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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
Very Little Trouble Antici-I
pated in Changing Rules
so That Filibuster
is Impossible.
NOT MUCH OPPOSITION
Senator Stone Not Expected 70 o4
Ousted as Chairman OF the
Committee Becauss
Of Courtssy.

limited Press Leased Wire service.l
WASHINGTON. March S.-Senats
leaders anticipated today compare
lively easy task ahead IN passing tno
nroposal to shut of unlimited debate
such as killed the armed neutranty.
bill.
The united support of republicans
and democrats insured early passage
and leaders today predicted that
scarcely longer than week Will De
necessary to shatter the senate ira
ditIons and make deadly hlibusters
thing Of the past.
While an incipient filibuster may
DELAY proceedings. the opposition 70
the change President Wilson asks, II
so small as 10 make any such move
short lived.
only Senator Sherman and Senator
France are openly opposed to the
,loture plan The two cannot last
long on filibuster except on the clos
fng day of the session and even X
they were to have support OF LaFoi-
Iette. Gronna and others. they could
not now thwart the will OF the SEN
ate.
Oficialdom today awaits what
President Wilson has to say or do
on arming merchantmen. His doc
tors orders are that he shall work
little If any now because OF his cold.
This may not prevent him. however,
from framing his course at once.
Opposition to retaining Senator
Stone in the foreign relations COM
mittee chairmanship still runs high
But today there is less open indi-
cation OF real fight against DIM
than there was yesterday.
Senatorial courtesy has much to-
do with this. Members openly say
the ancient institution probably will
halt any move to oust Stone, one
.of the tweIya who blocked the armed
neutrality bill.
Fear Of a party fight at a time
when soliditary is needed actuates
many in refusing to start an organ
lied fight against Stone.
1t will take thirty-three senators to
filibuster successfully against any
measure If the senate does the ex-
pected and adopts the revolutionary.
rule against unlimited debate.
Senate 1eaders-democratic and re-
publfcan-are determined, however.
to put the amendment through and
are prepared to force any who adopt
f,libustering tactics to talk Them
selves out
They can do this by refusing to-
adjourn and continuing in uninter-
rupted session until the amendment
is passed.
Fight Begins Today.
WASHINGTON, March S.-Fight
for a cloture amendment to the sens
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
CHEERFUL CORONER SMILES
ON VISITING OPERATING TABLE

Cheerfulness Is the outstanding
characteristic of this thirty-six year
old official who has thrice been on
the operating table for kidney trou-
BILE.
THE doctors worked over me for
ten hours and finally brought me
safely back to high prices again. An
other time about two weeks ago L
was beginning to discuss the crops
with the angels when my physicians
shot some morphine into me. That
made twice looked through the
doors Of death ajar, but guess I'll
hang on as long as I can
Several years ago specialists tend
cred Koons the cheering information
that he would die within two years-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
ST SLACKER BILL MUST GO
AS HEAD OF COMMITTEE

er he filibustered against the passage
of the ship arming bill. 1t Is not
whether or not he Is in favor OF the
termination of filibustering methods
by the projected change in the senate
rules. The twelve apostles of kaiser.
ism seem to. be tumbling over them
selves to vote right on that question.
THE Stacker never has been any,
thing but a politician. He is pro-Ger-
man, first, because he believes his re-
election to the senate depends upon
his maintaining hold on the German
American vote in Missouri. The
American people want a plain Ameri
can in the position that the Stacker
las held to the discredit of the admin
istration of his own party and if id
were possible. of himself And the
time is now or never. IL he is re-
elected chairman of the COMMITTEES
on foreign relations, he will go along
with his crowd until the next crisis
comes, when he will again display the
yellow streak"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
Just One Sample Of Editorial
Mention Senator Stone is
Getting These Days.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
WAS HINGTON. March Sin a
stinging editorial headed Stacker
Bill Must Co" the Washington
Times today charged Senator Stone,
chairman of the senate foreign rela-
tions committee, with having dis
played pro-Germa tactics and "a
yellow streak"
at is amazing" the editorial says,
that the democratic majority Of the
senate should be hesitating over the
question whether Stacker Bill should
continue to represent his party as
chairman of the most important com
mittee in the senate. 1t is not wheth-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
HIRE VILLA
FOR THEIR
DIRTY WORK
German Agents Pay Mexican
Assassin to Send His Out
law Band Against
Americans.
PLAYING DOUBLE GAME
Also Working on carranza to Get
His Faction Aligned Against
tho United States
Government.
PLAYING DOUBLE GAME
ley Webb Miller, United Press STAFF
correspondent1

Iey Webb Miller. United Press STAFF
Correspondent
LAREDO, Texas, March s.-Ger
many is playing Villa against Car
ranza, Great sums Of German money
are pouring into the bandit leaders
hands, melting him to activity
against the United States and
AGAINST Carranza while at the same
time German agents work through
officials Of the Carranza government
seeking to align that side against the
United States.
Just back from 4 trip Into the In
terIor Of Mexico, can state these
facts on the highest authority:
AGENTS Of the German government
In Mexico approached Francisco villa
at his headquarters at eustllIo's
ranch, about February II, with
proposition to renew his raids on
the border In case Of declaration OF
war between the United States and
Germany. Two German agents reach
ed the bandit leader. The conference
extended over two days.
At first Villa demurred against any
attack on the border In force, under
any circumstan noes. At length an
agreement was reached that In case
of war Villa would send small bands
as unattached bandits. to operate at
widely separated points along the
international line and TO make spo.
radio forays to harass American
troops.
Under the terms Of agreement, the
German agents promised to pay Villa
500, 600 pesos $3.50 o,oo0) in gold at
once to seal the compact. He re-
fused to enter into the plot until the
first payment was handed over. They
agreed to pay large amount each
month thereafter In case Of war, to
enable Villa to pay his men, secure
ammunition and build up his shat.
tered forces for q campaign.
After orders from Foreign seere.
tary Zimmerman reached Mexico
City for the attempt to arrange an
alliance with Mexico and Japan, the
Villa scheme was one Of the frs,
moves. One secret agent was sen,
north from the capital to San Luis
Potosi, Where he mot another. From
Parrai, both Travelled by horseback to
sustIIIo's ranch, about forty miles
west Of Chihuahua City. Al this
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
HUNDRED
KILLED
N BATTLE
Cuban Revolution Assumed
Proportion of Real War in
the Final Rout of the
Insu1rectos.
LEADERS ALL PRISONERS
Over 5000 Men Took Part In One Of
the Biggest Battles Ever Fought
on the Island Of
Cuba.
LEADERS ALL PRISONERS
lBy Fred 8. Ferguson, United Press
Staff CORES pondent.

[By Fred s. Ferguson, United Press
Staff Correspondent
HAVANA, March S-The revolu
ton in Cuba is apparently ended
Capture f.eX-President Jose Miguel
Gomez and his entire staff, leaders of
the insurrectos, was expected today
to be followed by sentence Of death
on these conspirators.
At the same time there were re-
ports current here that the remnants
of the rebels in Camaguey had been
forced to capitulate.
Havana gave itself over to jubila-
ton today at the coup. All last
night the city rang with geiety, cele-
bTa:ing the governments battle by
which Gomez was enthusiastically
stated to have been one Of the big
gest in the history OF Cuba.
General Gomez and his whole
staff of 300 men were taken prisoner
by government forces" the official
announcement declared. General Col
lazo has been in close touch with
Gomez for the past three days. Last
night another column Joined in the
operations. resulting in probably the
biggest battle in the history of Cuba.
More than 5000 men participated
in the combat. Full details are lack
ing, but 1t is known that besides
prisoners. the rebels lost one hundred
killed and many wounded. Among the
prisoners are Gomez son, Miguel
Mariana, his secretary, Domaso Pa
salodos and Mencias his son-fnlaw
and Dr. Matias Duque.
AL the prisoners will be tried be
fore proper tribunals.
THE events fully confirm reports
which the government has given out
and which the revolutionary commit
tee In New York tas been branding
as untrue Il is to be hoped that the
American public will show its disap
probation of the methods OF Ferrara
and his associates, adopted to bring
discredit to the United States.
THE altitude of the government
continues the same. Ample pardon
has been offered and will be extended
to all who show they are sincerely
sorry for their offense against the re
public.
ITO a few ring leaders will be
meted out that punishment which ir
the Judgment Of highest courts, may
be Just"
Gomez and most of,the other i'm
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
[By VIM. Jennings Bryant
TCopyright, 1917, by the United

IBy VIM. Jennings Bryant
ECopyright, 1917, by the United
Press.1
MIAMI, Florida, March s.-Answer-
ing your inquiry, I beg to call atten-
ton to the fact that there are two
questions instead Of one. The nrst
involves the filibuster and the second
the merits of the proposed legislation.
am against filibustering and have
for several years been advocating
cloture rule in the senate. believe
In the right of the majority to rule
and am sorry to learn from press
dispatches that the senate is inclined
to require a two-thirds vote for the
closing Of debate.
A majority vote ought to ne sur
ficient, after each senator has Deen
given reasonable opportunity to ex'
press his views. 10 require two
thirds vote Is TO give to the predatory
interests the same power that they
now have to prevent legislation hos
tile to their provisions. AS long as
the rules permit a minority to OBJ.
struct legislation, we may expect
them to be employed to prevent pro-
gressive legislation just as they were
employed two years ago to enable
the shipping trust to defeat the pres
ident's shipping bill.
Whether the senators should use
the rules to defeat 4 proposed meas
ure is matter entirely IN the dis
cretion OF the senators who are re-
sponsible to their constituents alone
iust as the president is responsible
to the general public only when he
uses his veto to defeat a measure
favored by q majority of senate ana
house.
So far as / have seen expressions
from the senators. nearly all Of those
who voted against authorizing the
arming of ships, did so for the 3ur-
pose of compelling an extra session
of congress or because they objected
to the phraseology of the bill. Since
the president has power TO call
special session OF congress at any
time and ask for legislation he de-
sires, the jingo press will find 1t dif-
ficult to convince the public that
there is anything treasonable in the
desire to have congress- in session.
Even the most warlike of the news
papers will hardly insist upon abolf-
tion of congress now whatever they
might have the boldness to advocate
in time Of war.
The second question relates to the
merits of the bill. So far as l am able
to Judge, the objections urged were
not to giving authority to the prest-
dent but related to the language to
be employed, and surely If congress
sional authority is needed the mem
bers of congress cannot fairly be de-
MED discretion as to the language to
be employed. Everyone recognizes
that the giving of authority involves
serious risks.
The public has such complete con-
fidence in the president that congress
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
pays his Soul Was Just About
70 Leave When He Called
the Nurse.

me sed Press Leased Wire Service.l
toun.e, noINES. Iowa, March s.
kitv coroner Claude Koons, Of this
be saw his soul floating lightly over
re..e .eot OF his bed, but with his last
an .n called the nurse.
" mn nwise I'd have had a flat tire
Sia,ho, said koons on his cot in the
Sov uist !. hospital today, explaining
u fees almost to die.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
sret Service Closing in on
Master Mind, Who Carried
Out German Scheme
Orders.
bzNsAr1oN MAY COME
PIcuers Like Speeches BY Bryan and
il Toilette, Copies Being
Found In Their
Effects.

r,u.. pross T aasad Wiz, sarvice I
% NEW ynpK March S-As feder
- a-and inry beean today TO nrobe the
oiiv;,iaa here of Dr Chandra Chak.
sha-.,, - ard NJ E.rneet scknnner fed.
-, saoro. eervice agents tbrouphouf
aa - conntrv wera beiieved tn he ran.
dv Al c,osina in On the "maste- mind,
vbo M csrried out German plot orders
,roro 70 Wiibelr stra zoe RerIin sec.
!. sarv;cs hao domarters
Revelations 70 secret service agents
oro snd = Wa a., irgtor indicata that
hera q fast comirp fn light = Moi
.h;ch strstched 4. mysterious ten.
acip.4 s.. INN MsYicc niia irl1e phiIin.
isss "a I. B rssnned themaeivas
Yonr6 IN. panama canal Sensatfnn.
4 disrlosnras are evnected aoon.
Vhen ! new arrest Is made identity OF
- ~ r,aa : - ror. vs Mn5as :. a,,nnn;,,anna 10. ~
Expected to he nrofoundlv surnris.
ng disclosure. Papers taken from
lmong the effects of the Hindu and
German now held in New York reveal
ID to secret service officials, code mes.
ages from 76 Willimstrasse and men,
toned addresses in Petrograd and
Paris, indicating it is believed, that
lhese addresses, presumably of agents
Tor the Hindu's nerve pills" were
really notations of German agents
Peaaquarters. A communication sign
py Chin. the mysterious Chinaman,
no was to have directed plot in
nina to smuggle arms and munitions
inoia, was found.
Copies of speeches by wm.Jennings
Bryan, delivered more than two years
., and extracts from utterances by
pelalor Robert NJ. LaFollette. bear
ag on British rule in India, are be-
Ie,ea TO be harmless, but they point,
Is said, to the almost unbelievable
engths to which native Indians are
lnlng to go to stir up revolt against
treat Britain.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
Mjne Rljt Killed.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
DIES MONIES, Iowa, March s.
Following the example of its eight
predecessors, the legislature today
killed the mine shot firers' bill which
the miners union for the past sixteen
years has tried to have adopted. The
senate, 20 to "a. defeated the bill to
require mine owners to employ spec
ial shot firers for all mine blasting.
The house earlier this week had TAX
IN similar adverse action On the bill,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
Only Seventeen Prisoners.
Memorial Service

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
CHICAGO, March S.-A memorial
service for Mrs. Mary p. Hoy and
her daughter, Miss Elizabeth Hoy, vic
tins Of the Laconia, who formerly
lived in Chicago, will be held this aft
ernoon at the Fourth Presbyterian
church, by Rev. John Timothy Stone,
the rector.
Geo W. Blossom Jr., Is the only rela-
tive Of the Hoys in America, except
his father, who is in California.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
BRYAN'S OPINION
ON F|l|bUSTER
Former Secretary OF State
Says He Has Always Fa-
vored Cloture Rule In
the Senate.
HE SEES MO TREASON
Calls Attention to Efforts OF "Those
WilIfuI Men," to DesIre for Con-
Qress to Remain In
Session.
HE SEES mo- TREASON

limited Press Leased Wire Servce.l
IThe United Press asked VIM. Jen-
nings Bryan, former secretary OF
state, and foremost peace advocate'
for statement of his views on the
situation in the United States senate.
which he wrote as follows:]
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
LIST
IS VERY SMALL
Germans Take But Seventeen,
While French Do Not
State Number of
Captured.
s- y s T.---
FIGHTING Is CONTINUED
One German Submarine Reports Sink
ing ThIrty-one Ships and Six
teen Fish Boats on
Ono Trip.
FIGHTING Is CONTINUED

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service:
PARIS, March S.-French forces
took German prisoners in actions al
three different places on the western
front. the official statement today de-
clared.
Between the Disc and the Aisne,
very lively artillery actions con
tinued," it stated. During the night
northeast of Embermenil, in Lor-
raine. the French raided German
trenches and brought back prisoners.
"The French also took prisoners In
an unsuccessful German attack at
seppols lie Haut, in Alsace," the war
ottlce continued, while reconnofter-
ing parties inflicted losses upon the
Germans near Hilsenfirst."
On One Trip.
BERLIN, (via Sayville wireless)
March 8.-During a recent trip, a
German submarine sunk twenty-one
steamers and ten sailing vessels and
sixteen fishing craft, with total or
81 900 gross tons. declared an official
press statement today.
Only Seventeen PrIsorere-
BERLIN, (via Sayville wireless)
March S.-violent artillery fire and
reconnoitering advances upon the
western front during period OF hazy
weather and snow storm over all
fronts. was reported in today's off,
cial statement.
There was violent artillery fire in
the Champagne" the statement said,
but .on other fronts during hazy
weather and snowstorms, quiet was
During accommodating ad-
vances between the Somme and the
Disc seventeen Englishmen and
Frenchmer and several machine guns
were brought in"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
Four Die IN Poor House
When Building is Burned
s Their Liues,
? E lit Clothing
q
One Aged Woman and Three Men
While Others Narrowly Escaped in

sree rs =, -,
Iowa,M
night
succeeded
all theo
ar
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08

IConttnued on page ~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
The United States senate.
Darda nelIes Mistake
LONDON, March S.-The Britt
var council which decided upon
campaign failed a.

Continued on page 2.)
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08

Continued on page 2.)
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08
THE WEATHER

Fair and warmer. Local temp
- p. M. 80; Z a. M. 33.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08

CONTINUED on page 81
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-08

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-01-12

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Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18
COLORED PEOPLE Elk.
TEND SCHOOL TERM
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maker of garments, but | feel GER
tain it meant school teacher, for
that is just what every teacher is,
He is worth while only as he fits
the child for life. Indeed that is
the whole Of education-to adapt
the experience of school to meet
life. | can say in all sincerity
that your race has been the means
of introducing perhaps the biggest
Idea IN modern education. And I
am not alone in this opinion, for I
found it only today in an article
written by Professor Moore of
Harvard. l refer to the education
which we now call vocational ed
ucation-the development of the
skill that is in the hand, the dew
elopment of the whole man
through the senses. And it all
came about with the advent of a
young man, Samuel Chapman Arm
strong, the son of missionary
who had spent his life in Hawaiia.
Young Armstrong came to Amer
lea with letter to Robert Ogden,
and he was soon placed in an Am
erican College under the great
teacher, Mark Hopkins. Upon
graduation in 1862 he entered the
army as captain, and a wear later
raised regiment of colored volun-
teers who served through the Civil
War.
FOLLOWING the war he did not
desert his men. Instead he said
1 belive / can take the element
of work and with that as an in
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18

School at track meets and on
sports day. | think Ku Hsien Sen
saw that | loved my baby son
Anyhow he was always kind to
me and spoke pleasantly to me.
and one day when Wang Teh
Hsien of the post office asked me
around to the club which he was
starting, | was glad to 60. 1t Ger
tainly was new idea to me.
had always gone to restaurants
and tea houses where there IS so
much noise and dirt, and then the
coarse jests and gambling and
slnging-girls disguised me. I
found clean, attractive room
with posters and pictures on the
WhlteWashed walls. One table was
filled with newspapers, and | must
say | enjoyed the picture supple
ments-they gave you more news
than the newspaper itself. There
were two other tables where we
played games, and ku Hsien Sen
was teaching TIL Wen Chin of the
railroad to play foreign chess. I
am very fond of Chinese chess
and right away I was interested
and wanted to learn the foreign
game.
There was a bookt ase with
about fifty volumes of English
books. | am very sorry I have
never learned that language. Al
most all my friends speak Eng
llsh but when | was at school I
simply could not apply myself. But
then there were at the club fifty
volumes OF Chinese books with
the most fascinating titles. | sup-
pose many of them were trans
lated from foreign languages, for
| never heard OF such Chinese
books before. did enjoy that
evening and when Wang Teh
Hsien the day after asked me if I
would like to become a member of
the club, | said | should. and ask
ed him to see my friend Tin Flu
San, for | knew he would like to
join too.
50 | and several OF my friends
joined the club and liked it very
much: We like the teachers in
huntington School and Wang
leh Hsien, although they belong
to foreign religion. And the Rev. |
Lin Yu Lin we like too. He never
uses bad language nor tells coarse
Jokes. but is always cheerful and ,
helpful.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-05

When The Day Book came out
Thursday noon with a story contain
ing! the Christmas present that
letter of thanks - Field employees
bought it. The news that one paper
in Chicago was carrying what was
big news to Field workers, as well as
workers in other big stores, spread
fast. 1t seemed that the workers
liked to read about themselves get
ting handed lemon.
During the afternoon working
hours Field employees whispered all
through the store that The Day Book
was carrying THEIR story, and The
Day Book was the main topic of con-
versation behind counters, behind
business Office desks, and even with
the little cash girls.
A Day Book man got on one of the
Field store elevators. At the fifth
floor, as three men employees got out,
the elevator man said: did you see
that story in The Day Book?" The
men smiled, Ibut said nothing.
On the ninth floor The Day Book
man watched a young lady come out
of the general offices, go down the
elevator and to the news stand, pur-
chase several copies of The Day
Book, with that story in it, and take
them back to the general offices.
A young salesman on another floor
was asked if he had ever received a
bonus of any kind from Marshall
Field & Co. well, I was offered
bonus at one time," he said, ''but the
idea didn't appeal to me. 1 was told
at one Christmas time that a year
later I would receive a bonus on all
increased sales over the previous
year. When got to thinking about
the plan it struck me that the en-
ployers, could get me to plug unusu-
ally hard for the year, in order to get
a little bonus. Then the next year,
if 1 didn't plug unusually hard and