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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-21

SPECTATORS
This Glass and Hoarders of
Food Are Blamed for Pres
ent High Cost Of
Living.
WITH WAR AS EXCUSE
Wholesale Grocers Told That tho
Lever Bill Should be Made
Law to Prevent
Famine.
WITH WAR AS EXCUSE

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. l
| CHICAGO, June 21.-"Food hoard
ers' and professional spectators" are
mainly responsible for the present
high cost of living Theodore Whit
marsh, president Of the National
Wholesale Grocers association In con-
lvention here made this statement to
the United Press today.
"Of course" said Whitmarsh "the
fundamental reason for abnormal
prices Is the war which has caused an
unprecedented economic revolution
that is the world is destroying more
than 1t can produce"
Forty million men, according to
accurate statistics are engaged in the
industry of destruction, instead of
their natural field of endeavor-pro-
duction-and the world supply Of food
products and commodities of every
description is becoming more limited
each day.
''The most expedient remedy and
perhaps the quickest Is the regulation
| of production, distribution and conser-
walton by government control
| THE hever food bill now before con
gress.- embodiess all necessary means
| for government control of supply OF
1Loouotuhop anu PCSoibiys duA
with the demand Of our allied nations.
Natural causes of the present food
situation are easily recognizable. The
weather of the past two growing sea-
sons has been very unfavorable to
crops and resulted in world grain
shortage. Labor being diverted, also
helped to create this crop condition.
But other reasons, not natural, helped
to aggravate the situation, which now
lis bordering on an actual food crisis,
and, If action is not immediately taken
by the governm ent will result in ia
mine next winter and spring as we'll as
precluding all possibilities Of an early
victory over Prussianism.
"These unnatural causes are profes-
sional spectators and food hoarders.
The majority of people, especially the
middle classes, have become alarmed
and are boarding food. The profes-
sional speculator has taken advantage
of the peculiar situation and contrib
uted his artificial demand to the
frenzied dealer and small buyer. The
Lever bill will stop professional specu-
lation and food boarding and in order
to adjust the harmony of distribution
it is absolutely essential that the ad-
ministration take action at once. The
fate Of this nation rests upon congress
in passing the Lever bill. l urge every
one to write to their congressman and
advise him to vote in favor Of it."
Flour is Cheaper.
CHICAGO, June 21.-F7our and
wheat were lower today-but bread re-
mained the same.
The decline Of 40 to so cents barrel
in flour prices late yesterday to $14 for
spring patents and $12.1o for bakers
brands made total drop Of $2.40 with
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-21
Folks Back Home" Who
Pay Big Bills, Are Making
Pressure Felt on
Congressman.
WITHIN TWO WEEKS
Hoover to Confer Again With Sena-
tors Tomorrow and Some
Action Is Now
Promised.
[By Robert J. Bender, United Press
Staff Correspondent

[By Robert J. Bender, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, June 21.-Opposl
ton to the food control bill in con
gress is giving way. The folks back
home" are making their pressure felt.
AS the house settled down today to
debate amendments under five
minute rule, so vote could be had
this week, movement developed III
the senate to agree on some modl
fication of the measure as drafted.
There is senate talk of a substitute
BILL embodying the following sections
which meet with the approval of the
small clique Of bitter senate antag-
onists of the measure:
Authorizing creation Of food con
troll department with power to enter
into common buying agreement
with the allies, an appropriation to
administer the control work, anti
licensing section, possibly minimum
price fixing authority and measures
to get at the retailer
The bill will be stripped Of most Of
its phases which would permit other
than voluntary agreements attained
by the proposed control department.
1--WE can iron out the measure all
right" Senator Vardaman, one of
the strongest opponents, said today
There are some splendid features in
it. / am heartily in accord with the
principles Of it. We will adopt some
thing to accomplish the end desired
by all of US in this situation"
Senator Gore, one Of the leaders OF
the fight against the bill was of the
same opinion and declared Senator
Reed, bitterest anti,control member,
felt likewise.
1--WE are going to get together on
something soon," Gore said ''The
airing given the bill yesterday show,
ed we're not. SO far apart on it after
all, think. There is no question
that something will be done, and it
will embody all that is necessary
The only thing to do is to keep the
bill within the limitations of the
constitution"
Those in charge of the bill predict
ed it's passage in some form within
two weeks.
Herbert Hoover, returning from
New York where he has been inves
| tigating the export situation and neu
| trail grain purchase, will confer again
with senators tomorrow morning and
| is expected to lay some additional
facts before them on the need fol
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-21
Half of Hundred Million Fund
Has Been Raised With Sew
eral Days of Campaign
Coming.
ALLoTMENTs SURPASSED
Nearly All Cities Are Raising More
Money Than They Were
Asked to
Give.

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON, June 81.
A Fifty million dollars OF
IT. the s100,OOO.oOO American
Red Cross war relief fund
had been subscribed as returns again
began to pour into Red Cross head
quarters today.
New York City was running close
race with the rest OF the United
States to determine who shall turn
In the bigger fund.
Cleveland started out today to
raise Its $2,5o0.000 allotment, all over
again--the first allotment having
been subscribed.
Rochester. N. Y; Buffalo, Kansas
City. Mo-. and more Than a score Of
smaller cities had reported their full
quota to the headquarters. Whining
ton, Del, Montclatr, N. j., ard Fred
erfck, Md. had doubled their allot-
ment-and are still raising money
Delaware and Utah are two states
that have exceeded their quota
Red Cross officials, though they
fear the most strenuous work was
done in the first three days Of the
campaign that ends Monday night,
said that but one-thiri of the cities
that have active committees working
have reported. Many ctties-Hono-
lulu included-from which no returns
were expected, have reported. Homo
lulu reported $4,000
Nearly Hail Raised.
SAN FRANCISCO, Car1f., June 21.
Nearly half of San Francisco's al
lotment of $1.00O0O0 for the Red
Cross had been raised when the
third day of Red Cross week opened
here today. Tabulated subscriptions
totalled s437,118 with thousands still
coming in.
Liberty Loan Figures.
WASHINGTON, June 21.-There
were approximately 100000 sub.
scribers to the Liberty loan-and the
average subscription was $1,000, ac-
cording to figures available at loan
headquarters today.
The individual average af $1,000, it
was pointed out, is higher than the
loans heretofore floated by any of the
belligerents. Germany in five loan is
sues, has averaged only SITS per sub
scriber In her last loan England
got only s640 per participant. Her
first loan-for 1929 ,575, 792-does not
count, because it was issued only to
banks and to the wealthy citizens. and
was in no sense a popular issue.
The full count Of subscriptions has
not yet been completed today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-21
opposed Greek Monarch Great.
y = nonagrlned at Way He is
treated in Switzerland.

p
LEY ITmu.p press Leased Wire Service.A
Forn ouuANo, Switzerland, June 21.---
..s .Osmer King Constantine OF Greece
seo.lI sau MS family planned late today to
TvHl' fb,,u trom Lmgano to the lake of
rriuas; sua; being evidently greatly cha
sea,ns. AZ the demonstrations directed
tSer t's. ~. them during the two days of
|nonanoasa usaay evening, the former Greek
IpubHo 'n attended a concert in the
Ishen ss sauare. but left hurriedly
|sartedI Io,ne ,la OF the foreigners there
|his a wa,- -Vehemently kissing him. On
raio.y nj way through the streets other
soush, ss look Up the kissing and even
|entsrno. 70 molest him. The ex-kinp
|thrnns1h cafe and slipped out
|ahibiirtdne i ne feared repetition Of these
'''ons OF hostility, Constantine
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-21
|msrican Warship Ran Into
German U Boat and Made
it Permanently
Submerged.
VICTIM REPORTED
e.m,n.bon HIuejaeket apisd Hostile
Graft and Gave Warning
Which Brought
Destruction. =
y j. W. Pegler, United Press Staff
Correspondent.

by J. W. Pegler, United Press Staff
Correspondent
BASE OF THE AMER[-
CAN NAVY fLOTILLA IN
fSA ENGLAND, June 21.-A
y - German submarine was
ammed and sunk by an American
|estroyer after a German-born Amer
ian bluejacket had spied out the
Underwater craft, according to belief
Expressed by the crew of a certain
american sea watch dog which re-
nrned to port today.
This is the first German submarine
y word Of whose sinking has been
bported by crers Of the American
otiyla.
The destroyer in question was
Fuising in calm sea. Directly
head the forward lookout sighted a
eriscope. The submarine to which
was attached almost hmm ediately
ubmerged. By that time the de-
toyer was so close to the spot
fhere the periscope had showed that
7 guns could not be depressed suffi-
)dently to fire. Every member of the
estroyers crew crowded the rails.
fagerly scanning the water for the
pubsurface shadow which would re-
zeal the enemy craft.
In the midst of this eager watch,
German-born sailor in the crows
Pest frantically shouted there he
q pointing directly alongside the
estroyer. The American commander
nstantly swung his ship and those
p board declared they felt the i'm
Pact of collision.
But even If the submarine was not
ahmed, those who told the story
Rla today 1t was likely another
|ntFsubmarfne device" which was
brought into play by the
f4e,,can rn destroyer, finished the job.
folks back home" in the United
ea.es can be sure that the American
" eo'lila here is in the thick of things.
,esterday a German u boat torpe-
.Oeu British ship at the very
sases OF the port where the Ameri-
.au I uestroyers make their base-and
! y, .lme when two American yes
~ ~ " the fleet were conveying it.
MY american destroyers were
~ .sinsing in a circle about their
,aa ,aa,se When the submarine suddenly
n. snspped torpedo and immediately
!. s.,'appeared y beneath the surface. One
!, |, ,ae u crew of the vessel was killed
! !, u,s explosion. One Of the Ameri-
~ SHIPS landed the remainder.
Eenang ong the survivors was VIM.
s.ponaid Of Buffalo, N. Y.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-21
Germans Abandon Strip Of
Territory Where Their
Position Became
Critical.
NOT ONE TO BE FOUND
British Patrols Unable to Locate
Single Enemy In Section OF
Land Eight Square
Miles.

[By VIM. Philip Simms, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, June 21.-Some time
within the last twenty-four hours,
the Germans retreated out of all the
territory vest of the river Lys from
near Warneton southwark. British
patrols reported today they had fail
ed to encounter single Prussian in
this section. The enemy evidently
realized the critical position it oc-
cupied in the Lys river bend and hur-
riedly decamped in the face of the
British pressure.
Fighting keeps up locally all along
this northern part of the front. Late
Tuesday night the Canadians took
the remainder of the trenches below
Reservoir hill on the outskirts OF
Lens. Three violent German counter
attackes which came Immediately
after this victory. were promptly
crushed.
The days are torridly hot. the only
relief being in almost tropical thun-
derstorms. accompanied by typhoon-
like rains and sometimes hail. which
swirls down in curious tracks,
some places reporting merely rain,
while Just adjacent the icy billets
rattle against the soldiers steel hei-
NETS like spent bullets. Most OF the
fighting is occurring these days at
night.
In one of the battles Of the dark
yesterday, the British made further
slight advance south of the Cojeul
river. But north of the stream, on
Infantry hill a storm of German
artillery literally wiped out the front
line British trenches, necessitating
establishment of the tommies' lines
to posts Immediately behind.
One of the dog days" stories
which was passed along the trenches
today was that the heavy artillery
fire in the region of Bullecourt had
uncovered the skeleton of nam
moth.
TThe withdrawal of German forces
around the I1ys mentioned aboye, has
been predicted in previous United
Press dispatches. In this section the
Ypres-Lille canal and the. Lys con
verge. The angle of this convergence
is roughly embraced between Hol1e.
beke and Houthem on the north, and
Warneton, Houplines and Armentieres
on the south. Warneton Is about
two and a half miles southwest of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-21
Lowa Man Clapped in Jail
For Denouncir1g the Flag
United States Commissioner Will Look into Case of Sc
bastian Deitsch ,end his Remarks

dFre Sse wh seruel
Jail in DUBUQUE United States into his MS
ything American
'front.'
his TRADE jailed
June Pip thtk
~mus
packages
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-21
FOR INVASION
OF GERMANY
Allies Plan With Fleet of
American Aeroplanes, to
Crush the Kaiser's
Power.
PROPOSED PROGRAM
United States Looked Upon to Fur
nIsh Machines to End the War
sooner Than
Usual.
[By J. P. Yoder. United Press STAFF
Correspondent
WASHINGTON. June 21.

[By J. P. Yoder, United Press STAFF
Correspondents
WASHINGTON, June 21.
1 Invasion Ut Germany
INA carrying of he fight into
Y the kaiser's territory
through the air-with success deem
ed certain. is the plan Of the allies.
Chieftains Of visiting war commits
sions insist the plan will bring com
plete victory nearer by many months
provided the national defense
councils air craft production board
program goes through. That program
calls for four thousand American air
machines for the fighting front by
April and for ten thousand by
August.
Lieutenant Amaury De La Grange,
noted French afr fighter, today made
this revelation in an interview given
the United Press. He emphasized
with what importance the allied gen
eral staffs regard Americas capabilt-
ties In furnishing the air preponder.
ance" that he is convinced will make
possible shattering Of the Teuton
battle lines.
Nothing is impossible II we allies
get and hold mastery OF the air." De
La Grange said. Berlin is even open
to u.s. Let America contribute as her
biggest share toward re-estab blishment
of democracy, the air preponderance,
as she can do, and then, indeed. will
German divine right rulers call for
real peace instead Of a pseudo peace.
Put throug this proposed program
and ApArfNona Hri11 hop
more to end war with less cost in
In any one or all of dozen ways
PUT through this program and
we can destroy the Great German
munition works their great mobiliza
tion depots, their great factories for
production. Of motor transport and
flying machines.
Put it through and you Americans
will make possible the destruction OF
those bases from which steal the
murderous submarines. Furnish, in
democracy's cause, the great air
squadron and we fighting men will
make scrap heaps of The great Ger.
man naval bases. The Kiel canal
will be made useless, If we have suffi-
cient machines.
Germany has declared 'verboten'
cerain sea zones. With complete air
mastery, we will declare forbidden
zones in German .tcrritory-say a
zone 100 miles behind the German
lines. We will give civilization ample
time to move away.
Then with our numerically SUI
perior air fighters, we can conduct
super-raids behind the lines, over
munitions plants, on troop mobiliza-
tion points and on artillery stations
that will make it impossible for the
Germans to Withstand any series of
attacks.
But we must have four to one
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-21
MING SNEAKED OUT BACK DOOR
AFTER CROWDS KISSED HIM
and all his family remained closely
in their hotel apartments all day
Wednesday.
Divine Right Of Kings.

Divine Right OF Kings.
SALONIKA, June 81. (Via London,
June 21.)-'I am not obliged to bow
to the will of the people. am re-
sponsible only to God"
King Constantine of Greece mad 2
this statement to his premier. Eluth-
eros Venizelos, when the latter In
sisted that the will of the Greek
people be recognized and Greece s
treaty with Serbia be fulfilled.
Constantine, now deposed. is an
exile in Switzerland. Venizelos
president of the Greek provisional
government and power in Greek af-
fairs, revealed the complete adhel-
ence of Constantine to the theory OF
the divine right of kings in state
ment to the United Press today. 1t
was an explanation OF the reforms
the Greek people will demand in ac-
cepting Alexander, Constantine's sec
ond son, as king.
venizelos declared the Greek people
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-21
Dleby Bell Is Dead.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1
NEW YORK, June ts1.-Digby Bell,
the comedian and opera singer who
won his first success in the Gilbert
and Sullivan comic opera, is dead
here today. Bell was sixty-eight years
old
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-21
Body cremted Today

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 21.-The
body of the late Dent H. Robert,
prominent California new. paper man,
was cremated at Cypress Lawn ceme-
terry today.
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i qbe Telegraph Service Of The
na;lv Gate City and Constitu-
.;on.Democrat is received over |
our own leased wire.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-21

Fair and cooler. Local temp
Z p. m. II; Ia m. &c.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-11

.Eauai TO ii 2 per cent on SEA. .9S7, 75O stock
as against 9.B per cent In the previous year
lighting contract for 1915 and expenses
valuation end rate case
In the annual report President Joseph b.
Mccall states that the plan for the unifica-
ton of the companys properties In Phila-
delphia has been successfully carried
through by the purchase and retirement OF
the trust certificates and the sale and trans
fer of all the properties In Philadelphia lex
cept the Edison Company to the Pennsyl-
vania Company the placing of a mortgage
thereon of $50, ,O0O, ,000 and the issuance of
S35,335, 5000 bonds hereunder for the pur-
pose of purchasing and retiring the trust
certificates and providing additional capital
for the immediate needs OF the company.
The report further states that the man.
agement hopes In the near future, they
will be able to submit a plan for the ex-
change of the stock Of the company for
/ the stock of the Pennsylvania Company.
The report shows an increase In the num-
Der of customers during the year of 1880.
and that the commercial connected load in
creased 756,592 ffty-watt equivalent while
the load of the railway, railroad and other
utilities connected increased 1900 kilowatts.
President Mccall presided at the annual
meeting. The annual report was read and
approved.
Directors were reelected as follows
jeremiah ]. Sullivan. Charles Il. Ingersoll,
J. r. McAnister, John T. Windrim, Sidney
r. Tyler, joseph b. Mccall, w. II. Johnson.
A. " r.. C&e and, Martin v. Bergen. The
L total stock voted was 760.l6l shares ON
kuf onoro1lmGtely 1soeesteo eharea
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-11
COTTON ENDS LOWER
AFTER NERVOUS DAY
Showers in Southwest Result in
General Easing of Prices.
Support Is Lacking

NEW YORK. April II. - Better cables
than due were more than offset by inn
proved cotton crop weather conditions. and
at the opening today the tone was barely
steady. March. on competitive bidding be-
tween spot interests and room traders. was
up POINTS, but other options We're down
10 to 13 points. July recording the largest
decline.
Trading became less active toward the
end of the first hour and fluctuations were
irregular The early declines to c012 for
July and 1888 for October were followed
by rallies of to 10 points after the pub
lication of the western belt forecast. which
held ont hope of little moro than showers
in Texas and confirmed local map readers
In their opinion that there was more chance
of rains in the East than in the droughty
sections of the Southwest
The bulge met renewed realizing liqui-
dation. however. and prices eased off again
after IL o'clock.
Rumors of showers at southwestern
points promoted general easing of prices
in midafternoon. The selling was not of
great volume, but for the moment the mar
ket lacked support in the near months
as well as new crops.
= Prices were off from SO to 60 points at
the close.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-11
Cotton Buyers and Sellers

NEW YORK, April 11.-May-Wach-
man. Wilson Noise, Lowenstein and Rosen-
berg bought Norden, w. Gumoens, Car
doza, Montgomery, Cone and Watkins sold.
July-H. Hubbard. Rosenberg, Schill.
hought, watkins. r. Hubbard. Newman,
Mitchell Downs, Brooks and Norden sold.
August-Wilson bought; Parrott sold.
october Newman, Hyman, WILSON
uagedofh and Parrot bought; Schill,
Keiffer Lester, Travers and Fatman' sold.
nacamher - Schill, .Hagedorn, Martin.
,,asenharc ana burnett bought; Norden c.
Hicks Fatman and Orvis sold.
Jan,,ary-smith, Seiar. Munds. Downs
and KEEPER bought; Parrott, orvis Finn
Marcn~Cone and Wilson bought; Hentz'
Hartcorn, Lowenstein and Rosenberg soid'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-11
Financial Briefs

Earnings of the Chester and Philadelphia
Railway Company which is operated by the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. In
March were $42,107 an increase of $40. .199.
The membership of Paul Schwarz In the
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange has
been sold to Lehman Brothers for $4,000.
unchanged from the previous sale.
At the annual meeting OF stockholders Of
the Western Unan Telegraph Company in
New York today, Benjamin F. Bush, head
of the Missouri Pacific, was elected di-
rector TO succeed George j.. Gould. Other
directors were reelected
Although the gross earnings of the United
Railways and Electric Company, of Balt
more. were s9.914,o51 last year. as against
S9.02S,143 the previous year, the expenses
increased so much that the net was only
$3,855,55s as compared with $4,SS5,444 In
1915. The company's net income for 1915
was S110S,123.
NJ. w. johnson. S. Kreksten, NJ Polln
and NJ i. Goldich. the two former being
directors, and all large stockholders in the
property is in Clark County, Nevada, leave
tomorrow for a visit to the mine, inspecting
new level opened UP at the 550-feet depth.
Banks lost to the New York Subtreasury
yesterday s2.674,000. and since last Friday
lost s6,209,o00