The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-04
FOREST FIRES
IN RUSSIA
Three Million Bushels Wheat
Destroyed in Big Elevators
at Saratoff in Minsk
Region.
MUCH PAPER MONEY
G government Has Issued Great Amount
Since tho Start Of the War and
the Liberty Loan 10 Not
Succeeding.
MUCH PAPER MONEY
TBy VIM. G.. Shepherd, United Press
Staff Correspondent

TBy VIM. G. Shepherd, United Press
Staff Correspondent
PETROGRAD, June 4.-Forest fires
IN the Minsk region have already
burned over seven thousand acres.
destroying three million bushels of
wheat and the big elevators at Sara
toff according to word received to-
day The fires are believed to be OF
incendiary origin.
Whether there was loss of life has
not been ascertained. A vigorous IN
vestigation is in progress.
The provisional cabinet met today
at the home of former Minister OF
Commerce Kornavaloff, pleading with
him to withdraw his resignation. Pre-
mier Lvoff wept in parting with the
former cabinet member as he re-
fused. The workmen's and soldiers
journal, now all powerful in Petro-
grad, complained editorially today
against further issuance of paper
money by the government and de-
manding that all war profits be con-
fiscated by the central authority.
"At the beginning Of the war there
were o / 500 900 900 roubles (approxi-
mately $500, ,00O,000) in paper In exist.
ence.' the newspaper asserted. Last
January the amount was eight billion
roubies approximately $4,000, ,0QD, ,00o)
Now It has reached total OF thir
teen billion roubles ($6,5o0 ,000, ,0oo).
and the government has decided on
an increase in this by two billions.
"Prices are rising because the
value of the rouble is falling.
Russia's war cost has now reached
daily total OF fifty million roubles
1925 900 ,O0o). 1t is the capitalists
fault that the liberty war loan Is not
succeeding. The government must
take all war profits.
"The army needs 456 carloads OF
food daily. During the early part OF
April it received only eighty daily,
,, but conditions are improving"
Name Ship az City.
IBy VIM. G.. Shepherd. United Press
Staff Correspondent
PETROGRAD, June 4.-The provi,
sional government today adopted the
unique expedient Of naming the Rus
sian dreadnaught Alexander III as
the capital "City" Of the port OF
Kronstadt.
The fortress itself is under control
of the soldiers and workmen's coun-
Gil there and has proclaimed its in
dependence of the provisional minis
try. The provisional government S
administrative officers were ordered
to meet aboard the Alexander for
conference.
Sixty percent of the storekeepers
in Petrograd up to today had granted
demands of their striking clerks for
a hundred percent increase in wages
and retroactive from the start OF
the war.
In many cases some of the clerks
affected will receive from 10000 to
$4,000 roubles-from $4,000 to $500
in back pay A large number OF
stores have announced they will re
main closed rather than submit tc
the strikers exorbitant demands.
Secret service operatives of the
government caught the general epi
demic of desire for more money to
day, joining in demand on the gov
ernment for increased wages.
Special services were held il
nearly all churches in the capita
Yesterday when prayers were sale
| that the anarchistic disturbances O.
the past few days might end. -