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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-01
Before End of Next Week
There Will be %, 900 Nation
al Guardsmen on
the Border.
RELIEVE 5000 REGULARS
Pershing Has But 1000 Menain Mexl,
co Now, With Three Times a.
Many oreasers cSose
1t Hand,

ELL PAsO, Texas, July 1.-Today q
tented city of several thousand milf
tia men is coming into existence on
the cactus-decked plain near Fort
Bliss.
Before the end Of the coming week
there will be an army OF $4,000 ma
tonal guardsmen stretching: from M
Paso to Columbus. N. M.
They will gradually assume the
patrol duties of over six thousand
regulars, who can be rushed into
Mexico to join General Pershing's
column. Local authorities believed
Carranza's statement from Mexico
City yesterday might lead to the
While the militia;s advance on the
border ID screened by an official
silence, 10000 from FennsyIvania
and New Jersey are the vanguard
expected here today. Regulars at
Fort Bliss were hard at work this
morning, clearing the new camp site
of mesquite and cactus.
II can give no Information tre-
garding troop movements" General
Bell stated IT have received instrlc-
tions from Washington to this effect.
But we expect the advance guard OF
militia sometime today and ofhers
are enroute."
The regulars relieved by the ar
rival Of the national guard, will be
held in momentary readiness for
dash into Mexico should war event
ually result. With the 5000 regu-
lars from the FL Paso zone, General
Pershing will have punitive force
of about $1,000. The latest estimate
of the U. 8. army now in Mexico is
about 11,O0o. Pershtng Will have
only one-third the number OF force
Mexicans have concentrated around
the horseshoe line around the Amer
leans. The Mexicans are believed to
have laid their plans for quick
blow by superior numbers in case OF
war.
The negro cavalrymen captured at
Carrizal and released from chihuahua
prison were among the first to see
the twenty-three horses returned py
the defacto government yesterday on
their arrival at Fort Bliss. With
shout of Joy, the Carrizal heroes made
mad rush to see If among those re-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-01
No Orders For Loluu Guards
to Moue to the Border
First Cavalry to Arrive This Euenng and viii be Giuen
Royal Welcome By Camp Dodge

North Liberty will
by the entire brigade
uee
There will drills and athletic
provisions the
battalion after they the front
the border
BILL PAssE III
rya a owet th Income
rsetaf Small CNr canna voted
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-01
Preparedness to be Paid for by
Income, Inheritance
and MunitiOn
Taxes.
BOND ISSUE FOR WAR
Revenue Stamps viii be Discarded
After the New Proposition Has
Been Put Into
Effect.

WASHINGTON, July 1-Income,
Inheritance and munitions taxes are
to pay the cost of preparedness. II
there is war, the cost will be paid
for by bond issues.
Shifting the burdens almost entire
ly upon accumulated wealth and big
incomes, the new revenue bill to be
introduced in the house today Is
epoch-making in-the opinion of admin
istration leaders. 1t will establish
national Inheritance tax as a perma-
nent part of the fiscal system of this
country. 49,.
Experts say the new bill will recon-
mend approximately s210,oO0,O00 ad-
ditional revenue-$1OO,o 100000 from
incomes, $50, 100000 from inheritances
and -$5O,000,O0O from munitions.
The present normal tax rate Is
boosted from one to two per cent. The
super-taxes will begin at $4,000 and
will increase at the rate Of one per
cent on each classification, until ten
per cent is levied on all incomes in
excess of $50O,0OO. The inheritance
tax provisions will exempt all estates
under $4,000 If the testator was a
resident of the state in which the
property lies. If a nonresident, there
will be no exemption. The tax rates
are one per cent for estates under
$4,000; two per cent for estates be-
tween s5e;OOo and S15o,o00; three per
cent between $4,000 and $4,000; four
per cent between $3.50, 900 and 100000
and five per cent on estates in excess
of S450,O00. 0 The bill is so drafted as
not to interfere with the purely state
inheritance tax laws now on the
statute books.
Varying states of taxation are i'm.
posed on munition factories. If re-
ceipts of a paint manufacturing gun
powder and explosives do not exceed
a million dollars, a tax Of five per
cent is laid. Eight per cent is de-
manded where the receipts are in ex-
cess of that sum. A sliding scale of
rates is also provided for cartridges
and other munitions of war.
The stamp taxes are wiped out, al.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-01
Long Expected Offensive Be-
gan This Morning With
Tremendous Smash
Against Germans.
MILLIONS OF BIG SHELLS
Word Sent Directly From the Front
70 London, Telling Of Progress
Of WORLDS Greatest
Attack.
TBy Ed L. Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent

- - vy.,x.S 49,. ca ~
/ lby Eo L. heen' onileu rress o'an
ulLesponuvn.j g Tl ~
LONDOtS' Jy ne ions eApeG,
60 brllisn onseie s., paI a.
lnis nori,ins wiz usa tleiluoue ..I e.ll
against lne 1etan ~ ,e ~ 80
mile Iront Aoitn VI tne oo.lio' ils
.aan;a1 t,,,,I..ins from, or-n,v be.don.r-
tars +ndou
Tbe prit;sh awent forward with a
,,,sh 30 n+ur;np some enemy front line
trannhas MANY German nrisoners
,1ora tni,an Tho Rrit;sh attaclrs
,,,are oant;nr,rr WITH the rraa+est vic.
Ianca 81 tho hn,r when ths disnatches
800 Siad
rha Ars. ~.nor+. ver. no.hed m
y.,s. - L,.t,,s J r,ae,-e, ,,co,, Nave.
n e. ~ I I,,,.,.s> 8. .sriv -,
~ xSp0. 80 .s.s a. aeraat.
euar,.rha,a ne vauo ~ W1ith;, FEW ninutes
az, MnsAe. ,1 Indon
1.s. ns molu 70 epleau LIZ Ls
'no VIZ push nAS
The war office thus FAR mas issued
no official statement. But the puDic,
aroused Dy announcement early .ouas
maa Tue RUSSIANS sa hase .t saptntTo 81 RoIoas .
.hat ' '. the O Eneu 49,, 80. .nontureI
Th;.rn,nn. @ 80. -: .ha ha sa,tins nnrtb.
aant as Wa' lOs ~ Inu ~ 1taI;.ns
orc .ta, a,In ,.h,n an nort,n.ard un in the
Trant;no a. puse w. h'IIa+ins 90
a,as -. y. aoeep.eu .ne ,.,., ,rai+ad
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-01
CAPTURED bv Russians

COPENHAGEN, July Russian
torpedo boats have captured the Ham
burg-Am erican steamer Hermonthis,
with a cargo valued at $4,000. The
newspaper Dagensnyheter reported
today. The Hermonthis was enroute
from Lulea, Sweden to Stettin.
The Hermonthis displaces 4,7S2
tons and is 3S2 feet long. She was
built In 1896 and is registered at
Hamburg.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-01
Udine Bombarded.

ROME, July 1.-Austr1an aero
nlanes have bombarded Udine, ac-
cording to dispatches received here
today. There were several casualties.
Udine, lying near the 1sonzo front.
was until recently the Headquarters
Of General Cadorna, commander IN
chief of the Italian armies.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-01
GUARDS Of
ILLINOIS ARE
AT BORDER
First Infantry is at Fort Sam
Houston, Anxious to
Go Farther
South.
SAW REAL MEXICANS
SAW REAL MExICANs
Balance Of Militia Arc Getting Away
From Springfield Slowly
Because Of tho
Railroads.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July L.
The men of the First Illinois in
fantry tllmbled out at reveille today
and began to scan the country to the
south for their first glimpse of Mex
leo. None of them had eye-sight
equal to the task. The border is
about 200 miles from Fort Sam Hous-
ton.
The Illinois militia arrived last
night and was Immediately assigned
to camp A, at the head of the line
provided for the Illinois and Wiscon-
sin brigade Colonel Sanborne, COM
manding, was handed blue print by
an attache of the quarternrasters de-
partment. The map enabled him to
assign his men to their tent sites
without the aid Of regular army Of
ficers.
The entire Illinois contingent is ex-
pected here early next week. The
Second regiment will be located at
Camp B and the Third at Camp G.
The Seventh New York regiment
reached here late last night and was
transferred to the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass railroad without de-
training. 1t was expected to reach
Brownsville about noon today. The
illinois guardsmen had their first
clash with Mexicans late yesterday
and won an overwh Ginning victory.
One Of the troop trains halted few
minutes in Waxahachie, the spring
training camp of the Detroit Tigers.
Half a dozen MeMcans were standing
near the track. Some of the guards
men wanted to know If they were
Indians. When assured they were
Mexicans, the soldiers opened up on
them with a salvo of hard tack pack
ages. The "spigs" sought shelter be
hind box cars until the train pulled
out
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-01
DELAYED In Moving.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, July Lack
of sufficient railroad equipment to
move units Of the Illinois national
guard still remaining in the camps
here. is the big problem confronting
army officers here today. The last
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The Telegraph service Of The
Daily Gate City and Constitu-
toni Democrat is received over
our own leased wire.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-01

Continued warm. Fair. Local
temp p. m. 80; Z a. M. Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-31
twelve new MEMBERS
Commercial Club Additions in One
Mans Campaign.

Twelve new members have been
added to the Topeka Commercial CLUB
since July /, through the efforts OF
Richard Wilson. the new membership
secretary. In addition thirty-five
members have paid their dues, making
a total of 5S7 mambers. The members
are
e. d. Chthero. life insurance, Cen
trail bank building; Tinkham Veale,
president Home Builders ASSOCIATION
New England building; P. p Womer'
president Washburn college; }. M.
kirkpatrick, president Knights ana
Ladies of Security; DR.. w. M no
maine, dentist, 1874 Kansas avenue; o.
c. Baker. B. r. B. Clothing company,
71O Kansas avenue; E. H. Lowcry,
Throop hotel, Fourth and Kansas ave-
uues; w. P. FEEDER, travelling salesman.
Crane & Company; E. E. Hopes, trav-
cling salesman, Crane & Company; A.
B. Kirkpatrick, Capital City garage,
119 East Seventh street; Charles w.
Enrich, shoe dealer, S23- Kansas ave
nue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-31
PLENTY OF OFFERS
No Dearth of Skin for "Baby
Who Never Smiles"
Clerk in Dry Goods Store Offers
Flesh to Cause.

There will be no dearth of skin and
flesh for the baby who never smiles
if county officials and surgeons finally
agree upon a series of operations.
A third woman, one VINO is employ
ed in dry goods store on Kansas ave
nue.. has written that she will sadly
make the sacrifice and she wishes to
make it within the next two weeks,
during ner vacation She has never
seen the baby She knows of it Only
through stories about it read IN the
State Journal. But she has tender
spot in her heart for all babies, ana
particularly for this unfortunate little
founding. defcrmed' as it is
One trouble is that the Shawnee
county commissioners do not feel that
it is up to them to stand any add
tional expense in this case. 1he
mother of the child came to Crittenton
home from Dodge City. Ford county
lis her home After giving birth ; c the
deformed child she returned to her
home and left the child here. Ev7ntu-
ally it reached the county detention
home Ford county should care fo- il
and the county commissioners are try
ing to arrange for that
The money end of it, the matter OF
support, does not interest the Topeka
woman who writes that she is willing
to give enough skin and flesh from
her body to make an upper lip for the
baby Her attitude is one of sent1-
ment-Sympathy IOr an iHnOcehl III
| fortunate. She writes:
ITO the Editor of the State Journal.
81 am 4 woman in excellent health
| and employed in one of the dry goods
stores on Kansas avenue. l expect
| to have a vacation in a few days and
will be glad. at that time, to part with
a little of my flesh and skin for the
| poor little baby born without an upper
/ lip. 1 sincerely request that no pub
licity be given the matter. l woulo
rather that my name be withheld.
MY motive is purely an unselfisf
one prompted by love for all infants
this one NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. with
out a parent. 1t surely would suffer
many hard knocks in this battle fol
existence, doubly SO if deformed, fol
very few, like ugly things about them
| I will permit an examination any
| time and If my flesh is healthy, give
sufficient for a little baby's lip.
cheerfully and gladly and thankfully
/ offer myself"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-31

merchants have been Turing away bus
mess that legitimately belongs to local
merchants, Mr.. Kelley told commits
sioners this morning. Out of town
companies operating here, usually
send letters to prospective customers
before representatives come to the
city. The general practice is to dis
play a stock of samples in hotel
room and solicit orders for future de-
livery.
Last year a company succeeded IN
unloading on Topeka customers a Dig
stock of ladies' garments. Represen-
tatives of the same concern were III
the city recently disposing of an i'm
mense shoe stock. Practically every
line of merchandise is handled by the
itinerant salesman, Mr.. Kelley asserts
Several ordinances already have
been passed by the city commission
with a view to discouraging out OF
town competition. Under a law passed
less than a year ago, concerns that
maintain stores in Topeka for sever9.
weeks before the holidays are taxed
S25 a day The ordinance, however,
did not cover concerns which take
orders for future delivery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-31
OFFICES TO Topeka
Local Business Men Look for r. l.
Move From Harrington.


Considera Bile credence is placed in a
report here that the Rock Island will
move a part or all of it's Herington
offices, including the division superin-
tendent's office, to Topeka in substitu
ton for offices moved from Topeka
several months ago, by business men
and those familiar with recent Rock
Island activities today.
The principal office the Rock Island
would move is the superintendent
office.
c. 5. Elliott, chairman of the COM
mittee which is representing this city
in negotiations with the railroad for
offices here, said today he would. not
be surprised if the report were true.
The Heringten move he said
was one of those discussed some time
ago by the committee and the road
However, the Topeka committee has
been letting the matter rest pending
the receivership Reorganization"
Authorities for the report here are
closely connected with the workings
of the Chicago office of the Rock
Island. An official announcement
from the road to the effect that the
Topeka offices are to be filled is eA-
pectcd any time.
Additional offices to the superin-
tendents department which would be
moved here, the report says, are the
division chief dispatcher's departing At,
the roadmaster's office and possibly
the master mechanics department
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-31
MAKES SIXTH ESCAPE
Clyde Stratton Out Again-Once Made
Get Away From Kan. "Pen.''

Chicago. July 31.-Clyde Stratten,
noted convict, and two other prisoners
escaped from the Illinois penitentiary
at Joliet yesterday, according to u tel
egram received by the Chicago detec-
tive bureau last night. 1t was the
sixth time Stratton has broken out of
some prison in a comparatively short
criminal career.
William A. Hart ana William Nc
Glade, the otlier two to escape. were
serving life sentences for murder.
from the Leaverworth. Kan, prison
by crawling a mile through a sewer.
-Four times before that he had proved
the futility of prison bars. This time
he was serving a fOurteen-year sem
tence for the murder of a banker at
Silvia, Ill.
Strattcn has had a picturesque ca
reer. He was arrested in richly fur
ldshed apart ments here soon after the
Logue murder in the McVicker build
ing several years ago and was turned
over to the federal authorities for a
poStoffice robbery and was sent to
Leavenworth. Guns ard ammunition
and such loot were found in his apart
n,ents.
Previous to his Leavenworth escape
penitentiary
A hole bored in the roof OF the cell
corridor at Joliet prison furnished the
means of escape for the three convicts
who got out last night, it was found
today by investigators, directed by
Warden Michael thinner Warden
thinner has Instituted an investiga-
ton of the conduct of the guards
whose laxity is blamed for the escape.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-31
RECRUITS GO THROUGH
Tcrty of $50 to Join the New York
National Guard.

To scrap the bally Mexicans. don't
you know" one hundred and fifty re-
cruits for the n w York National
Guard regiments on the border passed
through this city Sunday.
The men came through on the Rock
Island. They stopped here only long
enough to obtain ice and water
Gosh, it's nice and cool out here
one of the men who confided ne was
from Buffalo, told a Topekan who
happened to walk past the train.
Some optimist,'' muttered The To-
pekan as he mopped his face with a
handkerchief that looked like it had
already seen considerable service. 81
reckon I'd ought to have killed that
fellow he told an acquaintance, but
he had too much to learn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-31
COUNT STRIKE VOTE
Will Know Result by August S-Tiien
Officials to Act.

Cleveland, O., July 31.-President S.
w. Stone of the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Engineers today announced
that, the district chairmen of the four
railway brotherhoods will meet in New
York tomorrow to canvass the strike
vote" This referendum vote of the
brotherhood membership, it is predict
ed will give officials power to act,
in case they are unable to reach an
agreement with the railroad mama
gers committee regarding an eight
hour day at ten hour pay and time
and a half for overtime.
Over 800, 900 employees are affected.
President Stone said that he expected
the vote would be counted by August
s. When it is counted, the brother
hoods committee will meet the rail-
road managers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-31
Topeka Would Keep Out Tin
Grant Business Firms.
License High Enough to Dis
courage Them Is Plan.
CHARGE THEM S1OO A DAY
Violation of Amy of Terms
Would Bring $500 Fine.
Secretary Kelley of Commercial
ECIub Supports Ordinance.

A fight TO legislate out CT business
itinerant merchants who for a num-
beF of years have been making regu-
1arsvisits to Topeka was started by To-
csie merchants this morning when j.
w Kelley, secretary of the CONNER
csa& club. checked up to city commits
sioners the proposition of providing a
license high enough to discourage Wis
itafions from the floating" statesmen.
MS Kelley presented a copy of a
Wiehita ordinance which provides for
q license of 800 day which must
be <paid by individuals who desire tc
solicit orders for future delivery. The
ordnance does not affect statesmen
who sell TO retail merchants.
On motion of Commissioner New
land, City Attorney George Hayden,
was instructed to draw up an crdi-
naace tina. will cover the principal
features embodied in the Wichita law
These provide that violation of any OF
tha terms shall be punishable ~
finesin any sum not to exceed $500.
LurinS Away Business.
For a number of years itinerani
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-31
WAITING. ON STATE
City Wants Confirmation Assessment
Before Passing Budget.

Passing of the city budgets is being
held up pending approval by the state
tax commissioner, of values placed
on real and personal property, by
Shawnee county assessors. So far as
city officials have been able to learn
no protests have been filed by property
owners in the county and it is not con
sidered likely that any substantial
change in the assessment will be ma de.
So far as the commissioners are
concerned all differences have been
ironed out and the commission is
ready to pass the annual budgets as
soon as State Tax Commissioner
Howe approves the assessment, it was
announced this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-31
TIE UP WHOLE SYSTEM
Only Fifteen Out of 439 New York
Cars Arc Now Running.

New York, July 31.-Paralysis of
New York's surface street car traffic
approached nearer and nearer eoday.
Strikers announced that by nightfa11
every car on the. Third avenue system
would Ire stopped.
They predicted motormen and con-
ductors of I5. r. T. trains and the 1.
r. T. system, crossing the Williams
burg bridge. would soon be ont on
sympathetic strike. Police reports of
conditions ut noon showed steadily
decreasing number of cars operated
by strikebreakers on the Third Avenue
company lines in Manhattan borough
So far as police figures went, it APP
peared that only fifteen cars OF the
$50 normally operated by the company
in Manhattan were in operation al
mon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-31
SMOKED HAMS-About 10 lbs.
. Der LII

SMOKED HAMS-About 10 lbs.
/ Per lb. observation-disclosures zoe
jTOMATOES-Fresh lb. 3cs
u bushels basket ..............50 soc
PEACHES-Small basket, each. -. 1sc
PRIME CHUCK ROAST-lb. 49,. lie
DRY SALT PORK-lb. .............1e lee
COMPOUND-Special, lbs. for. .25s
CODFISH-1-lb. bricks. each. ...... 15c
PEANUT BUTTER-Extra good
qudllty. 10. .AVc
CANTALOUPES-Nic ones, each... &c
BACON BRISKETS-24c value, h.. tsc
COOKING APPLES-"Best on the
market" peck DOC
HAM SAUSAGE, and Lunch Hams.
are good meat items this warm
! weather. Ready to serve. lib. lille
lNaTERMELONS-F lot. lb......2c
GREEN eORN-Home grown. doz .15c
lCABBAGE-Large heads. each. .4c
JAM-Pure fruit. Zoe Jars. . for. .15c
VANILLA EXTRACT--Dr. Prices CSC
size .-.-.-....! ........ 80. .zoc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-31
ALL ATTACKS REPULSED
Boc.tin Seems Satisfied With the Days
Drift of War.

Berlin, July 31.-Anglo-F French at
tacks through the morning, along the
front from Longueval to the Somme.
were everywhere repulsed with san
culinary losses. according to the war
office statement today.
In the eastern fighting zone also,
the war Office declared Russian at
tacks had been repulsed. Northwest
and west of Buczacz," the statement
asserted, the enemy penetrated our
first line. but were driven back. All
attacks were VIGOROUSLY repulsed.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-31
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued today
from the office of the probate judge to
the following persons:
Deibert P. Talley, Bur1ingame, age
21 and Hazel r. Kimble Burlingame,
age Is.
Austin J. Workman, Topeka,&age 20
and Dora L. Shafer. Topeka,-age Is.
Charles A. McCarron, Topeka, age
81, and Mary M. Smith, Topeka, age
10.
Adam J. sadler. Topeka, age %, and
Elizabeth M. Artzer, Topeka, age IS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-31
WIN ON ALL FRONTS
Anglo-French Claim Gains on Six
Mile Sector.

London, July 31.-Further advances
for General Haig's forces on the
Somme front in northern France
where a combined attack of the Brit
ish and French gained ground along a
siA-mile front yesterday are reported
by London TO-DAY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-31
REVERT To TERRORISM
England Intends to Punish Murder
ers'' of Captain Fryatt.

London, July 31-Great Britain pro-
poses to bring to justice all those con-
cerned in the execution of Captain
Fryatt, no matter of how high I. sta
ton. in proper time. Premier Asquith
told the Commons today
This actrocious murder" ne de-
clared, shows that German high COM
manders under the stress of military
defeat, have reverted to terrorism"