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VOL. 125. NO. 82.
jiption of How Amei$can
jestroyer Put an End to
German Sub
marine.
ON OCEAN'S TOP
nty-tvro Minute Chase Ends With
Boat Being Smashed to
pieces by
Shell.
e& Press Leased Wire Service.]
"ASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—American
rovers have sunk a considerable
ber of German boats. The
of a series of descriptions por
ing the battles between these de
fers and enemy submarines was
public by the committee on
'information today.
date of the first encounter, in
•h the boat apparently was
in view of a fleet of merchant
under convoy, is withheld, 83
name of the destroyer engaged,
account as prepared from
department reports follows:
Amerioan destroyer flwt
sd th submarine in the^early
„ng of & clear sky. The sea was
ely calm with hardly a ripple of
m. The submarine was running
merged with only her periscope
•wing. A large number of mer
it siiipe were in sight.
The boat was less than a mile
the port beam of the destroyer
following a parallel course in an
loslte direction when the periscope
discovered. It was throwing up
:olumn of water several feet In
ght, so like a nearly spent tor
lo that the officer of the deck
ught for a moment that this was
at it was.
The next instant the destroyer
tnged its course sharply to the
and it headed for the boat at
1 speed. At tlie same time the
^ard eun opened fire on the per
ope. The commanding officer
the boat a little to the rear of
periscope.
As the destroyer dashed across
line of bubbles a. depth charge
dropped and a column of clear
ter shot thirty feet into the alv.
destroyer turned to the right,
Iftly circling, and a starboard gun
*ned on the periscope as she
me across the boat's wake again,
fain a column of clear water show
that the depth charge had not
iched its mark.
"Another quick turn to the right
'ought the starboard gun to rear,
't this time the destroyer turned
sharply that she was able to come
for the third attack in the
•*8 of the submarine. The third
®th charge brought up a column of
par water and the destroyer wheel
once more, this time to the left
(Continued on page 2.)
hgineer Tells How He is Do
ing His Bit by Keeping Lo
comotive in Shape.
ons,
an(j
f0Q(j
SENATE LISTENS
TO LAFOLLETTE
Defends Self
is.
He assailed the "war party" for
"trying to intimidate congress and the
people and fiercely defended free
Bpeech. He demanded a statement of
war aims.
The galleries were packed and th©
senate floor crowded when the Wis
oonsln solon began his address. At
first he spoke slowly and in deep voice
scarcely audible. Soon, however, he
was hitting his stride—waving his
manuscript in one hand, pounding on
the desks about him vigorously, re
affirming his position on the war.
"Not by the breadth of a hair," he
shouted, "will I turn fjrom the course
I mark out for myself, guided by such
knowledge as I can obtain and con
trolled and directed by a solemn con
viction of right and duty.
"Since the declaration of war, the
triumphant war party has pursued
those senators and representatives
who voted against war with malicious
recklessly libelous at-
falsehood and
tackB, going to the extreme limit of
charging them with treason," La Fol
lette said. "I have before me news
paper clippings, some of them libels
against me alone, some directed as
well against other senators. One of
these newspaper reports, most widely
circulated, represents a federal Judge
as saying in a charge to grand furors
that certain distinguished senators,
among whom I have tfcc honor to Tie
included, 'should be stood up acainsft
a wall and given what they deserve'—
implying of course that we should be
ghot
A. Corrie, Engineer, Southern
tallway, Atlanta, Ga„ Written for the
United Press.]
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 6—The im-,
stance of the railroad man's part in Altogether, I have
J'P'ng America win the war cannot 272,000 miles without
over-emphasized because it is eas-1 After each run, I spend from
apparent that all the armies, mu-j minutes to an hour going over eac
8Uppues
c°untry
produced by
would be useless in the
aga'inst Germany without trans
ition facilities. What good is a
without shells—without food for
me«
who fire it? This is the rail
man's Job and his ryreat duty to
k3,1,'011
at thls
time,
j. °el'eve that as an engineer for
Southern railway, I am doing my
I? "elP America win the war Just
oini
0,1 as tlle
bX
young men who are
army and
fem
navy. And by
c'ent
08
watchful against dan-
Practices and by careful use of
this were a slnele or excep-
lered a course steered that would 1 tlonal instance of defamation, I should
ins the destroyer across the wak3jnot trouble the senate with a refer
ence to it.
"I find other senators, accused of the
highest crimps of which any man tan
be guilty—treason and disloyalty, ac
cused not only with no evidence to
support the accusation, but jl "Lnpears likely two men—Repre
the suggestion that such evidence gentatlve fjefiin in the house and
anywhere exists.
"But it is not alone members of con-
Kress the war party in this country
has sought to intimidate. The man-1 ... ..
11 ttO 1.1
date' has gone forth to the sovereign
people that they must be silent while
these things are being (lone by their ^arges
abiding citizens of this coun-
try are being terrorized and outraged
in their rights by those Bworn to up-
fContinued on page
RAILROAD MAN'S PART
IN HELPING WIN WAR
believe there Is an
increase the usefu
mv engine I believe there is an op-1
portunity to increase
of my services to the country In this
emergency.
I am making an effort to do these
things. The locomotive that I now
drive has been in my charge for four
years and eight months. During that
time as a result of the care and at
tention I give the working parts after
completing my run, it has never been
sent to the shops for heavy repairs.
u. s.
Spectacular
Speech by Hurling Defii-1
ance at His Ac
cusers.
ASSAILS "WAR PARTY'
His
Does Not Intend to Change
Course by so Much as the
Breadth of a
Hair.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—Senator La
Follette today in a spectacular speech,
before the senate defied those in the
country who charged him with sedi
tion and treason. Denouncing the
"campaign of libel and character as
sassination" against men opposing war
measures, he declared "neither the
clamor of the mob, nor the voice ol
power will turn me."
thirty
no nnafllbln in running it, feel
wm
War Session Will Adjourn Be
fore Night After Making
Most Wonderful
Record.
imrro ARE UNDER FIRE
Senator La Follette and Represents-
tlw Heflln Left Their Marks on
War Sessions of
Congress.
["United Press Leased Wire Service]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—Under
dramatic circumstances the war ses
sion of congress will adjourn before
S,'for,WPropt'riatie°„5*UJd^vX|
Senator
flre of
i,a Follette will be undet- the
jnqUtry hen the session ends.
may
members of the
]ettfi be ca
0
have to answer charges of He had won.
disloyalty he has lodged
government, which most vitally con-1 Follette today was prepared to night, coatless, soaked, but happy,
cern their wellbelng, their happiness
answer hIs
and their lives. I worked behind locked doors, seeing no was third. When the rain and hail
"Todav and for weeks past, honest!
on6f
go
and law aDia ng £We
Jn congre8S
No retractions-only bold
8
_j^p
the
_^ position, the hill passed May 18.
Next came the food control battle.
After weeks of debate led by Senator
Reed, Missouri, the bill passed.
Bitterest of all the session fight
,„
on big Incomes and wa» profits. Op
driven it over posed to them was the bi-partisan
a breakdown, combination of Simmons and Stone,
1
Pen[r
keejlng my engine out of' the under suspicion for anti war speeches
nhnn &nd'bv consuming as little coal and Representative Heflln, ^&a*
shop and by
it fee
as possible in running
I am contributing my part to the ef
forts of my superior officers to pro
duce the maximum transportation ef-.
ficienev which Is necessary to win the
fight, and in doing these things to the
best of my ability I think I am Justified
In the belief that I am doing my bit
for my country In the present emer
gency.
&nb Constitution Bemocrat
KEOKUK, IOWA. SATTJBDAY, OCT. 6, 1917
Pairol Vessel Lost
1/
First to Sink in Foreign Waters Since Navy
Took Hand in Great War
•[TTnited Press Leased Wire Service]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—An American patrol vessel on duty in foreign waters has been
lost, the navy department announced today.
A dispatch from Admiral Simms states that the ship foundered, but the entire crew
and officers were saved and safely landed.
The accident occurred on the morning of October 4. An investigation is being made
into the loss of the vessel. The department stated that beyond a bare announcement of the
loss, no further details are given.
This patrol vessel is the first American ship to be lost in foreign waters.
The department early this week announced the damaging of a large destroyer on duty
as a result of a collision with a British naval ship.
In neither accident was there loss of life, either in men or officers.
OWA FANS ARE
ON JOB EARLY
Second and Third Man in Line
at Park Gate This Morn
ing, Came From
This State.
AN ALL NIGHT WAIT
John Ryan Wins 1917 Fanahlp» Ai nwd
With Soap Box, Umbrella
and Ham Sand
wich.
[By H. D. Jacob, United Press Staff
Correspondent.]
CHICAGO, Oct. 6.—John Ryan of
Chicago wins th® 1917 fanship.
He was the first man to grab a
"place in the sun"—and the rain and
the hail—for a ticket to the world's
series opener at White So* park to
day.
Armed with a soap box, an um
brella and a ham Sandwich, Ryan
dug himself in at the pavilion ticket
•window at 8:02 last night.
It rained. Ryan grinned. It hailed.
He hunched his head between his
shoulders and waited. It blew. He
line of 1.500 fans, male and female.
At the bleachers entrance was an
other 1,000. He nibbled contentedly.
1
against,
"seditious utterances." I and sat next to Ryan through the
critics. For days he has Glenn Loper of Charles City, low
preparing the speech which will came he rented an umbrella space
down as one of the most remark- from Warren Willis of Akron, Ohio,
jonal history. The long distance title probably
asser-
tions of his war beliefs are expected Calif. Craig asked his boss
when he takes the floor. The war
session lasted 188 days. Final figures
exceeded
$21,000,000,000.
The largest
previous total was for the year ended
June 30, 1917, slightly in excess of $1,
600,000,000. Of the $21,000,000,000,
however, $7,000,000,000 is for bonds to
finance loans to the allies which will
come back to this country. Tho first
of its fights was on the draft law. De
a scattering but determined op-
_.ftr revenue hill AIBenl
^ir^uTl^V Sen^r^soa
others. Th«
nSion i!romm
wealth conscription program was
feated, but not until concessions
working part to see that no ^dmoin been made. The
exists that may)'nf.af°F lesslon ends with Senator LaFollette
that caned to answer his charges against
tna-t'certalr,
eoHeaRnes in connection with
tho $50,000 Von Bernstorff "slush
fund.
Before Colonel Carl Reichmann was
promoted to a brigadier general he
ran the gauntlet of pro-German
charges brought by Senator Poindex-
vj
goes to Ted Craig of Los Angeles
nMt fnr vm
AMERICANS SINK SUBMARINES
Second prize goes to Deter Wheel-
house, while LaFol-jer of Sioux City, Iowa. He bummed
ned upon to answer his way to Chicago on a freight train
But Crew is Saved
Glenn Loper of Charles City, Iowa, dent of the Pacific Import and Ex
port company, declares British offi
cials in the orient told him they had
reports that the raiders had been so
outfitted. Sailings from this port
have not been affected by the reports
of raiders and shipping men declare
they will not be.
vacation to attend the series. The
boss said:
"Nothing doing."
Well, what's a job compared with
a world Beries, anyway? So Craig
was among those present today.
There is some dispute about the
woman's fanship. It lies between
Mrs. A. M. Foster and Mrs. Agnes
Brennan, both of Chicago. Mrs. Fos
ter appeared personally at 4 o'clock
this morning and won a place about
200th in line. She was the first
female of the species on the Job.
But here's the way Mrs. Brennan
.aatnn'a worked it. At 8:30 last night she
her gQn Jolm to
u:
and Borah, began Mrs. Brennan arrive ...
hopeless ^7
mg 0'
he park. John
DU
A- 2-a"
was relieved by his brother Barney.
Mrs. Brennan arrived at 7 and took
the
Figure it out for yourself.
the place she had won by strategy.
,rapif
Chas. Stevenson of Chicago headed
_j rrYu_ the bleacher line. He arrived in
TO
a de state, lugging a big easy chair on
a«f whlch wa8 painted:
"White Sox park
or bust." Park ofilcials induced Stev
enson to swap the chair for one less
ornate. They will present his to
Chas. Comiskey, president of the
White Sox, as a memento of today's
crowds.
Shortly arter 8 o'clock the crowds
had swelled to mere than seven
thousand, and it was believed that
when the ticket windows opened at
ten there would be fully 20,000 in
line.
Continued on pape 2.) .—{Read Gate City Want ads.
1
fW".
Thrifte Members of Crew o!fl8e£
adler Reported Picked up
at Sea by British
Destroyer.
OTHERS AT LIBERTY
Western Shipping Does Not Intend to
Be Frightened From Sea by
Presence of Hostile
Craft.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6.—That
the captain and two members of the
crew of the German sea raider Seed
ier were captured by a British de
stroyer off the Society islands three
weeks ago, was reported here today.
According to the stories the three
men were taken to Hong Kong and
interned, while the launch in which
they were cruising was sunk. There
Is no confirmation.
The remainder of the Seeadler*B
crew is supposed to be on a French
ship which they captured and which
they are operating as a raider.
Shipping men here believe the
German raiders were outfitted in
Batavia. W. M. Milne, vice presi-
Convicts Makie Good as Soldiers.
[By United Press.]
LONDON, Sept. 15.—(by mail)—
Enelish convicts hav© made good as
soldiers. Over 7,000 have 'Joined "p'
during the war, who had done time in
prison. Jails and reform schools. About
half are believed to have been killed.
Among the total number there is $
representative sprinkling of honors—1
special mention, the Victoria cross
land the distinguished conduct medal,
Three received the "Victoria cross,
twenty were .mentioned in dispatches
jand twenty-five received the disting-
iuished conduct medal.
Assails LaFollette.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6—Senator
Robinson, Arkansas, bitterly assailed
Senator LaFollette this afternoon, de
claring if "I entertained the senti-
ments of the senator from WIscon-
sin, I would not think I had a right
to a seat in the senate. I would
apply to the kaiser for a seat in the
bundesrath."
Suit Against Milk Trust.
[United Press leased Wire Service]
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 6.—In an
Interview here today Assistant Attor
ney General Walter Drew declared
suit would be filed against an alleged
"milk trust" in Wisconsin at Racine
county circuit oourt this afternoon.
ft?:'-
SECOND TRIAL
OF DEI. KELLY
Itinerant Minister May Not Go
to Court Again on Charge
of Killing Eight
People.
SYMPATHY OF CITIZENS
trial again. Sentiment
Much hard feeling was created
during the trial between the defense
and the state's attorneys. While the
state did not seek the death penalty,
It did want Kelly convicted and sent
to the Insane ward of tho Aaamosa
reformatory whioh is known as the
state's criminal insane asylum. In
the charges to the Jury the states
attorneys dwelt at length on the ad
visability of sending Kelly there for
the remainder of his life. They argued
that he had been committed to an
insane asylum onoe before and after
eight months confinement was de
clared «ane. The state charged that
he showed signs of insanity a month
after his release. The attorneys for
the state alleged the same thing
would happen if he was confined In
any asylum but that at Anamosa.
The defense too introduced wit
nesses and evidence to prove that
Kelly was weak-minded from over
work. Kelly, however, was indignant
when his lawyers referred to him as
being of a weak mind.
If Kelly is triad again on the
charges of slaying Joe Moore, Mrs.
Moore and the four Moore children
and Lena and Ina Stilllnger at the
Moore home on the morning of June
10, 191i2, he probably will be called
before the November term of tho
court. Many citizens of this section
doubt that Attorney General Havner
will have the case called. The at
torney general himself has nothing to
say at present on the case.
Meanwhile J. N. Wilkcrson, who
has been creating more or less ex
citement through his work for the
defense, continues to look up wit
nesses for the defense and to berate
the prosecution. The former Bums
detective who has been very bitter
against Havner and who Is seeking
to oonnect a former stato senatoi
with the murders recently advised
Iowans to demand th» resignation of
Havner. He urged the citizens at a
recent mass meetlnsr here to "slay
according to the state, was the text
which Kelly, In an alleged confession
(Continued on page 2.)
Planted Acre of Ground, Pur
chased Liberty Bond and
Supported Red Cross.
[By Vincenze iPocino, Track Foreman,
Pennsylvania Railroad, Trenton, N.
J., written for the United Press.]
TRJKNTON. N. J., Oct. 6.— You
want to know what I have done to
help America win the war. You re-
mel
nber when President Wilson made
an appeal to the people to help re
duce the high cost of living and so
create more crop to food the allies?
I apply at that time to the super
visor for an acre of land. On that
acre of land I make one of the beai.
gardens that you ever saw. I got
enough •potatoes to supply my family.
I raise tomatoes, lettuce, beans and
all kinds of greens. This garden
a great help to me and my family
Then, came along the "Liberty loan'
and I subscribed it. Besides sub'
.:V.Y Ju
*y'
-THE WEATHER
Fair and warmer. Local temp
—7 p. m. 50 7 a. m. 38.
1
Case Has Created Much Hard Peeling
and Attorney General Hav-
ner Has Been
Critic I sed*
RED OAK, Iowa, Oct. 6.—'Therei is
much speculation here today whether
Lyn George J. Kelly, unordained ltin-,
erant minister, charged with th© Vil
llsca ax murders, will ever so
ln
Montgom­
ery country is more pro-Kelly ttiaii
ever. The hung Jury in the first
trial of the minister has stirred up
considerable ill feeling in this neigh
borhood.
When the Jury was discharged, it
stood eleven for acquittal and one
for conviction. Juryman Brown, who
lives a few miles south of here, is
the man who voted for conviction.
He wanted the "guilty" sentence on
the ground that Kelly was insane.
He was not the most popular man
the community when he made his
speoch to Judge Bolos. H© departed
for hia home immediately after the
Judge dismissed the Jury from service.
TEN PAGES
Ml
Slowly, But Surely, Germany's
Boasted Unbreakable Line,
is Now Being
Crumbled.
BRITISH SMASH AHEAD
Hlndenbur^s Strategy of PHI
to
The oustandlng factor of the vic
tory as Its fruits were computed to
day was that the German "pill box"
defense scheme Is Just as vulnerable^
as the old style trench defense plan.
The Germ ana decided to give up thafej.
comjplete trenc^ warfare ibacaasft theyfa*-*
found the tremendous British offeny
sive barrage made the trenches: ,•
death traps. The "Prussian lmpera-5
torix," as Hlndenburg Is now called
in Germany, thereupon devised the
plan of concrete shell crater defenses,
distributed ovet- a wide zone and
sprinkled with ^plll boxes."
This defense scheme succeeded the
intricately complete trench system
on the very front where Halg struck.
The new plan had for months heen
extolled behind the German lines ns
Germany's supreme tactical achieve
ment. The German rank and file called
It the unbreakable Hlndenburg de
fensive.
But Haig broke it. Tha Hlndenburg
defensive* did not live up to the ex
pectations which its first tryout
around Ypres in the summer's bat
tles had raised. The conviction must
00W have been borne home crushlngly
on the Germans that their armor is
cracking.
Tho terrible British barrage levelled
the wide defensive zone of the new
war system and a new "wake bar
rage" mopped up what was left. Be
tween the two walls of raining steel,
the British, more like ljull dogs than
ever, tore apart the fabric of the Hln
denburg defense.
Not only this, but Germaai counter
attacks on which Hindenburg's new
system counted on most, faded away.
Hindonburg's strategy In giving up
the completely linked and intricate
system of trench lines for scattered
pill boxes and concrete shell oraters
was based on tho belief that If there
were only a few trenches, the attack
ing enemy would lack cover. Hereto
fore the line after line of trenches,
even when half destroyed by barrage
"reriT ^withstand counter attacks.
-.'iX
Therf were no Intricate trench
lines where the British assaulted.
(Continued on page 2.)
TRACK FOREMAN TELLS
OF DOING HIS BIT
scribing myself, I encouraged nearly
every man in my gang who could pay
for ft.
1 have a good gang of men and we
do first class work to keep the track3
so that the trains can carry the sol
diers, their ammunition and food
without delay or derailment. I want
to tell you also that with exception
two or three, all the it en in my gang
are naturalized. I have helped them
by explaining what naturalization is.
Not. very long ago here at Trenton
we had a fine parade, for the Red
Cross and I was very glad that I was
able to contribute to it. Brit I want
to tell you that I felt bad when they
told me I was not able to go to
France with the regiment of railway
engineers because they had the num
ber of men they wanted. I would
have been more than happy if I could
have had that chance. But If they
should call for more men, I am ready
to go and do my little share to help
America win the war.
Finally, I want to tell you, I will
help in any way possible, all the
time on the Job and In my home.
Ki
V,
Box
Program Proves no Match to
Deadly Barrage
Fire.
IBy Wm. Philip Simms, TTnlteS Press
Correspondent.]
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIEXLD, Oct. 6.—iFleld Marshal
Haig's most successful blow asainst
the German lines was achieved against
Germany's newest defensive scheme—
and against the plan of warfare on
which the TeTitonio high command
has pinned all its hopes.