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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31

and traitors. She disorganized the
Russian army through traitors after
the"revolution. She knew the plan
Of Russian battle beforehand through
traitors. She has filled this country
with spies and traitors. She has
financed the !. w. w. without doubt.
She has destroyed property and de-
bauched our citizens.
Is there any American who does
not long for peace? Not one! Meth.
er Is there q Briton or Frenchman or
Italian or Russian. But 1t must not
be German peace, leaving the great
spider in the center Of his web wait.
ing another chance. It must be d
real peace. It must be made with
the German people or with a ruined
acknowledgements or the other. But
he who talks peace rs IL he only
longs for IT, as II he only were com.
missioned to make peace, must want
a different sort OF peace from the
sort we must have. Distrust him. He
may be sincere, but he may not be.
The world has in the past been con-
quered by traitors -oftener than 1t
was ever conquered by arms. The
Mexican people fought each other
into slavery to Spain. Let us not be
bought by German gold into slavery
to Germany.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
EDDIE CICOTTE
MADE RECORD
His Pitching for the White sox Last
Season Put Him up to the Top
In Major League
pitching.

Eddie Cicotte's pitching for the
White Sox during the 1917 season
ranked him with the greatest RECORDS
that were ever established in major
league baseball. In recent years the
only mark equal to it was that OF
Grover Alexander in the play OF 1872
when the Phillies captured the Nation
all league pennant. Alexanders marx
was a shade better, but, neyertheiess'
the work of Cicotte stamps him as
the equal of the National league star,
who recently brought $4,000 on the
auction block.
A myth-the shine balls credited
for Cicotte's remarkable success IN
the American league. which IS rateu
O somewhat tougher organlzatlon IMAM
AIexander's circuit. Eddle's work Is
another example OF what intelligence
can accomplish in baseball. AT one
time the White Sox star was thousnt
to be through-when the Red Sox trad
ed him off as a fast fading olo-Iinlei.
Both Alexander and Clcotte won
remnant with their pitching Clcotte
worked in 40 games and 346 innings,
while Alexander was on the mound IN
the same number of clashes and pitch
Cd 376 frames, 80 more than EDDIE.
Alexander had a marked edge In earn
ed runs. allowing 1.22 and ZOO MUS
s,icotte,s mark being 1853 and 246 hlts:
Cicotte was the hardest-workeoa
nitcl,er in the American league anu
was still able to top his rivals. In aa.
dition to him, only three pitchers OF
the league worked more than Soo IN
Wings George Ruth of Boston Wen.
2oe Tim Bagby of Cleveland 81 ana
NIo,.er Johnson of the Senators 1928.
" these 1 figures show graphically what
,rrnortant factor Cicotte was In the
aas snch another successful season next
n Yea he win be the greatest winning
nitcher o, modern baseball. barring NO
one Alexander has never been apie
to approach his 1915 mark, whiie
losing club injuries Johnson's chances
in this department.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
HAMILl'S
STEEL CUT
COFFEE
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the stockholders OF The
IAufskamp Brothers company, held on
December 18th, 1917. the articles OF
incorporation OF said company were
amended by providing that in addition
to the common stock of said company
there shall be Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars Of preferred stock, divided in
to shares OF one hundred dollars each.
Said preferred stock shall be paid for
only In cash and shall not be issued
until the corporation has received the
face value thereof in cash. Said pre-
ferred stock, not to exceed two hun
dred thousand dollars, shall be issued
at such times and in such amounts as
shall be determined by the board OF
directors. The said preferred stock
shall draw four per cent annual divid-
| end and shall be preferred as to div
idends and as to assets, the company
reserving the right to retire the pre-
ferred stock at par at any time. The
record OF said amendment has been
filed in the Office of the recorder Of Lee
county. Iowa at Keokuk, in incorpor-
alton record book 5, page 1870: and
said record has also been filed in the
Office of the Secretary of State OF
Iowa, at Des Mofnes
Signed December 20, 1917
THE HUSBAND BROTHERS COM.
PANY.
BY Henry w. Huiskamp as its presi-
dent
And by Leonard Matless. as its Sec
rotary and treasurer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
What Is a Pro- German
Herbert Quick, U. s. Farm Loan
Commissioner, Answers Cues
tion In Complete Manner.

A ProGerman Is q man who, by
private or public utterances, stands
in the way OF whole-hearted prose
cution OF this war and the defeat OF
German will to conquer.
He may do it by finding fault with
the conduct OF the war. He may do
lit by impracticable peace arguments
He may do it through q mistaken
policy. He may do it because he Is
in the pay of the German government.
He may do it because he has been
befooled and bamboozled by those
who are in Germany's pay.
The German will to expansion by
conquest must be broken by defeat.
| If that rapacious will be not broken.
the war will not give us peace. In
all the history of the world there
never existed a conQuering nation
less tit to rule others than are the
Germans. This is true because the
| German policy is SO brutal, SO cruel,
| SO scientifically exterminating. In
| the streets of every town in German
Poland children are falling and dying
of starvation. Children eight and
twelve years of age are being carried
! through the streets by their parents
because they are too weak to walk.
because of starvation. The Poles are
being exterminated as fast as pos
sible by the Germans just as the
Armenians-the oldest christian ma
| ton in the world-are being EXTERN
J mated by the Germans and Turks.
Why? Because Germany wants the
property of the Poles for Germans
after the war; and because they want
the property of the Armenians for
the Turks and Germans after the war.
| Their will can and must be broken
! by defeat 1t is not the will Of the
! individual German. 1t is the bloody,
| brutal, cruel, devilish will of the Ger
man government and the German rul-
ing class, miseducated in the school
which believes that war is the culm-
nation of human good.
A pro-German is anyone who stands
! in the way Of our successful prescott
ton of the war. Every word that falls
from the tongue OF any American o.
/ is written by him carries with 1t a
responsibility greater than ever ex-
| listed in the history of this nation.
! Look well to what you say or do.
| Germany has in this country hun
| dreds of papers printed in the Ger
man tongue. Whether this ought to
| be or not is a grave question. II any
| OF these papers are loyal, / do not
know of them. Some OF them may
be, but have not heard OF them.
] These and other papers and many
| individuals say they are for America,
but none of them say they are against
Germany.
He who is for us is against Ger
many. He who is not against Ger
many, tooth and nail, in this war, is
not for America.
You can tell the pro-German by an
other test: If he is against France,
or against Italy, or against Russia,
he is pro-German.
The armies and navies of these
powers are fighting our fight. They
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
EDil 7hat He D.din Worlds
Series Game IS Sure Lip
ing After Him

The phrase che pulled Merkle
may be dropped from baseball's CLASSIC
parlance to make room for a brant
new bit Of slang by substituting th'
name Of Zim for that of the former
Giant first baseman.
Heine Zimmerman's name certain!
deserves to go down in baseball his
tory as the only man who ever ap.
preached Merkle's famous bonehead
play.
Heine's famous 30-yard sprint down
the third base line after the fleet-foot-
ed Collins is one of those exhibitions
OF ivory which come up in ball game
when even the smartest players, play
ing at high tension, lose their heads
for an instant and pull play that the
yeriest sandlotter would Jeer at.
The greatest bone. prior to lms
was when Merkle failed to touch sec
ond on Bridwell's hit in the last game
of the series in 1905 Merkle started
for the club house, believing the game
was won when Sheckard recovered the
ball. threw to Evers and the Giants
were declared out by Umpire ODay'
the winning run not counting. The
game was played over and the Giants
lost.
MerkIe added to his fame as an
fyory merchant in the world series OF
1912 by falling to go after h1gh foui
which would have won the series for |
the Giants.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
keokuk Organization Under the 81.
rection Of w. n. Bower Makes
Good Showing Yester-
day at Grand.
WEATHER HOLDS CROWD
Band Deserved to Play TO Packed
House, But Only Small Number
Heard Initial Program
Because OF Cold.

The first concert to be given by the
keokuk Concert band under the direc-
tion of w. H. Bower, the new leader,
was given yesterday before an aud
fence OF three hundred or more at the
Grand. The weather had much to do
with the small audience, for the pro-
gram merited crowded house. 1t
was one Of the finest concerts that has
been held in Keokuk, and the new or
ganization is showing its ability under
the very talented leadership of Mr..
Bower.
The band program. to begin with,
was one which would naturally draw a
|crowd 1t was all good music, and en-
braced enough Of the really popular
airs to appeal to the great majority
lof concert goers. The program was
played In q most artistic fashion, the
ability Of the new leader being shown
to advantage In every number, and the
was really marvellous.
The band under the leadership Of
Mr.. Bower shows big step in the
right direction, and the training which
he Is giving the men is worth much in
itself. A thorough musician and a
most talented bandmaster, Mr.. Bower
lis making one OF the finest musical
organizations in this part of the coun-
try out of the Concert band.
The program yesterday included
these numbers:
/. March Stars and Stripes
Forever Observation-Disclosures Sousa
2. Oyerture-Golden Dragon king
3. Onestep- So Long. Mother
.... Van Alstyne
| 4. Idyl-Glow Worm 1890. Lncke
s. TROMBONE Slip, Teddy
Trombone" ........... Fillmore
6. March-Over There $500. Cohan
ITO our boys over there)
| Z. Waltz-Impassioned Dreams
..... Rosas
( g. Selection-Prince Charm
/ Ing .s... Art. By King
/ 9. American Patrol ...... Meacham
10. Bull in China Shop $500. Holmes
! Star Spangled Banner.
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are dying by thousands every day to
make the world safe for democracy.
II we win, we must win because they
do most of the fighting and dying.
while we only do some of it.
The enemy of Great Britain is pro-
German.
The enemy OF Russia is pro-German
and anti-democratic
The enemy of Italy is against Am
erica.
The enemy OF France is lost to
every claim OF patriotism.
Do not let these pro-Germans pois-
on the atmosphere in your locality by
slandering our allies without chal-
lenge 1t is time to call down the
man who fights against our armies
with tongue or pen, no matter what
flag those armies are fighting under.
Words are things. In such a crisis
they are dreadful things, protentious
things, things which can not be al
lowed to pass as of no account
Germany is penetrating every coun
try OF the world with her spies
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
BASEBALL YET
HAS TROUBLES
The Big Ones are Trying to Fix up
Various Details for the Coming
Season, Mostly About
SpoiIs.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
CHICAGO, Dec. 31.-The old base
ball machine will be run into the gar
age again today while the national
commission does a little more tinker
ing to get 1t into shape for the 1918
race.
Chief Mechanic Hermann wants to
readjust the world series carbureter.
He favors allowing the first seven
teams in the league to share post sea-
son plumbers. He believes this would
stimulate interest in the race right up
to the finish. OF course it isn't ex-
pected to interest Ben Shibe or Barney
Dreyfus. Assistant Mechanic john
son thinks the allotment of spoils
ought to be limited to first division
clubs. Assistant Mechanic Tener
hasn't committed himself on this Off
ciaIly, but he always disagrees with
johnson anyway The matter OF SEIZED
ules will also be taken up. The season
will start April 16, and with 154 game
schedule would close about Oct. s, I'M
der the old system. Both elimination
of open dates, and possible institution
of summer double headers, is expected
to make an Oct. 1 finals possible.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

Pauline Frederick, Grand Tonight.
The extreme beauties of the seem
cry about Lake George and the
clever pen of David Graham Phillips.
are responsible for the production of
1.-THE Hungry Heart" at the Grand
tonight. The supreme Pauline Fred
erick's newest photodrama. and the
best play she has had in year.
The story is Of modern theme, abb
sorbingly interesting; the solution as
unexpected and wholesome as 1T is
delightful Action, humor, pathos
and deal of just human happiness
are provided through the bitter
school Of experience.
Chester Conklin, Mack Swain and
other keystone Sennett comedians
provide "a Pullman Bride" Pact fun
riot for tonight's program. The
comedy is one Of the funniest Of the
slap-stick kind seen in long time
At regular prices, the Grand will
offer Scandal for New Years day
and Wednesday. Constance Tai
madge, a youthful beauty and rapid
| ly rising star. is featured. She made
| her big reputation as the mountain
girl in Griffith's Intolerance
Scandal" is not an unpleasant prob
| lem play, as it's title might imply, bu
it is a modern society drama, rather
light and with touches of clever
Observation-Disclosures.
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sANDUskY.
, . = . go = = = =

Our soldier boys. Albert and Oscar
Peterson, sons Of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Peterson, have returned to Camp
Dodge.
Walter Echels is also home from
camp.
Mrs. Milan of ST. David. Ill. has
returned to her home after few
days visit with her brother and wife
Mr.. and Mrs. John Shuh.
Mrs Lester Leigerott of across the
lake is visiting her brother at this
place.
Jesse Fowler and family, James
Fowler and wife and Elmer Trimble
and wife have returned to their
homes at Rock Island after spending
Christmas with home folks.
Mr. Lewis Shade is convalescing
after severe attack of sciattc
rheumatism.
Miss Altha Denmire is spending
the holidays at Gregory, Mo.
A free program will be given New
Years night at the church and lunch
will be served after. The impromptu
program will consist of vocal and in
strumental music and readings
Everyone welcome.
The Cooper-Proctor evangelistic
meetings begin here Thursday night
The Berry Growers association is
preparing to I'LL their ice house at
this place.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
Kind of Letter You Should Write
To Your Soldier Boy in The Army

Major General H A. Greene, II
command at Camp Lewis, Washing
ton, has outlined the kind of letters
to write your soldier boy. He says:
"If you want the soldier you love
best to be a good soldier, leave the
tears out of your letters and tell
him instead how "Shep" licked the
butchers dog yesterday.
'Cut out the sob stuff. Tell them
the little things that are happening.
Tell them what you had for Sunday
dinner, and if John was interested in
Minnie Smith, tell him all about Min
ME.
Don't tell your soldier what sac
rifice he is making for his country,
and how homesick he must be, and
how you miss him. He knows the
sacrifice he is making, and If he is a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
Troops Ready to MutIny.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
Ell PASO, Texas, Dec. 31.-Car,
rama soldiers at Chihuahua City
have not been paid in weeks and
mutiny Of the troops is threatened,
according to arrivals here Today
from the capital of the province.
Dozens of persons have died Of stary-
alton and the food supply Is practic,
ally exhausted there, it was declared.
The American embargo against food
expectation has rendered the situation
acute and even wealthy Mexicans OF
the northern section are suffering.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
Heivaiie Zln1 Must Believe IN
Shakespeare BY This Time

i One OF the famous boners OF Dase
lbaIl was similar to Zim's. Ossle
Schrekengost, a slow-footed AthietiS
/ catcher chased base runner clear
iaround the bases without attempting
/ to throw the ball The runner scored
and the Athletics lost the game.
happened that the game was not "
1 particular importance and Ossle ulu
mot get into the Zim and Merkle CLASS.
/ Another famous bone was pulled py
John Anderson, who tried to steai
second with the bases full. Red "a.
her duplicated this in the 1917 world
series.
Harry Niles, one of the speed mer-
chants of baseball, was so famous ror
his bonehead plays that he was many
driven into the minors III spite OF MS
otherwise brilliant mechanical play.
PLAYING, with Boston against Wash
ington in 1909, Niles was at bat with
two out, Boston one run behind ana
Danzig. a slow base-runner on first.
He hit TO second, ducked his head and
didn't stop until he had reached third,
the fact that Danzig had
stopped at second.
once with Cleveland Niles caught a
rIy ball when the bases were clogged
with Boston base-runners. Only one
nan was out, but Niles disregarded
he frenzied bowls of the other players
ind the fans and started for the CLUB
;ouse. Three Boston runs scored.
FLAP" Myers, former Boston first
,aseman, once raced from first to
bird on Heine Wagner's sacrifice
nth two out. Boston was playing
lew York and Hal Chase, playing first
ase, was so dumbfounded that he
brew wild to Austin and Myer scored,
Wagner reaching second.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31

good son or brother you may rest
assured that when he has leisure in
which to mediate, he will suffer
inconsistencies and will think of how
you miss him.
Many and many a man has had
the blue devils driven away by an
old home paper that told him that
Deacon Henderson shingled his barn
last week.
Home sickness Is terrible thing.
All of us / guess have suffered from
it know l have. There is Just one
remedy for a homesick soldier-let-
tiers from home.
Write often, even if you only have
time to scribble a postcard. Mail
time is happy time in the army.
Make your soldier happy every time
the mail orderly calls
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
Cubs and Giants May Swap.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-A trade
between the Cubs and Giants, which
will send Charlie Herzog to Chi
cago and bring Pete Kilduff back to
New York, is among the possibili
ties of the winter league. Negotia
tions along this line were under way
today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
pemetrai Downed Italian.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 31.-W1illam
Demetral, Greek, won from Renato
Gardini called the greatest of Italian
grappIers, in straight falls last night.
Speed and science oyercame Car
dini's superior strength in the first
fall in fifty-five minutes and the
second was comparatively easy In
seven. The double wrist lock and
body scissors won both times
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
rorecas. of News From Coast.

Tented Press Leased Wire sers ~
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. o.
.Crawford doubled to lett, sc .
pick and Calvo. Chief Meyers
10 right scored Crawford. =,
That's what running accouh. -,
"a San Francisco game next yea @
sound like if Manager jerry Do~n re
n1ans % through. Before departure
- los Angeles, Downs declared ne
.gn,,Id offer contracts to Sam Cra"'
FORD and Chief Meyers, both OF VINO"
are free agents.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
Must Get an o. X.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31-To pre-.
vent any further executions, such as
in the case of the Houston negro riot
ers, without review in Washington,
the war department has ordered that
all cases except in the expeditionary
forces be vised here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31

Jack Hendricks to Manage Cardinals.
limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 31.-Jack
Hendricks, OF the Indianapolis
american association club. TO-DAY
signed a contract TO manage the
Cardinals. President Hickey refused
to name the length of the document.
s'He received his release from Nc
Gill and accepted our terms" an
nounced Hickey.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
Detroit Wants Bowling Congress.

Detroit Wants Bowling Congress.
limited Press Leased Wire SerVlce.1
DETROIT, Mich, Dec 3l..De-
troit is after the 1919 American
bowling congress and tournament.
A meeting of the city association
has been called for this week and
leaders declare assurance of support
is all that is needed to bring the
pin spillers here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
Soldiers Furloush Body With 9. 8
AbeIi Chairman and Stephen ir-
win, treasurer, Has Bal
ance in Bank.
TO BE USED IN FUTURE
This Money Will be Used on Any
Similar Occasions or Any Time
That There is Call for
Funds.

A report has been made on the
soldiers furlough fund by Stephen
Irwin, treasurer of the committee.
There is balance of over three hun
dred dollars on hand, and this has
been deposited in a bank here to the
credit of the committee, G. S. Abel,
chairman, and Stephen Irwin, treas
urer. to be used for future entertain
ments for the soldiers, or seiective
service men. or for whatever purpose
of this sort it is most needed.
The following report is made by
Treasurer Irwin:
Total subscriptions 1881 90
Uncollected subscriptions 80. $500
5000 90
Autos to Ottumwa .$175.00
Expenses Mayor Lotion to
OttumWa $500. 900
Expenses and salary of
Dr.. Barr NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 66.49
VIM. sinton. two trucks to
Ottumwa 5000
Jas. Cameron's Sons Co.. one
truck to Ottumwa ......... $500
Keokuk Union Depot Co., r. R.
fare soldiers to Des Moines. 1855
c. S. Abel, telephone to Des
Moines and Ottumwa .... 1870
345s54
Balance $346.46
At the request of Mayor Lotion,
the committee will be continued. c..
S. Abel is chairman Of this body.
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Mccoy and orteua to SCRAP.

Mccoy and Orteea to Scrap.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
OAKLAND, Calf, Dec. 31.-Al
Mccoy and Battling Ortega have
peen matched for four round bout
at Emeryville, January 19, it was
announced today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31

Fulton and Moran at New Orleans.
limited Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Fred Full
ton and Frank Moran will meet in
a twenty round bout at New Or
leans on January %.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
Encouraging.

London Opinion: A college gradu-
ate was walking down the street one
evening with a friend Of Irish descent,
and, pausing to. look up at the starry
sky, remarked with enthusiasm:
How bright Orion is tonight
80 that is ORyan, is it?' replied
Pat. well. thank the Lord, there's
one freshman in heaven, anyhow"
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