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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
CUT SALARY OF
POSTAL CLERKS
Reduction Made Because Cost Of
Living IL Getting
Cheaper.

Chicago, Oct. l6.-(United Press
Reduction of salaries Of federal
employees has been started because
Of recent declines in living costs
according to advices today to Post
master Carlyle.
Carlyle was ordered to reduce
salaries of $50 employees Of the post
ONCE department in a letter re-
ceived from Postmaster General
Burleson. ',
Those affected were clerks and
bookkeepers who have averaged be-
tween $4,000 and $1,000 annually.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
no REVOLT IN CHINA.

1u, Oct. ls.-Omcial request
aaae BY The Chinese govern
% ne Associated Press to-
kahs - .aute recent rumors orig
G IN Shanghai that the gov
< mad been overthrown.
~ 70 NO truth whatever, -
- governments statement,
~ ,M1 0 . rsactionary move
.,.. !. actn China Az far - the
~ 49, know NO plot Of any
sx'ats. and the situation is
~ ceanse politically. beyond
nH peace prospects have
Wsd recently"
legations in this city
Enowledss Of the reported
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
SAYS G. o. P. is
PLAYING UPON
RACIAL GROUPS
Scores Party for Transfer.
ring European Strife
to America.
:

NAACA8Vs OC1 AV.TOp0oAI8 -
luncheon at tho IroQu0is club here
today Secretary Of State Colby
charged tho Republican party with
the methodical effort to play upon
the susceptibilities OF every racial
group In America" and character
ICED it "one Of the most sinister
features" Of the Republican cam
paign. He accused the Republicans
Of transporting to America and in
jecting into purely domestic issues
tactional strifes and prejudices Of
Europe and Of taking advantage Of
these susceptibilities in immigrants
before they have had time to learn
America and become Americans.
Mentioning the Germans, he said,
by way Of illustration, Mr.. Colby
declared that any general organ
ICED support from the German ele-
ment in America is an expression
Of either disappointment or resent
ment at the course Of the United
States in the war.
What he said Of the German ele-
ment. Secretary Colby explained,
applied to every other racial group
in America that thinks more OF
gratifying its racial antihathies
than 1t does Of serving America.
America is not interested pri-
marily in the rivalries between the
Albanians and the Jugoslavs, or in
their contentious over a boundary
the speaker declared, The preten-
sions Of Bulgaria - against the
Greeks have no place In this cam
paign. The lawless occupation OF
FMme by an excitable lyrist is NOT
its essence an American question.
Sowing Dragons Teeth.
ITO transfer 10 America is to in
ject into our consideration Of pure.
ly domestic issues the factional
strifes Of the Baltic nations and
the ancient rivalries CT the Balkan
or eastern European peoples, is tc
SOW dragon teeth in our midst
The Democratic party is not seek.
ing the support Of any Of theeS n.
cial groups among our population
ON the basis Of their prejudices OF
susceptibilities a. aliens. The lem.
ocratic party ID an American party
1t appeals to Americans on Ameri.
can issues i4~
1T is . horrible thing to con.
template a future in which Italian
nationalism. combining with Bull
garian jealousy Of Greece. and In
turn linking up with the German
smart under deserved defeat ant
backed BY the Irish diSsrust Of Eng.
land, should constitute q voune
block In our electorate, and yet tina,
! is precisely the point to which w
, are rapidly tending, when the Re.
publican party seeks to annex ant
appropriate for its own politica
purposes all the racial friction. dis
appointments, grievances and in
stincts that 1t can locate and iden'
tify amid our great population"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
OpnrRS INVESTIGATION.

Washington, Oct. le. = lUnited
Press. THE charge BY General
George Barnett Of 'fndiscriminate
killing" Of Haitiens by American
marines will be the subject OF a
thorough investigation by congress,
il was confidently believed here to-
day.
Further disclosures also are ex-
pected to develop rapidly in the IN
vestigation which Secretary of the
Navy Daniels has ordered into the
marine corps occupation Of HAIL
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
new POLICY
Of ObRECON
DECLARED
Mexico Seeks q. S. Rec.
ognition if Nations Dig
nifty Is Unaffected.

Mexico City. Oct. 1e.-(United
Press. )-Declarations by President
de la Huerta to American CORE
spondents. covering Mexico's inter-
national and internal policies were
interpreted today as reflecting the
attitude Of the incoming Obregon
administration.
Among the points made BY De Ia
Huerta were:
Mexico will pay all her Just
debts.
She will cooperate with the
United States and Guatemala In
maintaining peace along the inter-
national boundaries.
Although Mexico has not re-
ceived = note from the United States
outlining conditions for recogni-
tion. "she would accept conditions
which would not affect her national
dignity"
Tho League OF Nations els an in
stitutiOn beneficial to humanity"
Mexico has no intention OF con-
fiscating property.
De Ia Huerta's statement Is
known to have been prepared
after conferences with Alvaro Obre-
gon. president-elect; Roberto Pes
queira, financial representative In
Washington, who has Just returned
and George Creel. former head oi
the American committee on public
Information.
Mexieo,a Desira.
m. ,...,a.,. a.o,.... .,. ..,,.,
.h.. nk.e.nn .o,,,S - 80. ~ 1's -. . n;.
r noiic.es, ana for % this ~ rsason nc couIt t
~. ' - - esr.,S. ~ ..t;e.. ~ s..,I
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
AIR MAIL PILOT
KILLED BY FALL
RyaA ueMuIlen Of Dallas Meets
Death N AeciAent at
Batavia,

Omaha, Neb.. Oct. 1s.-Bryan Nc
Mullen Of Dallas. Texas. air mail
pilot Of the Chicago Omaha service.
was killed when his plane fell today
near Batavia, Ill. according to In
formation received hare from the
sup(rtntendent Of the aifDail serv-
Ice at Chicago.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
SEE PUZZLE
'INNEW YORK
ONELECT|0N
flaims Harding Gains by
fsmmany Throwing
for Governor.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
fspecial to The Argus.)

G srscuse, N. Y, Oct. 16.-Senator
rdins will carry New York state
1 decisive majority, Senator
||vSdsworth will be reelected BY
nay thousands Of votes less. and
4 this writing there is serious
lmbt whether AL Smith, the pride
4 Tsmmany's heart. will be re-
Alected governor.
that's the situation in the EN-
,Ire state, and q variety Of reasons
4 factors are contributing toward
ths result. First and foremost. the
lold which Republicanism has had
er New York voters has not been
weakened but strengthened since
the day four years ago when New
Yoek state gave Hughes a 10000
majority.
Second, the tide Of discomfort
svr the absence Of a reconstruc-
ton policy at Washington runs Just
4 hish here as in other states
kdopg the Atlantic seaboard.
- Third, Tammany, whose votes at
((ls San Francisco convention help
d to nominate Governor Cox and
achieved . notable victory over
the wilson forces seems TO have
been satisfied with the vengeance
wrought against William Gibbs Nc
Adoo for his audacity in endeavor-
Ing to purify the Democracy of this
state, and since the nomination OF
Coz, Tammany has done little or
nothing on the national ticket. All
effort d concentrated on the re-
election Of Governor Smith.
Throwing" Cox.
vcVrth, 10 deeply is Tammany
ilteStsd In the gubernatorial race
~ L y not only throwing" Cox
~ siso seems to have completely
iSfgptten Walker. the Democratic
nominee for United States senator
And everywhere one goes there II
talk Of how well Tammany likes
Wadsworth.
The latter ID wet enough to salts
y Tammany and his views on many
other questions are not PARTICULAR,
hostile to Tammany desires. How
b happens that while Judge Mil
tho regular Republican nomi'
fss for governor, Is popular ant
has Z personality that makes hin
n outstanding candidate. There
~ certain Republican leaders whit
would not lose much sleep or be
moan their fate II he lost to A
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
ssAM OF CHEF JACOBS.

Nmsneld. ILL.,. Oct. l6.-Chief
Jacobs Of the Springfield fire
.%ent. died this morning. He
ae'o the position almost six
sont Chief Matt Cullen, the
mi J. fireman in point Of service.
~. succeed him. temporarily. Chief
irss came to Springfield from
" Ons daughter survives
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
HARDING FACES
ENDoF JOURNEY
Speaks ut St. Louis Tonlght =
| Sharpens Anti Wilson
Bladgoon.

With Senator Harding, Enroute
to st. Louis, Oct. 16. Omitted
Press. )-On on the last leg Of his
present speaking trip, Senator
Harding today faced q heavy day Of
rear-end speeches through Indiana
and Illinois on his way to st. Louis.
where he speaks tonight.
Because OF the split in the Re-
publican organization in Missouri,
Harding's schedule was arranged
80 he arrives in St Louis shortly
after Z O'Clock tonight, just In time
for his speech. He leaves imme-
diately afterward for Marion.
His appearance in st. Louis is
complicated by the, fact that it is
the home Of Jacob Babler. the na-
tional committeeman for Missouri.
who figured in the pre- convention
financing Of the presidential boom
Tor Governor Lowden Of Illinois.
The national Republican committee,
since Babler did not resign, gave
over the active management OF the
committee in Missouri to State
Chairman Hughes.
Harding is now aiming his anti
Wilson bludgeontin q new direction
and is swinging hard at the failure
OF the administration to enter the
World war earlier. He deliberately
charged in his Indianapolis speech
that America was kept out of war
for political purposes and for the
sake of winning an election thous-
ands OF American lives were sacTi-
feed on the battlefields Of France.
Wonen n Tears.
Speaking with visible emotion.
Harding charged this was . be-
trayal Of American manhood and
before he was through some women
in the audience were wiping the
tears away.
He got into this phase Of the at
tack after denying the charge made
In a recent speech by William Gibbs
McAdoo that he favored compul-
sorry military training. Any peace
time system Of military training IN
America must be voluntary. Hard
ing said. The statement being used
aeainst him now, he said. was made
during the war when the adminis-
tration was refusing. he charged,
tn permit Theodore Roosevelt 10
take volunteers to France.
It is expected Harding Will short
" discuss the situation In Haiti on
the basis Of disclosures recently
made by General George Barne1'
until recently c0mmandant OF the
marine corps which was In control
of Haiti.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
KILLS WIFE BIT ACCTDRNT.

Council! Elufis, Iowa. Oct IS
Mrs. Frank Stielen, aged %. was
instantly killed late yesterday when
a shotgun in the hands Of her hus-
band Va accidentally discharged
while they were hunting near here.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
FELL From FLAME.

Corlin, Ky. Oct 1s.-Captain
Beavers, pilot. and I. B. Connolly.
machinist. members Of the Bar
bourville. Ky. Aero club. fell 1000
feet in q burning airplane. near
here. but escaped injury. leaping
as thsy approached the ground.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
WRANCEL Wins
RUSSIAN FRONT
CAPTURES 1000 Hen and Takes
Many Field and Machine
Guns.

Sebastopol Oct 1e-Continued
success along the various sectors
OF the south Russian front by
forces commanded by General Bar
on Wrangel are reported here.
Bolshevik attacks on the Tauride
front, in the neighborhood Of Kher-
son, have been repulsed and Gen
eral Wrangels troops have captur-
ed 5000 Of the enemy, and have
taken many field guns and machine
guns.
Take Russian CommApders.
Warsaw. Oct. 15.-The smashing
Of the 9Th bolsheviki division by
the Poles in a resumption Of fight
ing on the Russo Polish line Is re-
ported in tOnight's Official war Of
flee statement.
, The Poles are extending theil
lines toward the boundary set by
the armistice, which is shortly to
become effective and have reached
the town OF Krzywicze tprobably
Krzyvche on the old Galician boun-
dary southeast Of Lamborg). Rus
sian regimental commanders have
been taken prisoner by the Polish
forces.
XIII 50 Jews.
London. Oct 16.-(Jewish Tele.
graphic Agency. - (Vilna). Ac.
cording to an official statement is.
sued by the Lithuanian legation in
this city. 30 Jews have been killed
scores OF others wounded and q
number Of Jewish stores robbed IL
Wilma since the occupation Of thai
city by General Zellgouski.
The reports to the legation max
ing these statements say tha
young men Of the Wilma district ar
being forced at the point OF th'
bayonet to Join General Zellgou
skis ranks.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
HAS FRENCH BgANCH.

Paris. Oct 1.-THE Temps prints
. dispatch from New York saying
the Standard Oil company has
founded a branch in France.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
THE WEATHER

General fair tonight and Sunday.
Not much change in temperature.
Highest yesterday, 70; lowest last
night "a.
Wind velocity At a. m, Z miles
per hour.
Precipitation. 20 inch.
lam. 7p.m. Tam.
yester. yester. today
Dry bulb temp. 6S s2 81
Wet bulb temp. 81 6S- IS
Relative humid. 7S Is IS
River stage, 1.s; NO change last
- hours.
Rive Forecast.
Tho Mississippi will rise slowly
at Clinton and . rising tendency
viii extend 70 Nuscatine By Tues-
day.
JIM. sHERIER. Meteorologiss.
Washington. Oct. 1e.-Weather
predictions Tor week beginning
Monday are:
Upper Mississippi and lower Mis-
souri, valley: Unsettled and rains
It beginning OF week, followed by
generally fair and much cooler
weather with freezing tempara-
tpres.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16

London, Oct. 16-A crisis IN
the coal strike IL expected Wed.
nasday when the railway union
will hold . conference to do.
eide whether or not to join the
strikers in . sympathetic move.
nent and tie up transportation.
In the meantime the govern.
moat Is taking evory measure
possible 10 consorve food sup
plies. In . message to the min.
crs Lloyd George blames tho
strikers for rejecting WACO Of.
fers and preclpltating the strfkA
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
Rivsr Forecast.

RIVER stage, II; no change last
- hours.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-22

year after year, and each year those
who were here the year before
BRING BACK A FRIEND the next
year. They spread the fame of
Punta Gorda as one of the most de-
lightful of Florida's many delight
full towns, in fact, those who have
visited many other towns say Punta
Gorda HAS 1T ALL OVER any other
town in many respects. If our tour
lists go back home this spring and can
tell their friends that we have a
tourists club here in addition TO all
our other attractions THEY CAN
BRING BACK MORE FRIENDS than
ever before, and each year some of
our visitors decide that PUNTA COR
DA is THE BEST PLACE IN THE
WORLD, buy homes here and be-
come PERMANENT CITIZENS. We
want all of them we can get and the
more attractive our town is the more
we WILL get. So boost the tourists
dig down and make a
noise like CASH if you are asked!
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-22
Keek Government Bonds

Mr., Herbert D. Brown, cki1f of the
U2itcd States bureau Of efficiency,
make the startling announcement
that owners of Liberty and Victory
bCndc of email denominaticnS have
been dispn5ilg of them at the rate OF
from S10,00O,000 TO $12,00O,OO0
day. How long this has been going
On he does not say, but sufficiently
long to alarm the Government. In
almost every instance, says Mr.,
Brown, the bonds are disposed of at
considerable discount. Whatever
the reason may be for thus disposing
of Government securities, it is not
good sign.
Liberty and Victory bonds were
sold to the masses of the people not
only TO obtain the largest possible
amount of money but to create a pa
triotic sentiment among all classes.
4 financial interest in the affairs Of
the Government, no matter how
small, is more than likely to make
better and more loyal citizen out OF
the purchaser Of the evidence of that
interest. These sales tend to create
a public distrust if not an additional
desire to unload When purchasers
$50 and 500 bonds find that they
will bring only $42 and 500, re
spectively there is bound to be dis
appointment if not disgust.
To overcome this situation the
Government plans a system Of lend
ing on these bonds through the post
al savings department whereby the
owner Of a bond may borrow money
at low rate of interest with the
Of redemption limited by
the maturity of the bond 1t is ex-
pected that this will tend to stabilize
the price Of bonds and check the dis
pc2ab of them to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
York Herald.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-22
The PubliC'S View.

The Portland (Oreg.) journal
has been taking a poll on the Ques-
ton OF ratifylng the peace treaty,
and the result so impressed Senator
Chamberlain that he had it printed
Z day or two ago in the Congress
sional Record" Up tosthat time the
votes received and counted were:
For compromise and immediate
ratification. 374.
For ratification with Lodge reser-
vations, sc.
For ratification substantially re-
Seryations, Sc.
For ratification substantially as
presented by Wilson 1888.
Opposed to ratification in any
form, 1873.
The votes turned in for the day
following this tabulation; none for
The Lodge reservations; two for
compromise; 1875 for the Wilson
plan.
The President reiterated in his
Jackson day message that he thought
he knew the sentiments of the Am
ertcan people on this question.
This poll, and every other similar
test whose results the Courier
Journal has noted, strongly indi-
cate that he knew what he was talk
ing about.-Louisyille Courier-Jour-
nal.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-22
To be Expected.

We have seen so much of the same
kind of thing, it is not at all sur
prising to us to learn that che of our
winter visitors, guest of our state
and people, enjoying our hospitality,
should write letter to his home and
make serious charges rejecting upon
the integrity of the supervisor and
census enumerators of Florida.
Among the hundreds of thousand
OF winter visitors who come to the
state each year it is to be expected
that there will be a certain number
of that self-righteous, holier-than-
thou, know-it-all and know-it-better
sort who are always looking for
something upon which to base crit
icism or condemnation of the South
and Southern people. C. E. Stanv.
Of Dusenbury Villa, Saint Petersburg,
is one of this contemplate minority.
and possibly not being able to find
anything or anyone else upon which
to vent his spleen, he wrote a letter
to Senator Wadsworth, of New York.
charging that census enumerators Of
Florida were padding" the census
with the names of northern visitors
in order to give Florida larger
population and more representation
in congress.
If it were possible, it would be
better for all concerned that people
of his caliber be ignored entirely,
but in this case it is not possible, if
it is true, as we have been informed,
that this ridiculous and contemplate
lie has been given widespread publ
city in New York newspapers.
The vast majority of our winter
residents are of the better class and
will be just as emphatic in denoun-
cling such men as Stany as are the
people of Florida, realizing that such .
men as he are the means of creating
and perpetuating i'll feeling and sus-
piCion. for which there is not the
slightest foundation, between the /
people of the North and South. /
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-22
On Trying" Trucking.

An exchange says that a man from
Indiana has leased ground and will
try" trucking. That is just what is
causing the report to go back north
that Florida is not a farming coun-
try. A man versed, or IMMERSED, in
the ways of farming in the north
comes down here and tries" truck
ing. In other words, he puts his
money and his time up against his
ignorance of conditions and expects
to make a killing" by pure luck,
when the chances are four to one
against him. IT'S true that fools
rush in where angels fear to tread. F"
1t would not be so bad if he would
come here, ignorant of conditions
and climate though he is, and takes
the advice of those who know.
Ninety-nine times out of possible
hundred he will do nothing of the
kind He is a wise guy" and has
come down to show these Florida
Crackers and acclimated" hard
tops" how he can improve on their
- methods, and he will do it-not!
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-22
Keep the Town Clean.

The Woman's Club of Avon Park
has asked the town council of that
place to enact an ordinance to compel
property owners to keep their lots
and parkway clean and providing
that if the property owner fails to do
so the work will be done by the
town and the costs assessed against
the property as taxes. Nearly all
towns have such ordinances and
where they are enforced a great i'm
provement in the towns appearance
and attraC!iveness results.
We do not know whether there is
such a law on the ordinance books
of Punta Gorda or not, but if there is
it is not enforced and had just as
well be repealed unless il is. AS
the Highlands Pilot, of Avon Park.
says, there is no one with a grain of
common sense" who will deny that
well kept paTkways and yards is
more attractive than one with dirty,
i'll kept streets, with weeds growing
head-high, and vacant lots covered
with paper, tin cans and other rub
bish. Property values are higher in
towns that are kept clean because
desirable prospective citizens are able
and willing to pay more for property
in such towns and there is a greater
demand for it.
There are many dirtier towns than
Punta Gorda. but there is room for
much improvement here. Nearly
all of Marian avenue and Taylor
street are well kept and so are por-
tons of other streets. but there are
many portions that would be improy-
ed by a moving machine and the re-
moval of unsightly material.
Many of our people keep their
premises clean and attractive be-
cause they feel it would be disgrace
full to do otherwise, but there are
hose who do not, and in justice to
hose who do, the town as a whole, |
md for the sake of common decency
hey should be compelled to at least
,eep their premises slightly and sani-
airy.
If there is an ordinance covering
he ground already on the statute
ooks, we suggest that it be enforced
-impartially II there is none. I.
len 1t is time that one be passed. :
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-01-22

General Connor's report on the
sale of unsalyaged supplies and the
sediment of damage claims in
France constitutes a happy ending to
a question of which discussion has
not always been pleasant. Army ru-
mors had it that the French govern
would never buy our trucks and au-
tomobiles on the ground that it
would be financially disadvantageous
to its own manufacturers. 1t is now
clear that this was without founda-
ton in fact The same kind of ru-
mors-they flourish in any army
led our officers and men to believe
that we were paying so much PER
foot for the miles OF trenches in
which we were fighting for France.
1t is reassuring then, to hear General
Conner say that the whole truth Is
that the American army has not paid
a cent for any ground used or for
anything destroyed at the front "
New York Past