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Paria, about the middle of 0

tober and started oil our one

hundred and fifty iriile tramp

to

the front, the French

cheered the stars a&d^stripes,

with huge delight.

When Ouidaifca wrote "Under Two

Flags," she was tellinft of my regi-

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VOL. 120. NO. 67.

Over Part of the Foreign Legion as it

Tramped Through Streets of Paris.

STORY IN THE RUDER SERIES

How it Feels to be Actually Under Fire For the

First Time—Men are Afraid Even

Though They Will Not Admit it.

rFollowing is the second of the eye witness st.ries by Phil Rader,

an American newspaper man, who fought with the famous French for

eten lesion, In the trenches for four months. The first story In the sen

tea was published yesterday The third will be published Sunday.]

re* Phil Rader. Written for the Unit-

[Copyright 1915, by the United Prsss]

LONDON, March 1.— At

least one American flag that I

know of has flown in the great

war. My comrades and I, in

the Trench foreign legion,

went to war under its folds,

but, the first thing I knew_ we

under way, with our American

flying over us, hound for the

flying corps had fone awry and here

ninety-six pounds. We marched for

six days, ten hours .a day, for. forty

minutes at a stretch, with five mm-:

ute rests. At last we reached a lit

tle town which, they told MB, was

three JtiUes

tram

ment, the famous old French foreign den, we thought. Then a terrific

lesion in which every man fights un- chattering broke out among us. EJv_

der the French flag and carries in ery man was trying to prove how

falg heart the thoughts of his own,ready he was. Men. always do that

country's banner. in a pinch, I found. Jokes were made.

Of the fifteen hundred men I start- in unnatural tones. Loud laughs were

ed out with, only three hundred and high pitched. Men slapped others on

eijrhty-flve were alive February first.

There are strange men fh the foreign

lejrlon men whose Uvea have been

twisted in one way or Another men

with pasts men with dark secrets

®en who want 'to die, but who hihve

I didn't intend to go to the trenches

HI?'

By J. W. T. Mason, Former European Man

ager of the United Press.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.] military concentrations to defend the

NEW YORK, March 19. (11 a. m.)

Necessity for serious land operations

In co-operation with the battleship

bombardment of the Dardanelles 8

now being suggested In I^ondon. The

delay in adopting this course, as well

as the desultory nature of the bom

bardment, Indicate that the allies htfv-3

Kone into the Constantinople adveu

tuire without preparing in advance for

all eventualities.

It seems apparent that the can

Palgn has been regarded from tha

as experimental and as present

ing 'Possibilities of difficulty or suc

cess not predictable at the start,

here are reasons which suggest it

"een Judged necessary in Paris

aixmdon to attempt to conquer the

Dardanelles with a minimum of ef-

JJ°ndon's belief that an exhaus

on of ammunition has caused the

th,m

ment t0

«?.!?

dwindle, suggests

nterpretation,

so does the re

i"^an.ce of the allies to us© a largo

i- ,e latest the land defenses.

laQdlng

parties have at-

®n*Pted to secure permanent lodg-

on

the Gallipoli peninsula and

As,atlc

rmJL

th

aMe of the strait. But,

been

to°

weak for the~pur-

._ Probably for the most part

tho

wer?

marines sent ashore from

Turkish reports that

bartt ^chment8

havo

been driven

i«r are substantiated

Zif1® .iacV

of

success that has at-

•d the land operations.

Turks are now nsw

m*

FLAG WAVED

Cheered the Stars and Stripes Un­

the treoches. We

4ja« been a« «glow -to get Into the

fighting

"It'll be Jnst onr lack to be held In

reserve, we won't get to the trenches

for a long time. I hope they get us

into the fighting right away." We

had made these remarks hundreds of

times during our long march. An or-

the backs, boisterously. I didn't know*

that all these things were unfailing

signs that fear was tugging at our

hearts. I had hundreds of chances

in the days io come to study myself

and other m6h in the periods of dan-

stopped at suicide. Yon never ask a 'ger and I've learned that.fear always

man In the foreign legion who he comes.

really is. I had joined the foreign The brave man isn't the man who

legion because I had been told that has no fear he is the man wlio has

if I got Into the French flying corps, It and conquers it, or who fears tiie

.which I wished to do, I must first be

come a member of the foreign legion.

jibes of his mates more than the bul

lets of the enemy.

We marched a few miles more that

What the War Moves Mean

Dardanelles forts against field opera

tions. This must mean that the Con

stantinople authorities have receive.1

information of movements of enemy

transports. Athens has heard that an

army corps Is on its way to the Dar

danelles from Smyrna. If this news

is true,' it probably means that Pertey

Pasha, Turkey's most brilliant mili

tary leader, is being put In charge of

the Dardanelles land operations. Per

tey Pasha has been in command of

the Smyrna military district since the

war began. He is understood to have

been held there for an emergency,

such as the present, the Turkish

authorities having resisted heavy pres

sure to put him in command of the

Egyptian expedition.

Pertey Pasha made the Smyrna

troops the finest in the Turkish em

pire and if he accompanies his corps

to the Dardanelles, the allies will

have, to some extent at least, worthy

foemen among their Mohammedan

enemies.

Hkw strong a land force the allkw

can employ in the Dardanelles opera*,

tions, is a difficult question. There

need in France and Flanders for ewK

available man if an attempt is ttt»9

made to drfve the Germans hMfi

their own frontier. Troops settj. to

the Dardanelles, therefore, must Weak

en the campaign in the west. For th.s

reason, real danger exists that econ

omies will be made and too

to subdue the Turks will be sent

to

the Levant

afternon and at last found alves

in a deserted little town.

myself wondering why we saw no

German relics. I began to understand

do to us? I was an average man, ,t

straight from the sidewalks of Fris-

co, and what was happening to my

hear shooting now distant rumbling,

Our nerves were strung tense.

party. I was the third to cross the

.Jooch

te

We started for it, when we heard

another whistling, and the old barn

"was broken into huge splinters be

fore our eyes.

"Where do you fellows want to

go?" The words came from a little

derly came up to the position where I ^jjo came up behind us. He

we were standing and said: 'Were

to go directly to the trenches." Jt

was like a douse of cold water.

Wasn't this just a little bit too sud-j

(Continued on page 2.)

E

I United Press Leased Wire Service,

VALPARAISO, March 19.—Officers

of the British auxiliary cruiser Orama

today confirmed the report published

in England three weeks ago that the

Orama sank the armed German liner

Navarra, formerly of the Hamburg

American line, off the coast of Argen

tine on November 11.

TWO MORE SHIPS GONE.

LONDON, March 19.—Two more

British steamers have-been torpedoed

by German submarines, it was an

nounced this afternoon. The Glasgow

stoamer Hyndford was torpedoed in

the channel on Tuesday. The Cardiff

steamer Blue Jacket, enroute from

Argentine to London with a cargo of

grain, was also attacked In the chan

nel and sent to the bottom without

warning, last night.

The Blue Jacket's crew launched

two boats and started for shore in the

darkness. One boat reached New

Haven today with part of the crew.

Life boats are searching for the sec

ond boat.

[By Henry Wood, United Press Staff

Correspondent.]

PARIS, March 19.—Victory for the

allies In desperate fighting in the

Lorette hills country, northwest of

Arras and important French gains In

the Argonne were "eported in dis

patches from the front today.

A Franco-British forward movement

in the Lorette region gave the allies

command of a German line of com

munication descending toward the

village of Ablain, a few miles north of

St. Elol. A body of German troops

remained to defend the road was

er annihilated or captured.

yPrench troops progressed more than

„S0 yards between Bolante and Four

"De-Paris In the Argonne after violent

fighting. In the Consevoye woods, a

German night attack was repulsed.

Near Eparges, the French have cap

tured an advanced position held by

the enemy since early in February.

Three German counter attacks to re

capture this position were beaten off

yesterday.

tUD«MdePrMS

:,v

path

had been sterwn with relics, **rench

caps, French knapsacks, broken

French rifles, French graves. I found

t0

that evil things could happen to us treaty, ||nking her with Austria and Polish government buildings, villages

as well as to the Germans. Wft-were Germany, according to reports from and estates are to be burned by the

going to kill Germans, but, in the vari)UB sources this afternoon. Baron Germans, has aroused the Russian

meantime, what were they going to

lS0nnin0(

|s rep0Pted(

ta

"We're going to cross the canal on

ke

this

to cede

mind could have happened to the |taiy'8 participation in the war on That Russia will counter with equal

mind of any man I know. We could

the gide thft a

The ma

pers

cr

the little bridge and go to the farm .j8

running from being killed that I |ta|y

was this man who was entering

next to the dung heap, but on the

,8,s

Heinemann," and other let-

for thg bravery

for entering the

My arrangements iur euionus tenant who rested here. war. Having once made herself

AfJ we stood there we

I was, only an °fdinafy_Priv^®^,,c"„ rifle whistling in the air. A huge'treaty, it was stated, the government

rying a rifle and a pack weighing

she Mt th behInd us

Suddenl all

in the

neap at

house,'' said an orderly. "But you peared with a fiat announcement that]the grand duke's armies follow the

must cross the bridge, one at a time

..pr|nce Von

bu

so you won't draw the German fire.' concessions from Austria have failed lages or estates for each one leveled

There were thirty-two of us in my

anc

ao

.bridge. As I ran, I could hardly be-jma plunge Italy into war.

lleve that I, from orderly San Fran-] jn officia-» circles. It was admitted

cisco, was running from bullets was

tiVely engaged in negotiations that

that a

tho

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

CONSTANTINOPLE, (via Berlin

and Marconi wireless to London),

March 19.—The French battleship

Bouvet, bombarding the Dardanelles

forts, has been sunk by the guns of

the Turkish forts, the war office an

nounced in an official statement today.

The Bouvet is one of the older

French battleships, having been built

in 189R. Several times she has been

mentioned in French and' British offi

cial statements for efficient work in

the bombardment of the Dardanelles.

The Bouvet displaced 12,205 tons

and carried a crew of 605. The Con

stantinople official statement carried

no mention of the fate of the crew.

The battleship's length was 397 feet.

She carried two 12-inch guns, two 10-8

inch guns and several smaller pieces.

She was completed in 1898 at a cost

6f about $6,000,000.

Turkish warships, the war office

also announced, have bombarded the

(Continued on page 2.)

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

BERLIN, (via wireless to London),

March 19.—Russian raiders who in

vaded East Prussia at the extreme

north early Wednesday, actually suc

ceeded in reaching the outskirts o\

Memel, fortified Baltic seaport, the

war office admitted today.

The official dispatches from Inster

burg today brought more details of

the Slav invasion, but did not entirely

clear the situation. Thes»: dispatches I

and then fled back across the border, ja

but did not explain how they evaded

the German border patrols. German

the Tilsit region to prevent a nepetl-

Hot artillery fire has checked two

trench attacks "orth

[ft Jj

KEOKUK, IOWA FRIDAY, MARCH, 19, 1915

inli. iSS«~r

,DnMT

cuter

formal announcement that

n0

longer regards the triple al

er( that

ring bore praise of French officers .announce this action, it must not be

fortitude departed. On

maPc

jli

no one ug

admltted that he

should the foreign minister

,0f the German lieu- 'construed as a definite step toward

heard a ter-!free agent by denouncing the old

would havo

would ever run. But

now, with one accord, we were all

willing and anxious to run some-1

Where. 1

"Let'a go over to the barn," sever

al shouted.

will be in a better position to nego-

(Continued on page Z.)

RUSSIA

wir8 [United Press Leased Wire Service.]

Franzj "TRCKIRAD Mm,

«"=kC™"«,. 300 ml... pruMlan-

p^r. T*bu" "SarMSK P»lhh «r.«l.r Una, ..uUv

sr„',r r,1.T'v,i1.".."ndh%™'

WiAR I that escaped devastation In the sweep

[By Alice Rohe, United Press* Staff of Slav and German armies back and

Correspondent.j !forth

acro»®

ROME, March 19.—Italy is prepar- danger fromthe torch.

if*

*i1In'*

denounce the triple alliance Berlin's official announcement that

minister of foreign affairs, people to the greatest indignation. Of-

is making ready to ficials who discussed the German war

drastic step to force Austria office statement early today made no

territory to Italy or face {attempt to conceal their wrath.

Ausiro-ltalian relations! the government to adopt a strict "eye

hand. The Messagero ap-jfor an eye" policy. They urged that

low's efforts to obtain: German example and burn "three vll-

hat the foreign minister Is now by the enemy."

German charge that Russian

troops in northeast Prussia pillaged

and burned, met with indignant denial

here. The full text of Berlin's an

nouncement was cabled from London

liance treaty a* serving her best in-(early last evening and Its receipt was

terests Is one of the p?3sibilities In]followed by* conference at the war

In the farm yard we found a grave the preesnt situation Officials a«fmIt- office and the foreign office. It was

marked by a wooden cross. It was

ted

iflrave

_A I cross had been marked the name it was carefully pointed out, howev-

the situation has grown more understood today that Russia is pr--

|n the last twenty-four hours, {pared to make stronq representations

border, face new

a I 3k nnn

|||e8, I |y drastic reprisals against East prus-

j0r|ty of the Rome newspa-Jsian towns is considered certain. The

today warned the public that a Petrograd papers today called upon

announced plan of destruction, the

Russian army that crosses the Prus

sian border will leave in its wake a

trail of ashes.

In official circles the German cry

that the Russians had pillaged the

north Prussian border was ascribed

to the disappointment of the German

general staff at! the defeat of their

army north of Tilsit. The German of

ficial statement cabled feefe reported

that a "weak attempt" by the Rus

sians against the north Prussian towns

had been repulsed. On the other

hand official dispatche« to the war of

fice here today asserted that the Slav

armies In the north are now firmly

entrenched inside the Prussian border

and that a vigorous offensive Is being

directed against the Prussian seaport

of Memel.

In every section of Poland, except

at Ossowetz and around Drodno,

where heavy fighting is going on, the

Russians are on the offensive. Ac

cording to the general staff, the Ger

man attempt against przasnysz ap

parently has been abandoned.

Dispatches from Galicla today con

cerned themselves largely with the

fiphting around Przemsyl. The Aus

trian garrison seems to be well sup

plied with ammunition and is wasting

shells recklessly in an Ineffective fire

upon the Russian besiegers.

[United Press Leased Wire Servlce.l

BUCHAREST, March 19.—A big

battle is developing for the possession

of the Bukowina capital Czernowit*,

according to dispatches from border

towns today.

l.

By Ec

designated the Russian bands as par- Correspondent.]

ties of "fire bugs" rather than soI-t LONDON, March 19.—While Eng

dlers, who burned homes, pillaged |and'S

sur

AthenB,

yet

troops have been ordered out fromjand

entep the war on

aJ

ne8.

^Tn "the^^fftoial'statement fnm the An official statement given out by

war office this afternoon it was

an-

nounced that ail Russian attacks be- denied there adI beeni any

vera and

th®|that

Champagne region. North of Blsjeour,

another French onslaught failed and

"o^the ea#st banhk

neutra,lty-

two French officers and seventy men Since Premier Vanizelos, outspok

were taken prisoners. enly in favor of war, tendered his res

Around Verdun, the French made l^atien and a new "b.net was fornv

slons*

suffered a repulse, but fighting con-j

tinues on the Mouse heights^ ... (Continued on page 2.)

A large Austrian force advanced

out of Czcrnowltz and attempted of

cross the Pruth to attack the Russians! ^nce and^capebihty

massed near Sedagora. Their attempts

to throw pontoons across the river

were defeated.

Keen, United Press Staff

eye8

were fixed on Italy today,,

side of the

the Greek government and cabled here

'disagreement in the new cabinet form-

tween the Plssa and Orzec ri....o

northwest and west of Przasnysz haveje? Gounaris on Warch 8. In ad

been repulsed. At some points artll-j dition it contained this slgnificent

lery fire Inflicted heavy losses upon I statement: The government con

the Slavs. No change was reported tinues to study the external situation,

south of the Vistula. It will establ sh Its policy on a solid

_i a and ©ur© basis th^t will enable It to

ises in the event

Greese decides to abandon her

4w„

In'theVuna'ris" cabinet have

1*V

[By William G. Shepherd, United

Press Staff Correspondent]

[Copyright 1915 by the United Press]

[Copyrighted in Great Britain.]

LONDON, March 19.—A world con

quest by imperial Germany and a

Germanlzatlon" of women would

to the kaisei through neutrail power. Emmeline Pankhurst, English

if the Germans fail to abandon their Press to-

day.

Mrs. Pankhurst was discussing

wdth me, the appeal of President

'Runelman, of the board of tradd, for

organization of English women to aid

in the war. The militants, she said,

welcomed the chance to show that

women may be made an important

asset.

"But what Is the position of the

German women in the war

Askodi

"It wotrld be a terrible dittagter

if

the Germans conquered the world,''

was her decisive response. "The Ger

mans, 1 must admit,' take good care

of their women. But they regard

them as—I don't like to use the word

—breeders. They consider them

solely as a means of maintaining the

race. On the other hpnd, a conquest

of Germany by the allies, will mean

not only the liberation of civilization,

but the liberation of German men and

women from German ideas."

•'I was about to put another ques

tion when Mrs. Pankhurst interrupt

ed.

"And what about the violation or

women by the Germans?" she asked.

I suggested that probably there

were bad men In every army.

"But there are the most bad men

in the army which consumes the

most alcohol," she replied. "I don't

believe the British soldiers would

behave like the Germans under Bimi

lar circumstances. But when the

tables are turned and the allies begin

,to advance Into Germany, the supply

iof alcohol should be cut off."

There is no necessity, nor will

there be any, for English women ac

tually to take up arms, Mrs. Pank

hurst said, with a smile, "but it Is

the duty of English women to per

form the normal work of the nation

while the men are at the front, if

they are needed.

"The suffragettes always have

wanted the government to regard

English women as a reserve force,"

she said ."For centuries the vast in

women

may be made an asset.

"Two-thirds of the men In the new

Kitchener army aro married. British

women who have control over men,

are insisting that they Join the Brit

prjaing statement came from! Rorjffh Draft HcU3 Been Pre

indicating that Greece may __j -rr__

decide to abandon her neutrality

W%8T'«*

IHE VVEATHJEK

Pair and colder. Local temp

—7 p. m. 36 7 a. m. 31.

Mrs. Pankhurst Says World Conquest by Imper

ial Germany, if Successful, Would be

Disaster to Civilization.

ALCOHOL MAKES THE BAD SOLDIERS

Suffragettes Love Their Country as Much

Any English Women and Are AVill

ing to do Their Part.

lBh forces It's the bachelors whojciple Ingredients are coal tar dye.

S"

I are holding back. They lack the worn

an's influence.

test against the "ritiB^ ®f

Germany reached the President today..

a

matter oi law.

auu.

that, the correspondence which has

TEN PAGES

the greatest sufferers, economically,

from this war—especially the wom

en of education. A great many men

who ought to be at the front are fill

ing places these women, could fill.

But nevertheless, our men generally

are doing nobly. In your own civil

deal a heavy blow at civilization, Mrs. war, you know, the United States was

ui. forced to adopt conscription, but so

far that has been unnecessary here.

"We suffragettes love our country

just as all the women of England

do. We could have gone to America, ..

where women are getting the vote,

or to some English colony, but we re

main in England because of our love

for our country. We feel that a Ger- •,

man victory would set back the fem

lnlne movement indefinitely, and we

know that the women of England can

be converted into a tremendous asset

the eilUes' cause." ,, r,*

Glrl Crooks Locked Up.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

CHICAGO. March 19.—Three pret

ty'girls, ranging In age from sixteen

to twenty, wiho carried the "cannons"

the Jimmies and "tools"- for their boy

burgiiar companions, are occupying

cells In the police station today. They

have confessed, along with their

four boy companions, the police say.

to seven burglaries.

Mrs. Rath Aliens port, 20 Cather

ine Klevka, 19, and Nellie Ellison* 16,

are the girls. The youths are Ed

ward Gage, 19 Leroy Kiddell, 18

George Ford, 18 and Angelo Paasar

ella, 18.

"We'd stand outside while the boys

were doing the Jobs," confided Mrs.

Allensport, a mere slip of a girl, "and

we always carried the tools, so if the

police 'ever fanned' the boys, they

wouldn't get anything on 'em. The

cops never thought of fanning us."

"They don't make 'em any gamer

than me," said Catherine Klevka, 19.

"They said I was yellar so I jim

mied the McWllliams' place just to

show 'em. 'Gagey' (Gage) said I could

use the tools with the best of 'em.''

Proceeds of the seven jobs were

found in a flat where all seven had

been living.

No Vaudeville for Her.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

MELBOURN, Australia, March 19.—r

Mme. Melba, famous prima donna, to

day denied the report published In

New York that she would appear in

vaudeville in America.

The All Day Sucker.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

CHICAGO, March 19.—Officials of

the Wells school have doomed the

"all-day sucker." They say Its prln-

1

wean

AMERICAN PROTEST AGAINST

ENGLISH BLOCKADE OF GERMANY

pared and Has Been Given.

President to Consider.

is the allies' intention to Interfere

with all commerce to or from Ger

many, no matter liow that commerce

is carried on.

It is unlikely that the protest will

Jbe sent to either England or France

for several days. The officials at the

white house and the state department

[United Press Leased Wire Service] frankly say that there is no apparent

WASHINGTON, March 19.— The need of haste.

first rough draft of the American pro-:

wag offlciany

1

It specifically states that the' g^g authorize an embargo on

is a matter of fact rather than' frank!v si

action commerce. Officials frankly stated

that such an

act would be construed as a violation

denied at the white

house today that President Wilson is

consldering a special

I

as

II

W-

:n-

'H

I

To

the pupils away from the suck

a candy store was opened In the

er,

"It is our women who have beon scnooi.

session of con-

president decided

k-

onstruev

•passed between the United States and neutrality and he will not favor it.

England, and France, Is ignored It. u- r,rnte»t to

r- stated in the draft that no matter! The United States in IU protest to

what assurances are conveyed to the the allies, will lay down «°e funda^

United States by the allies In con- mental proposition. That Is

nection with the limitation of zone of demand of the allies that It agree that

activity this government must rely no American goods shall rea^h Ger

entirely on the order in council. And many through neutral countries, is

that order very frankly states that It 1 aibsurd.

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