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Show GERMANS ORGANIZE TO FIGHT KAISERISM DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 1. Organization Organiza-tion was effected here today of the German-American Patriotic association, with membership limited to United States citizens citi-zens of German parentage whose purpose is the furtherance of the interests of this country in the war on kuiserism. While the association's charter membership mem-bership is confined to Iowa, the hope was expressed that similar organizations would result in other states. It was said the organization was the first of its kind in the country. The association was proposed by former for-mer Senator Lafjyette Young of Des Moines, chairman o: the Iowa state council coun-cil of naiional dcfp.se. a nd its membership member-ship includes some of the most prominent Iowans of German ancestry. |