The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
TURKS TAKING
TO TALL TIMBER
It's just Like the Day Before Thanks,
giving Over in Trlpoli
Where the Turks Are
Retreatins.
THREE SHIPS ARE SUNK
Murder Of American Who Was Dig
cling for the Ancient City of cy-
rene, May Have caus-
ed the War.
[Gate City Leased Wire service.

LONDON, Sept. 30.-The Turkish
garrison of Tripoli is retreating into
the interior, according to messages
received here tonight. The Italian
meet began to lombard the town soon
a1ter 10 p. m. and a start on the
evacuation followed. One story is
that the Turkish commander is un-
der orders not to fight pending furth-
er negotiations between Italy and
Turkey. Another is that he means to
wage guerilla campaign from the in
terror. Admiral Aubrey, the Italian
commander, has wirelessed to Rome
that he expects to complete the oc-
cupation of the Tripolitan coast be-
fore morning.
Aside from Tripoii, the Italians
have been victorious over the Turks
Wherever they have met them. Three
small Turkish warships were sunk
/ by the Italian cruisers today near
Santa Maura. 1t is said the loss of
life was heavy The duke of the
| Abruzzi is reported maintaining his
foothold at Perviza, where he landed
! Following bombardment, the sinking
!. of a Turkish destroyer and driving
two transports ashore to escape
| c. pture.
The only mishap the Italians have
suffered was the grounding of war
ship off Trpon.
Accounts have been received of the
! loss of other Turkish vessels but
/ they are probably Implications of the
engagements already referred to.
An Italian feet is watching for
dash by the Turkish squadron from
the Sea of Marmora.
At Constantinople, War Minister
Chefket Pasha is calling out the army
reserves. Turkey is not only threat
ened by italy, but fears ,dismember-
! ment by the other European powers.
! 1t is. ready to die fighting. In retail
iation for Italys aggression he is
4 rushing troops into the Greek prov
ince of Thessalay, evidently resolved
4 to make up, by grab there, for the
prospective loss of Trippli.
From the British organs, hopeful
4 statement was given out tonight CON
corning the progress of an agreement
among the great powers to settle the
Turko.Italian question. If they fail
they fear all Europe will be embroil-
ed.
Just how much the granting Of q
Turkish concession to the American
archaeological institute to excavate In
Tripoli for the ancient and long buried
CITY of Cyrene, and the subsequent
murder there of the American arch
aelogist Prof. Herbert De Cou, hat
to do with precipitating the presen
struggle between Italy and Turkey
is a point over which diplomats here
are pulling tonight.
1t is absolutely certain that thu
failure of italian mine prospectors t.
secure such a concession as the port
granted to the American explorers
was an important factor in causinl
hostilities.
MANY good judges think hostilitie
were caused by nothing else. Blu
there is a strong suspicion that al
actual clash might have been averte
hut for the necessity of preventin
the trial. set for today, in Tripoli, bu
rendered impossible by the outbrea
of fighting, of Prof. De Cou's allege
murtlerers lest the evidence lmpllcat
in tho crime italians of such promir
ence as to render their prosecutlo
imperative at any cost.
italian capitalists have long bee
anxious to investigate and develo
Trfpoli's mineral resources. Repeate
requests from them for concession
have met. however, with invariabl
refusals from the Turkish government
Soon after the young Turkish govern
ment came into power, C concesslo
was granted to the American Arci
aelogical Institute. Italy was COZ
vinced the institutes real object wa
mineral wealth and the deepest II
sentiment was felt to American owe
italian concession seekers.
rhe affair did not end here, how
ever Some time after the America
explorers began their work, Prof y
Con one of its members, was mu
dered Investigation revealed thf
the two murderers came from ia
d. distant point, apparently for the sol
| purpose of assassinating PROT Nor ,t,
be the expeditions leader. and kllie
ri Prof. De Con by mistake.
at The inference was plain that til
n crime was to brighten the American
Of out of Tripoli and everyone's suspi
n ions pointed to Italian concess1o
~ hunters.
IL Urged BY Ghe United States goverl
n men, the chase after the murderer
was extremely hot With the co-ope
alton of the British authorities the
DO were finally captured in the SCUBA
and taken back to Tripoli for tria