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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-01
FILIBUSTER ON
SHIP PURCHASE BILL
Republicans Start This Morning on
Campaign to Talk the Meas
ure to Death.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. AFTER a
weekend truce, republican filibusters
against the ship purchase bill went
into action anew at 10 a. m. today.
Both sides claimed ultimate victory.
Republicans insisted that week
more Of the fight would talk the bill
to death for the session Some OF
the democrats were believed to be
planning to ditch" the bill complete
Iy, If the fight endangers passage of
appropriation measures.
Democrats today planned to adopt
recess instead Of adjournments, but
the Legislative day" might be ex-
tended. Thus a senator under upper
house rules, would be prevented from
speakine more than twice in the Eek
tended day which will cover the
week, if democrats have their way.
Senators were anxious for fiat ad-
ministration statement as to what
ships would be purchased If the bill
passes, While intimating that no
German ships will be acquired, the
administration merely replied unoff1-
cialIy that it does not intend to get
into a controversy on this point in ad-
vance Of passage of the measure.
Senator Smith. Of Michigan, re-
sumed the flibuster against the ship
purchase bill when the senate con-
vened following his more than six
hours speech Saturday night.
Treasury looters," was one phrase
Smith applied to the democrats. He
said Chairman Fitzgerald of the house
appropriation committee, had turned
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-01
RUSSIA

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PETROGRAD, Feb. 1.-Strongiy re-
inforced, the Germans in east Prussia
are concentrating their efforts to halt
the march on konlesbers by smash
inc at the Russian center, west OF
PiIkaIien. Desperate fighting Is In
progress In the forests Of the PtlkaI-
lon region, but official dispatches to-
day claimed further slight gains for
the cars ninth army.
West Of Warsaw, Russian forces
have recaptured trenches occupied by
the Germans in an infantry charge
Friday night German dead were
found strewn along tho battle front
near Borzhymow. The Russians cap
tured three officers, sixty men and a
machine gun.
Austro-German divisions are losing
heavily In their attempts to push
nortf1ward through the Carpathians
to the relief Of PrzemysI. Between
the DukIa and Uszok passes, a gen
eraI engagement Is in progress. In
the Uszok region, the Russians have
taken many prisoners.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-01
RANCE
[By Henry Wood, United Press starr
Correspondent

[6y Henry Wood, United Press STAFF
correspondent
PARIS, Feb. THE katsers fresn
troops have been hurled into action
near Ypres and have been thrown
back with severe losses. Bayonet at
tacks unnerved tho new regiments
and they retreated In disorder
Official dispatches claimed deserue-
tion Of German trenches by French
artillery At several points along tho
AIsne and tho capture Of German po-
sitions west Of Solssons.
German rcinforcements received
their baptism Of fire In a charge
against the French positions south
east Of Ypres. A daylight attack was
ordered. The Germans advanced dou-
BILE quick upon tho French trenches.
Their lines wavered under hot ma
chime gun fire and they broke and fieo
in disorder when the allies soldiers
ieaped from their trenches In bril-
liant bayonet attack.
News Of the repuIse Of the Germans
near Ypres was received with great
enthusiasm here. For several days,
reports said the German general sfaff
was massIng fresh regiments near
Ypres for mighty smash through
the allied lines. The ease with wn'cn
the first attacks were repuised, In
spired confidence.
French artillery has maintained an
incessant bombardment OF the Ger
man positions along the. AIsne for the
last twenty-four hours. Aerial scouts
reported that the Smelling was re-
markabIy effective. In the SCISSORS
region, French gunners effectualiy
siIenced German battery which had
resumed sheIlIng soissons from
plateau on the north bank Of the
Aisne.
A violent artillery duel was In prog
ress today from Ypres north to the
sea coast. Tho army Of the German
crown prince continued Smelling the
French trenches outside Verdun,
but the shell fire has been Ineffective
Comparative quiet has reigned In the
' osoes and in Alsace for the past
twenty-four hours, official dispatches
assorted today.
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State Insurance Rates.

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+ SPRINGFIELD, III, Feb. State
Insurance Superintendent Rufus M.
Potts this afternoon or tomorrow will
give out statement explaining more
fully his position In relation to the
bill introduced in the Missouri legis-
lature for the regulation Of insurance
rates. Potts, who was drawn into a
heated controversy in Missouri over
the measur, on request Of Represen-
tative Drake Watson of Missouri, now
feels a keener interest because he Is
convinced that If the measure is put
through in Missouri, 1t will be used
by the insurance combine In working
to prevent in Illinois a plan for regu-
Iation of rates. He claims the Mis-
souri, regulations was written at the
instance Of the combine" and says
that he has confirmation that reli-
able Missourian said that 0. B. Ryan.
general counsel for the board Of fire
INSURANCE, underwriters, o. KID the
bill saying: 81 wrote it myself"
This man Is said to have repeated
to Governor Dunno what he earlier
told Potts
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NEW YORK, Feb. f.--(t1 a. ND
There can be no possible objection IN
International law TO German subna-
rine attacks on the merchantmen ~
the allies ~ long As the crews Of the
trading shipes ere saved. The nnetnoo
Of rescue 10 unimportant. Tho device
Of sending the crews off In small
boats 10 adequate when near the
coast, but its justification when far at
sea, cannot be determined IN al
vance.
The destruction Of the ships In the
:s:sa 0itsnnc! was carried out under
strsetH lawful conditions Of warfare
but the French government suggests
no time allowance for saving life was
permitted when the Tokomaru was
sunk off Havrs. since, however, the
Tokomaru's crew was rescued by
traWler, there must be some confu-
sion at PAris concerning the etrcum'
stances Of the case.
The fact thak part Of the TOXIC
maru's cargo was destined for Belgian
refugees 10 not ground for protest
against the action Of the German SUP.
marine. Certainly the allies would
not permit . German merchantmen
TO have the freedom OF the seas be-
cause her cargo WAS Intended to re-
heve distress In Belgium.
The circumstance is one OF the un-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-01
ASSAY Commissioners,

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WASHINGTON, Feb. president
Wilson today designated the follow
ing assay commissioners:
MAJOR William o. Bowen, Washing
ton, D. c.; Representative Ashbrook,
Ohio: James A. Bryan, Newburn, N.
c.; VIM. L. Saunders, Springfield, n.
Y; John l.. Mcneil, Durango, Colo;
q. Dougherty, Indianapolis; Professor
Charles w. Kent, University of Vir-
ginia; Hugo C. Rothert, Huntingburg.
Ind; A. w. Kopp. Plattsville, Wis:
Professor o. M. w. Sprague, Harvard
University; L. F. Fischer, Washing
ton, D. c.; Leonard P. Morgan, Phila-
delphia; r. S. Halves, ST. Louis; DR..
o. L. Shinn, University of Pennsyl-
vania; Kenyon B. Conger, Irvington,
N. Y; H. C. Gross, Victor, Mont
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Federal Control of All Industry Seems the Only
Method of Cheapening the Present Out
landish High Cost of Living.
ECONOMIST HAS HIS IDEA OF CONDITIONS
Industrial Relations Commission Still Hearing
From Men Who Claim to Know Just How
the Country Should be Managed.

At his own request, ]. P. Morgan
was excused from the afternoon ses-
sion when he was to be a witness.
John Mitchell, former head OF the
United Mine Workers, characterized
the Rockefeller plan of settling the
labor troubles In Colorado as simply
absurd" as
mo good can come out OF It," he
said THE unorganized men can be
depended on to select, to represent
them, only the men the bosses want.
There will be direct influence they
cannot resent. We have gone through
this once before. The slogan we
might as we'll starve as starve work
ing is renewed. The death rate in
the unorganized coal industry. espe-
cially in Colorado, is double that
which prevails in the organized field"
Mitchell recited the history OF the
great anthracite strike of 1902. He
also told of the Colorado strike of
1908 which he directed. and which
was marked. he admitted. by serious
violence. Organizers for the miners,
he said, we're terribly beaten by gun
men hired by non-union miners who
attacked them.
I Wages in the anthracite field are
today forty per cent higher than they
were prior to 1900. Mitchell testified.
| Living conditions for miners and
their families have improved 100 per
cent and the whole moral and social
standard of the mine workers has
I shown a wonderful improvement. he
said Mitchell justified the call to
arms Of the Colorado miners, although
he said 1t was unwise to have signed
it. These union officials signed this
two days after the Ludlow massacre"
he said. These men believed their
women and babies had been mur-
dered by armed mine guards and that
other women and children were In
danger.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-Chicago and
most OF the middle west and north
vest today was In the grip Of one OF
the worst storms in years. A binding
snow. carried before q gale that whip
an Lake Michigan, turned into YER
table rain sheet yesterday and today
when temperatures rose to spring
marks. Then followed freezing tenn
neratures that coated telephone and
telegraph wires, street car trolleys
and streets and payements with Ice.
One person, q street car conductor,
was killed and scores injured as d.
rect results OF the storm here. Paul
shafer was crushed between his car
and another which he couldn't see for
the snow, when he was fixing his troll
lev pole. Horse trafnc was virtually
paralyzed in the windy city and auto
mobile transportation badly delayed
b. the icy streets. Several persons,
blinded by snow and rain, were struck
down by automobiles. Dozens OF
cases Of persons slipping on slippery
payements were reported to the po-
7 Lice. !;
Railroad trafsic. 80 far has been
only partially delayed. But telephone
and telegraph companies reported
hundreds Of miles Of wire ripped from
roles and in many instances. the poles
themselves down, as result OF the
storm.
Still lower temperatures and more
rain and snow were predicted for to-
day and tonight.
Death In the Storm.
DETROIT. Mich, Feb. THE
death Of two persons, injury to scores
and extensive damage to the property
Of telephone and telegraph companies,
resulted directly from a storm that
has swept over most OF Michigan
since Saturday night. both deaths
occurred in Detroit.
Imprisoned In Slush.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Feb. 1.-More
than 100 persons comprising the crews
and few passengers, are marooned
outside Milwaukee harbor on five
steamers which are imprisoned In
slush ice. All OF the boats are near
the government pier. They include
Pere Marquette No. and Pere Mar
auette No. 20, outbound; City of Ra
ci-s, of the Chicago, Racine and Mil
waukee line, bound for Chicago;
Nyack, Of the Crosby Transportation
company, inbound. from Grand Haven
Mich, and the Crosby OF the same
line, bound from Chicago, which was
caught in the ice Saturday afternoon
was released this morning and reach
cd Milwaukee harbor safely.
Milwaukee is practically isolated
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UNITED Press I'd Wire Service.I
ROME, Feb. Pope 6enedict's ef-
forts to bring about an agreement be-
tween the warning powers to exchanges
Invalid prisoners, have come to
naught, vatican diplomats reported to
day.
All the nations to whom his holiness
addressed pleas, replied that invalid
or badly wounded prisoners might re-
veal important, military secrets IT
thev returned to their homes.
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GERMANY

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BERLIN, (via Amsterdam), Feb. I.
Germany wa. ant today over
the success Of .ew policy Of sub
marine warfax Aunched by Grand
Admiral voy .pitz. Berlin papers
.sp,is.sa .srvi.w = xsr, * (. Won on wieeand Of
thu Un, - Press, iauded Won Tirpitz
and G. = 4nted freely upon the prob
abic> .ess OF the plan ITO starve out
Engia,a."
'.Henceforward British navigation
will have to reckon With the German
submarine danger" said the Tage-
bIatt. asritIsh ship owners can only
avoid this danger when they stop
traffic"
"Let u. hope that the commercial
war now being taken up by German
submarines In Great 6ritain's home
waters will 90 70 the very root Of Brit
lsh trans-ocean trade" said the Tage-
zeituns.
II wa. accepted here that Won Tir-
pitz had only started.
KAISER WELL SATISFIED.
BERLIN, FEB. I. (via wireless to
SayvIIie.) German aviators crossed
the allies lines south of Ypres and
dropped several bombs on 6ailleul'
eighteen miles northwest OF Lille, the
WAR press bureau announced today.
Emperor William held conferences
with several Of his chiefs here today
announcing himself we'll satisfied with
progress Of the campaigns in the east
and west.
RUSSIANS HALTED.
BERLIN (via wireless to sayvii'e
IL. i.) Feb. 1.-Russian efforts to ad'
vance along the north bank OF the
lvlstuIa toward the east Prussian fort
ress of Thorn have again been halted
according to official dispatches today
General Francois army, moving In
southwesterly direction from
MIawa, attacked the Russian right
and forced a retirement. The Germans
made further gains in the fighting
east of Lowicz along the south bank
! Of the vistuIa.
The Germans have renewed thei'
attack upon the Russians who at
tempted to advance along the railroad
leading through Tomasof TO Lodz.
d IT, = Il N
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One Of the Worst Storms of the Winter is Rag
ing Today In the Middle Western
and Northern States.
WIRES ARE REPORTED
DAMAGED
Five Steamers Imprisoned in Slush Ice at Mil
waukee With Over 100 People Unable
to Get to Shore.

from the rest Of the. state, scores Of
miles of telegraph and telephone
lines being down. Street car service
is paralyzed as the result of fallen
trolley wires and icy rails.
Binding Snow Storm.
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MADISON, Wis. Feb. IA sleet.
rain and wind storm which has been
raging since Sunday night, today left
Madison isolated as far as wire COM
munications with the outside world
wrought havoc with all commercial
wires. crippled train service and to-
day the city is in the grip of a blind
ing snow storm.
Facing Another Flood.
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DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. with the
second anniversary OF the devastating
foods of March, 1913, less than two
months away, Dayton, Hamilton and
other cities in the great Miami river
valley today faced the exact situa,
tion that led up to the previous disas.
teps with food prevention work prar
ticalIy untouched.
Lengthy litigation in the courts
have tied up all movements for the
safety OF these cities The great
Miami. fed by the winter thaw, has
risen from four to six feet within the
past forty-eight hours. At Dayton
fee foes are being dynamited and men
ara patrolling the river banks and
levees. At Hamilton. early today, a
temporary bridge was destroyed when
an ice jam went out. Unless a freeze
comes. serious floods are probable.
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ENGLAND
[ey Ed. L. Keen, United Press star
Correspondent

Correspondents
LONDON, Feb. 1.-"von Tirpitz
can't stave England out-and he
knows It. His submarine rafds arc
comparable to the efforts OF = squad
Of sharp shooters against whole
army. HE main purpose 10 to fright
en- England and he will never sue
ceed."
This was the statement today Of a
high admiralty official. He would not
permit his name to be used. Like
other naval officers both here and at
Paris, he asserted that the sensation
al activities Of German submarines on
Saturday and Sunday are features Of
the new policy OF warfare first pub
licly suggested by Grand Admiral Won
Tirpltz, Of the German army, In his ln>
terview with Karl n. Won Wiegano
Of the United Press.
The admiralty anticipates further
raids and the loss Of moro merchant
mon. No attempt 10 made to conceal
this belief here. Having demonstrate
ed their wide cruising radii by sink
Ing three British vessels In the Irish
sea and two others In the English
channel OF Havre, the German under
sea terrors are expected soon to make
fresh attacks.
FlotiIias Of destroyers and light
cruisers were patroiina the Irish sea
OFF LiverpooI today, hoping to catch
sight Of a German submarine that
chased the LeInster off the entrance
to Dublin Bay yesterday. It 10 now
generally accepted here that the U-21
was accompanied by at least one 9TH
er st the latest and most powerful de-
sJqn Of German submarine when she
sent the kiIcoan, Ben Bruachen and
Linda Blanche to the bottom. Some
admiralty officials profess to believe
that whole squadron Of German
submarines 10 now operating off the
west coast. The Tokomaru and Eca-
ria, sunk In the English channel off
Havre, are believed to have been vic
Tins Of a single German raid.
Dispatches from Liverpool today
said that several steamers passed out
Of the harbor on their regular sailings
today, Indicating no great alarm there.
The Liverpool authorities have not
availed themselves Of their power OF
forbidding all saiIings and It 10 unlikely
that they will do 90.
Both London and Paris papers 20
day again quoted freely from the vor
Wieaand United Press interview, II
which Admiral Won Tirpitz first sug
sested that Germany might resort tc
submarine attacks on British mer
chantn1en to deprive England Of food
supplies. The Paris Temps asserted
that recent evidence in the Irish sea
were actually foreshadowed in the
iInited Preas Interview
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Crash in the Foo,

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CINCINNATI. Ohio, Feb. 1.-Three
men are dead and a score injured as
a result Of head-on collision be-
tween two cars on the Cincinnati
Georgetown and Portsmouth electric
railroad at Fair .aks, near Batavia,
twenty-five miles east of here today.
A west bound freight car crashed
into an east bound passenger car in
a fog, hardly an occupant Of either
escaping injury.
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Under state Supervision.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The Will
mington Transportation company, of
Los Angeles, operating boats between
San Pedro and Catalina Island, is I'M
der Jurisdiction of the California rail
road commission, the supreme court
decided today. The company claimed
its boats traversed the high seas
and were not subject to state resula-
tiOn AZ
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THE WEATHER

For Keokuk and vicinity: Rain or
snow and colder tonight. Tuesday
probably cloudy and colder. Strong
shifting winds.
For Iowa: Snow tonight anc prob
ably Tuesday, mixed with rain east
portion. Colder. Strong shifting
winds.
For Missouri: Rain or snow and
colder tonight. Tuesday probably
cloudy with colder east portion.
Strong shifting winds.
For Illinois Unsettled with rain
south portion tonight and rain or
snow north portion tonight and prob
ably Tuesday. Colder Tuesday and
northwest portion tonight.
Weather Conditions.
Satur6ay'E storm Is central in Mis-
souri, this morning.
It has been attended by rain from
the Rockies to the Atlantic coast.
which is changing to snow In the
plains states and the northern por-
ton of the Mississippi valley.
Much warmer weather preceded the
storm in the central valleys, and
colder weather is following in the
plains states, although no severe cold
is reported. Northern plains and
mountain regions reports are missing.
Conditions indicate rain Or snow,
and becoming colder tonight. Colder
and probably partly cloudy weather
Tuesday.
Local Observations.
Jan. Feb Bar Thor. Wind With e
81 o. m.-3O.51 81 NE Foggy
IT a. m.-30.51 35 ME C1'dy
Precipitation in "a hours. 10
River stage, 200 a. m, 2.6 feet.
Change in past "a hours, rise Z.
Mean temperature 31st. 3S
Highest temperature, 80.
Lowest temperature, "a.
Lowest temperature last night. "a.
FIRED z. GOSEWTSCH.
Observer
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Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade COMMISSION.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. Authors
tive advices today showed President
Wilson's slate for the fedora trade
commission as follows:
Joseph Davies, president corpora
tion committee; George NJ Hurley.
Chicago; George Record, New Jersey:
w. J. Harris, Georgia; w. H. Parry.
Seattle.
OF the latter's appointment, there
was a little doubt.
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Right 10 Denied.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The right
of the railroad commission of Louis
lana to. fix regular rules and regula-
tions governing switching of cars by
the Illinois Central In the city of .sew
Orleans, was denied by the supreme
court today.
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earrieaded In Mountains.

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Feb. l.
The sheriff Of Bledsoe county today
asked the governor to send division
Of militia to Pikeville to aid in the
capture of Ed. Swafford and Bob
Walker, now barricaded in a pass in
the Cumberland mountains near
Browns Gap. They are charged with
numbering Oscar Dunn, deputy
sheriff
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TURKEY

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PETROGRAD, Feb. 1.-TabrIz has
been occupied by the Russians, it
was officially announced here today.
Russian troops entered the city Satur-
day afternoon.
Tabriz 10 the capital of the province
Of Azerhiian northern Persia, and a
city Of 175,o0o. It had been occupied
by the Turks and kurds.
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VIII Hold Ceremonies.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. PLANS for
observing the Panama exposition
opening with ceremonies in the capitol
rotunda were being made today. Rep
resentat1ve Kahn, of California, ex-
pects soon to invite the president to
attend the exercises.
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The War i'm Mexico
Latest Developments Among Our Revolution
airy Neighbors of the South.

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WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-General
Carranza intends to wipe out COM
pletely the Villa and Zapata opposi-
.tion, according to advices to the Car
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rama junta today. Desertions from
the Villa ranks, continue, reports de-
clare. incidentally it became known
through official messages that reports
of the wounding and death of Villa
are unfounded.
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Earmera aeqin studies.

Farmers Begin Studies.
DURHAM, N. H., Feb. Five hun
dred farmers came here today to learn
how to produce grain from New Hamp-
shire's stony soil. They are attending
the annual week short course for
farmers at New Hampshire state col
lege.
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Torpedo Boat Sunk.

Torpedo Boat Sunk.
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BERLIN (via wireless to Sayville.
L. - Feb. 1.-The press bureau
which last week reported the sinking
of a French torpedo boat off Nieuport
today asserted that it had informa-
ton that it was the French torpedo
boat 219 that went down.
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5000 Back at Work.

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PITTSBURGH, Fa., Feb. Eight
thousand men returned to work at the
Homestead works of the Carnegie
Steel comT any today. The plant re-
sumed operations almost in full.