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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-09
Summary of the News
GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS 1-Steel corporation heads make def mite announcement of expansion In Birmingham district. + General Pershing and his staff arr rive in England. Earthquake destroys towns in Salvador.
 British are holding all gains made. Secretary McAdoO and party will he city's guests. 2-Libcrty lOnn Is not subscribed by many millions, says McAdOO. 3-Locthnls dism;sses engineers who criticized him. 7-Gcrmnn prisoners describe terrible battle.
 LOCAL NEWS 5-Red Cross canvass enters stage prior to the final drive. Much interest aroused in sale of bonds.
 Junk ordinance Is not adopted.
 FEATURES. @EditOrial comment. 6-society and Dolly Dairymple. S[Sports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-09
British Holding
 AU Gains Made ir1
 Tremendous Battle

All the prisoners taken by the British have not yet been counted, according to the latest official communication, but in- cluded in their number are i32 officers, many of them belonging to the artillery arm. The British also have collected more than 20 guns. The success of the British attack is admitted by the Berlin war office. which says that the troops of the Bavarian crcwn prince were with drawn to prepared positions to the rear of the original line
 In Belgium. north of Ypres. the Bel- gans and Germans have been engaged in violent artillery bombardments. Along the Aisne front, inthe region of the Chemin- des-Dames, the German crown prince has ceased his attacks, but the French and German artilleries continue their bombardments. There has been no marked activity in the other theatres of the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-09
Secretary McAdoo and Party WiN Be |City's Guests To-day
Cabinet Officer and Federal Reserve Board Governor Speak at Jefferson Theatre at 2 F. M. See City In
 Morning

William McAdoo secretary of the treasury, and w P G. Harding governor of the federal board will be heard at the theatre this afternoon 30 o'clock by large crowd of Birmingham citizens who anxious hear from man directly touch with the President of the plans in present crisis Mr. McAdoo will give his auditors information and Knowledge direct the President ad plans,
 
 o'clock rois will greatly of the committee that filled on Page Three)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-09

San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, June S. San Salvador San Tecla and neighbor- ing towns and villages were destroyed in an earthquake which commenced at [ o'clock and continued throughout the night, according to information received here from the President of Nicaragua tonight.
 The Presidents message says:
 Telegraph Communications just re-es- tablished with San Salvador confirms that earthquakes commenced at o'clock p. m. yesterday (Thursday). and continued all night. accompanied by heavy rain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-09
Thai Birmingham Is Soon 10 Come Into lis Kingdom of Industrial Progress Is Indicated in Speeches of
 Gary and Perkins
S32, 900, 900 ALREADY SPENT HERE
 AND MANY OTHERS TO FOLLOW
Gathered Around Banquet Board Financial Direc- tors of Great Organization Tell of Their Ap- preciation For the Friendship and Inter- est Given Them By Birmingham and
 Forecast What is In Store

Chairman H. Gary of the United States Steel corporation in presence 200 of the leading and of Birmingham at the Birmingham Country last night declared that corporation will immediate future appropriate very large of money for the Birmingham district Since the corporation became interested in Alabama said Judge Gary "t has appropriated something like S32 10000 for this territory As result of the present visit of the finance committee able promise that very large of money to be ap proprated for the immediate future for this district InUestn1ent Act Of Patriotism
 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-09
Pershir,g and His
 Staff Arriue in
 England's Capital
"We0 Are Here 10 Work, Nol For Amusement Is Inti- nation GiDen Entertdin-
 CTS, When Grim Amer
 icdT Warrior ArriDes

London, June 6.-Eeaded by Maj Gen John Pershing it's commander the first representatives of the American army that the European war; disembarked this morning British port after uneventfu voyage 10 days board the White Star liner Baltic The party received with full military honors and immediately entraned for London where arrived this afternoon and welcomed by the Earl of Derby the minister of Vscount French commander of the British home forces, and the American officials
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-09
Lnuesfnaent Act Of Patriotism

Judge Gary and MT. Perkins were the chief speakers at a dinner given in honor of the members of the finance committee by President George c. Crawford of the Tennessee company. The other members or the finance committee present were George r. Baker, H. c. Prick and Per cival Roberts Jr. Vice President John Refs of the Steel corporation was also one of the guests.
 President Crawford introduced Hugh Morrow, who acted as toastmaster and the only speaker called upon in addition to Judge Gary and MT. Perkins was Dr. H. M. Ednonds.
 MAKE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
 It was probably the most momentous occasion in the history of Birmingham for it witnessed the actual declaration of what has been in the minds of the peo- pie of Birmingham for years-the fact that the controlling interests of the Steel corporation appreciated the potentialities of the Alabama mineral distriff !1nd were determined to make those potentialities count for their full value-especially at this time when such action would De or greatest value to the nation in conduct ing a successful war.
 Judge Gary mingled his serious an nouncements with wit and levity and plainly showed his elation that the ladies of Birmingham had been invited to be present at the dinner. He paid them some delightful compliments.
 REFERRED TO OTHER VISIT
 He referred to his preylous visits to Birmingham and how much pleasure he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-09
Violent Earthquake
 Destroys 7owns Of
 Saluador Republic

boring towns and villages were destroyed.
 "The casualties were small.
 There were some fires.
 The President of Nicaragua has teie- graphed the President of Salvador offer ing assistance He is organizing relief committees to send help to the suffer- ing and the homeless.
 San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. June 8. A repest received from San Miguel says San Salvador was destroyed, only lon houses being left standing. Strong earth- quakes, the report says, were followed later by lava and boiling water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-09
Montana Is Fifth State
 to Fill Quota of Men
 for the Regular Army

Washington, June s.-7Montana is the fifth state in the union today to fill her quota of recruits for the regular army At the close of recruiting yesterday Mon tana had ss4 wal, volunteers for the regu- lars against a quota of 752. Total re- cruitiHg for the day was low at 1868.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-09
TENNESSEE REGISTRATION

Nashville, June S.-Total registration for Tennessee as announced today from the governors office was 1S4,9l5 divided as follows: White, 143.261; colored, 40,63S; alien. 1016. Indicated possible exemptions, 15o.000. States estimated eligibles, 195.OOo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-09
CONTRACTS ID BUILD
 SOLDIER CITIES ID BE AWARDED AT ONCE
Seven Sites for Training Camps Are Named War Department Anticipates
 Criticism of Work

Washington, June 8.-Nearly a score of captains of the quartermaster corps were ordered to day to report to Colonel Lit tell, chief of cantonment construction, in preparation for beginning work on the Is soldier cities that are to be ready by September to house 600,000 young men of the seective army. Award of contracts for buildings on the seven sites already selected probably will be announced to- morrow.
 OTHER SITES NAMED \ Chillicothe, O.. end Petersburgs Va; were added today to the list of canton ment sites approved. Those previously announced are Ayre Mass; Wrightstown, N. J.; Atlanta, Ga. American Lake, Washington, and Columbia, S. c. Appar- to Columbia as it's name does not ap- pear on today's list, althought there has been no revocation of the earlier an- nouncement.
 STUDYING PLANS
 Army orders today also called out a score of captains in the quartermaster reserve corps to be commanders of re- sSiNC WdSoi lhOtOI tIuth COIupdlutS anu bakery companies for the cantonments A board of officers, aided by two civilian members of the board of munitions coun- ell of national defense was directed to study plans for storehouses and sub depots of the war department and to rec ommend rules and regulations for the conduct of the vast distribution system that must be created before the camps are populated with men called to the col ors.
 CRITICISM ANTICIPATED
 statement by the committee on public information indicates that the war depart ment anticipates criticism of the meth cd to be employed in contracting for the cantonment sites. It lays great stress on the enormous amount of work to be done in F weeks and asserts that this could be accomplished only by complete abandonment of all methods of handling army work heretofore known.
 NEW METHOD
 That the construction of these great camps can be carried on by methods new in government contracting without arous- ing criticism" the statement says, is not expected by those in charge of the work. All they ask is that all the facts be ascertained by critics before an at tempt is made to delay or stop the build ing, The war department is convinced that the men of the new army must be- gin training in September in order to be ready to go to France on time. The train ing cannot begin until the cantonments are ready, and thes> cannot be ready un- less the government and it's helpers break all previous construction records. They cannot do this If the enemy is aided by interference at home with the work upon which the very birth of the new army depends
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-09

had had in getting acquainted with the people of the state. Early in his speech he referred to the dissolution suit against the United States Steel corporation and how, since 1911, 1t had stopped the de- velopment to which the district was en- titled
 And I am going to tell you a secret,' he said. "A government official came to nsn and told me that 1t was possible to l have the suit against the corporation dropped if we would dispose of the Ten nessee company.
 T had been to Alabama and I knew how the people of this city felt toward us. I knew they had been kind and gem erous to us-that they had been our friends, our true friends. I told him to go to Birmingham and talk to the people of this city and see what they said about it and that if tssy told him that they were willing to have the Steel corpora tion dispose of the Tennessee company to come back and would talk to him.
 ATTITUDE APPRECIATED
 And do you think we do not appreciate the attitude of the people of this district toward us? Do you imagine we are so stupid as to be unappreciative of the spirit of cooperation you have given us and the help you have given MT Craw- ferd in his work?
 Tt is therefore. with pleasure that [ have been able to bring the members of the finance committee of our corpora ton to Birmingham to let them get ac- tContinued on Page Two)
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
BILLIARDS AND BOWLING.

FOR SALE-BilIiard tables, brand
new. carom and pocket, with complies
outfit, $50; second hand tables at re-
duced prices. Easy payments. Cigar
store, fixtures a specially, send for cat
aiogue. Brunswick Bake Collender Co,
Davenport. Ia. /. G. Sanders. agent,
?. o. box 453. Phone Davenport S349.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
NOT ICE.

Retail grocers Will close their
places of business Wednesday after
Moons from May to October 81, in
elusive.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
keokuk People Are Asked TO Remem-
Dor to Get Ash Piles and rubbish
Heaps Out Of the Way
by Saturday.
EVERYONE CAN ASSIST
II onIy Takes Short Tlme and I'M
proyes .he Looks Of the Prop
erty and of the
Streets.

This is cleanup week for keokuk
Better take advantage of the gooa
weather now, and get that back yard
and alley in shape SO that you Won
have to blush and make excuses
when the ward committees visit you
next Saturday. !,
Clean up day has been designated
as May L. Because of the "inclem-
ent weather" as the Bromtdes say,
the date for clean up day has been
advanced to this coming Saturday,
with the help OF the weather man,
clean up day will be staged then. !.
Back yards should be "dolled up
to fit the front yards, and ash heaps
and rubbish piles are to be removed.
It's time to go slow on the furnace
fires, and the ash piles that have
accumulated during the winter should
be removed.
By cleaning up the back yard. too,
additional garden space may be I'm
covered, and in this time of high INV
ing, garden spots viii be at prem
ium.
Everybody in keokuk can have
hand in clean up day. and the Civic
league which is behind the move, Is
asking every one to cooperate. The
town will look better, and you'll feel
better for q few afternoons work out
in the spring sunshine.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
BIG CROWD TO
co TO WARSAW
Retailers League viii Go to Neigh
boring Town Tonight for
First Out of Town
Meeting.

The Keokuk Retailers league will
go to Warsaw tonight for the first
out OF town meeting of the year
The league expects to send good
sized delegation to the neighboring
city. The interurban leaves Sixth
and Main streets at Cos o'clock and
the crowd will return from Warsaw
on the ten o'clock car.
There will be an interesting pro-
gram of speeches and entertainm ent
planned for the meeting tonight. J..
o. Boyd is going to talk about the
Keokuk AID club, and will explain
what its benefits will be to the mer-
chants There will be other interest
ing talks and the meeting promises
to be one of the most interesting of
the year.
Supper will be served in the Odd
Fellows hall, and the program will
be given following supper
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
CITY NEWS.
.ad La Yoge millinery ad.

Read La Voge millinery ad.
-Maccabee excursion June 2.
Coal tar and pitch. Keokuk Lbr. Co.
For your spring papering and
painting, A. O'Bleness. Phone 33s.
Albert Pifer was operated on for
appendicitis at st. Joseph's hospital
Sunday. His condition is reported as
satisfactory.
Regular meeting Colfax Rebekah
lodge No. 4, tonight. Elizabeth
Pernberton. N. G.; Hanna Schaefer,
secretary.
The public library board of
trustees Will meet Thursday even
ing at half past seven o'clock in the
directors room Of the library build
ing.
-Keokuk lodge of Elks will observe
Flag day, June IA, with impressive
and fitting ceremonies. A committee
has been named to make the neces-
sary arrangements.
The raid on Owen Real Saturday
night was made at his home 100
Bluff street and not at 1922 South
Fifth street, his former home, az
stated in last nights Gate City.
Regular meeting of Morning
Star lodge No. 5, knights of Pythias,
Tuesday evening at o'clock. Work
in Esquire rank Visiting members
invited. H. A. Brunat c. c.; j. a.
Burgess, K. of r. & S.
The following mention of the
Moose excursion from Quincy to Keo-
kuk is from the Quincy Wing: Nearly
700 persons went on the Moose excur
sion to Keokuk Sunday. Hannibal,
Quincy and Canton had representa-
tives on the G. w Hill which made the
trip. The beat arrived fp Keokuk at
5:45 o'clock and left an hour later, ar
irving here at 1915 o'clock. Excur-
slonists who wanted to visit the dam
We're disappointed as none were al
lowed to go closer than half mile
from the lock.
Regular meeting Loyal Order Of
loose. Keokuk lodge No. 704, tonight
at o'clock, in Moose hall. Visiting
brothers cordially invited. John G..
Stadler, dictator. A. e. Moore, secre
tary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
TWO LOCAL MEN
ARE ON RESERVE
Charles M. Hennemann and J. r. Nc.
Manus Pass Examinations
With "a" Rating
Yesterday.

Charles NJ. Hennemann passed his
examination for the officers reserve
corps yesterday with rating OF a.
He was examined at Burlington by
Captain Welshimer, who is in charge
of the examinations there.
]. r. McManus who took his eX.
animation at Iowa City, also passed
with an A rating.
John r. Irwin has passed the
examinations for officers reserve
corps, with rank of "a Mr.. Irwin
took the examinations at Burlington
today
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
Hale to Meet RaIfour.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service!
WASHINGTON. May SENATOR
Hale, Maine, who recently fathered a
resolution authorizing the government
to bring German prisoners from
Europe to work on American farms
and in factories, was to see Arthur
James Balfour, head of the British
mission, some time this afternoon.
1t was not stated whether Hale and
Balfour would discuss the question
involved in the resolution.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
GUARDSMAN HIT
ONE ASSAILANT'
Trail Of Blood Down Railway Tracks
Where Night Providers Ran
After Throwing Piece
Of Iron.

UNITED Press Leased Wire servicel
AMEs, Iowa, May s.-P. J. Beard,
of Omaha, student soldier, on night
patrol duty at the Iowa State college
heating plant. was struck on the head
by a railroad iron thrown by one of
two night providers at 3 a. m. today.
Beard was dazed. but opened fire. His
assailants escaped but left trail of
blood down the tracks. Beard was a
high school football star in Omaha
and played center on the Cyclone Re-
serves last fall
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
TO STEAM COAL USERS.

Avoid almost daily advances. We
viii supply you and rent you enclosed
storage bins private c. B. G @. switch.
D. E. Reeves & c., B 931
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08

deraiIed near here. A broken axle
on an express car is believed to have
caused the derailment. The train
was travelling at thirty-eight miles an
hour when the wreck occurred.
The injured are: Gilbert Scott,
Klein, Mont; Albert Boehle, Keno
sfla, Wis; He. Sieyers, Chicago;
j. w. Fuller, Chicago; Al Haley
Chicago.
ALI the injured suffered bruises
and shocks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
THREE BULLETS
MISSED KAISER
Would Be Assassin Said to Have
Fired at German Emperor
While Motoring Through
Berlin Streets.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
ROME, May s.-Kaiser Wilhelm
had narrow escape from an assas-
sins bullet while motoring in Berlin,
a Zurich dispatch to the Corriere d
Italia asserted today.
An unidentified man fred three
shots at the kaiser's car, two Of them
striking the tonneau, the third going
wild. He was arrested. The dispatch
said the police were silent on the in
cident
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
Will Vote on Strike.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. |
CHICAGO. May S.-EIeven thou
sand surface street car men will vote
tonight on demands for increased
mands.
The men, who now get from % to
So cents an hour, will demand from
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
CITY NEWS.
cad Ia Voge millinery ad.

Read La Noge m1IIlnery al.
The Harry Beard who was fined
yesterday in the superior court for
drunkenness, was from Burlington.
&C. A. kensett of Quincy, who
was arrested here charged with beg
cling, pleaded not guilty in the
superior court this morning and was
sent back TO Jail. His bond was
fixed at 500.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
PERSONALS.

John Nagel went to Des MONIES
this afternoon to act as a member
of the federal grand jury.
Mrs. c. B. Peterson has returned
to her home in Detroit, accompanied
by her brother-in-law, Raymond Pet
erson. Mrs. Peterson has been visit
ing at the home of her parents Mr..
and Mrs G. S. Ferguson.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
THE WEATHER.:

Generally fair tonight and
Wednesday; n Q It m u c h
change in temperature.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08

56 to SO cents per hour, union lead
ers say. They will also ask for
basic eight hour day.
me present contract with the Chi
cago surface lines expires May ..
and the demands will be submitted
to the managers at that time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08
Passenger Train Deraiied.

United Press Leased Wire Service. !
WILMINGTON, ILL.,, May Six
persons were injured and several
badly shaken up early today when
the Chica COST. Louis through pas
gengsr on the Chicago and Alton WAS
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-08

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-14
Greek From Chicago Is
 Guard for Venizel0s

Athens, October 1.-(By Mail.) There is a man with a withered arm standing on guard at the door of Pre- mier venizelos. head of the Greek government As venizelos is partial to- ward Cretans, it was thought this man was from Crete But when inquiry was made he replied:
 NO. not from Crete. but from Chi cago, IlI.'
 He explained that he was one of the great crowd of Greeks who had left America when the last Balkan wars began. Of the 300,000 men Greece put in the field at that time some ST. 900 came from America, thus forming about one-hfth of the whole Greek army.
 T went through all that Balkan fighting and never got scratch until the last day." said the guardian at Venizelos' door, showing his withered arm. "A large share of the men from America were killed, wounded or sick, but escaped it all until the very last day when a ball in the shoulder ended the use of this arm.'
 Most of the men from America who survived the Balkan wars, he said, had remained in Greece, for they had earned enough money on the other side of the ocean to permit them to stay here in comfort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-14

Friday afternoon. Following the busi- ness meeting an interesting programme was given. Mrs. Roy Thomas, the presi dent presided.
 The Mirical club was delightfully."- en- tertained Tuesday evening by Miss Mary Kelso at the home of her parents. MT. and Mrs. Dave Kelso. Games and music were enjoyed until a late hour. Refreshments were served.
 Mir. and Mrs D. Chenault of Houston, Miss, are visiting their son, MT. and Mrs. ". o. Chenault
 Mrs. H. Poffman of Blossburg is the guest of Mrs. James Park.
 pr. w. D. Caldwell has returned from several weeks spent in Nashville.
 Mir. D. A. Mims of Clanton is the guest of his brother. MT. S. w. Mims.
 MT. T. D. Wheeler of Collinsville is the guest of MT. and Mrs. R. l.. Glas- gow..
 MT. Edgar Tyns is visiting relatives in Clanton.
 MT. J. W. Ray of Briarfeld visited his sister Mrs. Ed Wallace, the past week.
 Mrs. B. Harrison of Sheffield is the guest of Mrs G. U. Canterberry.
 Mr. Frank Canterberry has re- turned to Tulsa, ollla., after visiting his father here.
 Miss Irene Timman visited friends in Tuscaloosa the past week.
 MT. and Mrs. J. w. McLaurin have named their little son James Wesley, Jr.