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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
KILL WAR JOBS;
SAVE MILLIONS
Contracts Actually Closed Out by
Government Total S1S5, ,132,O6S
Pushing Task.

Washington, March 20. - Settle
ment of claims involving detailed
inventories and reviews of ac-
counts is slowing up cancellation
of war cntractS, the war depart
ment announced today in a state
ment which showed that of $2,941,-
100000 in contracts recommended
for cancellation the actual closing
out had reached a total of $685.
1872 .06S on Feb. 27.
1t was disclosed also that eX-
plosives valued at $12,000,000 had
been transferred from surplus
stocks to the interior department
for land clearing, road building
and similar work, and that more
than half of the billion and a half
pounds of surplus sodium nitrate,
valued at $S7 100000 would be dis
posed of for agricultural and COM
mercial purposes. The remainder
is to be held for the present by the
ordnance department.
The nitrate surplus represents
acquisitions since the beginning of
the war. The department of agri-
culture is to acquire from the army
-of.OVUsUOu pOulluo IOi uoC ICl u
liZer, paying cost price, while the
remaining surplus in the United
States will be handled through the
nitrate board and the American nj
trate pool.
The agreement reached with the
American nitrate pool, it is stated,
provides for return of the surplus
to the concerns from which it was
purchased, to be sold at market
price and without restriction in
the period prior 30 the withdrawal
of importation barriers.
Storage of explosives is giving
the war department some trouble.
Attention again was called today
to the fact that all claims growing
out of informal contracts and
agreements must be presented be-
fore June 80.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
EXPERTS TAKE UP
AIR CONDITIONS
OF OCEAN FLIGHT

St. Johns, n. F., March 20.-A
party of airment and meteorological
experts from England has arrived
here to conduct observations on air
conditions in connection with the
plans for transatlantic flights.
They expect to remain several
months in a thorough study of wind
currents and meteorological condi-
tions general throughout the spring
and summer. Members of the party
have been assigned to visit various
parts of the island to fix upon the
most suitable point from which to
conduct observations.
The announcement from England
that Harry S. Hawker, one of the
leading air pilots of that country.
has already shipped a machine to
New Foundland with a view to at
tempting a flight across the ocean
in the near future, aroused great in
terest here. Dominion officials said
they had no information regarding
the plan but that they were prepar-
ed to accord the aviators every as
sistance of the department in this
project.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
GERMANS COTTON
SHORTAGE PUT AT
4, 500, 900 BALES

Washington, March 20. - Ger
many's cotton shortage is estimat-
ed to be 100000 bales of 500
pounds each, in official dispatches
based on the opinion of European
experts and made public today.
Many eXpedients were described
as having been used by the Cen
tTal powers to obtain the staple
through neutral countries and in
the first three years reasonably
large quantities of cotton goods
were imported in that Why. Sub
stitutes for cotton, made from pa
per, nettles and so forth, were not
very successful
Based upon the above informa-
tion, it was estimated that of Ger
many's average need of 100000
bales in four years, only 100000
bales had been supplied.
The report pointed ont that if
Germany demanded that her short
age be made up, sne would be ask
ing in effect for one-fourth of the
worlds annual production of
10000 900 bales.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
INSPECTIONS OF
MEN COMPLETED
BY GEN. PERSHING

Coblenz, Tuesday, March 1S.-
(By the Associated Press. Gen
eral Pershing completed his Of
fetal call on troops in the occu-
pied area of Germany today, de-
voting the forenoon to an inspec-
tion and review of the Fourth
corps at Cochem-on-MoselIe and
the afternoon to a review of the
Fourth division near the same
town.
After the review this afternoon
the commander in chief compli-
mnted the officers of the division,
who fought in three great battles
of the American armies-the sec
ond Marine, st. Mihiel and Meuse-
Argonne-next on the splendid ap-
pearance Of the men and expressed
the hope that the troops would all
be back home soon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
FRENCH EXTEND
line ON RHINE?
Reported to Have Followed British
Move of Enlarging Bridge
heads on Foe Soil.

Geneva, March 20.-(Havas) =
French troops have occupied Mann
helm and Karlsruhe on the east
bank of the Rhine, on account of
Spartacan outbreaks there, the
Vossiche Zeitung of Berlin says.
The newspaper adds that the
French also occupied Rheinau, five
miles south of Mannheim, and
Vhinhafen.
(There has been no statement
from allied headquarters either af-
1irming or denying the report that
the British and French had enlarg-
I'd their brideghead limits).
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
BRITISH PREMIER
FACED BY GRAVE
PROBLEM AT HOME

Paris, Wednesday, March 10
(Havas.) = LHomme Libre, dis
cussing the appeal of President
Wilson, Premier CIemenceau and
Premier Orlando to Premier Lloyd
George that he remain in Paris un-
til the chief questions could be
settled. says that the critical stu
alton in Great Britain arising from
labor trouble which the British
premier is facing is sufficient to
explain his impatience to return to
London. The newspaper adds that
Mr.. Lloyd George is confronted to
a greater extent than any other
government head with the duty of
establishing peace and serving the
interests of the working classes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
Changes in League Are to Be Drafted Saturday
ONE OF EVERY
NINE MARRIED
GETS DIVORCE
Government Figures
Show Many Knots
Fail to Hold.

Washington, March 20.-Approx-
lmately one out of every nine mar
riages in the United States is ter
minated by divorce. according to
figures compiled by the bureau of
the census and made public today
Excluding South Carolina, where
all laws permitting divorce were
repealed in 1873, the three lowest
divorce rates in 1916, for which
year returns are complete, are
shown for the District of Columbia,
North Carolina and New York.
where the rates were 93, 81 and 32
per 100000.
The highest rates were returned
for Nevada, Montana and Oregon,
which show 607, 323 and 225, re-
spectively.
In all states except Maine, West
virginia, South Carolina, Alabama,
mississippi, North Dakota, South
Dakota and Colorado, the divorce
rates were higher in 1916 than in
1906. In 81 per cent of the cases
in 1916 the divorce was granted to
the husband, while the husbands
rate in 1906 was 67 per cent.
DesertiOn Leading Cause.
Desertion is shown by the figures
TO have been the cause for about 38
per cent of the divorces. Among
other leading causes were cruelty,
infdelity, and failure to provide.
Records also showed that the
Marriage rate in 1916 was 1850 per
10000 or nine times as great as
the divorce rate of i12 per 100000.
The marriage rate in 1906 was l.
G20 per 100000, and showing the
marriage rate to be increasing con-
silerably slower than the divorce
rate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
SLAP
EMBARCOON;
help TO us,
Follow British Move to
Bar Imports-Leaves
America Big Field.

Washington, March 20.-Imposi-
ton by the French government OF
an imports embargo similar to the
British is regarded by government
officials as evidence that the allies
have completed their plans for in
dustriaI reconstruction and now are
proceeding to put them into effect.
Great Britain and France have
established a pool in this country
to control whatever purchases they
need to make, and Italy is cooper
ating with them to a limited extent.
AS a result, trade exporters of
this country do not think there will
be much sale for American finish
ed products in the European coun-
tries for some time to come, it being
the announced policy of the allies
to do without articles which they
cannot manufacture at home.
Big Advantage to u. s.
Basic materials still will be OBJ
tanned in the United States and
probably much machinery, into the
making of which technical skill and
scientific knowledge enter, but it is
believed the great bulk of American
goods will have to be marketed
elsewhere. A distinct advantage to
the United States is seen in the
policy of the allies, who necessar-
lily must curtail their competition
in the foreign fields in order to take
care of their home population.
The allies dependence on this
country for machinery to start their
commercial life anew may develop
a new role for American capital in
financing European industries, re-
versing the conditions which pre-
vailed until the war began.
Gold Supply VIII Keep.
America has more surplus gold
than any other country, officials
say, and can relieve the European
scarcity by taking Industrial bonds
at profitable rate of interest. or
government bonds at a lower rate,
thus contributing to a revival of
business which would mean more
value of the foreign securities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
WIFE KILLED BY
GIRL so SHE CAN
WIN HER HUSBAND

Seattle, March 20.-Chief of De-
tectives Tennant announced today
that Miss Ruth Garrison, Is, con-
fessed she murdered Mrs. Grace E.
Storr.
Miss Garrison said she bought
poison and had given it to her rival
for Douglas Storr's affections, -
Captain Tenant said.
The poison was hidden in the
food which Miss Garrison had or
dered and which Mrs. Storr found
on the table for her when she kept
a luncheon engagement with the
girl at a department store tea
room yesterday.
Miss Garrison invited Mrs. Storr
to luncheon to discuss with her a
proposal that she and her husband
get a divorce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
LATE BULLETINS

Berlin, Thursday. March 19.-
(By the Associated Press).-
Surrender OF part of the Ger
man mercantile fleet will be de-
layed on account of the short
age of bunker coal. The coal
shortage is due to strikes
among the miners and trans
pOrtatiOn difficulties.
Brussels, March 20.-Bel-
gium has recognized the inde-
pendence of Poland.
TOwsOn, NJ. D., March 20.-
DR.. Norbu Ishida, the Japanese
aIienist, today was found guilty
of first degree murder for the
killing of DIR. George B. WOlff.
an associate. Chief Justice
Burke sentenced DIR. Ishida TO
life Imprisonment.
Berne, Wednesday, March 10.
The Swiss federal council to-
day recognized the new Serb
IAN -Croatian.Slove nation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
BRITAIN TO BUILD
PAIR OF MONSTER
AIRSTIIPS, REPORT

London, March 20.--After sue
cessful trial of new British diri il
bles of the rigid type of construc-
tion, the government, according to
the Mail, has ordered the building
Of two enormous airships. Each
will be 500 feet In length and will
have u capacity OF 100000 cubic
feet. They will be driven by six
engines which will generate q to-
tai of 1900 horsepower, and It Is
said. will have Il lifting power OF
so tons compared with 20 tons, the
largest load carried by any known
To be In existence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
SECOND VICTIM OF
SLEUTH'S GUN DIES

La Crosse, Wis, March 90
Fred Zunkler, "a, employe of the
Milwaukee railroad, shot Tuesday
night by Louis Ruehl, railroad de-
tective, it is alleged, for trespassing
upon the tracks, died in a local
hospital this morning. John B.
Schommers. the other victim, died
shortly after he was received at a
hospital. Ruehl remains silent in
hi cell at the city jail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
The Weather

Partly cloudy and colder tonight
and Friday with the lowest tenn
perature tonight near freezing.
Temperature at a. m, As. High
est yesterday, 81. Lowest last night,
46.
Velocity of'.wind at a. m, 4
miles an hour.
Precipitation-None.
Relative humidity at p. m, 54 +;
at a. m, II.
Stare of water, 1904, a rise OF 3
in last "a hours.
]. M. Sherier, Meteorologist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
SPAIN READY TO
DO ANYTHING FOR
LEAGUE+PREMIER

Madrid, Wednesday. March 49,
Premier Romanones told the As
sociated Press today that he was a
partisan of the league of nations in
the same sense and scope as
President wilson"
Spain is ready to collaborate
with other nations to her utmost
ability to establish the league and is
willing to make whatever sacri-
fees are within her power to as
sure its success" he added.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
STATE OFFICIALS
OF TENNESSEE IN
AUTO ACCIDENT

Nashville, Tenn, March 20.-An
automobile, in which six state rep
resentatives were riding on Capitol
hill at noon, escaped from control
and plunged over an embankment.
Representative J. H. Bessan of Dyer
county was killed and Dan Wolfen-
barger Of Granger county was in
dred internally.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
SEN. LODGE SAYS
HE BACKS LEAGUE
IF AID TO PEACE

Boston, March 20-"If the league
shall be put into such shape that
it will promote peace instead of
breeding disorder and will work no
injustice to the United States,
will support it" said Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge in replying to
President A. Lawrence Lowell of
Harvard, during their debate on
the league of nations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
WAR DEPARTMENT
WILL CARRY OUT
PLANS FOR TANKS

Washington, March 20. - Army
plans for completing S,467 trac-
tors and LOGS tanks contracted for
before the armistice are shown in
a review of outstanding contracts
made public today by the war de-
partment. The tanks include Is of
the small three-ton type, $50 of
the six-ton type. of which 436 had
been delivered before Feb. 81. and
100 of the 30-ton model. no deliv-
cries of which had been made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
ALL NEUTRALS
MEET TO STUDY
WORLD LEAGUE
Given Chance to Voice
Views at Paris
Conference.

Paris, March 20-(By the Asso-
! ciated Press. Neutral countries
of Europe, Asia and South Amer
ica will be given opportunity to-
day to express their views and
proposals about the proposed
! league of nations plan. Nearby
| neutrals, such as Holland and
Switzerland, have sent delegations
in response to the invitation of
the supreme council, while more
distant countries will be repre-
sented by ambassadors and min
listers residing in Paris.
The meeting will be held at the
Hotel de Crillon, the American
headquarters in the same room
where the covenant was framed
and it is proposed to continue the
sessions throughout the afternoon
and evening and, if necessary, to-
morrow, in order to complete all
neutral proposals and prepare
them for submission to the com
mission on the league of nations.
Claims Will BE Heard.
Lord Robert Cecil of Great Brit
ain will be chairman, and Premier
Venizelos of Greece, DR.. M. Yes
mitch of Serbia, Paul Hymans of
Belgium, Colonel E. M. House of
the United States and Leon Bour-
geois of France will sit as mem
bers of the sub-commission. The
claims of neutrols will be heard
either directly or by memoran-
dunn, Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
Holland, Switzerland, Spain, Per-
sia, Guatemala, and most of the
South American neutrals having
some suggestions to make. Those
represented by delegates or minis
ters will be heard together accord
ing to the present plans.
The three Scandinavian coun-
tries will present virtually iden-
tical propositions, it is understood,
these being on the main, favorable
49, the league and recommending
that neutrals to be admitted TO
membership.
Americans Represented.
Ali Central and South American
neutral nations with the exception
of Salvatore and Paraguay which
have reserved their decision, will
participate in tina conference of
neutral nations on the formation
of a league of nations. Suggestions
for amendments To the covenants
will probably be made, the smaller
countries following their large sis
ters in asking for revision of ar
ticles of the covenant which affect
them. Joaquin Mendez of Guate-
mala has arrived here and pre-
sented credentials as a delegate to
the cOnferenc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
LTXEMRURG Rule Up.

London. March 20-Tne Luxem-
burg chamber of deputies passe
a bill on March Is, by a vote of
80 to 20, calling for a plobiscite to
decide whether the present dynasty
would be maintained. a new dynas-
ty created or a republic establish
ed, according to dispatches receiv-
ed here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
KING DECORATES YANK.

London, March 20.-Captain Cas-
sell Tucker of the American expedi-
honary force, was invested with the
military cross by King George at
buckingham palace today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
KAISER'S ACTS
ARE DEFENDED
BY HINDENBURG
Army Chief Answers
Criticism On En-
peror's Flight.

Berlin, March 20.-(Via Copenha-
gen.)-Aroused by recent criticisms
of former Emperor William regard
ing his flight from Germany to HOl-
land last fall, Marshal Won Hinden-
burg has prepared and published
here a defense of the ex-ruler's &C
ton. After depicting the situation
IS it existed in November, caused
by the weakening of the army, the
doubtful reliability of the forces in
the field and the breaking out of
the revolution at home, the field
marshal writes:
The peaceful return home of the
emperor then became impossible.
1t could only have been carried out
through the forceful employment of
loyal troops and civil war would
have been added to the hostilities
With the enemy.
"The emperor could have betak-
en- himself to the fighting troops in
order to meet death at their head
in a last attack upon the enemy,
but the armistice so keenly desir-
ed by the people would thereby
have been postponed and the lives
of many soldiers uselessly sacrific-
cd.
Did 1t All for "Fatherland."
THE emperor finally in agree
ment with his advisers, and after
severe mental struggles. desired to
leave the country, in the hope that
ne could thereby preserve the faith
crland, save Germany from further
losses, distress and misery and re-
store peace and order to her"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
PLAN NEW CHICAGO HOTEL.

Chicago. March 20.-Chicago is
to have a new $4,500,000 hotel it
was announced today and work
will begin in June on the site in
the exclusive Gold Coast" section
Of the north side and among those
interested are J. Ogden Armour
and Honore and Potter Palmer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
BOLSHEyIKI REPUISED.

London, March 20.-The Boil
sheviki attacked MCrjgorskala.
soIth of Archangel, but were re-
pulsed, according to a dispatch re-
ceived here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20
CONFERENCE BACKS LEAGUE.

Lucerne, Switzerland, Wednes-
day. March 19.-At today's meet
of Christian Social labor organiza-
tions, in session here, a resolution
strongly supporting the league of
nations, was passed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20

M c NIB eR of Audit
Bureau Of CALCULATIONS
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-10-10
Newspaper Advertising The Best

Newspaper advertising is
conceded by the great business
enterprises in this country and
Europe to be the best kind of ad-
vertising." remarked A. H. De-
ibold of Wheeling, W. Va to the
Washington Post. Nearly all the
eminently successful business
owe a large measure of
their SUI less to the newspapers.
Thi is due to the fact that they
get more direct results than b!
any other method OF advertising.
1t is also more satisfactory be
cause advertisers areable to trace
results from their advert isements
in the newspapers where they
cannot if they advertise only in
other ways. 1t is impossible to
estimate the amount of money
spent in this country in newspa-
per advertising. | know Of one
concern that spends half amillion
dollars ayear and doubtless there
are others who spend largsrsvms,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-10-10

The Levlathan and the Imperator
are making their last trips as trans
port vessels. These giants Of the sea
have done gigantic work in trans
porting troops to the European bat.
tlefelds and In bringing them home,
and II must be one OF the bitterest re-
Elections 10 the German nation that
they furnished unwittingly such pow
erful aid In these monsters OF the sea
20 their enemies I'm bringing over the
American army which settled the is
sue. Their destruction. ordered from
the highest source. was vainly attempt
ed, and their return to peaceful sery-
ice Will not leave their remarkable ex-
plolts forgotten.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-10-10
WANTED
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot be Cured.

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion, OF the ear.
The is Only one way 70 cure deafness,
and that 10 by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an intiamed con-
ditionof the mucous lining ofthe Eusta-
chan Tube. When ths tube is infamed
YOU have q rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when is 10 entirely closed,
Deafness is the result, and unless the in
fiammation can be taken out and the
tube restored to its normal condition
hearing will be destroyed forever. Many
cases CT deafness are caused by Catarrh
which is an inAamsd condition OF the
mucous surfaces. Halle Catarrh Cure
acts through the blood on the mucous
gu rfaces of the system.
We will give0ne Hundred Dollars for
any case Of Catarrhal Deafness that can
not be cured by Halle Cstarrh Cure.
Circulars free. All Druggists Zoe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-10-10
COST OF plsIRlaurloh-

Stories are common nowadays OF
the note found I'm the basket Of fruit
by the purchaser telling how much
the producer got for the basket and
asking how much the consumer paid.
There is always a great discrepancy
between the two. On the face Of Il
the cost OF distribution is excessive.
This much is easy 90 see. But
when the question comes OF reducing
the cost-well, that is another matter.
The president OF one Of the largest
publishing houses I'm America was
talking some time ago about the cost
OF marketing books. II was absurd,
&c said, that this cost should be so
large. Its reduction would mean more
money to the author and the publisher,
and cheaper books TO the public. But
added that some Of the smartest men
In the country had worked on the prob
lem Of reducing the cost OF dlstribu-
ton and had not solved IT, says Kan
sas City Star. Some day a plan might
be devised, but there was none n
sight. In Europe various plans have
been worked out to hold down the cost
OF distribution, particularly OF food.
There have been municipal markets.
municipal slaughter houses, producers
cooperative associations and consum-
ers' cooperative stores. Experiments
on these lines in the United States
have not generally been successful.
The saving Of the penny has not been
the incentive here that It has in Eu-
rope.