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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-07
CITY OF GUATEMALA
Is WIPED OFF MAP

Washington. Jan. 7-Guatemala
City has been completely destroyed
by earthquake shocks Thursday and
Friday which followed those late in
December. Messages received by the
state department say the loss Of life
this week is estimated to be greater
than that rsulting from earlier shocks.
A dispatch from the Central Ameri-
can Telegraph company said:
Our manager at San Jose, Guate-
mala, telegraphs the following:
What was left of Guatemala City is
now wiped out. Shocks at 1875 p. m.
JAN 4, finished everything. Steam is
coming up in the streets. Cathedral
fallen. Las Vacas bridge to Barrios
now down. Slides on railroad between
San Jose and city. No lines or trains
reported. Further 800 killed"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-07
WAR SUMMARY

Russian efforts to have Ger.
many acquiesce In the transfer Of
the peace negotiations from Brest.
LitOysk, in German control. to the
neutral City OF Stockholm, appar.
emily hayefailed. Foreign Minis.
ter TrOtzky went to Brest-LitOvsk
in q vain attempt to persuade the
Germans to 60 to Stockholm.
There have been more lively nc.
tiyities on the western front bnt
no operations In strength. In
strength. In Flanders near Arras
and southeast OF verdun the In
fantry fighting was iiveliest but
little change in position Is report.y
ed. In France and on the Italian
northern front the artillery firing
has been above normal ut several
nainfR.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-07
German Mayor
AssunesOffice
in Indiana City

Michigan City, Ind, Jan. FIRED
c. Miller, alleged enemy alien, assum-
ed Office as mayor of this city without
opposition at noon today At that hour
no word had been received as to the
progress Of injunction proceedings
begun at Valparaiso by persons who
objected to the installation of a Ger
man mayor" There was no disorder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-07

This control will be effected through
voluntary agreements the binder twine
makers have made with the food ad-
ministration which will centralize the
buying and eliminate competition.
Henry Wolfer. former warden Of the
Minnesota state penitentiary, where
he built the largest binder Irvine fac
tory in the world, will have charge of
the work of the food administration.
Will Stabilize Prices.
An official announcement today
says the food administration ar
rangements will stabilize prices, pre-
vent undue advances, eliminate waste,
speculation and boarding and give the
product to the ultimate consumer at
the lowest price possible.
1t gives warning, however, that
higher cost of materials and reason
able differentials for manufacturing
will not permit the price to be as low
as in former years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-07
HEARINGS BEGUN ON
PRINT PAPER PRICE

Washington, Jan. Open hearings
to assist the federal trade commission
in determining fair price for news
print paper, in accordance with the
agreement made by manufacturers
with the department of justice, began
today with manufacturers, jobbers and
publishers present to give information
as to what is fair investment in the
business and what is fair rate of
profit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-07
THE WEATHER

Forecast TIL z P. NJ. Tomorrow. for
Rock Island. Davenport. Moline
anc Vicinity.
Unsettled weather with probably
light snow late tonight or Tuesday:
no decided change in temperature with
the lowest tonight about 10 degrees
above zero.
Temperature at a. m, IT: highest
yesterday, "a: lowest last night, IL.
Velocity Of wind at q. M, 5 miles
per hour. -
T Precipitation, 81 inch.
Relative humidity at p. M. "a: at
a. m. II; at ] p. m. today. "A.
Stage Of water, 81; fall OF 3 in
last IS hours.
J. n. SHERIER. Meteorologist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-07
YANK AERO FALLS
IN FRANCE; z DIE

Washington, JAN Deaths of Lieu
tenant William S. Ely and Sergeant
George E. Houdek in airplane acct
dents in France were reported today
by General Pershing. Ely lived at
Rochester, N. Y, and Houdek at Ills
Monticello avenue, Chicago.
General Pershing also reported the
death of Captain William f. Hard, of
pneumonia. He lived at 1900 Western
avenue, Joliet, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-07

.anyLivesAre
Lost on Yankee
Steamship Sunk

New York, Jan. T.
The American steamship
Harry Luckenbach has
been torpedoed and sunk
with loss of life, according
to word received by the
owners of the vessel to-
day.
Eight men are missing
out of a crew Of about
thirty in addition to the
naval guard, the owners
were informed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-07
GO TO PUTERBAUGH SERVICE.

Springfield. Ill, Jan. 1.--Governor
Lowden, state officers and department
heads left here at 10 o'clock this morn
ing for Peoria to attend the funeral
this afternoon of the late Judge Leslie
d. Puterbaugh. director Of the depart-
ment Of public works and buildings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-07
ROAD RECEIVER ASKED,

st. Louis, Jan. Application was
made in the federal district court here
today for the appointment OF a re-
ceivcr for the United Railways ofsSt.
Louis, the local and suburban trAc-
ton line,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-07
hit BY TRAIN: HURT.

Chicago, Jan. miss Effie Tull,
teacher Of English at the Elgin high
school, was seriously injured today
when she was struck by Northwest
ern train at Wheaton. She was taken
to hospital there
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-07
srIyCTIyE IS PNEUMONIA VICTIM

Rockford, H., Jan. Private Leo
F. Mattison, One Hundred and Sixty
first depot brigade. died this morning
at Camp Grant of pneumonia. he
was 26 years old. His mother re-
sides at Sioux City. Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-07
RANK CALL ISSUED.

Washington, Jan. THE comptro!-
Ter of the currency today issued call
for the condition OF all national banks
NJ the United States at the close OF
business Monday. Dec. 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-07
HOOVER WILL
TAKECHARCE
0FALLTWINE
Government Step Planned
to Eliminate Competition
in Great Necessity.

Washington, Jan. THE food
administration has arranged to
control during 1918 the supply Of
binder Irvine, SO important to
farmers, particularly those Of the
granger states. Reasonable prices,
though not so low as former ones,
are expected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-07
RUSSMAKINC
PLANS TO GO
ON WITH WAR
Strengthen Front Against
Huns-Only Men Who
Want to Fight Stay.

London. Jan. THE Bolsheyikj
are definitely strengthening the
front, PetrOgrad adyices say. The
correspondent Of the Daily News
obtained this information from VI.
Kadek. one Of the Russian dele.
gates who took a prominent part
In the negotiations with the Aus.
trfans and Germans ut Petrograd,
he said the B0lsheviki were In.
tending to send home all who did
not wish to fight, SO that they
would have an army which was
willing to fight for an ideal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-07


not wish to fight, SO that they
wonid have an army which was
willing to fight for an ideal.
The correspondent asked what
would be the attitude of the Bolsheviki
in case Of actual war, with regard
to help from the allies. NJ. Radek re-
piled:
we do not desire their strength.
Our strength lies in our weakness. and
If We accepted help from the allies
the significance of our position would
be destroyed. The weaker we are the
stronger we are. The Germans can
drive us back but what good would It
do them?
THE country behind the front has
been stripped bare. The Germans will
not wish millions of starving persons
on their hands.
Want Democratic Peace.
I'VE stand for democratic peace
So do the German working classes. If
the German government attacks us it
will display itself to its own people in
its true light" A telegram from
Brest-Litovsk to Amsterdam gives a
wireless message sent to M. Joffre,
chairman Of the Russian delegation by
the delegates of the central powers
which recalls that when the central
powers outlined the terms on which
they were willing to make peace they
stipulated that these terms would be
valid only if all the belligerents bound
themselves within certain period to
! observe them. The Russians then
fixed 10 days as the period in which
the other belligerents were to decide
whether to join in the negotiations,
but although this time elapsed Jan. 4,
nothing has been heard from them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-07

Continued on Page Eleven.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-07
Agsinst Free Government.

ut is argued, however, that although
this is abstractly true, 1t is not con-
cretely SO. because as compelled mill
tary service Is repugnant to free
government, it will be In conflict with
all the great guarantees Of the consti-
tuition as to individual liberty. 1t must
be assumed that the authority to raise
armies was intended to be limited to
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-16
Young Women Of America, Ate

Young Women OF America, Atten-
Here's an opportunity to serve
your country in France with Gen.
eral Pershing's EXpeditionary Force
"a chance to do as much to help
win the war as the men In khaki
who go lover the top"
Uncle Sam wants to have his teie.
phone system in France operated by
the most efficient operators in the
world and that means by American
young women. The Signal Corps
have asked the telephone companies
in the United States to secure these
switchboard soldiers" for them.
Just because you are or have been
a telephone operator, don't think that
you Therefore can easily secure a
position in this eXpeditionary operat-
ing force. The first and fixed re-
quirement is IN ability to speak and
read both French and English fluent
ly and be able to understand readily
French spoken over telephone
illl'' lt american
TEN in France not only links General
Pershing's headquarters with various
points of military Importance but 1t
also connecrs directly with the
French Government telephone sys-
TEN, and so unless your French is
very, very good, do not consider your
self qualified applicant. Knowl'
edge OF switchboard operation is
also necessary, but If you do not have
this knowledge and If all the oper-
atOrs needed are not obtained from
those already having experience, you
may be accepted without previous eX-
perience and given the necessary
training by some telephone company.
Therefore, If you can handle the
French language as well as you do
the English and are dependable, re-
sourceful, and able, if necessary, to
"go 1t on your own" as the soldiers
say when the tide of battle com.
pels prompt, individual action to
meet a serious situation-then by all
means apply. Nearly a hundred
young women have already been Sc.
lected, and Judging from them this
unit will meet all those require
ments and be one of the most demo.
cratic and truly representative
American forces sent abroad. It's
personnel is being selected from APP
plicants from all parts of the coun.
try, who, as fast as they are selected,
are 'given such training either in
their home town or city or at some
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-16
AMERICAN GIRLS TO ACT As ltLtPnunr
OPERATORS WITH GEN. PERSK|NG'S ARMr
Signal Corps Authorities Patriotic Young Women
Who Are Able to Speak French and Are
Willing Go Overseas.

training center to which they are
sent for final preparation. and from
which they will be ordered to a port
or embarkation for Quitting as DIFF.
ferent groups become ready to sail.
Every member of the organization
must wear a standard uniform tina,
mas been specified by the War Col.
lege. This uniform must be worn a
all times and civilian clothing can
not be worn and will be of no use
TO these young women soldiers "ovar
there The different ranks will be
distinguished by different insignia
ON the white brassard worn on
the left arm. Operators will wear
white brassard with black tele.
phone transmitter. Supervisors
brassards will have gilt laurel
wreath underneath the transmitter
The brassards of the chief operators
Will have the two symbols mentioned
surmounted by the gilt lightning
bolts used as insignia by the Signal
Corps.
In every respect these young wO
men will be soldiers coming under
military restrictions at all times. The
pay will be $50 a month for oper.
ators, S72 for supervisors, and $l25
Tor chief operators, in addition to
which allowances will be made sor
rations and quarters when these
things are not provided by the Army.
The Signal Corps authorities point
out that this operating force is not
going on pleasure trip or 10y rid"
ana that no evening dresses need be
taken and that social opportunities
are not at all included in the pro.
gram. 1t viii be war task of the
nature and size that always appeals
strongly TO American womanhood
and for handling it, the Signal Corps
seek level'headed young women who
are resourceful, able TO exercise good
Judgment in emergencies and willing
to work hard and even endure hard.
ships If necessary. AT the same time
they point out that all indications
are that everything possible will be
done TO insure the comfort and well
being OF these young women in the
service.
Information as to how application
may be made can be obtained by call.
ing upon the manager of your local
telephone company, or application
blanks, etc, can be obtained from the
Chief Signal Officer of the Army,
Room S26, Mills Building Annex,
Washington, d. C., who makes the
appointments to this work.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-16

Cook County Jail
Criminal Court Building, Dearborn
Ave, between Michigan and
Illinois st.
William T. Davies, Jailer.
County Surveyor
Harry Emerson.
r. 426, 4th floor, County Building.
County Architect
Eric T.. Hall.
1879 N. Clark st.
County Supt. Of Highways
George A. Quinlan.
r. 1926, Bird floor, County Building.
President OF Sanitary District
Chas. Fl. Sergel.
Trustee Of Sanitary District
Fred ID. Bret,
Patrick J. Carr,
Wallace G. Clark,
James VI. Daley.
Chas. H. Sergel.
George w. Paullin,
Charles f. Reading,
James Fl. Lawley,
NJ. A. Mueller,
John McGillen, Clerk.
300 s. Michigan Ave. (Karpen
Building. Telephone Wabash
1920.
Arrah J. whistler, president Of the
Akron Tire G Vulcanizing Company,
Is highly respected in the business
world because Of his clean cut and up.
right methods.
II. G.. Howard & Co. have sold for
Helen s. SPEECH of Riverside, CAL,
and Gertrude j. Wachsmuth of Chi.
cago to Benjamin i. Coolidge the six
fiat building at 5S42.44 Harper avenue
consideration nominal, subject to
$4,000 incumbrance, but property is
said to have been held at s22,5OO.
Judge Edward I. Glennon, the we'll
known railroad lawyer. 10 respected by
bench. bar and public.
~
James s. Hopkins. the able lawyer,
would make a good Judge of the Supe.
rior court
~
William B. Kiuge, president of the
Brazil Tire & Rubber Co., may we'll
be proud Of the record made by his
Racine tires. Mr.. Kluge always makes
a success of everything he undertakes
Chicago needs new City Hall. The
new one will probably be built In
Union Park on the West Side.
Tom N. Donneiiy would make q
good Mayor. He is popular with every.
body.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-16
COUNTY AND SANITARY DISTRICT
HEADS AND JUDGES OF the AP=
PELATE, CIRCUIT and SUPERIOR courts

JUDICIARY.
Illinois Supreme Court
Judge Orrin N. Carter.
X. 1922, 10th floor, County Build.
ing.
Appellate Court
Branch /.
William II. McSurely,
William f. Dever,
Jesse Holdom.
II. 400, Michigan Blvd. Building.
Branch 2.
Charles A. Mcdonald
John p. McGoorty,
Albert II. Barnes.
r. 400, Michigan Blvd. Building,
Branch 3.
John NJ. O'Connor
Thomas Taylor, 1r.,
Clarence N. Goodwin.
r. 400, Michigan Blvd. Building.
Judge Of Probate Court
Henry Homer
Judge Of County Court
Thomas F. Scully
Judge Of Juvenile Court
Merritt w. Pinckray.
judges Of Superior Court
Albert c. Barnes.
Theodore BrentarO.
Joseph SABBATH,
VIM. Fenimore Cooper.
William L. Dever.
Joseph II. Fitch,
Charles NJ. Foel,
Clarence n. Goodwin,
Martin NJ. Gridley
Marcus A. Kavanagh
Charles A. Mcdonald,
NJ l.. Mckinley,
William II. McSurely,
John NJ. O'Connor.
Hugo Pam,
Denis T.. Sullivan.
John ]. Sullivan,
Joseph Il. David
Extra judges
10th floor, County Building.
Judges Of the Circuit Court
Victor p. Arnold,
Robert T.. Grove,
Jesse Baldwin,
George +. Barrett,
David M. Brothers,
Jesse Holdom,
Lockwood Honore,
George Kersten,
David +. Matchett,
John p. McGoorty,
Merritt w. Pinckney,
Kickham Seaman,
Frederick A. Smith
Thomas Taylor, Jr..
Charles NJ. Thomson,
Oscar M. Torrson,
Richard s. Tuthill,
Charles M. Walker,
Thomas G. Windes.
Jury Commission
Joseph II. Barnett,
Otto Pompel,
Chas. w. Seinwerth,
Chas. l.. Caswell, Chief Clerk.
r. S24, Sth floor, County Building
Chicago Law institute and Library
10th floor, County Building.
William Holden, Librarian.
Cook County Building
Occupies block, Randolph, Wash
ington, Clark and La Sale SITS
John Czekala, Custodian.
Criminal Court Building
Cor Michigan and Dearborn Ave
Jacob Pomerantz, Custodian.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-13
RADIO PLANT PURCHASE
MEETS WITH OPPOSITION
House Committee Surprised That
Daniels Had Authority to Take
Over Wireless System.

Washington, Dec. 13.-Secretary Dam
iels and naval officers appeared yesterday
before the House Committee on Mer-
chant Marine in advocacy Of a bill to
authorize the government to own and
control all radio systems in the United
States.
The measure, prepared by the navy
experts, is similar to ono presented IN
the last session, which the committee re-
fused to report. Since then the navy was
authorized to take over and control
radio systems during the war. Acting
under provision of the bill, the Secre-
tary has bought the systems of the Fed
eral and Marconi Companies in the
United States, at cost of $1,000, 900
II was contendcd by Republican men,
bers of the committee that the Navy
Department exceeded its authority in
making the purchases when the com
mittee had specifically refused to report
such bill in the last Congress Mr.
Daniels held that there was ample au-
thority in the Naval act to make thes d
purchases rs n war necessity.
Mr. Daniels was criticised by r epre-
sentatives Edmonos and Greene The
former said that members of the Naval
Affairs Committee did not understand
that the provision In the Naval bill gave
the Secretary authority to purchase and
operate wireless systems The bill upon
which the hearing was held promises To
develop big fight
Secretary Daniels read the staten ent
to the committee and then was cross
examined 1t was estimated by Mr..
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-13

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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-13

and gave us something to eat and drink.
And, oh, boyl that grub made us feel
good. He asked us how many of our
men were In the woods and we told him
25,000 at least.
"The next morning he sent Corp.
Hollingshead, one of our captured gang,
to the woods with a message asking
M jor Whittelsey to surrender. | was
in another part of the dugout and didn't
hear what the lieutenant told him, but
j learned he wanted the Americans to
quit so that he wouldn't have to wipe
them out-some sort of humanity stuff.
RESCUED AT LAST.
During the day the lieutenant and
the others beat it. l thought they were
going to attack the Americans. They
didn't come back. The three of us lay
in the dugout all night. There was no
food or water left for us. About 9 o clock
the next morning we almost dropped
dead when a lieutenant and a corporal
from the And Division poked their
heads in the dugout.
And they came pretty darned near
us, but we hollered we were
Americans They asked us how we got
there. We told them The lieutenant
Salu ne nau Just hlued Il bctfiidH litu-
tenant and hoped it wasn't the fellow
who was so kind to us, because he could
have captured him without taking a
shot at him
"Thev took us to hospital and there
| saw Hollingshead 1t seems the 42nd
finally broke through and saved our
When Hollngshead brought
the message to Major Whittlescy the
major said there was nothing doing on
the surrender proposition.
4 dispatch from Coblenz on Dec. 10
said that lieut. Heinrich Prince, the
German officer who sent an American
With the surrender message, was one of
he commission that remained in Coblenz
10 turn over surrendered material TO
he Americans. He expressed admira-
ion for the Go to hell" answer shouted
~ Major Whittlesev
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-13
TRY THIS FOR A
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'Pape's Cold Compound" Ends
Severe Colds or Grippe
in Few Hours.

You can end grippe and hrcak up q
severe cold either in head chest, body or
limbs, by taking dose Of "Pape's Cold
Compound every two hours until three
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1t promptly opens clogged-up nostrils
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-13

Judging from the countless preparations
ard treaim ments which are continually t,eing
advertised for the purpose of making thin
people beshy. developing arms neck and
bust and replacing ugly bollows and angles
by the soft curved lines Of health and
beauty there are evidently thousands Of
men and women vino heenly feel heir ex-
cessive fuinnFSs
1binnfss and ,nfA- are usually due
TO starved nerve Jui bodies need more
phosphate thar l. contained IN modern
foods Physicians claim tnerc is nothing
that Will supply this deficiency SO well as
the organic phos phate known among drug
gists bitr1-phOs phaic. vi hich Is mex
pensIye and . sold by \. Danforth and
most all druggists under guarantee OF
satisfact ion money 1ach ny feeding the
nerves directly and by supplying the BODY
cells with the necessary phosphOric food
elements bitro- phosphate quickly produces
a welcome transiOrma ion in the appear
ance. the increase ia weight frequently being
astonishing
This increase m weight also carries with
II genera Improvement IN the health
Nervousness. s.eeplessness and tack OF
energy which nearly always accompany
excessive thinD4ss, soon disappear dull
eyes be.ome brss.s and pale checks glow
with the bloom = perfect health
CAUTION - t4ShOugh bitro-pilosphate is
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owing 10 it, remarka bic desh forming prom
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-13

Daniels that the entire cost of the pri-
vate owned wireless system would be
S5,0O0,OO0
During the hearing Lieutenant J. G..
Cooper of the Navy explained that the
radio stations at Annapolis, SayvilIe,
Tuckcrton and Brunswick, Ga, were
operated from one room in the Navy
Department. The plan was perfected
during the war.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-13
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-13

tiago, Chill, and crossed the Tupun-
cato Range at an altitude Of 1900
feet, landing at Mendoza, Argentina.
Lieut. Godoy is the first Chilian and
the second man recorded as crossing
the Andes by Airplane. The first fight
across the mountains was made last
April by Lieut.. Cendelaria of the Ar