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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-22
Three of Them Piled in a Heap, While Fourth
Picked Up Dead and Injured and
Backed Away.
TRIPLE E-HEhOED SMASH BEFORE NOON
Ten People Reported Killed and Sixteen In
jured in Wreck of Two Passengers
and Freight.

| limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
J NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-Ten persons
were killed and sixteen injured in a
triple-headed smash, wrecl1ing two
New Haven passenger trains and a
freight near Milford, Conn, shortly
before noon today.
Reports at the Offices OF tho road
early this afternoon stated that the
dead included four trainmen. The
remainder were passengers. Several
OF the injured were said to be In q
serious condition. They were in the
rear car OF train No. 70 which was
struck by special passenger train
No. 8.
According to accounts reaching the
New Haven Offices, passenger train
No. 70 had stopped at O point about
| three-fourths of a. mile from Milford,
Conn, because OF a defective air
hose between the engine and the for
ward car. A special passenger train
bound in the same direction toward
New York, crashed into the rear car
Of No. 70. The engine of the special
and the rear coach Of the stalled train
were overturned. A moment later the
freight hurtled into the overturned
engine and coach, which had fallen
across tHe ueHL Train. All LIle tIdlllo
were going In the same direction.
A fourth train ARRIVING shortly after
the crash, picked UP the injured and
finding the road to New Haven i'm
passable, backed into Bridgeport,
twelve miles in the rear
According to the New Haven's de-
scription OF the wreck, both 70 and
the other passenger train were par
TALLY wrecked. The freight cars piled
in a huge tumble when the engine
struck and the entire right Of way was
blocked
This is the first serious wreck on
the New Haven since the long series
OF disasters during 1911, 1912 and
1918. Between June 8. 1911, and Sep
tember 2, 1913. there were fifteen
wrecks on the road in which a total
Of fifty-eight persons were killed and
800 injured.
State and federal investigation fol
lowed Soon after the wreck at Wall
ingford, in which twenty-five persons
were killed and fifty hurt, Howard
Elliott, now head of the road was
elected president. He set about re-
organizing the system.
The survivors Of the wreck will ar
rive in New York at 3:15 on special
train made up at Bridgeport. Included
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-22
SEARCH FOR ANARCHIST
IN MILWAUKEE TODAY

letter to New York newspaper
Crones said that he was going to leave
New York in the next twenty-four
hours and 1t IS believed he may have
COME to this city
The Milwaukee police were notified
that Crones may be In hiding here,
by States Attorney Hoyne of Chicago,
over the telephone today.
The police are also investigating a
fire which threatened to destroy St.
Paul's Episcopal church on Sunday in
connection with their search for
Crones. About $4,000 damage was
done to the church.
Another Letter from Crones.
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-In the be-
lief they had captured Jean Crones.
the chef wanted for attempt to poison
diners at the Archbishop Mundelein
dinner in Chicago, the police today
took into custody a man answering
Crones' description. The suspect later
identified himself and was released
A newspaper stated it had received
letter purporting to come from
Crones early today. dated Chicago.
but mailed from New York. The
writer said he had taken UP the bur
den Of tie workers and Intended to
wae IN cdpltahsm
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-22
BOARDING HOUSE
FIRE WAS FATAL
Five Lives Lost When Flames
Swept Through the
Building This
Morning.
ONE LEAPED TO DEATH
Five Story Brown Stone Structure
Proved Death Trap for
Four Of the
Inmates.
ONE LEAPED TO DEATH

United Press Leased Wire Service ]
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-Five persons
lost their lives in a fire which swept
theatrical boarding house on West
Forty-fourth street early today
-Four Of the victims were trapped in.
side the house and their bodies were
found after firemen fought their way
through the flames to the upper floors
One man jumped from a rear window
on the fourth floor and struck fence
His head was almost severed.
The boarding house was five story
brown stone structure just Off Broad
way.
Hundreds of guests in the Claridge
and Lennox hotels, within 100 feet OF
the boarding house, were aroused by
the flames.
The dead are:
CHRISTI ANTONIO, 81, waiter.
THOMAS KRATHAS, 35, restaur-
ant keeper.
EMILY DOBLITCH, 80, house keep
er.
THOMAS MUsTOROPUL1s. 22,
kitchen man.
PETER JANAS, 81, waiter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-22

I said they had not heard Of any passen
| gers to sail on their ships having been
warned, there was an evident feeling
Of uneasiness in shipping circles.
The new decree announced by Ger
many under which armed merchant
men will be sunk without warning be-
comes effective March 1. The Espagne
| is due to reach Bordeaux, March T.
| and would, therefore, be in hostile wa.
ters when the order becomes effective.
Officials of the French line said the
Espagne would sail as scheduled. They
venture no opinion as to whether the
warning received by Mrs. Hilton was
from responsible source. An investi-
CATION is being made, it was stated,
but early today little had been accom-
plished.
The letter. enclosed in type-writ-
ten envelope. says: --,7sts =
"Madam-It ls understood that you
intend to sail within the next few days
upon the steamer Espagne for Bor-
deaux, France. You are doubtless
fully aware of the intended submarine
policy which is to come into effect
any day and which will be carried out
vigorously, irrespective Of the nation
ality Of persons upon the vessel at
tackled. Therefore. assuming that you
are aware Of the unusual and unneces-
sary danger that you are to subject
yourself to, you are requested to re-
ceive this warning as definite and un-
questionably necessary and which you
are requested not to question, but to
accept for the safety of yourself and
family"
At are French line offices today, it
was announced that the departure OF
the Espange had been postponed fronl
Thursday to Friday. The sailing had
been previously put over from today.
The delay in sailing Is not due to the
warning letters, It was declared.
1--WE ignore such reported warn
ings," 1t was said.
Germany's Next Move.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The eyes
OF Washington of1lcinldom was on
Berlin today; it is Gerniany's next
growing out Of the armed merchant
man decree. Officials are awaiting
with much interest the expected reply
from the Berlin foreign Office to Am
bassador Bernstorff's reply regarding
this country's attitude. Officials ex-
pect Berlin to respond within a day
or two at the most. Meanwhile
Washington was equally engrossed in
the proba tle outcome Of personal feel
ing between Lansing and Bernstorff
Bernstorff has not been near the
state department since Lansing semi
officially but vigorously indicated his
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-22
Foreigners i'm Turkey Protected
Under Star Spangled Banner

tine. In the cutter was Mrs. Nor
genthau, who returned to America
five months ago, and the ambassa-
doris three daughters. A son who
has spent several weeks in Constan-
tinople, returned with his father.
Morgenthau displayed the same dis
cretion in talking with newspaper
men that was evident when Brand
Whtlock returned from Belgium
There is much that 1 might say"
said Morgenthau. Secretary Lans-
ing, however, is fearful that l might
talk too much. I had letter handed
to me at the pier telling me to be
very guarded In my remarks"
This letter is also believed to have
advised Morgenthau of the latest de-
yelopments in the controversy be-
tween the United States and Tur-
keys allies.
The ambassador Maid be wvuad
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-22
Preparedness Program for the
United States Provides for
Many More Soldiers.

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-One mil
lion trained American soldiers in five
years, including regulars, state
militia and reserves, was the preten-
tious goal toward which leaders in
congress were working today.
Tentative arguments on the army
preparedness program of the senate
and house military committees were
being drafted. The bills will be be-
fore congress within a fortnight il Is
expected The senate and house COM
mlttees will first try to reach an
agreement and then obtain the ok"
Of President Wilson.
Preliminary drafts of the senate
and house bills propose increasing
the regular army respectively to
about 100000 and 100000.
To secure the objective Of about
100000 trained men, the house lead
prs have the following plans:
Increase the regular army from its
present strength of 100000 to 100000.
Increase the militia. federaltzed, to
about 425,000.
Provide for reserve from the reg
tllar army of about 5000 men retir-
ing annually or 100000 in all after
fve years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-22
F RANCE

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
PARIS, Feb. 22.-Seven German
battalions, by a most violent attack
against tho French front In the Bois
Givenchy region, carried more than
half mile of French first line
trenches and also second line trenches
in many places, the French war office
admitted this afternoon.
The >utons occupied first line
French > lions on a front Of more
count a ttacks, they were repuIsed
from ActicaIIy all the second line
: war office reported that the
T g IAN losses were heavy.
:, ne Germans charged the French
es after very violent artillery
ombardment lasting several hours.
.rhe war office last night mentioned
heavy artillery actions at this sector
of the front, reporting that French
guns were replying ensrgetically to
the German she'll fire.
The Germans hurled high explosive
sheiis Of all callbres and asphyxiating
gas bombs. French first line trenches
were blown to pieces under the ter
rifle bombardment at many places.
ii0 SCIIIIait SiS'oHS'S w.
gan late yesterday afternoon. Against
front of less than a mile, the Ger
mans hurled nearly 5000 men in sue
cessive attacks. Into these thick
columns the French played steady
streams Of shrapneI, machine gun
bullets and explosive sheIls that
wrought terrible loss Of life.
Inc German bombardment has fail
ed to wreck the French line positions.
From their third line the French
counter attacked and quickly drove
tho Germans out Of much Of the con-
quered ground.
Violent artillery fighting Indicating
possibly the beginning Of another Ger
man offensive, Is continuing around
Verdun. The war office admitted that
the Germans succeeded In penetrating
French first line trenches east Of Bra
bants- U rmeuse, but reported that two
violent German attacks east Of Sep-
pois, in the Vosges, were fepulsed.
German fliers have been most active
along the entire front In the last
twenty-four hours. A Zeppelin dropped
bombs on Lune~iIIe last night, but
did only slight damage, the war office
asserted. ,t.s.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-22

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-Henry Nor
genthau, United States ambassador to
Turkey, returned from Constantinople
today aboard the Scandinavian Amer
lean liner Frederick VIII for sixty
day vacation, during which he plans
to get in touch with American affairs
Imm ediately upon his arrival he
put down a heavy foot on rumors
connecting his name with the cabinet
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Secretary of War Garrison. There
is no truth in these rumors," he said,
adding that his work was cut out
along other lines" and that he expects
to return to his post at least by
May 1.
A reception committee appointed by
Mayor Mitchell and headed by Cleve-
land II. Dodge went down the bay
and met the Rmbasoa1or or Quaran.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-22

, among these passengers are under.
stood to be many who suffered from
minor injuries.
The total number of injured includ-
ing those who we're only slightly hurt,
will reach fifty, the Bridgeport police
understood.
Tho First Report.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 22.-Fas-
senger train No. 10. on the New Hav-
en- railway, plowed through a derailed
freight train between Woodmont and
Milford, Conn, shortly before noon
today. First reports said the wreck
was serious.
Two special trains loaded with
physicians and nurses left here short
ly after noon, giving rise to the report
that many persons had been injured
and that there may have been several
deaths. The New Haven refused TO
permit several reporters who ap-
Piled, to go to the scene of the wreck
The train No. 79 left New Haven
at 1913 for New York. 1t was twen-
ty minutes late. At Indian river
switch the freight train struck, tho
passenger train crashing straight
through It.
An unconfirmed report from the
Milburn police received here was that
possibly five persons we're killed and
upwards Of fifty injured. Railway Off
,ctals expressed the belief that the po-
lice estimate was too high.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-22
New German Submarine Warfare Plan to be
Carried Out as Originally Intended,
Starting on First of March.
NO COMPROMISE BY THE GERMANS
Anonymous Letters Warn People Against Sail
ing on French Steamer Which Leaves
on Friday. ..

fBy Carl w. Ackerman. United Press
Staff Correspondent.l
BERLIN, Feb. 22-Nowhere in Ber
! lin is there evident the slightest de
sire to withhold Germanys new sub
marine warfare because of protests
from the United States.
cans must suffer the consequences II
they embark on belligerent merchant
men carrying arms after March ]. The
patient attitude toward America dis
played during the Lusttania negotta'
tons. it is plain today, no longer e1'
lists because OF the popular feeling
that America already has h1ndered SO
many OF Gernlany's plans.
The Berlin newspapers have carried
no discussion for two days on Amer.
ica's q ide toward Germany's new
campais against armed merchant
men. 1t is generally known, how
ever. that with tfe Inauguration Of the
new warfare only eight days distant.
the difficulties between the two coun-
tries have not bssen solved. In some
quarters 1t is believed a satisfactory
settlement will He reached: in others
the greatest pes)simism prevails. The
public is impatGently waiting the be-
ginning Of attacks on armed English
merchantmen; )the anti-English feel
ing apparently fhaving been intensified
by the GermanJ- American dispute. This
was evidenced by the favorable COM
ment on Sundays air raids on the
English coast.
Secretary ISansing'S statement to
Ambassador HBernstorff has not been
published in its entirety. Those who
have read 4 +. however, profess to be
greatly sur1 brised in view Of unofficial
reports thai & America is willing to
warn Ame -icans to stay off armed
merchant 4ships. The situation today
cannot we III be compared with any
similar ST tuation in the past. Ger
many app Barently is united on the sub
marine vi lar, all parties urging the gov
ernment mot to compromise.
8Anonymous Warnings.
NEW YORK. Feb. 22-AnonymOus
letters, ,0 warning against taking pass
age on the liner Espagne because or
danger Of submarine attacks, have
been RI sceived oy Americans intending
to sail on the ship, according to reports
reachil !ay steamship officials. The Es-
pagne sails Thursday. Mrs. E. Bank
or HI lton today made public letter
which she had received. 1t is similar
to thdk anonymous warnings received
BY AM ericans who sailed on the Lusi-
ania d md lost their lives when the big
Cunara ler was torpedoed and sent to
he bd bttom.
WhiS lie officials of the Cunard and
,ther Llines operating ships to Europe
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-22
FRENCH TRENCHES ARE CAPTURED
GERMANY

[ United Press Leased Wire Service.
BERLIN, Feb. 22.-oernlan troops
have captured 800 yards of French
trenches and 326 prisoners in fighting
east OF Souohez, tho war office an
nounced this afternoon.
Flghhns 10 growing more violent on
the Alsne and Champagne fronts, tho
war office announced.
Northeast of Tahure, In the Cham
payne, French grenade attack
failed" said the official statement.
"Lsvely actions are occurring along the
Aisne and In the Champagne"
The war office admitted that Ger
man airship was shot down last night
by French gunners near RIveigny.
"The weather cleared off yester-
day." said the official statement
"LlveIy artillery fire, therefore occur
red at many places along the front;
for Instance, between the Lahassee
canal and Arras, where the Germans
after an efficient fire stormed 800
yards Of the French positions, cap
turing seven officers and 319 mon.
Between the Somme and Disc on tho
Aisne front and several places In tho
CURED.
"Northwest Of Tahure, a French
grenade attack failed. On the
heights on both sides Of the Meuse,
artillery dueIs have begun, which at
some places assumed considerable
force. The gun fire continued during
last night.
Numerous air ffehts between fliers
Of both sides have occurred, especial
ly behind the enemies front"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-22
ENGLAND

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
LONDON, Feb. 22-Paris dispatches
officially announcing destruction Of
zeppeitns since the war and Rotor
dam dispatches announcing heavy
losses inflicted on tho teutona In
Flanders, aroused great enthusiasm
| here today.
Newspapers pointed out In nine
great battles and raids participated in
by moro than 100 aeropIanes on all
fronts in the last twenty-four hours,
the allied fliers more than held their
own.
"Very heavy fighting Is proceeding
on the British front In Flanders north
and south Of Ypres, where the Ger
mans are concentrating their attack,
said Rotterdam dispatch today.
"Troops are being sent from Ghent
and launched against the British front
at Ypres. Largo numbers Of German
wounded are arriving at Ghent and
Bruges.
"The British have made many fierce
attacks with hand erenades and bombs
from trenoh mortars and there has
been occasional desperate bayonet
work.
"The fighting continues at several
points from Steenstraete to the south
Of Ypres. Conbats between aero
planes are general and tho German
lines of communications west Of
Courtrai has been bomharded."
STEAMER SUNK.
LONDON, Feb. 22.-The British
steamer Dineley, dispIacinn $50 tons,
and registered at Liverpool, has been
sunk with the loss of several lives.
Advices to her owners today said
there probably was only one survivor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-22
AN ARMY OF A MILLION
IN NEXT FIVE YEARS

Provide for a reserve from the
militia, of men. retiring from active
service of about 100000 annually.
Indications today were that in con-
ference, the senate and house COM
mittees will finally decide upon in
creasing the regular army to between
100000 and 100000 1t was stated
that if the senate will accept the
house plan to federalize the militia
as a substitute for the continental
army plan, the house would accept a
larger increase of the regular army
The tentative house bill now pro-
vides for expenditure this year of
slightly over $4,000, 900 as COM
pared with the S1S2.OOO,O0O expendi-
ture proposed by former Secretary
Garrison.
To meet constitutional objections
limjnng federal control of the ma
tiOnal guard, the house plans to pro-
vide for merely nominal state con-
troll. draft clause viii be framed
TO draft the militia into the United
States forces in time of threatened or
actual invasion or war. To insure
federal supervision, government con-
troll militia. equipment will be made
dependent upon their agreement 10 a
war draft and they would be barred
meet conditions imposed as to uni
form training.
Whether President Wilson will ac-
cept this plan for federaIizing the
militia, Is uncertain, letters to Secre-
tsry Garrison having declared for un-
federal control.
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leave for Washington at midnight
and would be unable TO say much I'M
til after he mad visited the state de-
partment.
have had the unusual privilege of
being Of some service to my coun-
try he said And in that way |
have been repaying the debt every
successful man owes his country.
at Constantinople, l first looked
after only American interests. Later
I became interested in the Jews
finally spread the American flag out
like a huge umbrella as one after an
other of the belligerent nations
sought refuge under its shelter. My
duty was to see that no one nation
pulled too mucn Of the flag down over
its head. If l have been successful
it is due to the respect the United
States receives everywhere and to
the assistance from President Wilson
and the stses departnenk
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-22
Francis Is Co nslderinq.

United Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-David r.
Francis, whom rumor has connected
with the appointm ent Of ambassador
to Petrograd after forty-fve minutes
with President Wilson today would
only say:
II am still considering" without ex-
planning what he was considering.
However since he went from the white
house to Secretary Lansing's office,
it is considered certain the Russian
ambassadorship was the matter dis
cussed. It is presumed the present
status OF affairs in Petrograd was pre-
sented to him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-22
It is Thought That Crones is
in Hiding in That City,
With Friends.

Press Leased Wire Service. ]
yATrKEE, Wis, Feb. 22s-Mil-
police were today notified by
\ authorities that they had In
Ion that Jean Crones. alleged
of the anarchist group Wh1ch
ted to poison guests at the
It given in honor Of Arch olshop
|lein in Chicago, Is hiding IN Mil
b.
receiving the information from
8. Captain John F. Sullivan, OF
Ilwaukee detective force, took
ll charge Of q squad OF officers
Nring the third ward where
lack handlers and some anarch-
said to reside.
! Iolice were silent on Gil new
(aents In the case. Captain
denied that there had oeen
Ssts. As..4
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-22
Worst Storm In Years.

Worst Storm In Years.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK. Feb. 22.-The Scan
dinavian American liner Frederick
VIII aboard which Ambassador Henry
Morgenthau was a passenger, was
battered by record breaking storms
in mid-Atlantic. according to officers
upon their arrival here today. Cap
tain Thausen declared he had en-
countered no greater storms in thirty
three years at sea. For four days the
liner lay to and drifted, unable to
make any headway.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-22
TURKEY !
[ey VIM. G. Shepherd, United Press
Staff Correspondent.l

L
Staff Correspondent
ATHENS, Feb. 22-The ancient
city Of Ephesus in Asia Minor is the
latest biblical town to feel the war.
Three French warships bombarded
the Ephesian suburbs for several
hours on January 28, 20 and 30, ac-
cording to ConstantinopIe dispatches
today. The bombardment was direct
ed at the railway from Smyrna to
Aidin which passes by the ruins Of
the centuries old town. Four persons
were killed and several wounded.
Constantinople reported, however,
that none Of the famous old build
inge of Ephesus was damaged.
Ephesus now only collection Of
struggling villages, lies thirty-five
miles southeast of Smyrna. In an
cfent times it was one of the twelve
cities of Inonia and it figured prori-
nentiy In the early history Of the
christian church.
ARE IN RETREAT.
LONDON, Feb. 22.-FaliIng back on
q 21O mile front before the Russian
advance, the Turks are now menaced
from a new source by the movement
of iarae bodies Of British reinforce
ments up the Tigris toward kut-EI-
Amara.
Well trained and equipped indian
troops In large forces are moving to
reinforce General Ayimer, twenty
miles southeast Of kut-ELAmara.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-22
RUSSIA

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
PETROGRAD, Feb. 22-Forty thous-
and Turks were killed, wounded or
made prisoners in the capture Of Err
zerum and subsequent fighting, &C.
cordina to dispatches received here
today. Other prisoners are being
brought in daily, said Tlffs dispatches