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Subscribers of Tho Daily Gate City are served the full Leased Wire Service of the United Press Associations. -WWWU--r\Sir-ti.i- VOL. 121. NO. 27. 1 German and British Replies Were Received, Also a Report on the Sinking of the Liner Iberian by a German Submarine. I CONTENTS JkREJOT MADE PUBLIC Germany Has Not Yet Determined Whether or Not to Send an Answer to the Last Pro test Regarding Submarine Warfare. TBy Charles P. Stewart. United Press Staff Correspondent.] WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.*~A German note, a British note and a full report of a submarine destruction of the Ley land liner Iberian, -with the re ported loss of three American Uvea. t«« looked for at the state depart ment today. The expected German communica tion was known to bear on the Frye cue. England's message was an am plification of its dispatches relatlva to the order in council. Information concerning the Iber ian was partly offl&al partly inform al. All accounts still indicated that the Iberian was sunk while trying to es cape, after due notice by tnq sub marine to stop for a search. Austria's publication of a transla tion of its note to the United States concerning American munitions ship ments to the allies attracted atten tion. The Austrian embassy asserted was the first accurate publication of the message here, earlier- versions Swing been "doctored" by the Brit ish censor. As censored, the note's tone was abrupt. The embassy's translation Hi effusively friendly. England Stands Pat. [By Charles P. Stewart. United Press Staff Correspondent] WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—In its con troversy with the United States con cerning the- English order -in council, the London foreign office stands abso lutely "pat." Several days ago the state depart ment received the British answer to American representations on the sub ject Then a request was received that this ant-fer be held up until a luppleraent to it could be forwarded. This supplement arrived today. With it cam* a separate note concern ing the steamship Natchez which, with a cargo from a neutral European port, was detained by the British on it* **y to the United States on the Pound that really its cargo was of German origin. The series, it was announced, will tot be made public until 'Wednesday, but this muoh was learned concerning t: Every American contention was re jected as untenable. The British refused even to recog nize the American right to -reserve certain American complaints for fu ture settlement. All hopes that there might be a modification of the British order in council, were summarily upset. Prom the commerce department's reports on foreign trade balance, a w. By J. [United Press Leased Wire Service] NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—Russia is now openly appealing to her western allies to go to her-assistance by de veloping a major offensive in France and Belgium. Hitherto, the Slav Pressure brought to bear at London and Paris for help has been secret, as far as the Russian government has been officially concerned. Unoffl MIa! a_Ai .. ««o oeen ornciauy concerned, unom dal Intimations of a plea for a west-jmove It is not probable the allies havfc this means of announcing that western offensive is shortly to be- Rather, the circumstances sug gest that the Slavs have (npn unable persuade England Mad France to at the present time. Aa a "tort to a sailltar? p- 4 page was taken to support the British contention that America's foreign business has not suffered. The Lon don foreign office insisted it has proof that many American shipments to Scandinavia and Holland were destin ed ultimately for Germany. To hold up shipments to the U. S. from these neutrals the British still claim the right in cases where they suspect Ger many was the original shipper Germany's note concerning the Frye incident was also received but"was deemed of less Importance than the British series. Of the discussion's outcome, nobody was wiHlng to, hazard a guess. Offi cial accounts differed on the number Involved in the disaster to the Ley land liner Iberian, destroyed by Ger man submarine. An unofficial story wei that three Americans were killed and three wounded. Ambassador Page, London, cabled today this certainly w^s Uicorrect. He said there were four Americans and no more,' who might have sailed on the Ibf/Kn. He was ifire all these were on board. They were L. OTey and J. Carroll, Boston M. Dealey, San Francisco, and J. •Wright, Cliftondale, Mass. Page's understanding was that Wiley was the only American who jperisAd. He had telegraphed to Majfbnester, the Iberian's port of de parture, for fuller Information, but had not yet received it. Supplement to British Note. WJ&HINGTON, Aug. 2—The Lon don Areign office's supplement to the Brash note on thfe order In council, reached the state department today, together with another British note dealing separately with the steamship Natchez case. The first section of the German note on the Frye case was also re ceived. The British supplement dealt with the American caveat, warning the London foreign office that the United States will not recognize orders in council -which violate inteftiatioflal ^The Natchez case was that of a ship with cargo bound from a neutral port to the United States. The British con tention was that the shipment really was of German origin. Therefore the ship was detained for action by a British prize court. By agreement with London govern ment, It was said the British notes and supplement would be made public Wednesday. When the German communlcalton would be published. Secretary Lansing (Continued on page 2.) What the War Moves Mean T. Mason, Former European Man ager of the United Press. version, Russia therefore has de cided to try the effect of publicity. The situation cannot be pleasing for the western allies. Not only is it uncomfortable to have Russia offi cially and openly advising Frahce and England what they should do, but also there exists the possibility of a rupture growing out of a persist ent refusal of the western allies to «t» offensive was telegraphed from That England and France are quite Petrograd last week, but the govern itself remained silent. Today, however, in an official com Qunlque, the Russian government ™»uKiue, ine Russian governmem declares the Germans are moving troops from the west to the east, and then adds that "this fact creates fa'reach vorable conditions for active opera nds of our allies." In other words, r~6 c*ar now openly demands that the English and French no longer re gain idle, whUe the Russians are be forced to abandon all of Poland the enemy. foI^ard- lt unable to develop a serious ofifensive at this time because of their short age of munitions is apparently disbe lieved at Petrograd. The necessity for husbanding ammunition to with stand a possible German effort to Calais unQuestionably does not make the same impression at Petro grad that it does at London and Paris. If the Slavs' allies remain in active despite Russia's public appeal, it is certain there will be resentment at Petrograd and Poland's evacua tion will be associated In the Rus sian mind with the absenoe of co-or dinate military effort In ^,est" Had Germany not persuaded Turkey to enter the war and if there were no possibility of Russia 5?n" trol of Constantinople, the taatt of a possible separate P~ce unquestton ibly would ao«. 1 WfV 7 JV «?K A r-7v7'r.i^"'" -T •'•••$» t\ O MHM'* [United Press Leased Wire AMSTERDAM, Aug. 2.-^ centimeter guns have be'Jw^snt to the eastern battle front 4" used In the bombardment of the & .iaw forts If the Russians contlnut stubborn resistance, according to "Berlin ad vices today. STILL HEAVIER BLOWS. COLOGNE, Aug. 2. (Via Berlin wire less.)—-The Cologne Gazette today ed itorially praised Pope Benedict's lat est peaoe efforts, declaring: "Pope Benedict ha* erected to nls memory a lasting monument deserv ing of great gratitude from mankind far beyond Catholic circles. Hie peace suggestions, however, meet with a sharp 'no' from London, Parle, Rome and Petrograd. Meanwhile, Germany grasps her sword, ready to deal still heavier blows, accomplishing by that means what religion and humanity are unable to secure—an honorable and lasting peace." THANKSGIVING SERVICES. BERLIN (via wireless via Say vllle) Aug. 2.—Practically the entire population of Berlin today flocked to special services of thanksgiving In all the churches to observe the end ing of the first year of the war. Thanka for the blessings of the past year and prayera for an early ending of the great struggle were offered from all the pulpits. Especially Im pressive was the lapgle number .of women dressed In mourning. The newspapers today unanimous ly approved the proclamation of Em peror William on the first annlver aary of the war. They declared that every word of the proclamation breathes the emperor'e accuetomed high eerlousness, his deep rooted love of peace, his conviction on the righteousness of the German cauae and hie confidence In the future. All the newspapers today devote the largest share of their columne to military and naval reviews of the first year of the war. They empha size the fact that the attempt by Germany'e enemlea to atarve her people had been frustrated by the careful organization of the empire's resources and 'said, that a. large part of the gratitude Wait due to the much abused Germany bureaucracy and militarism which worked In full hai^ mony with representatives of all classee, particularly with the work ing people. The soclallat newspaper Vorwaerte especially dealt on the failure of the plana to atarve Germany out and paid tribute to the work of the gov ernment departments. The newspapeis printed eetlmatea of the number of Rueslan prisoners captured during the war, taken from official reports. These showed 938, 869 Russians In German camps and hoapltala and 120,000 who were cap tured laat week enroute to German camps. For AuetHa-Hungary, thb totals reached 636,543, making a grand total of about 1,700,000 for the allies. German collecting statlona, at the middle of June had received 5,843 captured field guna and 1,556 cap tured machine guns. The exact fig ures regarding captured pieces are unknown because many of the cap tured guna are being used by the Germans In the field. But It Is esti mated that 8,000 fteld and 3,000 ma chine pieces have been taken by the German troops. NEW BATTLESHIP. BERLIN, (via wlreleea to Sayvllle), Aug. 2.—The wife of Field Marshal Von Hlndenburg chrlstenSd the new German battle cruiser "Hlndenburg" launched at WHhelmahaven, according to dispatches received here today. Von Hlndenburg telegraphed the kaiser, expressing his gratitude at this un usual honor. EMPRESS PRAISES PRUSSIANS. BERLIN (via wireless Sayvllle) Aug. 2*—The German empress and crown princess, returning to Berlin after a visit to east Prussia, have ad 'dreesed a letter to the newspapers praising the spirit of the Prussians, who have eet about replacing the buildings destroyed by the Russians in their two Invaaions. AN ENGLISH SCHEME. COPENHAGEN, (via Berlin wire less) Aug. 2.—England, In return for permlaalon to obtain coal at her ports, has compelled many nelutral ahips to carry contraband to her, de clared some of the Danish newspa pers today, In explaining the alnklng of a large number of neutral shlpe by German submarines. The English, it was pointed out, naturally prrfer to have neutral veesele sent to the bot tom to the saving of their own ves sels. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] ATHCNS, Aug. 2.—Greek ships along the Asia Minor cosst, on which number of Invalid Greek civ ilians returning to their nsitlve coun try havs been seized by the Turke, according to advises from C*Mt*n ttitegfe today. The Turkapot the siok ttussks ashors and substituted their »Mswnjsd, farcing Grssk dspters SjSi i' *K^2S rf* »•&* yjw KEOKUK, IOWA, MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1915 [United Press Leased Wire Service.] LONDON, Aug. 2.—The Stag liner Clintonla, of 3£30 tone, has been sunk, presumably by a German submarine, according to deapatchee received here today. Fifty of her paaaenget* and crew are reported to have been saved and are being brought to shore. GREEN FACED SNIPERS, LONDON, Aug. 2.—Green-fsoed Ger mane, who paint themaelves the color of the eurroundlng scenery to escape detection, have been successful In sniping at the British troops, the'Dftlly News reported today. A wounded pri vate In the Second Royal Fusiliers Is the News' authority. SUNK BY SUBMARINE. LONDON, Aug. 2.—The British steamer Benvorlich has been sunk by a German submarine. Seventeen of the crew have been landed, ac cording to dispatches to shipping cir cles this afternoon, but Captain Smith' and other members of the crew who left the ship In another •boat, have not yet been reported. The Benvorlich la a 3,381 ton ateamer owned by W. Thomaon A Cp. of Leith.. She was built in 1896 and Is 357 feet long. .. FRANCE [United Press Leased Wire Service] PARIS, Aug. Z.—Inoendiary bombs and flaming liqulda were used1 by the Germans In three determined attacks or the French positions on the Meuse heights and eastward to Pont A' Moueson during last night. An offi cial atatement from the war office this afternoon reported all the Ger man assaults repulsed. All along the line there was a re newal of Infantry clashes throughout the night. The Germans launched several sharp attacks against ths French positive »rouod Souchez. ThesSr'AWrs pHWhptly beaten off the French counter attacking and tear Ing up enemy entanglements. "In the Champsgne region, mine fighting occurred yesterday and dur ing the night," said the official com munique. "The result was favorable to us." TUnlted Press Leased Wire Service.] ROME, Aug. 2.—Austrian pclaoners now confined In fortresses and con centration campa total 17,000, of whom 380 are offlcera, the war office an nounced today. Power Station Collapsed. [United Press Leased Wire Service] HUDSON, N. -Y., Aug. 2.—The pow er station of the local plant of the Knickerbocker Portland Cement Co., collapsed early today, killing four and fatally injuring seven, other workmen. The collapse of the power station will put the entire plant out of business for about seven months and will throw more than 600 men out of employment. THE WEATHER Weather Forecast. For Keokuk and Vicinity: Show ers and cooler tonight. Tuesday part ly cloudy and continued cool. For Iowa: Unsettled tonight with showers. Cooler in east and south portions. Tnesday partly cloudy and continued cool. For Missouri: Showers and cooler tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy and continued cool. For Illinois: Showers and cooler tonight. Tuesday partly oloudy and continued cool. Probably showers south portion. River Bulletin. St. Paul 14 7.2 -0.5 La Crosse 12 7.0 -0.1 Dubuque ...18 9.7 -0.9 Davenport 16 7.4 »-0.2 Keokuk ..14 13.0 -2.0 St. Louis -.20 27.7 Ottumwa .... ........10 16.6 xl.O Hannibal 13 16.4 xl.2 The river will remain nearly sta tionary or fail slowly from Daven port to Keokuk during the next twenty-four hours. Weather Conditions. Cooler, cloudy and unsettled weather prevails this morning throughout the northwest in the Plains states, the Mississippi valley and the lake regions. The hq^viest rainfalls are as follows: Bismarck, 1.16 Dodge City, 1.16 Dubuque. 0.84. Huron, 1.22 La Crosse, 1.10 and. Bt Paul. 0.86. J&Looal Observations. Aug.: Bar. Ther. Wind WTh*r 1 7 p. m. ...J9.90 80 SB OJ'dy 2 7 a.m. ...28.89 70 8 ClMy preclpitatlon 24 .hours, .07 inches. Mean temperature, 78 highest. 86 lowest, 70. J&. W. M'OANN, Temporarily la Charjrsji jwrauftu^ v" J., [United Press Leased Wire Service] PETROGRAD, Aug. 2—The Rue slan armies falling bsck from War saw are fighting one of the most magnificent rear guard sotlons the world war had seen. Small forces, standing by the Narew and weet of the Polish capital, are determinedly holding up the Germsns while the main body of Slave continues the re tirement eastward. So effeotlve Is the Russian defsn elve Just outside the gates of the city that military men declared today that Warsaw oould never have been won by direct assault. The great Austro-German siege guns and the massed forres of the enemy oouldi not have battered their way Into the capital they held the capture of Warsaw was only made possible by the progress of the Austro-Germans along the Lublln-Cholm line. The taking of Warsaw will only slightly relieve the Germans feeling of disappointment over their failure to entrap the grand duke's armies, aocording to advloes to the war offloe When It became evident that the Russians were about to escape the trap, General Von Hlndenburj) aent out a hurry call for reinforcementa from the western battle front. These forces arrived and have been seen In operation In Poland, according to an official (statement from the war office which contained this significant clause: This fsct creates favorable conditions for sctlve operations on the part«of our allies In the west. Sunday, the anniversary of the out bresk of the war between Russls snd Gsrmany and the date on which the kaissr planned a triumphal entry into Warsaw, saw ths Russians throwing German detachments back across the Narew and successfully wlthstsnding sll enemy sssaults In ths bend of the Vistula, sxtsndlng west to southssst of the city. Though it Is sdmltted here that sufficient time has not elapssd to permit the withdrawal of the main body of ths Ruasian troops bsfore Warsaw to ths lines to ths saat, an air of confidence today replaced the feelinga of doubt over the fate of these armies yesterdsy., Ths nswspapsrs today printed prominently the closing words of Mln istsr of War PollnvanofPs speech to the dums, In which he declared that Russls, as a consequence of good crops, is prepared to continue the war for several yeara, "Germany must be beaten st all costs, slse all Europe will fall under the teuton yoke," declared Pollvsnoff. "Without losing an Instant of time, we nwat employ all the faoultlee of the country for the development of the- national defense." REPORTEiD SUNK. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 2. (via Berlin wireless)—A large Ruasian destroyer hae foundered and aunk off Koeken, eaat of Schile, according to official dispatches today. The dls patches ssld It was not known whether the warship waa mined, tor pedoed or sunk by an internal explo sion. IA [United Press Leased \Vire Service.] CHIASSO, (vis Berlin wireless), Aug. 2.—Failure of the Italian armies to register any success 'against Aus tria is arousing distrust throughout Italy, aocording to advlcea from Ital ian cities across the frontier. The working classes are dissatisfied at th| Increased cost of living and In gov ernment circles It Is feared Italy will not dare to enter upon a winter cam paign. Militia is In Charge. [United Press Leased Wire Service] MASSENA. N. Y., Aug. 2.—Two companies of militia today assumed control of the strike at the Alumi num Company of America here and quelled the rioting that rost several lives and injured scores yesterday. One thousand men, mostly Hungar ians, walked out of the plant Satur day when their demands for In creased wages were refused. The strikers had complete control of the plant when the soldiers came. They locked up several of the com pany officials and did extensive dam age to the works. Strike Is Threatened. ULION, N. Y„ Aug. 2.—The big Remington arms plant here was threatened with a strike today. The difficulty Is said to be over the put ting Into effect of the eight hour schedule. When the men went to work' this morning they were handed slips of paper on which were given the scale of wages. The men claimed they were docked and some refused to go to work. The arms company, which Is under the same management as the Brfdg6 port plant, is Just moving into Its mammoth new buildings, some of which are not yet completed. Jefferson County Fair. FAIRFIELD, Iowa, Aug. 2.—The 1915 session of the Jefferson coun ty fair, held under the manage ment of the Jefferson County Agricul tural association, will open Tuesday. August 8, and will continue for four days. AV^* k^f [By Henry "Wood, United Press Staff Correspondent.] DEDHAGATCH. Bulgaria, July 20. (Delayed.)—Atrocities that rival tho outrages of Abdul Hamid aro being In flicted on the two million Armenians In Turkey by the Young Turk govern ment. Official circles in Turkey are using every possible means to prevent the news to reach the outside world. I have oome here from Constantinople to cable a story of conditions as they were told to me by sources in tho Ottoman capital whose reliability can not be questioned. Thousands of Armenians have been deported from their homes in Asia Minor their property confiscated and their families broken up. Young Armenians have been hurriedly draft ed into the army and rushed to Gal lipoll peninsula to meet a quick end in the trenches of the Dardanelles. Wives, mothers and young children have been left helpless in the streets or transported to strange cities and 4bai\donod to the raercies ot the -Mua-i eulman population. Thus far no wholesale massacres have been reported to Constantinople. But the criticc.1 moment for the Armenians will come when the Turks meet with a serious reverse at the Dardanelles should that occur, or when the Armenians themselves be come emboldened by the successes of their local revolt and attempt a gen eral revolution. So serious is the situation that Ambassador Morganthau who almost single handed la fighting to prevent wholesale slaughter, felt authorized to ask the co-operation of Germany and the allies. Von Wagenheim, the German ambassador, and Margrave Fallavlcini, the Austrian representa tive, at Constantinople, have respond ed at least to the degree of joining with tho American ambassador in try ing to convince the Turkish govern ment that a renewal of the atrocities of the former Turkish regime would be a serious mistake. The order for the present cruelties was issued early in May and executed with all the extreme genius of tho Turkish police system. At Brousse, In Asiatic Tur.cey, the city which it is expected the Turfcc will select for their capital if Constantinople falls, 1 investigated ^personally the manner in which the decree was carried out. At Brousse, tho police at midnight swooped down upon the homes of all Armenians whose namos had been put on the prescribed list sent out from Constantinople. These men were ar rested and the minutest search made of their homes --for possible revolu tionary documents. The young Armen ians were then ordered Into the army the older men were deported into the Interior, while tlie women and chil dren who were not carried off were left to shift for themselves. In thousands of cases, the depor tation had been caried Out on such a basis that families will never be re united. Simultaneous with these arrests throughout the empire the Constan tinople police arrested alleged lead ers of an Armenian society who were charged with plotting the establish --i- •&' *-v,r/**,»*•-, K'»V ff^yr^*0' 1 I The War in Mexico ,' ^fT?J THE WEATHER Showers tonight and cooler. Local temp—7 pi m. 80 7 a. m. 70. EIGHT PAGES BY I Outrages Which Rival Those of Abdul Hamid are Being Inflicted Upon the Men,Wom en and Children of Country. AMERICAN AMBASSADOR IS PLEADING News of Reign of Terror Has Been Carefully Concealed From the World so Far, But Now it is Given Out. ment of aQ Independent Armenia. Nineteen of these men were banged in front of ministry of war. Among them was a man who had beien the cashier for a Turkish branch of the Singer Sewing Machine company. At the Armenian town of Zeitoun, of 20,000 inhabitants, the young Armenians refused to enlist in Tur key's armies. A Turkish military force was sent agalnat the city, bvl 800 of the Turks were killed. An overwhelming Turkish force was then sent and when the city fell, the Turkish military officials carried out to the extreme degree their system of deportation and dispersion. Twenty thousand Turks from Thrace wero taken to Zeitoun and established in bouses that for generations belongel to the Armenians, while the former owners were scattered to the extreme ends of the empire, one portion being sent to the sandy deserts at the head of the Persian gulf and the other to malarial marshes in the interior. Bye witnesses from the interiii coming to Constantinople described the processions of these ragged, mis erable Armenians herded by soldier.* in groups ranging: from fifty to several hundred. Old men who could ,not maintain the pace were beaten by the soldiers until they died in their traces, these eye witnesses said. Children dropped out by the wayside to perish. Mothers, unable longer to nouris'i their babies, dropped them in wells as they passed, preferring to end their sufferings. The Armenian colony of Constanti nople, numbering about 70,000, is prac tically the only group that has es caped, and they pwe their safety large ly to Ambassador Morgenthau who has assumed a sort of unofficial pro tectorate over them. In defense of these measures, the Turks assert that the Armenians, de spite previous warnings, roBe in rebel lion when the allies attacked at the Dardanelles. The Armenians, the Turks charged, not only occupied the town of Van and other cities, but ex tended important help to the Russians in the Caucasus. Gets Prison Sentence. [United Press Leased Wire Service CHANDLER, Okla., Aug. 2.—Henry Starr, bandit, whose exploits for years have terrorized Oklahoma, pleaded guilty today to the charge of holding up the Stroud National bank a few months ago. He took his sent ence of twenty-live years In the Mc Alester 'penitentiary calmly. He will testify against Claude Sawyer, one of his pals, in the Stroud hold up. Suffering From Heat. [United Press Leased Wire Service] NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—New York was hoping for more rain today after a down pour that last.ed most of the night, but brought no cooler weath er today. The United States weather forecaster could not predict either rain or a fall in temperature. Four heat deaths were reported yesterday and four today. Reports of Bcores of prostrations poured In to day. Latest Developments Among Our Revolution ary Neighbors of the South. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] ico City, without lingering on the ont WASHINGTON, Aug. 2—Urgent re quests that the state department al leviate food conditions in Mexico Cit/. were received today from Charles O'Connor, special Red Cross represent ative in the capital. Death and col lapse from starvation are frequent and the ipoor are eating leaves, grass, dead horses and mules, he said. State department advices from skirts. Food Trains Ctarted. ASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Foo-l trains were leaving Vera Cruz for 7.5 exico City today, unofficial advices here from the former place, said. No body knew how long it would take to get the supplies through. General Carranza was known to control part of the capital at least. That by today Vera Crux said Carranza expects to his men had oocupied all of it, was move his government to Mexico City deemed likely. this month. General Obregon's occupation of Zacatecas was confirmed. Severe fighting was reported east of Guadeloupe Friday. General Gonzales, it was said, would immedlsjtoly establish himself in Me# ate/n The state department was trying to get news of Editor Paul Hudson, of the Mexican Herald, and the members of his family and staff, arrested by th3 Zapatistas, released it was hopei when the Carranzistas forces took tho capital. .• '1 at