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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28
NO BLAME FOR
EXPLOSION
coroner's Verdict Is Cause Unknown
for Blast Which Killed
Forty-eight Per
sons.

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service ]
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, May 2S.-
No blame. for the explosion which
wrecked the 100000 Douglas starch
company's plant here last Thursday.
killing at least forty-eight men, was
fixed by the coroner's jury probing
the blast.
The jury returned cause un-
known" verdict The evidence pre-
sented, according to Coroner King,
failed to show criminal act had
caused the blast.
Twenty-six bodies have been re-
moved and about twenty-five men are
still missing.
Government agents today were ex-
pected to continue their investiga~
tion into the explosion.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28
EAVY DEFEAT FOR
FORCES OF BOLSHEVIkI

Rodakoua, the statement said.
Near Manich, in southern Russia,
on May 9 anti-bolshevik Russian
volunteers attacked the reds and ad-
yanced to Remontnoe, capturing $500
prisoners and $4,000 rifles. thirteen
cannon and fifty machine guns. In
another battle the tenth bolshevik
army was defeated on Its entire
front, 10000 prisoners being taken
when two regiments surrendered May
10.
On the other hand, the war off1ce
said soviet troops had occupied prac-
tically the whole of the Donetz river
basin.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28
TABLOIDS
FROM FAR AND NEAR

ready married seven men, leaving
each as soon as she became pos
sessed of their wealth.
Ace of Diamonds.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 28.-W. V.
Diamond, an ace, was in Australia,
recuperating when the war ended.
Military paper work, however, listed
him as in an English hospital. He is
here enroute to England where he
must go to get discharged.
New Way to Catch Fish.
SAN RAFAEL, Calf, May Is
Unable to land big steel head from
an isolated pool, Sheriff Heating lost
his balance and fell in. He weighs
900. The big splash threw the trout
on the bank
Wooden Leg Exemption.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2S.-The
government spent months of effort
and 500 in rewards running down
two draft evaders. But when the
ruen were arrested here each was
found relying on a wooden leg.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28
For JuvenIIsH

limited Press Leased Wire SerVice.l
DIES MONIES, Iowa, May 2S-Sena-
tor H. c. White, of Garrison, is con-
ferring with the state board Of control
or establishment of juvenile home
authorized by the 3Sth assembly. The
bill, of which White was the author,
appropriated S10S,O0O for such home,
the site to be picked by the state
board Of control.
1t is probable that the home will be
established at Toledo, this city hav-
ing offered to donate the buildings OF
Leander Clark college, which has been
discontinued as an educational insti-
tuition.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28
lyeral of Larger Cities Tied up, While Others
are on Verge of Idleness by Walk
out of Workers.
HREAT BY 45,0O0 men IN TORONTO
|nnipeg General Strike Situation Unrelieved
After Several Days of Business Stag
nation, but No Violence.

ited Press Leased Wire Service.]
TTAWA, Ont, May 2S-Industrial
est continued In many parts OF
ada today with many strikes In
gress and others threatened.
ccording to reports received here,
situation Is as follows:
Cinnipeg-General strike situation
elieyed
oronto--Forty-five thousand men
baten to- strike Friday unless eight
day granted.
dmonton- Strikes are said to have
ctically tied up the city.
algary-Fifteen hundred men re-
ted out.
ethbridge-Mine workers struck.
Brandon Strikers claim to have
hlyzed the city.
ttowa-Small strike of machinists,
italy settled.
ontreal-Labor men talking about
pte on general strike.
u Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw,
Saskatchewan, there is much gen.
strike talk.
D. Robertson, minister Of labor,
nes the zone big union" idea for
trouble and declares a few radi-
are the leaders, seeking to over
Pw constituted authority.
uestioned in commons last night,
mier Borden said law and order
i be maintained at all costs, that
tal employees and other civil SER
employees on strike in Winnipeg
elsewhere could not be permitted
iislocate the public service and
resume work or be dismissed.
ective bargaining, he said, which
ale basis Of the Winnipeg trouble,
not he unreservedly accepted
Its full meaning had been de-
"a. The governments permanent
cy he stated, depends on the find
of the commission now probing
nons between capital and labor.
Winnipeg, according to informa-
available here, the strikers are
ing out for collective bargaining.
iuzens committee is maintaining
p, out Is denounced by strikers as
nion Of capitalists. Striking pos
government telephone and civic
ioyes have been discharged and
striking firemen replaced by per-
ent employees who must sign an
cement not to engage in sympa-
ic strikes or cease work without
days notice after arbitration.
deliveries in Winnipeg are being
med. The council planned to de-
today whether to attempt to run
et cars. The mayor promised ade-
protection, saying he was ready
woke martial law If necessary.
iVices from Toronto were that the
posed strike Of $4,000 had been
pohed until Friday at ten a. m. A
l'auon In the meantime was to
soVernment acceptance of a COM
ory eight hour day. 1t was stated
ommons last night that the gov
lieht lacks authority to enforce
a rule.
auulton to the strikes in cities,
Mestern railway mail clerks are
.eu 10 have voted to quit work.
eie nave been no serious out
~ ana SO far there is not much
.fation between strikers in diff
cities, although Montreal
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28

ed to Read and to Commander Towers
and Lieut.. Commander Bellinger, OF
the N CO and the N C-1 respectively
the order of commander Of Torrespada
and each member Of their crews was
made chevalier Of the same order.
Admiral Plunkett and other navy Off
Gals were decorated with the order or
Aviz. Last night there was a bril-
liant reception aboard the Rochester.
Today was holiday In honor OF
the Americans.
Read was very modest about his
achievement
"The engines functioned perfectly
all She way from America to Portu-
gal. 4 he said
Congratulated by President.
PARIS, May 28-President Wilson
today sent by wireless to Lieut.. Com
mander Read his heartfelt c3ngratu-
lations and deep admiration. I've
are all heartily proud Of you." i;le
president said.
He also wirelessed Secretary
Daniels extending congratu ations 10
the navy.
Achievement of tho Nc-4.
Distance, Ponta Del Gada to Lis
bon, 500 miles.
Flying time. 8 hours. 43 minutes.
Miles an hour on last leg, 82.2
(nauticaD.
Distance Trepassey to Lisbon.
2,150 nautical miles.
Flying time Trepassey to Lisbon.
26 hours, As minutes.
Average speed. 80 nautical miles an
hour.
Hawker Decorated by King.
LONDON, May 2S.--Harry Hawker
and Mackenzie Grieve were deco
rated by King George today with the
cross of the royal air force, the first
time this order-newly created-has
been bestowed upon anyone. The
queen and the prince of Wales greet
ed the aviators at the palace
Hawker was cheered wherever he
appeared in public.
He and Grieve received tremen-
dous reception when they arrived in
London last night, being borne
through the streets by Australian
soldiers.
They were greeted like victors.
Hundreds of thousands of Londoners
jammed the streets or leaned from
windows and house tops, cheering
the air men. At the railway station
the crowd was SO dense a mounted
policeman took Hawker up behind
him. The Australian flyer, tanned
and smiling, bowed right and left in
claiming him. The Australian guards
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28
ReassurIng Report.

v
nipeg strikers.
ReassurIng Report
OTTAWA, Ont, May 2S-A reassur-
ing report on the strike situation in
Winnipeg has been received by the
government, 1t is understood, from
of labor. Robertson, it is stated,
looks for an early termination Of the
deadlock which has existed in the
western city for the past fortnight
Hon. Arthur Meighen, minister OF
the interior, who accompanied Sena-
tor Robertson, was said to be on his
way back to Ottawa
Political Crisis Likely.
[By James T. Kolbert, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WINNIPEG. Man, May rs - The
general strike here may result In a
political crisis, it was indicated here
today. Strike leaders, editors and gov
ernment officials told the United
Press that the failure of the union
party now in control to lower the cost
Of living may result In a bitter poll
teal struggle. Living costs form the
big factor In the strike which for. al
most two weeks has isolated this city.
Strikers say they have been Joined by
many non unionists who see In the
movement a battle against high
prices.
Food Is higher now than at any time
In four years. This spring. the period
OF the year when food costs normally
Il - CT p,,tt
at 5S to 65 cents. Across the border
liz Minnesota 1t is forty to forty-fiYe
cents Other foods, relatively high
are 10 to 20 cents lower across the
border.
Labor leaders charge that foods are
coming to Winnipeg in great quanti-
ties but that dealers are storing them
holding for still higher prices. The
anticipated demand from European
countries, they said, Is back of the
practice. Strikers claim dealers ex-
pect the foreign demand to run prices
into dollars instead of cents.
Strike headquarters has issued no
official statement regarding possibili-
ties OF political action. Individually,
members claim they have the sup
port Of hosts Of non-union workers as
well as hundreds of returned soldiers.
The soldiers, they claimed, are dfssat-
isfied with living costs and with I'M
migration matters. Some have claimed
Immigrants from the United States
have been given preference IN land
settlement projects.
Endorsement Of Strike.
MONTREAL, Quebec, May 2S-The
Winnipeg strikers we're endorsed here
last night at meeting of 1000 mem
bers of the Amalgamated Society OF
Engineers and International Associa-
tion of Machinists.
No Strike Today.
TORONTO, Ont, May 2S - There
will be no general strike here today.
The round table conference of en-
ployers and employees called by the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28
Valuable Data.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.]
PARIS, May 2S.-All the American
seaplane shippers obtained valuable
data in their flights over the Allan
tic, Admiral Benson declared today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28
! y regiments Destroyed with
O'ooo Prisoners and Guns
Captured.

F,eq ks1Iress Press Leased Wire Service I
E;.oN' May 2S.-Heavy defeats
iStered to boishevik troops in
r. anu south Russia were an.
tvea oy the war office today.
communist regiments were
oseu IN north Russia, west OF
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28
ANOTHER
LOAN IS
POSSIBLE
New Plans of Financing Figur-
ed on by Congress Which
Faces Big Expense
Bill.
EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS
Over tho Counter Bond Sale May be
Launched to Raise Money
Needed Coming
Year.
EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, May 2S.-Faced
with requests for appropriations
totaIing sS,OOO,OOO,00O, congress had
begun to figure on new plans Of
financing" The conviction was grow
ing today that the government would
have to float another loan.
Frequent references to the govern
ment's financial status on the house
floor brought out these points:
That on May only $2,226, 600 600
of the Victory loan money remained
in the treasury.
That expenditures were still rang
ing upward Of 81. 400, ,09o, 900 month.
That taxes and other sources Of
revenues can be expected to produce
not more than S4,000,000,000 In the
next year, and that this figure may
be reduced. -
The treasury now has outstanding
certificates of Indebtedness which
exceed in amount the balance OF the
Victory loan held, 1t is pointed out
In addition to this, authorization
has been granted "for more than
enough to absorb taxes yet to be
collected" house information shows.
Yet deficiencies, the aggregate Of
which has not been determined, will
have to be met and the various COM
mittees are preparing to report them
to the house.
Representative Moore, Pennsyl-
vania, declares the policy will have
to be "cut, cut, cut" and that "even
then 1t would be impossible to pay
all debts without some changes in
the plan of financing"
Majority leaders do not believe
that the plan instituting an "over the
counter SALE of bonds will provide
enough money to meet require
ments. This plan was understood to
have been decided upon by Secretary
Glass to avoid another popular loan
campaign.
Monthly disbursements by the
treasury have not fallen below ST.
1S9 ,00e 900 at any time since the sigr-
ing of the armistice-RepresentatIve
Fess, Ohio. says. In December, the
month after actual hostilities ceased,
he says, the government paid cut
s., ,060 100000 and for January the
disbursements were $1,962, 600 COO;
February, s1,1S9 900, 900; March, ST.
$50 900 900, and for April, $1,425, 900
900.
'I can see no signs of immediate
relief" Fess says. "The expenditures
are likely to continue around s1,4Oo,-
600, 900 per month for some time.
And If they are to run that high
certainly new plans of govern ncnt
financing must be evolved"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28
Some Short and Snappy Items
Which Make News Wire
Sparkle.

IUnited Press Leasde Wire Service.1
AUSTIN, Texas, May 2S-Mrs. s.
e. Britain, convicted of selling whis-
key in 1918, was a prohibitionist to-
day. The court sentenced her to life
In the penitentiary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28
Refund Of Luxury Taxes.

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-Internal
revenue collectors today were facing
the problem of refunding more than
S1,5OO,000 to tax payers when the
luxury tax is repealed. unless con-
gress comes to their rescue by set
ting the repeal date ten days or two
weeks after passage Of the repeating
act.
It will take ten days after the re-
peal becomes law to notify retail
ers to quit collecting the tax, officials
say.
It is estimated that 4o,oo0,0o0 per
sons would become entitled to re-
funds before the work Of halting col
lections could be completed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28
Skin Turns White.

OKLAHOMA CITY, May 2S.-Eli-
jah Ellison, colored, prayed his skin
would turn white. 1t did-following
a fall into a packing plant acid vat
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28

unions voted financial aid to the Win
nipeg strikers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28

CONTINUED on page 2.)
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28

Continued on page %
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28

msa telegraph Service Of The
Inv nnv Gate City and Constitu-
pa.l "a, namocrat is received over
onr ,U own leased wire.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28
Marriage as Vocation,

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2S.-Mar-
riage has become vocation with
Olive Ferguson, according to Robert
Ferguson, who testified she has al
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28

No Strike Today.
TORONTO, Ont, May 28 - There
will be no general strike here today.
The round table conference Of en-
ployers and employees called by the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-28

THE WEATHER
Fair Tonight and Thursday.
Local temp. z p. NJ, 70; z g. m,
62.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-04-11
To Buy AT They Can.


Knowing the securities 10 De me
best in the world, millions Of bena
holders are planning to buy ail
they possibly can of the Fifth Loan
and they are making their influence
strongly felt. even in that class OF
Americans who were non-buyers in
the Fourth, the Third. the Second
and the First. This is tending 10
further distribute the bonds more
thoroughly among the more than
100. 900, 900 Americans.
The French have often been
called the thriftiest people in the
world. When they got together a
few francs, they straightway put
these into Government securities.
The financial condition of the
French government remained smaz-
ingly sound through four years of
storm and stress and one of the
greatest reasons for this soundness
was the thrift of the average French
man and his willingness. at all
times. to buy government bonds.
Americans who are watching the
sale of the last of the great war loan
issues of the United States will do
we'll to take a leaf from the French
mans book.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-04-11

a paper of his own. In case he
takes over the Issue, the name
will probably be changed to
Vardaman's Weekly" and it will
be doubled in size, and otherwise
rejuvenated and made the expo
nent of the best ideas of progress
sive Americanism.
"Mr. Vardaman has had thous-
ands of letters from all sections
of Mississippi urging him to again
enter journalism. and the people
throughout the State are hungry
for the kind of message Mr.. Var
daman knows SO we'll how to de-
liver.
THE masses of the people are
now without adequate means TO
learn the truth about many gov
ernmental affairs. and no one is
more capable of giving them this
information without fear or favor
than Mississippi's brilliant son.
He has been more cussed and
discussed than any other man OF
: his time. and his position on
pmany questions has been shame
lessly distorted and misrepre-
sented by biased press. The
masses of the people, however,
are just now beginning to realize
this fact, and will welcome facts
such as Mr.. Vardaman will pre-
sent in his new Weekly.
The new paper will start off
with $4,000 subscribers, and ii
gives promise of the largest cir
culation any Mississippi paper
ever had.
THE increased size of the pa
per will no doubt make it neces-
sary to raise the subscription
price from $l.00 to 81 so per year,
but the managers of the paper
are considering a plan to accept
subscribers at the old price in
clubs of five for a limited time.
This, however, has not been def
nitely decided upon.
Ex-senator Vardaman's many
friends throughout the State will
welcome the new paper and give
it a most cordial support"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-04-11
America Learning Thrift.

The five best teachers the aver
age man and woman has had. have
been the Five Liberty Loans. In
the opinion of the President of the
American Society for Thrift. s. ".
Straus, New York banker and finan-
cier, the five loans will play big
part in the history of American
finance as applied to the average
American. In a recent interview
on the Liberty Loan he said:
Only one-half the families in the
United States were money savers
before the war. Now every family
belongs in that class. AS a nation
and as individuals we must con-
tinue the practice of thrift. as it Is
the only way of repairing the world
waste caused by the war.
The average citizen has discOv-
cred that he can save without in.
simultaneously losing class as a
good fellow and a good spender.
Saving for Liberty bonds has taught
him a genuine lesson. He has
found that he gets along very well
without this and that luxury, and
not only does not miss it. bat is
better for being without it.
As to how much a man should
save before he can be called really
thrifty, Mr. Straus said:
He should save something. The
amount depends upon the circum-
stances. One man saving only five
per cent of his income might really
be more thrifty than a man saving
20 per cent because the first man
might have more difficulties with
which to contend in his effort To
save. The point Is that every
young man or woman. should put
aside regularly some portion of his
or her income. And there is only
one way to start saving. 1t is-tO
start saving"
Mr.. Straus might have included
another way to start; subscribe for
Liberty bonds (short-term notes)
of the Fifth Loan, the Victory" is
sue and keep paying on them till
the bond obligation has been met.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-04-11
Vardaman as Editor.

The information contained in
the following news editorial
taken from the YaZOo City Sen
tinel will prove gratifying to tens
of thousands of loyal, Jefferso-
nian democrats and American
patriots in Mississippi. These
thousands who voted for Sena-
Tor Vardaman in 1918. and other
thousands who refrained from
voting at all because of the be
wildering influences that fell lit
tie short of intimidation, will ex-
tend to him the glad hand of
welcome and loyal support. 1t
is pardonable 10 think .hat legit-
innate deductions would Justify
the assertion that more than half
the people of Mississippi were
with him in his unequal contest
for reelection last year. The
war was on then and the people,
many of them, were disconnected
and too timid 10 assert a free
mans right to vote for whom
they pleased as against the ex-
pressed will of the President OF
the United States.
They, with the tens of thOus-
ands of others who were not af-
fected by the underlying influ-
enceS, will be heartened by the
remittance of the Great White
Chief into the arena of journal
ism. They will feel that a power.
strong enough. braye enough,
righteous enough, and virile
enough has materialized TO vim
dicate them and the American
ism they stood for in 1918:
Much speculation has been
indulged as TO the future course
of Ex-senator James K. Varda-
man, and for the past several
months the Ants in Mississippi
were much concerned lest Mr.
Vardaman enter the race fOr
Governor during the present
campaign. AT no time did Mr.
Vardaman contemplate such a
step, as he has no ambition tC
again serve as Governor of Mis-
slssippI.
at may be authOritatively
stated now, however. that Mr.
Vardaman will go back to his
first love, the newspaper busi
ness, and will in short time be-
gin the publication of a weekly
paper in Jackson, in which he
will discuss State and National
questions in the fOrceful and con
vincing manner which has
stamped him as one of the ables1
editors in the South.
Negotiations are now under
way between Ex- Senator Varda
man and the stockholders of the
Issue for the purchase of the
plant land good will, and this sdeal
will probably be concluded early
next week. If the plan falls
through, Mr.. Vardaman will starr
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-04-11
State of Ohio, City of Toledo.

Lucas County, ss
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm Of F.
]. Cheney & Co., doing business in
the City of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid. and that said firm will pay
the sum of One Hundred Dollars for
each and every case of catarrh that
cannot he cured by the use of HalPs
Catarrh Medicine.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence. this 9Th day of De-
cember, A. d. 1856.
A. w. GLEASON.
(SeaD
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken in
ternally and acts through the blood
on the mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials. free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Halls Fafiily Fills for constipation.
tAdy.l
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-04-11

Watch your money grow. turn your
Liberty Bond Coupon into w. 8. 8.
ct any postoffice.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-04-11
LEE M. RU SELL,

LEE M. RUSSELL,
Candidate will address the people
at the following places as published below:
Becker Monroe County, 10 a. Tuesday April 29th.
Quincy, Monroe County. p. Tuesday, April 29th
Amory. Monroe County, m. Tuesday April 18th.
Wren, Monroe 10 "A. Wednesday, April 30th.
School House. Monroe County, Wednesday
April 30th
Smhvile, Monroe Wednesday. April Goth.
LADIES ARE ESPECIALLY INVITED.