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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-14
WESTERN
FACTORIES
WILL HUM
Smaller Cities to Take Part in
Turning Out War Material
Needed by Uncle
Sam.
POWER BECOMING SHORT
East Has overestimzted lts Ability
and Government Turns
Attention in Other
. S
POWER BECOMING SHORT

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE small
city is going to do it's bit Of war work
Munitions and supplies, now manu-
factured almost entirely in the great
manufacturing centers. will hereafter
begin to pour out of factories in the
smaller manufacturing cities Forced
by congestion in eastern states, OH.
cials are attempting to push govern.
ment work westward. They have al
ready refused to permit new factories
to be built in Pennsylvania.
Agents are scouting through the
middle west for available plants to
take new war contracts. A survey OF
power and equipment in the middle
west and the south is being made for
use Of the war Industries board in al
loting orders.
Because Of congestion, no more con-
tracts and new construction will be
permitted in the district east OF the
Alleghenies and north Of the Potomac
for the present. Power shortage is
holding up work in some eastern sec
tions. Philadelphia Is sixty thousand
to ninety thousand kilowatts short Of
electric power now. Buffalo Is try
ing to provide more power from Mag
ara Falls
Hundreds of small factories are idle
In the middle west, due to sudden de-
crease in civilian needs. They have
been unable to get contracts because
the representatives of larger eastern
industries got on the ground first and
took orders wholesale without regard
to ability to execute. But agents or
the government are now seeking out
plants which could do war work with
slight changes in equipment and are
recommending that contracts be given
to them.
Saltwater. MINI. is one Of the first
towns to profit, several contracts for
shells having been let there.
Illustrating the eastern congestion,
seventy-five per cent of the war con-
tracts let up to January /, went to
seven eastern states.
A list showing the number OF firms
in each OF the leadinH-manufacturing
states holding the tirst fifty thousand
war contracts let is as follows:
New York, $40; Pennsylvania, 5s1; :;
Ohio. 220; Massachusetts,, 1914; lii
nois, 129: New Jersey. 100: Connecti-
cut. Sc; Michigan, "A.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-14

WmIam Philip Simms, United
Press star correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
nance, May 13-Whiie the Ger.
Ia hiph command 10 completing
eparations for the third and per-
p, the biggest, thrust of all, q sin
er silence spreads along the battle
Ies.
Six weeks have passed since the
mbined drive Of the German and
ovarian crown prince was checked
both SIDES Of the sonfn,e and com.
ratIveiy little ground has been wos,
Won AY1nIn and Won Quasi on the
10 duinu the past four weeks. Yet
day more than $50 German divis-
ns 100000 men) have been used
these two battle fronts, and Hin
nburvs promise to Germany Of
lick decision has oons BY the boards.
The allies, fighting ~ one army
u under . single commander not
)ly have frustrated the enemy's
ls, but have forced an alnsost ooss-
ete overhauling Of his entire army
d have neeessitated . brand new
ht.
Hindenburs obviousiy forced 70
rap hls original plans and build 9TH
= has brought new leaders TO the
eN 'front.' Including Mackensen and
oordlns 10 reports 10 eonoentrating
German empise,s total output Of
min, muscle and material.
Meantime tho lines are curiousfy
active, although the battle field has
Yen unusually dry. Today, however,
cold, autumEai drixzIe was drench-
8 the area. The airmen scarcely
I their perches. Frequently the ar
lery on one side or both loose In a
asm Of Smelling, but soon quiets
~n. The principal feature Of Ger
Rn activity is the bor,bardment with
. shells Of the back areas, Even
lases Of considerable distance to
e rear are dosed Wit a harassinq
Z. But the British gunners are bet
At this game than the enemy, pias-
Ping the German communications SO
At many have been abandoned as
fpr1ctabie.
Battle In Finland.
MOSCOW, May Flour thousand
rmans and members Of the Finnish
flte guard were killed in a battle
far Lantis, sixty miles northeast of
isins1ors, 1t was reported here to-
Inc German bombardment killed
amy civilians.
|aIter the occupation Of Tammerfors
eutyHve miles northeast Of Abo. by
Pate guards, 500 Russian officers and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-14
Flftv Men on Strike.

TJJnfted Press Leased Wire Service.
WEBSTER CITY. Iowa, May a.
Demanding increased wages, fifty en-
ployes of the National Sewer Pipe
company's plant here walked out to
day, tying up the industry. :.
The men. who are now getting $
day, demanded $3.50. They were
offered $3.25 day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-14

Electrical apparatus taking current
from light socket has been invented
by French scientist to purify the
air in a room by literally pumping it
into reservoir and washing It
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-14

soldiers were shot They were exc.
cuted in groups OF forty or fifty by
machine guns.
French Take Prisoners.
PARIS, May 14.-"Our patrols
brought in prisoners north of Hang
ardEn-Santerre (Amiens .sector) and
west OF the Meuse (yerdun sector),
the French war office announced to-
day.
"A German surprise attack was re
pulsed northwest OF Orvillers-Sorel
(southeast Of Montdidier). A German
attempt north OF Fecht also failed.
There was cannonading In the
Vosges and Butte-Des-Mesnils (where
American artillery is engageO sec
tors"
British Take prisonera.
I LONDON, May 14.-.Hostile artfl-
lery we actlve aastS Si99ht In the Som
me and Ancre sectors" Field Marshal
Haig reported today.
IAN enemy party attacking . post
west OF Merville was repulsed with
loss.
1--WE carried out successful raid
northeast OF RobecQ last night. We
took some prisoners and suffered no
casualties"
Kaiser Wants odRenstws.
PARIS, May 1.-THE kaiser, dur
ing his conference With Emperor Kan
at grand headquarters, insisted on q
big Austrian offensive against Italy.
simultaneous with the renewal OF tho
west front drive, according to reports
received here today.
Recent dispatches have emphasized
the preparations for an offensive in
Italy, including strengthening OF the
Austrian reserves there, together
with concentrations of artillery and
airplanes. A considerable force OF
Austrian artillery Is understood to
have been moved to that theatre from
the west front.
The conference in which the Ger
man and Austrian stans participated,
occurred Friday. It was ohicially an
nounced from Berlin yesterday that
political, economic and military mat
ters were discussed" and that salts
factory agreement was reached
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-14
WAR TAX BILL
N CONGRESS
Conference Between Secretary
of Treasury and Members to
Determine Advisability
of Move.
OPPOSITION Is STRONG
McAdoo Favors Plan and May Not
Be Convinced BY Argument
That 10 Unnecee-
sar.
'[By Il G. Martin, United Press Staff


[By Il G. Martin, United Press STAT
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 14.-Cboeress
and American business men today
eagerly awaited the result Of con
| ference between Secretary Of the
/, Treasury McAdoo, Senator Simmons
and Representative Ktchin, to deter
mine whether congress must pass 4
new war tax bill this session.
| To congress this means a session
lasting until late In the fall-an ex
tremely distasteful prospect in view
of the congressional elections in No
vember.
To business 1t means, according to
thousands of letters and kilograms
pouring on congress and the treasury,
suspense and uncertainty.
McAdoo is to tell Simmons and
.Kitchin the government must at
once provide means for raising much
larger revenues.
1t is therefore considered unlikely
that Simmons and Ktchin will con-
vince McAdoo to defer the tax bill un-
til the December short session. If
they do it probably will be with the
understanding that congress will meet
in November instead of December and
at once take up the tax measure.
While this important conference
is going on today, a show down is to
come in the senate on the aircraft In
yestfgation. Senator Thompson ex-
poets to report the Chamberlain reso-
luton authorizing the military affairs
committee to investigate aircraft pro-
ductfon and other phases Of war de-
rrartment work II he does not report
if chamberlain and Senator Hitchcock
will call it up and demand its passage.
WAYS were also cleared today for
Launching a separate investigation In
to $40 900 900 aircraft expenditures
The house military committee to-
day had a letter from Secretary OF
war Baker replying to charges against
the liberty motor. The text OF the
letter was not made public but 1t is
known Baker denied the liberty motor
vas only a variation OF the Packard
r,otor. revealing that many features
we're adaptations of the German Mer>
cedes motor
CAPITAL Issues Committee
WASHINGTON, May 14.-Wtth
record of having effected curtai-
ment Of $55O00,00 in issues of new
capital stock in FIVE months. the feo.
eral reserve boards voluntary capltal
issues committee gave way today to
the committee created by statute.
The official birth of the new COM
nittee screws the lid tight on unwar-
ranted expansion in industrial, public
utility OF municipal issues for tho
period of the war.
The new committee begins work
with the solid support Of the large
bankers association and practically
every stock exchange in the country.
since the voluntary committee was
formed January IL, three hundred and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-14
MAKE QUICK TRIP
OVER TO FRANCE
Thousands Of Drafted Men
Are Being Sent Over
There Soon After
Enlistment.
SPEEDING UP MOVEMENT
Mysterious Canadian Statement Anent
Using American Troops
10 Not Yet Ex-
planned.
SPEEDING UP MOVEMENT

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
| WASHINGTON, May 14.-Thou
sands Of men called in the last two
draft increments WIN soon be on their
| way to France. SO rapid has the
movement OF American troops across
the Atlantic become, that soldiers
who had no hope Of active service
within six or eight months will per
| haps be on the firing line this sum
mer.
| After two or three months elemen.
tary training, these new selected men
will be given their finishing touches
within sound Of the enemy's guns and
| even under fire, IL the need for men
is acute. i
All reports from the cantonments.
army officers said today, tell of an &C.
celeration in the training work under
good weather conditions.
Meantime the impression grew here
today that British politics had hand
In the mysterious Ottawa statement
anent using American troops only as
a full individual army.
Explanation that the statement was
due to IAN error" only served to ac-
centuate the mystery around it. The
fact that the British ambassador was
In the dark about the war committee
of the British cabinet" led to sugges-
ton here that perhaps some follow
ers of General Maurice or at least op-
ponents Of LloydGeorge had had a
hand in the matter.
The incident also revealed here that
the brigading plan has not pleased
American officers including General
Pershing. Relieving them as 1t does
Of certain leadership, the plan was
accepted only as an emergency meas
ure and the war departments plan is
to Gull out the brigaded men as soon
as possible to be formed and re-equip-
ped into divisional units.
Besides revealing this spirit, the
episode has tended to uncover grow
ing lack Of entire team work between
Pershing and the war department.
Responsible authorities suggest
that sooner or later a showdown will
come. probably IN the form of test
Of strength between General Pershfng
and General March, acting chief Of
staff.
The brigading plan. while apparent
ly fully and cheerfully acquiesied in
by Pershing is reported here not to
please him, SO 1t would not be sur
pr;sing If the reformation Of division
al units were undertaken at an early
date.
New Men Must Register.
WASHINGTON, May 14.-All the
draft machinery for the registration
war old Ypa0 On
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-14
New Men Must Register.

WASHINGTON, May 14.-AII the
draft machinery for the registration
of the twenty-one year old men on
June 5, is ready to be put in motion
the moment congress gives final ap-
provaI to the bill authorizing the
listing.
The bill is expected to reach Pres
ident Wilson tomorrow as the house
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-14
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-14
Hence Spreads Along Battle Lines Before
Greatest Thrust Of all, to be Attempt
ed by Hun Army.
REPAIRING FOR LAST SIX WEEKS
Vhle Awaiting Expected Assault, British and
French Troops Capture Prisoners
in Daily Raids.

soldiers were shot They were exc.
cuted in groups OF forty or fifty by
machine guns.
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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-11
DO IT FOR BABY
The Ever-growing Baby.

(By Ruth Danenhower Wilson Of the
Vigilantes.)
II have found q perfect routine for
my baby" a young mother said to me
last fall about her 11-months-old son.
tive at last found Just the food that
agrees with him. He weighs exactly
the average for his age. I've learned
just the amount of food and sleep and
air. and exercise he ought to have.
Now I'm going to stop thinking about
him. go along in the same routine and
devote my energy to war, york" :
Five months later her baby was very
i'll. The doctor who had last seen him
rosy and healthy at eleven months
and anaemic. All of which was lead
ing to ricketts,.
What had happened under the per-
feet. regime? Simply that what was
perfect for eleven months was not
right for twelve. was still worse for
thirteen, and at sixteen months the
baby was in a serious condition Of un-
REIMBURSEMENT.
Almost as soon as we mothers feel
we have found the right routine it is
time to change it. Let us give all pos
sible time to war work, but never for a
moment relax our though for baby's
are. for h a is very important war
work.
A baby under a year old that is not
nursed should have its food increased
slightly about every two weeks. After
q year the diet may be gradually en-
larged and strengthened about every
month or six weeks according to the
individual baby's appetite and diges-
ton
II Jul babies stood still in their de-
velopment we should be in a fair way
Of losing them.
Remember that babies are like fly
ing aeroplanes. If they stop they fall.
(Any mother who does not know
what TO do" for her baby has only
to write to the Children's Bureau Of
the Department Of Labor at Wash
ington, and helpful pamphlets, writ
ten by specialists, will come to her at
once.)
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-11
THURSDAY EVENING, JULY II, 1918.
KUEHLMANN'S RESIGNATION


The resignation of a minister does not mean the
downfall Of a nation. II it did, most of the nations now
engaged in the war would have been out Of the running
for some time. There have been important changes in
the administration in each Of the European countries
engaged in the war. and doubtless the only reason that
war conditions have not forced somewhat similar
changes is that our political system is more rigid than
that of any of the larger European countries. The resig-
nation Of DR.. Kuehlmann as foreign secretary of Ger
many may indicate some friction in the German govern
ment But it does not indicate that that government is
going to pieces just yet. ~
1t is understood, Of course, that the resignation of
the foreign secretary was brought about by his address a
week or more ago in which he said that Germany could
not hope to win peace by military power alone, but must
depend, in part, at least, on negotiation. The address
was notable, also. because of the fact that in it, respons-
Utility for the wax was placed first of all on Russia, with
a lesser measure of guilt attached to France, and with
Britain in third place in the opinion Of the secretary.
This assignment of responsibility was so far removed
from what has heretofore been the popular German
version that it attracted wide attention. BY the German
press and by German oficialdom Great Britain has here
tofore been held up as the arch-conspirator through
whose Vaccinations war was let loose upon the world.
France has usually been given second place, with Russia
other powers.
The Interpretation usually placed upon the Kuehl-
mann speech has been that it was delivered at the in
stigation Of the kaiser or Of those who share with him
the real rulership of Germany; that it was thrown out as
a feeler to ascertain how, at this particular time, be-
tween ofensives in the field, the Allies would receive a
hint of peace by negotiation; and that the odium of re-
sponsibility for the war was shifted in the manner stated
in order to pave the way for more friendly relations
with Great Britain and France, two powers which will
be very influential at the council table, and that ali the
blood-guiltiness was heaped upon Russia because Russia
is regarded as a dead dog, anyway. W
Expressions of disappointment from the kaiser fol-
lowed as a matter of course. This was in keeping with
the usual. secretive methods Of the German authorities,
and the kaiser was able to see how the suggestions were
received without appearing to be responsible for them.
The present retirement Of DR.. Kuehlmann may be a
further step in the same deliberate policy, and intended
to throw dust in the eyes of the other nations. Or, the
secretary may have spoken actually what was in his own
mind, and his retirement may be due to the real dis
pleasure Of his monarch. Who knows?
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-11

grain is not saved in time to prevent
destruction by the elements, and plac-
ed in safe storage where it can be TAX
en- to be used for food.
The problem Of providing help with
which to harvest the crop is one which
concerns every human being in this
country. 1t is a practical problem
which must be met in a practical way.
It cannot be met by waving flags and
adopting resolutions. 1t is a problem
which the people Of North Dakota, Of
Grand Forks. must assist in solving.
And one step toward its solution viii
be that Of releasing, during the har-
vest season. the greatest possible
amount Of labor from the activities Of
the cities and villages for work on the
farms. That is one feature with which
the local board In charge of the work
OF supplying farm labor is concerning
itself: And the committee, in its ef-
fort to get this crop saved, must have
the hearty support Of the people of
the entire community.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-11
SAVING THE CROP

A cartoon in the London Punch shows Britannia
urging the British farmer to speed the plow,'' ana the
farmer replying, That's all right, missus, but 1t won,
do no good to speed the pillow unless the women turn.
in and helps with the harvest"
The cartoon has its application here. We have no,
yet reached the stage whore 1t is necessary for the WON
en- OF the country to engage on any very large scale in
the heavy work Of the fields. Let us hope that stage
may not be reached. But we have . condition in which
the labor Of every able-bodied man In the country II urx-
entity needed for the saving Of the crop Of this presen,
year.
It 10 Impossible TO draw moro than two million men
from the civil occupations Of the country without A.
|fecting very seriously every line Of industry, and the
farming industry has bsen affected. in common, With I'll
others. Men have been taken from the farms ~ the
thousand, and this has resulted in difficulty IN brinsins
the crop UP to the harvesting point. Harvest time al
ways makes enormous demands on tho labor supply, and
|of those who have followed the harvest" from the south.
ern states north. and have worked st shocking. thrssh-
iag and Ike occupations, an immense proportion hays
gone TO the front. or ars on their way.
The ability OF the allied nations 80 carry on tn
war successfully, and ths abity Of the civil population
|of the United States to maintain ITSELF in the nnsantinns
[depsHA ssry larsely on the saving Of this years crop. Il
makss "a diffsrence what ~ srovtns r~conAitisns 5hava
bssn. ~ itan4kes no diff4rsncs hsw many million bush.
y ~ gsG1l.edx Aerss 49, 4saalx-psan ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-11
DERNBERG THINKS 1T OVER
DE-. pernberg, the German publiclgt vino spent

Dr.. Dernberg, the German publicist who spent some
time in the United States and was accepted by his fellow
countrymen as an authority on things American, has
been thinking it over, and has come to the conclusion
that he didn't know much about it, after all.
While in the United States. Dernberg had a double
mission. One part Of his work was to spread German
propaganda through the country. The other was to
keep his government informed as to the state Of opinion
in the United States. In both Of these matters he failed
dismally. He did spread certain ideas throughout the
country. it is true, but they were rejected as fast as
they were recognized. And we have ample evidence
that the information that he sent to his government
with reference to conditions in the United States was
utterly misleading and false.
German rulers entered this war with the conviction
that the large German-American population in this
country would be ready to rally to the aid Of the father
land as an armed force whenever it should be called on.
They believed that the cosmopolitan character Of our
population precluded the possibility of anything like ma
tional thought or action. They thought that the United
States would submit to any indifnities without effective
protest. They felt sure that this country could not be
kicked into the world war. These notions were in part
the result OF d.. Dernberg's Investigations. In the mean
time the doctor may have been acquiring other informa-
tion. and he may have learned that The United states
has now a million men in France, and is sending them
over At the rate OF q quarter of a million q month, and
increasdng the rate ali the time Therefore he has con.
cluded that: his former opinions in some particular.
were not we'll founded. Any moderately well informed
American could have told him that In the nrst place.