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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-06-21
PROTIvIN.

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Kinney and dsugh-
ter Virginia, of Elma, are visiting at
Mr.. and Mrs. John Skoda.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bouska, Sr., were
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. John Svoboda
Sunday afternoon.
John P. Shindelsr returned from
Isle, ILL.,, where he has been attend
ing St. Procopious College.
Vincent Polashek and friend autoed
to Waucoms Sunday.
w. C. Dostal, Frank T. and w. w.
Chyle were business callers in Cresco
Monday.
James F. Cisar and wife autoed to
Cedar Rapids Friday for few days
visit with MIR. and Mrs. Adolph Cisar.
Lewis Wagner and viii Koshatka res
turned Monday fromja few days visit
ut Camp Dodge.
MIR. and Mrs. F. s. Andera, Emma
Skoda and W. w. .Chyle were Cresco
visitors Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Chas. Tuchek, sons Edward and
Reuben were visiting relatives west of
town Wednesday and Thursday last
week.
The Protivin ball team drove to
Cresco Sunday and played ball with
the Cresco team. Score z to in favor
of Protivip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Lukes visited
in Kendallville Sunday.
Mrs. Benjamin Bouska and son
Cyril of Schley are visiting at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Mikesh.
Rev. Rudolph Lakomy left for Du-
buque Monday for several days stay.
Mrs. Mary Andera, MIR. and Mrs. L.
Pecinovsky and daughter Ludmila au-
toed to Spillville Monday.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-06-21
HOWARD CENTER.

Bessie Smith arrived home from st.
Joseph, N. D., Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hoppe entertain
ed relatives Sunday.
Chas. Stokes and family and Ray
Long autoed to Calmar Sunday. ,4.
Mrs. Lloyd Lathrop and children were
Cresco callers Sunday. -.
Mrs. Chss. Malek and sons Lelan and
Herold were Sunday visitors at the r.
Long home. -.
James Shea and family. visited at the
Geo. Hoppe home Sunday evening.
Mary Long and little neice, baby
Helen visited grandma Shields Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Dinger were
Cresco callers Saturday.
Chas. Stokes and family visited at
the John Heinze home Thursday even
ing.
Mrs. Jas. Shields and baby and daugh-
ter Lucy were Cresco callers Thurs
day. -- gE
Ray Ritter and son Eldrid were Cres-
CO callers on Saturday.
Mrs. s. Dotzler and daughters Mary
and Frances were auto riding Sunday.
Chas. Stokes and family and r. Long
autoed to Calmsr Sunday,
Mrs. Oran Sager and granddaughter,
Miss Lindy arrived from Leeds, Il, ).
Friday for . visit with relatives.
T. Johnnie Reynolds was . Cresco bust
ness caller Tuesday.
Donald Long called at the Geo. Hop
pie home Tuesday. =.
Jim Smith is spending few days in
Dubuque this week. -
Mr.. and Mrs, Geo. Hoppe and sons
Fred and Leonard visited at tie Ray
Long home Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Lathrop visited ct
the LLOYD Lathrop home Sunday.
Freddie and Bessie Smith attended
the Chautauqua Tuesday afternoon.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-06-21

Grandpa Moss Of Fredericka II vis-
iting his daughter Mrs. George Heigls
and family at present. 55@
Mr.: and Mrs. Tom Koshatka were
AltasssVista callers Wednesday.
Mayme Beaumaster was an Elma
shopper one day last week.
MT. and Mrs. Tom Koshatka and
sons visited at the Frank Buckley !
home Sunday afternt..,a.. 5ss
Pete Milota, of SCI, ey. visited at
the Ralph Buckley hc..se Thursday
evening. III - -, n
Roger Fogarty was 81 Lima visitor
Sunday. '1a.%s& !.'sss5s
John Sheridan was ar =:'na busi-s
ness caller Saturday.
Ed and Dorothy McDaai,,l visited
at the Elmer Beaston hom s 'nday.
. Frank Chihak was an E,,1na BUSH
ness translator Saturday. .,
John Komarek, wife and children
were entertained at the Joseph Satak
home Sunday. -s5 -, ~ d
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Shea accompan-
led by the latter's sister, Mrs. Tom
Noonan were Elma shoppers Satur-
day. ~ -E.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Sindelar and
children of Protivin visited relatives
near Lourdes Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Frank Neibauer and daughters
were Elma shoppers Saturday.
Wence and Henry Shatek called on
the Valvoda Bros. Sunday afternoon.
Elizabeth Neibauer was an Elma
caller Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Buckley spent
a pleasant day on Crane Creek Sum
day. 49, a 81
John Beaumaster was an Alta Vista
business translator Friday.
Mrs. Frank Buckley and daughter
Clara attended mass at Alta Vista on
Sunday. e.
Ed Heigle and daughter Beatrice
autoed to Elma and Alta Vista Satur-
day.
John and Kristine Peterson autoed
to Waterloo recently to visit at the
Cherie Rose home.
Dave Murray and family entertain
ed company Sunday.
Joseph Miller was an Elma BUSH
ness caller Saturday.
Leonard Mcdaniel of Elma, spent
a few days of last week visiting his
grandma, Mrs. Ida Mcdaniel. Z
Mrs.. Elmer Beaston, who has been
quite sick for some time, is not i'm
proving at all.
John Chihak and wife were Elma
callers Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley HaskOyec
and babe visited at the latter's paren-
tai home Sunday.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-06-21
LOURDES.

Mrs. Dave Murry and daughter
Grace were Cresco visitors Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Friedhoff and
children visited at the Edward Fried
hoff home Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. F. Buckley was an Elma shop
per Saturday. @
Tom Koshatka and children accom-
panied BY his daughter, Mrs. Charley
Eiffler, and children, of Elma, were
New Hampton shoppers Monday.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-06-21
scHLE;Y,

Ithas been ordered BY the Govern
ment that no language but English will
be allowed on the telephones in the
future ~.
Mrs. Fred Burr, Of C aries City, has
been visiting relatives in this vicinity,
the past few days. 49, ft
John. Mike, Joe and Frank Barnes
aid families and Joe Doherty and fam
lily went to Lawler, Sunday. to attend
the wedding anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs. Andy Barnes. ~ ,le-
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Ferrie attended
the party at the Pat. Fitzgerald home,
Sunday evening. 49,.
Regina Glass came out from Cresco,
Saturday, for visit at the Joe Doh
erty home. -.
The Larkin Club met and spent the
evening at the home of MIR. and Mrs.
Will O'Brien, Friday. j. " =
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Biewer and
daughter Mary visited at the Joe Nibanr
home, Sunday afternoon.
Dick McCarville and family spent
Sunday evening at the Mix Beiri home.
Harriet and Edna Doherty and Regina
Glass enjoyed Q good time at the Pat.
Fitzgerald home. Sunday evening.
Mrs. Ben Bouska was shopping in
Cresco, Saturday.
Mrs. Fred Taft and Mrs. Ward Sow
dreign attended Red Cross sewing,
Thursday afternoon. .
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Svoboda celebrated
their wedding anniversary Of five years,
Sunday evening, when . large host Of
0ov I'D 80 haoSw
home and made things jolly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Nibauer and son
Claude spent Sunday evening ut the
Frank McCarville home. =.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Bouska and son
Cyril autoed to Protivin, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Ptacek entertained
company, Sunday.
Grace Svestka visited her sister
Lillian alta Porte City, lssr week.
Chas. Frank and daughters Mary and
Eva were callers in this burg, Monday.
Gene and Emmett Barnes were seen
in town, Sunday evening.
Pete Kovarik came home Sunday
morning from Camp Dodge, being
honorobly discharged on account Of
physical disabilities.
|, Pete Milota attended mass in Lourdes,
Sunday.
/ James o Holleran and Bartie Norton
were business callers in this town, Sun
day evening:
Joe Nibauer took Joe Doherty and
family to Lawler. Sunday. in bis Chew
rolet.
Pete and Matilda Milota attended the
dance in Lawler, Friday night.
Ed DeIr visited at the Irv Bauer
home, the first of the week.
Dick McCarville and Joe Nibauer
we're working on the roads, last week,
and now have them in fine condition.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-06-21

Ma. and Mrs. Edward Wagner OF
Ossian and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward No.
YAK and family of Cresco attended the
play given here Sunday evening.
Bessie Kubish of Calmar, visited at
the Edward Kubish home over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Andera and
family autoed up to Cresco Monday to
have dental work done.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-06-21
WEST VERNON.

Paul Fridley, of Sumner, Mrs. John
Miller, Susie, Viola and Al Schneider
autoed up from West Union, Saturday.
and spent until Sunday afternoon with
A. Schneider and family.
|, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Bouska and daueh-
ter and Mrs. F. Bouska and son Ray
mond spent Sunday with relatives near
Schley. 's5' Z
Mrs. Powers spent Tuesday with
Mrs. F. Fish.
A number of our people attended the
little Radcliffe boys funeral, Sunday.
All join in sympathy with the bereaved
ones.
Frank Lickteig and family enter
tanned friends, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Gipp and fam.
liz, Of Ossian, were pleasantly enter.
tsined at the Herman Pankow home,
Sunday. ~ ~. IL
MIR. and Mrs. A. Gesell and son enter.
TENED relatives, Sunday.
George Bornikel, of Wisconsin, came
Saturday to spend q few days with
home folks. He returned to his home
BY auto, Tuesday. George says the
crops look fine there. ~ .
Mr.. and Mrs.. George Adams, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence .DeWalle called ct the
Frank Miller home, Saturday evening.
Mrs. "A. .Gesell called on her mother,
Mrs. Peter Hansen, Tuesday.
M. and Mrs.: VIM. Smith spent Sun
day with relatives in our burg.
Mrs. Grove and family entertained
company, Sunday.
Frank Rim spent Sunday with his
cousin, Roy Woods.
Mayme Schneider and daughter
Helen called on Mrs. E. Bouska, Mon
day.
Henry Eye and family entertained
friends, Sunday.
Mr.. Schill;ng and family entertained
company on Sunday.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-06-21
Duoe Jesseys Fer Sale.

Duroc jersey gifts due to forrow in
April. They are bred to our $500. 90
hog that we bought at the Minnesota
state fair. Mrs. Joseph BouskA
soft Route 2. Calmar, lows.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-06-21

Friday to Visit over Sun0ay.
Nellie Walsh and Lou Williams came
over from DEBORAH Saturday to visit
over Sunday.
Ed Poshusta autoed to Calmar and
Fort Atkinson Friday. vi
A. A. Mikesh was q business caller
at Calmar Saturday.
Otilla Soukup left for Cedar Rapids
Tuesday to take up her studies as .
nurse 1T the Mercy hospital.
Mrs. Campbell and son Chas. return
ed to Charles City Wednesday after an
extended stay here with her mother,
Mrs. Anna Lusk.
James Mikesh, Jr., son OF James
Mikesh enlisted in the cost ARTILLERY
service recently and now has been sent
to camp In Rhode Island.
Will Smith left for Dubuque Tues
day having enlisted in The naval band.
Charles Lusk, who enlisted two
months ago, has been Transferred to
Philadelphia from the Great Lakes.
ID. C. MAlloy and family, Of Castalia,
autoed through Spinville Sunday, be-
ing on their way from Crssco. -
Mrs. Frank sSoukup spent the past
week with her daughter Mrs. Jake
Smith north of town.
Mr.. Ward of Ossian WAS Q business
caller in town Friday in regard to Q
life insurance company OF Cedar
Rapids.
Peter Barta enlisted in the U. S.
Navy recently and left for the Great
Lakes. 1--.-.-. .9.-y---,-
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-06-21

For ere. lightning and tornado insur'
ance, Gallon Andrew Smith. S7tf
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-19
Seven Sammies in Hospital, Including One
Iowa Boy, Given Attention While
Air Raid is Held.
SHELL EXPLODED IN MIDST OF SOLDIERS
British and Canadian Troops Make Successful
Raids, Bringing Back Several Teuton
Prisoners.

ready, with jaws set resolutely. caim
and unafratd.
Not that the troops underestimate
what Is coming. On the contrary,
every one Is keenly aware of the sit
uation. 1t is unlikely that any army
in the world individually ever under
stood quite SO we'll the Importance OF
an approaching battle.
First, because its intelligence was
never SO high.
Second, leaders and men never
were so thoroughly in each others
confidence. Every one appears Lc
feel that in all probability it will be
the turning point of the war; that
behind the kaiser's blufffng is dis
contented nation Of sfarvelings-
That although Hindenburg undoubted-
ly has put everything he's got into
this punch, he cannot-must not
will not win.
Formerly, only the generals knew
what battle WAS about Today
every soldier is wise to The fact that
upon him, to some eUtent, depends
rn,1ch-even victory perhaps an
early allied peace.
Meantime, a strange calm reigns
over most parts of the front. Here
and there raids are increasing; there
is a sporadic cannonading, and lazy
machine cunning at wide intervals
Otherwise the front gives an i'm
preston of calm before the storm.
Successful Raids Made.
LONDON, Feb. 19.-SnccessfM raid.
ing activities over a wide front we're
reported by Field Marshal Haig to-
day
Irish troops entered enemy trenches
southeast of Ephey and in the neigh,
borhood Of Guillemont. bringing back
few prisoners, Haig declared.
South of Lens, the Canadians tooa
five prisoners in raid. The Ian.
cashires. lborderers and Yorkshirea
raided a wide front in the southern
portion OF Houthoulst wood, killing a
large number of the enemy, taking
twenty-seven prisoners and capturing
machine gun"
Allies are on Guard.
by Ed L. Keen, United Press Stan
Correspondent.
LONDON, Feb 19.-The allies as
suredly are fully alive to the situation
detailed by William Philip Simms in
/ his dispatch regarding the possibili.
ties of Hindenburg invading Switzer.
| land.
| If Hindenburg has completed tenta
tive plans for such a move, the allies
are equally prepared to counter, as
long as they are convinced It is the
German military policy to regard the
treaty of 1916 as no more sacred than
the Belgian scrap Of paper providing
the violation is considered strategic
ally advan tageous. There is no doubt
that the fullest cognizance has been
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-19
WARFARE HAS
PROVED TO BE FAILURE

not serious, DR.. Davis stated. He
refused to comment upon the kaiser's
health.
DR.. Davis left Germany with
special permit from the kaiser. This
is his third trip to America since the
war began and for obvious reasons
he refused to comment at length re-
garding Germany. To other passen-
gers on the Norwegian-American liner
Bergensfjord, Davis stated that the
feeling in Germany is not particu-
larly bitter against Americans. The
general opinion among the masses is
that America is not whole heartedly
in the war and that only about thirty
thousand American troops are in
France.
! Even the kaiser is being misled as
to the resources of the United States
Dr. Davis stated. and firmly believes
that there are enough Germans in
this country to prevent any deter
mined war preparations against the
central empireA
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-19
WHEATLESS WEEK
MAY COME NEXT
Warning Sounded That There MUST
be Increased Production 1t
White Bread Is to
90 Around.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l ]
WASHINGTON, Feb 19.-Wheat-
less weeks, instead of wheatless days,
are ahead for the nation unless some
thing is done to increase the produc-
tion. C. III. Hyde, Oklahoma farmer
and member of the Oklahoma defense
council. told the senate agriculture
committee.
Hyde also said that a misconception
of the food administration antl-hoard'
ing order might prevent large per
centage of city gardeners all over the
country raising their own produce. !.
"They think that the government
might take part of it for their neigh
bor." said Hyde. Farmers wives
and In fact most women are AFRAID
to can much stuff for the same red-
son."
Hyde declared that the winter
wheat acreage in Oklahoma, Kansas
and Nebraska was twenty per cent
short and that the crop was light.
Planting of spring wheat will be
much lighter than usual, he predict
ed. :,
."The price on everything should
he fixed or price fixing not attempt
ed" he declared.
Increased cost of everything the
farmer buys has made it unpTofitable
for him to raise wheat at the pres
ent price.
The wheatless and meatless days,
prescribed by the food admintstra
ton, Hyde declared, were discourag'
ing farmers and meat producers.
"They feel that these days tend to
reduce consumption of the produc,
they are asked to increase he SAID
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-19
EuTON FORCES HAVE CROSSED RIVER
;ermany's Startling Peace Terms Just Made
Public, Show Demand for Land
and Billions.

The advance could have been under
taken at any time within the past
twelve months with the same chances
Of success.
Won Hindenburg had previously de-
clined to engage in the adventure be-
cause OF it's disadvantages. The move
ment will .engthen the German front
and by that much will require more
men fordts protection, thus weakening
the aggregate number of German
troops for use in the main war area
against America, France and Great
Britain.
The kaiser's militarists may believe
that if they capture Petrograd the Boil
sheviki will be oyarthrown and peace
at any price government will be es-
tablished in Russia.
This may be the real ultimate OBJ
jective Of the present Baltic move
ment. The Won Hindenburg diplo-
mats, however, badly misjudged the
Russian temper at Brest-Litovsk ana
are capable OF doing SO again.
The German movement in south Rus
sia for the relief OF Ukraine has moth
ing to do with Baltic operations. 1t is
an effort to give the German authori-
ties control over the Ukraine food
lands. now made difficult because or
the Bolsheviki victories over the
JJkrainian armies. The Bolsheviki are
fighting in Ukraine for the cause OF
the allies, despite the Bolsheviki pro-
tests against the allies war aims.
The Russian situation is undergoing
rapid and perhaps vital changes. the
snirit of combativeness shown by the
Bolsheviki in Ukraine may well appear
next against the Germans in the Baltic
nroyinces. Stranger things have hap
pened in the war than the creation or
new understanding between the
western democracies and the Bolshe-
Wiki. Even this may well come to tnat
before the war ends.
Germans Enter Dvinsk.
RERLIN. (via London) Feb. 10
.sThe Germans have entered DV1nsh
with little resistance the war once
announced today.
Dvinsk is located on the Dvina
river about 100 miles southwest VI
Riga.
Attempt to Blow Up Bridge.
BERLIN. (via London) Feb. "
'The Russians made an unsuccesslui
attempt to blow up bridge over
the Dvina river" the German war
office announced today.
rEarlier announcement by the
Rerlin war Office declared the Ger
mans had crossed the Dvina IN thelr
new invasion of Russia. The 1act
the Russians tried to blow up the
bridge bears out dispatches received
from Joseph Shaplen, United fress
staff correspondent at Petrograu 10
day declaring Russia Will nsh1-
rp- r.rl n Groat, United Press Stafi
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. ls. 1 ,l
| manys military leaders nope 70 LUZ
1
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-19
[By Fred 8. Ferguson. United Press
Staff Correspondent

by Fred 8. Ferguson. United Press
Staff Correspondent.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
IN FRANCE, Feb. 18.-(delayed)-A
Michigan boy and six other recently
wounded soldiers, were doing well IN
field hospitals today, thanks to the
cool nerve of five American surgeons.
German airplanes flew over this hos
pital last night-which was bombed
by the enemy only a few days ago.
The wounded had just been broug hit
in by the ambulances and carried to
the operating room. The five surgeons
were working over them when Boche
plane swooped down. It's machine gun
ratified and its bullets beat a tattoo in
the road A bomb exploded in field
nearby.
The surgeons did not stop for min
ute. The Michigan boys jaw had been
broken, his teeth knocked out and part
of his cheek torn away. The opera
tion was extremely delicate. AS re-
suit Of the surgeons refusal to step
away from the table during the alta ;k,
the Michigander has a good chance for
recovery.
The wounded included boys from
Ashland, Wis, Barnesville, Ohio, and
Mason City. Iowa. These three were
not wounded seriously.
Some Of those who were wounded
were In a cook shack and others were
gathering grass for beds when the Ger
mans began dropping shells In their
vicinity They hurried toward a dug
out, but shell exploded in their
midst cutting down the entire party
There was the usual patrolling last
night and the Boches sent over some
incendiary shells.
Several companies OF Sammies NOV
ed along the roads toward the trenches
in the bright sunshine this afternoon.
passing other companies who were
bound for the rear.
The formers tin hats, boots and uni
forms were clean. The latter's were
soiled and trench worn, but the wear
ers were smiling Scores of wagons
and trucks were passing and repass-
ing.
Suddenly a Boche "coal box" explod-
ed nearby. But the men are so used
to that now they never batted an eye.
Violent ArtiIerying
PARIS. Feb. 19.-There was vio-
lent artillerying during the night
south of the st. Gobain forest in the
Chavizon sector, and northwest OF
Bezonvaux, the war Office announced
today.
| Awaiting Shock Of Battle.
! WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES In
| THE FTEID, Feb. 19.-With utter
absence of panic or dread. the British
| troops were awaiting the shock OF
| battle today.
| Unlike Hindenburg's braggarts, the
British do not pretend they are long
| ing for carnage. The fighters are
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-19
Young Men Who Made False
Statements in Question
naires Are Placed
Under Arrest.
FIFTEEN ALREADY IN
Can Avoid Prosecution II They VIII
Waive Exemption and
Enter Army
Service.

rUnited Press Leased Wire service.]
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Feb. "
The roundup of young men VINO
made false statements in their ques-
tionnaires, has been begun IN the
northern district Of Iowa.
Deputy federal marshals already
have brought in fifteen charged with
this offense, and other arrests are
promised.
Some Of the men so far arrested
are charged with stating falsely tnat
they are farmers. others are alleged
to have represented that they were
supporting families. sT.-.srs
It is stated by federal officers here
that these men may avoid prosecution
If they will waive all exemptions ano
enlist in the army.
Camp Dodge Barracks Burns.
CAMP DODGE, Iowa, Feb. l9.-
Seven members of Company U,
American ordnance base depot. tenn.
porarily stationed here, suffered
burns and injuries when their par
racks burned this morning.
Twenty members of the organiza.
ton were forced to leap from second
story windows when the blaze was
discovered. They made their way
through a solid wall of flames IN
escaping.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-19
U BOAT CAMPAIGN. FAILS
TO KEEP FOOD FROM ALLIES

Of but seven percent in food ship
ments during 1917.
Starting at the high water month
last April, when twelve percent went
down. the food ship toll has steadily
decreas sed. In October and Novem-
her but sore or two percent" was
lost.
But Hoover warned more Sharply
against railroad failure in this coun-
trv. This already, he said has hurt
food shipments vastly more tnan the
enemy. ,
"The number of grain cars reach.
ING ,terminals during the ten months
ending with January. numbered loo,,
900 less than during the same peraoo
OF 1)16," Hoover said
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-19
German People Realize It and
Are Now Stalking All on
Their Army.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-The Ger
man people realize that their sub
marine warfare has failed and are
stalking all on their army. according
to DR.. Arthur N. Davis. Piqua, OHIO,
the kaiser's personal dentist, who
left Germany January %.
Peace is the uppermost thought In
the German mind, DR.. Davis declares,
but there is the determination to go
on until America admits that the
Teutons have won. Then she VIII
be ready to magnanimously call the
war draw.
The food situation in Germany Is