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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-30
RATIFY treaty
FIRST week IN
JANUARY, plan
Said That Both Sides May Make
Concessions to Bring About
Agreement.

Paris, Dec. 30.-Hopes have
again been raised in supreme coun-
Gil circles Of an early exchange OF
ratifications Of the treaty Of Yer
sailles. The end Of the first week
in January is given now as the prof.
able date when the treaty will be
put into effect.
This prospect springs from
the conversation held yester-
day between Paul Dutasta, gen.
eral secretary Of the peace con-
ference, and Baron Kurt Won Lers-
ner. head of the German mission
here. 1t was said today that the
chances were considered good that
the Germans would decide to sign
the protocol without waiting for
verification Of the figures on har-
boz tonnage demanded as repara-
ton for the. sinking of the German
ships at Scapa Flow.
1t is generally understood. how
ever, that Germany is inclined to
sign the protocol to the peace
treaty on condition that guaran-
tees are given regarding possible
reductions as to the quantity Of
harbor and dock materials to BE-
handed over in compensation for
German warships sunk at Scapa
Flos?. -..
viii Reduce Tonnage.
1t is explained that the supreme
council will satisfy Germany's de-
mand for a more specific declara-
ton on the reduction Of the ton
mage asked for, through affixing to
the protocol the text Of M. Dutasta S
verbal decision to Baron Won Lers-
ner on the subject.
The Rhineland. commission Is ex-
pected to meet as soon as practic-
able after the treaty is promul-
gated.s -
The allies military mission deal
ing with the subject of transport
ing allied troops to the districts
where plebiscites are to be held
under the treaty reported to the
council today that satisfactory ar
rangements had been made with
the Germans for the movement of
these forces.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-30
MORE COMMUNISTS
SHOT AT BUDAPEST

Berlin, Dec 30.-(Via London. y
Nine additional communists were
executed at Budapest on Monday.
despite protests by the British am
bassador and the Italian repre-
sentatives, according to advices re-
ceived here from the Hungarian
capital. The men upon whom
death sentences were carried ont
included DR.. Eugene Laszlo, author,
journalist and lawyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-30
REPORT DEATH OF
KOLCHAK OFFICERS

London, Dec. 30.-A wireless dis
patch from the soviet government
at Moscow asserts that the min
listers Of Admiral kolchak, head of
the All-Russian government. were
killed when the train on which they
departed from Omsk left the rails
and ran down a slope.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-30
CHASE TRUCKLOAD
OF WHISKY HOUR &
BEFORE CAPTURE

Baltimore. Md. Dec. 30.-One
man is in the hospital shot in the
back and four more are held in
Jail after an automobile chase aud
pistol battle early today which be-
gan when those arrested were
found with a truckload of liquor
and were chased through the prin-
cipal downtown streets for half an
hour before giving up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-30
FEDERAL WORKERS
LEADER OPPOSES
CONFERENCE PLAN

Washington, Dec. 3O.-Opposition
to recommendations of the presi-
DENTS industrial conference was
expressed today by Luther C. Stew
ard. president Of the National Fed
Grafton Of Federal Employees,
which, he said. was assisting to re-
build the government machinery on
a business like basis and expected
fair treatment, not Oppressive
measures" in return.
Mr.. Steward said the federation =
constitution prohibited strikes by
its members.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-30
SENATOR JOHNSON
SHES HIS HAT IN
S. DAKOTA ARENA

Pierre. S. D., Dec. 30.-United
States Senator Hiram johnson II
California, today filed with the Sec
retary Of state an announcement of
his candidacy for the Republican
presidential nomination. He will
be an independent candidate for
endorsement at the South Dakota
primary in March.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-30
QUITS CONGRESS
FOR GOTHAM JOB

New York. Dec. 30.-Representa-
tive F. H. LaGuardia announced to-
day that he had sent his resigna-
tion as member Of congress to
Governor Smith, and he would be
sworn in New Years day as pres
ident Of the board of aldermen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-30
NO ATTACK MADE
ON FRENCH HOME

Dublin. Dec. 30.-Two inquests
over bodies Of victims killed in the
Phoenix Park shooting Sunday
failed to solve the mystery sur
rounding the affair, but tended to
show that there was no organized
plan to attack the vice-regal resi-
dence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-30
OPERATORS RIGHT
so MINERS WORK

Toilet. Ill, ; Dec. 30.--Miners at
South Wilmington. who struck yes
terday because they were not re-
ceiving the full IL per cent increase
in wages, went back to work today
after receiving advices from state
union officials that such was the
/, agreement with the operators.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-30
RAILWAYMEN
TASK 7 YEARS
|U.S.C0NTR0L
Strongly Opposed to Anti.
Strike Clause of Pend
ing Legislation.

Washington, Dec. 30.-Organized
railway workers placed themselves
on record at a conference last
night as opposed to legislation des-
ignated to prevent strikes of rail
way employees and as favoring gov
ernment control of the lines for at
least two years.
The conference called by Sam
uel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, was
attended by representatives of the
four big railway brotherhoods and
heads of the 10 shopmen's organ
izations affiliated with the fedora
tion.
Against Penalty Clause.
The parliamentary situation of
the Cummins and Esch railroad
bills was the chief topics under
discussion. Among the conclus-
ions reached by the conference
were that the penalty clauses in
pending legislation on railroads
against employees quitting work
should be eliminated and that gov
ernment control over the roads
should not be relinquished for at
least two years in order that a
proper test of federal operations
might be made. The conference
also favored the provisions of the
bills which would establish better
relations between the employees
and the carriers.
Reach Question Soon.
Washington, Dec. 30-Labor,
rate-making and regional consolf-
dation provisions OF the Esch and
Cummins railroad bill will not be
reached before next week, Senator
Cummins said today. No session
will be held Thursday. New Years
day. .-.----s e,
Car serfice sections Of the birla
were considered today with the
conferees agreed on government
supervision Of car distribution to
shippers and undertaking to iron
out only administrative differences.
The National Association OF Rail-
way Executives have submitted an
additional memorandum to the con-
ferees protesting against legisla-
ton limiting the earnings of strong
, railroads and making excessive
earnings available for weaker lines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-30
Continued on Page Nine.)
VAST BIOLOGICAL
GARDENS GIFT TO
CITY OF CHICAGO

Chicago, Dec. 30.-A gift OF a
tract Of $50 acres, valued at $780,
600, to Cook county from Mrs. Har-
old F. Mccormick, daughter of John
D. Rockefeller, for the establish
ment Of one of the worlds greatest
geological gardens, was announced
today. The land is situated on the
west bank of the Des PLANES river
at Riverside and is said by experts
to be naturally adapted for shelter
ing wild animals.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-30
WRECK BUILDING
BUT SAFE HOLDS

Joliet, ILL, Dec. 30.-Robbers al
most destroyed the building OF the
Beattie Bank of Elwood, a private
institution, last night, but were un-
successful in opening the safe
which contained several thousand
dollars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-30
GOTHAM MAKES
MOVE LOOKING
TO OWNERSHIP

New York, Dec. 30.-The board
of estimate decided unanimously
today to order an investigation Of
the subway, elevated and surface
traction lines Of Greater New York.
with a view to possible munic!pal1
purchase and operation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-30
ROBBINS COMING HOME

Santiago, Chile, Dec. 2s.-Warren
D. Robbins. secretary Of the Amer
ican embassy here, sailed for New
York on board the steamer Santa
Lucia today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-30
MORE CREDIT FOR ITALY.

Washington. Dec. .30.-The treas
ury today established q credit OF
$4,000 In favor Of Italy. This
makes total credit Of 1881 1885,
900 for italy and Of 39.s47, ,S34 900
tc all Of the allies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-30
The Weather

Unsettled weather with snow TO-
night and Wednesday. Colder We'd
nesday. Lowest temperature to-
night about 20 degrees above zero.
Highest yesterday, 81; lowest
last night, 20.
Wind velocity, 4 miles per hoIr.
Precipitation. none.
II n. 7p. m. "a. m.
yester. yester. today
Dry bulb ......36 38 %
Wet bulb ......S3 35 IS
Rel. humid rs II IS
River stage so, no change in tae
last "a hours.
I'M. SHERIER, Meteorologist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-30
FIRE IN HANGAR.

Douglas, Ariz., Dec. 30,-Fire in
the machine shop Of fight A. 96th
aero squadron. destroyed 100000
worth OF equipment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-30

]. M. SHERIER. Meteorologist.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01
DAVID ID. ROGERS

The Star greatly regrets to learn
of the death of David ID. Rogers, one
of the best known and most efficient
civil engineers in Florida, who passed
away at his home in Daytona Wednes-
day, April %.
Mr.. Rogers was a native of Plain
field, n. j., and came to Florida In
1873. He was one of the pioneers of
the East Coast. He was also well
known in this part of the state where
he was actively engaged in phosphate
mining for number of years. With
his family he resided in Ocala from
1891 to 1896, and made many friends
among our people.
Mr.. Rogers was sixty-nine years of
age, a progressive citizen and a man
of high personal character. His life
was most helpful to his community
and his death is greatly regretted. In
his passing the writer loses q loved
and faithful friend, and we mingle
our sorrow with that of his bereaved
children.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

The Tampa Times tells things
about legislation at Tallahassee and
other state affairs that other papers
don't allude to. Either it is Drawer
than the other papers or not so much
influenced. The following from it's
Tallahassee correspondent reveals a
most fragrant imposition on the
rights of the people. IL the legisla-
ture has proper sense of respect
for itself and regard for the rights
of the plain people back home it will
see that lobbyists are shut off from
the advance information on measures
spoken of in the following:
"It's astonishing the way news
travels" said member of the house
when he got an anonymous letter
from Tampa, marked personal In a
strangely familiar fashion, enclosing
clipping from Tampa paper crit
icising Representative Futch of Ala
chua, for daring to introduce an in
come tax bill. The paper has a mail
ing list of members, too, for it sends
frequent copies, but this time some
one had taken the trouble to clip the
duQ GLASS;
postage so that there would be no
chance of missing it. If the member
would watch the lobby he would learn
something about the transmission of
news affecting corporate interests or
men of wealth which might perhaps
interest him. He would note, if he
watched carefully, that any bill of
such type is seized on before it is
fairly in place on the clerks desk
and copies of it made. Then the
wires are heated with messages of
notification that such and such bill
has been introduced and that a copy
OF it can be had for so much. In some
cases the copy is sent right on for
there is yearly retainer and no doubt
as to what sort of legislation is con-
sidered unfair" But there is never
any lack of speed in the transmission.
Often, in fact generally, the machin-
cry of opposition is set in operation
before the committee that passes on
the bill has had chance to see it. |
Frequently members get kilograms
asking them to oppose such and such |
measures before they have got to |
committee. The system is efficient all |
right.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

Display. Plate 1Oc. per fnch for con-
seCurive insertions Alternate inser-
lions rs per cent. additional Compost
ton charged on ads that run less than
SIX times sc. per inch. Special position
20 per cent. additional. Rates based on
S-u IN minimum. Less than four inches
Win take higher rate, which will be
furnished on application.
Reading Notices. sc. per line for first
Insertion; Sc. per line for each subse-
quent insertion. One change a week
allowed on readers without extra COM
00e1ttor charges.
Legal advertisements at legal rates.
Electros must be mounted, or charge
Will be made for mounting
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

annual cost of four thousand dollars.
we estimate that in two years the
county will be tick-free,' he said"
Don't let the fact that Marion coun-
ty has gone over the top deter you
from buying Victory Bonds, if you
have the money. In order to float
the loan, several counties that haven't
gone over the top must be made up
for, and the bonds are first-class IN
vestment anyhow.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01
OUR COUNTY GOES OVER
THE TOP AGAIN

One of the good things the war has
given US is that powerful and telling
expression, "Over the Top"
And Marion is an cover the Top"
county.
1t went over the top in the four
liberty loans.
It went over the top for the Red
Cross.
1t went over the top for United
War Work.
And, Wednesday, it went over the
top for the Victory Loan.
A good county is Marion, not so
snowy as some, but solid and loyal
right down to it's limerick founda-
ton.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

The Home Guards of st. Johns
county refused to obey Gov. Cats
order to go to Lake City, to guard a
bunch of criminals, and resigned in a
body. Very bad conduct in soldiers.
This county isn't in love with Cats.
But if he had called its home guard
company to perform a duty, it would
have answered promptly.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

Gen. Pershing, like Gen. Wood, was
jumped by Roosevelt over a number
of officers of inferior merit. Wonder
why it is Roosevelt has been strafed
SO much by certain papers for pro-
noting the one and not for promot-
ing the other. The truth is that few
men in American history have been
so well able as Roosevelt to appreciate
merit.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01
They Have Made Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
OFT the Oranges and Grapefruit That We Produced

And they can afford to spend huge sums in
persuading to let them keep on pro6ting from
our labor.
Mighty little real money earned from other
sources ever has been invested In the fruit busi-
ness by the speculative marketing agencies.
Practically all of the vast sums on which they
operate and all the enormous amounts they have
made from their transactions came out of our
work.
The money with which they maintain their
elaborate organizations. the money they offer to
loan Us on our crops, the money they use to buy
our fruit on the trees before the shipping sea-
son at prices far below its real value-an the
money that they spend IS our money.
During the shipping season, just ending.
great many more of we citrus growers of Flor
ia than ever before decided that we had In our
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

Two years ago today the United
States took possession of a hundred
German ships in American ports. The
ships have carried hundreds of thou
sands of our men to France to fight
the Huns, and are now busily bring
ing them back. The machinery of
many of the vessels was, it was
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

The driver of an automobile which
hits human being and goes on with
out stopping should be, when finally
found, tied to public whipping post
and given thirty-nine lashes on his
bare back, then ridden out of town on
a rail.-Tampa Tribune.
If you run short of rails down
there, let us know.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

There may possibly be a feeling
over there that while the invitation
to US was to assist, it was not intend
ed to be taken as meaning we should
run the whole show.-Tampa Tribune.
There may be something in that.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

That certainly was a dandy special
edition that the st. Augustine Record
spread before its patrons Monday. It
was just big enough to be right, and
looked like it was printed in a first
class Job Office.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

Says the Tampa Tribune's Talla-
hassee correspondent: "Mr. Fort of
Marion made a plain, sensible talk
and told of Marion county's watts be-
ing built and dipping carried on at an
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

We can't see why the prohibition
lists kicked on that bottle of wine being
broken on the bow of the Tennessee.
About as harmless a use as could be
made of it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

This little county has about mil
lion dollars invested in bonds, the Sc
curity of which is insolubly connected
with the security of our government.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

Goodrich Ice Cape are guaranteed.
We have every style of them that
Goodrich makes. The Anti Monopoly
Drug Store, 29-6t
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

thought, irretrievably damaged by
the Germans, but in few months the
Yankees had all in order again.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

Cats idea of DISCRIMINATING the
rats is to fill up all the rat holes with
state money.-Bartow Courier-In-
formant.
He is economical compared with
some of the other statesmen.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

II the legislature does all the things
the governor and other illustrious
people ask it to do, the state tax next
year will be about 100 mills.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

Burleson has done more to set back
government ownership in six months
than the socialists can set forward in
sixteen years.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

Says Porter Emerson Browne:
"Old Mother Hubbard
Went to her cupboard,
{. And took out her very last bone
"And went TO the bank,
"All cheerful and frank
To invest in the Victory loan"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

Why not send Billy Sunday tt
Amorengen, to convert the kaiser?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

We see that enterprising Anthony
has begun to encourage her baseball
team.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

We confess that we don't see a very
good outlook for permanent peace.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

After four years and three-quarters
OF fighting and lying, some of the
Germans are in Paris.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

We paid that war tax on our coca.
cola today, and, oh, how we hate the
kaiser!
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

Florida will have a big lime crop,
but that won't decrease the price of
limeade.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01
Sunday, May II, is Mothers Day.

Will the Germans sign, or will they
won't?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

ranks the ability and capacity to market our
fruit In a manner that would cause it to bring
all It was worth and return to our pockets all
that Il brought.
Now they who have to do with the speculative
marketing agencies of the state are alarmed over
the outlook. They fear that more and more Of
US win come 10 see the light and insist on doing
for our own bene6t that which 50 lsng Ehey have
done for tier profit and pleasure market
ing of our fruit
They are ready to spend hundreds of thou
sands of dollars of the money that they have
made on en- fruit 10 induce u to let them re-
tain the marketing privileges through which they
have piled up these Ing sums from the product
of Ow groves and By she combined possession
of which they can pocket sdl bigger amaunn
from the proceed Of CT cEeps
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

That's the big that the growers
Shall citrus spend for ourselves and money
sells 80 thema "
Or shall they the connected with the
their comforts the
The returns
and labor they be allowed to benefit
We fruit who market
change sell for than would bring handled
sers and dealers willing for the good quality square
dealing that the Seadswet brand them.
And who members of the Exchange
whom wh seEnoand
brings less the reasonable
of advertising and sales work.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-05-01

PeptOne Tome.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22
TOLD HUN SECRETS
Two German Prisoners Bribed
To Betray Hindenburg.
Brought to U. s. Yesterday to
Protect Them.

Washington, July ga story of
the betrayal of the German high com
mand thru the efforts of the American
military secret service and of the
organization among German officers
OF vendetta aimed at the lives of
the traitors was brought to light with
the arrival at New York Of two
German prisoners of war CONSIGNED to
the director of military intelligence,
Washington. D. c.
According to information here, the
mysterious prisoners who landed from
the Agamemnon under heavy guard
formerly were German officers OF
nlgh rank, occupying positions of
great responsibility under Won Hin
denburg. Before the inauguration OF
the American offensives in 1918 opera
uVes OF the American military inteIli-
gence corps prevailed upon them thru
inducements which have not been di-
vulged, to deliver plans of the German
general staff covering the proposed
movements on the western front,
probable lines of retreat, points at
which stands would be made and
other detailed information of inestim-
able value.
With these plans before him, Cen
eral Pershing was able to lay out his
campaign with great freedom and it
IS believed that result was to cut the
cost OF the American advance practi-
cally in half
The German officers later sur
rendered themselves to the American
forces. Certain of their former as
sociates had become suspicious, how
ever, and are believed to have banded
together to mete out stern justice. Ut
most precautions were taken, even
within the allied lines to protect the
lnformers, but as officials believed that
as long as they were kept in France
their lives would be in danger, orders
were given for their transfer to this
country.
Preparations for the moving Of the
prisoners were kept a close secret and
1t was only thru the carelessness of
some clerk that they were included in
the roster of the Agamemnon when
she left France.
The plan was to send the prisoners
to some isolated army post. where they
might be given military protection for
time. Eventually. it is supposed,
they would have been permitted to
escape" to some other country, there
to begin their lives anew. Officials
will not say whether this plan can be
safely followed now