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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19
lOO-MILE RACE
AT DONNELLSON
keokuk Racing Association Has
Secured Fair Grounds and
viii Stage Event Coming
Labor Day.

The Keokuk Racing association
composed Of number of auto en-
thusiasts of this city, Of which Roy
M. Martin is secretary and general
manager has secured the Lee county
Fair associations track and grounds
at Donnellson and will stage 100-
mile automobile race at that place
Labor day, September 8.
Some of the fastest cars in western
Illinois and southeastern Iowa will
be entered in this meet and as this
will be Lee county's first big auto
mobile race over hundred mile
route, it undoubtedly will prove a
stellar attraction. Entries have al
ready been received and from present
indications the race will be one of
the best that has been held in this
part of the country. Entry blanks
and information concerning the event
can be secured from the secretary,
Mr.. Martin.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19
Today,s War Map.

o0dyS war Map.
NEW YORK, July 19.-Germany
was vigorously on the offensive on
two fronts today. Official battle news
showed violent Teutonic attacks
against the French south of st. Quen-
tin on front of half mile, which
the French statement admitted had at
its outset swept over first line trench
es. Later, the Paris statement said,
the ground was won back by counter
attacks.
The Berlin version was that the at
tack was successful over the front of
two-thirds of mile and that all coun-
ter attacks broke down.
Recapture of a trench in Avocourt
wood was likewise reported.
The French statement related other
spirited fighting on the western front.
On the eastern battle line, the Rusu-
losses at Novica and retirement from
part of that village. Berlin did not
relate this incident, but told of Rus
sion counter attacks being repulsed.
On the British front, Field Marshal
Haig reported recapture of advanced
positions from which the Germans
had ousted his men on Wednesday.
The German official detailed repulse of
a raid south Of Ypres, which the Brit
ish war office described as successful.
Petrograd dispatches indicated the
provisional government was consider
| ing transfer Of the capital to Moscow
and agitation to put all power in the
hands of the workmen's and soldiers
| congress.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19

upon the president for all of the facts
in the case.
At the same time and while the
government shipping board and Gen
eral Goethals were in fruitless session
naval authorities predicted Germany
will win the war if submarine destruc-
ton is not overcome
The fight between Chairman Den
man of the shipping board and Goeth-
ais was embittered by appearance of
a full page advertisement in local
papers today attacking Denman per-
sonally, his past record and qualifca-
lions and extolling Goethals' reputa-
ton
Il am not delaying the ship building
program" said Denman, following a
three hour board meeting.
General Goethals had three months
to prepare the detailed costs and es-
Inmates of his proposed government
ship yards and fabricated steel YES
sells. Yet he told the board he had
these figures in his head We re-
quested them in writing. Another
board meeting is scheduled for this
afternoon. The general may attend
or may send the desired information.
Denman stated that Goethals, not
he. might have cause to fear con-
gressional inquiry into the contro-
|versy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19

report for months--or until the sec.
ond or third levy of drafted men.
After the drawing fixes the order
of examination, the local boards will
start at the top of their list and
summon the first, second, third and
SO on, down the list-exempting
those disqualified-until enough men
are secured to fill each quota.
Within a few days each board will
be notified by the state government OF
the exact number of men each district
must give to the army. The quota Is
based upon the recent population esti-
mates. BY drawing the entire regis
tration list at one time, the war de-
partment expects to set at rest the un-
certainty Of the millions not drawn in
the first levy.
The American people will be repre-
sented at the drawing by the members
of the house and senate military at
fairs committee designated as official
witnesses.
Because of the tedious nature of the
drawing and the necessity for abso-
lutte quiet, the spectators at the histor-
ic event will be limited. In addition
to the congressional committees and
81 few war department officials only a
group of newspaper correspondents,
will witness the lottery.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19
FRIDAY TO BE
A DAY OF LOTTERY
(Continued from page II

voutbs from civil life to join the bat
fle against autocracy. A few red INK
serial numbers were still unreported
TODAY. but were expected in before
night.
Secretary Of War Baker, back from
a river trip, conferred this forenoon
with Provost Marshal General Crowd
er and approved last minute details
The lottery will occur probably TO-
morrow-amidst a solemn gathering
in a capitol committee room. The
intricate drawing system doubtless
will be made public before night.
working absolutely justly-insofa1
as mathematics and luck can so
work-the gamble will settle once for
all the order in which registrations
will be drawn for army duty. 1t Is
the product of careful study by the
draft experts which was later check
ed up by outside mathematical er-
perts.
The system cannot be tempered
There can be no lodging through
political influence and every care
has been taken to see that the fated
capsules and their numbers are pro
Itected from interference.
Pennsylvania, New York and Mich
igan had failed up to early today to
report their serial numbers, but had
advised the provost office that they
were practically ready.
In these circumstances General
Crowder felt free to arrange with
Secretary Baker as to who should
quill the capsules and where they
should be drawn.
Press wires direct from the draft
room will flash the numbers to the
nation.
The paraphernalia for the drawing
is ready and locked in a vault in the
war department As the little cap
sules are plucked from the glass
bowls by blindfolded men, the mum
Der will be announced and recorded
upon huge blackboard.
They will be checked several times
to avoid. slightest possibility of mis-
take The force Of clerks and &C
countants has been drilled and re
hearsed In the work.
During the night Provost Marshal
General Crowder called capitals OF
laggard states by telephone He was
told only seven districts were out in
Pennsylvania; that New York and
Michigan expected to be ready today
General Crowder has outlined the
system of the lottery to newspaper
men here. Lest effort be made tC
switch numbers at the last moment
the scheme will be kept secret until
tagging districts report to theil
state capitals.
The lottery will draft every one
of the 9,650,000 men ON the registra
ton rolls and determine the order
each must report to his local ex
emption board for physical examina
ton.
In case a registrant finds his mum
Der in the center or near the bot
tom of the list in his district, il
means he probably will not have to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19
LOTTERY METHOD
rs EXPLAINED
CONTINUED from page IL

the order inside the Thousand
groups
For instance if the drawing of the
thousand groups" results thus:
Eight, five, nothing, two, four, three,
one, six, nine, seven, that determines
the order Of the groups of thousands.
Then IL the drawing from the one
to one thousand globe starts this
way: 876. "a, 500, 1. 43. etc, through
the thousand numbers, the first num-
Der on the master list would be 5000
plus SIG, or 1915. the second would
be S,034, the third $500, the fourth
1901 and SO on.
After the eight thousands" have
been added to the one to one thou
sand list In order, then the number
! -f1ve-in the thousands" group
drawing is picked up and applied in
the same way. Then the numbers
Immediately following the eight thou
sands would be 5000 plus s76 or
5,876 followed by 5.034. $500. 5,001,
ETC., through the list again. Although
only 1,011 numbers are drawn it
would make list Of eleven Thousand
numbers when all the thousand
group" numbers are applied.
/ This is the master list" 1t can
be used in any district irrespective
of the number of registrations in
this way:
Starting at the top of the list, the
numbers which do not apply in that
district are simply ignored and the
boards pass down the list until any
number on any registration card in
that district is found. The man hold
ing that number is the first to re.
port in that district. The second
number following on the list denotes
the second man and SO on down.
Officials Of the war department ask
registrants to try to imagine the
numbers in one long single column
list of eleven thousand numbers. Then
} look down the list, ignoring all mum
bers except those in their district
} For a registered man to find his
comparative position in his distric,
1t will be necessary to know the
number of registrations in that dis
trict.
After the lottery, Provost Marshal
!, General Crowder will send to os oh
of the country's 1857 districts, sheets
showing the order of examination
BY that time the districts will have
notification of the number of men
they must furnish to the army They
! will call for examination Of twice
that number, beginning at the top OF
their list and continue examinations
until the quota is made up.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19
More Than One Kind.

New York Times: Miss Helen, the
daughter of the family in which Jet
black Maria Jackson occasionally
worked by the day, had been given a
beautiful cup and saucer of rare china
She showed it to Maria and said:
Il mean to put 1t away In my hope
box. You know what that is, Aunt
Maria? It's the box a girl puts things
into in the hope that she will some
day need them as BRIDE"
"Lawzey, chile, I knows all about
dem hope boxes. I got one of my
own, chile"
why, I thought you were already
married"
Il is. chile, an my hope box is one
l is putin money into fas' as I kin
until I has enough to pay fo' di.
vorcement from Pete Jackson. More'n
one kind of hope box mixed up with
matrimony, Miss Helen"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19
MAY TRANSFER
RUSSIAN CAPITAL
CONTINUED from page L.

Via London, July 19.)-Shooting in
the city was ended late this evening.
The government is arresting all
mutineers. Nicholai Lenine, the agi-
tator, charged with being German
spy. is a fugitive.
The city is rejoicing tonight over
ending OF the street disturbances.
Spectacular Street Fighting.
[By William G. Shepherd. United
Press Staff Correspondent
PETROGRAD, July Is. delayed,
via London, July 19.)-The street
disorders which today resulted in
proclamation of martial law in Petro-
grad apparently grew out of Minis
ter of War Berensky's disbandon-
and grenadier troops because they re-
fused to fight.
Late Monday night q number OF
these soldiers. fully armed, staged a
demonstration on the streets. They
were Joined with nearly four thous.
and men above the age of forty, re
fused military discharge by Kerensky.
Later in the night a motor ma
chine gun detachment paraded
through the Nevski prospekt. The
Russian people believed this regiment
loyal, but they really belonged to the
first machine gun regiment which had
refused orders to proceed to the
front. Immediately the authorities
called out the loyal government
squad of motor machine guns. FoI
five minutes the two units of automo
bile fighters clashed in the streets
There was a tremendous fusillade il
the Neviski prospekt and the Sadova
but not single fatality. One theory
today was that both sides used blank
cartridges.
AT a. M, Tuesday, Cossacks pa
raded and succeeded in restoring
order.
Those who participated in the in
cipient revolt were generally Of thu
better class of Russians. They tool
advantage of the cabinet crisis t
side with the boulsheviskas (socia
democrats) in demanding that ths
provisional cabinet resign.
During the entire night, despite
all the shooting, only four person!
were reported killed and one wound
ed The workmen's and soldiers
congress met Tuesday and warned it
members and adherents against par
ticipating in further demonstrations
Government in Control.
[By William g. Shepherd, Unite,
Press Staff Correspondent
PETROGRAD, July Is (Delayed)-
The government wins.
Quelling of the revolt which 70
three days has torn the city with dis
sention and caused fighting on tn
streets for the first time since the rev
olution, had been apparently accom-
plished tonight.
Arrests by the wholesale Of mutt
neers and indictments responsible 70
the rioting is continuing. Nichola
Ienine, now revealed as paid Ger
man agent, is fugitive.
The city is rapidly approaching nor
NAL. 1t was quiet tonight, with N
shooting reported.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19
St. Louis Live stock.

\
ST. LOUIS, July 19.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, 5000; market, steady. Texas
receipts, 600. Native beef steers. $3.50
| @135O; yearling steers and heifers,
i$S.5O@13.50; COWS, $6.00@10.O0; stock
ers and feeders, s6.00@9.50; calves,
IS6.OO@S14.OO; Texas steers, $3.50
| $50; cows and heifers, $4.26@9.OO.
Hogs Receipts. 1000; market,
steady. Mixed and butchers, $4,000
1856; good to heavy. $15.40@15.55 :
rough, s14.0O@14.35; light. $1475@
1925; pigs, $10.00@14.75; bulk, $500
@15.45.
sheep-Receipts, 1000; market,
steady. Ewes, $SO0@S.50; lambs.
S1O.00@16.50; Gamers. $4.00@4.5O;
packers. $6.O0@6.5O.
Chicago Live Stock.
limited Press Leased Wire Sery1ce.l
CHICAGO, July 19.-The hog mar
ket closed with good hogs steady and
others weak. Top, $3.50. Estimated
tomorrow, $4,000.
Cattle closed strong. Top, $14.O5;
calves, s14.35.
Sheep closed steady to strong.
Top, s110O; lambs, $3.50.
Omaha Live Stock.
OMAHA, July 19.-Cattle receipts
| 200; market steady. Steers. $1,000
m13.S5; cows and heifers, 5000
1850; stockers and feeders. $3.50
$50; calves, S9.00@13.5o; bulls and
stays, s5.50@9.50.
Hog receipts 10000; market steady.
closed weak. Bulk, s14.S5@146o;
top, $3.50.
Sheep receipts 5000; market
steady, 15@25c lower. Yeariings.
| s1o.0O@11.5O; wethers. S90o@10 90:
lambs, s14.75@15.5o; ewes. $4,000
| $50
Kansas City Live Stock.
KANSAS CITY, July 19.-Cattle re-
ceipts 10000; market steady, weak.
Steers. $7.50@13.80; COWS and heif-
| ers. s60O@13.00; stockers and feed
ers, s6.5O011.00; calves. s700@13.50.
| Hog receipts 5000; market steady,
strong. Bulk, s14.60@15.40; heavy.
| 15.25@15.55: medium, $1490@15.40:
light, s14.3o015.10.
Sheep receipts 1000; market $50
Csc higher Lambs, $1500@15.75;
ewes. sS.25@9.25; wethers, $1,000
1880.
Chicago Produce.
+, CHICAGO, July 19.-Butter-Ex
tras, 371c; firsts, SIC; dairy extras,
35K @36kc; dairy frsts, 34@35c.
Egg Eggsa % a1s,I = frsts' 10000;
Cheese-Twins, 21@31hc; Young
| Americas, 221s @23c.
Potatoes-Receipts 80 cars vir-
ginia barrels, s4oo@45o; Louisville
barrels, s40o@4.50: st. Louis, s1.40@
| 15o per bushel; Kansas, $1.40@I50
! per bushel.
| Live poultry-Fow 1s1ac; ducks.
| 14@17c; geese. 12@14c; spring
chickens, 22@24c; turkeys. 1Sc.
| New York Produce Market.
| NEW YORK, July 19.--F1our. quiet
and firm.
| Pork, dull; mess, s42.5o@430o.
| Lard, unsettled. nominal; middle
west spot, $19.50@1975.
Sugar, raw, firmer; centrifugal test
s6.52@6.64; muscavado SO test, $5.52
@S.2o. Refined, firm; cut loaf, $500;
crushed, sS.75; powdered, $7.65@S.20;
granulated, $7.5O@S.00.
| Coffee, Rio No. on spot, 9Ac.
Tallow, weak; city, 15Ac; special,
Hay, No. 1. s1o5@1.1o; No. 3. $50
1850; clover, G5c@$1.00.
| Dressed poultry. dull; turkeys, 1870
t32c; chickens, 19@26c; fowls, 16@2oc;
ducks, 2O@22c.
Live poultry, dull; geese, 15c; ducks,
l1S@23c; fowls, 2S924c: turkeys. 16c;
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19
REICHSTAG AWAITIN
CHANCELLOR'S ADDRESS
Continued from page -

in his reichstag speech this afternoon,
according to reports received from
Swiss sources today.
They declared the chancellor's
peace formula would conform strictly
to the instruction of the German gen.
eral headquarters and be based on the
military situation, now regarded as
favorable to Germany
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19

French height was stormed on front
of two-thirds of mile. A large
number of prisoners and several ma
chine guns were captured. All count
er attacks broke down."
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19

The largest submarine telephone
cable in the world-with eighty-six
pairs of wires-has been laid across
Raritan bay between Staten Island
and New jersey.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19

persons have the superior belief that
Russia hasn't the material Of which
democrats are made.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19
MORE BOOZE TO
BE DESTROYED
Beer and Whfskey Seized In Recent
Raid on Anthony coyle Must
Be Spilled, Judge
Rules.
HAD TOO MUCH OF IT
Defendant Also Tried to Cover Up Pos
session When He Was Raided
by Police July
First.

| Twenty-three pints and thirty-three
half pints Of whiskey and four and
Eone-half sacks of bottled beer, seized
| by the police from Anthony Coyle,
l109 South First street, July /. were
ordered destroyed by Judge Mona
mara, following the condemnation
hearing in the superior court yester-
! day afternoon.
| The fact that the defendant had
such a large quantity of beer and
whiskey, combined with his attempt to
cover up his possession OF the same
when the authorities raided his place,
was responsible for the order OF de-
struction.
Coyle's story was that he had the
liquor for his personal use and had OBJ
tanned it when the truck was still run
ming to Warsaw. He declared there
was no basement in his house ana
that he had placed the beer and Whls-
key under the floor because of this.
Two weeks before the raid at which
the liquor was obtained the police
made a previous raid on the place. OBJ
tanning a few bottles of beer from the
ice box. These were returned. Coyle
said the liquor was under the floor
when the previous raid was made, but
was not discovered.
When raided the last time the au-
thorities at first only found few bot
ties in the ice box. They asked Coyle
liz that was all the beer he had and the
defendant declared it was A crack
| in the foundation of the building, how
ever, revealed boxes cached away I'M
fder the floor, to the officers when they
were leaving, and led to the finding OF
| two boxes of whiskey and five sacks
, of beer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19
,
United states sattIeship SEM =
to Bottom With Water e0'"'
on Way Back
Home.

|[United Press Leased wire ,o-Tha
BROCKTON, Mass, July ..oo,stroyea
"a German submarine was TTnitet
Inv a "water bomb from ON yos
States battleship on the return arovi Id
age to this country after eons s. b.
a pershing's S troops to France, was "a, ri ii,
story told by John +: D ny M battleshil
city, a blue jacket Off the
on furlough. .,o submarina
A torpeo fired by thee.,os ship Dsy
narrowly missed the batelesn"
lor declared.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19
SHIP BUILDING
PROGRAM DELAYED
Continued from page ~

$3.50, 100000 expenditure is consider
ably more thar the cost of the canal
Denman pointed out.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19

A third of the entire s s,,nk du
mercantile fleet has Deen
ing the war.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19
Misinformed.

Kansas City Times: Gen. Korniloff,
the new Russian victor in Galicia, be-
gan life in a log cabin. And yet some
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19
Made Safe Trip.

AN ATLANTIC PORT 'I nave jds
Several big passenger llnel the Atlaf
completed a voyage across ssoording Y
tic. in fleet formation, ace o.ssl arri'
passengers on a British Ves sas escor
ing here today. The fleet T hv Brtis
ed through the danger zone fred ss'
destroyers. One DESTROYER ,, hen th
eral shots at submarine Wns'
vessels were one day out
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19
THE WEATHER.
III. S. Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau.l
River Bulletin.

The river will fall slowly from Dav-
export to Warsaw during the next 4S
hours.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19
Information Filed.

An information was died IN tne
sunerior court this m morning by Health
.Oficer Richard Evans charging j. W.
smith. colored, with disturbing the
nIaintiff's peace by using Loud, inde-
cent and insulting Language and act
ing in a disorderIy manner.
II was stated in The Gate CITY last
evening that Frank BRASIL had
pleaded guilty to three charges pre-
serred AGAINST him. The pisa was
one of not guilty. He was still in
iail today under bond.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19
National Impatience.

WASHINGTON, July 19.-National
impatience at the delay caused by the
Goethals-Denman row broke out in the
senate today when a resolution was
adopted demanding from President
Wilson full information on details of
the fight.
Increased irritation has been evil
dent in congress at the Goethals-
Denman affair For several days,
prompted by widespread feeling
throughout the country that the need
for immediate ship construction is
shown by Germany's tremendous U
boat successes against allied shipping.
Storm 1ruws stronger.
WASHINGTON, July 10. The
storm raised by the Goethals-Denman
row delaying the governments ship
building program, crashed around the
Wilson administration today.
In response to nation wide de-
mand for action to overcome the
deadly submarine peril, the senate IN
animously and without debate called
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19
Weather Forecast.

Weather Forecast.
For Keokuk and vicinity: General
ly fair tonight and Friday; somewhat
warmer Friday.
For Iowa: Generally fair tonight
and Friday; somewhat warmer to-
night northeast and central portions.
For Missouri: Generally fair to
might and Friday except probably
thundershowers this afternoon or to
night extreme south portion; some
what warmer tonight northwest por
ton.
Weather Conditions.
There have been scattered showers
in the central valleys from the lakes
to the gulf, which were heaviest south
of the OHIO river, and there has beer
little change of temperature in the
eastern districts.
West of the Mississippi the weather
is generally fair this morning, ant
slightly warmer.
The maximum temperature was
above 80 degrees in the northern
mountain region yesterday.
Local Observations.
July Bar. Their. Wind W'th'r
lis 7 p. m. 1886 81 SW Clear
I19 Z a. m. 1902 70 Sc Clear
Mean temperature 18th, IA: highest
81; lowest, g. lowest last night, &c.
FRED y. GOSEWISCH,
Observer
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19
GERMAN ADVANCE
rs REPORTED

Continued from page ~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-19

via London, July 19)-Shooting in
the city was ended late this evening.
The government is arresting all
mutineers. Nicholai Lenine. the agi-
tator, charged with being German
spy. is a fugitive.
The city is rejoicing tonight over
ending OF the street disturbances.