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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
ONE LESS SHIP IN THE FLEET
kdL AND

Ii nfted Press Leased Wire Service.l
LONDON, Jan. 25.-That German
aeroplanes, engaged In the worlds
first great air battle over Dunkirk
Friday, bore the tri-coior ct France
painted on the under side Of their
wings, was reported In dispatches
from the British battle front In Fland-
ers today. 80
AS a further disguise, the twelve
German avIators wore uniforms Of al
lies soldiers, the messages said. 1t
was because Of this fact that the Ger
mans passed the allies lines near
Nieuport without detection and had
begun Smelling DunkIrk before they
were fired upon.
Nine persons were killed and twelve
wounded by the Germans before Brit
ish airmen engaged them and drove
them to the north. The dispatches
carry no confirmation of the report
from Paris that Benjamin Morel.
American consular agent at Dunktrk,
was slightly wounded when shell
partially wrecked the American consu-
late.
Twenty-four hours after the raid by
the German aerial fleet, first zeppe-
lin and then another German Taube
appeared over Dunkirk. The Taube
dropped two shells, but neither ex-
ipIoded The Zeppelin is believed to
have been damaged by anti-alr craft
guns.
4 It was reported that the German
pilot and observer, captured when one
of the Taubes that raided Dunkirk on
| Friday, was shot down, were imnned-
lately executed. They wore English
and French uniforms the dispatches
stated, and therefore came within the
definition Of a spy laid down by the
rules of international warfare. The
/ press bureau had no word on the
matter.
! WORK OF. AlRMEN.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 25.-Speeiai
dispatches received by the Handeis-
bad, asserted thslA the iAsssole krupn
/ autono obile works and 400 completed q
/ machine were dstroyed by bombs
dropped on Essen last week by Brit
7 ish air1nen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
FRANCE
[ BY William Philip simms, United
Press Staff Correspondent

l6y William Philip Sin1ms, United
Press Staff Correspondence
PARIS, Jan. 25.-How German pom
toon bridges across the Meuse, at St.
MinieI were blown to pieces by French
shells, was told In official dispatches
today.
German gunners on tho west bank
Of the Meuse attempted unsuccess-
fully to silence the French artillery.
Additional guns were brought into po-
sition by the French. Shells fell In
the city Of St. MihieI, Infiicting losses
among the German defenders
Excepting this progress in the drive
against the point Of the German wedge
south of verdun and slight gain
east Of st. George, near the seacoast,
fighting in the past twenty-four hours
has resulted In no more Important
changes, according to the war office.
A Bavarlan attachment was sur
prised by French infantry attack in
Lorraine and number OF prisoners
were taken. German infantry attacks
at Berry Au Bac and in the Argonne
were successfully repulsed. In the
Champagne region French shells de-
molished section Of earthWorks and
German shelters.
A thick fog overhune the vosges
and lower Alsace, hating fighting in
those regions. From the river lys
southwark to the Oise, only intermi'-
tent cannonadins was reported.
Sister Julia.
[By Frederick Palmer, staff cores
pondent, representing the United
States and other American press as
sociations at the front, at the invita-
ton of the French government
NANCY, Jan. 25-Others may In
teryiew kings and presidents, but I
rejoice in being the first American to
interview Sister Julia-"Soeur Julie
who is more interesting than most
such celebrities. This sturdy woman
OF sixty is heroine Of all France. Each
new story about her touches French
Imagination.
President Poineare and distin
guished company went to Gerbsvillers
little town in the Vosges near the
front. where she has spent her life,
to decorate her with the Legion of
Honor. No town in Belgium is such
wreck as Gerbevillers.
Sister Julia and her four sisters re-
NAMED In the midst Of shell fire and
through the confagration which fol
lowed, nursing both the French and
German wounded in one of dozen
houses remaining intact.
found her there. her village sim.
plicity unchanged by fame, looking
after the sick or returning refugees.
When 1 observed that she was not
wearing her decoration, she said:
"No, this is nv working dress. have
too much work to do to put on my
uniform So keep my decoration In
a box in my bureau drawer.
when Monsieur Poincare brought
It to me, could not believe such a
little man could be president, until
they told me he really was"
And Sister Julia LAUGHED heartily at
her mistake. for Sister Julia, who
won the heart OF France, is not a
solemn person. Through all of her
ordeal she kept cheerful.
another man." she went on. "Mon-
sieur Deschanet, came with Monsieur
j
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
GERMANY

CUnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
BERLIN, (via Marconi wireless to
London), Jan. 25.-Destructton OF
erItIah battle cruiser In the great
naval engagement In the North sea
Sunday morning Is claimed In an Off
cal statement given out here today.
The German war office admitted the
loss Of the BIuecher, but declares 9TH
er German cruisers engaged returned
to the German naval base without ma
terial damage. The British, the state
mens declares, discontinued the battle
seventy miles west northwest Of He'll
eoIand. According to present reports,
says the official statement, the British
lost one battle cruiser. "We had the
Bluecher sunk but other German ships
returned to the harbor."
The battle cruisers Derflinger,
Seydlitx, MoItke and Bluecher, accom-
panied by four small cruisers and two
torpedo boat flotlllas were engaged,
the official statement declared. Steam
Ina into the North sea they encoun-
tered British fleet composed Of five
battle cruisers, several smaller cruIs-
ers. and twenty-six torpedo boat de-
stroyers. The British closed In and
Immediately opened fire. The Ger
mans replied, but realizing the over
wheIminq superiority of the British
fleet, faced about and headed back to-
ward the naval base.
A running battle followed, lasting
for three hours. The BIuecher trait
inc behind her faster comrades was
made the object Of concerted attack
by the British and sunk. The British
warships abandoned the engagement
seventy miles west northwest Of He'll
goIand.
The OFFICIAL statement carries no
mention Of possible casualties aboard
the other German ships engaged and
makes no estimates Of the damagc
done to the British squadron.
TThe Official statement from the
British admiralty contains no mention
1.-THE reported sial1izgT or IA Brftisii
battle cruiser In the North sea en-
gagement. The German statement,
however, was transmitted by wireless
to London and passed" by cable to
New York. The admiralty statement
admitted that the British squadron
abandoned the fight off Heligoland,
but declared further pursuit was rem
dered extremely dangerous because Of
the presence Of the German mine and
submarine fields. The statement spe-
officially declared there were no Brit
ish losses in ships or men.1
OFFICIAL REPORT.
BERLIN, Jan 25. (Via wireless to
SayvIIie. .)-French efforts to advance
toward the Rhine, In the lower AIssce,
again have been repulsed with heavy
losses, 1t was officially announced to-
day.
Near HartmannsWeiIer, German
artillery halted a French infantry
charge. The bodies Of 400 French
chausseurs were found on the battle
field after the charge and numerous
prisoners were taken.
It was officially admitted that the
French recaptured trench taken by
the Germans southwest Of Berry Au
Bac. Elsewhere, particularly near
Nieport and Ypres, artillery dueis are
progressing. Commenting on the sit
uation in East Prussia, where Russian
invaders are within the German bound
ary, several attacks near Gumbinnen
have been repulsed, the statement
said. and the Russians north Of Gum
binnen have been forced to evacuate
several positions. There are no I'm
portant changes along the north bank
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
stricken with Paralysis.

TUnised Press Leased Wire ServIc9,I =,
OMAHA. Neb., Jan. 25.-Elmer n.
wood freight traffic manager OF tne
Union Pacific railway, was stricken
with paralysis as he returned nome
ia+a yesterday after working. at his
nffice His right side is affected and
he cannot talk. His condition Is re-
ported to give no immediate cause
fer alarm.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25
THE WEATHER

For Keokuk anc' vicinity: Fair ana
colder tonight. Tuesday increasing
cloudiness and rising temperature.
For iowa: Fair tonight probably fol-
lowed bv increasing cloudiness Tues
day. Colder east portion tonight. Rls-
ING temperature Tuesday
For Missouri: Fair tonight, possibly
becoming unsettled Tuesday. Colder
tonight.
For Illinois: Fair tonight. possibly
followed by increasing cloudiness
Colder tonight.
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Read The Daily Gate City. Ten
cents per week.
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Weather Conditions.


The gulf storm has moved to the
lower lakes since Saturday, where 1t
is central this morning, and was at
tended by rain in the southern and
snow in the northern sections from
the lower Mississippi valley to the
lakes and the Atlantic states, snow
continuing In the lower lake region.
A field of high pressure covers the
plains states, with fair cold weather,
Bismarck. n. D., reporting % below
zero and the cold reaches to the
southern states. where it is "a above
zero at Galveston and 80 at New Or
leans.
A field of low pressure, with milder
temperature is following On the Pact-
fic slope. and conditions indicate fair.
colder weather for this section to-
night, the temperature falling to
about zero, and probably increasing
,cloudiness Tuesday, with rising tenn
perature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-25

River stage. 700 a. m, feet.
Change in past "a hours. fall d.
Mean temperature oath, 6.
Highest temperature, 16.
Lowest temperature, IS.
Lowest Temperature last night, 5.
FRED 2. GOSEWIsCH,
Observer.
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s.bscrlbers OF The DAILY Gate City
.re Served the full Leased Wire serv-
Ice Of the United Press Associations.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-09-02
E'$IsSPpCtat0fi s
IMA-G4SA, 8

The rv-mpcr mu-ing- ur the webb
fumIN editing and publishing the
iurNnr Register reminds me- uf day
100 western Journalism thut m- gone
lurw,r lt was the two territories boo
Ilu-r dimes oklahoma Territory and
Indian Territory uud among the m
lied number OF publisher. thrr, wa.
personally galore The rlI.or, were
u.f themselves. they didn't pretend
foo bee ANYTHING elise and richie, hud
not come TO turm lu arouse the lust
hr false dignity There wus Col
CIurruu" Douglas at Nuskogcc Jake
A miro go Enid, Theodore Gulrk. at
NU-huwn Pap Holden of "mtrul
or association fame Frank Greer ul
GuthrIc while both Roy Stafford and
Geo. Sidney Sugr- hudut gor above
ruI n.I.pushIue Zoo Those duy- and
ru.n spoke hls mind uu every subject
and neither had q party ~ defend nor
I"un". Those Wrr, great days Some
n the ulI boys have laid down their
rowr. others have gone out uf the
uwr BOO the search for filthy mrrr
while Nlll othcfs have acquired riches
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Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-09-22
10. 6 apite I.

5rau Gmri9 bate tpa9 i'm Bette
geleeen. sic griibelte, tparum ibr
Mann tpobl in ben lebten Sagen 10
fonberbar gstpefen mar. 9annden
folte neg - unb Wi1bbiebe i'm Mez
bier u. ia, ibrem armen8inbe ipollte
man bod ni6ts tbun! 9as f9lief
beute unrubig, rotbe Sleden brannten
auf ben l9malen Bdd9en, lei4tes
6ieber bate 1td einseit.Qt, es pflegte
felten BEL fdneuem, fel9tem Wittez
runssumf9ldg aus5ubl.iben. Mobrz
f9einli9 mar bic 2unge bur9 bic
@ertriippelung eingeenst.
Da fubr iie auf!! Drauben ratterte
Elm M,ltomobil porbet! Sing bas
etpa nit ben Milbbieben 5ufammen?
Sn Der 3eituns las man ia bic unz
Granddaughter Dinge! Il. l1nb als 1ie
eerabe bic Qampe anbrennen nollte,
fam bas Mutomobil in rafenbem
Sempo auriid!
Das mar fonberbar ~ febr fonz
berbar! u. 9Dditens cine 0iertelz
ftunbe mar b%ersangen! Menn e5
Milbbiebe fin ibres Mannes Repier
abseiebt bate! @ieleidt gleid brei
pSer bier! ~. Die Nngit i9niirte
ibr bic Reble auIammen! -. sic
eins binaus in ben 9pf!! Seftor lag
nm Der Settle! @erabt heute! Menn
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sbatiadjen fir 2eibenoe.

S6mer5en entiteben bur6 @er1ez
= ing ODER bnr9 8lutnnbrang. Sci es
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3euritis, 8dbni6mer5en, @errenfnn~
gen, 4uetf9ungen, tpebe ober iteife
M}usteln. ober ipel6e g6mer5en sic
peiden Dor 5loan's Ointment,
= bringt neues friibes 8lut, ID5t Sic
81 ntaniammlung allf, erleibtert sic
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Ointment. @e6rau6en Gie es. Sc
meint iofortige 2i%n6erung. Breis 25c
uno Soc. $500 Slai6e bdlt Iobiel nie
feds Slai6en fir 25c. (Mn3.)
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seH.
@or Dem pariier Rrisssz
geridt batten fi4 otpei Jrouen aus
Sou9e5 tpegen Diebftabls in BON
ben BefBern terlaKenene 9duiern in
9ru9e3 un6 tpegen Der tdnoigung.
nit Dem 5etnb gu beruntporten. 9ie
Werbre4M tpurben an 5. Sttober
betm @in5ug Der Deutiden in @ouz
9e5 uno I'M Maro begangen, ais bie
beioen, 5rauen Iber Deeutidlanb unb
bic S9lDei3 nod Jrantreia surIdse-
i@afft ipurben. sic tpurben perur=
tell, uno 5tpar Elm 19idbriges W3ao@
den gum Sooe unb feline W{utter gu
Is Sabren 3nanssarbett.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-02
WAR PRISONERS IN GERMANY
At End of Ycnr Numbered S,I3S Officers
nnd 575,S75 Men.

BERLIN. January / (by wireless to
i'ondon).--W prisoners held In Ger
ninly y al the end OF the year numbered
S,l3S officers and 577,ST5 men, accord
ing TO summary issued from head
quarters to-day, which points out that
the list does not include civilians in
.erhca IN Germany nor the prisoners
taken during the pursuit in Russian
Poland or those I'm transport.
~ the number the French contribute
1893 officers, including seven generals,
ana 2l5.95O men; the Russians. 1915
officers, of whom eighteen arc gem
erals. and 306,290 men: the Belgians,
Gl2 officers, including three generals,
ana 3b,S.2 men. and the British, 392
officers and 1S.S2S mon.
Headquarters declared that the re-
port that 1,140 German officers and 1884,
700 men are prisoners of war I'm Russia
is misleading, since the list includes
interned civilians Probably not more
than l5 per cent OF the total are MILL
tary prisoners. 1t is declared.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-02
ABSOLUTE PROHIBITION
NOW PREVAILS IN RUSSIA
LAST Appeal Against Decree Fails
When PetrOgrad and Moscow
Councils Uphold 1t.
FINAL ORDER is UNEXPECTED
No Opportunity to Provide Stock
Against Coming Period of Ahsti-
ncnce-Prohibition Becomes Part
of Colorado Constitution.

PETROGRAD (via London), January
1.-The last appeal against Russta's
prohibition decree failed on Thursday,
when the Councils of Petrograd and
MOSCOW rejected n petition to authorize
recommcnccmcnt of the sale or beer
and light wines. The recent final order
to discontinue selling all alcoholic
drinks was issued with the reservation
that the City Councils should have the
right to appeal for an authorization OF
the recommenccmcnt of the sale OF 3
per cent beer and light wine
The final prohibition order was so
unexpectedly issued that there was no
opportunity to provide n stock against
the coming period OF abstinence Be
tween and o'clock in the evening
the merchants received instructions
that next day there would be absolute
prohlhition. and there was no chance
10 give warning to eager customers
who, on false alarm previously spread
abroad. lined the streets for hours
awaiting their turn to squeeze into
the crowded wine shops. The formerly
popular restaurants, which managed to
weather the vodka cdict are now all
most without patronage
The liquor dealers. restaurant keen
ers, wine growers and distillers brought
all possible influence to bear on tho
city Councils for authorization to sell
beer and light wines, assisted by
"'o' W h'ic approving OF gen
eral sobriety, thought that abstinence
should come more gradually. and that
the sudden cessation of the use OF all
alcohol would have an injurious effect
i'ut despite these Influences and the
TACT that not l per cent OF the NOM
bers of the City Councils were tee
totaiers. the councils rejected the Pc
tition by vote on ratio of more
than to /.
ihc extreme measures to enforce
prohibition even extend TO the sale of
dcnatured alcohol. varnish and every
conceivable alcoholic compound which
are not salablc without Il permit
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-02
SERIOUS MISFORTUNE
BEFALLS BRITISH FLEET

LONDON, January 1.-Another Sc
rious misfortune has befallen tho
British fleet. depriving it of the pre-
DreadnouSht battleship Formidable.
which was blown up somewhere in the
channel this morning. What the ac-
tual cause of the disaster was the Of
hcial report does not state IL Is par
ticularly distressing and unfortunate e
mat the mishap should have ushered In
the new year Only n. small propor
tion of the Formidable's crew of $40
was saved
so far no facts have been made pub-
lie to permit admission of what han
pened. There has been nothing be-
yond the bare admission of the ad-
miralty.
Discussing the mishap, the naval cx-
pert of the London Times says:
Later reports show that more OF
the crew have been saved than the
iirst public statement indicated. Pos
sibly IN this way it may become mani
lest whether the misfortune was due
10 mine or torpedo. II the latter,
IL must have been fred from n sub
marine, and vet, with the experience
already gained, 1t has been made fair
iE clear that submarine should stand
very little chance against swiftly
moving ship
Not only were the British battle
cruisers able to evade the German sub
marine attack In the battle of Helgo-
land Blight. and the light cruisers to
do the same the other day in the air
raid Mt tCuxhaven, but for three months
now wTe have had q squadron contin-
ually moving about on the Belgian
coast. and, so far as Is known, not a
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-02
URGES PAY FOR DRILLS
Illinois Governor Suggests Incentive
for Young Men 20 Become Soldiers.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. January I.--"If
the national government wishes tho
states to maintain citizen soldiery. it
should furnish In the shape of pay for
their time greater incentive to young
men to become soldiers" was the dec
iaration to-day of Governor Dunno. ad-
dressing officers OF the Illinois Ma
tional Guard on their annual New
Years call. The Governor declared
that training of State troops was for
the benefit of the national government.
Soldiers who have attended forty or
more weekly drills In the course of n
year should he paid at least Sl50 for
each night so spent" said the Cover
nor. 'If the rational government
wishes young men of Illinois to at
tend drills that they may become pro-
hcient soldiers. then they should be
paid for each night they attend drills"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-02
ENGLIsII PUBLICATIONS
COMMENT on MOTIF,

LONDON. January 1 t7:lO p. MI
The Saturday Review describes Prcsi-
dent Wilson's note protesting against
the British attitude toward American
shipping as document from n can
did friend who, just because he is n
friend, can say things which, between
strangers. would be regarded as hav-
Ing too rough an edge" The Review
does not think 1t should he impossible
for two governments. who have no
wish to find causes for taking the Of
fensiVe. To reconcile their points OF
view.
The position of n bclligerent will,
respect TO command OF the sea, says
this paper. is different. even when neu-
trail governments are friends But this
position is determined absolutely by
the fact that England has that com :
mand OF the sea. and cannot surrender
her right TO use IL for defeat OF the
enemy by any means sanctioned under
international law
Unfortunately, the Review continues,
II is necessary to Interfere with the
custom of neutral countries of selling
In the dearest markets. but there is
evidence that Britain will Strain to
meet every reasonable complaint and
make the yoke of the trident as light
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