The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-06
GERMANY

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( BERLIN, (via wireless to sayvll'el
July 6.-British aviators who at
tempted a great aerial raid on the
German North sea coast s;nday
morning, were routed by g San air
today.
German airships sight s ne british
sky fIotiIIa off Terseh/ess J at dawn.
Il consisted Of sew 8 hydro-aero-
planes and aeropiar 81 accompanied
by motorboats, erui, and destroyers.
retreat" said the fcial statement.
zone British hydroaeropIane, which
succeeded in arising toward the coast,
was pursued by German aeropianes
and escaped by flying over Dutch ter
ritory."
CREPE ON AMERICAN FLAG.
LONDON, July 6.-The Evening
News today printed dispitch from
its Hague correspondent who deciar-
ed Americans in Berlin are indignant
because the police did not prevent an
Insult to the American flag on July
4. The News correspondent reported
that "a number Of Germans, represent
Ina them selves to be Americans, form
ed an organization styled "the world
society Of friends of truth" They pa
raded with an American flag draped
in crepe, the correspondent said, loter
depositina the flag at the foot Of the
statue Of Fredrick the Great In Un-
ter Den Linden. The society held a
banquet in the evening, the corresron-
eoc
President Wilson and pro-
testing against the expectation by
American manufacturers, Of munitions
to the allies.
RUSSIAN LINE BROKEN.
BERLIN, (via wireless to Sayvil'e)
July 6.-''The Russian line near kras-
mix has been broken in two" --id a
dispatch received here this afternoon.
lone part 10 being driven eastward
and tho other toward Lublin and ivan
oorod. Warsaw 10 now threatened by
the Austro German advances.
Maekensen's troops are hotly pur-
suing the Russians south Of lubtin.
according to reports received here
today The siav commanders are
hurting their best troops against the
Austro-Germans in vain efforts to
stop the rush through southeastern
Poland. An enormous number Of pri-
soners has been taken by Mackensen.
Between the Pruth and Dniester,
the Siavs have made desperate but
attempts to break
the Austro-German front. Rus
siar. prisoners report that naval guns
and heavy howitzers from S!hv fort
resses have been dismouted and
hurried to the firing line.
THE TiRELEss U BOATS
lBy Carl w. Akerman, United Press
Staff Correspondent
BERLIN, (via The Hague) July g.
submarine ring aro,>ad the
British Isles 10 rapidly growing tight
er. Every week the admiralty Is
launching two monster Y boats with
sufficient power. and supplies to cross
the Atlantic. Reliable reports to
Admiral Won Tirpitz indicate that
the high toll taken by the submarinec
in the last fortnight Is striking ter
ror to the hearts Of English ship own
ers.
Not more than half the vessels des-
troyed by German submarines are
reported in the English press. Ac-
cordina to careful estimates made
here, the loss to English chipping in
the past two months has averaged
81 900, 900 a week. And the German
print longer lists each
week Of the submersible victims un-
der the hekdIine:
"ToiI Of our tireiess U boats"
The public realizes that many of
these vessels are only small fishing
smaeks Of no great value. But by
wipina out these fish ng craft, the
submarine erewD are gradually remov.
ina EnaIand's best defense against
submarine attacks. Not only have
the fishermen given warning Of tho
presence Of U boats but in at least
one instance, that Of the VA, they
have rammed and sunk one Of Ger
manys "untersee bootes."
Tho success Of the submarine block
ade 10 proven, according to German
naval authorities, by the rise In price
Of food-stuffs in both Great Britain
and France. The only question ask
ed here 10, "how long can English
E1io owners stand the drain7''