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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-03
With Islanders
In the Service
ENJOYS The ArgUs.

Private Edward L. Johnson, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Johnson, 231S
Ninth street, writes his father as
follows:
las this is Fathers day and all
the boys that have a father are
supposed to write him, here goes
mine. Well, the war is over and
we are a happy bunch of boys.
Don't know just when we will start
back to the states, but l am sure l
will be back to hear the birds
sing in the spring and maybe
sooner.
81 am getting along Just fine and
am in a fine place called Venernil
When i came over l came on a
ship called the Olymtis and there
were 5000 soldiers and room for
more. It took US six days and
eight hours. We landed in Liver
pool, England, stayed there a few
days and went to Southampton. We
took ship there and crossed the
English channel, landing at La
Harye, France.
1T sure is a big place. We have
about four thousand Germans here,
all rough looking birds. l am on
the main line to the Tout front. l
have been in some great places and
have seen some rough life in the
year | have been here. l have seen
the best parts of France and have
seen the gay city of Paris.
I'VE can all tell you what war is
when we get back. receive all OF
your letters and surely enjoy them
and also The Rock Island Argus.
1t is sure welcome"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-03
ASK DORAc DEATH.

Ilondon-British business men
seem practically unanimous, &C
cording to reports from the Ameri-
can Chamber of Commerce in Lon
don, in demanding the immediate
death Of Dora" the defense of the
realm act. Only a few restrictions
are approved by business men gen.
orally, except that men engaged on
what they believe to be "key" in
dustries are much interested in de-
velopments in the governments
plans for protecting them. Finan-
Cial men, it is said, are expecting a
marked continuance and develop
ment of many of the financial re-
strictions, with a view to the pro-
lection of the European finances
during the long reconstruction
period.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-03
FOOD TALKS DAILY

All last summer a live public
market in Pittsfield, Mass, brought
consumers and producers more
closely together. The home demon
stration agents of Berkshire coun-
ty, who work under the direction
of the department of agriculture
and the Massachusetts state agri-
cultural college at Amherst, took
advantage of the gathering of peo-
pie at the market and conducted
q demonstration on food conserva-
ton and preservation. Questions
were answered, people were urged
Ama conserve and preserve and can
IN goods were exhibited. From
Ito IT'S people visited the booth
sEh day. The same plan was car
rfed out successfully at North Ad-
ans in the same county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-03
At the Burtis,

At the Burtis theatre in Daven-
port tonight Richard earle Will
appear in his latest musical com
edy, ''F'urs and FriIls," which tells
an amusing story. An exrravagant
wife buys at bargain sale a val
liable Russian sable coat. which IS
stolen by her brother and pawned.
1t is redeemed and pawLed again
when it comes into the possession
of a new owner and complications
result. Edward Clark and Mr..
earle are credited with furnishing
the lines and lyrics. The music
score is the work of SilYio Helm
and Claude E. McArthurA Many
pronounced musical NUMBERS are
announced with a carefully Sc
lected company and girls for the
large chorus The costume display
is one of the many features.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-03

The telegraph pole had snapped
in two about thirty feet from the
ground, the excessive cold weather
causing the wires on the pole to
contract. The upper half of the
pole was held suspended In the air
by the wires, and when the 1inemen
started to work early this morning
10 splice the various broken wires.
the pole was braccd SO 1t would
not fall.
Cannon was working on the top
OF the pole with one leg over the
Crosstree, splicing a broken wire.
1t is not known Just how he met
mis- death, but his companions work
ing on the ground saw a sudden
flash of electricity and sparks fall
ing from the wires where he was
working. The body hung suspend
ed from the crosstree and had to
be lowered to the ground by ropes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-03
GRAND JURY To
HEAR 40 CASES
Body to Receive Tes-
StimOny Dealing With Many
Desperate Criminals.
THREE MURDERS ON LIST.
NarOled Prisoners Figure in Major.
ity Except SIayings-C Circuit
Court to Convene.

Grand Jurors summoned to con-
vene at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon
are in for a busy time, appearances
would indicate.
Just 40 cases are to be investi-
gated by the grand jury during its
coming session, that number of
wrong-doers being committed to the
county jail under bond to await
hearing.
Included in this number are
three murderers, IL held for lar
ceny, four for highway robbery, two
for assault to rape, nine for burg
larry and larceny, and two for as
sault to commit murder.
With the exception of the mur-
%T cases paroled convicts are i'm
$plicated in majority of the other
crimes enumerated. Testimony in
. the cases of some Of the most des-
perate and hardened criminals ever
dealt with in Rock Island county
will be heard in next weeks grand
jury session.
Those who will hear the evidence
and determine which defendants
shall be held for trial and upon how
many counts and who have been
summoned to report Monday are:
NJ. H. Gale, Cordova; Raymond
Kerns, Coe; Findlay Wreath, Ca
noe Creek; B. B. Osborn, Yuma;
Frank B. Shelton, Port Byron; Pet
er Wildermuth, Hampton; Henry
G. Quade, South Moline; Robert D.
Brandt, Austin Bell, E. H. Sleight,
George Evans, Moline; H. Fl.
Cleaveland, Otto Preister, William
H. Gest, Rock Island; John T.
Campbell, South Rock Island; Lew
is Wilson, Black Hawk; Robert W.
McGimpsey, Coal Valley; J. A.
Bowling; Clyde Schneider. Edging-
| ton; Gust Danielson, Andalusia;
SShn Schmidt, Buffalo Prairie; Ed
ward A Mewes, Drury.
Petit Jury Called.
The January term of the circuit
court viii also be convened Monday,
when at o'clock in the afternoon
a petit jury panel will be selected
from 40 jurors ordered to report.
Circuit Judge w T. Church will
probably return to Rock Island to
hold court in place of Judge F. ID.
Ramsay, who is convalescing from
a stroke of paralysis sustained sew
eral months ago at his home at
Morrison, Ill. Although his condi-
ton is improving, attending physi-
clans advise against the resumption
of his duties on the bench until he
has more fully recuperated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-03
TESTING JINGLES
The Knocker.
By o. Bonney Brink

Go bury the knocker out in the
wood far away from the folk who
assemble for good and plant him
deep in the ground. Go bury him
out where the humble bees bum.
where the woodpecker pecks and
the drumming birds drum and the
straddle bug straddles around. He's
of no earthly good to the place he
calls home. nor any old place to
which he may roam, he's unpracti-
cal. stingy and dead. He wants the
whole world and a fortified fence
to keep it intact, and when he goes
hence he'll want the stars over his
head. Go bury him deep where the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-03
FRENCH IN BUDAPEST.

Paris, Jan. 3.-Two thousand
french soldiers have entered Buda-
pest, according to a telegram from
Zurich.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-03
At Brotman's RiaIto.

Joan of the Woods" had never
seen telephone. street cars.
crowds of people-primitive. Joan
had lived in a little cabin and the
woods had always been her home.
When she married big city lawyer
and went to the city to live she was
in a place of wonders. She had
never seen a telephone and was
badly frightened when she heard
the bell; she had never seen trains
or street cars.
Joan of the Woods" a World
picture, with June EIvidge in the
stellar role and with John Bowers
and George McQuarrie in the cast,
is one of the best film stories writ
ten.
Joan of the Woods" can be seen
on Saturday at the Rialto theatre.
The picture is decidedly human and
true to life in every form. 1t is in
teresting and human and those who
see it, see something worth while.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-03
TO RICK WINNERS.

Des Moines, Iowa.-Des Moines
college Will meet several strong
teams in basketball this season, the
tentative schedule including: Jan.
z, Iowa Wesleyan at Mount Pleas
ant; Jan. IL, Drake at Drake; Jan
II or IS, Penn at Des Moines; Jan.
81, Drake at Des Moines; Jan. q,
Simpson at Indianola; Feb. s.,
Penn at Oskaloosa, and March /,
Iowa Wesleyan at Des Moines.
Games with Coe, Cornell, Camp
Dodge and Parsons are pending.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-03
MADE GENERAL MANAGER

Chicago, Jan 3.-The Illinois
Central today announced the ap-
pointment of A E. Cliff as genera
manager, succeeding the late T. ]
Foley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-03
KILLED BY HIGH
VOLTAGE WIRES
James Cannon, Davenport Lineman,
Meets Instant Death as Current
Passes Through Body.

James R Cannon, 2o3 Bridge
avenue, a Eneman in the employ of
The Peoples Light company of Dav-
export, was instantly killed yes
terday while splicing broken wires
on telegraph pole at the corner of
East River and Cambria streets, in
Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-03

poisonous weeds will cover his
grave for his actions and deeds II
life deserved such a tomb. He's
no good to us here, they need him
in-well, its a bet he's more wei
come than where he win dwell, so
leave him to suffer his doom
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-03
At Fifth Avenue.

Constance Talmadge's latest Sc
lect picture. "A Pair of Silk
Stockings" in which she is pre-
scented by Lewis J. SelZnick, and
which will appear at the Fifth
Avenue theatre today, is a breezy,
whimsical story, brimful of fun,
and starts off with a quarrel be-
tween two young English married
people over which make of motor
car they should buy. Swiftly the
quarrel expands, like the ripples
from a pebble thrown in a lake.
and soon they are divorced. Later
they meet at country house. for
MolIie having bought the wrong
make of car, breaks down, ana
finds herself put up at the house
where her ex-husband IS guest.
Sam is just about to take part il
amateur theatricals and made up
and in his costume he seeks out
MoIlie's room to patch up their
%<arrel. Before Mollie's arrival
the room had been occupied by
Bagnal, who now returns. Mollie
isn't there when Sam enters her
room and he hides in the closet
Bagnal, however, returns via the
window and encounters Mollie.
During their conversation Mollie
remarks that she still loves Sam
who registers joy SO noisily in his
hiding place that the two rush to
see who is concealed. Dragged
out, and un-recognized, they bind
Sam with the first thing attainable,
a pair of Mollie's best silk stock
ings. Then locking him in the
bathroom, they explain to the
guests the cause of the disturb
ance. Meanwhile, Sam fees, and
returns to the assembly in his own
attire plus the silk stockings.
When Mollie discovers her stock
1ngs on Sam, the mystery is
and deciding that his
make of motor car would be best.
after all, takes back her stockings.
with Sam inside, and marries him
then and there with the aid of the
vicar who is at that very time in
the house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-15
MAY START ON
OCEAN FLIGHT
THIS EVENING
Sopwith Plane Ready
to Make Attempt
From ST. Johns.

St. Johns. y. F., April 15.-Weath-
er conditions had improved suf-
ficiently today to lead associates of
Henry Hawker, Australian pilot of
the Sopwith biplane team, to ex-
press the opinion that Hawker and
Commander Greve, his navigator,
might start their attempted trans
Atlantic flight late this afternoon.
Hawker plans to take off" from
the soft ground at Mount Pearl
plateau if there is no other obstacle
TO the start.
On the other side of the city at
Quidividi the mechanics of Fred
erick p. Raynham, pilot of the
MaEtsnsyd machine, another con-
tesfaf.t for the overscsfs -ftgfTt, were
preparing for trial flight
Plan for Seaplane Flight.
Washington. April 15.-Admiral
Henry T. Mayo. commander in chief
of the Atlantic fleet. which arrived
yesterday in New York. will come
to Washington tomorrow to discuss
with navy department officials the
arrangements and location of war
ships in the Atlantic ocean for the
overseas flight of naval seaplanes
next month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-15
BAKER IN PARIS
RUSHES RETURN
OF AMERICANS
Promises On Arrival
Return Of 275,OOO
This Month.

Paris, April 15.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. ss.)-American troops to
the number of 275,000 are returning
to the United States from Europe.
during the present month, New
ton ID. Baker, secretary of war, said
today on his arrival in Paris from
Brest. May, he added, the number
will fall to 250,000 because of lack
of transports, but in June the num-
ber will rise to 100000, which will
be maintained as the monthly rate
until all of the 1.400,00O men still
here are returned
The secretary said that if any
agreement should be reached by
which American troops would par
ticipate in the defense of the Rhine
indefinitely undoubtedly the only
soldiers used would be those who
volunteered for such service. Mr.
Baker said he was in France to
participate in the work of the
American liquidation committee
He expects to go to Coblenz and
the former fighting front with Gen
eral Pershing and to return to the
United States within 10 days
Belgium To Get L. 5. Supplies.
The secretary of war declared
that no decision had yet been
reached as to what disposition
would be made of the docks, ware
houses and other permanent i'm
provements constructed in France
by the United States government
He said that large quantities of
canturad pIInS and 0fhor Uar mo-
terial would be taken to the United
States as trophies. Much Ameri-
can heavy artillery equipment will
also be returned, but no decision
has yet been made as to the dis
posal of automobiles and motor
trucks.
Belgium, the secretary said. is
to get large quantities of cotton
goods and food stuffs from the
army
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-15
CzAR'S FAMILY
NOW IN TURKEY
sian Royalty Arrive at Con-
stantinople.

Paris, April 15--Twenty mem
bers of the former Russian imper-
ial family, including former Dow
ager Empress Marie Feodorovna,
reached Constantinople from the
Crimea several days ago, accord
ing to Marcel Hutin in the Echo
d'Paris. The party also included
the former Grand Duke Nicholas
Nicholaivitch, at one time COM
mander-in-chief of the Russian
army. and Peter Nicholaivitch,
lieutenant general in the Russian
imperial army and younger broth
er of Nicholas
Nicholas and Peter. who married
sisters of the queen of Italy, hav-
ing been invited to reside in Rome,
have left Constantinople for the
Italian capital on an Italian steam
ship.
The others. including the dow
ager empress, will go to Malta on
a British warship to await the de-
cision of the British government as
TO their future place of residence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-15
TENNESSEE BILL
FOR SUFFRAGE IS
UP TO GOVERNOR

Nashville, Tenn. April 15.-The
bill passed by the Tennessee legis-
lature under which women of the
state will be given the right to
vote for presidential electors and
in all municipal elections. is now
ready for the signature of Cover
nor Roberts, who is said to hsve
stated he would sign. When the
bill is signed, Tennessee will be
the first southern state in which
women are granted the right of
suffrage The bill just passed does
not give them the right to vote in
state elections, which privilege
only can be given by constitutional
amendment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-15
LATE BULLETINS

Paris, April I5.-An Amer
lean steamship laden with food
for Poland was piIiaged at
Hamburg by the Germans, ac-
cording TO a dispatch from War
saw received in Zurich and
transmitted TO the Echo d.
Paris.
Madrid. April i5.-The Span
ish cabinet has resigned.
Washington, April 15.-Burn-
ing of the auxiliary schooner
Pensacola off FeHwicsI Island
shoals O.I the coast of Della
ware Sunday and the rescue OF
the crew by the United States
Steamer Mexican was reported
today TO the navy department.
London, April l5.-It wOuld
be a mistake to think that
home rule would be put in force
in Ireland Immediately upon
the declaration of peace, And
rev BOnar Law, government
leader in the house of commons
declared In the honse today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-15
HUNS HAND OVER
BIG SUM TO PAY
YANKS FOR FOOD

Cohlenz. Sunday. April 13.-By
the Associated Press.) Seven mil
lion marks were deposited on Sat
urday at headquarters for the
Third army by the Germans to pay
for food supplies for civilians in the
area occupied by the United States
forces. During last week nine mil
lion marks were deposited for this
purpose by the Germans.
The first food train started from
France this morning, its cars being
loaded from American army depots
/The supplies bought by the Ger
mans include 300 tons of bacon. 800
OF rice, 1900 tons of -four. 100 tons
of corned beef and % tons of evap-
GRATED milk. The first shipments
have been sent to Treves, Coblenz.
Neuwid and Montabaur and distrib-
utsd throughout the district at
uniform price fixed by the German
government
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-15
Expect WILSON TO START Home APR: :
Former Chiefs Of Hungary Reported Execu
Election
Returns

The Argus will flash
election returns from
its Office this evening in
accordance with its
usual custom. An Argus
representative will be
stationed at each poll
ing place to report re-
turns as rapidly as they
are tabulated.
Telephone S ervi c e
will be maintained as
usual and you may get
the latest returns by
calling Rock Island 145,
146 or lat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-15
HUMAN ERROR rs
HELD SOLE CAUSE
OF TRAIN WRECK

Washington, April 15.-A rear
end collision between two New
York Central passenger trains
near South Byron. n. Y, last Jan
uary. in which p persons were
killed and IL injured was due sole
ly to human error, according to a
report today by the bureau of safe
ty to the interstate commerce COM
mission.
THE accident was caused by the
failure of Engineman Friedley Of
train No. Il properly TO observe
and be governed by automatic
block signal indications" the re-
port said. "A contributing cause
was the failure of Flagman Groves
to go back a sufficient distance to
protect his train and to display
lighted fuses as required by rule"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-15
EDWARD It. FRENCH
DIES IN CHICAGO
ON RAILROAD JOB

Chicago. Ill, April 15.-Edward
Tuck French of Newport, r. l.,
died suddenly today of uraemic
poisoning at his apartments on the
North Side. He had been in i'll
health for some time. Mr.. French
came here early in December last,
to take a position with the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy railroad, in
which his father holds a large in
terest. He was accompanied by
Mrs. French. The body Will be
sent to Newport for interment.
MIR French was the son of Amos
and Pauline French. prominent in
New England society. The son
was prominent a few years ago
in the younger set in Newport, Bos-
ton and New York. He created a
sensation in July. 1918, by marry
ing Lillian Harrington, telephone
operator of Manchester, N. II.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-15
HARDING CASE
ISUP TO HOUSE
Report Asking Impeachment of
-|GOyern0T to Be Taken Up for
Consideration Tomorrow.

Des Moines, Iowa, April 10
Consideration in the Iowa house
of representative of it's judiciary
committees recommendation for
Impeachment of Governor w. L.
Harding, for his part in the Rath-
bun pardon case, will start at $50
a. m. tomorrow.
Both the majority report, which
recommends Impeachment OF the
chief executive. and the minority
report urging merely censure, will
be taken up at that time, the house
decided today when the reports
were formally presented.
Shouts the house accept the re-
port, thereby impeaching the chief
executive, the controversy would
be transferred to the senate for
trial of the Impeachment charges;
rejection of the committee report,
with possible adoption of vote of
Nsnsure. would end the matter.
While the majority report urges
Impeachment of the governor,
minority report recommends mere
ly censure The. majority report
on Attorney General H NJ Havner.
formulated today. was expected to
recommend exoneration. while the
minority report HOulu CdIl LDf CSu-
sure in his case. too.
Governor Harding was charged
in the majority report. which was
adopted late yesterday in commit
tee by a vote of II to II. three 9th
er minority members not voting,
with gross maIfeasance and mis-
demeanor" in granting the pardon
of Ernest Rathbun and in his
later acts and conduct
1t was declared the evidence did
not show he received any money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-15
YANKEE CHIEF
IN ARCHANGEL
SAYS ALL WELL
New American Com.
mander Reports Sit
uation Satisfactory.

Washington, April Ik-Brig-
adler General W1ds p. Rioh-
ardson, the new commander Of
the American forces in North
Russia, has reported the mill
tary situation satisfactory in
his first official dispatch since
landing on the Murmansk
coast
The message, sent to General
Pershing and relayed by him today
to the war department, was dated
April 13, or about two weeks after
the mutinous conduct of Company l,
Three Hundred Thirty-ninth infan-
try. which refused to go to the
front from Archangel.
1t is assumed here that a salts
factory military situation means
that proper discipline prevails
among the American troops gener-
ally.
General Richardson reported the
occupation on April IL of Uros
Ozero, by a force of Russians sup
ported by the allies. AS a result of
this action 40 of the enemy were
killed, 9 wounded and 26 taken
prisoner, two field guns, one ma
chine gun and 1000 shells being
captured. The allied casualties com
prised one Canadian sergeant killed
and one French sergeant wounded.
Am leaving with headquarters
staff and replacement officers April
message said. Expect to arrive in
about six days"
Military Store Gone.
Archangel, March 12.-(Corre-
spOndence of the Associated Press).
When the allied force first land
ed here on Aug. 2, 1912. they found
that most of the military stores
which had been transported here
for the use of the Russian imperial
government had been removed in
safety by the bolsheviki The Ger
mans and the bolsheviki knew of
the allied intention to land here
TO protect these stores and Count
Won Mirbach. the German ambassa-
dor at Moscow, told the bolsheviki
tfe Germans would occupy Moscow
and Petrograd II they did not get
the stores away before the allies
landed.
Supplies Soon Moved.
The bolsheyiki hurried up thou
sands of Chinese coolies and soon
had the great bulk of the war ma
terial at Sukona, 40 miles north of
Vologda and 300 miles down the
Vologda -Archangel railroad from
the farthest point south the allies
have been able to reach. Last July
the correspondent saw acre after
acre of these supplies guns.
motor trucks, airplanes, heaps of
iron and steel-under wooden roofs
at Sukona.
Copenhagen, April 15.-The en-
tire male population of Riga be
tween IS and 3S years of age has
been mobolized by the bolsheviki-