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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-11
CREDIT VOTED BY
HOUSE OF AUSTRIA

Amsterdam. March 1.-THE up
per house OF the Austrian reich
srth, a Vienna dispatch says. has
adopted a provisional war credit OF
six billion kroner for the next four
months During the debate on the
bill. Or Won Seydler, the premier,
emphasized the necessity for re-
forms III the Austrian constitution
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-11
CHICAGO HAS NEW
MARK; NO MURDER
FOR THREE WEEKS

Chicago, March 1.-THE record
Of three weeks without murder
in this city. made at the end 0f
last week, must stand for a time
at least Bettering Of the record
became impossible late last night
with the killing of Angelo Mario
Gasparro. in a black hand feud-
According TO police records no such
length of time has elapsed without
a murder In more than a decade.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-11
PRIVATE TRIES TO
TAKE HIS OWN LIFE

Rockford. Ill, March 11.-Chi-
cago Private Andrew Checielski,
Company A. 31lth supply trains Of
Chicago. attempted TO kill himself
at Camp Grant last night with a
razor. but was prevented by civil
ian. Checielski's condition is re
ported this morning 10 show i'm
provemeut. He is listed as an alien
enemy and was about to be dis
charged. Worry over family affairs
is said TO have made him despond-
enf.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-11
REICHSTAG WILL
TAKE FIRM STAND
ON RUSS TREATY

Amsterdam. March 1.-THE Wes-
er Zeitung of Bremen, says the
majority parties of the Reichstag
intend to insist upon complete
clearness regarding the status of
the former Russian border states
before ratification of the peace
treaty with Russia.
CThe reichstag majority parties
last year adopted a resolution
against forced annexation or con-
tributions)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-11
IN GERMANY COST
OF LIVING NEARLY
DOUBLES IN YEAR

Washington. March 1.-THE cost
Of living in Germany is increasing
At the rate of ~ per cent a year,
requiring the average German fam
liy to go into debt for The necessi-
les Of life According TO figures
gathered by the bureau Of labor
satisfies, average expenditures Of
lamilies having incomes ranging
if0m 100 to 200 marks is 22205
marks.
Rigid economy is practiced ev-
fywheTe. and the average family
'hiy spends . per cent a month for
smusements.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-11

made by two separate armies All
OF the troops, according to the plan.
will cross to VIadivostok and go on
together to Nikolskoy. where the
Trans Siberian railroad divides.
Thence one army would follow
the line of the railroads branch
through Manchuria and the other
army would follow the Siberian
branch. The two armies could join
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-11
NOTHING FUNNY IN
WAR COBB REMARKS

With the American Army in
France. March 11-Irvin Cobb.
after spending Saturday on the
American front under the range Of
the enemy fire, SAYS There is
nothing funny about this war
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-11
DISEASE CONTROL
EXPERIMENT ASKED

Washington. March 1I.-An +
vestigatioa of methods for the pre-
vention and control Of communica-
bic diseases. especially near army
.canfonments. will be commenced
Immediately by the public health
service at the direction Of Secre-
farv NcAGoo The work viii relate
largely To finding a reliable serum
for meningitis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-11
IN
DEMAND ON
TOXIC, CLAIM
Japan Hears u. S. Wants
Early Russ Withdrawal
Capital Denies it.

0saki. Japan. Friday, March
s.-AccOrding TO dispatch to
the Mainichi of this city from
Washington. the United States
is demanding a guarantee for
the withdrawal OF Japanese
troops from Siberia Immediate
Iy the Russian crisis is over.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-11
BREAK FIRST
Line AND 60
ON TO NEXT
Working With French, U.
S. Troops Make Gain
in Three Raids.

Paris, March II. -
American troops have
made bold raid into the
German lines in Lorraine,
the war Office announces.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-11

With the American Army in
France. Sunday, March 10. (By
the Associated Press Amer
lean troops, cooperating with
the French, have carried out
three raids opposite the Amer
lean sector in Lorraine. Two
of the raids were executed sim
ultaneOusly last night. The
Americans swept past the Ger
man first line and penetrated
to the enemy's second line, 900
yards back.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-11

d Press
/ sased Wire Report
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-11

NJ e m b er Of Au d i t
Bureau of Calculations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04

I'm the presence of the danger to
which the Czecho- Slovak troops act
ually are exposed in Siberia at the
hands Of the Germans and Austro-
Hungarians the Allies have naturally
felt themselves unable to view with
indifference the untoward course Of
events, and certain number of their
troops already have been ordered to
proceed to Vladivostok.
The government of the United
States, equally sensible of the gravity
of the situation, recently approached
the Japanese government with pro-
posals for the early dispatch of troops
to relieve the pressure weighing upoa
the Czecho- Slovak forces. The Japanese
government, being anxious to fall in
with the desire of the American gov
eminent, have decided to proceed at
once to make disposition Of suitable
forces for the proposed mission, and
a certain number of these troops will
be sent forthwith to Vladivostok.
Not Seeking Territory
"In adopting this course the Jap
anese government remain constant in
their desire to promote relations of
enduring friendship, and they reaf-
nrm their avowed policy of respect
ing the erritorial integrity of Rus
STA and of abstaining from all inter
ference in her internal Ipoltics.
"They further declare that upon
the realization of the objects above
indicated they will Immediately with
draw all Japanese troops from Rus
sian territory and Will leave wholly
unimpaired the sovereignty OF Rus
STA in all its phases, whether politi-
cal or military"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
Sixty Crimes Of Protest
Against Invader Already
Have Taken Place
Graver Events
Promised Soon
Revolutionists Ready to
Continue the Struggle
to the Last Man

LONDON, Aug. 3.-The terrorist
campaign against the Germans by the
Russian Social Revolutionists OF the
Left includes an explosion at Kev
which resulted in the deaths Of 700
German soldiers, in addition TO the
murder of Field Marsha, ~on Eich-
horn. the Copenhagen spondent
Of "The Daily Mail" quotes leading
member Of the party as saying.
The total of anti-German crimes,
the Socialist Revolutonist said was
sixty. Munition works at Odessa,
Kharkov and elsewhere have been
blown up.
an the near future still graver
events will occur. The Social Revolu-
tionists are prepared to continue the
struggle with Germany to the last
man." the correspondent was in
formed
Danskoi, or Danzoff, the assassin Of
Eichhorn, was q sailor before the revo-
luton. the member said. He was
elected to represent the sailors Of
kronstadt and opposed Premier Ker-
ensky. After the Brest-Litovsk treaty,
which is strongly opposed by the So
cial Revolutionists of the Left, it was
decided to combat the Germans by ter
rorism.
The Copenhagen correspondent Of
the Exchange Telegraph Company
transmits a report that the assassin
of Ambassador Won Mirbach has es-
capped from Russia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04

now under martial law, in many dis
trlcts the reinforced state of siege
being applied with the utmost vigor.
But political. military and police
measures of coercion against the Jugo-
Slavs did not suffice the Vienna gov
eminent. 1t also sought to mobilize
the forces of the church against them.
1t induced DR.. Shusterchitch. one of
the rare Slovene members Of Parlia-
ment who had shown q tendency toward
opportunism in his dealings with the
called 'Slovene Catholic alliance
Church Exposes Plot
This at once brought out pasto-
raj letter from DR.. Yeglitch, the patri-
otto prince bishop of Laibach, in which
he declared:
The care for the purity of the
Catholic name and the maintenance of
Church discipline impose on me the
with the new code of the Church law
and the circular Of Pope Benedict XIV
of November, 1911, no party, no soci-
ETY., no undertaking, shall bear the
name of Catholic without the special
permission of the bishop The new
Shusterchitch party is called 1.-The Slo-
vene Catholic Alliance" l forbid it to
bear this name
"AN efforts to check the rising tide
of -Slavism by flattering offers to
the Croats, by measures of repression
by police and military, by the exploita-
ton OF the prestige of the Crown
against Jugo- Slavs, by attempting to
enlist the influence of the Catholic
Church, have failed.
Lansing Saves Day
"The proclamation by Secretary
Lansing of Americas sympathy with
the oppressed nations has so rein.
forced the movement of revolt that
even the Poles, who until now were
counted upon by the government as
their supporters, openly proclaimed in
the Vienna Parliament their intention
of voting with Czecho-S lovacks and
Jugo- Slavs.
The first result of this was to cause
the resignation of the Seyder Cabinet,
whose policy was a complete failure
and entirely discredited. 1t had been
replaced by government under Baron
Won Hussarek, which is if possible,
even mora bureaucratic than its pre-
decessor., and will certainly follow
closely in its footsteps"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
Japan Declares She Will Respect
Territorial Integrity of Russia

LONDON, Aug. 3.-The "Official Ca
zette" at Toxic last evening published
a declaration announcing the impend-
ing dispatch of troops to Vladivostok
according to cable message received
here to-day. The declaration follows:
"The Japanese government, actual
ed by sentiments of sincere friend
ship toward the Russian people, have
always entertained most sanguine
hopes of the speedy reestablishment
of order in Russia, and of the
healthy, untrammelled development
of her national life.
"Abundant proof, however, is now
afforded that the Central European
empires, taking advantage Of the de-
fenceless and chaotic condition in
which Russia has momentarily been
placed, are consolidating their hold
on that country, and are steadily
extending their activities to Russia's
Eastern possessions. They have per-
slstently interfered with the passage
OF Czecho-Slovak troops through ST.
IBERIA. In the forces now opposing
these valiant troops, Germans and
Austro-Hungarian prisoners are free
~ enlisted, and they practically as
sumo position of command.
Would Help Czecho-Slovaks
The Czecno Slovak troops, aspir-
ing to secure a free and INDEPENDENT
existence for their race, and lovnllv
espouslng the common cause of the
Allies, justly command every svm-
pathy and consideration from the CO.
belligerents. to whom their destinv
Is matter of deep and abiding con-
Germ.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
70 Villagers Held
Captive Two Months
tBy The Associated pyess(

~ WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
IHE AlSNE-MARNE FRONT. Aug. s.
IN VIlleneuve, occupied Wednesday. tho
rench found twenty three villagers
who virtually had been German prison
ers for almost two months. When the
Germans entered Villeneuve the vii.
layers refused to depart They all
slept IN the same cellar for protection
and during the day would not associate
win the Germans, even refusing to eat
German food
The villagers, all of them elderly.
with the exception of -year-old
boy and an eighteen ycar-old girl. had
IL stock of -four canned goods. chickens
and vegetables they had raised them
selves. They worked in their gardens
al day, encountering the Germans onlv
when going for water.
When the French came to Villeneuve
they found twenty-five wounded or
dead Germans in cots in the village
church. Several of these apparently
had died Of starvation, so hurried was
the German retreat. The Germans had
been using the church ms hospital
with sixty iron beds, all German made
In another village the Germans had
the church filled with mattresses taken
from the homes of the people. There
were great piles of brass and copper
and church vestments, all boxed. ready
for shipment to Germany. The brass and
copper apparently had been assembled
from other villages, and included
kitchen utensils. faucets and other
articles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
Allies Plans for Order From Russian Chaos

the Bolsheviki This applies to both
branches of the Siberian Railroad, the
short line running through Manchuria
and the Amur line running to Vladl-
vostok, exclusively on Russian ter
ritory.
"At present the $1,000 that came first
to Vladivostok are separated from the
main body of the Czecho Sovaks. and
the first problem is to reestablish their
contact.
What will happen in European Rus
STA depends, of course, upon the
amount of support furnished to the
Czecho-Slovaks by the Allies. At pres
ent the Czecho Slovaks have no inten-
west Of the Urals. They do not seem
to plan a campaign west of the Volga,
but they are reaching out on the line
of the Volga both to the north and to
the south. Everywhere they come the
Bolshevik rule is overthrown. and
those clements among the Russians
friendly to the Allies assume control
of local affairs. By withholding sup
plies from Moscow and Petrograd and
other cities of Northern Russia the
Czecho-Slovaks are making the posi-
ton of the Bolsheviki untenabIe.
THE Czecho Slovaks are quite able
TO meet any forces raised against them
by the Peoples Commissaries, but if
the Germans should be called in by the
bolsheviki and march a well equipped
the Czecho-Slovaks, whose small force
is scattered over an immense terri
tory, would have, in the absence of
strong support by the Allies, 20 put
the ural Mountains between themselves
and the enemy"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
Germans Say
Allies March
On Archa7gel

AMSTERDAM, Aug. "a copy of
the "Vosssche Zcitung," of Berlin, re-
ceived here contains q Stockholm dis.
patch which says:
Up to the middle Of July the Soviet
authorities at Archangel controlled the
situation, but since then Entente troops
have arrived to protect She Entente EN-
bnssies which came from Vologda.
The Soviet government is now only
a sham power, especially as Entente
forces have occupied the Solovetski
islands at the entrance to the Gulf of
omega, and are using them as base
Tor their operations against Archangel
Strong Entente land and sea forces are
moving toward the city"
"A small peninsula separates the Gulf
CT Archangel, in the bend of which is
located the city of Archangel, from the
Gulf Of Omega
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
lSpectal Dispotch to The Tz1hune

IT1bNnF)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Several
thousand Italians and Rumanians.
subjects of AustriaH ungary and for.
merly prisoners Of war in Russia have
Joined the Czecho-Slovak army. now
professcdly fighting the German Mag
yar-Bolshevik forces. according to an
authoritative statement Of the present
composition, strength and detectives of
the Czecho-S lovak troops in Russia.
The most immediate strategic prob
lem Of these forces was said to be to
clear the stretch of the Transsibe rian
Railway, extending from Lake Baikal
to the junction of Nikolsk, of German
Magyar forces. which are armed and
supported by the Bolsheviki. At pres
ent the $4,000 CzechoSlovaks that oc-
cupled Vladlvostok are separated from
their brothers who form the main body
OF their army, and contact between
them is to be established Immediately.
Inc statement asserts that by no ID
ing certain strategic positions the
Czecho-Sl ovaks, who are preventing
the transportation Of supplies to Mos
COW and Petrograd, are making the
situation of the Bolsheviki untenable.
They are able to meet any forces which
the Bolshevlki may send against them,
but if the Bolsheviki should appeal to
Germany for assistance and a German
army be dispatched through Moscow to
the Volga the Czecho-S ovaks would
have to withdraw behind the Ural
mountains.
Army Has Ample Stores
In June the Czecho Slovak army
possessed 10000 soldiers, but since
then their victories and continued oc-
cupatlon Of more cities has added many
thousands to its strength. That part
OF the army operating westward from
Vladivostok is well supplied with all
necessary munitions Of war from the
vast assembled stores at Vladivostok
The statement, which declares that
the millions Of square miles OF Siberia
and its population of 100000 may
be considered now safe from German
influence and securely bound to the
Allies" follows:
zone of the most perplexing prob
lens in connection with the Czccho-
Slovack army in Russia is its present
strength. When this army started at
the end Of March on what was thought
would be trip around the world. it
numbered $4,000 soldiers we'll armed
light artillery. They had to surrender
most Of their weapons at the instance
OF the Rolsheviki. az they desired to
avoid a conflict with the only authority
In Russia; and when later these un-
armed soldiers were treacherously at
tackled by Red Guards composed most.
~ of German and Magyar ex-prisoners
Of war they had to fight with almost
bare hands and captured their weapons
from the enemy Fifteen thousand act
ually reached Vladivostok before the
open break came between them and the
central authorities at Moscow. The
other $4,000 we're scattered along tho
immense stretch Of railway from the
Voiga to Irkutsk.
Recruited From Camps
"There were originally some 300 600
Czcchs and Slovak prisoners of war in
Russia; at least, that is the best es-
innate obtainablc, since there have
never been any official figures. Many
Of these men were evidently fathers
OF families. many moro were sickly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
5 Gold Stars Hallow
Blocks Service Flag
Patriotic Ceremonies Mark
Onfurling ON Monroe St., Be-
tween Clinton and Mont
UnYryaYvy

A service flag of sixty-two stars,
three gold, representing the men who
have gone to war from the single block
OF Monroe Street, between Clinton and
Montomgery streets. was unfurled last
night by the neighborhood families.
The ceremonies marked the first of a
series of patriotic street rallies to b.
conducted by the Mayors Committed
on National Defence.
The apartment buildings on eithe,
side Of the street were draped with
Allied flags and strungwith colored Ian
terms. Thousands of residents crowded
the street, and police lines at the
corners 93 barred all traffic. Speakers
addressed the crowd from an illumi
mated truck. John Anklow, of the
loca! committee, acted as chairman.
The three gold stars have brought
grief to the ighborhood," said Max
Levine, who made the principal ad-
dress. but we remember that these
boys have died for liberty, and their
sacrifice has not been in vain. We are
proud Of them and their comrades and
OF the others who are to answer tbs
call"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
o. S. and Japan Announce Plans
To Intervene in Siberia With Army
Continued from page /

from Vladivostok or from Murmansk
and Archangel, the only present OBJ
lect for which American troops will
be employed will be to guard mill
tary stores which may subsequently
be needed by Russian forces and to
render such aid as may be accept
able to the Russians in the organi-
cation Of their own self-defence.
Allies Are Cooperating
with such objects in view the
now cooperating with the govern
ments Of France and Great Britain
IN the neighborhood of Murmansk
and Archange] The United States
and Japan are the only powers which
are Just now in a position to act in
Siberia in sufficient force to accom-
phsh even such modest objects as
those that have been outlined The
government of the United States has,
therefore, proposed to the govern
mcnt Of Japan that each of the two
governments send force OF few
thousand men to Vladivostok, with
the purpose Of cooperating as sin
gle force in the occupation Of Vladi-
vostok and in safeguarding, so far as
it may the country to the rear of the
westward moving Czecho-Slovaks,
and the Japanese government has
consented.
"In taking this action the govern
ment of the United States wishes to
announce to the people of Russia in
the most public and solemn manner
that 1T contemplates no Interference
with the political sovereignty of Rus
STA, no intervention in her internal
aHairs-not even in the local affairs
of the limited areas which her mill
tary force may be obliged to occupy
and no impairment of her terri
torial integrity either now or here
after, but that what we are about to
do has rs its single and only object
the rendering of such aid as shall
be acceptable to the Russian people
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
Says Eichhorr, Murder
Shows Russian Revolt
Against Teuton Rule

PARIS, Aug. 2.-It is Russias way
Of demonstrating that no reconciliation
is possible with Germany. NJ. Makla-
kotf, Russian Ambassador to France,
said to-day in discussing with the
Associated Press the significance of
the recent demonstrations of Ambas~
sador Won Mirbach and Field Marshal
Won Eichhorn.
Murder and acts Of terrorism" he
added, are the only weapons left to
Russia after its betrayal into the
hands of the Germans by the Bolshe-
wiki. Her military power has been
smashed by anarchy, and the Russians
wish to show the world and the Allies
that they are prepared to use what
weapons they still possess. These acts
OF terrorism are not the result of mis-
guided courage on the part Of indl-
vlduals, but an expression Of the
general dissatisfaction of all the
people. or at least great majority
of the population.
Many Exigencies dissatisfied
individuals would never dare to
commit such terrible deeds, virtually
making sacrifice of their own lives,
If they were not aware that the popu-
lation was solidly behind them. 1t
was Bismarck who said that the
strength of revolutions did not lie
in the advanced idea Of their leaders,
but in the number Of moderate and
reasonable exigencies which were left
unsatisfed. There are many reason
able and moderate exigencies in Russia
which have been left unsatished by
the Germans, and in them lies the
strength of the Russian revolution and
the hope of its salvation from the
grip of the Germans and from the
throes Of anarchy.
Were these acts of terrorism iso-
lated deeds of vengeance by individ-
uals they would not mean anything,
but they are symptoms of general dis
content and evidence that Russians
will never become reconcled with the
system, forced upon them by the Ger
mans by strength of arms"
Doesn't Envy Helfferich
Concerning the probable effect of
the appointment of DR.. Helfferich as
Ambassador at Moscow and of the
reported nomination Of General Won
Falkenhausen to succeed Won Eichhorn
at Kiev. would have on the future
policy Of the Germans in Russia affect
ing their intercourse with the Bolshe-
vik government, the Ambassador said
it was difficult to judge from this dis
tance because of the meagre news
which was permitted to come out of
Russia, and especially when the news
was given German tinge before trans
mission. But he thought from his
knowledge of the personality of Helf-
ferich that he would rule with an iron
hand. The record of General Won
Falkenhausen in Belgium, he added,
speaks for, itself.
M. Maklakoff, half jokingly and half
seriously, concluded:
Their jobs certainly are no sine
cures. They are welcome to them and
don't envy them their positions"