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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-20

limited Press Leased Wire Service.I
NEW YORK, Dec. 1911 a. nj
The dangerous temper of public opin-
ion in Hungary, aroused by Russian
troops crossing the Carpathians into
Hungarian territory, is now revealing
itself as the immediate cause OF Aus
trials defeat in Servia. Revolutionary
outbreaks apparently have been occur
ring not only in Hungarian towns but
also In the Hungarian parliament.
The premier. Count Tisza. is declared
to have threatened, in thinly ve1ieo
language that Hungary would sepa-
rate from Austria and continue the
war solely on Hungary interest unless
better protection were afforded the
Hungarian civilian population
Apparently, this attitude frishtened
the Viennese government as well 1t
might and large bodies of troops were
withdrawn from Servia to expel, the
Russians from Hungary. 1t seems
refore, that the victory OF the Serbs
8 due to the diversion created by
Ressia in Hungary. BY sending strong
attachments through the Carpathian
passes from Galicia, Russia relieved
the Servian pressure and rescued her
Slav protege.
To have accomplished this the Rus
SLAMS undoubtedly penetrated far into
Hungary. Cossack raiders are said TO
have ridden within sixty miles OF
Budapest. Whether they really did
get SO far there II NO doubt but that
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-20

rbooks, boots and candy and guns by
parcel post, but the hundreds of thous-
ands Of Christmas dinners which
Santa Claus provides everywhere for
poor and lonely, will according to
Burleson, who is Santa's general man
ager in the United States, be brought
to the doors of many thousands OF
families by postmen.
Postmaster General Burleson said
today his department has been busy
two months preparing for the Christ
mas business and that everything is
ready now for the eleventh hour jour
ney of Kris Kringle next week. Post
masters in every city and town have
been authorized to employ any num-
Der of assistants so that every piece
intended for Christmas will be at its
destination by Christmas day. The
postoffice department, he said today,
expects to carry thousands of turkeys
from farmers to their city patrons.
Even greater business than or
Thanksgiving is anticipated, said the
postmaster general AS evidence of
the vast number of turkeys shipped
for Thanksgiving, Burleson cited let
tiers today from the pOstmasters OF
Minneapolis and st. Louis. At the
postofice of the former city over g.
900 turkeys were received on Wednes-
day before Thanksgiving and in st.
Louis more than 1000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-20

1 Lieutenant Kliewer OF the German
/ general stan, l passed through miles
OF beautiful woods, magnificent in
autumn colors.
| In these dense woods extending
from Toul on the south to Verdun on
the north, the Germans and French
have been locked in death embrace
/! for the last three weeks. In the last
few days the French have repeatedly
| taken the offensive and tried to storm
the German trenches. Every time
! they have been tnrown back and their
losses have been heavy
/, 1t is regular gopher" or mole
! war in these woods. Day and night
| the "zigzag" trenches are advanced
/ by the German pioneers or "sappers.
armed with pick and spade. At one
point the German and French trenches
are only 70 yards apart. Day after
der and ha inner away. The dense
woods always, and, yesterday and to-
/ day the fog, has interfered with OBJ
servation necessary to well directed
artillery fire. AS a consequence the
artillery toward evening has become
somewhat desultory and confined to
feeling" for another's position.
The line of French barrier forts
between Verdun and Toul occupy
strong natural positions while the in
fantry fighting In the forests is de-
veloping into regular battle Of the
wilderness" extending over weeks.
Just how many poor fellows on both
! sides have died in the dense under
brush from wounds not necessarily
/ fatal, because they were not found.
will never be known. They will be in
the list OF missing"
Day after day with the Austrian
motor mortar batteries, heavy howit-
zers, and field batteries, the Germans
| are endeavoring to hammer their
wedge farther and farther into the
French line here. The natural diff
ficulties are tremendous but the Ger
mans are keeping at it with their char
acteristic elaboration and doggedness.
The link in the French chain of forts.
has been cracked here but is not yet
broken through.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-20
While Shells Rurst Overhead and
Som etimes Knock Over q
'.ouse In the Neigh
borhood.
FED BY THE GERMANS
French Woman Whose Husband 10 at
the Front, Says Invading Army
Gives Out
Food.
by Karl H. Won Wiegand, United
Press STAR CORRESPONDENT.

by Karl H. Won Wiegand, United
Press STAFF Correspondent
ST. MIHIEL, France, Oct. II. tBy
courier via Metz. Berlin and Rotter-
dam. or Glasgow, to New York. On
~ few days ago was on the firing
line east OF Wirballen, Russia. and
saw Russian wave dash to pieces
on a steel wall of steady Germans one
third as strong in numbers. Today
passed the German border at the
other end Of the empire and / am with
the German army in France.
Near me in the street is an eight
inch French shell which has fallen
there but failed to explode. Little
children are playing in the streets.
unmindful Of the thunder of guns
;reverberating through the woods and
hills. Their mothers hover about and
whenever the shrek Of shell IS
heard they look into the sky with
the nervous jerk and movement OF a
hen on the alert for hawk and the
children scurry for the house door
just like little chicks for the mother
hen.
1 asked French woman have
shells been striking in this part Of
town"
"Ouf, monsieur, yesterday there =
pointing to three big holes in the lit
tie green meadow about $50 yards
away. eand over there two shells fell
In that little house today Indicating
the ruins on the side OF the hill ESQ
yards distant. why do you remain
here?" I asked.
Where is your husband? ?"
over there" pointing to the wood
ed hill on the other side OF the river
occupied by the French. II have not
heard from him for three weeks. He
may be dead" abe added alphabetically.
Il see .only women and children
here and q few old men. where are the
men,"
"Over there, again pointing to the
hills, those that are not under the
ground
do you have enough to eat?"
"Oui monsieur, the Germans have
been kind and gave us when we not
have food"
Accom- anied by Commander Walter
w. Gherardi of the United States
navy, Lieutenant Colonel Bouveng,
commander of the Swedish war acad-
envy at Stockholm. and Major Kin
kelin of the Argentinian army and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-20
What the War Moves Mean
By J. w. T. Mason, Former European Man
aqer Of the United Press.

the Hungarian government was grow
ing alarmed for the safety OF its CAPT
tai at the time when the Austrians
were making their victorious march
through Servia
An attempt is now being made in
Vienna to put the blame OF the Ser
Wan defeat on General Potiorek. who
commanded the operations He is
said to have been willing to spare
three army corps for use in Hungary,
and therefore he is responsible for
the debacle.
It is impossible to say what influ-
ence was brought to bear on Potiorek
to cause him to release half of his
forces, but the Hungarian situation,
as it is now becoming known, sug.
gests he had no choice in the matter.
This Is one of the mysteries that
Hungary's revolutionary temper clears
up, 1t also accounts in some measure
for Won Hindenberg's success In Pol.
and Servia's cry to Petrograd for
help. undoubtedly was answered al
the expense Of Warsaw defenses. To
send troops over the Carpathians
Russia's army in central Poland had
to be weakened. This gave Won Hin
aenberg his opportunity and while
Russia developed her Hungarian
threat to relieve the Serbs the Ger
man army has been able to make Its
astonishing advance almost to war
saws gates. The close relationship
.monv the ssrvians, Hungarian and
Poland campaigns thus becomes clear
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-20
PARCEL POST
WILL BE BUSY
Santa Claus Will send Presents and
Turkeys by Mall to Many
People.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, Dec. 49, Santa
Claus will travel by parcel post this
Christmas and Postmaster General
Burleson and all the postmen In all
the cities and towns and cross roads
in the United States today are work
ing hard to give him a comfortable
journey to the homes Of all Of the lit
tie girls and boys in America.
Not only will Santa Claus this sea-
SON carry his millions of toys and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-20

Not exactly the pleasantest picture
in the world to look at, is it?
Especially if you should get to
thinking that you would hate to have
anything like that come to those chill
dren of yours.
Just supposing. though. that through
the force of circumstances, your boy
and girl should wake up to an empty
stocking. Surprising they should be
forgotten. Suppose you as a mother
had to face the greatest tragedy Of the
world--a forgotten child on Christ
mas morning.
Wouldn't you be glad il some good
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-20
MAY WIN SUIT
AND LOSE MONEY
Illinois Board Of Agriculture and
Farmers Institute Are in
Peculiar TangIe.

/ United Press Leased Wire Service.
SPRINGFIELD, III Dec. 10
Heads you win, tails, we lose.
Sounds like stale. old joke turned
around. 1t isn't
If the Illinois Farmers Institute
and the state board Of agriculture
win their suit against State Auditor
Brady and other state Off GERS to com
pel payment of appropriations to their
departments contrary to orders of the
state civil service commission, they
stand to lose their entire appropria-
ton. This was the declaration of At
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-20
,o.t What Part He VIII Take in the
war 10 AAnxiousiy Awaited by i
Several Of the
Nations.
IGNORED BY BRITAIN
Wa. Inspector General Of the soudan
for Many Years, But is Expected
to Turn Asaisnt the
Erglish.
fBy a United Press Staff correspond

-
ent.1
BERLIN, Nov. %. (By mail to New
York; Now that Turkey is in the
thick Of the fghting. and Egypt has
become the objective, the question is
going round part is Slatin
Pacha going to take in this In
England the same question, it is re-
ported is being asked. But whereas
in England the query is one Of anxiety
and doubt. in German official circles
HI Is confidently believed that when
the main Moslem host invades the
land of the khedive Slatin Pacha will
organize and probably lead the in
vaders against his former friends, the
British.
No man knows Egypt, It's people.
or the strength Of its defenses as
slatin Pacha knows them For thir-
ty-six years he has been power in
the land, deep in the confidence Of the
British administrators, and better
yersed than any other man in the
secret thoughts of the mass OF the
people.
He resigned his position as inspec-
tor general of the Soudan just before
the war, and the authorities let him
alp away to his home at I Reichs-
|rathsstrasse, Vienna Since then the
@fog OF war has, covered his move
ments. A denial OF Z sort was issued
some weeks ago in London to the re
port that he was traitor, but the
Germans laugh at that and declare
that they have him on their side,
just as they secured the aid OF De
Wet ana Beyers in South Africa.
Hia full name is Baron Rudolph
Carl Slatin. His barony is OF the
Austrian empire and dates from 1906.
But his chief titles are British. for
Queen Victoria and King Edward
made him successfully commander OF
the Bath, member OF the Victorian
order, knight Commander Of the Or
der Of st. Michael and st. George,
commander of the Victorian order.
knight commander Of the Victorian
order and grand commander of the
Victorian order.
Born in Austri.- in 1857. he left for
the Soudan in 1878. There he attract
ed the attention OF General Gordon by
reason OF his administrative capacity
and his power with the natives. and
the famous victim OF Khartoum made
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-20
Municipal Christmas Tree.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
CHARLTON, Iowa. Dec 19.-Chari-
ton will have a municipal Christmas
tree located in the court house square
and every child in th, town will re-
ceive a gift. All the churches and
lodges are cooperating in the move
ment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-20

hearted person had taken time from
his own Christmas shopping, and
Christmas thoughts, and had devoted
a minute to the consideration of the
tragedy you now face, and that he had
given something, and others had
given something, that you and count
less other mothers and1fathers would
not have to face this awful tragedy
OF childhood.
Now, couldn't you feel that there
still was something in the Christmas
spirit, if this were done?
Well, then, you people just remem.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-20

Der that such tragedy as you see here
may occur in many homes In Keokuk
Christmas morning il you don't get
busy. There is plenty of time, II
you'll send your contribution at once.
Send 1t to Miss Elsie Buck, chairman
community Christmas fund, or bring
lit to The Gate City Office, and it will
be turned in.
1t will help buy clothes, toys and
something to eat and will help to
avert q Christmas tragedy.
Won't you help, and won't you help
right away?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-20

A fleet of brand new motorbuses OF
greatly improved type were put on
the streets of West Bridcford the 9th
err dav much to the delight of the
townsfolk Unfortunately however,
they had been in operation only two
days when they were spied by one OF
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subscribers Of The Daily Cato clty
are Served the full Leased Wire Scrv-
ice Of the United Press Associations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12
S55.090. 900 BONDS OFFERED.
Southern Pacific Formally An
nOuncrs Terms of IAsuc.

Formal announcement OF the Offering Of
100000 per cent. convertible twenty
year bonds by IN. Southern Pacific was
made following a meeting OF the directors
yesterday. The bonds are TO be offered
20 IN. stockholders at par TO the extent
OF 20 per cent. ~ Their holdings. They
are to b. convertible at par. unless re-
deemed until June l. 1874 They are
redeenable at lO5 and accrued Interest
at the option Of the company ou ninety
days notice after June /. 1919. The priv
llegc of subscription is given 10 stock
holders OF record March >. 1914. to con-
tinue until April 90. 1914
The proceeds OF the bonds are 20 he
used for paymen; 81 the s2o. 600 900 notes
due June - and Other current indebted
ness, totallIug IN all $40, 500, 600 additions
and bettermcutS, S2l. 500,00O: amount due
for purchase OF equipments. $4,000. 600.
A special meeting Of the stockholders
IL called for April :. 1914. TO authorize
the issue OF s2o,000.0 600 additional stocN
TO complete the amount necessary to meet
IN. convertible bond demand
Kuhn, Loeb N Co. are forming 4 syn
dicate to underwrite the bonds. Demand
for membership has been heavy. The
bonds sold on the curb yesterday as high
M l0+, closing AZ l03l2. The rights sold
10 1916. closing AT r..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12
BROADWAY BLOCKED BY
TIMES BUILDING FIRE
ThcatregOcrS Have Hard Task
Getting By-Damagc
Not Serious.

A stubborn little fire IN the siu.cella-
Of the Times Building, Times square.
blocked Broadway FOR an hour last night
just when theatregoers wanted to pass
The fire was caused by defective in
sulatior in the ceiling of the sub-cellar.
which IL divided Off by many wooden
partitions The fire started I'm the
chemical room of tn" Hcgcman drug store.
out soon crept through 70 the refrigerat!nc
room. where IL was discovered nv Will
lam Bannon. Il syrup mixer lie fought
Il with the emergency hose.
Sam Block. II fountain clerk on the
subway level. was dealing on; frappcs
and sodas when his toes began to get hot
He ran down stairs tn help Bdrnon. Then
some one turned in an alarm. and soon the
barber shop on the subway Level was
being emp,led and the pretty little mani
cures were scampering M into the cold
Streets.
The alarm brought Chief keniun. smoky
Joe Martin. three battalion chiefs. i've
FIR" engines. thrv" trucks and % water
tower. These Clutttr'l up BroadWay.
Forty-second street and seventh ayouu.
80 that trolley ears. carriages and auto
mobiles were barred. Th.atr,goyrs IN
trolley cars had to walk 10 their dcstiu.t.
tion. subway travellers could usc Ia" exit
near the kuickerbock"r Hotel. bu, this
caused congestion.
Their" Were so many partitions and the
smoke was 81 thick that II TOOK M, fire
men "a long time 70 locate the heart OF the
blaze. They had 10 chou away "a lot or
WorU work. som, fear VAS caused by tho
pres,it, IN TIA, chemical room 81 "A TAM,
containing zoo pounds of ammonia. This
became heated. but luckily not to the ex-
ploding roU,
The police ppi tho damage ut $3.50. but
other ,st.u .r. as high as $4,000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12
POINTS OUT AIR PERIL IN WAR.
Andrew ID. white Urges Choate to
Work for Peace Conference,

ITHACA, y. Y. Feb. ll.-Andrew u.
White, eX-Ambassador to Germany and
chairman Of the American delegation to
the first peace conference, says in Il let
ter to-day to Joseph II. Choate that "a
third Hague peace conference Is highly
desirable and that the efforts Of the ma
tiOnal Administration to bring about such
. meeting should receive the support of
sll Americans regardless of party. Or.
Whites health Will not permit him 20
attend meeting designed to promote
such a conference He says In his le,-
ter:
"One burning question left unsettled
by the second conference was the partial
or complete substitution of contact or
floating torpcdOes for ships In maintain
ing blockadcs. The question Is rapidly
coming up as 10 whether aerial navigation
shall he limited TO obtaining military In
formation or extended to attacks upon
fortified or invested places. or whether
II shall be given fun power TO spread
devastation over peaceful States.
"Portnhle magazines containing high
explosives can be so dropped from flying
machines al TO wipe out some OF the
largest cities in the world. II any Power
should I'm the future begin war in a
manner so doubtfully regular as that in
which Japan began her war with Rus
Iia, the nation claiming TO be aggrloved
may easily insist on being absolved from
those poor restraints at present relied
upon and go to any extreme in project
Ing explosives into the dcfenceless cities
Of her enemy and blotting out some OF
the greatest achievements of civilization.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12
LINCOLN DAY CELEBRATIONS.
BnnIuets and Athletics Will Mark
the Anniversnry.

LincolnS Birthday Will be celebrated In
New York by several dinners tonight.
Advantage has been taken OF the holiday
for the commencement OF the College Of
the City Of New York and for an alumni
reunion at Columbia University. Contests
in all sorts of athletic sports. including
the BroOklyn-S"a Gate Marathon. have
been arranged for to-day.
The weather people expect TO see more
Of the cold that made New Workers. SILVER
yesterday. and II IL likely that "A goodly
part OF the clty's population win celebrate
the holiday Indoors as much as possible,
10 the delight OF the theatre managers.
who are announcing the usual holiday
matinees, and OF the restaurant men. who
cater to the tangoing set.
The Republican Club viii give its
twenty eighth annual Lincoln Day dinner
at the Waldorf. The speakers viii include
cX-Gov. Edward c. Stokes of New Jersey.
Senator William H.. Borah of Utah and
Senator Nathan Con Of West Virginia.
The National Progressive Club will
hold It's Lincoln Day dinner AT the Hotel
Aston About 1000 diners are expected
The Women's Republican Club will have
"A celebration Mt Delmonicos at noon
and the Women's Political Union viii
start a twelve hour outdoor endurance
meeting In Times Square at noon. Tn.
Women's Henry George League will hold
their annual Lincoln dinner at Keiscn.
WeberS. me speakers VIII ne MIS- Allce
Thatcher Post, associate editor OF tho
Public, Chicago John Sherwin Crosby.
Frank stephens OF Philadelphia and John
Iovejoy Elliott. Miss Amy Mali Ilichs
president Of the league will preside.
The Salvation Army gives IA banquet
for reformed drunkards" nj Its head
quarters. l22 West Fourteenth street. at
1880 T. VI.
The graduates day celebration at Co
!umbla. which isn't as much OF Il Lincoln
day celebration as II Is a college affair
viii begin ut noon with various luncheons
will include the usual alumni stunts on
the campus taking up most OF the after
noon. and will he concluded with a beef
steak dinner in the Commons and the
annual Pennsylvania Columbia basketball
game In the gymnasium at night
The commencement exercises Of the
city College will be held In the great hall
Of the college at 10 80 o'clock this morn
ing. President Burchard will receive the
new graduates into the alumni association
at 3 80 r. NJ. and the class will have a
BANQUET at night.
Another college affair scheduled for to-
night Is the annual dinner of the Johns
Hopkins University Alumni Of New York
at the Hotel McAlpin
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12

Croker letter TO the late John Fox Tom
Foley said these few words abou, NJ
Croker: 9TH" old fellow IL getting ,taxy
He's so old he's getting foolish"
Collector of the Fort Dudley l'icld Ms
lone said yesterday he was sure that "
Murphy would not be tolerated by Pros
dent Wilson or Gov. Glynn as leader oven
IN the city.
I'VE do not need primary cNr.o.,
to determine whether or not the =. op,e
Of this city want Murphy as Leader" Nr
Malone said. The election decided ,ha,
I do not interpret anything Gov. Glynr
has said TO mean that he would rccogniz q.
Mr. Murphy as Democratic !, adler IN th,s
county. 7 10 know that Mr.. Murphy VII
have absolutely no voice as 70 c,v O.
Federal appointments.
Il know that President Wilson va,
never approved any plan which con.em.
plates III" recognition OF Mr.. Murphy O.
hi sort of leadership"
ALHtHY. Feb. ll.--t;ov. Giynr has SAD
his last word on politics for a tim. -
least. lie made this plain tonight at, p
refusing to comment upon tho Statement
mad" BY Charles +. Murphy TODAY thu,
tn" Tanmany chief would he glad to a..
si-' in any movement TO "uplif," d..
party
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-12
REBELS SEIZE FOUR BANKS.
villas Aid Names "Recet> era" Tor
chihuahua Institutions,

CHIHuAHuA. Fob, ll.--,;en Manuel
Chao. acting civil Governor Of the state
under appointment OF ftncho Villa. issued
a decree to-day furfcitiug the concessions
in the stat" Of Chihuahua Of the Ranco
Nacional, the Banco d" Sonora, the Banco
Commercial and the BanCo Minero. The
decree sets out that they have all violated
tie terms or their concessions by declining
- conduct their business. and names Il
rebel official az receiver for the four banks
TO take possession OF their property and
conduct their business"
The decree means the con'iscation OF the
property of the four banks, and It Is said
that they will be merged with the rebel
State bank which villa is forming.
Juan Trevino. an cx-oftcial of the
Orient Railroad and another Mexican
named Nillareal We're executed at Chi
huahua during III. past week The men
Were put to death for political reasons