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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-10-22

You should buy Liberty Bond and help de- feat the worlds greatest murderer.
 All the criminals and ravagers of the earth since time began will hand the arch-fend's laur- els to the modern Mailman who "blasphemously claims partnership with God'
 Caesar slew his thousands; Atilla with fire and sword swept tens of thousands into eternity; then came TiMur-
 'Who built his ghastly tower
 Of eighty thousand human skulls
 Hundreds of thousands of homes were des-
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-10-22
PROBABLY 160 KILLED

CHRISTIANIA, Oct. 22.-Oficials estimate that probably 160 were killed when the convoy of the merchant fleet was sunk last Friday
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-10-22
KERENSKY SAYS NEVER

F PETROGRAD. Oct. 22.-Pfes- 1 ident kerensky in a speech Sat 1 F urday before the war council de t clared that as much as Russia t wanted peace: she would never
 t bow to force. and that peace
 t would come through the defeat of
 t the enemy.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-10-22

CAMP LEWIS, Oct 22.-Thirty thousand visitors in last review bade final farewell to the soldiers yester- day.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-10-22
RUSSIANS ARE CAUTIOUS

PETROGRAD. Oct 22.-Every mum ition plant in the city is being moved out on account of fear of attack from Zeppelins. Every precaution is being taken
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-10-22

BATAVIA, Java, Oct 22.-Professor Soltesz, a well-known Austrian scien- tist and explorer, has been murdered
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-10-22
FOOD RioTING REPORTED

E WASHINGTON. Oct. 22.-Dis- + ' patches from Rome received here + E tell of several food riots having <
 + occurred the last few days at < i. Vienna. Budapest. Prague and + % other places; where it is said <
 E many women and children were + ! shot and killed. < F <
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-10-22
NOTICE

Don't forget that the contribu- : tion box is ready for whatever ! you desire to contribute; from a . penny up. No limit. The pur- . poses appear on the printed card. !
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-10-22
MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
 SOTTHBOJJND.

Mariposa Tuesday. City of Seattle Wednesday. Jefferson "Wednesday.
 NORTHROITNn Princess Alice Monday night. Alaska Friday. Humboldt Friday. Spokane Friday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
MEAT TRUST IS
NATIONS LEECH
Trade Commissions Foou
Probe Intends to Expose
Packers Combine and
Smash it.
RELIEF FOR THE PUBLIC
Butter, Eggs, Poultry and Other Food.
stuffs Said to be Controlled
and Juggied by
Trust.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, Dec. "a To
smash the hold Of nation wide
meat trust which is leeching the
American people, was learned today
to be the objective OF the federal
trade commissions food probe.
Sway Of the trust extends from the
cattle ranches right through the
packing houses into the open market
in an amazing network of controlled
banks. stock yards, railroads, middle
men, It is charged.
Many canned staples besides meat
as we'll as butter. eggs, poultry and
other foodstuffs have been controlled
in the same way, largely by the same
interests. 1t will be developed.
Swollen profits from food gamb-
ling. secret interlocking control, doc
tored entry books, dummy stockhold-
ers and all the camoufage of fren-
zied finance will be uncovered by the
investigation, according to Its back
ers.
Evidence obtained by the commits.
sfon's investigators Is already being
used by the Hoover food adminfstra-
ton to protect the public. When the
inquiry is finished, officials predict
the final result will be permanent
relief for the public from the past
oppressive measures.
f. w. Croll. confidential agent for
]. Ogden Armour, was to resume the
stand at today's session. His stone
wall reserve and crafty fencing
against questions drew hot attack
from Special Examiner Heney.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
All Under Four Years Of Age
Have Perished Since Ooun-
try Came Under the Heel
Of Kaiserism.
PADEREwsK1's STORY
So Called Christmas Peace Terms by
Germany Are LaughIess Joke,
Polish Leaders
Say.
lBy George Martin. United Press

CBy George Martin, United Press
staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-The
kaiser's so.called Christmas peace
terms are laughless joke as far as
Poland is concerned, Polish leaders
said today.
Chief among them was the cele-
brated Polish pianist. Pawerewsh.
organizing genius of the Polish
American army in France, with
headquarters here.
Mobilization and training this army
in the United States and Canads
went right ahead today, ob1ivious OF
the Teuton cry through neutral
voices of IAN independent Poland
under Austrian suzerainty."
IT will show the kind of nation
under whose heel 1t is suggested that
Poland shall live" said Paderewski,
"and you will see why 1t can never
be-"
He told how all the Polish chill
dren under four years of age have
died of starvation under the Austro-
German occupation. Also how the
invaders advertised that all the chill
dren between five and eleven In a
certain town were starving, called for
farmers 10 take care OF one 6aCn
and then when the farmers volun-
teered, kept the children in the
cities and fined the farmers for
boarding food.
"The German authorities in that
town." said Paderewsk, published
In the papers and on bill boards the
statement that these children were
dying; that they needed country air
and that 1t was hoped volunteers
would come forth from the farms
and take child each and save them
all
THE people in that part Of Poland
had already had the actual amount
OF food they could consume outlined
to them by the German governme ent.
But on the farm there is always the
chance Of getting an egg here, and
sparing little more milk there, the
farmers thinking they could manage
to take care Of child each, came
forward to the number of 800
Every one of the 500 was fined
for boarding food and not one of the
children was sent out from the
cities"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
Plenty Of Real American To,
bacco Has Arrived for Sam
mics Christmas Smoke.

stBy ]. w. Pegler, United Press Stan
Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
| I'M FRANCE, Dec. 22.-APart OF the
Sammies will have their Christmas
turkey and mince pie even II the
special Christmas shipments OF those
products have not yet arrived.
The quartermaster's department
did a careful job at figuring To-Day
and announced there was just aoou.
enough turkey and mince meat lel1
over from Thanksgiving to feed !oo,,
900 men. Who the lucky hundred
thousand will be was an all-aosorp-
Ing topic of interest today.
However, the quartermaster is en-
deavoring to make up the deficiency
by purchases of delicacies from the
French. Such plan will not re-
duce the French food supply, because
the delicacies will>b be merely borrow
Cd and when the American supplies ar
rive they will be turned over to the
French.
Headquarters reversed itself in
ruling today permitting Sammies TO
cable Christmas greetings hope. Inc
h rate, however, will be the regular
commercial one instead of the special
lower one heretofore in effect and II
was temporarily suspended.
One certain town in the American
zone" is to have an elaborately ar
ranged Christmas. French women
Today completed Santa Claus suit
IN which staff colonel will mas
querade and distribute gifts pur.
Chased by money contributed by the
americans to about fifty war waits,
sor the most part the youngsters are
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
Some Progress in Lively Fight
ing Reported as Second
Days Drive Against
Teutons.
CHECK COUNTER BLOWS
British Repuise Raiders While th9
French Engage in Artillery
Duel With the
Enemy.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
ROME, Dec. 22.-"Some progress
in lively fighting in the Monte Aso-
lone region was reported in today $
official statement, marking the sec
ond day of the Italian offensive.
The war Office reported hostile
counter blow had been checked in
stantly. Press dispatches from the
front today described the battle as
proceeding as almost continuously
with the Italians greatly stimulated
by their victories SO far.
AT Osteriaillepre an enemy der
tachment attempted to break into our
entanglem ents and was driven back
in brisk rifle fire." the war Office
continued.
"At Monte Solarlolo an enemy sur
prise attack was completely crushed,
by hand bombs in a lively engage-
ment"
Americans on List
OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. 22.-The fol-
lowing Americans appear In today's
casualty lists
Wounded-E. Morrown, Towner.
N. D.
Gassed-P. G. Lewis. San Fran
cisco.
ul-A Darlington. Los Angeles.
Three Deaths in France.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-F4rSt
Glass Private Harold Ainsworth in ths
Signal Enlisted Reserve corps, was
killed in an aeroplane accident abroad
December 10, the war department an
,1ouace.s. His father, Albert Aims
worth, lives at 223 Kenyon avenus.
Swarthmore, Pa.
Two deaths from natural causes
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
ONLY ENOUGH MINCE PIES
TO FEED 100000 MEN
refugees from devastated

orphans, refugees from devastated
regions.
Great quantities of mail continue
to pour into the training zone. The
Sammies are contentedly smoking
real American cigarettes and Amerl-
can tobacco in their pipes. There
are number of excessively shiny
checked Americans attesting to the
assiduous use Of Christmas razors.
General Pershing's orders to safe
guard the morals of his American
fighters as reported in yesterday
dispatches, is not an entirely new
regulation. Emphasis was laid today
on the fact that American military
nolice for several months have been
keepine Sammies out of certain pro-
bibited and restricted zones In sew
eral towns. The latest orders serve
as forcible reminder to the men OF
their commanders determination to
safeguard the army's morals and
sobriety against the misconduct of
the inevitable few who, II not held
under restrictions, might taint the
whole army.
Every effort is being made to 10
cate immoral resorts throughout the
zone. especially at seaports and all
such automatically are placed out OF
hounds for soldiers. Full descr1p-
t;ons of all resorts is posted on bull
1atin boards of every units head
quarters.
II became known today that some
t;me ago a number of American sol
diers" swapped" uniforms with some
noilus and thus endeavored to de-
-; +bo military police guarding q
certain prohibited section. me guard
saw through the scheme Both inc
Sammies and poilus were arrested
and punished. Both chapialns anu
medical officers are grained at the
sweeping provisions of General FER
shing's orders. They make arunken'
ness promptly punishable oy COM
manders.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
INVESTIGATION Of
ARMY AFFAIRS
Senate Probers Will Dig Into
Lewis Machine Gun Contro-
veasy as Next Step
In the Quizz.
ALLEGED PROFITEERNG
Red Tape Is Under Fire and It is Pro-
posed to Clip Many
Miles Of the
Stuff.
ALLEGED PRoFITEERNG

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Switching
It's fire from the quartermaster. gener-
al temporarily, the senate military
probers today proposed to dig into the
Lewis machine gun controversy. Col
l. N. Lewis, inventor of that gun now
used In Europe, was to tell his version
of the war department row which de-
layed selection of an official type of
gun until three months after the Unit
ed States was at war. Quartermaster
General Sharpe is expected to return
to the stand next week. Then the
committee will explore alleged profit
eering in the army as one cause of SER
fous delay. Facts in this line are
said to be startling. The inadequacy
past and present-in army clothing
is due for more thorough inquiry as
the committee is not entirely satisfied
with explanations to date Why shoes
and overcoats should have been too
small is something that Sharpe's ex-
planation to date has not entirely set
tied for all the probers. The investi-
has only started. The direct relation
between disease epidemics and lack
OF clothing are to be probed.
WHeH the uldlJeT OI CaHUOHIn60C con-
tracts and site selection is reported,
lit is likely that the medical depart
ment will come in for collateral fire.
as 1t is understood medical officers
thrice changed their recommends
tions as to floor space per man thus
causing serious delays and alter
ations in the work.
Red tape is under fire. The miles Of
1t binding up official Washington must
be cut, the probers say. They also
are in sympathy with the statement OF
Frank A. Vanderlip at Atlanta that
the nation must curtail it's purchases
Of non-essentials if the absolute es-
sentials are to be produced in time
and needed quantities.
Gun manufacturers sponsoring the
Browning machine gun are "foolins
the government" A. F. Borie, OF the
Savage Arms company, told the senate
investigating committee today. Borie's
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
PROHIBITION At
SPECIAL SESSION
If Governor Calls Iowa Assem-
bly, Next Month, He May
Find Some Trouble
on His Hands.
DRYs SEE OPPORTUNITY
Some Members Think Meeting Would
Be Merely to RatIy Some Billie
Harding Has
Drawn Up.
DRYs sEE OPPORTUNITY

UNITED Press Leased Wire Seruce.1
DES MONIES. Iowa, Dec. 22.-The
special session of the thirty-seventh
general assembly II called, may cause
some trouble for Governor Harding,
1t developed today that the COVER
nor cannot restrict the session to
considering any special business. In
his letter to the assemblymen Hard
ing indicated he wanted the legisla-
tors to consider only conditions grow
ing out of the war and to make
special appropriations for state insti-
tutions. He intimated that he would
not call the session unless the men
agreed to work only on these ques-
tions. However, some persons today
said the assemblymen might intro
duce various resolutions, namely pro-
hibition, under the broad head of war
measures.
The assemblymen in districts
around Des Moines have agreed to
limit the business of the session to
Governor Harding's request and they
think there will be little baking by
others. They say though, that many
of the assemblymen figure that by
merely passing bills Harding asks
for they will merely ratify bills he
may already have written.
1t developed today that the dry
forces, while not ready to ask for a
special session to ratify the national
prohibition amendment to the consti-
tuition, would take advantage Of the
special session now contemplated,
and seek to put through Iowa's en-
dorsement Of dry America.
OF couree the governor can veto
any m measures passed over his wishes
in the special session, but 1t is likely
the measures will be passed over the
veto.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
Injured by Fire Truck.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 22.-William
(brother Bid Gleason, shortstop for
the ST Louis Browns under the leader
ship Of Charley Comiskey, was in a
serious condition today as the result
Of being crushed under a fire truck.
Gleason is captain Of a fire engine
company here and was hurt as he at
tempted to lump" truck. He played
with the Browns from 1885 to 1887.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
Today's Bank Robbery,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WEST SALEM, Ohio, Dec. o.
Safe blowers early today dynamited
the safe and vault of the Farmers
bank here and escaped in an auto
mobile with $4,000 in papers and
bonds, according to President j. H.
Wiley, Of the bank. The explosion
jammed the inner door of the safe
and prevented the robbers from get
ting at many thousands Of dollars in
cash.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
Every Barracks Will Have a
Tree and Each Man Will
Be Given a Packet.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servlce.]
CAMP DODGE, Iowa, Dec. 22.-
The selective service men and of1-
GERS here who can't get home to eat
mothers plum pudding and help trim
the paternal tree are going to have
a feast in camp here Christmas day.
Every barracks will have a tree and
each man will be given a Christmas
package, the gift of the Red Cross
and Of local organizations.
General Getty, who has spent forty
army Christmas celebrations, is going
to make personal from the heart
talk" to his boys.
Company mothers are arranging
special features for their companies
and if any soldier is lonesome it is
because he can't enjoy foreign" hos
pitality
OF course there'll be turkey with
all the trimmings when the mess
call is sounded.
Guests Of Chicago.
CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-Fifteen thou
sand "home grown members of the
national army, from Camp Grant
Rockford. ILL.,, will be guests Of Chi
cago this afternoon and tonight. The
soldiers, starting their Christmas fur
Tough will be met at the railway
stations by reception committee OF
| 200 city officials and business mer
F! and number of bands. They will
| be given free admission to al
! theatres and movies. Hundreds O
auto owners have donated their ma
chimes and chauffeurs to give tn
men free rides.
reception for national army mel
will be held in the coliseum o.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
Bio counter erfeltina Plot.

UNITED Press Leased Wire service
NEW YORK, Dec 22.-What New
York police declare to have been one
Of the biggest counterfeiting plots in
years, was revealed here today follow
ing the arrest Of six men charged with
counterfeiting. and the seizure OF more
than S150,0OO in bogus notes.
The men, 1t is declared, had planned
to manufacture $1,000,000 in ten dollar
bills and sell them to Italian agents
in all sections of the country for IS a
note
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
War Reaches Tahiti.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.-War
has reached out to the romantic isle
of Tahiti in the south Pacific and
robbed it of all it's youths, 1000 of
whom are now fighting for France,
according to Countess L. Cassfan
who was in San Francisco from Ia
hitf today.
Many descendants Of the former
native rulers are included.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
Iowa Supreme Court Decisions.

Especial to The Gate CITY,
DES MOTNES, Dec. 22-Hobbs vs.
III. Central r. R. Co., Cherokee coun.
ty; affirmed.
Boyd VS.. Buick Automobile Co., ap-
pellant. Polk county; reversed and
remanded
In re-estate of Fenton, appellants,
vs.. Bridge, ct al, Linn county; modi-
fled and affirmed
Meyer, appellant, VS.. Stortenbroher,
Pottawattamie county; affirmed.
Watt. ct al. VS.. German Savings
Bank, ct al, appellants, Polk county,
affirmed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
Will Take Shriners Degree.
A MID McAtETHITR WACO

the speakers
Will Take Shrners Degree.
CAMP MACARTHUR, WACO, Tex
as, Dec 22.-One hundred and twenty
nine soldiers stationed here, most OF
them from Michigan and Wisconsin,
will tal1e advantage of their hoidi-
days furlough and go to Dallas.
where special arrangements have
been made to initiate them into the
mysteries of the Shrine degree.
Among them are two colonels, six
majors and a score of leutenants
and non-commissioned officers. No
charge will be made the soldiers for
the degrees.
Half of the troops stationed here
have been granted a furlough on
Christmas. The other half will be
given New Years.
Twelve Hundred in Hospital.
CAMP BOWIE, FORT WORTH,
Texas, Dec, 22.-With hundreds of
soldiers leaving Camp Bowie every
hour, this camp will be half deserted
by Sunday night. OF the $1,000 Sam
mics encamped here, $4,000 Will
spend Christmas at home. Nearly
10000 more will be given furloughs
on New Years Twelve hundred,
forming the one sad note to mar the
holiday season here, are in the divis-
ion hospital.
| 8
All Day Celebration.
CAMP FUNSTON, Kan, Dec. "a
Collection of special fund of $4,000
to be used for Christmas entertain
ment for the soldiers in cantonment
here has practically been completed
and plans are rapidly progressing for
an all day celebration that will have
something doing every minute of the
time.
The feature of the entertainment
will be roping contest and twenty
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
IMPORT From Petrograd Today
Tells Of Fierce Struggle
Between Armed
Soldiers.
)oLsHE'vIKI DEFIED
Dknlnian Forces on Rvmanian Front
Unite and Resume Fighting
Against Ger.
many.

~ Joseph Shapien, United Press
Staff Correspondent
eFOCKHOLM. Dec. ga great
attle In the streets of Petrograd was
p0fted from the Russian capital to-
81.
Four amy corps refused orders of
y Bofsheviki government to leave
b city. The Bolshevfki sent other
pops against them.
fAe fighting was stin in progress
the dispatch was sent from Petro-
pnrtAse details were not available.
eA1ll P1os,4 Germany.
011eO0RAD. Dec. 22.-Ukrainian
tces have taken over the Rumanian
a southwestern fronts and have
6ted under General Tcherbatcheff.
cording TO word received here today.
I'm ordered by the Bolsheviki govern
hsnk.
fInls may indicate early resumption
\ 1ghtin. against the Germans. The
lamanians were practically forced IN
y acQuiesoence with the Bolshevih
bfmistice plans beoause Russian troops
kttn them Joined the armistfce. The
tlrainians arc bitterly opposed TO the
polshsviki, and presumably also to the
eolshsviE separate peace plan.]
Plot 10 Discovered.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 21.-tdelayed,
sia London, Dec. 22)-Dscovery of
] widespread plot against the Bolshe-
siM government was announced by
the workman's and soldiers soviet to-
day.
Full details and documentary evi-
dence. which 1t was declared involved
many leading members of the cadet
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
Local observations.

| Business in the husband killing line
| grows apace in Chicago. Two more
wives indicted for murder lifts the
score to &c. Conviction score is a
| blank
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
CHRISTMAS AT CAMP DODGE
FOR THOSE STILL THERE

Christmas night. Governor Lowden
and Mayor Thompson will be among
the speakers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
THE WEATHER.
III. S. Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureaul


III. s. Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau.]
Weather Forecast.
For keokuk and vicinity: Increas-
ing cloudiness tonight; Sunday prob
ably rain or snow and somewhat warm
er.
For Iowa: Increasing cloudiness
and somewhat warmer tonight; Sun
day probably rain or snow somewhat
warmer east portion
For Missouri: Increasing cloudiness
and warmer tonight: Sunday unsettled
warmer east and south portions.
Weather Conditions.
The weather is more or less cloudy,
and somewhat cooler from the Rocky
mountains to the central valleys this
morning, with the field OF high pres
sure in the central valleys
A marked depression is following
from the northern mountain region
where the temperature is rising, and
there has been scattered snow on the
, boundary.
Local Observations.
! Dec. Bar. Their. Wind W'th'r
21 p. m. ...30.39 So NV Clear
! % Z a. m. ...30.39 81 NV Cldy
River stage at Z a. M, IL below low
water.
Change in "a hours, rise 9.
Mean temperature, 21st. SO; highest
| SO; lowest, 80; lowest last night, 80.
FRED q. GOSEWISCH,
| Observer
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22

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Nl1li PlQl,k Germany.

CONTINUED on page 2.)
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
Germany Wants Some Land.

ZURICH, Dec. 22.-"Rectiftcation
of the frontier is the invariable
phrase used by the German press in
discussing Germany's demands for
peace with Rdssia, according to copies
Of recent issues received here. A2
parently it was this demand for Rus
sian territory which caused the dead
lock reported at Brest Litovsk.