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New-York tribune., 1919-04-01
March Urges Speedy
Release for Soldiers

WAsHiNGToN' March sl.-Ne-
" cessity for the prompt discharge
Of all men who can be spared from
the army and whose enlistment con-
tracts do not hold them beyond the
period Of the war is emphasized by
General March in circular of in
struction to demobilization Offices,
made public to-day by the War De-
partment
The attention Of all is again di-
rected, it says. "to the Importance
of discharging from the military ser
vice as rapidly as they can be spared
all men drafted or enlisted only for
the period of the emergency.'
The order directs that previous in
structions shall be interpreted so
that men will be let out whore there
is no specific reason for their being
retained, even though they are not
in the classes authorized for prior
ity of discharge.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-01

PENNSYLVANIA:
WOLF Franklin d.. capt. Milton (K)
CAMERON, Wilbur. Easton TX. previousl.
reported NJ.
LAMKE c. H., corp, steelton ID Al.
IiNINER. \. s., Blairsvlle ID AZ.
MDONOUGH, j. J.. Verona % d..
MANN, Arthur. Linesville I'd d..
SCHRADER. John H, Amber Cd W)
SOUTH CAROLINA:
bARkSDALE. Ralph. Fountain Cd d..
FETHEA. Thad Dillon % a..
THORMWELL, T. A. Riverside CI).
TENNESSEE:
BELL. Jimmie NJ. Bethpage Cd, previous
ly reported NJ.
MCLANAHAN. F. c. Brentwood % w.
TAYLOR. Waman, Fostervlle Cd d.
WRIGHT, William W., sgt major, Union
City ID d.
TEXAS:
AYERS. Granville Cbicota Cd AZ.
BURLfSON, John, Hilsboro Cd d..
GuIMAN. Jesus. Corpus Christi (II)
vERMONT:
BURNER, Nelson. Jefrersonville CK.
VIRGINIA:
AcORs. Roderck, Massaponox % Al.
GRAY, Grover c., Leesburg ID, previously
reported M
M.
WASHINGTON:
HOPKINS, Augustus silcott % d..
WILLIAMS, c. f., corp. Reardon Cd d..
WISCONSIN,:
MALlNOWsKI, s., NHlwaulSee1(D Al.
viously reported Ms, '''N'
New-York tribune., 1919-04-01

/ 3i7 Madison Avenue New York City.
MANSFIELD, Richard 2l9 West Eighty
third Street. New York City.
RElNGOLD, William. ii Windsor Place
Brooklyn.
Died, Previously Reported
Missing
CHARNIN, Nathan. Jamaica N. Y.
Wounded Slightly
MORRISSEY. Martin T., 421 East Twen-
ty-second Street, New York City previously
reported M.
Sick in Hospital, Previously
Reported Missing
WARICK, Joseph. Jersey City, n. ].
Erroneously Reported Killed
DROPKIN, Isadore. 1927 Wilkins Avenue
New York City.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-01
EIse1chere

MAINE
BLOWN. ovila Augusta ID Al.
cRowL, Harry W. Baltimore (erroneous-
ly reported d d..
| MASSACHUSETTS,:
BEANE. James d., lieut., Concord I'd.
pregloHsy c14 reported NJ;
TX, preyiousIy reported M.
KALOuMIRIS, Peter E.. Haverhill Cd Al.
ROBERTS, Joseph B., sgt, Chelsea *,
previously reported M.
MICHIGAN:
BoEGMER, Claude. Lapeer (K).
SKOWL. Wilyon c.. corp, Detroit Cd d.
STEELE. Toney, Grass Lake (K)
prsvioisr wiHRIHmLY ra1artod Ernest NE d. Lakcview *
MINNESOTA:
ADAMS, James w, corp, Waubun Ok.
previously reported M
MISSISSIPPI:
THACKER. Claude, Oxford % d..
ELLIOTT, Graham. orrick (N.
MONTANA:
pregiausy saaa DN yeedTfed DSs NJ No. lieut. 80*ee" ID A.
OLMSTEAD, Cortes r., Great Falls I'd d.
NEBRASKA:
GRAY Granville. corp, Beatrice Cd D).
NEW YORK;
DoLAN, 9IAH I,!al Crank W. Utica % D..
1uttlI-h' Nlllldln, f1artSdale ID D).
SGHREADER. Benjamin H., Rochester
Cd D.. 1' -
STUBENSz. Stanley. corp, Buffalo 90 d..
NORTH CAROLINA:
BOYD, Simon, corp; Winterve % D).
G1LLlS, Fred, Lumber Ridge Cd d..
NORTH DAKOTA:
RADLoFF, William, Ldgcrwood CIV
previously reported K).
OHIO:
BALL, Jesse l., Cincinnati % Az.
DAVIS, Icor f., Niles ID D).
DOuGLASS. Clarence f.. Kent Cd D).
PIERCE, Charles W.. Columbus (K, previ.
| ously reported d..
| OKLAHOMA:
KERSTETTER, H. Saltwater Cd D..
J OREGON:
BLAKE Harry. Marshfield (K).
New-York tribune., 1919-04-01
Red Cross Home Service

The national headquarters of the
American Red Cross has announced
that the organization will continue its
home service work not only through
the period of rehabilitation, but after.
ward az definite part of its regular
activities. This decision was made al
the request of directors of civilian
relief and of communities where there
are no other organized agencies fol
social service
New-York tribune., 1919-04-01
Ex-Aid of Redfeld
Charged With Fraud
Ulysses Grant Smith Alleged TO
Have Illegally Obtained Export
License From Government
Neac York Tribune

Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 31-U!ysses
Grant Smith, formerly private secre-
tary to Secretary OF Commerce William
c. Redfeld, was indicted by the grand
jury here to-day on charge of CON
New-York tribune., 1919-04-01
Casualty List

WASHINGTON March 31.-The public
Department the enlisted
these 3 killed action II from
other
The total casualties
List of Army and Marine Corps Casualties to Date
Reported. March 81. Total.
PreviO
New-York tribune., 1919-04-01
Ne,u York and Vicinity

Killed
BlRCHBY James A., Y. M. c. A. secre-
tary, 347 Madison Avenue, New York City
MARTIN, Winona c., Y. NJ. c. A. secre-
tary. 347 Madison Avenue, New York City.
Died OF Accident
New M'HHaREi qsr2 c,5I 7 to"a' F. a2al Third Avenue
DieQ of Wounds
WEIGH, Alfr% A.. corp, 162 West Nine
ty-sixth Street. My York City.
Died Of Disease
347 Madison Avenue. New York City. S'''' y
COLWELL, Joseph E.. Y NJ. c. A. secre-
tary. 347 Madison Avenue New York City.
CORLETr George w, Y M. c. A secre-
tary 3l7 Madison Avenue, New York City
DENNY. David, corp, 219 Audubon Ave
nue. New York City
GORMAN. Walter c.. Yonkers, N. Y
KNIGHT. Alice, Y. M. c. A. secretary,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-19

from at the present time are men who
think that they know it all. There is
now so much to know and to do that
no mind can hold it ALL"
Stirred by Lanslns's Views.
What appears to have hit the league
cause harder than anything else, in the
minds of Iowans, is Mr.. Bullitt's dis
closure of Secretary Lansing's views,
and out at the entrance of the hotel
this afternoon they were eagerly look
ing through the evening paper to see
whether the secretary denied 1t. 1t was
a representative group-traveling men,
farmers, town notables.
by gosh. he didn't deny" said one,
land that amounts to acknowledging
the corn" and he spat decisively way
out to the interurban track.
What makes them jumping mad is
the revelation by Norris, Nebraska
Of the presidents Paris expense ac'
count. They consider 1t shocking and
discussion Of it brings them around
again to the high cost Of everything.
Housewives Stormlna.
Ask anywhere-even in towns Of a
few hunded-and they'll say: well
it's a fright here
At Geneso, population $500, in Ill
nois, in some of the richest farming
country on earth, with cheap water
transportation in its dooryard foi
twenty-five miles to the west and more
than a hundred to the east q mean
the Hennepin and Illinois and Michi
gan canals) the women were storm
ing because crab apples-I am pretty
sure It was crab apples-that used tc
be dollar a bushel are now s125 q
peck, and they storrned some moro
when they found out that they were
paying from 1886 to 81 bushel fol
peaches that dealers in the town had
bought for $3.50.
"But the farmers are catching it
too" said Lockkeeper George Eckert
on the Hennepin. "a harness that orr
ginally cost s45 was sold the other
day to farmer for $64, after eight
years use"
! Over here In Lee county, Iowa
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-19
To the Men and Women
Voters of keOkuk

oy .s shall sn STss
@ qs FIRST s the se
as a bntBys and hs S lives
the dsraoed BY owned
our city Building People ie
wsBss ls few NOBODY s se Rao but % a
the peop vo sese m do not when
not nEv w oon mu a m @ sfsap that
ps n sa sns the w d go
she to i h sop @ Se city Of
city constantly in
proud % nh who h Rroe s
hOGed hn city AND yet where h i e so % where
The Mems Christian build home and add se
Protective Order s Of ot. Eahs
proud their pockets
But the citizens Ksogk put off TN c and az yea
@ the s being at e
present every bow
country erecting their
the We voters
Of
is keokuk going stand alone7 49,.
sssao o'I1 "a @
proposed
building objection NO will
characteristic inherent the minds who want keep
Of the public and for the city in which they live
keokuk who
would feel the slightly increased there should
increase The could
bonds
be
proposed bonds spread period of fifty little this year
dier something all be Of and
few proposed to make in connection
effect and
feels the burden OF
paid
1t.
Keokuk is that the
rut? going
to
this
Fairfield Wash
he
pride Keokuk
Touorr lie % proud OF
be of traie
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-19

forward that It Interrupts ones plea
sure In the many songs and dances
and the fun that surrounds 1t. 1t
seems hardly necessary to describe
the plot here, more than to say that
1t is sufficient for the purpose and
carries one through series of
entanglements and solutions fimsy
enough to satisfy the tiredest bust
ness man. In the course of its work
ing out, much melodious music is
heard, while the principals and
chorus are engaged in agreeable
dancing numbers as well. The music
is by T. Fl. Willhite and is melodious
and pleasing. Among the many hits
that will linger in the memory are
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-19

health. I believe the Compound will
cure any female trouble. Mrs. ALICE
HELLER, Christopher, III.
Nervousness is often symptom of
weakness or some functional derange-
ment, which may be overcome by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia
bo pnhds Of Women have foand by
experience.
If complications exist, write Lydia E..
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
suggestions in regard to your ailment.
The result of its long experience is
at your service.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-19

from at the present time are men who
think that they know it all. There is
now SO much to know and to do that
no mind can hold 1t ALL
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-19
Itching, Scratching, Skin Diseases
That Burn Like Flames Of Fire

cases of Eczema and other skin
eruptions. This wonderful remedy
i- one of the oldest and most re-
liable medicines on the market. It
bias been sold by druggists for fifty
years. Get bottle today and be-
gin treatment that will get results.
You are invited to write to-day
for complete and full advice as to
the treatment of your own case.
Address, Chief Medical Adviser.
Swift Specific Co, Dept. Sc, Ats
lauta, Ga.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-19
ADJUSTMENTS.
Musical Comedy Tonight.

ooh Daddy which will be seen at
the Grand tonight, is heralded as a
dainty musical comedy of youth.
Richard G. Maddox, who is respon-
sible for the book and lyrics is the
apostle OF youth on the American
stage and his success has confirmed
him in the belief that he is wise. in
this he has found many who agree
with him, because the characteristics
OF youth are pleasing. "Oh Daddy" is
built around tangible plot, but 1t
is not plot so aggressiveIy brought
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-19
Here Is a Sensible Treatment
That Gets Prompt Results.

Eczema and similar skin troubles
come from a disordered, impure
condition of the blood, and they
can only be cured by giving the
blood thorough cleansing, and
removing from it all traces of i'm
purity.
This is why s. S. S. has been
used so successfully in hundreds OF
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-19

"a Plain American Girl" "Oh
Daddy" 1.-THE Rainbow Widow"
Visiting and GiggIing," The
Older They Are, the Harder They
FALL" "Just Plain Gladys, That's
Me- wedding Chimes" 1T Will Be
Me Next What's the Difference"
and many others.
The company is perfect in every
particular, the scenery is adequate in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-19
G. M. RICH,
Chairman
J. ALBERT KIEDAIsCH
IRA w. WILLS
j. D. ECKER
THoS. II. JOYCE
FRANK J.. GRIFFEY
L. A. HAMIL,L
HAZEN I. SAWYER

where I happen to be today, State
Senator Joe Frailey says he can't af-
ford to hold the office of attorney gen
eral He says a thousand dollars down
home will go as far as two thousand
in Des Moines, adding: "A man cart
afford 30 hold these state Jobs at ne
salaries they pay 1t costs money to
live in Des Moines. 1 know from ex-
perience."
Price Probing Falls ITO Hurt"
Finally, apropos-of the federal gov
ernments campaign against inflated
prices, The Daily Gate City came out
and said It was doubtful whether Uncle
Sam was probing" or merely under
taking "a sweeping investigation" but
that in either case the operation hadn't
begun to hurt
50 the city council of Fort Madison
has begun an investigation of inflated
food prices and rent on its own ac.
count So has Sedalia, Mo, where
they held a big meeting of citizens
men and women-under the auspices
of the Federation of Labor, with the
mayor in the chair. They allowed they
had TO pay more IOT 1000, CiOlnluS duu
shoes in Sedalia than in the larger
cities of Missouri. After two hsur
session It was decided to take action
looking to the prosecution of those
responsible for the initiation. They
want the federal government to send
an expert to help them.
The farmers Of Iowa, working In CO.
operation with the Iowa Federation Of
Labor are going to send to Des Moines
on Oct 4, from every county in the
state, delegates. each provided with
price data from his territory, with the
purpose Of effecting cooperation be-
tween producers and consumers to
fight extortionate middlemen. Labor
will be represented by state officiais,
the United Mine Workers state board
and a delegate from each central
union
II tell you, neighbor, it's serious"
said one farmer to the Tribune, "and
we mean biz"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-19

nSEFOusDcSS, d II u
was in a run down
condition. Two of
our best d loo tors
failed to do me any
good. | heard so
much about what
Lydia E. Pinkham' 8
V e g e t a BILE Com
pound had done for
others, l tried it
and was cured. l
am no longer ner-
vous, am regular,
an 4 in excellent
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-19
very way and the cos,uming es.
A Possible Frankenstein

Springfield. Mass, Republican.
The leaders of the American Fedora.
ton of Labor must be wonderiny
whether they have created Frank,
enstein by encouraging the utilization
of policemens' unions.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-19
HOW THIS
NERVOUS WOMAN
GOT WELL
Told by Herself. Her Sim
cerity Should Com
vince Others.

Christopher, Ill.-"For four years /
suffered from irregularities, weakness,
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do include, however. about everything
which any of us is likely to need, and
they represent consumption per capita
or at that rate.
In taking this statistical walk with
Dun we shall recall that by bread
stuffs he means wheat and corn and
rye; that meat includes beef and NUT
ton and all the ordinary wares of the
butcher shop; that dairy means also
butter and eggs; that the other foods
comprise whatever may be bought in
any well appointed grocery store, such
as sugar and coffee and spices and
fruits, and in the miscellaneous class
are all. the other necessities of every
day life not specified.
The calculations of Dun's ReuietC,
therefore, correspond very closely to
the ninety-two commodities of Mitchell,
as they even include lumber and paint
and many other materials which must
be used for the common benefit, al
though all of us do not buy them d.
rect.
AS will be seen by a glance at the
tabulation, the total amount which
was consumed in the course of year.
at the wholesale prices, was worth in
1860 $121.63. The fractions of cents
are not given in the tables, but the
variations on this account are very
small and do not affect the conclusions
which may be drawn by the reader. 1t
will be noted in the days before the
civil war, therefore, that the average
American was eating every year bread
stuffs worth $23.67, that he consumed
$40 worth of meat and bought $22
worth of clothing.
Four years later the annual ex-
psnditures for living had risen TO
1912. The highest increase was in
clothes and shoes Tor the yearly ex-
pense of them had reached S91.67, as
compared with the s22 of the year
before. Then came the period OF re-
adjustment and in 1870 we see that
the wholesale cost of commodities had
dropped to s165.42 for each person.
1t was not, however, until 1880 that
anything like the rate of living OF
1860 was restored. for in that year
Dun reports $122.67 as the amount
required for the subsistence of each
person.
The cost of living sloped downward
and then in 1900 various causes sent
it to the up grade, which became a
sharp climb about 1907.
When the European war burst upon
the world its high cost of living was
a favorite table topic. According to
Dun, however. on January l of 1914
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recalcitrant Senate. Like the ghost of
Banquo. it will not down.
The decline which should have set in
last November II, when the armistice
was signed, was only slight one and
there have been things happening
since disconcerting to economists who
like to see their theories run true to
form.
How the Figures Changed.
Americans were consuming the nee
essary commodities at the rate of
S233.22 a person in October, 1918, and
in November they. required supplies at
the rate OF s230.52 a year. and in De-
cember they were paying in the pro-
portion of s230.37. AS will be disclosed
in further detail, there was a reduction
last March and then a gradual rise
until now the sum of s24165. as given
by Dun, represents the highest cost
CT living which has obtained since 1865
IN this country. 1t is higher now than
it was when the fate of the world
was trembling in the balance in 1918
and the swift upward movement is
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teers was issued by President r,,,o,.
nus as tar as the North was con-
s'' business was not SO greatly
Stulpeu as we Of this generation
would imagine, and the cost of living
NOT only did not Immediately increase
OUT even dipped a trifle in places he
meath that of 1860.
Inc high point OF the exnens. p,
eaung and drinking and being clothed
was reached in 1865, when the cost of
ii'ing was nearly three times mora
than 1t was before the stars ora
Strlpes at Sumter were lowered under
insurgent fire. The surrender Of I.aa
caused drop of 26 points in com
laooity prices and then by fits and
STARTS the descent proceeded.
II Will be noted that the viole,,,
fluctuations were in the wholesale
prices Tor the peak went I'M IN
sharp high point, while because tho
people of the country wouId NOT na,,
the high prices at will. the retail No..
chants had to be content wifi IL
livery smaller profits. 1t is true that
ilo. as many statistics are available
IN the retail division as in the whole
SAFE ngures, but from all accounts the
retall prices rose slowly and praduall,,
anu their receding curve was easier
Inc wages of skilled labor. uery
very nigh during the civil war and for
several years thereafter. but the nav
was relatively less than at present
ana not always in touch with the wage
ilVlns scale. They finally followed the
increased cost of living and they con-
unueo TO rise. as shown by the charts
"hlle the prices Of food and supnIies
OF all kinds went eventually on The
down grade. The unskilled laborers OF
the post bellum war days, as they were
not rnionized, were not getting very
higH wages, and the conditions under
which they lived, as shown by the
Journals and magazines of the period
were often distressing.
Another way of seeking consolation
by comparing the era after the civil
war with our own reconstruction time
ls TO mark back to the figures so care
tully worked out by Dun,s Repietn.
What Food Is Meant.
We shall note that these renor+s n,
the commercial agency are based on
wholesale commodity prices. They do
not at all mean that the sums given
III the totals represent the amount Of
money expended by an individual con-
sufner' because the profits of retailers
ana lnlddlemen must be added. They
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carload amounts to more than $685.
600, 1t will be seen readily that these
bandits are well paid for their twenty
four hour a day vigils.
There was another band in Jersey
| which came to untimely finish while
attempting a trivial $50,0AO theft. 1t
was a clever organization, but the
leader, Charles Cutone, allowed the
blood lust to run too high. His lieu
tenant. Richard Hammock, became SO
frisky under the Influence of cocaine
that he cohld not content himself with
merely blackjacl1ing Charles Hilbert
the driver of a silk truck at Somer-
vile, N. j., during holdup last year
Hammock wanted to make a regular
spree out of the robbery, and in knock
ing the driver unconscious committed
murder. Then the body was thrown
into the roadway and the heavy truck
sped over it. It took four relatives
and a parish priest to make a proper
Identification later on.
Roasted of Crime.
Not content with this feat which
was accomplished under the usual
cowardly odds of about six to one
Hammock felt that he must boast
about 1t and he did so. This led to
the undoing of the band. 1t furnished
the specific clue that the silk Asso-
citation had been waiting for. Arrests
were made within a few days. Cutone
was sentenced to from twenty to thirty
years for participating in the murder
Hammock, the slayer got life; p. Gu
tone, a relative of the leader, will
spend twenty years studying the in
side working of the Jersey penal sys-
tenn; Henry Endlich will enjoy a like
espite from the arduous existence
which marks a career OF theft; George
Gardner, ditto, while Dan Raimondo
and G. Robinson, who were in the
novice class and were said to have
become extremely i'll while watching
the bloody death of Hilbert, escaped
with FIVE and three years respectively.
Under the leadership of Cutone IT is
estimated that this band stole at least
100000 worth of silk. Cutone, al
though merely a subordinate to the
real directors, and a small one at that,
was worth 100000.
On June 4, exactly five days before
SulOHS luluIe career WAS settled Dy
a few crisp, judicial words, F. Po-
langie, who the police assert is worth
in the neighborhood of $1,000, 900, was
Informed that he had trified with the
law just once too often. Here is the
social item published about him in the
list of criminal convictions given out
by the SILK Association from it's head
quarters at S54 Fourth avenue, where
the records of all thefts, fences"
convictions and suspects are kept:
"F. Polangio, convicted June 4, 1919.
Sentenced to two years in Caldwell
penitentiary and fined $4,000 by Judge
David in United States Federal Court,
Newark, N. j."
One Of the 100000 hauls which the
association avenged after months of
patient hunting Is revealed in the con-
viotion OF Henry Bsrnsweis. A car
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the price of commodities was S124.j2.
There was no sudden jump when Eu-
rope was hurled into the vortex Of
strife in August, 1914, and January
/, 1915, even came with a decrease
OF SO cents.
The total rate for each person as
reported on January l, 1916, was at
the rate of s137.67 a year; in 1911
the cost was $169.52, and in January,
1918, the total of commodities for each
consumer at wholesale was $G22.17,
while the report for January /, 1919,
gave it at S23014.
Even this, however, does not seem
so high as compared with civil war
times, for the cost estimated for Au-
gust 1, 1914, was only s120,74, and a
slump was evidentle beginning. In
1855 it will be remembered that liv-
ing was between three and four times
more expensive, according to the
Mitchell calculations, than it was in
the normal period of 1860. Now here
is where the familiar spirit, high cost,
is showing a stubbornness which must
irk one in high place as much as a