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in any other way, and it would create
as much surprise in that country to
see a man play a flute with his
mouth. Why they see fit 10 play
with the nostrils instead of the
mouth we do not know. Moreover,
they do this with the greatest ease
and can play the general run OF
music except the very fast ragtime,
Dare we perpetrate a pun and say
that it must be a nosepipe?
During some recent mining opera
tons beneath the German trenches,
some canaries were, as usual, taken
into the excavation to indicate the
presence of noxious gases. One OF
these little songsters escaped and
flew to the middle of No Mans Land,
where he perched on a shrub and
began to sing. Fearful that the
Huns would notice him and SO dis
cover that mining operations were
going on, the British opened fire on
him. but he seemed to bear a charm.
ed life. The sharpshooters tried to
"get" him, and the rank and file
took potshots at him, but still the
liquid notes followed over the land
scape. Finally, in desperation, he
was fired on with trench guns and a
we'll placed shell obliterated bird and
bush and song.
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STATE NEWS.

Springfield - Springfield conclud-
ed her Red Cross auction last Friday
that Melted $4,000. A single hen
sold for $87 and an egg with the
kaiser's picture painted on il brought
over 500, while Gen. Pershing's pic
lure sold for a fancy price.
Joubert-Without a local Red
Cross organization or connection
with any branch the people in the
western part of Douglas county held
a Red Cross sale that Melted nearly
$4,000. The sale was opened by a
stirring patriotic address by Fred
Smith, of Platte.
Huron-The German State. bank
of Wolsey will hereafter be known as
the First State bank of Wolsey, ac-
cording to word received from there
today. The change in the name to
one of a more American ton was
adopted at a recent meeting of the
officers of the institution.
Pierre-Charles Shannon, whose
ranch adjoins Philip, found that his
stock was dying from a mysterious
cause. Seeing a foreign substance In
his watering trough, he sent it to
State college which reported 1t to be
highly poisonous. Just who is re-
sponsible is not known.
Lead-Chris Wenderlick. of Lead,
who is classed as an enemy alien and
therefore was required to surrender a
shotgun which he owned. was taken
into custody when II vas discovered
that he had regained possession of
the weapon. He finally returned the
gun and was released, but announced
he would have the constitutionality
of the law tested in the courts.
White-A fall of only six feet
from a water tower caused the death
of Ole Moen, of Laketon, near here.
He was repairing the tower when he
lost his balance and fell, striking the
ground squarely on his head, crush
ing the skull. He yet was alive
when picked up, but never regained
consciousness. He was 63 years old
and had resided in Brookings county
since pioneer days.
Mitchell-While a fire destroyed
q part of the residence property al
422 West First avenue Saturday
evening, the infant child of Mr.. and
Mrs. b. f.. Beedle slept soundly with
its milk bottle in one of the rooms
while firemen and hundreds of peo-
pie stood nearby. Its parents were
outside of the house at the time,
Each one thought that the other had
the baby. The fire was extinguished
by the department before the crib
was threatened by the flames.
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SHRUB ENEMY
BARBERRY BUSH HELPS SPREAD
BLACK STEM RUST IN
WHEAT.

Ames, Ia, March 2S-Everywhere
in Iowa lawns and hedges are har-
boring a kaiser ally which some
years helps to destroy millions of
bushels of wheat in the state
enough to make many tens of mil
lions of loaves of bread. That bread
destroying enemy is the common bar
berry bush, which may be found al
most anywhere in parks, cemeteries
and private grounds. 1t helps to
spread the black stem rust of wheat
and other cereals, which is perhaps
the most destructive of the plant dis
eases that attack growing wheat.
Wherever this destructive enemy,
the common b%arberry, can be found,
ii ought to be dug up and destroyed
at sunrise" says l. E. Melhus. of the
Iowa Agricultural Experiment sta
ton, who is cooperating in organic
ing a campaign through the midwest
against black stem rust. This
shrub plays a most important part in
the development and distribution of
the black stem rust fungus. In one
stage of it's existence the rust lives
on the barberry bush and from there
II is scattered to the grain fields. If
the barberry can be eradicated. much
will have been done to hold black
stem rust in check. This has been
proved by the experience of Denmark
and other countries which have legis-
lated against the barberry bush in
order to control rust"
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MADISON NEWS
This Case Has a Hint for Many
Leader Readers.

A Madison woman has used Doan's
Kidney Pills.
She has found them as repre-.
sented.
She wishes her neighbors to know.
She publicly recommends them.
No need to look further for a test
ed kidney remedy.
The proof of merit is here and a
be investigated.
Profit by the statement of Mrs.
Geo. Gueffroy, 421 Lincoln avenue.
She says: II am glad to recon-
mend Doan's Kidney Pills, for 1
Rnow what they are worth as a kid
ney remedy. I have used them and
so have others in my family. AT one
time my kidneys we're weak and
didn't act right at. all. l felt dull
and languid and my work was aw-
fully hard. My kidneys acted irreg-
ularly, too. / used Doan's Kidney
Pills and they soon relieved me of all
kidney complaint"
Price, so cents, at all dealers.
Don't simply ask for a k.dney-get
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same that
Mrs. Gueffroy had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
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noah said mo"
IRATE FATHER CANNOT CALL
son BACK TO FARM
AND ..MOTHER."

Aberdeen, March 28.-That even
loyal service to ones country is not
always conducive to calm and poise
is evidenced by an experience that
Lieut.. Anshelm had in this city Sun
day evening and Monday morning.
Marion l.. Noah, of DeSmet, ar
rived in the city on Sunday to enlist
in the army branch of the service.
Young Noah passed the examination
successfully on Monday and was ac-
cepted as a volunteer recruit.
Monday night Lieut.. Anshelm was
called out of bed by the irate father
of the young recruit and berated for
having taken his son from the 800
acre farm which needed his services
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TO FACE COURT
PETTIGREW EXPECTED TO BE
PLACED ON TRIAL.

Sioux Falls, March 28.-A term OF
United States court which WILSON
vene in Sioux Falls next week will be
of unusual Importance, for the rea-
SON that during the term 1t is expect
ed the trial of former United States
Senator Pettigrew, Conrad Korne-
mann, editor of the Deutsch Herold,
a local German weekly newspaper,
and Heinie Homan, a Sioux Falls
business man, will take place. All
three defendants are charged with
violations of the espionage act. All
have been at liberty on bonds since
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their arrest at periods extending
W. the past three or four months.
The Pettigrew case attracted wide
attention at the time of his arrest in
Chicago. He has been indicted by a
federal grand jury and MS ease is
expected to be among the first to be
tried at the coming session. hume
rous criminal cases are to be tried
during the term which may extend
over several weeks.
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by local applications, as they cannon
reach the diseased portion OF the ear.
There II only one way to cure deafness.
and that IL by constitutional remedies.
Deafness Is caused by an fnfiamed condi-
ton Of the mucous lining of the Eu-
Dtachian Tube. When this tube is in
named you have q rumbling oun or
imperfect hearing, and when 1t IL en-.
tirely closed, Deafness is the result. and
unless tn Inflammation can be taken out
and this tubs restored to its normal con-
dition. hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out OF ten are caused
BY Catarrh. which Is nothing but an In
named condition Of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Deafness (caused by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free
r. j. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo. Ohio
Family Pills Tor constipation.-Adv.
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f. r. Whitehead, r.. +. ID. /, Norfolk.
Va. writes: II had been suffering for
more than q year, but since taking Foley
Kidney Pills I feel almost q u man
again." They strengthen and heal weak
ened or disordered kidneys, stop sleep
disturbing bladder ailments, Danish
backache, rheumatic pains. stiffness,
Sold everywhere.
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If you saw q child on q railroad track
you would endeavor to remove the little
one from danger. When q child II 'snuf-
fling OIL coughing. isn't 1t your duty to
Quences? Foley's Honey and q gives
relief from coughs. colds. Group and
.whooping cough. Contains no opiates.
Sold everywhere.
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The Daily Leader contains the gen.
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the subscriber,
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REST READING
A MOMENT AWAY FROM THE
WAR NEWS COLUMNS.

Christian Herald: Ordinarily
when treading out barley or other
grain the Palestine farmers allow the
animals to eat all they want, the fell
lab saying that it is "harram" Ga
SIM to muzzle them. But the case
of a young animal that will overeat
and thereby injure itself is an excep-
ton, as is also the threshing of the
wheat. Wheat and bread are called
''aish" (life), and are held to be al
most sacred so that anyone wasting
or profaning them is deemed to mer-
it the punishment of Allah. So strict
are they that If a crumb of bread is
dropped by a child it is picked up by
the elder ones, kissed and laid on a
wall or in a crack where birds can
get it, rather than have 1t trodden
under foot. Therefore, it is that
when wheat is being threshed the
cattle are muzzled.
Popular Science Monthly: The
Japanese pocket stove has made it's
way around the world. 1t consists
merely of a metal box with a sliding
lid, and covered with cloth. The
unique feature of the stove is the
fuel, which is sold in the form of
sausagelike rolls. These will burn
for about three hours without giving
off any smoke or fumes. The fuel
consists of vegetable materials, con-
verted into charcoal, mixed with salt
petre, and pressed into cylindrical
form. These are dried in the I'LL
and then wrapped and packed. This
kind of stove was extensively used
by the Japanese soldiers in the Rus
so-Japanese war.
1t is not an uncommon spectacle
to see a coiored man play a har-
monica with his nostrils. When it
is done, however. it always awakens
a certain degree of wonder. Among
the Filipinos a flute is played
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-07
STEEL FOR JAPAN.

A correspondent of the New York Times,
who writes with evident understanding OF con-
ditions in Japan, says he often hears inquiry
as to why that country does not send her men
into the trenches. He explains that to make
her more effective at least a half million men
be sent and that cit requires about
twenty ship tons for one fully equipped soldier
to cross seas and oceans of 5000 miles, nearly
four times the distance from the American Dor
der to the front" He does believe that with
every available ship in war service Japan could
send an effective force to the trenches, but ne
points out that she can be of great assistance
to the allies if the United States would let her
have the steel needed in her shipyards. NO
doubt he is right about the way to get the most
aid from Japan at the earliest moment. That
country may play a larger part in the war II
the struggle continues as long as some OBJ
servers predict. But the obviously sensible
thing to do now is to make the most of her re-
sources in shipbuilding. This can be done by
sending ship plates as fast as she can use them.
An exchange of steel for ships will be to our
great advantage and to that of our allies.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-07
CLEAR FIELD FOR HARDING.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Nobody
with capacity and good sense enough
to be governor is going to be so fool
ish as to ontest with Governor Hard
ing at the coming June primaries for
the republican nomination for COVER
nor to- succeed himself Some people
question the governors capacity to
initiate, organize and administer the
business of the state. theirs reel
that the governor in his campaign for
election worked for votes rather than
for a constructive program. They
feel that he appealed to the prejud1ces
of men rather than to their judgment.
But as governor he did not go with
the Pitt-Johnson road bunch beyond
limits required by decent regard for
support given him by the bunch IN
his campaign for nomination and cleo
ton. He Is no longer highly regard
ed by James M. Pierce and Justin
Doran's tax league. And besides
these evidences of merit he has lone
the best he could in his official ca
pacity to serve the people. He has
worked hard to help push along a war
program. Nobody questions the 10y
atty OF the governor to his state and
his country. For these reasons, as
we'll as the futility and unwisdom OF
creating a political row at this time,
there will most likely be no fight on
the governor this year in the primary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-07
DONNE LLSON.

Mrs. John Dumenil Of KeoGuk,
visited home folks several days the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Wiegner of
Pennington, spent Sunday at the F.
C. Tabor home.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Hulsebus, Sunday, February "a, a
daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Roth have
moved to their farm, near Warren.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Barnhardt have
moved into the house vacated by Dr.
Helsel, while DIR. Helsel and family
have moved into their new home re
Gently purchased Of Geo. Kirchner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Frank Of Farm
ington, spent Sunday here with rela
tives.
Mrs. G. w. Warrent and daughter,
Gertrude, are visiting in Fairfield
IT. II. Donnell is slowly improving
from his recent illness, caused by
running a splinter in his finger.
H. Butler is home from a several
weeks stay in Kirksville, Mo.
Mrs. Fred Neumann returned to
her home, near Wayland, Mo. Thur5-
day, after a several days visit here.
Fred Wellington of Ottum wa, was
a business visitor here Friday.
Miss Anna Tempel Of Keokuk, spent
Sunday with home folks.
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NEWSPAPERS AND CITY ELEC
TIOkS.

Cedar Rapids Republican: Those
who wonder why the newspapers do
not take a more active leadership in
the campaigns for city elections
should not wonder at all. The news
papers are all taking the same atti-
tude. With elections going on in Des
Moines, Sioux City and other cities
it is hard to find even a paragraph
about the municipal candidates in the
papers of those cities. The truth Is
that the campaigns are so organized
and conducted that the newspapers
have few opportunities to get in The
primary system has eliminated news
papers in the ordinary political sense.
About all that they a do is to an
nounce who the candidates are and
what they are and then leave them to
the Judgment of the voters. OF
course in cases where danger existed
of the election of candidates wholly
untitled the call to the papers might
be needed by them. But where men
of almost like ability are ~contending
for the same Office, and neither one
really untitled for its duties, a news
paper has little reason to intervene
and few of them do intervene under
the present system.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-07
BOYS
"OVER THERE"

Is your boy in France?
If he is, will you send his name
and army address to The Gate City,
SO that other Keokuk boys "over
there" can get in touch with him, or
can write him?
Here is the list to date:
Harold H. Hanson, P. H. M. B, F1rsf
replacement battalion, u. s. marine
medical department A. E. F.
Harold Reed Wright, Ninety-fourth
aero squadron, A. e. F.
Lloyd 3. Wright, N~inety-fourth aero
squadron, A. E. +.
Corporal Raymond Bossler. COM
pany L, 16Sth infantry. Eighty-fourth
brigade, Forty-second division A. d.
+.
Private Oscar Klapprott, Supply Co.
16Sth infantry, A. E. F.
Calyern, D. Hennings, Co. X, Eigh-
teenth infantry, A. Z. F, France.
John Strohmaier. Co. A, 1o9th regi-
ment of engineers, Camp Cody, Dem
ing, New Mexico.
Gilbert l.. Gregory, wagner supply
company, 163th infantry, A. d. f..
Row Cassidy, Supply Co. 1Ssth
infantry A. E. F., via New York.
George C. Jenkins. u. 8. s. Ia
coma, Atlantic fleet, via New York.
B. M. Jenkins. quartermaster serg
cant. coast defense, Fort Rosecrans'
San Diego, Calf.
Earl F. Loter, 18th Field Artillery
Battery D, American ExpeditionarJ
Forces, via New York.
C. r. Spaan, 3rd aviation instruc'
ton deta chment, A. e. F. !.
Chas. Edward Bogue, motor truck
company 81, supply train 403, O. M.
c., American expeditionary forces.
Lieutenant Clarence c. Farmer,
Camp tombstone, 303 remount squad
ron, Jacksonville, Fla.
Clarence H. Swan, .. 8. navy avia-
ton forces, 4 Place d. lena, Paris,
France.
verlafn e. Center, Battery B, Field
Artillery, A. q. F. :,
Private Lenard Cochnour, Co. L
16Sth Inf, A. E. F.. via New York.
Eddie Grober, Ninety-sixth com
pany, Second battalion, Sixth regi.
iment marines, A. E. F.
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Voice Of the People

THE Gate City does not assume re
sponsibility for views expressed BY
correspondents. Writers Of commune
cations must furnish their names
not necessarily for publication, blu
for the information of the sditor.1
Says Injustice Has Been Done.
To the Editor of The Gate City.
1t appear to the writer, after read
ing your article in last evenings
Gate City under the caption. Used
Fists Against His Accuser," that a
great injustice is done Mr.. B. %. SUIT
live by the manner In which the
facts in the vase were presented.
If a biased attitude were to be
shown in this matter, it seems that
one who has been a lifelong. reput-
able citizen of Keokuk should have
benefited thereby.
Mr.. Sutlive, who is my uncle, Is q
subscriber of, and has done extensive
advertising in your paper. He Is a
property owner and a good, patriotic
citizen, who has done all in his power
for the good Of the city and the
nation. Disregarding the fact that
he was upholding the national honor,
these attributes alone should have
given him favored consideration In
the narration of this alteration.
Your article lays more stress on
| Mr.. Sutlive's injuries than upon the
nobility Of the cause for which he
! was engaged. / cannot understand
why this attitude should be shown by
The Gate City. He was accosted
and challenged by a man who has
| benefited by physical training and
who Is much younger in years, and
at the very least he did well to take
of his coat and tackle him.
AS a broad-minded. loyal citizen
you must surely see that a great in
justice has been done Mr.. Sutiive and
his family, who have taken this affair
very seriously.
AS I view 1T, the matter should
have been treated differently than in
the contemplate way in which 1t
DONALD B. McQUoID.
Keokuk, Iowa, March s, 1918.
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EFFECT OF PRICE FIXING.

Senator Lodge concludes that price fixing as
q method Of preventing profteering has proved
a failure here, as it has in France and Germany.
It's effect has been to curtail the output OF COAL
and it has tended to make an artificial sugar
famine. The wise policy, as the senator pc
lieves. would have been to stimulate and IN
crease production by every practicable means,
Mr.. Hoover was hampered by the tangle OF
priority orders and was hindered instead Oh
helped by other commissions. But the fuel
situation was ineficiently handled from the out
set by an unnecessary agency largely composed
of amateurs. Not content with fixing a pr1ce
for coal which made it impossible to Work num.
erous mines they changed the whole system OF
distribution. "a reckless experiment which made
the railroads difficulties almost insuperable.
The conclusion of the Massachusetts, senator IS
that the profiteering few could have been Ell
.f~ectively controlled by wiser means than that
of fixing prices for all.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-07
H BIGGEST MAN.

st. Louis Times: Frequently the
remark is heard: This war will de-
velop some big man for the presi-
dency."
What the war really is doing is de-
veloping millions of ordinary men into
big men. It is bringing the opportun-
ity TO their doors to do things they
never imagined they could do in the
narrower channels of life.
The biggest man at this time is not
the n who, through brilliancy or
environment, achieves something to
attract widespread attention, but the
one who gradually rises to the cali of
the many duties and sacritfces-and
acouits himself life a man.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-07
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM.

The government war machine appears TO De
working more smoothly just at present; at
least no new revelations of official lnepltude
have been brought to light within the last lew
DAYS. The criticisms have had effect to put
the department on its mettle and the 1nvestl-
cations have apparently had result to force
the Improvement of the system in various re-
spects. Nothing is so beneficial to bureaucrats
as to have their laundering and their bungling,
their mistakes and inadequacies laid bare.
Their crusted self-suf6ciency, c~ontemptuous OF
suggestion. breaks Town when their oversights
or ineficiencies have been exposed and the
temper of the people makes it clear that the
time for change of men and methods has come.
No army officer or bureau chief desires to be
Ipilloried in the press as Generals Crozier and
Sharpe have been; and even the civilian heads
of departments, Independent and complacently
i~toplofty as they may be when assured OF con-
tinued executive support and favor, are not
tinsensitive to public criticism.
The senate investigations have thus accom-
plished something; and while the admlnlstra-
ton resented inquiry and sought to stifie it by
branding it disloyal, it is manifest beyond dis
quite that nothing better could have happened
for the country than the fearless insistence OF
patriotic senators that the people should know
the truth. Honest, constructive criticism should
go on INCREASINGLY to the end OF the war. 1t
Ishould be the perpetual policy OF congress,
the press and the people, to expose official
imismanagement, extravaganza, lncompetency
wherever it exists. Even then we shall not
have an ideally efficient government. Such are
human fallability and limitations that this can
never be. But constructive criticism gives the
people the best assurance of governmental eff
6ciency that they can have under our repub-
lican system. Everlasting watchfulness and
outspoken, unsparing criticism of men and
methods which merit condemnation or demand
Improvement is the only path of safety in a
government by the people.