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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-05
JE'S SECTION OF THE ARGUS

, plan then carried out in the first cham
| Der and there was rejoicing through
| all of Sweden that a serious Crisis mad
been safely passed.
The activists. however, chose an eff
! fective weapon when they took up the
! Alands question. They had attempted
| from time to time to arouse the PEG
pie against England because OF the
| blockade but the response 10 this ap-
peal was meagre. Ever since the loss
; of Finland, however, Russia has been
traditional enemy Of Sweden IN the
minds of many OF the Swedish people
and it has been comparatively easy TO
| arouse their fears.
The wholesome fear on the part Of
| liberals and socialists that the actiy-
| list campaign might force a condition
which would lead to war, was based
partly upon the significant events in
Sweden which Immediately preceded
] the outbreak of the European war.
/ During the winter of l913-1914 the agi-
tation against Russia and in favor OF
/ military preparedness in Sweden had
/ been carried on to such an extent that
| on Feb. s, 1914, 10000 Swedish farm
! ers, organized in what was called a
"bondetag" or "yeomans' march"
came to Stockholm, marched to the
royal palace and addressing the king,
assured him of their willingness to
! bear any added taxation required for
! the national defense.
The address of the yeomen, coming
as a climax to the propaganda of patri-
otism waged throughout the country,
stirred King Gustave to reply which
! Immediately brought about minis
terial and political crisis.
The socialists and liberals feared
| there might be another national dem
onstration" this year as in 1914 TO IN
fiuence the king and his cabinet, but
wiser counsels prevailed and it is felt
now that the activists have played
their last card and need not be reck-
oned with aagin.
There is no doubt shat if the activ-
it's had succeeded in forcing Sweden
into the war this country would have
| lost the support and sympathy OF the
/ other two-thirds of Scandinayia-Den-
mark and Norway. Ever since the con-
| ference at Copenhagen in March, the
three countries have been in agree
ment as to politics of neutrality and
defense They have agreed to act to-
| gether in matters of common interest
to all, such for instance as the stop
page of Scandinavian mails in Eng
land but if Sweden had been led TO
attack Russia by Selling the Aland is
lands, Denmark and Norway would
have felt the quarrel was not the pol
icy of an allied Scandinavia. Both Dan
ish and Norwegian newspapers attrib-
uted the agitation in Sweden to Ger
man influence and as both these coun-
tries are decidedly pro-entente their
position can easily be understood.
There was much talk in Sweden also
of German influence at court, due to
the fact that the Swedish queen was a
German princess, Victoria of Baden, a
descendant Of the Hohenzollerns. But
in the crisis the king demonstrated
that he felt the interests of Sweden
were best served by neutrality and
friendliness with all her neighbors,
and there is much happiness through
all of Sweden today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-05
GRAHAM POST is
SO YEARS OF AGE
Moline &. A. II. Organization WIN
Celebrate Anniversary Two
Weeks Hence.
HAS ST MEMBERS AT PREsEy7
Pledges support to Official Paper 70.
cause Of EspOusing Measure
Post Has Favored.

Adoption of a set OF resolutions or.
dorsing work Of the National Tribprs
in behalf OF veterans Of the Civil VA
and a pledge of support to the publi.
cation, marked the meeting OF n ~
Graham post. No. 3l2, G.. A. r.. las,
evening. The Tribune has been aefIvs
in supporting moves sponsored nv
Graham post and the resolution Wa
passed as mark Of appreciation Of
this.
Thirty-third anniversary Of the porf
will be celebrated two weeks from las
evening when Graham post will hava
been organized a third OF a century
Arrangements for the celebration were
made last evening. A program is be.
ing arranged and will be announced
later.
Has II Members Now.
Since its organization, Graham post
has included in its membership prac.
tically all old soldiers in the City
Present membership is 81.
Seven members OF the post Last
evening declared their intention OF al.
tending the national encampment ID
Kansas City this month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-05

terests of Sweden Sweden, he added,
would always maintain her right of
characterization, but in the face of a
very difficult situation she already had
shown her steadfast desire to fulfill
the demands of a strict and impartial
neutrality as well as an eager desire
not to be drawn into any Warlike en-
tanglements.
The proceedings in the riksdag, or
Swedish parliament, had all been ar
ranged in advance. and Mr.. Wallen-
berg had scarcely taken his seat in the
second chamber when the leaders of
the three parties in turn arose and in
dorsed all that he had said This same
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-05
WILL SHOW VIEWS IN
EAST MOLINE SCHOOL

An entertainment to which all inter-
ested persons in East Moline are in
vited will be given Monday evening in
the John Deere school house, when a
series of stereopticon views of Y. NJ.
c. A. camps over the country will be
shown. The program is under direc-
ton Of the industrial extension COM
mittee and is part of the Fairgrounds
program. Lyle Alison, boys work sec
cetary in Moline, will be present and
will tell of the camp which will be held
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-05
DIVORCE SOUGHT BY
MRS. EVA SWANSON

Suit for divorce was filed today by
Eva Swanson in Moline city court
against her husband, Herbert Swan
son. Mrs. Swanson charge intidelity
and lack of support.
The couple were married in June,
1913. Mrs. Swanson asks that she be
given custody of the one child.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-05
Singers to Picnic.

All is in readiness for the Olive Male
chorus annual outing, which will be
held tomorrow on the Ernest CarImark
farm, River drive. Officers of the or
ganization wish to emphasize the fact
that all members are invited and urged
to be present. An athletic program
will be run off in the afternoon and a
fish dinner at noon will be the big
feature
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-05
Speeder Resists Cantnre.

John Weaver was arrested in Mo
line yesterday charged with speeding.
When the motorcycle policeman at
tempted to Arrest him it is charged
that the driver resisted capture, at
tempting to run the officer into the
curb. His ease will come up for a
hearing this afternoon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-05
MOLINE OBITUARY
Phineas LLOYD Tarver.

Phineas Lloyd Tarver, Az -months-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Phineas Tar
yer, died at this morning. The
childs parents live at 1921 Seventeenth
street. Funeral services will be held
there tomorrow afternoon. Burial will
be in Riverside cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-05

During the month Of July, seven
cases of contagious disease were re-
ported by DR.. H. S. Bennett, Moline
city physician. Typhoid fever proved
to be the most widespread of the NAL
aides, there being four cases of it
found There was also one case of
iOmielitis-infantile paralysis-one
of smallpox, and one of chickenpox
Births exceeded deaths by y. There
were so births reported and 50 deaths.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-05

for boys under auspices of the local
Institution this year. The lecture is
one of a series and it is hoped that
large number of East Moline boys and
their parents will attend.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-19
RIPLEY IS OPTIMISTIC.
President of Santa Fe Sees Good Con-
3 ditions in West.

Kansas City, Mo-, May i9.-That
the crop situation is ideal over Santa
Fe territory and especially SO in Kan
sas and that the car shortage which
has been experienced for some time
will be relieved in time for the 1916
crop movement is the declaration
made here last night by E. P. Ripley,
president of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa F'e railway. Mr.. Ripley was
here a short time between trains and
with members of his party left in the
evening for Chicago. where he will
spend the summer
Since leaving his winter home in
Santa Barbara, Cal, last week, he
has been making an inspection trip
over the property of the road.
No building program for the i'm
mediate future has been outlined by
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Mr..
Ripley announced. The high interest
rates charged for money and the low
rates the company is permitted to
collect for service make railroad ex-
tention too hazardous at present and
only such improvements as are neces-
sary to keep the property in good con-
dition will be. made for some time, he
declared
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-19
MAY NOT SAVE LYNCH
Americans Execution Set for Day
break Today in Dublin.

New York, May 19.-The fate of
jeremiah C. Lynch, an American citi-
zen who was to have been shot at
daybreak in Dublin, is believed to be
screened by strict censorship
No word regarding the man who
had been convicted of completely in
the Irish rebellion had yet come over
the cables.
President Wilson made an eleventh
hour plea for stay of execution just
before midnight, last night in Wash
ington. Owing to the difference in
time Lynch was to have faced the
firing squad about three hours after
President Wilson had directed that a
cable be sent to London asking that
the execution be deferred until the
American government could make an
investigation 1t was not known here
whether President Wilson's plea
reached the English authorities in
time to save Lynch from being exc
cIIfR6
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-19
HIS ONLY HOPE

LContlnnad from Page One.l
chased great quantities of clothing in
the east, on the credit he had estab-
lished> and sold 1t for cash in Topeka
at less than he had agreed to pay for
it. The first sale was in the fall of
1918.
Indicted for Misuse of Mails.
His creditors began investigating his
affairs in January and on April %,
1914, he was indicted, charged with
using the mails to defraud. He was
released on bond and was tried at the
January term of court in Kansas City
before Judge David P. Dyer of st.
Louis. He was found guilty on seven
OF the eleven counts upon which he
had been indicted.
court on a writ of error and early this
year the decision of the lower court
was sustained.
In addition to this criminal case
Badders has defended himself in
numerous civil actions. Since his in
dictment the Badders Clothing COM
paEy has been declared a bankrupt
concern and Badders has been de-
clared bankrupt, personally.
Badders was married soon after he
opened up the clothin store and now
has a wife and a small child. 1t is
said they are with him at Wichita.
Mrs. Besdders's parents live at Horton.
! Months ago, federal officials say,
Badders asked that in event he was
finally forced to go To the penitentiary,
The be allowed to go without escort /;
that he be permitted to make the trip
TO Leavenworth of his own free will.
1t is not known here whether or not
this request was granted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-19

shlV inflnencei esneciai1v Baltimore and
Ohio and New York Central, those roads
holding large amounts of Reading in their
treasury Western Maryland, recently
mentioned in connection with Reading was
strongest of the obsure issues. Profit tax
ing reduced gains by a point or more at
midday.
Bonds were strong.
Reading was again the center of interest
at the opening of today's market its
point advance of the previous day to 100 or
double par on an enormous overturn fur
nished one of the most sensational features
of recent years. The stock opened with an
offering of 1900 shares at yesterdays
record price. followed by blocks of LOCO
TO 5000 shares at steady gains up to 10l1s-
Reading second preferred also made a new
high record at 81, and other leading rails
responded with 1 70 points gains Spec
mand for standard stocks but material
advances were registered in that quarter
of the market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-19
AVN hose at Forbes.-Adv.
AUSTRIAN DRIVE
tcontinued from Page One,

fContinued from Page One.l
TRAN losses in these engagements were
enormous. The reports were invented
in order to diminish the impression
made by the Italian retreat. The Ital-
ians are not in that position. The
Austro- Hungarians are able to de-
clare that the Austro- Hungarian
losses have been exceedingly small"
Fresh Troops at Verdun.
Paris, May 19.-Violent fighting on
a large scale was resumed on the YER
dun front last night. Two fresh di-
visions of German troops attacked
French positions at Avocourt Wood
and Hill 304 west of the Mouse The
war office announces the attacks in
the main were unsuccessful, although
the Germans obtained a footing In a
small post south of Hill 2S7.
Have Advanced Five Miles.
Berlin, Thursday, May 1S.-The
Austrian offensive south and south
east of Roverto is making progress
daily.
The Austrian front has already been
advanced five miles in places The
gains have been made in the face OF
great difficulties, the mountains are
still covered with snow. The Aus
TRANS fought their way, ascending and
descending slopes varying in altitude
as much as 1000 feet within a mile.
Dispatches from Austrian headQuar-
| tiers indicate the successes achieved
are due to the superiority of the artil-
| lery, which has such a crushing effect
l that it is possible to launch infantry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-19
TAR SCHOOL TEACHER
Night Riders Break Up "Near-Beer'
Party-Apply Tar and Feathers.

Alexandria. La, May 19.-Miss Ruth
Vann, 10 years old, and known as the
prettiest school, teacher in the county,
was dragged from her home by band
of armed and masked vigilantes. and.
after being stripped to the skin, was
tarred and feathered. ignoring the
girls plea for mercy, the men then
beat her go severely with rope ends
taht she may die.
NJ E. Viverett AMI e. p. Tucker.
both well known young men of the
community, who were in the girls
home when the mob surrounded the
house, were given the same treatment
The girl was accused by the leaders
of the mob of drinking near-beer with
her two guests. This was the only
cause for the assault, as far as is
known. If any deeper explanation lies
behind the sensational attack on the
young woman it still is an unsolved
mystery.
called at II O'Clock.
1t was shortly after II o'clock at
night when band of more than TWEEN
ty masked horsemen rode into the
yard of Miss Vann's home. All were
armed with shotguns. A Gordon OF
men was thrown around the house,
after which the leader of the mob de-
manded admission. In response to the
summons Miss vann herself came to
the door.
I'VE want you," the leader said.
Three men seized the girl, and be-
fore she could protest, her screams
were stifled with a hand. Miss Vanns
two guests, who were found, were
dragged out and tightly bound On
signal from the leader, the three cap
tives were then marched down the
road to a strip of wood. The men
tore the girls clothes from her body.
A big kettle of hot tar had been pre-
pared. The young woman was smeared
from head to foot with the mixture
and then rolled in a bed of feathers
She begged her captors for mercy and
screamed for help in vain. The men
who were taken with her were also
tarred and feathered, and then were
| beaten with knotted ropes
! The girl tainted during the beating
She was found early this morning by
neighbors, who summoned doctors.
Her condition is critical. In addition
to beating. her body was badly burned
l by the hot tar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-19
rain STILL ON Way

tCortaTTnd rom rage one.l
a chance for some precipitation be-
fore night as the weather was threat
ching this morning. Last night was
not so cool as the preceding few
nights and the temperature is expect
ed to maintain its stand tonight
The forecast coils for showers to-
night and Saturday; not much change
in temperature.
The lowest temperature this morn
ing was 81 degrees. This is still
degrees below normal though it is sew
eral degrees higher than the minimum
Thursday morning. The highest tenn
perature on record for this date is SO
degrees, established in 1911. The low
record, 80 degrees, occurred in -SSS.
The Kaw river this morning show
a stage of SIS feet, a fall # nine
tenths of foot since Thursday morn
ing.
The wind is blowing at the rate OF
IL miles an hour from the southwest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-19
Frankest Confession of Peace
RumOrS to Pass Censors.
OTHERS IN RECEPTIVE MOOD
England and France Have Made
Significant Parties.
Holland Considers 1t Time for
America to Play Hand.
BY CARL w. ACKERMAN.

Berlin, May 19.-There is a feeling
here that, if a strong neutral like the
United States undertook to negotiate
peace, it might succeed.
Diplomatic circles regard the recent
statements of President Poincaire and
Sir Edward Grey as the opening guns
in an informal discussion of peace,
though the expression from the allied
leaders when ranged alongside the
German chancellor's recent reichstag
speech do not appear altogether con-
ciliatory.
(Note-The above dispatch is prob
ably the most frank discussion of
peace rumors in circulation in Euro
pean capitals yet passed by the Ger
man censorO
May Make Public Reply.
No decision has been reached here
as to whether any official reply to
these statements will be made public
by the German government, though it
is possible this will be done. One Of
ficial with whom I talked today, de-
clared that making peace at this stage
of the war would be no more difficult
than adjusting the recent German
American submarine dispute. He
pointed out, however, that no bel
ligerent can publicly state definite
terms of peace while informal dis
cuSSions continue with each side max
ing drastic statements of what it in
tends to accomplish as the result of
the war.
I have just returned from a visit
to Holland where I found the Dutch
men believe the English, French and
German people all desire peace. The
general impression in Holland is that
the time for q. decisive victory for
either side has passed, although each
of the belligerents may attempt a
summer offensive. The Dutch think
it is Americas duty to act and that
ents together. One diplomat said that
continues for a few months, the bel
ligerents will learn enough of what
each side wants to bring them togeth-
er in a peace agreement by october.
England Has "War Faction
The general impression prevails in
Holland that Premier Asquith and
Chancellor Won -Holwegg
might make peace, but that the Kitch-
land, with President Poincare of
France, are anxious to continue the
war. Hollanders declare that one rea-
son England does not want peace now
is because she believes German sub
marines cannot misbehave and that as
long as the possibility of the United
States breaking off diplomatic rela-
lions with Germany exists, England
would be foolish to make peace. The
Dutch, however, regard this as only
an excuse set up by that group in
England which wants a continuation
of the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-19
ONE OUT OF 223.
That Represents Jury Progress
i'm Orpet Case.
Claim Girl Threatened Suicide
in Letter to Defendant.

Waukegan, May DETERMINATION
of prospective jurors again occupied
the day at the trial of Will Orpet, the
University of Wisconsin student ac-
cused of the murder of Marion Lam
be t. Len Bartell of Antioch, ILL.,,
foreman in an ice plant, was the only
man in the jury box at the opening of
today's hearing. Two hundred and
twenty-three men have been examined
for jury service since the case opened.
A letter said to have been written
by Miss Lambert to Orpet few days
before her death last February may be
the point of evidence upon which the
defense of the student may hinge.
This fact was made public yesterday
by James H. hVilkerson, Orpets chief
counsel
Letter Important Evidence.
The letter, according to the atter-
ney drew Orpet from Madison, Wis,
to Lake Forest, ILL.,, on the day be-
fore the girls death, for in it she had
threatened suicide. The defense con-
pet wrote a note said to be in pvsses-
sion of the prosecution which read:
Don't do anything desperate until
l arrivA." The defense will attempt to
show that the poison was taken in
crystal form and flakes of -yanide of
potassium We're found under the
girls finger nails, as opposed to the
brought the poison to the girl in So
luton. Significance is attached by
the defense to the fact that the girls
right hand was ungloved when the
body was found as though removed
for the purpose of taking the poison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-19
Grain Gossip.
FURNISHED to L. j. Myers, Columbian
BuildinP.

Minneapolis wheat stocks have decreased
$4,000 bushels thus far this week.
Elevator stocks of wheat in Kansas City
have decreased 1891 bushels thus far this
week and corn stocks decreased 2UI,50o
bushels.
Exports from the United States and Can.
ada yesterday were ,293,000 bushels OF
wheat. $4,000 barrels of flour, 274, 900 bush
els of corn and $4,000 bushels of oats !;
wheat and flour combined. 13f4OOO bushels.
A cable from Russia said: Arrange
ments a., being made for eXportat1on OF
wheat via Archangel for the United King
dom and the Continent Interior reserves
are commencing to move and VIII event.
ually reach the seaboard-'
Estimated shipments of wheat from Ar
gentina this week are million bushels.
COMPARED with 100000 bushels actually
exported last week and 4,7120 900 bushels a
year ago. Estimated corn shipments are
$50. 600 bushels.
b. W. Shows message from Pratt, Kan
sas, said: Il drove today in Stafford,
Reno and Pratt counties, which have f45,O0O
acres of wheat, or one-tenth OF the state
area. Situation is very bad with Hessian
flies in every field examined and prospects
going back fast in spite of perfect season
to date From Partridge to Preston local
grain men say so per cent of the acreage
has already been plowed up l doubt this,
but plows are running everywhere ana
more than that percentage is worthless
West of St John and Pratt conditions are
much better. but the stand is thin. Some
Hessian flies and poor roots preclude any
thing more than a fair yield. 1t looks as
central counties of big acreage. 1t is still
more than five weeks to harvest and only
perfect weather can prevent farther deprec-
iation"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-19
CONDENSED news
Submarine in Baltic.

STOCKHOLM, Wednesday, May
19.-The German steamer Hera
was sunk this morning off Land
sort in the Baltic. The sinking
of the Hera marks the first ac-
tivity of British submarines in
the Baltic this season. The
Hera's captain was ordered on
board the submarine with the
ships papers and taken prisoner.
Sufficient time was given the
crew to leave the ship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-19
KILLS PES Ky
BED BUGS
p. .. q.

A 96-cen& package OF Pesky Devils
Qufe4us, p. D. O.. makes full quart of
kh5 best bug killer on earth, better than
= barrel OF old-fashioned dope.
tBFee-A sprinkler spout in every
spZ to get them in the hard-to-get-at
D1A0eA)
Bed Bugs. Reaches. Ants and F1eas
can't exist when P. d. Q. is used, as it
Kills EN- and their eggs as well: P. D.
- dos tt M" Al vour drugEists or mailed
cor SOC, stamps or coin, by Owl Chem
tca1 Co, Terre Haute, Ind.
Sold by George Stansfield.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-19
Kansas City Live stock Market.

Kansas City, May 9.-HoGS-Receipts
1000. Market sc to Toe higher Bulk of
sales, S9.60@9.S5; heavy. S9.s5(d9:9 pack
ers and butchers, $9.70Q9S5; light, S9.SO0
9.S5; pigs, $S.75@9.25.
CATTLEEReceipts 800. Market strong:
Prime fed steers. $500 1000. dressed beef
steers IS 25G935 western steers, SS.25M
9'75: southern steers 81. 50d9.50; cows. $3.50
@S25; heifers, $7.J0@9.75: stockers and
feeders. S7.25dsS5; bulls, $6.000775;
calves, S6.50M1 90.
SHEEP-Receipt 1900. Market strong.