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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
FUNDS LACKING
TO BUILD ROADS
j. E. Russell, Mercer County High
way Superintendent, Tells of
Country Road Work.
Especial to The Argus J

Especial to The Argus.)
Aledo. H., May S0.-"How are
the roads,"
A question common enough, yet
to the interrogation the answer is
usually one of more than passing
interest.
The answer is. 'Passable, and
that's alI'-the answer OF none
other than the man best qualified
to know whereof he speaks-J- f.
Russell, superintendent Of high
ways in Mercer county.
But we are lucky at that" con-
tinued the county road man. This
is the hardest season on dirt roads
that l can recall for at east five
or six years. There is more to be
done, due to the mild winter ard
the rainy, damp and cold spring.
Yet there is just half less to do
with.
Tax Same-COst Doubled.
"In other words. tax assess
ments. witt which levy the roads
are repaired and kept in condi
ton, are the same now that they
were six years ago. Materials, la
Dor, etc, have doubled in cost.
Hence, while we have more roads
and more road work to do, we have
only half as much money.
AS an example of the increase
in prices: In 1914 reinforced con-
crete could be laid for from S12 to
$14 per cubic yard. II can't be
done now for less than S25.' And
other necessary materials have
jumped accordingly. But to con-
tinue the illustration, the tax of
say $4,000 levied in a township
during 1914 remains the same S4.-
600 as is levied there today.
THAT is the reason why we
can't drag as much this season as
we did before. and that again is
the reason why there will be less
repair on bridges and crossings
and spongy. seepy spots effected
this year than in the past" More
oil will be used, however, Mr.. Rus
sell stated.
Dragging Now.
The highway expert stated that
If the present pleasant weather
continues the main Travelled roads
should be in fair condition within
a few days. Dragging is now 60
ing on, but the greatest difficulty
is being experienced with water
filled ruts, made spo1gy and soft.
and constituting an excellent trap
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
Hat Styles
B0HbtInf0E Hats

Our own direct importations
from Manila through which we effected
special quality and price advantages. You
won't find as splendid a collection else
where. These hats are the lghtest hats
woven, assuring an unusual degree Of COM
fort plus smart style attractions at s., $500
to so.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
FRIDAY THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS MAY 80 1919

for the unwary automobiiist. In
some places these have been elm
mated by drainage. while in others
the only remedy is to let the sun
dry them up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
Levine Caps

The very smartest caps made
in America The fine selection Of fabrics.
the handsome, distinctive pattern effects
and the cleverly fashioned shapes appeal
TO drcsscrs who know style in headwear.
Practical styles and fabrics for golfers mot
orists tourists and for street wear at $50
TO $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
Panama Hats

An enormous assortment Of
hand-blocked and hand-fnished Ecuadorian
with appeal to discerning judges of fine
summer headwear. Alpine, Optimo. Tele-
scope and Negligee shapes The volume of
our purchase enables us to offer exceptional
values at 81. s., $3.50 to $3.50.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-05

w. ,ienda; don Rafael Rivera,
i roios en- A. con;a,d :. aon Ioo;..
ba la Iiro;ro comisionodo ID tn.
vs. da y meohu p,h,;aaa r,6 -,
" ~ as, don Jose G.. Diaz, Sc
;. =" Oi0 'itor.
70 ~ s a la Agamblea por tan
II pmbramientos y esperamos
:. 'antaci6n de la nueva Ley
a. - licie una era de progreso
;, para ell Pueblecito silen-
u persona,
afirmamos mas en- nuestra
reencia de I'm future prospero, como
iendo ell buen deseo que anima a los
iiembros de la Asamblea su digno
residente, Ell intelgente active joven
-dolfo hernandez. Para el tambien
uestra sincera felicitacion.
RENE BRISSAC.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-05
Sc ofrece.

iCUIDADO LAS FAMILIASQ-Los dos
pilletes FAN FAN y CLAUDINET ira
bajaran en- todos los cines. Mucho ojo
al bolsillo qu eson grandes carteristas
y timadores
e--v---~ 4 ~,~@~--(-~~~> -
INGENIERo CIVIL. Captain del Ejer
cito, desea obtener conexiones con en-
presa constructors, manufacturer, co
mercial agricola, en- la que pueda con
seguir buena remuneration a SUI ira
bajo personal; invirtiendo dinero 81
fuere necesario. Objeto: Renunciar SUI
cargo en- ell Ejercito. T. Marxuach, No.
4, San Jose St., San Juan, p. r.
PASTA DE GUAYABA superior, Pura
por tres d6lares, envio, a cualquier par
te de la Isla, diez libras. Por mayor gran
des rebajas. Dirijase: S. CASTILLO. Ma
yaguez.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-05
DESDE Ponce

Noviembre 3.
La poIcia nos suministra copia del
informe de un suceso ocurrido en- la tar
de de aver en- la carretera central.
''En la carretera que conduce al pue-
bio de Santa Isabel, sitio pr6ximo a la
Central Fortuna ell auto-guagua de
Rafael Andreu, que iba con pasajeros
con destino a Guayama y otros pueblos
de transito, arrollo al niao Jose Daniel
Garcia, natural de Ponce, producisndo-
lie fuertes contusiones en- Ell cuerpo, con
fractura de la pierna izquierda. Ell 'chau
feur' del vehiculo trajo al nifio al Hos
pital Tricoche y comunic0 los pormeno-
res del accidente al cabo Jose M. r.
Izquierdo, quien investig6 ell suceso.
De la investigation practicada Sc des-
prende que no hubo culpabilidad por par
te del conductor,
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-05
Colocaciones.

JoVEN, con buenos conocimientos prac
Mcos. y experiencia en- Ell cultivo de la
cana, y entendido en- lecheria, desea
trabajar como mayordomo entregado
en- una fnca. Buenas referencias. Diri-
jase j. v. D., Rio Piedras.
-
DESEA COLOCACION. I'm tenedor
de tbros de experiencia. Buenas refe-
rencias. Dirijase a E. r. G.. Pillar st.
No. 81. Santurce
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-05
Sc alquila.

BE AL0UIT.AN dos habitaciones frcs-
.as y comodas en- sitio centrico de Ia
.ludad. Informes Telefono 832 azul.
r<,0--rg ~~~ - -~s--~~ -~~-~>-~>~
\ Sc ALQUILA un mirador, acabado de
pintar, propio para csballero. Con en-
|rada independents. installation sani-
aria, Luna go.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-05
De TrujiIIO Alto

Despues de un prolongado Silencio
vuelvo enviar mis- notas rapidas ad-
quiridas volanderamente al recorrer las
Gales POGO concurrida5 de esta pobla-
ci6n silenciosa y amodorrada en- un
letargo que pesa sobre las almas de
sus habitantes, como la fria lapida
de un sepulcro solitario donde estuvie-
Sc grabada La siguiente inscription:
"No hay esperanza''.
A la verdad, no hay esperanza de
variar esta quietud que nos momiica
para la accion de la algeria, dejando-
nos envueltos en- una penumbra de va
guedad y ensofiaciones quimericas.
Bien cue, hace algun tempo, Sc no.
tan ciertas palpitaciones de vida; al
guna agitacion con la construction del
puente sobre Ell rio Lola; pero, por
desgracia, este toca su termino, y
despues de la fiesta que promote cele-
brar ell sefor Alcalde, volveremos a
sumirnos en- un letargo sin esperanzas.
Ell bullicio y la algazara estan di-
vorciados de esta poblaci6n, donde Ia
monotonia Sc pasea con pasos quedos por |
sus GALES plaza.
Uno de estoS dias tuve una impre-
s;6, = observation, es que Ia til )ercU oS
rea pseue oui"iSe' IAN eoHip10V"i"e'e 0oA
49, rluuier otra enfermedad herida,
- o,,.e ell pulmon puede sanar IAN perfect
vorto en- como una herida superficial u
domir'N que uSCe" '"Oe 0u"" u0' '"A""'
-. IAN aturdido cuan temerario es Ell p
80, edio de los enfermos cuando Sc G
IN bien, desDues de haber hecho ia
,, is cosas que lie habian dicho no
,ra y encontrado que NO LIE H
NAN HECHO DANO, usted conpr
- ra por que ell doctor no lie dice
ID que esta curado.
hecho es que ell medico lie dice
sted 10 que es correcto, y no Sc at
a decirle otra cosa por la SIM
.z6n de que 81 usted Sc le mete
cabeza que esta curado segu-am'
~ que Sc volvera prodigo Ell sus ha
v recaera nuevamente.
F Muchos lie diran us. ed que es n
Lue i, m =, - o,Sooa.d .no
aerla. Esto, que es possible debe i
scer nuestra aprobacion. Sin emb
o. Iqu;en sabe? mo cay6 usted emf
p'iO 80 imposibilitado sntes de que
'o''' Apiera? Lo cierto es que aparte de
qu0 ldados, nadie piensa en- ser exami
5 como sospechoso de padecer tuber
"'S' 2yis hasta que la tiene essa lleg
pioS'1o a ese fin. -...
celeOrar s,tS,esciOn 1nagursASt. Ksamblea
de esta municipalidad; pero la verda-
dera algeria era originada por la armo-
MIA que existio entire todos al hacer los
nombramientos de comisionados; salien
do electos por unanimidad: don Andres
Valcarcel Comisionado de Servicio Pu-
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-05

PERDIDA.-Al doctor Reguero FeliI
be le ha extraviado, desde ell Cine del
Parque la casa carretera 106, una ca
Ia de cirujia de bolsillo. Al que la en-
kregue Sc le gratifcara.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-05

Ell sabado por la tarde ocurri6 un su
ceso en- esta ciudad, que debe tener su
Immediate corrective para que no Sc
repita.
Ell distinguido joven don Guiller1ro
Schuck Suarez, prohib'o una persona
cuyo nombre no hemos podido averiguar
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-05
Sc vende.

TRUCK FORD de dos toneladas en- muy
|buenas condolences, SO vende barato. Su
|cesores de L. Villamil y Co.. San Juan.
P. r.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-05

3 fN1to cobra por su propiedad. Ell sa-
o En- ia pior Schuck 10 sorprendio y
nnenn tuvo un disgusto con Ell.
: siGu ent Sc agruparon en- Ell mismo
co minus, Sebastian, Felipe, Marce-
}, que yo y Miguel Jordan, quienes
0 fui cast al senior Schuck, producien
/ IN dclicis contusiones, de las cuales
! di en- lspor ell doctor Lopez Nussa.
L me lido cha producido la consiguien
: cosas, si6n en- esta sociedad, donde
n nes ersn b Schuck de merecidas dis
5 no me rs policia procedio al arres
ito err sesores, que ingresaron hoy
a seris Sc nos informa que ell Gran
; expe 80 r1vendra en- este asunto.
e crci qu Ell CORRESPoNSAL.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-05

|PALoMAs CARNEAUx, gigantes v va
bias Direction, Granja San Antonio.
'0uayama. p. II.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-05

PARA CoN0CIMIENTo de mis- ami
'gos y al pGblico en- general. hago sa-
'ber que va no tengo NADIA que yer con
IA SASTRERIA Linera y Suarez sta
BE vENDE Sc Gambia una linda casa
Fituada en- Ia Sabana, Pueblo Viejo, ro
beada de /todas las comodidades para
'ma familia acomodada. Posee anima-
les y aves de corral. Todo por cuatro
eientos d6lsres. Informara Lucas Benz
|ez, en- la linea Ferrea del oeste en-
Iol 13, Tel6fono 572.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-05

celeOrar slNSsesci6n 1nagurAS. Asamblea
de esta municipalidad; pero la verda-
dera algeria era originada por la armo-
MIA que existio entire todos al hacer los
nombramientos de comisionados; salien
do electos por manimidad: don Andres
Valcarcel, Comisionado de Servicio Pu-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
EFFORT STARTED TO NAME 6. 0,P.
 INDEPENDENTS

Petitions are in circulation today for the nomination of an Independent Republican ticket. A large number of sheets are in the hands of individ- uals, Republicans in politics, who de- sire 0 change in the municipal ad- ministration.
 The ticket is headed by Allan E. Vincent. Moses Manwaring is desig- mated for the office of treasurer. Vim cent is a member of the firm cS---=-=-- cent Brothers He is a prosperous business man of liberal principles. He is much dissatisfied with the way in which the business affairs of Bridge porta have been conducted. Manwar- ing is the present city treasurer. He was elected two years ago, on the same ticket with Mayor Wilson.
 The other places on the ticket are blank. Frank E. Ballard county commissioner, is head of the inde- pendent movement. The story of his split with John T. King, the Repub- lican boss. has been told in The Times.
 The blank places are unified, pending an effort to affect a fusion with the Democratic party.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
KIDNAPPER OF
 YOUNG GIRL IS
 HELD BY COURT

Tony Iannone, alais Dominick Quida accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Palm CT, IA. of 1896 Seavlew avenue, last Monday night, was arraigned in the City court this morning on a techni- cal charge of non-support. The case was continued until tomorrow, under bonds of $50
 Iannone was arrested yesterday af- ternoon in New Haven, by Detective Sergeant F. c. Wheeler, and the Palmer girl who was with him at the time was also placed in custody. The girl is being held as incOrrigible.
 The alleged kidnapper denied last night, that he is married to Mrs Palmer and that he flourished a gun at the woman on Monday night. He admitted taking the girl away, and de- clared that he is ready to marry her. Ie is reported that the girl is willing to marry the man, but she will prob ably not be allowed to do so on ac- count of her age.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
Ask To Become
 Citizens
400 German and Austrian Enemy Aliens Want To
 Be Naturalized.
APPLICATIONS BREAK
 RECORDS FOR COUNTY

Over 1000 applications for citizen ship papers, the largest number ever recorded in this county, have already been filed with NaturaNza ton Clerk Munich and the number is increasing daily. It was stated today that about 400 of these applications were filed by German or Austrian enemy aliens.
 Their cases will be investigated by Department of Justice agents before the hearings start in the Superior Court on September g. If the ap- plicants have a spirit of loyalty to this country they will be allowed to take the examinations.
 There are a large number of dis charged soldiers also who wish to become citizens and a special day will be assigned for them in order that they may be spared delay. Judge Curtis will preside over the natural ization session which is expected to continue for at least two weeks.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
Missing Airnlen Lost Their
 Heads Colonel Watson Says
COULD HAVE LANDED WITH SAFETY IN LOWER
 CALIFORNIA BUT KEPT ON SOUTH COURSE

San Diego, Cal, Sept. 4-That Lieutenants Frederick Waterhouse and Cecil s. Connolly. Rockwell Field pursuit pilots, missing in lower Cali fornia, since August 21, Host their heads and ran wild" when they dis covered they had lost their way, was the opinion expressed today by Col. IT. l.. Watson, commander of Rock well Field.
 Rockwell Field authorities are in possession of facts which they say prove conclusively that Waterhouse and Connolly could have landed in a hundred different places fin lower California with safety, but instead continued their flight sOuthward.
 Near Trinidad the nirpiane flew at an altitude of 200 feet, Mexicans waving at them as they passed by. Deputy Customs Collector W. B. Evans, who accompanied the Ameri- can motor lorry detachment to Trin- idad, lower California, said on his return here today that it is his opin- ion that Waterhouse and Connolly will be found far to the southward of San Quentin. This is sixty miles south of the b0Scsr.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
SCOVflIo'S Idea Of A
 PrOfteeI'
He is Man Who Fails to Re turn in Production Value
 of His Wage. ALL LARGE CENTERs TO HAVE PRICE COMM.

Hartford, Sept. 4---Robert Scoville federal food administrator for Con- necticut in a statement issued today declared that the real profiteer is the man who, for @ dollar received in WtEes, has not offered in return at least one dollar of production" A definition of the purposes of a fair price committee for the state, is given.
 There will be sub-comnlittees rep resenting affected lines of trade in all the large centers. Until the fair price committee has undertaken it's work. MT. Scoville will issue no further statement. He is serving at request of Attorney General Palmer
 MT Scoville says that the seeming delay in getting the committee under way is due to failure of Congress to provide the law and the funds to es- tatbltsh and maintain headquarters for handling complaints and the issuance of price lists
 ScoVIlle says that the main activity Of the committee in reviewing the food administration will be to prepare fair price lists. He has felt that in a compact community like this state where practically all merchants are doing business under highly compe- titive conditions there was probably less profiteering than is commonly supposed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04

 Collapse;
 WiEs Work
W. I. I. U. Strikers Refuse to Obey Shenkan and Re
 turn to Factory. FIRMS PRODUCTION TO SOON BE NORMAL

The collapse of the ". L I. U., which included the pressmen of the Columbia Graphophone company and the return of the members Of that organization to work, ends the nearly eight weeks strike of the factory's employees. The backbone of the strike was broken Friday when the International Association of Nachin- ists surrendered and the w I. I. T.. action yesterday completed the ca pi- tUlatiOn.
 The ". l. I. U. included about nine-tenths of the pressmen and without them the ia ctOry would have been seriously handicapped, although other department employees were ready and willing to resume work. The return of the pressmen. follow ing the debaCIe of the w. I. I. U., resulted today in a statement from the assistant presidents office that hopes were held for normal factory operation within a week.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
BOlsheviki Executed LOCO
 People Before Evacuation
CRUSHED HEADS OF VICTIMS WITH HAMMERS
 AND BROKE LEGS OF DEFENCELESS PEOPLE

Constantinople, Sept. 4.-More than 1000 persons were executed by the Bolsheviki before they evacuated Ye- katerinoslav in southern Russia. ac- cording to a dispatch received here from that city. The dispatch gives an account of the massacres as de- scribed by a physician who was the principal medical expert present at the opening of the pits into which the bodies of these victims had been thrown after their execution.
 This physician, pr. Robin, declares the victims heads had been crushed with hammers and their bodies badly mutilated. Many of them, he said, were found with broken legs and ribs coused by blows with sledge hammers, specimens of which were found in the vicinity.
 The physician tells of one officer who missed being struck by the firing squads and then by stimulating death, escaped the Bolsheviki who came along bayoneting the wounded.
 The Bolsheviki organizations in the vicinity had been headed by a work man named Vanavka and various Chinese.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
BOSTON POLICE
 CRISIS AVERTED
 BY MAYOR PETER

Boston, Sept. A crisis in the po- lice situation was averted today when Commissioner Edwin Curtis agreed to withhold until Monday lis finding in the cases of 21 patrolmen charged with violation of depart ment rules by joining the new police mems union. The request for delay was made by Mayor Peters, who said he he2ed the citizens committee might make progress meantime to- ward settling the controversy. Many labor organizations have voted in fla vor of a sympathetic strike to sup port the police in the event that the union men are discharged from the force.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
CONSUL SMITH WILL GIVE UP
 GENOA POST

Vice Consul Fred N. Smith, former Bridgeport newspaper man, now sta tioned at Genoa, Italy, will end his connection with the consular service at the close of his year of service ac- cording to advices received by friends of his in letters recently written.
 Numerous reasons are assigned by Smith for his decision so soon after reaching his post, not least of which is the attitude of 1.-the Italians towards the United States since the Plume settlement by the Peace Conference, largely as the result of the stand taken by President Wilson.
 Smith attained considerable public mention when he went on a secret mission to the Balkans for the PrOvi- Hence Journal. This mission later re- suited in bringing out the first infor- nation of the Czecho-Slovakia repub- lie formation. After returning to this country he attended Q training camp, was commissioned and then served in France.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
R. R, SHOP LABORERS SEEK
 MORE MONEY
Ask Adjustment Similar To Wilson's Shopmen
 Proposal.

Washington, Sept. 4.---Representa- lives of the 600, 900 members of the United Brotherhood of MaiRtenance of Way and Railroad Shop Iaborers asked the railroad wage board today to adjust wages in accordance with the principle laid down by President Wilson in approving adjustments last week for the railroad shopmen.
 The board was told that the men adhered to the Presidents decision that there should be no general in creases of wages while government agencies were actively seeking to re- turn economic coE%%aons to normal but that they >Selt the inequalities in pay existin5~ between the employees of differeDz railroad systems should be corrected. The maintenance of way men and shop laborers. the spokes- men said, received the lowest rates of pay of any class of employees in the railroad service.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
No Editors
 In COrliTCT
 Revolution
And Lawyers and T. ". ". Gonvicts Will Suffer Like
 OstTaCism.
PLAN UTOPIAN NATION AND DOWNFALL OF US.

Chicago. Sept 4-Despito the plea 1f EosN Pastor Stokes, the Commun- i- party, has put into it's platform a. provision that no one receiving money from rent, interest or profit" can belong Not only Mrs Stokes but William Bross Lloyd, who signed the appeal bonds which released @ mum her of convicted l. ". w. members from Leaveuworth penftentiury re- yently is barred from fellowship. Tho Communist party members. radical socialists who left the national So- niglist convention now in session here. To organize along more ''prouacted" lines. also decided that doctors, law -.ers and editors can have no part in he coming revolution"
 The Communist labor party. also an offshot from the National Social fat convention, also adopted pro- ErJm. It plans propaganda for a new repubIis' based on that of Rus
 la. with the shop and factory as the rU-importaut unit Tn the mean Ime. the national Socialist couven- Ion, from the two wings departed, is continuing sessions. principally oc- eupied with routine work.
 Each of the conventions is being watched by agents of tho department of justice.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-04
ASSURES UNITED STATES THE ATTACK ON PLANE WILL
 BE PROBED AT ONCE
State Department Gets Apology From MeXi-
 can Government. FEDERAL TROOPS
 FIRED ON PLANE

Washington, Sept. 4-Regret over the firing at an American army airplane on the border Tuesday has been expressed by the Mexican government, it was announced today at the State Department. Assurances were given that an immediate investigation would be made with a view to a satisfactory adjustment.
 The message was the first received by the department regarding the in cident and did not attempt to identify the Mexicans. Officials on the Mexi- can side of the border have admitted however, that the shots were fired by
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