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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-28
Graphing Hooks Cling to Object Believed to be
the Lost F4 and it is Being lowed
to Shallow Water.
TITLE HOPE FOR THE men INSIDE
Operations Directed From Land, Water and Sky
in Frantic Rush to Learn the Truth
About the Disaster

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HONOLULU, March 27.- With
operations being directed from land,
water and the air, scores OF men and
vessels were engaged today In q few.
erish effort to raise the United States
submarine F-4, submerged at the en-
trance to the local harbor since
Thursday morning. her two of1cers
and nineteen men given up for dead.
His aeroplane lowering over the
water like q hawk. Aviator Bradshaw
endeayored 10 slstef 'the exact
position OF the vessel and signal d.
rections to the engineers. Divers
we're sent down repeatedly. but the
object to which cables have been at
tached, believed to be the submarine,
was still too far below the surface TO
be reached
The divers were brought up almost
unconscious when they reached the
point Of uabearable pressure.
The dredger California and two
tugs are slowly towing the object
toward shallow water. When depth
Of about $50 or 200 feet is reached,
divers are expected to be able to ex-
plore the subharina 1t was found in
a deep hollow, 800 feet below the
surface. AS the prospects of learning
whether the crew is dead or alive in
creased, the greatest excitement and
anxiety prevailed at the naval station
here. Expert opinion Is almost unani-
nous that the men are dead. but the
manner OF their horrible end, can
only be established by an examination
Of the submarine.
Several theories have been ad-
yanced to explain the submarines
disappearance and long stay beneath
the waters. AS recently as March 6.
the F-4 suffered damage to her side
and floor plates and engine from ex-
ploding acid Repairs were made at
the Pearl Harbor naval station. but
It was believed that the accident may
have had bearing on her present
mishap.
The enormous pressure OF water at
depth OF 800 feet would have crush
ed in her sides like an egg shell,
naval experts declared. It was also
feared that the vessel experienced
trouble with her machinery or suffer
ed another explosion.
There is remote possibilities, Rear
Admiral Moore, commandant OF the
laval station, thinks, that some OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-28
The War in Mexico
Latest Developments Among Our Revolution
ary Neighbors of the South.

tna between villistss and Carranzistas
n Matamoras, reported begun this ait
ernoon, was expected tonight to de-
velop Villas first real attempt to
foverthrow Carranza. Villa was salo
to be in personal command. Colonel
Blockson. commanding at Brownsville
Texas, was directed to warn both
sides against stray shots across the
border.
Fighting still ragged near Tampico'
the villistas who we're driven ITO"
EIbanos vicinity having attempted q
fresh offensive. Several oil proper.
ties in this vicinity have been De.
stroyed. officials did not know II
they were American or British owned.
II was stated an agreement on tne
h. .Manus indemnity was probable IN
a few days, when 1t would be paid I'M
mediately to the Brazilian consul IN
MEXICO City. An effort was reported
tonight to reconcile the Mexican FAC
tions, but the juntas here believed 1t
doomed to failure
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-28
What the War Moves Mean
By j. w. T. Mason, Former European Man
ager of the United Press.

part In defending Hungary against a
second Slav invasion.
Redistributions of German troops
for this purpose have been briefly
described in dispatches during the
week. e
The Russians were compelled to-
evacuate Memel early in the week
after a surprise attack by a German
detachment The heavy conditions OF
the highways caused by rains, led the
Savs to believe their possession OF
the east Prussian port was secure. The
Germans. however, overcame the diff
ficulties of transport and drove the
Russians several miles into their own
territory Accusations of extensive
piIfering at Memel have been made
by the Germans and have been fol-
lowed by reprisals at Sulwalki, Lom-
aza and Grodno and along the Rus
sian Baltic coast, where open towns
were bombarded by German fleet.
Labor troubles have again devel-
oped in the united kingdom. The
working men are not satisfied with
the results of government interven-
ton in their disputes with the opera
tors aad further strikes are develop
ing. Field Marshal French has broken
his usual tactiturnity twice during
the week to grant interviews declar-
ing the allies greatest need IS ammu-
milton.
It Is not probable this public adnlis-
sion would be made unless it were
necessary to bring every possible
pressure to bear on the recalcitrant
British workers
Negotiations at Rome for the pur-
chase of Italy's neutrality have con-
tinued during the week without def
nit, results The Roman government,
however, must bring the natter to
settlement soon, or risk seeing the
prize she Is after slip from her fin
gers. 1t is possible Austro-Hunsary
NAV decide her national interests de-
rnand a quick peace, in order to pre-
serve intact her Istrian coast line
along the Adriatic. which Italy ardent
" desires to possess.
The Dardanelles bomhardmelt has
accomplished nothing of value during
the week to the attacking warships.
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turkey
[By w. s. Forrest, United Press Staff
Correspondent

correspondent
LONDON, March 27.-Twenty great
battIeshlps, eight cruisers and land
force estimated at from 10000 to So
600 are concentrating at the entrance
to the DardaneIes for grand assauls
upon tho Ottoman defenses, according
to Athens dispatches received here to
night.
The superdreadnaught Warsplte, sis
ter ship Of the Queen Elizabeth, ar
rived off Tenedos island early today
according to Athens reports. With
her and acting as conveys to fotil'
Ia Of transports, were British bat
tleship and British cruiser; two
French battIeships and two French
cruisers, and a Russian cruiser.
The admiralty tonight, as usual. re
fused to comment upon press reports
Of the movement against Constantine
opie. There was no official announce
'ment Of the arrival Of reinforcements
including the Warsplte. But an ad
mIraIty official made this significant
statement: "The real attempt to force
the DardaneIles is about to begin"
That the first important clash on
land may occur on the Asiatic shor.
near the batteries of Erenkui, was
thought probable here tonight. The
guns Of Erenkui have been twice sill
enced by the allied Warships, but or
each occasion the Turks have mount
ed now batteries, working under the
protection Of wall of solid rock. An
infantry force, supported by artillery
lie IL considered certain will be sent
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united Press Leased Wire Service.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, March q.
when desperate battling between
shllstas and Carranzistas ceased al
ausk tonight at Matamoras, four hun.
ufed villistas were reported wounded
and killed.
me Villista vanguard led the after
noon attack, but withdrew tonight.
a more serious fight occurred four
aiies south Of the border, constitu.
.onalist force appeared on the, right
" the Villa forces and battled at
station called Rositas.
oarranzistas claimed tonight that
Meir losses were only eight men
wounded, while the villista injured
sau dead were placed at 400.
Inc Carranza forces in the Mara-
moras battle, were led by General
NaHarete, while in the Rositas night
4ng they we're led by General vasquez.
Real Battle 10 on.
WASHINGTON, March zT-F1ght.
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UNITED Prsss Leased Wire Service J
NEW YORK, March T.-The fall
Of Przemysl during the week, consoli-
dated Russia's hold on eastern Galitia
and has released the investing army
for field operations elsewhere. No
details on which full reliance can be
placedfi have been made known con-
corning the strength OF the force to
which Przemysl capitulated. 1t Is
probable, however, that the first estt
mates were too high, and less than
100000 men were used on these oper-
ations.
Petrograd dispatches during the
week indicate differences OF opinion
exist as to the use to which this army
should be put 1t seems to De the de-
sire among many to make Cracow the
next objective. Cracow's fall would
be OF no value to the allies cause as
a whole, unless it were followed by
an invasion Of SIlesia. But II the
Russians get among the German rail-
ways In Suesia they will lay them
selves open to Won H1ndenberg' 8
strategy which has twice demonstrate
ed its effectiveness in east Prussia.
Less hazardous employment Of the
Przemysl army would result If 1t were
sent south to participate in the Car
pathians fighting. Whether this has
been done, however, is not yet known.
The week has seen the beginning
Of struggle for possession Of the
railway lines that lead over the Car
pathians from Galicia into Hungary.
AT present they are all in the hands
Of the Austro-G German forces. This is
the winters work done by the Teu-
tonic allies, who succeeded in cross
ing the snow-blocked mountains and
establishing themselves on the Call
clan side of the barriers. The Rus
slams must obtain railway faculties
II they are to attempt spring cam
nafen in Hungary. The present fight
Ing is for this purpose and IS not in
itself a major campaign. It is pre-
liminary step to future operations for
possession Of the Magyar kingdom.
There are indications that the Ger
mans expect to play an important
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CORPSE OF SUBMARINE BOAT
DANGLESIAT END OF CABLE
RUSSIA

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WARSAW, March 27.-Every Gre
man infantry company In Poland 10
being supplied with the new "liquid
fire" guns as rapidly as possible, ac-
cording to reports brought hero to-
night by Russian officers on leave Of
absence.
at is most deviIlsh devlce," said
Russian officer. "lt looks like q
copper bucket and is swung over the
shoulder like knapsack. A hose Is
attached. When we charge, the Ger
mans wait until we get twenty yards
from their lines and then squirt some
sort Of flaming liquid at us. In ono
charge last Monday night, twenty of
our men were burned alive. We drove
the Germans from their trenches on
Tuesday and recovered the bodies.
The flesh from the waist up had been
burned off to the bones"
Warm weather 10 Increasing the
horrors along the battle front, accord
Ina to stories brought here by tho
Russian Red Cross workers. Along
the Bzura river, west Of Warsaw,
thousands Of corpees lie sinking and
rottlne between the opposing lines
within twenty yards Of the living.
These are the bodies OF soldiers
crushed in General Maekensen's drive
against the Russian positions In Janu.
ary.
AvIators report that the entire coun-
trysIde between skiernievice and
Lodz is great field Of wire defended
trenches. Both sides south Of the Wis
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rBy Ed L. Keen, United Press Star
. Correspondent.1


LONDON, March e27.-on the out
come Of the great battle now being
,waged In the Carpathians, hinges
!taly's immediate entrance into the
European war on the side Of the al.
lies, according to reports from au-
thoritative sources tonight.
Italy 10 ready to strike. Reports
from shipping eenters all over the
world indicate that streams Of italian
reservists are pouring back to their
native land, despite denlals from
Italian officials that they have been
recalled.
From private sources came tho In
formation tonight that officialdom in
Rome is watching for news from tho
Lupkow paes, with more easerness
than Petroarad or Vienna. A crush
Ino defeat Of the Austro-Gern1ans may
send an italian army tumbIing over
tho Austrian borders to seize istrta
and Trent, while the Russians ad-
vance into Hungary. On the other
hand, a staggering blow for the slavs
NAV mean further wearisome negotia-
tions with Franz Josef In the hope
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-28

recently completed, is one OF the lat
est types of German sea going sub
marines of powerful design. The Brit
ish admiralty has no confirmation OF
the report that any submarines of this
type have been completed
Storchouse Under the Waves.
by William G. Shepherd, United
Press Staff Correspondent
~ LONDON, March 16. tBy mail to
New York.)--The naval men OF Eng
land are looking for houses under the
sea. Incidentally the chances Of
.finding, thsm are4rery small. No tele-r
scopes have been invented for scan
ming the bottom of the waters around
England, but in some way or other the
houses undersea must be found II
possible. These submarine houses, as
the English naval men picture them to
themselves, are not really houses with
gabled roofs and warm, dry rooms,
but are only steel cages which tbs
Germans have sunk to the sea floor
and have filed with supplies of gaso-
line, torpedoes and food for the sub
marines.
For many weeks the English naval
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Under Serious Charge.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
DEVILS LAKE, n. D., March 81
With charge of attempted murder,
depending on the recovery Of Mrs.
Bernard Vessels and the charge OF a
criminal assault on Sarah Vessels,
IS, over him, Michael Ulick is in the
Ramsey county jail tonight.
Sneaking up behind buggy IN
which thu, women were riding, Ulick
fired two shots into the mothers head.
probably fatally wounding her. Ulick
then drove the daughter to a nearby
woods and assaulted her.
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AUSTRIA

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
BUDAPEST, March 27. Via Berlin
entire Russian army
that marched against RuIkoWina is
now in full retreat, according to dis.
patches received here tonight. The
Russian right wing has fallen back
across the Dniester river. The main
body has been driven across the Rus
sian frontier with Austrian cavalry
PRESSING close upon its rear guard.
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/, the crew may have taken refuge in
the small, special oxygen emergency
chambers. The hope that some of
the men may be alive drove the res
cue workers today to almost super
human efforts. Acting on direct or
ders from Secretary OF the Navy
/, Daniels, every possible measure has
been taken to rush the work of rails
] ing the FL The army station hos
| pital corps are also In readiness to
/ t&ke charge OF the bodies, dead or
alive, .as soon ~ they nFe broEi.ht to
the surface
Cables were attached to the object
believed to be the lost submarine
after the naval tug Navajo and the
steamer Makaala located the object
with their graphing hooks.
1t Is impossible to tell when the F-4
will be raised completely.
Work Of preparing to raise the sub
marine was extremely slow today.
The bow and stern could not be def
nitely located and 1t could not be de-
termined where the cables which
were lowered, had taken hold. Elec-
trical buzzer detectors We're used in
determining this and the strength Of
+! the cables.
The work was also hampered be-
cause no diving bells were available.
A diver was again at work today max
| ing frequent descents, despite the fact
that his only equipment was helmet.
! 1t was rumored that one of the cables
attached to the submarine slipped
, badly today and it was feared for a
time that it had broken. An effort
was made to learn what had caused
| the trouble. ..
Lifted ~ Feet.
HONOLULU, March 27.-The ILL.,
fated submarine F-4 which for more
than forty eight hours has been sub
merged in the harbor here with her
crew OF twenty-one officers and men,
was forty-two feet nearer the surface
late today as result Of inoessant
work by vessels endeavoriag to bring
her up.
There is now absolutely no doubt
that the cables which were lowered
are attached to the submarine. An
inch steel hawser drawn up this after
noon showed grey paint. This was
/! accepted as convincing proof that the
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lin Jam Jens Case.

rIrnited Press Leased Wire Service ]
BISMARCK. n. D., March 27.-Sam
C1ar,, and G. S. Crockard, editors and
nuhlishers of Jim Jam Jems, were to-
night acquitted Of the federal govern
ment,s charge that they violated the
federal postal laws by the Shipment
of their ma gazine through the express.
This is the third trial. the govern
ment charging the magazine was oo-
scene.
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ENGLAND

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
LIVERPOOL. March 27.-"J. Pier
pont Morgan's visit to England at thla
time, undoubtedly is for the purpose
Of seeing Lloyd George and arranging
European credits In America said
the Evening Express today. "Thls
means an arrangement. whereby treas
urv notes will be accepted and there
will be no transfer Of gold from Eng
land to the United States
Tho above dispatch was passed by
tho British censor with this note f:
1.-THE Prese Bureau has no cnfirma'
tIon Of the above"
SUBMARINE BLOCKADE.
LONDON, March 27.-Stocktolr
dispatches received here tonight as
serted that newspaper reports Of the
sinking Of three German iron ore
steamers In the Baltic have been con.
firmed. All three steamers, the Ger.
mania, koenigsbere and Bavaria,
were sunk by Russian submarines,
stockholm correspondents cabIed.
The admiraity's official announce
ment regarding the submarine block.
ade was received with general
satisfaction In shipping circles.
Only twenty-seven British merchant
men with an average tonnage
less than 5000 have fallen vic.
Tins to the Won Tirpitz submarine
warfare sInce Il was inaugurated Feb
ruary 70, tho admiralty stated.
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THE WEATHER

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WASHINGTON, March 2I.-Fore-
cast: Illinois. Missouri. Iowa: fair-
slightly warmer Sunday. Monoas
fair.
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I, oeal observations.

March Bar.Iher.W W ina. :" eas,ie'
81 7 a. m. SO :. NV Clear
81 7 n. M. ..3013 43 SW Cldy
River stage G. a. NO. s feet.
Mean temperature, 81.
Highest, A..
Lowest, 81.
Lowest Friday night, %.
FRED z. GOSEWISCH,
Observer
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Fair and Warmer. Satur--
days temp a. m. 81; 7 p.
m. 43.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-09

The proposition covered by a
bill introduced by Assemblyman
Bradley to repsal the law of 1oI 8
which provides for four additional
health officers which are about as
necessary as fifth wheel to a
buggy except it may be to pro-
vide good salaries for doctors des-
titute of practice. The four men
cost the state $1,000 and are of
no particular use whatever. 1t is
only sinicure; laid on the people
who are becoming tired of having
lot of CATERS running about the
state sticking their noses into the
private affairs of the people. AS
might be expected, DR.. Charley
Harper, secretary of the board,
who has drawn a good salary from
the state for 10, these many years,
opposes the bill.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-09

1t is ill-timed and foolish, the
movement lnaugurated by MEM
bers of the Wisconsin Veteran S
home at Waupaca to ask the legis-
lature for an appropriation with
which to erect. IA monument at Wau-
paca, to the memory of veterans
who have passed away at the
Home. In a few years, the home
will be closed for the want Of in
mates and the property disposed
of by the state or used for some
other purpose and a monument
would mean nothing, for but few
would ever see it. The state had
better wait few years and then,
if monument to the Wisconsin
soldiers in the civil war is erected,
let it be located on the capitol
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-09

There is being discussed in the
city more or less of late the neces-
slty of the esta blishment of a white
way, or ornamental lighting sys-
tenn. The same is being estab-
llshed in scores of cities through
out the northwest and there is
nothing that adds more to the
attractlveness of the place. 1t is
more than probable that WATERFOWL
will awake to the Importance of
the situation.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-09
SAVED THE JEWELS
BY MARY LYLE WARNER

In the most critical situation of her
young life, Alma Waite gazed longing
ly at the engagement ring upon her
finger and wondered if she would ever
see its giver again.
Where is he, and what is to become
of mel" was the constant burden Of
her thoughts.
A knight Grant brave and true,
Adrian Bond would have been speedily
coming to the rescue of his lady love
in distress, but that grim visaged war
had presented its ugly menace and
rude clamors shook the common
wealth
Her father and mother were at
Paris. There, too, were the Bonds,
making the European trip with their
closest friends. 1t was strange cir
cumstance that had taken Alma away
from them. 1t appeared that half
brother of Mrs. Waite lived in a little
town in Belgium, near the German
border. He had invited the family to
pay him a visit, but their plans would
not admit of it. Then he expressed a
wish to see Alma, who had been named
after his dead wife. He was ferysnt
in his appeal and ha1f-minded to give
up his business and return to America,
B he said. The result was that Alma
took a quick trip from Paris and found
herself an honored guest in the splen-
cid but lonely home of her half-uncle.
Zephern Dacre was a diamond mer-
chant, conducting his business by trav-
cling from country to country. Alma
was enchanted with the kindly way in
which he treated her She was to
have remained with her relative only
three days, but Mr.. Dacre made up his
mind TO close up his business, accom-
pany her to Paris and return with the
family to America and take up a per-
manent residence there.
Directly upon the heels of this came
a declaration Of war. Mr. Dacre has
tened his preparations to get out of
the country. He urged Alma to re.
main indoors, for the community sur
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Charges were made against the
officials of the ordinance bureaus of
the war and navy departments at
Washington on the 4th inst, be-
fore the senate committee on ex-
pendltures IN the war department
by Louis Gothmann, a consulting
engineer, who claims that the gov
eminent has been practically rob-
bed of $3.50, 900, 900 by collision
between several officers in the ma
val department and several large
and wealthy steel concerns, by
which poor war vessels of inferior
materials were bought at prices
twice their value, if not more. 1t
does not seem possible that men
will violate their oath of office and
immensely rich corporations be-
come parties to what cannot be
characterized less than robbery of
the government. 1t may, however,
account in some degree for the gil
gantic fortunes which have been
accumulated in short time by a
few. Should there be any truth in
the expose, the guilty parties should
be prosecuted" that no guilty man
escape"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-09

The 100000 paid architects dur
ing the fiscal year ending June IL.
1914, would have erected a magni-
t1cent state building! What where
the said architects doing to draw
that amount of money from the
state treasury? 1t becomes more
evident every day that the state
university is a mighty costly in
stitution to God patient poor
And then to think that Prof. Allen.
who IN a survey of that institution
made the discovery that there were
As classes in the university with
one student that cost $40 a day, a
total of $3.50 day; shameful
waste Of money.