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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-31
GERMANY CLAIMS
ALL VICTORIES
Official Statement on the War
Situation, Tells of Repulse
of Enemy Wherever
Attacks Came.
600 RUSSIANS ARE TAKEN
Russian Troops In Forest, Were
stormed by Teutons and Fifteen
Machine Guns Taken
a. Booty.
600 RUSSIANS ARE TAKEN

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BERLIN, (via Sayville wireless)
Jan. 31.-Defeat of French attacks
against part Of the German positions
on the Lorraine front near Lein.rey,
was announced in today's official
statement.
The attacks were preceded by
violent artillery duel.
For the most part the statement
said fighting activity on the western
front had been limited by severe
frost and snow storms.
900 Prisoners Captured.
BERLIN, (via Sayvil1e wireless)
Jan. 31.-Storming of several Rus-
sian positions In forest on the east
bank of the river Aa (Riga front) ana
repulse of counter attacks, was re-
ported in today's official statement.
More than nine hundred Russian
soldiers were captured with fourteen
officers and fifteen machine guns.
The. statement said Russian forces.
after two strong attacks succeeded
on a third assault in entering INTO
"the Point DAppun. OF German po-
sitionas south of the ValepHtna ROAD:
on Prince Leopold's front. The at
tacks were preceded by violent nre
of artillery.
Repulse of strong accommodating
detachments by Turkish outposts near
the Danube was reported from f1eiu
Marshal Won Mackensen's front IN
Rumania.
From the Macedonian front. the
statement reported several ltallan
prisoners brought in from a raid by
German reconnaissance parties on
the Cerna bend.
New Mine Blockade.
ROTTERDAM, Jan. 31.-News-
napers and shippers generally are
unperturbed over the new British
mine blockade. Some even cons1d-
cred it advantageous as likely to rem
der more difficult the patrols OF the
Dutch coast by German submarines
and torpedo boats.
The ,Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Cour-
ant today declared:
ENGLAND is absolutely, right In at
tempting to protect against the SUD-
marines. If she succeeds in reduc-
ing the peril, many neutrals Will be
thankful
TThe above dispatch, passed
through LONDON ana tne brl'isH Soh
sors, is the first definite reference 10
the danger specified in recent
British official announcement OF
new danger zone" in the North sea
as a mine blockade.i
First and Second Lines. "
PARIS, Jan. >31.-French forces
the first and second Ger
man lines south of Lintrey, brought
back all German defenders of those
positions as prisoners, or killed them
in the fighting, 1t was announced IN
today's official setement.
Russians Wade Through Snow. o.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 31.-Advanc cling
waist deep in the snow, Russian
troops have stormed and captured at
the point of the bayonet German
positions on the heights east of Jaco-
benz, according to today's official
statement.
.. Loss In January.
LONDON, Jan. 31.-England lost
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-31
Highway Bill.

Highway Bill.
DES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 31.-A
bill giving the highway commission
power to check county supervisors
who wish to make excessive cuts In
road construction will bring the first
test vote upon the roads question in
the senate Thursday. At present the
is powerless to interfere
unless the proposed cut will reduce
the grade more than 20 per cent.
The bill, by Hoidoegel. was made a
special order of business for Thurs
day, following a half hours spirited
debate between Holdoegel, Balkema
and Foster on one side and Evans
for the opposition.
Bees Co Uninspected.
DES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 31.-The
house today passed bill abolishing
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Prohibition in Iowa Will be
Up to People Of State at
Election-Date Not
Set.
TODAY AT STATE HOUSE
Bee Inspector Declared to be One un-
necessary Expense to the
Taxpayers Of the
State.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. J
DES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 21.-Pro-
htbition was finally put up to the peo-
pie of Iowa for a vote, by the senate
today. concurring in house
amendment to the submission resolu-
tion
The date for the election has not
been set.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-31
Trains are Delayed.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31.-F1ve
Overland trains struggled into San
Francisco today, several days behind
their schedules, and the passengers
all had tales of hardship to tell.
Each of the trains was snow bound
from "a to 4S hours in Wyoming.
Many passengers were on short ra-
tions part Of the time and were
forced to melt snow to get water to
drink.
A snow slide yesterday near
Truckee covered the tracks, and
further delayed some of the trains.
The Overland Limited which was
screduled to reach San francisco
Saturday, arrived last night. Leav-
ing Laramie, according to the pas
sengers, five freight locomotives
pushed a rotary plow ahead of the
passenger train. At Rock River the
rotary broke, and from 3 a. m. Sat
urday until noon Sunday, the passen-
ger train was without heat, light or
water, their own engines having gone
ahead for help.
Union Pacific officials and train
men declared today the storm and
tie-up is the, worst in the history OF
the road.
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First and Second Lines.

PARIS, Jan. >31.-French forces
penetrated the first and second Ger
man lines south of Lintrey, brougSt
back all German defenders of~those
positions as prisoners, or killed them
in the fighting, 1t was announced in
todays official setement.
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Wrecked In Storm.

ABERDEEN, S. D., Jan. 3l.-Ihe
west bound Olympian, the fast CONT
mental train on the st. Paul road, was
wrecked near Roscoe, S. D., forty
miles west OF here last midnight. All
coaches except the observation car
Ieft> the track. Fifteen persons were
injured. none, except a negro porter,
seriously.
The accident occurred during
binding snow storm with high
northeast wind. The storm has pre-
vailed for twenty hours up to ten
o'clock today. Rail traffic is demor-
allied throughout the Dakotas.
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Shot His Three Children.

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TThe above dispatch, passed
through London and the British cen
sors, is the first definite reference 'c
the danger specified in recen'
British official announcement OF
new danger zone" In the North sea
as a mine blockade.i
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Loss In January.
LONDON, Jan. 31.-England lost
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our own leased wire.
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Snow with cold wave. Local
temp p. m. 80; Z a. M "a.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
SANTA F WILL
 SPEND LARGE SUM

Large sums of money will be spent by the Santa Fe, beginning this sum mer, on construction of new branch lines in the southwest.
 The Osage County 2 Santa Fe rail- road will be 65 miles long, from Owen to Ralston, Oklahoma. via Paw huska, through the rich oil fields. It will shorten distance from Oklahoma City to Kansas City and Chicago. Steel bridges have been ordered. This line will be expensive to build be- cause of the broken country traversed, but it taps rich territory.
 The Barton County and Santa Fe is a thirty -five-m mile branch to reach the heart of the wheat belt in Central Kansas It will connect Holyrood and Galicia. Running over level prairie it's cost will be low, as railroads figure cOnstruction-about s20000 a mile or s7O0, ,000-to which must be added cost of equipment needed.
 A third new line is being surveyed from Satanta, Kansas, 75 miles west to the state line, Right Away is being secured.
 The Minkler Southern, nearing com pletion in California, from Lindsay to Porterville, traverses the center of a rich orange district. The track cuts through groves valued at s3,000 an acre. to afford outlet for carload ship ments direct to the new Santa Fe fruit terminals at 22nd street and Ar cher avenune, Chicago.
 Work also is being pushed rapidly on the new Santa Fe branches from Shattuck to Sperman, and from Lub- book to Seagraves in northwest Texas. The building of the new mileage on proposed Santa F'e extension from Kan sas City to St. Louis is the next item that will be taken care of.
 Nearly 1.200 miles of heavy new steel rails have been ordered by the Santa Fe for use during 1917 and 1918. Other important improvements are being made in the thirteen states served by this company.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, SUNDAY MORNING. JULY % 1917
CROSS C0UN TRY TRIP BY VETERAN
 AND VOLUNTEER

Major George w. Brownyard, vet eran of the Philippines and of the Boxer rebellion, is travelling from Rochester, N. T., to San francisco, Cal where he will join his battery in the heavy artillery. Major Brownyard served in the Thirteenth Field Ar tillery in the Philippines and was later a lieutenant in charge of troop of native scouts.
 On his cross country trip to answer the call to the colors, he is being ac- companied by his father, George W. Brownyard by his three sons, ranging in age from to 13 years, and by Fred H. Van Dyne.
 Major Brownyard is driving the first Willys- Knight car sold in the Roches- ter territory The motor, which is numbered 621, has already run over 21,000 miles and is said to be in per feet condition.
 An interesting incident in connection with the trip occurred at Denver where Major Brownyard's father, who is 7S years old, met his brother for the first time in 62 years SiXty-twO years ago the brother left Rochester driving a pair of mules. Today he is a prominent produce broker in the western city.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
M 'ARTHURS SAY
 BIC BUSINESS
 TOFOLLON WAR

According to McArthur Brothers forecast of the world outlook for American trade after the war it is a great time to build for the future. A member of this firm, who are agents for Packard automobiles, quoting from a talk by Alvin Maccauley at the re- cent Packard dealers convention, says:
 "The matter rightfully uppermost in the minds of all American business men is the immediate future" he said. Tt is very hard to predict it. We never had any parallel circumstances to those we are facing today So far as Canada and England go, they are both prosperous And following the same line of reasoning there must be a great deal of money in circulation in this country within the next year, and certainly during the continuance of the war. People will eat practically as much, wear practically as much, live in good houses, and pay more money for all of them. More money will be in circulation for that reason alone.
 Added to the normal expenditures will be the distribution of some seven billions of dollars for war purposes, nearly all of which will be spent in this country. We know that the farmer. who, after all. is the foundation of busi- ness conditions, will enjoy such pros- perity as he has never known, and his tory shows that when the farmer is so well taken care of, the country as a whole must enjoy prosperity.
 More land will be under cultivation than ever before. The iron and steel mills and the mines will be rushed Transportation facilities already are fea,- tpx- 25 cents a pound. Every industrial po- tential will be taxed to it's uttermost to meet the demands upon it.
 ''The principal danger to prosperity is that foolish advice will have too much influence on people. It is right to say, do not waste. We all agree to that. But some people go far enough to say. do not spend. That is foolish We must spend wisely-but continue to spend I would not care to paint a picture of the result if everyone stnpped spending
 How far the hysteria of not spend- ing will affect the situation remains to be seen. I feel that after this tenn porary condition of unsettled affairs has passed. we shall get down on normal and sensible basis as England and Canada have done. I venture the prediction that when the war Is over we shall find many business men can do their bit in the war by making their business successful throughout the war and thereby lay the basis for the taxation which will have to be leVled to meet the expense of the war
 Each must expect to contribute of ms share of talent. We should feel badly if we could not contribute our share. We want to feel that as Ameri- can business men we are helping win tEe War-helping win the world strug-
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
REUBEN FINDS
 bUYERPLEASED
 WITH DIRT JAR

When one comes to look into the clearly established facts, he cannot but feel impatient with those who place the automobile in the list of luxuries," says George Reuben, sales manager for the Dort Motor Car company.
 Motoring has added so much to the joy of living that it's purely practical significance is often lost slgnt ol When a man tells you he has a good car, the picture impressed upon your mind is probably one of a freefrom trouble ride to a good dinner in the country.
 But go out among Dort owners as have done and find out just what car satisfaction means to them. You will be surprised at the overwhelming percentage who place actual utility first Where one will mention the pleasure of a car, nine will inform you that his car is indispensable to his every day business needs"
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
GOODYEAR TIRE IN
 ENDURANCE RUN

A 660- mile motorcycle endurance run in. Arizona is quite different from one taking place in the east, with it's tree less miles and the merciless barage fire of "Old Sol Yet the big Douglas Tucson four day run completed last week was one of the most interesting endurance runs of the season. Of the ten starters three finished the 66O miles with a perfect score, and singu- larly enough, all three machines bore Goodyear tire equipment.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29

gle for democracy. Every one of us. I have no doubt, will feel the pinch somewhere. but we shall all gladly
 make sacrifices to do our bit in the struggle in which we are engaged
Arizona republican., 1917-07-29

We have purchased the second Troy Trailer on the strength of the efficiency of the first We are using this 5-ton trailer in connection with 3% ton Reliance truck.
 When both truck and trailer are loaded it makes total of o tons. As the gasoline consumed and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-24
DRAFT EXEMPTIONS.

Speculation az to how the draft rife throughout the land. Some of il Is based on the experiences Of the civil war, and some persons are in- ciined 10 utilize that rather unsaYory mess aS precedent
 In all probability they are wrong. Exemptions in our day Hill not de- pend on wealth, pull" or any other reason that isn't fair and honest.
 The exemptions rules are plain. Everyone can understand them. The will c. local boards are carefully re- stricted. Friendship will count for nothing. Tn this one thing the off ciala al Washington have acted wisely.
 Experiences with the dependents of guardsmen who were sent to the Mexican border has been utilized 10 the full There will probably be lit, tle trouble with dependents of the se- lective army for ths simple reason there will be few if any Soldering is tad business if the government must support the families at home, and this serious feature has been eliminated:
 There will. of course, be many req sons for desiring cynmptiong by those who will seek to eYaae service The Nation can rest assured, however, that only bona fide claims will gain consideration
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-24

the house fly. Almost any home can, with due care practically ex- clude this dangerous pest from it's portals.
 : Dr. L. Q. Howard, in review ing the origin and spread of ty- phoid fever in the United States Military Camp, during the Span ish-Anerican war, declares tina, thus insec. should be known by the name typhoid fly" Authentic reports from the United States Government show that the fly was the principle carrier of the typhoid fever, which attacked twenty per cent of fhe United States soldiers Tn the Cuban war and furnished 66 per cent of the deaths.
 By means of it's hairy feet and legs, the fly carries about and dis tributes particles of filth
 In the monthly report of one of our state boards of health is graphically described a scene familiar to many of us,
 "In front of a grocery, boxes of blackberries were exposed for sale. They were slightly gray; dust and swa.ms of flies were present On the sidewalk, within 6 feet of the berries some poor diseased mortal had spat, and this sputu,n was dreled with aies. 4 @ement's
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LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT I
By $. ". sTRAUs Pyss,dfss lme-:eas Sscsty f. Is';f

observation showed thz. they 6es back and forth. not only be.as-@ca inc berries and the sputu-l. 5i'i also between the berries anf tne gutter nth and stree. manure But. most wonderful, people pu-. chased those nasty berries and s:. them -sw."
 I. was found hter that much diz-rhea existed ;n the aeigtbo-- hood, caused possibly b. bacteria transmitted by these Tery flies.
 Ne are 100 tolerant of the pres ence oi this filthy and dangerous insect. lis breeding grounds should be the first point oi attack.
 The Burear of Entomology of the Department of Agriculture has given a great deal Of attention to the matter, and the publications of the Bureau should be consulted for data on the subject. On the authority of this Bureau it is stated that at least o5 per cent of the town and city flies are bred in heaps Of horse manure lief. ia roads. fields, and stables. The remedy proposed is strieter en- forcesnent of the laws governing the cleaning of streets, and the covering of all manure pits in town and country, with occasional spraying with crude petroleum. The manure pile and the barnyard are the fly-reeding groand of the farm.
 To urge the housewife to work for public measures to insure such sanitary reforms, the Bureau con- tends is not asking her to go too far afeld. In her own house she win endeavor by the use of screens and fly paper and similar means to protect herself from this daneer- ous insect. But she will wage an unequal battle unless the root of the evh is attacked, and this can only be done by removing manure and other refuse that fo1m the breeding places of the fly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-24

aczte criticism Is cropping ogt t1rs- o2t t.e central empires ard FA5E. combined wIth tie ec9Dow1 si,9z,so1. Is of more iEapsyr7znes than t5s u15Ii- tzry sitn@tipn-
 Taogga tAe GeE-nzr people nazT b. Here that ihsiF arms hare held hack lhetr enemies ID tiff nov. t}eg 1z7st fsnow that the gesoarces ot tae5- fees. lacked by America. nazst eTsn- t3alIY overiop their '~n. no matter sow efficiently they may handle thefa- This thought ra9si appeal ,o the sease ot the razssez sooner Or later and will make itselt felt in taTor Of some decisIse aetion within the central empires themselves that ~ill bring about the kind of peace the allied nations are T yhiing so-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-24
OUR FIGHTING MEN. Captain Mclean.


 Capt. Ridley Mclean, who holds the important post of judge advocate gen eral of the navy, is young officer who has had a highly varied career in the service. A native of Tennessee, born in 1872, he entered Annapolis af- ter two years of study at the Univer- sitv of Tennessee. In addition to the ordinary routine of duty he saw active service in Reyes Rebellion in Near agua. in the Spanish American war. ia the Boxter rebellion in China, and in the Philippine instruction. Captain Mclean has specialized in gunnery work and from 1906 to 1909 he served as fleet gunnery officer on the staff of the command cr-in- chief of tha At lantic fleet. He reached the grade of commander in 1913 and later in the same year was appointed judge advo- cate general with the rank of captain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-24
RAILROADS AND ECONOMY.

The railroad committee of the coun cil of national defense hasn't hesi- tated a moment to advise all railroads to be as economical as possible "on account of the war" Iuch Of il goes in the guise of Saving" locomotives from the passenger service so that they may be used in the freight ser vice. Other savings" apparently are merely in order 10 do a neat Job in the way of economy while the public mind has been whipped into the psychological groove to stand for it.
 Take the dicta that has gone forth as to dining car economy for instance. The bread rations are to be cut down to two slices, with no more than one pat of butter permitted. The price will remain the same, however In other words. for two slices of bread-thin slices. too-the charge on diners will be ten cents. No mat ter how high flour gets, there will be considerable profit in the transac- tion.
 The kind of economy that makes goats of the public .s the wrong kind
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-24
THE HINDENBrRG LINE.

Much has been written about II to the contrary. the Hindenbnrg line If by that is meant the German de- lenses on the western front since the spring retiremcnt-seems 10 be rather firm prosositioii.
 There is nothing gained by blinking facts. The AngloFrcnch have nibbled considerably. but on the whole the line is taut. Virtually every day the French and Britisn reports chron- icle gains of some sort. but they must be slim compared with the line as whole. The bitter tr.'th is that the Boche's defenses On the western front are doing what the Teutons expected them to do-defying the all lies.
 Several major offenses have been prosecuted. Terrific assemblages of gun power were brought to play by Field Marshal Haig. and with good results. The line was broken through at several points but apparently is so constructed that when broken through at one point, the territory contiguous in the direction of the foe at once be- comes the new line. with apparently every foot of it as difficult to master as the front trenches were.
 It is apparent that nothing but an overwhelming superiority of men as well as high powered guns will be able to break though permanently and the complete superiority of men will come when million or so Amer jeans get to the western front to add to the millions of French and Brit isi This, of course. is providing the Russians remain in the war as an effective fighting nation, for other wise the Germans would be enabled 10 utilize the million or two soldiers on the eastern front fo- operations on the western front. This would force us to inject just that many more on the western front. The possibilities Of the war we are in, therefore, can well be imagined.
 From a purely fighting standpoin; the war Is still stiff proposition; but from the standpoint of econom- 1c conditions within lhe central em- pires, 1t is evident that the situation isI much In favor of the allies. The Germans and Austrians are war weary; only the vigorous leadership of thu military oligafchy keeps the enemy peoples in line. The political situation also is of character to lard comfort to the entente end America. General dissatisfaction and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-24
KILLING NEiR EARLE.

Earle JuIy 23.-J. R. Scott 2 farm e- firing seFe- miles south ot neTe' -as-a~rss- afternoon sho- and killed Theodore Mccullough. who owns an z7zo;-;7z farm. and came ro this -1sca where he surrendered ro inc officers He was giFel ETellTn.n ar ' hea-;ng tcdag. pleading self-oeIense and wss bound oTer n inc grand jury.
 IcCalicugh was II his EfueIn rear and is survived oy z wife and several children