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

hat IS right, because a flyine officer
! SHOULD not be bothered about anv.
,hlhs Out flying and the work he
mas to do in the air, II masas -
pretty nice. You are responsive for
yourself and your own work and
mats all. However, 1t is somethin :,
10 be responsible for. Q
heokuk People Are Everywhere.
touHd Stoner on this post when
sot mere. He lived in Keokuk for
t Te past TWO or three years, l guess.
ne is group (three squadrons) wire
less ofiicer. He was an electrical
u vnslheer and worked for Stone &
eDster. That makes Keokuk peo.
PIE found at three out of five places
| nave been in France-Lafevere. NC
kinley and Stoner.
a me mess officer here buys eggs
ma fresh vegetables from the
french farmers. and we have some
ilne reeds. just stepped outside to
LOOK at three ships flying in forma-
non and away off. We decided that
they are English bombers. who have
d held about twenty kilometers away.
l guess the Hun heard a little thun.
der this afternoon. Twenty.seyen of
tnem went over Monday in one for
nation to drop some keepsakes on
them way back somewhere.
The schedule for tomorrow has
Just been posted and l am going to
take more pictures Of the German
hnes. get the best ship in the
place for this work, and the best
pilot
New AlrpIanes Are Arriving.
we are getting new ships now, and
one has come in already. We look
for four more to drop onto the field
tomorrow. Ferry pilots will bring
them from the concentration point.
The most important news that |
have this week, besides the fact that
| have been over the lines and like
1t, Is, that / have had a letter from
Ralston, written on this side.
Today makes one week and one
day that l have been on the front,
and L have seen as much flying here
as the average observer gets in his
first two weeks with squadron that
Is working over the lines. Our chasse
pilots have the Germans baffled in
this sector and they let us alone to
work in peace
VIII Beat the Boche.
l am on duty now at the operation
office. where we are connected by
phone with all the different head
quarters around here and where Or
1ers come for special missions. One
observer Is on duty there all the
line. It is a great room with every
lind Of map imaginable In 1t, and
III have loads OF information ON
hem.
Well, I am helping to beat the
3oche, and the way they have been
,oing to 1t yesterday, the day before
Ind today, 1t isn't going to take SO
ong. No one thinks that It will go
more than one winter more; 1t will
20 that long, however, they think. I
I'm glad I am at it in time to do
ome good and be of some assistance.
rhe dirty Boche! ! expect to get at
east one before the war is over.
They fly over us every good night,
,ut have not dropped bombs on us
'et although they have bombed
owns and camps right close to us. |
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

Appanoose:-John yesterday, John
Jackson.
Rocky RUM. /. Daugherty, G. L.
Whitney.
WiIcox:-J. C. Crawford, Charles
Neither.
Warsaw:-George Risto, J. NJ. Hun
gate.
Nauvoo:-George H mart, A J.
Beger.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24
A LEE COUNTY
BOY ON PRAYER
Propounds a Question to His Father
Which ls Passed Along to
The TheoIoeians For
an Answer.

Little Charles Stebbins, son of
Alderman Hiram Stebbins, Of Fort
Madison, although only five years of
age, Is an ardent patriot and one
who is a close student OF the war
news.
The other day the little fellow
seemed rather jubilant, but did not
express the cause of his good humor
for some time. until
Say, father are the Americans
still whipping the Germans?" he sud.
denly asked his father.
why, yes, son." was the reply.
Good. Then I won't have to pray
for the Americans tonight" came
from the youth, somewhat musingly.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24

Summer Fiction.
Boston Globe: The German official
bulletin.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24
Van Hayden is Flying in France

Writes an '"'ere'ene description Of the Of an a,,,
Active Sector tho War zon, q" A'rman In an
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-24
Tempestuous.

Tempestuous.
Omaha World-Herald: However.
when it gets into action the Rainbow
division looks like storm cloud.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01
CONSERVING THE LOAFER

A proposition is now being con.
sidered by the Secretaries Of War and
Agriculture that has in it. some Gle
ments OF practisability in conserving
the labor forces Of the country. with
special reference to farm work. It
suggests that Congress empower the
two secretaries to make a selrctivc
draft Of loafers and Migrants. not
liable for army service, but capable OF
farm work. 1t Is readily seen that
such move would not only furnish
4 large part Of the additional million
farm workers required next spring To
raise the food imperatively needed, ac-
cording to government estimates,
which could hardly be secured as vol
unteers, but It. would also get the
"kindling wood OF revolution" off the
streets in preparedness for the time
when millions OF soldiers come back
to an upset industrial situation. There
is also third purpose Of deep hui
manItarianism that lies back Of the
proposal, namely, the reclamation Of
the lost manhood and womanhood OF
thousands who are too weak physical
", mentally and morally 10 make an
industrial success amid strenuous COM
petition and alluring temptations.
It is true that the recruits Of an
archy come mostly from The idle class,
a class easily led into unlawful acts
by Intelligent agitators who know how
to play on their ignorance. II would
scem that the drafting Of these would
not only be matter Of safeguarding
the public, hui would. perhaps. b" tho
means Of saving portion. al least.
Of tho Migrants 20 useful lives once
thrv arc started on The road Any
how. thnr,, is no rXrIIS" for any 10 hr
standing around i'll" these days and
becoming an additional charge on The
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01

plus hrokerage-and this whether the
product was all carbon or half slate or
shay. This played into tho hands OF In
scrupuious miners bringing any kind Oh
ron TO tho top, of careless ptckers ut
tho screens. and OF operators whose Gu
pidity was no longer checked BY quail
ity price. So long as the ton OF anything
was q ton Of coal--"Let her CO. Gala
cher. Tho low fixed price discouraged
small operators. who had added TO the
supply, but feared to come within the
tcrrors Of the law, while larger oper-
ators found means OF evasion. so that
Industrial establishments could get coal
only at double government price. at the
mines. The pormpt result OF poor Goa!
was that the shortage Of cars and or
motive power was at once made worse
because so per cent. moro cars and loco
motives were required TO transport the
same amount Of fuel power to the rae
tories and homcs-and this added 10 the
freight congestion. Thus II became nee
cssary to add to tho fuel autocrat d.
erctor Of railroads. with now remedies
worse than the disease. The Fuel Nd
ministrator started TO help tho Director
Of Railroads by stopping all use or fuel
and all work that could be stopped. so
that the railroads might catch UP. The
public submitted cheerfully. until 1t WAS
found that the same perplcHity and con-
rcstion caused by confusing orders OF
priority boards were repeated through
confusing orders Of administrators or
various sorts. national, State. and local.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01
THE ELIMINATION

\ correspondent, writing TO The
New York Evening Post on. govern
ment by interference" evidently knows
what he Is talking about. He gives
very clear idea of the confusion that
resulted BIZ the application Of freak
business notions 10 the administra-
tion Of the postal service Of the couh
try and the yagaries Of Congressional
legislation on the subject. He is quite
clear, too. in citing the causes which
led TO the taking over Of the railroads
by the government where "interrer-
ence" played d moro conspicuous
part. And is it not travesty on our
regulatory systems that the govern
ment is now proceeding in administer
ing the railroad properties along the
very lines that it had prohibited the
railroads from doing.
i, was the interstate railway lcgis-
!a'ion and the drastic acts Of the In
t"rState Commerce Commission that
marked the highest elimination OF
government by interference. The
commission was, It might be said. re-
morseless in its e1actions. 1t tied up
he railroads with red tape, requir-
ing millions Of costly reports and
schedules. and denied advances IN
freight rates necessary to maintain
roadbeds and TO replace and Increase
cars and motive power. When the
war came our railroads were. there
fore. ill-equipprd. What have been
tho results? The Post correspondent
very illuminatingly points them out:
nv thai firlc coal Was generally
inught a. fu"i Waite. i. T.. hy paving
for IT'S heating or Steamlng power. and
not merely per ton. Then came th" IRA
Of price ftNing--and without regard I"
quality. / o. fuel value. The rri''" "f
coal. originally proposed as s.. Was arhi-
,.arily flxcL at 50 per ton at the mtne
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01
THE I. s. STEEL ASSOCIATION

The report Steel Association and Carnegie
Pension Fund contains facts OF
great interest people vicinity is Of well
known that the United the policy
making pension payments the amount Of these
lion The pension fund the United
Steel of
In accordance policy which that
Organization constantly followed
During the Belac works OF the Carnegie
Company received sA5143
Pensioners from Benwood received S@77ss
Pensions from Martins Fern received
$1ea7os1.
Pensioners works at Martins Ferry received $S694s5
Pensioners from Wheeling received S2643o
These figures very total and indicate extent
all the plants OF the Und states steer
Association aggregated in s25O665.
During received the benefit OF this FUND
;e41 Of who we-ea dde the
In the eight pension in operation total OF
s3G5S047.73 I!as cen distributed.
In many respects Steel Association has proven Itself
to employer has adopted many safety ap
prnces improvements sanitary conditions not
its for which they work
fund has sought 10 help worked for faithfully
problems which divided LABOR and
capa is found other The Intel
uspcer policy Of this association has
tended reduce Industrial friction has
helped stabilize the in all has rendered
public service
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01

demands on the part Of the labor ele-
ment show quite clearly that the rulo
Of military despotism has been pushed
beyond the limit OF endurance. even
among such an obediently trained
populace.
We, do not know the full measure
OF the sacrifices. and hardships the
German people have endured for the
sake Of the wild ambitions Of their
war crazed Emperor. But we do see
many signs in the want and hunger
of the people, in the anxiety Of the
government to make peace with Rus
STA that the extremity Of Germany has
about reached the breaking point.
There is no doubt that the Emperor
wants peace. but there is nothing 10
indicate that he will submit to any
agreements reconcilable with the de-
mands OF the Allies. Until the spirit
Of repentance comes to the high Ger
man authority there cannot be much
hope Of peace. The strike episode
means something, but it does not mean
any radical change in Germany, and
above all. a successful revolutionary
movement.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01
TO FEED OURSELVES

The State Department OF Agriculture
is not given 10 talking much. bu; is ever
busily engaged in devSins the best
methods Of putting West Virginia In
a position OF feeding herself This
will be considerable OF Il task when we
remember thu amount OF food the state
has been accustomed 20 import from
the outside. Some time ago The In
telligencer mentioned the formation OF
q Patriotic Garden League under the
auspices OF the department Of ASrl.
culture, which promises to accomplish
much in overcoming the deficiency in
food supplies. l. il now stated that
the League and III. Department. I'm
der the direc'iG2 OF Commissioner
Stewart. have joined forces and will
cooperate with the National Food
Garden Commission.
Plans have been completed in con-
ference between Commissioner Stew
art and Secretary Ridsdalr Of the
Commission for 4 campaign for gardee
planting which will take in the min
ling and manufacturing concerns and
every township in the State. OF
scourse. all tEis means not only sup
.ply1ng our own wants. bur in lessenIng
-the drain on the general production
s.that that much more will be left for the
needs of our soldiers abroad. 1t is a
matter of compliment and ?"ih" that
Secretary Ridsdale points on that
-:West Virginia is putting over Il cam
.paign in this RESPECT that well MA be
copied by other States. l. 'h"'r' any
} thing in contributing 10 III" effective
--..prosecution OF the war that W"S' Nir-
::ginia is not doing whoieSou!"dly and
well?
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01
-GERMANY'S INTERNAL WAR

= The German Emperor's birthday adj
dress was in itself half admission
that things were not moving atto@"ih"r
pleasantly within the empire. srhe
subsequent ,outburst Of the Pan.G''r-
man press in yelled illusions 10 Tia.
Emperor as Il Judas was also cor
-roborative that internal diSsenSipnS
were more serious than were imagin.l
<outside. But if, as intimated. thr Pan
Germans were angry becaESe III"
Kaiser was found to be disposed 20
negotiate peace, that fact only pa:iIy
accounts for the uprising of the work
ing classics Of Germany. They are
more concerned about the delayed
performance Of promises that w"r"
once held . out to them BY HI"
Junker war lords. and which ,w"!''
really only intended to placate them
tor the time.
It would appear that the long d'ccp,
ton that has been practiced on m"
neop1e OF Germany has come to an
end; that the light has finally come 70
the dark PLACES. else why do We have
s1,ch demands In the ultimatum Of the
atrtkers as the fundamental democrati.
sstton OF state institutions and the
relative stipulation for the institution
of equal electoral suffrage by direct
secret ballot? These and other minor
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01
Labor Department Is.
Seeking Teachers Via
QUESTIONABLE Method

f.iIIt-AGu Ian. %l.--Fuc"d 10y pros
rrccts' Of IN increasing d"illah' '"' anu
diminishing supply If school teachers
for l9IS-l9. the employment service %
tho federal department; 90 labor Is Efnu-
ing 10 every stat" superintendent 81 Eu"-
carton in tho country HG"StuhIlalIc
seeking accurate Information AS 10 INV
number ii teachers available tor nov
veor and rossih!" sources Of supply lor
vacancies.
The Chicago branch VI r'c :2IT''' mas
r.; il hc known that the great III ann
Guilty thus far has been IN "h;''n'hC III
sLructnrs for high schools. th' S!"ut''
mart Of whose teaching forces nave n''h-
nr,n hrru composed Of Young mon. Nrm.
h,.rs Of these Instructors have been ';"''Hn
10 tho national army or have enlisted
The many special services when the
Government has been organizing nave
also drawn heavily on THIS rih-F ~
teachers. and un senior college StuhthtS
from among whom ara usually rerrnllr"
thu. annual additions Ia the school sta"S.
Educational authorities have Nirwrd
with some concern h. growing lhr"ilHS
on their profession which On" war -
making They have. in many Instances
started organized efforts I" i.ll the gaps
IL their ranks I'm" nav ''''
importance g; MAINTAINING ",s" H nI.
nrds Of instruction ~ Ih, pun"
In This conn"cll"h M"fH ~,
ct Denver. Pr"S'"'hI "l '"e
u"Hlinn hSS"Ih'Io'.' I'i> ',,'
appeal T." IN" t'tcn'rS "i ''' '"'''"'!
IN which she said. in part:
n" SC''"l 'r"'"',tH y. ~
Siai"S are h"F'"' car" !"
al W" Hh'''''"" ''1'',."" i,;-r.I,i,,
arc the ia"ofat"rE ~ h"'" W TO- ",'''. .
TIL" chIIirch ut" u'''' '''"'''> ''''' ''',,
hc guided III S''h present 'Ni"' '!"'
as Will make certain '"'F ,"'"'' W.
'.''i"m I" tho welfare 81 'n' ,"'",,f
rh" Junior membership :" ,"c 'N'
ross. lhf""Eh W. N'''"'' -" '',.
fcrS an HnSnrrhSSa"ir n''"'"''. ~ ",'!'
which tn" nairi"ti' h'tlN'"S ~ ''r '"'
drfn can max" themselves ''"'
ming Win Ihhr"Ih ''"'n''"? NV" IT,. .
ing Uni'I Washington N'r.""t! We
ti"n-wid" effort Is |" hc maA' III nc""''
of Increasing INC JUNIOR .'''H"crH"'p. :
"'Fh" National Ed"ca'I"n "SS.' :"''''
offers every tHa"h"r ~ ~" IAN" ,nt n'-'.
privilege Of participation III ms sr''.
campaign. Inc .$rho"l "'S'''iH"' "'.' VI
each 'stni" n""hS your h'iP III inns i'''"
of character "ducatloh.
such equipment rs no" cNiS'S III I'e
cities and larger towns inc report con
TIMES. zig obsolete ana nhSuNeh l"r III"
business that might rNiSt were inc p'atS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01

care OF both the social and the service
end OF the evening.
The meeting is TO be hold on Monday
evening. February Ii. At 7:45 o'clock
Tho Rev. Walter E. Schcuttc and Ill"
Rev. T.. Il. Howard are the speakers -:
the evening, while Prof. Herman Arbcnz
will furnish the music.
The Zion men ar" preparing b take
care Of several hundred mon Ms all the
Lutheran churches ct this vicinity Will
DO represented.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01
ZION BROTHERHOOD TO
ENTERTAIN BRETHREN
Arrangements Completed Last Night for
Mammoth Meeting to BIO Held
February IL.

Tho Zion Lutheran brotherhood met
last evening and completed PLANS 10 en-
tcrtnin tho Luther l.aymrn OF Tho
Wheeling nistrict.
Committees wcrc appointed TO take
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01

The Intellgencer is in receipt az r
communication. signed by ono "WIlliam
}. Watson" AS The lntelligenccr Is
not acquainted with Mr.. Watson. II
would be glad In hear from him further.
and especially confirming the statements
he makes in his communication.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01

We have q decided conviction that tn"
American housewife can tell those who
would instruct her some things they
don't know.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01

Germany must rage at Tho irony nf
her seized merchant HrSScls transporting;
so many troops TO oppose hc".
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01

Society women arc to hc asked 20
work OH the farms this summer. We'll.
Marie Antonnette once played AT milk;
maiding.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01

It will add nothing to Bcrknans adj
vantage that Russian anarchists nave
threatened 10 hold Ambassador Francis
responsible for his safety.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01

Vice is ~ be scourged out Of Pitts
burgh by tho new city administration.
Will Wheeling be ono Of the dumps. Is
it frequently has been heretofore?
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01

II would seem that the Red Terrorists
Of Russia would have enough at home TO
occupy their attention without impertt-
ncntly meddling with our disposition OF
Alexander Berkruan ard Emma Goldman.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01

Germany has closed all her brew
as q matter Of food conservation. bun
the United States continues 10 brew
foodsturfs. Why"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01

Looks like the Island would escape ;
repetition Of tho ice flood Of !90T.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01

If tic Germans can stand VAT prob
bition, why not tho Americans"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01

State and Nation. II these are to be
fed they ought TO be made TO work for
their food.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01

Watch for the Opening lnstallment
of Gerard's Second Series OF Articles,
Exposing German Intrigue.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01

II tho sun shines tomorrow why not
put binders on the grouudhoss. SC they
cannot sec their shadows? That might
help some.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01
WOMAN BEHIND THE MAN

DO your war garden thinking now.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-01-11
CALLED TO NEPHEW'S FUNERAL

n. T. Shirley, former proprietor of
the Artesian hotel, was called to Hot
Lake, Oregon, last week by the seri-
GUS illness of his nephew. d. Shirley,
who succumbed Wednesday. The
body was shipped to Enterprise,
where funeral services were held on
Friday, Deceased was 33 years of
age and the son of Mr.. and Mrs. P.
O. Shirley, pioneers of Whitman
county. He was born near Cotton
and will be remembered by many
old-time Pullmanites Death was
due, indirectly, to an injury which
the young man sustained a year ago,
when his ribs were fractured, com
plications resulting which later
caused his death. He is survived by
a widow and three children.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-01-11
TO HELP SOLVE THE
FARM LABOR PROBLEM
Wheat Convention Delegates Ask
Curtailment of Improvement
Work to Release Labor for
Farm Work

The delegates to the twelfth an
nual wheat convention, held last
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at
the State College, passed unani-
mously resolutions declaring them
selves in favor of a curtailment of
all improvement work of a general
character to enable the release of a
maximum manpower for farm labor
during the coming planting and har-
VeSting season. The resolutions
We're drafted upon the suggestion of
Senator R. c. McCroskey of Garfield
and are as follows:
Whereas, We are in a state of war
and our military efforts demand a
very large per cent of our able-bodied
men; and
Whereas, There is vital military
necessity that the United States,
The bread basket of the world, )"
shall furnish meat and bread for the
American and allied soldiers of said
var, and
Whereas, The withdrawal of mil
lions of American citizens from pro-
ductiye industry to serve in the army
will create a serious shortage of la
Dor in this country and an ample
supply of labor is needed to plant,
protect and harvest the crop; there
fore be it
Resolved, That this Twelfth An
nual Convention of the Washington
State Grain Growers, Shippers and
Millers association respectfully urge
all state, county and municipal gov
ernments and all other political di-
visions to desist as far as possible
from all improvements which will
require labor that can otherwise be
used in planting, protecting and har-
vesting of crops, the saving of which
is a military necessity; be it further
Resolved, That every paper in the
state of Washington be earnestly re-
quested to publish these resolutions.