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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-07
TAMMANY
SWEEPS NY.
ELECTIONS
Suffrage Wins Empire
State; Vets Lead
In Ohio

COLUMBUS. O.. Nov. -
With s94 precincts yet TO be
heard from unofficial returns
give the drys majority Of
l262. Included m the precincts
yet 10 report are Vet precincts
IN Lucas and Montgomery ooun-
ties
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-02
Al snencer snrara.

Tonights attraction at the Spencer
Square theatre is 1Iargery Wilson in
Mountain Dew" It is referred 70 in
the most critical Of motion picture
pa ers as q pleasing story very inter
estfngly told. with an exceptionally
good cast. It is q Triangle production.
and while the theme has to do with
mooushining. it touches upon this
topic only in an incidental and lndi-
rect way. The emphasis it appears has
been placed more strongly upon the
romantic element and genuine heart
interest than it has upon the Illicit
sitting Of spirits, which is but a cog
in this Quick-moying and decidedly
worth while story Wednesdays at
traction is William Desmond i'm Fly
ing CoIors" Mr. DesmOnG>s style IS
suited spIendIdIy in this drama of &C
tion and he has d story that will fur
Their strengthen his position among
motion picture followers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-02

ments. central division. American Red
Cross, eonlpIimenting them on the
large shipment of wearing apparel re-
eaiYed and its cooperation aud effort
to maintain the standard Of the Amer
lean Red Cross.
The shipment consisted OF the fol-
lowing: "A bath robes. IS tray covers
4S shoulder wraps. As suits paiamas
los r. bandages, 2 head handages. 36
abdominal bandages, I'll triangular
sings.
The headquarters received check
for $50 from the Edgewood Ladies'
ciated
The Illinois million member cam
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-02
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
INTENTION.

Regular meeting tonight InstaIla-
ton announcement Of policy by new
officers, Something TO eat Please at
terra N. r. SEXTON.
Grand Knights
BERT C0RkEN.
Secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-02
NOTI0N 20 nIsNISS.

Washington. Oct 2.-On motion OF
the government the supreme court to-
day dismissed proceedings brought
against the Great Lakes Towing com
nany. the alleged towing trust under
the sherman antitrust law
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-02

Dancing. Coliseum, tonight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-02

building has been remodeIed and pa
irons viii be agreeably surprised With
the changes that have been made. The
floor space has been greatly increased
and the skating surface is IN excel
lent condition Beginners will be Civ
en- the same careful attention as last
wear and perfect order viii be main
tanned at ali times
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-02
Il the Majestic.

Riley Hatch, as the detective" and
stool-pigeou for the political boss in
Pauline Frsderick'E newest Paramount
picture. Double Crossed" has made
an even greater success than he did
in The Law of the Land. Nine Pc
trova's recent Paramount picture,
which scored such q success Nr.
Hatch was the originator Of the IA
nous role Of the sea captain in Paid
in FUN which had an exceptionally
long run ou Broadway not long ago.
He has since then created. many orig
InaI types in motion pictures. most of
them being, like his role in Double
Crossed" what is known in the the
atrlcsI world as heavy" parts. Pau
line Frederick in Double Crossed
viii appear again at the Majestic
tonight
All the news all the ttme-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-02
Machine Wrecked,
PB0pEHrY OWNERS y0TICE.

sen. 80. 4-8-
Notice 5a hereby given to all per-
sons interested. that The board Of local
improvements of the city Of Rock Is
Eazd. I.E. has filed iu the county court
81 Rock island county. 3 certificate of
cost Of the Improvement entitled in
5aia court In ne petition of tha city of
Rock Island ILL.,. to assess the cost of
paving of Fifth avenue with brick from
Thirteenth to Seventeenth streets, and
said certificate also shows the court
costs the amount Of accrued interest
and tae total amount OF said assess
meut and said certificate also states
that the said Improvement conforms
autisllv to the requirements Of
the original ordinance for the con
stractlon of the same as required by
law and that final hearing on said Ger
E.dUaEa viii be had on the 18TH day of
October. r. D. 1917. at 9 O'Clock A. m.
or as soon thereafter as the business
oE she court will permit. All persons
desiring may file objections in said
court before said day, and may appear
III the hearing and make their defense.
Dated this 9th day Of September
al ID. 1917
WILLIAM 1IcCON0CHTE.
President.
Isl JEHL. Secretary,
WALLACE TREICELEB,
Engineer.
Board of local improvement Of the
dry Or Rock Island. H.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-02
"WEDNESDAY

Spencer Square-Wuliam Desmond
in Flying CoIorsF comedy, His In
conscious Conscience
Maiestic-June Caprice in Every
Girls Dream" war news pictures
Fifth Avenue-Juue EIvidge and
CARLYLE Blackwell in The Page Nys-
terry; keystone comedy. "Dodging
His Doom"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-02

paign will close tonight, Although the
state was 100000 members from the
goal two weeks ago 1t has the largest
membership in siagle state In chs
country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-02
On
EXCELLENT WORK
Red Cross Headquarters Receive
Praise for Shipment of Wear
ing Apparel.

The American Red Cross headauar-
teFs of Rock Island received word to-
day from Mrs Philip Schuyler Doane.
chairman of the committee Of gar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-02
EMPIRE SKATING
RINCk WILL OPEN
Fourth Avenue Palace Has Been Re-
modelled aud Floor + Placed
in Good Condition.

The Empire skating palace viii be
row. During the summer the entire
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-02
In the Movies.

Spencer SQuare-Myrtle Wilson Ia
Mountain Dew" comedy. Baby
Doll"
Majestic 49, Pauline Frederick in
Double Crossed also comedy.
Fifth Avenue Bryant Washburn IN
The Man Who was afraid"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-02

Vaudeville-Two shows daily at 2 As
and SIS Three shows Saturday and
Sunday at 3 90. 30 and o. 90 2. N.
Change Of bin Sunday and Thursday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-02

VaudeviIle-Two SHOWS daily at 2.45
and s.15. Three shows Saturday and
Sunday at 3.00; 1870 ana GOO p. N.
Change of bill Sunday and Thursday.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28
MILITARY FUNERAL
Honors Paid Red Cross Nurse Killed
During Target Practice.
tBy Associated Press.l

Chicago, May %. - Miss Helen
Brunette Wood, the nurse who was
killed during target practice on the
United States steamship Mongolia
while she and other members of base
hospital unit No. IL were on their
way to Europe, was buried in Rose Hill
cemetery yesterday with military
honors.
The casket was draped with an AM
erican flag and the cortege Of nearly
fifty automobiles moved from the resi-
dence of relatives in Evanston where
the body had been lying in state to the
First Presbyterian church where
speaking and the singing of patriotic
airs followed the services.
The funeral procession was a mile
in length, headed by the military band
Of the Great Lakes training station and
an honorary escort of fifty jackies
form the same station, fifty Red Cross
nurses and fifty young women from
Northwestern university in gowns and
caps. Fifty nurses from the Evanston
hospital in which the dead nurse was
a staff member at one time and TWEEN
ty-five uniformed representatives Of
the Grand Army of the Republic pre-
ceded the automobiles
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28
RED LAKE RIVER FLOOD
WORKERS GET SURVEY
stevenson Assured That
War Department Will Un0ertake
Preliminary Work.

washington. ID. C.. May 2S.-The
secretary of war has advised Con-.
FRESHMAN STEVENSON that the board OF
engineers for rivers and harbors had
decided his appeal in the mater o.
river in his favor. The board founo
that the interests of navigation were
sufficient to warrant the cost OF the
survey and the preparation or plans
be made. and it has been ordered and
the work is now in progress. The pro-
posed work depends upon the cooper
alton of local interests ana the detalls
~ this co-operation are TO be worked
out in connection with the preparation
Of the plans Parties interested should
consult the district engineer at St Paul
for further details. The success OF
This Important drainage plan now de-
pends upon the success of the arrange
ments for the cooperation OF all local
interests
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28
AVIATION MUST Be |
= ..
GREATLY EXTENDED.
Aero Club Says America Has Better
Start Than France or England s
Had.

New York, May 2S.-"The aviation
training facilities and the sources of
supplies for aircraft must be greatly
extended" statement by the Aero
club reads. England and France had
to come up from a production OF a
few airplanes a month to the present
production of about 1000 a month and
have had to do that with limited re-
sources and materials. The United
States today has a better start than
either France or England had at the
beginning of the war and 1t has tTo-
mendous resources in workmen and
materials"
The statement says that "for OBJ
vious reasons the details of the plans
for expansion cannot be made public"
but the American public is assured
that proper attention is being given
to meeting this need for large numbers
of airplanes and aViators."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28
RAILROAD HEADS
CROSS-EXAMINED
Attorneys For Shippers
Seek to Draw Damaging
Admission From Them
lBy Assoclated Press.l

Washington, May 2S-Council for
shippers In cross-examining western {
railroad officials yesterday at the
interstate commerce commissions d
hearings on the carriers petition for g. /
Is per cent increase in freight ratesoi
sought to, draw admissions that many
OF the roads could meet existing
conditions without additional revenue
from freight tariffs. They also under-i
took to show that economies could be
effected in railroad operations to ir-
crease revenues. So
B. L. Winchell, director Of traffic Of
the Union Pacific, said his company
paid an extra dividend of 2 per cent
year. The examining attorney asked .
whether 1t was a fact so much money !
had been made by the Union Pacific
that the company had hard time diss
posing OF its earnings and had nothing
else to do with its cash but spend its
on luxurious offices in New York. 6s
Il have never been with line where
dollar was more carefully conserved.
Mr.. Winchell replied. 49,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28
HEAVY TOLL
OF LIFE TAKEN
BY TORNADOES
Nearly 200 Reported Killed
and More Than ], 100
Injured
PROPERTY DAMAGE
WILL BE HEAVY
Cities of . Nation and
Charleston Are Worst
Suffers

Chicago, May 2S.-More than $50
persons were killed, thousand or
more injured, and millions of dollars
worth Of property destroyed by lorna
does which swept through Kansas on
Friday, Illinois and Indiana on Satur-
day and parts of Tennessee, Arkansas,
Kentucky and southern Illinois Sun
day.. Reports indicate that a large
number of farm implements, needed to
produce the bumper crop desired this
year, were ruined. Crop damage is
said to be not heavy in grains.
The heaviest toll of life was taken
at NATION, Ill, city of 10000 popula-
ton in the broom corn country of
central Illinois, where 81 are known to
be dead and 500 injured, with a prop
erty loss OF $4,000, 900. =.
Charleston, ILL.,, ten miles east of
Nation was also partly wrecked
Saturday evening with a loss of 3S
lives and $50 injured. The property
loss there is $1,O0O,OO0.
The next most serious loss was at
Andale, Kansas, where 26 were killed
and score injured on Friday, Dublin,
KY, suffered three dead and II in
jured Sunday
South Dyersburg, Tenn, was re-
ported to have lost two killed and Is
injured in tornado that swept Dyer
county Near Blytheville. Ark, nine
persons were reported killed and a
dozen hurt.
Reports from Indiana show at least
seven persons killed at Hebron, Kouts
and other places and the death list
may reach 90. More than 200 were in
Jured in the Indiana territory swept
by the storm.
Smaller towns in Illinois lost a dozen
dead on Saturday with two score in
tured, while in the southern point of
Illinois, windstorms Sunday killed a
half dozen and injured a score.
Summary Of tornado dead and in
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28
BOTH STEEL and
WOODEN SHIPS
Gen. Goethals and Shipping
Boards Will Com
promise
tBy Associated Press. }

Washington, May 2S.-The speech OF
Major General George w. Goethals in
New York characterized the shipping
boards wooden ship building program
as hopeless, aroused a great deal of
discussion in government circles in
view of recent rumors of differences
between General Goethals and the
board.
Members of the board declined to
comment.
In the house Representative Harri-
son, discussing the shipping amend
n1ent to the urgent deficiency bill,
said Chairman Denman OF the board,
had told him that both steel and
wooden ships would be built and
Chairman Fitzgerald of the appropri-
atoms committee said he understood
$50 to 200 wooden ships would be
built to supplement steel construction.
While eGn. Cocktails speech would
indicate that he puts little faith in
wooden ships, ii is known that mem
bers of the shipping board still are Of
the opinion that wooden vessels, be-
cause of their cheap and rapid con-
struction, can be made to augment
greatly the American merchant fleet.
Contracts for twenty-six wooden ships
of standardized construction were let
by the emergency fleet corporation and
wooden vessels will be purchased and
offered to the board.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28

A French lady of consequence, who
had lawsuit, came to solicit the ia
vor of the president of the court in
which the case was to be adjudicated
The magistrate. not receiving her in
the way she expected, she was some
what chagrined, and on passing into
the antechamber said loud enough to
be heard: plague take that old ape
The next day, the lady gaining her
cause, she ran directly to thank the
president, who merely replied:
Know madame, another time, that
an old ape always is ready to please
a young one."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28
WILL TORPEDO all
HOSPITAL SHIPS
Germans Reiterate Intention of Sink
in all Vessels in Entire Barred
Zone.
(By Associated Press

London, May 2S.-The intention of
the German government to sink all
entente hospital ships in the entire
barred zone with the exception of
certain ships from Saloniki and Glib
raltar is semi officially announced in
Berlin, according to Reuter- dispatch
from Amsterdam. The German an
nouncement was made in reference to
British denials of the German allega-
tions that the British misused hospital
ships. 1t cited several instances which
it was asserted proved the correctness
of the German accusation.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28
OPPOSE INCREASE
Food Producers and Jobbers Object to
Higher Rates.
fBv Associated Press.)

washington. May 2S.--Food produc-
ers and other shippers opposed the
request Of the railroads for a general
fifteen per cent increase in freight
rates began Saturday by presentation
Of their side of the case to the inter-
state commerce commission. Several
trade bodies also submitted evidence
on the side of the roads
Representatives of western food
producers and jobbers, fruit jar and
bottle interests, natural ice manufac-
turers Of New Jersey and Colorado
Grange. appeared.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28
Want GOVERNMENT TO
CONTROL COAL PRICES
Illinois Council Of Defense Would
Have Action TO Stop Activity
of Spectators.
(By Associated Press. )

Chicago. May 2S.-Control by the
government of the production and
prices of coal from Illinois mines, UNI
less spectators cease operations, was
urged in report of the food, fuel and
conservation committee of the Illinois
state council of defense today. The
committee found that Illinois mines
had supplied 100000 tons of coal in
the great lakes region as well as to
gulf and Atlantic ports, where little
or none of the states coal has ever
gone before.
Sample corsets at one-half price
Agnes II. Purfield--Corset maker, 10
Huntington Blk. Phone 2437-J.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28
APPROPRIATION CUT
Food Survey and Stimulation Bill
Carries $4,000, 900 Fund.
IRx Associated Press

Washington, May 2S.-Reduction by
more than 100000 in appropriations
carried by the Administrations food
survey and stimulation bill was agreed
to by the house Saturday, and con-
sideration virtually was completed IN
committee of the whole. Final passage
of the measure carrying a total OF
$14,77O. 500 is expected today. The SEN
ate debated a similar bill throughout
the day without making material
progress and the time Of passage there
still is in doubt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28
NEVER saw MORE LAND
IN CROP. CALDERWOOD
Secretary of Railroad Commission Says
Tractors Are Busy Flowing No
Matter Where One Looks.

Il never saw more land in crop nor
crops looking better at this season OF
the year," stated ]. H. Calderhead Sec
rotary Of the state rail board, who is
home from a ten days jaunt which
carried him over the entire northwest
ern quarter of the state.
Nothing has suffered as yet from
lack of rain. Farmers generally hope
for rain, but rather because of possible
future necessity than present needs.
Tractors are busy blowing no matter
where you look. A big crop this year
will work wonders for North Dakota,
and it looks as though we are bound
to have a good crop"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28

Island. Recently it was reported that
German U-boats had been sighted OH
the Maine coast. According to skip
pers arriving at American ports last
week from Newfoundland, these re-
ports were inspired by the antics OF
school of whales.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28
CHICAGO LEADS
Minneapolis Drops to Second Place in
Recruiting For Week.
DIV Associated Press.

Chicago, May 2S.-Chicago took the
lead in recruiting in the middle west
during the week, ending May "a, with
total of 1873 recruits, it was an
nounced at navy. headquarters here
Saturday. Minneapolis, which had been
first was second with 161.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28

A gentleman visited the house of an
man, paid him every attention and
finally saw him into the carriage. The
gentleman, who was misery, did not
tip him. AS a delicate reminder the
butler said:
Faith, sir, if you lose your purse on
the way home remember you didn't
pull 1t out here"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28
ELIMINATE TAX
ON GROSS SALES
Other Means Will Be Found
For Raising War
Revenue
(By Associated Press.l

washington, May 28.-The entire
section of the house war tax bill levy
ing per cent taxes on the gross sales
of many industries was struck out
Saturday by the senate finance COM
mittee with an understanding that
other taxes in different form and
probably reduced amounts would be
substituted.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28

Sample corsets at one-half price,
Agnes H. Purfield-corset MAKER III
Huntington Blk. Phone 2431-J.-AdVt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28

F1avo -four, creamy white, delicious
flavor, goes further. Phone S9.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28

sThere have been frequent reports Of
German submarine activity on the
Atlantic seaboard. On April II the
American destroyer Smith was said to
have narrowly escaped a torpedo fired
~ a German submarine east of Fire
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-28
CLAIM ''U-BOATS"
! WERE JUST WHALES
serman Foreign Office Announces That
No Divers Have Crossed the
u Atlantic.
fRv Associated Press. }

@Berlin via London, May 2S.-(The
associated Press was informed yester-
NV by the German foreign office that
Id German naval forces had recently
Gen dispatched across the Atlantic.)
The Washington herald., 1917-03-13
SELECTS HARVARD MAN
To HEAD TARIFF BOARD
Nomination of Taussis May Be Sen,
to Senate Today.

President Wilson practically has COM
pleted selection Of tho Tariff Commission,
and the nominations possibly will be sent
to the Senate today.
Prof. Frank W. Taussig, Of Harvard
University. will be chairman of the COM
mission. He is an authority on economics.
Daniel C. Roper. another member ex-
pected to be nominated by the President,
with the tariff. When the present tariff
law was framed he was connected with
the House Ways and Means Committee
as an authority on statistics. Until last
fall he was First Assistant. Postmaster
General
William Kent. & Representative until
March 4. probably will be another NOM
Der. He has been extensively identified
with banking and other forms Of busi-
ness. He was elected to one Congress as
an insurgent Republican, and for two
terms as an Independent, but was not a
candidate for reelection last year.
Among the other men under considera-
tion is e. P. Costigan. of Denver. a law
yer. In 1912 and 1914 he was the Progress
sive candidate for governor of Colorado
Prof Irving Fisher. of Yale. and e. E.
Pratt, chief Of the Bureau Of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce of the Commerce De-
partment, have also been mentioned as
possible appointees.
The commission will be composed Of six
members, not more than three of whom
can belong to one party. Its duties will
be to study all phases of the tariff ques-
tion and report to Congress.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-13
Will NOT take Mines.
PROMISE OF CARRANzA
American Interests viii Receive Con.
sideration. Ambassador Is Informed.

American mining interests in Mexico
Will be given every consideration possible
under the mining laws of that republic
and the law providing connscation of un.
worked properties will not be enforced
30 long a. the mine owners meet the gov
ernment half way and comply with the
provisions that their periods Of mao
tivity can only be extended through ex-
ecutive order.
This was the purport Of Q dispatch re-
ceived at the State Department yester-
day from Ambassador Fletcher. The Am.
bassador, however. advised all mine own
crs whose properties are not at present
active that they should make immediate
application through the Mexican depart.
ment Of foemnto agriculture and public
lands) for the necessary extension Of the
time for resumption.
The Mexican Embassy yesterday re-
ceived from g. Ugarte. private secretary
to President-elect Carranza, the follow.
ing telegram regarding the alleged cap
ture of Durango by Villistas:
Referring to your cable Of yesterday,
in regard to press reports, deny occupa-
tion of Durango by Villistas. As It In not
true"