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Plenty of Fight.

Paris, June 13.-There was plenty
Of fight yesterday but it did not affect
the general situation. AS the Ger
mans are fighting against time, this
result is distinct gain for the de-
Tense.
(. The Germans, it is true, made slight
progress on their left towards Com
peigne, from which at Melicocq, they
are now only five miles away. but so
did the French on the other wing in
the region Of Merry.
AS the nautre of the ground around
Merry provides the French with ex-
cellent gun positions behind hills.
from which they can pound at short
range the road by which all supplies
must pass to the German center in
the thrust toward Compeigne. the
French can claim an advantage in the
days operations. for they also stopped
the German efforts south of the Aisne
against the forest east OF Villers-
Cotterets. H.
Paris, 13.-The attack southwest Of
SoisBons on the front between the
Aisne and the Marne, has been brok-
en- by the violent resistance Of the
French, says a Havas correspondent,
telegraphing from the front Tho enc
my. he says, has made progress which
is absolutely insignificant at price
Of heavy losses. In addition. he points
out, tho German advance has been
hold up for several days and the
morale Of the German troops Is suf-
fering in consequences. 7.'ss
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Meeting OF Senate
finance Committee
Called For Friday

Washington. June i3.-Demand for
ssupenston of. the increased second
class publishers mail rates which be-
come effective July H. prompted
Chairman Simons todayssto cali =
meeting Of the senate finance, COM
mittee for tomorrow. y although. he
said. he Was convinced it;,would be
pending the increased rate some
senator's have been urging. Action to
suspend the rates but Senator Sim
mons said consultation with house
leaders indicated that suspension
resolution would be defeated.
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crossing the Matz river to the WeGk
Fof the Oise, on the battle front south
Of Noyon, held. their positions there
for but brief period. French troops.
counter attacking the enemy. have
hurled him back to the north bank
of the river and checked his advance
toward Compiegne. :.
The news from the scene Of the tre-
mendous struggle, as told ins of3ciAl \
statements. shows that on the field
west of the Disc the Germans have
come to halt for the 8, present At
least. --,-. .> ~
The enemy has not renewed his at.
tacks on the line from Cource1lee to
Antheuil, where on Tuesday Z bril-
liant counter-attack of = the, French Y
swept the invaders back and re-estab-
lished the French lines on the plateau
overlooking the center Of the German
position. This position Is most em-
barrassing to the Germans. for it
places many Of their most important
lines of communication under tho di- /
rect fire Of the French artillery.
Further east the Germans eimilax- /,
ly have not continued their advances
toward the Aronde river. q
The crossing Of the Matz river By
the Germans Tuesday night consu-
tuted a very serious threat to- Com Z;
piegne. 1t also tended to weaken the
French positions on the east side OF
the Disc river. The French success
in driving the enemy back across the
Matz, therefore, Is cheering news for
the allies. The French are now
strongly posted on the south bank Of
the Matx.
East Of the Disc the French have
withdrawn their lines south OF the
Ourscamp and Carlepont forests, but
are protecting the Laigue forest along
a line which is very strong. This
change in the line was expected since
the Germans occupied Ribecourt on
the west bank Of the Disc.
The attack on the front southwest
OF Scissors Is making ground but th0fl
progress Is apparently too slow forl
the Germans to realize their pfAn 70 !
cut in behind Compeigne Forest and
outfank the French positions further
| north. In the fighting 90 far tho Ger
mans have made less than q !, milo
| along q front about three miles IN ex-
tent from south Of Ambleuy to Ct.
Pierre-Aigle. '.5. III 4. aS
The Germans realise evidently ths
danger to them In the Cha4al&-
Thierry sector near tho Marine, ana
have made q violent attack on the Lin
held by the American troops north
west Of that city. The America1ati n
have held their ground and havefre-t
pulsed the enemy with heavy loa
In the FlAnders salient the Btikh
and French have been active. 4,
former have improved their pOsltioass
the battle line there. while the Tfeneh
have extnded thir lines. near YprsA SS i
nay Of eacce 81
London, June 13.-( (Britiah AA-S
miralty Per Wlreless PTNG Tghos
| military CORRESPONDENT OF thA BxttfShs
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ADVANCE IN FLANDERS.
London, June 13.-British
troops last night advanced their
lines q short distance on the
Flanders front in the district
southwest of MaTis. the war Office
announced today. The French on
this front likewise improved their
positions near the Ridge wood.
Prisoners were taken in both
operations.
The statement follows:
"Heevy casualties were in
flicted upon the enemy. One
hostile trench mortar was
brought back to our lines and
two others were destroyed. Dur
ing the night local operations
were undertaken by us success
fully southwest of MeFris and
east of Dickebusch Lake.
I'm the former sector our line
has been advanced q short dis
tance with little cost and num-
ber OF prisoners taken. In the
latter area the French troops
improved their positions in the
neighborhood of the Ridge wood
and captured thirty prisoners"
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! Iiinne e,ota Sunday
School Association
Convention At Besnidiii

Bemidji, Mimi, June 1.-THE six
teenth annual convention of the Min
nesota Sunday School association
opens here today. More than five
hundred delegates have already reg
lstered and more than one thousand
are expected to attend the conven-
tion. The first session will be held
this evening at the Armory and to-
morIoM sessions will be held at. the
armurys Presbyterian. Methodist and
Baptist churches. &
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WISCONSIN STARTS
"WORK OR FIGHT
CAMPAIGN TODAY

Fond Du Lac. Wis. June 1s.-
Every. one Of the! 1000 persons en-
listed in the service Of the county
council Of defense received notice to-
day to turn in names of all persons
not usefully at work.
They'll go to work or to JAIL" said
Chairman Frank ]. Wolff. VI
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PRESIDENT IS
ASSURED OF
COOPERATION
OF LABOR men
Organization Meeting in St.
Paul Pledges Loyal Sup
port in War Work. SC

St. Paul, sMinn.,, June 13.-Resoiu-
tions deploring the alleged necessity
Of having to call strike Of union
telegraphers to enforce the recon-
and asking President Wilson to take
over immediate control Of the West
ern Union Telegraph company and the
Postal Telegraph company, were
adopted today at the annual conven-
ton of the American Federation of
Labor. & E. !, ~. t.
Another resolution calling upon the
federation! to pledge its entire support
to ESQ telegraphers OF Seattle. Wash,
who. according to the resolution,
we're discharged for joining the union,
that while the substance of this reso-
luton was included in other resolu-
tions, a strict Interpretation would
result in general strike all over the
country. .-..sai "a. ,-
Nearly score Of other resolutions
including measures to organize work
ers in the steel and sugar industries
were hurried through the session.
Samuel Gompers, president OF the
federation. sent telegram to Presi-
dent Wilson in reply to the chief ex-
ecutive's recent message expressing
appreciation Of labor's war effort.
Mr.. Gompers' telegram said in, part:
I'VE wish to express to you our de-
termination to- give whole-hearted
support to the. government of our
free country Ia this war to establish
principles Of freedom that will insure
peace between nations. We pledge
loyal support and service until hu-
mhn freedom and equity shall be the
common right Of all peoples"
IA. telegram from Chairman 3. M.
Baruch, OF the war: industries board.
expressing hope that the, convention
would result in promoting the cause
Of labor with patriotism. which you
have so splendidly manifested during
the trying times" was read from the
mat torn. ~. %sseS
b, Officers of the Telegraph companiae
and !. Postmaster : General III Il ARfleson
came. in tor sharp attacks prior TO the
adoption ofsFeeolutions ahectlnH tele1;
graph S6mpanaes u II: 3. PerhAm OF
ST. Louis, president ut the: Order OF
Railway Telegranheft, charged that
abor,.cpde essages. were held up IN
telegraph offices until they were de-
coded The attack on Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson was made by Delegate
Thomas F. Flaherty Of washington. /
The advisabiltty OF organizing tnou-
sands Of. new women workers who
afe taking the places OF men wae
clearly set forth by three resolutions
offered by the committee on resolu.
tions and. adopted. Under terms OF
the resolutions equa! pay Tor men
and women employees II oemanoeo:
The annual convenflon OF Lhe AM-
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(By Associated PresA)
German forces which succeeded In
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An early peace can be attained for
the benefit OF our beloved country .
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-06
CASUALTY LIST
OF FORTY THREE NAMES

ton, H.; Corporals R Lemendski, Mil
waukee, Wis; E F. Murphy. Savre,
Pa; E. F. Gutenberg, Wixon, Mich;
Privates G. Bell, HillsdaIe, Mich: l..
Capdle, McCrory, Ark; G. E. Doran,
Milwaukee, Wis; J. Downey, Chicapee,
Mass; T. F. Gil1ett, Tampa, Fla: F.
N. Lesley, Scottsburg, Ind; J. Nau-
jckits, Homestead, Pa: P. Rahubik,
Gilman, Wis; A. F. Voss, Horizon,
Wis.
Died from wounds:
Lieutentant S. P. McGrearty, Falls
Church, Va; Private c. O'Neil, Clew-
2nt Ohio.
I-r of disee;.:
Sergeant e w. Pearson, Wausau.
Wis: Corporal C. Gillisp1e. Grand
Rapids. Mich; Privates w. Allen,
Brooklyn. n. Y; J. D. killenbach
Wiliamsport, Pa; w. B. Linster, Au-
TO ~ Ii.
Died of airpiane accident:
Private Ernst Adams, Evanston, III
The wounded severely, include:
Privates Raymond L. Bayle, SGrun.
N. D.; P. A. MolYer, KalispeI, Mont.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-06
OVER HUNDRED MARINES
ON CASUALTY LIST

Upper Darby, Pa; P, II. Hoover, LIE
auire, Okla; R Kimball, Newton
Highlands, Mass; J. E. King, San
Francisco; B. A. Lennon, Akron,
Ohio; Privates J. G. Myrick, Ports
mouth, Va; C. D. Marlette, Memphis,
N. Y; L. R Sarver. Semtom, Ill.
Wounded in action, severely inciud-
ed:
Privates J. W. Biggerstaff, Chica-
co. l. Flahrity, Hyannis. Neb.; F. h
Uhlendorff, N. Y; Corporal ]. A Dar-
gis, Chicago; Privates w. e. Capps,
Oak Park, ILL.,; J. E. Clark, Bent coun-
ty, Colo; e. w. Davis, Pueblo, Colo;
w. Garrioch, Chicago; r c. Hawkins,
Upton, Iowa: f. w. Hubbard, Med
ford, Ore. C. Jensen, Avoca, Iowa; G.
F. Ledger, Chicago; A. ]. Murphy
Chicago; C. Shelly, Chicago; c. E.
Wold, Chicago.
Wounded in action, degree unde
termined:
Private H. E. Nelson, Enumclaw
Washn.
Missing in action included:
CORPORAL D. D. Foster, McKeesport
Pa. Privates E. G. Applebee, Flint
Mich: w. J. Applebee, Flint, Mich
n, McBabbit. Youngstown, H.; Emil
II Blais. Duluth, MINI; P. Bracken
Wi1kensbury, Pa; R. Lindley, Paoli
Ind; w. t. Nolan, st Louis, Mo-; o.
Richardson, Goreville, Ill; h D.
Seger. Ligonier, Pa
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-06
DEMOCRATS
DECLINE TO RUN
Men Nominated at Convention Not
To Permit Names
On Ticket is
Report

FIT MADISON, Ia, July 6.-Display-
ing a feeling of opposition to the move
the democrats of the county made in
their convention when they nominat-
their ticket contrary to Attorney Gen
eral Havner's ruling, three of the men
thus nominated have refused to run
for office. The men arc George Lon
man named as candidate for coroner,
W. C. Young, selected as candidate for
the office of clerk Of the district court,
and Casper Morfield, selected to make
the race for county recorder.
It is understood that Fred Meyhew Of
Keokuk, named as candidate for
sheriff, will also refuse to enter the
race for the same reason as the ether
three men.
George Lohman apparently express
ed the thoughts Of the others chosen as
candidates when he said.
Had 1 been a candidate I would
have had my name placed on the Of
ffcfal primary ballot in accordance
with the laws of the state. | do not
approve of the action taken by the
convention. If I want anything from
nv party or from the public I come
out openly and ask for it."
The withdrawal of these men makes
the election of the republican Candi
dates a sure thing, they having no op'
posisfon in the fall election. They are
VoIIers for clerk, F. c. Chambers for
recorder and John c. Scott for shor
| if.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-06
Premier Lloyd-George Says Allies Will Win
and Kaiser Begins to Realize
Certain Defeat
NOW FOR SECOND MILLION AMERICANS
Two Hundred and Fifty-One Thousand United
States Soldiers Are ON French
Battle Line

port All but the six missing men
were transferred safely and taken TO
, a French port. Good order pre-
vailed.
The vessel, homeward bound, was
struck in the war zone.
The navy communique said mono
was seriously injured" indicating
perhaps there were some slightly
hurt. The Covington was formerly
| the German liner Cincinnati.
Town Captured Saturday.
TOXIC, July 5.-The Czecho-Slo-
yak forces which Saturday captured
Vladivostok, have established there a
commissariat for Siberia
Fifteen thousand Gees entered
Vladivostok Saturday captured SOW
let headquarters and occupied the ma
tional bank municipal offices, the
| ty of ammunition. Resistance was
slight The Gees lost three killed
and 155 wounded. Casualties of the
soviet forces were fifty-one killed and
| 159 wounded.
| British, Japanese and Chinese
| troops and American marines We're
| landed to maintain order.
Just enough Americans were land
ed to guard the American consulate.
Ready for Second Million.
| WASHINGTON, July 6.-The Ninth
end Twenty-Third infantry, the
Twelfth, Fifteenth and Seventeenth
field artillery, were the units respon-
sible for the American success at
Vaux. Chief of Staff March stated to-
day in his weekly war summary.
] These units formed part of the sec
ond division under Major General
Omar Bundy.
| General March made this fact pub
! lie along with the statement that
having embarked 100000 men, we
are now going after the second mil
| lion.
| He renewed his prediction that the
Germans are preparing for an assault
| in force.
| $4,000 on Battle Line.
| WASHINGTON, July 6.-Two hun.
dred and fifty-One thousand Ameri
can troops are on the battle line in
France, senate military committee
members were told at their weekly
meeting with the war council.
This is approximately one-fourth
Of the American forces sent abroad
to date.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-06

Panic stricken, the excur-
slonists rushed to the port side
OF the boat in spite of the eff
forts of the crew to keep the
deck load evenly balanced.
Less than five minutes after
she had struck the bar the Co.
lumbia overturned in mid
channel and sank.
Dozens of men and women
had leaped into the water and
others were thrown into the
water when the boat turned
over. Many were between
decks and it was believed Ger
tain that they went down with
the boat.
Shrieks Of dozens of surviv-
ors who were padding about
the wreck were heard in the
village Of Wesley, opposite
which the accident occurred.
Several small boats put off
from the shore to pick them up.
Calls for help were sent by
telephone to Peoria and Pekin
and launches started for the
wreck from those points. A
special train carrying nurses
and physicians was despatched
from Peoria.
Survivors declared that four
babies, left on the upper deck
during the dancing, perished.
August Mehi, purser Of the Column
bia, saw his wife swept from his
grasp into the muddy waters of the
| river. She was unaccounted for to-
day and MehI believes she was
drowned.
"I rushed to the promenade deck
when we struck MehI said today
land came upon my wife among a
crowd of crying women. seized her
dress lust as big wall OF water
swept over the deck. She was car
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-06

EXCURSION STEAMER GOES ID BOTTOM
WITH SCORES Of LIVES LOST
Identified Dead

The following dead were identified
by survivors:
MISS MAMIE HOLDEN, Blooming
ton, Ill
MIRO. NELLIE CLAYTON. Pehn,
Ill
MRS. JOHN RUEHLING, Pekin,
Ill
CLYDE WIsHART, Pekin, III.
MRS. CLYDE WISHART, Pekin,
Ill
THREE YOUNG CHILDREN OF
MR. AND MRS. WISHART. Pekin,
III.
MRS ALBERT oHEARN, Pekin.
Ill.
JOHN RUEHLTNG. Pelin, III.
MRS MARTIN RICHLER, Pek1n,
Ill
FRANCES GREWEY, child. Kings
ton Mines, Ill
MISS HATTIE JOHNSON. Pekin,
III.
MAEvN D1EBENBRocK. boy.
Pekin, Ill.
MRS. T. J. MCPHERSON. Pekin,
III.
MISS RUTH HAsKINs ,A1lensburg
Ind.
MRS. CORA HoLDENHoUER,
Peoria, Ill.
MRS. JAMES KINNEY, South
Pekin. Ill
MRS. KATE SCOTT, Kingston, Ill
MRS. JOHN BROWN, Kingston
Mines.
MISS ADDIE SAPP.
EDWARD VOLL.
MISS RUBY THURMAN.
MRS. PHIL MAUSER.
MISS MAMIE BOLANDER
| MISS HAZEL JONES.
( MISS MABEL STOUT.
MISS LOUISE BENENDES.
MISS MARY LUCHES.
MISS STELLA MURPHY. all OF
Pekfn.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-06
kolumbia Sinks on Illinois River at Midnight
With Five Hundred Panic
Stricken People
Ran ON SAND BAR DURING FOG
|ips Over in Main Channel and Goes Under in
Five Minutes, Carrying Many
to Death

limited Press Leased Wire Service
PEORIA, ILL.,, July 6.-Near-
y one hundred persons were
(naccounted for early today
olowing the sinking of the ex-
|ursion steamer Columbia in
|he Illinois river between
Peoria and Pekin, ILL.,, shortly
|fter midnight.
Sixty bodies had been re-
overed this afternoon and tele-
)hone messages from the scene
/ the wreck indicated that
|ther bodies had been located
between the decks of the YES
Ell,
Five hundred and fifty per-
ons were believed to have been
|board the vessel. Scores of
urvivors, some Of them injur-
d, are being cared for at
Pekin.
The Columbia was a three
eck excursion steamer, $50
eet long. It was owned by the
q. F. He'll Excursion company
t Peoria, and was under char
er to the South Side Social
lub Of Pekin.
The vessel was returning to
Pedn from AL Fresco, a sum-
her resort.
A dense fog lay over the riv-
b.
With the excusionists dane
Pg on the upper deck to the
brains of a band, the COLUMBIA
fan on a sand bank. She was
promptly backed off, but i'm
nediately began to list. Later
feports indicated she had
Ftruck submerged log and
Fom a hole amids11ips.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-06
'1 Killed in Action, Fifteen
Dead from Wounds and
Eighteen Missing.

united Press Leased Wire Service. I
WASHINGTON, July 6.-The ma
~ s corps casualty list today totaled
u divided thus:
Miied in action, 6.
Dled of wounds, LIS.
wounded severely. 90.
wounded in action degree unde-
Hmined), So.
1Mlsslng in action, IS.
hliIed in action:
captains ]. B. Corning, N. Y; H. E.
nor, Crescent, Ohio; E. c. Fuller,
utladeiphia: Second Lieut.. w. q.
~heF' bridgeport, Conn; Privates
Er CHARTER, Chicago; r. T.
|nsnt, Cibbetts, Ohio.
Died of wounds
raselseant H. w. Anderson, Chicago;
Ssor E. B. Cole, BrookIine, Mass. !:
eeants G. c. Slime, Tower City, N.
4, I. G. Knight, Holton. Mich; Pri-
'es X; Z. Dornblaser. Georgetown,
: :. J. McGrath. Dayton, Ohio; o.
,bbouglass, Greenville, Ohio; d. A.
n' Malcolm. Iowa; p. f. Hartley,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-06
WILL PUT I|NFANT|LE
RUSSIA & PARALY
IN OR!3|- 4 EP|D
Immediate Intervention, Both Nine Dead in Week
Military and Economic With Twenty G
to be Made by the the Dreadt
Allies. Disease
vLADIvosToK Is TAKEN THEATRES ARE
Already British, French, Japanese Play
and American Marines Shut Up Tight
Have Invaded Stamp
Siberia seourse-
Nine Dead in Week in Dubuque
With Twenty Gases of
the Dreaded
Disease.
THEATRES ARE CLOSED
Play Grounds and Sunday Schools
Shut Up Tight in Effort to
Stamp Out the
Scourae-

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
DUBUQUE. La, July 6.-In a des-
perate effort to stop the spread of
infantile paralysis here, the authori-
ties have ordered all theaters, Sun
day schools, Fairgrounds and other
places where youngsters gathered,
closed today.
Two deaths reported today bring
the total Of deaths to nine this week.
Seven new cases were reported
this afternoon, making the total
twenty.
Doctors in charge said they ex
Qected several more deaths before
nightfall.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-06

ried against the rail and overheard
and In spite of ali ! could do | saw
her sink. Then the boat settled
and | jumped"
Mrs. Mehi was found today among
the survivors. She was picked up
by a skiff. She will recover.
Mrs. Elizabeth Frew, a stewardess
was asleep when the boat struck
She hurried to the deck and tried to
calm the terrified women passengers
"Everybody was fighting to get to
the rail-" said Mrs. Frew. "They
were struggling and ciutching each
other. Many jumped overheard.
saw some of them go down. Others
swan around, crying, until boats
picked them up. Soon | found my
self in boat God knows how ! so1
there"
Coroner Ctary, of Peiein, said today
that 1t was impossible to make accn
rate estimate Of the death total. He
believed 1t would reach one hundred
! He had been told by members Of the
crew that scores of persons were be
low decks when the boat struck. II
that Is true, he said, probably few Of
them escaped.
Many survivors were still huddIec
on the river bank at daylight. They
were being taken to Pekin as fast as
motor cars could make the run. Wilc
estimates of the number Of dead were
made by those who escaped. Many
asserted that less than three hundred
survivors had been accounted for our
of the 563 passengers and crew o'
thirty aboard.
| Telephone messages were sent to
Chicago for professional divers.
The boat lay In mid-stream with
her superstructure above water.
Expert swimmers were trying ia
Elocate bodies on the upper deck.
| Most of the victims, however, were
and il was regarded as unlikely thai
many other bodies could be recovered
WITHOUT diving apparatus.
Sobbina crowds thronged the three
UNDERTAKING establishments in Pekin
where the bodies were removed fol-
identification. Men and women hail
crazed by grief rushed from one little
! n1oroue to another searching for loved
ones.
! Half the population of Pekin hur
ried to Wesley at daybreak and gath
cred in hystericai crowds on the riv
er bank. several women collapsed
! Soldiers from military camps neal
Pekin were sent to Wesley and Pekir
to preserve order
Heart rending scenes were enacted
as each body was brought ashore.
Frantic people struggled to view the
corpses.
Efforts were being made to CHECK
the surviving persons to whom tickets
for the excursion had been SOLO; Coro
ner Clay held to his oeiie' u.at no,
roors than 100 had Perished, but othe'
of;ejaIs were certain the death lis
will far exceed that figure.
That the boat sank within five min
lutes after water was discovered IL
the hull of the Columbia, was the
statement made by Allen L. Dawson
second engineer on the steamer.
I'VE were travelling under sio"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-06
Fifteen Killed IN Action, Two
Dead from Wounds and
Two Missing.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service-l
WASHINGTON, July 6.-Forty-three
casualties reported by General Perish
ing today were divided as follows:
Killed in action IS.
Died of wounds 2.
Died of disease 5.
Died Of airpane accident I.
Died of accident and ouer causes l.
Severely wounded II.
Missing in action 2
Killed in action:
Lieutents T. ". Desmond, Randolph.
Mass; G. Goodfellow, Peoria, Ill;
Sergeant J. a Hauptman, Blooming