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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-08

CHICAGO, Jan S.-Corn- 4
yellow, $1.65@I72; No. yellow,
s1.4S@1.58; No. 6 yellow, S1.4O@
1.51; No. 4 white. $1.62Q1.7O; No. .
white, $145@1.48; No. white, S1.45;
No. 8 mixed, $40; No. mixed,
No. mixed, s1.45@153;
No. 6 mixed, s1.35@1.45.
Oats-No. 8 white, soy 082c; No.
4 white, S0@S1Ac; standard, SIG
S2Ac.
Peoria Grain.
PEORIA. H., Jan. Corn-Mar-
ket 204c lower. No. yellow, SLOT
bid; No. 8 mixed, s1.65 bid
Oats-Market unchanged, nc high
er. No. 2 white, Size; No. white,
Sic; standard, Sic.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO, Jan. 8.-Hog receipts.
$4,000; market dull and steady Mixed
and butchers, s1610@16.75; good
heavy, $16.45016.s0; rough heavy,
$16.o5@16.25: light, $15.75@16.65;
pigs, s12.5o@15.50.
Cattle receipts 10000: market
steady. Beewes, s7S5@1S5O; cows
and heifers, S5.50G116O; stockers
and feeders, s6.70@1o.5o; calves,
sS.50@15.25.
Sheep receipts $4,000; market
steady. Native, s9.50@12.s5; western,
s9.S0@13.25; lambs, S13.50017.25;
western, s1425@17.5o; ewes, $3.50
1920.
ST. Louis Live stock.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Jan. Seattle
receipts 1900; market steady. Texas
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-08

declaration made by William J. Palm
er when he pleaded guilty in the
criminal court Palmer killed his
wife, Gertrude, early last November
Il did not realize what l had done
until hours afterward," explained
Palmer, who entered plea for lem
iency.
Mrs. Palmer's throat was slashed
as husband and wife Quarreled In
front of their home.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-08
Situation In Spain.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
PARIS, Jan. S.-A special article
in the Matin says:
1.-THE situation in Spain is most
confusing and has alarmed public
opinion here. Special ministerial
consultations are converting in all the
larger cities, and the tenson is in
creased by the serious shortage Of
coal which has caused the complete
suspension of lighting and heating"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-08

Cotton consumed in American mills
during the month of November, 1917,
amounted to 59O,763 running bales,
counting round as half bales, except
foreign cotton, which is in equiva-
lent 500-pound bales, compared with
583,O44 bales in. November, 1916, and
for the four months ended Novem-
Der 30, the total was 2,27S,181, COM
pared with 2.219,767 bales in the cor
responding period last year.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-08
Spain in TurmoIl Analn

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. !
PARIS, Jan. Spain Is passing
through another economic crisis
which is resulting in distinct revo-
lutionary movement, according to
dispatches printed by the Matin to-
day. Establishment of martial law
throughout the monarchy is being
considered
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-08

of Illinois is upheld in every par
ticular.
The decision was given in the
case of Henry w. Boerner, a saloon
keeper who sought to restrain the
mayor and the police of Chicago from
barring the sale of non-intoxicants in
saloons on Sunday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-08
Mayor has Power.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. I
CHICAGO, Jan. S.-Ginger ale, nut
sundaes, cigars and cigarettes, as
well as intoxicants, if sold in sa-
looms, are included in the ruling
handed down by the United States
supreme court which held that Mayor
Thompson possesses full Sunday clos
ing powers.
By the decision, the supreme court
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-08
Keepinq the QUALITY up.

y LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE, the
World-F Cure for Colds and
Grip. is now 30c per box. On account
OF the advance in the price of the six
different Medicinal, Concentrated
Extracts and Chemicals contained in
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE, 1t
was necessary to increase the price
to the Druggist. 1t has stood the
test for a Quarter of Century. 1t
is used by every Civilized Nation
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-08
Food Prices in Berlin.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, Jan. Stood
prices are soaring sky-high in Berlin,
according to information obtained by
the U. S. food administration
Butter is selling at 1925 pound !;
sugar at Sc cents pound, ham and
bacon at s2.11 a pound and soap at
five bars for SLIP.
These prices are from four to five
times as high as those now prevail
ing in the u. S.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-08
WATER POWER
BILL IN CONGRESS
Continued from page IL

erty. Federal courts are to deter
mine the disputed cases.
But If the government does not
wish to purchase at the end of the
license period, the license may be
renewed.
One hundred thousand dollars is
appropriated for expenses of the
commission.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-08
Confession Of Murder.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO. Jan. s.-That he muir.
dered his wife while under, the In
fluence of some potent SHELL that
robbed him of reason and that he
had no memory OF the act was the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-08
Weather Conditions.

The lake storm has moved we'll to
the eastward, and colder weather has
followed in the central valleys, freez-
ing weather extending to the gulf
coast.
West of the Mississippi the tenn
perature has risen somewhat, with a
depression advancing from southwest
ern Kansas, and the weather is unset
tied in the plateau region, with scat
tered light snow in the northern Dor
lion.
Local Observations.
Jan. Bar. Their. Wind W'th'r.
Z p. m. .2999 IL w Clear
7 a. N. .3005 6 w Cloudy
River stage at a. m. i below low
water.
Change in "a hours, rise 2.
Mean temperature 7th, IA; highest,
u; lowest, 6; lowest last night. 4
FRED 2. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-08
Grain Review.

limited Press Leased Wire Service]
CHICAGO, Jan. S.-Announcement
that President Wilson would address
congress on foreign relations shortly
before noon today sent oats prices
down IS to 2a4 cents from an early
bulge.
Corn also showed a recession.
January oats opened rs higher at
S01a, but later lost 1. March opened
at 1914, up %, but subsequently lost
2A. May opened 70 lower and later
last Is to 1875.
January corn opened late at s1.27H
unchanged, and continued at that fig
ure. May opened unchanged, at
s1.25%, but later lost e.
Provisions were steady, while hog
prices were shade lower
DAILY RANGE OF PRICES.
CHICAGO, H., JAN s.
1 Omen High 7 ivy {f1Osa
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-08
I. THE WEATHER.
lU. s. Department Of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau.J

Weather Bureau
Weather Forecast.
For Keokuk and vicinity: Probably
snow tonight and Wednesday; some.
what colder Wednesday.
For Iowa: Unsettled weather to.
night and Wednesday; probably snow !;
not quite so cold east and colder ex-
IRENE west portions tonight: some
what colder southwest portion Wed
nesday.
For Missouri Probably snow to-
night and Wednesday; somewhat cold
er Wednesday west and central por-
lions.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-08
piles Cured In 6 to ID Dave

Plies Cured IN to Il DAYS
Druggists refund money II PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure Itching
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
First application gives relief. soc.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-08
Where They Relonu.

Portland Oregonian: Time to ston
making the disloyal kiss the flag
Make them kiss the inside of the bars
III they must kiss anything.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-08
DISQUALIFIED.

Iowa Falls Citizen: A man who IS
dead anxious to get into office is pref
ty good man to keep out OF office.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-08

territorial integrity should be guar
anteed by international covenant.
IA general association of ma
tlons must be formed by nations
under specific purpose Of affording
mutual guarantees of political indie
pendence and territorial integrity 10
great and small states alike.
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New-York tribune., 1918-02-10

lapse of Russia in the summer before
Tarnopol, a considerable, though unknown,
proportion Of the younger and more Wig
orous elements. Apart from the move
ments of divisions as whole, there has
been continuous withdrawing Of younger
men from the East to the West. New bat
talions were continually being formed of
selected men and sent westward-thc
transfer taking, as a rule, about twelve
days.
Il However thin you make your curtain of
- men who are merely watching a doubt
ful situation, you cannot reduce it beyond
certain minimum. Tho Germans and
Austrians between them are watching in
the East a line which in all its sinuosities
is little short of thousand miles in
length They have had perhaps one man
to the yard for this duty, counting every
thing within the zone Of the armies. They
might-it is conceivable--halve that num-
Der, and much more than halve its value,
by leaving for this minimum only the
older or fatigued portions Of their forces
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
How German Forces
Are Disposed

The German army is the kernel of what
we have to consider. Of it's 100000 men
upon the two fronts the general figure to
retain is that two-thrds are upon the West
and one-third upon the East, so far as
numbers of divisions alone are concerned.
There are about 100 German divisions on
the West front (the most precise and re-
cent estimate, which cannot, of course, pre-
tend to be exactly accurate, is 1879. There
are the equivalent of eighty German divi-
sons on the East front (79 numbered
divisions and certain extras).
A superficial and false conclusion would
be that, since what was once the Russian
army may now be counted out. the German
forces upon the West can be reinforced
during 1918 by the extra so per cent from
the East. Such a view would be a greatly
exaggerated one, for the following reasons:
I The Russian front has now for nearly
IL twelve months been used as sort of
rest camp. Units which could not be used in
the furnace Of the West are sent there to
do the work of police, which is all that is
required At least quarter Of the Ger
man divisions in the East are landwehr of
the kind which will never be used in active
service against the French, British or
Americans Another portion Calculating
but always considerably is made up of
divisions which have been hammered on
the West front and sent to the East, where
there is no fighting, to recover. At any
one moment these "resting" divisions are
out Of calculation, SO far as reinforcement
of the Western line is concerned.
= Reinforcement of material from East
4. to West, though it is considerable. can
not be upon anything like the scale of one
third to two-thirds. 1t is not generally ap
preciated, for instance, that in aeroplanes
the Germans were using more than ten in
the West to one in the East. The proper
tion of heavy artillery, again, is very much
less upon the East than upon the West.
= There have already been withdrawn
y. from the East in the course of the last
year, and particularly since the final col
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10

course, all the various groups of peoples,
Magyar, Slav, Rumanian, German, subject
to the Hapsburg monarchies and con-
scripted willingly or unwillingly) are not
two-thirds, but are more than one-half, as
large as the German forces. The Germans,
roughly, are somewhat over 100000
strong; in the field they are about 3,0OO,-
600. Of the Austro- Hungarian forces act
ually fighting, rather more than half are
at present upon the Italian front, rather
less than half facing the Rumanians and
the Russians. If one counted by units the
Eastern forces facing Russia would be
the larger, but the divisions in the East
have been "nilkcd" to reinforce those in
the West.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
Points on the West.
ern Line Where
Big Attacks Are
Likely to Fall
in the Spring
Copyright 1s1s-The Tribune Association

public attention has recently been mostly
directed are the first (Vosges), second
Nancy and seventh (Lille), though late
events have made one school of writer's
suggest the sixth (Cambrai). Why are
the others-the Verdun, Champagne, st.
Quentin, Ypres and maritime sectors
regarded as less probable points Of attack?
AS to three of them, the verdun, Cham
payne and Ypres sectors, the reason they
are thought on the whole as less likely to
receive the shock is that each Of them,
having been the scene of highly developed
system of attack or defence in the past, is
now provided with mass of local COM
munications and concentration points,
which are the chief strength of modern
defensive.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
Points Upon Which
An Attack Is Likely

Now, what are the points upon which
such an offensive would most probably be
launched? Theoretically, almost any con-
siderable sector on the Western line, be-
tween the Adriatic and the North Sea,
might be chosen. But if we examine each
in turn we shall discover what are the
respective advantages and disadvantages.
The southernmost, the Italian front,
had, at the moment of the last great
enemy success in the autumn, one supreme
advantage, which was POLITICAL 1t was
hoped that decision here might put Italy
out Of the war. Tremendous as was the
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10

knowledge, is to show what the chances
are, whatever is calculable in the problem
before you. If we confine ourselves to
that limit in this moment of strained at
tention before the German offensive or
group of offensives is launched, we shall
do all that sound criticism permits.
First, let us note that the alternative to
this offensive upon the part of the enemy,
though widely suggested, is improbable.
This alternative suggestion is that the
enemy will not deliver an offensive stroke,
but will watch us as we watch him; that he
will trust to the development Of political
trouble among the Allies, to the effect Of
the submarine campa gn and to war weari-
ness in general to do their work until he
can propose at the right moment more
liberal peace terms than he has yet con-
sidered, in the hope that those terms will
be accepted and the Prussian military ma
chine left unbeaten.
This, though possible policy, is most
improbable one, because of two obvious
elements. First, every month that passes
brings nearer the moment when the full
American effort will be felt; second, the
strain upon the enemy, both economic and
political, is more severe than upon the
Allies.
The enemy has the advantage of greater
unity, but he has the disadvantage of much
greater suffering at home, which has been
prolonged over much greater period. He
has also suffered more in dead and
wounded.
Of the belligerent nations in the West
the French alone have had losses On the
same scale as the Germans and Austrians.
and even they have slightly lower per-
centage. The Italians have a still lower
percentage, the British one far lower,
while American aid, when it comes, will
come in perfectly fresh.
So far as the other element, food, is con-
cerned, there is no comparison between
the strain now suffered in Central Europe,
and long suffered, and that which is only
beginning to be felt among the Allies.
Everything, therefore, points to the
probability Of an enemy offensive or group
Of offensives, and even of this military
policy maturing early in the year.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
Limit of Reduction
OF Eastern Forces

The East front includes great spaces of
marsh and lake regions, which permit of q
very thin observing line. But there is a
limit to its reduction. 1t is generally con-
ceded that if the German Empire can ulti-
mately draw upon a further half million
men for the West and add another SO per
cent of the quarter million Of Austro- Hun-
garians (supposing that present political
conditions stand), it is a maximum.
At the present reduced rate of German
division, the equivalent of at the most fifty
such divisions of first class men might be
drawn upon.
A ]itt,t sample Of the way the enemy
has used this relief of pressure on the
Eastern front may be Of interest. Taking
ten selected days whereof we now have full
information (about eight weeks ago), we
find four German divisions coming from
the East to the West: the oath, 1st and
10th Reserve divisions and one active
division, the 1st We find in the same
short period the 10Th Landwehr sent back
to the Eastern front after comparatively
short period in the West, and probably
second reserve division going back few
days later.
The whole position, therefore, may be
compared to man using 157 pieces OF
standardized machinery only by the con-
tinual employment of which can he prevent
the breakdown of some plan. Each of
these pieces of machinery, when fully
occupied, wears out very rapidly and has
to be withdrawn for repair Each piece
has to be kept out of line for a longer time
to be repaired altogether, or for shorter
time while spare parts are being renewed
The man, we will say, has about SO per
cent of his active machines continuously in
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
passed.
Analysis of
The Western Front

There remains the Western front
proper, from the Alps to the North Sea
Here we may count on the following nine
main sectors:
1. The sector of the Vosges Noun
tains and forests, including the small
part Of Upper Alsace now in French
hands.
2. The open sector, with Metz behind
it on one side and Toul on the other.
which runs from the Vosges to the
Meuse-and may be called the sector of
Nancy.
3. The sector of Verdun
4. The Champagne, much the largest
open stretch.
S. The sector of st. Quentin.
6. The sector of Cambria, stretching
northward to the late battlefield Of
Arras.
7. The sector Of Lille.
8. The sector Of Ypres, which was
the scene of the British effort last
autumn.
9. The maritime sector, between
Ypres and the North Sea.
Of these nine sectors the three to which
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
What Strength the
Kaiser Can Draw
From the East
for a Strong
Offensive
By HILAIRE BELLOC
tIu.hor Of elements Of the Great War"
and Ensland's Most Distinguished
Military Critic)

TINE great war at this moment is
halted in suspense which is only
\ a preparation for the great action
Immediately impending.
Snow has fallen upon the Lower Alps
md checked the Austrian pressure upon
hs flank Of the Piave line. The crest Of
Monte Tomba, the only point on the last
mountain wall which the enemy reached,
md therefore the only good observation
point whence the enemy could command
the plains to the Adriatic, was retaken
I ty the French, and since the supplementary
Italian success action in this sector would
an end
Upon the main Western front, through
France ard Belgium, there is no great
sction proceeding. Both parties arc sum-
ming up their strength for the struggle of
the approaching fighting season, which
each hopes to make final and decisive.
The time at which I write this, the first
sfmy weekly summaries for The Tribune,
therefore suited for a general review Of
he situation.
How do the opposing forces approach
The fighting season Ct 1918?
The outlines arc Of common knowledge:
the collapse Of Russia; the continued &C
uyty Of the encmy's submarine offensive;
the certainty Of an indetcrminate period
iefore the full strength of the United
States can be brought TO bear, either in
men or in materials or in building power
that is, tonnage; or in counter attacks
sgainst the submarines by sea.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
An Estimate of
lhe Chances on Land

with the second clement action by
'io--lt is otherwise. Here we can deal
~ "0 fgures fairly precise and estimate
VI. chances of war more accurately.
,'rst, we must regard the Bulgarian
m a"u turkish armies as occupying their
wv" NV ilelds outside the critical sectors
,"ey are faced and held in Macedonia,
WI ssf's and Mesopotamia. There are two,
psVSS'o'y ~ three, Turkish divisions lent to
,S s central Powers upon their Eastern
.', "'e' rather larger number of Bul-
ss: 1s''ans north of the Danube, or in the
hsp, hs.sa0orhood of its mouth, on the southern
ssa ssaA. but the great bulk of the Turkish
=, ;. ., ouigarlan forces may be counted out
v " sae main problem.
NAT problem lies upon the Italian and
,;s ssncn fronts, and what we have to con-
p's sael Is the effect upon those fronts of
,",, s'.a having ceased to fight for now
II. var. What are the rough figures of
A. s"esnys situation in this regard? They
Se a. follows:
Aas AUSTRIAN forces (which means. of