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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
AWAIT REPLY
FROM PRESIDENT
California Legislature Halts Japanese
Measures Until Notified
How Wilson Views
Legislation.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
SACRAMENTO. Calf, April A.
With feeling as strong as that de-
veloped during the fight over the Webb
anti-alien land bill in 1913, evident
throughout both houses, the legisla-
ture is today holding in allegiance
measures to restrict Japanese immi-
grafton until President Wilson states
whether such measures will embarass
the peace conference. Until this reply
is received Senator J. n. Inman's
measure making more stringent laws
regarding Japanese owning property In
California will not be introduced.
The cable dispatched to Wilson to-
day by the senate secretary follows:
Request has been made to the SEN
ate Of California for permission to
introduce two bills. One absolutely
forbids Japanese to lease agricultural
lands in this state. The other is d.
rected AGAINST the socalled Japanese
picture bride marriages.
"Will the introduction or the enact
ment into law of such bills embarrass
yourself or other representatives of
the United States at the peace con-
ference? The senate out of respect to
the president of the United States is
taking no action until an answer Is
received from you
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
FOURTH WIFE.
OF PREACHER
Rev. DarneIl, Recently Out of Prison,
Is Now in Trouble Again Be-
cause of His Marrying
Hobby.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.]
ROCKFORD, H., April 4.-The
fourth marriage of Rev. j. Morrison
Darnell, convicted white SLAYER, was
uncovered here today with his deten-
tion by Rockford officials. Darnell,
who recently completed term at
Leavenworth prison, was found to
have married Miss Mildred Wood of
Elgin, Ill.
Darnell, it was alleged, used the
name of Merle ST. Clair for this
ceremony.
The marrying parson" Is wanted
in Owatona Mimi, where he was
indicted on charges Of child deser-
ton. The child is the son Of Ruth
Soper, one of the parsons former
wives" who was prominent in Oar.
nelIs white slavery trial in Mil
waukee.
The "parson" said settlement of
his parents estate had left him $780,
600. He blamed this new affluence
for his present difficulties.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
Employment for Returned Sol
diers and Demobilized War
Workers Should be
First Task
CHAMP CI.ARK's PLAN
Former Speaker Sees Solution Of
Problem In Reclamation Of
swsmp and Arid
Lands.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, April 4.-Finding
work for the returning soldiers and
demobilized war workers should be
the first task Of the next congress,
Champ Clark, retiring speaker of the
house. said today. Two methods OF
opening up more jobs were advocated
by Clark with the declaration that he
would push action on both when the
next house convenes. They are:
The passage Of Secretary of the In
terror Lanes bill appropriating $780,
100000 to reclaim swamp and arid
lands.
Immediate passage Of legislation to
increase the United States trade In
South and Central America.
Clark's ideas will occupy an import
ant place in the program of the house
minority in the siXty-sixth congress,
since Clark himself probably will be
the democratic leader.
There are thousands of acres of
waste lands that could be brought in
to productivity under the Lane bill" ]"
Clark said today. "The very men who
were employed in reclaiming these
lands could be offered an opportunity
to establish themselves on them in
homes they would own
Along the Mississippi alone there
are $4,000 square miles-an area equal
to the state Of Missouri-which could
be drained, made into the finest kind
of farming land If cultivated as the
land is in Holland, it would support
twenty million persons"
Clark said he intended to see Secre-
tary Lane in the next few days con-
cerning Lanes bill which was crowded
out in the closing days of the last
congress.
On the proposition of increasing
South American trade, Clark said he
would probably prepare bill, but had
not yet decided just what the measure
would amhndY
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04

government in the Philippines, man
aged and supported by the people
themselves, and that it can and will
be maintained under in Independent
Philippine government, the testi-
mony Of your own official represen-
tatives, Governor General Harrison
and Acting Governor General Yeater,
will bear out. This fulfillment of
this solemn promise you owe to
yourselves, to us and to humanity
at large.
I'VE also find Inspiration and JUS
tification for our decision to appeal
at this time to the government and
people Of the United States for the
granting of our independence in the
declaration OF principles for the
preservation Of which America in
the recent world war held life and
property cheap. America fought for
the liberty, the self-government and
the indicated development OF all
peoples, and cheerfully assumed her
full share in the wars for liberation
of people everywhere The Ameri-
can people were willing to dedicate
their lives and their fortunes and
everything that they were and every
thing that they had for the things
voc have always carried nearest your
hearts-'for democracy, for the right
of those who submit to authority to
have voice in their own govern
ments, for the rights and liberties of
small nations
"Mr. Secretary, may I be permitted
to recall at this juncture that in
fighting for so high and noble ideals
the Filipino people have stood by
you during the critical years of the
gigantic struggle and. to man, were
ready, nay anxious, to shed their
blood, side by side with your own
soldiers?
Il beg leave to place in your
hands, Mr.. Secretary, a document /
have with me. 1t contains instruc-
tions of the Philippine legislature to
the independence commission to pre-
sent the question of independence to
the United States and amply set
forth their basis for appealing for
independent national existence. Will
ii be necessary to repeat that we
have always been pleased to recog-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
teen Died of Accident,
Twenty-seven Others
Died Of Disease.

N,ASHlNGTON, April 4.-The fol-
ns casualties are reported by the
llmanding general of the American
pulmonary forces: Died OF acci-
and other causes, 15; died Of
sase, ~; wounded severely, Is;
anaed slightly. 30; missing in ac-
2 Total, SS.
'ed From Accident and Other
Causes.
rank John Fisher. Albert. w. Va.
unn ]. Maxwell, Schenectady,
N. Y.
Oan Wilson, Hamilton, o.
porals-
imam Lucas, Tallega, Ky.
toward F. Widmer. Elizabeth, N. J.
bates
v0n Carter. Avoca, Pa.
'tsmiah p, Francis Crowley, Fall
river, Mass
ssirls B. Eugley. North Waldo
ooro, Me.
sr ss Harringer. Groesback. Tex.
ase I,ar NJ Jopling. Marquette.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
SPREAD WINGS
NEXT THURSDAY
Hawker Plans to Start Trip Through
Sky From Newfoundland
Across Ocean to
Great Britain.

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
ST. JOHNS, N. F., April 4.-Pilot
Harry Hawker will make his attempt
to fly across tie Atlantic next Thurs
day at the latest, according to present
Indications Work of setting up the
Sop airplane in which HawlSer and his
navigator, Mckenzie Grieve, will make
the fight, started today at the aviation
field near here. The mechanics who
had been delayed by ice foes which
held up their steamer, arrived last
night.
Aviator Morgan, with his Martinside
machine in which he will also attempt
to fly across the Atlantic, is enroute
to ST. Johns on the Steamer Sachem.
Morgan plans to make his start not
later than April 15
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
snt Taken Suddenly Ill
h Severe Cold and Or
: iered to Bed by His
Physician.
NEED FOR WORRY
Admiral Grayson Cables That Case ls
Not Serious, Prompt Treatment
Expected to Cure
Him.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, April 4.-President
Wilson, suddenly taken Ill with a
severe cold last night, is confined to
his bed today, Admiral Grayson, his
private physician cabled the white
house this morning.
Grayson added that there was no
need for worry at present
Has Severe Cold.
by Carr d. Groat, United Press Stan
~ Correspondent
PARIS, April 4.-President Wilson
was suffering from severe cold to-
day, necessitating his temporary alb
sence from all conferences. 1t was an
nounced, however, that prompt treat
ment is expected to effect his quick
recovery.
The 'big four" met in the white
house." Colonel House representing
the president King Albert of Bel
gium, who conferred yesterday with
Wilson, Premier Clemenceau and Pres
ident Poincare was invited to the meet
ing. 1t was expected that Belgium's
claims to priority in the matter of rep
aration would be given official consid-
Grafton and that Belgian territorial
questions would be considered stimuli
taneously with the problem OF Ger
western and eastern bound
aries.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
|ecretary Of War Baker Tells Delegation That
Time for Freedom of the Island is
Near at Hand.
RESIDENT WILSON'S Letter READ
Eoquent Appeal by Philippine Senator Who
Says His Country Stood by United States
During War.

Cnited Press Leased Wire Service ]
WASHINGTON, April 1.-The time
n Philippine independence has sub
kantially come. Secretary Of War
Mixer today told the Filipino mis-
lon here seeking self-government
A mission consisting of forty prom
kent natives Of the islands, headed
Manuel L. Quezon, president Of
|e Filipino senate, presented the
ppeal for independence to Secre-
|ry Baker at the war department.
Declaring that "the islands stood
you" in the fight for the rights
ID liberties of small nations" Que
b, speaking for the mission, said
|at granting of independence to his
)untry will prove to the world that
nerica is "liberating rather than
conQuering nation"
His speech follows:
4The Philippine legislature, at the
ehest of the Filipino people, sent
lis mission to the United States
barring the message of good will,
latitude and respect from all the
habitants of the Philippine islands.
The mission is charged with a
gh and solemn obligation. 1t Is in
fucted to present the great cause
essential and necessary to the
pppess and existence of the en-
Filipino people. ! refer to our
tional birthright to be free and in
pendent. We, therefore, formally
bmit hereby the vital and urgent
estion of Philippine Independence
you, and, through you, to the
rernment of the United States, in
confident hope that it shall
Hit just, righteous and final set
enent.
Independence is the great ma
paal ideal Of the Filipino people.
members Of the Philippine mis-
pn here, representing all elements
Filipino life, are one and all
Rdy to testify to the absolute truth
this assertion. We believe that
is the proper time to present
question, looking to a favorable
decisive action because Of the
clared and uniform policy Of
nerica to withdraw her sovereignty
er the Philippine islands and to
cognize our independence as soon
9 stable government can be es-
pushed. AS there is now a stable
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
Shaw Says No Chance.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service
LOS ANGELES, Calf, April A.
There is no more chance Of the
league of nations succeeding than
there was of success for the thirteen
colonies when they were banded to-
gether under the articles of confed-
Grafton, according to Leslie M. Shaw,
former secretary of the treasury and
Ex-Governor Of Iowa. He opposed the
league In an address before the Des
Moines club.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
NO EVIDENCE
AGAINST HIM
Attorney General Admits He
Has No Information That
Governor Received
Money.
CONVERSATION DENIED
Did Not Tell Newspaper Men He
Would Use Indictments as
Club Against N
Harding. "a
CONVERSATION DENIED

UNITED Press Leased Wire SerY
DES MONIES, Ia, April 4.-Ne~
Attorney General Horace M. Havner
nor any of his agents at any time
had obtained information that Gov
ernor w. L. Harding got a penny of
the 5000 which Will Rathbun, Sr..
said he paid to free his son, Ernest,
from a life sentence.
This was the testimony of Havner
himself before the night session of
the house judiciary committee pro-
bing the pardon of the Ida county
social criminal
The admission came at the close
Of six hours grilling by Counsel H.
w. Byers, and, according to Hayner
himself, blasts the value of the affi-
davit by the elder Rathbun that
Harding was to get the $1,000.
Havner denied that he kept using
the Rathbun affidavit to besmirch
the governor, and said he wanted to
protect himself as chief law officer
of the state, in case disbarment pro-
ceedings were started against George
Clark, the Rathbun attorney.
The admission came In this man
ner:
"You made the statement that you
had not found a bit Of evidence that
the governor got one cent for the
pardon?" Byers asked him.
'T made no such statement re-
piled Havner.
well, am asking you now, did
you or anybody else find any evil
dence anywhere, any time, that
would lead to that belief"
Il would say that / did not"
Havner's voice took a drop from
the high pitch it had held through
the examination.
Havner denied the conversation in
which Judge Kennedy testified that
in Havner's presence he put the
proposition of getting the evidence
on the governor up to Bert John
ston.
He denied having told newspaper
men his plans to use the indictments
against Clark and the two Rathbuns
as clubs to get evidence on the gov
ernor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
British Will Fight on Side of the French if Ger
many Ever Again Attempts to Attack Her,
Lloyd George Has Declared.
.FOCH AND ERzBERGER IN CONFERENCE
German Armistice Commission Has Allies:
Decision Regarding Danzig Controversy
and Instructions Concerning Truce

between Spartacans and government
troops, according to adyices received
here late today. The casualties are
said to be heavy.
The Spartacans are reported to
have captured the principal hand gre
made depot In Stuttgart. Numerous
small bands of the radicals have
been cut OFF from the main bodies and
captured.
The government has again temper
arily restored order In the Ruhr dis
trict by rushing sixty thousand troops
into that region
The general strike continues to
spread. however, and had extended to
Gottingen, I.ndwigshaven and Fried
richshaven.
Iudwigshaven Is on the west bank
of the Rhine, opposite Mannheim, and
Ia within the zone occupied by the
French. Friedrichshaven is In Wurt-
ternberg on Lake Constance Gotting-
en- lis in Prussia, sixty miles southeast
Of Hanover.
Bolshevik Uitimatum.
[By Lowell Mellett United Press
Staff Correspondent
lCOpyr1gnL 1918 ny tuo ohheSu
PARIS, April 4.-Premier Lenine's
informal peace" proposal to the
allies is virtually an ultimatum, II
was learned from an authoritative
source today.
The Russian bolshevfk leader is
known to have suggested time
limit for acceptance of his offer. be-
yond which ne would not undertake
to abstain from consideration OF
Chancellor Scheidemann's proposal
as conveyed to Foreign Minister
Trotsky. The time limit is under
stood to be matter OF only few
weeks.
(The German government WAS re-
ported unofficially recently to have
sent Karl Kautsky to Russia for the
purpose of studying the situation
there and possibly effecttng an ALI
ance between Germany and Russ1a)
The recent statement In the house
of commons by Andrew Bonar Law,
spokesman for the British govern
ment, denying the allies have re-
ceived a formal peace offer from
Russia. is technically cor'ec:. The
fact remains, however, that the peace
fCoufiDued on page a.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
ODAY'S CASUALTY LIST
OF EIGHTY-E EIGHT NAMES
Nicholas Palermo. New Haven, Ct.
Bernard Reilly, Brooklyn. N. Y.
Frank Jolt Thorn, Detroit, Mich.
Miles E. Wheatley, Tell City, Ind.
Died of Disease.

'rlVateS--
Reuben Jackson, Townly. Ala.
Albert l.. Johnson, SurtO Glass
works, Sweden.
Gust w. Johnson, Glenwood City,
Wis.
Guy Johnston, Ogden, Utah.
Solomon Lane, Collierville. Tenn.
Paul Lomencik. Chattanooga, Tenn
John j. McGeorge. Plymouth. Pa.
Jim v. Martin, Navasota, Tex.
Chas. X. Nelson, Aberdeen, Wash.
Samuel M. Pagge. Powhatan, Ark.
Pietro Pippi, Springfield, Mass.
Vernon Gray, Butler, Ky.
Daniel Rigrod, Brooklyn. N. Y.
Louis Schuchard. West Albany,
Mimi.
Edgar w. Smith. Beaver, la.
Green H. Spencer. Indianapolis
Norman e. Thomas, Harrisburg,
Pa.
Rollie l.. Thomas, Monticello, Pa.
Emory L. Thrash, Clinton, Okla.
VIM. Tucker, Cottonwood. Ala.
Ezra Tyler, Dutchtown, Mo.
Vance J. Van Laanen. Green Bay,
Wis.
Harvey Wheeler, Barnett, Ga
Frank b. Williams, Lawaton. N. G.
Clyde Wilson. Gainesville. Ga.
Clayton C. Wood Fonda. Ia
VIM. Yerger, Tower City. Pa
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
Robbed by Comradc.

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service
DIES MONIES, Iowa, April 4.-Ray
Black and L. Kouba, two Camp Up.
ton soldiers reported to the police
today they had been robbed of 1870
by former comrade here. The boys
were on a furlough enroute to Salt
Lake City and went to the former
comrades room to spend the night.
When they awoke this morning they
found he had fled with $3.50 belonging
to Kouba and s210 from Black.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
Ten Weeks Strike Ended.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Seryice.l
SAN FRANCISCO, April A
strike of ten weeks duration ended
today when six thousand machinists
and boiler makers returned to work
in Bay ship yards. They won the
forty-four week and will be granted
bonuses in lieu of retroactive scale.
The forty-four hour week will be-
come effective April "a.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
Irish Parliament.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
DUBLIN, April 4.-The Irish rsr-
lament was expected today to open
debate on measures to obtain the
release of Sim FeineEs who are sttll
held in English prisons. Consider
able interest is shown in the boiy at
the efforts of Irish-Americans to pre-
sent Ireland's case to the peace con-
ference.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
PARIS, April 4.--Premier Lloyd
George in an interview published in
The Petit Parisien today declared
that should Germany ever again at
tempt to attack France, the British
will again fight on the side of the
French. He denied rumors of dis
sensions between the British and
French delegates in the peace con-
ference.
Naturally there have been discus
sions,' the premier was quoted es
saying. These are necessary to reach
an agreement on any question. But
the Anglo-French entente was never
more complete than 1t is now.
"The British did not come to aght
beside the French merely that France
should enjoy comparative tranquility
for a limited time. They insist that
France have complete security for
the future. The ferocious beast Is
tanned now, but should he ever try
to bite again, France will find Britain
beside her."
Conference With Enemy.
oTA, ApIll hC Iva hAA~AA S"A AAAA'
tice commission today was In pos
session of the allies decision regard
ing the Danzig controversy and In
structions concerning observance OF
the armistice. These were communi-
Gated to the enemy representatives
in two conferences yesterday.
Marshal Foch conyersed with
Matthias Erzberger, former chairman
of armistice commission on the for
mer's special train for forty minutes
beginning at $3.50 a. m. Foch and
Erzberger held second conference
later in which General Weygand, the
marshaIs aide, General Nudant.
French representative on the allied
armistice commission, and General
Won Hammerstein, present chairman
of the German commission, partici-
pated. This meeting was held In
Neubois villa, stirling at II a. M, and
continuing for an hour and a half.
The American members OF the
commission gave dinner In honor
of Foch.
Deadly Street Battles.
[By Frank J. Taylor, United Press
Staff Correspondent
BERLIN, April 3.-(night)--
etreet hattIes are raging in Stuttgart
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
MILLION
WERE MASSACRED
Turks Give Out Official Figures on
Number of Armenians They
Have Killed
Recently.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
ATHENS, April 3.--The Turkish
minister of the interior has an
nounced that total OF 8O0,0oO
Armenians have been massacred. 1t
was reported in a dispatch from Con-
stantinople today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
Rsdium Institute.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
LOS ANGELES, Calf, April A.
King C. Gillette, safety razor mag
nate, will establish radium insti-
tute here for the treatment of can
Ger, 1t was announced today. The in
stitute will have 100000 worth Ct
radium-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
TABLOTDS
FROM FAR AND NEAR

sive, however, Judge Ringing decid-
ing on $25 per hit.
She Wouldn't Start.
EUGENE, Ore, April 4.-''What's
the matter, boys, won't she start?'
asked J. e. Shelton when he found
two youths attempting to crank his
flivver. NO" answered the would
be auto thieves, but they did.
DEVILS Grass on Church Lawn.
LOS ANGELES, April 4.-Great
CONSERVATION in Rogers Park. The
devils grass is overrunning the
church lawn.
Beating Must Stop.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4.-'The
beating of husbands by wives must
stop" declared Judge Graham. He
gave Lieutenant Robert Gill di-
vorce and fined Mrs. gin $1,000, or
$50 for each beating.
Red Cross Cow.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4.-Provi-
dence takes care of the Red Cross.
When milk shortage developed,
bossy cow wandered up to the can
teen on a busy street and submitted
to the nurses.
Grave Diegers Strike.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4,-AH
the grave diggers have stTuck They
declare the high cost of living makes
II impossible to bury the dead for
less than So . day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
Some Short and Snappy Items
Which Make News Wire
Sparkle.

TUnited Press Leased Wire ServiceJ
CHICAGO, April 4.-"This was the
schwitzner Clothing company" said
a voice over the police phone. Come
and see what 1t Is now. Ponce
found robbers had stolen the entire
$4,000 stock OF goods.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
HeIpIess CrippTe.

DTTROIT, April 4.-Police arrest
ed Fred Adams, professional cripple
One leg was useless. One arm was
twisted. Thus handicapped he licked
four officers and ran mile He may
be offered a job on the force.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04

Continued on page 2.)
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
She Wouldn't Start.
DEVILS Grass on Church Lawn.

Los ANGELES, April 4.-Great
CONSERVATION in Rogers Park. The
devils grass is overrunning the
church lawn.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
Chance Of Raiment.

LrTCHFTEMiD, H., April 4.-fll
look better in those than you do
ragged hobo told Pat Ronen. Pat
was dubious. A "gat" persuaded him.
Pat went home in haste and par
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04

Deadly Street Battles.
rBy Frank J. Taylor, United Press
Staff Correspon dent
BERLIN, April 3.-(night) t)-Deadiy
street battles are raging in Stuttgart
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04
Expensive sqa erenades.

NEW YORK, April 4.-Militant
picketers in the shirt waist and gar
ment strike here have adopted egg
grenades, laid in 1776, as the most
effective weapon. Shots are expen-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04

sive, however, Judge Ringing decid-
ing on $25 per hit.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-04

The Telegraph Service Of The
Daily Gate City and Constitu-
democrat is received over
our own leased wire.