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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-05
ILLINOIS MOB
HANGS MAN FOR
BEING DISLOYAL
Storm City Hall at COIIinSviIIe
and Take DiSIOyaIiSt From
Police and Swing Him
From a Tree.

International News Service
COLLINSNGLLE, III. April o.
After having been twice rescued
frcm mobs during the night. Robert
u. Praeger. 45 years old, alleged
aisIoyalist was taken from the city
hall here early today by a mob of
more than 500 men and. after being
forced To Hiss the Flag, was hanged
TO a tree about two miles west of
the town. Only q few minutes previ-
OUsly he had protested 10 the police
that ne was a loyal citizen.
Paeger is said to have talked
socialism and made disloyal remarks
In a speech he made recently to
miners a. Naryville. a neighboring
miuiuS town.
The man was formerly "a baker
and worked i'm Collinsville. a city of
}0Co ropulation - miles east OF
81. Louis
Mob Works silently
While police from East 81. Louis
were rushing to- the scene, Praeger
was struug up 10 the tree his feet
TO leer from the ground. Not a
word was spoken 10y the mob. 10
went about us CHASTITY work quietly
and Systematically one man. ap-
parendy ole of the leaders. said
after Pra, ger had been hanged
'This. my friends. should be "a
warning 10 all pro-Germans and
Other disloyal citizens. We viii not
tolerate disloyalty i'm this country.
Tie coroner at Edwardsville,
Madison county. was notified of the
Isnching and took charge of the
nodv.
Wuea q recent wave of patriotism
svcrt ever many Illinois towns the
uincrs and others at Maryville or
ganized "a committee 20 deal with
Praeger. Twice before he had been
threatened with mob violence but
had been rescued.
Escape, TO COllinsVillc.
4 mob formed in Maryville had
attempted TO capture Praeger but
hc escaped and made his way boy
automobile to CollinsvHle. Several
of the members of the first mob fol-
lowed him and succeeded i'm raising
anothe" crowd i'm CollinsVille.
He was captured compelled tc
remove his shoes and stockings
draped with AN American Flag and
started on a march down the main
street. while the voices of the crowd
were raised in the national anthem
Then he was rescued by the police
and taken to the city hall
While. was born i'm Germany.
have been naturalized and I am fol
-he. good old L. = A. Praeger de
tfra raaffln
Crowd storms City Hall.
Early IN the night the man was
again taken i'm hand by members OF
the local "Ioyslist' committee and
forced 10 parade through the streets
Lfssins the Flag at intervals. Agair
Inc was rescued by the police and
taken to the city hall
few hours later the crowd
-woued in proportions gathered ir
FRONT OF the city hau and demanded
+he surrender Of the now terrorizec
man Mayor SieEeI from the steps
of tbe hall. pleaded with the mob %
ra+ the law take its course and IN
ranlv IL rushed through Gordon Of
roIice and after short search
dragged Praeger from has h'dln-
-,r,ce in the basement With scarce
h a wcfs spoken the mob rushed
him to the scene of his execution.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-05

practically
OF of put
into commission 1000 vessels of all classes including batehps
in of
composed entirely
to
the commanding officer.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-05
SUGGESTED BASIS
FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
South Bend Patriotic and Civic
Relief Fund
THE WAR CHEST"

For intermediate incomes en-
listments should D. in proportion
TO above.
For income above $4,000 per
annum. the cnlistmCnt~ should
be increased i'm proportion 10 the
ability TO give. ranging from >
per cent up.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-05
MERCHANTS!
Advertise the Third
LIBERTY LOAN

Contribute space in your
window in which poster can
bc hung IL SOME member ~
the poster committee has not
already asked YOU to do this.
one VIII Save the committee
time as quickly and wilHns.N
giving tho desired space.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-05
y. S. A Achievenents in First Year Of War Glue
Encouragement and Assurance of Victory
4 NATION At WAR

Permissible Accomplish
ed the End of
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-05
THE SACRED RIGHTS OF PROPERTY"

They Extend Exemption From Contribution the Wa Chest Either
Full Proportion
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THE ARMY
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April 91There including
19lSEnlisted
y y V
officers. ......
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-05
Nnords Encouragement.

All this is encouraging. especially
So i'm view of the general criticism
of the war preparations IN certain
quarters. There has been and is
much to criticize if one is that way
inclined. Much has been done that
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-05

Get Men From II Divisions
Up 10 the present We nave iden-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
BUILD MORE HIGHWAY.

Manufacturers Record: No,.
ways. more highways and ba,tss
ways must be built and existina
ways improved in order 70 s,..s
the nation in the great word
which 1t must face for several W..
come. !eaqj
Every days proves that tbo ,,I
must largely depend unon
trucks and automobiles for
amount OF travel and freieh, y
The railroads are wholly ,,nscr i
the business. Traffic will grov !
rapidly than the railroad fao,s]
even under government dom;r.. \
can be expanded. Highways mn..|
improved in all parts of the cos,I
and motor trucks and automa]
must come into larger use to \
overcome the breakdown OF INA
way system.
Build more highways and n
them promptly" even at the ey,.]
of tens OF millions, or of hundrsa|
millions, IL necessary, must be h,
der of the day, or else the nation
be tremendously Handicapped IN R
great contest.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
EXPLAIN

Omaha World-Herald: While SEN
ator Chamberlain was telling the
country some of the things the SEN
ate military committee has discover
ed, the federal trade commission
made public report on the packers
excessive profits and the monopoiized
control of the hide market that has
an almost equally important bearing
on wartime conditions and problems.
Only a few days ago the packers,
in reporting enormous and unprece-
denied profits for the year, explained
guilelessly that they were due chiefly
to higher prices"-one of the most
convincing explanations ever re-
corded.
The trade commission tells US
this
That net profits of the tanning
companies increased in two years all
the way from 200 to 500 per cent.
That in five years there has been
a 80 per cent increase in the domes-
tic production of hides and 70 per
cent increase in hide imports.
That exports of mems shoes
dropped from 100000 pairs In 1916
to 100000 pairs in 1917.
That the packers increased their
hoardings of hides SO per cent. in
eighteen months.
That while they paid the farmers
IT per cent. more for the cattle they
sold the hides at 35 per cent. in
crease-or more than double the in
crease in cost
1t wasn't the law Of supply and
that determined the price of
hides. 1t wasn't in an open competi.
tive market that the profits were
doubled and redoubled. 1t was in a
monopolistic market, with the law OF
supply and demand suspended. And
the American people paid.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS patriotisr

Des Moines Capital: The singing
of Madame Schumann-Heink has
provoked the applause of thousands,
but her patriotism and self-sacrifice
will call forth the love and reverence
of nation. Great as she is in the
world of music, her reputation there
is destined to be forgotten somewhat
when her record as loyal American
mother is generally known.
She has given the dearest of her
early possessions to her country
four stalwart sons, the youngest only
a boy. Not satisfied with this sac
rifice, however, she has resolved to
give her remaining treasure, a won
derful voice, to carry a touch of
home to the boys in the trenches
in France and to sing again the
songs which they knew back in the
states She departs for the front
in May.
Somewhere in the North sea Ma
dame Schumann-Heink has another
son aboard a German submarine.
He cast his lot with Germany as did
daughter of the contralto. This is
the tragedy of her life; and while
she prays for their safe deliverance
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
Voice Of the Peop|.|

1.-THE Gate City does not assun.
sponsibility for views expressed
correspondents. Writers OF comm
cations must furnish their rams
not necessarily for publication
for the Information of the cdi!r
Wants the Same Team Kept at Wa
To the Editor of The Gate City:
1t is very gratifying to discover
people surrounding Keokuk ap
ciate what Keokuk has done to nd
ii easy for them to come to tu
The editorial from the DonnsH
Review which you reprinted i
more importance than one IN
Gate City itself in this case, it SCI
to me. The Donnellson editor,
no political or other axes to grin
Keokuk. is apt to be about riga
what he says.
Mayor Lotion and Commissiu
Hickey have a right to feel proud
the disinterested and no doubt ID
pected praise of their administraa
by the Dpnnellson editor who Is
known in the country townships
fearless reformer and foe Of
predatory interests
It is also noticeable that the ES
ent Keokuk city commissioners n
passed through a term of much "
and some special problems With
any noisy complaint against n4
Not for many years has any city
ministration been attacked less
has two suggestions: they have 8
a sane, sensible. manly admins
ton and have been fair and Jus,
the whole; they have not made
kuk a city of turmoil which on
away prospective newcomers.
Reports by the Industrial ASSOC
ton show that prospects for new
dustries here are brighter than
before. That makes it more lnp1
ant than ever that keokuk na'sI
sane, sensible, level headed, falr n
council during the next two years
do not know whether Lotion j
Hickey will be candidates tof
but it seems good thing
keep them in Office for another .s,1
CITIZEN
Keokuk, Iowa, Feb. 4, 1918
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
GOOD WORD FOR THE JAY.

Margaret Sherwood: AS for our
most constant winter guest. the jay,
l cannot quite accept the common
scorn of him, often shown by critics
no more generous than he. Wherin
eating other birds eggs differs from
the methods commonly employed by
the fittest in surviving, have yet to
see, and watch him with the remote
wonder wherewith. at a distance, I
watch our predatory merchant
princes, masquerading in the brilliant
plumage of philanthropists. The jays
have dash. presence; they lack
scruple. and, with the loud platform
manners,-for they seem always,
through their shrill cries, to be adj
dressing an audience-thep are cur
iously akin to others successful In
business and public life. l am told
that the Jay behaves better at home
than when away, and I respect him
for that he reverses the practice OF
many. and forgive him for his noise
in my yard, knowing that he is silent
in his own doorway. | could forgive
him much, too, for the beauty of his
outstretched wings against the world
or winter white and the white birch
trunks. Often, on the coolest days,
his tap-tapping at the hard sueL
awakens me; from porch railing or
branches OF tree he watches me. his
head cooked on one side, with
judicious and critical expression, and
/ feel, as / watch him IN return, that
no creature more mentally alert
crosses our domain on feathers or on
feet.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
A LUsTY INFANT INDUSTRY.

The contention by opponents of the tariff
commission plan that the present commission
would prove to be free trade body is not
borne out by reports of the meeting of the new
Informed Dyestuffs Association of America. 1t
seems that the association has been urged by
I! the tariff commission to name committee to
confer with the board regarding proposals for
new tariff legislation The commission is well
informed about what has been done in the
establishment of profitable American indus
try and what is proposed for its development.
There is said to be good reason for believing
that it will give favorable Classification to
tariff recommendations made by dye manufac-
turers in this country. 1t has been suggested
that the import duties dyes be raised from
thirty per cent. to fifty per cent
According to the bureau of foreign and do
nestle commerce. the United States is the only
country that has established successful dye
stuffs industry since the war began, but its
statement must be considered in connection
with the fact that England has made much
progress in this direction. Both countries are
likely to be independent of German dye makers
when the war is over Instead of importing
ten million dollars worth of aniline dyes in
single year, as it did before Germany's ports
were closed, the United States exported in ten
lion, five hundred thousand dollars Our ex-
port trade is growing, and it is said on re-
sponsible authority that American dyes as
good those formerly imported, the new in
dustry will prosper if care is taken to protect
it from unfair foreign competition when Ger
many resumes manufacturing on large scale.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
Ingres has said: Drawing is the probity
Of painting He might have added that
color is its crow11ing virtue-Alfred Stevens.
BOTH SIDES OF A WORLD QUESTION

One of President Wilson's peace proposals
is that the combatants agree to disarmament
Secretary Baker, following the idea Of his chief,
and of many thoughtful people in every nation.
looks upon such an agreement as a harbinger Of
perpetual peace. But in many quarters it is
claimed that disarmament would not secure
peace; that man is a dominating and fighting
being and that collectively men love warfare
more than peace. This is a frank and interest
ing statement of one side Of the question. To
put it in homely form, crowd of men angered
to battle pitch would not be kept from fighting
by taking their weapons away from them. This
is true enough, for it is common knowledge
that an unarmed man will fight an armed OPP
ponent if he is angry enough. Germany was
the armed man in the crowd, when the war
started, but this has not kept it's enemies out of
the fight. Germany was, moreover, the bully in
the crowd. Now the question to be considered
is what would happen in a similar case were the
whole crowd without weapons. Evidently the
stronger fighters would overcome the weaker
and more easily in combat without weapons
than with them This means that disarmament
would not safeguard small nations. Moreover.
disarmament would not necessarily prevent pro-
vision for rapidly turning a nations resources
to forging weapons; agreement will keep
people from cherishing ambitions and seeking
means to attain them.
But there are other phases of the question
which ought to be examined. Disarmament
would mean vast saving to world wealth. if
it were honestly practiced by all nations. 1t
would be in a way deterrent influence on war.
because it would make war mechanically more
difficult. But the point of real Importance is
that disarmament, even if agreed to, would re-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
she daily does everything -,
power to defeat the esus with
they espouse. Nause ,
What Ilnc,,. =

Kansas City Star: TN No.
New York World is one ., ESTE
fashioned party papers Wit ~ mos.
see the difference betu nien c
tempt to strengthen tha zen a
IN President Wilson's cah hieaf
Tight on the administrator y, y
World prints a speech da, i.seli
Elihu Root last April in w uIh;isteted
clared that republicans v wnu,, b
by Wilson "as we stood Nv boua ..
and severely chides thoso Lna
criticised Secretary BaEer,. VINO
OF the war as enemies q, - coy
lstration. Thanks to the we al
world. by the way, for tbe sOa
For 1T will be recalled thai 1t rsna
rotary Cameron failed as v ~aes
tary in Lincoln's cabino,. a
asked for his resignation nv, La
ed Edwin M. Stanton in his al
a democrat and bitter no ,H ss
envy. poiilles
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04

can't scare the public by talking in
winter of an ice shortage any more
than you can arouse it in the sum
mer by talking of coal shortage.
Marshalltown Times Republican. .
Considering the coal shortage Febru-
ary's twenty-eight days give that
month a pleasing distinction. And
when you stop to think about 1t we
ought to see green grass in less than
sixty days We could stand warm
March better this year than ever be-
FORE Somebody please speak to the
weather administrator.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: After all.
there is nothing better than rye and
corn bread, when they are properly
prepared and baked. A week Of
seven wheatless days, and then a
long series of those weeks would
have no terror for people who know
what real corn and rye bread are
like.
Traer StarClipper: Gumption is
very desirable accomplishment to
the heavier qualities of statesman
ship.
Oelwein Iowan: 1t is beginning to
dawn upon several has-beens or
would-bes down at Washington that
the fuel order was not intended for
the conservation of senatorial dig
nifty.
Dubuque Telegraph Today
the American people would forcibly
resent any plan of food card ration
ing. Tomorrow we may be accept
ing the plan, as do the English and
French, as a matter of course.
Davenport Times: 1t IS to be
feared that mistake has been made
by the authorities in Washington
who have not more fully taken the
people into their confidence in re-
gard to such vital matters as the
food supply of the allied countries.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04

quire to be uniformly practiced, and this would
mean that such practice must be enforced by
some power able to act internationally. From
disarmament would come economic gain and an
influence against impulsive war making. But in
it is no security of permanent peace This will
come only when nations are so organized that
victory for any one nation any group In al
lance becomes virtually impossible This
problem is not touched by disarmament and
Germany knows it. Hence her willingness to
discuss disarmament.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
6 Who Will Win
This Battle?

Much OF your comfort depse,nIa s,r VA
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its functions properly. al
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Besides causing the minor aiinaehha N:
rheumatism, sciatica, lnmoago a ~ ami
ache, neglect of the kidneys Is 81 III al
develop into more serious dise1aIs er
as diabetes or stone in the Dladuei'
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twinges of rheumatism Win an
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
Even without attaching any thought Of religion to

without attaching any thought Of religion to the
tight of there is something ineSpressby
citing the mind in thus losing ones self in the infnity
space; takes away life its little
desires, from reality its otherwise oppressive
weight surely the knowledge of man is the first and
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there nothing narrowing to the mind
than the pepetuay keeping fixed on the small
circle of human beings by whom are hemmed in We
often the contemplation and feeling OF
higher Power ruling human affairs, see it in
safely back to the letters OF
ciety-Ruskin.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
THE MAKING OF A MAN.
As the insect from the rock

AS the insect from the rock
Takes the color of its wing;
As the boulder from the shock
Of the oceans rhythmic swing
Makes itself a perfect form,
Learns a calmer front to raise;
As the shell, enameled warm
With the prism's mystic rays.
Praises wind and wave that make
All it's chambers fair and strong;
AS the mighty poets take
Grief and pain to build their song;
Even so for every soul,
Whatsoever its lot may be
Building as the heavens roll,
Something large and strong and free
Things that hurt and things that mar
Shape the man for perfect praise;
Shock and strain and ruin are
Friendlier than smiling days.
John White Chadwic
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04

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taking the Anuric Tablets ana dde fr' vel
has Quit aching and this biaaufb.e hest y
ness has left me. Anuric is ,, .ned ~
ney medicine / have ever Street
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
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