sixty
seven have offered themselves and
their power boats as the nucleus OF
the Chicago Yachtsmen's Naval aux
Hilary. organized under the direction
of Capt. w. A. Moffett. commander
OF the Great Lakes naval training
station.
Plans OF the government are for
immediate training. equipment OF
power craft and speedy transfer OF
men and boats 70 the Atlantic sea
board for services as patrols against
submarines. The rudiments OF sig
mailing. radio. gUnnery and naviga
ton will be taught the volunteers as
rapidly as possible by instructors
from the naval station II is hoped
TO Obtain 5000 men from the Great
lakes district
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-22
SITUATION GRAVE.
'national News Service

International News Service:
AMSTERDAM. March ga stu
alton of the utmost gravity is re-
ported TO be developing in Germany
due TO the food shortage, strikes and
general discomfort over the heavy
losses in the war.
Dispatches from the German from
tier today quote travellers as saying
that the garrisons in most of the i'm
portant cities. especially in Berlin.
are being strengthened.
How much influence the Russian
revolution exerted on the German
people is problematical, but the gen
eral opinion is that il was deep and
widespread.
1t is said that many women and
even children have taken part in
food riots i'm Berlin, Munich Dussel-
dorf. Leipsic and Hamburg. Shop
windows were smashed and the po-
lice were stoned and hoOted.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-22
Says Nations Are
Virtually at War

international News Service
ATLANTA, Ca. March 22.-The
United States and the German EN-
pire today are virtually at war. and
nothing is being left undone by the
American navy in its preparations %
sweep the TeutOnic undersea menace
from the lanes Of overseas COM
merce. United States Sen. Hoke
Smith said today.
The attitude OF Germany is that
Of drowning American citizens while
they are I'm the exercise Of their
legal rights" declared Sen. Smith.
land Germany now tells US that un-
less our legal rights are abandoned
she viii continue 70 drown our citi-
zens. This places US practically in 2
state Of war. The government AZ
Washington is preparing 10 meet
every emergency that may arise
from an outbreak Of actual hostili-
ties The president is going 20 de-
fend the lives and property o
American people occupied in the
peaceful pursuits Of mankind
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-22
Plea, Effort to
Save Men Higher
Up Says Judge
international News Service ::

International News Service:
NEW YORK, March 22.-Albert
O. Sander and Charles w. wunnen-
berg. who yesterday pleaded guilty
to conducting a military enterprise
in this country against Great Britain,
were today sentenced to serve two
years in the federal penitentiary at
Atlanta and 10 pay fines of $4,000
each.
Judge Can Fleet, in passing sem
te1ce charged that the men had
pleaded guilty in order to save men
higher up and prevent the dis
closures OF further plots.
The judge denounced the statute
under which the men were sentenced
as inadequate. lie advised the dis
trict attorney TO call the attention
of the department of justice TO this
"inadequacy.
Sander and ,WunnenDerg were
charged with sending men TO Eng
land under the guise of being news
papermen. to collect information for
the German government One Of
their alleged employees was George
Vaux Bacon, arrested in England
and brought back here 20 testify
against them in case they had gone
TO trial.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-22
CAR FOLLOWERS
PLACED IN JAIL
lternatIonaI News Service: :

International News Service:
PETROGRAD, March 22.-Revo-
lutionary police are making a vigor-
Gus search for imperialist conspir-
acies against the new republican
government OF Russia.
Knowing the dark powers and
hidden intrigues of their political
enemies, the leaders OF the revolu-
tiOnary movement are taking every
precaution to prevent any attempt
TO overthrow the new regime Of
liberty before it is fully established
and to stamp out activities in behalf
of the Romanoff family.
Numerous arrests are still being
made. Leaders Of the terrorist or
ganization known as the BLACK
hundred" which was responsible for
so many massacres in the days of
the autocracy, have been imprisoned.
Members of the old Union Of true
Russian people, and leaders of the
organization Of Russian nobility are
being watched.
The fortress OF st. Peter and st.
Paul is crammed with political pris-
oners.
In the latest batch to arrive was
the hated Gov Gen. Soyn Of Fin
land. whose harsh rule brought him
the universal enmity of the people
whom he governed.
After a burst OF street fighting. in
Moscow. the city is regaining its
normal tranquility.
The new government is sending
emissaries 10 all corners Of the ma
ton 10 explain the change in gov
eminent and its meaning. So vast
is the Russian empire and so scarce
are the means of communication in
some districts that there are certain
regions which do not know as vet
that the car has been deposed, the
imperial power overthrow and that
democracy and civic freedom are in
the ascendancy.