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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-27

sessment of the cost of said i'm
provement according to frontage,
said assessment being payable in
four installments. each bearing in
terest at the rate of per cent per
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-27

annum, and an assessment therefor
having been made and returned to
said court, the hearing thereon will
be had on the 7th day of December,
A. ID. 1918, at the hour OF 8 O'Clock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-27

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-27
ORION

The four Red Cross chapters of
Henry county are to be cOnsolid dated
into one chapter [Or the county A
board OF directors has been elected.
and MIS-. J. E MaEnuSon was elected
10 represent the orion auxiliary.
The county organization viii be held
at the court house in Cambridge,
sidney Conover and Miss Lueua
Hoover were married Thursday at
The home Of the brides parents in
Pittsburgh Pa. Mr. ConOVer is
chemist for The United states gov
erEment and is located at Mount Yer
non. Ill
E L streed Of Geneseo was an
Orion caller Tuesday.
Mrs Il Y ConoVer returned Mon
DAY from a visit with her son Sid
aey al Mount vernon i'll
MS Mar L Wayne WHO has been
TIE guest of her brother. 9. II Wayne.
went 10 REYNOLDS Friday. She viii
leave for Cincinnati this week, TO
spend the winter with friends.
Mrs J. A Gus-afsOn was hostess
u the Stitch and Chatter club at her
home Tuesday afternoon.
Walker Kerr has returned from
Springfield. where he went a a del
egate 10 the o O. r grand lodge.
Jacksonville, Ill. are guests at the
home OF their uncle Edgar Ray.
Mrs T. =. A0dreen entertained the
THinble club Friday afternoon at her
r s Fullerton. @. H Wayne and
Arthur Boutwell, have returned from
quincy. where they attended 4 three
days session Of the Scottish Rite
consIstOry.
Ms Pauline Galloway Of Union,
Iowa. is visiting Mr. and Mrs S. H.
Galway and other relatives.
Private Glenn Sherrard Of Camp
Grant was q guest at the William
Kerr home last week
Mrs. z H Tamme has returned
from a visit with her son Fred erick
a. Champaign. III
Edmond EorthwaIl Of Essex, Iowa
is visiting at The home OF his uncle,
Charles Northwail
Mrs. 9 H. WAYNE spent Saturday
81 the home Of her daughter, Mrs.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-27

Piles Cured in to II Days
Druggists refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails TO cure Itching,
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles. Stops Irritation Soothes
and Heals. You can get restful
sleep after the first application.
Price 60c.
BescohOl-ask Beardsley's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-27

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-27
BOND HONOR ROLL

Officials have completed the work
of making a list of those who sub
sCribed $500 or more during the
fourth Liberty loan. People and
organizations with names beginning
with the letters A TO d, inclusive,
are issued on today's honor roll as
follows:
kin-Schwenker company IS 500
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-27
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New-York tribune., 1918-12-09
Il Statement From
Mr.. Untermyer
Sunday, December 8, 1918.
Q p NJ

The Trbune Since protesting to
your Mr. MacFarlane this morning over
the telephone against the libelous
statements contained in your yester-
days issue my attention has this mo-
ment been called to a still more libel
Gus article in your to-day's leading edi
torial in which you falsely assert that
"approached the Alien Property Gus
"todian with an offer to bring in
"new buyer for the Evening Mail
"provided the facts of the German
Ownership were permanently sup
'pressed."
This statement is absolutely false,
and ! must now ask that it be re-
tracted with the same. prominence with
which it was made
The facts are as follows:
G) The new buyers on whose be
half l acted were Messrs. Stoddard
and Block who are now conducting the
paper. They were and are large
owners Of the bonds and the assumed
the control of the paper and are con-
ductng it with the express approval
Of the Alien Property Custodian.
CD The offer was in the form of
letter from me to Mr.. A. Mitchell
Palmer. I have no access to it at the
moment, but it contained no such pro-
viso as you assert. On the contrary, it
expressly assumed that the authorities
would prosecute any Of the persons
formerly connected with the pape'
against whom wrong doing might be-
charged, but contained the very proper
condition in the interest Of my clients
that any such action should be de-
ferred until after they had acquired
bo
stood that it was now in tho hands of
American citizens of unquestioned
loyalty who had the confidence Of the
Alien Property Custodian.
Ny clients were not willing to pay
to the Custodian 100000. over the
mortgages if their good will was to be
destroyed before they could safeguard
it. They wanted that opportunity and
nothing more, and I am sure that Mr.
Palmer sympathized with the justice
of that attitude.
The premature action, for which Mr..
Palmer was not responsible, injured
the innocent American bondholders i'm
paired the goodwill of the paper in
their hands and deprived the Govern
ment of that 100000. Every fact con-
nected with the transaction was fully
disclosed.
This statement Will perhaps enable
you 30 appreciate the extent of the in
justice you have seen fit to perpetrate
and it is hoped that it may induce YOU
without another days delay to make
amends for at least one of the manv
wrongs You seem intent upon per
petrating With respect to my connec-
tion with the pending investigation.
If YOU had read my statement de-
livered to you yesterday before pub
fishing your this mornings editorial I
am sure you would not have made the
other assertions contained in the
article.
Yours truly.
SAML. UNTERMYFR
New-York tribune., 1918-12-09
Cerma 1sEvasions
LIN Stsrrentlerill4s, :,
Airplanes Blocked
Foch Firm i'm Demand That
Air Craft BE Precisely Up
10 Armistice Terms; Foes
F.oss in 1918 Oyer 5000

LONDON, Dec, 8-T'he surrender O.
the 1000 German oirplanea requ rcd
under the terms Of the armistice con-
vcntion has been proceeding during the
pas' week and it is expected that the
iull comp etment Of enemy machines
vii be in the Allies hands soon.
The taking over, examining and
parking of so vast feet Of machines
necessarily has taken time, as the Ger
man armies in their retirement are
leaving the planes behind in evacuated
Certain difficulties and at
tempted evasions connected with the
precise proportion of the various types
of aircraft to be turned over and the
air worthiness of some of the machines
surrendered are now being adjusted in
response to firm representations by
Marshal Foch.
Some light is thrown upon what this
gigantic surrender of aircraft means
to the Germans by the official British
figures OF air fighting on the British
Western front from January l, 1915, to
New-York tribune., 1918-12-09
Slept in the Kings Pajanas

1t was a British naval captain Who
told me a story which has come out in
tho British press of chap-a junior
officer on an Atlantic liner in peace
times-who acted like the famous
Spartan youth with the fox All hands
were lying fiat on deck as the German
sub" began shelling the Q boat Ca
British decoy ship. A shot passed
INTO the latters hold and set her on
fire The merchant ship officer was "
ing fiat on top of the hatch, above the
fire. If he got off it would give the
z boat game away to the submarine;
so the man lay there as the smoke
came up around him, knowing full we'll
mat there was ammunition in the hold
that there would be an explosion and
that his chances of living were very
slim. The explosion came, but as luck
would have it the man on top of the
hatch was not killed, simply horribly
mutilated, especially in the face. The
day he got out Of the hospital he was
ordered to report, just as he was, at
the admiralty in London He had on
an oilskin coat and looked much the
worse for wear. It was Sunday. and
the Admiralty at once dispatched him
IN spite of his protests, to Sandrinr-
ham, where the Kings carriage met
him at the station and took him to his
majesty
New-York tribune., 1918-12-09
Congress Poll Shows
18f FOR Army Training

Results ~ poll of the men WIN wflI
sit ~ the seth Compress. conducted b
The Natora Security League IA. .
public yesterday place las Representa-
tives and 20 senator on reed a.
favor ng u reisal military traning
The league announced that the oniy
Congressman-clecy Who has dec.ar
himself against universal militarg
training is NJ. O. Mclaughlin, president
of the York Business College, York,
Neb., and quoted him as aging: Il am
opposed to fastening on this country
The same system which has wrecked
Germany. In my mind it will wreck
any nation that adopts it,"
1t emphasizes that it is conducting
the poll purely On the basis of the
principle Of universal training, and not
in advocacy of any particular plan that
he enactment should take.
Announcing that in the 65th Con
gress, before the adoption of the Sc
lective draft, AZ Senator'S and 176 Rep
resentatives definitely committed them
selves in favor of univarsal training
the league predicts the total of COM
mltments in the seth Congress will far
exceed those in the last.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-09
Taft and Manly Say Bethle-
hem's Attempt to- Slsepu'li-
ate" Wage Pact Is Unfair
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Government OnGrials Say
Breaking Contract Would
BE Unjust to Concerned

The first clash of the War Labor
Board with large employers of labor
since the cessation of hostilities was
revealed in correspondence between E.
G. Grace, president of the Bethlehem
Steel Company, and William Howard
Taft and Basil M. Manly, joint chair
men of the board, made public in New
York City yesterday.
The War Labor Board charged that
Mr.. Grace's attempt to "repudiate" the
system of collective bargaining in
stalled at Bethlehem by the board was
a question of good raith between the
company and the government. Insist
ing that its findings be carried out
"fully and promptly" the board stated:
at has been officially ruled that, so
far as this board is concerned, its au
thority and powers are to continue
until the President has formally pro
claimed the ratification Of the peace
treaties"
Objected to Examiners
In his letter to the board the head
of the steel company suggested the
WlJnQTdWdl Ol tHc UOdlu y duiiiiiio-
trative examiners, who are at the plant
carrying out the awards made last
summer, when, at the behest Of War
Department officials, the Labor Board
adjusted conditions between workmen
and employers at the plant which were
said to be interfering with munitions
production.
The steel company urged the with
drawal of these examiners in order to
permit readjustment Of working
forces "to meet the new peace-time
competitive conditions, and also to en-
able us to proceed with the installation
of the practical, comprehensive and
permanent plan of employees represen-
tation providing for collective bar
gaining) which is now in successful
optration at our other plant"
Correspondence Made Public
The collective bargaining referred to
was feature Of the boards awards,
which provided for the adjustment Of
abor troubles at the Bethlehem plant
between employers and representatives.
of the workmen, elected under the su-
pervision of the labor board.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-09
Rome Paper Wanfs Wilson's S
Sanction OF "TripFe Pact"

ROME, Dec. s. The "Giornale
iItala," commenting upon tho meeting
of the Allied Premicrs in London urges
that perfect agreement be reached be-
tween England Franco and Italy
NATURALLY rescrving that any 'efnite
solution be agreed to with the .y"lfui
American nation, worthly represented
at the peace conference by her great
President Wilson"
Continuing, the "Giornale dItalia"
adds that an Anglo Franco Italian un-
derstanding would be of the greatest
benefit not only for the three European
nations but for the world and civiliza
ton, as a union Of the three democratic
powers of Europe would form a bond
for the maintenance Of world peace,
representing first movement toward
an effective constitution of q society OF
nations. which is the luminous ideal
and aspiration of the great American
noople and their President"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-09
Enver Paclha Made
S25O,OOO,O0O i'm War
Profits and Fled
British Find Evidence of
Great Fortunes Built OH
the Poverty of the Low
err Classes in Turkey

LONDON. Dec. s (British Wireless
Service) Tho matter -of-fact way in
which the British arc taking up their
work Of setting affairs in order at Con-
stantinoplc is described by tho corro
spondcnt of "The Sunday Times" with
the British naval forces in the Oar
danelles. writing under date of No
vomber II.
AT the present moment" he says,
cone is suffering here from a feeling
Of ant-cimax. The British in their
calm, unromantc and mcthodical way
have entered the great and historical
city which has suffered in its time so
many romantic and bloody sieges and
captures, and they have settled down
to their business with an almost COM
pete lack Of trumpet blowing or mill
tary show of any kind. For people who
live in constant fear of something un-
pleasant happening say a massacre
1t is difficult TO imagine that conquer
ing military force can arrive and in
stall itself with a complete absence of
NNSSSS, NiNiSi ioii 4S'V'i " 9PSSt"SV7
lar.
"The amount of exploitation and
profiteoring that has gone on here
throughout the war is colossal and has
resulted in huge fortunes being made
at one end of the scale and the infict
ing of abjcct poverty and starvation,
particularly III some Of the outlying
districts. at the other. Enver Pacha,
who is now understood to be in the
ucasus fomenting trouble, is said to
We become lifty times millionaire in
turkish pounds. A Turkish pound is
Si.40} He has bought property extern
slvely and has placed great sums
abroad, in Switzerland and elsewhere,
but the arm of the Allies should be
long enough to see that he is made to
disgorge, although no doubt he has
cleverly covered up his tracks.
"a certain minor official now in
prison who was made Food Commits
sioner cornered everything immedi-
ately and doled out supplies at an ad-
vance of something like 900 per cent,
opening shops of his own wherever he
found it necessary or convenient. The
result of these and other Vaccinations
is that prices have bounded to fam
tastic heights, equal to anything ever
known in the old gold rush days.
"There is apparently little real short
age Of anything, and it is a common
saying that anything can be obtained in
Constantinople provided you have the
money!
New-York tribune., 1918-12-09

Alsace- Lorraine, over a corner Of Bel
gium then through Luxembourg and
well into Germany
Transport Big Problem
"A score of trains arc now moving
constantly back and forth discharging
at various railheads in Germany enough
goods daily to fill the needs of city
the size Buffalo and constantly NOV
ing city at that
Carrying supplies from railroads are
5000 motor trucks, moving directly to
the troops wherever they halt during
lhoir 'cross-country march.
The crossing of the old No Man
Lands mas been accompanied bv the
greatest difficulty to the American sup
ply line. TIE Tribune correspondent
was informed to-day that solid double
track line now reaches from Ncrdun
to Contians and from Nancy to Metz --
two bottle necks through which the
and supplied until Germany is evac-
uated
These rallied bottle necks are many
miles long. In addition to being torn
by. four years sheIling, many country
SIDES were systematically and COM
pletely destroyed by the Germans jusr
before the armistice became effective
November II.
New single-track roads were COM
pleted by our engineers before the
army crossed No Mans Land, and
Wednesday double-track system on
both sides was linked up.
Gasolene Supply Short
A good example Of the efficiency svs-
tenn at present operated by the Amer
lcan engineers was shown on Wednes-
day night, when at o'clock it was dis
covered that due to a misconception
OF orders not a quarter of the neces-
sary reserve gasolene existed in Ger
many for the 5000 motor trucks and
hundreds of army automobiles needed
for Thursdays work
Without gasolene the army would
stand still and rapidly starve, for ar
army Of occupation depends greatly or
motor transportation. Army headquar
ters at once Communicated every sparl
of electricity and set it in motion tt
find the wayward shipment of fluid.
Lieutenant Colonel James H. Per
kins, formerly of the National Cit,
Bank, of New York, discovered by tele
graph a supply of gasolene on a side
track somewhere in Lorraine. Thurs
day morning 10000 gallons were or
tap in Germany.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-09
Equal Voice in World Leasus
Is Wanted for Small Na,;o.

The League Of Small and sub;...
Nationalities met yesterday at the NJ NJ
Alpin Hotel TO voice opposition to ~ ~
league of nations which does not o,raa. sn.
equa representation to small natiorna'
1t was announced plans were forra,s
lated for q congress on Decenber !,
to consider international problems anl
demand representation at any peaeo
conference where plans for a leaen.
Of nations are to be discussed.
Among The nations to be represents
ere Corea Albania, Assyria, DenmarEI
Finland, Greece, India, Ireland, pers;s
Poland. Scotland, Ukraninia, Serb.
Sweden, Switzerland and the Transyasi
New-York tribune., 1918-12-09
Crime in England
AT Low Ebb Since
Beginning of War
Scotland Yard Officials Sav
Government Loans Have
Done Much to Check
Frauds and Speculation
NeaO York T rio IL n c
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Crime has been at the low-water
mark in England since the war began
A leading British criminologist dis
cussed the subject with officials of
Scotland Yard and found them agreed
that time never hung so heavily on
their hands. He said: can old in
spector said the detectives we're nearly
al warlng the white gloves of crime
less days and, professionally, hoping
for something to break loose, if only
to relieve the tedium. Petty frauds,
motel and warehouse robbcries have
been fairly frequent, he added. but
what he called higher grade crimes,
such as bond and banknote forgerics'
long firm frauds and large company
swlndles, have scarcely been heard Of
IN the whole course of the war.
-, cannot help thinking he said.
That the war loans, by giving people
good interest and security for their
money have done much to check the
spirit Of speculation, by which the
"city shark" lived in pre-war davs,,,
New-York tribune., 1918-12-09

he dnto Of the armistce. These fig
rres show the number of enemy ma
ohinos DESTROYED in aerial comhats by
tie British 20 have been 1860 while
eHemv machines driven down out of
control numbered f.l74.
Germany is known to have lost well
ove~ 600 airplanes destroyed and sur
rendered during the present year. On
the other hand. the resources Of the
Allies are bnin~ reinforced by 1000
Gernan machine of modern type and
n good serviceable condition.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-09
Kills Ten Persons in Cbent

uHENI, Dec s.-The Western Rail-
On fire and burned yesterday. '
The fire caused the explosion Of
bomb that had been secreted bv the
Germans, with the result that ten rer-
sons were killed and several others
New-York tribune., 1918-12-09

Knights Of Columbus. Knights of
Pythias. Salvation Army and the War
Trade Board.
There are vast stats Of coding
clerks, stenographers, translators, con
sdential secretaries cartorraphers,
raraphrasers, message transmitters and
receivers. There are special carto-
yraphers for Western Europe. South
east Africa, Africa in general and Po
land and Turkey, which go to show
the scope of American interest in the
coming discussions.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-09

O.: -
DO you h1o,v this?
Your Inheritance Taxes
may cripple your estate
NfiE executor who settles your estate
A must have cash to pay your Inherit
ance lakes promptly.
To secure sufficient ready money!
Your securities, real estate or other
property have % be sold regardless
OF market conditions, perhaps a a
2 Or you keep large of money
uninvested and idle-for long as
you Gve
Or you al carry life insurance to cover
your Such insurance be made
payable o the purpose of
Farslghted business men arrange for
the payment of their Inheritance Taxes
under plan number 3 by means of a
COLUMBIA TRUST FUND
u NiE procedure S follows: Take ont life in.
III surance sufficient o cover comfortably the taxes
your
Have the insurance payable to the Columbia
lrust Company under simple agreement
Under the agreement the Columbia Trust
Company collects the insurance, pays the Federal
and State taxes and balance if anv over
to the executors of This plan provides
ready money for avoids need for osacr;6ce
SAFES and may save considerable your heirs
4 Vice-fredent any eof our Office will
be s'ad 10 hgure out for IN dollars and oen
SOME OF TIE Of Columbia Tr,s, tond
IN FINANCIAL | IS al
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New-York tribune., 1918-12-09
Friendly Attitude Explained

The Unexpectedly friendly attitude
Of the inhabitants is partly explained
by the mayor of the village of Kash-
enbach, who sad
"From the time of the signing of
the armisticc until the entry of your
troops we didn't know what to saw or
do. Our returning troops told us your
troops were rough, and we were facing
hard times. Our own troops looted
here, forcing their way into buildings.
"Twentyfour hours after your troops
arrived we had no fear There is
great contrast between the domineer-
ing attitude of our soldiers and that
of your troops.
"Sncc your soldiers have come not
one of them has spoken a single dis
agreeable word to any one and when
we offered them wood for cooking and
heating they accepted with what
seemed like shyness. They sit in our
living rooms with US and smoke and
we try to make ourselves understood.
This is great relief, when it is con-
sidered how the Saxons treated US
when they came through"
The high value of supplies for an
army of occupation. aside from inflated
prices due to the war, is caused by our
lines of communications now extending
distance of $500 miles from the At
'antic seaboard to the Rhine. Virtually
very pound of supplies is produced in
America and carried across the Atlantic
on American ships, and thence from
the French Atlantic bases Of Bordeau.
Brest or ST. Nazaire on American n-made
railroad trains across France through
New-York tribune., 1918-12-09
q. S. Rhine Army Costs Germany
Nine Million a Day for Supplies

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