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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-15

RInAY sEYENEne. NovEMBER IS. 1s18.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
THE COURSE OF JUSTICE

When Paul G. Hennig arrested under
the charge of tamperng with munitions to be
delivered to the United States with intent to
do malicious mischief to the nation s war eff
ficiency, it was at once evident to loyal Amer-i-
cans that, if guilty, the man should meet the
death penalty. For the very reason that, if
proved traitor Mr. Hennig had forfeited his
life it was greatly desirable that justice I've
done in determining the fact of his guilt. No
fair-minded citizen should question that Justice
has been done; the government prosecutor
found himself unable to consclenhously argue
for Mr.. Hennig's conviction under the evidence
The action of the United States district attor.
ney at New York City was logical, since strictly
in accord with the legal status of that off &c
he is in duty bound to see justice done as much
to the accused as to the government. Accept
ing, then the fact that justice has been done
it should be matter of rejoicing to American
citizens that proof is given to their fellows o
German parentage and fore gn birth of TIL
course Of justice undisturbed here by war bit
terness, by influence of many wrongs suffered a
the hands Of disloyal Germans or by the un
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
FARMERS SHOULD ORGANIZE.

Harlan Republican: This paper has
ARRAYS held that farmers should OF
game to protest their interests. II
ras more or less in sympathy with the
farmer organization of North Dakota.
Hut since We have become more famil-
lar With the ans and practices of that
BODY. as outlined by its official paper.
which comes TO this ONCE. we feel sure
that SORT of organization is not what
the farmer needs. The farmers OF
Iowa are quite as much business men
they are farmers. They not only
o,-n and operate their farms, but they
own AID operate good share OF the
banks IL their neighborhoods. We feel
sure they will not take kindly TO the
var on business which seems 10 be the
stock in trade of the North Dakota
orea nization That organization, at
least it's leaders, have peculiar ideas
about the war now which We feel sure
iii not meet with approval in Iowa.
The organization recently bought 100
Ford cars at Davenport and intends TO
put 100 canyassers into tie counties
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
A HOLY WAR.

The Salvation Army is assuredly dong Its
splendid part 10 win the war and bring in a
happier epoch for humanity. 1t has over forty
ambulances st the front carrying wounded sol
l35ers from the fighting lines. and three hun
t7rea and four rest rooms and huts Miss Evan
Eallr2e Booth the devoted and capable COM
naarl3e- Of the organization in America paid
e2oaaen7 tribute TO ''the beautiful women OF
America who have renowned the Injuries and
ease OF life 70 do work of mercy IN Europe. =
But many OF the Salvation Army women, she
said were better able by reason of long train
ing TO endure the hardships of war work: and
some OF them are up to their knees IN mud and
water close behind the trenches in France. All
honor TO this self denying organization which
IS DOING work no other can do quite SO well.
Who can fail to see that all the forces which
make for the uplift and regeneration of mankind
have been conscriptd by Providence and set at
their appointed tasks. Every agency for good
is utilized. Never in all the past was there any
approach to the ardor and unanimity with
which sill the influences which stand for human
betterment have thrown temselves into the work
OF saving and redeeming. the work of charity
and love If this is world for political
freedom. 1t is also Christendom' S holy war to
make the teachings of its founder the rule Of
life The call is to no one church or creed or
faith but is as broad as that of Paul at Antioch.
And no Stacker organizations are holding hack.
All have heard it; all have enlisted; all are at
work.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
TODAY,S BIT OF VERSE
MUD STAINED SHOES.

Up in the attic, where cobwebs gloom
For years had hung quite undstur5ed by the o-oo1
I hunted around in the rubbish and dust.
Efecting cleanup all mothers must,
When, out of a chaos of broken up toys
OF playthings and picture books so dear 10 boys,
Where many tin soldiers had bade him sdsu,
/ picked up his little mud stained shoe.
Two little shoes with the buttons all gone,
One little scufed toe, and the tassel still OF,
The heels all run over the soles BoTn and thin,
Their buttonholes mended again and again,
Just like he had them in happy childhood.
Running in the weather whenever ne could.
can him again with his big eyes o. blue,
When look at his little nudstained shce-
His little feet scampering forth in the morn
Would back TO Mother all tired and -o-l,
After travelling the length mis- childs paradise
With all Of its beauties, its flowers and skies,
Filled with adventure and singing song
He'd learned from the fairies while playing along
So the years swiftly passed before ever knew
He had outgrovn his own little uudsssined shoe
To fight for his Country he's fastened away
But echo still fingers afar down the han
OF footsteps that always have come a. my call
C.oodbyes have been spoken and deep in ny breast
/ cherish hope that my hoy viii De bIesr-
And will march day with the Red White
Blue.
So smile through my tears al his shoe
But If in the evening when low the wgs-
Sinks the sun and ny loved ones lay 10 rest
Perhaps will who fought by mis- side
Who knew he was happy, this boy OF my pride
I'll watch for his coming with boys from the fra-
Just the | wait for him here every day,
With that tuned to lose
The tramp, tramp, tramp OF his mud-stained shoes
Louise Baugh
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
BUYING POULTRY FEED

e. S. Department Of Agriculture 5
Weekly News Letter: The old say
ing, No loss without some gain,
applies TO the poultry feed situation.
! High prices of feeds have made poul-
try keepers consider values of feeds
as never before, and they are rapid.
ly learning how to buy more econ
omicaily.
While farmers have. as a rule, fed
their poultry the grain that was
cheapest on the farm, many poultry
specialists and most small poultry
keepers have been accustomed to use
their favorite poultry feed without
con sidering either the quality OF the
supply, or the possibility OF using
cheaper substitutes, This attitude
of the buyers OF poultry feeds has
made 1t easy for feed dealers to sell
low grade and damaged grain at
much higher prices than could have
been obtained IL poultry keepers ev-
erywhere wepe studying and prac-
ticing economy in Suying feeds. When
buyers of poultry feeds buy with ref
erence to quality and price as COM
pared with the cheapest grain on the
market, the price of that grain will
control the prices OF all other grains
for poultry feed
Under normal conditions, corn Is
in nearly. all parts of the United
States the cheapest poultry feed. At
the present time oats are nearly
everywhere cheaper than corn. and
in some parts OF the country barley
is cheaper than cats. When corn
goes down to $3.50 bushel. oats
should be 76 cents and barley $i.20
a hushel to give the same value for
the money. when fed to poultry.
The relative commercial feeding
values OF the grains are most readily
computed by nspg she prices per
hundred pounds. taking corn as the
standard and determining the rela-
tive value OF any other grain by a
rough comparison of It's feeding
value with that of corn. Il is not
practicable to make accurate calcula-
lions for this purpose. but calcula-
ton which assumes that except for
indigestible matter and deterioration,
the common grains are pound for
pound. of the same feeding value. and
rates them accordingly will meet the
requirements of the case
The common characters and con-
disions of grains which roughly de-
termine their values as poultry feeds
are easily estimated by the eye or by
weight or bulk in measures or con-
tanners of know capacity.
Good cracked >corn is hard, bright
clean, and free from soft and. ehaff.v
particles. Corn that is crushed mot
cracked, and shows much soft. chat.
fy, and scaly matter, should be rated
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
RESPECTABLE, COMPARATIVELY.

Abdul Hamid, former sultan OF Turkey who
has Just died in palace AZ Constantinople
where he had been confined since 1872. was
given the title of the .tGreat Assassin by
Gladstone and was generally conceded 10 have
been the most unprincipled and absolute desFtot
of modern times. He came 10 the throne IN
1876 and by intrigue, treacherT and wholesale
murder. and by his undouhted adroitness In
playing one nation of Europe against another
retained his power until deposed by the Young
Turks in 1909. Thereafter he Tas confined IN
palace at Salonika until tire Balkan war OF
1912 broke out. The Armenian massacTes
which he ordered were. at the time they were
committed. ezecrated by the civilized nations
as the most atrocious acts which had shocked
the world since it emerged from barbarism.
But the Armenian massacres Of this war. APP
proved by the Germans IL not IN fact instigated
or ordered BY them. have been Of 80 much great
er horror and magnitude that the dead sultan
appears almost respectable in comparison with
the murderers who control affairs In Turkey
today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
IN FIVE MINUTES |
NO SICK STOMACH
INDIGESTION, GA
DiAPEPsiN" MAKES sir,
SOUR, Classy SToMAcHs
FEEL FINE.

Do some foods you eat hit bacs
taste good. but work badly; fermsl
into acids and cause a sick. sour %,
sy stomach? Now, Mr.. or Mrs, M
peptic. jot this down: Pape's Diam
sin helps neutralize the excessi1
acids in the stomach SO your M
won't sour and upset you. Ths1
never was anything so safely Quick J
certainly effective. No difference M,
badly your stomach is upset you \
ually get happy relief In five minus
but what pleases you most Is that
helps to regulate your stomach so I'd
can eat your favorite foods Hitho,
fear.
Most remedies give you relief SOM
times-they are slow. but not sun
"Pape's Diapepsin" is positive in M
Trailing the acidity, SO the mise,
won't come back very quickly.
You feel different as soon as Pan.
Diapepsin" comes in contact with d
stomach distress just vanishes-yol
stomach gets sweet, no gases,
belching, no quotations OF undigest.
food. your head clears and you I.
fine.
Go now, make the best inrestms
you ever made. by getting a large FIT
cent case OF Pape's Diapepsin fro
any drug store. You realize in 4,
minutes how needless it is to SUIT
from indigestion, dyspepsia or al
stomach disorder due to acid ferme
tation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
doubted popular demand that the government
take more drastic measures to suppress them
WHERE RESPONSIBILITY BELONGS.

Frank A. Vanderp. president of the Ma
tional CITY bank of New York City and char
man of the national war savings committee
places where it belongs responsibility for the
railroad breakdown He does not regard the
failure in transportation as an indictment OF
private ownership Of railroads. Nor does any
other person familiar with the handlcaps the
roads were made to carry so regard It, Rather,
he says. lit is an Indictment of government
control of railroads in the form that we have
had it, An exact statement of q tact to De
kept in mind when the time comes TO return
the roads to their owners. The breakdown
did not come on December twenty-elghth.
Mr.. Vanderlip continues. III started far back
of that in the unfair treatment the railroads
have had
The railroads knew what was coming. In
season and out of season they warned the gov
eminent and the public that they could not
meet new demands in transportation and mann
tain their security values unless permitted to
earn more money than was possible under the
rates fixed by the interstate commerce COM
mission The public accepted the railroads
view but the government refused to act until
it saw that its own plans for financing the war
were menaced BY the railroad situation it had
created. That If acted before it was too late
is to its credit: but let no one forget, while
the government is doing for the roads what it
did not permit them TO do for themselves, that
the government brought about the conditions
that finally became undesirable.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
Save /. A. the Mills.

Anamosa Eureka: The wav to save
wheat is 10 commence at the mills.
Make the mills grind the flour all
ready for war bread and thus com
pei the bakers at home and in the bak.
ing center TO save That viii solve
all the trouble without so much Of
hooray about substitutes and certifi-
Gates and other red tape. roundabout
ways of accomplishing partial savings.
The fellow who is willing to save is
merely Inconvenience by the pres emf
method. He is angered by the fact
that those who don't want to save are
not compelled 10 do SO. Begin at the
mills. we say again. and make a flour
that will certainly result in war bread
That is the short route. Every pat
riotic American will rejoice az the
move. The opinion OF all others mat
tiers little. Begin at the mills. and be-
gin while saving counts most.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
EAT LESS MEAT
IF BACK HUR1|
Take q glass Of Salts to flush k,
neys If bladder bothers
you.

Eating meat regularly eventual
produces kidney trouble in some fori
or other, says well.known autho!
ity, because the uric acid in meat :;
cites the kidneys. they become oys
worked: get sluggish; clog up an
cause all sorts of distress, partic
larly backache and misery in the XII
ney region; rheumatic twinges, 8
we're headaches, acid stomach, COZ
stipation, torpid liver, sleeplessnss
bladder and urinary irritation III
The moment your back hurts 4
Kidneys aren't acting right. or
bladder bothers you. get about foa
ounces of Jad Salts from any goo
pharmacy: take a tablespoonful in
glass of water before breakfast for
few days and your kidneys will the
act fine. This famous salts Is mad
from the acid Of grapes and lemo
juice, combined with lithia. and Ia
been used for generations 10 flus
clogged kidneys and stimulate thei
to normal activity; also to neutralil
the acids in the urine SO 1t no long:
irritates, thus ending bladder Oil
orders.
Jad Salts cannot !pjure anyon.
makes delightful effervescer
Whitewater drink which millions Q
men and women take now and the
to keep the kidneys and urinsT
organs clean thus avoiding serior
kidney disease.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
REVERE, MO.
>>>>>>> 49, Z

/. The dark shrouded angel OF sorrow
and Bereavement has again made his
call and laid the finger of death upon
a dear woman Mrs Eyaiine Web
ster tnee Dumas wife OF Larkin
Webster. who preceded her in death
four days. She departed this life a.
her home February 10, 1918. aged
seventyone years, one month and
tventy.six days. -
She leaves to mourn her loss an
aged sister. Mrs. Sarah little, three
nieces and five nephewss besides 9th.
er relatives and a hostyof friends.
. The funeral WAS conducted oy Rev.
Y. T. Wood OF Canton pastor of the
Christian church of Peaksvi!le. Mo
She was laid to rest By the side oil
her companion in the Revere GENE
terry. 4.
Mrs. Marie Kaylor spent the wees
end with her parents in Revere.
Miss Helen Stevens spent Satur
day and Sunday at the DR.. Leedom's
of Ashton. -
Billie Jones and family of Revere
moved last week to the r G. Hudson
farm, northeast OF town
Mrs. Charlie Riley of near Arson
spent Saturday with her mother, Mrs
Nancy Northrup.
Miss Clara Martin visited Saturday
and SUNDAY. with. home folks near
Kahoka- -
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E Wallace Of MiI.
ton. Iowa, are spending a few days
with their children, Mrs. A. j. Mar
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20

| proportionateiy below good cracked
corn in feeding value. Cracked corn
! in which any considerable amount oil
greenish discoloration appears should
be rejected as unfit for poultry.
Oats and barley with the hulls on
are at once seen to contain more IN
digestible matter than corn and
wheat Again the indigestible hulls
covering oats and barley make those
grains less paiatable to poultry. and
their feeding value must be discount
ed for that An average sample OF
oats should be valued about II 10 Is
per cent less than a good sample OF
cracked corn; an average sample OF
barley from 3 to ) per cent. less than
good cracked corn.
Oats weighing less than the United
States standard of 30 pounds to the
bushel and barley under the United
States standard of IS pounds to the
bushel should be discounted in price
according to the shortage in weight
while for weights above the stand
ards the usual discount in price may
are much below standard weight
usually contain large proportion OF
grains that are nearly all hull. These,
D.
into it.
Wheat OF good milling quality is not
sold for poultry feed except in sec
tons that grow much wheat and lit,
tie corn, and occasionally from small
local supplies. The best wheat usual
ly available for poultry is not actual.
/ ly worth more as a poultry feed than
good cracked corn, but poultry
keeper can sometimes afford to pay a
little more for 1t because it can be
kept longer without deterioration,
and under some conditions it is fed
with less waste.
Wheat that has been perceptibly
damaged by fire. water, or frost has
less value as poultry feed than good
cracked corn. There is no advantage
or economy in buying damaged wheat
for poultry except at its actual value
in com parison with the corn, oats,
and barley available.
Low grade and damaged grains are
suitable for poultry feed if birds in
good condition will eat them readily.
They can be fed profitably if they
have been bought az prices represent
ing their actual values for poultry
feeding, as compared with that OF
other available feeds. Better buying
Tby poultry keepers will not immed-
lately stop the selling of poor feeds
establish prices for them on the
basis of the price Of the cheapest
feed on the market, and not. as now,
at small reduction from the prices
OF good grades OF the same grains.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
ELvAsToN. Ill.
4 . : : : = - = : . 80 - :

We had nice shower last night
which poured some water in the many
dry cisterus Our roads had become
very good since. the snow went OH anu
autos were running galore, but this
morning the mud flies. Many farmers
have been making use OF the good
roads hauling in grain and nay. Our
hay barns are all full and unless cars
can be secured no more can De taken
care of. Our elevator is the same way.
filed with oats. wheat. rye and all the
cribs adjoining are fpll~o ear corn
awaiting cars sfor shipping. while
many farmers are anxious to sell and
get rid OF their crops 80 as not to inter
fere with. spring work. as all farmers
are making a special effort to get TO
work early this season to raise bump
err war crop to cover the kaiser up.
Name of our villagers are so sick
with very bad colds which get gnp
which is hard to shake on.
William Kerr has been very sick
with pneumonia for a week and is no
better.
W. C. Ewing also is reported as
threatened with same, but says ne
hopes not as hands are too scarce to
put down the war, for him to get on
his feet
Our weather since grounding day
I has been as streaked as polecat
warm and cold and snow, which has
caused our sicknessl
Much corn has been gathered since
the snow went off. but not all the farm
ers are done gathering yet.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Kimbrough OF
Carthage. were in our village Monday
as we understand home-seeking as
thew would like TO locate here on &C
count of being near their son Arnold
Kimbrough, who lives just north OF
town.
Many March movers have made use
of the good roads by moving their
farming utensils and outdoor goods.
Stanley Barns, we learn, Is domicIl-
ed in the Boldon Rungals, south OF
town. ready 10 strike as soon as the
spring opens for work. We are glad TO
welcome him back in our midst as we
know him.
Edward Newman of Winnebago.
Mimi. one of the old citizens here, is
visiting his parents and other friends
and relatives. His parents both are
On the sick list.
Mrs. Ruth Nelson Of Bowen. who
has been visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs F. w Walker. returned home to-
day.
John Ingersole returned home to
Roy Trimmings today from Keokuk.
where he had gone last week for treat
ment He is much better
Our schools are doing fine this win
ter and the attendance has been al
most perfect as there has been no con-
tagious diseases come to us to mar the
attendance. Only one case of diph-
liberia has been noted here and our
doctors had it quarantined in time to
hinder all fears of its spreading.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
A NEW DAY FOR MULES.

Minneapolis , journal. The CORE
spondents at the various seats of pre-.
paration for the war have not told US
vet how the mule understandings
uncomplimentarily referred to as
mule skinners"-regard the military
order from headquarters that seeks TO
convince them that mules may now
be best governed and urged forward
by heing spoken fair.
The old traditions in mule driving
are all along the line of violence. or
of proficiency in profanity. as sine
qua non in overcoming the natural
inertia of the mule engaged in army
work One private person who has
heard what the drivers have TO say,
speaks OF their attitude as one OF
brisk Incredibly" No mule driver
at least none of the old order. can
easily believe that the reluctance OF
the mule will yield to anything short
of profanity.
But the military order has opened
10 view some interesting possibilities
The army mule may have been driven
by profanity in the past, but who
knows what effect deff sarcasm might
not have on him. Has anyone ever
ties of poetry on the feelings of the
animal? Has anyone ever cried aiouo
10 the mule.
Come as the winds come
When forests are rended:
Come as the waves come
When navies are stranded,
Probably not. The possibilities n.
mule Indictment TO greater exertior
by means other than those OF the old
order are entirely unknown Yet toaay
We are standing on the verge OF a new
world order and a new era The mex
Russian lack of government does not
ask diplomatic recognition. It expects
to get along just as well without an
outworn past. This being the case
why Is it not entirely possible. in this
new world order. to drive the army
mule without profanity This new
hope will he watched with interest
from the Red river Of the north TO tie
Rio Grande and beyond. Within the
space of few hee haws. a new mule
era has dawned and its light falls with
dazzling radiance upon our astcnish,
ed vision.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20

In certain OF the rural districts o,
England the people have a curious
belief with regards TO whoopfns
cough. lock of hair is cut from the
sufferers head, an1S put into hole
bored in the bark OF mountain ash.
after which the hole IS closed. The
whoop. according to their belief. Viii
vanish in three days undef this treat
meat
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20

and if pleasure. you must toll for it. Toll is
the law. Pleasure comes through toll, and
not by self-indulgence and indolence.-Rus-
kin.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20

If man or woman could be brought TO reali-
zatlon that there is compensation for every
disappointment how happy humanity would be
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20

By way Of centralizing war control, the
general staff is now divided into FIVE bureaus.