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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

That the German government spent
, between $15,00000O and $20,000,000
on plots and intrigues in this country
in the years 1915 and 1916 through
a Heinrich F. Albert, the commercial
attache of the German embassy, is
revealed for the first time in the
latest publication Of the committee
on public information.
The title of the pamphlet is Ger
man Plots and Intrigues in the United
States During the Period of Our Neu-
trality." Its authors are Professor
E. e. Sperry. Of the University of
Syracuse, and Professor Willis M.
West, Of the University of Minnesota.
The sources from which their infor-
nation is drawn are the official files
of the department of justice, and the
records of the trials conducted by
in New York, Chicago, Detroit and
San Francisco.
The story told by these official
records as they are painstakingly ex-
planned and interpreted is an amaz-
ing one. 1t dots the rs" and crosses
the It's" to all our conceptions Of
official German unscrupulousness, eff
frontery. and lying. 1t deals with
labor leaders corrupted, and strikes
caused in munitions plants by Ger
man influence; with the German
financing Of the movement for an
embargo on munitions shipments;
with the destruction of innocent
merchant vessels by bombs planted
in their cargoes by German agents in
American harbors; with plots for the
promotion of sabotage in the United
States and in Canada, including the
blowing up of the Welland canal and
the Canadian Pacific railway; with
the corruption of American opinion
through the agency of German paid
professors, newspapers, and lectur-
ers; with the forging of passports to
send German reservists abroad; with
the supply from American ports Of
German raiders at sea; with German
plots organized here in order to cause
the procuration of perjury and the
shameless lying of the German gov
eminent. Perhaps history contains
no instance Of effrontery greater
than the issuance to the American
press. in December, 1915. of the fol-
lowing official lie:
The German government has
naturally never knowingly ac-
cepted the support Of any person,
group of persons, society or or
ganization seeking to promote
the cause OF Germany in the
United States by Illegal acts, by
counsel of violence, by contra
vention of law. or by any means
whatever that could offend the
American people in the pride of
their own authority.
| Every line of this pamphlet proves
the falsity Of this official German
statement.
Among the Germans actively con.
nected with plots and intrigues In
this country while enjoying it's hos
pitaIity were Ambassadors Bernstorff
and Dumba attaches Papen, Boyd
and Albert; Franz Bopp, German
consul at San Francisco, and Kurt
Won Reiswitz, consul at Chicago; DR..
Buenz and Paul Koenig, of the Ham
iburg-American steamship line; and
such minor conspirators as Rintelen,
Fay, Gorst, Scheele, Kleist, and a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

! dozen others. The numerous Ameri-
can tools include ex-Congressman
Frank Buchanan, who was active IN
the movement for strikes and the
munitions embargo; Lamar, the
wolf of Wall Street; DR.. William
Bayard Hale, to whom Count Bern
storff referred as one who could
give information" concerning the
embargo movement; Max Breitung
of Chicago and Albert Koltschmidt
of Detroit. who were connected with
attempts to promote explosions; the
notorious jeremiah OLeary, Irish
agitator and editor of seditious
publication called Bull; George Syl-
yester Viereck, whose paper, the
Fatherland, was financed by the Ger.
man embassy, and host Of others.
OF the bomb industry, with its 300
to 400 bombs manufactured, and fires
in thirty-three ships sailing from
New York. we get this glimpse in
the testimony of a witness in the
case against Captain Won Kledst, In
the New York courts: I'VE sat down
! and we spoke for about three hours.
Is asked him the different things
that he did. and said if he wanted
an interview with Mr.. Won Igel. my
boss, he would have to tell every
thing. So. he told me Won Papen
gave DR.. Scheele, the partner Of Won
Kleist in this factory, check for
$4,000 to start the bomb factory.
- He told me that he, Mr.. Won
K1eist, and DR.. Schee1e, and man
by the name of Becker on the Fried
rich der Crosse, were making the
bombs, and that Captain 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 mer-
chandise on these steamers, and
they would go away on the trip and
the bombs would go off after the
ship was out four or five days, caus-
ing a fire and causing the cargo to
go up in flames. He also told
me that they have made quite a num-
/ Der of these bombs; that thirty OF
them were given to a party by the
name of O'Leary, and that he took
he had charge of putting them
on ships down there, this fellow
O'Leary"
OF equal if not greater interest is
the following intercepted radiogram
sent from Berlin in January, 1916, to
Ambassador Bernstorff:
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: "a Joseph Mccarthy,
Philadelphia, Pa. (2) John P.
Heating, Michigan avenue, Chi
cago. CD jeremiah OLeary, IS
Park Row, New York. One and
two are absolutely reliable, but
| not always discreet. These per-
sons were indicated by Sir Rog-
er Easement. In the United
States sabotage can be carried
i out on every kind of factory for
supplying munitions of war. Rail
way entertainments and bridges
must not be touched. Embassy
| must in no circum stances be
compromised. Similar precau-
lions must be taken In regard to
Irish pro-German propaganda.
(Signed)
Representative of Staff.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

told agony and my face was dishs uIeu,
"A friend told me to Try Cuticula
Soap and Ointment, and / began to use
them. In five weeks was completely
healed" (Signed) F. M. TWinarn' DIV
s. Second St., Columbus, O.
You may rely on Cuticura to care io'
your skin, scalp, hair and hands. No,n.
ing better to clear the skin OF pirnpless
and blotches, the scalp of dandrutf anu
the hands of chapping. Besides ,n'
Soap has no superior for all toilet Uses
Sample Each Free by Mail. Address posHti
card: "Cuticura. Dept. r. Boston. I snc
everywhere. Soap Csc. Ointment - ana w
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24
people of Michigan vote wrong at the
coming election.

people of Michigan vote wrong at the
coming election.
Des Moines Register: The worst
thing for Germany when it is all over
will be the awful condemnation that
Is going to come to people fighting
brutal and inhumane war. Genera
tions of right living will hardly take
off the curse.
Cedar Rapids Republican: In Ger
many they have not only shock
troops, but they have a retreat
specialist" General Won Boehn. At
the present time there is plenty of
work for him to do and he Is doing
it while they are giving Crown Prince
Rupprecht a vacation"
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Does the
work or fight order go for Champion
Jess Willard
Davenport Democrat: Now comes
the chance OF The unskilled laborer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

Why should he forever remain I'M
skilled? If he can carry hod a
little better than the other fellow
there is something he could do be
sides carry hod. If he is fancy
shoveler. he could work with some
thing besides a shovel, and make his
head save his biceps.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

allies race against time is won The
winning Of that race, it is as certain
as anything can be in an uncertain
world, means the winning of the war.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

''Eat less" admonishes Henry Ford. That
is good advice SO far it goes, but unfortunate
ly for our pocketbooks the laws of the land
make it impossible for US to wear less.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List of letters remaining in the
Keokuk postoffice, uncalled for, foi
week ending August "a, 1918
Ladies.
Miss Haley Abel.
Mrs. Nellie e. Camp.
Ella David.
Miss Irene Feltman.
Mrs. B. r: Wise.
Gentlemen.
Mr.. Lon Cox.
VIM. McCubbens.
JOS c. Stricklnig.
Mr.. Curt Tate.
Persons calling for letters in aboTe
list will please say they, are advef
tised e. w. McMANUS,
Acting Postmaster
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24
ITCHING ECZEMA
CAUSED AGONY
Burning So Intense Scratched
Face Disfgured. In Five
Weeks Completely
HEALED BYCUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT
81 was troubled with eczema whien
started in a mild pimply form. Itgrew

worse until my body' ne"1
and face were a mass o.
sore eruptions. The Itch
ing and burning was SO 2
intense that / irrits.ed II
by scratching, until my
clothing aggravated inc
ERUPTION. ! suffered uIl'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

The Germans are not using so much gas In
warfare as formerly, writes correspondent
from the Marne front. Naturally not, after
losing so many meters
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

With six candidates out for the governorshlp
of California it looks as if the far west had an
unemployment problem to solve
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: May be only
a coincidence. Now that Uncle Sam
is in the fight, the kaiser's troops are
retreating We must avoid boasting;
let's call 1t coincidence. 1t is to
be confessed, however, that the coin
cidence is of pleasing nature.
Cedar Rapids Republican: My
army is another phrase that the
kaiser seems to be dropping. Is it
possible that the Germans are getting
up enough gumption to consider
themselves no longer the private
property of their kaiser?
Webster City Freeman-J Journal: II
Henry Ford is elected to the senate
he will not depend upon his wife to
tell him how to vote. Woodrow VIII
son will attend to that part of
Henry's official business. Hence,
Henry may be expected to vote right,
if the president is right and the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

want to chortle the best I can and try to
cheer up my fellowman; to make a fellow
forget his care and make him laugh when he
wants to swear.-Walt Mason. -
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

The German crown prince is striving for a
military reputation, but so far as this result Is
concerned the war has already proved failure.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

A University of Chicago professor has print
ed a classification of all possible lies. What a
profound student of German newspapers he
must be!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24
WOMEN THEN AND NOW.

Me- York Evening Telegram: Men
ton of the Spirit of '76" inevitably
brings to mind thought of "the en-
battied farmers" who stood at Lex.
ington; of the brave men who en-
dured the rigprs of that terrible win
ter at Valley Vorge, and of the men
who gave their lives on many fields
that this nation might be born.
That the part played by women In
that great struggle, as in any great
event in history, was scarcely less
trying and quite as stanchly patriotic
as that of the men, comes to mind far
less frequently.
1t is probably we'll then,-in these
times when the women of America
and of all the allied countries are
enduring and performing SO Loyalty
that some one has turned up this
quotation from an issue of the Essex
Gazette, published September p.
1875:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

Lord Lansdowne says that he wishes to stop
the war But there is a world of difference be-
tween stopping war and ending it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

promise it saw fit to break; hence the UNIVERSAL
determination to destroy its power to disturb
the peace of the world.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

. AOOu oSAploS Oh sale and
the consumer should pay "a,
tee appointed by ]. F. Elder.
lished with whatever dailv
! by the food administration
Consumer Should PAY
bar $3.50 to $1.63 per sack a,
ckS 24h pounds or 70 pa,
pound In less than min
packages.
. SIC to CSC per sack Of 10
nd pounds. or &c per pound
in less than mill PACK.
ages.
r $1.65 to SLIP per sack Of
nd 24h pounds.
TIC to TIC per pound,
und 13kc to 14c per pound.
&c to SIC per pound.
INC to 7Ac per pound.
x7sc to Sc per pound.
sac to 9Ac per pound.
Sc to 13hc per pound
: lac to 14hc per pound.
1870 to lac per can.
&c to SIC per can.
191zc to zoe per pound.
zoe to 21hc per pound
1870 to 16c per pound.
1870 to zee per 1An-
1sc to 21hc per can.
Csc to soc per can.
18c to 2S11c per can
141sc to 2Shc per can.
161zc to 213Ac per pound
tic to 26c per pound.
Ice to 2811c per pound,
$5.13 to $b.67 per case
5 .9A per pound.
1885 per 25 pound sack
S .s5 per 10 pound sack.
5 .4S per 8 pound sack.
33c to SAC per pound.
S3c to Sec per pound.
29c to soc per pound.
Sic to 1910 per pound
34c to 35c per pound.
40c per dozen.
Soc per pound
33c to 35c per pound.
&c per pound.
SOC to 43c per pound.
40c to 49c per pound.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

public life subject to the same rules;
and mznIness two qualities that will carry
you through much better than policy, tact
e,pediency any other word that was ever devised
to conceal mystffy deviation from straight limo
Robert e. Leo.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

Every day is, or should be, Flag day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

The Following table includes most Of the
gives the prices which both the retailer and tn
each one as. determined by the special committee
food administrator for Lee county. and publish
changes are necessary for public inf ormation o
wheat Flour ........s11.0o to Sl1.s5 per bar
rel OF 8 24M pound sackl
Rye Flour ........... sl2.:5 to $3.50 per bar
@ rel of twenty 10 pound
Barley Flour .........s1o.e5 to s11oo per bar
rel OF eight 24k pound
Corn Flour $40 to 6Nc per pound
Rice Flour ......10Ac to 11Ac per pound
Corn Meal ..........4Ac to PIC per pound
P Pa11as H @ata &c to g SIC Der bound
Ground Rolled Oats .eAc to exc per pound
Edible Corn Starch sc to 1oc per pound
Mix. tail cans ...... .1o1sc to lie per can
Milk. small cans .....4Mc to &c per can
Navy Beans ..........14hc to lec per pound
Lima Beans ..........15 c to 16c per pound
Pinto Beans ......... 1Oc to lie per pound
Canned Corn .........1sc to 16hc per can
No. Canned
Tomatoes ..........13 hc 70 ioc per can
No. Canned
Tomatoes .1sc to 21o per can
Canned Peas 12hc to zoe per can
Canned Dried Beans. 10c to zoe per can
Raisins commemorative to 1bc per pound
Peaches Dried ... 12c to 1Sc per pound
Prunes ..,.,........ lie to 20c Per pound
Corn Syrup .........$3 1885 to $4.Zo per case
GranuIated Sugar bulk $8.17 per 100 pounds
Granulated Sugar. rs
pound sacks 1851 per lU0 pounoA
GRADUATED Sugar. 10
pound sacks .Se41 per lUO pounCs.
Granulated Sugar.
pound sacks ....... Se5f per 10O POUNDS
Lard bulk csc to 29c per pound
Lard small pals ....2S TO olc per pound.
Lard Substitutes, bulk 24c to 25c per pound
Lard Substitutes.
small cans 26c 70 2SA per pound
Cheese .27hc to Csc per pound
Eggs, country ..... .33c to 35c per dozen
Butter-Creamery In
/ pound cartons 49, ACC per pound
Oleomargarine, ....... 27c to Csc per pound
Potatoes, New .......2Ac per pound
Ham ...... % to Csc per pound
Bacon .............S2c to 40c per pound
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

That was the very essence OF the
spirit of TO- and it is the same
brave, loyal attitude of the women of
today that helps make the Spirit of
TO- the spirit of America forever.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

A gentleman who lately travel
ed through Connecticut met with
an old gentlewoman, who told
him that she had fitted out and
sent five sons and eleven grand
sons to Boston when she heard
of the engagement between the
proyincials and regulars. The
gentleman asked her If she did
not shed tear on parting with
them? NO" said she. 81 never
parted with them with more plea
sure But suppose" said the
gentleman, they had all been
killed." II had rather" said the
noble matron, this had been the
case than that one of them had
come back a coward"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

Beginning of the End.
Lincoln Journal: With the passing
of the second battle of the Marine the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

The Greater Peril.
New York World: Russian anarcM
may yet prove greater menace
Germany than Russian belligerency
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24
$50, 10000 Spent for German
Plots L1l the United States
Period Of Our

the Period Of Our
pa. Neutrality.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

The more this declaration is examined the
greater impression Of its inclsiveness OF essen.
tials is felt It recognizes the intrinsic need Of
education for leisure as we'll as for income pay
ing work: it recognizes the fact that the prep
aration of the coming generation determines the
sort of nation it will make; it takes note of be-
hayior and the factors that make for it, public
and private; it speaks for a continuance OF the
war training in cooperative living both in bust
ness and society; it bespeaks. for teachers the
place and remuneration the Importance Of the
profession rightly claims. 1t might well be
made study not only by our federal bureau
but by every board of education in the land.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24
A MESSAGE TO EDUCATORS.

There have been numerous conferences at
Washington in which the question Of just what
part the government shall take in expanding
public education along vocational lines has
been the topic of discussion. The move to pro-
mote special vocational and military training
for boys between the ages of sixteen and
eighteen years who have left or intend to leave
school for work is the fruit Of these conferences
This is good, but it does not touch the larger
question of so modifying the scheme of grade
work that the foundation is laid on which to
build the education that we shall advise for
the future. England and France have been alive
to the pivotal Importance of meeting the future
by educational readjustment these two years
back. From the English committee on juvenile
education in relation to employment after the
war comes report from which the following
81 gnifcant message to educators is taken:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

We have to perfect the civilization for which
men have shed their blood and women their tears;
to establish new standards OF value in our judg-
ment of what makes life worth living, more whole
some and restrained ideals of behavior and
recreation finer traditions of cooperation and
kindly fellowship between class and class and man
and
These are tasks for nation of trained char
acter and robust physique, nation alert to things
of the spirit reverential in knowledge reveren-
tial of teachers, and generous in It's estimate
of what production and maintenance OF good
teachers inevitably cost
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24
THE oFFIo1AL FOOD PRICES IN KEoKUK

table includes Of the food staples
each special committee appointed BY
published with
information food
Pay Shoudp
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

Davenport Democrat: Now comes
the chance OF the unskilled laborer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-10-02
Committee of lColored PeopleS
to Solicit Subscriptions to The
Fourth Liberty Loan
EdgeGeld

EdgeGeld
A. w. Simkins, Rev. j. w. Shaw,
C. A. Cheatham, Jerome B. Holmes
For the County Districts
Hammond Cheatham, William Hol-
loway, J. W. Turner, C. D. Bussey,
L. w. Collins, Richmond Cheatham,
Rev. R. w. Kenner, Charlie Ellis,
P. L. Anderson, George Freeland,
Jesse Barnes, Baltic Clay, Clarence
Blocker, Jasper Tolbert, Scott Stew
ems, George w. Robertson, Joe Stew
ems, A.'G. Parks, w A. Settles, En-
nest Little, Ebert Vance, Steve
Dugas, Jno. c. Simmons, Charlie Linn
pecker, Solomon Atkinson, Lee Ar
thur, Tom Smith, II. W.. Edwards,
NJ. H. Holmes, Henry Jefferson, jim
Williams, j. @. Bonham, John Spann,
Charlie Simkins, Eldred Watson, NJ.
S. Hacker, William Lloyd, Dock Mea-
cham, A. W. Nicholson, Dan Lorick,
Charlie Brighton, Nose Wooten, Rev.
Tom McManus, Genie Wooten, Billie
Sullivan, William Holmes, Tom
Holmes, Sam Holmes, Claud Rhodes,
Prince L. Adams, E.. w. Wilson,
Charlie Holloway, John Powell, Jor-
dan Lewis, j! Mat Blocker.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-10-02
Beef Cattle on Farms.

Much emphasis has been placed
upon hog raising, especially during
the war, when the demand for cured
meats is so strong. This is right
and no one who is at all familiar
with the needs of our country for
meat would underestimate the i'm
%portance of pork. But it seems
that few people I realize the critical
situation now confronting us for
beef. Beef is still a very impor-
tant item in our meat supply.
While 1t is not as easily cured and
as easily transported with armies
as pork it is nevertheless a very es-
sential food and WITHOUT a sufficient
supply would cause suffering.
Hogs increase faster than cattle;
they are more economical feeders
than cattle. Consequently farmers
who have not the pasture and grass
for beef may raise a few hogs
every year. Besides less expense
in land, buildings, ETC., is required
for raising pork than for beef.
The ranchmen have had very try
ing difficulties for two years. The
seasons have been .so~unfavorable
that they have not been able to
meet the demands that war has
brought.
IT we are to have beef during the
war and Immediately afterwards
farmers must raise a few. beef cat
tie. The large ranches will no
longer be able to supply the coun-
try, and the country must have
beef.
Every farmer who has facilities
should begin now and raise a few
calves of the beef type. The conn
try is vitality concerned. And 1t
is believed that those who raise
our future beef supply will find it
remuneratiye. Farm and Factory.