The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-17

dustrtes board and the white house
| President Wilson may be forced to
step in and save from. collapse the
entire defense council structure.
Attorneys are reported to have told
committee members they could not
serve under the new food bill proyi-
sion, without laying themselves liable
to huge fines or Imprisonment
/ Attorney General Gregory after
/! hearing appeals from leaders in the
defense council, is understood to have
placed the matter before President
/ Wilson.
/ Second Rainbow Division.
WASHINGTON, Aug. l7.-The sec
ond rainbow division-composed OF
| national guard troops from each New
| England state-will soon go abroad.
It may leave simultaneously with the
| first rainbow division.
Supplies are being gathered for
both divisions and the rapidity with
which these are collected and the
availability OF transports will determ-
inc the time of leaving.
| Major General Clarence Edward,
commander of the northeastern de-
partment, with headquarters at Bos-
| ton, will be commander of the sec
ond division.
The New England forces collected
for the second division will probably
| not be sent to southern camps at all.
| Some of the New England men
were originally picked to go in the
first division, but it was decided 1t
would be better to keep the New
England troops together. According
to present plans some of the second
! IL -.
Small detachments Of the national
guard are now moving to southern
camps, but the general movements
will not start for about another week.
War department estimates indicate
that the last of the guard camps will
be ready by September first.
Allied Purchasing Committee.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE al
lied purchasing committee in the
United States is now a fact. The al
lies have signed an agreement to
make their purchases through the
new war industries board
Americas loans to the allies will
be protected against huge prices
which heretofore the allies have
been willing TO pay with Uncle Sans
money in order to get badly needed
war materials. B. NJ. Baruch, Rob-
ert s. Lovett. and r. S. Brookings. OF
the war board. will be actively ID
charge of the allied purchases.
raw materials and finished supplies,
respectively. while Lobett will de-
eide priority questions between the
allies.
The agreement was signed in Sec
rotary McAdOO'S office.
Take Five More Ships.
WASHINGTON, Aug 17-Fiye
more privately owned American mer-
chant ships were Communicated by
the government today for the war de-
partment This makes twelve ships
seized. within two weeks.
Ship builders met with Admiral
Caps of the fleet corporation, and ,
purchasing agents today, to prevent
competition in obtaining materials.
Disgruntled ship yard men, protest
ing against small profits, flocked to
the shipping board offices trying to |
get contracts which Chairman Hurley |
has signed. but is Withholding tenn
porarily.
Final touches are being put on |
plans for constructing hundreds of |
standard steel ships, necessitating |
$500, 900, 900 additional from congress. |
Camp Assuming Shape.
SANDHEGO, Calf, Aug 17-With |
1900 men busily engaged in erecting /
the buildings and laying water and !
sewer pipes, Camp Kearney, the Linda /
Vista cantonment camp, is rapidly as |
Stunning shape.
Three huge store buildings are al |
ready completed and supplies are be-
ing installed therein. The Santa Fe \
tracks have been completed into the
heart of the camp, and work of laying
side tracks and switches will soon be
finished Several hundred laborers
are digging trenches for an elaborate
sewer system and the city has COM !
pleted a huge reservoir to contain
the camps daily water supply. The
camp will be ready to receive the sol
diers as soon as the sewer system is
completed, probably early next month
Wood to Camp Funston.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Assign-
ment Of General Leonard Wood to
command the national army division
at Camp Funston, Kansas, caused
renewal today Of talk in some quar-
tiers that Wood was being side track
ed.
Those who have seen in every re-
cent move an effort to take power
away from Wood, held that he ought
to have had a command which would
have taken him sooner to France than
a division of raw recruits.
On the other hand, it was pointed
out, the war department Is anxious
to get the best commanders It can
for every service and that in picking
Wood to shape up new soldiers, it
was really paying a tribute to his