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The Washington times., 1919-01-05

of Armenia helped her to reach America,
but she travelled to New York in the ships
steerage. Since then life has been grow
ing more and more rosy for her.
Now, when dreary Winter threatens the
eastern United States Aurora goes to
Southern California. She made the trip I'm
a carefully selected drawingroom section
under the care of a legally appointed
guardian. She had never seen the interior
Of Pullman car before and she clapped
her hands with delight at the sight. This
poor girl; who for nearly three years had
been treated as no American could treat
his dog, enjoyed the use of her own bath
room and had her breakfast brought to
her in bed every morning.
Fresh flowers were placed at her table
every day and magazines and books to
keep her happy and amused were con-
stantly provided for her.
Nearly everything she saw pleased and
amused her, which was not surprising In
a girl who for years had seen and expert
enced little but the kicks, curses and out
RACES of numbering Turks and Kurds, ex-
cept when she was alone in the wilderness.
Occasionally some incident brought back
the memory of her long agony. For in
stance, when a colored porter suddenly
put his head in at the door II reminded her
for a moment of the colored slaves in
Ahmed Bey's harem and she gave little
shrek of terror, but her fright quickly
passed away.
When she saw women Of dignity climb
ing into upper berths on the train, while
she enjoyed a regular bed, she was slight.
ly amused. Yet she always remained the
simple unspoiled child of Nature, warm
hearted and ready to share her good for
tune with every friend and acquaintance.
This poor girl, whose clothing for two
and half years varied from a wisp Of
rags to nothing a: all, was fitted with a
wardrobe from the best couturieres and
modistes of New York. She had smart
tailor-made costumes for day wear and
dainty decollete dresses for receptions and
evening wear.
Greatest luxury of all, for one who had
wandered for years in bare feet, she had
several pairs of shoes of the finest quality.
When Aurora reached Los Angeles, q
comfortable limousine waited for her a.
the station. Nesting in its luxurious cush-
ions, she was rolled away to the finest
hotel in the city There the Presidential
suite had been reserved for her, the suite
that had been occupied by Presiden: Taft,
President Roosevelt and several foreign
Ambassadors.
Her rooms were filled with flowers sent
by her admirers and sympathiZers who had
read of her brave struggles to escape from
the Turks. The leading citizens of Los
Angeles and their wives called upon her in
such numbers that after three days the ex-
citement upset Aurora and she had 20 go
into the hands of trained nurses-another
luxury of American civilization quite new
to her In Armeri ia she had dragged her
self about without help when suffering
from cruel wounds.
Aurora made a quick recovery, and she
went on with the work Of representing on
the film her own story and the mar:yrdom
of her people.
The Committee for Armenian Relief pro-
poses that this motion picture shall i'm
press the whole tragedy of Armenia deep
The Washington times., 1919-01-05

THE readers of this newspaper who
- have followed tne-story Of poor little
= Aurora Mardiganian, the Christian
Armenian girl who was held captive by The
3 Turks. win perhaps be interested to learn
Of a new chapter in her extraordinarily
eyentful young life.
This girl, who wandered for two and q
half years across the blistering deserts OF
'~'Asia Minor till her feet dripped blood, has
ntust travelled across the American Cont
nent with every luxury that our railroads
can supply.
-cs Once before she had ridden on a railroad
when the American Armenian relief COM
.mittee sent her from Armenia to take ship
rr7 for the United States. In a cattle car,
hsleeping on the floor, huddled in with
soldiers, with loaf of black bread, little
Aurora made her journey happy and con-
tented. Il was the first railroad she had
D: seen, the first railway car she had ever
III been in-so far as she knew It was the
best there was, and it was all very wonder
, ful.
- Now Miss Aurora has just arrived in
California after journey across the Amer
lean deserts. And this time the little per-
secuted waif travelled in a drawingroom
T. and took her meals in trans-continental
dining car. No drunken Russian soldiers
10 trod on her sleeping form, no brutal lib
critics were taken with her this time.
She lived for the greater part of two and
= a half years on grass, insects and such
food as she could pick up in the wilder
ness. Now she eats chicken and aspara-
gus. candy and fruit and every delicacy
,pt girl could wish.
: She spent her two and a half years es-
he Gaping the clutches of Turkish pashas and
murderous Kurds. Now she is in the
hands Of the most kind-hearted and charit
y able women of America.
O., Can these things be real!" says Aurora.
-'I am in fairy land"
..,. Then she laughs in girlish glee at the
queer sights she sees-the women climbing
into their berths, the dinner appearing as
- Il by magic in the railroad car, the colored
:, porters bowling before her with obsequious
courtesy, the purring, cushioned automo-
biles that carry her hither and thither
- Everything that happened to her from
New York to Los Angeles was in marvel
lous contrast with her previous life. Her
- pathway is strewn with flowers and recep-
tons and kindness. Committees of public
= spirited and sympathetic people await her
at every stopping place with automobiles
ready to welcome her to luxurious hotels
jcor private houses.
All these bewildering adventures are
happening to Aurora because the Ameri-
can Committee for Armenian and Syrian
Relief Of which Cleveland H. Dodge is
- treasurer and Miss Nora Vain secretary,
decided to send her 20 California, Among
the leading members of the committee are
70. .ex-President Taft, Judge Charles E.
: Hughes, Bishop David H. Greer and ex-
IL Ambassador Morgenthau The name Of
this great charity has been changed to
-. American Committee for Relief in the Near
=. East.
In sending Aurora to California they had
two objects. One was to give this young
( girl q delightful experience, to make her
The Washington times., 1919-01-05

Now Miss Aurora Has
just Arrived In California
After q Journey Across
the American Desert. And
This Time the Little Perse-
cuted Waif Travel
led In q Drawing
room and Took
- Her Meals in q
Trans-C Continental
Dining Car
No Drunken Rus
sian Soldiers Trod
ON Her Sleep
ing Form, no Brutal
Liberties We're
Taken with Her.
The Washington times., 1919-01-05

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
HURLEY TELLS OF
PLAN FOR DIRECT
S. AMERICA ROUTE

Washington, June 4.-PIans for
the establishment Of direct steam
ship lines connecting American At
lantic. Gulf and Pacific ports with
South and Central America, were
laid before the pan-American com
mercial conference here today by
Chairman Hurley of the shipping
board. They call for direct lines
from New York to Brazil, Argen-
tina and Chile, from New Orleans
or Mobile to the west coast of South
America and Seattle and other Pa
cific ports to western South Ameri-
can ports.
The line between New York and
Brazil and Argentina, Mr.. Hurley
said. will be inaugurated on Nov.
1, with the former German liners
Mount Vernon. Won Steuben and
Agamemnon, which are to be re-
modelled for this trade. These YES
sells have a speed of 231R knots an
hour and viii be able to make the
trip from New York to Rio de ia
neiro in nine days and to Buencs
Aires in IA days.
Mr.. Hurley told the conference
that 266 ships of S63, ,S34 dead
weight tons already had been alIo-
Gated to the Latin-American trade
and that others would be assigned
as soon as they became available.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
WINNIPEG ARMY
men IN PARADE
Follow Yesterdays Refusal to Par
ticipate by Joining in Strike
Demonstration.

Winnipeg, June 4.-Members OF
the Veterans organizations, who
kept out of demonstrations OF
strikers yesterday by advice OF
their leaders, are parading today
under sanction of their heads. The
railroad mediators are still at
tempting to conciliate matters, but
no definite information has been
given out.
Nearly all branches of organized
labor answered the strike call in
Vancouver yesterday, only the
street railway men and the postal
workers refusing to walk out.
News of the settlement of the
threatened general strike at Tor
onto was received here today, but
so far has not appeared to affect
Winnipeg's situation.
Possibility of trouble between
returned soldiers factions, who
have split over the question of ap-
proving the general strike in Win
nipeg, became apparent this fore
noon. After the majority faction,
which has condemned recent bois-
ferrous parades in which some re-
turned soldiers participated, ar
ranged for parade today, leaders
of the minority faction declare
they, too, would march in a sep
arate demonstration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
u. S. RULE FOR
GERMANY BEING
URGED BY HUNS
Would Become Protec.
torate of America
Give Profits for Aid.

Berlin, Tuesday. June S.-By
the Associated 7ress.) - There
seems to be spread demand
on the part of C rans in the eff
fort to induce america to enter
into a limited alliance with Ger
many or take a protectorate over
this country giving Germany inan-
cIal aid and protection and taking
IN return the lions share of the
prohts of the countrys industrial
activities. This sentiment. which
first made its appearance last De-
cember has become very much
stronger lately.
Appeal To Z. S. People.
The magistrates of 200 German
municipalities, with populations to-
falling S0,00O,OO0, have signed an
appeal on behalf of the German
cities to the American people pro-
testing against the peace terms and
demanding "a peace of justice"
such as was promised on the basis
OF President Wilson's principles.
A number of American born
women who have become German
subjects by marriage are signing
a similar appeal to the women of
America This appeal protests also
against the continuance of the
blockade.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
CHICAGO REDS
HATCHED PLOT?
Anarchistic Literature Found al
Scene of Bomb Blasts Print
ed in Windy City.

Chicago, June 4.-FederaI agents
today searched every known rem
desvouz of radicals of Chicago for
clews which may lead to the arrest
of the persons responsible for the
nationwide bomb outrages.
Evidence showing that some of
the radical literature used by the
conspirators apparently had been
printed in Chicago led officials to
believe that perhaps the entire
plot may have been planned in this
city.
Proprietors of IL radical print
ing shops were taken into custody
last night and questioned by fed
eral government agents. One of
the printers confessed that a Rus
sian whose name he does not know
but whom he can identify came to
his shop recently and gave the
order for the radical circulars
found in connection with the whole
sale murder program. The sus-
pect also told of other literature
of the same character having been
out by other shops. Later the
printers were released but they
will be closely watched.
Federal agents were kept busy
all day questioning suspects taken
last night in eight raids on head
quarters of radical groups.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
QUITS MINISTRY
TO BE CHRISTIAN,
PASTOR ASSERTS

Detroit, Mich, June 4.-Can a
man be a successful minister" OF
the gospel in these days and at the
same time practice and preach the
principles of human brotherhood as
proclaimed in the Sermon on the
Mount?
The Rev. I. Paul Taylor, minister
of the Highland Park Congrega-
tional church, raises the question
and answers in the negative in mis-
letter of resignation and announce
ment of his intention to leave the
ministry, which he has just present
ed to the officials and congregation
of his church.
The Rev. Mr.. Taylor is a
Christian Socialist" During the
years of his ministry in Detroit he
has been answering in his procIa-
nation of the Christian funda-
mentals.
81 leave the church in order that
l may live a less cramped and
stifled life," the Rev. Mr. Taylor
said. II desire to live a Christian
life, and that is impossible for me
to do and at the same time be a
successful minister"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
LATE BULLETINS

London, June 4. - General
SemenOff, leader of the Cos
sacks in Eastern Siberia, has
called a congress which de-
clared the autOnOmys of Mon
gOlia. according to a Russian
wireless dispatch from Mos
cow. The congress. the boil
sheViki message adds, elected
SemenOff "Grand Duke of Mon
gOlia.s
Rio Janeir0, Tuesday. June
S.-Several persons were
wounded in a fight today be-
tween police and strikers. Or
der was reestablished after the
fght, but the strike continue
New York, June hArra.
mentS for direct cable ser
between the United States 4
Brazil and thence along t. =
tire eastern coast of
America, have been ente
to between the NeSter III
Telegraph and WeSterA u
graph cOmpanW of CIR
tain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
LARGER RATES ON
METAL PRODUCTS
ASKED BY ROADS

Washington, June 4.-General
increases in freight rates on bull
lion and smelter products were
asked today by a number of rail-
roads.
Increase of SIS per cent of the
rates effective prior to June %,
1918. from Brownsville, Eagle Pass,
Ell Paso, Lared. and Maria, Tex.
to Omaha, Neb., Chicago and Joliet,
Ill, and Gary, Ind, was asked by
southwestern lines.
Other increases from producing
points in the northwest to various
destinations throughout the Unit
ed States were asked by the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul, Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific. Mis-
souri, Pacific and Oregon Short
Line railroads.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
COUNTRYWIDE
TIEUP SEEN in
ATLANTA MIX
Walkout of Operators to
Assume National Scope
Says Leader.

Atlanta. Ga, June 4.-Union
telegraphers employed by the
Western Union Telegraph company
at Atlanta went on strike today in
sympathy with the telephone oper-
ators of the Southern Bell and At
lanta Telephone companies, VINO
left their switchboards Monday.
Washington, June As. T. Kon-
enkamp, president of the Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union of
America, said today that the At
lanta strike would spread until it
assumed nationwide proportions
and result in tie-up of the coun-
try's telegraph and telephone COM
munication.
THE primary reason for the
trouble now threatening through
the Atlanta strike" said Mr.. Konen-
kamp, lis the failure of the wire ad-
ministration through Postmaster
General Burleson, to appreciate the
force OF and carry out the labor
policy of President Wilson"
Held Not General.
The postoffice department wire
control board" announced that re-
ports reaching it from Atlanta
showed that the sympathetic strike
or telegraphers was confined to a
few individuals and was not gen.
eral.
Strike Call Set for June 16.
Springfield, ILL.,, June A strike
call set for June 16 at a. m. is
being sent out from the headquar-
ters of the International Brother
hood Of Electrical workers here, ac-
cording to an announcement made
this afternoon by Charles P. Ford,
secretary of the union. Sixty thou
sand operators will cease work on
that date if demands made on Post
master General Burleson some time
ago are not answered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
COPIES OF PEACE
TREATY ARRIVE
IN WASHINGTON

Washington. June 4-CCpies OF
the peace treaty with Germany
have reached Washington by cour-
Ter, supplementinF the cabled teSt
received at the state department
several weeks ago. Copies have
been supplied 10 the Japanese en-
bassy, which has forwarded them
to Toxic and it was assumed that
the text had been received by other
embassies here.
State department officials said
today that in addition to the cabled
text received at the department
the financial and reparation sec
tions had been supplied to the alien
custodian and other government
bureaus some time ago for their
information and guidance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
FIVE INQUIRIES
OF EXPENDITURES
IN WAR PLANNED

Washington, June 4.-Five sepa-
rate Investigations of war depart
ment expenditures are to be made
by house committees each composed
of two Republicans and one Demo
crat, according to plans disclosed
before the house rules committee
today by Republican leaders. The
inquiries will center about aviation,
ordnance, camps and cantonments,
Quartermaster's corps and expend1-
lures in foreign countries.
The rules committee decided that
a resolution to enlarge the stand
ing house committee on war de-
partment expenditures to Is mem
bers should be made an order OF
special business. House considera-
ton of the resolution late today
was planned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
PARIS PEOPLE
WALK AS TIEUP
STRIKES CITY
Car Strike Threatens to
Spread-5OO, 900 are
Out, Belief.

Paris, June 4.-Paris walked to
work this morning, no subways,
tram cars or taxi busses being in
operation because of the strike
here. The situation is reported un-
changed.
Reports early this morning seem
to indicate that the strike was be-
coming worse and was showing a
tendency to spread to all trades
where there are outstanding diff
ferenceS between the employers
and men, even sometimes against
the judgment of the strike leaders.
Although there was some 350,000
on strike in the Paris district yes
terday, it was said early today that
the number might be 100000 before
night. Everything is proceeding
with the most perfect calm and
there have been no untoward Incl
dents.
Military Takes Control
The electrical workers in the
power station at Vetry Joined in
the strike yesterday afternoon,
stopping the street cars in Yer
sailles and closing down all indus
tries using electricity in the dis
trict. BY evening, however, the
military authorities had taken pos
session and the current was turned
on again.
The employees of the street car
and motor bus organizations adopt
ed a resolution declaring that the
workers would remain out until
full satisfaction was received for
their demands for the proper ap-
plication of the eight-hour day
act and wages in keeping with the
increased cost of living.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
WILSON PRAISES
YANK FLYERS ON
CROSSING OCEAN

Paris, June 4.-President Wilson
received Lieutenant Commander A.
c. Read, commander of the Amer
lean naval seaplane n. CA, Com
mander John H. Towers who was IN
charge of the flight of the three
American seaplanes which attempt
ed to fly from America to Europe,
and Lieutenant Commander P. n. L.
Bellinger, commander of the naval
seaplane n. C.-1, this morning. He
congratulated them and expressed
pride in the work they accomplish
ed during the flight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
IMPERATOR, HUGE
TROOP SHIP, AND
STEAMER CRASH

New York, June 4.-The former
German liner Imperator, which
sailed from this port yesterday for
Brest, collided about three hundred
miles northeast Of Sandy Hook last
night with the steamship Agwidale,
from Rotterdam for New York A
wireless message from the Agwi-
dale stated that she was proceed
ing for this port under her own
power, but requested convoy. AS
no word was received from the I'm
perator she is presumed to have
resumed her voyage.
A later wireless message stated
that the Imperator was undamaged
and that the damage to the Agwi-
dale was slight. A heavy fog is
said to have caused the collision.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
URGES FUNDS FOR
u. S. EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE BUREAU

Washington, June 4-Insertion
in the sundry civil bill of an ap-
preparation of $4,000. 900 for main
tenance of a federal employment
service during the fiscal year was
urged by Colonel Arthur Woods,
assistant to the secretary of war,
on employment of discharged SOL
diers, in letters received by Chair
man Warren of the senate appro-
priations committee and Chairman
Good of the house committee on
ways and means.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
DESCRIBES ARMY
METAL PRODUCTS
PLACE FOE GUNS

Princeton, June "details of
the sound ranging service" in the
overseas army by means OF which
the location and caliber of enemy
guns were recorded and photo
graphic chart finished one minute
after enemy artillery activity COM
menced, were made public here to-
day by Professor Augustus Trow-
bridge of the physics department,
until recently lieutenant colonel
in the engineer corps and chief of
the sound and fash ranging SER
vice of the Second American army.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
GRAND PACIFIC,
FAMOUS CHICAGO
HOTEL, PASSES ON

Chicago, June 4-The Grand
Pacific hotel, famous for a third of
a century, passed into history last
midnight. The building is to be
razed to make room for n sky
scraper to be erected for the Anal
gamated bank, composed of the
Merchants Loan and Trust COM
pany and the Illinois Trust and
Savings bank.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04

(The revolution in Costa Rica
has been going on for two months,
but has been attracting consider
able attention in Central American
countries for the past four weeks.
Forces said to have been recruited
from political exiles formed bands
along the Nicaraguan frontier near
Lake Nicaragua and advanced
southwark, clashing on several oc-
casions with forced commanded by
Joaquin Tinoco, Costa Rican min
lister Of war.
Fighting In Mountains.
The fighting has been restricted
almost entirely to the mountainous
country near the Nicaraguan bor-
der. Puntarenas is a port on the
Pacific coast of Costa Rica and is
the Pacific terminus of the railroad
extending across Costa Rica, to
Port Limon, which is the most i'm
portant seaport on the Atlantic
COAST.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
FORMER MAYOR IN
LEAD OVER MAYOR
IN MAYORS RACE

Los Angeles, Cal, June 4.-Of-
fetal returns from 462 Of the 755i
precincts in the city gave the fol-,
lowing results early today on yes,
terday's mayoralty election:
Former Mayor Meredith p. Sny-
der, 26,779. Mayor Frederick T.
Woodman, 1858.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
REDUCTION OF
NAVY ORDERED
Entire Enlisted Force to be Cut to
25O,0OO Men-ShOrt RAtiOns
Reduced First.

Boston, June Am order from
the navy department calling for a
reduction of the entire enlisted
force to not more than 250,00Q
men by July l was received here
TO-DAY. 1t is directed that the great
ar part of the reduction come from
shore stations first so that the ef-
ficiency of the feet will not be i'm
paired
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
The Weather

Probably showers tonight and
Thursday; not much change III
temperature.
Highest temperature yesterday,
50; lowest last night, 66; at a.
N. today. &c.
Wind velocity at Z a. m, 5 miles.
Precipitation in the last "a hours,
81 inches.
Relative humidity at p. m, 81;
at a. m, IS.
Stage OF river, Sc feet; a rise of
z feet in "a hours
J. NJ SheE5er, Meteorologist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04
PERSHING NSPECTS BREST.

Brest, June 4.-General Pershing
inspected the naval and military
base at Brest this morning. and
reviewed some units of the Sixth
division of regular army troops be-
fore their embarkation for the
United States on the transport Le-
Yiathan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04

Cape May, n. J., June 4.-The
navy dirigible C.-8 has arrived here
after nonstop flight from Akron,
Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-04

REBEL MOVE Is
HELDCAUSE OF
YANK ACTION
Tinoco Revolt Agains,
Government Forces
American Step.

San Salvador, Republic Of
Salvador, June 4-American
marines have been landed at
Puntarenas and Port LimOn.
Costa Rica, because of the revO-
luton against the government
headed by General TinOcO, ao-
cOrding to dispatches printed In
newspapers here.