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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-23

ENGLAND IS NERVY
Great Britain Announces That Here
after She VIII BE the Boss
Of shipping to
Holland

BY John Edwin Nevfn, United Press
Staff Correspondent.1
WASHINGTON, June 23. - Ger
many's reply to the United States has
been partly completed. Ambassador
Gerard has so advised President Will
son. He indicated the answer will not
be forwarded before the latter part OF
next week, II present plans are ad.
hered to. Consequently. President
Wilson, who will leave here tonight
for Cornish, NJ H, via Rosslyn, Long
Island, will not return until July g.
and the answer Is not expected to
receive official consideration before
July Z, when the president will hold
his first cabinet meeting after hts
brief vacation.
simultaneously with the report that
the German reply cam be expected to
be very conciliatory, come disquietirs
developments in connection with the
lean trade. Captain Prettyman's an
yesterday that the government plans
practically to take charge OF Holland 8
commerce by prohibiting shipments
from entering. that nation unless con.
Isigned to The Netherlands Overseas
Trust, amazed officials here. It Is be-
Ilieved to foreshadow the holding up OF
iall cargoes from this country. ned
trail nation, to Holland, another neu-
trail nation, as matter of right by
Great Britain, that nation only per-
mitting such goods to pass through
as suits the plans Of those directing
her war policy
The administration had not anticd-
pated any further action by Great Brit
ain that would complicate the rela-
tions between the two countries. The
British embassy here has been ad-
vised Of the pressure on the admin
istration to demand peremptorily OF
Great Britain a modification Of the
latter's order In council. Hopes were
expressed that England's new coalition
cabinet would appreciate the admin
istrations position.
President Wilson will consider all
OF the data showing how American
trade is dependent on the British ad
miralty's whim, possibly while at
Cornish It is certain that the ad-
ministration is being urged strongly
to send to England note with teeth
in it"-one at least as decisive as
those to Germany.
Presidents Vacation.
IBy John Edwin Nevin, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, June 23.-Elaborate
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AI6TRO.GERMANS ENTER LEMBERG
RUSS IA

UNITED Press Leased Wire Seryice.1
PETROGRAD, June 23.-The Rus
SLAMS have begun evaeuatlng Lenrbera.
The withdrawal OF troops began Mon
day night and continued throughout
yesterday. Less than 10000 men Were
defending che western approaches
against fierce Austrian attacks early
yesterday and Il 10 possible that this
force has retired eastward, leaving tho
0alielan capital free to tho enemy.
offioiai eiroies accepted tho retire.
mont before the enemy's artillery on.
sIaught 40 necessary to the carrying
out Of the grand dukes strategic plane
and made the point that the city ltseif
was Of little military value. An ofi'-
cIaI statement issued today touched
only lightly on the situation At Lern-
berg, but dWeit on Russian Victories
on both fianks Of tho combined Aus
.tro-German armles.
In southeast Galicia, along the front
from Stanlsiau to north Of CxernowItz,
the RussIan left wing INFLICTED two
severe defeats on the Austro-German
taking $500 Germans and large guam
titles Of ammunition, the Official state
nent 0ald.
"Beiow Nisniof, fifteen miles north
east Of stanlsiau, our forces at day
break on Monday defeated an enemy
force that crossed tho Dnlester on
juno 49," reported the war office. I'VE
stormed and captured q series Of for:
titled positions at Snowidow, though
tho enemy offered desperate resist.
anee. We took $500 prisoners and
numerous machine guns. Tho enemy
retreated In disorder across the Dnles-
ter, pursued by our eossacks.
''The enemy 10 also retreatino along
tho ZalesxczykI front. We crossed the
right bank Of tho river at this point
capturing tho villages Of eaIamouty,
Rxhawenisy end GromehtI and taking
1000 prisoners, including tho com.
naander OF the forty-second Honved d.
vision. Al this point aSso we took
many machine guns.
"The artillery and rlhe duel around
Lemberg continues. Northwest Of Lers-
berg our forces who retired beyond
the river Tanef, suddenly crossed tho
river at Osoukha on Sunday and ami
hilated a battalion Of the enemy.
Along the Rava Ruska front several
enemy attacks were repuised Monday
night. Our forces took $50 prisoners
and three machine guns.
"In the Shawl region we captured
and destroyed an enemy ammunition
transport"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-23
Tk War in Mexico
Latest Delopments Among Our Revolution
d Neighbors of the South.

ington administration would approve
any promising plan OF this kind.
Four PIotters.
NEW YORK, June 2S.-Four men,
who, few years ago, were the cen
trail figures around whom waged the
battles of revolution-ridden Mexico,
are holding daily conferences in New
York, it became known today. They
ara Gen. Victoriano Huerta deposed
dictator of Mexico; Gen. Felix Diaz,
who led the coup that overthrow Ma
dero; Gen. Auerilo Banquet who is
remembered as the executioner of En-
raror Macmillan and who deserted
Madero at critical moment, and Gen.
Manuel Mondragon, famous artillerist
and chief lieutenant of Felix Diaz in
the overthrow of Madero.
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BALKANS

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ROME, June 23-The newspaper
Tribuna, commenting today on the
Balkan situation, proposed that Greece,
Bulgaria, Roumania and Serbia send
to Rome to confer
with representatives Of the allies. Such
a conference, the Tribuna said, would
quickly remove all obstacles now pre-
venting Greece, Bulgaria and Rou-
mania from entering the war on the
side Of the allies.
ADVANCING ON scUfARI.
ROME, June 23.-Three columns Of
Montenegrin troops are advancing on
Soufari, principal city Of Albania, ae-
cordlng to the Giornaie D'ltaIia, and
are meeting with little resistance.
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George Joseph Smith is on Trial Charged With
Drowning Three Of His Six Wives
Within a Few Years.
LIFE INSURANCE AS THE TEMPTATION
1t Was Always But Few Days After the Will
Had Been Signed in His Favor, That
Wife Was Dead.

wife No. e-is14-on Doc. II. az
John Lloyd, Smith married Margaret
Elizabeth Lofty. She made out her
will to him and on Dec. 1s she died in
bathtub. Arrested as result OF try
ing to collect $1,000.
1t was In 1898 that George Joseph
Smith was first married Why he
cheated Caroline B. Thronhill, at Lei
cester. and told her his name was
George Oliver Love. no one knows.
However, 1t was better to be cheated
than to be murdered. Mrs. Caroline
Thronhill Smith, the only woman OF
the six who is entitled to bear the
sinister name Of George Joseph Smith.
Is now on her way to London from
Canada. and Will testify in the COM
ing trial. Ten years later Smith met
Edith Mabel Pegler at Bristol. He
made whirl-wind courtship. Women
always, It seems, gave in to him;
their willis were as nothing. In his
hands. The trial will show that he
was always able to make them say
his words and even to think his
thoughts.
Within a very short time they were
married. on July 30. 1898. He was
dealing then in antique furniture.
The pair travelled much from city to
city. In his quest for antique furni-
ture. They spent two Industrious
years In this way and then came
back to Miss Pegler's home at Bris-
toll, in 1910. There he left Miss Peg
let and went to Weymouth.
It was the fate OF Beatrice Mundy.
daughter OF bank manager, to meet
Smith at Weymouth. She was living
on the interest of $12,5o0 which had
been left her by her mother.
She loved hotel life and wandered
from place to place in England. With
In three days after their meeting. they
were married. as the woman thought
Within few days more Smith began
to try to get the $12,50u The reaa-
tives fought him and Smith gave up.
He took $500 in gold from the woman
and left her. Her relatives found her
penniless. and took her home but
George Joseph Smith had not gone
out Of her life. The time was COM
ing when she would again succumb to
his woman compelling VIII, forgive
him--and die in a bathtub.
Straight to the Pegler woman he
went. He paid off $40o mortgage
IN the house in which the Pegler wo-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-23
Some Loss Life Reported in California and
MexidNhen Ground Quivered and
puses Toppled Over.
FIRES siTED IN THE WRECKAGE
Two Dstin6hocks Were Recorded on the In
strumf in Washington, Caused by
he Sliding Of Strata.

positively confirmed but the town was
almost completely destroyed and IA
talities were numerous, 1t Is believed
here. Work of clearing the wreckage
in Mexicali and searching for dead
bodies began this morning.
Wires Arc Down.
LOS ANGELES, Calf. June "a
Meagre telephone advices today re-
ported that probably a score of per
nors that last night shook the I'M
perial Valley neighborhood.
Nearly all wires are down. Meagre
reports say the greatest lass was at
M Centre, Calf, where a dozen OF
more, buildings were shaken down
and fires strated.
MexicaH, Mexico, Just across the
International line also reported great
damage and probably loss OF life.
The military authorities have taken
charge OF Mexican cities and no es-
innate is as yet obtainable Of the
exact losses there.
In El Centre it was reported that
twelve persons are missing. "A num-
ber Of fires were started by the earth
quake.
Calexico, Calif. is patrolled by
United States troops. Many walls fell
and fires broke out in several places.
Fifteen persons are reported missing,
but may esamong the hundreds on
both sides Of the Mexican border VINO
fled for open places Immediately at
ter the earth tremors began.
Hundreds spent the remainder Of
the night in terror on the prairies
waiting for dawn.
Thirteen Mexieans Killed.
Ell CENTRIC, Calf. June 23.-Thir.
teen dead at Mexicali Mexico, and
heavy property damage throughout
the Imperial valley were the reported
results of last nights earthquake Al
tering in over badly interrupted tele-
graph lines early today. Martial law
was proclaimed In MexicaN and no
Americans were allowed to cross the
border from Calexico. At least two
distinct shocks were reported. al.
though the terror-stricken Mexicans
who fed from their tumbling shanties
afterward stated that the tremos last
ed from about s. O'Clock until shortly
before nine.
At the first tremor. the people IN
the valley towns rushed into the
streets Lighting plants were almost
instantly put out Of commission and
the inhabitants were forced to flee in
darkness to open places where they
camped during the night. In Ell Cen
tro, police Immediately took charge Of
the situation. Sidewalks were roped
Off to prevent accidents when walls
were rendered shaky Mounted arm
ed guards protected property from
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-23

UNITED Press Lei wire ServiceI
WASHINGTON ne 23.-Mexican
leaders all had d warned today
that foreigners I and property.
especially in Me4 City, must be
respected. The et warning fol-
lowed news of thrjned street fight
Ing in the capita Communications
being cut, it was known whether
Carranzistas had upied tho city.
The Sonora s;ean seemed i'm
proved. The viii commander at
Guaymas had undken to get for.
eigners out OF tlIaqui valley. 1t
was hoped an herican landing
would be unnecesl.
Leading Mexicatere and in Cuba
continued efforts let the factions
tngether. It was lifted the Wash
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-23
ENGL AND

[ United Press Leased Wire Service
LONDON, June 23,-The British
steamer Beiarave has been torpedoed
off the coast Of Pembrokeshire and II
is believed her crew has been lost.
The ship was towed into 5roadnaven
today, bottom up.
VICTORIA CROSSES.
LONDON, June 23.-Victoria crosse9
were today awarded to Captain Fran
els Scrimgcr Of the Fourteenth bat
talon os the Canadian Royal Army
medical corps, Of the Royal Montreal
regiment: 30 Color Sergeant Fredk.
VIM. Hail of the Eighth Canadian bat
talon, and to Lance Corporal Fredk.
Fisher Of the Thirteenth Canadian
battalion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-23
ADVANCING ON scufARI.
TURkEY

united Prese Leased Wire Service ]
CAIRO, June 23.-Thirteen hundred
Turks were killed in an all day fight
for a Turkish position at the Oar
aneiIes on June 19, an official bulletin
stated today. The allied troops rush
ed the Turkish trenches and drove the
enemy out, despite heavy lombard
ment from Turkish guns.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-23
ENTHUSIASM OVER VICTORY.

ENTHUSIASM OVER VICTORY.
BERLIN, June 23.-ReIIabIe reports
that Lemberp had fallen reached eer-
lin late last night though they were
not confirmed until today. Tho news
was spread by newspaper extras, and
by telephone and by ringing church
bells all over the city. Great throngs
crowded the public squares and parks,
flags were hung out and bands parad-
ed the streets. Everywhere the cap
ture Of Lenberg 10 regarded as an I'm
portant step toward final victory.
According to the correspondent Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-23
GERMANY

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
BERLIN, (vla wireless to Sayville,
L. ~, June 23.-The German Zeppelin
raid on the British northeast coast on
tho night Of June IS destroyed the
navy yard arsenal at South Shields
and caused enormous losses by fire,
according to the officers OF the SWed-
lst steamer iotum which has arrived
at Stayanger.
Many bombs were dropped on tho
Armstrong gun works, near New
Castle, the steamers officers reported,
and seventeen persons were killed
and forty injured.
TAX ON UNMARRIED.
AMSTERDAM, June 23-A bach
elor and spInster tax, graduated ac-
corciing to age, has been imposed In a
number OF Austrian and German vii
iages to meet deficits caused by the
war. Young bachelors and spinsters
under thirty arc lightly taxed, but In
some Instances those over 20 years Of
age are forced to pay $3.50.
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positively confirmed but the town was
almost completely destroyed and IA
talities were numerous, it is believed
here. Work of clearing the wreckage
In Mexican and searching for dead
bodies began this morning.
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REPORT CONFIRMED.
VIENNA, (via Berlin wIreIess), June
war office today confirmed
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-09
GERMANS SURE uINERi
WAS NOT TORPEDOED

Berlin. Sept 9.-Persons in a posi-
tion to speak with authority assert
positively the conviction that the
steamship Hesperian was not torpe-
doed by a German submarine; at
least not under the conditions thus
far described
The assumption that the Hesperian
was sunk by German submarine is
met with ever increasing doubt in Of
fetal circles
Although authorized quoted com
ment is withheld for the time the
positiveness of the opinions express.
ed ilformally by individuals who may
be assumed to have authoritative in
formation is noteworthy In these
quarters il is believed the Hesperian
must have struck a mine, or possibly
was destroyed by some agency from
within; that II may be regarded as
certain she was not torpedoed by Ger
man submarine under the conditions
set forth In press dispatches and in
accounts given by passengers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-09
GERMAN AIRMEN PAY
TRIBUTE To ENEMY

Paris, Sept. 9.-German aviators
Joined with the French in paying
a last tribute to Captain Fequant de
Latouche, noted French air pilot, who
was killed aloft in a battle with three
German birdmen in Mondays air raid
over Saarbrucken.
1t was perhaps the strangest fu.
neral service of the war. At noon
two German taubes crossed the
French line near Nancy and sped to
ward the French aviation camp. fly.
ing rapidly at a height of nearly q
mile.
Anti-aircraft guns began popping al
the Germans and French air patrols
tilted upward in pursuit.
The foremost of the German bird
men suddenly turned and headed back
toward the German lines. A small
object fiuttered down from his taube
and then a second one as the other
taube wheeled in fight.
Several aviators ran out from their
hangers and picked up the objects
small floral wreaths with brief mes
sages of coincidence for Latouche's
family
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-09
TRIES TO END HER TROUBLES
Young Woman Leaps From Bridge
Into River at Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, Sept 9.-Miss Elsie
Bassett. twenty-six years old. former
cataloguer in the library at the Uni
versity OF Minnesota. jumped from
the Washington avenue bridge into
The Mississippi river. After striking
the water she swan more than two
blocks to shore She was taken to
the city hospital. where IL Is reported
she is not seriously injured.
Six men in an automobile were on
one end OF the bridge when they saw
the woman poised on the railing ready
to leap to the river 100 feet below.
Her body turned over and over in the
fall and after striking the water
fioated for some seconds before she
struck out for the shore.
Miss Bassett was a personal friend
of Svanhild Amundsen. the university
student who committed suicide last
winter on the banks of Minnehaha
creek. She told Frank Cedarburg.
police driver, that she had so many
troubles she wanted to get rid of
them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-09
FIND new EVIDENCE
OF MEXICAN PLOTS

Washington, Sept. 9.-Annonnce
ment that Major General Frederick
Funston, commanding American
troops in Texas, will establish mill
tary control in the lower Rio Grande
country was interpreted here as an
added precaution against the recur-
renee of frontier disorders.
No clashes between Mexican ban.
dts and Americans have been report
ed in the past forty-eight hours. but
news dispatches stated more evidence
has been found OF conspiracy among
Mexicans on both sides of the river to
overthrow American authority in the
border country. General Funston has
broad powers for dealing with any
emergencies.
Attention was somewhat diverted
from the border situation by specula
ton over the next move of the Latin
American diplomats. They will meet
here next week to consider replies to
their appeal for peace conference
of the Mexican factions.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-09
ACCUSED or $4,000 FRAUD
New York Contractor Indicted by Fed
erai Grand Jury.

New York, Sept 9.-Aeeused of try.
ing to defraud the United States gov
ernment ont of about $4,000 J. j.
Cassidy. vice president and general
manager of he Postal Transfer Serv
ice. Inc, which has contract for
transporting the mails in this city, is
under indictment He is charged
with trying to bribe government Off
cials.
The contract for Transporting the
mails amounts to $4,000 annually
Cassidy is said to have attempted tC
defraud the government out of about
$4,000 that should have been paiC
for delinquencies.
A clerk in the government employ
is said to have been Cassidy's agent
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-09
TRANSFERRED TO
The CAUCASUS
Grand Duke Nicholas De-
posed as Army Head.
CAR ASSUMES COMMAND

Emperor Believes He Can Secure Bet
ter Results Than His Predecessor.
Who Is Known as the Most Brutal
Man in Russia" and ls Much Dis
liked by Peasant Soldiers.
Petrograd. Sept. 9.-Grand Duke
Nicholas has been transferred to the
Caucasus by Emperor Nicholas
The emperor took this action on as
suming command of the military and
naval forces of Russia. In transfer
ring the grand duke he appointed him
viceroy of the Caucasus and com.
manderin chief of the army in the
Southern front.
An army order issued by Grand
Duke Nicholas, who has been com
mander-in n-chief OF the Russian forces
precedes the cars forecast that En-
peror Nicholas, in assuming supreme
command of his armed forces. has
supplanted the grand duke.
The order of Grand Duke Nicholas
indicates that he has been relieved
of the supreme command OF the Rus
sian armies because the cZar is dis
satisfied with his method of conducting
the campaign in the East Despite
optimistic reports to the contrary the
Russian peasants never have been
friendly toward their commander. who
prior TO the war had the reputation OF
being the most brutal man i'm Rus
sia. AS the peasants form the bulh
OF the armies arrayed against the
Teutonic empires it is believed the
car by assuming active charge ol
the forces, will be able to obtain bet
ter results.
Grand Duke Nicholas has taken al
active part in the development of the
cavalry arm of the Russian army anC
his appointment as commander-in
will place him at the head of large
bodies OF Cossacks who are familial
with his methods and who hold hin
in greater esteem than do the peas
ants of European Russia
Politics and discord in the Roma
noff family also probably have figured
in the transfer of the grand duk.
from Central Russia to the Caucasus
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-09
THIRD PARTY Is FORMED
Friends Of Peace" Announce Plans
for National Organization.

Chicago, Sept. 9.-Plans for a ma
tion-wide organization for political
and other action" were discussed here
by Off cials of the Friends of Peace.
The new organization will have for
its object the freedom of the sea-"
and the cessation of the expectation
OF munitions.
The promoters hope to enroll 15,-
100000 members A committee of
twenty-seven will soon announce the
details of the organization
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-09
FOUR DIE IN KANSAS FLOOD
Property Damage From Cioudaurst
viii Total 100000.

lola, Kan, Sept 9.-Four were
drowned, scores made homeless and
property damaged to the amount Of
5000, 900 in a clou0burst here.
The four drowned were section
men. They were washed from their
handcar, took refuge on crossing
sign, which later washed away, leav-
ing the men to die in seething rush
of water Many persons were rescued
from housetops.
At Fort Scott the Marmaton river
rose thirty feet, flooding the whole
sale district.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-09
Gold Shipment $t9.465,ooo.

New York, Sept. 9.-Great Britain s
third shipment of gold to the United
States within five weeks amounted to
19,465.000 and not approximately
$4,000, 900 as reported from Portland,
Me-, according to an official announce
ment made by j. p. Morgan & Co, the
consignees. the fiscal agents OF the
py.t's 'sh government
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-09
HARRISON ASSAlLS TAFT
Accused Of Having Advocated Two
Opposing insular Policies.

Manila, Sept 9.-Francis Burton
Harrison, governor general of the
Philippines, said in reply to state
ments on the administration Of the
Philippines voiced by former Presi.
dent William Fl. Taft In a recent ad-
dress at San Francisco, that he at
tached no importance to Mr. Tafts
statements.
Governor Harrison declared that
when Mr.. Taft was in the Philippines
he was the most prominent among
those advocating Philippine inde
pendence, but was "the leader of the
retentionists" when in America
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-09-09
NOTE ON THE ARABIC CASE
Germany Holds Sinking Was Act OF
SeIf-Defense.

Berlin, Sept 9.-Germanys note to
the United States with regard to the
torpedoing of the liner Arabic has
been delivered to Ambassador Ger.
ard.
The contents have not been made
public. Ii is understood. however,
that the note contains the substance
of the report of the submarine com
mander that sank the Arabic.
The submarine commander justified
the attack ON the White Star liner on
the ground that he feared his vessel
was about to be rammed and shot a
torpedo in self-defense.