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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-21
GERMANY

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
DUNkIRk, France, Feb. 2o-That
the German submarine Ut16 has been
sunk is the general BELIEF Of official
dom here tonight The belief is based
on the fact that life-saving belt
marked with the Identification marks
Of the under-ses boat has been picked
up off Zuydecoote. II was charred on
the edges and there Is belief here
that an explosion must have taken
place on the submarine which has
been torpedoing hostile craft in the
southern waters Of the channel.
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Tinted Press Leased Wire Service J
ATHENS, Feb. 20.-The creates,
,eet OF armor clads ever engaged In
lction. has battered into pieces SONS
Il the Turkish forts guarding the eli
rance to the Dardanelles. For two
laws the great IL inch guns OF the
british battle cruisers and battleships
Comprising the Mediterranean fleet,
kided by smaller rifles OF French arm
bred cruisers and torpedo boats,
have been hammering away at the
thain that bars the way to CONSTANT
hople Already great damage has
been done and many Turkish soldiers
ire reported killed. The British and
French commanders deny any OF their
(hips have been hit, but rumors are
IN circulation here that there has
been loss of life among the squadron.
The big forts Niagara and Bouron
bn the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles
Rre declared to be badly damaged.
During the height OF the bombaru-
ment shell exploded In the main
powder magazine of Fort Bouron. Re-
ports reaching here declare large
part of the garrison was literally
torn to pieces by the force of the ca
|plosion as hundreds of tons OF pow
der was detonated.
The fire of the warships Is being
directed by British aviators flying in
|sea planes that are sent into the All
from the flying parent ship, the Ark
Royal. The aviators have been SUBJ
jacted to brisk fire from the aerial
guns mounted on Fort Bohalieh-Ka-
lessi but they have not been hit so
far as can be learned here.
The combined feet Is under tn.
command of Vice AcSiral Sackviile
H Garden and the brunt OF the fiehi-
ing is being borne by the British
battleships Vengeance, Cornwallfs
and Triumph, which because OF their
heavy armament. have been able to
approach close to the entrance to the
straits and utilize both their main bat.
teries Of II inch guns and their Sec
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-21
RUSSIA

United Press Leased Wire Service.]
PETROGRAD, Feb. 20.-The Ger
man troops are leading the Austrians
In fresh onsiaushts in an effort to
force the Russians to evacuate Lem
burg, official dispatches announced to-
night. The Germans are pressing for
ward vigorously along the railroad
leading from Munkach through the
Carpathians to Lcmburg. In the reg
ion Of TchIach, the fighting has been
particularly fierce, the war officials ad-
mitted tonight, and at one turn in the
battling, forced the Russians to retire
from a strong position on the heights
northwest OF Senechuaw. This posi-
tion was afterward retaken by the
Russians at the point Of the hayonet.
The enemy 10 on the offensive all
along the long battle front extending
from north of Warsaw to Bukowina,
was officially admitted. The new Ger
man offensive, directed at Warsaw
from the north, 10 taking form In q
general onslaught on the Russian lines
reaching from Przasny and ostrolenka
eastward to point northwest to
Lumza. Fighting in this region was
described In tonight's dispatches as OF
desperate character"
General Meckensen has been unable
to assume strong offensive against
the Russians in front Of Warsaw. His
armies, exhausted by their efforts in
the last fortnight. have been driven to-
ward the Russian positions by their
officers, but their attacks have lacked
spirit and have been repuIsed wi.h
ease. Weak offensive movements by
1.-THE Germans along the Rawa and the
upper <Nida and Dunajec have been
broken by the Russian artillery.
The carpathian fighting aroused the
keenest interest here tonight. The
war office admitted that not only In
the direction Of Lemhurg, but also
south Of Dukla pass, the Austro-Ger'
mans are delivering violent attacks,
The Russian right that penetrated the
mountains in the Mezo Laboreze reg
Ions south Of Dukla, has keen forced
to halt its fianking movement because
the enemy was found to be In super
! ior force. The Russians, however, are
strongly entrenched and have resisted
every effort to drive them back upon
| the southern slopes OF the pass.
Two sortles by detachments from
the besieged Austrian fortress OF
IPrzemysI, were repulsed with heavy
, losses for the Austrians, it was off,
cialIy announced.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-21
Could Not Believe That the
Members Of His Company
Would Execute
Him.
REPORTED AS KILLED
Chaplain Tells the Story of
the Toughest Job
He Ever
Had.

[By VIM. G. Shepherd. United Press
STAFF Correspondent
LONDON, Feb. 20.-Here is the
story Of tough Job that came to the
chaplain OF one of the crack Irish
regiments. now almost annihilated by
the fighting in France. He told it to
me himself tonight in the hospital
where be Is recovering from an attack
Of nerves brought on by his expe-
ence.
Il had to spend the night with a.
man who was to be executed in the
morning." he said Il can never for
get it. I cannot sleep without think
ing about it and don't believe any
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-21
Mexicans Have Battle.

United Press Leased Wire Service.
Ell PASO, Texas, Feb. 20-One
Thousand five hundred Carranzistas
were killed and wounded in battle
with the forces of General Villa al
Cuesta De Layula, according to re
ports reaching the Villista headquar
ters here tonight.
The battle is believed to have oc
CURED on Thursday. A total of up
wards Of $4,000 men are said to have
been engaged for five hours. The Car
ranzistas were put to rout. They
evacuated Zapotlan, the Villista re-
ports declare. leaving behind six
trains loaded with artillery and pro-
visions. ....
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-21
Nearly a Half Million People
Flocked Into the Grounds
on the First
Day.
pANDEMoNIUM OF NOISE
Dan Francisco Began a Great
Racket at Sunrise and
Kept it Up an
Hour.

t4nted Press Leased Wire Service. ]
S SaN FRANCISCO, Calf. Feb. 20.
rour core hundred thousand persons
~ t'.uted :. the vast army which open
tue Panama-Pacific international
opposition hero today.
,,rn al aay long the throngs poured
-. ...oush the eleven entrances TO the
er ana tonight all available space
ton packed with humanity, bringing
h;se.ner the largest crowd in the
history of the west.
ma,. a.sored by an ideal day, the cere-
ZINES which marked the inaugura-
n,o Nun OF the exposition were a COM
pete success throughout. The official
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PriestsAre Prisoners.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-Adding u
prospective administration troubles
in Mexico was a probable request from
Catholic church authorities in this
country for action by this government
to release 1sO priests arrested in Mex
leo City by General Obregon, because
they refused to give funds for the
poor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-21
CLARKE WILL
SIGN THE BILL
iowa is to Go Dry at Beginning
OF the New Year.

. UNITED Press Leased Wire
q Service
. DES MONIES, Iowa, Feb. 90
. On the highest authority, it was
. announced tonight that Governor .
. Clarke had decided to sign the I
. C1arkson bill, passed by both ,
. houses. repeating the mulct IL
= quor law. when it reached him. I
. While the governor will make no I
. statement for publication, it is I
. announced his minG is made up I
= and HI, will close the saloons I
= January 1, 1916.
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.nry Wood, United Press Staff
Correspondent.

Read The Gate City want column.
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r,ber, Of the Daily Gate City
ouo ..rved the full Leased Wire. serv-
aIs - the United Press Associations.
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;.- .ApER THAT BOOSTS kEo-
- Kuk ALL THE TIME.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-19
MORCENTHAU Saved FROM
Death, BY HIGHER COURT
Supreme Tribunal Reverses Cumberland
County Ruling and Man Who Muir
dered shiremanstown Farmer Will
Probably Get Penitentiary Sentence

Word was received in Harrisburg
this morning that the State Supreme
Court, now sitting in Philadelphia, has
reversed the judgment of the CumBer-
land county court which sentenced
Max Morgenthau, the Harrisburg huck-
ster, to be electrocuted as the penalty
for the murder of John M. Rupp, a
Shiremanstown farmer, on May 81, last.
According to Morgenthau s attor-
neys, this decision means that the de-
fendant will get offcwith second de-
gree murder sentence and be sent to
the Eastern penitentiary - twenty
years is the maximum penalty-instead
of suffering the death penalty. The
Supreme Courts opinion was summed
up as follows:
Judgment reversed and record re-
mitted for resentencing Of the appel
LIANT"
When Morgenthau was put on trial
last fall the defendant, by his attor-
neys, William A. Zerby and Edwin
Barnitz, put in general plea of guilty
of murder and suggested that sentence
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Big Warehouse District
Menaced by Blaze
That Destroys Mont
gomery Building
CONSTANT FEAR
OF EXPLOSION
Firemen Cautioned Not to Pour Water
on 10000 Pounds of Carbide,
Which Would Have Produced DAN
gerous Acetylene Gas

Property valued at close to $780,
900, according to estimates as revised
to-day, was destroyed by two fires here
yesterday. The storage warehouse of
Montgomery G. Company, on Tenth
street just south of Market street, was
almost completely destroyed with con
tents, causing loss of more than
$150,000. This "L' shaped building,
long two-story frame structure, one
wing extending along the Paxton creek,
was practically wiped out in two hours
after the flames were discovered at
1.30 O'Clock in the afternoon.
The other fire at 1 o'clock in the
morning, reduced to ashes the four
story frame and corrugated iron struc-
ture of the Pennsylvania Food Com
pany, located along the tracks of the
Pennsylvania Railroad above Division
street just above. the northern city Inn
its. The total loss on the building and
contents will reach $3S,000.
The Montgomery warehouse, which
was valued at $4,000, was partially
insured. The goods of not quite so per
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infant BURIED in CELLAR
Mrs. Bessie Nixon, of Hancock, Md,
Placed in Hagerstown Jail on
Charge of Murder

Hagerstown, Nd, April 19.-
Charged with the murder of her infant,
whose body was found buried about a
foot deep in the cellar of the residence
where she formerly resided, Mrs. Bes-
sic Nixon, of Hancock, was placed un-
der arrest last night by Chief of Police
McAvoy, of that place, and brought to
this city, where she was lodged in Jail.
There is divorce suit in the courts
at Cumberland at the present time in
which her husband is endeavoring to
get an absolute divorce. 1t is alleged
that the wife wanted a divorce with
alimony and that, realizing if it became
known she was the mother of an IL
legitimate child, she would be unable
to obtain the alimony.
For several months, while she was
residing in the house where the baby s
body was found, she had been seldom
seen. On March .27 she moved from
the residence, which is now occupied
by Reed Downs.
Detective Heller, who was employed
on the case by Mr.. Nixon, the woman 8
husband, had for some time been in
vestigating the unusual actions Of the
woman and on Saturday he began a
search for the baby.
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Two fires in closets of two different
dormitory rooms in the second floor of
the Children s. Industrial Home, at
Nineteenth and Swatara streets,--one
at 7.45 clock this morning and the
other at 12.45 O'Clock this afternoon
were deliberately started by children,
in the opinion of Enos Wenrich, super
intendent of the Industrial Home, and
Mrs. Stewart, superintendent of the
Nursery Home, the inmates of which
have been staying at the Industrial
Home since the disastrous fire in their
own building several months ago.
The morning fire was put out by in
mates of the building, using fire ex-
tinguishers, but the afternoon blaze
had gotten at least thirty minutes ;
start before it was discovered and an
alarm was turned in from box 70, Nine
teenth and Derry streets. This Sec
ond fire, however, had been extinguish-
ed through the quick work of Superin-
tendent Wenrich before the arrival of
the fremen.
The first fire was in the closet of a
room which has been fitted out for the
use of eight of the Nursery Home
boys. Clothing tc no great value was
damaged. In the second blaze, in the
closet of the bedroom occupied by two
nurses of the home, Miss May Holling
er and Miss Alberta Brown, practically
all of the girls clothing was destroyed
and the room was badly damaged.
The first fire was discovered at
breakfast time and the latter at dinner
time. In both instances the second
floor of the building was practically
deserted. The opinion of Fire Chief
Kinder is that the second fire was
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fire WAGON IN A Crash
Men Thrown, Horses Hurt and Mt.
Pleasant Axle Broken To-day
Two Similar Mishaps Yesterday

The third piece of fire apparatus
within twenty-four hours to meet with
accident when responding to an alarm
was the Mount Pleasant chemical wag-
on, whose left front wheel and axle
were smashed at Eighteenth and Derry
streets just before clock this after
noon.
The wagon was responding to an
alarm for the fire in the Children g
Industrial Home and the two horses
slipped on the rails of the Philadelphia
& Reading Railway Company siding
crossing Derry street at the place
mentioned. The vehicle slowed around.
the wheel turning sideways against a
rail. The wheel and axle were
smashed and two fremen were thrown
from the front seat to the backs of
the fallen horses. The horses were
skinned and bruised, but the firemen
escaped injury.
The driver who escaped is Warren
Knisely.
Two pieces of apparatus were slight
ly damaged yesterday in responding to
the Montgomery warehouse fire alarm
about clock in the afternoon. The
hose wagon of the Camp Curtin com
pany lost shaft, which was broken
when the wagon was pulling out of the
trolley track at Sixth and Woodbine
streets. The Good Will auto truck 3
fender was slightly damaged when it
collided with Sixth street trolley car.
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FIRE ON FIRST MOUNTAIN
UNDER CONTROL AT NOON

BY noon to-day a big force of forest
fire fighters had got under control a
mountain fire which had swept over
forty or fifty acres of young woodland
since Saturday night on the First Noun
tain, north of Rockville, on the l.. N
OFT estate. The origin of the fire is un
known, but it is believed that picnic
party accidentally set the leaves ablaze
The nre spread at rapid rate
there being heavy north wind which
swept the valley between the First and
Second mountains.
Much trouble was experienced in
fighting the flames as sufficient force
of men could not, for a time, be OBJ
tanned to work for fifteen cents an hour
1t was stated by residents that at q
number of fires last year the freight
ers were compelled to go from early
morning till late in the afternoon with
out anything to eat or drink.
A large force of men, however, was
sent to work early to-day and at moor
it was reported that the fire was under
control, no buildings being lost.
AS a result of the fire fifteen acres OF
woodland belonging to the OFT estate
number belonging to John Cristmar
and part of Roberts Valley were burn
ed bare.
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Rome Foreign Office
Awaits Ultimatum
From Austria on Mill.
tary Preparations
HOSTILITIES ARE
BELIEVED NIGH
Negotiations Between Rome and Vienn,
Concerning Italy's Demands TO
Territorial Concessions Now Con
sidered at the Breaking Point

London, April 10, 1.55 P NJ
Whether the negotiations between
Rome and Vienna concerning Italy
demands for territorial concessions havt
been broken off remainssfor the momen
an official secret but 1t appears to b.
universally agreed that the tension
approaching the breaking point. 1t i.
suggested here that the Italian ForeigI
Office is awaiting an ultmatum from
Vienna on the subject of Italy's prep
arations along the frontier as pretex
to sever the remaining ties barring al
outbreak OF hostil;ties.
The alertness with which ever,
move, diplomat or otherwise, mad
by Italy is now followed in London in
dicates the high Importance attache.
here to efforts to bring Italy to th
fighting line. One of the main rea
sons advanced for this desire to in
clude Italy in the partnership of thu
allies is that in no other way is i
possible tor close so effectually the doc
through which supplies are still reach
ing the Teutonic combatants in con
siderable amount.
A case III point s the coniscatioI
by TIA Swiss authorities announced il
Geneva to-day of carload of machine
guns of American manufacture which
was on the way TO Germany iron
Genoa, Shipments of iron, copper ant
sulphate have been reaching Germany
with fair degree of regularity
through Italy. 1t is asserted to-day
that certain embargo has been placed
at Como on trainload of these sup
plies and that Italy and Rumania have
taken joint action in refusing to all
low foodstuffs for the civilian popula'
ton of Austria Hungary to traverse
their territory. ~
Although there has been much fight
ing in both the eastern and the west
ern fields, operations on a big scale
are still awaiting improvement in the
weather on one side and adequate sup
plies on the other. Indications are
however, in both the Carpathians ano
Poland that the greatest battle yet &c
be fought is imminent and that the
coming clash in the Carpathians will
coincide with a great German advance
from the direction of Cracow.
Activities in the Dardanelles are
taken to presage an important move
ment any day now against the Turk
ish positions on the straits.
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TRIPLETS IN A RUNAWAY
One of Them Seriously Injured When
Horse Becomes frightened

Especial to the Star r-Independent)
Dillsburg, April 1s.-While taking a
drive yesterday afternoon the three
triplet daughters of John c.. Baker had
a runaway accident. The harness be-
came broken while descending hill in
Carroll township on the road leading
from this place to Grantham. The bug
gy pressing upon the horse, frightened
the animal that he started to run
away.
Adeline jumped from the buggy
and sustained some minor bruises. Sar-
ah was thrown out and was more seri-
ously injured. She has been in semi
conscious condition since. Rebecca re-
mained in the buggy and did her ut
most to control the horse and finally
after running nearly two miles she sue
ceeded in stopping the animal ON the
Harrisburg State road near Rose Gar:
den, without any injury to herself other
than a severe fright.
The young ladies were brought to
their home on South Baltimore street
later in the afternoon. They are about
II years of age and are the only trip
let's in this part Of the State.
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wife TESTIF|ES Fleming
CHASED HER With knife
Woman, Whose Husband Is Now in the
Penitentiary for Numbering Her
Mother, Tells Court That She Her
self Was Threatened With Death

Mrs. Louisa Fleming to-day appeared
in the Dauphin county court for the
first time since her husband, Martin
Fleming, was tried and convicted of
having murdered her mother, Mrs.
Louisa Bryan. Her mission on this oc-
casion was to point out the reasons
for her application for an absolute di-
vorce from her husband who now is in
the Eastern penitentiary, serving life
sentence for the murder.
With Mrs. Fleming were her broth
ers and several neighbors, whom she
produced as witnesses in an effort to
prove her charge that she was cruelty
treated by her husband before the cou-
pie became estranged, Few months
preceding the murder of Mrs. Bryan.
Her story dealt with beatings she re-
ceived at the hands of the husband.
She said Martin chased her with a
butcher knife and several times threat
ened to take her life. Besides, she de-
clared, he mutilated and destroyed the
household furniture with knives and an
ak.
Judge McCarrell, who incidentally
was the trial Judge in the murder case,
took the papers and withheld his de-
cision.
Bruce Dietz was mentioned as CO.
respondent when Joseph Lilley sought
a divorce. Lilley said he went home,
unexpectedly, late one February night
three years ago and found his wife and
young Dietz in the kitchen playing
cards. Their child, 2 years old, was
romping on the floor when he entered,
Llley said A few hours before Lii
ley announced his determination to
"leave for good" Mrs. Lilley suggested
that Dietz be taken in as boarder
for s1Oa month, the husband testi-
fed.
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Mother Extracts Needle From Baby s
Side Where It was 8 Months

Frederick Nd, April 19.-Irritable
for period of nine months, Robert
Surguy, aged II months, was trans
formed into the best tempered baby
in Frederick yesterday in the fraction
of minute. While the mother, Mrs.
Henry Surguy, was given the little
chap bath she felt sting on one of
her hands, and glancing at the mem
her discovered she had received Sc
we're cut Investigating she found the
point of needle protruding from the
baby's side. With pair of pliers she
removed a good-sized needle.
Then Mrs. Surguy recalled that nine
months ago needle she had been
using and which she had placed with
some embroidery work on the crib
where the child lay had disappeared.
For months the physicians had laid
the infants cranky disposition to
teething.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-19
late WAR news SUMMARY

The BRUSH army has begun another
drive at the important section of the
German line which holds conquered Bel
gium Sharp fighting occurred yester-
day in Belgium, and the official French
report of to-day states that the British
captured 200 yards Of German trenches,
retaining their position in the face of
several counter attacks. The statement
from Berlin however, says the British
were elected from minor positions they
had taken from the Germans and that
British attacks near Ypres broke down
with heavy losses.
The French are again on the often
sive ON the eastern end of the line and
substantial progress in Alsace is an
nounced at Paris. The French troops
are said to have pressed forward along
the Facht river, capturing, among a
number of positions, height which
commands part of the course of the
river. The Berlin report asserts that
French onslaughts near Combres and in
the Vosges failed. ..t
Lieutenant Roland Garros, one of
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