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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15
TOTAL NEARING
NEEDED AMOUNT
...-;o,>' Fund Campaign 0mcia,S
Fxpect Mark OF S165.000
Reached This Week.
nm s4.0eo TO SIM TODAY
,s,sl Cleanup in Resident and Bus
,,s<s District viii Re Launched
Next Week.

-,a Patriots fund today went
.,,rard by nearly $4,000 as a re
- Of some 81 the cleaning up
-s,es has been done by the com
-.,tees handling the factory and
mess canvass. The resident can
~ workers Will have an addition
: -snbrt 10 make within a day or
- and it is expected that before
- end Of the week the fund Will
NJ reached approximately 800
IN The final cleanup will start
.,rlv next week and il is believed
ing the fund TO the desired
AMOUNT
ne work of sorting the cards
las been a big one and is nearing
-7wDle.ion. Committees We're at
- office today sorting the cards
-r-ned back as the result OF the
s-siness canvass and NJ. +. Strieter
srd his committee are practically
,5rough with the cards in the resi-
sepi district E+ese will all be re
ffsfr1UiiLEl anu t1E 4tAl " ~ h
rill see the drive on for d spirited
finish The trustees of the fund
are taxing hold Of the work Of tab
vlating and listing pledges, adopt
1g a method for collection. and
ape to have the funds headquar-
.srs established before the end OF
tie week
Increase Pledges.
Yesterday the Universal Tractor
Works reported $3.50 more from the
Rock Island employees working at
ne tractor plant. Ed Neehau OF
the Chicago. Rock Island and Pa
cifc Office reported S2S5 more from
he employees Of the Rock Island.
Additional pledges came in from
the Rock Island Manufacturing
company, the Peoples National
bank. the State bank and many
fiscellaneoas pledges from com
Mittees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15

, lbs. Pea berry Coffee 45c
Beverly Club Coffee, ID. 60. .29c
lbs. Brady's goo Special
Brand Coffee for ....... 81 90
Dates, Dromedary. , pkgs. :I5c
Spaghetti or Macaroni,
packages ................25c
Potted Meat, large cans 25c
Oatmeal, large pkg .2ic
Fancy Apples, 10 lbs 39c and up
10 lbs Onions ...---....--. 29c
3 lbs. Fresh Oatmeal .... 25c
Two zoe pkgs. 20 Mule Team
BoraX .-................ Zoe
, glasses Jelly ........,.. 25c
3 pounds Bulk Hominy ... 23e
25c can Brite Mawnin' Baked
Beans .-.....-...........l5e
2 lbs. Soda Crackers ....-... 3oe
8 cans Wall Paper Cleaner pc
f. pkgs Lux for ,-.-..----...2 Zoe
3 cans Pears III Syrup .-.. Zoe
25c can Pears or Peaches Pc
Two zoe cans kraut .-..-... BE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15

Mems 15c hose 10~
a pair = -
Mems Overalls and Jackets. &c
union made eaCn NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ~
Mems Khaki Pants, Ct IN
Mems Dress Work Pants, values Cd 20
$3.50 choice .......... ~-sc~
Mems spring weight balbriggan union CO.
Mems Black Sateen Work Shirts. QE
worth $125, each W
Boys Suits all ages, $500 C2 AG
Childrens Black Cotton Hose any size, CQ~
zoe values, = pair for
Ladies' Embroidery Trimmed Petticoats 2Q~
75c values, limit one, each ........--....-.-
Ladies' Envelope Chemise limit AZ
Ladies' Chocolate Brown Isle Hose, new shipment
65c value limit pair. AQr
d pair OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Nv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15

Finest Burbank Potatoes,
with an order. PIX. .....--.2 5c
, lbs. l5c grade Rice ...... 35c
l lb. soc grade uncolored
Japan Tea ...........-...i Jc
Horseshoe or Star Tobacco,
pound .-..-..--.-..-....-. Coo
Large bottle Catsup 15c
3 lbs. Steel Cut Oatmeal .... 21c
Fresh Leaf Lettuce. III. 49,. zoe
> punches Green Onions ... Zoe
Large head Caulifiower &c.,. 20c
Head Lettuce. ID. .....-...-..1 5c
= cans Tomatoes. Kidney
Beans. Pumpkin. Hominy
or GOoseberries 25c
; pkgs Cornfiakes .....-...25 c
Butter, Eggs, Lard and Potato
prices subject to change without
notice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15
SHOE Department

Meas $500 Wei hid Shoes, G2 @
with or without tips ......
Mems Brown English G2 q
Shoes, $500 value ........
Boys English Dress GC q
Shoes, $500 value .-..--
Ladies 500 brown or c.
gray kid shoes ........-...
a Iedi ,s.s $500 black $50
Bows and girls school shoes, values
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15

3 zoe cans Lincoln brand
Coffee SI.0O
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
OUR CAUSE IN GREAT DANGER
German Foreign Secretary Admits Se-
riousness OF Present War Situation.
Says Truth Must Often Be Suppressed
for the Good of the Public.

Amsterdam. Aug. 23.-"Our cause
is an exalted one but it is in great
DANGER" Admiral Won Hintze, the Ger
man foreign secretary told a confer
ence OF German journalists in Berlin,
according to the Cologne volks Zei-
tung. He asked them to cooperate
with him. After asserting in '. nat
nigh esteem he held the press, the
admiral said:
In these times the government, the
press and the nation must hold to-
gether with one aim-to win the war.
II these factors do not hold together
we shall be beaten
The post of foreign secretary is by
no means a desirable one. All objec-
tions I had made to my appointment
were dispelled and I have Undertaken
this responsible post. L am not tack
ling my task with a bowed head or a
heavy heart
Il shall always show the greatest
consideration to the gentlemen of the
press. You will hear nothing but
facts from me, but I cannot always
give the facts. The entire truth al
certain times does not serve but harms
the public interest.
Il am not at all concerned regard
ing attacks either on my person or
against the imperial policy. 1 am
merely concerned with our cause. Our
cause is an exalted one, but it is in
great danger. I, therefore, call on
YOU to cO-ODerater
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
LOOK FOR INDIRECT
PEACE OFFENSIVES
ON PART OF GERMANY
Observers Believe Hungarian and Bull
garian Channels VIII Be Used.
Anti Government EIe.
ments Will Be Used by Huns.
CAN'T USE AUSTRIA NOW
CFcmcnceau's Exposures Have Spoiled
That Country as a Medium.
Magyars Try To Cause Breach Be.
tween Czechs and Slovaks.

New York, Aug. 23.-That the new
peace offensive of Germany will be
launched thru Hungarian and Bulgar-
ian channels, was the opinion express
ed here today by Volta Benes, OF Chi
cago, secretary of the Bohemian Ma
uonai Alliance of America.
Hun leaders believe that the only
way left open to them, after the
Clemenceau disclosures have Destroy
ed the usefulness of the Austro-Hun-
mediary, is to send out peace feelers
thru what will be camouflaged as
anti-governmental and anti-German
parliamentary authorities in Hungary
and Bulgaria" he said.
Use Hired Members of Opposition.
This should be all the easier as
political corruption in both countries
makes it customary for the government
to utilize groups of the opposition as
its disguised agencies
Also a peace move directed from
Budapest and Sofia could lean for sup
port on the power of the friends in
this country of Hungary and Bulgaria.
who now disguise their propaganda be-
hind protestations of unflinching 10y
atty to the United States"
Concerning the activities of Magyar
.propagandists, Benes expressed the
opinion that the recognition of the
Czecho-Slovak nation by Great Brit
ain anu tH6 OIneG dlileS Will COmpei
them to change their tactics. Instead
of attacking the Czecho-Slovak claims
in their entirety, Hungarian agents, he
said, will now try to stir up dissension
between Czechs and Slovaks by APP
preaching the former with, promises to
support the plan of Independent Bo-
hernia state against Austria, with the
implication that Hungary should be
left alone to deal with the aspiration
of Slovak-Irrenditists.
Czecho-SIOvaks Will Stand Together
An article published here was re-
ferred to as an indicative of the
Magyar scheme.
The most interesting feature of this
article is that it speaks of Czechs all
the time and does not mention the
Slovaks," G. M. MillSa. director of the
Czecho- -Slovak press, said here today.
Whether the omission was accidental
or intentional. the inference is obvious.
But we CZecho- -Slovaks have only, a
.contemptuous smile for insinuations
of this kind.
I'VE may conquer or we may per-
ish, but whatever happens, we shall
stand together in the struggle for
world democracy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
Government Officials and Bankers
Confer in Kansas City Today.
VIII Furnish Money for
Long Time Loans to Cattle Men.

Kansas City, Aug. 23.-Clifford NJ.
Leonard and Angus Mclean, members
of the federal war finance corporation,
were here today for a conference with
directors of the Kansas City Federal
reserve bank, local bankers and bank
ers from Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma
and Texas, looking to the establish
ment of the Kansas City and Dallas,
Texas. headquarters for the cattle loan
committees. Plans are to be de-
Yeloped for giving financial assistance
to cattle and agricultural interests of
the southwest that are deemed of vital
interest to the war. Especially will
assistance be extended for the build
ing up of beef herds.
To Make Year Loans.
The cattle loan committee plan,
which is said to have been conceived
by Secretary McAdoo, contemplates
government assistance for banks so
they may be able to carry farm and
live stock loans for longer periods
than have been customary. Loans for
nine months to year will be possible
under the new plan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
CONCERNING PAPERS
Newspaper Economies Compelled by
Government Restrictions.
Newsprint as War Observation-Disclosures
War Essential

New York, Aug. 23.-Newspaper-
dom, a periodical for publishers, prints
the following in connection with neces-
sary newspaper economies and gov
ernment restrictions:
News that a general campaign of
education has been started to acquaint
the American public with the urgent
necessity for paper conservation all
along the line is welcome to publish
ers, because it means that the read
ing and advertising public will readily
accept as a proven necessity whatever
paper economies publishers may find
1t necessary to adopt-economies
which when expressed by narrower
margins. smaller type, condensed
headings, etc, might provoke some
protests did not the public fully un-
derstand the urgency of the situation
which has caused the government to
suggest these restrictions.
Newspaper publishers unselfishly
and persistently have bent every eff
tort toward cooperating with its
various branches. and in the SELL
ing of bonds, thrift stamps and the
raising of funds for special purposes
they have contributed news and ad-
vertising space most generously
space that has cost the publishers real
cash to carry. We haven't as vet
heard of any manufacturer of SOL
dters' clothing, supplies, ammunition
makers, gun or cannon manufacturers
handing anything over to the govern
ment except upon the basis of a cash
return. Regardless of the number of
handicaps that have been placed upon
newspaper making, the publishers
have not wavered for a second in their
loyalty-in their desire to help the
American people win the war"
The very fact that news-print en-
joys priority as a war necessity renders
the newspaper the logical medium for
carrying an advertising message in
war time.
Secretary Of War Baker has de-
clared the newspaper industry a most
essential one, and of great importance
in war time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
DEFERRED CLASS FOR
THE YOUNG MEN WILL
FAIL, 1T is BELIEVED
Presidents Opposition Expected TX
Defeat the Amendment.
Says 1t Is Unfair to Men Over There
4 Who Need Reinforcements.
SENATE is AGAINST IT
Would Not Pass the Bill With the De-
ferred Class Provision in 1t.
Vote in House VIII Be Close, but Vic.
tory for Administration Seems Sure.

Washington, Aug. 23.-There is
now little doubt that congress will
give the war department a free hand
in calling into service the boys OF Is
and 10 under the new manpower bill.
Convinced that these men are imper-
atively needed to win the war in the
refuse to heed those who insist that
the younger men be kept out of the
fight until the last.
In the house, the vote on this ques-
ton will be close.
& Representative Kahn, leading advo-
cate of the no-obstacle policy. said to-
day he believes the amendment defer
ring service of Is and 10 year 'olds
will be defeated. Chairman Dent, of
the military affairs committee, who
be adopted.
q President at Work.
n President Wilson has been working
on the quiet with house members ia
sorfng the amendment in an effort to
convince them by voting for it they
cover there" who are depending on
congress to provide the additional
forces necessary to crush the German
line.
Senate Will Stand Firm.
: Whatever the house does, the senate
will refuse to support any amendment
tending to limit the size of the army.
II possible, the senate would empower
the president to get more men. If the
bill goes into conference with the
house amendment in it, senate con-
feres will be instructed never to ac-
cept it.
Desire to get the bill thru with the
last delay makes it appear likely the
house will vote on the measure tonight
-or early Saturday. Every effort will
be made to get a senate vote Saturday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
FOCH WILL POUND AT
HUNS ALL WINTER Is
BELIEF OF EXPERTS
Strenuous Cold Weather Campaign
Ahead, Washington Thinks.
Give Boche Little Opportunity To Re-
cuperate His Ranks.
"KEEP ON GIVING 'EM H
Only in That Way Will the Allies Ge
a Real Speedy Finish.
WAY Would Be Prepared for Mann
moth Drive in Spring.

Washington, Aug. 23.-That Foch
intends to pound the boche hard all
winter is the view of high military ex-
perts here today. Several prominent
officers on duty here have openly
favored a strenuous winter campaign.
They are of the school who COM
planned at the absence of open war
fare, and who have cheered loudly
since this system came into play.
Now they believe that their hopes
are coming true, that the French mill
tary wizard gives every indication of
hammering on and on, giving the
boche little opportunity to recuperate
his ranks.
Keep on Giving Them H.
1--WE ought to keep on giving them
hell" said one authority.
"Only in that way can we get a
speedy finish. A winter campaign of
large proportions is a tough PROPOSE
ton, but it would be worse for the
enemy than for u.s.
He expressed the view that by keep
ing on the campaign instead of per-
mitting the fight to dwindle to occa-
sional trench sorties, the way would
be prepared for a mammoth spring
campaign.
Just at present there is some doubt
in military minds here as to the exact
intentions of the Teuton staff. Some
authorities say the boche is falling
back easily and suggest that he is
striving now only to save his men and
material until he can establish a new
line behind the Somme.
1t is believed that a retirement from
the Lassigny region will soon be
forced. However, it is considered
doubtful that the Germans can fill up
their divisions and undertake another
offensive now
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
HUNS DEFEAT RUSSIANS
Germans Claim 500 Out of 1.2OO In
surgents Were Killed in Fight.

Amsterdam. Aug. ; 23.-German
forces were victorious over a force
OF 1900 Russian insurgents, well
equipped with artillery and command
ed by General Rebenko, near Kre-
mentchug. according to a conserya-
tive dispatch to the Vossiche Zeitung
OF Berlin. In a second encounter,
which occurred near Poltava, sixty
four miles northeast Of Krementchug,
the revolutionaries lost 500 men killed
and the Germans took six machine
guns and other equipment. The sur
vfvors of the revolutionary band fled,
but their retreat was cut off by the
pursuing Germans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
NO TRADE CONQUEST
America Seeks No Advantage Over
Other Nations in Building Ships.

Washington, Aug. 23.-German
propaganda stories that the United
States will use it's enormous fleet of
transports and food ships for trade
conquest after the war were the SUBJ
ject of a statement today by Chairman
Hurley of the shipping board.
I'm building her merchant fleet.
America plans first of all to win the
war, and after that to overcome her
own neglect to provide ocean trans
portation for her own trade" said Mr..
Hurley. ITO this end the people of
the United States are preparing to de-
velop transportation for their own
trade routes, without disturbing the
trade rights of other nations. 1t Is
unthinkable that a nation fighting
shoulder to shoulder with the other
democracies should turn its resources
after the war against them for trade
conquests. the nature of which was
largely instrumental in causing the
war;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
PLAN CATTLE LOANS

Continued on Page Two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
SCHWAB IN OVERALLS
Will Personally Inspect All the Ship
Yards by Working Among Men.

Philadelphia, Aug. 23.-Charles M.
Scrwab. director general of the
Emergency Fleet corporation. Is ION
the job" at the Hog Island shipyard
today. He put on overa1ls and went
to work in the yards so as to get in
direct personal touch with the ship
workers and urge them to speed up
as much as possible on ship construc-
ton work.
Schwab intends to spend ten or
twelve hours each day in one of the
shipyards. He will leave Hog Island
today and go south for an inspection
of the South Atlantic and Gulf port
yards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
KILLED BY DEPTH BOMB
Commander and Three OF Crew of
Orizaba Die as Result of Accident.

+ SOAANAhen 4|AO as IASSu1b VI <ACt-iutnIs
Washington. Aug. 2s.-Explosion of
depth charge on board the U. 8. s.
lrizaba at sea on August IT, killed
Lieut. Commander William Price Will
Hanson and three enlisted men, and
wounded Commander r. D. White and
eighteen men.
A report on the accident reaching
the navy department today shows that
Lieut. Commander Williamson who
was executive officer. was killed in
stantiy and that Commander White.
the commanding officer had his Jaw
broken and knee cap fractured. The
sailors killed were:
Samuel T. Lambert, Riverside, N.
j.; Frank J. Mayer. Cincinnati; Ar
thur K. Baird, Pittsburgh, Pa
Commander Williamson's widow
lives in New York City. The officer
was born in Virginia and appointed to
the naval academy from Minnesota,
Commander Whites report saws an
hour and a half after the explosion
a submarine was sighted astern and
that the ships guns were manned and
ready to fire Immediately in spite of
the fact that half of the after gun
crew had been hurt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23

DOES tile large number of prisoners
mean our ammunition is running
low?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23

(By the Associated PressJ
Along the front in northern Picardy
a battle which seems to be one of the
greatest of the war has developed.
Disaster is reported to be threaten
ing the whole German army on this
front and the Germans are throwing
great masses of men into the struggle
in the hope of checking the tide of
battle. which dispatches from British
headquarters say is setting against
them.
From the north end of the battle
I--.e at Boiry, Becquerelle, Boyelles
and GomiecOurt come tidings of a
British advance.
Meaulte. near Albert, has been
wrested from the Germans. Happy
Valley, south of Meaulte and north of
Bray. also has been taken by the
British, it IS reported.
South of the Somme the towns of
Chuignolles and Herleville are said
to have been captured from the
enemy.
Battle Spreads Rapidly.
British Headquarters in France,
Aug. 2S.-The British offensive so
vigorously resumed on Wednesday
morning has spread so rapidly that it
Is difficult to keep pace with the de-
velopment of it. What now is being
witnessed is the unfolding of a brill
liant tactical scheme which must be
causing the deepest concern to the
German high command.
The rapid advance of the British
patrols along the Albert-Bapaume
road toward where the old Gerrna
lines dip near Tara hill is threatening
to flank any counter movements
against the British gains further to
the north.
Some British batteries advanced
several times in the last two days
No longer do the limbers bring ammu-
milton a WALL =
gallop in a cloud of dust.
The French airplanes are as
numerous as ever, and the boche ma
chimes are being harried mercilessIy
By bombing squadrons which fly
ahead of the infantry and attack the
German columns on the march.
Fight on 5O-N1Ie Front.
London, Aug. ga battle is rag
ing today in France on one of the
widest fronts of the war. 1t extends
Tor about fifty miles north from Sois-
sons. Everywhere, according to news
received here this afternoon from the
battle front, the battle has been going
successfully for the entente allies.
The British third army has gained
more than a mile on a front of more
than seven miles. The British fourth
army las gained more than two miles
on front of seven miles.
The fourth army has taken more
N-AN-A AfoVb pA4SOHS1S lOudy. Inc In1TO
army captured more than 500 Ger
mans in the town of Gomiecourt alone,
Boiry-Becquerelle. Boyelles Hamel-
incourt and Gomiecourt, are now held
by the British third army, according
to report. The British are pushing
their attack toward the southeas ST
from Gomiecourt in the direction OF
Bapaume.
British Push On
(By the Associated Pressl
With the British Army in France
Aug 23.-British troops this morning
are reported to have captured Chuig-
nolles and Herleville, south of the
Somme river. More than a thousand
prisoners were taken in this opera
ton which eliminates the bend in the
line.
Field Marshal Haig's forces also are
reported to have taken Boyelles and
Boiry- -Becquerelle and to be still
pushing forward. They are piling up
prisoners and guns. The British have
reached Gomiecourt which Is consid-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
KILLED IN AIR ACCIDENT
Machine OF Blair Tbaw Sidcslipped
and Fell In France

With the American Armies in
France. Aug 22 (night) Lie utenant
Putnam, Of the American air forces,
has downed his eleventh German air.
plane. The pilot and observer were
killed The machine, a Rumpler, fell
within the allied lines in flames
Lieut.. Blair Thaw. a brother of Mai
William Thaw, was killed in an air.
plane accident Sunday, when his ma
chine side slipped and fell. He was
buried beside Maj. Raoul Lufbery,
with his mother and sister present at
the funeral services
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
SAN DIEGO TORPEDOEDq
U-Boat Commander Declares He Fired
Charge That Sunk Cruiser.

Portland, Me-, Aug. IA boast
that the American cruiser San Diego
was torpedoed and not mined was
made by the commander of the sub
marine which captured the steam
trawler Triumph and used her as a
raider on the fishing banks this week.
according to word received here from
Captain Myhre of the Triumph today.
The German officer also asserted
that he sank the tank steamer o. B.
Jennings and that the captain of the
Jennings was a prisoner on the sub
mersible while Captain Myhre was OH
board.
The commander said he had been
out three months and intended to re-
main two months longer in order to
annihilate the fishing fleet on the
banks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
BIG GAINS HAVE Been MADE
Since Picardy Drive Began French
Have Advanced is Miles.
Have Fought 10000 Men and Lib
Grated Scores of Villages.

Paris, Aug. 23.-General Debeney.
commanding the French army north
and west of the Disc. issued the fol-
lowing order of the day:
THE battle has won ground to the
depth of twenty-five kilometers 15h
niles) and has liberated scores OF viii
lagos Sixteen German divisions
(192.oe0 men) have been beaten.
More then 10000 prisoners and 22O
guns have been captured. We will
win"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-23
TROPICAL STORM ON
One Has Been Located in the Carfb-
bean Sea, Moving Northwest,

Mobile. Aug. ga tropical dis
turbance has been located in the
Caribbean sea, according to- reports
from Washington received by the Mo-
bile weather bureau office. The mes
sage. dated p. m, says:
Tropical disturbances passed into
the East Caribbean sea south of Bar
bados at noon Thursday, probably
moving Mest-northMest"