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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08

The third week in May will be
baby week in Keokuk. Observance
Of the week will be made by the
public health and social organizations
here led by the Visiting Nurse as
ISOLATION and Baby Welfare league.
Miss Nettie Younker is chairman OF
the ibaby week committee Of the v.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08

Chicago held the first baby week,
April 10 to 25, 1914; New York City
the second, June 20 to 26, 1914. This
year they have been followed by
Pittsburgh, Grand Rapids, Detroit,
Staten Island, Yonkers, Indianapolis,
Topeka and many other cities
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08

The following articles are taken
from two bulletins on baby week, and
may be Of interest locally in the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08

Baby, week Is campaign with a
two-fold purpose: a. TO give the
mothers and fathers of a community
the opportunity of learning the
most important facts with regard to
the care of the baby. (2) To bring
home to the community a knowledge
of the facts regarding the needless
deaths of its babies and rea1iza-
ton of the ways in which it must
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
PLOT TO DEFEAT LOAN
kaiser's Agents Work to Prevent
Success of Bonds.
Reports to Capital Show Organized
Efforts TO Prevent Banks From
Handling Bonds.

Washington, Oct. 19.-According TO
reports to the Treasury department.
pro German agents in the United
States have directed their energies
toward defeating the Liberty Loan
Their organized propaganda has
borne fruit from Minnesota to Texas,
It Is asserted, in scattered localities
where weak efforts have been made.
not openly, but by indirect methods,
to discourage subscriptions.
Work of the pro-German agents. Of
fcials assert, has been carried on for
more than two weeks. Some OF the
workers have had the temerity, reports
to the treasury indicate, to conduct
their operations here in the national
capital.
Official recognition OF the propagan-
Ia against the loan was voiced by Col
Herbert NJ. Lord, representing the War
department at the war risk insurance
conference, at which details of the
new soldiers and sailors insurance
law are being explained to men from
the various cantonments.
Organized Effort Seen.
There has been an organized Of
fort" said Colonel Lord, who was
chairman of the meeting. ito discour
age and defeat the loan"
This effort, he added, has been made
by seeking to misrepresent the patri
otism of the new National army.
An official account of the proceed
lngs of the conference issued by
tn Treasury department, reads as fol
lows:
In convincing refutation of the
slander, which was to the effect that
the men OF the new National army op
posed the war, Colonel Lord announo
ed that subscriptions from the army
for the loan already aggregates $a6.
900 900 and that some of the eubscrip
tions were written in foreign Ian
guages."
Efforts to prevent banks from hand
/ ling the bonds have conferred chiehy
In Wisconsin, Minnesota, North ant
South Dakota, Montana, Missouri and
/ Oklahoma
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
One American Killed and Five
Wounde. in Fight With
Teut0n U-Boat.
VESSEL MAKES PORT
First Reverse to u. s. Comes After
Months of Patrol Duty
Mlnnesotan Among
Wounded.

Washington, Oct. ia German u.
boat has caused the death of the first
man killed on an American ship of war
since the Spanish-American war.
The Navy department has an
nCunced that an American destroyer
was torpedoed in European waters.
with a loss of one killed and five
slightly wounded
The vessel was not sunk and has
since made port. The man killed was
blown overheard and his body was not
recovered. He was gunners mate Os-
mond Kelly Ingram, whose mother
Betty Ingram lives at 504 Third street.
Pratt City. Ala
Minnesotan Among Wounded.
Among the five wounded was WI
liam Elmer, fireman. second class:
next OF kin. father, Henry Elmer. Dun
das, Minn.
No details of the encounter were
made public. The name of the ship
and the exact location of the attack
we're withheld. But the casualties
were announced Immediately upon re-
ceipt OF message from Vice AdIs iral
Sims, in accordance with the pledge
Of Secretary Daniels to make public
promptly all casualties in the feet
abroad
The large number OF fireroom men
ON the casualty list would indicate the
vessel was hit amidships.
Yet If she had been so torpedoed ma.
val officers do not see how she could
SO promptly have made port.
The more probable theory of the at
tack advanced is that the vessel was
struck either we'll forward or we'll aft
and that the explosion did little dam
age to the ships vitals.
Destroyer Believed Pointed.
This was sustained by the knowl
edge that the usual method pursued
upon sighting a submarine or a tor
pedo is to turn the ship either directly
toward or directly away from the line
OF attack so as to present the small
est possible target. II is believed here
that the destroyer was undoubtedly
pointed for the submarine wher
struck
The principal comment heard amonl
naval officers when the news of the
attack was made public was that II
demonstrated the remarkable efficiency
of our patrol squadrons. IL is an oper
secret that scores, IL not hundreds o.
our vessels have been patrolling the
most thickly infested submarine lanes
for weeks and months. This is th'
first report OF a hit being scored b,
the enemy.
many U-Boats Believed Sunk.
There have been many reports o
hits scored by our destroyers Thu
Navy department. is inclined to beliey'
that many German U-boats have no
only been hit. but sunk.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
Refuse to Go on Submarines
-Austrians Clash With Ger
mans at PoIa.
SINK RUSSIAN WARSHIP
kaiser's Fleet Scores Hits Below
SIava's WaterIine In Engagement
at Riga Gulf Entrance-OeseI
Completely Occupied.

Amsterdam, Oct. ia mutiny
among German soldiers at the Belgian
port of Ostend who refused to 20 on
board submarines is reported by the
Belgiskch Dagblad. The newspaper
says an officer was thrown into the
sea and 30 mutineers were removed
in handouts to Bruges.
Mut!nes In Austrian Navy.
Washington. Oct 49, - Official dip
lomatic dispatches received here re-
port mutinies in the Austrian navy
and clashes between Austrian sailors
and crews of the German submarine
feet based at Pola, in which officers
on both sides have been killed and
which resulted in a decision TO change
the base OF the German fiotilla.
Revolt Under iII-Tpeatment.
Despite attempts of the Austrian ad-
miralty to suppress the news. 1t
reached here, coming by way OF Berne.
The Austrian crews are said to have
revolted under ill-treatment OF officers
and bad food. while the clash with the
German submarine crews was caused
by the overbearing conduct OF the lat.
ter.
Russian BattIeshlp Sunk.
Petrograd. Oct. 10. - One Russian
battleship, the Slava, has been sunk
in naval engagement in which for q
considerable time Russian warships
stood off Germany's strong fleet at the
entrance to Riga gulf, an official state
ment says.
Everything of military value on the
Island of Oesel was destroyed before
the Russians were forced back
Nearly All Of Crew Saved.
"Our ships defended for a consid
erable time the entrance to Moon and
the Riga gulf" the war Office stated
and only serious damage by dread
naughts forced us to retire TO Moon
sound"
The Slava was sunk by hits below
the water line and nearly all OF hel
/ crew was saved
4 "Oesel is completely occupied by the
/ enemy but before our retreat every
thing OF military utility was de
stroyed"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19

Washington, Oct. 1.-THE greatest
order ever placed for army shoes has
been given by the War department
through contracts just completed, cal
ling for 100000 pairs, at an aggrs-
gate cost OF $32,55o,0oo. This enor.
nous order has boen distributed among
many factories throughout the coun-
try. Through the council OF national
defense. the government itself. and not
tho contractors, fixed the price at S4-6d
per pair. Even under this restriction
the quantity bid on was 15 per 60
more than requires.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
INQUIRY IS POSTPONED
la Toilette Probe Put Off Until
November 26.
Members of Committee Want to Go
Home Before Congress Meets,
Reason for Postponement.

Washington, Oct. 19. Chairman
Pomerene announces that further in
vestigation into the accuracy of state
In his ST. Paul speech, will be post
poned until November 26, when hear
lngs will be held.
At that time the committee plans
TO call witnesses, including former
Secretary Bryan, who viii be asked IL
he endeavored to have the president
prevent the Lusitania from sailing a.
the Wisconsin senator alleged.
Senator Pomerene denied that the
temporary postponement of hearings
ted any significance, the action be-
Ing taken in order to permit the mem
bers of the committee to visit their
home states before Congress recon
vened in December
The committee called at the State
department, where 1t is understood In
9uiries were made as to the accuracy
Of various statements made by Senator
La Toilette In his speech. The com
mittee has sent lettsr to Mr.. Bryan
asking him to make a statement re
garding the Lusitania matter. No 70
ply has yet been received.
Chairman Pomerene said that wher
the hearings are resumed Senator La
Toilette will be given an opportunity
to cross-examine witnesses or make
any statement In his own behalf hS
may desire.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
Mrs. De saulIes Pleads Not Guilty

Mineola. l.. T., Oct. 19.-neathly pale
and apparently greatly agitated, Mrs.
Blanca De Saulles has pleaded not
guilty to charge of numbering her
husband. John Longer De saulles,
politician. clubman and former Yale
football star. She will go on trial
during the first week of November
before Supreme Court Justice Manning
here. Mrs. De Saulles shot and killed
her husband last August In a quarrel
for possession of their child She en-
tsrsd esurt saily attired. She - Q
oembee Of . wealtAy Chilean family.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
Operators and Miners Warned.

Washington. Oct. 19.-Federal Fuel
Administrator Garfield warned coal OPP
orators and miners where strikes have
occurred or are impending that the
government would take charge of coal
production II it continued to be threat.
enad by strikes. After a conference
with John p. White, president Of the
United Mine Workers, over strikes
called or impending in Illinois, Ohio
and Indiana. Mr.. Garfield sent a tele-
gram to operators and miners alike,
GtviAg notice that the government
would deal most drastically with
strikes
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
TO FORM TIGHTER BLOCKADE
kaBer's Defeat Seen in New Allied
Plan

Washington, Oct 10. = Neutral ma
tions, and particularly those in Europe
must be prepared to share even great
er deprivations and burdens made nee
essary by the war under the decision
of the recent Allied conference at
London.
Details of the conferences are be-
ginning to reach Washington through
official channels. They show that the
Allies are determined to support their
armies in the field by cutting of as far
as possible all supplies for the German
army from neutral sources through .
tightening of the blockade.
Such is the new blockade formula
which must be strictly applied and
which will make II impossible for Ger
many to continue the struggle" said
one declaration of the conference.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
TO SPEED SHIP PRODUCTION
Special Committee Of Engineers Given
Broad Powers.

Washington. Oct. 19.-With shipping
facilities becoming more and more i'm
portant to the United States and the
Entente Allies. the necessity for speed
ing up vessel production in this coun-
try has become so urgent that COM
mittee On production engineering has
been appointed by the shipping board.
The special committee, existence OF
which was disclosed by Chairman r
II Hurley. has been given almost
plenary power over the entire mer.
cnant ship construction program. II
consists OF three OF the most efficient
production engineers In the country.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
FEAR u. S. WILL SEIZE SHIPS
NeutraIs Observation-Disclosures In
Mail Seizure Case Urged.

Washington, Oct. 19.-Neutral diplo-
mats, including South Americans, have
brought pressure to bear on the Unit
ed States government to mediate In
the detention of Swedish mail at the
British embassy. They fear that IL
the British are allowed to retain these
mail sacks, which were seized at Mali
fax, dangerous precedent will be es-
tablished
Neutrals also fear that the United
States may commander their vessels
In American waters. Although this
country would pay for ships so seized.
neutrals are apprehensive OF what
they consider beliigerent inroads on
their rights.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
81, 500, 600, 900 IN BONDS SOLD
More Speed 10 Necessary to Reach
Maximum Amount

Washington, Oct 19. = Better news
has come from the Liberty Loan cam
paign. Subscriptions, the treasury Of
icials announced, probably exceeded
$3.50, 900. 900 and may reach s1,500,-
100000 or half the minimum quota set
for the country at the beginning OF
the campaign.
80 satisfactory were official and
une12cial reports received that high
hopes now are entertained that the
$4,000 .o00, 900 mark may be achieved" /"
says the Treasury announcement,
and with a continuation Of the pres.
ent rate at which the entire country
is speeding up, the $4,000, 900, 900 min.
imum seems reasonably certain.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
PLANES CHEAP AS FLIVVERS

Wright Invention Expected to Make
Flying Popular.
Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 19.-Orvills
Wright, king of the air." may soon
startle the world with discovery al
most as revolutionary as that with
which he and his brother amazed man
kind-the first practical flying ma
chine In his experimental laboratory
the air wizard is working hard to make
his second great dream come true. He
wants to see the airplane as service
able and as cheap a vehicle as the
humble fiivver. He aims to be the
Henry Ford OF the Air."
Il am experimenting with wing
models TO increase the efficiency Of
plane surfaces" Wright said.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
Ohio Prohibition Election Nov. 6.

Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 18.-Ohio will
vote on constitutional prohibition Nov.
s. Wet and dry leaders have marsh
aled their forces for an exceedingly
bitter battle. The fight is under way
In earnest with meetings in nearly
every city and town In the state. vii.
liam Jennings Bryan will be the dry
"topnotcher'' In the campaign.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
Shipyard Strike rhouqht over.

Seattle, Wash, Oct. 10. - Ssattle's q
shipyard strike was considered tempo
rarily settled and the strikers, num-
bering approximately $4,000, were ex-
pected to return to work Monday a.
= result OF a patriotic appeal made
to the men by the federal wage ad.
lustment board.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
Germans Work the Dam to Hall
Advance of Haig on PaSschen-
daeIe Ridge.
COUNTER ATTACK WEAK
BY Strange Twist of Fate Gas Used
by British Proves Unusually
Damaging to Germans, Its
Orlplnators.

With the British Armies in Flanders,
Oct. 19.-With General Haig's men
breaking the German hold on Passchen
daele ridge, the latter are striving des.
perately to- throw against the ever-en.
croaching advance the barrier which
the Pelgisns successfully employed to
stop the Teutonic hordes In 1914.
The enemy is working night and
day, rushing TO completion a dam two
miles above Nieuport by which they
hope to food the ground beyond
Passchendaele ridge.
The very desperation with which
they are carrying out this plan, cou.
pied with extreme 'jumpiness, which
the Boch. shows every hour OF the
day, is due to the knowledge that Ger
man troops cannot hold Passcheudaele
ridge much longer, If the British con.
unue their push
Planning for Retreat.
Imprisoned German officers, exam.
ined admitted as much One said,
however, that plans had been laid so
that IL the Germans were forced to
relinquish the high ground, they would
retreat FIVE miles further to prepared
positions
One evidence of how the enc nv is
ratified" comes in the failure OF his
favorite mode of defense, counter-at
tacks. They have been few and far
between and have been absurdly weak
One OF many proofs that the Ger
man artillery Is disorganized was fur
nished on one sector. There a Ger
man bombardment, which lasted &c
hours. did not cost the British a sin
gle casualty.
British Gas Deadly.
At least 10000 shots must have
been fred, at cost of $3.50, 900
not including wear and tear on Ger
man guns. This latter item, as United
Press dispatches have heretofore de
tailed, is not inconsiderable with Ger
many as short of metal as she Is now
BY strange twist OF fate, the Brit
ish gas Is now working havoc will
the enemy throughout all this "Ypre'
ector"-exactly the same portion o
the great Western battle front whert
the Germans first used this devilsl
contrivance OF war.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
THIRD IN LIBERTY BOND RACE
Gopher Troops at Camp Dodge pueh.
ino Leaders.

Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Oct. 1S-
The 34sth Infantry. composed Of men
from central Illinois. heads the list OF
all units Of the eighty-eighth division
In subscriptions to the Liberty Loan.
This regiment In . single days cam
paign pledged $101,800.
The 338th field artillery, western
North Dakota. is second on the list,
with subscriptions totaling $4,000.
The 302nd infantry, Northern Mime
sofa, is third with total Of $94 800
The total for the division 1t nooa
Thursday was 46l0.aQQA
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
NEW DRAFT PLAN PROPOSED
Would Call Men With No Dependents
First.

Washington, Oct. 10. - A new plan
Tor applying the new army selectiye
iraft, which would take first only men
without dependents and of no partic-
ular value to war industries and es-
.ablish various grades of dependency
and Industrial value from which fu-
ture drafts would be made strictly
On the selective basis, has been work
ed out tentatively by the provost mar
shal generals Office and discussed with
the President.
The plan. 1t 10 learned, was submit
ted recently to conference of civil
ians, who directed exemption board
activities In a number of states and
received the Endorsement of the most
Of them, who now are discussing the
proposed plan with their state COVER
nors
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
Coal Shortage Affects Schools.

New York, Oct. ia coal famine
threatens to close the schools OF Stat
en- island, 1t is stated. Hundreds Of
men and women have appealed for
relief to the Richmond borough a.
visory board.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
"MIIk Board" Members Indicted.

Chicago, Oct 19.-Ffve members Of
the milk producers association, oon.
stituting the milk board" Of that
body, are under indictment charged
with conspiring to fix milk prices and
to conduct a boycott.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19

Helena, Mont, Oct. 19.-Four inches
OF snow, which fell during the night
in many parts Of the state. gave Mon
tana it's first touch of real winter
weather Snow fell at Butte, where
the mercury registered 26.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
Son of Former Mayor Killed.

Rhinelander, Wis, Oct. 19.-Walter
Braeger 26 years old, son of former
Mayor H. C. Braeger OF Rhinelander,
was instantly killed in lumber camp
accidert at Bass lake.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19
Russia Ljfts Trade Bars.

Petrograd, Oct. 1S.-The government
has authorized the expectation to the
United States OF all merchandise here
tofore prohibited owing to the exig-
encies of the war.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-19

Chicago, ILL.,, Oct ia notice that
General Pershing wanted 25 men for
clerical work at once was posted at
the Board of Trade Within 20 min
utes the number had been recruited
and 10 were turned away.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
The Hibernian
Banking
Association
CHICAGO

Statement OF Condition at Commence
ment Of Business Dec. 20, 1916.
RESOURCES.
Time Loans Sl9, 945, 1888. 03
Bonds and Sc
curities .......s7, 497, O53.29
Demand Loans. 1,90S, 209.33
Cash and Due
from Banks.... 4,2O9,14956 lS,6li.4l2lS
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
$33,559.SOl.2l
BilITlES

LIABILITIES.
Capital ..,,................s2 1000, 900.
surplus ,..,,..,........,,,. 1000, 900.
Undivided Profits. coo, 455,
Reserved for Taxes and In
terest and Dividends. -. 6ll,5l2.
Demand Depos-
it's ......,....$ 4,775,712.36
Time Deposits. 24,57212l.l4 29,3i7,S 1898.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-01-26

He would take the offensive from
the start In attacking both the acts
Of the Republican party and his op-
ponent's political record. There would
be no conservative campaign, such as
Rhode Island always has found to its
liking. He would reach every class
and take his cause into every home.
Rhode Islands voting population is
66 % foreign-born, or the sons Of for
eign-born. There are colonies Of
French, Italians, Poles, Jews and
Swedes. The French have a daily
newspaper. The Italians and the
Swedes have two weekly newspapers.
The Germans, who are mainly in
Providence and Cranston, but scat
tered also in small numbers through
the state, have weekly newspaper.
A Jewish paper published in Boston
circulates in all the cities of the state.
The first essential thing for sue
cessful campaign was to reach the
foreign-bOrn and foreign-speaking vOt-
ers. Maps were made of all sections
in which foreign colonies controlled In
Next there was a separa-
ton of all registered alters, so that
they might be reached with ease by
foreign literature, and also seen by
their own cOuntrymen. The card in
dex used by the Progressives four
years ago was obtained by careful
ly planned but lucky strike; and by
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-01-26
TALK IN WHISTLED LANGUAGE
Mexican Indians Can Converse in II as
FIusntIy as in Spoken
Words.

Carlisle, Pa.-That entire tribes of
Indians converse in whistled language
in old Mexico is an established fact.
This is authenticated by Harold T.
Mapes, mining engineer, in Mexico
for twelve years. but now at his home
in Carlisle, Pa.
Mr.. Mapes AYERS that the Mexican
Indians have whistling vernacular
in which they can carry on CONVERSE
ton as fiuently as in words. This Ian
guage coming additionally from the
TOltecs, it is universally understood
by the natives now. Not only are
words whistled, but sentences as well.
The Spanish language. Mr.. Mapes
says, is unsteady adapted to its use,
and the natives employ 1t upon oc-
casiCn as carrying further than words.
also using 1t when around noisy ma
chimes and when not wishing to be
understood by others. Indian SWANS
converse with their sweethearts from
afar off, even though behind closed
barred windows. The labOrer talks
with his fellow at his side and asks for
tools, using it also as a means by
which to communicate words of anger
or signal the approach Of the Overseer.
Its origin is unknown, according TO
Mr.. Mapes' information. He found "
nowhere else in his travels through
Central or South America.