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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-23
e GUN FACTORIES
SOON WORKING OVERTIME

America, sadly behind in artillery
at the outbreak of the war. and slow
in developing for time thereafter,
Is now doing a vast task toward sup
plying this highly vital portion OF the
war material England and France
promised to supply artillery at first,
but the ordnance divisions stipend
Gus task Is designed to relieve them
of this burden by the close OF the
year.
Acting Chief of Staff March, until
recently artillery chief abroad, is or
the opinion that big guns are eX-
tremely necessary from now on. so
it is certain he and the gun division
will press for completion of the Bis
work already proceeding.
The ferocity of the German artillery
fire in the latest drive, undoubtedly
mainly responsible for the dent in
British lines, furnishes ample proof
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-23
Munday Found Guilty.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
MORRIS, Ill. March 23.-Charles
B. Munday. former vice president of
the defunct Lorimer bank in Chi
cago, was found guilty by jury
here today of accepting deposits In
the bank after it was insolvent.
Sentence will not be imposed until
after April 90 when arguments for
a new trial will be heard The maxi
mum penalty is Imprisonment from
one to three years. The jury recon-
mended fine and Imprisonment
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-23
Perlca to H ave Sixteen
Rants Turning Out Hun
dreds of Cannons.

.srress eu sress Leased Wire Service. ]
Il slifNGTON, March 2.3.-Amer-
~. Wen on the way toward turn
% ny the thousand, mobile artii-
rn;u an'ion which shall rain death
In an over the Teuton lines.
oranei aLai summary of progress by
av lce sLe bureaus gun division
tbo showed that 1t has arranged
non re production of many thousand
nnoa nm ana the erection and complete
pns.s ssnt OF sixteen plants for their
'nese plants are well under
kp,..s.a anu a number are practicalis
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-23
Visits Belgian Front.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
LONDON, March 23-Secretary
Baker visited the Belgian front Fri
day and had long talk with King AL
bert, il was announced here today.
There has been considerable raid
ing and artillerying on the Belgian
front In conjunction with the present
drive on the British lines.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-23


man war Offices official statement last
night reported the capture Of 10000
British prisoners and 200 guns.
[Keen's reference to the lack Of
German innovations In weapons prob
ably is based on the reports that Hin
denburg intended using tanks in the
west front offensive for the first time,
together with new form of poison
gas.]
Little Progress Made.
[By William Philip Simms, United
Press Staff Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
TRANCE, March 23.-Hard fighting is
reported OH the British front line IN
numerous places.
At Bullecourt, Ronssoy, Vaucelette
and Lagnecourt, amongst others, the
lighting is very hot.
TLagnecourt is twelve miles west Of
Cambrai and seven miles northeast OF
Bapaume.
Ronssoy is fifteen miles south of
Cambrai and eleven miles north OF
st. Quentin.
Bullecourt is three miles northwest
OF I.agnicourt and one and a half miles
east Of Croisilles.
All these points are approximately
in British lines as they were before
the attack, indicating that in these
places, at least, the Germans have
made little progress.l
Rheims Bombarded.
nd
five hundred German shells, including
many gas shells were thrown into
Rheims Tuesday and Wednesday, the
newspaper Euclaireur De Lest report
ed today.
Slaughter of Germans.
1By J. w. t. Mason, written for the
United Press.l
NEW YORK, March 23.-The Brit
ish retirement west Of st. Quent1ne
is not an alarming symptom.
st. Quentine marks the southern
end of the Hindenburg line and is
one of the natural strategic points
where the Germans might concentrate
their attack to improve their defens'
i've positions south Of Cambria. 1t Is
possible to devastate a limited area
Of any battle front by concentrating
enough artillery fire on 1t. The en-
tire trench system can be obllterated.
thus destroying the shelters OF the
opposing forces and compelling a
limited retreat
This is what apparently has happen
ed in the st. Quentin area. No bel
ligerent has enough munitions, now
ever, to engage in so extravagant
devastation over a wide front.
Elsewhere the British line is hold
ing and gives assurance of perman-
ent stability.
The principal fact in the situation
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-23
Friendly to United States.

United Press Leased Wire Service
BUENOS AIRES, March 26.-The
Argentine government has declined
to request the United States supply
ship Glacier to leave within twenty
four hours, following a German pro-
test that its presence was a violation
Of Argentine neutrality.
The incident is taken as indicative
of the extreme friendliness between
the two countries.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-23
Socialists Chanue Front

ROME. March 23-The nature OF
the Russo-German peace has resulted
in Italy's official socialists dropping
many of their pacifist doctrines and
actions il was learned here today
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-23
Armed With Machine Guns
and ALI Ready for Cruise
of Destruction.

United Press Leased Wire Service.
SANDlEGO, Calf. March 23.-Tae
thirty-two ton motor boat Alexander
Agassiz was enroute here today in
tow of an American gunboat who seiz-
ed the Agassiz off the Mexican coast
last Tuesday Five men. four of whom
are said to he German, are held on the
gunboat According to reports reach
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-23

Japan was second to the United
States in the production ri copper
last year, and was followed by Chile
and Mexico
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-23

Member Of Parliament Arrested.
LONDON. March 23.-L. Ginnell,
member of parliament from West.
meath was arrested in Kilkenny, Ire
land, today. charged with inciting peo
pie to "enter the lands.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-23
American Soldiers Make An
other Raid Into German
Lines and Smash
Dugouts.
NO LIFE IS FOUND THERE
Second Excursion Aorooo No Mans
Land Shows Yankee
Artillery Most
Effective.

lBy Fred s. Ferguson, United Press
STAFF Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. March 22-American sol.
diers who Wednesday night raided
German trenches. repeated the raid
early this morning.
Trenches and dugouts had been
sma shed during the night by artillery
fire.
The enemy front line apparently
was lightly held. All the occupants
were wiped out.
AmericAns on List.
OTTAWA, Ont, March 23.-The
in today's Canadian casualty list:
Killed in action:
J. e. Newton, Detroit.
, w. II. Bennett, Butte, Mont.
| Gassed:
s. Bateman Cincinnati, Ohio.
America Aroused.
| WASHINGTON, March 23.-The
news that the Germans had broken
| through Britain's defenses on the west
| front aroused the senate today to de-
mand more vigorous prosecution OF
Americas part in the war.
Resuming its clean up Of war depart
ment bills. the senate took up the reso
luton for registraticC OF ~ rscn who
have become twenty-One since the fifth
OF last June.
Senator Hardwick, Georgia, con
sistent opponent OF the draft sought
to amend it to exempt all men who
have reached the age Of thirty-one
since June 5. His own vote was the
only one in favor Of this proposal.
Hardwick said if congress doesn't
want to exempt men as they reach the
age of thirty-one, it should raise the
age limit.
"We'll undoubtedly have to raise it.
if reports we now hear are borne out"
said Senator Chamberlain. But this
Is not the time to do it. We may
eventually need to take men beyond
the age Of thirty and we may have to
go up to forty-five II the war lasts
, But the thing to do now is to make
available all the men we can by adding
those who reach twenty-one.'
I'VE ought to prepare as rapidly as
possible TO double our army said
Senator Smith. Georgia. "Undoubtedo
Iy before we finish we will have to
! take in older men. We ought to dou-
BILE our ordnance supply, our powder
supply-double everything-and then
get behind it with real pnch."
! The resolution. however, was laid
! aside and number Of bills passed in
Guiding one providing communication
of quarters to officers in field service.
, This gives them the same payment for
quarters as has been made to men on
duty in this country.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-23

Read Gate CITY want ada
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-23
Fighting Today at Points in British Lines,
but Teuton Advance has Made but
Little Progress.
|CCEss IN ONE SECTION OF LINES
|tons Break Through Defensive System
With Great Weight of Infantry and
Artillery.

junction with the offensive. The Ger
man war Offices official statement last
night reported the capture Of 10000
British prisoners and 200 guns.
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-23
Vastness of Materials.

lContinued ON page 21
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-23
THE WEATHER

Partly cloudy tonight and
Sunday. Local tempt p. m.
A; 7 a. m. 81.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-23
SLAUGHTER is Appalling.

LONDON. March % French
forces to the right of the British
lines are now engaged, dispatches
from the British front declared to-
day.
The slaughter at Roiseltincourt Is
appalling.
Every available gun has been con-
centrated against the solid masses Of
the enemy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-23
Germany's Last Battle.

GermanyS laSt 6attIe.
COPENHAGEN, March s3.-Ger-
man newspapers, received here today
declare the present battle on the
west front is final and decisive.
They characterize it as the ''last
exertion of strength before peace
Germany only needs to hold Il
short time to obtain victory" it was
declared .'The army leaders prob
ably intend the enemy to bleed to
death before the final attack"
Claim 25, 900 Prisoners.
BERLIN, (via I.ondon) March %.
Grown Prince Rupprecht forces
have captured 25, ZOO prisoners, 400
cannon and 800 machine guns, the
Berlin war Office announced today.
Vastness Of Materials.
AMSTERDAM, March 23.-German
newspapers place great stress on the
great vastness of materials back of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-23

[Keen's reference to the lack Of
German innovations in weapons prob
ably is based on the reports that Hin
denburg intended using tanks in the
west front offensive for the first time,
together with new form of poison
gas.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-17

pended for the period of the war, but
there are said to have been thousands
of cases pending before this suspen-
sion was made effective by the authori-
ties. An amendment to the present tax
lien law may be drafted later on, it is
said, with a view to eliminating the
Glen shark"
The liens are foreclosed chiefly
against poor people who have bought
small homes. They are confronted with
the risk of losing their property un-
less they pay the liens for arrears in
taxes, with large accommodating costs.
In most cases the owner does not
know there are arrears in taxes against
his property for the reason that the
clerks ina the Tax Department have
failed to properly enter small arrears
which may have existed prior to the
purchase of the property, or because
the buyer has not seen fit to expend
the money to have the title thoroughly
searched.
The liens are sold at auction by the
city and bid in by the operators or
their representatives, who if unscrupu-
lous, await their opportunity to enforce
the payment of tax arrears, with ac-
cumulated costs, or seize the property
of the original purchaser under fore
closure proceedings.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-17
Six Held in 100000
Express Co. Thefts

Half a dozen men were arrested ves-
terday in Brooklyn in connection with
the disappearance of 100000 worth OF
automobile supplies and other goods
from express companies. BENJAMIN
FREEDMAN and Walter Cash, drivers for
Wells. Fargo e. Co., are accused Of
piling goods on their wagon. not prop
ery included in their load, and un-
loading them at the garage of John
Bedson, 423 Lexington Avenue, Brook
lyn.
Bedson also is under arrest charged
with grand larceny, with an additional
charge of burglary, owing to the al
legged theft by him and others of three
automobiles. valued at $4,000, from a
nelghboring garage.
On information furnished, it is said.
by one of the express wagon drivers.
William Lauer manager of Bedson's
garage. was arrested on charge Of
grand larceny. and the same charge
was made against Harry Howard and
Nathan Ressler, who are said to have
handled the stolen property in the
Bedson garage.
Bedson was held in $4,000 bail and
the others in 81 900 in the Gates Ave
nue. police court. The arrests we're
the result of an anonymous letter.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-17
Body in Bundle Case
Still Puzzles Police

=, Daniel O'Neil, brother. of Mrs.
Christina QUARREL. of 235 Twelfth
Street. West New York. N. j.. whose
death is still mystifying the police of
that place. was released from custody
yesterday by order Of Prosecutor Gar
YIN. FRANK QUARREL, the woman's hus-
band, was still detained, though there
is no charge against him, and he has
not been arraigned.
The police admit they are no nearer
a solution of the mystery than they
were Thursday morning when the
woman's body, wrapped in heavy brown
paper, was found in vacant lot An
autopsy performed by County Phvsi-
clan DAILY and Dr.. Haskell failed to dis
close any marks of violence.
1t is the belief of the police now that
Mrs. QUARREL, after her husband Ieft
their home early Saturday evening
went to some saloon not far from the
house and died there either from poi-
son or from the effects Of icuor Tbo
hab'tues Of the place. it is thought be-
coming frightened, sought to hide tho
woman's body in the vacant LOT.
QUARREL was subjected to several
cross examinations Yesterday both Nv
the t e;3c police and the county prosecutor's
ASSISTANTS, He did not vary from his
original story, and told in straioht-
forward manner what he knew of bic
wife's habits. He admitted thev ad
had serious differences over bnr foa Ia
ness for drink. ei 'o"o-
New-York tribune., 1918-08-17
Accounts Differ Whetb..
Mrs. Rebecca Carleton
Was Locked in Jail
Bail Fixed at $2,0oo
Lawyer Says She Merely W..
Giving lift" in Auto 10
Stranger in Uniform

Mrs. Rebecca Carleton, a wealth.
young widow residing at l24 West g.,
enty- Street, said to be the nis,,
of Canadian army officer, was ~.
rested yesterday on charge of adi,.
deserter from the United States ARM
to escape.
Accompanied by soldier, Mrs. Cs,l..
ton was driving north in her automu
bile in Third Avenue when she .w..
halted by Patrolman Samuel Rosepfe,d
The policeman ran toward the automn
bile and shouted to the soldier: 'A''
Sammy, want voul"
Patrolman Rosenfeld demanded .h.,
Mrs. Carleton drive him and the solids.
TO the Simpson Street police station
Mrs. Carleton, according to her own
story, offered to take the prisoner IA
the nearest army camp. but after
short argument obeyed the patrolms,
She was talking to the policeman on "A,
way to the station when the ALLEGED
dcserter jumped out of the moving Al.
tomobile and ran into nearby house
Patrolman Rosenfeld immediately A..
rested Mrs. Carleton. She was Az.
raigned before Magistrate Simms in
the Morrisania court, and held wtbon,
examination for twenty-four hours IA
give the arresting officer time to swear
out Federal warrant. Bail was fixed
at $4,000, and Mrs. Carleton was N.
manded TO the Bronx County jail.
through her attorney, H. Benn.t,
solomon, Mrs. Carleton demanded sn
immediate hearing. Magistrate Sims
ruled that the policeman was entitled
TO an adjournment. Attorney Solomon
then appealed to Supreme Court Jus.
tllne Glegerich for a writ of certriorsr
TO have him review the disposition Of
the case. Mrs. Carleton was brouch.
INTO court by Sheriff Donnelly Of The
b1onN, but after long argument Justice
Hlegerlch decided that the magistrate
had the right to detain a Federal prs
oner until the arrival of Federal off,
GERS.
Attorney Solomon told Justice Gieg.
erich that Mrs. Carleton had no inten
ton of shielding a deserter. He said
she was driving from her CITY residence
to her country home in New Rochelle
when she passed the soldier, whom she
had never seen before. He said she and
many other patriotic women were in
the habit OF giving soldiers lift in
their cars. He said the soldier told
Mrs. Carleton he lived with his mother
at Third Avenue and t45th Street, The
Bronx, and that she was on her wsy
to his home when stopped
Mr.. Solomon said Mrs Carleton was
the niece Of Captain Victor Curry, Of
lhe Royal Canadian Rifles, now in
France.
AT Mrs. Carleton's residence a wom
an said Mrs. Carleton had obtained
bail and left for the country with her
sister. At the Bronx County jail it was
reported at midnight that she was still
there
New-York tribune., 1918-08-17
Work or Fight Law
To Be Used Against
TAX Lien Sharks"

Nathan Hirsch, chairman of the May
or's Committee on Taxation and the
Investigation of Mortgage Loans, con-
ferred with District Attorney Swami
yesterday in regard to proceeding
against the "tax lien sharks" who have
been operating against soldiers and
other small property holders. These
brokers are said to have been paid
thousands of dollars by small property
owners under threat of force osure Of
liens for arrears on taxes which had
been purchased from the city at auc-
ton.
The District Attorney assigned AS
sistant District Attorneys Talley and
Manton to cooperate in the investiga-
ton, examine witnesses and determine
whether criminal proceedings could not
be brought against certain operators
The technicalites of the tax lien law
appear to protect the Sharks" in their
unpatriotic methods, but District At
torney Swami believes that such prac
tices at the present time can be stopped
by the work or fight" law and many
Of the operators driven out of bust
ness.
The sale of tax liens by the city on
property held by soldiers has been sus-
New-York tribune., 1918-08-17
MT. Vernon Clamps
Lid Tight on Hearst
And German Papers
Imported Agents and Gus
toners" Make Pretence at
Defying New Ordinance

MOUNT VERNON, N. Y. Aug. 10
Hearst and German language news
papers from the city limits was strict
ly enforced to-day so far as the local
ewsdealers were concerned. Every local
dealer .obeyed the police order to dis
continue the sale of those papers after
last night.
Some Hearst newspapers were sold
here, however, by special agents i'm
ported for that purpose. The police took
the names of these Hearst men, but
did not arrest any of them, following
orders from Corporation Counsel D..
Henry Esser.
When Mr.. Esser returns from his va
cation there may be arrests. On the
other hand, city officials intimated to-
day that there would possibly be no
arrest of Hearst emissaries until after
the passage of another ordinance aimed
at disloyal newspapers. This ordinance
would provide for the licensing of
newsdealers. For legal reasons, it is
said, Mr.. Esser prefers to proceed
against the Hearst agents under Ii
censing ordinance rather than the one
already passed and upheld by Supreme
Court Justice Young.
The special Hearst agents imported
early this morning made show of
doing a brisk business. Brisk hammered
gentlemen were seen to walk up to the
Hearst men, buy "New York Amer
ican" and pass on-briskly. A little
watching on the part of Mount Vernon
patriots disclosed that these brisk
gentlemen had a habit of walking
around the corner after each purchase.
There they would dispose of the
Hearst paper and then be ready to make
another purchase. These brisk gentle
men were strangers in Mount Vernon
also imported, citizens believe
A meeting of local dealers was called
by Hearst agent last night. Some of
the dealers attended. An attempt was
made to get the dealers to defy the
ordinance and continue Hearst sales.
BY the absence of Hearst papers on
their stands this morning the local
dealers gave their answer.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-17
Le.uis Agair, Turns
Guns on Hearst for
Stand on Alsace
onas Lippmann. editor Of "The Voice

onas Lippmann, editor Of "The Voice
o. lsace- Lorraine" who is working in
this ,untry in behalf of the people of
the a. provinces." called on Attor-
ney Genera. - 80 Wy vii
Hotel yesterday and u40o 80 - -n..o..
to some of the utterances of the Hearst
newspapers since this country entered
the war.
One Of these was in an editorial in
Hearst's "Deutsches Journal" which
recently suspended publication The
editorial appeared on June 6. 1917, two
months after the United States entered
the war
"Mr Lippmann translated the edi-
torial," said Attorney General Lewis
at was written as a reply to Premier
Ribot's declaration in the Chamber of
Deputies that Alsace- Lorraine must be
restored to France. This is the closing
paragraph of the editorial in Hearst's
'Deutsches Journal:
"'France mas gotten along forty
four years without Alsace- Lorraine and
did not fare badly by it. She can also
get along in the future without them
and when it comes to that point the
great obstacle is sdetracked.
"Mr. Hearst, in what he intended tc
be a reply to my charge that he had
DeCn Inc Irlenu ana companion OF BOlC
Pacha and Count Won Bernstorff, chal.
lenged me in these words:
"Tf Mr.. Lewis has the slightest
scintlla OF pertinent or competent evi
dcnce against me rejecting directly o,
indirectly upon me or upon my papers
let him produce it and let him act upor
it in his official capacity as Attorney
General Of New York
"ThiS fact must bo kent in m in Il
Premier Ribot, in discussing the posi-
bic terms Of peace in the Chamber OF
Deputies in France, declared there
could be no peace except peace baset
upon the return Of Alsacc- Lorraine
Mr.. Hearst's editorial commented there
on as above.
81 submit that the editorial utter
ance Of Mr.. Hearst reflects directly
upon him and upon his papers and was
calculated and intended to operate upor
the minds Of German-Americans in this
New-York tribune., 1918-08-17
City Employees Told to
Ignore Questionnalrs

In response to the plan OF "
Bureau of Municipal Research 10 o.
in getting higher salaries FOR clty e. e..
ployes, the Civil Service Forum n'
adopted resolutions urging ITS neI
bers to refrain from answering :.
questionnaires sent out by the buls,i
as "the information sought is person.
and intimate and IS of 10 concern
the bureau. The resolutions follow.
Resolved. that the Civil Sens,
Forum. an organization represen.i;,,ss ~
10000 Federal. state. county ana y, Ss
employees residing in the City OF M
York, in regular session assemo;.., ss;.,.
welcomes this belated offer OF s:,, ss,,
ance from an institution notoiivss.ni, ,s.i,
hostile to the civil employees ana ~, ~,
interests, and we sincerely hop, ~ -.
the Bureau thus may make par'isi
aration for the injury done thouss,s ~.
of employees by its advocacy OF -"
dulent Standardization of salsf's"
be it further .,.. ID.
"Resolved. that this organiza'lss' NJ
vises the employees of the CITY o. y, al
York to decline the invitation t.,r,s
out the questionnaire, and 70 NJ.
al information Of an intimate anu il.
sonal character to any OUTSIDE el l;rd.'
responsible agency of whatever A'