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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-02

5000 OF BIRD
i DIVISION MEN
ARE WELCOMED
Old First, Third and Sew
enth Illinc:s Regiments
Reach Chicago.

Chicago, June 2-Some 5000 Of
ficers and men of the Thirty-thircl
(Prairie) division were here today
on their way to Camp Grant to be
mustered out, having arrived in
eight special trains between IL
o'clock last night and 1850 this
morning.
Although a majority of the trains
did not arrive until long after mid
night, all were halted for the night
at the outlying railroad yards of
the trunk lines. Thousands of
friends and relatives were on hand
to greet the returning troops. That
portion of the Thirty-third division
which arrived today was made up
Of the old First, Third and Sew
enth regiments, Illinois National
Guard, the old Third regiment be-
ing composed of downstate COM
panies. Learning that the trains
would not be brought into the sta
tions until after daylight this
morning. many people from out of
town as well as Chicagoans went
to the outlying yards and scram-
bIed over a network of tracks in
the darkness in order to greet the
men who swarmed out of the
coaches as soon as they stopped.
Home Folks Smother Heroes.
Men of the One Tundred Twenty
ninth regiment, who were halted at
Ninety-frst street, were bombarded
with food. cigars and cigarets as
soon as they left the cars. Major
NJ F. Hemenway and the third bat
talon occupied the first train.
Company l of Aurora came through
the crowd first and the men were
almost smothered il the .zmsk of
their home town folks. Captain E.
c. Eardley led Company X of Rock
ford in the scramble, and Company
L or Kankakee was close behind.
Companies E, F and G of Elgin.
Pontiac and Woodstock. respect
lively. came on the second train.
which-rNas commanded by Major
e. c. Thornton of DanvilIe. Pri-
vate OsiOl of G company, the croix
de guerre man of his outfit, was
surrounded and carried away by
members of his family. He receiv-
ed the decoration for bearing
wounded under artillery fire.
Received by Governor.
At 8 o'clock the troops were as
sembled in Grant park on the lake
front, where a reception was held
for all relatives. After a parade
in Michigan avenue, which was re-
viewed by Governor Frank o. Low
den, Major Generals Leonard Wood
and George Bell, Jr., the various
regiments marched to the big
downtown hotels, where banquets
were given in their honor.
Late this afternoon they will en-
train for Camp Grant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-02
War Agencies Wiped Out
by Pact-Foe Given
Is Days to Reply.

st. Germain, June 2.-Austria
was today given Is days to reply
to the terms of peace presented
by the allied nations.
NJ. Clemenceau, president of the
peace conference, was the first
prominent parsonage to arrive at
the meeting at which the terms of
peace were presented.
Secretary of State Lansing and
Henry White were the first Amer
ican representatives TO arrive, Pre-
mier Orlando of Italy and Premier
Paderewski of Poland and Arthur
]. BaIfour following.
Wilson Has Trouble.
President Wilson reached st.
Germain at 1874 p. m. O'Clock. A
puncture in the tire of his automo-
bile had held him up on the way.
President Wilson's automobile
mishap occurred at st. Cloud.
While the punctured tire was be-
1t was commandeered by the pres
idont's party and the president and
Rear Admiral Grayson drove at
high speed to st. German.
The Austrian representatives ar
rived at 1922 o'clock. entering the
chamber by a rear entrance. The
delegates were attired in conven-
tional morning dress.
The Austrians were escorted in
by an Italian officer.
Vpon their arrival at
1922 o'clock the session was for
maIly opened by announcement of
the head usher
Clemenceau PreSides.
Premier Clemenceau, president
of the peace conference at once be-
gan his address.
Premier Clemenceau spoke in
French. His remarks were trans
lated into English, then into Ital-
ian and then into German.
NJ. Clemenceau spoke only three
minutes.
The hall was denseIy packed,
many of the secretaries having been
admitted to the chamber and the
denseness of the throng detracted
somewhat from the impressiveness
OF the ceremony.
The entire peace treaty was not
presented to the Austrians today
and the Is days stipulations with
regard to their reply therefore re-
fers only to the portion of the terms
handed them at today's session!
Terms Are Presented.
Paul Dutasta, general messenger
of the peace conference, presented
the terms TO the Austrians at 12:37
o'clock. DR.. Karl Renner, the
Austrian chancellor, and head of
the the delegation lei begaP an address in
DR.. Renner opeEed with a com
plaint at the delay in the presenta-
tion of the peace terms.
The chancellor declared the
Austrian republic was e7tirely free
from the Hapsburg dynasty. 1t
would never have declared war
itself, he asserted.
The chancellor concluded his ad-
dress at 1850 o'clock.
After DIR. Renners' address, Pre-
mier Clemenceau asked if anyone
else desired to speak. There was
no response and he declared the
ceremony ended
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-02
KAISER To LOSE
ALL HOLDINGS?
Disposition Of Property of Former
Emperor and Crown Prince
Taken Up in Germany.

Berlin, May 17.-(Correspond-
ence of the Associated Press. }
Disposition of the property of the
former emperor and the former
crown prince is claiming the at
tention of the finance ministry of
the new republic. A commission
has been appointed to determine
what may properly be considered
private and what holdings may
properly be looked upon as belong
ing to the state.
The order creating the commits
sion provides for a thorough search
of real estate records for the pur-
pose of determining the title, and
says the findings must be placed
before the national assembly so
proper disposition may be made of
the lands and palaces which the
government will take over.
Already there is some discussion
on this point. Nearly all of the
emperor's castles and palaces are
now being used for public pur-
poses, those in Berlin being occu-
pied by public officials as resi-
dences and for Offices, while the
Potsdam palace has become a hos
pital. In other districts they are
being utilized as barracks for
troops as in the case of some of
the crown princes palaces. 1t has
been suggested that the emperor's
palace in Berlin shall become a
museum for the ministry of arts
and sciences in which will be gath
cred the art objects now in all the
royal palaces. Just what will be
done with the remainder of the
emperor's fortune, 1t is stated, will
not be determined until the peace
treaty has been formally signed,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-02
u. S.
OPPOSITION TO
NATION LEAGUE
Shame to 'FMar Americas
Record in War" Says
Lord Cecil.

Paris, June 2.-CBy the Associat-
ed Press)-Referring to opposition
in the United States to the league
of nations, Lord Robert Cecil of
the British peace commission, saId
today it would be deplorable If at
the end of the peace conference
something should happen to mar
the glorious record of America In
the war"
Il see it suggested in some
places" said Lord Robert, that the
United States should not accept
membership in the league of ma
tions because it might involve some
sacrifice of national sovereignty. 1t
would be foolish to deny that if ma
tions are to make any organization
for peace each of them must be
content to modify in some degree,
however slight, it's liberty of action.
That is the inevitable result of Co
operation and l do not wish to un-
der rate the sacrifice involved
Hold Change Needed.
Those who have seen the devas-
tated districts of France and Bel
gium, or have read of the whole
sale massacrees in every part of
Europe and Asia and the famines
which threaten the health and life
of millions of those who are least
for the war, will not
doubt that some drastic change in
relations is essential
to humanity and civilization.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-02
REPUBLIC IS
DECLARED BY
RHINE CITIES
Coblenz Capital of New
Rhennish State-Anti-
Prussian Move?

Mayence. June 2.-The Rhine re-
public has been proclaimed in va
rious Rhine cities. TIE population
welcomed the event with satisfac-
ton.
Paris, June -2.-CobIenz will be
the capital of the new Rhine re-
public, which was proclaimed yes
terday in several Rhine cities. The
new government and national as
sembly will meet there, but the
provisional government will sit at
Wiesbaden. Portions of the proc
lamation have been telegraphed TO
the Echo d Paris, from Metz by
Maurice Barres. One significant
section follows:
we declare the autonomous
Rhennish republic to be founded
in the bosom of Germany It is a
pacific republic which is composed
of the Rhennish province, Old Mas
sau, Rhennish Hesse and the Pala-
tinate.
Basis Of Republic.
The foundation rests upon the
following basis:
THE frontiers will remain
the same, inclgding BirkenfeId.
Changes in frontier can be
made .oniy with the approval of
other nations interested as estab-
lished by a plebiscite.
''3-The provisional government
6f the Rhenn.sh republic is exer-
cised by the undersigned delegates
of the people.
affections for the Rhennish
national assembly viii be held
without delay, according to the
methods of the German national
assembly.
'Coblenz is to be the capital of
the new government and the ma
tional assembly will meet there.
The provisional government will
sit at Wiesbaden. Local authori-
ties will continue to exercise con-
troll for the time being. The pro-
visional government will take the
place of the central government
and the Prussian, Bavarian and
Hessian governments.
(Signed)
"Rhennish Hessian-Nassau COM
'Palatinate committee.
June l. 1919"
Anh-PruSsian Move.
Another passage shows the
not to be separadst, but
anti-Prussian. 1t says:
Violence from whatever side
must disappear. The Rhennish
people honestly and sincerely
wishes peace based on a reconcile
alton of all peoples. That is why
it separates itself from principles
which are the base of so many
wars, idealism and militarism. 1t
thereby eliminates an obstacle
in the way of a genuine
peace"
NJ Barres says that DIR. Borden,
the president of the new republic,
IS the soul of the movement. He is
from Bonn and before the war was
\ magistrate. During the war he
was a German officer.
Pays Tribute to Allied Armies.
He is one of those idealist
who have never been
to the subjection of the
eft bank of the Rhine to brutal
by Prussia" NJ. Barres
writes. I'VE are in the presence
If the temperance of the old Ger
many with which our fathers were
lble to enter into agreements and
sometimes to entertain. friendship.
This happy event became possible
,nly through the admirable con-
iuct in political sense, of the al
led armies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-02
SUMMARY OF TERMS.

Following is a summary of
the conditions of peace as present
ed to the Austrian plenipotentiaries
at St Germain-en-Laye today:
The conditions of peace of the
allied and associated powers, with
the exception of military, repara-
ton, financial and certain boundary
clauses, were handed to the Aus
trian plenipotentiaries at st. Ger
main today. Those clauses which
are not yet ready for presentation
will be delivered as soon as possi-
BILE, the Austrians in the meantime
having the opportunity to begin
work on the greater part of the
treaty in an effort to facilitate a
ffanal decision.
Treaty Like Germany's.
The Austrian treaty follows ex-
man and in many places is identi-
actly the same outline as the Ger
cal with its except for the change
in name. Certain specific clauses
which applied only to Germany are,
of course omitted, and certain new
clauses, especially as regards the
new states created out of the for
mer Austro-Hungarian empire, and
the protection of the rights of the
Hungarian empire, and the protec-
ton Of the rights of the racial ire
ligious and linguistic minoritie9 in
Austria, Czeche-Slovakia, Ruha-
nian and the eSrbian-Crotian-SlO-
venian state.
Austria Left Small State.
Austria is left by thetreaty a
state of from six million or seven
million people inhabitating ter
ritarY a. .hetWen- five thousand and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-02
INCREASE IN
EACH CASEIS
APPROVED OF
Supreme Court Supports
Charges Of Phones, Tel
egraph and Roads.

Washington. June a. In
creased telegraph and teIe-
phone rates put into effect last
Jan. 21, under an order of Post
wIaster General BurIesOn. were
as held today by the supreme
SCOTT.
delaya court held that under
the btOint resolution by which
WWire systems were taken
VIZ by the government there
CITY authority for interfering
WeetI fntra-state rates.
is IcaiIrOad freight and passen-
IL rate increase made by the
prdlroad administration last
EoIne were upheld today by the
9upreme court
North Dakota supreme court de-
cree enjoining the Northern Pa
cific railroad and Director-General
Hines from enforcing an order of
the railroad administration in in
creasing rates in that state were
revrsed.
Sets Aside Other Decisions.
The court also set aside lower
court DEGREES which held that un-
der section Is OF the railroad con-
troll act, pre-existing intra-state
rates remained in effect as lawful
regulations.
The court held that the authority
conferred by the resolution and
the act were war powers conferred
on the president and that the pow
er of the federal government was
supreme and conclusive" The
opinion was unanimous.
Federal court DEGREES perma-
nentIy restraining the postmaster
general from charging increased
telegraph rates in Illinois were
dissolved by the court
Opinion Unanimous.
The opinion in all of the wire
cases was unanimous. Massachu-
sets DEGREES dismissing the state
public service Injunction were af-
frmed and original proceedings
brought by Kansas were dismissed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-02
STRIKE OF Wire
men is DENIED
Head of TeIegraphers' Union Re-
flutes Report OF Date Set for
Nation Wide Tieup.

Washington, June as. ]. Kon-
enkamp, president of the CONNER
ciaI Telegraphers' union, stated
here today that no date had been
set for a nationwide telegraphers'
strike, and that the threatened
walkout in Atlanta was purely a
local affair.
Almost simultaneously with Mr..
Konenkamp's statement, Postmas-
ter General Burleson announced
that if telephone operators in At
lanta had been dismissed because
of union affiliations, that they
would be reinstated at once and
that steps would be taken to dis
cipline the responsible officials of
the Southern Bell Telephone COM
pany.
Strike Is On.
Atlanta, Ga, June What union
leaders asserted would prove a ma
tion-wide strike of telephone and
telegraph employees appeared early
today to hinge on the question of
reinstatement of several telephone
girls here.
The operators were discharged
for joining the Commercial Teleg-
raphers' Union of America, accord
ing to their leaders, while the COM
pany just as positively asserted that
nefficiency and union affiliations
7as the cause OF the dismissal of
le employees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-02
LATE BULLETINS


Washington, Juno AIN con-
tempt proceedings in New York
growing out of the FOrd-NeW-
berry senatorial election con-
test In Michigan, the supreme
court today sustained contempt
Judgments against NeWberry's
campaign managers.
Washington, June 2-The
condition of the cotton crop
was 75.8 per cent Of a normal
on May %, the department Of
agriculture announced today
In its first report Of the season,
No estimate OF the area plant
ed was made. That Will be an
n9lneed I'm JULY
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-02
The Weather

Showers and cooler tonight; :,
Tuesday probably fair.
Temperature at z a m, 6s. High,
est yesterday, SIS; lowest last night,
6S,
Velocity OF wind at 2 a 3
miles per hour.
Precipitation, "a inch.
Relative humidity at z D. m-r boz
at a. m, SO.
Stage OF water, &c, a fan ae e
In last 48 hours.
I'M 6HERIERs MetanEuRiIlsa \
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-02
VILLA FORCES IN
HEAVY ATTACK ON
CHIHUAHUA CITY

Juarez, Mexico, June 2.-Reports
from reliable and trustworthy
sources today are that Chihuahua
City was attacked in force yester-
day by General villa and General
Angels. All communication is cut
off between Juarez and the south
ern city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-02

conference. The one going, sow
ent concern nationally is about to
enter into partnership with Ger
tain national hankrupts- We sgS e
of our assets, both moral and ma
terial. and assume a part of their
liabilities.
Do More Than Duty Demands.
mot only we do what our duty
commands, and humanity and civil
lization may require, but that duty
can be better done, our obligation
to humanity and civilization better
fulfilled in the high position of the
worlds greatest democracy than
in the subordinate position of the
least consequential of a quintuple
alliance"
Recalling in detail the abuses
which followed, the California SEN
ator said it was organized for the
same declared purposes and in the
same ethereal and celestial lam
guage" as the league now pro-
posed.
THE league of nations comes to
US after its principal members
have been gorged with territory,
with their boundaries and their
limits increased beyond the wild
est dreams. The one going solvent
national concern on earth under
takes by article X to guarantee
forever these extraordinary terri
torial limits. This league of ma
tions, with the men who really
wrote it, was meant to obtain
peace only insofar as peace main
tanned forever inviolate their ter
ritories and the subject peoples.
Quoting the Monroe doctrine as
to the league covenant, Johnson
continued:
"If an American, with the pur-
pose in view of protecting the Mon
roe Doctrine, wrote this article, MS
affection for it was tepid and mis-
allegiance feeble. 1t could not have
been written with any other pur-
pose than the destruction of the
Monroe Doctrine. The amendment
simply says the validity of region
al understandings for securing the
of peace shall not be
affected. In other words, if the
Monroe Doctrine is to be admins
tered, it will be within the Juris-
diction of the League of Nations 10
it
Shantung Black Spot in History.
THE blackest page in all our
history was written when our name
was signed to the treaty delivering
to japan. We have not
only committed the crime, in the
first instance, but we have gained
the crime for all time. We give by
the peace treaty Shantung to Japan
and by the League of Nations, part
Of the same document, we guaran-
tee Shantung to japan and guaran-
tee it with our treasure and our
blood.
at Is absolutely clear that ques-
tons like immigration, those ar1s-
ing from the alien land law Of CAL
Ifornfa and similar matters will be
within the jurisdiction OF the
league. Remember that there is IN
existence an offensive and defensive |
alliance between Japan and Great
Britain and that when the question |
of Shantung recently was up, Brit !
ain very frankly said this treaty al
lance still existed. AS a Califor- |
man, am not ready to submit any |
race problems we may have to the |
Jurisdiction of the council of the |
League of Nations, or to the league |
Itself.
81 am unwilling that either body |
should pass upon possibly the grav-
sst question that confronts us. You
gentlemen from the south would re-
sent the suggestion that a race
Of yours should be decided !
,y nations bound to the race affect
ID aaK>GecRet tresties,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-02
10 MILLION IS
ASKED BY BAKER
War Secretary Urges Congress to
Grant Authority and Funds to
Buy Cape Cod Canal.

Washington, June 2.-Secretary
Baker today asked congress for
legislative authority and an ap-
preparation of e10,o00.0o0 for the
immediate purchase of the Cape
Cod canal. Action by congress was
necessary, he said, SO the canal
might be acquired without wait
ing the result OF pending condem-
nation proceedings
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-02
lLANK. FLYERS ARE
,AAMERICAN NAVAL
y STAFFS CUES T s

London, June 2.-The crews of
the three American naval seaplanes.
who are being entertained in Lon
don, were guests at a luncheon Civ
en- by the American naval head
quarters staff today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-02
WILL ASK AMERICA PROBE.

Paris, June 2.-Premier Pader-
ewski will ask President Wilson to
appoint an American commission to
90 to Poland and investigate the re-
ports OF alleged murders Of Jews
there
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-02
SNOW AT DENVER.

Denver, June 2.-The lowest June
temperature. 80 degrees, in the his
tory of the weather bureau here,
was recorded Sunday. A heavy
snow faIl.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-02
IOWA PIONEER DIES.

Des Moines, Iowa. June Mrs.
W, H. Brown, 76, for more than 70
years resident of Iowa, died at
he's heme< <heBeeyeaterday,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-07
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NEED BlTRO.PH0SPHATE
What It Is and How It Increases Weight Strength and
Nerve Force in Two Weeks Time in Many Instance.

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force nnl to enrich the blood
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Specialist to Sonh Eastern Dispense
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niiu. nervous ahn"mic. or rundown
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Il hoiy and mind and power OF onduf'
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f,r'cd ~ iu the Sntiouai standard Dis.
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-07
ign policy wa, dictated by .eli.ln.

eign policy was dictated by 'eli.n.
tcrc,t will have 10 he jellsunrd II
wa' doubtless this ,ba, Mf Nll,on
va, thinking when he said
The sacrifice, the world vii haze
10 make 10 achieve hague vt ui
liOnS are a' nothing ~ the sacrifice,
lhat " would have 10 make # d
league we're not formed" There are
those IN ParlS who rightly or wfunp
w. see ~ this phrase an appeal ~
lhc presidents own people, among
others. not 10 imagine that having
hrIpcl win the war and having borne
. great share m tie arrangement ui
peace. their task will be over ana
that l'iry can afford ~ return 'u Their
uli habit, ol isolation II the world
IS 10 be kept, ~ well n made safe
i0f democracy
NDbDIy proposes that a''nmp, n
Of 'hrc, 30 the responsibility ipr ~
irllpr oi tie le,s advanced parts oi
lbc world or indeed adherence tp tine
lrlgue m general, will po,tulatr M.
ulY Liability on a lafg. scale II
ans .u,l IDEA had ever been enter
tiHoi u should be- hanl.hcd by what
ha, happened m regard 10 thc Ru,
sian problem II Is row recognized
even Dos those who were once keen a.
yoca,e, of military intervention by
ihc allie, that the conference. who
Is ~ eiiorr the nuclru, Of a league oi
nations. has no right 10 espec, demo-
race, On either side OF the Atlantic
10 pour men into Russia