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and the Allies.
If you are business man you will appreciate the sig
nihcance of these facts. If you unacquanted with
business talk this matter with business
compare profits of the packing industry with those of
any other large industry at the present time.
No evidence is offered by the Federal Trade Commits
sion support of the statement that the large packers
shows the large number and importance of other
packers.
The packers mentioned in the statement stand ready
prove to any fair minded person that they keen
competition with each other, and that they have
power to manipulate prices
If this were true they would dare to make this
positive statement.
Furthermore government figures show that the FIVE
large packers mentioned In the report for only
about onehird of the meat business of the country
They wish possible interest you the details
of their business Of how for instance they sell
dressed beef for less than the cost of the live animal
owing to utilization of by-products and of the wonder
full story of the methods of distribution throug hou this
broad land, as well as in other countries.
The FIVE packers mentioned feel justified in co-operat-
ing with each other the Of together presenting
this public statement.
They have been able do big job for your govern
ment in its time of need they have all time de-
mands promptly and completely and they willing
to trust their the fairmndedness of the Amer
can people with the facts before them.
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Plain Facts About the Meat Business

earned has been used to finance huge stocks of goods
and to provide additions and improvements made
essary by the enormous demands of army and
and the Allies.
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Armour and Company
Cudahy Packing Co.
Morris & Company
Swift & Company
Wilson & Company
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PRISONER PREVIOUSLY RE-
PORTED MIssINe).

CORPORALS.
Fred W. Gritty, New Haven, Conn
Franklin J. Damon, BrOOklIne,
Mass.
Joseph Sabafini, Brooklyn. N. Y.
BUGLER.
Joseph n. McNamRFa, New Haven.
PRIVATES.
Len 8. Bernard, HOpkint0n, Mass.
Mass.
Edward GarE. COllfnsViIle, Conn
James =. Coleman, New HHVens
Gem.
Herbert CoIlinEH, NOrwaIk, Conn
EArolA y. DOlaRs New HaVens
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17
HUNDRED YEARS AGO TOMORROW THE
FIRST STEP WAS TAKEN TO SECURE THE
ADOPTION OF ILLINOIS AS A STATE

A hundred years ago tomorrow
the territory of Illinois took its
first step toward statehood in the
adoption of the enabling act by
congress and its approval by the
president. This act gave tie terri
tory authority to frame a consti-
tuition and establish q state govern
ment. Upon the approval of this
constitution and government by
congress, the state was to. be ad
mitted TO the union
The enabling act was adopted by
congress largely as the result Of
the influence and energetic efforts
Of Nathaniel Pope, the delegates
from the Illinois territory to the
house of representatives The
memorial was laid before congress
by Pope on Jan. 16, 1918, and was
Immediately referred to select
committee of which the Illinois
delegate was chairman. Claiborne
of Tennessee. Johnson of Ken
lucky. Spencer of New York, ami
Whitman OF Massachusetts were
the other members of the commit
tee The only difficulty Pope saw
to the passage of the act accord
ing to a letter he wrote TO the
IntelligenceT at KaskaSkia. was
whether or not the state had the
population required. Thirty-tiNe
thousand inhabitants was the ratio
congressional apportiOnment at
that time and Pope said. If it were
certain that we had even thirty
five thousand inhabitants no Objec
ton would be made to our admis-
SION Forty thousand population
was claimed by the territory.
The special committee introduced
the enabling act on Friday, Jan.
%, and it was committed to a COM
mittee of the whole on the fol-
lowing Monday. Not until April 4,
however, was it take up for con-
sideration. When it finally came
up, Pope introduced an amendment
to fix the northern boundary on
the line of ~ degrees and 80 min
ties north latitude about forty
one miles north Of the line tiaed III
the bill and 81 miles north Of the
dividing line proposed in the ord
rance. This boundary caused some
discussion, but was finally APP
proved.
\ second amendment proposed
by Pope which was also approved,
provided hat 3 OF the per cent
OF the proceeds OF federal land
safes in Illinois, should be used.
no. for roads and canals III the
stale as provided in the bill and
in previous enabling acts but the
encouragement OF learning, OF
which one-sixth part should be ex-
clusiveIy bestowed on a college or
university. Some further amend
ments were agreed to and SON.
minor amendments We're adopted
in the house itself after the COM
mittee rose and reported the bill.
The third reading and final pas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17

sage Of the bill in the house took
place on April 6, apparently with
out opposition. and It was trans
mitted TO the senate the following
day. and the bill was referred 4 &c
the committee on public .ands.
When the bill came up in the
senate il was amended in som
minor particulars. and an effort
was made by TAFT Of Georgia TO
postpone consideration until the
fourth of July following. His OBJ
lection was that there was not sur
ficient evidence that the state had
10000 inhabitants. There also was
objection on ground of he appli-
cation of the three per cent 20
schools instead of roads, but both
these objections were overcome
without much difficulty. The ques-
ton of the northern boundary was
also raised but not seriously
pressed.
The bill was passed by the SEN
a.e on April IA without division.
In the house the senate amend
ments were referred to a select
committee headed by Pope, which
on April Is reported agreement to
the amendments and they were
then concurred in by the house.
The bill went to the president, who
approved it on April IS, 1918.
The new constitution framed I'M
der the permission given by this
enabling act was adopted on Aug.
rs. The first legislature met and
inaugurated the first state officers
on Oct. 6. The new constitution
and the form Of state government
were approved by congress on Dec,
s.
These. therefore, are the princi-
pal dates in the Illinois centen-
NAL celebration.
Buy a Liberty Bond
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17

formed at the Mound View 49,.
and at Milan. The pupils - MOO sol
Doxee school will form Il gls
auxiliary Thursday, April e 5IHioi
the home Of Mrs. Henry .Wir,.A
The Golfers Of the Milan h.
we're enriched SIS by the dons.'ea
OF that sum by the Doxee 49, s.'ya
The money vas raised AT ~.
social held at the school. va
An all-day session was haId
the Milan Methodist church ~
terday. which was attended by o.
women.
Next Friday night the brs,a
will hold its third dance ana u
ciable at the Milan town baT
These dances have 30 far provs1
very popular and II Is the wish = I.
the committee In charge thai a.
who can do go viii attend. Adm
sion is 75 cents and Ice cream a.
cake will be for sale by the la6Ie,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17
THREE TRUSTEES
NAMED TO SERVE
ON LOCAL BOARD

The board of trustees for the
firemens pension board was elect
ed by the firemen Monday.
The election was the first under
the state firemen's pension law.
The three men named are:
Peter Frey, assistant chief at the
Central station
Bernard Brahm of No. 6 station.
Henry Herman of the No. 4 sta
ton
w. G. Johnston, city treasurer,
George Newberry, chief of the IRE
men and Martin Rudgren, city
clerk, together with the board Of
trustees, will comprise the pension
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17
TO RENEW THEIR
OATH FOR U.S.A.
Members of SibOney Bay camp, u
:. w. v. Observe Muster Day
Tomorrow Evening.

Tomorrow evening members OF
Siboney Bay camp, United Spanish
War Veterans, will observe their
annual muster day. 1t will mark
the Goth anniversary of the begin
ming of the war of '9S and the vet
Grams will renew their oath of al
legiance taken when they entered
the service of Uncle Sam. This
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17

has been done every year since the
war.
There are many Spanish war vet
Grams in this locality now who do
not belong to the camp and they
will be welcome tomorrow evening.
In addition to the oath of alleg-
lance there will be a patriotic pro-
gram and banquet served byNHelen
Gould auxiliary. 1t is expected that
a prominent speaker from another
city will be on the program.
I Hnnd-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17
MILAN RED CROSS
GETS SO MEMBERS

The Milan branch Of the Red
Cross has made a good showing
the last week in getting new mem
bers and in work at the rooms.
Thirty-six new members were Sc
cured Monday in drive made
through the country south and east
OF Milan. A junior branch was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17

board. A fund amounting TO $1,000
will be raised this year and a
slightly larger sum each succeed
ing year by special assessments.
Thirty-one firemen cast votes at
thu election. The law provides a
pension for fireman who has been
in service for 20 consecutive years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17
SEVERAL CASES
MORE ARE SENT
FEDERAL JURY
Harry kremedas and John PippaS,
Alleged Proprietors of Coffee
House. Are Bound Over.
C0RURN GOES TO PEORIA
Takes Marie Stiles and Nell Reed.
Who viii Appear Before Fed
Cral Grand Jury.

Several federal cases which have
been pending since the raids made
by federal operatives in East Mo
line Friday and Saturday nights of
last week were disposed of yester-
day afternoon when the defendants
were arraigued before Commission
er G.. /. Walker.
Harry Kromedss and John Pip
pas. proprietOrs of a coffee house Al
lIO6 Fifteenth avenue. East Moline,
were bound over 10 the federal
grand jury on the TWO charges OF
the illegal sale OF liquor and con-
Quoting a house OF i'll fame.
The place was raided Friday
evening and TWO girls. Pauline
Murphy and Lillian RushfC I'd, were
found in the place. They are be-
ing held by the authorities and
probably will appear as witness IS
against the alleged proprleJors.
Wueu they were questioned by
the officials yesterday afternoon,
kremedas and Pippas told contra
dictory stories as to the ownership
of the place Through an .nterpre-
Ter Kremedas declared that he was
only employed on salary Of sac q
month. and that he had no further
interest IN the place. Federal
agents. however. testified that kre-
medals had admitted al the time o.
his arrest that he was in complete
charge PlppaS testified that kre-
meGas was - partner, and as Meth
er defendant could give q satistac-
tory explanation they were both
held and VIII be given an OppoTtu-
nifty 10 make further explanations
before the federal court II Peoria
Both OF the men furnished bail.
Monday night federal operatives
conducted a search at 1896 Fiji
tee1th street. the former home OF
James Guyuu and mis- TWO Gaugh-
tiers. whose cases are now before
the federal court in Peoria. Two
men and a girl were found IN the
house. The men had retired, but
after a complete search they fOunt
the girl Nell Reed hiding behind
the furnace IN the basement
In explaining her presence at
the house on Fifteenth street she
said she had gone there to get some
clothes. which she had left there
before The Gu-un family departed
Her story was accepted by the fed
araI officers and she was not ar
rested. but VIII be held as a wit
ness
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17
Home Sewing Week at MCCabe'S

TONS including garments ofevery kind for our soldiers
and sailors And this store in line with the progress
sve spirit and patriotic of the day, has de-
vsed Home Sewing week The various piece goods and
sewing needfu departments join in with many excep
tional offerings. -l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17
NOTICE.

Bids will be received at the may
or's office. Rock Island, Ill, until
10 a. m, Monday, April %, 1918, for
rent OF baseball park until Oct. 1,
1918. Rent to be paid in advance
the first Monday of each month.
City reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
J. A. MURRIN,
Commissioner of Public Property.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17

Home sewing is the order of the day-t is the pa
trotic duty of every household President Wilson IN
his appeal to the American people has asked that
much sewing be done in the home possible in order
that the factories may be left free to make NUM-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17
Dress Trimmings, Laces and
EmbrOiderieS

The new ivory and metal buckles,
so much in vogue, splendid variety,
each 2ec to S1.00.
Tassels, drops and ornaments of
silk, metal and beads, all the new
colors, large assortment.
Silk trimming braids and orna
ments In black and the better
Spring shades.
Dainty filet laces for collars, 75c
to $500.
Val and filet iaces and bands for
dresses and underwear. &c a yard
and up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17
Deputy Takes Two.

Deputy United States Marshal
John C0burn left last evening for
Peoria. having in custody Marie
Stiles. who is being held. on a
liquor charge She was arrested
Friday evening IN an Eat Moline
restaurant. as she was serving
liquor He also took Nell Reed,
who will appear as q witness be
fore the grand jury in a Rock Is
land case.
More than fifty cases have gone
from this county TO the federal
grand jury Deputy marshals are
now serving subpoenas upon wit
nesses who Will appear in the
cases.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17

SILK LA JERZ, new weave
on the jersey order, but heavier
and firmer than most jersey
weaves. all the leading Spring
colors, black and white, yard
SPAS
CREPES DE CHINE and Geor-
gette crepe in over so different
shades, 40 inches wide, yard
S165 to S1.98.
SATINS and Messalines in won
derful color range, yard wide, at
per yard $3.50 to 1925.
CHIFFON TAFFETAS, in dress
and coating weights, black and
all the better shades, $3.50 to
1913.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17
a PrOfusion Of Beautiful
Silks

Fashion has been prodigaLin her favor of silks for
Spring and Summer wear and the makers have responded
with wonderful array of shimmerng slken fabrics in
beautiful colorings and designs.
All the new have splendid showing, as have
also the desired shades
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17
Beautiful Tub Fabrics

NEW GINGHAMS in beautiful
plaids and stripes, as well as
staple checks and plain colors,
at Csc to SOC a yard.
VOiLES in magnificent array,
some in beautiful satin striped
and silk mixed effect, priced
per yard &c to S125.
WOVEN TISSUES, some silk
mixed, pretty styles and color
ings, per yard CSC and 45c.
SILK MIXED FOULARDS, in
lovely printings copied from the
finer silks, yard 75c to 89c.
SHANTUNG WEAVES of silk
and cotton. in plain colors, Is
shades, yard 5Sc TO 89c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17

SHANTUNG PONGEES, i'm
ported qualities; light and
heavy weights, at $1.19 to $500
per yard.
POPLINS, both silk and cotton
and silk and wool mixed, 35
shades, 800 to $1.98 yard.
FOULARDS, fashions favored
dress silks. IN beautiful printed
effects, at $1.98 the yard.
SILK BINGHAM plaids, in ex-
quisite multi-colored combina-
tons, yard wide, $3.50 to $1.9S.
TUB SILKS, satin striped silk
crepes and habutais, 80 inch, at
$3.50 to 1913.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-17

Venisc lace edges and insertions
for collars and dresses, 15c to $500
a yard.
Beautiful embroidery flouncing
for petticoats and corset covers, 25c
to 75c.
Swiss embroidery baby yokes and
flouncing with edges and insertions
to match.
Swiss embroidered edges for col
lars on the new bingham dresses,
25c yard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-26

the national safely involved In a
strike on the Gpeat Lakes. a stoppage
Of the movement Of the Lake vessels
would cut off the supply of ore need
ed in the manufacture of steel plates
for shipbuilding and many other es-
scntials Of war, and jeopardize the
movement of wheta to our army
abroad and to our allies. No strike
should b. called which might be bas-
ed upon d understanding of what has
happened or which is capable of a
different solution"
The first reason given for strik-
ing was to compel the Lake Carriers
Association to cooperate with the
government in training s>amen." Thu
beard has not decided to use the
Great Lakes for training and recruit
ing mariners as it has used the
coast, but has left that field largely
TO the navy, the board declared in re-
ply"
However patriotically conceived
this part of the resolution may be, II
cannot constitute a ground for a
strike. Refusal of the Lake Carriers
Association to send representatives
t the national marine conference
here last May. because such attend
ance would be recognition
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No Definite Action Yet Taken ,
Towards Settlement OF Strike
PapermakerS OF International Co,

Washington. July 25-The contro-
versy between the International Pa
per Co. and some four thousand en-
ployes i'll paper mills in New York,
New Hamushire and Maine was re-
lerred by the War Labor Board to-
day to section composed Of G. a.
Croker and 7. NJ Guerin. 1t was
recommended that the section inter
pref the recent award Of the board
disagreement over the application of
which led to the strike.
Authority also was given the sec
ton to reopen the case and hold fur
Their hearings if that they deemed
necessary. but no rehearing will be
granted until all the men now on
strike return to work.
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Nevertheless, at last accounts the.
Americans, French, British and ltal-
ian troops. themselves we'll rein
forced to meet the new turn of af-
fairs, were steadily pressing forward
at nearly all points on the battle
line to Rheims. while east Of the
Cathedral city a Polish contingent
the first of the Poles to enter the
combat-is declared to have carried
out successfully an enterprise
against the enemy in which more
than 200 Germans were made pris-
oners.
The western jaw of the Pincer
continues to move eastward along
the Ourcq River. on both side; of
the stream, and the Franco-Ameri-
can troops are now virtually knock
ing at the gates of Fere-E En- Tarde-
nois, the important railway juno
ton and storehouse for Germanys
war supplies. Further south to the
Marine new advances,in keeping with
these in the north, have been at
tanned.
At the pivot of the pincers, north
Of the Marine midway between Cha
teau Thierry and Rheims. the
French have extended their line
northward in the forest of Fere- En-
Ris and north of Dormans, while
the eastern jaw of the pincers under
the of D-;x
ably moved forward in a northerly
direction for about a mile and a half
over a three mile front to Merry
Premlcy and Gueux, the last named
village five miles west of Rheims
and q scant mile and half from the
Rheims Fismes road.
AT Merry Premicy the allied line
now stands about 10 and a half miles
southeast Of Fismes, which is the
central station on the railway run
ming between scissors and Rheims
For week and a day the allied
troops have hammered against the
Scissors Rheims salient until it's
width between the cities has been
narrowed to about q miles from an
, original width Of 81 miles. while the
triangular salient has been well into
! semi-circular cul -de-sac. Over the en-
tire pocket the allied artillery contin-
ues to rain shells from all sides, and
airmen are keeping up their inten-
sive bombing of troop formations and
/. military works.
p! AS yet. notwithstanding the in
roads of the allied troops, there has
; been no sign of an impending general
retreat on the part of the Germans,
Continued on Page 3, Column ~
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SEC. BAKER TOO
BUSY TO DECIDE
ON BASEBALL

Washington, July S.-Pressure of 9TH
err matters, it was said tonight, has
prevented Secretary Baker from FORM
ulating his decision as to the extension
Of the time of the applying the work;
or fight regulations to professional
baseball players. No indication of
when the decision would be announced
was available tonight. The report Of
Provost Marshal General Crowder on
the question and the brief submitted
yesterday by representatives of the
baseball industry were understood TO
have been considered by Secretary Ba-
ker during the day. Both at the war
department and among baseball men
here there was feeling that the re-
cent order applying the work or fight
regula tons to baseball players would
be revised, but to what extent was
not known.
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Lansing. Mich: Henry E. Deuman.
Cincinnati; VIM. Tanning, New York;
James E. Geisel, Indianapolis; Her
bert w. Jimmerfield. Detroit; Sam
uel S. Jones. Knoxville, Tenn Harry
Flynn. St. Francis. Kan; Joe E. w.
Lyon, Loving. Texas; Raymond W.
Limbert North Tonawanda, n. Y;
Douglas G. Marsh, West Missoula,
Mont; Everett L. Nelson, Bird City,
Kan; Edward L. Winieck,i Chicago
Killed in acknowledgements Frank
R. Maddox. Marlboro. Mass; Clar-
ence n. Turner. Van Buren,. Ark
Corporals Maurice Blake, Woodstock,
m: James ]. Cochran. West Phila-
delphia; John r. Finch. Bradshaw,
Neb., Anne Gagne. Inverness, Cam
ada; Charlie McMullen, Spencer, w
Continued on Page 3. Column y
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INIESS CONSUMPTION IS REDUCED
SUPPLY FOR ARMY CANNOT BE KEPT UP

pated, and the inability Of the Unit
ed States and the allies to secure SUI
gar from Java and other distant
sources on account of the imperative
cali for ships for the movement Of
troops and their supplies has materi-
ally reduced the supply from such
quarters.
Added to this already difficult
situation the quantity needed by the
army and navy greatly exceeds ear
lier estimates. We must send
large amount to France AMI Italy to
take the place Of the great volume
lost through the German and Aus
TRAN invasions during which much
beet land was overrun and many fac
tories destroyed; We have to supply
certain quantities to neutral nations
under agreements: and finally over
fifty million pounds were lost re-
Gently through submarine sinkings
off our Atlantic coast" In asking
the public voluntarily to reduce
their consumption to alleviate more
tons in effect in Franco England
and Italy the statement says that
while sugar is often used as a lux
ury in America it has become an
essential element for the success of
the war among the nations Of Eu-
rope
Upon our action. the statement
continues depends the possibility
of maintaining the ration to our own
lighting men and those of the Allies
as well as of averting a still further
reduction of the allotments to the
civil populations Of nations fighting
Germany which already are down to
a point far under their normal
needs"