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ENGL land

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LONDON, Feb. 18.-Extraordinary
precautions to guard against sub
marine attacks were taken today by
commanders of l! British ships with
in the war zone.
Today is the first anniversary Of
tho Inauguration by the Germans Of
the Won Tirpitz policy Of torpedoIno
merchant steamers.
For several days rumors have been
reaching Dutch eities that tho teuton
U boat commanders would make a
supreme effort to observe the ami
versary by sending several vessels to
tho bottom.
Shipping men, however, expressed
no alarm. The infrequent attacks
since the beginning Of the year have
convinced most ship owners that
measures taken by the admiralty to
meet the undersea attacks have been
successful and that the submarine
menace is no longer serious one.
Grand Admiral Won TIrpitz first
made public Germany's plans to rev.
oiutionize naval warfare by sinking
merchantmen, In an exclusive Inter
View with the United Press more than
year ago. The order went into ef-
feet year ago today. According to
estimates from German sources moro
than 800 allied and neutral merchant
mon, with total tonnage Of more
than 1,4co,oo0 have been sent to tho
bottom by U boats.
For several months the British ad-
mlraIty has p,ade no public statement
Of losses through submarinings. The
German admiralty announced on De-
cember 20, 1915, that up to November
first. 624 British strips with a total
tonnage Of 1924 had been tor
pedoed. No figures were given for
neutral vessels and those flying the
flag Of other entente powers.
About 1000 non-conbatants have
been drowned or killed by shell fire
since tho Won TirpItz campaign was
inaugurated, the largest loss Of life
occurring when the Lusltanla was
sunk on May z, 1915, carrying to the
bottom 1,157 ,peraons. Including lis
Americans.
Tho submarine campaign reached
its greatest effectiveness last June and
July when three or four vessels were
torpedoed daily. Counter measures
taken by the British admiralty and the
French ministry of marine were so
successful that the monthly average Of
torpe doings Is now less than a dozen.
Though the admiralty has withheld
figures az to the number Of German
submarines sunk, official statements at
various times have accounted for ten
Of the Won Tlrpitz boats. Estimates
Of the number actually destroyed
range from 1a to 4o-
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Senator'S Lodge and Sterling Speak on the New
German Admiralty Order and Urge
We Send Vigorous Protest
CALLED .REvERs|ON OF The DARK AGES
Another Sea Horror Like the Lusitania Incident,
Would Bring on War, Predicts Sena-
tor Sterling.

act otherwise, 1t would accept hill
initiation and incur a danger OF war
from which even the boldest and most
unscrupulous would shrink and there
fore such a course as has been dis
cussed in the newspapers seems
wholly inconceivable."
The German admiralty's order to
sink armed merchantmen without
warning, constitutes "our gravest in
ternational crisis" Senator Sterling of
South Dakota declared in the senate
today Sterling is the author Of q
resolution against the recognition OF
the teutonic decree.
Denouncing the German order as a
reversion to the dark ages. Sterling
uttered a scarcely veiled threat that
repetition OF the Lusitania or Arabic
incidents would mean war.
Let another sea horror occur In
which American lives are involved,
said Sterling "and this administration
and the world will know that there is
real America, not sup1ne, apathetic
and hesitating, but strong and mill
tant. II wantonness and inhumanity
shall yet cost us something, the sacri-
fee may not have been in vain"
Reported inclination OF the admin
istration to yield to Germany was de-
nounced by Sterling as a dangerous
and vicious principle"
Referring evidently to the Lusitania
negotiations, Sterling suggested the
administration "at first appeared bold
and uncompromising in behalf Of a
great principle, but in the end has
yielded the substance for the word.
The government was delaying and
hesitating," said Sterling, while the
world was wondering and the impress
sion became current that we were
about to accede to the German admir-
atty declaration.
''It Ill becomes US to deny Great
Britain, the right to arm her vessels
or spend one hour in diplomatic hag-
Cling to secure her remuneration Of it.
"The vice of the suggestion Of the
state department lies in the idea that
because the deadly submarine Is not
strong on defense, we must therefore
make the merchant ship absolutely
helpless against the submarine"
Sterling said the administration
now was apparently changing its
view of the German order, but that a
vigorous protest should be made to
Germany.
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tBy Charles P. Stewart, United Press
Staff Correspondent
LONDON, Feb. 1S.-Most Hollanders
now believe the war will end in a.
draw. This information is cleaned
following recent conversations with
Dutch leaders at The Hague and in
and from we'll informed
Hollanders here today. The Dutch
believe Germany has accomplished
about all she is going to accomplish
in the war. Being in close touch with
Germany, they realize the Germans
are suffering severely.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-18
Unfrocked Priest Who Was Found Guilty Of
the Murder Of Anna Aumuller, Pays
Penalty for His Crime.
LAST THOUGHTS WERE OF MOTHER
Protested His Innocence Night Before His
Death, Although He had Previously
Confessed to Being Guilty,

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r OSSINING. N. Y. Feb. 1S.-Str1ding
boldly ahead of his attendants, but
stopping abruptly on the brink of
death to express his last good wish to
his mother, Hans Schmidt, the un
frocked New York priest, was shocked
to death in the electric chair at Sing
Sing at dawn today.
Seldom have more dramatic scenes
been witnessed in the famous death
chamber than that presented as
Schmidt stood before the chair, an
ebony and silver crucifix held before
him, addressing tho witnesses of his
execution In a last farewell to his
mother. tSst
Please give my mother my last
good wish. 1t is for her." were the
condemned mans last words, except
for the repetition OF prayer as the
deadly, electrodes were adjusted.
: The dying statement of Schmidt
made from directly in front of the
chair, was entirely unexpected. He
was going to his death for having
body to pieces and casting It into the
East river
Through his attorney he had issued
he had killed the Aumuller girl and as
serting that she died from the effects
of an illegal operation.
Schmidt was calm and collected as
he walked to the chair, shouting good
bye to twenty other condemned men
in the death house.
Father Cashin, the prison chaplain,
the guards and Keeper Fred Dorner,
who directed the execution, were
astounded at Schmidt's hurried move
ments and disregard for the meas
ured pace Of the death march when
he suddenly turned as the rubber mat
In front Of the chair was reached.
His long ebony and silver crucifix
held aloft before him, Schmidt snap.
ped aside the reaching arms Of wait
ing guards and rasped sharply:
'One minute, please, one minute,
until l say my say"
The guards, at first mistaking
Schmidt's action for struggle against
seating himself with death. stepped
back in surprise at the sound of the
condemned mans voice.
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sryan as a DELEGATE.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-W. j.
Bryan will head the big four from
Nebraska to the democratic conven-
ton, according to Representative
Shallenberger of that state, who said
today that Bryan's selection as dele
gate at large will not be opposed by
Senator Hitchcock's faction.
II put no stock in the stories of
Bryan opposing the president for re-
nomination, although l expect to see
him fight to the end against great
outlays for preparedness" said ShaE
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-Germany
and Austria propose piracy, senator
Lodge declared in the senate today.
It is inconceivAble. he said, that the
United States should accept their plan
to sink armed merchantmen without
warning.
After citing precedents that arming
merchantmen for defense has been
allowed ever since the days OF Bar
baray pirates, and to show It ha.
been approved by the United States
during the present war, he declared
that to change this policy now would
be to commit an unneutral act in Ia
vor Of Germany.
Lodge and Senator Sterling spoke
on the latter's resolution, declaring
the United States cannot accept the
principle proposed by Germany and
austria. -. 80
THE abandonment of the right of
merchant vessels to arm, or of the
right of Americans to travel or ship
cargo on these ships, is utterly incred-
able. Such abandonment could rest
only on the ground that the rights of
neutrals, centuries old. must be
thrown aside, SO that new instru-
ment OF maritime destruction must
not be impeded In its work Of death
and murder. Such a doctrine is re-
voting to every instinct Of humanity,
to every principle of law and justice.
There is. however, another side to
this matter. There can be no ques-
ton that any act by a neutral which
alters conditions created by the war
Is an unneutral act. This S eminently
true OF any form Of the embargo and
there is no need hat should repeat
the unanswerable argument on this
point embodied by Mr.. Lansing in his
note of last August to Austria-Hun.
gary.
The merchantmen of one beligger-
ent have been swept from the seas.
Therefore il we should abandon all
the principles for which we have
Z stood. 1t would make us the ally OF
the belligerent whose merchantmen
have been swept from the ocean. 1t
would put us in position of hostil-
ity to these belligerents whose mer-
chantmen still sail the seas. 1t would
be step toward war.
For these reasons, I cannot believe
the administration thinks Of altering
our well-defined position. Should IL
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RUSSIA

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LONDON, ts.-Russian forces
forming the 1t wing of the grand
dukes Cau> 8 army are within
fifty miles of>the important Turkish
Black sea port Of Trebisond, accord
Ing to dispatches received here to-
day. The ancient oity OF 6aiburt, on
the road from Erzerum to Trebisond
has been captured, II was reported.
Tho Siavs are pushing on toward tho
Pontine mountains, barring their
march on Trebisond.
Tho capture Of Trebisond ls expect
ed within another fortnight. AdvIees
from Petroerad today said II was con-
sidered certain that the grand duke
would send force against tho city
before pressing his campaign against
the Turks to the westward.
The Russian authorities already
have taken steps to ameIIoriate tho
bunaI will be esta biished In Erxerum
tIons Of Turkish atrocities against the
ArmenIans will be begun at once.
Wholesale executions Of Turkish civil
officers responsible for the outra0es
are predicted. Within twcnty.four
hours a definite statement is expect
ed from Petrograd on the number Of
prisoners and guns captured. An
official statement teIeeraphed here
today reported the capture Of 25 more
guns and about 1,ovo prisoners In
outer forts, but said the registration
of prisoners and booty inside the
fortress had only begun.
The Posts Petrograd correspondent
today attributed the capture Of Err
zerum to the "cycionic rush Of the
incompatible Siberian troops
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-18
BARNES WILL HEAD OFF
STAMPEDE TO ROOSEVELT

men will be urged to similar steps.
Barnes chief worry, according to
politicians here, lies in the Cummins
candidacy in the middle western
states. The Albany chieftain does not
believe that Cummins will be the nom-
inee, but he fears that delegates OF
tho Cummins type will be the first to
mount the Roosevelt vehicle If 1t, be-
gins to assume band wagon proper
lions.
For that reason he plans to confer
with old Taft men in Minnesota,
where the first primary fight will oc-
cur, in the Dakotas and in other west
ern states where Cummins has display
ed strength. The Illinois delegation
is said to be another source of worry
to Barnes.
Democratic Answer.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-Demo-
cratic leaders today planned their
answer to what they deem the re-
publican campaign keynote in the
speech of former Senator Root at
New York A succession of speeches
viii be made by senate and house
democrats. Later the same campaign
will be carried to the country. The
democrats. pounding away in speech
after speech, will dare the repubn-
cans To so 10 the people on a pat
form favoring war with Germany OF
Mexico. They insist this is the only
Interpretation of Roots speech-that
the republicans favor plnging THIS
country into war.
Adp,infstration spokesmen say
they believed President Wilson's
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war Will End in Draw
at End Of Present Year

be detrimental to Hollands interests.
They believe the victor would insist
On complete control of the river
Scheldt, pairing Off a slice of Dutch
territory.
The Dutch sympathize a little more
with Germany than with the allies,
perhaps because of English CONNER
cial restrictions. But they fear Eng
land more than they do Germany
They no longer consider Germany cap
able Of a successful aggressive move
against Holland. but they realize the
possible effects OF complete British
blockade of their coast
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Nevertheless the Dutch do not be-
lieve that Germany can be crushed.
They think she can hold cut indefinite
", no matter how terribly she may
suffer or how great permanent dam
age may be wrought TO her people by
continuing the war.
The Hollanders believe both sides
will find a deadlock has been reached
and win be ready for peace about the
end of the present year.
Dutch leaders will be satisfied with
this solution They believe decided
victory for one side or the other would
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GERMANY

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LONDON, Feb. 18.-The Germans
have built 100 new submarines and
are preparing to renew submarine
warfare on an aggressive basis, 40.
cordng to the Geneva newspaper
journal De Geneve.
ENGLAND'S HEAVY LOSS.
The British have suffered very heavy
reconquer 700 yards of trench posi-
tlons taken by the Germans south Of
Ypres, the war office announced this
afternoon.
South Of Somme similar counter at
tacks by the French broke down un-
der heavy German fire. All the posi-
tions captured by the Germans in
the recent fighting near Frise have
been maintained.
The official statement reported
aerial activities both In Flanders and
In the Balkans. English fi!ers bom-
barded German positions last night,
the Germans responding by dropping
bombs upon Poperinehe. In the SaI-
kans a squadron Of enemy aeropianes
dropped bombs on the railroad sta
ton of Hudova in the Vardar valley
southwest Of Strumnitza.
Northwest OF Lens and north of
Arras," the official statement added,
Germans successfully sprang mines
against a small British detachment,
taking prisoners near Fonquivelers.
Elsewhere there was intermittent fire.
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Emergency Dam Broken.

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 18.-The emer-
gency dam just outside the village of
Pumerend burst today and a great
volume of water is rushing down upon
the town through the broken dixie
Alarms have been sounded through
surrounding districts and the purgo-
master ordered all citizens to their
attics.
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FRANCE

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PARIS, Feb. 1e.-Recent violent
activity along the western front has
now almost entirely ceased. The war
office this afternoon reported an utter
calm along the whole front last night.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-18
EaIIure Of the Primary.

New York Herald: In pronouncins
the primary system a failure Mr.. Taft
gives expression to conclusion reach
ed by every intelligent and unbiased
observer of its workings. General
adoption of the primary system has
brought coincident deterioration in the
quality Of the material for public SER
vice. It has placed premium upon
demagogy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-18
Stolen Papers Recovered.

DANVILLE, III, Feb. 1S.-The
dry petition, containing 1000
names, asking that the local option
question be submitted to vote here
which was stolen yesterday after
noon, was found early today.
Police found the list Of names In a
suit case in a room adjoining that
from which IL was taken. The peti-
ton must be filed today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-18
THE WEATHER.

III. s. Department OF Agriculture.
Weather Bureau.1
For Keokuk and vicinity: Fair to-
night and Saturday. Rising temper
ature Saturday.
For Iowa: Fair tonight and Satur-
day. Rising temperature Saturday.
For Missouri: Fair tonight; slight
ly colder east portion. Saturday fair
with rising temperature north portion.
For Illinois: Partly cloudy and
somewhat colder tonight Saturday
fair with rising temperature north
portion.
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Dynamite on Board.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
MADRID, Feb. 1S.-Two dynamite
cartridges, filed with enough eyplo-
sive to blow the vessel to bits, were
found in the mold of the British
steamer Rosebank. bound from Phila-
delphia for English ports, according G
to a Valencia dispatch today. The
Rosebank is carrying a cargo of coal.
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Weather Conditions.

A storm center, which is passing out
the st. Lawrence valley this morning,
is attended by snow in portions of the
lake region, and warmer unsettled
weather in the northeastern states.
In the west the center OF the area
Of high pressure from the northern
mountain region has reached the east
ern slope of the Rockies, and the
weather is fair and colder from the
to the Mississippi valley,
no severe cold appears, the
lowest temperatures in the northern
districts ranging from 20 to 80 degrees
above zero.
Local Observations.
Feb. Bar. Their. Wind Weather.
II Z D. m. :. 80 02 AZ w Clear
is I a. m. co.'s 80 W PIT CIdy
River stage, Z a. m, feet, 9 tenths.
Change in % hours, rise tenths.
Mean temperature, Feb. II, 40.
Highest, so.
Lowest, so.
Lowest last night. so.
FRED q. GOSEWISCH.
Observer
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Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-09-24
What to Do When
Backache Comes On

"Folcy Kidney Pills have done me
more good than $4,000 worth OF other
medicine" Chas. N. Fox, HImrod.
~ Y.
When backache comes on and Il
seems as II you cant stand the pain
and pressure across the small or your
back, hurry TO your druggist and get
relief through q box of Foley kidney
Pills They win atop the cause OF
that pain very quickly, spur the Rlug-
Eish kidneys to regular action, en-
able them TO throw the polsons out OF
the blood. They will get rid or pain
ana rheumatism for you, quiet your
nerves. stop your backache, and linn
her up your stit joints and sore mus
Cles.
Frank w. sherman, Lacona, ". Y.
writes: Il suffered with kidney trou.
Bile. had a tired feeling IN my back.
did not have any ambition and felt
all tired out. ! used Foley kidney
PMS and in few days began to feer
better, and now l have entirely re-
covered"
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-09-24
YOU IMMEDIATELY THINK
Window Shades

But that is not all the name stands for; it
also means the VERY BEST in Window
Shades. Made on heavier and more closely
woven grade Of muslin and without any fill
ing of chalk Or clay to fall out and leave un-
slightly pin-holes and streaks. They will not
fade nor wrinkle, but are always bright,
straight and attractive. They cost trifle
more but will wear twice as long. We are
showing BRENLINS in Ivory, Mauve, Van
Dyke Brown, Green and the Duplexes.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-09-24

Quicker McaIs-Bccr Cooking--HcaltIy Riddles and
Happier Wifc-Arc Winning Scores in the Ganc Of Life
IT NOW FOR YOUR HOME TEAM
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-06-15
WHY you SHOULD SWAT FLIES
A Few Facts About the Fly, the Ene-
my of Health.

In the Spanish-America war
more soldiers were killed by flies
than by bullets, through carry
ing disease.
Flies cause a large percentage
of the typhoid fever and con-
sumption each year Nothing
is too dirty for the fly to eat,
neither is anything too nice.
Therefore, he is apt to fly from
the very filthiest of refuse on to
the finest of foods, carrying with
him many deadly germs picked
up from the refuse.
One fly will produce billions
in the course of a season if not
hindered. 1t is therefore nee
essary to be constantly on the
watch and swat every fly posi-
BILE.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-06-15
FIVE MEN LOSE TREIR
LIVES IN BALTIMORE FIRE
Pennsylvania Railroad Elevator No. 3
Destroyed by Fire Started From
spark-Property Loss Placed at
$4,000, 100000.

Baltimore, June 14.-Five
men are known to have lost their
lives as the result of the fire yes
terday that destroyed Pennsyl-
vania Railroad elevator Nos on
the harbor front at Canton, a
suburb. Four others are unac-
counted for and of the 10 injur-
ed in hospitals two are in a criti-
cal condition.
The loss is estimated at ST.
100000. It represents the cost
of the elevator, the value of the
grain therein and damage to the
Dutch steamer William Van
Driel. Sr., and Of the British
steamer Welback Hall, which
were moored to the elevator.
A spark from broken machin-
cry is thought to have caused
the fire.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-06-15
GIRL MUTE TAUGHT TO
SING BY NEW METHOD

Columbus, Ohio, June TO-
Teaching a deaf mute to sing, a
feat which hitherto generally
has been considered impossible,
has been accomplished by Mrs.
Christian Born, wife of a Col
umbus brewer, after weeks Of
experimenting with Magdalene
Sattler, an eighteen-year old
Cleveland student at the State
School for the Deaf here. Miss
Helen Keller, Of New York, is in
Columbus for the purpose of
testing Mrs. Born's new process.
Thomas A. Edison, the inventor,
also is interested in Mrs. Born's
experiments.
The new teaching method con-
sists of facial eXpressionS ac-
companied by piano tones, which
the student cannot hear. To
date, the Cleveland girl has mas
tured more than an octave of
notes, enough scientists say, to
prove that the new method is a
success.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-06-15
OHIO VS.. WEST VIRGINIA
METHODISTS AT BASEBALL

One of the features of the
Commencement at Wesleyan
College at Buckhannon this year
will be the three baseball games
between Ohio Wesleyan Univer-
sity and West Virginia Wesley
an College. These are the two
largest Methodist institutions in
this part of the country and
their meeting at Commencement
time at Buckhannon is particu-
larly fitting inasmuch as Presi-
dent WEIGH of Ohio Wesleyan
will also be one of the principal
speakers at the inaugural exer-
cises of President Fleming. The
games are scheduled for four
o'clock on Saturday, Monday
and Tuesday next and as there
are many local people planning
to attend the Commencement ex-
ercises there is considerable in
terest in these athletic contests.