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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-23
BRITISH ADMIT
DEFENSE CRACKS

Continued From Page One)
forces in other campaigns show
that the Germans. as they progress.
are likely 10 find their movements
more difficult and the resistance of
the British more effective. The
more deeply they strike into the
British lines. the further they VIII
De from their bases, entailing in
cfeasiug difficulties in providing
supplies for their troops They
must move forward over a devasta-
ed area while the British will have
The great advantage of good roads
and railroads Perhaps the great
eSt problem Of the Germans will be
% bring up their heavy artillery.
N every previous campaign Of this
nature Z has been necessary for
The advancing forces TO halt fire.
quenfly while bringing up the
heavy pieces.
More Attention TO Defense.
me extent Of the British de-
lenses has been a subject Of much
Speculation, but il is known they
nave been vastly improved during
49,. - -tAtt-+ Ldt b4f-l al ltlf- ~ AZ
When the offensive rested with the
French and British. less attention
was paid TO positions OF the rear.
he British in particular were said
% scorn elaborate defensive zones
slch as the German constructed.
after the detection Of Russia and
consequent increase Of German
strength in the west. however, il
became necessary for the allies TO
consider defensive measures. which
were carried out during the winter.
Prepared for Fall Back.
British Army Headquarters in
france, Friday. March Ply the
associated Press british troops
between the Scarpe end the Disc
rave fallen back IN places. but the
BRUSH generals had f0reseen this
e'entualily and made preparations
atcordingiy. In the face of a great
Attack u is not impossible bat quite
eAsound 10 attempt TO hold the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-23
CATHOLIC PASTORS
EXCHANGE PULPITS

Following a custom of the last y
years. Father c. p, O'Neill and
Dean J. J. Quinn. pastors of Sacred
Heart and St -Joseph's Catholic
churches, will exchange pulpits for
the closing sermon of the season of
Lent. A treat is in store for the at
tendants at both places Of worship,
both men possessing rare power of
expression and each of unique mag
netiC personality.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-23
lockwood CHURCH
TEMPERANCE RALLY

A temperance rally viii be held
at the Edgewood Baptist church
tomorrow evening at 1880 with the
general topic: For a Saloonless
and Safer Rock Island" Talks
will be given by Carl u. Taylor.
F. o. Van Calder, George G. Per-
rim and w. \. Phillips. There will
be music by an orchestra and a
temperance quartet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-23
Needed

A total of 1925 cars has been
asked to move the Maine crop and
1890 for New York potatoes.
The food administration has q
direct line on cOnSumptiOn.
Through February it watched what
the trade consumed on its own ac-
count at the profiteering prices in
vogue. Instead of $4,000 carloads
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-23
LINCOLN LEADER
IN WAR SAVINGS
IN THE SCHOOLS

In the collection made by the
State Bank of Rock Island yester-
day the war savings fund shows
Lincoln, Horace Mann and Grant
in the three leading positions.
In the school savings. Hawthorne
leads. with Grant and Eugene Field
taking second and third places, re-
spectively.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-23
QtyB1I0fY

Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For express call William Trefz.
RI. Clean Towel Service. Phone
r. |. 4476.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-23
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VILLA DE CHANTAL VACATION.

Rock Islands academy for girls,
Villa de Chantal, yesterday closed
for the Easter vacation. The
school has had a wonderful win
ter's work. both in study and in
activities for the Red Cross.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-23

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-23

Rock Islands Chiropractor.
Spencer Square Theatre Bldg.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08
WHEAT CROP OF 1918
A BILLION BUSHELS
Likely to Reach or EHcreo
Yield of 1,O25 300 900,
in 1915.

Washington, Jupo s.-1he govern
rnent's hope for a billion bushels wheat
cron this wear To feed United states and
the Allies is likely 10 DO realized. lhis
wears Weld may exceed the record crop
of 1915. which was estimated at ehD,UU,-
600 bushels, but which actually was >
O25 500, 600 bushels.
The acreage sown tn spring wheat
this wear is larger by 2,o00,000 acres
than ever sown before and 2l.5 per
cent larger than last year, aggregat~
ing 22.489,OO0 acres. The condition
of the crop ON June was 952 per cent
of n normal, or IS per cent better than
the ten-year average. A production
Of 3t4 100000 bushels was forecast.
That Il Iii 100000 bushels mort than
harvested last year and only about u
o0OoOO bushels less than the record
srring wheat harvest of 1915.
Winter wheat, growing on the sec
ond largest acreage ever planted, show
Ell n condition per cent better than the
ten-vcar average, with 1913 per cent Of
a normal A production of 5S7 .0OO,Og
bushels was forecast, which If l5,OD0,0W
bushels more than forecast from con
ditions existing May |. Such eroI
would be the third In nDe grown IN TIM
country
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08
PREACHER EMPLOYED
THIEVES, BOYS STATE
Atlantic Citys Alleged Fagln
Had House Stored
With Loot

Atlantic City, juno 5 Half d hundred
members oil a Negro sect. winch calls
itself the Live and Never Die { hmch,
were in Magistrate Nontheiuer court
,esterd;.v when Perry Jones. Is mite
OF negro lad ,Worr that EIdcI Vii
liza m Robinson he;sd 81 he congregation.
who rides IN motorcar. became pros
porous by employing boy to steal ior
him
Jones told HI ~,ofN after Mrs Grace
Chappellc. Of N,u.o. rIhcd that
= lavaliere ard / diamond ring worth
s . had been stoier nom her bedroom
earl on the mofujIg :, Man - The
THE, gained enti&ut. ty cutting a
screeI. u a window Oh ttic .trf floor
The ov corroboratci her story, d.
eertiug had :; con anon Robert
Vashingl,u had been accosled BY
Elder Robinson and had been led 70
Venice Park where the cider pointed
out the house ICY were to rob III YOU
get the stuff i.c Was quote SAVING
bv the witness. Il j Jay "a Tor IT.
but if YOU get II u.rLe ;ld mention
nv name III bust youi IL: q Of Dung
Jones testified he and i "a gton found
the Jewels in the bucaa near where
Mrs. Chappelle was sleeping and carried
them to Robinson Tie gave them sey-
enty-fve cents each
Nearly half hundred complaints
have been received since Robinson was
arrested in his farmhouse near Mckee
City at daybreak Wednesday
Magistrate Sonthcimcr held Elder
Robinson in Sl00 900 for the Grand Jury
He had been arraigned earlier IN the day
OH the charge Of receiving stolen goods
as a result Of the great quantity Of ma
terial found in the parsonage Of the
olive and Never Die Church"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08
HUNS TORTURE PRISONERS.
Brtons in Captivity, Suspended From
Poles Until Respited by Death.

London. June S-The slow murder of
forty British prisoners sent hy the
Germans To work under fire on the
Russian front is related 10y a member
of the rovs,l naval division who has just
reached England after escaping from
Germany.
IL had been decided, he says, that out
of party of 500 British prisoners, thirty
six should die IN consequence of IN
allegation that thirtv-six German prisoners
had been murdered by their British
scntrlcs
The men were formed into groups
OF three. and the mis,iccd OF any individual
was visited upon all three men IN the
group
They were taken from working parties
AT the end of the day, made to mount on
y block and then tied 10 pole, The
block aftcrward was kicked away, leaving
the men suspended with their feet little
off the ground In this position they
were kept for two and half hours
each night for fourteen nights IN intense
cold Forty men died under the treat
mcnt.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08
URGES FURLESS SUMMERS.
Washington Pastor Would Standardize
WOmen's Dress as War Measure.

Hershey, Pa, June S.--Rev DR.. vii
bur i. Crafts, Of Washington, ID. g.,
superintendent of the international Re
form Bureau At the meeting Of the
Church Of the Brethren, last night urged
that the nation adopt i standardization
of dress as q war measure.
He denounced the wearing Of furs by
women in summer and the eyer-changing
OF fashions. He would have 4 standard
OF dress for women in business, high
school girls and other classes, just as
policemen and soldiers The committee
on dress reform will not make recon-
su<ndations until next week
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08
KULTUR LACK DEPLORED.
Germans Here Disappoint Beriin's Hope
of Their Allegiance 10 Kaiser.

Amsterdam, June The statement
accompanying the voluntary dissolution
of the National Gcrman-Amerlcan AZ
lance made public at Philadelphia on
April II, is arousing dolefu comment in
the German newspapers, which revive
earlier complaints that t'crman-Amcrl-
cans never came up to the expected
support Of kultur IN the new father
land
The only explanation, Saws an article
in the Berlin Iokal- Anzciger, rs that
the majority Of German emigrants are
ln~uilclcntly equipped with tn COM
modify car optimism regard
lne the part Gcrman-Amrricans would
play was based upon true German sentr
mental and NAVE ideas concerning foreign
notifies Now wc have awakened from
The dream and have found that then
supposed allegiance % their old homeland
ideals is mere empty sound
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08

how much stock they should lay IN for
the Christmas season
The governments attitude vas stked
and the announcement yesterday NJ the
council Encouraging Christons giving
which involves the buying Of presen's -
the governments arswsr.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08

Washington, ID. C., June s.-ro en-
courage thrift and economy and TO place
As little burden ~ povibic upon labor
transportation and other resources Of
.fe country IN war time, the Council
Of National Defence today urged the
public W plan Christrnas present buying
on a minimum basn.
The council has bccn h~sicged with m
quiries from merchants and manUfac-
tircrs who are desro,B Of ssccrtaining
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08

Ycast 10 1ln lntest esns'n
taken in New York, therssre more wornen
than men ia the Empire City.
Criusonbeak But they tack trnt con
srp during tho hOBe-clsaning sssBon
But they never thought Of searching tte
woods - Yonkers Statcrman.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08
Is Your Boy "Over There

Mrs Ida Clyde Clarke. Pictorial hcylew 8
Washington Editor makes It her business to
find out nything you want to know about your
boy in the Army or Navy Every month in
Pictorial Review she conducts page 6 .
\ our Boy aud Mine. which Is q mine of valu =
information to mothers with boys in the service
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08
The Most House for the
Least Money

- Arewyou thinking of bmldins3 Are you
dreaming Of home of your own? Then don.
mss this article by n NJ. Woods Mr. Woods
has introduced an entirely new idea IN home
building showing how to save Is the space,
8 the material and Is the cost.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08
Was She a Sinner or a
Saint ?

Which do YOU think Wild Honey
was2 Out there IN the lawless country.
every man who saw her loved her. But
Pastor IIolhrook resisted Al first she
laughed at his sermons but when the big
test came the man 5 soul. tried BY fire.
made the woman change Don't miss
this powerful story by Eingie Roe
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08
DR. r. G. sTELLWAGEN DEAD.

Media. Pa, June sDr Thomas
Cook StelIwaeen, A. NJ, Nj. d, ID. l.. s.,
aged ~ wears. a descendant Of Captain
Daniel StelIwageD, who captured the
first prisoners IN the war Of lsII diced
~ the home Of his daughter, Mrs. T..
: Wilson. m Media, YESTERDAY. Death
was due to diabetes
Dr. Stellwagen was graduate Of the
University Of Pennsylvania, and prsc-
tlced dentistry aIl his life in Philadelphia.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08
Do You Know Why Drying Is the
Easiest Way to Save Food

Helen Christine Bennett shows you ALSO
lutely new methods of drying food. She shows
how cheap it Is how easy it is and how TO save
the flavor and nutritive value She also shows
you what mistakes to ayod-and she knows
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08
SEVEN HUN SPIES
IN DASTARDLY PLOT
Planned to Destroy Docks, Ships,
Mines and to Keep Berlin
Informed.

New York, June Establishments charg-
ing conspiracy to commit treason against
the United States and to commit esplotl-
age. the penalty for which may be death
hv hanging, or thirty years IN Federal
prison. were returned yesterday IN the
United States District Court here
against jeremiah A. Obeary OF tins
city. John T. Ryan of Buffalo, Willard
Robinson. Emil kipper and Albert Paul
Frickc. all of New York; Lieutenant
Commander Hermann Vessels OF the
impcrial German navy and the Baroness
Maria Won krctschmann, tho last named
reported 10 bc blood dnswoman OF
the German kaiserin.
OPTICAL SPIES,
Vessels and the baroness are named
as official spies of tho German gov
eminent, and the others are persons WHO
entered into n conspiracy 10 AID the
German spies in every way possible.
OIcarv and Ryan are fugltlvcs from
Justice and are believed 10 bc IN Mexico.
The others are all under arrest and held
without bail pending trial
Two Gcrman-born citizens, both now
dead who IN lite were among the most
prominent business men OF German
origin in this city are also named IN the
indictments These men were l)r. Hugo
Schwcitzer and Rudolf Binder
The specific crimes charged in the IN
dctmcnts which, in the opinion OF Fed
eral officials, are the most important
handed down in thus country since Con
grc.s declared war on Germany, involve
cnu-,iraccs 10 instgatc war ON the
pa;t AZ Ireland on the side OF Ger
many not only against Great britain
Int also against the nited States A.
well. tho destruction hy bombs Of Amer
ican ships. docks and piers, the dc
strtlction az quicksilver mines IN the
United states the organization ~ 3
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08
Would You Have Said Yes I

Suppose you were shy college Professor
Suppose th.t you had made up your msnd to
get married and didn't know how TO go about
4 would YOU have done what Professor Bitter
did? How you will laugh at Clarence kel-
land amusing story that tells why the Professor
stayed in the river.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08
Two More Pictures for
Framing

n addition to the CALI Curci rotogravures.
L miss a patriotic rotogravurt picture by
Henry MosleF OF The Liberty Bell
which should be in every American home
There Is also cunning rotogravure
picttlre of baby you could almost hug
Both these rotogravures are IN the softest
sepia shades
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08

mess cnger system between this country
and Germany for tho transmission OF
military information needed by the Ger
man authorities in Berlin, and Various
other acts all of them intended TO aid
Germany in her war against the Allies.
CHARGED WITH TnrAsoN.
The first indictment, which charges
conspiracy 10 commit treason, declares
that from April 9, 1917, the date on
which Congress declared war against
Germany, and up To tho time OF the
finding of the Indictment, the Naval
Department of the Imperial German
government maintained in this country
ms secret representative, spy ana
agent on Carl RodiRcr, whose right
name is Hermann Vessels, and who,
while operating IN America rs the direct
and responsible chief of German espion-
age activities. was also known at vri-
Gus times and under various conditions
as Carl Roedigar, lIaro Svhroelers, \.
Dtamm MIR Dillon, Mr.. Hudson, IL
Schmidt, M Schmidt and L. Stann, a
German spy and agent who gained
admission TO the United States by fraud,
false statements, fraudulent passport,
and other deceptive means and VINO
subsequently, falsely represented hun
felt 10 be citizen of Switzerland, when
as matter Of fact he was slblect
of the kaiser Of Germany and mem
her of the naval forces OF the German
empire"
WOMAN spy KAIsBR's KIN.
II is further stated that the Baroness
Won Kretschmann, who has also been
known rs Nine Nictorica under which
name she lived Mt the Waldorf and the
Hotel Nassau at Long Beach gained
admission 10 thus country through frau-
dulent representations rs to her ma
tionaIiv and that since Jan. II OF last
wear she has been operating as n spy
for and secret representative, secret
agent, and secret cmploye Of the I'm
pcrial German government, and Of the
office for foreign affairs thereof and
that since the dav Tint Congress de
cInrcd war on their fathcrland thcee
two German subjects have been con
tinuousIy active ;ts German spies m the
nited States
The Baroness Won kretschnann used
many aliases. She was known NJ vari-
GUS times and under varying circum.
stances rs Mile Mare dc Xusslere. Mrs
Clark and as PLAIN Frau Marin krctsch-
mann
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08
What Do You Know
About ken1i =?

Do you know why it Is so POWERFUL Do you
know any meInbers2 Don't miss reading The
Golden Bough.' by George Gibbs. What
mysterious story it is! In Pictorial Revie" for
July there is a twenty-five thousand word
instalment telling all about the fight for the
treasure and the reason Why Rowland and
Tanya swore.to defend 1t with then lives.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08

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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08
Summer Food to Save and Serve

Do you know how to make Mock >cAlopA
Lettuce Soup and Barley Sponge Cakes Mrs
Ida Bailey Allen. the noted food authority.
gives these new summer recipes together sIth
an entire weeks menus. which WI save wheat
and Other necessary foods this summer.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08

Do you know how to make spiral socks2
They re the latest for the soldiers. They will
last three times longer than socks knitted IN
the old style Page 81 tells exactly how to make
these spiral socks Illustrating each stage.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08
Dainty Summer Styles

Pictorial Review for July contains pages and
pages Of delightful summary washable frocks-
Don't miss the new styles in gnghams. see the
afternoon dresses and the new capes to wear
over them. All the smartest novelties in bathing
suits are shown All these designs are simple
and easy to make up with the aid Of Pictorial
Review Patterns.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08

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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08
Why Women Must Learn
TO Say ''We"

Another Of Senator Helen Ring Robinson's
stirring talks TO her own sex. Senator Robinson
has been ID politics for so many years that She
knows every twist and turn III the game By
following the advice She gives many pit-fail can
be avoided by the millions of women who are
now privileged to vote.s
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-08

mess cngcr system between this country
and Germany for tho transmission OF
military information needed by the Ger
man authorities in Berlin, and Various
other acts, all of them intended 10 AID
Germany in her war against the Allies.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-18
[By Fred S. Ferguson, United Press

[By Fred S. Ferguson, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY in
THE c,HAMPAiGE, July 1e (3:0s
a. m.)-The fourth day Of the battle
finds the Germans still halted 'r
their attempt to enveIop Rheims.
Stubbornness of the American and
French resistance at tho extrennltics
of the fighting front-east Of Chateau
Thierry and east Of Rheims-safely
holds the allies flank.
The Americans not only are hold
ing their ground but are inflictins
the heaviest punishment on the enc
my. In the region Of Mezy and Jaul'
qonne, the Boche dead are piled four
and five deep.
One American regimental com
mander estimates five thousand dead
in front of his command alone.
The Germans have not renewed
their attempt to break the American
resistance from the Mezy front, and
this region remains strangely void OF
infantry operations, but the most
desper rate encounter continues to the
eastward in the region Of conde
wood, ST. Asnan and La chapelie
Monthodon, with the Americans fight
The battle line south Of the Marne
sways back and forth as the opposing
armies continue in their grapple OF
death. The latest definite informa
ton showed that the Marine line in
volvina the Americans extends from
Mezy to ST. Agnan, to La ChaPelle
Monthodon, to Combisy, to lie Mes
nii-Hutter, thence northeastWard tc
the river.
A gain of one kiIometer (.621 miie)
at lie Mesni-Hutter represents the
total progress made by the enemy ir
two days of terrific fighting. Attacks
and counter-attacks follow each other
in bewildering succession and are
accompanied by unprecedented artii
Iery fire. (This shows the Ameri
cans are holding an unbroken from,
of more than twenty miles south ot
the Marine. From Chateau ThierrJ
eastward to Mezy, five miles east anc
north of Chateau Thierry, the Ger
mans have been pushed back across
the river and have not attempted tc
recross. From Mezy southeastwaro
to St. Agnan, distance of SIX miles
the Americans apparently are oppos
ina the Boches alone. From there
eastward and northeastward, they ar'
brieaded with the French. La Cha
lpeIIe-Monthodon is two miles directly
east Of ST. Agnan. comblizy Is fouI
miles northeast of La ChaPeile-Mon
thodon. lie Mesnil-Huttier is abou'
two miles farther to the northeas'
and about two miles south of the
Marne.)
The Americans ability and dash ir
resistino attacks and in counter at
tackina has won the highest prais'
from the French officers. American
| bravery and Initiative and Frencf
! experience and gailantry, coupled
with the most excellent artillery sup