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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,, Jan. 28.-Repre-
sentative Thomas Curran Of Chicago,
leader of the seventeen wet" republi-
cans whose hold out against Walter
NJ. Provine, republican caucus noml-
nee for the speakership has brought
about the present record breaking
deadlock, arose from his seat today
and in short speech, threw the en-
tire responsibility for the deadlock
upon the anti-saloon republicans. The
explanation of the position of the sew
enteen wet" republicans came on the
first ballot Of the day, the forty
ond on the speakership, following the
failure Of the special committees ap-
pointed by Curran and the regulars to
get together In their meeting OF last
night and early this morning.
Curran named e. Scott Mcbride,
state superintendent Of the Anti-Sa-
loon league. as the higher power who
stood in between the seventeen" and
the regular republicans in their ef-
forts to combine on q man.
1.-THE special committee worked un-
til after one o'clock this morning" he
said, "and we had eliminated all can
dictates but two. Then we recessed
until this morning. When we met to-
day we found that those members who
are controlled by Mcbride refused to
60 further. We 'bolters," as we are
termed, want 1t clearly understood
that we were making an honest effort
to break the deadlock. 1t was the
other fellows who prevented us get
ting together" Curran voted for John
w. Moore, Kewanee.
The forty-second ballot: Provine,
81; Brown, Al; Foster, 2; Huston, 1;
Murphy, 1: Burnes. /.
Forty-third: Provine, 81: Browne,
AZ; Keene, 80; Foster, q. Huston, 1;
Bentchler, 1.
Following the taking of the forty
third ballot, 1t was stated that a break
to Shanahan by the wet" democrats
haG been agreed upon and that the
long predicted bipartisan move of the
house would occur. Whatever was on
the boards looking towards this, was
by Shanahan himself who
following announcement
Of the vote, moved the house adjourn
until 2 o'clock. This motion was con-
tested by Lee O'Neil Browne and lost.
then moved that the house
adjourn until tomorrow. This carried
over the protests OF tho Browne
forces. Igoe for the Dunno forces,
then moved as a substitute that the
house adjourn until 8 today.
That's right" shouted Browne.
you four fiusher. Serve the people,"
"Well, what people are you serv-
ing?" snapped back Igoe.
The Igoe substitution prevailed and,
the house meets in adjourned session |
at three this afternoon. Two candi- |
dates who had been eliminated by the |
reace committee last night were Shan
ahan, of the ninth district, and e. J. |
Smejekel Of the seventeenth. When
the committee met this morning. the
Provine members tossed new list Of
names into the laps of their con-
ferees. Among them wera 8. z. Lantz,
Of the sixteenth. Israel Du1geon Of
the twentieth; James Pace Of the thir-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
GERMANY
10y Ed. l. Keen, United Press Staff
Correepondent.1 !.

[6y Ed. /. Keen, United Press Stan
Correspondents. .
LONDON. Jan. 2e.-German STRAIT
egy has devised a new use for sub
marines In naval warfare. For the
first time In sea fighting, = submarine
hotiIla covered the retreat Of an UNI
successful ralding squadron in the
North sea battle. The success Of the
now plan saved three German dread
naughts from probable destruction.
This much was granted the Ger
mans in admiralty circles today. Nav
officers did not attempt to conces.
their surprise over Vice Admiral
Beatty's official report that subma-
rines, not a mine field forced his
squadron to abandon the pursuit. OF
the German battle cruisers seventy
miles off Heliso!and.
In the absence of official reports, It
had been assumed that the Germans
took refuge behind mine field when
the pursuit grew too hot for them.
Beatty,s assertion that "the presence
Of the enemy's submarines necessi-
tated the action being broken of"
puzzled the admiralty since It was
known that the fighting ceased at least
seventy miles off the coast.
Announcing Beatty's report today,
cfficiais saw a new light. The sub
marines were sent out on the trail OF
the German squadron when It left Hell
igoIand and dashed toward the British
coast
They were under orders to form in
line behind the raiders to cover pos
sible retreat. Just such situation
developed. With TIE BIuecher already
at the bottom, the battle cruisers Derf-
finger, SeydIitz and Moltke escaped a
similar fate at the hands Of the Brit
lsh fleet by passing behind the line
formed by the submarines.
The admiralty today awaited furth-
er official reports before issuing an
absolute confirmation Of it's report
that the small German cruiser kol-
beru. In addition to the Bluecher, was
eunk by British eunfire. Berlin claims
that British battle cruiser and at
least one smaller vessel. were sunk by
the Germans, were ignored here.
OFFICIAL REPORT.
BERLIN, (via wireless to London)
Jan. 28.-Heavy French losses, run
nina into the thousands were claimed
by the war office this afternoon, TO
have resulted In the three days
lighting around Craonne, where the
Germans captured several strong po-
sitions.
7 1--WE found 1900 dead French sol
dIers In the trenches we occupied"
said the official statement "In addi-
tion, we took LOO prisoners"
German attacks on the hills held by
the French near craonne have been
resumed and the Germans have made
further advances, capturing 500 yards
Of trenches, commanding other stronn
French positions. In the vosses and
Alsace regions, French attacks have
been repulsed, one officer and fifty
prisoners having been taken.
Allies warshlps have resumed the
Of the Belgian coast
towns occupied by the Germans. Por-
lions Of Middlekerke and Slype have
been shelIed and many buildings
were wrecked.
The war office in Its official state
ment today continued to disregard as
the Russian movements
In east Prussia and Poland. Russian
attacks In both regions were repuIsed
the statement said.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
FRANCE

[By VIM. Philip Simms, United Press
Staff Correspondent
gas, Jan. 2s.-German losses In
tn 8 asst three days Of fighting In
s. = ce and Flanders, total at least
g 10, the French war office claimed
Fay
n the three days Of fierce battling
e. possession Of the heights near era,
me, the Germans have lost between
= 900 and 10000 in killed and wounded,
, ,ccording to official dispatches The
French have repealed desperate at
-tacks upon their positions In the hills
In that region. with total losses Of not
more than 500, It was stated.
Equally disastrous were the German
efforts to seize strong positions held
BY the English, west Of LaBassee.
The Germans attacked at least doz-
en- times, under murderous fire, and
lost from 1000 to 5000 in killed and
wounded. Several hundred dead are
reported to have been picked up along
the Bethune road and the fields over
which the advancing Germans sped to
their deaths.
So heavy were the German losses
yesterday, when Infantry attacks were
ordered in conmemoration Of the kaIs-
er's birthday, that the hiIsIdes in the
craonne region and at several points
on the battle front, were covered with
German dead and wounded There
was a consequent lulI in the infantry
fighting in those regions today while
anfbuIances carried the dead from the
field.
Resumption Of the French offensive
north Of Pont A'Mousson was announ-
ced today The French advanced near
Iy a quarter Of mile, fighting their
way through the woods. Gains In Al
SAGE were also announced.
French artillery destroyed some
German trenches In Belgium along the
Lys. English gunners were equally
successful, forcing the Germans to
abandon their attempts to concentrate
troops in the north for assaults upon
the allied lines.
Artillery fighting 10 In progress near
Arras and near Roye and Noyon,
northwest Of scissors.
PREPARE FOR AIR RAID.
PARIS, Jan. 28-lncreased activity
by the kaiser's alrmen coupled with
rumors Of Zeppelin raid on Paris,
caused the war office TO announce
new acrIai defense plans today. Aviac-
ors will be stationed BY pairs upon
the outskirts o. the city, ready to
take to the air to engage invading
sky warriors. They will be supported
by armed French dirigibles that will
hover constantly over the city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
Deadlock in Illinois House Over Selection Of
Speaker, Was Not Broken by Special
Committee as Was Expected.
DRY REPUBLICANS GIVEN THE BLAME
Forty-th Ballot Was Taken Today With no
Choice, Provine Still Leading, But Not
Having Quite Enough

tieth, and VIM. Graham Of the thirty
third. The shift on the part OF tho
Provine people led to the appointment
OF committee Of four, two
''wets" ana two "drys" to attempt to
find q name that could be combined
on. The committee Is made up OF Ed.
ward Shurtleff Of Marengo, Randolph
Boyd of Galva. Stephen LePage Of
East st. Louis and 8. r. Roderick Of
Chicago.
Tho Iowa Legislature.
DIES MONIES, Iowa. Jan. 2s.-
There Is dramatic touch in the
situation of the railroads asking adj
vanced freight and passenger rates
from the legislature, in the fact that
Senator Fred Larrabee. chairman Of
house, is son Of former Governor
Larrabee. who lead the fight against
the roads in the granger days OF the
sos. Senator Larrabee said today
that the railroads must show by sta
tdsticy and their books that they
are losing money by the two cent pas
senger rate, before they will be al,
lowed to advance It, and they must
also show that they naHa--expauded
their money properly and not squan.
dered 1t as did the New Haven or as
charged in the case Of the Rock
Island.
The railroads, who have advertised
extensively In Iowa papers to show
their pitiful condition, will soon ask
for an advance of half cent In pas
senger rates and also request the
railroad commission to advance
freight rates which Chairman Cliff
ford Thorne says will cost the state
$12,000,OOO a year.
Wonran's Suffrage.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. %
Senator Allen, Of Pocahontas, and
Representative Ring, of Linn, today
introduced the woman's suffrage
amendment to the constitution In the
thirty-sixth general assembly. 1t was
passed two years ago and is expected
to pass this legislature without much
opposition and go to the voters at tho
next general election.
A joint session OF the labor COM
mittees Is considering a state wide
Investigation regarding the wages
paid women and children In Iowa
and conditions under which they work
and a probe similar to that in Hin
OILS last year is expected.
In the senate today, Senator Cas-
we'll offered a bill to adopt the Min
nesota libel law, giving the damaged
party the right to collect only actual
damages. Iowa newspapers are back
ing the project.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28

TINTED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-Presfdenl
Wilson today vetoed the immigration
bill and sent with the veto message
explaining his reason therefor. Clos
IRE OF the open door" and the use Of
: the literacy test and other restric
tons, were given as causes for his
action.
ut is with unaffected regret that
find myself constrained by clear con
viction to return this bill, said the
presidents message. Not only do
feel it to be very serious matter to
exercise the power OF veto In any
case. because 1t involves opposing the
single Judgment OF the president TO
the Judgment OF a majority OF both
the houses of congress, but candor
and sense OF duty with regard to the
Z responsibility so clearly imposed up.
on me by the constitution In matters
Of legislation, leave me no choice but
to dissent.
In two particulars of vital conse.
uuence, this bill embodied q radical
departure from the traditional and
longestablished policy of this coun.
TRY, 4 policy In which our people have
conceived the very character OF their
government to be expressed. the very
mission and spirit of the nation in
respect OF its relations 70 the peoples
OF the world outside their borders. 1t
seeks to all but close entirely the
gates Of asylum which have always
been open to those who could find no.
where else, the right and opportunity
of constitutional agitation for what
they conceived to be the natural and
inalienable rights of men; and 1t ex-
cludes those to whom the opportuni-
ties Of elementary education have
been denied, without regard to their
character, their purpose, or their
natural capacity.
Restrictions like these adopted
earlier in our history as nation
would very materially have altered
the course and cooled the humane
ardors of our politics. The right Of
political asylum has brought to this
country many man of noble char
acter and elevated purpose who was
marked as an outlaw in his own less
fortunate land, and who has yet be-
come an ornament to our citizenship
and to our public councils. The chill
dren and the compatriots Of these in
dustrious Americans must stand
amazed to see the representatives Of
THIS nation, now resolved In the full
ness OF our national strength and at
the maturity OF our great institutions
10 risk turning such men back from
our shores without test OF quality or
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
TURKEY

United Press Leased Wire Service
ATHENS, Jan, 28.-Flerce fighting
between the advance guards Of the
Turkish armies now menacing the
Suez canal and the British outposts
have occurred at three points In the
desert east Of the waterway, accord
Ing to dispatches received here today.
Arabian horsemen, scouting ahead
Of Turkish army declared to be
operating toward Ismailia, an impor-
tant British stronghold midway be-
tween Port Said and Suez, have en-
countered outposts Of British Indian
troops. Tho Arabians were outnum-
bered and fell back upon the main
body Of Turkish troops after sustain
Ing slight losses. A savage attack
was made by small band Of Turkish
troops upon British garrison at Biz
HeIeH. southeast Of FL kantara, where
sklrmIshine was reported In Cairo des-
patches yesterday. This attack also
was repuised but Indian troops who
pursued the retreating Turks declared
that they encountered surprisingly
large force Of the enemy encamped
less than fifty miles from the canal
and south Of the old caravan road lead
Ing from Egypt to Syria.
Reports that fighting has occurred,
not only within thirty miles Of the
canal itself but at two widely sepa-
rated points leads to the belief here
that the Turkish movement upon the
Suez has made much greater progress
than was supposed. constantinople
reports that three army corps Of near
ly 10000 men were marching on the
canal along three routes-toward
Port Sair, toward Suez and toward Is
n1aiIia-were not at first credited
here.
The appearance OF a body Of Tur-
kish troops as far south as Biz Tisex,
west Of lsmaIia. indicates that the
Turkish forces have been proceeding
quietly across the Sinai peninsula for
several weeks and now actually
threaten the canal. British strong
holds along the water way are report
ed guarded almost solely by east In
dian troops.
TURKISH VICTORIES.
coNsTANTlNoPLE, Jan. 2s. (vla
Turkish troops continue
their offensive movement in the prov
ince Of kars, southwestern Caucasus,
according to official dispatches today.
Advancing from near the Armenian
border, they pushed back Russian
forces encountered near oItI, eaptur-
ing. stores Of supplies and some am
munition. To prevent other supplies
from falling Into the hands Of the
Turks, the retreating Russians burned
a supply depot near oIti.
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BY Way Of Panama.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2S-Slipping
through light fog, the $3.000,000
steamship Great Northern, of the
Northern Pacific Steamship company,
cleared Marcus Point at 9:15 today
for San Francisco, via the Panama
canal The steamer had been SEIZED
uled to sail late yesterday, but was de-
layed by fog
Five hundred passengers, promi-
nent in every walk of life, were
abroad, bound for the Panama-Pacific
exposition The voyage is expected
to last about seventeen days. Upon
reaching the Pacific coast, the Great
Northern will be placed in coast wise
service between Portland, Oregon
and San Francisco
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
THE WEATHER

For Keokuk and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Friday, SLOWLY ris-
ling temperature.
cloudy tonight and Friday, slowly ris-
rising temperature.
For Illinois: Fair tonight probably
followed by increasing cIoudiness
Friday. Slowly rising temperature.
Weather Conditions.
The crest of the cold wave has
reached the upper Mississippi valley
this morning where the lowest tenn
peratures ranged from below zero
at ST. Louis to 80 degrees below at ST.
Paul. Light snow flurries from the
Missouri river to the Ohio valley and
the eastern states preceded the cold
wave. In the plains states and the
mountain region the temperature is
moderating slowly.
Conditions indicate partly cloudy
weather with slowly rising tempera-
ture for this section tonight and Fri
day.
Local Observations.
Jan. Bar. Their Wind W'th'r
81 p. M. 1880 2 Nit Snow
% z a. M. $3.50 --15 N Clear
Precipitation in % hours Grain or
melted snow snow 0.5 in.
River stage 700 a. m. Ia
Change in past "a hours, fall L.
Mean temperature, 4. Highest, II:
lowest, 8. Lowest last night 1G below
FRED z. GOSEwTsCH.
Observer.
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Was a Fatal Joke,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 2S.-After
Sergeant r. H. Stahl recovered a
stolen auto for which the entire force
had been ordered to search, he drove
slowly by Patrolman Klingensmith to
see IL the latter would recognize it.
The patrolman did, and Stahl is dead.
The sergeant did not stop promptly
when Klingensmith called to him and
be was shot through the head
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AUSTRIA

| United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
BAsLE, Switzerland, Jan. 28-Em-
peror Franz Joseph has sent the new
Austrian foreign minister, Baron
6urian Won Rajecz, to Germany. to
confer with Emperor Wilhelm with a
view to ending the war, according to
private advices from Vienna.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-28
Daily Thcuuht.

Only BY knowledge of that which is
not myself, shall myself be learned
Owen Meredith.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26
JACKSON LAID OUT
THE CITY OF TUSCUMBIA

Tuseumbia, Ala, located in Colbert
county very near the Tennessee river,
can boast that it was laid out by General
Andrew Jackson. The city was known
originally as Coldwater because of the
great spring almost in its center, from
which flows 1850 cubic feet of water
every minute of the day and which has
made a good-sized creek
General Jackson laid out the town one
and one-half mhes east and west and one
mile north and south with a common
all around the town on it's outer edge
In the early days Tuscumbia was one of
the most important Indian trading posts
in the south, and one of the older trading
buildings is yet standing, and Ike Hyde
is selling merchandise from it, The build
ing of the Alabaman- Dispatch was
erected in 1888 and<is still being used for
the purpose of printing one of the liveliest
weekly newspapers in the state, of which
John w. Davis is editor.
The big spring in Tuscumbia has been
famed Dr. a century for the volume and
purity of its water. 1t is the largest
spring in the south and is 125 feet below
the level of the Tennessee river at De-
catur Spring park. located neay the big
spring, is one of the most beautiful in
north Alabama, and it is here that the
Colbert county fair is held, and some of
the fastest horse racing in the country is
seen. These are not races of record, ror
high stakes, but there is real sport every
year. Through the efforts of the Fair
association, Colbert county is now being
stocked with blooded cattle and cattle
raising is rapidly assuming large proper
TONS
Tuscumbia is the oldest railroad town
in Alabama, the second railroad built in
the United States having been constructed
between Tuscumbia and Decatur being
known as the Tuscumbia, CORTLAND and
Decatur railway. 1T was used to trans
port freight from Decatur, above the
shoals, to Tuscumbia, below, where it was
then placed aboard steamers and shipped
to New Orleans and the world
TuscumGa has given to Alabama some
of her most noted sons, Governor Win
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26

Corn is easily grown in this section and
vegetables are not hard to raise. The
prosperous farmers here have mules of
sleek. well-fed appearance, unlike some
of the starved looking animals of other
sections The wagons on which they
haul their produts to Florence for dis
tribution throughout the state and the
south are good strongly built The p
pearance of the people themselves be-
speaks prosperity. 5000
All OF them are optimistic. The pres
ent crop year has been successful. They
have made money Their debts are paid,
hog and hominy rests secure and the
family larder is provided for, and the
outlook is of a most roseate hue The
people of Lauderdale are proud of Oak
land and her people. They are proud
of Oakland because of the excellence of
the soil They are proud of her~people
because of their sterling worth and of
their willingness to cooperate with the
county in matters that mean its advance
ment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26
OAKLAND IS PROGRESSIVE
FARMTOWN IN LAUDERDALE

One of the most progressive of the
farming communities in I4auderdale coun-
ty is Oakland, situated about eight miles
from Florence. directly the route of
the government post road. which is the
only road # it's kind in the United States,
the natioT o. government contributing $10,-
900 toward building it.
Oakland / as about 200 population, pub
lie schools 8 nd an indomitable spirit The
farming N ds in this particular sec
ton of Lauderdale are among the best to
be found in the state The residents of
this neighborhood are thrifty, and believe
in Investigation to the extent that lit
tie or no complaint has been heard from
that part of the county on account of
bad crops or low prices on cotton.
AS a matter of fact Oakland and the
immediate section had begun to diversity
crops even before the great statewide
campaign was started and it's people did
not feel the effects of the very low price
of cotton last fall as did other parts of
Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26

ston, one of the early executives of the
state having been a native of this city.
as was also Ex-Governor Robert E. Lind
sey
OF educational facilities Tuscumbia has
sufficient. system of public schools
that cannot be approached by town in
the state of its size cares for the children
Of the town, and the Deshler Female in
stitute is one of the great women schools
of the state. Graduates from this insti-
tuition require no further examination
when entering institutions of higher
learning John w. Davis is president of
the board of the institute and w. T. Far
ley is secretary. The school is owned
of Tuscumbia Mrs. James Jackson is
principal.
The health record of Tuscumbia for the
past % years has averaged high, the
death rate being between and G per
1000 per year for the total period.
The city is on the main line of the
Southern railway and is exactly one mile
from the Tennessee river. Freight rates
are not too high. The climate is all that
could be desired the average temperature
in the summer not exceeding 80 degrees
and that for the winter rarely falling be-
low 40 degrees above zero
The ward system of government OBJ
tains in Tuscumba and all departments
of the government work to the single
end that the people be served. John Sher-
rod is mayor of the city; William T.
Farley, clerk; j. c. Carter, treasurer;
w. F. Kicks, chief of police; B. L. Hart
zog, chief fire department; j. L. Cab
aniss, master street work. John W.
Dayis-is councilman from the first ward;
c. F. Bowen, from the second ward; o.
B. Clark from the third ward; Richard
Beck, from the fourth ward and d. 0.
Matthews from the fifth ward.