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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
WAR LAID TO
EX-RULER BY
HUN INQUIRY
Investigation Shows KaI-
son, Son and Army
Chiefs Caused War.

Washington. Dec. % Response
ality fer the war aud lis proIonga-
1.on is ascribed by Mr. Kautsky.
eommissary Of the people at the
German foreign Office, TO the fol-
owing tu order
j. The German emperor and the
crown prince
.. General Ludendorff and Ad-
n.iral Won T.rpitz-
.S. The great industrial firms.
:. The Pau-Germaus.
This view OF Nj kau-sky, who IS
Cxamining documents in the ar
chives of the foreign ministry, was
given 70 a cores spOndent Of the
Petit Parisien in an interview. quo
tations from which reached Wash
tngtoa yesterday IN official dis
patches.
Prove Germany Started War
The documents so far as exam
med. KautsEy said prove the truth
Of statements made by DR.. Muel-
lou. director OF the Krupp factor
les. and by Prince LiChnOwski. Ger
nan ambassador to England. at the
outbreak of the war, both Of whom
have laid the war AT Germany s
doors.
The first part of the documents.
relating 10 the cause OF the war,
will be made public within month,
lKautsky said. and at the same time
The Austrian government w pub
lsh some OF the documents found
IN the archives OF the Ballplatz.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
BIG Fire LOSS
INBLO0MINGTON
Blaze Caused By Electric Iron Left
Turned On Results in Damage
of S300.0O0.

Bloomington, Ill, Dec 25.-A fire
loss amounting to 100000 oc-
CURED here this morning as a re-
suit OF the burning OF the Newman
ket department store at Center and
Front streets, together with adjoin-
ing buildings.
The blaze is believed TO have
started in a tailor shop of Fred
Rush, in the basement OF the New
market building, an electric iron
being left with the power turned
on. The fire broke out about 4
o'clock and was first discovered by
a travelling man who was going to
catch a train. He was a stranger
and did not know the location o.
the engine houses, but set up
lusJy calls of Fire, Firel" and
the population Of the city was soon
attracted TO the scene OF the con-
hagration. Nanny Geryets, who
has just returned from service in
the coast artillery at Fort Hamil-
ton. y. y, pitched in and greatly
helped the fremen in fighting the
flames, displaying true heroism
There was no loss of life.
The buildings destroyed were as
follows: Newmarket main building
and three anneXes; one on Center
and two on Front streets. old sa-
loon building at Madison and Front
streets. Those partly destroyed
were the Chris PhilIOs building on
Center street, the Sam Waldman
building. adjoining it to the north.
John NJ. Miller drug store building,
and the George S. Hanna building
containing the Postal telegraph
Office, Trades Assembly hall, a
number of physicians, dentists
and real estate offices. The fire
was under control at I O'Clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
KAISER'S HEALTH
IMPROVES. BUT he
TAKES NO CHANCE

Ame-ongen. Holland. Tuesday.
Dec "a - iBy the Associated
Pressl William H0heuzOliern'
health shows 4 marked improve
ment but he is stilI compelled to
exercise the greatest precautions
owing 10 the penetrating and
damp. cold weather. Since Satur
fsy the former emperor has no.
Lett his apartments. but has been
able 70 Join the members of his
Tetilue a. all meals. He occupies
0jher periods OF the day in reading
huudre1s of letters reaching him
from all parts of the world. He
receives only an 0Ceas s.Oual tele-
gram. Several days during the i'll
ness o. the eE-emperOT. only his
wife and immediate attendants
we're with him
The former empress also re
Rains III her apartment. not even
going into -he gardens within the
surrounding uaats-
This morning O Christmas tree
vas brought into The castle for to-
Nights caEeBratiOn. which viii be
---h-5- tI It ..fF.A" "a AA al A-hlff'F
par-ic.pa besides the eX-emper-
o. and eE-empress WI be num-
ioer o. officers. who resigned their
COMMISSIONS in the German army
2 order 90 remain in the vicinity
o their rulers retreat, and house
-0.d servants and Orierlies Sew
sfsl Of these officers were busy
throughout The day arraE ging the
-stails OF the crlebrat on iu which
-ount Won Beut.ug< viii paTUjci-
f-,e. They purchased presents
'aleh the former emperor and en-
Press viii exchange. according 10
aston ami also gifts for their at
eadants.
The eI-empe is as yet unde-
sfnlned about making a public
-sclaraticl and sr:lI declines to re-
eve any correspond
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
LATE BULLETINS

New York. Dee 25.-The
army transport CarriIiO arrived
today from Bordeaux with u
officers and II men. Major w.
A. Marden of the One Hundred
Twenty-seVenth infantry was
aboard.
Lisbon. Tuesday, Dee. ga
new Portuguese ministry has
been formed with Tamaguini
BaTbOSa as premier.
London, Dec. 2J.-The Lon
don newspapers deV0fe cOnsid-
erabIe space To notices OF the
death of former Ambassador
Hines Page, several using the
heading, ~ great am bass ssadOr.@
Washington. Dee. 24.-The
American armies in France and
at home exchanged Christmas
greetings today by cable. Gem
eral Pershing cabled General
March
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
SHANAHAN URGES
ILLINOIS TO ACT
EARLY ON DRY ACT

Chicago, Dec. % Represent
tive David e. Shanahan yesterday
declared that in the event OF hIs
election as speaker OF the lowcr
house OF the assembly the proh.-
bltiou amendment will be- given a1
honest right OF way at the start ot
the session
He insisted that the next lcgislI-
ture will have great deal of cone
structive legislation 10 handle In
order to clear the decks for q high
speed session in dlsposiuR of per-
haps the biggest program ever
submitted 10 an Illinois legisIa-
ture, 70 is Of prime importance. ho
said, that the wet and dry contest
be decided early in the session. aud
settled fairly and squarely by
roll caaiL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25

Of the troops on his visit TO Eng
land.
With his return to Paris from
England on New Years, the pres
ident hopes the most necessary
preliminary organization work OF
the American commission will be
completed. The business Of begin
ming 10 make peace may get under
way if by then the other govern
ments concerned have named their
delegates.
Official notification OF the ap
pointment Of the various delegates
is still in an indefinite stage. while
the question Of Russian Tepresen-
tation has gone no further than
some informal discussions between
the American commissioners and
prominent Russians here. Doubts
are expressed by some diplomats
that the conference actually can
begin work in January as expected
Some Of them are Inclined 10 think
that the first meeting might not be
held until February.
Wilson Plans Second Tripl
In that event the presidents
plans would be somewhat disar-
ranged because he has been plan
ming to return 20 the United States
before Feb. -, with a good deal ac-
cmplished. in preliminary way at
least. The president Will be ready
10 return 10 Europe during the
spring. but hopes that this may
not be necessary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
SPANS PREMIER
is PLEASED WITH
WILSON MEETING

Paris. Dec. 25.-( (Havas. On his
return TO Madrid Count Romanones.
the Spanish premier. it is under
stood. expressed satisfaction over
the result OF his conferences with
French and American statesmen
during his recent visit TO Paris. He
discussed with them the Moroccan
situation and the future status OF
Gibraltar
Il has been reported that Premier
Romanones plans to return TO Paris
in the near future TO confer with
allied and American Representatives
again II is declared in some quar-
ters that he contemplates raising
the question of the return of Glib
raltar to Spain and the Ceding to
Great Britain Of Ceuta on the Nor
ocean side of the strait
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
FRENCH MISSION
TO CAUCASUS is
GIVEN WELCOME

Paris. Dee. 25.-0Iavas) The
French mission to the Caucasus re-
ceived a hearty welcome on its ar
rival at Ekaterinodar and NovO-
rosiiskoe. adyiCes received from the
Caucasus show. At the latter place,
on the Black sea, the officers Of
the allied fleet were feted, while
the government of EkaterinodaT
gave "A dinner at which toasts were
drunk to the allied armies and TO
a greater and regenerared Rus
sia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
u. S. CELEBRATING VICTORY CHRISTMAS
In Open Letter to
President, Author
Holds Him Savior

Zurich, Dec. 25.-The sensation OF
the day throughout Switzerland is
an open letter by Roman ROLAND
10 President Wilson.
ROLAND is author of the famous
academy in 1918. Here is the text:
Mr.. President:
The peoples are breaking their
chains. The hour that you foresaw,
the hour which you willed, has
struck May it not have struck in
vain.
From one end OF Europe to the
other there is rising among the ma
tions the will to reconquer the de-
termination of their destinies and
TO unite for the sake of a regener-
ated Europe Beyond their poiitI-
cal boundaries their hands are
cropping, cropping for the clasp of
brotherhood. But between them al
ways are the yawning precipes and
MISUNDERSTANDING. over this abyss
d bridge must be built.
The chains OF the ancient fatal
ism must be broken; this fatalism
which forces the nations into ma
tional war, and which for centuries
has allowed them to leap at each
others throat, blindly, into mutual
destruction.
But the peoples cannot free them
selves alone. They are calling for
help. To whom shall they turn?
You alone, Mr.. President, hold a
position OF universal moral author
ity among all those who are now
burdened with the terrible honor Of
guiding the policies of the nations.
Respond to the call of these pa
thetic hopes. Take both hands that
are stretched out toward you into
your own. Help the peoples to re-
unite.
Help these peoples who are CROP
ing to find their way; help them
found a new charter OF freedom
and unity. the principles of which
they are seeking passionately, but
amid confusion.
Mark well, Mr.. President, the
fact that Europe threatens to fall
prey to the spheres of helll
The peoples in all countries have
little confidence in the governing
enc lone man who can speak 10
and be heard by the one as we'll as
the other-the masses and the bour-
geoisies OF all nations You are the
only one who today (who knows II
may not be too late?) can
act as the mediator between them.
If this mediator fails, then the
separated human masses will be
fatally flung, without counterbaI-
ance, into eXcesses; the peoples into
bloody anarchy, and the parties of
the old order into bloody reaction.
Glass wars, race wars, war be-
tween peoples of yesterday, war be
tween peoples only forming today
social wars that seek only
to satisfy hatred and the basest
emotions and desires, the ravfng
dreams of an hour that knows no
morrow.
Heir OF Washington, Of Abraham
take in your hand the
cause, not of one party, NOT or one
nation, but of all! Open the doors
of the congress of humanity to the
representatives of the peoples OF
the earth!
Preside at that congress with the
full weight of the authority which
: our high moral conscience and the
mighty future of America assure
J on.
Speak, speak to them all. The
world is hungry for a voice which
reaches beyond the boundaries of
nations and classes. Be the arbi-
ter Of the free peoples.
And may the future greet you
with the name "Conciliator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
TEN MILLION IN
XMAS BONUSES is
GIVEN IN CHICAGO

Chicago, Dec. 25.-Ten million
dollars in Christmas bonuses were
given in Chicago to employees by
their employers this yulotide, ac-
cording to estimates made public
today bv the Association OF Com
merce. This. il is stated. rs tho
greatest sum ever distributed Zoo
this city IN the form Of holiday bon
MEns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
RIOT STAGFD In SP4IN.

Barcelona, Tuesday. Dec. 24.-
tBy the Associated Press Dis
orders occurred here last night
during serious clashes between
groups representing the autonomy
group and others from the Spanish
Unity party. A police lieutenant
was shot and Killed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
Half Dozen Killed
and Several Hurt
in Railway Crash

Oklahoma City, Okla, Dec. 25.-
Six persons were killed and a num-
Der injured in a wreck between a
st. Louis and San Francisco pas
senger train from this city and a
freight train at Norge, Grady coun-
ty, 10 miles southwest of Chickasa.
according to telephone reports re-
ceiyed here early this morning.
The passenger train left Okla
homa City at Gas p. N. Tuesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25
GENERAL RHODES
HURT WHEN PLANE
FALLS, IMPROVES

Paris. Dec 25.-Havasl The
condition OF Major General Charles
ID. Rhodes, head OF the American
armistice commission. who was in
Jured IN the fail OF an airplane
near Paris on Monday, continued
TO show Improvement today Uu-
less unforeseen complications Oc-
cur his complete recovery may ba
expected,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25

paris. Dec Z5.-I HaVa = "WlI-
liam @. Sharp. the American am
bassad0r. who has been called
home hv the severe illness OF a
brother. left Paris for Brest 10 sail
for New oIrk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25

New York, Dec. 25.-Rcv. Wilbur
j. Chapman, noted as an evangelist,
died here today lie was operated
uDon a few days ago
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25

|Asso ciated Press
Leased Wire Report
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-25

M Q m b er of Audit
Bureau of CirculatiOns
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11

WE MUST buy bonds TO the last cert of our
EVabiLity, because our country is fighting for
IFS very life. Make no mistake, citizens Of
America, the crisis is just that-tOe are fighting
for our very life.
We must fight this war through. We must
fght it through to q peace the basis OF Which
will be written by us and our allies.
Germany must not write a single clause m
the Treaty. She must be whipped until she VIII
sign a treaty every word Of which will be cra"n
by the Allies Germany must not be allowed 10
dot an or cross q t.
Why?
Because Germany has become nothing but
q roober empire, q murderer empire, an empire
every purpose Of which is the enslaVement OF
the rest Of the world. Such purposes admit OF
no compromise. We must conquer or die. II we
do not conquer we shall, nevertheless, Gle
and die slaves.
Germany began with the intention Of rob
oing France Of her irOn her coal, her best land
and her great factories; Of making Belgium with
her rich nnes great cities and immense faC-
tories q part Of Germany; Of gaining the BEL
gfan coast, from which she might conquer Eng
land and of combining under her fag the hordes
of Mohamrnedan Turks, and all the Balkan
States so that she might train soldiers IN count
less millions build navies to sweep the oceans
and conquer the world.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-11

This war was to be step toward world
conquest
If we cIo not fight the war through to COM
rleta victory she will still Keep on ana sne
will succeed She will surely succeed!
Russia with her nearly 2OOOOOOOO people
lies r2rostrate at Germany's feet Germany Cou1d
now gfve up the Balkan States give up Belgium
force Austria to yield up the Italian territories
Give up conquered France, yes, she Could give
I1Y2 these and even AlsaCe-LOrratne ana II al
1ovy9cy q free hand in Russia, she would st1u
have won a victory greater than any OF Wn1cn
she ever dreamed at the beginning OF the war;
Give her control Of Russia and she can, and
will within a few years come bach with power
to take bach AlsaCe-Lorraine, crush poor BEL
gillm once more and destroy exhausted france
Sweep every vestge Of resistance from Europe.
Asia and Africa, and then what?
Then she will thunder at our doors-fOm
Asia she will invade US on the West, from Europe
on the East and from Mexico on the South.
If Germany has control over the terms OF
peace we who read this will live to see one OF
the Kaisers six sons Emperor of America.
The time to Ohip Germany is nOw!
1t is notD neUer!
The Princes of Germany shaking dice for the United
States!
1t uOiH take money! money, money, that may send
men, men, men!
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-25
When Dog Sought His Master.

There is a story In the American
Magazine In which a writer says:
HE had come many miles. He had
many miles yet to go. From sleeping
farmhouses dogs bayed him as he
passed, running like a big fox, silent
and swift. The road turned and twist
ed among the hills and small noun
tains. Ahead in the sky was a glow
of coming day. 1t grew brighter with
the passing miles. 1t drew him on.
The distance would have meant little
TO him, except for the tremendous
speed at which he had been travelling.
Now his chest was fiecked with foam.
His tail, carried usually so proudly.
followed the of his launches
His overstrained muscles worked me-
chanically like pistons. His heart
pounded his long, lean. red ribs.
"Dizzy, almost famished, he came
at last to the top Of a hill, and stop
ped, ears erect. Below him stretched
rows of twinkling lights that, all to-
gether, made up the glow In the sky.
That was the city with the strange
building into which they had carried
Tommy Earle"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-25
Goats Blocked the Game.

The plan inaugurated by the Boone
and Crockett club of New York to trans
plant mountain goats from other parts
In Alaska to Admiralty island, with a
view to making 1t a great goat colony.
has been reasonably successful in all
ways save in the n detail Of secur-
ing the cooperation of the goats.
All sportively inclined Alaskans en-
tered enthusiastically into the spirit
of the scheme because of the merit of
the thing. while the thrifty profess
sional hunters looked with great favor
upon the offer Of 500 for each goat
successfully introduced to the new en-
vironment. Also, the United States
government clipped in $500 to help
boost along the game, but even the ia
vo- OF this distinguished patron failed
to arouse tAs fx1sndly interest Of the
seatk
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-25
NOTICE TO
Office OF the County Treasurer.
Winnemueea. Nevada Nav & le1.

Office OF the County Treasurer,
Winnemucca, Nevada, May 6, 1918.
You are hereby notified that the
second installment of State, County
and City Taxes for the year 1917 are
now due and payable under the law
for payment of same at the office of
the County Treasurer in Winnemucca.
Nevada.
Taxes will be delinquent after Mon
day, June 3rd, 1918. after which date
ten per cent will be added, and the
collection of the same enforced &C
cording to law.
Taxes to be paid in US. gold coin
or checks on any reliable bank. When
paying tax please give roll number.
f. G. HOENSTINE,
County Treasurer and Ex-officio Tax
Receiver of Humboldt County. Ne
vada.
Date of first publication. May 7. 1918.
Data Of last publication, June .. Isl8.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-25
FATHER AT WAR,
TRAGEDY AT HOME
Just What Home Service Means
to a Soldier.

The father kisses his wife and kid
dies goodby. shoulders his CUR and
marches away to war.
For a time the current of life lows
smoothly for the soldiers little fami-
~. Then comes the tragedy. Mother
II taken iii. The little brood Of broth
ers and sisters La helpless. No father
70 turn to. A helpless motheri
To whom can the American soldiers
family look at this critical periodf
Must q brave mans loyalty to bis
country mean desolation and suffering
% those nearest and dearest to him?
Mol Emphatically no! The Ameri-
can people viii not permit the fami-
lies Of their soldiers and sailors to
suffer because their breadwinners are
ngAting for their country. And so the
Red Cross Department of Civilian Re
lief has created q nationwide organ
ixatton for home service for the fami-
lies OF soldiers and sailors.
Under the banner of Home Serv-
See" patriotic men and women have
enrolled and are devoting themselves
20 inc uUDIc lhSk Va ucipihs ooidicAs
families to meet and adjust the prob
lems of everyday life and aiding them
. maintain the standards Of health,
education and industry.
Home Ssrvlee-True Service.
Home service means keeping the sol
disr's children well and In school. 1t
means tiding the family over financial
troubles. arranging the household
budget, meeting insurance premiums,
adjusting q mortgage, bringing med
Seal aid and legal advice to bear at the
right moment. In short Home Serv-
Zee Ia true service, in that 1t provides
the warm handclasp of friendship
rather than the humiliation Of charity.
It calls for sympathetic understanding
and intelligent consideration of the
most vital needs OF the soldiers family.
The Red Cross is pledged to Home
Service" wherever needed In the Unit
ed States. In each chapter OF the Red
Cross there will be a home service
section. under competent hands, whose
mission will be to protect the welfare
Of the soldiers and sailors homes and
20 safeguard the normal development
Of their families In employment and in
ideals Of self help and self reliance.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-05-25
AIR RAID VICTIMS ARE
HELPED BY RED CROSS
Ambulance Drivers and Nurses
Render Valuable Assistance
in Paris.

Dynamite is playing a big part IN
the war and will play a still bigger
part as the airplanes multiply In the
different warning nations and the work
of the American Red Cross Ia increas-
ed thereby.
Raids over London and Paris and
other open cities by the Germans In
which bombs are dropped that kill
and injure many persons, create work
for Red Cross ambulance drivers and
nurses. At the time OF the last raid
over Paris the offer Of help made by
the Red Cross was received gratefully
by the French authorities. A letter
tells of it as follows:
1.-The Huns came in feur squadrillas
Of seven each, did their dirty work and
sneaked away with the French after
them. None of the men at the Red
Cross warehouse was hurt but several
had narrow escapes. My first feeling
was curiosity; then | vas provoked.
just like you would be II you saw a
big brute beat up a child. and you
could do nothing.
1.-THE people in the United States
must wake up and realize we are fight
ing a crazy. mad nation. 1t is no more
a time to talk than II you saw a mad
dog coming for you, ready to bite. The
American Indian In his palmlest days
would never have acted like they do
nor could he have conceived of such
action.
Make the people at home realize
that while the fighting is 5000 miles
from the United States. unless W. beat
them here, once for all, Ii will have TO
be done later. Horrible as ii may
seem. we will have to use their meth
DDS to beat sense into their heads. The
Red Cross here is working hard to
the situation"