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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
Untermyer Invested Three Mil
lions In Liberty Loans and
Was Never Pro-
German.
IN THOUGHT OR SPEECH
Clears Himself Of Any Stain Cast in
Propaganda Investigation Be-
fore Senate Com
mittee.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-Testify-
ing before the senate committee that
is investigating the pre-war activi-
ties OF the German propagandists,
Samuel Untermyer, New York. today
declared there 'is not a shred of
basis" for "the vague Implications
that my sympathies were pro-Ger-
man before we entered the war"
Untermyer's name had been linked
with those of number Of prominent
Germans in testimony given at pre-
vious hearings.
"At no time did I ever, directly or
indirectly, receive or handle a single
dollar from anyone connected with
either government or embassy or
from German, Austrian or American
citizen charged with violating our
neutrality" said Untermyer.
From the outbreak of the war
down to the present time, l have de-
voted substantial part OF my time,
without pay and at my own expense,
to government work Of one kind or
another connected with the war.
spent considerable time in Washing
ton in. a semi-official capacity and,
at the request Of the treasury pub
licity bureau, have travelled over
the country at my own expense on
speaking tours in aid Of each of the
four Liberty loans, besides which /
subscribed to each of the loans to
an aggregate amount of $4,000, 900
straining my credit and available re-
sources almost to the breaking point
In SO doing, and have given consid-
erably over 100000 to the Red
Cross and to numerous other war re-
ief funds.
"All my published articles and
published utterances, both since the
outbreak of the war and before,
have eagerly availed myself of the
opportunity to sustain all the war
policies of the administration. 1t has
not been my good fortune to be able
10 risk my life in the defense of nv
turned to render such service as
came to my lot
Trial Of Socialists.
CHICAGO, Dec. 17.-Socialist ideas
on the war as expressed by prominent
party members were read into records
of the Berger trial. here today.
A meeting in Milwaukee, July 9,
1917, addressed by widely known So
cialists was described by Earl Dole.
special agent of the department of
Justice
Workers will have to bear the ex-
pense Of the war" Dole quoted Irwin
St j. Tucker, defendant as saying
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
To Abandon Petraorad

LONDON, Dec. IA Reuter- dis
patch from Stockholm says it is relia-
bly, reported that the bolshevik gov
ernment intends to evacuate Petro-
grad and establish headquarters at Mi
jni+Novgorod
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
President John. Walker.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
ST. GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Dec. IL
Reports received here Indicate that
John Walker, of Illinois, carried the
anthracite field for national president
of the United Mine Workers of Ameri-l
ca at the election last week.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
Aerial Mall Service.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Aerfal mail
service between New York and Chica.
go will be inaugurated at o'clock to-
morrow morning when De Haviland
plane starts from Belmont Park, Long
Island, piloted by former army flyer.
The flight will be over Lehighton
and Clarion, Pa, thence to Cleveland,
where a stop will be made.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
Nex President of PORTUGAL.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
LISBON, Dec. (Night) )-Canto
Castro was elected president of Por-
tugal today by 137 votes, succeeding
the murdered president, Paes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
[By Robert j. Bender, United Press
Staff COrrespOndent1

[By Robert j. Bender, United Press
Staff Correspondent-]
PARIS, Dec. IA heavy rain ne
cessitated calling off President Will
sons projected trip to the Marne
battlefield today. 1t also prevented
the president and Rear Admiral
Grayson from playing golf at st.
Cloud, which had been planned for
6 a. m.
The president arose later than
usual and expected to spend most
Of the day indoors This afternoon
he will confer separately with Ed
win Hurley. Marshal Foch and Ital-
ian Ambassador Cellere, the latter
presumably about the details OF the
trip to Rome.
Tonight the wilson's. Poincare and
about fifty distinguished Frenchmen
and Americans will be the guests OF
Ambassador and Mrs. Sharp at din
rier. A reception will follow.
The weather cleared up toward
noon and the Wilson's again motored
cut to Versailles for a more thorough
ins pection of the palace and grounds.
Vote Of Confidence.
PARIS, Dec 1.-THE chamber Of
deputies today passed vote Of con-
fidence in the Clemenceau govern
ment, 80 to IT'S.
The vote was taken on the question
of whether the armistice terms are ac-
ceptable, when Deputy Emilio Con-
stant asked why total immediate de-
of the German army
was not included.
Mutual Accommodation.
TBy J. w T. Mason, Written for the
: United Press.l
NEW YORK, Dec. IA spirit OF
mutual accommodation is developing
between President Wilson and the
leaders of the European democracies,
which now promises to result in a
harmonious peace conference and the
complete defeat of Germany's discord-
ant ambitions.
The entrance of the United States
into intimate discussions of European
affairs has had a disquieting effect up
on the nerves of Eul ope's statesmen
Americans are apt to be unconscious
of the enormously disturbing Influence
the United States could exert on
balance. of power. Never be-
fore in the worlds history has a great
nation TedCTcu lue uldLullLy vi lIo
growth while holding aloof from IN
ternational alliances.
For this reason the participation OF
Americas peace delegates in the work
Of recasting Europe has in it an ele-
ment of the unknown. which Europ-
cans have been regarding with mix
ture Of awe, uncertainty and fear.
The transatlantic statesmen have not
been certain as to whether America
the many nice adjustments
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
Early Return Home.

Only two states in the union, Min
nesota and Pennsylvania, fell behind
their quota in the united war work
drive. The distinction is not an en-
y1Able one. -,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
Soldiers I.imping Along in
Worn Out Shoes, Refusing
~ to Fall Out Until Pro
gram Completed.
ARMY OF OCCUPATION
Now In Control Of $500 Square Miles
Of Germany Without Serious
Hostile Demon.
stration.
[By Webb Miller, United Press Staff
Correspondent

[By Webb Miller, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICANS ACROSS
THE RHINE, Dec. 16-(By courier
to Nancy The Third army now
occupies a strip of Germany con.
tanning more than $500 squaye
miles. 1t is supervising the admin
istration of several hundred villages
and operating hundreds Of miles Of
railroads and street car lines.
The methodical taking over of this
tremendous possibility. with the
multitudinous needs Of hundreds OF
thousands of hostile people, Will be
almost entirely accomplished within
fifteen days.
There is not precedent in his
tory for this occupation, which is
also remarkable in that it was fin
ished without single serious hostile
demonstration by either inhabitants
or troops.
An army Of 25o,oOO men marched
between zoo and 500 miles within a
month. starting almost Immediately
after weeks OF the hardest KIM of
fighting. In the last six weeks,
men and officers have undergone
probably the most severe physical
test that any American army has
ever experienced. Yet as they
reached the Rhine after wearisome
and muddy marches, they presented
a magnificent appearance. despite
their worn and nfud-spattered uni
forms. Many of the men were wear
ing the same uniforms they had in
their last fighting The shoes of
some were torn and worn out, but
they limped along, refusing to fall
out and insisting they would hang
on and finish the job.
Every phase Of the occupation was
completed in exact accordance with
plans laid out the week before the
march began. Even the Germans ad-
NIT they were surprised by, the
smoothness and directness OF the
method Of occupation.
Early Return Home.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-About
$500 officers and men of the follow
ing organizations were today assign
ed to early convoy home:
Twenty-seventh engineers, 102nd,
153, 482, 81 and 491st aero squad
rons; British replacement draft No
1, air service; second trench NOR
tar battalions. 346th field artillery;
Sixteenth company of fourth motor
mechanics regiment, air service;
three medical detachments for above
included.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
10 HARMONY AMONG HUN FACTIONS
Death Ends Hunger Strike
OF Young Draft Evader

Refused to Eat While Serving Year in Jail and Died in Hosp
tai From Two Weeks Fay
UNITED Press esd Wire rvcel#
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17
Trial Of Socialists.

Continued on page ~.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-17

THE WEATHER
Unsettled. Temperature I'm
changed. Local temp Z p. M,
40; z a. M, 81.
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our own leased wire.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-22

"Nauticus," in Liverpool our
nal OF Commerce Let there be
no mistake about the depth OF the
feeling against Germany which all
decent seamen entertain At this mo-
ment. 1t is hercer than the worst
storm that ever blew and as strong
as the trade wind which comes
from the southeast.
There will be strange ships on
the waves 49, vessels fving a flag
which has been hidden in canals and
backwaters. where dastardly deeds
are plotted for close on four iuiI
years. They will outwardly look
like other ships. To all appearances
they will be honest ships, but TO eY-
erv seamen that was not sucked by
a German mother or sired by one OF
the ravishers OF brave Belgium they
will be known as Scheusslichc
Schiffe, or horrible, abomlnah!e
ships They may fly the German
flag in all its Haunting HashinesS.
but it will ALWAYS be foul and bloody
even in the pure sunlight OF the
tropics.
Against the deep blue sky OF
summer this flag will look like an
old boot on sacred altar; the
very vault OF heaven will De stabbed
with shame when it swims into the
light Of day. No one will salute
it; no CHEEKY message from CHEEKY
heart will greet it as it passes; no
eve will be turned upon it from the
crows nest without a curse IT Will
pass along the silent highways OF
the world like the murderer o: a
little child seeking to ride from
justice. Dirty, foul, horrible and
abominable, red with the blood OF
innocent women and children and
brave men. even the cleansing
ozone OF Gods great sea will not
wash ii clean in twice ten thou
sand years. IT will stink in the nos
trils OF all mankind for ever and
ever,
The German papers, which un-
doubtedly reflect the German mind,
gloats over his victims. They take
boats much as a foul murderer
gloats over his victims They tax
gloats ovr his victims. They take
sort OF diseased pride in such
ghastly work. But the feeling OF
all neutral seamen is against them.
Norway, since the outbreak OF the
war, has lost 745 vessels and 946
sailors through the German butch
ers. and it may be taken that the
result has been legacy Of eternal
hate Spain. Brazil, Uruguay, e"-
cry nation on earth, has suffered
at the hands of the Teuton pirates
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-22
HEALTH PROPAGANDA.

There is natural astonishment at
the attempt of the mayor OF New
York to abolish the educational ar-
tivities OF the city heal,h depart
ment. The matter is considered SO
vital that the federal department
has threatened to interfere, and
medical men everywhere have has
tened to protest.
Such reactionary mover writes
the president OF the American Med
ical Association, would be "a catas-
trophe at any time, but especially
now when, more than ever before,
it is necessary to safeguard ana
maintain the health Of the citizens
oi the United States.
The incident will probably result
in good rather than harm. It is ir-
conceivable that the New York
mayor, whatever his motive may
be, can put over so reactionary
measure. His attempt merely
serves to provide WIDESPREAD pub
licity for one OF the most promis-
ing movements of modern times,
the education OF the general public
in matters affecting human health.
Thanks to the efforts along this
line made by federal, state and mu-
nicipal governments. with the CO
operation of the medical profession,
knowledge OF the fundamental rules
OF hygiene is becoming As common
as it was once uncommon. 1t IS /
coming to be understood hat health .
is less a matter OF pills and hos
pitals than OF sensible living. de
pending mostly on such simple fac
tors as food, air. exercise and sleep.
As a result, the average health OF .
American communities, as shown by .
illness and mortality statistics, has
greatly lessened in the last few
years. There will be further i'm
provement exactly in proportion TO
the further education OF men, wom-
en- and children in the ART OF taking
care OF their own health.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-22
WAR AND BABIES.

A recent dispatch from the Brit
ish front in Flanders contained two
little stories of children found un-
expectedly in the midst of the great
battle storm. and protected by the
instructive chivalry OF British sol
diers.
In Neuve EgliSe, taken by the
Germans and retaken by the Brit
iSh, the latter discovered two Ger
man babies left by the German
troops. The Tommies took them
into 4 trench for safety. as the Ger
mans were shelling the ruined town.
When the trench came under a
heavy fire, they fell back taking the
babies with them. and finally deliv-
cred the tots, safe and sound, to a
field hospital in the rear. There the
English nurses are taking care OF
them.
In another part Of the Flanders
line two British artillery officers
found baby that had become sepa-
rated from its parents in the confu-
sion Of flight before the German ad-
vance. They took the infant with
them to a hayloft. which they were
obliged to use as an observation
post. The weather was cold. and
the baby WAS thinly clad. They
placed it between them and kept it
warm with the heat of their own
bodies. Later the baby was found.
sound asleep. between two corpSes
Its saviors had been killed by shrap-
mel. The baby is now alive and well
in 4 British hospital.
These were natural enough things.
Almost any Briton. Frenchman or
would do them. There are
thousands of such instances in the
allied records.
But how We long, for the credit
)f human nature, TO read a few such
stories OF German soldiers, We
search war literature for them. Ger
nan literature included. almost in
'ain. Instead, we have an appalling
history OF cruelties to women and F.
.hildren.
Deluded and brutalized bv their /
alse teaching and the example OF /
heir Prussian masters. the German I
roops are too busy with their kill
ng to bother with such sentimental |
lonsense a. being merciiul To the .
HELPLESS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-22
Curse of Cain Upon
All German Seamen

and the seamen OF every nation will
make them pay the bill.
AT large meeting held in Co
penhagen some weeks back, where
at hundreds OF officers of the Dan
ish merchant marine were present,
ii was agreed unanimously that i'll
view OF the fact that the German
nation had approved OF the out
RACES committed by their U-boats
against neutral seamen all associa-
ton with it was impossible and ii
was decided that all intercourse
with German seamen must be bro
ken off for long time to come,
AS far as this country is con
cerned, the punishment OF German
seamen may safely be lett to Brit
ish seamen. They know exactly
what the brutes have done. They
know that over 1000 British civil
ian men, women and children have
been foully murdered by the Ger
man submarines, and they Will act
accordingly. For generations to
come no $. O. $. will be heard
when it emanates from 4 German
ship in distress. For the next two
or three hundred years German
seamen will be known as the
sharkmen OF the sea, and something
OF the treatment accorded to cap
tured sharks bv fishermen i'll ccr-
tain parts OF the world will be theirs
whenever opportunity affords.
"ln every foreign port Germans
will be marked men Every hand
will be against them. and they will
never see the welcome smile OF
friend. In the drinking dens they
will drink audily and showily, as is
their custom, but they viii drink
alone. No friendly glass or pot will
clink or knock merrily against
theirs. They will sit apart. and
even the commonest LaScar will
greet them with scorn. In all the
worlds great harborS they will be
know as butchers and murderers-
men branded through to :heir very
souls with the mark OF Cam. And
on all the seas and oceans their
ships will be known as Scheuss-
liche Schiffe -- low, horrible and
abominable ships!
Such is the punishment for their
dreadful and wicked crimes, and it
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-22
PRETTY PRATTLE.
Why have the flowers such pretty
names,

Why have the flowers such pretty
names
Because. my darling daughter.
They don't. like weeds. play naugh-
t. games.
Do what they hadn't oughter.
They keep their petals bright and
neat.
Their leaves arranged for posies,
And always have a perfume sweet
For snooping little noses,
And so we break their little necks
And place them in our vases
And no consideration checks
Our fancy for their faces.
oh. wouldst thou be a flower, child
For folks to have their eyes on :
Nope: ! wouldst be weed quite
wild.
unlOvely, yes, and pisoa,
Chicago News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-22
INEXPLICABLE PROTESTS.

We can always trust the Cologne
Gazette to reveal the working OF the
Prussian mind in all its ioggineSS.
Accordingly We are not surprised to
read. in 4 recent issue. that French
protests against the bombardment
OF Paris churches are "ineXplcable.
Germany /, sorry that shells
from her 2O-miliimeter guns struck
a church on Good Friday" says The
Gazett But how could ParisianS
expect gunner l2O kilometers
away 10 distinguish between the
churches and other structures :"
Thus the revered apologist OF
schrecklichkeit misses the point as
usual. The French do not expect a
gunner more than seventy miles
away 10 be able 10 pick out his tar
get. And that Is precisely why
Paris and the whole civilized world
protest so indignantly against any
such bombardmeni- because even
il the gunner tries to hit fort or a
military warehouse or a muuition
factory. he's more than likely TO hit
a church or hospital OF hotel. IL is
this blind shooting up of towns CON
tanning civilian populations that civ
ilized men want TO stop.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-22
STEADY EMPLOYMENT. THE
ANSWER.

Actual figures offered on the loss
10 manufacturing concerns. rail
ways. etc. caused BY the hiring and
firing habi, are startling. s writer
in Engineering and Contracting"
asserts that the railroads alone have
paid as high a. S40OO0OO0 annually
for the wlsteful practice OF labor
turnover.
The turnover in factories runs
from 90 up TO 400 per cent OF the
total number of people actually
needed for production. The rail-
WAYS employ annually a million
more men than thcy have places to
hll. this huge number OF shifting
employees representing a serious
handicap and loss in money and ef-
hciency.
Ii costs SO 10 replace an un-
skilled iaborer. 500 10 replace one
skilled or With special ability. Mul-
iiply this cost by the thousands of
changes that take place IN a wear in
one industry alone
Facing such facts. employers are
seriously studying the turnover
problem. They are coming TO real
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-22
FREEDOM FOR PRUSSIANS.

The Prussians themselves are TO
be free. Chancellor Hertling has
informed the Prussian diet that
equal suffrage is coming to Prus-
sia,' as a result OF the progressive
movement" that is sweeping through
the country.
The kaiser's hand-picked chancel-
lor is not exactly enthusiastic about
it. But he is reconciled. 1--WE can
give it now" he explains. If we
refuse, it may me wrung from us
later, amid severe convulsions OF
national life Which is surely a
good enough reason even for a
junkcr.
And so the Prussians are going
to have equal manhood suffrage,
with the secret ballot and full par
ticipation in their public affairs, just
like us2
Not exactly. All experience would
lead a wary reader to reserve his
opinion about a junker bearing
gifts. And accordingly, we find the
chancellor adding that 1T is pos
sible however, to arrange safe
guards that will prevent too far
reaching and radical consequences.
and the government has resolved
to guard against harmful effects
The effects guarded against are.
OF course, those that would be
harmful" to the militarists and
innkers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-22
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-22
Our Boys in France
and Home Protection

The men on the firing line represent
the pick of our American youth. One
in four of our boys at home was sick,
rejected because of physical deficiency.
Many times the kidneys were to blame.
! we wish to prevent old age coming
on too soon, or ii we want TO increase
our chances for a long life, DR.. Pierce
of the Surgical Institute, Buffalo, n. y,
says that we should drink plenty OF
water daily between meals. Then pro-
cure at the nearest drug store, Anuric
double strength). The cost is 90 cts.
This vAn-urc" drives the uric acid out
and cures backache and rheumatism.
II we wish to Keep our kidneys in
the best condition diet Of milk and
vegetables, with only little meat once
day, is the most suitable. Drink
plenty of pure water, take Anuric three
times n day for a month.
Send DIR. Pierce ten cents for trial
package.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-22
~ THE SAYINGS Q ~ Ol
!k1 CARRIE ON A J

izc that it's cheaper to train an in
competent worker to fill his job sat
isfactorily than it is to keep on try
ing out series OF ncompetents,
until the man for the job is found.
The problem is OF special import
ance in these days when labor is so
essential TO all our progress i'll win
ming the war. Steady employment
is needed to prevent loss OF time
and material and product. For the
worker himself, his family and the
community in which they live, the
loss of this constant shifting from
Job to job is equally serious, al
though there is no means OF meas
urng it, Steady employment is his
key to progress and self-respect.