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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-01
ALLIES SUPREME WAR COUNCIL,
IN MEETING IN VERSAILLES

two American delegates, were accom-
panied by their aides
No time is to be wasted by the SUI
preme war council in attacking the
problems before it. The way has
largely been cleared by the work OF
the inter-allied conference in Paris,
so that the commissioners today met
practically with their decision on
many important points of policy COM
pletely determined upon No an
nouncement of these conclusions has
yet been made
The bulky inter-allied conference,
with its multitude of committees, is
now to be succeeded by the more com.
pact organization of the war council.
A great many minor officials assem-
bled in Paris for the preliminary con-
ference had left today. General Persh-
Ing, who was present at the confer
ence, has departed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-01
Tax Goes Into Effect Today
and Covers Practically
ALI Lines of Busi-
ness.
WHAT REQUIRES TAX
Checks Need Not be Stamped, But
Almost All Others Paper
Requires q
Stlcker.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-Stamp
taxes in the war revenue Law, affect
Ing practically all lines Of business
went into effect today. Bonds, de-
bentures or certincates of indebted
ness are taxed five cents for each 500
face value. Renewals shall be taxed
as new issue.
Realty deeds between 500 and $500
are taxed so cents and an equal sum
for each additional $500. But the tax
is waived when the instrument is CIV
en- to secure a debt
Indemnity and surety bonds must
pay fifty cents tax. Where premium
is charged for It's execution, the bond
is taxed at the rate OF one per cent
ON each dollar or fraction thereof of
the premium charged. Reinsurance is
exempted
The tax on stock certificates is five
cents on each 800 of the issue, wheth-
er on organization or reorganization.
If the stock is issued without face
value the tax should be five cents per
share unless actual value is more than
500 per share in which case the tax
shall be five cents on each $100 actual
value. A similar tax OF two cents is
placed ON stock sales or transfers.
Proxies must pay ten cents and power
OF attorneys twenty-five cents.
Drafts or checks payable otherwise
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-01
hacking in Packed Masses, German Line
Melts Away and Litters Ground
With Corpses.
lNER|NG FOAM OF FLESH AND METAL
e.perate Attempt to Regain Lost Ground,
Means Sacrifice of Great Many
Teuton Soldiers.

! ground newly won by the
British.
He hopes for some blow
which will regain the prestige
German arms have lost. It Is
evident from the attitude Of
German prisoners that Byng's
drive was the hardest blow
struck German morale since
the French drove the German
crown prince back from Yer
dun in February 1916.
A great German attack
around Graincourt cost count
less dead for every few yards
Of gain-and that gain did not
hold in the face of an instan-
taneous British infantry coun-
ter blow.
The Prussian artillery
throughout the whole Cambria
sector is laying down an al
most ceaseless barrage OF
shrapnel, high explosive shells
and gas.
In the Bourbon sector today
their airmen were buster than
usual. I saw one exceptionally
daring exploit by a German
fighting pilot.
While the sky was literally
flecked with British airmen, a
lone German, watching his
chance, slipped through the
Gordon and charged a British
sausage observation balloon.
He swooped above it, loosed
an incendiary missile an d
curved beyond. Then he turned
almost on one end and es-
capped back home in a whirl-
wind Of shell bursts.
The balloon had been hit. It
burst suddenly into a mass Of
flames. One observer in its bas-
ket leaped ont, his parachute
gracefully unfolding and gently
depositing him on the ground.
The second occupant Of the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-01

VIM. Philip Simms, United Press
Staff correspondent
WITH TIL E BRITISH
RMIES IN FRANCE, Dec. /.
British troops b oldin g
(ound between Moeuvres and
burlon today are clinging to a
lid Of horrors. The ground
Uttered with German dead.
be British are dug in"
nidst shattered human bodies
Ia broken Implements Of war.
AgTeat German wave moved
cross this ground in a counter
tack against the British last
ght. The wave receded to
ave behind a quivering foam
terally composed Of strips Of
esh, bits Of bodies, uniforms,
etal and cloth.
Using their old storming
(ethods, the Germans charged
bill into the British machine
hn positions in densely packed
lasses. into the wall of HUI
anity, tn e machine guns
cured a steady fire.
British artillery, far behind,
curately caught the wall with
eavy shells. They exploded.
aring to pieces the sections of
be German line that still stood
the face of the tearing of the
lachine guns.
The advancing wall melted
way. Exploding shells flung
is Of what had been human
elngs over the field. Machine
N fire continued to slice holes
10 the quive1ing column.
Then the pitiful remnants
med and dissolved in flight.
This was only one Of numer-
y almost continuous German
ounter attacks. All were
avy. Crown Prince Rup-
cent evidently has deter
med on every effort by mass
every available man, to re-
an some, if not all, of the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-01
Will be in Hands of Jury Mon.
day Evening if Testimony
Can be Rushed
Through.
AN X-RAY PHOTOGRAPH
Dark Line on Skull Of Mrs. De saulIes
Is to Play an important
Part In Her
Case.
[By Hugh Baillie, United Press Staff
COrrespondepf

Correspondent
MINEOLA. L. l., Dec. 1.-Around a
darkened line that shows on an X-ray
photograph of the skull Of Mrs. Blanca
DeSaulles. will wage the fight for the
life Of the young Chilean heiress to-
day.
Experts FOR the state testified that
Mrs. DeSaulles was perfectly sane
when she shot and killed her husband
after he had refused to give her their
son. The dark spot on the X-ray plate
which physicians for the defense have
termed fracture Of the skull is de-
clared by experts for the state to be
merely the baby spot"-the last
portion of Mrs. DeSaulles' skull to
close when she was a child.
The case may turn on the battle be-
tween the insanity experts.
Three alienists remain to be called
by the state. They will answer a hy-
pothetical question hurriedly prepared
by District Attorney Weeks after he
had ascertained there was no state
evidence In the query read by the de-
fnse.
This qustion, according to Weeks,
will not be long.
All the state experts will be In court
when 1t is read and 1t will not be re-
peated. There will be Cross examina-
ton Of these witnesses. A short time
will be given the opposing attorneys to
sum up their cases and the court ex-
poets to consume forty-five minutes
in giving charge to the jury.
Efforts have been directed to rush
ing the case to conclusion.
Justice Manning has stated he
wanted to turn it over to the Jury by
tonight il possible. It is believed hard.
ly probable, however, that the state
can finish with its alienists and then
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-01
Anti Bolshevilki Revolt Impending in Russia
While Trotslky and Lenine
Rulers.
AUSTRIA IS EAGER FOR END OF WAR
German Reichstag is Told That Russian Offer
Appears Acceptable Basis Of
Reorganization-

at v1sdfmir, was carried a . H9par-
Anda dispatch printed today by the
New York Times.
Yesterdays dispatches declared
Kerensky was safely in hiding in Fin,
land.
Austria Wants Peace.
LONDON, Dec. 1.-Ausria Is pre-
pared to negotiate general peace
without territorial or economic viola
tions," Premier Seidler told the Aus
trian parliament, according to Cen
trail News dispatch from Amsterdam
today.
| The Dispatch quoted Vienna adyices.
stating the premier had made this an
nouncement in speech detailing how
Austria was conducting negotiations
with Russia ''in a conciliatory spirit"
No Large Aims by Germany.
BERLIN (via London) Dec. lit
is absurd to imagine that Germany
will enter the peace conference with
large aims" declared War Minister
Kuehlmann In rejchstag speech to-
day.
1T the entente wants to know our
conditions, the way IS simple-but the
"The principles announced by the
ipresent rulers at Petrograd appear
entirely acceptable as basis Of re-
organization of affairs In the east"
the foreign secretary continued. ~safe-
guarding the essential and perma-
nent interests Of Germany and Rus
sia and fully recognizing the right OF
nations to determine their own des-.
tinies."
Perhaps tho Marquis Of Lans-
downe's letter may be regarded -
hopeful sign" Kuehlmann continued.
Even in England the moderates are
gaining ground.
"Germany'e policy toward Russia
will be firm but moderate"
The foreign secretary expressed pity
for the Italian people whose "misfor-
tunes" he said, were due to politicians.
VIII Remain Neutral.
CHRIST1ANA, Dec 1.-Norw1y,
Sweden and Denmark have entered
new agreement to observe the '-It-
most neutrality"
An official statement today an
nounced this result OF the confer
ence of the Scandinavian kings and
statesmen which has been in progress
here.
The conference, according to an
nouncement, agreed on Scandinav Wan
harmony and mutual confidence, re-
gardless Of the length Of the war,
each nation to observe the utmost
neutrality and all to assist each 9TH
er by exchange OF merchandise"
1.-THE announcement Of the results
Of the conference is in line with fore
casts OF matters which were to be dis
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-01
Letter From Marquis of Lans-
downe Has Stirred up Lon
don to Highest
Pitch.
MARQUIS OF HANDs-UP"
Publication is Branded as "NationaI
Misfortune" by Bonar Law
in Dencuneins
Speech.

UNITED Press Leased Wire SerHce.1
LONDON, Dec. 1.-England fervent-
ly hopes America is not misled by the
Marquis OF Lansdowne's letter. Ap-
prehension lest the viewpoint taken by
the statesman be mistakenly attribut-
ed as that Of majority Of English
men, was foremost in the editorial
comment today.
Publication of Lansdowne's views
has created bitter whirlwind Of dis
pute Supporters. pro and con, are
both quoting President Wilson freely
in support of and against the former
foreign minister's views. The anti
Lansdowne adherents insist the prin-
ciples enumerated are utterly opposed
to the Wilsonian viewpoint, while sup
porters of the "no-knockout" idea de-
clare it is the essence of the American
presidents policies.
Most of the press agreed with Bonar
Law today that publication Of the let
ter was national misfortune"
Bonar Laws speech denouncing the
Lansdowne letter, was prominently
displayed by all newspapers, particu-
lar emphasis being laid on the chan
cellor of the exchequers declaration: :,
THE letter is based on an assump-
tion-and a strange assumption-that
because the Germans say they are
read dy to have a pact of nations and to
talk about disarmament, therefore
peace is possible.
1--WE are told there has been a great
change in German feeling. I believe
there has grown up a considerable dis
content In Germany with the present
pvsten hut what ia ito basfs3 r. ia q
feeling that the military system is not
giving expected results"
Bonar Law continued:
THAT peace now would mean con-
tinuance In power in Germany. men
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-01
var Measures Will Occupy
Most of Time During the
Busy Days.

sWrl.ed WE Press Leased Wire Service. ]
N aao1iNGTON, Dec. Congress
~ eet Monday. primed to ask Of
running the war a number of
ss,Vns ssssa about policies, war laws
ssu iast session and future war
uIes' Congressman arriving to-
"a a.aeed their constituents asked
Rill saile a,u questions OF them. They
w. a,so try to find out what steps
4 ira 'een taken to insure payment
Snepm money loaned to Russia. why
ssv.,snnla and other ailments are
s among men IN oautcumenta
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-01
CONGRESS- OPENS MONDAY
FOR LONG, IMPORTANT SESSION

and about the Lans1ng-Ishii agree
ment in China.
These and the old Issues Of sui
frage, prohibition. conservation, ap
propritaions, taxes, censorship, free
press and war expenses foreshadow g
long session.
The wealth conscription" forces
are lining up against bond advocates
on the expected drive for more wal
revenues. Prominent administration
leaders are in favor OF issuing addi
tional bonds and avoiding further
revenue legislation at this session.
The application OF war taxes Inn
posed in the last session, still re
mains to be worked out by the inter
nal revenue department, with legal
clashes over the excess profits sec.
ton impending.
It appears certain that among ap
y
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-01
Delegates Brought From Paris
by Electric Train and Get
Down to Work.

tBy Lowell Mellet, United Press Staff
Correspondent
VERSAILLES, France, Dec. In
the city where, in 1871, Wilhelm l, was
proclaimed emperor Of united Ger
many, representative OF the nations
now lighting his grandson met in con-
ference today.
The allies supreme war council
opened it's all-important sessions at
ten o'clock Premier Clemenceau, of
France presided. The delegates were
brought from Paris by electric train.
Colonel House and General Bliss, the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-01

IBy Joseph shaplen. United Press
Staff Correspondent
STOCKHOLM, Dec. L.
Russian provinces are on the
brink Of an anti Bolshevild re-
volt.
BolSheviki commissaries are
resigning, apprehensive Of their
own safety.
Trotsky, Lenine and others
Of the Bolsheviki ring In Petro-
grad are wildly striving by
merci1ess persecution of ele-
ments opposed to them, to
reach a separate peace with
Germany before the deluge.
A separate peace would
mean the beginning of a Rus
sia-wide civil war.
Such was the story brought
here today by a minimilist
courier direct from Petrograd.
He told the United Press that the
Russian nation is rising to stamp out
the Bolsheviki.
The Bolsheviki Commissaries Ma
gin, Miliutin, Tar1n. Llnacharsky,
Mrs. Kolaxai and others have formal
ly resigned In protest against ex-
cesses Of the maximalist government.
They assert in view Of the Bolshev1ki
leaders violations of life, OF liberty
and Of freedom Of the press and
speech, the nation is being stung to
fury.
Many provinces are almost ready
to o1st the Bolshevrki by force.
The courier asserted that Lenine,
Trotsky and their Ministers Kamen-
eff and ,Zinovieff now formed a vir-
tual quadrumvirate Of control. They
are desperately seeking to retain
that power by merciless persecution
even OF the oldest and most revered
veterans OF other revolutions.
The two minimalist leaders. B1ech-
anoff and smyrnoff. 1t was asserted,
had been beaten by Bolshevtki ennis
saries who attacked them on the pub
lie streets.
The minimalist representative said
authoritative reports had been re-
ce1ved by his party leaders in Petro-
grad showing that free Russia would
never consent to a separate peace. A
counter revolution, with violent civil
war, would occur when peasants who
form nearly eighty per cent Of the
population realized that the Bolshevi-
XII had played into Germany's hands.
kerensky Reported Arrested.
NEW YORK, Dec. Report Of the
arrest of Premier Kerensky Of Russia,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-01

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-01

1.-THE announcement Of the results
OF the conference is in line with fore
casts OF matters which were to be dis
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The Telegraph Service Of The
Daily Gate City and Constitu-
on-Democrat is received over
our own leased wire.
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kereneky Reported Arrested.
NEW YORK, Dec. Report of the
arrest of Premier Kerensky Of Russia,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-26
HEARD IN MANNING
How Bad Backs Have Been Made
Strong-Kidney Ills Corrected.

All over Manning you hear it..
Doan's Kidney Pills are keeping up
the good work. Manning people are
telling about it-telling of bad backs
made sound again. You can believe
the testimony of your own townspeo-
plc They tell it for the benefit of
you who are suffering. If your back
aches, if you feel lame, sore and mis-
cradle, if the kidneys act too fire.
quently, or passages are painful,
scanty and off color, use Doan's Kid
ney Pills, the remedy that has helped
so many of your friends and neigh
bors. Follow this Manning citizens
advice and give Doans a chance to
do the same for you.
w. r. White, grocer, S. Boundery
ST., says: 81 suffered from kidney
trouble for years. l had to get up
very often during the night TO pass
the kidney secretions and they were
highly colored and contained sedi-
ment like brick-dust. l suffered con-
stantly from backaches and sharp
pains across my loins. could hard
ly turn in bed and mornings my back
was so lame and sore that it was
difficult for me to dress myself.
Nothing helped me until got Doan's
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-26
a SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION.

Rev. j. t. Lomax, Presiding Elder
of the Manning District A. M. E..
Church Sunday School Convention
has just closed at Harvin S. c., one
of the greatest sessions in the his
tory of the District. Many splendid
papers were read and discussed. One
among them was els the Christian
Church Justified in Taking Part in
the Worlds Great War;" The writer
thought that it had right to enter
into the war, but the part it should
take is to aid the Red Cross Asso-
citation and recommend terms of
peace, consistent with the teaching
of Jesus Christ the" Prince of Peace"
which is the embodiment of the
Golden Rule. Rev. J. G. Watkins be-
ing on Roosevelt order, thought that
war was no place for Christ and that
he believed in fighting. He thought
the "Christian Church" should 20 into
this war and force terms of peace,
if it had to resort to the lion fist
of mail.
Bishop w. D. Chappelle was pres
ent and urged every minister to be
loyal and stand by the country. He
said he only wished that some Amer
ican negro would go into voluntary
solution and shut himself off from
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-26

Kidney Pills. After using one box,
my back didn't ache any more and
the lameness and soreness had all
disappeared. I don't have to get up
now to pass the kidney secretions
and am feeling twenty years
younger"
Always Reliable.
Over six years later, Mr.. White
said: 81 have used Doan's Kidney
Pills whenever I have had any sign
of kidney trouble and they have kept
my back and kidneys in good condi-
tions."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. White has twice publicly recon-
mended. Foster Milburn Co., Props,
Buffalo, N. Y.-adv.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-26

was a success, more than seven hun
dred ($700.00) dollars being raised.
Six hundred ($60O.00) dollars were
raised for Christian education. This
money is to go to the support of
Allen University at Columbia, S. C.
The A. M. e. Church is planning to
raise Twelve Thousand ($12,00O.OO)
dollars for Allen University this year.
If the other districts come up like
this district the above amount is sure.
A. w. Timmons,
Pastor of Trinity A. M. F.. Church.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-26

The Bishop reviewed with regret
the Texas affair and said that that
was quite an unfortunate happening
at Houston, Texas, the other day.
1t has done us much harm as a race
and yet the nation should not hold
us responsible for what those lawless
soldiers did. If we are to overcome
this unfortunate act of those SOL
dlers, we must make one hundred
per cent in department hereafter as
a soldier.
The financial side of the convention
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-26
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

There will be an election held on
Tuesday, October End, at Turbeville
for the purpose of clccting one Trus-
tee for School District No. 20. Polls
open 8 A. M. and close at P. M.
Messrs. E. A. Coker, w. f. Rush and
w. J. Turbeville are appointed as
managers to serve at said election.
d. E. TURBEVILLE,
Chairman, Board of Trustees.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-26

the world for awhile and when he
makes himself known that he would
have invented something that would
put a stop to the German submarine
which would put stop to this war.
Ee said that the white people need
not be afraid Of the negro not being
loyal to this country. The negro says
he has always made a good soldier
and is willing to stand on his record
as such.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-26

weathered shingles with tin or, some
non-combustible roof and see that
their electrical wiring has not the in
sulation worn off and is IN good order.
Help save the property of the peo-
pie. This may not reduce insurance
rates but it will save loss to many
citizens.
Very truly,
+. H. McMastcr,
Insurance Commissioner.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-26
FOR FIRE PREVENTION.
September 20, 1917.

September %, 1917.
Times,
Manning, S. c.
Dear Sir:
Help to reduce the shinglc roof
fires by advising the people at this
season Of the year, that they should
put piece of old sheet zinc or an
old discarded dry cell battery in their
fire places and stoves. The fumes
from this will rid the chimncys of
SCOT and save money and houses.
Help prevent fires by urging peo-
pie to rid their cellars, garrets and
premises of trash. Have no greasy
rags about the house to start spon-
taneous fires. Do not put ashes of
any kind in wooden boxes. Replace
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-26

We have the best line of Coats,
Coat Suits and Dresses ever shown
in Manning. We want you to look
this line over for we can save you
money. The New Idea Company.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-26
Bank No. 35
Statement of the Condition of the
BANK OF MANNING

RANK nE MRMMIMe
Dn'h VI ''n''i''''o
located at Manning, S. c., at the
close of business Sept. II, 1917.
Resources.
Loans and Discounts $329,781.O
Bonds and Stocks owned
by the Bank 100000
Banking House 100000
Due from Banks and
| Bankers 75,776,21
Currency $4,000
Gold 1850
Silver and Other Minor
Coin 317.47
Checks and Cash Items 41oo 10
.--.--------.---.
Total -$425,347.85
| Iiabil;t;es
Can;tal stocl pa;d T., An mn M
Surplus Fund co ooo NJ
Undivided Profits loss
Current Expenses and
T,xos po;d uooc oo
Individual Do ''''
nosits e,,b
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-09-26

located at Manning, S. c., at the
close of business Sept. II, 1917.
Resources.