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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-24

Fredericksburg officers Sunday cap
tured an automobile loaded with
whisky and arrested the driver, James
Nathaniel Johnson, Of Hopewell.
When the car was 'unloaded it: was
found 496 pints of whisky were count
ed. Johnson will be tried on the charge
of transporting liquor, and also with
carrying concealed weapon. After
the authorities here finish with him,
he:will be turned over to the Federal
authorities, by whom he is wanted.
Over 1000 pints of whisky have been
seized in automobiles passing through
Fredericksburg within the past ten
days..
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18
BRING ExToRTIoNERs TO BOOK.

| Arguing for his bill to make the storage OF
Ifoodstuffs for the purpose of cornerlng the mar
Iket a felony Senator Poindexter declared ina.
the existing law does not cover many cases tla'
arise. We face the most gigantic undertaking
of the centuries, and no other matter Is hal1 as
Imomentous as that of food. Millions OF dollars
worth of it is hidden away and other mlhons
worth has. as he charges, been dumped into nv
ers in order that high prices may thus be NAM
ltained.
The offenses this act proposes to prevent
were known of old under various names and
punishable by common law. Forestaling com
pretended all unlawful endeavors to enhance
commodity prices Ingrossing was the pfae-
tice of buying in gross and selling in gross and
was an indietabe offense. A regrator was one
with food sufficient for his needs who bought
more with a view to holding it until prices
rose Regration was common practice during
the war of the revolution, and was roundly con-
demned by General Washington. In times OF
normal prosperity and abundance profiteers
cannot bring great hardship on the country I'M
less they combine, as they sometimes do, to OPP
crate on gigantic scale. But in the present
DAYS of world wide dearth INSCRIPTIONS extor-
TONERS can bring distress upon the land; and 1t
is important that the government should have
power to bring them to book.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18
ReautifuI Dream ,Ended.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Jan. 1S.-Unul a few
short months ago life was a ",beauti-
full dream" for John Karas, He stood
behind his bar in Cicero and smiling
ly rang up the change. Business
doomed. and John decided to hire a
beautiful bar maid to attract still
more trade and relieve him somewhat
of the heavy work at the cash regis
ter He hired Angela Zalesky and
all these things happened
His wife sued him for divorce
and he met contempt proceedings
face to face for failure to pay alimony.
HE was arrested for selling liquor
to soldiers in uniform.
"a federal official found the bar
maid had signed his wife's name to
get him released on bonds and he
was again carried back to jail, charg-
ed with subornation of perjury.
His place was robbed of most
OF the stock and many of his person
al belongings and he lost his license.
1.-The maid told the state author
tiles she wanted to prefer serious
charge against Karas.
6-He became i'll in the county jail.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18
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FOR INDIGESTION.
OR BAD STOMAo
RELIEVES URINE G,
HEARTBURN, DYSPEPSIA
IN FIVE MINUTES.

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that gives it its millions of sales
nually.
Get large fifty-cent case of PAP
Diapepsin from any drug store
is the quickest. surest antacid a
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18
A QUESTION OF LOYALTY

glittering surface of the marvel
Gus material process of achieve
ment, and seen how the soul of
Germany has been eaten away by
the virils poison of Prussianism;
unless YOU have watched and
followed the appalling transfer
nation of German mentality and
morality under the nefarious and
puissant influence of the priest
hood OF power worship. you do
not know the Germany of this
day and generation.
Then comes this indictment OF tn,
Germany of today:
The Germany which brought
upon the world the unreasonable
disaster of this war and at whose
monstrous deeds and doctrines
the civilized nations of the earth
stand aghast, started into def
mite being less than thirty years
ago / can almost lay my fin
gers upon the date snd circum-
stances of it's ill omened advent.
And finally there came "the
day. in which the new course"
fatally and inevitably was bound
l.
took the Prussian' and Prussian-
ized rulers up high mountain
and showed them all the riches
and power of the world. Showed
them the great countries and
capitals of the earth teeming
with peaceful lahor-Brussels,
Paris, London, aye, and New
/. York, and told them: Look at
these. Use your power ruth
lessly and they are yours And
those rulers did not say. Get
thee behind me, Satan" but
they said: 60 ahead, Satan, and
we shall follow YOU" and follow
him they did and brought upon
the green earth the red ruin of
hell.
Mr. Kahn has not lost faith in tn
German people. He hopes, apparen,
~, for a dawning of sanity anon
hem which will bring freedom fror
the bondage of the Hohenzollerns
For he says:
And when the soul of the Ger
man people will have freed itself
from the sinister powers that
now keep it in ban and bond
age, when it will have found
again the high impulses and aims
of it's former self, when it will
understand once more and speak
the universal language of hu..
mainly and right, then, in Gods
own time. there will be peace.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18

| There is measure of pathos in
the attitude of Otto III. Kahn toward
the questions raised by the war. Mr..
Kahn, one of New York's most prom
inent financiers, is native OF Ger
many Much of his big fortune has
been gathered in America, some Of 1t
through financial transactions with
German interests. Although he has
made his home in America for de-
cades he has been in close touch
with Germany and has visited his
native land frequently.
An address which he had prepared
for delivery before the Chicago Bank
ers' club, and which he was unable
to read because his train from New
York was delayed by the blizzard,
has been given to the public. In it
he says.
Il do not apologize for, nor am
l ashamed of my German birth.
But l am ashamed-bitterly and
grievously ashamed-of the Ger
many which stands convicted be-
fore the highest tribunal of the
worlds public opinion of having
planned and willed war; of the
revolving deeds committed in
Belgium and northern France; of
the infamy of the Lusitania MUIR ,
ders; of innumerable violations
of the Hague convention and the
law of nations: of the abomin-
able and perfidious plotting in
friendly countries and shameless
abuse of their hospitality; of
crime heaped upon crime, in de
fance of the laws of God and
man.
l cherish the memories of my
youth, but these very memories
make me cry out in pain and
wrath against those who have
befouled the spiritual soil of the
old Germany in which they were
rooted.
Expressing regret at the failure OF
some of the German-born American
citizens to regard as sacred their
oath of citizenship here, by inference
he assigns a reason for their atti
tude in the following paragraph:
There are some of you. prob
ably, who will still find it hard
to believe that the Germany you
knew can be guilty of the crimes
which have made it an outlaw
among nations. But do you know.
modern Germany? Unless you
have been there within the last
twenty-five years, not once or
| twice, but at regular intervals;
| unless you have looked below the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18
A true devotee does not require arguments
for the existence of God; he trusts his intui-
tion.-Sri Amanda Acharya.
A LIBEL ON OUR SOLDIERS.

Official reports to our war department and
the testimony of army chaplains refute the
libelous statements that our boys in camps and
our soldiers across the sea are not leading clean
and temperate lives. Fanatics who would
make it a courtmartial offense for soldier IN
France to take when not on duty, glass OF
beer or the light wine Of the land have brought
or sent home or fabricated tales Of debauchery
and immortality; but the consensus OF trust
worthy observers official and unofficial, gives
all such lurid narratives the lie. Our canton
ments are almost if not absolutely bone dry.
Their moral conditions are highly satisfactory
and our boys are less exposed to temptation
and better off, in the Judgment Of impartial OBJ
servers-pastors and Y. NJ. c. a. workers
than they were at home or would be in any edu-
cational institution Of the land. AS for our sol
diers in France. all reliable accounts agree that
they are sober, manly, clean and self-respecting
Fanatics on social questions should not be al
lowed to smirch them and distress their families
with Iibelous tales that have no foundation in
fact
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18
ToDAY,s BIT OF VERSE
SPlRATION.

INSPIRATION
Fame called loudly, but he never heard
Wealth beckoned, but his dToEsy eyes we-e oEaaG
Love whispered, softly, Seek AID yCl shall ind
The golden goal" 10. ne scaEcssg stirred
His mind was rnazed with dreams blurred
With cloudy. forInless tho1gaEss EEz EE4 GlFl1s1s
H His work lay unattended UNDERSIGNED
Awaiting Inspirations magic wgEEs
Then came a figure ugly, seowEzG G-=ar
And scourged this dreamer tsB his llsE Gs suEEss
And toiled, in mingled wonder. Ea11 a12 lear
Till in good a masterpiece ETuszEEts
For Inspiration had brought this 10 De-
Under the mask of grim Necessity
-Be-soz B-aleF.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18
AMEND RAILWAY CONTROL BILL,

Two amendments to the railway control bill
are before the senate, both Of which aim to in
sure the automatic reversion Of the railways to
private ownership as soon as the war is over,
They will be opposed by the government own
ership theorists whose weightiest argument is
that the immediate REIMBURSEMENT of federal
control during the period Of readjustment
would add to the confusion of trying epoch.
AS the bill now stands it will require the af
tirmative action of congress to restore the rail
ways of the country to their owners, and many
thoughtful persons believe that it would be
wiser to obviate the necessity of this by pro
viding in the law for the restoration of tn
properties as soon as the war shall cease.
As for government purchase Of the transpor
tation system of the country, unless all indica
tons are at fault the people will be less di:
posed to favor this when the war is over tina
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18
Confession of Robbery,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, Jan. 1S.-Three men
are being held by the central police
following the sensational confession
of Leon Houlhihan that he and his
brother. John J. Houlihan. and Chas.
Mcmahon planned and executed the
daring $4,000 robbery from the safe
of the Commonwealth Edison com
pany last Monday
John j. Houlihan was assistant
paymaster of the company. The men
held are the two Houlihans and Chas.
Mcmahon,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18

an unreflecting element of them is today.
When the country is paying interest on many
billion dollars of debt there is little probaplnty
that it will run the risk OF adding TO Its pur-
dens interest charges on fifteen TO elghteen oli-
lions more; and only rash administration !
would consider it feasible to raise by an issue oil
bonds the enormous sum required TO take oVei
the roads.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18

money to buy one when it was
covered there was no flag in the p3
and Judge Trude had sentenced Al
ust Schultz to kiss-th flag to prd
his Americanism.
Schultz ran foul of Sandy Al
land. of the "biack watch" who II
looking for recruits. Sandy did
like Schultz's response to the inyj
ton to abandon multi" and Sch1
was arrested. Schultz kissed
flag.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18
Messengers Thrilling Ride.

l United Press Leased Wire SERVE
CHICAGO, Jan. lS.-David R. Co
er. express messenger for the w
Fargo on Wabash trsin No. Is. eli
to the outside of his car while
train was running sixty miles an b
between Campus and EnlinysNnl
distance of six miles. until he !
knocked off. He struck a huge 81
bank and escaped with no furt
injuries than a pair OF badly fro
hands.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18
CAN'T FIND DANDRUFE

Every bit Of dandruff disan,
after one or two applications c ~ v
derine rubbed we'll into thu =.
with the finger tips. Get . ~
bottle of Danderine at any drn. ~. ~
for a few cents and save yol,r I "
After several applications Won ~
find particle Of dandruff or !.
falling hair, and the scalp will n.1
itch. uc1
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18

There is no use praying if do not take off your
go to work: No reformer can accomplish muen
until he has allied himself those he is seeking to re-
form insult to pray to God fer something we say
our He will not grant Persistence IS as neees-
sary to prayer it is i'm life Things WORM
while are not done by who Just dasoes
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18
Successful. But

Humboldt Republican: The war
department is busy telling what
superior gun the Americans will
have when it is finished: 1t sounds
something like the surgeon who pro-
nounced an operation a success be-
cause he felt sure what the patient
died Of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18
An outimistic secretary,

Kansas City Times: If we under
stand Mr. Baker, he was in no hurry
to get rifles, because the war was
9 900 miles away. Perhaps he thought
that by waiting somebody would in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18

Kissing Flag on Hand.
United Press Leased Wire Service.1
CHICAGO, Jan. Is. - Desplaines
street police court is to have kiss
ing flag" The bailiff produced the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18
Very Likely.

Indianapolis News: Perhaps con-
gressmen will now expect free rail-
road passes on the postofiice franking
theory.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18
Never Hanpens.

Atchison Globe: Very few people
break their arms patting themselves
on their own backs for attending to
their own business.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18
SOLUTION OF LABOR PROBLEM.

The suggestion has been made many times
that the United States should guard against
any possible labor shortage by importing men
from oriental countries. It will command more
attention now when it has been approved by
E. III. Gary In an address before the Chicago
Commercial club, the chairman of the United
States Steel Corporation took a serious view OF
the problem presented as result OF the grow
ing scarcity of labor. He said that to give the
assistance asked of us in winning the war we
rltlst have more and more men for soldiers and
workmen, skilled and unskilled, and that to
the extent needed the United States should I'M
InedIatelv draw from the islands OF the seas
and from oriental countries enough men, IN
Guiding soldiers and sailors, to meet every
emergency While he sees that there may be
objections to this plan, he believes they are
more than balanced by advantages.
Objections viii be raised not alone by or
ganized labor here, but by statesmen who see
that, while the labor problem in the war period
might be solved in the way proposed. the I'M
porting of great number Of men would create
a new problem, to be solved after the return OF
peace But it is as a war measure that the pro-
posal must be considered. Judge Gary has no
doubt concerning the outcome OF the war, but
the more vigorous the fighting by the United
States and It's allies the sooner peace Will be IN
sight.
The demand for men must increase while the
struggle lasts. With scarcity OF labor, the
cost of production of necessities rises, and with
it the cost of living These facts are to be kept In
mind in estimating the value OF plan by one
who understands the industrial situation here
and knows how close is it's relation to our work
in the war The labor problem becomes more
difficult with each call of men to the colors
Already the old objections to bringing IN work
ers from the far east have lost much OF the force
they had when this country was at peace.
The Standardization Of fruit and vegetable
containers is one form of conservation which
will be effective in facilitating the shipment OF
produce, insuring greater economy of space, and
which will be more satisfactory to producer and
consumer than the old hap-hazard system OF
packing in all sorts and sizes Of receptacles.
An automobile advertisement asks: . w nat
would Napoleon have given for one little Two
passenger caro- We remember that R1chard
the third offered England for a horse, but we
have no information on Napoleon's appraisal
Of a more modern means Of making getaway.
Perhaps, in time the kaiser may give us mint.
/ A pilotless airship to drop copies OF the
presidents address within Germany is an ldea
! with a worthy motive, but it opens awful posi-
bilities to the publicity Of the future.
The great trouble with the Friends OF Ger
man Democracy is the lack Of reciprocal 1eeiiiis
by the objects Of their regard.
! Peace is something every government wants
n ito get IN, but to get in right.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18

\
Cedar Rapids Republican,: The fact
that one of the newspapers in Des
Aoines is not entirely In harmony
with the things that the state council
of defense has undertaken to do may
be due to the other fact that the edit
or of another paper in that city is the
chairman of that council. Such feel
ings are apt to crop out among men
thus situated The same paper that
objects to some of the defense policies
also is trying to get the governor in
bad, both with the drys and with the
Germans, who, it alleges, voted for the
governor, the same governor who is
now talking ultra patriotism, even
against the use of German under GER
tain conditions. Would it be asking
too much of the Des Moines crowd in
politics to please forget all such is
sues for the present? Why get the
state involved in all such disputes?
What good can come from it now when
we have so much other work that
needs to be done?
Humboldt Republican: Congressman
Frank P. Woods is not statesman.
but as a publicity agent he is hard to
beat.
Abba Union: If community church
services are a good thing during the
war why not afteraits close?
Glidden Graphic: The personal lib
erty', advocate is apt to get many a
Jolt before the war is over.
Storm Lake Pilot Tribune: Some
day Iowa will have an insurance law
which will not be radically different
from the one which the legislators re-
moved from the statute books with
so much glee last winter.
Des Moines Capital: In times like
these. whom can you believe: whom
can you trust? Some people are will
ling to believe everything which is
evil. When it comes to bad news they
are sure to accept it as the truth.
However. there are intelligent peo-
pie who want to know the truth and
are willing to believe it,
Dubuque Times-J Journal: The kaiser
has made death less terrible, less to
be feared, for the Belgians and the
Poles and the Serbs and the Armen-
fans and the Rumanians and the
French of the occupied districts. That
much he has done for them, When
life is pleasant as it is to us of Ameri-
ca. as it once was to the peace-loving
peoples of those devastated lands,
death is unwelcome, horror, an I'M
speakable thing.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18

The great trouble with the Friends OF ger
man Democracy is the lack OF reclprocal 1eeiihs
by the objects Of their regard.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18

Sioux City Republican: And if Gov
ernor Harding never before had
thought of the senatorship, surely the
idea mus have. been called to his at
tention by this time
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18

pilotless airship to drop copies OF the
presidents address within Germany is an ldea
with a worthy motive, but it opens aWfui posi-
bilities to the publicity Of the future
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18

vent a rifle that would shoot that
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Cedar Rapids Gazette. Tudor, Aus
tralia's new prime minister, used TO
be a hat-maker in America. A good
many big foreigners of these times
seem to have got their start in our
midst.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18

Peace is something every government wants
10 get IN, but to get In right.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18

An automobile advertisement asks "hat
would Napoleon have given for one little Two
passenger cargo We remember that Richard
the third offered England for horse, but we
have no information on Napoleon's appraiser
.of a more modern means Of making getaway.
Perhaps, in time, the kaiser may give us hint.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18

Storm Lake Pilot Tribune: Som'
day Iowa will have an insurance Law
which will not be radically diferen
from the one which the legislators re
moved from the statute books will
SO much glee last winter
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18
CLASSIFIED LIST
FOR LEE COUNTY

The following Lee county men wer.
classified for service in the national
army by the Lee county exemption
board In session at Fort Madison
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-18

The Standardization Of fruit and vegetable
containers is one form Of conservation which
will be effective in facilitating the shipment OF
produce, insuring greater economy OF space, ana
which will be more satisfactory to producer ana
consumer than the old hap-hazard system OF
packing in all sorts and sizes Of receptacles.