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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
HUNS CONSIDER PLEA FOR
HELP AS NEEDED TO Save
EUROPE FROM REVOLUTION
WAR CLOUD SEEN
ON HORIZON MORE
GRAVE THAN LAST

London, Tuesday, April S.-De-
Tending the military bill in the
house of lords today, Earl CurZon
of Keddleston, president of the
council and government leader in
the house of lords, declared that
Vienna being in a serious position
and apprehensive lest il should
share the fate of Budapest had
turned to Great Britain and said:
If you will send 10000 British
troops we can guarantee the situa-
ton"
Earl Curzon was not sure that the
war conditions would not revive. lie
said:
II see clouds on the horizon
which may burst at any moment in
a more sinister form than anything
yet seen. If the critics of this bill
can show the government how TO
rule Ireland without maintaining
10000 troops there, they will CONFER
a great favor on the government"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
Rave YOU STILL
IN YOUR HOME?
If Not, You're Sadly Out of Date,
For MOOnshining is Quite the
Rage in the East.
Paris, April 9.-The Ukrain-
ian soviet troops have captured
Odessa.
The evacuation of the Black
sea port OF Odessa by the allied
forces is confirmed officially.

Washington, April 9-Moonshin-
ing is rapidly shifting from its ira
ditioDal habitat in the mountain
Businesses of the south and south
west to centers of culture in the
thriving cities of the east, treasury
department officials in charge of
the enforcement of prohibition
laws said today.
Field officers are reporting a tre-
mendous increase in the number of
small stills of less than five gal
Ions capacity now being sold. They
are locating them almost daily in
full operation in residences, ga
RACES and other places in large
cities.
Twenty-four of these home" dis
tilIeries were seized in one town
within a period of three weeks.
The name of the town is withheld
in order not to handicap the raid
ing officers who are continuing the
search. 1t is located on the At
lantic seaboard.
Four larger outfits were discov-
-sred in one week in New York City
recently. Three were found in a
private garage in one Of the larg-
ess southern cities.
The manufacturers of small
home" stills are doing a thriving
business as a result of the dry
wave sweeping the country, official
reports indicate. The most pOpu-
lar is the kind available for kitchen
use. The stills are modern in all
respects. Coppersmiths make them
after the most approved methods.
The purchasers almost invariably
obtain them for water filters.
"Hava you a little filter in your
bome?' is, becoming a popular slo-
gan. treasury officials declare
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
STEAMER SAILS
FRIDAY TO GET
PRES. WILSON
Capital Feels Paris
Meet Must Soon
Finish Work.

Washington, April S.-The trans
port George Washington will start
for Brest Friday, on orders from
President Wilson.
Receipt yesterday of instructions
from President Wilson to the navy
department to expedite the depar-
ture for France of the steamer
George Washington, was a topic of
much speculation in official circles
today in the absence of any eXpla-
nation either from the president or
those associated with him at the
peace conference. No official an
nOuncement concerning the matter
has been made here further than
the statement late yesterday that
Acting Secretary Roosevelt had re-
ceived a cablegram from Admiral
Benson at Paris requesting that the
sailing of the George Washington
be fastened by direction of the
president" The same statement
said the vessel probably will leave
New York Friday. In that event,
ty pushing her hard. the vessel
could reach Brest by April II.
Unofficial reports last night from
Paris that the return OF the presi-
dent to the council of four had re-
moved much Of the tension that
had existed in conference circles
for a number of days and had led
TO renewed confidence in an early
and satisfactory conclusion of the
peace treaty, may result in Mr..
Wilson changing his plans for the
Use of the George Washington, it
was believed here today. At any
rate the growing conviction here is
that the conference soon must end
its work, either through adjust
ment or deadlock. and this prob
ably was responsible for the order
the early sailing of the
presidents steamer for France.
Paris Paper Resents Talk.
Paris, April 9-"We do not ac-
cuse our allies of forgetting what
France has done" says the Matin
today, but, nevertheless, we wit
messed a curious thing yesterday
propagandists or news
knowing that President
Wilson had summoned to Brest the
ship which is to take him back to
America. saw in this natural order
an opportunity for blackmail.
They made-with the approval
of all Americans who are friends of
F'Tance-a bold faced attempt at in
If you are not more
they went all over
the city saying our president will
return home and you can eXtricate
from your difficulties by
yourselves
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
Entente Name Command
er for Big Task?-Ger-
man Disorders Grow.

Paris, April 9.-HaVas.)-
At the latest session of the
German cabinet council the
government considered the
eVentuality of making an ap-
peal to the allied armies to
maintain order in Germany In
the interest Of the whole Of Eu-
rope, the Zurich correspondent
OF lie Journal reports.
The newspaper L'Eclaire un-
derstands that General Hum
bert, the former commander Of
the French third army, will be
appointed commander of the
allied troops in central Eu-
rope"
A general strike has been pro-
claimed in Berlin and the suburb of
Spandau, advices received here say.
Herr Noske, the minister of de-
fense, is reported to have concen-
trated 10000 loyal troops at the
gates of Berlin for use in case Of
trouble.
Copenhagen, April German
government troops are marching
on Essen, where a collision has
occurred between the strikers and
the Christian Workers organiza-
tion,r the members OF which desire
to continue at their work, Berlin
dispatch announces. The strikers
have occupied the Krupp munition
plant, the message adds.
Reports from Madgeburg tell OF
plundering and shooting during the
general strike.
Although scmi-oficial an
nouncement questions the correct
ness of the strikers figures regard
ing the number of men idle at Es-
sen, another statement intended
for German consumption admits
the situation is serious.
Berlin Reported Quiet.
Berlin. April S.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press.) Berlin was quiet to-
day, being strongly patrotled by
troops with artillery.
Wilhemstrasse was commanded by
machine guns from the chancellery.
No strikes were reported up TO
noon.
Spartican leaders at Hamburg
are plotting to proclaim a soviet re-
public in that city, according to the
Zeitung am Mittag, which cafls
upon Gustav Noske, the minister of
war, to send troops there TO pre-
vent this action.
The threat of railroad employees to
add to Germany'5 troubles by strik-
ing, has brought a sharp reply from
the government in which such ac-
tion is denounced as "a crime to-
ward the entire people" Assurance
is given the would-be strikers that
a strike will be regarded as a
breach of contract and will be pun
ished accordingly"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
GERMANY May ASK AID OF ALLIED ARMY
Stores Plundered by Bavarians
Tornado Sweeps Texas and
Oklahoma; As Are Killed

Dallas, Texas, April 9.-Eight persons were
killed in the storm at Tundra, Van Zandt county,
bringing the dead in last nights tornado, reported
here early this afternoon to 49,
Mineola, Texas, April 9.-Thirteen persons
were killed in the vicinity of Mineola, by the wind
storm
Wichita Falls, Texas April 81. C. Miley of
Portland, Texas, was killed when a house was
wrecked near Walters, Okla in last nights storm.
Durant Okla, April Six persons are re-
ported killed number of others seriously injured
and several houses and barns were demolished in a
storm which swept through this county last night. It
in the county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
FRENCH FLYER
AGAIN STARTS
OCEAN FLIGHT
Aviator Makes Second
Attempt to Fly to
South America.

Versailles, April 9.-Lieutenant
Jean Pierre Fontan started on a
flight yesterday to Casablanca, Mo-
rocco. from which town he will pro-
ceed to Dakar, in the French COL
Oily of Senegal, with the intention
of attempting a flight across the
Atlantic. He is accompanied by
Mechanician Philibert Cahouet.
His route for the $500 miles is
IS follows:
Versailles to Cassablanca Oar ell
Reda). 1000 miles.
Cassablanca to Dakar (Africa)
1,400 miles.
Dakar to st. Paul Rocks Gn mid
die of south Atlantic), 1,100 miles.
st. Paul Rocks to Pernambuco,
80 miles.
Pernambuco to Rio Janeiro, 1,1O0
miles.
Once Forced to Land.
Lieutenant Fontan made his first
start on March IS, but was forced
u alight near Blois, about one hun
dred and five miles from Paris, be-
cause of a cracked cylinder. Since
then he has been getting his plane
in shape for another effort to fly to
B-aziI
The Handley-Page company has
entered a bombing plane built to
raid Berlin, in the transatlantic
flight contest, says a message re-
ceiyed from London. 1t will carry
three men, has four $50 horsepower
engines, and will carry 1000 gal
Ions of gasoline for a 25-hOur flight.
Major T. Gran of the royal air
force will be one of the pilots.
Lyons to Rome Flight.
Lieutenant Roget, a French army
aviator, has arrived safely in Rome
after a nonstop flight of 6S4 miles
from Lyons, France. He left Lyons
at 9:15 Sunday morning and landed
in Rome at 4 O'Clock in the after
noon.
Seven aerial mail services are
now in operation in France. The
routes are:
ris-Valenciennes: Paris-Brus-
sells; Strasburg-Longwy; Briey-
Nancy; Paris-St. Nazaire, and Ia
rdscon-Nice.
The observation-disclosures, Stras-
burg-Longwy and Briey-Nancy ser
vicor ara ctrictlv military
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

ORDERED HOME
Illinois Division Along With Twen-
ty-ninth and Seventy-ninth Re-
leased for Return.

New York, April 9.-The Twenty
ninth, Seventy-ninth and Thirty
third divisions have been released
for preparation for return to the
United States. the port of embark
alton at Hoboken has been inform
ed.
The Twenty-ninth division (the
Blue and the Grey), consists of ma
tional guard troops of New Jersey,
Virvinia, Maryland, Delaware and
the District of Columbia, and was
released April 5. The release of
the Seventy-ninth division. nation
al army men from southern Penn
sylvania, is effective April 10. and
that of the Thirty-third, national
guard troops from Illinois is ef-
fective April II.
Washington. April Q. - General
Pershing advised the war depart
ment today that the Twenty-ninth,
Thirty-third and Seventy-ninth di-
visions had been released for re-
turn to the United States, the or
der effective as to the Twenty
ninth, and the Thirty-third, April
10, and as to the Seventy-ninth,
app II l..
These divisions had already been
designated for return and the or
der is assumed here that the new
order merely means that they now
have been relieved from any other
duty in France on the dates given
and will begin to move to the ports
of embarkation for the return jour
ney.
Under the existing schedule the
Twenty-ninth and Seventy-ninth
divisions are due to return some
time in June and the Thirty-third
some time in May. The Twenty
ninth division headquarters was
last night reported at Bourbonne-
les-Baines, the Thirty-third at
Troyon, and the Seventy-ninth at
SOuilly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
ALLIED ARMY
IS FORCED TO
QUIT ODESSA
Report Uhainians Cap
ture Town-Canadians
to Leave Siberia.

Paris, April 9.-The Ckrain-
ian soviet troops have captured
Odessa.
The evacuation of the Black
sea port OF Odessa by the allied
forces is confirmed officially.
"a Paris dispatch Tuesday night
said that a wireless message re-
Ceived there from Moscow reported
the capture of Odessa by Ukrainian
soviet troops. On Sunday the Paris
Matin said that the evacuation of
Sgessa by the allies was imminent
as bolshevik pressure was increas-
ing. The newspaper said that the
allied forces probably would be
withdrawn ultimately to the line OF
the Dniester, west and south of
Cdessa).
Not Clear, Says London.
London, Tuesday, April 8.-The
situation at Odessa is not yet clear,
according to the latest news reach
ing officials in London tonight, but
it is believed that the evacuation
of civilians is imminent owing to
the difficulty of the food supply.
All measures have been taken for
the removal of British civilians.
Disorders on the Murmansk front
in Russia were planned by Finnish
troops and boIshevik Firms, accord
ing to an official statement issued
At the war office today, which states
that they are not considered of po-
litical significance.
There has been no change in the
situation on the, Archangel-Mur-
mansk front.
The war office has issued an ur-
gent appeal for volunteers for the
relief force for north Russia. 1t is
stated that the men must be train
ed soldiers who have been demobil-
iZed or discharged or who are serv-
ing at home or on normal engage
ments of for two, three or four
years.
Canadians to Leave Siberia
VladivOstok, April 3.-(Via Mon
|eaD.-The evacuation of the Ca
madam troops in Siberia is expect
ed to begin about April 20. when
the steamer Monteagle sails for
Canada with 20 officers and 700
men. These include 800 sick.
ATCHdHSel, hloHudE, Aplh
tBy the Associated Press1 A dele
CATION of men and officers under a
flag of truce went into the bOlshe-
vik lines today to negotiate an ex-
change of prisoners. It was pro-
posed that the allied commission
should go to Plesoviskaia to ar
range details, the bolsheviki send
jig an equal delegation into the al
lied lines as hostages.
Copenhagen, April 9.-The cap
ture of seven villages, 500 prison
ers and large quantities of war ma
terial is reported in an official
statement issued from the EsthO-
nian army headquarters. The Es-
thonian troops continue to advance,
according to the statement.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
HOLDS UP POLICE
PATROL, SEES THE
COPS AND FAINTS

Pittsburgh. Pr, April 9.-John
Fink leveled revolver at an autn-
mobile in Schenley park yesterday
and ordered the driver to halt
When Police Commissioner Carroll,
revolver in hand, leaped from the
machine, which was the Oakland
police patrol, the would-be bandit
fIinted. 81 guess / had too much
liquor" he explained. He was sent
o the Workhouse for 80 days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
The Weather

Rain tonight probably clearing
by Thursday morning; colder to-
rsght and Thursday, but with the
temperature above freezing; strong
shifting winds.
Temperature at Z a. m, 44 high
est yesterday, SO; lowest last night,
AZ.
Velocity Of wind at z o. m, Is
miles per hour.
Precipitation. ~ inch.
Stage of water, 1913; a rise of 1
in last "a hours.
J. NJ. -Sherier, Meteorologist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
ROME COUNCIL OF
LABOR VOTE FOR
"a HOUR STRIKE

Rome, April 9-Havas1 - The
Rome council of the General Fed
Grafton of Labor has decided upon
a general strike to last 25 hours.
The strike is set to begin on Thurs
day at a. m.
(No recent news has come out
of Italy to indicate the reason for
a strike demonstration such as that
which the Rome dispatch reports)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

ernment is getting under way a
vast amount of building and con-
struction work. The department
of labor calls attention to the fact
that by the end of the fiscal year
1921 there will be available for fed
eraI state road building more than
S266.0O0,OO0
Congress passed the apprOpria-
ton for $9,O50;4O0 for new hospi-
tails and improvements to old ones
needed by the public health service
and this building activity is being
rushed and will be under way by
the end of the year. Some of these
projects will be under construction
by midsummer.
More than 1000. 600 is involved
in the maintenance and construc-
ton work set uot in the rivers and
harbors appropriation bill passed
by the last congress.
The harbors and rivers improve
ment work takes in almost every
section of the country. much of it
being planned for the southeast.
the Atlantic coast and the Pacific
states.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
Will NEED ALL TRUCKS.

washington, AprlI y.-Require-
ments of the various government
will consume practic-
ally the entire war department sur
plus in motor trucks and motor
cars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
CHARGE WEALTHY
BACK BOLSHEVIK
MOVEMENT IN u. S

Washington, April 9.-Reports
that bolshevist agitation in the
United States is being financed by
wealthy persons, particularly wo-
men, have reached the department
of Justice, but have not been taken
seriously so far. The report relat-
ed that a wealthy woman had un-
dertaken to pay the expenses of
agitators to work among negroes
in the south to get them to organ
ize soviet committees. No evidence
of this agitation has developed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
EMILE Coffin COMMITTED.

Paris, April president Poin-
caire has commuted to 10 years
Imprisonment the death sentence
imposed on Emile Coffin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
LATE BULLETINS

Honolulu. T. H. April O.
Six battaIiOns of japanese
troops are being sent to Korea
to suppress disturbances which
are spreading, according to Il
Nippu Jill cablegram from To-
kiO. received here today.
Hampton, Va- April o.
Lieutenant John f.. Neeley OF
Seattle. WASH was Instantly
killed and Sergeant ]. =. Rich
ardsOn seriously injured today
ut Langley Field, when an air
plane which Neeley was driV-
ing fell from a height OF about
250 feet
Copenhagen. April o. - The
West Ukrainian government
has wired President Wilson
asking for help in fighting the
bOISheViki
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
Uncle Sam To Build.

Despite the failure of the last
congress to pas important appro-
priation measures, the federal gov
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
DAMAGE BY FLOODS
SOUTHERN SECTIONS
THOUSANDS RENDERED HOME.
LESS AT MERIDIAN. THREE
DROWN AT ATLANTA.

Torrential rains in various sections
of the South the past week brought
many rivers to the flood stage and
caused heavy property damages at
several points.
A thousand persons were homeless
and train service was indefinitely sus-
pended at Meridian, Miss, due to the
overflow of small streams south of
the city. One negro is reported to
have lost his life. The rainfall of 48
hours in the vicinity of Meridian to-
tailed 1910 inches. Street car service
was interrupted in Mobile by the in
ability of storm sewers to convey the
great volume of the rainfall. Train
service on the Mobile and Ohio rail-
road between Enterprise and Quit
man, Miss, was interrupted by wash
outs. Flood warnings were ordered
for streams in southwest Alabama.
The hydro-electric plant of the
Montgomery Light and Power COM
pany at Tallassee, Ala, was put out
of commission by broken dam, leav-
ing the city without lights or street
car service. Heavy damage was re-
ported in the vicinity of Montgom-
cry, with railroad service impaired.
Water was rising in north Montgom-
cry from the flooded Alabama river.
Rescued From Tree Tops.
In the Montgomery section hun
dreds Of persons have been rescued
from trees and houses. Thousands OF
refugees are in the city and the many
relief organizations worked faithful
ly in an effort to provide as comfort
able quarters as possible for the un-
fortunates.
High water on the Chattahoochee
river near Columbus, Ga. is said to
have caused property damage. The
river guage showed a rise of 40 feet.
Houses were swept away IN West
Point, Ca, by high waters that over
flowed part of the town. The flood
cut off the water supply and 1000
gallons was rushed by the Red Cross
from Atlanta. Food supplies were
also sent. The water rose several feet
in business houses and dwellings. The
homes and contents of great many
families were absolutely ruined, and
in the stores were practl-
cally all destroyed. 1t is yet impossi.
BILE to estimate the money value OF
the property destroyed, though some
believe it will be as much as $4,000
300.
At Montezuma the Flint river rose
% and a half feet. Shops, stables
and stores on Dooly street were
flooded but only slight loss of busi-
ness resulted. i
At Macon the Ocmulgee spread
over the low sections of the city. At
Augusta the Savannah reached
crest of 35.5 feet. Hamburg, S. c.,
across the river from Augusta, was
partly submerged, but the Georgia
city was saved by its recently con-
levee system.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
GEORGIA LEADS in
MOONSHINING in U. S.
HIGH COST OF WHISKY HAS LED
MoUNTAINEERS TO RUN THE
RISK OF ARREST.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-The moon
sinners business in the United States
has doubled during the last fiscal
year, according to the annual report
of Daniel C. Roper, commissioner of
the bureau of internal revenue. A
total of 5000 illicit stills was seized
by revenue officers during the year
ending June 80, compared with o.
739 for the preceding fiscal year.
The largest number of seizures was
made in states that have been dry
longest, Georgia leading the list with
virtually one-third of all seizures
made. North Carolina accounted for
one-fourth. Both states have been le-
gally "dry" for ten years. Revenue
officers believe that the ratio is in
creasing, despite the exercise of all
vigilance.
The increase in moonshine activi-
ties is credited largely to the high
price of whisky. This leads men to
run the risk of arrest and imprison-
ment, officers assert.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-12-16
ROPER SUBMITS
REVENUE REPORT
PRESENT LAW YIELDS $6,O00,-
100000. AN ENORMOUS IN
CREASE IN CIGARETTES.

WASHINGTON, D. Estimates
of $6,000,0OO,000 as the yield of the
present revenue law for the first
twelve months of its operation will
be closely approached if not fully
realized Internal Revenue Commits
sioner Roper said today in his annual
report.
Commissioner Roper said the to-
bacco industry had developed into
one of the greatest sources of fed
eral revenue, the total receipts from
this source alone for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1919, being $780,
003,000, an increase of $48,800,000
over those of the preceding year.
As Billion Cigarettes.
An enormous increase in the num-
Der of cigarettes manufactured was
shown by the report, the total for
the last fiscal year being approx
mately eight times larger than in
1910. In that year 8,500,000,000 CT
garettes and 8,O00,000,000 cigars
were manufactured, while in the last
fiscal year the manufacture of cigar
cites had increased to 45,000,000,-
900, the number of cigars remained
practically stationary.
Discussing constitutional prohibi-
ton Mr.. Roper said that probably
100000 gallons of spirituous liq-
uors would remain in bonded ware
houses when the constitutional
amendment becomes effective Janu-
airy 16.
During the year ending June sc
approximately 99,000,000 gallons OF
distilled liquor were produced from
materials other than fruits, this fig
ure representing a decrease Of near
ly 100000 gallons from the pre-,
vious years production.