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Whatever follows, the allies
cv» won one phase of the
in the Flemish hills.
.They have smashed the Ger
V—»• in a trial qf shier
have inftloted a w
costly jolt and have won
ihhongh the Germans hurled
st least 220,000 men into the
hills aronnd Tpres. '11
The pnss, while oantton^
has a brighter aspect than for
ks. It believes Monday's
stonewall defense warrants a
confidence in the future and
f- speculates as jto whether the
l"^'4 Germans will now strike else
where in pursuit of their receaat
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Entire Front Is Quiet.
TiOWXJN, May 1.—The entire west
battle front was quiet yesterday,
illowing the severe defeat Inflicted
,-^J the Germans In the Flanders m
luult Monday.
4 Field Marshal H&ig, In his official
report last night said that except for
l-local fighting at different points,
there had been no Infantry action to
U^ay.
|if He added that further reports con
]P|Snn the fact that the enemy's losses
ik*we very heavy in his nnsnooessful
fVattack yesterday.
[Attack near Locre, Monday night, took
ninety-foor prisoners.
violent bombardment in the r»-
Hangard-En-6anterre, south
Somme yesterday, was reported
French war office. A German
was repulsed In the Noyon sec
tor.
jik.-?1* O^raaan war office admitted the
recapture of Locre by the French, and
„v alaimed the capture of British
north of Vormeezeele and
'j ^«™traat Artillery activity in the
Kemmel region continued throughout
the day, the Germ ana said.
p. Bombardment of
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Doily Gate City and Constitu­
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IVOL. 126. NO. 103.
jAHies Smashed Germans in Trial of Sheer
Strength, Inflicting Severe, Costly
Jolt
OHFIDENCE NOW FOIr THE 'FUTURE
rgn Hindenburg's 225}000 Men Ran Against
Stone Wall and are Peaceful and Quiet 4
Today.
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OofT—gonrtaat]
LONDON, May U-JLhhoogh
Hii too early for anything defl
and ziotwithatanding the
in Flandero may be re
any moment, military
dala are moro optimistic
for perer&l days.
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Churches.
k. May l.—Protests against the
bombardment of churches by the Ger-
T».
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NfiJW TOBK. Mkr
Is staggering before the most
pendoua German- failure since
battle of the Marne.
CHICAGO NEWSPAPERS MERGE
MAKING TWO FOR MORNING
in
tomto Combines With Exami
ner and Will be Printed
By Hearst.
Press leased WIre Servlce]
^OHiaAOO, May
1-—The
Chicaao
»«r«id was combined today with the
™«*»t morning paper here and will
g» issued hereafter aa the "Chicago
Hnald and Examiner." The paper
abandon the Herald plant, being
«w«d from the Hearst building under
9* ^torwhip of Arthur Brisbane.
ha* two morning papers
What and 'the aeiw coaaMna-
General Fooh's enticements of
death are proving mora terrible than
even the kaiser can pay. for. The
slaughter of German man power by
order of the German higBt command,'
ha« come to an abrupt ead but a re-,
newal of the panting effort to break
through the allied lines is Inevitable.
The victorious German spirit, however,
has been extinguished and Hinden
burg can no longer progress except at
an even more ghastly cost than he has
previously paid.
The moral affect of the allies suc
cessful stand before the last defenses
of Ypres is enormous. After having
won the most difficult parts of the ap
proach to Ypres the Germans have
been halted praoticall yon the sum
mits of the hi
11B they paid so dearly
to capture. The collapse of Hinden
burg's offensive under this circum-
Mount Kemmel than Hindenburg
could afford to pay.
Nevertheless Hlndenburg must risk
still further gambles for he haa not
The French, in a successful counter yet taken a stogie position that Is
vital. He cannot turn to the German
people and proclaim ia. decisive vic
tory which even they will be deluded
into accepting. To be held along the
present line indefinitely must hi the
end prove the undoing of Hlndenburg*s
reputation and the collapse of kalser
ism.
The German people at last are b«
glnlng to realize that an enormously
powerful American army is piling In
to France. The Americans may not
be fully prepared to strike before next
autumn or
next
spring, but ill Hlnden­
burg is blocked in the west this wm
mer he will stay blocked until Ameri
ca's major offensive Is ready to start.
(Continued on page 2.)
The Herald, for four years, has
been under the editorship of James
Keeley, who left the Tribune to merge
the old Record-Herald and the Inter
Ocean in the spring of 1914. An an
nouncement in the Herald says:
Keeley will go abroad for three
months to make certain Investigations
for two Buropean countries.
Terms of toe sale mre not an
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SieoeMooper Stock Sold.
CHICAGO. May 1.—The Slegel-Coop
er department store stock, valued at
$1,750,000, has been sold to the Bos
ton Store here, it was reported today,
the withdrawal from State
street of one of Its famous landmarks.
The Stegel-Oooper tralldlng win be
converted Into a government
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mans are regarded aa "inexplicable"
by Germany, according to the Cologne
Qasette.
"Germany is sorry that shells from
the 320 millimeter guns struck a
chnrch on Good Friday," the com
munique states, "bat Inquires sarcas
tically how Parisians could expect a
gunner ISO kilometers a.way to differ
entl&te between churches sad other
structures.'
"Our piety Is evidenced by the fact
that there was no bombardment on the
day the victims of the Good Friday
incident were burled," Hie Gazette
stated. "We osrtalnly committed no
sacrileges."
Cardinal Hartmann la preparing a
foil.report on the Incident to be sub
mitted to the Vatican shortly.
Von. Htndenburo Staggering.
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CAMP DODGE, Iowa, May
TAKING BOUNCE
»OUT OF RUN
Government Assumes Com
plete Control Over Sale and
Prevents Any Increased
Prices.,
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[United- Press teased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON-, May 1.—The gov
erjmrsnt today fixed a standard price
on crude rubber and assumed com
plete control of the sale and manip
ulation of all the stocks through an
order issuftS "by the war trade board.
The order Is affective today. It ^af
fects not only tlie hundreds of rubber
importers, jobbers manufacturers and
dealers, but also ev^ry man, woman
anil child in the United States be
cause of the wide-spread use of man
ufactured rubber products.
Officiate ajso said it will prevent
an increase in the coat of automobile
tires.
stance demonstrates conclusively that below those of yesterday, but this
the British and the French exacted} does not mean the government has
far heavier toll from the Germans for acted to Jam down the market,
possession of Messines ridge and Speculation in crude rubber began
The prices fixed are ten per cent
ten days ago and prices soared when
had learned of the order. The
sSof
dealers
government prices, determined by
the war industries board, are the
same as those prevailing before spec-
He cajonot turn to the German ulatlon began, sixty-two cents a
... pound for standard quality smoked
sixty-three cents for standard
sheets,
quality first latex crepe and sixty
eight cents for fine para. All prices
quoted are c. i. f. New York.
The price fixing and control order
Is only incidental to the real purpose
of the government. This is restric
tion in the Import of erode rubber to
conserve ship space, the order says.
It is announced rubber will be put
in a list of restricted imports soon
to be issued by the war trade board.
When it was decided to restrict
rubber Imports, officiate saw the
need of preventing speculation and
hoarding of rubber which was sure to
come through decreased stocks.
The war trade board therefore de-
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anb Coiustitution-JBemocrat.
Thirteen Thousand Have Already Been
vice, According to Figures Just
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DISS MOINES, Iowa, May 1.—There are 35,829 white m^ud 595 negroes in class one
ln.Iowa acoording1 to figures sent to Provost Marshal General Cr&wder by Adjutant General
Logan today. This figure does not include Cedar county which failed to report.
The report sent General Crowder also showed that since last September 13,480 Iowans
have been voluntarily inducted into the nation's military forces.
FIPTBBN YSAR SBNTSMCS.
li—Because
private Elmer N. Olson, of Goodrich, Minn., a member of the depot brigade at Camp Dodge, has been tried by
general courtmartlal and sentenced to fifteen years at hard labor In the government disciplinary barracks at Fort
Leavenworth.
Private George P. Kitchen, a North Dakota selective, has been santenoed to five years by a general court
martial on charges of desertion.
Olson's case Is the flrst at Camp Dodge to come under a recent ruling of the war department providing for
trial by court martial of aoldlers who refused medical treatment.
cided to force every importer to put the league last September in which
in all sale contracts of crude rubber the alms of the Russian Bolshevlkl
a clause which gives the government were praised. He quoted from resolu
the option of buying the rubber at tions passed at the league convention
Its' own standard price. This Is the I in March to show that the league had
Drice fixed In today's order. (then continued to indorse the alms
The option clause thus gives the of the Russians in behalf of political
government complete control of all
crude rubber from the time It reaches
an American port until It is deliver
ed to the manufacturer.
Under the option clause the gov
ernment can take over crude rubber
a,t any time speculation is forced.
The option clause plan of price con
trol was first used in fixing wool
prices. But the rubber clause goes
much farther than the wool clause
because the government's option in
the wool contracts was for a limited
time. Also rubber is 100 per cent
imported, while wool Is not.
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KEOKUK, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1918
Li
Bonda ri-
League Passed Resolutions Indorsing
Nation's War Aims and Pledg
ing Support to
War.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
Reed read resolutions adopted by
and Industrial democracy.
Townley denied the league supports
what the Bolsheviki have been doing.
"We favored their efforts to obtain
political and Industrial democraoy,"
said Townley, "but that effort has
been a failure thus far."
Pressed for a definition of indus
trial democracy, Townley Illustrated
with his brother-in-law's calf, which
died and the hide brought $3.27. The
man then bought a set of harness
which cost him $100.
'?t used to he possible to get $5 or
$6 for a calf skin and get back the
Officials say the action taken will' harness made from it for $65," said
prevent any attempt of manufacturers
to raise prices because the price at
which they buy raw product is fixed
and not subject to fluctuations.
That to why it is denied the order
Ml
Townley.
This brought on a lively argument
as to the value of calf skin aqd
whether harness Is made from it.
The hearing rapidly developed into
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he refused to allow medical officers to vaccinate and Innooulate him,
fxfted Into Ser-
BUY ANOTHER
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President Starts Scheme by
Taking One to be Paid For
in Monthly In
stellments.
HIS
.4k','. A
Non-Partisan League President
MILLION PARTNERS
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scribed, But Quota
Has Not Been
Reached.
[United Press Leased Wire Service]
WASHINGTON, May 1.—President
Wilson today called upon 1,000,000
Americans, to match him with a $50
Liberty bond—$5 down and $5 a
month.
Inaugurating a "buy another bond'
campaign starting today, the presi
dent, after purchasing all the bonds
he felt he could, got another $50 one
on the installment plan, providing a
million people In the country would
WASHINGTON, May 1.—A. C. igo with him on the proposition.
Townley, president of the non-part-j With about a half a billion dollars
isan league, today denied before the yet to go, the president believes that
senate military affairs committee I at least $50,000,000 can be raised
that the organization is treasonable
or that he or other officials are trait
ors.
Townley who Is under Indictment
In state courts, appeared at his own
request to answer charges recently
made by Judge J. E. McGee, Minne
sota, that the ."nonpartisan league
man is a traitor and the league is a
treasonable organization."
The committee bluntly refused to
allow TownWiy to discuss the aims
and purposes of the league, when Sen
ator Reed raised the point that Mc
Gee had not accused the league mem
bership, but had specifically stated
that-the majority of the members,
though loyal, are misled by officers.
Committee members kept up a fire
of questions designed to show wheth
er Townley and other league officers
had displayed loyalty to the United
States.
"Did the league bay any Liberty
bonds?" asked Senator Weeks.
"We bought $5,000 of the third
loan and none of the first or second,"
said Townley. He testified the league
usually had on hand from $5,000 to
$50,000 In cash ir its treasury.
through the co-operation of a million
Americans willing to get "anpther
bond" with him.
To date 12.000,000 Americans have
purchased bonds—three million more
subscribers than in the second loan.
But the per capita subscription owing
to the failure of the wealthy to re
spond, has failed to put the loan
"over" to date.
The field has been combed for all
except the banks, who so largely
floated the first and second loans.
Only extra effort and further sacri
fice by individuals will prevent turn­|what
ing to banks for most of the balance
now.
This loan with its vast subscription
list Is leaving the country In splendid
financial condition, according to offl
cejra of the federal reserve board.
Reaches Hs Quota.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.—The
twelfth federal reserve district has
"apparently" subscribed its minimum
quota in the third Liberty loan, ac
cording to an announcement by Cam
paign Manager Geo. K. Weeks today.
The smallest amount on which the
district could pass muster Is $210,
000,000. Last night the federal re
serve bank had received $199,938,900.
Bealdes this about $15,000,000 is en
route to headquarters from various
parts of the district. Weeks figured
the total subscriptions to date at
$210,288,900.
Railroad Men Subscribe.
CHICAGO, May 1.—Western rail
road workers subscribed an average
of $75.21 each to the third Liberty
loan, according to'figures announced
here today. Santa Fe railroaders
led with a total subscription of over
$3,000,000, almost seventy per cent of
.Santa Fe employes buying bonds.
Eight roads are in the $2,000,000
Class and three more are over the
million mark.
German Intrigue In Mexico,
United Press Leased Wire Service.]
LONDON, May 1.—German in
trigue in Mexico is attempting to
force American Intervention, it is re
liably reported hire. The situation la
carton^ It to said.
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Secretary Baker will appear before
tsr-saS^bteitteft- -nr '***»*,
with his estimates and plans fair the
increased army. No hint has been giv
en, however, concerning the number
«f men he will ask authority to add
to the forces.
Taking the position that It would
be discourteous to congress to lot
the nation know" what he proposes
•before he tells the military commit
tee, Baker Insisted today his figures
will be made known only when he
goes there.
That he and the war department
are planing for an army of 3,COO,000
to 8,000,000 or more is a certainty,
however. The department Is studying
carefully the problem of increasing
cantonment space and particularly
what it shall do with the national
guard camps. Lord Reading, British
ambassador, has guided Baker' con
siderably in framing his plans inas
much as these plans depend to a con
siderable extent on British shipping
facilities. The quartermaster corps
is making its prepaprations with the
"sky as the limit," though no figures
have been presented yet.
General thought here is probably
2.500,000 men will be in the field or
In camp by the end of the year.
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THE WEATHER
Fair and warmer. Local temp
—8 p. m. 48 8 a.m. 42.
American Prisoners in Germany are
Well Treated, is Report of Spanish
Camp Inspectors.
[By L. C. Martin, United Press Staff
Correspondent.]
WASHINGTON, May 1
^-Before
congress authorizes broad guage ex
pansion of the American army, evi
dence must be submitted to show the
war department's abttty to officer,
clothe, equip and arm the new levies
with no delay.
Members are determined, they
said today, that there most be no
more failures to provide adequate
equipment on time.
But once satisfied as to this, mem
bers of both houses will vote for any
number of men the war department
wants.
"The submission of the neer sway
estimates provide® a capital oppor
tunity to see whether war department
organizations have been for the good
of the service," said a member of
the senate today.
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American Prisoners in Germany.
WASHINGTON, May 1.—Germany
abusing American prisoners of war?
Not at all, according to reports of
Spanish prison camp inspectors.
Germany not giving the prisoners
they need?
I Absurd—by the same source.
One camp has so much water that
the prisoners can have one bath a
week. Elsewhere conditions are quite
satisfactory, say the official reports
of these inspectors, as forwarded to
the American government. They
boasted about the one bath a week
ioamp. Did that not conform to the
[old established custom of bathing on
I .Saturday night, even though the
American army does teach a man
that dally cleanliness is a health as
set?
All American inquiries as to treat
ment of prisoners, it became known
I today, have invariably been answered
Youth Who Fired Shot at Aus
trian. Arch Duke and
His Wife.
[United Press Leased Wire Servloe]
THE HAG-US, May 1.—Gebreel Prin
cipe, whose assassination of the Aus
trian Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand at
Sarajevo, was one of the causes of the
great war, died Tuesday of tuberculo
sis at the fortress of Thereslenatadt,
near Prague, it was learned here to-
than ^uth of
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BY END YEAR
Cantonment Space to be Enlarged and Quatv
termaster to Have Sky as Limit for Prep
arations.
CONGRESS TO ACT ON BIG EXPENSE
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are well
believe tfcese report*
baaed oa mlslnfcnne&M.
Spain to looking after
teraato in Germany.
prison auup
diplomats,
gestkma
late reefed in this
is admitted that
difficulty In
thameel
tiwshle
British
many.
his
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WASHINGTON, May
army casualty Hat epBtolgtag —wty*
two names, stowed eight kflled in
atfttoa three dead of 41aeaae oae
dead of wounds atoafcUK one of
a*Mmite., ma nt
five .'wounded wvarafc
w«oaaded aUSbtly,
The DM fcilMW .VfrS
Killed in aotiont
Sergeant Arvtd (MaMli! Cor
porals John V. Gflaa. Geo*«e
baofc. Privates Jensen Ot Oarer* S*rl
R. Clark, CJarextoe K. Ooe, Clinton
W. Deforest, Jamee X. Jeyoe.
Died of wounda:
Private Lyndon X* Omit.
Died of dlseaset
Privates Louis Loraine Barnett.
Charles H. Boldea, Bsajamin SOS.
Died of aocidoiiti. M-.**
Mm Peea.
Died of other —it ..
Private Howard A. Moneiju
Severely wounded:
Corporals Walter G. Gaol, John
Murray, Privates {Raphael Carhe,
John J. Cook, Robert B. Remington.
Among the slightly wounded was
Lieutenant Nathaniel C. Reed. "'vA
Downed German Plane.
WITH TUB AM32RICJAN AKMJY IN
FRANCE. April 30.—Captain Norman
Hall and Eddie Rlckenbachar, Ameri
can aviators, yesterday divided the
honor of destroying a Boche plane
over the German lines. BJach modest
ly gives the other entire credit for
the feat.
The German plane, an AlbatrosiC
was sighted about six o'clock In the
evening, at a height of 1,900 meters.
As the two Americans arose to the
attack, the enemy machine opened'lire
and fled. The Americans poriosued
the Albatross over the enemy, lines,
firing several hundred rounds. The
German machine suddenly dived to
earth, spouting flame and smoke.
The Americans by this time were
flying so low tha.t their planes were
struck by bullets fired by German in
fantrymen. but. they returned safely
to the American lines.
Hall, whose home Is in Colfax, Iowa
was formerly a member of the La Fay
ette escadrille and has several enemy
planes to his credit.
Rlckenbacher is a former automo-
(Contimied on page 2.)
MAN WHO STARTED WAR
DIES FROM TUBERCULOSIS
I shot the arch duke and his morganatic
wife, the Duchees of Hohenberg, on
the main street of Sarajevo, Bushla,
the morning of June 28,1914. He used
an automatic pistol, firing Into the
royal automobile as It passed The
arch duke was shot through the head
and the duchess through the throat.
The shooting closely' followed an
other attempt at assassination. A.
bomb was thrown Into the aroh duke's
automobile, but he warded it off with
his arm and it Ml under the machine
following.
The assassination resulted in an
Austrian ultimatum Do Serbia which
was accused of instigating the plot:
Before Serbia could reply, the gen
eral mobilisation ot the ttuwtgsaa
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