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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
At the Palace.

Acts to be seen on the new bill
opening at the Palace. Moline, Sunday
are Cal Dean and Marie Fey and 1.-The
Sorority Girls: 'The Girl in the
Moon" a beautiful spectacular fea-
ture: Dick Gardner and Anna Revere
in Bits of Vaudeville; Tabor and
Green, colored comedians, in 1.-TWO
Disciples of Nicodemus. and Wilfred
Dubois. who bills himself as "Jong-
leur Partisan" He present series
of clever juggling stunts.
! All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-26
DRAW TALES SMEN.
Four Men Summoned to Sit IN
Superior Court to Hear Cases
Beginning April ].

The following jurors were enpaneied
by jury commissioner Robert u. hemp
and Acting Jury Commissioner Johh
Nivin, Yesterday afternoon. to an IN
superior Court trials commencing Apri' :
FIRST district WilllamT Hayes, lhom-
rs J Moore. Robert II &, Srnns ana
Harry IL Hyland
Second George W Buts, lr.. James
G. Crosslev. Washington Hyde and
Simon W Mcars
Third Howard ii Carver, Matthew
- Murphy. Elmer 7. Rye and John ).
Mcmahon
Fourth James u. plcrson, Erdmnn
Hoffman, George Bader and James
Sinmnns.
Fifth William Brown. Morris \
Grubb. Thomas W Ferrce and Frank Is.
NrIntyre
Sixth William J Robinson and Ernest
Smith
Seventh Edward Fordham and Jesse
Davis
Eighth Lewis III Greenwalt and Frank
DcnnIson
Ninth Elwood Wallas'on and Howard
LYMAN
Tenth George S Bacon and Hebron
Collins
Eleventh Alfred G Stroud and Isaiah
Shaw
Twelfth George W Greincr and Ed
ward NJ Hancc
Thirteenth William II McMullin, Jr
and nilworth Nandegrft
Fourteenth tionzo Whittock and Ed
ward G. Reynolds
Fifteenth Robert Derickson and Ed
gar 7 lIeinold
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-26
AMERICANS HIT
GERMAN SEGMENTS
WITH GOOD RESULTS
In the Face OF a Shower of Mus
tard Gas Shells Which Were
Ineffective.
lombard ENEMY TUNNEL

NJ Aseueiatpd Press ~ EverF Evening
With the imorioan Army ~ Iranee.
March - Hy The Associated fress
The American ppeitlnns on central I'aff
ot tho Toui front were hofninr'led With
mustard gas shells n tho rate nf sis q
minutc last night. but ,neifecilvely The
American artillery replied with heavy
fire and demolished aegmrnis IT the ,eF-
man front lines and other points
German arplnne flew over the Aneri
can lines during the night and drupT.d =
shcl which did not expio,ie. bat dug p
deep hole AZ noon to-day fUneh ar
plane brought down a tterrnan machine
opposite the American trenches
American oheervcrE find increased ae
tlvity brhind the enemy hne Many
hprsos vchlccs and bicycles are moving
along the roads The usual patrols were
active during tho night and au American
party found \ camouiiagc eiiit ahan-
doned hv German sniper
American grnners have bnnharded
the mouth of n tunnel INSIDE the 'er,nsn
limos and an observation post rec,nily
discovered
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-26
DU POINTS TO USE
GERMAN FORMULAS
To MAKE HUN DYES
Other American Firms Have Now
Mastered This Teuton
Industry.
% OF LICENSES COME HERE

After months ot experimenting with GOO
German patents for manufacturing dye
tufts. tho proper combinations of the
patents for commercial production ui
ives has been determined. and the
Federal Trade Commission AT W aShrngton
las issued 20 licenses for use of these
aatents under the trading with the enemy
act
Twenty-two Applications OF T.. / du Font
.le Negnours & Co. and eight applications
>, the National Aniline and Chemical Go.
81 Buffalo. \ Y. have been granted
Proper formulas have been arrived At,
liter long months OF experiments In Vlr
tpally all instances TeutOulr firms have
,lven insufficient descriptions and IT was
almost Impossible 20 determine the cor
rect formulas
In some cases. where attempts were
made to combine ingredients. explosions
occurred Failures were numerous IN
ather cases the formulas worked ont salts
facturily in laboratory tests, but iaiiCh
when commercial production vas At
tempted
licenses for kmrriran usc of tho enemy
patents are for the entire life OF tho patent
instead nf only for the duration at the war
m virtually every instanc"
Concerns henciltlng hv the li"cnscS VIII
nav the alien property custodian , per
cent of their gross receipts from the sales
# the articles involved, ~ ; per cent ot
a valuation determined hv the trade com
mission
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-26
NEW DEFENCE BILL
MAY 60 To STATE
LEGISLATURE TODAY
Representative McNabb Of Con
ference Committee Favors
Jersey Law
BILL NOT YET IN SHAPE
special Dispatch 80 Every Evening
81. -.x- l I.,r-r.r- l.,r-r.r- A..

STATE ltpVEF. DOVER, March 26
Previous to The convenlng ~ tho
Legislature TODAY il was expected that
the conference committee on defence
hill would report 10 the Senate and House
tins afternoon an entirely new defence
hill, or President PrD Tenn Barnard :
substitute. or both Representative Me
Nabb contemplated submitting for cnn-
sideration the new Jersey defense hill
which provides that the chief executive
officer Of each municipality IN tho State.
including the mayor of earh city. borough
or town having mayor. the president
oi each town having town president, the
president OF each village having . village
president and the chairman of the town
ship committee Of each tOwnshlp shall
he eX-othclo members oi such council OF
defense. Fifteen members shall constitute
a quorum Such council shall elect a
president tor term of ono vear and an
executive committee of seven members
for like term
Tho executive committee Of such co,Ip-
cli shall have general control. subject 10
the direction ot the council, Of the work
of said council Such committees shall
select 2 secretary and appoint such clerks
and other assistants as shall III ats Judg-
mcnt hc necessary Such council shall
cooperate with any department Of the
national government uT with anv depart
ment OF the government oi the State or
of anv subdivision thereof for the purpose
Of assisting IN the furthcrancc Of anv war
emergency activity Such council shall
be authorized to cxpend IN furtherancc of
Its duties such portion of any sum that
may be appropriated for that purpose
as may be considered necessary
The House met at | O'Clock and i'm
mediately after prayer hy the chaplain
the committee on education reported
"on its merits" the House bill appro-
priatIng s 500 for the education of for
clgn born adults in Delaware
Despite vigorous protests bv Repre-
sentative McNahb, the House. by a vote
Of q to Is, adopted a motion to recess
until , clock this afternoon In ex-
planatIon Of the motion. It was said the
House should recess because many Rep
resentatIves are members Of the confer
cnce committee on the Defence bill, winch
committee promptly convened
The Senate met AZ II - o'clock
Senator Hoffecker introduced hill TO
amend an act which was passed at the
last session authorizing q bond issue of
s5tN. 900 for the Lincoln HIGHWAY
The proposed amendment provides an
additional section reading That none
Of the provisions Of this act shall be con-
strucd so as to prohibit the sale of any Of
SAID bonds for an amount less than it,
denomination
The Senate recessed until > O'Clock
The conference committee recessed
from lis to > O'Clock after spending the
morning IN comparing the Tunnel and
Barnard bills Discussion was heated ard
attempts to take vote on proposed re-
ports to the General Assembly were fruit
less
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-26
BELIEVED TO BE PRuSSIAN.

Washington March 70 fhe citizen
ship oi Dr Kari Muck has been 4 subject
81 discussion IN the Diplomatic Corps
here fnr eoiae time where Il is generally
understood hal while the holder of swiss
papers he il Prlsslan IN fact
AZ explained by one member 81 the
corps today. Dr Muck father, when the
son was SIX or eight years old, went to
the Canton OF lug and obtained, ny pur-
chnsc. papers emitting him TO Swiss citi-
zenship.
The Swiss naturalization laws are ad-
ministered IN many cases by the cantons.
and in some of these the regulations are
very lenient, making it possible for any
one to buy naturalization papers without
being compelled to exercise all the pre-
liminary duties Of citizens.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-26
INSURANCE CASE IN
SUPERIOR COURT
Plaintiff Says Policy Did Not
Agree With Represen-
tations Made.

The attention of Part 81 the superior
Court was occupied this morning by
he hearing Of q suit tor return of first
rayment on policy of insurance IN the
Reserve Loan Life Insurance Go. oi In
lianapolie. Ind amounting - t3i6.
brought bv Claude VI Lester.
The plaintiff claims that = policy which
was offered to him was not in accordance
with his understanding Of the policy that
nc was to receive. as II provided only Tor
i payment Of stl.700 AT thr end oi 20
wears. instead Of $4,000. as he expected
Willis for plaintiff. F.astburn for defendant.
The plaintiff was the first witness.
and identified a form ot application As
having been signed by him and delivered
hv him to Mr. Smithhurst, the agent
But he had the somewhat unusual
experience of being on the witness stand
fnr nearly two hours, and being prevented
bv the rulings of the court on objections
hv defendant s counsel, frora answering
any one Of the dozen or more questions
,Skcd him by his counsel
Non-ent was granted by Judge Rovcc
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-26
GERMAN SYMPATHIzERS
CELEBRATE IN CHICAGO
But Federal Officers soon Got
After Them and Arrested
More Than Fifty.

py associatef Press ~ Everv Evening
Ch,rapn. March 26 Celebration If the
German offensive resulted In tho arrest
here last night pf more han ffty persons
pnIiee first were attracted to one hnuSR
bv strains nf "Dic Warht Am Rhem.
and as q result of arrests made there
Federal and civic authorities combined
IN a drive throughout he German settle
Inent where tt was found that general
celebration was heing held German flags
were displayed IN many places and ia
many houses groups were found raising
heir voices ia l,erTnan songs ltpnfres
also were lit IN some parts ~ thr clty
One prisoner, when asked The cause 81
the ce,,,bration. Declared he had held
himself back As long ps possible, hut the
great German victory was ~ event hat
had fo be Celebrated
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-26
DR.. MUCK ARRESTED,
AND To Be QUESTIONED
Action Grows Out of Suspicious as
to Loyalty OF Symphony
Conductor.
ny Associated Press 10 Every rveang

ty AEsosiatFd fFt@s 70 Every tteNug
Boston. Mass. March u After u
night in the Rack Bay police station, DR.
Karl Muck conductor of the Boston
symphony Orchestra was taken to-day
before United States District Attorney
Thomas ] Boyntn and other Federal
officials TO be questioned regarding
his alleged pro-German activities
DR. Muck WAS arrested at his home
last night, by agents Of the Department
of Justice rs an enemy alien, but no state
ment was forthcoming as to the specific
grounds for this action II was reported
however, that Dr Muck $ secretary. \
few davs ago, applied at the othcc OF the
clerk OF the United States District Court
for blank applications for passports for
Dr and Mrs Muck
DR. Muck. although claiming Ia he a
Swiss citizen. was born in Bavaria IN
] $50 and. according 10 a statement made
10y Assistant United States District At
torney Judd Dewey. tins made IT pnesSibie
to bold him as an enemy under the Presl-
dents proclamation
Charges that DIR Muck tor many years
conductor ut the Imperial Opera House
II Berlin before hc came to this country
by leave Of Emperor William. had been
actively pro-German, became widespread
last November, after the orchestra. at q
concert in Providence, refused 10 play
"'rhe Star -Spauglcd Banner.
Under DIR Muck leadership the sym
phony orchestra was to have given. to
day, the first performance Of Bach's
Passion, According 10 ~. Matthew
It was said that Maior Henry l.
Higginson, patron of the Boston sym
pl1onv Orchestra. had conferred at his
home with me1ahcrs 81 the orchestra
rogardinc change IN arrangements made
necessary hy i)r Muck arrest
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-26
GERMAN DRIVE SLACKENS:
BRITISH HALT THE ADVANCE
ttttttttttttttttftittttfitttttitft'ft
VIOLENT FIGHTING
CONTINUES

Paris. March 2G. The battle
continues with The greatest vi0-
Ienee. and the Germans are making
still greater efforts along the whole
front between NOyon and haulues.
the War Office announces.
Noyon was evaruated by the
French during the night The left
bank If the Oise is being held firm
Nv by the French.
The statement follows
The fighting died down during
the night. Our troops established
themselves on new positions east
oi Rev and Albert.
North IF the S0mme Continu-
anre Of the Fighting is experted.
but IL has not yet developed
Attacks are reported 70 be
developing. this morning, south
of tho Sonrnp against our troops
and those Of the FrencR in the
ueighhothood ~ Rpyc and haul
nns.
''The enemy's losses continue io
he severe. he has been obliged 10
fF+tfstsF'F Wis fttAift fFWfRf Atffff Ntf
parts of the western theatre. over
10 hostile divisions arc known ~
have heen engaged in the battle
GERMANS ATTACK AGAIN
I.nndou. March 2G The Ger
mans. ihis morning. hogan new
attacks arains, the combined
French and British forces south 0f
the Souur
The German losses have been 81
great that The enemy has been
obliged n bring up reinforce rrerts
from all parts IF the western front
The War Office has established
the fact that mpre than ~ German
divisions IN tho neighhnrhood of
$4,000 rranl have been engaged
a. = a- ia e. q
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-26
.L|bERTYLOAN DRIVE !
GIVEN GREAT BOOST
IN THIS DISTRICT
Delaware Well Represented at
Third Federal Reserve Con
vention in Philadelphia.
DETERMINED START MADE

The two davs session uf the Third
Federal Reserve District Liberty Loan
convention opened YESTERDAY ~ the
Bcllcvue-Siratfnrd Hotel Philadelphia,
and was attended hy the following F'eonlc
from Wilmington. representing the Liberty
Loan tummittcr. John s llossell, \
Rae du lIell. James i Winchester, John
" DANNY. John Richardson, jr., Robert
i. Robinson. William g Tavlor, Mr. nnd
Mrs ptho Nuwland, Andrew Rryson and
John T., Iavlor from New tastle. lit
Samuel G Mitchell chairman of tho
" bite tlav t'rcck Hundred Liberty
loan tommttec. Joseph Mitchell. II, of
linrkcssn. chairman of Mill reck Hun
drpd liherty Loan Committee. James ~
Hughes and ! Hall Anderson nj Dover,
chairman and secretary nt the Kent
County ,hcrtv Loan nmmttec, Mrs
llont1 Rtdgcl, of Dover. chairman ut the
" omen Liberty Loan committee tor
l1clav are. (,,4,rge II Hall. chairman,
Iiarr, " lhnw SECRETARY. and hatles -
Abbott publicity chairman ol he NusseS
County Liberty Loan otnmtttce: II J.
payntcr. Nassau
The SESSIONS were most inspiring ~
every way as every delegate waa =
lhert, Loan worker. already familiar
with his own organization Tho featutvs
# the DAY were an address following tho
hlnchcuu hv Goorge Wharton PepTr
prominent attorney of Philadelphia. who
delivered 4 stirring address. during which
he bad tense audience Mr. Pepper pre-
dirted that within twenty foil hours We
would ~ having definite news from the
frnnt ~ 50 ~. outcome "f the present
great t,Cruan dnvc. During the aiiet-
noon MI ~pangicr d ltpllcEnnto IA
German u, lllth. aroused tho audience
tu great patrlnti=n whom h spoke With
f,-cling If what NmelIra had meant tn hum
y native born German and how he had
been lahorlng To- bring to people world
wido peace At this tmr Mr. Spanpter
stands high IN The estimation of fTpsidcnt
Wilson. who has appointed h'm rnefntet
of the Mediation , ongrrsa
The convention continued TODAY
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-26
CALL ON THE PEOPLE
TO MAKE SACRIFICES
London Newspaper Urge All Citi-
zens to Exert Themselves IN
Aid Of the War
~ A>soc,ated Press to Every Evening

~ ASsoclatsd Press 80 Every Evening
London. March ii. The morning
new spapers call upon civilians to accept
still more privationS and nake greater
sacrifices IN these tatofnl days The
Daily Telegraph says
"Nc hope the history of the last tcw
davs has had its due effect on that sec
ton Of our population at home which
has hitherto seemed unable TO realize the
perilous exgencics Of the situation
"Our country, IN the very crisis Of ITS
tate calls upon everyone To submit TO
anv and every sacrifice to secure its pres
cnt safety and its future welfare
The Graphic SAYS thousands Of civilians,
comfortably aheltcrcd At home, are dong
nothing o. help WIN the war. IL adds
sAianx af these arc selhahly aquander-
ing nnwonted earnings and At the same
time actually hindcring the output Of
war work Clearly i IS the duty of those
who cannot tight to give all thoir avail
able energy to any kind Of work that
helps 10 vim the war aud to save every
penny they can and put II Into var loans
ANOTHER KIND or " ARFARE.
The Daily Mail correspondent on the
British front describes the altered con
ditions Of warfare, pointing out that IN
less than three days the operations have
changed from i war Of fixed positions
back to war Of movement, as was the
case in the first month of the struggle
AS reached the hill for observation,
he writes, Il suddenly came upon a
moving and magnificent sight Down in
the spreading plain between two ridges
was 4 large camp. The men were Just
finishing their breakfast. Some of their
camp fires still were sending up blue
smoke into the chilly air Then | saw
tanks coming over a hill and waddling
down into the valley
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-26
English and French Sauadrons
Engage German Craft in the
English Channel
FOUR of KA|SER'S WAR
CRAFT BELIEVED SUNK
They Were Surprised After They
Had Attempted tn Bombard
City of Dunkirk,
ALLIED FLEET UNHURT

RI Hesociates rrazs 81 Every Evening
London. March % IN tho engage
inent between Allied and cueniy destroyer
eq,iadrnns of p,rnl,rk last Thursday. tho
Rriilah DESTROYER Bntha cut a German
warship IN half and took leading part
~ tho heht. although her main steam pipr
had hcen severed hv 2 stray shr!l
IaHv last Thursday morning Tho
British destrriyers R0tha and Morris and
the French deetravrrs Captainn. Nchl,
Naguu and Iluiellrr war; patrullinE tho
eastern, wahars of the English Channel.
whom thev heard enemy ships homhar'ilng
Inc c4pasf of Dunkirk They fired star
shells. winch had tho effect nf alenoing the
bomharfirnent and scattering the enetny
Tho doatroverz started ~ pursuit = the
Germans ~ 2 northwesirrlv direction and
discovered eventually that tho enemy
ahips were making for their hasr \ grim
little fight enened. according I" the stories
Of eyn witnesses
Mono af tho German torpodooa found 2
rnark hirt the Morris. emerging frnm IN
efeufl smoke screen ctit aF German eles
frover # large typc and tarpe'locd nor
~ a tango nf sTai Yards Fhern Was an
nvl,lpean ~ tho enemy vessel and she sank
immediately
Meanwhile tho Rntha hal been crippled
and she Logan ~ lose her way The crew
! determined tu dn what theY could and
fired both their torpedoes ~ the two lead
ing enemy boats Then her helm having
heen put hard over. the Botha rammed
another boat cleanly am'dshlps, cutting
the enemy vessel IN half
Swinging around tho Rotha attempted
~ repeat tho rammng nannuvrr on the
next (,erInan astern The enemy craft.
however elnded tho effort nf the crippled
Iiritisher hut only 10 fall victlfn to The
French destrovers Ablaze the German
boat lay Disabled whlie The Frenchrnen
pounded her with t1rpedoes and guns
The Morris lost the rest of the quarry
IN the mist and took the lame Bniha IN
tow while the French destrnveFs circled
around picking M prisoners Prom the
statements nf prisoners IT. appears thht
+ German rraif participated IN The RAID
and when they fled from the French coast.
leaving three of heir number behind.
they werr attacked by a Brltish naval AR
squadron which peted them with bombs
aud scattered them in disorder IN MI di-
reGtlons
Two German dcstrovers and two f,er-
man torpedo boats we're believed to have
been sunk in the action off Dunklrk. ac-
cur,iing tp an announcements made by the
British Admiraitv on March y II was
saId no Allied vesscls were sunk and that
one damaged British destroyer had
reached the port
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-26
FRENCH OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

PARIS, March % The French oihel4l
statement today IS rs follows.
The battle continues with violence
During last evening and IN the nIght he
enemy multiplied ms attl X an the whole
front between Noyon and hauncv The
French artillery. well established IN The
region of Noyon and supported effectively
by our infantry IS rctardlng fho German
thrust Frequent counter attacks have
been made and heavy losses inflicted on
the enemy.
"Novou was tvacu4tcd during the
night IN perfect order Tho French frc
holding The left bank ot he Disc firmt
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-26
OUR ARMY IN FRANCE.
General Wood Reco ommends Force Of Five
Million. Half to be Sent Abroad

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
Washington. March u Recommen la
tions that America Sighting forces be
increased to four or five million. and
that half of them he concentrated in
France as soon as possible. were before
the Senate military committee, today
In the form Of a confidential statement
submitted by Major General Leonard
Wood
Fresh from visit To the western battle
front. the general appeared before the
committee. Yesterday. and frankly dis
cussed the situation in Europe and at
home Thegencral declared his auditors
said. that Allied military opinion was
unanimous tha, the German offensive
would fail The Allied armies. he said
are in better position than their adver-
sarlcS
The committeeman admitted that Cen
eral W ood said the French are disappoint-
cd IN the size of the American army thus
far ser.t t0 Europe Senator ChambcrllIn
Of Oregon, chairman Of he committee
SAID General Wood favored the mainten-
ance Of 3 force of 800 900 in France al
the earliest possible moment, and similar
force in training IN the United States
Another committee member asserted
the former chief ~ staT advocated an
army Of four million hall of which should
be put IN France rs soon rs possible.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-26
CROSS SEEKS To AID
SOLDIERS HOME PLANS
Hopes to Prevent increase OF
Rents on Their Families
Domiciles.
Special Dispatch to Every Evening
STATE HoUsE, DOVER, MARCH

STATE HOUSE, DOVER. NJ ARCH III.
Representative Cross Of Wilmington
has taken up with counsel the matter Of
some legislative action that will operate
againsf increased housing burdens for
families OF soldiers while tho latter are
serving their country IN the present war,
Al the request of some Of hls con
>iituents. nc brought bill here, for nitro
dlction in the Legislature prohibiting
the increasing OF rents Of houses occupied
bv families Of soldiers, but after seeking
tdvicc and being informed that such a
law would be unconstitutional he ex-
pressed his intention Of turning the matter
.,vor TO the Joint conference committee on
nc defence bill. with the hope that IT
Gould figure out a remedy Il was sug-
g,sted TO him that II might be possible
Tor the State to pay the difference, where
uch rents are increased. after the owners
have shown the state Council Of Defence
the necessity Tor making the increase
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-26
VIGILANCE COMMITTEE
GETS AFTER SYMPATHIZERS

Lima. OHIO. March 26 kccused nf
prot ierInani-m. five business men 1f
Delphus. ,eTnan settlement IN western
Allen county. near here, were hunted 1u
last night hy volunteer vigilance com
miDsee IT 100 men aud 80 women If the
town and forced 20 publicly salute and
kiss the American Gag, jndeT pan of
being hanged.
Three others, also businesses men. made
their escape from ne moi. AceorIing -
word received here, leaders declared he
demonstration w'lI - repeated tonight.
until I'll suspected prof. Germans have been
punished