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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-01
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Sioux City journal. Inc PiopieA
of arranging your next years tour +
will be simplifed by the report OF
the Donald Mcmillan expedluon'
which is to the effect that CROKER
land does not exist. For the pres
ent, at least, you may continue 10
inquire upon the River of Doubt, now
ever, for that necessary little touch
of romance.
Burlington Hawk Eye: Among the
good advice that is now being SO
freely ladled out, there is the slogan,
Eat plenty, eat wisely and without
waste" AS prices have been, many
found it bit difficult to follow that
advice altogether. They had to omit
the first injunction and compromise
on the second. The third was really
superfluous.
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Time to talk about early frosts and
predict soft corn. Surely we aren't
going to miss our annual symposium
of corn worry, are We?
Britt Tribune: The fellow who
drops the first bomb on the city OF
Berlin will get neat little sum-
Livestock is all high enough, but that
is nothing compared to the price that
will be paid to the fellow who gets
the kaiser's goat.
Hinton Gazette: It is reported that
Earl Caddock, Iowa's world champion
wrestler, was exempted from military
service because of physical disability.
Sort of funny that one Joe Stecher
couldn't find that weak point.
Des Moines Register: The /. w.
w. leaders postpone the big strike
Just as the German generals post
pone the capture of Verdun.
Sioux City Journal: At that, there
is no occasion for the human who
happens to be named Hogg to act so
Internally chesty about it.
Cedar Rapids Republican: Of
course beans ought to be cheaper
for the crop this year is three times
as large as. the one the year before.
The single state of Michigan will pro-
duce more this year than the whole
country did in 1916, or over 100000
of bushels. We are told that we
have grown enough beans to make
full years ration of them, on the
army and navy basis for 100000
soldiers. Let us hope that no one
viii be able to get them all in a
corner.
Waterloo Times-Tribuue: Not salts
fed with their successful offensive
against John Barleycorn they are now
insisting that we dry our vegetables.
Just how far is this going TO go?
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Many
young cartoonists will envy that
artist, Baer. recently elected to con-
gress, where he can get his work
accepted for the Record with no edi-
Tor to stop him.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-01
The Stacker,

Chicago Evening Post: The British
rommy's definition of Stalker as Civ.
IN in the dictionary of the trenches is ::
An insect who stays back in England
and lets other men do the fighting"
Added 10 this definition as il appears
in Soldier Empey's book "Over the
Top" is a word TO the effect that Tom
my's special hatreds are Germans,
slackers and trench rats. and it is hard
TO tell which he hates hardest.
There is no reason TO believe that
Uncle Sans soldiers will like the
Stacker any better than John Bulls
soldiers do. II has been urged that
there VIII be no slackers In America
because We have CONSUMPTION and that
alt Den # for service must take their
chance at 1t. This is not the full truth
Of the case. for there have been devel-
opments enough TO prove that We have
thousands Of slackers in this country
who are trying to force the othet fell
lows to fight for them by claiming ex-
anption when no sound reason exists
Il is hard for red blooded man who
has volunteered 10 fight for his coun-
try TO understand haw any man can be
Stacker. For man of fine feeling 1t
is more fearful thing to face con-
tempt than TO face bullets II is hard
10 think that there are yellow hearts
here, but some we have with US, and
Americans willing to do their duty will
be justified in adopting Tommy's word
insect" TO make it apply TO those
whose Americanism is worse than re-
luctant
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-01

had hoped madame to find you here, and was rejoie-
ina in that hope God sent you elsewhere. The
best place is He puts and any other would
undesirable all the because it would please our
fancy, and would be of choice. Do not think
This uneasiness about the future is
unwnoesome for We must leave to God all that De
ponds Him. think only of being faithful in all that
depends upon ourselves When God takes away that
which He given you, He we'll how to replace IT,
either through other or by Hsmse-Francois oe
la Mothc Fenelon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-01
TODAY,s BIT OF VERSE
THE LAUGHING MOON.

The moon came with laugh last night
A cloud like a grin its silver face
Packed round with the rest of the Web spun white
BY an unseen loom in unseen place
And said: 20 Moon with the ragged smile
AS you Jest DER mountains and smirk DER seas,
What monster joke does each light washed mile
Yield out of its unveiled mysteries?"
And the moon leaned forth the gracious skies,
81 can see land full of broken things
THAT look up to with their strange dead eyes
And needs laugh at the sport OF kings!
M Forrest in Cartoons Magazine.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-01

Salt Lake City promises to 30 to
the mat with the street car people
on a pending proposition to increase
passenger fares. The issue is up to
the public utilities commission, and
lively vocal war is assured
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-01

There has been marked gain in efficiency in
the business of transportation as result Of CO.
operation between the railroads and the ship
pers According to Fairfax Harrison chairman
of the railroads war board reports coming
from all parts Of the country show that
practically all commodities, from coal and
steel to food products, are being loaded in a
way to eliminate waste space in the cars. It
is estimated that in the month Of July this
saving increased the number of cars available
for freight traffic by about one hundred and
twenty thousand. Evidently Improvement in
methods of handling freight, which, presum-
ably, might have been accomplished long ago,
has been brought about as a result Of the war
emergency, and some of it will be permanent.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-01

Former Speaker Cannon has taken up golf.
All the new equipment he required was cos
tune and bag of sticks; he always had the
vocabulary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-01

1t is bad year for autocracy. King Coal
now follows Nicholas and Constantine.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-01

AS to people saying few idle words about
us, we must not mind that, any more than
the old church steeple minds the rocks cav
ing about it.-George Eliot.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-01

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-01

Marshalltown s-Republican
Time to talk about early frosts ana
predict soft corn. Surely we aren't
going to miss our annual symposium
of corn worry, are We?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-06-28
A Short History OF The Popes.

IL our Watson's Magazine for May. 1917,
l is a short history of the Roman Catholic
church and the popes, based upon a very large
work written by Louis De Cormcnin who was
born and reared a Catholic.
This bird's-eyc view of the Papal System
begins on page y of the Magazine, Mr. Wat
ment Of Henry VIII
Send Zoe and get in brief but comprehen-
siye shape mass Of information that it is
now of extreme Importance to every Protest
ant, and liberty-loving American.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-06-28

he kneW-Such fine characters as Dr. Steiner
and james r. Randall-truly represented tie
Roman hierarchy.
That's mistake which Protestants are
prone to make, forgetting that no indjyiduaz
can truly represent any system.
Among the ancient Pagans were some of
the noblest and sweetest human types that
ever adorned the human race. You can read
Of them and learn some of their names. in
Lec1ys standard work on THE Progress of
European Morals"
Among the Buddhists, Nohammedans, and
Confuconists Of our own times, you can find
some Of the best of men and women.
If Mr.. Stephens had known the true his
tory Of Cardinal Antonelli Secretary to Pope
Plus TX and Of Cardinal Bedin, the nuncio
sent over to this country by Pope Gregory
XVI, in 1848, he would have opened his eyes
in horror, at the difference between DR..
Steiner and the blood-stained criminals who
steered the Papal machinery
Cardinals Bedini and Ant0nell were the
real representatives of Papal law, Papal aims,
and Papal methods-and more Infamous
pair of crafty, unscrupulous, and merciess
scoundrels never lived-not even in the ranks
Of Papal statesmen"
In the days of Mr.. Stephens, the Roman
church was not strong enough in this Union
to enforce her own laws, in contempt of ours
Now, she is doing it. The Ne ton7eye decree
nsolently overrides our marriage laws, and
the m0tu pr0pri0, forbids Catholic citizens
to proceed in orr courts against any priest
why?
Because, in Papal law, the priests are not
citizen subjects Of this Republic, but are the
sworn vassals of Rome.
In the days of Mr.. Stephens, the Roman
Church had not gained control Of the Army
and Navy, by working the chaplains into the
authority of officers, and by thus compelling
Protestants to worship according to Roman
Catholic ceremonial.
The destruction Of religious liberty, By
means Of military and n0paz discipline, had
not been dreamed of as possibility
Even the Know Nothings never imagined
that such a revolution could be quietly
effected, without attracting the slightest OBJ
position from Protestant churches
In the days of Mr.. Stephens. there were
no Catholic secret societies, openly at work,
sworn to boycott, persecute, and even murder
Professionals who agitate Extensively against
Papal encroachments.
No Romanist riots, brutal assaults, and
dastardly assassinati0ns had been systematic
cally encouraged by Roman priests in their
determined campaign against freedom of
speech
No rancorous Knights Of Columbus were
IN Congress, demanding that freedom of the
press be practically annihiIated by the closure
Of the mails to Protestant literature
In Mr. Stephens day, there was no Papal
am bas8ador at Washington; no Pan-American
Union, with Romanism for its official religion;
no elaborate pomps of Catholic superstition
imposed publicly upon the Army no Cardi-
nal Gibbons silly pulling governmental wires
and hobnobbing in the State Department; no
dissemination of Papal propaganda through
the Public Printing Office, at Protestant ex-
pen8e; no annual robbery of the u. S.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-06-28
Thursday, June %, 1917.

wv. T. NladStOne, he Will at once realize that
the Papal system cannot live in peace with
our Republic.
"The Vatican Decrees,'' is the name of Mr..
GIadstone's book, and the American edition
was published by Harper & Brothers in 1875:
let anyb0dy who wants to know the deadly
antagonlsm between Popery and democracy,
READ THE LAW OF THE ROMAN CHURCH. as codi-
he'd and republished by Pope Plus TX
There no sense III wasting time on these
Catholic Laymen, Qch0 do not speuh qCith an
tho5Tty, and whose words do not bind their
church
The thing to do, is, to read the Law of the
Roman Church as proclaimed by Pope who
forced his hierarchy to decree Papal Infazh-
b5l5fy: read the Law as he states it, and you
will have the highest, best, and unimpeacha-
bic evidence on the subject
In the second place, Mr.. Stephens argued
that the Know Nothings were wrong, in pre-
dieting that the Roman Church would ever
become dangerous to American principles and
liberties.
He contended that the Catholics had
fought on our side in the Revolutionary War.
had been loyal to our Governments and that
in the future they would be as loyal as in the
past.
England was lulled by the same fallacous
reasoning, and made to believe that-some-
how, somewhere, at some time which no one
could name-the Roman Church had under
gone change Of heart, and had changed its
medieval law to fit modern conditions.
Therefore, the British Parliament repealed
all the statutes against Romanists, modified
her treason laws as the Romanists desired,
permitted the restoration in England Of the
Roman hierarchy, and even struck out the
extreme Protestant clause from the Kings
Coronation Oath
Did Rome change any of her laws against
Protestants?
No: her law still condemns them to perse-
cutiOn and death
Did Rome modify her doctrine as to Pro
testant marriage?
No: her doctrine, which Pope Leo XIII
reproclaimed in his Great EncyclicaI Letters,
officially republished in this country, in 1903,
still viciously, falsely and treasonously CON
dennis all marriages of Protestants, not cele-
brated by priest, as invalid, sinful, adulter-
GUS, and illicit.
In 1923, Pope Plus IX-whose bastard
daughters were bellies in Rome publicly de
nounccd the "flthy concubinage" Of all
Protestant marriages.
Did Rome alter her attitude as to the SUI
premacY Of the Papal church over the State?
She did not. On the contrary, her priests
in Ireland and Canada have preached ODE
dience to the Pope, rather than to Parliament,
and the refusal of the Catholics to enlist for
hte War has been the source of Englands
greatest weakness and danger.
"Always the same'-when she dares to be
the inner soul of Romanism is as black, to-
day, with implacable and murderous hatred
against Professionalism, civil supremacy, and
religious liberation, as it was when her
Inquistos burnt 100000 innocent men,
women, and children for ''heresy"
Did the Roman Church modify the oath of
the priesthood, when it persuaded Parliament
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-06-28

PAGE FIVE

If Mr.. Stephens were now alive, and could
see how prodgious has been Rome's advance
against us, and how arrogant her demands
have become, he would never repeat the mis-
take he made 'before the War"
What Mr. Stephens failed to leaIn-and
Squire Ihoddeu8 za6oTouS7y ign0re8-is. that
the Roman Catholic Church differs terribly
from all other churches in having a pef-
m1anent Code Of Laa0, and an e7a60r0te p0liti-
cal organization, whose purpose to subdue
mankind end ru1e nations. can 10 more be
disputed, than you can dispute the existence
Of the Constitution Of the United States.
That was the sole cause of nearly all the
wars which drenched Europe with blood for
a thousand years.
That was the cause of the mighty contest
between Popes and German Empcrors; be-
tween POpes and French Kings; between
Popes and Italian Republics; between Popes
and English monarchs
The triple cr01cn which the POPE wears as
the symbol Of has poacer is itself an advertise
ment Of his ludicrously preposterous claim to
universal dominion over Earth Heaven. and
Hell.
These mOnstrOus pretensions which were first
put forth, formally and by force of arms. by
Pope Gregory VII, in the 18th century. were
re-asserted by Pope Plus TX in the Syllabus
/
cal usurpatlOn were the direct causes of the
colossal crimes Of the "Holv AlIiance'-a
series Of bloody conQuests over democratic
movements, which lasted from the final over
throw Of Napoleon in 1915, to the expulsion
OF the French Catholic army from Mexico. in
1867
When the Constitution of the United States
broadly tolerated all religions and prohibited
a religious test, it did not mean that sworn
anarchist, a sworn nihiIist, sworn mon
archist, q sworn subject of the Papal En-
plre could ever hold office in this Republic
4 sworn enemy to our American principles
must not be allowed to gain the power to
overthrow those principles, even though he
claims that his "roligiOn" makes it his duty.
The mask Of "relgion' must not deceive
those who love the republican form Of govern
ment and do not intend that it shall be I'M
dermined by the cunning emissaries of the
Papal Empire,
1t is not to be supposed that our Govern
ntach5ch requires the alien to 81rear off his
foreign ross07age before acQ1615nq citizen
slap, would acquiesce, if he should resume
that vassalage after becoming citizen, ard
use his citizenship to erect IN this c0@ntru
the foreign authority WHICH He WAS REQUIRED
TO SWEAR OFF!
That's what Roman priests are now en-
deavorng to accomplish.
Nobody cares two beans h0lc the Catholics
worship their Saints their Virgin. their
Joseph, their Host. their Pope, and their
images: that's their business, not ours:
but when we see the political Vaccinations Of
their priests, all tending toward the control of
or government and the revoluti0nizng of
our system of laws, then we are up in arms,
ready, rs ouT foref0t1cr8 IN Europe qcere, to
tioht this Roman monster ia tho death
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-07-19
MONTANA CROP

Bozeman, Mont, July 17.-Crop re-
ports received here by the Montana
state college from 81 counties out of
the AZ in Montana, as prepared ty
the agricultural agents. indicate that
crop prospects for the dry farmer are
poor.
The agents practically as whole
state that spring crops are heading
in many instances too short to be cut
by the binder and large percentage
are so badly burned that they will not
be worth harvesting. They report
native pastures as getting dry and the
prospects for a grain crop on non-
irrigated farms are slight and il IT,
coming winter is a severe one, it will
mean hard times for live stock fol
lack Of forage.
Prompt rains, it is believed, woult
save some Of the crops. Irrigated
crops are reported doing well. Flas
and wheat have suffered the most fol
lack Of arin.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-07-19
EXAMINATION FOR
2ND OFFICERS CAMP
WILL BE HELD IN FARGO, THIS
WEEK-MAJOR STEDM4AN IN
CHARGE.

Examination of applicants for the
second officers reserve corps training
camp will b eheld in Fargo today aud
tomorrow. The examination will be
in charge of Major J. B. Stedman of
Ft. Lincoln, who is in charge of the
North Dakota applications, assisted by
First Lieutenant Hugo Mella. of the
medical reserve corps. Examinations
will lbe held at the Y. M. C. A.
Other examinations in the state
are as follows: Grand Forks, July
%, "a and 25; Devils Lake July 26,
81 and %; Minot July 80 and 81; Car
rington, August L; Dickinson and Bis
marck July 2 toe.
! J. P. Tucker ofthe state board of
regents Office will accompany the ex-
amining officers as executive clerk.
North Dakota men accepted for the
camps will be sent to Fort Riley, Eas
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-07-19
FRANK |, ]. DUNN DRAWS
A LIFE SENTANCE

St. Paul, July 18.-Frank J. Dunn
broke down and wept as he entered the
state prison at Saltwater late yester-
day to begin a life sentence for the
murder of his wife, Mrs. Alice Nc
Quillan Dunn on April 26.
It was the first time that Dunn
showed the slightest emotion regard
ing his fate since he was arrested the
day of the murder.
Good-by Boys, Good-by"
tGood-by, boys, Good-by!" were his
first and last words as he entered the
main entrance of the prison in Gus
tody of Deputy Sheriffffs Court Her.
bert and John Cronin.
And the prisoners voice broke. He
sobbed and the tears coursed down
his cheeks as he clasped ha'ds with
his brother, John Dunn, his brother
in-law, James Ryan, and Albert W.
Spuhler, proprietor of the Twin City
Carpet Cleaning Works, who was a
witness for Dunn told of driving the
husband and brother, Edward, down
town the afternoon of the murder
when Dunn, the state claimed, got the
blood money.
Staggers Thru Prison Gates.
GAIL right, Frank" Deputy Herbert
interrupted and with Deputy Cronir
led the way to the barred inner en-.
trance. The tears still came ard the
prisoners head dropped and his shou].
ders sagged as-he-1~as ic: through
and the prison door changed shut be-
hind him.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-07-19
VR0OMAN SCORES
REACT|ONARIES
DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN
PARTIES SHOULD UNITE TO
BREAK UP UNPATRIOTIC MOVE
MENTS.

Washington, July 17.-An appeal to
the business world "To make the con-
duct of this war as clean and patciot.
ic, as heroic and self-sacrifcing a.
home as it is in the trenches of France
and Flanders" was issued to lay by
Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary of
agriculture.
"Never before have the bus.re:,s
men of a nation shown as much IA.
triotism as they have shown in the
United States during the last three
months" said Mr.. Vrooman in for.
NAL statement. Unfortunately, how
ever, there have been exceptions to
this rule. Only recently we have seen
the secretary of the navy and the
chairman Of the shipping board f:,rc-
ed int othe arena, in hand to han.]
struggle with an organization Of un-
patriotic, selfish, sodden steel n.s.
mates.
"If any army of civilian patriots be
mot organized to stand behind the
president and fight this great fight fol
business honor, while our boys il
khaki are fighting and dying tri IN.
phantly in the trenches, the country
will be disgracei at home by dospic.
able scramble for illegitimate wal
profits on steel and coal, on munitions
and food.
every day we hear regrets thai
they are too old to enlist. There is nj
man too old to make his sacrifice a.
the shop, at the bank, the farm, til
ballot box, a sacrifice of greed ant
partisanship.
There is pernacious brood of t+.'.r
les, s,junkers, and reactionaraes in ever!
large city and in some states in thi,
land. They belong to no one party
They bear the black flag of financia
piracy and the yellow flag of eoono
mic treason. At every election from
this time forth, the liberals of al. po
litical parties should make common
cause against the junker reactionar
les. A political realignment is de
nlanded with patriots whose motto il
"Sevice to Country" arrayed in ;
solid phalanx against those unsc:: -
lous-disloyal, self-seekers."