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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-02

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United Press Leased Wire Servicel
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Russia is
now openly appealing to her western
allies to go to her assistance by de-
veloping major offensive in France
and Belgium. Hitherto, the Slay
pressure brought to bear at London
and Paris for help has been secret,
as far as the Russian government
mas been officially concerned. Unofh-
clal intimations Of q plea for west
ern offensive was telegraphed from
fetrograd last week, but the govern
nent itself remained silent.
Today, however, in an official COM
munlque, the Russian government
oeciares the Germans are moving
troops from the west to the east, and
.nen adds that 'this fact creates IA
yorable conditions for active opera
uons Of our allies" In other words,
.ne car now openly demands that
ele English and French no longer re-
,nain idle. while the Russians are be-
.ns forced to abandon all Of Poland
70 the enemy.
II Is not probable the allies have
saAen this means Of announcing that
western offensive is shortly to be-
sin rather. the circumstances sug-
ses. tnat the Slavs have been unable
persuade England and France to
A., Ae at the present time. A. 2
- ettort to compel : military 81
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What the War Moves Mean
By j. w. T. Mason, Former European Man
aeer of the United Press.

version, Russia therefore has de
cided to try the effect of publicity
The situation cannot be pleasing foI
the western allies. Not only Is II
uncomfortable to have Russia OIL
cially and openly advising France
and England what they should do
hut also there exists the possibility
of a rupture growing out OF a persist
ent refusal of the western allies to
move forward.
That England and France are quite
unable to develop serious offensive
at this time because OF their short
age of munitions is apparently disbe
lieyed at Petrograd. The necessity
for outstanding ammunition to with
stand a possible German effort to
reach Calais unquestionably does not
make the same impression at retro
grad that it does at London and
Paris. II the Slavs' allies remain In
active despite Russia's public appear,
it Is certain there will be resentment
at petrograd and Poland's evacua-
tion will be associated In the Rus
sian mind with the absence OF co-or-
dinate military effort in the west.
Had Germany not persuaded Turkey
10 enter the war and IL there were no
nossihility of Russia securing con-
troll Of Constantinople. the basis Of 2
possible separate peace unQuestlon-
ably would now e41eS - eszs .
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RANCE

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PARIS, Aug. 2-incendiary bombs
and flaming liquids were used by the
Germans In three determined attacks
or the French positions on the Meuse
heights and eastward TO Pont A
Mousson during last night. An Off
ciai statement from the war offiee
this afternoon reported ali the Ger
man assaults repuised.
All along the line there was re.
newaI Of infantry clashes throughout
the niaht. The Germans launched
several sharp attacks against the
French positlons around souchez-
These Nsre promptly beaten OF the
French counter attacking and tear
inu Up enemy cntangIements.
"In the Champagne region, mine
fighting occurred yesterday and dur
ina the night" said the official COM
munfque. "The result was favorable
to us."
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The War i'm Mexico
Latest Developments Among Our Revolution
ary Neighbors of the South

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-Ursent re-
quests that the state department al
leviate food conditions in Mexico City.
were received today from Charles
|OConnor, special Red Cross represent
ative in the capital. Death and col
lapse from starvation are frequent
and the poor are eating leaves, grass,
dead horses and mules, he said.
State department advtces from
Vera Cruz said Carranza expects to
move his government to Mexico City
this month.
General Obregon's occupation OF
Zacatecas was confirmed
Severe fighting was reported east of
Guadeloupe Friday.
General Gonzales. 1t was said, would
Immediately establish himself in Mexa
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Outraqes Which Rival Those of Abdul Hamid
are Being Inflicted Upon the Men, Won
en- and Children of Country.
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR IS PLEADING
News of Reign of Terror Has Been Carefully
Concealed From the World SO Ear,
But Now it is Given Out.

ment Of an Independent Armenia.
Nineteen of these men were hanged
in front OF ministry OF war. Among
them was a man who had been the
cashier for Turkish branch OF the
Singer Sewing Machine company.
At the Armenian town Of Zeitoun.
of 10000 inhabitants, the young
Armenians refused to enlist In Tur-
keys armies. A Turkish military
force was sent against the city. bit
300 of the Turks were killed. An
Overwhelming Turkish force was then
sent and when the city fell. the
Turkish military officials carried out
to the extreme degree their system OF
deportation and dispersion. Twenty
thousand Turks from Thrace wero
taken to Zeitoun and established IN
houses that for generations oelonge
to the Armenians. while the former
lowners were scattered to the extreme
ends OF the empire, one portion being
sent to the sandy deserts at the head
OF the Persian gulf and the other TO
malarial marshes in the interior.
Eye Witnesses from the interior
coming to Constantinople described
the professions of these ragged, mis-
erable Armenians herded by soldiers
In groups ranging from fifty to several
hundred. Old men who could mot
maintain the pace were beaten by the
soldiers until they died in their tracts,
these eye witnesses said. Children
dropped out by the wayside to perish
Mothers, unable longer to nourisi
their babies, dropped them in wells
as they passed, prefcrring to end
their sufferings.
The Armenian colony OF Constantt-
nople, numbering about 10000. is prac-
tically the only group that has ec-
capped, and they owe their safety large
ly to Amba ssador Morgenthau who
has assumed a sort of unofficial pro-
tectorate over them.
In defense Of these measures, the
Turks assert that the Armenians, de-
spite previous warnings, rose in rebel
lion when the allies attacked at the
Dardanelles. The Armenians, the
Turks charged, not only occupied the
town Of Van and other cities, but ex-
tended important help to the Russians
in the Caucasus.
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[By Henry Wood, United Press Stan
rorraSpOp6opt

[By Henry Wood, United Press Stan
Correspondent
DEDEAGATCH, Bulgaria, July 20.
DELAYED. )-Atrocities that rival tho
outrages Of Abdul Hamid are being tn
fiicted on the two million Armenians
in Turkey by the Young Turk govern
ment. Official circles in Turkey are
using every possible means to prevent
the news to reach the outside world.
have come here from Constantinople
to cable a story of conditions as
they were told to me by sources In the
Ottoman capital whose reliability can
not be questioned.
Thousands Of Armenians have been
deported from their homes In Asia
Minor; their property conflscated ana
their families broken up. Young
Armenians have been hurriedly draft
ed into the army and rushed to Gal-
lipoli peninsula to meet q quick end
in the trenches OF the Dardanelles.
Wives, mothers and young children
have been left helpless In the streets
or transported to strange cities and
abandoned to the mercies OF the Mns-
sulman population.
Thus rar no wholesale massacres
have been reported to Constantinople.
But the critical moment for the
Armenians will come when the Turks
meet with a serious reverse at the
Dardanelles should that occur, or
when the Armenians themselves be.
come emboldened by the successes of
their local revolt and attempt a gen.
eral revolution.
So serious Is the situation that
Ambassador Morganthau who almost
single handed is fighting to prevent
Wholesale slaughter, felt authorized
to ask the cooperation of Germany
and the allies. Won Wagenheim, the
German ambassador, and Margrave
Pallavicini, the Austrian representa-
tive, at Constantinople, have respond
ed at least to the degree Of joining
with the American AMBASSADOR in try
ing to convince the Turkish govern
|ment that a renewal of the atrocities
|of the former Turkish regime would
be serious mtStake.
The order for the present crueltiss
was issued early in May and executed
with all the extreme genius Of the
Turkish police system. At Brousse,
in Asiatic Turkey, the city which it Is
expected the Turks will select for
their capital If Constantinople falls, |
investigated personally the manner
in which the decree was carried out.
At Brousse, the police at midnight
swooped down upon the homes Of all
lArmen1ans whose names had been put
on the prescribed list sent out from
Constantinople. These men were ar
rested and the minutest search made
OF their homes for possible revolu-
tfonary documents The young Armen.
ans were then ordered into the army;
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interior, while the women and chill
dren who were not carried of were
left to shift for themselves.
In thousands Of cases, the depor-
tation had been carried OFT on such a
basis that families will never be re-
united.
Simultaneous with these arrests
throughout the empire the Constan-
tinople police arrested alleged lead
ers of an Armenian society who were
charged with plotting the establish
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German and British Replies Were Received, Also
Report on the Sinking of the Liner
Iberian by German Submarine.
THE CONTENTS ARE NOT MADE PUBLIC
Germany Has Not Yet Determined Whether or
Not to Send an Answer to the Last Pro-
test Regarding Submarine Warfare.

page was taken to support the British
contention that Americas foreign
business has not suffered. The Lon
don foreign Office insisted 1t has proof
that many American shipments to
Scandinavia and Holland we're destin.
ed ultimately for Germany. To hold
up shipments to the u. S. from these
neutrals tho British still claim the
right In cases where they suspect Ger
many was the original shipper.
Germany's note concerning the Frye
incident was also received but was
deemed of less importance than the
British series.
or the discussions outcome, nobody
was willing to, hazard q guess. OH
cial accounts differed on the number
involved In the disaster to the Ley
land liner Iberian, destroyed by Ger.
man submarine. An unofficial story
we3 that three Americans were killed
and three wounded.
Ambassador Page, London, cabled
today this certainly was incorrect. Ha
said there were four Americans and
no more, who might have sailed on
the Ibep4an. He Was not sure all
these were on board. 4.
They were l.. Wiley and ]. Carroll
Boston; NJ. Dealey. San Francisco
and J..wright, Cliftondale, Mass.
Pages unders landing was that
Wiley was the only American who
perisflAd. He had telegraphed to
Manchester, the Iberian's port OF de.
parture. for fuller information, but
had not yet received 1t.
Supplement to British Note.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2--The Lon
don Areign of1lce's supplement to the
Bri(9sh note on the order in council,
reached the state department today,
together with another British note
dealing separately with the steamship
Natchez case.
The first section OF the German
note on the Frye case was also re-
ceived
The British supplement dealt with
the American caveat, warning the
London foreign office that the United
States will not recognize orders In
council which violate international
law.
The Natchez case was that Of a ship
with cargo bound from a neutral port
to the United States. The British con-
tention was that the shipment really
was OF German origin. Therefore the
shin was detained for action by a
British prize court.
Nv agreement with London govern
ment. It was said the British notes
and supplement would be made public
Wednesday.
When the German communication
would be published, Secretary Lansing
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ENGLAND

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
LONDON, Aug. 2.-The Stag liner
cIintonia, Of $3.50 tons, has been sunk.
presumably by German submarine,
according to dispatches received here
today. FIFTY Of her passengers and
crow arc reported to have been saved
and are being brought to shore.
GREEN FACED sNlPERs.
LONDON, Aug. 2.-Green-faoed Ger
mans, who paint themselves the color
Of the surrounding scenery to escape
detection, have been suecessful In
snlpIna at tho British troops, the Daily
News reported today. A wounded prl-
vate in the Second Royal Fuslliers 10
the News authority.
SUNK BY SUBMARINE.
LONDON, Aug. 2.-The British
steamer BenvorIich has been sunk
by German submarine. Seventeen
Of the crew have been landed, ac.
cordIng to dispatches to shipping cir
cles this afternoon, but Captain
Smith and other members Of the
crew who left the ship In another
boat, have not yet been reported.
The BenvorIlch 10 1881 ton
steamer owned by w. Thomson 4
CO. Of Lelth. She was built In 1895
and ID 357 feet long.
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leo City, without lingering on the out
skirts.
Food Trains Started.
WASHINGTON, Aug 2. Food
trains were leaving Vera Cruz for
Eexico City today, unofficial advices
here from the former place, said. No
body knew how long it would take to
get the supplies through. General
Carranza was known to control part
of the capital at least. That by today
his men had occupied all OF it. was
deemed likely.
The state department was trying to
get news OF Editor Paul Hudson. of
the Mexican Herald, and the members
of his family and staff, arrested by tho
Zapatistas, released 1t was HOPED
when the Carranzistas forces took the
capital.
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fBy Charles p. Stewart United Press
STAFF Correspondentl
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.~-A Germal
note. a British note and q full report
M = submarine destruction Of the
IAyland liner Iberian, with the re-
ported loss Of three American lives
we're looked for at the state depart.
ment today.
The expected German communica'
tiou was known to bear on the Frye
case. England's message was an an
plincation OF Its dispatches relativs
TO the order In council
Information concerning the loer'
lan was partly onlcial; partly inform
al.
All accounts still indicated that the
Iberian was sunk while trying to ss'
cape. after due notice by the sub
marine to stop for search.
Austria's publication Of a trans'a'
tion OF its note to the United States
concerning American munitions ship
ments to the allies attracted atte'l-
ton, The Austrian embassy asserted
II was the first accurate publication
Of the message here, earlier versions
having been "doctored" by the Brit
,sh censor.
As censored, the notes tone was
abrupt. The embassy's translation
was effusively friendly.
England stands Pat.
Z lBy Charles P. Stewart, United Press
Staff Correspondent
+ WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-In its con'
troversy with the United States con.
cerning the. English order in council,
the London foreign ofice stands abso'
lutely pat"
Several days ago the state depart.
ment received the British answer to
American representations on the SUB.
1ect. Then request was received
that this anf-ver be held up until Q
supplement- to It could be forwarded
This supplement arrived today
With 1t came separate note concern
Ing the steamship Natchez which
with cargo from q neutral European
port. was detained by the British on its
way to the United States on the
ground that really its cargo was OF
German origin.
The series, 1t was announced, will
not be made public until Wednesday
but this much was learned concerning
II:
Every American contention was re
1ected as untenable.
The British refused even to recog
nize the American right to reserve
certain American complaints for fu
ture settlement.
All hopes that there might be 9
modification Of the British order IL
council, were summarily upset.
From the commerce Department.
fennrfa On f0rni1n trade ha1anca. q
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Militia 10 in Charge.

UNITED Press Leased Wire SerVice1
MASSENA. N. Y, Aug. 1.-Two
companies Of militia today assumed
control of the strike at the Alumni
mum Company Of America here and
quelled the rioting that cost several
lives and injured scores yesterday.
One thousand men, mostly Hungar.
fans. walked out Of the plant Satur.
day when their demands for in.
creased wages were refused.
The strikers had complete control
of the plant when the soldiers came
They locked up several of the com
pany officials and did extensive dam.
age to the works.
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Strike Is Threatened.

GLION, N. Y, Aug. 2.-The big
Remington arms plant here was
threatened with a strike today. The
difficulty is said to be over the put
ting into effect Of the eight hour
schedule.
When the men went to work this
morning they were handed slips OF
paper on which were given the scale
Of wages. The men claimed they
were docked and some refused to &C
to work.
The arms company, which is under
the same manag ement as the Bridge
mammoth new buildings, some OF
which are not yet completed.
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. ally I.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
cHiASSo, (vIa Berlin wireless),
Aug. 2.-FaiIure Of the Italian armies
to register any success against Aus
trla 10 arousing distrust throughout
italy, according to advIees from itaI-
ian cities across the frontier. The
working classes are dissatisfied at ths
Increased cost Of living and In gov
ernment circles II Is feared Italy will
not dare to enter upon a winter cam
palgn.
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TURKEY

limited Press Leased Wire Ssrvice.1
ATHENS, Aug. 2.-Greek ships
along the Asia Minor coast, on which
were number Of invalid Greek CIV
lIians returning to their native coun-
trN have been seixed by the Turks,
according 20 advlees from S6nstan-
tinople today. The Turks put the sick
osDolea aelsoFu and substitutsd their
eulN WoUnted, forcing Greek deetors
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RUSSIA

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PETROGRAD, Aug. 2-The Rus
sIan armies falling back from War.
saw arc fighting ono OF tho mos'
maQnIfcent rear guard actions the
world war had seen. Small forces
standing by the NareW and west OF
tho Polish capital, are deternn'nediy
holding up the Germans while the
main BODY OF Slavs continues the re
tlrement eastward.
So effective 10 tho Russian defen
sIvs Just outside the gates Of the city
that military men declared today
that Warsaw could never have been
won by direct assault. Tho great
Austro-Gernan siege guns and the
massed foves Of the enemy could
not have battered their way into the
capital; they held the capture OF
Warsaw was only made possible hy
the progress Of tho Austro-6 o-6ermans
along the Lubiin-cholm limo.
The taking Of Warsaw will only
slightly relieve the Germans feeling
Of disappointment over their failure
to entrap the grand dukes armies,
according to advlces to tho war offlce
When it became evident that the
Russians were about to escape the
trap, General Won HIndenburs sent
out a hurry call for retnforcements
from the western battle front. These
forces arrived and have been soon In
operation In Poland, according to an
official statement from the war office
which contained this significant
clause: ThIa fact creates favorable
conditions for active operations on
the part OF our allies In the west.
Sunday, tho anniversary Of the out.
break Of the war between Russia and
Germany and the date on which tho
kaiser planned triumphaI entry into
Warsaw, saw the Russians throwing
German detachments back across the
Narrow and successfully withdrawing
all enemy assaults In the bend Of the
vIstuIa, extending west to southeast Of
the city. Though Il 10 admitted here
that sufficient tIme has not elapsed to
permit the withdrawal Of the main
body Of tho Russian troops before
Warsaw to the lines to the east, an
air Of confidence today replaced the
feelings Of doubt over tho fate Of these
armies yesterday.
Tho newspapers today printed
prominently the closing words of Min
lister Of War Polinvanoffs speech &c
J. TIC uuJHdS VI "HtSn HC o0SidTS0 ZIG
Russia, a. consequences of good
crops, 10 prepared to continue the war
for several years.
"Germany must be beaten at all
costs, else all Europe will fall under
the teuton yoke" declared PolIvanoff.
"Without losing an Instant Of time,
we must employ all the faculties OF
the country for tho development Of
the national dAfenseV ~
REPORTED SUNK.
oNSTANTiNOPLE, Aug. 2. tvia
Berlin wireIess)-A large Russian
destroyer has foundered and sunk of
koeken, east of SehiIe, according to
official dispatches today. Tho dis
patches said It was not known
whether the warship was mined, tor.
pedoed or sunk by an Internal expio
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THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast.

Weather FORECAST.
For Keokuk and Vicinity: Show.
ers and cooler tonight. Tuesday part
ly cloudy and continued cool.
For Iowa: Unsettled tonight with
showers. Cooler In east and south
portions. Tuesday partly cloudy and
continued cool.
For Missouri: Showers and cooler
tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy and
continued cool.
For Illinois: Showers and cooler
tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy and
continued cool. Probably showers
south portion. ...'
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AUSTRIA

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
ROME, Aug. 2.-Austran prisoners
now confined In fortresees and con-
centration camps total 1900, Of whom
$50. are officers, the war office an
nounced today. ....
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Suffering From Heat.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1
NEW YORK, Aug. New York
was hoping for more rain today after
a down pour that lasted most of the
night, but brought no cooler wealth
er today The United States weather
forecaster could not predict either
rain or fall in temperature.
Four heat deaths were reported
yesterday and four today. Reports of
scores of prostrations poured in to-
day.
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Gets Prison Sentence.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHANDLER, Okla, Aug. 2.-Henry
Starr, bandit whose exploits for
years have terrorized Oklahoma,
pleaded guilty today to the charge OF
holding up the Stroud National bank
a few months ago. He took his sent
ence of twenty-five years in the Nc
Alester penitentiary calmly.
RE will testify against Claude
Sawyer, one Of his pals, In the Stroud
hold up.
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Inc IlNGT VIII TChoih uCukiy otd
tionary or fail slowly from Daven-
port to Keokuk during the next
twenty-four hours.
Westher Conditions.
Cooler, cloudy and unsettled
weather prevails this morning
throughout the northwest in the
Plains states, the Mississippi valley
and the lake regions. The heaviest
rainfalls are as follows: Bismarck,
1.16; Dodge City, 1.16; Dubuque, 0.S4.
Huron, 1.22; La Crosse. 1.1o and St.
Paul, 0.S6.
Local observations.
Aug. Bar. Their. Wind W'th'r
1 Z D. m. $3.50 80 Sc Ci'dy
b q. m. ...2S.S9 20 8 Cl'dy
Precipitation "a hours, .07 inches.
Mean temperature. rs; highest.
So: lowest, 10.
b w. M'GANN,
Temporarily In Charge
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Power Station Collapsed.

limited Press Leased Wire Serv1ce]
HUDSON, N. Y, Aug. 2.-The pow
er station of the local plant Of the
Knickerbocker Portland Cement Co..
collapsed early today, killing four
and fatally injuring seven other
workmen. The collapse of the power
station will put the entire plant out
of business for about seven months
and will throw more than 600 men
out of employment.
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Jefferson County Fair.

FAIRFIELD, Iowa, Aug 2.-The
1915 session of the Jefferson coun.
ity fair, held under the manage
ment Of the jefferson County Agricul,
tural association, will open Tuesday.
August 8, and will continue for four
ldaya.