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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
PERSONALS

Lieut.. William A. Kesselring visited
in the city with relatives and friends
enroute from Fort Worth, Texas, to
Wrightstown, N. j. Lieutenant Kes-
selrng has been recently promoted
and is now a first lieutenant. He WIFI
leave this evening for the sanitary
corps, national army evacuation hos
pitaI No. 10, Camp Dix. Wrightstown,
IN. ].
Miss Sadie Lagerpusch has taken a
government position and will depart
soon for Washington, D. c.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brannon of
Muscatne, Ia, motored to keokuk.
today Mr.. Brannan is proprietor of
the Muscatfne News-Tribune.
Mrs. w. Frank Brown and children
of 31s North Fifth street, return ed
Monday after a visit in Augusta Ill.
Frank H. Dwyer of Kansas City.
has returned to his home after a ten
days visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H LaFranz and
two children who have been spending
two weeks with Mrs. LaFranz's pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Starr, 312
South Eighteenth street, left today
for their home in Chicago.
c. w Hamill OF Chicago, H., EN-
ployed at the Postal Telegraph Co, is
visiting his mother, Mrs. Dick OShea,
1920 Main street
Miss Lenora Suter, of Kansas City,
! is a house guest at the home OF Mrs.
! A. N. Rowan, 211 Blonde1u street.
| Barney McNally and Miss Lenora
Suffer- spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. D. c. Martin, in Fort Madison.
| Miss Anna Belle Donnolly and Mr..
! Clyde Sanderson, of Fort Madison,
spent Sunday with Mrs. S. Windsor
and Miss leila Donnelly, of 306h
Main street Mr.. Sanderson leaves
Wednesday for military service in
Gergia.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
KERENSKY
IN AMERICA
Former Russian Leader Said to Have
Reached Here After Exciting
Trip Through Danger
Zone.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, July 30.-Alexander
Kerensky is in America, according to
a private message here. Gunners
Mate John Haggerty, wiring William
Burquest, editor of a Chicago trade
paper, says the former Russian pre-
mier made the trip on his ship-one
of the convoy in which the torpedoed
Justicia started.
Kerensky was calm throughout the
U boat feets attack, Haggerty said
The message read:
Passenger with Kerensky on -
attacked off Irish coast afternoon
Great liner Justicia tor
pedoed Attacked again at midnight
same day. No casualties. Kerensky
calm. Travelling incognito."
Haggerty's message was sent from
New York.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
KEEP STAMPS,
INGLE ADVISES
War Savings Chairman Of City Says
Person Who Converts Them
Into Cash Now 10
Oisloyai.

Don't cash your war savings
stamps" admonishes J. p. Ingle, city
chairman of the Iowa war savings
committee.
the committee viii use thorough
methods to hold to a minimum the
conversion of war savings stamps
into cash, the Keokuk chairman says.
A few persons in Keokuk have
cashed their stamps.
Arrangements have been made to
secure from the postoffice the names
Of persons who have resold their war
savings stamps. Each one of these
cases will be Investigated. Where It
is found that a person has suffered
financial reverses or illness, no fur.
Their action will be taken. In all in.
stances where it issfound that the
person who cashed in stamps is finan.
cially able to hold them, a complete
investigation as to the cause for cash
ing them will be made by both the
county and the state organization.
"a man who buys war savings
stamps with the direct intention of
later cashfng them is disloyal to the
government" said Mr.. Ingle.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
LABOR DAY TO
BE QUIET HERE
Lack Of Finances Will Prevent DEM
onstration In keokuk Says
One Of Union
Leaders.

Keokuk will have no Labor day
celebration this year is the belief OF
Councilman D. j. Hemmy, prominent
in union circles
1.-THE proper kind Of a celebration
would cost money and the Trades &
Labor assembly and the city have no
money with which to finance one,
Kenny said, today.
1t has been seven years since Keo-
kuk had Labor day celebration
That was when the Tri-city plan was
in operation, Keokuk, FIT. Madison and
Burlington alternating in entertaining
the Labor crowds each year and in
presenting program.
Many cities in the state and neigh
boring states are planning mammoth
parades and other features for Sep
TENDER 2, which is Labor Monday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
DRAFT AGE
TO BE CHANGED
Extension to Be Ordered by Congress
to Avoid Drawing Men From
Glasses Two, Three and

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
wASHINGTONN, July 30.-Senate
and house military committee mem
bers believed today congress will
pass draft age extension proposals
and that registration viii be accom-
plished in time to avoid drawing
upon classes two, three and four.
Opposition to lowering the ages
is gradually disappearing but a house
attempt to prevent men below Il
from being sent abroad is making
members agreeable to some form OF
universal training for men below this
age, making them available as train
ed soldiers when they come OF age.
Though no word has come from
Secretary Baker to indicate what
limits he will ask, there is a general
feeling on the hill that he will re-
quest registration of men 10 to 40,
or possibly As years of age. Men in
touch with the war department, how
ever, think the upper limit will more
than likely be around S. In this
connection 1t is pointed out that for
develop largely into work or fight
proposition, giving the war depart
ment considerable control-without
so labelling it-over the industrial
disposition of available men
This the department is anxious to
avoid.
The original class one will be ex-
hausted in September but there are
the June 21-year-olds to draw upon,
and it is expected that a new regis
ration of 21-year-oids will be held in
September. so that it is likely the
nation will tide over until congress
acts, without taking deferred class
members.
This means, however, that adoption
Of extension must be made and reg
istratiOn done before the first of the
year, according to the general view
Secretary Baker is working on a
survey of the industrial situation
with a view to determining what eff
feet age extensions would have on
vital war plants. He will be ready
with his conclusions by the time con-
gress returns.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
CONCEAL TRUTH
OF RETREAT
fContinued from page IL

Gates the Germans intended to hold
those positions.
The communicate declares with
drawal to the line between Fere7En-
Tardenois and Vile En- Tardenois
was accomplished Saturday night
without the knowledge of the allies
and that subsequent attempts to
storm the new positions were re-
pulsed.
Both the Paris conmunique and
battle front dispatches show the
Germans have been driven some dis
lance north Of the Ourcq from It's
source to a point west Of Fere En-
Tardenois, and that a sharp wedge
has been driven into the German
lines in the direction OF Fismes.
On the eastern edge OF the salient,
allied troops were reported fighting
in the southern outskirts OF Vile
En- Tardenois, while further progress
has been made between Ste Eu-
PHRASE and Bfigny, up the Ardre
river. This stream flows northwest
ward to Fismes.
An appreciate advance also has
been made on the western edge OF
the pocket above Oulchy-Lechateau,
where Grand Rozoy and Cugny were
captured, with $50 prisoners.
The presence of fresh Prussfan
and Bavarian guard regiments in
the fighting is accepted as admission
by the crown prince that the situa-
ton is becoming increasingly men
acing.
Berlin is Nervous
PARIS, July 30.-The new German
retreat in the Soissons-Rhefms peck
ct, which became known only yester-
day, caused extraordinary nervousness
among the population in Berlin and
throughout Germany, according to a
Zurich dispatch to the Journal today.
"The Cologne Gazette and the Lo
kal Anzeiger declare the loss OF
ground on the west front is unimport-
ant"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
Ouer There

Richard D. Jones, son OF Mrs, Gus
sic Jones, 1902 Blondeau street. has
had chance to see some of the Worlc
since he joined the marines year
ago. He is now located with the 35th
company u S. marines on st. Thorn
as, Virgin Islands, West Indies. There
are mountains back Of the town, a
wonderful harbor and two interest
ing old castiea-
He described these features IN let
ter which his mother has received On
their way to ST. Thomas the marines
visited Santo Domingo City, where
Columbus lived. The old church still
stands Mr.. Jones says, Columbus
bones are buried on this island.
His letter follows:
.'It was quite crowded on the o4o
tub, but we managed to reach here AZ
last after stopping about half dozen
places
AFTER we left Hampton roads we
stopped at Charleston as you know
where saw George and Willie ana
then we left there stopping at Puerta
Plata, Santa Domingo, very pretty
town at the foot Of a big mountain
.-The streets were very narrow and
the people mostly blacks. Then we
stopped at smaller places unloading
flour. Nearly all the towns were stu
ated at the foot of mountains except
Santo Domingo City, port OF PFince-
We stopped there three days. We OBJ
tanned liberty at five places and had
a very good time.
"Santo Domingo city is where Co
lumbus lived and the old church
where he worshipped is still there
His bones are buried IN this same
town. Another interesting feature was
an old mission built in 1897, some oiu.
'The island Of ST. Thomas is very
pretty, the town is like all west IN
dian towns The streets are narrow
and mostly blacks live here. The Dan
ish, too. inhabft the islands
Il am cooking and like 1t. OF course |
But we do not get as good things to
eat as we got In the states.
Fruit is cheap We bought bana: |
mas for five cents a dozen, pineapple
for five cents dozen. Then there are |
tropical fruits such as mangoes, alit
gator pears and Spanish apples, that |
are about like a pumpkin
There is a funny old castle here, !
well In fact two Of them. One castle
Black Boards. They are set in hills |
is called Blue Boards and the other
Black Boards. They are set on hills
about a mile apart These castles
iave great stone towers and LOOK
pretty from the bay.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
'SkEETER JIM"
AND COYLE GO
Superior Court Judge Releases Men
Held on Charge of Vagrancy
Because of Lack of
Evidence

James "Skeeter Jim" Simons and
Tony Coyle, held to the superior
court on charges of vagrancy, follow
ing arrest June %, have been re.
leased by Judge w. l. Mcnamara for
lack of evidence. Simons was said
to have a job as a "janitor in temp
brew bar and to be prompt in the
payment of his rent
Coyle, the court was informed,
bought refreshment business at
First and Johnson streets prior to
the time of his arrest.
Frank Brown, the third member of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
RUSSIAN SHIPS
ARE SEIZED
Czeeh-SIovak Troops Reach Black Sea
In Their March 70
Join British
Forces.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, July 30.-Czecho-
Slovak troops have penetrated to
the Black sea in southeastern Russia
and have seized two Russian cruisers
in the harbor OF Novorostok, accord
ing to authoritative advices reaching
here today.
This word is the first indicating the
presence OF Czech-Slovaks so far south
in Russia. The opinion was held at
Headquarters Of the Czech-S1ovak ma
tional council that the operations were
those of detached Czech bands. who
were feeling their way southwark in
an attempt to get to Franco
Mush Importance was attached to
the despatch as the possibility was
indicated that the fighters might join
the Russians battling the Turks in
Trans Caucasia and form union with
the British forces in Mesopotania.
A Russian campaign with this OBJ
jective was rapidly nearing success
when the Russian collapse came.
Adyices state that the guns of the
cruiser were turned on the Bolshevfk1
garrison at Novorostock. Another de-
spatch reported the seizure OF an
armed steamer in the Volga river be-
tween Rybunskein and Astrachani by
the Czech-Slovaks.
The fan OF yfarka, an important
junction point on the Siberian rail
way, before the advancing Czech+Slo-
walks, is believed imminent.
The Czech-Slovaks apparently are
pressing boats into service to carry
supplies up the volga river toward
viarka from the western base OF the
forces at Kazan. It is declared that the
plan of the Czechs in this region Is
to reach the Thurman coast
Colon ell Hurban of the CZech-Slovak
forces in Siberia is expected In
washington in few days to confer
with DR.. T. G. Masarysk commander
in chief of the Czechs and chairman
of the Czechs-Slovak national council.
Colonel Hurban started to the
United States to make an appeal for
facilities to get troops
to France, but It is understood recent
change in far eastern conditions will
cause him to make other recommends
tons.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
Late Market Quotations

$SO.55. '
Refined. steady. Cut loaf, 50 On.
crushed, $S.75; powdered. s7.65; gran
ulated, $3.50
Coffee Rio No. z on spot, sac.
Tallow quiet. City. 17Ac; special
Hay. firm No. 1. s1.s5@l.4o; Nal
8. 8Oc@S1.15; clover, 75c@$1.35.
Dressed poultry. dull. Chicken
broilers, 37@5oc; fowls. 2e@ssc
ducks. 36c.
Live poultry. fm Geese, ,oc
ducks, 27@3sc; fowls. s7c: tnrke,sl
broilers, 35@39c.
to special 21@26Ac; SKINS common
to specials, 5@20kc.
Butter. steady: receipts. s,N1 |
Creamery extras, 44A @45c; datry|
tubs. 36@45c: imitation creamery
firsts, 37@38c. 1
Eggs, unsettled; receipts, 1s,5ss
Nearby white fancy. 5s@649 nearby
mixed fancy, 3s@47c;. fresh 47c. I
Chicago Produce.
CHEANiO, July SU - Butfer-|
Creamery extras, 4s3ac; creamery
standards, 44c; dairy extras, 413t al
43c; dairy firsts. 39@41c. Il
Eggs Ordinary firsts, 35h@I
36hc; ffrsts. sS@38hc,
Cheese-Twins. 24@2f3tc: Young
Americas, 25h@e6c-
Potatoes 2k ears. Wr|
g1nias, per barrel. $5.50@s.eo; new
potatoes, $2.4O@2.60.
Live poultry Fowls, 2s@2sc;|
ducks. 24c; geese, t6c; spring chick
ems, 32c; turkeys, Doc.
ST. Louis Horse Market
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, July 29-|
Horses-Heavy draft, $23o@2S0;
southerns, $115@130; eastern chunks
$150@1S5.
Mules---1s to. 1914 hands, $eo01
325; Is to 1914 hands, $14e0225; IA
to 1411k hands. $90@135.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30

xRiSe, fall. The river will remain
nearly stationary from Davenport to
KeoSuk during the next forty-eight
hours.
Weather Forecast
For Keokuk and vicinity: Fair to
night and Wednesday; warmer We'd
nesday.
For Iowa: Generally fair and
warmer tonight and Wednesday.
For Missouri: Fair tonight and
Wednesday; warmer Wednesday and
in northwest portion tonight
For Illinois: Fair tonight and
Wednesday; warmer Wednesday.
Weather Conditions.
There have been rains in the low
er Mississippi valley, which were
heavy at Nashville, and some scat
tered showers in the plains states.
From the lake region, where the
area of high pressure is passing this
morning, the weather is generally
fair and cool to the Mississippi val
ley, and the temperature is rising
slowly in the west
Local Observations.
July Bar. Tenn. Wind. WITH
29, p. m. 3O.02 II N Clear
Mean temperature yesterday, "a;
highest, "a; lowest, 81; lowest last
night, 60.
FRED z GoSEWISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
YANKEE FARMERS
DEFEAT PRUSSIANS
tContinued from page l.

who were near the front, hastii.
manned Fords and speeding to TIT
front, carried wounded from dress
ing stations to hospitals over road:
! that were constantly under bonn
bardment-
{ German airmen attempted to ham
! per the Americans by pouring ma
chine gun fire into the roads tonight
A number Of doughboys, in charge OF
| sergeant, turned their automatic
rifles upward and literally got Two
birds with one stone" They wound
ed the pilot of one machine, VINO lost
control and drove his plane into an
other. Both machines dropped near
the Americans.
The courage Of the Americans IS
almost incredible. In the face OF
rain of bullets from machine guns one
lieutenant led group against
Boche machine gun nest, but was
trapped in a position surrounded by
a score of guns. The Americans were
moved down until only the lieutenant
and a corporal remained unhurt. The
two returned to the American lines,
each carrying wounded man. They
went back three times and brought
in all the remaining wounded me
lieutenant who was hit six times
while rescuing his men, fell exhaust
ed at the dressing station when he
returned from his third trip.
Another group, charging machine
gun, dropped one by one until only
corporal was left He captured the
gun and killed the remaining Germans
with his pistol.
Pershing's Report.
WASHINGTON, July S0.-Report-
ing under date Of July 20, General
Pershing today declared that be-
yond the line of the Ourcq, heavy
counter attacks made by the fresh
troops of the enemy have resulted
in severe fighting.
4Sergy, taken by our troops yes
terday after having changed hands
four times, remains in our posses.
sion"
Draft Treaty Ratified.
WASHINGTON, July 80. = The
draft treaty between the United
States, Great Britain and Canada
was ratified today, making it effec-
tive Immediately.
The treaty ratified today provides
hat all Americans between q and
81 in Great Britain and Canada shall
be subject to compulsory military
service there unless they will leave
within sixty days, and all British
Ind Canadians in the United States
between 81 and A shall be subject
10 the selectiye service law. The
3nly exception in the case of British
srs or Canadians is that those who
nave declared their intentions of be-
coming citizens of the United States
nave sixty days to. enlist here with
he British or the Canadian forces.
The treaties exempt Lrishmen and
Australians, but provide that if COM
yulsory service is later extended to
,hese countries, 1rishmen and Aus
:ralians here shall come under the
.erms Of the treaty. 1t also provides
hat if the United States extends the
iraft ages, the new age limits shall
apply in the case OF Americans in
Great Britain and Canada
Wounded Men Bayonetted.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
N FRANCE, July 29.-(Night)-In
7illage taken and retaken several
lines, finally remaining IN American
boys found several com
AIDES who had been bayonetted and
dI1ed by the Huns as they lay
wounded and helpless.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
Steel Corporation Dividend.

limited Iress Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK. July 3O.-The regular
quarterly Dividend of IL per cent and
an extra dividend of three per cent
were declared here today by the bo7rd
of directors Of the q. S. Steel corpor-
alton. The corporations net earnings
or the quarter ending June go last
with $90,716,2 $50 for taxes deducted,
amounted to SO. 55T391 AGAINST $685.
9S1,424 for the first quarter of this
year.
Tie net earnings for the correspond
ing quarter year ago were $50, 579,-
204
The regular quarterly dividend of
Ia per cent on preferred stock also
was declared.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
CITY NEWS.

Miss Evelyn Tate, who is in
training at st. Joseph's hospital, has
made application to enter the service
as army nurse after her graduation
from that institution November l. She
is from Silver City, New Mexico. Miss
Tate has volunteered for foreign serv-
ice
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
All Material DESTROYED.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. I
AMSTERDAM, July 30.-"All ma
terial was destroyed before we pre-
pared retirement to positions near
Fere En- Tardnois and Vile En- Tar
denois," a semi-oficial despatch from
Berlin stated today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
BURLINGTON Boy browns.

BURLINGTON. July S0.-Leo AL
brecht, l. years old, was drowned Sun
day afternoon at Crystal lake three
miles east of Burlington. The boy mis-
calculated the depth of the water in
diving an dstruck his head on the bot
tom, rendering him unconscious.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
HUMAN MONKEYS
ANNOY CITY
Merchants Store Awnings Torn Down
by Vandais Who Swing on
Them at Night
Tina

City officials are wrathy at young
vandaIs, youths from sixteen to
twenty years and older men who
swing on awning rods in front of
business houses, at night and on
Sunday.
Numerous complains have been
made to the council about the prac-
tice, but thus far the police have
been unable to catch the monkey
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
Bed Cross to Siberia.

TOXIC. July 29.-Three officials of
the japanese chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross left today for Vladi-
vostok They VIII investigate a plan
for American Red Cross aid for the
Czech troops in Siberia
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
CITY Council Makes Announcement
Late Today That Increases in
Two Departments Will
be $1,000.
FINANCES ARE TIGHT
Action Result OF Petitions OF Patrol
men and Pjpenen for Better
Wages, Officials
Say.

Increase in pay is to be given to
members of both the police and fire
departments, members of the city
council announced late today.
The advancement which becomes
effective August I, will mean an ad-
ditionaI expenditure of slightly more
than $1,000 a year. Mayor Ed. S.
Lotion said. The men in the depart
ments will receive the money as
bonuses.
These salaries were agreed upon in
a resolution drafted by G. l.. Norman.
city attorney, and approved by the
council:
Fire chief, SIS additional money.
Police chief, SIS additional.
Fremen, $3.50 increase or $3.50
month.
Patromen, $3.50 Increase or $3.50
a month.
Jail keeper, $3.50 Increase.
The fire fund as estimated for the
year is exhausted, council members
said, necessitating the payment of the
money to the men in the departments
as war bonuses instead OF straight
salary increases.
The first bonuses will be drawn by
the men August 81.
What They Asked.
Firemen asked for sS5 a month, to
become effective July 81 in a petition
they recently presented to the coun-
GIL
Police who petitioned for an in
crease some time urevious to that of
the firemen, asked for no specific
amount, but stated that the high cost
of living made better salaries an i'm
perative need.
Both Mayor Lotion and Councilman
u. J. Hemmy Of the public safety de-
partment said tt, the city was doing
the very best it could by the men,
considering the state of finances
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-30
Killed in Auto Accident

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. !
BREST, France, July 30.-Lieut.
Warren Harries, son of the American
commandment at Brest, is dead here
as the result of an automobile acct
dent in which his machine over
turned