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VOL. 122. NO. 56.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

WASHINGTON, March 6.—.Newton

I D. Baker, former mayor of Cleveland,

will be secretary of war, according to

information learned today and believ

ed to be absolutely reliable.

He was born in Martinsburg, W.

Va., Dec. 3, 1871, and is a graduate of

Johns Hopkins and Washington and

Lee universities.

Appointment Admitted.

WASHINGTON, -.area C.—Newton

I). Baker, aged 45, twice mayor of

Cleveland, Ohio, disciple of Tom

Johnson and effective supporter of

President Wilson at the Baltimore

convention, will be secretary of war

in the president's cabinet. Admis

sion of the fact was made at the white

house today.

Baker, who twice declined an Invi

tation to become secretary of the in

terior when the president was first

forming his cabinet, has accepted the

place made vacant by Lindley M. Gar

rison's resignation.

Position Offered Him.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 6.—A

man politically close to Newton D.

Baker, ex-mayor, stated positively to

day th&t Baker had received a tele

gram from President Wilson offering

him the vacant cabinet position as

secretary of war. The Informant's

name cannot be used.

Baker was in his law office today

when the United Press Informed him

of the Washington report that he was

Secretary Daniels May Stir up

Trouble if He Issues An

nounced Order.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

WASHINGTON. March 6.—A move

which* promises further difficulty for

Secretary Daniels and which is look-

/aui«i» miu

of American members of the interna- order to make Possible

trip to Buenos Ayres

DeS8e

Unbroken rule of

been the almost

the American navy that no woman

battlesmp

should be carried aboard a

at sea. The presence of women

aboard warships has been limited

solely to social functions

vessels are In port The pet

titcoating" of a warship is looked up

on with anything but favor by the

sticklers for naval tradition.

Though the purpose of ths congress

at Buenos Ayres is primarily to work

out plans for effecting a closer rela

tionship and a better acquaintance

between the countries of North ana

uie

sen of

Former Mayor of Cleveland, City Attorney and

Man Not Experienced in Military Work

to Succeed Garrison.

WILL TAKE PUCE AT END OF WEEK

Appointee is Personal Friend of the President

and Knows How to Fight in Politics

if Not in War.

Announcement of the appointment,

it is said, may be expected from the

white house in the next day or two.

The president, it is understood, has

been advised by. the attorney gener

al's office that General Scott, chief of

staff, cannot be retained as acting sec

retary of war longer than next Satur

day, when his thirty days appointment

expires.

Baker is not entirely without cabi

net experience. He served as a pri

vate secretary to Postmaster General

Wfls'dK from 1895 t5 18971 In addi

tion to practicing law, he was city

solicitor of Cleveland for ten years,

serving from 1902 to 1912. His work

as solicitor won him great public fav

or and he was elected to his urst term

as mayor of Cleveland in 1912. He

was re-eleoted in i91- and left office

in 1916. He h§is always been a demo

crat and is a strong personal friend

of President Wilson.

scheduled to be the new secretary of

war.

"You may say for me there is noth

ing I may say," he announced. "I am

practicing law."

Baker's attitude indicated that he

is determined to discountenance the

Washington report until an official

statement of the appointment Is made.

In the appointment of Baker, the

president. It is said, meets a qualifica

tion which it has been intimated, Is

considered important—that the new

secretary be an attorney from the

middle west.

He has had the rough and tumble

experience of politics, being a long

term, pupil of Tom Johnson.

Marshall Approves.

CHICAGO, March 6—Vice President

Thomas R. Marshall declared today flne $100. Martin entered an ap-

that he knew of no man better able to,

who according to Washington dls

patches, is slated for appointment to

that place.

"That's bully," said Marshall, bor

rowing T. R.'s pet phrase for the In

stant. "With due deference to the oth

er candidates for the place, he's the

best man for it. A man

ship for ship and man for man, our

navy Is the best in the world.

"It ought to be larger," he said.

"Secretary Daniels has done all he

can for the navy. He has a big wait

ing list now ready to fill vacancies

when an increase Is authorized by

congress. We should have many more

auxiliary ships. Congress will do

something to relieve that condition.'

South

We

-A'

Marshall took a hot shot at the

navy's critics.

"I am one man," he said, "who

knows he doesn't know anything about _r.

the

admiration

de officers for the conditions for

(Continued on page 2.)

WOMEN ON BATTLESHIPS

NEVER ALLOWED BEFORE

America, the commission of

C^T

special order. "ot

mon As announced today, the party: dispute.

wll, gail from

—Read The Dally Gate City.

1)C Doiln

pea an(

hold the place of secretary of war United States court of appeals has de-1

than Newton D. Baker, of Cleveland, cided in a similar case that the evi- ...

not exierl-j

more likely to listen to advice."

Baker is a personal friend and

fraternity brother of the vice presi

dent.

Though he had declared earlier in

mas

frt-r *Via an- rrvan S meadS ueiueu

ed upon as another outgrowth of the, gressmen who had voted for the ap actively oppose the that the senate, seemingly, voted to

[United Press Leased Wire Service] [United Press Leased Wire Service]

PARIS, Maroh 6.—The most violent LONDON, March 6.—Twelve per

artlllery fighting occurred on the left [sons were killed and thirty-three In

bank of the Mouse, west of Douau-jjured In Sunday night's Zeppelin raid

mont and in the Woevre region last: over the northeast ooast of England,

night, the war office reported this aft- it was officially announcea toaay.

ernoon, but there were no Important I Two raiding airships dropped bombs

Infantry actions. on Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland,

In the Argonne, French artillery Huntingdon, Cambridge, Norfolk, Es

cannonaded the Cheppy wood posi- sex and Kent.

tions of the Germans and also enemy

works around ths Avocourt-Malan

court road.

Elsewhere on the front a calm pre

vailed last night.

May Join the Union.

[Lnlted Press Leased Wire Service.]

NEW YORK, March 6—While fem

inists rallied to the support of Mrs.

Elizabeth D. Eldrege, barred from a

position as teacher because she mar

ried, the Teachers league today was

to meet with the American Federa

tion of Labor and perhaps affiliate

with organized labor to fignt for the

right to marry.

Samuel Gompers, president of the

labor federation, expected to Invite

the teachers to join the union in an

address at today's meeting.

Are Free to Leave.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

WASHINGTON, March 6.—Despite

press dispatches that three Ameri

cans, Mrs. Walter Farwell, Miss Mit

chell and Dr. Henry Forbes, who had

been interned at Sofia for some

weeks, are still unable to leave, the

state department today insisted that

information received from American

Diplomatic Agent Finstein at Sofia

indicates they may leave at will.

Hank Gets Pardoned.

[United Press Leased Wire Service]

WASHINGTON, March 4.—Presi

dent Wilson today pardoned Hank

Martin, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, who

was convicted April 20, 1914, of intro- raining down

duclng liquor into an Indian reserva-! exhausted its supply.

Hon and sentenced to three months Ta f"

the United States penitentiary and

since his case was tried, the

dence was Insufficient to convict.

Vice Presidential Fences.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

DBS MIOTNEB, Iowa, March C.—

Governor E. W. Major, of Missouri,

was here today conferring with Post'

ter George Hoffman and

enced in military work will make a ieajin!r democrats and there were

better secretary of war than a sol-

rumorg

dier, for various reasoffff He will 'be, fence8 ag

that he was looking after his

a

vice presidential pos-

Reward of $200.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

SPRINGFIELD. HI.. March 6.—

1UUU6U ..D SPRilNlri'IKilvlJ. 111., Marcn o.—

the day, that America, because of u-

Cr0Tern0r ]innfi

preparedness would be at the me ward j^oo for the apprehension of

°l filial that

the

shall declared that he League. League was murdered Feb

ruary 26 at East St. Louis.

today offered a re-

murderer of Police Officer Marion

Servlce

8

rr,^«

Th

which Secretary McAdoo is the head, decree against armed mer- situation thoroughly, reported today.

sentatives of the two big American MHiii /-rHt»rn tr. mer-:

press associations to accompany the

party on the Tennessee.

The reason given is that "there is

no room aboard."

When they learned today that the

wives of some of the commissioners

were to be provided with quarters, "lecture and was to lunch

bf ba^ed ^rom Thrmp.^eve^rcon- -Uh a party of efeht_represe^

i-!

Bryan's"

of State Bryan. He returned from a break ^Amerca.

would not interfere in the

lnter ere

Hampton Roadr Despite! increased clamor In con-

dnesday will Include Mr. and gress for a direct vote on the merits

Atrs McAdoo. Assistant Secretary of of a resolution warning Americans

Treasury and Mrs. A. J. Peters, Mr.

and Mrs. Samuel Untermeyer John

0

congre

ff armed ships, pending negotiations

wttli

Fahey Senator Fletcher Archi- more certain that the house will vote

bald Kains and Paul M. Warburg, of to table the McLemore resolution,

the federal reserve

Brooks, B. Parker

Guire, assistant secretaries of

commission.

the central powers. It became

saw

^'Wlfiirii-hWiiH^-ii'i'

he

KEOKUK, IOWA MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1916

OVTER FORTS OF VERDVN WRECKED

It Is now believed that three Zep

pelins participated in the raid. An

earlier statement from the admiralty

reported only two Zeppelins engaged.

The dirigibles dropped forty bombs,

destroying houses on two terraces and

damaging several shops, it was stated.

The dead are three men, four women

and five children.

Ane, Zeppelin hurled down bombs

upon an area occupied by dwellings of

worklngmen. An entire block was de

molished. A woman and four of her

children, the eldest eight years old,

were killed In this district. The hus

band, Injured when the house was de

molished, Is confined in a hospital,

ignorant of the fate of his family.

In one of the houses wrecked by a

bomb was an aged woman, an in

valid, who had been confined to her

bed for seven years. The house came

tumbling down about her, but she

was dug from the debris, unscratched.

In a nearby house, the bursting of

a bomb set fire to a workman's duell

ing. A feeble old man, about ninety

years of age, was burned to death

before rescuers could reach him.

After crossing the east coast, the

Zeppelin raiders started eastward,

then changed their bearings several

times, finally circled about, evidently

uncertain of their positions. Then

they began hurling down both Incend

iary and explosive bombs.

At several places they were seen

very plainly. One of the Zeppelins

remained stationary over one town,

missiles until it had

("The extent of territory visited

dll

:..nK laat night's Zeppelin raid on

EnK

iav„i

was

J*

perhaps the greatest of

According to the London of-

atatorn

ent eight counties, forcn-

ficlal statement, eight

ing the tier extending along the north

seacoast and northeast of London

wero visited.

The statement that both Essex and

Kent counties, adjoining the city of

I London, were raided, indicates that

other1 the Zeppelins may have come very

close to London itself.

Several large towns manufacturing

war munitions are within the coun

ties mentioned in the London dis

patch. The cities of Leeds, York,

Hull, Lincoln and Cambridge are

among the most important in the area

covered by the Germans.

Much the same territory was visit

ed by the Zeppelins that raided Eng

land on the night of January 30,

(Continued on page 2.)

Another Show Down Vote

Will be Taken Tomorrow

fighting on land or sea but ldont, March 6.-Three istration faction. It was practically a leans off belligernt armed merchant

think it Is at all kind In certain gen- WA»HlJ*(yrt)N, «nr(„orle conclusion that the move-: men. The vote was neither an en

tlemen to cuss

the German submarine issue.

Plans were practically completed In schedule tomorrow.

the house for the show" down vote to-!

morrow desired by President Wilson German Comment.

to table Representative MeLemore's [By Carl W. Acnerman United Press

warning resolution. Staff Correspondent.]

Col E M. House, the president's BERLIN, Marcii 6. ia Amster

personal' and ultra-confidential advis- dam.)—The senate's vote of confl

er, back from his secret mission f'encc in President Wilsoni last Friday

among the belligerents, was to give has lessened the possibilities of

... •. ..a r_'Qmio«.Aninrj(an break

importance

|ecre- night address in Wilmington. Del., that the senate registered a clear de-1 he wf.uld =ro..wh., to Ne, Vo. ,t

•, agitation came from the anti-admin- taken on the proposal to warn Amer-

the"

'pre

side t"i nfo

rmatio of "utmost German-American break, well Inform-1today and found the president had not,

rmondi^aa tn rnc eu who have canvassed the

onnendices to the ed Americans who have

leged secret British orders to mer-j what puzzled at the exact meaning in time to have breakfast with his,

attack submarines were of the senate vote. But the general friend and adviser.

tn arrive a\ the state department opinion is that it strengthens the House, it Is understood, delivered

Another sub-surface influence inlands of those who, though desiring his report on his visit to London,

l^rieste and JteHcate sanation most vigorous submarine war, do Paris and Berlin. Ho would not dls

of former 4cretarv not want to take any chance of a cuss the nature of his mission. Asked

was the presence or torm„. &ecreta.y America if he stU) held to the view that. "Pres-

wag a naturaI reS

system, and J. ultimately, however, few leaders call congress together to ^decide on a A ent^'lTe'e*pectedntoSc^nCfer

and C. E. Mc-

another vote In both house and question of war or peace. tho

the senate on simply warning resolution Tho Cologne Gazette differing witn with ^rro ansing and congre

-mild

avoided the Tas-eldntt. regards the senate's

couia ne avuiucu. nlmnKt meanineless in view re=olrtirns warning Americans off

Efforts were renewed to postpone action as almost meaningless in view re..on.u

ithe house vote until Thursday. This of the report that no direct vote was armed merchantmen

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

PETROGRAD, March 6.—Russian

torpedo boats raided Turkish shipping

in the harbor of Trebizond, sinking

several vessels within easy range of

the coast batteries. I

The fire of the coast guns was so

weak that It was believed here all

heavier guns have been dismantled

because of the approach of Russian

land forces.

[United Press Leased Wire Service]

BERLIN, March 6 Minor engage

ments occurred on the east bank of

the Meuse, north of Verdun last night,

the war office reported this afternoon.

The Germans captured fourteen offl

csrs and 194 men.

$500,000 Fire Loss.

[United Press Leased Wire Service]

PEORIA, III., March 6.—More than

700,000 bushels of grain was burned

today by fire which destroyed the

Iowa elevator, owned by the Bartlett

Frazier -company, of Chicago. The loss

will reach ,$500,000. Part of the grain

was for shipment to the allies.

The origin of the flames is unknown

but is thought to have started with a

dust explosion.

Now He is Dead.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

NEW YORK, March 6.—Nathan

Cohen, the "shuttle cock of fate," is

at rest at last. After travelling 19,

740 miles up and down the Atlantic

ocean, barred from landing because

he appeared mentally defective,

Cohen was cared for by charitable

.organizations here.. He died at the

Hebrew sheltering home. His orig

inal passage cost $45.

Deputy Marshal Must Pay.

[United Press Leased Wire Service]

WASHINGTON, March 6.—The es

cape of Fred Bigtop, an Indian con

and that the dorsement nor a rejection of Presi­

house vote would come off per .dent Wilson's war policies, the Ga-

zette said.

widoly

,n I

heir interpretation of the senate's

friends vigorously denied he action. For the most part they agree

House Is Back.

WASHINGTON. March C.—Presi

dent Wilson today conferred with

Colonel E. M. House, his persona!

envoy, back from abroad, on condi

tions in the belligerent countries.

House arrived from New York early

yet returned from a trip down the

river on the Mayflower.

Officials and the public are some-J The president got back, however,

lfient Wilp(vn

Cifg

vlct who dove from a car window atjmnn attacks were repulsed.

St. Joseph, Mo., December 2. while be-1

Wages Increased.

[United Press Teased Wire Sen-Ice. 1

CHICAGO, March G.—WageF of 30,

000 employes of the Armour, Swift.

Morris and Sulzberger plants at the

Union stock yards were raised ap-

„,e one man who will

bring penre in Europe," he said he

would not

rare

1

to make any comment

at this time.

The colonel said he was mighty

glad to ret, hs^k home. He empha»*

icaiiy denied reports that he would

ult when !,ei- Hp drchnpd to discuss whether

President Wilson made the question I he bro'iciit information on Great Bri'

one of national honor," said the ain't-, atMtudi* on the armed merehani

Tasehlntt. "The senate's action men question and would say nothin'

leaves President Wilson and Secre- of the rri ds now pending in conerer=«.

1,-iry Lansing a free hand to contine Altfcvfhor he lived up to the c.har

the

negotiations With Germany. With actor K-ropenn editors gave him.

the only obligation that they must "the sphinx in the felt hat."

leader? reff.-rning tue fi^ht to kih

A™th/nrnnAA™terdam disPfttch,

ing taken from Helena, Montana, to ported 10,000 Germans were repulsed

Fort Leavenworth, will cost United ™jth heavy losses when they attempt.

States Deputy Marshal .T. W. Rickman.

ed

of Helena, Montana. $38.59. This is the vicinity of Semogneux, flvo and

bv Rickman for ex-' one-half miles north of Verdun.

the claim filed

penses in capturing Bigtop. The

treasury today refused to allow It.

proximately $1 a week today in ac

cordance with trie recent general in- ___

'crease announced by these companies, pame time they are counter attacking

viciously in efforts to reoccupy Douau-

mont village.

in two weeks of the greatest offen

sive by either side stneo the German

defeat at the Marno, combined Ger

man and French losses have totalled

more than 200,000. The dead on both

sides are believed to number at least

50,000.

During the first fortnight of the

struggle, the Germans havo pressed

forward in a crescent shaped front,

occupying between 90 and j.00 square

miles of French positions, according

to figures given out in Berlin. They

have wrecked Fort Douaumont and

captured several villages, but have

failed to break the French front at

any point.

Throughout Sunday a fierce battle

raged along the front from Pepper

Heights to Douaumont plateau. The

Germans first concentrated the fire

of several score of guns against the

French positions, bombarding for two

irnr

TIK*r''0

wit hi

I't'rc f.or] :y

Hi

in

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L'/iSES H2

bridge the Meuse with ponteons

The fiftenth day of the great battle

of Verdun saw the crown prince striv

ing desperately to shatter the French

center in a furious fight on the Douau

mont plateau.

violent clashes are occurring In

Fresnes woods. But the main struggle,

according to latest Paris despatches,

has narrowed to the two mile front

extending from Haudremont wood to

Douaumont. The French have drop

ped a deadly curtain of fire. At the

n-nited Press Lensed Wire Pervlco] unconquerable at sea.

IWRLIX March

tvo Moewe will flrst be

THE WEATHER

"Windy tonight. Cooler, Local

temp—7 p. m. 36 7 a. m. 40.

HaI^

dry-docked.

remnrkablv

EIGHT PAGES

Deadly Struggle for Verdun Continues, With

Germans Slowly Battering Down the

Outlying Fortifications.

THREE FORTS ON EAST DEMOLISHED

French Front has not Been Broken at Any Point

so Far in Spite of Advances by the

Germans.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

LONDON, March 6.—Three of the

Verdun forts, defending the city from

the east, have been almost totally

wrecked by the German bombard

ment, according to Amsterdam dis

patches today.

The Amsterdam dispatch repeated

previous reports, unconfirmed from

Berlin, that Fort De Vaux, five miles

northeast of Verdun is in ruins. It

added that Forts Moulainville and De

Tavannes, next in line south of De

Vaux, have been badly damaged by

German mortars, if they have nfit

been totally destroyed.

The latest Berlin official dlspatohes

carry no confirmation of the Amster

dam reports. The Germans have co

cqpiod Dieppe, two miles northeast of

Fort De Tavannes, from which point

they could bring heavy guns to bear

upon the fort. Hand to hand fighting

has occurred at the railway station

of Eix, midway between Fort De Tav

annes and Fort Moulainvlllo, but In

each instance Paris reported the Ger-

hours. Then they charged, tttrovtef

three brigades Into action on the zuur

row front.

French artillery replied with an In

tense fire that riddled the foremost

ranks. Other French guns threw a

deadly hail behind the oncoming Ger

mans, blocking the arrival of rein

forcements. Caught between two

sheets of artillery and machine gun

fire, the Germans were slaughtered.

xae whole front, latest Paris des

patches stated, is now undergoing the

heaviest bombardment. The artillery

fighting has extended to the Argonne.

The French are pounding away at the

German positions on this front and

engaging in aerial reconnoissances,

mindful of the possibilities of a drive

toward the St. Menehould railway,

the principal source of supply for the

Verdun armies.

Following the repulse of heavy at

tacks against the French front, ex

tending west from Douaumont pla

teau, the Germans did not return to

tho attack last night, this afternoon's

official statements from the French

and German war offices Indicated.

Paris reported violent artillery fire

on the left bank of the Meuse, west

of Douaumont and In the Woevre re

gion, but no Important infantry action

on the northern Verdun front, in

which fourteen c/fflcers and 934 men

were taken, but carried no confirma

tion of Amsterdam reports that three

Verdun eastern fronts had been prac

tically destroyed.

The French war office mentioned

the bombardment of German posi

tions In the Argonne, around Cheppy

woods and the Avocourt-Malancourt

road. Berlin claimed the^ repulse of

all English attacks northoast of Ver

raelles.

Confess Many Hold-ups.

rUnited Press leased Wire Service.]

CHICAGO, March 6.—A long list of

hold-ups at Minneapolis, Kansas City,

St. Louis and Omaha and the murder

of a butcher named Carlson at Min

neapolis, were confessed today by

Raymond Hawke, 25, and Carl Swan

con, 19, who will be taken to Min

neapolis tonight for trial. Police

Chief Martinson. of Minneapolis,

heard their confessions today he de

clared.

Charge 1s Dismissed.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1

CHICAGO, March C.—'Municipal

Judge Heap today dismissed a larceny

charge against Mrs. Alice McCormlck,

23, of Denver, Colo., accused by Mrs.

Rolls Deal, of St. Louis of the theft

of an ?800 diamond ring which she

missed after attending a reception at

which Mrs. McCormlck was a guest.

DARING COMMERCE RAIDER

STARTS OUT AGAIN SOON

Steamer Mcewe Reaches Ger

man Port and Prepares

for Other Raids.

1

are expected to reach Berlin within a

short time.

Tho Moewe's dsjlng, the Lokal

Aneeiger said, "has inscribed her

name in every German heart."

The Vossosche Zeitung, commenting

In the same vein, added that the ex

ploits of the German raider have prov

en to England that Germany is still

some Doubt Expressed.

,-* and crew who already nAve ..

,Y rhrniintr roles in the Moewe's LONDON. March 5.—several of the

ih'e exploits, the German com- Tjondon newspapers doubt the truth of

rn'der will asain put to sen the German report that the Moewe

fe-.v weeks, it was stated

1

has returned to port, believing it was

jsent to throw British warships off the

trail.

,.-"i. Will be srrapod and she will The Times naval correspondent

tiiorouchlv overhauled. She is said however, declared it altogether likely

good shape.: that the Moewe has eluded the British

t'no'i-h tattered ly heavy storms and and made her way into Wilhelmshav

sVr-Kk more than' once by shells In en.

'.ri'iHts with armed freighters. "The possibility of an enterprising

The return of the Moewe overshad- captain breaking the blockade inward

r.'.ved the Verdun offensive as a news ag well as outward has been fre

tv-iti're in the Berlin newspapers to- quentlv demonstrated, he wrote,

hv The name

rf

the port she en- captain of the Moewe certainly car-

tered will remain a deep secret, butjried out a desperate adventure with

first hand stories of her daring deeds skill and courage.

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