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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-02
WOMEN TAKE
PLACE Of men
Big Eastern Railroads Filling
Vacancies Caused by the
Enlistment Of
Employees.
CAN DO MOST WORK
Anything But Actual operstIon Of
Trains Can be Handled Salts
faetorIIy by Female
Help.
CAN DO MOST WORK

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
| NEW YORK, May 2-Many big
eastern railroads today started MAX
ing arrangements to employ womer
| in place of men called to arms by the
| draft.
| Among the roads which are taking
| these steps are the New Haven, LIE
! high Valley, Erie, New York Central
! the Pennsylvania and the Long Island
The Central railroad Of New Jer
sey has not made any plans yet, but
by experiments already conducted in
it's system it feels sure that women
can do the work of a large number OF
the, men. All roads made it plain
that no men would be displaced By
women unless actually drafted. The
women will be used in departments
not actually engaged in physical oper-
alton Of trains.
AT the offices Of the Lehigh Valley
road it was stated that women are
now being given preference in the
ments where they are, able to do the
work, as the management expects
many men will be called to the col
ors within few months The Lehigh
is already employing women as car
cleaners and has made some expert
ments with them as train dispatch
ers. The New York Central also is
employing women as car cleaners.
The New Haven Offices declared
there was no definite steps taken to
have women take places of drafted
men. The Long Island is preparing
to employ large number Of women
in clerical departments. This road
has already given work to scores Of
women and the experiment Is de-
clared to be success. Between 300
and 400 men employees of the Grand
Central terminal are members of the
national guard and are momentariIy
expecting summons to duty. All
are being rushed to
put women in their places Some
have already left and women are do
ing their work
The Erie Offices stated an actual
famine in male clerical labor was al
ready being faced Women are be-
ing called in wherever possible
They may also be used to sell
collect tickets also, for
that matter" said one official
The Central Railway of New Jer-
sey has not taken any actual steps
yet, but experiments which have
been conducted show that the employ
mont of women as clerks, ticket
agents, telegraphers and in similai
positions, is entirely feasible
This is a situation" 1t was stated,
which every railroad and every in
dustry must face. We might as well
get ready in time.''
The Pennsylvania lines east Of
have planned to place
many women in clerical positions and
will later try them in other and more
important posts.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-02
Continuous Thunder Of Cannon
In Effort TO Blast Loose v--
German Hold on Hill
Crest.
COMMENCED ON SUNDAY
Barraae Fire In Front and to Rear Of
Trenches, Holds Teuton SOL
dlers inside Walls
Of Death.
by Henry Wood, United Press Staff
Correspondent

I[By Henry Wood, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES
IN CHAMPAGNE, May 2.-France is
waging her greatest artillery battle
of the war to blast loose the German
| hold on the crest of Moronvilliers-
Gibraltar of the Champagne plains.
| And within hearing of the continu-
Gus thunder Of her cannon-almost
in sight of them-French soldiers are
working alongside peasant women,
girls and little children in plowing,
sowing and narrowing the ground,
fighting Frances economic battle as
| their brothers in the trenches just
ahead fight the military combat.
| This greatest battle of the guns be.
gan Sunday. 1t extended over moro
than eight miles. No Sabbath calm
reigned here. 1T was an inferno OF
noise and smoke and flame. For
twenty-four hours I watched its prog
ress, standing on height north Of
the VesIe valley.
When daylight failed and French
observers could no longer make
minute observations of the enemy's
position, directing the fury OF their
artillery fire, the French offset lack
of eyes by increasing the intensity Of
the bonabardment. They added two
barrages of fire. One was a wall Of
projectiles dropped in front of the
German front line trenches. 1t was
to top all possibility of enemy at
tacks as well as to blast away German
barb wire defenses and clear en-
tanglements away preparatory to a
French advance.
The second barrage was at the rear
of the German lines. Its purpose was
to cslt off all supplies and communi-
cation.
Together the barrages served to
isolate the German trench defenders
from all human aid.
The French carried out this plan
over more than eight miles of front
In a spot long previously chosen for
their attack.
They made this eight miles Of Ger
man trench work shell trimmed fur
mace. AS night continued, it seemed
as though a new maximum of in
tensity of fire was attained every
minute. Not for second did the ter
rible barrage fire relax, nor the
long range shells cease
pounding.
All through the night Of steel hail
the isolated Germans sent Up multi |
colored distress signals seeking as
from the rear while in front |
of their trenches. over No Mans Land
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-02
People Joined in May Day Pa
rade With No Fear Of the
Secret Police.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
LONDON, May 2.-May day passed
peacably in Russia, following day Of
small sized rioting in Petrograd in
which bombs were thrown, numbers of
citizens were arrested, shots were fir
led and Major General Kashtalinsh
Ieil victim to an assassin's bullet.
The rioting occurred Monday. DIS.
patches from Pstrograd today attrt-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-02
Denial Of Report.

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
LONDON, May 2.-Denial that
Foreign Secretary Balfour had re.
ported from Washington that Presi
dent Wilson had expressed the
opinion that speedy solution Of the
Irish problem would do more to
further the fight for world democ-
racy than any other concession
Britain could make" was made in
the house of commons today.
Lord Cecil, acting foreign minister
in Balfour's absence, made the de-
NAL in reply to queries from Irish
nationalist members.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-02
NEARLY ALL
ACCOUNTED FOR
More From Gunners Crew on
Board Torpedoed Vacuum,
Reported Saved From
Death.
.oNY FOUR ARE MISSING
Attack Came so Swiftly That There
Was no Chance of Making
Resistance, Survivors
Toll.
.oNY FOUR ARE MISSING

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
LONDON, May 2-Captain S. s
Harris of the American armed
steamer Vacuum was officially re
ported as rescued In q statement
issued by the American consul at q
British port today. The consul
quoted the captain as definitely de.
claring Lieutenant c. c. Thomas. U.
gun crew, had been lost.
In addition to Captain Harris the
consular report said four additional
American navy gunners had been
rescued.
This makes total Of eight gun
ners who are so far known to have
been saved from the torpedoed yes.
sci.
In contradiction to this, the Vacuum
OIL company's Offices here received
word that SIX additional gunners had
been picked up which would make a
total of ten saved. With Lieutenant
Thomas definitely known to have
been lost, three others are still un-
accounted for.
Survivors who reached London to-
day, including some OF the Ameri-
can blue Jackets, said Il was about
10 o'clock Saturday morning when
the submarine was first sighted, very
close to the Vacuum. Hardly a
minute elapsed before the torpedo
which the U boat Immediately fred.
struck the side of the ship. A tre-
mendous explosion resulted, throw
ing many of those on the Vacuum's s
deck of their feet.
Survivors said the Vacuum began
filling and sinking at once, going
down astern. Meanwhile the sub
marine slowly circled the ship, flr-
ing four shells into the laundering
hull These smashed the wireless.
All OF those rescued united in as
serting that the attack came so
swiftly that the Vacuum did not
have chance to use her defensive
Second Boat Load.
LONDON, May 2.-The second boat
load of survivors of the American
armed steamer Vacuum were official
" reported saved today. The addi-
.ional survivors include Captain s. S.
f1dTTlS. HlTu dMdlc rLu I1usISu, thC
ooatswafn and Tour American blue
Jackets, gunners on the vessel.
An American consular report de-
,lared the seven additional men
anded Sunday on an island near the
coast where there was no telegraphic
and therefore could
lot report their safe arrival.
American Gunners Parker. William
mikie and Williams were reported as
he four men included in the second
survivors, list.
Captain Harris advised the Amert-
an consul that Lieutenant G. c.
Thomas, U. S. N, commanding the
lavy g1,nners aboard the Vacuum, had
,een lost. He said three gunners
we're likewise still missing. Harris
nd the other survivors of the second
,oat load were enroute to the British
ort today.
George Wilson of the first survivors
arty OF eighteen, arrived at Liver
ool today with graphic story OF the
isaster.
"The submarine fired her torpedo.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-02
NOT SATISFIED
WITH GERMAN EXPLANATION

information from official sources to-
day 1t was generally believed that
Argentine will announce a break in
relations with the imperial govern
ment.
No announcement was made as to
the exact excuse advanced by tho
German government for the sinking
of the steamer.
The Monte Projideo was sunk off
the Spanish coast. At first there was
some question as to the authenticity
Of her Argentine registry but this
was cleared up
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-02
Submarines Sink Many
Ships Fl Try Week
Great Britain and France Serousl threatened BY Loss
of Vessels Sent to Bottom b.: .n,an U Boats

Va
n order ITO German inroads
Of
ideas
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-02
herman Peace Offer of Tomor-
row, Expectedsto be More
Liberal Than First
One Made.
REGULATION IS RIFE
Freedom Of Trade and Guarantee Of
Economic Interests Abroad
VIII be Ono Phase
Demanded.

United Press Leased Wire Serv1oO1
LONDON, May 2S-What sort Of
beace terms German Imperial Chan
ellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg woulG
ffer tomorrow before tho German
eichstag, ran the gamut of specula
ion today. Most London newspapers
agreed the chancellor's second proffe,
has been forced by the growing un.
Test throughout the central empires
|or some official government state
hent of Germany's war aims.
Meanwhile German newspaper com
hent,: received via Holland, included
his extract from an, editorial by
rheod0r Wolff In the TAgeblatt:
"We must openly admit that Ger.
many Is no longer able to dictate
peace terms, even II she strove for
peace with an outward show Of an an.
nexation which is not the case. Ger
many, however, demands q peace
that will allow her freedom Il trade
and independence and guarantee her
economic interests abroad shall be
protected, whether they be in Sydney,
Yokohoma or Antwerp.
The reichstag reassembled today
|after recess since April ~. At that
time the sitting was dissolved amid
considerable disorder on account of
socialist demands for complete dis
cussion OF the whole subject Of food
supplies and rationing.
May Listen to X.
lBy George Martin, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 2.-If Ger
many's peace proposal reported sched
uied tomorrow. includes giving up her
strongholds in Bulgaria, Serbia and
Turkey. the allies may look twice at
the proposition, it was stated authorf-
tatiyely here today.
IL Germany offers no concessions in
the eastern theatre, the allies will
brand the peace move as a fake, be-
cause Germany's eastern control
would give her death grip on "a vital
nerve center OF the world"
1t also became known today that a
OF the allies do not expect a
permanent peace in the sense of the
word that there will never again be a
war. They will be satisfied with a
peace insured for five or six genera
tions
A peace based on concessions on the
western front alone-evacuation of
beisium, giving up Alsace Lorraine
= and other similar concessions-the al
,les say, would mean only exceeding
y Drief peace, a mere breathing spell
Tor the Teutons.
Says No, Offer Coming.
AMSTERDAM, May 2.-The Berlin
socialist newspaper vorwaerts today
iatly contradicted the announcement
yesterday in the Berlin Tageblat that
imperial Chancellor Won Hollweg is
make announcement of Germany's
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-02
Big Registration Day This
Summer When Every Mans
Name Will go Down
in Book.
THEN WEED THEM OUT
Police VIII Run Down SfacIeers Who
Refuse to Register and
Heavy Penalty Will be
Imposed.

! UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
I WASHINGTON, May 2-MachinerJ
for drafting into the service the frs,
levy of 100000 men is being worked
out by the war department. The local
electoral systems Of the townships
and precincts will be utilized for the
huge task Of registering and sitting
out the exemptions.
| Although the details are far from
/ completion, the system in general will
be as follows:
On day designated by proclama-
tion, probably before September 1, all
| the men in the nation between the
| ages to be set in the conscription bill,
will be ordered to visit the polls and
register themselves.
Upon registration they will be given
cards designating the number of the
class in which they will be called for
examination.
It is planned to use the local police
facilities of the townships, villages
and cities to seek out "slackers" who
fail or refuse to register. Under the
bill heavy penalty will be imposed
for failure to register.
Then calls by classes will follow
AS each class reports, the men subject
to exemption under the bill-muni-
tions workers, men with dependents,
men engaged in industries vital to the
military machine and other classes,
such as agricultural workers. to be
fixed by the president-will first be
weeded out: >:
After that the remainder will be
again sifted by physical test and the
unit unit roie~+~5 ---7'-r->
class for examination will be sum.
moned and the process repeated until
all the men of the nation physically
fit and not subject to exemption are
determined.
1t is believed the jury wheel system
to determine the first levy by lot will
be used. These men chosen from the
ranks, subject to service. will comprise
the first levy. They will then await
the order to go to the training camps.
State Councils of Defense
WASHINGTON, May 2-State and
federal governments must work in
closest cooperation in the nations
history. if the nation is to be success
full in the greatest Of all wars. Secre-
tary of War Baker told representa-
tives of all state councils Of defense
when they opened sessions here to-
day.
Especially will this confplete CO.
operation be necessary in putting TO-
gether the parts OF the great army
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-02
Excuse Not Made Public, But
Break of Relations Expected
to Follow.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
BUENOS AIRES, May Ger
many's explanation of the torpedoing
of the Argentine steamer Monte
Projtdeo Is unsatisfactory to the
Argentine government, according TO
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-02
Evacuation Of M,ush.

CONSTANTINOPLE, May 2.--Evac-
uation Of Mush by the Russians and
their retirement to the nor.h was an
nounnsd In an Official statement TO-DAY,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-02
Says No. oner Coming.

AMSTERDAM, May 2.-The Berlin
socialist newspaper vorwaerts today
natiy contradicted the announcement
Yesterday in the Berlin TagebIat that
imperial Chancellor Won Hollweg is
10 make announcement of Germany's
war aims in the reichstag tomorrow.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-02

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-02

| The Telegraph Service of The
Daily Gate City and Constitu-
tion-Democrat is received over
our own leased wire.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-02

Rain. Continued cool. Local
temp p. m. 54; 7 a. m. 46.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-10-05
BIRD BURNS FARMERS BARN
Files with Blazing Twig Into the Hay
Loft and Blaze Causes Consider
able Damage.

Middle River. MINI. - Fire de-
stroyed the barn of william HUH, q
farmer living nine miles south of here.
Mr.. HUH declared that the fire was
caused by bird which carried twig.
one end of which was aglow. into the
hay loft.
Not far from the barn a brush fire
was burning. The nesting bird car
ried twig which had been burning In
the brush fire, but which was thought
to have blown away from the imme-
dlate vicinity Of the fire. to the barn.
Mr.. Hun. who was working in the
barnyard. said he thought he saw
q slight trail Of smoke as the bird flew
past him, but did not investigate. In
a few moments the barn was afire.
Two valuable horses were burned and
the building destroyed. t
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-10-05
DRAFT FINDS MODEL HUBBY
Indiana Man Never Tasted Liquor,
Home Every Night, Never
Played Cards.

ShelbyvilIe. Ind.-Through the ex-
animation of men to obtain Shelby
county's quota for the first National
army, DR.. William w. Tlndall and DR..
F. e. Bass, the examiners, believe they
have found model husband.
A young man from Jackson town
ship was unable to pass the physical
examination, being under weight. Then
he volunteered the information that he
had never TASTED beer or whisky or any
other intodcant, that he had never
uttered "cuss" word in his life, that
he had never played with cards or dice
and that he would rather be at home
every night with his wife than any 9TH
er place that he knew.
The examiners have marked a red
cross opposite his name, 80 that he may
be looked up in the future.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-10-05
A Near Calamity.

Little Mary was being Initiated into
the wonders OF the Pullman car. She
and her mother left the city early In
the evening" each occupying big cush-
Toned seat In the car. Mary wished
to know at once where they were 10
sleep. and after five minutes explana-
ton by her mother she realized that
they were to sleep in bed. made over
their two seats, which would be COM
pleted by the porter about nine o'clock.
At the next stop a man entered the
car and Mary was forced to give up
her individual seat to him. He had
reserved the upper berth, which she
did not know. The giving up Of the
seat was for time enough food for
thought, but she finally burst out with
this question:
Mamma, II we sleep here, and all
those other people sleep where they
are sitting, where Is that man going
to sleep?"
"That man." and the rest in the car
laughed. The explanation process be-
gan all over again.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-10-05
AMERICAN FLYER COOL CHAP
British Aviation offieer Tells How One
Reported After Mixup With
"Eritx."

London.-"Those bally American fly
Ing chaps are a coolish lot said .
lieutenant of the Royal Flying corps,
back with about a pint Of German
shrapnel in his body.
"The other day one Of those La
Fayette boys ran afoul of q Fritz
archie and had to get to the ground
In hurry. He dropped near our aero
dromes and mussed things up bit.
After untangling himself from his ma
chine he limped up to our commanding
officer:
"'Are you the big noise around this
jointf he asked our brass hat.
No, sir, but am the commanding
officer here our chief countered.
"Well,' said the American, I've just
dropped In to tell you that I've sprink.
led gasoline all over your grass plot
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-10-05
GREAT GAINS TO LABOR.

Conditions In Shreveport, La, a dry
city, are thus described by Mr.. Thomas
J. Greer, president of the Louisiana
Federation Of Labor:
"Since the influence of the liquor
traffic has been removed from union
politics we have made tremendous
gains in Shreveport since the town
went dry in 1908. Membership In Ia
Dor unions has increased from 1880
to $500, and home-owners among
union men have increased 40 per cent.
The carpenters union has increased its
membership from IS to 1915.
When Shreveport was wet the paint
ers' union had IS members, working ten
hours day for $2.75. Today the paint
ers' union has 145 members, eight
hours a day and IS cents an hour. or
a scale Of $40 per day. BARRIERS have
shortened their hours Of labor, raised
wages continuously and have a 100 per
cent organization. A brewery under
the wet regime employed six non-union
brewery workers; today an Ice foe
tory at the same location employs 40
union ice workers."
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-10-05
FEW SITTING IDLY BY.

OF all the reasons that may be urged
against the use of alcoholic drinks
Especially during the WARP the two
that must appeal to physicians with
Irresistible force, are (D the action Of
alcohol in lessening all forms Of eff
cheney, physical, Intellectual and moral,
and (2) the intimate connection al
ways found between drinking, prostitu-
ton and the spread Of venereal dis
eases. The evidence against alcohol
on these accounts IL 50 overwhelming,
so well-established and so generally
known that It does not seem necessary
to 60 into details. Only the other day
an experiment was mentioned In the
Journal which showed that so grams
Of brandy caused depreciation in the
marksmanship Of expert shots Of 80
per cent in rapid firing and SO per
cent in slow firing. What sense is
there in training men to become eff
cient and then sit Idly by and let the
hard-won efficiency be taken away by
alcohol?-Journal Of the American
Medical Society.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-10-05
With the Fingers!
Says Corns Lift Out
Without Any Pain

Sore corns, hard cofns. soft corns or
any kind Of corn can shortly be
lifted right out with che fingers II you
will apply on the com a few drops Of
freezone, says a Cincinnati authority.
At little cost one Can get small bot
tie Of freezone at any drug store, which
will positively rid ene's feet Of every
corn or callus without pain or sore
ness or the danger Of infection.
This new drug is an ether compound.
and dries the moment 1t is applied and
does not infiame or even irritate the
surrounding skin. Just thinkl You
can lift of your corns AID calluses
now without a bit of pain or soreness.
II your druggist hasn't freezone he can
easily get small bottle for you from
bis wholesale drug house.-adv.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-10-05
Rat Deadly Disease Carrier.

Rat Deadly disease V0rfter.
The Spanish war developed the fact
that the mosquito was the carrier Of
yellow fever, writes e. W. Nelson in
the National Geographic Magazine.
Another type Of mosquito is known
to be the carrier of malaria. The Eu-
ropean war has brought to almost uni
versal public knowledge the fact that
body lice are carriers Of the deadly
typhus and many diseases are known
to be carried by other insects.
Among these deadly carriers Of
death and destruction none equals the
house rat in its tremendous drain on
the prosperity Of nations by its de-
struction Of food and other property,
while at the SHINE time it Is the dead
Hest Of all to mankind as a disease
carrier. Within historic times 1t has
caused the death of untold millions
of human beings through its dissent
nation Of the bubonlc plague.