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Saturday, May 8

F.

DOLLAR DAY

in Keokuk

expected to prove a case against the

kaiser. Without more evidence than

at hand at present, experts say it

wili be difficult for this {government

procaed diplomatically.

'-ITie American constil at Rotterdam

Hip beea asked for a report on the

bombardment on the Cashing, another

i&perican vessel, by a -German avia

tor, but it is deemed doubtful if ha

can obtain more than the statement

of the vessel's officers which, formed

the basis o£ previous press dispatches

in the case of the Wm. p. Frye, sunk

hy the German raider Prinz Eltel

Fried rich, the German government

readily admitted responsibility, but in

thf„

Bt

tte Japanese-Chinese situation min

utely today.

Officials said they were still with

Mt new8 of an ultimatum from Tokio

,Th"y not discuss the

o.

deta11- ReP°rt«

united States was trying to mediate

ewid not be confirmed, but belief wan

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Evidence is Purley Circumstantial and Those

Who Really Know, are Not Expected to

|. Tell of the Actual Happening.

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I GERMANS WILL NOT CORROBORATE

No Doubt Whatever in Frye Case, But Gulflight

and Cushing Cases May be Allowed

to be Forgotten.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

WASHINGTON, May 6.—The con

viction was growing among state de

partment officials today that the truth

Japan wa8 being urged to

onaht

rate'

c,1,na to

day the-ni.

make all reas­

onable concessions.

There were no signs that America

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Pankhurst Has Elabor

ate Plans for Founding of

Great Home.

IB? Wil^8o

1™ased w,re

st'

in

"Thi ^r'-War

dnrinp'tif

W^aed

^xPlalfi!ng to-

«nj Pom Women's Suffrage

lue

planned to take an active hand.

Whether this was because officials

felt interference would be hopeless or

was due to

about the Gulflight incident may never! tude, could not be learned. f„ ti!

Btantisl and Inconclusive. It wast The information came from excel

pointed out that even If true, it can'lent authoriTy that JaDan-«rTwflTr01

•""r-rr"".*'' I

«hi

S SwSS?

Th®y

,n the

t° °?rithe

are not 80

rmm^ ™, remarked there were be trouble doe to uprisings by the!

toSrni!

kvew a,1i

pres"1

CushinR

-vessels were F-erious they may become—"anything'

that the

service.)

Wilbur Fomast, United Press

U)»nnv

espondentl

mean .!! !.

6

for

~"The end of the

of 'the mifvAr ,b®KlnnIng °f the end

the rirtt

Rllt of 4116 women

EanielJ?!^

Ruffrage,"

said Mrs.

a num-

bables-

10 tlle

10

^orld witnessing

noblest nf—present struggle, women's

to enf^S0""traV°n

of her

ri«ht

«dont ^nd

We

ttodernint mSS

to Se

Intend

Klrl

habies and apply

to the,r

ringing up

I?xoLfd^t,on This Is my

through tL i.

a motlh0r

timate inJL

t^oVo?TnrotK,VlCt,n'8

to them

1,vea of

t*16®® nnfor-

of

«vitab]e th»t i?

^r-

and lt ,s now

IJ» **"U

in*

IS

b«

"We imeanV'-a-nn8t

nf

®t be

with

to deal t° show the world how

Wo ^iii "That is woman's

11

*ill tim.

8et up a real

have Bo^,

standard,

a model for

the future.

Surrey unU'u 'ar*e country place

*ldaity of th ,ave

a'so

a place in the

The habie. v°ndoD flowar gardens.

®»geni ,In

r®

*obe brought up along

n«rses.

traiocrf he cared for

teasel

J^leted

SSl.5F.tem

of

Wii The latent Mo..

ed by Germans. may happen in China"—but theToklo!,rT i. t_ -nn

government Is prepared and hopes for

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Watching Japan. I the best. CON'SXANTINQPLE, May 6- (Via

WASHINGTON, May 6.—The Wash-i Persons— not Japanese— famijiar

in«ton administration was watching with far eastern affirs suggested to-: «cial denial was made today of the

an's Suffrage and Political Union

Home. We are going to depend on

the public for its support. We will

even ask wealthy families to act as

sponsors for one war baby each who

when education Is completed, can

legally be adopted. We are also con

sidering a plan of insurance for others

who are unsponsored, whereby we

"... careo ior JectiOn is being swept away by the

The Madam^Mon- work of women since this war began.

educatton ^rin^ lx?! Premier A^ulth's recognition of the

latest ideas for efficiency of

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and fighting under the protection of

their trenches.

The Germans continue their use of)

poisonous gases, taking advantage of,

the strong winds that are'blowing di

reotly from their trenches across the'

line held by the British. They are

bringing up enormous forces in the,

effort to retake hill sixty, south of

Ypres, but so far have succeeded only!

approvai of Japan-'B attl- I,'** )TV*hlL w^ih*airf"r«Scan

be known. The state departi.^it has! The state department was known to I*..® t«i

be corroborated only by the German I these* The mikado's demands are onlv I Aion th. iin* i» FPln» in th*'

Against this integrity he has no de-ilery exchanges were reported today.!

signs. He does feel, however, that it A night attack on the Frtnch posit.on,

has been threatened in the past hy at Caionne has'failed.

countrlee-other than Japan. His pur-1

pose Is to avert this danger tfi#} EMBARGbO ON COAL.

future. He connsiders this essential LONDON, May 6.—Consternation

to Japan's Wdlfarg dad thinks all of foil owed In mining circles today, an

China's as. well as Japan's true friends .announcement of the intention of the

should agree with him. Government on May 13 to place an em-

The Japanese do not look for re. I bargo on the exportation of coal to

sistanoo from the Chinese govern-!

ment—they think it wljl quibble to

the last moment and then yield, pos-!

sibly after a littie perfunctory oppo

sitlon.

sure there will not!

people Who it is admitted, seem to

tlllnk Japan

"ndue advantages.!

neither| Should there be difficulties of this:

know! kind, it is owned nobody can tell how

Berlin

day that a split between northern and claims of the British that they are

southern China was the likelyiest

re-

fall with comparative readiness under' peninsula, the enemy holding only

Japanese domination, but that th* two coast points at Aribura, and Sedd

people of the southern provinces. El Bahr under the protection of the

where the spirit of independence and shell fire of his ships. He is, however

unable to advance. The Asiatic shore

has been entirely cleared of the en

emy,""

(Continued on page 2.)

WAR BABIES TO BE ADOPTED

8." BY MILITANT SUFFRAGETTES

can furnish a fund for them to start

life when they reach the age of seven- jtions held by them.

teen or eighteen. We plan to act The bombardment of Smyrna at

while other organizations are trying |ong range continues. Prisoners con-i ...

to find out how to deal with the sub-jflrl£

i„ I °ver

i" *°t

whn ,?! *i .. of their stores.

tacking their right wing and have

made gains

Het Saate.

between Pypegaale

If these be

it .Haii« in ^if/i

Tu

tie statement of officials suggesting be in close touch with Japan. What h«=.rf« Justices of^the peace will marry any Suiting and this has made conces

it was torpedoed by a German sub-, had been heard from China was un- Rt«»notraai« I couple for $1. ... jslons impossible.

marine, but evidence is purely circnm-1 certain. ,, kla i. Railway

hein„

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aionn

9

China's integrity. Meuse and the Moselle, heavy ar-tii-.

th'"

(Continued on pegs' 2.)

and wireless to London.)—Of-

holding the main positions on the

suit of present complications. jG-alllpolli peninsula. The war office

Their view was that the northern «ays: "The alleged occufa.tion of the

Chinese whoee nationalistic tender- Gallipoli peninsula and Nagara is goods they will give bargains on for1

cleB, they said, are not strong, would tlrely untrue. We control the entire I

the

ject. 'ships has annihilated an entire Turk

'We intend to demonstrate that our ish regiment

Dollar Day, May 8

solution will develop these children

into super-women. They will be de

veloped according to their demon

strated adaptability, no branch of

genius being permitted to go unaided

through life

"Will these war babies be taught

the principles of militant suffrage?" I

asked.

•There will be no necessity of that,"

was the quick reply. "When they at

tain the age to know about snch

things, the world will long since havo

been initiated into woman's suffrage.

Even by the end of this frightful war.

the-other countries of the world will

have come to recognize that women

are an enormous factor In the world.

The various sdministratlons are now

about ready to grant the vote to

women. 'i*his has had its first demon

stration in Denmark, where women

recently were enfranchised. All ob-

5

BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES.

ATHENS, May 6.—Advices from

Tenedos say that the allied fleet Is

continuing its bombardment of the

straits, the fire being again directed

by sea planes. The allies are declared

to occupy interior peninsula positions

of great strategic value. The Turks

are constantly returning to,the attack

and are being beaten back with heavy

loss. In one engagement at Camp

Kritha, on Tuesday, they left 1,500

dead In front of the British position.

Their masked batteries have cost the

allies hesvily as the Turkish gunners

have the exact range of all the posi-

rumor that the fire from the

I United Press Leased Wire Service.]

AMSTERDAM, May 6.—The Cologne

Gazette has received from Its corres

pondent on the eastern battle front

confirmation of the storming of Gor

lies, in western Gallcia by the

efficiency of women in the arms fac- vance la being .pressed with the ut- 'ish steamer vanadis

ft* AuL^'^topaent torles and his glowing tribute to them, most vigor and that many additional laden, has been toi

ELS?"",

1 prison.!^ cannon

Aus-|the

tro-German forces. The Russians were

overwhelmingly defeated, the corres

pondent says and the Russian third

army, commanded by Gen. Radko

Olmltrleff, has been forced to with

draw to the east of the Wis!oka river.

The main headquarter* of the army at

Jaslo have been abandoned. The cor-1

.nd

w.r

IMMriO IWU lS.„ b£, e&mrvl. Jcn.l~r«0~«.

(OoatfaMd OB

ha vf been eagtarad.

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KEOKUK,

IOWA.

a

ments to pieces, the Germans are

slowly advancing in Belgium. Latr

advices from the front say that thw

British have ceded certain of their

outer line of trenches "to straighten

out their1 line" and it fs declared that

the new positions are so strong that

the German forward movement is cer

tain to be stayed. The losses on both

sides are enormous although the Ger

man losses far outnumber those of,

the allies who are on the defensive m--- im...

RumrT1*9e

ni.u„!li

valued

for

W

9reat:amount

foreign office which^ could hardly be relsonabll-^hey ato to ZL Znf ZZZJZ of bargains offered. Already a considerable number of

reasonaoxe tney aim to maintain: Champagne reqlon and between the. Bargains offered Saturday positively!

Along the line in France in

Champagne region and between

Re®d

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Next

THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1915

BIG BARGAINS

III EVERY STORE

t0 be a Big Eye„, jor

Wide-Awake Shopper.

TO BE RECORD BREAKER

Rnft

JW-ore

M«ny

main attacks on the British positions articles free to customers who pur-

Ypre•'

R, id

etore

TTiinHrwl

MpT-

lnan Une 111111016(1 mer

chants Will Offer Bargains

Next Saturday—Be Sure

and Get Yours.

DOLLAR DAY DATA.

one hundred

In maintaining a foothold on the east. greatest bargains at $1 In the history

sales in which articles

a* h'9h a*

*10

,are

thi. nn. ^ith oLnt •hoPPer••

wh®

the

not be repeated after this day. [t0

Read the advertisements In this

paper for other bargains of this

kind.

W{||

one

a8

Give Rapid Slervlce.

0

t]ie merchants have made

eSpeclal

arrangements to place thei

dollar In such a position that

customers

can be' served as rapidly

possible. This assures every shop

Valuable Presents to Shoppers.

Presents of valuable goods will

made by many of the merchants

those customers who purchase

r(,fnnded

wl"of

Crowds Will Be Large.

The people of Keokuk will practlc-

days.

This event has been advertised

very thoroughlv in all the cities and

towns surrounding Keokuk and there

will be people here from all parts of

country In this vicinity.

Remember,# above all, that these

bargains are for next Saturday onlv.

It is on this day that your dollar will

have the greatest opportunity of its

I life. Give it the chance it ia offered.

Dollar Day, May 8

Swedish Steamer Sunk.

respondent says that the German ad-t COPENHAGEN, May 6.—The Swed

vance la being .pressed with the ut-'ish steamer Vanadis, from Bryth, coal1 FURLOUGHS SUSPENDED.

ton»doed and sank ROME, May 6.—The king has

In

a.

B.1UC by

th.

NII

that ha,

wMI be 80,d

Purchase a certain

Saturday is 'the day that Is! the nati^JU *1^hostmtlM^

going to make the dollar famous.1,

one merchant is going to offer—and

bargains as great as this can be found

In •practically every other store:

An electric iron that retails or

dinarily at |3.50 will be placed on

sale at $1.00. The actual cost of

this iron to the merchant ia

$1.98. The supply of them, of

course, Is not unlimited, but there

will be quite a large quantity of

them for the customers first on

hand.

ate Ciia

mr®

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JAPAN

•. IWJX'SW? SSSSJ

prevent Japan taking forcible meas

ures to compel acceptance of her de

rnanda. Officials generally expect

this action, although they say that

China will continue her preaent policy

until the very last minute. Any other

course, they say, would subject Presi

dent Yuan Shi Kai to a serious upris

ing at .home. If he oontinues to hoid

out until the last moment he can then

explain that the force of circum

stances demanded concessions.

Officially, however, Japan continues

her war preparations. Martial law

has been decreed on the Kwang Tung

peninsula and a powerful Japanese

fleet Is cruising near the Chinese

coast while another is .getting ready

for sea at the Sasebo yards. The em-

i'peror

net,

merchants giving valuable

th

.th.e ^.renc^ chase a certain amount of goods. |t |s not so much rsfusal on the

*!!!,«

courteous, and competent 'papt

presided at a oabinet council to-

Iday at which there was also present

ithe elder statesmen. It Is understood

that China's Intention to appeal to

"Chants aWno'th^United StaWGreat'Brltiln and

Rutsia

communicated to the cabl-

but that It was decided that

there cou|d be no

fUPther change in

Japanese attitude,

of Chlna to COmply

ajrvice assured. ansae demands, but more the Ian

I 8peclal window displays. guags employed In rejecting them

with the Jap-

|ncerv8ed the emperor and

hi8 advisors. They characterize the

tone of the latest Chinese note as In-

refunded out-of-town The Japanese in China have been

eoncontrirted at point# where

of goods can be withdrawn on signal. Most of

newspaper advertisements

are

they

jn the various consulates.

wolnen' and

children have been sent

p|ace8

of

Mfetv

a« it is believed

„,sii u. .„i,«ri*inn*

A

hr«s~«i* Jwndrea K«oknk merchants. «FfjCentpated at''» pmtWW.

are going to specialize on the dollar.Transports ere available to move an

on this day. They are going to offerie^er

bargains at one dollar that never have,

Selling Goods at a Loss.

Here- is an actual example^of wnat:that

army

af

been equalled before and that are notjj^ japan finally does strike, Jt will be

likely to be found again. 'with great force and without previous

!'warning. The censorship is very

rjgj(j and

no

A„Una

strong Japaneeq. focce has Mia

if necessary. The plans

general staff are complete and

orders have been issued

information regarding troop

movements shall be published.

EXPECT SUDDEN ATTACK.

PEKIN, May 6.—Fears that Japan

is about to strike without warning, as

she did in the Japanese-Ruasian war,

(Continued on page 2.)

I United Prees Leased Wire Service.j

PARIS, May 6.—Fighting of the

most desperate character continues

per that he will be given prompt and: along the battl^ line In the north, with

courteous service in any store he both sides losing heavily. It is admit-

enters.

Special window displays are being

prepared by the merchants for this

occasion and most of them will fea

ture their dollar bargains in these

displays. This assures you that you! have already regained a part of the

can find what you want without any trenches they lost.

special effort. The Germans have attacked in force

the French positions in the vicinity to

value—this In addition to their dol-, their lines.

to shooD'rs from

te refnn(le(I to

shc"P-rs

out town who buy goods totaling a

certain valtis. depending upon the dis

tance from their home to this city.

ted that the Germans have been able)

to a a an a a in

as id of 6 0 so re

but the French war office says thati

the British were reinforced there and

their stores goods totaling a certain. are reported to be strongly reinforcing! NEW YORK, May 6. (11 a. m.)—!inS

lar bargains. Shoppers will never in the Ailly woods, the French are ..

have a better opportunity to get every- again on the offensive. The latest re- Provinces and the Galician offensive

thing th«?y want at the lowest pos-i ports to the war office admit the Ger- against the Russian Donajec front al

sible cost. mans scored a success there, taking though separated by more than 400

All of the reports reaching Paris

indicate that the French are general-

ally live on the streets on this dny.j iy taking the offensive on the right

Probably ninety percent of the people

1

and centre, where the Germans are

'living in Keokuk will spend at least aiowly, but surely, giving ground. It

some part of the day on the down-'Is rumored that important develop

town streots. In addition to these! ments may shortly be expected from

there v. ill be the greatest crowds of upper Alsace.

people from out of town that ever at-i Dollar Day, May 8

tended one of Keokuk's shopping

A

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]

ROME, May 6.—It was announced

today that Italy and Servia have

reached an agreement regarding an

outlet for Servia on the Adriatic.

German auxiliary dt red a suspension of all furloughs in Hindenberg of driving

the army.

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ILL

The ceremony began with Senator

Cleary calling up as a special order,

hlB resolution to call out of the li

cense and miscellany committee, his

^e^Jdence district bill. Senator Ettle

son, chairman of the committee, de

fended the action of the committee in

not reporting-out the bill. He said

he was opposed to putting the sena

tors on record on the bills. Senator

Dailey followed him by declaring that

the resolution coming after t\o de

feat of the bills in the house yester

day was simply an effort on the part

of the drys to put the senators on rec

ord "In order to furnish campaign

material for an organization whose

paid agents sit in the gaillery."

He pointed to Superintendent Scott

McBride of the anti-saloon league as

he spoke. He urged the futility of

considering bills wljich had been

killed, in the house. "I am opposed to

playing legislative undertaker," was

his parting shot.

In the vote on resolutions, a strict

ly "wet"' and "dry"' record, the drys

had twenty-three votes and the wets

twenty-two, but the resolution lost,

requiring a constitutional majority of

twenty-six. The resolution was then

buried when Senator Dailey moved to.

reconsider. Senator Ettleson moved

to table the motion and his motion

prevailed 23 to 21.

Senator Jewell then tried to bring

out the search and seizure bill by

Steenstraete, but were driven back

be with heavy casualties. The fighting

to from this point down to hill 60 is being

in!bitterly contested and the Germans• [United Press Leased Wire Servloe.] |ceive the Slavs concerning the mean-

The German advance

Rummage sales will be found in I part of the front line of trenches, but miles, are now beginning to show an! the Slav general staff with a reason

several stores where articles valued: the French, roattacking, managed to lnter-relationshlp. It is becoming ap-jforthe new concentration.

from one to ten dollars can be pur-, regain a portion of the lost ground, parent that the Baltic movement w:is! So. apparently, the Baltic raid was

chased for one dollar. Railway fare The fighting continues here. {a feint planned to engage the atten- arranged. A, highly mobile German

of Hillaker-Wasen. but elsewhere the

French are declared to be maintaining

their gains in the direction of Fecht.

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THE VOTE WAS ALMOST A TIE

Drys Had One Majority, But Constitutional

jority is a Few More and Wets Had

Everything Their Own Way.

1 United Prees Leased Wire Service.]

BPRINKJFIBUD, 11., May 6.—' Dry"

legislation got the axe In the senate

today in the same effective manner

in which it was slaughtered in the

house yesterday. Manned by Sena

tors Dailey and Ettleson, the "wet"

gilloutlne worked with absolute pre

cision and smoothly lopped off the

heads of residence district, county

option, search and seizure and anti

shipping bills, ihe day'B session was

Consumed in the execution.

What the War Moves Mean

at the other end of the battle front, jail the more completely because of the

This Is the second time since the rapidity and secrecy with which the

war began that Von Hindenberg has Baltic blow was struck.

suoceeded In fooling his opponents by Announcements of the northern of

elaoorate feinting. The other In- fensives were made in Berlin rfnd the

stance occurred after the German re-1 newspapers rejoiced at the new evi

treat from Warsaw. The Warsaw army dence of Von Hindenberg's power,

hurriedly fell back to the German! Then when the Russian's attention

frontier, and at the same time German!was fixed on the Baltic provinces, and

troops were concentrated further preparations were being hurriedly'

south, as if intending to move toward made to check the invaders. Von

The present feint has been develop- Ipathian positions, if the Germans ad

ed under different -conditions because! vance much farther. The Germans an.

both belligerents along the eastern I nounce Jaslo and Zmlgorod as their

front have been quiescent. for some next objectives. If these towns fa'l.

or- time. Wben the Ids* occurred to Von the Germans will have recovered thtrl

the Russians ty-flve miles of Galician territory and

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THE \VlCATHRK^:-'5l

Probably Showers. Cooler. Lo

cal temp—7 p. m. 65 7 a. m,

55.

SIXTEEN PAGES

MAY 8

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I

Bills Were Turned Down in the Senate While

Anti Saloon League Superintendent

Watched From the Gallery.

Senator Cleary then moved to lay t„

Atfe «r:"

over until Tuesday, resolutions to

call out the county option and antl- &

shipping bills. Dailey moved to

table, which carried, 22 to 18. Sena

tor Cleary sought to prevent this ac

tion by a motion to adjourn, which

lost,

The house this morning passed th$

ftoyef resolution to- pay the "rtrtlway

fare of the members. An effort re

vive the Cook county cdvll service

bill, killed Tuesday, was made by Rep

resentative Bruoe, who reintroduced

the measure as a new hill with a

blanket clause to cover the present

employes of the county.

The house passeof several minor

appropriation bills.

The house committee on municipali

ties reported out several bills includ

ing the Park election bill, the Bills

three city commissioners bill and

the Kane bill to require half the

property owners to sign petition foi

any public improvement.

Because of the consumption of

time on the "dry" bills the senate did

not reach consideration of the Comp

ton resolution to amend the revenue

section of the constitution. It went

over as a special order for next

Tuesday.

Dollar Day, May 8

$5,000 Diamond Stolen.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 6.—Mrs.

F. A. Benzer, of Detroit. Mich., tele

graphed local police from San Diego

today that a $5,000 diamond ring in a

case was stolen from her handbag dur

ing her recent visit here.

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

ager of the United Press.

The Germans have succeeded In re- tIon of the Russian general staff while I force moved to the northward from

occupying the summit of a spur east the real German attack was launched east Prussia and fooled the Russians

a new

in the Baltic

IT?®

Rus3ians

wou_ld

_n°t_

Hindenberg unmasked his real plan.

the Vistula from a new direction. The Hindenberg unmasked his real

Slavs believed the southern move- A large force moved into Gallcia from

ment was the real offensive. Instead. Silesia, passed Cracow and advanced

when the retreating Warsaw troops toward the Donajec river along a wide

got to German territory, they were {front. The Slavs were caught unpre

heavily reinforced and driven forward pared, and the Germans broke through

over the same ground that had lately the Donajec line.

marked their retirement. They reacn- To the present the Germans have

ed l^^z before the Russians could pushed the Russians back about twen

concentrate a sufficiently large force jtv milos^ along the southern front of

to stem the advance, and even went the Donajec. It is here that the fury

a few miles further, though not as far of the battle is concentrated, because

as Warsaw. of the danger to the Russian Car-

out of wmtaGfc Gallcia h®Juul to de- 'wiil bfl W^tbla-Slxty. mileaof Przemysl,

,ft

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Ma-

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calling op his resolution introduced

yesterdal. Dailey and Canaday ahd' h.

others spoke against the useless

waste of time on dead measures and .^1

the resolution lost 20 to 11. Senator

Ettleson then moved to reconsider.

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