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will be presented to him for his
opinion. With france and Italy de-
string a portion of those vessels, it is
apparent that disagreement also has
developed between naval and civilian
repres entatives on other delegations.
The naval men, in what might be re-
garded as curious manner. from the
standpoint of precedent, favor sink
ing the ships. One of their arguments
is that such course will be in align
ment with the disarmament move.
The civilians oppose sinking the ships
ON the grounds of economic loss.
Excepting such side issues, the
stage has been set for speeding the
work of bringing about peace, If all
moves on schedule, the treaty may be
READY ana the Germans summoned by
the anniversary Of the very day when
they began their last desperate at
tempt to conquer the world.
.e/E.# Dearer Than Ever.
by William Philip Simms, United
Press Staff Correspondent
PARIS, March 15.-"Because of the
attacks to which he has heen sub
tected by certain Americans whose
politics are exaggerated nationalism
President Wilson comes back to us
dearer to our hearts than ever"
This sentence from the pen Of Auri-
cede Valet, editor of the Paris Midi,
tells in nut shell tie obvious opinion
cf the average Frenchman.
Thus President Wilson enters the
.Hird phase of the peculiar status OF
his relations with the French people
whose Latin taemperment has given
full sway to their emotions in the
past three months.
When the president arrived in De
cember everybody lauded his sense OF
Justice but many feared his scheme
fcr the league OF nations was too uto-
,,ian. However, ho was considered the
" orld's Superthinl.er and was 'ap-
plauded. Later the league appeared 10
N o practical, but many feared that
same sense Of justice they had praised
might lead him to De oVer-iehleh'
with Germany. His popularity ae-
creased. Today the French admit the
ecessity of feeding Germany out OF
sheer seIf7protection, while they De
mand formation of the league as the
only means for salvation OF the word
to such degree that sthe FTench press
daily defends him from the attachs vi
some Of his countrymen.
The Temp says the Fronch rejoice
~ president Wilson's return" and the
Tiberte declares the "shouts Of the
raonle serve as reminder to Pres1-
ient Wilson that Paris is faithful to
her friends"
Brussels Negotiations Completed.
PARIS March 15.-L'1ntransigeant
soid today II understands the eco
Continued on page 2.)
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15
SENATOR KENYON'S
LEAGUE OPINION
Iowa Statesman Is Against
Great Covenant as It Ap-
pears in It's Present
Form.
1T NEEDS AMENDMENT
Favors Idea and Thinks People Hav
Right to Demand Ambiguous
Clauses Be Made
Plain.
TT NEEDS AMENDMENT
[By l.. G. Martin, United Press
Correspondent

10y IL. ~. lllu, OhitCo ASAoo
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March l5.--Set-----
Kenyon's statement on the league OF
nations was received here today with
undisguised satisfaction by those hght'
ing the proposed constitution.
Kenyon's statement, declaring Tor
amendment of the constitution before
1T is submitted to the senate for rati-
fication was made after he had spent
nearly a week in his home state, Iowa.
talking to his constituents. Further
than that, kenyon declined to sign
the "round ROBIN of the opposition
senators. He announced before leav-
ing Washington that he had not made
up his mind on the proposal and
would do so only after he had gone
directly to his people and got their
views.
The fact that he now takes the
same stand as the senate 37 VINO
siSned the round robin indicates,
league opponents said, that the senti-
ment in Iowa at least is against the
League in its present form. I
"The people have a right to de-
Imand," said Kenyon, that ambiguous
clauses be made plain in such a docu-
ment which affects the whole world =
This was taken here to mean that
Kenyon's people are demanding that
the league pact's language be cleared
up.
kenyon's Statement.
FORT DODGE, March 15.-Senator
w. s. Kenyon, republican, issued his
first formal statement on the league
of nations here.
While Senator Kenyon favors the
league, he insists theer should be
amendments to the proposed const1-
ton before it Is ratified by the SEN
ate. The question Of taking the
league now offered or losing it forever
has not arisen ana in Kenyon's 'op1n-
ion never will.
Referring to the activities of Sena-
tors Knox, Borah, Thomas, Reed and
Cummins, Kenyon said:
'These senators are just as patrl-
otic as those who denounce them and
far more able. They are actuated or|v
by patriotic motives.
"Get the peace treaty first and then
discuss the league" said Keny%
"People have the right to demand tha!
ambiguous clauses are made plain ~
such a document which affects the
whole worldS
Kenyon urged that the voting power
of the United States be increased in
the body of the peace conferences.
president Wilson should be praised
for what he has done in helping form-
ulate the league plans" added Ken
yon. "I have no patience with those
who are trying to embarrass him,
either for political or other reasons
Kenyon said, however. that Presf-
dent Wilson should encourage discus
sion and suggestions on the league.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15
EMPLOYMENT
FOR SOLDIERS
Emergency Committee of Council Of
National Defense Organized
to Look After Returned
Patriots.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-To
provide emplovment for returned sol
diers and sailors, an emergency com
mittee of the council of national de.
fense was organized today With the
unemployment again increasing. the
committee was believed to be neces.
sary because OF the eighty percent
reduction Of the U. S. employment
service. It will take over the sol.
diers and sailors work of the service.
Appeals were telegra phed today to
all governors, mayors of the prin-
ciple cities and chairmen of all state
councils of defense asking assistance
in the work and suggesting the i'm
mediate opening of state and munich
pal employment offices to succeed the
ones of the federal government that
will be closed March %. The board
will take over the two thousand
branch agencies of the welfare asso-
citation which have been directed by
the soldiers and sailors bureau OF
the employment service.
"It will be the task of the commit
tee" said the organization first
statement, "to secure the continuance
of every such bureau and establish
ment of them in communities where
they are needed"
Colonel Arthur Woods Of New
York. liason officer Of the war de-
partment in charge of soldiers en-
ployment, is chairman of the commit
tee.
Other members are Chairman Hur-
ley, of the shipping board; Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy Roosevelt: !:
Nathan A. Smyth, department of
labor; c. l. Christie, assistant secre-
tary of agriculture; B. S. Cutler, COM
merce department; S. F. Bush. indus.
trial board; E. J. Ayers. interior de-
partment; Elliott Goodwin, United
States chamber of commerce.: Mat.
thew Vol, American Federation of
Labor; Director C1arkson, council of
national defense, and John w. Halo
well of Boston.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15
HARBOR STRIKE
is DWINDLING
Boat Owners Meet Demands Of Men
for Eight Hour Day and
Operations are Being
Resumed.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, March 15.-The New
York strike dwindled rapidly today as
the boat owners met the mems de-
mands for an eight hour day and
higher pay, and operations We're re-
sumed.
According to the estimate Of Presi-
dent Delahunty, OF the marine worlc-
ers affiliation, four thousand men
were still on strike this morning.
This Is about thirty percent of the
number that originally quit.
Conciliator Hughes today made
further effort to mediate between
strikers and private boat owners who
have not yet agreed to the union
terms
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15
TABLOIDS
FROM FAR AND NEAR
In Dry Town.

In Dry Town.
BARTLESvILLE, Okla, March Is.
From dawn until night efforts of
Special officer Brentz and fifteen
deputies netted 1872 quarts 503 half
pints of whiskey and $40 pints Of
beer In dry Oklahoma.
Flu Ban No. 5.
MCPHERSON, Kans., March 15.-
Town closed tight as drum. Flu
ban number three in effect today.
Two hundred cases In FIVE days.
Useless Signs.
DETROIT, Mich, March 15.-Use-
less signs pasted on a great mass OF
iron weighing about twenty tons.
lying in yard Is the following:
Don't carry away"
Nine Cents Income Tax.
DETROIT, Mich, March 15.-"This
guy Sam is sure piker when he
takes this" citizen told Internal
Revenue Collector Brady as he hand
cd over nine cents income tax.
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tBy Ralph Couch, United Press Stan
Correspondent
Copyright 1919, BY The United
Press.]
NEW YORK, March 15.--Forseeing
possible bloody revolution, the one
public official in Duolin, who has the
confidence Of all factions, is trying to
unite tho various Irish rolitical ele-
ments in Some form of colonial home
1ule.
That man is Laurence O'Neil. lord
r ayor Of Dublin He was recently In
augurated for his third term. This Is
unusual, as custom long ago decreed
that the lord mayor could serve bu'
| one term.
Although I went to the Mansion
fouse to interview C'NsiJ just before
leaving Dublin fortnight ago, I soon
found that was being interviewed IN
stead
rs America against us?" he asked
Immediately, THAT Is the only inter.
pretation | can Lut on the failure OF
resident Wilson to acknowledge the
invitation to come to Ireland which
was extended to him on behalf of the
government"
When asl>ed to give HIS views OF
conditions in Ireland he said:
"The situation Is most serious. Ih''
feelings Of the people are stirred ~
the continual presence here OF thous-
Of soldiers. Nobody knows what viii
happen and everybody fears the worst.
nhe military rule is severe. Men are
arrested and imprisoned often with
out trial. Nearly one hundred are In
ENGLISH prisons. (7eports have since
been received in this country that
t.hese prisoners are being released)
America, we are hoping, will use
Der Influence to heEp US better our
CO ndition. But if the Americans have
lost their sVmDathv for us l. don't
Erow what will happen"
In appearance, - Neil is not at all
" nat Imagination pictures the W Wesa
er Of the gold ch. in of a lord mayors
office. He is small and thinSet, not
Dig and porapous. He speaks with a
slight musical brogue and there is a
continued look of WEAKNESS In his
eyes. HIS friends say he works longer
holrs than any man In Dublin.
He sometimes makes appointments as
early as seven o'clock in the morn
inC. Visitors are not infreqquent at
The Mansion house at night, after din
rer.
O'Neil is credited with having made
the big yellow Mansion house the
only free building in Dublin.
my position has been difficult, be-
cause I had to please so many ele-
r,ents," he explained. 'My Job has
been one of the pouring OIL on trou-
hied waters Any group can meet here
TO matter wnat their political opinion.
"It seems az though everybody
comes here at least once a day to pro
rest against something. Perhaps some
cay the Irish won't have to protest
continually. Meanwhile we are sitting
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15
Battle IN pitch eIackneas.

CHICAGO, March 15.-Policeman
James Buttimer was wounded in q re
'olver duel last night in pftch black
room with Charles Kent, a negro, who
also was hit by bullet and captured
The battle occurred after Buttimer
who was in plain clothes followed
Kent into the house to arrest him
Nothing but the gin flashes were Wis
able. Police outside, attracted by the
shots, broke into the house and cap
tured Kent. Buttimer will recover.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15
Ire DIFFERENT FROM A YEAR AGO
tmanys Master Offensive Blow Struck
March Fl When World Covered in Antici-
patton of Expected Awful Advance.

28Fred S. Ferguson, United Press
n Staff Correspondent
RIS, March 15.-One year age
the world covered In anticipa.
sof the launching of Germany's s
b offensive of the war.
March 21 the blow was struck.
Nay the final work of the peace
ment was well under way, the
of which will bring Germany
hrily to her knees.
greater picture of the triumph
bit over might could be presented
ethe contrast of the president Of
forld's greatest democracy riding
gh the streets of Paris today on
by to the peace deliberations and
same streets a year ago.
brilliant moon will bathe the boul.
b and the beautiful Champs Elys-
tith silvery light tonight. A year
The same brilliance would have
X u terror and destruction as the
an airplanes were above. Sirens
3ked, the streets became deserted
f#he city seemed scarcely to
Tie. Tonight laughing crowds
hrong the streets. Hundreds OF
fen played in the Champs Elyssee
afternoon between the wheels of
& lines of German guns, which Il
E ago were hurting death in sup.
Eof autocracy's last assault.
\ 4Germany hunger and revolution
n taken the place Of junkerSsom.
!M delegates at Brussels have pre-
tN final conditions to Germany by
lm she is forced to turn over her
@ifclent merchant fleet as pay.
u for food from the larders of her
Mics.
the picture, part Of
Ss ships will be used to carry
Ae those thousands of American
affrs which the general staff as
pa the German people would never
"a these shores.
year ago America in France
ant a scant four mile line In the
aM Of the mud northwest Of Toul,
1A was held by the first division.
~ America in France now means
xritten in terms of Chateau Thier-
ne Vesle, Cantigny, st. Mihiel and
sArgonne. But even more signifl-
n Is the fact that now all the
ppeans turn to America as the ar
ar
Rthe final, delicate negotiations to
'M she stands out as the Gpay dis
ssested party, delegates come to
sAmerican Representatives to pre-.
Z arguments and claims, expecting
7t zet from them an unbiased opinion.
y the committees are winding UP
Y work OF final recommendations,
word from every delegation was,
= are now waiting for President
|spn."
'anerous questions are awaiting
Isanal word. For instance, the mat
sA disposition of the German feet
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15
INCOME TAX
DEAD LINE
Returns Must be In by Midnioht or
Penalties Start and Pile up
at One Percent Per
Month.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. !
WASHINGTON, March 15.-Stopi !
Look! Listen! Midnight's the dead
line on your income tax returns. II
you don't get under the wire by that
time with your innermost financial
secrets and make payment number
one of series of four antes, then the
penalties start to pile on.
And they pile on fast-at the rate
of one percent per month of procras.
Ltlnation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15
Next Weeks Weather.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON. March 15.-Foro.
cast for the period March II to %
inclusive:
Region Of the Great Lakes-Fre-
quent rains and SHOWS probable dur.
ing the coming week. Temperature
Will be near or below normal
Upper Mississippi and lower Mis-.
souri, valleys-The coming week will
be one OF unsettled weather with oc,
casional rains and SHOWS and TEN
perature below normal
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15
PRED|CTS
WILSON AS
PRESIDENT
National Democratic Commit.
teeman Says He Will Be
Peoples Choice in
Year 1920.
AND WILL BE ELECTED
Pershins, Harding or Wood on Repub
ican Ticket as Opponents
to Present Exeou-
tive.
AND WILL BE ELECTED

rUnited Press Leased Wire Service.]
RICHMOND, Va, March 10
Woodrow Wilson viii again serve the
United States as president, according
to Norman E. Mack, New York ma.
tional democratic committeeman.
Mack here on visit, predicted Will
son will be the choice of the people
in 1920.
Pershing, Harding or Wood will be
the republican candidate, in Mack's
opinion.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15
ODAY'S CASUALTY LIST
i CONTAINS SIXTY-TWO NAMES

George M. Flynn, Brockton, Mass
Walter B. Kuhl, Galena, Ill.
Bert A. Lindsay, Monroe, Mich.
Joseph Pawlak, Detroit, Mich
Frank ]. Ruth, Detroit, Mich.
Died from Wounds.
Sergeant Enoch Lawson, Bristol
Va.
Roy I. Austin, Salt Lake City
Utah.
James M. Callahan, Philadelphia
Pa.
Frank Drnovec, Chicago, ILL.,
Anthony Kaperatti, Philadelphia
Pa.
CLYDE Keys, Bruno, Ark.
Jeremiah r. Sullivan, New Haven
Conn.
Died from Accident.
Lieutenant VIM. J. Coghlan, Ire
land.
xrz4g...,.A - Tanrn nA
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15
First nonors to Madison.

tUnited Press Leased Wire Service J
CHICAGO, March 15.-F1rst honors
in the central A. A. U. unlimited bas-
ket ball championships belongs to the
olympic Athletic club quintette of
Madison. The Olympics won the title
by defeating the Edison A. c. of New
London, Wis, last night by score
of 25 to 21 in hard fought game.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15
patrint Behind Time.

TTJnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, March 15-"Just
heard about the war and want to
enlist" said Stephen Kresney, dash
ing up to a marine recruiting office.
He was quite shocked when told he
WAS too late,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15
No snorino In Church.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
NEW YORK, March 15.-"Don't
sleep out loud during the sermon" is
the printed admonition distributed to
worshipers of the First Washington
Presbyterian church.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15
Ren Killed in Action, Seven
Died Of Wounds, Ten
from Accidents.

=
EXTINCTION, s.S March 15.-The
ING casualties are reported by
s,SOmmanding general of the Amer
! n, e1peditionary forces:
sGed a. in action, 7.
from wounds, Z.
oE accident and other causes,
d Of disease, 25.
Ssgu1ded W. severely, 13.
Killed In Action.
os Ia Sheldon C, Houston,
ates- : .
80 Abicht, Lacrosse, WIS.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15
RuraIar Takea but Half.

OSKALOOSA, Iowa, March 10
The old $3.50 split is the latest In
crook annals. Burglars entered
Charlie Fuller's billiard rooms here
and took only half the money in the
drawers Great idea, says Charlie,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15
Some Short and Snappy Items
Which Make News Wire
Sparkle.

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
FINDLAY, H., March 15.-Fevered
politics mean nothing here. Town
officials lust discovered that. owing
to the absence of the village clerk
they plumb forgot to hold the prl'
mary election Tuesday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15
On coroner's Juries.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. March 15.-The
Mound City has partly solved the un'
employed soldier problem. Begin
ming March "a jobless ex-soldiers and
ex-sailors will serve as coroner's
Jurors until they get other jobs
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15
THE WEATHER.

Probably showers. Cooler. Lo-
cal tempt z p. M, 80; 2 a. m,
50.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15

The Telegraph Service of The
Daily Gate City and Constitu-
t;on- Democrat is received over
our own leased wire.
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tcoutinued on page %
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15

tBy Ralph Couch, United Press Stafi
Correspondence
lCopyrisht 1919, BY The United
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-15

Continued on page 2.)
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-02
No Increase Of Wage
For Postal Employees
President Takes Same Atti-
tude as He Did Toward
Railway Men.

Washington, Sept. 2.-President VIII
son has taken the same position with
the postal employees demanding an in
crease in pay to compensate them FOR
the increased cost of living that he took
with the railroad shop men. 1t has been
learned. In urging their increase four
representatives of the postal employees
called on the president. They were Ed
ward ]. Gainor, president Of the Ma
tional Association of Letter Carriers;
Edward ]. Ryan. president of the Rail-
way Mail Clerks; Charles F. Flaherty
secretary and treasurer of the National
Federal Postal Employees, and F. K.
Ellsworth. general secretary OF the
Supervisors of the Postal Employees.
The president told them that he SYM
rathized very much with their wish for
IN increase in pay. but he was obliged
to give them the same answer he gave
the shopmen, namely. that the govern
ment was now working vigorously for
a reduction OF the cost Of living, which
campaign was already partially sue
cessful. To grant pay increases in the
face OF this campaign. he said, would be
to work against success. and start
again the vicious circle which has been
pushing the cost OF living upward.
The president is said to have told the
postal employees, as he told the shop
men In his public statement. that he
would reopen the case In the event the
cost Of living was not reduced.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-02
OFF THE WIRES

Tomaso Tittoni. the italian foreign
minister. has decided not to return TO
Rome until the Austrian peace treaty
has been signed. according to the
Havas agency.
Plans for an organized tour OF re-
publican speakers in the wake OF Pres
ident Wilson's transcontinental tour
were abandoned Monday at a confer
ence OF republican senators.
The cotton industry Of Germany Is
suffering from lack OF raw materials,
according to information reaching the
department of commerce. Before the
war Germany required 100000 bales
of raw cotton annually.
Favorable report without amendment
was ordered by the senate judiciary
ing for the Incorporation Of the Amer
lean Legion.
There has been rapid return to nor
NAL conditions in the cotton industry
of Lancashire, England, since the set
tlement of the strike there, according
to department of commerce advices.
President Wilson has accepted an in
vitation to attend a dinner to be given
in his honor next month by the Society
OF Arts and Sciences of New York. The
date will be fixed later.
The Poles have captured the fortified
town Of Bobruisk, eighty-f1ve miles
southeast of Minsk, according to an an
nouncement by the Polish authorities.
The Poles took 500 prisoners.
AS the result of negotiations which
are in progress between Gen. Denkine,
the antiboshevik leader in southern
commander. it has been decided that
the Ukraine shall abandon its political
independence. although retaining its po-
sition as a state, a bolshevik wireless
message from Moscow asserts.
The cornerstone of the peace tower
~ narI{a rnnnt building O OF
tawa, Ont, which replaces the struc
ture destroyed by fire three years ago.
was laid Monday by the Prince of
Wales, in the presence of an immense
audience.
Six Boston theaters were closed Mon
day by the strike OF members of the
Actors Equity association. At some
theaters musicians and stage hands
Joined in the walkout.
Vice. Admiral Albert Gleaves has as
sumed command of the Asiatic fleet.
with the rank Of full admiral, awarded
him recently by congress at President
Wilson's request.
Leon Duray. French automobile
racer sustained a broken arm and
other severe injuries at the state fair
races at Lincoln, y b., when his car
skidded at turn and upset, crashing
through the fence of the half-mile dirt
track.
The Nova Scotia trawler Promotion.
of 267 tons, was sunk after a collision
with the French liner LaLorraine on
the fishing banks. 1875 miles southeast
OF Halifax.
Secretary OF Labor Wilson. speaking
at a Labor day mass meeting Mon
day. at Altoona, Pa, advised his hear
ers, most of whom were railroad men,
to adjust their differences by arbitra-
ton rather than by strikes.
Ahmed Mira. the Shah Of Persia, is
on his way to Italy aboard a British
vessel. From Italy he will proceed TO
Switzerland.