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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24
Russia has Word That Provisional Cabinet is
Formed in Vienna by Long Suffer
inc People.
NO CONFIRMATION OF STARTLING NEWS
May be Clever Move by Teuton Plotters in
Effort to Delay War Work of
Allies.

censorship. Her frontiers were .
dered closed. But even through this
veil occasional reports sifted into
Switzerland Indicating almost COM
plete paralysis Of industry In Austria.
Hungary.
It is possible that with the Boil
sheviki wish for revolution In Aus
tria-Hungary father to the thought,
the Smolny dispatch may be merely
an exaggerated report Of the general
strike movement. AS against this,
however, Is the fact that such a mes
SAGE was actually received by wire
Iess-indIcatIng that some revoIu-
tlonary force in the country may have
control Of this system Of communities
tion.
|, United Press dispatches from
Washington during the past two daya
have expressed the American govern
ment's warning to all people that
tho TeUtonic atrtocrats would not be
above gigantic hoax In spreading
broadcast the impression that condi-
tions In the central empires were
near the breaking polnt-the schema
being thus to relax war preparations
undcr the belief that President Viii
sons plea to the Georman peoples 70
form democratic governments had
borne fruit.
Russia is peculiarly susceptible
the present time. II Is entirely with.
In the bounds Of conjecture that the
Germans may have planted" such a
wireless message With the hops thai
the RoIsheviki enthusiasts would
hurry to accept tho separate peace
proposals Of Germany and her allies,
on the assumption that the Gormanic
peoples were ready to Join with the
Russian proIetarfatl
Emperor karI's Idea.
by John H. Hearley, United Press
Staff Correspondent
ROME, Jan 24-Emperor Karl of
Austria Hungary is insisting on full
recognition of Belgium's rights against
German militarist efforts to prevent
an unequivocal Teutonic statement
as to that nation before trial OF an un-
precedented west front offensive, ac-
cording to word received by the vati-
can today.
The holy see regarded the reply OF
King Albert of Belgium to the ponti-
fical peace appeal of last August, just
announced, as Of the highest diplo-
matte Importance 1t was held in some
quarters that such a firm statement
might force some clear definition OF
Germany's position as to Belgium.
The Observatore Romano today de-
clared King Albert's note "a splendid
vindication of the high and noble mot
i've inspiring the holy see in the pres
ent world conflict
King Albert's reply clearly set forth
that Belgium would demand complete
territorial, political and economic in
dependence and integrity
Conflicting Reports.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-Conflict-
ing official reports received by the
government today left authorities in
doubt as to the true situation in Aus
tria.
Official advices for two weeks have
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24
IN FULL CONTROL
AND LONDON DESTROYED

Following the capture of German
prisoners at Vimy Ridge, who were
asked where they preferred being
sent, to France or England, they re-
piled, according to Lieutenant Nal
smith:
Our submarines have absolute
control of the channel and there is
no traffic of any kind possible there"
Other impressions reported to pre-
vail among the prisoners were that
London had been destroyed by Zep-
pelins and that England was entirely
cut off by submarines from commune
cation with the outside world.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24
NIGHT IN AMAZONIA
is NOT SOON FORGOTTEN

at least twenty minors We're present
illegally, says the report More than
half the couples hugged and kissed
both on and off the dancing floor, ac-
cording to the investigators and the
young Amazons took no dares, but
"cussed," drank. hugged and danced
with an abandon that would have
pleased the kaiser's best cave men:
II fear no man." J screamed one
young woman, and proved 1t. reported
the abashed investigators by ignoring
studiously numerous intrepid youths
who launched an offensive Of hugs and
Kisses
Only twelve adults and six minors
became intoxicated and somebody
left some beer on table where three
soldiers helped themselves, says the
report,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24

'eThe 1000 people there represent
ed every walk Of life and was oooy
that for patriotism could not be e1-
celled anywhere.
"Without having had time to pre-
mare an address because Of multiply
ing duties. | delivered an extern
poraneous talk That address, as
reproduced in The New York Times,
i stand fully behind.
"I want the senate to hear that
article read before proceed to reply
to the charge that made misstate-
ments therein"
Senator Chamberlain submitted the
article which was read by the CLERK.
He followed that with a letter he
received Sunday from the president,
|nnoting from the New York speech
and asking If Chamberlain had made
the statement referred to-that the
military establishment had broken
down because of ineficiency IN VIZ
tually all departments.
No Military Policy Since Bunker Hili.
chamberlain read his reply, long
letter In which he said he had been
correctly quoted and repeating that
"since Bunker Hill we have never
had q military policy"
In that letter Chamberlain onered
70 go over the testimony given at tne
senate military investigation Win
the president.
II got no reply to that letter."
said Chamberlain. "but on Monday
the president issued statement.
This was read into the RECORD.
Ry this time interest in Chamber
lain's speech had drawn more tnan
200 house members into the senate
chamber to hear him. Even the dlp-
lomatic gallery. usually deserted was
half full of women.
mThe statement of the president,
Senator Chamberlain continued,
challenges me, Of course, as 10 tne
truth of statement in the New YORK
Times. That statement l adhere u
and now repeat.
awhether my colleagues or the
country will take the same evidence
by the four corners and reach -Lne
same conclusion that did, l 40 no'
know. Others may read the eVlaeice
and reach another conclusion.
Is Man Who Loves His Country
members of the military co1nnllt
| tee. democrats and republicans, nave
zone into this situation with a single
nurpose In view. They have done II
without fear and without hope OF re
ward. I felt it my duty as an Amer.
| lean citizen to say what / did; l fei'
that if 1 could make rift In the
clouds that would let the sunlight IN
on the situation, the work OF nyseil
or my colleagues would not nave
been made in vain.
sTnasmuch as my veracity has oeen
questioned, / feel l must tell the
country some things which perhaps
I otherwise would not have told IL
"What / propose to do. l am doing
as man who loves his country
who would sacrifice his life and the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24
!. 'sport Of Investigators Who
As'enoed Dance Where Nor
ais Are Forgotten.

Chic, rress Leased Wire Service. ]
blonv W. mA Jan. 24.-Amazonia, a
bsoln.s,ner Snere men are trifled with and
ted Ivy n unfeared. has been discov-
brts moaa daiser hall, according to re-
kotec,;,a. aue last night Of the Juvenile
Ivest,gste; associations Saturday night
N mses'ion Of dance halls.
hough ~ Vas no wall around Amazonia.
Flll Civ - . aance was given by the
oeneyolsnt association and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24
What Some German Soldiers
Have Been Told by Their
Prussian Officers.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-Lieutenant
Andrew Naismith, Canadian field ar
tlllery, in an address before mem
bers of the Chicago association Of
commerce, related incidents showing
how German soldiers are being mis-
informed by their superiors.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24
Bow Legged Girls.

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-Bow Legged
girls aren't really bow legged-high
heels and pointed toes just make 'em
look that way.
Miss Leone Hope of the university
Of Chicago, so informed the members
Of the Chicago woman's club. She
added the perfectly obvious informa-
ton that I'VE notice so many bow
legged girls on the street now that
short skirts are fashionable"
Mrs. Henry Hiestand asked If il
would not ''be better for every wom-
an, tall of short, If we could adopt a
5loomer uniform and dress the legs
properly with the leggings we find
so attractive on military men,
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The Telegraph Service of The
naily Gate City and Constitu-
t;on-Democrat is received over
our own leased wire.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24

THE WEATHER
Fair. Moderate temperature.
Local temp p m. 81; Z a m.
~.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24
Conflicting Reports.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24-ConIIict-
ing official reports received by the
government today left authorities in
doubt as to the true situation in Aus
tria.
Official advices for two weeks have
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24
Americas oldest Jockey Passes.

NEW YORK, Jan. 24-Jacob Pin
Gus, so, Americas oldest jockey, is
dead at his home in Mount Vernon.
Eere today following an attack OF
heart disease.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-24

[By Joseph Shaplen, United Press
Staff Correspondent
PETROGRAD, Jan. pa
wireless message received by
he Bolsheviki today, an
nounced a revolution in Vienna.
The dispatch was received
by Smolny institute, headquar
tiers of the Trotsky- -Lenine gov
ernment.
It declared that the revolu-
tionists have named a provi-
sional cabinet.
The ministry Of foreign af-
fairs made the message public.
He declared the report as
received, did not give the names
of the provisional ministry nor
any further details than the
bare mention of the revolution.
TThe message to the SmoIny insti
tute Is the first rumor Of an actual
revolutionary movement In Austria.
Hungary.
United Press dispatches for the
past week have reported great social
and economic unrest In the dual en-
pire. The people were reported In
censed at the miIltarist, pro-annexa-
ZIONIST attitude Of Teutonlc peace
delegates at Brest-Litovsk. They
were represented as crying out for
peace to end war-weariness, con-
stantIy Increasing, and manifest
through a general strike throughout
the dual monarchy.
The EoIsheviki from the very first
have sought Increasingly to over
throw the Teutonic governments by
movement Of the peopIe-precisely
as the Russian people overthrew the
czar. They went step farther than
President Wilson has urged. Ro'-
sheviki propaganda workers began
sowing the seed of a social uprising
Immediately after the armistice be-
came effective on the northern fronts.
The closest determination between
Russians and Austrans was noted
everywhere.
Russian revolutionary literature
was spread broadcast.
About ten days ago Swiss reports
carried rumors Of general strike
movement gaining headw'ay In En-
peror karI's nation. Apparently this
started In Hungary-which has al
ways been restve under Austrian
domination and whose people are
racialIy related to the Russians.
Buda Pest was the scene Of num-
ber of demonstrations for peace.
Newspapers there openly denounc-
ed German junker leaders as endang-
erIng all hopes of peace with Russia
through their insistence on annexa
ZIONIST aims.
Vienna apparently joined next in
the general unrest. A number Of
strikes were reported nearly week
ago. Food demonstrations followed.
The general strike movement spread
rapidly Throughout the nation. Aus
trla Immediately ciapped on rigid
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09
AN ARMY WITHOUT LIMIT.

Secretary Bakers plan for an
army limited in size only by the
ability of the government to equip
and transport troops is sound and
sensible. That limit is the only lin
it congress can afford to consider if
the United States is fully to meet
the situation created by the German
spring offensive.
What the allies need most is man
power, for they have beein obliged
to use up their own reserves to
meet the German drive Man-power
is what they will need most for the
rest of the year. food, raw material
and other supplies from the United
States being taken for granted, just
as money is taken for granted.
This country is now the great res
ervoir of man-power of the self
governing nations at war with Ger
many. The British have combed
out their available men until com
paratively few are left who can be
EBared from essential industry.
This is true also for the French.
The United States has already fur
nished enough troops to Offset the
losses of the British and French
since the German offensive began.
If they are not all in the fighting
line they are at least in Great Brit
ain and France, where they are
available. The coming task OF this
country is to provide enough troops
to give the allies the unQuestioned
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09
USING THE EX-PRESIDENTS.

President Wilson set splendid
precedent in inviting ex-President
Taft to be member of the national
arbitration board, which will at
tempt to prevent strikes and lock-
outs during the period of the war.
It has been one of the unfortunate
things in American politics that our
ex-presidents, who combine in them
selves an invaluable store. OF expert
ence, prestige and executive ability,
should be lost to the nation as soon
There may have been some old
fashioned notion Of dignity conect-
ed with this practice OF ex-presldents
retiring into private life, but there
is no sense in it. Unhappily, our
constitution does not provide for
the automatic inclusion of these
people into our senate. In England
a prime minister is generally elevat-
ed to the peerage, and when he ceas-
es being prime minister is retained
in the house of lords.
The practice in the United States
has been for the incoming president
to hold brief conference with his
predecessor before taking office, to
get few brief tips as to the bust
ness he was taking over That was
the end of it. Think of the loss to
the country of the disappearance OF
Grover Cleveland from public life
from 1897 until his death, year or
two ago. A new order of things has
begun. We have rescued Taft from
obscurity and put him to work for
the nation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09
THE UNUSUAL IN POLITICS.

The democratic state executive
committee of Minnesota has Endorsed
United States Senator knute Nelson,
republican, because he has render
ed distinguished. and patriotic se +,
ice in support of the nation and the
president as it's leader in this war"
Probably nothing exactly like that
ever happened before in American
politics. In the past one party has
been slow to recognize merit in the
other, whether of principles or in
djviduals, but of late years the
changed relations to each other.
This is not altogether due to the
war. 1t was noticeable some time
before hostilities were declared.
When the public lost interest in the
tariff as a great national problem,
the parties found themselves vir-
tually without an issue.
In the Forthcoming campaign the
democrats, so far as appears at pres
ent, will be in much better position
than the republicans; because the
democrats can point with pride to
their record in conducting the war.
1t is true that republican members
of congress as a rule assisted the
democrats in carrying out the presi-
will hardly be available for cam
sue.
Of course, the republicans are
bound to have an issue before we
get far into the presidential cam
paign year of 1920, but whether it
is to be an issue that will appeal to
the masses will depend very largely
on the democrats themselves.
Blundering inefficiency, or dishons
esty in any important department OF
government will give the republicans
the issue they want. and if. such fail
ure on the part of the administration
it might very easily result in a
Take for example the threatened in
vestigation of the aircraft program.
Some rather nasty things are being,
said in congress on, that subject, and
it has vast political possibilities.
Meanwhile the country is hoping
the republicans will not have their
issue, if it is to be had at the cost
of capable and honest administra-
ton by the democrats.-St Joe
News Press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09

advantage in man-power and then
steadily to increase that superiority.
The Germans were at their maxi
mum fighting strength on March II,
when Hindenburg began the attack
on the British lines. The losses
last six weeks cannot be replaced.
The eastern front was stripped be-
fore the drive in the west began,
and there are no untapped reser-
voirs of German reserves.
The difficulties in the way of send
ing American troops to France have
been largely overcome by means OF
of brigading Americans with the
French and British, thus dealing
with all of them as one army. We
are no longer depending upon a
single French port, and troops sent
by the way of England do not have
to cross the British lines of COM
munication in order to reach the
transported in increasing numbers
as the shipping facilities grow, and
every regiment will add to the num-
erical advantage of the allies.
There is no merit in trying to fix
any particular number of troops to
be raised and equipped during the ie
for congress to give the war depart
ment free hand to draft all the
men that can be trained and trans
ported. the more the better. Moth
ing will bring more encouragement
to the British, French and Italians
than to know that the American
army is to be without limit as to
size, and that there is to be, no quib-
bling about the number of troops
that the United States will put in to
win the war. Nor can any informa-
ton from this country carry more
CONSERVATION into Germany, despite
the Junker practice Of sneering at
the military capacity of the United
States.
An army without limit is the true
index to the sentiment OF the Ameri-
can people in this war.-New York
World
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09
THE NATIONS FULL MAN-POW.
ER.

'By the hundreds of thousands
the soldiers Of America are now in
France" said Andre 'Tardieu, the
French High Commissioner, in an
address delivered here Sunday night,
land every week brings to- our
shores a new stream OF khakl-clad
boys
One of the things that the. War
department and congress should do
as soon as possible is to give the
Allies assurance that the sources OF
this stream have been made mex
haustible for the duration of the
war.
The number of troops that can be
sent to France during the coming
year will necessarily depend upon
the shipping that is available and
the needs of the British, French and
Italians in the way Of food and sup
plies. That is difficulty which the
United States has had to struggle
against from the beginning and
size of the American army in France.
But it is only fair to the allies to
give them proof that the troops will
always be ready when needed. .
Whether the war department. es-
Inmates for the coming year call for
100000 or 100000 men is mat
ter for the military experts to de-
ping will be available. They know
what tonnage is necessary to main
tain American troops in France.
They know approximately what the
food requirements of the allies will
be and what other supplies must be
sent from the United States In the
future as in the past the transporta-
pend upon the shifting needs of the
British and French but the troops
must always be ready in sufficient
numbers when wanted.
The value of large reserves in the
United States has been convincingly
demonstrated during the last six
weeks. During the winter the trans
lively low figure because the Brit
.ish and French preferred that the
limited tonnage available should be
used to carry supplies rather than
men. But no sooner did the Ger
man offensive make it imperative
that reinforcements be rushed to
France that the movement of Amer
lean troops across the Atlantic be-
gan in enormous volume. 1t may
diminish later if a larger percentage
of shipping is required temporarily
to meet the food situation, but the
hundreds of thousands are there
to fight alon gside of the British and
French in resisting the German adj
vance. These relnforcements, could
not have been hurried to France in
this crisis if the United States had
pursued mouth policy in
the way of raising ands equipping
armies.
The war department In it's weekly
review refers to the very large
quotas that will be required in the
future to fill up the gans.
There should be no question of MAX
ing these quotas large enough TO be
impressive, not only. in France and
Great Britain but in Germany as
we'll 1t would be short-sighted to
call men from industry to the col
ors faster than they could be train
ed and transported. with a generous
margin of safety for emergencies.
but complete provision can be, made
for the new armies, and made at
once. This is the time to proclaim
to all the world that the full man.
power as we'll as the full financial
and economic power of America is
to be thrown against the legions of
Prussianism.-New York World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09
Original Notice.

In the District Court of Iowa, in
and for Decatur County, July Term,
1918.
Clyde Simpson,
Plaintiff,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09
Notice of Appointment of Executrix.

In the District Court of the State
of Iowa, in and for Decatur County.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate Of J.
w. Gochenouer, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as executrix of the es-
tate of J. w. Gochenouer late of De-
catur County, Iowa, deceased: All
persons in any manner indebted to
said deceased or his estate will make
payment to the undersigned; and
those having claims against said de-
ceased or his estate will present
them in manner and form as by law
required, for allowance and pay
ment.
Dated this oath day of April, A. D.
1918.
Martha Ellen Gochenouer,
3S-3t Executrix of said estate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09

According to the published reports
our old friend Nick Reed of Ottumwa
southern district of Iowa, has been
selling booze in his drug stores.
That's a pretty how do you do for
a man whose sworn duty is to en-
force the laws Of the land. We
cant resist the temptation of calling
upon our prohibition inclined broth
from Nick Reed and who have never
missed an opportunity of boosting
Reed that this thing could have hap
pened. Come across boys or forever
keep quiet. If Marshal Reed is
guilty he ought in the interest of
the democracy to resign at once
Sigourney Review.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09
William G. McAdoo, secretary Of

William G. McAdoo, secretary of
the treasury. is not candidate for
even in politics. "a democrat does
MT look any better to- me than a re-
publican said Mr. McAdoo, in re-
fusing to address a party of demo-
Gratis, after one of his recent liberty
loan speeches. Il am on this trip to
sell liberty bonds, not to play poll
tics. / have three sons in the serv-
politics" In introducing Mr. Nc
Adoo the liberty loan chairman spoke
of him as possibly the next presi-
dent of the United States. Mr.. Nc
Adoo took exception to the remark,
and, addressing the audience, re-
pudiated the assertion, reiterating
that he was not playing politics, but
selling bonds.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09

While Senator LaFollette is still
classed as Republican senator in
the congressional directory, there is
a nationwide demand that he be ex-
PEELED from the senate and the
party. At a recent meeting the Col
Orado Republican state committee
voiced the almost UNIVERSAL Republic
can sentiment in resolution de-
nouncing the senator and demanding
his expulsion from the senate.