The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-11

is only seventeen, while in other dis
tricts it is forty-five or fifty. Sew
eral congressman claim that some
local boards have deliberately adopt
ed the policy of cutting down the per-
centage of class one men to keep
their quotas lower.
"The investigations are being or
dered just as rapidly as it is found
there is the least cause for one" II
was stated at the provost marshal
generals office.
Strikes in War Factories.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE sem
ate today by vote of thirty-four to
twenty-five refused to approve labor's
right to strike in war time. By that
vote it rejected conference report
on bill penalizing destruction of war
material and interference with pro-
duction
The report was rejected because
conferees wrote in a new clause spe-
officially providing that none OF the
penalties in the act should apply to
workers who struck in an effort to get
higher pay or better working cOndi-
lions.
The provision provoked the most
bitter denunciation of strikes in war
time. Some senators declared that
while labor has every right to demand
proper wages and working conditions
it has no more right to hold up pro-
duction of war material by striking
than an army has right to jeopardize
the winning Of battle by striking.
Senators favoring the provision de-
clared it was written in by conferees
SO that the drastic penalties in the
bill should not be used against work
men who struck They declared their
fear that the bill was aimed at strikes
rather than at sabotage. The bill i'm
poses penalty OF thirty years in pris-
on or $4,000 fine on any person de-
stroying war material or interfering
with it's production.
On italian Front.
ROME, April 1.-Artiilery fighting
along the whole Italian front was re-
ported by the war office today.
German Attacks RepuIsed.
PARIS, April Herman attacks
against Franco-American sectors in
the Champagne and Lorraine were re-
pulsed, the French war office an
nounced today.
East of Souain (near Tahure, where
American artillery is stationed) after
a lively combat, German attack was
repulsed," the communique said. "A
German attack failed in the Apremont
forest flour miles east Of st. Mfhiel,
In the Toul sector)"
I'VE made successful surprise at
tacks and took a dozen prisoners and
a machine gun northwest and east of
Rheims. (The Chemin Des Danes
sector, where Americans are fighting,
is northwest Of Rheims).
I'm the region of Orvillers and Sorel
our artillery dispersed the enemy"
Today's Casualty List.
WASHINGTON. April 1.-THE cas-
ualty list issued today by the war de-
partment contains 124. names, divided
as follows: |
One killed in action, two died OF
wounds, five died of accidents, thir-
teen of disease. sixty-nine severely
wounded. thirty slightly wounded and
four missing in action.
Severely wounded:
Lieutenants Leonardis E. Faulk.
James Frederick Leslie; Sergeants
Otto R. Lamke, John E. Mohr. Joseph
E. SENEGAL; Corporals Albert O. LANCE,
Thos. w. Painter. Thos. F. Sullivan;
Roy W. Watson. Frank J. Wheeler;
Mechanic Herbert r Rosenow;
Bugler Lester W. Ornsby: Privates
James Alias, Adolph T. Baier, Fabian
Barbeu, VIM. F. Barfknecht, Reuben o.
Boelke. John F. Cowden. Earl Doty,
VIM. H. Dougherty, William Duer, Mel
vim Eaton, Caspar H. Fairbanks, Geo.
J. Foard. Roman Cola, Geo. R. Cove,
John R. Gowdy Roy Griffith. Jess w.
Gueths. Carl A Haensgen, Frank v.
Harnacker. Paul r. Heller, Robert j.
Hellerman. Woodie Johnson, Lloyd F.
Kindness. Stanley Koss, Otto L.
LANCE, Frank e. Lasage.
Killed in action:
Private John Polkey.
Died of wounds:
Major Edwin R. Kimbell, Corporal
Thos. J. Roberts:
Died Of accident:
Private Frank DELHI, Private Le-
land A. Matthews, Cadet VIM. ].
Whyte. Cadet C. A. Brader. Lieuten-
ant Charles D. Seward.
Died of disease:
CORPORAL Fuman Peoples, Privates
lobe Brackette, Allan ]. Durward, Leo
Francis Farrell. Denny II. Selling, Ell
mer Williams, \. Shoemaker. Morgan
TAYLOR, Rugler Andrew A. Dicks, Pri-
Yates WIN. n. BRAKEMAN, CnaS. w. III
tie. Leland Johnson, Frank S. Hattard,
Isaac Simms.
Missing in action:
Captain Francis J. Cahill, Privates
Thomas Connolly, Michael Holmes,
Chas A. Virgins.
Severely wounded:
Albert Lepine. Leo Lipinsky,
Michael F. McGrath, Jack MADISON,
Joseph Malinowski, James Martin,
Michael J. Masrosky. Chas. F. Nenn.
Otto Neuendorf RAYMOND Panger. Ben
Tilorski, George Rebedew, George R
Roble. Adam J. Schaller, George II.
Seibel. Samuel T. Shaekelfcrd. Emil
Skimek, Henry B. Stroud. Fred Saber.
George Sampson, John l.. Schelbach.
Pearl Evan Smith Herbert Sonnen-