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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
Storm in Texas and Oklahoma
Did More Damage Than
Was at First Re
ported.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE
Nlnety-seven Persons on incomplete
Death List and Crop Damage
VIII be Enorn-
oUs.

tUnited Press Leased Wire Service.
DALLAS, Tex, April l0.-Nearly
100 dead, several hundred injured,
with property loss estimated at sew
eral millions of dollars, was the toll
taken in Wednesday mornings storms
in northern Texas and southern Okla
homa according to information gath
cred early today.
The known death list totaled
ninety-seven at the last tabulation.
Indications were this will be In
creased when crippled communica-
tion lines are restored to the small
villages in northern Texas, where
the heaviest loss of life occurred.
Damage to crops probably will run
into millions, as the principal Pro
ducts raised in Texas were at the
stage most easily affected by heavy
wind and rain.
The counties most seriously AT
fected in Texas were Grayson, Fan
min. Hunt, Wood, Vanzandt, Wichita,
CaJnp. Colin, and Titus. In Okla
homa, Cotton, Byan and Pontotoo
counties reported greatest damage.
The oil fields Of Wichita county
and of southen Oklahoma alone suf.
fered hundreds of thousands of dol,
lars of damage in wrecked oil rigs
and machinery.
Rescue and relief work continued
all last night. Fifty tents were bor
rowed from the w. o. W.. lodge, In
convention in Dallas, and rushed to
Leonard, Texas, where five are
known to he dead and fifteen In
fured The Red Cross also has
started relief work in many OF the
devastated areas.
According to dispatches from al
parts of the storm-stricken districts
TODAY thousands are homeless. In
many districts physicians were re
ported unable to care for all the IN
iured: hospital facilities are lacking
and medical supplies were badly
needed. Churches, city buildings and
school houses were fitted out as tenn
porary hospitals.
| Three separate storms covered 8
wide area, stretching from north
central Texas into Arkansas.
AT Texarkana, Texas, negro was
blown several hundred yards. The
body was found lodged in tree
Near Walters, Okla, two men were
blown into water tank and spent
several hours there
To add to the misery of the suf
ferers, the temperature dropped sud
denly last night, with SHOWS reported
p -
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
SUICIDE OF CASHIER
BUT NO MONEY MISSING

IN the bank at Batavia, and the de-
nosits at Chicago were all rlsn1
Messenger said.
1t will be necessary to check over
+hn nassbooks Of all depositors pc
FORE The exact shortage can be de-
termined. 1,so
All depositors, however, are aoso-
lutely protected by a bond slgneu w
three of the directors OF the nanA.
Messenger said there was no hurry
at Batavia and no uneasiness feit oy
depositors. aa coon
&C man can be found to relieve
tha ~ hank inspector, who Is now IN
charge OF the institution.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
French Major, Returns From
Russia With Tale Of 600,-
900 Armed Men Con-
centrated.
TO ATTACK ARCHANGLE
Reds Want Large Stores and Allies
Must be Reinforced at Once
or Withdraw from
Scene.
by William Philip Simms, United

[By William Philip Simms, United
Press Staff Correspondent
PARIS, April 10.-That the boil
sheviki have 100000 troops concen.
trated in the Archangel region and
are determined to capture that port
was the belief expressed today by a
French, major who just returned to
Paris after being exiled in Russia
since 1914.
(Unofficial advjces received IN
Washington yesterday said the boil
sheviki in northern Russia do not
total more than 1880, that the allies
have twice as many men, and that
the bolsheviki are poorly equipped)
The bolsheviki, according to the
French officer, want the large stores
in Archangel, and the fate of the
defenders Is only of secondary i'm
portance to them. He considers the
situation serious and that the allies
must either reinforce their armies,
or withdraw Immediately.
The allies on the Archangel front,
the officer said, are hemmed in on
one side by the bolshevild and on the
other by frozen sea Realizing the
extent of the allies predicament, the
bolsheviki have concentrated fifty or
sixty per cent of all their available
troops in this region for the pur-
pose Of capturing the supplies in
Archangel.
II estimate the .bolshevik army Is
about million" he said. "They are
fairly well organized on paper, but
viii not fight unless they feel like
1t. They are poor troops for that
reason and do not persist when they
meet stiff resistance. III that fact
lies the chief hope for the allies in
the Archangel region.
"It Is not true that Russia Is large
ly pro-bolshevikL I have talked with
many peasants. They told me they
voted for bolshevik officials because
they were given land, which they al
ways wanted. Now they want order
restored above everything else. They
will welcome any authority guaran
teeing them the right to retain theil
land and the opportunity to market
their products peacefully. In the
meantime, they necessarily suppor
| the bolsheviki because they have
nothing else to turn to.
Owing to the general feeling tha
! they have been deserted by the res
| of the world, I would not be sur
prised to see the Siberians join th'
| bolsheviki any day--aot because the.
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
TABLOIDS
FROM FAR AND NEAR

got he'd hired horse from Ira Dud-
ley, however, police logged his
memory.
Where to Plant Potatoes.
BUSHNELL, H., April lob. P.
Crandall, potato expert, advised
planting in the dark of the moon.
Now he's in difficulties. Il always
plant in the ground" declares q cor
respondent.
In Old Plano.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, April
1o.-The piano had been in the Okla
homa county jail nobody knows how
long, so long nobody Knows who
owned it. The jailer moved it yes
terday to clean up aud found bali
dollar dated 1884.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
ARTIFICIAL.
ARMS AND LEGS
Less Than 1000 Lost on BattiefieIds
of France by Men Of
American Expcditionary
Army.
LOYAL Troops at RamberJ.

rUnfted Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, April 10.-Less
than 1000 arms and legs were sacri-
feed by the A. E. F., on the battle
fields of France.
This figure was revealed by the
war risk insurance bureau which
provides artificial limbs for all men
disabled in military service against
Germany,
One hundred and twenty-five men
suffered total blindness from Hun
gas and shells, although there is
hope that some of these may regain
their sight.
Five hundred artificial limbs have
already BEEN furnished disabled men,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
IOWA LAND IS
HIGHEST PRICED
Average Value of $3.50 Per
Acre with Illinois Second
at Price Of $i44
Acre.
BY PROFITS OF WAR
Great Increase In Value Of Farms and
Buildings sinoe America
Entered the
War.
BY PROFITS OF WAR
[By Ralph F.. Couch, United Press
STAFF Correspondent

IBy Ralpn r. OOucn, united fEe6S
STAFF Correspondent
WASHINGTON April 10.--A by
profit of $4,000, 100000 is one of the
benefits accruing to the American
farmer from his bumper war crops.
Based on reports to the department
Of agriculture, this sum Is the esti-
mated increase in the value Of lands
owned by American farmers. The re-
ports showed plowed land had in
creased in value II per cent since 1910,
most of the increase having been
made during the war years.
Another by-profit that grew up for
the farmer Is an estimated increase Of
nearly four billion dollars in the value
OF his buildings.
Land and buildings that earn in
creased incomes are worth more
money, officials say, explaining the in
creased values.
The two by-products are in addition
t" the twenty-one billions to which the
value of all farm products jumped IN
1918.
They help explain why many farm
ers have been riding in automobiles
and why more are expected to buy
them this year. They mean more and
easier credit for farmers at the banks
and far more money if they decide to
SELL
The value of the American farmers
land and buildings now Is close to $780,
600 100000. according to the estimates.
At five per cent the interest on this
sum would be $3,000,000,000 year.
This is one-third more than the total
yearly expenditure of the United
States government in pre-war days.
The average value per acre for
plowed land Is now S74.31, according
to the agriculture department reports.
Farmers of the south Atlantic states
and in Alabama, Kentucky and Ar
Kansas gained most in the fattened
land values during 1918. Substantial
gains also were made in Nebraska and
South Dakota.
Iowa is the banner state for best
lands since her average value is $169
per acre. Illinois is next with an aver
age of s144 per acre. California with
s121 and Indiana with S100 per acre
made good showings. The average
value per acre of some other states
are: Ohio. SOL; Washington, $95;
Idaho, sT6; Arizona, 800; Wisconsin.
$50; Oregon, $751; Minnesota, S7s; Col
orado, $50.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
Would Buy Japanese ships.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. j
WASHINGTON, April 10. - The
Mexican government is negotiating
with Japanese interests for purchase
of a number of steamships, accord
ing to Mexico City advices today.
The Carrarza government, 1t Is de.
clared, contemplates the inaugura-
ton of government owned service
between Mexican and South Arneri-
can ports. Great Britain is turning
her attention to Mexican trade, the
advtces reported. "a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
Illinois labor Party.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service ]
SPRINGFIELD, H., April 1o.-The
Illinois labor party, nucleus Of pro-
posed nation wide organization. was
to be created here today at the open
ing session of convention Of 1900
state labor leaders and union repre-
sentatives.
'Iabor's fourteen points, formu'
lated by the Chicago labor party were
to be submitted for adoption by the
new body. They include the right to
organize; claims Of labor representa-
tion in the government and at the
peace conference; condemning OF
profiteering, private ownership OF
natlral resources and unemployment
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
Iowa Supreme Court Decisions.
rspecial to The Gate City.1

Especial to The Gate City.1
DES MONIES, April 10.-Trottar,
administrator, appellant, VS.. c. r. l.
and P. Ry., Washington county,
affirmed.
Kress, appellant, VS.. Lane Bros,
Harrison county, affirmed.
Highland VS.. Iowa Life Insurance
Co., appellant Wright county,
affirmed.
Thompson, appellant, vs.. Burns
myer. Hamilton county, affirmed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
insurance swindler Jailed.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
RICHMOND, Va, April 10.-Joe
Marion Morgan today began serving
five years at Atlanta for swindling
insurance companies with fake accf-
dent claims. One of his victims was
the Iowa State Travelling Mems asso-
citation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
Some Short and Snappy Items
Which Make News Wire
Sparkle.

rUntted Press Leased Wire Service.]
DETROIT, Mich, April 1o.-An-
thony Horton, negro, refused to doff
his hat when the national anthem
was being played. Horton is slowly
recovering, the hospital reported.
Fofact5u! Gus.
sPRINGFITLp, H.. April l0.--Gus
Arndt always forseIful When ha for
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
ress Leased wire Service.

T. a1
Of
and looted Of an amount estimated o0 600 shortly after o'clock this
employees while others looted the bank Three others acted looou waiting
the battle until oudisanced.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
|'aortage Cannot be Determin.
ed Until ALI Pass Books
are Examined.

en1sed n,sed Press Leased Wire Service.]
.con nns MONIES, Ia. April 10.---No
I'M |thsu,ate estimate of the shortage OF
|ths natavia Savings bank, following
y, suicide of Walter Lewis, cashier,
Me- oe made, according to George
tass ta,Ssehger, state :. banking commits
s3si' today. No money was missing
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
Magdeburg, Dusseldorf and Essen Under State
of Siege, With Citizens Being Shot
Down During Riots.
CIVIL WAR LIKELY IN BAVARIA
National Soviet Congress in Session in Berlin
Expected to Make Peaceful Demands
for Certain Reforms.

peaceful demands on the Scheide-
mann government for certain re-
forms.
Loyal Troops at Bamberg.
ZURICH, April 10.--A loyal sr1nyI
corps has arrived in Banberg TO prof
tect Premier Hoffman. according to
a dispatch received here today. Air
planes of the deposed socialist gov-I
ernment are said to be dropping,
pamphlets on Munich, announcing
new developments in the campaigll
to overthrow the soviets and .estore
the socialists to power.
Czecho-Slovaks Defeated.
VIENNA, April "a dispatch from
Budapest today reported that
Czecho-Slovak force attacked the
Hungarians near Ungvar GOO miles
northeast of Budapest) and was
completely defeated. The Czecho-
Slovaks lost 1so killed and the Hun
garians thirty killed.
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
THE WEATHER

Unsettled. Colder. Warmer
Friday. Local temp. z p. m,
SO; 7 q. m, 42.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10

The Telegraph Service Of The |
Daily Gate City and Constitu- |
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our own leased wire.
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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-16
ORGANIZATION OF
STATE ASSOCIATION
DEALERS IN AUTOS OF
STATE AND CITY MEET.
Nashville Represented by Two
of It's Most Progressive
as Auto Men.

At the regular weekly meeting of
the Automotive Association of Chat
tanooga Wednesday plans were made
for the organization of a state auto
motive association, which will he
called the Tennessee Automotive
Trades association. The purpose of
this association is to promote the gen.
eral welfare of those engaged in the
automobile industry in Tennessee.
Representative from johnson City.
Bristol, Nashville, Knoxville and
Memphis are expected to participate.
The members of the city organi-
zation met at a luncheon at the
Manhattan cafe. Almost every ga
rage, motor accessory and repair shop
in the city is a member of the asso ,
citation. H. s. Smith is president Of
the association e. c. Altmeyer vice
president, w. w. Her treasurer and
c. A. Noone secretary. 1t is expected
that the state association will form
it's nucleus from the city associations
already named.
Among the out -of-town automobile
men are Lawrence Hirsij, of the Hir-
sill Automotive Supply company, and
w. Murray Hogan, of the Imperial
Motor Car company of Nashville.
The new association will further
mature its plans at a dinner at the
Patten Wednesday evening.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-16
BREAKS CHILD'S ARM
BY BRUTAL BEATING
cATHERAN LOWE IN TOLLS
OF LAW.
Little o-Year- Old Child at
Erlanger-History
of Case.

As the result of a severe beating
administered by her foster mother,
Catheran Lowe brought the child
Rosa B. Mitchell, a bright little coll
ored girl. Is AT Erlanger hospital with
q broken arm.
The Lowe woman, after whipping
the child, cried and picked her up in
her arms, according to Rosa's story.
when she discovered that the arm
was broken and the bone was pro-
truding through the flesh.
Patrolmen Woy and Whitlock ar
rested Catheran and charged her at
police headquarters with disorderly
conduct. The contention was that in
At of anger she mistreated the
child.
Rosa Mitchell frankly stated that
her foster-mother had whipped her
before and had even used strap in
Furnishing her. The woman was fined
$40 and costs in police court Wednes-
day morning.
The little girls case has aroused
the sympathy of Mrs. Rachel Mar
shall, police matron, who will take
charge of her when she is released
from the hospital. Mrs. Marshall
will probably send her to relatives.
The police matron accompanied Rosa
to the hospital.
I Catherae Lowe brought the child
to Chattanooga three years ago.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-16
LOCAL FLASHES
Women,a Club Meets.

The regular meeting of the Chat
tanooga Business Wofnan's club was
held today at noon in the grill room
of the Hotel Patten. The members
enjoyed a social hour, with twenty
five present.
Asks $4,000.
Mrs. Maud Macker filed suit In the
circuit court Wednesday morning
against the city of Chattanooga and
the West Construction company,
asking $4,000 as the result of per-
sonal injuries. The suit, which was
filed through Ford & Bryan. charges
cavation on Dodds avenue and as a
result sustained painful injuries.
1000 Automobiles.
An investigation of the automobile
records in the office of the county
court clerk revealed the fact that
Hamilton county has at the present
in the neighborhood of 1000 automo-
biles. This is considered a remark
able record for the reason that other
cities known to be larger have not
near so many automobiles or even
in the neighborhood of it. The reve-
nue. from automobiles goes towards
the upkeep of the county roads, and
the large number of cars insures
much better roads for the county.
Recently, according tc a law passed
by the last legislature. $4,000 was
turned back into the treasury OF
Hamilton county to be used on the
roads. This revenue was derived
from automobiles.
A party of Chattanooga business
men left this morning for a fishing
trip In Grundy county. They will be
gone for several days. Those on the
trip are e. D. Reed, Fred Cantrell,
v. D. L. Robinson and Judge M. M.
Allison.
Open Air Concert.
The royal Holland bell ringers
gave an open air concert in front OF
hut No. % Tuesday night to an au-
dience of 1900 soldiers.
Conclude Their labors.
Prof B., z. Mitchell, one Of the ac-
tive Y. NJ. c. A. workers at Fort
Oglethorpe during the war period,
has concluded his work at Fort Ogle-
thorpe and left Wednesday for Nor
risville, Mo, where he will spend his
vacation with his family. He will
return to MiIlsap college. Jackson
Miss, on Sept. to resume his du-
ties as a member of the college fac
ulty. Prof. e. D. Baggett, another
Y. NJ. C. A. worker at the post. also
left Wednesday for his home In
Nashville,
Back from Vacation.
J. e. Dorsey, operator of the Came
we'll board at police headquarters,
has returned from his vacation and
is back on the job. Patrolman Hyatt
served as Gamewell operator in his
absence
Mayor chambliss in Rome.
Mayor A. w. Chambliss will return
from Rome. Ga, Thursday morning
where he went Wednesday morning
on official business.
Belmont Cafe Bankrupt.
A voluntary petition was filed to-
day by the Belmont cafe, 634 Market
street. naming liabilities at approx
mately $500 and liabilities at about
800. The petition was tiled through
Joe Frassrand as attorney.
Merrill Lotion. who has been at his
home on McCallie avenue recovering
from an operation. is well and has
returned to Cornell university
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-16
MOTIONS FOR new TRIAL
FILED In CIRCUIT COURT
s. R. REED AND RANDOLPH
HOWELL APPEAL.
The Former Given Judgment
for $4,000 and the
Latter $1,000.

Two motions for new trials were
entered in the circuit court Wednes-
day morning. the first one in the case
OF c. T. Sullivan, ct al. against 5. X.
Reed, ct al. In this case 1t will be
remembered that the compliments
were given a judgment of $4,000
against s. r. Reed and John b. Car
roll. The judgment which is the
largest ever rendered by jury In
this county, grew out Of the death Of
Lane McQuiddy at the Read house.
McQuiddy. while guest Of the
hotel, and while in the writing room
of the hotel writing a letter, was
killed by walls falling In on him as
the result of the explosion Of boiler
in the kitchen. The grounds for a
new trial set out that the judgment
was so excessive as to indicate pas
sion, prejudice and caprice on the
part of the jury. Other grounds for
new trial set out that the defendant
Reed was in no way, nor could be
responsible for the accident for the
reason he had six years before, leased
the hotel to John b. Carroll, and al
the time of the lease Carroll resumed
as lessee all responsibilities. The de-
PENDANT Reed filed his answer through
his attorneys. Linten Martin, ]. M
Trimble and L. N. Spears. The com
plainants were represented by Judge
w. w. Draper, Judge Bancroft Muir
ray and H. c. McCalla.
The other motion for a new tria
was filed by Randolph Howell
against whom was recently given
judgment of $1,000 in favor of Clarl
Worley. The judgment was the re-
suit of an alleged assault Howell IL
said to have made on Worley. Mr.
Howell denies the assault and claims
that Worley assaulted him when he
attempted to arrest him for the al.
legged taking of some corn from the
field of Mr.. Howell. The trial of thu
case resulted in much bitter feeling
Mr.. Howell being fined for contemp
by the court on account of a remark
he made while on the witness stand
The motion for a new trial was flee
by T. Pope Shepherd, w. II. Cum
mings and Schoolfield e. Scheduled
Mr.. Shepherd being retained in the
case since the judgment was rend-
cred against Mr.. Howell. The
grounds for a new trial are tha
the judge erred In his charge anc
the verdict of the jury is not sus-
tanned by the facts. Mr.. Worley II
represented by Early G. Atchley.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-16
new COAL AND LUMBER
COMPANY ORGANIZED
TO HAVE AUTHORIZED CAP.
ITAL OF 100000.
Marion Coal and Lumber
Company Taken Over by
w. @. Hedrick, of Dallas.

A petition for charter of incor-
poration for the Hedrick Coal and
Lumber company. with an authorized
capital of 100000, was filed Wednes-
day morning. w. C. Hedrick, of Dali
las. Tex, is the principal stockholder
and president of the new concern
while the other incorporators are
well-known Chattanoogans. They
are w. c. Hedrick, Carter Lynch, /
G. Phillips, j. j. Lynch and j. s.
Rogers.
Mr.. Hedrick's company recently
purchased the property of the Marion
Coal and Lumber company, which
was. involved in litigation, for ap-
proximately $4,000, it was learned
Wednesday morning. The property
consists of several thousand acres OF
valuable timber and undeveloped coal
lands in Marion county, Tennessee
together with a sawmill and other
equipment. The coal, deposits have
never been worked, it was stated, and
these will be developed. Offices will
be in Chattanooga.