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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17
Grand Jury Adiourns.

The grand jury, which has been in
session since early in the week. adj
journed late Friday until Monday,
when court again will be in session.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17

Summary: Field goals-Hurlburt, ?;
Dixon. Free throws-Balch, 3 out Of =;
Joseph, out of 4; Gowens. l out Of
g. Times of ~halves-Twelve minute =.
Officials-QuigIey, St. Mays; Harter,
Anes
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17

DR.. Cora Williams choate. Fidelity
bank building
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
SPAIN IS FACING GRAVE CRISIS
MOST CRITICAL IN 20 YEARS SAYS
PRESIDENT OF SENATE.
Prleto Cabinet Out But King Requests
Premier to Remaln-Dato May
Form New Body.

Madrid, June liking Alfonso has
asked the Marquis Prieto to continue.
as premier. The Marquis has prom
ised to give the king his definite an
swer after he has conferred with tho
members Of the cabinet.
May Form New Cabinet.
Paris, June ia Madrid wireless
dispatch says the report that former
Premier Dato will be called upon to-
form a cabinet appears to be con-
frmed. Senior Dato will take the port
folio of foreign affairs Professionally
and, according to the report, will be-
succeeded by Francisco Bergamin, thu
former minister OF instruction.
Senior Bugallal, who was minister OF
finance in the Dato cabinet in 1913.
is mentioned as a strong probability
for the same post now.
The present political crisis in Spain
was characterized as the gravest
which has arisen in the last 40 years
In a statement by Senior Orchard, pres
ident Of the senate. He expressed this.
opinion after a conference with King
Alfonso. 1t is thought probable that
the formation of a government to sue
coed the ministry Of the Marquis Pri-
etc, who with the cabinet has resign
ed, will be entrusted to the conserva-
tives with Eduardo Dato, former pre-
mier, again in power.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
KR0P0TKIN SAYS RUSSIA
MUST FIGHT TO THE END
Returning ExiIed Prince Warns coun-
try Against Any Attempt to Hin
der Germany's Defeat.

Christiania, June 11.-Prince Peter
kropotkin, the Russian Socialist lead
er who has been in exile in England
for many years and was invited to re-
turn home by the revolutionary gov
eminent has arrived in Christiania ON
his way to Petrograd. He issued a.
statement warning "all true friends of
peace" against any attempt to hinder.
Germany's defeat.
Such fantastic dreams as German
domination from Berlin to Bagdad
must be given up" he said. France
must have Alsace and Lorraine. The.
independence of Poland must be as
sured. Until that is done Russia must
and VIII fight for victory"
The revolution came Just in the
nick of time to prevent the disgrace
OF a separate peace" he said. Ne
gotiations between the old regime and
the Germans had been virtually com.
pleted. and the old regime planned to-
Sign a separate peace agreement two
days later"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
WHEAT CROP PROSPECT GOOD
BETTER THAN LAST YEAR BUT
UNDER FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE.
Winter Wheat Shows Some Damage
But Spring Cereal is 50,ooo,ooo
Above Average.

Washington, June 1.-THE prospec-
tive wheat crop of the United States
this year is forecast by the Depart
ment of Agriculture at CSC, O0O, 900 bu-
shells, combining a revised estimate
of the badly damaged winter wheat
crop and the first estimate of the new
spring wheat crop based on June |
conditions. That compares with 64O,-
100000 bushels harvested last year
and SOC, 000, 900 bushels, the average
crop for 1915.
Improved weather condition during
May increased prospects of winter
wheat and indicated a crop of 373,00O,-
600 bushels. The crop began this spring
under adverse conditions, 12,437, 900.
acres having to be abandoned because
OF severe winter and other causes.
April l conditions indicated a pro-
duction of 430, 900, 900 bushels, but dur
Ing that month growing conditions
were SO poor that the May l forecast
was reduced to 366,116,OO bushels.
Spring Wheat Above Average.
The increased spring wheat area,
placed at 19,039,000 acres, and the
good start of this crop under excellent
growing conditions indicate a produc-
ton of 2S3, 600, 900 bushels, compared
with 15S,142,000 bushels last year,
3~5l,S54,0O0 bushels in 1915 and 1884,
571,O0O bushels, the average for the
previous five years.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
PERSHING is RECEIVED
BY KING OF BRITAIN
London Papers Warmly Welcome
American GeneraI-Rush Prepare
tions to Go To War Front,

London, June II. - Mai. General
Pershing, commander-in-chief of Amer
ica's expeditionary force to France.
was formally received by King George
in a private audience.
Pershing and his staff got down to-
work early, comforting with British
military officials and preparing every
way possible for their transfer at an
early date to the French front.
London newspaper comment over
flowed its customary bounds of n
thusiasm in greeting the American
general and his men.
THE landing of Pershing is a his
toric event." declared the Daily Ex-
press. He will learn from Admiral
Sims how a~ffectionately Great Brit
ain will welcome Americas aid. His
arrival is a reminder that while we
are hammering the United States is
preparing with enthusiasm and ardor
to hammer, too"
The cheers that greeted Pershing
had behind them a spirit of national
welcome" declared the Daily Mail.
There is not a man in these islands
in whose heart they do not find an
echo"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
SHIPS CREW PUTS TWO
PACIFISTS UNDER ARREST
Tried to Start for ~Petrograd Socialist
Meeting But seamen Refuse to Sail
With Them.

London, June 12.-Members of the
National Seamen's and Firemen's
union took prisoner Frederick w. Jow.
EFT, president of the Independent La.
Dor party, and James Ramsey Mac.
Donald, chairman of the Labor party.
both members of Parliament, who
were about to sail for Pesrograd.
An enthusiastic demonstration was
held in Trafalgar square TO protest
against permitting Mr.. Macdonald and
Mr.. Jowett to proceed to P~etrograd on
account Of their supposed pacifst lean.
ings. The meeting was opened by the
reading of the following telegram from
Captain Upper of the Seaman's and
Firemen's union:
Il have Macdonald and Jowett pris.
oners. The crew refuses to sail with
them"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
RUSH FOOD SUPPLIES
Is PRAYER OF ALLIES
Further Delay May Entail Serious Con,
sequences Is Statement Made in
British Press.

London, June SIN the House of
Commons Captain Charles Bathurst,
parliamentary secretary to the food
control department, said it was not in
the public interest to give any infor-
nation regarding food supplies, but it
was of the greatest Importance to the
success of the Allies cause that food
exports from America should be on
the highest possible scale for the rest
Of the war.
Captain Bathurst's statement Ia
somewhat disquieting to the public and
the press. The Daily Chronicle re-
fsrs to the delay In the execution by
the Washington administration of the
food plans, owing to the disagreement
in Congress. IF extended further"
the Chronicle says, "the delays might
entail most serious consequences for
the Allied countries"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
MESS|NES RIDGE
LOST TO TEUTONS
ONE OF MIGHTIEsT BLOWS OF
ENTIRE WAR DEALT TO GER
MANS BY HAIG,s MEN.
FRONT OF NINE MILES TAKEN
Five Thousand Prisoners and Numer-
" Guns Captured In Tremendous
Drive That Infliets Heavy Cas-
ualties on Germans.

With the British Armies in France,
June 9.-In one of the most elaborate,
ly planned and daringly executed ma
neuvers of the war, Sir Douglass
Haig's forces have dealt a mighty blow
against the German line in Belgium,
and have been rewarded with notable
gains In terrain and the capture of
more than a5, 900 prisoners and numer-
u guns of various calibre. In addi-
ton they inflicted heavy casualties on
the Germans.
Over a front Of more than nine miles
extending from the region of Ypres
southwark nearly to Armentieries, the
British started their drive and by
nightfall had everywhere advanced
their line, capturing villages and nu-
merous points of vantage, among the
the -Wytchaete ridge,
which commands the surrounding
plains for miles, and which for two
and a half years has been a trouble
some salient.
British Take Two Villages.
The villages OF Messines and W.T.
schaete fell into the hands of the Brit
ish during the attack, and the British
pressed on eastward from Wyt-
schaete, and occupied the village of
Oosttaverne and trenches east of the
village on a front Of more than FIVE
Probably neve before in history
was an attack launched with greater
preparation For days the Wytschaete
salient had been the objective of the
guns, which had hurled tons
Of steel upon II.
Explosion Heard In England.
When the time for the attack came.
the British loosed E-waed containing
| ,000, 900 pounds Of high explosives in
front OF the German positions, the
being heard 1870 miles
away in England.
With CONSERVATION reigning among
ne Germans and under q curtain of
ire, English, Irish, New Zealand and
in~fantrymen. with tanks"
aid them, started across the open.
hey attempted a counter-attack near
he southern end of the line, which
vas broken up by the British artillery
ire.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
SOLDIERS BACK ULTIMATUM
CHINESE TROOPS DEMAND THAT
PARLIAMENT QUIT.
Former Military Governor Of Anhwei
Province Calls for Dissolution
Within 40 Hours.

Peking, June 12.-Events are NOV
Ing rapidly toward a crisis in the DO.
litical situation.
General Chang-Huan, former mill
tary governor OF Anhwei province, sew
eral thousands of whose troops have
reached Picking. delivered an ultimat-
UNI, demanding the dissolution of Par
Lament within As hours.
President Ii Yuan Hung has refus-
ed to accede to this demand unless
such action may be taken in accord
ance with the provisions of the consti-
tuition. Members of the Parliament
are urging the President not to dis
solve the Legislature, thus forcing
Chang-Huan to act in violation of the
constitution.
President Ii Yuan Hung declines to
offer an unconditional resignation.
Dissolution of Parliament Demanded,
Dissolution Of Parliament was de-
manded by the military governors
after the Legislature refused to de-
clare war on Germany. Mich Shin
Chun, military governor of Anhwei,
said recently that he favored dissolu.
ton of Parliament. but at the same
time he ave warning that General
Chang-Huan should not be permitted
to go to Picking. II he should do so
Mich Shih-Chun declared it would be
for the purpose of overthrowing the
President and restoring the Manchu
dynasty. General Chang-Huan reach
ed Tien Tsin, 70 miles from Picking,
and was accorded almost royal hon.
ors. He sent 5000 of his troops to
Picking.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
STOUT ASSERTION OF lNNo.
cENcE AND sHERlFF's SPEECH
SAVES THOSE ACCUSED OF
DEAD BABY PLOT.
HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM
SPRINGFIELD FOR SAFETY
Man stoutly Denies Any Guilt In Dis
appearance and Death Of Little
Lloyd keet, Whose Body Was
Found In an Abandoned
Well.

Springfield, Mo-, June IL. - Fears
that the six persons arrested here in
connection with alleged abduction
plots would be taken from Sheriff
Webb and lynched by irate Springfield
citizens, apparently abated, when it
became known that the prisoners
were safe somewhere in the Ozark
hills, north OF here.
Their guard Of deputy sheriffs was
oyerpowered at Stockton, Mo-, by
leaders OK the Infatuated Springfield
men, but the terrified prisoners saved
themselves fr.m the moose by denying
stoutly any guilt of the disappearance
and death OF little Lloyd Keet. AS a
result Springfield is quiet and talk of
violence hushed after the wild fury
previously displayed when thousands
or persons crowded the public square
here awaiting the expected return and
lynching.
Feeling High Against Prisoners.
Following the discovery of the body
or Baby Keet In the well of an aban.
doned farm eight miles from Spring
fiejd, feeling ran high against the pris-
oners, a woman among whom had been
arrested In connection with the al
legged plot to kidnap a wealthy Spring
Held jeweler, a munition manufacture
CO OF st. Louis and q Springfield baby.
AZ was felt that the prisoners were Inn
plcated In the Keet case.
Slips Prisoners Away.
Sheriff Webb, fearing the attitude
OF the angry citizens, slipped his pris-
oners from the County Jail and in
swift automobiles started for a desti-
nation supposed to have been Jeffer-
0 City, Mo-, where the six would
have been lodged for safe keeping In
the state prison. Leaders OF the citi.
xens upon learning Of the move FOL.
Owed the officers In automobiles and
it was upon the expectation that the
prisoners would be taken by the irate
citizens from the deputies and return
ed to Springfield that a crowd estimat-
cd at 10000 waited until the early
hours Of the day In the square here.
The sheriff was thought to have
-four of his prisoners in the county jail
at Stockton, 40 miles from here. The
other two. G. J. Piersol and Taylor
Adams, the latter's wife being the
woman arrested I'm the alleged plot,
were believed to be on the road north.
ward toward a railroad that would
provide transportation to jefferson
City.
Rope Around Neck, Denies QUIT.
Out Of the neagre news that has
come back to Springfield from the
rough hills and sparsely settled dis
tricts OF Cedar, Polk and Dade u
ties. 1t has been possible to supply
only the bare outlines OF the triumph |
ant fight for the lives OF Mrs. Adams
and her i've companions. Apparently
it was when Piersol refused. despite
q rope around his neck, to admit that
any OF the suspects were concerned
with the death Of little Lloyd.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
Dan hanna Dr.. WEEDS Actre.a.

indianapolis, June 11.-Dan Hanna,
Jr, of Cleveland, Ohio, SON of the own
er and publisher Of the Cleveland
Leader, and a grandson of the late
Senator Mark Hanna. was married al
the All Souls Unitarian church by
Rev. +. 8. c. Wicks to Miss Ruth
Randall, an actress of Chicago. Mr..
Hanna is attending the officers re
serve training school at Fort Ben
jamin Harrison and took advantage
Of Q brief leave OF absence to be mar
ried. DIR. and Mrs. J. r. Ballinger Of
Chicago. and Dan Hanna. ST.. attended
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14

Lieutenant Dead; suIcids Suspected.
Seattle. June 9s-Ldeut. Kenneth
Heron. y. 8. NJ. superintendent Of new
work at the Puget Sound navy yards.
Bremerton, WAS found dead In bed
from q gpnshCt wound in his room
in q Bremerton hotel. "A naval board
Will 1T once Investigate the death to
determine whether the wound was
~self.inhicted. Lieutenant Heron had
been at the navy yard since February.
been Transferred from Seattle,
whore he Was inspector Of machinery
A the work az the Seattle Construc-
den ana xrydssk oomDary's plant
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
Says Germany onsred 10 oult

Denver, June s.--That Germany re-
Gently had offered the Allies an In
demnity OF sso.0Oo.0 OO. 900 to end the
and had planned to collect this In
turn from the United States was told
TO q Denver audience by DIR. Newell
Dwight Hills, speaking in the interest
OF the Liberty Loan. "Not long z
. tentative offer was made to the
AllieS 10 end the war by Germany nav
Ing an indemnity Of $50, 900. 900. 0oo,~
he said. Germany to retain her army
and navy and have the freedom q the
soaa.s
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
hERoIsM AND PRESENCE OF
MIND OF MERE YOUTH SAVES
MEN TRAPPED A MILE
BELOW SURFACE.
LEADER STILL MISSING;
HOPE FOR OTHERS FELT
Total Of Slxty-one Dead Have Been
Recovered From Mine-Loss of
Life Estimated at 193-Hope
for Men Still Missing Is
Abandoned.

Butte, Mont, June 12.-Twenty-six
men entombed In the Spectator mine
since the fire started have been
brought to the surface alive. One was
so far gone that resuscitation was i'm
possible. The finding of the men alive
stimulated efforts of the rescue teams
and there Is strong hope others may
be found alive.
Because of rhe rescue Of the 2S
miners, the safety first" men at the
Spectator mine have renewed their
efforts, and opinions have been ex-
pressed by the men brought to the
surface alive that others are safe on
lower levels.
Many heroic acts are being made
to plunge into the other levels in the
hope that mary others are to be saved.
When the gas from the fire surged
through the levels of the mine, 29 men
were on the 2,400-foot level. The sur
vivors rescued were men who made
the valiant fight for their lives.
eulkhead Stops Gas Advance.
Directed by Manus Duggan, they
built a bulkhead in a cross cut on the
~2,400-foot level and stuffed it with
canvass and portions of their cloth
ing. A short distance away they made
a second bulkhead and filled the space
between them with dirt. This kept
the gas out and they were in compare
tive safety for a while. They remain
ed in the ~blockaded drift until they
were taken out.
"Manus Duggan was the one who
directed the work and we were there
in the drift until the air became so
foul that we could not stand it any
longer" said Wilfred La Montague,
one of the men rescued.
Praise Their Rescuer.
All of the rescued united in praise
OF Duggan, the man who led the en-
tombed men into a drift on the 2,4OO-
foot level and directed the work of
hu~lkheading the drift against the
gas that has killed $50 or more. Dug
gan has not been found, and it is
feared he has persisted.
The hero of the disaster was only
20 years old and employed as a tool
boy.
Bodies Being Identified.
The bodies of Is more victims of the
North Butte disaster were brought to
the surface early in the day, bringing
the total of recovered dead to 81. Of
these "a have been identified.
The fires are still burning and it is
estimated that the loss of life was
1913.
All hope Of any of the missing men
having escaped has been abandoned.
The rescued in the North Butte
numbered 222, and in the Diamond
mine go.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
EVERY BOY IN THE RANKS
Roosevelt Tells Railway Orders All
Should Serve.

Philadelphia, Pa, June IL. - Theo-
dore Roosevelt, in an address here
at the annual memorial services of
the Railroad Brotherhoods and the
Order Of Railway T~elegraphers, as
serted that this country's new army
should be ION the French, the demo-
cratic, model; not on the Prussian,
the aristocratic, model"
Let every boy In the country serve
the ranks" he said. "and let the
promotion 20 ofr1cers come to the boy
who shows himself attest. whether he
Is the son Of q bricklayer or a bank
er; Of a brakeman or q railway presl
dent"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
Artillery sub-Inspeetors Wanted.

Chicago, June t0.-Men who would
like to serve their country immediate
ly are wanted as sub-inspectors of
field artillery ammunition, according to
announcement by Peter Newton, Sec
rotary of the local examining board
of the United States civil service COM
mission. The pay is $3.50 to S. a
day. Applicants must be II years or
older and pass an examination show
ing them competent to gauge the COM
ponent parts of field artillery ammu.
milton.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
California s~oeIaIIsts Threaten 70 our

San Bernardino. Cal, June S.-Cali-
fornia. Socialists win withdraw from
the national party unless the a~nti-draft
resolution adopted at the Socialist con-
vention April 2 In repudiated. This In
the substance OF q statement just
made here by N. A. Richardson, mem
Der OF the state executive committee
Of the Socialist party OF California,
who was the Socialist candidate for
governor In 1914. Richardson said he
had sent notice TO that effect to the
national secretary Of the party, anS
expecting . reply ~ any time.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
London Meeting o. soclaII,t, pl,rn.a

Iondon Meeting Of Socialists Planned.
Tendon. June IL. - The Chronicle
prints q telegram from the Belgian
OF munitions and Socialist
leader. Emile v~andervelde, who A.
now In Petrcgrad. stating that the
western Socialists insist on a confer.
ence OF Socialists Of the allied nations
In London In July. This conference
10 TO preceds that proposed In Stock
holm by the Russian council OF work
mems and soldiers delegates and to
which Il has invited Socialists Of air
nations, both bsllissrent and neutral
RussiA's situation VIII be discussed
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
AIR RAID ON BELGIUM
REPORTED BY BRITISH

London, June a.-Anothsr aerial
raid on Belgium 10 reported today
by the admiralty. Naval aIrplanes
dropped bombs IN the alrdome az
Nleuwmunster, near the coast, be-
tween zeebru0oe and ostsnd. All
the machines returned.
y
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
PershInq Guest Of Lord Aston.

London, June IL. Major General
Pershing and staff spent the day at
Castle Hever with Lord Aston and
with other officers attended a recep.
ton in the evening at the residence
of James Duming, chairman OF the
entertainment committee. The Amer.
lean soldiers spent the day on the
Thames on an excursion arranged by
the committee.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
Cairo. III. EeeIa Quake.

Cairo, Ill, June 11.-An earthquake
lasting several seconds was felt here
at tbs q. m. No damage has been
reported. Two persons were reported
killed by a tornado at Kerrville, Tenn.
Several persons are missing.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
SOCIALISTS GUST RUSSELL

ExpeIIed Because He Joined War MIs-
sion TO Russia.
New York. June 1I.-Charies Ed
ward Russell. widely known Socialist
and q member OF the American wal
mission to Russia. was expelled from
che Socialist party by the central COM
1aittee Of the New York local at a
meeting here. The specific grounds
Tor the expulsion were given as Mr..
Russelfs failure to consult the party
before accepting the mission appoint.
mant and his failure to resign from
the commission after certain sections
an the party had requested him to
do 10.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
GREAT EXPLOSION KILLS MANY
Occurs In P~etrograd Harbor and
Causes Bio Fire.

London, June ga great explosion
ana nre as a result of an accident in
me harbor occurred in Petrograd, ac-
cording to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch today from Copenhagen. It
was stated a huge quantity of explo-
sives recently received from England
blew up. Many persons were reported
killed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14

Y. 3. Officers Begin Work In France.
Boulogne. Sur Mer. France. June IL.
"A number OF officers OF General
john J. Pershing,s star have arrived
here to begin the work OF organizing
the bases OF the American army In
Trance.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
IL NEGROES ARE SHOT IN RIOT
Result Of Race Riot at St. Louis Work

Result OF Race Riot at st. Louis Work
house.
st. Louis, June Shine OF the IL
negroes wounded in race riots at the
city workhouse have returned to the
prison from hospitals. There is no
fear Of a repetition OF the fighting,
although additional guards will be
placed over the men.
The riot started as a fight between
white and black prisoners working In
the stone quarry. 1t was quickly sub
dued when guards opened fire with
shotguns. Twelve negroes were shot.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-14
FOOD BILL FIGHT EXPECTED
Strong Opposition Looked For From
Both Sides of Senate.

Both Sides Of Senate.
Washington, June 9.-Rough legisla-
tive sailing apparently was ahead Of
the administration foodstuff shipments
bill when consideration of Il began In
the senate. Strong opposition was
locked for from both democrats and
to what they contend Is
the u~nreasonably arbitrary power con
ferred on the president to compel pri-
ority Of shipment for foodstuffs, fuel
and other necessities as a war meas
ure. President Wilson has insisted on
the authority asked.