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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-01
War Monster Sweeping Over German Lines
Today in Greatest Flanking Operation
in History of Military Science.
LOSSES EXPECTED TO Be STAGGERING
England and France Combine in Effort to
Pierce Strongest Point of Germany's
Line in France and Belgium.

troops On smother front Ohsufn
Dea Dames-
ON tho Aisne, throughout tho front,
artillery fire was continued" the wal
office reported. "East of Cernu, the
French counter-attached vigorously
and progressed
"On the left bank Of the Meuse be-
tween Avocourt and Hill 304. the Ger
mans attacked positions We captured
July II. sending their waves forward
after several days artillery prepara-
ton. They were only able to reach
some advanced elements of our first
line where the French fire repulsed
them"
American ship Torpedoed.
LONDON, Aug. 1.-The American
steamer Motano was torpedoed and
sunk by submarine yesterday. the
admiralty announced today. Twenty
two survivors were landed.
The Motano was q steel screw
three masted ship Of 2,730 tons. prop
erty of the Standard Oil company of
New Jersey and registered at New
York.
Two American Heroes.
PARIS, Aug. 1.-Two American
ambulance workers were lowered to
heroes graves today somewhere in
France" They were Perley Raymond
Hamilton Of Clinton, Mass, and
James Wilson Galley Of New Park,
Pa.
The full honors Of the French army
funeral service were accorded them
and French poilus reverentiy saluted
the American flags with which their
cofins we're decorated.
A French general pinned the war
cross of France to the folds OF these
flags and pronounced glowing
euloey on the two Americans. He
revealed for the first time that
Galley. had he lived, would have re-
ceived a decoration for bravery In
action two days before he was
killed.
The two ambulance workers were
killed by shell which struck their
loaded ambulance Sunday morning.
They had two lying" cases and two
"sitters" in their ambulance.
Hamilton was at the wheel and
Galley was closing the rear door
when the shell burst. The lying"
cases escaped although the ambul-
anCe was wrecked, Dut the CWo Amer
leans with the sitting men were In
stant1y killed"
samn,fes Winter Recreation.
WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDI-
TIONARY ARMY. Aug. 1--American
army officers and Y. M. G. A. work
ers are already planning recreation
for the Sammies when winters cold
shuts down on baseball and out door
sports.
The British plan of regimental
theatricals, boxing matches and bas-
ket ball games will likely be followed.
The most pressing problem of the
day, however, is that Of tobacco.
The camp Is all but cleaned out OF
American smoking material. Even
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-01
DRAFTED MEN
ANSWERING CALL
First in Chicago and New
York Do Not Claim Exemp-
tion and Prepare
to Serve.
VIOLATIONS ARE PLENTY
Eleventh Hour Marriages to Avoid
Military Service, Arc Under
Government Search
light.
VIOLATIONS ARE PLENTY
[ United Press Leased Wire Service.1
WA SIIINGTON AnR -

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, Aug. L.
tESsA Eleventh hour marriages.
N@ contracted to avoid military
- service, are under the gov
ernment search light today.
! Men and women rushing to the IL
cense clerks, may later find them
selves In Jail, the provost marshal gen
eral has warned. Men who come early
on the draft lists will be compelled to
stand up before a vigorous cross ex
animation to prove the marriage was
not contracted to avoid service.
Secretary Baker announced some
time ago that impromptu marrias es
would not serve to excuse man from
service.
The work of detecting such draft
evaders Is left entirely In the hands of
the local authorities.
Meantime the work OF examination
goes on throughout the country.
1T is merely question of each dis.
trict grinding out its quota" it was
said at the provost marshal generals S
office today.
I'VE have issued all necessary Or
ders and there will be no need Of any
reports until after each quota has been
completed and is reaoy for call. We
will be ready with the men as soon as
the cantonment camps are ready for
USE"
VIII Not Claim Exemption.
CHICAGO, Aug. Lambert Null
len, No. 1885, is Chicago's first offer
ing to the selective army. He was
pronounced physically fit and will not
claim exem ption.
In Mullen's district ninety men
were examined the first day. OF
these only nine were found physically
fiji, who did not claim exemption.
Unless congress permits the drafting
of aliens, it is said that in many Chi
cago districts the entire registration
will be necessary to furnish the quota
demanded.
Two Hundred Violations.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1,-False names
and addresses and exchanging Of
registration cards were responsible
for more than 200 draft law violation
cases being Investigated today by the
federal authorities.
Arrests will be made at once.
First New Yorker.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The first
New Yorker to be accepted for the
new national army is Thomas E. Hol
lingsworth Of Brooklyn. He passed
the physical examination and when
informed of the selection said:
"Sign me up. 1 do not claim
exem ption."
Rush Has Stopped.
CHICAGO, Aug. New York's
rush OF slackers to the marriage Ii
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-01
PELLA FAMILY DROWNED
WHILE SWIMMING AT NIGHT

Moines river near here. While there
were no witnesses to the triple trag-
edy. 1t is assumed today that father
and son drowned while trying to
rescue Mrs. Groetyeld, who was not a
strong swimmer.
The two men were considered ex-
merits in the water. The river here
is generally shallow, but many "step
offs" made by sand dredges, make 1t
a dangerous place for weak swim.
mers. It is thought Mrs Groetveld
moved into one OF these holes when
drowned.
zroetveld, who is about 80, is a
music teacher and chorus director. He
came to Pella from Holland aoout
nine years ago.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-01
Salt Lake Goes Dry.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
SALT LAIkB CITY, Utah, Aug. l.
Utah slid over into the dry column
today. This morning at 1915 two
women and one man had been landed
in jail under the charge of drunkens
ness, the first to be arrested under
the new prohibition law. King Al
cohol died hard last night. Salt
Lake had never seen such reWelry.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-01
Frofessor Groetveld Who
Came From Holland to Iowa
About Nine Years Ago.

lonlted Press Leased Wire Service.]
rEiALA, Iowa. Aug. 1.-Search was
oesurned early today for the body or
ioiessor Peter Groetveld, who
owned last night, with his wife and
u. hopert, aged fourteen. The bodies
lhe Wife and son were recovered
|oin Az the Des Moines river during
Inc trio was swimming in the Des
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-01
AGENTS
BEHIND |. v. v.
Roundup to be Made in North
western States Where
>. There Has Been
Trouble.
STRIKES AND BLAZEs
OrganizatIon to bs Charged With
Treason and German PlotterS
Will bo Ar
rested.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Seryice.]
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. IA great
round up of l. w. W. agitators in
California, Oregon and Washington
will be started at once by the gov
ernment, Assistant United States
District Attorney Caspar Ornabaum
announced today.
All German agents who are CO.
operating with the l. w. w. will be
arrested and warrants for many have
already been asked. The L w. w.
will be charged with treason. An in
vestigation by U. S. secret service
agents has disclosed that the I. W..
w. have set fire to hundreds Of fields
in these three states by concealing
phosphorus in haystacks.
Ornabaum declares literature se1z-
ed, placed directly on the l. W. w.
responsibility for recent fires near
klamath Falls, Ore, and for strikes
at various places in the northwest.
The object, he said, was to cripple
the lumber industry and ship build
ing.
"The entire I. W. w. movement is
the work of enemy agents." said
Ornabaum.
The federal grand jury will investi-
gate.
German Minister Arrested.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. L.
Federal agents were investigating
treason charges against several per-
sons in this section today and arrests
are expected within the next few
days. The investigation was started
following the arraignment Of Rev.
John Reichart, pastor of the German
Evangelical church at Lowden last
night Reichart was bound over to
the federal grand jury and released
on bond.
Fred schellin, wealthy farmer of
Lowden, also was arrested, but was
released on promise to keep his
tongue In his head"
The minister is said to have severe
ly criticised the United States and
President Wilson for entering the
war He told United States Com
missioner Harwood, who conducted
the preliminary hearing last night,
that Germany was being falsified
and that it is my duty to defend
her,"
Reichart's reasonable utterances
are said to have been made from his
pulpit Sunday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-01

Hunted Press Leased Wire Service.]
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-MOre than
three hundred persons have perished
and more than 800 have been pros
trated by the.terrific heat OF the last
three days throughout the country.
In the west some relief came today
through rains, but the east continued
to swelter.
In New York alone the total deaths
will reach fifty and prostrations had
mounted to $50 by noon today.
| From midnight to noon eighteen
deaths and 101 prostrations were re-
ported in Manhattan anL the Bronx.
| In addition seventeen deaths and
|thirty-iive prostrations were reported
from Brooklyn.
New York, Chicago. Cleveland, Phil
|adelphia, Detroit and Boston show the
greatest number of deaths and prostra-
|tions, according to statistics from all
[rarts Of the country gathered by the
United Press today.
The past fortv-eight hours have been
1.-THE hottest New York has ever known
lin the history of the weather bureau
with two exceptions. The maximum
|of MISUNDERSTANDING followed today
|by scorching sun and intense hui
|rtdity, the thermometer registering 81
lat noon
In many cities factories were closed
down entirely or worked only half
time. In New York, the New York
Central railway let of all employees
THAT could be spared at noon.
Tauton. Mass, reported practically
|al manufacturing concerns and many
stores closed. Shops, factories and
mills were also closed in Syracuse,
Lawrence, Lowell, Mass.
1t was apparent at one o'clock that
the toll throughout the country would
|be greatly increased before night.
Two deaths and nineteen additional
prostrations were reported . in New
York within an hour. Reports of more
factories closed were constantly being
received In Massachusetts, a trolly
line reported suspended because of
neat In contrast with the heat in the
east, frost was reported in Yellowstone
park and Pacific coast cities were en-
tlrely comfortable. San Francisco re-
ported temperature of 81; Seattle
eS; Portland 50 and Los Angeles "a.
Deaths and prostrations for. the last
'aree days from some of the principal
City Deaths prostrations
.,eW York 80 $50
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-01
Eive Thousand PrIsoners.

IBy William Philip Simms. United
Press Staff Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FTELD, Aug 1.-Prisoners TAX
en- in the last twenty-four hours OF
the great drive. probably will reach
five thousand, according to estimates
today. The stream of Germans sent
behind the lines has not yet been full
u counted -
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-01
Federal Grand Jury Makes
Further Investigation Of
Wallace Acts.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
DAVENPORT, Iowa, Aug. 1.-The
federal grand jury today continued Its
investigation Of the treason charges
against Daniel H. Wallace, of Chicago.
organizer of the League OF Humanity.
1t was learned today that only three
persons testified before the jury yes
terday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-01
Movies "a Detective.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
HAVANA, Aug. 1.-Aid of the
movies was enlisted today in the Cuba
wide hunt for Miss Ruth Armstrong,
school teacher, Of Youngstown, Ohio,
and Los Angeles. The police made ar
rangements to have her picture
thrown on the screen In moving pic
ture theatres all over the island
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-01
HospItaI Ship Aground.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service]
HALIFAX, N. s., Aug. IA hospital
ship from England with nearly six
hundred wounded or sick Canadian
troops aboard, went ashore near She
bucto Head, outside the harbor today.
She is resting easily and the sea is
smooth.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-01
Hanged by ViglIantes.

BUTTE. Mont, Aug. 1.-Frank Lit
tie, I. w. w. agttator, who was recent
ly deported from Arizona and who has
been agitatfng among the strikers
here urging defiance to the govern
ment, was found hanging by the neck
from trestle early today. with the old
vigilante warning sign "3-7-77" pinned
to his night clothes. He had been TAX
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-01
Many DIED THIS WEEK
| As RESULT Of WEATHER.
Past Three Days Caused at Least 1872 Deaths
and Over 800 Prostrations in
Country.
EAST STILL sWELTERs, WEST. COOLER
Fifty Dead in New York, Thirty in Chicago,
Nineteen in Philadelphia From Record
Temperature.

Reports throughout the country showed the
toll hest at o'clock tn's afternoon: Deaths
e4.
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-01
THE WEATHER.

Fair. Cooler tonight. Local
temp p. m. 95; 7 a. m. ~.
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The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-22
UNREST GROWING AMONG GERMANS

time limit for bringing Great Britain
into frame of mind to discuss peace.
In the correspondents last informal
conversation with DIR. Alfred Zimmer-
mann. head of the foreign office. few
hours before news of the rupture Of
relations with the United States was
received in Berlin. the minister, who
was on tenterhooks to know what the
United States would do, declared I'm
puisively:
''If the United States will only keep
hands off and let us alone, two or
three months will be enough"
Then, noticing the correspondent
prick up his ears at the foreign office
use of the stock phrase of the ruth
lessness advocates, he quickly amend
ed his estimate.
Say six months" he said, and then
reading a further query In the corre-
spondent's eyes, added:
well, let us not fix any definite
time"
Doctor Zimmerman then went on
with the argument that England and
the entente quickly would be made
amenable to the peace idea If the
United States would only refrain from
breaking relations or declaring war in
consequence of the proclamation of
the unrestricted submarine campaign.
German naval writer's for some time
have been preparing their readers for
possible falling off in the monthly
figures of tonnage destroyed by SUBJ
marines. Many of them furnish the
advance explanation that, If 1t hap
pens. it will be due largely to the abb
sence of vessels to torpedo, or, in some
articles, to the results of British meth
DDS. No mention of any increase in
losses of submarines is made.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-06-22
AMERICANS TRAIN
FOR CONVOY WORK

week under two veteran quartermas-
tiers. who see that the hour allotted is
well employed.
Sunday is day of rest, or would
be, only that many-in fact, ali--find
1t necessary to catch up the weeks
work, read up notes, make or finish
diagrams and such things, which they
have had only the time to do hur-
riedly during the week.
The course is really an Intensive
course" somewhat forced. as 1t is
hoped that after three weeks study
the Americans will be prepared for ex-
aminations which will allow them to
be made sublieutenants in the trans
port service and be put In charge Of a
section of so men. Five weeks is the
time allowed their French comrades
for the same work.
Everyone knows what automobile
transportation means In modern war
fare, and its Importance has been plain
to the least military mind ever since
1t saved Verdun. A section of so Amer
leans Is already at work at the front
conducting camions moving ammuni-
ton from railhead to the ammunition
stations, and the new school Mt Meaux
will provide Americans to officer these
sections and the new ones that will
follow If Pratt Andrew inspector gen
eral of the "American field service in
France" is justified in his hope of see
Ing a hundred men arrive each week
from the States for this service.
American Flag on the Gate.
The officers in charge of the auto
mobile instruction center at Meaux
(there are other schools for drivers.
mex down, are all keenly interested in
the coming of the Americans, and the
colonel spoke highly of the serious way
they had settled down to work. The
gate into the camp of 16 barrack
sheds has an American flag on one
post and French one on the other.
When the New York Suns corre-
spondent visited the school recently,
the convoy was sent to the village of
Crecy, where all the trucks were to
be parked in the market place drawn
up side by side. close together, at an
angle to the main road so that they
could be started of again without de-
lay). The little village seemed sad
and deserted as the convoy arrived,
as do most French villages these days,
with nothing but aged men, women
and children at home. But 1t woke up
as the trucks numbered in and took
up their appointed places.
Are they English?' asked woman
who appeared at her shop door,
"NoT
"Then they are Russians"
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