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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-15

AFTER we printed NJ. c. F.'s quip recently
regarding the Lemon building in Washington,
we hesitated to comment upon it when the
same item appeared a few days later in the
column of B. L. T. in the Trib., although NJ C.
F. quick to call our attention to it.
HOWEVER, the double dose of last Monday
forces US to break the silence by granting
recognition to the gentle reminders of our
watchful contribs
Sir: 1t struck me as being rather keen at
the time B. A. S. pulled that pun some two
weeks back in your column regarding DR..
Horace Reddish of Jerseyville, Ill. However,
when read it yesterday monday in B. L. It's
column in the Chicago Trib. it seemed to have
lost some of its edge. Fl. X.
Sir: How long does it take joke to make
the circuit of the newspap ers? Why wonder
is because of an incident that has just come
to my notice. In reading Mondays column
of Guy F. Lee, who substitutes at times for
Ring Lardner on the sport page OF the Chi
cago Tribune, came across an alleged pun
about "the idle moments OF a stenog." and as
1 read it 1 was positive | had met it before
and after moments reflection it occurred to
me that / had it some two months ago
in your column. How do they get that way?
N. B.
WE MIGHT say here in reference to the
above that in order to distress our contribs.
less by offering them stuff of such ancient
vintage-the Trib. might subscribe to The Argus
and thus get our offerings earlier
1t Beats All How the News Leaks Out.
milan independently.
One of our faithful Sherrard correspond
ents, neglected to seal the envelope containing
the news items of that territory and in conse-
quence the contents were lost enroute, the
envelope arriving Wednesday evening, empty.
Seal them, please, the items are too good to be
lost in transit and missed by our readers.
IT IS interesting to note that President
Ebert of Germany says that the people and
the nation put all their hopes in Wilson and
the United States Thus we are given the sec
N7Ar nod of mo tIHIr
est hopes in the head. And it seems entirely
probable that they will get it Just surely as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-15
Kid BalIpIayers Attention!

New York Word).
= WANTED-SeyeraI good window-mashers
Previous experience unnecessary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
ODAY'S CASUALTY LIST
CONTAINS FORTY-ONE NAMES

Edward M. Skilton, Lafayette Hill,
Pa.
Wagoners-
Guy McDowells Brookneal. Va
Francis r. Scott, Oakland, Calf.
August r. Steves, Comfort, Texas.
James w. Swanson, New Carlisle,
James W. vickers, Rutherfordton,
Cook George A. Campus Lansing,
Mich.
Privates-
Marvin Bagley, Cherokee, Texas.
Harold G. Buchanan, Urbana. Ill.
Wounded Slightly.
Lieutenants-
John Francis Randolph Packard,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Eugene Staes, New Orleans, La.
Sergeants-
Ferdinand Fickenscher, Pittsburgh,
Pa.
Arnold A. Smith, Lacrosse, Wis.
Herbert E. Michaels, Cincinnati, O.
Thaddeus Moore, Jackson, Miss.
BENJAMIN Pacey, Birmingham, Eng
land
Saddler Dominick Albanese, Pol
izbi Palermo, Italy.
Privates-
Erwin Nelson Adams. Albion, Mich.
John Atterletter, Moorehead, Mimi
French J. Barnett, Harold, w. Va.
-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29

Frank ]. Taylor, United Press
Staff Correspondent
ERLIN, March 28.-Radical lead
declared today that the bugaboo
bolsheyism in Germany is a trick
which Foreign Minister Borck-
E.Rantzau and Count Bernstorff
to score a diplomatic victory,
sympathy of military defeat.
ccording to the radicals, the
lat to refuse the peace terms and
bw Germany into bolshevism
ch is being talked broadcast in
hin, especially within hearing Of
hbers of the allied missions an
1t to impress the peace confer
with the seriousness of the situ-
here. 1t is charged that the
man foreign office hopes this may
to a split between the allied
ons regarding the procedure if
Germans refuse to sign the pact.
tain entente nations, it is claimed,
oppose continuing the blockade
Germany, fearing the spread Of
|heyism, while others probably
insist on enforcing conditions
landed Of the Germans.
be most sincere opponents of boil
Fism as we'll as the independent
|alsts demand that a group Of
pacifists be sent to Paris in
(e Of the commission already an
nced to deal openly with the
Is in an effort to establish Ger
ly's future relations with the
ID honestly and without tricks.
supposedly secret organization Of
Fers and soldiers of the old regime
peing watched apprehensively by
radical elements, who claim it is
beginning of the reactionary
cement.
artcipation of General Ludendorf
recent street demonstrations dur
which he was loudly cheered by
crowds. worries the pacifists who
are concerned at the rapid en-
aent in the new military units
er old leaders.
ncers assure the correspondent
are merely efforts to prepare
tne struggle with bolshevism. The
'afsts claim their new organiza-
Is not political though they ad-
heyswill demand that the gov
nent swing toward reaction in
mere is another uprising of the
|cals.
Aoorites In the Rhineland are
threatening to demand twenty
percent wage increase and six
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
Big Drive Will be Opened
After Return from Europe
of President Gompers
Of IA. f. of L.
CANDIDATES ACID TEST
Does Not Embrace Formation OF Sep.
arate Labor Party, But Looks
After interests Of the
Worker.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, March 29.-Return
of President Gompers of the Amerl-
can Federation of Labor early IN
April will mark the opening OF an
intensified campaign to elect pro-
labor candidates to public office, ac'
cording to Secretary Frank Morrison
of the federation, today. Gompers
plans to sail from France about
April 2.
Details Of the drive are to be
worked out, Morrison said, at a
meeting of the executive council In
Washington late in April or early In
May. The purpose Of the campaign
is to carry through congress the re
construction program of labor. IL
does not embrace the formation OF
a separate labor party, Morrison de-
clared emphatically. 1t involves ap-
plication Of the acid test to all can
didates in whichever party they may
be running to assure support OF la
boris program.
The federation program includes: !:
Advancement of the trades union
movement
Elimination of unemployment by
keeping up the standard OF wages,
thereby giving each individual in
creased purchasing power. to the end
that there may be increased produc-
ton. A a. Isl
The eight-hour day.
The enactment of legislation ex-
Guiding immigration for a period of
at least two years.
Development of state colleges and
universities and education and Amer
icanization of thousands Of illiterates
whose existence has been disclosed
by the operation of the draft law.
Elimination of employees liability
insurance companies operated for
profit, as well as the wiping out Of
private employment agencies.
A fight against militarism, includ-
ing plans for the reform" Of the
national guard system in order that
the guardsmen cannot be used to
suppress strikes.
Government construction Of model
homes, with the establishment of a
system whereby the worker may bor-
row money at a low rate of interest
to build or buy his own home.
Federal licensing and control of
corporations doing business for
profit
Wiping out restrictions on the free
dom of speech and Of the press.
Discussing the railroads, the pro-
gram says that public or semi-public
utilities should be owned, operated or
regulated by the government in the
interest of the public.
Government ownership of all
wharves and docks is declared for
as is the encouragement and devel-
opment of the American merchant
marine under government control"
A curb on the power of the courts
to declare legislation unconstitu-
tional also is sought
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
Big Four and Foreign Ministers Covering
Wide Territory in Their Present Discus
sions at Peace Conference
Firm Line From Black Sea to Baltic May be
Formed to Hold Back Surging Tide
} of Bolshevism.
BY Fred S. Ferguson, United Press
Staff Correspondent

by Fred S. Ferguson, United Press
Staff Correspondent
PARIS, March 29.-The "big four"
and the foreign ministers. in their
present conferences, are covering the
vast territory extending from the
Rhine to the Vistula and from the
Adriatic to the Baltic, 1t was learned
today In addition there Isl the ever
present question of repatriation.
; The bolsheviki, however, continue
to form the principle subject for in
formal discussion among the dele
gates. A military policy regarding
the bolsheviki apparently is taking
more definite form, and the summon
ing Of General Mangin to Paris Is re-
garded as significant in connection
with plans advanced by che French.
These plans anticipate establishment
'of Arm line from the Black sea to
the Baltic to hold back the tide of
bolshevism. Whether such plan will
remain defensive or would assume the
offensive as the best means of de-
fense, naturally is problematical
1t is now revealed that William Bull
lit, special investigator for the
American delegation saw Premier Le-
nine while in Petrograd.
When his report is made public 1t
is expected to reveal much interesting
Information covering points that
hitherto have been hazy.
Financial Situation.
[By Carl d. Groat, United Press
Staff Correspondent
PARIS, March 29.-American fin
ance commissioners have been fully
informed regarding President Will
sons views on the financial situation,
preparatory to the allied economic
council meeting with the Germans at
Compiegne early next week.
The president discussed the situa-
ton with the American representa-
tives at length yesterday. While no
official statement was issued on the
conference, it is admitted the Ameri
cans were apprised of the decisions
reached by the "big four regarding
repara ton, during the last few days.
While the matter of reparation will.
not be brought up at the Compiegne
meeting, it will have an important
bearing on any action taken by the
economic commissioners. Their con-
versations with the Germans will
deal with the amount and location
of German securities to be used for
payment of food before peace Is sign
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29

ed. It is expected the Germans will
renew the suggestion they made at
Brussels that some raw materials be
admitted to Germany SO as to permit
work to be renewed, placing the Ger
mans in better position to pay for
food. The Americans are inclined to
accede in part to this request, but
the French continue to maintain that
the enemy should not be given any
commercial advantage before France
is in position to resume manurae I,
turing on normal scale.
The economic commissioners also
will be able to obtain valuable infor-
nation regarding Germany's present
financial status which can be used
in connection with determination OF
lindemntties.
II Germany Does Not Sign.
[By William Philip Simms. United
Press staff Correspondent.l
PARIS, March 29.-The peace con-
ference has begun to consider in an
informal way what shall be done in
the event Germany refuses to sign the
Forthcoming treaty.
Should Germany thus turn outlaw, it
is gathered from unofficial conversa-
tions that the principles laid down in
the covenant of the league Of nations
will be brought into play to force her
into a second unconditional surrender.
Official information reaching the
allied governments tends more and
more to Indicate that the Germans
are bent on wriggling out of the sit
uation of the war they made. Enemy
leaders are boldly declaring they will
sign no peace that is not wholly ac-
ceptable to them and at the same time
are threatening to plunge not only
their own nation but all of Europe
into anarchy
Should the diplomatic pour parleurs
at Versailles really come to aught it
is understood that economic pressure
on Germany will again be exerted to
the fullest extent. In case this fails.
military measures will be taken to
bring Germany to reason.
The allies, it is pointed out, already
occupy the line of the Rhine A sim
liar Gordon could be Immediately es.
tablished from the Baltic to the Black
sea by Poland (including Galicia).
Czecho-Slovakia and Rumania.
These countries already are forming
what is virtually safety zone be-
Continued on page 81
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
|eaty Died of Disease, Seven
Ren Wounded Severely,
Four Missing. /.

sasHlNGTON. March 29.-The
wing casualties are reported by
commanding general of the Amer.
evolutionary forces:
Ted Of disease, 20.
,ouaded slightly, II.
using in action, 4.
otal, Al.
latenants-
knwtnrop G. Tanning, Altoona, Pa.
Sns.a nsr A. Hilliard. odum, Ca
Isard os,. NJ. Stephens, Oklahoma
seants--
vy.snder v J. Brown, wytheville.
dsaH aus 4; Budde. Weir CITY. Kas.
N 'uston Connolly, Paterson,
kobsss,. :. y, Vaughn, Madison, Wis.
fpora1s warren, Nashville. Tenn.
Bss1s,s .ssn Cheek, Ewing, Va.
II. =. Cox, Mount Freedom,
!. Hennessey. philadelphia.
NJ - 7
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
punching Baq for Miske.

[United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
BALTIMORE, Md, March 20
Tom Cowlar of England acted as a
punching bag for Billy Miske. st. Paul
last night for four rounds, and then
sat down to take the count by Referee
Pop O'Brien.
Cowlar was at all times helpless in
Mislness hAndA ------- n -
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
NEW BISHOP
OF DES MONIES
Rev. Thomas Drumm, Rector of St
Patrcks, Cedar Rapids, Has
Been Appointed to :
Position

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ROME, March 2S.-Rev Thomas
Drumm, rector of st. Patrick's, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, has been appointed
bishop of Des Moines, it was an
nounced today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
LOOKING for Wild Man.

MACOMB, ILL.,, March 29.-The wild,
wild women aren't troublesome here,
but there's a genuine wild man lose,
it's rumored Mark Yates blood
hounds and self elected posse got
sore feet, but no game.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
Some Short and Snappy Items
Which Make News Wire
Sparkle.

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, March 29.-Mrs. Cathe-
rine Smale celebrated her S4th birth
day today by singing Annie Laurie in
to a phonograph.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
False Alarm.

LITCHFTELD, H., March 29.-Fire
Chief Tiemann, missed his supper
and smashed door to find three pots
of burning sulphur. Notify me next
time you fumigate" the chief ordered
his surprised host
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
Stole Six Pius.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, March %
Love may be blind, but some COPS
are not. Claude Sutton loved girl.
He stole six pigs to buy her ring.
The cops got the ring-by phone and
Einched him.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
rhelr Rusiness Ruined.

NEW YORK, March 29.Cork
screw manufacturers hold a lodge of
sorrow here nextT<onth. July's COM
ing.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
German Troops Sent.

Washington Post: The most per-
picking and unexpected thing about
Ireland's demand for justice under
the league O. nations is that 1t is
logical.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
|cret Organization Of Officers and Soldiers of
Old Regime is Giving Radicals and Paci-
fists Considerable Worry.
CHENE FOR DIPLOMATIC VICTORY
emany Still Cheers Ludendorff When He
Appears on Streets and Old Military
Leaders are Popular as Ever.

hour day. Spartacans are seizing the
opportunity to prepare for general
political strike which they declare
will result in communication of
Essen, Dusseldorf and other indus
trial centers.
German Troops Sent.
LONDON, March 29.-The Paris
day that the French foreign Office
had received information from the al
lied mission and Polish officers in
fresh troops to that city and are
mounting guns along the coast.
1.-THE Germans are bitterly opposed
to the allied plan for forwarding
Danzig to Poland. If the above dis
patch is true, they apparently are
preparing to hold Danzig by force, or
at least prevent Polish troops from
landing there.l
Germany's Reply.
COPENHAGEN, March 20. The
German governments reply to the
allied demand that Polish troops be
allowed ITO land at Danzig declared
the armistice requires that only the
allies be permitted freedom In cross
ing the Vistula river, according to
advices from Berlin today.
Polish Situation.
PARIS, March 29-The Polish situ-
alton, which has become highly i'm
portant through Germany's apparent
defiance regarding 'Danzig, was to be
discussed by the allied leaders today
Information has been received by
the French government that, follow
ing Germany's refusal to allow Polish
divisions from France to land at
Danzig, the Germans have begun to
move new troops and heavy guns
into that region.
The 4'big FOUR was expected to ar.
rive at some definite decision as to
how this new crisis will be met. 1t
was believed the delegates feel that
the situation demands immediate and
firm measure be brought to bear on
the Germans.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
Stride Cut Down,

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., March 20.
Tight skirts have cut down woman's
stride so 1t now takes her twenty
minutes to walk block, boardwalk
cops estimate
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29

[Recent dispatches reported Bes'
sarbia had declared its independence,
formed an alliance with the Russian
.bolshevikl and attacked the Ruman-
ians, driving them across the Pruth
river. The above dispatch indicates
the Rumanians still hold the entire
southern portion of Bessarabia.l
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
Welcome.

Welcome.
Washisgton Post: How grateful to
the ear are plain words fifty spoken,
like those uttered By Leonard Woodl
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
RuIuarians Mobilize.

PARIS, March 29.-Serbian peace
delegates were reported today to
have received information that Bul.
garian troops are mobIlizlng On the
Serbian frontier. General Pechitch,
assistant chief Of the Serbian general
staff, is understood to have left Paris
for Belgrade.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
Locker Cleaned at Last.

FREMONT, Neb., March %
Eighteen months ago Grover Spang-
Ter lost a $500 diamond stick pin.
During a spasm of industry, the Y NJ.
c, A. jnitor swept out Spangler's
locker. finding the sparkler.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
TABLOIDS
FROM FAR AND NEAR
Seventeen Year Locust.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, March 20
Put away that shotgun! The Seven
teen year locust is only bugaboo.
according to H F. Wilson, noted ento-
mologist He says they are only
periodical cicadas"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
Great Military TaneIe.

SISal eiS'Ss
LONDON, March 29-The most
gigantic military tangle in the his
tory of the world apparently is being
staged in and around Hungary.
Dispatches from various sources
showed armies Of several and mixed
nationalities scurrying this way and
that, occasionally clashing, but just
as frequently passing each other by.
Conflicting reports today indicated
the following situation:
Both railway lines between Buda-
pest and Vienna have been cut by
allied forces Italians occupying
Pressburg on the northern route and
Czecho- Slovaks holding Raab on the
southern route.
Russian bolsheviks are sweeping
over-running the rich oil lands and
threatening invasion of Austria.
A Rumanian army is entering Ga
licia along the same route as tray-
eled by the Russian bolsheviks.
Another Rumanian army is march
ing northwestward toward Budapest
across the Maros river.
Still another Rumanian army is
driving eastward into the Ukraine
from central Bessarabia, defeating
the Ukranian forces and cooperating
with the French along the Dnefster
river northwest OF Odessa.
A fourth Rumanian army is re-
treating southwestward across the
Pruth river in the face of the forces
of the newly constituted republic of
Bessarabia, which was formed in al
lance with the Russian bolsheviks.
Bulgarians are mobilizing along
the eastern frontier of Serbia.
Polish troops occupying Lemberg-
recently recaptured from the Ukrain-
ians-have gone on strike in sympa-
tehy with the Hungarian soviet gov
ernment.
Ukranians still hold Przemysl,
which they seized from the Poles.
Ukrainian and Bessarabian revo-
lutionary forces are Joining for an
attack on the allies northwest OF
Odessa Revolutionary soldiers have
seized Drohobycz, southwest of Lem
berg. and established soviet gov
ernment.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
Fifty Mile Advance.

LONDON, March 29.-Admiral Kol-
chak's army continues to defeat the
bolsheviki, according to delayed of.
ficial advices received from Omsk
today Between March IA and Is the
anti-bolsheviks advanced fifty miles
and took 5000 prisoners on the Ural
front Ufa was taken March 1S.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
Needle FOUND in. Haystack.

ATLANTIC, Iowa, March 29.-Tt
takes COW to find needle in the
hay stack Joe Herring's cow got
sick after eating from a haystack.
She was killed The veterinary
found a darning needle in her heart.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
Rumanian Troops Inflict a
Crushing Defeat on Bolshe-
viks on Left Bank Of
Dneister.
CONTACT WITH FRENCH
Fifty Mile Advance on Ural Front by
koIchak's Army, WhIoh Takes
Five Thousand
Prisoners.

UNITED Press Lease Wire Service j
BERNIE, March 20 Rumanian
troops inflicted a crushing defeat on
bolshevilfi forces along the left bank
of the Dneister, near Javilaska
(Bessarabia), it was announced In an
official dispatch from Bucharest to-
day Near Teraspol (sixty miles
northwest of odessa the Rumantans
have established contact with the
French.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
THE WEATHER

Probably Unsettled. Warmer.
Local temp. z p. m, 80; z a. M,
43.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29

GContinued on psse s,l
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29

! SContinued op page 2.l
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29

The Telegraph Service Of The
Daily Gate City and Constitu-
tion- Democrat is received over
our own leased wire.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29

Continued on page 81
Gilpin observer., 1919-01-23
candy's Value Recognized.

Fifty years ago the candy of the
country was almost Invariably hard
and coarse, and much of 1t unwhole-
some. Now the making of 1t has be-
rome fine art, and the wizard Of
concoction and flavoring has for
tune at his command. Pure candy
in moderate quantities is no longer
regarded as a menace to the healthy
stomach. 1t has been sent to Ameri-
can and British soldiers. while we
have a recent. unconfirmed tradition
that the lure Of the gumdrop will en-
list an Eskimo to almost any service.
AS candy takes its place among the
articles that go to make up high -liv-
Ing, we may assume that its consump-
tion, even per capita, is steadily on
the increase.-Boston Transcript.