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AND DAILY UNION.
1XTY-NINTH YEAIl-NO. 134.
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few Cabinet Named in
Which Socialists Are
Given but Little.
The Hagne, March 2i Cem.
saicatiuns nave been addn"i
tt o communist leaders of
truce, Belgium and England
to the bolshevik! central world
tiieaD at Amsterdam request
Is; them to support tiennan
(nanistN. At a communist
wting in Amsterdam last
ifht, speakers urged a spread
it the strike tn Holland.
Berlin, March 25. The new Ger
bio cabinet, reconstructed as the
mult of yesterday's negotiations,
rill be headed by Gustav Bauer,
in preeent premier, according to
jut Morning Post today. It gives
hu list of the remodeled ministry
!ti follows:
Premier Gustav Bauer.
Vice chancellor and minister of
juitlce Dr. Schiffer.
Minister of foreign affairs Dr.
Hermann Mueller.
Minister of the interior Herr
Koch.
Minister of defenses Herr Gies-
itt.
Minister of finance Captain
richer Cuno.
Minister of the treasury Herr
MIL
Minister of transport Dr. Bell.
Minister of labor Herr Schlike.
Minister of reconstruction Herr
Silberschmidt.
Minister of economy Dr.
Schmidt.
Minister of posts and telegraphs
-Herr Giesberts.
Minister without portfolio Dr.
Muard David.
The ministers not in the old
ablnet are Herr Giesler, who, , is
mjor or Nuremburg; Captain
mo, who Is the director of the
Hamburg-American steamship com
pany; Herr Boltz, and Herr Silber-
irhmidt, who is the leader of the
iiildera' trade union.
Socialists Displeased.
The newspapers generally do not
ippear to be satistied with the
Mkenp of the cabinet, especially
At socialist organs, which con-
Utt that the course Of events has
titled them to expect a strong
anlng to the left In the govern
MM'i policy. The appointment of
'iptain Cuno is particularly ens
uring to them, he being regarded
ill mmhai rif tho rivhl
The Lokal Anzeiger reports that
lrpUin Fischer Cuno has declined
! accept the portfolio of finance in
Jtlmew ministry.
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Berlin, March 25. Today's
ifwjpapers report that the Prus
cabinet has resigned. It is ,e x
fcted they add, that Gustav Noske,
'tohas resigned as minister of de
fa in the national cabinet, will
hollered a post in the new Prus-
cabinet.
The Tageblatt today denies, on
authority of the chancellory,
warrant has been issued for
west of General Ludendorff,
" was recently reported.
Blames Allies for Revolt.
Berlin. March 24. Discussing
Political situation growing out
the revolt led by Dr. Wolfgang
"Pp, Eduard David, minister
Whout portfolio in the Ebert cabi-
told the Associated Press today
"Baltic troops were a gift to
by the entente."
B charged the allies had com
Germany not only to recog
JW the refractory Iron brigade but
ordered it returned to Ger-
y after the troops were virtu-
j nnaer Rlssian colors.
" aisown them." Herr David
!red. "We branded them as
"wrters and adventurers and
,r glad to get rid of them and
131 th.P mtant. ' itk.
them behind the German
er against our wish and bet
" Judgment"
KS CANDIDATES
ABOUT EXPENSES
.infrton. March 25. Labor,
Jjjifoad labor weekly, sent a
Uonnaire to presidential aspir
jconccrning campaign expen-
SETTLING WAR
CONTRACTS ON
12-GENT BASIS
4
Ijanungton. March 25. War con
C,1 regating . 14.000.000,000
V n"1 srtlled for 12 cents on
'Har by the war department.
Mi . military commiuee was
M7 by Joseph Fairbanks.
. ciairman of the department's
k. " TOrd. Some board mem-
hiiilc,lve much as $50 a day.
. i answer to questions.
Students Duck Three
Held To Be Shirkers;
"Soviet" Report False
Hayes, Kan.. March 25. No fur
ther action was expected, it was
said hero today, in connection with
the reported existence of a stud
ent "soviet" at the Fort Hayes
normal school.
Faculty members and state
officials generally, it was under
stood, regarded the matter as a
closed Incident and pointed to a
denial given the state attorney
general's office last night by E. L.
Montague, financial secretary of
the institution, that a "soviet"
existed there or that there was a
tendency toward one by the faculty
or students.
Navy Dirigible Makes a
Record Flight Of 1,200
Miles And Starts Back
Chicago, March 25. Four naval
flyers left Chicago for the United
States naval air station at Pensa
cola, Fla., today, after completing
a 1,200 mile balloon flight from
that station to Murdock, 111., yes
terday. They landed yesterday afternoon
in an open field near Murdock, in
a gale which was blowing 55 miles
per hour, according to the estimate
of the pilot, Lieutenant Theodore
C. Lonnquest. The landing was
made after the party encountered
STUDENTS AID
MOVING MAILS
PARCELS CLOG
Employ 150 in Chicago
to Clear Postoffice
Accumulation.
Lhicago, March ' 25. One hun
dred fifty University of Chicago
students came to the aid of the
Chicago postoffice today in re
sponse to a call from the postmas
ter for help in handling thousands
of parcels which have swelled the
mails as a result of a strike of ex
press workers. The students will
continue to sort and distribute mail
until classes are resumed at the
university after the spring holi
days. BARNES ASKED
TO TELL ABOUT
SALE OF GRAIN
Market Experts See Xothlng
Crooked In Alleged Attempt to
Corner Corn.
Chicago, March 25. Julins H.
Barnes, president of the United
States Grain corporation, will be
asked to explain recent grain
sales and movements in eonnec
tion with an investigation of an al
leged attempt to corner the corn
market, on his arrival here today,
Charles F. Clyne, United States
district attorney, announced.
Mr. Clyne announced that no evi
dence of illegal market manipula
tion had appeared as yet to war
rant prosecution.
Say Scarcity Is Cause.
Market experts and transports'
tion officials contended the pres
ent high prices and scarcity of
corn were due to natural causes.
The rumored corner is the result
of short selling in anticipation of
spring grain movements and ina
bility of the ' railroads to supply
sufficent cars, they told Mr.' Clyne.
Reports that the United States
Grain orporatiou was used by
speculators in an effort to bring
about a corner in the corn market
will be investigated, District At
torney Clyne said.
GOVERNOR COX IS
ACTIVELY IN RACE
Columbus, Ohio, March 25. Gov-Ai-nnr
J. M. Cox launched an active
campaign for the Democratic pres
idential nomination, wuu r.. a.
Moore in charge.
The Weather
Rain tonight and Friday. Colder.
Tho temperature will remain above
freesing tonight. Fresh to strong
shifting winds.
Highest temperature yesterday,
57: lowest last night. 61.
Wind velocity, 11 miles per hour.
Precipitation, 1.13 Inches.
12 m. 7 p. m. 7 a. m.
yester. jester, today
Dry bnlb temp... 54 . 62 54
Wet bulb temp... 53 62 6S
Rel. humidity ...90 99 93
River stage. 7.6; a rise of .6 in
the last 24 hours. .
' X 1L SHERIER, Meteorolctst,
Mr. Montague asserted that three
men, James Stuart, P. Caspar Har
vey, a faculty member, and John
E. Lindquist, a student, were
ducked In a lake with the approval
of faculty members and students,
for their alleged refusal to assist
In the construction of a six lap
track.
Harvey sent two telegrams to
the state board of administration
in Topeka, declaring a "soviet"
was in control of the school and
asking help. In a statement Mr.
Montague asserted the affair was
entirely an expression of college
spirit
a snow storm at an
altitude of
6,000 feet.
The flight which started Tuesday
evening, took the balloonists across
Alabama, Mississippi, into Arkan
sas and Missouri and back across
the Mississippi river into Illinois.
Lieutenant Lonnquest estimated
the actual distance covered at
1,200 miles.
This is a record for a 35,000
cubic feet standard navy balloon,
such as was used in the flights, be
believes. The average speed was
about fifty miles an hour, he says.
DANIELS ALSO
FAILED TO GET
MEN FOR NAVY
Latest Charge Is He Opposed Re
croiang Reserves Eten After
War Was On.
Washington, March 25. "Pro
crastination on the part of Secre
tary Daniels" was responsible for
a serious shortage of personnel
which proved "the initial handicap
of the navy in the war," Captain
Leigh C. Palmer, war time chief of
the bureau of navigation testified
today t:fore the senate committee
investigating the navy's conduct of
the war.
The secretary. Captain Palmer
declared, was unable to appreciate
the necessity for obtaining and
training men in advance of an ac
tual declaration of war.
CHEER DEMAND
WILSON MAKE
INTENT CLEAR
Washington, March 25. Both
Democrats and Republicans cheered
a statement in the house today by
Representative Humphreys, Demo
crat, Mississippi, that President
Wilson should make an immediate
announcement that he was not a
candidate for a third term.
Under no circumstances should
Mr. Wilson ask for reelection, Mr.
Humphreys said, recommending
passage of an amendment limiting
presidential eligibility to one term.
Public advocacy by the president's
friends and members of his cabinet
that he run a third time has allowed
the country to believe that he will
break an ancient precedent, the
speaker declared.
"I reeret therefore all the more
that he has remained silent as U,
nis intentions in ine mauer oi a
third term," he continued. "I be
lieve' the avomnlishments of his
administration under his great lead
ership will secure for him a place
high on. the roll of our great presi
dents." TAKE IRISH TO
BELFAST JAIL
Belfast, Ireland, March 25. Sixty-five
Sinn Fein prisoners who
sailed from Queenstown yesterday
aboard a British sloop, which was
accompanied by" two destroyers,
arrived here this morning.
The Sinn Feiners were removed
from the sloop nnder ' a strong
guard and taken to the city Jail,
which has been fitted with barbed
wire protection and the prisoners
were guarded by troops.
Arrest Kilkeaay Member.
Dublin. March 25. William Coo
grove, Sinn Fein member of par
liament for the northern division
of Kilkenny, was arrested this
morning at his horns in Dublin.
DAVENPORT'S
POPULATION
ISN0W56.727
Tri-City Total 122,613,
Which Is a Gain of 34.4
Per Cent in Decade.
TRI.CITT P0PIXATI0X.
1910 1920 Gain
Pet.
Rock Island 84,335 33.177 44.4
Moline ....24.199 30,709 S&9
Davenport .43118 56,737 31.8
Totals.... 91.552 122,613
Total (tain 31,051.
; Percentage of gain 34.4.
Population of Davenport is 56.
727. These are the official 1920
census returns given out in Wash
ington today. The increase in 10
years is 12,699, or 31.8 per cent
Rock Island's population is 33,
177 and Moline's 30,709. Rock Is
land's gain was 44.6 per cent and
Moline's 26.9 per cent While Dav
enport made a larger gain than
Rock Island in numbers it fell short
in percentage.
Combined, the three cities now
have a. population of 122,613. When
East Moline, Silvis and Bettendorf
are added the total for the urban
community probably will closely
approach 140,000.
The combined gain of the three
cities in 10 years was 31,051. The
percentage of gain for the three
taken together was 34.4.
Davenport census figures, tabu
lating the growth in population,
show the city to have doubled in
size since 1890, at which time the
enumeration showed 26,872 resi
dents. The growth during the last
10 years is by far the greatest,
amounting to 31.8 per cent, while
in the 10 years previous it had been
but 23.1 percent. The tabulation:
1890 26,872
1900 35,254
1910 43,028 V
1920 56,727 r
Other 1920 Totals.
Other population totals given out
today at Washington include:
Steubenville, Ohio, 28,508, in
crease 6,117, or 27.3 per cent over
1910.
Gloversville, N. T., 22,026. in
crease 1,384, or 6.7 per cent over
1910.
Sheboygan, Wis., 30,955, increase
4,557. or 17.3 per cent over 1910.
Johnstown, N. Y., 10,905, in
crease 458, or 4.4 per cent over
1910.
Bloomfield, N. J., 22,011. increase
6,941, or 46.1 per cent over 1910.
Shamokin, Pa., 21,204, Increase
1,616, or 8.2 per cent.
Enfield. Conn., 11.708, increase
1,989, or 20.5 per cent
Asheville. N. C. 28,504, an in-
J irease of 9,742, or 51.9 per cent.
Populations of Elgin, 111., Bangor,
Me., Saratoga Springs, N. Y., and
Columbus, Neb., will be announced
tomorrow at 10:30 a. m.
HOKE SMITH IS
CANDIDATE, TOO
Atlanta, March 25. Formally
anouncing his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for presi
dent in the Georgia primaries
April 20, Senator Hoke Smith to
day declared he was "unalterably
opposed" to the Democratic party
committing itself to national cam
paign on the proposition that the
League of Nations should have
been ratified by the senate without
any change.
FATHER READY
TO PAY $25,000
TO KIDNAPERS
Lexington, Ky., March 25. Al
though E. R. Little, Lexington cap
italist, has announced that the de
manded ransom wonld be paid,
Paul Little, his 11-year-old son,
was still a captive tody of the
kidnaper who lured him away late
yesterday.
It was stated that the kidnaper
demanded $25,000 ransom. Little
announced all demands would be
met, declaring:
"I do not care about the 325.000
if I can get my boy back safely."
The boy disappeared with an un
identified white man in the late
afternoon. The lad's playmates
said he had told them the man had
piomiaed him a dollar to deliver a
box of candy.
No attempts to arrest the kid
naper will be made, he indicated
and no questions wonld be asked
it tho boy was returned safely.
PAY INCREASE
AVERTS STRIKE
OF CITY HELP
Ten Per Cent More Ac
cepted By 18,000 Chi.
cago Employes.
Chicago, March 25. Threats of a
general strike of municipal em
ployes were dispelled today as a
result of action of the city council
yesterday in voting to add $4,000,
000 to the $32,255,830 budget for
1920 to provide an average salary
increase of 10 per cent of 18,000
workers.
An increase of $200 annually for
firemen and policemen was tenta
tively approved. First grade pa
trolmen and firemen now receive
$1,800 a year.
Seven hundred teamsters who
went on strike several days ago,
tying up collection of garbage and
street cleaning, returned to work
today pending action on their de
mands for an increase of $2 a day.
Their pay is $9 a day.
TRYING TO FIND
WHY FLETCHER
LOST HIS JOB
Washington, March 25. Another
naval investigation growing out of
the war was started here today. It
is being conducted by a naval court
and the purpose is to develop the
circumstances surrounding the re
moval by Rear Admiral Sims of
Rear Admiral William B. Fletcher
from the command of the American
naval base at Brest
Admiral Fletcher, who asked for
the inquiry, was the first witness.
Admiral Fletcher was removed
from command at Brest after the
sinking of the American army
transport Antilles on Oct 19, 1917.
He told the court that many of the
naval craft under his command
were slow yachts which had diffi-
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tknt ships they were entto-natd
LTUHl suuinannes.
Asked if bis establishment and
the conduct of the Brest forces had
been inspected. Admiral Fletcher
said Lieutenant Commander Dan
iels of Admiral Sims' staff,- spent
two days in Brest in September,
1917, and that Admiral Sims and
Admiral Mayo, then commander-in-
cniei ui me Auauui; uuci, wuu a
group of officers, passed through
Brest in the same month. He re
ceived no- intimation of any un
favorable report on his conduct, he
added, until Rear Admiral Wilson,
now commanding the Atlantic fleet,
came to relieve him.
The witness said Admiral Wilson
told him that he understood Com
mander Daniels had submitted
such a report, but that no copy of
t reached him until after his re
turn to the United States.
DISCOVER PLOT
TO ARM IRISH
London, March 25. A plot to
smuggle arms into Ireland was un
earthed yesterday, says the Even
ing Standard. A foreign vessel,
whose cargo contained beer bar
rels in which were found rifles and
machine guns of German make and
also ammunition, was detained at
a northern port yesterday after
noon, the newspaper asserts.
REPORTED VILLA
SQUAD EXECUTED
AMBROSE BTERCE
San Francisco, Cal., March 25.
Ambrose Bierce, noted satirist fell
before a Villa firing squad, accord
ing to word here.
SOLDIERS BEST
ITALY SHOPMEN
Rome, March 24. Italian troops
today forced the surrender of
workmen who had seized the Miani
and Silvestri factories at Naples
following a rejection of their claims
for increased wages. The men, aft
er seizing the factories, barricaded
all entrances and raised the red
flag.
SPRAGUE HOLDS
MEATS CHEAPER;
BUTCHERS SCOFF
Chicago, March 25. "A favorable
reaction'' to the "cheap meat" week
campaign in Illinois has been re
ported. Major A. A. S prague, chair
man of the state fair price com
mission, announced today.
"We have received letters from
men all over the state that they
are cooperating in the campaign,"
said Major Sprague.
A number of local butchers re
ported that no effect has been ap
parent since the onaning of the
campaign, .
tom lavso;,
in umbo on
silver deal
Manipulation of Stock
Brings Him in Conflict
With State Law.
Boston, March 25. The crusade
of Attorney General Allen against
promoters and brokers who have
been exploiting silver stocks led to
the arrest of Thomas W. Lawson to
day. He surrendered himself at
police headquarters to answer to a
warrant charging him with violat
ing on four counts a state law re
garding the filing of information on
stock issues. Four other operators
and brokers were arrested yester
day, including L. C. Van Ripper of
New York, former secretary to
Lawson.
Called Greatest Gamble.
Lawson and Van Ripper in recent
months have been active in the
promotion of silver stocks which in
the Lawson advertising was fea
tured as "silvers, the greatest
gamble of the age." Each an
nounced he was developing certain
individual silver mine properties as
units of general holding compan
ies. In the campaigns the prices of
individual stocks advanced from a
few cents to $8 or $9, with subse
quent reversals and fluctuations.
After news of the arrests yester
day, these prices tumbled further.
Nearly all the silver stocks which
are named in the charges against
Lawson, Van Ripper and the other
men, now are selling for so many
cents a share.
Attracted Inexperienced Investors.
It was the fact that securities
were offered so cheaply, the attor
ney general said in a statement
yesterday, vSSUenahi
a class of persons without Invest
ing experience who sacrificed Lib
erty bonds and savings accounts to
obtain funds for stock purchases
in hopes of early riches.
BURNS TO DEATH
MAKING WHISKY
WITH RUDE STILL
New York, March 25. John
Guarino was burned to death to
day when his house on the east side
caught fire while he was making
whisky. His body was found on the
third floor near two large coffee
urns, which werer connected by
pipes with two barrels, a few feet
distant. In the barrels, the fire
men found a liquid with a strong
alcoholic odor.
Joseph Guarino, brother of the
dead man, was arrested on suspic
ion of violating the prohibition law.
CONVICT JUMPING
FROM TRAIN GONE;
NO TRACES FOUND
Kansas City, Mo., March 25. No
trace has been found of Edward C.
Adams, who leaped from the win
dow of a moving passenger train
near Tipton, Mo.,, yesterday after
noon while being taken to the state
penitentiary at Jefferson City to
begin serving a life sentence for
murder.
MAISE DOES SOT IXSTRTCT.
Bangor, Me., March 25. Maine's
four delegates at large to the Re
publican national convention were
chosen at the morning session of
the state convention here today.
The delegates are uninstructed.
NEAR BILLION
ALREADY PAID
IN U. S. TAXES
Washington, D. C, March 25.
Income and excess profits taxes
aggregating $908,829,172 were paid
as the first installment of the na
tion's ui bill for 1919.
While these figures do not repre
sent an exact quarter of the taxes
for last year, they indicate collec
tion for the entire year of approx
imately $3,500,000,000, treasury of
ficials said last night.
The first installment more than
offsets outstanding treasury certif
icates of indebtedness, issued in an
ticipation of the payment, and
leaves the treasury in a position to
continue its financial program, out
lined several months ago.
Collection for the first period of
1918 were approximately $1,200,
000,000, the reduction this year be
ing due to the lowering of the nor
mal income tax rate. The Sec
ond district of New York, compris
ing the heart of the financial sec
tion, held its place in yielding the
greatest amount of revenue of all
collection districts. Its total wa
$154,505,381. : .
NO CHANGE IN
MEX. VIEW AT
WASHINGTON
Morgenthau's Appoint
ment Wilson's Answer
v to Kickers.
BT DATID LAWRENCE.
(Special to The Argus.)
Washington, D. C, March .25.
Nomination of Henry Morgcnthau
to be the American ambassador to
Mexico constitutes the final assur
ance that unless some untoward
act not now foreseen, arises to dis
turb the friendly relations between
the United States and Mexico, there
will be no military intervention
under the Wilson administration in
the affairs of the southern repub
lic nor withdrawal of recognition of
the Carranza government, based
upon the record of what has hap
pened thus far.
The president's appointment of a
successor to Ambassador Fletcher
is his answer to the activities of
the senate subcommittee investi
gating Mexican affairs, which has
been presided over by Senator Fall,
of New Mexico. It is, moreover, his
reply to the campaign which has
obtained sympathetic consideration
inside the department of state to
withdraw recognition from the
Carranza government by resolution
of congress.
Lansing and Fletcher Afrreed.
It is true that Secretary Lansing,
although the original proponent of
recognition of Carranza, had got
ten more or less out of patience
with the actions of the Mexican
government in various disputes
pending with the United States and
that Ambassador Fletcher, too, felt
that all that could be done with dig
nity and honor had been attempt
ed by the American embassy at
Mexico City to no avail. Mr. Fletch
er had been ambassador to Chile
and brought with him to Mexico
City not only a fluent command of
the Mexican language but a knowl
edge of Latin American affairs that
made It possible for him to get a
firm grasp on the situation in a
short time. He had many personal
conferences with President Car-.ranza-and
0rfonaejL dejkatoja&k
in the period of America's partici
pation in the European war when
it was particularly desirable to
keep the Germans from using
Mexico as a base for intrigue or
pernicious activity in Mexican af
fairs that might bring on a war be
tween the United States and divert
the flow of men and supplies to
Europe.
When the war was ended, tho
president was either in Paris or
too absorbed while in Washington
in the larger affairs of the League
of Nations to bother about Mexico.
As a consequence matters drifted
on until the senate subcommittee
took an active interest in the sit
uation, seeking by publicity not ex
actly to bring about intervention
as so many people have supposed,
but to obtain a withdrawal of the
recognition the United States had
extended to the Carranza govern
ment. Even if the plan failed, it
was thought the moral influence of
the investigation would promote a
healthier regard for the lives and
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WOULD DIRECT
INVESTIGATION
OF OIL PRICES
Washington, March 25. Favora
ble report was ordered by the
house judiciary committee today on
the resolution directing the feder
al trade commission to make an
! immediate inquiry into recent ad
vances in the prices oi luel or,
kerosene, gasoline and other petro
leum products. The commission
would be required to report to con
gress by June 1.
The commission in making .its
report would consider the source
of supply, profits of the oil busi
ness and wether any combination
existed to restrain trade, and if so
what effect it had on retail prices.
A report drafted for the com
mittee by Representative Dyer.
Republican, Missouri, declared
that at the present time the disposi
tion and the price of motor fuel is
in the hands of two enormously
powerful capitalist combines,
world-wide in their source and if
improperly used, a dangerous
power.
REUSES SPECIAL SESSION.
Hartford, Conn., March 25. Gov
ernor Marcus H. Holcombe refused
the state Republican convention
request to call a special session of
the legislature to act on the feder
al suffrage amendment.
NO DANGER OF
MINERS' STRIKE
New York. March 25. Hard coal
miners will not strike April 1 as the
result of an agreement with mine
owners to make retroactive any
wage Increase allowed in pending
negotiations.
BEGINSH
TO WIPE OUT
POLISH AO
4 -h-
Soviet Russia Employing
All Its Resources in
Offensive.
Warsaw, March 24. Bolshevik
attacks have been launched against
the Polish line at scattered points
along a front of approximately four
hundred miles and the long
planned spring attack of the soviet
armies apparently has been com
menced. While the bolshevik! have mad
small advances at some places,
despite the desperate resistance of
the Poles, the latter have been
holding the enemy in check In most
sections, say officials statements.
The reds have been compelled to
retreat from several newly ac
quired positions, but fighting con
tinues. The soviet troops are using
heavy artillery, tanks, armored
cars and other apparatus captured
from General DenikJne, on the
south Russian front ,
Capture Rovno.
The most severe fighting took
place on Tuesday on the Polesian
Podoli front near the Galician fron
tier, the bolshevik! concentrating
their attacks on this sector in an
effort to capture Rovno, an im
portant railroad center, and
Kamenetz-Podolsk, a city highly
prized because of Its strategic Im
portance. Further north in the
region of Rzecycza and Kalenkow
itz, northeast of Mozir, the enemy
took several small villages which)
were recovered by the Poles.
Use Best Troops.
Heavy engagements are also re
ported in the vicinity of Zaslavo.
where the reds atempted in cross
the Slutch river. East of Kamenets
Podolsk the battle is still going on.
Some -crack- botshevrtr divisions are
in line along this sector and cav
alry is being used. '
STOCK EXCHANGE j
SAVES DAYLIGHT,
STARTS MONDAY
Chicago, March 25. Trading on
the Chicago stock exchange will be
advanced one hour, beginning next
Monday, in conformity with the
change of hours in the New York
stock market under the New York
daylight saving law. The board of
governors of the Chicago exchange
voted yesterday to fix the hours of
trading from 8 a. m. to 1 p, m. on
weekdays and from 8 a. m. to 10 a.
m. on Saturdays, until such time
as a daylight savings law may be
adopted here.
ASK PRIOR RIGHT '
OF SHIPMENT FOR
BUILDING LINES
Chicago, March 25. No relief
from the housing shortage through
out the country is in prospect un
less the railroads give priority to
building material shipments, mem
bers of the Federation of Construc
tion Industries declared today.
Resolutions demanding that build
ing materials be placed on the pre
ferred list for transportation were
before the organization.
DTOICT COLGATE '
FOR FIXING ITS .
RESALE FIGURES
Trenton, N. J., March 15. Col
gate & Co. manufacturers of toilet
goods, was indicted under the Sher
man anti-trust law, charged with
fixing esale prices of its pro
ducts. WOOD LEAD IN
SOUTH DAKOTA
IS INCREASING
Sioux Falls, S. D.. March 25.
With 240 sparsely settled precincts
west of the Missouri river not
beard from and 12S eastern pre
cincts of the state unreported the
vote cast at the 'state primary
Tuesday for Republican presiden
tial endorsement gave:
Wood 28.793
Lowden ..25.314
Johnson 23,483
Lowden polled pluralities in a
number of rural districts which re
ported today but late reports from
the Black Hills counties showed
pluralities for Wood.
First returns for Democratic
presidential indorsement were ob
tained. In Minnehaha county
(Sioux Falls), with three precincts
missing the vote was:
Gerard 26
Monroe (4
Dewey county reported 41 tor
Gerard and six for Monroe. Th
VDemocntie rots was vary UfM
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