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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03
PLEDGE AT TOMB
Of WASHINGTON
France and America Agree to
do a Republics Duty in
Bringing Worlds
Independence.
GREAT SPEECH
Vice Premier Made Thrilling Ad-
dress to Congressman Today
as to Purpose OF
Allies.
lVIVIANI'S GREAT SPEECH

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
WASHINGTON, May 3.-France and
America have sworn on the grave or
George Washington, on the death beds
Of soldiers killed in the present war,
and on all the graves of all European
battlefelds, to do republics duty Of
bringing other countries to independ-
ence, Vice Premier Viviani told the
house today from the speakers ros-
trum. A free translation of his speech
by Representative McDill Mccormick
follows:
"Never until my dying day shall l
forget the acclamations of the Ameri-
can people. If 1 don't thank you ade-
quately, 1t is not because our gratitude
Is lacking, but because the words with
which to express it are insufficient.
I'VE feel that your sympathy and
your enthusiastic assistance comes not
only from your heart, but from the
jealousy which you have for your hon
or. We have seen that you fulfilled
not only the obligations of national
honor, but all at once we have seen un-
complexity Of the American soul.
when one meets an American. he
meets a practical man, living Or the
aIIdlIS OIL MS Inc, DuI dI Lie Sdluc
time, one discovers in the American
soul the freshness and the vivacity of
new life. the strength which comes
from the devotion to an ideal. And
80, in that American soul we have
before us the paradox of the combin-
alton of the practical and the ideal
There is a parallel between your
case and ours. You, Ike ourselves,
carry the mandate of free people, to
maintain certain ideals. to exchange
certain opinion regarding the tre-
mendous problems arising from the
war to the end that our two nations
may side by side achieve equality and
liberty. Opposed to us is an absolute
monarch who seeks to compel others
to do his will.
when a few days ago the people of
this nation heard the call to arms, that
man who is the central power in cen
trail Europe understood the gravity Of
the new situation which confronted
him and then we saw him leaning from
his throne, beckoning his subjects, try
ing to reassure them with promise OF
universal suffrage. 1t was indeed a
bitter jest.
"If your national hero George Wash
ington, could rise from his grave and
behold today's war he would himself
proclaim that after nation has Great
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03

uitsd Press Leased w7Fe esrv1ee.1
Misunderstanding . nAt1onw1do
jubt q TO whether Britain has been
Hing the full truth regarding the
Arman submarine successes and the
mpaign on the west front, the
httsd Press today put the question
|uarely up to the best posted man
tho British empire. Lord North
I. life, and inquired whether America
getting all the facts.
I'm addition, the difficulty Of Ameri-
ns accepting unreservedly Britain's
aims Of great interest In small ma
bns and democracies while the Irish
kestion is unsettled, was pointed out
Id request made for an authortta-
Re statement of England's attitude.
las an Indication of the Importance
kached TO the inquiries by the Brit
4 1peelgn cfilce. the resulting In
|Fyiew was cabled to the United
|ess today over tho British govern
ent's own line. evidently at the sug-
stion Of the foreign offlce.]
y Ed L. Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent
Copyright 1917 by The United Press1
1LONDON, May 3.-Amer1ca IL get
hg the full and complete facts Of
|ery news feature Of the British end
the war Developments. except the
tual figures of submarine losses
ID may expect to receive them very
(on. The submarine menace Is the
Fongest card Germany has played,
ft 1t Will never win the war.
THE foregoing is on authority Of the
|An whose prophecies and state
tents on the war have come to carry
lore weight than those of any other
sure in the allied countries-Lord
'prthcliffe.
Northcliffe is probably the squarest
(cer OF facts in England. He never
Pdges. Today the United Press put
uarely up to him the proposition OF
Re gathering doubt and distrust In
(merica resulting from belief that
|ritish officialdom has not been
rank with America in its statements
submarine losses-and possibly
las not told the full truth regarding
ne allies successes upon the west
FONT.
In regard to the loss of ton
mage by submarines" said Lord
NorthclKfe. there is no doubt
that the figures are serious. The
government does not prevent our
newspapers from saying 50. nor
prevent American correspond
ents from saying SO. The gov
ernment will, believe. very soon
publish the full facts and figures,
as soon as they can arrange the
matter with our French and Itali-
an allies.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03

HEADED WEST
Marshal Joffre and Party
Leave Capital Tonight on
Special Train for Visit
in Chicago.
WORK ALMOST ENDED
Having Been Assured That American
Forces VIII be Sent to France
Visitors 90 on Pleasure
Trip
WORK ALMOST ENDED

BY George Martin, United Press stan
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 8.-Having
completed the major share OF its work
in the allied world war parley-wh1ch
was to get assurance that American
troops will be sent to France very
soon-the French high commission.
under Vice Premier Vlviani and Mar
shall Joffre, packed its grips here TO-
day to carry the war spirit Into the
west.
Somewhere IN Washington lux
uriously appointed special train guard
ed by United States secret service men
and stocked with comforts and lux.
uries these men of France had almost
forgotten in their war-rldden home land
waited to whisk the French visitors
over guarded tracks straight to CHI
cago tonight. :.
Papa" Joffre, stocky. snowy-haired.
snowy-mustached hero Of the Marne.
who stood like rock in those days OF
civilizations gloom, late In 1914.
evinced an almost childish delight In
getting ready for his trip around the
country today.
There was nothing in his happy race
and brisk manner as he hustled about
SS~SSS
to Indicate that he ever had driven
millions Of men over history-making
battle fields, strewn with death and
agony.
The vice premier, M. Viviani, In
whose face is stamped the bitterness
and sorrow of an only son buried in
an unknown grave somewhere on the
fields of France, was no less pleased,
but took the preparations for the jour
ney in silence.
Viviani feels that not only is the
tour to be Of interest as such, but that
it also affords the French war COM
missioners an opportunity to bring
home fully to the American people the
menace and seriousness Of the war we
are in.
Also in the party is Lieut. Colonel
Fabry, the blue devil'' Of France, one
of the gallant few who held the all
important section Of the Marne battle
line single handed for days against
the on-rushing Germans: and who had
to bury his dearest friend and fighting
companion beneath him in the trench
and kneel on his grave to continue the
fight.
The train will leave. Washington at
$3.50, going directly to Chicago, arriv-
ing about noon Friday
Visit to the House.
WASHINGTON, May 3.--As the
house stood and cheered as only it's
orators can cheer, Marshal Joffre.
Vice Premier Viviani and Vice Ad-
miral Chocheprat of the French COM
mission today com pleted their list of
official visits.
If the senate demonstration Tues
day was spectacular, the house
demonstration today was q riot.
Pacifists and other anti war led ap-
plause as the doorkeeper announced,
THE honorable French commission
to the United States"
Commissioners arrived at the capi-
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French Official Report.
PARIS, May 3.-Resumption of
spirited fighting along widely scat
tered points OF the whole French
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-29
TO CULTIVATE ALL
THE LAND 1T OWNS
Goodyear Rubber Go. to Erect
Bunkhouses for Men Who
Wish to Till Soil.
LAND SURROUNDS A LAKE

Complying with the wartime call
from Washington to protect the
food supply" the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber company is already getting.
into intensive agriculture, in addition
to its many other activities. Every
foot of ground the company owns and
that is not needed Immediately for
building purposes will be placed
under cultivation at once. Fortunate
ly the company has available many
hundreds Of acres of rich land right
now. This land, which was acquired
recently, surrounds lake which is to
be used to form big reservoir for
supplying water to the factory.
The Wingfoot Clan, Goodyear's
factory newspaper, describes the pa
triotic venture thus:
"The work will be in charge Of the
labor department, Goodyear men who
wish outdoor work and who wish to
undertake this patriotic work for the
growing season are requested to fill in
the blank and send it in.
Great for Onions.
"The land at Fritch's lake COM
prises farm land, orchard and wood
land. Over 100 acres can be cultivated
Immediately and we can quickly clear
any additional land needed Between
fifty and sixty acres is the finest muck
and will grow huge crops Of onions
and like garden produce. The prin-
cipal crops will be potatoes, navy
beans, wheat, corn, peas, etc.
Bunk houses will be erected at the
lake to house the men at work on the
farm"
Goodyear offers this as a sugges-
ton to other patriotic manufacturers
who have tillable land now lying idle.
In addition to becoming a farmer
itself the company advises every one
of its employees who has a home to
plant all the garden possible this year.
The editor says in conclusion: Every
bit of food which can be raised is
needed to prevent scarcity Of foods
and an.even higher cost of living than
we are now experiencing, during the
coming year"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-29
Snow Does Not Stop the
Delivery of Allen Cars

Carl Changstrom says that even
the Indictment weather of the last
week did not keep the dealers over
the territory from coming in and
driving away Allen cars. He reports
Two driven out to Holdrege, one to
6cottsbluff, one to Grand Island and
pne to Scotia.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-29

and authorized the Omaha city coun-
Gil to annex without submitting the
proposition to a vote. During April
the city council annexed three strips,
viz: Between Benson and Omaha, in
the Elmwood park district and Clon-
tart precinct, these areas being indi-
Gated by interlineations on the map.
Mayor Dahlman stated that Florence
and Benson will have been legally
annexed before June |. A popula-
ton Of nearly 1000 and four schools
will be added to Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-29
Greater Omaha, with Florence and

Greater Omaha, with, Florence and
Benson annexed, will be eleven miles
from the north limits of Florence
to the present southern limits of the
South Side. The city will then en-
brace thirty-seven square miles. Or
dinances covering the formalities of
adding two more suburbs to Omaha
are being prepared by the city legal
department for introduction by the
mayor. The Florence Benson annexa-
ton bill carried an emergency clause
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-29
OLD Highway Will Hold
Annual Meeting at McCook

The annual meeting of the Omaha
Lincoln-Denver Highway association
will be held at McCook, Neb.,
May Is.
The advisability of adding "the
Buffalo Bill Trail'' to the name of the
highway is one of the subjects sched-
uled to come up for decision. DR..
G. A. Condra will give an illustrated
lecture on practical road making un-
der conditions existing in Nebraska
Many good roads boosters in addi-
tion to delegates are expected to
attend the meeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-29
New Type Of Frame
Used on Monroe Car

One OF the most annoying troubles
found by motor car drivers up to the
present time, appears to have been
satisfactorily eliminated from the new
Monroe touring car.
With the older forms Of frame con-
struction a very rigid body has been
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-29

II present plans are carried out George
Chip will again battle AL Mccoy in Brook
lyn in the same ring where Mccoy leaped
Into fame BY knocking out Chip in one
round. H vi
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-09-20

after our conversation. Both he and
my pal Macfarlnne were shot down
dead that morning.
When they called for volunteers to
go with me In discharge OF Major Lew
is' order the entire company responded
| picked out twenty-five men. twelve
hnyonct men and thirteen bombers.
They agreed to my plan. which was
10 get within twenty-five yards OF the
gun cmplaC"mCnt before attacking to
pln"c no dependence" on rifle fire but
10 bomh them ont and take the posi-
ton with the bayonct. We followed
that plan and took the cmplarcment
quicker than w" had expected to 30.
but there were only two Of us left
when we got thcrc-privntc Gudsam,
No. lII.oG3. and myself All the rest
"f the twenty-five We're dead or down
The cmpla"cmcnt was held by eleven
Germans. TWO only were lcft stand
Ing when We got in.
When we SAW th" gun had been 81
lcn"cd and the crew disabled GudSnU
and | worked round To ths right about
ten yards from the shell hole where
we had sheltered ourselves while
throwing bombs into the emplacemcnt
and scaled the German parapet. We
rushed the gun position. The officer
who had been in charge was standing
with his back to us, firing with his re-
vOlvcr down the trench ut our men
who were coming over at another
point | reached him before Godsall
and bayOneted him. The other Ger
man who had survived our bombing
threw up his hands and mouthed the
Teutonic slogan Of surrender-"Mercy,
kamerad! My bayonet had broken
of I'm the encounter with the German
officer, 40 j picked up a German rifle
with bayonet fixed, and Godsall and
| worked on down the trench
The German who had surrendered
stood with his hands held high above
his head, waiting for ua to tell him
what to do. He never took his eyes
cT OF us even to look at his officer, ly-
ing at his feet. As we moved down
the trench he followed us, still hold
Ing his hands up and repeating, Mercy,
kameradV At the next trench angle
we took five more prisoners, and az
GodsaIl had been slightly wounded In
the arm l turned the captives over to
iiim and ordered him to take them to
the rear. Just then the men Of our
second wave came over the parapet
like lot Of hurdlers. In Ave minutes
we had taken the rest OF the Germans
In the trench section prisoners, had re-
versed the fire steps and had turned
their own machine gun against those
oc their retreating companies that we
could catch sight Of.
AS we could do nothing more here,
| gave orders to advance and re-en-
force the front line. Our way led
across field furrowed with shell holes
and spotted With bursting shells. Not
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-09-20

II highly nervous state. III admit
that.
1t seemed almost certain death to
start over in broad daylight, yet, as
it turned out, the crossing Of No Mans
Land was accomplished rather more
easily than In our night raids. Our
battalion was on the extreme right OF
the line. and that added materially to
our difficulties. first by compelling us
to advance through mud SO deep that
some Of our men sank to their hips In
il and, second. by giving us the hottest
little spot I'm France to hold later.
was in charge OF the second
wave" or assault line. This Is called
the "mOpping up" wave, because the
business OF the men composing II Is
thoroughly to bomb out position
crossed by the first wave, To capture
or Kill all Of the enemy remaining and
to put the trench I'm II condition to be
defended against counterattack by
| reversing the fire steps and throwing
up parapcts.
Our artillery had given the Germans
such battcrtng and the curtain fire
which our guns dropped just thirty TO
forty yards ahead Of us was so pow
crful that we lost comparatively few
men going over-Only those who were
knocked down by shells which the Ger
mans landed among us through our
barrace. They never caught us with
their machine gun sweeping until we
ncarcd their trenches Then Il good
many OF our men began to crop but
we were I'm their front trench before
| they could cut us up anywhere near
! completely. Going over wns struck
| by shell fragments on the hand and
| leg. but the wounds were not severe
| enough to stop me. In fact, | did not
know that had been wounded until
felt blood running into my shoe.
Then I discovered the cut I'm my leg.
| but saw that 1t was quite shallow and
| that no artery of importance had been
| damaged SO went on.
had the familiar feeling of nervous
| ness and physical shrinking and nausea
ut the beginning OF this fight, but by
the time we were halfway across No
Mans Land had my nerve back.
After had been hit | remember feel
ing relieved that I hadn't been hurt
enough to keep ME from going on with
the mon. I'm not trying to make my
self out II hero. I'm just trying to tell
You how an ordinary mans mind
works under the stress OF fighting and
the danger OF sudden death. There
are some queer things in the psycholo
gy or battle. For instance when we
had got into the German trench and
were holding II against the most
| vigorous counterattacks the thought
winch was persistently uppermost in
my mind wns that had lost the ad-
dress OF girl in London along with
some papers which had thrown away
Just before we started over and which
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-09-20
THE CANTONMENT

There is quite naturally a division
of opinion in the county as to the
desirability of the proposed army
training camp in Chesterfield coun-
ty. There is no denying that if the
army officials should select the King
Sand Hill territory, it will work hard
ship on a few people. There are a
lew spots of good, productive soil in
this territory that are being we'll
farmed and maintaining comfortable
homes. For these people to have to
move would be severe trial. They
would have the sympathy not only of
their neighbors but of the govern
mcnt itself. One of the points that
will weigh heavily in the decision as
what place to select will be consider
alton of the number of families in
convenicnccd. The government is
thinking about that very thing.
On the other hand, the government
offers and will pay just price for
the land or its use. And the opinion
of the inhabitants will not affect the
choice in the least. We may want it
or we may not want it, but the gov
ernmcnt is looking out for the in
tcrcsts of all the people. Our gov
ernmcnt is not only of the people
and by the people but for (all) the
people. If this is found to be the
most suitable spot for the camp the
army is in duty bound to select it.
Here is one suggestion as To y
probable benefit that might accrue to
this territory from the camp: For
ty-hve thousand men will have to be
fed, their horses and mules will have
to be fed. The government will pre-
fer to buy at the camp without rail
road hauling. If the camp becomes
permanent, this county can forget it's
one-crop idea and 20 to doing that
which we believe the good Lord
meant it to do, raise food stuirs.
We have expressed the opinion be-
Tor" that this county is not perfectly
adapted to the growing Of cotton.
This season is a fair sample. But
you cant mention anything good to
eat, for man or beast, but this county
Will produce it in abundance and
more chcaply than other territories.
With great big market at our
door, at war prices, who could not
make money on potatoes and peas.
corn, wheat and cabbage?
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-09-20
WHY NOT WAIT TILL ATTACKED

Now and then someone is heard
to voice that pitiful plaint, "Why are
we at war? Why not wait until we
are attacked?" For the benefit of
such people we are rcprinting on an
other page some extracts from an
article written for the Saturday Ev-
ening Post by Miss Grace Ellcry
Charming, who is in France and
writes from her own observation.
Let every doubling one ponder
well the experiences through which
France and Belgium have passed and
are passing and then remember that
for three long years American
women and girls, American homes.
American freedom, and everything
that we Americans hold dear have
been sheltered behind the folds of
the allied flags"
No one need ask for evidence
that Germany meant to attack us
when she had inscribed upon her
banners America NeXtw
Surely there is not an American
in all this broad country of ours who
is willing that we should continue to
look to poor France and Belgium and
England to save our homes from the
Hun.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-09-20
A BIT OF ADVICE
First-Don't Delay. Second-Don't
Experiment.

If you suffer from backache head
aches or dizzy spells; if you rest porr-
ly and are languid in the morning; if
the kidney sccrctions are irregular
and unnatural in appearance, do not
delay. In such cases the kidneys of
ten need help.
Doan's Kidneys Pills are especial
ly prepared for kidney troublc-thcy
are recommended by thousands. Can
residents desire more convincing
proof of merit than the statement of
citizen Of this locality.
A. w. Chance, merchant, Main ST.,
Lancaster, S. c., say: 81 have been
using Doan's Kidney Pills for year,
and they have always strengthened
my kidneys. | am satisfied that they
are good kidney medicine. / have
felt much better since using them"
OVER SIX YEARS LATER, Mr.
Chancr said: 81 think as highly o,
Doan's Kidneys Pills now as when
first recommended them"
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remcdy-get
Doan's Kidney PiIls-the same that
Mr.. Chance had. Foster Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. Adv
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-09-20
No. 5. Wounded
In Action.
BY Sergeant Alexander McClintock,
ID. {. NJ. 87th Overseas Batt.,
Canadian Gren. Guards
Copyright. 1917. by the Bell Syn
dicate Inc

Sergeant hcClintock, an American
boy Of Lexington Ky., has seen scrpice
IN france, 1CdS decorated for brarcry,
Toundcd and tnUdlided home He Is
hAing his story, a thrilling ono, and
this is the MN article Of the series. In
the preceding ones he described ho,c he
reached the front, fighting hu Belgium,
and He', the great preparations for the
Somn,e battle. In this installmcnt he
tells Of conditions and dcsc,ibcs first
hand the fighting In that greatest of all
battles.
our high command apparently
" meant to make sure thing OF
the general assault upon the Re
gina trench, in which we were to par
ticipate. Three times the order to "go
over the top" was cOuntermandcd The
assault was first planned for oct. TO-
Then the date was changed to the Goth
Finally, at 1910 noon OF oct 81, We
went. 1t was the first general assault
we had taken part in, and we were In
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-09-20
HE LEADS US ON

He leads US on,
By paths we do not know;
Upward He leads us though our steps
be slow.
Though oft we faint and falter by the
way,
Though storms and darkness oft OBJ
scure the day
Yet when the clouds are gone
We know he leads us on.
He leads us on
Through all the unquiet years;
Past all our dreamland hopes and
doubts and fears,
He guides our steps. Through all
the tangled maze
Of sin, of sorrow and of clouded days,
We know His will is done
And still He leads us on.
Anonymous.