The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-21
..u Surrounds the Announced
n.;t Of Distinguished Foreign
ers to This City for Two
Days.
ABE czECHO-SL OVAKIANs
=. Notice Given Anybody Here Elk
cept The Gate City and It is
impossible to Prepare for
Their Visit.

;. Keoluk going to be host to a
~, of distinguished members OF
pa, government of the new republic
~ Nv S7echo- Sloval1ia tomorrow and
next day! 49, ~, 20
true but the host knows nothing
ahont it at noon on the day before
'hs arrival of the tentative guests.
One James Heating, who signed as
.,orsonaI aide to the commissioner
tho United States from the new
rsnublic formed by the Versailles
naace conference, wrote The Gate
rr ity on July that the party of dis
,inonished foreigners would be here
INV 22-23 to study living conditions
and farming conditions hereabouts
and the water power in the Missis-
sppi river here.
That's all.
Has Become Mystery.
James NJ Fulton, executive of the
,ivic organization here, Mayor LOT
ton the Mississippi River Power
company people, and the hotel man
agement, expected to hear from Mr..
Heating about what they expected
and desired here, and on due notice
Keokuk intended to give the party
the same facilities that caused the
Scandinavian journalists to say back
home that Keokuk was the best city
they visited as a host to investiga-
tors.
But neither of the above people
have heard a word about the visit
TO Keokuk The hotel has no reser-
yaticns; the water power people
have had nothing to warn them of
the coming OF important men to see
their plant; the Industrial associa-
ton has heard not a word; neither
has the mayor.
They needed to know just what
the program, time of arrival and de.
parture and wishes of the party is,
as is always sent out well in ad.
vance Of arrivals in such cases.
They are wondering whether they
are to have company come in with
out notice, asking to be given facili-
ties for investigation which it is i'm.
possible to arrange in less than sew
erai days-or whether the whole
tnlng is a lake.
Many Government Fakes.
The latter suspicion grows out of
the actions of other United States
government agents during the last
year.
A big line of hot air was put out
that tanks and war curiOs on a train
would be here during Liberty loan,
and later that big band would
come-both fakes.
The Gate City and the postmaster
received a large lot OF information
about the coming Of a fleet of naval
vessels which never moved above
St Louis, because they could not
navigate the Mississippi any fur
Their, as the naval officer who wrote
the advance press agent stuff must
have known.
The very distinguished Czecho
SloVaniaks may be here tomorrow
and stay all night, and if they come
heokuk will do the best she can
without notice.
Who They Are.
The party was last heard from in
the news dispatches as leaving Chi
cago for Lincoln to study farming in
Nebraska. 1t is composed of the
following men besides James keat-
ING, the man assigned to convoy
them by the United States:
joseph Spacek, member of the
asrarian party and member of the
national assembly of the Czecho-
SloVak republic.
francis Binovec, member Of the
radical party and member of the ma
tlonal assembly.
Francis Trust, president of the
bank OF Prague and repre-
OF Dr.. Markovic, secretary
10 the Slovak membership of the
national assembly.
StanlslaY Spacek, engineer, attach
ca to the minister of public works.
Lieutenant Francis Micka, courier
Vi the minister OF foreign affairs.
Naciay Masek, attached to the min
lsler nf