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and 1913 was shown as eight times
the total labor cost, and the 1918
price represented 25 times the
total labor item.
Profits in Clothes.
Profits absorb approximately one
half the retail price Of certain kinds
OF cloth, the report declared, while
the labor item amounts to from
one-fourteenth to one-twentieth OF
the price. Similar relations were
pictured in the manufacture of
mems garments.
1914, it was charged. absorbed
nearly one-half the price paid by
the consumer, or nearly three times
the total labor cost. while in 1917
the profit items amounted to ap-
proximately three-fifths of the to-
tai price and over five times the
total labor cost"
Increases in the retail price of
bituminous coal were shown at four
times the increase in labor cost,
while the, proportion of the pro-
ceeds of the industry received by
the coal operator was shown as in
creased from Is to 400 per cent.
An average Of $1,000 per family
of five during 1916-1917 was de-
clared to be probably a highly con-
servative estimate Of the actual
cost of corporate pro6teering to
the consumer.
Demands Of Labor.
Concluding his study, MIR. Lauck
submitted the following general
demands in the name OF the rail-
road workers:
Il. Labor in general. and rail-
road labor in particular. must have
wage increases proportionate to
advances in living costs.
"2. In the present crisis, and for
all time to come, producers and
middlemen must be restrained
from advancing prices in excess of
increases in labor and material
costs.
.'3. Producers and middlemen
must refrain from including in
come and excess profits taxes in
their costs and passing them on to
the consumer with an added profit.
-. The principle Of living
wage must be accepted and estab-
lished in order that normal pro-
duction may be restored and in
creased production hoped for in all
fields of industry"
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TIMBER CUT IS rs
PER CENT NORMAL
DESPITE WALKOUT

Oshkosh. Wis, Hay 7.-Produc-
ton in timber camps, saw mills
and lumber factories affected Dy'
the strike of international Timber
Workers, continued I'm excess Of -
per cent of normal. according 20
o. r. Swan, secretary OF the NORTH
ern Hemlock and Hardwood Man
ufacturers' association.
More than sixty mills in Wtscon-
sin and upper Michigan arc run
ming. according 70 Mr.. Swan. and
in NO case was the strikers de-
msnd for An eight-hour day with
i0-hour pay granted. 80 far a. he
can learn.
The mill owners, Swan says, are
being supported by public opinion.
as the farmers OF the northern sec-
tions oppose shorter hours because
the eight-hour day would affect
the already depleted supply Of farm
] labor.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07

KNOX'S SPEECH
HELPS TO LINE
SIDES IN FIGHT
Proves Anew Impossible
ity of Getting Together
On Treaty.
By DAVID LAWREACE.

~ a. al oS.p
washington, d. c., May Pres
icent wilson has waited in silence
for the men who defeated the
treaty. OF Versailles in The senate
TO offer an alternative course of
action. Senator Phiiander L. knox,
former secretary of state, and Re-
publican leader a member of the
group irfeconcilably opposed to the
treaty with or without reservations,
mas spoken in defense of the plan
10 make peace by congressional
resolution Insofar as this brings
out at last the lines of battle, it
marks sep forward toward the
great contest at the polls, where
the issue will be decided: insofar
as it emphasizes the hopeless dead
lock between the executive and leg
lslatlye branches Of the govern
ment, it breathes anew the passion
OF personal strife and party bitter
ness which has prevented agree
ment for so long.
The Pennsylvania senator's speech
made deep impression. 1t was
carefully prepared and skillfully
pieced together But it was avow-
edly a destructive criticism-an
analysis of what had been done.
what might have been done, what
should have been prepared at Paris.
1t doesn't propose any concrete or
general plan for action in the face
OF today's situation beyond a vague
suggestion for an International con-
ference some day wherein Euro
pean nations shall be persuaded to
give up the provisions of the
treaty which they have already rat
flied and are now executing and
set up a new basis of international
law.
Makes Frank Statement.
But Senator Knox makes an hon
est presentation of the viewpoint of
the irreconcilables. He doesn't take
refuge behind the cry for proper
reservations" He brushes aside as
untrue" all the talk about Amer
icanizing the treaty with reserva-
tions" INDUCED in by Messrs. Low
den, Harding. Wood, Will Hays and
others.
He defines the issue exactly as
Senator Hiram johnson has so per-
suasively put it in his successful
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boRAH PRESSES
BILL TO CHECK
CAMP AICN Cash
Determined to "Clean Up 4. u. =.
Fram "Undue Generosity Of
Presidential Seekers in Ranks.
BY l.. {. MARTIN.

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
Washington. May 7.-Announc-
ing a determination to clean up
the Republican party" Senator
Borah has set out to compel the
serious attention of leaders to his
charges of undue and improper
pre-convention campaign expendi-
lures and activities.
II Borah's plans work out the
way he hopes the Republican nomi-
nation for president may hinge up
on the question of expenditures of
money and promises, it seemed evil
dent today
Starts Ball Rolling.
Borah will first concentrate his
energy on getting his resolution
for a senatorial investigation
adopted. The senate elections COM
mittee is expected to take it up this
week. Borah hopes that Senator
Kenyon, Iowa, will be named chair
man of subcommittee to investi-
gate.
The next move probably will be
to gather Information concerning IA
large number Of contests in south
ern states. These contests. which
are being made in practically every
southern state are being paid for
from some mysterious source, ac-
cording to Borah.s alleged infor-
nation. Investigation will show,
he asserts. that the contests in
many cases have been engineered"
by northern politicians for pur-
poses of their own.
South "IntOlerable."
The situation in the south is 'in-
tolerable," Borah said today. He
declared he had received pleas
from Republicans in that section
to help them rid the party there of
the influence of carpet bag poll
ticians from the north" This
Borah says he intends to try to do,
with a view to making the Repu5-
lican party in the south an effective
minority organization. standing on
its own feet and not swayed by the
money or influence of northerners
Borah intends, he said, to have
this phase of the investigation con-
Quoted in Chicago while the Repub-
lican national committee is hearing
the contests there, in order to bring
directly to the attention Of the party
leaders the charges concerning the
contests.
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HALE CALLED
FOR CHANGING
SIMS RECORD

Nv .n'ashlngton, May chairman
,. nsle OF the senate committee in
~. sss''sating the Sims Daniels row,
,o ~ charged before the committee
.sy s.s BY Senator Pittman, Demo
,ss. ss'. Nevada, with ordering an al
curry N Vi 'ne Al
As senator Hale said he had directed
locr..e secretary to strike out a col
~ sssy between senator's as to
psrrs aer Democratic members were
i,s,,l't iul'ted to question witnesses as
i. hy as the Republicans, and that
N, assumed full responsibility for
,hs ssuator Pittman said that while
~ Atter deleted was not in itself
,o,,.at at value, the principle in
,,a a--that OF obtaining a full
ns, correct report of everything
inna Hanspires"-was Of great
gil"o.s examination of Admiral
y. s.'sm S. Benson, retired, then
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
FRENCH REPORTED
IN RETREAT FROM
CHICIAN SECTOR

New York, Nav THE French
have retreated from Cilicia and
may entirely evacuate northern
Syria, according to a dispatch re-
ceived here today by the Near East
Relief commission from DR.. James
L. Barton. its representative in
Constantinople
Hadjin, which has been besieged
by Turkish forces for more than a
month, now is defended only by
American troops, the dispatch
added. The Armenians are defend
ing Aintab against assaults which
began May /.
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PRIESTS ACCUSED
OF STEALING ART
GEMS FROM ABBEY

Florence Italy May r. Two
priests were accused today on a
charge Of having stolen bust by
Antonio Canova. the celebrated Ital-
ian sculptor, an altar by Luca Della
Robbia the 18th century sculptor
and other art treasures from the
abbey Of Arcevia.
Doubles OF the original treasures
were substituted by the thieves.
The police have recovered the
altar.
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.CAMINETTI
GETS BUCK
FROM POST
Labor Department Aide
Passes Alien Charge to
Commissioner.

Washington, May Appearing
before the house rules committee
today TO defend his official conduc,
in alien deportations, Louis F. Post
assistant secretary Of the labor de-
partment, charged that Anthony
caminetti. commissioner general OF
immigration, had delayed action in
deportations by Withholding cases
30 he might compile what Mr.. Post
termed ian unauthorized and un-
lawful memoranda" recommending
final action.
Mr.. Post declared that last
March he changed the custom that
bad grown up in the department OF
permitting Mr. Caminetu to make
recommendations, and went direct
10 the record to make the final de-
cision himself. This, he argued
was the only legally authorized pro-
cedure.
Cases Pile Up.
At the time of the change, Mr.
Post said, scores and scores" OF
cases had piled up in the immigra-
/ tion bureau with the result that
many aliens were being held in Jail
for months.
"The change was not made until
political offenders were arrested,
remarked Chairman Campbell.
Il understand your imputation,'
answered Mr.. Post, adding that the
house immigration committee by its
report in deportation cases showed
only slight idea of the proceed
ings. As assistant secretary, he
said, he had Cancelled hundreds OF
warrants for deportation on the
recommendation of Mr.. Caminetti
and immigration inspectors.
On Issuing Warrants.
Mr. Post testified that the seere-
tary Of labor alone was authorized
by law TO issue warrants for de-
portation, and that he also was the
sole Judge in ordering deportations.
The immigration committee, he
added, assumed throughout its re-
port that Mr.. Caminetti had power
to recommend deportations.
Mr.. Post said that he had found
q variance between the evidence
and Mr.. Caminetti's memoranda and
declared that the immigration COM
mittee had accepted the memoranda
and compiled a misleading re-
port.
y Newspapers, he charged, had not
correctly informed the country OF
MS actions, declaring that outside
salaries paid to reporters caused
them to make unfair statements.
Cannot Prove Slur.
Questioned by Chairman Camp
oell. the assistant secretary said
10 could not prove a single case
o. reporters being Influenced in
nelr articles regarding him.
Chairman Campbell remarked
vat ne uld not know reporters had
sources Of income other than from
Melr papers, but Mr.. Post said he
thought that this was common
knowledge"
referring to the red" raids con-
ouc1ed by the department of JUS
uee' which have resulted in 5000
Arrests since last fall, Mr.. Post tes-
uaed that the only weapons found
oy the department agents were
@iee revolvers, two OF % caliber
oaiy ~ OF the aliens who have been
.'en hearing, he said, testified
Ia' they favored use of violence
~ nnnging about a change of gov
eminent.
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LADY! NO WONDER
CORSETS ARE HIGH

Worcester. Mass. May THE
Royal Worcester Corset company
today declared a stock dividend of
200 per cent from its surplus and
voted to increase its capital stock
from $800,000 to $e.400.000, giving
stockholders two shares OF new
stock for each one share OF old
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
TEXAS COTTON Is
RUINED BY RAINS

Fort Worth, Texas, May T.
President Lyday Of the Texas Farm
ers' union estimated today that the
rains of this week have placed the
Texas cotton in the worst condi-
ton in its history. The flooding and
washing of fields, he said, have
added to the loss inflicted by the
late frOSts and cold.
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AGED ACTOR HANGS
SELF IN THEATRE
(By United Press

Chicago, May Sam ]. Burton,
Old Billiken, will not totter across
the stage at the Studebaker thea
ire today. clinging to the arm of a
sprightly youth. He had to return
for three encores yesterday. An
hour later his body was found
hanging in the theatre basement.
Burton was 70 years old.
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"4SON SYMPATHY
FOR SWEDISH KING

kII'.sllngton, May President
smss, Today sent a message Of
d ,n.snce ~ to the king of Sweden
scsr aeath Of his daughter. the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-07
REDS GRIP
ON KIEV IS
STILL FIRM
Poles Meet Stiff Resist
ance in Latest Drive
to Capture City.

F Warsaw, May T. Bolshevik
troops fighting in the defense of the
city OF kiev have strengthened their
resistance considerably during the
last "a hours. The battle for the
possession of the city still is rag
ing, according to latest dispatches.
The fighting is said to be partic-
ularly severe northwest of the city,
where the bolsheviki are using ar
tillery stationed just behind the
front line entertainments. Other
heavy guns are stationed in the
bridgehead territory there and are
directing heavy fire against the
attacking Poles and Ukrainian
troops.
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Bring Up More Guns.

1t is assumed the soviet army is
bringing up artillery from east of
the Dnieper river, as shell fire is
gradually increasing as additional
pieces are placed in position. Rail-
road and highway bridges in front
OF kiev we're destroyed by the re-
treating bolsheviki, but they are
being rapidly repaired by the Poles.
Polish gains are reported along
the Dniester river, further south.
ukrainian forces are driving
southwark toward Odessa, and are
ported to have captured the village
Of kamionka.
Poles Repulsed.
London, May Polish troops,
advancing on Kiev, were repulsed
by the bolsheviki on the line of the
Irpen river, it is announced in a
soviet government communique,
dated Thursday, received from Mos
COW today. The statement reads:
IN the Kiev region. at the rail-
way along the river Irpen. we re-
pulsed the enemy's advancing
troops.
"On the Caucasian coast four
enemy ships bombarded Temryuk.
but were driven off by our artillery
fire"
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BASEBALL
BULLETINS

NATIONAL.
At Pittsburgh r. H. F.
Chicago -. @ 1901 o. % o U
Pittsburgh .00000O12 20 o
At New York X. H. 4.
Brooklyn 100000. % y
New York .00OO11. 80 .
AMERICAN.
At Washington n H. 4.
New York %. -
Washington I ...s. - v
At Boston n II. Z.
Phird1phia 10o30o.. % 0 0
Boston 10000 % 0 0
At Detroit R. II. E.
st. Louis ..010- % o o
Detroi. .....11l..... 30 0 0
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Tho Weather

Partly cloudy tonight. Saturday
fair. Not much chat;S in tempera-
ture.
Highest yesterday, 6S; lowest
last night, so.
Wind velocity at Z a. m, Z miles
per hour.
Precipitation "a hours, none.
IL III. pm. an.
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Only slight changes in the Mis-
sissippi will occur from below Du
buque to Muscatine.
]. u. SHERlER. Mete0rologist
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River Forecast.

River stage, 81; a fall of L in the
last "a hours.
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Continued on Page Three)
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Laredo. Texas, May TT
Mexican consul in Laredo decla
the rebels are not of sufficient 70
to make a successful attack again
the Nuevo Laredo garrison. 1t "
reported, but not confirmed, tn
Charles Uzuna. with a force of fc
mer federal cavalry, also was al
preaching Nevo Laredo to demand
its surrender.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-01-16
Burr Oak.

Ruby Cotton Is out of school this
week on account OF illness, but We are
glad TO learn that she Is improving.
Quite number OF people from
this vicinity have been attending the
revival at the Christian church w
Forest City for the past two weeks.
Some also attended the basket dinner
which the congregation gave at the
city hall, Sunday. >
Emil Lippold and family and n,
A. Bowles and daughter, Fern, were
visiting at the Geo. Price home. in
Mound City, Sunday.
Mrs. George Hopper and daugh-
tiers, Irene and Margaret, and Allie
Lippold and family spent last week
visiting j. NJ. Keck and wife and 9TH
er relatives in and around Liberty,
Neb.
Miss Esther Blachly has been a
very sick girl for tibet past two weeks
with small pox. She Is recovering
nicely now. There are no other cacss
Of small pOX around here ut present,
and it is hoped that the disease will
not spread.
Born, to James Webb and wife,
January It'll, daughter.
Mrs. Earl Hopkins and little son,
Of Hamburg, Iowa, spent the first of
the week at the w. N. Stone home,
visiting her brother. Delbert Miller
and family.
Those who took dinner at the s.
G. Alkire home, Sunday, were: Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Pilkington and chill
dren. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Casteel, Link
Bucher, Claud Patton and Harry Wise
man.
Perry Stone and wife are the par
ents of an eight-pound son, born Jaas
uary 10, and whom they have given
the name of Gary Allen.
EGO.
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A delightful reception, accompanied
with an elaborate dinner was given at
the home Of s. G, Alkire, one day last
week, in honor Of the newly-weds, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Bruntmeyer. Those
present were: The bride and groom,
Ed Casteel and wife, Tom Pilkington,
wife, son, Dwight, and daughter, Luz
cile, +. L.. Bucher, Of Oregon, Claude
Patton, Of Forest City, Harry Jamison
Harry served in the World War as
a member Of an ambulance corps, and
he greatly interested the company In
his interesting description Of his ex.
perience, especially in the Argonne
Forest, taking care of the dead ano
wounded, and was on the front lines
when the armistice was signed. HI
told them Of the she'll hole, the ga,
masks and the torture of wearing
them. He was highly interesting II
every way, and his presence was ap
preciated. M.
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Napier and Vicinity.

&C. e. Brown dragged the road
along his two places. Saturday, also
on Monday. r. +. Bunker also drag
ged along his place. Let every one
drag the roads, and see " We cannot
have better roads.
Frank Skeels and wife are getting
along nicely with the smallpox, and
expect to be turned loose Wednesday
Mrs. Skeels' son. Richard English, Is
improving very slowly.
Clarence Hicks, wife and son
spent Sunday at the +. T.. Bunker
home.
Mrs. Chas. Parks was shopping
In 81. Joseph, Saturday.
Miss Ethel Byrd received n tele-
gram Wednesday from Denver, Colo.
announcing the death Of her brother
who died In u hospital there.
"A new scholar. Miss Esther No
land, started 20 school, Monday. She
Is staying with her grandparents.
&C. c. Brown and family and lee
Byrd attended the picture show a
Forest City, Saturday night.
Walter Patterson attended the
picture show in Forest City. Saturday
night.
Mrs. Anna Patterson and son and
sister, Miss Bcngelly, spent Sunday o.
the Harry Mellens home. -
Mrs. Fred Cotticr IL visiting hel
mother near Skldmore.
MEMO.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-01-16
PUBLIC SALE

y o. w. Long will hold his annual
,ppblic sale Of pure bred live stock,
~ his farm, 2ia miles southwest of
Maitland, on February Is, 1920. This
sale will consist Of 20 Registered
Short-Horn cattle, including num-
her of cows and calves, some good
mixers, 6 yearling heifers and a num-
her Of good young bulls, reds. roans
ard three whites, suitable for herd
bulls; 80 head Of pure-bred Big Type
Duroc-Jersey sows and gifts, bred for
spring farrow. For further informa-
tion and catalog. address or phone,
q. W. Long, Maitland, Mo.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-01-16
Remembered Mother.

On Friday Of last week, Jan. o. 1920,
Mrs. Martha J. Alkirc reached her
6Sth milepost. More than sixty Of
those years she has spent in Holt
county, and her life has been given
for the development Of her children,
who have made good in every way AZ
true men and women, and they are "a
bunch that, come what would. they
have never forgotten her.
On Friday last Il was decided by
and spend the day with her on the
occasion OF her birthday, at the home
OF her son. Ira, In the Walnut Grove
district, with whom she makes her
home. They were there, and halo
OF good cheer and gladncss prevailed
throughout the day. and while they
took goodly supply Of good things
To eat along with them, there was suf-
ficient left to tide Ira over for day
or two-and what relief in these
days Of II. c. l..
The whole bunch of her children
We're there to greet her on her birth
day-and with them came most of
their children, some being absent on
account Of being at school, and who,
pray can describe the feelings Of this
dear old mother on such an occasion.
The children present were: j. f.,
Mrs. Cora VanCamp, Vim. H.; Ira and
Mrs. Roy Hinklc.
Mrs. Alkirc was daughter Of Jo-
scph c. Boyd, one of the pioneers of
Holt county, and she was born at
Salem, Nebraska. When six years Of
l.. n Al a.
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Oats for sale. See will L,
Moore.
Annual Recall, Of Class Of 10.

Annual kecaH oil Slass OF Ia.
II has always been the custom Of
the class that graduated from the old
school over on the hill in 1913 to hold
an annual party or class recall. The
recall for 1919 was held at the home
Of Oakley Morris, New Years Eve.
There were present only five of the
original class. II is needless TO say
that the evening for the, most part
was devoted to the recalling of many
pleasant incidents Of high school days.
An elegant and artistic two-course
luncheon was served ut q late hour,
The class Of 10 was composed Of
thirteen members, seven girls and six
boys. There are ~ Of the original
class residing within q radius Of 30
miles Of Oregon. Our brother, Harris
Earls Petree, while fighting for Old
Glory over Flanders Fields, made the
supreme sacrifice Of battle. His Was
an enviable record a.
The recall for 1920 will be held De-
cemher Sl--the place to be, decided
Upon later MEMBER.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-01-16

Mr.. A. II. Bailey and wife left
Thursday of this week for Wauehula,
Florida. where they will remain for
sc, eral months with the view of inn
provir q lir. Bh ley's hea tn. He has
been confined ~ his ZONE for several
months, and is quite feeble. Mrs.
Bailey has also been in poor health
for some time. II is to be hoped that
both will be greatly benefited by this
change and that they will come home
feeling like they did many years ago,
is the sincere wish Of their many
friends,
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A Good Sale.

Messrs. Bridgeman & Frye, real
estate dealers, report the sale Of Mr.
and Mrs. ID. W. Dreher's farm Of
11S 2-3 acres near New Point, to
Claude W. Bender. The consideration
was 1923, 1913 or 5000 per acre.
MIR. Bender will operate his newly
purchased farm in connection with the
Mrs. Bragg homestead, where he has
been living for several years, and Mr..
and Mrs. Dreher will move TO the II.
T. Floyd farm, which they purchased
last fall,
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Mrs. ". n. Conner and her ,

Mrs. W. II. Conner and her chill
drcn, Of Brunswick, Mo-, are here at
the bedside Of her father Fred Wet
eel, who for several weeks has been
in very poor health. Mr.. Wetzel il
now SO years Of aye and is gradually
growing weaker from the infimties
OF old age. =,