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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
DECISION ON
WESTERN FROM
Decisive Battle Of War Must Come
That Point, According
to Military Author.
tiles.
[By Henry Wood, United Press ST.
Correspondent

[By Henry Wood, United Press sta
Correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIE$
Feb. 10. (By mail)-Euro2ean md
tary authorities are now general
agreed that If decisive battle
ever fought in the present war,
must be fought on the western iron
According to them. the front
France must ever remain the suprem,
ly important one until the very ea
OF the war.
BY a decisive battle Is meant d
feat SO great that the enemy's arm
BIS no longer capable Of serious mi
tary effort.
In the present warfare OF attrta
such a decision, It IS estimated, is NJ
so likely to come as result OF supe
Tor strategy as from some long draw
out contest like the battle Of y
Somme OF that Of Flanders in who
1.-THE enemy's forces are gradually WoI
down till the breaking point is reae
ed.
But even IL the decisive batu
comes in this manner, the sratess
insist that 1t still can only come
the front in France. II such, De 10
case, American troops may yet nav
the opportunity of participating IN y
greatest and most important patIie
the world.
Germany's central position, accoN3
ing to the st1-ategists give her
vantages in the matter OF strategy
and quick railway communication ~, ,u
render it impossible for the aln
successfully to meet her on an! j
the other fronts. ..,l
According to the strategists' 81
egg is a very simple thing-to uhu'
stand. It's underlying pr1ncipe ).
merely that of concentrating
maximum force on the front VIII
the enemy's defeat will De a'0enO
with the most decisive results
Unfortunately. however, an "a.
not only has to be concentrated oas
has also to be fed. watered' clo.n
and furnished with arms ana ln"
tions. The all important queslu.,
where the big strategic concentIa1s]
lis to be made Is therefore lareels y
pendent upon which side posses .ai
the quickest and most lines Oh 1
ways and ntcatons WIN Nv, s
to keep the army in fighting u,
And it is from this all llhp" M
noint of view that Germany III
sesses an insnrmountaple au hot Il
upon all the fronts except Ui
France. ,,,oe FOL
Germany's strategical advartase rs1
moving troops to and from 'p so1,oyI
ions fronts. is shown by the i''''
ing comparisons: flor Ged
From lille to the PiaVe lo' raj
man troops(. 700 miles; IRON sh In glsa
to the Piave (for Frenci'-N"
troops), $50 miles. tino fol
From Colmar to the lre4 naIsort ID
Germans) $40 miles; from be,.V 50I
the Trentino (for allied u00pD'
miles. ,r.o for thd
Germans) 1850 miles; from nv ses,|
Salonika (for allies, paruy "
- From Lille to Jerusalem from ntos I'D d
Germans. 2,7GO miles; from > SOD
Palestine front (for allies''
miles. ,..,u front (fol
Germans) 1910 miles; from aeo miles
Tigris front for allies, o's spont (foi
From Lille to Russian .u, - Srras d
Germans), 1880 miles; froa,n IRON 10
Russian front (now lmpo''
allies). Tan front ttoI
From Lille to Roumanlsan ., :, lille u
Germans) 1850 miles; IRON ssible ~
Roumaniant front lnoW iinf
allieO.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11

Receipts from the sale of timber in
the national forests in the last fiscal
year tota1ed 1852, 500. Fees for the
grazing of livestock amounted to ST.
54S,794, and, with other receiptS
made a grand total of income from
Uncle Sans wood lot of $3,457,02
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
Army Surgeons at Camp Dodge Find
Little and Big Jobs Waiting
for Them In New
Contingents.
MUST HAVE OPERATIONS
Board of Three Surgeons Makes E%'
animation and Then Decides
What Must Be
Done.

Thirteen percent or nearly 1.5oo
of the last $4,000 arriving at Camp
Dodge will have to undergo couIse
OF medical treatment or be operated
upon to make them fit for service In
the national army.
The division surgeon so reported
to Washington yesterday. The meal
cal department found that hammer
toes, flat feet, varicose veins. tonsll
and ear trouble and hemmorolds
were the defects in most cases, Whlle
other operations of more delicate
nature will be necessary In some
cases.
Formerly when an operation en-
tailed the risking of soldiers Hfe
he was discharged, but In the present
world conflict he must undergo inc
operation if board of three sur
geons decide that he can be fitted for
the service 1t is said that undoupt-
eddy it will be found advisable TO
discharge a number of these men.
Volunteers From Minnesota.
Lieutenant Paul Kerfoot and thirty
members of the Second Minnesota
artillery Of ST. Paul, preferring TO
take their chances in the national
army to being held at home await
ing orders, have arrived at Camp
Dodge and were mustered into SER
vice. Lieutenant Kerfoot was as
signed to the quartermaster's corps
and the balance went to the Three
Hundred Forty-ninth and Three Hun
dred Fiftieth infantry.
The Second Minnesota was author
ICED by the war department and or
ganized at the outbreak of the war.
A decision from Washington was
asked. Instead of waiting for de-
cision whether or not they were sub
ject to draft, they packed up, said
good-by to the Second Minnesota and
came on.
Draft Still incomplete.
| Minnesota is still 658 men short on
the last draft. A wire was received
from the adjutant genera! March 3
| that these men would be sent on
but no men have arrived and draft
boards will be asked to come through
! In some instances boards haven't
sent single man.
| Every man in the Eighty-eighth
division will be examined by the
medical department as quickly as
possible to locate meningitis and
diptheria carriers. Fifteen hundred
have been examined the past two
days and of this number, it is said
four carriers were found. They were
Immediately sent to the base hos
pitaI
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
SECRETARY OF WAR
NOW IN FRANCE;
CONTINUED from page L.

President Poincare, officers from the
American embassy and General Per-
shing and General Bliss.
Baker was driven to the Crillon ho-
tel, where he expected to see Presi-
dent Poincare this afternoon, going
later on tour of the fronts, especially
American sectors and training camps
of the Sammies.
The war secretary's passage across
the Atlantic was uneventful
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
Weather Forecast.

&c hours.
Weather Forecast.
For Keokuk and vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Tuesday; warmer
tonight: colder Tuesday.
For Iowa: Partly cloudy tonight
and Tuesday; probably unsettled north
portion; warmer east and south por-
lions tonight; colder Tuesday after
noon; strong shifting winds
For Missouri: Partly cloudy to-
night and Tuesday; warmer tonight;
colder Tuesday; strong southwest
winds becoming variable.
Weather Conditions.
The cold wave has moved east of
the central valleys, and the tempera-
ture is rising thence westward TO the
Rocky mountains.
In the mountain and plateau regions
the weather is unsettled with depres-
sion in Montana. where snow is, falling
this morning.
Local Observations.
March Bar. Their. Wind W'th'r.
10 p. m ;. .30.53 So Sc Clear
Ii a. m. 1925 SO e Clear
Mean temperature 10th, 49, highest,
80; lowest, II; lowest last night, SO.
FRED u. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11

took two prisoners and some machine
guns.
Northwest of LaBasse, an approach
ing party Of the enemy was driven off
by artillery and machine gun fire.
There was considerable mutual ar
tillerying southeast of Armentieres
early this morning.
Artillery Duel.
LONDON, March 11.-German and
British artillery is engaging in a ter
rife duel all along the British lines.
dispatches received from the front
today stated. In number of sec
tors, the Boche gunners are deluging
the British trenches with hail Of
shells from guns of all calibers.
British artillery is effectively re-
taliating against the German bat
teries, the dispatch concludes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11

Alexander Graham Bell recently
remarked that the world will prob
ably depend upon alcohol more and
more as time goes on, and that a
great field of usefulness is opening
up for the engineer who Will modify
our machinery to enable alcohol to
be used as the source Of power.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
enanish Cabinet Sticks.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
MADRID, March 1.-THE Spanish
ministerial crisis has ended. Marquis
Alhucemas remains as the chief of the
cabinet with all his old colaborers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11

SHiCdSO WASH ITdiV
CHICAGO, March 11.-Corn-No. 2
yellow, s1.71@1.75; No. 4 yellow,
s1.65@1.72; No yellow, $1.4o@
165; No. yellow. s1.S0@1.6O: No.
white, $1s5; No. white. S1.5S@
180; No. 6 white, s1.30@165; No. 5
mixed, $1.40@1.55; No. 6 mixed,
s1.30@1.53.
Oats-No. 3 white, 94hc; No. 4
white. 921a@941kc; standard, 94% @
951ac.
Peoria Grain.
PEORIA, ILL.,, March 11.-Corn-
Market 1850 lower. No. white,
sk75; No. 6 white, $1.65; No. vel
low, s1.66; No. 5 yellow, s1.54@1.62;
No. yellow, $154@1.55; No. 3 mixed
s1.70 bid; No. mixed, s1.54; No. 6
mixed. S1.48@152.
Oats-Market A@1Ac lower. No.
2 white, 9514c; No. 3 white, 94A O.;
standard, 1890.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11

cific will be completed next Mar,
when the service will be given Ii
homestedsr in the Haiku district :
the island of Maui, Hawaii.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11

St Louis is experimenting with
surrounding traffic policemen at night
with light thrown from searchlights
mounted on nearby buildings.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11

To Cure a Gold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
| (Tablets.) It stops the Cough and
Headache and works of the Cold. e.
w. GROVES signature on each box.
| soc.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
Local Observations.

The establishment Of the first
rural free postal delivery In the Pa
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
Turks Make Retreat.

LONDON, March 1.-The Turkish
garrison of Hit retired twenty-tw
miles after the British took the city,
IL was officially announced from the
Mesopotamian front today.
The Turkish halted at Khan-Bag-
dadi. British aviators dropped bombs
on the retreating enemy columns, In
fiicting heavy casualties.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
Grain Review.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
CHICAGO, Mar. 11.-Trading in
oats futures was very light on the
grain exchange today and prices Were
steady Oats movement appeared
equal to current requirements but not
sufficient to allow speculation.
March oats opened unchanged at
90, but subsequently gained ~.
May oats opened unchanged at 80 "a /,
but later lost hs.
March corn was not quoted. May
corn opened unchanged at 1878
and remand at that figure.
Provisions were steady
DAILY RANGE OF PRICES.
CHICAGO. ILL.,, Mar. IL
Open. High. Low. Close.
CORN
Mar 1.2s
May J. 1.27ss 1.27ss 1.a7A 1.27A
Mar. 90 9a1s erss e15s
May :. s9M s9B 1914 S9A
May !. 1855 4s.p 4s.55 1885
LARD
May 2s.1o ee12 $500 $500
July $3.50 1882 1922 26.2s
RIBS
May 25.1a 25.12 $500 $500
July 25.45 25.47 25.40 25.47
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
Preparing for War.

By Ralph II. IUTHtT, UHIIeu JTeSS
Staff Correspondent.
TOXIC, March 1IS-The govern
ment today introduced bill in the
diet authorizing the mobilization and
requisition for war purposes of all
factories producing war supplies.
The bill would place under govern
ment control all arms and ammuni-
ton factories, construction of war
ships and aeroplanes. all fuel stores,
clothing factories. fodder necessary
for the army and hospital supplies.
CONSUMPTION of labor to man these
factories is also provided in the
measure.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
On British Front. j..


Press Staff Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, March 11.-Superb
weather continued along the British
front today, with air fighting the
most important activity.
The Passchendaele sector was the
scene of considerable artillery fight
ing, following the sharp engagement
there last week. The Germans ap-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
Sixty Yards Advance.

by 116lIy Nooh, ohi'SH wv $780,
Correspondent.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD. March 11.-Franco-
American forces in the Lorraine re-
gion. executed the first American de-
structive attack Saturday east of
Reillon.
Fifty Ohio troops and sixty French
sappers, after heavy artillery prepa-
ration, charged sixty yards through
NO Mans Land, capturing all objec-
tiyes.
While the American raiders fur
nished protection, the French sap
pers blew up wire entanglements,
observation posts, shelters and caves.
The Germans had retired before the
attackers reached the enemy
trenches.
Meanwhile. east Of Neuvillers and
before Badonvillers, two detachments
each containing one company of
Americans and two companies of
Frencn-penetrated the German lines
and destroyed three trenches.
They took two Uhlans prisoner
The poilus say they were forced to
restrain the Americans from charg-
ing beyond their detectives.
American artillery participated ac-
curately in both attacks, proving it's
mastery of the most difficult artillery
problems.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
Trotsky Has Resigned.

WASHINGTON, March 11.-Con-
f1mation of Leon Trovtssy's resigna-
ton from the post of foreign minister
of the Bolsheviki government, reach
ed the state department today IN
Stockholm cablegram.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
Successful Raid.

LONDON, March 11.-British troops
conducted successful raid last night
south of St Quentin, Field Marshal
Haig reported today.
They killed several OF the enemy,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
German Official Report.

BERLIN, Via LondonJ March IL
German detachments penetrated the
enemy lines in the Armentieres re-
gion northeast of the Mouse and
brought back several prisoners and
a number of machine guns, the Off
cfal war Office statement declared to-
day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
Department OF Agriculture,
Weather Bureau.l
Rlver Bulletin.

The river VIII fal1 slightly from
Davenport to Keokuk during The next
sc hours.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
Provisional! Peace.

LONDON, March IA provisional
German-Rumanian peace has been
completed, Secretary Of State for
Foreign Affairs Balfour announced IN
the house Of commons today
Balfour said he had no information
regarding any Japanese troops land
ing in Siberia.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-11
Determined !ncursion.

PARIS, March IL American
troops made a determined incur
sion" into the German line in Lor-
raine. it was announced by the
French war office today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-18
ENTRAiN DRAFT
MEHONMONDAY
BEARD ORDERS Men TO Prepare to
Leave Tor Camp NcArthur,
Naeo, Texas.

orders have been issued by the
local exemption board for the I15
rseistrauts who have been notified
AZ their selection for entertainment
n Camp Macarthur, Waco, Texas.
n prepare Tor entertainment to the
cemp next Monday morning at ).
The men are uOlned TO appear at
he board headquarters al $50.
considerable time Will be taken I'D
IN calling the roll and in other
nreparations for entertainment. Taa
* aiternates who were selected and
who were given notice of their Sc
lection by the officials as well as
through the press. are also notified
70 be present at $50 Monday
morning
The board received official infor-
nation from Camp Grant today set
ling forth that Private Fred Yer
non LindIey Is not a deserter, and
that he has been an excellent SOL
der since his induction into the
service.
This notice corrects that received
several DAYS ago 10 the effect that
Iindley had deserted the camp on
Sept. ?. a mistake is accountable
for the first notice it is now stated
Ijrdley went to Camp Grant with
the quota which left this city June
.. Upon reading of the alleged
desertion in the new papers a few
DAYS age his parents telephoned to
the camp and found that their son
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-18
BURGESS

Nr. and Mrs. Roy Brown. in com
pal2 with AIR. and Mrs. Greenw ell
q lola and Neemla Agens of Bur
sess, are at kushviile, where they
VIII visit with relatives
MIS-. Fred Mclaughlin spent the
week end at the bedside of her
oT9taer. who is ill in Monmouth
Mrs $. Bower and daughter.
Miss Mildred. viii leave this week
Tor Rochester. MINI. where tEe
SauS ter VIII be examined at the
Mayo brothers hospital They viii
also visit relatives in that city.
George Morgan of Alexis high
folks
L. T., Frost was a business caller
IN Aiedo one day last week
The Underwood Duroc sale was
nsid Saturday at the RoSery IIll
taF'u and a big crowd attended The
prices ranged as high as S290 Tor one
hog.
The first number of the winters
lyceum course was held Friday even
ing at the church. It was veil at
tended and the entertainment given
by the Allies was greatly enioyed
W. A Mclaughlin was a business
caller in Aiedo, going there in the
interests Of the treasuryship of the
SucZ schools
John HagEerman has recently
completed a garage on his new prop
erty here.
The last word received from Rob
'fi htl-auBA IN, who Is in France,
stated that he was within hearing
distance of the front and could dis
Jncuy see the glow and flashes Of
the commandments at night His
letters he stated would be irregular
from now on.
The revival meetings being held at
the Burgess church are well attend
ed and the interest is growing stead
lily \ large choir is now organized
and the attendance at these meet
foresaW the need of such meetings
and is fast showing what good may
be accomplished for this locality
No reports of the "fiu" are heard
from this locality as vet.
Harry Campbell was recent call
er in Alexis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-18

in the Russo-Japanese and Balkan
wars. and now they have developed
to a foremost place as an effective
and deadly means of warfare"
Most of the nations are making
two forms of machine guns, the
heavy type weighing about thirty
pounds, monnted on a tripod and
drawn hY mule, and the lighter
utoma+ic rife weighing about
fifteen pounds, fired from the
shoulder like an ordinary rife, and
carried by hand as It is not much
heavier than the standard l0-pound
rife. Both types of these guns fire
steady streams of lead as the belts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-18
YANKS' INGENUITY
IN ORDNANCE GETS
RESULTS ABROAD

Central France. $780, Correspond
ence Of the Associated Press. y
American ingenuity is fast making
itself felt in the construction o.
field guns in the vast woTkhoase
of the ordnance branch of the
American army here.
one Of the American designs
which has won strong favor with
the. French experts is the split
traeer" which extends back OF the
gun from the wheels down to the
ground. From the earliest days or
gunnery this trailer has been a
single piece. But the Americans
have split it in two from the
ground up, so that two great legs
spread out backward from a can
non.
The results have been astonish-
ing, permitting an ordinary field
piece to be elevated to so degrees,
or almost straight up.
The American design has now
been adopted as the standard
French model, and 1t is going into
all the new guns made at French
arsenals. Ofncial photographs
made by the ordnance branch are
now going forward for public exhi-
bitiOn in America showing this
split trailer firing at an elevation
of 7340 degrees.
Here could be seen also every
form of the death-dealing machine
gun which became such q formid-
able weapon in the present war.
This is All age of mechanical
warfare said the officer as he
pointed out the different types,
French, English, American, as we'll
as German and Austrian. There
were no machine guns used in the
civil war, only a few in the Span
ish-American and Boer wars; more
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-18

dressing station on foot il they are
able to walk.
Everything on a modern battle
field is generally turned into an
unacceptable heap by the terrific
artillery fire which preceties an as
sault anfthe wounded, whose nerv-
Gus systems are rapidly Slapped by
pain and loss OF blood, have diff
Guilty in finding their way back over
the ground they have stormed.
To alleviate the sufferings Of the
wounded boys, the American Red
Cross is furnishing thousands Of
small signs made OF white cloth
with q large red cross at one end
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-18

and a red arrow at the other 70 f.
dictate the direction when
wounded must takes These SO
are to be fixed to trees. h1aa4z
posts or other objects IN thu wa
Or advancing troops, and even i-lt
on the ground when no otifer mean
cd is to haDdi
Arnysoficer have told the Fee
Cross oficials that these mart1
probably viii save tho lives 81
large number Of men and aFrlt
grave consequences 10 many. as tn'
seriousness of any wound depend
greatly upon the prompt treatmen
IL receives.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-18
RED CROSS TO PUT
SIGNS UP TO HELP
MEN FIND WAY IN

Paris.-The American Red Cross
has just taken steps to overcome
one of the greatest hardships sui
fered by the American soldiers dur
ing a battle. Many men in the
coarse Of an action receive slight
wounds which render them incap-
able of continuing in the ranks and
they are at once sent to the. nearest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-18

of bullets are fed into the reser-
voirs, the only limit being the
amount OF ammunition which can
be carried. With each automatic
RE are three men, one to fire and
two to keep up the steady feeding
VI ammunition,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-18

In cotton or wool, fancy c0lOrs.
fits the figure perfectly insming
smooth fitting dresses. % IL
Priced at $1.00 to 49,. QA' { y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-18

was in the service and not a de-
serter. Official correction now
makes it positive that the Rock Is
land soldier Is doing his BIT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-18
FLU IN 33 STATES.

Washington. Oct. 18.-Reports to
federal health authorities indicate
influenza is epidemic in 80 states.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-18

All the News All the Time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-18

REMEMBER-Gifts for over
seas must not be sent later
than November IS.