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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
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Mrs. VIII Massongill and o,us-
have joined the husband who ' ~
work here on the new CbrS.
church, and will remain severe, 's y
visiting Mrs. Hattie Dickenson Ia us9
they will return to Quincy "as
Born to Mr.. and Mrs w,n ~
Saturday, March 8, a son. e'a'
Carl Barber has just returned ..
Chicago where he made a bria, n u,
with relatives, having accomn,, ns|
their stock shipment to the citn
Mrs. Fran Wiggle, formerly ~ :,
place, but now of WOODBURY., m
now an inmate of the Alton bosr; ;
having undergone an operation j
appendicitis. y
The patriotic meeting which ~.
held here was largely attended rS
speakers of the evening were Az
neys Earl Wood and Paul Calf
Carthage. They were fine and way
much appreciated by the Dsnv1
people.
The Cleaners realized s15m
clearing of the light lunch served
the VIM. Mecum sale.
E. q. Matheney and family snsr
one day recently with home foIs,
here. They autoed over from Pr
mouth.
Mrs. j. B. Harter who has b..1
spending the winter in California y
turned home a few days ago.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11

lend the war" club is neither dead
nor sleeping. The Peoples Council Is
holding it's regular sessions in Chi
cage, meeting In the homes of It's
members and carrying on its stealthy
propa ganda by word Of mouth.
A Chicagoan paused for moment
to scan the headlines the other day
on q news stand. A man Joined him.
American Soldiers Captured" read
one big type line. TOO bad our boys
have to suffer that way for England's
war;" said the stranger. I'VE had
better end this thing before more of
them are killed or taken prisoner.
Neither side can win the war. It's
draw game. All they can do is
keep on numbering each other until
nobody is left"
The stranger got a piece Of the
citizens mind in clear and emphatic
language; but that is typical of the
kind of thing that is going on daily
in this and every other city.
Akin to it is the constant flight OF
rumor in the business circles of the
city that the war will end in few
weeks. From the committee on pub
lie information, a government bureau
at Washington, comes a bulletin in
WHICH JuSb6 dlS uOSidIC GU "
be vicious Publications of suspicious
origin" The business man who helps
circulate them Is serving the kaiser
But the thing that will end such
talk quicker than anything else Is a
fighting message from the president,
message that reiterates the deter
mination of America to make no
peace until the spirit of Prussian
militarism has been crushed, and
that dissects as only Woodrow Will
son can dissect the tissue of sophistry
in the utterances Of the Potsdam
spokesman, German and Austrian.
With the object lesson of Russia be-
fore US to give point to his words, he
can stop the mouths of the end-the-
war mischief makers and put new
energy into the win-the-war spirit of
the nation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
BUY wAR-sAvINGs STAMPS.

The war will not be won, in the matter OF
weaponry, by the great sixteen-inch guns alone.
There must be millions of rifles, small guns and
hand grenades for the fighters ON the allies
SIDE And SO in financing the war. The hnanc-
ing will not be done by the heavy financial guns
alone, but by millions of smaller guns, so to
speak. There is need of millions OF purchasers
of war--savings stamps, as we'll as need OF many
hundreds of thousands of investors in Liberty
bonds of large denominations.
This is a very opportune time to buy war
savings stamps 1t is between periods of Lib
erty bond drives. There has been a lull for
several weeks in financial drives of magnitude.
Another Liberty loan is to be hoated IN lew
weeks Meantime, this community should come
up to expectations in buying war-savngs
stamps. These tiny Liberty bonds are not to
be despised and neglected because OF their
dminutiveness.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
TODAY's BIT OF VERSE
ROBINS COMET

From the elm-tree's topnnost bough,
HarkI the robins early song!
Telling one and all that now
Merry springtime haStens along;
Welcome tidings dost thou bring,
Little harbinger of spring;
Robins come
Of the winter we are weary,
Weary OF the frost and snow;
Longing for the sunshine CHEEKY,
And the brooklets gurgling flow
Gladly then we hear thee sing
The reyeille of spring:
Robins GOMEZ
Ring it out DER hill and plain,
Through the gardens lonely bowers,
Till the green leaves dance again,
Till the air is sweet with flowers!
Wake the cowslips by the rill,
Wake the yellow daffodil:
Robins come!
Then as thou were wont of yore
Build thy nest and rear thy young,
Close beside our cottage door,
In the woodbine leaves among;
Hurt or harm thou need'st not fear,
Nothing rude shall venture near:
Robins comet
Swinging still Ger yonder lane
Robin answers merrily;
Ravished by the sweet refrain
Alice claps her hands in glee,
Calling from the open door,
With her soft voice. DER and DER,
Robins come!
William Warner Caldwell.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
wANTED-A FIGHTING SPEECH

Chicago Evening Post: limitations
from Washington that President VIII
son will soon talk to the people in
fighting terms is welcome.
There is need for such a speech,
His last message to congress meant
more for Austrian ears than home
consumption, we fancy, has given ex-
cuse for revival Of the soft and SEN
timental, the hazy and indefinite in
thought and conversation.
Our own bolsheviki have not hest
tated to detach from it such pass
ages as suited their purpose and to
use them in violent divorce from con-
text to sustain their subverstve pro-
paganda Had the president fore
seen such misuse of his words we
entertain no doubt that he would
have guarded against 1T.
1t must be borne in mind that the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
UNCLE SANS TEN COMMAND
MENTS.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: President
Wilson is abou ito sign a bill which
takes it's place in history as the
most liberal legislation in protection
of nations fighters ever known. II
called the National Ten Command
ments, and is, in effect thus:
Thou shalt not evict for non
payment of rent, soldiers de-
pendants, under penalty of $780,
900 fine.
Thou shalt not out off sol
dier's life insurance because of
delayed premiums.
Thou shalt not foreclose a
mortgage on a soldiers property.
Thou shalt not take away a
soldiers home on which he has
made payment.
Thou shalt not sell soldiers
property because of his failure to
pay the taxes, national, state or :
local.
Thou shalt not settle law suit
against soldier during his abb
sence.
If soldier sue, the court shall
postpone action until he can at
tend to 1t.
If soldier have a mine, or
timber Or farm claim, assess
ments on which are overdue, 1t
shall be held for him.
Honor thy soldier and thy
sailor, that thy days may be long
in the land Of liberty
No man hath greater love than
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Cedar Rapids Republican: There
are said to be persons who boast that
they get as much sugar as ever. Well,
there is at least one man in Iowa who
boasts that he likes the kaiser better
than the president For the present
he Is in tail. But there are always
some who ought to be in jails who are
not there. What can you do about 1t
Sioux City Journal. None can say
that posterity has no interest in this
struggle, when among the things to
be decided is whether youngsters Of
the future generations are to be nam.
ed Wilhelm or Woodrow.
Des Afoines Register: An acute
shortage of dice In this country is re-
ported. Those who consider that
something to worry about should make
the most of their opportunity.
Webster City Freeman ournal:
President Wilson used the right kind
OF dictionary when he wrote that
telegram to Mr. Hutchinson, head of
the shipyard strikers. Are you going
to cooperate or are you going to OBJ
struct?" That was an embarrassing
question. But Mr.. Hutchinson sue
cessfully overcame the embarrass-
ment by responding, Il will cooper
ate Good for the president. That
was an occasion when he arose to the
emergency. The big stick is some
times the thing that will do the bust
ness. The president ought TO use it
more frequently.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Premier
George has safely weathered another
storm in the English parliament. The
Britons frequently question them
selves in the matter of who they
want at the head Of their government
but after thinking it over they inyar-
iably conclude to let George do it.
Mason City Globe-Gazette: 1t is not
too early to begin to plan for next
winters supply of coal and get it in
the bins before Garfield makes some
rules to prevent it.
Charles City Press; They seem to
be working out a fairly satisfactory
arrangement in washington. Con-
gress maintains that the administra-
tons war work has been all wrong.
but it won't insist to the bitter end on
changing what isn't wrong. The ad-
ministration maintains that its war
work has been all right. but it is able
and willing to change what isn't right
without any outside help.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
MONDAY, MARCH Ii. IA.

ton, D. O.. president OF tho
conference, will be CHARM ), sensr,
session. ~ IAN Of u
The North American d,r,.,
ference, which includes the cSn.'c,o
In the United States and Csr oaurcaa.
hold its session in connac.,a vi
the general conference, and pa vii
IA, Evans, is president, who sstor
Headquarters in Washington nas B
will be chairman. D.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11

he that offereth his life for the
worlds sake, and it is command
ed that neither lawyers, nor the
loan-sharks. nor the gatherers OF
tithes shall fatten on him.
Congress is content to call this bill
the civil rights bill. Intellectual slosh!
It's the divine rights bill.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11

Life is struggle, but not warfare; it is
a day IS labor, but labor on Gods earth, under
the sun and stars with other Iaborers where
we may think and sing and rejoice as we
work.-.John Burroughs.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11

Japan is entering actively into the war Ihere
can be no doubt that, were it practical OF ac-
complishment, the throwing of Japan's military
strength directly into the conflict would greatly
hasten Germany's defeat
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11

highest Individual life Is self sacrifice But
sacrifice. Sacrifice to what choose
and love Not to mechanical arti-
which imposed upon you and where
everything provided your possibility of
choice a right to choice--Pierre de Lanux.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11

There is one thing to be said in favor of drill
ing American soldiers with broon1sticks-they
will learn early in the game how to sweep the
enemy before them.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11

IT might be well for the government secret
service to give moments attention to the
two hundred and thirty million dollars which
is the total Of the fire losses of the nation for
the wear 1917. 1t has not all resulted from
carelessness
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
MOI Xerx lcomfortIna.

Waterloo TimesTrbt,une Just aft
err they got through telling us to put
in our next winters supply of coal
next summer, they advise us that we
cant get coal next summer. Well,
that matters settled.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11

Probably, just to be mean, Germany will re-
fuse to try out our unsuitable ships for us
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11

Des Moines Register: An acute
shortage Of dice In this country is re
ported. Those who consider that
something to worry about should make
the most of their opportunity.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11

Sioux City Journal: None can say
that posterity has no interest in this
struggle, when among the things to
be decided is whether youngsters Of
the future generations are to be nam
ed Wilhelm or woodrow.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11

Mason City G1obe-Gazette: It is not
too early to begin to plan for next
winters supply of coal and get it In
the bins before Garfield makes some
rules to prevent it.
Sioux County pioneer., 1918-03-21

my. I was tired out, and using my
shrapnel-proof helmet (shrapnel proof
until a piece of shrapnel hits it), or
tin hat, for pillow, lay down in the
straw, and was soon fast asleep. I
must have slept about two hours, when
I awoke with prickling sensation all
over me. AS thought, the straw had
worked through my uniform. 1 woke
up the fellow lying on my left, who had
been up the line before, and asked
him:
"Does the straw bother you, mater
It's worked through my uniform and I
can't Sleep"
In a sleepy voice he answered,
"That amt straw, them's cooties."
From that time on my friends the
"cooties" were constantly with me.
"Cooties." or body lice, are the bane
Of Tommy's existence.
The aristocracy of the trenches very
seldom call them "cooties," they speak
of them as fleas.
To an American flea means q small
insect armed with bayonet, who is
wont to jab it into you and then hop
skip and jump to the next place to be
attacked. There is an advantage in
having fleas on you instead of "cooties"
in that in one of his extended jumps
said flea is liable to land on the fell
low next to you; he has the typical
energy and push of the American,
while the "cootie" has the bulldog
tenacity Of the Englishman; he holds
on and consolidates or digs in until
his meal is finished.
There is no way to get rid Of them
permanently. No matter how often
you bathe, and that is not very often,
or how many times you change your
underwear, your friends the "cooties"
are always in evidence. The billets are
infested with them, especially SO If
there is straw on the floor.
l have taken a bath and put on
brand-new underwear; in fact, a COM
plete change of uniform, and then
turned in for the night. The next MORN
ing my shirt would be full of them. It
is common sight to see eight or ten
soldiers sitting under tree with their
sHAItS over tnelr Knees euSaSlHS III d
"shirt hunt"
At night about half an hour before
flights out" you can see the Tommies
grouped around a candle, trying. in its
dim light, to rid their underwear Of
the vermin. A popular and very quick
method is to take your shirt and draw
ers, and run the seams back and for
n
burn them out. This practice is dam
Sioux County pioneer., 1918-03-21
The Author. Identification Disk.

gerons, because you are liable to burn
holes In the garments If you are not
careful.
Recruits generally sent to Blighty
for a brand Of insect powder adver-
tised as "Good for body lice" The ad-
vertisement is quite right; the powder
is good for 'cooties;" they simply
thrive on it.
The older men Of our battalion were
wiser and made scratchers out of
wood. These were rubbed smooth with
bit of stone or sand to prevent splin-
ters. They were about eighteen inches
long. and Tommy guarantees that a
scratcher Of this length will reach
any part of the body which may be at
tackled. Some of the fellows were lazy
and only made their scratchers twelve
inches, but many a night when on
guard. looking over the top from the
fire step of the front-line trench, they
would have given thousand "quid"
for the other six inches.
Once while we were in rest billets an
Irish Hussar regiment camped in an
open field opposite our billet. After
they had picketed and fed their horses,
a general shirt hunt took place. The
troopers ignored the call Dinner up,"
and kept on with their search for big
game. They had a curious method Of
procedure. They hung their shirts over
a hedge and beat them with their en-
trenching tool handles.
I asked one of them why they didn't
pick them off by hand, and he an
swered. I'VE haven't had a bath for
nine weeks or change of clabber. If
I tried to pick the 'cooties' OFF my shirt,
! would be here for duration of war;"
After taking close look at his shirt, I
agreed with him; it was alive.
Sioux County pioneer., 1918-03-21

The photograph
wrecked bombs These
dropped
a
ever Of killed.
Sioux County pioneer., 1918-03-21

In the next installment Ser.
geant Empey tell Of the reaIiza.
tion Of his ambition-his ar.
rival In q first line trench-and
Of how he wished he were back
In Jersey City.
Sioux County pioneer., 1918-03-21
Reformed.

Reformed.
Judge-Ever served a jail sentepce9
Witness-Yes. sab; but I's retained
now an livin' 9 private lite.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-13
FUNERAL RECORD
Mrs. johanna crosker

Funeral services for Mrs Johanna
Croskery of SIS Cedar street were CON
Quoted at a. N. today in st. Peters
church, the Very Rev. James W. Gill
lespie was in charge of the service.
The paIlbearers were Messrs. John
Hayes, Marion Landman, Martin Roam,
James Cunniff, John Harrington and
Arthur Crimmins. Interment was
made in the Catholic cemetery.
Mrs Croskery d1ed SATURDAY., May
II at the home of her daughter, Mrs
Agnes Black, in Quincy. H. Her death
is attributed TO diabetes She was
born in Ireland. May IA, 1S4s and
came to this country with her par.
ents when a child The family settled
in Keokuk where Mrs. Croskery had
since made her home. The deceased
was q member OF the St Peters
church and belonged to the Ladies So
daily. Surviving her are two sons.
Alex. OF Chicago, and John who is in
service as q soldier. and five dsugh-
tiers, Mrs Mary Boenman and Mrs
Celia Harrison OF Burlington: Mrs
Alice Fang and Mrs Agnes Black of
Quincy and Ms. Lucy G. Brown, OF
Peoria
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-13
DEANERY TO
MEET TUESDAY
Priests of keotouk. Burlington, .Ft
Madison and Neighborine
Towns Come Here
for Session.

A conference for the priests Of the
Keokuk deanery viii be held at St
Peters rectory Tuesday afternoon at
5 D. m. The following priests COM
prise the Keokuk deanery: The Rev
James w. Gillespie, V. F.; Rev.
George Giglinger. D. D.; Rev. James
Dunnion and Rev John N. Courtney.
of Keokuk; the Rev. Peter Kern,
Rev. Arthur J. Zaiser. Rev. Peter
Hoffman and Rev. Henry Schaefer
OF FIT. Madison; the Rev. Thomas F.
GaIligan. Rev. James Curtin, Rev.
Benno Fesw, o. S. S.. and Rev. Cab
riel vonderstein. o. S. B.. OF Bur
Iington: the Rev. James Toner. Farm
ingtnn: Rev. John N. Adam, Houston;
Rev. Nicholas N Peiffer, West Bur
lington; Rev. Henry Grothe, West
Point: Rev. William Jacoby, West
Point; Rev NJ. OTaughlin, Mount
Pleasant, and Rev. Joseph Ranger,
ST. Paul.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-13
OXYGEN MUST
BE TAKEN UP
Aviators Reaching Certain Height
Need Extra Supply to Keep
Them Breathing
Right.
IBy United Press.l

MNEOLA. L. l.. May 13-They
stood in a compact, little group on
the wide sweep of level ground that
marked the training ground of an ay-
iation field Three were United States
army officers, they wore on their left
breast the silver wings that showed
they were expert bird-men. who had
learned TO emanuiate the swallows
flight IN machines OF mans invention
The group was watching the tiny
Gragon-fly that was skimmtng far
above. Admiration showed on each
as the fragile thing
climbed 10 dizzy height, dipped and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-13

troll of their airplanes. Tests were
made.
| Aviators were being manned and
killed through loss of control be-
cause of the diminished percentage
of oxygen at higher attitudes. They
remembered the difficulty in breath
/ ing related by mountain climbers,
aeronauts and others who reached
the rarer atmosphere of unusual
heights.
With the entry Of the United
States into the struggle. army medi-
cal officers at once took up the prob
lem. Tests were conducted at various
flying fields.
1t was found individual flyers be-
gan to suffer from lack OF Oxygen at
varying heights. but the same indiv-
iduA began. breaking up" IT the
same altitude day after day.
Perhaps one of the greatest diff
culties encountered was the fact that
the flyers did not realize that they
were being affected by the lack of
oxygen as the height increased. Even
after they crashed to earth, they had
no idea why it had happened, for "ev-
erything had been working all right
when she started the nose dive"
That is what those who survived
said.
What really happened? Just this:
The lungs require twenty-one per
cent OF oxygen or sixty-five miliime-
tiers of oxygen when a person Is on
the ground. As the bird-man climbs
swiftly to greater heights, the air
contains less oxygen and the pilot
finds it increasingly harder to keep
that amount in his lungs. 1t requires
faster breathing. This increases COM
mensurateIy the higher he climbs.
Inverseiy, as the machine descends
swiftly from a higher attitude TO
lower, he gets more oxygen with less
effort. In either event he begins to
lose efficiency. Coordination between
hand and brain decreases He is slow
er to respond 10 what his brain tele-
graphs him to do and less accurate in
doing it He fumbies at the controls.
Sight becomes less keen. especial
" at a short focus. His attention on
the aeroid, which shows his height.
is not so constant his hearing Is eff
fected SO that he cannot distinguish
by the sound of his motor whether il
has accelerated or slowed. Finally he
sair,ts-and the machine plunges to
earth.
II has been recommended that an
avfators be tested and classified as
to ability TO stand lack of oxygen
Those who cannot go TO greater
heights because of sts effect on their
efficiency. viii be kept in bombing
and observation machines, which fly
al comparativeiy low attitudes
Those who can go to great heights
without being affected. will be chos-
en- for the fast battle and scout
planes, which must fly in squadron
formation, which like chain. is only
as strong as It's weakest ink-in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-13
Danish Patriotic LEAGUE.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, May 1S.-Danish born
citizens of the United States planned
today to plunge into the war savings
stamp campaign as the first work OF
their national organization, the Jacob
A Riis League Of Patriotic Service,
organized here yesterday.
DR.. Max Henius, Chicago. was elect
ed president and will establish head
quarters here.
Among those helping organize the
league were Sophus Neble, Omaha;
DR.. Axel Hellrun, New York; Captain
William Hovgaard Washington;
James Madison. San Francisco;
Truels P. Nielsen. Seattle.