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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-09
The Crucial Moment
Drawing is REPRODUCED from photograph of the final test
of Anna Cases Lucia RECREATION.

CREATION has met the test of tests. II can
be released for the December list.
Tests similar to this one have been held
more than 1900 times In public. More than
thirty famous artists have participated in them,
singing or playing in direct comparison with
their own RE-CREATIONS. More than two
million people have attended these Edison
tone tests. Several hundred music critics have
reported them and the verdict has been unan-
iu,ous that the voice of the artist and the
instrument are indistinguishable.
No other sound reproducing instrument
has ever been subjected to the searching tone
test. No other instrument could successfully
meet so drastic trial. When you listen TO
the New Edison you are hearing the artists
own voice, RE-CREATED with complete
fidelity. On any other ins':1msn, ,op are
hearing not q RE-CREA-soN. eu, D.'sl.
an imitation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-09

MOTE the alert concentration expressed In
~ every face. 1t Is \ tense moment In tho
Edison Recording Laboratories. Anna Case,
tho wonderfully gifted soprano Of the Metro
poli.an Opera Company, is testing the quality
Of the RECREATION she has made of the
famous Mad Scene from Lucia. A jury COM
posed of other eminent artists and OF labora-
tory experts Is listening intently.
The instrument begins TO play the RE-
CREATION. Miss Case joins In. Through
the bare room scared that beautiful voice,
thrilling in its dramatic intensity. Suddenly
the artist ceases. The instrument continues
alone. Can one shade of difference DO detect
ed? That is the question. Are the living voice
and its RECREATION exactly alike, or can
one be told from the other1 Is some subtle
shade Of tone color missing from the RE-
cREATIONi Is some CLINT Of warmth and
ore lacking1 The answer is mo" The RE
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-09

The steamer Mariposa delivered at
Duluth cargo of several thousand
tons OF ferro-rnarganese ore, valued at
more than 100000. The ore is for
the iron and steel working industries
IN the tempering of ordinary ores
from the Minnesota iron ranges.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-09

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10000 persons lined tie route
scheduled socialist TarcGe in /
apolis enc day last week. rs a I
against the red flag. A mere HI
of professional agitators walked
of the way between silent lincs]
tenders OF the Stars and Stripd
not red flag fluttered.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-09

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-09

Inc annual meeting of the mem
ners OF the Iowa State Insurance COM
pshy (MutuaD will be held at the
uliice Of the company in the city Of
%eokuk, Lee county, Iowa, at 2
" CLOCK p. m. on the second Monday
IN January, 1919.
G. C. TUCKER, Secre.ary
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-09
SLUGCING MATCH
FOR SOLDIERS
Army and Navy Men Who Are
Handy With the Mitts Will
Go Against Boxers
of England.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHATHAM, England. Dec. g.
Uncle Sam is all ready to start his
second foreign war.
1t will begin this week, when the
best representatives of the United
States army and the United States
navy, discarding bayonet and depth
charges fer the padded mitt, will try
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-09
Excellent Health of NAVY.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. I
WASHINGTON, Dec. e. The
health of the navy was excellent and
the mortality rate low during the
war, according to the annual report
today of the surgeon general. ANY
defects In the health system were at
tributable to the unpreparedness for
the big personnel used in the war, it
was said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-09

resentative, and, owing to I.
(Heinen's) illness, it is probabl,
Cox will be the only America
that class. Fisher and O'Keef,
are ill and may not be able
pear.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-09
Poetic License.

81. Paul Pioneer Press: The SOL
uier mother, in poetry, is "a little
=, nld woman with snowy hair" Need
,ess TO say. the description is not
aopuiar with the host of young sol
oiers' mothers.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
DEATH COUNTS TEN
 ON TERRY M'GOvERN
Former Featherweight Cham pion Lost Title at
 Hartford in 1902.

New York, Feb. 22.~-Terry Me- Govern, former worlds featherweight champion, died Ut the Kings County hospital at 9:25 this morning. He had been i'll only two days. Pneu- monia and kidney trouble, complicat- cd with other ailments, brought on the boxers end within 4S hours from the time he was removed in all am bulance from hls Brooklyn home to the hospital. His wife was with him when he died. McGovern had one son. Joseph, aged l9.
 McGONern was reputed to have earned several hundred thousand dol lars during his fighting career. After his retirem ent from the ring he con- ducted saloons at various times and was frequently in institutions because Cf ill health. He Uas a free spender and his forums had so dim finished Q. few years ago that Samuel Harris, who was his manager al the height of his boxing success, raised a fund on McGovern't behalf, From this money, Mrs. McGovern has received an income of S35 a week.
 Joseph Terrence McGovern was born at JohnStown, Pa, March g., 1880. His parents moved to Brock lSn lt year later and Terry" as he was known to followers of pugilisnl, was brought up in the Gowanus dis tricS of Brooklyn, where he resided until his death
 When he was 5 years cid McGov- orn took part in preliminary bouts at the old G"cnnwood Athletic club His rushing tactics and heavN-hitting powers enabled him to score q, sue CCssiOn of knock outs before he was 11. His phenomenal success soon earned him the sobriquet of ''Tcrrible Terry His first losing fight was when he was disqualified for fouling Tim" Callaghan of Philadelphia, at the Bay Ridge 4, c, long before he earned the American championship utle.
 on Jan 3, 1900, McGovern won the featherweight championship by Knocking out George Dixon, the clever negro titleholder Two years later. on ThnnkseiVing day. at Hartford, Conn. McGovern lost the title to Young" rnrhc1t of Denver. Col. who knocked the cham piun out in the second round.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
DICTATORSHIP FEAR
 A MYTH, SAYS COLT
Rh ,de Island Calls Attention to Ne cessity of Giving President
 Broad Powers

Providence, R. l., Feb. 22.--Con- gress will continue to place wide pow CTS and the resources of the nation in the hands of President Wilson and the country need have no fear of a dictatorship Senator Colt of Rhode Island declared today in an address to mem bers of the state general as semb bly,. on the occasion of Washing toms birthday.
 Congress realizes the necessity of unity, concentration and co-ordination in time Of war" said Senator Colt, and that to accomplish these ends the president must have enlarged powers. Congress also finds in the great war powers conferred by the constitution upon the legislative branch of the government abundant Justification for clothing our com mander-in-c chief with every auth ority necessary to win the war But when the war ends we shall retain on the statute books no more of the present legislation than is ompatibIe with public interest and in full accord with the personal rights of the individual under the constitution
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
SITUATION IN RUSSIA HAS NO
 EFFECT ON OTHER WAR FRONTS

troops to man the transportation lines and give the best opportunity for guerilla warfare. Eventually they think the vast extent of Russian ter ritory and the great population will form q more definite movement of re- siStance.
 Tile government will receive a de- tailed report from Brigadier General Judson, who has just returned from duty at the American embassy in Pct rograd.
 The turn of events in Russia, in the view here, swings upon the object of the German high command in re- newinG operations. The capture of war material from an unresisting foe is considered of no great importance and the capture of thousands of pris- oners is regarded as an added embar- rassment in many ways. The taking of Pctrograd. it is conceded, might be desirable for it's effect in Germany and particularly in Austria.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22

Washington, Feb. 22.--The Ameri- can general staff is watching the new German sweep into Russia. with little more than academic interest. quite convinced that Russia is no longer a military factor to be considered and that the situation has little bearing, for the. present at least, upon the other battle fronts.
 Large captures Of military stores bear little relation to the equipment of troops on the Italian or west fronts. officers here say, as the guns and rifles captured can be of use only as long as the ammunition supply captured with them holds out.
 Observers both here aud in Russia, it is understood. are satisfied as the German drive continues it will meet with moro resistance. The greater the distance the Germans advance the more effective would be that resist anCe. the military experts say. sin cc 1t would require great mum bers of
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
STIFF ORDER TO BAKERS.
Must Use 20 Per Cent of Substitutes
 for Flour.

Washington, Feb. 22.-State food administrators were ordered today to enforce strictly the food administra- tion's rule requiring bakers to use 20 per cent of wheat four substitutes in all bakery products by February 24.
 This rule," a telegram sent to the administrators said, 'is an important link in the food administrators wheat conservation program, upon the success of which depends our ability to supply the Allies with the wheat flour that is essential to their victory and ours. The list of the substitutes is widespread"
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22

lines. Private ,Rouillard is the first New Britain member of the American EXpeditionary Forces to meet hls death abroad and to him belongs the honor also of having been one of the first local men to volunteer for serv- ice overseas in the great war.
 The young soldier was the son Of MT. and Mrs. Philias Rouillard, of If Beatty street. and this afternoon they received a brief telegram from the War department advising them of their sons tragic death. The War de- partment notified the parents inmedi- ately upon it's receipt of the day S death roll cabled over by General Pershing Details concerning the death of the young soldier are lacking, the only information being that it oc- cured on February ', the result of an accident.
 Private Rouillard was 24 years old when he enlisted in Company F, then of the First Connecticut Infantry, last summer. He went to New Haven with that command and when it was merged into the 1uGd U, $. Infantry he remained with the same unit and went to France last fall. He had written frequently to his mother, father and brother and all of his let ters were full of cheerful news and breathed a spirit of patriotic deter imitation to do his bit for Uncle Sam in fighting the Boche.
 The dead soldier is one of three brothers who are fighting in the Am erican Expeditiona1y Force. One of the brothers, Albert Rolillard, is a private in Company E, the same con- mand that the dead soldier was Q member of, and the other brother is l a member of Company I, also recruit ed in this city. Just before he Company F., James Rouillard re- marked. "Yes we're all in the army. 1 And if you want any more, ny younger brother, Joseph, is ready to go.''
 MT and Mrs. Rouillard, parents of l the dead soldier, are stunned at the ! tragic news which came to them this [ afternoon. It is understood that Pr,-
 vate Rouillard's remains will be ! buried somewhere in France until 1 after the war, when they will prdb- I ably be brought back here to his na- [ tive city.
 While William Denby, son of Mrs. 1 Catherine Denby of Pleasant street,
 was the first New Britain native son
 to die fighting in this great war, he
 was a member of the Canadian Ex- 1 peditionary Force. Thus Private l Rouillard is the first New Britain
 member of the American Expedition 1 arv Force to make the supreme sac- l rifice
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
**DEFENSE TO THE DEA
 ISSUED BY BOr
RUSSIAN NAVY IN DAM
 FALLING MTG

London. Feb. 22.--Disorganiza ton in the Russian navy has reached an hood of any order being obeyed, ac- cording to an Exchange Telegrap ph despatch from Petrograd. The naval authorities at Reval report that in order to save the Russian navy from the hands of the Germans it will he nee essary to remove the ships at Re- val and Helsingfors to Kronstadt.
 This, however, is believed to be inn possible owing to their disuse. Up to this time only submarines have been removed from these ports. The ques-
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
TO MD SICK UTILITIES.
NcAdoO Authorized to Investigate
 Distressed Companies.

Washington. Feb. 22.--President Wilson has authorized railroad ad- ministration to interest itself in the affairs of trolley, light and power companies through the country whose financial standing may be endan- gered by increased operating costs. Director General McAdoo has been directed to ommunicate with local authorities of utilities found in need of assistance and where ii appears necessar ry increases in fares and rates may be suggested.
 This plan is outlined in correspond. ence between the president and the director general published today
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22

With the American Army in France, Feb. 22 (By the Associated Press)- Tn a patrol fight, Americans from units under instruction in the famous Chemin-Des-Dames sector, killed one > German and captured another. One American was slightly wounded.
 This is; the first time it has been permitted to reveal the fact that new American units have entered the line. The troops have been there for some time, suffering slight casualties, but their presence was kept secret unti it was certain the enemy knew they were there.
 Details of the patrol fight are as yet unavailable by the unofficial re- port that the prisoner taken was cap- tured Single-handed by a young American from one of the New Eng land states who, during the engage ment, dropped into a shell hole on top of a German hiding there and later brought him in.
 The American forces entered the line on one of the darkest of nights , through a shell-pitted region dotted with sheIl-wrecked towns. The French general commanding the sec tor. a hero of the Marne, greeted them as comrades in arms and kissed the American flag.
 The artillery duel continues night and day but only slight damage has been done to the American lines. , American shells appear to be hitting important enemy positions with regu- larity except when a ground haze ob- scures observation.
 Activity in the air has not dimin- ished and numbers of German ma chimes continue to cross the Amee- ican lines.
 A large number of German guns are now opposite the American sec tor.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
BTTTNITNOUS FAILS OFF.
Geological Survey BlameS Railroads
 for Heavy Slump.

Washington, Feb. 22-Bituminous coal production in January was at the lowest rate since September. 1916. In making public the figures today the geological survey planes the slump entirely on railroad congestion The January output was 42,727,OOO tons, an average of 1,648, GOO tons daily.
 "In the face of need greater than ever bcfore," said the surveys state ment the country entered the sec ond month of the year some 5000, GOO tons behind the mark set in January, 19I7"
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
Expect German Public,s Aid

Petrograd, Thursday, Feb 21.- a proclamation announcing they agreed to sign German peace ter the Peoples commissaries decd they arc firmly convinced that German working classes will not I5 init the Russian revolution to crushed by the Tnilitarists. Apr is made 10 local councils to increS efforts to re-organize the Russ1 army.
 The proclamation. which is dressed to Russian workmcn and pd ants. says:
 We agreed to sign peace terms the cost of enormous concessions order 10 save the country from ft exhaustion and the ruin of revolutA Once more the German working clI in this threatened hour. has shol itself insufticiently determined to sI tho strong criminal hand of it's cI mll1tarism. We had no choice bud accept the conditions of German pcrialism until a revolution chanl or cancels them.
 The German government is hastening to reply to us, eyider aiming to seize as many import positions in our territory as Dossi The enemy has occupied Dvinsk. w der and Lutsk and is continuing strangle by hunger the most impc ant centers of the revolution.
 We even now are convinced u the German working classes will against the attempts of the rulI classes to sti1e the revolution, but cannot predict with certainty WI this will occur. The German impI iaIists may hesitate at nothing for purpose Of destroying the authority the councils and taking the land fri the peasants.
 ''The commissaries call on all lo| councils and army organizations use all efforts to recreate the arr] Perverted elements of HooIiga marauders and towards should be pelled from the ranks and, in event of resistance, wiped off the fs of the earth.
 The Bourgeoisie who, under Kert sky and the czar, evaded the burd of war and prof1ted from it's nisf, tunes, must be made to fulfill tn duties by the most decisive and mi clless measures
 The commissioners appeal to country also intimates that the Gd mans plan the capture of Petrogrd
 Defense to the Death.
 'The German generals" 1t says, I'd sire to establish their own order Petrograd and Kiev. The republicl in the gravest danger. The duty Russian woTkn1en and peasants is fense to the death of the repub against the masses of bOurgeoisie a in7periaIists of Germany"
 An Exchange Telegraph dispat from Petrograd says the evacuati of Finland has been ordered by 1 commissioners.
 Defense to the death against G, many is ordered in the proclamati of the Russian commissioners. Re ter's Petrograd correspondent te graphs. The commissioner appeal the soldiers to destroy railways a provisions and compel the bo, geoisie to dig trenches under pena of death.
 Although the delegates sent by f Russian commissioners to inform f Germans officially of Russia's can't lation departed for -Dvinsk wednesd, no news has been received frry,,, f he says an announcement made bv [
 Continued On Fifteenth Page,,
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
DR~tF7TED MEN COIN G

The first and second district ex- emption boards. which yesterday an- nounced the names of the men who are going next Wednesday as the last 15 Der c,snt. of the first draft quota, today received notice from the rail- r,a q co,1cerning the hour of depar- turo. The train taking the men to Ctap1r pcven9 will leave the local passenger station at 9;15 a. ID,
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
French Ambassador Says His Spirit Should Animate Country RESULT OF WAR CERTAIN
''Tle Work Must Be Done So That It May Not Have to Be Done Over Again. His Reference to War- Address by Senator Harding.

Washington, Feb. 22.-The memory of Washington was extoIled by M. Jus- serand, French ambassador and Sen- ator Warren G. Harding, of Ohio, in addresses delivered at a comne1nora- tive mass meeting held here today un- der the auspices of the Sons and Daughters of the American RevoIu- ton.
 ''Every ybody,' said NJ. Jusserand, Knows the unanimity of feelings of all French people who ever met Wash ington; how, during our revolution, French citizenship was bestowed on him as being one of the benefactors of humanity and how, when he died, the French nation went into mourning, officers wore crepe, and our flags were flown at half-mast.
 ITO conduct oneself well is d harder task in days of gloom and anxiety. In both, Washington stands a model He knew all the trouble which may result from delays, mishaps and mismanage- ment, but never thought of a patched up peace.''
 The am bassador said that Frederick the Great, who, while entertaining American envOys sent during the revo- lutlOn to arrange a commercial treaty wrote his brother, Prince Henry, that he intended ito drag out negotiations so as to take the side for which for tune shall declare herself'' He de- scribed as a German invention the story that Frederick had presented Washington with a sword bearing the inscriptions:
 From the oldest general in Europe to the greatest in the world''
 Resist as Washington Did
 Referring to the present war, M JusseraDd declared:
 The fight ds on. As we shall no more resist than Washington did. even at this most perilous hour, the result is certain. The work must be done so that it may not have to be done again. In this we are, all of us, with you whose enthusiasm, valor, resourcefulness and inexhaustible gen. erosity bring US such cheer and com fort''
 Senator Harding declared that the time had come to apply the nlaXinls contained in Washington'S farewell address concerning the pernicious ef- al emergency.
 "In our mighty development we have added to the peri1s of which Washington warned,' asserted the senator. "The danger has not been in party association, but in party ap- pear or surrender to faction. Our growth, our dversifcation, our nation wide communication, our profit-bearing selfishness; these have filled the land with organized fac tions, not geographic icaI as Washing ton so much feared, but commercial, industrial, agricultural and profea- sional each seeking to promote the interests of it's own, not without jus tification at times but often a men, ace in exacting privilege and favor through the utterance of political threats. If popular government is to survive, it must grant exact justice to all men and fear none"
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
SAVED BY MEATLESS DAYS.

Washington. Feb. 22.-Meatless days in the United States have saved l4o'ooo.0oo pounds of beef in four months, the food administration pro- nounced today. During this period l62.ooo'o0o pounds of beef were ex- ported to the Allies together with loo,oeo'o"" poun6is Of pork products.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
PROTECT WAR ADVERTISING
Women Join Movement to Make De- struction Penal Offense

New York, Feb. 22.-Art, civic and wornen's organizations here joined to- day in an appeal to President Wilson and congress urging enactment of federal legislation making it penal offcn@e to dcface or obitnrate gov eInluent NDr advertising.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
Allied Embassies Cling to Posts

London, Feb. 22.-The allied bassies in Petrograd. according t despatch from the Russian capita the Morning Post dated Monday, h been besieged by anxious inquit who have been assured that as as is known at present the embas will quit the city of the Germ come but not otherwise, The al it is added, have no intention of al donfng their once greatest ally.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
ESTHONIAN REGIMENT DESERTS
 AND GOES OVER TO INTAD1

Berlin, Feb. 22.-(Nia London)- A regiment of Esthonian troops has gone over to the Germans, the war office announces. The German troops
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22

trance of the GuN of Finland, and advanced beyond( Ronneburg, Vol mar and Spandan. They marched into Rieshitsa, About 100 miles south east of Riga, and were received with rejoicing by the inhabitants, the statement says.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
' sF77 ----F-"s- ---5sz"#=='t--r7 s7- WEATHER.

.tartforu. Feb. 2o.-Torctast ro; New Britain and vicinity. Generally cloudy. probably with SnoN tonight and Saturday: slowly ri>inc temperature.