The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-11

Three Salvation Army girls today
walked unconcernedly along shell
swept road with high explosive shells
brea king sometimes within fifty yards
of them.
A pretty girl from Poughkeepsie,
~ Y, asked permission OF an officer
to allow them to operate a Salvation
Army hut in the village which is
bombarded daily by the enemy.
II admire your pluck" responded
the officer. I'm accustomed to see
ing men killed in action, but l never
want the blame of fine American
girls death on my conscience. You'll
have to remain in the rear"
The Salvation Army girls, deeply
disappointed, returned to another
battered village three miles from the
front where they are rapidly winning
Sammies from the Y. M. G. A. with
hot doughnuts, apple pies and home
made fudge, at rock bottom" prices.
81 The Boches today again bombarded
certain engineer and artillery posi-
lions.
After seeing high explosives fur
rowing afield, two hundred yards
away, seeking an American battery
which was not hit-a party of en-
gineers ceased work and ducked into
their dugouts. But ambulances con.
tinued scurrying along like, water
beetles across pond. One artillery
man was killed and three were
wounded by Boche she'll which
struck near an artillery position,
catching some gunners as they were
walking along an open road.
Americans on List.
OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 1.-THE fol-
lowing Americans are mentioned IN to-
days Canadian casualty list ISSUED by
the records Office here:
Wounded-J. Dining, Spring Hill,
Mich; ]. Hausle, Leroy, N. D.
Gassed-W A. Baird, Bremerton,
Washn.; B. W. Ouimette, Huron. s. D.
Died-F. T. King, Berkeley, Calf
Australians Take Prisoners.
LONDON, Feb. IA successful
raid on German positions southeast
of Messines by the Australians was
reported today by Field Marshal Haig
In addition to inflicting other cas-
ualties, the Australians brought back
twenty-eight prisoners.
In the Merckem sector, a Belgian ma
troll Saturday night successfully at
tackled a hostile post. killing the en-
tire German garrison and capturing a
machine gun
Russia Has Quit.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 1.-THE Rus
sian Bolshevik government has def
nitely withdrawn from the war.
ordering complete rehabilitation of
Russian forces on all fronts, it was
reported here today.
Dispatches received from Brest-
Litovsk declared that Leon Trotsky
Bolshevik foreign minister, while re-
fusing to sign a formal peace pact
asserted that "the war with the CEN
trail powers is ended"
German Sunday newspapers re.
ceived in Zurich from Stuttgart to-
day reported Imminent rupture of
Russo-German peace negotiations" at
Brest-Litovsk.
This may Indicate that Trotsky to
save Russia from the threatened Ger
man invasion and in the face of what
evidently amounted to an ultima tum
from the central powers, ordered
complete withdrawal of his country
from the war.
While minor factions favor contin-
uance of the fighting. and may still
give the Teutonic armies some
trouble. through guerilla warfare, the
Bolshevik control is so overwhelming
that If the Amsterdam report is true
Russia apparently is through as a
factor in the conflict
Mutual ArtiIIerying.
PARIS, Feb. 11-There was mu.
tual artillerying along the north bank
of the Meuse last night, the official
communique announced today
Intermittent French patrolling'
occurred north of the Aisne at Cor
beny and Juvincourt.
Prisoners were taken by the French
near Appendicitis, in Upper Alsace.
German War Report.
BERLIN, Feb. 11-German recon
noitering expeditions in Flanders and
In Lorraine brought back some prison
ers, the war office announced today.
No Immediate Drive.
LONDON, Feb. 11.-There is no in
dication of an immediate great Ger
man offensive on the west front. &C
cording to the military cores pondent
of the Express.
u indications are, he said today that
the present conditions will last for at
least a fortnight.
From authoritative sources it can
be stated, the correspondent declared,
that the transfer of German troops
from the east to the west front is not
faster nor greater than anticipated.
The Franco-British forces in rifles
and guns are slightly superior to the
Germans, excluding the Americans,
Belgians and Portuguese.
Killed by Mistake.
by J. w. Pegler, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
IN FRANCE, Feb. 10-(Delayed)- An
American private, mistaken for a
Bosche in the dark, was shot and
killed by one Of his own patrols Fri
day night. following the patrol en-
II.