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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-03-27
FOR A BAD COLD.

Take Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. It has stood the test Of time and
can be depended upon. For sale by
A. G. Philip
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-03-27
DELICIOUS

We have some very fancy smaller
size in Wine Saps and Black Bens that
are grand eating apples.- Every one
perfect at very low prices.
Apples are as cheap a food as You
can eat and there is nothing more
healthfuI than apples. "Eat an Apple
and save a Biscuit
Come in and get our prices by the
dozen, box or barrel, either by weigh,
or measure and we can convince you
that this is the place to buy real
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-03-27
Seed Potatoes.
ar gardeners who want to !

War gardeners who want to make
sure Of the best possible crop will find
1t worth while to treat their seed to
prevent scab, blackleg, black scuri
and stem end rot, which so often arr
destructive. I.
Use the formaldehyde method Of
treatment, Is the Recommendation OF
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-03-27
4 PIE

Are not always Apples. We have Just
received the Fourth and last carload
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They cost but little more than the
Common Barrel stock and % there are
NO bruised, wormy or decayed stock
there is no waste.
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Flavor and Keeping Qualities. We
can give them to you In three varie-
ties to the barrel or by the single box,
peek or dozen and in either way you
get your moneys worth.
DELICIOUS
VINE SAPS
ROME BEAUTIES
BLACK BENs
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-05
German Strikers Submissively go Back to
Work Under Threats, Or SStssffoss<xrr,.P e ffoss<xrr P~'--.
and Cold Lead.
BOMB THROWN AT IMPERIAL PALACE
Future is Problematical and May Bring Forth
Greater Strikes and Disorders
in Empire.

In Silesia and Saxony where most OF
the employees were working. In the
Rhineland surrounding Saarbrucken,
only part of the miners were out. No
important engineers organizations
joined the movement. From authori-
tative reports, 1t was learned that
the independent socialists of the cen
trail empires had intended to strike
simultaneously in Austria and in
Germany, under a sort of /. w. W.
leadership. But the careful tele-
graphic censorship of Austria pre-
vented dispatch of password.
From the explanation of the social
democratic party and trades Union.
leaders, the German strike broke
out spontaneously" Probably this
means that the leaders abandoned the
idea of joint Austrian-German
strike after failure of the Austrian
strike. 1t appeared they desired to
But when the Spontaneous out
break" did come, the adherents of
Philip Scheidemann, majority social
ist leader, feared that the minority
socialist party, under DR.. Haase,
which was supporting the strike.
might gain too strong hold on the
workers. Scheidemann and his asso
ciates, therefore openly Joined in the
strike movement. They assumed a
share of the responsibility and
Scheidemann himself undertook lead.
ership.
From all the mass Of rumors and
reports received here, it appears
there were very few excesses by the
strikers. Lighting and heating in
the cities was apparently unaffected
The gas workers and electricians did
not join the strike.
Prominent Germans here doubt
that any collaboration Will continue
between the socialists-adherents OF
Haase as we'll as Scheidemann-and
the government liberals and center
party members henceforth. One thing
the strike emphasizes is that though
the food situation in Germany Is not
as bad as last year, the hardshlps
Of constant food economy are in the
long run beginning to weigh heavily
on the public.
AS to the injection of peace de-
mands into the strike situation. the
impression is prevailing In Germany
that the annexationists are infuenc'
ing the conduct of negotiations al
Brest-Litovsk Socialists in the EN-.
pire are convinced that the German
delegates would have been more sue
cessful If they had given the I'm,
preston that Germany was serious
when she said she was willing to per-
NIT self determine tion of the Poles,
Lithunans, Let's and peoples of
other Baltic provinces. Foreign Min
lister Kuehlmann's explanations be-
fore the main committee may have
satisfied the socialist members OF
the reichstag-but they did not con-
vince the workers of Germany, whose
mistrust was strengthened by Cen
eral Hoffmann's speeches. Though
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-05
RAILROAD MEN
ASK MORE PAY
Brotherhood Leaders Before
Federal Wage Commission
With Plea for Higher
Salaries.
OWNERS ARE PRESENT
Charge Made That Roads Are Trying
to Discredit Government
Operation of
Lines. rr--.s-.-..-.s
OWNERS ARE PRESENT

| United Press Leased Wire Service ]
! WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Charge
that the railroad owners are trying
to discredit the government operation
of the road, was made by brother
hood leaders in their hearing before
the federal wage commission here
today. A. B. Garretson, representing
the conductors, discovered represen-
tatives of the railroads at the hear
ing and Immediately protested to
the commission Members Of the
commission tried to reassure the
labor representatives that they would
be given a fair hearing in every re-
spect.
Garretson was on the stand when
he learned that railroad representa-
tives whose names could not be as
certained, were in the room.
1--WE have come here to lay our
cards on the table" Garretson told
the commission, "and we do not in
tend to deal with a second set of
employers not do we intend to dis
arm ourselves if they are to partici-
pate.
"We do not intend to take the
position of discussing these matters
with our former employers"
Chairman Lane of the commission,
tried to reassure Garretson that the
roads were under governmen con
troll and that the commission was
seeking from employers information
that would enable them to arrive at
just conclusions.
Lee, OF the trainmen, broke in that
the former railroad directors did not
want to see government operation
successful.
Please excuse me for being sus-
picious," Lee said, but l have been
dealing with these men for half a
century. The old management does
not want government operation to be
successful I have facts to prove
that experienced railroad men are
not permitted to operate as their
training dictates. Do you think the
public will let the roads go back to
the old system if government man
agement proves efficient? That is
why l want to see the government
make a success of government oper-
alton"
Judge Covington Of the commission
said the railroad representatives
were present at the invitation of the
commission.
utSe SSuIltluth are mere ny OuI
express invitation to supplement and
not antagonize information you sup
ply" he told Lee. This cannot be
an exparte proceeding. we are en-
titled to get information from both
sides"
After Garretson finished his testi-
mony, Lee presented statement in
support Of his claims that the in
creased cost of living had made it
impossible to maintain standards of
living on the basis of 1913 wage
scale, which is still in effect.
I'VE understood the administration
wanted existing standards of living
maintained and for that reason we
believe we would be justified in ask
ing wage increases covering the for
ty-eisht per cent increase of the cost
of living, but instead we are asking
only increases ranging from twenty
to forty per cent of this increase of
living cost"
Lee declared the trainmen were
patriotically backing up the govern
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-05
CONSERVATION OF MONEY
TO LOAN TO GOVERNMENT

treasury department in the conserva-
ton of capital and credit during the
preiod of the war, l have received
several inquiries as to whether
building operations of one kind and
another should be discouraged With
regard to plans for public buildings
under the control Of this department,
have stopped letting contracts ex-
cept in cases where they were abso-
lutely necessary.
Home building is an excellent
thing in normal times, but at pres
ent unless there is real shortage
of houses for war workers | strongly
advise that materials, valuable labor
and credit be not utilized for this
purpose. Whether homes should :;
built should be determined strictly
by the urgency Of the need"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-05
All Ready for Second Outburst
Today, With Wadsworth's
Hand on Guns
Trigger.
oRATORY THIS EEK
While Senate Sharpens Its Weapons,
House Prepares to Take
Part in the Fire
works.

| UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.--The sen
ate was in an explosive mood today
when Senator Wadsworth, New York
prepared to fire volley number two in
to the administration war machine.
Bitter at the sweeping charges oi
inefficiency and chaos made against
| the war government by Senator Hitch
cock yesterday, administration lead
ers were restraining themselves with
difficulty In following President Will
scon's urge that discussion Of G wal
cabinet be curtailed.
! That Wadsworth may precipitate an
other blow-off similar to that perpe-
trated by Senator'S Hitchcock and
! Williams yesterday. appeared pos
sible, although Wadsworth's speech
was not held to be so vigorous as
! Hitchcock's.
! While the senate was sharpening It's
weapons for another battle today
Representative Glass, Virginia. com
pleted his assortment Of explosives
to be launched in the house, probably
Thursday. The same day Senator
weeks promises to let out volley num-
Der three in the senate.
1t appears likely that most of this
week will be turned over to senators
and representatives who have oratory
on their bosoms that must be released
before the war work can go on.
1t probably will not go on far into
next week. Already republicans are
pointing with satisfaction to the re-
organization already completed by
Secretary Of War Baker.
"This controversy is not over the
Chamberlain bills" Senator Penrose
said, significantly today. "It is over
linefficiency in the war department. If
all this discussion results in an eff
cient reorganization, the big end
sought will have been attained"
| Secretary Baker will appear before
the senate military affairs committee
| tomorrow. He is expected to answer
charges of Senator Hitchcock that he
! grossly exaggerated" when he talked
| of moving 500, 900 troops to Europe.
! Secretary of the Navy Daniels to
day stood with the war secretary. He
! declared there was enough shipping tc
land 500, 900 men In France this spring
Baker told the military affairs com
mittee last week that America would
have 100000 men in France "early
| this year, "and 100000 ready to &c
If sufficient ships were available and
that he felt optimistic as to the ship
| ping.
| Wadsworth's Speech.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. Slack ot
vision has stalled Americas war en-
gine, Senator Wadsworth charged in
the senate today, 'and a greater
breakdown than the one from which
we are now suffering threatens un
less some directing agency is Great
/, ed"
"I entertain the deep conviction
| that the end Of this war is not III
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-05
Inv in France hungry NsSetise
Undergoing Baptism Of Big Shells
From Germans.
T ITCHING FOR A CHANCE TO FIGHT
ccessful British Raid in Which Prisoners and
Machine Guns Were Taken and
Many Killed.

/ German machine guns frequently
have sent over bullet barrages, ap-
parently trying to sweep the com.
munications roads, over which food
and supplies are brought up to the
American boys in the trenches. When
! these barrages were turned loose,
| thousands of bullets snarled over the
I fighting line and fell in the rear
areas, widely missing their objec-
tives.
On Saturday night the Germans did
a little damage. Their machine gun
barrage caught a small group of men,
wounding several.
v Periodical machine. gun utpreaks
and hand grenade encounters con-
tinue. The artillery is normally
active, intermittently whooping 1t up
into temperamental outburst OF eX-
plosions and flying shells, then dying
down to it's usual laundering, con-
tinuous montony Of noise.
The American gunners can give
| the firemen back home many pointers
on getting into action in a hurry. 1t
takes about thirty seconds for them
| to get started When some vigilant
sentry in lonely listening post an,
ticipates a raid, his signal rockets de-
mand barrage. Within half min
Z ute after the signal is flashed, the
American gunners in their dugouts
many kilometers to the rear have
scrambled up from their caves, jump
ed to their places and sent an impene-
trable wall Of steel crashing down up
on the Boche's front line.
On Canadian Lists.
OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 5.-The fol-
III ora rnnnrfoh tho
casualty lists issued here:
Reported dead through German
sources:
J. A. Murphy, Ridgeway, Pa.
Presumed to have died:
w. Alberg, Wildrose, N. D.
Germany In Bad Shape.
TBy Lowell Mellett, United Press
Staff Correspondent
LONDON. Feb. 5-Secret knowl-
edge in the possession Of the BIRTHS d
government regarding conditions in
Germany may have influenced the
uncompromising attitude adopted by
the inter-allied council at Versailles.
Food conditions in the central em-
pires are known to be increasingly
serious.
The Russian "storehouse,' upon
which the central empires were count
ing to relieve their own hunger, Is
still locked--because Leon Irotsky,
Russian foreign minister, out-man-
euvered both the central empires
and the Ukrainians.
Germany's plight is indicated by
the recent order forbidding relatives
to send parcels OF food to officers
held prisoner in England and France
and directing that money be sent In
stead.
This has resulted in cutting off the
export of thousands of parcels from
Germany weekly.
The Exchange Telegraph declares
that mail from relatives to prisoners
here totals 100000 letters fortnight.
Incoming letters, it is said, reveal
state of affairs in Germany infin-
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-05
[By Ed L. Keen. United Press Staff
Correspondent

Correspondent
LONDON, Feb. 5.-German militar'
ism is still supreme in the central
empires. Its iron heel ,oaay had
crushed out practically the last vest
ige of resistance by the starving, en-.
shaved common people.
Cowed by the threat Of the firing
squad and fearful for the fate of their
women and children through reduction
Of their already meagre rations, the
protesting workers had practically all
returned to the factories.
Only one isolated case of continued
resistance was reported. That was
at Jena where the Tageb1att said a
third Of the men employed there had
walked out Saturday.
There is disposition among officials
and students of economics here, to re-
gard the waning OF the general strike
as only a temporary surcease of the
central empires industrial and politi-
cal problems.
The work Of the extraordinary court
martial at Berlin, in imposing severe
penalties on strike leaders, is expect
ed to provide fuel for further trouble.
Wilhelm Dittmann, socialist mem
Der of the reichstag, was sentenced to
FIVE years imprisonment for "inciting
to high treason and was given an adj
ditional two months for resisting pub.
lie authority"
Imperial Chancellor Hertling pre-
viously had refused to intervene in
Dittmann's case, declaring he could
invoke no civil procedure so long as
the military was supreme in the capi.
tai.
Heinrich Schultz, another popular
leader is under six months sentence
for distributing strike literature
Future is ProbIematicaI.
[By Jan Bruna, Written for the
United Prses.]
THE HAGUE, Feb. 5.-Germany's
first political strike was waning to-
day.
1t reached it's highest point of de-
moralization of German industry last
Friday, according to very reliable in
formation received here On that
date ten per cent of all workers in
war manufactures were out.
The future effect of the strike is
problematical. 1t is certain, how
ever, that the tie-up created intense
bitterness between the laboring
classes and the so-called middle
classes" in Germany. The strikers
demands for food were received with
Indignation by other classes. Every
body knows in Germany the laborer's
rations are much better than those
which the average middle class sala-
ried man can afford. The food in
ia ctories cannot be bought by the
man Of average means. His salary
has not increased anywhere near the
rate that of the workers has ad-
vanced. From carefully compiled in
formation reaching here, the main
centers of the strike were Berlin
and Hamburg. The percentage of
workers out was much higher than
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-05
LARGELY ENOUGH MILK
TO FEED CITY'S BABIES

ing the milk to pigs, Maclay Hoyne,
states attorney, intimated today.
However, State Food Administrator
Wheeler refused today to use his pow
er to force producers into the Chicago
market
1T is their milk said Wheeler. "If
they do not wish to sell here, that is
up to them
Wheeler intimated that the major
ity report of the price commissioner
which producers objected-might noe
be accepted. Farmers will receive
higher prices and the Chicago retail
price will advance if he over-rules the
commission.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-05
". Pelger, United Press Staff

y. W. Pelger, United Press Staff
Correspondent
TTH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
nee, Feb. 4. delayed The
rican army is hungry for revenge
n. The baptism of big shells the
mics received Saturday night
whetted their appetites for more
hose who were wounded in the
lery duel are most anxious for
fighting. Many of them, after
had been hit during the height
be encounter, refused to leave
places on the trench firing step.
waited there in eagerness, hop
ihe Boches would como over No
IS. Land. They remained on thu
e step until certain the enemy
given up all hope of attacking.
bis brand of heroism was appar-
all during the engagement.
hen German shells cut the COM
ication wires, American dispatch
hers repeatedly attempted TO
etrate the enemy barrage. With
hdid disregard for their own
ty they took their lives in their
ls again and again in their ef-
to fight their way through the
Of shells.
be New York Sammy was knock
Rom ration wagon by a direct
His wagon was demolished, his
es were hurt and the soldier was
spinning. AS soon as the New
ker was sure he had no wounds,
bounded up the frantic mules and
ply shooed them on to head
tiers.
Attempts to Raid.
J. W. Pegler. United Press Staff
Correspondent
IlTH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
ANCE, Feb. 4. delayed. Repeat
German attempts to raid the Am
hn front today we're defeated by
shing barrages from the Yankee
Rlery.
he Germans are willing to pay
Fily in men and material for in
patton regarding the width of the
erican front and the fighting
"s"u pclLlilO Iile odlunlGS par
ttempt after attempt to approach
americans defenses made Of.
IS believe the enemy is very ap-
bensive.
tunes the Germans were report
preparing to rush American posts,
ing in size from a tiny listening
occupied by two or three Sam
to the wide sector In front OF
ch Saturdays Boche attack broke
I before the Germans could get
their own top. Every enemy
WY called down upon the heads
me Boches another crushing Am,
IAN oarrage. 1t is not positive
a strong German attack was
.nea. II it was, the United States
iion--hurling a curtain of flame
s'eel-prevented it getting under
ne enemy replied to every Ameri.
artillery deluge; augmenting his
onhadlng on with pineapple bombs,
cn I'm bombs and hand grenades.
se outoursts of cannonading
oomb throwing were violently
i, put only mildly dangerous.
eins from the fact that no casual,
We're reported.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-05
Building Operations Discour
aged Unless Same is Abso-
lutely Necessary Now.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. s. The
policy of the administration to make
sure Of unrestricted access to the
investment public to sell by July l.,
$4,000, 100000 bonds necessary to
prosecute the war, will embrace the
conservation of all private capital.
Secretary McAdoo today author
ICED the following statement:
Because of the interest of the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-05

The Telegraph Service Of The
Daily Gate City and Constitu-
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our own leased wire.
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-05
(ners Refuse to Sell Their
lfoouct . Until They Can
Get a Higher Price.

(HIEArprne (np rress Leased Wire Service. |
h <Asao 10 ~ Feb. 5.-scarcely enough
Eed ~ ,eea the babies has been re.
IL laun II, Il Chicago since milk produc.
fning. r boycott Saturday
Tor tronn. vr howden may be appealed
oops to prevent farmers feed.
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admission OF the fuel administration n
following a conference between Sec
resary McAdoo and Fuel Admlnistra-
tor Garfield yesterday.
This means the unless later confer
ences develop change in attitude,
the heatless Monday may go to the full
stretch Of ten weeks before it is stop
ped. There is no indication that it
will be extended beyond the original
ten weeks period
Every kind Of pressure had been
brought to bear upon Fuel Admins
traitor Garfield to force lifting of the
workless Monday order and until the
last siege Of zero weather it was ex-
pected that the fuel administration
would acquiesce In resembling the or
der.
This outcome was largely the result
Of the demand by the thirteen state
fuel administrators who have been in
conference for two days with Garfield.
These men who have been in charge
of administering the workless day
order and who have borne the burden
Of complaints which 1t provoked. still
insisted today that the saving Of fuel
and the assistance it rendered to the
overworked railways justified its con-
tinuance. With this backing, DR.. Gar
field held to his position not to lift his
workless day order
At the fuel administration, 1t was
unofficially indicated that the workless
Monday would continue indefinitely.
leaving the question still open for lat
er development.
It is believed that if weather condi-
- ini tha
railways. recover from the avalanche
Of congested freight that DR., Garfield
may consent to lifting his order. 1t is
possible that the question will be car
ried to the white house and left in the
hands Of President Wilson.
IUnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The fate
of the workless Monday probably
will be decided today. Armed with
data regarding the fuel transporta-
tion saving effected by the workless
holiday, Fuel Administrator Garfield
and Railroad Administrator McAdoo
were prepared to go into conference
this afternoon to thresh out the mat
ter of lifting the Monday closing
rule.
It is known that McAdoo is press
ing hard to have the closing order
lifted. Commercial interests gener-
ally. especially large department
stores, have been insistent that the
closing order be revoked so far as
their business is concerned. To do
this, DR.. Garfield has maintained,
would demoralize the operation Of
the whole closing scheme. 1t is pos
sibIe that a compromise will be
reached whereby the freight embargo
will be continued and perhaps even
extended, thus enabling the fuel ad-
ministration to lift its workless Mon
day order without throwing addi-
tionaI burden on the overloaded ma
tional railroad.
Almost complete decentralization of
traffic for the last twenty-four hours
in the eastern United States,