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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-30
Games To-day.
AMERICAN LEAGUE,

fPSCSTUiN7S htSUUS.
Chicago. 1 ; Washington, 0 (13 in
nirgS).
Boston. s ST. Louis. ..
Detroit. 8 New York, >.
Observation-Disclosures rain.
Games Today.
Washington at Chicago.
Boston at ST. Louis.
New York at Detroit.
Philadelphia at Cleveland 1.-TWO
gameSt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-30
pop GEER'S AMBITION,

Edward F. tPop) Geers. the vet
eran light harness driver, is anxi-
Gus TO crown his track successes by
driving the trotter, st. Frisco, a
200 mile.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-30

UdSt Mus DOUSIdS, NItI ME,
Raglan, J. L. Smith. Three-base hit
-Taggart Double plays Douglas
to Merkle to Killefer HerzOg to J.
l.. Smith 10 Konetchy. Left on bases
Chicago, 6; Boston, 9. Bases on
errOrS-ChiCago, ,; Boston, 3. Bases
on balls-Off Douglas, l. Hits
Off Raglan, Z in innings; off North
rop, 0 IN , innings. Struck out-By
Douglas, 5; by Raglan, 2; by North
rop, l. Winning pitcher-NOrthrOp.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-30

Two base hit-Schalk. Struck
out-Harper, 4 f.; Johnson, l. Bases
on balls-BenZ, 5; Harper. 4. Dou-
bic plays-Lavan to Judge; McMul-
lin TO Z. Collins to Gandil; Pin
cinch to Shanks. Hits-Harper, ? in
II innings. Hit by pitcher-Harpe
(McMullin). Time-2:10 Umpires
-Dineen and Hildebrand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-30
League Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results.
Boston, 3 Chicago, ,
Pittsburgh, 4 New York, >.
Philadelphia, 5; Cincinnati, 4 III
innings).
St. Louis. 4 Brooklyn, 3 G2 in
nings).
Games To-day.
Chicago at Boston.
Pittsburgh at New York.
St Louis at BROOKLYN
Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-30
ATHLETICS COMPULSORY.

New York. July 30-It was an
nounced yesterday that athletics at
Columbia University will be com
pulsOry among undergraduate be-
ginning this fall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-30

"Besco" sweeping compound
Beadrsley's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-30

Concentrated fruit syrups,
Beardsley's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-30
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Besco waffle syrup, Beardsley's,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-30

MILLER bate for Raglan in sew
Putb
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25
u. s. AGENTS
PROBE FIRES

LIMA, O., April 25.-Federal agents
today are investigating three fires
which broke out simultaneously in the
Lake Erie & Western railroad shops
here last night and practically destroy
ed the plant, valued at 100000. One
arrest has been made and it is said
others may be made during the day.
Property loss included at least ten
locomotives urgently needed in war
work, a new train of troop coaches,
just completed and score OF other
coaches. Ten thousand dollars worth
Of liberty bond subscriptions we're
burned in the office of the shops.
For some time considerable part OF
Lima was threatened by the fire.
The man under arrest is Will Pan
tinius. who says his home Is Cicero.
Ind. He was an employe of the shops.
Officials decline to say why he is
held
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25
No, Eaton Saloons Do
Not Close at 6 O'clock;
They're Too Busy Nou

Somebody without a heart started
a rumor Thursday that caused almost
as much concern as an adverse war
report. 1t was in fact almost the last
straw added to the burden of the man
who has no intention of being camel.
There was consulate and sharing
of fears. and then somebody called
the Palladium office.
"Say," asked voice, that choked a
little, Eve heard that they are clos
ing the saloons at Eaton at o'clock
now. Is there anything to it,
Nobody at the Palladium had heard
anything about it, and then the man so
obviously wanted to be reassured.
"No, we don't think there is any
thing to it, was the answer.
There was an unmistakable sigh of
relief, as if the world was not quite all
wrong yet, as the anxious one hung up.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25
DUTCH MINISTER
TELLS Law BODY
OF hun DEMANDS
Sand and Gravel Question
With Germany Acknow-
ledged to Be Serious.
fBy Associated Press)


THE HAGUE, April 25.-speaking
today in the first chamber OF the
Netherland parliament on the Sand
and Gravel question with Germany
the Dutch foreign minister declared
he could not and must not conceal
from the chamber the fact that the
question was a very serious one.
AMSTERDAM, April 25.-Germany
has given no positive guarantee that
ships from America sailing within the
next three months with grain for
Switzerland will not be sunk, it is
shown by a semi-official telegram
from Berlin today.
The German government, says the
message, has not left the Swiss gov
ernment in doubt that although an or
der has been sent to the submarines
to spare vessels carrying grain from
America for the Swiss population. it
is impossible to guarantee their safe
ty before three months have elapsed,
for technical reasons, as only after
that time can it be certain that all
German warships abroad will have re-
ceived the order. Referring to the
fact that such vessels will sail under
the American flag, the telegram says:
Should any German war vessel not
receive such order and sink one of
these vessels the responsibility will
not fall upon the German govern
ment, but upon the President of the
United States of America
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25
Arrests Here Decrease
Since Funeral Services
for John Barleycorn

Since John Barleycorn stepped down
and out in the state of Indiana, there
has been a marked decrease in the
number of arrests made by the Rich
mond police.
During March Of the present year 88
arrests were made, and up to date
this month only 46 persons have been
arrested. OF this number nine were
slated April 1 and 2, the only two days
during the month when 1.-THE saloons
were open.
Very few of the arrests that have
been made were for drunkenness.
Some men had stored up surplus
supply of liquor before the saloons
went out and It was sfrn men as TINS
the police say, who fell from the paths
of sobriety after the saloons closed up.
Next month still further decrease
in the number of arrests is expected
by the police.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25
Mary Ellen Oelklaus
Dies As Result of
Peculiar Accident

The death of Mary Ellen Oelklaus,
S-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William F. Oelklaus, 233 South Eighth
street, occurred early Thursday morn,
ing, the result, it is believed by ply
sicians who attended her, of frac-
ture of the spinal cord
A week ago, as the child was leav'
ing St. Johns parochial school dur.
ing a storm, the wind blew the door
shut through which she was attempt
ing to pass, and twisted about the
umbrella which she was carrying in
such a way as to cause the rib OF the
umbrella to penetrate her left ear.
For several days the girl did not
feel any great pain, and was able to
attend school the afternoon after she
had been hurt. Physicians who at
tended her believe that the umbrella
rib penetrated her ear so far as to
fracture the spinal cord.
Funeral services will be held Sun
day afternoon at o'clock at ST. Johns
church.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25
3.465 Convicted for
Interference With Draft
(Ry Associated Press)


WASHINGTON, April 25.-Refuting
recent charges that the department OF
justice had not been active in combat
ting enemy propaganda within the
United States, the department today
reported that at least $500 convictions
had been obtained during the last year
under wholly inadequate federal
laws against sabotage, disloya! utter
ances and other forms Of interference
with the war" These figures were
gathered from partial reports Of Unit
ed States attorneys and actually rep
resent only small part OF the de-
partment's work of policing the coun-
try, II was said.
On charges of interference with OPP
Grafton of the draft, 3,465 persons
nave been convicted or have pleaded
guilty. and 1S1 have been acquitted.
Under the espionage act, which has
been stretched to cover many varying
,ases Of disloyalty, there have been
22s convictions and II acQuittals. Un-
der general war statutes, 22S have
been found guilty of making threats
against the president and ten acquitt-
ed on this charge.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25
1Rx Associated Press.l


WASHINGTON, April 25.-Repeated
declarations of the German emperor
and Hindenburg and Ludendorff that
the war was forced upon Germany
and assertions from the same sources
that German was taken by surprise by
the Russian mobilization, attaches par.
ticular interest to certain papers taken
from Captain Won Papen seeking in.
formation regarding the best means OF
blowing up railroad trains lin the
event of European war; The sig
nificant point is that this letter was
written March 12, 1914 about five
months before the outbreak of war
This letter says:
According to newspaper repor.s
several railway trains were blown up
b. revolutionaries during the troubles
in Mexico. In order to form an opin
ion whether in the event of an Europ
can war, explosions of this kind would
have to be reckoned with, it is request
ed that if possible, information should
be obtained as to how these attacks
have been carried out. Were mines
and explosives placed on lines which
were little guarded, or were the at
tacks carried out on the train by ignit
ing a charge of dynamite, or by the
employment of Internal machines?"
Replied from Mexico.
Capt Won Papen replying from Mex
leo, where it is now known that he
was industriously planting the seeds
of German propaganda and establish
ing connections for Germany to use
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25

A melting pot" in which all persons
of the city will be asked to place OLD
gold and silver jewelry as contr1bu-
tion to the Wayne County. Red Cross
society, has been placed in the jenkins
jewelry store. Old gold rings, scarf
pins. cuff links and any other discard
ed gold jewelry, as we'll as silver, Will
be accepted for the melting pot
William H. Rindt. of the jenkins
company, points out that almost every
person in the city. If he searches thor
oughly, will find in his home some
small pieces of jewelry which no one
is wearing. If everyone brings all the
small pieces of gold, and silver which
he finds about the house, the melting
pot should net at least several nun
dred dollars for the Red Cross society.
For the present, one large pot will
be placed in the jenkins store where
all persons may bring the jewelry
which they wish to give
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25

Those who have visited the prison
camps say that the officers and men
keep themselves in excellent physical
condition and that they believe day
is coming when their services will be
used in the far east and that a Ger
man force will come to their assist
ance over the Siberian railway.
General Semenoff is holding an I'M
portant part of the Siberian railway
between Vladiyostok and Irkutsk. His
force, however, is small and his supply
of arms and ammunition limited
Should the Germans and Bolshevikl
work in unity, they may break Semen
offs hold on the railroad.
Allied sympathizers here declare
that the only way to prevent the Aus
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25
Will Melt Old Gold and Siluer
For Benefit of Red Cross Society

When a sufficient amount of jewelry
has been obtained, it will be sent to
the mint at Washington where it will
be melted and converted into money.
Gold will be returned for the gold that
was sent, and silver for the silver
articles. The money received In this
way will be donated to the Red Cross
chapter here, to be used entirely in
local work.
1--WE thought it would be means
of letting Richmond people contribute
to the local Red Cross" Mr.. R1ndt
said Thursday. There will be no
sacrifice about it. as people will just
be giving things they are not using,
and it will mean a great deal to the
Red Cross society. We are expecting
the cooperation of everybody because
it is being done for a cause in which
everybody is interested
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25
ASK PUBLIC TO
I AID IN ROUNDUP
OF TAX EvADERS
Millions of Dollars Will Be
Collected as Penalties for
Delinquency.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-Millions
of dollars, it is estimated by revenue
officials, will be added to the govern
ment revenue in penalties as result
of the roundup of income tax de-
linquents about to be started by the
department of internal revenue. The
aid Of every loyal citizen is invoked
by Commissioner Roper.
"The most important thing in taxa
ton is equity in distributing the tax
burden" said Commissioner Roper to-
day. "It is difficult to conceive that
any one should endeavor to escape his
share of the levy made for the prose-
cution of war in defense of Christian
civilization 1t is the duty Of every
man who has paid his tax to cooper
ate with us in locating the tax slack
er We shall meet taxpayers CO.
operatively by doing as much to see
that they are not overtaxed as to see
that the full taxes are collected. In
the interest of honest taxpayers we
demand every dollar that is due the
government and promise to refund ev-
cry dollar of overpayment.
Should Report Names.
"If a taxpayer has reason to believe
that any person known to him is tax
Stacker he should report his name to
the collector of his district or to the
commissioner of internal revenue.
This kind of cooperation constitutes
real war service. 1t will make the
equalization of the tax burden.
"This is a challenge for the service
of loyal citizens to do war work. Let
every delinquent taxpayer keep in
mind that il is nOSsible to avoid men,
alties and prosecutions by filing his
return before he receives notice from
the collector of internal revenue of
his delinquency. If he waits until
after official notice is received it will
be too late. A word to the wise
should be sufficient
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25
LIBERTY LOAN
QUOTAS ARE
REACHED BY.
TOWNSHIPS
Many Persons Are Expected
to Attend the Liberty Loan
Day Celebration ~at Cam
bridge City Friday.
TOTAL IS s1,soo,ooo

Cambridge City's observance of Lib
erty Loan Day Friday will be attended
by many persons from the western
part of Wayne county and Richmond
also will be we'll represented. The
parade will take place at 1890
o'clock; the indoor meeting at 2
o'clock.
The speakers will be Henry U. John
son. Charles w. Jordan and Mrs.
Charles Druitt. all of Richmond. Mrs.
Druitt, as chairman of the Woman s
Liberty Loan committee OF Wayne
county, will speak In commentator
Of the excellent work done by the
women of Cambridge City and Wayne
county in general in the Liberty Loan
drive, the aggregate sales by women
being In excess Of $360,000 and prob
ably will reach 100000.
One Of the features of the Cambridge
City meeting will be the formal pre-
sentation to the township of the gov
ernment's service flag for having
reached its quota.
All Townships over.
At meeting Wednesday night OF
the Wayne county Liberty Loan execu.
tive committee, the lists Of subscrip'
tions for the various townships was
gone over and every township in the
county was awarded a service flag. all
having reached their quotas.
In some of the townships where
there are no banks there had been
some difficulty experienced by the
committees in checking up the sub
scriptions that should have been cred
ted to, these townships, but this has
been accomplished and all townships
with but one or two exceptions are
safely over the top while the except
ons have scaled it by a narrow mar
gin.
The township committees have been
notified of the awarding the flags and
I 1t Is desired to hold special cere
monies in each township the county
committee will send speaker to for
mally present the flags.
Boston township which sold 200 per
cent OF It's quota, thereby achieving Il
signal honor not yet equalled by any
other township in the county, will, it is
understood, have a special patriotic
meeting, the date to be announced
later.
Total is s1,3oo.ooo.
According to the reports received by
the committee Thursday Wayne Coun
tvs total subscriptions for Liberty
Loan bonds has reached s1.300,000
The bonds subscribed for by Richmond
employees of the Pennsylvania com
pany amount to $35,300 and this sum
is credited to Wayne county.
Friday being Liberty Loan day, the
committees confidently expect that
there will be hundreds of subscriptions
received by the banks. The list Of cit
izens who have as yet not made pur
chase Is still quite large though many
Of these whose names were on 'delin
ouent cards" to be submitted to the
state committee, have made purchases
Many Of the others. it is expected. will
file their applications with the banks
Friday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25
TODAY'S CASUALTIES
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, April 25. The
casualty list today contained forty
nine names, divided as follows:
Killed in action, 2.
Died of wounds, 6.
Died of accident, 4.
Died of disease, Z.
Died, other causes, l.
Wounded severely, 5.
Wounded slightly, "a.
Killed in Action
Lieutenant Laurence S. Aver;
Private Frank Mccall.
Died Of Wounds
Sergeant Emil Senger; Privates
Clarence s. Eaton; Giebeope Moli-
nay, Frank Alekno, Horace G. Nc
dermont, Samuel Roach. ie
Died of Disease
Privates Charles H. Clough, Ell
mer B. Johnson, Albert Kelly, Har-
vey A. McPeak. George Moore, Earl
Burton, Rathburn, Elmer George
Zuschlag.
Died Of Accidents
Lieut.. James Calder Marquardt,
Corporal Daniel j. Scanlon; Priv
ates Donald r. Frazier, Robert
Sammons.
Wounded Severely
Corporal Carl A. Johnson, Jr.;
Privates Omer A. Godin, John H.
Simmons, Napoleon ST. Charles
Roger W. Williams.
Wounded Slightly
Sergeant George F. Dolan, Cor
porals Till Samuel Buckingham,
Fred D. Christianson, Edward P.
Joyce, Bugler Nicholas Angelo;
Privates Earl W. Barrows, Walter
F. Berry. Walter B. Birkland,
Everett E. Bristow, - John M.
Corbet, Charles F. Goodnew, Roy
Gullickson, Nash Haddad, Harry
A. Kane, Lonard V. Legal, Theo-
dore Rand McCabe, Steve Meluk,
Arthur r. Moulds, William j. Null
laney, Harry A. Murray, Andrew J..
Nett, George M. Powers. John E.
Seiffried. Patrick M. Stanton.
Died Other Causes
Private Jesse M. King.
Private Hector E. Rollman, previ-
ously reported missing is now re-
ported prisoner in Germany.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25
IRISH ATTITUDE
LAID BEFORE U. S.
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, April 25.-T. P
O'Connor, the Irish Nationalist leader
who has been on tour Of the west
was in Washington today to lay be.
fore government officials the Irish
attitude toward the British conscrip
tion plan. He said that Chicago Irish
men had urged him to come.
with them as with myself he
added, hostility to the present con.
scription proposal is induced, l need
scarcely say, not by any desire tc
weaken in any way the arm OF Eng
land or her allies in the vigorous
prosecution of the war, but in the con
viction that the way to attain the re
suit we all want to see is to give Ire
land at once her long overdue parlia
ment, which would then be in posi-
ton itself to throw Ireland's full
strength into the struggle for free
DOM"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25

HARDIN, Manchuria, March 5 Cor
respondence of the Associated Press.
German and Austrian war prisoners
in Siberia are estimated to number
more than 10000 and, in official cir
cIes here, it is held they constitute a
grave menace to the allied position In
the far East.
While the number of released prison
ers bearing arms under the Bolshevlk
flag is not great, even small num-
ber might prove a potent danger II
they were permitted to become the or
ganizing directing force behind the
Bolsheviki
With German organization control
ling the Bolsheviki, huge army might
be raised in Siberia. 1t Is held here
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25

that such a force would be in posi-
ton to do incalcuable damage and
might necessitate the sending of large
allied forces to this theater.
Previous to the rise of the Bolshe-
vik to power and their subsequent
peace negotiations with Germany, the
allies paid very little attention to 81.
beria Since then little has been done
to counteract enemy propaganda OF
German attempts to secure control OF
the vast riches of Siberia when the
war is brought to a close.
The greater number of the 100000
prisoners are in Irkutsk and other
large towns to the west, but In Pr1a
curia-thar part of Siberia which
abuts on Manchuria and which has
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25
Huns, Before War Started, Sought
Information as to. :"Best Means" Of
Blowing Up Trains in America

in the event that she should war upon
the United States, did not regard the
operations of the Mexican revolution
aries as of any particular value. For
four months late he wrote from Mex
leo City:
81 am convinced from personal evil
dence that all the recent cases of de-
struction of railway lines by explosion
were brought about by burying dyna-
mite under the line itself and then
igniting 1t by an electric current as
soon as the train has reached the ap-
pointed place. consider it out OF
the question that explosions prepared
Continued on Page Four)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25

an outlet TO the China Sea,-there are
between $4,000 and 10000
These are in encampments at Ha-
barovsk, Blagovestschensk, Nicholsk,
and other centres. The proportion
Of the prisoners is three to one in
favor of the Austrians Five thous-
and of the prisoners in Priamuria are
ocers, most Of them being in the camp
at Habarovsk.
It is known that in Irkutsk and
Western Siberia the Germans, espe-
cially the officers, are working with
the Bolsevik Some released prison
.ers also are with the Bolshevik forces
now fighting against General Seme-
noff the anti-Bolshevik leader in
eastern Siberia
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25
Hun and Austrian Prisoners in Siberia Menace Allies

tro-German prisoners from doing any
further damage, is to support any
movement that would enable the allies
to secure control of the prison camps
or better still, to have the prisoners
removed to a safer locality.
A large number of escaped prisoners
have come from Siberia into China
and Mongolia by using passports pur-
chased from the Bolsheviki authori-
ties Some of these men have been
at work among the large Mohamme-
dan population of the Chinese prov
ince of Sinkiang, while in Mongolia,
Bolsheviki and Turkish agents have
been attempting to bring about an up
rising against the government.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-25
ALLIES STAND
FIRM. AGAINST
DESPERATE
FOE ATTACKS
British Lose Fillers-Breton-
neux and French Lose Han
gard-en-Santerre, South of
the Somme.
TANKS PARTICIPATING
CBy Associated Press)

LONDON, April 25.-Heavy fighting
continues on the sector east of Ami
ems, Reuters correspondent at British
army headquarters reports. The Ger
mans appear to have gained footing
in D'Aquenne wood, west of Villers-
Bretonneux, but the British counter
attack drove them back to the fringe
of the wood. At several places the
British have retaken ground and their
general position has improved con-
siderably.
Both British and German tanks par
ticipated in the fighting at Villers-Bre-
tonneaux. The British tanks, the cor
respondent says, were among mass
Of Germans and did great execution.
At two o'clock this morning the Ger
mans put down an intense gas barrage
on the AngloFrench front in Flanders,
and two hours later deep waves of in
fantry delivered assaults. Fighting is
still in progress.