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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-27
Late Market Quotations

July 25.75 $3.50 1855 1855
Peoria Grain.
PEORIA, Ill.,, Feb. 27.-Corn-No. d
white, S1.S6; No. 5 white, s1.760
$50; No. 5 yellow, $1.49@1.5O; No.
yellow, S1.40@1.44; No mixed,
$1.45; No. mixed, s1.40.
OatS-Market unchanged, &c lower.
No. 8 white, 911ac; No. 8 mixed, 90c;
standard. 911ac.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO. Feb. -Corn-No. 4
yellow, $160@1.7O; No. yellow.
s1.47@157; No. 6 yellow, s1.25@1.53;
No. 4 white, $1.60@1.65; No. white,
s14601.55; No. 6 white, $125@1.55;
No. 3 mixed, s1.65; No 5 mixed,
S153; No. 6 mixed, S1.3S
Oats-No. 3 white, 91k@92Ac;
No. white, 9oA@91Ac; standard,
I92@92%c.
Chicago Live Stock.
! CHICAGO, Feb. q. - Hogs-Re.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-27

dinary and common stock; high gr1
Kansas hay is dead scarce. and
request at unchanged prices. CloV
scarce, in fair demand and stead
alfalfa steady; supply and dema
limited. Sales: Timothy, $3.50
s33; clover, S29 to $50, quote,
to s33; alfalfa, $50 to S31; quote
extremes of quality, $27 to 1874.
Straw-Increased offerings met
active local and shipping demand
steady to hrmer prices. Sales
cars wheat at $40 per ton, 6 cars
at $1,000 three shippers weights
cas- at s11 shippers weights,
rye at $1,000 east track.
st. Louis Produce.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 26.-Poul
Springs. soc: turkeys, 27c; due
30kc; geese, 231sc.
| Butter-Creamery, SO to 5o3c.
Eggs-3Sc.
Grain Exports.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Exp'
in wheat for January were 1,9lS
bushels against 1S,906,394 last y
the bureau of foreign and dome
commerce reported.
For the seven months ending
January. 29,53s,s26 bushels OF wi
were exported, 90,186,662 bushels
the corresponding period OF last !!
Corn exports for January were
952,52S bushels against 1885
bushels last year. For the Sc
months ending with January. corn
ports were 14,417,72S, against 49,.
TOT bushels for the correspon'
period of the previous year.
Meat and dairy products expo
during January were valued at
O17,755. against s41,27S.433 for
uary, 1917. For the seven mo-
ending with January, meat and y
exports amounted to S2lS,ooh
against $190,035,557 during the
responding period Of the prev
year.
Cotton exports for January ann
ed to 461,667 bales. against oV'
bales for January. 1917. For the
en- months ending with January,
ton exports were S,Vf3,44'
against 4,340,810 for the correspon
period OF the previous year.
January exports in other lea
commodities were:
Flour, 2,339,663 barrels agaihs
1864 barrels January, 1917; oao
27S,653 bushels against 7,i9z DO;
seven months figures flour, W.
barrels against 6,960,9S6: oats 70.
474 bushels against 54.S31. !35 loi
corresponding seven months %
year
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-27
st. Louis Hay and Straw.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 26-Hay-
Two days receipts of 81 cars in
cluded IS timothy, 3 clover-mixed. 6
prairie, 5 clover and 8 alfalfa. limo
thy and clover-mixed ruled about
steady; demand was quieter. buyers
inclining to hold off in face of more
liberal offerings and feeling was easy
in consequence. Prairie is quiet and
unsettled on current offerings Of or
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-27
MONEY WASTED
IN GREAT FLOOD
CONTINUED from page ID

sacrifice without suffering They will
be taught likewise that their own fu'
ture depends largely upon the way
they save.
They will be made to understand
that they. along with the rest OF the
world, will face serious shortage I'M
less they lend aid
Primarily the governm ent will send
commercial emmissaries to every
neutral capital. Some already have
gone. They will be followed later by
others whose duties will take them
among the masses.
The men chosen to represent the
United States in this work viii De
men acquainted with international
conditions, such as the allies face
now in the food problem
earthoIdt Called.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Former
Representative Bartholdt, Missouri,
was asked today to appear Saturday
before the senate subcommittee in
vestigating the German-American al
lance.
Bartholdt was named by Gustavus
Ohlinger, Toledo, the first witness at
the inquiry. Ohlinger read into the
record a speech attributed to Bart
holdt urging the election of candi-
dates favoring Germanism. Barthoidt
made the speech in st. Louis before
the German bundestag, an organlza-
ton of singing societies, just prior
to the presidential nominating con-
vention in 1916, according to Ohltnger.
Barthol6t today denied he made the
speech attributed to him.
II am 100 per cent American, ne
declared. 81 have no recollection OF
speaking at the meeting referred TO.
am positive that I never gave any
such advice as charged"
Edwin L. Hume, United States dls.
trict attorney at Pittsburgh, also VIII
testify Saturday The hearings are
being conducted on Senator Kings
bill to dissolve the alliance.
Coal and Sugar Problems.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-America's
morale has been impaired and her
enthusiasm and unanimity about the
war lowered by the governments
handling of the coal and sugar prob
lens. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,
Mass. charged today in the senate.
Lodge. in a speech reviewing the
testimony at the sugar and coal lnVes-
tigation declared that the fuel ad-
ADMINISTRATION has no excuse for exist
ing conditions and has done great
harm Regarding sugar Lodge pre-
dicted unless new methods are adopt
ed by the food administration, anew
and much more serious shortage Will
occur.
Lodge gave the food administration
full credit for a slight reduction IN
sugar prices in some PAGES. Taking
ND the coal situation. Lodge declared
that mo more reckless experiment
could have been attempted" that the
fuel administration attempt to DOM
mate distribution. He declared the
fuel administration was an aggrega
ton of amateurs.
Lodge criticized the presidents Sc
lection of DR. Garfield as fuel admin
lstrator, saying the only requisite
qualification seemed to be that the
man chosen must be democrat. he
made this criticism general with re
spect to delegation by the presiden
of broad war powers conferred upoI
him by congress. He warned tina
congress Is unlikely to grant furthe
such powers in view of the way SOM
Rlready conferred have been used
He also took exception to attack
upon the patriotism of critics OF gov
ornamental deficiencies.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-27
When Fate is Decided

LONDON, Feb. 27.-"The fate of oc-
cupied Russia, regardless Of any Rus.
sian or Rumanian peace treaties, will
be decided at the general peace con-
ference" Arthur J. Balfour, secretary
of state for foreign affairs declared
in the house Of commons today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-27

and himself. They will sail as soon
as possible for England where Astey
has been offered a bout with Jimmy
wilde, the fly weight champion.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-27
To Prevent The Grip

To Prevent The Grip
Colds cause Grfp-LAXATIVE BRO
MO QUININB Tablets remove the
cause. There is only one "Bromo
Quinine." z. w. GROVES signature
on box. 30c.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-27

River stage at Z a. M, I'D Ieet-
Change in river stage, fall 5.
Mean temperature 26th, "a.
Highest, AZ.
Lowest, %.
Lowest last night, SO.
FRED q. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-27
Astey to Biightey.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, Feb. 27.--Daye AS
tey's manager is in Washington to-
day, where he has gone to make an
attempt to get passports for Astey
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-27
DEADLY FUMES OF
POISONOUS GAS
CONTINUED from page ID

fetal communique stated today.
IN the Champagne region, the Ger
mans twice attempted raids after Vlo-
lent bombarment southwest of Butte
Du Mesnil, (where American artillery
is located) but were thrown back.
There was mutual artillerying
around Cheppy wood and Avocourt.
Nancy was bombarded by enemy
airmen There were some victims.
Hostile Raids RepuIsed.
LONDON, Feb. 27.-Hostile raids
were repulsed during the night north
west OF ST. Quentin, in the neighbor-
hood OF Bullecourt and east of Yer
melles, Field Marshal Haig reported
today.
Both enemy and British artillery
was active northeast of Ypres this
morning
Hospital Ship Sunk
LONDON, Feb 27.-An American
destroyer brought in survivors of the
hospital ship Glenart Castle. which
was sunk in Bristol channel yesterday,
the British admiralty announced to-
day. The Glenart Castle was out
bound with lights burning and had
no patients aboard Eight boats with
survivors are still adrift
1.-THE Glenart Castle was a steel
steamer Of 6,824 tons, built in 1900.
owned by the Union Castle Mail
Steamship company and registered
at Southampton.
The Bristol channel is a deep linden
tation in the southwest coast Of Eng
land
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-27

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-27
Weather Forecast.
Department of Agricultur'
weather pureau

Weather Forecast.
III. S. Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau.]
For Keokuk and vicinity: Rain or
snow tonight and Thursday; colder
Thursday.
For Iowa: Snow or rain tonight;
colder west and central portions;
Thursday cloudy and colder with
snow east portion.
For Missouri: Rain tonight; warm
er southeast and extreme east CEN
trail portions; Thursday rain or snow
and colder. Fresh to strong shifting
winds becoming northwest Thursday.
Weather Conditions.
A marked disturbance from west
ern Texas is advancing this morn
ing, with snow or rain in the central
mountain and plateau regions.
The temperature remains mild In
the central valleys, and somewhat
cooler weather prevails in the north
ern mountain region, with high pres
sure on the northwestern coast.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-27
Grain Review,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Feb. 27.-Oats futures
were dull but firm on the grain ex-
change today.
March oats opened late at S9A
I'D "a. and remained unchanged. May
oats opened "a higher at STU and
subsequently gained Is.
May corn opened unchanged at
1854 and remained at that figure.
Provisions were slightly lower.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-27

CHICAGO, Feb. 81. - Hogs-Re.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-27
STRING PRAIRIE.

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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-06-07

meanings of the war and the necessity
-. its efficient and aggressive prosecu-
io5. -sef,>,nx>sarsa ~--~--~~-~-,~
Mrs. Preston is at her desk in the
ew offices of the Security League, 10
lest Forty-fourth street. New York
i;y. daily, conducting the voluminous
correspondence connected with the
TX &C her committee, which now ex-
+e-<ls INTO every safe in the Union;
In accepting the secretaryship, Mrs.
~'reston wrote DIR. Robert NJ. McElroy
Il at, happy in accepting this oppor-
t,nity to work with the league can
blink Of no way III which l could more
surely contribute my share to the pres
ut needs OF our country than by join
zig in the very important work which
your bureau has undertaken"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-06-07
Called her FAMILY
TO HER BEDSIDE
SIX Years Ago. Thinking She Might Die, Say. Texas Lady, But Now
She Is Well Strong Woman and Praises cardd For
<&sxpsT<~ Her Recovery -

Royse City, Tex.-Mrs. Mary XII
man, Of this place, says; after the
birth of my little girl. my side COM
menced to hurt me. I had to go back
to bed. We called the doctor. He
treated me. but I got no better. I
got worse and worse until the misery
was unbearable. II was In bed fox
three months and suffered such agony
that was just drawn up in a knot.
told my husband if he would get
me bottle of Cardui would try it.
commenced taking it, however, that
evening called my family about
me-. for I knew could not last
many days unless I had a change for
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-06-07
JUNGLE LAW.

<Con'rihutcd by ROBERT HER
Leagues caIa;"i-n Of Patriotism
Through i%!uc;,,inn>
.,s,ti:i-:: -, fi"4f Il;1ro.2e, cursed with
"'ar | WIS more convinced than Of
anything else il; life that vl;J is be-
Ing slowly settled in that grim trench
nd over there DOES mean some
Thing to us-lnore. oh, SO much more,
IAN money or LEGAL rights or SYM
ilathy for bleeding humanity Not
;l"3 / am especially apprchensive of a
raid Oh these United States. the crum-
bling OF our skyscrHpers, with the ex-
action Of colossal in,!emntes. That,
too. of course, might happen if Ger
man arms were triumphant if the
pcx Ge-n9anica were imposed upon &
beaten world.
'ut that IS rct to me the worst. To
me- the ticl!:4an peril does not lie so
i:lu"h il her Zig gUlls. her submarines,
her "Irnssianized war machine" It
lies in herself. in her image Of the
world # GerlaauS could WIN even a
partial victory under hcr 1nnnstro
creed Of applied ln;.erialisnl, il!uminat-
ed rs it has been hy.every sort Of cyn-
!cal crime, with its reasoned defiance
If contract its principle Of 'indiSpensa-
bic seventies. its military logic. etc,
THAT must become the moral law OF
ell the Woild-the Jungle law! In or
der 10 survive we MUST all accept this
law of the Jungle And of all the
PROSTATE peoples of the world forced
to accept the victor's new version al
the ancient commandments pro7It
AncrirI wn'ild be The first We can
not resist the Fascination Of success
Sc the German ideal. the German
tyranny over the individual. the Ger
mar rnore';tv-Cne rule for ven anf
noe ~ indi~iilsAls and another utterly
irresponsible rue when We ret toceth
er rs q state--wo,,ld be initiated ~
ne r'nr" IAN he German thorough
s"ss = - nd military organization
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-06-07
PRESIDENTS WIDOW
IN war WORK
Mrs. Thos. J. Preston, Jr. (For-
merry Mrs. Grover CIeveland)
Active Secretary of Security
League Committee.

Mrs. Thomas ]. Preston, Jr. flor
merly Mrs Grover Cleveland), who
was recently elected a member of the
Executive Committee of the National
Security League, the first woman to
be so honored, has joined the execu-
tive staff of the league as secretary
of the Committee on Patriotism
Through Education, through which the
league is promoting campaig
throughout the country to awaken the
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-06-07

the better. That was six years ago
and I am still here and am q we'll
strong woman, and owe my life to
Cardul had only taken half the
bottle when I began to feel better.
The misery in my side got less. I
continued right on taking the Cardui
until I had taken three bottles and
did not need any more for I was we'll
and never felt better in my life... I
have never had any trouble from that
cay to this
Do you suffer from headache, back
ache, pains in sides. or other discom.
forts, each month? Or do you feel
weak, nervous and fagged-out? If So
give Cardui, the woman's tonic, Q
trial. J. IL
The Winslow mail., 1918-02-01

At the outbreak of the civil
war members Of Congress who
were not in sympathy with the
war had the courage and man
hood to resign their seats and go
home. They were statesmen,
and men with high ideals, who
would sacrifice their positions of
honor rather than surrender their
principles. Bill Stone is not in
that class. He is a cheap politi-
cal demagogue, serving the Ger
man brewing masters of Mis-
souri,, and retains his seat in
Congress the better to serve
them and harass the government
in it's preparations for war.
The Winslow mail., 1918-02-01

Senator Chamberlain, of Ore
gon, was the man who led the
fight to pass all the war legisla-
tion demanded by President Will
son during the last session of
Congress, and was looked upon
as the spokesman of the admin
stration. He is the man who
now says the war department as
at present organized is totally
inefficient, and has introduced a
bill creating a war council. His
work in the last session is all
forgotten, and he is now charged
with a lack of loyalty to the ad-
ministration; and Senator Bill
Stone, who never supported a
single measure to put the United
States on a war footing, and
antagonized all the efforts of
Senator Chamberlain in his mag
nifcent work to aid President
Wilson, has been delegated to
administer chastisement to the
Oregon senator for disloyalty.
Senator Chamberlain is a demo-
crat. but he belongs to that large
body of democrats who in the
present crisis forget partisan
politics, and are giving all their
energy and ability to bring the
war to a speedy, victorious close.
Bill Stone is nothing but demo-
cratic ward-heeler, who has been
elevated to a position of honor
by the aid of German brewers
money and influence, and he has
no conception of craftsmanship,
and is a disgrace to the honor
able body where he claims mem
bersnip.
The Winslow mail., 1918-02-01

We understand an effort has
been made by Gov. Hunt to get
the members Of the legislature
to take patriotic view of hold
ing a brief special session with
out pay, for the purpose of pass
ing a bill to grant our soldier
boys the right to vote in the field.
1t would take about weeks
time to pass the bill, but it seems
the brand of patriotism Of Ari-
zona's legislature is measured by
dollars and cents. 1t would please
them nightly if Governor Hunt
called a regular session where
the members could draw their
regular per diem and perquisites,
and they would draw the session
out to six months if possible to
get into the treasury up to their
elbows, but to give freely of their
service for patriotic principle,
nix! We are pleased to know
that our Senator Mattox is one
of the men who is ready to give
freely his service at any time the
Governor calls, but there are SO
few Senator Mattox's on the roll
of members.
The Winslow mail., 1918-02-01

In the investigation being made
into the meat packing trust, it
has been discovered by corre-
spondence found that the secre-
tary of the National Cattle Grow
ers' Association, was keeping the
packers informed of the inside
work being done by the associa-
tion to dissolve the trust and
release themselves from it's grip.
If this was the first case of the
kind where the secretary be-
trayed the trust of his organiza-
tion we might be surprised.
When organizations are formed
having for it's object the COM
batting of some evil the organiz-
ers want abated, did you ever
notice how keen some fellow is
always to be the secretary and
keeper of the records without
regard to the salary the job pays?
Well, he is the fellow who wants
the position to assemble the in
formation and peddle it out to
the enemy for valuable con-
sideration, and it usually is per-
fectly safe, because the people
who buy the information have to
keep mum in order to keep the
channel open. Without any
knowledge of the facts we ven
ture the assertion that the secre-
tary of the national cattle grow
ers' association has not a dollar
invested in cattle, and why should
a man with no financial interest
in the industry be continued in
office year after year?
The Winslow mail., 1918-02-01
Senator Bill, Stone of Missouri

Senator Bill, Stone of Missouri,
who is more interested in the fu-
ture success of the democratic
party than he is in the nations
stability in this war, must re-
alize by now what a gimlet he is,
Even the members of his own
party, and democratic editors all
over the land are repudiating his
dirty political mess stirred up in
the Senate, and are urging re-
publicans to ignore him, as not
being a representative of democ-
racy, but rather cheap dema-
gogue and discredit politician.
Stone and LaFollette should start
a party of their own, and invite
to it's membership the pro-Ger-
mans and |. w. WIS. who are
anxious to have the war prove a
failure.
The Winslow mail., 1918-02-01

Director General McAdoo has
issued his orders that all salaried
railroad lobbyists be cut from
the pay roll, also the army of
attorneys with their free trans
portation; useless literary asso-
Citations maintained for adver-
Using and political purposes, and
other useless but expensive bu-
reaus. 1t is estimated these re-
forms will save several million
dollars a year. McAdoo is now
threatening to take a crack at
the top-heavy boards of directors
of the railroads next, and pry
these stall-fed parasites loose
from their easy graft on the
railroad earnings. An investiga-
tion of the actual value of most
of these boards of directors will
no doubt reveal that they hold
their places through favoritism,
and are of no practical assistance
to the roads. They are simply
grafters filching the honest earn
ings of the roads from the small
stock holders, and put in most of
their time preparing statistics to
prove the roads must have in
creased freight rates to earn
reasonable dividends, and with
increased dividends they increase
their graft, or divert the money
into channels where they can
personally derive the benefits.
In many cases the directors are
simply the representatives of fl
nancial institutions who have in
vested in the roads securities,
know nothing of the scientific
operations of railroads, and have
insisted on being on the direc-
torate to get inside information
to help them in their stock-gam-
bling operations on the stock
exchange. Thus. instead of be-
ing of any assistance to the rail
road, the stockholders, or the
public, they are an actual men.
ace to it's successful operation,
and are drawing down princely
salaries for their perfidy. Mr..
McAdoo should appoint one SET
of experienced railroad men tc
act as the directors of all the
properties during the time the
roads are under government con
troll, and clean out all the present
crowd.
The Winslow mail., 1918-02-01

In the early stages of the
Spanish American war the en-
balmed beef scandal was brought
to light, and although the then
Secretary of War Alger was in no
wise connected with it, his resig-
nation was accepted by President
Mckinley, because the President
took the view that his Secretary
of War ought to have known
what was going on, and his fail
ure to keep advised showed a
proper lack of efficiency in the
department. That was states
manship, where the safety of the
army was put above partisan
politics. The recent investiga-
tion by the Senate committee
disclosed that many deaths in the
training camps were due to the
lack of proper care and insuffi-
cient clothing, and the crowding
of too many men in the quarters
provided, but President Wilson
does not seem inclined to ask
Secretary of War Baker to re-
sign, or that the duties be divided
to prevent a repetition of these
calamities. Rather he is insist
ent that Baker shall continue as
Secretary, even though ineffi-
cient, and the senators who dis
agree with the President are
branded as unpatriotic and dis
lOyal.