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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-04

cessity Of an increased fare to the
satisfaction of the utilities eem-
mission.
Mayors Schriver and Skinner re-
fuse to tie their hands by accepting
any proposition or by agreeing to
any stipulations or agreements with
the Tri-City Railway Co.
I'VE do not feel,a says the letter
to Mr.. Huntoon, that We as public
officials, could properly represent
the citizens of this community be-
fore the public utilities commission
as to what is an adequate fare, If
our hands were tied, SO to speak. by
accepting your proposition.
The proposition is rejected. &C
cording to the mayors, because its
acceptance would be Incompatible
with the public trust bestowed upon
the city officials by the citizens OF
the community.
The conference in Rock Island
Saturday lasted all day. It ended
practically without results.
The strike situation today is the
cars are still in the barns, people
are Sb11l W6AhHu6 VI 4Hu146 III JAIACy
buses. The men are still determin-
ed.
Meetings Scheduled.
Important Official meetings are
scheduled today for Moline, Daven-
port and Rock Island. The Moline
council will meet this evening and
the street car situation will be the
principal business before the alder
men.
Rock Island city commission was
to meet this afternoon and the
street car situation was to be the
principal topic Of discussion there.
Mayor DOugherty of Davenport
has called a special meeting of the
Davenport council for this after
noon. And the sole purpose of that
meeting is to discuss, and perhaps
take some action, in connection with
the street car strike.
But. in view of the position of
Mayors Skinner and Schriver that
the utilities commission is the
proper body to consider the fare in
crease and that it is incompatible
with public interest for the city Of
ficials to agree to any company
proposition, nothing may be expect
ed from all these meetings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-04

sion and again suggested that the
company make binding wage con-
tract with its employees before ap-
plying for an increased fare.
The utilities commission will
meet in Moline Wednesday. That
body has formally declared that it
will not increase fare until a wage
agreement is reached.
The proposition made Saturday
by the Tri-City Railway com .any
to the mayors of Rock Island and
Moline was made public by these
officials today. At the same time
the mayors made public a letter
turning down the proposition ad-
dressed to J. G. Huntoon, general
manager of the company.
The substance of that PROPOSE
ton. according to the two mayors,
is that Rock Island and Moline
understand that the public utilities
will grant you substantially a Z
cent fare"
The mayors declare that the ILL
nois public utilities commission
should fix street car fares, but only
after a full hearing by both the
company and the cities Of this 10
cality.
Must Prove Necessity.
The chief executives of the two
principal Illinois cities affected by
the strike and the proposed fare
increase maintain that the COM
peny must prove the absolute ne
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-04

speeded in an automobile to the
Office of DR.. A. N. Mueller. The
police were finally notified and the
injured man was rushed to the hos
pital. When the doctor was on his
way, central answered.
DR.. Mueller stated this afternoon
that in his opinion the man was so
badly injured that prompt medical
attention could not be expected to
have pulled him through. The
neighbors. however, believe that
something could have been done
for the victim. They are up in arms
over the failure of the telephone
service in such an emergency.
Here Short Time.
Alta late hour this afternoon
nothing definite relative to Swab-
ish had been learned. He was about
40 years of age and is said to have
been a resident of Rock Island only
a short time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-04
COMPANY OFFER
WHICH HEADS OF
CITIES REJECTED

Appended is the letter sent to
Mayors H. M. Schriver of Rock
Island and C. P. Skinner of Mo-
line Saturday by General Manager
John G. Huntoon OF the Tri-City
Railway company over which there
was an all day conference Satur-
day:
I'm the recent decision of the
state public utilities commission Of
Illinois the value of our property
for rate making purposes was fixed
at $4,000 900, as of Dec. /, 1918. A
reasonable rate of return was fixed
at z per cent per annum upon this
amount, The rate OF depreciation
was fixed at a sum equal to 2.07 per
cent OF the value of the property.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-04
Funeral Of Mrs. Margaret Carlson,

A certain county OF Connecticut
boasts Of its record Of having had
but two murders in nearly one
hundred years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-04

The gigantic wall which the
Dutch are building across the mar
row entrance to the Zuyder Zee
will be Is miles long and 230 feet
wide at sea level.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-04

Great Britain recalls today as the
fifth anniversary of her entry into
the war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-04

OF the $4,000 or more daily and
weekly newspapers in the world.
more than half are printed in the
English language.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-04
Obituary
Funeral of Mrs. Ellen Larson.

Funeral of Mrs. Ellen Larson.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen
Larson, who died at 1890 Friday
morning in st. Anthony's were
held in st. Joseph's church at 8
o'clock this morning. Rev. P. H.
Durkin officiating. Burial was in
Calvary cemetery. Death was caus-
ed by hemorrhage from overhead
ing, which occurred in her home,
I'LL Fifth avenue
Funeral Of Mrs. Margaret Carlson.
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret E.
Carlson, who died a week ago in
Los Angeles, was conducted at 2
O'Clock this afternoon in the Noel
Ter undertaking parlors, with burial
in Chippiannock cemetery She
was formerly of Rock Island, leav-
ing here three years ago for the
west. The surviving children are
Mrs. Mabel Nickel, Mrs. Marion
Clarke, Benjamin B. Sebastian and
Ernest H. Sebastian, all of Rock
Island.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
TRUCKS FOR ROADS
MAY Be STOPPED
UNEXPECTED OPPOSITION TO
GIVING STATES ARMY EQUIP
MENT HAS DEVELOPED.

Strong opposition has developed IN
congress to the further distribution
among state highway departments OF
motor trucks and other surplus
equipment left over from the war;
according to a letter received Satur-
dav by the Georgia state highway
department from Joseph Hyde Pratt:
of Chapel Hill, N. c., secretary OF
the American Association OF State
Highway Officials.
This information came as com
plete surprise. The understanding
has been that the only obstacle IN
the way of continued distribution OF
the equipment was a conflict between
the provisions of two separate bllls
nassed by congress on the same SUD
iect One of these bills provided Tor
distribution of the equipment among
the states for highway construction
while the other provided for the sale
of the equipment. >, ii
"If the opposition succeeds" sala
the letter from Mr.. Pratt to the
Georgia highway board, even the
equipment that has been allotted al
ready to the several states cannot De
delivered, and all further allotmenIs
will be stopped" ~, e,o
Terrell county was allotted nVe
trucks. but none of them have Deeii
received.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
SOUTHERN WOMEN
RAISING CHICKENS
FIND THE BUSINESS VERY Pop
ULAR AND PROFITABLE HERE
IN THE SUNNY SOUTH.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Sohthern
women who raise poultry are learn
ing through clubs organized by the
department of agriculture and the
state colleges to market their prod
ucts comparatively and in 1918 dis
posed of more than half million eggs
through this method, according to a
statement today by the department.
Eggs sold during the year represent
ed value of $233,746, indicating
the producers were reaping the bene-
fit ofco-operative selling.
Cooperative poultry breeding as
sociations also are popular among
southern women, the statement de-
clared. Last year "a new associa-
lions were organized and 22,922
fowls were sold for breeding purpos-
es by members of these clubs. The
standard bred roosters brought $34,-
968.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23

Australia has always led the world
in the number of sheep. In this favor
able climate the sheep multiply rap
idly and produce the heaviest, finest
known wool with a fiber of great
length and unusual strength, thus
maintaining the traditions of the
Gland of the Golden Fleece" In con-
sequence Australia holds first place
also in the manufacture of high
grade cloth, and there is a market
for every pound of wool raised.
Naturally Australia is a land OF
sheep stations. The one at Yalata,
however, is a model, and it is care
fullv fenced off from the rest of the
world by 100000 miles of dog. and
rabbit-proof fences, and the enclosed
area is subdivided into grazing pad
docks. In fact, Yalata ranch IS a
community in itself with its big
roomv station, substantially built of
Galvanized iron, outlying houses for
workmen. huts for "blackfellows,
blacksmith and carpenter shops,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
FARMERS FEAR PLOT
MADE AGAINST THEM
LEADERS CALL ON PRESIDENT
WILSON TO GIVE AGRICULTURE
AL EQUAL VOTE WITH LABOR.

The farmers of the United States
through the National Board of Farm
Organization. including the National
Farmers Union, of which Charles S.
Barrett of Georgia is president, have
called upon President Wilson to give
them equal representation on the IN
dustrial conference of October 9th
with labor, or Is votes instead of
the three that they had been allow
ed. Some of the farmers fear that
they have been ignored. The presi--
dent has given labor % of the 40
members of the conference.
Leaders of the organizations de-
clared that there is no reason why
the president should ignore what
they said was the greatest industry
in the United States. One of the
leaders asserted that it was very evil
dent that the "cards had been stack
ed against US" and that there is a
purpose to put the burden and the
blame of the high cost of living on
the farmers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
PREPARE FOR THE FLU
Warning Sent Out That Epidemic Which Ravaged the
World Last Year May Return Though Not So Severe

isolated, or discovered, and as a
consequence there is yet no posi-
tive preventive except the en-
forcement of rigid rules of sani-
'tation and the avoidance of per-
sonal contact.
"There should be no repeti-
ton of the extensive suffering
and distress which accompanied
last years pandemic. Communi-
dies should make plans now for
dealing with any recurrence.
The most promising way to deal
with a possible recurrence is to
sum it up in single word, pre-
paredness.' And now is the
time to prepare.
"No mention has been made
here of a cure or specific. So far
as the most careful scientific in
vestigations have been able to
determine none has been discov-
cred. The suggested remedies,
which gave most encouragement
are even now in their expert
mental stage.
evidence collected during
last winters pandemic points
strongly to infected eating and
drinking utensils, especially in
places where food and drink are
sold to the public, as being one
of the modes of transmission of
the disease"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
Hundred Thousand Miles of Fence
Enclose the Greatest Sheep Ranch

laundries and familiar sheep pens and
sheds. With its horde of aboriginal
independents, and its teams of com
els bringing in fuel and hauling wool,
its pack of camel trains carrying
water to distant points, and by a
thousand and one other points, the
stranger in Australia for the first
time can well imagine himself IN
Africa.
There is no buster man in the
world than the head of this particular
sheep station. Although he has a
staff of foremen, upon his shoulders
fall all the burdens of detail. Even
years of discouraging droughts and
struggles of various kinds have not
left their visible effect upon him,
however. for he is even-tempered and
good natured under all circum-
stances. To his women folk he en-
trusts the running of the store, the
post office, telegraph station, and
medical supplies. In fact, they are
the nurses and advisers to all the
"blackfellows" and their families
The war has put high price on wool
and the great sheep ranches of Aus
tralia are profiting by it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
BEAT LAST ROLL
CALL FOR GEN. Lee
CALHOUN COUNTY VETERAN TO
ATTEND THE BIG REUNION
IN ATLANTA NEXT MONTH.

The drummer boy who is said to
have beat the last roll call for Gen
eral Robert E. Lees army at Apo
matox Court House, Virginia, also
the man who carried the wounded
Stonewall Jackson from the battle
field, are planning to attend the
United Confederate Veterans reun-
ion in Atlanta in October.
T. E. Powder, of Dickey, Cal
houn county, is the drummer's name.
He writes the reunion committee that
he expects to be among those pres
ent and that some of his "buddies"
are going to make every effort to
come along.
81 had letter today from Bluff
ton, S. Co." he writes, from an old
army comrade, J. ]. Carson, saying
he expected to try to attend the re-
union. He and / both belong to the
same company, D, Twelfth Georgia
regiment, Doles Cook brigade. 49,
"He drove General 'Stonewall
Jackson off the battlefield the night
he was wounded at Chancellorsville.
He writes he is now rs years old.
Even though it was such a sad mis-
sion I feel sure that he is proud that
it fell to his lot to be the driver of
so great and good man on that oc-
casion."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
PEACE MAKING IS
PROVING IRKSOME
DELEGATES HAVE SPENT 245
DAYS AT GREAT TASK. NOV
ING TO CHEAPER HOTELS.

Many knotty problems still face
the allied peace delegations in Paris,
although the treaties of peace with
Germany and Austria have been
signed. The conference has been in
session 245 days. The worlds spot
light, however, no longer is turned
upon this busy group of men, and
the delegates are beginning to feel
that their task of making peace is an
irksome one.
The allies have not reached a de-
cision on the disposition of Fiume,
Asia Minor, Thrace and Thesian. Al
though the worlds interest in these
matters has subsidized, all such ques-
lions involving as they do matters OF
racial and national pride, require
great statecraft on the part of the
conference, according to allied lead
ers in Paris.
Italy Demanding Fiume.
Italy has shown no indication of
Welding Fiume. Poland and Czecho-
Slovakia are as staunch as ever IN
their demands for territory. Premier
Venizelos, of Greece, is persistent In
his assertion that the disposition of
Thrace is the greatest problem be-
fore the allies. Disposition of Asia
Minor awaits action in Washington.
The high cost of living already has
been felt bv the various allied dele
cations in Paris. For many months
the delegates scorned economy for
dignity. When Chancellor Renner,
of Austria, moved his followers into
cheaper quarters many other delega-
tions followed suit.
Many delegates who formerly were
housed in magnificent hotels now are
living in cheaper buildings. Others,
who had entire hotels rented as liv-
ing quarters and offices, now have re-
duced their reservations to the small
est offices. Great Britain formerly
had three hotels. Now it has one. The
United States retains only the Hotel
Crillon, and the Italian reservations
have been greatly reduced.
The delegates are anxious to re-
turn home, according to Paris re-
ports, and unless the Bulgarian sig
nature takes place soon it probably
will be witnessed only by the diplo-
matte ENJOYS in the French capital.
The city soviet of Petrograd has
empowered the peoples commlssarles
to begin peace negotiations with the
allies on the basis fixed by the allied
powers, according to reports from
Petrograd.
Peace is wished at any price by
the Petrograd soviet, the reports de-
clare.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
EVERY SOLDIER HAS
BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR
Not a Single American Who Fought
Against the Germans in Europe
Is on Missing List.

Every American soldier who be-
came casualty in the war against
Germany at last has been accounted
for.
A list of missing and unaccounted
for which at one time was as high as
1905 gradually was reduced until
for weeks it remained at two. 1t is
now presumed there is no doubt the
two soldiers are dead and they have
been so listed officially.
Of the total first reported missing
23 per cent. died; Is per cent. were
found to be prisoners; 20 per cent.
were lost from their organizations in
the confusion of battle, but subse-
quentIy rejoined them. The remain
der were found scattered through
various hospitals.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
NO VOTE ON PACT
BEFORE NOVEMBER
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ADMIT
REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE
SITUATION ION TREATY.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Adminis-
tration leaders in the senate admitted
today that they had no hopes of hav-
ing the senate ratify the treaty be-
fore November 1st, and they are
convinced, after careful surveys of
sentiment, that there will be reserva-
tions to the instrument.
1t will continue to be the function
of the democratic leaders to protest
against reservations on amendments,
and to Senator Hitchcock, of Ne
braska, ranking minority member of
the committee on foreign relations,
will fall the thankless task of quar-
reling with Senator Lodge and other
republican leaders upon any and ev-
cry opportunity on the senate floor
The senator from Nebraska will
undertake to force the republicans to
keep the treaty before the senate at
all times until final vote shall have
been obtained.
To him will fall the lot of keeping
up appearances against acceptance
of reservations. He must be the
chronic optimist putting forth each
days new assertion of unbounded
confidence in the final ratification of
the treaty without reservation or
amendment.
Democratic senators, familiar with
the sentiment of the senate, and the
condition of practical unanimity on
the republican side with respect to
the Lodge reservations, admit in pri-
vate conversations that reservations
undoubtedly will be adopted as part
of and a condition to ratification. A
number of democratic senators will
also vote for reservations, including
Reed, of Missouri; Smith, of Geor-
gia; Walsh, of Massachusetts,; Gore,
of Oklahoma; Shields, of Tennessee;
Thomas, of Colorado, and others.
Qualified Membership.
When asked today if the Lodge
program would necessitate the pres
ident returning the treaty to Paris
for acceptance of the American res
ervations one of the best informed
democratic senators gave negative
reply. He took the position that the
treaty will have been ratified by at
least three of the principal allies and
associated powers before the senate
concluded its action. The treaty,
therefore, would be in operation and
the United States simply would enter
upon a qualified participation in the
operation of the treaty and league of
nations. This senator doubted the
treaty ever would be resubmitted to
Germany, holding that Germany hay
ing signed the treaty and ratified it
as it is she will be forced to live up
to all of its terms. The United States
simply will not be a party to the en-
forcement or operation of those feat
ures to which the senate proposes
reservations. .
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
YANK, OFFICIALLY DEAD"
DEMANDS HIS INSURANCE

LA CROSS.-The govern
ment is having a strenuous time
convincing Corporal Herbert ].
Bott, of this city, that he is dead.
The war department insists
the La Cross soldier has passed
on to the great beyond. They
even go so far as to mention
October 20, 1918, as the doleful
day when the lad was "deceas-
ed, cause unknown"
Corporal Bot is willing to let
the matter rest as a joke or err
ror or whatever the government
prefers to call it, but it seems
Uncle Sam isn't.
Last week the war depart
ment requested Corporal Bolts
parents to refund $175 paid in
allotments since the death date.
"Pll be delighted to send back
the S175 if you pay me the $10,-
900 insurance due following my
DEATH" the former soldier re-
piled to the department.
81 haven't got an answer
yet" he said on Saturday, "but
I'm sure l could live to enjoy
the $9,S25 even if l am a dead
man."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
WASHINGTON, D. C.-"Wi

WASd1NGION u. IL VIII
the flu come back this year,"
This question, being asked by
thousands C scientists and mil
lions of la0r0, throughout the
world, is discu-0afp Zen. Blue
of the public healtl. in
an official bulletin, in whlo.
said that the plague probably
will reappear, but not as severe
as last winter.
Probably, but by no means
certainly, there will be a recur-
renee of the influenza epidemic
this year." says Gen. Blue.
"Indications are that should it
occur it will not be as sereve as
the pandemic of the previous
winter. City officials, state and
city boards of health should be
prepared in the event of recur-
renee. The fact that a previous
attack brings immunity in GER
tain percentage of cases should
allay fear on the part of those
afflicted in the previous epidem-
ic.
"Infuenza is spread by direct
and indirect contact. 1t is not yet
certain that the germ has been
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-23
PACKERS INTERESTED
In CTS FOOD LINES
SIXTY-FIVE PER CENT. OF EGGS
HANDLED BY BIG FIVE" AND
GREAT PORTION OF LARD.

CHICAGO, Ill.-Attorney Isador
Kresel, special federal prosecutor,
appointed to handle the investigation
of the packers, outlined the main
points in his compilation of statistics
concerning the big Five" today.
II cannot understand why J. Og-
den Armour has found it impossible
to get pair of shoes in the last few
years." said Mr.. Kresel, "for l find
the packers control 80 per cent. of
the hides in the country and all ex-
cept the Cudahys are interested in
tanneries. The packers control SO per
cent. of the sole leather produced in
the United States. The small tanners
have told me that they live by the
sufferance of the large concerns and
that they are entirely dependent up
on them for the state of the market"
Spreads Over the United States.
The investigation conducted by
Mr.. Kresel and his associates showed,
he said, that the packers are finan-
cially interested in at least 675 lines
of food production in the United
States, both from the standpoint of
manufacture and distribution. The
web of subsidiary industries growing
out of the stock yards spreads all
over the United States and extends
into branches that seem at first re-
motely connected with the packing
industry, but which investigation
shows are direct outgrowths of BUSH
ness, the prosecutor said.
Sixty-five per cent. of the eggs
used in this country are handled by
the five Chicago packers. In 1918
Swift & Co. handled 67,000,000
pounds of butter. Thirty-fve per
cent. of all the butter used in the
country was handled by the five pack
ers.
The Cudahy Packing Company
does not manufacture oleomargarine,
but the other four packers in 1915
produced 63,000,000 pounds out of a
total national production of 152, 000,-
600 pounds and in 1918 they con-
trolled 40 per cent. of the oleomar-
garine production. In this field the
packers face only two competitors of
consequence, the John F, Jelke Conn
pany and w. j. Moxley.
Armour and Company control the
Friedman Manufacturing Company,
of Chicago, and the G. H. Hammond
Company is sub-corporation under
the direction of Swift & Company, it
is said.
Another big Five" Monopoly.
In lard the "big five" have practi-
cally a complete monopoly, produc-
ing more than 85 per cent. of all the
lard manufactured in the United
States.
Commenting on the general situa-
ton which now prevails in the pack
ing industry in the United States Mr..
Kresel said:
"The five Chicago concerns known
as the "big five' practically control
the necessities of life for the people
of the United States. They have a
complete grip on the price to the pro-
Queer of the foodstuffs and like prod
ucts, and they control the price the
consumer must pay in the end. Their
control of production and market
costs makes their hold on the food
situation an extremely strong one"