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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
Lowden Vetoes Special Tax Measure
HOLDS u. S. CAN
NOT TURN DOWN
FILIPINO PLEA
Head of Mission Says
Nation Must Fulfill
War Aims.

New York. April 19.-Immediate
independence for the Philippines on
the double ground of the islands
fitness for, self-government and
their right to this status under the
United States war policy guaran-
teeing the liberties of small ma
tions was urged today by Manuel
i. Quezon. president of the Philip
pines senate and chairman of the
territOry's mission to this country.
How could America give its rec
ognition. even it's assistance and
CZeCho-Slovakia, Poland and other
cooperation to the independence OF
submerged nationalities, the sena-
tor asked, and withhold it from the
Philippines? He called attention
to his country's six years of self
rule, pronounced successful by SUI
pervising government officials.
Approves League.
zMr. Quezon voiced the Philippines
"enthusiastilc approval of the
league of nations, not only because
of the need of an international
agency to curb militarism and pro-
tect peaCe-loying peoples but of his
country's experience under some of
its features. He described a proud
precedent" for the mandatory idea
contained in the league covenant.
the unprecedented progression" of
the progress of the FiIipinos under
American suzerainty, an admins
tration free from exploitation"
Has Made L. s. Champion
This magnanimous treatment
he continued, has made America
what it is today in the eyes of the
weak and struggling peoples-the
champion of their rights, the re-
deemer of their bondage"
He saw no way open 10 the Unit
ed States consistent with her in
ternationally advocated principles
but to crown with azRAilippfne re-
public the wonderful work" ac-
complished in the islands.
When America assumed trustee
ship of the Philippine for humanity
and civilization" Senator Quezon
said, establishment Of a stable gov
ernment was made a prerequisite
to independence.
Conditions Are Net.
This state had been accomplish
ed. he said, in an archipelago gov
erned in practice wholly by native
officials.
With the Filipino people ready
for independence the senator said.
the commission which he headed
had ben sent to America in conf
dence that it would be able to win
for the country "a share of the
fruits of democracy's victory"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
LOAN CAMPAI
SET FOR START
Many Cities Over Country Already
Started WOrk-MuSt Raise
S25O,OOO, 900 Daily.

Washington. April 19-First re-
ports to the treasury today of the
Victory Liberty loan campaign dis
closed that the three weeks drive
TO raise s4.50O.00O. 900 already has
been started in hundreds of com
munities. Without awaiting the
formal opening Monday, commit
tees were at work today gathering
promises of subscriptions to be Of
ficially recorded Monday. Many
cities had arranged parades and
mass meetings of citizens for today
and tomorrow to boost the loan and
in a number of churches preachers
necessity of Americas pushing the
have planned to discuss the urgent
loan, in connection with their Eas-
ter services.
To raise the entire amount of the
loan it will be necessary for the
country to subscribe at the rate of
$3.50 100000 each day.
A feature of the opening of the
loan Monday will be the testing of
new wireless telephone apparatus
by which a man flying in an air
plane above the city will deliver an
address to throng on the treasury
steps through use of a sound amp
lifier. set up on the ground
Admiral Sims will be a speaker
on this occasion, and Billie Burke.
the actress. will sell bonds from the
treasury steps.
Even while the loan campaign is
under way, the war savings organ
ization throughout the country in
tends to keep up it's work. although
not in direct competition with loan
workers. The slogan of the thrift
campaign this year. it was an
nounced today will be Save First
Spend Afterwards"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
6 CHILDREN DIE
AS TRAIN HITS
WAGON; HURT
Woman Driver and
Two Little Ones
Only Survivors.

Laporte. Ind, April 19.-Six
school children were killed and sew
en- seriously injured about 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon at a Grand
Trunk railroad crossing seven
miles south of here, when west
bound mail train No. 8 crashed into
the wagon in which the children
were being driven to their homes.
The driver and two other children
escaped injury.
The crossing is just east OF the
town of Kingsbury and is consid-
cred dangerous, as the Wabash
railroad crosses the wagon road on
bridge just before the tracks of
the Grand Trunk are reached. The
bridge and its approaches hide the
Grand Trunk road from view.
The dead are:
INEZ MITCHELL, II.
HAZEL KREGEL. Is.
WILLIAM SCHMITZ. 6.
IRENE WILDT. Is.
WINIFRED CONDOR. IA
EVELYN HARRIS, II.
The first five were killed outright.
Evelyn Harris died at the hospital
in Laporte at o'clock.
List OF Injured.
Beulah Hansonfi IL; seriously.
Margaret May Blelefeldt, z;
slightly.
Gordon Harris, s; seriously; may
die.
Richard Harris. 10; slightly.
Edna Wildt, II; legs broken.
Donald Wildt, 9; legs broken.
- johnson, 8; legs broken;
body badly cut.
All but the Johnson child were
country pupils of consolidated
school at Kingsbury. and the acci-
dent occurred as they were being
'drivenssgme by Mrs-Walter John-
son, whose husband is the regular
driver of the wagon.
The wagon was directly on the
track before the train was seen, and
was struck squarely in the middle.
Mrs. Johnson and a son. 3. were
uninjured. although the wagon was
spliDtered and the train rushed on
for zoo feet before it could be
stopped. Her other baby. sitting
on the seat with her. was severely
injured
Boy Leaps to Safety.
Wilbur Condor. u, who was
standing on step at the rear of
the wagon, also escaped injury by
jumping when he saw the train.
of of tho nhftIrny1
were found on the pilot of the en-
CINE when the train was stopped,
and together with the other victims
were taken to hospital at Laporte.
The horses broke loose and ran
away unhurt
Il stood up three times on ap-
preaching the crossing to look for
a train" said Mrs. Johnson. but
did not see it. I did not hear any
whistle blown and was on the track
before noticed our danger.
whipped up the horses in an effort
to escape, but it was too late"
Wilbur Condor said he heard the
train whistle just as the wagon got
on the track and that is what caus-
eI him to jump.
Train Late, Was Speeding.
No explanation was obtained from
tie engineer last night. but the con-
ductor. H. G. Walworth, said the
train was Is minutes late and was
up time. 1t was due at
at 4:05 p. m.
The three Wildt children are the
children of Mr.. and Mrs. William
who live just across the
track from the crossing. The wag-
on was to have made its first stop
there to let those children off.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Harris are
the parents of the three Harris
children.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
The Weather

Partly cloudy and somewhat un-
settled tonight and Sunday; warm
er tonight
Temperature at a. m. So. High
lest yesterday, 61. Lowest last
might. so.
Velocity of wind at a. m, seven
miles per hour.
Precipitation. none.
Relative humidity at p. m. 3S; !;
az S a. m. so.
Stage of water, ia; Sc Of 4
Ia last "a hours.
]. NJ. Sherier. Meteorologist-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
ONE KILLED AND
THREE WOUNDED IN
A PISTOL BATTLE

Des Moines. Iowa. April 19.-One
robber was shot and killed. another
robber and a policeman probably
mortallv wounded and a civilian
was slightly injured in a pistol
fight early today when police
clashed with burglars discovered
in an east side grocery store. The
third robber is in Jail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
D.A. ADLOTRNS TnnAY.

Washington, April 19.-RepOrt Of
the committee on recommendations
of national officers and national
committees was the only matter to
come before the morning session
of the national society. Daughters
of the American Revolution. today
The afternoon session was to be
followed by adjournment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
Install Wireless.
FAIR WEATHER FORECAST.

washington, April Iy.-Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday, issued by the weather bu-
reau today are: Upper Mississippi
and lower Missouri valleys: Some
prospect of rain about Tuesday.
otherwise generally fair, although
possibly unsettled at close of week
over lower Missouri valley. Nearly
normal temperatures although
somewhat above Tuesday ard
Wednesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
USE OF KNIFE
OPENS FIGHT
FOR HIS PLAN
Expect Governor to Cut
ALI Bills to Force Pas
sage Commission Act.

Springfield, Ill, April 19-Gov-
error Lowden vetoed today the
Dieterich bill authorizing cities of
less than 100. .0OO inhabitants to in
crease the special tax for public
hospitals from three to FIVE mills on
F~be dollar and to issue bonds for
stls hospitals payable out of the
taxes
The governor pointed out that
the Dieterich measure contained
no provision for a referendum
which, he declared, was a settled
policy in Illinois.
Points TO Commission Bill.
Expressing himself as opposed to
the principle of special taxes for
special purposes, except in press
ing emergencies, Governor Lowden
called attention of the legislators
to measures now pending which
propose the administration of all
tax questions by tax commission.
The creation OF such a commission,
he stated, would result in a more
equitable equalizement of property
and would in a measure remove the
need for increased taxes.
Insistence of the governor on the
enactment of a law establishing d
tax commission and his veto of the
Dieterich bill is interpreted to mean
that few special tax measures will
survive his veto at this session. A
large-number of such bills are be-
fore the legislature.
DiSCGurages Special Levy.
The special tax. Governor Low
den declared. should be discour-
aged. a special tax for special
purposes" he said. invariably
tends to extravaganza. 1t may be
in excess of the needs for that par
ticular purpose, in which event
some means will be found to divert
the excess to some other purpose
I which appropriation has not
fDeen made"
The governor gives approval to
the position that the vote on a spec
ial tax or an increase of such spec
iaI taxes, should be a majority of
all those voting at the election, and
not a majority of those voting on
the proposition.
Tax DOdging Notorious.
Il cOnceue tndt there may be an
emergency in respect to many mat
ters of expenditure at the present
time" says the governors state
meDt. Il insist, however, that
there is also an emergency as to
the raising of revenues at this time
The two emergencies must be coL-
sidered together. The inequalities
of taxati0n, the entire escape from
taxation IN this state have been no.
torious for many years. In re-
cent decision of the supreme court
,it was declared that something like
A>thousand corporations in one
year. subject to the capital stock
and franchise tax, had escaped
such tax altogether.
Would Equalize County Taxes.
"In some counties property is as
sesSed at double the amount that
pre- ecisely the same kind of property
is assessed in others. There is q
bill before your honorable body to
remove these inequalities and to
substitute therefore the rule of
equality. If this bill becomes a
law. it will in a measure at IeaS.
remove the necessity for an in
crease in tax rates. The two sub
jects should be considered together. /
You can only meet an emergency
calling for larger expenditures by
meeting the corresponding emeTg-
ency creating larger revenues
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19

N
Geived from New England gov.
ernOrs to intervene in the tele-
phone strike in New England.
The president said he felt he
could not act intelligenuy at
this distance.
Washington. April 19.-Assistant
Postmaster General Rooms, chair
man of the wire control board, left
for Boston late last night TO par
ticipate in conferences looking to
settlement of the New England tel
ephone strike.
Expects Early Settlement.
Boston, April 19.-Assistant
Postmaster General Rooms, chair
man of the wire control board, told
representatives of the striking tele-
phone workers today that he saw
no reason why the strike could not
be settled within a few hours. He
said he had full powers from Post
master General BurleSon to adjust
the difficulty.
Hope of an early adjustment of
the strike of telephone workers,
which has crippled the service
throughout the greater part of New
England since last Tuesday, rested
today on a conference at the city
hall between Mayor Andrew J. Pc
ters and representatives of the
union operators. Mayor Peters re-
turned with a message TO the strik-
ers from Washington, where be
conferred yesterday with Postmas-
ter General Burleson and Joseph P.
TumuIty. secretary to the presi-
dent. Before leaving Washington
he expressed himself as very
hopeful" but declined to indicate
the nature of his proposal to the
strikers.
Meanwhile, the young women
telephone operators whose walk
out to enforce demands for wage
increases and the principle of col
lective bargaining precipitated the
strike which spread until it involv-
ed 5000 workers in various branch
es, held their daily mass meeting
and members of the New England
joint council of telephone workers
planned to go into session later in
the day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
OMSK RIFLE TO BE KID.

Washington, April 19.-Private
advices from London state that the
four great powers propose to rec
ogniZe the Omsk government as the
de facto government of non
Bolshevist Russia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
NEW YORK EDUCATOR DIES.

Troy. \. z, April 19.--ProfessOr
Dewinel F. Thompson, president
emeritus Of the Rensselaer, Poly
technic Institute, died this morning
after long illness. Professor
Thompson was an authority on In
dian relics.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
STILL UNLOAD SHIPS.

London, April ia German
wireless dispatch says the general
Ike at Bremen continues, but the
unloading of food ships is assured
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
'CROSS-OCEAN
FLYER FALLS
IN IRISH SEA
Briton Unhurt in Plunge
on First Leg of Trans
Atlantic Flight.

Limerick. April 19-aajOr J.
c. P. Wood, the British aviator
who left Eastchurch, England,
yesterday afternoon in his air.
plane for this city. fell into the
Irish Sea last night. Major
Wood and Captain c. C. Wylie,
his navigator, were uninjured.
The accident occurred near Holy
head. to which place Navigator Wy
lie went for assistance. 1t is believ-
ed the machine can be saved. No
details of the accident have been
received here, the news of Major
Wods falling into the sea having
been received by phone.
May Start Again Monday.
Woods machine will be repaired
at Hollywood if it is not badly dam
aged, it was stated this morning by
W. G. Kemp. manager for the air
plane company which constructed
it. He said notice had been received
of the extent of repairs necessary
but if it was possible, the machine
would be brought to Limerick at
once so that Wood might start on
his transatlantic flight as early as
Monday.
Escape Cnhurt.
London, April 19.-Major J. c. P.
Wood, who left Eastchurch yester-
day afternoon for Limerick, Ire
land. % B5eegf6' aaeS airplane trip
across the Atlantic ocean fell in the
Irish sea but escaped unhurt-
Major Woods airplane, which fell
in the Irish Sea last night has been
towed into Holyhead, according to
the Daily Mail. The machine was
uninjured and Major Wood and his
navigator are safe.
Other Flyer Lands Safely.
It was reported in London that
Lancaster Parker, an aviator VINO
flew from Eastchurch yesterday
soon after Major Wood left, and
who had not been heard from over
night, has landed safely.
major Wood left Eastchurch,
England, at 3:15 o'clock Friday aft
ernoon. During the evening he was
reported to have passed Sherness
on the Thames, short distance
from Eastchurch and then was lost
for several hours. Late at night it
was reported that a wireless mes
sage from his airplane had been re-
ceived in Liverpool but this was
doubted as Liverpool was far to the
north of the route he intended to
follow.
Lancaster Parker. another avi-I
ator. left Eastchurch soon after
Major Wood. but nothing has been
heard from him since he began his
filght.)
Weather Better, but Still Wait.
st. Johns, n. F., April 19.-Weath-
er conditions were slightly improv-
Cd here this morning, but it was
considered improbable that either
Harry Hawker, Australian pilot of
the Sopwith plane. or Captain Fred
e-ick p Raynham of the Martinsyde
machine. would attempt a start to-
day on their proposed trans-Atlan-
tic flight
Install Wireless.
Hawker and Commander Grieve.
his navigator. took advantage of the
delay to have mechani-
clans install a low power wireless
sending apparatus in the Sopwith
plane. The apparatus has a radius
Of 20 miles. which is believed suf-
ficient to call for help or ask near
by ships for weather reports.
Both the Sopwith and Martinsyde
planes are equipped with receiving
sets with an estimated radius of 200
10 $50 miles, but Captain Raynham
carries no sending apparatus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
BARNES WHEAT DIRECTOR.

New York. April 19.-Julius H.
Barnes has been appointed wheat
director of the United States by
President Wilson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19

Berlin, Wednesday, April 10
(By the Associated PressG Coy
ernment troops on Tuesday sur
rounded and captured 400 strike
le eaders in the Ruhr region who had
left Essen to hold a secret meeting
in the neighboring town of Werden
because of proclamation of martial
law prevented meeting in Essen.
Many of the strikers who attempt
ell to escape were wounded by the
fire Of the troops.
German government troops and
Bavarian soviet forces are believed
tC be fighting in or around Munich,
but little as to the trend of events
there has been learned. In north
ern Germany labor troubles con-
tinue. Bremen being the storm
center of what appears to be a Sc
rious strike, while strike movements
also persist in Berlin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
WILSON WILL
KEEP OUT OF
PHONE TIEUP
Declines Request to Inter
vene in Strike of East
Hello Girls.

President Wilson this morn
ing cabled Secretary Tumulty
declining a request he had re-
ceived from New England gov
ernOrs to intervene in the tele-
phone strike in New England.
The president said he felt he
could not act intelligently at
this distance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
BAVARIA REDS
AND SOLDIERS
STAGE BATTLE,
Fighting Serious il
Freising- Strikers
Surrounded.

Berlin, April 19.-Via Cop
enhagen)-SeriOus fighting be-
tween BaVarian communist and
government troops occurred
Friday near Freising, resulting
in fairly considerable losses for
both sides, a Munich dispatch
to the Tageblatt says.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-10
SENATE VOTES
CONTINUED From PAGE One.1

BY memorial adopted today in the
house congress will be asked to di
rect the war department to pay sol
diers, sailors and marines six months
pay at the time of discharge.
An appropriation of $4,000 annual
ly for the legislative reference bureau
mas authorized in the house.
Among other bills passed was one
making it necessary for the state
charter board to give approval before
branch banks may be established and
another which requires that mufflers
be kept closed on motor vehicles
when running on the public highway.
The Furnas bill requiring that with
the sale and delivery of coal, coke,
straw, hay and feed the purchaser
be given a certificate of weight, was
defeated. The Hogston measure,
which would have made both parties
to an accident such a a collision liza
Bile to damages, was also defeated
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-10
GRAIN QUOTATIONS
E. w. WAGNER a co.'s REVIEW

e. w. WAGNER q co.'s REVIEW
CHICAGO. March 10.-The Hoover
view on wheat was the all important
factor in today's market on grain and
provisions. Early exports of food
stuffs to Germany expected; this also
created bullish news. Large quaint.
ties Of short corn covering many stop
orders being caught on the advance.
Cash houses are credited with selling
considerable corn and one pit observer
who has been bullish states that corn
is passing into weak hands. Minneap-
oils quotes keen demand for wheat.
Recent advance in corn and oats is
having effect on barley. following the
wake OF corn. Hogs receipts liberal
and weekly receipts expected up to
estimates.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-10
St. Johns Lutheran Will
Observe 18th Anniversary

A resolution to celebrate the 18TH
anniversary of the organization of the
congregation of st. Johns Lutheran
church was passed by the congrega-
ton at a meeting held Sunday after
noon. The celebration will he held
some time during the summer. A COM
mittee was appointed to make arrange
ments for the affair and includes the
Rev. A. l.. Nicklas, chairman, Henry
Zimmerman, William Duning, George
Horning, Walter Kehlenbring and
George Kauper.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-10
BUTTER FAT QUOTATION
LOCAL QUOTATIONS

Buying-Corn, $1.40; oats, Coo; rye,
$1.15; straw, per ton, $500.
Selling-Cottonseed meal, per ton,
$500; per cwt., $3.50; tankage, 50
per cent, per ton, $500; per cwt,
$4.75; 60 per cent, sos per ton; $3.50
per cwt.; Quaker dairy feed, per ton,
$50, per cwt., s2.75; linseed oil meal,
per ton, $72; per cwt., 1915; salt, per
bbl, $2.75; wheat bran, per ton, s4S;
bran and shorts mixed, per ton, $50;
rye wheat middlings, per ton, $50;
-four wheat middlings, per ton, $50;
white rye middlings, per ton, $55.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-10

Departmental club are now being COM
piled by a committee OF women ap-
pointed by Mrs. Paul Comstock, chair
man of the club. A mass meeting will
be held in a few weeks to which ali
women who are interested. will be in
vited. At the meeting the constftu-
ton and bylaws will be read and dis
cussed. The committee will meet this
evening to work on the regulations.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-10
FRUIT & VEGETABLES
Corrected Daily by Egsemeysrs)
SELLING PRIcEa

VEGETABLES
New cabbage, 10c h., green beans
soc, cucumbers, soc; egg plant, 30c
h.. new spring carrots, 15c bunch ;
spring beets, sc Id.
Cauliflower, small, zoe b.; large
caulifiower, 15c h.; kohlrabi, 10c pei
bunch; leaf lettuce, 25c per lb; head
lettuce, trimmed, 35c h.; untrimmed
Csc pound; leak, 10c a bunch.
Bermuda onions. 15c per pound !;
parsley, sc bunch; mangoes, cents
each; tomatoes, hot house grown, 81
cents ID.
Jersey sweet potatoes. 12la Id. j;
turnips, new, Sc lb.; potatoes, old,
s1.75 bu.; young spring onions, sc a
bunch; Shallott's, 10c bunch; break
fast radishes, sc bunch.