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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

burlington HaWk-Eye: Inc TeiSi
endum on the adoption or rejection OIL
the amendment to the constitution Oh
iowa will be held october To- The bal
lot will not be complex. II the voter
wishes TO have the amendment adopt
ed he will mark the word yes IN
the square. If he wants it rejected, he
/ viii mark No" In other words, the
"drys" will vote yes" The "wets
will vote no That is all there is OF
| H. Ii is simple affair, illustrating
the homely old saying, "A short horse
I is soon curried."
Des Moines Register: Says the
Sioux City Journal: in South Da-
kota, reports indicate, 80 per cent. OF
I the corn crop is now safe for democ-
racy." But the day is past when the
democracy can be counted on as the
| champion of corn juice.
Davenport Democrat: VIM. d. Hay
wood may estimate the value the Unit
ed States puts upon him, in Jail, by the
size of the bond required to get him
out.
Garretsop News: They used to
write poems and Draw cartoons about
how happy everybody would be if
dollar wheat ever materialized. 1t
was one of the happy dreams only a
few years ago, and doubtless at that
time few of them really expected ever
10 see the dream come true. Now the
government has set price for wheat
considerably more than double that
price, and some of those same old fell
lows who longed for dollar wheat are
kicking because the price was not
fixed at $3.50 at least. Some folks
are hard to please.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: 1t might
have been as well, after all. to have
devoted the money that will be paid
out for the special election, October
Is, to something having an undeniable
meaning.
Sioux City Journal: The assumption
would seem to be that Senator Ken
yon, for one, has got out from under
that "willfur' stigma without turning
a hair.
Burlington Gazette: The U. S.
government has limited the sum any
departing traveller may take with him
to $500. At least we have found
cut why we can't take that European ,
trip.
Cedar Rapids Republican: Speaking |
in Rumania the German kaiser damn |
ed doubly that Hohenzollern who had !
gone back on the family-the king OF
Rumania was of Hohenzollern blood |
and he said that the Judge above
had already punished the traitor to |
the divine blood, by the destruction of
part of his country. Are We to I'M
derstand that in the opinion of the |
kaiser it was the Judge above" who
took that CHAMBERS germ mixture TO
Bucharest? Or did the Hchenzollerns |
Go that without consulting their
"partner on high?"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03

If you seem to need an objective for your
autumn walk, go take look at the Mississippi
river between Keokuk and Montrose.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03

Under the Prussian system the diplomatic
service is used principally as camoufIage for
plotting and spying.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03

Right now, when prices are right, do your
fall shopping for winter supplies of steel for
bridge, railroad and steamship building.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03

This is the program to which Secretary Of
the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo invites
the cooperation and support Of the American
people in the floating of the new Liberty loan.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03

The country has almost reached the satura-
ton point with this war advice stuff.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03

For the purpose of
equippng with arms, clothing and food gall
liant soldiers Who have been called the field;
maintaining navy and valiant tars upon
the high seas
providing the necessary means to pay the wages
OF our soldiers and sailors and, If the bill
pending in the congress passes, the monthly
allowances for the support of their dependent
families and to supply them with life insurance;
constructing great fleet of merchant vessels
to maintain the line of comm unication with
brave troops in France, and to keep
MERGE afloat upon the high seas in defiance Of
the German kaiser and his submarines;
creating great fleet of aeroplanes, which will
give complete supremacy in the air to the
United States and the brave nations fighting
with against the German military menace;
and for the other necessary purposes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03
SECOND LIBERTY BOND ISSUE.

The campaign to float second Liberty
loan is now under way. A war savings COM
mittee headed by Charles E. Vanderbilt former
president Of the National City bank of New
York City, has charge of the work, and plans
to be carried out will make it possible for men
and women of humble means to help the gov
eminent wage the war Three billion dollars
worth of bonds, to bear interest at four per CENT
are offered and there only four classes of
purchasers for them These are buyers with cash
in hand, buyers with balance in the bank,
buyers with credit at the bank, and lastly, per-
sons who expect to pay for the bonds out OF
money they have yet to earn. Unless this last
class buys heavily the loan cannot be a success.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03

Confidence that the people Of the Philip
pines are making the most of their industrial
and trade opportunities is strengthened by the
publication of the latest statistics of the is
lands commerce. The increase in the foreign
trade in the fiscal year 1917 amounted to TWEEN
tv-six million dollars. The United States fur
nished fifty three per cent of the imports and
took sixty per cent of the exports. Particu-
larry encouraging is the gain in sales abroad
A new high record has been established in
Philippine export trade, the total for the fiscal
year being over seventy million dollars.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03

Davenport Democrat: VIM. d. Hay
wood may estimate the value the Unit
ed States puts upon him, in jail, by the
size of the bond required to get him
out
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03

Des Moines Register: Says the
Sioux City Journal: I'm South Da-
kota, reports indicate. 90 per cent. of
the corn crop is now safe for democ-
racy." But the day is past when the
democracy can be counted on as the
champion of corn juice.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-03

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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
Arrests to
Test Rate of
Commission, o i 81
Attorney General Of Illinois Dis
peased With Ruling of Fed
eral Body on Tariffs j..
D1sTURBs TWO GENT
RATE LAW OF STATE

A, Chicago, June 12.-Wholesale ar
rests of railroad agents were planned
today by the states attorney general
in the attempt to enforce the two
cent passenger rate law. Every rail-
road in illinois yesterday raised it's
rates from two. cents to two and
quarter cents a mile, in accordance
with authorization by the interstate
commerce commission, which was up.
held last Thursday by Federal. Judge
Dyer at st. Louis. The United States
supreme court also, held yesterday in
deciding the South Dakota rate cases
that the interstate commerce commits.
sion has power in regulating inter:
state rates.. also to disturb intrastate
rates, fixed by local authorities.
The conflict between the federal
and state authorities arose from the
fact that the railroads charge two
and a quarter cents mile between
points, in Illinois and St. Louis, while
the rates from the Illinois side of
the Mississippi to any point in ILL
nois was only two cents. st. Louis
claimed this was discrimination in
favor Of East, St. Louis and the inter-
state commerce commission ordered
the railroads to make the rates uni
form. - H. Al
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
Bissiing's .
Note Shou's So
Up Motiue
Cold Blooded, Fouls Admission
That Belgium Should Be An
nexed Without Delay
GERMANY MUST NOT
EXPECT RECONCILIATION

Copenhagen, Correspondent of the
Associated Press),. June 12.-The
memorandum of the late Governor
Bissing of Belgium, in which he ad.
vocated the annexation of that little
kingdom as the sole possible policy
for Germany, was published in full
in Greater Germany, a review just
being issued by Deputy Bachmeister
of the Prussian diet, a national liberal
and anneXationist The unashamed
nakedness with which the memoran
dunn calls for the dethronement of the
Belgian royal house, the exploitation
OF Eelgian resources and preparations
for a new war to follow the present
one, shows that the document was
never intended for public use.
Won Bissing recognizes that Ger
many can have little hope of making
friends with Belgium after this war,
warns against illusions of possible
reconciliations and calmly counts up
the booty from Belgium and the ad-
vantages of tapping the country from
q military, naval and economic stand
point He points out the offensive
prosecution of the present war was
possible only through the invasion of
Belgium.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
LABOR CENSUS
To AID FARMERS
GARNER CROP
Survey to Be Made by Robert I.
Leth Of Federal Department
Of Agriculture
WILL NOT INTERFERE
IN WAGE MATTERS
June % and June 20 Are Dates
Set to Ascertain Needs Of
North Dakota

jamestown, N. D., June 12.-An
nOuncement is made today that a
labor survey Of the state will be taken
June % and ,29, at which time all
data on the needs of North Dakota
farmers in the approaching harvest
season will be obtained. The survey
will be under the direction of Robert
J. Leth, state farm help specialist
from the United States department OF
agriculture, who has taken offices in
Jamestown, and is working in co.
operation with the state efficiency
commission. -.
Prior to the survey mass meetings
are planned in all parts of the state
at which members Of the commission
will speak on the purpose Of the sur.
vey. Mr.. Leith, in his announcement,
points out that the commission hopes
to furnish help where other means
fall" and in no sense will it attempt
to fix wages or interfere with labor
plans individual farmers may have.
According to Mr.. Leth prospects for a
bounteous crop are excellent, with a
consequent demand for more labOrers
than ever before. ~.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
URGE SED|1|ON
IN |ND|CT|NC
. TEXAS FARMERS
Fifty Five Persons Under Charge
of Conspiracy Against Gov
ernment
CHARGE PLOT TO DESTROY
: -, RAILROAD PROPERTY

| Dallas, Texas, June 12.-Fifty-fivl
persons. most of them members of the
Farmers and Laborers' Protective as
sociati0n, were charged with sedi
tious conspiracy against the United
States government in indictments re-
turned here late yesterday by fed;
eral grand jury. Some Of those in,
dicted already are in jail. % 'eaot
Federal authorities here stated the
indictments, which contain seven
counts, were probably the most com.
prehensive ever returned in the Unit
ed States. A separate indictment
was returned against w. A. Berg
feldt, member of the Farmers and
Laborers' Protective association,
charging him with threatening the life
of President Wilson. Bergfeldt was
a rural mail carrier at Haskell, Texas
Conspiracy Charge.
The first count alleges the DEFEND
ants conspired and agreed among
themselves and with various persons
unknown" to oppose by force the au'
thOrity Of the United States in raising
an army to prosecute the war with
Germany.
Another count charges that in Ger.
tain section of Texas a man who ia
named in the indictment, organized
and drilled company of men in mill
tary formations with the intention OF
using force to defeat the selective
draft bill.
Armed Opposition.
All those indicted and other per-
sons in various sections of the state,
who will be dealt with in local courts.
another count recites, armed them
selves and prepared in various other
ways to oppose officers and agents OF
the government
1T is alleged in the sixth count the
men conspired to destroy railroad
tracks and bridges, as we'll as tele-
graph and other means of cOmmunica-
ton Ito restrain commerce between
the various states at time when
a state of war existed between the
United States and Germany"
1t is believed that most of the men
are already in Jail. United States At
torney Wilmot NJ. Odell stated to-
night that today's. indictments were
against leaders of the Farmers and
Laborers' Protective association.
which, he said, was organized to op-
nose cOnScriDtiOn.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
Enlisted Men Of
Pershing Staff
Are Inoculated

London, June 11.-Elaborate plans
to entertain today the enlisted men
of General Pershing's party we're can.
celed because of an order that all
military men report at various hospi.
tails for innoculations. The American
women, who had planned a garden
party for 200 guests. promptly invited
the convalescents of two hospitals to
take the places of the American SOL
diers
General Pershing and staff were
guests of the Earl Of Derby, the min
lister of war, at luncheon this after
noon, and Lord Dunman escorted 9th
er American officers through the
house OF lords. ~.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
1852 Possible
Fatalities IN
Butte Mine
Reports Show so Unidentified; 80
~Known Dead and 70 Miss
:. ~ .t.- "rasrr l0Q p .s,i f..t
MEN DISCOVERED DEL1R1oUs
FROM BREATHING FOUL AIR

Buttle, Mont, June IA recapitu-
lati0n of the North Buttle mine dis.
aster today showed fifty unidentified
dead, 80 known dead and 72 unac-
counted for. The total probable ia
talities are 1862. Nineteen more bodies
were recovered last night. It was
possible to identify only one of the
nineteen. r@..,
Captain Lancelot Smith of the he'll
met crew on Sunday found the bulk
head behind which five men had taken
refuge, but then there was no re-
sponse to their shouts and it was con,
cluded the men were dead.
Captain Smith, however, was not
satisfied, and upon second visit to-
day a faint voice was heard. With
picks and bars the bulkhead was
broken down and the men. were found
alive, strewn about on the ground.
Only one was able to talk and he
was laughing and shouting, apparent.
ly delirious from the foul air. d
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
Fargo College H..
Names Trustees

Fargo, N. D., June 12.-Trustees OF
Fargo college in sessions today named
Bishop John Poyntz Tyler, Fargo. to
succeed as trustee and incorporation,
the vacancy left on the board by w.
A. Snow, formerly secretary of the
North Dakota Sunday School associa-
tion, now located in West Virginia
and appointed Attorney John s. Wat
son, Fargo, to fill vacancy as trustee
to succeed DR.. ]. M. Walters, former
pastor of the First Methodist church,
now of St. Paul.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
TOTAL REGISTRATIONS
REACH 63,390 WITH But
!, j, ONE: COUNTY MISSING
Stark Tardy Complete Returns
Expected to Boost Aggregate
to Bare $4,000 7 7.

At noon today $500 registrations
had been officially recorded in NORTH
Dakota OF these 56,322 were citizens
or friendly aliens, Of which number
5000 cited RSsssiFb'le exemptions,
while 27,2s2 noSSS{Sad noSSS{Sad no exemptions of
my kind. The. .&S3Rl &S3Ral oa3mber Of aliens
to date is 6,9S6. hid ,&eRsmy aliens
$40: In all 1ofah 1ofa Mijy haye ha& er regis:
There q remaiGn'ssal iG'slq at t,aHSJ HSJopp hpab abof s' one
county to be hsa}S lfa{Hn fsS{n With
the arrival of returns from this coun-
ty, a complete tabulation will be made,
and some interesting statistics may
be expected. 1t is probable that Stark
county's quota will boost the total to
a bare $4,000.
The last day of grace for nOn-regis-
trants expired yesterday, and the
task of rounding them up will begin
tomorrow
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
Redfliiet,Id Cautions Ca i1t:i i,Irls '7'''
Brokers About Trade
With German Firms

New York, June 12.-In correspond
ence made public today between Will.
lam T. Redfield and firm of coffee
importers, the secretary Of commerce
advises the firm not to continue com
mercial relations with business in.
terests in central and South America
and the United States, which are con.
trolled by subjects of Germany, or
who are subjects of her allies, pend.
ing action by congress on the So
called trading with the enemy act"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
Des Laos Doctor
Pleads Guilty to
Blind PIG Charge

Minot, ~ d., June 12.-Dr. H. L.
Halvorson yesterday entered plea of
guilty in local court to the charge of
keeping and maintaining liquor nuis-
ance in his drug store at Des Laos,
N. D. He was sentenced to serve 80
days in Jail and a fine of $500 and
costs amounting to $4,000, with an
additional 60 days in default of pay
ment. He paid the fine and costs and
the 80 days sentence was suspended
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
SPANISH GRAF 7
CAPTURES SUB

Cadiz, Spain, June 12.-The Spanish
torpedo boat No s this morning dis
covered the German submarine U.52
disabled from gunshots which had
struck her engines, The submarine
was towed into Cadiz and striped Of
her wireless apparatus so that the
vessel could not communicate with
vessels of the central powers interned
here. Repairs to the German subma-
rine will take two days, but it is be-
lieved the vessel will be interned.
The German officers today visited the
port officials. The submarine is Of
$50 tons. ~ .ha -.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
FIND COUNCILS !.
HAD FIRE ARMS
= AZ ~ y 81.
! AND. EXPLOSIVES

Joliet, Ill.,, June 12.-Search Of the
state prison here was continued today
and more files, knives and brass
knuckles were unearthed. Three
charges of dynamite-tw0 in cells and
one in the yard-were discovered.
The search began yesterday, and is
not yet concluded. It has disclosed a
remarkable condition. Hardly a con-
vict was without some kind of weapon
and there were so many files as to
suggest that big plot was on foot
for wholesale delivery.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
PIONEER JOINS PARTNER
OF OF O.! 50 YEARS IN BEYOND
Deaths Of Aged Milton Couple DC.
cur Within Few Days of One
W Another

Milton, N. D., June 12-Within few
days of one another, Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Hanson, pioneers of this COM
munity, have passed away, aged IS and
81, respectively. The aged couple,
who had resided north of Milton for
20 years, were devoted to one another
and the husbands heart was, broken
when his companion of more than
half century died short time ago,
and he never recovered from the blow.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
BUILDING WAREHOUSE
Farmers Cooperative Association
of Goodrich Busy

Goodrich, n D., June 12-Work is
under way on large warehouse to
he built by the Farmers Cooperative
association of Goodrich. The COM
pany already operates an elevator,
which is said to have proven a pay
ing investment.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
Ambulance Drivers
Vanguard Of U. S.
Army in France

Boulogne, June 12,-Another install
ment of the vanguard of the American
army has arrived in France, in the
form of $50 ambulance drivers and
IS nurses. Preceded by a military
band, they marched through the
streets to their quarters, amid the
enthusiastic cheers of the pOpulace.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
Rockies Sent
Into Training

Minneapolis, Mimi, June 12.-The
first group of the SOC men recently ac-
cepted by the navy and sent to their
home in Minnesota and North Dakota
on furloughs will be sent to Norfolk,
Va, late today, to begin training.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
RUSSELL Is EXPELLED.
Socialists Demand His Resignation
s from Russian Commission.

j from Russian Commission.
New York, June 12.-Charles Edward
Russell, widely known socialist and
a member of the American war mis-
sion to Russia, was expelled from the
socialist party by the central commit.
tee of the New York local at meet
ing here today. According to state
ments, the specific grounds for expul-
sion were given as Mr.. Russells fail
ure to consult the party before ac-
cepting the appointment as a member
of the mission to Russia, and his fail.
ure to resign from the commission
after certain sections III the party had
requested him to do 50.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
Eleven Steamers
Reach Atlantic
Port Safely

An Atlantic Port, June 12.-Eleven
large steamers. six under the Amer
lean flag, have been docked here with
in two days by the International Ma
rine, owners of the vessels. Among
them was the Minnesota of N,718
tons, being the largest merchant ship
aflOat.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
SENATE PASSES. E J. ;:.. J.. =. :.
ESPIONAGE BILL:

Washington, June 12.-The admin
istration espionage bill was finally
approved by the senate today without
roll call and sent to the White
House for the presidents signature.
Provisions for newspaper censorship
we're struck out, and material mOdifi-
cations in other respects had BEEN
made. '.f r.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
LINER ARRIVES SAFELY.

An Atlantic Port, June 12.-Many
American citizens arrived in the Unit.
ed States today on a Norwegian
stesnfer. Theo vessel brought 92s pas
sshRMs. No Submarine was sighted
on the voyage, the officers said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12
+ TO HAVE NEW HOTEL
More Than Half Funds Required
10 Build Subscribed

Lakota, N. D., June 12.-More than
half the funds required for the erec-
ton of the proposed $4,000 hotel
here have been collected and the con-
tract for the, new structure has been
1of tr t.rr .t.a =f.# MS
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-12

Washington, June 12.-Arrests and
possibly years Imprisonment today
threatened men of registration age
who have failed to enroll for army
conscription. Governors have orders
from the war department to cease ex-
tending leniency to those who did
not register on the single legal regis
trati0n ,day--last Tuesday-and to
prosecute viOlators vigorously.
The early publication of lists of reg
istered men is expected to aid in the
detection Of slackers.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
today awaited registration reports
from Is states, so that the nations
total can be figured, each states con-
scriptiOn quota determined, and rules
announced for the second step in the
process, the summoning before local
exemption boards of a proportion OF
the men registered.
These states had not reported up
to last midnight: Arizona, Idaho, In
diana, Kentucky, Massachusetts,, Mich
igan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Wy
Oming. ..n.
Virtually every citizen of military
age in some New York districts, Sen.
ator Calder today advised the war de-
partment, will be taken under the
army draft because OF the population
basis on which the draft will be made
and because in the districts referred
to there are three times as many ali
ems as citizens He suggested relnedi-
al legislation, which the department
and congressional committees hith-
erto have found impracticable.