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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-03
KILEFER TO PLAY
WITH CHICAGO CUBS

Chicago. Dec. 3.-William Kille-
fer, premier backstop Of the Ma
tional league, signed . contract to
play with Chicago's Cubs for the
season Of 1870 AFTER Q chief coufarr
ence yesterday With President
veeck OF the north side club.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-03
ISLAND CITYS
HEAD BoWLERS
FOR NOVEMBER


The Island Citys lead the Com
mercial league for the month Of
November with Is won and two
lost for q percentage Of Ss7, and
they also lead the league for three
games with 2,e64. George Muessli
has high individual. with .61S for
8 games and .243 for q single game.
Cavanaugh has the highest aver
age for the month with 179.
During the month 49,345 pins
were toppled in the league for an
average Of .783. Following il the
report for the month compiled by
E. w. Schieberl, secretary Of the
Commercial league:
W. L. Pct.
Island Citys .........13 2 1867
All American Tr'ks 3 6 600
C. r. I. P. 31st st.. Z II .3S9
Tri-iCty Auto Sup. 4 II .222
High team score, 3 games. Island
Citys, 1854.
High team score, 1 game, Island
Citys, 892.
High individual score, 8 games,
G.. Nuessli, SIS.
High individual score, 1 game. G.
Nuessii, 243.
Total pins toppled by league,
1886.
League average per game, 7ss-
|16.
Prd. Ay'ges.
Kitty. c. r. I. & P. -. 3 i80- !
E. Cavanaugh. Isl. City Is 1910
C. WITCH, C. r. I. 4 p. ;. 6 176- {
Graham, T. C. Aut. Sup. 5 176 z
D. Finkelstein, All Am. Is 175-1a
w. Danielson, Isl. City. IL It'll
E. Lanaghan, All Am... 8 ia ]
H.. WITCH. C. r. l. L P. 3 172-
jos WITCH, G. r. !. & p. 5 III ]
A. McNeill. T. C. Aut. S..12 199-
Nuessli. Island City -. 3 1@-4
Kitty, All Am. ......:. 6 1sS- !
Jordan, Reserve ....... 6 1855
w. Sivil, C. n. I. Z p. 8 164- Z
r. Long, Isl. City ......15 163- 6
Leo WITCH, All Am...... 3 163-
Long, T. C. Auto Sup. :. 8 161- ]
M. Finkelstein, All Am. Is i'll
H. Schwecke, All AM. 3 1s9- Z
Bonnewitx, C. R I. 4 P..18 ISL
j. Hartman, T. c. A. Sup. 8 166- Z
Bassett, T. c. A. Sup.... 3 166- ]
Mangelsdorf, Isl. City IL 152-
Gadient, All Am. $3.50. 16 1915
F. Lorenx, C. r. I. & Pts 146-
Ruggles, c. r. l. & P. ..15 146- !
Schieberl. T. c. A. Sup. IL l41-11
Hickman, C. r. 1. & P. IL 141-.
Mold, T. C. A. Sup $500. ) 40
E. Danielson, Isl. CITY,. 8 40
Winkler, All Am. $500. 3 139-
Parkins, T. C. A. Sup. 3 131-
Farer, Reserve ........ 6 12S- {
Posateri, Reserve ..... 9 III
Abbott, T. c. A. Sup -. 5 119-
McAfee, T. C. A. Sup. s 146-
Kitty, T. C. A. Sup 49,. 6 IA,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-03
CANTON CALLS OFF CAME after
LEARNING OF DEFEAT ISLANDERS
HANDED OUT TO AKRON TEAM

city. This was early yeptsrday
morning. At Hays place. Of BUSH
ness they reported the latter would
be in in 10 minutes. Manager Flan-
igan left the message for Hay to
call on long distance. Then tele-
grams were dispatched to both
Thorpe and the manager. One read:
I'VE arc offering your team the
largest guarantee that 1t has eyer
received before, 5000 or . priv
lege Of so per cent Of the gate. Il
you don't accept Rock Island fans
will say you are cutters. Wire me-
your answer"
You will perceive that the ante
was raised a. to the percentage Of
the gross gate. But it brought no
answer. Along about noon Man
ager Flanagan again attempted to
get in touch with Hay on the tele-
phone. Again at his place Of busi-
ness it was reported he would be
in shortly. All through the after
noon and no response from Canton.
Flanagan put in . call on the phone
for Jim Thorpe. After an intermin-
able length, Of time, the operator
reported that Jim Thorpe was sick
in bed and would not come to the
telephone.
So there you have, 1t, Mr.. Fan.
A flood Of kilograms failed to pro-
duce a reply from either Thorpe or
Hay after the word came that the
Bulldogs had disbanded. The men
could not be dragged to the tele-
phone to give a reason for such
sudden and unexpected action on
their part. Isn't 1t logical to as
sumo that they realized they had
no reason and were afraid to face
the music?
A Fleettng Hope.
At any rate, Walter Is not
through yet. He has gone to pin
them right down, and II necessary
will make them a proposition Of
winner take all. II this is refused,
then the world must know that a
new champion football team has
arrived. 1t will be q virtual ad-
mittance that Canton IL afraid OF
the Islanders.
Must Not Give Up.
The fans must not give up. In
fact everyone should work all the
harder and take orders for every
possible ticket for the contest. II
it is not pulled out Of the IRE. every
last cent will be refunded. II the
workers can wire Flanagan tonight
or tomorrow morning that 10000
tickets had been guaranteed, Cd
Jim Thorpe might respond to the
call Of the lucre, even at the great
risk Of his own precious crown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-03
PUBLIC NOTICE,

I wish to give notice that Twill
not be responsible for any debts
contracted by George A. Buckley
after this date. ~.
BETH ROBERTS.
Dec 2. 1919.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-03
FORMER CHAMP IN
LEAD AT PHIILH
TENNIS TOURNEY

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 3. - Jay
Gould, former world's court tennis
champion. won the first four sets
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-03
Largest Guarantee.

Starting at 9 O'Clock Monday night,
Manager Flanagan stuck to the tel
ephone until morning in an effort
to talk to either Thorpe or Mana
ger Hay. Something was wrong
With the wire into Canton. and 1t
was only after . long delay that q
roundabout circuit got him into the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-03

Dec. ,. 1919.
, 1919-05-01

IT is hereby brought to public notice, that
a balance of interest amounting to
Frcs. 1880, will be on hand for dis
tribution on the 26th Of May, 1919, from
their Majesties King Christian the Ninth
and Queen Louise's Golden Wedding
Memorial Fund for the benefit of worthy
in1igent persons in St. Croix.
Applications containing the requisite
information and duly certified to be for
warded to the Government of the Virgin
Islands of the United States of America,
within the 18th of May, 1919.
Naval Government of the Virgin Is
lands Of the United States, April 80,
1919.
R. G. WILLIAMS.
DeSpatch5ng Secretary.
, 1919-05-01

is starving. 1t is perhaps not known
that during the time Mr.. Nude was
trying the clock, it worked perfectly
for nearly two weeks without a hitch:
the hands being disconnected, this
could not be observed from outside
The town is practically without any
means of knowing the correct time.
, 1919-05-01

Paris, April 28th.-The Council Of five
at its meeting on Saturday, La Liberte'
says, agreed that the German war pris-
oners shall be liberated after the signing
Of the peace treaty. The prisoners will
be released gradually as Germany contri-
butes to the work Of reconstruction ex-
acted by the treaty, and in proportion to
this contribution. The newspaper says
that details concerning the future status
OF the Kiel Canal have rot yet been set
tied, but that an agreement has been
reached on the principle Of International
iZatiOA.
Geneva, April 28th.- The battalion Of
British troops which occupied Flume
With the Italians after the armistice, left
fiume when the delegates to the peace
conference left Paris, according to adj
vices received from Agram, capital OF
Croatia and Slavonia. The reason for
this action by the British is reported to
be a desi e to avoid friction 18th the
Italian troops. The despatch adds that
the Italians are reinforcing their troops
in Central lstria.
Copenhagen, April 28th.-A despatch
received from Reval, Russia, says that
there has been a big fire in the town of
Narva, eighty one miles west OF oetro-
grad. Th4 con1agration was started by
a b~ombardment of the town by the Boil
shevik. Hundreds Of houses were burnt.
and five Thousand people are homeless
Narva, which lies neal the Gulf OF Fin
land on the Necova river, has a popula-
ton of some 20. 600. There are numerous
textile works in the town, and there IS
a considerable trade in fish.
London, April 18th. The Government
is considering the sending of a special
commission, headed by Viscount Miner,
Secretary for the Colonies, to Egg pt in
order to ascertain what changes are ne
cessary in the constitution of the prOtec-
tOrate.
Yokohama, April 28th.-A large sec.
ton Of Yokohama was rayaged by fire
today, two thousand buildings including
a part of the business sec ion, being
burnt. Firemen from Toxic lided in
checking the flames before they reached
the Foreign. residential section.
New York, April 28Jh.-Mr. Samuel
Gompers, President Of the American Fe-
deration of Labour, who was injured
yesterday when a Broadway surface car
collided with a taxi-cab in which he was
riding, was resting well tonight, accord
ing to a bulletin issued by his physician,
and his condition Was said to be favour
able. The physician added, however,
that because of his advanced years, his
two fractured ribs and other injuries
may prove serious.
, 1919-05-01

NOOIlOOION q
Continued from 1St page.)
Italy whose just and praiseworthy
attitude has provoked the admiration
of two worlds. CHEERS and cries
Long live America, Down with Will
son''). We must show that we have
taken the worst into consideration. AT
ter four years of unspeakable privations
and sacrifices we may find ourselves
faced with fresh sacrifices and prlva-
tons. At this moment Italy is ready
and greater than ever. Greater than in
May 1915. The decision must be a we'll
considered one. Food supplies are fail
ing US but Italy which has known hunger
has never known dishonour. | do not
conceal from you the danger of this very
critical hour (Cries Of we will face any
thing''l lam with YOU, continued the
Premier, "A brother among brothers and
also a chief who asks only to obey
and follow suit the will of the peo-
pie. 1t may be that we shall find
ourselves alone but Italy must be
united and have a single will. Italy
will not perish. AT the conclusion
of his address the Premier was Civ
en- an ovation. General Diaz and Sig
nor Barzilai then spoke and were
cheered by the soldiers and sailors.
Prince C0lOnna asserted that there was
complete solidarity of the people of Rome
and of Italy with the Govt. Premier Or
nda, General Diaz, Prince Colonna and
Signor Barzilai entered motor cars and
a procession was formed which proceed
ed to the Royal Palace. At the Palace
the party joined the King, Queen and
Crown Prince on the balcony and the en-
tire group was acclaimed with enthusiasm
by the assembIage below.
Rockaway, New York, April 28th.-
The big naval ~seaplane N c. which COM
pHeted a schedule trial at the naval sta
ton here today may ~''Jump-off" now at
any time for Newfoundland on the first
leg of its triT over seas.
Washington, April 26th. Postmaster
General Burleson has recommended to
President Wilson that al telephones and
telegraph lines be returned to their pri-
vate owners as 0 as Congress can en-
act legislation deemed necessary.
Brussels, April 18th. -(Reuter's): The
British naval tug Hughli sank off Nieu-
port today. twenty-five OF the crew were
drowned and ten rescued. The Hughli
was carrying explosives for clearing the
Ostend channel. 1t is uncertain whether
the disaster was due to an explosion or
to stranding on a sand bank.
, 1919-05-01

When we learned that Mr.. John Mu-
dies services had been secured for the
repair of the steeple we naturally felt
that a great public convenience was
soon to be put in order again. 1t is
however regrettably understood that
Mr.. Nudes charge # $4,000 was declin-
ed, as also a similar fee of Mr.. Wey-
mouth Phaire although both of these
gentlemen having guaranteed to put the
clock in proper working order before
they accepted the money, 1t is repor-
ted that experts are to come to do the
work, but as the old saving goes,
while the grass is growing the horse
, 1919-05-01

The S. S.. Guiana from the Islands is
expected at Frederiksted on Sunday
morning 4th. instant, and calculated to
load cargo and sail at noon on Monday.
See notice elsewhere as to closing of mails
in Christiansted.
, 1919-05-01

The mail schooner left port at Z this
morning with a favorable breeze behind
her.
, 1919-05-01
MAILS CLOSE

for New York, N. Y. per S. S. "GUi-
ana, 9 o'clock on Monday 9Th inst.
, 1919-05-01

ST. OROIA 81 HUN.
Censored at jamaica
Continued from 1st page.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-27
HUNTING DOWN BOMBERS
N APPROPRIATION of saOoo,ooo to hun

APPROPRIATION of $2OOO,OOO to hunt down bombers x Is good showing the determination of the Congress to stop that sort of thing The bomber type himself developed under European conditions by
 which interdicted free speech Great Ban most freedom is granted to agators in the public pression bombing is almost unknown.
 As far possible public meetings and public speech should be ree those speak must be sponsibe for the abuse of the privilege.
 The public meetng in which the advocates of social change frankly what they wish to accomplish great safety valve. It lets everybody know what is 1t Is of action which satis es the agaor This speech too often has its cum naon in act of violence
 Otherwise the best is to carefully social Injustice of all sorts America with her free institutions and her vast has the to satisfy the reasonable sres of her people, Society must not break into of cques repeating here the history of Europe For this son anoregn agitaons should be discouraged by public opinion.
 Those of foreign antecedents who have to America to be Americans They to dwell tremendously with other Americans The right ympathze with those of his blood is undoubed But this be distorted into hatred of those of also Americans, actual potential.
 The road to democracy of the hundred per by the road of hatred but by the of good sound ~tandng, and sympathy and friendship.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-27
THE NEWS FROM BERLIN


|N7 HE NEWS from Berlin is not pleasant shot
 A down in the street. Business is practically suspend ed Buildings destroyed No knows -ther his son IS sae what the future will bring forth The cond ton Germany of the condition most of Europe The art of governing there by methods to be temporarily lost The people longer know how to express their will at the ballot be the people did enjoy this right and there ~haps revolution by violence unavoidable
 In Germany, however, there is a well developed system of elections to which had the people government have stability enough to resort to it.
 There two of making progress in state the people determine the the way is by violence The other is by the ballot.
 The ballot is the surest to freedom things whatsoever Revolution of violence dons of the unborn but generally subjects the living periods of vast discomfort suffering and confusion.
 It is for America to give to the world the example of an ordered state in which all problems settled accordance with law In America the majority citizens do whatsoever they desire ecution of their will is broad highway The aon of Europe is warning to America America to cherish its ideals of democracy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-27
FAILURE OF REGULATION
 IN AMERICAN ARMY
From The Vaccination Inquir er)

themselves unable to offer explanation it a bad job; the obvious explanation that vaccination useless being, of course. ruled they will really to come it, however
 as hands one of the Public Health Reports issued United States Public Health Service. March 18th, and deals with typhoid. The paper we quote from is headed Typhoid Vaccination Substitute for Sanitary Precautions," and signed by Walter McCaw, Chief Surgeon of Ex- peditionary Forces
 The Chief Surgeon cites instances where epidemics prevailed among troops, especially dur ing the last offensves the western front, and points out that the occurrence and distribution of diseases constantly brought to the attention of the medical officers through weekly bulletins. failed the significance of these reports and warnings, fact which be due to false security under the popular belief that vaccination against typhoid and paratyphofd gives complete immunity in the midst of gross insanitary conditions"
 always pointed of grave O. cial prophylaxis is that it leads the neglect of common-sense precautions
 notwithstanding the fact that typhoid and paratyphoid levers endemic in the U. s. and in spite of extensive experience with these diseases in the Spanish American War, and later, during the period mobilization the Mexican border, 1t is evident many medical officers have gained but little knowledge of the fundamental principles derlying prevention and control-'
 whose fault is it that these doctors neglect principles and failed to realize that sanitation the thing while vaccination is mere ly a fifth wheel the coach?
 Sir Almroth Wright and Co. answer. | Here other excerpts from this startling re-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-27

surfeited by official praises of typhoid inoculation wonders it has complished-in parts o the where purity of the food and drink furnished to sol strictly attended to. Where those pre- cautions could be, were not taken-Galh- poll, Mesopotamia, East Afrca-a prudent veil Of official obscurity has been draped as thicky as m the unwelcome results. 1noculatfon is protection where the Of ty- phoid carefully eliminated, and we have no ed typh at would continue to be nearly as it is Let keep reminding the bacteriological big-wags that the Japanese Army through the Manchurian campaign without inocuIation and with unparalleled immunity disease trusting sanitary precautions alone
 The medical officers the American Army have louder longer-the wondrous inoculation Members of that body in this country lectured the subject and at our weakness in permitting conscientious ob- Nothing of kind permitted in Gods Own Land. soldiers with mind of their own that subject penal servitude-in one 20
 The great Sir Wright, in his Times manifesto September, 1914. to the American Army evidence in favor of his nostrum
 Woods Hutchinson, in his recent book Gre spectfully reviewed in the Nation" March 1st) af- firrned that the American Army has had scarcely a typhoid in the six years since anti typhoid inoculaton made compulsory and complete"
 Failure too Fragrant Any Camouflage.
 begins appear, however, that the inocula- have to look out another army for purpose-maybe that of Nicaragua or Borneo
 { In January gave the account of s5 cases of indisputabl. typhoid company of much recently. vaccnated American soldiers men yaccinated States by various doctors with an assembly of Brttiah and American doctors found
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-27

(Continued From Yesterday.)
 in the way realizing democracy The Paris Com mune took the first world-histortc step along this path; the Soviet has taken the second
 20. The annihiation of State power is the aim all Socialists in view first and foremost among them Marx Without the realization of this aim true democracy that is. liberty and equality, is unat- tanabe. This aim, however matter of fact, only be achieved Soviet and proletarian dem for it begins at to prepare for the re- spective complete exterminaton by bringing forward massed organizations of the working people into permanent and absolute participation in State administration
 21. The complete failure of the Socialists as- sembled Bern, the evident inability to under the proletaran democracy, is especially following: February 10 1919, a Bern that the international con- Yellow Internat tonale was at an end February II, 1919, its members in Berlin pub shed the paper Freihet appeal from the the proletarfat. In this appeal the is admitted; reproached with wishing to abolish councils, which called "the supporters and protectors revo1ution;' and it is proposed to legaIize councils, give them State rights veto the National Assembly, aud put a referendum.
 Such proposal that is utter mental fiasco for theorists who defended democracy and did
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-27

not understand its bourgeois character The absurd attempt to combine the Soviet system that is the proetariats dictatorship, with the National Assem- bly, the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie definitely dsclOses the spiritual of the Socialists Establishments and the reactionary policy smaller bourgeois, well the cowardly sions made to the growing powers of the proletarian democracy.
 22. The majority of the Yellow Internatorale at Bern who condemned Bolshevism, but, dreaded the of working people, dared formally correctly from the class standpoint. majority for condemnatory resolution, have acted quite is in complete agreement with the Russian Mense- viks, the Social -RevoutionarieS, and the Schiede- mann party in Germany. The Russian Menseviks the Social -RevoIutionaries, who complain of being persecuted by the Bosheviks, seek conceal fact that the prosecutions owing of the Menseviks and Socia-Revolutionaries taking part in the Civil the side of the hourgeoisie against the proletariat- In Germany, in precisely the way, the Scheidemann party has joined in the civil the side of the bourgeoisie against the working
 It is therefore, only natural that the majority of the particpators in the Bern Inernationale voiced their condemnation of the Seen from the standpoint of class the decision rived by the Internationale's majority is Justified; but the proletarat ought dated by this fact, but rather face it openly and the consequences.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-27
THE PAYMENT OF GENIUS.

One of the most hazardous Of bus
 inesses is that of publishing books, and those who succeed in it must have a talent for judging literature that is akin to genius Perhaps the great est of publishers in this respect was John Murray, founder of the famous British publishing house of that name. and the originator and publisher Of the Quarterly Review. Scott, Southey, Byron, Washington Irving, Moore, Crabbe and other great writers of the early part of the nineteenth century were on his list. Murray, who died 76 years ago today, in 1S43. and was succeeded by his son of the same name, was reared in an atmosphere of books, for his father, John Mac Murray, a Scotchman who had set tied in London and dropped the Mac" was a book seller.
 We are accustomed to think of poets as poorly paid, but first and last John Murray paid Lord Byron over s1oO,- 900 for his poems. He gave Byron
 $3,000 for the first two cantos of "Childe Harold" and this. too. be- fore the poet had gained any wide fame Murray had an uncanny ability recognizing genius before 1t had been discovered by the world at large Shortly before that Byron had left for England, and Murray presented nm with $7,500.
 The publisher paid Moore $20.00o outright for his Life of Byron" To Crabbe he gave $15,000 for volume of verse. Murray's generosity in deal ing with authors upset all the tradi- tions of the trade, and his rivals op- enly predicted his failure, but they were doomed to disappointment. When a book proved unusually sue cessful, Murray often voluntarily doubled the payment. He gave Wash ington Irving $1.00o for his Sketch Book" but doubled the amount later without any solicitation from the Am erican author. For 'Bracebridge Halr' he paid $5,0o0. twice that amount for the 'Chronicles of Granada and $15,00O for the life of Columbus. . He offered Irving $5.o00 year to edit a monthly magazine. but Irving could not be induced to leave Ameri- ca Murray's one failure was when he startsd London datly nswgpAper.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-27
SAFER IN HOLLAND

state of the German mind makes it safer 1 for Crow Holland Germany unless he good lu his chance of long life be short.
 If the Crown Prince is in East Prussia he have the raising revolution This would at least opportunity die fighting Hitherto the Hohen glorious death to the existence fugitves of the Allies to try them will quicken their willingness to resort again to
 counter revolution might have slight chance Of being successful Lacking this lonesome chance the Grown to the Allied that justice may be done upon them.
 is early however to speak with certainty about the the Prince That he would rather fight the chance of being Allies is merely conjecture.