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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
WAR SUMMARY

Severe measures Of repression
have been taken by the German
government against the workers
whose strike movement In import.
ant Industrial centers during the
week has tied up many plants en-.
gagged in munitiOn and war supply
work. In retaliation for one OF
these measures-the arrest Of an
independent socialist deputy-a
nation wide demonstration Is
threatened, according to advices
through Holland today.
Pessimism Is said to exist In
Berlin over the outcome OF the
Brest. Litoysk negotiations. The
Berlin press says that the Rus
slams have been encouraged by the
strike movement to resist Ger.
many's demands.
In Petrograd the BOlsheviki au.
thorities have broken up y c0un.
ter revolutionary plot In favor of
General Kaledines, the COssack
leader. One Of the leaders Of the
pIot was killed but the others es.
CAPPED. Sixty officers and soldiers
implicated IN the movement were
imprisoned.
There has been little activity ON
the fighting fronts. The Ameri.
cans In Frxnce are having their
share Of artillery bOmbardments
and rifle fire exchanges. On the
Italian northern front. the ifal-
jans have repuIsed IN Austrian ef.
fort TO retrieve lost positions west
Of the Brentc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
MARCH IS SLATED
CHIEF OF STAFF
Major General Expected To Succeed
General Bliss As Army Head in
United States.

Washington, Feb. 2.-Major General
Peyton C. March is slated to become
acting chief of staff Of the army, if
General Pershing can spare him from
his present duties as chief of artillery
Of the expeditionary forces. No reply
has been received as yet from General
Pershing.
The selection Of General March
means that Major General Bliss, chief
of staff, is to remain permanently in
Europe as the American military rep
resentative at the supreme war coun-
ell now sitting in France. No official
statement was available as to the &C
ton contemplated but it is expected
that General March will undertake his
new duties in the near future.
The permanent assignment of Cen
eral Bliss to the war council may re-
suit in request to congress for au-
Tthority TO appofnt' an additional gen
eral. As General March will be In
fact head of the army. it Is regarded
as probable that he will be give4 both
the rank and the title of chief Of atafl
later, General Bliss being continued
in similar rank but relieved as chief
of staff to permit him to devote him
self exclusively to his work abroad
General March is SO years old.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
DISCUSS SPANISH
EXPORT PROBLEM
United States and Madrid Officials Re-
ported to Be Negotiating on
Question. @

Madrid, Feb. Marquis De AL
huoemas, the Spanish premier, today
said he was well satisfied with the
progress of the negotiations between
Spain and the United States. The
representatives of the two govern
ments have been discussing CONNER
cial arrangements between the two
countries.
The premier praised the American
representatives, who left Madrid to-
day for Paris.
Washington, Feb. 2.-The foregoing
dispatch discloses for the first time
that negotiations are going on be-
tween the United States and Spain to
determine what character of exports
shall be permitted to go to that ma
ton in return for Spanish materials
the government wishes to buy for the
American troops in France. 1t also
seems to disclose why officials here
Yesterday made formal denials of the
report that the war trade board was
refusing to license any export what
ever to Spain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
End TORRENTS and Misery"
Is Cry of German Strikers

London, Feb 2-One Of the leaflets which was cir.
cuated in Berlin and helped to cause the strike says
the Amsterdam correspondent Of the Daily Express calls
the governments expressed desire for peace only
mask land declares that the only way end the misery
and the Wholesale massacre to overthrow the pres
emit government and establish republic The eaflet
says further:
WORKERS! Let us prepare for an immediate, stiff
necked and determined action enma.se This is the only
way to end the torrents and misery are suffering
The battle cry must be down with separate
peace! Delay no longer, German workers. men and
women alike, but act and with vigor sparng none
Above all must not delay. Now is the time to strike
a formidable blow"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
Mexican Stays
4 il, Gun Fight
With Officers

Ell Paso, Texas, Feb. AFTER with
standing a siege by more than one
hundred city and military policemen,
Felipe Alvarez, who last night shot
and dangerously wounded Mrs. Trini-
dad Lucero, killed her two small chill
dren and killed policeman and civil
ian who sought to capture him, was
.dislodged from his refuge in an out
house in the densely populated Mexi-
can quarter at 3 o'clock this morning
by charge of dynamite. Four charges
charges of dynamite were exploded
before the building was wrecked and
Alvarrez's body hurled high into the
air. Examination of the body disclos-
ed that he had received six bullet
wounds from the policemen and SOL
diers, who exchanged hundreds OF
shots with the fugitive. Alvarrez's
victims we're:
Killed: Juan Garcia, deputy city
tax collector: Octaviano Perea, police
man; Salvador Lucero, aged 3; AL
fredo Lucero, aged 2.
Dangerously wounded: Mrs. Trini-
dad Lucero.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
GERMAN SOLDIERS ATTACKED BY MOB
Liberty Motor
Will be King of
Air He Asserts

Chicago, Feb. America, through
the use of the Liberty motor, will
decide the supremacy of the air in
the world war, according to Major l.
C. Eckenfelder of the French military
mission, who spoke here today. Major
Eckenfelder represented NJ. Andre
Tardieu, French high commissioner, al
a banquet of the society Of automo-
tive engineers.
who will DECIDE the superior in
the air? You have the answer here,
Major Eckenfelder said. ut will be
you. The construction Of the Liberty
motor under the direction of Howard
Coffin will solve the problem. 1t is
the motor of the future, the motor Of
victory.
Whether or not the war is to be
won by airplanes is moot question
1t is sure, however, that we need all
the motors, all the airplanes America
can make.
I'VE need all kinds of motors, too
have only to think of those days al
Verdun to realize the importance OF
mOlUIS W TIT dTLlicS VI tuc dlilcs. IA
the beginning of that battle the Ger
| mans had cut off railroads running X
Verdun. 1t was then that motor
trucks took DIP the work of transpor.
tation, carrying troops, ammunition
supplies and caring for the wounded
Major Eckenfelder also told of the
success of the British tanks and spoke
in glowing terms of American ambu
! lances and the good work done by
them. He added that in those part:
of France, where the soil is bein:
titled, the American tractors are driv
| ing plows and cultivators and taking
the place of the French peasants fight
ing for their country.
| Major Eckenfelder cited the grea
growth of the French air service a!
| indicating the value attached to thi:
| branch of the army. AS a result o
the increase in the number of planes
he said, France and England hav'
been the superiors of the Germans il
air fighting for the past two years.
! At the outbreak of the war, Franc
and England had but 43 airplanes
against 1.-The huge fleet Of Taubes O
| the kaiser"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
RUSS CITY TAKEN
BY POLISH LEGION
Force OF $4,000 Soldiers Capture
Town 10000 Others Barred by
Germans and Slays.

Petrograd. Feb. 1.-The semi official
news agency says it is reported from
Mohiley that $4,000 Polish legionaires,
commanded by Polish generals with
their staff, have occupied the town of
kogachev, - miles south of Mohilev
en- the Dnieper river. The executive
committee of the provisional work
mems and soldiers delegates has sent
an ultimatum demanding the submits
sion OF the Polish forces.
Petrograd, Friday. Feb. About
lorty thousand Polish troops in the
Russian army who have maintained
Their units intact in face of the Boil
sheviki reorganization measures and
who had expressed a desire to return
from Russia TO Poland have been stop
ped by German objection to the plan.
germany has absolutely refused to
permit the repatriation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
EXPECT NEXT MONDAY TOBE
MADE LAST 'hEATlESS Day
STATEMENT UPON
PLAN TO PUT END
TO HEATLESS DAY

Washington, Feb. Following is a
Joint statement as issued by Director
General McAdoo and Fuel Administra-
tor Garfield in regard to the suspen-
sion of the Monday closing order:
I'VE have had under consideration
the question of suspending after Mon
day next the Monday closing order.
We have not reached final conclu-
sion about it. We shall have another
conference on Tuesday next, when the
results of the Monday closings and OF
the railroad embargoes up to that time
can be fully considered, and shall be
able to make an announcement next
week as to whether or not suspen-
sion of the Monday closing order may
be made"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
Man HELDAS
CRAZY TELLS
OF SLAYINCS
Inmate Minnesota Asylum
: Confesses Double Murder :
at Red Oak, Iowa.

st. Peter, Mimi, Feb. Ralph L.
Crosby, committed to the state asy-
lum here jan 20, from Yellow Medi-
cine county, confessed to authorities
there today the murder of John Bell
and his wife in Red Oak, Iowa, in
August, 1914. In response to tele-
gram from Sheriff r. A. Dunn OF
Montgomery county, Iowa, the officials
here are holding Crosby.
Crosby, who is % years old, and also
known as Roy L. Clark, said that be-
cause he felt" the elder Bells believ-
ed he had been on too friendly terms
with their daughter, he concluded to
kill the whole family. They had made
no accusations, he said, but he could
not stand feeling the way he did. FL
nally, one night, he shot Mr.. and Mrs
Bell and would have killed the three
daughters, but their pleas touched his
heart.
Saws Way to Liberty.
For their sakes," he said, he also
refrained from killing himself, helped
them call the police and neighbors
and gave himself up. Lawyers expect
ed him to plead guilty, but with a saw
smuggled into the Jail by visitor to
another prisoner, he escaped. after
three months confinement awaiting
trial, and went to Texas There he
worked for farmers in Sherman coun-
ty, returning east to Illinois in the
fall of 1915 Later, he went to Inter
national Falls. Mimi, where he mar
ried Mildred Hillstrom. Crosby next
went to North Dakota as a harvest
hand, where he remained until las,
month.
Feared Detection.
Then, while in Yellow Medicine coun-
ty, he feared detectives were after
him, told his wife of the affair, and
Through his. actions was declared in
sane and brought here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
TEUTONS' STRIKE
IS CALLED PLOT
German Papers Claim Disturbance Is
Due To Deep Laid Anglo.Ameri-
can Conspiracy.

London, Feb. Berlin dispatches
detailing an alleged Anglo-American
plot to foment revolution in the cen
trail powers are published by Cologne
newspapers. according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam
In Washington on New Years day. it
is said that 50,000,000 marks was sub
scribed for this purpose. The revolu-
tons were to be organized in Ger
many, Austria Hungary, Turkey and
Bulgaria.
The organization was to be under
the leadership of Senator Stone and
Earl Reading and Viscount North
cliffe. 1t was to have branches in neu-
trail capitals surrounding Germany
and German speaking neutrals were to
be sent into Germany in an effort to
incite the workers in munition fac
tories to strike. The dispatches de-
clare that there was also to be sabo-
tage in the German munition making
industry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
BERGMAN AND EMMA
GOLDMAN MEET FATE.

New York, Feb. Alexander Berk-
man and Emma Goldman. anarchists.
appeared at the United States mar
shal's Office here today in compliance
with federal court order signed here
yesterday az q result OF the decision
of the United States supreme court
affirming the conviction Of the two on
u charge OF conspiring to interfere
with the operation OF the selective ser
vice.
Both were sentenced to two years
Imprisonment and pay fines OF $4,000
each, and were serving their terms
when they were released under bail
bonds OF $4,000 each pending thu su-
preme courts decision ON their APP
peals.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
ITALIAN FORCES
/ AGAIN stop FOES

Italian Army Headquarters. Feb. 2.
by the Associated Press.)-The
enemy made another powerful effort
yesterday to redeem the situation
west of the Brenta river where the
Italians recently won a notable sue
cess but was beaten back by the CON-
bined action Of the infantry and ar
tillery without reaching its objective.
London, Feb. 2. - During the
night party of Liverpool troops sue
cessfully raided the enemy's trenhes
southeast of Armentieres and brought
BAG kprisoners," the war Office re-
ports. "a raid attempted by the en-
envy north of Passchendael was re-
pulsed"
Paris, Feb. 1.-THE night passed in
quiet" says today's official communi-
cation There was some artillery
fighting in the region of Burnhaupt-
Le-Haut tAlsace). A raid north OF
Mortier wood enabled us to bring
back prisoners"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
End of Holiday Program
Forecast-Rail Embargo
is Future Plan.

Washington, Feb. abandonment
Of the voorhees, Monday program after
rs enforcement next Monday was pre-
dicted today as the result of a pro-
louged conference between Fuel Ad-
ministrator Garfield and Director
General McAdoo, which was held last
night.
A final decision was not reached
and further conference will be held
Tuesday, but there was every indi-
cation that both officials, as well as
President Wilson, who has been con-
suited. feel that the purpose sought
can be accomplished from now on by
continuance of preferential coal
transportation and distribution and
by railroad embargoes now in force.
Al the conclusion of the conference
today statement was issued joint
" by DR.. Garfield and Mr.. McAdoo
This statement appears in an adj
joining column.
Third Voorhees, Monday.
Ten voorhees, Mondays were de-
creed by the fuel administration Jan.
II as a measure to save coal and to
relieve railroad transportation. Next
Monday will be the third observed
The Monday holidays were preceded
by fye-day industrial shutdown, at
the close of which eastern railroads
at the direction of Director Genera
McAdoo, put on embargoes against
the movement of general freight
The Monday closing has brought
the most vigorous opposition from
commercial interests, particularly the
big department stores. The small
stores, too, have opposed it, as have
the owners of Office buildings. The
aires succeeded in having the day as
applied to them changed to Tues
day.
1t was stated officially today that
the reason a final decision was moi
reached was because complete reports
have not as yet been received show
Ing the exact results of the five-day
closing and the effects of operation
Of the embargoes to date.
May Trust to EmbargOes.
Both Mr.. McAdoo and DR.. Garfield
are of the opinion, however, it was
said, that since the coal problem il
largely one of transportation embar
gees will bring results without con
tinuance of the Monday closings
Nine days enforcement of the EN-
bargoes. it is. held, has improved thu
situation as much as would have al
observance of nine voorhees, Mondays
although bad weather conditions hav'
slowed up coal movement.
The fuel administration preferen
tial order calling for the distribution
Of coal first to househOlders, ships
public institutions and favored wa
industries will stand, as we'll as will
the railroad administration orde
giving preferential rail movement t
coal and food These two orders. j
is declared, will guarantee coal t.
consumers which the government i
determined to see supplied, although
the less essential industries are ex
pected to suffer and some may hav
TO close down.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
BRITISH AIRMEN
JAILED BY HUNS
Caught Dropping Proclamation and
Are Given O-Year Terms-English
Demand ReprisaL

Amsterdam. Feb. 1.-Two captured
British airmen. the Tages Zeitung of
Berlin says, have been sentenced by a
German court martial to 10 years i'm
prisonment for dropping a hostile
proclamation in Germany.
London, Feb. 2.-Reprisals are de-
manded by the Daily Mail for the ac-
ton Of the German military authori-
ties in sentencing two British airmen
to 10 years Imprisonment for drop
ping leaflets in Germany. The news
paper wants the reprisals to take the
form Of putting German officers and
prisoners on the same rations and lir.
ing conditions as British prisoners un-
dergo In Germany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02

The same correspondent sends an
excerpt from an editorial in Vorwaerts
which appeared again Friday after
being suppressed.
The Vorwaerts says:
We do not want the disruption of
Germany or civil war. We want the
government to understand the stand
point of a majority of the people. 1t
Is simple quarrel between those who
want peace by might and those who
want peace by understanding
The Cologne Volks Zeitung de-
nounces the socialists. and says:
THE men to whom the fate of Ger
many is entrusted in these grave
hours are at their posts and are de-
termined to show everybody who does
not know it, who the rulers Of Ger
many are"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
NOTED NEWSPAPER
WRITER SUCCUMBS

New York, Feb. 2.-Leander Rich
ardson. dramatic editor, critic and
author. died today at his home, here,
aged 81 years. He was general man
aser for William A. Brady's theatrical
productions. Mr.. Richardson was one
oi the most widely known theatrical
ana newspapermen in the country He
vas editor of the New York Dramatic
news from 1891 to. 1896 and wrote
tnree novels and six plays.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
BulCAR WAR AIMS
CITED BY PREMIER

Amsterdam, Feb. premier RADIO
slavoff, defining in the Sobranja, Bull
garia's war aims. says a telegram
from Sofia; pointed out that all people,
the Bulgarians, ardently de-
sired peace though they wished for
an honorable peace which would con-
secrate their national unity.
This unity. the premier continued
constituted the sole war aim of the
Bulgarians and meant the reunion OF
the province of Dobrudja, the Morava
district and land in Macedonia to
their mother country, Bulgaria.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
FORMER MEX LEADER
HEADS ITALY FORCE

Rome. Feb. 2--The Tribuna an
hounees that the government has au-
!norized the creation Of the Garibald-
ian legion under the command OF Pep
plnq Garibaldi, who is In Rome con-
fIerring on the details OF the unit with
me organizing committee.
tolonel Giuseppe Peppino) Carl
Midl was prominent figure in the
mealcan revolution led by Madero in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
DANIELS TO ASK FINDS.

Washington, Feb. 2.-Secretary Dan
iels today authorized announcement
that he would ask congress at the
present session for any appropriations
for new naval stations on the south
Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico or the Pa
cific coast, which have been recon-
mended by the board headed by Rear
Admiral Helm,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
Man KILLED AND
$1,S00.|S TAKEN

Chicago, Feb. EVERY available
city detective and score of railway
special agents are securing the city
today for trace Of four robbers who
last night shot to death collector for
the Illinois Central railroad and robbed
him of $500 at the Randolph street
station of the company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
DEFENDER OF LIEGE IN PARIS.

Paris, Feb. General Deman, de-
fender OF Liege against the German
advance early In the war. arrived in
Paris last night. He was greeted at
the station by the Belgian minister
and representatives Of President Poin-
care and General Dubail. the military
governor OF Paris.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
THE WEATHER
Forecast Till Z p. N. Tomorrow. To-
Rock Island, Davenport, Moline

Forecast It'll +. n. Tomorrow. TO.
Rock Island. Davenport. Moline
anC Vicinity.
Unsettled weather tonight and Sun
day. Probably light snow. Warmer
tonight, with the lowest temperature
about 10 degrees above zero. Colder
Sunday.
" Temperature at Z a. M. zero High
est yesterday. 7. Lowest last night, /
below zero.
Velocity of wind at a. M, 6 miles
per hour.
Precipitation. none.
Relative humidity at p. m, II: at
Z a. m, 81; at p. m. today, 61.
Stage of water, 81 no change in
last - hours,
j. NJ. SHERIER. Meteorologist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02
BAKER TO APPEAR.

Washington, Feb. 2-Late today it
was arranged to have Secretary Baker
appear before the committee for the
cross examination next Tuesday, when
it was hoped the war inquiry would
be concluded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02

CONTINUED on Page Sixteen.)
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-01
SUMMARY

Associated Press Summary-The French, British, American, and Bel gian troops are steadily continuing their smashing advance, further in- creasing the peril to the Germans on the entire battle front extending from Verdun to the North Sea. The important bastions guarding the approaches to Lille, Cambrai, St. Quentin and Laon are becoming of little use to the Germans. The Bel gians troops have completed the in- vestment of Roulers, thereby widen ing the wedge driven between Lille and the German submarine bases on the Belgian coast.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-01
GERMANS STARTING RIOTS AT BERI IN
ALLIES SEND NEW ARMY AGAINST WEARY HUNS
TURKEY FEELING
 FOR ARM|SI|CE

LONDON.-Persistent rumors are current in this city that the Turkish government have put out feelers for an armistice with the Allies. The rumors are confirmed to a certain extent by news received from Turk ish sources, and an outright declara- tion of the intention of the Ottoman government to sue for peace may b. looked for at any moment.
 Bulgaria's deflection, with the cutting of of all communication with Germany, coupled with the heavy losses sustained by the Turks in Palestine will, it is thought, com pei the Turks to seek terms ere it becomes too late.
 Bulgaria's threat to throw the weight of her army in cooperation with the Allies against Turkey will act as a strong argument against a continuance of a hopless struggle and hasten their decision.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-01
BERLIN SHAKEN BY EXCITED MOB
 KEEN FOR PEACE

LONDON.-Reports received in this city from reliable sources indi- cate that several peace demonstra- tions were staged in Berlin last Saturday, during which riotous scenes were enacted.
 Cheering crowds assembled before the Bulgarian legation and indulged in such strenuous demonstrations that it became necessary for the police to intervene. The rioters, however, got the upper hand of the authorities and, in their frenzy were guilty of several excesses. Several beautiful statues in the city were destroyed by the mobs. ..:
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-01
FALL OF CAMBRIA
 HOURLY EXPECTED

LONDON-Reports received from the battle front this morning indi- cate that in view of its imminent capture by the advancing British columns, the Huns are buring the town of Cambrai, preparatory to re- linquishing their fast weakening hold on it. The Britishers, continuing their closing in movement on the city, have captured Proville, to the west and the nearby town of Tilloy, to the northwest of Cambrai. To the north of the doomed city the British forces advanced in a wedge formation and captured the town of Levergies, which is now the apex of the wedge. The town of Vend- huile, between Cambria and St. Quen- tin, has also been taken by the British.