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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
WILL CONTEST
BAR TO VOTERS
Brundage to Fight Order Issued to
Keep Public Policy Questions
on Ballot.

Springfield, Oct. 11.-Attorney
General Edward J. BruAdage will
contest the temporary injunction
issued here yesterday by Master-in-
Chancery Briggle to keep off the
ballot at the election Nov. 4, the
three questions of public policy di-
rected to the coming constitutional
convention-the initiative and ref
erendum, gateway amendment" {"
and the public ownership Of public
utilities.
A motion to dissolve the order
will be presented in the Sangamon
county circuit court by the attor-
ney general on Monday, 1t was an
nounced today by Clarence Boord,
an assistant attorney general. 1t
was understood the contention will
be made that the grounds on which
Edward W. Payne of Springfield OBJ
tanned the Injunction, namely that
presentation of the questions to
the voters is without warrant of
law. we're wholly without merit.
The attorney general, it was stat
ed was anxious to have the action
of the master-in-chancery reviewed
by a judge of the circuit court.
Unless a hearing on the Brundage
motion is too long delayed. there
will be time to certify the questions
TO county clerks in the event that
the restraining order is dissolved,
according to A. G. Millspaugh,
chief clerk in the Office of the sec
retary of state. Such certification
is legal up to Is days before the
election, Millspaugh stated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
FOOTBALL RESULTS

Pittsburgh, Pa Oct. IL
Score end first period: West
Virginia. O.; Pittsburgh, 6.
New Haven, Conn.,, Oct. IL
End first period: Yale, Z;
North Carolina, 0.
Madison, Wis., Oct. 1l.-Ja-
cobb, tie fast half, made first
touchdown in the game be-
tween Wisconsin and Randall
Field today and a few moments
later failed TO kick goal, max
ing the score 6 to O, at the end
of the first quarter.
After reaching the WlscOn-
sin fOur-yard line Marquette
fumbled the ball and the Badg-
ers kicked out of danger, end
ing the first half with the
score OF 6 to 0.
Princeton, n. j, Oct. IL
Score end second period; La
Fayette, 12; Princeton, 8.
Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. IL
Score at end OF second periods
Pennsylvania, 40; Delaware
College, o.
Lafayette. Ind, Oct. IL
First quarter: Purdue, D; I'LL
nOiS, o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11

! from at Sidney. Neb. All the west
progress was being impeded by
! high winds.
Nine Leave Cleveland.
Nine of the aviators who slept at
! Cleveland last night resumed their
! trip early today.
OF the IL flyers who spent the
night at Bryan, Ohio, Lieutenant
H. W. Sheridan was the first to
leave for the west this morning
The others followed later.
Six flyers were reported to be
held at Buffalo because of heavy
rains, but expected to leave for the
west during the afternoon.
The first aviator to land at the
]. p. RoulIet, flying the Silver
King" ship No. 80. He landed at
2:15 this afternoon in a timothy
field, one mile east of Milan and as
soon as he discovered his mistake
he took off again and landed at
Rock Island field at 2:20 He is
westbound
Lieutenant ". c. Brown, No. 5,
landed at 2:22 at Rock Island field
and left for Des Moines at 2:52.
He is in a LIE Pere.
His Cousin Lands.
Major J. c. P. Bartholf, in a sin
gle scatter British plane arrived
from the west at 2:3O this after
noon, being the second arrival
from that direction during the day.
His number is 81 and he has come
through without mishap and was
ready to go on at the end Of the
time limit. Major BarthoIf is a
cousin of P. S. Palmer, proprietor
OF the Stationery shop, 118 Eigh-
teenth street, and was met at the
field by Mr.. Palmer.
Bad Weather Continues.
A continuation of the unfavorable
weather that for two days has
handicapped the airmen was in
prospect for today. Partly cloudy
and cooler weather was forecast
Continued on Page Five.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
BEER IN FINAL
THROES OF IT'S
DEATH BATTLE
Congress Finishes Dry
Law Action; Now Up
to WiIson-Palmer.

Washington, Oct. 11.-Anticipat-
ing attacks on the constitutionality
OF the wartime and constitutional
prohibition enforcement legislation
Attorney General Palmer will pre-
pare an opinion which will be
transmitted to the White house
before the bill becomes a law.
Enactment OF the legislation was
completed yesterday and the meas
ure probably will be sent to the
White house Monday. Unless sign
ed or vetoed by President Wilson
within 10 days. it automatically
would become law.
There appeared to be some doubt
at the White house whether the
measure would come before the
president because of the disinclina-
ton of his physicians to let him
transact any business. Should Mr.,
Palmer hold the measure unconsti-
tutional it was expected that it
would be referred to the president
for his veto. Otherwise it might be
permitted to become q law without
the executives signature.
Will End Beers Struggle.
The struggles of two and three
quarter beer to maintain a legal
status will come to an end when
the prohibition enforcement bill,
enactment OF which was completed
yesterday by congress when 1t
adopted the conference report
which made law either by the pres
ident's signature or automatically
should his illness prevent him from
signing 1t within 10 days.
The manufacture or sale Of any
beverage containing more than
one-half of one per cent of alcohol
is prohibited under both the war
time and constitutional enforce
ment sections OF the measure. All
provisions Of the war time section
become effective as soon as the
measure becomes law.
After a vain final attempt by
anti-prohibition members Of the
house to block the measure by
sending 1t back to conference, the
conference report was approved by
a vote of 321 to 20.
Asks Dry Ban Lifted.
Termination of war time prohi-
bition was proposed in a resolution
introduced today by Representa-
tive John W. Rainey, Democrat,
Illinois.
cit is the sense of congress. -
said the resolution. that the con-
Ifffona 4n Fha far In
ton of the war time prohibition
act and prescribed therein, no
longer exist"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
GIRLS CONTINUE
BATTLE FOR LIFE
AGAINST POISON

Chicago, Oct. 11.-Sherley, Z
year-old, and Edna, 5-year-old.
daughters of Roy Luikart, poisoned
by their mother several days ago
at Royal Oaks, Mich, this morning
still fingered between life and
death at a hospital here where they
were brought as a last resort for
treatment by a Chicago specialist.
No hope for the older girl is held
out, while little Edna has but a
fighting chance for life. The moth
er is in the Pontiac (Mich) Jail
and it was announced last night
will not be permitted to come here
despite her constant pleas and the
little ones oft-repeated query:
where is mamma?'
Pontiac, Mich, Oct. 11-Mrs.
Roy Luikert, who confessed that
she administered a slow poison to
her little daughters. Edna and
Sherley, now in a Chicago hospital
making a practically hopeless fight
for life, was adjudged insane in
circuit court here today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
KING ALBERT
NOT TOV VISIT
in TRI-CITIES
New Itinerary of Belgian
Party Does Not In
clude Stop Here.

King Albert and Queen Elizabeth
will not visit the tri-cities on their
return trip from the Pacific coast
to Washington.
The new itinerary for the royal
party, announced in Santa Barbara,
Cal, today does not include a stop
in Moline and Davenport, as did the
original schedule which was sud-
denly abandoned when President
Wilson was taken i'll. The Belgian
rulers were to have visited here
Tuesay, Oct z.
Keen disappointment was ex-
pressed throug hout the tri-cities
this morning when the report was
received that the visit had been def
nitely cancelled When the first
visit was abandoned out of defer
ence for the president, the Moline
committee in charge of arrange
ments expressed confidence that
the king and queen would stop here
on their return from the west and
plans were made accordingly. The
large Belgian-American population
of Moline and East Moline espec-
tally regret missing the opportun-
ity of greeting the popular rulers.
Party at Santa Barbara.
Santa Barbara, Cal, Oct. Ii
The Belgian monarchs completed
the first stage of their tour of the
United States when they arrived
here at 9:05 this morning after
triumphal progress across Califor-
MIA. They will be the guests for
three days of Herbert c. Hoover
and their stay will be entirely un-
official. No attempt has been made
to map a program for their enter
tafnment, although they probably
will spend much Of their time mot
oring and with an occasional dip in
the Pacific.
The trip across California was
one of the most delightful parts of
their tour, for King Albert and
Queen Elizabeth at every stopping
place were greeted by cheering
throngs.
Will Resume Tour.
King Albert will resume his tour
when he leaves here the night of
Oct. 13, to spend the next day ir
San Francisco. The following days
will be devoted to the Yosemite
valley. Three hours will be given
to Los Angeles on the 18th, and the
18th will be devoted to the Grand
Canyon. The other stopping points
are Albuquerque, the 18th; Colo
rado Springs. goth; st. Louis, 21st;
Cincinnati, 22nd; Pittsburgh, 23rd;
Bethlehem, Pa, morning Of the
Utah; New York, 25th and 26th;
Philadelphia, 9th; Washington.
28th, 29th and 30th. They will
leave Washington the night of the
Both for Newport News to board the
vessel which will carry them back
to Belgium.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
PRESIDENT MUST
STAY IN BED FOR
STILL SOME TIME

Washington, Oct 11.-Although
President Wilson continues to show
signs Of improvement he will be re-
quired to remain in bed for an e1
tended period.
This decision was reached today
at a consultation between Dr.
Francis X. Dercum OF Philadelphia,
AdmiraIs Grayson and Stitt and
DR.. Sterling Rufln OF this city. The
following bulletin was Issued
white House, oct IL, 1919.
12:40 p. m.
THE president shows signs Of
continued Improvement. but his
condition Is such as to necessitate
his remaining I'm bed for an eZ-
tended period.
(Signed) "GRAySON
"DERCUM
"RUFFIN.
"STITT."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
PARLEY SOON
TO BEGIN TO
SHAPEvIEWS
With Unanimous Agree
ment Necessary All
Must Yield Some.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial to the Argus.l

Washington, D. c., Oct. IL
Unanimous agreement alone can
bring about the proclamation Of
any principle or set of principles
as rejecting the attitude of the in
dustrial peace conference now in
session. That means the tempor-
ary defeat of the resolution pre-
sented by the labor group for the
appointment of special committee
to settle the steel strike. But only
temporary. For while the commit
tee OF Is. composed of five persons
from each of the three groups rep
resenting capital, labor and the
public, have been unable to agree
on what should be done with this
test resolution, a final vote by each
Of the groups is not going to be
taken until the whole question is
threshed out in open conference
with all the delegates present. And
the labor group stands ready to
point out that the hope of estab-
fishing peace in the Industrial
world is very slim if the present
conference should decline to ap-
point a committee to investigate a
specific situation. Tho steel work
eTs, through their representatives,
apparently are ready to go back
to work Immediately upon the ap
pointment of a committee. without
being bound Of course to stay at
work II they dislike tho findings
What has been proposed is really
a postponement of the strike. It
may he that the conference will re-
fuse to take action. but it may be
also that the president of the Unit
ed States may take the action
which the labor group is asking
namely, the appointment of a com
mittee to investigate the matter
pending the outcome of the indus
trial peace conference. The eXecu-
tive authority has already made
such requests through the depart
ment of labor and with the illness
Of the president Secretary Wilson
might act for the president.
Want Real Action.
Even though the employers group
presented their ideas at the Friday
session as to what should consti-
tute the basis of q satisfactory re-
lationship between capital and la
Dor, it was apparent that labor
would insist on action on some
thing concrete-namely, the steel
strike-before it got into the realm
of generalities. Men and women
are suffering as a result OF the
strike and to a certain extent also
are industries dependent upon
steel production. Samuel Comp
ers has insisted that time should
not be consumed in academic de-
bate when a specific case of an
acute character is before the iE-
dustrial world. Inside the commit
tee of 15. the five employers seem
ed to stand as a unit against per-
mitting any specific strike to in
terfere with the discussion of the
whole situation or to divert the la
bors of the conference. Inside the
public group is a tendency TO get
the steel strike settled or postpon-
ed as a means of adding to the
confidence of workers generally in
the seriousness OF purpose and fu-
(Ca1fipuoJ ~ Iooo1 Tt,s~to.,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
FINANCRR DIES

Nyack. N. Y, Oct 11-James N.
Wallace, president Of the Central
Union Trust company of New
York. and a leading American
financier, died suddenly at his cou1-
try home here early today from
heart disease.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
STEEL ORDER INCREASF.

New York. Oct 11.-Unflled or
ders Of the United States Steel
corporation on Sept. 80, 6,2S4,63S
tons, according to the corpora
tion's monthly statement issued
today. This is an increase of 49,
535 tons compared with the orders
of Aug. 80.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
SHIPMENT OF ALL
SUGAR FROM EAST
ORDERED HALTED

New York. Oct. 11-Esstern and
gulf refners were notified today
by the United States food admins
tration that effective Oct. Is, and
until further notice they are not 10
ship or deliver sugar to any point
west of Pittsburgh and Buffalo, and
north and west Of the Ohio river,
The order was issued because OF
the scarcity Of cane sugar,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
SWEDISH LEGATION SACRED.

Stockholm. Oct. 1.-THE Swed-
ish foreign department confirmed
reports of the sacking of the Swed-
ish legation in Petrograd and con-
sular Offices in Moscow by the boil
sheviki. Other legations in Petro-
grad were similarly treated. report
says
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
HUNs ATTACK LET'S,

Copenhagen, Oct. II. - German
troops under General Won Der
Goltz. together with Russian
troops, attacked the Let's near
Riga and occupied Shlotsk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
LONDON CALLS
RIGA CAPTURE
NEW HUN WAR
Seizure of City and Gust
ing of Let's By Foes
Stirs Europe.
BTTLETIy.

bardment by German guns,
forcing the Let's TO eVacuate
the city.
The reported capture OF Riga
Is regarded most seriously by
military experts here. They
say that between these Ger.
man. Russian troops and the
city OF PetrOgrad there is no
force that would prove effec-
tive in stopping an advance
upon tina. city, from which,
once it was reached, it would
be difficult to dislOdge them.
1t was learned during the after
noon that well Informed circles in
London accepted the capture OF
Riga as a fact. Their belief, it de-
yeloped. was based upon a private
dispatch.
Fear Communication Cut.
The Lettish legation here was
without news of the latest develop
ments in Riga. 1t expressed the
fear that communications had been
interrupted. Gable company ad-
vices received in New York said
that communication with Riga and
other Baltic points had been cut).
1t was stated at the legation that
the Esthonians were sending two
divisions of troops to aid the Let's
against the Germans.
London, Oct. 11.-Confrmation
on a newspaper report that Ger
man forces have captured Riga is
being awaited here. but If the dis
parity OF the rival forces is as
great as reported in some dis
patches the success of the attack
on the city would not be surpris-
ing. Up to 1:S0 o'clock this after
noon, however, official news that
the capture had been effected was
still lacking.
"Germany's New War;"
"Germany's new war" is featured
in this mornings newspapers, but
reports printed here add nothing
of Importance to dispatches re-
ceived by the Associated Press. The
whereabouts of General Won der
Goltz continues to be the subject of
contradictory rumors and estimates
of the size of the army commanded
Dy COlOucI ANdlOl- dlSO
show a wide divergence.
1t is recalled that General Count
Keller, commander of a large body
of soldiers in the Baltic provinces
which was recruited from German
troops left in Courland by the al
lies at the time of the armistice is
a Baltic baron, formerly a general
in the Russian army. He has es-
tablished headquarters at Shawl,
while General Won der Goltz has
his headquarters at Mitau.
Watch Result of Allied Note.
Interest here now Is largely
focused in the result obtained
from the note which the supreme
council of the peace conference is
reported to intend to send to Ber-
lin today. demanding the with
drawal of German troops from the
Baltic provinces on pain Of coercive
from the allies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
LATEST FLASHES
ON AERIAL RACE
ACROSS COUNTRY
BULLETIN.

San Francisco, Cal,
Oct. 11.-First Lieuten-
ant Belvin w. Maynard,
plotting a DeHaviland-
4 airplane, leader of the
westbound flyers in the
trans continental air
derby, arrived in San
Francisco from Mineo-
la, N. Y, at 1:12 p. m.
today.
Binghampton, n. Y, Oct. II.
Major Carl Spatz, flying
from San Francisco to MineOla,
reached BinghamptOn from
Rochester at 2:51 p. m. this
afternoon. 1t is raining but
weather permitting he will
leave for MineOla at 4 p. m.
Salt Lake City, Oct. IL
NhDthll He 0s DAug AUAAs NOs Tag
left the ground at Sa'dUrO for
Battle Mountain, New. at
1902: 80 p. M, Pacific time).
Cheyenne, WyO, Oct. 11-Lieu-
tenant J. H. Pritcher, east bound,
arrived here at 1922 a. m. Lieu
tenant Alexander Pearson, Jr., driy-
ing DeHaviland No s, west bound,
arrived at 11:14 a. m. Both stopped
for lunch.
Des Moines. Oct. 11.-Lieutenant
II. W. Sheridan arrived at Herring
field at 1:49 p. m.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 11.-Major ].
c. P. Bartholf, of Mather field, driv-
ing q s. E.-5 plane, arrived here
from st. Paul, Neb., where he spent
the night, at 9:50:35 a. m.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. Lieu
tenant L. S. Walker. driving a
DeHaviland plane, No. l, landed at
Cheyenne at S:56 this morning on
his west bound flight. Sergeant
Charles TindeIl accompanied him.
This is the thirdw west bound plane
to alight here.
Cheyenne. Wyo., Oct. 11.-Cap-
tain ]. o. Donaldson, entry No. so,
unaccompanied, arrived here from
the east at $50 a. m. and left the
ground for Rawlins at 1000
O'Clock. Captain Donaldson is the
fourth west bound aviator to reach
here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11

Stockholm. Oct. 1.-THE news
paper Folketsdagblad learns that
the bolshevists have relinduishad
the city OF KieYs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
GREATEST SEA DISASTER
In HISTORY CLAIMS HUGE
TOLL DISPATCHES STATE
Vessel Wrecked Of Nor
wegian Coast Believed
British Transport.
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
ArchangeI, Friday, Oct To-
Two thousand lives have been
lost in the wreck Of an un-
named British ship on the Nor
wegian coast, according to n
wireless dispatch received here
from HelsingfOrs.
London, Oct. I1.-Nelther the
admiralty or LlOyds have re-
ceived any information relative
to the wreck of n British ship
on the Norwegian coast. At
these sources the report is dis
credited.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
The Weather

Mostly cloudy tonight and Sun
day; slightly warmer tonight.
Highest temperature yesterday
Al; lowest last night, 35.
Wind velocity at a. m, 5 miles.
Precipitation in "a hours, none.
l p. m. p. m. s a. n
yester. yester. today
Dry bulb temp. .46 AZ 35
Wet bulb temp. Al 80 80
Relative humid SO SO SO
Stage of river at a. m, AZ feet;
fall of 4 feet in "a hours.
]. NJ. SHERIER, Meteorologist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
FIRST IN TWO YEARS.

Pittsburgh. Pa, Oct. 1l.-For the
first time in two years the football
teams of West Virginia university,
Morgantown, W. Va, and the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh, contested
for collegiate honors here today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11

(If the loss of life in the wrecked
ship reported in the Archangel dis
patch is correct, the disaster will
mark a new record in the annals OF
the sea. It would seem probable
that the wrecked ship was a mill
tary transport, bringing British
soldiers from Archangel from
which port Great Britain has been
embarking large numbers Of men
during the last month.
1t is known that troop ships have
sailed quite recently from Arch
angel, Copenhagen advices received
yesterday stating that Lettish sol
diers who have been on the Arch
angel front have just landed at Riga
and have been rushed to the front
south of that city to meet the on
slaughts OF German and Russian
forces. The largest recorded loss Of
life in a marine district occurred
when the Titanic was sunk after
colliding with an iceburg south or
New Foundland April IA, 1912, the
list of deaths showing 1903 names.
The Lusitania, sunk by a German
submarine May Z, 1915, carried with
her more than 1,20O passengers and
members of the crew. When the
Empress of Ireland was sent to the
bottom in the Gulf OF st. Lawrence
on May 80, 1914, the loss Of life was
1,027. One thousand died when the
Japanese steamer Kickermaru sank
in Australian waters on Sept. 28'
1912.
Asks Soldiers to Return.
Berlin, Friday, Oct. 10.-(By the
Associated Press-Baltic)- -Gener-
al Won der Goltzz Is travelling from
one unit of his army to another,
urging his men to return to Ger
many, according to the Tageblatt
which adds that this work takes
considerable time because OF the
distances that must be covered.
German Russian troops under
General Won der GoltZz and Colonel
AvaIoff- -Bermcndt intend 10 oust NJ.
Ulmanis, Lettist premier, take pos
session of Letvia, and then with the
assistance Of Baltic landwehr, ad-
vance against the bolsheviH, ac-
cording TO private letter which
has reached here from a German
officer at Mitau. The letter outlines
the plan of campaign and tells OF
the intention OF the German troops
OF defy the Berlin government
Berlin POWerless.
The German government is ap-
parentIy genuinely anxious 10
liquidate the Baltic adventure but
lacks sufficient control and this
has resulted in large quantities OF
supplies being sent to Courtiand
troops.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
REPORT 1000 LIVES LOST
More Planes Reach Rock Island Field


Reports Positions of Leading Planes Shown Map
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11
REDS OUTT KEY.

Continued on Page Thirteen. }
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-11

The German government is ap-
parentIy genuinely anxious 10
liouidate the Baltic adventure but
lacks sufficient control and this
has resulted in large quantities OF
supplies being sent to Courtand
trOODe