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The Telegraph Service'of The Daily Gate City and Constitu tion-Democrat is received over our own leased wire. VOL. 124. NO. 70. 1 America's Fighting Blood Be ginning to Boil as Pros pects of Figbt Grow p: Brighter. BILLY SUNDAY'S PRAYER Patriotic Meetings Being Held In the Jp Cities Where Spirit of 1776 Rune Rampent Through W Crowd. rcnlted Press Leased Wire Service.] DES M0TNES, IOWA, March 23.—An United States expeditionary force to fight on the front in France was jaTored by Adjutant General Guy B. Logan of the Iowa national guard in a statement today. He also heartily approved the reported plan of Gov ernor of Iowa to ask the state legislature" immediately for $500,000 as an emergency war fund. Logan is secretary oi the National Guard association of the United States. M& ,i7 Wm of Patrlot|am. CHICAGO, March 23.-r-A wave of patriotism and martial ador such as itsver bSfttre known, Js sweeping thing of the past ind every' new outrage by the kaiser add* Impetus to the sen timent that has burst into flame since the extra session of congress was called and the four American ships submarined. Recruiting Is at Its highest manu facturers are preparing to supply army and navy wants yacht owners and lake seamen have organized for coast defense and boat "cruisers" offices are swamped fpr memberships and packers and commission houses are clearing decks fpr Quick action (or feeding tbe nation's defenders. Practically every high school in the city has included military training. Several companies of cadets and nearly a hundred high school Red Cross nurses paraded through tbe loop today. An unusual situation faced the recruiting o&cers the past few days when scores of girls ap plied for enlistment for active ser vice aboard ships as yoemen. Two wanted to join the army. They were urged to enlist in the Red Cross ser vice. The roads have organised to move troops. A committee of railway offi cials and war department representa tives met here April 4 to effect troop transportation plans. Middle West is Calm. LINCOLN, Neb., March 23.—'The calmness of the middle westerners in we international crisis is not to be confused with moral .degeneracy and fear of conflict. In the opinion of Prominent Nebraskans who know the temper of the men of this part of the ®®®try. While naturally slow to set into a conflict, that feeling, they "*y. must not be misread as a de wre to avoid fighting when .fighting 'J&a'ded as necessary. •vii people of BUe to® middle west, *n the main pacific, are by no (Continued on page 2.) JU8t •vTv GETTING BEADY FOR mm WAR Hostilities Reg^arded as Inevit- able as Germany is Dieter mined to Bring it About. SPEEDING UP PLANS All Possible Haste Being Made to Put the United States In a Posi tion to Defend Herself. LKy Robt. J. Bender, United Press Staff Correspondent.] WASHINGTON. March 23.—Ger many's latest aflront In the torpedo ing without warning of the American tanker Healdton will be answered by continued speeding up of all prepara tions for actual hostilities which are now regarded as inevitable. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing are convinced that Ger many'^ present course is merely hastening a clash. The president and his premier are known from the highest and most authoritative sources to have held the firm con vlctlon—even before the sinking of the Healdton that the kaiser's gov ernment is determined on forcing a declaration of war by this country. President Wilson met his cabinet to consider developments in the Interna tional situation and discuss develop ments made by all departments for hostilities. It developed today that the president, after congress has de fined the status between Germany and the United States will augmspt his cabinet by one or more posts "^to cover the work of transportation and possibly a portfolio to handle the work of munitions making. This, however, Is entirely tenta tive. The more likely course for the present at least' is believed to be the continuance of the national de fense council as a special advisory body in preparing for war. Government activity embraces such a wide range now that no accurate conception can actually be drawn as to the scope or effectiveness of the country's preparedness work. Presi dent Wilson is personally directing all of these war preparations. Secretary Baker as chairman of the national delense council, is pre paring to meet heads of great indus trial concerns to discuss what work is necessary to complete tentative plans to place the country on a war footing. Secretary of the Navy Daniels is directing his efforts to stimulate re cruiting and hurry warship construc tion. While the navy department bends every energy toward 'making that arm of the service more effective than ever before, the war depart ment continues its more or less secret steps toward calling to arms every regular, reserve and national guardsmen when the moment to sound the call is propitious. All pos sible haste that is compatible with efficiency, is being taken to gather ing supplies, guns, ammunitions, clothing, quartermaster supplies, etc. Within a few days at most it is expected data will be asked from state heads regarding militia avail ability plans for rapid mobilization of the national guard and details for stationing and distribution of land forces will be complete. Beneath the surface activities, offi cial attention turned today to a con- (Contlnued on page 2.) FIRST GIRL NAVY RECRUIT FEELS LIKE GEO. WASHINGTON Wears Uniform and Sword, But Will Not be Allowed on Board Battleship. Leased Wire Service..} PHILADELPHIA. Pa., March 23.— George Washington," Miss Loretta Walsh, the first ^®an naval recruit in the United when she was asked today ^Dcle s«n t0 ln 1116 8er^*S® *lv*c«°us little chief yoetoan United States navy was al In her naval uniform, •tit??!.6 dasl«ned dark blue serge Proudly won a cutlass on »k? *n' 3 calibre automatic °Uw. not ®o welted about ft all," she remarked, as she pointed to the sea equipment. "But I don't know what I'm to do with 'em," she added. "1 don't know whether I'm to use them to intimidate sluggish enlisters, or wear them just for show. Any way, it's nice to have 'em." Miss Walsh has had more pictures taken since she enlisted as a yoe man than she ever had before. She has been bombarded by camera men, each wishing to get the picture of the best salute. By this time* her hand jumps auto matically to her head when she hears the word camera. "But they won't let me on the big battleships," she said regretfully, brushing back a few stray dark brown locks and tucking them snugly under her new officer's cap./ "In fact, I've already found that there Is a law prohibiting women from going aboard battleships when they are under way." PLOT Infernal Machines Were Poor iy Constructed, or Destrue ns turn Would ^v«JBgen^~i greater. IT FAILED TO GO OFF Court Room Crowded and the Prison ers Smile When It Is 8ald the Plots Have Been Stopped. [United Press Leased Wire Service., N1ETW YORK, March 23.—Only faulty construction of bombs manu factured by Captain Charles Vou Kleist to be placed on allied food ships, saved hundreds of vessels from destruction. Detective Barth testified today in the trial of six alleged bomb plotters. The 'bombs, he said, were taken aboard many vessels, but they were auvwu niMQ iioio two/* u« nuiF was ivt not properly made and faflled to ex- pejoej g,ve miles north of Terschell- plode. Hundreds of bombs, Barth said, were found in the holds of vessels after they reached France. The state department was notified. Barth said he had (been assigned to the case in January, 1915, and had worked con tinuously to get evidence far a year and a half. Barth, who has traced dawn num erous German intrigues, was not shaken by the cross examination froto the prisoners' six lawyers. A chance acquaintance In a water front restaurant and bar, he said, started him on. the real trail of his prey. For a year and four months he had been dodging about th? wharves in search of the men. While drinking a glass of beer he casually started a conversation with the man next to him, he testified. It was one of Von Kleist's operatives. The man informed him, Barth said, that Von Kleist was trying to get an interview with •Captain Von Isel. relative to the sale of some bombs. Barth lost no time in finding Von Kleist in the back room of a bar. "I am" a secret service operative under Captain Von Igel," Barth said he told Von Kleist. "If you want any engagements with him you must tell me fully your business." Von Kleist told him full detail*, Barth sold, and he went away. Lat*r the arrests were made after an in vestigation of details unfolded oy Von Kleist. The court room was crowded, most ly with Germans. Two guards were stationed at each door to keep back the crowds that were refused ad mission. Owing to the seriousness of the case and its ramifications. Judge Van Fleet would not permit persons to stand in the rear. The six prisone.-ra glared with en raged discomfort at the man in th* •witness chair. They were dressed to perfection, all wearing black Prlncs Alberts and light spats. As Barth testified that bomb out rages along New York's water front had ceased, as far as he could learri, with the arrest of tbe men, a faint anile tKfnret on tfieir fcee. aab Constitution-Democrat KEOKUK, IOWA. FEIDAY, MAR. 23, 1917 AMERICA AFLAME WITH PATRIOTISM Guard at U. S. Fort Shot By Two Men Private John Poor Expected to Die From Bullet Fired by Pair of Mxsterious Visitors [United Press Leased WIjt^ Ice] PORTLAND, Maine, March 23.—Two men sui/£ 1 to have been endeavoring to de stroy one or more of Fort Williams' 12-inch guns, rivate .John Poor, early today. The men had gained entrance to the reservatie 1 were approaching one of the big guns when Poor saw them. When he attempted tc^ s* ure them, one shot him in the groin. Then they escaped. examiners today declared the bull & one of heavy oalibre—possibly an army revolver. It is believed the shot will prove fatal, accoiwig to reports ait the post hospital where Poor was taken. GREAT FLEET HAS REEH SUNK Germany Reports Having De molished 850,000 Tons of En tente Ships Since the War Started. EQTTAI4 JAPAN'S NAVY Standard Oil Tanker Blown'up'Wlth otlt-MBBrnlng fttvTerritory Ones Called 8afety Zone. [United Press Leased Wire Service] BEJRLIN (via Sayville wireless) March 23.—Entente losses of war ships Including auxiliary vessels, have now reached approximately 850,000 tons since the beginning of the war, the official press bureau esti mated today. "This," the statement added, "is equal to the combined tonnage of Rus sia and Japan at the beginning of the war, or only sixty thousand tons in ferior to the United States navy, whlah was the third largest in the world at the beginning of the war." Another Unwarned Victim. LONDON. March 23.—At least a aoore perished in the unwarned sink lag by a German submarine of the Standard Oil tank^t Healdton, accord ing to the latest information avail able here today. The ship was tor- ing, Holland, in the middle of what has heretofore *been announced by Germany as one of the "safety zones" in the barred area. Thirteen survivors have been landed at Ymni den, Holland, of a total of more than forty on board the vessel. One Holland dispatch today quoted survivors as declaring that three life boats left the sinking Healdton. Two of these, one with seven men and a seoond with thirteen were picked up The third, reported to contain twenty one men. is still missing. Not all of the Healdton's crew were! Americans and it Is not stated in Holland dispatches whether those missing were citizens of the United States. Some dispatches from Ymui den declared at least a dozen men had been killed or In lured by the explo sion of the torpedo which sank the Healdton. Blockade of Arctic. CHRISTIANA. March 23.—The for eign office received official notifica tion today that Germany had Institut ed a blockade of the Arctic ocean be tween Norway and Spitsbergen. The new blockade Is manifestly aimed to prevent shipments to the Russian port of Archangel, which will be free of Ice within a few months and which has always been a great center of import for Russia. Eighty-two Naturalized. [United Press Leased Wire Service] ST. PAUL, Minn.. March 23.— Eighty-two persons from the warring nations have naturalization papers here today, following one of the heavi est days In the history of the naturali zation office. Forty-nine were Rus slan-Poles. twelve Germans and twen ty-one Anstrians. Professor Gets Badge. EVANSTON. 111.. March 23.— Charles Cheney Hyde, professor of International lsw, at Northwestern university, has been made chevalier of the Order of the Crown by the Italian king. The honor came as a result of Professor Hyde's service In behalf of Italian consulates in the United States. pplppf' Rumors Declared to be With out Slightest Basis as Enu^ pire is United and Confident. ALL ARE SATISFIED German Officials Amused at Circula tion of 'Reports Which Started After Uprising In Russia. [By John Grandens, United Press Staff Correspondent.] BERLIN, March 23.—"There is no revolution In Germany. London, Holland and New York ru mors that trouble has been brewinp in •Germany are merely the result of the entente's wish being father to the thought. Germany is united, confident and with no signs of any "revolution." German officials today were amused at the circulation in entente channels of such a report. They attributed it first to nervousness felt by Germany's enemies over he Russian revolution I and the Russian revolution Itself theyj attributed to failure of tho allies to make any sain which miu ht be con-: etruod as advancing their cause to ward victory. Not only German offi-cials, but thej German people are enttrrlv satisfied with the results of the -warfare. Th«y are satisfied with the progress of the war. They are satisfied to make sac rifices because they are,satisfied of vie-! tory. The German people are entirely! content with present conditions. The promise made by the imperial: chancellor. Von Betihrnann-Hollnvea recently in the Prussian diet, of fit-! ture liberties, is a guarantee to the' peonle of the future. The retreat of the German forces on the western front Is not causing alarm. On the contrary It is regarded with sdmratiion. as one of Field Mar shal Von Hindenburs's clover strategy moves .to save human lives. Kaiser Near Breakdown. THE HAGUE, March 23.—Kaiser Wilhelm is on the verge of a ner vous breakdown and has departed for Homburg. a health resort, ac cording to private messages received tere today. He will receive Chan cellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg there instead of at German headquarters. Fire at Munitions Plant. HAZLETON. Pa.. March 23.—The loading department of the Jeansvill" Iron works, making shells for the Russian and United States govern ment was destroyed by fire this morn ing. entailing a loss of $75,000. One man—John Pettitt—a guard, was burned to death. Girls Have Scarlet Fevi»r. PETROGRAD. March 23.—The con dition of the children of the former czar took a turn for the worse today. Four—his daughters—are reported suffering from scarlet fever and the eldest of these, the grand duchess Olga was said today to he delirious. The czarevitch Is also very 11L fPWf?'r,r' Stinging Defeat to Germans North of St. Simon, Where They Were Driven Back, Demoralized. HEAVY LOSS INCURRED Berlin Tolls of Heavy Fighting, But Claims All Attacks of the Enemy Have Been Repulsed. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] PARIS. March 23.—Wtyle fresh French forces pressed steadily for ward at ALlletto and north of Sois sons, .other masses of General Nlvel ie's forces inflicted' a stinging defeat on the Germans north of St, Simon, driving them back withheavy losses to Grand Seraucourt. Today's official statement relating these facts of the day's progress against the retreating Germans, said the defeat had been very costly to the enemy. "The Germans attacked and were defeated with heavy losses north of Saint Simon," the statement Baid. "They were driven back to Grand Seraucourt "'It is confirmed that the German defeat on the front from Vregny to Chlares was very costly for them. An entire regiment was sent against one point without success." Germans Claim Victories. BERLIN, March 23. (Via Sayville •wireless.)—"On account of several advances of our own and of hdstae reconnoitaring detachments, artillery activity on the coast of Flanders and In the Arras sectors was temporarily Increased," declared today's official statement. "We took a number of •prisoners. "French troops which on both sides of St. Simon had crossed the Somme and Crozat canal, were re- THE WEATHER Fair and cooler. Local temp— 7 p.m. 60 7 a.m. 43. pulsed by an attack a pain at and be- trenches along with hundreds of other1' yond these sectors. The enemy suf fered sanguinary losses and lost 280 prisoners as well as several machine guns and ^arts. "Between the Oise and the Aisne during the evening, engagements de veloped west and south pt Marglval. "Attacks of strong French forces were repul/sed tinder heavy losses by fire and in counter attacks. "Our artillery also in other places, found advantageous alms in assemb ling and moving troops. "In th» forest of LavHle Aux Bois, a French attack launched after strong tiro failed. Near Walronvillo in the Woevre, an enterprise on the plains "brought children from fifteen to fifty and In us in twelve prisoners and two ma. chine guns." Big Calibre Guns. LONDON, March 23.—Pursuing British and French troops between the Front dispatches today indicated fierce fighting at a score of points along the line of the Franco-British TEN PAGES People Would Have Starved Had l*-v„ Not Been for Supplies Sent by the United some districts up to sixty, were forced to work for Germany." There is no doubt, of the strength of the new German line on which this old man and soores of ofher civilians Somme and on the Sofssons aro now had worked. As the Franco-British encountering fire from big calibre I forces apiproarched nearer to it today, Herman guns. The plain deduction is the fighting became stlffer and stiff that the allies are now nearln^r the er. The British and the French, ore 'Hindenburg line," where permanent pinning the retrfatlng Germans rtght foundatlons for the big guns have long: er against the Arras-Cambrai-St. Quen been prepared. tin-Ijafere-lAon line. Evidences multiplied-today that the Germans regarded the territory over which they have now retreated as per- pursult. The French still lead in the tnanent property. The fact t.bAt hey chase, having apparently penetrated had to give it op after vlerwing It as very close to Lafere in the face of their own for some time, may In a de greatly augmented opposition during gree account for the great Ill-humor the last twenty-four hours. They are of the destruction on all sides. likewise driving near to Laon, sup posed to be another strategic point In the "Hindenburg line." On the British front the German resistance is stiffening to a bitter en gagement all along the line. Hereto fore the British advance has been by cavalry, fast moving infantry and Among the evidences of this idea of permenan'cy the invaders must have had. was that many cemeteries were carefully constructed and per manently decorated with solid marble tombstones and crypts. One hears America mentioned ev erywhere in the desolation—for It was light field pieces with machine guns. American supplies which enabled the (Continued on page 2.) (Continued on page 2.) SOUTH AMERICA WORRIED OVER HER POCKET BOOK After United States War, Financial Affairs Will Undergo a Change. allies fighting against Germany. In Enters any event officials closely in touch in I-Atin-American sentiment declared all other American nations weold re {main neutral no matter what course jwas adopted by the United States. The Argentine press today was with out comment on the extra session [By CJias. P. Stewart. United Press the United States and tfee war Staff Correspondent.] \llke preparations started there. BUENOS AIRFS. March 23.—South Henceforth Argentine's foreign pol America is apprehensive that en-I icy will be under direction of Fernan trance of the United States in the do Saguiere. Acceptance of the port war may seriously affect its finances.! folio was announced today. Personal From high sources in Argentine to-jly. Saguiere is pro-ally, but It Is gen day the belief was expressed that erally understood in Argentine cir-V such a step by the United States—now I cles that he will merely be a rubberVj regarded as certain—would result In stamp personality for President Irl-v'V^s concentration of American money Into goyen. The post of minister of foretea»-|rc war measures and result in a curtail- affairs has been vacant for seven meat of foreign loans except to the months. -i 4 *3 & I j. A umniii) Those Captured in France ^4 Were Sent Back td Father land to Work Like Slaves. AMERICAN PROVISIONS! States. jJ _____ [By Wan. Phillip Simms, United Press Staff Correspondent.] WITH TOCE BRITISH ARMIES AFlBIiD, Mardb 23.—Not only ctld the Germans sweep that part of France .. -. Baid. they are relinquishing dear of homes, supplies and roads—but In many cases they swept It clear of its womanhood. In some districts women between fifteen and fifty were forced to go baok Into the interior of Germany. The Inhabitants left behind were giv en to understand they were being forced to work for Germany. f•: At Rouy Le Grand today I was told, that over four hundred women and1 girls between those aees had thiua1:.. feeeir OtWtotL fb the interior for work. When I asked "wtoy," the refugees merely elrrugged their shoulders. An old man—(he said he was slxtyJpl five—told me In a quavering voice as we stood on a ruined street at Rouy Le Petit: "I have lived three miles northwest%jp§ of San Quentin since a year agof fft| when the boches made me dlgf^S Frenchmen. "They paid us fifty cents a day-—, and it was script money wtotch LilleJ and other French cities had- been:-.^ forced to print for the Invaders. "The new CJprman line-^-on which/1 we worked—is extraordinarily strong. I am positive the Germans Intend to hold it If they can. "It Is about a mile wide, covering the suipport. lines and communicating trenches and roads and with enor mous fields of entanglements. "Months ago the German forces came here with a number of other old folks like myself. Both women and I 1 4 --'5 I,