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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-18

Cedar Rapids Republican: Former
Attorney General Cosson has given Il
the public his Interpretation of thu
so-called blue laws of Iowa. His pc
sition is rather clear and it is most
sensible. He was for many years at
torney general OF the state and hs
was a stickler for law enforcement
in way. He is probably somewhat
animated in his present statement tc
defend his attitude while in office
for if the intentions of the present
attorney general are correct. then he
failed of doing his duty while he
himself was In such Office. Mr.. Cos
son, after citing the statute itself
section 5O40, then proceeds to analyze
it as follows:
1t will be found that the statute
is divided into three or four
parts. 1t first deals with certain
sports and recreations and spec
! ifically names those sports and
recreations which 1t is intended
to prohibit and the sports pro-
hibited are carrying firearms,
hunting, shooting and horse rae
Ing. The recreation prohibited
IS that OF dancing. Certainly
dancing on Sunday is not nee i.
essity, and IL shooting or target
practice by reason of war be-
comes advisable on Sunday 1t is
permitted in the statute because
1t then becomes necessity,
military necessity.
The statute then prohibits the
disturbing of worshiping as
sembly or private family. Every
good citizen, church member or
non-church member, approves
that provision in the statute.
The statute then prohibits the
buying or selling OF property of
any kind on Sunday, and, speak
ing generally, we all agree that
ordinary merchandising should
cease.
The statute further necessarily
prohibits any labor except that Of
necessity or charity Speaking
generally, who Is there that
claims we should have labor on
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-18

Imand keep the toilers at home7 Will govern
Iments restrict emigration, or will the tremend-
GUS taxes discourage and drive masses OF work
men away?
We can only conjecture what will happen,
and conjecture as reasonable apparently as
any other is that Europe which is now using
oriental labor to an undreamed of extent will
keep an adequate supply of it when the war IS
over. What our country will do is quite as
problematical But the repeal of the literacy
test law is among the possibilities; and so also
is the admission under safeguarding restric-
tions of fixed number of oriental hewers OF
wood and drawers of water to do our work up
on the soil.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-18

The tickets are sold In the sams|
way on Sunday as on the remain
ing six days in the week. but wei
Say that ticket selling is pureI|
incidental to the thing which II
perfectly legal under the statuteI
That an opposite constructor
would make 1t criminal for tm|
janitor to sweep out the church
building. fix the furnace fires 81
unlock the doors, especially n
this is done for hire. The reason
why the janitor In performing
his ordinary labor for hire Is mol
offending against the statute 81
= not because under the statue
I there Is any express exemption
as to him, but because his sertI
ice Is incidental to the church
service which Is entirely deslF'|
able and necessary. and we con
tend that precisely the sans
reasoning applies to the ticke'|
seller at the Sunday chautauqua|
the ticket seller at any moral|
scientific, educational or rehs'
ious entertainment, includins
musical concerts and the ticKe'|
seller at Il baseball game.
There. We believe. Mr.. Cosss1]
strikes at the essential facts ass1
It is the thing itself that is to be ~
sidered and the thing itself oei1
permissible 1t cannot be prohlpH1
because of some slight tncidea1
abor, or what may be called, lao1
Is necessary for 1t.
We believe that Mr.. Cosson II n
stated the matter so well that 4
final Interpretation that Iowa is
give to these statutes will be aiV.]
he lines laid down by him. Mr.. ~
son has appeared as a prophe.
sense and reason, common sense N
ordinary reason. He has saved \.
statute itself from odium, and Y
legislature from criticism Tor y
changing 1t to meet Mr.. Ha'n'|
defiance" and he has saved the n
1inary and necessary liberties OF n
,eople--their right to some entells
nent on their weekly day OF III III
Mr.. Cosson appears to us Ike y
ell come to judgment.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-18
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

| Cedar Rapids Republican: Senator
Cummins, who is always riding some
| hobby, attached his prohibition
scheme as a rider to the espionage
bill in congress. The Iowa senator
| is not in harmony with tne Wilson
war policies and SO he is devoting a
great deal Of time to minor issues.
Marshalltown Times Republican:
The feebleness of the arguments
against the Roosevelt project is their
prominent feature. The administra-
ton can scarcely make 1T point to
have its own way against the univer-
sal opinion of the people and the
conclusions OF congress.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: can injury
to one is the concern of all" IL
you begin boarding money or food
stuffs or anything else that people
need. you are doing vast amount of
harm, to somebody. And when you
hurt somebody, you are hurting
everybody else, and of course, you
are hurting yourself.
Sioux iCty Journal: With Governor
Harding organizing the home guard
and Ed Meredith boosting for the
home garden, the world is given an
other inspiring example of patriotic
cooperation.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The fact
that there is flour when there is not
wheat. that bread in plenty may still
be had at double price. while wheat
to liquidate sales cannot be had at
any price. is sufficient to arouse
speculation in the mind naturally pre-
disposed to suspicion. The North
American native who viii turn over
dead leaves when searching for the
footprints of an enemy and who has
an eye single for bent twigs and
broken spider webs that make a trail
as plain to him as Broadway is to
merchant prince might ask for
further time before he would be will
ing to express the opinion that re-
cent price elevations were forced by
divine Providence
Waterloo Courier: The mother who
prevaricates concerning her sons
age in order to keep him from being
drafted may be good and loving
mother, but she is a very bad
patriot. Neither is she doing the
thing that is best for her son.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-18
TODAY's BIT OF VERSE
IT'S GOOD TO BE ALIVE.

1t is good to be alive when the trees shine green.
And the steep red hills stand up against the sky;
Big sky blue sky, with flying clouds between
1t is good be alive and the clouds drive by!
1t is good to be alive when the strong winds blow,
The strong winds blowing straight off the sea
Great sea, green with swinging ebb and flow
1t is good to alive and the waves by
Charlotte Perkins Setson.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-18

In all oratory the character Of the orator plays
Important part the effect his words produce but
particularly this the in deiberatVe oratory The
deiberatve speaker Is the counselor who stands sponsor
for the which advocates However Illogical at
times may be- majority of people are unwilling to
give heed to the advice OF whose life tends 10
words notorious evdoer is thought be
good the results of Spartan virtue
ltica speaker whose past life is marked by tersversa-
trucking authority when he appeals for
unseIfsh support in which he is interested
The sincerity of statements is called into question:
and none choose a leader believe
his Consistency therefore, between the ut
of speaker especially the deibera
tive speaker, the utmost importance-Raph Curtis
Roosevelt.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-18
Improving a SLOGAN.

st. Paul Pioneer Press: Watch the
garbage cam is new economic
slogan. Why not make it Forget the
garbage CAM"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-18

The German imperial chancellor found it
necessary, in his speech delivered Tuesday in
the reichstag, to adopt the American "If you
can't boost, don't lzick'' slogan.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-18

Congressman Rainey, of Illinois, has said
that newspaper publishers are grafters AS
the congressman is sole possessor of this infor-
nation it would be intereting to learn how he
came into knowledge of it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-18

If congress only had engaged in all this
talk away back in the times when the country
was holding preparedness parades,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-18

Everywhere in life the true question is,
not what we gain but what we do.-Carlyle.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-18

The situation in Russia undoubtedly is dis
turbed, but the reports of anarchy appear to be
unfounded. The great news gathering agencies
have heard of no such desperate conditions.
German gold and intrigue are undoubtedly at
work to undermine the new form of govern
ment, but we need not take too seriously har-
rowing rumors from sources notoriously I'M
friendly to the entente allies.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-18
WHY SHOULD THEY HESITATE?

The surgeons of the country, Or those OF
them young and physically fit enough to be
called into the service of the nation, are just
now debating in their minds what is the ex-
pedient thing to do Shall they tender their
services to the government now, taking the two
hundred dollars month they can obtain and
the better chance of promotion their early en-
listment gives them; or shall they wait until
they are summoned and take what they can
get7
At the outbreak of the war the mortality
among army surgeons at hefront was very
high. But it is much lower now that they have
learned to curb their natural impulse to hurry
to the aid of the wounded and keep out Of the
range of German guns. Since the doctors,
stretcher bearers and Red Cross workers have
learned to look for special concentration of
the enemy's fire whenever they expose them
selves thereto, only small proportion of them
have been injured or killed France and Eng
land need two thousand doctors at once, and
our government is arranging to send them two
hundred month.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-18

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-18

The public is not the only victim of menswho
take advantage of war conditions to raise
prices beyond reasonable limits The navy
needs a great number Of small vessels for its
lcoast defense fleets, and Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt tells the chairman of the house com
mitee on naval affairs that owners of most Of
the tugs and fishing boats suitable for the work
refuse to consider offers from the government,
while those who are willing to sell demand ,out-
|rageous prices. In pleasing contrast to their
attitude is that of many private citizens, who
have offered their yachts to the government.
Mr.. Roosevelt asks that legislation be passed
Ienabling the navy department to commanders
boats needed for coast defense Nothing of the
sort should be necessary, but no sympathy will
be wasted on men whose selfshness may com
pei the government to take over their property
at a reasonable price.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-04
Berlin Offers Cash Aid
Proposal Taken as Attempt
to Impress Argentina

Buenos Ayres. April THE German
Minister has assured the Argentine GOV.
eminent that certain German hnsn.
ciers. with the Reichsbsnk, are ready
20 undertake the financing Of public
works in Argentina. This assurance is
interpreted here as a move 70 impress
the government with the economic re.
sources Of Germany.
The Buenos Ayres Herald" says TIA.
,le Germans are using every mears to
create differences between Agger:Ins
and both the Entente and The United
Sta.eE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-04
Wilson Liner Sunk;
Crew of 40 Landed
Cannizaro, Which Left Here
March ID, Carried Grain

Agents of the Wilson Line stated
yesterday that cabled dispatches an
nounced the sinking in the U-boat zone
Of their liner Cannizaro. which left
New York on March IA with a general
cargo of grain and merchandise. The
crew Of forty was landed at Falmouth.
The vessel was en- route to Hull, Eng
land, when she was sunk, presumably
about March rs. although no definite
word as to the date has been received
She was vessel of 6,lS3 tons gross
burden. and was built in New Castle-on-
Tyne in 1914. 1t is believed that there
were no Americans In the CROW.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-04
French Smash Through 9
Mile Front; Take Four
Villages and Heights
British Command
Cambria Highroad
Germans, Fighting Desper-
ately, Are Beaten Every
where; Fire 1000
Shells on Rheims

London. Arrl g. The Franco Brt-
in loon aroud s., Quentin was drawn
tighter to-day when NVc.e's biuecoa's
attacked 20 the west and south o. me
CIV and captured enemy positions on
uirc.milc front from north Of the
Sommc clear to the hanks Of the Ols'.
The British advanced INTO Malssemy.
few miles northwest Of the town ana
ducc,ly overlooking the high road. 10
Gambia Further north RonSSoy WOO"
mas been occupied by Halg'S So'GielS'
nd met southwest Of Arras the village
az Ionir-sur. Cojeul has been 'aNTI
after what the Official Statement car,
prolonged Gghung. Inns nm ~,
nth the SIS villages captured %" .".S
IRON. Yesterday ana in places ID ,"h
the British within eight ana MAI
miles OF Cambria
Two Thousand Shells Hit Rheims
The Germans IN retaliation nave l'o O.
lcntly bombardcd the catheoIAI ~
Pboirs Their artillery to-day sent moro
tbs1 > 600 shells into the town, hiIlhg
sn,.orsi Of the civilian population.
To-dav's successful operations WSI'
,ndcrtaten I'M the face OF severe DilH-
ard which ragged throughout the MIN
THO French advance had been pre-
rsred for several days by intense hIe
m the Essigny-le- Grand benay Iee'oE'
which increased lL volume lhlS HOI
inc The offensive contemplated prog
ress along three main ROADS mo u
Quentin. and up several helgh'S' anu
tho line Of attack extended from nor u.
of Castres. through EsSlgny ana behs!
from L'Epinc de Dallon as lar a. '"'
Disc. ,L,,,. IT,,
Solidly organized points OF support ar
were present IN large force oul INV
we'll timed French charges forced tnem
bacl 10 4 new line of trenches. Every
,,bere the French detectives were at
lined and Nivelle's victorious detacn-
vents now firmly hold L'Epine de Dali
lon and the villages Of Dallon, erie,
co,,rt and Gerry. "a well as several
LIGHTS south Of UrvillcrS, due nortn OF
Benay.
CAPTURE Village and Guns
In tn, region OF Nauxalllon, also the
French continue 20 press BACK hlHue"-
burg's troops To-day French batteries
dispersed German columns marchlHe
upon LaFaux. south of Neuvii!e-suI-
Marginal. while French battauohs cap
rrcd the hamlet of Vauveny, as well as a.,
he foo, the ridge which rises north
Of it. Six German machine guns were y,
taken I'm the lighting about NauXaiiion
The artillery battle i'm the Cham
pagnc keeps up with increasing y,i.gor
and is centriug about the Butte-de-Mgl es-
nil and Maisons-de-C Champagne. Ger
man attack on the French trenches IN
Alsace was obliterated by gunhre be
fore the charging enemy reached the
first line. -
The British feeling out process north
nj Arras seems TO nave ceased for the
,;roe being. hut to-day war statement
chronicles a successful raid last night
onnosjte Arras itself Six German ma
chimes were brought down yesterday by
the British. TWO by gunfre and four IN
80 aigbts Two more were damaged
and driven to earth. Six British planes
are missing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-04
Vandal Visits Pacihsts
Societies Names Are Partly
Obliterated from Doors

Officials Of twenty-five peace soci'
ties which occupy Offices in the Edh
cational Building. at 20 Fifth Avenue
discovered Yesterday morning that
some one during the night had washed
the names Of the peace societies on
their doors. The name OF the Amer
can Union Against Militarism had been
taken of with acid. while enough let
tering had been removed from the door
Of the Neutral Conference Committee
TO make il read: "The Con Committee.
The names had been partly removed
from the doors of the American Peace
Society. the Woman's Peace Party, the
League 20 Enforce Peace and the
Church Peace Union.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-04

tho existing arrangements. all the
American workers will be in Swltzer-
land by the end of April
The men who must remain ioH,
night. until the danger IS considered
over that they will disclose anything
Of value regarding he recent move
ments of the German armies. arc
Maurice Tate. Charles II. Carstairs'
Francis e. Wickes. G. n. stone. James
Dangerfeld and Julius A. Van Hee'
Assistant Director Grey's Accountants
arc De Grachy, Neville and Stamour.
The London Office Of the commission
states that no anxiety need be felt re-
garding the safety of these men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-04
u. S. Envoy Verihes
German Atrocities
Ambassador Sharp Finds Raw
ages of Retreat Even Worse
than Reported

PARIS. April United States Am
bassador Sharp. under instructions
from Washington. has visited the dew
astatcd regions evacuated by the Ger
mans NJ Sharp was 81 Chaulny, Ham
and Eoye on Saturday ana cablcd the
state Department an account Of what
he saw.
Washington, April 3.-A long report
from Ambass ador Sharp az Paris, de-
failing the terrible destruction wrought
by the retreatlng Germans in Northern
France wa received to-day at the STATE
Department
The ambassador. who made a per-
s0nal and exhaustive study OF condi-
tons, shows that published reports OF
the devastation have not been in any
way exaggerated. I'm some respects IA
reports atrocities more terrible than
those recounted in the news dispatches
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-04

Tyumcn. siberia. March 81 wa rev
iosrad and London, April 81. fH'y
thousand sledees. carrying victims OF
the old regime back TO freedom ln the
now Russia from the mines and convict
settlements of Siberia. arc speeding III
endless chain across the SHOWS OF
North A-ia toward The nearest points
ON the Siberian Railway.
I,isa race against time, as the sprne
,haw d., imminent and the roads. even
in enc coolest settlements Of the Lower
Lena. Will soon he impossible.
In order 10 witness this unp'ccedent-
ed migration correspondent Of The
Associated Press came here IN company
with member Of the Duma, NJ.
RosenoF. and Two members Of the for
mcr CouucI OF Empire. The three on
c.al, were sent by the provisional gov
eminent 20 cApla,n 10 the natives M
these remote Russian outposts the
nature OF the great change which has
come to tho country.
Instructing Tribes in Voting
Then mission carries them TO some
scores Of thousands o. ncathcn Aslatlc
tribesmcu. and they arc especially di-
rectcd TO instruct voters IN regard to
the coming Constituent Assembly,
which viii decide the form Of Russia S
rev government.
The Liberation OF Slberias prisoners
has barely begun.
Many were crippled with rheumatism
two had lost hands and feet from frost
bites and one. who attempted flight a
week before the revolution, had been
shot in inc leg when he was recaptured.
The cxiles had started ives: 30 hur-
riedly that they arrived II al eNtraordi-
nary variety Of incongruous garb. Some
wore new costumes which had been
suppIicd by sympathizers along their
route and some had handsome fur over
coats covering their hideous jail UNI
form. Among those who wore tins lat
ter costume was a young millionaire
aristocrat from Odessa who had been
sentenced to life ten years ago FOR
fomenting a revolutionary muuny IN
the Black Sea fee. .,
One man from the Irkutsk city jail
wore the gold-braided uniform tunlc OF
the dismissed Governor of lrkutsk un-
der ragged and greasy overcoat.
A soon as the news OF the revolution
spread through Siberia those eXiles
who had the means started for the
nearest railway, travelling day and
night in the Arctic cold On peasant
sledges or government: post sleighs.
Not Enough Trains
Five DAYS after the triumph of the
revolution 5000 eXiles entered lrkutSk,
but the vast majority were unable TO
proceed west. ewing 10 the lack Of roll
inc stock. These encamped about the
town and along the railroad, and at
least month will pass before they can
be sent home
The president Of She exile reception
committee in Ekaterinburg said that
therc probably were altogether 100000
persons in Siberia who had been re-
leased under the amnesty measure Of
the provisional government.
In the mining district OF Nertchinsk
100 exiles, including seven women,
convicted Of conspirine against the
Emperor. have been released. The first
to be freed was the famous Marie
Spiridonovs, vko killed colonel of
gendarmes for torturing prisoners.
At Tyumen crowds cheered the ia
nous terrorist Nicolai Anuikhin. who
shot and killed the chief of the Petro-
grad Warsaw Railway in 1906. His
victim. General Fuchloff, was about tC
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-04

in the small Udlnsk transport prison.
was a. me time in chains. as new
conner Of unknown character. ! heard n
sudden shouting and afterward ter
rihc rife firing. ~ sounded as though
a million cartridges had exploded IN
quick succession.
"Next bullets began TO hy over the
prieon yard. Finally a bullet cut me
halvard Of the Russian flag which
waved over the prison building. The
flag dropped on the roof. and shortly
afierward a crowd stormed the prison
and hoisted the rcd revolutionary en-
sign
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-04
Rome Hears u. S. Is at War
Newspaper Extras Stir Enthu-
siasm in Italian Capital

Rome. via Paris. April 3.-Under
large headlines. special editions Of the
afternoon newspapers to-day published
stories TO the effect that a state Of wa
existed between the United States ana
Germany.
Ncwsboys ran through the street.
selling extras and there was great en-
thusiasm among the populace
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-04
u. S. to Aid Polish Liberty
Entry Into War Desirable, Says
Former Duma Member

London. April 3.-Roman Dmowski'
leader Of the Pores and former mem
Der Of the Russian Duma. in state
ment to-day concerning President VIII
sons address 20 Congress said:
Prom the Polish standpoint the par
ticipation of the United States IN the
war is most desirable We are sure m
our struggle for the recognition OF our
position among nations We have the
full sympathy OF the United states
The most difficult part OF our task IS
retaking from Germany her foIISh
,,rovinces which are Of first impor-
tance 10 our nations future. The Unit
ed States Will be- an important factor
in support OF our claim.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-04
Germany to Extend
Economy After War
Only Necessities and Raw Ma
tcrials To Be Imported


Washington. April 3. Germany has
begun preparations for control by the
government Of the importation Of raw
products after the war, according to
intelligence which reached Washing
ton to-day. Her obJec; 3 TO recover
her lost trade.
The present plan. it was said. will
permit the importation only Of neces-
saries for maintenance. plus raw ma
tcrials needed in the manufacture Of
articles for export as manufactured
products.
The present system of economy will
not only he continued after the war.
il was declared but will be extended:
Tor example. the German government
viii limit the purchase Of clothing by
the people, and place restrictions upon
the importation Of every other COM
modify. conhing the purchases to what
is absolutely essential.