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The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
so VESSELS SUNK
German U-Boat Havoc Now
Totals ! ,355, $50 Tons.
,By the international News service.)

CBy the International News Seryice.)
Berlin. March 81. Cvia Sayville wire
less April 1)-"Besides submarine sue
cesses already published" says an ad-
miraIty statement issued today, the fol-
lowing new vessels were sunk in March:
"Thirty-four steamers. IA fishing ves-
sells and sailing ships. Total 80 ves-
sells
,The German admiralty on March q. re-
ported the destruction, in addition to
previous sinkings. of 5000 tons of ship
linz That brought the total toll Of un-
restricted U-boat warfare-since its inau-
GuratiOn on February 1-up to $3.50
tom: The additional $1,000 tons brings
the grand total since February l. as an
nonced by Berlin, up to 1,355.56O tons)
Among the vessels sunk" continues
the statement, Were a British auxiliary
cruiser of at least 5000 tons. and an arm
ed steamer Of about $500 tons, sent to
the bottom after an artillery combat and
an armed transport of about 1000 tons.
The victims listed today include:
Twenty-four British ships, including
several armed steamers.
Four French ships.
Thirteen Norwegian ships.
Two Dutch ships.
One Portuguese ship.
Seven ships of unidentified nationality.
One steamer flying the Dutch flag"
The following ships are named in the
admiralty statement:
British-Ocranda, 2.7oo tons. armed;
PoIa. $3.50 tons, armed. coal; Trevose,
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
GOMPERS ADVOCATES
COMPULSORY TRAINING
Labor Head Announces His Support Of
Forcible Preparedness for War.

CBy the International News SeryiceD
New York, April L-Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation of
Labor, came out strongly for compulsory
military training today. He said:
The trade anionist is practical and he
knows that il a country or a union - to
have peace, it must be based ON readiness
for war He has learned by experience
that a strong union is the best safeguard
against strikes. The best safeguard
against war is to be adequately pre-
pared
Mr.. Gompers had been strongly urged
to declare himself against military train
ing. Instead he frankly confessed he had
completely changed his mind on the sub
tect and announced his support Of the
Chamberlain bill. He added:
such a system Of training would i'm
prove the national health and give US
a more virile manhood. We would be
better equipped to fight the everyday
battles in civil life, with a higher eoncep-
ton Of the duties Of citizenship"
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
JUDGE USES BENCH AS
RECRUITING OFFICE
Sends Prisoner to Army. Other to
Navy, Instead of Iail.
The Washington Herald,

Special to The Washington Herald.
New York, April 1.-Recorder Carsten,
Of F1oboken, sent one man yesterday to
serve in the army and another to enlist
in the navy. He told them they should
join these branches of the service, and
when they agreed he suspended sentence.
Walter Boline, Is, was arrested on COM
plant Of his sister, who said he had an
excellent appetite, but would not pay
any board. The recorder read the youth
a lecture and finally told him that the
best place for him was the army.
viii you enlist If I let you CO." he
asked.
IT certainly will" replied the prisoner.
Boline was brought to New York,
where he passed a physical examination
and was accepted.
Edward Logan, %, charged with jntox-
ication, was the other. He agreed to
join the navy. but was rejected.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
FAMED CHURCH CHANGES
CUSTOM OF 144 YEARS
Place Where George Washington Wor-
shipped Abolishes Renting Pews.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Alexandria, Va, April L-At Christ p
E. Church, where George Washington
was worshipper. and where they have
rented pews for the past IA years, an
nouncement was made today by the rec
tor, Rev. William J. Morton, that here
after the custom will be abandoned and
all pews will be free. s.--ss.. -.
Since the church was turned over to
the vestry February q. 1773, pews have
always been rented. George Washington
paid five pounds sterling annually for his
Gen. r. <. Lee also had a pew in the
church.
The deficit resulting from abolishing the
custom will be made up by weekly con-
tributions from members.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
GARDNER To ASK
WAR STATEMENT
Massachusetts, Solon Will In
troduce a Resolution for
Clash with Germany.

With the opening of the extraordinary
session only a scant dozen hours away
the Congress of the United States last
islative approval upon the wishes Of
President Wilson in the matter of the re-
lations of the United States and Ger
many.
The will of the President, as 1t shall
be expressed in his address to the joint
session Of the two Houses, will be the
guide of the national legislature in its
action IN bringing to a definite end the
crisis with the German empire.
There is an element in Congress-an ele-
ment which Is growing in strength-which
favors direct declaration of war on
Germany. One of the spokesman for this
group is Representative Augustus p.
Gardner, of Massachusetts. This element
prefers an unalterable declaration of war
against the kaiser's empire with conse-
quent declarations against the three pow
ers allied with Germany and the entrance
OF the United States into the field OF
European warfare unequivocally and
completely. in alliance with Germany's
enemies On behalf Of the extreme ele-
ment, but speaking as an individual, Rep
resentative Gardner said last night:
IioLOIy may say ABOUT
Woodrow Wilson, I am confident that In
the matter of holding Germany to ac-
countability, he will be acquitted of the
charge OF having acted with unseemly
haste. At last, 1T begins to look as il
the American eagle is really on the
wing. l hope that It has flown so far
already that 1t cannot retire to the dove
cote again for another dream.
War Would Ease Mind.
However. in the last two years / have
seen so many crises float harmlessly
down stream that feel easier when
Congress has actually declared war.
Many folks say that it means about the
same thing IL Congress declares that a
state of war exists. I am not an in
ternationaf lawyer, and I don't quite I'M
derstand these highbrow distinctions, but
I hope that we shall make a declaration
which admits of only one Interpretation.
This business of declaring that Ger
many has been making war on US seems
to me like announcing that Germany has
been kicking us all over the lot. OF
course, Germany has been kicking US
all over the lot, every man, woman and
child from China to Peru Is on to that
fact and is grinning over it. The time
has come for us to declare that We are
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
Motorboat Located;
Thirteen Lads MISSING

Lynn, Mass. April Hope has been
abandoned for thirteen Lynn youths who
left Shows Wharf in a motor boat Thurs
day night and have not since been heard
from. The boat has been found by q
lobster fisherman on outer Brewster Isl
and. That the motor boat foundered of
Winthrop either Thursday night or FRI
day morning Ii the general belief.
Thomas A. McGhearty, of Winthrop
Hill road. heard shouts OF the Winthrop
headlands in the night and later dis
cerned boat moving of shore appar-
entity in distress.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
HERE'S A DUCK TO DUCK,

South Norwalk, Conn, April Here
Is the latest egg story.
George Rubey swears by II.
Rubey has q duck; an anti-high cost
of-living duck. he calls It. Today.
Rubey says. it laid five eggs, two with
double yolks and three ordinary ones
with soft shells.
However, this sounds like a good
egg story. The only trouble is. folks
are skepdcaL because on April most
any old SORT Of an egs may bs lsiA
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
BULGARIA and RUSSIA
MAY SOON MAKE PEACE
Cars Overthrow Means End of Strus-
gle for Sofia. Ayers Premier.

'By the international News ServlceC C
Sofia, Bulgaria. April Peace with
Russia is seen today in Bulgaria, as a
result of the revolution in the land where
the Gar once ruled.
Premier RadoslaVoff told of Bulgaria s
hopes for peace with the new republic in
addressing parliament
Bulgaria went to war against Russian
absolutism, not the Russian people" said
the premier. I'm view OF the overthrow
Of absolutism, believe the way will soon
be cleared for a return of peaceful re-
lations between the Russian and Bull
Sarian peoples"
The premier praised the patriotism and
intelligence of the Duma of Russia,
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
Father, April Fooled"
Shoots -Four; Kills Self

Efyria, ohia, April lone youth was
killed, his stepfather IL dying and two
others. one of them q policeman, were
injured. as a result of an April Fools
Day joke today.
Benjamin Musks, the dead youth, and
his sister. fooled their step-father. An
tone Lester. The latter became enraged
and drew q revolver. and In the struggle
which followed, Benjamin was shot
through the head and his mother receiv-
ed a bullet wound In the wrist. When
the police arrived Lester, barricaded in
the house, fired upon them, wounding
two men. He then shot himself and Ii
not expected to recover
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
germany IS Calling
FOR 45-YEAR CLASS

lBy the INTERNATIONAL News Service }
Copenhagen, April 1.-Germany is call
ing all men to the colors who are 45 years
old and even older. This information was
received from Berlin today, along with
the announcement that Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg Is gathering all his
strength in a great military effort to
bring the war to a victorious conclusion
by the end of the year.
Many laborers are being released and
sent to the front line trenches. The next
few months will see the German armies
at their maximum strength.
1t is the purpose of the military au-
thorities 10 spare no man able to bear
arms. regardless of his age.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
ALMOST 1000 IN FAMILY

Hiawatha, Kans., April 1.-The biggest
family In this country has almost Loo
members. II Is at Reserve, nine miles
north Of here. Reserve Is a small town
Of 200 or more people with an average
Kansas population in the country sur
rounding for an area of six miles. Yet
in the town and the entire area Of coun-
try within six miles of the town there are
not more than ten families who are not
related to each other by ties Of blood or
marriage
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
BAE GERMAN In CHURCH.

Millville. N. J., April lat a special
meeting Of the members Of the ST. Paurs
Evangelical Lutheran Church here last
night II was decided by a unanimous
vote to abandon entirely the use of the
German language during the present ma
tional crisis. The German service has
been used in the church every Sunday for
ne last fortY years.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
TEUTONS USE FRUIT STONES

Berlin. April l.-Coliection of the usual,
ly wasted fruit stones in Germany DUR
ing the last year, il is announced.
amounted to $4,000 TONS from which CO.,
900 to 10000 Kilograms Q.1ooooo pounds1
OF oil were extracted and delivered =
the margarine factories.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
ARRESTED AT PLATTSBURG

Plattsburg. N. z, April L-PauI Bart
lett. craftsman employed here for the
last month making plans for mill at
whitehall. N. Y, was detained today by
the police. He is a German subject
Under questioning by Capt. p. A. Boer,
commander at Plattsburg Barracks, Bart
lett admitted knowledge Of the compound
ing Of explosives. .7,-ssa- q.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
President Spends Day in Study, Completing
His History-Making Speech on
Teuton Sea Outrages.
TO PLACE BLAME ON GERMANY
Officials Believe Solons Will Be Asked to Declare
Existence of Armed Conflict with
Berlin Government

Final preparations made last night opening the most
of Congress has known for more than half
century
President Wilson the final message which bs
will lay before the of the people wentyour hour,
after the House and Senate today spirit grave
determination marked the bunesske Sunday of the
ton preparation for the placing of crisis in the hands Of
Congress.
TO CITE GERMAN VIOLATIONS.
The Chief Executive Of 100000 people tell the people rp-
resentates the history of German violations rights
killings of American that have nations to the
of
he will relate the of incidents which
hals base their belief that Germany has already
o state of and he will make clear that the responsibility for s
situation upon Germany
The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
AMERICAN BISON IN SWEDEN.

Stockholm, April IA herd of nine
American buffaloes obtained from Hagen
beck. in Hamburg, has just been brought
to Sweden. These are the first, bison
aver seen in Sweden.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10
George Walsh in "Some Boy"

Joyous in manner, joyous in dispo-
sition, joyous in every expression, is
George Walsh in his newest William
Fox photoplay, Some Boy Which wa
be seen at the Hippodrome theatre to-
night. George plays the role Of Joy
Gus" himself and he plays it in the
inimitable George Walsh fashion that
has made friends and admirers for
him all over the country.
Joyous begins the story in a col
lege dormitory. Expelled from there
because of disobeying his fathers in
structions that Ire was not to be al
lowed to play baseball again, he gets
a job as press agent for fashionable
hotel.
Meanwhile he has met the girl, Mar.
jorie Milbank (Doris Pawn, whose
main interest in life has been cen
tered in a Texas ranch. AS soon as
she meets Joyous, she transfers that
interest to him., and he reciprocates.
Louise Glaum, the famous Peacock
vampire" as she Is now termed, will
be at this theatre tomorrow in her
newest photoplat achievement en-
titled Love or Justice, which the
critics acclaim as being a greater pro.
duction than either of this fascinating
stars former success, The Wolf Wom-
an and Sweetheart Of the Doomed
Advertisement.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10
TO USE MILLIONS
FOR WAR WORK
Knights Of Columbus Plan Recreation
Centers at All War Camps
$4,000, 900 Fund Created
at Convention.

Keokuk knights of Columbus will
be interested in the following details
Of the supreme council convention OF
the order, which closed in Chicago
this week:
The salient feature of the meeting
was the creation of war fund OF
100000 by whicn all army camps
and environments will be provided
with recreation centers, clubrooms,
churches, and audltoriums for the
comfort of all enlis.ei men regard
less of race or creed, and the abo.lsh.
ment Of denominatioal lines during
the war in order that all energies OF
the church may be devoted to patri-
otto influences for the country and to
uphold the government in Its war
policies.
The work of erecting the buildings
at each army camp and cantonment
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10
PERSONALS

Miss Maud Muller Of Springfield. III.
IS the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Ayres.
Ralston Jones Jr., who has been a
FREQUENT visitor here, Is at the OH
GERS training camp at Fort Benjamin
Harrison at Indianapolis.
Miss Sallie Carver left yesterday
for Colfax Springs to stay during the
month Of August.
Otto Schaumburg Of Atlantic, Iowa.
arrived last night for visit with MT.
and Mrs. J. P. 1ngle.
Miss Mary Louise Hueston returned
home last night from visit at St
Louis.
Mrs. Ed s. Lotion and grandson,
Palm Russell Lotion. are spending
the day at Kahoka.
MT and Mrs Anton Koss, OF near
Sugar creek, have gone to Hend erson,
Nebr.. FOR a three or four weeks visit
With their daughter, Mrs. George Erie
GEN. They will also visit in Omaha
and Council Bluffs.
willis Winger has returned from
business trip to New York City and
little Miss Charlotte Peterson is
snending a few days with her grand
PARENTS. Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Deere, OF
Vincennes. Iowa.
T.. e. williams has returned from
. trip of several weeks in Des
Moines, Henry and Lee counties.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10
ADJUSTMENTS.
George Beban Tonight.

No one who likes strong. human
photoplays with stars who stand at
the head of their profession in acting
ability, plays produced by the highest
genius of the land, can resist the SUI
perb array of pictures found each day
at the Grand. And no one seems to
want to resist them, judging by the
crowds that nightly attend.
Beginning tonight at the Grand, the
following very newest subjects, every
one big success at the earlier large
city showings, will appear: George
Beban in a picture of comedy and
heart interest, A Roadside Impresario,
Saturday, pretty and dainty Peggy
Hyland in Molly Elliott Seawelrs
story. The Sixteenth Wife, shown
with Max and the Fair M. D., new
Under comedy; Sunday, the little
child star, Baby Marie Osborne, in
the sweetest story ever put on the
screen, When Baby Forgot. Next
week comes House Peters in The
Heir Of the Ages, on Monday; the ia
nous sensation, He'll Morgan's Girl
to be shown Tuesday at regular 5
and 10 cent prices, and Wildflower
Marguerite Clark's first picture which
with Harol d Lockwood and Jack Pick
ford, made her instantly famous.
A Roadside Impresario will delight
the kiddies, too, tonight. Beban ap~,
pears as a travelling musician with
wonderful and comic trained bear
The latter gets mixed up with a bee
hive while searching for honey and
there is big Observation-Disclosures
ment..
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10
GLIMPSE OF
WAR is GIVEN
American Recruits Listen to Tales
From the Front by Can
adams Who Have
Returned.

limited Press Leased Wire Servlce.J
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-Amerlcan
recruits are getting acquainted Win
war today at historic old ST. Paul S
chanel. a time-blackened edifice, In
the midst of Gotham's skyscrapers.
Sammies on their way to France
and Canadian tommies, who nave
come back with gassed lungs and half
healed wounds, gather every noon In
n little building near George Wash
ington's church, in sight of the graves
of the nations founders. Ladies or
the parish serve sandwiches and cold
tea And the veterans talk of liquid
fire. lingering death and trench raids
in the night, while the rockies list
en-.
A small sign, fastened to iron pal
inps around the ancient church yard
invites "all soldiers and sailors in
uniform to enter-and eat. The lit
tie luncheon room has developed in
IN a school of war, where sammies,
many of them fresh from civilian
life may hear words Of wisdom from
Canadians who have been through
the MILL"
Today Yankee tars, khaki clad
Americans and several wearing the
dominion's insignia sat around the
table.
AS the Britishers talked, the men
whose faces are set toward the bat
tie field, got vivid glimpses of the
she'll inferno at Bapaume. the death
rattle of machine guns and the shock
of the bayonet charge: The eyes of
those WHO are going were seager-
the eyes of those who have returned
had a different expression.
"Wait till you get over there" said
one of them. THE plagued rats
would snatch a sandwich like this be-
fore YOU could set your teeth in it,
They all laughed. They smiled
boyishly as the church ladies brought
forth pudding. Outside, the elevated
battered by, faint sound Of singing
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10
WATCH
THIS TOURNEY
Graveyard Match" Will Be, Played
Tomorrow Afternoon at
keokuk Country
~ Club,

Tomorrow afternoon at the Keo-
kuk Country club a graveyard tour
nam ent" will be played. This com.
hines some, new features in golf
matches. and no doubt will bring out
a big crowd. The tournament will be
played during the afternoon. and it
is expected that large list of golf
ers will be in the entries. There
will be three prizes offered.
The graveyard tournament" con-
sists in giving a player certain
number of strokes, and then plant
ing flag wherever he ends at the
expiration of this number Of strokes.
The player going the longest distance
of course is the winner. The handi-
cap given each player added to
scratch will constitute the number of
strokes for each entrant. Whenever
a player has used up all OF his
strokes, he must stop and mark the
demise with little flag.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10
Daily Stock Letter,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-The New
York Evening Sun financial review
today said:
The trend Of prices in today's al
together dull and uninteresting SEES
sion of the stock market was irregu-
larly downward. The opening was
strong, after which the general list
became unsettled. followed by a
period of distinct weakness, with
some later alternate recovery and
reaction This state of things was
due mainly to what little adjustment
of accounts was necessary for the
week end recess.
A selling wave, which caused sharp
recessions in the leading issues Of
one to four points or so, set in in
the late afternoon, but some of these
losses were recovered before the clos
ing About the only issues which did
not suffer net losses were the ship
ping and tobacco stocks.
BonIs were quiet and steady. Both
financial securities circles were less
disposed to get excited over the price
regulation question. 1t can scarcely
be expected that the big companies
which have been supplying war re-
quirements for nearly three years
past at what may be termed hand
some profits, will look upon any very
stern price clipping with entire equan-
unity. This AFFORDS ample reason for
the dullness, the professionalism and
the depression which has overtaken
the market this week.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10
CAPTAIN CHASE
HAS RETURNED
Ranking Officer of Company L Has
Been Assisting In Mastering
In of Iowa Guard
Regiments.

With the return of Captain Edward
Chase today, Company L is ready
for its expected order to move south
One of the company officers declares
no orders to move have been received
yet, but that they are expected at any
time He believed that the order
will come Monday or the early part
of next week. The officer stated the
company could not move under TWEEN
ty-four hours notice as 1t would take
that long to break camp and pack
equipment There was a rumor cur
rent here today that the company
was to move tonight, but Company l.
authorities declared there was no
truth in the report.
Captain Chase has been acting as
an assistant mastering officer for the
mastering in Of Iowa regiments OF
national guard and had been gone
from the city several weeks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10
CITY NEWS.

Market given by Girl Scouts Sat
urday afternoon. Home Tea Co.
"A son was born today to Mr.. and
Mrs. J. ]. Rabe, 42S South Eighteenth
street.
busting caps, Sc each. special, at
Centrals clearance sale.
Visitors to the Catholic cemetery
are remarking on the splendid con-
dition in which the burying ground
is being kept.
Market given by Girl Scouts Sat
urday afternoon. Home Tea Co.
Miss Eva T.. Williams, daughter
of l.. E. Williams Of this city, and
valedictorian of Keokulk high school,
class of 1903, is at Chicago university
studying for degree of M. A. She
has been reelected principal of the
Sheldon high school. The coming
year will be her fourth there, with
higher salary each year.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-10
Be Careful in Using
Soap on Your Hair

Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali, which is very
injurious, as it dries the scalp and makes
the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is just plain null
sifed cocoanut oil, for it is pure and
entirely greaseless. It's very cheap, and
beats the most expensive soaps or any
thing else all to pieces. You can get
this at any drug store, and few ounces
will last the whole family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub it in, about teaspoonful is all
that is required. 1t makes an abundance
of rich, creamy lather, cleanses thor
oughly, and rinses out easily. The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and is soft,
fresh looking, bright, fluffy, wavy, and
easy to handle. Besides, it loosens and
takes out every particle of dust. dirt and
dandruff.