Quad-City Times from Davenport, Iowa • 1

nn MBCRAT TOXEPHOWES Be EOKorlal Pjr. Weather indication-AND LEADER Fair Colder Tonight DAVENPORT, IOWA, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1919., FOURTEEN PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS. TOP II A. a TTd BE JiUJ JL Ml Iflf MOT "MAM" nJl nT1 Wti- TP (ft) fo) rn Mil im mmm 1 'iliac is 1 1 II i til Where Duck Creek Swollen to Gigantic Proportions, Did Its Greatest Damage Landslides, Washouts and ducfc Creek Floods Follow in Wake. of Saturday's Heavy Downpour GERWJS HAY BALK OVER PAST a bnnannnr '7 (.

IIH rMUf: Tonsof Earth on TORNADO KITS NEARTHESCOTT COUNTY BORDER try Tracks Four Feet Deep Blocks All Train Traffic Once Peaceful Little Brook Tears Out Bridges, Blocking Traffic on Brady Street Road, Flooding Miles of Fertile Farm Land Rainfall for 48 Hours Totals 3.03 Inches. Washing out the bridge over Duck creek and cutting off Davenport from the north, except by railroad, sending tons of earth over the interurban tracks, west of the city, putting the Muscatine division completely out of business, flooding fields and Causing extensive property damage, the heavy rains of the last 48 hours hit Davenport harder than has any downpour for many months. In the one storm 3.03 inches of rain fell. The river stage shot up from 6 feet Saturday morning to 8 feet 4 inches this morning with a further rise of a foot and a half predicted. Even at the forecasted stage, however, the Mississippi will be far under the danger mark.

By 7 o'clock yesterday morning 3 inches of rain had fallen in 24 hours, a heavy storm even for Iowa spring weather. By yesterday morning practically all the damage dueo the rain had occurred. Duck creek was a raging torrent, cutting off the country north of the city from Mercy hospital east to the Brady street road, tearing along its course with a swift current The old iron bridge, which had been moved 70 feet upstream by the contractor when he started on the new structure, was washed down into tne woodwork. The frame of the new bridge, dislodged by the crash, gyrated 30 feet farther on down stream before it grounded. The old bridge assumed nearly its old position at the crossing, except for the fact that it collapsed to the level of the creek bed.

Swollen into an angry, muddy torrent by the heavy rains, Duck creek went on a rampage and did its greatest damage at the Brady street crossing Sunday morning. Pictured above is all that remains of the woodwork for the concrete rch bridge which was in course of construction when it started to rain. The damage is estimated at between $3,000 and REACTION OK FOR THE Considerable Damage Reported Along the Wapsie and in Clinton County. Saturday nights storm assumed the proportions of a tornado jut across the Scott county line and in Clinton county. The storm reached its height at Lowden, where the roof of the grain elevator waa torn off and the dance hall damaged.

It then traveled in a northeasterly direction. On the W. A. Lighter farm the windmill and milk house were blown down. Atthe F.

A- Goodall farm, one-half mile south, of Toronto, a big barn, containing grain, hay, machinery and an an to, was complete ly wrecked. The debris was car ried a considerable distance. Both porches, as well as windows in the home, were demolished. At the Tale farm minor' damage was done. The storm then crossed the Wap sie- and struck the Gus Muhl farm.

The smoke house, fences, and trees were blown down. Slight damage is also reported at the John Muhl farm. TANK FIGHTERS REACH NEW YORK FROM OVERSEAS Steamship Patria Brings Complete Corps with Many Casuals. New York, Mar. IX With 2,110 troops, the steamship Patria arrived here today from Marseilles.

Units included the 304th brigade tank corps, complete, 65 officers and men, for distribution among 13 camps throughout the country, and casual companies from Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, New York, North Dakota and South Dakota. LETTS ARE DRIVING REDS BACK ft. flooding the adjacent country 1,000 yards wide, sweeping away its bridges, flooding cellars, carrying off sheds and outbuildings. People living on the north and east banks of the creek had to travel many miles to the west in order to get to Davenport MOWCHY Condensed Facts on Storm Damage Total precipitation in past 48 hours, 3.43 inches Present stage of the Mississippi, 8.4 feet, a raise of 2.4 feet since Saturday morning. Brady street bridge over Duck creek washed out.

Landslides and washouts on Davenport-Muscatine interurban tie up all traffic on that line. Sewers overflowed, cellars filled, terraces caved in and other damage reported. Many of the roads outside of the city impassable. People Fear ful of Being Driven from Homes to Highlands. DAMAGE lllllG FIGURES No Loss of Life Has So Far Been Reported from Storm.

Kansas City, Mar. 17. With the heaviest rains years in the region from the Kansas-Nebraska line to Texas, the precipitation ranging from 3 to 6 inches, rivers and streams in the plain states are bank-full today, bnt reports this afternoon indicated that while many low sections were inundated the, damage will not be excessive considering the great area covered by the storms. Many of the streams are at flood stage but are being controlled. Kansas City, March 11 Residents of many Kansas localities near the Kaw, Big and Little Arkansas and Smoky Hill rivers awoke early today uncertain whether nightfall would find them in the highlands, refugees from the flood waters of those and numerous small streams.

Unprecedented rains have sent all rivers in a wide section of northern and central Kansas surging over their banks, and out upon a rich farming country No loss of life had been reported here -early today but property damage, it was believed, would run into large figures. The situation was said to be most serious near Wichita. Volunteers patrolled the Iftnks of the Little Arkansas river last night, prepared to place sandbags at weakened points in the levee. Kansas City is in no danger from the Kansas floods, according to statements made today by weather bureau officials and river men. LATER HOURS FOR THE PARIS CAFES Paris, March II Under a new regulation, cafes and restaurants will be permitted to remain open until 10:30 p.

beginning March 20 and will be allowed to employ orchestras after that date. Sixth soviet regiment, 500 strong, attacked at o'clock in the afternoon, the allied positions in the village of Korka, which is 25 miles north of Beresnik, at the junction of the Vaga and the Dvina. The American-Russian detachment at Gorka was well entrenched and it decisively repulsed the enemy, capturing five prisoners, and five machine guns during the fighting. After the attack, the bodies of 57 bol-sheviki were found. The allied forces suffered only one casualty, Ka man wounded.

The Vaga sector in the vicinity of Kitsa is quiet, as are the other fronts. American officers who returned today from the Vaga front declared that the bolshevik! sustained exceedingly heavy losses last week. They related one instance of such loss to the correspondent. It occurred after the enemy had razed with artillery fire nearly all the block houses to Vistavka. All the defensive troops withdrew with the exception of a squad of who lay concealed in a partly destroyed blockhouse, with machine guns.

The enemy scouts advanced and were permitted to cut the barbed wire entanglements. On doing this they shouted back to their comrades that the village had been abandoned. When the first column of the bol-aheviki walked unsuspectingly up to the entanglements the Americans inside the blockhouse turned their machine guns loose and mowed dofn the entire enemy party. After this the defensive forces went back into Vistavka. Of the total of 36 Americans listed as missing since the beginning of hostilities on this front, it has been reported that ten are prison ers in the bolshevik! hospital at Velsk.

This information was givpn an American Red Crows field work cr who questioned boMevikl de WilL Reject It Unless, It Holds to Wilson's Idea Erzberger. OBJECTS T0JNDEMN1TY Teutons Will Refuse to Pay for Acts Committed After First Peace Offer. Copenhagen, March 17. If th allies loaded the peace treaty with conditions, going beyond President Wilson's 14 points, the German national assembly would have to refuse its assent to the treaty, Mathias Erzberger, head of tbe German armistice commission, declared in an address at a Berlin meeting in favoring the formation of "a real league of nations," according to a dispatch from the German capital today. The matter then would be left to a referendum of the German nation, he said.

Herr Erzberger disclaimed any obligation upon Germany to give compensation for acts she committed after her first peace offer in December, 1916. The speaker declared that tho only means of calling a halt on bol-shevlsm was the abandonment of the "mailed fiat policy of tha allies. The German people, said Herr Erzberger, had almost unlimited confidence in President Tyilaon and he hoped that the league of nations covenant as promulgated Feb. 14, would not be finally adopted, as, he declared, it was a compromise of the ideals of President Wilson with the imperialistic aspirations of some of the allies. The American president, Herr Erzberger insisted, was under obligations to advocate the immediate admission of Germany to the league.

Herr Erxberger asserted that Germany was prepared to accept the vote of Alsace-Lorraine, as to ita future, but he referred to the. reported aspirations of France respecting the Rhineland, and to- Poland's claims to Danzig vaa "What is German, win reman Gorman." As far as the demands for compensation were concerned, Herr Enberger declared that Germany would reject any demand that applied to acts committed after I cember, 1916, when Germany mada her first peace offer. There wa no moral obligation upon Germany regarding compensation aside frora the case of Belgium, the speaker argued. Io that case Germanor would act he said. EBERT FACES II, KOFLPROBLER Mast Cheapen Food ot, Raise Wages to Defeat Bolshevism.

Berlin, Friday, Mar. lt-KBy tho Associated Press). Arrangements for foreign credits is ortly one part of a difficult financial probleim confronting Germany fn connection with the supply of food front abroad. The price of various foodstuffs, particularly cereals, on the world markets is so high, compared with the maximum prices which Germany maintained on rationed foodstuffs during, the war that some method must be found to make up the differences in cost if the price of bread is to be within the reach of the worklngmen. the smaller salaried classes and those with hsed small Incomes.

The constant strikes and discontent of labor, which are the breeding ground for disorder and worse, are caused largely by the inability of the poorer classes to meet th cost of living on present wages. The government is aware that If the price of bread which now is 50 to 60 pfennigs for a two-pound loaf is Increased, three or four times, the entire laboring class anJ many of the lower middle classes might swing over into bol shevism. CAMP DODGE TO DISCHARGE 200,000 Camp Dodge, March 17- Information received here frori Washington indicated that futly 200.000 more soldiers will be discharged through Camp Dodge, at a maximum rate of 30,000 a month. Regular army men a-e hems x- tained fo handlo the cUseiiajS' Russian Reds Suffered Serious Loss in Attempt to Cut the Allied Lines CUMMINS IS FOR A LEAGUE Believes Present Draft Needs Amending in Several Particulars. Des Moines, Mar.

17. Senator A. B. Cummins, just returned from Washington, expressed himself in favor of a league of nations today, but reiterated that the present draft be amended in several particulars. He will remain' here until the special session of congress is called, probably in June.

EX-KAISERIS STILL ON JOB SAWING WOOD Hohenzollem Completed His Thousandth Tree Last Saturday. Amerongen, Holland, March 15. (By the Associated Press.) Former Emperor William, today completed sawing Into logs, his thousandth tree, since be took refuge at Count von Bentinck's castle hera last fall. From the thousandth tree a few logs were converted into souvenirs of the achievement and marked in red ink with the inscription: 2.H These were presented to mem-bers of the Bentick family and to those who have assisted the ex-emperor in his work during the last ten weeks. Expert sawyers of the neighborhood compute the value of the wages Herr Hohenzollem would have earned if he had been paid the trade union rate at about $:10 for the whole period, or an average of 60 cents a working dny, which usually consists of three hours.

AND HAVNER ARE TO GOONSTAND Summoned to Testify in the Rathbun Par-f don Case. De3 Moines, Mar. 17. Oov. W.

L. Harding and Attorney General II. M. Havner are among the witnesses that have been called by the Iowa house Judiciary committee, which began'its investigation of the Rathbun pardon case today. It was said the investiga tion might be concluded this weekv MEN WILL GET CHIEF DEMAND Newark, N.

Mar. 17. Prior to a conference today between the Public Service Railway company and its 4,500 employes who have been on Ktrike throughout northern New Jersey, it was learned that the company had virtually assured the Federal War Labor board that the men's chief de-man union recognition would be granted. The company today restored to the men their privilege of placing union notices on the company's bill boards and their action was Interpreted by the employes as foreshadowing the winning of their principal demand. OVER HALF BILLION IN FRENCH BUDGET Paris, March 17.

The bunVt comminHion of the chamber of deputies has decided to introduce ui civil budget of for the first three months of 1319. Archangel, Saturday, March 15. (By the Associated Press.) The futile attack which the bolshevik! delivered; yesterday on the allied and American forces was the first serious attempt to cut the line of communications of the Dvina and Vaga columns. The attempt was not only frustrated, but the bolshevik forces suffered a severe defeat and sustained heavy losses. Moving from the Kadish-Tarezvo sector, the first battalion of the Bridge Washed Out Laden with trees, chicken coops and boards betokening devastation of a serious nature further up its placid course.

Duck Creek grew Saturday night into a roaring, tearing, power mad mass of muddy water. At the Brady Btreet crossing early Sunday morning it picked up the heavy iron bridge which had been set aside, washed it down stream with terrific force against the framework which had been erected for the new concrete arch, and washed the whole mass many yards west Sunday morning Duck creek was fully 1,000 feet wide at Brady street, roaring with the force of its current, and effectually blocking all traffic. In the channel the depth of the stream was estimated at more than 30 feet. The new concrete arch was being erected for the city by T. J.

McCarthy, contractor. He had finished sinking holes for the abutments, and had completed the wooden frame work preparatory to starting the concrete work. This would have been begun in a few days. The work of the fall and winter was wiped out. at a single stroke when Duck creek, swollen by the heavy rains, went on a rampage.

The iron bridge, which had spanned the creek and which was to have been replaced by the concrete arch, had been moved by the contractor about 70 feet upstream from the crossing. A temporary roadway had been built or vehicles. But when the creek rose in its might it picked up the heavy structure and hurled it against the framework of the new concrete arch. This framework was dislodged and carried about 30 feet west of the crossing before it grounded. The excavation, which had been made for the abutments were filled with debris, and the entire job will have to done over again.

It is impossible to move the wooden framework back to its origjnal place, and the work has been delayed many months. It is estimated by city officials that the contractor lost between $3,000 and $5,000 throagh storm. I Other Bridges Hold I Other bridges across Duck Creek at Harrison street and Jersey Ridge road held fast. At Harrison street the stream was over 1,000 feet wide, and rushing with terrific force. But the iron bridge, half under water, stood its ground.

The country on each side of it for many yards was flooded and today a thick covering of sand, dirt and debris covers the fields. The same condition prevailed at the Jersey Ridge road crossing. The stream here was not so wide 'Claim noert ana ocneiae- mann Are Puppets of Militarists. WILLING JOSIGN ORDERS London, March 17. Special dis patches from Berlin report that the suppression of the recent Sparta-can outbreak there has shown that a military and monarchist reaction is growing and overshadowing the new government.

The Berlin correspondent of the Mail, who, on Feb, 27, sent a dispatch outlining plans for a monarchist uprising in Germany has arrived in London, having left Ber lin on March 14, after a residence there of three months. He reiter ates the statements made in his dis patch, saying that President Ebert, Chancellor Scheiaemann and Minister of War Noske are merely He declares that for the pur pose of retaining power, they have allowed members of the military caste to reappear as organisers of the new Republican armies. "These men are the real governors of Germany," he says. "They make the edicts and Chancellor Scheidemann and his colleagues willingly sigh them." Similar testimony ia given by other correspondents In telegraphing from Berlin, some stating that the capture of the suburb of Uchten-berg has been Intentionally prolonged with a view to exterminating the Spartacana, whoso treatment at the hands of government troops is said to bt sharply condemned. While alleged atrocities are attributed to Sjartacans, details which have been given are doubted or denied.

Even the Vorwaerts admits them to be much exaggerated. The correspondents concur in the statement that extreme, bitterness has been created against the government troopHnd that further trouble is Inevitable. According to a dispatch to the Mail, the Spartacan revolt will certainly recur in ever-Increasing force unless a miracle happens. It adds that Herr Noske's forces have been recruited by bribes and promise of big rations and that to this may be attributed some of the food shortage in Berlin. GERMAN-AUSTRIA TO OBTAIN FOOD Basle, Mar.

17. Thd Inter-allied food commission, which had been conducting negotiations at Vienna, has concluded sessions there and has reached an agreement by which German-Austria witl receive five convoys, of grain daily by way of Trieste, according to advices received here from the Austrian capital. A credit of has been arranged tcwearry out the agreement. Herbert Hoover, chairman of the pupmne food council, will be charged with the administration of the agreement. Capture Towns and Inflict Serious Defeats on GAINING IN STRENGTH Copenhagen, March 17.

Lettish troops have advanced towards Mitau and have captured the towns of Kanday and Zabeln, according to an official statement issued by the Lettish headquarters. The ad vance, continues the statement, says the bolshevik! lu Northwestern Courland are threatened with having their retreat to Mitau and Riga cut off. They are reported to be retiring in a panic. A dispatch received here from Berlin quotes Libau advices to the effect that the holshevikl have been seriouslv defeated in the district between Kovno and Vllna and that the important railroad running from Koshedarv to Schaulen has been captured. EXECUTION OF REDS STOPPED Conenhagen.

March 17. The dr der issued by Gustavo Nosko, the German, minister of war. for the execution of persons possessing arms and fighting against the government has been withdrawn, according to a Borlin dispatch received here. SERIOUS RIOTS AT TANTA, EGYPT London. March 17-There has been rioting at Tanla, Egypt, in connection with the disorders which have occurred there during the oast week.

On March 12, 3,000 nprsons attempted to rush a rail mnrt station at Tnnta, hut the at tack was met by troops and police and was frustrated. There was some fighting and 22 casualties are reported in a Cairo dispaica rewiv ed here. Tnnf -j in an important town on the Nile, 73 miles above Alexandria and is the capital of the province of Gharbia. Forecast Till 7 P. M.

Tuesday: For Davenport, Rock Island, Mo-llne and Vicinity fair tonight and Tuesday; folder tonight, with the lowest temperature about freezing. For Iowa Fair tonight Tuesday; colder tonight In and central portions; rising peralure Tuesday. For Illinois Fair tonight Tuesday, colder tonifcht. Shippers Forecast: Frotect shipments during and cant teiu- and the next 38 hours from temperatures as follows: North, 25 degrees; asi, 30; south. 30-; west, 25., JiffTiiifiiiiiiiniiifiiiiliJiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiininniiiiiiiiti Formal Spring, I Opening 1 Davenports Ready- 1- io-Wear and Clothing 1 Stores Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 1 Announcements Will Appear in 1 I Wednesday, March 20 I Democrat and Leader serters on the Vaga rContlnodi on Page Nine.