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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19
with RAPTURE We REJOICE"

Des Moines Capital: The bronze
statue of Frederick the Great which
has been standing in front OF the
war college building in Washington
since the Roosevelt administration
he's been ordered removed. In fact 1t
has been removed in sections and
packed away for safe keeping. It is
supposed that this removal is by or
der of President Wilson. 1t was the
personal gift of. the German Emperor.
We congratulate the nation upon this
removal There was nothing In the
life of Frederick the Great which
could be honored in a republic Fred
erick the Great was small bore ty-
rant. He was unworthy of the title of
Frederick the Great" His personal
conduct and character were not good.
He adopted the morals which have
ever since prevailed in Germany that
it is not crime to lie. misrepresent
or commit forgery In the interest of
the empire. 1t is time that the world
should cease building or permitting
monuments to such people We con-
graduate the American people upon
the disappearance of this monument
from our capital city.
Now by some means the name of
the capital of North Dakota should
be changed from Bismarck" to
"Pershing" orssome other good Amer
lean patriotic name Push the good
work along. Let us have regular
cleaning in the United States.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19
THE GAIN IN SACRIFICE,

| France has lost more than two million men
/ SO far in this war; more than four million are
now fighting in her armies. Under the pruning
of the great conflict the growth of energy and
courage seems to respond to the knife as does
thrifty hedge to the gardeners incisive minis
trations. Engishmen are putting on new quail
ties of devotion to their nation, its cause and
their fellow citizens. A great sacrifice is some
times made in vain but often it brings examples
of the finest thing in the world-unselish love
of good and true ends to be gained and a will
to gain them by equal sacrifice if necessary.
This is what war sacrifice is bringing to France
and Great Britain.
We in this country are as yet feeling only the
weight of small sacrifces-small in comparison
with those our allies have made and are making
A small sacrifice is generally borne with less
dignity than big one; 1t takes on the guise of
annoyance and people resent annoyances. But
when the sacrifice bites deep into the life blood
of people, the sense Of vital issues at stake
quickly comes and with it the real stamina and
strong forces of a nation wake to action. We
have yet to experience the rough surgery of this
war. This does not mean that we are lodging
it; we are preparing to take our share as fast
as the government will provide means for this.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19
This Skin PeeLer All
the Rage in Society

There 10 a growing tendency among
women of culture and fashion to pay
moro attention to hygienfc means OF
preserving vtheir charms. The advent
Of p.crco.ized wax doubtless has been
largely Responsible for this This re-
rnarkable substance produces COM
plexions so natural in appearance, so
m agne tically beautiful. artificial COM
pleKions are no longer desired. IN
tho skin is peeled off. The wax peeIs
the skin go gradually. in such fine par
ticles. no discomfort is experienced.
j he fresher. younger skin beneath,
wholly ir evidence within q week or
two, is lily white, satiny soft and smooth.
It's not patChed-0yer complexion, but
a brand new one. That's why mer-
coltzed wax has become such q rage
among society folk. The wax is put on
ALI druggists have II: one
ounce viii d0.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19
THE FooLlsH LETTER WRITER'S

Minneapolis Journal: Another ex-
allied parsonage has now learned by
bitter experience the folly of letter
writing. A little more than year
ago. the youthful Karl, emperor-king
Of AustriaHungary, wrote what he
must have considered highly diplo-
matte letter to his brotherin-law,
Prince Sixtus de Bourbon, wherein
he talked about terms of peace with
engaging frankness. Austria was
then beginning to feel the war weari-
ness which now more and more OPP
presses her. Hoping to produce a
diversion that would incline France
toward a negotiated peace. the young
kaiser wrote in the course OF his let
ter to Prince Sixtus these words:
Il beg you to convey privately and
unofficially to President Poincare that
| will support, by every means and
by exerting all my personal influence
regarding Alsace-Lorraine."
The crashing of teeth and rafting
of sabers caused in Potsdam by the
French governments publication of
this remarkable letter must be left
to the imagination. But the haste
with which the unfortunate Karl
sends official and jealous assurance to
his kaiserly master that he and Aus
tria are as ever faithfully yours"
shows that the revelation has caused
great resentment.
frances just claims" is a phrase
difficult, If not impossible. to explain
away. II Karl meant what he said,
it involved unimaginahle treachery to
Germany and the all highest Wilhelm
There will come day of reckoning,
no doubt.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19
Bitten by Hoo.

AMES, April 19.-Mrs. John Scott,
residing three miles south Of Ames, is
recovering from injuries which she re-
ceived in peculiar manner a few
days ago, when she was bitten by an
enraged hog.
Mrs. Scott was gathering eggs and
passed through the lot in which the
animal. which had litter Of two
weeks old pigs, was penneds The SOW
attacked Mrs. Scott, biting her three
times.
By the time Mrs. John Nobel, a SIS
terinlaw, who heard cries for aid, ar
rived with pitchforls Mrs. Scott had
managed to get out ,of danger.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19
Faithfulness can feed on suffering and
knows no disappointment George Eliot
BLEEDING RUSSIA.

The treaty which Germany forced on Russia
robs her of territory inhabited by sixteen mil
lion people, third of her railway mileage,
most of her iron her coal and industrial wealth.
And this is by no means all the greedy conquer
ors exacted Indemnities aggregatlng billions
were demanded, and the treaty also provides for
the indemniication of German subjects in Rus
sa for losses growing out Of the war, these
claims being estimated at two and one-haf bill
lion dollars. To all these brutal exactions the
complaisant, o-Prussian Lenine government
consented, agreeing in addition to demobilize
what remained of its demoralized armies. Now,
however, that allied Marines American, British
and japanese, have been landed at Vladivostok
to maintain order and save their property from
destruction, the traitorous Lenne is fierce to
fight and asks permission Of his Prussian mas
ters to declare war Japan and drive the in
solent invaders out.
Was there ever ghastier national tragedy
than these reasonable demagogues have
brought upon their country? Was there ever a
more impressive object lesson of the lniseries
that agitators of our l. ". W. type can bring
upon land9 Yet they are merely putting into
practice what Haywood and the men under in
dictment with him openly preach. There is no
more pitiful land earth today than Russia.
which, with all the rest Of her troubles. is on the
verge of starvation.
The government of the car was a merciIess
and oppressive system run by greedy and un
scrupulous bureaucrats, and was properly over
thrown Had this been effected in times of
peace it is at least conceivable that liberal
lied new order might have come into existence
But with all it's glazing evils the cars I'M
righteous regime infinitely better for the
country than the rule of the mobocracy now in
control. Russia swept her old institutions
away before she had anything better to put in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19
TODAY,s BIT OF VERSE
sTRADIvARiUs.


A century its branches sighed
To every wind. to every woe,
Had sobbed for every heart that died
And slept beneath the sward below.
A century its branches sang
The melodies of every breeze
For SO the passing zephyrs twang
The harpstrings of the forest trees.
The joy of Summer, Winters Storm
The aging of Autumn, and the Spring,
The snowy blast, the waters warm
All these it learned to know and sing.
Then came it's own, its final hour;
An ak that glittered in the sun;
1t whispered to its dying flower,
Now, daughter. is our singing done"
But genius fashioned from the wood
With hands of skill and tender care
A thing of beauty and of good.
A thing of wonder everywhere.
New centuries, Summers, dawn;
A finger gently draws the bow;
The tree of Old sings on and on
The forest songs of long ago.
Douglas MaIloch, in American Lumberman
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19

their place. The people, the overwhelming mass
of whom are totally illiterate, were incapable
of establishing a wise and stable government;
and everything indicates that their path to or
derby freedom under law must be the old path
trodden by SO many peoples through dictator
ship to government by an oligarchy of intelli-
gence and on to democracy, which is the final
goal.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19

the bases for thorough work In oral
and written language.
superintendent Deyoe declares that
s.the making OF q loyal efficient ana
responsible American citizen OF ev-
cry person. native born as well az OF
those who enter our gates from for
eign lands is the vital matter"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19
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Sunday school at 10000 a. m. Morn
ing worship 1900. Sermon. The
Sixth Fruit of the Spirit The young
people are having good times in the
basement at 1880 each Sabbath eve
ming. Following the song service at
$500 o'clock, the pastor will speak.
He has message for ALL The books
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19

are ready for the training cla..
the class please be in the Glass ass
promptly at 1915 SUNDAY ny y
We have extra books for anvon olal
wishes to join. You NAV yia as
class II you care to. 's's
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19
Ready to Give An

Topeka State Journal: Tho
Of the United States are shorp;ss
willingness to lend the povsrn ,a
all the money that Secretary M y!
feels called upon to ask for y aa
Is anything else Uncle Sam nsas =
has only to ask for 1t and II s;n
forthcoming. No people was y
more in earnest about a war ~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19

A New Jersey railroad man -.
vented q telegraph alphabet Aa ~
only dots, which he claims il ie. -
more quickly than Morse and caa
used by any person in an emerra a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19
SCIENTISTS TO THE RESCUE.

/ A speaker at the recent chemical congress in
New York City said that this country has re-
lsources going to waste sufficient to defeat two
Germanys This sounds like ranting, but it may
mot be so rash as it sounds It is certain that
Germany has put all her resources into this
war; that she has modified her science, which
is ulilitarian to high degree, in her successful
effort to use everybody and everything she has
to the utmost efficiency Our scientists tell us
that we have not begun such a mobilization and
they probably are right. There is firm of
chemists in Massachusetts which issues an occa-
sional publication called the Little Journal, one
of those productions popularity known
:'house organ, in which specialists tell of their
discoveries; these writer's are known to be men
whose words are weighed and supported by in
vestigation In recent issue it is asserted
that we are throwing away two-thirds OF the
useful product Of every long leaf pine tree we
cut; that we might get three hundred thousand
gallons of turpentine, six hundred thousand
gallons Of ethyl alcohol and three thousand tons
of resin out of a daily cutting which we now do
not get It is stated that New England has
shivered this past three months with coal and
peat deposits under foot which by means Of
scientific treatment might yield all the fuel she
could use There are other statements quite as
significant and the whole matter is summed up
as follows:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Sioux City Tribune: An investiga-
ton OF complaints that ground glass
was being put In bakers bread, in
New York led to the discovery that
it was only sand. II all the reports
that ground glass was being used by
agents OF the kaiser had been true.
there now would be serious short
age Of glassware.
Sioux City journal: No, you have
quite missed the point We are not
obligated to give merely until it
hurts us, but until it hurts the kaiser.
Des Moines Register: The early
war gardener already is. showing his
first blisters.
Marshalltown Times Republican:
If Schwab runs the ship yards as he
ran his own business, something
should be doing in ships very soon.
And Schwab has been here all the
time when incompetency was in the
saddle.
Burlington HawklEye: The publ
cation Of the Congressional Record is
not to be justified in time OF scare
ity Of print paper on the theory that
it is Informative. That cannot in
form which Is not read. But let us
be strictly just; the proofreaders
do read 1t.
Waterloo Courier: Candidates for
different Offices. municipal. county
and state, will please excuse us for
the present If we. do not give them
the attention they perhaps deserve;
really big things are happening in the
worlds arena which overshadow rela-
lively important matters here at
home
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19

One way to win the war is to turn the pan
handler into the plowhandler and the knigh!
of the road into the man with the hoe.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19

Our idea of absolute blankness is a moving
picture of Communications returning to Ger
many after the war.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19

should hear little music read little poetry and
picture every Of his life in order that world
ly may not obliterate the of the beautiful
which God has implanted in the human souI.-Goethe
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19
DROP GERMAN
DEYOE STATES
"Stop Honoring Germany Of Today"
He Says in Letter to School
People In
Iowa.

In letter to Iowa school officers.
State Superintendent A. NJ Deyoe
recommends that the study of Ger
man be dropped In the public schools
on or before April 26.
Except for the ambition of the
German nation the world might De
at peace" declares Superintendent
Deyoe.
Everything that can be done
should be done at once to unity our
people in language. customs and
ideals. in loyalty to one country.
Surely the time has como to stop
honoring the German Of today by
teaching the German language to our
boys and girls in the schools Our
state institutions of higher education
recently modified college entrance
requirements in order that German
may be dropped at once in all the
high schools in the state.
We therefore recommend that the
study OF German be suspended in our
public schools on or before Friday,
April 26. 1918. We suggest that les
sons in American civics and citizen
ship be substituted in place of the
German for the remainder Of the
present school year.
Reference Works.
COPIES OF Lessons in Community
and National Life published by the
bureau OF education. Washington,
may be had for two and three cents
per copy. Reference works in the
Libraries and current publications
furnish much material relating to
methods Of raising revenue. to the
Red Cross. to the conservation OF re-
sources and to other important pres
ent day activities which may form
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19

It is certain that when peace is restored to
the world, and President Wilson has retired to
private life, the kaiser will not invite Mr.. Will
son to become an exchange professor at Berlin.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19

Des Moines Register: The early
war gardener already is. showing his
first blisters.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19

Sioux City journal: No, you have
quite missed the point. We are no
obligated to give merely until i
hurts us, but until it hurts the kaiser
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19

We used to let Fritz do great part of our
scientific research for and it has proved very
expensive See what the cost is. Our inertia
made Fritz believe that he the only one who
could do this thing and therefore that he could lick
all creation. That is exactly what he is trying to
do now It ia the reason too, why we have been
shivering in the cold all winter long. II is better
for everybody if do our own research and that
we get to work at 1t right away.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19

Why did we not bark back to our scientists
before we were compelled tot We have had to
call them to the rescue and they have come.
They are now watchmen of vast worth and we
should heed their words Of foresight.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-19

1t is poor business in the light of war
events and Of their bearing on our present and
future to refer in doubtful or discountenancing
terms to the loans which we have made to our
allies: No money we have spent on our own
war equipment has bought for us as much as
these loans have. They have kept, or helped
to keep, many millions OF men IN the held to
fight for what we now know is our safety as
well as theirs. We are as much the benefciaries
of the guns, airships, supplies produced with this
money: of the troops fed and clothed with this
money, as are France, England and Italy. More
over the money is well secured if we do our
part. We are our own security.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-22

WIlbert J. Hauck, jacksonville, III.
William Francis Judd, Philadelphia.
William Schroeder, Fort Madison.
WiIfred A. Newberry, Fort Madison.
Louis j. Buescher, Fort Madison.
Charles II. Huckins, Des Moines, la.
Samuel n. Glendinnins, Mt. HamiIl.
Harry Wilson Rogers, Viewer.
Jesse SchIarbaum, Fort Madison.
Ben Bender, Quincy, III.
Albert J. kokjohn, North Platte, Neb.
Charley Lewis Allen, DonneIIson.
Warren William Knight, Montrose.
Herman Schultz, Fort Madison.
Alpha Frueh, DonneIison.
Glen CASTOR, Fort Madison.
Thomas Boyd, Viewer.
William c. Schultz, Fort Madison.
Herman Tempieton, Mt. HamiIl.
Frank J. Schier, Fort Madison.
William II. Muerhoff, Fort Madison.
George Lewis Graham, Pennington.
Frank HeIlaee, Fort Madison.
Carl Christian Trump, New Boston.
Oscar n. Rice, Fort Madison. .
Espey c. GiIIaspey, Argyle.
Edward Blocker, Burlington, la.
Milo e. Hamburger, Fort Madison.
Albert n. Bentzinecr, DonneIIson.
Albert w. Dues, Fort Madison.
Carl r. Sackman, Fort Madison.
Roy Clifton Murphy, East Moline, Ill.
Jack VarnelI, West Point.
Emmett Groth, Viewer.
John Lewis Brown, South Still
water, MINI.
George Nelson RoIee, Fort Madison.
Martin Peter Johnson, Montrose.
FLOYD Adna Jen1ison, Montrose.
Richard Gale Goodman, Fort Madison.
Carl Bernhard, Franklin.
s. M. Lingenfeiter, Viewer.
Harry Carter, Fort Madison.
Herbert Rings, Donnellson.
George J. Boil, Fort Madison.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-22
Federal Judge Calls Session of Serv-
Ice Corporation Heads and
the City Admins
traitors.
DATES JULY 25 AND 2e
Some Method Of Settling Differences
In Rate Matters to be Decided
Upon, Says
Notice.

Mayor Ed S. Lotion announced to-
day that members of the city council
will attend an important session OF
Iowa municipalities heads and utili-
ties corporation representatives in
Des Moines, July 25 and rs.
The meeting has been called by
Judge Martin ]. Wade Of the o. S.
district court
Judge Wade has suggested that
councilmen from the various cities
meet with the corporation men and
determine upon an approved method
of settling rate differences as they
arise.
Since the Keokuk Electric com.
pany has asked for an increase in
gas and car rates, the council here
feels that the meeting will be i'm
portant to them. Numerous other
cities and towns in the state have
asked for increased service rates.
Notice for the meeting is being
issued by the League of Iowa Mu-
inequalities, T. A. Potter, Mason City,
president, and F. G. Pierce, Marshall
town, secretary. Mayor Lotion is a
member of the committee on defense
and public welfare Of the league for
the first district of Iowa.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-22
ONE SONG RAISES s1oo, GOO.

Pictorial Review: 1t was during tho
third bond drive that John Mccormack
was giving \ concert in Buffalo. In
tho hotel where he was stopping lived
a very rich gentleman, blind and
hopeless invalid. He had always long.
ed to hear the great tenor. His sec
rotary had read that Mccormack had
offered to sing song for anyone who
bought a $4,000 bond at some rally.
I'D give a good deal more than that
to hear him sing" said the invalid.
I'D give 800 900" At noontime the
secretary of the invalid met Mr.. Nc
Cormack in the lobby OF the hotel, and
told him the incident. Just by way
of bit Of fattery. But Mr.. Mccormack
was for America first and flattery
could go galley west. He found out that
the invalid could be moved about in
4 rolling chair. Bring him down to
the ballroom where have space for
my voice and I'll sing any song he
selects. Uncle Sam needs that money"
me invalid was brought down and
asked for God Be With Our Boys To
night" And In less time than it takes to
tell 1t, the Mccormack voice was
rounding up 500, 900 for Uncle Sam,
meanwhile assuring the crowd that he
had several other songs to offer at the
same figure In doing this the singer
broke a hard and fast rule. He abso-
lutely never sings Or speaks publicly
on a concert day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-22

A David in stature, but Goliath In
intellect, man among men, ana con-
sidered one of the best men in Amer
lea at presenting profound subjects
to popular audiences, is DR.. Jay VIII
liam Hudson. head Of the Department
of Philosophy at the University OF
Missouri.
DR.. Hudson has just returned from
Western Front in Europe, where ne
went this spring on special trip
IN order that on his Chautauqua tour
this summer his superb talents might
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-22
Wh 1T Our
Lads Write
BRASIL Likes France.


Sergeant Leo BRASIL, who is cook
ing for an artillery training school
in France, speaks of the large num-
Der of Americans who are now "over
there" in a letter he has written to
his brother, John BRASIL, 514 Elk
change street. It's going to take a
lot of them to win the war, he says,
for the French soldiers have gone
to the front and none are left
Here is his letter:
We'll, John, | am not with that
f. G. company any more. I am now
cooking at an artillery training
school, and it is fine place. 1t is
about 300 miles from where was
| before and not far from the great
mountains that the people from the
| United States come over here to see
every summer.
Having Good Time.
"I am surely having good time,
for I am not far from a big city,
which / visited Sunday. But it costs
one a lot, though you can ride on
the trains a distance of thirty-five
miles for 20 cents. The country
over here is fine and there is lot
| to see.
II consider l am 1uckier than lots
of the fellows, for many have to go
right to the front and in this way
haven't chance to see much.
There's lot would like to tell
you, but I can't put it in this letter.
This war is he'll, but you people will