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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-26
ARE D|SMAYEO
AND DEPRESSED
Socialists Backing German In
spired Peace Conference
Realize They Received
Body Blow.
NO AMERICANS THERE
Even Had Meeting Been Held, Its De
IIberat1ons Would Have Been
Practically vaFueiess az
international Affair.
lBy Arthur p. Mann, United Press
STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

| by Arthur q. Mann, United Press
Staff Correspondent
STOCKHOLM. May 26.-Secretary
OF State Lansing's refusal to issue
passports to American socialists to
the German-inspired peace confer
ence," dismayed and depressed the
delegates already here for that meet.
Ing. The news was received today.
The representatives could hardly cred
1T 1t.
The report ls either false or else
the result Of misunderstanding OF
the purpose Of the Conference" in
sisted Chairman Branting. Meetings
Of various groups Of the socialists
still continue today, but It was ap-
parent that the German plan of gen.
eral meeting Is now a failure. Brant-
ing and Secretary Huysman. the Swed-
ish and Dutch socialists who have
been the real brains OF the meetings
80 far, declared today's continuance
Of the present separate conferences,
even II there is no general session.
will strengthen the international So
cialist bureaus place.
They aspire to place on the peace
conference board or at least some
lever by which their influence will
be felt at the meeting ending the war.
Among the delegates as . whole.
the news that no American socialists
would be present, added to knowledge
that British and French socialists
would likewise be absent, was q body
blow. The Americans had been de-
pended upon to strengthen the fmmed-
late peace groups-composed for the
most part Of representatives Of the
central powers.
With the general conference scheme
doomed. It was becoming increasingly
apparent today from the proceedings
OF the various groups, that even If
such general session could have been
held, it's deliberations would have
been practically valueless. The
group" conferences all show ma
tional spirit, rather than an interna-
tional one. The action of the Finnish
delegates is typical. When they, met
with Dutch and Scandinavian repre-
sentatives, the Finns' principal point
Of discussion was of measures to OBJ
tain autonomy for Finland. 1t was
nuthoritatively reported that they
showed little interest or understand
Ing in the various international as
poets of disputed questions or annex
ations and indemnities. Their own
concern overtopped everything else.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-26
Little Town Of Andale, Kansas
Destroyed, With Loss Of
Twenty-six or More
Lives.
SCORES ARE INJURED
Twjster came without WAsANs,
Wnile Sun Was Shining md 1asQ
Boys Wers Playing
Ball.

limited Press Leased Wire Servfce.1
WICHITA, Kansas. May a.
Twenty-six bodies. victims Of the
tornado which wiped Andaie, town
twenty-five miles northwest Of here.
off the map late yesterday. have bsen
recovered and identified today, while
every train from the STRICKEN section
Drinks in additional injured
O6icials believe that the deafh list
will reach thirty when other bodies.
believed to be In the wreckage which
litters the pratries for miles about
the place whsre the beautiful little
Kansas village nestled down among
the rolling prairie. arc found.
Several of tho scores Of injured
are also expected TO die.
Tho twfster, Q typical KANSAS
cyclone, came without warning. ThS
sun was shining in Andsle. In the
echool house yard gang of boys
were playing baseball. while groups
OF shoppers chatted along the busi'
ness streets. -
At the Gorges hardware store, N.
81 Jones, Wichita bond dsaaer. wes
discnssing the liberty h4n with the
usual small town soao box consre-
CATION.
to the street and saw whst w0a ooen-
ing. He saved a dozen Hvss when he
ran back into The store WITH warn
ting crv. Men, women and Children
rushed to the basem ent FEW sec
onds later the twister cut the build
ing in half, setting the roof and up
per portion down upon the floor.
The cyclone, which formed near
Andale. came from the southwest and
was followed by a severe rain ana
hail storm. 1t struck the ground
two miles outside OF Andafe and tore
through the center Of the town. The
matortty of the killed were beaten
to death by flying timbers, not hav-
ing had time to seek safety.
The dead at Andale are:
MRS. JOHN KLEIN AND THRNE
CHI DREN.
MINNIE soMMFRHHA:UsR. 1s
years old
AGNES RiAUSCH, %.
JONN AfERTES, 1S.
Mrs. FRANK fIFnGER.
MRS. FRANCES HEIGER, Is.
MRS. ALEXANDER SCHMIDT.
IRFIlE SCHMIDT, four.
NICK CORDELL
HENRY RAUSOH
HENRY BALES.
After passing through Andale. the
.ornado veered to the north east, cut
ing a swath half mile wide
through the rich farming lands along
he Arkansas river bottoms. It bare.
V missed Sedgwick, destroying few
outlying houses, and passed five
niles from Newton. Its path ex-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-26
Heavy Burden to be Placed
Upon His Shoulders, While
Manufacturer Pays In
come Tax.
THE BILL IS NOT READY
Senate Finance Committee still Max
Ing Changes In the Bill TO
Raise Two Billion
pollars.

! UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON May 26.-The con
sumer will bear the burden under th'
governments great $1,800,000,O0O rev
enue bill, if the senate finance com
mittee, now working on the measure
pursues its apparent present course.
II the policy adopted today of ex
Guiding the gross sales taxes con
tinues. some $118,750,OO0 will have tc
be raised otherwise
Manufacturers will probably be re
lieved of all gross sales taxes under
the revenue bill adopted by the sen
ate.
This became evident when the sen
ate finance committee struck out OF
the bill as sent over by the house
the five per cent tax on sales Of auto
mobiles, automobile trucks, auto-wag-
ons, motorcycles and auto-bicycle
and motorcycle tires (inc1uding ipner
tubes). The action was taken because
the committee does not approve of
the principle Of the gross sales tax.
This indicates that sales taxes on
other manufactures provided under
the house measure-musical tnstr,r
ments, motion pictures, films, jewelry.
Measure boats, athletic goods proprie-
tary medicines, perfumery, cosmetics
and chewing gum will also be elm
mated.
The loss in revenue resulting from
the elimination of the so-ca1led auto
tax will reach approximately $S0,5OL.
900.
AS substitute Tor 1t, there will be
a license tax on the automobile, mo-
torcycle, ETC., owners. This tax will
be levied on a graduating scale, based
either on the selling price of the ma
chimes or horsepower. 1t has not been
decided which
1t was thought probable, however.
that this license tax will not be suff-
cient to entirely replace the loss due
to striking out the sales tax.
Senator Simmons, chairman of this
said today there would
not be enough to make up the differ
ence.
The committee today also struck
out the surtax on incomes ranging
from 10 per cent on those over $40, 900
to As per cent on those over $1,000
300.
The other income tax increases ap.
proved by the house and adopted by
the committee today will net aCdi-
tional funds above those now re-
,eived amounting to $52,SO0.000.
Unmarried men must pay a tax on
incomes over $1,000 and married men
ori incomes over $4,000.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-26
WORK ON SHIPS
HAS COMMENCED
Within Six Months, One VIII
be Turned Out Every Day
From Plant at
Newark.
TO BE BUILT OF STEEL
Wooden Ship Plan Discarded After
Survey Showed no Inter-
est and No
Action.
TO BE BUILT OF STEEL

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK. May 26.-Answertne
the call of Major General George w
Goethals, the steel kings of the
United States today enlisted under
the Stars and Stripes and America {
three million ton emergency ship
building program assumed the pro
portions Of potential reality for the
first time.
The man who made the centuries
old dream of Panama canal come
true. today flashed the magic of his
genius for organization and accom-
plishment upon the governments
''nazy" ship building program.
With the cheers of 800 American
steel men still echoing through New
York to confirm their enlistment
started today at its task of putting
the first emergency ship yard into
condition across the river at Newark.
Within six months according to the
steel men, this new plant of the
American Bridge company. subsi-
diary of the Unuited States Steel
will be turning out 5000
to 5000 ton steel ships day.
This is the first actual step toward
of Cocktails task of
building a thousand 5000 ton ships
in eighteen months.
Goethals told the steel men that
after his "call to governm ent service
on the principle OF selective drfat," a
brief survey of the situation con-
vinced him that the wooden ship plan
was an impractical myth
He said he found the birds still
nesting in the trees that were to go
into the ships. He sought plans and
specifications, but there were none.
He found plenty of offers to build
ships, but very little ability back Of
most of them.
Loethals abandoned the wooden
ship plan. He summoned President
Farrell Of the United States Steel
learned that plenty of
steel Is available and started out to
enlist the steel makers.
The response was instantaneous
Ind today, after few weeks of
quick, quiet work, the ship building
program is well on it's way.
Problem to Fore.
WASHINGTON, May 26-The !
,roblem of sufficient ships to beat !
he submarines game was again to
he fore today.
The idea of constructing thou |
and 1900 ton wooden ships has been |
together scrappad and now efforts |
re under way to get sufficient steel |
o build the boats. Some ship board /
-, l.
f the ships built of wood.
General Goethals wants money,
hips and power to go ahead.
He, has been pledged the needed |
money in about two weeks and steel |
nen have agreed to cooperate in
living necessary metal supplies. That |
Le will ultimately get the power he
eeks instead of having it scattered !
n a board, is likely. Government
authorities are pleased at the de-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-26
Now Master Of Vast System Of
Fortifications Which Aus
trians Constructed Last
Winter.
REACH TOWARD TRIESTE
Western Front Still Quiet With Only
Minor Action by tho English
and French
Troops.

[By John H. Hearley. United Press
Staff Correspondent
ROME, May 26.-Italian troops to-
! day stood victorious as masters OF the
vast and complicated system Of forti-
| fications which austrian forces have
been constructing all winter long to
bar the way to trieste and Lalbach.
Last November General Cadorna
pushed a threatening salient for
ward in the Carso and his objective
i-Trieste-was made plainly appar-
| ent to the enemy. Then came the
grip Of winter in the mountains.
| forcing a cessation of massed fight
| ing activities. Through all the SHOWS
and billiards., the Austrians worked
increasingly fortifying against this
Italian wedge, following out vast
underground passages, cementing
rocky barricades, bringing up artil-
lery.
1t is along this mastery series of
fortificauons that the Italians have
secured their grip and were reaching
out today still more graspfngly to-
ward Trieste and Laibach.
Battlefront dispatches today, told
OF repulse of furious counter attacks
by both wings Of the Italian front.
Iney were continuing almost with
staccato-like insistence and the fight
ing was intense.
Austria has plenty Of troops along
the whole italian front. They had
been concentrated there under plans
of the German and Austrian general
STATS for great offensive. But Gen
eral Cadorna took the initiative too
quickly and gained the mastery by
surprisingly swift blows.
While Italy's fighting men have |
achieved prodigies of valor, fighting |
up and down rocky ravines, around |
beetling crags and down below in |
officially called today to another set |
of equally deserving heroes. They (
constitute the Italian commissariat I
corps.
The difficulties of transport Of food,
water and supplies to troops over
the rugged mountain country of the !
Carso have been titanic Even the !
water must be carried long distances
Announcement was made today /
that the king had personally witness
ed the principal phases of the latest I
successes achieved by his troops
being often exposed directly to shell
fire at advanced observation posts
His presence has fred his troops to
the utmost zeal.
Take 1oO Prisoners.
PARIS, May 26.-"Further prog
ress" around Mount Cornillet and the
taking Of 12O German prisoners there,
was ranorfed in today's official stata. |
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-26
|en Zeppelins swoop Down
British Town, Killing ,
Seventy six
People.
latest OF THE WAR
Invading AishIps Brought
)own After Reign Of Terror
Along Southeast
Coast.

ed Press Leased Wire Service. ]
EDON, May 2e.-German air
is inflicted the greatest toll OF
in any aerial sally since the
of the war, between 6:15 and
last night. Sixteen aircraft par
ted. The total list Of victims.
anounced by Lord French. com
er Of the home defense forces
was seventy-six killed and 17l
ID.
raid occurred over the south
coast according to omcial an
cement. Most Of the damage
lone In one town. Three Of the
y air planes were brought down.
kteen enemy afr craft bombed
outheast coast laAt night" Lord
Eh's statement said. Seventy
Eere killed and 174 were injured.
raid occurred between 6:15 and
{p. m.
mbs were dropped at a number
her places, but the damage was
" In one town. Three enemy
planes were downed. r. F. C.
planes who pursued the enemy
also sought by r. M. A. forces
|unkirk. is retiring"
(e dead include twenty-seven
en- and twenty-three children.
ng the injured were ninety-three
en- and nineteen children, Lord
ch stated.
their return from the raid over
and, the German air feet en-
tered a number Of British royal
air service machines. Over
sea a thrilling encounter occur
one British afrplane engaging
hostile planes. One Of the
was destroyed.
Ter encounters between British
anes and German craft were re.
d along the Belgian coast and
ese, two twin-engine German
ines were downed.
! our machines are safe," the
atty declared. Coincident with
lncement of these air battles,
dmiralty announced raid by !
h naval aeroplanes on the
Y aerodrome at st. Deniswestrah
day in which many bonn bs were
ed.
me houses and shops were ,seri-
DAMAGED" the official statement |!
ed.
suming all casualties in this raid |
OF non-combatants, the total |
sr OF civilians killed since the
OF the war by German air raids
pelins and aeroplanes 'both-is
to BOB killed and 729 wounded
lays announcement.
only other air raid which ap-
led this present one In destruc-
ss Of human life was that OF
81. 1916. Six or seven Zeppe-
'ere part of this raiding force
leir depredations extended over
stern counties, the victims total
LYNNE killed and 101 injured.J
Bioodlest Aerial Attack.
d l.. Keen, United Press Stafr
Correspondent
DON, May 26.-Death dealing
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-26
TraIn Struck Street Car.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
MARINETTE, Wis, May 26.-Two
are dead and another dying and
eleven others suffering from minor
injuries today as result Of North
western train running down a street
car late last night.
Thedead:
MISS ROSE MARIE HENES. 1s.
Marinette.
MRS. LAURA NJ. RAZOR, 81.
Marinette.
The dying:
Alfred Razor, 8, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Razor. Marinette.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-26
|rmer Gar of Russia and
Family, Busy in Garden,
In Peasants Clothes.

4 William G. Shepherd, United
Press Staff Correspondent
May 26.-Nr. and
/. Nicholas Romanoff. with the
Pses Romanon and Master Roman
nave Joined the back to the soil"
|Vement They are planting and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-26
Fired at Two Prowiers.

LOS ANGELES, Calf. May 26.-
Suspected as spies or dynamiters, two
men were discovered stealing up the
fire escape on the Glenn Martin aero
plane factory early today by Fred
Post, national guardsman doing
sentry duty on the roof Post fred
twice and gave chase, but the men
escaped. One carried a bundle be-
lieved to be bomb. The factory Is
working on war planes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-26

Christopher Culley, the English
novelist, whose romances Of the west
ern plains have won wide popularity.
acquired the material for his stories
during many years OF residence in
Arizona and New Mexico
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-26
Fleet of Grain Barges
On Mississippi Riuer
War May Reuive Old Time Actiuity Akons {
Government Behind Projec


said considering construction fleet Of oarge
decides will build its according
A.
exch nends t
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-26

Down east seed potatoes are held
at from $12 to SIS a barrel.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-26

Continued on page 81
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-26
Take 1on Prisoners.

PARIS, May 26-"Further prog
ress" around Mount CornilIet and the
taking Of 12o German prisoners there,
was reported in today's official state.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-26

CONTINUED on page 2.)
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-26

The Telegraph Service Of The
Daily Gate City and Constitu- |
ton Democrat is received over
our own leased wire.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-26

Fair and cooler. Local ternp
7 p. IN. Sc; Z a. m. 60.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-25


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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-25

The dress.
The helmets selected for the of the American Samm the
similar style
made of chilled steel weigh
close a distance
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-19
Quilted Press Leased WIRE,

PARIS, June 19.-The throng
which invariably haunts the Rue
Constantin in front of the spot
where a great American flag
marks the headquarters of Maj.
Gen. Pershing, got a new thrill
today and a new chance to cheer
the American commander.
Marshal Jokfre, who had cen
comforting with Pershing for more
than an hour, emerged from the
building. There was an immedi-
ate craning of necks. Behind
Papa" Joffre, the crowd dis
cerned the tall. erect figure of
Gen. Pershing.
The two idols of Paris walk
ed together to the curb. where
Joffre's automobile waited. And
there Pershing swept aside the
crowd and himself opened the au-
tomobile for the distinguished
visitor. The two soldiers smiled
informally and Joffre speeded
away.
Cheers greeted the incident,
and the crowd talked excitedly
long after over Pershing's demoo-
racy and his courtesy to the elder
soldier.
The American general is now
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-19

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., June
19.-County authorities this aft
ernoon claimed to have cleared
up the mystery of how John V.
Piper met his death. In the arrest
at Chattanooga. Tenn. today of
DR.. William j. Condor, u captain
I'm the u. 8. army medical corps.
Condor, formerly a resident of
New Brunswick, is socially promi-
nent here, and the news of the
charge of murder against him
created sensation.
Piper was a University OF Yer
mont graduate and a student at
Rutgers college. lie disappeared
Feb. 70. Saturday his body, half
incinerated but still recognize
able, was discovered near a road
by gang of workmen.
Piper, who lived in a suburb.
was working his way thru college
by tending furnaces and doing
odd Jobs for prominent New
Brunswick families. Among the
families for whom he worked
was that of DR.. Condor. The ply
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-19
ARMY CAPTAIN HELD
I'm MURDER MYSTERY

stefan was in active practice and
was well esteemed here. The
last time at which Piper was seen
to call on the night OF Feb. II
was Condon's.
When the body was discovered
Saturday physicians found hols
In the breast made by bullet
of the same caliber as that car
ried by weapon found on the
Spottswood Engllshtown road
earlier in the day. The badly
decomposed remains had appar-
emily been tossed from q wagon
or an automobile In the bushes.
Piper's disappearance had
bade fair to become an unsolvable
mystery up to the time the body
was found.
Piper's wife always maintained
that her husband had been muir
dered, altho for time his friends
thought the young mans mind
had become deranged from over
study and overwork.
Captain Condor is about 80
years of age. His home life was
entirely happy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-19
AIRPLANE BILL IS
Near COMPLETION

congress. the administration will
render n detailed statement as 10
contemplated expenditures. This
will show:
Millions for aeroplane engines.
hundreds of thousands for wings
and the life; tens OF thousands for
equipment and training aviators
and yet more thousands for sup
plies.
This statement Is being pre-
pared under the joint direction OF
the signal corps. war and navy
departments and tho aircraft pro.
duction committee of the council
of national defense. II will en-
plain that automobile plants will
tender 30 per cent OF their pro-
ducing equipment to manufacture
ing aircraft engines at reasonable
profit. Other factories will be
utilized by the government to pro-
duce planes, etc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-19
tUaised PEGS. Leased w,re.)

WASHINGTON, ID. C., June 10.
The first war aeroplane bill,
carrying an appropriation of
5000 100000. is nearing compile
tion and will be introduced prob
ably Friday. II will carry an ur-
gent recommendation from the
secretary Of war for prompt and
favorable action.
Meantime, congress wants to
know exactly how 5000. 5000
can be put into aircraft when aero
plane concerns heretofore had not
been able to deliver 100 machines
year to the war department.
TIL plan of the new bill calls for
production of 10000 new ma
chimes for the first year, over
1000 a month within few
months.
Aware of these mutterings by
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-19
ANGRY POLES
BRING CRISIS
FOR AUSTRIA


LONDON, June 19.--Affairs in
Austria have reached an acute
crisis thru a formal break by the
Poles with the government, az
cording to dispatches received
here today via Switzerland. Fall
Of the ministray and possibly even
more far reaching results may
come, It was reported.
One dispatch described tu-
multuous scene In the Vienna
reichsrat, when a Polish deputy
openly denounced Germany for
mistreatment of the Poles, chars-
ing that hundreds had been ex-
ecuted.
The Poles have formally an
nounced they will not. deal with
the present cabinet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-19
TACOMA BOYS
in HOT WATER

Three Tacoma boys under 81
years of age, who did not register
June under the CONSUMPTION law
because of their age, but who have
been obtaining liquor permits reg
ularly under declaration that
they were of legal age, were fac
ing uncertain complications Tues
day.
Special Agent Mccormick, sent
to Tacoma to check up slackers,
found that the youths were really
below the registration limit. AL
though the government cannot
prosecute them. the state can.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-19
Train Kills
u. S. Soldier
(United Press Leaned wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO. June /

SAN FRANCISCO, June 10.
CLAN Stallings, soldier in c
company, California national
guard, has been run down and
killed by Southern Pacific train
In q tunnel near Lake View, ac-
cording to word reaching here to-
day. He became confused when
the train approached and was
struck and killed. His body Was
ground 90 bits. His home Il In
Utah.