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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Democratic State Conve Today in Colo
RADIO and Washington to Select Dele
gates to San Francisco.
PENNSYL LVAN|A REPUBLICANS TUESDAY
proul-Wood-knox Puzzle May be Solved
When G. o. p. Members Gather in Key
stone State Tomorrow.

Senator Philander C. Knox The re-
suit has been a political complication
that the primary may strayghten out
or may render still more involved.
There are seventy-six delegates in
Pennsylvania.
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palm
er is the only entry in the democratic
primary in Pennsylvania but reports
were received today that "stickers"
bearing the name Of William G. Nc
Adoo had begun to appear in some
sections, assuring the former secre-
tary of the treasury written in"
vote.
Republicans will hold state con-
vention Wednesday in Alabama when
fourteen delegates will be selected.
The same day. democrats will hold
State conventions in Indianal thirty
delegates; Virginia. twenty-four dele
gates, and Michigan, thirty delegates,
On Friday they will hold prim@iy in
Oregon, ten delegates and on Satur-
day convention in Hawaii, six dele
gates.
Up to today the republicans had
chosen S47 Of their 9S4 delegates
while the democrats had selected 7o4
of their 1902.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Gas Men Strike.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
DENVER, Colo. May 17.-Gas and
electric light service in this city may
be curtailed as result Of a strike.
today of employees of the Denver Gas
and Electric company. They demand
higher wages than either the corn
pany or the state industrial commits
sion granted One hundred linemen
struck this morning, Three other
affiliated unions, ~ including stokers,
gas filters and clerks were expected
to strike at mass meetings scheduled
for this afternoon and tonight.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
DANIELS
DEFENSE
Of NAVY
Says Effort to Prussianize
Branch is Back of Attack
Led by Admiral
Sims. IN
RUBBER STAMP OFFICER
Some Naval Officers Would Have Sec.
retary With No Power Except
TO Sion His
Name.
RUBBER STAMP OFFICER
IBy Raymond Clapper United Press
Staff Correspondent

by Raymond Clapper, United Press
Staff Correspondent
I WASHINGTON, May 17.-An effort
to Prussianize the American navy and
make rubber stamp" of it's civilian
head is behind the attack led by Rear
Admiral Sims, Secretary Daniels de-
clared today.
Resuming his defense before the
senate naval investigating committee.
Daniels turned his heaviest guns on
Sims and those supporting him.
| IF you have not already seen the
cloyen foot, you will find deep seat
/ ed determination to organize the navy
department upon the approved Prus-
/ sian plan by giving all power to the
military and taking all away from the
fcivilian,'' Daniels said
"The evidence has disclosed desire
! to misrepresent the secretary OF the
navy because he was not rubber
stamp secretary.
II have no quarrel with any officer
who believes the Prussian system is
better than the American system, OF
who favors a general staff or some
,other crystalized military, rather than
civilian authority in the navy depart
ment
"Rut most of these officers seek to
lcamoufiage their Prussian ideas. What
they desire is a civilian stamp secre-
tary with no power except to draw his
salary and sign here
They wish a Germanized navy. Be
fore the war some of them openly
avowed that the German military
method was their model.
One of Admiral Sims chief objects
in writing his letter of January Z and
bringing about this investigation was
to curtail the power Of the secretary
and remove the navy so far as posi-
BILE from civilian control.
"Tf congress believes that civilian
control is great evil, let it follow
Sims lead, create a general staff on
the German model and name some
Won Tirpitz to rule the navy. But
let us have no caInoufiage about it.
Abolish the position of secretary of
the navy or provide some admiral
that shall fill that post with seat in
the presidents cabinet That would
be the open way to do it. rather than
put some Sims in control with a nomi-
NAL secretary as his clerk, messenger
boy and rubber stamp.
"If this committee desires to raise
that issue, l am perfectly willing to go
to congress and the country on it,
Daniels referred to his feud with
Rear Admiral Bradley Fiske which
eliminated in the admiral's retire
rnent He charged Fiske secretly
tried to reduce the secretary's office
Ito position somewhere between
that Ola figurehead and rubber
stamp -Fiske appeared at the hear
Sings recently as a witness for Sims.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Marshall Eield's VIII.

rJTnited Press Leased Wire service: !
CHICAGO, May 17.-Arguments IN
the controversy concerning the Mar
shall Field will, disposing OF $loo'-
0f}o 200, will be completed here today
when trustees for the Field estate
are heard.
According to the will, Marshall
Field III was to have received two
fifths of the estate, which was
placed in trust Henry Field was 10
have another two-fifths and a daugh'
ter the remaining fifth. The death
of Henry Field complicated the al
fair. He is alleged to have left an
illegitimate son by Peggy Marsh, an
English actress ...
His widow claims dover rights.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
[By Harold D. Jacobs, United
Staff Correspondent

[By Harold D. Jacobs, United Press
Staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK, May 17.-Democrats
were holding state conventions in
Colorado and Washington today as
the curtain raiser Of busy week for
both parties in the matter of choos-
ing national delegates.
There is a double feature to the
weeks bill-the republican primaries
in Pennsylvania tomorrow and in
Oregon on Friday.
The former may provide solution
to the present Sproul-Wood-Knox puz-
zle in that state and the latter will be
the last free for ALI republican pri-
mary of this campaign.
Oregons ten delegates will be
sought by Senator Hiram Johnson.
Major General Leonard Wood, Cover
nor Frank 0. Lowden. Herbert Hoov-
er and Senator Miles Poindexter.
The latter two sought to withdraw
but it is understood the state laws
prevented such action.
In PENNSYLVANIA the support of
Governor William Srroul is claimed
by both the Wood managers and the
organization of Senator Boise Pen.
rose who is back of the candidacy of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
TRAIN ROBBERS
FATHER DEAD
viii Be Buried Together Tomorrow at
Champaign, IT,, BY Widow Of
Mother Who Takes
W. Bodies. =

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4 CHICAGO, May 17.-Dick Smythe,
comrade of Horace Walton. boy train
robber, was being held by federal au-
thorities today in connection with the
holdup of a mail car near here Friday
morning. when Walton secured $780,
GOO. Walton killed policeman and
was shot to death by officers after a
thirty minute siege.
Mrs. Walton left here last night
with the body of her son and her hus-
band, l.. T. Walton, father OF the ban
dit who died while enroute here to
claim the body OF his son. They Will
be buried together tomorrow at Cham
paign, Illinois.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17

constitutional the section Of the law
extending benefits to injured work
men or their relatives along the lines
stated, and the Johnson amendment
was to get around this decision.
The knickerbocker Ice company
attacked the decision of lower courts
which held it liable for damages be-
cause of the death Of an employe on
an ice barge on the Hudson river,
The company sought to show that
the decision of the court giving the
employees widow s6.93 a week COM
pensation placed an undue burden on
interstate commerce, since it was a
New Jersey corporation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17

United Press Leased Wire Service
DEs MONIES, Iowa, May 17.-Star-
lion and disease have SO under
med middle and eastern Europe that
complete economic, political, moral
A physical collapse is imminent,
IN its attendant menace to the rest
civilization, according to Henry F..
hyison, chairman of the board OF dl-
kctors of the League of Hed Cross
beieties.
Dawson made this declaration in an
ldress today before the general con-
Srence of the Methodist Episcopal
Rurch. He made the following recon-
endations: That congress Immedi-
civ appropriate $500, 100000 for use
central and eastern Europe.
That the president appoint a non.
'blitical commission of three and in
Est it with complete power to sup.
fYise distribution of food and raw
Saterials in the stricken area.
/ That these supplies should be sold
a liberal financial terms.
That Immediately after adoption OF
he plan this government should invite
kher governments in al position to DO
Il 10 participate in the undertaking.
"The crisis is SO acute that the sit
|ation does not admit of delay, except
tith the possibility of consequences
me hardly dares contemplate, Dav-
een said. 'The situation is far be-
|ond the scope of individual charity z
In picturing the situation in these
|ountries, Dawson said:
4 feel 1t is essential that the peo
he OF the United States realize that
|ne of the most terrible tragedies in
he history of the human world is be-
ing enacted within the territory be-
tween the Baltic, Adriatic and Black
|eas
"The reports which come to us
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
hartman Dawson of Red Cross Tells Metho-
dist General Conference of Serious
Situation on Other Side.
UTILIZATION HAS BROKEN DOWN
len. Women and Children are Dying by Thou
sands From Lack of Food, Clothing and
Medical Attention.

make clear that in these war rayag.
ed lands, civilization has broken
down Disease, bereavement and sui
fering are present in practically every
household, while food and clothing
are insufficient to make life tolerable.
Men, women and children are dy-
ing by thousands and over vast once
civilized areas there are to be found
neither. medical appliances, nor med
ical skill sufficient to cope with the
devastating plaques.
wholesale starvation is threat
ened this summer unless we can pro-
cure food supplies in large quanti-
ties. There are now approximately
250,O0e cases of typhus in Poland and
the area occupied by Polish troops.
In such districts there Is but one doc
tor to each 10000 people.
I'm the Ukraine typhus and infl'l-
enza have affected most Of the popu-
lation. In many cases a territory
forty miles in diameter has but one
physician.
In Vienna 100000 school children
are underfed and diseased because OF
food and fuel shortage.
"The number. of deaths in Buda-
pest is double the number OF births.
OF 10000 children in the schools,
100000 are dependent on public chari-
ty. There are $4,000 workers idle.
''In Rumania tuberculosis is spread
ing in an unprecedented manner. All
energies are devoted to keeping the
typhus epidemic at bay.
"Typhus and smallpox have in
vaded the four countries composing
Czecho-Slovakia and there is lack OF
medicines and soap and physicians.
I'm Serbia typhus has broken out
again and there are but two hundred
physicians for the entire country.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17

SOME DEMANDS ARE JUST
Wage Increases to Employees in Last
Four Years Have Totaled
Fifty-three Per
Cent.

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CHICAGO, May 17.-Railroad own
ers through d. Il. Whittier, chairman
of the conference committee of rail-
way managers, today told President
Wilson's railroad labor board here
they were ready to grant wage in
creases to employees. The extent of
increase was not specified. 1t will be
left to the board ..
Whittier urged system whereby
wages should be automatically in
creased or cut as the cost OF living
rises or falls. aa
Wage increases. according to Whit
ter, will be passed on TO the public
in the shape of increased rates in pas
senger and freight service
Some part of the demands by en-
ployes, the board probably will find
justified by The rise in the cost of liv-
ing" said Whittier. in his statement.
Whittier declared the railroad oWns,g
would stand by the boards decision.
Wage. increases to employees in the
last four years have totaled $1,000
iO00, 600, or SO per cent, he said.
, I'VE are here in good faith and not
to argue that. all Of the workers re-
quests should be denied he said.
creases received by some employees in
mensurate with the increases in the
cost of living" he said.
That wages paid workers in other
are higher in localities than
those received by RAILROAD employees
was admitted by Whitter.
Railroads, however, he said, cannot
be expected to compete with outside
rates, cent for cent per hour Con-
sideration, he declared, must be given
to regularity and continuity of en-
ployment.
The peak of the cost of living has
been reached, Whittier said, and the
board must take this into considera-
tion.
with the forces now at work to
bring about a reduction in the high
living cost, it is next to impossible to
belieSA that the peak in the increase
of the cost of living has not been
reached: and u procedure that would
fix railroad wages permanently on the
basis of the present living cost could
hardly be defended.
"unless some automatic principle Is
embodied in the award Of your board
that will operate to readjust baSlc
rates as living costs go back towards
the prewar basis, or unless something
is incorporated that will provide for
a review of the award after some
specified period. Any wage rates that
NAV now be fixed by your award
would be practically permanent rates.
This. Whittier said, does not mean
that it is intended to ask that any IN
creases should be taken as fast as the
cost of living comes down.
as'For every $1J0,G00.0o0 added to
the pay roll, about three per cent
must be added to freight rates, he
said.
Carriers, he said, are now asking
the interstate commerce COMMISSION
for a twenty-eight per cent increase
to cover wage increases granted III
the last two years:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Esctional Fiaht.

limited Press Leased Wire Service |
DENVER Colo, May IA faction.
al fight for seats on the uninstructed
delegation to the San Francisco con-
vention was predicted in toaay's state
democratic convention here un-
qualified endorsement OF the Wilson
administration and the presidents
stand on the league of nations was
forecast by leaders OF both factions in
the meeting.
Jefferson Hayes Davis, banker OF
Colorado Springs, and grandson OF
the president of the confederacy, IS
expected to be elected district dele
gs.ts. To the national conTentaon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
TABLOIDS
FROM FAR AND NEAR

went to Lincoln on the noon train"
Ho hum. ...,
Viola Loves Love Affair.
MILWAUKEE Wis, May 17-Viold
Love, when only fourteen, sought
love. She loved a soldier at Camp
Dodge But her love was soon shat
tered, She was granted divorce.
ending the love affair. She promised
to go home to mother and not fall in
love agairl-until she is old enough to
love.
Crepe Hanger.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. May l7-Mr-s.
HiIda Becker was sick. Some one
hung crepe on the door. The police
are holding William label.
Chickens as Gold Dasers.
REDDING. Calf, May 17.--JameS
Mccoy employees chickens as gold dig
gers. His chickens have scratched
out nuggets worth G100 over on Old
Diggins. but James is content merely
to pick them UP. He doesn't dig any
himself. -
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Convictions Upheld.

rTnited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON. May 1.-THE SUI
preme court today upheld conviction
of several San Francisco men for op-
posing the selective service and es-
pionage laws. ....
The government charged that Daniel
O'Conneu an attorney, David and
Herman b. Smith. Carl J. F. Wacher,
Thomas Carey and E. r. Hoffman
held several meetings circulated liter
ature and organized associations aim
ed at defeating the selective service
law. This was during the summer
of 1917. The Rev. VIM. c. Mengen.
doth was indicted in the proceedings,
but was allowed to go free, when he
testified against the Others. M
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Some Short and Snappy Items
Which Make News Wire
Sparkle.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
HARRISBURG, Pa, May 17.-Harry
Buchanan, of Reading, wrote to local
authorities asking them to look for
his wife sort OF a bleached blonde
with the Lords prayer tatooed in her
back"
Live Toad Found.
LONDON, Ont, May 17.-While
tearing up foundation, workmen
found a live toad embedded in the ce-
ment laid seventeen years ago.
Gold Old Days.
SPRINGFIELD. H., May 11.-Forty
years ago today local newspaper
printed the following: Two temper
ance lecturers and fifty kegs Of beer
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
NO DECISION
ON PROHIBITICN
Supreme Court Again Fails to Report
and Question is Postponed en-
til June or
, lter

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON May 1.-THE su-
preme court today again failed to
hand down it's decision on prohibition.
No decision will now be made be-
fore June seventh. The court pre-
viously planned to announce decisions
on June |.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Carranza and Loyal Followers
Escape to Mountains After
Dramatic De-
Tense.
MUST SOON SURRENDER
Rebel Horsemen in Pursuit With Vii.
la and His Band Ready to
Take Up the t
Chase.
[By Ralph H. Turner, United Press
~ Staff Correspondent

TBy Ralph II. turner, UHlteu TIeoS
Staff Correspondent
MEXICO CITY, May 16.-(Via
Laredo Junction, May 17)-Dramat1c
accounts of the heroic last stand OF
Venustiano Carranza, deposed presi-
dent of Mexico, at Rincoanda, reach
ed here tonight.
Without water or provisions, ont
number ed and surrounded on prac-
tically all sides, the Carranzls-as'
personally led by General Murssil
and the FIRST CHEF fought braVs.y
to the last. .
4 Reports praised unstintedly tie
bravery Of General Mllrgtl'a. rIEs5u. ios 2.
his determination, rebel advices sta.
the Carranzistas probably Woula nave
collapsed. He led them in desPer-
ate charge which resulted IN 'he't
c,1tting/th way thr~gh the reNo-
lutionary ring and escaping into thc
mountains.
When the messenger from the reDel
leader arrived with the reVolutlonary
offer of safe coEduct for Carranza II
he would surrender, Murguia tore the
message in shreds and slapped ne
messenger in the face, rebel adVlcaS
said.
sNext to Murguia, Carranza stond
ont for his bravery and GOODNESS.
Freouently he assumed personal
charge of operations During one
fierce ,engagement, Carranza's horse
was shot, but he obtained another
and continued calmly to direct his
troops. ..s s.. -.
The Carranzistas held out deter
minedlv expecting aid from General
Guadalupe Sanchez, the commander
at Vera Cruz.
When word came that he and his
troops had joined the revolution, the
ast hope for winning vanished, dis
matches said, and Murguia directed
his attention to escape.
71,yard the last, dispatches said,
there was great confusion. Part OF
the Carranzista forces We're cut Of
and members of the cabinet became
separated from the president.
&c.. Is Holly Pursued.
WASHINGTON. May 17.-Word of
Carranza's capture was momentarlly
expected by government officials here
today. Advices to revolutionary
HEADQUARTERS said the former first
chief was a fugitive in the mountains,
hotly pursued by rebel horsemen.
Military experts here said he Will
be confronted with surrenderlng or
suffering from thirst and hunger in
the desoiate mountains.
Pancho Villa and picked lew OF
his followers were reported ready 10
go into the hills on Carranza's trail
if he succeeds in eluding the federal
cavalrymen.
Reported Captured.
Ell PASO, Texas, May 17.-l@es1-
dent Carranza's cabinet and 1000 prls-
oners have been captured by revo1u-
tionists operating near San Marcos,
in pursuit Of the fugitive pesident, re-
ports here today said.
According to the advices, which
came from Mexico City. the cabinet
members and other prisoners are
being returned here. ..a
General Candido Aguilar, son-in-
law of Carranza has been captured by
the rebels. reports here today said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17

limited Press LeLased Wire service
DES MONIES, Iowa, May 1.-THE
Rev Ernest G. Richardson, Brooklyn,
N, Y. was the only bishop elected on
the third ballot taken by the Metho-
dist general conference Saturday
night, according to an official an
no1ncement made today. DR.. Rich
ardson received eighty-seven more
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Nicky Arnstein in Court.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK. May 17.-Nicky Asn-,
stein, alleged master mind in the
SIS, 200. .0OG bond theft plot. will ap-S
pear before United States District.
Judge Knox today in answer to an
in junction demanding he show cause
why he should not be judged in con-
tempt OF court for refusal to. answer
questions in bankruptcy proceedings
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Grain Men Meet Today.

CHICAGO, May 17.-Grain men OF
the nation were to meet here today
to consider resumption of trading in
wheat futures following expiration Of
government control May 81.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
EnIaware eniSlature.

DOVER, Del, May 1.-THE Della
ware legislature reoonvened today
and early action by the house on the
resolution ratifying the federal con-
stitution suffrage amendment was ex-
pected The resolution has already
passed the senate.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
orders Oral Arauments.

limited Press Leased Wire Seryice.l
WASHINGTON, May 1l--The
supreme court today ordered an oral
argument Of the governments anti
trnst suit against the Lehigh Valley
railroad enaI combination
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17

votes than the necessary two-thirds
majority
Seven white bishops and two negro
bishops remain to be chosen by the
conference. Another ballot will be
taken today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
Total Count of People in Towns
With Gains Made in Ten
Years.

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I. M AssHINGTON. May The CEN
sas bureau today announced the fol-
aXinS 1920 nonulatinn results. .-.-.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
CENSUS. FIGURES ARE
ANNOUNCED BY BUREAU

" WancntSttT, N. IT, T0,-VV'
lakewood. Mich, 1890.
Alexandria. La, 1I5lo,
G Lowell, Ind. 1,195.
Cedar Bluffs. Va. 533.
Increases since 1910:
Manchester, S,137, or 11.6 per cent.
Alexandria, 6,297, or 56.2.
Oakwood, 1909, or 1913.
Decreases since 1910:
Lowell 3s, or 81 per cent,
Cedar Bluffs, no comparison aYall'
ahla-J
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-17
DECISIONS BY
SUPREME COURT
Telegraph Companies Cannot Be
Held Liable Fo- Full Amount
Of Losses Caused by
Delays.

United Press Leased Wire Service. !
WASHINGTON, May 17.-The SUI
preme court today decided that tele,
graph companies cannot be held
liable for the full amount Of losses
faased by delays in delivering te'e'
grams.
Thirteen years ago William Lange,
Pr.f and ]. y. Hastings sent tele-
grS M from Oakland, Calf, to Yer.
Fnston, Nevada, to stop payment on
draft of sl1,250. The telegram. be-
PAUSE Of a delay in delivery. failed
~ arrive until after the draft was
PAID. The estate of Lange and Hast
Pn5s was awarded damages from the
|Vestern Union for the full extent OF
|the loss, by the lower courts.
Workmen's Compensation.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE s'!.
|preme court today held that the
lNew York workmen's compensation
|iaw does not apply to workers on
[havlgable streams of the state.
me decision of the court also held
unconstitutional a recent amendment
|ol Senator Johnson, California, to the
Judicial code which sought to give
me states power to extend benefits
~ Workmen on navigable streams.
me court previously declared un