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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29
COAL COST AND PRODUCTION

Consumers OF coal, having in mind recent
trying experiences, are more interested in the
question of production and delivery than in the
price problem. Nevertheless, it is good news
that reduction IN the price paid by the public
lis expected. For this pleasant prospect we are
indebted to DIR. Garfield and Director General
McAdoo, according to Washington dispatches
stating that these officials have worked out a
plan providing for substantial economies in the
operation of the mines and more rapid move
ment Of coal by the railroads. A reduction of
ten cents ton in government-fxed rates for
bituminous coal has been announced by the fuel
administration and prices for anthracite are
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29
CHARLESTON.
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Mrs. C. B. wolfenbarger of Nation
al City Calf is visiting friends here.
Mrs. VIM. Wahrer is visiting rela-
tiyes here.
Miss Meta Bergthold spent We'd
nesday evening at the Charles Schil-
Ter home.
Frank SwinderInan shipped hogs
from here Thursday.
Mrs. Gus Schuelka spent Wednes-
day afternoon at the Morgan Barnes
home.
Herman Ramsey is the possessor
of fine new bicycle.
John Pezley and wife of FIT. Madi-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Some Iowa
school boards are making the rule
that ten per cent. of teachers pay
shall be held back to the close Of the
term, to keep them on the job through
the year. It has been the rule in most
cities to give the teachers chance
to improve their condition. The board
realizing that they were paying pitt
full wage, recognized the right Of the
teacher to go where he or she can do
better, and is usually glad to help
the teacher in every way possible.
Des Moines Register: II the devil
reads half that is being printed about
the kaiser, he must look forward to
the future with foreboding.
Lone Tree Reporter: Next to the
kaisers goat, the soldier boy would
rather have copy OF the old home
paper than anything else in the world.
Marshalltown Times-Republican
The purely political newspaper and
magazine is having hard shedding.
People are paying slight attention to
politics nowadays.
Council Bluffs Nonpare1l: Every lit
tie while Lloyd George is obliged to
prove that he is a real statesman.
And he has never failed to come
across" with the goods.
Sioux City Tribune: Higher inter-
est rates would not prevent speculat-
ors from securing, at discount, Lib
erty bonds purchased by people who
insist upon selling them. The selling
pressure has only moderate relation
to the interest rate.
Davenport Democrat: Either more
people are dying in Iowa or they are
leaving more money behind them, as
is shown by the fact that the state col
lected half million in inheritance
taxes for the year just ended
Sioux City Journal: Another way
the fighting could be brought to an
abrupt conclusion would be for the
pacifists to start battery OF pile
drivers in No Mans Land. No ordin-
ary human could resist the fascination
of pile driver at work, If civilian
are to be relied upon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29
TODAY,s BIT OF VERSE
THE CALL OF THE CROSS.

THE CALL OF THE CROSS.
In this sign conquer. Purge your souls
OF evil thoughts and passions stain
Uphold the blood-red cross that CLOVIS
With heroes deeds on field and main.
In this sign conquer. With your fleet
Clear ocean depths of pirate foe.
Drag sea-roads free of mine and net
That peaceful ships may come and 60
In this sign conquer. In the field,
In trench or shell hole. heroes be,
Fired with task, to hold for Man
The outposts of Democracy
In this sign conquer From the sky
Sweep the dark messengers of hate.
Bear on your outward flights the Truth
To slaves of despotic State.
In this sign conquer. Chain the Beast
OF bloody fang and bandit claw
Who trails the slime of lie and leer
Across each violated law,
Who spouts the gas of poisoned word
And baleful devaStation's creed,
The liquid fire of wanton lust
The boiling pitch Of foul misdeed.
In this sign conquer Raise the weak;
Heal mangled flesh and tortured soul;
Bring vision to the sad, and preach
broken, angushed world made whole
In this sign conquer. Still the Gross
OUTLINES the reign of Craft and Might.
Freely we give ourselves-our all,
To follow God--to serve the Right
Mary E. Ashbrook, in Philadelphia Public Ledger
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29

son spent Sunday with relan VeS ,a mi
Misses Emma and Kate m
spent Friday evening at the "'
Kerns home. ri
Earl Hamilton and family ana :,
Alvah Kerns, were over Sunua'
itors in Keokuk-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29

now being considered. Probably the real prob
lem next season will be one Of distribution.
That was the case last winter. But then the
situation was complicated by unusual weather
conditions, which made it impossible for the
railroads to perform anything like their normal
task There will be danger Of a coal shortage
as long at least as the railroads are handicapped
by car shortage.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29
NAPOLEON ONCE SAID

"a Footsore Army Ts An Army Half Defeated
Men in Training Campo, in Cantonmenfs, in the
Army and Navy suffer from blisters and sore
spots on their feet. Every s.Comfort Kit" should
contain one or more boxes OF Allen 3 Foot-Easc,
the antiseptic powder to shake into the shoes.
heals blisters and sore spots. The PlaffsbufH
Csmp Manual advises men In training 70 make
daily use Of Foce.Raee. Sold evsryWhefe, nc.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29
No Chance for DisIoya'ists.

IroQuois Chief: There is res aar b
occasion to become alarmed owe.
prospect of disloyalists being e b
to congress. We would IKE ~ codl
color Of the mans hair thaa ,srss
get the votes of a western co s;snc
ional district If he showed .asr
ton to cotton up to tho Kais0
preference to Uncle Sam
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29
The True Story Of ssOuf
Where fhe West Begins"
By Harry N. 1urh.o., Denver, Col

left Arthur Chapman just few minutes ago, and dur
ling the of our conversation said to him. Art there
many different stories about wen where and how
wrote Out Where the West Begins, wish would tell
me the truth about it,
He replied saying that about years ago he
working on the Denver Republican and that he poem
day the top of his column headed Center Shots
While he did not remember the exact date he did recall
about ten minutes Of and wanted to catch
the 6 o'clock for home.
While he trying figure out something to write,
he passed the managing editor desk and despatch
which stated that the of the western states while
holding their annual meeting had fallen into discussion
about where the west begins contendng for the Allie
sheny mountains others the Mississippi and the
Rockies.
afforded him the suggestion for the choicest bit of
western that has ever been written
He sat down at the typewriter and minutes sOut
Where the West Begins hanging the copy hook He
left the office the and caught the O'Clock
Newspapers and magazines all the United States
published the poem have passed the Pacific
Australia and Hong Kong and the Atlantic to the coun
tries of Europe
In all parts of the United States you may find the poem
framed pinned walls and pasted in scrap books Two
ernors Arthur Capper of Kansas and John B. Kendrc, OF
Wyoming used ssOut Where the West Begins in their
speeches It has been quoted nnumerable times
the house of representatives and printed the Congress
Record Business houses have used 1t publicity
thousands Of postal cards have been sold
tanning the Sofa pillows and souvenirs have
been decorated with it.
poems entitled, Out Where the West Begins and other
verses, published by Houghton Mfn Company
Cambridge It met with ready sale and has into
fourth edition It the only from which Mr. Chap
has received penny of for his
Mr. Chapman is managing editor of the Denver Times.
The poem follows
WEST BEGINS.
dwells a little
Out wher he sun 8 a
Wheret the SHOWS q
Andth O a
where the West begina
skies a trine bluer.
Tha 4
Out a 8 t.e
Wheret n
Where
That's where the
making,
signing
And a man maxi
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29

The potato. for many years past,
has formed onequarter Of all the
food eaten by European and English
speaking peoples
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29
eERMANY's DECLINE IN BIRTH RATE.

According to news from Amsterdam, the
German commission to examine and report on
the decline in the birth rate has recommended
compulsory marriage OF all Germans before
their twentieth year, state aid for the destitute
who marry and penalties for those who fail to
comply 1t appears that the fall in the birth
rate since 1914 has been equivalent to the loss
of two million infants, and in addition to this
the nfantiIe death rate is fifty per cent high
er than in England and Wales. Add to this the
war loss of adults, which cannot be less than
two millions more, and it is apparent that the
decreasing supply of ''cannon food' is calcu
lated to excite alarm in junkerdom. 1t is safe
to assume, however, that the commission IS rec
concentrations will come to naught. 1t is not a
theory but a condition which exists in Germany
Underfed and impoverished people are not
home builders. Nature adapts population to
the means of subsistence, and government edicts
cannot repeal her laws. The rest of the world
can view the situation with equanimity if Ger
many shall not for half century have any sur
plus peoples to overflow into other lands The
chief concern of the rest of the world is to in
crease German mortality and see that she is
kept within bounds.
Colored troops IN Picardy, as in the civil war
and in the war with Spain, are rendering good
account of themselves and the stories of indi-
vidual bravery which their exploits are causing
to be sent back home should stir American
thought to the wrongs as we'll to the vaIor of
this race Colored men in Flanders fight the
Hun and win the croix de guerre Colored men
in the south may not even cast ballot.
IF the average American had known as much
about pan Gernanis1n as he does about the
batting averages of the baseball players, the
chances are that the war would have been over
by this time
1t Is said that Emperor William regrets the
departure from Berlin of his American dentist.
Perhaps the all highest has had a premonition
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29

1t is said that Emperor William regrets the
departure from Berlin of his American dentist
Perhaps the all highest has had premonition
that his crown is going to come loose one of
these days.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29
Face Disfigurel
CutiCurdHea|s.
One Solid Mass of Scales. n
Blotches. Itehed and Lo6
Rest at Night.
Nothing Puref, Sweater, tot Az
Skin Troubles Than
Cssticufa.

my face and neck were affected ~. az
t,olv pimples, and blotehes, ana 10y
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29

when noticed an advertisements
cu,icura. I sent for a free sa ras.
and when had used Cuticnfa 49,
and Ointment for three montns
healed" (Signedr miss Errna H "s;ss
mer, Willow ST., Stephenson M'e1-
August 80. 1917. .-,oL
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lienss are ali you need to keep wv
skin clear and healthy.
Ssnpls Eaoh Free By Mail: address, ga
card:' Dept. Il. bosto o. .,d "a
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-29

of seales. The pimpies ~
tered and were in blotenss,
and many Of them i is
causing me to scratch them.
I lost rest at night, ana NY
face was disigured. -
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22

United States public health service, believes that the veneral diseason problem will be one of the nation biggest peace problems.
 Are you sure, Dr. Blue asks, that the profitcers of vice are not planning to take advantage of the days of festivities when the boys come marching home to dishonor them before they get settled again in the normal ways of life2 Are you sure that demobilization will not mean demoraliza- tion? ?"
 There should be no truce with the red light district, no armistice with veneral di- seases.
 Unconditional surrender is the govern ment's demand from this enemy at home.
 Under the protection of the military au- thorities four millions of soldiers and sailors receive greater protection against veneral diseases than they receive in civil life.
 The cities and towns through which they will go and to which they will return on demobilization, must be made safe, pleads w. C. McAdoo,, on behalf of the public health service. A program of law enforcement education, wholesome recre- ation and medical measures must be every where adopted" " he adds.
 Signing of the armistice in no way less ems responsibility of civil communities for the protection of soldiers from prostitution and sale of liquor, warns Secretary of war, Baker.
 Welcome the boys home to communities cleaned and kept clean of vice!
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22
CLASSES
(Ohio State Journal.)

(Ohio State Journal)
 The bolsheviki want class government and they want themselves to be the class that governs F or ages the aristocracy ruled and now they want the proletariat to rule. They are not making much progress, ex- cept that capital, aristocracy, business and enterprise have retired from the conflict leaving the bolsheviki fighting among them selves. And what mess they are making of itl Riot, bloodshed. hunger everywhere A headline in newspaper says: Work men starve with bolshevism. They com plain bitterly that though everything be- longs to them, they are unable to get a living.
 There Is a whole volume in that head line. There is no satisfaction in simply having. Materialism is only the gospel ot envy and disquiet There is no virtue in property; that is only in the way it is used, and when it is used selfishly its value is gone. It is used selfishly when adminis- tered by class. So all class ownership defeats the common good. And that may be said of all class legislation for which there IS great clamor in behalf ot certain interests. It is all unnatural and unjust, and Is in direct conflict with the public wei fare. It is almost truism to say that tav- bring class is opposing the public good
 And no class can afford to do that. See how it works with the bolsheviki, who own all the property and yet their members are starving. It takes more than property to supply a man with bread and meat It re- quires spirit good will and self-respect Without these man will starve with loads of wealth, as the bolsheviki are doing. It used to be that aristocracy constituted a class, but in these days class wants to make an aristocracy of itself.s
 One can see it on all sides where class sets itself up as the first thing for the gov ernment to consider It is undemocratic and unconstitutional that it should be so. No class, trade, profession or creed has any claim on the state or republic. Their claim is only upon public sentiment, fortified by a real mind and an upright personality.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22

dependents that they were beneficial. ries of the bolsheviki rubles which weer alleged to have been scattered profusely about Berlin while Joffe was there, leads to the suggestion in some quarters that the SpaTtacus group was financed out of funds de- posted here to the order of the leader of the independents. Oscar Cohen, former reichstag member who is now under secretary to the national minis try of justice. Cohen left here yes terday for Moscow, ostensibly on of ficial business in connection with the transfer of Russian prisoners.
 Tue fact that NJ Radek. who con ducts the bclsheyiki propaganda bu reau. was in close touch with the or ganization headed by pr. Karl Lieb- knecht is generally accepted as proof that the funds furnished by Joffe were ,iberally placed at the disposal of the Spartaoas element, who suddenly were put in a position to establish ar official organ and otherwise conduc. an executive terrorist campaign.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22
RESURRECTION IN FRANCE

''I am told by superior scientific agrl- culturist that, contrary to many other views, the districts of France, torn up by shot and shell may become more produc- tive after than before the war, writes Dr. o. H. L. Mason, minister of Long Beach, Cal, who is now doing war work in tu- rope.
 ''The very ravage which has plowed the soil to great depths may in the long run contribute to richer productiveness. Here is a fine touch of philosophy: the tomorrow of the soil of France and the spirit of France is to justify all our sacrifices. The most sublime days are yet to come. Losses are to be transformed into gains of high order. The soil and soul of all torn Europe are to blossom and all richness of the past Is to be forgotten in the glory of the worlds to- morrow. The graves of yesterday and to- day are to be tombs of resurrection rather than mounds of despair. Already they are marked with white crosses, signals of hope. The peoples are most beautiful and numer- ous in the fields of Flanders where the graves of the brave are counted in largest numbers"
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22
MAKE IT UNCOMMON

Watch out for the common cold.
 Hit it every time 1t shows its headl
 The common cold" Is often one of the first symptoms of Spanish flu which is so like pneumonia plague
 The" common cold, too, Is one of the advance agents of pneumonia and tubercu- losis, diseases which rank second and third as causing the greatest number ot deaths annually in the United States.
 Don't laugh at a sneeze and cough. Dodge them when you meet them in peo- pie about you. Treat them with respect and care when they appear in yourself.
 A neglected common cold MAY de velop into pneumonia or tuberculosis.
 Even if it remains only a cold it re- duces vitality and usefulness from 50 to 5 per cent. When colds become epidemic in school. factory or office, production and efficiency are cut in half.
 individuals can't afford the common cold" Neither can the business world.
 The United States public health bureau says:
 Cold germs enter the body through the mouth and nose To dodge colds keep the body and clothing clean. Eat, sleep and ex- ercise regularly Avoid hot, dusty, and ill., ventilated rooms Keep the body warm and dry. Keep away from the person who coughs and sneezes without covering the mouth with his handkerchief.
 The United States should have recon struction program for health after the bat tie against flu.
 Let the health reconstruction program begin with one rule
 Make the common cold uncommon.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22
The LifHe ChriSftn0Sg
 Mother

It's lonesome l am feeling as the night winds creep and creep But here's a little fire, and I've sung the rest to sleep; The fliC> sring shadows fright me-so still the quiet seems. I'm glad the children of the poor can dream the Christmas dreams. For ere they fell asleep they talked of all the Christmas sights And pressed their faces 'gainst the panes to see the city's lights, And Jimmy thinks that Santa Claus won't find him any more Like he finds the rich folks children with the numbers on their door. Since our own mother went away this Christmas-year ago To where there's always Christmas where falls no Winter snow And never any Night is, but where bright angels be, I've made believe I'm Mother and kept them close To me tend and tidy up the place, it's little task tc keep; sing the songs that mother sang while rocking them to sleep; And when I've heard their evening prayers tis then my prayer is said To ask God please remember to send their daily bread.
 ". Sometimes it seems like "playin' house." and folks have stopped and smiled
 To see a Little Mother" who is only just a child But Christmas times and all times keep the cheerful face It's just what mother told me, and I'm Mother" in her place.
 VI. I know that now they're dreaming sweet dreams of Christmas Day And I wish the Lights of Christmas would shine the children's way, For think, when comes the Christmas with all good things to give, That Santa Claus forgot them-that he don't know where they live!
 VII. Shine bright, you lights of Christ mas-guide angels down to you! Shine on the dreaming of the poor and make their dreams come true; And lead the same, Kind Santa Claus in whom they all believe, To homes where Little Mothers hang the stockings, Christmas Eve.
 Frank l.. Stanton.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22
BOLSHEVISTS ADVANCE TOWARD GERMANY TO
 JOIN HUN LOYALlSTS

Continued from Page Ol,e) nation. as industries were being men aced by the chronic unrest m the Silesian and Rhenish mining districts
 Herr Ricklet proposed Weimar capital of the Grand Duchy Of Sake Weimar- -Eisenach as the seat or the first constituent assembly.
 The general makeup of the congress was pronouncedly mediocre. as the majority of members were from local soldiers and workmen's councils hur riedly organized in the early days oi the revolution. The fact that the con gress convened at Berlin was responsi ble for some embarrassing episodes such as invasion by soldiers and labor CTS.
 Herr Scheidemann was loudly cheered by the country members when, in the course of his address he declared that Berlin was not Ger many.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22

(Continued from Page One monia because their parents cannot buy milk needed to restore them to health. Every hospital in the district, he continued. knows hundreds more underfed children many of whom are physically unable to continue theIr studies. Of one of his visit tO one school he said:
 In one room there were 22 children. A ragman would not have paid five cents for all the clothing they wore. Many had no undergarments. and those who did could hardly call them by that name. Many were without shoes and others had heel-less and sole-less ones.
 We learned most of them came there without any breakfast. Some kind people were giving the teach CT a little money every week, and with that she purchased some milk and cereals. preparing gruel over a small stove in the room. She said with the high cost of milk she was not able to buy much. and that several of the children had tainted in the class room. Others were too weak to leave home and died there. MalnutritiOn was the cause-starvatiOn.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22
PAPER PREDICTS SCANDAL

BERLIN, Friday, Dec. 20, (By the Associated Press) - The socialist newspaper Vorwaerts predicts that the the main part of the disclosures of Adolf Joffe, former bloshevih am bassador in Berlin. will shortly be forthcoming. in view of the former Russian diplomats declaration that he no longer owes to Hugo Haase, foreign minister in the Ebert cabinet. the consideration due a former friend and political ally. Herr Haase iettisoned Joffe by declaring that the latter merely supplied him with data for speethe in the reichstag.
 The categorical denial by the in'
Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-22
THE BIBLE AND THE WARS END

When the armistice became effective, ending the great struggle in Europe, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day ot the eleventh month Kansas woman who sets great store by her Bible sought the eleventh verse of the eleventh chapter of the eleventh book of the Scriptures. It brought her to the first book of Kings. The eleventh verse of the eleventh chapter reads:
 Wherefore the Lord said unto Solo mon, forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which have commanded thee I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
 The woman who noted this coincidence says she believes, and she believes that the kaiser now believes that the verse was prophetic.