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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-27
[)ESTR0YERS
| BATTLE IN
DARKNESS DARKNESS
British and German Ships
Fought Last Night in Eng
ish Channel When
Raid Attempted.
|rwo OF ENEMY SUNK
Ten German Destroyers Encountered
In First Engagement Of the
War 20 Far In That
Vicinity.
TWO OF ENEMY SUNK

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LONDON. Get. 27-British and
German destroyers clashed in a sharp
naval engagement in the English
channel last night, the admiralty an
nounced this afternoon.
The German warships attempted a
raid under cover Of the darkness. Two
enemy destrcyers were sunk.
It is feared that one OF the British
destroyers was lost, the admiralty
added, and another was disabled.
"Iast night ten evenly destroyers
participated in an attempt to raid
the cross channel transport service, =
said the admiralty statement.
,.The empty transport Queen was
sunk. The crew of the transport
was saved Two OF the enemy de-
stroyers were sunk and the rest were
driven off.
'-Tne British destroyer Flirt is
missing and It is feared is lost. The
destroyer Nubian was disabled and
forced aground,
THE naval fight last night is the
first engagement OF the war in the
English channel, excepting subma-
rine activities, and the first serious
clash between British and German
warships since the great battle off
Jutland on May 81. 1916. German
destroyers and fast cruisers have
made several daring raids in British
waters, approaching near enough to
lombard east coast towns and dart
Ing back to port at the approach OF
British warship. Teuton destroyers
also have raided English shipping off
the Flanders coast. taking ships into
zeebruggee. The destroyer F1irt was
one of the older British destroyers.
She was built in 1897, had displace-
ment of $50 tons and complement
Of sixty,two men. The Nubian was
built in 1909, displaced 9S5 tons, and
carried normally severrty-one officers
and men. There are several British
steamers named Queen. 1t is prob
able that either the 1885 ton London
Queen, or the much smaller South
ampton steamer Of the same name Is
meant.l
Big Liner Sunk.
LONDON, Oct. 27.-The Johnson
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-27
Hay Chamberlain Army Reor-
ganization Law Does Con-
tain Passage as Candi-
date Charges.
TUMULTY ADMITS IT
Letter From Presidents Secretary
Says Wilson Feels Language Was
Too Sweeping and
Wants Change.

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HOBART, Okla, Oct 27-Allan L
| Benson, socialist candidate for presi
dent, who is touring Oklahoma and
/ will speak here tonight, made public
today letter from President viii
| sons secretary, Mr.. Tumulty, which
Benson claims admits the charge he
has made repeatedly that the Hay
Chamberlain army reorganization law
contains a draft clause.
The letter which was dated at
Asbury Park, n j., on October a.
1916. and addressed to Mr.. V. D.
Fowler, Hot Springs, Ark, is as fol
lows:
"My Dear Sir: In reference to your
letter of October 4th I beg to say
that as has been explained again and
again, the clause referred to in the
,, sc-called Hay-Chamberlain army bill
applies only in time Of war. While
the bill was certainly ill-considered
in language, the intention was not at
all what it Is represented by its
critics to be. may add that the pres
ident feels the language was too
sweeping and he hopes to get 1t limit.
ed at the earliest opportunity.
Sincerely yours,
u. P. TUMULTY,
"Secy. to the President
"I suggested to Mr.. Fowler" ex-
planned Benson, that he write to the
presidents secretary and ask him
whether the charge that the new army
law contains draft clause was true or
false. l knew the custom of the
white house would compel Mr.. Tum
u1ty to answer Mr.. Fowler's letter
and I knew the facts would compel
! the presidents secretary to admit
! that had told the truth.
| This he has done in rather
grudging manner. yet these big facts
now stand out. First, that the presi
dent through his secretary now priv
ately admits that he has signed some
! sort of bill relating to the draft
which he now disapproves and which
! he will try to get limited at the
! earliest opportunity.
! Congress intended to enact a draft
! law. This is proved by the fact thai
| the republican and democratic mem
| bers refused to repeal the draft
clause when Representative Huddle
son introduced a bill to do so. Inas
much as congress plainly intende
to enact a draft law, what basis 1:
| there for Mr.. IumultyS Statement
that the language Of the law wa:
certainly i'll considered, in view O.
! the fact that the law plainly say:
! that the president in time of wal
/ shall have the power to draft citizen.
| into the army? What authority ha:
4 the president for declaring through
/ his secretary that the intention wa:
not at all what it is represented b!
!: its critics to be? Furthermore, if tn,
/ president feels that the language wa.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-27
Uppercut Discipline.

CHICAGO, Oct. TIT is mans
divine privilege and duty to dtsci-
pline his wife with uppercuts.
This is the theory expounded by
Prof. Wilbur Stone, an assistant In
the John Grear library here. His
wife, an artists model. suing for
divorce, declares that six years in
the same mansion of love with SUCH
an astute exponent of the theory is
enough. She asks separate mainten-
ance and protection for her two chil-
dren.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-27
King Ferdinand Sent Personal
Notes to Rulers of Allied
Nations to Save Him
From Disaster.
MUNITIONS ARE LACKING
Russo-Rumanian Forces Are Evacuat-
Ing Practically All Dobrudja,
According to Bulgarian

| UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
BERLIN, Oct. 27.-Fleeing Russo
Rumanian forces are evacuating prac-
tically all Dobrudja, said an official
statement from the Bulgarian war OIL
flee today.
"On the whole front the enemy is
retreating precipitately toward Tul-
cea. BraiIa and Harsova, pursued by
our forces, said the statement issued
at Sofia. wednesdays capture in
cluded fifteen officers. I'll men and
fifteen machine guns"
TTulcea lies seventy miles north of
Constanza, on the southern arm of the
Danube and few miles from the Rus
sian frontier Braila lies about sew
enty miles north Of Cernavoda ON the
Danube and Harsova about twenty
five miles northwest Of Cernavoda on
the Danube.]
King Ferdinand dispatched person
al appeals to the rulers of allied ma
tions to save Rumania from disaster
after the fall Of Constanza, according
to Budapest dispatches.
The messages were sent following
stormy session of the Rumanian cab
met. Rumanian military leaders were
said to have been harshly criticised
by several Of the ministers, but sup
ported by the king who declared the
Rumanian defeat was due to the fact
that Russia had failed to supply the
artillery and munitions she had prom
ised.
German military men expect an
early demonstration by the allies,
probably on the Italian and Macedon-
ian fronts, in response to King Ferdi-
nand's appeal Because the allied
armies lack sufficient munitions for
great offensives on these fronts, the
attacks are expected to be short lived
and directed largely for the purpose
of encouraging the disheartened Ru-
manfans.
Renewed Hammer Blows.
LONDON, Oct. 27.-Falling back un-
der renewed hammer blows from
Mackensen's army. the defeated Russo
Rumanian forces have retreated more
than twenty miles north of the Cerna-
voda- -Constanza railway.
The German war ONCE announced
this afternoon that Mackensen's forces
are approaching Harsova, twenty-five
miles north, northwest Of Cernavoda.
in their pursuit of the enemy. An Of
fetal statement from Sofia claimed
that the sso-Rumanians were every
where in flight, evidently planning to
evacuate practically all the Dobrudja
province.
The Russian war Office admitted a
further retirement toward the line Of
Harsova and Gasapchiof, paralleling
the ConstanzaCe railway at a
distance of about twenty-five miles,
On a large part OF the Transylvan-
ian front the Rumanians continue
heavy attacks against the Austro Ger
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-27
WAGES are Increased.

CHICAGO, Get. 27.-Owing to the
increased cost of living, the preil-
dent of the Peoples Gas Light and
Coke company here today announced
ten percent increase in wages for
300 employees, effective November
l. It will cost the company s35O,000
wear
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-27
Everybody Ilong Border
Karned of an Attack
Nexicans Plan other Raid Which VIII be Met With
Warm Reception By Soldiers
Mexiicans Plan
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-27
CAUSE OF DELAY.

The Gate City is issued sew
eral hours Late this evening,
due to the accident at the
gas plant which shut off the
supply furnishing the limo
type and stereotype depart
ments.
The delay was unavoidable
and insurmountable as gas
is essential to the heating of
linotype metals.
A word Of appreciation is
due the carrier boys for
their loyalty in delivering
the paper at such q late
hour.
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mans, though the German war Office
claims the repulse of these attacks and
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Fair tonight and Saturday.
Local temp p. N. Sc; 7 a. m.
As.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-15
RtCu MANS son WHO MADE
coon.

Oh. G.. Forbes in Leslo's)
y ogden Armour Is M heart as
democratic as his father and has larg-
or vision When Philip d. Armour
died five years age Armour 4 co.
did % business OF 100000 600. now
they do $500 600 600 And the brains
the uctivo directing head the plan
uer and architect and developer OF
Armou1 * co. is j ogden Armour,
lie is not an ornamental figWehcad,
merely the son of rich father but
one OF America ahlcst, most torCcful
creative business men,
Since -, o., as his colleagues cali
him, took hold, auxiliary enterprises
have been built mp doing I'm the az
grpgate more business than Is done
by the packing housc--the Armour
Grain company handles more grain
than any other concern on the face Of
the earth Armour mas the second
largest leather business in the world /;
he ranks amonE The foremost manu-
lacturers OF fertilizers he controls
more refrigerator and othcg special
cars than any railroad system IN the
country
j. ogden Armour is the largest
merchant IN ehriStendom or heathen-
dom Also he is the largest midi
Wduol employer OF workers-some
10000 of them-for Armour 4 co.
have no stockholders; it is purely a
family concern.
~ have no social ambitions, he
said. My ambition Is to run Ar
mour q CO. successfully and TO give
"a great many young mou a chance 20
make their way I'M the world. Ny ass
soclatca ju the business are my clos
est ircuds my chuus. Il IL weren't
for tho fun there Is IN working with
them and Icing with thom. I wouldn't
I'll Couldu' t-s stay iU business. with
out sentiment, the werk would be too
hard"
Years ago Mr Armour was offered
Slapooooo0 for his company but an
hesitaungly declined It,
What could I do with Sl30,000.-
ooo2' he re- marked when asked him
about this Incident now revea cd for
the first time
ITO get the rirht kind Of men we
begin early We are more particu-
iar about the hiring of office boys
than about any other thing connected
with Armour 4 Co. FOR the office BOYS
Of today win become our department
tomorrow. We select men
with that view. We practically never
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-15
With Scissors and Paste
IN InwAN

(Des Molncs Iowa-New streets
will be given names from the lam
guagcs Of the Sac Fox and Sioux
tribos)
In loway, fair loway, there are no
beer saloons,
No midnight son sings serenades be-
meath a pair of moons,
But faultlossly the Wayfarer an
nounces his abode.
II live on Nishnabotna street near
Pashepaho road.
In Iowa, fair Ioway tho air Is hull Of
song
As mellow Inmn yllables are warbled
all day long
Mclodious Sioux patronyms tie ut
ncy mon repeat:
"A nickel sir, will carry You to In
yonshasha street"
On trolley cars 1t is a joy TO hear ul-
ulations
OF highly trained conductors as they
call successive stations,
How swectly they enurCiate, avoiding
raueous squawkln'
Next stop is Inkpaduta square, all
out for Minncwaukon!"
In Ioway. fair IoWay, both palaces ana
novels
Have street addresses taken straight
from j. +. Coopers novels
Fain we would stray 20 Ioway. ana
rest our weary feet,
And specialize I'm lhiun verse on Os-
kaloOsa street
Spokane Spokesman RiCview.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-15
THE KINGDOM or POLAND.

An Austrian recent Of Poland has
been named. and. IL Germany and
Austria win, the archduke Is to be
elected king. With that election the
Polish people will have no more to
say than the people Of Mexico had
when Maxlmilian was placed on the
throne by the power of French bayo-
nets.
Henry sionkewicz, who died re-
Gently, gave the strength Of his green
old age TO the relief OF oppressed Po-
land, as he gave tho powers OF his
brilliant prime TO the history OF that
gallant, but unfortunate people "Quo
Vadis" by which most Americans
know him, was really one Of his min
or works
Many indolent students know Pol
ish history best from his splendid
triogy, which revolves around ma
tlonal figure Of fiction more real than
cphomoral kings The spirit Of Po-
land. best and worst alike, breathes
through with Fire and Sword" "The
DoluRe" and pan Michael They
yitalize the forgotten annals of an
unhappy nation.
IN the five impressive volumes Of
Jeremiah Curtins translation, Ameri-
can readers may trace at once the
cnuses of Poland's swift growth TO
national power and premature decay
The first Of the Slavic groups TO be
inspired by the Christian religion and
TO feel itself a nation, it set civiliza-
ton IN the heart Of central Europe in
the middle ages But II lacked tho
genius OF practical government and
fell in the eighteenth century when
It's ring Of Muscovite and TeutoniD
enemies had passed 1t in tho race.
The trilogy Of sienhewicz thrills
with the vulor ana energy that pushed
the boundaries Of Poland out against
pagan tribes TO the east and north
and against Mohammodnn barriers TO
the west and south II exhibits
moreover, the futilty of tribal gov
orumont. when hampered by an cleo
tive king and an oligarchy palsiod by
tho veto OF a single noble.
But with more than ono hundred
years OF oppression to weld 1t togeth
or. It is possible that II Poland were
given the opportunity 1t would now
become scf-Eovcrning Kingdom,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-15

so outside for a high priced man.
just as the fellow who starts with
the PENNSYLVANIA railroad as a brake
man may one day become presdent,
so young men who start with us at
the bottom can hope to rise to the
top"
Mr. Armour happened to remark
one day, in the hearing Of q bright
youth. that one Of mis- greatest plcps.
ures in life was developing young
mem
Mr. Armour spoke up the youth,
you need not look any further. You
can start right here" pointing to
himself
MIR Armour did start right there.
Today the youth is vice president of
Armour q Co. Mr. Armoms right
hand man and most trustog associate.
Robert r. Durham, director in Chi
cogo banking and business enterprises
and having the income of q prince
all at 49,
] walked through every department
at Armour's and believe the AVERAGE
age of the executive heads is undo,
rather than over 49, When men
grow old enough TO enjoy a life Of
leisure they retire on pension.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-15
TIE RUSSIAN LYNN.

NtltNtldilh ! lellll AfNfAA'is -
OF all the national anthems, there
is none more stirring, none more sol
omnly grand, than the Russian hymn,
God the All-Terrible' is its title, and
its deeply searching tones give such
a solemn name a fitting setting. II
is younger than most of the other
national hymns we know-Austrias
"Emperor's Hymn" which was writ
ten by Haydn and which is also the
air of Deutschland Ueber Allies;
Frances "Marseillaise;" Belgiums
"Brabantconne;" England's God
Save the King" But ns solemnity is
Of the centuries.
In 1898 Nicholas /. expressed a re-
gret that the Russians possessed no
national hymn. The composer, Lvofi,
Cbeyed the implied command, and in
November Of that year announced
that the hymn was ready. The car
desired TO hear it, and a date was set
for its performance. On that date
November %, 1S33-CZar Nicholas,
accompanied by the cz1rina and tht
Grand Duke Michael went TO the
court chapel where the composer had
assembled a large choir accompanied
by two OTchestras for the occasion.
The hymn was played and sung sew
oral times, and at last the ear said,
ct is superb" and then and there
commanded that the hymn be Off
cially adopted. A few weeks later It
was publicly performed in Moscow.
Most national anthems are the re-
suit Of either inspiration or chance.
Some, like the "Marseillaise, are
born of patriotism at white heat;
others are fortuitous adaptations of
old tunes to catchy words. But the
Russian hymn was written and com
posed to order-and there is nothing
grander It is a triumph of abso-
lutte monarchy.
1t has been happily welded to a
rarely inspired passage Of Pope and
the combination is used as a church
hymn The passage begins:
Rise crowned with light, imperial Sa-
lem, rise;
Exalt thy towering head and lift thine
eyes;
See heaven its sparkling portals wide
display,
And burst upon thee in a flood of dac4
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-15

Is the one which bursts directly be-
meath your machine, and which,
therefore, you do not see explode. The
little puff balls of smoke which bios
som out around you are perfectly
harmless. At the worst few of their
| spent bullets may shower back upon
you sometimes so gently that YOU can
| see and even reach a hand aad catch
them. a shell bursting even imme-
diatoly over you is not dangerous in
itself but rather ominous as indcat-
ing the fact that the Arches have
: You well ranged. The back kick
/ from the shell casing might stun you
if it hit you on the head, but the
chance Of that is almost negligible
Ordinary heavy artillery is rarely
I used against air craft, but occasion
ally ones work takes him into an air
| zone in which some of the hig shells
are travelling This is one of the
most remarkable experiences that can
fan to the lot of an lirman: in fact
the werdest sensations Of my Whole
flying experience are connected with
the occasion on which | Numbered in
to the road of a passing AZ
AS you doubtless know, the Ger
mans have used their 17-inch guns
for the Intermittent bombarGment of
Dunkirk, and other points fifteen to
twenty miles behind the lines. right
down to the present time. Well. !
was Mt an altitude of about 900 feet
one day, and climbing higher at an
easy angle, when one Of these big fell
lows almost at the end Of it's long
flfBht oil
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-15
THE CuLPIIT FOUND.

AT last the culprit Who defeated
Hughes has been located. Chester Ro-
we'll. the state chairman OF the Cali
fornia republican central committees
gives out an Interview In which he
places the blame directly on Nicholas
Murray Butler, president Of Column
bia university Or. Butler, Rowen
says. visited william H. Croker, re-
publican national committeeman, and
advised him that the best possible
thing to do would be to prevent a
meeting between Candidate Hughes,
on his Pacific coast trip. ana Hiram
johnson. as IL would be immoral to
send a man like johnson TO the Unit
ed states senate, Croker acted on
Or Buffers advice The result was
that while johnson carried California
by some hundreds OF thousands,
Hughes lost the state BY few votes
Columbia university, like Syracuse
Is maintained by capitalists who OK
poet DR. Butler 20 serve the ends OF
capitalism, ana he does It to the best
Of his ability He ia under no obi
cation, except TO his own conscience,
20 refrain from mixing actively In
politics
But that does not save him from
The fact that the college man who be-
comes a politician always hurts tho
people he would serve, and usually
hurts himself worst OF all
But while Columbia and Syracuse
can have presidents who are active in
partisan politics the president OF a
state university who mixes In party
politics should have can attached
10 his caudal appendago promptly He
has no place in educational work
whore the state foots the bin II makes
no difference whether he IS for the
one side or the other.
New Mexico. for the most part, has
been free from that sort Of thing Or
Garrison az president OF the nErl'ui"
tural college. allowed himself to 'bo
drawn into political fights and lost
his job lie should have lost 1t quite
as readily under republican as un-
der democratic administration.
ANY man at the head of q state cd
ucauonal institution. who talks par
tsan politics 10 mombors OF his fac
nifty or TO Students. or who advocates
The election Of this candidate or that
should he dismissed
Al Of which Is beside the point We
merely started out TO Say that a uni
versltg president, Or Nicholas Muir
ray Butler. was the Burchnrd ~
Charles Evans Hughes.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-15
TuE GERMAN PEACE MOVE

In England and France, tho intor.
probation of Gormanys peace move
probably rs nearly correct. II s in
tended. first of all. 10 make the Ger
man people, who are deadly tired Of
fighting, believe that the koisers gov
ornmcnt really wasn't TO blame for
starting the war and that il would
make peace any moment if only tile
safety OF Germany could be assured,
Hut that tho wicked allies are bent
upon tho conquest OF the Teutonic ma
uons. therefore everybody must fight
and work "for life, liberty and the
pursuit OF happiness
The second object was TO create
sympathy in the neutral nations But
the people of the neutral nations are
not served by "a reptile press and
thcy generally viii see the inside Of
the peace proposals. But the Ger
man people. whose newspapers pub
lish nothing not in harmony with the
purposes Of the government viii
swallow the bait hook. line and
aud sinkor
b. But Germany douhtleFs viii ho cali
ed upon 10 make known what her
peace proposals are, What We know
Of them is from statements made by
the TeutonIo diplomats tn Washington
city II Bernstortf is advised Of the
terms and has stated them CORRECTLY
there Is no possibility OF the war end
iug next year
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-15

ment, now and then, that the Amerl.
can working man produces about az
much as three foreign laborers dur
/ Ing the same period, The answer to
such contontlon--frcqucntly and fool
ishly made by Secretary Redfield-is
that vast percentage Of the men in
an kinds Of American productive la
Dor have learned their work IN for
oigu countries. How has their off
cioncv been increased merely by
crossing the Atlanuc7
When the European war rs over.
wages must come down in the Unit
ed States or wages must go up In
Europe. As long as American IN
dustrics are working at fun blast
wages will not come down here. As
long as Europe has no gold with
which 20 pay her international trade
obligations, WAGES can not rise there.
Tho result will be that Europe with
cheap labor will manufacture goods
which they viii sell in our markets
for our gold, which will flow back to
Europe TO pay labor there instead Of
paying II at home
OF course, there is partial remedy
Tor this which may be found by the
new tariff board when 1t gets 70 work,
provided congress- has sense enough to
put such findings into law