The Daily Gate City and Constitution-Democrat from Keokuk, Iowa • Page 1

The Telegraph Daily Gate City and is oor Wing lundreds Lines to be the ICenerai i-General To Extradite Kaiser. I PARIS, Dec. supports movement by the allies to Payment Demanded. LONDON, Dec. French VmisUce commission has dispatched note to Berlin demanding payment occupation expenses incurred by WASHINGTON, D.

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137. of Second Division is Wearing Ger- fman Stream, Whole Front to be Occupied by Middle of December. JSSIAN PRISONERS ME TURNED LOOSE of Them Are Driven ToWard American Miller, United Press Staff OTH THE AMERICANS IN HISSIA, Dec. 5 left of the second in Order to Avoid Task of Feeding and Caring for Them. division is with- three days' march of the Rhine.

whole front is to be occupied Americans by along the historic jr and is expected reached (December 15. engineers left yesterday for jblenz to determine the exact area bridgehead to be held by building in Trier (Treyes) this headquarters. Staff officers being appointed to supervise the jblic works, police and schools. go prevent the Influx of hundreds PRussian prisoners which the Gerare turning toward the allied -the feeding, housing and translation of which would be a huge the allied armies to date, a Central iTews dispatch from Amsterdam stated today. The expenses are said to include $13,500,000 on of the American army and provisionally on behalf of the British.

Of the latter amount $500,000 will be levied on Duren and the remainder on Cologne. iftTimne and to arrange for tailing tiau the railways, telephones and fifteen miles of Dusseldorf, it was offi-, cially announced today. "We have occupied Muncben-Glad-, (bach, Geldenkirchen and Heinsberg." the statement said. "Our infantry has reached Hongen and Pershing has taken over Dlckman has wire- led the Germans to cease sending as they will be turned back. American Holice in Berlin.

I COPENHAGEN, Dec. DeutIhe Allgemelne Zeitung publishes an leged American wireless dispatch Klaring that American and allied oops will occupy Berlin provisionally ftr the purpose of policing the city. 1A dispatch from Heidelberg says le workmen's and soldiers' council lere has announced the French probfcjr will occupy Heidelberg and the Ity of because the watchfen at the Mannheim prison killed tee French prisoners. Stneis be aslted on general charges. the part of all the delegates and a pieces.

readiness to understand how sensi itive certain national feelings are to Dec. ling casualties are reported by the "umanding general of the American Pedltionary forces: I Wed of disease, 110. wounded severely, 27. Wounded, degree undetermined, Wounded slightly, 442. Total, 880.

Died of Disease. leu Maurice Harding, Washington, Samuel Solo.vie-, Brooklyn, N. Y. Alben M. Pcrtvin, Williamantic, Ct Jesse M.

steel, Seattle, Wash. R. Loudl, Chicago, 111. McKinnie, Saulisbury, N. C.

Marion P. Boone, Wichita Falls, Texas. William Joseph Clark, Binghamton, N. Y. Durbin, Chicago.

fluauner L. Haga, Shoals, Ind. Belgians Near Dusseldorf. HAVRE, Dec. gian troops have approached within Munchen-Gladbach and Geldenkirchen are fifteen miles west dorf.

1 believed that the tion of all soldiers except those engaged in active- service will be completed by April and that the remainder will be mustered out of service as soon as peace is formally signed. Rest, S. C. SEVERAL Uncle Sam t.J- of Dussel- May Prolong Armistice PARIS, Dec. Clemenceau in all probability will make au official announcement in the chamber ot deputies on December 17, regarding the necessity of prolonging the armi- of the age-long rule that a beaten Die the coinage of 1917 enemy recovers its power for evil mately five times the when the victor develops animosities the mints in 1916 The the former "kaiser it was allied powers, each with its indepen- activities This is shown in the 1 inied from Srrt interests to protect, has ever in tailed -statement of coinage The en-, sudden changes in the balance of power.

It is becoming increasingly (Continued on page 2.) ODAY'S CASUALTY LIST CONTAINS 880 NAMES Wed of Disease, 110 Wounded Severely, 27 Wounded Slightly, 442. Philip Simunjack, Chicago. Robert E. White, Woodbine, Iowa. Ole E.

Hedabl, N. D. Charles Bob Coleman, Travelers Collier Bradford, Gilmer, Tex. Milton H. Brosi, Coatsburg, ,111.

James Brown, Golddust, Tenn. Joe A. Brunecker, Birnamwood, Wis. Fred Buss Tenn. -Robert Collins.

Bartlett, Tenn. Isaac P. Coney, Williamstown. Mo. Charles L.

Cook, Pwilsbo, Wash. Pearl T. Cowgil, Hanson, 111. Hemp Creech. Metter, Ga.

Wm. F. Curth, Chicago. Ernest M. Daugherty, Kaufman, Tex Herschel H.

Dawson, Galesburg. Ill Clarence G. Dolan, Woodbourne, Y. Harold E. Engle, Hancock.

Wis. George M. Epton, Woodside Mills, Joseph W. Flshbourne, New York. Robert Gamble, Tuacumbla, Ala.

(Continued on page Hard Cash aC- tory Turned Out More Money Than Ever Before Last Year. MOSTLY HALF among themselves. for fractional qoi have broken my heart. The great part No peace conference attended by said, -could be traced directly iver in the nations history. The gold I production dropped off slightly.

I An unusual feature of the year, Ba'ker said, was the conversion of $68,000,000 of silver into bullion. Most or this bullion was used to assist foreign governments, who employ silver major coinage. that the principle of government own- Huly McC. caniren, uircuuc of reace. vet the 1 Tenn.

Pasquale Cappabianco, Brooklyn. Charles E. Carlson. Leadville, Colo. Reily Franklin Clement, Savannah, tlon of the treaty of peace, yet the best results can be accomplished only when these systems are owned by the government, made a part of the postal establishment and operated solely with the view of serving the public and not for making profit or guaranteeing returns on investment." The report shows that the 'Postoffice department did the largest busi ness in history of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918.

Chief Marsh's Report. WASHINGTON, Dec. Unit-i ed States must change its general: staff law, according to Chief of Staff March in his annual report published today. The future organization thereof should be based upon "a broad conception of its duties," he declared, (Continued on page l) ''V RS Postoffice Department Also Beat Records by Doing an Enormous Business for for coinage went by the United I port today. Coinage of-i All Year.

w. Cal Germany Now on Watch. the year 1918, Ray Baker, directo foresight led us into a calamity. It J. W.

T. Mason. Written for the the mint announced in his WOuli NEW YORK, Dec. one dollar Mr the year totaieaigreatest sorrow of the treatment ot now on the watch to take advantage 714,000,000 pieces. anb Constitution-jBtmocrat.

KEOKUK, IOWA, Armenlans ln certain my people 48 mated to in his annual report today. ten and fifteen thousand Turkish "The experiences as a result of the p0ands. This accumulation of wealth present war have fully demonstrated FRIDAY, DEC. 6, 1918. Thirteen Died From Flu Under Quarantine Rules Every Other Row in Moving Picture Theatres Must be During Epidemic in Des Moines CALLS WAR ACCIDENT Unwise for His Country to Enter Calamity and Ho Intends to Punish with Severity.

Press Leased Wire CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. Mehmed Vasid-Ed-Din, the new Turkish ruler, eeeaared In an interview today that participation of Turkey in the war was "unwise" and an "aocident," and that officials guilty of instigating mistreatment of subject peoples should be severely pun- "The participation of Turkey In the war was an accident," the sultan said Press Leased "it was clearly unwise, because of the WASHINGTON Dec. 6-All records on ls dou Qur geographi. position. The government's lack ot never have happened had I been the throne.

I have learned with the political commu- Thls ls now being reviewed and intend to punish all fomenters with' the greatest severity. Such misdeeds have never shared In the misdeedB attributed t0 Turkey." Rultan who succeeded was is of a col IS HAVING ROUGH TRIP TO FRANCE: Press Leased Wire DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. deaths and 145 new cases of flu here first day of the semi-quarantine regulations New cases throughout the state numbered more than 1,850, it was officiallyJIyfr Under the local regulations, picture houses and theatres are seating only pac The persons are seated in alternating rows, every other row being vacant. SULTAN'S HEART BADLY BROKEN New Turirish Ruler Says He is So Sorry for Way Armenians Have Been Treated. Mehmed' Country is Wrecked.

The coinage of pennies reached LONDON, Dec. (British No gold was coined during alty the fiscal year. correspondent at Constantinople, deGold production during the calendar, Morning Post scrjbing year 1917 totaled $83,750,000, while Turkey says that throughout the the silver production was 71,740,362. f0Ur years the Turks, acting fine ounces, the largest output of sil- un(jer the corruption and misery orders of the "committee of, 'J union and progress" have done their best to ruin their have succeeded well. Three million persons have been, massacred and another million is on the verge of starvation this winter.

5 A great portion of the empire has been conquered and parceled out among the different races and what postoffice Department. remains is totally ruined. It is probWASHINGTON, Dec. ably true that never government ownership of telegraph jn the empire been so rich. and telephone recommended by Post- ordinary policemen in Pera are estimaster General Burleson, Is made before have the be worth anywhere between has been a portion the cominittee ership of telegraph and telephone is expense of christians and was not only sound but practical," he espeCially stated.

"While such control ls tempor- rjongtantinople. I 1 Greenfield, and rattfica-l of the program of to enrich Turks at the carried out in Smyrna and until 1- I It must not he supposed that Constantinople lacks anything. Shops1 are stocked. Probably if requisitions were made throughout the (Continued on page 2.) ONLY More Shopping Days Until Christmas ftlllllllllllH niniiiiiiilliuiimn Employee of Wm. R.

Hearst Charged as Confidential Agent at $15,000 Year Salary. HTOATI OP PROPAGANDA Cablegrams from Berlin Introduced to Show That Hearst Men and Kaiser Were Working Together. Press Leased Wire Servlce.3 WASHINGTON, Dec. William Bayard Hale, employee of Win. R.

Hearst, was also "confidential agent" of the German embassy here and was employed as head of the German propaganda service at a salary of $15,000 a year, was the testimony today of A. Bruce, head of the department of justice, bureau of investigation before tlie senate committee investigating alien propaganda. Bielaski read into the record cablegrams furnished by the state department from among the records of Von Bernstorff former German dor to this country to prove what he said about Hale. The first of these were sent from 1 Berlin via Buenos Aires and Stock-: holm, June 2, 1916. In it Bernstorff ad-1 vised Berlin that the "present is a fa-: vorafcle time to get Hearst to send a first rate Journalist to Berlin.

The man selected, W. B. Hale, has been a confidential agent of the embassy under a contract which runs to June 23, 1918." In the second cablegram Bernstorff complained that "Hale says and Hearst confirms that The World (The New York World) on account of Wiegand (Karl von Wiegand) gets the important interviews. Urge Hale get preference, as Hearst has since the beginning placed himself outspokenly on our side." Bielaski told in great detail about the meeting at the Ritz Carlton hotel, New York, of German propagandists, headed by Dr. Dernburg, chief of the propaganda service in the United States.

SSSPi I At the first of these meetings NoVerleck, editor of the Fatherland, and hardt, a German embassy employe, Meyer, an employe of the Hamburg-1 American line, George Sylvester Verieck, editor of the Fatherland, ana Von Bernstorff were among those: present, the witness said. 1 Dernberg outlined the policy to be pursued in shaping American public opinion to Germany's advantage. He said "made in Germany" efforts to sway American public opinion had reacted unfavorably. Dernberg said more money would have to be spent with the American press, according to Bielaski report of the meeting. "Through direct bribery nothing can be done," Dernberg was quoted, "but it is said one can work on reporters." Dernberg announced that he was considering "taking into his services the famous, clever, journalist McClure." When Hale was hired by the em- (Continued on page 2.) 1 ti DBy Robert J.

Bender, United Press Staff ABOARD THE U. S. S. WASHINGTON, Dec-. wireless to the United Wilson will summon other officials to Prance soon after landing to aid in directing distribution of American foodstuffs and raw materials among the suffering European populations.

Bernard Baruch, chairman of war industries 'board, probably will be one of the men named for this work. li III UK SO fin President Wilson Proves Good Sailor and Cold Improves as George Washington Sails Toward France. The George Washington has been averajglng seventeen knots an hour and at the time tills dispatah was filed was about 600 miles due east of New York. The liner was still encountering heavy seas, but the president has proved to be a good sailor and has shown no signs of seasickness. His cold Ja much better.

He has been restldgf a great deal and has held no formal conferences with any of his advisers. Hie and Mrs. Wilscfa sat through "abandon ship" drill yesterday. The president's visit to Italy la expected to toe undertaken within two weeks of his arrival at Brest. Ho will go to Belgium and England later.

To Insure World Peace. Carl D. Groat, United Press Staff WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 army and navy programs will depend largely upon President Wilson's success or failure in securing adoption of his plan of non-milltarlsm wh'lle abroad. What he wants, as already generally outlined, ls to have Britain abandon her idea of unbridled sea supremacy.

He wants her to pool her naval strength in an international navy. He opposes any idea of an AmericanBritish navy. At the same time he the armed camp spirit removed from the world in respect to the army. If England refuses to hearken to his program as to naval armament, this government will go ahead with a program destined to make the United States the equal and perhaps superior of England on the seas. If England does agree to President Wilson's proposals, it is likely that this government will relax some with its plans for the future.

These are plain facts, on excellent authority in connection with President Wilson's peace program and the army and navy future. Chile Asks Great Britain to Return Her Two Battleships for Use. Press Leased Wire SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. war ministry suggested today that the government, ask Great Britain lo return to Chile the two dreadnaughts she requisitioned at the beginning of the world war. The people here are preparing for a great demonstra lion.

The pro-Colombian demonstration planned in Santiago aparently ls in ENCOUNTERING HEAVY SEAS Officials to be Summoned to Europe to Aid in Distribution of American Food and Material Among Suffering People. THK WEATHEB Fair and Warmer. Local temp. 7 p. 47 7 a.

29. TEN PAGES "fl Secretary Baker has left open question of recommendations to congress. If the peace conference shatters militarism, his ultimate recommendations will be far more pacific than otherwise would be the case, it ls believed. As for Secretary Daniels' program, he has carefully couched his recommendations so as not to make comparisons between the British and American sea power. But stripped of their verbiage, his proposals apparently mean that the administration intends the United States to be England's equal on the seas.

The. sole thing to alter such a program will be a satisfactory International police fleet arrangement. It is pointed out by naval experts' that even if the' United Statts equals England in numerical strength our navy still will be ahead of for the types of craft and 1 ment we are building are far superior to anything Britain has afloat. The American naval expansion threat is quite open and quite cere, aocordlng to his There ifc still the threat of army manpower. The United States will develop Its army strength high if necessary, hut the administration hopes the army and ships over the world can be reduced to insure the peace of the world.

Nobel Peace Prize. ORRKSTIAJNIA, Norway, Dec. Norwegian, newspapers are ting the award of the Nobel prize to President Wilson. Cecil as Delegate. LONOON, Dec.

Cecil, assistant secretary of state for foreign affairs and former British minister of iblockajde, has been named to direct the British policy toward the league of nations at the peace conference. League of filiations. LONIDON, Deo. morning newspapers score the pronounced by Premier Lloyd-George In his latest political speecIT because he failed to make any reference to tne league of nations. The Times calls the league of nations the most Important of all to be taken up at the peace conference, and declares the allies shoul4 (Continued on page 2.) SOUTH AMERICAN WAR IS NEXT ON PROGRAM esponse to the pro-Chilean demonstration in Bogota, in which 5,000 persons participated.

It was also reported that 300 Colombian army officers had offered their, services io Chile in the eve-nt of Earthquake Relief Measures. SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. government has taken measures for the relief of districts affected by the recent earthquake. The casualties are reported to total ten killed and more than 100 injured. Serious damage was done throughout 1 the provinces of Atacama and Coquimbo.

The loss in Taltal alone was more than two million pesos. Grave Labor Strike. 1 had two dreadnaughts. the: Alinirante Cochrane and the Almirante building in England the war broke out. They were requisitioned for the British navy.

1 One was renamed the Canada. Both ships displace 2S.OOO tons and ia designed speed of twenty-three I knots. Their main battery consists of ten 14-inch guns. The second battery includes sixteen 6-inch and four 3-inch guns. SANTIAGO, Chile.

Dec. grave 'labor strike in Antofagasta has re- 1 suited in high food prices, owing to the increasing scarcity. The government will take strong measures to maintain order in this land other regions, where foreign agi'tators are trying to create disturblances as the result of the increased cost of living. Plans are being formulated for prohibition of exportation of foodstuffs which, together (Continued on page 8.J 1 1 ji Ym 4.