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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-14

where Utley was fireman, would
congregate and talk about the war.
and it was so long ago they prob
ably couldn't remember what was
said.
Utley, he said, was always loyal in
interest and feeling, but working
twelve hours day In boiler room,
had little opportunity to inform him
self on the war. But he subscribed
to the Liberty loan and Red Cross,
and tried to enlist in the army, but
was rejected on account OF his age.
Attorney Boyd asked for and OBJ
tanned an order for all witnesses to
keep out of the court room while evt
idence was being taken.
Utley's wife and bright little two
wear old son were in court all after
noon.
There was considerable audience
present, but not nearly all the seat
ing capacity was occupied. half
dozen women were interested listen
ers to the evidence.
Favored Sinking Troop Ships.
John Hostetter, the first witness,
told of a conversation in the fall of
1917, when Utley said the fellows at
Washington were pocketing part Of
the money meant for machine guns;
that Germans had a right to go
through Belgium which woulN not
have been hurt If they had not op-
posed it: that man was foolish to
register: that Germany had perfect
right to sink all troop transports;
that a bomb ought to be dropped on
washington and blow it all up. Also
that It was rich mans war.
The cross-examination emphasized
that the witness was not using the
exact words of Utley. but only the
substance of It. The defense con-
nected the talk about machine guns
With newspaper reports about an in
Ivestigat1on.
The tenor of the cross-examination
bv Mr. Boyd was to show that Utley
did not name any United States OIL
Gers specifically and was not specific
In any of his statements, as regards
individuals. but made general state
ments which might be given law
f,,l meaning. 1t was much longer
than the direct by the government,
ord tested the memory Of all the wit
nesses.
you'd better 20 over to Germany and
STAY" Hostetter said he told utiey
once, and when asked whether this
started an argument. replied:
mo; there couldn't be much argu-
ment about that, you know
He testified that Utley continualiy
made similar statements for long
time.
Expected a Pro-German Revolution.
"He said this wasn't free coun-
trv" A. ]. Wright testified. referring
to Utley. and "You wait till we nave
a revolution in this country and III
he right with them as another re-
mark about pro-German of Utley, who
also said:
az can go out and in an hours time
get a list Of pro-Germans as long as
fairy tale"
Wright also told of Utley SAVING d
bomb ought TO be dropped on WASH
ington to blow ii up.
germany ought TO sink all the
u ships we send over there, was
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-14
BaCkache Is
Discouraginl
But Not So Bad II You Know How
Reach the Cause.

Nothing more discouraging than
constant backache. Lame when VI
awaken, pains pierce you when u
bend or lift. It's hard to work or
rest. Backache often indicates b
kidneys. Keokuk people recommeI
Doan's Kidney Pills. Read this ca
Hugh Russell. 500 D Street, II
kuk, says: MY kidneys were in
tive and l had dull pains through
back and loins and other symptoI
of kidney trouble. l used Doa.
Kidney Pills, procured from McGr
Bros. Drug Co. and they soon rd
lated my kidneys and relieved
backache."
Price soc, at all dealers. d
simply ask for kidney remedy
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
Mr.. Russell had. Foster-Milburn
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-14
u,d. finds His Talk Was Be.
81. Passage of Espionage Act
and His Intent Unproven
by Others.
|ouRr GIVES scoRcH1NG
.s.s utIey for What He Said and
Nil and for Committing Per-
Jury in His Testimony
in Court.

erst trial for disloyalty held in
..ut occupied the federal court
eo ,n Of two days and came to an
a. near noon today when Robert
,,ov was discharged by Judge Wade
~ ~ nroceeded to roast and scarify
~, =. developed that the remarks made
1r,,ev according to four witnesses
snoken a few weeks before the
.n,onage law was passed, and at the
npa thew were uttered, intent to de-
= The army or navy was vital part
violation of the law.
nudge Wade held that there was
81 sufficient proof Of intent In
.,,av,s mind to convict him and
,sacted a verdict Of acquittal.
utley's defense was that he has al
AVS be loyal. tried to enlist IN the
ar, never said any OF the things
barged. and in what he did say to
make another mad intended no disloy-
Nv nor any harm to the American
rmy and navy. !.
The governments witnesses quoted
-tley as making such remarks as that
hi troops ships should be sunk and
hal he would join the rebellion OF
herman Americans he believed would
b0me.
!. The Courts View Of the Case.
II have to do something l dislike
kery much,' said Judge Wade to the
ury. Usually my regrets are to
have to send a man to the peniten-
harry, but in this case my regrets are
hal cannot send the man to the
benitentiary," he continued, and then
Explained the difference between the
Sid and the new law, saying the older
law was very limited, because con-
Eress believed the people would re-
Epond to patriotism as all did except
IA very few.
Some set up their own judgment
against the judgment of the whole
people of the United States and the
baw was amended in May 1918.
IF the defendant had spoken the
words after the passage of the
amendment to the law there would
be no question that 1t would be a
case for the jury. The language itself
Es sufficient to send the case to the
Jury, but there is not enough evidence
of his purpose to obstruct the army
or navy Of the United States.
Regrets to Let Him Go.
ut is clear he was expressing his
Opposition to measures adopted to
carry on the war. 1t is true he de-
MES these statements, but it is clear
that he committed perjury and that
is another reason why / dislike to
have him discharged.
In republic the minority must
yield to the views of the majority.
THE language of this defendant
was vicious and would have natural
tendency to aggravate the people who
heard it, but under the law it was
not sufficient to justify verdict Of
guilty"
After he was released, Utley
stepped to the bench and tried to
shake hands with Judge Wade, but
the latter declined to shake hands
with him.
John C. DeMar, assistant district
attorney, made the opening statement
lor the government and J. o. Boyd
IN his opening, statement to the jury,
said Utley disclaimed making any OF
the statements the indictment
charged him with uttering.
That the governments witnesses,
I'll working in the Purity Oats plant,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-14
,ne remark by Utley, according to

one remark by Utley, according to
the testimony of J. p. Hassett. who
said Utley talked against the war
and government until Hassett threat
ened to turn him in to the depart
ment of justice after he talked about
pro-German revolution In the Unit
ed States.
! "They ought to sink every ship
that goes across" is the way Utley
was quoted by Lester Dean, another
witness who testified Utley said it
to a number of fellow workmen
His Reputation Good at Sandusky.
When the defense opened it's case
Mrs. Mary J. Carpenter testified that
she had known Utley all his life and
he always bore a good reputation
around Sandusky.
/ Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, Of Sandusky,
said Utley's reputation there has been
fine for quarter Of a century at
least.
The cross-examination by Mr.. De-
Mar was devoted to the difference
between Utley's reputation at San
dusky and at Keokuk since he moved
here about the time America entered
the war.
Joe Hawkins, Of Mooar. could not
show close enough contact with either
Sandusky or Keokuk TO permit him
to testify about Utley's reputation,
Judge Wade held.
John Fowler, of Sandusky, has
known Utley since the latter was
baby, he said, and never heard any
harm said about him there, but the
court struck out his evidence, be-
cause Utley lived in Keokuk from our
entrance into the war until after his
indictment.
/ Joe Harrison. fellow employe OF
Utley at the plant, said Utley never
talked disloyally to him, but other
workmen reported he did to them.
and this is all he ever heard about
| Utley's reputation there.
Former Reputation Immateriai.
William Mulligan, of Keokuk, has
known Utley we'll for six years and
found his reputation to be good, he
testified. Utley worked for Mulligan
| for about six months, but quit be-
fore we got into the war. and the
witness said he knew nothing about
JTtley's feelings after we entered the
war.
Judge Wade sustained a motion to
strike out Mulligan's testimony. say
ing at has nothing to do with the
matter we're trying here"
| G. w. Heller knew Utley and his
reputation during 1917 and 1918, he
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-14
Two were Killed.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, Nov. IA nava
lieutenant and machinist were Kill
ed and two were seriously injured Il
day when a steam pipe exploded Y
the hold of the United States tram
port Louisville in North river. Tn
dead are Lieutenant Alexander Wa
ter. 80, and Sylvester Pennemoyei
machinist.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-14

said, and talked with Utley about the
war frequently. He testified that
Utley's reputation for loyalty and
good citizenship was good in Keokuk
during that time, but on cross-exami-
nation said he did not know Utley's
neighbors nor fellow workmen, nor
their opinion of him.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-14

ing 1917 as Utley testified he made
and lost the receipts, but some cash
contributions do not carry the name
Of the donor, and it is possible Utley
subscribed $3.50 in cash without
record, but it is very improbable. He
described the accounting system
used, and said if receipt was given
for three subscriptions stub would
appear
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-14
His Red Cross Subscription?

REORGANIZATION of Utley brought
out that the little boy in court is
his adopted child. and he has no
children Of his own.
1t led him back over his previous
testimony and tried to get the exact
words of Utley in attempts to make
Wright angry to keep the latter out
of the boiler room, as Utley claimed.
1t gave Utley opportunity to re-
peat some strongly loyal speeches he
said he made in his boiler room to
an audience who later were govern
ment witnesses against him.
Efforts to break down Utley's state
ments about Red Cross donations by
soing into great detail did not &C
complish much.
Then the government put on the
stand c. F. Mcfarland chairman Of
the Red Cross, who testified that its
records are complete for subscrip-
tions Of over a dollar, and that they
show no subscription by Utley dur
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-14

the boiler room, in addition to re-
citing his, employment since.
He gave his age as forty-five and
said he had some nephews and fiji
teen cousins in the war, a father in
the civil war, and not drop of Ger
man blood in his veins.
He said he had subscribed to the
Red Cross, but Judge Wade held to
be admissible this must have been
before the talking he did, as stated
by witnesses for the government;
Utley said he gave what he could
afford to every solicitor who accost-
ed him.
Utley said he and his family strict
ly obeyed all food and other regula-
tons of the government.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-14
His Complete and Flat Denial.

"They claim this is money war.
but l don't think 1t is" Utley testi-
fled he said when Hostetter. a wit
ness started the conversation by
reading from a newspaper a speech
by senator. He said what he him
self is charged with saying is what
Hostetter read from the newspaper.
as regards much Of the government
testimony, and denied fatty that he
ever said troop ships should be sunk,
Washington bombed, or Belgium
overrun.
He denied the evidence of all the
government witnesses. and said the
Gisloyal remarks charged were made
by the witnesses themselves, talking
among themselves.
"The Gate City is the only paper I
ever read" he testified while stating
that he is not a member of the i. W.
w. or the Nonpartisan league and
has no sympathy with or personal
knowledge of them.
"I never said anything with any
intention of hurting the army or ma
val forces-I believe in them. l tried
to enlist in this war early, and in the
Spanish American war, but they re
iected me on my age and physical
grounds" Utley said.
81 never said anything about the
Germans in this country not wanting
the war" he testified, and all he
said about rebellion was to hope he
would be allowed to fight to put down
any rebellion here.
'I never made any statements In
tended to be disloyal,' Utley said
with emphasis. and denied every
statement attributed 10 him, reiter-
ating that some of them were read
TO him out of the Chicago Tribune
by the governments witnesses, al
though he sometimes kidded Wright
10 make the latter angry.
Many Relatives in the War.
Utley himself took the stand yes
terday afternoon, but had not COM
pleted long list of places where he
worked when o'clock. adjournment
time, arrived.
This morning he described his
work twelve hours day, some
times days and sometimes nights, in
The Washington times., 1918-08-04
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X street N. z. one hundred feet from
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modern. BRICK house. now under rental for f51
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est and principal.
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SALE-BUSINESS PROPERTY

18th ST. n. w.-Near Columbia road store
and dwelling property in this growing busi-
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hot-wat.r heat. alley at rear. Owner. quit
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Florida avenue N. Z. A aix-room. modern
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SPECIAL NOTICES
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BY NATURAL METHODS
WITHOUT DRUGS OR OPERATIONS.

BY NATURAL METHODS
WITHOUT DRUGS OR OPERATIONS
THERE ARE 100000 PERSONS Who a.,
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to RECOVER their HEALTH By SAFE -
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and DANGEROUS DRUGS, or v.rss than
useless SURGICAL oPERArIoNs-thAs sfssn
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RESTORES BLOOD CIRCULATION.
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BRIGHTs DISEASE. EPILEPSY. RHEu-
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RASTHENIA. NEURITIS. NERVOUS Ex-
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CURABLE (so-called) Diseases for which
ne MEDICAL WORLD HAS no REMEDY
WHERE ELSE
RE ResuIt o. = Ysars' Experiences. ne
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g street 8. E. between sth and TN streets.
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The Carlisle independent., 1918-09-05

'Fatherland" was financed by the German Elm bassy, and host of others.
 Of the bomb industry, with it's 300 to 400 bombs manufactured. and fires in B ships sailing from New York, we get this glimpse in the testimony of witness in the case against Captain von k'eist, in the New York courts: We sat down and we spoke for about 5 hours, 1 asked him the different things that he did. and said if he wanted an interview with MT. von Igel, my boss. he would have to tell everything. So he told me von Papan gave Dr. Scheele, the partner of von Kleist in this factory, check for S1O,- GOO to start the bomb factory. He told me that he, Mr. yon Kleist, and Df. Scheele, and a nan by the name of Becker on the Friedrich der Crosse, were making the bombs, and that Gap tain Wolpert. Captain Bode, and Captain Steinberg had charge of putting these bombs on the ships they put these bombs in cases and shipped them as merchan disc on these steamers, aud they would go away on the trip and the bombs would go off after the ship was out four or five days, causing a fire and causing the cargo to go up in haGes. He also told me that they have m ade quite a number of these bombs; that thirty of them were given to a party by the name of O'Leeary and that he took them down to New Orleans where ke hadsI charge of putting them on ships down there, this fellow O'Leary"
 Of equal if not greater inter est is the following intercepted radiogram sent from Berlin in January. 1916, to Ambassador DeI uSlOIn.
 Jan. 26. For Military Attache You can obtain particulars as to persons suitable for carrying on sabotage in the United States and Canada from the following persons: 1 Joseph Mccarthy ', Philadelphia. Penn. ? John P. Keating, Michigan Avenue, Chi cago. 3 Jeremiah O'Leary, 16 Park Row. New York. One and two are absolutely reliable and discreet. No. 3 is reliable. but not always discreet. These per sons were indicated by Sir Rog- CT Easement. In the United States sabotage eau be carried out on every kind of factory for supplying munitions of war. Railway embankments and bridges must not be touched. Elm bassy must in no circum- stances be compromised. Simi- lar precautions must be taken in regard to Irish pro German pro- paganda. (Signed)
 Representative of Gen. Staff. ]"
The Carlisle independent., 1918-09-05
R. F. D. No. 1
(Too Late for Last Week.

We failed to mention last week that Sam Dunn of Arizona, who was visiting his parents, MT. and Mrs. R. l.. Padgett of south oi town. returned. accompanied by his family. He intended spend ing 30 days but had to return or account of his health.
 Mrs. Bob Padeett visited Mrs. Chambers Friday.
 They say Bob and Joe cut that bee tree but alas, the honey had flown.
 Mr. and Mrs. J N. Padgett o1 Route , are visiting in Hartford this week.
 Joe Edmondson and family o1 Carlisle and Miss Carrie Deal of Lonoke spent the day with Bob Padgett and family Saturday. It is being whispered that Joe Edmondson will begin harvest ing his rice next week. Good luck Joe.
 Alkaline
The Carlisle independent., 1918-09-05
Letter from "Oyer There

Base Hospital No. 30.
 A. P. o. No. 723.
 July 29. 1918. My dear mother and father,
 How are you all this beautiful weather? All well I hope. I am in the hospital now but am up and feeling fine as ever.
 Say mother why is it that haven't been getting any mail from home? I have written sev- eral letters since I landed in France but I haven't received any answers yet. 1 don't know whether you are getting the let ters 1 write or not. How is ev erybody around home? Tell Zim to write and tell me about the girls and tell all the children hello for me. Tel ZIm he should be here to go to the front with me some times, it Is great sport. would like to tel you what I am in the hospital for out I don t think 1 would be allowed to.
 We'll papa how. Is your crop this year? I hope they are good. I guess wages are out of sight. 1 guess Emmet and Jeh and all those boys have been called. We'll dinner is ready so I will close for this time expecting to hear from you soon. bye bye,
 Ross Smith
The Carlisle independent., 1918-09-05
Alkaline
Items Too Late for Last Week.

(Items Too Late for Last Week
 Word has been received from Emmet Smith that he has landed safely in France. He has the prayers and best wishes ot his many friends. He is one of the Hamilton boys who went to Camp Beauregard in May.
 Miss Nora Mills who is teach ing North of Carlisle, was the guest of Mrs. ". H. Smith Sun. day ard Monday.
 Edward Smith has returned from a weeks visit in Little Rock. He spent fev days at Camp Pike while there.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-09-05

Politics will never adjourn while peanut politicians make 8 litework of trying to get some. thing for nothing.
 If we are to pray without ceas. ing we must pray while at work. And that is the best way to get results.
 Cartoons of the German na. tional dog bring to mind Bill Yves dachshund. It was one dog high ana two and half dogs long.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-09-05
A Cash Offer

The Independent has made a special clubbing rate with The Memphis Weekly Commercial Appeal by which we will furnish both papers for one year for the sum of S1.75. The Commercial Appeal is one of the largest and best papers in the South. and we hope to receive many new sub. scriptions on this offer: SIPS cash for both papers. 35-tf
The Carlisle independent., 1918-09-05
w anted
Engines For Sale

l have three gasoline engines for sale as follows:
 14 horsepower Temple
 5 horse power Cushman 3 horse power Fairbanks. Morse.
 Can be seen by calling on Wise Bros. 5tf c. c. Hummel.