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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-17
DISORDER is.
RIFE; PERILS
LIFE OF MANY
Wholesale Massacres Are
Feared - Murderous
Brigands Rule.

London, April lit is
learned here that the situation
in Turkey is causing grave anx-
icty. Internal disorder is rife,
according 10 reports from Rear
Admiral Webb, Il. y. A., at
COnstantinople. IL Is feared
there will shortly be outbreaks
and massacres OF The Armenian
population on large scale.
The situation at Smyrna, where
the Turks and Greeks are ready to
spring at each others throats. is
typical OF the situation throughout
Turkey.
BrigandS Dominate Country.
Bands of brigands are dominat-
ing the country, even within a few
miles OF COnstantinople, and COM
n:itting atrOciOus murders.
The committee of union and prog
ress, the Young Turk organization.
IS reported 10 be secretly conduct
ing an energetic reorganization
movement.
Fear New Egypt Outbreak.
Further disorders are feared in
Egypt. A division Of British troops
is on the way from the Dobrudja
10 reinforce the troops of Major
General Allenby. the special high
commissioner to Egypt, and TO re-
lieve a large number Of Australians
and New Zealanders who will re-
turn home.
India Disorders Grow.
Simla, India, Tuesday, April Is
Airplanes were used today in cop
ing with the disorders that have
broken out in the Punjaub. A mob
attacked a passenger train in this
district and wrecked the railway
Station at Gujranwala. Airplanes
were sent from Lahore and the mob
was bombed and subjected to ma
chine gun fire from the air
Martial law has beIn declared in
the districts of s/.hOre and Amrit-
sar. according to announcement
made here today. H. is stated in
the announcement that the gov
ernor general is satisfied that a
state OF open rebellion against au-
tLority exists in those districts
British Act in Hun Strike.
Cologne, Wednesday. April 10
In consequence OF the spread Of
the German strikes 10 the Cologne
district Lieutenant General Sir
Herbert Plummer. in command OF
tie British forces on the Rhoue, is
suel a proclamation today ordering
the immediate return Of the men to
work.
Berlin. wednesday, April 16.-
CBy the Associated Press Large
forces of Bavarian troops with ar
tillery and mine throwers. began
an advance on Munich yesterday
morning. according TO the Tage-
blatt. it is unknown where a deci-
sive battle has as yet been fought
II is assumed the government will
wait until an adequate number Of
reliable troops has been placed
about the city.
1t is reported that in the fighting
around the railway station in Mu-
mich, that the casualties total $50.
tBy Associated Press.
The communists are still in con-
troll of Munich. but heavy forces of
Ravarian troops are said 10 have
begun an advance on the Bavarian
capi al, according to Berlin ad-
vices. 1t is not known. however
v neither a decisive battle has as yet
been fought. It is believed that the
city will not he attacked until the
has thrown a strong
Gordon Of troops about IL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-17
URGES SPEEDING
UP OF PROJECTS
ON MISSISSIPPI

st. Louis, Mo. April 17.-Imme-
date completion of government
sanctioned waterways projects on
the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio
rivers was advocated by United
States Senator Selden H. Spencer
IF Missouri in opening the second
annual convention of the Missis-
sippi Valley Waterways association
here today.
Senator Spencer declared a gov
ernment appropriation of $4,000
600 should be made within the next
two years to complete the projects.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-17
Al TURKEY on verge OF REVOLUTION
Huns Must Accept or Reject Peace by May l
WEALTHY CLASS OF HUNGARY
TRYING HARD TO GET YANKS
TO MARRY THEIR DAUGHTERS

new government. however. to allow
middle class Hungarians to leave.
provided they do not take property
with them.
When Count Karolyi was in Vi
euna he called on Professor Phil
ip Brown. secretary of the Amer
lean mission here, and told him
that he would be glad to accept
a can of condensed milk. He
finds socialism a difficult program
here. partly because he felt he
was badly treated by the allies
and partly because he is hated
by the aristocrats of Hungary,
who charge him with betraying
themn into the hands of robbers
and fanatics. He was also de-
spondent because he was being re-
stricted in his expenditures. In
former times he was accustomed
to spending a million crowns an
nually.
Many Live In Poverty.
Count karolyi's frame of mind
is characteristic of all persons in
Hungary who have been appre-
hensive for weeks as to what
would happen next.
The condition OF many Hungar-
ians who have fed to Vienna is
one Of abject poverty. Count
Alexander Esterhazy, WHO lost his
son in the war and who was with
Former Emperor Charles until
the latter went to Switzerland, is
finding means of subsistence by
selling the furniture in mis- hOuse
here. He has already sold his
clothes.
There has been recent ex-
change of visits by officials of
Hungary and German Austria
Minister of War Boehm and Herr
Pogany of the Hungarian foreign
office are here from Budapest with
an army of clerks, ostsnsibly to
liquidate the affairs of the two
governments
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-17
DENIES REPORTS
OF CHANGES MADE
IN CABLE CENSOR

Washington. April 17.-Reports
of changes in regulations governing
censorship OF cables are denied by
Acting Secretary of State Polk who
stated that cables from all Eu-
ropean countries except France and
England were censored only by Of
fcials of this country. French and
English cables are censored by Of
fiCials in those countries he said,
while the United States exercises
similar censorship over messages
to Great Britain and France origin
ating in this country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-17
SOCIALISTS OF
FRENCH CHAMBER
TO QUIT IN BODY?

Paris, April (HavasD Al
bert Bedouce, Socialist member of
the chamber of deputies from the
upper Garonne, is reported by lie
Journal to have proposed to his
Socialist colleagues that they re
sign in body as a protest against
the attitude of the government in
declining to outline TO the parlia-
ment the details of the peace pre-
liminaries until the treaty has been
signed. The Socialist gre IS in the
chamber of deputies will take up
the question today Tor decision, it
is added.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-17
LATE BULLETINS

London, April l1.-C0ntinued
successes for Russian soviet
forces along almost the whole
OF the western Russian front
from the Baltic 10 the Black
sea is claimed in a Russian Of
cial wireless dispatch received
here today.
COblenz. April E.-Secretary
OF the Navy JOsephus Daniels,
enrOute to C0blenz, crossed the
Meuse into the occupied section
of Germany this afternoon. He
Will remain in this district for
several days.
Archangel, April 16.-Seven-
teen persons have been execut-
ed as the result of discOv-
cry of an organization here.
which planned 10 deliver the
town and garrison 10 the boil
sheTikl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-17
four SLAIN IN
ITALY RIOTING
Several More Wounded in Clashes
ut Milan Between Socialists
and Opponents.

Milan. Italy. April 1T.-Four per
sons were killed and several
wounded during disorders here
Wednesday incident to clashes be
tween Socialist and anti-Socialist
groups.
The Offices or the newspaper
Avanti were wrecked by the Social
lists.
The workmcn Of Milan, Bologna.
Turin and Genoa. the principal
manufacturing cities Of northern
Italy began a 24-hour strike today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-17
STEPHENS, WRITER,
PASSES SUDDENLY

San Francisco. Calf. April IL
Professor Henry Morse Stephens
of the University of California,
prominent educator and author.
dropped dead at the Union Ferry
depot here today after attending
the funeral of Mrs. Phoebe A.
Hearst. He was active in war work
and was called to Washington in
connection with it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-17
ROBBERS HOLD UP
BOOK MAKERS AND
GET A COOL $4,000

Chicago. April IA race horse
book-making place on the fifth floor
Of building half a block from the
city hall was held up by three rob-
bers last night. About $4,000 was
taken from the owners of the place
and several diamonds from patrons
who were made to hold up their
hands while the robbers worked.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-17
The Weather

Fair tonight and Friday. rising
temperature Friday with tho low
est tonight near freezing.
Temperature at a. m. %. High
est yesterday Al. Lowest last
night, SO.
Precipitation, .nS inch.
Relative humidity at p. m. "a,
at s a. m. 76.
Stage OF water 10.5, a rise Of i in
last "a hours.
j. n. Sherier, Meteorologist 1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-17
MEXICO REBEL
LEADER SLAIN
DURING BATTLE
Banquet Soon Dies
After Arriving to
Start Revolt.

Mexico City, April 17.-CBy the
Associated Press. General Aure-
liano Banquet. war minister in
President Huerta's cabinet, who re-
Gently was reported to have landed
in the Vera Cruz region for the
purpose of starting a revolution
against the CarranZa government.
was killed yesterday in a fight near
Chavaxtla village, according TO
press reports from Vera Cruz,
which quote a report from General
Francisco l.. Urquize. chief of mil
itary operations in the region of
Cordova and Oriziba.
According to kilograms given out
by General Urquize, the commander
in the region of Chayaxtla, General
Guadalue Sanchez, met a party of
rebels under Banquet late yester-
day afternoon. defeating them. The
dead body of General Banquet was
found later. General Sanchez tele-
graphed that he was bringing Gen
eral Blanquet's head to Vera Cruz
TO establish identification.
General Francisco Alveraz was
taken prisoner together with the
family of Pedro Gavay, one of the
most active lieutenants of Felix
DiaZ.
Revolt Plan Widely Known.
Vera Cruz papers have recently
been printing numerous stories re-
garding General Blanquet's pro-
posed revolt. These stories have
been published in the United States
but General Blanquet's claim that
he had 10000 men, with artillery
and an airplane and that he was
allied with other factions, has zeen
secuted officially.
The band which General Blan-
quet was leading when he was kill
ed was small and was poorly
equipped. it is reported.
The band which General Blan-
quet was leading when he was
killed was small aud was poorly
equipRsda-it is reported. ,,A.,-
While only a youth General BfAn-
quet was a member of the firing
squad that put to death Emperor
NaXimillian. at Quertaro. Rising
in the government serViC he be-
came minister of war under Presi-
dent Huerta, being the man who
personally arrested President
Francisco Aladero when Huerta
seized the reigns of government. It
was charged that he was involved
in the later assassination OF Ma
dero.
Fled With Huerta-
When Huerta fed from Mexico,
General Banquet accompanied
him. Recent reports received here
stated that he was operating a mo-
tion picture theatre in Brooklyn,
New York.
General AuTeliano Banquet sail
ed from New York for port in the
West Indies Jan. s, last. He was
provided with passports and ere
dentials. but the fact of his depart
ure was known to only a few of his
intimate friends. He was accom-
panied by General Juan Montana
and Brigadier General Enrique
Gonzales, with some minor officers.
The party landed at an unfre-
Guented Mexican port late III March
aud was met by a guard sent by
Felix Diaz, and was escorted TO
the headquarters OF
the Diaz forces. Since that time,
there have been reports of oper-
ations by General Banquet and his
chief. Senior Diaz. General Blan-
quet was II years old
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-08-03
Walter A. Brannen
President
Little Rock, Ark.

Either one of the coupons below are for your
convenience. To clip and mail one is simple
thing, but it may mean your future financial in
dependence.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-08-03

UWANTTOBUYOILS STOCK

You Want 10 Buy Oil Stock, But You Do Not KNOW
Which Company 10 Place Your Money i'm.
You Know Nothing About the Oil Came and as a
Consequence you feel thai it is all a gamble and
you feel like shutting your eyes and making bet.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-06
Mosquito Problem to
Be Met by City and
Railways Company

The Harrisburg Railways Com
pany has offered to meet the city
half way in ridding the upper end
OF town of malaria breeding mos
quitos by providing the needed
quantity of cinders and paying half
OF the transportation charges to
Division street and the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad near where the low
lands to be filled are located. The
cost to the city will not be more
than several hundred dollars under
this plan and DR.. Raunick, city
health officer, has asked Council to
provide the money.
The malarial mosquitoes are bred
in a small swampy section at the
Sixth street end of Hoffman's woods
and on property adjoining owned by
the Lalance- -Grosjean COMPANY,
which has agreed to fill it up if
the city does its part. The ground
lies high and the water accumu-
lates only in one depression which
can be removed at small cost The
people of the upper end of the city
are solidly behind the State and
City Health Departments in their
efforts to relieve the situation. The
traction company ordinarily is able
to dispose of it's cinders without
cost to itself, but at the solicitation
of the health department will load
the cars and pay half of the freight
charges. DR.. Raunick believes he
may be able to make an even more
economical arrangement by the use
of motor trucks.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-06
Outlaw Band Holding
Young Girl Is Sought
by Posse of 100 Men

Welsh, w. Va, Aug. "a pitched
battle was expected momentarily
early to-day between a posse of
100 men, armed with high-power
rifles, and band of outlaws headed
by Manderville Farley, alleged army
deserter, who is charged with alb
ducting and holding prisoner in the
mountains the 14-year-old daughter
of Kenneth Abshire, farmer. The
posse, headed by Sheriff Q. J..
Elliott, of Mercer county, and
Sheriff George Foster, of Raleigh
county, left Bluefields last yester-
day and was reported this morning
to be nearing the camp of the out
laws, who number twenty men,
mostly draft evaders on the summit
of Flat Top mountain.
Abshire's daughter, it is alleged,
was lured away from her fathers
home two weeks ago by Farley.
Abshire, having himself deputized
as a special officer and securing
warrant for Farley's arrest, went
into the mountains last week. He
met Farley with the girl and opened
fire on the mountaineer. Although
wounded by two shots from Alb
shire's gun, the mountaineer man
aged to escape with the girl when
dozen of his companions came
to his assistance. In another en-
counter with the band, Deputy
Sheriff Edward Wills, of Raleigh
county, was beaten badly by the
outlaws
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-06
LITTLE EVIDENCE
OF PRICE FIXING
in CITY MARKETS
Wide Range in Quotations
For First Time in
Many Weeks
LITTLE IS LOW-PRICED
Effect of the Anti-Forestalling
Ordinance Seen at Pro-
duce Stalls

Price-fixing, at least on some of
the produce brought to the city
markets. to-day, apparently has
stopped to a certain extent, judging
from the wide range in the prices
asked by the dealers, truckers and
farmers.
But the prices to the consumer
are as high as ever for good grades
of supplies, although some produce
was brought in quantities, indicat-
ing big crops during the week.
The attempt to raise the price of
eggs to 55 cents on Saturday met
with the same result as during the
last two weeks. Customers would
not buy except by necessity and to-
day most of the eggs in the markets
were offered at so and SO cents.
Corn Plentiful
Peaches and corn were plentiful
in market. For the fruit / cents
a box was the price at almost every
stand, although a few sold them nj
10 cents during the early hours. BY
the quarter peck peaches sold for
baskets were 81 to $1.30, and half
bushel baskets $1.25 up, depending
on size and quality.
Prices for corn varied from 10 to
80 cents a dozen Small ears of
evergreen, golden bantam and other
varieties were sold for 10 to 20
cents a dozen, while large ears oi
evergreen were rs to 35 cents.
Elderberries were on sale to-day
at some of the stands for and
10 cents a box, picked from the
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-06
STATE TO AID
IN GETTING DATA
ON RIVER SURVEY
Secretary Woodward Gives
Assistance to L. Brisen
Tucker, Representing US.

L. Brisen Tucker, representing
the United States Engineers Office,
came here to-day for a conference
with James f. Woodward, Secre-
tary of Internal Affairs of Pennsyl-
vania, relative to the preliminary
survey of the Susquehanna river
from it's mouth to Harrisburg, as
provided for in the rivers and har-
bors bill passed several months ago
by Congress.
Recently Colonel J. j. Loving, of
the Engineers Office of the War De-
partment, communicated with Sec
retary Woodward regarding data
which must b egathered and in re-
ply the Secretary told Colonel Low
ing that the Department would CO.
operate in every possible way. Colo
mel Loving later notified Secretary
Woodward that representative of
the office would be sent to Harris
burg and to-day MrTucker arrived.
To Gather Information
Secretary Woodward and the re-
preventative of the Engineers Office
spent the entire morning going over
the situation and laid pans for the
gathering of certain detailed infor-
nation. Under the provisions of
the rivers and harbors act the pre-
liminary survey will cover only the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-06
Excessive Profits Grabbed
All Way Down Line Boost
High Prices of Shoes

Washington, Aug. 6. - The high
price of shoes was declared to be due
to excessive profits taken by every
factor in the shoe production in
dustry in a report by the Federal
Trade Commission to Congress made
public to-day. The packers were
charged with having begun the
pyramiding of shoe prices by an
unwarranted increase in the price
were said to control. On top of
this increase, it was charged, the
tanners have taken exceptional
profits" while the shoe manufac-
turers have demanded an unusual
Margin" and the retailers have
charged prices that are mot justi-
fable"
The commissions report covering
the four-year period from 1914 to
1918, is the result of an exhaustive
inquiry into the price of hides,
leather and shoes begun more than
year ago it was said. 1t has been
in the Presidents hands for some
time, and it is understood that he
urged it's speedy printing and trans
initial to Congress in connection with
efforts of the Government to combat
| the high cost of living.
| To show that the packers during
the last four years have made un-
warranted increases in the price of
packer" hides. the report pointed
out that the price differential be-
tween their hides and country hides
- hides of a lower grade - has in
creased far beyond the usual pro-
portion" Charges of excessive
profits against the tanner and the
shoe manufacturer were said to be
supported by the high rates of re-
turn on investm ments." in both indus
tries following the price increases.
THE public" said the report,
had to pay prices for shoes that
not only could not be justified be-
cause retail shoe dealers took too
much profits, but because the dealer
had to pass on to the consumer the
excessive profits received by butchers
for hides and also the excess profits
of tanners and shoe manufacturers" +"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-06
STATE TO MAKE CITY
A MARKETING CENTER
Recently Reorganized Bureau of Department Agriculture
Announces Plan to Show How Producer and Consumer
May Be Brought Together to Best Results

Harrisburg, already selected by
Col. Edward Martin, commissioner OF
health, to be a model city in health
and sanitation and destined to be the
beautiful civic center of the Com
monwealth, will be made the pace
of model marketing under new State
plans. Advantage will be taken OF
its remarkable situation, proximity
to the garden of the nation and the
wheat and fruit belts of the Key
stone State to demonstrate how TO
secure the best in the way of food
by up-to-date methods.
The business of the newly reor-
ganized State Bureau of Markets is
not to fix prices or to upset the laws
of supply and demand, but to shorten
the distance between producer and
consumer, according to Secretary of
Agriculture Frederick Rasmussen
and Guy G. Smith, the newly ap-
pointed chief of the bureau, who to-
day outlined some of the plans for
the bureau. One is to make Harris
burg a model marketing center.
The bureau has no power to reg
ulate prices, that should be under
stood" said Secretary Rasmussen.
Neither has this department ans
such power. And we do not intend
to try to do too much"
Statewide Scope
Mr.. Smith says he wants to evolve
plan of State wide scope which will
link up the producing districts with
| the markets. He has specialized in
the marketing end in Connecticut
and New England. Part of the plan
| is to build up a state report system
! which will show where there Is
plenty of one kind of produce and q
demand in another. Philadelphia OIL
Pittsburgh may be filed up with po-
tatoes and Williamsport or Scranton
need them, for instance, he says. The
aim is to study out the problem and
as Harrisburg is in the center of q
rich agricultural district with q
varied production and with unusual
railroad and trolley facilities some.
thing will be done to develop the
thought. Harrisburg, says Mr. Smith
seems to have all the elements of any
marketing center and what will work
here will likely work in other popu-
lcus districts.
The next move after working out
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-06
ULTIMATUM IS
SERVED ON HUNS
BY RUMANIANS
Demand Reduction of Hun
garian Army, Surrender of
Animals and R.R. Stock
By Associated Press.

Paris, Aug. 6.-The Rumanians
Hungarian government, according
to messages reaching the Peace
Conference. The ultimatum, it is
stated, makes demands far in ex-
cess of the armistice terms and
gives the Hungarians until p. m.
to-day to comply with them.
1t is greatly feared in conference
circles that the Rumanian action
will result in the overthrow of the
new Hungarian government.
French circles state that the Ru-
manian Army is not under the com
mand of Marshal Foch, the Allied
commander-in-ch the Rumanian
generals refusing to accept orders
from the French. The Rumanians
have not been actively participating
in the Peace Conference since Pre-
mier Bratiano some time ago took
exception to the decision of the con-
ference upon the principle guaran-
teeing the rights of minorities
within national borders.
Demand Half of r. r. Stock
In their ultimatum the Ruman-
ians demand the reduction of the
Hungarian Army of $1,000 men and
the surrender of thirty per cent. of
the harvest animals and farm ma
chinery and fifty per cent. of the
railway supplies.
The ultimatum which was for
warded to Paris by Lieutenant Col
onel Romanelli of the Allied mill
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