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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-08

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FOR RENT-Modern furnished room.
Inquire us Seventeenth street
FOR RENT-Four-roo fiat; sewer,
water. electric lights. Phone 2496.
FOR RENT-Two modern rooms. 535
Forty-third street. Phone f. l. S1S4.
FOR RENT-Large moG> furnished
room, 636 Eighteenth street.
FOR RENT-Two light housekeeping
rooms; bath, light, phone, 1912 Fifth
avenue.
FOR RENT-Modern furnished rooms.
222 Thirteenth street, phone r. l.
1888.
FOR RENT-One nice furnished room
downstairs at 500 Twenty-second
street
FOR RENT-One modern furnished
front room. 1927 Sixth avenue.
Phone 975-Y.
FOR RENT-Modern furnished light
housekeeping rooms 905 Nineteenth
street.
FOR RENT-Modern furnished room;
private family. 514 Sixteenth street,
phone $40
FOR RENT-Modern furnished light
housekeeping rooms; 229 Sixteenth
street; very central.
FOR RENT-Modern furnished rooms
for light housekeeping. SGT Tween
tieth street.
FOR RENT-Furnishe room on first
floor. Suitable for two. Board if de-
sired. 504 Second street.
FOR RENT-Two strictly modern fur
nished light housekeeping rooms,
1905 Third avenue; phone 1875.
FOR RENT-Two neatly furnished
light housekeeping rooms; rent rea-
sonable. $40 Twenty-sixth street
FOR RENT-Modern furnished light
housekeeping rooms. 1929 Four
teenth-and-a-half street, phone 1856.
FOR RENT-Three modern, furnished,
newly papered housekeeping rooms;
electric light, private bath. 1410
Fourth avenue.
FOR RENT-Modern two or three
room furnished apartment; gas free;
telephone service. 709 Twenty-sec-
ond street.
FOR RENT Two modern furnished
light housekeeping rooms; private
family; near car; 1105 Fourteenth
and-a-half street.
FOR RENT-Two modern light house
keeping rooms; front sleeping room,
suitable for two. III Seventeenth
street, phone 1895.
FOR RENT-Five rooms, upstairs,
rents $40; 15071a Fifth-aud -a-half
avenue; inquire 1929 Fourteenth
street
FOR RENT Modern furnished room,
to lady; block from Y. NJ. c. A,
Payne fats. No. s. Sixth avenue and
Twentieth street
FOR RENT-Strictly modern tur-
nished room; two gentlemen pre-
ferred. 70S Seventeenth street,
phone 1928.
FOR RENT-Three nicely furnished
rooms, nearly modern, use of kitch-
en-; married couple; references;
2l10 Fifth avenue.
FOR RENT Modern furnished light
housekeeping rooms, four blocks
from business center. Telephone 643
Seventeenth street.
FOR RENT-Large modern room for
light housekeeping; privilege OF
phone; laundry. IL Seventeenth
street, phone 629-K.
FOR RENT Modern furnished light
housekeeping rooms; also front
sleeping rooms; walking distance
10 Seventeenth street
FOR RENT-Two modern furnished
! front rooms for ladies'; very central
( location. Payne fats No. 2. Phone
1901. References exchanged
FOR RENT Reasonable, a very well
furnished front room, lavatory in
room, instantaneous heater for bath
| and every other modern convenience
/ at 933 Seventeenth street.
Motorcycles and Bicycles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-08

FOR SALE-Zip cyclecar; roadster
type, four cylinder, extra wheels, in
ner tubes, tools, etc. Phone R. l.
4542-Y or call 1040 Fourteenth
Strept
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-08
Wauted-Male Help.

WANTED-Boy is years old or over.
Apply Nosenfelder & Sons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-08

FOR RENT-Modern furnished light
housekeeping rooms. 9O5 Nineteenth
street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-08

FOR RENT-Eight-room house; water
and gas. Inquire 537 Nineteenth
street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-08

WANTED-Two live statesmen; big
money for the right men. EdWall,
Rock Island hotel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-08

WANTED Housecleaning and wash
ing; send phone number; Ills l-3
SiSth avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-08

FOR RENT-Modern furnished light
housekeeping rooms. 1929 Four
teenth-and -a-half street, phcne 1856.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-08

WANTED-Helpers in shipping room.
Apply Smith System Heating COM
pany 1910 First avenue. Rock Island.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-29
ABRUPT DlScONTINUANcE
 OF RAILROAD CONFERENCE
When It Became Apparent an Agree
 rent Could Not be Reached.

New York, Dec. 2S.-Conferences be- tween representatives of the railroads and the four brotherhoods of railway employees at which the possibilities of a settlement of the eight hour con- troversy were discussed were discon tinued abruptly today when it be- came apparent an agreement could not be reached.
 Beth sides announced that there would be no more meetings until af- ter the United States supreme court hands down it's decision on the con- stitutionality of the Adamson act.
 The break came, it was learned, when the railroad representatives re- fused to concede the demands of the brotherhood chiefs for an agreement looking towards the enforcement of the new wage schedule. fixed by the Adamson law, which goes into effect January 1.
 The brotherhood chiefs held, it was said, that their men had the right to begin drawing the scale of wages provided for by the Adamson law i'm mediately after the law became eff fective, irrespective of the suits brought by the railroads to test its validity,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-29
STR. MARYLAND REGARDED
 AS PROBABLY LOST.
Coast Guard Cutters Have Not Been
 Able to Find Any Trace of Her.

Nantucket, Mass, Dec. 2s-The steamship Maryland was regarded as probably lost today. Search for the vessel and crew by the coast guard cutters Acushnet and Gresham, which was begun after the Maryland's wire less calls of distress were silenced by waters that flooded her engine room on Christmas night, was abandoned without having developed any trace of either. F1otsam found by the cutters could not be identified as being from the Maryland. Hope for the safety of the steamers thirty odd men lies in the possibility that they were pick ed up from the ships boats by a pass ing steamer.
 The cutters had circled for more than thirty hours in the waters south east of this island, in the vicinity of the position given by the Maryland's wireless operator when he sent out his call for help.
 The steamship, recently converted from a Great Lakes cargo carrier to an oceangoing craft by her owners, the Crew Levick company of Philadel- phia, had been given a top rating of seaWorthiness and it was believed she must have received a very severe buf- feting in the northwest storm of Mon- day night to go down so quickly.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-29

ment< further are represented as being as follows:
 If the entente considers the guaran- tees for the future are the principal clements to be achieved, and, lacking confidence in the German government, insists upon knowing something of the guarantees that Germany is willing to give, the Berlin government might make some declaration regarding the principles to which she is willing to subscribe, leaving details for settle ment at the proposed conference. The German government considers that there is little to be gained by going into any lengthy discussion of guaran- tees for the future with the present war in progress. In this connection, Germany, it is asserted, never has in tended that the conference suggested should result immediately in the es- tablishment of peace; it is considered that it necessarily would be of pre- liminary nature to determine whether it might not be possible to end the war.
 The German Plan.
 According to the German diplomats, the plan Germany is proceeding upon would provide that the delegates should first agree upon territorial and Immediately connected terms and that preliminary tentative treaty then should be settled upon. This com pleted, the German idea is to have all the neutrals called in to participate in consideration of the questions of guarantees for the future. They re- gard it as a matter for the conference to settle whether the neutral nations should become signatory to the entire peace treaty or only to that part hav- ing to do with guarantees for the maintenance of peace in the future such as freedom of the seas, limitation of armaments, formation of a world league to enforce peace and establish ment of an international court of arbi- tration.
 Diplomats familiar with the view point of Germany and her allies were especially emphatic tonight in saying that Germany necessarily would be able to make much better terms ir confidential negotiations than in pub lie.
 The radical element in German poll (Continued on Page Three)
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-29
.Carranza Wants
 Protocol Modified
MESSAGE DELIVERED TO sEcRE.
 TARY LANSING YESTERDAY
NOT YET MADE PUBLIC
Nothing in the Reply That Could be Construed as a Flat Repudiation- American Answer Will be Given ths Mexican Delegates Some Time Next Week.

Washington, Dec. 2S.-An appeal for modification of the protocol provid- ing for the withdrawal of American troops from Mexico is made by Gen. eral Carranza in @ message delivered to Secretary Lane today by Luis Ca brera, chairman of the Mexican mem bers of the joint commission. The Mexican first chief replied to the in sistent American demand that the protocol signed by his spokesmen at Atlantic City be ratified. with an eight hundred word document in which .he failed to accede to the demand, but refrained from writing anything that could be construed as g. fiat repudia- ton.
 Suggestions to be Considered.
 The latest suggestions for changes in the agreement now will be consid- cred by the three American represen- tatives-Secretary Lane, J. R. Mott and Judge George Gray. Secretary Lane advised his colleagues late to- day of the character of the reply and asked them to meet him here as soon as they conveniently could. Answer to be Given Next Week Early next week a joint session of the Mexican American commission will be held at which the Americans will give the Mexicans their answer
 and on it's nature depends the future course of the commissioners, who are directed more than four months ago to effect if possible the adjustment of questions at issue between the two countries.
 Character of Note Not Revealed. Neither MT. Cabrera nor Secretary Lane would discuss the nature of ! for New York soon after it's delivery | and Secretary Lane declined to reveal 1 it's character until it had been sub /
 mitted to his colleagues. The same 1 reticence was displayed at the Mex l ican embassy.
 No InsuperabIe Barrier | It was learned that the Mexican 1 insuperaDle barrier had been raised 1 by CaFranza. ft-was asserted that the | utmost care had been exercised tC 1 keep out of the reply any expressions 1 or sentiments that might make the | situation more complex or that would ! in any way offend the representatives of the American government Wants Troops Withdrawn Uncondi- tionally.
 The chief insistence of Carranza l has been that the American troops
 should be withdrawn unconditional,' | which the American commissioners 1 would not consider. It was indicated l tonight that Carranza's insistence on l that point was less pronounced now | and that the change in his attitude had been wrought largely by the all tered military situation III northern l Mexico.
 Reactionaries Real Menace.
 An interesting development in the Mexican situation generally was pre- scented today in reports to the state and war departments on the changing conditions in Mexico. When the com missioners adjourned at Atlantic City
 there were few administration off cials who believed that Carranza's power was seriously menaced. Since
 then official reports have shown a
 strength In the different reactionary groups that now is recognized as dan
 gerous.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-29
LONDON TIMES CALLS
 FOR GREATER EFFORT
Military Expert Says They Must Have
 More Equipment and Men.

London, Dec. 29. $40 a. m-The Times military correspondent today calls for greater British effort in the war. He contends that although the are less numerous than could be wished for. Russia, he adds, will bring new armies into the field in 1917, but their usefulness depends on their be- ing provided with heavy guns, air planes and mechanical transports, while Russia's poor railway stystems and other causes point to the neces- sity of not exaggeraung what Russia can do. Italy. says the correspond ent cannot easily increase her forces appreciably. After admitting that Great Britain has done a bfg share in the work at sea and financed and equipped the entente allies, the cor respondent continues: There a num- Der of changes to be effected be- fore we can say we are winning the war. Germany met US in the autumn with 27 new divisions and thereby se- cured strategic reserve which en- abled her to conduct the campaign in Rumania without disaster in the west. We must not only counter disposi- tions of this character in time, but must be beforehand in the future. The reserves of manhood in the British Isles and dominions are ample for 80 divisions, to expand intuition works and to meet all legitimate demands o1
 the navy, the home defense and air
 services. Nearly 4,000,000 men of mill tary age are still in civil life.
 The limit for age liability is stil four years below the German stand ard and no answer has yet been made to the German auxiliary service act
 What is needed is vigor in the government and single minded deter imitation to win the war. We have a larger reserve of manhood than Ger many and the annual contingents oi youths in France and England to- l gether are greater than the annua contingents in Germany. * It is no longer possible to think of win ming the war by half measures. The new premier should state to the coun- try the measures necessary for vic tory and stand or fall by them witt ! the courage we know him to possess.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-29
TO STOP SNiPING
 AT AMERICAN OUTPOSTS
Carranza Authorities in Juaraez SeacF
 Huts For Firearms.

Fl Paso. Texas, Dec. 2S.-In an ef- fort to stop further sniping at the American outposts here, the Carranza authorities in Juarez arrested a Mex ican civilian and searched huts for firearms on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande near the scene of the trouble, it was announced in Juarez tonight.
 Mexican Consul Soriano Bravo said tonight that General Jose Murguia commander at JuareZ, attrabuted last nights outbreak to some loose horses wandering in the bed of the Rio Grande. The American guardsmen, General Murguia said, according to Consul Bravo, evidently mistook the horses for hostile Mexicans and open ed fire. A few shots were probably sent from the Mexican side in answer but only after the Americans had fired first. in Murguia's opinion.
 Consul Bravo said he heard on good authority that American regular army officers on the scene confirmed the Mexican contention that the guards men fired first.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-29
DETAILS OF SINKING OF
 STEAMER WESTMINSTER. British Admiralty Cites 1t as Ruth less Disregard of International Laws.

London, Dec. 2S, S.15 p. m.-The ad- miralty has given to The Associated Press the following statement con- corning the sinking of the British steamer Westminster, which was re- ported lost on Dec. IS:
 "The degree of savagery the Ger mans have attained in their submarine policy appears to have reached eli max in the sinking of the Westminster, which was proceeding from Tore An nunziata to Port Said in ballast. On Dec 14, when 1S0 miles from the near est land, the Westminster was attack ed by a German submarine without warning and was struck by two torpe- does in quick succession which killed four men, The Westminster sank in four minutes.
 This ruthless disregard for the rules of international law was followed by a deliberate attempt to murder the survivors. The officers and crew while effecting their escape in boats were shel1ed by the submarine at range of 5000 yards. The master and chief engineer were killed outright. Their boat was sunk. The second and third engineers were not picked up; it is presumed they were drowned.
 "The captain of the submarine must have satisfied himself of the effective ness of his two torpedoas, yet he pro- ceeded to carry out in cold blood an act of murder which could not possi- bly, be justified by any urgency of war and can only be regarded in the eyes of the world as a further proof of the degradation of German honor and morale'
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-29

Washington, Dec. 2s.-A policy of absolute silence regarding the peace negotiations has been adopted by President Wilson and Secretary Lam sing. It was stated officially today that all steps henceforth will be re- garded as confidential, that no com ment will be made on any develop nient and that rumors will not be dis cussed.
 q, Confidential Exchange of Terms.
 The decision to pursue this course was made known after the state de- partment had received the official texts of the German and Austrian re- plies to President Wilson's identical notes to the belligerentS proposing a discussion of peace terms, and after it was learned that the Teutonic powers would be willing to permit a conf dential exchange of tentative terms if h became necessary to do so to bridge the gap threatening to prevent a gath ering of peace delegates.
 Secret Exchanges.
 Tn many quarters the official atti- tude was construed as indicating that secret exchanges were expected to fol- low, if they did not precede, the for nal answers of the entente nations to the notes of President Wilson and the central powers. Because of the highly confidential nature of any such nego- IsdllOHS, IL ID pOlllleO OuI, tile l1Lcl mediary would be obliged to refrain from admitting even that they were in progress.
 So far as the entente governments are concerned, it is understood that little if any confidential information has reached here to shed more light on their attitude than has been given publicly in the speeches of their pre- miers and the comment Of their press. Consequently there is no disposition here to doubt that the allies unani- rnously will refuse to enter any sort Of peace conference until Germany has indicated clearly on what conditions she will, stop fighting.
 On the Teutonic side, while the reply to President Wilson is regarded by the German embassy is complying with President Wilson's suggestion in of fering a method of procedure, Ger many is said to be willing to consider other suggestions regarding methods from any other quarter, including her enemies.
 The views of the German govern
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-29
INTERNAL CONDITIONS IN
 USTRIA-HUNGARY SERIOUS
Swiss Reports Willingness to Nego- tiate With Great Britain For Peace.


 London, Dec. 29, 2.30 a. m.-Recent reports received from Switzerland haze represented the internal conditions in Austria Hungary as so serious that those governments are prepared to ne- gotiate direct with Great Britain and France preferring a humiliating peace to what has been termed inevitable bankduptcy and ruin.
 The Moicing Posts Budapest cor respondent writing December g rec ords opinions to the foregoing effect as being prevalent in some quarters in Austria Hungary, but in nowise con- firms the view that they are favored by the Austrian and Hungarian gov ernments. On the contrary, the cor respondent contends that however much a separate peace may be desired it is almost unthinkable, and contain ly for the present impossible. He concurs with the Swiss reports as far as saying that the young emperor is eager to work for peace.
 "It is generally recognized" says the correspondent, that the emperor. after he has been crowned king of Hungary and taken the oath to the constitution in the Austrian parliament will try to re-establish peace. There is little doubt that he will use his in- fuence on Germany in as friendly a way as is possible and if this influence should fail will use other kinds of pressure on Germany which Germany will be unable to endure for long"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-29
Pressure Against
 RussO-RumanianS
IS BEING CONTINUED BY TEU-
 TONIC FORCES, BERLIN SAYS
PETROGRAD DENIES IT
British Armed Motor Cars Are Now Being Used in Rumania-A German Attack in the Verdun Sector Around Le Mort Homme Was Re- pulsed.

The latest official communication from Berlin records fresh advances for the Teutonic allies against the Rus sians and Rumanians in Wallachia. The invaders are now well beyond Rimnik- Sarat, advancing along the railroad toward Fokshani. Three thou sand more prisoners and twenty-tWo machine guns have been captured by the invaders, bringing the number of men taken in the Rimnik- -Sarat man. oeuver up to 10,220.
 Teutons Keeping Up Their Pressure.
 Although the Berlin war office re- ports that the Teutonic allies in Do- brudja are keeping up their pressure against the Russians and Rumanfans. and have forced the Russians from fortified heights positions east of
 Matchin, on the east bank of the Dan-
 ube opposite Braila, Petrograd an-
 nounces that the invaders south of the
 Danube have been repulsed with heavy
 losses, except at the village of Rakel,
 which has been occupied by them.
 British armed motor cars, says Petro-
 grad, did great execution in this fight
 ing.
 Fighting in Verdun Sector.
 Considerable fighting has again
 taken place on the Verdun sector around Le Mort Homme and on the
 eastern slopes of Hill 3o4, where the
 Germans made an attack. but were re-
 pulsed, and where later the French began a bombardment of the German positions. Elsewhere along the French front there have been reciprocal bonn bardments and attacks by small patrol parties, interspersed with fights in the air and aerial raids by French, British and German aviators. In the encoun- ters in the air each side is reported to have lost machines.
 Artillery Duels Renewed. | In the Austro- Italian theatre the weather has cleared and the artillery
 duels have been renewed with vigor especially on the Carso front. Tn Macedonia, except for British attacks against the Bulgarians northeast o1 Lake Dorain which Berlin reports were unsuccessful, comparative quiet | still prevails. is
 South of Brody, in Galicia, the Ger mans have brought their howitzers 1 into play against Russian positions and at various points have damaged l their trenches.
 l Unofficial advices received in Londor l from Salonili say the Greeks wht l surrendered to the Bulgarians al l Kavala and were interned in Germany l have been ordered by King Constan- l tine to proceed to the Macedonian 1 front to fight against the entente al. | lies. Simultaneously from Athen: comes an unofficial despatch announc- 1 ing that Greece is drafting another l note to the entente declaring that un. less there is a change in the entente blockade Greece may be forced to seef | the advice of the nation concerning the 1 course to be followed
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-29
INFLUENCE OF WAR
 ON POLITICAL ECONOMY
Subject Dwe!t on by New Hungarian
 Finance Minister.

London, Dec. 2S, D. m.-A despatch to Reuters Telegram company from Amsterdam quotes the following re- ceived there from Vienna:
 Addressing the officials of his de- partment on the subject of the influ- ence of the war on political economy and the regulation of economic affairs with Hungary, Alexander Spitzmueller, the new finance minister, emphasized the urgent need of economy and the promotion of export trade.
 Perhaps the most important con- crete fact, said Herr Spitzmueller, had been the extraordinary increase in the state debt, which made the restoration fthe monetary standard one of the most important problems. A systemat- is policy of production would be the chief means for placing the country S political and economical position and it's monetary standard on a sound basis again. Herr Spitzmueller further em- phasized the necessity that the inter est on the war loans be completely coveed by fresh sources of revenue and that taxation policy should pro- vide for just and systematic dis tribution of the immense cost of the war"