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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-24
CBy Henry Wood, United Press Staff
Corres nOn6pnt |

rBy Henry Wood, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, April 23-How an Am
erican lieutenant and six men held a
TOO yard front all day against the
Germans, during the recent enemy at
tack on Seicheprey, was told in the
official report of the French colonel,
who commanded the regiment which
co-operated with the Americans in re-
capturing Seicheprey and Remieres
wood.
After our joint counter attack, l
personally visited the battle front"
the colonel said.
'.E.yerywhere evidences were Wis
ible of the most desperate hand to
hand fighting, demonstrating that
the Americans, despite two hours
bombardment, defended themselves
valiantly, particularly near Layon
There two American machine gunners
died in their tracks after covering the
surrounding ground with German
dead.
"As a result of this most magnific-
emf resistance. the enemy suffered
the heaviest losses.
1.-TWO American machine gunners
were separated from their company.
Although partly surrounded, they re-
fused to retreat, standing fast under
terrific bombardment and engaging
in hand to hand combats throughout
the day
when the Germans reached the
American machine gun positions, the
Americans blew up their guns and
retreated.
Toward evening, the hospital at
G. II TN q
doctors and nurses were either kill
cd or wounded Thereupon the head
doctor of an American regiment en-
gagged volunteers, and seiZing both
French and American ambulances.
dashed through repeated barrages in
to the village, where he attended the
wounded for many hours.
AT Seicheprey an American group
broke open grenade cases and es-
| tablished themselves in the northern
I portions Of the village, maintaining
i their position throughout the day.
F.: Nine of the twenty-three were still
! alive when evening came. An Amer
! lean cook was nearly killed by a
/ grenade, but seized a rifle and fired
until he dropped dead.
"Au American lieutenant and six
men. caught on 700 yard front con
/ tinued patTollinG all DAY, keeping up
contact between the battaliors fight
ing on their right and left. One OF
/ these men who were seriously wound
ed, was ordered 10 the rear. Instead
F.; Of obeying he leaped into shell hole
and with his rifle and hand grenades
! maintained his position
Swallowed up in Allied Line.
WASHINGTON. April 24.-The ma
| t;on today was stirred at word from
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-24
Confectioners and Soft Drink
Makers to be Placed on
Ration Basis.

(lrnited Press leased Wire Service!
WASHINGTON. April Ration
ing Of confectioners and manmactnr-
ars using sugar Is coming soon, II
was learned today.
This step to follow closely the
sugar card or certificate Tor house
wives. is believed necessary TO pro
vide sugar for the canning season
about TO begin.
over 1.6S0.0Go tons of sugar are
used every year for canning frui'S
and vegetables. sugar experts De
clare All except 10000 tons Of this
fe useS nv housewives in the millions
of American kitchens.
Hoover's sugar card, while not sc
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-24
El Will Pass 81, ,75O, 900, 900
Today, According to OFF,
cial Reports.

S.ed Press Leased Wire Seryicel
DISTINCTION, April 24.-tSubscrlp-
70 the third Liberty loan We're
oaching $4,000. .0O0, 900 today. Ofh-
reports indicated the total would
sl,750, 900 900 today.
so more states. Colorado and Ari-
ofncially went over the line to-
prinsing the total number OF
which have exceeded their
Us to an even dozen.
as Cleveland federal reserve dis
mas awarded "a honor flags. In
nAnsas City district "A? flags
oeen sent out, $40 of these gotng
WINS. Forty-seven stars indicat-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-24
Al RAID WAS DARING EXPLOIT
man Garrison Fled in Panic, Crying, cts
the Americans" When Landing Par
ties Disembarked.

as artillery covering practically
hday apparently resumed his
oa today, said "strons infantry
Albert between
{, semnne slightly
thsn
Amens flowing with
drive
drive
important strategic allied military
Die
ndenbus thrstns Albert which
hut etkm mi % mort OF
hrs, tiaie reported.
sns" between oIvenchy and Robeca front Of more than
Merye In the center Of the Flanders
: broken BY brtish artillery.
evidenty before Hai9s
between the and the
tsnpsn sNus mentioned this
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-24
1000 Actors Volunteer.

TINTED Press Leased Wire Service ]
NEW YORK, April 24.-Three
thousand actors have volunteered 10
give up their work i'll the United
States and play in camps behind the
American line in France. Those
who can go -ill furnish entertain
ment in the \. n. e A. huts.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-24
Greatest Gun in World
Ready to Blast Germans
Turned Out of American Factory in Ten Week
and Said to be Marcel of Destructon

UnneaP Ieaedw Wire sel
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"a Press Leased Wire Service
eDON, April 24.-Strong Ger
Attacks were progressing early
a . nine mlle front directly
4sAmiens. Field Marshal Haig
the same time, another enemy
hi vss under way in the Albert
br, north Of the Somme. Ger
artillery was heavily lombard
the whole British front, from
Of Albert to the junction Of the
b and French lines, south Of the
me, on front Of about fifteen
ostile infantry left their trenches
kwest Of Albert at dusk. Their
Z was met with heavy rifle and
line gun fire and they were driv-
pack. In the neighborhood OF
outre, strong hostile attacks de-
ped late In the evening. The
ch repulsed them after sharp
ting. British and French artil-
inflicted severe losses on the
"
the neighborhood OF Merville,
artillery dispersed concentrations
ostile infantry"
q the majority Of the British
particularly in the Somme and
sectors, the valley OF the
pc, and the sectors north OF
une, and north and northeast OF
Isul, there was hostile artillery
Yesterday afternoon and even
| II Harbor 10 Sealed.
y. W. T. Mason, United Press
War Expert1
1W YORK. April 24.--If the dar.
british naval adventure Of Ostend
1eebrugge has sealed those har'
sainst the passage OF submarines,
IVY decline in sinkings Of mer'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-24
AGAINST German Newspapers.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK. April 24.-Colonei
Roosevelt will enter the fight against
German newspapers. He has promis-
ed to launch an attack against cir
cuIation OF German language papers
at L,usitania anniversary meeting
here May !.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-24
SCHMIDT )
MURDER
FACTORIES
Hun Who Left His Country to
Escape Military Service,
Accused Of Many
Crimes.
DAUGHTER TELLS STORY
Three Women Dropped From Sight
After Coming in Contact
With German
Suicide.
DAUGHTER TELLS STORY

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1
ROYAL OAK, Mich. April "a
Three murder plants" one at Lake
wood, N. j., one at Detroit and one
here--were reported by Helmuth
Schmidt at different times. police
were inclined to believe today. fol-
lowing revelations by Gertrude, his
eighteen year old daughter.
At least two other women in addi-
ton TO Augusta Steinbach, of New
York. are kaown to have dropped
from sight through his establish
ments.
How many others went the same
way, police do not know. The women
were attracted through the matrl-
monal advertisements. In expectation
of finding traces of bodies of some
of the victims. police were digging
up the cellar and yard of the Schmidt
home here today.
Following her fathers confession
Yesterday that he burned the body or
Augusta Steinbach, New York house
maid and his subsequent suicide Ger
trude unfolded to the police further
details Of Schmidts sordid life. She
was ordered released today by the
prosecuting attorney VINO is con
yinced she is innocent
Schmidt landed in New York IL
1918, she said, having left Germany
to escape military service. His firs1
venture was on a farm near Lake
wood. n. j., where Adel ulrich. his
housekeeper. disappeared.
! Next Irma Pallatfnus, IS, answered
Schmidt's matrimonial advertisement
was "married" to him and disappear
! ed
Other women subsequently cam
and disappeared in the Schmid
homes in Detroit and here, author
tiles declare.
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Swallowed up in Allied Line.
WASHINGTON. April 24.-Ihe ma
ton today was stirred at WORD from
England that some Americans are
now brigaded with the aliies on one
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-01-24

grace ov all kinds, and. when a
man gifts az low down az this, he
haz got az low down az be kan git
without digging"
Only a small percentage of the
sons and daughters of millionaires
could get living to-day if they
were suddenly thrown upon their
own resources. Many of them if
they were suddenly to lose their
property, could not get five dol
lar week job. They are unde-
veloped; their characters are fab
by, they lack stamina, have prac-
ticllly no initiative, are almost
powerless when it comes to self
reliance; helping themselves, be-
cause they have not been trained
to work; their self-reliance has
never been developed. Measured
by all that constitutes the full
grown man and woman, these rich
drones would rank very low.
The idle life is the weak, useless
life. No mental or moral stamina
can be built up without systematic
employment, and a worthy aim.
No matter how much money you
may have, you are growing weak
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-01-24

er, you are deteriorating, you are
a little less of man for every idle
day you spend when you are able
to work.
Work keeps people normal and
happy, but idleness attracts all
sorts Of vicious, dangerous and de-
structive things. Inherited wealth
which does away with the necessity
of work is often the worst possible
curse to the inheritor.
Nothing is truer than that an
idle brain is the devils workshop
Here is where vicious habits or
iginate; here is where the baser
passions are born and grow to ma
turity.
When a person is at work he is
comparatively free from the vicious
temptations that assail the idle
But when he ceases to work, OF
when he is idle because his father
is rich, then the trouble begins.
Then the tempter gets in his work
He lures the idfer to vicious
resorts. to get with bad people.
with the loafers and the purpose
less Dobodies. And how quickly
ones standards drop, ones ambition
and high ideals become blurred
when drawn into bad company
into the haunts of vice and
idleness!
No amount of money will pur.
chase immunity from Gods
laws. Who violates the work
law, which is the fundamental Law
of life, pays the penalty in CORE.
spending weakness of character.
mental deterioration, mental fab.
biness. Live the idle life and you
will tend to become backbone
less, spineless, staminaless and
characterless.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-01-24

man being who occupies all grades
in society, from the Judge on the
bench klean down to the ragged
thing in britches who leans against
a lamp-post and fites fys in Au-
gust.
He has biz big circle ov friends,
WHARF hiz koarse jests are re-ech.
oed, and WHARF to be in hiz konfi-
dence il considered an honor.
He IL not alwus destitute ov
kommon sense, and quite often il
the author of jests which pass up
on the unwary for humor and even
wit.
He haz no pride that is worthy,
and haz no delikasy that emmy bod
dy kan hurt.
During hiz boyhood he kills
kats and sells their hides to the
hatters, and robs all the hens nests
and arly apple trees in the nabor-
hood.
During biz middle age he begs
all the tobacco he uses, and drinks
all the cheap whiskey he kan at
sumboddy else's expense.
During biz old age he winters
in the almshouse. and summers in
the sugar hogsheads, and. when he
comes tew die, he is buried in a
dich, like an omnibus hoss, with
hiz old shoes on.
This IL trew ackount ov the
life and adventures ov the ordinary
loafer. and yet there are thousands
ov human kritters coming onto the
platform ov life every six months
whoze only ambishun iz to be sue.
cessful loafers.
The loafer kares nothing fol
publik opipyun, and this, alone,
will make any man loafer.
'sThe loafer rather covets dis.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-01-24
made real and comprehensive by
the imagery of the working life in
the fields and at home: and when

made real and COMPREHENSIVE Dy
the imagery of the working life in
the fields and at home; and when
he said. My Father worketh hith-
erto, and / work, he not only gave
a divine sanction to work. but he
made it part of the divine life"
But for the blessing of work the
human mind would 60 to pieces.
It is good, honest, regular work
that preserves the physical and
mental balance and keeps US in a
normal condition.
Gods medicine is work that we
love. Gods plan for mans devel-
opment, his growth in mental and
physical power and resourcefulness,
is work.
The human being who does not
contribute his quota to the great
forward movement of humanity
becomes a parasite, the lowest and
most degraded form of vegetable
or animal life. In America we
call the human parasite ''loafer. "
Josh Billings, in his homely ver-
nacular, gives a good description
of this creature.
''The loafer." he says, liz a hui
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-01-24
INTEMPERANCE
Brief and Illuminating Paper on Vital Subject
Read Before the Prison Chautauqua
By Uncle John


Using tobacco in any form. eth
er chewing or smoking is a habit.
But a good many of us are very
Incorporate in the use of it. A
good many young men smoke more
cigarettes than is good; for them.
Opium is freely used in their man.
ufacture and that's the only reason
so many smoke themselves to
death. believe there may be oil
in the paper-oil of nicotine and
saltpeter and opium to make the
tobacco mild-a good combination
to poison the whole constitution.
Opium and morphine are two
deadly drugs, though l don't know
much about either one; but know
this much: that man is better off
If he never tastes either one than
the man who is in the grip of both.
If the stories l have heard from
time to time about opium and
morphine are true, then the slaves
to this habit are to be pitied. l
have never seen either one, so l
cannot tell you how they look, and
l hope | never will, for what l
don't see or know doesn't bother
me,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-01-24
Beans in Japan

The Importance which the bean
has assumed in international trade
in recent years is one of the ro-
mances of commerce. While it is
true that in the far east it's worth
has has always been fairly we'll ap-
preciated, merchants of Europe
and America have only within the
last decade realized its value. To-
day ships make voyages half way
around the world with no other
cargo than beans, this condition
being brought about by the fact
that there seems to be no end of
the uses to which bean products
may be put.
The.growing of the bean stalk
itself has marked effect in bring
ing fertility to the land.
A large American corporation,
the Manchurian Developing Com
pany, has purchased tracts of land
measuring thousands of acres in
northern Manchuria with the pur-
pose of raising crops for the
American market. 1t is expected
that beans will be the principal
crop. This company has found
that in Manchuria, land of cheap
labor, the combined system of
Chinese hand labor and method
with modern machinery seems to
be the arrangement which will give
the best results at the least cost.
When this product is fully devel-
oped America will be supplied
with beans grown on American
owned land with the aid of Ameri.
can machinery, though probably
not shipped in A me1ican bottoms
Transportation of beans and bean
products each spring from New
|chwang southwark has provided
very profitable freight for several
British steamship companies. Un-
til the outbreak of the war Germany
had been the largest consumer of
these beans among western coun-
tries.
The soya bean is grown in prac-
tically every part of Manchuria,
the southern bean being slightly
more valuable than the northern,
as it contains less water and more
oil. The price of the northern
bean has been kept down consider
ably in the past, due to the poor
shipping facilities along the Chi
nese Eastern railway. 1t mightbe
mentioned that the reason why the
bean is such a valuable product is
its high protein content. The peo-
pie of China and Japan being prin-
cipally rice eaters crave food con-
tanning protein. Western people
obtain this product by eating meat;
beans supply it much cheaper.-Ex
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-01-24
EAR MY native home in
the New Hampshire
mountains there was a

Ne8G4lN the New Hampshire
HHS8EN mountains there was a
lgGyMgy beautiful brook of spark
ling water which came tumbling
down mountain side. / used to
think the brook was happy because
the sparkling water leaped so buoy
antly from rock to rock and ledge
to ledge on its way to the valley.
1t was evidently fed by a wonder
full spring way up the heights.
But at the bottom of the mountain
this brook ran into valley from
which it had no outlet, and there
the water which fed it underwent a
remarkable transformation. 1t lost
its sparkle. Its wonderful fascin-
ating music, as it tumbled over
rocks and leaped down the water
falls, all ceased. A green scum
gathered on its surface. Frogs,
lizards, water snakes, turtles.
muskrats, all sorts of vermin and
insects gathered there, until what
had once been a thing of joy and
beauty became a most repulsive
sight. In summer time the pool
would almost dry up and become a
foul malarial swamp.
AS long as the brook was work
ing, while it tumbled over the
rocks and down the mountain side,
singing as it went, it was pure,
sparkling, and apparently joyous
and happy, but when its activity
ceased it began to deteriorate. Its
whole nature was changed. 1t lost
it's freshness and beauty and be-
came a source of disease.
This is practically what would
happen to the human race if man
should cease to work. Where
growth activity stops degenera-
tion begins. But for our days
work, the necessity of regular,
systematic exercise of our faculties,
we would revert to barbarism.
''Use or lose'' is Natures motto.
Everything that is not in use de-
teriorates. Everything that is idle
is already on the way to the scrap
heap.
In the Creators plan of the uni
verse activity, motion, was sevi-
dentIy intended to be a great puri-
flying, beautifying, eficiency-de-
veloping force of the world, Normal
work everywhere and always inn
proves human beings, educates,
trains and enlarges them, while
idleness everywhere and always
causes deterioration, just as the
mountain brook deteriorated when
it ceased to fulfill it's purpose
move forward toward the great
sea.
He who loves work gains all
the favors of the gods" says DR..
Frank Crane.
Instead of being a curse, work is
mans greatest blessing. There is
no one thing that has ever done SO
much for humanity, that has given
so much happiness, saved so many
human beings from despair, and
kept so many from suicide; no one
thing that has called forth so many
hidden resources, developed and
strengthened so many powers Of
mind and body as has work.
DR.. Richard G. Cabot of the
Harvard Medical School says: "A
human being is a creature wht
cannot be healthy or happy or use
full unless his balance is preserved
by motion, by change, by action
by progress" In other words, nc
man or woman can be healthy
happy or useful if not engaged ir
useful, productive work. work thai
will be of some service to man
kind.
Many people have a sort o.
vague impression that a happy
constructive life is thing apar
from the days work, that it is ,
mystical something, determined
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-01-24
THE RED CROSS

How broad is the Red Cross?
1t is as broad as the
skill of the surgeon in the
story of lessening pain. How
long is the Red Cross? AS
long as the nurses vigil
watching the wingless
hours. How deep is the
Red Cross? As deep as
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-01-24
URING the years that !
have been a member of
this Circle / have heard
ahO,it every s1hiect that

can be brought up. but 1 never yet
heard a paper read before this Cir
Gle on intemperance. Now, this is
a very big subject and should re-
ceive more consideration than il
really does. Most all of us are in
temperate without thought. Ig-
norant in many ways we endanger
our health by one thing or another
and the result is that our system
Graves for a satisfying stimulant.
There are men who are not able to
eat meal without having their
plates black with pepper. This is
a very bad habit. Too much pep.
per is very harmful to the stomach
1t makes the blood hot and fever.
ish.
lntemperance in eating and
drinking has always been the cause
of the downfall of all nations from
Noah time down to the present
day. 1t has always been the enc.
my to peace and happiness. 1t has
sent more people to eternity than
all the wars of the world combined.
And what of the shame and sorrow
of the innocentg
One should never hurry in eat
ing. Hurrying is not the right
kind of exercise. Half of our
tired feelings" are due to the
consumption of indigestible food
or Incorporate in drinking.
We are great nation for con-
suming patent medicine. Millions
of gallons of unknown fluids are
put in our stomachs, made from
cheap ingredients, poor alcohol or
other narcotics. And. this medi-
cine is chiefly bought to get the al.
cohol. Thousands upon thousands
of men ruin their health by over
loading their stomachs with these
patent medicines and drugs.
Alcohol taken in any form is
poison to the body; it affects the
stomach; it disturbs the circula-
tion; it skaters the nerves, as the
trembling hands. the red nose and
the wavering eye of the drinker
prove.
Now the question is, why dc
men drink? l have thought OF
this many times; I have heard 9th
ers talk about the same question,
but have never heard the correct
answer. Some. say it is a habit;
others say man drinks to forget
his troubles, or to make them seem
smaller. He seems to think he
can do almost anything when he is
inebriated. But all he gains is
more trouble; not alone for him.
self, but also for those who are de-
pendent On him.
Drinking is not habit; l am
convinced of that. have known
men who left team and plow iD the
field and walked seven miles to gel
a drink. l have known men, who
every year regularly, went to
town to indulge in liquor for a day
or two and the rest of the year did
not touch a drop. / have known
a man of good standing, fine fam
lily, good position and host OF
friends, who never tasted liquor OF
any kind up to his forty third year,
when all at once he began drink
ing for no apparent reason what
lever; and a few years later be was
an Outcast in the community. His
wife died of broken heart; be
lost his good position, his friends
all went back on him, and what
became of him after that do not
know. These are facts.
1t seems to me that the man who
drinks to excess has inherited the
craving for alcohol, or other stimu.
lants. l may be wrong but l ven
Iture to say that | am not far from
1.-THE truth.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-01-24

and life and death heaven
touched earth and Mercy and
Truth embraced. Make it
therefore a red cross year,
year full of hope and chari-
ty so linked to daily activities
that Joy will be its portion.
BY Robert Nelson Spencer.