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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
GREAT SAVING IS
SHOWN IN REPORT
ON ROAD CONTROL

Chicago. Feb. 10.-R. II. Ash
ton, regional director of railroads
for the northwestern region, in his
annual report for the year ended
Dec. 81, 1918, shows that a total
saving of $34,233, ,2S2,46 was ef-
fected in the operating expenses
of the lines under his control as a
result of the indications and
economies due to government op-
Grafton.
Regional Director Ashton points
out that in the unificatIOn of ter
minals 80 passenger and 1876
freight stations were closed
In the Chicago district. one of
the largest terminals in the coun-
try, great economy and efficiency
was obtained by using to create
extent than was before the Outer
Belt lines. consisting of the Elgin,
Joliet & Eastern, and the Indiana
Harbor Belt railroads
The saving of cars in the entire
region at present amounts to about
fifteen thousand cars month.
BY the elimination of unneces-
sary passenger trains 23,2S0,400
miles were saved last year, a re
duction in operating cost of about
s100 per train mile.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
DENIES HENEY
WAS OFFERED
PACKERS JOB
Mayor Reads Walsh
Message Refuting
Testimony.

Washington. Feb. 10 - Levy
Mayer, counsel for J. Ogden Ar
mour, denied emphaticAlly and
fatty before the senate agriculture
committee today that he had Of
fered employment with the big
packers to Francis J. Heney, who
is conducting the examination OF
packers witnesses before the COM
mittee. He read a telegram from
Frank p. Walsh, who Mr.. Heney
said Mr.. Mayer told him had been
made a similar offer, stating he
had heard nothing of it.
Mr.. Heney, who made the charge
before the committee Saturday,
was not present until after Mr..
Mayer had made his preliminary
statement.
The telegram from Mr.. Walsh in
St. Louis. was sent Mr.. Mayer
said, without his request
This is the statement of an hon
est man" the witness added, in
contrast to this clumsy, uranspar-
ent, dishonorable and unprofes-
sional lie of Mr.. Heney."
Mr. Mayer remarked that Mr.
Heney had charged the alleged
offer was made Jan. "a, and ques-
toned the propriety of his not
having made it public before if it
were true. He said he was not in
the city when the charge was made
and consequently was not able to
answer then.
Mr. Walsh's telegram was read
as follows:
The Associated Press asks me
for comment upon Mr.. Heney's
statement of Saturday, which
gave as follows:
While | can claim a very
pleasant acquaintance with Mr.
Mayer. he never offered employ
ment in Chicago or elsewhere and
this does not imply that he might
not have done so with perfect pro-
priety or that l might nOt have ac-
cepted or declined the same with
like propriety'
Mr.. Mayer then read 4 letter he
said he wrote President Wilson on
Jan. II, 1918, when the federal
trade commission with Mr.. Heney
as its counsel was investigating
the business of the packers. In it
he charged that Mr.. Heney was
then trying to undermine public
confidence in the meat industry
and that the packers were not per-
mitted to call or cross examine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
TEXTILE STRIKE
STILL ON; SOME OF
WORKERS RETURN

Lawrence, Mass, Feb. 10.-An in
crease in the number of operatives
reporting for work in the textile
mills was announced at the open
ing hour today, but leaders of the
movement for As hours work with
"a hours pay declared the strike
was still in full effect. The re-
turning workers were largely Eng
lish speaking and it was said that
few of the operatives classed as
"aliens" had passed through the
mill gates.
Charles G. Wood of the state
board of concilliation and arbitra-
tion said he regarded the situation
as hopeful"
line Kaplan. secretary of the
committee directing the textile
strike here, was arrested today on
a federal charge of evading the
draft.
Kaplan was taken by local Off
GERS to Camp Devens to be turned
over to army authorities. 1t was
announced he would be charged
with failure to register in the
draft either in 1917 or 1918.
Several hours after Kaplan's de-
parture for Camp Devens his wife
appeared at police headquarters
with his registration card, which
showed that he was registered at
Pittsfield, and placed in class five.
The police declined to say what ac-
tion would be taken lin regard to
the detention of Kaplan in view
of this development.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
STRIKE ORDER
is NOT ISSUED
Call for WaIkOut in liz Cities to
Enforce Carpenters Demand
Not Sent Out, Claim.

New York, Feb. 10 Notwith-
standing the statement of William
L. Hutcheson. president of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America, that all
hoisting engineers and hricklayers
employed by the Building Trades
Employers association i'll 112 cities
of the country would be called out
on strike this morning % enforce
the carpenters demands for a dol
lar a day increase in wages, no
strike order had been issued up To
noon today.
Action will be taken today"
was the only comment made by w
J. Bowen, president of 'he Brick
layers. MasOns and PlasteTers' In
ternational Union of America when
asked whether the strike would be
called.
Work on the s45.OOO.OcO United
States base in South Brooklyn,
which has been tied up for several
weeks by the carpenters contro-
versy, was resumed today with
100 non-union carpenters, accord
ing to s B. Donnelly, secretary o.
the employers assoc tdlIOn. Tie
added that no reports OF the sus-
pension of work by bricklayers and
hoisting engineers in other cities
had been received by the associa-
ton.
Chicago. Feb .10.-No carpenters
are on strike in connection with
the New York strike, II was said
today at the Offices OF tho carpen-
ters' district council OF Chicago. II
was said that there was no work
being done here by the Building
Trades Employers association of
New York.
Detroit, Mich. Feb. 10 The call
for q strike of union bricklayers
and hoisting engineers Will have
little effect In Detroit, according
to union officials and leading con-
struction firms here. Raymond p.
limerick, president of the loca!
building trades council, said this
forenoon he had received no off,
ciai notice OF the strike call. The
number of men affected. however.
he added. would be very small.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
TRUCE TERMS
TO FOES MADE
MORE SEVERE
Impose Harsher Condi-
lions Paris Meet
Makes Headway.

Paris, Feb. 10-The supreme
war council is reported to have
reached a decision that it was nee
essary to impose more severe con-
ditions upon Germany for the re-
newal of the armistice, because OF
Germany's attitude toward the full
filIment of her obligations.
Decisions are also said to have
been reached for the control of
German rehabilitation and of the
production of plants formerly en-
gagged in producing war material.
1t is expected that the means for
securing the execution of the con-
ditions laid down will be reached at
Mondays session of the council.
Such headWay has been made by
some of the lesser commissions of
the peace conference with the plans
before them that it is expected
these commissions will be ready to
report a number of important pro-
jects to the conference for its &C
tion almost Immediately after the
report of the commission on a So
ciety of Nations is disposed of.
The conference, itself, which it
appears likely to drop into more
leisurely pace after the departure
of President Wilson and Premier
Orlando of Italy, and in the alb
sence of Premier Lloyd George of
Great Britain, who has already left
Paris, plans to undertake the dis
cussion of some of these topics. In
teresting debates are expected to
follow, occupying the time Of the
conference profitably during what
it seems to be thought here will be
the rather brief absence of those
leaders.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
FRENCH GIRLS
CHIEF AIM is
WE'D A YANK
American Husband Is
Ideal of 40 Percent
of Young Women.

Paris. Feb. 2-(CorrespOndenCe
of the Associated Press What TO
do in order to get an American hus-
band seems to be the chief aim of
more than 40 per cent of the Paris
ian young women. At all events,
an investigation conducted by l.
Oeuvre, a Paris daily newspaper,
which publishes a series of letters
setting forth the reasons that have
come to the writer's for giving their
preferences to Americans over their
compatriots, shows that average.
Those who would rather marry
Frenchmen base their prediction
largely on patriotic reasons. but q
large percentage of young French
women confess to a Whole-hearted
admiration of the average Amcri-
cans breezy good hum0r and cOur-
tesy of manner toward the other
sex. Several French girls who have
had an opportunity to observe
American home life appreciate the
easy camaraderie between the sexes
and they come to the conclusion
that a good comrade must make q
good husband
COLne AdII "IILclS ocaS ma CIV II
lovers are given to talking over
much and are too fussy about their
personal appearance. The question
as to whether a man ought to shave
or not seems to agitate the French
feminine mind considerably and
the voting is about even between
the smooth-shaven American and
his French brother with a mus
tache.
One girl raises the curious objcc-
ton that Americans eat too much"
while another disapproves of the
heavy framed American spectacles
with the huge round lenses which
so many Americans affect"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
TROOPS FOIL
STRIKERS AT
But MINES
Pickets, Some in Army
Uniform, Dispersed at
Point of Bayonet.

Butte. Mont, Feb. 10.-Strik-
ers in the mines of Butte. who
object to the recent reduction
of S1.0O a day in wages and
who are insisting on the abOli-
ton of the "rustling" card
system. were halted at the foot
of the hill leading to the mines
today by guards of United
States soldiers. Those men
who wished to go to work,
were permitted to pass.
Discharged soldiers who still
wore army uniforms were among
those doing picket duty for the
strikers They were singled out
by the regular army men and or
dered Immediately TO discard their
uniforms, or cease participating in
the attempted picketing.
Strikers Block Cars.
Miners from the southern section
of the city who use the street cars
to get to their work on the hill
were prevented from doing so
when strikers would not let the
cars leave the barns. Soldiers
cleared the crowd from the vicinity
of the car barns but later a COM
mittee of union men is understood
TO have called out the union car
men.
BayOnets Used.
Major A NJ Jones, Forty-fourth
United States infantry, had the
streets leading to the mines pa
troled long before time for the
early shifts to go to work and
committees of pickets were stop
ped in some instances as early as
4 O'Clock. COngregating is forbid
den by the military and tlose slow
in moving at the command of the
soldiers have been made to feel the
sting of the bayonet's point.
No Serious Disorders.
Reports were circulated that SOL
diers had fired shots over the
heads of strikers who prevented
the cars from leaving the barns,
but Major Jones denied this. So
far no violence has been reported
After a crowd, which filled Fin
lander hall, began TO sing what
were said to be German songs, the
hall was cleared One woman was
taken into custody by the military
Few Men at Mines.
But few men are at work in the
mines due to the street car tie-up,"
John Gille, manager of the mines
for the Anaconda Copper Mining
company, said this morning En-
gineeTs and pump men are working
however. Transfers from the COM
pany's hardware scompany said
they were threatened by members
of the Industrial Workers of the
World. and as result, they refused
to take out their delivery machines
and teams.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
men ASK ROADS
run BY NATION
Government Agency to Operate
RAILWAY at Cost to Public is
Urged by Trainmen-

Washington. Feb. 10.-Some di-
rect governmental agency. working
not for profit, but to furnish trans
portation at cost, was advocated
today by the four railroad brother
hoods as their solution of the rail-
road problem before congress. A
B. Garretson, president of the
Order of Railway Conductors,
speaking for the four big en-
ployes' organizations, before the
senate interstate commerce COM
mittee, said the heads of he other
three brotherhoods had been won
over to government ownership OF
railroads by experience under gov
ernment operation. and that all en-
dorsed in principle. the plan pre-
sented by Glenn E. Plumb last
week. though they had not consid-
cred its details.
Mr.. Garretson declared 1t was
foolish to think that the threads of
social life could be picked up now
where they were broken by war
and that 1t remained to be demon
strated whether the forces loosed
by the war were loosed for good or
evil. He declared that tie flnan-
cial and operating sides of tho
RAILROAD question were practically
ga. and that the task OF congress
was TO decide whether the two
functions could be best performed
by private or government owner
ship.
Warren S. Stone. head of the en-
gineers, W. G. Lee of the trainmen
and Timothy Shea, of the firemen.
Mr. Garretsoa said. were private
ownership advocates until the ex-
peFience oc government operation
rs compared with private opera
lion. He explained that they still
advocate private Ownership in gen.
c-al, but government ownership as
applied to the railroad industry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
SOCIALIST MEET
FRAMES DEMANDS;
ASK HUN RELEASE

Berne, Switzerland, Sunday. Feb.
9.-Demands for presentation to
the Paris peace conference were
agreed upon by the International
labor conference here today. The
demands include the establishment
Of eight-hour day with an uninter-
rupted rest period of Sc hours
weekly, insurance against acct
dents and unemployment, the for
bidding of night work in all coun
tries for women workers, and of
the employment of children under
Is years of age, and six-hour day
for youths between Is and IS years
of age.
Territorial questions were to the
fore at both sessions OF the inter
national Socialist conference to-
day. the subject of Alsace-Lorraine
being the chief one considered
Some time also was spent debating
a resolution favoring the release
by the allies of the German pris-
oners of war.
During the latter discussion
there was a sharp exchange be-
tween Oscar Wells. a German Ma
tortty Socialist, and Kurt Eisner,
the Bayarian premier, the latter
accusing the German authorities of
ill-treating French prisoners. Herr
Eisner was warmly supported in
this charge by one of the
French delegates, Pierre Renaude,
Herr Wells introduced the sub
ject OF prisoners and recommendeI
that the German prisoners should
be released SO that they could
compete with French and Belgian
workers in France and Belgium
Premier Eisner said Germany had
no right to protest after what she
had done to France and Belgium
during the war adding:
When anyone has seen, as 1
have seen, French prisoners near
Munich crowded IN low, dark sheds
with corpses and men in ;le agony
of death from disease, no right for
protest remains"
Finally on motion OF Camille
q Belgian delegate.
was adopted declaring
that as allied prisoners were re-
turned home from the central en-
pires, German prisoners should be
Independently Of legit
mate complaints against Germany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10


The house resolution fer submis-
sion of the amendment failed OF
adoption with 50 votes in favor OF
it and 29 against, one less than the
necessary two-thirds.
Thus ended what leading suf-
frage champions had said in ad-
vance would be the final test of
this session Of congress. The
suffrage advocates went into the
test knowing they lacked one vote,
but hoping the last vote might be
won over.
The roll call on the resolution
began shortly before 2 o'clock
Those voting in favor of the res
olution were:
mocrats-Ashhurt, Culberson,
Ge&ry, Gore, Henderson, Johnson of
North Dakota, Jones of New Mex
leo: Hendricks, Kirby, Lewis, Nc
Kellar, Myers. Nugent, Pittman,
Pollock. Ransdall, Robinson, Shat
roth, Sheppard, Smith of Arizona,
Thomas, Thompson, Vardaman and
Wash-24
Republfcans-Ca Colt, Cum
minis, Curtis, Fernald, French,
Freylinghuysen, Gregg, Harding,
Johnson of California, Jones of
Washington, kellogg, Kenyon, La
Toilette, Lenroot, McCumber, Nc
Nary. Nelson. New, Norris, Page,
Poindexter. Sherman, Smith of
Michigan, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling,
Sutherland, Townsend, Warren and
Watson-31 Total for, 50.
Voting against the resolution
were:
Republicans - Bankhead, Beck
head, Beckham, Bletcher, Gay,
Hardwick, Hitchcock, Martin of
Virginia Overman, Pomrene, Sauls-
bury, Simons, Smith of Georgia,
Smith of South Carolina, Swanson.
Trammell. Underwood, Williams
and Walcott-1S.
Republicans Baird, Borah,
Brandigee, Dillingham;, Hale, Lodge,
Mclean, Moses, Penrose, Wads
worth and Weeks-11. Total
against. 20.
The following were paired:
Chamberlain of Oregon and Mar
tin of Kentucky, with Reed Of Mis-
sour3; Goff of West Virginia and
Ge%en of Oklahoma with Childs of
Tennessee, Hollis of New Hamp-
shire and King of Utah, with Knox
of Pennsylvania and Phelan Of Cali
fornia and Fall of New Mexico with
Smith Of Maryland.
Because of the two-thfrds re-
uuired for adoption, two advocates
Of the resolution were paired
against one opponent
WEI Take It to Next Congress-
IL F,1
srs of women's organizations an
nounced that the fight would be
carried IN the next congress in
which the Republicans would hold
both the senate and house. and
which friends are confident will
act favorably on the new measure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
The Weather

Mostly cloudy and warmer to-
night and Tuesday, with the lowest
temperature tonight about 20 to 25
degrees above zero.
Temperature at a. m, 16; high
est yesterday, 2S; lowest last night,
10.
Velocity of wind at a. m, 2
miles per hour.
Precipitation, none.
Relative humidity at Z p. m, 70; +;
at Z a. m, SO.
Stage of water, 25, a fall OF 2
in last As hours.
J. NJ. SHERIER, Meteorological
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
LEAGUE OPENS MEET.

Chicago, Feb. 10.-A congress Of
the League to Enforce Peace opened
a two-days' session here today, del
egates being present from various
parts of the country. The opening
address was to be made by Edgar
A. Bancroft of Chicago, on The
Plain Necessity for a League of Ma
tiOnS"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
COP AND BURGLAR
IN PISTOL FIGHT;
KILL BYSTANDER

Chicago. Feb. 10.-Samuel c.
Roberts, of 1911 oxford street.
Rockford, H.. died today Of u bull
let wound accidentally received in
an exchange OF shots between po-
licemen and an alleged burglar
whom they were seeking to arrest
here last night. Roberts was a
bystander,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
BAND LEADER WEDS
HIS SWEETHEART
OF % YEARS AGO

Quincy. Ill, Feb. 10.-Ellis
Brooks, noted band leader. for
many years director of the famous
Second Regimental band of Chica-
go, and now head of the Illinois
state band of this city, was mar
ried here Saturday to a sweetheart
of % years ago. a Mrs. Elizabeth
Wheeler Spencer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
HEAD OF ORPHANS
HOME SOLD GIRL
FOR $50, CHARGE

Marietta. Ga, Feb. 10.-Investi-
CATION Of charges that Mrs. Naomi
V. Campbell, heaG of an orphans
home here, had traded a girl in
mate for $50 and a COW. was begun
today by Solicitor General Dorsey.
Mrs. Campbell denied all charges
as to disposition of the orphan and
i'll treatment of others under her
care.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10

CHINA ASKING RETURN OF PRICELESS INSTRUMENTS BY GERMANS

The return of these bronze in
struments will convince China as
no other single thing could that
Germany has been defeated. Dr..
w. W. Willoughby, adviser of the
Chinese republic, enroute to Wash
ington, stated that this was Chinas
first demand at the peace table.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
STEEL. ORDERS DROP.

New York. Feb. 10.-Unfilled or
ders of the United States Steel cor
poration on Jan. 81, were 6.6S4, ,26S
tons, according to the corporations s
monthly statement issued today.
This is a decrease of 694.SS4 tons
compared with the orders on Dec
81
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
GREEkLOSSES son. .OOO. .OOO.

Athens, Feb. 10.-The maritime
losses of Greece during the war ag-
gregated $200,O00,0OO, the Greek
foreign ministry has computed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
'REPORTJAPS
OFFER AID IN
RUSSIA FIGHT
Fearing Allied Withdraw
al Toxic Bargains for
Nine Concession. :

VladivOstOk. Saturday, Feb.
S-By the Canadian Press
Reports from 0msk state that
the Russian government has ac-
ccpted an OIier from Japan OF
men, money and arms 10 set
tie the BOIsheFiki difficulty.
This step, it is stated, is due to
reports that the allies are to with
draw their forces from Siberia and
also to a fear that the conference
at the Princes Islands will result
in recognition of the Bolsheviki.
In return for the aid she is to
give, reports state, Japan will Sc
cure an iron and coal concession in
the Priamur district.
Allies to Withdraw!
a VladivOstOk report under date
of Jan. p, received by the Canadian
Press, said that all parties in ST.
IBERIA were alarmed over rumors
that the allied forces in Siberia
would withdraw in the spring or
summer. There has been no Off
cial statement of this given out,
however, by any of the various al
lied governments now in Siberia.
The Omsk government is headed
by Admiral Kolchak and holds
sway over a great part of Siberia
and the eastern part of European
Russia. 1t has carried on an ac-
tive campaign against the BOlshe-
wiki. Representatives of the Omsk
have declared against
the conferences to be
held at Princes islands.
.IapS in Allied Force.
Japanese forces are included in
the allied expedition in Siberia,
which is under the supreme COM
mand of a Japanese general The
Priamur district probably is the
southern part of the Amur prov
inces, where there are large coal
and iron mines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
YANKS IN WRECK.

Paris, Feb. 10.-Twelve American
soldiers were injured in a collision
of a troop train with a locomotive
On the Bordeaux line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
WILSON AT SERVICE,

Paris, Feb. 10.-President Wilson
and Secretary OF State Lansing At
tended a memorial service yester-
day in Paris in honor Of Theodore
Roosevelt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10
SUFFRAGE IS
DEFEATED BY
SENATEvOTE
House Measure for FEEDER.
Il Amendment Reject
ed by Senators.

Washington, Feb. 10.-WOm-
en- suffrage by federal cOnsti-
tutiOnaI amendment was beat
en- again today in the senate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10

NJ e m Der Of Audit
Bureau of Circulations
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10

A s ociated d Press
Leased Wire Report
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-10

No extra precautionary measures
have been taken to guard the men
upon their arrival here 1t was
stated. From the train terminal
they Will be hurried 10 the island
Inasmuch as their deportation al
ready has been ordered, here will
be no necessity for their being eI-
amined by department OF justice
officials here before being taken to
the immigration station.