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The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
LEVINE PROMISES TO FINANCE HUNGARIAN ACTION AGAINST AUSTRIA FOR $2O,O0O,OOO.
Millions Dying of Starvation in Russia Under Rule of Bolsheviki, and Must Go Without Lights
 At Night and Fires in the Daytime

BERLIN, Mar 2S-Despatches from Petrograd that Premier Lenne has wirelessd the Hungarian Govern men urging that 1t send Bosheviki against Vienna He has promised to finance the Hungarian expedition against
 Austria to the extent Of twenty million dollars the states further.
 Dispatches from Russa Copenhagen travellers ar irving from that country that the scarcity of food and fuel all parts of the responsible for the deaths of thousands of Russians daily In the provinces the mortality great that Bolshev incur abes hoping thus to cOunterac the typhoid which is almost impossible to stop by other Hardly medicine is available.
 Food Moscow and Petrograd that cats sell rapid
 fOS3 each Wood is that there not enough for collins and there fuel for lighting consequently millions live in darkness after nghtfa Bohev paper money has value in the country districts and the peasants refuse to change it for food.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
You Have An Advertising Message For The Public
 Tell It Now
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Never were the people-the buying public more ready and able to buy than they are today
 There is no scarcity of money The purchas ing power in America today is greater than in all history. The field for new and greater busi- ness development is here.
 Advertising IS the certaln quick and econ mical method of developing your business.
 When you put the power of advertising pro- motion and it's great economies back of your bu- sness, you are also spreading the spirit of opti- mism and goodwill.
 The U. s. Department of Labor urges all pro- gressive merchants and manufacturers fact all who have anything to sell--to advertise now and take advantage of the great market which exist at this time.
 U. s. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR W. B. Wilson, Sec. Roger w. Babson Director
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
llNnFR TIE STARS AND STRIPES AT
 REDMAN HALL

The public school operetta "Under +re Stars and Stripes is to be given 4his eveniru at Redman Hall, and will start promptly at 8 o'clock.
 The operetta consists of flag drills choruses, tabIeaux, and character sonos, recitations and dances Miss Inabele Hawk will play for the oper- eta. for which Miss Henry is stage manager and Miss Ruor, business man. ager. The teachers of the Varlous grades have directed their own classes, and it is estimated that approximately che hundred children will be on the stage at different intervals, presenting one of the most tuneful and colorfui amateur opere'tas given by juveniles in ketchikan.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
NOTICE
TO OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF
 MOTOR BOATS.

MOTOR BOATS:
 Your attention is invited to the fol- lowing act: ITO require numbering and recording of undocumented yes sels," approved June 7, 1918:
 That, every undocumented vessel, op erated in whole Or in part by machin- cry, owned in the United States and found on the navisable waters thereof, except public vessels, and vessels not exceeding sixteen feet in length mea- sured from end to end over the deck excluding sheer, temporarily equipped with detachable motors, shall be num- bered. Such numbers shall be not less in size than three inches and paint ed Or attached to each bow of the vessel In such manner and color as to be distinctly visible and legible.
 Sec. 4. That the penalty for viola tion of any provisions of this Act shall be $1o, for which the vessel shal
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
GRb.NBY MANAGER
 AND FAMILY LEAVE

Mir. and Mrs. N. w, SWeetser and 'hree sons were southbound passengers on the Alameda last evening for Ta- coma. where Mrs. Sweetzer will visit with her family while Mr. Sweetser makes short trip to Arizona.
 Mir. Sweetser has been Alaska man. ager for the Granby mining interests in this district which have been closed down on account of the uncertain condition Of the copper market Mir. Sweetser expects to return to the er,- nloy of the company next spring at heir plant at Anyox. 8. c.
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be liable and may be seized and Pro- ceeded against in the district court of the United State in any district in which such vessel may be found.
 1. Application for numbers will be made by the owner or master to the collector of customs of the district in which the owner resides. The owner will then receive full instructions as to the number awarded, how it is to be placed on the vessel, etc.
 Nj. S. DoBBS.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
EMPEROR CHARLES
 REPORTED VERY ILL

GENEVA, Mar. 28. - Former Elm peror Charles of Austria Is again seri- ously ill suffering from a complete ner- vous breakdown according to advices rom innsbruck.
 His wife who is also said 10 be in bad health has been employing every means to leave Austria for tho Riviera but has been unable to obtain French passports.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
B0LSHEvIkI SEND AMBASSADOR TO U, s,

WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 2a - A communication was received from Ludwig Christian Alexander klaovich Martens, by the state department to- day announcing that he was at New York and that he had credentials from the Russian Rclsheviki govern ment as ambassador to the United States The state department has given no inkling as yet as to what steps will be taken.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
CANADIAN SOLDIERS MARRY AT RATE OF
 300 WEEKLY REPORT

OTTAWA, Canada, Mar. 2s. -- Ac- cordne to a report from the paymast- CTS branch of the militia department, Canadian soldiers have contracted the marrying epidemic and are marry. ing overseas at the rate of three hun dred a week. The Paymaster's branch
 is at present disbursing $12,o0o,ooo a month and sending out two hundred thousand checks of every variety in the same period.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28

EUENoS AIRES, Mar. 2s.--A zinc bcx containing four dynamite bombs was unearthed here during the making of an excavation for building In Ba- hia, Brazil, says dispatch to the Ra- zon. The bombs apparently had been buried nearly half century as they were wrapped in a copy of The New York Weekly Bulletin dated 1a7<.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
New Edition of Chart No. SPA.

New Edition of Chart No. SPA. "Harbor Charts; Clarence Strait and eenm Canal, Alaska. Dimensions 28x28 inches, Price 25 cents.
 The difference between this and the preceding editions consists in the nlan of Ratz Harbor which is from a recent survey and the plan of Dewey Anchorage has the benefit of new topographic survey and recent hy- drographic examination of a part of the area.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
sMAsHEs FINGER BADLY

Win srindie suffered very painful accident to his left hand this week when he crushed the tip of his middle finger in the clutch of the family gas boat Wildwood. He is carrying his arm in sling but says his hand Is much better.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
FORTUNE IS LEFT.
 TO ADOPTED GIRL

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 2s. - The will of the late Frederick C. Talbot, millionaire lumber king, was filed in 7robate here and makes Miss Sylvia T. Helms, ali adopted daughter, his chief beneficiary. Besides receiving a special bequest of $5o,oo0, she is given control of one-third of 75 per cent of the residue of the estate which is val ued at approximatel $1o,ooo,ooo. A brother, Wm. H. Talbot is made exc cutor.
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CLEVELAND, Mar. 2s. = Nearly half of the 4ooo garment workers who are on strike here have decided to re- turn to work doing on 30 per cent wage increase and a 44-hour week basis. Ten Of the 40 firms have agreed to the terms of their employees, it was stated.
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WASHINGTON, Mar. 28. Accord ing to reports from headquarters, war stamps were sold in the United States n the United States in January at the rate of 4 cents for every per son, with total sale of AS, ,399,0 900.
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NEW YORK, Mar. 2s.-Enrico Ca ruso is celebrating his 18th year on the operatic stage and has received many costly gifts from admirers this week from all parts of the world.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28

WASHINGTON, Q. C., Mar. 2s, The aao0-ton freighter West Helix was assigned to the Admiral Line here by the U. S. Shipping board, making 12 ships in the Pacific Steamship Com nany's oriental fleet. The vessel was delivered to the company today and be gan loading immediately for the Or tent.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28

SANTIAGO, Chile, Mar. 2s.-Great Britain plans on sending fleet of 12 Warships to tour South America as soon as the peace treaty is signed, ac- cording to an announcement made here today by government officials.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
LEAVES FOR vIsir

Mr. and Mrs. II. Nordness of New town were southbound passengers on tho Alameda last evening for Seattle where they expect to spend 8 few weeks.
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w. H. Smith and Harry LilIon, of
 Elaine. Wash, were arrivals on the
 Seattle and will be employed at the
 Smiley cannery at Metlakatia this year
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DIR. DICKINSON BACK

pr. George Dickinson returned on the City of Seattle last evening from Seattle and Portland where he has spent the past three weeks.
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LONDON, Mar. 2S.--One of the very rare copies of the first edition of the pickick papers, has been sold here 'or $825. today.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
TO INVESTIGATE COURTS-k1ARTIAL

William F. Borah, United States senator from Idaho, is prominent fig ure just now in connection with probable congressional investigation of the general subject of courts-mar- tial in the United States army. Says Senator Borah:
 ''So many complaints have been| laid before me that have asked thatI the war department furnish the sen- ate complete data on all court-martial cases. After this has been obtained, hearings may be necessary to bring out additional facts. It is my intention to ask President Wilson to issue q general amnesty to all prisoners con- victed and sentenced to prison by courts-martial This is that we may take the taste of the war out of ouc mouths. It is another step toward our old-time ideals of democracy and jus tice."
 The question has also been brought to public attention by d speech in the
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this money in business-like manner and where it will be for the benefit cf the greater number.
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.Mr. chas. w. Durkee of the local In- migration office left last evening for the north on official business.
The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28

senate by Senator Chamberlain chairman committee military affairs and by address by President George Page the Amer  charged different 
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The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28

City of Seattle 6 p. m. today. Princess Friday.
 Alaska Saturday 29. Admiral Watson, April 2.
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MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
Snuthbound--..-

Farragut Wednesday 2nd. City of Seattle Wednesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-21
VOTE MEMBERS
BACK ON BOARD
Electors Favor Increase of Tax
Levy, New Building and Is
suance Of School Bonds.

Members of the Moline board of
education were reelected Saturday
at the city school election, and vot-
ers favored the increase in the tax
levy from three to four per cent;
voted for a new school and favored
the issuing of bonds to erect the
building. Every question was voted
on in accordance with the appeal
made by the board of education.
The only proposition that is sull
in doubt, is the site for the new
building. Twenty-four more voters
favor the Gordon site on Twenty
ninth street than the Blackwell site.
Although the Gordon site received
the plurality, it did not receive the
majority of the votes cast at the
election. Nearly $500 votes were
cast but only 961 persons voted for
the Gordon site and 937 for the
Blackwell location. 1t will probably
be left to the board of education to
name the new school site.
L. E. Mutt was elected to fill a
vacancy on the board. He will serve
one term. Members reelected are A.
L. Anderson, c. r. Rosborough, T.
F. Wharton, DR.. Mabel Otis and
W. P. Hunt, president. These cleo
tons were made by nearly three
to one majority. The votes cast for
the Socialist candidates were light.
Voting at the school election was
unusually heavy. 1t is not until mid
night that judges at the Central ire
station had completed their count
of votes. The returns, however,
were known early in the evening,
as several of the polling places
showed little opposition.
The propositions of new school,
the tax issue and bond question all
carried by a vote of more than 20 to
l. Every proposition favored car
ried by heavy majorities-
The votes cast Saturday are:
For prnSidnnt-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-21
SILVIS ELECTS
EATON, DENNIS
Socialist Candidate Wins Over Tom
WadIeSs l. John Richards
Again President.

Van Dennis, candidate put up by
the Socialists, was elected to the
Silvis school board Saturday, de-
feating Milton Harding also put ur
by the Socialists, by nine votes
and Thomas Wandless, candidate
for reelection, by % votes. Ed
Eaton was reelected to a fourth
term on the village board. John
Richards was reelected president
receiving 224 votes. He had no OPP
position.
Two hundred sixty-seven votes
were cast at the election. No prop
ositions, other than the naming OF
board members, were put on the
ballots. The hold-over members
are H G. Hickman, w. M Slower
Lester Crawford and Henry John
son.
Mr.. Richards has served IS one
year terms as president of the viii
lage school board. Mr. Eaton has
been a member of the board for
six years. Mr.. Dennis has never
before served in any capacity as a
school board member. Mr.. Wand
less served three consecutive terms
and Mr.. Harding had never served
on the village board. The votes
cast are:
For president - John Richards,
224.
For members - Ed Eaton, 1856 :;
Van Dennis, 1873; Milton Harding,
ia; Thomas Wandless, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-21
CITY OVER TOP
IN BOND drive
Boy Scouts May Canvass Tomorrow
Results TO Show Need OF
Team Work.

Moline Boy Scouts tomorrow are
expected to send this city and the
east end section of the county lover
the top" in the Victory Liberty Loan
drive r. NJ. Johnson, chairman OF
the campaign. announced this noon
that incomplete figures and esti-
mates upon reports from factories
indicate that $2,120,61S.00 quota
would be surpassed.
Upon success of the "clean up to-
day and the Boy Scouts efforts to-
morrow rests decision of the house
to house canvass. 1t was not belieN-
ed that it will be necessary.
Volunteer subscriptions Saturday
afternoon and evening from down
town booths and throughout the
city were flooding the loan head
quarters in the Moline Commercial
club all morning. Many of the city
workers had not been checked in at
noon and reports from East Moline
were so incomplete that no estimate
of that city's work could be made,
The campaign managers however,
felt that with liberal appeal TO the
Boy Scouts tomorrow and complete
factory returns, the Moline-South-
Moline Hampton quota of $l,Sl4'-
1852 would be reached. Port Byron
had passed its quota Saturday but
no complete figures were available
today from the other rural districts.
1--WE feel that our quota is prac-
tically assurd," Mr.. Johnson said to-
day, but shrinkage in final pay
ments and duplication which may
be discovered in the final check, do
not make it advisable to give up our
efforts.
Response of the factory men has
been gratifying to the campaign
workers and while we can not yet
announce figures. leaders in all
manufacturing plants report that
they will have no difficulty in
equalling their former subscrtp-
tions. Some of them are already In
excess of their quotas in the fourth
loan, with many departments yet to
be completed.
Splendid work of the women
who took charge of the booths
down town Saturday and many Of
them rushing in at the last moment
Saturday night, contributed in no
small measure to our wonderful
record"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-21
THIEVES CAUGHT
BY PINKERT0N
Wholesale Candy Robbery is Un-
covered in Abraham's Plant
By Detective.

Moline police and Pinkerton de-
tectives Saturday night uncovered
what is alleged to be systematic
and wholesale raid on the Abraham
Candy factory, Second avenue and
Twentieth street, Moline.
Three men were arrested. two on
charges of burglary, one on a
charge of larceny The men waived
examination before Magistrate
Frank Gustafson this morning and
were bound over to the grand jury
under bail of $4,000 each. They
were committed to Jail.
Candy valued at $500 or more is
said to have been stolen by the
men. The pillaging and plundering
of the candy factory is believed to
have extended over a period OF
three or four months. The men
under arrest are:
Clarence Van Dale, 10 years old,
1927 Second street, Moline, lar
ceny.
John Casper, 10 years old, $751;
Fifteenth street, Moline, burglary.
John Corners, IS years old, Mo-
line. Deere Y M. c. A, burglary.
Van Dale is a Moliner; Casper
is a paroled convict; Conner once
escaped from Jail in West Virginia.
Conner and Casper were arrested
at the factory about $50 Saturday
evening. Van Dale was arrested at
his home Sunday morning. The
greater part of the plumber was
sold to small merchants. Some was
sold to consumers at prices consid-
erably lower than the market.
Van Dale and Conner were en-
ployed in the candy factory, Con-
ner in t he shipping department.
Their plan of action, according to
the police, was comparatively
simple
The candy is said to have been
taken from the factory to a shed by
Connor and Van Dale during the
day time and removed from there
at night by Jasper.
Saturday night, according to the
police, the men had planned to
make a grand cleanup. Heretofore
it is alleged, they worked on a
small scale and the thefts were
merely thefts, not involving burg
larry.
The candy was carried to the
shed or warehouse and from there
taken to Rock Island, East Moline
and some to Moline. Much of it was
sold to employees at the Universal
tractor plant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-21
TWENTY TWO VOTE
SCHOOL ELECTION
IN E. M. SATURDAY

Twenty-Five votes were cast at
the East Moline city board of edu-
cation election last Saturday. Two
OF these votes are accredited to the
women of the city. The president
and two members were reelected
and James Westphal was named to
fill the vacancy left by the depar-
tUre from the city Of l., A. Paradise.
There were no oppositions.
Those reelected are: T. f. AdeI-
man, president, and Oscar Lundeen
and De Loss Metcalfe,' members
Mr.. Adelman received % votes, Mr..
Lundoen. %; Mr.. Metcalfe, II, and
Mr.. Westphal. 10 votes.
The board will meet in 10 days
to reorganize. A secretary will
also be named. Mrs. S. A. Cart
wright, who has ably filled the sec
retaryship on the board. will COM
piete her one-year term at the next
meeting. Members on the board
whose terms do not expire for an
other year or two are: W. F. Pot
ter, A. D. Cox and Mrs. S. A. Cart
wright.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-21
WAR VETERAN rs
DEAD IN GENESEO
Especial to The Argus)

Geneseo. April al. Alamander
Kinzie, veteran of the Civil war,
died at o'clock Sunday morning in
the Hammond city hospital follow
ing an operation for double hernia.
He had been a resident of Geneseo
fer more than sixty years.
He was born in 1874 and came to
Geneseo with his parents when a
boy. He enlisted May II, 1864, join
ing Company X. One Hundred Thir-
ty-ninth infantry, a regiment that
was mustered in at Peoria for 100
days of service. He was mustered
out Oct. %, 1864. He never mar
ried.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 Wednesday afternoon in the
Presbyterian church, Rev. j. Tur-
ner Hood officiating. Burial will
be in lakewood cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-21
INCREASE WAGE
MAYOR, COUNCIL
Moline Commission This Morning
Grants Incoming Administra-
ton Salary Raise.

Mayor-elect c. p. Skinner is to
receive $4,000 a year and members
of the new Moline council are to be
paid S. a meeting, according to a
decision of the Moline commission
this morning to increase the sal
aries of the incoming administra-
ton officials.
The new mayor and the Ia alder
men had prepared a petition ask
ing the commission TO grant the
increase The petition was pre-
scented to the commission at its
meeting this morning.
The salary of Frank Gustafson,
police magistrate, was increased TO
81 200 a year He was getting 5000
annually. Mayor c. S. Trevor pre-
scented the motion that this increase
be granted. No one seconded the
motion that an increase in the sal
airy of James Johnson, city attor-
ney, be made to $1,S00, plus l per
cent of all contracts above $4,000.
The mayor of Moline under the
commission plan of administration
receives $3.50 a year. The city at
torney now receives $500 a year,
and the police magistrate 5000 an
nually.
The salaries as they were when
Moline was last under the alder
manic plan and as they would have
been unless the present commission
made some increases would have
been as follows:
Mayor, $1,000 a year.
City attorney, 81 200 year.
Police magistrate, $500 a year.
Aldermen, So a meeting.
The question of salary increases
has been under discussion for a
week or more. The present COM
mission, however, took no action
until today, postponing increases
until a conference with the new
administration.
The new administration was
there in force today, practically
all the aldermen and the new may
or attending the cimmission meet
ing and voicing their opinions on
the proposed increases.
The proposition of increasing Mr..
Johnston's salary from $1,000 TO
$1,000 a year may come up later.
If Mr.. Johnston is to receive more
ludu Sl,-OO ANNUALLY II OlI Iue city
city commission during the next
two years the present commission
must grant the increase.
Mayor-elect Skinner stated that
he is going to devote his entire time
Commissioner Ericsson, in speak
to city business.
ing of the salary increase of the po-
lice magistrate, stated that the
magistrate must give all his time
to city business and be ready all
the time to try cases.
six hundred dollars is almost
nothing for such a position" he
said. Twelve hundred dollars is
little enough. Magistrate Gustaf-
son is an exceptionally competent
man and we are fortunate to get
his services as cheaply as we do"
The salary increase for the city
attorney was brought up by a mem
Der of the new administration. The
proposition was not pressed, how
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-21
News of the Day in Moline and East Moline
ELEVEN PLEADED
GUILTY POSTING
BILLS ON WALKS

Eleven of the Is men arrested
10 days ago by Moline police on
charges of posting bills on public
property, plead guilty in the Moline
police court Saturday afternoon.
The other two men, Louis Lindberg
and Bert Allison, are said to have
been hired by the Socialists to drive
the cars used by the IL men. They
were dismissed on motion of James
A. Johnston, city attorney.
The Moline city treasury was en-
riched by $49.80 taken from the So
cialist treasury to pay for the fines.
This amount represents practically
the entire balance of the Socialist
city election campaign found.
Fines on five men were suspended
on request of the city attorney
These defendants were: Frank
Watts, John Grumbas, NeIs Nelson,
J. C. Luchinger and Fred C.
Kramer.
Six men paid $3.50 each. They
are: Vinvent Leneini, NJ. r. Pear
son, Harry Burnhold, D. H. Dank,
Henry LeCotte and Axel Johnson.