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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
Howard George Milton.

Howard George Milton, infant
son of MIR. and Mrs. George W
Milton, 161S12 Ninth street. Mo
line, died at 4:45 yesterday after
noon in the home.
The child was born Oct 10, 1918
in Moline. The parents are the
only survivors Funeral services
will be held at 2:30 tomorrow aft
ernoon in the residence. with Rev
Attree Smith officiating Inter-
ment will be in Riverside GENE
terV.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
SAMUEL ELLERSON DEAD.

Samuel Ellerson. color ed, who
came a week ago from Columbia,
S. c., for a visit with his sister.
Mrs. William Tea, 35S Twelfth
street. East Moline. died from
pneumonia at the home of the lat
ter at O'Clock last night. He
leaves his widowed 8 mother in
Columbia The body was sent to
South Carolina, for services and
burial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
PLEDGE sI35OO.

At noon today S13.50O had been
pledged to the Boy Scout fund by
people of Moline. East Moline, Sill
Wis and Hampton. Only 10 Of the sc
Moline teams reported today. The
campaign closes at noon tomorrow.
The amount sought is $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
TO SELL BEER,

Omsk, Russia--The sale of wine.
ale beer and fermented honey in
public houses and elsewhere is to
be permitted. This is the decision
of the cabinet of ministers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20

night around the midnight hour,
and requested Davenport's popular
pastor to arise and officiate at his
wedding. Calkins explained that
he had been trying for month to
get away long enough from work as
very busy railroad car shunter, to
be married to Miss Gladys Newton,
also of Brooklyn The knot was
promptly tied.
Reported Missing-Word has Just
been received by Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Steining of Durant, Iowa, from the
war department that their son Gus
tave Steining is reported missing in
action Oct. %. Young Steining was
a we'll known Cedar county young
man and also had many friends IN
Davenport Besides his parents he
has two BROTHERS residing in Du-
rant and a sister Mrs. J. Buck who
lives in Davenport.
Done With Him-Mrs. Theresa
Swanson was yesterday granted her
decree for a divorce by Judge F. d.
Let's of the equity court, The hear
ing was brief although an answer
had been filed at the eleventh hour
by the husband, Hilmer c. Swan
son.
Adds $500 to BiIl-Arthur Hoop
ner alleges that when he had a bal
ance of $191 coming from William
Ihlefeld, the latter beat him up.
Since then he has added $500 to the
bill for damages. Today the defend
ant, through his attorneys, filed
suit.
Mexican Sentenced-Alvfno Ag-
uilara, Mexican laborer, who follow
ed Mrs. William LANCE, 1923 West
Fourth street on Monday night, was
given 80 days in the county bastile
by by Justice of the Peace John
Higgins yesterday.
Marriage Licenses-Julius D. Cal
kins and Gladys Newton, both or
Brooklyn, Iowa; Frank D. Adams,
Nichols and Clare e. O'Brien, Iowa
City; Carl Anderson and Hazel n.
Brady both Of Davenport
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-04-10
Lost.

Crank to my car Monday, April I
Finder please notify Leroy TilleI
route 2.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-04-10
LOCAL NEWS

Money to loan on farms. First
National Bank.
For the highest market price on
poultry and eggs phone No. 9.
JOE WELLS will sharpen your
saw. Leave orders at residence or
News Office.
Bring your old tires to the Auto
Tire Shop, opposite Teeter's fur
niture store, for repairs and half
soles. We pay 3 cents pound
for junk tires,-F. B. Dunning,
manager, soft
Take your poultry and eggs to
Hammond, the east end house, for
the highest prices,
Money to loan on farms.-First
National Bank.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-04-10

Money to loan on farms. First
National Bank.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-04-10
Wednesday, 2 pm.

Just arrived, shipment of New
1919 Queen Quality Oxfords and
White Shoes. The styles are cor
rect, quality excellent aud the
prices right, Come in and let us
show you J D. Harbur.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-04-10
FLOWERS.

Easter Greetings now ready to
bloom. Vines and other plants
also ready. Come and see me or
phone l25d
Mrs. VIM. HOLDEMAN,
Jasper Florist.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-04-10

We wish to give notice to our
patrons that after this week we
will not buy any more wheat until
further notice on account of max
ing further improvements and re-
pairs at the elevator.
J. E. Hull, Manager.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-04-10
Selling Out

AS ! am going away, | will rent
or sell off all my property with
garden made and will sell house
hold goods. See Fletcher Truax
Jasper Mo, 1T
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-04-10
Got His Insurance in IA Days.

Jasper, Mo, March 80, 1919.
This is to certify that on this day
| received from the American In
surance Co.., through their agent,
John w. Spaid, the sum of $1,000,
the amount in full due me under
their policy of insurance covering
my loss in the windstorm Of
March IS, 1919.
32-2tX Fred Gather.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-04-10
Mule for Sale.

Good 3.year-old mare mule
Homer Wampler, route S. 80 2tX
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-04-10

Lloyd Grim of Joplin spent Sun
day with his relatives here.
Come in and see our line of silk
underskirts in all colors. }. D..
H4Ibur
Miss Flol ence Turner of Webb
City spent Sunday here with her
folks.
New line of children's dresses.
Tastefully made garments j D.
HaiDur.
Miss Ocie Andrews spent cou-
pie Of days with Miss Minnie Cor
der.
WANTED-The party who bot
rowed my buggy shafts please re.
turn them.-O. Tompson.
George Tabler and wife OF Lake
side spent several days with rela,
tivrs here.
AR. lake Kaderlv is now riding
il anew rubber. tired Hercules Bug
gy, the good kind Webb Bros sell.
II. II Wolfe shipped car Of
fat hogs from his own feed yards
Monday.
TIE Madame Grace corset is the
only one to buy. if you want fit
and quality combined j. D. Har
bur
Amos Poncot Of La Russell visit
ed Will Holdeman and wife Mon
day evening.
Don't fail to see those new white
dress skirts, new est styles, trimmed
with lots OF buttons at ]. d Har-
bur's
Ward & Wolfe shipped mixed
car of cattle and hogs to Kansas
City Tuesday.
FOR SALE-Ford runabout, in
closed top, 1917 model, looks like
new, at $3.50 S. H. Butler, Gold
en- City.
Misses Martha Curtis and Beat
rice Gather of Carthage we're in
Jasper Friday night.
Miss Ida Drake of Cottey College
will spend her spring vacation, be-
ginning Friday, here.
E. d. Boyd traded Webb Bros
a young mule for a brand new rub
ber-t red Hercules Buggy, the good
kind Webb Bros. sell.
Miss Minnie and Steve Cordz
went up to Kansas City Sunday
morning for a couple of days.
Jerome Woodmansee, who has
been in Kansas City the last two
months, is home for a few days.
We have a large line of silks
plain, plaids and stripes for skirts
and whole dresses. Beautiful pat
terms and splendid in quality.-J,
D. Harbur.
The M. E. Church, South, are
preparing a program. Time, place
and date will be given later.
Lou Pitts came down from Kan
sas City Thursday and spent few
days with his mother and brother
When you buy pair of Endicott
Johnson or Steven Strong shoe!
you get qnality, and we stand be
hind them until you are satisfied
j. D. Harbur.
Harry Tabler's folks received t
wire from him announcing his ar
rival in New York last week. Har
ry was discharged from the Arm,
before he left France, except for
few formalities on this side, and h
is now looked for on every train.
CREAM-Bring it to Wheat TO
satisfactory test and the bes
price.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-04-10
NORTHBOUND

No. 208 Passenger, daily 1888 a. m.
No. 294 Freight except Sun. 2:35 p. m
No. 210 Passenger, daily 1882 p. m.
SOUTHBOUND.
No. POI Passenger, daily GIT a. IA.
No. 293 Freight, except Sun. II: 100 a. m.
No. POI Passenger, daily lao p. m.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-04-10
Cow for Sale.

Good jersey giving more than 3
gallons daily.-Mrs T. L. Kunkler.
33'tf
New-York tribune., 1919-04-04
''Allics Like Pilatc''
Says Ukranian Head
Pctlura Complains of Failure to
Give His Republic Needed
Assistance

PEOSkUROV, Ukraine, April 2 (By
The Associated Press 1.-The Allies
viii be in the position OF Pontius
Pilatc washing his hands if they do
not come to our rescue" was a state
ment made to the Associated Press
to-day by Simon Pctlura, military and
civil head of the Ukrainian republic,
man to see whom the correspondent
had journeyed for nearly two weeks
over bridgelcss rivers, on slow trains,
in automobiles, afoot, and by wagon
The Journey led the correspondent
among soldiers and peasants who are
believed by the outside world to be
either Bolsheviki or some special sort
Of assassins and robbers.
Petlura has had many cpithets ap-
Piled to him, OF which fcw are favor
able. lie is generally regarded, how
ever, as mysterious person, usually
a fugitive, and looked upon as some
thing between a Mexican bandit and
a Moscow convict. He is known by
reputation in vague sort of way
throughout middle Europe as the man
who has succeeded in holding difficult
position with surprising tenacity for
tn past year or more. He has en-
joyed the same class OF enemies as
Joseph Pilsudski, the Polish military
dictator, encountered before the latter
became better known
New-York tribune., 1919-04-04
Press Specialization
Ordered i'm Munich
Bourgeois Newspapers Will Be
Gagged; Editors Offered
Three Alternatives

MUNICH, April (By The Associated
Press).-Munich newspapers were told
to-day that they were given three
choices if they wish to continue opera :
tions-thc adoption Of syndicalism,
communism, or state ownership. This
announcement was made by the newly
appointed economic ministry oficia l.,
DR.. Ncurath who WAS named ot the
instance of the Minister of tho Interior
to handle the specialization Of the press.
DR.. Neurath has announced he will
make energetic use of the powers con-
fcrred upon him BY the Diet, and says
the papers shall henceforth belong
to the employees, the city, or the state
and must decide for one Of the three
The bourgeois newspapers will be per-
mitted only limited political freedom,
and will be allowed to publish only
educational and divcrting articles. The
communist parties will have the right
to political freedom of the press.
Editors have not ventured to answer
the announcement of DR.. Neurath,
since the pressure cxertcd upon them
cTcctually prevents public uttcrancc.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-04
Supply Ship Fights
Way TO North Russia
Big British :'reightcr Succeeds
in Getting Through Zee Nth
Cargo for TroopS

ESCONOMIA. Russia, Tuesday, Aoril
By The Associated Press One Of
the most Herculean tasi;s IN The supply
OF the North Russian e,.pedit,orar..
force with much needed war mrteri,.i
was accomplished to-day with the AZ
rival at Esconomia, which IS the NinIe.'
port OF Archangel, OF the largest vosse,
Which ever passed successfully through
the vhic. ice foes Of tne White Sea.
Escorted by three icepreakers. a 5000
here, only slightly damaged, after 4
difficult three-wecks' voyage from, Muir
mansk. Severa, times the vessel was
hemmed in where the ice drifts piled
high. Al one spot il was stuck in the
ice foes Tor nearly week, but the ice
breakers finally succeeded in smashing
4 path ahead Tor It.
In addition to war material the ship
carried considerable cargo of Amcri-
can Red Cross supplies.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-04

commission OF The Russian representa-
tlon at the peace conference.
The declaration OF this commission,
one Of the several formed under the
general mission headed bv Prince
Lvotf, was received here and made
public today By the Russian Embassy.
After dwelling upon the danger to
the worlds peace and political couli-
brium through ertrcme weakening OF
Russia, the declaration says only
through assistance from the Allies in
the reestablishmcnt of order will it be
possible for Russia to resume normal
economic activity.
The statement declared the greatest
obstacle to immediate resumption OF
commercial activity on the part Of
Russia free from Bolshcvik rule was
the collapse of the monetary system.
The commission further urges the
necessity of returning to Russia the
gold which was surrendered to Ger
many according to the Brcst- Litovsk
treaty and later transmitted by the
Germans at the conclusion of the ar
misticc as provisional deposit to the
Allies
New-York tribune., 1919-04-04
Chamberlain ''Report''
Signature Is Denied
Sister of Major Naucours Says
Writing Is Not That of
Dead Air Hero

LONDON, April 3.-Thc court mar
tial of Captain Edmund G. Chamber
lain, Of San Antonio, Tex, on recon-
ge2lng to-day, announced it had de-
cidcd to admit in evidence the photo
graphic documents offered By the
prosecution at yesterdays session.
These documents are reproductions of
the. handwriting of Captain Cham
berlain, of typewriter copies of re-
ports alleged to have been made by
him regarding his reputcd air exploits.
and the supposed signatures OF Brit
ish officers on the reports, which, it is
charged by the prosecution, Cap
tain Chamberlain wrote.
Miss Lillian Vaucours, sister of
Major Vaucours, whose squadron Cap
tain Chamberlain was reported to have
said he visited on his trip to the Brit
ish front last summer, testified that
Major Naucours's signature on the al
legged Chamberlain reports, was not in
her brothers handwriting.
After examining Miss Vaucours, the
court adjourned until tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-04
Abvssinian Prince
Starts Revolt for Throne
Governor of Province Also Be.
gins Fight OH Government as
Entry 10 League Is Asked

ADDISABERA, Abyssina, April "A
grandson of King Johannes II, who died
in 1899, has revolted and declared him
self king under the name of Theodore
The government has sent out punitive
expedition to put down the rebellion.
Governor TETON Of Dediazmach also
has revolted against the government
The government announces that it
will send a mission to Paris to apply
for the admission Of Abyssinia to the
league of nations.
There has been more or less disorder
il Abyssinia since the death of the
famous Emperor Menelek, in 1913. He
was succeeded by Lidj Jcassu, who was
o9vert,hrown in 1916 by zauditu, u
daughter OF Nenelek. who proclaim ed
herself Empress. Lidj' Jeassu, who was
a nephew Of Zauditu, started revolt
IN August, 1917. but his effort was soon
put down.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-04


man military authorities had to obtain
permission from the French 10th
Army.
According to information reaching
American headquarters here the
trouble in Frankfort became serious
Tuesday. The workmen formed groups
in the streets and eventually a mob
of more than 10000 began parading.
The mob stormed a large warehouse
and the members helped themselves to
the food stored there. Hundreds filled
baskets and sacks.
Street fighting followed an attempt
by the local authorities to gain control
of the situation. Four women are
known to have been killed and a large
number of civilians arc reported to
have been wounded. The German
troops opposite the American bridge
head were then called on for help.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-04
R"lnanian Armies. With
trench, Ordered to Occu.
ny New Line of Demarca.
ton Fixed by Council
Budapest Is Ord erl y
Foreign Minister in Receipt
OF Frequent Messages
From Premier Lenine

6LENE, A0..i 8 By The Associated
Pressl.-'rho Huinanian armies, in
coope Grafton with the French forces at
Arad, Hungary .to miles southeas :
OF Budapcst), nave received orders 10
occupy the new line OF dcnarcation as
fixed by the Paris conference, accord
.nS to an announcement issued by the
Rumanian press bureau.
The Allied armies have been received
enthusiastically by the various popu-
'ations. who are living in constant
.ear of d Bolsncvik invasion.
BUDAPEST, March 3O.-Communis,
Budapest is orderly and the governMen;
is putting forth every effort to stabilize
conditions There are pessimists. how.
ever, who declare the government will
endure less than month, it being point-
ed out that its success will be partially
dependent upon the success of the Rus
sian Bolshevii; army to establish q
corridor from kiev to Budapest by way
of Bessaraba and Bukowina.
Bella Kun, the Foreign Minister, re.
ceives hundreds of kilograms of an
official nature every day, among them
being messages from Nikolai Lenine
the Russian Premier. He receives
newspaper men freely, but has ordered
that their dispatches be censored.
Kun, who was formerly secretary
Of Lcnine, is most anxious to deny re-
ports relative to the communication @.
women in Hungary, which he declare:
to be "preposterous." He also denies
rumors Of assassinations aud disorders
Of the twenty-four members Of the
government, nineteen are Jews.
BERLIN, April (By The Asso
clatcd Press ).-Thc "Tagcszeitung" re
ports that the Hungarian dictator
Bella Kun, arrived in Munich, Bavaria
Wednesday, panied by a large
suite. This report has not been con.
iirmcd
The Bavarian government has bcgur
negotiations for the conclusion of ar
alliance with Russia, according to ad
vices from Munich
The Bavarian "Volks Zeitung' cx
plains that the governments action i
due to the fact that the food suppl,
from the Entente is insufficient ane
lnadequately assured, whereas grain
is obtainable from Russia.
COPENHAGEN, April 3.-Thc rev
government in Hungary has dcfnitcl,
promulgated a system Of govcrnmen
by village, town, district and county
councils and national assembly o
councils, a dispatch from Budapes
says. The representatives to the Ma.
tional Assembly will be elected by the
town and county councils.
The last day on which elections can
be held for the councils has been fixed
for April ID. All men and women who
nave reached the age of eighteen will
be permitted to vote with the exception
New-York tribune., 1919-04-04
Armed German Bands
Smuggle by Wholesale
Former Soldiers Operating on
Swiss Frontier; Poaching
Thrivcs in Bavaria

BERNE, April 5.-~(By The Associat-
cd Press). Bands of German Snug
glers, 100 to $50 strong, made up Of
former soldiers who are armed with
rifles and even machine kuns. are
operating on wholesale scale on the
northern Swiss frontier.
Poaching has increased alarmlngly
in Bavaria since the revolution. More
than seventy forestcrs and game keep
crs have been killed, and game has
been reduced to a tenth of its former
amount.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-04
Strikes Checked by Troops

BERLIN, April 2.--The strikes at
Stuttgart and in the Ruhr district seem
20 have teen checked by the govern
martial law and other salutary means.
Official reports from Stuttgart say
serious violence IS reported only from
Esslingen, where the Spartacdes seized
weapons and automobiles. put surren
dered them after negotiations. The
large number of non-resdents among
strikers was one u The features % the
uprising, seeming to show that the
movement was purely political effort
of the Radicals and Independents to
overthrow the government
The strikers at Stuttgart assembled
frequently yesterday despite the mar
persed. The leaders were arrested by
the troops, and the government was
master Of tn situation by nighttall.
Frankfort Situation Quiet
In the Ruhr district for time the
sand, but the danger Of general
strike subsidized Mines where Sparta
cldes prevail are still closed, but in
sections where union miners and the
Majority Socialists are in control the
men refused to close down.
The situation at Frankfort is quiet
again. The number % victims of the
riot has reached sixteen, but this num-
Der will probably be augmented, as
some OF the wounded cannot hope to
live. The damage from plundering is
estimated to aggregate several mil
lions Of marks
COPENHAGEN, April S.--Dispatches
received here say the strike in the Ruhr
district of Germany has unexpectedly
spread extensively, that it now includes
the Krupp works and that 10000 per-
sons are involved.
The dispatch adds that the workers
in the Hamborn, Rhcnish Prussia, dis
trict were expected to join in the strike
day.
At meeting of delegates in the CEN
tral Ruhr coal region, according to ad-
vices from Berlin. it was resolved to
cease keeping the pumps in operation
after the 10th of April. and that, there
fore, the flooding Of the mines must be
reckoned with
PARIS, April 3-The French Foreign
Office is advised 200 Germans have
been arrested in Barcelona and Seville.
They are charged with participating
IN the riots in those cities.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-04
Twelve American Women
To Attend Berne Session

WASHINGTON, April 3.-Twelve
women from the United States will at
tend the meeting of the international
Committee of Women for Permanent
Peace. to be held in Bernc, Switzer-
land, IL May, it was announced to-day.
Jeanette Rankin, chairman of the
committee, is planning to sail for
Europe April Q. Other women who
will attend the meeting are Mrs, Louis
Post, Miss Jane Addams, Mrs. John j.
White. Mrs. Melissa Church Tcrrill and
Mrs Florence Kelley.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-04

OF those who employ wage earncrs for
pro..t or WHO live on unearned income
or are merchants. priests, MONKS, COM
mon criminals q. .uHatics.
BERNE. April 3.-News s,o..1. Soaa,
the capi,;-l Of Bulgaria, is disquictinc
anG !. is reported VIA: .he Bulgarian
aga:nsc the government Hungarian
Communist aooNts. .:-.s- sGoe6, already
are a. 'rols- III Sofia preparing tor CON-
mon action W.t:. the Bulgar.a,ls.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-04
Japan to Keep Command
Of Allies in Siberia
Special Correspondence

Spccldt correspondence
san FRANCISCO, April 3.-Ac-
cording to cable reports from To-
kio, received by a Japanese news
paper here, the Japanese expeditions
airy army in Siberia is being replaced
by new division. There is to be no
change Of commanders. General Otani
will remain as the commander-n-
chief of the Allied forces in Siberia
and Lieutenant General Yuy will con-
tlnue to serve AS chief of staff.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-04

Sharp Will Sail April II

ELYRIA, Ohio, April 3. William G.
Sharp, former Ambassador, and his
family, will sail from France on the
steamer George Washington April -,
according to cablcgram received to-
day by Mrs. Mahala Burrcl, Mr..
Sharp's mother. They will make their
home here, where Mr.. Sharp has large
business interests.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-04
ro,,r Women Are Killed i'll
Frankfort Street Fights;
Berlin Says Soldiers Have
Ouieted the Situation
Strikers Under Control
Stuttgart Leaders Arrested;
200 Germans Held for
Disturbances in Spain

scoBLENz, April (By the Asso-
xtsd Press) German troops op-
,site the Coblcnz bridgehead adj
.nced early Thursday toward Frank
fort. where a opartacidc revolt has
bscn causing disordcr<
Before entering Frankfort, which is
in the neutral zone beyond the French
brio gehead base on Mavence, the Ger
New-York tribune., 1919-04-04
Prince LuoF's Mission
Urges Aid BY Allies and
Reparation for Russia

WASHINGTON, April 8. - Prompt
and concerted aid from the Allies in
restoring order and in financial and
economic reconstruction, and at least
partial rcparation from Germany, arc
outlined as the chief needs of the
national Russian government in
declaration prepared by the financial
New-York tribune., 1919-04-04
NICETlES OF SERVICE

NICETIES OF SERVICE
Fifty million people dine at
CHILDS in the course of a
year such is the lure of
good food and comfortable
Surroundings.
fifty million bon vivants
onnoisseurs Of good food
and lovers of the comforts
Of life!
To have and to hold such a
patronage, there must be a
fine regard for the nlceties Of
service;
For the bon vivant is inclined
to be fastidious not only as to.
the quality Of his food, but
The manner in which it is
handled.
At CHlLDS every modern
appliance for handling food
in a sanitary manner is in
); use--a score or more of them
in each restaurant.
The exceptional cleanIness
everywhere in evidence justi-
fics the expression as clean
as CHILDS restaurant"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-04

French Decree Admits
United States Cotton
PARIS, April 3.-A decree has been
issued authorizing the importation of
cotton from the United States.