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over to alarming wastefulness, in many local
tiles to one hundred per cent. week 1t enters
upon control to safeguard employers and en-
pBoyes as well as its own interests, since Grip
ping of industries will in the end bring mis-
fortune on the workers more completely than
on any other victim.
The machinery by which control is proposed
seems well devised and if there is honest CO
operation it should be successful in stopping
this ruinous labor turnover. How it will work
in practice remains to be seen. It will work
badly unless the government is careful to pro-
tect all interests. A sacrifice of industries on
the plea Of non essential product would soon
be felt in export trade, and upon this trade
depends ability to protect our national fin
ance and credit. The government assumes a
vast responsibility, but the situation is admit
ted by the nation s business to demand action.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-01
SIDE LIGHTS ON A RULER.

| A st. Louis newspaper having started with
an editorial fanfare a series of revelations OF
| the kaiser's subconscious self as discovered
| by an American artifcer who cocained the great
mans gums and burrowed into his wisdom
teeth, another paper, not to be outdone, pro-
poses to reveal the inner workings of the i'm
perial mind as disclosed to an observant and
reflective American who for many years mixed
American drinks-juleps, Toms and Jerrys
and the lke-at the Potsdam bar.
It would not perhaps, be safe to assume, I'M
til after comparison of the completed series,
which of these keen observers has most pro-
foundry plumbed the deeps Of the war lord S
mind. 1t is undeniable if the dentist got him
under ether, some facts that are normally kept
below the threshold of mentation may have
been brought out. Conceivably some fierce
ejaculation may have revealed hatred Of Eng
land or a fear OF America studiously concealed
at other times. On the other hand, however,
conversation under such conditions is necessar-
lily one-sided. The patient whose molars are
being mined is precluded from loquacity. Time
is given him to weigh his remarks, and the i'm
petuous utterances which betray the inner mind
are few and far between In this respect the
man behind the bar has a signal and undoubted
advantage over the man beside the chair The
buzzer imposes taciturnity The tipple invites
garrulity. The one discourages confidence and
promotes moroseness and reserve. The other
mellows and enlivens and removes the inhi-
Jitions discretion and suspicion lay upon the
tongue It seems beyond all reasonable ques-
ton, therefore, that the bibulous hour and
mood must have offered superior opportunities
for fathoming the secret sentiments of a re
ticent and darl1ly plotting ruler; and when we
remember the prodigious potency of American
connections of the more pretentious sort and
their added effectiveness when administered to
imbibers whose normal stimulant is near-beer
or "pop," the conclusion is unacceptable that
The revelations of the American artist in pot
ables must be Of higher Importance and of more
general interest to mankind than the reportings
of the dental expert.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-01
THE THINNING VEIL

Los Angeles Times: Sir George
Adam Smith in one of his addresses
on the religious aspects of the war
STATED that one notable result is "the
thinning of the veil between the liy-
ing and the dead" caused by the un-
counted number of deaths.
l 1t is the universal testimony of
those who have returned from the
field of action that the soldiers move
forward into action and ''go west III
the current phrase of Tommy, brave
ly, even cheerfully, and almost al
ways with the assurance that death
/! is not the end of all things. These
boys instinctively believe that their
lives, scarcely begun, so full of vigor
and promise for themselves, so preg-
nant with possibilities for the yorld,
cannot be cut off short-that they
must go on expressing themselves,
developing, ripening, in some other
form of existence.
This is not religious belief; it is
not philosophy; it is simple, natural
phenomenon. The human mind re-
fuses to believe that vigorous young
life, offered as sacrifice, can be
blotted out and it's tale ended by
death.
And millions of grieving hearts of
wives and sweethearts, of fathers and
mothers, of sons and daughters, are
also comforted by this strong, sure
confidence; they know that their
loved ones live again. While that
fmpenetrable veil, which absolutely
shuts the living from the dead, still
falls unbroken; while no mortal eye
may have seen or ear heard what lies
beyond, still the Volume of human
thought, the hungry searching of I'M
counted human hearts, is tearing at
its darkness, is piercing its folds.
They who are left behind not only
feel that their dead live; but that
they are near-that they are know
ing and watching what goes on here
This feeling is quite apart from the
statements of students who proclaim
that they have established scientific
evidence of life after death; or
from the testimonies concerning COM
munications with the ."other side"
which are made public. However in
portant such data may be, they have
had no widespread influence upon
general thought.
Man has always faced the newt
able end. Death has always awaited
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PROBLEM OF. PALESTINE

Boston Transcript: The world has
not ceased guessing what Mr. Arthur
Balfour meant when he said that the
British government would make for
the Jews "a national home" in Pales-
tine. A national home is naturally the
habitation of a nation, and the de-
scription may imply a state. Pales-
tine became the land of the Israelites
on their attainment Of nationality, and
was really theirs for seven centuries
an an Independent country, until the
shattering of the people about $500
yeras ago. During that period one re-
ligion, Judaism, was established;
some 900 years later, a second relig.
ion, Christianity, arose in the same lit
tie country; and after not much more
than another GOO years third re]ig-
ion, Mohammedanism, came in from
Arabia and gained supremacy by
means of the sword. No other small
territory is SO notable as both a place
of religions and a place Of peoples.
and the rights OF the Jews, ehe
Christians and the Moslems have
all to be considered in the planning Of
a future government for Palestine.
There is time enough for the inter
ested peoples themselves to make
their voices heard and their opinions
known in regard to what may be the
most desirable institutions in the bet
ter times to which they now are look
ing forward The first thing to make
sure of is that Palestine shall not re-
we're to Turkish control. East OF the
Jordan, not far north of Jerusalem,
the Turks and Germans are still dis
putting the progress of General Allen
by's expedition. The Turkish war office
asserts that ON Bastile day a Brit
ish cavalry division was almost an
initiated, while on the other hand the
British report is that the enemy lost 600
prisoners, Of whom more than half
were Germans. 1t is inevitable that
before long the forces of savagery.
Turkish and Teutonic. will be driven
out of Syria, and also out of Mesa
potamia and Armenia, as they have
been already expelled from Arabia,
and never On any pretext or condition
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Our own attitude determines our friends or
enemies -Henry Wood.


Today, August first supplying of war indus
tries with common labor was taken over by the
employment service of the department of labor.
This means that all recruiting of common labor
by plants employing more than one hundred
workers will be managed by government
agencies. At present this ruling does not touch
skilled labor, but the government is frank in
stating that it is preparing to control skilled
labor shifts in the near future. Exceptions are
also made for the present of labor which is not
solicited directly or indirectly; of labor for rail
roads of farm labor, of labor for non-war work.
But these exceptions are made experimentally;
if the labor shift does not work smoothly by
reason of them, all unskilled labor Will come
under government control. The country is di-
vided into thirteen federal districts with di
rector in charge; there are state directors, and
in each community there will be formed com
munity labor board consisting of a representa-
tive of the government employment service, a
representative Of the employers and repre-
sentative of the employed. This board viii
have direct charge of recruiting and distribut-
ing labor in its locality.
This important move has come about through
belief by the department of labor that no
equable distribution of unskilled labor is pos
sible where it is attracted from plant to plant by
offers of increased pay; the government declares
that labor poaching has brought the labor turn
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if he had been working during the
time taken off to play golf. Eff
cheney is all that can be considered
in the matter surely. There is no
wisdom in making work tedious or
odious, even if we are at war. What
we want to do is our level best. II
a short relaxation helps our work,
why not take it?
Charles City Press: Poor clown
prince!" Every time he almost wins,
and then has the everlasting day
light licked out of him. II this thing
keeps UP hen lose HIS job
Perry Chief: Wilhelm ct al. may
just as we'll get used to a peace at
any price" slogan. The only part
they will have in the conference will
be to "sign here"
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DonNELLsoN.
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Miss Leona Armknecht is visiting
in Humeston, Iowa
Misses Winona Barnes and Dorothy
Williamson visited at the O. S.
Barnes home near LaCrew the latter
part of last week.
James Lowenberg of Davenport,
visited home folks last week.
Mrs. G. w. Warren and daughter
Gertrude, of NOskaloosa, are visiting
relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Osterfos and
two children of Hedrick, Iowa, visited
friends here the forepart of last
week.
Mrs. Mary Tempel and daughters
Anna and Lena, visited in Kirksyille,
Mo-, and Farston, Iowa, the past
week.
ters Agnes and Maisie, are visiting
her parents near Sedalia, Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs Lewis Wagner Of Fl
Madison have moved to our town.
Misses Ella and Esther Bentzinger.
autoed to near Wayland, Mo-, Sunday
to spend the day with relatives.
Mrs. Henry Meinhardt, Mrs. Geo.
Ddhot, Ahi .. NCN- I1Su I1dIluOu duu
daughter Mary, visited at the Clyde
Watson home near Mt Sterling
Thursday.
moved to Keokuk.
Bert Barnhardt who has been en-
ployed in a barber shop in West
Point, has returned to Donnellson
and is working here in the barber
shop.
Mrs. John Fletcher, Jr., Is visiting
with her sister near Denver, Colo
Mr.. and Mrs. F. l. Williamson and
Sundayed at Hillsboro.
Mrs. M. c. Strah and sons returned
to their home in FIT. Madison Sunday
after pleasant visit with her par
ents here.
tied with her sister Mrs. Geo. Best,
several days the past week.
Mrs. j. H. Holdefer was a Keokuk
caller Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Best autoed to
Ft. Madison Sunday.
Mrs. Ginning of Franklin is visiting
1T the F. Dahms home
Miss Nellie Helsel of Milton, Is
visiting with her brother DR.. Helsel,
Ind family.
Mrs. o. S. Latta and sons of Ft
Madison, are visiting at the F. Dahms
home.
Chas. Allen, Albert Bentzinger,
Ben Schlicher, Alpha Frueh, Herbert
Rings left Monday, July %, for Keo-
Suk where they left with the other
Lee county boys for Camp Pike, Ar
Ed. J. Dahms, Herbert Eyler and
cd. Schiver, Henry Proemieke, Otto
Iermuth left for Keokuk Wednesday.
July 81, and. left for Camp Forest,
Georgia, with the other. Lee county
Joys.
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a great virtue. But suppose they
did? Borah and Kenyon would win
hands down against any sort of oppo-
sition the democratic party could
make. In these cases the dem ocratic
party is very generous, but because
it is a forced put.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The
dominant political parties in Iowa
are agreed on two points, namely,
winning the war and amending the
primary.
Waterloo Courier: Very well, Mr..
Hoover, then two pounds of sugar
per person it shall be. We've been
sweetening up things little too
much, anyway.
Waterloo imes-Tribune: The gov
eminent is complaining because in
soldiers. Which would infer that
there are, after all, raincoats that are
not inferior.
Davenport Times: Hats off to the
Spartan mothers Of America who
would rather that their sons return
home upon their shields than seek
questionable evasion of the call to
arms.
Des Moines Capital: Speaking Of
vacations, about the proprity or
which there has been some discus
sion, 1t may be cited that President
Wilson plays daily game of golf
before the work OF the day begins.
in the early morning No doubt the
president accomplishes much more in
his days work than the would have
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must they or their masters be allowed
to return. Not even the German colo
MES planted under the auspices OF
Hail Wilhelm" of Potsdam at Jeru-
salem, Sarona, Haifa and Jaffa, nor
the claim of the Turkish sultan that
the Jordan valley south of the Sea OF
Galilee is his private property, can be
acknowledged as emitting these part
ners In Syrian, Jewish and Armenian
starvation and massacre to one word
of weight on the future of Palestine
No sovereign or sovereigns, but the
Syrian peoples must have the first and
largest place in the consideration OF
the question of how the country can
best be ruled for the highest good of
it's inhab. tants, and they themselves
should as far as possible be its rulers.
They were said to have numbered at
the beginning Of the war about 600,-
900, of whom $50 900 were Moslems.
To the latter Jerusalem, with the har-
am or temple area, and Hebron with
the mosque above the tomb of the pa
triarchs, are holy places. and the Brit
ish from the moment of entering the
city in December last, have been care
full to respect them. So also the places
which Christians reverence as sacred
are protected for their possessors. Naz-
areth, Bethlehem, Bethsaida and the
rival sites Of Capernaum, as well as
Jerusalem, must be free to Christian
pilgrims. Not all the Jews, of whom
there are more than 100000 in the
world, could ever make their nat
ional home" in Palestine, or wish to
do so, but the Zionist societies may
well encourage further Jewish colo
MIA hor h. tor nvntihifi0n
of immigration and sale of land shall
cease to prohibit. A prominent Zion
ist writer, Albert Hyamson, has said
that the possibility of an Independent
Jewish state cannot be discussed in
the present generation, and that local
autonomy is all that the Jews of Pal.
estine ask. They may be sure of re-
ceiving that And it is not unlikely that
the British government will propose
that the Holy land be taken under in
ternational protection.
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FRATERNAL, SPIRIT

Cedar Rapids Gazette: A commu
nication to the press from headquar
tiers of the society sayssS
1.-THE Knights OF Columbus, an or
ganization having four hundred thou.
sand members in the; United States
and 10 per cent. of its membership
in it's country's service, will raise
and spend 5O,0O0,0 900 on the devel-
opment of its war work here and
abroad in the next twelve months.
The order will have Il 900 secre.
taries in France before September
Is and 1000 before the end of the
year. An unusual feature of the
orders work Is that it conducts no
canteen in it's clubhouses and huts.
The password of the K. of c. is
Everybody welcome everything
free"
"Cigarets, bouillon. chocolate, cof-
fee and other supplies will be given
free to any man, regardless of creed
or color, who applies at the K. of C.
places.
In the last year the order has
raised ,s12.ooe,o0o and has expended
more than $500, 900. With the in
crease of the American armies
abroad, it was apparent that this
largely.
THE knights Of Columbus is
working in harmony with other or
CARNATIONS in the field, such as the
Red Cross, Y. M. c. A. and Y. NJ
H. A. The K. of c. have the strong
est endorsem ents from the United
States government"
Such items as this prove that
American fraternalism, supplement-
ing in material things the spiritual
endeavors of the church, is doing its
great and perfect work to draw all
men together, to cause them to think
as one and to combine their forces
for the well-being of the world
The teachings Of the lodge room
have been no idle repetition of mean
ingless phrases. No matter by what
name known, the purely material in
lin all American fraternities
is practically the same-not indi-
vidual but still one thing as the solar
system is one thing composed Of
many planets holding their courses
about central sun as all these or.
ders at least would seek to hold
their orbits about the truth.
One thing they all teach, and that
Is democracy. There has been much
foolish talk concerning the numbers
Of trained and drilled" men the or
iers could contribute to the army.
They had no men trained and drilled
IN military tactics unless the knowl-
edge had been gained outside the
odge rooms.
What they did have, and what is
more important, was a grand total
IF millions of members who had
been trained-some of them for half
century-to believe and to teach
he brotherhood of man and our re
one toward another
When the war came these frater-
lfties clasped hands. closed the circle
ind the United States stood as one
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Fig. 4.


SHOW cattle
Indicated
in fppi
s1S-entles state cleaned and qua
Of
aed steady fight against this Its
dipping BY dynamite
of Mississippi
raising the Cotton Belt is equally important
Of the South
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as the bundle of sticks showing the
strength that is in unity.
The knights of Columbus is Amer.
lean. It's name locates it's habitat
and makes known its purpose. With
other fraternities 1t should command
respect, and because it has taken
upon itself a noble work it should
receive support in all it's under.
takings.
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ToDAYs BIT OF VERSE
TELL THE TRUTH.

Tell the truth.
Though 1t rives your heart with pain,
Though it rends your soul in twain.
Though 1t makes the friend you love,
Every other friend above
Pass you with averted face,
Though 1t means your deep disgrace,
Though your enemies defame
And the public scorns your name,
Tell the truth.
Tell tho truth.
Young and old and rich and poor,
Celebrated and obscure,
Teacher, preacher, author, sage,
Soldier, statesman. prince and page,
Every color, every breed,
Every government and creed.
Bear this axiom In your hearts
Till the breath Of hfe departS-
Tell the truth.
Tell the truth.
When the dust has cleared away
From the debris and decay
OF the old and musty thrones
Founded on the peoples bones,
Truth will stand immortal there
With the stars upon her hair,
ROBBED in glory like the sun,
She and Liberty are one
Tell the truth
Tell the truth.
Truth is not as stories tell
At the bottom OF a well;
Those OF us that have not quailec
To behold her face unveiled
Know that she is Freedom dressed.
In the vestments God has blessed,
Truth will make nation free,
To success 1t is the key.
Let us then from A to q
Tell the truth.
Nina Irving, in Leslie's Weekly.
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Davenport Times: The strike OF
British munition workers has "pe-
tered out" as we felt sure it would
and as an indignant Yankee trooper
in France remarked the other day,
This is HI of time to strike,
anyhow"
BurIin gton Hawk-Bye: Some OF US
are wondering, will Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson. as general director of
telegraph and telephone service, find
some way of getting the person to
release the wire for which a busy
worker is anxiously waiting? The
private companies have never been
able to limit the length off CONVEX
sation on party lines. If Burleson
can do that, he will convert lots of
busy people to the at present some
what vague and indefinite theories
of government management and own
ership of the telephone lines.
Sioux City Journal: Won't some
body arise to suggest the name of
Colonel Roosevelt for air secretary?
Cedar Rapids Republican: After
four years of war, commenced by
acting as the tool Of Germany through
the writing of an ultimatum to
Serbia, Austria is now willing to quit
on pre-war basis. But there will
be no pre-war basis for any of the
nations that began this war.
Coon Rapids Enterprise: OF course
the democrats are not offering any
opposition to Borah in Idaho and
KENYON in Iowa. which they think is
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Honduras ADVANTAGE.

st. Paul Pioneer Press: The decla-
ration of war on Germany by little
Honduras may afford Berlin a smile,
but we are certain that little Hondur-
as at that will have the last chortle-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-01

The San Francisco police have made sue
cessful raid on a number Of fortune telling
takers One of the things we have never been
able to understand is why fortune tellers, seers,
prophets and necromancers are never able to
forecast activity on the part of the police
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The kaiser declares that Good has placed
great burden upon him. He has, and William
will learn the details when the peace conference
adiourns following the war.
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KILLING OFF TROUBLES.

There is practically about German press
methods that would command admiration were
regard for truth eliminated as a factor in judg-
ment It is impossible for German newspapers
to attempt concealment of the fact that we have
large army in the field Too many mentions
of Americans are getting into official reports to
admit of this. Confronted with the American
army which it has consistently declared did not
and could not exist the German press, after a
day or two of hesitation, has hit upon the plan
of admitting the existence of the army but of
announcing as major item of news that it is
being rapidly annihilated. Three Berlin news
papers are quoted in dispatches as telling Of
the immense slaughter of Americans and as
predicting that this offensive will break the
power and spirit of our troops. If General
Pershing has seen anything of the sort, he does
not mention it. AS desperate means of get
ting rid of the bugbear of the present war sit
uation, this killing off of our army by the Ger
man press is ingenious.
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The kaiser in recent speech to his troops
said that there nothing so Glow" and 50
Is sordid'' that the Americans would not adopt
to gain their purposes. 1t would seem as if the
kaiser would never forgive those American
women and babies for going down on the LUIS
itania-
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Coon Rapids Enterprise: OF course
the democrats are not offering any
opposition to Borah in Idaho and
KENYON in Iowa. which they think is
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-10-03

Shoes, Hats, Etc.
About 100 Pairs Of Good Shoes going
during this Great Sale at S1.98
We will save you 10 per cent or more
on any Shoe you may need.
One lot Of Hats goes during the sale
at only $1.98
Don't miss this chance if you will
need Hat soon. A better Hat, during
this sale. mighty cheap.
One lot Of Ladies' Coats at $6.85
Worth many dollars more.
One lot Dress Shirts going at 39c
Don't miss seeing them. II they don't
suit you, tell Us 50 and we will let you
have better ones, very cheap.
One lot Ladies' Raincoats at S1.98
One lot Mems Raincoats at $3.50