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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-22
.-v Rond Saiee VIII Be Backed
~ pictures Which Have Punch
That Arttsts Gan
0ive.
MANY BIG ONES IN LINE
uoctcheon, "Tad," oPper and Others
viii Turn Their Gifts to Helping
Beat Old Kaiser
aili.

INST widely known cartoonists OF tn
uanntrv, which have been volunteered
~ the treasury department to hell
soost the coming third Liberty loan
u III be utilized in q nationwide car
,onn drive on q scale more compre
S ham than any ever before at
tempted. A
md the number 10 expected to reach
atty or seventy-6ve within Few
Savs-will be used during the cam
n n in a wordless booklet and 9
daily cartoon service.
Booklet Made Up of Cartoons.
The booklet, containing all OF the
cartoons. will be distributed by mil.
lions throughout the country. Con,
s;sting only of drawings. which con
yey forceful ideas at glance, the
hooklet is expected to have a wide
appeal, particularly among admirers
n cartoons and those who do not
have the time or inclination to read
| he written appeals for Liberty loan
subscriptions.
The total number of cartoons re-
ceIyed will be evenly divided between
afternoon and morning papers. and
every cartoon will be released for
use on fixed date. They will be
printed for newspaper use on paper
LOT good quality. SO that any plant
having facilities for reproducing car
ICONS can utilize them.
The idea of the cartoon drive was
|dst suggested to the cartoonists OF
|the country a few days ago and
within twenty-four hours half a hun
dred artists had offered their ser
vices. To date only one cartoonist
has declined to make drawing. and
he is in hospital unable to work.
Some Of tho Volunteers.
Among the artists who have either
already forwarded drawings to the
treasury department or who have
signified their intentions to do so are
John T. McCutcheon, Chicago Trib-
une: Herbert Johnson, Saturday
Evening Post: o. e. Cesare. New
York Evening Post: Edwin Marcus,
New York Times: Clifford X. Berry
man, Washington Star; q. A. Bush
nell, Central Press Association; Sid
Greene, New York Evening Tele-
gram; c. H. Skyles. Philadelphia
Evening Ledger; John Cassel. New
York Evening World; Il. w. Kemble.
Leslie's Weekly; Herbert Fl. Perry,
Sioux City Uowa) Journal; G. r.
Spencer, Omaha World-H Herald: Eu-
gene Zimmerman. Judge, New York:
W. A. Rogers, New York Herald:
Clare Briggs. Jay N. Darling and w.
.. Hill. New York Tribune; Homer
stinson, Dayton (Ohio) Daily News;
Fred Morgan, Philadelphia Inquirer:
W A. Ireland. Columbus (Ohio) Dis
patch; A. w. Beaverton, Atlanta
Journal; H. T.. Webster and Ripley.
New York Globe; Paul F>ung, Seattle
acknowledgement; Robert Satterfield.
Newspaper Enterprise association;
I A. Plaschke, Louisville Times!
irover Page. Nashville Tennesseean
md American; K. r. Chamberlain,
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph:
tube Goldberg, New York Mail; Ray
!, Evans, Baltimore American; J. H.
,onahey, Cleveland Plain Dealer;
.oilin Kirby, New York World;
thomas A. Dorgan (Tad), T. e.
overs and F. Opper Of the New
OK American; Lieutenant Pease,
ss, Daily News; Westerman,
,ao State Journal. Columbus;
Anott, Dallas.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-22

,,a me bowery district OF New York
~ resists change Of name.
NO. alone survives the ravages and
ktaovations Of time and business. All
hi ,uenlzens and things that made its
''ous Tame have disappeared from
forse hack. % 'ne n0
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-22
More Evidence.

sioux Falls Argus-Leader: That
s great war was deliberately plan
.eu Dy the kaiser. as is now we'll
,town' Is once more proved by the
aoncation OF an order sent out by
1.s general headquarters on
ane ., 1S14-Two months before
a broke directing the owners of
as.orles to open the mobilization en-.
'iopes IN their possession.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-22
Mthalesonn. Advice

Memphis Commercial-Appeal: Sit
tight in the boat, Americans; it is a
part OF the German propaganda to
make you dissatisfied and disloya1.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-22

sing themselves over in the mind
General Pershing himself has writer
to Mrs Bond, telling her how mucf
her songs mean to them all. adding
that "A Perfect Day" is his favorite
song.
The sale OF this one song by the
way. has reached enormous proper
tions, more copies of 1t having been
sold than of any other song pub
lished, and its popularity is con.
stantly growing. Since the war be-
gan 1t has repeated its American
popularity in England, being sung
throughout the British isles. An
American soldier recently sent Mrs.
Bond a postcard from Folkesgate,
England, telling her that in this city
he has seen two store windows filed
with her songs. Their popularity
with the army and the civilian popu-
lation Of England is growing by
leaps.
It is hard to get Mrs. Bond to
talk about herself. She says her
songs belong to the people, but her
struggles, her hopes, her life, are
too intimate to share with the pub
lie.
She has been chosen to write tn.
official song for the national fedora
ton of musical clubs. tried to geI
Mrs Bond to talk about this honor
that has been conferred upon her,
but her remarks were entirey In
keeping with the unassuming woman
ltness of her nature.
II am not representative Ameri.
can composer" she said. II am
simply a writer of melodies, and
do not see Just why this honor has
been given to me, although I prize
it highly"
Struggled for Success.
Mrs. Bonds life is a lesson in
fortitude and perseverance,. She
went through years Of privatton and
suffering before she succeeded.
II knew in my heart" she says,
"that l would be a song writer, for
that was my dream, but I never ex-
pected to be known or recognized
outside Of GAINESVILLE, my birthplace"
Mrs. Bond was the wife of DR..
Frank X. Bond, and they lived in the
mining town Of Iron River, Mich.
When he died, Mrs. Bond found her
self face to face with the world, not
knowing how to support herself, and
with a young son to take care Of
She moved to Chicago, where for
fourteen years she painted china and
embroidered waists to pay for the
publishing of her songs. Now Chi
cago is home to her, for there 1t Is
that she finally won recognition and
success.
Mrs. Bond wrote her own words
to her songs, because she was too
poor to pay for verses. She drew
her own cover designs for the same
reason.
She has sung before royalty in
London, but she lays more stress on
other events in her musical career.
There are three or four that are
red letter days in my memory" she
says. zone was when | sang my
songs at the white house. Another
was the two days set aside at the
exposition in San Diego as Carrie
Jacobs Bond days" She has a win
ter home in California now. Another
was Homecoming week in Janesville,
Wis, when the town where I was
born and passed my girlhood. wei
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-22

was married to Miss Leonora Wilson
oldest daughter OF j. J. Wilson, a
prosperous farmer of St Mary's
township, in Hancock county. To
this union seven children were born
Melgar Mcclellan, John Emmett
Henson Everett, Harry Malcolm, Car.
RE Geneva, Lenora and Mary Emma.
The eldest of these had but short
span Of life When two years and
seven days old he was taken from US.
TN 1858 I bought eighty acres OF
raw prairie, onehalf mile east OF
Bentley, in Hancock county. This
prairie broke with four yoke Of
oxen and hauled lumber from War
saw to fence 1t. In the winter of 1880
I built q house on It and we went to
housekeeping in March OF that year.
About this time had the honor OF
being appointed the first postmaster
Of Bentley. I kept the Office at my
own home until store room was
built in Bentley.
IT have been a member of the
Presbyterian church for sixty-eight
years and Of the Masonic order forty
eight years.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-22
SHE WRITES SONGS
THAT ST|R.HEARTS
Carrie Jacobs Bond, Who Has Ad-
mirers Here, Has Won Fame and
Fortune OF Piueky
Composer.
"TOMNIY" SINGING THEM
A Perfect Day Ia the Song Which
General John J. Pershing
Says 10 His
Favorite.
'.ToMNGY" SINGING THEM

NEW YORK. Feb. 22.-Farns-
worth Wright writes in Musical
America: Somewhere in France
there are four blind British Tom
mics, who 60 about among their
more fortunate comrades and sing
songs to them. They call themselves
the Shrapnel quartet, for they lost
their sight through flying fragments
of exploding, shells at the battle
front. They refused to accept their
discharge from the army, but return
ed to the firing line to cheer their
companions In arms. for songs are a
necessity in the life of the soldiers.
The Shrappel quartet members
made their own instruments. boring
holes into gun barrels for flies and
fashioning their own rude fiddles.
They play on these instruments and
they sing songs to their own accom-
paniments There is little demand
for the multifarious war songs now
on the market, for the soldiers prefer
the more tuneful, honey melodies.
The blind Tommies of the Shrapnel
quartet sing to them the songs of
Carrie Jacobs Bond.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-22
Married In 1859.

Married In 1889.
II taught school four winters and
farmed in the spring and summer. On
the sixth day of November, 1883, l
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-22
Now 70 Live SO Years.

"Eighty-five years is a long time
to live. That have made mistakes
plenty freely admit. Perfection
In this life is hardly to be expected.
first criticism. If you would care to
live to ripe old age, be temperate
In all things. Be content with your
lot. Don't worry Look on the bright
side Of life. Look for the silver
lining in the cloud"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-22
Tommy Sings Her songs.

Every place the British Tommy
goes the songs Of Carrie Jacobs Bond
are heard. "a Perfect Day" is more
popular in the army than all the war
songs that have been written. The
Tommies sing it behind the trenches.
or wading in the mud or at lunch
time In the snow and the cold. and
they always sing 1t at the end of
the day and after returning, wet and
tired, from raids on the German lines.
One cartoon, sent to Mrs. Bond by
the Tommy who drew it, shows a
killed Highlander, the hairs standing
out on his bare knees from the cold
as he stands ankle deep In the trench
mud, the rain pouring down upon
him, trying to fry an egg over a
smoky fire on ledge scooped out
of the side of the trench to protect
1t from the rain, while a German
shell is bursting overhead, and he is
singing: This is the end Of a per-
feet day"
Persninp's FavorItc Song.
It is the same IN the American ex-
peditionary force in France. Carrie
Jacobs Bond is an American woman
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
WEST POINT GOES
 INTO HIGH SPEED
Will Turn Out HOO Officers a Year, While the War
 Continues

Washington October 12- -(Special)-As an educational institution. West Point disappears,
 It is officially announced that the classes of 1920 and 1921 will be graduated November l, this year.
 West Point, for the duration of the War, intends to graduate 1000 young of ficers each year.
 West Point has called on senators and representatives to nominate. their appli- cants on or before October 15, 1918. Prac- tically every member of Congerss has ons vacancy, and many have two. Alabam- ians are hustling to get their appointees on the scene in the allotted time.
 Representative Dent, chairman of the House committee on military affairs re- grets that West Point has passed away as an educational institution. When he was notified that classes as far in the future as 1921 would be graduated No vember this year and that he would have to hurry to name two Alabamians before October 15, he went to General March. chief of staff. General March told hirn that West Point was producing military men, and would produce only military men, as long as the war lasted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

The area of the United Kingdom is 1ef, 600 square miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
COLUMBUS, MISS.

Columbus. Miss, October 12-The num- Der of new cases of Spanish influenza reported today was smaller than for several days past, and pr. T. H. Henry health officer of Lowndes county, stated tonight that, in his opinion, the cpl demic, so far as Columbus and the con- tiguous territory are concerned, had reached it's crest and was now on tn. wane. While the number of local cases has been large, the malady has been in mild form, and there have been no deaths
 The new Red Cross building at Payne field, near West Point, has been com pleted, but will not be formally opened until the epidemic of Spanish influenza which now has the country in it's grip has subsded. The executive officers of the society are located in the build Ing. which also contains storage rooms for clothing and other articles which the organization furnishes to flyers
 The body of Mrs. Lucy Zwingle, wife of Wade G. Zwingle, who died yes- terday in Birmingham, arrived in Co., lumbus last night, and was taken to the home of her brother-in- law, Myrick
 
 throughout the night. having this morn ing been taken to the old family home at Brooksville for interment. Mrs. Zwin- gle was well known in Columbus, her husband having spent a number of years in the employ of local newspapers She was 38 years old and besides her hus- band and two children, is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Myrick Cox and Mrs. w. w. Richards, both of whom reside in this city.
 After having remained in the under- taking establishment of Gunter Bros more than three months, the body of w. B. Murphy, who was run over and killed by a Southern railway train last July, was buried yesterday. While papers found on Murphy's body established his identify, they gave no names of rela- lives, and the body, after having been embalmed. was held in the hope that some relation or close friend could be located. Efforts in this direction failed, however and the corpse was given Chris tian burial, funeral services having been conducted by the Rev E. Lucien Ma lone. rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church.
 The area of the United Kingdom is 1ef 600 square miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
GREAT SUB EFFORT BY
 HUNS IS COMING
Sir Eric Geddes Discloses Plans of Enemy for Prob ably Final Intensified
 Submarine Campaign

Washington, October 12.-Another great effort by Germany's submarines is inn pending.
 Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the Brit ish admiralty, in a statement tonight paying tribute to the part played in the war by the American navy, disclosed that plans of the enemy for what may be the final intensified U-boat campaign of ruthlessness are known and that the allies are prepared to meet it
 No details were given by Sir Eric, nor was further information to be obtained at the navy department as to what the American and allied naval chiefs have learned There were suggestions that Germany, in the midst of a peace offen- sive and with her soldiers being driven back to their own borders, hoped to strengthen her diplomatic drive for a peace by negotiation by sending her sub marines on a desperate campaign of de- struction regardless of measures of eau tion taken for the safety of U-boats and fha;r rJ.auc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

third of his available forces were lined up in one sector for attack, rather more than four -ninths were holding the rest of the line easily and amply, and just under two-ninths were stand ing by as general reserves to be drawn upon at will for any purpose required. All fighting divisions were at least at full fighting strength, 1000 bayonets to division of 15.oO0 men; 2,75o.0e0 men were in line, nearly 100000 of them infantry
 STILL AN INFERIORITY
 Tn the meantime. the allies, in spite of the rapidly arriving American con tingent, still had an inferiority in num- bers, nor had they the initiative-that is, the power of deciding where and when troops must concentrate. They were still anxiously dependent upon the enemy's initiative.
 Now look at the present situation, that which has provoked the enemy's s attempt at a negotiated peace. and note the contrast. Today, or rather 10 days ago, the total German divis- ions in the west were but 191, of which 20 at least were not available for action. In place of 1855 divisions available for action certainly there are not more than I'll available, and at this actual moment this is not much, Fourteen divisions were broken up to fill gaps and divisions that were so organized as not to be at full strength. The allied numbers one is not allowed to give. Theirs is now a large, rapidly growing. numerical superiority.
 But the mere fact of reduced num- bers and divisions facing an increasing number of opponents is only half of the story. When the offensive of July Is was launched by the enemy, ex- actly 50 miles of the front-just over 10 per cent of the line-was what the French call "alight'' is, inten- sively engaged. The remaining 400- odd miles were quiescent.
 EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT
 Today everything is "alight' from the marshes of the Yser to the Mouse -5T per cent of the line-and some three quarters of the German effec- lives are engaged there. The conse- quence is that of the enemys I'll di- visions available for action, no less than 130 are intensively- engaged, given the briefest intervals of rest in turn. and then, of necessity, thrown back again into the furnace. Ten or II at the most remain dispensab1e, apart from those actually under fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

BrleIly, the enemy sues for an easy peace because he now knows that he is beaten irretrievably; that there now can be no counting upon mere delay. He fears he cannot stand on any line for long. That is the whole meaning of his move.
 The military situation explains 1t fully, nothing else explains it at all. l will begin by setting down certain facts taken from different viewpoints, geographical, political and numerical, which illustrate the truth of this.
 Let us begin with the state of his numbers, fon numbers are at the root of every military situation. The turn of the tide came eleven weeks ago, just before the counter offensive, . launched July IS just before the turn ing point of the war. The Germans then had upon the western front be- tween Switzerland and the North Sea exactly 205 divisions. At least twenty of these were incapable of action upon the front. They were not destined for it and would never appear in line. They were recruited from men of age, of past experience in war, or of physique
  which rendered them fit for nothing more than work upon communications, in garrisoning and generally in aux Hilary work.
 DISPOSITION OF OTHERS
 Of the remaining, at the most 1855 divisions, sixty were drawn up both on the front line and in immediate re- serve for what was to have been the decisive battle. great offense on either side of Rheims upon a front of fifty miles, the offensive of July 15, which failed. Some forty more were held in general reserve-that is, they were not engaged, even on the quiet sectors of the line, and could be sum- moned at short notice to whatever point seemed to offer chance of sue cess extensively or defensively to need support. The remaining S5 divisions capable of action on the front were spread out all along all the line not then actively engaged-that is, all the way from the North Sea to Chateau Thierry and all the way from the Ar- gonne forest to the Swiss frontier.
 Such, I say, was the mere numerical situation when the enemy had his off, fensive of July all ready: just one-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

(From letter to Dr. Caldwell written byN Miss Alice Lombard, s2 Boylston St, \ Springfield, Mass
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
His Only Chance

From The Peoples Home Journal j. Hello! Dr. Bunyun? Yes? Come right away. My husband has another one of his spellss
 Why didn't ypu send for me sooner?" said the doctor, half an hour later You should not have waited till your husband was unconscious" "Well,' replied the wife, "as long as he had his senses he wouldn't let me send for you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
HUN NTRIGUES FOR
 PEACE BECAUSE HE IS BEATEN M FIELD
Hiaire BellOc, Great British War Expert, Analyzes Cause of Peace Offer and Shows How
 Germans Defeated
By HILAIRE RELLoC

the Great itains Most tin
 itaryC Critic
 These words will appear many days after they written do not know what fate will by that time have befaen the enemys desperate attempt himself at the last hour by negotiated but know we'll why the attempt was made and hope to be able communicate that knowledge
 all essential at this critical moment the which will either release civilization tiff the handed-to a series of increasing msfortunes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

He was asked if entrance examinations would be very rigid, and he replied in the negative. This will be a boon to many young Alabamians, named hastily, and given no time in which to prepare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

War has produced the opportunity. Those who enter during the war period will be eiven rigid military training and graduated within year-if the neecs- sary ability Is displayed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
AMERICANS PRAISED

1 tNuEItlSA4No IhAloED
 Warm praise was given by the British first admiralty lord to the American naval units of all classes, including the air contingents operating in the war zone. It was after a description of work done by the destroyers that he said
 What I have said of the destroyers applies in no less degree to your subma- rines and your chasers. Their untiring and constant harrassing of the enemy has helped to bring the enemy subma- rine to it's present position in which We can confidently say that it is now held, though not yet mastered. I lay great stress on these words. A great renewed effort on the part of Germany is pend ing. We know it and it's extent. We face it with that knowledge, and with the steadfast courage of our seamen, if will be met"
 PEACE HOPE DELUSIVE
 Sir Eric spoke of peace. but only to say in referring to his pleasure at being in America at a time when the allied forces are winning all along the line and reap ing the fruits of sound naval strategy, that his policy and his advice to others was not to be deluded by hopes of an early peace, but always to be prepared for two years more of war.
 As an example of what sea power has uOne, ne said seven American soldiers and their equipment have landed in Eu- rope every minute of the night and day during the past three months. Through the splendid work of American ship builders, he added, the United States now is able to transport more than 50 per cent of her soldiers in American ships manned by Americans. When the United States army first began to move overseas, it was carried largely by Brit ish vessels.
 NAVAL FORCES ENROLLED
 Tn speaking of the United States naval forces,' said Sir Eric, II do so with the great advantage of having seen most of them personally in the course of the last IS months, and I can assure the public that the morale and efficiency is absolutely on the top line.
 Your battleships are with our own grand fleet with the most perfect CO., ordination and efficiency. Your cruisers are working with us in the White Sea, North Sea, Atlantic and Mediterranean, and I have seen them and admired their efficiency in all these places. It is to them, as well as to the gallant little destroyers, working with the correspond- ing forces of all the allies, that the suc- cess of the convoy system is due"