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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
SHOE SCHEDULE
FIXING PRICE IS
NOW ABANDONED

Washington, Nov. 16.-Abandon-
ment of the recently adopted shoe
schedule which provided for cIassi-
fication of grades and fixed prices
ranging from SO to $12, was an
nounced today, by the war indus
tries board Conservation features
of the program which was agreed
to by the industry viii continue in
force.
This action was agreed upon, Of
ficials of the board said, "in order
that the fullest opportunity be Civ
en- for the use Of raw material re-
leased from the government war
program.
Increased production and cOmpe-
tition are counted upon to regulate
price levels
Decision to continue cOnserya-
ton restrictions on style and stand
ards. was at the request of the in
dustry to prevent waste Of material,
labor and capital
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
WILL DISBAND $4,000 men
EACH DAY; 100000 ARE DUE
TO Be HOME IN TWO WEEKS
ORDER PLAN FOR
GENERALIZATION

Washington, Nov. 16.-Demobiliz-
alton will be in the following or
der:
First-Development battalfons.
II in number and comprising 9S,-
1919 men.
Second-Conscientious objectors,
not under arrest
Third-Spruce production di-
vision.
Fourth-Central training schools
for officers, with some modifica-
tions.
F'ifth-United States guards, now
numbering 1876, 900 men.
Sixth th-Railway units.
Seventh-Depot brigades.
Eighth-Replacement units.
Ninth-Combat divisions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
QUEEN MARIA OF
BAVARIA rs DEAD;
MUNICH IN PANIC

Amsterdam. Nov. 16.-Queen Ma
ria Theresa of Bavaria, died on
Tuesday, according to the Tage-
blatt of Munich.
Zurich, Nov. 16. 5:15 a. ma
panic developed at Munich Mon
day, according to the Tageblatt Of
Stuttgart. Munich had been calm.
but suddenly all sorts of alarm
ist reports became current.
Cries were raised in the streets
of "the counter-revolutiOn is COM
ing" and here are the Prussians. -"
Machine guns were posted on the
street corners and began firing For
two days great disorder prevailed.
Railroad trains and street cars
ceased running and telegraph and
telephone communication was in
terrupted. Some semblance of or
der was finally restored yesterday,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
ARMY DISBANDING
TO BEGIN AT CAMP
GRANT NEXT WEEK

Camp Grant. Ill, Nov 16.-War
department orders received at
Camp Grant today direct that all
permanent camp organizations be
filled TO authorized strength. Up
on the completion Of this work all
surplus men excepting those spe-
cialiZed in occupations such as
telegraphers, railway men and me
chanics Will be discharged from
the army. It is expected that de-
mobilization Of the surplus here
will commence within a week. The
One Hundred Sixty-first depot bri-
gade Will be reduced to four bat
talions. There viii be only two de-
velopment battalious. No soldier
suffering from a social disease viii
be discharged from the army until
cured
The men in the infantry officers
training camp are 10 decide by to-
morrow night whether they will
remain until the end Of the course,
be discharged Immediately, or re
turn TO the unit from which they
we're transferred TO the school.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
Army Exhausted,
We Are at Mercy
ENJOYS Told Foch

Paris, Nov. IA, 4:30 a. m.-Eeld
Marshal Won Hindenburg in his
message to the German army said
that the threat of famine caused
the acceptance of the armistice, E"
says Marcel Hutin, of the Echo de
Paris. Although food difficulties
played part in the defeat of Ger
many, the determining cause of the
German collapse was the fact that
the enemy's army was on the brink
of disaster.
THE first words the German
plenipotentiaries said to Marshal
FOch were in substance: Ger
many's army is at your mercy, mar
shall. Our reserves of men and mu-
nitions are completely exhausted,
making ii impossible for US to con-
tlnue the war"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
Kaiser Is Treated
as Distinguished
Visitor by Holland

Amerongen, Holland, Nov. 13.-
William Hohenzollern has not been
interned by the Netherlands goy-
ernment. He is regarded rather as
a distinguished foreigner who has
sought refuge and who has a claim
TO protection.
Presumably he is free to go
where he likes, but the fact that his
suite has actually been interned
restricts his movements.
Count Won Bentinck explained to-
day that the former crown prince
as we'll as the former emperor ceas-
ed to be soldiers when they abdi-
Gated. Nothing is known at the
castle concerning the former en-
peror's future movements or as to
the whereabouts of the former en-
press.
The former emperor was seen to-
day strolling about the castle
grounds with Count Won Bentinck
and the counts son. He wore a
gray military overcoat, This after
noon he was shown over the castle
of Zuylenstein, a mile away, and
the residence of Count Won Ben
tinck's brother.
The members of the former en-
perOr's suite today surrendered
their swords to Dutch officers. They
previously had surrendered their
other arms and today's fOrmality
completed the act of internment
London. Nov. 15.-Former Crown
Prince Frederick William of Ger
many has been interned at the
castle owned by his friend, Count
Gisbert Wolff Metternich, at Swal-
men, a town in the province of
Limburg, Holland, says an Amster
dam dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph company. 1t is report
ed his wife is with him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
RUMANIAN TROOPS
REACH YANK LINES

With the American Forces in Al
sace-Lorraine. Nov. 10 OBy the
Associated Press) ).-Rumanian pris-
caers began reaching the American
lines late yesterday. They said the
Germans had freed them rather
than give them food or provide
transportation for them. The Ru-
r.arfarz appear iu groups at DIFF
fereut parts Of the front, being
SUPPLIED with clothing and fed by
the Americans
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
FUTURE ASSURED
IF WE CAN HOLD
OUT SAYS EBERT

Berne. Switzerland, Nov 16.-It
the new German government can
carry on its work for six or eight
weeks the future of new Germany
is assured, declared Frederick
Ebert. the chancellor, IN j speech
in Berlin on Thursday.
Chancellor Ebert said.
If we can carry on our work for
six or eight weeks, new Germany's
future is assured and we also can
hope to obtain conditions Of peace
relatively favorable, but if our ad-
versaries can establish that an
archy reiCns among Us they will
dictate conditions that will annihi-
late Germany's political life
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
ORDERS PROBE OF
GERMANS CRIMES
IN CITY OF LILLE

Paris, Nov. 15.-Edouard Ignace,
Under secretary of state for military
justice, has ordered a judicial in
curry at Lille against German Of
ficers accused of crimes during en-
emy occupation of that city. This
action conforms to the decision re-
Gently made by the French cabinet.
These officers will be judged by
a court martial in their absence, -
says the Temps, 'ff the allies are
not able to secure custody of the
accused"
This is the first step in such pros
ecutions. NJ. Ignace in 1916 pro
posed the organization of a high in
ter-aIlied court to try Germans who
committed crimes in invaded terri
tories.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
GREAT TRACTS OF
FARM LANDS ARE
HELD FOR TROOPS

winnipeg. Nov Thousands
Of acres OF farm lands in the Cana
dian northwest are being set aside
for returning soldiers.
Prominent government and rail
road officials recently declared in
public addresses and in interviews
that everything possible would b.
done to provide farms and homes
for the men who fought Tor Eng
land and her colonies.
It is understood that scores of
Canadian soldiers who have mar
ried English and French girls have
already applied for homesteads and
that d movement is on foot to estab-
lish Soldiers colonies" throughout
the western provinces.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
TEN NATIONS OWE
MONEY TO u. S. AS
CZECHS GET LOAN

Washington, Nov. 16.-By extend
ing a credit of $1,000 600 to the
CzechO-Slovak national council to-
day. the treasury added tenth
debtor nation among the allies 10
the United States. Great Britain
TODAY was given new credit Of
5000. O00,O 900; Italy $50,000,000, and
Belgium $4,000 600.
The Czecn0-S Slovak loan. arrang-
ed through Thomas G. Masaryk,
president of the new CZecho-Slo-
wax republic, will be used TO
finance purchases in this country of
arms. ammunition and supplies for
the CzechO-Slovaks armies in Rus
sia and Siberia.
Today's credit brought the total
credit to all the allies up to $S,I7S.-
976 500
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
MINNESOTA DRYS
756 VOTES SHORT
OF TOTAL NEEDED

ST. PouI. MINI, Nov. Mime
sofa viii remain wet" complete
official returns announced by sec
rctarv Of state Julius A. Schmahl,
showing that the proposed dry
amendment 70 the state constitu-
ZION failed by only 756 votes at the
general election Nov .. Dry votes
yotaled Is7.547. and the vets poll
ed 1865. This gives the drys a
lead of nearly 5000. Adoption Of
the proposed amendment. however,
reaqired Ig0.303 votes, so II was
lost by the margin Of 756.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
SWEDEN DECIDES
TO RUSH REFORMS
FOR GOVERNMENT

Stockholm, Thursday, Nov. IA
The Swedish government has decid-
ed to carry out without delay a
program of reforms giving the fran
chise TO both sexes on equal terms
and placing control of the foreign
policy, as well as declarations Of
war and peace with the riksdag.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
THE WEATHER

Rain and colder tonight; Sunday,
partly cloudy and colder.
Temperature at a m, 50. II. Ugh
est Yesterday, So. Lowest last
night. 80
Velocity of wind at Z a. m, 10
miles Per hour
Precipitation. 03 inch
Relative humidity AT p m, Sc (;
a. : q. m af,
Stage of wafer. 5 feet. no change
III last - hours.
J. N. SHERIER, Meteorological.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
BANKS SHOW DECREASE.

New York. Nov. 16--The actual
condition Of clearing house banks
and trust companies for the week
shows that they hold S2s SIP 40 re-
serve in excess Of legal require
nents This is a decrease OF $3S,-
52g. go from last week
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
GERMANS APPEAL
TO POPE AGAINST
TERMS OF TRUCE

London, Nov. 1G.-German Cath
olics are appealing to Pope Beue-
dict against the heavy burdens Of
tne armistice conditions, according
to a wireless dispatch received here
this afternoon from Berlin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16

WASHINGTON, Nov. IJ. = WeatneT
predictions for the week beginning
Monday. issued by the weather bu-
rcau today are: Upper Mississippi
and lower Missouri valleys. Fair
weather with normal temperatures
early in week. probably followed by
rain and warmer middle Of week
and again by fair at the end Of the
Mea-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
DANIELS AT GAME.

the Navy Daniels is in New York
today for the gridirOn struggle be-
tween the Great Lakes naval train
ing station football team and the
Rutgers college eleven at Ebbet's
field, Brooklyn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
MFTAL WIN AGREE.

Washington, Nov. lG. - Copper
producers and refiners agreed with
the war industries board 70 main
tain the present rate Of production
and preserve existing levels of
prives until Jan. !.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
LATE BULLETINS

Basel Nov. i6g-frince Max
imiIian Of Baden, former GER
man chancellor. has arrived at
Baden Baden with his family.
1t is said that he will make a
long stay there.
Paris. Nov. l6. 2:I5 p. H.
American ambassador Sharp.
General Bliss and Admiral Rem
son. went To American main
headquarters today 10 present
to General PerShing, the Amer
lean cOmmander-m-ch chief, the
American distinguished service
medal.
Berne. Nov. l6.-The German
WarShip Wiesbaden refused to
surrender to the reVolutiOniStS
and tried to escape 10 neutral
waters. Ii was pursued and
torpedOed by revolutionary bat
fFeShips and the entire crew of
$50 men. including many ca
dets. perished, according TO the
LOEaI AnZGlger OF btr-IH.
Basel. Nov. Is. -(POland)-
The GaIician Socialist leader.
Daszynski. has been appointed
premier OF Poland and chare-
ed with the formation Of cabi-
net by General Pllsudsk. ac-
cOrding to a dispatch from
Warsaw.
Rasel. Nov. I6.-Prince
AdOlph OF SchaumbOurg- Lippe,
SAYS dispatch from Buckle
borg, has renOunced his throne
for himself and his family. !
soldiers and WOrkmen' council
has taken over the power In
the principally.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
BRUSSELS is
OCCUPIED BY
NATIVE ARMY
Belgians Reclaim Capital
Of Nation-Held by Foe
Over -Four Years.

Paris, Nov. 16.-CBy the As
SOciated PreSs.) - Belgian ad-
vance guards entered Brussels
this Saturday afternoon.
The German troops. in ae-
cOrdance with the armistice, be-
gan moving out of the Belgian
capital Friday and now are
nine miles away, according to
the correspondent OF the Midi
on the Belgian front
Brussels has been in German
hands since Aug. 20, 1914. When it
became evident that Liege forts
could not hold out the Belgian cap
iJal was evacuated, King Albert,
the government and most of the
army retiring westward. Some of
the Belgian forces retired to Ant
werp, which was defended by Bel
gian and British troops before it
fell. In their occupation of Bel
GUM, the Germans maintained their
principal headquarters at Brus-
sells.
Kings Entry Delayed.
It was reported early in the week
that King Albert would reenter
Brussels today but a dispatch from
Paris Friday said that his entry
hal been postponed probably un-
Til Nov % when the Belgian parlia-
ment will reopen.
Enter Bucharest Sunday.
Paris, Nov. 16.-AIlied forces are
expected to enter Bucharest on
Sunday. according to Jassy advices
ception has been prepared for them,
ception has ben prepared for them,
it is said. The allies crossed the
Danube on Nov. 8 and easily over
came such resistance as was offered
by German forces there.
British troops have entered Con-
stanza. a Rumania seaport on the
Black sea, so miles southwest Of
the Delta of the Danube.
General Berthelol, who command
ed the French armies fighting
around Rheims and later in the ad-
vance across the Aisne, is now in
Humania.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
HURLEY PLANS ARMY RETURN.

New York, Nov. lb.-EdWard IT.
Hurley, chairman Of the United
States shipping board. announced
that the purpose OF his trip 10 Eu-
rope is TO arrange transportation
home OF d large part OF the Amer
lean army.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
Meet to Arrange Details.
Tell Destruction Plans.

The Germans gave information
concerning the different systems or
communication and the destruction
affected or planned by the Ger
mans. The British and Belgians
dealt with the territory limited by
the Dutch Belgian and the Dutch
German frontiers. the Rhine and
the line Of Coblenz. The French
and Americans discussed the region
south of CharlerOi and Bonn to
southern AlSace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
ARRANGE FOR
TAKING over
ENEMY FLEET
Preliminaries Are Carried
Through Without Hitch
by Envoys at Meet.

London, Nov. I5.-PreIimin-
airy discussions concerning the
handing over OF the German
fleet were held tOnigh. at RO-
syth. on the Firth of Forth.
Scotland. between Admiral Sir
David Beatty and delegates
from the German soldiers and
sailors council and the German
vice admiral, Meurer.
When the cruiser Koenigsberg
which brought the German dele
gates, arrived off the Isle of May
on the Scottish coast. this after
noon, it was met by British yes
sells which escorted it to Rosyth
The preliminaries so far have been
carried out without hitch and it is
not expected the Germans will
bubble over details. American of
fcers will be present at the sur
render of the German high seas
feet.
Meet to Arrange Details.
Paris, Nov. 16. AIS a. MN ac-
cOrdanCe with Marshal FOCh's in
structOns, conveyed through Major
SistertOn TO the German great head
quarters, German military and tech
nical representatives met Belgian
officers at Bruges, British at Mons
and French and Americans at
Nancy yesterday afternoon, says
Marcel Hutin of the Echo de Paris.
The purpose of the meetings was
to arrange the details Of the with
drawaI of the Germans across the
rhine and to discuss questions rel
ative to railroads, rivers, canals
and telegraph and telephone ser
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16

Continued on Page EleyenO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-16
Yanks Held 59 Miles.

General March sketched the Off
cial line held bv the allied armies
and the Americans along the west
front when the fighting stopped
The front held by the First and
Second American armies az that
hour measured 50 miles. or the
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Bureau of Circulations
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-06-05
THAT MORNING LAMENEss

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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-06-05
Do Not Modest Pigeons

The Viroqua Trap Shooters asso-
citation is advised by the War De-
partment that many Antwerp racing
or homing pigeons are being shot by
children and hunters by mistake. 1t
is impossible to distinguish between
them and the common pigeon, and the
Department requests that no pigeon
of any kind be molested and that any
person coming into possession of a
pigeon with leg band marked "U. S.
A. IS" report the fact to the office
of the Chief Signal Engineer, Land
Division, Washington, d. C. A heavy
penalty is provided for anyone who
entraps, captures, shoots, kills, poss-
esses or detains a passenger pigeon.
The pigeon division has been greatly
extended and is vital to the conduct
of the war. A properly trained pig
con may be liberated hundreds of
miles from its home base, and in a
bee line with a speed of as high as
120 miles an hour, it will return.
Only in the rarest cases does one
lose its way. In ii recent test in
France, one flew five miles and de-
livered its message before the same
message could be transmitted by
wireless-time two and one-half min
utes. The homing instinct is a baffi-
ing mystery to science-one of the
nlarYelS of creation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-06-05

very soon. But he had an idea he
could be Of service to her, neverthe-
less. He informed her that there was
young colonel in his command, hand
some, brave and the soul OF honor,
who, so far as he knew, had no ties,
and If she were agreeable he would
take pleasure in bringing him to her
house and introducing him. The young
lady signified her willingness. The
general went back to headquarters,
sent for the young officer and after q
private conversation with him they set
out for the young lsdy's residence.
There they were RECEIVED with proven
bal Southern courtesy and dignity, and
after the introduction and the inter
change OF compliments the general
withdrew.
"And. do you know" said General
Hamilton In after years, shat in the
closing days Of the war those two enc
aaiss we're haRDlly married and after
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-06-05

to find himself mistaken. The CONVEX
sation at once proceeded on her part
on line direct.
General" she said with a simple
candOr which at once enlisted his In
torest and sympathy, "all our young
men, the flower of the South, have
gone to the front and been killed In
battle with your armies. None is left
to whom we can turn, and have sent
for you to ask you what you intend to
do for US women who have been left
without the hope of finding mates
among our own people. There are
none left whom I, speaking for my
self, would care to marry. Now, what
are you going to do for us?"
She looked at the general, her dark
eyes seeming, as he afterward said, to
be seeking to read his soul. After a
short silence she came to the point d.
rect by proposing that he should mar
~ her. She explained that she owned
large landed properties but, the slaves
having been set free, she could not OBJ
tain the labor to till her lands. She
needed man to lean upon.
General Hamilton, somewhat taken
aback by proposal he had not reck-
oned upon, rose TO the necessity of the
occasion, however, and with all the
gallantry and sympathy inherent in an
honorable man, explained to her that
there was little woman left behind
In Ohio to whom his heart was pledged
and that he expected the wedding bells
to ring for them when the cruel war
was over, which he felt sure would be
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-06-05
1W0ENfkI|ES
nA0f ONE
ARon5nce olfy5g3
Our Civil War a

"HE death OF Maj. CaSSiuS f.
Gillette in Philadelphia recall
Il ed to the Record Of that city
an interesting and romantic incident
in the life of his soldier father-in-law,
the noted General Hamilton of Column
bus, Ohio. In the Civil war General
Hamilton commanded a brigade in
Sherman's army, being at the time one
of the youngest brigGdiers in the serv-
ice. His command was part of the
host which, under Sherman, made the
famous march to the sea.
After the army had passed through
Georgia its route was detected north
ward with the object OF moving
through the Carolinas. In North Caro-
lima during halt at a certain point
in that state, General Hamilton was
sent for by young southern lady, the
daughter of a former governor of the
state, deceased. a strikingly handsome
young woman and a belle. The gem
eral, whose youthful, soldierly figure
was well calculated to attract the at
tentiOn of the fair sex, supposed he
was summoned by the young woman to
receive a plea for the protection of her
property, as 1t appeared she had been
left an orphan in the possession of sew
eral large plantations, and repaired
without delay to her residence, a state
ly southern mansion with a beautiful
lawn and many fine old trees.
She received him with the dignity
and ceremony BETTING his rank, and
the general saw he was in the pres
ence of a beautiful brunette with an
abundance of fire and spirit in her
makeup. He expected to hear re-
proaches, but was agreeably surprised
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