The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-03
AMERICAN ARMY
TO EUROPE THIS YEAR
beating down the German menace
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, Tor Lane today in speech opening
the -AmsricaRfEatio1 conference
here
1T is thin line that holds the
: kaiser back he said. .aut it Is 5ss.c
in which there IS more OF spirit al.
more OF resolution than in any line
the world has seen because il has
more TO live fog and more to die for
than any group of men ever gathereE.
Etosether-ard into this line we are
weaving our men in khaxt. Soys from
ECalfsorRia. and from Massachusetts
These are but an assurance. More
land more are 10 follow until tina. thin
line is made thick
< Lane declared gllitency in Russia,
! which caused Russia 20 fail to under
stand fully the processes Of freedom
and democracy had caused her down
/ fall. but that she would mend. He
pleaded that iiliteracy be wiped out
tof America and that national spirit
be injected into the melting pot
! Merging Of the polyglot mass Of
Americans into a unified whole will
make 8 new race, which will long
hold compelling place IN the world,
! he held
Baker Returns From italian Front
ROME, April 3--SecretarE Baker.
returning from the italian front.
visited Premier Orlando and ex-
pressed his admiration OF the Italian
army and the peoples spirit OF resist
ance- He said America is proud TO
have Italy as an ally in lighting for
civilization, right and Justice
No Casualty Lists.
WASHINGTON. April s.-Publica-
ton OF casualty lists from the war de-
partment was stopped today. the d.
rect result OF Secretary OF War
Bakers message decreeins that
American headquarters news could
come only from the American head
quarters in France.
No list will be issued TO-DAY and
none viii come from the department
unless the ruling Is modified.
President Wilson may take a hand
in the situation himself, so that the
list may be announced as usual
Acting Chief Of Staff March held
that Bakers order prevented the de-
in as much as IL concerned persons"
under headquarters Jurisdiction The
Baker order said news Of persons and
policies under the Psshing expedition
should be announced solely By Perish
iug's headquarters
As result o. this order. the COM
uunique from General Pershfus as TO
west front movements can De given
ont only al headquarters ana not here.
The tendency viii Be 70 stop news
which has filtered through TO Wash
inEor
General Marchfs strict tutsrprets-
ton on casualties Is considered by
some other army men 10 exceed The
spirit Of tie Baker message Z ts /,
pointed CIT that announcement OF
Casualties co1l6 be handled EFFICIENTLY I
OILY - TIE var department Press
and newspapers cocld not !
oaNa1 cable facilities tS- handling
Ils Ez-ze Es-s which are anticipated (.
s1sc-- Ee-ce t1s r-ltaE - Il ZOE SANDS
practically -azs that 10 Casualty I
Ell b. ztEsz 10 tie AMER I
ca zEs.sc css- tkG ta1fvstuzl no.-
5-ss 70 -sr q kin q t1s deceased.
T~- s,@ Eaf- Nst5cn Men
WASHINGTON. Ag-I ANY In
c-=zass 5-ss-s<. In AEs-icz's army, no
a-s- noE Esz- cAa lie furnished
s--.--s=-szz-sEv. officials q he u-orost
.assaT Il
we .zrs : graf -ese--ui- o. urac-
.ss-=z-EET /. sa-g Etes physically IT class one
-z -@Z5r 70 &c -troEr into The fight
y t5s s1gE @ IL order . high Off 4
IA zzzs
Otter E5tcz-s5 they believe an (
--ezss Il tze rz1he- 20 be called
a5z pear zzF - announced soon
~L-=-S-z #oGl6 De surprised az the
'ss-G-E o. III. year" said one 4.
SeTs-z2 -nsre t-zt- calls, not incfud-
e -Es --soctizs-5on q $500 fighters 1
Ii 500 SPECIAL szEielts. are iumt-
l-- Ttsse VIII D. sent out this week
o. k-ge z~5s- 81 specialists.
Eez1E:zfTs The great card index Of
--zEfs<z-So1z "a cetag r1zhed 70 con
EsEso- Il p-eparstLoa for any olgrg-
TT Sez-iT ali cle class one nen .
~ ZOE iEdezed ard many Of the d.
e-=d cizsses. the total today being
~, ~.
Cards are being received q. The !
ats Of I5Ssys1o : dzy ard f. ts hoped
0 conple.e the index Of s-9Go, 800 reg
stran;s this month
On Casualty LIST. ,
OTTAWA Ont, April THE fol :
1-!ng Americans we're mentioned IN :
,tay's Canadian casualty list: K
Missing:
Earle u Marian Ihant. Oklahoma :
ity, Okla .
Aeutenznt JOIN GcConne. Chicago. (
Wounded:
Lieutenant VIM. C. Cutie. Riverside.
alir
Ill: b
James P Kelly. 81 Jozeph. No. 2
American Ivjstors
ZURICH. April 2-Anae-fcau 2yia- =
DIS are engaged in signal WORK On
he Austrian front, according 70 z dir !,
atch to the newgpape Iatraslzeant. .
THE cablegram does not make clear
neither the Austrian front referred 70
scans the Austrian forces in France =
r in Italy.
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