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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
Major Raoul Lufberry, Former Member Of
Lafayette Escadrille, Fell From
His Machine When Shot.
MARCH TO Be MADE FULL GENERAL
Aviators Busy in France, Bring Down Two
Hostile Machines in Battle in Sky,
During One Day.

senate quickly and without any oppo-
sition.
| Baker was told the senate thinks
very well of March who has demon
strated in his brief tenure az acting
! chief that he is live wireT with no
respect for red tape and with . hearty
hatred for delay or inaction.
! For March the change Is moment
Gus. Coming in from his post Of ar
tillery chieftain with General Perish
I ing, March found that he was baked
either consciously or unconsciously
by the seniority rule and that major
generals who outranked him, some
times stood in his path
Military men OF discernment have
told the United Press that the situa-
ton thus created was impossible.
They predicted March would make
good. but said 1t could come About
only IL he were given the full gem
erals rank and the title Of chief OF
/ staff, instead of acting.
| March's record here is one Of start
| ling achievements. despite obstacles.
/, To him, perhaps more than to any
other single man, Is due the credit OF
increasing ship facilities so that the
speeding up Of American troop move
ments could be accomplished. When
he returned from Europe. he called in
war leaders and read them the dictum
that there must be more speed. IN
spring them to great effort he also
cast about himself to improve the stu
alton Appointment Of Major General
Goethals as chief Of transportation
supplies and traffic was an outcome
OF this problem, and between the two
men, systems Of economy OF space
were developed and ships were picked
up from unexpected quarters OF the
globe.
Goettals and March are fast friends
and are working in the closest har'
mony.
Patrol Force Increased.
WASHINGTON, May 20 The
American navy is increasing its pa
troll force in European waters, the
navy department officially stated to-
Cay.
This increased patrol is one OF the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
IRISH PI IOTTERS ARRESTED
FOR INTRIGUE WITH GERMANY

Sim Feiners will completely satisfy
fair court" the Express said today
Stories of German submarines are
likely to figure in the trial.
The Times said ''The evidence
against the Sim Feiners will be pub
lished as soon as its authenticity Is
beyond question"
Forty-six on Ship.
HOLY HEAD, England, May 90
Forty-six Sim Feiners including Ed
ward De Valera, arrested in con-
nection with the alleged proGerman
plot in Ireland, have arrived here
aboard a British warship. Seventy
others are expected today.
ireland Quiet Today.
DUBLIN, May 2O.-Quiet prevails
throughout Ireland today.
With the exception of the shooting
of Ted O'Driscoll at Skibbereen when
he resisted arrest Saturday, there has
been no bloodshed in connection with
the suppression of the alleged Sim
Fein revolutionary plot.
1t is estimated that $50 Sim Feir-
ers have been arrested.
Four American labor delegates have
arrived here, including E. o. Nc
Cormick Their visit will be short.
The people of Dublin went about
their work as usual today.
Saturday and Sun cay were sun
shiny and trains were packed with
golfers and fishermen going to the
country
Field Marshal French. lord lieu
tenant of Ireland opening the Whit
suntide fair, said it was too bad that
it could not be opened under the aus
pices Of an allied victory.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
Display Ads Played Large
Part in Portland Loan

Never was newspaper
display advertising more
forcefully exemplified than
in the Ii b erty Loan
drive" said w. j. Hof-
mann, advertising man
ager of the Portland Ore
gonian, to The Fourth Es-
tate the other day.
Oregon was the first
state in the union to
raise it's allotment-it do
ing so in three days-and
Portland was the first big
city to do it.
"Display newspaper
advertising was a very
important factor. All the
papers carried full pages,
paid for by patriotic citi-
zens.
NEWSPAPERS DID
NOT S OLICIT T H e
BUSINESS; 1T w AS
DONE BY A COMMIT
TEE OF BUSINESS
MEN. FIFTY-FIVE DIFF
FERENT FIRMS PAID
FOR TIL AT M ANY
PAGES WHILE THIR-
TY-SLX OTHERS PAID
FOR HALF PAGES.
Sunday, April Z, was
considered Liberty Sun
day. Three-quarters of
the advertising in the two
Sunday papers was made
up entirely of Liberty loan
advertising. Department
stores gave up their en-
tire space, which was a
page each, and there was
not a word of commercial
ism in the page. .
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
2 Killed in Action, One
'aa from Wounds, Twen-
V-nine Wounded.

Isunr,esss S press Leased Wire Service. !
css,,sI,iON, css,a,., May 20.-Forty.
Ps~%ues were reported by Gen.
lung IN a list made public
y included seven killed n
a ne dead OF wounds; one
sauent; seven from disease:
sIisa.,n Ien severely wounded and
~ IN action:
pam = Harris d. Buclv.,,.r D..
ess fS corporals George q,
Me- md; md; Privates James A.
Ensoe Wv York City; Peter Knrske %
yu, 1an IN y; D.; Frederick W. I.amn.
ID = :, Moore, Ntzdale, Vt.
isaas prosn.Gse Gerald S. Patten. 1918
ed froe fc. street, Seattle. Wash.
iv..a om accident: on
Pei, Pa 1o0ito Discarlo, Mount
g Of disease.
cues Walter Eeiton 1
rt.,g Eugene Franchetti SpO..' Spu..
N. y. lester NJ. Glore. varys.
Ark. x robert jackson. RaWI;n- =.
ksean. @arlo Machio. 1854 Iav- Az
oeklaad Calf: Joha ..
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
Hundred and Forty Divisions Between
North Sea and the Disc For Resumpt-
ion Of Offensive.
|Es AWAIT ATTACK WITH CONFIDENCE
kh Repulse Enemy Raid With Heavy Loss
and Take Few Prisoners in Sue
cessful Sortie.

cary Wood, United Press STAR
correspondent.1
II THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
FIELD, May 1e.-(night)-ln
ltion for resumption Of their
ye, the Germans have eoncen-
14o Of their best divisions be-
the North sea and the Oise.
comprise two thirds Of their
army and total In round num-
$4,000 men, including 1,tO, 900
|ymen.
mass, which includes all the
No the Germans were able to
Mn and reform after their
chensive, 10 divided into five
rmIes as follows:
fcurth army, comprising seven
N $4,000 men) between the
r. and Ypres, commanded ~
min; the Sixth army number
smyseven divisions (324 900
setween Ypres and Givenchy,
aded by Won Quasi; the Sew.
n army, between Givenchy and
cy. commanded BY Won eucIow;
eeond army, between Bucquoy
|oreuil, commanded by Won Der
q and the Eighteenth army, be.
Moresiil and Noyon, command
Won Rutler.
last three armies, COMPRISING
isht divisions, (576, 900 men)
total Of eighty-two divisions
70 n'en) in the front line be-
tne sea and the Disc. Fifty
visions (6e6,0o0 men) are sta.
IN reserve behind these for the
Pc Of feeding the attack-when
aanehed-and filling UP the loss
re Is every Indication that the
3 resumption Of the offensive
ave the same detectives as the
10 threaten Amiens; to cut the
cs..'ermont railway; to force
|sseuatIon Of the Ypres salient
: SEPARATE the main British and
Y armies, thus forcing an evae-
0' northern France and permit
me E establishment Of a new line
.ne mouth Of the somme to Noy-
way Of Montdidier.
eerma's thus would realize
long cherished dream Of subma.
'ases on the channel, from
''ey could menace the allies
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
DAYS CASUALTY LIST
CONTAINS FORTY-FIVE NAMES
P1lmphrey, Prattsville. Ark; James
z. Sullivan, Lone Rock, Wis.
Wounded severely:

Pumphrey, Prattsville, Ark; James
P. Sullivan. Lone Rock, Wis.
Wounded severely:
Corporal Norton G. Carey, Joliet,
ILL.,; Privates William B. Anderson,
st. James, Mimi. Walter D. Brown,
, Glidden, Iowa; Glen W. Cabbage,
Hazelton, N. D.; Porter E. Compton,
Murfreesboro. Tenn; David z. Cox,
Urania, La; Clarence d. Crabtree
Marengo, Ind; Tom J. Davies, Tam
aqua, Pa; William Frederick, Fort
Des Moines, Iowa; Stephen T. Hou-
mann, Hudson, Wis: Monte Kelly.
st. Cloud, Mimi; John S. Kirby, Tax.
arkana, Texas; Frank Poorman. Blk.
by, Okla; Hayden c. Ray. Moody.
Wis; George L. Redpath, Wayzata,
No.; Russell M. Timmons, Smithboro
H.; Clarence r. Wetheren, South
Manchester, Conn; Michael j. Pro
venzano, Brooklyn, N. Y; Nicholas
Palermo. New Harven, Conn; Fred
erick r. Swanson, New London,
Conn; Eric A. Erickson, Bridgeport,
Conn; George Burns, Cheshire,
Conn; Nicholas Bolden. Albany, N.
T.; Sergeants Ernest K. Hill, Glenora,
N. Y; Clifford d. Williams, Portland
Conn; Lieutenant Tom w. Brown,
New Britain. Conn
On Canadian List.
OTTAWA, Ont, May 20.-The fol
lowing Americans are mentioned in
today's Canadian casualty list:
Killed In action:
D. G.. Niche, Denver, Colo.
Wounded:
4. Autonson, Uummee. Mlnn.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
TWO HUNDRED
. EMPLOYEES MISSING
Workmen Are Unaccounted
For, Following Explosion
Of Munitions Plants on
Saturday.
DEATH ROLL MAY SWELL
Evidence Gathered % Far Points to
careIessness as Being the
Cause Of the Ca
tastrophe.
49,
DEATH ROLL MAY SWELL

i[United Press Leased Wire Service.
PITTSBURGH. Pa, May 20.-Two
hundred employees of the Aetna Chem
ical company at Oakdale were still un-
accounted for at ten o'clock today.
i This included workers of the night
shift, many of whom lived in cabins
near the plant, which were destroyed
by Saturdays first big blast of INT.
Officials today admitted that addi-
tion to the death roll may be expect
! ed.
/ There were AGA men in both shifts
listed last Monday. OF these forty
/ quit during the weNs. OF the 424 on
the roll on Saturday, 264 have been
accounted for as known dead, injured
and missing or as survivors. A
Searchers in the ruins today declar-
ed that many bodies must still be in
the masses of twisted steel and wreck
ed machinery.
Parts of twenty-five corpses were
found in enc small area by the search
ers early today.
Probably Due to carelessness.
OAKDALE, Pa, May 20.-Investi-
gators for the war, navy and Justice
departments today continued their
probe into the Aetna explosion horror
here while searchers in the ruins kept
up the hunt for the bodies of a score
or more employees still listed as miss
ing.
So far the little evidence assembled
indicated that the 100 or more killed
and upwards Of 200 injured we're VIC
tins of possible carelessness.
The investigators apparently were
unanimous in their belief on that
point. Several men arrested during
the last forty-eight hours were up for
close questioning today.
A petition addressed to President
Wilson asking that the new plant be
located elsewhere, was sent to Wash
ington today. Nearly every resident
of this shaken and grief stricken town
was signer.
Fifteen or More Explosions.
OAKDALE, Pa, May 20.-Nine of
the fifteen or more explosions at the
Aetna Chemical company's plant here
on Saturday, occurred at regular in
tervals Investigation into the expios-
ion horror here today developed.
The first explosion occurred at
1902 in the plant where dynol, new
explosive, was being made. The
second occurred in the INT plant ex-
actly eight minutes later and the
third blew up the tina plant exact
ly eight minutes after the INT.
Throughout the afternoon there we're
further detonations which witnesses
were at loss to account for on the
theories that they were caused by
conclusion or heat, the investigation
brought ont
The inquiry developed testimony
showing that examination of persons
entering the plant recently has been
lax and that anyone with evil designs
might have passed the guard.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20

Cleveland Plain Dealer: There has
been enough of the argument that
I'VE must teach the children German,
because after the war we shall be do
ing business with the Germans.
Can't the Germans learn English af-
ter the wa<7
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
l6y Frank J. Taylor, United Press
Staff Correspondent.1

[5y Frank J. Taylor, United Press
Staff Correspondent.1
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
IN Lorraine, May 1s.-Major Raoui
Lufberry, American ace and former
member Of the La Fayette escadriIle,
was killed In an air battle over the
American lines today.
Luflberry was struck by . machine
gun bullet during = running fight and
fell from his monopIane.
The body fell in the American front
line and was recovered.
[Lufberry spent his youth in New
Haven, Conn. His parents died and
he was adopted by family at
Bourges, France He ran away at
thirteen and wandered about the
! world. In Asia he met the aviator.
Marc Pourpe. who trained him as his
assistant. When he followed Pourpe
into the French aviation corps at the
outbreak of the war, Lufberry found
that he was recognized as an Ameri-
can citizen.
He became lieutenant before he
was transferred to the American
army
March as Chief Of staff.
IBy Carl D. Grcat. United Press staff
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 2O.-President
Wilson this week will name Major
General Peyton C. March, a full gen
eral and chief of staff.
General Tasker H. Bliss. now chief
of staff and American representative
on the Versailles council, will become
brevet general.
These important changes mean vast
ly more than merely the honor to
March of wearing the rare insignia
four shoulder stars; they spell the re-
moval Of all restrictions on him as
acting chief which: he encountered be-
cause some other major generals out
ranked him
The change was decided tc5ay fol.
lowing Secretary of War Bakers con-
sultation with senator's Saturday at
the war council session. Sounding out
their sentiment. he found that March's
nomination will undoubtedly pass the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20

Against this dream the afi1es' uni
fled command has taken every pre-
caution and is waiting with supreme
confidence the coming drive.
Submarine Crew Captured.
PARIS, May 20-The trawler Aiffy
sank a German submarine, captured
the commander and liberated the cap
tain and crew of a Spanish sailing
vessel who had been taken prisoner,
a dispatch from Toulon said today.
Jap Fleet Is Active.
TOXIC, May 19.-"The fleet Of
Japanese destroyers cooperating with
allied naval forces in the Mediter-
ranean has been more actively engag-
ed recently than ever before" says an
official statement issued here.
Recently extraordinary enemy
activity both at day and at night,
has bept us. more actively occupied
than ever and engagements are be-
coming more frequent,' says the
statement. "On May 8 Japanese de-
stroyers escorting allied transports.
of which one was torpedoed, saved
all from the torpedoed vessel. Sub
marines also were engaged by our
desroyers on May and 5. The re-
suits OF these engagements are un-
known"
Take Few Prisoners.
LONDON, May 20.-"Our troops
conducted a successful raid in Albert
sector yesterday. taking few pris-
oners," Field Marshal Haig reported
today.
"An attempted enemy raid on
Hinges was repulsed with heavy loss.
Artillery fire increased consider
ably last night. on Albert-Bucqoy
front"
Germany's FIimsy sAirpIanes.
[By William Philip Simms, United
Press Staff Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, May 10. (Night. Mid
summer heat shimmers along the
battle lines, where an amazing calm
prevails.
have seldom seen duller days,
even during the slushy trench war
fare Of winter time.
Beyond raids and an occasional
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
~e1man Bill sioned.

WASHINGTON. May 20--Presi-
dent Wilson today signed the Over
man bill. which gave him power to
reorganize and coordinate the exc
cutive departments Of the govern
ment.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
Long Liue Wilson!p is Cry
of Ausfriuns on Parade
bohemian City Of Prague Declared in SITE of Siege
Following Outbreak Of People Again. Germany \

Press Leased Service]
ZURICH May pa state Of siege has been declared in P,
street against Germany according despatch
PROFESSIONS Of Czechs and Jugo paraded shouting
Long live Wison Long live Lloyd George! Long live
The occasion celebration Of inauguration Of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
UKRAINE TOWNS
ARE IN FLAMES
Population Fleeing to Great
Russia, Ignoring Self
Styled Hetman of
Country.
BoLsHEvIK FIGHTING
Former Gar Of Russia and Family
Said to be Going to
sMtHersand TO
LivA
1 49,
BoLsHEvK FI.GHTIN g

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service
MOSCOW (via London) May 20.--
Towns and villages in Ukraine are IN
flames. General Skoropash, self
styled 'hetman" Of Ukrainians. Is ig-
nored by the population which is
fleeing to great Russia
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
Battling with Ius1ss-

= Battling With TURKS
PETROGAD, May 1e.-Bolshevik
forces which captured Baku, the great
/ oil center on the Caspian sea, are
still fighting with the Turkish forces.
who are striving to retake the city.
(! 1t is reported that the casualties
there total two thousand killed and
| three thousand wounded.
Gar Going to Switzerland.
ZURICH, May 20.-Negotiations
are reported to be under way for es-
Establishment of the former cars fam
/ ily in Switzerland They are expect
| ed to arrive from Russia by way OF
| Austria.
Grand Duke Seriously III.
| MOSCOW May 14-Grand Duke
Alexis the former czarevitch, Is ser
! iously ill. according to report from
| Tobolsk.
To Thwart Germany's Plot.
WASHINGTON May 20.-President
Wilson is set upon a definite cam
paign to thwart Germany's intention
to subjugate Russia-and eventually
use her people against the allies.
While there is scant bellef among
American and allied military men
that Russia could organize any effect
live fighting force inside OF two years,
increasing confidence is felt mere
that she can and must be saved from
German denomination.
The presidents address IN New
York emphasized that any hope that
Germany might have OF getting peace
in the west at the expense OF Russia
or other Slavic peoples in the east
is futile.
When the president first took this
stand after the Bolsheviki drew RUS
sia out of the war, his posltlon was
not enthusiastically concurred in by
the other allies. Today, however, tne
presidents attitude is regarded by
them all as right And as America
military position in France strength
ens--it will not be very long before
there are more American troops than
Rritish in the west-so will her dip
1omacv command added attention
| T-bis is held to signify that Rus
e;.n democracy is to be safeguarded
nnIose If Joins in the war on the
side of Germany.
Some foreign diplomats here, how
over believe that only miracle now
can save Russia from the clutches Oh
Pr7,ssian rule unless allied interyen-
t;on is made soon. While chaos re1gns
tn Russia. the Germans are gradually
restoring law and order and may ui-
timately gain the favor of the RUS
sian people. these diplomats fear
After quieting and winning the
Russian people, Germany could com
nell them to work tn German munl-
tions factories SO that many thous-
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Grand Duke Seriously III.
MOSCOW. May 14.-Grand Duke
Alexis the former czarevitch, is ser
iously i'll, according to report from
Tobolsk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20
Gar coino to Switzerland.

ZURICH, May 20.-Negotiations
are reported to be under way for es
tablishment of the former cars fam
ily in Switzerland They are expect
ed to arrive from Russia by way OF
Austria.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20

Against this dream the afiles' uni
fled command has taken every pre-.
caution and is waiting with supreme
confidence the coming drive.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20

THE WEATHER
Probably showers tonight and
Tuesday. Local temp 81p. M
70; s a. m. 81.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-20

/ y. Telegraph Service Of The
n.;1v I'll Gate City and Constitu-
D lsn' democrat is received over
our own leased wire.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Only Russia Is Free,
Says Mrs. John Reed

81 have just returned from the only
free country on earth" This tribute
to Russian liberty was spoken by Mrs.
John Reed before nearly 800 persons
in the Peoples House Auditorium yes
terday. Mrs. Reed told of her visit in
Russia, declared that accounts of vio-
lence there were greatly exaggerated,
and attacked Japan for its Willingness
to intervene.
The speaker dismissed with word
Prince Kuropatkin and Catherine
Breshkovskaya, known as "Babushka,' y
the Grandmother of the Revolution, be-
cause they advocated war on Germany.
She intimated that they had turned re-
dictionary. "Babushka and Kuropatkin
are simply behind the times" she said.
"Thcy are fighting for political revo-
luton, for which nobody in Russia
cares. Russians are all for the social
revolution"
She declared that she had never met
a people so kind and generous as the
Russians, who refused to hate ANYBODY
and said that they disliked to kill any
one except their officers and on.
pressors. She illustrated this by telling
of revolutionary meeting in Petrograd
attended by German prisoners, who
feared to show their sympathy with
the revolution because of the presence
OF German officer.
why don't you shoot your officers.
as we do?" asked one of the Russians
but apparently they did not have
the proper revolutionary spirit" was
Mrs. Reeds comment.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16

States, France and Italy, held its first
meeting here to-day. Subsequently the
following official announcement was
made:
The council will have a permanent
organization, consisting of four sec
tions, one for each government. The
council will obtain, through its perma-
nent staff, programmes Of important re-
qurements for each of the main
classes of essential imports, and full
statements as to the tonnage available
to the respective governments.
at will examine the import pro-
grammes in relation to the carrying
power of the available tonnage. in or
der to ascertain the extent of any
deficit, and will onsidor means whereby
such deficit may be met. whether b.
reduction in import programmes, by
acquisition, if practicable, of further
tonnage for importing work, or by
more economical and cooperative use
of the tonnage already available.
"The members of the council will re-
port 10 their respective governments,
with a view to making sure that the
decisions and action required to give
effect to any recommendations made
by the council are taken in their re-
spective countries"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Efforts to Force
Peace on Serbia
Fail Completely

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 10
According to unofficial information
reaching here, Austria Hungary and
Bulgaria in the period since the Rus
sian revolution have brought great
pressure to bear upon Serbia to con-
clude separate peace. Two means are
said to have been employed, one in
volving oppressive measures and de-
portations in the occupied territories,
while as another means to the end
thirty Serbian Deputies Of the National
party, who were Austrophile and re-
mained in Serbia after the retreat of
the army, were invited to Vienna and
lavishly entertained.
Both plans. the advices declare,
proved a complete failure, the Serbian
people despite their sufferings remain
ing loyal to their allies and their King.
The peace treaties that have been
signed by Russia and Hnmana have not
caused any change in Serbia's attitude,
NJ. Gruitsch, Serba's diplomatic repre-
sentative at Berne, has informed a
Swiss interviewer. All the rumors in
regard to a separate peace on the part
Of Serbia are unfounded, he declared.
Although Serbia had lost in the war
and during the occupation about L.
100000 of her inhabitants, added NJ.
Gruitsch, there were still the men and
the will to persevere in Serbia's former
course.