The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-30
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association estimates that business
prior to the signing OF the armistice
was about sixty percent OF Its nos-
NAL volume and that now has drop
ped off to forty-five per cent
Interviews with other bankers
bear out this statement.
Shipment of supplies are not look-
ed forward to SO long as political
conditions are unsettled.
The situation as regards clothing
is much worse than with food. A
common suit for civilians costs from
SEQ to 800, and stocks are low. The
cost of any kind OF cloth for apparel
is well nigh prohibitive compared
with the scale Of wages. Neverthe-
less. people in the streets are well
clothed, In appearance.
AS regards footwear, there is not
a single pair OF leather shoes on
display in the shop windows Can
vas appears for the uDpers. while
some have soles OF straps. cut and
sewed together.
Only civilians and peasants wear
wooden soled shoes The majority
of persons in the streets wear leath-
er shoes obviously repaired many
times. Inquiries among servant girls
and walters in the hotel where the
press is quartered brought out the
fact that they had bought shoes only
a few months ago at IS, which was
considered high price.
In view Of the shortage of CLOTH
American officials have consented to
allow soldiers to convert their grey
uniforms into civilian clothing by
cutting the coat to fit a roll collar
One firm Is engaged in manufac-
turing civilian clothing from German
uniform cloth
Investigation Of conditions in cloth
ing stores revealed that gloves cost
ing 81. so to 50 in the United States
are selling for S. here.
In Coblenz bought the cheapest
kind of handkerchief for equivalent
Of a dollar Hats which would cost
about SO in the United States
bring So
Trotskys Daughter in Plot.
COPENHAGEN, Dec. % ODE
lay0Q).-At SiSdL spOlShCsAAA PASe ~
seize control of Poland has been dis
covered in Warsaw, dispatches reach
ing here today assert. Many arrests
have been made, the prisoners in
Guiding Leon TrotslSy's daughter,
who is said to have had in her pos
session six million rlbles.
Boishevik In Charge.
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 30.-Bolshe-
Wiki forces have occupied Wilma, CAPT
tai of Lithunia, according to q dis
patch received from Petrograd today
Will Pay all Damages.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 30.-Mathtas
Erzberger. chairman of the German
armistice commission, declared IN
speech in Berlin that Germany will pay
FOR all damages caused In Belgium
and northern France, according to
dispatch received here today. he said
the allies and Germany have agreed on
the general question OF war damages.
Each nation will pay its own war
bill. Germany will pay for the damage
done in Belgium and northern France,
as well as allied civilian losses. The
details will be settled at the peace con-
ference" Erzberger said.
Coup 70 Bring Intervention.
by Frank J. Taylor, United Press
Staff Correspondent
BERLIN, Dec 2S.-The German
group which favors allied occupation
of Berlin as political coup, plans to
force this move by arresting all Ameri-
can and British newspaper men In the
city. Police Project Edchorn warned
me today.
Eichorn said the politicians in this
group believed arrest Of the cores
pondents would draw allied troops in
to the capital Immediately, thus chang
ing the entire complexion of the politf-
cal situation and probably resulting in
the overthrow of the radicals.
Conditions here are far from stable
yet. with the socialists and Sparta
cides still struggling for power In
view OF the Vorwaerts call for the
masses to demonstrate against ter
rorism" tomorrow, the Spartacides
called for rival demonstrations.
Further disorders. with some casu-
allies, were reported today from Ores
den. There was also said to be some
plundering in Hamburg. In Essen 90
900 factory workers were on strike.
A dozen casualties were reported 20
have occurred yesterday on the streets
of Posen In fighting between the Poles
and Germans. The Berlin newspaper
declares the disorders were precipita-
ted by the arrival of Ignace Paderews-
XII, who is expected TO be president OF
the Polish republic.
Change In Leaders.
LONDON, Dec. 30.-All indepen-
dent socialists have retired from the
German government which now con-
sists of majority socialists, according
to a dispatch received from Berlin
today.
IThis is IN direct contraventfon to
previous dispatches, which declared
the Observation-Disclosures coalition min
istry had been overthrow and that a
new cabinet would be formed by Karl
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