The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-27
HELM GIVES
OUT SOME NAMES
Asks for Appointment of Committed
Before Which He Is Very
Anxious to
Appear,

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-Repre
sentative Heflin Alabama, today de
manded immediate appointment Of g
house committee before which he can
denounce members Of congress who
in his opinion, have acted disloyally.
In an impassioned speech, he men
toned the names Of Senator LaFol'
lette and Representative Britten and
Mason, Illinois; Barr, North Dakota.
and Norton, North Dakota, and asked
an investigation so he could ascer-
tain if there were any connection be-
tween their conduct In congress and
the $4,000 Won Bernstorff s1ush fund.
He also said the he would be salts
fed to have Speaker Clark name the
members of the proposed committee,
but would insist that the house elect
them. lie accused the speaker Of I'M
fairness toward him at recent house
session where he was hooted.
When Britten went to the rules
committee, where the speech was
made to find If definite charges had
been made against him, he was in
formed that the stenographic record
would not be given out until Helm
has had an opportunity to revise 1T.
Before this congress is over Helm
said he would name thirteen or four
teen members whom he regards as
disloyal, as unsympathetic with their
government, whose conduct had been
suspicious.
He preferred, he said, a committee
before whom to make his charges, but
if one we're not named, he had deter
mined to deliver his accusations be-
fore congress itself. @
At the coming investigation he
promised he would show the rela-
tionship. If any, between the kaiser's
SOY SYSTEM and the bills by Mason,
Ill, to repeal the draft law; by Brit
ten. Illinois. to exempt German born
citizens from service against their
fatherland and in the speeches Of La
Toilette.
Dollar Day, Saturday, Sept. 90
Bennett Still Leading.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-With Will
liam Benefits lead over Mayor
Mitchell for the republican mayoralty
nomination still increasing, the re-
count of votes cast in Brooklyn in the
recent primary started this. after
noon. BENEFITS lead was S33, as the
end of the recount in Manhattan ap.
preached.
Bennett gained five votes in the
first Brooklyn election district count
ed. This brought his lead to 33s.
Dollar Day, Saturday, Sept. 20
One American Lost.
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NEW YORK, Sept 27.-Arrivals
from Europe today brought word that
William Trimmings, an American, was
one of the thirty-three persons lost in
the sinking of the British steamer,
Minnehaha, September 7. M. ]. Ke-
hoe, chief engineer and Arthur Moses,
seaman, both If New York, and Daniel
Linton, of Foston, seaman, were
among the saved.
Dollar Day. Saturday, Sept. 20
Pope VIII Continue Efforts.
EUnited Press Leased Wire Servfce.l
ZURICH, Sept 27.-The pope will
not abandon his efforts to end the
world war and will soon make new
peace proposals, according to the
statement of an Austrian official pub
lished in the Swiss press.
According to this official. the pontiff
will continue his peace offers even if
the allies should decide not to reply
to them.