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is the subject chosen by Mr.. Jones for
his address Friday. All members of
the association, their friends, and Wis
iting engineers will be welcomed.
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ENTENTE POWERS NOW
RECOGNIZE cARRANZA

PARIS, France, Dec. 15.-officisl
recognition has been given Gen. Car
rama as provisional president of mex-
leo. by France In conjunction with
Russia, Great Britain and Italy.
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Mrs Hannah D. Long, 35, has be-
gun her duties as the first police
woman in New Jersey, at Trenton.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-15
Derby Plan" Brings Recruit Horde

LONDON, Eng, Dee. 15.--More than two million men
ed the colors under the Derby plan of recruiting
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-15

taken there and east o. the Mont.
grin mountaIns, amounting e $50
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J, Dec 15.-The government officials fatty dc
J have entered Greek territory.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-03

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
NEW YORK, May 3.-"All Europe
recognizes that the great war has de-
yeloped something new in history
the siege of a nation-and has re-
solved itself into an endurance con-
test Of Understandable length.
"An end of the war in 1915 is gen.
orally regarded as too remote for
serious consideration. America will
eventually have the greatest oppor-
tunity in the worlds history to act
the peace-maker-unless that oppor-
tunity is killed by ill-advised and pre-
mature talk of peace at this time"
The above Is the belief Of Roy w.
Howard, president OF the United
Press, who returned to New York to.
day after three months tour OF the
United Press bureaus and field sta
tions in England, Germany, Russia,
France, Belgium and Italy During
the tour, Howard visited the front
and the foremost trenches of both
the German and the allied armies and
was given exceptional opportunities
for first hand observation Of condi-
tions existing at the opening Of the
spring campaign.
'B6lllSerent ana neutral IN DurOpe
have adjusted their International,
commercial and social-on the basis
Of an indefinite war" he said. "They
have eliminated every consideration
contingent upon early peace. With
this point Of view, Europe-especially
France and England-is dumbfounded
at Americas insistent peace talk and
her reluctance to accept the situation
as it exists and readjust business &C.
cordingly. Europe has accepted the
worst as a probability-a war Of from
two to five years-and at the same
time is prepared to be happily sur.
prised should the trouble terminate
earlier.
THE impression is general in both
En- gland and France that consider
able force is meddling in this country
in the direction of early peace. Such
movement is regarded as an impert-
inence In purely military circles, 1t
is construed as pro-German. To say
that it Is resented, is putting it mildly.
Peace in the near future, on any basis
likely to be acceptable to Germany,
is unthinkable in France or England.
Neither country feels that it has yet
suggested what it can do in 4 mill
tary way under test Both admit Ger
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-03
BARNES NOW AT BAT
IN THE BIG LIBEL TRIAL

| was electrified when Senator Plat. g
son, Edward, produced the new batca
of barnes-Platt letters. Justice An
drews ordered that those pertinent DO
sorted out.
! Walter r. Arndt, of New York, forTu-
i er newspaper reporter, said Barnes
told him of Murphy's request for a
Tammany.republican alliance to beat
the direct primary bill.
"Mr. Barnes said he received a mes
sage from Mr. Murphy, or from Tam
many hall G think he said Murphy, >
said Arndt
He said Murphy sent word the di-
rect primary bill was likely to pass un.
less the republicans cast their votes
with Tammany men. He said Murphy
stated that the upstate men who hal
made trouble in the Sheehan election
case were likely to favor the primary
bill and that opponents OF it ought t.
unite. The substance of the conversa
ton was that he wanted Mr.. Barnes
to help defeat the legislation. Mr..
Barnes said that was Murphy's own
business; that the democrats were in
the majority and should solve their
own difficulties and that he wouldn't
draw any democratic chestnuts out OF
the fire.
Major ]. ]. Dickinson, Of Washing
ton. another former newspaper man,
told OF another conversation with
Barnes regarding the anti-race track
bill and that Barnes said that Cover
nor Hughes told Barnes the race track
LEGISLATION was matter of conscience
with him.
"Mr. Barnes said he told the COVER
nor: Well, II it's conscience you are
thinking about and not votes. then
there's no ground upon which we can
stand" Dickinson testified
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-03
What the War Moves Mean
BY J. w. T. Mason, Former European Man
ager of the United Press.

If Won Hindenberg's force is
powerful one, he Is doubtless aiming
at Libau or Riga, two Baltic ports,
whose capture would be a great ad-
vantage to Germany in making peace
terms. 1t is difficult to see, however.
where Won Htndenberg can have OBJ
tanned q new army for this purpose.
It Is the more probable deduction that
ii he had been given large reinforce
ments, he would not have abandoned
his Warsaw offensive for a subordia-
ate Baltic adventure.
The Baltic army, therefore may
dwindle to a ratding force, with no
major objective beyond creating the
impression that Won Hindenberg is
not idle. If such Is the cause, the
raiders will have to limit their opera
tions very severely or else bring SUI
fering to Germany's own friends. A
large part Of the population of the
Baltic provinces Is German, which Is
the language spoken by the governing
classes. Won Hindenbers's army.
therefore, cannot raid at random, un-
less it intends to ALLEVIATE the pro-
German sympathies Of the Baltic
provinces. For this reason, the new
northern operations presumably will
be conducted softly and with less
welding of the big stick than has pre-
vailed elsewhere in the Russian CAM
paign.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-03

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
NEW YORK, May 3. 11 a. ny
Marshal Won Hindenberg's new I'D
vance northward from east Prussia to-
ward the Baltic provinces is depart
ure from the usual German military
method of selecting a prime objective
and continuously hammering away at
it. The German objective in the east
ern battle area is Warsaw. By moving
an army northward, the strength OF
the forces attacking Warsaw Is neces-
sarily lessened. This fact suggests
Won Hindenburg has reached the con-
clusion that Warsaw cannot be cap
tured and a new objective must be
found.
The changed objective, however,
may not necessarily be one of large
military significance. The people Of
Germany have grown accustome ed to
expecting continuous action from Won
Hindenberg: and the deadlock in Pol
and, does not stimulate the Hinder
berg hero worship which is so valuable
an aid to keeping alive the hopes OF
the kaiseer's subjects. Rather than
that Won Hindenberg shall acknowl-
edge himself powerless to make furth-
er progress against the Russians, any
kind of an advance is advisable. This
probably is the real explanation of the
Baltic expedition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-03

having reached an honest, even though
mistaken conclusion and acted ac-
cordingly. Furthermore he showed a
scrupulous regard for the lives of all
on board the American grain vessel.
As compared with more or less
natural error Of judgment on Captain
Thierichsen's part, which reparatiol
having been made, will not have any
really serious consequences, it was
pointed out that the commander OF
the submarine responsible for the
Gulfights loss can hardly plead any
thing but an error due to gross care
lessness, lack Of investigation and III.
difference to the rights OF neutrals.
This, OF course, was not the or
ficially expressed views. It was how.
ever the view expressed -unofi cially--
by officials.
The case was also cited of the Brit
ish steamship Falaba, destroyed by a
German submarine. with the loss OF
the life Of an American passenger,
Leon G. Thrasher. This again was
spoken OF as not in the same class
with that of the Gulflight, with the
loss OF the lives of Captain Alfred
Gunther, OF New York, and two of his
men. Thrasher, said critics OF the
two cases, was under the British
flag; indeed, international law experts
were of the opinion that the incident
did not even class, for gravity, though
death was involved, with that of the
Frye.
Finally, the warning given by the
German embassy here Saturday
through newspaper advertisements,
and, If they can be traced TO official
German sources, the other warnings
received by passengers on the depart
ing liner Lusitania, were deemed In
some quarters as adding to the serious
ness of the outlook, since they were
interpreted as suggesting that the
kaiser's naval forces had in mind at
the time, an unusual demonstration in
connection with which neutrals we've
likely to be endangered.
This warning was not regarded as
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-03
Bundle of Letters Produced
and Newspaper Reporters
Testify
10y Bond P. Geddes. United Press

10y Bond P. Geddes. United Press
STAFF Correspondent
.r SYRACUSE, N. Y. May S.-That
nss Murphy asked William Barnes
neip defeat the Blauvel direct pri-
na,y n.A Dill enacted during Governor
administration and Barnes said
ne would let the democrats pull their
vsn cnestnuts out OF the fire." was
sue testimony. produced today by the
trial.
me testimony-that OF a former
.sewspaper correspondent-was one of
lee Dig surprises sprung by the de-
tense today.
another correspondent told how
ines u.n was digusted with Governo:
tasaes for fayoring the anti-race
tIac ack Dill and that Barnes said he ana
iIusnes i1us could not agree, because
nughes - cared more for his conscience
tnan votes.
M me third coup of the defense was
moauction raon OF a big batch OF cores
SSsnuence between Senator Plat, the
10y ooss" and Barnes. None of the
..ers rs We're read before the morning
rsS, Sess, put they were said to promise
,,elations ~, OF secret history of polit-
Platt. '"een oaiies ai'
me three surprises followed two
tsesy hours OF floundering through
anicai intricate mazes Of printing
~'lla acts at Albany. The court room
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-03
RUSSIA

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
PETRoGRAD, May 3.-For the first
time, the Russian war Office today ad-
nitted that the German expedition to-
ward the Russian Baltic provinces ID
serious. II is stated that the Germans
are cooperating by land and sea. De-
tachments of the German cavalry, sup
ported by an automobile detachment
and mounted infantry, are overrun-
ming the Shawl region. Patrols Of
the enemy have been reported near
Libau and a squadron Of German tor
pedo craft is operating along the Rus
sian Baltic coast and have penetrated
the gulf Of Riga.
Grand Duke Nicholas has sent a
strong force Of Russians to check the
German advance which Is believed
here to have the two fold object Of
cutting off the Iines Of communication
toward Warsaw, preliminary to an
other assault on the Russian positions
along the VistuIa and it's tributaries
and secondly tho ravishing ct the
rich Baltic provinces in retaliation for
the Russian raids into east Prussia.
Regarding the stories fathered by
Germany that the Russians were at
the end CT their resources, Minister Of
War General Sukhomlinoff today de-
cIared that in addition to the millions
now in the field participating in the
war, there are as many troops in the
base depots in Siberia in training.
1--WE already have 100000 prisoners
Of war" he said, land that number is
being constnatIy added to. The ma
jority Of them are Austrians and Hun
oariaax. Hundreds Of trains laden
with prisoners are constantly coming
into Russian territory. Before long
Emperor Franz Josef will have more
OF his subjects prisoners Of war In
Russia than he has in active service
in Austria"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-03
Tanker Gulflight is Destroyed Without Regard
to Her Nationality or Consideration For
the Human Lives on Board.
INCIDENT CONSIDERED MOST CRITICAL
Official Washington is Very Careful Today in
Making Comments on the Case Which
May Lead to Grave Complications

limited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, May 3. - Official
Washington was more than reticent
today concerning the Gulflight case. II
was ticitly admitted that the incident
promised graver complications, from
the American standpoint than any
which has preceded IL since war began
in Europe. Men in high government
positions were frankly anxious.
The arrival of the presidential train
from the north was eagerly awaited
that the chief executive might TAXA
personal charge of the situation. He
had, of course, been advised in ad-
vance and was In full touch with mat.
ters The affairs suddenness is
Z pointed to as highly illustrative of the
wisdom Of th3 presidents decision tu
make no long trips from Washington
while international relations are as
tense as at present.
Only few details OF the torpedoing
OF the Gulfiight had as yet been re-
ceived.
It was taken for granted that the
skipper OF the German submarine
which sank the American tanker was
mistaken in the latter's nationality.
( However, this was not looked on as a
satisfactory excuse; 1t was felt that he
must justify his mistake by reasons
which naval officials here confidential-
ly said they feared he would have
trouble in giving, unless, indeed, al
lowance was made for gross careless
ness on his part.
This in fact, was what the affair
was generally attributed to.
The case was looked on as distinct
" more serious than that of the viii
liam P. Frye, the American vessel
sunk by the German commerce raid
er Prinz Eitel Friedrich. Even as.
suming that Germany pays for the
Gulfight, as 1t has agreed to do for
the Frye, experts said the incidents
would not be on parallel. That Cap
tain Thierichsen of the Eitel was
wrong in sinking the Frye was still
insisted, but 1t was conceded that
there were enough doubtful legal ques-
tions involved in the matter SO that he
was entitled to the assumption OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-03
GERMANY

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
AMSTERDAM, May 3.-The kaiser
accompanied by Prince Henry .of
Prussia, visited Antwerp on Saturday
and insp acted the reconstructed fort''
fications and the new submarine yard
BY orders Of the German military
authorities the Antwerp newspapers
were prohibited until today making
mention Of the visit on account Of
fears that an attempt might be made
at assassination.
sThe kaiser has now returned to the
headquarters Of the German general
staff In Luxembourg.
RUSSIANS RETREAT.
BERLIN, May 8. (via wireless to
London)-The German war office to-
day announced a sweeping victory
over the Russians in western Galicla.
LIN an official statement, tho war office
Said:s
Yesterday the Austro-Gernan
forces everywhere pierced ana
crushed the entire Russian front In
western Galicia with very heavy
losses for the enemy"
The official statement said that the
Russian defeat extended from the
Junction of the vistuia and Donajeo
rivers to point close to the Hun.
garian frontier. The Germans cap
tured many guns, munitions Of war
and supplies as we'll as LOO prison
ers.
South Of Mitau, the Russians are
declared to be in flight toward Riga
while other Russian forces have been
driven across the. Schupa river.
ain the western theatre says the
official report dealing with the Bel
gian-French fighting, 1--WE have cap
stured Fortunan farm, southeast Of St.
Julien.
"The French yesterday unsuccess.
ffulIy attacked the summit Of Hart
mansWeiIerkopf. A German air squad
has successfully bombarded the air.
ship and railway 4statlons At 4Eptnal.a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-03
All Europe Recognizes That the Great Struggle
Has Developed Something New in
Modern History. 0
ANY TALK Of. PEACE NOW IS RESENTED
United Press Official, After Careful Observa-
tions, Says it.May be Years Before the
End is in Sight.

many secured the jump at the outset
of the war and still holds the advan-
tage. Frances army today is un-
doubtedly one Of the greatest fighting
machines in the field and is In splen-
did contrast to the force mobilized by
the French last August. France In
sists on eliminating memory Of her
unsatisfactory showing at the out
break of hostilities.
England feels that the ability of a
democracy to exist and rise to an
emergency without compulsory mill
tary service and without maintaining
IA tremendous professional army, is
on trial. She has spent nine months
In perfecting a citizen army that she
believes will prove greater than any
professional army,sh but she knows this
army must prove her claims for it.
Even advantageous terms now would
not tempt her to peace wish the
strength Of this citizen army un-
proved.
Statements that Germany is firing
of the war. or that there is peace
faction growing in the fatherland, can
be put down as idle gossip. In no
country in Europe is the war spirit
more nearly universal or the sacrifice
demanded being made so uncomp1ain-
ingly. The German people are for the
war to the last man, woman and child.
Nothing but national exhaustion or
government policy OF a peace at any
reasonable price now, for the sake OF
a fresh start and war against Eng
land alone, will stifle this feeling.
personally, after three months OBJ
servation Of the situation at close
hand, I do not believe that even
victory Of the allies would be at the
price of Germany crushed. There is
every reason to believe that even be-
fore a partial victory is secured, the
impossibility of successful genera,
assault will have been learned at
staggering price and the end--what-
ever it may be-will come only after
a process of attrition has worn one
side to a state of exhaustion.
Prom the standpoint of the allies.
the one great unknown factor today
is the extent Of Germany's ammunf
tion supply. How long she will hold
what she has already taken and what
will be the strength of her offensive
is measured by her ability to con.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-03
Little Boy Murdered.

FUnited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 3.-The
body OF six year old Adam Wojdik
was found propped against a telephone
pole in an east side alley in the rear
OF his home today. The boy who dis
appeared Sunday night, had been
dead several hours and his clothes
were sodden with rain. A rag clench,
ed between his teeth and a faint red
ring about his neck indicated he had
been strangled. An autopsy later re.
vealed this to have been the cas- ,
Relatives and the police are at a loss
to supply motive.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-03
Was a Chicago Man.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1 ]
CHICAGO, May 3.-Charles c. Shor.
one of the three Americans killed
when German submarine torpedoed
the United States steamer Gulf1ight,
formerly was a wireless operator on
lake boats. His home was with his
mother at 70S West 103rd street, Chi
cago. -
Six weeks ago Shor was sent to
New Orleans by the Marconi Wireless
Telegraph company of America to
ship on an ocean vessel.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-03
TURKEY

! UNITED Press Leased Wire Service :,
LONDON, May 3.-That the allied
troops aro losing even moro heavily
than had been expected In the opera
tIons to aid the fleet In reducing the
defenses Of the DardaneIIes, was ad.
mitted at the war office today. But
emphatic denial was forthcoming Of
tho TurkIsh-German claims that the
expedition was facing annihllation. So
far az the retirement Of the French
expedition from tho Asiatie side Of the
straits was concerned, an official
statement explains that II was order
ed to do 50. The French troops who
were put ashore about Kun kaIch
| had Instructions to maintain their po.
sitions only under the guns Of the
fleet, officials say, and not to attempt
an advance as the Turks were very
strongly entrenched all along this
point and to drive them out would be
too costly task.
It is now understood that the
| French, aided by detachment Of
British forces have landed further to
tho soutt-a dispatch TO tho Daily Mall
says at GheyIkIi-and that they are
now entrenching under cover OF the
guns Of French warshIps.
The warsFiips are continuing their
sheIIing of the CardaneIes forts and
have succeeded in materially reducing
the fire Of most Of them.
The Turks continue to operate their
mobile batteries at many points which
has made the work Of the mine sweep
ers almost impossible.
TURKISH REPORT.
coNsTANTINoPLE, May 8. tvia
Berlin and wireless to London)-The
Turkish war office in today's review
Of conditions at The front reports tho
further repulse of the allies. It is de-
eIared that the British coloniaIs were
driven by repeated bayonet charges
upon the part of the Turkish forces TO
the cover of their warships at Gisha
|; Tepe. In the stighting, the Turkish
Troops captured two British rapid fire
guns and a number Of prisoners. The
! British main force which landed at
Sedd-EI-Bahr on the southern es-
i tremity Of the GaiIipoIi peninsula, has
been driven back and Its present po-
sition has been rendered untenabIe
by the fire Of the Turkish Anatoiian
tcoast batteries. A British hydro
paine was shot down by the Turkish
batteries willis flying over the Gulf
Of AIexandretta, but the pilot and OBJ
server were rescued by cruiser.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-03
T RANCE

[United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
PARIS, May 3.-That the Germans
are again using their asphyxiating gas
in efforts to gain ground north OF
Ypres and In the vicinity Of Ypres was
admitted by the war Office today. In
it's regular afternoon communique the
war office said that the Germans ha
tried by this means to gain ground
there, but had failed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-03
TIE WEATHER

For Keokuk and vicinity: General
ly fair tonight and Tuesday. Cooler.
For Iowa: Partly cloudy tonig ht
and Tuesday with possibly showers
east and north portions tonight Cool
er. Fresh winds.
For Missouri: Generally fair tonight
and Tuesday. Cooler.
For Illinois: Partly cloudy tonight
and Tuesday with probably local thun.
dershowers this afternoon or tonight
north portion. Cooler Tuesday and
west portion tonight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-03
sunreme Court Term.

WASHINGTON. May 3.-The SUI
preme court today announced no
more arguments would be heard this
term after May Il.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-03
Weather Conditions.

The western disturbance, which has
caused showers in the northern sec
tions, east of the Rockies, Is centrul
near Des Moines this morning, and the
temperature has risen on it's front in
the upper Mississippi valley.
In the mountain region generally
fair cooler weather is following with
an area of high pressure from the
northwestern states southwark over
the Pacific slope, and conditions indi.
cate generally fair, cooler weather for
this section tonight and Tuesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-03
LOST NO GROUND.

LONDON. May 3-General Sir Jonn
French reported to the war office to-
dav that in a series Of night attacks
by the Germans on Saturday nishf on
British positions near St. Julien and
about Hin so, heavy casualties were
inflicted upon the enemy. The British
lost no around. although the Germans
used asphyxiatina gas.
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