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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01

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GARY, Ind, Sept. 1.-Another Gary
pastor Of pro-German proclivides-
this time an Austrian-has been
threatened with death. This became
known today when Rev. George e.
Bendik, Of the Holy Trinity Roman
Catholic church, turned over to Police
Chief Heintz, letter threatening him
with death unless he ceases his pro-
teutonic utterances. Rev. Bendik was
a close personal friend of Rev. Ed
mund Kayser, Lutheran minister, shot
to death week ago Tuesday night.
He is an Austrian, and has at various
times publicly espoused the cause OF
the central allies.
Rev. Bendik had received previous
threatening letters, but paid no heed
to them until today, on the adyice OF
Bishop Alverding, OF Fort Wayne.
solution Of the mystery Of the mur.
der IL Rev. Edmund KAyser. appeared
to be near today. Chief Of Police
Heintz said he expected to make two
arrests by tomorrow. Gary's police
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-One OF
1tva Mexicans killed Tuesday by, An
American posse near FL Paso has
been Identified positively as Genera
Pnseual Orozco, Chief Bielaskf, OF the
Justice department investigation bu-
1eAu was advised today in kilograms
from special agents on the border.
Or0xcso and his followers 1t was
stated, were surprised while seeking
food on aeCulberson county, Texas
IAch. "A posse gave chase. The
MexicAns made stand in the High
Lonesome mountains and all were
Killed n the battle which followed.
Ofu1e0 WAS arrested with General HUI.
ertA several weeks ago. but escaped
while at liberty on bail
That latest additions to General
HunetOns military forces on the Rio
Grande were due to increasingly
threatening Mexican border conditions
was reiterated in persistent reports
and equally emphatically denied by
war department oflcials today.
The unofhcial version was that
there actually was much In the story
that movement is on foot among the
Border Mexfcans to recover a consid
cradle part OF territory on the Amer
lean side Of the international line fol-
their own country.
& The account encouraged by the Car
fenza agencies here, was also current
thAk German money II being spent lib
er1llv IN Mexico TO stir up trouble
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
CHOLERA
ON BOARD SHIP
Two Hundred are Quarantined on the
President Lincoln by
Health Authorities.

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NEW YORK, Sept. With 200 per
sons, fifteen of whom may be suffer
ing from Asiatic cholera, quarantined
aboard the Hamburg-American liner
President Lincoln here, city health
authorities today were figuring on
ways and means to prevent any pos
sible spread of the disease.
The liner is the second largest in
the Hamburg feet and has been tied
up at the Hoboken pier since the out
break Of the war. The disease is said
to have broken out among fifteen
refugees from China which led
authorities to suspect it was brought
from the orient.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
GERMANY ASACCEPTED 0UR TERMS
ITALY

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ROME, Sept. Italy 4 no fear
that the Austro- -GermaY .aving fin.
lshed their campaign INST Russia,
valley for an ipxsS OF the Italian
northern proviret ).
1--WE hold 10y - important peak
dominating th< ige valley section
said a high offS,al today. ne Ger
mans might throw half a million men :,
down the valley, but we could hoso
them OFF with ease for months.
'sWinter 10 approaching and ~ Dei
cer,,ber, military y&perations In the Alps
will be out Of the question, anotnef
factor the Germans undoubtedly nave
taken into consideration. And before
the arrival Of spring, England, rance
and russia will be keeping the Aussro'
Germans busy elsewhere.
The government severai weeks a9o
contracted for large supplies OF Wool
and every weaving and knitting factory
In Italy 10 now turning OUT neasy
clothes for The winter campaign. Extra
heavy garments are being MADE TOT
the troops engaged in the Alps alon0
the Trentino frontier.
On some Of the highest peaks two
miles above the sea level structures so
house the Italian soldiers during tne
winter are being built in the sheiter o.
rocks. These will be heavily provision
ioned. tho war office anticipating tna'
many OF the positions on the summ'ts
will be shut of from the outside worlc
by heavy SHOWS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
NINETEEN DEAD
BROUGHT FROM NINE
Explosion Was First Reported 10 Hav.
inc Been Fatal to Only
One Miner.

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JOHNSTOWN, Pa, Sept. 1.---Nine-
teen men are dead and two more may
die from injuries sustained in the ex-
plosion which yesterday wrecked a
portion of the brenda mine Number
Two Of the Merchant Coal Co.. at Bos-
well, Somerset county. An official
statement issued yesterday said that
only one man had been killed, but last
evening the bodies OF sixteen others
were brought out of the mine. Two
men died after being brought to the
Memorial hospital Johnstown. and it
is believed two more will succumb.
Six others injured are expected to re-
cover
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01

by the Red Cross committee which
has charge of distributing the East.
land fund Of $360,OOO. The Eastland
horror made nearly two hundred Wild.
ows who will be taken care of out q
the fund. In all. the Red Cross will
arrange for the care OF S61 persons.
The relatives Of the remaining TWEEN
ty-eight victims have been found not
to need assistance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
BAL kAAS

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PARIS, Sept. ian Athens dis
patch % the Matin, unconfirmed from
any other source, stated today that
Serbia has decided to cede Mace
donia to Bulgaria TO obtain Bulsaria's
entrance into the war and mas %
notified the Greek 0ovea nment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
Families Wiped Out.

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CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-Of the So who
met death in the Eastland disaster,
sixty-six comprised twenty-three en-
tire families that were wiped out,
leaving no relatives or heirs to claim
damages. This was announced today
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
RUSSIA

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PETRO0RAD, Sept. 1.Strongly rs.
inforced, the Russians in Gaitcia have
taken the offensive and by successive
attacks are threatening to roll up the
riaht Hank Of tie Austro-G
Dispatches received here today in
dicated not only complete check 20
the enemy's advance in GAlicla, but
Russian gains between the Strypa and
Ziota LIpa, southwest Of Tarnopol.
Troops brought up from the lower
Dneister region are battering at Cen
erai Pfianxer's flank in the hiity coun.
try between the two rivers and have
driven the eAustro-Germans back nearly
! mile.
Tte latest oficial statement from
the war office reported the capture Of
5000 prisoners and number OF guns
by the Russians. At the other extrer1-
ity 81 the 500 mile battle front, heavy
German attacks are being repulsed
In the region south OF Riga. The en-
emy.s offensive in the direction ot
wilma and the Warssw-P w-Petrograd rail.
way has been stopped and the Who::
situation 10 now considered satisfac
tory BY the war Office. The Germans
are concentrating heavily south ct
Riqa Their heavy guns are hammer
Hlng az the Friedertchstadt bridgehead
and fresh German forces presumably
from the serest-Litovsk district are ar
preaching the DWna.
Military men here believe this activ-
ity forecasts drive on PetroSrad'
Around 1rest Litovsk and southeast 70
the Caiiciar border, the czar's troops
-. movinn hack q conformIty TO the
|oeneral nisn a retirement adopted
,.,ban axseu.tjon a. Rreet Litovsk be-
e.n,. neeeesarv. The retreat 10 slow
M orderly. several a,eny detach.
msrt. which attempted ! too hasty
.,,,..,it h.va b.en defeated with severe
Eic..e.'
IL 4he,r sudden attempt. TO expel
~. nu..i.ns Trom aaIicl. the Austro
c.rr,.ns npnarentgv had been heavily
..i.1arr.d ' M which vxere r.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
RANCE

4 =
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
PARIS, Sept. IA violent battle 10
Iraqina around Schratsmaennel In the
|vosqes, after cessation Of infantry
action In this region for several days.
Tho Germans yesterday shelled the
French trenches on the slope for sew
erai hours. Explosion Of several hun
dred aas bombs was followed by 4
rush Of German infantrymen upon the
French works. The French ci,aus-
seurs, who had protected themselves
from the gas with respIrators, met the
attack with their bayonets and knives
and drove the enemy back from the
parapets.
The Germans suffered heavy losses
leaving many bodies before the French
trenches. A second charge was made
last night, but THE afternoons conn
munique from the war office said II
was repulsed.
Elsewhere there have been no i'm
portant infantry engagements in the
last twenty-four hours. Heavy artil,
ilery dueIs continued throuchout the
might around Neuville, st. vaast, Roye
and at several points around Arras
other artillery fighting occurred in the
IAreonne, particularly at Fontaine-Aux-
charmes, Heuyette and Haute Chew
auchee.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
ENGL AND

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CARDIFF, Wales, Sept. THE
south Wales miners conference today
formally ratified the peace agreement
entered into by their representatives
at London yesterday, thus ending the
coal strike.
The conference instructed all miners
now on strike to return to work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
MOI. ALL AT WORK.

CARDIFF, Wales, Sept. Though
a settlement was reached at London
yesterday, 10000 miners in the Rhon-
ada valley and $4,000 In Monmouth
shire refused to resume work today
until the agreement is formally rati-
fled and signed by the miners dele
gates.
No difficulty is anticipated, how
ever. The new agreement was to be
submitted TO the delegates today and
Il was believed they would vote their
Immediate approval.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
DOWN IN AFRICA.

PARIS, sept. 1.-Jaundie, capital o.
<he German colony Of kamerun, west
central Africa, ts about to fall into the
hande of the French, the riiniste: of
colonies announced this afternoon. a
Frsnch column approaching the cap
ital hae won several successes. The
Germans are retiring in an oroosite
direction and apparently do not intend
20 defend Jaundie.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01

READ the Daily Gate City. Ten
cents per week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
THE WEATHER

The river will continue falling slow
ly from Davenport to Keokuk Hor sew
eral days.
Weather Forecast.
For Keokuk and Vicinity: Fair to-
night and Thursday. Warmer tonight.
For Iowa-Fair tonight and Thurs
day. Warmer tonight.
For Illinois and Missouri: FaG and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
Weather : cordltions.

Generally clear and warmer weath-
er prevails this morning in nearly all
districts except the Lake regions where
it is somewhat cooler. The highest
temperature In Iowa yesterday was q
and the lowest this morning, Sc de
grees. No frost occurred in any Of
the districts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
Harmlesa,

Harmless.
Omaha World Herald: II notes were
as deadly as torpedoes, every ship of
state would be on the bottom.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01

1nte1 etatAV1 u 1llt<sA ~ sASA1esA =
law.
Thsrs w,tl . - nssre la,ssrrsd at-
sss'ss = s.ssI 'sfa ssssI1 ~ y
4 I'm 2 e3nfrnhand MI. be Visited and
{. : NJ & tefore bsinp dsstroysd.
4 TjI n. ososse and passengers Will -
1 rt1SM eWssv epportunity to sscaps.
~ lNarS Will net - sesink ~ our NIB
marinoo without WatssiNo and without
oaf6Sy Of the lives 81 eombatante
! pfov1ded that tse llNees do net Try 70
ooeAne ~ offor reoletance,~ was Ne
wrie49n atatemsnt o. Ambassador
16SS9 torn, conveying hls instruetsons
49, opeeetary pf state LansiNg today
ion She German answer 70 the iatest
I yLusstanta nots.
In substance, the same assurances
had been made TO the state depart
ment informally, several days ago.
This relieved the tension. but there
va still much anxiety concerning the
nature and conditions OF the German
concessions II was feared they
might be SO qualified as to be unac-
5ceptable.
All such doubts were removed to-
day.
The fnll text of the ambassadors
S>uote TO the secretary Of state was as
follows.
M my dear secretary: with reference
to our conversation. OF this morning,
beg to inform you that my instruc-
tions concerning our answer to your
last Lusitania note. contains the fol
lowing passage: liners will not be
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01

fBy Charles r. Stewart, United Press
staff Sorrespondent.l
WASHINGToN Sept. IL.
Germany today officially ac-
copied Americas terms.
Ambassador Bernstorff, in
speaking for the German for
eign Office, informed the state
department that hencefo Onward
the l1aiser's submarine meth
sods viii conf form to America s
Interpretation Of international
law
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01

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BERLIN, ccpt. 4. (via wlreless to
Sayviile. )-Since the beginning OF the
.Austro-German drive on May 2, an en-
tire Russian field army numbering
1, 400 600 men, has been captured Or
annihiIated, according to an offic,as
review given out today.
OF this number 1, 100000 have been
the war office estimates anu
100000 have been killed or wounded.
These figures cover operations from
the battle Of Gorlic May 2, that mark
ed tho beginning Of the Austro-German
sweep, to the present date.
"The actual figures may be even
higher said the official review, "be-
cause the enemy saved his artillery
|by reckIessIy sacrificing his Infantry.
''As result, the armies first en-
|countered at the beginning Of our Of
fensive are now annihIlated. The Rus
slams have made up their losses ~
withdrawing troops from other parts,
especially from the forces ready to In
wade Turkey.
"AII these efforts were fruitless.
The enemy has been chased out OF
lGalicia. Poland, couriand and Litnunta.
Twelve fortresses, among them four
imodern and big ones, forming the Rus
sian outer and inner defenses are in
our hands"
During the month Of August, the
WAR office announced this afternoon,
the Austro-Germans took 1000 Rus
sian officers and $3.50 men prisoners
and captured $500 cannon and $50 ma
chine guns.
nEFoRE cRopNo.
BERLIN, Sept. 1. (Via London.) =
German troops have arrived before
tho western front Of Grodno and are
preparing to attack the fortress.
In GalicIa, the eAustro-Gernnans undss
General Bothmo, who were held up by
stubborn Russian counter attacks,
have renewed their eastward move
,ment TO sweep the enemy out OF Aus
strian territory. In the face OF gallant
resistance Bothmo's troops stormed
ths heights on the bank OF the Strypa
lriyer nor4is Of Zborow. .,s VIZ
sss prince leopold, os 4 eaveria, has
fdrced the enemy lack Beyond the
marshes north Of Gordno.
PEACE STORY PRINTED.
BERLIN, (vIa The Haaue) Sept. !.
THE vossische Zeitung today print
Cd with prominent display, the state
ment OF Francis w. Hirst, editor OF
the Loreson Economist, that England
i considers peace discussions near. Nc
comment was made.
1 IHirst's article two days ago, COM
/ mented on improvement of treatment
] Of, prisoners in England and France,
and quoted from Sir Edward Gray's
lrecent speech, adding that these
| things Suggest letting down OF ten.
sion for high diplomatic purposes"
meaning for the beginning of peace
discussions.l
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Continued on page -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
BEFORE cRopNo.
PEACE STORY PRINTED.

BERLIN, (via The Hague) Sept Il
The vosslsche Zeitung today print
Cd with prominent display, the state
ment OF Francis w. Hirst. editor OF
the Loreson Economist, that England
considers peace discussions near. No
comment was made.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01
focal observatIona.

Mean ten1pei o.; nisifest =.
lowest, 81.
e. w. M'GANN.
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-01

BANKERS ARRESTED.
AMeTERpAN. SEPT. 1.-Thirty
warsaw bauxsre who refused TO &C.
scspt German promisory notes, have
been ARRESTED and interned In Ger.
many, according TO information reach
ine hero today.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-20

ENFESI OhImINHL Az ION TN
' TEACHERS CASE
Rumors in labor circles are strong
that there will be criminal action on
peculiar deals framed up against the
Teachers Federation.
Gov. Dunno and the state admins
tration are said to be cooperating
with States Atty Hoyne in getting
all possible evidence on the matter of
the senate journal being corrected to
show passage of a resolution not seen
nor heard of by rather keen-eyed and
keen-eared senators sitting close to
the speakers desk.
Both Senators Duff Piercy and
Kent Keller are friends of the gov
ernor and thei rstatements are de-
cisive that they heard nothing of Res
oIution 76 creating the Baldwin COM
mittee until second printing of the
senate journal with a correction"
showing Sen. Sam Ettelson offering
Resolution 76.
Others among the 81 senators feel
that the senate is joke as legisla-
tive body if the senate journal can be
corrected so as to show the passage
of legislation thatnever reached the
ears of senators on the floor all the
closing day, legislation which also
never reached the ears of the official
shorthand reporter. ........-.. 49,.
William L.. Corris, official senate
reporter, is said to be ready to testify
he heard no Resolution rs called up,
debated or voted on by the senate
the da yof adjournment. He knows
of nor esolution 76 following Resolu-
ton Is, which he recorded as the last
Judge 0'Connor will say Wednes-
day, it is now expected, whether he
will issue a writ stopping the school
board from enforcing the Loe-Roth-
man rule.
Women in England are wearing
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-20

Women in England are wearing
''proud-of-him" badges of metal, en-
ameled in coIors, with the design of
the Union Jack. They are inscribed
either Husband with the colors,"
"Son with the coIors, Brother with
the colers,' or Father with the col
ors." -.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-20
JOHN D., JR., TAKES WAR LOAN
UP WITH THE "OLD MANI

II" Ut WIFI ITIE OLD WHN
Cleveland, O., Sept. 20. = John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., was today reported
to be at Forest Hill in conference
with Rockefeller, ST., probably on the
subject of war loans. 1t was said
young Rockefeller, who has not been
in Cleveland for several years, laid
before his father proposals of Anglo
French commission for big war loan.
Last week, John D., ST., told United
Press, in an exclusive interview, he
would not make loan to any warning
nation.
Big business men are paid for tell
ing Geskids are licked for il
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-20
ENGLAND WON'T FORCE MEN
UNLESS SHE HAS TO

UNLESS SHE HAS TO
London, Sept. 2o.-Great Britain
will not force her sons into army by
parliamentary enactment except as
last resort. But if CONSUMPTION is
found necessary there is little like
Hhood that there will be any civil
war" or social revolt" despite free
use of those terms by opponents OF
compulsory service in the last few
days.
The conscriptionists are greatly
encouraged at indications of Lloyd
Georges personal opinion that ma
tional service is only solution. They
also attach considerable significance
to speech made yesterday by J. H.
Thomas, labor member of parliament
and sec'y of Railway Employees
union. He urged country not to
misunderstood feeling of working
classes against CONSUMPTION, indicat-
ing that if it can be shown compul-
sorry service is the only means of saw
ing empire from inglorious peace,
workers will withdraw their opposi-
ton.
Paris.-John Hodge, member Of
parliament and noted British labor
leader, declared that British Social
lists mot only will submit to conscrip-
ton if necessary, but everything else
that is necessary for triumph of our
cause"
JOHN D., JR., TAKES WAR LOAN
I'D MITL TIE HNI n MANI
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

1t seems to have become a
sort of race habit for the men
of nation to say to the women,
''Thus far shall you go and no
further" In China they have
bound the women's feet; in Tur-
key they have kept wells over
their faces, and in Egypt they
have not allowed them to wor-
ship in the temples. Can the
American man not see that his
position in saying to the women,
Back from the ballot box" is
exactly parallel?
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14
nearly the whole world is at
war. Associated Advertising.
WORTH THINKING ABOUT

w THEN you go into a local
w store and buy goods
~ from a local merchant,
you not only get the goods-you
get the thrifty town, the paved
streets, the schools which your
children attend, the churches
which preserve the morals of the
community, the things that you
enjoy and use, which you and
the merchant and the manufac-
turers pay for in common. You
can send your money to the mail
order house and get the goods,
but you cannot get these other
things, and even if you think
the mail order price is smaller,
it is larger in the long run, since
you get less in return for your
money. The moral is trade at
home" Little Falls Tran
script.
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

Col. Roosevelt says: "The Uni
ted States is fit for a real democ-
racy; and in real democracy
women will have the same rights
as men, and both men and wom-
en- will pay more heed to their
duties than to their rights" y
Good, plain, horse sense, now
isn't it? We Never Did!
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

Not an acre of waste land,
six miles to Redwood Falls,
two miles to Morton, Min
nesota, on the state highway
road, at a price too low to pub
lish. Inquire of F. w. Penhall,
Morton, Mimi. 38-2t*
The Redwood gazette., 1915-04-14

Why not make an intern"
proposition to the DR.. Mayo's
Foundation scheme? Where
could there be a better place to
intern or for interns than the
MayO hospital.