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1 -RRR PAPER THAT DOOSTS KEO KUK ALL "HE TIME, Subtcrlbera of the Dally Gate ™y served the full Leased Wlra S«~v of tha United press Associations are lea Ncw Phases of the European War as They Affect the United States. Italy's entrance into the war brings I new proclamation of neutrality from President Wilson. Labor famine Impending it all Ital ians here eligible to service are re called to the colors. Great western packing interests to combine with southern cotton grow ers and fight British interference with American commerce. No further unofficial negotiations to be carried on with Great Britain until the new cabinet accepts the American opposition to her order in council. Reply of Germany to this govern ment's demand that the submarine [By John Edwin Nevin, United Press Staff Correspondent.] WASHINGTON, May 24—Italy's en trance Into the war overshadowed [everything else in the international line today. ln fact' 5 ,'-' W-: .. 'f* ,. ••'. VOL.<p></p>AVSTRIA 120. NO. 123. locking, Ing highways for the entrance of sup plies into the tentonlc empire. It was also expected further to ds lay the German reply to the Wilson note. The United States was prepared to (extend its neutrality to include Italy. A proclamation, similar in every re spect to those already issued, was on President Wilson's desk, awaiting his signature. The American ambassadors in Ber lin, Constantinople and Vienna were understood to be acting already for 'taly in Germany, Austria and Turkey, although In Berlin and Constantinople they were said to be doing so only unofficially until the governments is iv Italy's Entrance into the European Struggle Over shadows Everything Else in the Inter national Line Today. I! WILL DELHI MANY NEGOTIATIONS United States Makes Extention of Neutrality Proclamation to Include Italy and is Interested in Developments. envoys. By J. W. T. Mason, Former European Man ager of the United Press. (United Press Leased Wire Service] NEW YORK, May 24. (11 a. m.)— How soon after her declaration of war, Italy will be ready to begin her main offensive, depends upon the [rapidity of her mobilization. During I the past months, only Italy's first line ItroopB have been maintained on a [war footing. To concentrate most of a +Vlo handed their passports to the Italian ested officials here .was the question whether the thousands of Italians In this country who are liable to mili tary Bervice are. to be summoned home at once. It is believed most of them would respond readily and it was stated this would affect the Unit ed States more from a labor stand point than has any other development since war bogan. No other belliger ent, said officials, has recalled any great number of Its subjects to the colors. The Italians, however, in the last few years, it was declared have a monopoly of construction work and war. ob merchant ships b»,- disCon-iif those in th® country return. to-flgkU a famine was predicted in the so-called "common labor" market. This will be aggravated, it was added, if the Bal kan countries enter the war also. tlniMd, likely to toe delayed by Italy's war declaration. American ambassadors sit, Berlin, Vienna and Constantinople to tect for Italy during the duration of th\ war. Business Men's Protest. WASHINGTON, May 24.—President Wilson will be asked to take steps to secfere the British order in council's tfsuous-to Germany It was accepted here that the latest igfeat packing industries arei effecting, Th® Idevelopment greatly complicated the-a combination with the southern cot-j resolutions to Baron Burian, German situation completely Mocking, ton interests^. The aim is to secure as It did one of the last two ton interests aux. .s i» remain- concerted action, thus impressing the £n trade by the attempt of England Ad hor aUies to starve Ge^any out. American shipments to the neutral I Scandinavian countries, practically overy vessel carrying either meat pro ducts or cotton to Scandinavia or Hoi land having been held up On. the high seas by British or French warships and taken into port. The owners of veseels and cargoes have been com polled to fight for their rights in the British prize courts and there have (Continued on page 2.) What the War Moves Mean strategists at Rome They will probably strictly to the defensive at least until fpthing on the success Of a andden proved otherwise. Now, there will be considerable de- If Italy has her mobilization so rar ^before Italy's offense is uncovered, advanced as to support her main or I r^ .t, 18 not tne outbreak of hostilities last year. rZMwny knew at that I pw w^5Ce ^ntl waw without waiting for the full tlon of her I ant1 mail gv^11 mobilization is so far advanced ag to ^ggQ ensure prope rsupport for the first! line troops. How many days must pass before mobilization approaches completion, cannot be known In advance. The German plans for mobilizing, drawn corps as a single operating, up during peace times, were the only ones that stood th© strain of last [these army, and move them forward in a I 'elected direction, before mobilization [lias been completed, would perilously I ^Portant frontier points. I unless the Italian general staff popes to duplicate the Initiative of be almost as perfect as Germany in August's concentration?. Whether Italy enn do better, for instance, than the Germans last August and. risk ev- jnobilizing, but actual experience in the military fenslve within a fortnight, ehe will Position which Germany occupied at have displayed marvelous ability for. it or an at on a an or at on umuj wvu| icu nv time she coflld more Quickly than could 80 was &ble to move for- troops. But ^istrian troops are now the IfmwJ Possible lines of whl«h the Italian armies can fnro 'v.A 1ulck surprise rush, there possible, is extremely dan gerous and might lead to an initial morale* affectln« the iulian I pari* consequences of an 8 wlth the possibility of Itaiu^y»BecurlnK a ®trong foothold T'!?" territory, would seem to be S a policy for the military TMiln service in Italy Is very slow. The fastest running time between Rome and Genoa, 309 miles, is 9% hours, less than thirty-three miles an hour. But one train a day makes tho journey at that speed and a supple- above the regular rate, mis about the ability of Italy's railway system to bear the strain of mobili zation without many breakdowns. Ev ery delay will further postpone the forward movement of the army, and of course will increase the possibil ity that the first blow may not be de livered by the Italians at all. but by the teutonic allies. •L [United Press Leased Wire Service.] BERLIN, (via wireless to London), May 24.—Germany today officially da-1 clared that "a state of war now exists between thla country and Italy." Im-. mediately after the announcement I was issued, telegraphic Inatructlona QJ? were sent to the German ambassador at Rome to leave Immediately. Simi lar messages were sent to German consular representatives in Italy. AIR FLEET SENT SOUTH. GENEVA, May 24.—A German air fleet, made up of Zeppelins of the lat eat type, and a large number of taubea, to countenance, decide to hold attached to the Anglo-French fleet The at said tha France was able to do, is not plain, arrival of several transports ttance was thought theoretically. to| forces now number 90,000, tion 1 troops concentrated in the Adigo vat ley, near the Italian frontier. The Siail mail 01 War Wmteleimeil Zeppelins were aent directly from the dirigible factory at Freidrichahaven. KAISER'S FAREW ELL. BERLIN (via Amsterdam) May 24. From the Galiclan battle front, KaiBer Wilhelm today wired a persona! mes- ii iian sage of farewell to Signor Bollati, the I4.=1Iarl apv,t,aaMfjnr Germany and JANE ADOAMS LEAVEo BERLIN. [By Carl W. Ackerman. United Press Staff Correspondent. BERLIN (Via The Hague) May-24. —Miss Jane Addams, American emis sary of peace, is today In the very vortex of war. She left Berlin Sunday fop Vienna, a'few hours before Italy's a notable event.. While Germany Still regards an early peace as out of the question, the gifted American woman suspension, so far as it affects Ameri-| increased everyone with the serious can exports to neutral countries con-1 nees of her m|SB on. Upon her arrival In Vienna, Miss Adejamg wm present a copy of the (ihe Austp|an fore|gn rangement8 for administration with an idea of tho ^c^at the Austrian capital, damage thtft is be,?£^TBJ'Business tod was suspended In Berlin ,n observance of Whitsuntide. Tha who)e In order to do so, It Is complained, demonstrations of thanksgiving, that England has Practically stopped Thouiand, of 80ldier, from the train- (Continued on page 2.) TURKEY I [United Press Leased' Wire Service.] CONSTANTINOPLE, (via AmaUv» KEOKUK, IOWA, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1915 gnT1fe- The first announcement from the stricken over the news that Italy act- pe|0nk-l-Deria was built In the German naval base, Kiel and had a displacement of 886 tons. She was 229.6 feet long and 31.2 feet at the beam. She carried two 4-inch guns and three torpedo tubes. REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 24.—An official statement issued here today, that the Anglo-French troops »t Dardanelles have been reinforced of esitm«ted ary ,vrvcn King Constantine, seriously teotlon our just cause stance alone raises serious doubts p|euP|#yf |s "somewhat Im-' proved." MOB DRIVEN OFF. Despite the reassuring bulletin, the! VIENNA, May 24. (Via Amsterdam.) king's condition, following an opera- —An Austrian mob today attacked the tlon yesterday, aroused apprehension Italian consulate at Trieste, but was official circles today. Prof. Kried- driven off by the police. Trieste was 4*iR WITH 1,400 EPORTED MP/ LOST. 9 Teas Leased Wire Service] [Uni L. XIN (via wireless to haa "joined a large body of German g:ayvyje) May 24.—The RUS oAnit*nlpat«f4 in ihft AHiflfi Vfll* jn ^he Black The Germana, according to advices re* loSS Of- 1,400 lives, aCCOrdlllgf ceived h'ere today, are equipped with :^0 (JjgpatcheS received here tO heavy artillery for the bombardment: of Italian forts guarding the Tyrolean,day from BUCufLTeSt, paaaea. __ of the Russian warships in the Black ffYm*«r.sinn rearet ItaUan ambassador, expressing regret sea. The Pantelimen is a 12,800 ton 'l"'"- ... ... ... that the friendly relations between vessel, completed in 1903 and with a Ancona to Porto Cosalnla, but official One of the things which most inter- declaration of war wa# flashed here, [United Press Leased Wire. Service] ^SffttTVfaht'TSxfe'to arrive lri Austfiarty tONDON, May 24.—Russian troops capital before night. have entered the Armenian mission Berlin treated her conference here center of Van, where 6,000 Armenians with Chancellor Von Bethmann-Holl- are reported to have been massacred weg and Foreign Secretary Jagow,! by the Turks, according to Petrograd when she presented The Hague Worn-j advices today. en's peace conference resolutions, as! Sea With & Jnn [The latest naval records show no Russian vessel named the Wlntelei men. It is possible that the Buchar est dispatch meant the Russian bat tleship Pantelimen, one of the largest |ta|v must be severed, complment of 7ol men. She isr 866 reports said this afternoon only alight a J. ...I1L Im 1 nm nn/1 TA The kaiaer'a message concluded with feet In length and 74 feet at the the request that Bollati inform King beam. She carries four twelve inch Victor Emmanuel of "the general guns and four eight inch guns, in ad feeling of Indignation In Germany dition to smaller armament.] over Italy's step." 4 SMASHING THE LINE. PETROGRAD, May 24.—Beaten back in their attempt to descend up on Przemyal from the north, the Aus tro-Germans are smashing vigorously against the Russian lines to the south. An official statement from the war off?ce today admitted that General back the Rueisian line twenty-two miles south of Przemysl near Chyrof, in a bloody engagement. The Russians hurried reinforcements into the coun- minister. Ar- off?=e today admitted that her reception have Mackensen's right wing drove German empire joined (Continued on page 5.) [United Press Leased Wire Service.] VIENNA, May 25. (Via Amsterdam.) 'dam), May 24.—The Turkish torpedo :tion of war on Austria "the greatest gunboat Pelonk-I-Deria was torpedoed act of perfidy the world has ever and sunk by an enemy submarine last known." He called the Austrian army night, it was announced officially to-1 to a victory "over the treacherous I day. All of the crew of 111 but two army south of you." were saved. The aged Franz Josef, at first, grief lII= llt war office did not state where the tor-: ually had mobilized her troops, „. entrance to the straits. It is|an act of perfidy whose like, history After an alliance of that the allied expedition- does not know, 1MlIJ .Mr and went, with colors flvina t^nlted danger and went, with colors flying, to the camp of our enemies," said the manifesto. "Her declaration of war on me was thirty years. Italy turned and smote her friends simply for material gain. "We did not menace Italy. We did not curtail her authority or attack herj honor. We have always responded loyally to the duties of our alliance and have afforded her our protection when she took the field herself. "I salute my battle-tried troops. The treacherous army to the new enemy to you. I rely upon you [United Press leased Wire Service.] land your leaders. I pray the Almighty ATHENS, May 24.—An official bul-'that He bless you and our colors and in official circles today. Prof. Kried- driven off Dy we ponce, riewre was STRIKES THE FIRST BLOW ITALY [United Press Leased Wire Service] ROME, May 24.—Eighty Austrian and German vessels In Italian ports, valued at $20,000,000, were ordered seized today* Among them are sev eral of the finest vessels In the Ger man merchant marine, interned at Genoa since the beginning of the European war. ATTACKED BY AVITORS. ROME, May 24.—Austrian aviators have bombarded the Italian arsenal at Venice and have attacked four other Italian cities, according to Venice dispatches today. They were driven off without doing serious damage, the dispatches Bald. BOMBARDMENT OF PORT8. ROME. May 24.—Austria's naval and air forces have struck the first blow in the Austro-itallan war. Offi cial announcement thla afternoon de tailed a bombardment by the Austrian fleet of Ancona and several Adriatic coast towns. About the same hour Austrian aviators bombarded the Ital ian arsenal at Venice and the areo plane hangars at Jeasi. Destroyers and torpedo boats par ticipated in the naval raid on the east coast towns. The warships at tempted to destroy the railway from (Continued on page 3.) '^r.hVuS'nd"r.r/n\.d,.. —Emperor Franz Josef today issued trenchcs. The new respirators pro arms and all sorts of guns buried in| the trenches on the heights," said the an' it: POISONOUS GA8. retired In great disorder. be-! The Germans are making desperate efforts to advance near Arras. Dedo ounboat went down. It Is pre-jcame enraged when the actual decla-! where they have been repulsed. North naval base at Pola a xo early clash of naval forces Is cumed It was torpedoed Inside the ration of war reached here. Not since of Neuvillo St. Vaast, the French took several Italian coast Dardanelles by onePof the submarines the assassination of the heir to the I 120 prisoners. I Only meager deta lg had been r*, 1 {Austrian throne at Serajevo has the: emperor shown such strong emotion. He called in secretaries and some of his advisers and personally supervis ed the drafting of the imperial mani-! festo. He wanted Italy held up to, the scorn of the world, he said, as the vulture that hovered over the Europ-j ean battlefield for sheer greed. tered in thejr vvere made ln an da„ T"he white The 6outh ^tod/y -id.that the condl- He take u'nder Hi. graces pro- UdieVs was often gi^ven 'nTsSst Citn. Favored by a strong wind, the Ger- mans sent ar yellow a manifesto, declaring Italy's dectara-] vided the English forces enabled themjof jTtStSt*—, MM scattered about the slopes, when the against France. I from demonstrations against enemy French, by a bayonet charge that will AUGUST 4—Germany declared war go down in history, captured the against Belgium. heights. Fragment, of bodies, blood- AUGUST 4-England declared war spattered rocks and mangled corpses against Germany. Latte greeted the victorious French troops by declaration. when they swept to the top of the hill AUGUST 6-Austria declared war after an almost ceaseless three' against Russia, Russia months ditsck Austria. Capture of this crest, though ac-! AUGUST 7—Montenegro declared compllshed at a great loss to the warTT®f®ii1®t„ French arms, removed a German men-j AUGUST 9 Austria decla ace against Arras. The hill command I against Montenegro. cd the roads leading to Arras. "Every day we have been finding AUGUST asalnst^ PARIS, May 24.—German poisonoua| gas attacks between Steenstraate and I AUGUST .5 Ypres have been repulsed by the' British troops who Inflicted severe punishment upon the enemy, cloud of ROME. In u-.,_ _«I .... BOUin along UIO waai™ Press Leas?d and assassinated Wire Service.] BERLIN, (via wireless to Sayyiile, theJ!J^u"°ed Gerr"«" official fchlte book book was published In justification of the measures of re- .. s°2rer"'"'n is no by ringing a church bell. i* rich Kraus, ths German specialist, who decked with flags and a series of street, man hands. The white book supplied afternoon,. The .re in attended the kin0 at a previous III- demonstrations followed word that May charge, expecting to find piles of dead the first blow since the formal decla bodies, was partly cut to pieces and ration 1 Every- War' 94 Jf.uiiian. nartiei. classcs of German em Belgian lerr.xory o«.nB .n names of numerous ne— Is snroute to Athens. Italy had declared war, 1 of these statements, itered through from tha frontier. 24.—Austria the troops, clergymen, women and chll C".eho."is »r with" respect to n.1, The "white book declared that the Though no official statement was giv __noPt on ao^alled en out. it was presumed that the Ita' German atrocities is untrustworthy ambassador already has left Ber becasue the Belcian government was Hn unable to examine the evidence, near- The government was in complete ly all Belgian territory being in Ger- control of the telegraph system tms ./ -i:.j offomnnn wirPfl WPFP in USA for fli- has witness in support ol^ial ^sages^d litt^ news til- struck of hostilities. While Rome m- I r- How and When Belligerents Entered In official circles it was said this European War. afternoon that the first big clash of 1914 armed forces of Italy may not occur damage was done. The bombardment against Serbia, because of Serbia's received »n«catedI that the Austrian* a a 4 a a a a a a JULY 28—Austria deslared war for several days. All dispatches re- The warships then passed south, control following assassination by aithoir frontiers, behind wire entangle Serb of the Archduke Charles Ferdi- ments and trenches and were awaiting nand. JUIjY 30—Germany gave Russia twenty-fouf hours in which to explain Russian army mobilization. AUGUST 1—Germany declared war against Russia. feverishly awaited news of the first, inconiparabie to the tremendous ob- land battle, Austrian aviators spe I over the Adriatic from the Austnan Shortly afterward, word reached Rome that a hostile aviator flew over the ancient city of Ravenna, further south along the sea coast. Ancona next but ed 1 THE WEATHER Cloudy Tonight and Tuesday. Local temp—7 p. m. 66 7 a. no. 57. EIGHT PAGES IK W OF I HUES Italy, the Boot of the Map of Europe, Kicks Hard at Austria and Germany After Keeping on Outskirts For Many Months. FIGHT TO BE ENLISTED Actual Clashes Have Occured on the Border Where Soldiers of Two Nations are Be ing Rushed For the Slaughter. the first rushes of the Italian army. The cabinet was again in session today, drafting several proclamations to the people and taking the final steps before tho Italian army hurU it self against the Austrian border. Au- AUGUST 2—Germany invaded Lux- tomoblles were constantly arriving at eraburg and violated Belgian neu-! the war trality. calm prevailed tliere, in contrast to AUGUST 3—Germany offered Bel-1 the scene in the street below, where cheering crowds continued to march "in great demonstrations. glum entente if Belgium will facilitate movement of German troops across {United Press Leased Wire Service.] her borders. Belgium refused and ap DAPift Mav 24 —An unnamed crest pealed to England. in the Lonitte hili. north of Arras, AUGUST 3-England. through Sir was today designated "The Hill of Edward Grey announwd Bhe would Death" in an "eye witness" statement! fight if the kaiser fleet attacked the office, but an air of utter Heavy police guards were placed about German hotels and shops, but thus far there have been no disturb ances. The Italian press has been unanimous in demanding that tho people of Italy set an example to oth er European countries by refraining civlllan8- xhe jQ„,oro. 3 0—France, declared war Austria A,Tf! 1 AUGUST 12—Montenegro declared war against Germany. AUGUST 12—(Midnight)—England declared war against Austria. AUGUST 23—Japan declared war •Austria declared war part chlorine! MAY 23—Italy declared war agaliret. -j good effect. Genoa dispatches today Bald that an American hospital unit had ar rived there enroute to Budapest, but probably would change its plans and attach itself to the Italian Red Cross. The Red Cross began mobilizing its forces yesterday and will send its first corps northward tomorrow. The of fices of the society today were over whelmed with offers of women, many of them of noble birth, who volun teered service in the field as nurses. All the royal princes holding com mands in the army .joined their regi ments today. The king, it in report ed. will leave for the front within a few days and establish headquarters I near the battle line, spending a large 0f his timo in the field. against Japan. Reports that Austrlans and Ger NOVEMBER 5—England declared man8 are war against Turkey.^ preparing to force mountain passes wina, tne tser- ... leading into northern Italy aroused no nas rolling down upon the British Austria. Austro-German, it was pointed iw esairator. nrs-l MAY 24—Germany announced state resses, hewn out of solid rock, and be ltoved to be impregnable, bristling with great guns. Tho difficulties ex perienced by the Russians in their attempts to pierce tho Carpathians, military experts said today, will be MAY 24 Germany announced state War with Italy. to remain in their entrenchments with-1 out great discomfort. A body of Ger- [United Press Ifased Wire Service] man troops that ran forward In .! great bringing up heavy guns and w]JJ eilcounter 8tacies to lne galj ,jamage had been inflicted.) British Isles. L. I.), May 24.—Charges that Belgian dispatches from Bari reported civilians threw boiling water on Ger- ggyg^j towns along the coast, forty Formally at War. man troops, maimed miles to the north, have been bombard-! from the air, several aviators pa"- ticipating in the attack. ment today issued a drastic decree. Further details are lacking, but it I forbidding all civil and religious ub that the Austrlans flew |j0 jneetlngs. out of Pola early today, were driven The decree suppresses the govern off after the attack at Venice, and ^gnt parcel post and institutes a then sped south along the coast. Ex- rigid censorship over the malls and 111011 »1CV| DUIILH O'lvuj, ri£iU CcllaU18lll|i U»o» UIO UlCWiO OUU pression adopted cept at Venice, none of th© bombs fell: telegraph. It. fixes severe penalties Louvair.and other Belgian cities. m„ltary works. The object he or for be faced by an Austro-Ger- man army of citie9- aftpmonn. it WPS ceived here this afternoon. reported several bombs were hurled at the outer forts guarding Venice from the sea and that bombs fell in the lagoon. The enemy airmen are reported to have been driven off. invasion. expected here. It is the popular be- Hef '1 injunction has had The out, apprehension here today. The great ^natural foj*t- Austrian fleet w»l re- matntliat{thepresent jn t8 position behind the mine fields near Pola, sending out submarines and destroyers to attack the Italian squadrons. Two German submarines of the latest type are re ported to have been transported to Pola several weeks ago. It is ex pected they will be used to harrass merchant shipping in the Adriatic in the same manner in which subma- same maimer ill VYIUCU ouuiua- reported an attack from the air,|rines have been employed around he ROME Mav lv at 24._With Italy formal- ^ar wi'th Austria, the govern- *u violations. r®1*3' apparently, was to terrorize! General Cadnorna, now enroute to Italian population and to score the front, will assume direct charge i" "first blood" of the war. of the operations of the entire army. it was officially announced. General News that Germany had proclaimed land and occasioned no surprise. Carlos Caneva probably will be desig nated as second in command. Baron Von Macehio. the Austrian ambassador, left Rome early today. The German ambassador. Prince Von Bulow, had received instructions from Berlin to leave Rome at once. An official manifesto, calling npon every citizen to do his duty, was spread broadcast in circulars issued (Continued on page 5.) Hi